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October 10, 2009
Exclusive: Well Goodbye, Dalai!
The world is a dangerous place. Well, it used to be before January 20, 2009, when Barack Obama was inaugurated president and the savior of all humanity. In the nine months since that fateful, yet joyous occasion, the planet has been eradicated of weapons, villains, and evil. Of course, Kanye West and Jimmy Carter are still around, but most other evildoers are long gone. As a result, there are very few heroes left in the world.
That being said, one has to feel sorry for Kenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. The Tibetan holy man spent his life promoting peace and enlightenment, both in Tibet and across the globe. He has graced the cover of Time magazine in 1959, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, and has been a symbol of hope for millions. The Dalai Lama has accomplished so much, but the man still cannot get an audience with the one true peacemaker, American President Barack Obama. Wow, tough crowd.
When the Dalai Lama visits Washington DC this week, there's one door he won't be knocking on - 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Instead of any meeting with President Obama, the Tibetan spiritual leader will meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Maria Otera. This will be the first time a sitting president has not met with the Dalai Lama during a visit to Washington, since 1991.
So in effect, the president was the Kanye West to the Dalai Lama’s Taylor Swift: “Yo Kenzin, I’m gonna let you finish, but Barack Obama is the greatest Dalai Lama of all time!”
The Obama administration appears to want to stay in the good graces of the Chinese government by postponing any meeting. As Fox's Major Garrett reported last month, the White House has stated that a meeting between Obama and the Dalai Lama will come after the president visits Chinese President Hu Jintao in November.
China considers the Dalai Lama a separatist and has intensified its desire to isolate his Holiness in the aftermath of ethnic violence in China this summer.
China considers the Dalai Lama a separatist? What do they consider the Pope, a devil-worshipping right-wing extremist? The word around the campfire is that the separatist label befell the Lama after he tried to sabotage the Beijing Olympics with his pesky human rights protests. In reality, however, the ChiComs are upset that His Holiness refused to silk screen the Olympic rings on his vestments. Can you imagine the nerve of that guy, not bowing to political and commercial pressure? The Dalai Lama endorsement would have resulted in an economic windfall for the Communist paradise. There would be a wonton in every pot, and a brand new Yugo in every garage. But no, Mr. Moral Center couldn’t help a comrade out by throwing his principles under the bus!
Perhaps that is why President Obama is refusing to meet with him? To get an audience with “The One,” your friends need to have tire marks across their collective backs. Tibet is short on buses, and it is rather difficult to throw somebody under a yak; they are notoriously slow movers.
Now it is hardly surprising that someone like President Obama would hedge his bets with China. International relations are not exactly his forte, a fact of which the American people are painfully aware. This is a man who thinks Albania is a southern state that sits between Georgia and Mississippi. This is also a man who believes that the United States should negotiate unconditionally with Iran and the Palestinians, but Israel is the Middle East’s version of Snidely Whiplash. Well, from the president’s point of view, the clumsy Israelis keep jumping in front of those Hezbollah rockets! No, he will always choose to side with honest, straightforward, quality individuals like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Muammar Gaddafi. The Dalai Lama is just too much of a lightning rod to receive any consideration from the current administration.
So President Obama will meet with a “reformed” domestic terrorist who bombs police stations, a racist “reverend” who claims that the September 11th attacks were some sort of karmic payback for America’s atrocities, and community organizers who advise and enable alleged pimps and prostitutes, but he won’t meet with a Tibetan monk? Rosie O’Donnell’s inflated bladder doesn’t have this much gall! Of course, gall is the president’s middle name, and apparently it is wreaking havoc with his priorities and common sense. He should have made time to see the Dalai Lama, Chinese hurt feelings be damned.
The moral of the story? When choosing bedfellows always pick a “Lama” over a dragon; otherwise, you may wake up with third-degree burns.
FamilySecurityMatters.org's official satirist, Shawn Goodwin, is a blogger and police detective from Philly. You can visit his blog here.
Reader Comments: Submit Your Comment (2)
If the Chinese leader says "Don't talk with that man" then Obama will obey. The USA owes China too much.
Its not funny.
Whats that award about then?
The name of the Dalai Lama is Tenzin.
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