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Top 10 gift-giving excuses from Barack Obama: 10. What’s wrong with 25 DVDs as a gift? He thought they were great before he re-gifted them. 9. The Shamwow! wouldn’t have been delivered in time. 8. DVDs can be a vital public policy tool. The Titanic was the inspiration for Obama’s economic policy. 7. The White House gift shop was all out of Abe Lincoln beards. 6. It was a fiscally responsible gift. By giving the British Prime Minister 25 DVDs, he is saving their nation from potential late fees from Blockbuster. 5. Rush Limbaugh told him DVDs would be an...

...So what does Gordon Brown do? He comes to meet with the president and he gives him a set of pens made from the wood of the USS Resolute to match the desk that should be in a museum. He gives him a matching set of pens. Barack Obama hands him a basket -- I'm not kidding you, hands him a basket of DVDs that he can't play....Michelle Obama goes downstairs, grabs a couple of boxes of Marine One helicopter models and gives them to Mrs. Brown: "Here, this is for you." ....And the worst part of it is the...

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British press aghast at 'cheap' Obama giftMarch 07, 2009 British newspapers are upset over what they see as rude treatment given to Prime Minister Gordon Brown by U.S. President Barack Obama this week, observers say. The London dailies criticized Obama's treatment of Brown during his state visit to Washington this week on several fronts, including alleged cheap gift-giving, the New York Daily News reported Saturday. President Obama has been rudeness personified toward Britain, The Daily Telegraph wrote Friday. His handling of the visit of the prime minister, Gordon Brown, to Washington was appalling. The main point of contention was an...

The Obamas, Barack and Michelle both, pretty much diplomatically botched the recent visit of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife. Oddly enough, the U.S. Old Media seems uninterested in the story that is a hot topic in England, a story that's left many Brits a bit miffed. As the visit of the national leader of our closest ally began, the President informed the Brits that he wouldn't be attending the joint press conference that was planned to be held once PM Brown's plane touched down. This threw the visiting delegation into a tizzy leaving them scrambling to explain...

The Obamas, Barack and Michelle both, pretty much diplomatically botched the recent visit of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife. Oddly enough, the U.S. Old Media seems uninterested in the story that is a hot topic in England, a story that's left many Brits a bit miffed.

The British press has identified the Marine One toy the Cheapskate In Chief gave the British Prime Minister's children and noted that it was available on Amazon for $15.00. Turns out it's only $4.11 on Amazon. Click here for Amazon webpage and price.

EXCERPT: British Prime Minister Brown wanted to make a good first impression in his first meeting with President Obama. So he gave him an ornamental penholder hand-carved from the timbers of a Victorian anti-slave ship once called the HMS President. President Obama reciprocated by giving Brown a handful of DVDs. Seriously. President Obama gave the prime minister of our closest ally, a nation that reveres the “special relationship” between our two countries, a bunch of DVDs.

When Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the White House this week, he received from the Obamas a collection of Top 25 American movies on DVD and his sons got toy versions of the president’s Marine One helicopter. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the president has also put a lot of thought into what gift to present to Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. White House insiders report Mr. Obama has narrowed it down to a CD box set, Queen: The Crown Jewels, or a queen-sized mattress.

Gordon Brown has been given a collection of 25 classic American films on DVD as his official gift from Barack Obama. The Prime Minister flew home from his successful trip to Washington this morning with the 'special collector's box' of films hidden in his luggage. No 10 had tried to keep the present a secret, refusing to answer reporters who asked what President Obama had given to mark the reaffirmation of the special relationship. However, the Evening Standard discovered the truth through White House insiders.

If you feel like I do that Present_ent Obama snubbed our greatest ally, the UK, here is their embassy's contact information: British Embassy, Washington, United States British Embassy 3100 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008 Telephone: (1) (202) 588 6500 Fax: (1) (202) 588 7870 Chancery ...or go to the Feedback link.

