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1. #1
   On April 15th, 2008 at 4:06 pm, Armigerous said:

   Mr.Snob: “I see where the cost of polo pony feed has gone up again”

   Mrs. Snob: “Oh,dear…how to they expect PEOPLE to live?”

2. #2
   On April 15th, 2008 at 4:11 pm, John Ansell said:

   Obabma is pro illegal invaders because they pick the arugula American hicks won’t pick.

3. #3
   On April 15th, 2008 at 4:12 pm, bloghooligan said:

   LOL

4. #4
   On April 15th, 2008 at 4:14 pm, tropicalwave12 said:

   Do they stock arugula at my local Wal-Mart… Guess I’ll go home put on my cut off shorts and t-shirt and drive my truck, the one with the gun rack, up to the Wal-Mart to find out.

5. #5
   On April 15th, 2008 at 4:14 pm, sgcwi said:

   Maybe if he didn’t buy so much fancy lettuce him and his wife wouldn’t complain so much about spending 10,000$ for their kids summer camp, soccer,and dance lessons.
   Welcome to the real world. Iceberg is fine with me.

6. #6
   On April 15th, 2008 at 4:17 pm, RobM1981 said:

   It’s the first time Michelle Obama has been proud to eat a salad, in her life…

7. #7
   On April 15th, 2008 at 4:17 pm, tre said:

   I hear that the price of champagne and pheasant-under-glass is going up, too. He just might need to (shudder) eat a BURGER, FRIES, AND SHAKE! (Gasp!)

8. #8
   On April 15th, 2008 at 4:20 pm, wise_man said:

   Beautiful!

9. #9
   On April 15th, 2008 at 4:22 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

   On April 15th, 2008 at 4:17 pm, RobM1981 said:
   It’s the first time Michelle Obama has been proud to eat a salad, in her life…

   ROFLMBO

10. #10
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:23 pm, Byantine said:

    I don’t even know what arugula is. Does that make me a bitter middle class person that is hopelessy clingling to my faith or some other silly thing?

11. #11
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:26 pm, xler8bmw said:

    Here in the trailer park we grow our own and make our own beer!

12. #12
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:27 pm, hrobusto said:

    Maybe he’s just a big Rachael Ray fan. You know she loves her “Rocket Lettuce”. When’s the last time anybody saw any of these “of The People” types in a grocery store or cooking their own meals anyway. You know Bill doesn’t eat Hillary’s food…if he knows what’s good for him. I’d love to see another real-life couple in the White House like W. and Laura. Unfortunately we get this bunch.

13. #13
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:28 pm, Photios said:

    Fancy foods are an important part of any snob’s diet, don’chano. So important that you, the taxpayer, must provide the poor children of the Berkeley government schools with the money needed to buy them.

    Michelle had this on an earlier post, from Senator Jim DeMint’s homepage;
    

    One earmark provides gourmet organic lunches to schools in the Berkeley School District. While our Marines are making due with MREs of Sloppy Joe and Chili with Beans, the organization Chez Panisse is getting federal tax dollars to design meals that promote “environmental harmony.” Chez Panisse’s menu features “Comté cheese soufflé with mâche salad,” “Meyer lemon éclairs with huckleberry coulis” and “Chicory salad with creamy anchovy vinaigrette and olive toast.”

    Are we to understand that the city that has been home to many of the country’s most rich and famous cannot afford to pay for its own designer school lunches?

    By refusing to grow arugula the people of Iowa are not meeting the needs of the children of snobby parents!

    Shame!

    +Photi

14. #14
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, Scooter36 said:

    “I’d love to see another real-life couple in the White House like W. and Laura.”

    you’re funny..

15. #15
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, luckybrand said:

    McCain and Clinton are both worth over $100 million, and people are harping on Obama because he shops at Whole Foods?
    I guess he just got too uppity for some folks.

16. #16
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    “Arugula - bitter as a rural Pennsylvanian”

17. #17
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    You sure that’s not watercress?

18. #18
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:32 pm, mchristian said:

    I’ve never commented before, but I guess I’ll endive right in. This whole story is radicchiolous. It’s just bitter greens for a bitter bunch of people.

19. #19
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:33 pm, GOPGin said:

    AlohaGuy

    “Arugula - bitter as a rural Pennsylvanian”

    That could perhaps be the best thing I’ve heard all day!

20. #20
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:34 pm, Lichthammer said:

    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:23 pm, Byantine said:

    I don’t even know what arugula is. Does that make me a bitter middle class person that is hopelessy clingling to my faith or some other silly thing?

    It’s ok, I had no idea either. So I checked it out.

    Apparently it’s some kind of incredibly expensive grossly mutated lettuce that may or may not work as an aphrodisiac in addition to being profoundly rich on Vitamin C, and is - humorously - described as having a “rich” taste.

21. #21
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:34 pm, luckybrand said:

    I’d love to see another real-life couple in the White House like W. and Laura.

    Yeah, because the son of a president and former head of the CIA, who attended Andover, Yale, and Harvard, is just like the rest of us. But I guess he isn’t an elite because he can’t pronounce nuclear correctly.

22. #22
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:35 pm, Ditkaca said:

    I have never been much of an arugula fan because it’s a little too “bitter” for my taste.

