Dave W says:

Well, perhaps a small breach of protocol, but imagine LBJ meeting the queen?

He might have tried to pick her up by her ears!

Phil Ken Sebben says:

OT “Senator Stevens” posters

Phil Ken Sebben

Stevens was one of my Senators, I have even met him a few times. Man could he bring home the pork. I’ve never liked him for political reasons but not because he was a crook, well no more than most pro Neo Con in bed with Corporate Lobbyist Republican Senators are(yes lots of Dems in bed with Corporate Lobbyist too). I monitored the trial closely and came to the conclusion that he was guilty but by ignorance and neglect not willful disregard of the law. The phone surveillance alone made this obvious and pointed out that he knew he was in deep doodoo but still going to try to dodge/cover up his error instead of owning up to it. Still neglect /ignorance of the law is no excuse and more proof that his had expired. The prosecutors of this case so messed it up you would think they were working for Alberto Gonzales. Series of Tubes Ted gets off. That’s fine putting an 85 year old man who has devoted his life to this country to the best of his ability(even if I think he was wrong on almost every vote) should not end it in jail. The prosecutors need to be strongly reprimanded they have given our tarnished legal system another blow. Ted you dodged a bullet enjoy that fancy cabin in your retirement hope it has broadband and remember you were still guilty and that god you believe knows it even if the prosecutors over played this big fish and let it shake off the hook.

OT i’ll repost this rant should we ever get a Stevens gets off headline here

Paddy-O says:

# 23 Phil Ken Sebben said, “OT i’ll repost this rant should we ever get a Stevens gets off headline here”

Of course you will as you are a partisan lib.

bob says:

Um, Phil, you really didn’t express ANY facts in your post… you’d think that little issue would have been caught by your rigorous self-fact-checking but whaddayagonnado?

Rick says:

“The Queen is an almost sacred person…”

With all due respect, the Queen is in no way a sacred person. Maybe an important person(maybe), but not sacred.

Thank God, my ancestors realized that monarchs aren’t ordained by God and cut their ties with these crazy people 232 years ago.

Floyd says:

Norman Speight: “Now this, in respect of the Queen, is regarded as bad manners, you just don’t do it here.”

You might note that the Queen is hugging Michele right back. She may the Queen, but she’s human too!

GF says:

Anything to divert attention from the miserable financial markets.

Twirrim says:

The simple rule is:

You do not presume to touch her in any manner unless she initiates it.

It looks clearly from the video that she initiated it so it’s perfectly fine for Michelle to have her arm across her shoulder.

No protocol broken, storm in a tea cup.

Holden Caulfield says:

Just DO NOT BOW TOO ANY king, we’re the United States of America and we’re on as equal a footing with ANYBODY, not sub-servant in the slightest. Did the Suadi Arabian King Kiss our President’s ass for all the oil we buy from his family? No? Then F him!

And, will somebody keep reminding Oblahblah that he’s the President now? Its a position on a MUCH higher standard than his previous community organizer life.

Paddy-O says:

# 26 Phil Ken Sebben said, “Ted was guilty the and got off on legal technicalities”

Bzzzt. Wrong. The US AG is asking for the case to be dismissed. Not because of technicalities, but because of gross misconduct by the prosecutor that lead a jury to find unfairly him guilty. He doesn’t want to retry the case as he knows that the evidence won’t support a conviction. LOL