I Don't Know About You..
...but this moves me to tears:
and this drives me nuts:
Don't Touch: Michelle Obama Abandons Protocol With the Queen
The later was all over the news and the blogosphere yesterday. It was like the coverage of the rent-a-riot mob that the MSM always fixates upon every time there is a meeting of the G7, G8, G20 or whatever. Stupid fluff instead of substance.
I, for one, was glad that the Queen and Michelle Obama felt an instant attraction to one another and what the hell's wrong with that. And if Michelle Obama can inspire a group of school girls, whose ethnic origins appear to be from the far flung corners of the British Empire, to aspire to great accomplishments through the attainment of superior education, then a good old fashioned British hip hip hooray and three cheers for her.
Long live the British Empire and her eldest break-away child for showing us that world can unfold as it should, despite the media's attempt to turn every triviality into fodder for the gossip mills. I'm betting these girls will remember that event for the rest of their lives and the ones that actually got to touch Mrs. Obama will, well, not wash their hands for several days and will look back on that brief moment ten, fifteen years hence, when they graduate cum laud from Oxford, or wherever, and remember it for what it was - a pivotal point in their young lives. And I'm pretty sure the Queen wants the same for them, too. And who knows. Maybe she won't be washing her hands for a day or two either, because those hands shook the hands with the first African-American First Lady.
The Queen has lived through the better part of a century, which saw the emergence of African Americans from bitter legally entrenched discrimination, at the same time as she was presiding over the dissolution of the British Empire, "granting" independence to former colonies. Perhaps in the Queen's mind, that handshake and the hug may have been a powerful symbol of the recognition that justice does prevail. The Brits are known for their sense of justice, after all. Indeed, their legal system in emulated around the world.
None of which is to say that I am a fan of Barack Obama's policies as president, but really, all negative all gossip all the time is just soooo unreal.
and this drives me nuts:
Don't Touch: Michelle Obama Abandons Protocol With the Queen
The later was all over the news and the blogosphere yesterday. It was like the coverage of the rent-a-riot mob that the MSM always fixates upon every time there is a meeting of the G7, G8, G20 or whatever. Stupid fluff instead of substance.
I, for one, was glad that the Queen and Michelle Obama felt an instant attraction to one another and what the hell's wrong with that. And if Michelle Obama can inspire a group of school girls, whose ethnic origins appear to be from the far flung corners of the British Empire, to aspire to great accomplishments through the attainment of superior education, then a good old fashioned British hip hip hooray and three cheers for her.
Long live the British Empire and her eldest break-away child for showing us that world can unfold as it should, despite the media's attempt to turn every triviality into fodder for the gossip mills. I'm betting these girls will remember that event for the rest of their lives and the ones that actually got to touch Mrs. Obama will, well, not wash their hands for several days and will look back on that brief moment ten, fifteen years hence, when they graduate cum laud from Oxford, or wherever, and remember it for what it was - a pivotal point in their young lives. And I'm pretty sure the Queen wants the same for them, too. And who knows. Maybe she won't be washing her hands for a day or two either, because those hands shook the hands with the first African-American First Lady.
The Queen has lived through the better part of a century, which saw the emergence of African Americans from bitter legally entrenched discrimination, at the same time as she was presiding over the dissolution of the British Empire, "granting" independence to former colonies. Perhaps in the Queen's mind, that handshake and the hug may have been a powerful symbol of the recognition that justice does prevail. The Brits are known for their sense of justice, after all. Indeed, their legal system in emulated around the world.
None of which is to say that I am a fan of Barack Obama's policies as president, but really, all negative all gossip all the time is just soooo unreal.
posted by Louise at 4:21 am
2 Comments:
OMG! What was the Secret Service thinking? Anyone one of those charming little girls could have been carrying a gun or bomb under her skirt.
I don't like the politics of the Obama's either, but... Comparing the performances of both Os on this trip, I have to give a nod to Mickey O.
Barry's bow to the Saudi slave master was just disgusting. Good thing I don't think Barry is above me or I'd be embarrassed.
Yeah, that was something else, wasn't it. I'm betting the Saud's themselves found it a bit weird, too.
Anyway, I'd rather hear a bit more about the meat and potatoes discussions between the G20 leaders than have to endure silly gossip about royal protocol and its supposed flubbing. That stuff is best left to the gossip rags. But the MSM is the MSM. Why do real journalism when you can spend days and days on some good gossip.
Puke.
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