23. #23
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:36 pm, lawhawk said:

    No wonder Obama thinks people are so bitter these days. He sees the world through arugula colored glasses.

24. #24
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:36 pm, DBNinKY said:

    Note to Mr. “O” - While grocery shopping with my family this past weekend at Super Wal-mart, I noticed they had a special on arugula: two of the prewashed packages for just six dollars!

    But being the man of the people that you are, I’m sure you already know this. Just like you know that the majority of typical white and black Americans buy their groceries at Super Wal-mart - not at eco-friendly & thrice-the-price Whole Foods!

25. #25
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:37 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    McCain and Clinton are both worth over $100 million, and people are harping on Obama because he shops at Whole Foods?
    I guess he just got too uppity for some folks.

    No luckybrand, people are harping on him because he thinks Iowa voters shop at the upscale, non-existent (in Iowa) Whole Foods, and that the rising cost of Arugula is an “everyman” concern. Coupled with his recent comments about “bitter” people, some of us think he’s a snob. Not an “Uppity” black person, a snob. His ancestral roots have nothing to do with it.

26. #26
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:37 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    I’d love to see another real-life couple in the White House like W. and Laura.

    Hmmm…The Obamas attended Harvard, Princeton, etc., wife makes over $300K/year. I guess they’re average “normal” people too. Guess that doesn’t count though, right?

27. #27
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:37 pm, Azygos said:

    hrobusto,

    Reminds me of the old joke. Her first husband died from eating poison mushrooms.

    Her second husband died from a fractured skull
    .
    .
    .
    .
    He wouldn’t eat his mushrooms.

28. #28
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:38 pm, cpodug said:

    mchristian said:

    As soon as I can pick myself back up, I salute you!

29. #29
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:39 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    GOPGin said:

    Thanks GOPGin!

30. #30
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:39 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    cpodug,

    Ditto. MM let in some great new blood - have you noticed?

31. #31
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:40 pm, cpodug said:

    A whole lot better than us, looks like

32. #32
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:42 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Hmmm…The Obamas attended Harvard, Princeton, etc., wife makes over $300K/year. I guess they’re average “normal” people too. Guess that doesn’t count though, right?

    The piano lessons are expensive according to Mrs. O, so I will cut them a little slack in honor of the late Woodshed, music teacher, banned troll.

33. #33
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:43 pm, Scooter36 said:

    On-my-soap-box, don’t go getting one of them elitist attitudes now…

34. #34
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:43 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Obama isn’t an elitist. He’s a elitist wannabe…

    Such a repulsive little man trying to be what he isn’t and he’s bitter because of it…he’s all about the show.

35. #35
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:45 pm, nyk said:

    Where I live, arugula is just something you use in salad (and appears on nearly every restaurant menu), and is wholly bereft of class or political implications. Maybe that’s why I genuinely cannot grasp what all the hoopla is about. Neither do I believe that any person can be reduced to their taste in salad greens.

    Sigh. I guess it’s too bad Obama isn’t as down-to-earth as past presidents such as Andover/Yale legacy George Bush (41 or 43 — take your pick); old-money Franklin D. Roosevelt; or hyper-educated, Francophile Thomas “Fancy Lad” Jefferson. Although, I don’t know that by the standards used here to judge Obama that any of the aforementioned would be considered an everyman…

36. #36
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:45 pm, terrig said:

    #4, I actually saw arugula at the super Wal-Mart in Hinesville, GA, when we lived there. I’m sure they have it other places, just haven’t been close enough again to a super Wal-Mart.
    I’ve actually had it a few times but I’m an iceberg or romaine kind of girl myself. It sort of had this peppery type taste but perhaps it’s an acquired taste?
    Soap and Cpodug, about the newbies-guess the Kos Kids got word of it and signed up.

37. #37
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:46 pm, TexasTiger said:

    We’ll have to add the Arugula image to our Snobwear collection–if CafePress puts our products back up. They’ve yanked our merchandise based on “content policy usage” concerns, which we have already addressed. I’ll keep you posted.

    That’s ironic. There’s more content in the messages on your shirts than there is in the entire Obama platform. Maybe that’s CafePress’ concern.

38. #38
    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:48 pm, TheOtherSide said:

    April 15th, 2008 at 4:34 pm, Lichthammer said:

    It’s ok, I had no idea either. So I checked it out.

    Apparently it’s some kind of incredibly expensive grossly mutated lettuce

    Since when is $1.99 incredibly expensive?

39. #39
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:00 pm, nyk said:

    And since when is a naturally grown member of the mustard family considered “grossly mutated lettuce?”

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arugula

40. #40
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:01 pm, BayStateRepublican said:

    This is hysterical. There are indeed class implications. If Obama had wanted to show he’s out of touch with the average taxpayer, the arugula question was spot on. Ask the server at the Maid-Rite if they have arugula for your sandwich and they’ll look at you sideways. The families the left likes to describe as “at risk” aren’t eating much arugula, if they eat salad at all.

41. #41
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:02 pm, Lichthammer said:

    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:48 pm, TheOtherSide said:

    Since when is $1.99 incredibly expensive?

    Compared to the wholesale price of these leafy devils, $1.99 would seem a fortune.

