Obama -- the latest American brand to go international.
A French entrepreneur has created a new Obama energy drink. He's got a picture of the president-elect and Change we can believe in right on the label. Profits aren't the motivation (we read with eyebrows raised), but inspiring the poor in France. What next? The Yes, We Can vitamin water?
Fashion designers want a hand in developing the female side of the Obama brand. They've sketched out bunches of inaugural ballgown designs, few of which, they're complaining over at Slate, take into account that Michelle is (stage whisper): black. Check out the WWD slide show and you'll also notice, skin tone aside, only a few of them have figured out that Michelle, like many, many women in America (but few who are considered fashion icons in waiting), has an ass.
Let's check in on the other "O" brand, namely Oprah. Is it starting to slide? Though she's extended an invitation to Sarah Palin, the GOP darling has snubbed her. She has yet to book a date on the show.
Maybe Michelle Obama snubbed Oprah too, because contrary to rumors, the first lady of TV confirms the first lady-elect won't be wearing Oprah's fabulous jewels. (Also confirmed, Oprah will still have a show come 2011. She's "multi-dimensional, she says and can handle it all.)
Perhaps Palin should have asked to borrow some of Oprah's accessories. The RNC says it spent an additional $30K on Palin and her family. That's in addition to the much talked-about $150K.
Get this: while flinging billions and billions of dollars at hoarding financial institutions and, very likely, a desperate auto industry, the Bush administration and the Federal Reserve have had a lightbulb moment. Why not help out struggling homeowners and even, OMG, those who opted to wait out the obvious housing bubble.
George W. Bush and Laura Bush feel your housing pain! Like your neighbors, the first couple are facing eviction from their current residence. The two will move to a less modest and even more exclusive home, this one in the suburbs of Dallas. It's a four-bedroom, 8,000 square foot ranch style home. The county appraised the property at $2.1 million, but, also like your neighbors, the Bushes paid waaaaay more than it is worth. (Don't worry, George, there'll be a bailout plan for you too!)
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