President Obama to give 2010 Commencement Address
http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=7526
Something for the seniors to look forward to. And I thought I had it made with Larry Page last year.
February 11th, 2010 at 7:33 PM ^
In the 1988 graduation debacle. I don't know who heckled more, the graduates or the parents.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:20 AM ^
Every person at any graduation deserves the respect of being heard, regardless of political views. That was the one thing I hated about some of our students (and parents).
February 11th, 2010 at 7:33 PM ^
My sister was so pumped when she heard that.... too bad shes a sophmore
February 11th, 2010 at 7:40 PM ^
Ohio State getting Biden.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:50 PM ^
John McCain
February 11th, 2010 at 7:58 PM ^
Wish I was class of '10 instead of '11...the President giving your commencement would be a good one to tell the grandkids about.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:02 PM ^
I had Bill Clinton and he was real good. But honestly, our student speaker rivaled Bill. He was awesome and if I remember correctly, he got a standing ovation. A bunch of people thought he actually gave the better speech over BC.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:12 PM ^
I remember that also. I think Clinton went out of his way to compliment him.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:21 PM ^
Yeah, I think that student speaker went on to become a Rhodes Scholar. I also thought he did very well.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:30 PM ^
Yes I know Abdul personally and he is indeed a great person. He's in Oxford doing his Rhodes study.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:14 PM ^
I enjoyed the BC speech. The student did a fine job but the speeches were too different in intention to compare. I preferred Clinton's, but he went for the whole wake up call, rallying the troops type stuff whereas the student got some decent yuks. Probably was 45 minutes compared to 5 minutes as well.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:32 PM ^
I happened to graduate the semester earlier and was pissed to have my internship start before spring commencement. I was stuck with Dave Bing, who was terrible. Really bad.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:21 PM ^
He's coming to make sure UofM graduates stay home and help rebuild the state. The engineering and the business schools are the future of the economy. I'm hoping he mentions this in his speech.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:23 PM ^
Ah, damn. I'm always a year behind or a year ahead of these things. Oh well, Larry Page was still a cool guy. Hopefully he'll give me an in when SkyNe...I mean Google, runs the world.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:23 PM ^
Better hope his teleprompter is working.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:29 PM ^
If it isn't he can always jot notes down on his hand.
MGoKarma restored...
February 11th, 2010 at 8:52 PM ^
And let's leave it right there.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:10 PM ^
Gerald Ford was my kind of President. #48 played on two undefeated U of M football NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP teams in 32 and 33. The 47 and 48 teams are the last two back to back undefeated teams we have seen at Michigan. We will never see that again.
You ever hear of OBAMA playing on any organized team other than ACORN? Oh I know why he didn't, he couldn't produce his birth certificate to determine how old he was.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:57 PM ^
Is that you, Abe Simpson?
February 12th, 2010 at 12:13 AM ^
2. Obama played basketball through college.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:29 PM ^
Obviously, Captain O you have no idea what organized means. To say that OBAMA "played" BB at the three colleges he attended is probably correct. But pick up games at the IM and playing against prisoners during law school doesn't make him a college player.
Obviously, you have never played any BB that would allow you to observe that Obama is a player without any skills to compete at the college team level. OBAMA would have Wilson written all over his forehead with the shot he has if he played against any talent at all. You can fool some of the people all the time but anyone who knows BB would love to go one-on-one with him. Even at my age I would bet the farm on a game against him.
February 14th, 2010 at 4:17 PM ^
While I'm not a real big fan of the way that you stated what you did here, the underlying point of your post has some validity: it's a bit of a misconception that Obama played college basketball, or at the very least it's uncertain. There were articles in the LA Times and Washington Post in the run up to the election that claimed that he was the leading scorer for Occidental while he was there his freshman year, but subsequent interviews with players who were on the team that year stated that he was never on either the varsity or junior varsity teams while he was there. Their SID also confirmed that they have no record of him playing. The curious thing about that is that one of the coaches from that era remembered him playing. Just kind of a weird situation, all the way around.
February 12th, 2010 at 12:13 AM ^
What you wrote actually raises a highly interesting question about the nature of the "no politics" rule, namely, "Do completely idiotic conspiracy theories about the president qualify as political statements?" I am inclined to think otherwise, as they probably have even less of a place on this blog then politics do. They are useful, however, as indicators of whether a user is either completely insane or incredibly stupid. In your case, I'm inclined to believe the latter.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:25 PM ^
In other news, Michigan State announces that their commencement speaker will be George Hussein Onyango Obama, younger half-brother of the President.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:19 PM ^
I actually heard that they're in talks to bring God in because they want to one-up Michigan.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:35 PM ^
2010 will be change that we can believe in. It's the change we need.
