guardian.co.uk - 7/8/2009
—
Michelle Obama joins students from Bancroft Elementary School during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new White House Kitchen Garden in Washington. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters Michelle Obama joins students from Bancroft Elementary School during a groundbreaking ceremony for the White House ...
echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com - 7/3/2009
—
echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com —
Howard Kurtz writes about reporters on the Michelle
Obama beat and their race and gender. It's an...
odd piece, sort of like an embroidery with several unfinished ends dangling from it, and I can't make up my mind which of those ends I should tug on to ...
(more)
How Now Howard?
military.rightpundits.com - 7/11/2009
—
military.rightpundits.com —
First, it was Michelle Obama’s $540 Lanvin tennis
shoes worn to a homeless shelter. Now it’s Michelle’s...
sexy $5,950 black manila alligator clutch from Italian luxury fashion house, VBH, that’s causing all the buzz. Read more ...
(more)
Michelle Obama’s Purse
swamppolitics.com - 7/8/2009
—
swamppolitics.com —
by Mark Silva Michelle Obama may not have
made much of a splash in Moscow, where any...
obsession with Western fashion still has one foot in the Cold War, but the Romans are watching the American first lady, on tour with her husband for the G-8 ...
(more)
Michelle Obama: When in Rome
Comments
Blog Reactions
The soil at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
TigerHawk —
... ) -- you might want to stay away from the snap peas and the lettuce. The Guardian is reporting that somewhat elevated levels of lead have been found in the soil in Michelle Obama's White House vegetable garden: "A spokeswoman for the White House said the soil in the garden had lead concentrations of 93 parts per million of lead. Health experts say it is safe to raise leafy vegetables in soil with concentrations of 10-50 parts per million, and urban gardens typically have raised lead levels. However, it is advised for young children to be tested for exposure to lead if they ...
Jillian Bandes: Michelle Obama's Veggie Garden Is Poisoned!
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... to a White House spokesperson. The garden had lead concentrations of 93 parts per million, with 10-50 ppm being an acceptable level. That's still far from the 300 ppm that is considered "dangerous," but a bit of an embarrassment to a project that has been seen as a major symbol for the organic food movement and sustainable food production. Food from the garden has been consumed by the first family, visiting dignitaries, local schools children and a women's homeless shelter, according to Suzanne Goldenberg , US environment correspondent for The Guardian newspaper.
The President Has Birthers; The First Lady Has Leadites
The Moderate Voice —
... about “sewage sludge lacing the White House veggie garden,” which started the leadstravaganza (and these stories are appearing internationally, too; for instance in the UK’s ...
Related Content
“Michelle vs. Michelle”
michellemalkin.com 7/27/2009 — Stacy McCain blogs about Chapter 2 of Culture of Corruption , which spotlights First Crony Michelle Obama. [...] Read the rest »
Michelle Obama launches D.C. farmers market, touts White House garden
blogs.suntimes.com 9/18/2009 —
WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama, who keynoted the launch of a new farmers' market a block from the White House on Thursday, said at the ceremony the success of her White House garden has "been one of the greatest things that I've done in my ...
White House Garden Is "Completely Safe"
politicsdaily.com 8/4/2009 — Some stories are out there suggesting -- incorrectly, according to the office of First Lady Michelle Obama -- that the food grown in the White House garden on the South Lawn is tainted because there was lead found in the soil. Permalink ...
Remember When The Obamas Planted That Garden At The White House?
doubleplusundead.mee.nu 7/9/2009 — Yeah, well it turns out the garden and the vegetables it produced may not be as Hope and Change-y as originally predicted. Instead, an embarrassed White House admitted today that the plot — whose lettuce, herbs and other produce have been consumed by ...
A Garden At The White House
balloon-juice.com 3/20/2009 — This is interesting :
On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president ...
As world watches Cairo, Michelle Obama shakes up White House staff
latimesblogs.latimes.com 6/5/2009 — One other thing that President Obama left out of his global speech to Muslims today was word of the top-level shakeup in First Lady Michelle Obama' s White House staff. While the nation was watching the world watch Obama speak and tour in Egypt, news ...
Obama plans nuclear summit —
CNN Political Ticker 7/8/2009
L'AQUILA, Italy (CNN) — President Barack Obama revealed to G-8 colleagues at a dinner Wednesday that he's planning a nuclear security summit in Washington for next March, according to senior administration officials.
Obama first raised the idea ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
