First Lady Michelle Obama

[daniel green]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29125595/

AP story and cover picture.

[daniel green]

The questions came one after another as First Lady Michelle Obama sat with a group of nine teenagers on Tuesday who were participating in an after-school program at a health clinic that serves a struggling immigrant community here. But it was the last question that really got her talking. “Why did you want to come out and meet us?” the student asked.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/michelle-obama-visits-dc-center/

[daniel green]

Mrs. Obama, who was photographed wearing a sleek and sleeveless magenta silk dress designed by Jason Wu, is the second first lady to appear on the cover. Hillary Rodham Clinton, whose photo was splashed on the cover in December 1998, was the first. “Vogue has a tradition of photographing the first lady,’’ said Patrick O’Connell, director of communications for Vogue. The tradition began with Lou Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover, Mr. O’Connell said. The magazine has published photographs of all of the first ladies with the exception of Bess Truman, the wife of President Harry S. Truman. (All of them – aside from Mrs. Obama and Mrs. Clinton – appeared inside the magazine.)

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/michelle-obama-to-appear-on-vogue-cover/

(Though Vogue always chooses the outfits for the cover pictures, the First Lady chose her own)

[daniel green]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/10/AR2009021001579.html?hpid=topnews

Great article about the magazine story and pictures.

[daniel green]

Seated in Michelle Obama’s box on Tuesday night were living symbols of the ideas in President Obama’s first speech to a joint session of Congress, including a bank executive, Leonard Abess, who shared a vast fortune with his employees, and an eighth-grade student from South Carolina, Ty’Sheoma Bethea, who in a letter had urged Congress not to neglect education financing. Mr. Obama used a line in Ty’Sheoma’s letter, “We are not quitters,” as one of his closing themes.
Mr. Abess split $60 million among several hundred current and former workers at his bank. Other guests sitting with Mrs. Obama included Lilly M. Ledbetter, whose Supreme Court case resulted in Congressional action to prevent wage discrimination, and Jonathon N. James, an Army veteran who was wounded in Afghanistan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/us/politics/25guests.html?ref=us

[book]

http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/michelle_obama_fashion/2009/02/23/184613.html


Monday, February 23, 2009 12:46 PM

By: Ronald Kessler

"For years, the press excoriated Nancy Reagan for borrowing clothes and jewelry from designers. Yet Michelle Obama has been doing the same thing — without any outcry from the media.

Accountants say that the first lady’s practice of borrowing both clothes and jewelry raises major tax and disclosure issues, not to mention ethical questions."


Good article and explains so much more if you read the whole thing.

[MercedesV]

Not sure if anything has changed since this article regarding the law:

Frank Q. Nebeker, director of the Office of Government Ethics, which oversees the ethics law, noted that in 1982 the White House and his office agreed that clothes and jewelry borrowed by Mrs. Reagan did not fall under the gift provisions of the law and did not have to be reported.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE4DA1E3AF93BA25753C1A96E9482 60&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FE% 2FEthics

As long as the Obama's handle this is the proper and legal manner, what's the problem?

[daniel green]

The White House has released the official portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama. It was taken in the Blue Room of the White House. Obama wears a sleeveless dress, which has become something of a signature style.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/27/michelle-obama-official-p_n_170601.html

[daniel green]

Mrs. Obama has become known for the unusual care she takes in dressing, in both designer clothing and off the rack styles; she was enthusiastically welcomed by many designers as a new icon for American fashion. "The First Lady the world's been waiting for," blazed the March cover of Vogue, where Mrs. Obama appears in a fuchsia dress by Jason Wu, the young talent she helped turn into an overnight star. No First Lady since Jacqueline Kennedy has had a more instantaneous impact on fashion. Whatever Mrs. Obama wears, people notice and very often buy.


http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/o/michelle_obama/index.html

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/12374

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1160042/Hey-thats-Obama-Prom-queen-Michelle-poses-love.html

[daniel green]

Really, huh? Square necked no plunge?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/04/obamas-to-host-congressio_n_171888.html

[snookums1]

Here is a link to it, complete with pictures.

http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/world-news/2009/03/06/michelle-obama-works-in-soup-kitchen/first-lady-dons-apron-to-help-washington-homeless.html Plus she donated much of the food. And after all the food was dished out, helped clean up and then went around talking to each of the homeless people there.