42. #42
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:09 pm, TexasTiger said:

    Clearly I’m not in the mainstream on this one, but I think it’s far funnier that when D’oh-bama asked Iowa voters if they had been into Whole Foods and seen the price of arugula, there were no Whole Foods stores in Iowa.

43. #43
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:10 pm, letget said:

    I am really sorry be O/T, but I have been watching the Pope arrive here in America. It is a wonderful day for all the Catholic posters. I pray his visit will be a blessing to you all. Again, sorry, there wasn’t a place post my feelings. I, myself am not Catholic, but I do hope his visit will be a great help to you all.
    L

44. #44
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:14 pm, Mortis said:

    I’ve never eaten it.

    I only eat crow.

45. #45
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:15 pm, luckybrand said:

    Point taken, Texas Tiger. Not astute at all on Obama’s part, although I don’t agree with some that it rises to the level of snobbery. I grew up in Connecticut and never set foot in a Whole Foods until a few years ago, in New Orleans of all places.

46. #46
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:18 pm, Regulus said:

    Arugula?

    OK, putting aside that it sounds like a foreign word for something you cough up from your lungs, it still sounds like it violates the proper order of the food chain: you don’t eat leafy plants yourself, but rather feed them to a pig, cow, or chicken …. then kill and eat the pig, cow or chicken.

47. #47
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:26 pm, chapoutier said:

    then kill and eat the pig, cow or chicken.

    No no. First you prepare a lovely bernaise sauce for the steak. And pair that with a nice Bordeaux, I’m thinking a Pomerol.

    Then you lovingly stuff the pork with a delicious apple stuffing. Now many would tell you white wine with white meat, but I say go ahead and pair that with a red on the lighter side, like a nice Burgundy or Oregonian Pinot Noir. Of course a Reisling from Alcase would be very nice too.

    And then you throw away the chicken because only poor people eat chick– oh. wait. I fear I have said too much.

48. #48
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:26 pm, fraydna52 said:

    Well, ironically, arugula, aka roquette or rocket, is a spicy cousin of the humble mustard green, a staple of the “lower income” southern diet. And it’s very easy (and cheap) to grow your own, as we have in our back yard garden. It’s nothing to be snobby about!

49. #49
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:29 pm, Misscheryl said:

    No no. First you prepare a lovely bernaise sauce for the steak. And pair that with a nice Bordeaux, I’m thinking a Pomerol.

    Then you lovingly stuff the pork with a delicious apple stuffing. Now many would tell you white wine with white meat, but I say go ahead and pair that with a red on the lighter side, like a nice Burgundy or Oregonian Pinot Noir. Of course a Reisling from Alcase would be very nice too.

    And then you throw away the chicken because only poor people eat chick– oh. wait. I fear I have said too much.No no. First you prepare a lovely bernaise sauce for the steak. And pair that with a nice Bordeaux, I’m thinking a Pomerol.

    Then you lovingly stuff the pork with a delicious apple stuffing. Now many would tell you white wine with white meat, but I say go ahead and pair that with a red on the lighter side, like a nice Burgundy or Oregonian Pinot Noir. Of course a Reisling from Alcase would be very nice too.

    And then you throw away the chicken because only poor people eat chick– oh. wait. I fear I have said too much.

    Now that is funny

50. #50
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:29 pm, ajmontana said:

    Misscheryl said:
    Obama isn’t an elitist. He’s a elitist wannabe…

    Bingo!

51. #51
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:36 pm, graysonret said:

    That was a cute pic. Have to try that arugula. I wonder how Barry Hussein Osama likes it…oh….oops.

52. #52
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:37 pm, Insomniac said:

    Looks like CafePress still has the Snobama merchandise spiked. Cowards.

53. #53
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:37 pm, Tennyson said:

    You guys are totally cracking me up.

    “Arugula - bitter as a rural Pennsylvanian” indeed!

54. #54
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:38 pm, reine.de.tout said:

    On April 15th, 2008 at 4:37 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    No luckybrand, people are harping on him because he thinks Iowa voters shop at the upscale, non-existent (in Iowa) Whole Foods, and that the rising cost of Arugula is an “everyman” concern. Coupled with his recent comments about “bitter” people, some of us think he’s a snob. Not an “Uppity” black person, a snob. His ancestral roots have nothing to do with it.

    Perfectly said, Aloha Guy.

55. #55
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:39 pm, TheOtherSide said:

    I prefer the Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw, Passion Fruit Mousse, and Farfalle Pasta with Turkey Sausage recipes by Cindy McCain The Food Network.

56. #56
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:40 pm, Armigerous said:

    Snob:…from the Latin…’sine nobilitas’…without nobility

57. #57
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:42 pm, alaskangrizzly said:

    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:39 pm, TheOtherSide said:
    I prefer the Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw, Passion Fruit Mousse, and Farfalle Pasta with Turkey Sausage recipes by Cindy McCain The Food Network.

    Someone’s been reading too much of the Politico today…

58. #58
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:43 pm, Tennyson said:

    When D’oh-bama asked Iowa voters if they had been into Whole Foods and seen the price of arugula, there were no Whole Foods stores in Iowa.

