Barack Obama plays Basketball (NOT bowling!)
Do We Really Want a Bowler-in-Chief? Remember Nixon!
Elizabeth Edwards’ op-ed in The New York Times today aptly holds the title, “Bowling 1, Health Care 0,” as it criticizes the media obsession with Barack Obama’s bowling form and score during the past three weeks. My research shows that while cable news gasbags such as Joe Scarborough and Chris Matthews, and the entire Fox crew, were the worst offenders, the Times itself has carried dozens of references to “bowling-gate” in its news pages and blog entries. Scarborough, of course, said Americans wanted a real macho man in the White House, perhaps forgetting his unceasing attacks on Bill Clinton’s mannish behavior in office. Matthews suggested that Obama was “prissy.”
But all you need to say is: Which president was the most avid bowler? And, of course, the answer is: Richard Nixon. He even paid $400 out of his own pocket to lease automatic pin-setters and during Watergate went down the basement to roll off some tension. Actually, a search of the historical record finds that the infamous White House bowling alley — sometimes two alleys — dates back to the Truman administration. But Truman (now known as a suitably tough guy) hated bowling. I’ve found the only photo of him bowling, which was published on the cover of Kegler magazine. Sure enough, he was wearing a tie, the very look for which Obama earned much mocking. Truman was also a lefty (I mean, lefthanded). You won’t find many references to bowling when examining the lives of other “manly” presidents since, including JFK, LBJ (couldn’t even golf), Reagan, and Poppy Bush. Who was the biggest bowling advocate near the top? Dan Quayle. Nixon and Quayle. That is really something to aspire to.
In fact, the pair who might have done more bowling at the White House than anyone weren’t even males. They were Lady Bird Johnson and Muriel Humphrey, who tried to do it every week. Of course, many presidents have golfed, but are you really going to tell me that this “sport” is more macho than driving the lane in basketball — which Obama happens to be good at? The Obama/Tiger Woods analogies only go so far, thank god.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/do-we-really-want-a-bowle_b_98838.html
I was playing basketball over the weekend and one of the funniest moments in trash talk history happened. We were playing pick up ball at a park in LA. A guy drove into the lane and got his swatted (”his shot was blocked” for the basketball illiterate). He called a foul. This happens often in pickup ball when someone gets their sent (again, when their shot is rejected). They feel embarrassed and insist on calling a non-existent foul, as if they wouldn’t have been sent so badly if they weren’t fouled at the same time. Now, this was a little unusual because even his own team didn’t have his back. Everyone on the court pretty much agreed that he was not fouled. But nonetheless he insisted. Then someone came up with a line bound for the trash talking hall of fame, “This guy is pulling a Hillary.” That, of course, means he won’t let it go when everyone else can plainly see that the argument is over and he is the only one who still believes he is right. They called him Hillary for the rest of the game. And I laughed and laughed. The only thing worse than getting rejected is not fessing up to it. That’s called “pulling a Hillary.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/pulling-a-hillary_b_101256.html
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Categories: Obama Left Handed Tags: barack, basketball, bowling, Bush, Clinton, George, Hillary, John, Keith, Kentucky, McCain, Obama, olbermann, Oregon, Virginia, west
Jean Louis Aubert – Alter Ego – Chant Cover Acoustique
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L’excellent Jean-Louis Aubert que j’adore!
J’ai deja fais pleurer quelques amis en la jouant et en la chantant….
Ames sensibles….
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3 Year old Drum Solo by Jacob Koenig
Jacob Koenig 3 years old. Literally rocking it out at 3 years old. If you notice, he plays the straight beat left handed but when he goes into a fill, he leads with his right hand. This is how Ringo Starr plays. It’s awesome to see him play the way he does at such a young age. He’s also not just playing beats but he’s playing to songs that he knows in his head.
WE LOVE HIM!
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My golf swing, left handed?
A test, again, had to shoot through MacBook so i’m really a righty.
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President Obama Hosts a Health Reform Town Hall in Ohio
NOTE: the audio on this instance drops out at around 15 min. Please visit http://vimeo.com/5752470 for the full video.
President Obama holds a town hall focused on health insurance reform in Shaker Heights, Ohio. The President addresses how health insurance reform is essential to our financial security, and explains how his plan will benefit all Americans, including those who already have insurance. After his opening remarks, the President takes a variety of questions from the audience, including questions on Medicare and health education . July 27, 2009. (Public Domain)
Duration : 0:53:48
Categories: Obama Left Handed Tags: health care, health insurance reform, ohio, President Barack Obama, town hall
LeBron James Left Handed Layup And1 Vs Magic (5.28.09)
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All-Star MLB Game: Which President has the better arm?
Both Bush & Obama Have Thrown
first Pitch @ MLB Games. OBAMAs: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/allstar09/news/story?id=4326841
BUSHs: http://rangers.fandome.com/video/111077/President-George-W-Bush-Throws-Out-The-First-Pitch/
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If it were the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded in a one-run game, George W. Bush is the 21st century president most managers would bring out of the bullpen. Working from the stretch like an experienced reliever, Bush confidently threw a high outside fast ball with his 2008 opening-day pitch as the 43rd president celebrated the first game at the new ballpark for the Washington Nationals.
But in scouting baseball context matters as much as raw ability.
Barack Obama even though he added an artful leg kick had control problems at Tuesday night’s All-Star game as his first-ball floater was caught just before it landed in the dirt. Obama may be a bit raw on the mound (his boyhood game was hoops not baseball) but he does have an asset that scouts covet. The 44th president is a southpaw with the potential to develop into the kind of one-out guy whom managers can bring in to face a left-handed slugger in the eighth inning. Obama is also 15 years younger than Bush and has three and a half years before his current contract is up for renewal.
Also and you are not likely to see this detail in the box scores presidents who take the mound may be handicapped by their amateur-hour uniforms, which require the approval of the Secret Service rather than Major League Baseball. In the political classic What It Takes, Richard Ben Cramer described Vice President George H.W. Bush’s agonies at Houston’s Astrodome as he threw out the first ball at the 1986 National League Championship Series. Because of a cumbersome bullet-proof vest, the senior Bush (a left-handed first baseman at Yale) endured the indignity of seeing his only pitch bounce on the way to home plate. As Cramer writes, “George Bush twists his face into a mush of chagrin, hunches his shoulder like a boy who just dropped the cookie jar, and for one generous freeze-frame moment, buries his head in both hands.”
At the All Star Game, Obama did not endure anything like this kind of Bill Buckner-esque humiliation. Sure, it is a safe bet that the president probably wishes he had a bit more giddy yap on his fast ball Tuesday night. But Obama can take comfort in the immortal words of long-suffering Brooklyn Dodger fans: “Wait until next year.”
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President Obama Plays HORSE with CBS’ Clark Kellogg
President Obama takes on former NBA player and CBS Sports college basketball commentator Clark Kellogg in a game of HORSE — rather, POTUS — at the White House.
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Categories: Obama Left Handed Tags: basketball, cbs, CBS Sports, Harry Smith, hoops, March Madness, NCAA, Obama, tournament
