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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
Anyway just wanted to share that little bit of excitment with TL. Has TL ever seen any presidents or other famous people in person? I love famous people stories.  I'm going back into hiding now I have a hellish exam tomorrow in an advanced database class. The end of my undergraduate studies is in sight though so I'm happy!    | ||
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green.at
Austria1459 Posts
no srsly: sounds cool. the most famous people i ever met would be the band "the young knives", and they are not rly famous. ^^ | ||
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Pawsom
United States928 Posts
Also gonna see him speak May 1 at UofM commencements | ||
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iMarshall
Norway190 Posts
I was seeing the last show of Cats in Oslo just before christmas, and my (now) ex-girlfriend pointed out that a guy that was walking down from the stage during the intermission looked very familiar. I went to get a closer look, and it turned out it was actually King Harald V of Norway. After the 2nd set, I went outside to grab a smoke, while my family and all the others went to get their coats. While standing outside the main entrance, I saw a limousine and maybe 8-10 uniformed cops, and suddenly a police-man came over and stood next to me while watching me suspiciously (I think it was the fact that I was standing in a thin sweater in like -10°C). The double doors of the main entrance was opened, and the king and queen came out, walking less than a meter away from me. The king looked at me and said 'hi!', while I was a bit too stunned to reply before he got in his car. My brother supposedly almost stumbled over the queen while they were walking down a flight of stairs, because he misstepped. | ||
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Lovin
Denmark812 Posts
Anyway, I once walked by Morgenthaler on the street, if you're familiar with him, in London! That's about as close as I ever got to awesomeness :p Edit: Typo | ||
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YellowEmperor
Taiwan100 Posts
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EquilasH
Denmark2142 Posts
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DeathByMonkeys
United States742 Posts
On March 19 2010 00:09 Pawsom wrote: Shook Obama's hand before he was elected. That was pretty cool considering I waited 6+ hours outside in cold weather to get front row seats. Also gonna see him speak May 1 at UofM commencements Yeaaaaaaah... I really wanna go to the graduation commencements, but idk if I'll still be in Ann Arbor after exams. | ||
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exeexe
Denmark937 Posts
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Murderotica
Vatican City State2594 Posts
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
(Don't show it ofc, just knowing you have it is prob amazing) | ||
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SubtleArt
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neobowman
Canada3324 Posts
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Garnet
Vietnam9029 Posts
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konadora
Singapore66355 Posts
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Xxio
Canada5565 Posts
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alfrex
Algeria57 Posts
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Pawsom
United States928 Posts
On March 19 2010 00:54 DeathByMonkeys wrote: Yeaaaaaaah... I really wanna go to the graduation commencements, but idk if I'll still be in Ann Arbor after exams. If you can go I'd really recommend it. Seeing such a historic (whether you like him or not) president speak is something we may never have the chance to do again. | ||
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
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caldo149
United States469 Posts
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Cirn9
1117 Posts
On March 19 2010 00:07 green.at wrote: ask him what add-on he likes most for his bar(r)ack.. muhahah no srsly: sounds cool. the most famous people i ever met would be the band "the young knives", and they are not rly famous. ^^ A Freeactor obviously | ||
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Random_0
United States1163 Posts
All I remember is that there were no other Senators there, apart from Obama, who was giving a speech to a CSPAN camera. Also, Obama opened the door for a female aide before leaving. | ||
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Biochemist
United States1008 Posts
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Caller
Poland8075 Posts
just us two | ||
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Funnytoss
Taiwan1471 Posts
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ZeeTemplar
United States557 Posts
On March 19 2010 02:07 Xeris wrote: Ask him why he's such a fuckin pansy | ||
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Pervect
1280 Posts
