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Obama's British 'Gift Gaffe' Not Reported By U.S. Media
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Posted on 03/07/2009 2:20:18 PM PST by chessplayer
The Obamas, Barack and Michelle both, pretty much diplomatically botched the recent visit of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife. Oddly enough, the U.S. Old Media seems uninterested in the story that is a hot topic in England, a story that's left many Brits a bit miffed.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhouk; blunders; dumbanddumber; emptysuit; giftgate; mediabias; newsblackout; onthejobtraining
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To: caseinpoint
...Much later, as Prime Minister for the second time, he ordered the repression of the 1952 Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya. The ensuing torture caught up many uninvolved Kenyans, and just like many modern "anti-terror" campaigns, radicalised them and their friends and family too. One earlier victim of this approach was Hussein Onyango Obama, the President's grandfather. No wonder the bust's going back, even if Obama and Churchill are family.
Here's an unrelated but telling story about Onyango from Dreams From My Father, and another reminder to listen to the whole book if you haven't done so yet.
http://www.twodoctors.org/2009/02/obama-churchill-the-mau-mau.html
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:42:56 PM PST
by
Beloved Levinite
(R.I.P. My Beautiful America - Land of the Free & Home of the Brave - 20 January 2009)
To: RummyChick
The media is pretty rough in Britain - especially the tabloids.
They will be after him now that they feel slighted. They were slighted.
And they were the only ones that seemed to notice that he is (possibly?) not a Natural Born Citizen!
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:43:25 PM PST
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli now reads "Oil the gun..eat the cannolis.")
To: Beloved Levinite
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:43:37 PM PST
by
appeal2
(Brilliance is the act of an individual, but great stupidity is reserved for the Government)
To: Salvation
The word predates the Incarnation. Lighten up, Francis. While there may be only one true Messiah, there have been and will be many messiahs.
God will not be mocked, but that doesn’t mean He doesn’t have a sense of humor.
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:44:20 PM PST
by
steve8714
(Drill for oil, drill for gas, drill to heat water in the Earth.)
To: caseinpoint
"Churchill is not the beloved statesman and WW2 hero in Kenya because of his role in putting down the Maumau rebellion there."
Obama shows his true allegiance.
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:44:25 PM PST
by
ChicagahAl
(Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
To: chessplayer
Why does the U.S. media keep our President’s missteps hidden in the wood... wrong medafore. When will the American people get to hear the jig is.... oops. I mean where is the boon Obama predicted....darn. I find it kind of spooky that ....
Oh never mind.
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:44:56 PM PST
by
kimoajax
(Rack'em & Stack'em)
To: chessplayer
It’s not being reported because even the most brain dead 0bama supporters would think a 25 DVD giftbox is a cheesy, classless gift.
Any idiot can see 0bama should have given them a set of 20” rims. Now that would be something.
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:44:56 PM PST
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Mr. Bernanke, have you started working on your book about the second GREATER depression?")
To: Master of Orion
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:45:46 PM PST
by
possumdawg
(There are three types of people- those that can count and those who cannot)
To: chessplayer
And to top to the cake, the DVDs given the PM will not even play on the UK DVD players. Nope, different formats.
To: chessplayer
I listened today to “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me.” on NPR and that was one of the questions.
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:46:58 PM PST
by
LuciaMia
To: rigelkentaurus
They got the president they wanted. Precisely.
The Brits were star-struck over him. He was Beckham, Pitt and Smith all rolled into one mega star.
To: Beloved Levinite
"Micheles still pissed at the Brits over the slavery issue"
But never pissed at the African Tribal Chieftans who sold their own tribemen into slavery.
Nor ever pissed at the Arab Muslim Slave Traders who began the African Slave Trade, and who continued it after the Europeans ended their own participation.
Not to mention the Arab Muslim Slave Traders who continue the Black African Slave Trade to this day in parts of Africa.
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:48:05 PM PST
by
ChicagahAl
(Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
To: Salvation; chessplayer
Many in Britain are seeing this as entirely gauche and indicative of the low esteem in which the Obamas hold England.** I wonder if it has anything to do with how England dealt with the radicals in Kenya?
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:48:07 PM PST
by
wmfights
(If you want change support SenateConservatives.com)
To: RummyChick
Yes...what the hell were they thinking presenting the Russians with a damn button. For 40 years the people in this country were scared shiiteless they were going to PUSH the damn button. Great symbolism — NOT
To: chessplayer
The Obamas, Barack and Michelle bothNo class and a big ass (applies to both)
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:49:38 PM PST
by
Las Vegas Ron
(FUBO, he says we should listen to our enemies, but not to Rush)
To: Candor7
"He isn't stupid, he is a prick. He did it on purpose."
Yes. But it is worse than that.
He is typical of the political Left. They have disdain for everyone and everything.
Taxes? Beneath them. Protocol? Beneath them. Manners? Beneath them. Truth? Beneath them.
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:51:05 PM PST
by
ChicagahAl
(Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
To: chessplayer
New to the oval office.
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:51:40 PM PST
by
VRWC For Truth
(Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
To: Candor7
Crap! You beat me to it... you’re exactly right (and not just because I agree with you).
I’ve never run for office in my life, but my ignorance and lack of decorum would not be as bad as President Loser’s. Thanks for the dose of sanity.
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:52:47 PM PST
by
Gordon Greene
(www.fracturedrepublic.com - It is possible to be so open minded that your brains leak out.)
To: Beloved Levinite
What’s interesting is that I believe the Mau Mau was spearheaded by the Kikuyu Tribe, which is a rival tribe to Obama’s Luo. Still, perhaps nationalistic loyalties trump tribal ones.
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:54:38 PM PST
by
caseinpoint
(Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
To: Electric Graffiti
It’s almost like we elected the Little Rascal’s to office. They are so inept it defies reason.
There was a great picture going around of Obama, McCain and Clinton as the Three Stooges. I don’t think anyone knew how true it was.
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posted on
03/07/2009 2:55:24 PM PST
by
Gordon Greene
(www.fracturedrepublic.com - It is possible to be so open minded that your brains leak out.)
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