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UPDATE: Oh the exquisite irony of it all!

* Obamas told they can’t stay in mansion

* John Howard already has place booked

* Obamas have to move into a hotel

BARACK Obama and his family have been forced to move into a hotel because John Howard is staying at their place.

via John Howard bumps Barack Obama out of Blair House in Washington | World News | News.com.au.

ORIGINAL POST:

Howard to receive US freedom medal

Samantha Maiden, Online Political Editor | 10:30am JOHN Howard will be awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom next week, in one of George W Bush’s final acts as president.

via The Australian, News from Australia’s National Newspaper.

Just how out of touch are these guys? Can’t someone quietly tap them on the shoulder and say, “Hey fellas, it’s all over, you can leave now”? It is astonishing that they keep pretending that the disastrous war that they sent our countries into was not one of the most appalling foreign policy disasters for a generation.

So again WEE will be subjected to another round of back slapping and self-congratulation by Bush, Blair and Howard. They will repeat the lie that the world is safer because of their actions and the mainstream media will again cast no critical eye on their actions – they’ll just quote the press releases that trumpet the great achievements of these diminuitive leaders.

WEE think the ceremony would be the perfect opportunity to round up the ‘three amigos’ and send them to the International Criminal Court to be tried for their war crimes. WEE’ll keep dreaming on that one.

WEE do not look forward to watching another orgy of ineptitude when these three unimaginitave leaders get together to celebrate their contribution to freedom in the world. What all of this demonstrates is just how out of touch George Bush is. Some 80% of the US population wants him to just go away. Perhaps he could just stay on vacation until 20 January?

Still, we may well get our wish that we never hear of George W  Bush again after 20 January. Apparently he is not planning to be a high profile former president. He was barely a high profile serving president given the amount of time he spent on vacation.

And WEE will not forgive him for giving further oxygen to our own former little leader John Howard. At least Howard still hasn’t cottoned on to the fact that being associated with George W Bush is actually not anything to write home about. Little Johnny is so out of touch too that he still thinks Bush is a man of substance and power – as opposed to the lame duck president he has been for about the last 3 years.

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Kevin Rudd’s official photo with George W Bush at G20 summit omitted from website

The Daily Telegraph

November 18, 2008 01:32am

IT is the ultimate souvenir gift from Washington to a leader at a global summit – your own grip-and-grin pic with the US President.

The White House then adds an extra ego-stroking touch by putting the picture on its website so the world can see your familiarity with power. But not for Kevin Rudd.

via Kevin Rudd’s official photo with George W Bush at G20 summit omitted from website | News.com.au Top stories | News.com.au.

The Daily Tele continues to publish stories about the impact of some alleged comments about a phone conversation between George Bush and Kevin Rudd and how that’s somehow damaged Australia’s standing in the world. Now it seems Rudd’s not been included in some happy snaps of the G20 event.

But do you want to see what doing real diplomatic damage looks like? Do you want to see a lame duck president in action? Do you want to see what News Limited won’t tell you? Rudd’s perceived indiscretion and it’s impact on world affairs pales into insignficance when you see the body language going on in this video. Get a load of this…

Will someone please tell those losers at the Daily Tele that it’s over. Bush is a has been. No-one cares what Bush thinks or says or does. He is a joke. And WEE are sure that he’s got more significant rejections to worry about than those he might be getting from the Australian PM.

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And all his crazy old cronies can all go and spend their lovely pensions in retirement while the rest of the world works out how to clean up the mess that Bush and his henchmen created in Iraq.

WEE pray for the families that have lost loved ones in this terrible debacle that started with the WTC disaster in 2001 and has ended up in a mid-east disaster in 2006.

WEE hope that it won’t be in vain. And WEE hope that future US leaders will look back on this dark period and learn that you can’t fight violence and oppression by replacing it with more violence and oppression. No more Vietnams and no more Iraqs please.

Let’s take a different approach to solving the world’s problems.

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