What a thug. --- On Mon, 4/19/10, Publius Maximus <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Publius Maximus <[email protected]> > Subject: [OT] Obama skips Polish funeral, heads to golf course > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, April 19, 2010, 7:17 AM > http://bit.ly/bniXUH > > - - - > A massive volcanic plume covering most of Europe forced > President > Obama to cancel a Sunday trip to Poland to attend the > funeral of the > nation's president. But the last-minute change left an > opening in his > schedule, so the president headed to the links for a round > of golf > instead. > > On a cool but sun-drenched Sunday, the president and three > golfing > companions went to Andrews Air Force Base to play 18 holes. > It is the > 32nd time Mr. Obama has played golf since taking office > Jan. 20, 2009, > according to CBS Radio's Mark Knoller. > > After canceling the Poland trip on Saturday, the White > House announced > that Mr. Obama had no public schedule for Sunday. He was to > have > arrived in Krakow in the morning, attend the 2 p.m. funeral > and leave > for home by 5 p.m., arriving back at the White House after > midnight. > > Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, along > with dozens > of top Polish government officials were killed April 10 > when their > airplane went down in heavy fog after clipping a tree on > approach to > Smolensk, Russia. > > Mr. Obama has not gone to the Polish Embassy in Washington > since the > accident, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and > Vice > President Joseph R. Biden Jr. both have. There, they signed > a > condolence book. > > Mr. Obama was not the only world leader to miss the funeral > because of > the expanding volcanic ash cloud. French President Nicolas > Sarkozy and > German Chancellor Angela Merkel also canceled. > > Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, however, flew by plane > from Moscow > for the funeral. > > Other foreign leaders used different modes of > transportation to get > there. Slovenian President Danilo Turk decided to drive the > 500 miles > to Krakow. Romanian President Traian Basescu traveled to > northwestern > Romania by helicopter and then continue by car through > Hungary and > Slovakia. > > Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip made the 18-hour drive > to the > funeral, while Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus made > the trip by > car and train. Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko > left Kiev > with his wife at 7 a.m. Saturday for the long road trip. > > Mr. Obama has played golf far more often than former > President George > W. Bush. In his eight years in office, Mr. Bush played just > 24 times. > His last time as president was Oct. 13, 2003. > > He said in 2008 that he gave up golf "in solidarity" with > the families > of soldiers who were dying in Iraq. > > "I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to > see the > commander in chief playing golf," Mr. Bush said in a White > House > interview Saturday with the Politico. "I feel I owe it to > the families > to be as — to be in solidarity as best as I can with > them. And I think > playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal." > > He stopped playing after he received word of a deadly > attack in Iraq > while playing golf during a stay at the family ranch near > Crawford, > Texas. > > "They pulled me off the golf course, and I said it's just > not worth it > anymore to do," Mr. Bush said in the interview. > > Since Mr. Obama took office, 397 soldiers have died in > Operation > Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Another 151 have died in > Operation > Iraqi Freedom. > - - - > > A contrast of leadership styles. > > - 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] > > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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