[Susan43]

Conservatives angry over Michelle Obama's trip to homeless shelter

It seems Michelle Obama can't even do a good deed without inspiring some outrage on the right.

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/06/cellphone_photo/

[daniel green]

Last summer, The New Yorker magazine set off a firestorm of controversy when it published a controversial cover image depicting Michelle Obama as part of a clandestine terrorist cell in the White House. The magazine said it was satire meant to reflect the caricature of Mrs. Obama presented by her critics in the media. That was then.
In the latest cover illustration, Mrs. Obama is depicted in three colorful runway poses suitable for New York's fashion week.

http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2009/03/the-new-yorker-takes-a-second-001675.php

Picture of the New Yorker cover at the link.

[daniel green]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/03/08/2009-03-08_sen_ted_kennedy_makes_emotional_birthday.html

[daniel green]

"For you, there is no end to the commitment, only the next great battle, Caroline Kennedy said. "That is why, when we finally achieve quality healthcare for all, we will all have you to thank," she added, drawing a loud round of applause from the audience and especially from the box where Kennedy and his wife sat with first lady Michelle Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senator John F. Kerry.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/03/09/obama_leads_star_studded_birthday_salute_to_kenned y/

[daniel green]

Hillary Clinton gets personal on life, love, and foreign policy - in Turkey. Appearing Saturday on a Turkish talk show similar to "The View," the Secretary of State turned on her global charm offensive. During her interview in Ankara, an audience member questioned the Secretary of State about the first time she fell in love. "It was so long ago, with my husband," she told the audience composed of mostly young people. "We've been enjoying our life together ever since." Clinton weighed in on life outside politics, saying the best moments are those where she can simply be herself.


And as in most female-hosted talk shows, the women talked fashion. "I think Michelle Obama looks fabulous," Clinton said, but admitted she never had a talent for style. "I tell my daughter the fashion gene skipped a generation."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/09/clinton-on-life-love-and-foreign-policy/

[daniel green]

Even as Barack Obama tackles the recession and Michelle Obama embraces the role of first lady, the Obamas are finding their footing as parents in the White House. They strive, and even struggle at times, to balance the intense public interest in their family with their desire to preserve a sense of normalcy and privacy in the lives of their daughters, according to relatives, friends and television and magazine interviews with the Obamas themselves. Barack Obama is a modern-day dad who leaves the Oval Office for dinner with his girls, rarely misses a parent-teacher conference or piano recital and prides himself on having read all seven books in the Harry Potter series aloud with Malia. Michelle Obama juggles play dates and homework with speeches to federal agencies and students. Both are committed to keeping their daughters grounded, their friends and aides say. "Those are some special girls, and everyone is rooting for them to make it through this intact," Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama's brother, said in an interview.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11854861?source=most_viewed

[DesertWalker]

http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/michelle_obama_fashion/2009/02/23/184613.html


Monday, February 23, 2009 12:46 PM

By: Ronald Kessler

"For years, the press excoriated Nancy Reagan for borrowing clothes and jewelry from designers. Yet Michelle Obama has been doing the same thing — without any outcry from the media.

Accountants say that the first lady’s practice of borrowing both clothes and jewelry raises major tax and disclosure issues, not to mention ethical questions."


Good article and explains so much more if you read the whole thing.Interesting and informative ... great find. Thanks:thumbup:

[blipp]

http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/michelle_obama_fashion/2009/02/23/184613.html


Monday, February 23, 2009 12:46 PM

By: Ronald Kessler

"For years, the press excoriated Nancy Reagan for borrowing clothes and jewelry from designers. Yet Michelle Obama has been doing the same thing — without any outcry from the media.

