Nov 25, 2011
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Having trouble deciding what to get the family for Christmas?
Well, fear not, my fellow Americans — because President Obama has a full online catalog of goodies that are certain to bring happiness and joy to your loved ones.
President Obama’s campaign team has put together a website to remind us what the Yuletide season is truly all about — getting him re-elected. So they’ve decided to offer Americans a collection of special decorations for the “holiday” season.
BarackObama.com was careful to use the word “holiday” — but I suspect these decorations are meant for “Christmas” celebrations.
The campaign is offering a lovely “Rhodium Ball Ornament” with the words “Obama and Biden.” The festive ornament will set you back $40.
“Brighten up your usual holiday decorations with this set of two Obama 2012 glass ornaments,” BarackObama.com declares.
And if you are tired of the aroma of chestnuts roasting on an open fire, President Obama has an environmentally-correct “soy candle” for $20. The campaign says it’s a great way to “light up” this “holiday” season. Again, I believe they are referring to Christmas.
Now let’s face it — between Thanksgiving and Christmas there’s a pretty good chance Americans will put on a few pounds. And we sure don’t want to disappoint the First Lady. So — as they say at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue — Let’s Move!
In what may very well be a first in presidential accessorizing, BarackObama.com is offering President Obama Yoga Pants.
“Whether you’re in yoga class or lazing around on your favorite couch, these exercise pants will keep you comfy and stylish,” the website proclaims.
For you fashionistas out there, President Obama’s yoga pants are made from 95 percent cotton and five percent spandex. I think they’re stretchy.
And BarackObama.com proudly proclaims that his yoga pants are “Made in the USA.”
After your workout, why not relax in your backyard with a refreshing adult beverage poured into your very own President Obama Martini glass? If your order right now, you can get two Martini glasses for only $30.
And don’t worry about messing up your furniture with water stains because the Commander-in-Chief also has a line of glass coasters.
But if you’re sipping a Martini, why not just throw a backyard barbecue?
And President Obama has just what you need — a “Fired Up and Ready to Grill” apron, a six-pack presidential cooler, and a nifty Commander-in-Chief cutting board to chop up your White House veggies.
But wait — there’s more.
Now you can flip those yummy fermented soy burgers with a side of arugula smear in style — with a new Barack Obama spatula.
This versatile spatula has a wooden handle and can scrape off most any surface.
The website has a treasure trove of treats, but my personal favorite is the President Obama Dog Leash.
“Help your dog be the envy of the dog park with a ‘Baracks’ Best Friend’ collar,” the website gushed.
And if Fluffy doesn’t follow the rules, you can always put him on a leash — President Obama is selling one of those, too.
So there you have it folks — everything you need for a Merry Obama Christmas — oops – I meant holiday.
I’m surprised they weren’t selling a Nativity Scene.
FOX News Talk
This is one place I will NOT be shopping! Liberals can save more by waiting for their GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE 2012!
Meanwhile Walmart stays on top, right?
Cherie Fleming: You have a problem with poorer Americans having a place to shop that is affordable to them?
Manny Laureano I'm not a Walmart boycotter but I do have a problem with everything being made in China and corporations like Walmart, Inc never giving back. Do you know how much profit they make off cheap Chinese labor while unemployment in America keeps getting worse? We should raise the minimum wage so poor Americans won't be quite so poor and at least the peeps who work at Walmart might live a little better. You know they used to have a 'made in the USA' promise but that got buried with Sam. Buy some clothes at the Goodwill. I do and even though some of those do come from Walmart, it's still helping out another fellow poor American
Manny Laureano – Walmart isn't just a place where "poor American's can shop". Walmart has a gigantic hand in ruining the economy, small businesses can't compete with it, even some larger businesses can't compete with it, it gives almost no benefits to it's employees and overall is only interested (the people at the top that is) in turning out a profit, nothing else.
funny though, they use a technique where they discount something and put it at the back of the store, then they place discounted items every few feet and between those items are over priced items, giving the illusion of getting your stuff at a cheaper price while actually you pay the same amount.
