I think this may be a good time to re-read the Stairway to Sirius series again, and the Very Sirius Election series as well. Maybe this post too. During his stay in Cairo, Egypt, where he gave his longest and arguably most anticipated speech yet, President Obama indulged in some tourism, visiting the Great Pyramids of Giza, which he labeled "awe-inspiring". Obama described the tour as the best off the record (OTR) experience of his presidency so far -- even trumping the burger run to Five Guys with NBC's Brian Williams last week. "Five Guys was good, this was better," Obama said, according to MSNBC News- HuffPost
UPDATE: Ha! The Five Guys Obama referred to at Giza is on New Jersey Ave! Click here for context...
UPDATE: Another 17 photo gallery for the "Tutankhamon of the World." This time on Talking Points Memo.
Previous 17 photo Barackobamun galleries here.
Man, this hilarity is certainly brightening up the relentless gloom around here...
UPDATE II: Keeping the Manhattanhenge business in mind, there are 17 more days until the Summer Solstice...
UPDATE III: Obama touches down at 7:17 AM and begins speech at 11:11 AM. Pinch me.
UPDATE IV: Oh, please tell me this is all a joke:
Serving as Mr. Obama’s guide in Giza was Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. He led the way in and around the pyramids and the Sphinx, including a visit to the Tomb of Qar, who Hawass described as a well-known priest, scholar and judge in ancient Egypt. On the wall were hieroglyphs of Qar, primitive images engraved in the stone. He was a thin man man with big ears.
“That looks like me!” exclaimed President Obama. “Look at those ears.”
Actually, the graven image bore more of a resemblance to Mr. Spock of “Star Trek” fame. Wasn’t there an episode where the crew of the Enterprise went back in time to the Egypt of the Pharoahs? If there wasn’t, there should have been. That might have explained a hieroglyph of Spock on the wall of an ancient tomb. Maybe President Obama went back in time. That’d be a good scenario for a pitch meeting in Hollywood.
UPDATE V: Do you think I should sue those "New Tut" guys for copyright infringement?
UPDATE VI: I just thought I'd walk-in and mention that Star Trek:Deep Space Nine had 173 episodes.
