Congrats Roberta - as usual I was reading away & didn’t notice that Chips had created a new thread - blessings Miss Chips - take good care of self over the weekend
Hello Chips & TODers! Chips, you’re supposed to be at a fabulous Spa. Ahem, well that’s where I beamed you! Go breathe & dance to the beat of your own drum! Luv&Hugs!
Is the panel on #uppers droning on abt drones yet again? They can all shove a drone up their asses. Tired-ass emodrama.— Scott Finley (@TheScottFinley) March 09, 2025
Here is that bullshit segment on the sequester cuts from NBC news that needs major push back. PBO don’t need no stinky security detail?! Watch it then tweet, call or email them! From previous thread….
I wonder, should I admit that *I* got caught calling the telephone co. when my internet ‘wasn’t working’ a while back and after 15 minutes or so going through all kinds of song and dance found out that it would have helped to just press the internet button on my laptop?
I had checked the modem and all lights were on, turned it off and on, replugged the modem into the telephone jack, as I proudly stated when asked. In short done all that was expected of me BEFORE calling….. at least I thought I had. My excuse is that I hadn’t had to turn on my laptop internet button as it’s ‘always on’, so I never gave it a thought. After them fiddling around, changing wireless connection passwords and what not, the smarty pants asked me to’ now push the button….. Did the blue light come on, or whatever?’ I must admit that it was only after pressuring the tech helper that he admitted we hadn’t needed to do the song and dance, all that had been needed was for ME to turn on the stuff. I blushed profusely even though he couldn’t see me, then told myself, at least my internet wireless connection code was now easier to remember. The embarrassment returns tho, every time I remember that I am now one of those ditzy customers who bothered the techies because I was too dumb to ‘troubleshoot’ for myself.
wondering if people will not engage in the same brutality as what happened in last election. I saw the results of last election’s violence & it was not an easy thing to see. hard to comprehend people’s aggression towards others !
how will world leaders deal with a newly-elected president who is also charged with promoting crimes against humanity?
MS: “Sorry, my phone was in silent mode” (Me talking to Me, ‘wtf? what kinda answer is that ? ‘).
Me: “Ok, what happened to your first sem results?”
MS: “yeah, that’s what I wanted to talk to you about. You know that we are not allowed laptops in the hostel. Could you please check my result for me?” .
Me (a bit dazed and thinking what kinda college did I get my kid into): “Yeah, sure. I’ll check for you and call you back”.
Me: Now in frantic goggle-give-me-fucking-something-mode for 15 minutes.
Me: After 15 minutes, “wtf?”
Me calling MS: “I checked dood, I don’t see any results for your first sem exams anywhere”.
MS: “You’re useless, dad. Could you put mum on the phone for me, please.?”.
Personal share——3 yr. old grandson arrived for a visit. He always waits in the car for me to come out and knock on his window. Then he says, “Come on in”. I open the door and give him a big kiss. He says “Unbuckle me”, wanting to escape his car seat. I fumble around with the thing, obviously taking too long, and he asks me, “Do you know how to do it?” And I say, “I sure do. Do you think I’m dumb, or something?” And he says, “No, I think you’re perfect.” Did you hear that? He said I’m perfect! Yay! Just thought you all would want to know, to have that confirmed. I’m perfect! My grandson knows and spoke the truth. I’m feeling pretty cocky right about now.
dotster3 aka Ms. Perfect - Such a precious story, which you’ll never forget. And it only gets better. Well, more or less.
I write down my 5 grandkids’ “quotable quotes” throughout the year, and we all read them at Christmas and laugh (because half the time they don’t know I’ve been capturing them). This is a partial readout from last summer (my grandma name is “G.G.”). This granddaughter is 9 years old.
Granddaughter to G.G., the first night of her visit during summer vacation, “I’m so glad to be here with my awesome grandmother.” (Sigh)
By the third night, granddaughter said to the others, “G.G. is so boring.” And the others nodded.
Oh, no, you’ll stay perfect forever to them. Minus a couple of days! (This granddaughter and I already got one of those minus days out of the way, last summer. Ha!)
Two once “good” guys with a gun and one turned instantly into a “bad” guy with a gun…….someone needs to ask Wayne Pepi-la-pew how does the NRA lobby stops this kind of violence?
Though I’d have to go through TOD withdrawals this hour-shortened weekend.
Thanks, Chips, for giving TODville a place to chat, while you get some well-deserved R&R. Based on previous comments, I’m just heartsick about what prompted this “hiatus.” Just sickened.
For those unhappy about WJC and DOMA, here’s something to keep in mind (see a couple of posts on TPM).
Both the House and Senate had the votes to override a veto from WJC. WJC was very concerned about having Repulican-majorities in both the House and Senate after the 1996 elections. Can you imagine? He was still impeached by the House in some stomach-turning, holier-than-thou grandstanding. Hmmm… sound familiar?
Well, he could have just STFU instead of grandstanding now. Where was he on this issue from 2000 to until now when PBO had the real courage to repeal dadt and to challenge doma ?
Chipsters, do NOT reply to anything we have said or sent.
We’ll just keep talking to each other until Monday.
love you . . . . please take this time o.f.f. xoxoxo
#BBC: Chimney installed for pope election. Really ? In this day & age ? #CluelessCatholicChurch. bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…— (@amk4obama) March 09, 2025
Oh yes, I am Roman Catholic, Vatican lives in the 2013, however, the methodology is still as backward as they come. Why are they taking so long? They have known since Feb 13/14, 2013. The last Cardinal just showed up on Thursday from Vietnam. Rome is not that far from Asia. They all know where to go and that their votes were needed to selected the next Pope. Yet, a Tortoise could have made that trip faster.
Number: S. 397 (Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act )
Measure Title: A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others.
This passed on July 25th 2005 by a vote of 65-31. Democrats that voted Yes
Baucus
Burr
Byrd
Conrad
Dorgan
Johnson
Kohl
Landrieu
Lincoln
Nelson
Nelson
Pryor
Reid
Rockefeller
Salazar
President Obama voted NO.
( This was right after the assault weapons ban expired ) Feinstein did not bother to vote at all. They cannot be sued or subject to Consumer Product Safety Regulations.
I have been wondering WHY this is not part of the discussion in stopping gun violence. I sent a couple of messages about it but ppl seem to ignore it.
I believe that we can do a lot of service to the victims of gun violence if we demand that this becomes part of the national conversation and demand reinstating gun liability as part of the reforms. they can vote against it but it should be part of the conversation because later composition can change
To fit this diagnosis, the pattern must last for at least 6 months and must be more than normal childhood misbehavior.
The pattern of behaviors must be different from those of other children around the same age and developmental level. The behavior must lead to significant problems in school or social activities.
Oh dear, The #GOPs on the Hill and in 'leadership' positions around the country seem to share many ODD traits! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/P…— Vick C. (@sonamie) March 09, 2025
@Lawrence Yet many of your own colleagues at MSNBC are enabling that sick behavior,praising Rand Paul and attacking PBO on drone issue.— (@aspirational12) March 09, 2025
Lawrence doesn’t control them His colleagues were against the Drones during Bush. So knowing where they stood then explains where they are today. Joe Scarborough is the one that was with GW Bush and now has flipped.
Talking Filibuster is what many of Us on the left have wanted. Then Let Us push for what we want. Where I disagree with those cheering Rand Paul is that Rand Paul had an answer, yet he was still Filibustering. Then he later said that he agreed for what the Obama Adm was saying, just not the way they have said it.
Hmm?
Question: Rand Paul was using a nonsensical argument to get the media who hates the Drone to flame and attack pres Obama. The media totally ignore the total bat poop wickedness that is Rand Paul and his utterances on the senate floor. Why?
My issue with these folks at MSNBC is not so much their objection to drones - as it is to their enabling of this paranoid, racist & misogynist jerk Rand Paul just because he cites drones in his grandstanding fund-raising scam. Rand Paul doesn’t give a rat’s arse about drones, and the folks at MSNBC know it, so they have no business endorsing his crap.
