DALLAS -- In just the past few days, she's danced with cheering school kids, chatted with troops, swapped ideas with busy parents and engaged in a friendly cooking competition with stars from "Top Chef." Michelle Obama's national tour was intended to promote the second anniversary of her campaign against childhood obesity. The images have been disarming, intriguing and nonpolitical, just the type of thing her husband's re-election campaign can't get enough of. Five years to the day after … [Read more...]
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Michelle Obama: ‘At One Point I Was Normal’
Filed Under: Star Sightings.... Tagged With: Barack Obama, Chris Lehane, Ellen DeGeneres, Joe Biden, Let's Move, michelleobama, Obama, White House
Robert Redford: Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline: The Facts Deserve Repeating
Joe Nocera's op-ed in the New York Times yesterday deserves a response and a reiteration of the facts surrounding the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. President Obama rejected the pipeline's permit last month when the GOP, in a political stunt, forced his hand to approve it without even the final route evident. Let's put the rhetoric aside, and simply focus on the facts. Nocera wants us to believe that approving this pipeline is a matter of national security. He also seems to … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Star Sightings.... Tagged With: Barack Obama, British Columbia, Canada, Joe Nocera, Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL, New York Times, United States
Obama Attends Exclusive Dinner, Occupy DC Protests Outside (PHOTOS OF PROTEST)
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is attending the Alfalfa Club dinner, an annual black-tie event of the capital's political and business leaders. It is the second club dinner the president is addressing in four years. Obama is at the dinner at a hotel near the White House with his wife, Michelle. The club's only mission is to put on the steak and lobster dinner and give political leaders a chance to share jokes and make humorous speeches. As in past years, the dinner was closed to the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Star Sightings.... Tagged With: Alfalfa Club, Barack Obama, John Kerry, Massachusetts, Michelle Obama, Pat Leahy, Vermont, White House
Philip Radford: Obama Stands up to Big Oil and Polluter Politicians
President Obama stood up to Big Oil and its puppets in Congress and denied a permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline yesterday. This is encouraging news for the communities whose air and water would have been directly threatened by this pipeline, from Canada to Nebraska to the Gulf Coast. And it's an important piece of the struggle to avert a runaway climate catastrophe. But since the Keystone XL has become a pitched political battle, this announcement is also an encouraging affirmation of … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Star Sightings.... Tagged With: American Petroleum Institute, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL, Supermajor, United States, Washington DC
Wave Goodbye to the Huntsman Hotties
While Rick Perry is busy making a complete Muppet out of himself, Jon Huntsman has officially called it quits in his bid for the 2012 Republican Party Presidential candidacy. To be fair, most of the news I heard about John involved his media-friendly daughters (Mary-Anne, Abby, and Liddy) and their antics. The highlight of the entire campaign was their spoof of Herman Cain’s cigarette ad in which the trio wore fake moustaches and blew bubbles. Given their marketability and good-looks, I … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Shenanigans! Tagged With: Abby, Barack Obama, John Huntsman, Jon Huntsman, Liddy, Republican, Rick Perry, The Muppets
