At a time when world tension is high, the US is involved in a war on two fronts (at least), the economy is tanking and taking the world economy with it and we have innumerable psycho nations seeking nuclear capabilities, we have a President that is an obsequious toady and wants the world to love him.
Obama began his administration with World Apology Tour One. He paraded around Africa and the Middle East, insulting our allies and courting our enemies. Can anyone forget the BOW to Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah? Or giving the Russians a big red button to “restart”?
State Department protocol has been that American Presidents do not bow…TO ANYONE. Our Founding Fathers fled religious and royal persecution over 200 years ago and one of the bonuses is that Americans do not have to bow. We do not recognize that we are subservient to ANY Monarch and that is what a bow signifies. Miss Manners agrees (see full article here) but of course, her opinion at this point is probably construed as rightwing extremism and bought her a spot on the Homeland Security watch list.
But symbolic subservience to a foreign ruler is worse. When Miss Manners sees American citizens delighting in bowing or curtseying to royalty, she tries to remind herself that they are just being silly, not treasonous. When an American official does it, we can only hope it was because he was noticing that his own shoelace was undone — and not that he recognizes the divine right of kings in general, or the authority over us of that king in particular.
George Bush did not bow, but it did seem that he formed his own protocol by holding hands with the Saudi Crown Prince…Lady Libertas was not quite sure what to make of that but at least it was more egalitarian than a bow.
Liberty-Minded Americans cringed over Obama’s submissiveness in Riyadh, but apparently that was just a test run. In his meeting with Japanese Emperor Akihito, Obama dipped deep AGAIN! We can be sure that the Liberal Obama Defenders will rush to protest that Obama was simply showing respect, but even in Japanese tradition, it was a sign of weakness.
Jake Tapper from ABC reached out to a “an old friend — an academic with expertise about the Japanese Empire, and in general a supporter of President Obama…” who made the following observations about Obama’s bow to the Emperor (see full article here):
“The bow as he performed did not just display weakness in Red State terms, but evoked weakness in Japanese terms….The last thing the Japanese want or need is a weak looking American president and, again, in all ways, he unintentionally played that part.”
Jake Tapper’s friend states that a bow to the Emperor is not unprecedented and he is referring to the Nixon bow to Emperor Hirohito (Akihito’s father) in 1971. Lady Libertas agrees that the Nixon bow was certainly not as deferential as Obama’s and lest the Liberal Defenders excuse that it was Obama’s height, there is only a 2 inch difference between Nixon and Obama. As well, no other heads of state feel the need to be as ingratiating as President Obama as evidenced by the 46 handshakes collected by UConn Republicans by other world leaders as they met with the Emperor.
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Dick Cheney commented to Politico, ““There is no reason for an American president to bow to anyone. Our friends and allies don’t expect it, and our enemies see it as a sign of weakness.”
When Bill Clinton made what was interpreted as a slight bow to the Emperor in 1994, the NY Times slammed him:
“The image on the South Lawn was indelible: an obsequent President, and the Emperor of Japan.” The paper wrote that the “thou need not bow” standard in State Department protocol has been constant since the country’s founding.
But no such criticism has been forthcoming for Obama, only excuses. The mainstream media is tuned to the White House Message Channel all day, every day.
So what to expect next?
Tea and Cookies with Kim Jong-Il in North Korea?
Will Obama kiss Ahmadinejab on both cheeks and embrace him, ensuring Iran that Obama will throw Israel under the bus as Iran matches plutonium with a missile?
More secret notes from Hammas and censoring of Israel to the world?
Complete disarmament to please Russia while they return to a policy of proliferation?
Singing kumbaya with all the Communist regimes of the world? Maybe turn the Lincoln Memorial red and yellow this time?
The story is NOT that Obama bowed.
The story is that the President of the United States is weak, submissive and kowtows to our enemies.
The story is that Obama is far more interested in how our enemies view us than supporting our allies.
The story is that Obama is endangering all Americans as he makes excuses for prior American policy and presents a weak and ineffectual face to the world.
The story is that Obama makes Jimmy Carter look like a hardass.
Lady Libertas says:
Prep those underground bunkers, Patriots – at this rate, Obama will give away all of our nukes just as Iran and North Korea are ready to go nuclear. It’s going to be a long winter.
In yet another remarkably poor decision, President Obama has decided to bring five of the 911 terrorists to New York for trial. This move has outraged many Americans for obvious reasons, (obvious to most people), but for anyone unsure as to why this is a bad idea, here are three reasons:
1. By bringing terrorists into the American judicial system we instantly accord them a wealth of rights and privileges not normally provided to war criminals let alone terrorists who do not wear a uniform or in any manner acknowledge the Geneva convention protocols. Taxpayers will actually have to foot the bill for five brutal murderers who have already admitted to their crimes.
