(Melchizedek Communique, MC021110) Immediately after wild conga line parties at the White House were reported (http://www.shout.net/~bigred/mc020810.html), President Barack Obama -- "the cooking professor" -- responded to outcries.

Outside the White House, the shivering unemployed held forth their hands to the shimmering incadescence inside. Perhaps they could warm their fingers a little from all the blazing lightbulbs! "Please, Mr. Obama, please... A crust of bread," they moaned.

Chef Obama, not heedless to the suffering, responded with a helpful tuna recipe:

President Obama's Tuna Salad [1]

• Tuna
• Grey Poupon mustard
• Mayonnaise
• Chopped gherkins

The Melchizedek Communique editor headed immediately to the grocery store. "But what are 'gherkins'?" he wondered. He asked the grocery clerk, "Do you have any gherkins?" and the clerk burst out laughing! "No, hah-hah-hah, we don't have anything like that!"

The Obama Tuna Salad, minus the gherkins, was prepared. No measurements on the mustard and mayo were available, so this editor used a huge globbing tablespoon of mayo and a teaspon of mustard. Recommended now is about half the above measurements.

The tuna salad was not too bad, easy to prepare, and doesn't cost a lot.

So thank you, Professor Obama, for the helpful tuna recipe!

Except you aren't supposed to call Obama a professor. Reportedly, Charles J. Ogletree, a Harvard professor who has known Obama since he was a law student there, says he sees the "professor" label as a thinly veiled attack on Obama’s race. Calling Obama "the professor" walks dangerously close to labeling him "uppity." [2]

Does this mean all professors are "uppity"?

A caller to the Rush Limbaugh show explained: "[L]et me tell you what happens to professors that go awry. Professors get in front of that lectern, Sarah Palin is right, they get in front of it and they become arrogant, they turn into this elitist little model. They surround themselves with similar professors, they think the same way, they use big words when little ones would do far better, they talk too much, they intimidate the students, and the students learn pretty quick to agree with them." [3]

It was Melchizedek Communique which first introduced the "Professor Obama" comparison. On February 21, 2009, it was speculated that Barack Obama was Eddie Murphy in disguise, filming a "Nutty Professor" sequel. (http://www.shout.net/~bigred/mc022109.html). This would explain the birth certificate controversy, where many insist Obama's real birth certificate has not been seen: If "Obama" is really Eddie Murphy, of course the actual birth certificate for "Obama" would not exist.

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[1] "Obama's Tuna Salad: The Recession-Friendly Recipe Redux", Huffington Post, Feb. 8, 2010
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/08/obamas-tuna-salad-the-rec_n_453509.html
[2] "Professor in Chief", Feb. 10, 2010
http://www.insidehighereducation.com/news/2010/02/10/obama
[3] "P-Word is the New Racist Term", Rush Limbaugh transcript, Feb. 10, 2010