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Why is he bowing to the Japanese Emperor Akihito?
Reuters photo ^ | 11-14-09

Posted on 11/13/2009 9:10:01 PM PST by STARWISE

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To: STARWISE

46 instances of handshaking without bowing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U6fL7Y4BZA

Obama should take lessons!


581 posted on 11/15/2009 5:01:57 AM PST by tedder
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To: STARWISE

America is the laughing stock of the world and still there’s so many Americans with eyes wide shut.


582 posted on 11/15/2009 5:11:36 AM PST by sunny48
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To: STARWISE; Candor7; TigersEye
Now the CHINESE are starting to get perturbed over it. Japanese internet news reports tonight, our time, that one Chinese blogger (日当午)is prominently carrying a photo of the Obama bow to the Emperor, and deeply questioning the need for such a bow in the first place. He says that it was unordinary in diplomatic protocol procedures.

He said, in the case of meeting the Pope, it is understandable in diplomatic protocol, but in the case of meeting the Emperor, it was NOT correct, "and why was it that Obama initiated such a deep, 90degree bow?"

Screen saver of the Mainland Chinese, Chinese language website today, below, from Japanese Searchina News--questioning Obama's behavior.


583 posted on 11/15/2009 6:35:41 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Major Hasan: One Amercan "clinging to guns and religion" Obama couldn't have cared less about!!)
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To: Cvengr

(Shoe shine, ...Boss???)

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Speaking of shoes, Obama’s look like they have lifts embedded. Perhaps without them, Michelle would tower over him.


584 posted on 11/15/2009 6:45:23 AM PST by maica (Freedom consists not in doing what we like,but in having the right to do what we ought. John Paul II)
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To: STARWISE

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,160,000 for obama bow japan. (0.11 seconds)


585 posted on 11/15/2009 6:49:36 AM PST by maica (Freedom consists not in doing what we like,but in having the right to do what we ought. John Paul II)
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To: Ronin

Damned straight on that!


586 posted on 11/15/2009 6:49:38 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Major Hasan: One Amercan "clinging to guns and religion" Obama couldn't have cared less about!!)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Fox News Sunday just showed the bow, and the Cheney greeting of the Emperor. Liz Cheney is on the panel. Bill Kristol just said that he has met the emperor and he did not bow.

Mara spoke the dem line: it doesn’t make any difference.


587 posted on 11/15/2009 6:53:15 AM PST by maica (Freedom consists not in doing what we like,but in having the right to do what we ought. John Paul II)
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To: maica

Its OK then, the damage has been done. And hearing the Mara answer, it indicates the Dems dont have an adequate explanaton, so they want this to go away. Means we have to ramp it up even more.


588 posted on 11/15/2009 7:15:20 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Major Hasan: One Amercan "clinging to guns and religion" Obama couldn't have cared less about!!)
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To: Marty62; All

OK BLACKS...where are you.

Good question. You think after bows to Akihito, Putin and Abdullah
that Black Activists would be pissed at Obama's obvious show of SUBSERVIENCE to another person.

It seems reminiscent of the RESPECT a Slave Owner demands of his property.


589 posted on 11/15/2009 7:26:40 AM PST by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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To: Red Steel

You may not believe me, and it’s not important, but I’m fairly certain that I made that slideshow of Obama and Putin from a youtube. It has 13 or 14 frames and I had it uploaded in two sites!

I also made one of Obama bowing to the Saudi and neglected to put my name on it. Also made one of Brian Williams bowing to Obama. I find my graphics on Google and other sites, often with the name removed!

I go to a youtube and use my cursor to stop it at a frame I want. Then I do a screen capture and take it to MSPaint to save. I do this over and over and it takes a lot of time.

Then I take them to Animation Shop and crop them all to the same size and make slideshows. I see it was from Atlas Shrugs..

I have 14 THOUSAND graphics now so it’s hard to keep track of all of them, lol.


