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Wow, that was quick! Morning Libra!
Its 7 am in Cali ….I just turned on my computer and pulled up the site for my morning news LOL
Ah, good morning early riser!
Romney got quite a bump from Iowa! He is leading in SC and somebody on CNN said his internals say he is ahead in Florida. Nice, weak primary!
What happened with Gingrich shows that things can change quickly. If a non-Romney candidate wins South Carolina then that will affect Florida.
If conservatives want to stop Willard then they must coalesce around one candidate in South Carolina. IMO Perry needs to go.
Jovie I was just talking to my dad about this. Romney, to me, is screwed either way. One thing that the 08 elections did was prove that Senator Obama could go toe to toe with the Clinton machine and win. So, the Obama team was battle ready when it came time for the McCain train (which was incompetent). The debates got people comfortable with a President Obama.
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Romney’s weakness is that he has been running nonstop for 6 years and people still do not feel comfortable with him. Whether this is a religious issue (data suggests otherwise) or the fact that he is a Wall Street guy or that he seems like the annoying kid who will say anything to get you to be his friend. I think it is a combo of the latters. If he wins the nomination by Jan/Feb those that are against will stay against him, because he has yet to prove himself to them. These people will be unenthusiastic when November rolls around. The MSM will be disinterested with following him around the country having townhalls-the next big thing is his VP and that won’t be till summer.
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If he goes on till June for the nomination, he will have to outcrazy the crazies and all Chicago has to do is play those clips over and over in the General.
Corporations are people. Check.
I’m running for Office Pete Sake. Check.
Wanna bet….10K? Check.
No to the Dream Act. Check.
What Romney lacks he cannot make up. Money can’t buy you love….or even like.
Good morning TOD!
LOL, I don’t know. Do not underestimate the level of hate these Tearepublicans have for President Obama. IMO, whether they like Romney or not they will come out, hold their noses and vote for him. Many of them do feel “anybody but Romney”, but those who want to win the GE understand that he is the only viable candidate. At the GE, those same people will feel “anybody but President Obama”, and hold their noses and vote Romney. I don’t know if that level of hate will cause them to come out huge numbers.
I totally get where you are coming from Sabreen. The thing is that 6 years of endlessly campaigning has only gotten you 25% of the vote. You have a higher voter ID than anyone else. Newt was the 90s. I know the Teatards will come out, but will the Ron Paul fans come out. They already think this President and Romney are the same liberty killing stooges of Big Government (paraphrasing). I will work harder than I did in 08- no doubt about that. But, like McCain picking Caribou Barbie to kick up the enthusiasm, Romney will have to pick someone that excites the base. He can’t pick Christie- that would be two North Easterners, so it has to be someone from the South- Rubio gives him absolutely nothing, maybe VA gov or even Santorum. Like McCain he will have to pick someone further to his right which will produce the same thing that happened in 08. Again, I don’t take anything for granted, but people vote, phone bank and volunteer for the top of the ticket. And Willard ain’t it.
We only have to look at 2008 to see that a lack luster GOP candidate will depress Republican turnout. The GOP knows that and that is why they are trying to suppress Dem voters with voter ID laws.
It seems to that Romney feels entitled to the presidency and he gets very angry when challenged. I don’t know how this would play out in debates with either the other nominees or with Pres. Obama if he gets the nomination. That’s when he tends to say things like “Corporations are people, my friend!” He gets mad and his hecklers and can’t just play them off.
An the unspoken subtext of: You’ve wanted to be president since you were four years old and you never will be president. I am the President.
And you have the maturity level of a four-year-old who is running for President. The ego is an incredible thing, as evidenced by every one of the R candidates. Turns one’s stomach, just thinking about it.
Jovie they will grudgingly vote for Romney. They know that Gingrich or Santorum will get blown off the face of the earth in the general vs PBO. Romney is their best shot so expect a Romney Coronation by March. Unfortunately………
I just hope the Paul-ites go 3rd Party and perhaps the evangelicals do too with Santorum/Bachmann if Romney tops their ticket. Even better if Trump/Palin run on the Narcissist Party ticket!
Good morning everyone. I always read this site but rarely comment. I truly enjoy this site.
So glad that you’re here
Please join the conversation…!
Thanks for visiting DrDemocrat, lovely to have you here
Welcome to the TOD community DrDemocrat! Feel free to post - we welcome your input here
Welcome! Don’t know if you’re the same DrDemocrat from dailykos, but either way, nice to meet ya!
I just saw a clip of Romney saying something really dumb, which I know is not Breaking News, but he was telling his supporters that the economy was looking a little better and he knows that the president will want to take credit. But he said, “Guess what! HE DOESN’T DESERVE IT!!!” Scattered applause. I think most there were confused too by that nonsensical statement. Romney doesn’t seem to realize that saying something does not make it so, especially when it defies all reason.
He keeps saying that 25 million people are out of work because of this President.
Absurd!
Funny, isn’t it? First Republicans moaned and groaned that PBO needed to stop blaming Bush for everything. PBO was the President now, and whatever happens, it now happens ON YOUR WATCH! Now, that things are turning around…they say it’s NOT because of anything PBO did, and he can’t claim credit for any of it. So, when Romney made that comment, that was SO utterly false and ridiculous….I would say, laughable….those facts weren’t lost on his audience. The fact that HE thinks they’re STUPID, is going to be a real problem for him. People can put two and two together. He insults their intelligence. The more he does this, the more ridiculous and condescending he appears.
When was the last time that Obama mentioned the name “Bush”? It has been over a year.
The Rethugs keep underestimating Pres. Obama. I think he doesn’t mentioned Bush for 2 reasons 1) It IS his presidency now. He’s an adult who accepts responsibility for what happens “on his watch” 2) He has worked very hard to shift the narrative. For the moment, he’s running against a do-nothing congress. He doesn’t need to mention Bush when he’s got plenty of other knuckleheads to choose from. Boner, Can’t or, Turtle.. oops, McConnell.
If it were up to Mitt Romney, HE would have taken credit for it. Its just a symptom from the denial syndrome in the Republican Party. Everything bad that happens, even prior to Barack Obama taking the oath on January 20 or prior to 11:00 EST when he won on November 4th, is Barack Obama’s fault. Everything good that happens, however, is not connected to Barack Obama in any sort of way whatsoever. Its why Rick Santorum could say out loud that the reason that the unemployment rate is going down is because of the prospect of voting in a Republican to the White House. They can’t run against the ACTUAL Barack Obama and his ACTUAL policies, so they just make up their own caricature. Its going to be hard for them though, when the ACTUAL Barack Obama runs full force and knocks down the bs.
“If it were up to Mitt Romney, HE would have taken credit for it.” He currently takes credit for 100,000 jobs that were created after he left Bain. For someone devoutly religious, he routinely lies with ease.
Gees, Romney and Santorum ARE taking credit for it. Astonishing.
Good morning TODers! I saw that stupid clip. What a lying idiot. Yesterday he looked totally stupid trying to ignore the good news. So since he can’t do that, he makes that idiot comment. What a fool. I’m still ROTF at him and bitter, angry McCain on the stump looking like two stooges. Let him win the GOP clown show; we’re going to kick his robotic, stiff behind.
Something I read about McCain/Romney gaffes…was that McCain wondered away from his group of seniors and ended up, mistakenly, on stage with Mitt and didn’t realize where he was….LOL.
desertflower, was that the nursing home McCain wonder from?
That’s why I said Megan McCain need to keep herself off of tv and look after her senile Daddy.
Oh, one of his nine, fully staffed, always ready for their fully dysfunctional and demented benefactor to fly in on his Lear jet homes. All private of course ! They should ramp up the exit security alarms, and activate his warning beeper!
If indeed the economy improves, this Romney approach isn’t going to work in 2012.
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Chips you are A-mazing. You have at your fingertips the perfect graphic for every situation!!!
