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Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« on: April 01, 2009, 02:38:56 PM »



Barack Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today and gave her a gift of an iPod loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 United States visit to Richmond, Jamestown and Williamsburg in Virginia. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed signed photograph of herself and the Duke of Edinburgh - apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries.

It is believed the Queen already has an iPod, a 6GB silver Mini version she is said to have bought in 2005 at the suggestion of Prince Andrew.

UPDATE: Pool reporter Richard Wolf of USA Today says that an Obama aide told him the President also gave the Queen a "rare songbook signed by Richard Rodgers". END UPDATE

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/04/01/barack_obamas_gift_for_the_queen_an_ipod_your_majesty


The comments from the Brits on this are priceless!!  :rotf:
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2009, 02:48:16 PM »
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There was widespread criticism in Britain and from Anglophiles in the US of Mr Obama's recent present to Mr Brown of a box set of classic American movies on DVDs that were not compatible with British DVD players.
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Fourth paragraph to the last: fix "indiacted" to "indicated". Good article. The US president is a dreadful cur, with no appreciation for history or former relationships in the world. Even the dumb American people with grow to detest the very mention of his name. It will take a little while, however, because they have been so dumbed down by the educational system here

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you can always count on Obumbler to muck it up.
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"....and gave her a gift of an iPod loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 visit to the United States."

Ha! Obama probably likes watching footage of himself all the time but I sincerely doubt that Her Majesty is in any way narcissistic. And doesn't she take he favorite cameraman everywhere with her to do the official shoot?

What a poorly thought out gift.

"In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed photograph of herself - apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries."

Nothing extra? Not so special, then, is he?

"Earlier, Mr Obama had spoken of his admiration for Her Majesty but indicated that his wife was handling the details of their royal meeting..."

Newsflash for Michelle. Apart from obsessing about what she should wear and picking out O's tie, the 'details of their royal meeting' ain't her business.

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These clowns remind me of the old TV show, "The Beverly Hillbillies". The obamas have lots of class. Regrettably, it's all low class...


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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2009, 02:51:59 PM »
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The Queen's gift to the Messiah should have been Churchill's bust.

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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2009, 02:52:40 PM »
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2009, 02:55:27 PM »
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..."And so I'm very much looking forward to meeting her for the first time later this evening. And as you might imagine, Michelle has been really thinking that through -- because I think in the imagination of people throughout America, I think what the Queen stands for and her decency and her civility, what she represents, that's very important."

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Another note: In the third to the last paragraph, what Obama said, if it is quoted exactly, makes absolutely no sense. But that is expected if he didn't have his teleprompter with him.
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2009, 03:08:32 PM »
Am I the only one embarrassed? ....and does that make me racist?
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2009, 03:09:08 PM »
Somebody pleeeeeeeeeeaze get someone else to do the gift shopping.....Martha Stewart's a democrat...she at least knows proper etiquette.....cause whomever is doing it now....doesn't have a clue.   ::)


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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2009, 03:18:29 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on April 01, 2009, 03:08:32 PM
Am I the only one embarrassed? ....and does that make me racist?

No....as I mentioned on the other thread on this subject, I sincerely apologize to the citizens of the UK for this clown......

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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2009, 03:34:45 PM »
Does anyone in the state department have any clue as to foreign relations?  I mean come one, insulting the Queen is one of the quicker ways to piss the English off.   Make fun of Charles or Camilla, if you must, but the Queen is highly respected and loved.
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2009, 03:54:43 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on April 01, 2009, 03:34:45 PM
Does anyone in the state department have any clue as to foreign relations?  I mean come one, insulting the Queen is one of the quicker ways to piss the English off.   Make fun of Charles or Camilla, if you must, but the Queen is highly respected and loved.

Dunno about that. She has a reputation of being cold and distant. And when Diana died in that car crash, the Queen caught hell about her standoffishness to the point that she actually responded to public opinion. Might've been a first for her.
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2009, 04:40:46 PM »
Good. The sooner Obama stops being regarded as President of the World, the better.
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2009, 04:43:59 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on April 01, 2009, 03:18:29 PM
No....as I mentioned on the other thread on this subject, I sincerely apologize to the citizens of the UK for this clown......

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I really really really liked the comparison of the 0bumbles with the Beverly Hillbillies.

