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Here is a clip from Saturday Night Live that pretty much sums up the President’s China visit. Very funny…

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“The Obama Bow” made a lot of news lately. The responses seem to range from “no big deal” to “I can’t believe he did that”. I am on the “can’t believe he did that” side and it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. How about some common sense here. Who on God’s green earth doesn’t know that bowing in a situation like that is an acknowledgment of submission. It is no different than an dog rolling over on his back to another dog. I saw that and immediately thought that Obama just rolled over on his back. Does this man represent YOUR America?

I came across a terrific post by Bob Bauman regarding the history of the kowtow. It appears that the first westerner to refuse to kowtow was John Elliot Ward when visiting the Chinese emperor in 1859. No western leader has bowed since – well, until Obama. The article is a great read and pretty short. It is nice to have the history.

Source: Obama in Wonderland: Hu’s On First (baumanblog.sovereignsociety.com)

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I am dumbfounded with what is going on with the entire health care reform. I can’t even believe the brain surgeons in the hallowed halls of congress and the white house could even say with a straight face that this monstrosity is going to accomplish anything positive. Then they have the nerve to tell us that it is not going to send the debt in the stratosphere. Frankly, it is insulting that these fools think that we are so stupid.

The bills are thousands of pages, rolled out from a secret room where no one can see, rushed through and the vote is set for Saturday night – again. What happened to transparency? C’mon. I don’t know about anyone else but I am getting pretty frustrated with the out of control spending and the rush voting. If it is so wonderful, why can’t we take our time and make sure that what we are doing makes sense.

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I came across this “hilarious” post today that discusses the fact that even the democrats are getting sick of Tim Geithner’s job performance. It seems that some democrats in Congress are noticing his focus on Wall Street at the expense of Main Street. Have super geniuses have just woken up from their nap?

Unfortunately the joke is on all of us. I am bowled over at the what this man has been able to do. I don’t want to steal any thunder from the piece. Karl Denninger did a fantastic job of laying it all out there. I have warn you though, you might be left with a pit in your stomach after you pick your jaw up off the floor.

Source: “Liberal” Consensus On Dumping Geithner?

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