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Classin' it Up, Obama Style
Posted by thebaldchick in Uncategorized |The Daily Mail
reports today on the ***SARCASM ALERT! SARCASM ALERT!*** slight disparity in gifts exchanged by President Obama and Gordon Brown during the British PM’s recent visit to Washington:
He had put clearly great thought into giving the U.S. President lavish gifts to signify Britain’s ’special relationship’ with the U.S.
During his historic trip to Washington, Gordon Brown gave Barack Obama an ornamental pen holder made from the timbers of the Victorian anti-slave ship HMS Gannet - once called HMS President.
The unique present delighted Mr Obama because oak from the Gannet’s sister ship, HMS Resolute, was carved to make a desk that already takes place in the Oval Office in the White House, after being presented by Britain to the US in 1880.
*SNIP*
So it would be perfectly understandable if Mr Brown felt a little underwhelmed at the official gift he received in return.
For despite being leader of the world’s most bountiful nation, President Obama handed over nothing more thought-provoking than 25 classic American films on DVD.
It was the equivalent of receiving a pair of socks from an unfamiliar aunt at Christmas - and a less-than-glowing affirmation of the UK-US bond.
A pair of socks, indeed…and it stinks about as much as a pair of used ones.
My deepest apologies as an American citizen to PM Brown.
And, as for Obama? I’ll sum up my thoughts with a little piece I call idiOcracy
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I weep for the future.