Cherie Fleming: Whoa! Where are you getting your information from? Walmart gives an average of $300,000,000 a year to charity.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/2010-08-08-corporate-philanthropy-interactive-graphic_N.htm
So, please… let's not confuse annual salaries with "giving back". Walmart gives more than anyone.
Manny Laureano http://myhealthcafe.com/open-enrollment-wal-mart-cuts-employee-health-insurance-benefits I guess it's back to Medicaid for these folks…Isn't that special.
Cherie Fleming: You're under the impression that businesses are set up in order to provide benefits to people. They're not. They're set up to provide a service and/or product on a competitive basis to the public and profits to the people that invested initially to create that business. Good businesses will offer as much to their workers as incentives to keep them on. If a business can provide benefits to its salaried workers it will. Let's be real: working at Walmart doesn't require a whole lot of preparation whereas working for Chevrolet as a mechanic does. That's why Chevy offers the workers compensation packages it does AND that's why it had to be bailed out… because it has become an insurance provider that sells cars on the side, effectively.
Bottom line: no one is holding a gun to anyone's head to work at Walmart. There are people who hate working there and people who love working there, same as anywhere else. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head to shop there. Free market system.
Cherie Fleming Walmart gives Million$ back to communities it resides in every year. I love it when people hate and protest Walmart coming into their communities. But when they do, the lines are forever of people wanting to work there. And when they do open, the parking lots are FULL!
Manny then what should we do about healthcare and retirement? Tell me. Corporations that we work for shouldn't have to provide it. Government shouldn't have to provide it. Health insurance companies shouldn't have to make insurance affordable to individuals and families. But that's not all. What about jobs. We shouldn't be creating jobs with green energies because it might piss off Peabody and Mobil. You know there's a slew of electric cars coming out next year. Who do we thank for that? President Bush? Oh wait, electric cars, they're bad, no? I never know with you people.
Manny I can't find it online so I have a question for you. Do corporations get tax credits for providing and subsidizing health care premiums for their employees? I know that with "Obamacare", as some like to call it, small businesses will have that advantage to an extent but how does it work for the bigger guys? Is it just counted as a business expense and if so does it pay back as well as giving to charity? You know what, maybe I'm wrong but if it doesn't already, I think it should pay back more, then maybe there'd be more motivation to keep employees healthy. Who wants unhealthy employees?
Cherie Fleming No, it is not a corporations responsibility to provide healthcare. But if they want to attract the best, then maybe it is something they're willing to provide to lure the best to them. Nor is it the responsibility of the Government to do so. You're thoughts on what a corporation and the government should be doing, and how insurance companies run theirs (not that I agree or disagree with their policies) that's capitalism, free market, which has made this Country great, until recently. I'd have to assume you are a Socialist that wants your world given to you at the expense of everyone else that works! People have to start taking responsibility for themselves, and not wait for others to do it for them!
Cherie Fleming: You make odd leaps in your argument that are fairly typical of arguing with a liberal (by the way… I wouldn't have phrased it that why had it not been for your "I never know with you people" comment but fine, have it your way). Your sarcasm is not lost on me. The problem is it's a conversation stopper.You make a lot pf presumptions about what the right believes and then we have to spend time defending positions we don't hold. It's very boring, forgive me.
I don't the federal government should be in the business of subsidizing health insurance. All it does is raise the price of it. Look at what has happened to the price of a college education as a result of federal interference. Employees would be more or less healthy because their insurance is paid for by the government? Fine, if you say so.
Manny Laureano Who's going to shop at Walmart when all the poor people are too broke, too sick or dead to get there?
Manny Laureano- Luke 1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Cherie Fleming: True enough… HE hath filled, not the government. By the way, I had written this very lengthy reply earlier and because of my ineptness and overly large thumbs I wound up losing the whole thing. So, I never rewrote it. Perhaps it was God editing on my behalf
At any rate, it had to do with the good fortune I had as a young boy growing up in East Harlem in NYC to have had places very much like Walmart for my mother to go shop. I also believe your penultimate post was overly dramatic and quite unlikely.
