- There is time, too, for fantasy about what life would be like outside the White House. Mr. Emanuel, who is now the mayor of Chicago but remains close to the president, said he and Mr. Obama once imagined moving to Hawaii to open a T-shirt shack that sold only one size (medium) and one color (white). Their dream was that they would no longer have to make decisions.
During difficult White House meetings when no good decision seemed possible, Mr. Emanuel would sometimes turn to Mr. Obama and say, “White.” Mr. Obama would in turn say, “Medium.”
agreed. i think the 7 almonds part was my favorite. so particular. I'm actually not surprised that he spends the most time laboring over speeches. he's clearly very choosy about his words so working and reworking speeches frequently is an obvious choice.
follow up on the 7 almonds http://dcist.com/2016/07/obama_almonds_the_truth.php
I liked the article. You should listen to this podcast http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_613_-_president_barack_obama
It's something I've had been considering for some time. Obama has been a "cool" president, doing thing a cool guy you might know does, like adorably reacting to a child!Spider-Man shooting web during Halloween and appearing on a lot of talk shows doing things you'd mostly expect a film actor do, like "slow-jamming the news" with Jimmy Fallon. At the same time, I'm not at all aware of his decisions and actions as the President of the US. His "pop-presence" is overwhelming compared to the politically-important information on him. A lot of it has to do with me living in the literal political opposite of the US, no doubt, and politics is a devil's game where everything is criticized by everyone at some point, so little can be said about the good decisions Obama made and good actions he took from my perspective. Perhaps it's me being biased, however. Feel free to refute such my claim. I have nothing against the President being cool. Putin tries to do the same but fails miserably; much like an adult trying to be as "hip" as their youngster child to "fit in": doesn't fucking work. It must not, however, be the base or even a factor in electing someone. Justin Trudeau is pretty cool, and while he hasn't had a lot of time in the seat of Canada's Prime Minister, he's already done some socially important things, like partaking in a gay pride parade (thus showing his support to the cause, which I find amazing), as well as shown superfluous grasp on the principle of quanum computing and the difference between it and the conventional, binary computing. Time will tell, but if his policies are up for the par he himself has set with the election vows, he's going to be a great PM.Does the quality of 'I'd want to have a beer with that person sometime.' have anything to do with the electability of a president?
Even in this country it can be hard to separate the pop presence from the actual decisions. It seems like every news outlet has an agenda, and so consciously or unconsciously divides things in specific ways or prioritizes some news over others. He's done things I like and things I don't, which is about all one can say about any leader.
Uh...I thought the shirtless pictures with dead animals were kind of funny?