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Nontroversy of the Weekend

Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:50 am PST

On his first visit to Japan, one of America’s most valued allies, President Obama greets Emperor Akihito with a traditional bow and the right wing blogosphere completely loses it. Some of this stuff is blatantly racist too. A commenter at Hot Air gives his perspective: Someone needs to give ...

Barack Obama, Bowgate, Japan, Emperor, Nontroversy, silliness, Right Wing, Racism

Not Caring About the Bow

Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 6:52 pm PST

Instead of getting really, really upset that Barack Obama bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito while visiting Japan where bowing is a custom that goes back thousands of years, I’ve been working on some pieces of The Blog’s back-end code, playing Batman: Arkham Asylum, going for a short bike ride, taking ...

Barack Obama, Bowgate, Japan, Emperor, Penne, Marinara, Windows Vista, Twitter