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MrsCavalluzzi


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Obama has indicated that he's considering taking out the White House bowling alley (the White House recreation options include the bowling alley, a horseshoe pit, a movie theatre, and an outdoor, solar-heated swimming pool that is regulation size for lap swimming and water polo) and replacing it with a basketball court.

(in this article plus an interesting analysis by Reggie Miller of how Obama's basketball style gives us clues about his executive style:
 http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/14/miller.obama.basketball/index.html)

If you became the POTUS (President of the United States), what recreation options might you add to the WH?  Is it appropriate/fair to past and future POTUSes and taxpayers to replace the bowling alley (built by a group of Truman fans as a (60th? i think!) birthday present, despite the fact that at the time he hadn't bowled since age 11) or should the basketball court be built as an additional facility?  (the original WH pool was indoors, constructed for FDR to help with his physical therapy.  it was filled in by Nixon to create a room for the WH press corps.  Gerald Ford, immediately upon taking office, ordered construction of the existing outdoor pool, and Dubya added the solar heating panels)

Can you tell lots about a person by the way they play sports? (or perform in some other venue like the arts?)  is Reggie M's analysis valid or just an effort at infotainment?

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if i was the POTUS i would put a boxing ring in the white house

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haha
i would put in a wiffle ball field
it would minimized to 45 foot bases
with a 30 foot mound
legit clay and grass
and it could double as a picnic area
it would be sick

for those of you that dont know
wiffle ball=baseball with a plastic ball/bat
and you bat your opposite hand
and you can throw the ball at the runner for an out

its amazingly fun and tiring
plusssss
the field doesnt have to be too big

only about the size of the 300 building

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I would have a mini soccer field put in, and force my cabinet to play each other. I would invite the US national team to come and play, it would be sweet.

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i would put in a horse arena to ride around in. yup. and a tennis court im not sure if it was said if there was already one of those

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i would put a hockey arena in my white house :)
and a soccer feild!

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I'd put in a hockey rink and a 100yd shooting range.

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I think no matter what you have to listen to Reggie because he was the best player the Indiana Pacers ever had or ever will have. Thus, his word is true.

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I would put a tumble track and stuff, with like spring floors and what not :]
Oh and bring back my old cheer coaches to work for me haha

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kb wrote:

I would put a tumble track and stuff, with like spring floors and what not :]
Oh and bring back my old cheer coaches to work for me haha



yeah like the wrestling room here at eldo! that room is so much fun with those hanging ropes and jumpy floors. id give anything to go back in there sometime



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Yoga studio. Gotta de-stress

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krea wrote:

kb wrote:

I would put a tumble track and stuff, with like spring floors and what not :]
Oh and bring back my old cheer coaches to work for me haha



yeah like the wrestling room here at eldo! that room is so much fun with those hanging ropes and jumpy floors. id give anything to go back in there sometime


dont ever call that room fun. EVER.



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i most definetly put a soccer field in the white house.
=]

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i would put in a raquetball court, that would be so sweet!

-- Edited by Flanny at 18:53, 2009-01-16

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I'd put in thew world's largest trampoline just because it would be awesome!


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Obama is a straight up baller

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Scottster wrote:

krea wrote:

kb wrote:

I would put a tumble track and stuff, with like spring floors and what not :]
Oh and bring back my old cheer coaches to work for me haha



yeah like the wrestling room here at eldo! that room is so much fun with those hanging ropes and jumpy floors. id give anything to go back in there sometime


dont ever call that room fun. EVER.


yeah no when i was in water polo and we'd go in there it was like hell literally cause theyd turn the fire things on! gah i almost cried one time :(



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