2 posts tagged “obama”

M's running commentary before it got started:

M: Michelle Obama, poppa! Look, it's Michelle Obama!
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M: Poppa, where do you think Sasha and Malia are? Do you think they might come out with Barack Obama, with their dad?
Me: No, sweetie, I think they're at home tonight.
M: Nah, you're proabably right, they're probably with a sitter.
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M: Poppa, look! There's Barack Obama! Hi, Barack Obama! Look, poppa! Why did he just kiss that woman?
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M (pulling up her stuffed chair to in front of the TV): Why is he shaking everybody's hand? I couldn't clap that long, my hands would hurt.
M: Barack Obama just waved to me! Hi, Barack Obama!

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M: Poppa, is our Vice President Joe Biden?
Me: Yep, there he is in the background, with the blue tie.
M: Oh, hey, there he is, there's our Vice President Joe Biden! Hi, Joe Biden! How do you spell Joe?
Me: J*O*E
M: J*O*E And how do you spell Biden?
Me: B*I*D*E*N
M: B*I*D*E*N (then I hear her whispering Joe Biden, and spelling it out, once, twice, three times) I love Joe Biden, he looks cool. Why does it look like he's sleeping?
Me: He's not, sweetie, he's just looking down.
M: Oh, it looks like his eyes are closed. He looks like he's sleeping.

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M: Who's the woman in the green shirt?
Me: Nancy Palosi
M: Nancy Palosi? (says "Nancy Palosi" to her self) That's a funny name. Nancy Palosi.

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M: She claps fast. What's her name again?
Me: Nancy Palosi.
M: Nancy Palosi. I giggle every time I say her name. Nancy Palosi. She claps faster than Joe Biden.

Was just introduced to grist.org, an environmental news and commentary site.  Have only done a little skimming and surfing, but seems interesting, thought provoking and rather NPR-like in its comprehensive approach to the issues (albeit from a decidedly Green perspective).  It has articles, blog posts, and features on green in your home, food & agriculture, policies and politics, economy & energy, green community and world sustainability. I'm looking forward to getting more into it. 

This is the article that lead me to grist.org - Urban doubt-fitter: What Obama's picks signal for urban policy.  It's an opinion piece exploring what the appointments for the secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Transportation and the head of the new Urban Policy office might mean for urban planners, economists and environmentalists charged with the stewardship of America's urban landscape.

Here's the grist's article on Transition to Team Obama: The green scoop on Obama's Cabinet and administration picks.  I haven't been paying as much attention to this as I should, and intend to use this as a jumping off point for additional reading.

Also, the obligatory Inauguration Day post: grist.com highlighting a few moments energy and the environment were mentioned in the President's address (includes a full text of the address as prepared for delivery).