Photos: Natural Resources (The Obama Presidency, Day 436)

[Clio the Leo]

Madelyn Belliveau, of Saco, waits in line Wednesday, March 31, 2010, outside of the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine, to get tickets for President Barack Obama's visit Thursday. Belliveau arrived before 6 a.m. , hoping to see the president on his first visit to Maine since being elected.


http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/32470/">Obama Opens Up Offshore Drilling in Energy Security Plan
President Barack Obama gestures during remarks on energy security, Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.


President Barack Obama points towards an F-18 "Green Hornet" that will run partly on bio fuel, during remarks on energy security,













http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/03/31/living-legacy-cesar-chavez">Living the Legacy of Cesar Chavez
United Farm Worker's President Arturo Rodriguez (L) and Paul Chavez, son of former UFW President Cesar Chavez, talks to the media outside the White House, after watching U.S. President Barack Obama sign a proclamation in honor of Cesar Chavez Day, in Washington, March 31, 2010.



First lady Michelle Obama, right, leads a "grow dance" after working in the garden at the White House with school children on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 in Washington.








White House Chef Sam Kass is pictured under a cherry blossom as he listens to U.S. first lady Michelle Obama host a spring garden planting in the White House kitchen garden in Washington, March 31, 2010.









Laura Lee Sawyer, left, hugs Christina Chamberlain, center, Wednesday, March 31, 2010, after they got tickets for President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to Portland, Maine. Supporters waited in the rain for hours to get tickets for the event, where Obama will discuss health care.



A supporter of the U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi argues with an anti-President Barack Obama protester while people wait for the Tea Party Express bus to arrive on the steps of the State Capitol in Denver, Colorado March 31, 2010. The Tea Party movement is a grass roots right wing activist movement that has held a series of protests around the nation to voice their dissatisfaction with the government.


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And THESE are for Sarah Palin who http://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA/status/11349021004">told me via the Twitter that since it's "Holy Week" and all, we should support Israel's expansion into Palestine. Insert your own Messiah joke here.

[Jackeens]

1. K&R!!!!

:toast:

[Cha]

2. Let the Garden

Begin! I've been waiting for this..First Lady Michelle is such an amazing role model:loveya:

[Voice for Peace]

3. love this one: the grow dance

[BlooInBloo]

4. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I wish I was a kid living in DC.

[Suich]

5. K&R!!!

Thank you! I sure wish my garden was all planted!

[ChicagoSuz219]

6. Thanks for posting!

I always feel better after I've seen the pix... :-)

[Kind of Blue]

7. All of these pictures are fantastic but

I had no idea that the president proclaimed today Cesar Chavez Day.
Thank you, Clio the Leo.

KnR