Accountants say that the first lady’s practice of borrowing both clothes and jewelry raises major tax and disclosure issues, not to mention ethical questions."


Good article and explains so much more if you read the whole thing.

I agree the article is interesting; however, the woman providing
MO clothes is named Ikram Goldman, not Ikram Goldberg.

Meet Ikram Goldman - the woman with the keys to Michelle Obama's closet

http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2009/01/20/2009-01-20_meet_ikram_goldman__the_woman_with_the_k.html

[daniel green]

In her first weeks in the White House, Mrs. Obama has emerged as a champion of healthy food and healthy living. She has praised community vegetable gardens, opened up her own kitchen to show off the White House chefs’ prowess with vegetables and told stories about feeding less fattening foods to her daughters. White House officials say the focus on healthy living will be a significant item on Mrs. Obama’s agenda, which already includes supporting working families and military spouses. As the nation battles an obesity epidemic and a hard-to-break taste for oversweetened and oversalted dishes, her message is clear: Fresh, nutritious foods are not delicacies to be savored by the wealthy, but critical components of the diets of ordinary and struggling families.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/dining/11lady.html?pagewanted=1&ref=health

[theal3]

I think she's doing a terrific job.

[Susan43]

In her first weeks in the White House, Mrs. Obama has emerged as a champion of healthy food and healthy living. She has praised community vegetable gardens, opened up her own kitchen to show off the White House chefs’ prowess with vegetables and told stories about feeding less fattening foods to her daughters. White House officials say the focus on healthy living will be a significant item on Mrs. Obama’s agenda, which already includes supporting working families and military spouses. As the nation battles an obesity epidemic and a hard-to-break taste for oversweetened and oversalted dishes, her message is clear: Fresh, nutritious foods are not delicacies to be savored by the wealthy, but critical components of the diets of ordinary and struggling families.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/dining/11lady.html?pagewanted=1&ref=health

Terrific article and I thought this was very smart;

Ms. Reichl would like the White House kitchen to issue regular news releases that describe what the first couple and their daughters are eating. (Then parents across the country could tell their children, “You know, Malia and Sasha were eating salad yesterday. ...”)

I'll bet there are little girls all over the country this would work with. Having raised a boy, I'm not sure how well it would work for them LOL.

[daniel green]

First Lady Michelle Obama is using her first official trip outside of Washington as a backdrop for her, as ABC News puts it, "first network television interview" since becoming first lady. On Thursday, Mrs. Obama travels to North Carolina to visit military families at Fort Bragg, taking to its highest level yet a major agenda item, helping the kin of our nations' soldiers. Since taking over the East Wing, Mrs. Obama has given interviews to magazines--the latest Oprah Winfrey's "O" and People, but folks slice and dice into categories when claiming firsts.
The interview with Robin Roberts will be well used with ABC News offering an attractive package: the interview on Roberts' show, "Good Morning America" and clips on "World News with Charles Gibson" and "Nightline."



http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/03/first_lady_michelle_obamas_mil.html

[daniel green]

Terrific article and I thought this was very smart;



I'll bet there are little girls all over the country this would work with. Having raised a boy, I'm not sure how well it would work for them LOL.


My sons LOVE salad and always have. This made me start thinking about how we've always had different salads with all sorts of interesting things in them, and different dressings and toppings and that, perhaps, they've always been seen in my family as something delicious and a treat!

[daniel green]

Michelle Obama is expected to make a stop in downtown Fayetteville after her visit to Fort Bragg on Thursday. Whether the public will get a chance to see or mingle with the first lady hasn’t been disclosed. Those details could come today. Gannet Tseggai, a White House spokeswoman, said the first lady would tour Fort Bragg, meeting with military spouses and speaking to community organizations that provide support to the soldiers and their families. “There will be a community gathering at the end of the day, but the details are not public yet,” Tseggai said in an e-mail Tuesday. According to local sources familiar with her planned trip, Obama is expected to stop in a downtown location on or near Hay Street just before 5 p.m. Thursday. The event will be semi-public, meaning most people attending will be by invitation, the sources say.

