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A New Spin on the State of the Union

I enjoyed the State of the Union address this week.  I always wish that I could be a fly on the wall for all of the background action.  The good stuff always happens behind the scenes.  But thanks to CNN, we get to see some of it. 

Who knew that this State of the Union address included California rep Barbara Lee being a "Mean Girl" bully, the Joint Chiefs of Staff giving their "Da Hell If" face, accidental porn on the internet, and our own first lady, Michelle Obama, giving her elegant and regal version of "sit yall behinds down." 

Take a look, and Happy Friday

*If you're receiving this via the email distro, click here to see the video. Trust me, you won't regret it.  Oh and it's safe for work.

~Rae

My little laugh for the day

I came across this entry on Slate.com a few weeks ago and had been meaning to post it ever since.  Slate is one of my favorite political gab-sites.  Below is their take on what President Obama's facebook page would look like.  This was right after the "You Lie" shouting incident.  They update it ever so often.  You can see the latest one here.

Below is one of my favorites.  Particularly VP Joe Biden and Michael Jordan.

	Congress is back. Barack Obama Looking forward to having a constructive dialogue with all of you about the vital issues facing this nation. Mitch McConnell Same to you, socialist! John Boehner Yeah, can't wait to bankrupt hardworking Americans.
	Barack Obama posted a video: Health Care Speech. Joe Wilson You lie! Nancy Pelosi flagged this as offensive.
	150 million people joined the group Joe Wilson Is a Douchenozzle.
	150 million people joined the group Joe Wilson Is an American Hero.
	Rahm Emanuel sent Joe Wilson a gift: Brown paper bag. Rahm Emanuel Look inside.
	Charles Boustany posted a note: Republican response to Obama. David Axelrod OK, cue Cougar Town.
	CNN posted a video: Joe Wilson: I Am Very Sorry for What I Said.
	Joe Wilson wrote on Barack Obama's Wall: I Apologize, Mr. President.
	Joe Wilson posted a photo: Nancy Pelosi Not good enough.
	The House of Representatives created the event Joe Wilson Public Spanking. Michael Duvall likes this.
	Joe Wilson just raised $1.1 million.
	Rob Miller just raised $1.5 million.
	CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News just raised $800 million.
	Joseph C. Wilson changed his profile name to Not That Joe Wilson.
	MTV sent Taylor Swift a gift: Video Music Award. Kanye West Taylor, congratulations on winning your award. You deserve it.. Taylor Swift Why thanks, Kanye. How kind of you.. Facebook advertisement paid for by Kanye West.
	Terry Moran Obama called Kanye West a "jackass." Now THAT'S presidential. Robert Gibbs Oh please, no, don't show Obama as a relatable human being.
	TMZ posted a clip: AUDIO: Barack Obama Calling Kanye West a "Jackass." Robert Gibbs Again? No, this is a disaster. Please stop.
	CNN posted a video: EXCLUSIVE: Barack Obama Calls Kanye West "Jackass." Robert Gibbs Do you want it in 3-D? Because we can do that.
	Jimmy Carter Joe Wilson is a racist.
	Jimmy Carter I must say, Kanye's interruption was awfully inappropriate.
	Jimmy Carter The Vampire Diaries really is a terrific program. Rahm Emanuel I'm sorry, that's my limit. STFU.
Michael Jordan 5 People I love: Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan, and Michael Jordan
	America is remembering. Joe Biden Knock, knock. Robert Gibbs Not a good time, Joe.
	CNN posted an article: "Coast Guard Fires on Suspicious Boat in Potomac." Robert Gibbs That was a training exercise. Dick Cheney Training my sack. They took my sea bass!
	Glenn Beck created the event 9/12 Project March on Washington. Michael Steele Sounds fun. What day is it?
	Rush Limbaugh posted a video: Black Kids Beating Up White Kid on a Bus. Rush Limbaugh This is what happens in Obama's America. Sean Hannity Yeah. Since when do people of different races fight over bus seats?
	Glenn Beck Obama has more czars than Communist Russia! Newt Gingrich Well, technically the czars held power in imperialist Russia. Glenn Beck This is why you don't have a TV show.
	Max Baucus posted a note: America's Healthy Future Act. Joe Biden This bill is pretty good, and I'ma let you present it, but Beyoncé has ONE OF THE BEST HEALTH CARE PROPOSALS OF ALL TIME!!! Robert Gibbs OK, who showed Joe the Internet?
	Politico posted an article: "Rick Santorum Pondering 2012 Bid."
	Rick Santorum joined the cause Fix My Google Search.