Yes, HF…..I agree. But that is how Lefties with Microphones behave. Their Drone is most important to them than the Rand Paul behavior. Note. That is why Rev Al is not going there as much as he hates the Drone for him…….it is not just talk, it is the whole Rand Paul’s package.
Nope. That is not what I am saying. They care about their careers that goes without saying. However, they were against Drones during GW Bush and they spoke out too. That is what many lefties do. They will trash pres Obama, Clinton, Carter if they disagree. Their tone is what Irks me. Not their objections. The president can handle himself. We that support him can too. More of our point of views are needed to counter those many of Us happen to disagree with.
I supported Drone policy 6-7 yrs ago as I do today. I was not against it when Bush was there and for it now. I was just against GW Bush, Cheney, Condi Rice, etc.
good points Nena. I dont have a problem with the use of drones being discussed in the public forum at all. That is was Paul who brought it front and center, is just that he seized the moment. He latched onto something he knew would have bi-partisan attention. I mean think about it, a libertarian darling, heir to his dad’s legacy goes against the establishment Repubs, becomes a tea party favorite who hated his dad, even had Code Pink cheering him among other Dems.
You can’t tell me that it wasn’t brilliant that he parlayed all of that into a media bonanza. I didn’t get that the media was praising him and his ideology, but rather as a politician who struck while the iron was hot. He’ll be in the news til the next shiny object appears for the media.
However, behind the scenes, the Repubs continue to be in complete meltdown. They are up for grabs and it’s the Rand Pauls and the Tom Cruzes we need to keep seeing front and center, representing their party. We don’t want a moderate Repub to gain any traction. So I say, give Paul another 13 hours at the mic, to be followed by the guys from Georgia, then the next most extreme RWNJ that wants his/her turn at the mic.
That the media is Not pointing the disconnect and the contradictions of Rand Paul are troubling to me.
The media Hates the Drone Policy. They were not particularly ready to support Feinstein, Wyden, Sanders, etc. However, they ignored Bush’s Drone Policy for they would have been accused of Bias and lack of patriotism. In the era of pres Obama, here they Come again…..using Rand Paul to attack. Rand Paul is their Cover.
Oh yes, don’t get me wrong, the media will never admit their complacency in the whole Bush era war mongering wrapped in the American flag and patriotism. They also will never point out that Paul’s views on civil rights is in direct contradiction with his so-called concern with citizen’s rights on being targeted for drone strikes. However, for those of us who know this, it is up to us to spread the word. We can’t rely on the media to inform nor promote real patriotism. That is why I only have a select few in the media that I even consider credible. The others, I simply ignore and refuse to comment or post anything they say. I just smh and move on.
It slays me that many shows had Valerie Plume on their shows promoting an organization she belongs to. Not once, did any of the host seem the least bit apologetic about how they (media) covered for Cheney and Scooter on outing her, including the much heralded Tim Russert. But, I digress. Let them use Rand Paul. I can’t think of a better spokesman. Thank goodness for social media, we can enlighten using his own quotes against him. We don’t have to rely on the media to do our bidding. Would it be nice if they did their jobs? Absolutely! Will they? Probably not. If we don’t know that by now, we won’t ever know it. Time to bypass them.
I still don’t have a problem with the discussion of the use of drones. PBO is trustworthy and I’m confident he would not do anything that would alarm me. However, he won’t be President, when the drone policies and availability become more widespread. I’m not just talking about in the US, but these things may be in the hands of other countries, militant mercenaries, local authorities, even corporations….since they’re people too.
That’s correct. If Romney were President - there would be no talk about drones. The media instead would be fully focused on how GREAT the economy is rebounding since President Romney got elected.
They want so badly to prove that they are “fair and balanced” and that, unlike their friends at Fox, they will be critical of the Democratic President. In doing so, they often go overboard in their criticism to the point of being as fanatical as the RWNJs.
But that’s what I’M saying. And it’s actually quite consistent with the rest of your post. Stake out a position and demagogue it to death as a means of getting face time on Cable TV, book deals and fund-raising. But don’t lift a finger to actually do something that will bring about the change you claim to seek.
“Their tone is what Irks me. Not their objections.”
^^^^^^^^^^This!
Yet, however, they still have a problem with looking at context and only focus on one issue. Is Rand Paul really that “passionate” about possible civil rights violations due to drones when the dude’s a neo-confederate with major issues with female reproductive rights?
If the left-leaning whiners had wondered about this before praising Paul, then they wouldn’t have been surprised when he turned around and pretty much admitted that he was just trolling for tea party donations. No politician will ever be 100% consistent. However, Rand Paul’s inconsistencies are too numerous to be ignored.
Once again, just because libertarianism shares the same first letters with liberalism doesn’t mean there aren’t key differences. Actually, where the two diverge is significant because while libertarians still think it’s 1789; Liberals have evolved. Liberals realized something that libertarians simply refuse to accept: Although government can’t solve every social problem; the free market can’t either.
Yes, the dead intern problem of Joe Scarborough does not seem to go away.
First, Dr. Berkland’s autopsy for the intern, did not even have an approximate time of death. That should have been mandatory. It says that the marathon
running intern had a heart arrythmia, which can only be definitively diagnosed when a person is alive. There is also a 7 1/4 inch cranial fracture, that was not revealed to the press at first, and then, was not adequately explained in the autopsy. The fractures to her head, do not seem to be explained by her fainting at her desk. There are other discrepancies, about blood flow, since her heart had supposedly stopped beating.
Second, Dr. Berkland, now an ex-Medical Examiner, because he lost his license in Florida due to massive errors in his pathology reports, is now facing six criminal charges for illegally storing body parts, and human remains, including human hearts, in formaldehyde cups and containers, in a rented, metal lo cker in Pensacola.
(Dr. Berkland, had already lost his license in Missouri, before going to Florida for the same reasons.)
All of this begs the question:
Why didn’t Joe Scarborough, who is always so demanding and assertive, demand, and make it a top priority, to require an impeccable autopsy, for such a “freak event,” as the death of a 27 year-old, healthy, female intern found dead in his office??
Below is a link to an article about Dr. Berkland’s stashing of body parts:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-09-08/man-organs-storage-unit/57701534/1
Dr. Michael Berkland will be in court May 1, 2013, — to finally either accept the charges against him, or, there will be date set for Dr. Berkland to go on trial. The case number is: 2012CF004576, and information is available from the Pensacola Court at tel.# 850/595-4150. All court proceedings are a matter of public record.
“Lawrence doesn’t control them His colleagues were against the Drones during Bush.”
Well, Nena, Lawrence doesn’t control the Rand Paul or the tea baggers. Yet he had no qualms tweeting to highlight their “sick paranoia.” Hopefruit was right in pointing out the double standards. As grandma taught us “charity begins at home.”
Say WHAAAAT!!! All my O’S, including the wonderful Ms Chips!!!!!! See, it really is a great getting up day in TOD town!!! Now, let’s all celebrate! Here we go, a one, and a two……..
So don’t yell at the kids blasting their loud music from the cars, join in!
I hope you paid attention all the way to the end. We’re gonna all do this in unison in a Soul Train line. Get to practicing!
Oh yeah, I was the one who didn’t pick up your meaning. That’s my kinda Gana. Doesn’t care what the neighbors think, just doing her thing. I wonder if they ever actually left the driveway. You’ll notice another of her favorites came on and she was right back at it. What a kind granddaughter to have no problem enabling Gana to have fun!
I mean Nana, not Gana. I’m Gana to my grandkids. When the first one was born, I didn’t feel old enough to be called grandma, granny, or even Nana. So I went with Gana, which sounded kinda cool.
As you know Linda, I’m a big fan of this approach - for many, many reasons. And, it should extend to ammo - the manufacturer, seller, purchaser and user — NOTE: the distinction for both guns and ammo - the owner/purchaser must have liability insurance as well as the USER of the gun and ammo, e.g., the father who buys the gun/ammo for the child who then fires the gun is no different, from a liability perspective in the legislative model being proposed than the parent who purchases an auto and then allows their children to drive it.
