tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post9196092180326782222..comments2023-11-03T03:37:02.548-05:00Comments on WEBSTER'S BLOGSPOT: The bow, what does it mean?Terry Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00166609562028309038noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-10342097347837851452009-11-18T11:06:27.883-06:002009-11-18T11:06:27.883-06:00I think, that in meetings like this, the protocols...I think, that in meetings like this, the protocols for the meeting(bowing, shaking hands etc.) are agreed upon in advance. <br /><br />SO, either Mr. Obama is a totally arrogant rube who doesn't have to listen to his protocol officer and cares nothing for disrespect he is showing to the citizens of America through such actions, or he is making a deliberate statement with these bows.Call Me Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420259973871484926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-81348110803120818932009-11-17T09:22:57.276-06:002009-11-17T09:22:57.276-06:00Ah, I couldn't agree more. And I've said ...Ah, I couldn't agree more. And I've said it numerous times before -- he and the leftists are simply too eager for their own good. If they'd back off some (i.e., stop provoking Americans to take action), people would most likely go back to sleep since they really don't want to be bothered with this crap to start with. They have other fish to fry, but now they know (or are beginning to realize) that the big fish here must be fried before they can go back to frying their little fish in peace. But they're still not quite aware of what they're ultimately in for, I should think.Terry Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166609562028309038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-24540859432570652982009-11-17T09:08:28.719-06:002009-11-17T09:08:28.719-06:00Well, I do take the fundamentally contrary view of...Well, I do take the fundamentally contrary view of Obama, in that I don't believe that Obama's proposed redesign of America is a complete novelty which is being pushed through on the basis of his insuperable political genius.<br /><br />I believe that the main <i>real</i> effect of Obama has been to (accidentally) tear aside the curtain and show Americans what is really going on...and has been going on for some time now. Obama hasn't fundamentally changed the direction of America, he's only woken up the American people through his ineptitude in trying to execute plans designed by more subtle minds.<br /><br />Obama <i>is</i> connected to the movement to subject America to totalitarian government...but he is not the originator nor a particularly adept agent of the overall plan. He was <i>supposed</i> to be a figurehead, but nobody told him that and so he's been trying to actually captain the ship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-86215384212801123302009-11-17T08:59:36.884-06:002009-11-17T08:59:36.884-06:00Chiu,
A cattle prod or a shock collar? With the ...Chiu,<br /><br />A cattle prod or a shock collar? With the latter the secret service agent can simply push a button from a distance, and no one but him and Obama has to know anything about it.<br /><br />Yeah, yeah, I'm going with the shock collar. :-)Terry Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166609562028309038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-28505244155448061502009-11-16T21:12:33.382-06:002009-11-16T21:12:33.382-06:00Dammit! And there I thought I'd, maybe for th...Dammit! And there I thought I'd, maybe for the first time ever, nailed one. But then you come along and blow it out of the water like it was nothing more than a service-boat on an ill-fated mission. <br /><br />What's a guy to do?...<br /><br />;-)Terry Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166609562028309038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-31207258838461402162009-11-16T21:04:29.773-06:002009-11-16T21:04:29.773-06:00The theory that Obama is making this bow to 'c...The theory that Obama is making this bow to 'cover' for his bow to the Saudi King in a "I don't just bow to Islam" sort of way...it makes too much sense of a completely senseless act. Remember when Bush I threw up on the Japanese PM or something (well, you know, at a dinner with the guy)? Nobody tried to make out that it was some kind of deep laid plan, we all just hit our heads and said 'Doh!'<br /><br />Or were secretly delighted, but still not thinking it really <i>meant</i> anything other than that Japanese food is not for the weak digestion.<br /><br />Anyway, it looks like the Japanese are going to pretend the Islamic bow to the Emperor (certainly a mixed message if it meant anything other than Obama being an idiot) never happened. I'm pretty sure that's the best course of action from their perspective. From the perspective of America...one of the Secret Service guys needs to be issued a cattle prod for the next time Obama does this. It's the only way he'll learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-36634276863427740762009-11-16T20:23:30.655-06:002009-11-16T20:23:30.655-06:00Chiu,
I knew there was something particularly ......Chiu,<br /><br />I knew there was something particularly ... Islamic about that bow. Which is why I asked initially at VFR, tongue in cheek, "where'd he learn to do that?" But anyway,...<br /><br />Mom, you make a good point that had somehow evaded me. I think you may have hit the ball out of the park for my theory. <br /><br />Correct me, but wasn't his first bow to the Saudi King? His second, like unto the first, is the one we have pictured at the top of the entry.Terry Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166609562028309038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-9591195300820852502009-11-16T18:15:26.372-06:002009-11-16T18:15:26.372-06:00He hasn't bowed to the Queen of England.
Chiu,...He hasn't bowed to the Queen of England.<br />Chiu, that's very informative. Thank you for sharing.Call Me Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420259973871484926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-89005158348534500892009-11-16T16:39:11.219-06:002009-11-16T16:39:11.219-06:00The form of the bow means that he's not really...The form of the bow means that he's not really bowing to the Emperor of Japan. That's totally a Muslim style bow. Locking out both knees in that fashion is totally alien to the way every other culture bows.<br /><br />In particular, showing respect inappropriately is considered overtly insulting in Japan. America is acknowledged as the only nation to ever conquer Japan. For the American President to bow to the Emperor is basically saying that wasn't a big deal, which is the essentially denying the entire historical tradition of the Japanese.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure that doesn't actually cancel out the total mockery of Japanese concepts of honor and pride the bow represents, but then again Japan is still in a transitional period, culturally. The Islamic bow somehow or other gained some currency with the out-caste classes a while back...I think that may only make things worse, though. Because in that case it clearly denigrates the position of Emperor of Japan within Japanese tradition itself.<br /><br />Hopefully, the Japanese are willing to just consider Obama a rube with no sense of cultural protocol. Even if they don't...they're still the defeated survivors. It's not like they can actually do anything about Obama being offensive towards them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-89548232843014513242009-11-16T10:01:51.134-06:002009-11-16T10:01:51.134-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com