    Hence “That’s a store, you ignorant hick”

    (this is only my third cartoon ever so apologies if it doesn’t entirely make sense)

59. #59
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:49 pm, luckybrand said:

    Almost every state in the South has one, so Iowa seems to be behind the curve.

60. #60
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:52 pm, cicerokid said:

    Hey, NYK. Thomas Jefferson brought ice cream to the White House. Obummer’s gonna bring bitter greens!

61. #61
    On April 15th, 2008 at 5:58 pm, cicerokid said:

    Any way. We po folks be pickin poke sallet, no money fo da sto bought greens…

62. #62
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:06 pm, ajmontana said:

    and seriously when the price of gas here is over $3.75 who gives a flying fig about arugula?
    Avacado’s sky high, even granny smith apples are 1.99lb….
    but gas prices suck.
    Not one of them has mentioned that.
    I hope I have enough change for Gasoline.

63. #63
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:07 pm, Les in NC said:

    He may be an elitist wannabe now but he’s an elitist gonnabe soon. His wife gets a $200K raise when he was elected to the Senate, her hospital gets an earmark soon after. Change my backside. Same old crap.

64. #64
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:14 pm, John Ansell said:

    ajmontana said: #62, I’ve save a ton of money and I didn’t have to switch to Geigo. My party gave me Mcinsane so I don’t have to donate this time around. I can now afford the gas prices and Arugula. I might get some of that there fancy $100 a pound Ham.

65. #65
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:14 pm, TexasTiger said:

    luckybrand, et al.:

    Here’s what real food snobs look like. You will LYAO.

66. #66
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:15 pm, nyc123me said:

    umm.. why all these personal attacks lately? Many seem to be based on silly things like what food Obama eats and the shock and horror of Hillary knocking back a shooter. How about more about their politics, that’s what concerns me, and what should be concerning everyone else, not what they did or did not eat for breakfast. C’mon Michelle, I’ve been an avid follower here for a long time, but you seen to be lowering your standards lately.. just because the left do it, doesn’t mean you have to.

67. #67
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:15 pm, bloghooligan said:

    unreal. screw them.

68. #68
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:17 pm, ajmontana said:

    cafe express is a bunch of mamby pamby’s…. go suck an egg cafe exp. losers.
    scratch me from ever buying anything there.

69. #69
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:17 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    and seriously when the price of gas here is over $3.75 who gives a flying fig about arugula?

    aj, Obama had a meeting at the Getty home a few days ago, so you can expect prices to fall any time now. No wait…

    It’s kind of convoluted, and I’ve done almost no research, but I believe Getty Oil is owned by Lukoil - a Russian company - and licenses the Getty name from Getty Real Estate, the company that owns the name. So - and it’s a wild guess - the Getty in Pacific Heights gets money from a Russian company and uses it to host a fundraiser for Obama. Did they invite poor Hsu, or is this a Russian money versus Chinese money Dem run-off?

    Sure, it’s a stretch, and hyperbole is often my middle name, but how many coincidences are there in politics? Arugula is a red-herring. And with a little salt and pepper, EVOO (Rachel Ray did you say?) and Balsamic vinegar you have a salad.

70. #70
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:18 pm, Scooter36 said:

    i had no idea people were so passionate about arugula..bizarre.

71. #71
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:18 pm, fred5676 said:

    I admit to never (knowingly) eating arugula.

    But I do remember watching a TV news story of President George H W Bush shopping at a grocery store with a news crew during his 1992(?) campaign, and being surprised at the “new” laser bar code scanner. I believe this was after a reporter asked him how much a loaf a bread cost, or something like that.

    Can any millionaire represent the American people?

72. #72
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:20 pm, ajmontana said:

    nyc123me
    How about more about their politics?

    you can only write so many times…
    Hope and Change
    what else does he have?
    and el skanky is a flat out liar, can you believe her policies?

73. #73
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:23 pm, Egfrow said:

    Parody is not copyright infringement.
    http://www.publaw.com/parody.html

74. #74
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:29 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    Cafepress…what a bunch of tools.

75. #75
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:32 pm, TexasTiger said:

    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:18 pm, fred5676 said:

    Can any millionaire represent the American people?

    We don’t need them to represent us. We want them to defend the Constitution, provide for the common defense, incarcerate the bad guy…and nothing else.

76. #76
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:36 pm, John Ansell said:

    Glad to see Snoboma wear found a new home.

77. #77
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:38 pm, Tennyson said:

    Bottoms. For Obama.

    Well, all righty then!

78. #78
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:42 pm, Patriot1 said:

    I got the mo’ bitter blues

79. #79
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:42 pm, tc2011 said:

    Just turn the logo upside down without changing its design. Kind of like turning a flag upside down.

80. #80
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:43 pm, Scooter36 said:

    We don’t need them to represent us. We want them to defend the Constitution, provide for the common defense, incarcerate the bad guy…and nothing else. — in other words, we need someone to do the job that GWB hasn’t been able to do.

81. #81
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:49 pm, bit_boy said:

    When your the near abused Barack Hussein Obama the child they are collard greens. When you are the court ordered Barack Hussein Obama person of privilege, who graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School on various types of merit dollars, those greens become arugula. The one life course ignored by Obama and the rest of his clan is humility.

82. #82
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:49 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    Well, it’s clear who some of the new trolls are.

