Post by Ryan Maue:
The British media continues to mock and criticize the President, which has been petty and unfair in some respects. But how do we reconcile this? From the UK Telegraph
Barack Obama snubs British scientists by refusing to receive Royal Society medal
Barack Obama has snubbed Britain’s most eminent scientists by refusing to attend a Royal Society banquet in his honour at which he was to be awarded with a prestigious medal.
Quoting from the UK Telegraph (fair use for discussion and future reference disclaimer):
But Mr Obama’s aides responded to the invitation with a “very short” note in which they said the president would rather spend time at a south London state school. Mr Obama visited The Globe Academy in Southwark with David Cameron, the Prime Minister, on Tuesday. The two leaders swapped a number of high-fives with pupils before rolling up their sleeves for a game of table tennis against two schoolboys.
And the cherry on top of this sundae:
Had Mr Obama accepted the invitation, he would have been greeted by Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society, who won a Nobel prize in 2001 for advances in genetics and cell biology.
Instead he met pupils at the Globe Academy who had won an award for designing a lunchbox which folds out into a plate.
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Anthony, you say: “The British media continues to mock and criticize the President.”
Your perspective may be valid, but from my perspective, the British media are positively fawning over Obama, as they have always done. He is considerably more popular in Europe than in the USA. Politicians fight for photo opportunities with him.
All the best.
moptop says:
May 26, 2011 at 1:12 pm
“Great Britian is the island right? The United Kingdom is the nation?”
Actually, England, Wales, and Scotland are all nations.
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I believe it is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. England and Scotland are nations (united under one crown), Wales is a principality, and Northern Ireland is a province.
Hope that helps.
The PM and President snubbing the RS and maybe even CAGW itself, the Queen reportedly not mentioning ‘climate change’, and the G8 probably not going to discuss it…? Are some people finally taking their meds?
Anything is possible says:
May 26, 2011 at 11:16 am (Edit)
Steve says:
“May 26, 2011 at 11:01 am
@Anything is possible @May 26, 2011 at 10:37 am
“Science at its’ best.”
Grammar at its worst.”
Pedantry at its finest…..
Humor at its driest…..
I give credit where it is due. Nice work on the part of Obama.
Obama and Dave went to school
To play kids at ping-pong and look cool
The Royal Soc’s medal
Ain’t worth the B.S. they peddle
And Sir Paul once again looks a fool
The British media continues to mock and criticize the President, which has been petty and unfair in some respects. But how do we reconcile this?
Several points.
One: You only mention one thing. You need two for a reconciliation.
Two: The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail do not constitute the British media. How about the Guardian, the Independent, the Times, the Daily Express, the Sun, the Herald, the Scotsman, just to name some newspapers. Have a look at BBC coverage. They dote on your President.
Three: Most of the time the comments on this blog are virulently anti-Obama. Now, all of a sudden the commenters have become ever so protective. Wonder why?
From the pictures it looks like Mr. Obama’s racial bias may have determined his decision.
My King Charles Cavalier Spaniel is most incensed at this. The award was the Charles II award after which his breed is named. Remind me to get a small Obama statue and put it in my dog pen. That way he can show his proper respects to our president.
This is the funniest post in WUWT for a long time! The posting was funny, thanks, but the comments maybe even funnier! Thanks to all the posters at WUWT for the entertainment!
Obama and the Royal society…..it reminds me of norwegian foreign minister Jonas G. Støre together at the podium with Al Gore in Copenhagen. Surely the most embarrassing moment for Støre, ever. How he wished it never happened!
And it is such a moment Obama wants to avoid. It would be like showing up at a podium, what was his name again? Harold Camping;
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304520804576341310352792784.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion
Barack Obama says:
May 26, 2011 at 10:49 am
Lapogus asks:
‘is the POTUS a keen WUWT reader?’
Sure am! When I can get away from ping pong and other affairs of state.
Uh oh.
This means he’s here most of the time!
I’m assuming he doesn’t define “affairs of state” the same way Clinton did.
🙂
I can’t help but think this is perhaps one of Obama’s better decisions. Can you imagine the pompous drivel he would have been subjected to from the functionaries of that moribund organisation.
