President Barack Obama shows Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom a bust of Sir Winston Churchill in the private residence of the White House, July 20, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Posted on 11/14/2016 2:45:47 PM PST by drewh
What do the Chia Obamas go for nowadays?
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Do you think the Queen will return Obama’s gift he gave to England, his speeches on a set of CD’s? I doubt she still has them. They were probably used as coasters for parties at Buckingham Palace.
You’re correct .. I pinged you to my previous post #100 as it your #67 that I was referring the other poster to.
Weren't they DVDs? I'm remembering that they had the annoyance of finding a player for the region code.
How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.
The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.
No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.
— Sir Winston Churchill (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 [London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899]).
(My note. . .He was 25 years old at the time)
Woohoo! Freepers predicted this!
NICE!!!!
And I reject your stupid comments about Churchill & the Brits - which is why I responded to them in the first place.
Winston Churchill is among the greatest of Western Civilization while Barack Obama is not worthy of mention (please note that i am being polite).
Trump should accept the return of the bust and immediately send it out to be guided in gold.
Obama is but that which is composted into organic fertilizer IYKWIMAITTYD.
” WE WILL FIGHT ON THE BEACHES, WE WILL FIGHT ON THE LANDING GROUNDS, WE SHALL FIGHT IN THE FIELDS AND IN THE STREETS,WE SHALL FIGHT IN THE HILLS, WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER”.
THIS GUY SHOULD BE AN HONORARY MARINE.
SEMPER FIDELIS.
YES!!!!
When I read this my mouth just smiled and smiled and my heart, a happy dance. I was ashamed of Obama when he sent it back. What an upstart.
SOURCE: https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/07/27/fact-check-bust-winston-churchill
Fact Check: The Bust of Winston Churchill
JULY 27, 2012 AT 1:21 PM ET BY DAN PFEIFFER
Lately, there’s been a rumor swirling around about the current location of the bust of Winston Churchill. Some have claimed that President Obama removed the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office and sent it back to the British Embassy.
Now, normally we wouldn’t address a rumor that’s so patently false, but just this morning the Washington Post’s Charles Krauthammer repeated this ridiculous claim in his column. He said President Obama “started his Presidency by returning to the British Embassy the bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office.”
This is 100% false. The bust still in the White House. In the Residence. Outside the Treaty Room.
News outlets have debunked this claim time and again. First, back in 2010 the National Journal reported that “the Churchill bust was relocated to a prominent spot in the residence to make room for Abraham Lincoln, a figure from whom the first African-American occupant of the Oval Office might well draw inspiration in difficult times.” And just in case anyone forgot, just last year the AP reported that President Obama “replaced the Oval Office fixture with a bust of one of his American heroes, President Abraham Lincoln, and moved the Churchill bust to the White House residence.”
In case these news reports are not enough for Mr. Krauthammer and others, here’s a picture of the President showing off the Churchill bust to Prime Minister Cameron when he visited the White House residence in 2010.
Hopefully this clears things up a bit and prevents folks from making this ridiculous claim again.
Update:
Since my post on the fact that the bust of Winston Churchill has remained on display in the White House, despite assertions to the contrary, I have received a bunch of questions — so let me provide some additional info. The White House has had a bust of Winston Churchill since the 1960’s. At the start of the Bush administration Prime Minister Blair lent President Bush a bust that matched the one in the White House, which was being worked on at the time and was later returned to the residence. The version lent by Prime Minister Blair was displayed by President Bush until the end of his Presidency. On January 20, 2009 — Inauguration Day — all of the art lent specifically for President Bush’s Oval Office was removed by the curator’s office, as is common practice at the end of every presidency. The original Churchill bust remained on display in the residence. The idea put forward by Charles Krauthammer and others that President Obama returned the Churchill bust or refused to display the bust because of antipathy towards the British is completely false and an urban legend that continues to circulate to this day.
Is that Obama bowing to Churchill?
I want Onabla’s sphincter to tighten up every time he hears a word from Trump.
Between Onambla and hILLary, they represent everything that is presently wrong in the entire world. I can’’t say I hate them, but I just want them to be forgotten while they rot in jail.
I was always taught the opposite of love is not hate, it’s apathy.
‘Never has so much been owed by so many to one man’
I love it!
OBASTARD will be remembered as a failure and a pussy.
Winston Churchill will always be remembered and revered as one of the greatest statesmen (and toughest SOBs) of the 20th century.
OBSTARD IS, always has BEEN, and always WILL BE remembered as a C#NT.
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