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Obama awards Springsteen, Redford and DeGeneres Medal of Freedom

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Robert Redford, Tom Hanks, Ellen Degeneres, Bruce Springsteen, Robert DeNiro, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lorne Michaels, Diana Ross are just some of the celebrity luminaries whom Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their incredible contribution to America. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest peacetime award that can be given to a recipient:


Obama awards Springsteen, Redford and DeGeneres Medal of Freedom


Before he leaves office, President Obama is decorating a starry list of entertainers, newsmakers and civilians with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

It's no surprise that Bruce Springsteen made the cut.

On Wednesday, Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, which is presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.

The list honors a who's-who of Hollywood, including Tom Hanks, Ellen DeGeneres, Diana Ross, Robert DeNiro, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, Robert Redford and Cicely Tyson.
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Tom Hanks, Ellen Degeneres, Bruce Springsteen get Presidential Medal of Freedom - UPI.com


How glittery - so many famous entertainers - much shinier and more sparkly than those unwashed masses of riffraff who voted for Trump.

It occurs to me that this VIP love-fest now sets the stage for some to eventually return their awards at some later point, in protest against some policy or incident under the Tyranny Of EvilPresidentTrump™

21 awards = 21 middle finger opportunities against EvilPresidentTrump™
 
These happen to be the same people who campaigned for him and Hillary. Maybe they do deserve a gold star for helping Hillary lose. :lol:
 
I think when we read his memoirs we will see that this sort of thing is what he loved about the job, this is why he got out of bed in the morning. Much more cool than that all that WORK, and all the working with others...like EWW!

Obama is the Mariah Carey of Presidents.





Edit: I mean of course the "I have completely lost my voice so I am going to drink" Mariah
 
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truthatallcost said:
These happen to be the same people who campaigned for him and Hillary. Maybe they do deserve a gold star for helping Hillary lose. :lol:
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DO you remember when Clinton Corp was using the Lincoln Bedroom as one of their properties?

Maybe Obama improved on the idea.....
 
The PMOF hasbeen given to a variety of celebs since the 1960s, and right-wingers never disappoint in their petty whining about a purely ceremonial award.
 
Kobie said:
The PMOF hasbeen given to a variety of celebs since the 1960s, and right-wingers never disappoint in their petty whining about a purely ceremonial award.
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Being on of the highest honors that a civilian can get it is anything but ceremonial.
Why is he not honoring people that actually do things?
 
So apparently the Medal of Freedom has now become a meaningless trinket....
 
ludin said:
Being on of the highest honors that a civilian can get it is anything but ceremonial.
Why is he not honoring people that actually do things?
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Oh, OK.

Left off the OP's list were:

Richard Garwin

Richard Garwin is a polymath physicist who earned a Ph.D. under Enrico Fermi at age 21 and subsequently made pioneering contributions to U.S. defense and intelligence technologies, low-temperature and nuclear physics, detection of gravitational radiation, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer systems, laser printing, and nuclear arms control and nonproliferation.

Bill and Melinda Gates

Bill and Melinda Gates established the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, the foundation focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty.

Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry is one of the world’s leading architects, whose works have helped define contemporary architecture. His best-known buildings include the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Dancing House in Prague, and the Guggenheim Museum building in Bilbao, Spain.

Margaret H. Hamilton

Margaret H. Hamilton led the team that created the on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo command modules and lunar modules.

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks is one of the Nation’s finest actors and filmmakers. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role five times, and received the award for his work in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump.

Grace Hopper (posthumous)

Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, known as “Amazing Grace” and “the first lady of software,” was at the forefront of computers and programming development from the 1940s through the 1980s. Hopper’s work helped make coding languages more practical and accessible, and she created the first compiler, which translates source code from one language into another.

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan is one of the greatest athletes of all time. Jordan played 15 seasons in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards; he is currently a principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets.

Maya Lin

Maya Lin is an artist and designer who is known for her work in sculpture and landscape art. She designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. and since then has pursued a celebrated career in both art and architecture.

