Downing St left embarrassed

[Archangel]

Downing St left embarrassed after President Obama scales down first
meeting with Brown
By Benedict Brogan

Downing Street was left scrambling to avoid a diplomatic embarrassment
today after the White House ruled out a formal press conference to mark
Gordon Brown's first formal meeting with Barack Obama.
Officials denied the Prime Minister was being snubbed after it emerged
that the new president would not make himself available for the
traditional joint appearance before the White House media.
Mr Brown's aides are trying to make the best of what is a distinctly low
key visit compared to the family hospitality lavished on Tony Blair by
George Bush when they met for the first time.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1158395/Downing-St-left-embarrassed-President-Obama-scales-meeting-Brown.html

Change you can believe in.

Archangel.

[lorad]

Post by Archangel
Downing St left embarrassed after President Obama scales down first
meeting with Brown
By Benedict Brogan
Downing Street was left scrambling to avoid a diplomatic embarrassment
today after the White House ruled out a formal press conference to mark
Gordon Brown's first formal meeting with Barack Obama.
Officials denied the Prime Minister was being snubbed after it emerged
that the new president would not make himself available for the
traditional joint appearance before the White House media.
Mr Brown's aides are trying to make the best of what is a distinctly low
key visit compared to the family hospitality lavished on Tony Blair by
George Bush when they met for the first time.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1158395/Downing-St-left-embar...
Change you can believe in.
Archangel.

Perhaps Obama didn't care for Tony-Gordon 'yellow cake'.

[Patriot Games]

I do.
I will *never* forget how the GOP wanted to undermine America's security.

"The controversy pertained to management contracts of six major United
States ports. The purchaser was DP World (DPW), a state-owned company
in the UAE. The contracts had already been foreign-owned, by
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), a British firm
taken over by DPW (completed in March 2006)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Ports_World_controversy

The last I heard... they *still* control port shipping.

Is it our fault you're stupid?

They never followed through on their promise to divest themselves of
control.

"Dubai Ports World eventually sold P&O's American operations to
American International Group's asset management division, Global
Investment Group for an undisclosed sum."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Ports_World_controversy

Dubai Ports World Sells U.S. Assets
AIG Unit Buys Operations That Ignited Controversy As Democrats Plan
Changes
DECEMBER 12, 2006
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116584567567746444.html

It's just that the media (again) dropped coverage of the issue.

Its not my fault you're stupid.