91 Replies to “Portrait Of The Head Of State, As A Young “Man””

  2. 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.

  3. old hat. (pun intended)
    I saw these pics in Walrus magazine or was it FP or sumptin many months ago.

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

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

  11. More style than substance, remind you of anybody?
    (hint, PM of Canada most of 1968-84)

  12. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. “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!

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

  18. 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…..

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  23. “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.

  24. “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.

  25. 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.

  26. 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.

  29. bluetech,
    No I didn’t follow the link. I’m a leader not a follower.

  30. “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

  31. 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.

  32. 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.

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

  35. 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.

  36. 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.

  37. 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.

  39. 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.

  41. 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

  42. 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

  44. 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.

  45. 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.

  46. 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?

  47. I prefer to take aim after I’ve calculated velocity and trajectory. ~ not stirred enough
    You mean like projectile vomit.

  48. 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.

  49. 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.
    ,

  50. I always thought an Afro made a black person look like a burnt Q-tip.
    POTUS = Poser of the United States

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