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Friday, March 06, 2009

Obamapolooza!!!!

Beyonce is elated that Michelle Obama thinks she’s a good role model for her children.
Bey says, “She (Michelle Obama) told me that she was very happy that her children had an artist like myself - and I don’t even feel right saying this - she said she was happy they look up to me.” Source
The only woman those two lovelies need to look up to are their mama.

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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Obamapolooza!!!!

Man sends Obama AIDS...
A man has been arrested for sending Barack and his staff envelopes drenched in HIV blood. IN the package was the envelopes as well as an admission ticked for Obama’s election-night celebration in Grant Park and other unnamed items. Source
WTF? Really?

Mayor resigns over racist e-mail...

Dean Grose, mayor of Los Alamitos in california, has stepped down after sending the above photo with the heading, “No Easter Egg hunt this year.”
“I think he’s saying that since there’s a black president, there will be no need to hunt for eggs since they’re growing watermelons in the front yard this year,” said Keyanus Price, an African American who was among those receiving the email. Price told Fletcher that she considers the email rascist and offensive.
“What I’m concerned about is how can this person send an e-mail out like this and think it is OK?” Price said. “He’s putting the city into a bad place and he is a liability.”
Grose apologized to Price and others.
“It was just poor judgment on my part and I am deeply sorry,” he said. Source
Annnnd the racist train rolls on.

Barack hits up a Wizards Game…

Barack showed up at Friday’s Wizards Bulls game, surprising NBA fans. He was pulling for the Bulls, who lost. And left minutes before the end of the game.
He’s the first president since Clinton in 2000 to attend a Wizards game. Source
Ok Barack, that’s enough fun and games….now get back to work!

The Obama Girls to get their puppy in April…

Michelle confirms with people that thei White House dog will get there in April. Aparently the girls have been hounding her.
"So Sasha says, 'April 1st.' I said, 'April.' She says, 'April 1st.' It's, like, April!," she recalls. "Got to do it after spring break. You can't get a new dog and then go away for a week."
The family is looking for a rescue Portuguese Water dog who is "old enough" and a "match" for the family dynamic. "Temperamentally they're supposed to be pretty good," she. "From the size perspective, they're sort of middle of the road - it's not small, but it's not a huge dog. And the folks that we know who own them have raved about them. So that's where we're leaning."
She also talks about name selection. "Oh, the names are really bad. I don't even want to mention it, because there are names floating around and they're bad. You listen and you go - like, I think, Frank was one of them. Frank! Moose was another one of them. Moose. I said, well, what if the dog isn't a moose? Moose. I'm like, no, come on, let's work with the names a little bit." Source
Cute. You can’t tell a kid they’re getting something and not expect them to be all in your crease about it.

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Friday, February 27, 2009

Obamapolooza!!!!

Barack chats with a McDonald's Worker...

Here’s a vid of the guy who got the opportunity to ask the final answer during a town hall meeting that Obama did in Fort Myers, Fla. Julio Osegueda is a McDonald’s worker who wanted to know how minimum wage workers could get better pay and benefits for tenure. As a result of his mini fame he was able to garner a one day job announcing for the Fort myers Miracle baseball team’s radio broadcast. Peet the vid…this guy’s hilarious. Source
Thanks Toone!


White House Rules…

It doesn’t matter that dad is the leader of the free world. Sasha and Malia Obama still have rules and chores like most little girls.
They clear their own dishes and make their own beds to show them responsibility. Michelle hs even told the staff to not do too much for them.
"People want to make your life easy, and when you have small kids – I've explained this to the staff – they don't need their lives to be easy. They're kids," she says.They can roam the White House as they please though.
"I've tried to encourage them to feel like this whole place is their home," Mrs. Obama tells PEOPLE. "We actually had this conversation – just let us know where you're going." Source
I love this family. They’re so down to earth. And Michelle is doing an awesome job as Mom in Chief.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Obamapolooza!!!!




