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November 16, 2009
On Bowing And Bow Wows.....
My take on the whole Obama bowing to the Japanese head of state is this; our company has done a lot of business over the years... since 1978 to be exact... with the heads of major Japanese high tech companies. The up side, obviously, is good business and the often overlooked but still fascinating part of that are the gifts they give you....or should I say the gifts they give the company.
My favorite? A perfect replica of a Samurai warrior all in gold and silver [real] and brocades and with all the weapons displayed on the warrior the way they would have been worn. This was all in a very large glass and mahogany case.....not a small gift to say the least.
Now did the CEO of my company bow to the CEO of the Japanese company?
Yes....but, and this is the biggie....he only bowed a little and he never lowered his eyes. If he had we not only wouldn't have gotten that cool gift, but we wouldn't have gotten the contract as they don't give lucrative contracts to yutzes.
It's a simple thing they expect you to know and they certainly expect a head of state to know it too. You bow the way Obama did and I don't care what you say, they are snickering behind your back in five seconds and figuring out how to use that "kick me" sign you placed on your own ass to their advantage. You don't do good business of any kind, government or private, with a fool.
It's all about 'face'.
Now, do we have to worry about the Japanese nuking us figuratively or otherwise...no, we don't. What we do have to worry about is the fact that we have a certified idiot in the White House.
And the Iranians and Russians were watching you know......and those guys we do have to worry about.
There has been a lot of talk lately about chairman zero's chances at getting reelected. I'll go out on a limb here and state that I don't think he has any intention of running in 2012. Why would he? He's a lazy guy,and I mean a really lazy guy, and he already has that billion from Soros. Oh, get real, you know he does. And has Soros ever bought a country for so little?
A billion is nothing to George "the recession has been very good for me" Soros.....and chairman zero couldn't make that much if he gave a speech every day for the rest of his life. Plus there is that whole 'pension for life' thing we give our presidents.
Now for much more interesting things than the sellout traitor in the white house...
In case you didn't notice there have been some additions to the sidebar, not the least of which is a link to the great TFMo's site JBYP. So go and check it out, and comment.
Thanks to TFMo I have been able to accomplish a million things I needed to do and you, dear readers, still had interesting and thought provoking commentary and cartoons to enjoy....in fact I don't know what I ever did without him here.
One of the "million things", besides the house, that happened was an adoption.
Yes, typical white dog ,who lost her companion a few months ago and has been eating herself to death in her grief ever since...and now weighs about 15 pounds more than she should, has a new friend.
It's not like TWD is normally sveldt, but it had become ridiculous....you can set a tea tray on her back now, she is that wide.
So I began to look for a suitable companion for her...not that easy a task as we are, after all, talking about a bull terrier here. Granted she is the sweetest dog on earth, especially for a bull terrier, but she is still weird. That's kinda what you get with a bully...they specialize in weird.
For instance, you don't say "no! cut that out" to a her and expect to get anywhere. Noooo, what you have say if you want to get your point across is "That'll do Pig".
Pig became her nickname thanks to middle son who carries her around...he's quite strong...and since she adores him she hangs on his every word.
The rest of us mere mortals are just her valets and doormen.
Seriously.
So we found a rescue dog...an abuse and neglect case....and drove 8 hours round trip to pick her up.She is half Irish Wolfhound and half black Lab......actually she is merely wearing a "lab hat" as the only part of her that appears to be Lab is the top of her head and her ears...the rest is pure Irish Wolfhound.
In other words she looks like a big black hairy spider that someone washed and dried on the wrong settings.... she definitely needs some weight on her.
And she is shy shy shy...afraid of everything.
And that's what makes her and Pig a perfect fit.....because the Pig is not afraid of anything.
So we have the short fat waddling white bull terrier and the tall slim elegant black Irish Wolfhound.......in other words if they were people....with no morals.....they would be Hillary and Barry.
And Fiona can fly...when she runs she is like a race horse so Pig's diet plan has already begun. And in return Fiona ,instead of "guts in a bottle", gets her guts in a Pig; when Pig is around Fiona isn't afraid of anything...put Pig in her crate and Fiona turns back into Princess Shaking Leaf.
So I guess in the end they are more like Hillary and Barry after all aren't they?
Now please excuse me while I go and poke out my mind's eye.......
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