If we need any further evidence of the character of the man in the White House, and those who surround, support, and enable him, this commentary from Nile Gardiner should just about put the final nail in the coffin.
He lists the top ten insults toward the UK by the Obama Administration. They show the low-class, cheap-ass, street-level ChicagoGhetto classlessness of this crew. My favorite is how they presented Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth with a ***!!!!*** I-POD!
('ScuzeMe a moment while I get it out of my system...***!!!***!!!%%%%!!!***????!!!!....There, that's better.)
But, the most serious and telling on the list is number six.
6. Throwing Churchill out of the Oval Office
It is hard to think of a more derogatory message to send to the British people within days of taking office than to fling a bust of Winston Churchill out of the Oval Office and send it packing back to the British Embassy – not least as it was a loaned gift from Britain to the United States as a powerful display of solidarity in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Obviously, public diplomacy is not a concept that carries much weight in the current White House, and nor apparently is common sense.
Words fail. It's the Foxworthy Syndrome: You just can't make this stuff up!
OldSouth knows from his 'WhereYa'llFrom' Widget that British readers check in every day. And he is most flattered and honored. Over here, we've essentially forgotten the meaning of sacrifice for freedom, and ya'll remind us of it.
OS wants to assure all ya'll that you are not forgotten. Millions of our father and grandfathers came home some 60+ years ago, and yearly ever since, with stories of the courage, decency and hospitality of 'The Brits'. They are part of the fabric of family histories here.
We remember, even as Obama tries to toss Churchill down the Memory Hole.
OS can't tell his stories yet, but this family owes an enormous debt of gratitude to so many dear people in Great Britain. Ya'll changed our family history forever, in a most positive direction, out of the goodness of your hearts.
Hang tough. Ya'll got an election, and so do we, this year. Let's show these turkeys who the real Britain and the real US are when we hit the polling booths.
1 comment:
I can't think of any civil way to express what I want to say here, so I'm going to have to just take a pass. You were starting in the right direction, OS, but you did not go near far enough.
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