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=320771

[Susan43]

i do too! my weakness is (besides bad-tempered gsds) jewelry. i'd lend her a lovely emerald set that i have or maybe rubies. her skin tone would totally wash out the opals that i have but the diamonds would be beautiful.

IMO, she's doing a great job. she does with kids what i can do with critters. good for her! people screaming about taxes on borrowed jewelry are obviously not big sisters that have lent out a necklace for a little sisters wedding or then expected to what? receive a tax credit for it? WTH?

JMO but anyone that whines about & envies her borrowed jewelry & clothes is nothing but a whiner. get over it! just because she's not a botoxed stepford wife is not reason to be a hater. i'm not directing this at anyone, just trying to defend a mom who happens to be the First Lady. yes, she gets perks, so do all the hollywood starlets. it doesn't bother me a bit. i've never met her, prolly never will but don't we have better things to do?????

Emeralds huh? My favorite stone...and they would look beautiful on her.

But I agree that she is doing a wonderful job. And I'm proud she's our new First Lady.

Here is one of the best articles I've read about her.

Why She Matters

Obama is the first African-American first lady in U.S. history. She has already provoked the kind of feminist controversy — should she advise her husband? should she stop working? should her primary role be as a mother to the couple’s two daughters? — that has gone hand in hand with the job since the middle of the 20th century. Not to mention the tempest over her penchant for wearing sleeveless dresses.

http://whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Michelle_Obama

[Susan43]

Girl, you'd lose your mind over my emeralds. that is a wonderful article, i'd like to see her do more with military families. but she's already done more that most of the (imo) valium-ed out women in the white house. she is such a role model for both my sons & my daughter (to be).

I'm sure I would, but I have settled for citrines and they make me happy. :biggrin: And they would look beautiful on MO too.

http://www.gemsociety.org/info/gems/Citrine.htm

I really appreciate that she is taking time for military wives. They are probably more forgotten then any other part of the population.

[daniel green]

Very glad to hear her first trip as First Lady will be to come to Ft Bragg.

[daniel green]

During the campaign, there was talk in the Obama ranks that Michelle should stop wearing sleeveless dresses, because her muscles, combined with her potent personality, made her daunting. She ignored that talk, thank heavens. I love the designer-to-J. Crew glamour. Combined with her workaday visits to soup kitchens, inner-city schools and meetings with military families, Michelle’s flair is our depression’s answer to Ginger Rogers gliding around in feathers and lamé. Her arms, and her complete confidence in her skin, are a reminder that Americans can do anything if they put their minds to it. Unlike Hillary, who chafed at the loathed job of first lady, and Laura, who for long stretches disappeared into the helpmeet role, Michelle has soared every day, expanding the job to show us what can be accomplished by a generous spirit, a confident nature and a well-disciplined body.

I also have no doubt she can talk cap-and-trade with ease and panache.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/opinion/08dowd.html

[VC2]

A great article on the First Lady's 50 days with photos and a slide show called Our Amazing First Lady (Hillary & Michelle update):

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/11/81657/8557/846/707004

[Susan43]

A great article on the First Lady's 50 days with photos and a slide show called Our Amazing First Lady (Hillary & Michelle update):

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/11/81657/8557/846/707004

Wow! What great pictures! Thanks VC...there were many new-to-me photos. :biggrin:

[daniel green]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/12/michelle-obama-at-fort-br_n_174345.html

AP article

[crocdog1]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1160042/Hey-thats-Obama-Prom-queen-Michelle-poses-love.html

Love that British humor.:wink:

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://themoderatevoice.com/27125/female-force-comics-michelle-obama-out-in-april-clinton-palin-sold-out/

Obama comic, which will be officially released April 25

[Carol25]

The Obama's are having a nice time doing all sorts of things. They are also meeting all sorts of people.

Everyman Obama courts socialites
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/13/everyman-obama-hobnobs-socialites/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/13/everyman-obama-hobnobs-socialites/)

I think all of us would take the opportunity to do the same!