Thank you!!!
Dear @VP @GabbyGiffords Purchase of ammo requires a license & liability insurance. Putting the 'well-regulated" back in the 2nd Amendment.— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) March 09, 2025
True, you have been very focused on the issue of gun liability.
I wonder if congress and senate are so afraid to push (or ignore) this policy issue, can regular citizens try to do this using referundums on ballots and through the legal system?
dedicated ordinary citizens could use the model that was used for “big tobacco”
Indeed, the whole business in guns seems eerily similar. Like tobacco, the gun manufacturers have created a massive pile of uncompensated costs. Medical bills (often the people shot are young or poor with no insurance), Lost wages, prison building costs, funeral costs, cost of rehablilitation and disability afterwards. I haven’t even mentioned the costs of trials and police work. As we made the tobacco manufacturers pay the states back for those costs, the same needs to be done with guns, where the costs are often bigger and more damaging overall.
And their business model has made once poor-but-proud communities shooting galleries so bad that only the poorest of the poor and the very elderly live in them any more. The neighborhood I grew up in is an example. This neighborhood has plenty of old homes and apartments that could be rehabbed, but people move away because of the violence. Indeed, if it wasn’t for the violence, a lot of the people would move back in cheaper housing that they inherited from grandma, there would be viable stores again, and millions would save on the costs of commuting. Their business model has emptied out the cities, filled the cemeteries, decimated generations of minority men and kept racial and class animosity high. And they are just now being called into some kind of account, let alone having to pay monetarily their fair share of the costs they created, immune from criticism because of a mistaken interpretation of the SEcond Amendment. Toxic chemical sludge creators only with they were so lucky and immune.
Linda & Carol, Could not agree with you more and will continue to press the issue, and will use tobacco to help focus the fact that potentially lethal products require severe constraints on access and use.
Hi @VP @GabbyGiffords It's way past time for DOJ & State AGs to hold liable gun & ammo manufacturers just as they have for tobacco companies— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) March 10, 2025
When the use of a product causes death the maker, seller, owner & user must be held liable. Guns kill. Require strict liability. @VP @vj44— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) March 10, 2025
As a catholic, I hope the church can use this opportunity to under go some much-needed reforms.
However, I suspect that this may not happen.
In fact, as I listen to many commentators declare the priorities that need to be addressed, I wonder why the issue of demanding celibacy is not also featuring.
At least SOME of the Cardinals who are so adamant against LGBT issues are locally known to be protecting priests who are in open relationships with women.
Mark my words, unless it is addressed, the issue of priests who abuse girls and/or women will one day be errupting. You see SOME of these Cardinals are engaged in moving offending priests from one parish to another
President back at White House 10:27 after going out to a suburban location to watch Sasha's basketball game— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) March 09, 2025
Yes, I’m sure he will report the number of vehicles and agents wasting valuable money that could go to WH tours instead! POTUS should be under house arrest. Brian Williams is truly a disappointment and we deserve a public apology from him.
Truthfully, I think that’s what they want. Yes, America has elected a black man, but he’s supposed to be a hermit and let them pretend that things haven’t changed. I’ve seen this from the beginning. Remember back in 2009 when he and Michelle flew to New York for “date night”? I remember all of the squawking about that. And Michelle’s trip to Spain where she was warmly greeted by the King? And Malia’s school trip to Mexico? All of it has the same theme: how dare these black people be cultured, warmly accepted, and actually travel? A few jabs at Nancy Reagan’s china, or an occasional jab at the cost of clothes before, but never have I seen such a volume of petty criticism over a President’s lifestyle before.
And it’s not just the trips for pleasure either. Obama is supposed to just a figurehead. He shouldn’t reach out to the public and give speeches, travel for diplomacy or anything. In their view Obama should just shuffle papers, or just shuffle period.
Is it me, or do I think it’s a holdover from segregation times? Black people who traveled away from home, especially black veterans were often hassled just because they dared to show people that there were other ways to live than the segregated ways that were imposed on them.
Just many days ago, there was a post about David Gregory and the DC BW Journos…..Gregory was speaking for his colleagues and their dislike of pres Obama. That says it all.
For David Gregory to freely speak his mind, when NOT one singular utterance was said about GW Bush, even if some or many might have felt that way. That shows what this pres is up against today.
Nena, I never heard the DC media say anything like that about Bush or Cheney, even when they were talking about torture and the disgusting war in Iraq. Bush still got respect cause he was the white President.
Yep. The subliminal quiet racial animus against pres Obama continues. The DC belt Way pundits would die first than to admit it. But it is so Obvious to any one who has eyes. Chris Matthews sees it on the TBGOPers’ side, but has Never dared to ask that question against his Own colleagues.
Oh no! Do Lisa Myers and NBC News want to do a story about that . How dare the President go see his daughter play basketball and he won’t let anyone tour the White House.
A lot of these “news” stories result from a need to fill these 24-hour cycles. So nonsense becomes news. Opinions somehow turn into facts. The rush to report it first results in half or mis-information. Makes me long for the days of the 6 o’clock news where journalists concisely reported the news without all the punditry.
This is true, SW. The media have to keep blabbering on to fill up the hours. Personally, I find it too boring to endure and I suspect most people are too busy living their lives to care what beltway pundits say. I just can’t imagine a younger person or a busy family with young children, not to mention working couples and busy retirees having the time for all this chatter.
But they seem to spend 99.9% of that time blabbering about the President - dwelling on the most trivial about him. What he had for breakfast, Whether or not Malia is dating, When is FLOTUS going to cut her bangs, Did Bo pee on a fire hydrant. There are plenty things to blabber about the Republicans, but they simply refuse to and prefer to focus on trivialities with the President instead.
At the same time, they black him out when they should be covering him, and when it truly matters like his foreign country visits and global successes.
This might be a good song for FLOTUS to sing to the jackals, relating to what she and her family and Bo are up to, were she not so busy doing important things for our country!
G’day y’all! Pretty nice being off the webz…. Keep those Lights all around Our Chipsticks, and our Beloved PBO!
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=PBO
Oh, as kind as these many thoughts are, I truly truly hope Chipsticks is NOT LURKING…. and Chips? If you ARE, you just may have to answer to MightyPamela one day, and you know what ‘she’ is like…. (a SheBear in human form)…. Ps: checking in might be permissible, but lurking is not really getting away, now is it? Yes I am quite serious! And on that note, I am outta here! Sun shining, birdies singing, quince, forsythia, plum, camellia, daffodils, japonica, all in bloom, stunning and spectacular! {{{{{{TOD}}}}}. {{{{{{PBO}}}}}}
Yep, that’s the link to my daily request for your votes! It’s for my #2 daughter, Kelauni, to win her dream job as travel correspondent and a nice wad of $$$$ to boot. So please, watch her video, and/or read her essay, then vote by clicking on any and all of the social media forums you use in the ‘Vote For This Entry’ box next to her video. Then, if you’d like, share her link with your friends. Many thanks!!!
Dear @SenWarren @TheJusticeDept NO person or entity is too big to be prosecuted for crimes. Period. #FORWARD cc @whitehouse— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) March 09, 2025
Beautiful Day to our Chips and all of our TOD Family.
(((((((((((((((( Be loving and gentle in your spirit and space.)))))))))))))))))
Love you so dearly, Chips. Thanks for all that you do here for us. We love you and hope that you will rest and relax. This is our haven, and we will keep it beautiful for you.HZ
Obama to visit Argonne National Laboratory
By SUBURBAN LIFE MEDIA
Created: Friday, March 8, 2025 2:39 p.m. CST
President Barack Obama is set to visit Argonne National Laboratory on March 15 to talk about his energy policies.
According to media reports, the trip is to “focus on American energy.” The White House press office did not have any additional information about the visit.
