Artistically Inclined?

I was going through some old emails and stumbled upon an email a friend sent me back-in-the day and here are the pictures that were attached:









I'm always intrigued by folks that a good with Adobe Photoshop and the amazing things you can do with a computer these days.

A Man of the People

One of the interesting things about President Obama that gets folks is how down-to-earth he is and, more importantly, how comfortable he is with who he is. It's very evident and you can see just how much as he visited Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C..

Hammond St. Oops!

This seems to happen at least once a week on Hammond Street.

I guess some drivers can't read the signs and figure out that their
rig is taller than the underpass.

President Obama & First Lady Obama

Priceless!

The Oath (Remixed)

Many people around the world watched as Chief Justice John Roberts and President Barack Obama fumbled their way through the 35-word oath of office.

In the beginning, it appeared that Barack Obama was a little nervous and jumped the gun by stating his name before Chief Justice Roberts finished the line Barack was supposed to repeat.

The Constitution sets out the language that should be used in the oath:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

The first glitch occurred when Obama spoke before Roberts completed his line.

Roberts started out, “I Barack Hussein Obama,” and at that point Obama jumped to repeat those words. But Roberts wasn’t finished:

Roberts: I, Barack Hussein Obama …

Obama: I, Barack –

Roberts: … do solemnly swear …

Obama: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear …

Then it was Roberts’ turn to flub. He incorrectly recited the next phrase, putting the word “faithfully” at the end and using “to” instead of “of”:

Obama smiled and paused as he seemed to recognize the wording was out of order, and then but repeated Roberts, who at the same time attempted to correct himself.

Roberts: … that I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully …

Obama: … that I will execute …

Roberts: … the off — faithfully the pres — the office of president of the United States …

Obama: … the office of president of the United States faithfully …

The two got the rest correct, including the non-obligatory “So help you God?” “So help me God.”

The swearing-in was viewed by millions who saw Obama take the oath with a Bible used by Abraham Lincoln at his first inaugural.

When Brown can stick around.....

The 44th President, Barack H. Obama, has been sworn in and it took Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, who helped found one of the oldest Civil Rights groups(Alabama Civic Affairs Association) and marched with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered the best quote of the day.

brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead man and when white would embrace what is right.

Here's the full text of Rev. Lowery's benediction:

God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, thou, who has brought us thus far along the way, thou, who has by thy might led us into the light, keep us forever in the path we pray, lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee, lest our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee.

Shadowed beneath thy hand, may we forever stand true to thee, oh God, and true to our native land.

We truly give thanks for the glorious experience we've shared this day.

We pray now, oh Lord, for your blessing upon thy servant Barack Obama, the 44th president of these United States, his family and his administration.

He has come to this high office at a low moment in the national, and indeed the global, fiscal climate. But because we know you got the whole world in your hands, we pray for not only our nation, but for the community of nations.

Our faith does not shrink though pressed by the flood of mortal ills.

For we know that, Lord, you are able and you're willing to work through faithful leadership to restore stability, mend our brokenness, heal our wounds, and deliver us from the exploitation of the poor, of the least of these, and from favoritism toward the rich, the elite of these.

We thank you for the empowering of thy servant, our 44th president, to inspire our nation to believe that yes we can work together to achieve a more perfect union.

And while we have sown the seeds of greed — the wind of greed and corruption, and even as we reap the whirlwind of social and economic disruption, we seek forgiveness and we come in a spirit of unity and solidarity to commit our support to our president by our willingness to make sacrifices, to respect your creation, to turn to each other and not on each other.

And now, Lord, in the complex arena of human relations, help us to make choices on the side of love, not hate; on the side of inclusion, not exclusion; tolerance, not intolerance.

And as we leave this mountain top, help us to hold on to the spirit of fellowship and the oneness of our family. Let us take that power back to our homes, our workplaces, our churches, our temples, our mosques, or wherever we seek your will.

Bless President Barack, First Lady Michelle. Look over our little angelic Sasha and Malia.

We go now to walk together as children, pledging that we won't get weary in the difficult days ahead. We know you will not leave us alone.

With your hands of power and your heart of love, help us then, now, Lord, to work for that day when nations shall not lift up sword against nation, when tanks will be beaten into tractors, when every man and every woman shall sit under his or her own vine and fig tree and none shall be afraid, when justice will roll down like waters and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around ... when yellow will be mellow ... when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right. That all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen.

Stop the Insanity!

The man hasn't been sworn in and everyone and their step-brother have made articles of clothing, sneakers, hats, watches and even underwear biggin' up Barack Obama a/k/a/ BO.





Here are just a few of the items that need to be donated to those less fortunate:

Defacing the American Flag in the name of Obama?

Photo source: Baltimore Sun

US Flag Code: “The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.”