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President Obama Sees Dead People
- Posted on Apr 15th 2009 2:00PM by John D. Luerssen
President Barack Obama had a secret and impromptu meeting with the Dead in advance of legendary jam band's performance at the nearby Verizon Center. The surviving members of the Grateful Dead -- who credit Obama for bringing them back together -- were welcomed into the Oval Office just before dinner Monday night."The president was so gracious," a source close to the Dead told the Washington Post. "Really, really nice and so welcoming. It hit you: you're in the Oval Office, but it was so normal." The band's entourage included counted the four surviving members of the Grateful Dead -- Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann -- plus keyboardist Jeff Chimenti (from Weir's Ratdog) and frontman Warren Haynes.
The parties talked history -- specifically about the Oval Office and the president's desk -- over music. On the way out, Lesh and his wife marveled at a vase full of Scarlet Begonias. There's no word if the bouquet was an homage to the late leader Jerry Garcia, who wrote one of the band's enduring classics, 'Scarlet Begonias.'
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Yeah chucksta....It's unbalanced and unfair because few here see it your way...cnn,msnbc and all the other SO CALLED news station are quite unbalanced the other way so quit whining. As far as being obama haters?? He hasnt given a reason to like him...he's an empty suit..a trash recepticle...2012 cant come fast enough-
April 16 2009 at 5:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMy aren't you clever. I now count 12,432 times some other clever wordsmith has posted this little ditty on AOL. They don't call you guys Dittohead for nothing...
April 16 2009 at 5:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyFact is, the more I read about what this man is about, the more I like him. I would be worried to if I was a greedy, racist, single minded, bully, power monger, lying, cheating, selfish, corrupt, bastard that raped this country for years. I'm impressed and waiting, because there is more to come folks. Hang in there for some real changes. He has to go slow, otherwise it will turn ugly quickly. Good Obama, from a White man, blue eyes and all. YOu go baby
April 16 2009 at 2:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWHAT A JOKE ... Obama is so worried about being Mr. Hollywood he's letting the country go to hell. Meeting with the Dead will certainly improve the unemployment rate. This country was so desperate for a "change" they voted in a moron. I'm ashamed I voted for him.
April 16 2009 at 2:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyjolawash2u,let me tell you what this Black man had in his CD changer one time:
"Would you..." by Touch and Go (CD Single)
"Ennea/Pure Music" by Chase (Two albums on one CD)
"The Sopranos" Soundtrack (1st one)(Various Artists)
"Court and Spark" by Joni Mitchell
"Beford These Crowded Streets" by The Dave Matthews Band
AND...the coup de grace(drum roll please)...
BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY!
Also,I am a classically trained percussionist who writes jazz,AND I listen to rap music!Young brothers and sisters,don't let anyone tell you Black folks can't or don't do certain things,orr that we are all peas in a pod.We're just as diverse as anyone else.
From Barbara Jordan to Flavor Flav.
From Douglas Wilder to Angela Davis.
From Moms Mabley to Barack Obama.
THAT'S HOW WE DO!
I AM SO F-ING TIRED OF OUR SO CALLED PRESIDENT WASTING HIS TIME WHEN OUR ECONOMY IS GOING DOWN THE TOILET. WHAT IS MEETING SOME ROCKERS GOING TO DO TO FIX OUR ECONOMIC CRISIS? NOTHING...THE SAME THING HE'S DOING!! WE NEED SOMEONE IN OFFICE WHO WILL TAKE THE JOB SERIOUSLY. JUST BECAUSE HE HAS A JOB AND A HOUSE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS DOESN'T MEAN REGULAR EVERYDAY AMERICANS DO. WHAT ABOUT US...WHAT ABOUT OUR SECURITY...WE DON'T HAVE OTHERS TO PAY FOR US TO LIVE FREE SO THE LEAST HE COULD DO IS START ACTING LIKE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND STOP ACTING LIKE A FREAKING CELEBRITY B/C HE'S NOT ONE. NORMALLY PEOPLE DO THEIR BEST WORK AT THE BEGINNING TO PROVE THEY CAN HANDLE IT...IF THIS IS HIS BEST I HATE TO SEE WHAT THE REST OF HIS JOKE OF A TERM WILL BE LIKE.
April 16 2009 at 1:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat's happening here folks is something called HOPE!
President Obama-is an exciting figure-whether or not one agrees with his policies. Having 'The Dead' stop by for a visit is very cool! Maybe musicians & artists will become political again. We all have the power to make our voices heard!
That is what we were being called yesterday domestic terrorist and it does hit our vets as well.Lawrence you are right about impeachment proceedings,it is past time I think.The domestic terrorist bit was all over the news yesterday and it came through Obama.He is still keeping all of his documents hidden and won't allow us to see them,so to me he is not a US citizen.Look at how he went over to one of them countries and bowed all the way down to one of their kings and that means he is loyal to their country and the way his wife hugged the queen too and then he called all of us americans ignorant amerricans to the king and the queen,so that is not respect for us I don't think.The Obama's are not for our country people only to bankrupt it and he is doing a great job at that.Its time to take back our country and put somebody in there that will work for us and our country and not against us or our country.It is time to put GOD back into our country and our lives again too thats where he belongs.Our country has come a long way since Lincoln was our president and he keeps looking back at what Lincoln did and he needs to look at today not yesterday.Who cares about a band that was yesterday because we all know they was on drugs back then and probably still are today.But of course Obama would uphold them since he is upholding abortions,illegal aliens,terrorist and everything else,so why not these too.He will be finding away soon for us the tax payers to support them as well too.He raised the cost of our cigarettes to support the illegal aliens more so he will raise the alcohol next to as much as our cigs to support these or maybe our food.People if we don't stand together against this man he is going to sink us even more and pretty soon we won't be a nation like we are today if we continue allowing him to do what he is doing to us and our Congress isn't working for us the people either,they could go against this man if they wanted to.He is not GOD people.GOD BLESS THE USA.To be called yesterday domestic terrorist just because we are standing up to him and the way he is taxing us to death was just too much.I attended the tea party yesterday and we was not divided as democrats or republicans but as one because we all agree to the same things and thats where the Liberals don't like it because of that,they want to keep us divided and that way we won't be strong and be able to stand up against them.We are not terrorist just US citizens that are tired of what they are doing to us.Put GOD back into our country and our lifes before its too late.I don't want us to become a country like India,Kenya and other places,they are called a Socialist country and thats what he is trying to do to the USA.UNITED WE STAND AND DIVIDED WE FALL,don't let our country fall people lets stand together whether we are black,white,democrats or republicans,who cares what we are as long as we are US citizens.This is our country people that I am talking about and its left up to us to pull it back together again.GOD BLESS THE USA
April 16 2009 at 1:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWHEN WILL AOL, AND THE MEDIA REPORT IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT AFFECT AMERICA, NOT CHILDISH ISSUE, AMERICANS NEED A PRESIDENT THAT CARES
April 16 2009 at 1:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replycursealoud, GM can't run their business and accept their own mistakes which brought them to where they are. Therefore, they should have been allowed to go under. It isn't the taxpayers responsibility to subsidize them.
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