This looks like the outfit and pearls she wore on Rachel Ray which makes me think she probably took the picture the same day. It’s also the same outfit and pearls she was wearing the afternoon of the SOTU when she and Pres. Obama along with her CoS Tina Tchen ran into each other along the Colonnade and Pete Souza pictured it.
Gorgeous!
p.s. I just saw the date the portrait was taken and it was the day of the SOTU!
So, I’m sitting here admiring that stunning photo, and then I check spam and find an ad for anti-wrinkle cream. Is someone trying to tell me something? Grr!
Nice photo. The type of questions being asked by the WHPC is the reason Dan was invited to the White House. Hopefully, his questions were more substantive.
One of the things he talked about in his tease on last night’s news is he wants to ask PBO a question about the sequester and also about California’s new HSR project.
There were comments I wanted to make on last post, but Chips and TOD buddies have so much info for me to check out. Now with this beautiful photo of FLOTUS, I don’t feel the need a screaming room. Is there one here, by the way? But I must tell everyone how I laughed at Lawrence O’Donnell last night. I have written a comment in my local newspaper and asked why the the Republicans were raising taxes? I hit a nerve with somebody in the Mead administration. But no one is happy with this huge increase. I just wanted to point out how hypocritical the rethugs were. Not that I’m happy with it either. We already pay a lot for shipping on our goods because we are so remote and scarcely populated. I wish people here would read the history of our state and why things are the way they are. They bring up the strangest ideas. It’s scary and funny.
It’s a breathtakingly beautiful state, though. It has to be, to balance out the ugliness of Cheney… I was there a few years ago, and he was flying out as we were flying in.
We’re you in the area of Jackson Hole and Yellowstone? It doesn’t get much better than that. We also have the Cloud Peak Wilderness area. That is beautiful too.
You are truly heroic! Some of us who reside in “blue” states don’t quite appreciate the courage of Obama supporters who reside in deep red states like Wyoming. I appreciate you guys very much because I happen to live in San Diego County which has pockets of extreme right wing crazies. These SD pockets of crazy right wingers are represented in Congress by Darrell Issa and Duncan Hunter, Jr.
Thanks. I never could understand how those two got in. There were weeks when our crew at OFA.WY had my hubby, me and our great leader. Called five hundred numbers though.
My comment was in no way to be considered a complaint, just an observation of the profound effects that are sometimes induced when one is presented with such an astounding example of feminine pulchritude. But what actually causes the swooning on my part is that the picture obviously makes apparent her significant intellect which is what I find most appealing, just as I find it to be what makes yourself an object of such attraction.
The Pentagon has informed congress it will lay off 800k civilians if these cuts go through.
A monstrous amount, this is not including all the other Agencies that will lose their jibs, if The Sequester happens.
That’s just incredible!
This will flip us into a recession, losing that many jobs at once?
Remember, when the President took over in January of 09, we list 750k jobs that month?
Jovie, this news probably thrilled the hearts of Republicans because they think it will redound exclusively on the president who isn’t up for re-election. It’s up to the Dems to take to the air, get themselves out there and present their case so no one can blame them when it happens. There’s a good chance that if the sequester happens, it will be pulled back in a short time, but who knows when you’re dealing with people who have no regard for the country. They will be clicking champagne glasses if the economy tanks. The more suffering the better in their vile minds.
They’re not ahead of it, IMO. there has to be a soundbite connecting the hostage taking that led to the sequester. Which would have been fine if Republicans had agreed to even one effing dollar of revenue before bolting from the congressional commission.
That’s no soundbite, but Dem’s get paid to function in government and someone should damn well find a way to remind Americans. Because all I’m hearing is Boehner and the Repubs calling it Obama’s sequester.
Americans have a frighteningly short memory, and I’m not hearing decent pushback.
We can’t take anything for granted. When Boehner started this “Obamaquester” b.s. the Dem’s should have been screaming from the rooftops. It’s naive of Dem’s to think that common sense will win the day. We should have learned by now that there is nothing they won’t do or say, and we win when we fight outrage with outrage.
Stunning, Beautiful, Elegant, Attractive, Striking, Lovely, Dazzling, Magnificent, Alluring, Incredible, Adoring, Amazing, Impressive, Spectacular First Lady -> She is Simply the Best!!!!!!!!!!!
I found a picture of PBO and FLOTUS prior to the 2008 election. It was taken at the Springsteen/Billy Joel concert. Can’t remember where I got it or who the photographer was.
I’m not sure if this link works but if you can get to it, would you please make it visible for everyone?
Lest we forget: John McCain in '06: "I'd be honored to have Chuck Hagel with me … he'd make a great Sec of State." http://t.co/R0rLVZY2— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) February 20, 2013
Could be part of a new post, if not today, then tomorrow’s rise and shine. I sent out a twit with the link, but I haven’t figured out how to attach an image yet.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), talking to Fox News in August 2011, on automatic sequestration cuts:
“What conservatives like me have been fighting for, for years are statutory caps on spending, legal caps in law that says government agencies cannot spend over a set amount of money. And if they breach that amount across the board, sequester comes in to cut that spending, and you can’t turn that off without a supermajority vote. We got that in law. That is here.” [emphasis added]
These can’t both be true. Either, as Paul Ryan said at the time, Republicans got the sequester in law, or this is all President Obama’s idea
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Indeed, the follow-up question for Ryan should be obvious: if you disapprove of the policy you think the president came up with, why aren’t you making any effort at all to avoid it?
Even some of Ryan’s allies find this entire line of attack silly.
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PBO IS “THE ONLY ADULT IN THE ROOM” WHILE THE GOP SITS AT THE “CHILDREN’S TABLE”.
Seeing the sequester forest for the sequester trees
By Steve Benen
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The Washington Examiner’s Byron York, with whom I rarely ever agree, notices an overarching problem with the Republican message.
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner describes the upcoming sequester as a policy “that threatens U.S. national security, thousands of jobs and more.”
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It’s puzzling, isn’t it? With nine days to go before this self-inflicted wound begins to do real damage, the Republican message seems to have three parts: (1) the sequester would do real harm to the country; (2) Republicans will allow it to happen anyway; and (3) this is a political winner for the GOP.
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York, a conservative in good standing, added, “The effect of Boehner’s argument is to make Obama seem reasonable in comparison. After all, the president certainly agrees with Boehner that the sequester cuts threaten national security and jobs. The difference is that Obama wants to avoid them.”
RT @abcworldnews: Today marks 30 days without a US military fatality in Afghanistan. Longest gap between U.S. military fatalities since 2007— Good Morning America (@GMA) February 20, 2013
Rubio is in Israel and toasted Bibi with a water bottle. He also declared Jerusalem should be the capital of Israel. So he is spending government money to travel with all that is going on here, makes a cute joke, and announces something every other pro-Israel politician does. He is not a serious person.
I'm honored to host the WH Correspondents dinner. Get ready for 2 minutes of jokes, then 40 minutes on public employee pension reform.— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) February 20, 2013
FLOTUS hosted a ladies luncheon yesterday; didn’t see it on a public schedule, so I didn’t mention it. However, some of the attendees sent out tweets, one has posted pics…
"I believe the children are the future…" So happy to see our future leaders at the White House yesterday w/@FLOTUS! http://t.co/2xiJ83Lj— Angela Bassett (@ImAngelaBassett) February 20, 2013
Have you discussed on previous threads the heavy set guy comment about college rape on the Fox show of five? Apparently it started a # of LiberalTips2AvoidRape. Disgusting, very disgusting. Why is the House holding up VAWA?
Not only did FL lead the Obamacare lawsuit, that lawsuit *specifically challenged* the Medicaid expansion. That FL is now accepting.— Sam Baker (@sam_baker) February 20, 2013
A lot of people don’t know that Medicaid is the provider of long term care for most seniors. Scott would have to be batshit crazy to refuse the expansion. But then again, he’s batshit crazy.
And remember, seniors voted this Medicare crook into office, for God’s sake.
So Florida will be the 6th GOP-led state to expand Medicaid under Obamacare? Joins Ohio, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, North Dakota.— (@igorvolsky) February 20, 2013
The Martin Bashir show loves Chris Cristie, he works with the President blah blah blah.
Until, he turned down stimulus transportation funds, said he will not set up exchanges for health care bill, said he will not implement Medicaid expansion, etc.
Thus, Martin Bashir Love fest of Chris Cristie is a Joke.
I love Bashir, but he need to be reminded of the other side of Christ Christie. When I look at Christie, I only see a bully, and I hate bullys and people who talk down to folks just because.
That’s right Linda – that’s my point exactly about Christie. Barack Obama makes running a presidential campaign look a lot easier than it is. Watch Christie crumble under the pressure. He will have to face far more scrutiny than ever before. Everything will be on the table – including his obesity.
Having lived through 2 floods – if you have a politician that supports you, helps you, gets the power back on quickly, fights the insurance companies (who NEVER want to pay) and get federal recovery money – you will think he/she is a good guy. Your complete world is encompassed in the disaster. Those in your state who are not impacted by the events are also supportive of the person who quickly brings help and starts recovery.
It will take a couple of years for the love to wear away – but rejecting health care will help it along the way.