Newt Minow

Newt Minow is an attorney with a long and distinguished career in public life. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, Minow served as a Supreme Court clerk and counsel to the Governor of Illinois. In 1961, President Kennedy selected Minow, then 34, to serve as Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC).

Eduardo Padrón

Eduardo Padrón is the President of Miami Dade College (MDC), one of the largest institutions of higher education in the United States.

Vin Scully

Vin Scully is a broadcaster who, for 67 seasons, was the voice of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers.

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson has performed on the stage, on television, and on the silver screen. She has won two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, and is known for her performances in Sounder, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and The Help.
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Clearly, Obama hates America. What a bunch of do-nothings!

SOURCE: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pres...a-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom
 
sanman said:
Robert Redford, Tom Hanks, Ellen Degeneres, Bruce Springsteen, Robert DeNiro, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lorne Michaels, Diana Ross are just some of the celebrity luminaries whom Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their incredible contribution to America. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest peacetime award that can be given to a recipient:


Obama awards Springsteen, Redford and DeGeneres Medal of Freedom




Tom Hanks, Ellen Degeneres, Bruce Springsteen get Presidential Medal of Freedom - UPI.com


How glittery - so many famous entertainers - much shinier and more sparkly than those unwashed masses of riffraff who voted for Trump.

It occurs to me that this VIP love-fest now sets the stage for some to eventually return their awards at some later point, in protest against some policy or incident under the Tyranny Of EvilPresidentTrump™

21 awards = 21 middle finger opportunities against EvilPresidentTrump™
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My care meter is on zero. One would have to pay me in order for me to slightly care about this.
 
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Kobie said:
The PMOF hasbeen given to a variety of celebs since the 1960s, and right-wingers never disappoint in their petty whining about a purely ceremonial award.
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Thank you for admitting it's a joke.
 
apdst said:
Thank you for admitting it's a joke.
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It's not a "joke," it just is what it is. It is what it's always been. It is what it was intended to be. This is not the goddamned Nobel Prize for Physics.
 
Kobie said:
It's not a "joke," it just is what it is. It is what it's always been. It is what it was intended to be. This is not the goddamned Nobel Prize for Physics.
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If Ellen Degeneris got it, then it's a ****ing joke.
 
apdst said:
If Ellen Degeneris got it, then it's a ****ing joke.
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Yeah, screw that dyke!

Danny Kaye has a PMOF. Who cares? Are PMOF winners given lifetime pardons for crimes? Do they get to eat at Denny's for free? Do they get to do anything you can't?

Unwad your panties.

Oh wait, I get it. Obama granted it; therefore, it MUST be attacked.
 
Danny Kaye wasn't any political activist - it's not like he was a Republican fund-raiser like Bob Hope.

All these people that Obama has awarded have been political partisans working for his partisan agenda.

I'm surprised he didn't give a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Miley Cyrus or Cher. They must feel miffed.
 
The liberals connections to the Hollywood and musical people is what brought them down in this election. Who gives a rat's butt what those people think as they are elite multi-millionaire like most democrats.
 
Goshin said:
So apparently the Medal of Freedom has now become a meaningless trinket....
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Because Diana Ross's contributions compare to Grace Hopper's. :roll:
 
ludin said:
Being on of the highest honors that a civilian can get it is anything but ceremonial.
Why is he not honoring people that actually do things?
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All those people 'do things'; they just don't do things that you like.

You should sit right down and write Obama a tersely worded letter in protest. Really let him know how you feel.
 
Kobie said:
Yeah, screw that dyke!

Danny Kaye has a PMOF. Who cares? Are PMOF winners given lifetime pardons for crimes? Do they get to eat at Denny's for free? Do they get to do anything you can't?

Unwad your panties.

Oh wait, I get it. Obama granted it; therefore, it MUST be attacked.
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Dyke :lamo
 
How about Dr Ben Carson?
 
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