On March 19 2010 02:07 Xeris wrote: Ask him why he's such a fuckin pansy This. Not entirely his fault, but tell him and all his Democrat buddies in Congress I didn't vote for them to be friends with the goddamn Republicans. You fuckers have majority like everywhere, get something done and stop being a bunch of pussies. Or it's just that the practically all Democrats are corporatist's too, they just masquerade under the progressive banner instead of the traditionalist banner of the Republicans. | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
LOL NOW I GET AN ENTIRE EXTRA WEEKEND TO STUDY PLUS EVEN BETTER SEATS LOOOOOL BEST BDAY EVER. HUZZAH! | ||
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Ethelis
United States2396 Posts
On March 19 2010 02:37 LuckyFool wrote: so apparently since most of the class is on the registration list to see Obama speak and with such a tight time overlap (the exam was scheduled 8am-10:30am, Obama speaking at 11:30am but gates opening MUCH earlier) my professor rescheduled our exam to Monday morning so we can all see Obama speak without worrying about scheduling overlap and getting stuck with shitty seats. LOL NOW I GET AN ENTIRE EXTRA WEEKEND TO STUDY PLUS EVEN BETTER SEATS LOOOOOL BEST BDAY EVER. HUZZAH! you really are a luckyfool  sounds interesting btw, like some people have said, take pics. | ||
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Fallen33
United States596 Posts
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Fr33t
United States1128 Posts
On March 19 2010 02:07 Xeris wrote: Ask him why he's such a fuckin pansy | ||
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EsX_Raptor
United States2802 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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FoieGras
Canada270 Posts
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blahman3344
United States2015 Posts
the closest thing i ever got to seeing a president was Hilary Clinton coming to my school to campaign for the democratic nomination. | ||
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
Sounds cool though, enjoy the personality. | ||
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Saugardas
121 Posts
Haha, cherish the opportunity man, I really envy you. | ||
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Oystein
Norway1602 Posts
Also walked past a lot of famous people in Vegas like Michael Jordan, Di Caprio etc + met lots of Norwegian celebs when I am out flying or at the airports. Never met any famous politicians nor do I have an urge to do it either, actually its nothing special about meeting famous people imo :p | ||
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foeffa
Belgium2115 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
If you actually get the chance to ask questions, ask him why he doesn't force some transparency on the health care plan committee or why he's allowing them to draw up such a pitiful plan. | ||
FakeSteve[TPR]
Valhalla18444 Posts
he shook my hand and i asked him why he liked home hardware so much and he said "i have to buy wood screws" in his wierd french stroke accent it was funny but i still have no idea why he came to our little town | ||
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
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KurtistheTurtle
United States1966 Posts
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
On March 19 2010 02:15 Caller wrote: i was one of the "random security checks" along with the Reverend Al Sharpton for my flight just us two So Al Sharpton knows you as the random white guy they chose to screen with him so it doesn't look like the racist airport security is only targetting the black people | ||
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FakeSteve[TPR]
Valhalla18444 Posts
end christian profiling now!!!! | ||
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Murderotica
Vatican City State2594 Posts
On March 19 2010 01:06 Lobbo wrote: Bring a gun, I promise, you will never ever reach a high like that ever in your life. (Don't show it ofc, just knowing you have it is prob amazing) Lol... This is so fucked up but SO true... Jesus. | ||
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MamiyaOtaru
United States1687 Posts
I wrote to apologize and he wrote back (he remembered me holding my little sister, wearing an elephant t-shirt, over the crowd so she could pass him the paper). He thought it was funny. He'd signed right over the top of Bill | ||
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QuickStriker
United States3694 Posts
Btw Luckyfool, what school in DC are you at? I used to be at DC for 2 years at my university as well and would see Dick Cheney limo driving thru our campus street every morning though I never saw him. I didn't want to get shot you know. | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
Best part was right after going outside after the speech and seeing the presidential motorcade drive away, 4 armored suv's loaded with swat snipers, and like 3 armored limos (u have no clue which one the president is actually in) loaded with secret service and in front and behind of all the armored vehicles you have armies of local police cruisers... that shit was badass. I didn't have a camera cuz I stayed in another dorm last night and went straight to the rally so no pics sadly... Unless I post the few I took from my cell phone but those aren't really internet worthy they're better for texting to friends and showing off from my phone loool. and @ QuickStriker I go to George Mason, it's not actually in DC it's in Fairfax a suburb of DC about 20 minutes outside of the city. | ||