2. Under law, we are now stating that these five terrorists are indeed innocent, and the court must prove otherwise. Self-professed killers are being treated with respect and consideration they neither want nor requested.
3. By trying these terrorists in the court system we open a Pandora’s box of legal issues that may well come back to haunt us.
Bringing terrorists into our courtrooms returns us to a pre-911 mentality in which horrific terrorist acts are treated as mere criminal offenses. Readers may recall how during the 1990’s radial Jihad had formally declared war on the U.S., but President Clinton responded to repeated attacks as anything but acts of war (read U.S.S. Cole, the bombing of an American embassy, etc.).
Perhaps worse still is the dark irony that these terrorists will be tried in the very city in which so many Americans lost loved ones.
This is a horrible decision which Obama cannot blame on President Bush or in any other way justify. It is a remarkable slap in the face to every American citizen who is disgusted at the mere notion of providing these animals all the legal trimmings and accouterments of a civil legal system.
The time for political correctness is over. The frauds that run the House of Representatives have just voted to pass the most horrific piece of legislation in the history of the United States of America…and cheered as they did it.
They won the healthcare vote with FIVE votes. One of them is Joseph Cao – RINO and Junior Congressman. Step One of shedding Political Correctness is to make sure that the GOP “tent” is no longer welcoming to this Junior Congressman. Jospeh Cao is Benedict Arnold. Period. and his career is over within the GOP. Period. We cannot afford mistakes like this in 2010 and either the GOP is on board or they need to be voted out as well.
After a long day and evening of watching C-Span, Lady Libertas allowed a few moments of feeling defeat last night but no more. We are in the fight for our values, our liberty, our way of life. The liberal trolls parroted the good cheer of their leadership last night, completely clueless that this will affect them the same as everyone, no matter party affiliation. Taxes have no care for party affiliation.
As countries around the globe struggle to return right from years of hard left rule, America is sliding towards Socialism at an alarming rate.
This vote was not about healthcare – it was about the takeover of the American government, the expansion of Federal power, the extensive reach of the power brokers in Washington DC and the subjugation of the American people. Nancy Pelosi and her gang of bully boys do not care about the state of American healthcare; if they did, this would have been an issue much sooner than present day. What they care about is expansion of their own pork bellies and they have no problem stepping directly on at least half of America to take it.
The vote we witnessed last night was a desperate push by extreme Liberals to inflict their will on this country before they lose control. FIVE VOTES – certainly not a resounding endorsement for a majority. Obama has not been the success that they banked on to carry them on waves of victory to a complete takeover of the United States and this country overwhelmingly has no faith in their elected Representatives - In an October 29, 2009 Rasumussen poll:
Just 15% of voters now give Congress good or excellent ratings, while most (53%) rate the legislature as poor. Those ratings have held relative steady for the past few months but are noticeably worse than those found in May. At that time, 23% gave Congress positive ratings while 44% rated its performance as poor.
Forty-two percent (42%) of voters see most members of Congress as corrupt, the highest level measured in over a year. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say most congressmen are not corrupt, while another 21% are undecided.
Just 15% of voters believe most members of Congress are more interested in helping people than in furthering their own careers. Seventy-six percent (76%) think most congressmen put their own careers first.
As Conservatives, we have been ignored, marginalized or outright derided in the past months. Obama not only ignores the Conservatives but he and his Administration actively attack Conservative talk show hosts and FOX news and the Tea Party Movement. There is more divisiveness in this country than ever before. Obama the Unifier has become the Emperor with No Clothes and we will continue to point that out. Our rallying points though are strong and we cannot forget New Jersey or Virginia or even New York, where a Conservative running alone only lost by a few points.
The point that Lady Libertas would like to make to Patriots everywhere is WE HAVE ONLY JUST BEGUN. We have had some victories and some losses but we cannot lose the will to keep fighting. The words of James Madison remind us: “The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”
There were 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence and their commitment to the fight for Liberty was astronomical:
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
The only question that remains is this:
Are we willing to make the same commitment that our Founding Fathers made?
Lady Libertas is willing to make that commitment…let the Seeds of Revolution be thrown to the winds to gain foothold in all corners of our great country. Let the Tyrants and those who would see Liberty be laid low or traded for slavery be put on notice – The Will of the American People is not to be ignored. We commit to the vision of the Founding Fathers and the preservation of the Constitution of the United States of America. We commit to the values and ideals that have made our Republic the most powerful in the world: less government, low taxes, free markets, strong national defense, individual freedom and personal responsibility. We commit to American exceptionalism. We commit to Action. From one Patriot to Another – I give YOU my commitment. Let the Revolution begin…