Those ppl need to remember that Christie denied them high speed rail, which will have repercussions for years – loss of infrastructure funding, less attractive to job seekers and employers, more expense in the future when they decide to catch up.
When Chrustie runs for President he will change so much you won’t recognize him. He’ll probably take the Obamacare, he will fund schools, colleges, he try to make up with all the people he pissed off. He still has time to undo everything because people have short memories. I would not vote for a Republican anything unless a I only had a choice between a teabagger or a moderate and would have to vote for the moderate.
Christie has some charisma and a lot of americans can identify with him. Sorry to say it, but this guy can be a challenge in 2016. If someone as informed as Martin Bashir falls for it, just imagine the low-info voters…
Time to tweet Bashir and remind him that Christie subscribes to the stupid economic policies of the right. The infatuation of the mainstream media with Christie is getting on my nerves.
I’m not 100% sure, but I think Martin Bashir was using Christie just as a reference point to say “Look how much their approval ratings would go up, if they’d work with the President.” He’s totally coming from a liberal perspective on everything else – I just personally have never picked up on a Christie love fest from him.
Actress Ashley Judd is moving closer to a challenge to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), meeting in recent days with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic donors and strategists in Kentucky to discuss a potential run.
A source familiar with the meeting confirmed to The Hill that she met with the Democrats’ campaign arm earlier this week. The DSCC declined to comment on recruitment, but it’s an early indication that Judd is taking the necessary steps to challenge McConnell.
The first thing that came to my mind was ILLEGAL!! I’m glad she filed a lawsuit, how ridiculous that they actually complied with that request which is clearly against at least 2 federal laws.
If the Hospital complied with this reprehensible request, it should be sued by AA nurses for violating anti-discrimination statutes. Nevertheless, I am not so naive to believe that that suing the hospital will result in a win. With all the right wingers put on the federal courts by St. Ronnie Reagan and the two Bushes, the likelihood that such legal challenge will succeed is not guaranteed. The more likely scenario is that conservative judges will rule that the hospital had an obligation to honor the wishes of the father of the child. And, as the nurse in particular was not fired, demoted, or had her salary reduced, she cannot legitimately claim that she suffered irreparable harm from the actions taken by the hospital. Therefore, I doubt that conservative judges will be at all interested in the emotional and psychological damage inflicted on the black nurse. Let’s hope she gets sympathetic judges.
I heard about this kasai, and the nurse is suing the hospital. The hospital should have told that piece of crap, that all our people are qualified people, who do their job well, and if you don’t want any AA to take care of your baby then you are free to take your baby to some where else. But instead the hospital gave in to that piece of racists crap and took the AA woman off the case, and put a note in the baby’s record that no AA is to take care of that baby. So I hope the woman sue the hospital for every penny she can get.
WASHINGTON – Following the successful completion of the first phase, the Energy Department today announced the beginning of Phase II of project development with a new cooperative agreement between the FutureGen Industrial Alliance and the Department of Energy for an innovative carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Illinois.
“The Department of Energy is committed to the demonstration of carbon capture and storage technologies. We believe FutureGen 2.0 is an important step in making economic, commercial scale CCS a reality,” said U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. “The project is important part of a portfolio of approaches we are pursuing to reduce carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and perhaps other large, localized CO2 emitters.”
“Today’s announcement from the Department of Energy that the FutureGen project is moving forward with Phase II shows a strong commitment from the Obama Administration to create jobs and demonstrate the future of low-carbon-emission coal power right here in central Illinois,” said U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. “I thank Governor Quinn and all of the Illinois and industry stakeholders for their continued leadership on this issue. I join them in remaining committed to making FutureGen a reality, and to putting Illinois and the United States at the forefront of cutting-edge technology to improve the environment and create good-paying jobs.”
“We have shown time and again that FutureGen is welcome, and the project will succeed in Illinois,” said Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. “We look forward to working with all of the project partners to see that FutureGen 2.0 will move forward, and that the reality of this first-of-its-kind project will be realized in Illinois.”
Renewable energy accounted for all new electric capacity added in the United States last month, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
In all, 1,231 megawatts of new generating capacity were installed in January. Of that total, wind provided 958 megawatts, solar chipped in 267 megawatts and biomass contributed 6 megawatts.
That’s a marked difference from January 2012, when coal led the way with 808 megawatts of the 1,693 megawatts added. Natural gas followed with 445 megawatts, and wind tossed in 276 megawatts to take the pole for renewables.
On Wednesday, President Obama sought to expand promotion of renewable energy by reviving the Commerce Department’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee.
Deputy Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank appointed 37 private-sector members to the committee on Wednesday. It will feature members from trade associations, private firms and nonprofit organizations from a range of energy industries.
The panel, originally formed in 2010, had previously worked on strengthening the renewable and energy efficiency’s industry’s export competitiveness.
“How come I give you guys info on Renewable energy, all the time, and the MSM ignores it?”
Jovie, the MSM are as determined as the Republicans to totally ignore President Obama’s accomplishments. Please keep sharing positive news because some of us no longer depend on most of the MSM as the main source of legitimate news.
The content of our interview with @BarackObama is embargoed til 5est, but I can tell you he said to tell everyone back home "Aloha"— Yunji de Nies (@yunjid) February 20, 2013
No she actually did, once by absentee, and then because she was told she probably hadn’t out enough postage on it, by provisional ballot, which was never counted.
Cardinal Dolan to be deposed in Milwaukee sex abuse lawsuits, then heads to Rome to help choose a new pope and has been mentioned as a possible candidate. How can this be?
Cardinal Dolan to Be Deposed in Milwaukee Archdiocese Abuse Lawsuits nyti.ms/13i2dFL— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 20, 2013
Florida Governor Rick Scott to support expanding Medicaid, reverses previous position | bloom.bg/YblqYn— Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) February 20, 2013
I hope this fraud gets creamed in 2014. Ex-gov Christ wants to get reelected, this time as a democrat. He has pretty good chances. He’s still popular, isn’t he ?
I don’t follow Florida politics that much, but I’ll never forget that Christ extended voting hours in 2008. He may be a bit opportunistic, he may be imperfect, but I think he means well. He must be much happier as a moderate democrat than he was as a member of the delusional, intellectually and morally bankrupt GOP.
Dear LL, tonight, after several weeks of trying to remember to get to the grocery store and get all the ingredients and a last minute trip for something I’d forgotten, I finally made your Cuban picadillo recipe. WOW!!! That was delicious! I really had a hard time not eating the entire thing at one sitting. And it has the three attributes (besides fabulous taste) that are necessary in any recipe for me: it’s cheap, it’s fast and it’s easy. I can see this will be my go-to meal for quite a while (You might gather from these remarks that I am not usually an enthusiastic or frequent cook)
Oh believe me, there are leftovers! I had to improvise a little (used red instead of white wine – i’m not a wine drinker and that seemed to be what I had on hand). I put in lots of garlic and cumin – delicious! Thanks again.
Thank you very much for this link. There needs to be a debate about drones, (congressional oversight etc.) but it’s good to have this kind of perspective. I knew that drones were more precise and had much less chances to kill civilians, but it’s good to have some data to prove it. Maybe this can tamp down the hysteria.
This is a perfect example of “Whistling Dixie,” PF. He might as well have used his time actually whistling as try to change an amendment to the Constitution.
kane has been behaving heroically as PA’s AG. She is doing everything she was overwhelmingly elected to do. This woman has a very bright future. I am counting on her to go after Pat Toomey and defeat him in 2016. She is my new best heroine.
Just saw a picture of our NBC affiliate local anchor with Bo in front of the White House. Yes, the station is excited! Also showed a picture of him with Transportation Sec LaHood. His interview with PBO will be tomorrow night.
So states will be underrepresented until an election? Granted the Senate works slow but just imagine how slow if there are FEWER members……Feingold needs to use his brain.
I can think of about a thousand other important issues that Feingold could apply his considerable intelligence to, PF and AMK. This is a waste his time and ours. If you want a Senate that’s responsive to the will of the people, don’t vote R, vote D. It’s that simple.
@keligoff I don't know. Should PBO be ashamed of hanging out with other famous womanizer Bill Clinton? Hmmmm? @sherifffruitfly— Just Hussein Jo (@desertcronenm) February 20, 2013
I don’t mean to be blunt but Tiger, Bill C., Beyonce and Jay-Z and various others are close acquaintances not friends. PBO can probably count his true friends on 2 hands, which is all he needs. He’s golfing with Tiger bc he’s one of the best in the game, he’s not getting marriage advice from him.
Right On Jessica. So I wonder what was Keli Goff response to what Just Hussein Jo said? I wonder was she tongue tied. I have a feeling Keli Goff was just trying to get some attention so she brought up this.
So that Howard Kurtz or whoever can book her on TV.
She was the one Pat Buchanan told to shut up and be quiet on MSNBC years ago. When David Gregory had a show on MSNBC. It was Dr Rachel Maddow who stood up for her and took her segment time to chide Buchanan while David Gregory said nothing. Dr. Maddow was a guest not yet a full time employee at MSNBC.