Obama may discuss ongoing sequester cuts and other domestic issues, according to media reports.
Located just outside Darien and Lemont, Argonne National Laboratory is one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest national laboratories for scientific and engineering research.-/
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Who the hell is Obam. It's PRESIDENT Obama RT @washingtonpost Obam's next labor secretary is …. wapo.st/Zs22cf— Pnthrgrlgail (@Mama4Obama1) March 09, 2025
It Turns Out Rand Paul's Filibuster Was a Pre-Planned Scam for Cash politicususa.com/turns-rand-pau… Santelli rant, anyone?— Matt Osborne (@OsborneInk) March 09, 2025
No one at TOD will be even a little surprised by Rand’s scam - typical libertarian charlatan (redundant, I know)
Dear @Messina2012 given how many emoprog/PLs/MSNs Rand scammed bit.ly/Zyj3iT it's even more obvious why #OFA must be 'the media'— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) March 09, 2025
Happy Saturday y’all. gonna take my Lil cousin (she’s 10) with me to see Oz The Great & Powerful. I figured she’d love it and she says I never take the girls anywhere…lol. my god kids as her brothers
That’s not important. The WH Tours are more important than planes crashing into each other because of lack of air traffic control personnel. That’s what Bri Wi tells me.
You do know that when the press starts to read Tea Bagger Talking points, that it’s passive aggressive behavior toward this President..
Sadly, they are mainstreaming Tea Bagger wackos, because the media does not like the President.
Hey Jovie. Hope you are enjoying your Saturday. Please get a twitter account and have at it. You’ll do well and can get your own messages to @bwilliams and so many others. The more TODers on Twitter the better.
Cheers!
Bob
This will hurt and people will be angry. Our job is to direct that anger at Republicans in Congress, not at the president. The media won’t help, so it’s up to us. Today, my husband and I sent a newsletter to 500 people asking them to call the two Republican congressmen in our county and complain about the sequester. I’ve already called several times and left e-mail messages. If the phones ring enough times, they might start to take notice.
Hi JG!
I’ve been meaning to ask you if you saw my suggestion about showing the 2 most recent weekly PBO addresses at your monthly meeting instead of (or as well as?) copying the text for them. It could be a way to kick off or wrap up the meeting. I made the suggestion last week (?) when you shared that most of the attendees were not being exposed to these informational updates. Since then, I’ve also thought that you could even add the West Wing Weekly because they summarize PBO’s agenda and performance too. Copying is a good way to bring them the info, I know, but I was thinking that if they actually ‘SEE the Pres in action’ and know that this is really happening weekly, they may be more willing to seek out those weeks when there is no meeting. Even those seniors without computer access might may a push to visit the local library, or family, to see it for themselves.
Thanks for asking VC. We haven’t had the next meeting yet and I’m still struggling with “showing” the group the president’s address because there’s no tv in the room. I’m going to print out the address at first and get people interested enough that they’ll make an effort to go on line. A lot of the “older” people have computers in their homes because of children, grandchildren, even spouses. They just don’t use the computers themselves. They keep saying “someday” they’re going to try it, but someday never comes.
Thanks for responding, JG, and good luck! I suspect once you get them ‘turned on’ to the fact the speeches do exist you’ll have more and more of them tuning in.
I wonder if @NBCNightlyNews will be as upset over closing #ATC towers as they were over Whitehouse tours bit.ly/16hudgZ— Dudette (@Dudette9t9) March 09, 2025
Susan Rice as National Security Adviser? This is one “rumor” I hope is true. I know it was being discussed when the whole SOS kerfuffel was happening.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/susan-rice-as-national-security-adviser-un-ambassador-said-to-be-front-runner/2013/03/09/3e54feba-8383-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html?hpid=z2
No excuse again this year for Gridiron Dinner to exclude all but one member of the WH press pool from covering Pres Obama’s remarks tonight.— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 9, 2025
Has anyone heard the rumor that Jenifer Granholm might run for the Senate in Michigan? If she does run and if Ashley Judd goes against McConnell in Kentucky, we will have one amazing mid-term election season. And what a great lineup of Dem women senators this would be. If Ashley Judd and Jenifer Granholm joined with Elizabeth Warren and all our other great women Dem senators, the amount of truth telling and fighting spirit would make the Rand Pauls and Ted Cruz’s of the Senate looked like squealing pygmies (no offense to real pygmies) I’d do everything I could to make that great day happen.
I am so looking foward to Ms Judd & Ms Granholm joining the fight.
Ps, just before I read your apology tp the pygmies, I was going to “demand” one from you. I have seen real pygmies as they on rare occassions leave their forest dwellings & wonder into the villages - share a common border
And you would be right, global to demand an apology. I should have said shrieking monkeys. We all have a lot to learn from the endurance and survival skills of actual pygmies. I’m awed that they can still survive in today’s destructive world.
How can white educators talk to white students about white privilege? huff.to/X6UFZF via @mintner @DefineAmerican— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) March 09, 2025
~~~I can fight the use of words and phrases like “my country,” “illegal aliens,” or “go back to your home” that are thrown around at undocumented immigrants because they treat real live human beings as if they are anything less than a person, and remind my fellow Americans that our social, civil, and human rights are strengthened by offering them to all people — that all are deserving, or I continue to just be a white person who has an opinion when the issue comes to mind and is hollowly sympathetic.~~~
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Tonight, President Obama will make his second appearance at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner, an exclusive Washington, D.C. fete featuring prominent journalists and politicians. TV coverage is prohibited.
He can’t go to the Gridiron Club Dinner, Brian Williams will be upset because there will be 20 car motorcade and who knows how many Secret Service agents who would be better running the WH tours instead of protecting POTUS.
One way to deal with that kind of bad-faith opposition is to draw the person in, treat them as if they were operating in good faith, and draw them into a conversation about how they actually would solve the problem. If they have nothing, it shows. And that’s not a tactic of bipartisan Washington idealists — it’s a hard-nosed tactic of community organizers, who are acutely aware of power and conflict.
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immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/03/presid… Having faith that PBO is focused and consistent about reachg agreements that help people! Thx SP! RT— (@Smilingl8dy) March 09, 2025
Yes #POTUS "a cynical electorate is a selfish electorate" bit.ly/14HD08s TY for exposing instigators of that cynicism. @whitehouse— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) March 10, 2025
Grandma is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car. She writes:
Dear Granddaughter,
The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a ‘Honk if you love Jesus’ bumper sticker.
I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting.
So, I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.
Boy, am I glad I did! What an uplifting experience followed.
I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good he is, and I didn’t notice that the light had changed.
It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn’t honked, I’d never have noticed.
I found that lots of people love Jesus!
While I was sitting there, the guy behind me started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, ‘For the love of God!’
‘Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!’
What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!
Everyone started honking!
I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people.
I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!
There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach.
I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air.
I asked my young teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant.
He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.
Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii , so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign right back.
My grandson burst out laughing.. Why, even he was enjoying this religious experience!
A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.
I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.
So, grinning, I waved at all my brothers and sisters, and drove on through the intersection.
I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared.
So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away. Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!
LOL! I see that Mark Knoller is getting extra agitated about that Giridon dinner tonight. He has put out over 5 tweets on that one topic in a relatively short time span.
@markknoller Are you guys THAT desperate to figure out what the President ate? Either Poultry, fish or beef. One of the three.— AnotherSlyfox Chris (@AnotherSlyfox) March 09, 2025
Actually I kinda agree with Knoller on this one. It’s quite ironic that the beltway news media does not allow cameras at their event. They’re all for shedding light except when it’s shining on them.
He’s got 7 tweets about it - but the first 3 make it seem it was the President’s decision. He changes the tone in the later ones.
The Press are keen to eaves drop on the conversations of anyone with the President - except themselves.
But on the other side of the discussion - the devilish in me is thrilled that not even a press group wants to give access to the WHPC. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving group.