My opinion here in the UK is that the media have been worshipping Mr & Mrs Obama. The Telegraph today devoted about a third of its paper to it. No mention of carrying on with his toast to the Queen after the band struck up the National Anthem.
The royal society is a disgrace to science
I wouldn’t accept anything from them either
I don’t get it. Sir Paul Nurse thinks man emits 7x more CO2 than nature, people shouldn’t ask awkward questions of scientists, and scientists shouldn’t have to explain themselves to the public. With views like that, why is the Royal Society relevant or important?
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Good for Obama.
BCC whines:
May 26, 2011 at 2:21 pm
“Please do keep going with off-topic, ad-hominem posts like this. They are quite revealing.”
Indeed. It already has revealed quite a bit about you!
And, hey, many of us are praising President Obama for his stance against the climate elites of Britain. Where’s the love??
Kum Dollison says:
May 26, 2011 at 10:42 am
“This is a no-brainer. Good for Obama.”
Kum,
You have indeed captured the essence of Our Dear Leader! I’m so glad he had time for ping pong in Great Britain, while our nation groans under resurgent +9% unemployment, a +$14 Trillion dollar debt, and a series of natural disasters (floods and tornadoes) that are wracking the heartland!
A ‘no brainer’, indeed!
The visit by Queen Lizzie to Ireland and a few days later by Obama had one thing in common – forced entry by gun wielding foreign security teams which searched people’s private property and turfed them out for the duration. Lizzie’s armed police aided and abetted by the Irish searched premises and closed down businesses along her route, sealed them up and turfed out the owners, in some streets in Dublin for two or more days; Irish police planted and then conveniently found ‘a bomb’ on a bus to justify all the security. Obama’s visit to his great-grandfather’s village was welcomed by the excited locals, so it was reported; they had paint donated by Dulux to smarten up their houses, pot holes were filled; and American armed security searched all the houses and sealed them not allowing the owners to return until it was all over. Obama arrived in his $1million armour plated car with everything and was fauned over by the yokels locals, Lizzie travelled through empty streets of Dublin city centre closed for the duration.
Smokey says:
May 26, 2011 at 4:11 pm
“☺☺☺I knew these would come in handy one day:”
A treasure trove! Thank You, Smokey!!!
17 months to election day… and counting…
Probably Obama is sick of these groupies, he thinks they want to drive him.
I think the Nobel Medal made such a bad taste to him that he despises this kind of people even if will resort to them when needed. They are “Useful Idiots”.
Btw Remember the speech he while receiving the Nobel medal.
Public support for carbon
dioxideemissions limiting is virtually dead in the US, the Occupant in Chief knows he has to force it through by fiat with the EPA… Now we see how the self-appointed Carbon Elite treat the formerly “useful idiots.”Oh well, they got what they wanted while it lasted, funding and prestige. Now we can watch them fight over the remaining scraps as the (C)AGW scaremongering winds down.
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From Kum Dollison on May 26, 2011 at 10:42 am:
Only if the juicy stuff doesn’t drip out through the hinges and edges.
Personally I found in my youth that the small single-serving box of cereal that transformed into its own bowl was pretty innovative, very handy for camping. For some reason while the small boxes are still sold, I haven’t noticed the directions for the changeover anymore. What happened?
Obama has snubbed the UK every chance he’s had. He sent back a bust of Churchill, he gave one of the PM’s a bunch of dvds that don’t work in the UK, he touched the Queen as if she were just on of his crew, he gave her an IPod with his speeches on it, plus other left-handed salutes. The theory running around as to why he has shown the UK such disrespect is that his maternal grandfather had been imprisoned in Kenya during its rebellion, and according to family “history” was tortured. That he would snub such a historical society was one more snub at the UK.
This however does not change his personal view of AGW, a useful tool to continue imposing federal control over each US citizens’ lives and the economy in general. With Lisa Jackson working feverishly to impose cap and trade through regulatory shennanigans, Stephen Chu running the worthless Department of Energy, and his cast of Constitution-destroying cohorts, he is doing his flatout best.
The Daily Telegraph is a rag. Nobody pays any serious attention to it. It used to be lampooned as ‘The House Magazine of the British Conservative Party’, but it actually wasn’t that good. Just sensationalist scaremongering nonsense for people who cannot think.