Get Em Hillary

I'vealways liked Hillary.  Even when I was team Obama and she was runningagainst him.  As with any politician, I don't agree with everythingthat she does, but I know that she's a strong political force.

I'venever seen her as a quiet woman.  Somehow, I don't think that Billquietly crept back into the bed next to her after the whole Monicathing.  And not just because he cheated, but because he exposed her tothe nation like that.  I think that he's still washing dishes andpolishing her toe nails every night to make up for it.

With allthat being said, I can't believe that I hadn't commented on the belowfootage.  I feel like after she said, "He's not secretary of state, Iam," she said "bitches" under her breath before she shifted in herseat. 

I'm sure that both she and Condi have to deal withmisogynistic butt holes when they visit various countries, so I wasproud to see her stand up for herself. 

Turns out, in the end,the translator, translated wrong.  The questioner didn't ask aboutPresident Clinton, they were asking about President Obama (I still don't know if I believe that one.  Obama doesn't sound like Clinton).  But it'sgood for ol' Hill to let them know who they're dealing with every oncein a while.

Go Hillary!

The Inauguration Day recap

What a historic day January 20, 2009 was!  It was the day the first African American President was sworn in and bigger than all of that, it was a day that I had my first fan encounter!  That's right folks, I am now famous, but I will fill you in on that piece later. 

Inaugural Day

HOLY PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!  I mean people were everywhere all the time people.  Since we had partied ourselves silly the night before we overslept a bit  and didn't head to the metro until 8 in the morning.  Our original plan was to be there by 6.  oops liquor won that morning.  When we got to the exit for the metro there were cars parked along the highway, and more that were being towed.  There was a sign that said no more parking at the station.  we were like uh oh, but gave it a try anyways.  There just wasn't anymore FREE parking.  We got parked and headed to the metro feeling like we just missed a huge bullet...but nope when we reached the station there was a line wrapped around the thing.  it was craziness.  We stood in that line for an hour and a half.  it was freezing.  Even with my layers of clothes, I had on leggings, socks, jeans, 2 t-shirts and a sweater and my big down coat with the fur hood and a hat I was frigid.  I WAS READY.  Now remember the smart trip cards we put the money on for today?  They came in handy once we got to the front of the line.  only those with cards could go forward but we weren't charged anything so D.C. still got my money!  Another piece of joy encountered.  Yes!  The normally 18 minute train ride took 45 minutes.  It was excruciating.  Especially because we knew how long the ride really should take.  Once we were downtown there was a mass exodus to ONE street with a gazillion people on it.  They were all shapes, sizes, nationalities, ages, racial backgrounds, etc.  it was like a true melting pot in the middle of the city. 
Now Tee and I head to where our ticket area is while Cuz went to find his own spot.  We got to our designated area and it was at a stand still.  I started to panic, finally we found out that some non ticket folks had busted down a barricade and filled the silver area...which meant no silver ticket holders could fit (Later we found out Cuz was all up in the barricade break down).  WHAT??????????  Tee and I make a mad dash to another entry way.  There was no way we were going to miss this.  Every street we try to cut down is blocked.  AHHHH!!!  We are booking it.  In the middle of our walk I took her hand and we said a prayer.  I needed something to calm me down.  But not to worry blushing ladies we got to an entrance and got to see the whole thing via a jumbotron amongst the people.  Below are the lists of my highlights:

• No one acted like a fool with the stop pushing me, why you so close to me business.
• It wasn't as cold as I was expecting (maybe cause of the layers or the 30 minute speed walk)
• being able to share the experience with a friend. 
• the crowd booing when Bush came out. 
• Our group of people starting to sing "na na na na heyyyyyyyy goodbye" after the boos. 
• Seeing Michelle hear us and mouth a wow.  Awesome. 
• It was an indescribable experience.  Emotion came over Tee and I almost immediately once we made it to our piece of the mall.  I think the panic of potentially not seeing it made us a little more breakable.  When I saw Barack on the screen before he walked out on the stage....I started crying and hugging Tee.  it sounds lame as I type it but it didn't feel like it yesterday.  There are really no words to detail how it felt to see an African American first family.  Never thought I would see it. 
• the camaraderie of the crowd, when the swearing in began people were reaching over to people they didn't know and were giving each other high fives.  Great times. 