And reading those replies to Knoller - of course they are blaming the President - he should not speak where the WHPC is not allowed to be. So - as usual - it’s all the fault of the President because those who run the event do not allow it to be recorded!
The Press has NOTHING - but NOTHING with which to attack the President - so he must be doing all the bad things when they are not there. I just HATE their politics - every single day - where was the WHPC when George Bush and Colin Powell were LYING about WMDs
Oh please, Katrina can talk to the hand. She is a pain in the arse. What utter nonsense. Talk about twisting yourself into a pretzel to find some way to blame President Obama. The purists will never ever be satisfied with anything that President Obama does. For them, he is always at fault or lacking in some way. It’s required because they always have to have something to complain about. They have to keep some issue in the hopper so that the whining never ends.
On cable Katrina VandenHeuvel hems and haws and can barely get out a coherent comment. If she ever manages to say anything remotely positive about PBO there is always a BUT at end. Actually, VandenHuevel reminds me a lot of Amy Goodman of Democracy Now (she’s more coherent). If she is broadcasting or on a panel, you can bet she will eventually get around to criticizing President Obama no matter what the topic is.
the one group that does note recognize their irrelevancy is that loud mouth bunch who refused to work hard for PBO’s re-election & he won handly without their help
“Obama Asked for it” - the President still wants to talk to these guys ( I would wipe them from my party list in quick order) - so this fool says he “asks to be attacked” because he understands the laws that the GOP passed to allow George Bush to rule the world?
To quote Stonekettle Station - as I do
“When legislators just like Rand Paul, acting in fear and rage and panic, passed the Patriot Act and the Protect America Act and a dozen other laws with secret provisions and draconian authority and have since continued to renew those very same laws, well, they gave the President those powers.”
The GOP love these laws when a dumb white republican is in power - but a smart black democrat - well a blah guy isn’t allowed to have the powers of the President - even if he is the President
While I agree with Hopef’s sentiment and her telling vanden Heuvel she was sharing garbage, the thought was not originally Heuvel’s. Apparently she was endorsing Garrett Epps - the AUTHOR of the article with the same name.
‘Garrett Epps, a former reporter for The Washington Post, is a novelist and legal scholar. He teaches courses in constitutional law and creative writing for law students at the University of Baltimore and lives in Washington, D.C.’
All I would add here is that Epps was undoubtedly doing a ‘creative writing’ piece.
Whether or not the thought was hers originally - she wholeheartedly endorsed it by retyping the article’s headline as a tweet and linking it. Thankfully she got a tremendous amount of push back.
I agree she endorsed, Hf, but I was clarifying for those who might not have followed the link to the article. I myself initially thought those were her words. Knowledge is power, after all….plus teamwork. I don’t want anyone to take us by surprise on twitter or wherever, all because we missed a bit of info that was readily available. Working with you, Ms Hf!
Sorry, VC, but we really must stop finding excuses for people like Katrina Vanden Heuvel! The thought may not have been hers but she relished it and she enthusiastically shared it on tweeter. Katrina is not only an adult, but she is also a supposedly smart savvy publisher. She knew exactly what she was doing when she sent out that tweet.
Hello there, Nath! Clarification: ABSOLUTELY NO INTENT to find excuses for Ms vanden Heuvel - I couldn’t care less about her! EVERY INTENT to make sure WE HAVE the full story when we push back - AS SIMPLE AS THAT! For example, it helps me when I’m wording a tweet if I know what’s behind the origin of what I’m about to say. That’s usually one reason I follow most links to the source before tweeting. I’ve tweeted about stuff once or twice without looking back and then felt foolish because I got the ‘wrong angle’ - knowing what’s what as much as is possible helps minimize this happening. That’s all! Providing a wider picture, IMO, is part of our teamwork. If we each bring different pieces of the puzzle to the table then we all will get a finished product that fits more perfectly together. I thought Hf gave a very pertinent response to Ms vanden H. I really did. In addition, having followed the link, I wanted us to be aware of the Epps character (and his creative ownership) as well.
Thank you, thank you, hopefruit for this tweet pushing back against these privileged, holier than thou, progressives! Katrina VadenHeuvel’s tweet was pathetic.
LET’S HOPE THE REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO MAKE A STINK ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE TOURS.
Beltway bubble insulated from reality of sequester
By Greg Sargent
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The Huffington Post has put together a terrific collection of local news coverage of the sequester’s impact around the country — and contrasted it with Washington press coverage that treats the sequester mostly as political theatrics.
Definitely go watch the first video, a montage that creates a useful contrast: As Republican officials and D.C. commentators mock the White House for canceling tours, local TV stations are talking about lost jobs, local airport closings, and eliminated funding for public health, natural disaster relief, and hunger programs. The worst offender is probably Larry Kudlow, who smugly claims that the White House tour cancellation is “bush league” — a moment that is then followed by a local newscast about the possibility of rising unemployment causing rising need for food assistance.
LH, the absolute irony of someone in the media calling the WH tour cancelling Bush League when it’s they themselves who are focusing on the most minor of details while the Sequester wreaks havoc on communities across the country. It’s Bush League to complain about the tree bark when the forest is burning. It’s Bush League to think everything that’s important in the world happens within the beltway. Local reporters around the country are rising to the challenge of reporting real news, while the DC elite media continue to be a national joke.
LIVE NOW: Guest Arrivals at the Gridiron Dinner. They don’t televise the event so we have to rely on Twitter for reporters tweets about Pres. Obama’s jokes.
For the real discussion on Rand Paul & drones - Jim at Stonekettle - has no peer
“When legislators just like Rand Paul, acting in fear and rage and panic, passed the Patriot Act and the Protect America Act and a dozen other laws with secret provisions and draconian authority and have since continued to renew those very same laws, well, they gave the President those powers. ”
Thanks for the support! We ask for patience as we roll out our website, policy stances, etc. All in the works and should be up shortly.— Andrew Hounshell (@Andrew4Congress) March 09, 2025
He is planning to run against Boehner. If he makes a solid case then everyone in the Nation who isn’t a rwnj/teabagger/serf should support him.
pls remind us of this person latter if and when he announces. I live at a close distance where I can volunteer for any Dem who wants to replace cry baby aka orangeman
Good luck to this project! Planting 1 mil trees in 1 day in Ireland. http://t.co/LedGylHN3c Via @1000000_trees @PatFitzGerald— Kat 4 Obama (@Kat4Obama) March 10, 2025
Sports Illustrated —Obama one of 50 Most Powerful People in Sports http://t.co/FET1c3IzsH http://t.co/0WF5nw3ScS http://t.co/5HFBFngwnG— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) March 10, 2025
GOPolitico’s loveliness, Donovan Slack, seemed irked that President Obama was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the most powerful in sports. She said, “Go figure”. Miz Slack always seems completely dumbfounded that President Obama is recognized and admired in any respect.
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/03/sports-illustrated-names-obama-one-of-the-most-powerful-158904.html
Study says only major demographic that still opposes same-sex marriage is white, evangelical Christians: ow.ly/iAQ3N— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 10, 2025
But the MSM, PL, etc told me that it was teh Blacks who were opposed….
Progressives are such a disappointment, they really piss me off sometimes. I don’t want them to forget they are the reason we have the Republicans in control of the House, they need to shut the hell up anyway, remember 2010. If they had as much passion for 2010 elections as they do for being against the drones, the Dems would be in control of the House.
I think it’s fashionable now for people to call themselves progressives, but few people have taken time to study the history of the Progressive movement; and in particular the attitude of past progressives, such as President’s Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, on the issues of race and racism.
Lots of cyber stalking and vicious attacks - and this illustrates well what Chips receives - but perhaps it is worse when he does not show how vile he is on twitter & pretends to be from the left.
I was away from TOD for a few days. I’m so sorry to hear that Ms. Chips was accosted by a low life nut. All of us TODers love her and will be here for her when she returns. You are so appreciated Ms. Chips.
