Why has Michelle Obama been such a popular First Lady?
I personally hate Michelle Obama. Her “health conscious” school lunches that were forced upon me against my will assured that. It was my senior year of high school and suddenly our delicious, greasy XL Cookies disappeared. When I inquired amongst administration, I was told it was Michelle Obama’s public school lunch policies. Excuse me but if I want to plague my body with horribly fattening foods, I'll do it with or without her! Instead I just spent twice the money each day on “small” cookies. They were still filled with lard and covered in grease, but smaller and more expensive. Thus, I simply bought two of these each days.Other than that, she seems like a down-to-Earth, genuine person. If it weren't for that cookie scandal, I would actually like her.If anyone cares to know more about these cookies: One of our science teachers ate one of the cookies and had to be taken to the emergency room due to a related health problem. I can't remember if they found that his artery clogged and he had a stroke or if it was something different. In any case, he was told not to eat those cookies anymore after that issue.
What moment of your life did you have protect someone from ridicule?
More times than I can count.The most loathsome though is as an adult, listening to other adults. The worst I’ve seen is when I served on the PTO in the suburbs. Most of the people there were educated professionals, and they were absolutely vicious basically to anyone who wasn’t in the room at the moment.The lowest point when I was fighting the school committee on a busing issue. There used to be a lot of smaller schools in the town, within walking distance of most homes and the low-cost housing units. In the name of saving money, the town closed several neighborhood schools, but promised to bus the kids to the new larger schools for free.A couple years go by and facing some budget cuts, they decided to start charging a fee to ride the bus. The fee was $180 per child, due immediately. For Mr. & Mrs. Columbia University with their trophy child, t’was a mere pittance. For Mr. & Mrs. public high school with 2 kids, that’s a hit. For Ms. or Mr. single-parent family with 3 kids in the lost-cost housing unit(whose neighborhood schools had been closed), that’s devastating.Mr. & Mrs. Columbia (who sported Al Gore, John Kerry and Barack Obama bumper stickers on their Volvos and Prius) were puzzled what the big fuss was about. Tough times call for tough decisions, and besides, you shouldn’t have children if you couldn’t afford them.After about a half-dozen school committee meetings in which I and others made our opinions known, the school committee finally backed down, especially when we kept hitting on their promises of a few years before. They turned instead to raising fees on things like music and sports (parents would have to pay for equipment for both if their kids participated).Suddenly all those people who might actually have to pay for their children’s extra-curricular activities were very displeased, and the subject of their ire was the poor families who “dragged down” (their words) the school district and programs.It came to a head when I called them out on their hypocrisy that their access to free musical instruments and sports equipment was more important than poor kids’ access to a public school education. I resigned following my rant, my soon-to-be status as a pariah would negate any chance of doing any good on the PTO.
What are some of the best examples of "beauty with brains"?
Raghuram RajanI thought of writing an introduction myself ,but Shobha De has done an awesome job already, so I am just quoting her ."The guy's put 'sex' back into the limp Sensex. That makes him seriously hot. So hot, in fact, he has made it to the Amul hoarding (a first for a chap in his lofty position). But nobody is calling the man a Billboard Bimbo. You know why? Because this man knows his onions.And right now, onions are playing a major role in our lives. Forget our obsession with gold. We are hoarding onions now.All hail the freshly minted 23rd RBI Guv — the very dishy Raghuram Govinda Rajan — the Messiah of Markets. At 50, Rajan is young (come on, SRK at 48 is still playing lover boy), brilliant (IIT-IIM-MIT vaghera, vaghera) and on the ball (ex-IMF chief economist). That his chiselled features are as sharp as his brain, add to his current status as the Poster Boy of Banking.Funny how quickly Rajan has been slotted as a much-panted-after sex symbol (he took over from Duvvuri Subbarao on September 4). He's the guy who's got the groove. I plead guilty, too.Recklessly and happily, I went ahead and tweeted (will this woman never learn?) about his appointment, calling him the Ranbir Kapoor of Banking (note the spelling — banking, there's an 'a' in this word, not an 'o'). Why not? Rajan's sex appeal has propelled him straight into the league of movie stars. He can easily top 'India's Most Desirable' lists.Had he not been in this tricky, ultra conservative (let's be upfront here, and call it tight ass) assignment, he'd have been instantly snapped up by smart celeb managers and signed juicy endorsement deals. Sorry, Raghu. But you are stuck. Deal with it.The media has declared Raghu the latest sex symbol in the land. He should lie back and enjoy the attention. It's not often that one gets an RBI Guv who makes hearts (not just female ones) go dhak dhak each time he strides into a room. I entirely endorse the positioning. Why should only comely ladies in the rarefied world of finance get branded and walk away with all the compliments?Source -http://articles.economictimes.in...
History of barack obama?
Illinois right?
What's the single most misandristic or sexist thing a woman has said to your face?
Yep that happened to me about 5 years ago when I just finished my high school 12th standard. On the last day I went out with a group of friends to chill and spent the rest of the day doing whatever we could do to amuse ourselves. Till around midnight came everyone went to his own way.On the way home, I was around 2 blocks away so there was no need for me to catch the bus or take a cab. So I went down walking. I crossed the 1st block and every thing was fine. I was walking in peace and i saw MacDonalds in front to me I opened the door and 2 females probably mid 30s were behind me talking and respectfully I held the door open for them and i went inside to choose my order.I decided to pick only one big Mac, as i was standing in the line the same ladies came in and stood in front of me. They cut the line without saying any word or asking for it. me on the other side didn’t want to make a scene and said to one of them “excuse me ma’am you cut the line and you should be standing at the back”. The lady lifted her eye brow and said “at the back?”. In front of me were a couple taking their order and I’m behind them.Her response turned me off and so far she was the most sexiest women i ever seen, “you opened the door for me and you should let me cut the line and stand in front of you, because you’re a man and a man should always sacrifice for every women on earth and they must be ready to serve us. women should be the leaders in this world not men. The most they could do are they must be a great gate keepers to open doors for women.” She paused for a moment there and added “in my opinion its fair to let a women cut the line”.My jaw dropped and I was astonished what I’m hearing. I didn’t give her much attention and slipped my self behind the couple. She pulled my from my arm and said “you need to learn some gentlemen manners boy”.I replied to her “a gentle man learned to open the door for a lady, not let her cut the queues”. I immediately left after i took my order.Seriously. that women thinks as a female she could get away with anything she wants to.
What are the funniest marriage/couple jokes you have come across?
Some global opinions on marriages.. When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. - Lee Majors After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together. - Al Gore By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them. - Mike Tyson The great question which I have not been able to answer is, "What does a woman want? - George Clooney I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me. - Bill Clinton "Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays." - George W. Bush "I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years." - Rudy Giuliani "There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage." - Michael Jordan "I've had bad luck with all my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't." The third gave me more children! - Donald Trump Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming: 1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it. 2. Whenever you're right, shut up. - Shaquille O'Neal The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.. - Kobe Bryant You know what I did before I married?? Anything I wanted to. - David Hasselhoff My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met. - Alec Baldwin A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong. - Barack Obama Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy. - Tommy Leep