Now for the worst moments: 

• D.C. should not be allowed to have large functions.  They really suck at it.  There were only 2 ways out to one metro station.  For those of us from out of town we didn't know where to go.  So I called Sheena to come to her place to watch the parade.  She lived a short 10 minute walk from where we were (on a normal day).  One hour and half later we reached her place.  Did we get lost?  No.  Did we stop to see something?  NO.  D.C had closed every road we needed and had no direction on where we could go.  We spent that whole 90 minutes walking in the FREEZING COLD aimlessly on a roundabout unlabled detour that took us 15 blocks out of our way.  I now say D.C. stands for dumb city (no offense DCers). 
• Sound system-Yeah I get that there were millions of folks out there, it was outdoors, the reflection pool was there but in this day and age there should be a way to have speakers with the jumbotrons so we could hear everything clearly.  Instead I had to read the speech on the screen which caused our area to have delayed reactions. 
• Cops-they were there but from all over.  No one knew anything cause they were a cop from Virginia or Michigan.  GRRRR. 
• People in groups of four or more who walk linked together through hoards of people.  You are messing up the rotation with the 6th grade crap.  KEEP IT MOVING. 
• Slow walkers should stay to the right.  They should not be in the middle or the left.  They should stay to the right, just like cars.  If they are not on the right I should be allowed to trip them from behind like we used to do as kids. 

Funniest moments: 

• Cuz tripping up the escalator at the Metro...HILARIOUS. 
• When I asked Tee for her hand for our prayer she looked at me and said "why are your hands cold?" 
• People with picket signs against the homos and baby killers.
• One lone gay man with a rainbow scarf next to the religious tyrants.
• Same gay man yelling "Hey Reverend look at me...Homo alert homo alert" as he swung his rainbow scarf above his head like a helicopter. 
• Getting to Sheena's house and her mother being ready with hot tea with a little Captain in it.  Thanks Mom!  
• Me seeing Spike Lee and wife and not being able to realize it was Spike Lee until Tee said that was Spike Lee.  I just thought they looked familiar.  LOL.

Now to the evening...
We were supposed to go to a dinner, but we could not move by the time dinner time rolled around plus my feet were throbbing like CRAZY.  So we skipped the dinner, took a nap to get ready for the post Inaugural ball/after party which was hosted by Jeffrey Wright with DJ MC Lyte.  Again it was a very classy affair.  everyone looked so nice dressed up, including us.    There were performances by Buddy Guy, the band from the Cadillac records movie, and Jackson Brown.  Even MC Lyte did a little I rock the party.  Here's why this party was dope...open bar, passed vittles, it was in an art gallery with nothing but different Barack paintings that were phenomenal, and celebrities just hanging with everyone.  Here were the sightings:  Jeffrey Wright (I introduced myself to him since he is friends with my Uncle.  At first he was about to play me but once I said who I was he was all kisses and hugs), Hill Harper (I swear he looked at me like he recognized me from Sunday), Tatiana Ali (she is very very pretty...she had nude stockings on with an open toe shoe but still pretty), Kevin Eubanks from the tonight show (Guess what?  He's SHORTTTTTTTTTT.), Alonzo Mourning and his wife (they are now my favorite couple, they looked fantastic all weekend and they partied like what), and Me (so I am standing at a table praying my feet don't need to be amputated after the day's events when a woman comes up to me and says I really think I know you from somewhere.  What do you do?  I tell her my job that pays the bills, she says no that's not it.  I add I also do Comedy.  She says "Oh my god, that's it!  I saw you perform in NYC and you are hilarious!  I love you!").  Folks that's my first fan approaching.  WOW!  We didn't get home until 5 am and we crashed as soon as we hit the door but it was so WORTH IT.  I am sure there are things missing but if you have questions don't be afraid to ask. 
Blushing Ladies Speak:  Did you enjoy the guest blogging from GPeezy?  Should she go to the All-Star weekend in Phoenix and blog about that to? 

