• February 11, 2012

First one's free ....
Chicago crime boss Michelle Obama wasted no time turning the once-pristine White House grounds into a foul “organic garden” filled with marijuana and other arugula. Children from a local elementary school were shipped over in FEMA trailers and forced to sample the “good for you” delicacies. In other words, the first harvest from the Nobama Nationalized Yard Garden was a great success! [Flickr/NYT The Caucus]

{ 54 comments }

Humpback June 17, 2009 at 11:14 am

I do not trust anything that needs dirt to survive.

orange June 17, 2009 at 11:16 am

how do you grow crack?

Noodle Salad June 17, 2009 at 11:18 am

Organic gardening is easy when you have snipers to take care of the rabbits. Just saying, my tomatoes could use some of that organic secret service protection.

Come here a minute June 17, 2009 at 11:18 am

Hope they used recycled papers.

nappyduggs June 17, 2009 at 11:19 am

“Do you smell that, Little One? It’s the smell of subjugation and bum feces. One will fertilize this garden, the other will fertilize an empire.”

Alice Waters wants us all to eat placenta stew, also.

Barry White Zombie June 17, 2009 at 11:19 am

Michelle is teaching young’uns about the three greens: collard greens, endo, and cash flow.

Noodle Salad June 17, 2009 at 11:19 am

ps – thank you for not linking to the Politico story on this, which is actually and hilariously titled “Grapes of Wrath.”

MargeSimpsonsBlackFriend June 17, 2009 at 11:20 am

Expect the RedState nuts to whine about Obama using free child labor in 3…2…1..

Lascauxcaveman June 17, 2009 at 11:21 am

I love it. This morning, the banner headline on the front page of my local small town newspaper reads “Is It Time To Legalize Pot?”

Sure it’s an AP story, and yeah it appeared in other newspapers yesterday or earlier, but just the phrasing of the question means, y’know, its only a matter of time.

I vote to have it made officially legal on April 20, next year.

Then criminals like Michelle Obama can proudly grow it on the front lawn of the White House, not hiding it out in the back garden like a sneaky teenager.

mrsixinch June 17, 2009 at 11:22 am

[re=340776]Humpback[/re]: Excatly why I don’t visit my Oklahoma relatives.
(rim shot)
Hey, all you Sooners you know I’m joking, you’re great all of you! Hey, what do you call eight combines circling a Dairy Queen on a Friday night in Kansas? Give up? Prom Night!
(rim shot)
Hey, I’ll be here all week! Don’t forget to tip your waitress!

ManchuCandidate June 17, 2009 at 11:23 am

And next week, some GOP asshole racist will be sending a photoshop of the actual photo with the words “Cotton” and “picking” somewhere in the descriptor to the “wrong” email list.

4tehlulz June 17, 2009 at 11:27 am

[re=340792]ManchuCandidate[/re]: Is Photoshop allowed in South Carolina?

Internally valid June 17, 2009 at 11:28 am

My kids don’t like to eat vegetables, they like to eat tater tots and trix flavored Gogurt. But now Michelle Obama is telling me that they HAVE to eat only organic things like communist arugala and kale?! Well, I guess my children will just starve. Thank you very much, Mrs. Obama, for killing my children with your garden.

tehbenton June 17, 2009 at 11:28 am

I spy with my little eye a sign that says “Dill.” Did they bury Michelle Bachman there, or something?

Or Lindsay Graham? Also?

Monsieur Grumpe June 17, 2009 at 11:33 am

It’s a fake. I don’t see one weed in that garden.

Servo June 17, 2009 at 11:38 am

Michelle will teach ‘em to grow their own.
Barry will teach ‘em to roll their own.

Mr Blifil June 17, 2009 at 11:43 am

Look at her raping that plant with her mouth.

norbizness June 17, 2009 at 11:46 am

Inhale, exhale, got an ounce in the mail.

qwerty42 June 17, 2009 at 11:50 am

[re=340796]Internally valid[/re]: …communist arugala and kale?!…
it gets worse, so much worse: seasoned with atheistic dijon mustard.
How much longer can this go on?

