Gordon Brown has been given a collection of 25 classic American films on DVD as his official gift from Barack Obama.

The Prime Minister flew home from his successful trip to Washington this morning with the 'special collector's box' of films hidden in his luggage.

And for the Brown's two sons?

Mrs Obama gave the Brown children, Fraser and John, two toy models of Marine One, the Presidential helicopter. Fair enough on the helicopter part, always a popular choice with small boys; but Marine One? It’s not as though anyone needs reminding that Barack Obama is President or that he has his own helicopter. Short of giving the boys Action Man models of her own husband smiting the evil forces of neoconservatism

Well . . . that does it!  I'm officially declaring the Obamas a national embarrassment!  Here's an idea, Barack.  Why don't you create another cabinet post for a personal shopper.  God knows you could use one!

And as we confront this crisis and work to provide health care to every American, rebuild our nation’s infrastructure, move toward a clean energy economy, and pass the Employee Free Choice Act, I want you to know that you will always have a seat at the table.

"We're confident right now that we have majority support," said Bill Samuel, the AFL-CIO's legislative director, speaking in a conference call from the AFL-CIO's executive council meeting in Miami. T)he bill would be introduced in "days if not weeks," he said. "We've been engaged in a marathon on this, and now we're ready to sprint."

The legislation, by far the top priority for organized labor, would make it easier to form unions because it gives workers the option of organizing by having workers sign cards of support, instead of going through secret-ballot elections that labor leaders say can be marked by intimidation by employers. The legislation would require employers to submit to binding arbitration if they were unable to agree to a contract within 90 days after a union's formation.

In case you haven't figured it out by now, this is NOT good news!  Here's a five minute video explaining why.

This proposed legislation has potential intimidation written all over it.  If EFCA bothers you too, tell a member of Congress, and while you're at it call or write the guy occupying the White House too.

They may need a support group before the month is out. They could gather in New York or Washington where many victims reside. The meetings would start: “I’m Maureen [or David]. I’m a duped Barack voter. And I’m mad.”

The ranks indeed are filling with the disaffected and the disappointed — Chris Buckley, Maureen Dowd, David Brooks, David Gergen, and even that gynecological sleuth and blogger Andrew Sullivan. And then there is the very angry Marty Peretz. Their complaints are varied but expressed with equal amounts of remorse and bitterness. They all have been done wrong by Barack.

These are the famous of those duped by Barack Hussein Obama.  It's likely that it will take a little longer for the average Kool-aid drinker on the street to come to the sad realization that if it weren't for broken promises, President Obama would hold no promise at all.

I'd like to whip up a little sympathy here, but when I try I keep hearing Connie Francis singing "Who's Sorry Now"

"You had your way.  Now you must pay . . . I'm glad that you're sorry now!"

Pity that those of us who saw this coming must pay too.