Nero he was the emperor and the palace was his home
but he liked to play with matches and ‘fore a fire yearned… yearned… lalala yearned…
I normally don’t read World Net Daily. I think they tend to be a minor step to the side from The Weekly World News and the Enquirer only with less sex and more religious umbrage and conspiracy mongering.
I stumbled on this link at Malkin’s though. It falls in the “too good to check” category for me. It confirms all my stereotypes of this couple so I want to believe it is true. Which means, I should be doubly certain that it is before spreading it. But hey, if you can’t spread a little malicious gossip occasionally, what’s a nonprofessional journalist to do on a blog anyway?
Klayman said the reports of the partying at the White House, “with the likes of Steve Wonder and other high priced entertainment stars,” will be the focus of document requests being submitted to the General Services Administration. The requests will seek to determine how much taxpayer money is being used.
“Barack and Michelle Obama have been throwing taxpayer funded parties nearly every night with their ‘friends’ and supporters, with Michelle Obama even exhorting them not to ‘break’ White House property,” Klayman’s announcement said.
“This party atmosphere sends the wrong message to the American people. As the Obama-Clinton crowd party on, the American people are suffering greatly,” Klayman said.
They go on to discuss the menus of parties. Personally, I don’t see anything too horribly outlandish in those.
Dinners have featured lavish menus including “Celery Soup, Wild Mushroom Crisps, Steelhead Salmon with Citrus sauce, Crispy Spinach, Toasted Saffron Couscous Pearls, Baby Iceberg lettuce with Maytag Bleu Cheese and Yogurt ranch dressing and for dessert, Milk Chocolate velvet cake” – all served on gold-rimmed china.
Celery soup? Cheap. Wild Mushroom Crisps? Free if you live in the country where you can pick your own. Salmon… maybe expensive assuming freshly flown in. Crispy Spinach. Sounds unhealthy but cheap. Couscous? Cheap. Saffron – okay, not so cheap. Yogurt Ranch Dressing? Sounds disgusting but cheap. Milk Chocolate Velvet Cake. Sounds pretty pedestrian to me. And the gold rimmed china? Doesn’t that come with the house? I don’t begrudge the use of it.
But the admonishment to guests to not break anything? Sounds pretty classless to me. What kind of thugs are they inviting anyway? Or how drunk are they getting? Again, it just reinforces some negative stereotypes that you’d think they’d be hyper aware of catering to. Kind of like serving collard greens at the White House. Kind of… racist.
Tags: obama, party, white house