OffTheRecord June 17, 2009 at 11:55 am

[re=340782]Noodle Salad[/re]: tehehe. My stepdad was an army sniper. He also takes his garden very seriously. The results have been predictably hilarious/horrifying. I have been getting horrified phone calls from my mother for the past two weeks. At some point the decision was made to surrender the lettuce in hopes that it would appease the furry menace. It did not.

Crapola June 17, 2009 at 11:58 am

You know what they say: You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.

Lazy Media June 17, 2009 at 11:58 am

Pfft. City folk. Any real organic gardener knows you mulch closely around those plants, with recycled newspapers and composted leaves, instead of leaving the soil bare. And you definitely don’t create a decorative border with shredded cypress (the Dick Cheney of earth-unfriendly mulch).

nappyduggs June 17, 2009 at 12:02 pm

[re=340870]Crapola[/re]: WIN.

hockeymom June 17, 2009 at 12:11 pm

Is this what Maureen Dowd was nattering about this morning? Her column was all “arugula this, arugula that”…..zzzzzzzz

thefrontpage June 17, 2009 at 12:12 pm

Interesting recent internal White House memo:

THE WHITE HOUSE

FROM: White House Chef
TO: White House Kitchen Purchasing Officer
RE: Recent note from White House Staff, re, White House Garden

White House Kitchen Purchasing Officer, June 12, 2009:

Due to the recent new “plantings” in the White House Garden of certain “herbs” and “spices,” and their subsequent popularity in the White House, we have received an urgent request from the White House Staff for an increase by threefold of these current kitchen staples. Please triple the current amount of purchases of these items until any further notice. Thank you.

White House Kitchen Items to Be Tripled in Quantity Purchases:

1. Doritos (Cheese, Spicy and Ranch)

2. Cheetos (Cheddar and White Cheddar)

3. Screaming Yellow Zonkers (We purchased these? Do they still make this?)

4. Pringles (all brands)

5. Utz Barbeque Potatoe Chips

6. Cheez-Its (Cheddar and White Cheddar)

7. Slim Jims (all brands)

8. M&MS (peanut and plain)

9. Cheese Nips (Check on this–do we need both Cheez-Its AND Cheese Nips?)

10. Cheese Dip (generic brand)

11. Bugles

12. Ho-Hos

13. Ding-Dongs

14. Twinkies

15. Mamma Celeste Frozen Pizzas–Sausage-Only

WadISay June 17, 2009 at 12:20 pm

Actually, Rahm just needs some freshly turned-over earth to conceal the graves of his victims.

Dreadful Gate June 17, 2009 at 12:22 pm

[re=340870]Crapola[/re]: Very clever, but Dorothy Parker said it first. She said most things first.

heroinmule June 17, 2009 at 12:39 pm

My nobama victory garden has been a complete failure. The thyme is dying for an undetermined reason, months of windy storms have turned my beefsteak tomato plant into a metaphor for the GOP, and my pepper plant just cold refuses to produce peppers. At least I now have a reason to go to the farmers’ market other than securing a better drug connection.

Crapola June 17, 2009 at 12:43 pm

[re=340901]Dreadful Gate[/re]: I heard it years and years ago. No idea it was her who said it.

heroinmule June 17, 2009 at 12:46 pm

[re=340890]hockeymom[/re]: I caught that. Yet another pointless column intended to establish her urban yuppy cred. At least she’s not bragging about her rolodex a la “my friend” Caroline Kennedy. She has a lot of potential, but it is rarely fulfilled. Pardon if I sound like a disapproving mother.

AxmxZ June 17, 2009 at 12:53 pm

[re=340926]heroinmule[/re]: I have managed to kill every mint plant I ever had. Considering that mint is a freaking weed, this is a hell of an accomplishment.

octupletsmom June 17, 2009 at 12:53 pm

[re=340934]heroinmule[/re]: I hate Maureen Dowd, and I love to google “I hate Maureen Dowd”. I am SO not alone. The MoDo haters are much better reading that Herself.

WadISay June 17, 2009 at 12:54 pm

From each according to his ability to each according to his need in the People’s Garden Collective #1.

