NOW-President Obama Delivers Commencement Address at Kalamazoo Central High School

[jenmito]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live　It's on C-Span, too.

[Clio the Leo]

1. ... awww .... lucky them. NT

[jenmito]

2. Yeah-they won the "Race to the Top" contest. n/t

[Cha]

4. Yes, I remember that..thanks

for the link, jenmito.

[jenmito]

5. My pleasure,

Cha! :hi:

[jenmito]

3. They're screaming for him already!

[Clio the Leo]

6. lol @ "Bob" clapping along with the crowd.....

.... guess he has to do that to blend in.

[Pirate Smile]

9. I guess he figured out being the only person not clapping in a room of clapping people doesn't help

him blend in. ;)

[impik]

7. This girl is awesome. Hilarious.

[Clio the Leo]

8. lol, the Salutatorian is channeling his inner Obama....

.... listen to the rhetorical flourishes! Adorable.

[jenmito]

10. He's probably cracking Obama up!

He's funny.

[impik]

11. Obama loves him.

[jenmito]

15. Yeah, he's lovin' this!

[Clio the Leo]

12. "and since I'm one who often sticks his paddle into the water..."

too funny

[jenmito]

13. That was funny.

:D

[Clio the Leo]

14. here's the video...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/kalamazoo-central-high-school-kalamazoo-michigan

[impik]

17. Good for Obama to have an evening of feeling loves and appreciated

[Cha]

20. Yes, there are so many of us out here

who actually do appreciate him and his admin.

[impik]

24. He really enjoying it now, bless his good heart

[Cha]

26. I'll have to see it

later.

[impik]

28. You must. He was totally fired up.

[Clio the Leo]

29. and, having now finished the speech, he is ready to go.

:)

[Clio the Leo]

16. "change will not come if we wait for some dude to come yell at a hole in the ground..."

(to turn a phrase)

[Clio the Leo]

18. indirectly talks about immigration.....

... the Valedictorian came to this country four years ago and she embodies the best of what this country tries to be. (yeah, I screwed that all up, but you get the idea)

[Clio the Leo]

19. "turning off the TV once and a while...."

BOOOO!!!!!!!! BOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[Clio the Leo]

21. "right now you're getting advice from everywhere ... some of it's helpful...."

(laughs) .... said as if he knows how that feels.

[Clio the Leo]

22. "growing up ... sometimes I partied too much...." (crowd cheers)

"now, this is a cautionary tale ... dont be cheerin' too much."

(STILL brings me massive joy to know the President of the United States of America sometimes uses the word "be" in a way not formally used before .... ya know .... like us regular folks use it. lol)

[Clio the Leo]

23. "my second piece of advice, dont make excuses..." NT

[Clio the Leo]

25. "every day in Washington, everyone's always pointing a finger at someone else..."

(and here comes the broadly applicable social message)

[Clio the Leo]

27. "our country NEEDS YOU! ..... we've got an oil spill to clean up!"

which .... strangely .... gets a round of applause (the oil spill has fans!) lol