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January 21, 2009
The Big Stumble
by Lee Stranahan
Honeymoon over. Too big, too much to overlook. This is most assuredly NOT the change I voted for.
While their parents were making their rounds at the inaugural balls, the girls entertained new pals from the Sidwell Friends school – and had a surprise visit from the Jonas Brothers, according to ABC News.
(emphasis added)
This is a slap in music's face. Our President COULD have sent any other musician to meet his kids. Country artist Mindy McCready. Rocker Iggy Pop. Other rocker and former Guns n' Roses drummer Steven Adler. Soul singer and video genius R. Kelly. Even an international star like British singer Amy Winehouse to send a message of international unity.
Instead, he sells out to the pseudo Christian pop-rock corporate fascist suckwwad lead singer looks sorta girly Right Wing that's drilled our national ass for the last eight years. I guess that dinner with Bill Kristol DID have an effect. Weill played, Satan.
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Posted By Lee Stranahan | January 21, 2009 11:59 AM
Comments
Sure sounds like an old fuddy duddy doesn't like what today's kids listen too !
Hey you kids turn that NOISE down. That's not not music when I was your age we listened to REAL music, not that nonsense.
Have you never heard how opinions are like your ass, everyone has them and they all stink but your own.
Posted by: Kevin at January 21, 2009 12:26 PM
(((shudder)))
Posted by: Matt Osborne at January 21, 2009 12:35 PM
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not. You have to be. You do realize that the Jonas Brothers are an absolute tween sensation, right? I don't think tweens/teens really care about what message they are singing about. They care that the brothers are cute and their own age. I'm sure that Obama was just doing his little girls a huge favor by surprising them with their favorite band. Sounds like he was trying to be just a great dad with no ulterior motives.
Posted by: Nakiya at January 21, 2009 12:41 PM
They are little girls, and Mommy and Daddy did something for them they will remember for a long time.
I do hope that the girls soon learn that they are way more important than the Jonas Brothers though.
Posted by: Alan4s at January 21, 2009 12:50 PM
I, too, loathe the Jonas Brothers, but all the little girls my son hangs with feel the same way as the First Daughters about them. Amy Winehouse is hardly a symbol of international unity -- try Bjork or Ladysmith Black Mambazo or Ayumi Hamasaki. Amy Winehouse is, woefully, a symbol of crack addiction.
Posted by: JumpyPants at January 21, 2009 1:02 PM
I got it, Lee. Even if nobody else seems to have.
Posted by: Packy at January 21, 2009 1:13 PM
Me too, Pack.
Posted by: Kat at January 21, 2009 1:19 PM
Me three.
Nice one Lee. Keep up the good work.
I think most of the world expects that Winehouse will not be with us much longer. Tis a shame really. She's a good, if not great, singer.
I never liked New Kids on the Block or N*Sync either, but in retrospect, they were both better than the Jonas Brothers.
I'm certain that Sasha and Malia were delighted. Very thoughtful thing President Obama did.
Posted by: SillyGit at January 21, 2009 1:32 PM
Great snark Lee :-)
Good on ya, keep it up & you'll be up with the snarkiest of the lot here.
Heh
Posted by: LKL at January 21, 2009 1:42 PM
A stumble?
How can that happen? It's time for Barack the Magic Negro to perform. Let's just sit down and watch him make it happen (actually, turning the Tidal Basin into Ripple would have been enough for most).
Posted by: One Nasty Beast at January 21, 2009 1:45 PM
Ah, come on, Lee! R. Kelly would've had sex with Malia.
Posted by: theo at January 21, 2009 1:58 PM
Yeah, kids don't know what's good. Hopefully they have been exposed to a variety of music through their parents that will emerge in their taste in music as they get a little older. When I think about what groups I was into that their age --anyone remember the Bay City Rollers? I cringe. Maybe its like food preferences, spagettios evolve into pesto as you age.
Posted by: Elena at January 21, 2009 2:04 PM
how did anyone NOT get lee's point?
Posted by: cminri at January 21, 2009 2:26 PM
Ooh, Bay City Rollers...S-A-TUR-DAY- NIIGHT!
I had a shirt with one a those iron-ons of those guys.
Posted by: jane from the United States of America at January 21, 2009 2:57 PM
>> how did anyone NOT get lee's point?
I thought I did, but after commenting and reading others like yours, maybe I didn't.? Help?
Posted by: Alan4s at January 21, 2009 3:01 PM
why can't obama fix this thread?!
lee, maybe you need to put hehe's and ;) to translate your humor. hehe ;) (see it works for me)
Posted by: gypsysoul at January 21, 2009 4:51 PM
R. Kelly? Huh, Maybe it's best to keep the girls away from him.
Posted by: Dham at January 21, 2009 7:06 PM
Are the Jonas Brothers the Marilyn Manson of the millennium's first decade? Lee if that stuff creeps you out, you need a hug and a Valium.
Posted by: emsique at January 21, 2009 8:07 PM
