My husband and my dad both know handshake etiquette. In my adult life I have noticed that 99% of men do not know this rule. When meeting a woman, the man waits for her to extend her hand. It is up to her if she wants to shake hands.

Obama is clearly oblivious to this rule. When he met the Queen of England he offered his hand first breaking the handshake etiquette rule. Then pulled a second no-no and cupped her hand with his left while shaking her hand. Doesn’t everyone know that you do not touch the Queen?

He should have done a lot more research before he embarrassed the entire country on his first international trip. I guess we are lucky that she didn’t get a high five or his infamous fist bump.

I am having a hard time believing that obama training pants doesn’t have some adviser somewhere that would tell him that an iPod is not an acceptable gift to the Queen of England. Oh, but wait! It was loaded with songs and had accessories so that may be ok. Except for the fact that she ALREADY HAD ONE. I can’t wait to find out if there was an inscription!

Idiot.

“What are you doing inviting these people into my home? These people are our enemies, they are trying to destroy us!”
-From the book “The Survivor” by John Harris, p.99 – Hillary screaming to an aide, when she found out that some Republicans had been invited to the Clinton White House.

“You sold out, you mother f****! You sold out!”
-From the book “Inside” by Joseph Califano, p. 213. Hillary yelling at Democratic lawyer.

Those poor guys who have to protect her

“F*** off! It’s enough that I have to see you sh**-kickers every day, I’m not going to talk to you too!! Just do your G*damn job and keep your mouth shut.”
-From the book “American Evita” by Christopher Anderson, p.90. Hillary to her State Trooper bodyguards after one of them greeted her with “Good Morning”.

“If you want to remain on this detail, get your f****** ass over here and grab those bags!”
-From the book “The First Partner” p. 259. Hillary to a Secret Service Agent who was reluctant to carry her luggage because he wanted to keep his hands free in case of an accident.

“Get f***ed! Get the f*** out of my way!!! Get out of my face!!!!”
-From the book “Hillary’s Scheme” p. 89. Hillary’s various comments to her Secret Service agents.

“Stay the f*** back, stay the f*** away from me! Don’t come within ten yards of me, or else! Just f***ing do as I say, Okay!!?”
-From the book “Unlimited Access” by Clinton FBI Agent in Charge, Gary Aldrige, p.139. Hillary screaming at her Secret Service detail.

“Put this on the ground! I left my sunglasses in the limo. I need those sunglasses. We need to go back!”.
-From the book “Dereliction of Duty” p.71-72. Hillary to Marine One helicopter pilot to turn back while en route to Air Force One.

But right now, the stimulus doesn’t have the votes to pass.1 Republicans and conservative Democrats are teaming up to strip out the good stuff—college loan assistance, health research, tax cuts for poor folks, and more—in favor of more tax cuts for corporations.2 If they don’t get their way, they’ll block the plan.

Last week, not a single Republican in the House voted for Obama’s plan—they didn’t think voters would ever hold them accountable. That’s why we’re asking folks to pledge now to help run ads after the vote letting the public know where key senators—both Republican and Democrat—came down on the bill. We need to get started now, so politicians and the media know their constituents are paying attention.

President Obama’s plan isn’t perfect, but it’s mostly pretty great:

* Millions of green jobs to double our clean energy production in three years.3
* Affordable health care for the unemployed.4
* The biggest investment in education since World War II—enough to “avert literally hundreds of thousands of teacher layoffs.”5

This is just the opposite of the bank bailout.

But senators from both parties think their constituents aren’t paying attention or are confused about what’s at stake. That’s why they need to know MoveOn members are ready to run ads telling voters whose side they’re on.

If they vote to support the recovery plan, we’ll run ads letting voters know they stood with Obama to create badly needed jobs. And if they oppose it, we’ll make sure voters know that they’re standing in the way of economic help for the rest of us.

Source: MoveOn.org

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

I’m James. I’m a MoveOn member, dad to two teenagers, and, until recently, I had a pretty good job in construction. But the company I worked for lost a lot of projects when the economy tanked, and I got laid off, without much notice.

So I wanted to write to ask for your help. Not help for me, but for all the folks who are out of a job or otherwise struggling in this recession. Let me explain.

President Obama’s economic recovery plan just passed in the House—it’s got billions of dollars for education, mass transit, and clean energy. But what really gets me is that not a single Republican voted for it, despite all the efforts by President Obama to reach across the aisle. If the same thing happens in the Senate, it won’t pass. But millions of families like mine need it to pass—it could put me, my former coworkers, and millions of other Americans back to work—and turn this economy around.

We need to get some Republicans on board. MoveOn has ads ready to go in key states—states where Republican senators are deciding right now whether or not to support Obama’s plan. But time is running short. I just chipped in, and I hope you can help, too. Click here to contribute:

A new stimulus might mean a new job for me—weatherizing homes or constructing green affordable housing. It’d give my kids’ school some much needed funding. And it could mean real investments in mass transportation to ease traffic and cut emissions.

This is a big moment, both for my family and for families around the country. If thousands of us act, we can get these swing senators to change their votes. But we’ll need to do it fast—the vote could come as early as next week. I hope you can help out.

Thanks for being such a great community. And thanks for all you do.

–James Spitzer, your fellow MoveOn member

President Bush in our hometown 2004

Barack Hussein Obama is ‘transparent’ alright. The right side of the country saw it a long time ago. I keep wanting to give him the benefit of the doubt but then I turn on the news and anger takes over. I think he is an idiot.

41 chapters of the group Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) have confirmed their participation in a nationwide activism event to demonstrate against Barack Obama’s policies. Each chapter will distribute flyers, hand out pocket constitutions, and talk to students about the dangers of Barack Obama’s policies on their campus.

“Not all young people are excited about the policies of President Obama. Who do you think will pay for all of this reckless spending? Who will fight and die in these unnecessary wars oversees? Our generation will,” says Jeff Frazee, Executive Director of YAL, in Arlington, VA.

Read the entire story here

Under fire for opposing gay marriage, influential evangelical pastor Rick Warren said Saturday that he loves Muslims, people of other religions, Republicans and Democrats, and he also loves “gays and straights.”

“Three years ago I took enormous heat for inviting Barack Obama to my church because some of his views don’t agree (with mine),” he said. “Now he’s invited me.”

Obama defended his choice on Thursday, saying that he has also invited Joseph Lowery, a Methodist minister and civil rights leader who supports same-sex marriage and gay rights, to deliver the benediction.

I have no doubt that she would bring in a ton of money and everything she touched would turn to gold but is it fair?

I think about the other candidates running for NY Senator, who have more than likely paid their dues, and then along comes Caroline in true Kennedy fashion. ” I want it and I’m going to take it”.

I realize the decision is up to Governor David Paterson and seeing dollar signs and the Kennedy name, she’ll probably get it. Even though her only qualification is that her dad held the same seat.

I think it is unfair and I am beginning to doubt government on all levels.