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Obamaburmashave
Barack Obama's addresses and statements, translated into Burma-Shave form
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Camp Lejeune, 2/27/09
Six years and now
The end is starting
We'll still
Engage while
We're departing:
Carefuldemob
Address to Congress, 2/24/09, in fourteen stanzas
1.
You don't need numbers
To see the truth
Of this
Recession's
Azimuth:
Pointingdown
2.
The answers lie
Within our reach
With those who make
And those
who teach:
Imagipreneurs
3.
It's time we come
To recognize
That short-term
Thinking
Isn't wise:
Agendaset
4.
I know the skeptics
Don't believe
But I've got
Nothing
Up my sleeve:
It'sontheweb
5.
We'll break the cycle
Re-start the credit
We'll do it
Just the way
I said it:
Accountable
6.
The Wall Street traders
Start to sing
A sad song
When they see
The strings:
Notaboutthebanks
7.
We must acknowledge
Bigger facts;
We can't let
Anger guide
Our acts:
Solvetheproblem
8.
History teaches
That the nation
Responds
To crisis
With transformation:
Conditionate
9.
We're oil addicts
To get off it
Green energy
Must turn
A profit:
Reimagine
10.
Though it might
Be tempting fate
Health care
Reform
Cannot wait:
Consciencecause
11.
For schools to offer
Better courses
They need more
Than a few
Resources:
Togethernow
12.
In the long run
We'll have to get
Our children's
Children
Out of debt:
Inheriburden
13.
I think about
Leonard Abess
Ty’Sheoma Bethea
Greensburg
Kansas:
Noquitterswe
14.
We may not always
Have agreed
But want
Our country
To succeed:
Godblessetc.
*
White House Link
Weekly Address, 2/28/09
So special interests
Left high and dry
Are prepped
To fight?
So am I:
Startthechange
*
White House Link
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Weekly Address, 2/21/09
The plan's just one step
On the journey
To wheel
The economic
Gurney:
Readyshovels
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
NBA All-Star Game message, 2/15/09
The greatest players
Win most respect
By what they do
When they connect:
Servicecall
*
Link:
USA Service
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Weekly Address, 2/14/09: Burmashaved!
We'll make a website
*
So everyone knows
*
Just where that
*
Recovery
*
Money goes:
*
Stimutrace
White House link
Friday, February 13, 2009
Lincoln Association Breakfast, 2/12/09
Among the things
*
Abe Lincoln knew
*
Some only
*
A union
*
Can do:
*
Rediscovery
Caterpillar plant, 2/12/09
Recovery has
*
Many factors
*
One involves
*
Our building
*
Tractors:
*
Peoria
Fort Myers, 2/10/09
No time for politics
*
Or poses
*
You see a fire
*
You grab
*
Some hoses:
*
Togethernow
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Nightline Interview, 2/10/09
Wall Street views
*
My plan with doubt
*
Because
*
It wants
*
An easy out:
*
Bankerbabies
Monday, February 9, 2009
Press Conference 4: to Jake Tapper
Metric 1, job creation
*
Metric 2, credit's back
*
Metric 3, housing markets
*
To get on
*
A proper track
*
Grownupsplease
Press Conference 3: To Jennifer Loven
It's not the truth
*
That brings us down
*
But the politics
*
That runs
*
This town
*
Nonononono
Press Conference (2), 2/9/09
We can't afford
*
To wait and see
*
If crisis
*
Becomes
*
Catastrophe
*
Barackolyptic
Press Conference (1), 2/9/09
The people didn't
*
Make this mess
*
But bankers'
*
Reckless
*
Greediness:
*
Barackdown
Elkhart, Indiana, 2/9/09
The bill isn't perfect
*
But it's sized about right
*
We're not gonna fix
*
This big mess
*
Overnight
*
Baragitate
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Weekly Address, 2/7/09
The people are watching
*
Republicans smirk
*
Do they want
*
To trade insults
*
Or put people
*
To work?
*
Partisnore
White House link
Friday, February 6, 2009
Economic Recovery Advisory Board, 2/6/09
We need more than echoes
*
And thinking by group
*
Though we're all drinking
*
From the same thin
*
Bowl of soup:
*
Econogruel
Williamsburg Speech, 2/5/09
These aren't just statistics.
*
This isn't a game.
*
They didn't just vote
*
for more
*
of the same:
*
Oburnitup
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
New Rules, 2/4/09
We must ensure CEO
*
Payscales are just
*
Or risk what remains
*
Of the frayed
*
Public trust:
*
Halfmillionbucks
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
On Daschle withdrawal, 2/3/09
He made some mistakes
*
And did no excusing.
*
I tried, but
*
The Tom-bomb
*
Needed defusing:
*
Obombinee
Monday, February 2, 2009
What recovery means for you, 2/2/09
Please take a moment
*
As the economy's bleeding
*
And send a question
*
To your local
*
Recovery House Meeting:
*
Transparaplan
On TD, 2/2/09
Those who think my nominee
*
For HHS will crash'll
*
Find the club's still soft
*
For former
*
Senator Tom Daschle:
*
Potkettlevote
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Pre-Superbowl Interview, 2/1/09
Though it may be hard
*
I'd like to see
*
Most troops out of Iraq
*
by Bowl El
*
Ex Eye Vee:
*
Withdrawabowl
Middle Class Task Force, 1/30/09
Our plan to spark
*
Recovery
*
Puts folks to work
*
Starting with
*
The V.P.
*
Bideputized
Alfalfa dinner, 1/31/09
My man Rahm E
*
Thinks every day's
*
A chance
*
To swear in
*
Different ways:
*
Obamaburn
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Camp Lejeune, 2/27/09
Address to Congress, 2/24/09, in fourteen stanzas
Weekly Address, 2/28/09
Weekly Address, 2/21/09
NBA All-Star Game message, 2/15/09
Weekly Address, 2/14/09: Burmashaved!
Lincoln Association Breakfast, 2/12/09
Caterpillar plant, 2/12/09
Fort Myers, 2/10/09
Nightline Interview, 2/10/09
Press Conference 4: to Jake Tapper
Press Conference 3: To Jennifer Loven
Press Conference (2), 2/9/09
Press Conference (1), 2/9/09
Elkhart, Indiana, 2/9/09
Weekly Address, 2/7/09
Economic Recovery Advisory Board, 2/6/09
Williamsburg Speech, 2/5/09
New Rules, 2/4/09
On Daschle withdrawal, 2/3/09
What recovery means for you, 2/2/09
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