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Originally posted by stumason
It is not the person we submit to, but the institution, the history and the connection with our long and glorious past that she (or he) represents.
Originally posted by Mike_A
Although I will say that I would personally bow down to Her Majesty for no other reason than the fact that she fought hard to serve her country in WW2 as mechanic when she could have live out the whole war in luxury in Canada. The same goes for Harry and Andrew too. God save the Queen and all that.
[edit on 1-4-2009 by Mike_A]
Originally posted by stumason
She has an iPod already and apparently uses it regulary...
Originally posted by centurion1211
article - not from Drudge, BTW
Originally posted by Fremd
pretty funny to watch republicans criticize obama over his gifts and then call HIM the elitist.
what ever happened to 'its the thought that counts' ?
How about you republicans let loose of your clingy desperate ways and get with the big picture?
He gave her an IPOD? OMG im sure she's going to loose sleep.
Get over yourselves.
As the first replier to this OP said, danged if he does, danged if he does not.
Conservative Republicans have become far too superficial and contradictory
it's superficial to claim a gift was not good enough
and it's contradictory to call the man who gave such a gift an "elitist"
so drop the superficial ways and become an American
oh wait...by conservative standards these days, you are required to be shallow and conformist to be an American..
so nevermind.....carry on.
Originally posted by Verd_Vhett
somthing meaning full! I mean even a Signed photo of him in a nice frame would have been more classy then an IPod. An ipod is a gift you would give a high school or college student, maybe a good friend! Its not even about the price its the thought that he must have put in to it. I bet he thought he was slick thinking ah the queen wont have one of these!
Originally posted by Verd_Vhett
Barack Obama
blogs.telegraph.co.uk
(visit the link for the full news article)
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 United States visit to the Richmond, Jamestown and Williamsburg in Virginia. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed signed photograph of herself and the Duke of Edinburgh - apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries.
The Queen already has an iPod, a 6GB silver Mini version she bought in 2005 at the suggestion of Prince Andrew.
[edit on 4/1/2009 by Verd_Vhett]