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28 Nov 2009 Author: rikyrah

The First Lady Receives the White House Christmas Tree

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WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 27: First Lady Michelle Obama welcomes the White House Christmas Tree at the North Portico of the White House on November 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. The 18 and a half foot Douglas fir was donated by Eric and Gloria Sundback of Shepherdstown, West Virginia; the tree will stand in the Blue Room throughout the holidays.
——-Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

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rikyrah
tmz is becoming the place to go to for celeb info…they are on top of this…how DO they get their stories?
rikyrah
violence from a woman is only cool if she's trying to DEFEND herself.
Guns3000
Well, I don't want to be the defender of Rush Limbaugh but I don't think the two are comparable as people. I can't front I didn't know anything about Hal Turner. I did some reading and watched a few youtube videos. Wow, this guy is completely dangerous. I can see how someone could draw parallels with what Rush and this clown said. I won't deny that. This guy should be arrested based on what he said.
rikyrah
AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP
mon_dieu_ishmael
LOL – if there were women on the jury………
mon_dieu_ishmael
or her children, or her home.
Guns3000
pay off police officers
Admiral_Komack
“Then let a good lawyer make that argument AFTER the FBI arrests and detains him.”
-And makes his fat ass do the perp walk-live.
Admiral_Komack
“All that money and she can't run a comb through her hair?”
-I see another Newsweek article about hair coming up.
AxelFoley
Free speech ain't free.
AxelFoley
She's a little cutie.
AxelFoley
“Black folks better get used to this. This old civil rights types are dying off and becoming irrelevant. More blacks in leadership positions are going to use this style. And I agree with it. Black leadership using the “civil rights” model have been running places like Detroit and DC for decades. And where has it got those cities? Nowhere. Young educated blacks like myself have noticed these Marion Berry and Kilpatrick types get us nowhere as people. Look what happened in Atlanta. Before a black candidate was a “shoe in.” But now blacks are realizing that simply having a black face is not enough. They must deliver.”
You're on point, sir. This is why a lot of old school black leaders didn't like Obama at first. He, like the rest of the new black leadership, have broken away from the old model, which like you said, have gotten us nowhere.
You want black support, you're gonna have to earn it, and then get your ass to work once in office.
AxelFoley
Exactly.
AxelFoley
My thing is this–if it's found out that she DID assault Tiger, will she be condemned like Chris Brown was (and still is)?
Yeah, I didn't think so either.
AxelFoley
Free speech ain't free.
AxelFoley
She's a little cutie.
AxelFoley
“Black folks better get used to this. This old civil rights types are dying off and becoming irrelevant. More blacks in leadership positions are going to use this style. And I agree with it. Black leadership using the “civil rights” model have been running places like Detroit and DC for decades. And where has it got those cities? Nowhere. Young educated blacks like myself have noticed these Marion Berry and Kilpatrick types get us nowhere as people. Look what happened in Atlanta. Before a black candidate was a “shoe in.” But now blacks are realizing that simply having a black face is not enough. They must deliver.”
You're on point, sir. This is why a lot of old school black leaders didn't like Obama at first. He, like the rest of the new black leadership, have broken away from the old model, which like you said, have gotten us nowhere.
You want black support, you're gonna have to earn it, and then get your ass to work once in office.
AxelFoley
Exactly.
AxelFoley
My thing is this–if it's found out that she DID assault Tiger, will she be condemned like Chris Brown was (and still is)?
Yeah, I didn't think so either.

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