YES We did!

[flippyshark]

Just for the record, the line was "White will embrace what's right." (I'm sure that doesn't help much, but the outrage may as well be directed accurately.) I'm afraid I can't take this as much of a slam. At worst it seems like a gentle nudge, as in "things are getting better, let's keep it going." Equal rights were only granted to blacks within the lifetime of many of those who post here. Is it really so terrible to be reminded of that?

[Ghoulish Delight]

I find it hard to get worked up over a series of meaningless rhymes. "Yellow will be mellow"? WTF does that even mean? "If it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down?"

It's offensive only in as much as it is nonsense, the whole thing.

[flippyshark]

Of course, there are some who would contend that white has been embracing "right" for far too long.

I have a feeling that the Reverend has been using this particular doggerel for decades. ("when black won't have to get in back" - yeah, that has been a non-issue for a long time - so that tells me this is not a newly composed bit of verse.)

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I find it hard to get worked up over a series of meaningless rhymes. "Yellow will be mellow"? WTF does that even mean? "If it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down?"

It's offensive only in as much as it is nonsense, the whole thing.

As NA said earlier in this thread, it's 1960's hippie-speak. I recall it from growing up. I take his reciting it to read, for everyone, all races, all colors of the rainbow, chill out and let's work together. I did not perceive any slap being a vanilla colored person. But hey, that's me, glass half full.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by bewitched

Hate to say you're wrong, but...you're wrong.


Bush's


The 2 wing chairs were famously reupholstered after the first fabric chosen by Laura Bush appeared pink in photos and on TV (Only 2 presidents haven't reupholstered them: Carter and...can't remember).

The 2 couches were custom made for Bush.

The rug was designed by Laura Bush.

The drapes were chosen by Laura Bush.

The Chair Obama is sitting in is the same chair Bush used and was originally designed for JFK.

The paintings are the same however, I would assume, though can't tell from the Obama photo, that new paintings hang on either side of the windows behind the desk are different, since the two in Bush's picture were on lone to him from friends/belonged to him.

The Lamps are the same...really, everything appears to be the same

The only things that traditionally stay are the side chairs and the wing chairs in front of the fireplace (reupholstered); both of which date back to when the West Wing (and current Oval Office) was rebuilt in the early 1930's.




eta: My memory failed me, there have almost always been wing chairs but the 2 in the picture date from the Reagan era.

Yes..... You just said the same thing I did, but in more detail. Why am I wrong?

BTW, the table behind the desk has been in oval office since the 30's also.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

As NA said earlier in this thread, it's 1960's hippie-speak. I recall it from growing up. I take his reciting it to read, for everyone, all races, all colors of the rainbow, chill out and let's work together. I did not perceive any slap being a vanilla colored person. But hey, that's me, glass half full.

No, it's not just optimism, you're right. These are old sayings from the 60's when there was a lot of change happening and a focus on the beauty of differences. For many, it was a reminder of the power of the people in the 60's - a force that may be waking up again on 2009.

[Alex]

I still see no problem with saying that whites in general as a group average need to behave better on issues of race. This seems self evident and obvious. Even if scaeagles and Jazzman are shining paragons of racial integration.

Are things better than they were 30 years ago. Absolutely. Are things perfect now and everybody should just shut up about it already? Absolutely not.


As for redecorating the Oval Office, there is already $100,000 in the White House budge for administration change redecorating (this is standard every four years). I'm sure it'll all get spent even if it isn't as obvious as a new carpet and swapping out desks.

[Not Afraid]

I want Obama to get a Herman Miller Aeron Chair.

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[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I want Obama to get a Herman Miller Aeron Chair.

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That's for the private office. For the Oval office he needs the thick hi-back chair with the armor plating and microwave scrambler built-in. After all you can't been seen in the oval office wearing a tin foil hat, it would send the wrong message.

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I want Obama to get a Herman Miller Aeron Chair.

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I love those chairs but daaaaamn, theyre pricey!!