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First, Obama gets a Nobel Peace Prize for nothing; Now, a tae kwan do black belt after 0 kicks
LA Times ^ | Nov. 19, 2009 | Andrew Malcolm

Posted on 11/19/2009 6:17:09 AM PST by Second Amendment First

Democrat president Barack Obama tries some martial arts moves with South Korean president Lee Myung-bak Seoul 11-20-09

Even President Obama himself during his just-concluded trip to Asia admitted that he was surprised to receive the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this year without actually producing any peace.

In fact, the rookie American president ordered his own troop surge, boosting U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan to 68,000. Now, the Democrat may be preparing to send more again. And a Gallup Poll showed 61% of Americans didn't think he deserved it either.

Anyway, there he was in Seoul, South Korea on the last stop of his journey.

And out of the Seoul sky, President Lee Myung-bak hands over to the American leader a tae kwan do outfit. And then Lee, who practices tae kwan do himself, presents Obama with a coveted black belt.

After 0 long years of study.

What would Chuck Norris do? Probably bow. But never as low as Obama bowed for Japan's Emperor last weekend in Tokyo.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: japan; obamao; taekwandobama; taekwanobamado
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To: Verginius Rufus

lol- i understand what you’re saying. The website also claims some of the lefties might also be classified as ambidexterous.

http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/left.html
Famous Left-handers

btw, my wife and i are both left-handed. We had hopes for our son, but alas, he’s right-handed. ;o)


81 posted on 11/19/2009 7:50:24 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
What I want is for Obammie the Commie to learn that he deserves nothing because he has really worked for nothing in his life.

I second that, and as for the other stuff, you should hear what's said about him in my circles.

82 posted on 11/19/2009 7:52:51 AM PST by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: Second Amendment First

ZERO = the affirmative action pres__ent.


83 posted on 11/19/2009 8:04:30 AM PST by EggsAckley (There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply. W.C. Fields)
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To: Second Amendment First

My ten year old grandson is a black belt in Tae Kwan Do!

What a fool 0bama is being made to look like.

I think the entire world (led by the Chinese) is laughing at 0bama behind his back. Pretty soon it will be to his face.

Okay you Photo Shoppers, Produce some TKD Photos of 0bama for us!


84 posted on 11/19/2009 8:25:16 AM PST by HighlyOpinionated (Abortion-Euthanasia kills the very people for whom Social Justice is needed.)
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To: MrB

“what else has he gained that he didn’t earn?”

The presidency, for one


85 posted on 11/19/2009 8:29:42 AM PST by Lucky9teen (Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Lucky9teen

Just plant the seeds of doubt in the general populace,
and this is the inevitable conclusion - the man didn’t earn the presidency, and he’s not qualified - he’s a fraud.


86 posted on 11/19/2009 8:34:02 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: digger48
Tell me he isn't holding his "cod" like some sissy.

Please. Shall we send him one of these?
Even the color is right for the sissy-man.

Photo shoppers . . . a codpiece made of the 0ne's Presidential seal?
87 posted on 11/19/2009 8:35:28 AM PST by HighlyOpinionated (Abortion-Euthanasia kills the very people for whom Social Justice is needed.)
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To: tbpiper

It’s like Ted Baxter getting an honorary doctorate and wanting his co-workers to call him “Dr.”


88 posted on 11/19/2009 9:23:55 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: MrB

And every day I think I can’t loathe him more, but then I listen to the news...


89 posted on 11/19/2009 9:26:23 AM PST by Lucky9teen (Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: MrB

I hear that.


90 posted on 11/19/2009 9:29:50 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: Verginius Rufus
It’s like Ted Baxter getting an honorary doctorate...

Egg-zackly.

91 posted on 11/19/2009 11:55:31 AM PST by tbpiper
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
...............I also saw many brown belts who were better than black belts but would not test and take the belt because their own personal standards wouldn’t allow them to.........

Interesting comments. I do not understand this one. What is it about their personal standards that did not allow them to take a black belt?

92 posted on 11/19/2009 3:40:00 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Irish Eyes

Usually, they performed as well physically as the black belts, but, during long journeys studying various martial arts (looking for the truest “way”), had set a much higher bar for themselves spiritually and in terms of self-discipline and self-control.

Believe me, I’ve seen black belts who were very good fighters but who had a ways to go regarding the spiritual side and self-control. And, as I said, many brown belts who were far beyond them because they had set the bar so high but still didn’t believe that they’d attained what they were seeking.

When you’ve been a black belt for a while, IF you continue your studies, you learn that black belt is really “mastery of the basics.” Now, don’t get me wrong, “Basics” is a loaded term, and, if you study a good system, you will learn a lot and be able to do a lot.

By “basics,” what you learn are the general principles that enable you to find your own way. And part of the “basics” is a certain level of self-mastery, humility, self-discipline. The point is that you can master the physical part far earlier than the spiritual part, but when you are ranked as black belt, you should have mastery over both the physical performance and the meditative/focus/spiritual aspect of the art, and from there, your journey is to combine them all harmoniously throughout your life.


93 posted on 11/19/2009 11:00:13 PM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
Thank you SO much for the reply. I learned a lot, had no idea that there was so very much involved with the meditative/focus/spiritual aspect. It sounds as if it is fifty/fifty physical and mental.
94 posted on 11/19/2009 11:25:28 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: LADY J; LucyT; Las Vegas Ron; 444Flyer; manc

95 posted on 11/20/2009 12:26:01 AM PST by mojitojoe (“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
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To: mojitojoe

bozo is the ultimate liberal modern man.

soft, girlie and a fairy.
he is an embarrassment to this country, to all men and to the presidency


96 posted on 11/20/2009 6:53:11 AM PST by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman, end of. -end racism end affirmative action)
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To: digger48

he’s such a ponce,


97 posted on 11/20/2009 6:55:38 AM PST by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman, end of. -end racism end affirmative action)
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To: mojitojoe; Ezekiel


98 posted on 11/20/2009 7:11:08 AM PST by 444Flyer (We will not stand down! Psalm 34:7)
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To: Second Amendment First

Put him in the ring with Putin and get out the popcorn !


99 posted on 11/20/2009 7:20:18 AM PST by Renegade (You go tell my buddies om Planet' and " Battle of the Worlds " on Blu-ray ?)
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