Forget hockey moms, hangovers with the president's daughters and Auto-Tune. We're kicking out 2008 and giving you a prelude to what's in store for 2009. Stay rooted in The Root for the new year!
ROOTED
BOOTED
Dead Fish in the mail
Sleepovers with the president's daughters
Hangovers with the president's daughters
Rachel Maddow
Chris Matthews
Being proud of your country for the first time in your adult life
"I just don't want us to fall backwards."
David Gregory Dancing
George Bush Dancing
Shepherd Park, D.C.
McLean, VA.
Palling around with Clintonites
Palling around with terrorists
The Constitution
Presidential signing statements
Poker in the White House
Gambling away the federal budget
Politically-inspired animated films
Animals acting like dimwit humans in animated films
Sweatpants at the gym
10-piece live bands
Auto-Tune
Compilation albums
Sampling
Public libraries
Starbucks
True Blood
Mad Men
The Daily Beast
Huffington Post
Loving your kids
Returning your kids
Smoking bans
Oxygen bars
Soul food at Henry's
Soul food at Harold's
Skype
Human contact
Scribd
Flash drives
Amy Winehouse
Hulu
Bootleg DVDs
Pork
Tuna steaks
Chilled Cabernet Franc
Room-temperature Merlot
Italian Lacinato kale
Southern collard greens
Rihanna
Tweeting your break-up
Texting your break-up
Links:
[1] http://www.theroot.com/users/therootstaff
[2] http://www.slate.com/id/2204046/
[3] http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/12/cheney/
[4] http://www.breitbart.tv/html/49244.html
[5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVlwH7-05Fk
[6] http://www.gigglesugar.com/920598
[7] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGpXtIFjlcc
[8] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/fashion/07dc.html?pagewanted=all
[9] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091101262.html
[10] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19096616
[11] http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/187343/october-07-2008/nate-silver
[12] http://www.burson-marsteller.com/About_Us/Global_Leadership/Lists/GlobalLeadership/DispForm.aspx?ID=1&nodeName=Global Leadership&SubTitle=Mark J. Penn
[13] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/nyregion/09nyc.html
[14] http://www.thedailybeast.com/
[15] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
[16] http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1859951,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
[17] http://www.theroot.com/id/49027
[18] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA5rwFjPXmA&feature=related
[19] http://www.skype.com/
[20] http://www.scribd.com/
[21] http://www.myspace.com/adelelondon
[22] http://www.hulu.com/
[23] http://www.myspace.com/janellemonaehttp:/www.myspace.com/janellemonae
[24] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091401972_pf.html
[25] http://www.theroot.com/views/hello-2009-farewell-2008
[26] http://www.theroot.com/views/south-africa-faces-momentous-2009
[27] http://www.theroot.com/views/letters-obama-girls
