If POTUS & FLOTUS go to Copenhagen to campaign for the Olympics, but the Official White House Photostream doesn’t include it, did it really happen?

Why would the White House exclude this wonderful, fantastic, fantabulous, super-d-dooper, “Ego Has Landed” moment?

From the White House Flickr page:

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Does anyone really believe Michelle Obama did not have a huge hand in the firing of Inspector General Walpin last week, especially seeing as how large a role she plays in the organizations involved? Michelle Malkin:

Guess where the First Lady will be on Monday?

Why, she’ll be delivering the keynote address at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in San Francisco.

And who is co-sponsoring the conference?

Why, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)!

Yes, that’s the same CNCS that is the parent organization of AmeriCorps.

It’s the same CNCS that last year suspended Sacramento mayor/Obama crony Kevin Johnson from receiving federal funds after then-inspector general Gerald Walpin blew the whistle on massive fraud and abuse of AmeriCorps dollars for personal and political gain.

It’s the same CNCS that then sat by and meekly watched Team Obama and the U.S. Attorney in Sacramento railroad Walpin after the November 2008 election for doing his damned job.

And now, there is no honest, independent watchdog to raise questions on behalf of taxpayers as the Obama political machine takes over the national service juggernaut. How…convenient.

And we’re not only talking about a few speeches to the organizations, we’re talking about the First Lady being waaaay to involved in them: Read the rest of this entry »

For the past month or so I’ve been reading an unusual number of articles asking ‘why the left is angry?’ Each cites a number of examples of angry (pseudo) liberalism, but mostly it’s just oped writers reacting to hate mail. Of course, that alone does warrant the question. After all, all three branches of government are to be controlled by Democrats very soon (Congress has been held by them since 2006). So, why the anger?
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In the midst of all this serious stuff like massive spending, effect on our future economy and structure of our country, I needed a bit of frivolous reading.

In my cyber travels, I happened to run across two unrelated articles today about our current, and former, First Ladies. What struck me immediately was the vast difference in “depth” between them.

i.e. first article… an ABC news ditty catching up on how Laura Bush and hubby were adjusting to citizenry.

In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Mrs. Bush said she and her husband were settling into a normal, post-presidency life at their new home in the Preston Hollow section of Dallas after spending a month at their ranch in Crawford while the house was finished.

Mrs. Bush said she has yet to cook a meal herself, because friends have been bringing over prepared dinners to welcome them back to town. The Bushes have had several large dinner parties with old friends, but they had to resort to borrowing furniture to accommodate their guests.

“We have very little furniture. We don’t have a kitchen table or a dining room table,” she said. “Friends loaned me a kitchen table and the other night I had 16 people for dinner and I had to borrow chairs from the Secret Service next door.”

How old time neighborly! Welcomed back with prepared dinners. I think we’re safe to say they aren’t asking for any political favors…

Laura Bush launched her First Lady’s agenda dedicated to education back in March 2001. Actually she had three stated goals on her agenda:

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