I just had an idea that went right over my head

Lawrence Welk

In recent criticism of Hilary and the office of SOS, there have been a number of articles. The comments of Rich Galen (yes right of center but insightful) include the following:

When British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited American President Barack Obama last week there were several things which were seen, by diplomats, as slights - but real people wouldn't have noticed.

There was no opening press conference in front of the massed flags of the two countries. And WH press secretary Robert Gibbs talked about the "special partnership" between the US and the UK which is not the same, in diplomat-speak, as the previous construct which was "special relationship."

But that wasn't the big one. The big one was the exchange of gifts. According to the New York Daily News:

After Brown presented Obama with a pen holder crafted from the timbers of the 19th century British warship HMS President (whose sister ship, HMS Resolute, provided the wood for the Oval Office's desk), Obama offered up ... 25 DVDs of American movie classics.

How is this tied into Hillary? Well, as it happens the officials responsible for deciding who gets what from the President are the folks in the Gift Division of the Office of Protocol which is in the State Department which is run by … Hillary Clinton.

The Brits are understandably miffed by the notion that the people at the highest levels of the US government gave some staffer the State Department VISA card with instructions to go the Borders at 18th and L and find something for about 100 US Dollars, not British Pounds.

Brown had thought about this visit and presented a one-of-a-kind gift. Clinton's people … didn't.

Remember that during the campaign Hillary claimed she knew a lot about this stuff because she had travelled around the world a good bit either by herself as First Lady, or as chaperone-in-chief to keep an eye on old Bill while he was on a road trip (if you know what I mean and I think you do).

It turns out that Hillary Clinton has reached her level of incompetence as Secretary of State.

www.mullings.com

See the other articles here:

www.washingtonpost.com

www.nydailynews.com

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It could be worse…

S.C. man escapes from burning tanning bed

From Associated Press March 10, 2009 9:10 PM EDT

ROCK HILL, S.C. - Authorities say a man escaped from a burning tanning bed just before it burst into flames, igniting a fire that damaged several stores and forced people to leave a shopping center. The (Rock Hill) Herald reported Tuesday that no one was injured in the fire, including the man who jumped from the bed.

The fire occurred Monday at an Ultratan tanning salon near Rock Hill.

The man said he heard a popping noise while working on his tan, then saw a flame at the corner of the tanning bed near his foot. Several dozen firefighters arrived at the scene to battle the blaze as shoppers and store workers gathered in the parking lot and the smell of charred plastic filled the air.

Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze.
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Information from: The Herald, http://www.heraldonline.com

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