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Obama salute to Marines to be remembered as ‘Semper Latte’
Washington Times ^ | September 23, 2014 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 09/23/2014 7:46:21 PM PDT by grundle

President Obama returned a formal military salute by saluting with a coffee cup he had in his hand as he stepped off his U.S. Marine Corps helicopter in New York on Sunday.

A video of the gesture that some are calling the “latte salute” was uploaded to the White House Instagram account.

The salute is “the most important of all military courtesies,” says a manual, titled “Customs and Courtesies,” for Marine Corps officer candidates, The Daily Caller reported.

“In general, do not salute when… carrying articles with both hands or being otherwise so occupied as to make saluting impractical,” the manual says.

Mr. Obama did not appear to be carrying anything else in his hands when he made the unusual salute.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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To: grundle

Even worse than it looks!

Lacking the foresight to simply transfer the cup to the other hand.

What a jamoke.


22 posted on 09/23/2014 8:22:37 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: Nachum

Perfect


23 posted on 09/23/2014 8:30:07 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
He is obviously mis-wired. I thought of this when you said that...

What was funny was the losers at Snopes trying to characterize this as the most efficient way to get the umbrella past the obstacle.

24 posted on 09/23/2014 8:42:45 PM PDT by rlmorel (The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
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To: grundle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9RkyX44Zes

here’s the video


25 posted on 09/23/2014 8:46:58 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Coffee Cup-in-Chief is one huge disgrace!

He understands all too well what he's doing.

He understands all too well what he's doing.

Coffee Cup-in-Chief

26 posted on 09/23/2014 8:56:33 PM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: rlmorel
Snopes trying to characterize this as the most efficient way to get the umbrella past the obstacle

Yes, and Gerald Ford was was a klutz!

But,but,but Gerald Ford,was a three-time letterwinner at center, Michigan's MVP in 1934.

27 posted on 09/23/2014 8:58:33 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: grundle

I’d rather be reading of the Latte neck snap.


28 posted on 09/23/2014 9:02:49 PM PDT by NoLibZone (The bad news: Hillary Clinton will be the next President. The Good news: Our principles are intact.)
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To: Nachum

That ain’t an active duty jarhead in post 16.


29 posted on 09/23/2014 9:20:14 PM PDT by Rockpile
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To: Rockpile

You’re probably right. Dull, unpolished bill.


30 posted on 09/23/2014 9:25:02 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: Rockpile

And beard.


31 posted on 09/23/2014 9:28:32 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: grundle

And the msm can’t understand why the WH Secret Service didn’t react quickly enough to stop an intruder.


32 posted on 09/23/2014 9:33:15 PM PDT by bgill
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To: grundle

What.....a.....pig.


33 posted on 09/23/2014 9:34:29 PM PDT by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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To: 5thGenTexan
Since I did not serve myself, I don’t know how I would handle returning the salute since I don’t feel I would be deserving of the one offered by the Marine in the first place.

If you were President you'd be serving as CIC and therefore deserve the salute by definition.

How the President handles that respect doesn't reflect the office - it reflects the integrity of the person serving in that office.

34 posted on 09/23/2014 9:38:55 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: grundle

Sergeant Expresso.. deep in navel contemplation... I said navel, not Naval.


35 posted on 09/23/2014 10:04:37 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: grundle

Corpse-man... Maybe he was talking with the dead


36 posted on 09/23/2014 10:06:07 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: laplata

The bus driver hat looks like crap. Did he buff the bill with a brick?


37 posted on 09/23/2014 10:30:05 PM PDT by Rockpile
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To: BigEdLB
Corpse-man... Maybe he was talking with the dead

********

1. The famous Old Italian salute.

2. The one finger salute.

I can't wait to see Obama come down those helicopter steps and give those Marines the OLD ITALIAN SALUTE and THE ONE FINGER SALUTE.

Won't that be something to call home about?

38 posted on 09/23/2014 11:05:26 PM PDT by john mirse
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To: MeshugeMikey

The fact that those Marines didn’t punch that {expletive} in the face ... My respect for the Marines and their professionalism and restraint has gone up a few notches.


39 posted on 09/23/2014 11:13:37 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Yeah, and he served his country in war honorably too.

What scum this president is.


40 posted on 09/24/2014 2:05:45 AM PDT by rlmorel (The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
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