So who should POTUS hang around with Saints. Unless these people remember all have sin and come short of the glory of God. Your sin might not be my sin but we all are sinners save by Grace. If I had a son who loved to play golf and he had the chance to play with Tiger Woods, so what am I to say, oh son he cheated on his wife, so you don’t need to do that. People need to put this Tiger Woods stuff to rest.
Someone on here made the comment yesterday that what the GOP is trying to do is much like what past US govts have done in countries with regimes they didn’t like: i.e., in the words of Richard Nixon vis a vis Chile electing Allende, “Make them scream”. I had actually begun writing a piece about that months ago, but put it aside to pursue other themes. I think it’s time to dust it off and finish it.
Know this Lootenant. We are the knaves of Sherwood Forest and the rethugs are the Sheriffs of Nottingham. If you have any dreams, they wish to tax them too.
Nightmares too? I had a dream that I always come in second to a girlfriend in high school. What where we’ll end up in the end. She’s on her third husband and no kids. I’m stuck with the same hubby and two boys. . . . .
Except for the involvement of the Mayo Clinic, which I respect, I would be mighty suspicious of this mental illness issue—-I would think it was all in preparation for this case which they knew was coming down the pike for a long time. I know Blago’s lawyers attempted a mental health issue to get him in more favorable surroundings for serving his sentence. Lots of reasons to doubt.
I think I went through a period of depression now that I look back at how I was behaving. About 20 yrs ago I was very deep in debt but working and was very able to pay my bills but I just did not. I racked up late fees and would pay right before the threat of what would happen if I did not pay by a certain date. I bought a lot of stuff I did not need instead of paying my bills. It was like a light switched in my head and my behavior just changed and began paying my bills on time and paying off credit cards.
Photo of the Day: @VP Biden receives a bracelet from Paige Baitinger, who accepted the Medal of Valor for her husband http://t.co/gC3AyuBMv0— The White House (@whitehouse) February 21, 2013
Thanks for this. I was watching and couldn’t figure out what was happening because the camera was off to the side. This woman is the widow of a first responder who was given the Medal of Honor and she could barely keep it together throughout the whole ceremony. VP Joe was very compassionate with her.
Repubs keep trying to trick PBO into identifying cuts. Hey Boehner, u + McConnell want em, then tell the ppl what u want cut! @hardball— George Monroe (@Nupe117) February 21, 2013
Join Organizing for Action’s Stephanie Cutter and other supporters online at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time this Wednesday for a policy briefing on gun violence prevention.
If you must start a new thread – can you please include the FLOTUS photo above – it washes away the negative impact as the media talks about the President, Golf and sequester – but ignores that the congress members are out and about having a vacation. It is hard not to equate PBO and Boehner to Julius Caesar and Brutus.
http://www.ibiblio.org/ais/speechan.htm
“When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.”
Former Sen. Pete Domenici has disclosed that he fathered a secret child in the 1970s with the 24-year-old daughter of one of his Senate colleagues — a startling revelation for a politician with a reputation as an upstanding family man.
I have never understood why those in “high places” that enjoy extra curricular sex don’t have a brain when it comes to birth control. Then again – this guy had 8 children with his wife
It would seem GOP family values are proven by the number of offspring generated – not by how anyone in the family lives or is treated. I think it is extremely disturbing for a child to hear his father apologize for his existence
“I deeply regret this and am very sorry for my behavior,” Domenici, 80, said in his statement. “I hope New Mexicans will view that my accomplishments for my beloved state outweigh my personal transgression”
I don’t have any opinion on politicians or anyone else’s love lives – I hate that it is always the children who carry the burden.
pete domenici = a politician with a reputation as an upstanding family man. And .@washingtonpost wonders why its circulation is tanking.— (@amk4obama) February 21, 2013
Another typical Republican hypocrite! Shame on all those who vote for Republicans because they believe that they are for “family values.” These Republican so called “values voters” have been fooled not once, or twice, but all the time.
So Chuck Hagel was beat up about giving a speech to a group that doesn’t even exists!?!?!? And his confirmation was delayed because the RWNJ senators want him to disclose what he was paid by this bogus group!?!?!?
The revelation could have doomed President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense: He gave a paid speech to a group called “Friends of Hamas.
Fortunately for Hagel, this claim, which galloped across the Internet, was bogus. I know, because I was the unwitting source.
In the process, I became part of an inadvertent demonstration of how quickly partisan agendas and the Internet can transform an obvious joke into a Washington talking point used by senators and presidential wannabes.
Absolutely despicable! But again, I say shame on the media. Why didn’t our media, which were so obsessed with the President playing golf with Tiger Woods, spend time and energy to investigate these bogus claims?
The difference between the “animal kingdom” and human males is that the human male has brain, they can reason unlike animals. Males who feel they need to “fight” to be monogamous is practicing self control.
Grassley: Lew needs to provide more details
Peter Schroeder
02/20/13 07:26 PM ET
The Finance Committee member said he was frustrated by Lew saying he could not recall information pertinent to senator’s questions.…
“The federal government has granted the Medicaid waiver Florida Gov. Rick Scott said was his condition for expanding the program, and Scott is following through. The federal government conditionally agreed to allow the state to expand on a pilot project that privatizes Medicaid, and Scott has decided to take the expansion funds.
The privatization plan expands on a five-county pilot program that has been rife with problems. Critics worry for-profit providers are scrimping on patient care and denying medical services to increase profits. Some doctors have dropped out of the pilot program, complaining of red tape and that the insurers deny the tests and medicine they prescribe. Patients have complained they struggled to get doctor’s appointments. [...]
Lawmakers say they have fixed the pilot program’s shortcomings, with provisions including increased oversight and more stringent penalties, including fining providers up to $500,000 if they drop out. The measures also increase doctors’ reimbursement rates and limits malpractice lawsuits for Medicaid patients in hopes of increasing doctor participation in the program.”
Repeat after me. “Climate change is a hoax. Climate change is a hoax.” Phoenix got DUMPED ON WITH HAIL TODAY. So much hail all over the place, accidents everywhere (because this is as close to “snow” as we ever get!) I took pics out my back door…my entire backyard is white! Snow on the mountains surrounding Phoenix….snowed IN Tucson…..when the hell are these deniers gonna get a clue?
How was everyone today? What did I miss Did amk let us know how his important meeting went? Was the wine ok? Got my gin/tonic…celebrating our pretend snow and cooking dinner…should be on the call with Stephanie Cutter, but I just walked in the door…hope someone that on the call can pass the info:)
Thursday Feb. 21, 2013
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9:30 AM
Obama receives the presidential daily briefing.
10:45 AM
Obama meets with senior advisors.
11:25 AM
Obama records radio interviews with Al Sharpton, Joe Madison and Yolanda Adams.
12:30 PM
Biden delivers remarks at a conference on gun violence at Western Connecticut State University.
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Carney briefs the press.
So the Dow was down 100 points last night & our market has tanked today (over 1% down). This is nothing compared to what it will be on 1 March & if congress doesn’t get it together the markets will tank earlier – as everyone flees back into cash. Meanwhile no doubt some in the congress are betting against the market – like they bet against the USA
Happy about that Hope, but if you look at all the numbers, there still are challenges for the President. Can you believe that a slight majority of people disapprove his handling of negotiations with the republicans in Congress ?? What is he supposed to do ? He has made compromises while the republicans are digging in their heels !!
So the numbers are good, but they’re not good enough to make it easy for the President to win the present showdown. It will be hard. He will definitely need to address the nation, prime time. The media allows so much confusion to take place, he won’t have the choice to bypass it.
rock salt…you’re so funny, yardarm:) We really aren’t prepared for this….I’m from CT…I know snow, but I moved out here because I was sick to death of snow and ice…..nope, no rock salt Did I say that last weekend was close to 80 ?? WTH….
Sorry to hear about your ordeal, DF! We too here in San Diego had our share of pouring rain and bitter cold yesterday and last night. But today the sun finally came out.
I flew through Phoenix last Saturday on the way from San Diego home to OKC. Those pictures look VERY different from what I saw! I talked to a couple from Minnesota at the airport on their way for a week in Phoenix…..they aren’t going to be happy with snow!!!
wasn’t there a committee that was set up composed of equal amount of Senators and Congressman from both parties …that was to come up with a deal to prevent the Sequestor from taking place…of course it failed….no one is mentioning that…
Yes. They failed in 2011 and the gang of 6 failed too. They didn’t pass the Simpson/Bowels. We have a dysfunction in DC, manufactured by the election of the TBGOPers in 2010. Since then, We The People have been held Hostage by weeper Boehner and company, SEVEN Times now.
What a beautiful lady our FLOTUS is!
POB knows it and he says it , claims it, touches her often, blows kisses at her while giving the SOTU speech, smiles at her when she is speaking. I am so glad he made his way to Chicago……look what the end results afforded all of us!
Simply marvelous.
I know. Anybody can say it. Showing it raises the bar.
The way he looks at her says it all. He reaches for her not only with his hands, but his eyes, his body, his soul.
Repugs don’t get this, never will.
Dudette, don’t you know it.
What song fits this smile? (If you are still here) I am playing catch up. I had to look at that face one more time.
How about “Pretty Brown Eyes” or “Brown Sugar”. What do you think?
