http://www.conservativecabal.com/2009/03/07/amateur-hour-at-the-white-house/ The Conspiracy for Freedom Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.conservativecabal.com/2009/03/07/amateur-hour-at-the-white-house/#comment-154 Katy Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:12:55 +0000 http://www.conservativecabal.com/?p=430#comment-154 The DVDs were an especially poor choice not only because of region 5 versus region 1 or whatnot, but also because Gordon Brown may be losing his eyesight: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/3178318/Gordon-Browns-eyesight-is-causing-concern-among-aides.html Way to rub it in, Mr. President! But as someone said to me today about this -- "who CARES? These gift exchanges are pretty silly." Well maybe this tradition is silly, but the symbolism is not. Traditions are significant because of their cultural pointers, and the historical memory they represent. The DVDs were an especially poor choice not only because of region 5 versus region 1 or whatnot, but also because Gordon Brown may be losing his eyesight: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/3178318/Gordon-Browns-eyesight-is-causing-concern-among-aides.html Way to rub it in, Mr. President! But as someone said to me today about this — “who CARES? These gift exchanges are pretty silly.” Well maybe this tradition is silly, but the symbolism is not. Traditions are significant because of their cultural pointers, and the historical memory they represent.

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