BARACK OBAMA'S FIRST HUNDRED DAYS

Day 5 - January 24, 2009

President Obama announced the appointment of a task force to study health insurance.   As he made the announcement, Hillary Clinton stood behind him and held up a little sign saying MY IDEA.

The president announced that The New York Times will become the official state paper.  When asked how this would affect the way The Times covers the news, the President replied, "They'll do exactly what they're doing now."

The president signed into law a program granting subsidies to those who give up cars for bikes.  The subsidies can be used to buy those little cards that clip on the spokes and go "click, click, click," or for those cute saddlebags that come in all kinds of colors.  The president said that bikes will drive down the cost of gas to as little as five dollars a gallon.

Michelle Obama revealed that the two presidential daughters will be attending the exclusive Sidwell Friends school in D.C.  When asked why she wasn't sending them to public schools she replied, "They read well.  Why ruin it?"

President Obama appointed John Kerry as ambassador to France.  Kerry said he was relieved to be going to a country that understood him.  A French diplomat, however, said that this was part of the problem.

The president reprimanded Secretary of State Jimmy Carter for painting a mustache on the White House portrait of Ronald Reagan.

"What you see is news.  What you know is background.  What you feel is opinion."
    - Lester Markel,
      late Sunday editor of
      The New York Times

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