Ha, Hopefruit, I spend too much of my life in Google Images!!
I would like to thank the TOD Academy, all of my colleagues that understood my passion and put up with me during my darkest days. Mom? Dad? Wherever you are……..I just want to say……….Where the hell are you anyway? Not funny!
Dave, you are too funny! Belly laughing here, great start to my day off!
Morning! Thought you all might want to read this from Smartypants…if you haven’t already
Always good stuff!
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2012/01/president-obama-legislator-negotiator.html
wow, Smartypants. love This! Thank you so much. xoxo
Good Morning, Everyone
A federal judge struck down two Idaho laws designed to undercut workers rights Thursday, re-establish the right of construction workers to use project labor agreements and to use union dues to subsidize member wages in order to make competitive bids for contracts. Two separate laws that banned the practices were ruled illegal by U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. The rulings were a big victory for construction workers in the state:
http://crooksandliars.com/kenneth-quinnell/idaho-judge-strikes-down-expanded
I love to hear that! In Michigan our Republican legislature and governor have several anti-teacher, anti-union laws. They are aimed just at teacher unions and I am hoping there are court challenges that will overturn them.
WINDHAM, N.H. — The outcome of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary probably depends on this state’s historically flinty, unpredictable independent voters.
About 40 percent of the state’s registered voters are formally unaffiliated with any political party, and they can vote in the GOP primary. Some who plan to vote supported President Barack Obama in 2008. Some think Mitt Romney, former governor of neighboring Massachusetts, is their kind of independent. And some wear the “undeclared” label because it makes them feel, well, independent.
“I just don’t want to be locked into one party,” said Vincent Balukonis, a Salem retiree.
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/06/3356467/independents-may-hold-key-to-new.html
I believe Jon Huntsman is probably counting on those unpredictable Indies because going by just the Repub voters -he’s a lost cause in NH!
I wonder how those independants respond to pollsters. My concern is that they are the type of people who don’t like to tell who they are voting for. So the polls we see coming out of NH could be inaccurate by a few points, and Huntsman’s support could be underestimated.
A little bit better with the Sunday show lineup. Not much, but a little!
David Gregory has an opportunity to show us something. Will he?
No! Gregory will keep showing the world that he’s a lap dog for the GOP.
Yes. His incompetence and his GOP framing bias.
$10k he won’t challenge Romney when Romney lies that PBO “made it worse.”
Is Amanpour gone on ABC? What a disappointment she turned out to be.
Yeah she’s gone. Stephanopulous is back.
♥ ♥ ♥ Good Evening Chips! Good Evening TOD Family! ♥ ♥ ♥
Barack Obama Quote O’ The Day
Have a great day, everyone!
Thanks, PJ, and the same back at you! That O’ Quote is a good reminder that we’ve got to reignite America’s tolerance and generosity that GOP leaders and their rich buddies have been working so consistently to obliterate.
Helloooooooo! ♥ ♥ ♥
All the morning shows talked about the New Hamphire primary.The talked about the candidates when it first came on, then they fluffed Mr. 1% Jon Huntsman. Afterwards they talked about the job report, which the try to downplay.The MSM really want a horsrace this fall.It made me nausea.
Have you EVER seen such a push in the media for a candidate who polls 1%, 2% nationally ? Usually, they don’t cover those candidates because, as they say, they are not a factor…
Not only the media wants a horse race in the fall, they also want a long primary. They’ll do everything they can to stop the Mittmentum.
They want the money and they want the ratings. If they were true journalists, they wouldn’t be working for these media outlets in the first place. I suspect they feel like faux celebrities as well, and enjoy thinking they have a ‘following’. Bah.
Good Morning, Everyone! Hope you all have a terrific Saturday! I’m signing in early today just beacuse I can! ;lol:
i just heard a snippet of ‘news’ on CBC Radio re the GOP race (using figures from September - at least that’s what the commentator mentioned. He was talking about how the ‘banks’ donated more to BO than to McSame, yada, yada yada). I had to laugh!
Of course I also told him that I have info updated to yesterday so I really didn’t credit his outdated misinformation. Don’t know if he heard me though. 
TODville family, enjoy your Saturday, wherever you are!
vc…do you have the updated info as to the lie that PBO has gotten more from banks lie?
desertflower, try looking for the information you need at The Center for Responsive Politics (aka OpenSecrets.org). It has an excellent database which is broken down into categories such as groups, races, candidates, donors, donors’ industries, and much much more.~.
2008 Outside Spending, by Donors’ Industries
Here we present a summary by sectors — the pie chart — as well as a table of the top interests behind the donors to outside spending groups. Not all outside spending organizations disclose their donors. And not all donations to outside spending organizations (such as labor unions) are identifiable as “outside spending” donations. For these calculations, we include only those donations to outside spending organizations made specifically to fund their outside spending activities.
Read more: http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/summ.php?cycle=2008&disp=I&type=A
Did you catch this? WTF? After PBO SAVED the Auto Industry, they turn around and give only to Republicans?
Democrats Republicans
“20 Automotive $205,000 $0 $205,000 $0 $205,000
Sorry I should have rewritten this:
20. Automotive gave 205,000 dollars total; $0 to Democrats; $250,000 to Republicans.
I hope the workers give to the President - money and time - to remind the people in MI who saved their state and who is trying to destroy it!
Betsy, they want their corporate taxes lowered, union laws weakened.
Greed, greed, greed.
America better wise up and re-elect the only president in recent times who has had the courage to confront the excesses of corporations, either in the health industry, the bank industry, the defense industry, you name it…
Oh, I know it’s a lie, df; that ‘they’ ascribe the individual donations of workers to the company for which they work. As this is Canadian radio, which always IMO seems to be a day or two, or three behind, I never pay them any attention. Normally the only time *I* listen to them is when I’m in the car, but my offspring has this habit of turning the radio on on a Saturday morning so that’s how I caught that bit. vc
Maybe he was talking in his sleep, and just thought he was awake, anyway, he is brain dead.
Chips…where can I find all the good stuff that we posted about VP Biden accomplishments? I need them…
Fri Jan 06, 2026 at 05:44 AM PST.
Barack Obama: Best President Ever. (Updated with Caveats)
*by Troubadour
As deeply as I can look into history, and as much as I can penetrate the logic of human society, my conclusions on this are not the least bit tentative or lacking in confidence: Barack Obama is either the best President we’ve ever had, or more humbly, equal to the best Presidents we’ve ever had (and thereby one of their number). A more detailed breakdown of these conclusions follows.
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First, I want to make clear that some degree of situational relativism is unavoidable - you cannot judge anything meaningfully in a vacuum. Otherwise you might as well unfavorably compare a Mercedes to a Daewoo because you tested the former by driving it up a volcano and the latter on a suburban street.
We all know how great a Democratic President can be when Congress does whatever it’s told (e.g., FDR) and has a highly disciplined, motivated public; and how diabolical a Democratic President can be under the same Congressional climate with a divided public (LBJ); but what about a Democratic President who is literally tested in every way: What about a Congress so hostile they question your very legitimacy as an American on a daily basis, threaten impeachment as many times as there are hours in the day, and obstruct every single appointee and piece of legislation on your agenda as a matter of course even if they had previously supported it? What about managing to endure and thrive in the glare of a deranged, lying media controlled by an oligarchy of your enemies that spreads 24/7 propaganda against your administration and party? What about an opposition that has unlimited, unregulated funding not only from corporations that have accepted trillions of dollars in no-strings-attached public bailouts, but from hostile foreign countries (e.g., China and Saudi Arabia) that have a vested interest in controlling American politics through Republican corruption?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/06/1052079/-Barack-Obama:-Best-President-Ever-(Updated-with-Caveats)?via=siderec
WOW. GREAT PIECE on DailyK (yes, I know). EVERYONE ON THIS SITE SHOULD READ IT.