Brendan M. June 17, 2009 at 12:55 pm

[re=340786]Noodle Salad[/re]: I’m sorry I doubted you and had to verify that. Mostly because I had to go to that glorified Drudge Report.

Extemporanus June 17, 2009 at 12:55 pm

Nappy headed hoe!

octupletsmom June 17, 2009 at 12:56 pm

[re=340926]heroinmule[/re]: We are looking at a fine crop of hobo ‘taters to get us through hard times this year. Also, some other things. But the arugula and other sissy stuff was FAIL.

Extemporanus June 17, 2009 at 12:58 pm

[re=340931]Crapola[/re]: “Everything I’ve ever said will be credited to Dorothy Parker.” -George S. Kaufman

Lionel Hutz Esq. June 17, 2009 at 12:58 pm

Proposed caption: Go ahead and try it kid, the first taste is free.

Extemporanus June 17, 2009 at 1:00 pm

[re=340797]tehbenton[/re]: It actually says “Dell”—those little green shoots are a sign of economic recovery in the Tech sector.

engulfedinflames June 17, 2009 at 1:02 pm

[re=340901]Dreadful Gate[/re]: fyi…the joke here would seem to be the substitution of horticulture for whore to culture. ” sanctimony will only get you as far as the ketchup bottle. ” who said that? [ re=340931]Crapola[/re]: was she who said it. fixed.

OzoneTom June 17, 2009 at 1:09 pm

[re=340956]Lionel Hutz Esq.[/re]: Kinda like the alt-text…

cal June 17, 2009 at 1:13 pm

Ken, this is one of your best efforts. Add it to the “Klassic Ken” file.

Lascauxcaveman June 17, 2009 at 1:25 pm

[re=340941]AxmxZ[/re]: Mint? Whoo boy, you got that right, that shit takes off. I transplanted some into my new garden, out of an old overgrown patch of weeds that I haven’t tilled for years and it’s taking over like Hells Angels in a dive bar outside of Oakland.

(OMG, best not start talking about my cat now or its the banhammer for me!)

zenferret June 17, 2009 at 1:35 pm

[re=340943]octupletsmom[/re]: But does your daily obsessive googling her bring you to wonkette?

AWOcoholic June 17, 2009 at 2:34 pm

Hey, Drudge seems to be accusing Michelle of faking the harvest. Check it out before he realizes that, yes, lettuce does grow that fast.

chascates June 17, 2009 at 2:57 pm

Southern politician (or aide) to make comment about growing watermelon in 3..2..1..

Okied June 17, 2009 at 3:12 pm

*misses shit-free, non-sissy White House lawn*

indigo June 17, 2009 at 3:41 pm

In Italy, “arugula” is translated to “rocket salad” on the tourist menus… It’s an advance “this is your brain on arugula” warning.

Bruno June 17, 2009 at 3:54 pm

Thank goodness that’s not a white kid being introduced to organics in the pixxx

mrpuma2u June 17, 2009 at 4:11 pm

I think that is sage she is holding. This fall when the N0bama’s force everyone to convert to Wicca, she can lead the country in a national smudging of evil spirits on Halloween which will become the new high holiday of the country.

Lionel Hutz Esq. June 17, 2009 at 6:21 pm

[re=340990]OzoneTom[/re]: Goodness, I’m usually not that stupid. And especially with Ken, the king of alt-text.

schvitzatura June 17, 2009 at 9:08 pm

…the soil was fortified with crab meal from the Chesapeake Bay, green sand compost and lime powder.

Cue Layla (Piano Exit)…Rahm’s “Chicago Way” Compost Mix, specially prepared for Elite Muslin Menshevik Square Foot Hell Mound Gardening. Available at finer lawn and garden stores…

Ohio Wonkette Fan June 17, 2009 at 9:57 pm

Like wow dude, I didn’t think that snap peas had to be shelled, dude. What is up with that, my cat? Maybe they could take it the next step; like with the farmer’s market, then some dynamic canning or something.

Ohio Wonkette Fan June 17, 2009 at 9:58 pm

No tea bags were damaged during the growing of these vegetables. Fo shizzle.

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