While I’m so happy that Sasha and Malia are heading off to school today, I’m also extremely worried for them. First off, children are devious little creatures. Especially the girl ones. What if some evil child picks on the girls? I will not be feeling that. Sasha and Malia are the coolest first-kids ever.
Secondly, rumors are already being passed around that photo-agencies are paying for camera phone pictures from students and teachers. That is just distasteful and if I was dean of that private institution I’d be snatching up phones left and right. Children shouldn’t have cell phones anyway. I sure as hell didn’t.
President Bush recently gave up golf in a move of solidarity for the recession. President Elect Barack Obama must not feel the same. I’m sure that in a fit of Republican bitchiness some right-wingers will try to accuse him of not being patriotic.
This is not what concerns me. What concerns me is the fact that Barack Obama thinks it’s okay to wear cargo shorts. NUH NO! I have to believe Michelle didn’t see him walk out the door in this attire. That’s how much I respect Michelle Obama’s sense of style.
I actually found out about this photo via NBC Nightly News. Barack makes smoking sexsay.
Check out Mr. President Elect when he was a young college student. I heart old pictures.
In 1980, Barack Obama was a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles when he was approached by an aspiring photographer to pose for a series of black-and-white pictures for her portfolio.
In revealing photos by Lisa Jack, the future president – and Time’s Person of the Year – can be seen in his youthful days in unguarded moments with hat and cigarette.
Of Holmes, he said. “She is just magic. And I really think that all men should celebrate their women. … They should all jump on couches for them. … When you find that woman, you should absolutely be unabashed about it. That’s how I feel about it.”
3) Sarah Palin
4) Actor Frank Langella ranked No. 4 for his upcoming role as President Nixon in Nixon/Frost.
It actually took me a long time before I figured out that Michelle Obama’s butt is huge, too!
As Michelle strode onto more stages and people started focusing on her clothes and presence instead of her patriotism, it dawned on me — good God, she has a butt!
“Obama’s baby (mama) got back,” wrote one feminist blogger. “OMG, her butt is humongous!” went a typical comment on one African-American online forum, and while it isn’t humongous, per se, it is a solid, round, black, class-A boo-tay.
Try as Michelle might to cover it with those Mamie Eisenhower skirts and sheath dresses meant to reassure mainstream voters, the butt would not be denied. The one clear predictor of success that the pundits, despite all their fancy maps, charts and holograms, missed completely? Michelle’s butt.
Ever since slavery, it’s been both vilified and fetishized as the most singular of all black female features, more unsettling than dark skin and full lips, the thing that marked black women as uncouth and not quite ready for civilization (of course, it also made them mighty attractive to white men, which further stoked fears of miscegenation that lay at the heart of legal and social segregation).
Thanks to Michelle, looking professional and provocative in a distinctly black way will become not only acceptable but also part of a whole presidential look that’s more, well, inclusive.
It turns out that Sir Mix-A-Lot, he of “Baby Got Back” fame, was not a novelty but a prophet. Who knew? Give that guy a Cabinet post.
I think Michelle’s kind of hard on the eyes. Her mouth scares me! But once I finally noticed her big black girl booty, I understood Barack’s physical appeal to her. She’s got it.
As an African American female, Barack Obama’s presidency holds a deeper meaning for me and others in my community. Today is the day that my enslaved ancestors dreamed of for hundreds of years. Today is the day that my father and mother and every member of my family never thought they would see. Today is the day I thought my children or their children might witness, but I never thought I would at such a young age.
For African Americans, although we no longer pick cotton, get raped by our slave masters so we can reproduce more slaves, or abide by Jim Crow laws, there’s never a day that passes when we’re unaware that racism continues to thrive. It’s institutional, it’s environmental, it has taken many modern forms and continued to oppress us. Until November 4, 2008, we have felt that our progress has been stunted. We came so far, but we were not to go any further. Until. Today.
This is a moment all Americans should be honored to be a part of. My ex-boyfriend who’s also African American told me last night that he cried when Barack Obama became president. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t do the same. In fact, I’m bawling right now and it’s gross. I need a Kleenex!
Barack Obama’s win isn’t simply about a black man becoming president. This is about a great man becoming president. Barack Obama secured 96% of the African American vote, the last stat I heard, but we were not voting for him because of the color of his skin. We were voting for him because we feel that he is qualified, intelligent, and capable of uniting this country like it has never been united before.
To simply put Barack Obama into office because of the shade of his skin would be detrimental. Similar to those who may have voted for John McCain because Sarah Palin is a female do not grasp the importance of selecting the right candidate when attempting to make history.
The opportunity to lead is a privilege. The imprint of the chosen one should be positive. If not, the progress one sought to achieve by electing one based upon race, sex or other irrelevant factors ensures that the status quo will return upon his or her departure.
Barack Obama won with the support of every race because he transcends race. He is the American dream, and with his election we are one step closer to electing a female president, one step closer to electing a Latin president, one step closer to electing a homosexual president, one step closer to electing a president with a handicap. We are one step closer to turning dreams into realities.
For all those who are as happy as I am: overjoyed that their parents could vote for a black president, have many family members who voted for the very first time, or simply thrilled with the positive impact this has on the international community - America will never be the same. America has become a better place.
Congratulations to Barack Obama, my sister and everyone else who has worked for the campaign, donated money and voted. The American dream thrives!
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Paris Hilton won’t get wonk eye surgery, says she’s a natural beauty - CS
Jessica Alba: “Incredible.” “I was surprised that McCain brought race into his speech. I guess he was trying to bring people together.”
Oprah:
“There are not even words to talk about what this night means. It’s one of the greatest moments I could ever imagine. That’s how great it is. It feels like hope won. It feels like there’s a shift in consciousness. It feels like something really big and bold has happened here, like nothing ever in our lifetimes did we expect this to happen.”
Kanye West: “HI MOM, OBAMA WON!” (His mom passed away about a year ago.)
Usher: “This will go down in history, in black history, for all of the sacrifices that the great Joseph Lowery and Martin Luther King made, this actually pays off for their sacrifice. … I’m speechless. I don’t even know what to say.”
Colin Powell: “We’re very, very proud to have a new American President who also happens to be African-American … As I watched [the news anchors call the election] – pretty moving moment. Everybody cried … I am overjoyed.”
Pete Wentz: “My parents met working for [Obama's running mate on one of his early campaigns]. If it weren’t for Joe Biden, I would not exist as a human being. … I am proud to be a part of history in the making.”
Madonna: “I’m so f–ing happy right now”
Lindsay Lohan: “YES WE CAN.”
Samantha Ronson: “YES WE DID!!”
Fergie: “It was excellent.” “It was amazing.”
Ethan Hawke: “I got up at 7:20 this morning, and I voted for Barack. I haven’t had this much optimism in a long time. Tonight is historic!”
I hope you were able to watch the live broadcast of Barack Obama’s historic speech! I wasn’t home when he hit the podium last night, I was watching him in the presence of a captivated audience. We were all electrified. I got such an indescribable tingly feeling. Like if I tried to describe it, it would sound like a cream medication commercial or something that needs some prescription pills.
