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Obama's Blockbuster Gift for Brown: 25 DVDs (The Big Spender)
FOX NEWS ^ | 3/06/09 | FOX

Posted on 03/06/2009 3:31:35 AM PST by Doogle

Let's hope he's a Star Wars fan. President Obama gave British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a set of 25 classic American films to mark his historic visit to the White House, British media reported on Friday.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brown; giftgate; gordonbrown; obama; uk; us
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1 posted on 03/06/2009 3:31:35 AM PST by Doogle
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To: Doogle

What a cheap pos


2 posted on 03/06/2009 3:32:31 AM PST by Kaslin (Acronym for Obma: One Bad Ass Mistake America)
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To: Doogle

I hope this story makes its way around the WORLD. Mr. Class and Elegance to be exposed for the stupid narcissistic thug he is.


3 posted on 03/06/2009 3:33:30 AM PST by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson VIVA LA REVOLUTION!)
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To: Kaslin
he's an embarrassment
4 posted on 03/06/2009 3:33:40 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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5 posted on 03/06/2009 3:34:00 AM PST by jsh3180
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To: Doogle

Someone put in the comments that Mr. Brown is a movie buff.

Big whoop!

When giving a gift to the head of state you don’t give them something they can pick up at the local discount store for God sake!

I am so embarassed. And apparently the Europeans are laughing at us for this too. I wonder if they are rethinking their wonder and amazement at how great Obama is and how he will bring class to the White House.


6 posted on 03/06/2009 3:37:02 AM PST by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson VIVA LA REVOLUTION!)
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To: Doogle
I do love thids part however.

Finally, Brown gave Obama a first edition of Martin Gilbert's seven-volume biography of Winston Churchill, whose World War II partnership with President Franklin Roosevelt symbolized the U.S.-Anglo alliance.

I wonder if he will accidentially send the volumes back to the UK. After all, we don't need anything written about old dead white men.

7 posted on 03/06/2009 3:37:25 AM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: autumnraine
When giving a gift to the head of state you don’t give them something they can pick up at the local discount store for God sake!

Exactly!

8 posted on 03/06/2009 3:39:12 AM PST by syriacus (To determine if an MSMer is an Obama apologist.--- See if his tongue is darkened from boot-licking.)
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To: jsh3180

I wonder if that is what he gave him.

Seriously, it is a 25 DVD set and it is classic american movies.

A $20 damn gift and he gets a pen holder made from the wood of a historic ship?

I am still totally embarassed by this jackass. I just wonder how his zombies will tell themselves something positive about this.


9 posted on 03/06/2009 3:39:21 AM PST by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson VIVA LA REVOLUTION!)
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To: Doogle

The idiot probably didn’t even give a proper set that is region coded to play on British DVD players.


10 posted on 03/06/2009 3:41:56 AM PST by TheCipher
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Oh my goodness I forgot about how dvd's from the UK do not work in US video machines.

I almost made that mistake when I was in London and wanted to buy some videos from the Imperial War Museum.

11 posted on 03/06/2009 3:44:14 AM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: TheCipher
..having spent time (3 years) during my military days in the UK,that was my first thought.....
12 posted on 03/06/2009 3:44:20 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Kaslin

Rome burns while Nero fiddles. Obama ought to be ashamed of himself but we all know that that is constitutionally impossible for him.


13 posted on 03/06/2009 3:44:22 AM PST by veritas2002
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To: mware

I think he is trying to educate 0 with the books about Winston Churchill, after realizing the returned bust meant Obama had absolutely no idea of the symbolism attached to it.


14 posted on 03/06/2009 3:44:59 AM PST by dawn53
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To: Doogle

Did Obama include the special strings so Brown can hang some from his rear view mirror? That would have been especially thoughtful.


15 posted on 03/06/2009 3:46:27 AM PST by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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To: Doogle

DVDs are encoded with a region code. The USA is part of region code 1, whereas Europe (including the UK) is region code 2. The commercial DVD player specification requires that a player to be sold in a given place not play discs encoded for a different region. So chances are, the Prime Minister won’t be able to play the DVDs when he gets home (unless he can find a region free DVD player).


16 posted on 03/06/2009 3:47:50 AM PST by jpthomas (Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy)
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To: Doogle
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/gordon-brown-turns-down-george-bushs-gift_10075016.html

Gordon Brown turns down George Bushs gift

July 23rd, 2008 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI

Leather jacket gifted to him by US President George W Bush.

Bush presented the bomber jacket to Brown during their first talks as fellow leaders. The jacket is not only emblazoned with the presidential logo, but also features Browns name on it.

However, Browns decision to reject the personalised gift was in tune with the list of gifts received by ministers on their official meetings.

The list of gifts received by government ministers in the last year, which they are required to declare if the value is estimated at more than 140 pounds, shows that Brown purposely did not exercise the option of keeping the presidential present.

By rule, ministers can only retain gifts received in the course of their ministerial duties if they recompense the public purse to the appropriate value.

The gift of a “leather holdall / clothing” given to Brown by George Bush on his first trip to the United States as Prime Minister is said to have been “held by the department, reports The Telegraph.

Unlike former Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair, who preferred to purchase all the presidential gifts, Brown did not accept a single gift, turning down, among other items, a commemorative coin from the prime minister of Ethiopia, a stone bowl from the president of Afghanistan and a rug from the president of Pakistan.

In fact, the new Prime Minister even passed the perishable items given to him on to charity or into the Government’’s wine cellars. They included a hamper from the Sultan of Brunei and wine from the French president. (ANI)

17 posted on 03/06/2009 3:47:56 AM PST by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Private First Class - 1/16/09 - Parris Island, SC)
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To: Doogle

I wonder if the selection included “Gone With the Wind?”


18 posted on 03/06/2009 3:48:01 AM PST by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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To: Doogle
US DVDs of old non-HD movies will not play in he UK! We use a system called NTSC that uses a picture of 525 lines at 30 frames a second. Throughout the UK they use a system called PAL. It has 625 lines at 25 frames a second.

They are NOT compatible.

The gift, like Obama and his ideas, are worthless.

19 posted on 03/06/2009 3:49:58 AM PST by MindBender26 (The Hellfire Missile is one of the wonderful ways God shows us he loves American Soldiers & Marines)
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To: Liberty Ship

*LOL*


20 posted on 03/06/2009 3:51:47 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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