I believe some of these people may come in handy for some of the agendas the president or the First Lady has in mind later on.

[shiloh2000]

Conservatives angry over Michelle Obama's trip to homeless shelter

It seems Michelle Obama can't even do a good deed without inspiring some outrage on the right.

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/06/cellphone_photo/

Oh good grief! At least post the part in the article where a 'homeless' man took a picture of BO with a cell phone.

The first lady visited a Washington, D.C., homeless shelter on Thursday, bringing fruit collected in a White House food drive and serving some of the shelter's clients. That alone isn't objectionable, of course. But some conservatives -- sparked by a blog post from the Los Angeles Times' Andrew Malcom -- are in a tizzy over an Associated Press photo that shows a man taking a picture of Obama using a cellphone.

That's what people got upset about. How can a homeless man have a cell phone? Where is the bill sent too? How can he pay the cell phone bill?

And this constant attack on the right is getting old.

Why not just post the good she did that day for the homeless? I think that is wonderful of her, you didn't need to add this extra crap.

[Susan43]

Michelle Obama comic book to be released in April

She's not faster than a speeding bullet or more powerful than a locomotive.

Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? Hardly.

But First Lady Michelle Obama is poised to become a superhero next month when a biographical comic book hits the stands.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-talk_michelle_obamamar14,0,2779211.story

:biggrin:

[snookums1]

First Lady Visits Fort Bragg, Vows Support for Military Families

"It's incumbent upon us as a nation to look in our schools and figure out which child has parents that's deployed and be aware of that and be conscious of that," she said. "It's incumbent upon us to look in our own backyards to our neighbors and to figure out who's out there serving our country, and what kind of support that they need. We need to make sure, as a community, that we're coming together around those families."

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=53468

She certainly understands that "support the troops" means more than waving a flag or putting a magnetic ribbon on your car. It means actual support.

[Susan43]

Family matters in the West Wing

Life in the Obama White House isn't all work and no play, staffers say. But the balance is tough.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-white-house-family15-2009mar15,0,7682553.story

[snookums1]

Family matters in the West Wing

Life in the Obama White House isn't all work and no play, staffers say. But the balance is tough.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-white-house-family15-2009mar15,0,7682553.story I imagine that with what this administration inherited that has to be dealt with, it would be tough to balance work with family for the staff. No other administration's staff in recent history has had even half as much to deal with.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/16/michelle-obama-commenceme_n_204302.html

Making her debut as a commencement speaker before a crowd of 12,000 on Saturday, FIrst Lady Michelle Obama praised graduates at the University of California, Merced, the state's smallest, youngest public university.:thumbsup:

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1867719.html

AP

Commencement speech.

[liptonlite]

First Lady Visits Fort Bragg, Vows Support for Military Families

"It's incumbent upon us as a nation to look in our schools and figure out which child has parents that's deployed and be aware of that and be conscious of that," she said. "It's incumbent upon us to look in our own backyards to our neighbors and to figure out who's out there serving our country, and what kind of support that they need. We need to make sure, as a community, that we're coming together around those families."

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=53468

She certainly understands that "support the troops" means more than waving a flag or putting a magnetic ribbon on your car. It means actual support.Fabulous, fabulous lady, fabulous link. America really needs and deserves this; a First Family of whom we can be proud, hopeful and expect leadership. imo? Camelot Redux will be better than the original.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12386387?source=most_viewed

More than 12,000 people braved hours of blistering heat and scant shade to hear Obama address 517 graduating students, over half of whom are the first in their families to go to college.

