The significance of a bow: 1. bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting 2. bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect

Once again, the news circuits are buzzing with video of President Obama bowing to the Chinese leader Hu Jintao. This isn’t the first time Obama has bowed to a foreign leader. If you recall, there were outcries from US nationalists when he bowed to the Saudi king…and then again when he bowed to the emperor of Japan. Is bowing really that bad? I think it’s more of a show of respect…IF that is how peers normally greet the respective individual. Since Obama is a peer to these foreign leaders, he should act accordingly.

I, however, don’t agree with him bowing if bowing is something only done to show subservience in the particular culture. Do your homework, Mr. President.

This video is the one being aired on news outlets today:

In this meeting last year, I think both leaders were bowing to eachother:

watch the other bows

According to Wikipedia, “birthers” question the legitimacy of Pres. Barack Obama’s citizenship and his eligibility to be President. Some allege that Obama was born inKenya, not Hawaii, and that his birth certificate is a forgery. Others allege that Obama is a citizen of Indonesia. Both claim that he is not a natural born citizen of the United States, which is a requirement to be President of the United States under Article Two of the United States Constitution.

It doesn’t help at all that Obama’s first executive order as president was to seal all his past records. Now people have a million and one questions with no answers. These are essentially the main inquiries presented by “birthers”:

In regards to his former name, Barry Soetoro…Obama was named that by his step-father in order to attend public school in Indonesia. According to the Washington Post, the president’s mother moved him to the country from Hawaii after marrying Obama’s Indonesian stepfather, Lolo Soetoro, the father of Obama’s half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng.

Interestingly enough, Obama called into a radio show under the disguise of the caller “Barry from DC”. Watch this short video of the call:

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amazing depiction of the truth #imjustsaying

I think he deserves it for the same reasons that the prize committee determined: “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” citing his fledgling push for nuclear disarmament and his outreach to the Muslim world.

Although the accomplishment seems pre-mature and unwarranted, I believe that “hope” and “promise” are worth acknowledging (look at Former President Bush for instance; no hope). When you grasp the magnitude of Obama’s potential, it is clear why the Norwegian Nobel committee couldn’t help but use this award as a call for action. I believe the prize will give the Obama Administration an even greater sense of accountability for the vast array of their global agendas.

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