# Obama's First Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358 "2009-01-21T21:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/21 "2009-01-23T01:26:56Z")
> [@Momofgirls](#): > > Will they get to have sleepovers and will Michelle go on school field trips? Do the girls get their own Secret Service team? They will have their own agents just like all modern, minor, presidential children. They are protected at all times but the Secret Service also strives to let them have as normal a school experience as possible. They tend to protect the security of the entire school or at least the parts where the kids are rather than being in the classroom with the kids at all times. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/22 "2009-01-23T01:48:59Z")
I heard reported that the first night at the White House, the staff there had set up an elaborate scavenger hunt for the girls all over the house, and the grand prize at the end of the rainbow was – tah dah! – a visit from the Jonas Brothers. Something tells me those girls are going to have the time of their young lives in the White House. At least I hope they do! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/23 "2009-01-23T01:53:37Z")
> [@Mama\_Tiger](#): > > I heard reported that the first night at the White House, the staff there had set up an elaborate scavenger hunt for the girls all over the house, and the grand prize at the end of the rainbow was – tah dah! – a visit from the Jonas Brothers. Something tells me those girls are going to have the time of their young lives in the White House. At least I hope they do! That is just so cool. I remember Amy Carter just looking desperately unhappy throughout her dad’s time in the WH. She was just a bit younger than I was, IMS. I am loving the transparency stuff. Keep it coming, Obama–and get rid of the gag rule for the foreign health clinics re abortion while you’re at it. Ta. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/24 "2009-01-23T02:07:49Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > and you wonder why you’re never going to rule the world? It’s hard to get up the starch to Rule the world with a post-orgasmic glow. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/25 "2009-01-23T02:14:17Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > That is just so cool. I remember Amy Carter just looking desperately unhappy throughout her dad’s time in the WH. She was just a bit younger than I was, IMS. [Special Agent Buzzkill can take credit for that.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Carter) > [@](#): > > However, historians claim she had a “lonely childhood” in the house.[1] When she invited friends over for slumber parties in her treehouse, Secret Service agents monitored the event from the ground.[6] ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/26 "2009-01-23T04:07:19Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Michelle’s mother is living with the Obamas’ and is assisting with rearing the little ones. Oh, sure, you move into a nice big house in a great neighborhood, and here comes the mother-in-law! “No, Mom, he’s the most powerful man on earth. We have day care. Really!” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/27 "2009-01-23T04:11:30Z")
Bush only took the oath twice in his eight years in office. Obama accomplished that in just one day. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/28 "2009-01-23T04:16:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Apparently he called the leaders of Israel, Egypt, Palestine and Jordan to say we’re onboard with the ceasefire and will do what is needed, froze the pay of (top level) staffers, and has suspended Gitmo trials. My first day on a new job, I consider it an accomplishment if I figure out how to program the microwave. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/29 "2009-01-23T04:24:22Z")
Note that Obama also ordered the CIA to stop “enhanced interrogations” by requiring them to follow the Army Field Manual, and ordered the closing of secret CIA prisons. ---
**Author:** ![Momofgirls](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/momofgirls/32/21798_2.png) [@Momofgirls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momofgirls)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/30 "2009-01-23T05:30:36Z")
That’s pretty cool about the girls. I think their time in the White House will be positive. And I had forgotten about the grandmother moving in. How cool would it be for Michelle to be PTA President? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/31 "2009-01-23T07:25:01Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > Note that Obama also ordered the CIA to stop “enhanced interrogations” by requiring them to follow the Army Field Manual, and ordered the closing of secret CIA prisons. But that was on his _second_ day. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/politics/23obama.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/politics/23obama.html) Maybe he’s pacing himself so he has a Bush policy or two to undo for each day of his first term. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/32 "2009-01-23T07:39:45Z")
I can’t wait for the 7th Day, when he finally rests! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358/33 "2009-01-23T14:08:24Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > But that was on his _second_ day. > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/politics/23obama.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/politics/23obama.html) > > Maybe he’s pacing himself so he has a Bush policy or two to undo for each day of his first term. Oh, you meant human days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-first-day/482358.md?page=1)