Hilarious. RT @ron_fournier: Obama 'quoted" at Gridiron: "So many newspaper reporters. So many interviews to turn down."— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) March 10, 2025
A small town prosecuting attorney called his first witness to the stand in a trial, a grandmotherly, elderly woman. He approached her and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know me?”
She responded, “Why, yes, I do know you Mr. Williams. I’ve known you since you were a young boy. And frankly, you’ve been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you’re a rising big shot when you haven’t the brains to realize you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.”
The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, “Mrs. Williams, do you know the defense attorney?”
She again replied, “Why, yes I do. I’ve known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. I used to baby-sit him for his parents. And he, too, has been a real disappointment to me. He’s lazy, bigoted, he has a drinking problem. The man can’t build a normal relationship with anyone and his law practice is one of the shoddiest in the entire state. Yes, I know him.”
At this point, the judge called both counselors to the bench. In a very quiet voice, he said with menace, “If either of you asks her if she knows me, you’ll be jailed for contempt!”
I washed and detailed my car today. What was I thinking? I would have been safer here on TOD! And, of course, rain is moving in. So, there is the whole story.
Somewhere an @emptywheel Is Missing Its Hamster: New Frontiers in Obama Derangement Syndrome UPDATE: Now with More ODS
by Allan
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So it appears that right-wingers are furious that John Brennan was sworn in on a copy of the Constitution instead of on a Bible. They’re argle-bargling about this in their own fetid corner of the interwebs.
But a special subspecies of Obama-haters is laser focused not on the use of the Constitution, but specifically on the edition that was used.
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When you focus on a symbolic nontroversy over something the Obama administration has or has not done that you believe reveals nefarious intent and/or criminal stupidity, you may be suffering from Obama Derangement Syndrome.
Also: when you are taking the same side on that symbolic nontroversy as The Weekly Standard and the Moonie Washington Times, you may be suffering from Obama Derangement Syndrome.
Romnesia has mutated to Jebnesia - a virulent form that causes its victims to write books & then deny they meant what they wrote. @Lawrence— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) March 10, 2025
Furthermore, if guns and training protected women from rape, the military would be the safest place for a woman. It's not.— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) March 06, 2025
Hi TODers,
Just wanted to share this hilarious moment with ya’ll. I’m at a party and right this moment we’re doing an out of sync electric slide. Reminded me so much of FLOTUS and Jimmy Fallon.
Ok gotta go dance the night away. They have another favorite song on right now. Nite!
Though it’s Politico, it’s definitely worth clicking on the transcript of the President’s total annihilation of the beltway nut jobs (aka #NEWSTAINERS, aka MSN serfs, aka … JERKS) …
“Now I’m sure that you’ve noticed that there’s somebody very special in my life who is missing tonight, somebody who has always got my back, stands with me no matter what and gives me hope no matter how dark things seem. So tonight, I want to publicly thank my rock, my foundation — thank you, Nate Silver. (Laughter.)”
#TrustBarack - He’s Earned It …. and is easily a replacement for Jay Leno if he ever wants the job
I found you here - and didn’t notice that your link started at page 2. Well - the speech is wonderful read in any direction - the man is an absolute delight - the world knows that - beyond anything the media or the GOP tries to say otherwise.
Hello Hello and ByeBye! If a new thread mysteriously shows up, I’ll be back, this one is hard to manage! Have a really good day! Keep the home fires burning: http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=PBO
RT @DaRiverZkind: Departing PBO Speechwriter Jon Favreau "I Leave This Job Actually More Hopeful" npr.org/2013/03/07/173… AUDIO @npratc h ... 5 days ago
Today brought back memories of Lisa Lyotte telling her story (The Tribal Law and Order Act, 2010) #VAWA youtube.com/watch?v=xNPmHB… 5 days ago
White House.gov
Good Morning Chips & TODER’s
Congrats Roberta! Good Morning Everyone! Hope Chipsticks is having a relaxing weekend.
Congrats Roberta on #1!
Congrats Roberta!
Good Morning TOD Family. Congrats Roberta.
Have a great internet-free weekend.
Good morning everyone.
G’morning Chips, TOD, lurkers everyone! Thank you so much Chips - hope you continue to have a wonderful “Internet-free” weekend
Is today monday ???
GET OFF MY INNERNETZ, Chips.
Congrats Roberta - as usual I was reading away & didn’t notice that Chips had created a new thread - blessings Miss Chips - take good care of self over the weekend
Good Morning everyone! Love you Chips and thanks for all that you do for the TOD community. I hope you have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!
Great cartoon, that is squeaker John Boehner for sure.
LOLZ!
Good for you, Chips. Get some R&R!!
Thanks for the update Chiparoo. Have a great weekend!
An online gallery tool that automatically combines many photos into a nicely arranged single panel of photos.
http://makephotogallery.net/
Cool tool.
That’ll be 1000 bucks, please. For each TOD’er.
Paying in kind. $1000.
Sorry, I take only cash.
Also. Too. Only in dollars.
It’s in the mail.
Love,
Hope
thought mitt made all other levels of bets obsolette - should be 10,000 bucks
Hello Chips & TODers! Chips, you’re supposed to be at a fabulous Spa. Ahem, well that’s where I beamed you! Go breathe & dance to the beat of your own drum! Luv&Hugs!
Indeed
With the newly found fear of drone attacks on coffee shops Starbucks business is going to be nil this weekend.
Well - they can thank their boy Rand for that.
And the MSM.
I heart Scott. He’s so bloody awesome on Twitter.
Thanks for the new thread!
Good Morning, Everyone:)
Ha!!!
Thanks chips for ALL including your fervent defense against unscrupulous trolls and one ignoramus.
Here is that bullshit segment on the sequester cuts from NBC news that needs major push back. PBO don’t need no stinky security detail?! Watch it then tweet, call or email them! From previous thread….
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/51108362/
thanks for the link. disgusting. needs a push back
I sent my email to nbc nightly news yesterday. As a matter of fact I sent two.!!!!!!
Our Obama e-mail warrior! Thanks!
Hi, Amk,. Kudos on your sensitivity! BTW, did you, at least, give her the money you paid yourself for your absence?
This was for me, wasn’t it amk?
I saw myself in that…..just a little bit! Morning!!
omg Amk I have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard.
Me too!
I hate it when they ask me if the machine is plugged in or if the battery is charged before they do anything……like I wouldn’t know that.
I wonder, should I admit that *I* got caught calling the telephone co. when my internet ‘wasn’t working’ a while back and after 15 minutes or so going through all kinds of song and dance found out that it would have helped to just press the internet button on my laptop?
I had checked the modem and all lights were on, turned it off and on, replugged the modem into the telephone jack, as I proudly stated when asked. In short done all that was expected of me BEFORE calling….. at least I thought I had. My excuse is that I hadn’t had to turn on my laptop internet button as it’s ‘always on’, so I never gave it a thought. After them fiddling around, changing wireless connection passwords and what not, the smarty pants asked me to’ now push the button….. Did the blue light come on, or whatever?’ I must admit that it was only after pressuring the tech helper that he admitted we hadn’t needed to do the song and dance, all that had been needed was for ME to turn on the stuff. I blushed profusely even though he couldn’t see me, then told myself, at least my internet wireless connection code was now easier to remember. The embarrassment returns tho, every time I remember that I am now one of those ditzy customers who bothered the techies because I was too dumb to ‘troubleshoot’ for myself.
pssst, Jojo! Please don’t tell
Amkanyone else I admitted this.I’ll keep it between just us two computer-challenaged.
/whisper/ Thanks. Much appreciated.
You’d be surprised how many times that is the exact nature of the problem… ďż˝?ďż˝
So. Very. Funny.
What new computer do you recommend I consider?
Morning Chips!
Morning everybody.
Have you signed up for OFA? Please remember to ask your friends and family to get re-engaged in OFA - POTUS is counting on us
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Hello Sun Shine, Lady Chips.
