And Obongo is no smarter now than he looks on those goofy photos. What's he smokin anyway?

I don't see what the goofy french not inviting the Queen of Canada and various lesser States, to the D-Day celebrations has to do with the equaly goofy Obama White House. However on our Queen, I seem to recall one of the Labour PMs in Britian commenting that she had been born 300yrs to late. That she was truly a QUEEN in every sense and not a figure head.

old hat. (pun intended)

I saw these pics in Walrus magazine or was it FP or sumptin many months ago.

There's something so 'white bread' about smoking a Bob Marley mini-refer wearing a low rent fedora and a crisp Arrow dress shirt. Oh, but he rolled up his shirt sleeves and is wearing blue jeans for that 'edgy' look. I'm sure he was trying to look all casual and laid back, but these photos have an obvious staged feel to them.

He was a phoney back then too.

Actually with that fro' he was sporting back then, he kind of looks like a young Lionel Jefferson.

It's all about class. I just find the new normal so classless.

And, God save our Queen, she is a pretty decent person who has sacrificed a lot in her life for a bigger cause

Excellent juxtapose Kate!

The contrast is so clear...

and I look forward to more of what the Queen has to say.He didn't fool her.

No ego for the State, Vs. The state of an Ego.

An old Vet related a story concerning the Queen while in Her Driver Mechanic capacity. (He was in England awaiting disembarkation to France.) Apparently She was a bit too bold in Her driving on occasion. The word got up to High Command and the King was consulted. He told them to treat Her as they would anyone else. No favor. I think, the story goes, that She lost some pay.

The GG has come a long way up in this one time soldier's eyes. For Visiting our Troops and in the Inuit seal dinning display of solidarity She ranks with the best.

Oh my goodness, pictures of Obama being casual during college. Damning indeed. Take a pill McMillan, you old bag.

More style than substance, remind you of anybody?

(hint, PM of Canada most of 1968-84)

Poor fred, no one ever bought him a dictionary eh?

Ok, fred I will type slowly so you will be able to keep up (ah ah fred, I see your lips moving!!).

In the top photograph you see a great and noble lady who has given her entire life to a greater purpose, when her personal wealth and position could have easily allowed her to chose the easy life.

In the bottom photographs we see a narcissist.

See the difference? Hense the term "juxtapose".

If you can't swing the price of a printed distionary fred, there is always dictionary.com.

Betcha Bobo still smokes that shee-it.

After all, it's like Cheech and Chong are running America these days...

Just reading a legal thriller by Scott Turow (pretty good by the way) Laws of Our Fathers which has a lot of background on the lady judge and her friends who were all leftist radicals in the 60's. I can't tell you the number of novels and films I have seen where this is done to show that the subjects are 'good guys' or gals and their hearts were in the right place despite the present yuppie positions of power.

Even Harold Wilson, that hardened Labour PM, admired the Queen. It took him a little while, but when he figured it out -- that she knew her stuff better and worked harder and longer than either him or any other MP -- he was in awe.

As for The Obama? Hmmm. I'd love to have heard the Windsor's after-the-guests-leave chat after their dinner and gift-exchange with the Obamas. She probably thought she'd seen it all ... and then along came BoBo and Shelley.

"After all, it's like Cheech and Chong are running America these days...

Posted by: Canadian Sentinel at May 29, 2009 6:30 AM "

Hate to disagree,CS,but if they were running the USSA,there would be a wee bit of sanity,and I bet they wouldn't have the country all most 2 trillion in debt in less then 100 days.And DVD's of their movies would be at least worth watching!

Queen Betty with Cheney, Limbaugh and O'Reilly during their war makes for a far more interesting juxtaposition.

Boogie Wonderland

I can think of any number of pictures from college I wouldnt want posted.

But the contrast is more one of a relaxed adulthood, where you were the subject of a photo essay and one of a little more hardship....a very rich hardship mind you.....

Those are super dope photos! The President is PIMP. I love it!! LOL!

Unhh.

old hat. (pun intended)

I saw these pics in Walrus magazine or was it FP or sumptin many months ago.

Posted by: photog at May 29, 2009 12:30 AM
..............................