And DON’T MISS the diary Troubadour wrote just before this one. Just click on his name and go read the fabulous and long diary he wrote on Jan 5th !!
A great read even if it from DKos. I admire “troubador” for writing it. But the titles below in the comments make it clear it’s a minority opinion over there. I don’t understand these so-called “liberals”. I’ve been a liberal all my life, in Canada, and here, and I’ve never seen a more liberal president than PBO.
typos here, sorry “A great read even if it is from DKos”
The best part of the article is how it lays out clearly the toxic conditions in which PBO has to work. I don’t have enough information to judge his judgments of the other presidents, but he describes the condition under which PBO functions now with crystal clarity.
WOW. This is stunning stuff. This is a keeper. Amazing. Thanks for letting us know.
Thanks for the link, Rikyrah! Normally I avoid clicking on dkos, but because of my respect for you, I decided to take the chance and click on the link I was not disappointed. On the whole, I agree with Troubadour’s central point that President Obama is one of the best, if not the best, Presidents of the United States. I also appreciated his efforts to discuss past presidents based on the totality of their records instead of repeating idealized mythology about them; which is precisely what Chris Matthews did with his book on JFK, and the Republicans have repeatedly done with Ronald Reagan.
South Carolina is not a done deal for “Central Casting Mitt”:
“Romney is so confident of winning in New Hampshire that on Thursday, he flew to a state where his victory is far less certain — South Carolina, which votes on Jan. 21.
And at the Peanut Warehouse, a century-old building by the Waccamaw River in Conway, S.C., the audience was more skeptical.
“Central Casting Mitt, I call him,” said real estate agent Mike Patton. “If you were going to have a TV show about a president, he’d be the guy you’d pick out of the lineup.”
Patton said Romney just isn’t conservative enough for a lot of folks in the South.
“I think Santorum’s going to do better than everybody thinks. He’s got a lot of support in my group of Republican friends.”
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/07/144804626/romneys-week-a-squeaker-a-love-fest-and-a-shrug?ft=1&f=1014
Saw this article mentioned yesterday, but wanted to put one of the talking points regarding the appointments PBO made last Weds, talking points we can use:
“you know what — when I was a kid, we didn’t care what it was called, when we went out on the playground and had a good time, we were happy. Recess is what we called it, and recess is what it was. Right now, Democrats in the House are in Washington begging Republicans to get back to work. Republicans are out having fun on their own particular playgrounds, and not here in D.C. doing the people’s business. You keep harping on about the Constitution, well I’d like you to show me exactly where in the text of the Constitution it defines the word ‘recess.’ I’ll even help you out — don’t bother looking, because the Constitution is silent on what a recess is. So please, before you accuse people of ‘trampling on the Constitution,’ you might want to take ten minutes and actually read it, first. It’s a fascinating document, as I’m sure you’ll agree… after you read it, that is.”
http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2012/01/06/friday-talking-points-192-obama-picking-his-fights/
Thanks! And good day to all TODs.
Good morning TOD.~
Teachers Decide To Work For Free After Budget Cuts Leave Pennsylvania School District Without Funds For Salaries
By Tanya Somanader on Jan 6, 2026 at 3:55 pm
The Chester Upland School District in Delaware County, Pennsylvania suffered a serious setback when Gov. Tom Corbett (R) slashed $900 million in education funds from the state budget. The cuts landed hardest on poorer districts, and Chester Upland, which predominantly serves African-American children and relies on state aid for nearly 70 percent of its funding, expects to fall short this school year by $19 million.
Faced with such a shortage of funds, the school district informed its staff that it will not be able to pay their salaries come Wednesday. So the teachers decided to work for free. As one teacher put it, students “need to be educated, so we intend to be on the job”:
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/education/2012/01/06/399373/teachers-work-free-budget-cuts/
So freaking embarrassing! I’m embarrassed as an American right now.
These people are morons—how the hell will we compete with China and India for tomorrow when we are killing our today.
So true. Obscene corporate profits, less corporate taxes in the treasury and the next generation suffers. It’s an absolute disgrace.
I too am Embarrassed, Jessica! How can these people put the interest of millionaires and billionaires ahead of the interest of educating the future generations of Americans? And these people have the audacity to call themselves patriots?
I read this last night, and I didn’t know whether to scream, or cry. As an educator…this made my blood boil! WTF is WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE!
My only hope is that Arne Duncan, and PBO can do something about this. Those poor kids, those poor teachers…. As a teacher myself, facing huge cuts from Gov Brown in California, I can only hope this doesn’t happen in this state.
I hear you. We, as a nation, need to get our priorities in order. Pissing on our future shouldn’t even be an option.
I know Betsy! I live in CA too and work in a school district. Our class sizes are much bigger now for the lower grades and they’ve cut the aides hours down to nothing. I SO hope Arne Duncan and PBO can help. I hear a lot of people gripe about Arne Duncan.
I’m in Pennsy, and I can’t stand the governor, who promised not to build more prisons, yet is in the process of doing just that. Chester has a high poverty level, which produces proportionate crime, so he readies the prisons for the expected influx, thus keeping the outlying communities in good financial stead as per incomes. See, it’s been designed this way, from long ago. We have a continual uphill battle to save ourselves.
What is the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania doing about this?
GoodMorning/Afternoon Chips and TOD Family. A wonderful Sat. to all of you.
Betsy, EDP4BHO, Deserthflower, Creolechild and friends , can we all send this to Rev. Al to highlight and look into? What do you think? This would be of interest to him because he was one who was called in by POB to work on education. We all know how something like tihs is so dear to Rev. Al’s heart. I am going to try and send it to him. Please help me
My heart hurts to read such. I spent my life in this field, and I will not even in my golden years sit back and allow them to continue to play the games with ‘any’ child’s life and future , especiall when it comes to these precious lives being educated. What a great group of dedicated teachers. Let us make this known to the world. Thanks so much for sharing with us Creolechild.HZ
I was trying to think of something to do, and your idea to send this to Rev. Al is a great one. I’ll do my part this weekend!
Great jacquelineoboomer, the more the better these teachers and students will benefit. Great. I sent my concerns to help us to Rev. Al this morning. I truly hope that we can get some positive results.
Also we can call and write to the congressperson of Pennsylvania. HZ
HZ, it broke my heart too. I have an 11 year old grandson. I am so worried about him and all children in the hands of these cold-hearted, money-grubbing people.
Their hatred and greed have made them crazy, dangerously crazy.
I wish I could go help out in Pennsylvania. Is there any way we can send encouragement to the teachers. What about forming a Super-pac for them?
Eveingeorgia, I do not see why we can’t find out how we can send encouragement to the teachers there. I am not knowledgable on how to form a Super-pac for them, however, I am sure we do have many on our site here who must have that knowledge. HZ
For those here who want to write or send encouragement to the teachers and students at the Chester Upland School District, here is the address:
Chester Upland School District Administration Bldg.
1720 Melrose Avenue
Chester,PA 19013
Phone: 610-477-3600
Hours: 8:AM-4:00PM
M-F
Also read this and it breaks your heart: http://cusd.schoolfusions.us/modules/cms/pages.phtml?
If Americans doesn’t get out and vote 2012 and correct the mess the disaster made in 2010, there will be no hope for America.
This story needs to get some prominent, national coverage. First, to show those who put down teachers (which I’ll never understand) just how remarkable teachers are. Second, to shine another big light on these R governors and their dirty tricks. Third, to get some help for Chester Upland School District, in particular, and the gazillion other school districts who are hurting. Fourth, to challenge our billionaires who have a heart - like Buffet and Gates - to put money to this situation. Fifth, to get even more local mentors in these schools to help the students and the teachers.
Jackie, I agree with you 100%. I just cannot understand how this can go on; can the people of Pennsylvania do anything? Guess the mindset of the people who elected this wingnut concerns me, as they could elect another destructive R to congress/wh.
Jacquelineoboomer and Canadabarb4obama, this is eating me up, so I decided to do some research on this school and here is some information. However, I totally concur we need to get the word out to someone who will shine a Big light on this story.
Letter written by the Acting superintendent of the school: Read more: http://chesteruplandsd.org
How can we help more?
Health insurers slow rise in fees
By Robert Weisman| December 26, 2025
Massachusetts insurers, taking a tougher line in bargaining with health care providers under pressure from financially strained customers and government regulators, have held payment increases to the lowest level in years. Contracts negotiated in 2011 gave hospitals and doctors groups average fee increases of 2 to 3 percent, roughly half those given in 2010 and less than in any year since 2005, according to estimates by executives of the state’s three largest health insurers.
In addition to their tougher negotiating stances, insurers have been prodding providers, including more expensive hospitals such as Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s, into global payment plans that give them a budget for all of a patient’s meical services rather than pay a separate fee for each visit and procedure.
Read more: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2011/12/26/health_insurers_slow_rise_in_fees/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Lifestyle+%2F+Health+and+Wellness+Boston+-++articles%2C+tips%2C+news+and+advice
My husband is a pediatric infectious disease specialist who makes a decent salary, but nothing compared to other adult physicians. This is a big worry for him, that the downside to all the HCR will be that doctors (who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars getting educated) will be the fall guy for what hits the insurance companies in their ability to make profits. I’m worried about this too. We are part of the middle class, and by some standards, our combined salary would have us up there. However, we are very thrifty, we watch our money, buy very little “big ticket” items unless deemed necessary, but if they start withholding the ability for my husband to make a decent wage commensurate with his work, then we will lose doctors fast and loose. They will go into other professions, and there may not be enough doctors to go around. I’m not talking about surgeons who are always paid very well, or adult specialists, I’m talking about general docs, pediatricians, and pediatric specialists. It’s already happening in hospitals like my husbands, who have a larger proportion of medicare patients and uninsured patients.
Maybe we don’t need to have a medical education model that costs a fortune.
We’re setting the prices for things and the way things are “managed.”
We can create something else . . . . for ourselves and others.
There’s a whole lot of “opportunity” in our current arrangements
that amounts to . . .being held hostage to our own lives.
We have to change the context, the financial riggings, and then the issues will change.
This is what we can do, yes we can. xoxox
This. This is the only country in the world where it costs so much to get a medical education. Most doctors (heck most people) leave school up o their ears in debt, which means that even a slight downward pressure on their income can set them back. And this is one of the areas where this adminstration is trying to have an impact.We need to make education less expensive, make student loans less expensive, and create a situation where doctors and others don’t need to worry about things like this.
I agree with you.
Exactly! Very well said, Sara.
Betsy I see your point. Indeed, we can assume that insurers will do anything to avoid losing their profits, and medical personel will certainly face some cuts. There could be a difficult transition period, but I think it will lead eventually towards either a single payer system, or a system of non-profit co-ops.
The profit incentive has to be taken out the system. But it will take some time.
I agree with you about the single payer, I think that’s the direction PBO is going in, even if the PL doesn’t see it. I also agree that we HAVE to take the profit incentive OUT of health care. I also agree it will take time, but I hope PBO is re-elected with a true majority in the Senate, as well as a huge majority in the House, so we can continue to make the ACA even better and transition to single payer.
That’s the same fear my brother, who is a doctor, has as well. Heck, let’s be real…when someone talks about slowing the cost of hc, salaries of docs and others must come into play.
This is true, but other items need to be considered. The cost of malpractice insurance is one item. And reducing the cost is not through making changes in the tort laws. The fact is that malpractice suits and settlements have, if anything, gone down over the last several years, yet the cost of the insurance has gone up. Part of this is that a lot of the insurance companies lost money when the stock market imploded and raised rates to amke up for it. A lot of the cost of malpractice insurance has nothing to do wth the actual issue of malpractice.
Just like health insurance now has to have 85% of premiums go for actual care, the same shoudl be true for other types of insurance as well.
Doctor clients of my husband have expressed same concern—-and I believe it is a concern. None are fond of the ACA and therefore President Obama—sigh—-they are all uncertain and worried about the consequences, as you stated.
Changes are always hard. That is why so many would rather stay with what has always been no matter if they like it or not. Whenever changes occur some will suffer having prepared for a different plan. I am not sure how to fix that but know doctors, nurses, hospitals, insurance companies, individual patients and all kinds of medically associated organizations and people were included in the talks before ACA was planned. I surely hope we will continue forward and not go back to what does not work. I am excited for ACA to completely kick in and there will be more fixes needed as they turn up along the way.
Jon Stewart had a show last year with one of his comedians going out to interview doctors in other countries where government healthcare existed. Those doctors were happy with where they lived and their incomes. It was interesting to see that they still had a very nice life and I think those here in our country that are afraid should check out how other countries’ doctors live. I do not know how to link and do not remember exactly when that show was on. The comic part involved acting like their life was subpar and questioning them along the lines the GOP were pushing about government run healthcare.
Doctors in Canada make a very good living; in the best houses, kids in private schools, best autos, not much suffering here.
Obama to businesses: Bring jobs home
Saturday, January 7, 2025
President Barack Obama kicked off an effort to encourage businesses to keep jobs at home instead of outsourcing them overseas, as he rolled out a new election-year theme on Saturday aimed at courting middle-class voters. In his weekly radio and video address, Obama previewed an event he will hold next week with business executives to highlight the advantages of investing in the United States.
“We’ll hear from business leaders who are bringing jobs back home and see how we can help other businesses follow their lead,” Obama said. The White House forum on “Insourcing American Jobs” will be held on Wednesday. Executives from more than a dozen companies will attend, including padlock maker Master Lock, furniture company Lincolnton Furniture, software application developer GalaxE Solutions, and chemicals company DuPont.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/07/obama-to-businesses-bring-jobs-home/
I think that this is extremely important for American jobs. What can we do to insource jobs.
” as he rolled out a new election-year theme on Saturday aimed at courting middle-class voters. ” Or maybe as he rolled out another policy in keeping with his goal of helping middle-class people.
You beat me to it. Not everything is done to courtvotes. Some of it is done because it is the right thing to do. If it also brings votes, fine, but don’t always assume that is the motivation.
Mary Jones, I am glad you highlighted this. The media has a tendency to cast everything the President does as part of the election. They’ve totally ignored the fact both President Obama and Vice-President Biden have been razor-focused on pursuing policies and programs that help the middle class and the poor. I wish somebody with technical know how can produce a video with clips of the President and the Vice President talking about helping the middle class in many of the economic forums and town hall meetings they’ve participated in.
There goes that community organizer — organizing folks again!
I’m glad the Administration is focusing on businesses that actually MAKE TANGIBLE THINGS — Willard sooooo cannot relate to money-making ventures that don’t IPOs and leveraged buyouts. All he knows is murder by spreadsheet.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/07/399765/rick-perry-sheriff-joe-arpaio-campaign/ That’s how stupid this guy is.
PERRY SELECTS SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO AS AZ CAMPAIGN CHAIR | Three weeks ago, the Justice Department released the results of its three-year investigation into Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office, finding rampant lawbreaking and massive civil rights violations against Latinos. In addition, it was recently revealed that the Arizona sheriff failed to investigate over 400 sex crimes during his tenure, including multiple instances of child molestation, leading Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to say he was “outraged” by Arpaio’s negligence. Apparently untroubled by the allegations, Rick Perry today announced that Arpaio will serve as his presidential campaign’s Arizona state chairman.
This does not surprise me in the least.
Me either…those of us here, are unfortunately used to this crap. You know this
anyone gonna watch the ‘debate’ tonight ?
You betcha. Looking forward to seeing them go after Willard.
Bill I hope George or Diane ASK Mitt when is he going to release his fucking tax returns.
Please let’s Email ABC so they can ask an honest question to Willerd.
This may be my first…..I will see how long I can stomach it.
They need to schedule these better so SNL will have time to reproduce what actually took place.
good point dave!
I always watch their debates. Besides being entertaining, the crap really rolls when they get going at each other…..that $10k bet is one of the good ones. I would think this one will be good because so much is on the line now that the voting has begun. They either define themselves at the expense of the other guys or they lose out.
I’m interested in what noot and that crazy old man would do to willard.
I will be watching it.
i doubt i’ll watch it. honestly i do not think i can stomach it, but i’ll look on TOD for funny commentary so i do hope anyone who does watch it will please post comments and tweets here tonight.
UK sends new warship to Gulf amid Iran tensions
By Agence France-Presse| Saturday, January 7, 2025
Britain’s newest warship is heading to the Gulf for its first mission at a time of tensions over Iran’s threat to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key transport route for oil. The Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring, which has a “stealth” design to help avoid detection by radar, is to join other British ships in the region, the Ministry of Defence confirmed Saturday.
Although its deployment has been planned for more than a year, it comes as Britain and its allies have expressed deep concern about Iran’s threat to close the shipping lane through which 20 percent of the world’s oil flows.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/07/uk-sends-new-warship-to-gulf-amid-iran-tensions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29
I have noticed msnbc has an AA covering Mitt Romney, an AA covering Newt Gingrich and an AA covering Santorum.
Why do they do this?
So there will be one black face in the crowd.
One blah face. Otherwise, they’d NEVER go.
It’s so obvious. This is what happened when women finally got to participate as writers for newspapers. They’d put them on the society pages. Now, it’s mostly AAs on the weekends or late night on the teevee, with the occasional lone AA (blah) or Hispanic guest during prime time. It’s obvious and ludicrous, but I smile when I think that at least these women and minority pundits are now collecting paychecks for this from the corporate owners! And their careers in other areas - print media, blogs, speaking engagements - are boosted. So, one might say they are having the last laugh.
How about a Hispanic covering those assholes Z-E-R-O NADA a bunch of pendejos racists.
The Myth of New Hampshire’s Maverick Voters doesn’t exist.
—By Andy Kroll| Fri Jan. 6, 2012 3:00 AM PST
Each election cycle, scores of political stories trump up the need to woo these undeclareds in order to win New Hampshire. The problem is, New Hampshire’s undeclareds are far less unpredictable and malleable than they’re made out to be. Indeed, that image of tens of thousands of voters hemming and hawing until the last minute before casting their presidential primary ballot is a myth, says Andy Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire’s Survey Center.
Read more: http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/01/new-hampshire-independents-myth
PASS THE POPCORN
New Anti-Romney Video Attacks Bain Capital Work
by Peter J. Boyer Jan 6, 2026 9:39 PM EST
The effort to derail Mitt Romney’s presidential quest heightened dramatically on Friday when a super PAC associated with Newt Gingrich outbid all comers for the rights to a scathing 30-minute attack video depicting Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate raider “more ruthless than Wall Street.”
Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/06/new-anti-romney-video-attacks-bain-capital-work.html
Does Newt really think anybody is going to watch a 30 minute attack video? What a waste of money.
Not sure about this one StR. Many conservatives don’t like the guy in the first place. They will like the video. Confirmation bias…
On another note, StR, I’m concerned that Romney is attacked and weakened too soon…
Weakened too soon in that he won’t win or attacked for his Bain stuff in the primary so it won’t have as much sting come the general? Romney is up by 20 in NH polling and up in S.Carolina by double digits and has internal polling that has him up in Florida. He needs to be weakened now or he wins the nomination by Feb 1st. Outside of Huntsman, Romney is the second and only remaining candidate that could give Pres Obama any trouble in the general.
I tend to think that Romney will win the nomination, but it is important that he be challenged for several months. He is playing to the RW right now and saying stuff he really won’t want coming out in the general. If he wraps it up early, he can back off and strt moderating his tone, allowing time for people to forget some of th thinsg he said. The more he says now, then tries to backtrack in the general, the better.
StR, I’m counting on conservatives to put up a serious fight in South Carolina and beyond. They know however that they have to unite behind a single candidate if they want to be successful.
But in New Hampshire, I hope Huntsman and Paul don’t perform well. Huntsman would have to withdraw. Paul would stay because he has a solid base. Romney, Santorum or Gingrich plus Paul make for at least a few weeks of a campaign that would weaken Romney for the general.
The Bain Stain ain’t going anywhere. No matter how much it is used in the primaries, the Obama team will still use it during general because there are millions of people who still don’t know Mitt.
They’ll watch enough of it. Plus, it’s a PAC — not Leroy himself. Probably lots more money where that came from.
Ah, good catch on the PAC buying it. Maybe that Nevada billionaire’s $20M donation check cleared or something.
But he needs that 30 mins., since he’s so much “better” than the others. In his mind.
Yuck.
Reminds me of Ross Perot - but, corny as he was, he actually had something to say, with charts (ha!), that the average person could understand. Newt just starts talking, everyone’s mind wanders, then he finishes.
Jacqueline your analogy is spot-on. By the way, Perot’s 30min. ads were really effective. If I am not mistaken, I think he is the only independent/third party presidential candidate in history that was able to win almost 20% of the votes in the general elections. Even the former President, Teddy Roosevelt, who, in 1912, run as a third party candidate, only won 12% of the popular vote. I still credit Ross Perot for helping in electing Bill Clinton (who won only 43% of the popular vote) president, in 1992!
Looks great to me. I wish Obama could use it if Mitt gets the nod.
Obama will have other anti-Bain capital ads.
M.O.V.E Y.O.U.R M.O.N.E.Y!~
Bank Of America Nearly Forecloses On Home Over 80 Cent Typo
By Pat Garofalo on Jan 5, 2026 at 3:15 pm
Bank of America has had some unfortunate foreclosure practices in recent months, including foreclosing on a home that no longer exists, repossessing the wrong person’s pet parrot, and foreclosing on an elderly couple for paying their mortgage too early. Added to the annals of absurdity, the bank nearly foreclosed on a homeowner who accidentally underpaid his mortgage payment by a whopping 80 cents, as the Tampa Bay Tribune reported:
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/01/05/398677/bank-of-america-foreclose-80-cent/
This is a travesty. BofA uses any excuse to stick it to homeowners.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE…HAVE A BLESSED AND BEAUTIFUL DAY…I’M OFF W/ THE HOMELESS TODAY…THEY ARE MY BLESSING!
You’re a lovely person, Sue. Enjoy your day
You are a blessing Sue!!
It’s truly a pleasure to “know” you, Sue!
Iran has described the US Navy’s rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen held by Somali pirates as a “humanitarian gesture”. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said his country had also rescued foreign sailors from pirates on occasion. But he said such acts did not affect overall relations between countries.
…. According to a New York Times reporter who boarded the captured Al Molai with the US forces, the Iranian fishermen expressed great gratitude for their rescue, with one saying: “It is like you were sent by God.”
But Iran’s Fars news agency expressed suspicion about the operation, saying it was “like a Hollywood film” which “seems to have been pre-organised”…..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16455164
Hi Chips. Just wanted to say that. That’s all.
Over and out. Will be back and forth today, per usual.
Apparently every country has a Fox News.
No words for this!~
Former Scott Walker Aide Accused of Embezzling From Charity For Deceased Soldiers’ Kids
January 6, 2012| By Sarah JonesAs part of the John Doe probe, Tim Russell, a Scott Walker aide, was arrested for charges of embezzling money meant for families of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Two others were also arrested. Russell faces two felony counts for theft and a misdemeanor, including theft from two campaigns in addition to the money he allegedly embezzled from Operation Freedom.
Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/en/scott-walker-embezzlement
Great judgement that Scott Walker has, huh?
Also had kiddie porn on their home computers and Russell’s partner was trolling the internet for underage hook-ups.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/embezzlement-probe-also-results-in-sex-charges-he3mkqc-136793718.html
Probably one of the “family values” kind of guys…
Nice, real nice guy. Probably felt entitled to all that lovely money.
Just a reminder of how stupid this man is:
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/01/07/video-flashback-rick-santorum-declares-we-found-the-wmds-in-iraq/
And THIS is how stupid THEY are!! OMG. No wonder the people that watch them are the most ignorant.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/01/07/video-neal-cavuto-can-obama-be-impeached-for-recess-appointments-fox-news-legal-analyst-no/
Pretty funny Tweet
I thought so too
Hilarious. Made my day so thanks for sharing.
http://www.ctj.org/election2012/gopprimary_nh.pdf what Republicans tax plans would do…(NH in particular…nation in general)
Good morning, everyone.
Just catching up. Great news on almost all fronts this week. Thanks to Chips and everyone else who helped to bring the encouraging information here. Have a super Saturday.
Good Morning
While Repubs are busy talking about race, there’s never been a President…that works harder to unify All Americans. A year ago he showed us how he comforted the whole nation. I will never forget his words “I want America to live up to how Christina imagined it. I want to believe
that we can do better. I believe that this country lives up to our children expectations.
This is for you Gabby… I love you
This speech just knocks me off my feet. I LOVE THIS MAN.
Me too Meta………What a great man we have….We are so fortunate to live in this era…and I know that history will be very kind to him.
I am with you Meta! I’ve said it before, but I will say it again, the United States is really lucky to have this exceptional man as President at this critical moment in history. I’ve consciously lived under 9 presidents (10 actually if I include JFK of my teen years). As far as I am concerned, President Obama is the best President in my lifetime. Here is a man who combines intellect, integrity, compassion and practicality, in every thing he does. I am thankful that I lived long enough to see this President in action. Frankly, I never expected that in my lifetime.
Loved this speech, but am overwhelmed each time about the tragedy that surrounded it. My thoughts and prayers are not just with Gabby but also with the families of those who lost their lives, especially Christine Green, the little 9 yr old girl who was killed by this monster.
Meta, Kasai, Betsy, and Chips, I totally concur with each of you. What a leader we have!!! I am crying now, because I can see how words, if used appropriately and timely can heal many in much the way great music does.
Our President sings his words in many of his speeches, and this one was sung with perfect pitch. Not too many people are born with ‘perfect pitch’ in the music field. I know. However, this speech brought so many of the American people to their knees in prayer, meditative thoughts, and good energy to the bedside of Gabby Giffords and to the heart of Mark Kelly and all of the families involved in that awful day.
I made it a point to pre-order(it is out now) the book written my Gabby and Mark,”GABBY”:A Story of Courage and Hope. Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly. Please, pretty please, if you can put out the money, get this book and read for yourself the account told by Gabby and Mark. It will give you much food for thought, and bring you to tears.
Please put this one in your library. Let’s do this purchase for Gabby and ourselves, and the person who is no longer with us because of this tragedy. It will most of all bring healing to your heart and soul. Really will. I needed it, and I found some healing for my heart and soul.. We can do this one, right? Love you all so very much.HZ
One year anniversary of the shooting tomorrow. When I first heard the news that a congressperson was shot before hearing who it was I thought it was probably Gabby.
Have you seen this?
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/01/06/399800/tucson-gun-show-held-on-anniversary-of-giffords-shooting/
No words.
Hi Desertflower. Yes, I saw it as well. You are so right, no words. However, I still hear that phrase that POB spoke in his speech,”I will do everything in my power to make sure that our country lives up to our children expections.”
We can honor Gabby and those who are no longer with us and their families with purchasing Gabby’s and Mark’s great book. It is a beautiful book written out of the ashes of tragedy and yet so much hope from Gabby and Mark. You will not want to put it down. It gives hope. I wish we could just go out and buy all the books in every major store to Gabby’s honor. We can fight the forces of bad and evil with good actions. I strongly believe in that. Just my thoughts. HZ
About that book….
A TOP DEMOCRATIC SOURCE emails that the book is a “[g]ood, positive story of the first lady transitioning into a role she never expected to have. The stuff about tension between her and Rahm is way overblown. And there is a ton of pop psychology from an author that thinks she has an intense relationship with them, based on 24 minutes spent 3 years ago” — an interview for the N.Y. Times Magazine piece that got Kantor this book contract.
24 minutes 3 years ago…Hey Jodi, project much?
OBAMA’S IMMIGRATION MOVE MAY HAVE POLITICAL BENEFIT ON 2 FRONTS
President Obama’s plan to ease rules for some illegal immigrants is likely to shore up his standing among crucial Latino voters while igniting a new fight with Republicans as he seeks reelection.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-immigration-20120107,0,5923586.story
Just to brighten the day for all of us - Children describe President Obama:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/kids-describe-president-obama/
Meta, thanks for posting this; now I can save it.
“From the mouths of babes”, huh?
This one melts my heart.
Thanks so much, meta. Speaking to the hearts again. Thanks again.HZ
In his quest to pander to “Real Americans” Romney made another opps!
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/01/06/399714/mitt-romney-quotes-lesbian-poet-concerned-about-income-inequality-on-the-stump/
Mitt Romney regularly incorporates lyrics from “America the Beautiful” into his stump speeches. Little does he probably realize that the hymn was written by a progressive feminist lesbian who composed it to critique country’s greed, excess, and growing economic inequality.
Someone on TOD yesterday gave us a heads up about the book on the Obamas by NYT reporter Jodi Kantor. Boy was that warning fortuitious. I was watching the early show this morning on CBS and the preview of the book was digusting. This woman did a hatchet job on the Obamas; especially the First Lady. It was all pure drivel and the CBS reporter was repeating everything verbatim without any counter question or questioning some of the crap that was in the book. A lot of stuff in the book sounds very fishy and very disturbing. She never interviewed the Obamas, she only spent like 20 or so minutes in the Obamas company about three years ago, she never interviewed top aides and cabinet members and “close friends” that she cites in her book but yet it’s littered with so called quotes about how Mrs. Obama is mean, a control freak, how she emasculates PBO, how she doesn’t get along with West Wing aides, how she hates Camp David and forces PBO to go to Camp David every other weekend, how she wanted the First Daughters to finish their 2009 school semester in Chicago and didn’t want to move into the White House but she and PBO had a huge argument and PBO won. How Mrs. Obama hates Rahm Emanuel and made sure he didn’t return as Chief of Staff. Uhhmm…hellooo…Rahm always wanted to run for mayor of Chicago and left with the Obamas blessings. Heck they threw a party for him! They went on and on and on in a vile manner about PBO and FLOTUS. What’s maddening is that this is 2012 and you know this hack author will be on every station commenting in a very negative light about the Obamas and we all know how the msm looooove that.
The one thing that shocked me was that they also covered the book on Fox News as I was flipping the channel and lo and behold, the Fox News host; some lady whose name I didn’t catch, actually came to the defense of the Obamas. She pointed out that in an election year there will be many so called authors with negatively slanted books about the Obamas, their marriage and their personal lives. She, not CBS was the one who pointed out that Kantor never even interviewed the Obamas for her book and that people should take these books with a grain of salt because it is obvious that Mrs. Obama loves her role as First Lady, takes it very seriously, and uses it as a platform to do a lot of good.
My jaw just about fell to the floor. This was from Fox News! Fox News did a more credible job than the journalists on CBS. Somewhere in the world, pigs must be flying.
This book will land in the $1.00 bin next to Suskind’s book…
That’s right Linda. Ask Jill Biden, the military families and so many others who have worked with our First Lady just how “mean” “controlling” and “emasculating” she is.
This book in my opinion is the typical racist drivel used to demean women of color - particularly Black women who are intelligent, self-assured, and carry themselves well. It’s no different from the crap used by the RW nuts in 2008 with their “Whitey” tape and the “first time in my adult life” propaganda they were using to attack Michelle Obama. The author of this book unwittingly disclosed far more about her own pathological anxieties and negative feelings towards Black women than anything that could have possibly gone on in the Obama WH.
Linda, I agree with you 100%! The only people who are likely to buy Kantor’s book are those who already hate the Obamas. So, no matter how much the MSM pushes it, this book will have zero impact on reality based readers. For me, I wouldn’t pay even one penny to buy this trash!
UT when I saw two stories on GOPolitico, I knew it was only a matter of time before the ish hit the MSM fan. A source emailed this to Mike Allen of Poltiico
A TOP DEMOCRATIC SOURCE emails that the book is a “[g]ood, positive story of the first lady transitioning into a role she never expected to have. The stuff about tension between her and Rahm is way overblown. And there is a ton of pop psychology from an author that thinks she has an intense relationship with them, based on 24 minutes spent 3 years ago” — an interview for the N.Y. Times Magazine piece that got Kantor this book contract.
24 minutes 3 years ago
Mrs. Obama hates Camp David, but yet she forces President Obama to go there every other week-end. That makes no sense at all.Why would you force PBO to go to Camp David, if she hates the place.This book by Jodi Kantor isn’t worth a dam. As I said before it’s a hack job on the First Lady and the President. But it won’t work.
Good Morning TOD family
So good to read your comments. The Gary Shandling tweet about Santorum is too funny.
We got some good news on the local news last night
Ford Creates Silicon Valley Research Facility
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/01/ford-creates-silicon-valley-research.html
Go auto industry
Interesting “Tweetage” from David Corn from Mother Jones
http://twitter.com/DavidCornDC
@DavidCornDC
David Corn
On the rope line, when someone asked Mitt to sign his book, he turned to an aide: “Are we doing autographs?” #ExecutiveDecision #fitn
I went over and looked, and David Corn was livetweeting a Romney event earlier - hysterical - and he had his usual very pointed responses to Romney’s entitlement problem, etc.
Dude, its your campaign, your book. Sign it. Why does he need permission to sign one book?
Before I started visiting this blog I really did not understand how important judges can be. They can keep bad laws from going into effect and make rulings that benefit us all.
Here is an example of judges who help consumers and the environment.
Victory for Organic Farmers: Court Rules Drifting Pesticides are Trespassers
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/01/victory-for-organic-farmers-court-rules.html
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/01/less-lead-less-crime
Less lead link to less crime?
A new game!! Think You’re Smarter Than a CNN pundit? (rhetorical question)
http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/01/republican-primary-results
The WH has done a great job of talking to small businesses and asking them to speak out in favor of the American Jobs Act.
Nevada Entrepreneurs Say Passing the American Jobs Act Would Encourage Them to Create New Jobs
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/01/nevada-entrepreneurs-say-passing.html
I made what I hope are some handy tools for helping us remember Promises Kept and ACA advantages: http://otrainofthought.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/memory-cards/
Also, Jackie O Boomer…you might want to download the new version of the ACA card pdf. It makes it easier to print it on the back of the Promises Card. I just fixed it this morning.
WHOA! That was a good idea, Tien
thank you sososososososo much!
You’re welcome, sweetie. Use them in good health.
So cool
I am working on a single web page that links to all the resources we need to talk to voters. This is going in, just perfect.
This is fantastic.
Pres. Obama has some really dedicated supporters and a lot of them can be found here on this very site.
Tien Le, you are the best! Thank you for these “handy tools.” You, and Linda at WIW, really embody President Obama’s determination to focus on solving problems, instead of being bogged down answering every idiotic negative attacks on him and his family. As much as I revel in exposing the idiocy of the teabag-Republicans; in the end, I realize that most Americans want to know what’s been done and what’s being done, by the Obama administration, to improve their lives. Your “handy tools” will help all of us carry the message to the grass roots.
Introducing Richard Carmona - Video is long, but it’s a good look into who could hopefully be the next Senator from Arizona
He was the top recruit by Patty Murray and the DSCC, and early in the video Mr. Carmona mentions that the President even called him to encourage him to run. So he’s got national support behind him, however as you also see in the video is that he’s a very moderate, independent type and even in front of a partisan Dem crowd he touts how he works across the aisle and has friends on both sides. He’s running against Don Bivens, former chair of the Arizona Democratic Party, so there is a potential problem that we could see a National Dem vs Az Dem fight here. Carmona would be a better general candidate, but he has to get there first. Likely GOP Senate candidate challenger is Rep. Jeff Flake, who is a libertarian who might scare away moderate Republicans with some of his stances. We very likely will not agree with Carmona on everything, I suspect he’d be a conservadem given he was recruited in the past to run as a Republican as well, but in the very least his seat would be one more towards keeping our Senate Majority.
Light years better than Jeff Flake
If it’s even possible to like this man any less….
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/The-Santorum-that-America-doesnt-know.html
I have a feeling Kantor’s book will hit remainders very quickly. More pulp for the garden! The Republican debates will take all the oxygen this weekend…..People now know the Obamas. This would have had ore impact two years ago.
And Politico is all over this book. Me thinks Politico and this book ate going steady.
ROFLMAO!!!! They can consummate their relationship tonight on the couch while watching the GOP debate for all I care!
Jovie would we expect anything different from Politico?
Separation between church and state…remember that?…anyone there….helllllooooooo.~
Archbishop orders Minnesota priests to support or stay silent on anti-gay-marriage amendment
By Andy Birkey| Thursday, January 05, 2026 at 1:57 pm
“There ought not be open dissension on this issue,” is the message the Catholic hierarchy is telling priests in Minnesota — “this issue” being same-sex marriage. In a private speech to Minnesota’s priests last October, Archbishop John C. Nienstedt said that any priest who disagreed with the church’s efforts to place a constitutional ban on marriage for same-sex couples should remain silent. Any disagreements should be brought to him personally, he said. The Catholic Church in Minnesota has been a driving force for the anti-same-sex-marriage amendment since it passed onto the 2012 ballot last May.
Nienstedt later sent the text of that speech to priests who were unable to participate in the gathering. Someone in the church recently leaked the text to the Progressive Catholic Voice, a group working for reform within the church. On Thursday, PCV published statements condemning Nienstedt’s speech. In the speech, Nienstedt told the priests he expects participation in getting the amendment passed from everyone within the church:
Read more: http://washingtonindependent.com/116847/archbishop-orders-minnesota-priests-to-support-or-stay-silent-on-anti-gay-marriage-amendment
Secure Communities task force to Homeland Security: Stop Secure Communities
By Marcos Restrepo| Friday, January 06, 2026 at 4:49 pm
Former members of a task force on Secure Communities sent a letter this week to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano calling on her to suspend the immigration enforcement program. The letter also expressed their concern that an Arizona law enforcement agency that has committed a “wide range of civil rights violations” still has access to Secure Communities.
Read more: http://washingtonindependent.com/116891/letter-to-homeland-security-stop-secure-communities
Happy Saturday TOD family… please pass this far & wide.. and view the video too- it is ULTRA Inspiring: http://www.angryblacklady.com/2012/01/07/1911-united-black-fraternities-form-super-pac-to-re-elect-barack-obama/
woohoo we are all going to be so ready for this election~ folks are gearing up all over the country!
Chips I hope you’ll consider putting the video in one of your posts- it really is tremendous.
awesome!!!!! i was very excited to see so many young men in the video so involved in getting PBO re-elected! may they carry on, spread the message and keep up the momentum on this inspiring work!
AWESOMEEEEEEEEE
thanks gobrooklyn for posting this!! I just love it.
Sherijr, I was unable to open the link, but I am elated about the message! Contrary to the wishes of Tavis Smiley and “the professor, prophet,” Dr. Cornel West, many people I know in the African American community are passionately committed to the re-election of President Obama.
The director at a military museum in NH where Newton Leroy was giving a rally told him he was concerned that PBO never served in uniform. Newton Leroy, who was of age during Vietnam and never served, agreed and also said PBO had no respect for the military. What a disgusting, vile creature.
I observed this live on C-SPAN.
I wonder why he didn’t question Newton on not serving too. I dislike when the Repugs’ lies go unchallenged.
Logic is not part of the DNA of anyone supporting Newton Leroy. Republicans are not concerned with their leaders being chicken hawks.
lying by omission again, Newt?
uugh….it just makes me sick
Oh please. people find the lamest excuses to avoid showing the real reason they won’t support the president.
Newton translated: The President is black.
Yup.
“Newton Leroy, who was of age during Vietnam and never served, agreed and also said PBO had no respect for the military.”
Amazing! How in the world does a sane person carry out any intelligent conversation with these deranged people! Bill Clinton never served; George W. Bush, except for the stint in Texas National guards, avoided serving in Vietnam; Mitt Romney, including all his military age sons, never served in the military; Michele Bachamann never served; Herman Cain never served; Rick Santorum never served; and, of all the hypocrites, Newton Leroy Gingrich never served in the military. Somehow, the only person that concerns “the director at a military museum in NH” with regard to military service, was President Obama!
Good Afternoon All,
Just was fooling around at HP. Noticed someting significant, they never mention Bush. Which candidate is Bush endorsing and campaigning for?
Usually in a Campaign especially one that is trying to win back the WH the endorsement of a Former President is coveted but not in this case, but all these GOPCreeps running for Gop Primary want to take us back to the same GOP Economic Policies that BBush used to F up this country. I think we need to start and continue to the end of this campaign put BUSH front and center of GOP Primary.
The bonus is the baggggers go crazzzy when you ask them to defend Bush and Thus the rest of the GOP Critters.
BUSH the new GOP Four letter word!! They never mention him. Just an Observation.
I thought I saw Romney endorsement…by at least one Bush
Daddy Bush did (H W)
Yes but they never mention BUSH the Lesser, do they???
Of course not! TOXIC!
Actually HW came out and said he did not endorse, but said Romney was the best on offer or words to the effect.
THIS…More hypocricy on display
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/01/07/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-out-of-des-moines/ Tallking about the probable voting discrepancy in Iowa:
Drake University political science professor Dennis Goldford said the results – even if the certification reveals a different answer – will change little other than bragging rights.
Santorum, who for months remained in the single digits in polls, wildly beat expectations, and that is the real story, Goldford said. The caucuses don’t result in an actual election, so there’s no additional harm done in terms of having to eject a candidate from a position, Goldford noted.
This from the party that thinks that Mickey Mouse votes 900 times, ACORN is evil, etc…but when it’s one of them….MEH!
Their is a story on the Hill, Nader days his plan to find a democrat to primary the President is dead.
He says, the WH pressured dems to not allow a primary.
Of course, what did he expect?
What an asshole!
I don’t think the WH pressured anyone. None of the Pl, emoprogs including Nader could find someone who was willing to primary the President -that’s more like it.
Yup!
“The WH pressured dems to not allow a primary.” Oh I absolutely believe anything that comes out of Nader’s mouth.
By the way, millionaire Ralph Nader, like Michael Moore and Keith Olbermann, belongs to the 1%.
The WH didn’t need to pressure anyone. If they were hell bent on primarying him, and they believed they could win, it was their choice. No one listened to his silly idea. He needs to go crawl back into the attic where he came from. Bye, bye, Nader.
nader’s a damn LIAR.
I have no doubt that the WH made the case th
Sorry I posted by mistake before finishing my comment.
I have no doubt that the White House made a strong case against primarying the president. This is very legitimate in my book for so many obvious reasons. Nader, who sees evil everywhere, tries to spin this as a negative. FAIL.
The new rightwing talking points- Obama cuts military by over 450 billion, putting America at risk.
This talking point is filled with straw men!
They still lvoe to talk about hte deficit though!
I can’t believe that Consevatives in the electorate have no problem with the overt actions of their representatives to weaken education in our nation. Not all of their children go to private schools, but yet they stand behind this onslaught on our public school sytem and its teachers. President Obama has warned America about us falling way behind the Asian countries and Europe when it comes to education. We must work vigilently to elect Progressive minded legislators at all levels of government and help keep PBO in the Whitehouse at all COST
My fears are being realized that Romney is going to coast to the nomination without getting bloodied too much by his opponents. They are running out of steam and money and more of the Rethug establishment is backing him now. NO way is he a strong opponent, but he will appeal to that portion of the electorate, I’d say 40% to 42%, that just does not want a black man in the Whitehouse. Lets hope American again votes for their pocketbooks and with a good conscience for a good decent man.
On another front Michelle getting attacked at this point is not a surprise. The Obama ememies know FLOTUS will be a powerful force and campaign tool for PBO in the general election. Unfortunately we can look for more overt attacks on her character and her being itself. Ugly and divisive, yes, but that is the only way they know how to operate for a win. That being said POTUS and FLOTUS have strong constitutions and are battle tested and know what is in store for them. These are some thoughts I had for this glorious Saturday afternoon before I report to work.
With the unconditional support of Obamabots WE SHALL PREVAIL!!! Keep Hope Alive. Yes We Can Again!! Obama/Biden 2012
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/01/07/ca-rep-elton-gallegly-will-not-seek-reelection/ CA…this one’s done!
I think that’s two who have decided to not run for relection. We have to see who Dems put foward and if it’s possibility for us to pick up this seat.
Laughter At The GOP Trails Off To Stunned Silence
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You have a man who believes people have no right to privacy and the government need not respect privacy. He’s running against a man who thinks corporations are people, superior to Americans, and a man who thinks five year old children can perform cheap labor with hazardous chemicals. And a fourth guy thinks people should be able to fight major corporations one-on-one without government interference. The GOP may be nuts, but they are also openly contemptuous of the American people if this is the best they could be bothered offering to lead the country.
The GOP field is no longer just a joke. It’s a disgrace.
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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/07/laughter-at-the-gop-trails-off-to-stunned-silence/
http://timtpost.com/ Our friend’s blog…post on blogroll, Chips???
Santorum just said, that obamas idea that every kid go to College, is snobbery.
He basically said, most kids would rather be a car mechanic, then go to College.
-What a mean Country we will have if any one if these fools, make it to the WH!
Plouffe should pounce on that! They are the AUDACITY OF NOPE BRIGADE
I suppose being a car mechanic is a step up from cleaning school bathrooms at the age of 6.
Rick needs to keep up…..Most mechanics have at least Community Colleges degrees now .
it is unbelievable…..
Hi everyone, new post here:
http://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/un-american-activities/
A shout out to TrumpDog! I’m overjoyed to hear that I inspired you to sign up with your local OFA office. You should be proud of yourself. How was your first training last night?
I replied to your post but in case you missed it, thank you for OFA contact info.
My TOD family, for someone who has been born and grow up under a king/dictator, I don’t take democracy for granted and would never sit on the sidelines while America-the beacon of hope- is threatened by the dark forces on the right and left.
For our sons and daughters future, please do all you can to reelect PBO and give him a Dem majority to work with. I’ll be right there beside you on the front lines.
Love you all <3
People are getting it and telling it as it is. Yesssss!!!
awesome criquet! thanks for sharing!
Absolutely wonderful commentaries! Thanks, Criquet, for sharing them! I especially liked Paul Thompson’s uncompromising stand! Yes: WILARD “MITT” ROMNEY IS “A LIAR!”