MLK DAY in DC

    First I must extend my apologies.  This has been one crazy 24 hours or so and I have had no time to write.  So here I am a day behind.  Let's get caught up...So for yesterday the important piece was going to pick up my tickets.  Lucky for me I have a friends in high places...we are going to own the world one day...so I was able to get 2 tickets to the inauguration.  We figured we could ride on down to the capitol on Monday and run in and pick up our tix.  Oh really???  NOPE.  Apparently 200,000 other people thought the same thing.  We ended up standing on line for 2 hours for the tickets.  And what I saw was unbelievable.  I think the cold had folks going crazy.  The folks from PETA should have been out there with their red paint.  There were so many animals on people's backs it was crazy.  I think a man had an actual raccoon on his head...it was moving and everything.  There were a few that would have been safe from PETA because they were wearing stuffed animals.  I think someone had Elmo on.  Poor Elmo.    Then there were the crazies...like the dude with a t shirt and jeans on...ummm where did he think he was going?  It's January.  

    Speaking of that I think Obama needs to change the date of the Inauguration to some time in May or June so the weather is better.  Those 2 hours almost killed me, mainly cause I wasn't prepared to be out there.  As I got closer to the door I started getting colder and colder.  I could see the promised land but I just didn't think I would ever reach it, that is until I got a call from the office that they would bring the tix down to us.  THANK YOU JESUS!  I felt like Harriet Tubman when she reached freedom.  From there we went to add money to our metro card so we were good to go for Tuesday.  Way to be prepared right?  Yeah we did that and then went to get on the train and WE DIDN'T have to pay!  What?  D.C. got me for my 10 bucks.  Sneaky sneaky.  Please note that during all of this, there was no real traffic or a lot of folks.  It was pretty much smooth sailing.  

    Then we went to the mall for some last minute purchases like gloves and such for my cousin, Cuz, from Canada.  Why he would not have gloves and a scarf for an outdoor activity is beyond me!  Anyways while we were there we got something to eat.  While in the food court I discovered that when I have kids they are NOT allowed to go to the mall by themselves.  There were so many teens or pre-teens at the mall on these dates and such.  After I got past my jealousness, I discovered that my kid is going to lie to me and say she is meeting her friends when in fact she is meeting some dirty lil boy.  I digress.  And my other piece of birth control for the day was when a crying 9 year old was fighting his mother and trying to tear her purse from her arm screaming "Give me my money!"  As I watched this woman stop and try to talk to the raging lunatic I again had an epiphany that when I have kids they will probably be taken away from me because of my abuse.  Mainly cause if I was that woman I would be beating that kid with my purse.  Once we came home it was time to get dressed to meet my friends, Sheena and Denise, for drinks before our party night.  We had drinks at a neighborhood type location with a fancy but equally a ripoff, jukebox.  It is always great to crack jokes with old friends and make new ones.  I also met a man that thinks wearing berets is ok.  Nope it isn't, but Cuz told him it was nice so now dude thinks he's cool with his lame beret.  After an hour or so with Sheena and Denise I was pretty much feeling good in the neighborhood.  I think we all were (Tee, S, and Cuz).  We left there and went to a Pre-Inaugural ball at the Shadow room.  It was a grand drunken time!  We danced ourselves silly!  Only issue though was the old broads wearing their animals...the coat check woman was like "I am not responsible for these coats" old lady was like "check my coat B*tch".  Needless to say no animal coats were checked.  Oh well Oh well.  At this party was a random ginormous bowl of shrimp, I don't know why or who was eating it but just wanted you to know it was there.  The DJ for the night was NY's own DJ Envy who was wearing white suspenders.  Every time I looked at him I saw Cab Calloway in the "Alright" video.  We didn't' get home until 4 am which wasn't a good look considering the inauguration was that same morning.  Oops...liquor wins again.  I'll type more about today tomorrow since the day isn't done yet.