Either tell me "Merry Christmas'……………or sell in the middle east……………………..
Christmas isn't the only holiday in December…
Kelley…celebrate as u choose….my dad fought for that right……Merry Christmas!
Jean Mohler – I also fight for that right as well. I'm just telling you that Christmas isn't the only holiday in December so why would someone "have" to tell you Merry Christmas or go somewhere else? But nice try pulling the veteran card for someone else and you aren't even one.
Kelly Calder in your righteous zest to be right..u missed the overall reason for my statement …so 'nice try'……………..geez….
Jean Mohler No I didn't. You said that for selling these items they should say "Merry Christmas" otherwise they need to go sell them in the Middle East. Basically you're saying if someone doesn't agree with you that Christmas is Jesus and a Christian thing, they must be Muslim so go sell those things in an area of the world that is predominantly Muslim. Then you proceeded to tell me that because your father is a veteran, I should I guess respect you more?? I'm not sure why you pointed that out. I simply replied that I too currently fight for the right of people to choose their belief – I don't; however, fight for people to say "Believe this and if you don't get out of the US." You didn't specifically say that but that's what I inferred from your statement. Perception is a bitch – you can't really tell someone what his or her perception is. I'm not trying to be "righteous" in the least. But I think I caught on pretty well to your original and follow up statement. BOOM roasted.
Kelly Calder good grief…..lol…my point was, when referring to Dec. 25th…I prefer Merry Christmas….not happy holidays…………BTW….'families' of military personnel ARE in the military as well….now go and enjoy your day…..:)
Jean Mohler your dad didn't fight by himself – your dad fought along side atheists, non-christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus & Native Indians – so you keep thinking your dad fought so December had 1 holiday – shows us just how badly you fail US History,
Hey, you didn't make any mention to god in your article. You'd best rectify that immediately before right-wing nutters chastise you for it. And forgive the irony, but god forbid someone who represents the entire country, not just Christians, decides to take a religiously neutral stance, as would be expected of a country where church and state are supposedly separate.
Richard-the Constitution guides the REGULATION of church and state, not the MENTION of religion.
Richard-the Constitution guides the REGULATION of church and state, not the MENTION of religion.
Right, so Obama isn't required to mention anything to do with religion or deities. Glad we cleared that up.
Richard Peacock this, a thousand times over at you from r/a? just wondering.
Jelke Adema – I assume you mean /r/atheism? Indeed I am. Spleen_Cheese is the name.
Jelke Adema – I assume by r/a you mean /r/atheism? Indeed I am.
Jelke – My message thing seemed to be screwing up for a minute there so hopefully I didn't just spam you multiple posts, but yea, I got here through /r/atheism and Starnes' FB page.
Oh, and apparently Starne just blocked me and a few other people from his page, even though the comments were tame and merely pointed out the hypocrisy. It's all fun and games until someone gets butt-hurt.
Richard Peacock Wow, quite pathetic really, this site is a joke, filled with opinions rather than news. Glad to meet another atheist redditor.
God is good. We are not right wing nutters. We have faith. Deal with it Richard Peacock.
Then why sell ornaments for a Christmas tree? It's not like you can hang it on a menorah. Yeesh. Oh and the Constitution only prohibits the establishment of a national church. It doesn't say ANY reference to God is forbidden.
Mkay, what I was getting at with the separation of church and state thing is that obviously it's a diverse country today, founded on the idea of neutrality when it comes to religion. Knowing that, the president (the representative of that nation and people) addressing the nation in a religiously neutral fashion seems sensible and consistent with that idea. This shouldn't even be praised, because it should be the standard.
Vivian, I wasn't saying that all Christians or religious people are nutters, just the ones arrogant enough to criticise the idea of not addressing or mentioning a deity in one speech.
Jelke – Glad to meet a fellow atheist redditor as well.
Vivian – Also, I don't really have to deal with it that much, because thankfully I live in a country that puts Darwin's face on money instead of "In god we trust".
Richard Peacock A Brit lecturing us on the Constitution. Let us know when Al-London needs to be liberated again.
