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Offline Wretched Excess

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Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« on: March 02, 2009, 10:12:06 AM »

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.

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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.

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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2009, 10:19:31 AM »
Quote from: BadCat on March 02, 2009, 10:16:56 AM
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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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2009, 10:45:45 AM »
"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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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2009, 10:50:13 AM »
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?

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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2009, 10:53:12 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on March 02, 2009, 10:50:13 AM
I'm still waitin' on my pony, too.  Where the hell is it?




It's in the mail.
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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2009, 11:03:17 AM »
Quote from: MarshallLaw on March 02, 2009, 10:53:12 AM


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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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2009, 11:14:43 AM »
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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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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2009, 11:27:02 AM »
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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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2009, 11:28:43 AM »
Quote from: docstew on March 02, 2009, 11:27:02 AM
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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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2009, 11:30:00 AM »
Quote from: lug-nut on March 02, 2009, 11:28:43 AM
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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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2009, 11:39:38 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 02, 2009, 10:45:45 AM
"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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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2009, 12:09:43 PM »
Yeah, I can't see this flying during the Bush years. Or any Republican admin. *eyeroll*
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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2009, 12:20:34 PM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on March 02, 2009, 12:09:43 PM
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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« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2009, 01:13:48 PM »
Obama acts like a brutha with a stolen credit card.
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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2009, 02:26:13 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 02, 2009, 10:45:45 AM
"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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« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2009, 02:33:52 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on March 02, 2009, 01:13:48 PM
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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« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2009, 02:47:42 PM »
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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2009, 04:38:32 PM »
Quote from: BadCat on March 02, 2009, 01:32:29 PM
He is, and it is OUR credit card.
Damn, that hurts don't it?
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« Reply #18 on: March 02, 2009, 07:31:07 PM »
I was thinking of what George Jefferson would have done if elected President...  :rotf:
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« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2009, 08:07:24 PM »
Quote from: Lance on March 02, 2009, 07:31:07 PM
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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« Reply #20 on: March 02, 2009, 08:54:07 PM »
Well that too... Obama just releases Bush Administration memo's on counter-terror.  ::)
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« Reply #21 on: March 02, 2009, 08:56:28 PM »
Quote from: Lance on March 02, 2009, 07:31:07 PM
I was thinking of what George Jefferson would have done if elected President...  :rotf:

Wasn't he sworn in just last month?

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Re: Obama kicks up White House entertaining (while obama drinks, the dow sinks!)
« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2009, 06:47:04 AM »
Quote from: rich_t on March 02, 2009, 08:56:28 PM
Wasn't he sworn in just last month?

 :fuelfire:
No.  George Jefferson was a capitalist.
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« Reply #23 on: March 04, 2009, 08:58:57 AM »
Quote from: Lance on March 02, 2009, 08:54:07 PM
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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« Reply #24 on: March 04, 2009, 09:17:03 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on March 04, 2009, 08:58:57 AM
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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