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s new grass-roots advocacy group will target more than a dozen members of Congress with online ads this week for failing to voice support for his plan to expand background checks to all gun buyers, organizers told USA TODAY.
The advertising push is part of a so-called national day of action planned Friday by Obama’s backers to rally support for background checks. It will mark the first large-scale test of Organizing for Action’s ability to mobilize the president’s army of 2.2 million campaign volunteers to press for legislative change.
Obama and a group of his closest advisers launched Organizing for Action (OFA) in late January to transform his campaign operation into a tax-exempt group to advance his second-term priorities, including gun control, immigration and climate change.
Organizers did not disclose which lawmakers they would target in the first round of advertising but say they could spend as much as $100,000. The goal is to expand criminal background checks on all gun purchasers. The current system applies only to federally licensed gun dealers and excludes guns sold privately. In addition, OFA is sponsoring more than 100 events in more than 80 congressional districts across the country to demand congressional action.
Aesha Ash was born in Rochester, New York, and started dance at the age of five. At 13 years old she enrolled at the School of American Ballet in New York City. She joined the New York City Ballet at the age of 18, where she remained for eight years. Ms. Ash then joined the legendary Bejart Ballet, in Switzerland as a soloist. After enjoying success in Europe, Ms. Ash returned to the United States in 2005 and joined Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet. Since June 2007, Ms. Ash has been a freelance guest artist.
Howdy!
She is so beautiful!!
Congrats on first, carolmaewy!
I just love the bangs.
Thanks andogriff.
Simply gorgeous.
It is a beautiful photo love the dress and bangs.
This looks like the outfit and pearls she wore on Rachel Ray which makes me think she probably took the picture the same day. It’s also the same outfit and pearls she was wearing the afternoon of the SOTU when she and Pres. Obama along with her CoS Tina Tchen ran into each other along the Colonnade and Pete Souza pictured it.
Gorgeous!
p.s. I just saw the date the portrait was taken and it was the day of the SOTU!
Good detective work!!
So, I’m sitting here admiring that stunning photo, and then I check spam and find an ad for anti-wrinkle cream. Is someone trying to tell me something? Grr!
Are you feeling guilty?
Gorgeous woman, gorgeous smile, gorgeous style. SOOOOO PROUD!!
Lovely portrait!!
#WeDemandAVote is trending
Yes We Can
Thank you, Bobfr. RT’d. HZ
Oh. My. Goodness.
My local anchor is having a blast at the White House!
Nice photo. The type of questions being asked by the WHPC is the reason Dan was invited to the White House. Hopefully, his questions were more substantive.
I’m listening to the dpb and OMG, Jay has the patience of a saint yet again today. Their questions are just sickening.
meta, don’t tell me those children are still peeing in their pants over Tiger.
Of course April Ryan was at it again, trying to start more trouble by bringing Dr. Jill into the gun conversation.
That was truly LAME.
No, it’s sequester nonsense and who’s to blame and blah, blah, blahty, blah. Jay just gave them a good smackdown, though. Poor man.
Is there any wonder why POTUS gets sick of that WHPC, I do and I don’t have to deal with them.
One of the things he talked about in his tease on last night’s news is he wants to ask PBO a question about the sequester and also about California’s new HSR project.
The photo of FLOTUS is stunning also. The entire family is photogenic.
A photo with Bo has become a badge of honor.
Agreed!!
If that was Ed Henry or Andrea Mitchell Greenspan or Chuck Todd, I wouldn’t let Bo go any where near them, unless he had to go to the bathroom.
Ha – good one anniebella! Just watching some of the clips of comedians on Rev Al when I read that. You owe me a keyboard!
Thank you for sharing..Bo is quite the looker too.
Beautiful photo.
She a treasure.
There were comments I wanted to make on last post, but Chips and TOD buddies have so much info for me to check out. Now with this beautiful photo of FLOTUS, I don’t feel the need a screaming room. Is there one here, by the way? But I must tell everyone how I laughed at Lawrence O’Donnell last night. I have written a comment in my local newspaper and asked why the the Republicans were raising taxes? I hit a nerve with somebody in the Mead administration. But no one is happy with this huge increase. I just wanted to point out how hypocritical the rethugs were.
Not that I’m happy with it either. We already pay a lot for shipping on our goods because we are so remote and scarcely populated. I wish people here would read the history of our state and why things are the way they are. They bring up the strangest ideas. It’s scary and funny.
And what state is that?
Wyoming!
Home of Dick Cheney! No wonder these crazy things are happening…
There are a few not crazy, and we try….
It’s a breathtakingly beautiful state, though. It has to be, to balance out the ugliness of Cheney… I was there a few years ago, and he was flying out as we were flying in.
We’re you in the area of Jackson Hole and Yellowstone? It doesn’t get much better than that. We also have the Cloud Peak Wilderness area. That is beautiful too.
Yes – spent a few days at the Four Seasons in Jackson Hole. I loved it – so relaxing.
I always forgot what day it was. Our accommodations were more rustic, under the skies. Been there several times.
You are truly heroic! Some of us who reside in “blue” states don’t quite appreciate the courage of Obama supporters who reside in deep red states like Wyoming. I appreciate you guys very much because I happen to live in San Diego County which has pockets of extreme right wing crazies. These SD pockets of crazy right wingers are represented in Congress by Darrell Issa and Duncan Hunter, Jr.
Thanks. I never could understand how those two got in. There were weeks when our crew at OFA.WY had my hubby, me and our great leader. Called five hundred numbers though.
I mean “is a treasure”
WOW!
Bill? In you go:
Thanks, Chips. I needed that.
I guessed you did, Bill. Have you cooled down?
I turned on the teevee and saw Mrs. Greenspan. Along with the cold shower that is all I needed.
I don’t know about Bill, but my afternoon is shot.
You have me howling Japa, do you want me to delete the photo???
My comment was in no way to be considered a complaint, just an observation of the profound effects that are sometimes induced when one is presented with such an astounding example of feminine pulchritude. But what actually causes the swooning on my part is that the picture obviously makes apparent her significant intellect which is what I find most appealing, just as I find it to be what makes yourself an object of such attraction.
Japa, with lines like that you must be dangerous around the ladies.
Only if they never meet me in person.
(To be honest Bill, if a guy walked up to me in a bar and said: “You’re pulchritudiful”, I’d probably call the police).
In short: the First Lady is a stunner – and my feminine pulchritude is at a similar level?
You have me weeping again, Japa.
It is so easy.
Yep! I had to go look up the word “pulchritude”. It’s a nice “pretty” word
Go Buckeyes. It’s fitting since Ohio were the state to push him over 270 and re-electing him.
Actually, I believe it was Colorado that pushed him over 270 and then Ohio gave him a nice cushion.
Well I thought it was Ohio, but who cares as long as he won.
Isn’t Carl Rove still counting the votes in Ohio?
I love commencement season. Let the inspiration begin!
I Love the First Lady portrait.
FLOTUS=STUNNING!
Mrs. O’s new photo brought this song to mind:
Stevie Wonder is one of POTUS and FLOTUS favorite musicians.
Yes Indeed, itgurl_29! That song by Steve Wonder said it all for me.
FLOTUS Michelle Obama is a beauty!
I want the portrait of POTUS and FLOTUS so I can put them on my living room wall.
Remember POTUS portrait were released in December or was it January, I believe January.
The Pentagon has informed congress it will lay off 800k civilians if these cuts go through.
A monstrous amount, this is not including all the other Agencies that will lose their jibs, if The Sequester happens.
That’s just incredible!
This will flip us into a recession, losing that many jobs at once?
Remember, when the President took over in January of 09, we list 750k jobs that month?
This is bad, very bad!!
I heard somewhere all the layoffs are in the executive branch and none in the congressional branch.
Jovie, this news probably thrilled the hearts of Republicans because they think it will redound exclusively on the president who isn’t up for re-election. It’s up to the Dems to take to the air, get themselves out there and present their case so no one can blame them when it happens. There’s a good chance that if the sequester happens, it will be pulled back in a short time, but who knows when you’re dealing with people who have no regard for the country. They will be clicking champagne glasses if the economy tanks. The more suffering the better in their vile minds.
They’re not ahead of it, IMO. there has to be a soundbite connecting the hostage taking that led to the sequester. Which would have been fine if Republicans had agreed to even one effing dollar of revenue before bolting from the congressional commission.
That’s no soundbite, but Dem’s get paid to function in government and someone should damn well find a way to remind Americans. Because all I’m hearing is Boehner and the Repubs calling it Obama’s sequester.
Americans have a frighteningly short memory, and I’m not hearing decent pushback.
Chris Matthews showed a poll blaming the GOP for this, as did Bashir. That being said, I do think that Dems should be everywhere!!!
We can’t take anything for granted. When Boehner started this “Obamaquester” b.s. the Dem’s should have been screaming from the rooftops. It’s naive of Dem’s to think that common sense will win the day. We should have learned by now that there is nothing they won’t do or say, and we win when we fight outrage with outrage.
You are so right. I do wish more Dems would start screaming the truth to the GOP lies!
I think that’s a terrible loss all at once, but can they fire the contractors once known as Blackwater first?
