KING: I want to begin with the economy. I get out of Washington every week for the show, and we’re in Connecticut and Rhode Island this week. And I knew I was going to be seeing you, so I asked 20 people: “What would you ask if you had the privilege that I have at this moment?” Eighteen of the twenty, eighteen, asked a variation of…
Thank you all for being here and for your warm welcome. It’s a privilege to be in historic Federal Hall. It was here more than two centuries ago that our first Congress served and our first President was inaugurated. It was here, in the early days of our Republic, that Hamilton and Jefferson debated how best to administer a young economy and to ensure that our nation rewarded the talents and drive of its people. Two centuries later, we still grapple with these questions – questions made more acute in moments of crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ranking Member. Greetings to many friends and former colleagues. It is a pleasure to be here with you this morning. This Committee has been the source of many advances in our nation’s foreign policy and I look forward to working with you to continue that tradition.
When I appeared before the Senate – that’s that other body on the other side of the Capitol – I spoke during my confirmation hearing of a commitment to pursue a policy that would enhance our nation’s security, advance our interests, and uphold our values. Today, nearly 100 days later, I am pleased to report that we have begun making progress toward achieving that goal.
I want to begin by recognizing and thanking the men and women of the State Department and USAID, who are serving our country around the clock and around the world. I’m extremely proud of their work. With their talents, and under President Obama’s leadership, we have put forward a new diplomacy powered by partnership, pragmatism, and principle. Read the rest of this entry »
During Thursday’s meeting of the most developed economies in London, President Obama bowed before King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. While some, on blogs and radio discussions, were making fun of the President by suggesting that he was about to clean the floor, others added that it was unacceptable for Americans who are proud of their revolutionary past to see their President bowing down in front of a dictator.
Might President Obama have kissed King Abdullah’s hands? Why not? The only visual source, unfortunately, does not give a clear point of view. However, one thing we do know is that a younger Muslim always shows utmost respect to an older Muslim in public and is expected to kiss the latter’s hands. Hmm, we should think more about it…
And now, it is time for Conservapedia to take some action. As we have been keeping a curious eye on Conservapedia it was, to be honest with you, upsetting not to see this included as additional ‘proof’ of Obama’s ‘Muslim’ faith! Now, they have a new point to argue for…
Ali did get the Internet, or at least the right-thinking portion of it, moving.
His challenge, “It is time for Conservapedia to take some action,” has been met. Our favourite on-line encyclopedia has updated its entry for Barack Hussein Obama, “Never before in the history of the U.S. has a president displayed such shocking deference to a foreign official.”
Remember the kerfuffle last month when Gordon Brown’s highly symbolic, thoughtful gifts to the Obama family were reciprocated with 25 lousy DVDs? And how it turned out that those DVDs were most likely DRMed and therefore unwatchable in the UK? Well the Obamas decided to go one better on their return trip and offered up an iPod. To the Queen. Who, it turns out, already had one anyway.
Now I don’t want to cast aspersions about the President of the United States, but according to this article the iPod contains video of the Queen’s visit to Washington and Virginia, and the last time I checked (ie just a minute ago) the iTunes Store didn’t sell videos of Royal visits. Which means that tech-savvy Obama must have put those videos on there himself- and this, while it doesn’t rank up there with, say, invading another nation under false pretences, is possibly illegal.
I won’t rail against the insanity of repressive copyright laws in our digital world here but I will say this- when even POTUS and the Queen are at it, everyone’s a copyright criminal. Someone call the police- they’re all still down at the Bank of England I think.
This video has been doing the rounds but for those of you who haven’t seen it, here’s George W Bush seemingly being ignored while all the other kids shake hands at the G20 summit:
KING: Mr. President, thank you for joining us.
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SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ranking Member. Greetings to many friends and former colleagues. It is a pleasure to be here with you this morning. This Committee has been the source of many advances in our nation’s foreign policy and I look forward to working with you to continue that tradition.
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