83. #83
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:50 pm, Tennyson said:

    Just turn the logo upside down without changing its design.

    Then it could be Bottoms Up For Obama.

84. #84
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:50 pm, John Ansell said:

    PBoilermaker, Picking them out now.

85. #85
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:51 pm, John Ansell said:

    Tennyson said #83,

    LOL good one

86. #86
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:52 pm, ajmontana said:

    tennyson, your photoshops are excellent.

87. #87
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:52 pm, Silkyinfamous said:

    Arugula is said to be an aphrodisiac. I didn’t know a greeny vegetable could be so Seductive.

88. #88
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:54 pm, John Ansell said:

    I wonder if Rezko will be able to get Arugula if he’s sent to the big house.(and by big house, I’m not talking the one they sold Obambi)

89. #89
    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:59 pm, conservativesRus said:

    On April 15th, 2008 at 6:18 pm, fred5676 said:
    ….Can any millionaire represent the American people?

    May I ask would you rather have a welfare recipient represent us? Oh wait - the Clintons have lived their whole life on the public dole so they do qualify.

90. #90
    On April 15th, 2008 at 7:00 pm, Azygos said:

    TT, #75

    Exactly!!!

    I believe this was after a reporter asked him how much a loaf a bread cost, or something like that.

    Here in Phoenix 4 bucks. And no, I did not buy a loaf. I’ll go to the thrift bakery and buy day old bread for a dollar instead.

91. #91
    On April 15th, 2008 at 7:03 pm, Boomer said:

    Update: CafePress has removed our Snob-ama products again, citing copyright infringement concerns.

    I seem to remember CafePress pulling the same BS when it came to the anti-Moveon.org products. One site that will continue not to get this households business.

92. #92
    On April 15th, 2008 at 7:05 pm, zorro said:

    Michelle this typical bitter person would like to know if you are moving all your products to Printfection?

    I am disappointed that CafePress refused your wears and accepted others. As this election season drags on, I find myself becoming less patient with PC behavior.

93. #93
    On April 15th, 2008 at 7:05 pm, zorro said:

    correction! refused your wears wares.

94. #94
    On April 15th, 2008 at 7:06 pm, Expendable said:

    Wait, what the gak is arugula? Mom never fed me weeds when I was a kid!

95. #95
    On April 15th, 2008 at 7:07 pm, 24Klady said:

    Tennyson#5.34pm #58 - We hearts you and thank you for the great laughs. I’ve sent your photoshop around the world with the strict advice not to attempt to take credit for it because it’s copyrighted..? Humor is the aphrodisiac of the mind, and now with leafy greens added it’s good for you too.

    I’m so glad MM does give a few precious moments to humor. We have the choice of participating in humor or attempting to throw a wet towel on it. So my advice is, if you don’t care to engage in an exchange of a few moments of laughter and fun - go where you feel most comfortable

96. #96
    On April 15th, 2008 at 7:09 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    (and by big house, I’m not talking the one they sold Obambi)

    How about the one Rev Wright is getting from his church? Now that’s a big house!

97. #97
    On April 15th, 2008 at 7:12 pm, Azygos said:

    Wait, what the gak is arugula? Mom never fed me weeds when I was a kid!

    Oh heck, we did all the time as kids. We would walk down the road and pick lambs quarter off the side of the road. Boiled, with butter and a little salt and pepper, yumm. Wonder what my lead level is come to think of it?

98. #98
    On April 15th, 2008 at 7:13 pm, TexasTiger said:

    24Klady:

    I’m not offended (I’m not a liberal, for crying and crying and crying out loud) by Tennyson’s comment. I think my joke must have misfired.

    It’s all good.

99. #99
    On April 15th, 2008 at 7:14 pm, Jim M. said:

    That nose-up picture of Obama would go great with the phrase:

    LET THEM EAT ARUGULA

100. #100
     On April 15th, 2008 at 7:26 pm, Concerned Citizen said:

     On April 15th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, luckybrand said:
     McCain and Clinton are both worth over $100 million, and people are harping on Obama because he shops at Whole Foods?

     Cite your source, please

     Here’s mine that puts the number way lower.

     Of course, Obama’s declared his net worth to be between 500,000 and 1.1 million. Of course he got a 1.9 million advance for his book in 2005 and they declared income of 984,000 in 2006, so apparently they earned over 2 million those 2 years, but only retained about half. And we’re supposed to trust this guy with the federal budget?

     Source

101. #101
     On April 15th, 2008 at 7:31 pm, nyk said:

     #81 “When your the near abused Barack Hussein Obama the child they are collard greens…”

     I’m not sure exactly what this means (not having my Gibberish-English dictionary handy) but I’m guessing the implication is a less “fancy,” well-schooled Obama would eat collard greens instead of arugula? (Although, I’m not sure that collard greens are a Kenyan or a Kansan staple that would’ve been handed down.) Yet, as has been pointed out again and again, arugula is not a delicacy. If you haven’t tried it, do, but let’s not pretend he tsk, tsked the price of beluga caviar.

102. #102
     On April 15th, 2008 at 7:33 pm, Mookie said:

     On April 15th, 2008 at 7:05 pm, zorro said:

     I am disappointed that CafePress refused your wears and accepted others. As this election season drags on, I find myself becoming less patient with PC behavior.