Nice Going Lurkers.
concerned about Kenya.
wondering if people will not engage in the same brutality as what happened in last election. I saw the results of last election’s violence & it was not an easy thing to see. hard to comprehend people’s aggression towards others !
how will world leaders deal with a newly-elected president who is also charged with promoting crimes against humanity?
This happened today.
My son (in college): “Dad, didja call me ?”
Me: “yeah ? Two days back. Even sent you a sms”.
MS: “Sorry, my phone was in silent mode” (Me talking to Me, ‘wtf? what kinda answer is that ? ‘).
Me: “Ok, what happened to your first sem results?”
MS: “yeah, that’s what I wanted to talk to you about. You know that we are not allowed laptops in the hostel. Could you please check my result for me?” .
Me (a bit dazed and thinking what kinda college did I get my kid into): “Yeah, sure. I’ll check for you and call you back”.
Me: Now in frantic goggle-give-me-fucking-something-mode for 15 minutes.
Me: After 15 minutes, “wtf?”
Me calling MS: “I checked dood, I don’t see any results for your first sem exams anywhere”.
MS: “You’re useless, dad. Could you put mum on the phone for me, please.?”.
@#$&*** - I am gonna fucking kill that boy.
After all he’s not a genius for nuttin’……after all you made him.
MOMS RULE!
Love that!
Sounds like a smart kid… ďż˝?ďż˝
Hi Chips! Hope you are enjoying a well deserved break. Miss your smiling words and look forward to your return. Hugs to you.
Personal share——3 yr. old grandson arrived for a visit. He always waits in the car for me to come out and knock on his window. Then he says, “Come on in”. I open the door and give him a big kiss. He says “Unbuckle me”, wanting to escape his car seat. I fumble around with the thing, obviously taking too long, and he asks me, “Do you know how to do it?” And I say, “I sure do. Do you think I’m dumb, or something?” And he says, “No, I think you’re perfect.” Did you hear that? He said I’m perfect! Yay! Just thought you all would want to know, to have that confirmed. I’m perfect! My grandson knows and spoke the truth. I’m feeling pretty cocky right about now.
Lovely! You should remember that you are perfect everyday….babes don’t lie.
Three year old grandchildren know what’s what! Enjoy your day.
sweeet.
dotster3 aka Ms. Perfect - Such a precious story, which you’ll never forget. And it only gets better. Well, more or less.
I write down my 5 grandkids’ “quotable quotes” throughout the year, and we all read them at Christmas and laugh (because half the time they don’t know I’ve been capturing them). This is a partial readout from last summer (my grandma name is “G.G.”). This granddaughter is 9 years old.
Granddaughter to G.G., the first night of her visit during summer vacation, “I’m so glad to be here with my awesome grandmother.” (Sigh)
By the third night, granddaughter said to the others, “G.G. is so boring.” And the others nodded.
Funny. So there’s a possibility I won’t be “perfect” forever?
Oh, no, you’ll stay perfect forever to them. Minus a couple of days! (This granddaughter and I already got one of those minus days out of the way, last summer. Ha!)
LOVE LOVE LOVE!
Amk, I love the picture or tweet of yours that said: Me and the president go way back.
That was just delicious.
Thanks Nena. Full credit to the our blog
tyrantGoddess and Pamela. I just steal shamelessly.At least you give credit to those who deserve it. You are not a Juan Williams
A-hem….. Please take note: that would be GODDESS Chipsticks, and ‘MightyPamela’. Y’hear?
A title is a title, after all!
Good Morning TOD
Chips - we love you - let us know how we can help, and we are on it…
For folks who would like to give NBC Nightly News pushback (and yes it does make a difference) here is all the info I have on the show
Senior VP of communications at NBC [email protected]
feedback page http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10285339
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: [email protected] Twitter @bwilliams
I have a contact page of media sources - feel free to post updates or corrections below
http://www.whatisworking.com/2011/01/email-addresses.html
I have sent my note. this needs to be addressed ASAP otherwise it will become the norm
I have contacted via every means possible. Thanks, WIW.
OK Linda! sent an email to Kathy Kelly-Brown and to the feedback page on nbcnews.
That is not the 3rd Gun advocate killed since Newtown.
Over 2450 Citizens have lost their lives in USA since Newtown. Yet the our law makers mostly TBGOPers look the other way. Shame on them.
This is NOW……oops. Sorry.
Two once “good” guys with a gun and one turned instantly into a “bad” guy with a gun…….someone needs to ask Wayne Pepi-la-pew how does the NRA lobby stops this kind of violence?
Live by the sword, die by the sword. Tragic.
Be still my heart.
Though I’d have to go through TOD withdrawals this hour-shortened weekend.
Thanks, Chips, for giving TODville a place to chat, while you get some well-deserved R&R. Based on previous comments, I’m just heartsick about what prompted this “hiatus.” Just sickened.
For those unhappy about WJC and DOMA, here’s something to keep in mind (see a couple of posts on TPM).
Both the House and Senate had the votes to override a veto from WJC. WJC was very concerned about having Repulican-majorities in both the House and Senate after the 1996 elections. Can you imagine? He was still impeached by the House in some stomach-turning, holier-than-thou grandstanding. Hmmm… sound familiar?
http://editors.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/03/yet_more_on_doma.php?ref=fpblg
Well, he could have just STFU instead of grandstanding now. Where was he on this issue from 2000 to until now when PBO had the real courage to repeal dadt and to challenge doma ?
Chipsters, do NOT reply to anything we have said or sent.
We’ll just keep talking to each other until Monday.
love you . . . . please take this time o.f.f. xoxoxo
X1,000.000,000,000,000……..
{{{{hugs loads of hugs from around the world}}}}
Isn’t that quaint? Oh wait, the whole fucking thing is quaint. To put it nicely. I like the chimney thing! It’s the best part….
Oh yes, I am Roman Catholic, Vatican lives in the 2013, however, the methodology is still as backward as they come. Why are they taking so long? They have known since Feb 13/14, 2013. The last Cardinal just showed up on Thursday from Vietnam. Rome is not that far from Asia. They all know where to go and that their votes were needed to selected the next Pope. Yet, a Tortoise could have made that trip faster.
Huh? Is the new pope going to come down the chimney, in an attempt to imitate Santa Claus? (might not work convincing many people he is real)… IMHO.
Here is my first brief note to NBCNews comparing POTUS’ security to White House Tours:
@NBCNews its only out-of-touch “journalist” who demand WH tours in exchange 4 USSS security of a POTUS receiving 400% more death threats. BS
I copied and pasted your tweet, but was not able to give you credit, sorry (not enough characters),
no worries - we are all on the same team
Global, thanks for the inspiration. Sent a scathing e-mail to NBC about Brian Williams.
we need to let them know that we can see through their games otherwise this nonsense will continue
Number: S. 397 (Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act )
Measure Title: A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others.
This passed on July 25th 2005 by a vote of 65-31. Democrats that voted Yes
Baucus
Burr
Byrd
Conrad
Dorgan
Johnson
Kohl
Landrieu
Lincoln
Nelson
Nelson
Pryor
Reid
Rockefeller
Salazar
President Obama voted NO.
( This was right after the assault weapons ban expired ) Feinstein did not bother to vote at all. They cannot be sued or subject to Consumer Product Safety Regulations.
Congressman Schiff has a bill to reverse this .
I have been wondering WHY this is not part of the discussion in stopping gun violence. I sent a couple of messages about it but ppl seem to ignore it.
I believe that we can do a lot of service to the victims of gun violence if we demand that this becomes part of the national conversation and demand reinstating gun liability as part of the reforms. they can vote against it but it should be part of the conversation because later composition can change
A diagnosis for what is wrong with Republicans in Congress….and around the country….the no longer “sane” ones…..
The GOP is afflicted with ODD. how fitting.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002504/
Oppositional defiant disorder
Symptoms
Actively does not follow adults’ requests
Angry and resentful of others
Argues with adults
Blames others for own mistakes
Has few or no friends or has lost friends
Is in constant trouble in school
Loses temper
Spiteful or seeks revenge
Touchy or easily annoyed
To fit this diagnosis, the pattern must last for at least 6 months and must be more than normal childhood misbehavior.
