Obama Pals Around With World Famous Lawn Rangers

The Presidential Inaugural Committee has released a list of groups slated to perform in the Inaugural Parade, and one name really stood out to me. See if you can guess which one:

Punahou School JROTC, HI
The Jesse White Tumbling Team, IL
The World Famous Lawn Rangers from Amazing Arcola, IL
Morton High School Marching Band, IL
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Navy JROTC, IL

OK, maybe they all stand out a little (what other kind of magnets would go to High School?), but I was referring to the World Famous Lawn Rangers of Arcola. Now, it wasn't just the fact that their hometown bears the last name of Charles "Chachi" Arcola, of Happy Days fame. What struck me was their offbeat moniker, and their ability to pal around with Barack Obama.

They bill themselves as a "precision lawn mower drill team." This brought to mind, immediately, some kind of Stomp!-esque fusion of everyday items with thrillingly rhythmic choreography that is jaw-dropping in appropriate doses.

I had to look into the Lawn Rangers, and here's what I found:



Barack, are you kidding me with this?

First, it was the 7 year-old blogger who can barely be bothered to write a paragraph some days, and now this. Are you the world's most easily impressed president?

Look, I get it. The whole joke is that they're so offbeat that any skill level makes them the best. Guffaw. This kind of thing stopped being amusing when "Real People" went off the air.

Not only that, Barack, but you were supposed to be about excellence, not mediocrity. I'd expect this kind of act from Sarah Palin.

This is not meant to disparage the Lawn Rangers, who clearly have a good grip on what it is they're doing. I want to make that clear, because I understand they save their clippings.

See? I made a lame joke! Can I write your Inaugural Address?