President Obama AMAZING at the Correspondents Dinner

So, I kept hearing that President Obama was pretty funny at the White House Correspondents Dinner, but I hadn't had time to actually sit and watch it all until now. If you haven't seen it, check it out!! He was hilarious!!

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PART II

Wanda Sykes @ the Press Correspondent Dinner

Obama 100 Days X Facebook Wall

Pretty funny look at what Obama's facebook feed would look like from his 100 days:

http://www.slate.com/id/2217225

Indonesian Obama Look-Alike

Hahaha, check it out:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/obama_inauguration/7841572.stm

Town Hall'n It

Regardless of his politics or what you think of the current Stimulus plan, I have to say that it's (sadly) impressive that President Obama held his town hall rally in Elkhart, Indiana. What's not impressive is that I've never heard of that city...the impressive part is that it turns out that Elkhart has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, as 15% of the people are unemployed (tripled in the last year). It also was not a city that voted for Obama in the general election, and supposedly none of the crowd or people who asked questions were prescreened. This may not seem like much...but to me it's a huge symbol of progress. Normally politicians only speak in favorable environments, where local politicians or groups select who gets to attend, and people asking questions (if even allowed) are scripted or put in place by the speaker's team. It is being reported that none of this went down today...that it was simply first come first serve, and the people asking questions were not operatives of Obama. He actually seemed to be talking to the people and honestly answering their questions/concerns as evidenced by the lady who asked about Obama's cabinent tax controversies. It looked like either she was being booed or hushed or something, but Obama said it was a valid question and went on to address it. Pretty cool that so far he seems to be maintaining his connection to the public that was such a large part of his campaign.

Charlie Rose X Shephard Fairey

Charlie Rose interviews artist Shephard Fairey aka Mr. OBEY aka they man who created the Obama HOPE portrait that became a major symbol in the campaign.

Santonio Holmes X LeBron James

Above: Video of Santonio Holmoes doing the LeBron chalk move as his celebration for his game winning touchdown!!

Good times with Super Bowl XLIII!! Pretty exciting 4th quarter. Going into the game I didn't really care who won. Raiders don't even know there are playoffs, and the Chargers fell short once again. That being said, prior to the game I decided to root for the Steelers. My primary reasons were: I pretty much like the players on each team, but I wasn't too excited to see Matt "Clipboard/Beer Bong" Leinart get a ring. I also like how physical the Steelers play, and how Hines Ward, Polamalu, & Co. destroyed someone on weekly basis during the season. Plus Mike Tomlin seems like a cool coach, and any team who lets Omar Epps coach them is cool in my book. My other reasons were that the Steelers ownership help get the Rooney rule to help with minority coaching hirings. Politically, the Rooneys/Steelers also did a lot of work in Pennsylvania and donated a lot to Obama's campaign, whereas Arizona is well....Arizona. Plus, I support our President, and he was rooting for the Steelers haha! But also, the party I went to was filled with former UofA people, so out of the 30-50 people at the party, there were exactly 3 of us cheering for Steelers. Even though Pitt was slightly favored, it felt like I was rootin for the underdog. Good game, Good party, good times.