Posts Tagged ‘obama’
Jackass
Friday, September 18th, 2009Ah, video at last.
:-)
Kanye just doesn’t know when to quit
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Crowley, Gates and Obama
Monday, July 27th, 2009A few things on my mind about this rigmarole:
*Obama should not have opined. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but he needs to learn that his personal opinions can change the direction of any conversation or debate. Even the use of the word ‘stupidly’ (which was slightly accurate) should have been flagged by his internal brain cops as inflammatory as soon as it hit his cerebral cortex.
* Gates shouldn’t have acted like a loudmouth jerk. The only person making an issue of him being black was him – not the cop and not the hispanic women who called the cops.
* After learning that Gates owned the home, Crowley should have turned around and walked away, not arresting Gates for being ‘belligerent’. Being rude to a cop (while not very bright nor socially acceptable) is not illegal.
Balloon Juice makes some good points here.
Foo Fighters play the White House
Sunday, July 5th, 2009President Obama held a July 4 barbeque on the White House lawn in honor of U.S. troops, hosted by NBC late night host Jimmy Fallon and headlined by the Foo Fighters.
A YouTube user posted three videos from the evening’s musical festivities — the camera is a bit shaky but the audio quality is great. In the second video, the Foo Fighters play a new song, “Wheels.”
Some more details from the scene via The Hill:
Dave Grohl, lead singer and guitarist for the Foo Fighters, grew up in Alexandria and said he used to “sweat his butt off” watching the fireworks on the mall. He said he never thought he’d be performing on a stage just yards from the Oval Office in front of about 1,500 people. [...]
President Obama, in remarks at the beginning of the evening, said the spirit behind the event was to throw a backyard party just like the ones being held across the county. … “In small towns and big cities, folks are firing up grills, laughing with family and friends, and laying out a blanket in preparation for the big show,” Obama said. “They’re reliving the simple, unmistakable joys of being an American.”