590 posted on 11/15/2009 7:49:08 AM PST by potlatch (ACTIONS - Speak Louder Than Words)
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To: BP2

I know it is absolutely amazing that the msm are so in favor of the 1st Black Prez BOWING to foreign leaders.
...
Sort of shows exactly what they REALLY think of Zero.
Does the msm think that the 1st Black Prez SHOULD bow to the SUPERIOR foreign leaders.
Also says a lot about the Administrations mindset.
How much arrogance does it take to tell an AMERICAN PREZ. “now when you meet the Emperior, make sure you bow from the waist and your head is BELOW the Emperors”


591 posted on 11/15/2009 8:40:08 AM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: DavidAccord
...when he meets the Chinese Premier he will need to do that and much more. .. even if it involves massaging the Premier’s feet.

You can go lower in China:

Kowtow (simplified Chinese: 叩头; traditional Chinese: 叩頭; pinyin: Kòu tóu; Cantonese: Kau tàuh, Vietnamese: Khấu đầu) is the act of deep respect shown by kneeling and bowing so low as to have one's head touching the ground.

In Han Chinese culture, the kowtow is the highest sign of reverence. It was widely used to show reverence for one's elders, superiors, and especially the Emperor, as well as for religious and cultural objects of worship. In modern times, usage of the kowtow has become much reduced.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowtow

592 posted on 11/15/2009 9:03:57 AM PST by Poe White Trash (Wake up!)
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To: mojitojoe
Obama would have been bowing in this crowd too!

(Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego)

593 posted on 11/15/2009 9:10:57 AM PST by 444Flyer ("Permission to engage the enemy Sir! " " Permission denied." (Under CIC Obamao.))
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To: lonevoice

I just never dreamed that someone who hates America so much would be in the White House.


594 posted on 11/15/2009 10:01:35 AM PST by Pride in the USA
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To: TigersEye

Not sure if someone else mentioned this, but you download the Gif animations just like a photo. Right click, save.

When you want to view them again, you can actually open them with your browser. They’ll display just fine. Under the file section above, select open file.

I just tested it with Firefox V. 3.5.5.

When you go to a file with bunch of photos and Gif animations in it, you can enter *.gif as the name, and the selection will refresh with just the gifs listed. While there may be some non-animated Gifs, at least it will minimize all the possibilities to just Gifs.

Hope this helps. Take care...


595 posted on 11/15/2009 11:15:49 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Unseal the lock box containing every document pertaining to Obama's life, TODAY!)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Thanks for the comments. I appreciate the confirmation and your comments on this blithering idiot’s behavior.

The problem with leftists, is that they are always the smartest person in the room. Republicans generally have someone to explain proper protocol before a foreign visit. The leftist have some Maoist droid, that doesn’t give a fig what anyone else thinks is appropriate or not.

I think even Carter would have been smart enough to avoid this breach in protocol, but who knows.


596 posted on 11/15/2009 11:19:35 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Unseal the lock box containing every document pertaining to Obama's life, TODAY!)
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To: DoughtyOne
When you want to view them again, you can actually open them with your browser. They’ll display just fine. Under the file section above, select open file.

Thanks, DoughtyOne. I have always saved them like any other pic but I was trying to use a separate picture browser software to open them. I hadn't thought of using my internet browser. That will probably solve the whole problem. Thanks again.

597 posted on 11/15/2009 11:57:50 AM PST by TigersEye (0bama is our first Port of Entry President - I hope he goes home.)
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To: Pride in the USA

Kenyans bow to everybody.


598 posted on 11/15/2009 12:51:06 PM PST by Bankroller
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To: AmericanInTokyo

I knew it. This is going to cause repercussions with China and other Asian countries.


599 posted on 11/15/2009 1:49:09 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama is our first Port of Entry President - I hope he goes home.)
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To: TigersEye

You are right that some graphic tools don’t handle Gifs well. I have an older version of ThumbsPlus that doesn’t. I’ve used others over time too, that didn’t work well with them.

Take care.

BTW: I sometimes get too basic with my responses, but I do want the response to help others who see it to be able to pick up anywhere along the way, depending on their skills. This wasn’t just written to you, and I apologize if it looked like I thought your skills were non-existent. No insult was intended.


600 posted on 11/15/2009 2:07:38 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Unseal the lock box containing every document pertaining to Obama's life, TODAY!)
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