Happy Birthday Michelle O!

If you haven’t heard, today is the 48th birthday of the First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama. Tweets, Facebook messages, emails and the like, are all abuzz in reference to this day. This BLOG IS NO DIFFERENT! Not only is the first lady POSH, but she is politically savvy, tenacious, intelligent, and a good role model!

Recent press on the #FLOTUS include her appearance on iCarly:

Photo Source: MrsO.com and AP

Michelle recently tweeted: “There are some big iCarly fans in our household, so we're all pretty excited about today's event with military kids and the cast."

And her recent sultry RED fashions at the BET Honors awards show:

Photo Source: CourtneyLuv.com

The Obama-Biden campaign has also helped launch a NEW TWITTER PAGE (@MichelleObama) for the First Lady. Tweets from her are signed “-mo”. In just a few days, the account has well over 300,000 followers.

SIDENOTE: I am GLAD they got that straightened out… there were soooo many “PERP” accounts on #twitter! Can we say #GETALIFE or #KILLYASELF.

Join us in wishing Michelle a wonderful birthday! Sign her card!

See President Obama’s sentiments here

From Broken Memories to Pay Day: A Website that helps you Sell what you NEVER LIKED Anyway

Good Magazine reports on one of the most innovative ideas for women out there... Taken right out the pages of How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Waiting to Excel, Sex and the City, Girlfriends, and the like comes an idea too good to be true - an "ebay" - like site to sell ALL that "stuff" from your relationship that you just can't look at any more....

Good Magazine says, thanks to a new startup, Never Liked It Anyway, post-relationship closet cleansing can be productive, financially lucrative—and eco-friendly. The site's owner, Bella, came up with the idea when she found herself in possession of a useless plane ticket after a pre-Christmas breakup. Using a simple WordPress site and no additional funding, she crafted a sort of eBay-meets-support-group where users can sell items of sentimental value at a "break-up" price and vent on the Internet while they're at it.

Just click on the link and you will see the Bargain of the Week, a wedding dress with the title "I Hope Your Luckier than Me".

It goes without saying that break-ups don't just create emotional baggage, but literal baggage as well.......Here's the opportunity to turn that around. One person's relationship casualty could be another's fashion couture! One woman's plane ticket filled with memories, hurt, and loss, could be the "saving grace" for another....

The idea is definitely POSH, both smart and fashionable.... take a second, look around that bedroom of yours, is there something from an EX you may want to sell? Chances are... you never liked it anyway!

MICHELLE GOT A BIG O' BUTT? WELL, A US CONGRESSMAN THINKS SO

US Congressman Sensenbrenner was over heard criticizing the first lady for her figure this past Wednesday.

"She lectures us on eating right while she has a large posterior herself," says the lawmaker as reported in Mediabistro.com, the Huffingtonpost, and ABCNews.

The Huffington Post continues to expound on the issue saying, The most bothersome issue here is the conflation of two entirely separate matters: the First Lady's (natural) physique and her campaign for healthy eating and physical fitness.

Michelle has traveled the country for her "Let's Move!" campaign for over a year, talking about healthy eating, promoting a more user-friendly pyramid graphic, getting stores like Walmart to stock their shelves with nutritious items and playing sports with kids.

Regardless of the true intent of the Congressman's comment (which has been "cleaned up" by a Capitol Hill aide), we celebrate our #FLOTUS and the beauty she eminates!

Read more from Huffington Post.

Just for fun .... Listen to WRECKX - N - EFFECT who could have said it better than the Congressman

15 (POSH OR NOT) THINGS that BLACK girls do on FACEBOOK

Do you fall victim to ANY or ALL of the following?

1. Invent middle names that declare their mantra of the moment such as Keisha blessedandbeautiful Johnson or T’Andrea OhSoClassssssy Washington.

2. Complain about their enemies without actually naming the person, knowing that the offender will read the status: “It’s sad how some people are SO PETTY and can’t mind their OWN BUSINESS. I’m gonna pray for them because they need Jesus.”

3. Transform into social media ministers by posting bible verses or just making up inspirational quotes. “Men are like a box of Goobers. They seem sweet at first but they’re really just a bunch of nuts.”

4. Use their Facebook status updates to yell at the stars of Real Housewives of Atlanta, Basketball Wives and Love & Hip Hop. (You know NeNe can’t “hear” you, right?)

5. Post pictures of their Big Chop and other photos to document their “natural hair journey.” (White girls, if you’re confused go ask your black girlfriends what Big Chop means.)

