The Obama's demonstrate their lack of Foreign Affairs experience

It takes someone with the ego as big as a herd of Elephants to give the Queen of England an I-Pod loaded with 40 Broadway musical themes, plus... plus a video of her 2007 visit to the states. This must have really impressed this regal 83 year old Monarch. That is exactly what your President and First Lady did yesterday when they visited Queen Elizabeth at a G20 reception held at Buckingham Palace. They not only showed how disrespectful Americans can be, they went one further when Michelle Obama put her arm around the Monarch. I'm sure the President and First Lady(?) were briefed on proper conduct and protocol while in the presence of the Queen, but obviously they weren't impressed. It has always been a firm breach of protocol to touch the Queen. But the grand old gal, not to be outdone, gave the Obama's an autographed Photograph of her and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.
　
It seems President Obama is quite a fan of electronic gadgetry and such, as demonstrated when he gave the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown 25 Movie DVD's that he claimed were a "Collectors Box" Iain Martin, a columnist and blogger for the Daily Telegraph, wrote that he found Obama to be rudeness personified toward Britain by the dirspect shown Dr. Brown. PM Brown gave President Obama a Pen set made from Oak Timber taken from the HMS Gannet, an old British Naval Vessel that served on anti-slavery missions off the coast of Africa. He also gave Obama a framed Commissioned paper from the HMS Resolute, the sister ship of the HMS Gannet that one of our American Whalers, the George Henry, rescued from icebergs in the NorthWest Passage in 1855. The Royal Navy Warship was restored and returned to Queen Victoria in 1856.

In other headlines, President Obama is quickly finding out that the 19 members of the G20 are placing full blame for the world financial crisis squarely on American shoulders. The French President, Nicholas Sarkozy and the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel have both said they would not sign any agreement that doesn't take decisive action to turn the crisis around . Sarkozy stated firmly "I will not sign up to any action just for form's sake... to any action that does not forcefully address an extremely deep crisis."

On the homefront, our illustrious Senate Leader, Sen. Harry Reid is pushing hard to get Obama and Geithner's "Cap & Trade" Energy Bill by using a Senate tactic called "reconciliation" which is designed to get budgets past stubborn minoritiesand to keep the Government running. In 1984 when the tactic was written, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-Wv. made sure the resolution could only be used for things dealing specifically with financial bills, ie.; Reconciliation can only be used for adjustments in spending, the debt limit, or taxes. Reid is going to have a real hard time getting this one through though, eight Democrats have refused to support the bill because of Reid's tactic being used to get it passed. It will be interesting to watch, I'm sure.