Picture of Bo hanging out with local reporters today-
http://instagram.com/p/V9VRn2GIPQ/
Pretty lady!
Wow!!!!!
Stunning, Beautiful, Elegant, Attractive, Striking, Lovely, Dazzling, Magnificent, Alluring, Incredible, Adoring, Amazing, Impressive, Spectacular First Lady -> She is Simply the Best!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes She Is, Donna!!!
Chipsticks,
I found a picture of PBO and FLOTUS prior to the 2008 election. It was taken at the Springsteen/Billy Joel concert. Can’t remember where I got it or who the photographer was.
I’m not sure if this link works but if you can get to it, would you please make it visible for everyone?
http://swbluega.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/barack-and-michelle-at-springsteen-billy-joel-concert-20082.jpg
I think you used all the adjectives that came to my mind.
I agree.
Beautiful First Lady. Beautiful portrait.
I can come up with a few more, but it would probably be best if I didn’t put them into print (although they are all complimentary).
I second ALL of THIS!
I love this woman. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Those are the words I was going to use. She really is lovely!
Michelle is on Fire, she is on fire oh! oh! oh oh!!
Haters can try but they will never FORGET her name…its Michelle Obama
Mrs. Michelle Obama to those haters,
First Lady Michelle Obama, heavy emphasis on First Lady.
Obamacare is helping reduce projections of Medicare spending by over $500 billion. http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/blog-archives/2013/02/obamacare-is-working-4.html
Brilliant link Japa, thank you.
Could be part of a new post, if not today, then tomorrow’s rise and shine. I sent out a twit with the link, but I haven’t figured out how to attach an image yet.
Of course with only 6 followers, it doesn’t get a lot of circulation. But I see you did too.
This will never be mentioned by CNBC or FOX. I am not aware of the $2.9 billion January budget surplus being reported on teevee.
I just had to tweet this, too. Thanks, japa. EXCELLENT news.
LYIN RYAN AND THE SEQUESTER
‘We got that in law’
By Steve Benen
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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), talking to Fox News in August 2011, on automatic sequestration cuts:
“What conservatives like me have been fighting for, for years are statutory caps on spending, legal caps in law that says government agencies cannot spend over a set amount of money. And if they breach that amount across the board, sequester comes in to cut that spending, and you can’t turn that off without a supermajority vote. We got that in law. That is here.” [emphasis added]
These can’t both be true. Either, as Paul Ryan said at the time, Republicans got the sequester in law, or this is all President Obama’s idea
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Indeed, the follow-up question for Ryan should be obvious: if you disapprove of the policy you think the president came up with, why aren’t you making any effort at all to avoid it?
Even some of Ryan’s allies find this entire line of attack silly.
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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/02/14/16961543-we-got-that-in-law?lite
My First Lady is just so beautiful. Gorgeous photo!
Apologies if this has been posted earlier. The photo is a scream!
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/02/john-boehner-traps-himself-on-the-sequester.html?mid=google
From the White House Council on Women and Girls
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On Thursday, February 21st at 1:00pm Eastern, please join Julie Chavez Rodriguez, the Associate Director of Latino Affairs and Immigration for the Office of Public Engagement at the White House, for a Conference call update on Women, Families & Immigration.
To access the call, dial (800) 230-1951 and provide the Conference ID- 282860
Please feel free to share this invitation with others who may be interested.
If you have questions, you can contact Hallie Schneir in the White House Office of Public Engagement: (202) 395-8796 or hschneir@who.eop.gov.
Thank you so much for all that you do!
Note: This call will be off the record and not for press purposes.
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And, FLOTUS is gorgeous!!!
PBO IS “THE ONLY ADULT IN THE ROOM” WHILE THE GOP SITS AT THE “CHILDREN’S TABLE”.
Seeing the sequester forest for the sequester trees
By Steve Benen
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The Washington Examiner’s Byron York, with whom I rarely ever agree, notices an overarching problem with the Republican message.
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner describes the upcoming sequester as a policy “that threatens U.S. national security, thousands of jobs and more.”
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It’s puzzling, isn’t it? With nine days to go before this self-inflicted wound begins to do real damage, the Republican message seems to have three parts: (1) the sequester would do real harm to the country; (2) Republicans will allow it to happen anyway; and (3) this is a political winner for the GOP.
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York, a conservative in good standing, added, “The effect of Boehner’s argument is to make Obama seem reasonable in comparison. After all, the president certainly agrees with Boehner that the sequester cuts threaten national security and jobs. The difference is that Obama wants to avoid them.”
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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/02/20/17032686-seeing-the-sequester-forest-for-the-sequester-trees?lite
WOW!
Rubio is in Israel and toasted Bibi with a water bottle. He also declared Jerusalem should be the capital of Israel. So he is spending government money to travel with all that is going on here, makes a cute joke, and announces something every other pro-Israel politician does. He is not a serious person.
Are you serious about the water bottle? Omg.
There’s a picture of him in a tweet somewhere, holding up the water bottle with Netanyahu. Ridiculous.
It’s not photoshopped? I don’t want to spread anything, but if its true, it will be on a Late Night show soon. SMH!
Carol…This is the time I wish I was a comedian…I wouldn’t have to spend a dime in buying material…Comedy Central in full effect…lol!
No kidding. They thought they were going to work harder after Clinton and Bush, but the tgop has filled the gap.
LOL!!! That’s all I have to say:-)
Off to a great start.
FLOTUS hosted a ladies luncheon yesterday; didn’t see it on a public schedule, so I didn’t mention it. However, some of the attendees sent out tweets, one has posted pics…
Wow! Cute, photogenic kids!
Have you discussed on previous threads the heavy set guy comment about college rape on the Fox show of five? Apparently it started a # of LiberalTips2AvoidRape. Disgusting, very disgusting. Why is the House holding up VAWA?
The House is never in session to consider anything.
So true.
Did Chips through you a towel?
Carol that is Bob Beckell..He was married to Joy Behar at one time..nasty piece of work..
Really? Is he the father of her daughter? I’ve only seen clips, but OMG.
Joy B was married once before now. That 1st husband is the father of her daughter.
TY
I have never heard of that. Are you sure?
Joy Behar was married to Joe Behar, the father of her only child.
Wikipidia said so.
Look like the ladies had a lovely time. Ms. Bassett, we love FLOTUS too. Ledisi sung. Look like POTUS stop by.
Angela Bassett looks fantastic! So glad to see Sandra Fluke there, too.
Just an amazing lady is Ms Fluke – she has such courage in her convictions – I can visualize her marching with Mrs Pankhurst
I recommend catching a repeat of this year’s BET Honors. Ledisi was part of the tribute to Chaka Khan…fan-freaking-tastic!
“Uniteblue” by a Repug. yeah right.
A lot of people don’t know that Medicaid is the provider of long term care for most seniors. Scott would have to be batshit crazy to refuse the expansion. But then again, he’s batshit crazy.
And remember, seniors voted this Medicare crook into office, for God’s sake.
I love the above pictures especially the one with our future leaders.
After the whining, they ultimately cave.
I cannot find any proof of that
There was talk a week or so ago that Scott was moving in this direction but I haven’t heard anything lately.
An announcement today on Scott’s change of position.
The Martin Bashir show loves Chris Cristie, he works with the President blah blah blah.
Until, he turned down stimulus transportation funds, said he will not set up exchanges for health care bill, said he will not implement Medicaid expansion, etc.
Thus, Martin Bashir Love fest of Chris Cristie is a Joke.
I love Bashir, but he need to be reminded of the other side of Christ Christie. When I look at Christie, I only see a bully, and I hate bullys and people who talk down to folks just because.
Sarah Palin had an 86 % approval in her State until she was exposed on the National scene.
How did that work out ?
You are right. I don’t believe Chritie will play well on the national stage for president.
That’s right Linda – that’s my point exactly about Christie. Barack Obama makes running a presidential campaign look a lot easier than it is. Watch Christie crumble under the pressure. He will have to face far more scrutiny than ever before. Everything will be on the table – including his obesity.
I read yesterday that since Sandy, Christie has had an approval at or above 70%.
I really don’t get it. I guess you have to be from New Jersey.
It’s only because the liberals there are impressed, he reminds them of the Mob.
If Christie actually has to run a grueling sustained presidential campaign, watch that approval drop like a loaf of ….
Having lived through 2 floods – if you have a politician that supports you, helps you, gets the power back on quickly, fights the insurance companies (who NEVER want to pay) and get federal recovery money – you will think he/she is a good guy. Your complete world is encompassed in the disaster. Those in your state who are not impacted by the events are also supportive of the person who quickly brings help and starts recovery.
It will take a couple of years for the love to wear away – but rejecting health care will help it along the way.
Those ppl need to remember that Christie denied them high speed rail, which will have repercussions for years – loss of infrastructure funding, less attractive to job seekers and employers, more expense in the future when they decide to catch up.
When Chrustie runs for President he will change so much you won’t recognize him. He’ll probably take the Obamacare, he will fund schools, colleges, he try to make up with all the people he pissed off. He still has time to undo everything because people have short memories. I would not vote for a Republican anything unless a I only had a choice between a teabagger or a moderate and would have to vote for the moderate.
