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I may have even given you that one if I didn't...

2009-11-24T23:03:59.737-08:00

I may have even given you that one if I didn't think this bow was taken out of context. I saw it as nothing but a habit of a tall man who respects a shorter older man. To make this into an issue was, for me, a little pathetic.

It's like people on the right are unable to pick their fights. You have a President who ran on the promise of change and yet basically tells us this is great as a slogan but the only way to survive is to keep the same old economic advisers that pushed us into this mess, and people on the Right complain about body angles.

The fact of the matter is that the protocol has al...

2009-11-24T14:54:47.495-08:00

The fact of the matter is that the protocol has always been that the President bows to no one. This has nothing to do with Japanese custom. This has everything to do with the fact that the American President is sending a message to the world - America is weak and the leader of the country is weak. And..before you get in a snit - I was all over W when the pictures surfaced showing him holding hands with the Saudi king as well.

I don't know if it was "when in Rome"...

2009-11-19T14:14:13.381-08:00

I don't know if it was "when in Rome" or simply a habit of a very tall man who's used to bowing when he meets the elderly, you know? But it certainly was nothing.

(and by the way, AskCherlock, I probably should add that I don't delete comments, especially from people who disagree with me, but I deleted the comment above yours because even though it sounded relevant, it was just spam. This same Indian guy leaves random comments all over the blog. And I just follow him around and delete them).

I don't know; I thought it was more like "...

2009-11-19T12:52:05.729-08:00

I don't know; I thought it was more like "when in Rome..." I really don't know what all the fuss is about.