Lived in the states from age 5 to 21, only moved back to the UK last year. So yea, I know quite a bit about American history and policies/governing documents due to my primarily American education.
Carol King Sadly, the rest of the first world knows more about our America's laws and policies than most of it's citizen's.
Vivian Bennett-Cohan saying god is good, is not a statement I necessarily support, I'm not going to stand in your way of believing it though, that flies in the face of all my values. Despite that, this site is almost completely compromised of right winged nutters. Like this Todd Starnes character. I don't think anyone can rationally disagree that he is overtly (and overly) right wing.
Carol, does it say that reference to your God is required though? What about everyone else? How many religions are practiced in the US and how many different names for God are there? What if he called Him the Higher Power like they do in AA? Would that make it better? We all secretly want everyone to worship the way we do because of course we think we are right and everyone else is wrong but life and the human being, the world and all the different cultures in it are too diverse to pinpoint one. God is in all of us though and it's ultimately up to each individual to recognize that, not the President.
Cherie Fleming – I can respect this, I don't agree with your beliefs but the fact that you say it's up to everyone to decide whether to believe or not is refreshing, I hear stuff like this a lot from my atheist friends, almost never from some one that is religious.
Cherie Fleming What is "my God"? Do you not celebrate Christmas (i.e. the birth of Christ)? If you do, then you are celebrating a Christian holiday regardless of what you choose to call it. If you are going to sell an obvious Christmas ornament, then say it's a Christmas ornament.
Jelke Adema Unfortunately that is the case thanks to our union run schools.
Richard Peacock So if I lived in Uganda as a kid, that makes me an expert on their government and history? Just because you lived here once upon a time doesn't mean you understand the whole concept of American government and the Constitution.
Carol King Why do you celebrate the birth of Christ on December 25th? In actuality (if he did exist (I'm not denying he wasn't a real person, the rest however…)) he would have been born sometime in march (presumably the 28th) or (ironically) on September 11th, the holiday Christmas, really isn't about religion any way, It was a pagan holiday and the Romans added the tree to the entire deal and since then has just become a gigantic marketing scheme (the image of Santa Clause (and the gift giving aspect) is derived from the European saint "Sinterklaas" (Saint Nicholas, or in Dutch, Sint Nicholas) who was the patron saint of children and prostitutes (true story, look it up), and then redone of it by the Coka-Cola company.
OMG that was hysterical, Todd! I just read it aloud to my husband and e-mailed it to Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin! SPATULA CITY! ROFLMAO!
Thank you! haha!
I LOVED the style! I could just hear Rush Limbaugh's buddy, Paul Shanklin doing the voice for the commercial- with Mannheim Steamroller music in the background!
Samantha Stephens I have been a RushFan 21 years now. Love his Mannheim Streamroller Christmas songs.
This site might be a legitimate news site if it weren't choke full opinions, rather than news.
No way will I give one more dollar to this man! He takes enough from us Americans.
So I buy the yoga pants for an occupy event, do I get a discount?
Too bad they don't sell a dartboard!
I'm sorry…but how is this news? Why does anyone care?
You CAN NOT make this stuff up! At First I thought it was from the Onion for something..and then I saw it was YOU Todd… or Else one would CERTAINLY have EVERY reason to believe it was a spoof! *shaking her head* in disbelief..
What a way for him to celebrate Ramadan
Rod Miller why do you give a fuck how anyone celebrates any religious holiday – you godless freak
Switch this around; fill it up with NASCAR and cowboy hats and see what it's like being mocked for being who you are and over nothing much. Certainly plenty of that coming from an element on the left; are we giving up on the other cheek? What's wrong with yoga? What's wrong with caring about the future of human life enough to make small sacrifices? I just don't get where this hate is supposed to attach to love for your fellow man.
Thanks for the tip, dude. I'm going to get the Yoga pants and wear them to massage school. Maybe with a little advertising and contributions we can actually get this country back on the right road after we vote out most of the GOP.
Hey and they're NOT made in China. How'd they do that?
