Posts Tagged ‘obama’
Obama Takes Stand Against Wave By Sitting
Image originally appeared at Power Line
I hate the wave. I’m going to come right out and say it. I may or may not have yelled at the section next to me during Strasmas 1 when they attempted to start it. I was quite lucky that my section approved of my view against the monotony of this [...]
Presidential Picks – Obama Takes Kansas to Win
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
He was right last year with North Carolina, but will he be right again?
President Obama unveiled his winning pick for the Men’s NCAA 2010 Tournament earlier today. And surprise, surprise it’s Kansas.
No Cinderella stories here. Kentucky, Kansas State, and Villanova round out the Presidential Bracket’s final four.
How does your [...]
President Snowbama’s “Snowmageddon”
‘DC Snow 1: Whiter Than the White House’
courtesy of ‘little-wings’
Blizzards don’t stop Presidents. President Snowbama (I AM hilarious) today ventured out into the frozen tundra of Penn. Ave (along with 14 other vehicles) to give a talk at the meeting of the Democratic National Committee at the Capital Hilton. But his what would normally be [...]
6-Year-Old Doesn’t Know Who The President Is
‘Artomatic 2009 DC Obama’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
The 2008 Presidential Election is considered — by many – to be one of the most historical in all of American history. So when I read that 6-year-old Anna Matsui (who was an elf at Sunday’s Christmas in Washington) had no idea who the President was, my [...]
Fed’s Takeover Move Triggered by Metro Crash
‘Wednesday Morning on the Metro’
courtesy of ‘Photos by Chip Py’
The Washington Post wrote Sunday about the Obama administration’s intent to push Congress to implement a large change in how subway safety is regulated and enforced across the country by DOT. Currently, the feds really have no power to set regulations what so ever on subway [...]
Rep. Norton Praises Nobel Award
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courtesy of ‘Ghost_Bear’
DC’s sole member of Congress, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, issued a press release today remarking on the President’s surprise Nobel Peace Prize award this morning, saying “Obama Redeems Diplomatic Leadership and Re-Establishes America on World Stage” as a result of the award.
The world is abuzz right now over this award and whether it [...]
Everybody Likes Birthday Gifts, Even Obama
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courtesy of ‘erin m’
Your neighbor is turning the big 4-8 next week. But what do you give him as a gift? Fresh-baked cookies? Some squash from the garden? Unfortunately, he already has a team of chefs as well as his own vegetable garden. And then there’s the 747, a huge personal staff, mansion, cute dog [...]
Livestreaming the Egg Roll
‘White House Easter Egg Roll’
courtesy of ‘dbking’
The White House is livestreaming everything from the Easter Egg Roll… including the chef’s cooking lessons from Top Chef Spike Mendelsohn, Art Smith of Art and Soul and Jose Andres of Zaytinya, et al. You can also catch other adorable things like DC United soccer players reading to kids [...]
More Tourists, Not Much More Money
Tourist season is here: you can feel it on the sidewalk, on the Mall, around the Tidal Basin, and especially on the left sides of downtown Metro escalators. Washington Post reports that DC tourism is up, but that hasn’t necessarily translated to increased revenue for local retail and hospitality businesses. DC, after all, is Freebie [...]
More »DC Obama-Watch: Verizon Center
At around 10am, the rumors started swirling. President Obama was probably, most likely, could be, was maybe considering, attending the Wizards/Bulls game at the Verizon Center Friday night. And indeed after all the hubbub, long screening lines and increased security presence, the Commander In Chief showed up just before tip off.
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D.C. Parking Injustice – Tow Me… Blow Me…
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Originally uploaded by philliefan99
Did you hear me Mr. Fenty and Ms. Babers? D.C.’s quest to now emulate Chicago with the new administration has reached new lows. As the Democrats and Obama administration have been touting friendliness to green technologies, smart transportation alternatives, and conservation, the city they now hold a majority in, took [...]
Weekend Flashback: Inauguration 2009
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courtesy of ‘erin m’
In case you were under a rock yesterday, we had us an Inauguration yesterday. Our 44th President was sworn in on the steps of the Capitol while an estimated two million people witnessed it and the following parade.
Our prolific area photographers were out in force yesterday; many of them you’ll recognize from [...]
Live Blog – Moby @ The 9:30 Club
D.C. begins it’s musical revelry for the Inauguration of Barack Obama on Sunday with both concerts for the masses but also in smaller venues. Tonight, or this morning if you take it that way, Moby is now on stage at the 9:30 Club with a sold out show expected to end at 4:30am this morning. [...]
More »Who Is Gonna Brave This Cold?
So for all the Inaugural hype, let’s have a serious answer: are you really gonna brave this cold for politics?
I mean really, folks, its gonna be freezing at best. Then there are the crowds, the security lines, and after the long walk from wherever, just to stand on the mall and catch a chill, [...]
Obama Arrives at Union Station
Photo by cruffo
The Obama Express has arrived! Union Station was a circus tonight — thousands of people clogging the Grand Hall and concourse hoping to catch a glimpse of the president-elect at the end of his whistle-stop tour, with memorabilia vendors hawking their wares at every corner. Sadly, as indicated on Union Station’s website, the [...]
White Obama on Metro Billboard
Dental Ad on Metro with Obama Lookalike Originally uploaded by brownpau
I was about to comment on this earlier but Life Outtacontext beat me to it: doesn’t this guy in a stock photo on the DC Dental Spa billboard ad in various Metro stations look just like a white version of Barack Obama? I do a [...]
Another Angry White Male for Obama
Uh okay Originally uploaded by carlweaver
I didn’t know what to say when I saw this bumper sticker. I am all for political and personal expression, especially if it means do-it-yourself bumper stickers. However, it just looks a little funny for some reason. I find it hard to take this one seriously. If this were my [...]
More »Obama Made Me Cry Last Night
Photo by kcivey
Yeah, last night he did. This jaded Washingtonian, who tries to live in DC totally separate from politicians and the whole “The Hill” establishment, who hasn’t voted in years (my dirty secret, now exposed) actually wept after watching Obama’s infomerical.
Beyond who you are voting for, or even this election, this is the [...]
Robo-Poll
Clockwork Robot…Originally uploaded by law_keven
I have a landline, but I rarely use it. Usually it’s for stuff like calling the Chinese delivery place a couple blocks over, and so I have something that really works well in my Condo. It’s not that I get calls on it. Except this morning when it [...]
SMS Received – It’s Biden
It’s 3AM and I should be safe and asleep. But there’s a phone beside me and it’s beeping. Something’s happening in the world.
Good morning, DC! The Obama campaign seems to have been waiting for DC bars to close before sending out the much awaited text message. Or maybe they originally planned to send the SMS [...]
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