EDIT: I'm talking about football...
February 11th, 2010 at 9:15 PM ^
Totally makes this 5th year of undergrad worth it.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:21 PM ^
I Hope he can help Change our recent athletic W-L records. I wonder if he will ask for a session with Barwis!
February 11th, 2010 at 9:24 PM ^
I voted for the guy, but good lord, was he dull. I just about killed myself it was so boring.
Ordinarily I'd be interested in seeing Obama, but I just saw on Fox that Sarah Palin is giving the commencement address at Ohio State the same day. I'm going down there to see how she fits her speech onto her hand.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:23 PM ^
Maybe Obama might bring the same teleprompter he used to give his speech to an elementary school.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:27 PM ^
We had David Halberstam. He was mind-numbingly boring. At least Bollinger was good.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:55 PM ^
I'm excited for them, even if security is going to be a nightmare, but the luxury boxes will be done enough to make for nice shots of the stadium.
Oh, Winter 2000, I had Elmore Leonard, and that would have been all well and good if he hadn't turned it into a 15 minute infomercial for the now defunct Contentville.
February 11th, 2010 at 11:00 PM ^
Security wasn't bad for the former President, it shouldn't be TOO much worse for the sitting President.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:22 PM ^
Im just glad I graduated last year. I would hate to have to listen to the komrad himself.
February 12th, 2010 at 12:19 AM ^
HAHAHAHAHA not really
Now shut up about politics. We are getting the sitting president of the United States to deliver a commencement address at the University of Michigan. Regardless of your political affiliation, you should be happy about this.
February 11th, 2010 at 11:12 PM ^
This is one of those times where politics shouldn't matter. The sitting president is coming to Ann Arbor to deliver the address. Whether or not you support his policies, think about it - he occupies the most important office in the country (if not the world), and WE got him to come here. That speaks pretty well of U-M.
When my brother graduated, in '99, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke. That was pretty cool, too. I don't know that Annan did all that great of a job as Secretary-General, but still . . . the top dog at the UN spoke for our graduating students. That's a big deal.
(And me? We got Jenny Granholm when I graduated. Meh.)
February 12th, 2010 at 12:22 AM ^
"This is one of those times where politics shouldn't matter. The sitting president is coming to Ann Arbor to deliver the address. Whether or not you support his policies, think about it - he occupies the most important office in the country (if not the world), and WE got him to come here. That speaks pretty well of U-M."
I wonder if Jews felt the same way in 1933-34 about speeches given by Adolf Hitler.
February 12th, 2010 at 12:24 AM ^
Godwin's law, you lose douchebag.
Someone fetch me that price is right fail horn.
February 12th, 2010 at 2:20 AM ^
Because Obama is implying that he will commit mass genocide on University of Michigan students?
Get. A. Grip.
February 12th, 2010 at 6:06 AM ^
Are you drunk?
February 12th, 2010 at 12:09 PM ^
seriously?
February 12th, 2010 at 1:20 PM ^
Alanis Morissette thinks it is ironic that a dude with "Ted Bundy" as part of his handle would be obsessed with mass murderers.
February 13th, 2010 at 6:44 PM ^
...is well chosen.
Let's see...you just compared the democratically elected president of the United States to Hitler...
Unless you believe that Obama plans to kill off the Republican caucus, you really need to shut up now.
Actually, even if you believe that Obama plans to kill off the Republican caucus, you still need to shut up now.
You are a terrible person. I hope you get banned.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:40 AM ^
He will use this opportunity to shamelessly campaign...
...for a college football playoff.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:42 AM ^
Hopefully he brings his teleprompter.
Edit: I have to add this link. Although I am not an Obama hater like the gentleman running that site this was too funny to pass up
http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2010/01/pitiful-obama-needs-telep…
February 12th, 2010 at 4:49 PM ^
We've got a Peace Corps anniversary coming up, so it would be a wonderful time (not to mention place!) for Obama to announce some kind of new or expanded service program.
February 14th, 2010 at 4:13 PM ^
Obama + Ann Arbor = an idealist liberal match made in heaven
February 16th, 2010 at 2:20 PM ^
too bad our economy is crap and Obama hasn't turned it around. Does this count as politics on mgoblog?