Pleasant greeting avoids egg on face

"Shouldn't throw things at the President, wouldn't be prudent."President Barack Obama has accepted former President George H.W. Bush’s (the older one) invitation to Texas A&M University to celebrate volunteerism.

However, conservative Aggies are plan “to make sure Obama gets a very clear TEXAS-SIZED MESSAGE to stop the liberal assault” [emphasis Texans’].

The L.A. Times is concerned because, last year, Aggies threw eggs at a cardboard cut-out of Obama while running for office.

In fact, Bush the Elder even wrote a letter to the school urging them to give the President a warm Aggie welcome. While it was wise of him to speak to Aggies like Kindergarten students, will it work?

But seriously … a young liberal President accused of socialism and reparations visiting Texas? What could possibly go wrong?

The McBournie Minute: Pop should represent the populus

There was a time when I considered myself up on all the latest happenings in pop culture. I knew all the big players, all the latest news and gossip, and I knew it all because I could read the celebrity magazine headlines while my mom and I waited to put our groceries on the belt and check out. I was probably seven.

Since then, I can safely say I have focused more on what, rather than who, is cool. I pay attention to certain types of music and certain genres of movies. I watch certain types of shows with certain ads aimed at my demographic. Slowly over the years, it seems I have drifted farther and farther out of contact with what is “fresh,” as the kids say these days. I think.

I realized just recently that basically all of what we define as pop culture is really just what the females of the species find interesting. Let’s run down a few of the latest headlines, shall we? Continue reading The McBournie Minute: Pop should represent the populus