Can we be cooler? Yes we can
April 14, 2009 2:12 PM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: oh hey, this is one of those editorializing even though the guy's on our side sorts of posts - PLEASE NOTE THIS FOR THE FUTURE. -- jessamyn
Gratuitous (adj.): unnecessary and unwarranted.
So, you know, it's not exactly false advertising.
posted by mudpuppie at 2:23 PM on April 14, 2009
So, you know, it's not exactly false advertising.
posted by mudpuppie at 2:23 PM on April 14, 2009
Scooch a little closer children; don't make me tell you again, about the scooching.
posted by Bernt Pancreas at 2:24 PM on April 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Bernt Pancreas at 2:24 PM on April 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
"And Max said 'I will extend the hand of friendship to the Wild Things, but not unless they first unclench their terrible claws.'"
posted by rusty at 2:26 PM on April 14, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by rusty at 2:26 PM on April 14, 2009 [2 favorites]
Oh, I was hoping for Twilight
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:31 PM on April 14, 2009
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:31 PM on April 14, 2009
Something's wrong with the link. It's some really long C-SPAN video. Doesn't say anything about a book being read by anybody.
posted by Perplexity at 2:32 PM on April 14, 2009
posted by Perplexity at 2:32 PM on April 14, 2009
It would be even cooler if Arcade Fire were playing quietly in the background.
posted by mecran01 at 2:32 PM on April 14, 2009
posted by mecran01 at 2:32 PM on April 14, 2009
It is a great book but it's only COINCIDENCE that it's about to become an even greater, economy-stimulating movie, right?
Sorry, I meant AMIRITE??!?!?!?
posted by GuyZero at 2:33 PM on April 14, 2009
Sorry, I meant AMIRITE??!?!?!?
posted by GuyZero at 2:33 PM on April 14, 2009
Interesting that Michelle then reads from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, the favorite storybook of Republicans worried about greedy "Welfare Queens" and foolish "entitlement programs." Not sure what to make of that.
posted by washburn at 2:33 PM on April 14, 2009
posted by washburn at 2:33 PM on April 14, 2009
"evah?" Is that your Australian accent creeping into the post?
posted by longsleeves at 2:35 PM on April 14, 2009
posted by longsleeves at 2:35 PM on April 14, 2009
I think it's kind of racist of me, but I sort of hoped that right when the book says "let the wild rumpus start" there would be a hip hop riff and Obama would do a little dance like on def comedy jam.
posted by I Foody at 2:40 PM on April 14, 2009
posted by I Foody at 2:40 PM on April 14, 2009
I'm not advocating this thread be deleted. But I would like to see the adoring hero worship of Obama go away.
Don't get me wrong: I gave him money, I spent a month volunteering for him full time. I'm glad he's President, given the alternatives.
But Obama needs to be re-reading the Constitution, and the briefs being filed by his own Department of Justice, the ones that go even further than the Bush DOJ did in claiming that presidential authority trumps the Constitution. Those unconstitutional DOJ opinions are where the wild things are.
He needs to making sure that in all the Wall Street bailoits, we're getting our money worth, and not ripped off again by the same group of con artists.
We aren't helping the country, or Obama, when we let his personal charisma lead us to winking and nodding when he does very things that we rightly excoriated Bush for doing.
Cutesy photo-ops with adorable kids adoring our charming President, yeah, its great that he can dramatically read Where the Wild Things Are, but that's not why I sacrificed to help put him in office.
posted by orthogonality at 2:42 PM on April 14, 2009 [6 favorites]
Don't get me wrong: I gave him money, I spent a month volunteering for him full time. I'm glad he's President, given the alternatives.
But Obama needs to be re-reading the Constitution, and the briefs being filed by his own Department of Justice, the ones that go even further than the Bush DOJ did in claiming that presidential authority trumps the Constitution. Those unconstitutional DOJ opinions are where the wild things are.
He needs to making sure that in all the Wall Street bailoits, we're getting our money worth, and not ripped off again by the same group of con artists.
We aren't helping the country, or Obama, when we let his personal charisma lead us to winking and nodding when he does very things that we rightly excoriated Bush for doing.
Cutesy photo-ops with adorable kids adoring our charming President, yeah, its great that he can dramatically read Where the Wild Things Are, but that's not why I sacrificed to help put him in office.
posted by orthogonality at 2:42 PM on April 14, 2009 [6 favorites]
Just watching the president reading the book upside down (to show the kids the pictures) just added to my respect for his being so cool.
posted by Seekerofsplendor at 2:43 PM on April 14, 2009
posted by Seekerofsplendor at 2:43 PM on April 14, 2009
Just for context, last year, Bush shouted greetings to the kids from the Whiite House balcony, dispatching his family and co-workers to do the actual reading. From Huffington Post:
Jenna Bush selected three children from the audience to act out the story "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak while she read. She encouraged them to roar, roll their eyes, gnash their teeth and show their claws in time with the story's action.
Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman and a number of Bush administration Cabinet secretaries were also scheduled to read stories. A popular band - the Jonas Brothers - performed the national anthem.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 2:43 PM on April 14, 2009
Jenna Bush selected three children from the audience to act out the story "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak while she read. She encouraged them to roar, roll their eyes, gnash their teeth and show their claws in time with the story's action.
Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman and a number of Bush administration Cabinet secretaries were also scheduled to read stories. A popular band - the Jonas Brothers - performed the national anthem.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 2:43 PM on April 14, 2009
I like that there's a sign language interpreter standing close by too.
posted by lullaby at 2:48 PM on April 14, 2009
posted by lullaby at 2:48 PM on April 14, 2009
"Okay, I was being a bit sarcastic with the choice of words, but why are you hating on it? I thought it was cool, and a bit of an insight on how the White House is doing PR now. Seriously - what did I do wrong with bringing this to your attention?"
Because the logic behind it goes: OMG, Obama likes something that I like! I really like it! Let's tell everyone!
It's not even newsfilter, it's the sort of shit you post to your twitter feed and forget ten minutes later. There's not even anything to discuss, and that's the thinnest metric of keeping a post around.
YA, WE ALL LIKE SENDAK. So fucking what?
posted by klangklangston at 2:49 PM on April 14, 2009
Because the logic behind it goes: OMG, Obama likes something that I like! I really like it! Let's tell everyone!
It's not even newsfilter, it's the sort of shit you post to your twitter feed and forget ten minutes later. There's not even anything to discuss, and that's the thinnest metric of keeping a post around.
YA, WE ALL LIKE SENDAK. So fucking what?
posted by klangklangston at 2:49 PM on April 14, 2009
"Just for context, last year, Bush shouted greetings to the kids from the Whiite House balcony, dispatching his family and co-workers to do the actual reading."
Dude, every time he read a book, the World Trade Center was blown up. What do you expect?
posted by klangklangston at 2:50 PM on April 14, 2009 [2 favorites]
Dude, every time he read a book, the World Trade Center was blown up. What do you expect?
posted by klangklangston at 2:50 PM on April 14, 2009 [2 favorites]
I think my favorite part is the kids yelling at the leader of the free world to show them the pictures.
Also: "It's like a dragon-lookin' Wild Thing." Awesome.
posted by EatTheWeek at 2:52 PM on April 14, 2009
Also: "It's like a dragon-lookin' Wild Thing." Awesome.
posted by EatTheWeek at 2:52 PM on April 14, 2009
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