First lady reinforces her beloved White House garden with steel to foil uprooting by next president.
LifeZette: First lady Michelle Obama made herself the object of ridicule for reinforcing with concrete and steel the massive garden she’s had constructed at the White House.
Obama on Wednesday unveiled a bigger version of the garden she established on the White House grounds. Workers used concrete, stone, and steel to make the garden a more permanent feature on the South Lawn, according to Politico. The Burpee Foundation and the Atlee Burpee Co., a leading seed and garden supply company, contributed $2.5 million to help maintain and preserve the garden.
“I take great pride in knowing that this little garden will live on as a symbol of the hopes and dreams we all hold of growing a healthier nation for our children,” she said in a dedication ceremony in front of advocates, food industry leaders, and others who supported the establishment of her Let’s Move! campaign to end childhood obesity.
That campaign has produced little in results — other than raising the profile of the first lady in the media.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the childhood obesity rate in 2009 when Michelle Obama moved into the East Wing of the White House was 16.9 percent. In 2014, the last year with publicly available data from the CDC, the rate had climbed to 17.2 percent.
I do hope that it is the first target of renovation when Trump moves in. Damn her concrete and steel before the power of the D9.
10 more staff to care for the garden at $85,000 per, plus Federal Benefits and Retirement.
Performed like a true Progressive.
Heck, for $2.5 million that could be a 20% down payment on her next vacation. What was she thinking?
She was thinking she’ll still take the vacation anyway.
Hand prints? It should have been her ass print but then that would have eclipsed everything.
Well, if Burpee’s got that much money to throw around, they don’t need mine.
Fuck them.
There are other seed producers.
izlamo delenda est …
When Laura Bush (not a Bush Fan) created a Rose or Floral Garden
she at least Dedicated it to Jackie Kennedy.True Spirit of Giving.
Michelle is all about HER.
annie Go Trump
I swear by Burpee tomato plants.
I grew over 400 beefsteak tomatoes off 9 plants this year.
Now Mooch goes and ruins their name.
Damn her.
FREE TO GOOD HOME!
1 Sasquatch
Condition: Used, Toned arms, fat ass
Age: mid-40s
Sex: Unknown (so Be Careful)
Appetite: Omnivorous, voracious
Description: This is a pretty good Sasquatch, possibly the finest in captivity. Has a very high opinion of itself.
Nearly housebroken.
Will require constant attention, assistance with grooming, periodic teeth filing etc.
Do not be alarmed by the scowling facial expression (RBF). This appears to be congenital.
Snopes reports the stories regarding unfortunate fatalities of this specimen’s handlers were merely coincidental.
However as with any potentially unpredictable feral species, caution should be exercised. It may be advisable to keep a safe distance, at least until the beast become familiar with its new home.
Available: Early 2017
Enjoy your new Sasquatch!
Trump will convert it to a pig pen. Free bacon for the White House staff!
Pig Pen! Yes! Good on Claudia. Damn.
Oh, and, fire does melt steel:)
Tthis reminds me
as long as i’ve been declared a deplorable racist, here goes
why is aspirin white
because if they had made it black, it wouldn’t work
Not uncommon for Sasquatch to mark territory. First “Sassie” is no exception.
$2,500,000 for a garden? what are they growing, coca? choom?
Trump will have to hire a full time crew to remove all the shit stains that couple of traitors leave at the white house. No telling what they have hidden either.