William Katz: Urgent Agenda
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ARCHIVE BARACK OBAMA'S FIRST HUNDRED DAYS
Day 1 Barack Obama takes the oath on a Bible with a tag saying NOT A KORAN. Day 2 Secretary of Melting Al Gore will go to Antarctica to apologize to penguins. Day 3 Bill Clinton named roving ambassador; sent abroad to roam four years. Day 4 Dan Rather will not be appointed head of the Copyright Office. Day 5 The New York Times becomes the official state paper. Day 6 Secretary of State Jimmah Carter is fired. Day 7 President Obama has turned wine into 93 octane. Day 8 President Obama finances the president of Iran? Day 9 President Obama's 34th explanation of his stand on gun ownership. Day 10 Justice Stevens may retire. Hillary nails her resumé to Oval Office door. Day 11 Milk reaches $4-a-quart. President Obama urges fewer children. Day 12 President Obama rejects complaints about his Confederate-flag lapel pin. Day 13 Howard Dean named White House nurse. Day 14 The president suggested giving a tank of gas as a wedding or birthday gift. Day 15 President's health plan will cover Obama Derangement Syndrome. Day 16 President Obama ordered that his flip-flops be called "enlarged patriotism." Day 17 Chris Matthews becomes press secretary. Day 18 Michelle Obama gripes about her cut in income since becoming first lady. Day 19 Arianna Huffington announces she has given up on Obama. Day 20 President Obama agrees to a Puerto Rican atomic bomb. Day 21 Jesse Jackson invited for a White House dinner, but is not given a knife. Day 22 President Obama is learning Spanish - but only certain phrases. Day 23 Obama to speak from top of Lincoln's head at Mount Rushmore. Day 24 Honoring Lincoln's 200th birthday, Obama frees the Clintons. Day 25 President Obama channels Lincoln; Michelle channels his wife. Day 26 Michelle Obama declares her husband's administration "Obamalot." Day 27 President replaces his middle name, Hussein, with Windsor. Day 28 President Obama signs the Hurt Feelings Act of 2009. Day 29 Obama rejects "It's Too Darned Hot" as new national anthem. Day 30 Pope Benedict turns down Obama's request to speak from papal balcony. Day 31 Obama awards Medals of Freedom who journalists who got him elected. Day 32 The president replaces Gen. David Petraeus with Barbara Boxer. Day 33 Hillary Clinton swipes the Oval Office rug. Day 34 The president rejects Jimmy Carter's bid to be placed on Mt. Rushmore. Day 35 New subsidy gives shoe-repair funds to people who can't afford gas. Day 36 President Obama may start wearing a military uniform to work. Day 37 Obama says the budget deficit may make it impossible to fund the Air Force. Day 38 President Obama asserted that he had turned water into Gatorade. Day 39 The physically fit president will continue to travel with dumbbells. Day 40 Michelle Obama said it was okay for dead people to vote, as in Chicago. Day 41 President Obama denied that he attempted to walk across the Potomac. Day 42 Hillary asks President Obama if she can use the Oval Office on a time share. Day 43 Michelle says she's getting spiritual messages from Jackie Kennedy. Day 44 President Obama dreams of being president for life. Day 45 Obama may hire Hillary Clinton, but only after hiring a food taster. Day 46 White House renamed the Clinton Family White House at Washington, D.C. Day 47 President Obama declines to make Bill Clinton "president for a day." Day 48 President Obama asks Bill Clinton to counsel John Edwards on values. Day 49 Mr. Obama pardoned Karl Rove, even though Rove didn't do anything. |
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