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Funnytoss
Taiwan1471 Posts
On March 20 2010 04:34 LuckyFool wrote: So it was pretty cool. What I expected pretty much. I can't say I really agree with the health care bill that he's trying to pass. it's going to cost $940 billion and the government is going to be controlling health care, does the US government ever really "control" anything the way the people want? I dunno... Just a nitpick - the government wouldn't be controlling health care even if the bill passes. You'd have to look at the UK's NHS for an example of that, and the reform in this bill is nowhere that comprehensive. It's not even single-payer, haha... | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
On the outside health care will be more "affordable" for middle class Americans but the damage is going to be felt underneath. This entire bill honestly seems like a brush-the-dirt-under-the-rug and worry about it later sort of deal the more I read about it and the more people talk about it. $940 billion is no small amount of money. My political viewpoints are usually moderate but I find myself disagreeing with the bill. Mainly because it's just a shitload of more spending that we honestly can't afford. It goes much deeper than just a simple restructure that Obama refers to. What's gonna happen when China and Japan stop buying our debt as fast as they are now? Eventually we're going to have to account for all this spending... | ||
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
On March 20 2010 06:24 LuckyFool wrote: the government won't specifically be controlling it on the outside it'll still be the hands of Americans. On the outside health care will be more "affordable" for middle class Americans but the damage is going to be felt underneath. This entire bill honestly seems like a brush-the-dirt-under-the-rug and worry about it later sort of deal the more I read about it and the more people talk about it. $940 billion is no small amount of money. My political viewpoints are usually moderate but I find myself disagreeing with the bill. Mainly because it's just a shitload of more spending that we honestly can't afford. It goes much deeper than just a simple restructure that Obama refers to. What's gonna happen when China and Japan stop buying our debt as fast as they are now? Eventually we're going to have to account for all this spending... The CBO estimates that the bill will lower the debt by $100 billion over the next decade. It estimates that the bill will lower the debt by $1.1 trillion in the decade after that. | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6638 Posts
This healthcare bill is long overdue in the US, however I don't know anything about it so if they fuck it up it will not be too helpful. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On March 20 2010 07:21 motbob wrote: The CBO estimates that the bill will lower the debt by $100 billion over the next decade. It estimates that the bill will lower the debt by $1.1 trillion in the decade after that. The congressman I spoke to was pushing that point and at no point was it believable. Whether you think there should be national healthcare or not (I do), it IS a bad bill and its entire life (drawn up behind closed doors) to how it's going to be passed tomorrow (reconciliation), it's been handled poorly and in a way that promotes distrust. It's still loaded with earmarks all over the place and it's missing so many key features. The hope, I guess, is to correct it over time, but it might blow up before it gets that chance. It's really not comparable to UK or Canada or any other system. | ||
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Rothbardian
United States497 Posts
On March 20 2010 07:21 motbob wrote: The CBO estimates that the bill will lower the debt by $100 billion over the next decade. It estimates that the bill will lower the debt by $1.1 trillion in the decade after that. lol CBO. Can you cite me an estimate of the CBO on any huge program where it didn't under-estimate or woefully lie about the costs, in terms of 400%-1500%? CBO is a joke. It rubber stamps the Governments plans, and no one bats an eye. It would be like Enron's accounting team saying their plan to embezzle and defraud their customers will actually be beneficial and save the company money, when it is doing the opposite. Bizzaro world. I guess the Government granting medical monopolies and in return they setup the regulatory boundries (control), is not actually, Government ran entities....Well, Fascism by definition is the collusion of State and Corporation, so, yes, the Government will be controlling another 16% of the American Economy, to lump on top of the 45% it all ready controls. Well, we're becoming a more pure totalitarian country every day. Land of the Free haha. Fucking joke. Anyways, congrats on seeing King George III, errr, sorry, Obama. | ||
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gchan
United States654 Posts
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