And the pictures of the Queen were around 65+ years ago......what's your point?

Neither photo presentation was offered as 'breaking news', they are there simply for comparative purposes.

I find a more interesting juxtaposition to be the flip flopping that Kate does. I remember her defending the Dubbya college pictures. This obvious double standard puts her in the same league as the MSM.

Do as I say not as I do. It's no wonder blogs are declining faster than the newsprint media.

not stirred enough...didn't follow the link, eh?

"it's no wonder blog are declining faster than the newsprint media".....and then I look below and see the count at 13,157,940. Not too shabby.

"Oh my goodness, pictures of Obama being casual during college. Damning indeed. Take a pill McMillan, you old bag.
Posted by: fred at May 29, 2009 2:34 AM

Just to be clear . . this isn't me, this is some wanna-be Fred.

Did any of you nay-sayers read the Ace HQ post at all?

Sarkozy and Obama, neither of whom have served, have not invited Queen Elizabeth, who did serve in WWII, to the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings at Normandy. This, in addition to the fact that she's the Head of State for Britain, which commanded and conquered two beaches on D-Day.

It's just wrong.

We are going to have to get used to the trolls folks. The G&M requires log-in now and some of the simple have trouble figuring it out. Not as much fun as it used to be and not as easy to start a flame war. Makes me feel superior though so not all bad. The Queen is better informed than most heads of state. British PMs are amazed when they brief the Queen that her info is as good or better than theirs. I could never spend my life with her schedule or amount of boring crap she endures with dignity.

the obamabuffoon.

Anyone who implies that fred is me. Is going to get an ass kicking!

bluetech,

No I didn't follow the link. I'm a leader not a follower.

"Obama responded to an audience member yelling".

O'Narcissist: O'Etat c'est mOI, aka Ole Yeller.

"I", "I", "we", "we", "we've", "we", "our", >>>, "I", >>>

""I'm confident in the future, but I'm not yet content," Obama said."

"Obama responded to an audience member yelling, "Yes we can" by saying, "Yes we have. But we've got more work to do. We can't rest on our laurels.

"We didn't ask for the challenges that we face, but we don't shrink from them either," he said. "It won't be easy. There will be setbacks. It will take time.""

"his administration "had our fits and starts."

"I've made some mistakes, and I guarantee you I'll make some more," he said."
...-

"Obama in L.A.: 'You ain't seen nothing yet'"
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-in-l.a.-confident-but-not-yet-content-2009-05-27.html

not stirred enough said: I remember her defending the Dubbya college pictures.

The difference is George Bush was born in the U.S. The 'imposter' was born in Kenya.

If you're not a leader, not stirred, then why are you following the scent trail of Obama's farts?

Or maybe you're a libertarian?

Didn't think so, you Marxist bootlick.

Long may she reign over us!!!

I take it you couldn't find any pictures of George W. Bush in his cheerleader's costume?

not stirred enough said, said: "No I didn't follow the link. I'm a leader not a follower."

The capacity for self deception amongst the Useful Idiots is truly limitless.

Paul,

Since you seem unclear, please let me explain this story. Sarkozy and Obama, heads of state of their respective countries, will be commemorating the 65th anniversary of D-Day. Because neither had been born, they weren't around during WWII. OTOH, Queen Elizabeth, head of state, was not only around during WWII, she was in uniform; however, she has not been invited.

Are you seeing a trend here? Elizabeth, Sarkozy and Obama - heads of state; GWB - private citizen and therefore is not germane to the conversation, no matter how many silly photographs of him exist.

The leader of France at the D Day invasion,now thats interesting.France was an an enemy power after their defeat in WWII.They did NOTHING to aid in that invasion.Maybe they should invite the Germans also.Britain and the rest of the commonwealth lost thousands of casualties in the invasion to liberate France and many more to defeat Germany.France stood by and watched.

Smoking an Un-Filtered cigarette!

Ya, Right.

not stirred enough - the link provides information about empirical evidence, which a person who uses their Reason, requires in order to arrive at an informed conclusion.

You reject searching for information, therefore, your conclusions are not derived from evidence and Reason and are thus not 'informed'. They are biased, without evidence and uninformed.
Try again.

