YES We did!

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I hope sandals with socks are allowed.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by JWBear

Republicans: Want to look important
Democrats: Want to do important things

Which makes Democrats for more dangerous to our Nation, it's Constitution and our very freedom.....if you think about it

[innerSpaceman]

What's the Bermuda Shorts policy in the Oval Office?

[Alex]

Perfectly fine, so long as they're under slacks.

[JWBear]

After eight years of Bush, is there any more damage that can be done?

[Capt Jack]

ugh...never say that.

thats like asking the universe...how could it be any worse?

sure as shineola, it'll bend over backwards to show you.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Leo - first of all, you said you had never heard of him. As if that is a valid point, somehow. I'm still rolling my eyes at that one.

Also - I'm pissed at everyone who takes offense at something like that, no matter which race is targeted. Hello, America? Get over yourself. Grow a thick skin. We're going to need it.

Know what? He's got a reason to hate white people. I'm no history buff, but seeing the basics about his past means that he saw American whites during their ugliest moment in the 20th century - fighting against equality and freedom for blacks. I'm sure he had things thrown at him, got spit in the face and had death threats against him and his loved ones. If you translate his words to mean that racist whites need to be more accepting of minorities, you think he means YOU? How laughable!

If this is the mildest thing he says in reference to the struggles that HE HIMSELF faced, never mind the struggles all minorities have and continue to face (however diminished, they are multiplied by the multitudes around us) then we are to consider ourselves lucky.

Personally, I think he meant something different. I am a White person and I want to do What's Right. As in, truly getting on board for equality, for all, even if it's not my own self that is subjected, as in Gay Rights, as in anything else that comes our way. That's what he meant by doing What's Right. I'm happy to hear the wakeup call, and I hope others heard it as a wakeup call as well.

In fact, I'll repeat it. Hey, Whites! If your rights are secure, fight for the rights of others! Do What's Right!

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Leo - first of all, you said you had never heard of him. As if that is a valid point, somehow. I'm still rolling my eyes at that one.

My point in that was was that I had no preconceived notions about him at the start, as many here would have about, say, Rick Warren, that might lead them to jump to a certain conclusion at something he said. No, I do not consider myself an expert in the civil rights movement of the 60s.

It's amazing that you say people need to have a thicker skin when I can remember how outraged you would get at anything negative I posted about Obama. In fact, all I did originally was say I found that line to be offensive. I made no statements about how this man should never have been allowed to speak or that I was going on a letter writing campaign or that this was simply a sign of what to expect from the Obama Presidency. I said I found it offensive.

So whom would you say needs the thicker skin? Those that jump down my throat about making such a statement and those who have an aggressively adverse reaction to my one sentence, or the person who makes one comment about finding it offensive?

If you didn't find it offensive or support it, good for you. I found it tasteless and offensive. It isn't going to have an adverse effect on my life.... I made a comment.

[Not Afraid]

I LOVE Obama jacket-less in the office. The changes he's making and the image he is putting forth are, in my opinion, wonderful. The Official White House Website changed yesterday as well - at approximately Noon Eastern.

Almost at the instant Obama was sworn in, www.whitehouse.gov relaunched with a redesign to signal a new era in government. Gone was the staid site of the Bush White House, replaced by a dynamic new site reflective of his tech-savvy successor.
The new design includes more interactive features, a prominent photo gallery displayed across the top of the site, the ability to get e-mail updates, and a White House blog. The site's "briefing room" also includes places for a weekly video address, slide shows, proclamations, and executive orders as well as news about nominations and appointments.
"It's a great first step, and the tip of the iceberg in what's coming with participatory politics and the relationship between the president and the public," said Andrew Rasiej, founder of the Personal Democracy Forum and co-founder of techPresident.com.
Visitors to the site are invited to e-mail the president and his staff, although -- perhaps in a nod to the Twittersphere, where brevity is key -- comments are limited to 500 characters.
"President Obama is committed to creating the most open and accessible administration in American history," states the site's Contact Us page.

Article here.

[JWBear]

I was very inpressed with the order he gave for the departments to be more cooperative with Freedom Of Information requests.