     Cafe Press refusing to carry the SNOBama gear has absolutely NOTHING to do with being PC.

     Cafe Press’s Anti-Obama department

103. #103
     On April 15th, 2008 at 7:37 pm, TexasTiger said:

     This t-shirt is pretty sweet.

104. #104
     On April 15th, 2008 at 7:38 pm, zerodamage said:

     That sort of argument by CafePress is invalid when you are referring to Political figures. Ask Arnold Schwarzenegger who apparently had issue with bobbleheads when he first got elected and which he filed suit against. Link

105. #105
     On April 15th, 2008 at 7:46 pm, TexasTiger said:

     Tennyson:

     If you’re still around, could you squeeze Hillary into one of these?

106. #106
     On April 15th, 2008 at 7:50 pm, Tennyson said:

     This t-shirt is pretty sweet.

     Ha! Great one!

107. #107
     On April 15th, 2008 at 7:55 pm, Tennyson said:

     If you’re still around, could you squeeze Hillary into one of these?

     Not going there. Not anywhere near there.

     /eeeeuw

108. #108
     On April 15th, 2008 at 7:56 pm, zorro said:

     Mookie, CafePress is playing games with “trademarks”. OK for some to use, not for others. (the “O” with wavy red/white strips).

109. #109
     On April 15th, 2008 at 8:00 pm, John Ansell said:

     Note to self, drink my drink before opening Texas Tiger’s links.

110. #110
     On April 15th, 2008 at 8:05 pm, John Ansell said:

     Does this mean young voters are stupid?

111. #111
     On April 15th, 2008 at 8:09 pm, Concerned Citizen said:

     #105 TexasTiger,

     Thanks, I just threw up in my mouth a little.

112. #112
     On April 15th, 2008 at 8:11 pm, a crapweasel said:

     Obama likes to eat snob food while McCain likes to chew on his own foot.

113. #113
     On April 15th, 2008 at 8:24 pm, TexasTiger said:

     QUAKERTOWN, Pa. — Older voters gravitate to Hillary Clinton because they’re too wise to be fooled by Barack Obama’s rhetoric, former president Bill Clinton told Pennsylvania voters today.

     I thought it was because older voters were frightened when they saw D’oh-bama walking toward them on the same side of the street.

     Whatever. If Billy said it, I believe it.

114. #114
     On April 15th, 2008 at 8:40 pm, wise_man said:

     Meanwhile, they have no problem with this merchandise from gay supporters of Obama:
     Photo of an obama button, a ’starfish’ in the center with the phrase ‘Bottoms for Obama‘

     Good ….. lord.

     (dinner in my stomach turning sour)

115. #115
     On April 15th, 2008 at 8:58 pm, floridaobserver said:

     Uhhhh, anyone remember the Wendy’s dinner Kerry and Edwards pretended to eat and then ordered a catered dinner from some yacht club when they were campaigning?

116. #116
     On April 15th, 2008 at 9:00 pm, sshuffield70 said:

     Never knew CafePress was a left leaning organization.

117. #117
     On April 15th, 2008 at 9:13 pm, undrseige247 said:

     At first I didn’t know what the starfish meant, then the “Rorschach” kicked in.

118. #118
     On April 15th, 2008 at 9:18 pm, TexasTiger said:

     On April 15th, 2008 at 9:13 pm, undrseige247 said:

     At first I didn’t know what the starfish meant, then the “Rorschach” kicked in.

     I know what you mean. I’ve got a kid, so I’m thinking that’s Patrick Star on the logo and Bikini Bottom is voting D’oh-bama.

     WRONG!
     
     “But they’re just like the rest of us.”

119. #119
     On April 15th, 2008 at 9:25 pm, Lee Hazel said:

     I’m old enough to have caught the end of WWII and understand some of what Dr. Goebles was all about and his techniques. Also the post WWII years of Uncle Joe Stalin and soviet propoganda.

     I can only tell you that B. Hussien Obama is a VERY SCARY MAN. These posters are far too familiar to those of us old enough to remember.

120. #120
     On April 15th, 2008 at 9:48 pm, pahrumpapa said:

     I find it hard to believe that the MSM is just now begining to say Obama may be “Marxian” in his comments. I guess he attended Rev. Wright’s church out of bitterness for twenty years.

121. #121
     On April 15th, 2008 at 10:09 pm, aggiebc said:

     So CafePress is claiming Obama’s face is copyrighted?

     Obviously these people at Cafepress don’t have a single person working for them that knows what a copyright actually is and what infringes it…

122. #122
     On April 15th, 2008 at 10:12 pm, Just Plain Bill said:

     Michelle,

     You might take a look at this site.

     http://www.zazzle.com/

     It is the one Rachel Lukas has her stuff up on.

123. #123
     On April 15th, 2008 at 10:17 pm, tanksoldier said:

     Has anyone asked CafePress why they are concerned about copyright infringement in once case but not all the others?

124. #124
     On April 15th, 2008 at 10:19 pm, Henry said:

     Yeah, that’s nothing new for CafePress. They pulled the same nonsense with The People’s Cube a while back.