Oh, what the heck, Paul...let's blame Mike Harris for the whole thing, ok?

Her Majesty is commander in chief of our armed forces as her father was during the war. Our Prime Minister should, as should the Prime Minister of Great Britain, boycott the ceremonies.

Great Britain and Canada cleared three beaches that day. How many did France clear?

Cheese eating surrender monkeys!

God Save Her Majesty

JUXTAPOSING:

Pheasant vs. Popeye Chicken

Guinness vs. Colt 45 malt liquor

Plum Pudding vs. McFlurry

Bentley vs. Purple '88 Caddy (Chopped and tricked)

Monty Python vs. The Jeffersons

Polo vs. Basketball

The Avengers vs. Superfly

The Beatles vs. Michael Jackson

Antique Churchill Bust vs. DVD collection of American movies

EQUALS:

World class sophistication meets Narcissistic ignoramus hustler

Elizabeth doing her duty vs. Barry doin' a dooby.

Truly, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Kathryn et al,

There have been countless WW2 memorials / anniverseries where the President has NOT met with or invited the Queen of England. It's just grasping at straws to suggest that Obama taking some casual silly pictures while he was a "private citizen" has Eff all to do with anything.

Whatever spin or filter you want to put on it, that's your damage, but if you think this is some sort of "gotcha", then I LOL at you.

ET...I was going to say that a leader would not make a decision based on the pictures, and leaders prefer to be informed beore they decide,
but you said it better.

ET,

I always enjoy reading your posts because of the way you use the empirical method. Your conclusions often resonate with me.

The one fault I find with the empirical method is that experiment and observation are continually being refined. There was a time that the best observers in the world came to the conclusion the earth was flat.

I don't reject searching for information; I just relaize it's a moving target. I prefer to take aim after I've calculated velocity and trajectory.

Doug, Do you have anger management issues?

I prefer to take aim after I've calculated velocity and trajectory. ~ not stirred enough

You mean like projectile vomit.

Paul - D-Day, which was based in England, is not similar to 'countless WWII memorials or anniversaries'. That's because it was based in England. Got it? a D-Day Memorial therefore requires, and I mean that word, the presence of the English head of state.

not stirred - the fact that the empirical method works by 'refining' observed data is not a fault but its strength. It is only dogma that asserts that it has arrived at the Pure Final Complete Truth.

The empirical method asserts that the data base may change based on the technological skill of the observation, on the number of observed instances, and on the capacity of the hypothesis to explain those observations.

This means that one's conclusion is open to change...based on those observations and on the explanatory capacity of the hypothesis. Both data and hypothesis can change. Dogma or ungrounded opinions reject both data and hypothetical changes.

Yea yea Bryanr, our lovely bought and paid for media labels a joint an un-filtered cigarette.

Bwhahahaha.

Obambi is stoned off his rocker in those pics.

You Obabots are gona cause Civil War II.

Going to another Gun Show this weekend. The last two were packed. My main mission now is ammo. It's getting real hard down heya in the South to find .45 long colts, 7.62mm's of any kind, 30-30's, .44's and you can just about forget .357 hollow points or full metal jacket .223's. You can still find shotgun shells just about anywhere. I even found a stainless steel potato gun that worked off of hairspray, I kid you not. If it is still there this weekend will try and snag some pics.

Kate, you be carefull, some of the riffraff out here are real brave hiding behind their keyboards. I sure hope your firewall is recording those floating IP addresses.
,

I always thought an Afro made a black person look like a burnt Q-tip.

POTUS = Poser of the United States

Did he get a nose job or did the photographer use too wide a lens?

In photos 3, 5 and 6, he's clearly quite mesmerized by his hand. I wonder what that could mean? "Always wondered why they call them fingers. I've never seen 'em 'fing'... oh, there they go." - Otto

not stirred, yes, I tend to get a bit angry over mass murderers and worship of their personality cult. Unlike you, who gets a tingle in your leg over Mao, Stalin and Che.

The left hate history.

Bob,

The left don't hate history, they make it up anew each morning. What they hate is objective fact.

