The epitome of an elitist!
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20214569,00.html
Barack Obama Gives Daughter $1 Allowance a Week
PEOPLE: Someone told me today that you don't do birthday presents.
Michelle: No, because we spend hundreds of dollars on a birthday party and movie tickets and pizza and popcorn ...
Barack: That sleepover is enough. We want to teach some limits to them. And their friends bring over presents.
Michelle: They get so much stuff that it just becomes numbing. Malia believes there is still a Santa Claus even though she's a little wary because some of her friends are non-believers. But Malia says, "Ma, I know there is a Santa because there's no way you'd buy me all that stuff." [Laughing]
In normal times, what's the division of labor at home between the two of you?
Barack: I was doing the checkbook, the house and car repairs, the grocery shopping.
Michelle: That was a long time ago.
Barack: I would sometimes do the laundry – although not fold, I have to confess.
Michelle: Which is really pretty useless.
Barack: But clean clothes, that's something. ... I mean, look, I gotta be honest. For the last 17 months I've been on the road 98 percent of the time.
Michelle: His job is to be there when requested. Right now, it's important for him to be at parent-teacher conferences, piano recitals, things that are important to the girls. It's less the household stuff because the household works; it's more being there for them, which he has done an outstanding job at. There are few things that he's missed that were important to them.
Read all 5 pages at the above address.
Such elitists..it's just a shame, so many people could learn..if they'd read!!!
Barack Obama Gives Daughter $1 Allowance a Week
PEOPLE: Someone told me today that you don't do birthday presents.
Michelle: No, because we spend hundreds of dollars on a birthday party and movie tickets and pizza and popcorn ...
Barack: That sleepover is enough. We want to teach some limits to them. And their friends bring over presents.
Michelle: They get so much stuff that it just becomes numbing. Malia believes there is still a Santa Claus even though she's a little wary because some of her friends are non-believers. But Malia says, "Ma, I know there is a Santa because there's no way you'd buy me all that stuff." [Laughing]
In normal times, what's the division of labor at home between the two of you?
Barack: I was doing the checkbook, the house and car repairs, the grocery shopping.
Michelle: That was a long time ago.
Barack: I would sometimes do the laundry – although not fold, I have to confess.
Michelle: Which is really pretty useless.
Barack: But clean clothes, that's something. ... I mean, look, I gotta be honest. For the last 17 months I've been on the road 98 percent of the time.
Michelle: His job is to be there when requested. Right now, it's important for him to be at parent-teacher conferences, piano recitals, things that are important to the girls. It's less the household stuff because the household works; it's more being there for them, which he has done an outstanding job at. There are few things that he's missed that were important to them.
Read all 5 pages at the above address.
Such elitists..it's just a shame, so many people could learn..if they'd read!!!
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raves +2 posted Jul 25, 2008 04:47PM GMT (edited)
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raves +1 Jul 29, 2008 07:08PM GMTThis is the kind of work a person cannot just write a check for and then act like they've done something. But I'm not mentioning names here.
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raves +3 posted Jul 25, 2008 04:04PM GMTI don't think there has ever been any doubt that the Obama's are good parents, instilling good values in their children. Barack sounds somewhat "domestically challenged," but I don't think you have to make your own bed in the White House anyway!
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raves +2 posted Jul 25, 2008 12:31PM GMTI enjoyed this article, especially the pictures. This is a family of dedicated, loving parents, committed to each other and raising their daughters to be strong, intelligent women.
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raves +2 Jul 29, 2008 07:01PM GMTWelcome, Nina!
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raves +2 Jul 29, 2008 07:07PM GMTIs that you SM? How are you feeling?
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raves +1 Aug 04, 2008 06:59PM GMTWow, sorry for the delay..we have more rain a coming..answer you?
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raves +1 Aug 04, 2008 07:05PM GMTWe've had alot of rain. And it's been gloomy and muggy. Today is not so bad tho.
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raves +3 posted Jul 25, 2008 01:13AM GMTI would have liked a dad like that. Mine even missed my HS graduation. I pray he treats the Presidential office as lovingly and firm as he does his kids.
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raves +4 posted Jul 25, 2008 12:53AM GMTnow those are things to live by
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raves +4 posted Jul 25, 2008 12:42AM GMTGreat article! Thanks for the link. If he is elitist we could all learn from his example.
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raves +7 posted Jul 25, 2008 12:02AM GMTYes those elitest bastards, they're ruining their children with their 'limits' and going to their children's piano recitals and parent-teacher confrences. Who the hell do they think they are!
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raves +6 -1 Jul 25, 2008 12:41AM GMTLOL..you never disappoint!
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raves +3 Jul 25, 2008 12:44AM GMTneither do you
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raves +2 Jul 25, 2008 01:27AM GMT (edited)Wow..I got a DR for finding SIP funny...WOW!
I wonder, was it racist? cyberbulling? Obscene? Copyright abuse? Imposter post? Underage...LOL? -
raves +2 Jul 25, 2008 12:33PM GMTLook out, the attack squad is on the waaaaaaaay!!!
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raves +3 Jul 25, 2008 04:06PM GMTI think it fell under that new category, "Oops, I'm a dumbass and just plain want to stir up trouble!"
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raves +3 Jul 29, 2008 07:01PM GMTI think you may be right!
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raves +2 Jul 29, 2008 07:02PM GMTAll of the above, silly~!
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raves +2 Jul 25, 2008 01:24PM GMTHaha, thanks ^_^
2: one who blatantly imitates, fawningly admires, or vulgarly seeks association with those regarded as social superiors
3 a: one who tends to rebuff, avoid, or ignore those regarded as inferior b: one who has an offensive air of superiority in matters of knowledge or taste
even though a lot of people (on the right) poke fun and say things like, "senator obama was a community organizer", "what is a community organizer?", "i have never heard of a community organizer"...for one, a community organizer is one who normally works with inner-city youth and is all for people of that particular community, helping themselves by taking part in helping to rebuild their area...i have family/friends along with myself that have taken part in "community organizing" by participating in a gang intervention/prevention & grassroots program in one of the poorer areas here in dallas....this is not really the type of work that a person would do if they were really an elitist or snob...this is the type of work you do when you truly care about people & the community....