Obama Speaks at Friends of Ireland Lunch Video

Nancy Pelosi, who introduces Obama, used to drive me nuts, but her eccentricity is growing on me. I'll like her even more if she manages to get the votes for healthcare. Look at them in their green:

Obama Meets With Ireland's Prime Minister Cowen March 17

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Obama meets with Brian Cowen, prime minister of Ireland today at 10:45 am eastern. At 12:35 pm eastern, he'll speak at Nancy Pelosi's Friends of Ireland Lunch.
Updated with video of Obama and Cowen:

Obama Teleprompter "Gaffe" Was a Joke

A switchup of speeches caused the Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen to start reading Obama's speech. That was off camera. Then, as a joke (on camera), Obama pretended to read Cowen's speech and thanked himself, which caused the hard right wingnuts-- Rush Limbaugh had a fiesta-- to go berserk.
The teleprompter blog mentioned in this CNN video was likely created by a wingnut. It's only the wingnuts, the Birthers (still calling for Obama's birth certificate), that have a problem with Obama's use of the teleprompter. It fits their world view that Obama isn't smart. Heck, they don't even believe he's the president. They're just plain racist and as a group, disturbed.

There are even soldiers who are refusing to be soldiers because they don't believe Obama is the president. They would typically be called cowards but in wingnut world, they're being lauded. 

Green White House Fountains, Dan Rooney, Ireland's Leaders

Michelle Obama comes up with the idea to green the White House fountains, Obama names the Steelers' Dan Rooney, a long-time republican, ambassador to Ireland, and in light of the recent violence in Northern Ireland, Obama meets with some of Ireland's leaders, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen and Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and his deputy, Martin McGuinness.

MSNBC: The 76-year-old Rooney took over the presidency of the Steelers in 1975 and is a Hall of Fame owner. His team won this year's Super Bowl, shocking the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 on Santonio Holmes' tiptoe catch for a touchdown with 35 seconds to play.

Rooney has received the American Ireland Fund's lifetime achievement award.

The "Rooney Rule,'' which requires any team with a head coaching vacancy to interview at least one minority candidate, was developed by an NFL committee Rooney chaired.

On the White House grounds, First Lady Michelle Obama came up with the idea to dye the fountains on the White House's North and South lawns green, said spokeswoman Katie McCormick Lelyveld. She was inspired by her hometown of Chicago, where the city marks the national holiday of Ireland by dyeing the river green.

Later Tuesday, Obama plans to meet with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen in the Oval Office, and then with Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and his deputy, Martin McGuinness, in a less high-profile gathering in his national security adviser's office. Administration aides singled out that trio as leaders who have resisted partisan reactions to a series of killings in Northern Ireland that threatens a decade's break in violence.

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