An article from the British press… Fresh off pummeling American conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh into cultural oblivion, his every verbal punch aided by the pecs and pseudo-six-pack that MSM closeteers and cheerleaders have presented to the US public since before Obama Christ was a carpenter, President Obama swaggered back into the White House, wiped off his sweaty bod with a towel purloined from the White House Gift Shop, and presented it to visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, along with 25 Region 1 DVDs (which can’t play in Britain). “Here, have some of these lickeys and chewys,” said Obama,...

British prime minister Gordon Brown thought long and hard about what gift to bring on his visit to the White House last week. Barack Obama is the first African-American president, so the prime minister gave him an ornamental desk-pen holder hewn from the timbers of one of the Royal Navy’s anti-slaving ships of the 19th century, HMS Gannet. Even more appropriate, in 1909 the Gannet was renamed HMS President. The president’s guest also presented him with the framed commission for HMS Resolute, the lost British ship retrieved from the Arctic and returned by America to London, and whose timbers were...

Being President sure is hard. Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been “overwhelmed” by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest. Unfortunately for us, this is President Hussein’s first actual job. No wonder he’s so stressed and sleep-deprived. Perhaps he’s spent too much time building that frame for Henrietta Hughes’ new house. But Washington figures with access to Mr Obama’s inner circle explained the slight by saying that those high up in the administration have had little time to deal with international matters, let...

Obama's blockbuster gift for Brown: 25 classic films Joe Murphy March 5, 2009http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23657981-details/Obama's+blockbuster+gift+for+Brown:+25+classic+films/article.do ...Sarah Brown gave Sasha and Malia Obama an outfit each from Topshop, which has just opened its first American store in New York. She also picked six children's books by British authors which are shortly to be published in America. In return, the Obamas gave the Browns two models of the presidential helicopter, Marine One, to take home to sons Fraser and John...     http://whitehouse.merchantcart.net/mainshopping.cfm?icg_id=10&showsku_ID=434&Show=PURCHASE  

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.

Orlando - British Consulate Address: Suite 2110 Sun Trust Center 200 South Orange Avenue Orlando FL 32801 Telephone General: 407 254 3300 Email: AskOrlando@fco.gov.uk Dear Prime Minister Brown, On behalf of my fellow Americans, we offer you a sincere apology for the behavior of our usurper president and his angry and conflicted wife. Please know that we cherish our relationship with Great Britain and always have. The treatment you received during your recent visit to the White House is shameful. We apologize for the rude and ignorant manner in which you and your family were subjected. Know that this is...

Are you kidding me? He could have least got the man a watch. Or a nice bottle of wine. Hell, even a Snuggie would have been a better gift. George and Weezie are just way out of their league in this realm. And it occurred to me. No doubt these DVDs were made in China. Thanks for supporting the American economy asshat. As he headed back home from Washington, Gordon Brown must have rummaged through his party bag with disappointment. Because all he got was a set of DVDs. Barack Obama, the leader of the world's richest country, gave the...

Let's hope he's a Star Wars fan. President Obama on Thursday gave British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a set of 25 classic American movies to mark his historic visit to the White House. Brown, the first European leader to visit Obama since his Jan. 20 inauguration, was presented with a "special collector's box" of DVDs during his two-day visit to Washington. Downing Street, which reportedly tried to keep the present a secret, declined to say what movies were included in the set. "One reason for the secrecy might be that the gift seems markedly less generous and thoughtful than the...

You'd think President Obama had booted the Brits out of America — again! London newspapers are howling over a string of alleged snubs by Obama to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown during his visit to Washington last week — including a squabble over presidential gift-giving. "President Obama has been rudeness personified towards Britain," sniffed The Daily Telegraph Friday. "His handling of the visit of the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, to Washington was appalling." The list of complaints is longer than the Magna Carta: Obama canceled a planned, podium-to-podium news conference with Brown (actually, none was ever scheduled); he recently removed...