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freshwest

(53,661 posts)
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 03:15 PM Sep 2014

For Members of the BOG, Warning of Another Gate: What is Obama drinking at the White House?

Last edited Wed Sep 17, 2014, 05:55 PM - Edit history (1)

At a White House rich in coffee lore, no word on president’s preference

By Matt Viser - September 15, 2014


Caffeine consumption in the West Wing has, apparently, become a state secret.

WASHINGTON - A recipe for beer brewed by the White House? The Obama administration happily shares it. A list of wines served at state dinners? No problem. But what about the First Family’s coffee habits?

My mug is empty.

Security concerns are initially cited. Then e-mails go unreturned. Caffeine consumption in the West Wing has, apparently, become a state secret.

For an administration that loves to talk about the importance of local food, especially when it comes from the celebrated White House vegetable garden, it turns out that the Obama White House makes it nearly impossible to find the source of its coffee and how it is prepared...


Barack and Michelle are apparently rebelling against the sacred bean, the mainstream of many Americans, and all around Patriotism. Even Michelle refuses to break under interrogation.

Rumor has it that Obama drinks tea, which should have endeared him the GOPTeas. Another FAIL!

No one will vote for Obama in 2016 and my 'Obama Until Kingdom Come' posters will be irrelevant. He claims he won't run, not even if drafted, but I never believed him! Now that CoffeeGate is upon us, my heart is broken.



More on the next scandal:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2014/09/14/enduring-mystery-what-coffee-served-white-house-mug-empty/l7ZpsDvMoqPb5Li5pw7TGK/story.html

Here's another picture* of Obama, looking very suspicious, I might add:


The White House refuses to say what coffee is served at the residence. Above, a picture of President Obama drinking a hot drink in April 2008.

...The White House has also purchased from Kona Rainforest Farm, a small, four employee Hawaiian coffee farm which has sold to the president's residence before.

Their website boasts that they are 'now served at the home of America's First Family - the Obama White House.'

However, the White House has only ordered from the farm four times, and their most recent purchase was for Independence Day in 2013, and only for 50 pounds.

'Initially they were buying pretty frequently. I think [they’ve been impacted] with budget cuts, and our coffee’s not cheap,' said Robert Barnes, the owner. 'In recent years it’s been more special events...'


Obviously giving up on the born in Hawaii scam! Kona is my favorite, but there is good Kenyan coffee to be had. And most coffee beans are called Arabica. This is where the RWNJs got their definition of Obama.

More scandalous details:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2757265/Why-President-Obama-s-coffee-preference-White-House-s-best-kept-secret.html#ixzz3DbU9vNPY

*Note he is sinister, that is, left-handed. A blow to Righties everywhere! Yes, this could have been better, but I haven't had my morning cup of coffee yet and needed to vent.

