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corner.nationalreview.com - 4/1/2009
Obama's Gift to the Queen
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This just in: Diplomatic jaws dropped across the continent yesterday when it was revealed that U.S. President Barack Obama had, once again, fumbled a routine protocal of international statecraft: finding the right gift for a foreign leader or head of state. In a private ceremony with Queen ...
blogs.telegraph.co.uk - 4/1/2009
Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty :: Toby Harnden
— blogs.telegraph.co.uk — Barack Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today and gave her a gift of an iPod... loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 visit to the United States. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed photograph of herself - ... (more) Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty ...

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What Does One Get a Queen?
blogs.abcnews.com - 4/1/2009
What Does One Get a Queen?
— blogs.abcnews.com — President and First Lady Obama gave Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II a video iPod with inscription,... songs uploaded and accessories. Plus a rare musical songbook signed by Richard Rodgers. -- jpt (more) What Does One Get a Queen?

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What a Goldberg
Silent Running — What a Goldberg | April 1st, 2009 This is just plain fracking rude . The Queen is not your tawdry plaything, sir! Uncategorized | Wind Rider | trackback No Responses to 'What a Goldberg' No Comments yet - Speak up, people! Leave a Reply Name *Mandatory Mail *Mandatory (not displayed when posted) Website Calender April 2009 M T W T F S S Mar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Categories Books, Literature, and Articles Communism Culture Dictators and Thugs ...

Got me good
Sister Toldjah — Jonah Goldberg posted this earlier at The Corner: Diplomatic jaws dropped across the continent yesterday when it was revealed that U.S. President Barack Obama had, once again, fumbled a routine protocal of international statecraft: finding the right gift for a foreign leader or head of state. In a private ceremony with Queen Elizabeth, Her Royal Highness bequeathed to the Obamas one of the earliest known copies of William Shakespeare’s Henry V. She also presented him with the framed orginal sheet music of John Newton’s ...

Did Obama check his bow to Abdullah?
The Anchoress — ... **[Note - inserted there was a link to this satirical bit by Jonah Goldberg that I was remarking on, but I hit "publish" instead of "save," and just decided the hell with all that. I'm spastic, sometimes. - admin.] ...

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