O'Narcissist: Ich bin ein Narcissist mit Adolf*.
...-

"SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH OBAMA'S GREAT-UNCLE(sic)"

'I Was Horrified by Lengths Men Will Go to Mistreat Other Men'

Barack Obama's great uncle was one of the soldiers who liberated a subcamp of Buchenwald. One week before the US president's planned stopover in Germany, where he is expected to visit the concentration camp memorial, SPIEGEL spoke to Charles Payne, 84, about his experiences in WWII.

SPIEGEL: Mr. Payne, early in June your great-nephew, President Barack Obama, will visit the former concentration camp Buchenwald, which you helped liberate at the end of the war. Will he be travelling in your footsteps?

Charles Payne: I don't buy that. I was quite surprised when the whole thing came up and Barack talked about my war experiences in Nazi Germany. We had never talked about that before. This is a trip that he chose, not because of me I'm sure, but for political reasons."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,626703,00.html
...-

*Hitler - The Inverted Saint
(Source: The Straight Dope - Speech by Adolf Hitler, delivered April 12, 1922, ... Hitler himself was a malignant narcissist, as Fromm correctly noted. ...
samvak.tripod.com/hitler.html

Oh my goodness, pictures of Obama being casual during college. Damning indeed. Take a pill McMillan, you old bag.

Posted by: fred at May 29, 2009 2:34 AM

Just don't get it do you Freddy, you ass!

pictures of Obama being casual during college. Damning indeed.

The damned part of it is that casual is not only Zero's default being, it is his only state of being.

That is why we saw him pick his nose on stage at a rally yesterday or glad handing the Queen of England earlier.

The man has no sense of propriety nor does he respect the customs and traditions that go with the time and place of being.

With Zero, there is no circumstance, there is only Zero.

We. Are. So. Screwed.

"No I didn't follow the link. I'm a leader not a follower."

No, it shows that you're lazy and as a result, completely missed the point.

"The Hong Kong Connection" is a legal thriller about a gutsy female attorney who takes on high ranking International officials. It's a taut, rollercoaster of a ride from New York to Palm Beach to Washington D.C. to Hong Kong. The plot is expertly woven, the characters persuasive, and the dialogue snappy and spot on.
www.StrategicBookPublishing.com/TheHongKongConnection.html

This is one of the best juxtoposes so far!

Spike, exactly. Gen X and Y have little historical context in which to place today's events, thus TJ is elected. TJ and Sarkozy can reinvent history by omitting the one individual who lived the reality.

Re: The lady changing the tire on the WWII lorry!

Where is the man who has to tighten up the nuts?

Just kidding Kate--just kidding!

Re: The lady changing the tire on the WWII lorry! Where is the man who has to tighten up the nuts?

A smart lady would simply find a man with a longer tool.

DeGaul was the leader of free France and he was living in exile in Britain.There were French aviators that flew in the RAF but the French air force was disbanded upon the fall of France.

Hey, he's a smooove pimp who loves the ladies. Isn't that what you want in a President?

bluetech,

No I didn't follow the link. I'm a leader not a follower.
Posted by: not stirred enough said at at May 29, 2009 9:14 AM

Lead us were? Straight to the gates of heel? Oops, I mean socialist utopia.

The Pistols (the most important rock band of it's era!) had it right in '77:

"God save the queen
The fascist regime
They made you a moron
Potential H-bomb

God save the queen
She aint no human being
There is no future
In England's dreaming

Don't be told what you want
Don't be told what you need
There's no future no future
No future for you

God save the queen
We mean it man
We love our queen
God saves

God save the queen
'Cos tourists are money
Our figures head
Is not what she seems

Oh god save history
God save your mad parade
Oh lord god have mercy
All crimes are paid

When there's no future
How can there be sin
We're the flowers in the dustbin
We're the poison in your human machine
We're the future you're future

God save the queen
We mean it man
We love our queen
God saves

God save the queen
We mean it man
And there is no future
In England's dreaming

No future no future
No future for you
No future no future
No future for me"

John Lydon AKA Johnny Rotten,

'Cuz, that's right Gary...we can count on the Pistols and Johnny to define the Queen and history and sin for us.

