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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (295132)3/5/2009 1:14:20 PM
From: Oral Roberts  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793912
 
Someone in the White House needs to devote some time to the diplomacy of gift giving. This is embarrassing:

Come on, that can't be. Tell me that is from the Onion or something. Please.



To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (295132)3/5/2009 1:20:25 PM
From: mph1 Recommendation  Respond to of 793912
 
It's the Beverly Hillbillies in the WH.....



To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (295132)3/5/2009 1:41:27 PM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793912
 
Rumor in England is that Michelle hates GB.



To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (295132)3/5/2009 9:02:40 PM
From: unclewest9 Recommendations  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 793912
 
Someone in the White House needs to devote some time to the diplomacy of gift giving. This is embarrassing:

The White House has the most accomplished, thoughtful, and professional protocol division in the world. It is duplicated at our department of State.

This was the highest level meeting possible with our most sincerest ally. Obama's gift was intended to insult. He gets away with it because who at that level would complain?

Make no mistake about it. O laid down a new cheapened protocol for our best friend. Radicals seldom seek friends, they seek power and money. The UK is broke.

The WH protocol division did not screw up. I am convinced of this. The insult was ordained from the top. To change our own government we must cut old ties, old relationships, and dump allies. We must first separate ourselves from respected old relationships.

I would label this, politics at its worst, and usurpation at its worst.
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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (295132)3/6/2009 8:34:28 AM
From: Geoff Altman  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793912
 
I don't mind telling you that I had to look that up. The word really does fit the story perfectly:

solipsistic
One entry found.

Main Entry: so·lip·sism
Pronunciation: \'so-l?p-?si-z?m, 'sä-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin solus alone + ipse self
Date: 1874
: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing ; also : extreme egocentrism