Obama Bows to Saudi King

[Valmy]

QFT.

And the lefties are trying to prove they can be even more uncritically accepting of Der Leader than the conservitards.

I just wish everybody would shut the fuck up for a few minutes.  Aren't we supposed to wait a bit before the insanity begins all over again?  Yes the left sucks, yes the right sucks.  Everybody is evil and totally corrupt is you believe the shrill bullshit.  I mean is labeling every leader the love child of Darth Vader and Satan really productive?  Is our republic really helped by this childish nonsense?

[Berkut]

QFT.

And the lefties are trying to prove they can be even more uncritically accepting of Der Leader than the conservitards.

I just wish everybody would shut the fuck up for a few minutes.  Aren't we supposed to wait a bit before the insanity begins all over again?  Yes the left sucks, yes the right sucks.  Everybody is evil and totally corrupt is you believe the shrill bullshit.  I mean is labeling every leader the love child of Darth Vader and Satan really productive?  Is our republic really helped by this childish nonsense?

I dunno - it seems to have worked pretty well for the last....200 years or so.

Absent Washington, this has been how it works. Hell, they accused Adams of secretly wanting to hand the country back to the British!

[saskganesh]

The "left". Hardly.

She's often quite critical of her own side, but I don't see how you can't consider her to be on the left.

agree, she's a registered democract, who voted for obama and clinton. and nader.

[Valmy]

I dunno - it seems to have worked pretty well for the last....200 years or so.

Absent Washington, this has been how it works. Hell, they accused Adams of secretly wanting to hand the country back to the British!

That is different.  They did that during elections where it belongs.

[Berkut]

I dunno - it seems to have worked pretty well for the last....200 years or so.

Absent Washington, this has been how it works. Hell, they accused Adams of secretly wanting to hand the country back to the British!

That is different.  They did that during elections where it belongs.

Uhh, negative. Adams was hammered throughout his entire term.

[saskganesh]

re uncritically accepting obama:

if one went to other internet echo chambers, one would see quite a number of issues where the left is debating obama policies among themselves.

[Sheilbh]

*shrug* Well, he is a Muslim.

Muslims don't bow.  It's a European way of honouring a monarch

[DGuller]

What was Obama supposed to do, piss off the people who run our economy?

[Queequeg]

*shrug* Well, he is a Muslim.

Muslims don't bow.  It's a European way of honouring a monarch

And East Asian.

What is the Muslim equivalent?  Sitting on both knees as in Muslim prayer?   

[Crazy_Ivan80]

*shrug* Well, he is a Muslim.

Muslims don't bow.  It's a European way of honouring a monarch

And East Asian.

What is the Muslim equivalent?  Sitting on both knees as in Muslim prayer?

probably exploding or decapitation

[Valmy]

Uhh, negative. Adams was hammered throughout his entire term.

Yeah maybe it is just the 24 hour news stations being on everywhere I go that is getting to me.  I wouldn't have had to deal with that in 1797.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I dunno - it seems to have worked pretty well for the last....200 years or so.

Absent Washington, this has been how it works. Hell, they accused Adams of secretly wanting to hand the country back to the British!

That is different.  They did that during elections where it belongs.

Uhh, negative. Adams was hammered throughout his entire term.

He was a crypto-Jacobite. 

[Sheilbh]

And East Asian.

What is the Muslim equivalent?  Sitting on both knees as in Muslim prayer?

I believe Muslims (or Arabs) kiss the monarch's hand as we do the Pope but I'm not sure.  And South East Asian way of honouring monarchs was to be kneeling at all points in their presence.

So, in fact Obama made a faux pas.  It's giftgate all over again :p

[derspiess]

What is the Muslim equivalent?  Sitting on both knees as in Muslim prayer?  

I think they throw shoes

[derspiess]

I just wish everybody would shut the fuck up for a few minutes.  Aren't we supposed to wait a bit before the insanity begins all over again?  Yes the left sucks, yes the right sucks.  Everybody is evil and totally corrupt is you believe the shrill bullshit.  I mean is labeling every leader the love child of Darth Vader and Satan really productive?  Is our republic really helped by this childish nonsense?

You're overreacting.

But anyway, I waited 8 long years to be in the opposition & pelt the leader/party in power with spitballs.  Don't deny me this