Christie has some charisma and a lot of americans can identify with him. Sorry to say it, but this guy can be a challenge in 2016. If someone as informed as Martin Bashir falls for it, just imagine the low-info voters…
Time to tweet Bashir and remind him that Christie subscribes to the stupid economic policies of the right. The infatuation of the mainstream media with Christie is getting on my nerves.
Christie will not be a challenge in 2016 if we have solid DEM candidates. PBO always led Christie by double digits.
I’m not 100% sure, but I think Martin Bashir was using Christie just as a reference point to say “Look how much their approval ratings would go up, if they’d work with the President.” He’s totally coming from a liberal perspective on everything else – I just personally have never picked up on a Christie love fest from him.
Actress Ashley Judd is moving closer to a challenge to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), meeting in recent days with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic donors and strategists in Kentucky to discuss a potential run.
A source familiar with the meeting confirmed to The Hill that she met with the Democrats’ campaign arm earlier this week. The DSCC declined to comment on recruitment, but it’s an early indication that Judd is taking the necessary steps to challenge McConnell.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/284071-judd-meeting-with-dscc-kentucky-donors-on-senate-bid
Great news! Go Ashley!
Good Day Tod’s!!
Our FLOTUS is exclusively elegant..I can go on and on…Thank you Chips:-)
Did you hear about this ?
The first thing that came to my mind was ILLEGAL!! I’m glad she filed a lawsuit, how ridiculous that they actually complied with that request which is clearly against at least 2 federal laws.
Me too Jessica…This guy doesn’t care about the law…
If the Hospital complied with this reprehensible request, it should be sued by AA nurses for violating anti-discrimination statutes. Nevertheless, I am not so naive to believe that that suing the hospital will result in a win. With all the right wingers put on the federal courts by St. Ronnie Reagan and the two Bushes, the likelihood that such legal challenge will succeed is not guaranteed. The more likely scenario is that conservative judges will rule that the hospital had an obligation to honor the wishes of the father of the child. And, as the nurse in particular was not fired, demoted, or had her salary reduced, she cannot legitimately claim that she suffered irreparable harm from the actions taken by the hospital. Therefore, I doubt that conservative judges will be at all interested in the emotional and psychological damage inflicted on the black nurse. Let’s hope she gets sympathetic judges.
Yeah, fuck that guy.
yep- agree..
My sentiment exactly!
I heard about this kasai, and the nurse is suing the hospital. The hospital should have told that piece of crap, that all our people are qualified people, who do their job well, and if you don’t want any AA to take care of your baby then you are free to take your baby to some where else. But instead the hospital gave in to that piece of racists crap and took the AA woman off the case, and put a note in the baby’s record that no AA is to take care of that baby. So I hope the woman sue the hospital for every penny she can get.
WASHINGTON – Following the successful completion of the first phase, the Energy Department today announced the beginning of Phase II of project development with a new cooperative agreement between the FutureGen Industrial Alliance and the Department of Energy for an innovative carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Illinois.
“The Department of Energy is committed to the demonstration of carbon capture and storage technologies. We believe FutureGen 2.0 is an important step in making economic, commercial scale CCS a reality,” said U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. “The project is important part of a portfolio of approaches we are pursuing to reduce carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and perhaps other large, localized CO2 emitters.”
“Today’s announcement from the Department of Energy that the FutureGen project is moving forward with Phase II shows a strong commitment from the Obama Administration to create jobs and demonstrate the future of low-carbon-emission coal power right here in central Illinois,” said U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. “I thank Governor Quinn and all of the Illinois and industry stakeholders for their continued leadership on this issue. I join them in remaining committed to making FutureGen a reality, and to putting Illinois and the United States at the forefront of cutting-edge technology to improve the environment and create good-paying jobs.”
“We have shown time and again that FutureGen is welcome, and the project will succeed in Illinois,” said Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. “We look forward to working with all of the project partners to see that FutureGen 2.0 will move forward, and that the reality of this first-of-its-kind project will be realized in Illinois.”
http://energy.gov/articles/carbon-capture-and-storage-futuregen-20-project-moves-forward-second-phase
EPA regulations waiting on this to develop, coming along nicely.
Breaking: the President selects Energy dept and EPA nominees/
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE91J0ZE20130220?irpc=932
Two excellent nominees that reflect President Obama’s progressive pragmatism! Thanks, Jovie, for sharing this with us.
Renewable energy accounted for all new electric capacity added in the United States last month, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
In all, 1,231 megawatts of new generating capacity were installed in January. Of that total, wind provided 958 megawatts, solar chipped in 267 megawatts and biomass contributed 6 megawatts.
That’s a marked difference from January 2012, when coal led the way with 808 megawatts of the 1,693 megawatts added. Natural gas followed with 445 megawatts, and wind tossed in 276 megawatts to take the pole for renewables.
On Wednesday, President Obama sought to expand promotion of renewable energy by reviving the Commerce Department’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee.
Deputy Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank appointed 37 private-sector members to the committee on Wednesday. It will feature members from trade associations, private firms and nonprofit organizations from a range of energy industries.
The panel, originally formed in 2010, had previously worked on strengthening the renewable and energy efficiency’s industry’s export competitiveness.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/284011-renewables-comprise-all-new-us-electricity-capacity-added-in-january
How come I give you guys info on Renewable energy, all the time, and the MSM ignores it?
Because wind power companies don’t advertise on cable news.
“How come I give you guys info on Renewable energy, all the time, and the MSM ignores it?”
Jovie, the MSM are as determined as the Republicans to totally ignore President Obama’s accomplishments. Please keep sharing positive news because some of us no longer depend on most of the MSM as the main source of legitimate news.
aloha pumehana mr. president!
The President to speak at Rosa Parks Ceremony.
There are so many beautiful women in Washington, and then there’s Michelle Obama, one of a kind.
Am really diggin’ the wedding rock…errr…..ummmm……wedding rings.
CNN now says that a black lady said she voted twice in Ohio.
Showed who it was, yup She is Black.
So, they are implying, ban all blacks???
Fuck CNN!
Oh my GOD! How many blah people voted twice? Does that mean Romney is our real President?, says Fox News.
omg, almost forgot about the “blah” people…don’t know whether to laugh or cry….prolly will just have Santorum nightmares tonight instead…
And how much did CNN (or whoever) pay this foolish woman to say she voted twice?
No she actually did, once by absentee, and then because she was told she probably hadn’t out enough postage on it, by provisional ballot, which was never counted.
I know right.
How beautiful ..Our first Lady..She just takes my breath away..Thank you Chips.
Our elegantly beautiful First Lady is always lovely to behold. Thanks Chips.HZ
Lovely way to put it Karlene, she does the same to me.. along with tears to my eyes ~
Cardinal Dolan to be deposed in Milwaukee sex abuse lawsuits, then heads to Rome to help choose a new pope and has been mentioned as a possible candidate. How can this be?
He needs to go to jail….instead of worrying about what grown women do he needs to worry about his pedophile priest are doing.
Here’s the link on the Scott announcement to expand Medicaid under Obamacare in FL: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/02/20/1617971/rick-scott-medicaid-expansion/
And this:
Ah…. thinking about re-election ?
I hope this fraud gets creamed in 2014. Ex-gov Christ wants to get reelected, this time as a democrat. He has pretty good chances. He’s still popular, isn’t he ?
I don’t follow Florida politics that much, but I’ll never forget that Christ extended voting hours in 2008. He may be a bit opportunistic, he may be imperfect, but I think he means well. He must be much happier as a moderate democrat than he was as a member of the delusional, intellectually and morally bankrupt GOP.
There was some polling earlier this month that showed Crist creaming Voldemort. So, yes, pretty good chance of him regaining the Gov’s Mansion.
Dear LL, tonight, after several weeks of trying to remember to get to the grocery store and get all the ingredients and a last minute trip for something I’d forgotten, I finally made your Cuban picadillo recipe. WOW!!! That was delicious! I really had a hard time not eating the entire thing at one sitting. And it has the three attributes (besides fabulous taste) that are necessary in any recipe for me: it’s cheap, it’s fast and it’s easy. I can see this will be my go-to meal for quite a while (You might gather from these remarks that I am not usually an enthusiastic or frequent cook)
Glad you enjoyed it! It really is a simple and nutritious dinner to make. And make sure to cook enough for leftovers.
Oh believe me, there are leftovers! I had to improvise a little (used red instead of white wine – i’m not a wine drinker and that seemed to be what I had on hand). I put in lots of garlic and cumin – delicious! Thanks again.
I got an email today to the effect that our ‘dear’ governor Snyder will take the funds too.
Good read when you come across arguments on drones and civilian casualty
Thank you very much for this link. There needs to be a debate about drones, (congressional oversight etc.) but it’s good to have this kind of perspective. I knew that drones were more precise and had much less chances to kill civilians, but it’s good to have some data to prove it. Maybe this can tamp down the hysteria.
It won’t. That’s the way anti-drone folks want it.
Thanks for this, very much.
This is a perfect example of “Whistling Dixie,” PF. He might as well have used his time actually whistling as try to change an amendment to the Constitution.
DDG.
