Obama Akimbo // Kick Me

Bill Clinton claims that he never inhaled, we all know George Bush did lines off of his girlfriends' cleavage, and now we know that it's Barack Obama and his afro cool who was the true college badass . As seen in Lisa Jack's new photo exhibit at the M+B Gallery in LA, Barack smoked pot, sold it to us, and if we can remember correctly the hottie made sweet, sweet love to Dolly and Ms. Streisand.

It was 1980, we were all feeling a tad angsty, and those tender memories of combing the future president's mane and layering him in American sportswear still bring a tiny, rhinestoned tear to our eyes. Man is FINE!

You Better Work Akimbo: Middle East Edition

A few excerpts from Barack's speech in Cairo:

“Palestinians must abandon violence. Resistance through violence and killing is wrong
and it does not succeed. For centuries, black people in America suffered the lash of the whip as slaves and the humiliation of segregation. But it was not violence that won full and equal rights. It was a peaceful and determined insistence upon the ideals at the center of America's founding. This same story can be told by people from South Africa to South Asia; from Eastern Europe to Indonesia. It's a story with a simple truth: that violence is a dead end. It is a sign neither of courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus. That's not how moral authority is claimed; that's how it is surrendered.”

“I recognize it will be hard to overcome decades of mistrust, but we will proceed with
courage, rectitude, and resolve. There will be many issues to discuss between our two
countries, and we are willing to move forward without preconditions on the basis of
mutual respect. But it is clear to all concerned that when it comes to nuclear weapons,we have reached a decisive point. This is not simply about America's interests. It's about preventing a nuclear arms race in the Middle East that could lead this region and the world down a hugely dangerous path.”

"I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her hair is somehow less equal, but I do believe that a woman who is denied an education is denied equality. And it is no coincidence that countries where women are well-educated are far more likely to be prosperous."

For now we'll ignore the hypocrisy of the "full and equal rights" thing and just bask in the temporary glow of being proud of living in America.