Michelle Obama isn’t too happy about Beanie Baby company, Ty, creating Sasha and Malia dolls. "We believe it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for marketing purposes," Ms. Obama's spokeswoman said.
Ty says that they chose the dolls' names because "they are beautiful names," not because of any resemblance to President Obama's daughters, said spokeswoman Tania Lundeen. "There's nothing on the dolls that refers to the Obama girls," Lundeen said. "It would not be fair to say they are exact replications of these girls. They are not."
That fascination will make the Ty dolls a success, Girls all over the world, of all colors, will be looking for these dolls. They want to identify with these two girls," says Denise Gary Robinson president of DollsLikeMe.com, an online specialty doll boutique that specializes in ethnic dolls, toys and gifts said .
So they have NOTHING to do with Sasha and Malia Obama…riiiiiight.

Some behind the scenes pics from Inaguration Day… The Prez and First Lady getting cutesy in a freight elevator in between ballsPrez Obama adjusting his tie before the balls Sasha and Malia with dad before he went off to the Inaugural balls
Sasha, once again, actin’ wild. I love that little girl. She’s like a baby tiger, cute, but can probably rip you to shreds.

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Friday, January 16, 2009

Obamapolooza!!!

Barack Takes his Offical Presidential Portrait… Barack’s portrait was the first to ever be taken with a digital camera. Madam Tussaud’s in London also made a wax figure of the President-elect.
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Wax figures usually scare me…unfortunately so does this one.

Obama writes a letter to his daughters… Barack wrote an open letter to Sasha and Malia which will be pretend in its entirety in Parade magazine. OK! magazine however got an advance copy.
“I soon found that the greatest joy in my life was the joy I saw in yours,” he writes in the two-page letter. “And I realized that my own life wouldn’t count for much unless I was able to ensure that you had every opportunity for happiness and fulfillment in yours.
“In the end, girls, that’s why I ran for President: because of what I want for you and for every child in this nation.”
Movingly, Obama passes on the lessons that his mother, Anne Dunham, who died in 1995, taught him.
“With the great privilege of being a citizen of this nation comes great responsibility,” he says. “That was the lesson your grandmother tried to teach me when I was your age.”
And he ends the letter, signed, ‘Love Dad’, by telling them his take on the real secret to success. “It is only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you will realize your true potential,” he imparts.
“I am so proud of both of you. I love you more than you can ever know,” he ends. Source
As much as I love the sentiment of this letter, it’s none of my business. I feel like this should be something special and private he shares with them…not the whole country.

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Friday, November 14, 2008

Obamapolooza!!!

OK! Features the Obamas...
According to an article in OK! magazine the Obama’s are taking their impending move to the White House in stride.
"We try to keep things really normal," Michelle tells the magazine in an interview.
They look like the all American family. Barack will not only be the president of the united states but he’ll continue to be daddy to Malia, 10 and Sasha, 7, which includes after school activities, homework, and special fun things they only share with dad.
In a recent issue of Us Weekly Barack was quoted as saying,
"I think I'm a pretty cool dad.” Source
Indeed…indeed.

Florida Business Puts up Offensive Sign… The sign hanging outside of Good Guys Auto last week read, “From the ghetto to the White House! Whats next a book or a movie?” The NAACP of Florida is calling the marquee "horrific" and "insensitive."
"That's like racist right there," one resident told local news station WFTV.
"Why do they feel like they have the right to just put it out there? There's kids that come by here. There's a high school," another person said.
When reporters approached owners they wouldn’t comment but later sent out a black employee to say his boss isn’t a racist.
"Me being a black guy, a black guy can be president, a black guy can put a thing up on a sign, he can do whatever he wants," the man said. Source

J-Hud Hasn’t Been Invited to Perform at Inauguration… "An inauguration committee hasn't even been formed yet," Obama’s transition official, Nick Shapiro said, adding that it was too early to speculate on who may play the event. Source
That doesn’t mean an offer still won’t go out. With Jennifer being a Chicago resident and already performing at the DNC, it would name sense for her to be asked. The question is, if asked, will she be able to come out of seclusion and be emotionally strong enough to accept.

Obama’s Hiring…
According to TMZ he has 63 questions to ask candidates. He wants to know things like if they’ve been accused of sexual harassment, had any arrests, been late in child support, or ever sent embarrassing emails. Source
I like those interview questions. They’re more straight forward than, “Tell me about a problem you’ve experienced in your previous position, how you handled it, and what you learned from the experience.”