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For Members of the BOG, Warning of Another Gate: What is Obama drinking at the White House? (Original Post) freshwest Sep 2014 OP
Holy Shit They Finally Got Him sharp_stick Sep 2014 #1
I'd say Boehner will employ a sub-lackey, being a Koch lackey himself. freshwest Sep 2014 #4
Ack! Teaghazi!!!!1!! tanyev Sep 2014 #2
Yes, indeed! Articles say he even goes into the Temple of Caffeine, Starbucks, and orders Tea! freshwest Sep 2014 #7
It's even worse!!! Wait Wut Sep 2014 #3
Yes! He only cares about the black side of himself! That's why he's divisive and unfit to lead. freshwest Sep 2014 #10
Amirite, oh yes ya are! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #14
And not he-man women haters, either! They told me so! freshwest Sep 2014 #15
Tough Guys, love it! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #16
Those last two pictures... Just imagine the horrors they have seen, Sheshe. While the GOP fiddles... freshwest Sep 2014 #18
I do. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #36
I can't tell you how difficult this was for me to process. Wait Wut Sep 2014 #28
They consider themselves educated. Eugenics employed the now discredited 'science' of phrenology. freshwest Sep 2014 #29
Wish I could've been there to see it. Bet you were great. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #30
Now the coffee industry is going to go bankrupt SummerSnow Sep 2014 #5
That goes well with your sig line SummerSnow. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #9
Oh, My Gawd! President Blackenstein just destroyed America! freshwest Sep 2014 #11
That would be a great idea. Since the original core of my own place was an 1848 slave cabin, IrishAyes Sep 2014 #31
He's hiding the fact that hes a Chai drinker, obviously! Anansi1171 Sep 2014 #6
Exactly! Now we know TheTruth©! freshwest Sep 2014 #12
Oh the horror! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #8
LOL!@ 'Real men... just chew on the coffee beans!' freshwest Sep 2014 #13
Great writing doesn't need a sarcasm symbol. And I must agree with you IrishAyes Sep 2014 #32
If I had been drinking tea or coffee sheshe2 Sep 2014 #34
Oh my god! JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #17
It gets worse! A leap into the unknown! freshwest Sep 2014 #19
Well, I'm a tea drinker myself. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2014 #20
Why do you hate America?!!!11!!!! freshwest Sep 2014 #22
I just can't stand the bitter taste of coffee. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2014 #23
I don't like it either, which is why I only put a little bit of coffee in the creamer!!! freshwest Sep 2014 #24
That's one way to do it. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2014 #25
You never wandered Beale (?) St. in NOLA, getting buzzed on Mississippi Mud, otherwise known as IrishAyes Sep 2014 #35
Nope, never. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2014 #37
That's no excuse! IrishAyes Sep 2014 #33
It must be Kenyan coffee treestar Sep 2014 #21
SWINGS! elleng Sep 2014 #26
Those are great pictures of President Obama. Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #27

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
1. Holy Shit They Finally Got Him
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 03:19 PM
Sep 2014

He's sure to be impeached now, it's just a matter of time until John Boehner sobers up enough to order some lackey to draft the articles.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
4. I'd say Boehner will employ a sub-lackey, being a Koch lackey himself.
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 04:29 PM
Sep 2014

It'll be on a contract basis, with no benefits, but the wages are high...

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
7. Yes, indeed! Articles say he even goes into the Temple of Caffeine, Starbucks, and orders Tea!
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 05:08 PM
Sep 2014


Of course, Obama visiting Starbucks itself is a bad omen to some:



The original brown siren did make a re-appearance for a brief time in 2006 to celebrate Starbucks 35th anniversary, and then again in 2008 to honor Starbucks coffee heritage. Even though the siren had her breasts covered in the retro-style logo, a Christian group, The Resistance, based in San Diego called for a national boycott. The new image “has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute,” Mark Dice,* founder of the group said in a press release.

Well – hopefully, The Resistance won’t be visiting the original Starbucks store in the Pike Place Market any time soon. The original siren proudly hangs outside the store’s front door in all her bare-breasted, two-tailed glory.


http://www.examiner.com/article/starbucks-101-what-is-the-story-behind-the-siren-logo

Links to the meaning of the logo all goes downhill from there...

*A primer on Mark Dice can be found by using the search terms 'Mark Dice Infowars Interview':

http://www.theeventchronicle.com/media/clip/mark-dice-not-liking-mexican-food-is-racist/



You gotta admit that San Diego looks pretty good from that vantage point. I missed out on Obama calling for Boehner to step down for saying he didn't like Mexican food. This could be another scandal in the works!

EnchiladaGate!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
10. Yes! He only cares about the black side of himself! That's why he's divisive and unfit to lead.
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 05:35 PM
Sep 2014

Or at least that's what RWNJs argued with me when he was elected in 2008. We went round and round about it. It's like this or so they said:

Black people think with the same side of their brains as females do. This means they can't lead the country. Since Obama is bi-racial, the white side of his brain is being messed with by the black half. The white side of the brain being male, and capable of higher thinking, blah, blah, blah, is suppressed.