I agree.
kane has been behaving heroically as PA’s AG. She is doing everything she was overwhelmingly elected to do. This woman has a very bright future. I am counting on her to go after Pat Toomey and defeat him in 2016. She is my new best heroine.
i don’t know a whole lot about her….will have to read more about her
Just saw a picture of our NBC affiliate local anchor with Bo in front of the White House. Yes, the station is excited! Also showed a picture of him with Transportation Sec LaHood. His interview with PBO will be tomorrow night.
please don’t forget to share the link when the station airs it
…so that the Senate is as responsive as possible to the will of the people,” Feingold said.
lmao.
A former Democratic Senator proposing to end appointments to the Senate just after a Democratic Governor appoints A Democrat to the Senate.
Interesting and so typical of Feingold.
yup, this clown ‘criticizes’ only the dem governors’ appointments, not a word about rethugs.
guess what russ? “the will of the people” has spoken and kicked you to the curbs in 2010. Go away.
THIS!!!!
So states will be underrepresented until an election? Granted the Senate works slow but just imagine how slow if there are FEWER members……Feingold needs to use his brain.
I can think of about a thousand other important issues that Feingold could apply his considerable intelligence to, PF and AMK. This is a waste his time and ours. If you want a Senate that’s responsive to the will of the people, don’t vote R, vote D. It’s that simple.
Excellent comment, Jackie!
I don’t mean to be blunt but Tiger, Bill C., Beyonce and Jay-Z and various others are close acquaintances not friends. PBO can probably count his true friends on 2 hands, which is all he needs. He’s golfing with Tiger bc he’s one of the best in the game, he’s not getting marriage advice from him.
Right On Jessica. So I wonder what was Keli Goff response to what Just Hussein Jo said? I wonder was she tongue tied. I have a feeling Keli Goff was just trying to get some attention so she brought up this.
Put it to rest, we all know there lots of people who like playing golf and if given the chance to play golf with Tiger Woods they would play.
So that Howard Kurtz or whoever can book her on TV.
She was the one Pat Buchanan told to shut up and be quiet on MSNBC years ago. When David Gregory had a show on MSNBC. It was Dr Rachel Maddow who stood up for her and took her segment time to chide Buchanan while David Gregory said nothing. Dr. Maddow was a guest not yet a full time employee at MSNBC.
Agreed. Keli Goff and a few others have been writing some ridiculous stories lately.
So who should POTUS hang around with Saints. Unless these people remember all have sin and come short of the glory of God. Your sin might not be my sin but we all are sinners save by Grace. If I had a son who loved to play golf and he had the chance to play with Tiger Woods, so what am I to say, oh son he cheated on his wife, so you don’t need to do that. People need to put this Tiger Woods stuff to rest.
PBO has a mind of his own and he does not discriminate against anyone. I applaud him for that.
#NoMoreHarm
Ahh, Mrs. Obama…if I lose about a hundred pounds I could look like that (hangs head in shame)…
I like it!
Dr. Venture could lead me to the Gates of Hell and I would follow… but it’s not his thing.
Afternoon Obots!
Someone on here made the comment yesterday that what the GOP is trying to do is much like what past US govts have done in countries with regimes they didn’t like: i.e., in the words of Richard Nixon vis a vis Chile electing Allende, “Make them scream”. I had actually begun writing a piece about that months ago, but put it aside to pursue other themes. I think it’s time to dust it off and finish it.
Awesome.
Jovie made the comment yesterday or this morning
Go dust off that piece and finish it up LL.
Please do, LL. Can you add a few countries thus affected in Africa? Devastating consequences still ongoing.
They were talking about that on Stephanie Miller this morning.
Hi Tally. Where have you been? Hiding out from all the “cold” weather and rain we’ve been having
It’s FREEZING right now!!!
It is cold, but did you see df’s post about SNOW in PHOENIX, AZ!!!
STFU!!! No!!! WOW! That’s CRAZY!
Tweety said it in his final comment.
#ProsperNotSequester ….
Yes We Can
Know this Lootenant. We are the knaves of Sherwood Forest and the rethugs are the Sheriffs of Nottingham. If you have any dreams, they wish to tax them too.
Nightmares too? I had a dream that I always come in second to a girlfriend in high school. What where we’ll end up in the end. She’s on her third husband and no kids. I’m stuck with the same hubby and two boys. . . . .
Question is, would you trade places with her? I think not.
No, I think you know that.
I certainly do.
re. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s and wife’s guilty plea appearance today—-the details are really pretty shocking—–3100 items of personal purchases with $750,000 in campaign funds, including a purchase of 2 mounted elk heads at a cost of $7000 paid to a Montana taxidermist. You just wonder what could they have been thinking. Talk about throwing away a life of great promise….
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-jesse-jackson-jr-sandi-jackson-plea-hearings-wednesday-20130219,0,1510803.story
He was Manic. His best defense is to get a Psychiatrist to write a letter for him, stating he was Manic and is now stable on his meds, blah blah blah.
Was wifey manic too? Or was it a case of Folie a deux?
Except for the involvement of the Mayo Clinic, which I respect, I would be mighty suspicious of this mental illness issue—-I would think it was all in preparation for this case which they knew was coming down the pike for a long time. I know Blago’s lawyers attempted a mental health issue to get him in more favorable surroundings for serving his sentence. Lots of reasons to doubt.
Do normal people do this stuff??
I think I went through a period of depression now that I look back at how I was behaving. About 20 yrs ago I was very deep in debt but working and was very able to pay my bills but I just did not. I racked up late fees and would pay right before the threat of what would happen if I did not pay by a certain date. I bought a lot of stuff I did not need instead of paying my bills. It was like a light switched in my head and my behavior just changed and began paying my bills on time and paying off credit cards.
WOW – what a photo to start the online day – she is beautiful!
Okay Admiral Chips, I wanna post something but I feel another thread coming on?
1st!
Evening TOD’ers.
Thanks for this. I was watching and couldn’t figure out what was happening because the camera was off to the side. This woman is the widow of a first responder who was given the Medal of Honor and she could barely keep it together throughout the whole ceremony. VP Joe was very compassionate with her.
Medal of Valor, sorry.
#ProsperNotSequester
New post soon, meanwhile – Heads Up:
Join Organizing for Action’s Stephanie Cutter and other supporters online at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time this Wednesday for a policy briefing on gun violence prevention.
http://www.barackobama.com/live-call/gun-violence-policy-briefing
If you must start a new thread – can you please include the FLOTUS photo above – it washes away the negative impact as the media talks about the President, Golf and sequester – but ignores that the congress members are out and about having a vacation. It is hard not to equate PBO and Boehner to Julius Caesar and Brutus.
http://www.ibiblio.org/ais/speechan.htm
“When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.”
I can’t get on, it just says loading…..
Former Sen. Pete Domenici has disclosed that he fathered a secret child in the 1970s with the 24-year-old daughter of one of his Senate colleagues — a startling revelation for a politician with a reputation as an upstanding family man.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/former-nm-senator-pete-domenici-acknowledges-having-a-son-outside-marriage-3-decades-ago/2013/02/20/ff0ebe56-7b64-11e2-9c27-fdd594ea6286_story.html
and wapo wonders why it is circling the drain.
I have never understood why those in “high places” that enjoy extra curricular sex don’t have a brain when it comes to birth control. Then again – this guy had 8 children with his wife
Ah, ‘family values’ guy, dontchaknow.
It would seem GOP family values are proven by the number of offspring generated – not by how anyone in the family lives or is treated. I think it is extremely disturbing for a child to hear his father apologize for his existence
“I deeply regret this and am very sorry for my behavior,” Domenici, 80, said in his statement. “I hope New Mexicans will view that my accomplishments for my beloved state outweigh my personal transgression”
I don’t have any opinion on politicians or anyone else’s love lives – I hate that it is always the children who carry the burden.
They don’t believe in birth control of any kind. At least in this instance, people like Domenici, are consistent.
Another typical Republican hypocrite! Shame on all those who vote for Republicans because they believe that they are for “family values.” These Republican so called “values voters” have been fooled not once, or twice, but all the time.
So Chuck Hagel was beat up about giving a speech to a group that doesn’t even exists!?!?!? And his confirmation was delayed because the RWNJ senators want him to disclose what he was paid by this bogus group!?!?!?
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/friends-hamas-rumor-started-article-1.1268284
The revelation could have doomed President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense: He gave a paid speech to a group called “Friends of Hamas.
Fortunately for Hagel, this claim, which galloped across the Internet, was bogus. I know, because I was the unwitting source.
In the process, I became part of an inadvertent demonstration of how quickly partisan agendas and the Internet can transform an obvious joke into a Washington talking point used by senators and presidential wannabes.
Absolutely despicable! But again, I say shame on the media. Why didn’t our media, which were so obsessed with the President playing golf with Tiger Woods, spend time and energy to investigate these bogus claims?
Solve this simple analogy.
Men:Sex :: Women: _____
Food?
Congrats – you are a woman!
yippe….I am women hear me roar.
In biological terms men need to “spread thei seeds”. Just like in the animal kingdom. Human males must fight to be monogamous.
Lawd is that the case against committment and monagamy….for men…i noticed you just said men…
The difference between the “animal kingdom” and human males is that the human male has brain, they can reason unlike animals. Males who feel they need to “fight” to be monogamous is practicing self control.