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Obamapolooza!


Farrakhan Speaks Out… Minister Louis Farrakhan shared som thoughts on Barack this past weekend.
“We can change laws, but it’s difficult to change attitudes,” he told a congregation of about 1,200 people at Mosque Maryam on Chicago’s South Side. He cited news reports that gun sales had surged since Obama’s electoral victory, and told of how fights reportedly broke out in some schools, with white students chanting “white power,” while blacks students chanted “black power.”
“I’m sure that many of our people have unfortunately lost their lives because of the absolute hatred that is manifested now that one of our own has risen to such a high office.” He also said that the gracious concession speech given by McCain had not assuaged “the pain of loss and frustration and disappointment to those who felt great pain at Obama’s rise.”
And he said that for some people, the prospect of a black family in the White House, was a “sacrilege.” Source
I generally have reservations with cosigning ANYTHING Farrakhan says. And although this is a negative outlook on the future of Barack’s presidency it’s the God’s honest truth. There were (and continue to be) a whole lot of people enraged over his win. That’s why I keep praying he stays in that bunker.

Michelle to Grace Vogue Cover… Vogue’s spokesman said, , "Starting with Eleonor Roosevelt, it's been a long-standing tradition to photograph the new First Lady. So needless to say, we are very interested in working with Mrs. Obama. Precisely how is still being discussed."
Michelle was featured in Vogue back in ’07 but wasn’t on the cover. Iff she goes through with it she’ll be the second first lady, after Hilary Clinton to appear on the cover. Source

Measures Taken to Protect Obama…
When President Elect Barack Obama, took the stage to give his acceptance speech he was surrounded by bullet proof glass shields. In addition, there were dozens of secret service agents strategically placed through out the crowd and in high positions to hopefully ward off or stop any attacks on him. Before the speech they had an agent pose as Obama to see how susceptible he was to gunfire from various points. Also, a no fly zone was imposed over the area. Only police helicopters were allowed. Source
I’m glad the secret service knows whats up. Keep up the good work guys.

51 Things You Never Knew About Barack… 1. He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
2. He was known as “O’Bomber” at high school for his skill at basketball
3. His name means “one who is blessed” in Swahili
4. His favourite meal is wife Michelle’s shrimp linguini
5. He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father
6. He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed
7. He has read every Harry Potter book
8. He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
9. He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can’t stand ice cream
10. His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
11. He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
12. He can speak Spanish
13. While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead
14. His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea
15. He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn’t
16. He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
17. He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
18. He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name
19. His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
20. He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister’s fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
21. His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
22. He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books
23. His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
24. He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
25. He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
26. His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
27. He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date
28. He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
29. He doesn’t drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol
30. He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician
31. As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
32. His daughters’ ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)
33. He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside
34. He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
35. His house in Chicago has four fire places
36. Daughter Malia’s godmother is Jesse Jackson’s daughter Santita
37. He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
38. He uses an Apple Mac laptop
39. He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300
40. He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits
41. He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
42. He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)
43. His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire
44. He was given the code name “Renegade” by his Secret Service handlers
45. He was nicknamed “Bear” by his late grandmother
46. He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
47. His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso
48. His speciality as a cook is chilli
49. He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were “street urchins”
50. He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
51. His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government
Source

Lindsay Lohan Refers to Obama as Colored…

The Obama Girls are Wanted for Hanna Montana… Billy Ray Cyrus who stars on Hanna Montana with real life daughter Miley Cyrus told Access Hollywood that Malia and Sasha Obama have been asked to appear on the show.
“They probably will. The invitation is there,” Cyrus said, adding, “You know the Hannah Montana film comes out in April. Maybe something might happen around then.” When pressed for details, Cyrus said, “I can’t, I can’t. I have got to keep a secret.” In interviews, the President-Elect has said Malia is a big fan of Hannah Montana.
Mily said, “I think that would be really cool and if anything, have them visit the set. They are kind of like me before I started my own career.”
The Obama camp, however, didn’t know anything about this. An Obama source tells Us, “Folks within Obama-land know of no such request.” Source
Um, I think I’ll answer for Michelle and Barack by saying, “No! Hell no!”

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