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The height of arrogance? President Obama caught snapping selfies at Nelson Mandela service
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Dec 11, 2013 07:57:03   #
kilfincelt
 
Class act as usual! Not!!!!

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Dec 11, 2013 10:59:51   #
73STNGLKABEE
 
He is a laughing stock to the whole country and world and really is a legend in his own mind.
OldSchool wrote:
After delivering an ego-driven speech at Nelson Mandela's memorial service in Johannesburg, South Africa earlier today, President Obama was caught taking selfies in the stands with the British and Dutch prime ministers. Needless to say, it is inappropriate for the leader of the free world to be taking selfies anywhere, but posing for jovial photos at a somber event is simply tasteless.

http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/12/10/the-height-of-arrogance-president-obama-caught-snapping-selfies-at-nelson-mandela-service/?utm_source=Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2013-12-10_284698&utm_content=33774496&utm_term=_284698_284705
After delivering an ego-driven speech at Nelson Ma... (show quote)

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Dec 11, 2013 13:49:06   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
73STNGLKABEE wrote:
He is a laughing stock to the whole country and world and really is a legend in his own mind.


And who could be more arrogant than someone speaking for the whole country?

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Dec 11, 2013 13:53:12   #
iwanttoknow
 
OldSchool wrote:
After delivering an ego-driven speech at Nelson Mandela's memorial service in Johannesburg, South Africa earlier today, President Obama was caught taking selfies in the stands with the British and Dutch prime ministers. Needless to say, it is inappropriate for the leader of the free world to be taking selfies anywhere, but posing for jovial photos at a somber event is simply tasteless.

http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/12/10/the-height-of-arrogance-president-obama-caught-snapping-selfies-at-nelson-mandela-service/?utm_source=Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2013-12-10_284698&utm_content=33774496&utm_term=_284698_284705
After delivering an ego-driven speech at Nelson Ma... (show quote)


Saw the picture of that scene, and thought it was very juvenile for world leaders to behave that way.

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Dec 11, 2013 14:06:15   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
iwanttoknow wrote:
Saw the picture of that scene, and thought it was very juvenile for world leaders to behave that way.


Why? The are people just like anyone else. Funerals and memorials are boring so why not?

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Dec 11, 2013 14:15:38   #
Dave Loc: Upstate New York
 
lpnmajor wrote:
Why? The are people just like anyone else. Funerals and memorials are boring so why not?


Nothing like the low expectations to compensate for poor behavour.

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Dec 11, 2013 14:18:07   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
Dave wrote:
Nothing like the low expectations to compensate for poor behavour.


Good thing World leaders are not subject to your approval.

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Dec 11, 2013 15:59:27   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
Despite the original posts' description of the act President Obama is accused of doing, he is not taking a "selfie". The very definition of the term eliminates that possiblity. He is not the only recipient of the shot being taken.

You all may continue to make a tempest out of a teapot, but your premise is misguided/wrong. :thumbdown:

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Dec 11, 2013 17:49:50   #
Hungry Freaks
 
He's taking a photo of himself with two close US allies. Since major media organizations, including the Chicago Tribune, have fired all photographers due to the flood of phone shots that give them material for free,, why would Obama not take this photo?

At least it didn't cost the US taxpayers a dime, which can't be said for George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished" photo using a US Navy aircraft carrier group, which costs US taxpayers about $10,000 a minute, as a backdrop.

And I wasn't at the service-I have heard it was a rather happy remembrance of a man who lived into his 90s and had a profoundly positive impact on his nation. Again, it didn't cost US taxpayers $10,000 a minute like "Mission Accomplished" photo op did.

George W Bush was also at the service, I wonder what he has to say about it?

slatten49 wrote:
Despite the original posts' description of the act President Obama is accused of doing, he is not taking a "selfie". The very definition of the term eliminates that possiblity. He is not the only recipient of the shot being taken.

You all may continue to make a tempest out of a teapot, but your premise is misguided/wrong. :thumbdown:

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Dec 11, 2013 18:14:05   #
jasfourth401
 
OldSchool wrote:
After delivering an ego-driven speech at Nelson Mandela's memorial service in Johannesburg, South Africa earlier today, President Obama was caught taking selfies in the stands with the British and Dutch prime ministers. Needless to say, it is inappropriate for the leader of the free world to be taking selfies anywhere, but posing for jovial photos at a somber event is simply tasteless.

http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/12/10/the-height-of-arrogance-president-obama-caught-snapping-selfies-at-nelson-mandela-service/?utm_source=Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2013-12-10_284698&utm_content=33774496&utm_term=_284698_284705
After delivering an ego-driven speech at Nelson Ma... (show quote)


A silly and inaccurate post for several reasons. First, it is not a "selfie". A selfie is a photo of one person...not three. Second, the camera phone is the property of the Danish Prime Minister. The correct description for this is "a group selfie taken by Schmidt."

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Dec 11, 2013 18:32:29   #
iwanttoknow
 
lpnmajor wrote:
Why? The are people just like anyone else. Funerals and memorials are boring so why not?


Your response is indicative of the moral decay of this world. Some times you NEED to act like an adult.

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Dec 11, 2013 18:41:26   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
iwanttoknow wrote:
Your response is indicative of the moral decay of this world. Some times you NEED to act like an adult.


I've been to many funerals and memorials the last few years. I didn't have a problem with the adults at such occasions enjoying their good memories/stories of the deceased.

Sorrow is not the only emotion to be seen or heard on such occasions.

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Dec 11, 2013 18:58:33   #
iwanttoknow
 
slatten49 wrote:
I've been to many funerals and memorials the last few years. I didn't have a problem with the adults at such occasions enjoying their good memories/stories of the deceased.

Sorrow is not the only emotion to be seen or heard on such occasions.


It didn't appear to me that they were enjoying good memories of the deceased, but what do i know. I wasn't there.

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Dec 11, 2013 19:16:30   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
iwanttoknow wrote:
It didn't appear to me that they were enjoying good memories of the deceased, but what do i know. I wasn't there.


I appreciate and understand what you're saying. I wasn't there, either, and can't vouch for their behavior.

But, I have had a good laugh at many memorials or funerals, upon hearing a funny story or memory brought to my attention. I never considered that as disrespectful or rude, and it never stopped me from being appropriately sad or sorrowful with the occasion. The deaths of family or friends bring a number of emotions to their services, is all I'm saying.

As far as photos, I suspect, if it were someone I might not
see often, I would get a picture taken...at some point.

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Dec 12, 2013 14:00:59   #
saloopo Loc: Colorado
 
OldSchool wrote:
You Obutthead lovers are absolutely pathetic! No matter how much he embarrasses this country, you lefties will cover for him.


It is amazing the lies the progressive marxist mind is willing to accept in order to promote failure as success. Some might even call it a 'Mental Illness'.

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