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Keeping An Eye On Obama

Topics: Politics | 5 CommentsBy admin | January 26, 2009

Well, the Bush administration started off with heart surgery and pretzel-induced faceplants, and went out in a wheelchair hot on the tail of a shoe toss. So what can we expect of our new president? Well, his first potential gaffe (bungling the oath a little) was actually not his fault, and they took care of [...]

Well, the Bush administration started off with heart surgery and pretzel-induced faceplants, and went out in a wheelchair hot on the tail of a shoe toss. So what can we expect of our new president? Well, his first potential gaffe (bungling the oath a little) was actually not his fault, and they took care of that right away. Otherwise, his mere presence has inspired hope and patience in millions (watch and read about the Purple Tunnel of Doom if you haven’t), and his transition into power has had an air of dignity and statesmanship that has been missing for awhile. His greatest concern now should be the millions of people like you and me, who took him at face value, and have a new-found hope in the future. Like any politician, he made a lot of promises to get our vote, and I for one will be keeping an eye on him, especially since he managed to disappoint and anger me before I was even able to cast my vote for him. To help you keep track of the myriad promises he’s made (around 500 to be specific), check out PolitiFact’s  Obamameter, where they track them by categories like No Action, In the Works, Stalled, Promise Kept, Compromise, or Promise Broken. No word yet if they’re going to track the Obama’s fisting behavior.

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  1. Posted by TeacherPatti on 01.26.09 6:17 pm

    This really has nothing to do with anything, but I wanted to share that my visually impaired students are drawing pictures of Obama in art class. I traced his face with puffy paint so that they could get a better idea of how he looks. He looks freaky with puffy paint all over, but it helped the kiddos so it was all good.

  2. Posted by Dojo Nick on 01.27.09 12:12 am

    Do you suppose Obama’s promises sound better in braille?

  3. Posted by admin on 01.27.09 6:00 am

    I dunno, you guys. I’m still feeling this out.

  4. Posted by TeacherPatti on 01.27.09 10:17 am

    Oh no you dinnit! :) This reminds me of when another teacher said something about how the blind were leading the blind in her class. And then she looked at me, looking horrified. I about pissed myself laughing…blind people usually don’t care about stuff like that. It took me awhile to get used to saying, “Look at this” and “Did you see….?”

  5. Posted by admin on 01.27.09 10:54 am

    Okay. So I DARE you to tell me why Ray Charles was always smiling. And I’ve been dying to share a link to pornfortheblind.org (no images, but definitely NSFW!)but this is the first time its actually been pertinent to a conversation..