     CafePress is the YouTube of custom t-shirts. I hope you’ll be moving all of your merchandise out of there soon.

125. #125
     On April 15th, 2008 at 10:20 pm, Garathorn said:

     I hope Barry takes the hint and decides to ‘lettuce’ alone.

126. #126
     On April 15th, 2008 at 10:24 pm, lollington said:

     How many products have been sold?

127. #127
     On April 15th, 2008 at 10:27 pm, libocrat said:

     I’m shaking my leaf lettuce and clinging to my guns and religion in anger.

128. #128
     On April 15th, 2008 at 10:51 pm, Jimmy Chowda said:

     Printfection’s 10 times better than Cafe Press with much better color options. It was a good move regardless of the idiots in charge at CP.

129. #129
     On April 15th, 2008 at 10:59 pm, puhiawa said:

     What the hell is arugula?

130. #130
     On April 15th, 2008 at 11:06 pm, Locke_Demosthenes said:

     It’s arugula.

     It’s not pot.

     Really. I’m trustworthy.

131. #131
     On April 15th, 2008 at 11:25 pm, Ocracoke said:

     On April 15th, 2008 at 4:45 pm, terrig said:

     #4, I actually saw arugula at the super Wal-Mart in Hinesville, GA, when we lived there.

     3rd ID?
     My husband and I taught at Bradwell just off post when we lived there.

132. #132
     On April 15th, 2008 at 11:38 pm, chief said:

     Tennyson that was great work on the photoshop. The first thing I thought when I saw it was that this needs to be on a T-shirt. I will be buying one, and sporting it on as many days as I can leading up to the May 6th primary here in NC. Priceless, and a job well done.

133. #133
     On April 15th, 2008 at 11:46 pm, wise_man said:

     On April 15th, 2008 at 10:59 pm, puhiawa said: What the hell is arugula?

     Vocalist. Slightly more talented than Mariah Carey, a thousand times raunchier.

     Wait. No. It’s a floor wax.

     Desert topping?

134. #134
     On April 16th, 2008 at 12:34 am, bit_boy said:

     nyk # 101, what ever that means other than troll, your assumptions are again wrong. Please refer to your Gibberish-English dictionary for clarification. There must be something in the water your species drinks.

135. #135
     On April 16th, 2008 at 12:43 am, Armigerous said:

     My guess is he said ‘arugula’ rather than ‘collard greens’ because he assumed that those Iowa bumpkins would have thought he was saying ‘colored greens’ and thought it was some some kind of new black environmental group….and how would that look coming from the ‘transracial’ candidate?

136. #136
     On April 16th, 2008 at 1:20 am, nyk said:

     Bold words all you’d like (including troll). I suggest you pick up an MLA Handbook so your diatribes can be understood by the rest of us native English speakers. It is your first language, after all. You should learn how to communicate effectively in it.

137. #137
     On April 16th, 2008 at 1:21 am, parabola said:

     There are no whole foods in my area but there are stores like it. The yuppies all shop there and everything is like $2 more than at the regular grocery store. It’s organic.

138. #138
     On April 16th, 2008 at 1:33 am, nyk said:

     #134 P.S. There’s only one (bold!) species of human (and yours is the same as mine). So, while you’re buying that dictionary (a highly recommended tool), maybe also invest in a taxonomic rank chart?

139. #139
     On April 16th, 2008 at 6:58 am, Rob Roy said:

     What’s amazing is that a year ago you could not have convinced me that ANYONE (living) could make Hillary look genuine and/or a more decent Democratic candidate. No. Freaking. Way.

     And yet here we are and Obama has done the seemingly impossible. It’s not parting of the seas amazing, but it’s pretty close - say on the order of throwing down the staff and turning it into a serpent.

140. #140
     On April 16th, 2008 at 7:30 am, TexasTiger said:

     Just Plain Bill:

     Thanks for the Zazzle link! We have a winner in the Best T-shirt category.

141. #141
     On April 16th, 2008 at 8:11 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

     TT, I am in complete agreement. That t-shirt is hands down the best.

142. #142
     On April 16th, 2008 at 8:19 am, mycroft69 said:

     Take it to their competition. Let CafePress rot.

143. #143
     On April 16th, 2008 at 8:30 am, DaveC said:

     That ‘Bottoms for Obama’ just SCREAMS “Classy”

144. #144
     On April 16th, 2008 at 9:06 am, Texas Karen said:

     Not all of us “newbies” are trolls. . . Even though the Argula isn’t important in the big scheme of things, it does give insight into O’s overall mindset and it does bring a bit a levity to this very long season. LOL

145. #145
     On April 16th, 2008 at 9:14 am, Barry F. said:

     On April 15th, 2008 at 7:46 pm, TexasTiger said:

     Tennyson:

     If you’re still around, could you squeeze Hillary into one of these?

     Ooooh, geez, Tiger! The image that brings to mind!

146. #146
     On April 16th, 2008 at 9:52 am, Hexadecimal said:

     On April 15th, 2008 at 6:32 pm, TexasTiger said:

     We don’t need them to represent us. We want them to defend the Constitution, provide for the common defense, incarcerate the bad guy…and nothing else.[empahisis mine]

     Is it telling that in my non-caffeinated state, I read this as “incinerate?”