[daniel green]

The first lady seized her moment in the limelight on the grand stage of the Metropolitan Opera House to call on institutions and philanthropists to make the art world readily accessible to children. She praised the Metropolitan Museum and the American Ballet Theater for involving children of diverse backgrounds in their programs. “My husband and I believe strongly that arts education is essential for building innovative thinkers who will be our nation’s leaders of tomorrow,” said Mrs. Obama, who introduced a performance by a multiracial cast of young dancers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/nyregion/19michelle.html?ref=politics

[daniel green]

Who’s walking Bo? Well, the Obamas are taking shifts. The president takes the night shift, usually just before 10 p.m., the first lady, Michelle Obama, told Time magazine. She walks the dog in the early morning (and picks up a few other shifts during the day, for good measure). “We sort of handle Bo like we did the kids,’’ said Mrs. Obama, who appears on the cover of this week’s Time magazine. “I’m the early-morning person … Once I go to bed, I don’t care what happens. Just make sure the dog doesn’t have an accident.” The first lady, who appears on this week’s cover of Time magazine, describes a comfortable and fulfilling family life in the White House where she and her daughters occasionally visit the president in the Oval Office and they all sit around the dinner table and describe the days’ “roses and thorns,” the good and bad things that happened that day.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/taking-shifts-to-walk-the-dog/

Picture of the Time Mag cover at the link.

[Lady_Jean_La]

The Meaning of Michelle an interesting title that can be taken several ways.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1900067,00.html



The great-great-granddaughter of slaves now occupies a house built by them, one of the most professionally accomplished First Ladies ever cheerfully chooses to call herself Mom in Chief, and the South Side girl whose motivation often came from defying people who tried to stop her now gets to write her own set of rules. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hjreRDJxeBRyOmPbUEi1O9EuYyRgD98JG4I01

AP

First Lady defends nominee.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/04/1953485.aspx




People close to Nancy Reagan say Michelle Obama hit all the right grace notes at yesterday’s White House lunch for the former first lady.

[Lady_Jean_La]

It is so good to see she will goto Paris and take her daughters. What a treat that will be!

[Lady_Jean_La]

East Wing Shakeup as First Lady Gets New Chief of Staff

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/04/east_wing_shakeup_as_first_lad.html?hpid=moreheadl ines

First lady Michelle Obama has replaced her chief of staff, Jackie Norris, with a longtime friend from Chicago, Susan Sher.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8090072.stm

US First Lady Michelle Obama and her children have visited the Houses of Parliament, the BBC understands.

It is thought she visited Big Ben with daughters Sasha and Malia after flying to the UK on Monday morning.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2009/06/11/2009-06-11_first_lady_michelle_obamas_first_fashion_misste p_you_tell_us.html

Michelle Obama stepped out in London yesterday in a burst of color.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2009/06/11/2009-06-11_first_lady_michelle_obamas_first_fashion_misste p_you_tell_us.html#ixzz0ILnKm8dz&C

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=42028

First Lady Michelle Obama is kicking off a White House push to underscore the importance of volunteeerism in San Francisco on Monday -- a move that will have political figures here elbowing each other to get in the frame with her.

But step aside, folks, it's California First Lady Maria Shriver who snags that honor before all. Volunteerism has long been her leading issue, and she's going to be alongside First Lady Michelle for the day in the starring role.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i0WS_opUHtwvyT-A9bW78tnq1BLgD98VS1F00

AP

[YoYo]

I like to read the comments at the bottom of an article to get a feel for how the "locals" are responding. Very interesting comments.

[dinojen]

I like to read the comments at the bottom of an article to get a feel for how the "locals" are responding. Very interesting comments.

Hey YoYo.. I'm a local.. lol.. I know you already know that... you want my opinion.

Love how a few reincarnates that were previously BANNED feel like being they have new clothes on they can intimidate people.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion.. not everyone is in love with the new first couple.. not everyone is infatuated with MO.. that's their opinion which they are more than entitled to.

Why does it take a visit from the first lady to get volunteers to come out and clean up one of the worst areas and make a "playground".. why didn't the city do this before with MO.. just another photo op IMO.. which again I am more than entitled to.

OK.. DeepBlu C.. scurry along now.. you have some reporting to do that I posted MY OPINION just like you do...:rolleyes:

[dinojen]

Actually after reading this link and the comment section .. I found it to be quite an interesting read..

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/22/MNN818BJM0.DTL

Tomorrow is another day and it will be .. SF where.. SF who...????

But hey they got some great photo's...:thumbsup: