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Kal Penn Joins White House Team

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PopsicleStand
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im sure most of you have seen this already, but ill just post it up anyways. pretty funny that this guy from these raunchy movies is an Arts Liason haha.



http://cbs4.com/national/kal.penn.white.2.978503.html

Spoiler Alert: Kal Penn Joins White House Team
WASHINGTON (AP) ―The White House has hired actor Kal Penn as a liaison between President Barack Obama's administration and Asian constituents.

White House spokesman Shin Inouye said Tuesday that the actor who had a recurring role on Fox's TV show "House" and has starred in several movies would join the staff as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison.

His role will be to connect Obama with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities, as well as arts groups.

Penn starred as Kumar in the movie, "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay."

His "House" character committed suicide in Monday's episode.

Penn backed Obama during the campaign. The White House says a start date for Penn hasn't been set.

The hire was first reported by Entertainment Weekly.
Apr 8 2009 10:03PM
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KellyK
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couldn't bleve he killed himself on house.  that was kinda sad.  good for him though. 
Apr 8 2009 10:06PM
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babujib
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HAHAHAHA holy shit thats absolutely absurd fauxbama just keeps getting better and better
Apr 8 2009 10:08PM
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Delphi
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haha wow, another useless appointment by the Exalted One. Just one more unqualified idiot in the whitehouse.
Apr 8 2009 10:10PM
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AMD_5
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these retarded choices for obama's assistants and cabinet just keep getting better and better.
Apr 8 2009 10:41PM
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frenchsteeze
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ohhh man. who's next, borat as ambassador to kazakhstan?
Apr 8 2009 10:46PM
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soulskier
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he should have stuck with the other house...
Apr 8 2009 10:50PM
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k-rob
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i wouldn't be surprised to find that nobody here knows who Kal Penn is outside of his acting.
Apr 8 2009 10:51PM
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reverendwrong
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i dont plz inform me
Apr 8 2009 10:56PM
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Calb3rt
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isnt he a professor at penn state?
Apr 8 2009 10:56PM
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k-rob
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he lectures there, on Asian American Studies.

Apr 8 2009 10:59PM
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KellyK
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whoah, not good that he killed himself.  good that he got appointed.  just clarifying that. 
Apr 8 2009 11:22PM
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Golden.
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wow, really? definitely the last thing i was expecting...
Apr 9 2009 2:14AM
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Ben.
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finally someone that someone knows whats up.
Apr 9 2009 3:00AM
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Ben.
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ignore the other someone. im mildly inyoxicated right now
Apr 9 2009 3:01AM
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JayDope
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how long has been lecturing at penn state for on those topics, and where did he acquire his credentials from?
Apr 9 2009 3:25AM
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fappy
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were you whining when Bush was appointing corporate scumbags who helped architect this pathetic excuse of a war and grant no-bid contracts to friends in high places?


Apr 9 2009 3:32AM
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Mr.Panda
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counterpoint- what about the exalted one appointing a tax evader to be the head of the treasury?  just curious.  i know bush really fucked up but obama is also fucking up, i think we can agree on that.
Apr 9 2009 3:38AM
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PopsicleStand
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yeah i knew about this before, and i was not really trying to make a statement about obamas administration either. i just found it funny how only in america can you go from eating a cockmeat sandwich in gitmo at the beginning of the year to working for the president at the end.

and this is straight from wiki-

He attended UCLA, where he double majored in film and sociology

In spring 2008, Penn served as a visiting lecturer in Asian American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.[3][13] He taught a course titled “Images of Asian Americans in the Media”.[14]

Penn is currently working on a graduate certificate in international security from Stanford University.[


so before you get the impression that he is a tenured dean of an ivy league school, it would probably be better to just say that he is heavily involved in politics and education.

Apr 9 2009 5:31AM
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Ben.
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yes, but hes also a liaison, its not like hes a major part of the administration that will be making huge decisions here
Apr 9 2009 10:53AM
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pee13
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yall r gay
Apr 9 2009 12:18PM
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