The (ahem) white males making this case were quite in earnest, and of course, it wasn't 'racist' because they felt sorry of Obama being mixed up like that. They saw it as a matter of nature as the leaders of the CSA said the same thing about blacks and women. Not his fault, and they felt great compassion for him.

That produces the meme he is weak, indecisive, ineffective, easily bullied, gay and since he has that internal neurological conflict, with the female half of brain seeking to control him, he is crazy and dangerous.



'Just think, he has his hand on the nuclear button. He might go off his rocker at a certain time of the month, like Hillary would.'

Yes, they really do think that kind of stuff. They are very 'concerned.'

Some of them. The rest are just plain fascists. I am so glad I got a chance to vent on that, too.

sheshe2

(87,544 posts)
14. Amirite, oh yes ya are!
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 06:23 PM
Sep 2014

And I quote you here, freshwest~

"The (ahem) white males making this case were quite in earnest, and of course, it wasn't 'racist' because they felt sorry of Obama being mixed up like that. They saw it as a matter of nature as the leaders of the CSA said the same thing about blacks and women. Not his fault, and they felt great compassion for him.

That produces the meme he is weak, indecisive, ineffective, easily bullied, gay and since he has that internal neurological conflict, with the female half of brain seeking to control him, he is crazy and dangerous."

'Just think, he has his hand on the nuclear button. He might go off his rocker at a certain time of the month, like Hillary would.'


Our President's brain is half black and half female. OMG! No wonder they hate him! Nope not a racist thought in their empty heads.


sheshe2

(87,544 posts)
16. Tough Guys, love it!
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 07:08 PM
Sep 2014

GOP are just children stuck in a box...



A sand box. Take your toys and go home boys.



GOP response, sooooo adult~



The adults are in the room.



freshwest

(53,661 posts)
18. Those last two pictures... Just imagine the horrors they have seen, Sheshe. While the GOP fiddles...
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 07:55 PM
Sep 2014

Hillary has her hand over her mouth, as if she is ready to gag.

Obama is seeing the base nature of mankind at work. No wonder his hair is gray.

Even the adults are horrified, but must find a solution. Meanwhile, the GOP war on us remains.

This is just too much for the armchair warriors to comprehend, looking at Faux Noise and what is put out online.

They are not charged to do anything about it, so they can take a stand and look down and mock.

I wouldn't want to walk a yard in those adult shoes.


Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
28. I can't tell you how difficult this was for me to process.
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 12:14 PM
Sep 2014

Not your writing, but the insanity behind the nuts that said black brains are the same as women's brains. That there would be a conflict between the two sides.

This is why the right can't science.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
29. They consider themselves educated. Eugenics employed the now discredited 'science' of phrenology.
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 12:55 PM
Sep 2014

The CSA made what they thought were scientific claims of the innate inferiority of blacks and women to participate in government. They said, as conservatives have continued to say, that liberals are insane for opposing God's plan and the Laws of Nature (you know, like Gravity).

Read the following links to see where they came to think this way:

Confederate philosophy, read the dreck (emboldening font mine) and weep

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014260932#post149

Scratch them on their Libertarian side, and you will find them adoring ancient philosophers from societies that just so happened to be built on the backs of slaves. The same place the CSA, TPs, Constitutional Party, etc. got their brainy talk. It's actually much worse than what the CSA said:

Ancient Greece and Rome were built on slavery and ruled by a leisure class who talked a lot

http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/11877483#post5

This is what I learned when I tried to reason online with these goons over the years. They feel very secure in their own version of reality. it works for them, actually. It gives them a rationale for their mistreatment of laborers. And it gives them cover to use terrorism to run people off their land or take their property, as an excuse that enriches them. It's not all what we define as hate. It's greed draped uner a flag and family and God.

