It ticks me off to no end to see an American President bow to a Japanese Emperor!!!!
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Tue Nov-17-09 06:32 PM
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It ticks me off to no end to see an American President bow to a Japanese Emperor!!!!
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Tue Nov-17-09 06:43 PM
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1. I think that is just a tall man bending over to greet a short, old man.
This entire bowing criticism thing has gotten totally out of hand IMHO.
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Tue Nov-17-09 06:47 PM
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2. Sure it's gotten out of hand
And certain segments in our society would much rather yammer on and on about that than deal with some very real problems affecting significant portions of the country. But it's not because the Republicans don't have any ideas or solutions, so stop saying that.
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Tue Nov-17-09 06:52 PM
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4. Repukes have lots of ideas...I have listed these below....
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Tue Nov-17-09 07:31 PM
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10. Is this empty head on your part, or do
you really not know any Republican ideas? It's good to get out a bit and know things, even if you don't agree with them. :)
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Tue Nov-17-09 07:43 PM
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12. They have lots of ideas, it's true.
The problem is their ideas are all counterproductive and stupid.
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Tue Nov-17-09 08:13 PM
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No empty-headers on du, right?
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Tue Nov-17-09 06:47 PM
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3. It's a bow...others have bowed, is my point...
..it's manufactured outrage by the right...yet again.
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Tue Nov-17-09 06:55 PM
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6. exactly! He did the right thing, sane people think Obama merits respect for
the proper respect he gave the emperor.
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Tue Nov-17-09 07:06 PM
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8. And if he didn't bow, the right would be all over him for not paying
proper respect to one of our strongest allies...they just want to bitch about something.
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Tue Nov-17-09 08:27 PM
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19. precisely, they major in petty! n/t
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Tue Nov-17-09 06:55 PM
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5. Yes, but it wasn't a DEEP bow
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Tue Nov-17-09 06:56 PM
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7. yes and that emperor was taller than the present and the president was
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Wed Nov-18-09 05:59 AM
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30. I shoulda used the sarcasm tag
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Wed Nov-18-09 01:41 PM
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35. Naw, I should have been less daft and seen the jest. n/t
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Wed Nov-18-09 06:35 PM
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36. hard to tell sometimes
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Tue Nov-17-09 07:26 PM
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9. To me, it looks like he's leaning in to hear him better. Notice he's tilted sideways. n/t
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Tue Nov-17-09 07:37 PM
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11. That's just because Nixon was crooked.
It took a two man team of White House valets to screw on his pants every morning.
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Tue Nov-17-09 08:12 PM
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Wed Nov-18-09 06:52 AM
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He famously denied it. "I am not a crook." Ri-i-i-ght.
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Tue Nov-17-09 07:49 PM
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13. I guess if you're a right winger, you probably think
Obama should show his respect by pissing on the Emperor's shoe or something along those lines. Fucking idiots.
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Tue Nov-17-09 07:52 PM
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14. He should have punched him!
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Tue Nov-17-09 08:15 PM
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17. Bowing over there is the same as hand shaking here ...big deal ...pffft.
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Tue Nov-17-09 09:01 PM
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21. No, it isn't. Shaking hands is mutual. The Emperor doesn't bow to anyone,
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Tue Nov-17-09 09:27 PM
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25. Yes it is ...and I don't mean for the Emperor ...I mean for most people.
Edited on Tue Nov-17-09 09:28 PM by L0oniX
Where did you see me say anything specifically about the fucking emperor?.
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Tue Nov-17-09 09:31 PM
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26. Fine. But the OP is specifically about bowing to the Emperor. So your post
Edited on Tue Nov-17-09 09:32 PM by pnwmom
is irrelevant to the discussion then.
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Tue Nov-17-09 10:18 PM
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27. If it's irrelevant why are you responding to it? Knee jerk much?
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Wed Nov-18-09 01:26 AM
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28. Because I was giving you the benefit of the doubt.
That is, I was assuming you were discussing the OP.
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Tue Nov-17-09 08:16 PM
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18. They should throw up on them!
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Tue Nov-17-09 09:05 PM
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22. I promise there are pics out there of GW Bush and Cheney bowing.
How do we find those? I wouldn't know where to start looking...
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Tue Nov-17-09 09:07 PM
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24. I know there's several of Bush kissing Abudullah
or however his name is spelled.
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Wed Nov-18-09 01:57 AM
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29. There are several of every President doing it including President Obama.
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Tue Nov-17-09 09:06 PM
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23. Not that impressive, now if he'd have done a St. James bow.
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Wed Nov-18-09 06:22 AM
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31. Hmmm. Not sure that Nixon is the example I would use
The bow is no big deal, but lets find a better example.
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Wed Nov-18-09 06:39 AM
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32. There the Emperor bowed back. I think the outrage should be that that didn't happen this time.
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