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Apparently, tonight's White House dinner for UK prime minister Cameron will be served on The White House South Lawn. The theme of the dinner is "America's Backyard." The event is intended to be a tribute to the "quintessentially American tradition" of backyards as gathering places:
"The first course will be crisped halibut with potato crust, served on a bed of braised baby kale harvested from the White House garden. Dessert will be steamed lemon pudding, prepared with huckleberry sauce from Idaho. The guests will then dine on bison Wellington -- a close relative of beef Wellington."
Oh boy - you just gotta love the great tradition of the American picnic.
["Hey - B-dawg! . . . Yo! . . . Big Guy! Over here! Yeah! Hey - any chance you could hook my bison up with a slice a cheese? . . . Huh? Yeah - pepper jack is fine. Hey! Where'd Michelle get to? Damn! I told that woman we was up next for Jarts!"]
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(pictured left to right: Governor Christie, Governor Christie, Governor Christie, some chick with a phone - photo on loan from the Rutgers University Wide Angle Lens Collection)
Yesterday at a political rally, New Jersey governor Chris Christie called one of his constituents - Iraq Navy Seal veteran and current Rutgers-Camden University law student William Brown - an "idiot."
Hmmm . . . what is it about this Christie fella that makes me think that engaging in a game of name-calling might not be to his advantage?
Case in point: "Hey Governor! Is that your half-sister pictured with you? Oh - wait. I guess that technically *all* of your sisters are half of you!"
[boom-boom CHISS!]
On a separate note, if our higher education system has turned our current crop of law students into "sluts" and "idiots" then President Obama may want to re-think his hopes for every young person receiving a college education.
Just a thought.
"Damn, man, I'm governor, could you just shut up for a second?!"
(C. Christie, "explaining" himself to the crowd after William Brown was escorted from the rally site)