Oh and i did wear sneakers.  

Blushing Ladies Speak:  We saw what Michelle wore for the swearing in, what did we think?   

Happy Inauguration Day

Happy Inauguration Day Everyone

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Inaugural Day 2

First things first...I am exhausted!  What a day we had!  First let me rewind back to the evening I had after I blogged.  Tee and I are staying at our friends house, "S" is her name for now.  Anyhow S had some friends come over to just hang out with us.  These dudes spoke like Snoop on the wire.  I could only stare at them in wonderment when they spoke.  One looked at me and asked what I as staring at and I said "I am trying to figure out what the SAM HELL you just said".  His reply "oh gobble gobble, jawn, big girl, jawn, seven, likeded it".  Oh ok that was clear...huh?  Anyways these dudes were chatty Cathy's, they talked Tee, S and I to sleep.  But not fully, I was not letting these cotton mouth fools talk me into a coma so they could rob us.  LOL.  They got the hint once I blatantly started snoring in the middle of one of their stories at 3 am and decided to leave.  It was quite the experience and it caused me to stay up way later than I had planned since we needed to leave for the brunch by 9. 

Now to today, S wakes us up around 8.  I want to slap her in her face, I'm so sleepy.  She comes back "Girls we don't' have any water"....WHAT????  I woke up with a start, them mush mouthed fools stole our water!  Slippery bastards.  LOL.  Nope turns out a pipe burst in a neighbor's apartment and now it won't be back on in time for us to leave for the brunch.  Of course this would happen to us.  No worries though we were focused, Tee went to CVS and bought jugs of water and we got our whore's bath on.  I am sure we have all done it.  I boiled some water and got to scrubbing the key areas.  I was then good to go!  We didn't leave the house until 10 though which had us worried but we made it right in time to the classiest event I have been to in awhile.  This Inauguration awards ceremony was held at the Swedish Embassy, the award recipients were Reuben Cannon, Kerry Washington, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Sylvia Rhone, and Hill Harper.  This event was sponsored by Perennial Strategy Group and Essence magazine.  It was a fantastic time. 

Now let me get down to the dirt, first I saw Miki Taylor, beauty editor of Essence, and I must admit her teeth were way bigger in person than I expected.  Angela Burt-Murray, Essence Editor....SHE LOOKED PHENOMENAL.  I mean when I saw her I said she must be someone important!  Other people tried too hard.  I saw a man with a suit on and a winter scarf underneath tied to form some sort of winter ascot.  I bet he had the hottest neck ever.  Everyone in there was dressed to the nines, and the majority of them looked great.  but of course their were a few that were hoping to come up on some.  I saw women in video girl dresses from the early En vogue days, and bare legs with open toed shoes.  I was like being cute isn't that worth it.  Even Kerry Washington needed a little help, let me state first, she had a glorious white dress on and she looked great in it.  But the ponytail attached to her head...NOPE.  I believe her kitchen was visible.  She needed some gel back there.  Yikes.  My homegirl Victoria Rowell aka Drucilla was in there with the fiercest hat ever with the lamest outfit.  Why wear that hat with jeans?  Come on Drucilla, you don't dance in the hood anymore.  I digress. 

Let me continue to move on, here is the list of the celeb sightings, we saw Lynn Whitfield, Alonzo Mourning and his wife, Ginuwine and his wife Sole (who knew they were still together wearing big old furs and earrings from H &M?), Richard Roundtree, Kerry Washington, Hill Harper, Ray Nagin (I know he ain't famous), Roland Martin (I think he plans to come out this weekend), Victoria Rowell, AJ (formerly of 106 and Park), Jeff Johnson (Cousin Jeff), T.D. Jakes, a girl from House of Payne, and Michael Collier.  One more thing the acceptance speeches were best from Kerry and Hill.  They were both so eloquent.  And Hill was even funny, he said that when he and Barack were at Harvard "Barack was magna cum laude, and I was cum laude, and the rest were just stupid people".  LOL.  Funny guy I love him.  We took a pic with him and afterwards he took a moment to introduce himself to us and get our names.  That made me his fan for life, maybe his stalker to.   

