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Yes sirree!  He must be getting into full campaign mode now.  Not that he ever stopped.

From Huffpo

NEW YORK — ABC's "The View" has welcomed many notable guests, but none more prominent than President Barack Obama, who is scheduled to visit for Thursday's edition.

In making the announcement on Monday, executive producers Barbara Walters and Bill Geddie said this marks the first time a sitting U.S. president has visited a daytime talk show.

They said the majority of the hour will be devoted to Obama's appearance, which will touch on topics including jobs, the economy, the Gulf oil spill and family life inside the White House. It is scheduled to tape on Wednesday.

"We are so pleased and honored," Walters said.

Filed under Sunday funnies.  The brilliant leaders of Gaza have decided to enforce lomg standing tradition banning women from smoking the hooka in public cafes.  Reason.  Their husbands may divorce them for public smoking so Hamas is really just preserving the family.

From AP via USA Today:

Gaza's Hamas rulers are banning women from smoking water pipes in cafes, claiming it violates tradition and leads to divorce.

Plainclothes security officials handed out the ban order to Gaza City cafes over the weekend.

Police spokesman Ayman Batneiji said Sunday that officers are enforcing Gazan traditions. He said husbands often divorce women seen smoking in public but offered no evidence to support that claim.

The pipes are popular with both men and women in Gaza.

Just in.  In a stunning move, President Obama will be announcing later today the appointment of his old friend Louis Farrakhan as our Ambassador to Israel.

Stay tuned for the official announcement.

One thing we have heard through the tubes;  In order to appease Farrakhan's commitments to the Palestinians, the official US Embassy will be moved from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.  We can no longer recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the rogue State of Israel.

Steve Jobs introduced what is surely the greatest, friendliest, most advanced step in the history of computers.

What I read at Gizmodo says it uses the iPhone OS, iPhone Apps and a new internally developed Apple Processor so it "screams".

http://gizmodo.com/

SCENE I: A busy urban street. Two middle-aged white men, BOB and JOE, are waiting at a stoplight, having a spirited political discussion. They have been friends for years and the discussion has the feel of ritual.

BOB: Look, I just don't trust the government to run my health care. In fact, I don't want 'em doing anything for me at all. I just want to live my life without government interference. What's wrong with that? Besides, the American health care system is the best in the world!

JOE (sighing): Oh, forgawd'ssake, BOB, give it a rest already. I wish just for once you could live in that Libertarian Paradise you're always talking about. I'd bet you'd be begging for government to come back in about half a second!

(The light changes. BOB and JOE start walking across the street, too absorbed in their conversation to pay much attention to where they're going.)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A befuddled President Barack Obama was awakened at the crack of noon Monday to more unexpected accolades: He had just won the Most Valuable President (MVP) award for keeping the world turning on its axis, simply by using the power of his enormous brain.

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For all those of you who doubt the title assertion, I must ask you to consider this: Where would we be without Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden? He seems to be the only politician these days who tells the truth about anything, and yet, no one appreciates him for it. Why the lack of warm fuzzies for this cuddly, bright-toothed gaffester, America? He's just being honest, and I, personally, love him for it!

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fell and fractured her elbow last evening.  She will require surgery.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/18/clinton.arm/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fractured her right elbow Wednesday during a fall, State Department officials said.

Clinton fell Wednesday afternoon on her way to the White House and was taken to George Washington University Hospital. She was treated and released, and will have surgery to repair her elbow in coming weeks.

"Secretary Clinton appreciates the professionalism and kindness she received from the medical team who treated her this evening and looks forward to resuming her full schedule soon," said Cheryl Mills, a State Department spokeswoman.

Ugh, but I must give credit where it is due.  As first reported by Rush, the largest slimeball on the planet.

It appears that it may not have been skill or luck that saved those people in New York yesterday.  Further examination of the pilot and crew reveal that the pilot Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger and a majority of the passengers are devout followers of his Oliness, Barack Obama the First and Most Magnificient.

Their combined hope and bouyant attitdude heading into the coronation week was most likely responsible for bringing the plane safely down, within eyesight of the Port Authority bus terminal.

The news media in their rush to get photos and video online were a little lax in their inspection of the photos New Yorkers were submitting.  For example, this popular image below, when enlarged, reveals a strange phenomenon in the sky above New York. 

I can't remember the kind soul who sent this article to me but thanks.

After eight long, tiresome years, President Al Gore won't be missed. Even if he did save the planet.

by: TAFrank The Guardian

If my friends are unable to make it to the official love-in, then please join us here at Partizane for an afternoon of wicked live chat and love.  10 am Eastern until whenever.

Who knows, we may even have a PUMA ball that night.

President Obama is now Inevitable so I'm wondering what the possibilities are for his first, second and third terms in office. 

Beginning November 5th he will of course follow protocol established in the primary and take over operation of the Executive Branch.  He won't kick GWB out of the Oval office but will continue to work at his Chicago HQ.  The Electoral College and swearing in are just distractions that we don't need to worry about in this time of great crisis.

Another distraction that needs to be addressed immediately is the problem of the 22nd. Amendment to the Constitution.  That is the one which restricts even great Presidents like Obama to only 2 four year terms.  Ratification by the States can take years therefore one of the first orders of business is to begin the repeal process.  Concurrently, the process of amending Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution will begin.

Partizane Newsflash: CNN, MSNBO, ABC, CBS and even Fox have called the election for Senator Obama therefore the Inaugural Committee has sent the invitations out early. 

We've also been informed that high level discussions are now under way to try and save the taxpayers the costs associated with a national election.  Initially proposed by the Obama camp, the idea is similar to the Democratic Party's suspension of voting when the primary outcome became clear. <more>