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U.S. President meets Japanese robot ASIMO (Obama bows to a robot!)
National Post [Canada] / AP ^ | April 24, 2014 | Darlene Superville And Mari Yamaguchi

Posted on 04/25/2014 1:20:02 AM PDT by canuck_conservative

.... President Barack Obama bowed, looking delighted.

His greeter, after all, was a 55-inch-tall, give or take, humanoid robot with the look of a diminutive Star Wars storm trooper.

“It’s nice to meet you, too,” Obama said, pausing to watch the robot, named ASIMO, perform during a tour of the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation.

Despite Obama’s background in constitutional law, there’s a presidential geek side that always seems charmed, if not bemused, by technological advances....

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalpost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: bowing; jumptheshark; obamabows; obamaforeignpolicy; obamageek; photoops; robot; worstpresidentever
Bowing to a machine now??

OK this has to be some kind of jump-the-shark moment for this Administration, the moment where things just get too ridiculous!

1 posted on 04/25/2014 1:20:02 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

He'll bow to anyone! Obama meets ASIMO the Japanese robot.


2 posted on 04/25/2014 1:20:35 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

Is his Japanese name ASAHO?


3 posted on 04/25/2014 1:31:32 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: canuck_conservative

ASIMO: You have been deemed hazardous. Will you comply?


4 posted on 04/25/2014 1:34:39 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Operating out of weakness? Imagine if he was working from a position of strength!)
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Obama pathetic as usual , he has turned the usa into a laughing stock


5 posted on 04/25/2014 2:18:42 AM PDT by The Right wing Infidel
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6 posted on 04/25/2014 3:00:07 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: canuck_conservative
They even gave him the title of Bullsheeto Master.
7 posted on 04/25/2014 3:01:50 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

I can see why odumbo would bow to that “machine”, the machine is WAY SMARTER than he is.


8 posted on 04/25/2014 4:06:11 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Progov

Forgot to include, the machine can be “de-programmed”. The one we have (odumbo) is out of control.


9 posted on 04/25/2014 4:07:57 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: EEGator

LOL - I just saw a rerun of that episode. Butters is such a nice kid who will believe anything.


10 posted on 04/25/2014 4:08:06 AM PDT by newfreep
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To: The Right wing Infidel

Okay, so he grew up a muslim socialist in Indonesia. Went to muslim schools. Was not raised as an American. So... here’s my question: do muslim people bow to each other as a greeting?


11 posted on 04/25/2014 4:39:47 AM PDT by duckworth (Perhaps instant karma's going to get you. Perhaps not.)
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To: canuck_conservative

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords! :)


12 posted on 04/25/2014 5:02:12 AM PDT by themidnightskulker
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To: canuck_conservative

I would be banned for life if I were to post the first thought that came into my head . . . it has to do do with an old childhood saying regarding “see and do”.

Moderator, please be kind.


13 posted on 04/25/2014 5:46:48 AM PDT by rhubarbk (It's official, I'm suffering from Obama fatigue!)
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To: canuck_conservative


14 posted on 04/25/2014 7:40:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: canuck_conservative
“Bowing to a machine now??”

Yes. Even Dear Leader recognizes is intellectual, ideological, and moral superior (peace be upon Azimo).

[On the other hand, Azimo in his software realizes that Barry Soetoro Obamination is an intellectual pissant — a little no-life weasely loser who amounts to nothing.]

15 posted on 04/25/2014 7:45:15 AM PDT by MasterGunner01
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