Why Won’t They Like Me?
The Czar is not the first, evidently, to have realized this weird opposition.
You will remember, back in 1981 when Nancy Reagan refused to curtsy to Queen Elizabeth II, pretty much because curtsies are restricted to British subjects, and not free American citizens. Despite the uproar that followed in the UK, strangely reminiscent of Michelle Obama’s decision to hug the queen, sometimes we must remember that America has not been a British subject for some time now.
This amid recent news that POTUS Obama elected to formally bow down before Saudi King Abdullah on their first meeting.
Here is the score:
Nancy Reagan: correct, because an American citizen does not unilaterally bow to another head of state.
Michelle Obama: correct, because the Queen made every sign (and has since confirmed) that she enjoyed the physical contact, and the Queen is not divine and untouchable. Get over yourselves.
Barack Obama: incorrect, because an American citizen does not bow to another head of state.
Well, that’s not quite true: Presidents do in fact bow to Japanese and Korean heads of state because the bow is immediately returned, making it a sign of mutual respect. From the photo above, you can judge for yourself whether King Abdullah returned that respect. Actually, it probably made him feel quite awkward.
Are we not getting through? You cannot afford to screw up foreign policy with gaffe after gaffe. You are playing for all of us when you do…just remember what team you’re on, please.
Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.