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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Wretched Excess on March 02, 2009, 10:12:06 AM
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if GWB was still president, the last excerpted sentence would have been a comparison of him and Louis XVI, and how similar the economic conditions are, & etc., etc.
Obama kicks up White House entertaining
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is the place to be on Wednesdays.
Since the presidency changed hands less than six weeks ago, a burst of entertaining has taken hold of the iconic, white-columned home of America's head of state. Much of it comes on Wednesdays.
The stately East Room, where portraits of George and Martha Washington adorn the walls, was transformed into a concert hall as President Barack Obama presented Stevie Wonder with the nation's highest award for pop music on Wednesday.
A week before that, the foot-stomping sounds of Sweet Honey in the Rock, a female a cappella group, filled the East Room for a Black History Month program that first lady Michelle Obama held for nearly 200 sixth- and seventh-graders from around Washington.
Cocktails were sipped during at least three such receptions to date, all held on Wednesdays.
Bookending the midweek activity were a Super Bowl party for select Democratic and Republican lawmakers and a dinner for governors, the new administration's first black-tie affair. It was capped with a performance by the 1970s pop group Earth, Wind and Fire, and a conga line.
The flurry of entertaining is in keeping with the Obamas' promise to make the White House a more open place for everyone.
More (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090302/D96LSJP80.html)
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He's reminding me of that Roman guy, what was his name? Nero?
caligula, perhaps? nero was bonkers. caligula was bonkers and got laid all the time. :-)
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"Let them eat cake", is what comes to mind. The American people are getting worried about everything, and the 0Bamas are living high on the hog.
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Waitaminute!!!!!
If The Exalted One promised to make the White House more open for everyone, why didn't I get an invitation? I've been available on Wednesdays!
And I even like Stevie Wonder's tunes!
I'm still waitin' on my pony, too. Where the hell is it?
:koolaid:
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I'm still waitin' on my pony, too. Where the hell is it?
It's in the mail.
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It's in the mail.
the mail, unfortunately, is only going to be delivered every other thursday from now on. and then, they will deliver it alphabetically. please check with your obermeister of alphabetic postal rendition to see what that means for your particular name demographic.
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...It was capped with a performance by the 1970s pop group Earth, Wind and Fire, and a conga line.
Oh my, what woud James Watt have to say. :rotf:
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I have only one question about all of this that hasn't been raised here:
Our country gives out medals for pop music? W T F, O?
(that O refers to the word over for those who were never in the Army)
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I have only one question about all of this that hasn't been raised here:
Our country gives out medals for pop music? W T F, O?
(that O refers to the word over for those who were never in the Army)
What can we cay? We elected a "community organizer" for POTUS. :thatsright:
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What can we cay? We elected a "community organizer" for POTUS. :thatsright:
THEY elected him, I voted for the other guy... well not really for, but against this guy.
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"Let them eat cake", is what comes to mind. The American people are getting worried about everything, and the 0Bamas are living high on the hog.
Is it time to sharpen up the guillotine yet?
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Yeah, I can't see this flying during the Bush years. Or any Republican admin. *eyeroll*
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Yeah, I can't see this flying during the Bush years. Or any Republican admin. *eyeroll*
funny how conga lines are suddenly "cool". :whatever:
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Obama acts like a brutha with a stolen credit card.
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"Let them eat cake", is what comes to mind. The American people are getting worried about everything, and the 0Bamas are living high on the hog.
You stole my line. :p
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Obama acts like a brutha with a stolen credit card.
No--credit cards have limits. Obama just prints more money over at the Mint when he wants something.
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You stole my line. :p
:tongue:
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He is, and it is OUR credit card.
Damn, that hurts don't it?
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I was thinking of what George Jefferson would have done if elected President... :rotf:
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I was thinking of what George Jefferson would have done if elected President... :rotf:
Hired a hitman and killed everyone else on the show.
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Well that too... Obama just releases Bush Administration memo's on counter-terror. ::)
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I was thinking of what George Jefferson would have done if elected President... :rotf:
Wasn't he sworn in just last month?
:fuelfire:
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Wasn't he sworn in just last month?
:fuelfire:
No. George Jefferson was a capitalist.
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Well that too... Obama just releases Bush Administration memo's on counter-terror. ::)
that sort of recklessness comes back around to bite you. if you have no respect for the internal secrecy of the previous administration, then the next administration will have no respect for yours. there is always a "next administration".
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there is always a "next administration".
We hope. Personally I think the end of the world will come in 2012 and we're stuck with this moron for the end of days. Mayan calender, Sybilian Oracles, yeah, I think it's upon us. :tinfoil:
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He's reminding me of that Roman guy, what was his name? Nero?
Rome had Nero, we got Zero....