God have mercy indeed.

'Cuz, that's right Gary...we can count on the Pistols and Johnny to define the Queen and history and sin for us.

God have mercy indeed.

bluetech,
The Pistols had far more valid social commentary on the issues of the day than you and your cohorts usual twaddle I'm afraid!

With the mental midgets on this site, I agree....God (insert diety of your choice) have mercy indeed!

"I pledge to you [...] that my whole life - whether it be long or short - shall be dedicated to your service..." -- Princess Elizabeth's first radio address to the Kingdom, Empire and Commonwealth.

Gary - if you have such a giant brain - may I enquire if you have read the comlpete "Das Kapital"?

Wow gary...just wow. Time to grow up now.

But what about the moral equivalency angle;
Isn't getting bombed on coke just as relevant as having a V2 drop on you? sarc/

Don't forget folks: One was elected and the other one wasn't. Let's not get too comfortable on the high horse.

There is a a big difference with the context of the photos. One is an amateur, vanity shot of a kid, and yes he looks stupid. The other is a staged photo to show the princess helping the war effort. Does she look like she's applying true elbow grease? Does she look like she's actually in the process of changing a tire? C'mon. I doubt she contributed much to the motor pool.

The Pistols made some great-sounding noise. But who's still around, them or the Queen?

As has been pointed out here and elsewhere, QE2 is head of state of not one but two of the principal military powers involved in the D-Day landings, who taken together dwarfed the presence of the Free French. Once upon a time Canada punched well above its weight in the service of freedom, something of which its citizens should be eternally proud.

The Pistols made some great-sounding noise. But who's still around, them or the Queen?
Posted by: Dave J at May 29, 2009 7:40 PM

Owned.

Dave: 1
Gary: nil

What is that thing on the bed behind him;some sort of device?

I concede that those photographs of the then Princess Elizabeth are staged. That is the least of the sins committed in that war. I remember.
If the morale of the British people had gone down, it would have been the end.
We were told that the Royal Family would remain, if the Germans invaded. The King was pictured at the rifle butts. He would be ready to "fire at will". Churchill said that he would be ensconced in the catacombs. He would have his revolver- one bullet for the first Nazi and one for himself.
All good stuff. The anti-aircraft guns were not effective. Churchill was informed, wasting ammo he was told. He knew the Londoners- the poor one's were cramped in the shelters. A knowing lad this Churchill. "Just keep on firing, keep on booming, quoth he.

I would warrant that the good Dominion of Canada was well and ready for the Royal Family and Churchill. We snots would have caught up on our dubious German language.

Well, the Canadians came over to rescue us "kippers" as I was cheerfully told. No hard feelings of course.

The Daily Mirror loved it every time a church was bombed. Well, there is a bit of my wonderful war.
PS> The Luftwaffe failed to shut me up. (LAUGHS)

Seriously though!

I have to say I am worried for that superpower - the United States. I do not think President Obama has any idea of what a debasement of the currency can do. I remember the stamps one collected in England. The 50 millionen mark postage stamp, cancelled of course. Germany almost collapsed and here came Hitler.

Either a country can go on printing up money and the whole system is a lie, or if it is not.....

I was glad to see my relatives safe home from Montego Bay, Jamaica. I was shown a 1000 dollar bill- worth 11 dollars Canadian. What kind of a life style do these people have?

President Obama has not got a clue.

Obama is a juxtaposeur.

Spike - you pointed out what I was going to add to this conversation. France collaborated with the Nazi's.

For those of you who have been on the aunty smoking fanaticism for way too long ... Churchill smoked, King George V smoked, FDR smoked, most WWI and WWII soldiers smoked, Paton smoked...Hitler banned smoking, Lenin banned smoking. Czar Nicolas chain smoked...smoking is a habit and the 0 is planning to tax tobacco to the hilt because he is a hypocrite! Leaders of the Free world gave cigarettes to soldiers..it quiets rattled nerves...laugh if you like, I know that it does a lot better job than drugs which is the agenda of the big pharma cos..some are too dim to get the connection..anything the msm is FOR, like smoking bans, you can be sure that there is no good in it for the citizens who pay the bills.

