It's not like this is anything new for False Messiah.  I suppose the biggest danger for Americans is to become accustomed to their president prostrating himself before every foreign potentate, as opposed to just those of them who are our enemies.

But there are other pitfalls, particularly from our allies, who recognize the inappropriateness of such, um, slavish symbolism from the representative of what is supposed to be the global hegemon:

“Obama’s handshake/forward lurch was so jarring and inappropriate it recalls Bush’s back-rub of Merkel.

“Kyodo News is running his appropriate and reciprocated nod and shake with the Empress, certainly to show the president as dignified, and not in the form of a first year English teacher trying to impress with Karate Kid-level knowledge of Japanese customs.

“The bow as he performed did not just display weakness in Red State terms, but evoked weakness in Japanese terms….The last thing the Japanese want or need is a weak looking American president and, again, in all ways, he unintentionally played that part.

Imagine that; perhaps Red Barry is actually trying to pussify his way to turning the Japanese against us, so that he can then win them back with whatever concessions he hasn't already distributed to Putin, Uncle Hugo, the mullahs, Kim, et al.  For someone who sold himself on foreign policy as having superior "judgment," who put such a big, wet, sloppy emphasis on "diplomacy," and was dubbed the obligatorily Smartest Man On The Planet by virtue of his party affiliation, he really is having to resort to the incompetence defense an awful lot AT HOME, much less when he ventures overseas.

Frankly, I don't buy the "his protocol shop is run by imbeciles" excuse, as true as that obviously is, nor the "he's a victim of his own hype" alibi, since he does nothing (intentionally) to disavow the idolatry lathered upon him on a daily basis, and indeed still actively encourages it.  The reason is straightforward and inescapable: HE'S THE PRESIDENT and therefore is SUPPOSED TO KNOW BETTER.  I think it's just another manifestation of his shame at being the (ugh) American president before he's had the chance to finish Obamifying his country into his own image.  Because, you know, he thought that task was going to be long since accomplished by now, and himself basking in the eternal glory of his heavenly kingdom, not careening toward a Nebuchadnezzaresque fate.

I'd go with the "reflex" argument, with plenty of "pussification" leavening.  The quickest way for B.O. to avoid these gaffes may be no more complicated than to "man up."  Exercise some self-respect, if not the genuine patriotism of which his flinty soul is utterly bereft.  "I'm Barry Obama, blast it, and I don't care if I haven't shipped all those !#$%^&* teabaggers off to the Alaska Gulag yet, I bow to nobody!"

I mean, it's not like any other world leader appears to suffer from this particular lumbar tic....

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HarperCollins has gone back to press on Going Rogue, so the number of shipped books will be well over 1.5 million. Prepaid orders on Amazon alone are over 80,000.

There must be some explanation other than people want to read it, right? 'Cause of course, EVERYBODY hates Sarah Palin as much as they do.

I've already pre-ordered my copy. Have you?

JASmius adds: I wonder how The Nation's anti-Palin ripoff of Going Rogue is doing. Let's see....

Wow - I can't even FIND it on Amazon.com.  Whereas Going Rogue: An American Life is #1 with a bullet and will only formally go on sale this week.

If only she hadn't run away from the Alaska governorship.  Cuda'll sell a ton of books and maybe become the new (except for being center-right) Oprah, but her national political viability - which would have survived everything else the Left barfed at her - will never overcome that.

I no longer open a public bathroom door without using a paper towel or have them put lemon slices in my ice water without worrying about the bacteria on the lemon peel. 

I can't use the remote in a hotel room because I don't know what the last person was doing while flipping through the adult movie channels. 

I can't sit down on the hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what has happened on it since it was last washed. 

I have trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because the number one pastime while driving alone is picking ones nose (although cell phone usage may be taking the number one spot).

Eating a little snack sends me on a guilt trip because I can only imagine how many gallons of Trans fats I have consumed over the years. 


I can't touch any woman's purse for fear she has placed it on the floor of a public bathroom. 


I MUST SEND MY SPECIAL THANKS to whoever sent me the one about poop in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet sponge with every envelope that needs sealing. 



ALSO, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason. 


I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time. 

I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program. 

I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa's Novena has granted my every wish. 


I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers. 

I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day. 

THANKS TO YOU I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.

BECAUSE OF YOUR CONCERN, I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains. 


I no longer can buy gasoline without taking someone along to watch the car so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas. 



I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put 'Under God' on their cans. 


I no longer use Saran Wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer. 

AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW I can't boil a cup of water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face... Disfiguring me for life. 

I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS. 

I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me. 

I no longer receive packages from UPS or Fed Ex since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise. 

I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our American troops or the Salvation Army. 

I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to   Jamaica  ,   Uganda  , Singapore  , and   Uzbekistan  . 


I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe. 

THANKS TO YOU I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my butt. 


AND THANKS TO YOUR GREAT ADVICE I can't ever pick up $5.00 dropped in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg. 

I can no longer drive my car because I can't buy gas from certain gas companies! 

I can't do any gardening because I'm afraid I'll get bitten by the brown recluse and my hand will fall off. 


If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 p.m. Tomorrow afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's beautician . . . 



Oh, by the way..... 

A German scientist from   Argentina  , after a lengthy study, has discovered that people with insufficient brain activity read their e-mail with their hand on the mouse.

Don't bother taking it off now, it's too late.

h/t: Uncle

A former Louisiana congressman who famously stashed cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to thirteen years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands in bribes in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa.

The sentence handed down in suburban Washington was far less than the nearly thirty years prosecutors had sought for William Jefferson, a Democrat who represented parts of New Orleans for nearly twenty years. ...

Prosecutors had asked a judge to follow federal guidelines and sentence him to at least twenty-seven years. The defense asked for fewer than ten years, arguing a stiffer sentence would be far longer than those imposed on congressmen convicted of similar crimes in recent years, none of whom was sentenced to more than a decade.

Good thing IceBox Willie was defeated in his last re-election bid. The Democrats would probably still have him as chairman of two or three committees, including the ethics committee. Heaven knows he epitomizes their definition of ethics.

Show this to everyone, including and especially the younger members of the family, no don't bother, they won't believe you.

 

1909 FORD Model R

 

THE YEAR 1909

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! 
The year is 1909. 
One hundred years ago.

What a difference a century makes!  Here are some statistics for the Year 1909 :

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The average life expectancy was 47 years.

Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles Of paved roads.

h/t: Uncle

h/t: Uncle