Damn, that was good.
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2009, 04:46:02 PM »
Or how about "Ma and Pa Kettle Go to London"?

I'm not familiar with the old comedy series, but it seems to me there might be some similarities there, too.
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2009, 05:18:40 PM »
And the Queen thought they were so special that for a gift she reached to her closet shelf and retrieved from her large supply an autographed picture of herself in a silver frame.   

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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2009, 05:41:46 PM »
Fox reported a little while ago, per the White House, that Obamas' people asked the Queen's people what she wanted and it was an video iPod.  (which is what she was given)

Hmmm....riiiiiiiiight...... ::)
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #15 on: April 01, 2009, 05:53:21 PM »
Quote from: debk on April 01, 2009, 05:41:46 PM
Fox reported a little while ago, per the White House, that Obamas' people asked the Queen's people what she wanted and it was an video iPod.  (which is what she was given)

Hmmm....riiiiiiiiight...... ::)

Methinks one governmental figure is giving political cover to another governMENTAL figurehead.  :evillaugh:
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #16 on: April 01, 2009, 06:17:06 PM »
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you can always count on Obumbler to muck it up.

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I haven't heard that one yet. :-)
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #17 on: April 01, 2009, 06:20:20 PM »

     What a low-class sack of pigshit our "President" is. I wish the Administration would think of the LAST person they would ask about etiquette, and then actually ask them. We'd get a much better result. Dumbama is an embarrassment to this great country. If there's any silver lining to this whole debacle, it's that Obama is rapidly losing the British press.
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #18 on: April 01, 2009, 06:22:09 PM »
At least the gift of comedy keeps giving.
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2009, 06:33:44 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on April 01, 2009, 06:22:09 PM
At least the gift of comedy keeps giving.

It's almost hard to laugh about it anymore.

DVDs in the wrong format
button with less-than-savory translation
SOS asking who painted Our Lady of Guadalupe
iPod for the Queen, for God's sake

Have I left anything out?

Don't we have people on the payroll who research the protocol on matters like this?

And shouldn't those people have their asses tossed out onto the White House lawn?

Seriously. We have to sit threw 3.75 years of this, folks.

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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #20 on: April 01, 2009, 06:34:05 PM »
Quote from: debk on April 01, 2009, 05:41:46 PM
Fox reported a little while ago, per the White House, that Obamas' people asked the Queen's people what she wanted and it was an video iPod.  (which is what she was given)

Hmmm....riiiiiiiiight...... ::)

She's had an Ipod since 2005, it's not impossible that's exactly what they said.  She is an avid music lover.  And he also gave her an autographed Richard Rodgers songbook.  *shrug*  
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #21 on: April 01, 2009, 06:41:15 PM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on April 01, 2009, 06:34:05 PM
She's had an Ipod since 2005, it's not impossible that's exactly what they said.  She is an avid music lover.  And he also gave her an autographed Richard Rodgers songbook.  *shrug*  

You find nothing wrong with our president, the President of the United States, presenting the Queen of England with an iPod?

My dad asks for socks and underwear every Christmas. That doesn't mean I buy it for him. There are just certain things you don't do--like buy underwear for your dad or an iPod for the GD Queen of England!!!


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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #22 on: April 01, 2009, 06:42:17 PM »
Obama is such an embarrassment to our country.

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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #23 on: April 01, 2009, 06:46:43 PM »
Quote from: jendf on April 01, 2009, 06:41:15 PM
You find nothing wrong with our president, the President of the United States, presenting the Queen of England with an iPod?

My dad asks for socks and underwear every Christmas. That doesn't mean I buy it for him. There are just certain things you don't do--like buy underwear for your dad or an iPod for the GD Queen of England!!!




Actually no I don't.  An updated Ipod filled with music, photos & video from her last trip, plus a rare autographed songbook for someone that's an avid music lover, I think it's a fine gift.

I thought the DVDs for Brown was in poor taste. 

I really think it's much ado over nothing.  *shrug*
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Re: Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
« Reply #24 on: April 01, 2009, 06:48:43 PM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on April 01, 2009, 06:34:05 PM
She's had an Ipod since 2005, it's not impossible that's exactly what they said.  She is an avid music lover.  And he also gave her an autographed Richard Rodgers songbook.  *shrug*  
Must be a real bear trying to get out of the palace to get down to the local Best Buy to purchase a new one.
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