I like the 'we can't wait' t-shirt too. It says a lot. It'd just be nice if all people would use their own brains and realize that this country is screwed up because of tax-cuts to the richest Americans and their corporate employers, that deregulation is detrimental to society, and that we need change now in order to come out of this. Hiking taxes on anyone is a daunting task but it must be done and yes we need healthcare. It's a basic human right and to withhold it is NOT and never was Godly.
Since when is healthcare a human right…..and the so called richest Americans, and their corporate employers, employ the people who are wanting them taxed more. So tax the hell out of them and you tax your way out of a job. Nothing is given in life….it must be earned by someone.
Would taxing the wealthiest 100% be sufficient for you leftists? Then what you have is the administration with 100% of the money and guess what, you won't have a penny. Study Hitler, get a clue. The wealthiest are paying 70% of the revenue for the government waste, and you think they owe you more. Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —United States Declaration of Independence, 1776"
Life, Liberty and PURSUIT of Happiness. Health care is not a human right; however, you can work and get medical insurance that would be a right. Hopefully, you will understand the difference.
Indoctrination anyone? Get educated by a liberal and you will be clueless or you will be kissing the dictators a$$, whichever, you will end up with the same result.
Yeah it's a human right. No one should have to suffer and die a torturous death from disease just because they can't pay. And yes the wealthiest 1% should begin paying their rightful share again. They weren't really complaining that much when they did pay before. My question is, unless you are part of the most selfish fraction of the 1% who are scared they might have to pay what they used to, why are you defending them? They're not even defending themselves because they know what's right…better than you do it seems.
Robbie Schmidt Oh please these people have paid taxes before. They're not scared. It's the Bush administration that gave them a huge break and made easier for them to cash in other ways off our backs. That's what needs to stop. Not trying to make the rich guys into middle class. Just trying to make things reasonable again after an 8yr nightmare.
This is the shirt that SHOULD be worn in lieu of these panties:
"Joe Wilson speaks for me!"
http://www.cafepress.com/JoeWilsonSpeaks
Good grief. This is embarrassing on so many levels, I don't know where to begin. Why doesn't he just open a lemonade stand on the White House lawn, or rent out White House bedrooms to tourists?
I'm sorry, am I supposed to be outraged over this? Is this supposed to be a commentary on the "type" of person who votes for Obama? Would you like it better if he were selling holsters and cigar cutters? You know, the stuff that hard working "real" Americans like? If your mind were anymore narrow they would be spinning you every three hours to avoid bed sores.
I believe Mr Obama is missing an opportunity with the rest of his 'Holiday' product line: GIFT CERTIFICANTS to his product line…or a Gift Certicicant to buy exemptions to his Obamacare….or exempions from his (or specific) Executive Orders with time limits,(of course)…maybe a gift certificant to play golf with Mr Obama..Obamanomic style; 3 holes for $60., 6 holes for $150, 12 holes for $400., and 18 holes for $1000. with complementary Obama Martini Glasses and Obama Yoga pants, plus a copy of Mr. Obama's 2008 Inaugural Speech..the ideas are endless. Ha
1. There is no such thing as separation of church and state anywhere in the Constitution. The First Amendment is there to prevent Congress from establishing a State Church, to keep government from meddling in religion, not to keep God out of government. 2. Walmart does a lot for the community. Those who don't want to work there should continue to apply for a job somewhere else while they are still working…and..in the spirit of those who keep telling us not to watch the filth on tv if we don't like it (and we don't, btw)..if you don't like Walmart, don't shop there.
Excuse me, I need to go vomit.
He is an embarrassment to this nation..nothing presidential about him..This is what you get when you practice affirmative action in electing the president of the U.S…
This buffoon and his entourage of idiots have taken our Office of President to a a new level of sleaze.
The saddest part is that I believe they (buffoon and idiots) are blind to reality.
WWJS about the man? that he's a buffoon?
Many people would say Republicans are blind to reality. I think everyone is; it's human nature to go sort of insane and surround yourself with people who agree with you so you can settle down. Can't teach any old dog anywhere new tricks.