“take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes….”

“The future rewards those who press on. With patient and firm determination we will press on. I don’t know about you CBC, but the future rewards those who press on. With patient and firm determination, I’m going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on. I expect all of you to march with me, and press on. Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes, shake it off, stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying, we are going to press on, we’ve got work to do.”

Fired up? Ready to go?

Let’s press on 😉

“the future rewards those who press on … i’m going to press on”

Text of speech here

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….. with CBC Chairman Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO), Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), civil rights activist Rev. Joseph E. Lowry and CBC Foundation Chairman Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)

George Foreman

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr

wiping coffee spray off monitor …… thanks for the laughs, gop

😆

right off the bat

First Lady Michelle Obama plays table tennis with members of the band Big Time Rush in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House while taping a message for NIckelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play, Saturday, Sept. 24. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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Methinks it’s time for a POTUS v FLOTUS ping-pong head-to-head:

London, May 2011

coming up

White House live

Tonight: President Obama attends and addresses the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Phoenix Awards dinner. First Lady Michelle Obama will also attend.

Tomorrow: The President leaves Washington for a three-day swing to Washington state, California & Colorado. The trip includes seven fundraisers. On Sunday he attends fundraisers in Seattle before flying on to San Francisco.

Monday: The President holds a Town Hall Meeting on his jobs bill hosted by LinkedIn at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.

Tuesday: The President promotes the American Jobs Act with a speech at Denver’s Abraham Lincoln High School.

day of play

First Lady Michelle Obama, Victoria Justice and NBA player LeBron James pose with event participants during Nickelodeon’s largest ever Worldwide Day of Play at the Ellipse, September 24

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President Obama plays golf with former President Clinton at Andrews Air Force Base, September 24

weekly address