Lady Gaga to White House to talk bullying

By: Peter Maer, Brian Montopoli
Topics: White House

Lady Gaga is visiting the White House Tuesday to meet with officials in the office of public engagement "to talk about the important issue of bullying," a senior White House official tells CBS News.

The flamboyant singer will not have a chance to discuss the issue with the president, who will be speaking in Kansas this afternoon.

The president and the performer did cross paths at a California fundraiser earlier this year, where Lady Gaga thanked Mr. Obama for hosting an anti-bullying conference.

The White House, whose "stop bullying" website specifically spotlights cyberbullying and LGBT bullying, is expected to reveal more about Lady Gaga's visit later today.

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by mendskyz December 7, 2011 12:37 PM EST: MACDONALDBANK1: Yeah, science is always right, and everything they say is fact. The real facts are that a huge majority of theories in physics are just that, theories that have not only not been proved, but will never be proved because we will never have ALL THE DATA necessary to prove it. One theory suggest that there are possibly 11 or more different parallel realities with different versions of the same reality we know today. There is no proof, there are simply mathematical formulas that can't be reconciled any other way than to use this theory. You can't prove a negative, and you WILL NEVER prove there is no God, just like it will never be proved that there is a GOD. Einstein was wrong with some of his theories, and just because he said their is no GOD does not make it true.

For you to state that you know there is no GOD in essence is you claiming that you are GOD. Only someone who knows everything would know if there is a GOD or not, so either you are GOD disproving your own claims, or you are not and therefore cannot make a valid claim that there is no GOD. Quite arrogant on your part to profess such a knowledge with such limited information. Even if you have a PHD in physics, you still have only knowledge equal to a grain of sand in the desert compared to the knowledge yet still to be learned.; Reply to this comment


by OregonStorm December 6, 2011 12:02 PM EST: Whoopee! The latest celebrity to seek an audience with Obama.

Bullying has been around since I was a kid (I am 75). We handled it best when I was in school. Our parents taught us to hit a bully back twice as hard so he/she would never approach us again. We were also taught to assist our smaller more vulnerable classmates. Bullies only grow bolder if unchallenged. It worked but the problem these days is that kids are too stupid to settle their disputes OFF school property.; Reply to this comment