6. To show off their new hairstyle, dress, or SHOES (added BY POSH) they take a picture in front of the bathroom mirror, with the door frame and toilet in the shot.

7. Stalk ex boyfriends. This is called “watching your back.”

8. Stalk current boyfriends. This is called “research.”

9. Declare there are no good men left anywhere on the planet Earth.

10. Pretend to be in relationships with celebrities. “Did you see my husband Kobe out there?” “About to watch my boo Idris in this new movie…”

11. Ask for help with such life-changing decisions as “Should I cook Oodles of Noodles or Hamburger Helper for dinner?”

12. Make a statement like “I’m SO pissed right now!” to get sympathy in comments, but when people ask what’s wrong they refuse to explain.

13. Providing play-by-play for every menial task on their to-do list: “Today I have to go to the bank, then go do this laundry, and pick up some bobby pins from Walgreens…”

14. Announce they need a “new start” and therefore will be deleting dozens of Facebook friends.

15. Complain that they don’t understand “that Twitter thing” and will never EVER use it.

Caught on the web from VERY POSH blogs including Brown Girl Next Door and Georgia Mae.

This list was written after 15 Things White Girls Love to Do on Facebook, a blog post by Mary of Fibromy-Awesome went VIRAL and got popular throughout the social space.

Plan B: Aisle NEVER?

It seems like President Obama may not be as progressive as once thought? After a decision by his health secretary, President Obama has public defended and supported the decision to NOT allow Plan B contraception next to condoms in your neighborhood drug store.

Is President Obama too conservative for the NEXT generation or just a concerned parent?

Yahoo News reports: "As the father of two daughters," he said, "I think it is important for us to make sure that we apply some common sense to various rules when it comes to over-the-counter medicine."

The president spoke the morning after his administration stunned major doctors' groups and women's health advocates with the decision.

The argument seems to follow that about: “do guns kill people or do people kill people?” Will the availability of Plan B cause more sex or will people cause more sex (and tangentially promiscuity, STDs, unwed pregnant mothers, abortions, welfare cases, etc)? What do you think?

Regardless, the #POTUS seems to be making more and more public decisions as we get closer to the 2012 election. This makes for a VERY interesting election season. Read the full article on Yahoo! News.

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Frappes for Food Stamps: Posh or Not?

A Fox investigation has revealed that government issued subsidies, in this case, FOOD STAMPS, are being used for "luxury" food purchases at Starbucks. Food stamps have been thought of as mechanisms for financial assistance on " food staples" and "more necessary" items, and therefore this new revelation is reported to have caused "OUTRAGE" across the country.

Since hearing the news, public comments arise:

• 'It's crazy, they're overpriced as it is. That's money that somebody could be eating with -- a loaf of bread, a gallon of milk. There are a lot of loopholes.'




• 'If tax dollars are being used to feed poor people in need then fine, but use the tax dollars for staples, not luxuries. Change the law. End the waste and fraud.'

According to guidelines from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food stamp users cannot buy hot foods or foods that will be eaten in the store. However, store registers classify items as “groceries”, and if it’s cold, its valid for food stamp purchase.

A spokesperson for the State Department of Human Services said they weren't aware of the loophole in the program being exploited and the issue will be investigated.

I’m not sure this issue is posh or not? Starbucks food isn’t the most “filling”, but at the end of the day, should the federal government be able to regulate what one purchases to this extreme?

Black Faced Cosby Show Characters: Top Halloween Costume of 2011?

source: Huffington Post

After reports of a picture on Facebook, University of Southern Mississippi officials placed members of the Phi Mu sorority on probation for attending a Halloween party dressed in BLACKFACE to depict the Huxtable family from “The Cosby Show”. The Halloween party was ‘80’s themed.

Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used in minstrel shows, and later vaudeville, in which performers create a stereotyped caricature of a black person. The practice gained popularity during the 19th century and propagated American racist stereotypes such as the "happy-go-lucky darky on the plantation" or the "dandified coon ".

According to the Associated Press, Joe Paul, vice president of student affairs, says the executive officers of Phi Mu and the women involved met on Sunday with a group of African-American student leaders at the university.

Phi Mu’s national president says that the choice of costumes does not reflect the values of the sorority. This may be true, but it does make one wonder. What does this choice of BLACKFACE post-Obama reflect?

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Related: Have you seen Rudy and Olivia Lately??

source: Huffington Post