Posted on 11/13/2009 9:10:01 PM PST by STARWISE
Bookmarking that one! Thanks!
I didn’t take it that way at all. I don’t know very much about computers and the internet, relatively speaking, and your post was helpful.
Excellent. Thank you.
Nice post—great answers.
O-booboo has goofed again! For the whole world to see.
What’s more, I think this may actually insult the Emperor. Obama’s behavior suggests the Emperor is stuck in a different time, and culturally isolated from the rest of the world.
You do great work! I always enjoy your graphics.
Kowtow:
Chinese ritual also spelled kotow, Chinese (Pinyin) keitou or (Wade-Giles romanization) k’o-t’ou
in traditional China, the act of supplication made by an inferior to his superior by kneeling and knocking his head to the floor. This prostration ceremony was most commonly used in religious worship, by commoners who came to make a request of the local district magistrate, and by officials and representatives of foreign powers who came into the presence of the emperor. By the Ming period (1368–1644), the ritual, especially as made to the shrine of Confucius by the emperor and to the emperor by his officials and foreign envoys, involved “three kneelings and nine prostrations.”
[You do great work! I always enjoy your graphics.]
Thank you Palladin, I appreciate that very much!
I am getting out of the American Embassy here in Japan is that they did not even have a draft of Obama's Saturday speech, everything was so rush and disorganized and last minute by the visting White House, at least it would have been a generally considerate protocol to have the US Embassy Tokyo in on it as the local host and handler.
By that I gather then, that the bow itself as also a surprise to them, they were totally blindsided by it. Many have sounded out on FR that they cannot imagine the State Department advising him to execute such a ridiculous bow, and now I have to agree.
Obama in his arrogance (which will be his downfall IMHO) just simply decided he would go "native", freelanced his moved with the Emperor, and stepped right into the crap...now the story and that picture (plus video!) is spreading and a lot of people do not like it.
/mark
Sadly, Commander Zero isn’t the only one to suffer for his sophomoric behavior.
Our nation is recognized as having a man-child as a president, and being exposed to danger as probably never before. How can our allies help but be worried, and questioning their future alliances?
The Democrats can’t help but be somewhat worried themselves to have Joe Biden’s illegitimate son in the Oval Office. (Figuratively)
Thanks for mentioning the Embassy. I think that’s a good point. There was a resource waiting to be tapped, but then czars are the flavor of the day don’tsha know.
The Emperor looks rather amused by it all. Would love to know what he said to his wife after the Clown-in-Chief left.
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He is addressed as Tenno Samma.
Thank you for the strategic implications of such bow indicating weakness.
Enemies in North Korea and China have no doubt noted 0bama’s weakness.
Wars have started when enemies perceived that they would not be seriously opposed.
Interesting the the Jaopanese News papers are discussing the “bow.”
What the emperor likely said?
” Obama bakayaro desu!”
I have an anecdote that may explain Obama's fascination with other people's shoes.
After many years of installing fire sprinkler systems, I couldn't help but look up at the installations in everything from open warehouse-big box stores, to office buildings.
Within seconds, I'd silently critique the symmetrical alignment of the sprinklers, the distance in between them, any "shadowed" areas, earthquake bracing, take a peek at the riser (valves), etc., while my son counted the people that tried to figure out what I was looking at and my X pretended she didn't know me.
Perhaps Potus has some similar occupation related nostalgia.
It can take a quite a few years to overcome.
;~)
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