This will make you chuckle

[twyacht]

Didn't Teddy Roosevelt use part of the White House grounds as a target range?

Lead? Hmmmmmm...

[tombogan03884]

I (speaking strictly non politically) did find it a little sad. The reason is that I very much support eating locally grown stuff as a way to support local farmers, and I like the idea of eating stuff I grew rather than buying tomatos grown in Mexico or God knows where. I also like the idea that they were growing heirloom stuff (old American varieties) rather than the types that "food scientists" developed based on shelf life, not taste. It is kind of a sad day when you can't plant a garden in your backyard and not have to worry about it poisoning your kids.
FQ13

At the level reported, 32parts per Mil. I wouldn't worry about the food, the background levels of hazardous chemicals in todays environment are more dangerous than that, and it's still safer than eating Mexican produce contaminated with crap.

[tombogan03884]

Didn't Teddy Roosevelt use part of the White House grounds as a target range?

Lead? Hmmmmmm...

Yes. 

[graywolf]

Due to the unprecedented high levels of lead in the First Lady's garden, the Secret Service and White House Police will be equipped with non-toxic air soft weapons. 

[ericire12]

I dont know if this belongs here or in the "Women are so stupid" thread:


http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2009/07/09/2009-07-09_michelle_obama_flashes_expensive_taste_carries_5950_black_bag_alligator_russia_.html

Michelle Obama flashes expensive taste, carries $5,950 alligator envelope clutch in Russian woods



Talk about luxury in the woods!

Michelle Obama showed off her more expensive taste in fashion by carrying a $5,950 VBH black alligator manila clutch while strolling the wooded landscape outside of Moscow, Russia this week.

The First Lady, who has been known wearing affordable American brands such as Gap and J.Crew, flashed the shiny handheld purse while walking with her husband, President Barack Obama, during their meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana.

The shiny alligator bag is handmade in Italy by luxury leather goods company VBH, named after V. Bruce Hoeksema, a former colleague of Valentino.
It's part of the Spring 2009 collection and is currently sold at the VBH store in New York (there are currently two in stock) and Neiman Marcus.

While a rep for VBH could not confirm where Obama purchased the bag, she could have picked it up in Chicago. Both Neiman Marcus and Ikram, her go-to boutique in Chicago, sell VBH goods.

It's not the first time the First Lady has shown off a taste for pricier items. She wore a pair of $540 sneakers by French design house Lanvin at a D.C. food bank in late April.

LET THEM EAT CAKE MY VEGETABLES!

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[jaybet]

I went wrong as a youth. Should have gone to Community Organizer School. Evidently they do pretty well.

[Pathfinder]

I went wrong as a youth. Should have gone to Community Organizer School. Evidently they do pretty well.

Like we learned - or were told to learn - in Watergate, follow the freakin' money!!!!

The POTUS earns $200k a year. So who is funding this lifestyle change? People (Tom, me and a whole boarload of others are out of work and we are supposed to be impressed by a $6k handbag? And if it was given to her - the article does say she bought it - then it belongs to the people of these United States. Any bets on whether it is found when they eventually leave the WH?

[ericire12]

I went wrong as a youth. Should have gone to Community Organizer School. Evidently they do pretty well.

Yet she looks pretty darn pissed for someone who has the means to afford a $5,900 purse.

*Meanwhile, Obama tells the Russian President that on the third day he created trees.... and saw that they were good.

[ericire12]

I also missed this the first time I read the article:

It's not the first time the First Lady has shown off a taste for pricier items. She wore a pair of $540 sneakers by French design house Lanvin at a D.C. food bank in late April.

[Pathfinder]

Yet she looks pretty darn pissed for someone who has the means to afford a $5,900 purse.

*Meanwhile, Obama tells the Russian President that on the third day he created trees.... and saw that they were good.

She's always pissed - one angry black woman. Remember the whole "For the first time in my life..." episode? The problem is, after you are that angry for that long, it is a hard habit to break.

The whole garden and Vogue magazine thing is to help her not looked pissed. Just an act.