Screw the Norwegians! --- On Thu, 12/10/09, Publius Maximus <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Publius Maximus <[email protected]> > Subject: [OT] Norwegians Incensed Over Barack Obama Snubs > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 9:25 AM > http://bit.ly/5cjeUI > > - - - > Barack Obama's trip to Oslo to pick up his Nobel peace > award is in > danger of being overshadowed by a row over the cancellation > of a > series of events normally attended by the prizewinner. > > Norwegians are incensed over what they view as his shabby > response to > the prize by cutting short his visit. > > The White House has cancelled many of the events peace > prize laureates > traditionally submit to, including a dinner with the > Norwegian Nobel > committee, a press conference, a television interview, > appearances at > a children's event promoting peace and a music concert, as > well as a > visit to an exhibition in his honour at the Nobel peace > centre. > > He has also turned down a lunch invitation from the King of > Norway. > - - - > > President Hussein loves to bow to monarchs---unless they > are > Caucasian. I'm surprised the King didn't even get a lousy > "Yes We > Can!" T-shirt, or an iPod of the One's speeches. > > These idiots deserve what they get---how anyone cannot see > what a > petty, self-absorbed man-child Barry is, and yet decide to > lavish > praises and prizes on him before he's accomplished a single > thing, > only demonstrates the kind of gullibility that gives rise > to tyrants > and dangerous narcissists who bite the hand of Western > freedom and > democracy that feeds them. > > Even Bush didn't make these kinds of protocol blunders. > Except they're > not blunders, but deliberate snubs. > > - Publius > > -- > > "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this > country, > under an efficient government, will probably be an > increasing object > of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that > enterprises to > subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of > foreign > powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted > by some of > them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can > be > avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but > those whose > situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the > faithful > and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers > #59] > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
