Reuters: Obama descends from cloud to make peace in Egypt

[Robb]

...OK, not really. The headline was actually "http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/02/us-egypt-usa-idUSTRE71175920110202">U.S. urges restraint in Egypt, struggles for policy."

However....



...I do believe the photo they picked sets the bar a touch high:

[elias49]

1. I remember George the Second being caught in a similar pose

years ago. I thought, at the time, "How absurd!"

Meh.

Then the tin-foil goes on and I wonder "Jeez. Just LOOK how we're (subliminally) supposed to see our 'leaders'!

[Lucinda]

5. There are no accidnets in staging a planned speech IMO

Tin-foil not necessary. :)

[originalpckelly]

8. That's the same sick shit I've seen with other pols.

I would not be one bit surprised if this is somehow intentional. Children and religion are the thing politicians hide behind most, just listen to good old George Carlin.

[RKP5637]

9. Yep, George Carlin had it all correct, explaining the incredible BS many seem to

just accept and believe ... and often propagate.

[Pirate Smile]

2. OMG - that really is the photo accompanying the article.

People here act like he can snap his fingers and make it stop but he just chooses not to. Maybe he sent the buses and Government thugs. :eyes:

[TBF]

3. Where do you think Egypt gets it's funding? There's a little canal ... nt

[dipsydoodle]

6. He didn't send them

but he does pays their wages. Its called US aid to Egypt and thats partly how its used.

Wasn't his idea - he inherited it. Don't change the fact he maintained it.

[dipsydoodle]

4. Reminds me of the waiters tray

in Mel Brookes History of the World - Last Supper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA1sx-vyWVk

or maybe even Princess Diana' halo - a Mercedes steering wheel.

[Lucky 13]

7. Like with other Presidents, the job is causing more rapid aging.

He looks 10 years older than he did 2 years ago.

[blindpig]

10. Truth is there's not much he can do.

His hands are tied by the requirements of empire. As are every President's, capitalism requires it.

[RKP5637]

11. The real wealth of this country controls the power and the president. Presidents and

politicians come and go, but the real power and wealth hidden remains, controls the country, and is highly rewarded by unbridled capitalism.