From the brunch we hit a couple of happy hours, first at a Texas Southern Alumni event...it was full of old people with free snacks.  But not just any old people, it was the kind that think they are dressing stylish but nothing matches.  It was a brief moment of craziness.  From there we went to a Hampton alumni event that was a little more in our age range, so we stayed there for a few.  Nothing too exciting there just good music and good food, it was a nice place called Mahogany, if you are in DC anytime check it out. 
To end our night off we went to a sports bar called Sidelines to watch the last playoff game.  It was the hoodest thing ever.  There were TV's but there was also a what?  A DJ!  And the DJ was hollering all types of non sports related items like "Brooklyn!!!  This is for New Jersey!  Where all my Alphas at?  Let's Percolate!"  Unbelievable.  the place was full of dudes and KFC's (my new name for Chicken heads).  Amazing amazing. 
So we started the day all classy and ended the day not so classy.  One final note, the food of the day was great, cheese grits, omelets, and mimosas at the brunch, the meatballs and crab cakes at the TSU alum event, and the lobster bisque at Mahogany.  Delish!

Tomorrow: We going to start the party.  But first we must go get out tickets.  Stay tuned....

Blushing ladies speak:  Shoes!  Today my feet were killing me.  What would you wear to walk around the capitol...fashionable flats, new balances, or keep it cute and go back to heels? 

We made it to DC!

Hello Blush Ladies!  For those that don't know I'm G-Peezy and I am Blush's guest blogger for the Inauguraion weekend.  For the next 4 days I will be posting about my hangouts, sightings, and all thing Inaugural.  Let's start with the trip here....
Now with ALL of the hype that has been building up for this Inauguration and how D.C. is going to be jam packed with people, you would think that the trip here would be horrendous.  Tee (my road dog for the weekend) and I have been prepping ourselves all week for an extra long trip from NYC to D.C.  The trip normally takes a good 4 hours which isn't bad at all, but with Barack hitting D.C. at the same time?  What do you think?  6 Hours, 8 hours, or 12 hours???  

Space to build anticipation.....


It took us 3.5 hours to get here!  And that's with us missing an exit AND turning around AND stopping at CVS Pharmacy!  What happened?  Where were all the people?  Is it too cold out for people?  I'm confused, did we miss them?  Did we fall for the okie doke on this deal?  I'm not complaining though, I have NEVER EVER driven to the DC area and NOT hit any traffic.  Barack isn't even in office yet and a change has already come.  PREACH!!!  I have a hand in the air right now testifying. 

People are excited I tell you.  On 95 South, as Tee and I were driving we saw a man that said screw that it's 12 degrees outside...I'm WALKING to the inauguration.  What would you wear to walk a highway in the blistering cold, in the middle of nowhere to see your President inaugurated?  I would wear a snowsuit topped off with a really nice big hat...like one you would wear to the Kentucky Derby.  With a snowmask on underneath of course.  NOT this dude though....he was wearing plaid pajama bottoms with a tan hoodie sweatshirt.  And he was carrying a MAN purse.  Blush ladies are man purses hot or not?  I say NOT.  That's dedication...he said I am taking my purse and I am going to see my President whether I catch hypothermia or not.  And while I am walking I am going to talk to my boo on the phone.  And when the cops roll up on me I am going to turn around and look at the cop car like..WHAT YOU LOOKING AT?

I digress...tonight we decided to lay low.  We grabbed a bite to eat and got some drinks and are straight chilling.  I did meet me a nice dark chocolate somebody who hasn't left my side since we got here...ladies I still got it!  But wouldn't you know he turned out to be a straight DAWG.  I tell you what just when you thought you met the one....their true colors come out!  I bet you want to know what he looks like right?  Well maybe I will post it tomorrow. 

We are resting up for our big day tomorrow, which starts off with a Brunch sponsored by Essence.  Guranteed I have many pics and stories from that. 

Blush Ladies Speak:  What would you deem as acceptable to wear to an Essence Magazine Brunch?  What's unacceptable?  Keep in mind Hill Harper will be there.