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How Caucasians view Obama according to a Childrens Book

by jeff on Nov.15, 2008, under Politics

Ok so i was in Target tonight and was simply perusing the books section when I looked over and saw a Barack Obama kids book. I couldn’t help but pick it up to take a gander….and what did I find?? The media trying to shove views of how ALL Caucasians feel about Obama.

HONESTLY?!?!?

IN A KIDS BOOK!?!?!?

BA-ROCK them noobS!

Cover to the BARACK childrens book

Rubbish

“…For Caucasians, it simply made him “black”
Actually it makes him bi-racial for this cracka’ TYVM!! and btw its EUROPEAN AMERICAN!!!

In a kids book? Can they even comprehend or care?

Links and reviews of the book:

Official Site

Barnes & Noble

Chicago Public Library (*very interesting to note the “Racially Mixed” links)

**this is not a rip on Barack Obama in any way, shape or form. i don’t mind Obama and i do applaud him for not bringing up the “race” issue in any of his speeches or comments. this is a rip on the media that continues to try and separate “black” and “white” people yet again. if anything having a bi-racial president should unite us even stronger as a nation, but that wouldn’t be good press/media @ all!!

So I have a problem with Outlook 2007 and Microsoft has some nifty suggestions..

by jeff on Nov.15, 2008, under Technology

My problem:

The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem persists, start Outlook again.

and Microsofts awesome suggestions

::RESOLUTION::
This problem may occur if you have exceeded the built-in .pst size limit. If this is the case, you may be able to work around this problem by using “Allow upgrade to large tables.”

If the “Allow upgrade to large tables” does not solve this problem use the following troubleshooting steps:
• Empty the Deleted Items Folder.
• Use the Inbox Repair Tool.
• Create a New Personal Folders (.pst) File.
• Create a New Profile.
• Install a New Set of MAPI files.
• Reinstall Windows. !!WINNER!!

FANTASTIC IDEA!! I think I’ll go ahead and Reinstall Windows for a .PST problem

UPDATE:: all i had to do was run Scanpst.exe and it fixed my issue
see -> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287497

50 facts about Obama

by jeff on Nov.14, 2008, under Random

He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics

He was known as “O’Bomber” at high school for his skill at basketball

His name means “one who is blessed” in Swahili

His favourite meal is wife Michelle’s shrimp linguini

He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father

He is left-handed the sixth post-war president to be left-handed

He has read every Harry Potter book

He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali

He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can’t stand ice cream

His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars

He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia

He can speak Spanish

While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead

His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea

He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president he didn’t

He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia

He can bench press an impressive 200lbs

He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name

His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister’s fianc , but left when a stripper arrived

His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy

He and Michelle made $4.2 million ( 2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books

His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck

He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.

His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees

He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date

He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker

He doesn’t drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol

He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician

As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine

His daughters’ ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)

He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside

He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal

His house in Chicago has four fire places

Daughter Malia’s godmother is Jesse Jackson’s daughter Santita

He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry

He uses an Apple Mac laptop

He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300

He wears $1,500 ( 952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits

He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes

He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 ( 13)

His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire

He was given the code name “Renegade” by his Secret Service handlers

He was nicknamed “Bar” by his late grandmother

He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds

His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso

His speciality as a cook is chilli

He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were “street urchins”

He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life

His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government

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