Saturday, January 24, 2009
President Obama has much to learn from Senator Amy Klobuchar and her daughter. From CQ Politics.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
“Nice to have you all here. As you all know, George Bush is no longer president, so there’ll be no monologue.” -Jay Leno “Yesterday, in San Francisco, someone replaced all the street signs on Bush Street with signs that say Obama Street. Locals say it doesn’t really matter because every street in San Francisco goes […]
“Barack Obama now the 44th President of the United States. Fascinating. As you know, we’ve never had an African-American president. We’ve had a Dutch-American president. We’ve had an Irish-American president. We’ve even had an incompetent American president. But we’ve never had an African-American president.” -Jay Leno “Barack Obama is the new President of the United […]
Thursday, January 22, 2009
In honor of our new president, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream recently announced a new flavor called “Yes Pecan!“. Just so Dubya wouldn’t feel left out, the good people of the innertubes have come up with some suggested flavors to honor #43. Here are a few of them: Heck of a Job, Brownie! imPeachmint Abu […]
Thursday, January 22, 2009
“And if you watch the news, you know a lot of celebrities in Washington for the inauguration. Isn’t that unbelievable? So many celebrities are out of town, over in Malibu, they had to close the Promises Rehab Center for a week.” -Jay Leno “In less than 12 hours, Barack Obama will be sworn in as […]
Thursday, January 22, 2009
From Gamu Toys, who really do make an Obama action figure. Unfortunately, their site is in Japanese, but the photos are great!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Some guerrilla artists have renamed Bush Street in San Francisco to Obama Street. And even the police take the prank in stride. More photos at Laughing Squid.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Here’s what the pundits had to say two years ago when Barack Obama announced he was running for President: “Illinois Senator Barack Obama’s announcement this week that he’s likely to enter the Presidential race adds a dash of glamour and excitement to the Democratic field. But all of his media attention doesn’t change the basic […]
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
As part of its “Embrace Change” ad campaign, Swedish furniture manufacturer IKEA has set up a replica of the President’s Oval Office in the main hall of DC’s Union Station — except that it has been refurnished with furniture from IKEA. Oh, and a new flag: From Apartment Therapy. More photos there too.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Bush “Did you all see President Bush’s farewell address last night? President Bush said he always did what he thought was right. Far right, but right.” -Jay Leno “President Bush last night made his farewell address to the nation. For 15 minutes, America turned its gaze from the guy who landed the plane in the […]
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
In an interview with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, New York governor David Paterson got everyone excited when he appeared to be making his announcement on whom he will appoint to the Senate to replace Hillary Clinton: I have reached a decision. I thought that since there are just 17 women in the Senate … I am […]
