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White House garden tests positive for lead
breitbart ^ | 7/2/09 | ap

Posted on 07/02/2009 11:04:26 AM PDT by Nachum

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says its high-profile garden on the South Lawn has tested positive for lead although it is not at dangerous levels. White House spokeswoman Katie McCormick-Lelyveld said Thursday that tests on the soil in the White House garden detected lead levels of 93 parts per million. Soil is considered unsafe for growing vegetables when it reaches more than 500 parts per million.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; flotusmichelle; garden; gardening; house; tests; white
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1 posted on 07/02/2009 11:04:27 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

There’s a lead lining to every cloud.


2 posted on 07/02/2009 11:05:48 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Nachum

So old ‘chelle was serving schoolkids lead tainted food.

Geesh


3 posted on 07/02/2009 11:05:49 AM PDT by dforest (Anyone dumb enough to have voted for him deserves what they get.. No Pity!)
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To: Nachum

93 ppm. So? Why is this news?


4 posted on 07/02/2009 11:05:55 AM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: Nachum
White House garden tests positive for lead

Bury the place and let's start over.

5 posted on 07/02/2009 11:06:41 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: Nachum

since the Brown Clown’s mind id already gone, how is a little lead going to be a bother?


6 posted on 07/02/2009 11:07:08 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The boy's war in Detriot has already cost more then the war in Iraq.)
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To: Nachum

Too much lead in the WH arugala?

Could this be the coming excuse for why Obama is so stupid when all of the media thought he was the smartest man alive?


7 posted on 07/02/2009 11:07:16 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Nachum
If a Republican had done it, would the moonbats be out saying "no lead level is safe!"?
8 posted on 07/02/2009 11:07:26 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)
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To: Clara Lou

What, did they run out of Michael Jackson still dead news?


9 posted on 07/02/2009 11:07:32 AM PDT by garyb
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To: Nachum

So, were those cute kids who helped her dig the garden exposedcto lead dust?


10 posted on 07/02/2009 11:09:04 AM PDT by bondjamesbond (Resist Obama at Every Turn.)
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To: Nachum

Bush’s fault.


11 posted on 07/02/2009 11:11:07 AM PDT by EggsAckley (There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply. W.C. Fields)
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To: Nachum
That lead is prolly from the Musket Balls used by all those 'Dead White Guys' when they shot the WH slaves for serving cold food or spilling a drink.

Or it could be from Musket Balls from the War of 1812 and all the shooting that occurred when the Brits attacked then burned down the White House.

nah... it has to be from the 'Dead White Guys' shooting slaves.

12 posted on 07/02/2009 11:20:45 AM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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To: Nachum

lulz!


13 posted on 07/02/2009 11:25:52 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Nachum

ROFL!

Note to White House geniuses:

You are supposed to test the soil BEFORE you dig the garden.


14 posted on 07/02/2009 11:28:33 AM PDT by Palladin (Obama to Iranian despots: "No hot dogs for you!")
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To: Nachum

I’m sure it didn’t affect the plants, since those were all store-bought the night before the “harvest”.


15 posted on 07/02/2009 11:29:48 AM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Bush was the dumbest sounding smart President, and Obama is the smartest sounding dumb President.)
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To: Nachum

These dopes haven’t heard about raised bed gardening?


16 posted on 07/02/2009 11:31:01 AM PDT by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, get a dog.)
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To: Nachum

What did they expect. The Whitehouse was built in the late 1700s.
It has had hundreds of coats of paint on it, most before lead was banned in paints. When the paint comes off it joins in the soil.


17 posted on 07/02/2009 11:35:07 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Obama = Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: Nachum

Hope the Obamas get lots of Vitamin Pb.


18 posted on 07/02/2009 11:37:09 AM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: TexasNative2000

Probably from Mexico.


19 posted on 07/02/2009 11:38:27 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum
Wait those jackasses did not bring in a potting soil? That place has had white lead paint on it from since the first one was built.
20 posted on 07/02/2009 11:39:52 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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