Storming The Beaches With Barack

This month, Obama will be on the beaches at Normandy with French President Sarkozy to celebrate the 65th anniversary of D-Day. However, due to “a thicket of diplomatic missteps, or misunderstandings,” one person who will not be there is Queen Elizabeth, the only living head of state who actually served in uniform during World War II.

I’m sure it’ll be okay. Obama will just send her another iPod.

And For The Queen, An iPod

Obama has met the Queen of England, and gave her an iPod as a gift. What class. I guess he was out of gift certificates to IHOP.

At least this gift will work in England, unlike the DVD box set he gave Gordon Brown last month.

UPDATE - an aide is telling reporters that the President also gave the Queen an autographed songbook by Richard Rogers, a much more appropriate gift.