Whilst I would like to be able to pin the snub on Obama I think it only fair to apportion blame equally to Obama, the frog weasel Sarkozy, and comrade Brownstainovich. Glorious leader (in hiding) of the former Great Britain.

ZaNuLabour and old Labour don't much care for the military. Witness the shameful treatment of former Gurkhas. The British government was arm twisted into granting them the right to apply for British citizenship. They are quick enough to hand out British passports to economic migrants who travel half the world to gain access Britain's welfare benefits, but soldiers who have put their lives on the line are, or were, not welcome. So it doesn't surprise me that no one in the Foreign Office or at No.10 Downing street gave it a thought when there was no invite for Brenda. The Labour goverment is by and large a motley collection of ex student union marxists and assorted tossers who are soon to be seen gracing the local dole offices. Hurrah!

I liked the WWII headline: "Buckingham Palace Again Bombed... Resolution Strethened by German Barbarity". Nowadays, I'm sure the word "barbarity" would be in quotes, if indeed it were used at all.

what kind of poetry or lyrics would anyone expect from someone named Johnny Rotten? Or a Joey Shithead for that matter? This is not talent, it is not even nonsense poetry, It's infantile crudity,
but it is what one expects from anarchists. If you can't add to the conversation Gary, just keep quiet and learn.

Posted by: jwkozak91
Gary - if you have such a giant brain - may I enquire if you have read the comlpete "Das Kapital"?

I've never commented on my brain size...........but THANX!

As for the book.......I haven't read it, but I'll guess that Johnny has due to the social comments he has made at the time (1977) when Britain was in trouble and the outlook for many youths was bleak! Hence his angry outlook on life.

Posted by: A storm is coming
Wow gary...just wow. Time to grow up now.

Wow storm...Just wow. All grown up with a mind of my own.......you're excuse?????

Posted by: Dave J
The Pistols made some great-sounding noise. But who's still around, them or the Queen?

Actually Dave, the remaining members of the Pistols completed a Tour in 2008, and anyone with ANY knowledge of the music industry knows that Johnny was always active after the Pistols broke up founding the band Public Image LTD, among other endeavors.

You are correct that the Queen and her racist/bigoted distant cousin/husband Philip are still around.

Posted by: Colin from Mission B.C.

The Pistols made some great-sounding noise. But who's still around, them or the Queen?
Posted by: Dave J at May 29, 2009 7:40 PM

Owned.

Dave: 1
Gary: nil

Colin.......what are you, like 3? Before cheerleading for some uninformed dufus, perhaps you should gather a few facts!
2X OWNED!!

Posted by: Larry Bennett
what kind of poetry or lyrics would anyone expect from someone named Johnny Rotten? Or a Joey Shithead for that matter? This is not talent, it is not even nonsense poetry, It's infantile crudity,
but it is what one expects from anarchists. If you can't add to the conversation Gary, just keep quiet and learn.

So, Larry seems to think that great writers must have great sounding names! Quick, someone tell all the publishing companies that we have a new criteria for them! They must also only publish what Larry deems worthwhile! Same goes for the music industry. You see, just because Larry is too thick to understand the underlying message in text/music, it MUST be garbage and dismissed. I'm sure he read the text I posted, but his mind cramped because he didn't understand the context in which it was written. I'm here to help Larry! Take the line "'Cos tourists are money" You see Larry, to an 18 year old with no future job prospects at that time with Englands economy in the dumps, it's hard to comprehend all the pomp and glamour for the Queen and her paid for lifestyle all because an accident of birth while her subjects starve! Easy enough for you? So perhaps YOU should "just keep quiet and learn"!

You commented on the size of SDA commenters' brains, and found them lacking. I decided to ask you, since you are so wise /sarc.

Could you get Mr. Rotten to explain "Das Kapital" to me - all four volumes? Without using bodily fluids/solids? Thanks.

Wot about Wills?

"to an 18 year old with no future job prospects at that time with Englands[sic] economy in the dumps..." - Sort of like now - again, thanks to Labour.

Long live Nigel Hanaford, Tory MEP South-East England!