147. #147
     On April 16th, 2008 at 9:56 am, tropicalwave12 said:

     So then, if I buy my arugula at Wal-Mart Supercenters, does that make me less of a snob?

148. #148
     On April 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am, Hexadecimal said:

     I just love the label “organic” on produce. By definition it’s organic, people! Otherwise, it would be inedible.

     Yes, I get they don’t use chemical pesticides or fertilizers, but I don’t see that as making the produce any different. I think the only “organic” product I make a habit of buying are these blue corn tortilla chips I’m fond of. (I swear, the secret’s in the sea salt.)

149. #149
     On April 16th, 2008 at 10:05 am, Larraby said:

     Here are things that Barack Obama and Michelle (and most delegates to the Democratic National Convention) never do:
     1) Watch the Miss America Contest
     2) attend a NASCAR race or read about one.
     3) Read about or understand what a Busch Series race is
     4) Go skeet shooting
     5) eat iceberg lettuce
     6) actually work in a union job (much more fun to talk about Bush’s “antiunion politics”
     7) Attend a real C&M concert (The Dixie Chicks do not count)
     Attend a state college
     9) drink regular nonimported yuppie beer
     10) Ever attend a pro football game and sit in the bleachers

150. #150
     On April 16th, 2008 at 10:06 am, Larraby said:

     P.S. I was referring to Michelle Obama, not our Michelle.

151. #151
     On April 16th, 2008 at 10:08 am, Yashmak said:

     Hexidecimal,
     I guess people are just too lazy to remember/say “organically grown”. . .of course, that too is kind of redundant. It’s another case of re-defining the meaning of a word.

     How much you want to bet, a few years from now students will think Organic Chemistry class is about pesticide free farming.

152. #152
     On April 16th, 2008 at 10:13 am, Concerned Citizen said:

     Apparently our newest troll, Nyk, is going to give us lexicographical and grammatical lessons. How fortunate for us.

     New troll tactic? I can’t make a reasoned argument, so I’ll just point out technical errors in the presentation.

     By the way, your user name is considered a proper noun and should therefore be capitalized. I’m sorry, but I’ll have to dismiss everything you say until you correct this grievous error.

153. #153
     On April 16th, 2008 at 10:55 am, nyk said:

     I’ll be sure to pass your criticism (and the fact that you’ll be
     “dismiss[ing] everything [they] say”) along to rooster, ajmontana, granite and emjem24.

154. #154
     On April 16th, 2008 at 11:02 am, jxs2151 said:

     When will you people learn to stop believing that liberal websites like Cafe-Press, Digg, etc. are anything but unbiased?

     I suggest finding other places to do business with instead of being “shocked” and “outraged” when they act in a biased way.

155. #155
     On April 16th, 2008 at 11:09 am, Concerned Citizen said:

     Wow, you really have the troll line down pat. Instead of realizing that you were being a jerk by pointing out minor grammar issues instead of having a point, you chose to go the “but they do it too” route to try to make me look wrong.

     Your Troll Fu is very weak, grasshopper.

156. #156
     On April 16th, 2008 at 11:25 am, nyk said:

     I realize precisely what your post meant — or at least, the insult you were attempting to make. I just found it funny that in the process you basically stated you would ignore the comments of regular posters because of something as minor as capitalization.

     Good luck with all that.

157. #157
     On April 16th, 2008 at 12:02 pm, Concerned Citizen said:

     You’re right, I was putting down the regular posters while sarcastically mocking and deriding you.

     /sarc

158. #158
     On April 16th, 2008 at 12:17 pm, RoosterJoe said:

     CafePress had no objection to this shirt (yet):

     http://www.cafepress.com/capgear

159. #159
     On April 16th, 2008 at 12:39 pm, okiedokie said:

     The store at Printfection is now gone. Looks like they zapped the hotair store there as well

160. #160
     On April 16th, 2008 at 1:21 pm, Wraith said:

     “OBAMA - He’s ready to toss America’s salad.”

161. #161
     On April 16th, 2008 at 1:29 pm, StandardDeviation said:

     Arugala is one of my favorite leafy vegetables. I love it in salads. I would call it’s taste somewhat nutty. I just buy mine directly from my local farmer rather than pay the rediculously inflated Whole Foods prices.

162. #162
     On April 16th, 2008 at 2:24 pm, SalsaNChips said:

     Good. Now I might actually buy a shirt. I won’t go anywhere near CafePress after making the mistake of buying one item. My email became so clogged with spam afterwards I had to delete the account.

163. #163
     On April 16th, 2008 at 2:47 pm, Ron Rockstar said:

     What the hell does “Bottoms for Obama” mean? I don’t get it.

164. #164
     On April 16th, 2008 at 3:42 pm, mgj said:

     Store is no longer up and running. Wow… I thought this was America?

165. #165
     On April 16th, 2008 at 10:06 pm, Conlaw said:

     I was able to purchase the “Snob. Its an elitist thing. You wouldn’t understand.” on cafepress this afternoon.I can’t wait to wear this shirt to the voting booth in November. I think it may help me avoid the exit pollsters.

166. #166
     On April 17th, 2008 at 10:47 am, lollington said:

     Again, how many people have bought shirts?