Brains
Grassley: Lew needs to provide more details
Peter Schroeder
02/20/13 07:26 PM ET
The Finance Committee member said he was frustrated by Lew saying he could not recall information pertinent to senator’s questions.…
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Lew’s turn??
has the livestreaming with Stef Cutter started, anyone? Im logged in, but don’t see any action!
nevermind, i’m IN!
Oh my Lord:
“The federal government has granted the Medicaid waiver Florida Gov. Rick Scott said was his condition for expanding the program, and Scott is following through. The federal government conditionally agreed to allow the state to expand on a pilot project that privatizes Medicaid, and Scott has decided to take the expansion funds.
The privatization plan expands on a five-county pilot program that has been rife with problems. Critics worry for-profit providers are scrimping on patient care and denying medical services to increase profits. Some doctors have dropped out of the pilot program, complaining of red tape and that the insurers deny the tests and medicine they prescribe. Patients have complained they struggled to get doctor’s appointments. [...]
Lawmakers say they have fixed the pilot program’s shortcomings, with provisions including increased oversight and more stringent penalties, including fining providers up to $500,000 if they drop out. The measures also increase doctors’ reimbursement rates and limits malpractice lawsuits for Medicaid patients in hopes of increasing doctor participation in the program.”
Why would they give the biggest medicare thief in history a waiver?!
Repeat after me. “Climate change is a hoax. Climate change is a hoax.” Phoenix got DUMPED ON WITH HAIL TODAY. So much hail all over the place, accidents everywhere (because this is as close to “snow” as we ever get!) I took pics out my back door…my entire backyard is white! Snow on the mountains surrounding Phoenix….snowed IN Tucson…..when the hell are these deniers gonna get a clue?
How was everyone today? What did I miss
Did amk let us know how his important meeting went? Was the wine ok? Got my gin/tonic…celebrating our pretend snow and cooking dinner…should be on the call with Stephanie Cutter, but I just walked in the door…hope someone that on the call can pass the info:)
I am off to aeroporto to pick them up in an hour or so. Bought some french and chilean reds. Burnt a hole in the wallet. The clients better like’em.
Also. Too. Bought 3 BS 1 lits. My real vacay starts after they leave. wifey unit is totally clueless.
They better:)
This happened to us yesterday in n, ca…lots of accidents. we never see snow..
Thursday Feb. 21, 2013
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9:30 AM
Obama receives the presidential daily briefing.
10:45 AM
Obama meets with senior advisors.
11:25 AM
Obama records radio interviews with Al Sharpton, Joe Madison and Yolanda Adams.
12:30 PM
Biden delivers remarks at a conference on gun violence at Western Connecticut State University.
1:00 PM
Carney briefs the press.
So the Dow was down 100 points last night & our market has tanked today (over 1% down). This is nothing compared to what it will be on 1 March & if congress doesn’t get it together the markets will tank earlier – as everyone flees back into cash. Meanwhile no doubt some in the congress are betting against the market – like they bet against the USA
USA Today who dumped the Gallup Poll after so many years in Dec 2012…..has now picked up the PEW Research Group.
Only time would tell.
Happy about that Hope, but if you look at all the numbers, there still are challenges for the President. Can you believe that a slight majority of people disapprove his handling of negotiations with the republicans in Congress ?? What is he supposed to do ? He has made compromises while the republicans are digging in their heels !!
So the numbers are good, but they’re not good enough to make it easy for the President to win the present showdown. It will be hard. He will definitely need to address the nation, prime time. The media allows so much confusion to take place, he won’t have the choice to bypass it.
How do his numbers for handling of the negotiations compare to that of the GOP themselves? If PBO is ahead then he will be fine.
You guys HAVE to see these pictures from snow in Phoenix today! AMAZING!!!
http://www.abc15.com/gallery/news/news_photo_gallery/rain-and-snow-storm-rolls-through-arizona#
What climate change?
I know, right:) Go through those pics…they’re pretty amazing and very beautiful…
Wonder how you folks are driving on snowy roads?
Not very well! Tons of accidents…Phoenicians don’t DO snow!!
I’m guessing! We have no plows or any of those amenities, you know:) We’ve had POURING rain, sun, rainbows, sleet, hail and snow…all in one day here!
Yeah. I know. We get that for 3 or 4 months up here. Make sure you put some rock salt on your sidewalks in case it freezes overnight.
rock salt…you’re so funny, yardarm:) We really aren’t prepared for this….I’m from CT…I know snow, but I moved out here because I was sick to death of snow and ice…..nope, no rock salt
Did I say that last weekend was close to 80 ?? WTH….
Like I said……What climate change?
Sorry to hear about your ordeal, DF! We too here in San Diego had our share of pouring rain and bitter cold yesterday and last night. But today the sun finally came out.
I flew through Phoenix last Saturday on the way from San Diego home to OKC. Those pictures look VERY different from what I saw! I talked to a couple from Minnesota at the airport on their way for a week in Phoenix…..they aren’t going to be happy with snow!!!
They picked a BAD week to come to Phoenix!! Yikes!
cool! we’ve had snow on hawaii’s tallest mountains the past few days, which leads to some silly snowmen, too!
Well, it kind of worked. My first attempt.
I think we saw that coming. That is TeaNN. I certainly hope that she is picked up by Al Jazeera America or The Fusion….the new network by ABCnews.
There aren,t many places left for good people, eh?
Anyone who conducts challenging interviews on CNN does not make it. I hope it is her decision.
She does everything on that network. What a loss!
Oh yeah…and we don’t need to spend money on infrastructure either!! Check THIS out….stupid Republicans…..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014404726
wow! ‘an undetermined geological event’ that nobody noticed?
We in AZ don’t need no damn govt telling us how the hell the road broke!
This stuff makes my head hurt. For reals.
HI TOD!!!!!
Howdy stranger. Hiya doin’?
GOOD! Just bizzzzzy.
That’s better than a whole lot of other options, I bet.
indeed!
aloha tally!
ALOHA Susanne!!!!
wasn’t there a committee that was set up composed of equal amount of Senators and Congressman from both parties …that was to come up with a deal to prevent the Sequestor from taking place…of course it failed….no one is mentioning that…
Yes. They failed in 2011 and the gang of 6 failed too. They didn’t pass the Simpson/Bowels. We have a dysfunction in DC, manufactured by the election of the TBGOPers in 2010. Since then, We The People have been held Hostage by weeper Boehner and company, SEVEN Times now.
Aloha, Susannah! OH Don’t you cry for me ’cause I come from Alabama with my B-A-N-J-O on my knee !!!
What a beautiful lady our FLOTUS is!
POB knows it and he says it , claims it, touches her often, blows kisses at her while giving the SOTU speech, smiles at her when she is speaking. I am so glad he made his way to Chicago……look what the end results afforded all of us!
Simply marvelous.
I love that about him. Its one thing to love someone but to be so openly warm and loving and admiring is special.
I know. Anybody can say it. Showing it raises the bar.
The way he looks at her says it all. He reaches for her not only with his hands, but his eyes, his body, his soul.
Repugs don’t get this, never will.
They get it alright; they’re just DAMN MAD that they never had and will never have it.
Well, say it from your chest!!!!!
I hear you loud and clear……
Oh, my they have moved to another post. See you over there.
OMG! My First Lady is STUNNING!!
Dudette, don’t you know it.
What song fits this smile? (If you are still here) I am playing catch up. I had to look at that face one more time.
How about “Pretty Brown Eyes” or “Brown Sugar”. What do you think?
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s new grass-roots advocacy group will target more than a dozen members of Congress with online ads this week for failing to voice support for his plan to expand background checks to all gun buyers, organizers told USA TODAY.
The advertising push is part of a so-called national day of action planned Friday by Obama’s backers to rally support for background checks. It will mark the first large-scale test of Organizing for Action’s ability to mobilize the president’s army of 2.2 million campaign volunteers to press for legislative change.
Obama and a group of his closest advisers launched Organizing for Action (OFA) in late January to transform his campaign operation into a tax-exempt group to advance his second-term priorities, including gun control, immigration and climate change.
Organizers did not disclose which lawmakers they would target in the first round of advertising but say they could spend as much as $100,000. The goal is to expand criminal background checks on all gun purchasers. The current system applies only to federally licensed gun dealers and excludes guns sold privately. In addition, OFA is sponsoring more than 100 events in more than 80 congressional districts across the country to demand congressional action.
http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/1932493
Very nice.
New post!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/02/20/catching-up-with-the-day/
African American History/ Aesha Ash
http://3chicspolitico.com/2013/02/20/african-american-history-aesha-ash-ballet/
Aesha Ash was born in Rochester, New York, and started dance at the age of five. At 13 years old she enrolled at the School of American Ballet in New York City. She joined the New York City Ballet at the age of 18, where she remained for eight years. Ms. Ash then joined the legendary Bejart Ballet, in Switzerland as a soloist. After enjoying success in Europe, Ms. Ash returned to the United States in 2005 and joined Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet. Since June 2007, Ms. Ash has been a freelance guest artist.
Wow! This is so wonderful to know. Thank you