Obama bends over

The White House is denying that the president bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at a G-20 meeting in London, a scene that drew criticism on the right and praise from some Arab outlets.

"It wasn't a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah," said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The Washington Times called the alleged bow a "shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate" and said it violated centuries of American tradition of not deferring to royalty. The Weekly Standard, meanwhile, noted that American protocol apparently rules out bowing, or at least it reportedly did on the occasion of a Clinton "near-bow" to the emperor of Japan.
Interestingly, a columnist in the Saudi-backed Arabic paper Asharq Alawsat also took the gesture as a bow and appreciated the move.
"Obama wished to demonstrate his respect and appreciation of the personality of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, who has made one of the most important calls in the modern era, namely the call for inter-faith and inter-cultural dialogue to defuse the hatred, conflict and wars," wrote the columnist, Muhammah Diyab.

Simple Economics of Socialism

An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said ok, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism.
All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A. After the first test the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. But, as the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too; so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around the average was an F. The scores never increased as bickering, blame, name calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great; but when government takes all the reward away; no one will try or want to succeed. Could not be any simpler than that.....

Parental Alienation # 5 Recognizing

Parental Alienation: Recognizing a Severely Alienated Child:
· They have a relentless hatred for/towards the targeted parent.
· They parrot the Obsessed Alienator.
· The child does not want to visit or spend any time with the targeted parent.
· Many of the child's beliefs are enmeshed with the alienator.
· The beliefs are delusional and frequently irrational.
· They are not intimidated by the court.
· Frequently, their reasons are not based on personal experiences with the targeted parent but reflect what they are told by the Obsessed Alienator. They have difficulty making any differentiate between the two.
· The child has no ambivalence in his or her feelings; it's all hatred with no ability to see the good.
· They have no capacity to feel guilty about how they behave towards the targeted parent or forgive any past indiscretions.
· They share the Obsessed Alienators cause. Together, they are in lockstep to denigrate the hated parent.
· The children's obsessional hatred extends to the targeted parent's extended family without any guilt or remorse.
· They can appear like normal healthy children until asked about the targeted parent that triggers their hatred. Provided by Douglas Darnell, Ph.D.