When all else fails, they tell you that you should be killed off as a danger to 'their' country. Some CTers ascribe to this way of thinking, too, but use different terms. And one more here:

Okay, I will quit after this

http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/11877483#post7


IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
30. Wish I could've been there to see it. Bet you were great.
Sat Sep 20, 2014, 09:44 PM
Sep 2014

Right now I'm in such a well-justified temper fit that I'm sticking to the BOG. Dangerous to turn me loose in this condition. Too many people I want to slap sillier than they already are out there.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
5. Now the coffee industry is going to go bankrupt
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 04:39 PM
Sep 2014

This is an outrage


Look he even painted the WhiteHouse black ....the horror

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
11. Oh, My Gawd! President Blackenstein just destroyed America!
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 05:50 PM
Sep 2014
More frightening than:



At least there was some white still left!

I'm still waiting for the descendants of the black slaves who built the White House to put a labor lien on the place.

Just sayin'




IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
31. That would be a great idea. Since the original core of my own place was an 1848 slave cabin,
Sat Sep 20, 2014, 09:46 PM
Sep 2014

and I really believe in contact with the Other Side, maybe I could stir up some litigation with their help.

Anansi1171

(793 posts)
6. He's hiding the fact that hes a Chai drinker, obviously!
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 04:59 PM
Sep 2014

They are covering it up because they know that we know that they know that we really do know hes a
MOOSLEM!

sheshe2

(87,544 posts)
8. Oh the horror!
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 05:31 PM
Sep 2014
When the president stepped into Starbucks recently, he emerged with a cup of tea. When he went to a specialty coffee shop in Missouri, he left with a cup of iced Earl Grey. When the barista offered tea with lavender, he responded, “I’m not confident enough to order that.”


See I told ya he was a sissy! He drinks tea! Real men don't drink tea, real men don't even bother to brew their coffee, they just chew on the coffee beans. And, my head is spinning out of control here, he just admitted he HAS NO CONFIDENCE! I told ya he was a loser, failure, and UnAmerikcan! (just in case this is needed here, wouldn't want to be banned from the BOG. Oh wait I am a host here. I won't ban myself, hey Cha...please note the sarcasm thingie!) LOL~

Great OP freshwest. Will it be Teagate or CoffeeConnectingate? Inquring minds want to know.

BOG

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
13. LOL!@ 'Real men... just chew on the coffee beans!'
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 06:02 PM
Sep 2014

Read the compassionate conservative view of Obama's innate problem posted above:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110225511#post10

I mean, amirite, huh?

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
32. Great writing doesn't need a sarcasm symbol. And I must agree with you
Sat Sep 20, 2014, 09:50 PM
Sep 2014

that REAL MEN just chew their coffee beans.

Trouble is, the RWNJ's want him to talk like John (ugh) Wayne, but he keeps sounding more like Alan Alda - MY idea of a true man.

sheshe2

(87,544 posts)
34. If I had been drinking tea or coffee
Sat Sep 20, 2014, 09:58 PM
Sep 2014

when I read your post it would have been spewed all over my keyboard.

LOL Irish!

greatauntoftriplets

(176,860 posts)
23. I just can't stand the bitter taste of coffee.
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 08:52 PM
Sep 2014


It's probably in my blood since my ancestry is largely Irish.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
35. You never wandered Beale (?) St. in NOLA, getting buzzed on Mississippi Mud, otherwise known as
Sat Sep 20, 2014, 09:59 PM
Sep 2014

Luzianne Coffee, didja? Didn't need alcohol with that stuff. I still guzzle it today. That's what explains my sweet nature, dammit!

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
33. That's no excuse!
Sat Sep 20, 2014, 09:54 PM
Sep 2014
I'm totally Irish, and I drink coffee straight from the spout, just like the ghosts in that early r&r song.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
27. Those are great pictures of President Obama.
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 01:55 AM
Sep 2014

Hmmm, I wonder what kind of coffee they do serve at state dinners.

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