The pattern of behaviors must be different from those of other children around the same age and developmental level. The behavior must lead to significant problems in school or social activities.
Do you have solutions, Df?
Good morning fellow TODder and hope our wondeful Ms Chips is basking in the sun on a beach somewhere.
Lawrence doesn’t control them His colleagues were against the Drones during Bush. So knowing where they stood then explains where they are today. Joe Scarborough is the one that was with GW Bush and now has flipped.
Talking Filibuster is what many of Us on the left have wanted. Then Let Us push for what we want. Where I disagree with those cheering Rand Paul is that Rand Paul had an answer, yet he was still Filibustering. Then he later said that he agreed for what the Obama Adm was saying, just not the way they have said it.
Hmm?
Question: Rand Paul was using a nonsensical argument to get the media who hates the Drone to flame and attack pres Obama. The media totally ignore the total bat poop wickedness that is Rand Paul and his utterances on the senate floor. Why?
My issue with these folks at MSNBC is not so much their objection to drones - as it is to their enabling of this paranoid, racist & misogynist jerk Rand Paul just because he cites drones in his grandstanding fund-raising scam. Rand Paul doesn’t give a rat’s arse about drones, and the folks at MSNBC know it, so they have no business endorsing his crap.
Yes, HF…..I agree. But that is how Lefties with Microphones behave. Their Drone is most important to them than the Rand Paul behavior. Note. That is why Rev Al is not going there as much as he hates the Drone for him…….it is not just talk, it is the whole Rand Paul’s package.
In other words Lefties with Microphones just pretend to have a cause for career enhancing purposes, but don’t actually have one.
Nope. That is not what I am saying. They care about their careers that goes without saying. However, they were against Drones during GW Bush and they spoke out too. That is what many lefties do. They will trash pres Obama, Clinton, Carter if they disagree. Their tone is what Irks me. Not their objections. The president can handle himself. We that support him can too. More of our point of views are needed to counter those many of Us happen to disagree with.
I supported Drone policy 6-7 yrs ago as I do today. I was not against it when Bush was there and for it now. I was just against GW Bush, Cheney, Condi Rice, etc.
good points Nena. I dont have a problem with the use of drones being discussed in the public forum at all. That is was Paul who brought it front and center, is just that he seized the moment. He latched onto something he knew would have bi-partisan attention. I mean think about it, a libertarian darling, heir to his dad’s legacy goes against the establishment Repubs, becomes a tea party favorite who hated his dad, even had Code Pink cheering him among other Dems.
You can’t tell me that it wasn’t brilliant that he parlayed all of that into a media bonanza. I didn’t get that the media was praising him and his ideology, but rather as a politician who struck while the iron was hot. He’ll be in the news til the next shiny object appears for the media.
However, behind the scenes, the Repubs continue to be in complete meltdown. They are up for grabs and it’s the Rand Pauls and the Tom Cruzes we need to keep seeing front and center, representing their party. We don’t want a moderate Repub to gain any traction. So I say, give Paul another 13 hours at the mic, to be followed by the guys from Georgia, then the next most extreme RWNJ that wants his/her turn at the mic.
That the media is Not pointing the disconnect and the contradictions of Rand Paul are troubling to me.
The media Hates the Drone Policy. They were not particularly ready to support Feinstein, Wyden, Sanders, etc. However, they ignored Bush’s Drone Policy for they would have been accused of Bias and lack of patriotism. In the era of pres Obama, here they Come again…..using Rand Paul to attack. Rand Paul is their Cover.
Oh yes, don’t get me wrong, the media will never admit their complacency in the whole Bush era war mongering wrapped in the American flag and patriotism. They also will never point out that Paul’s views on civil rights is in direct contradiction with his so-called concern with citizen’s rights on being targeted for drone strikes. However, for those of us who know this, it is up to us to spread the word. We can’t rely on the media to inform nor promote real patriotism. That is why I only have a select few in the media that I even consider credible. The others, I simply ignore and refuse to comment or post anything they say. I just smh and move on.
It slays me that many shows had Valerie Plume on their shows promoting an organization she belongs to. Not once, did any of the host seem the least bit apologetic about how they (media) covered for Cheney and Scooter on outing her, including the much heralded Tim Russert. But, I digress. Let them use Rand Paul. I can’t think of a better spokesman. Thank goodness for social media, we can enlighten using his own quotes against him. We don’t have to rely on the media to do our bidding. Would it be nice if they did their jobs? Absolutely! Will they? Probably not. If we don’t know that by now, we won’t ever know it. Time to bypass them.
I still don’t have a problem with the discussion of the use of drones. PBO is trustworthy and I’m confident he would not do anything that would alarm me. However, he won’t be President, when the drone policies and availability become more widespread. I’m not just talking about in the US, but these things may be in the hands of other countries, militant mercenaries, local authorities, even corporations….since they’re people too.
The media doesn’t hate drones, the media hates Barack Obama. This is the same that media helped Bush 43 lie the country into war with Iraq.
That’s correct. If Romney were President - there would be no talk about drones. The media instead would be fully focused on how GREAT the economy is rebounding since President Romney got elected.
The media is full of alot of bull shit and so is Rand Paul. His circus act on the Senate floor didn’t impress me one bit.
They want so badly to prove that they are “fair and balanced” and that, unlike their friends at Fox, they will be critical of the Democratic President. In doing so, they often go overboard in their criticism to the point of being as fanatical as the RWNJs.
“Nope. That is not what I am saying”
But that’s what I’M saying. And it’s actually quite consistent with the rest of your post. Stake out a position and demagogue it to death as a means of getting face time on Cable TV, book deals and fund-raising. But don’t lift a finger to actually do something that will bring about the change you claim to seek.
“Their tone is what Irks me. Not their objections.”
^^^^^^^^^^This!
Yet, however, they still have a problem with looking at context and only focus on one issue. Is Rand Paul really that “passionate” about possible civil rights violations due to drones when the dude’s a neo-confederate with major issues with female reproductive rights?
If the left-leaning whiners had wondered about this before praising Paul, then they wouldn’t have been surprised when he turned around and pretty much admitted that he was just trolling for tea party donations. No politician will ever be 100% consistent. However, Rand Paul’s inconsistencies are too numerous to be ignored.
Once again, just because libertarianism shares the same first letters with liberalism doesn’t mean there aren’t key differences. Actually, where the two diverge is significant because while libertarians still think it’s 1789; Liberals have evolved. Liberals realized something that libertarians simply refuse to accept: Although government can’t solve every social problem; the free market can’t either.
An the there is this:
Yes, the dead intern problem of Joe Scarborough does not seem to go away.
First, Dr. Berkland’s autopsy for the intern, did not even have an approximate time of death. That should have been mandatory. It says that the marathon
running intern had a heart arrythmia, which can only be definitively diagnosed when a person is alive. There is also a 7 1/4 inch cranial fracture, that was not revealed to the press at first, and then, was not adequately explained in the autopsy. The fractures to her head, do not seem to be explained by her fainting at her desk. There are other discrepancies, about blood flow, since her heart had supposedly stopped beating.
Second, Dr. Berkland, now an ex-Medical Examiner, because he lost his license in Florida due to massive errors in his pathology reports, is now facing six criminal charges for illegally storing body parts, and human remains, including human hearts, in formaldehyde cups and containers, in a rented, metal lo cker in Pensacola.
(Dr. Berkland, had already lost his license in Missouri, before going to Florida for the same reasons.)
All of this begs the question:
Why didn’t Joe Scarborough, who is always so demanding and assertive, demand, and make it a top priority, to require an impeccable autopsy, for such a “freak event,” as the death of a 27 year-old, healthy, female intern found dead in his office??
Below is a link to an article about Dr. Berkland’s stashing of body parts:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-09-08/man-organs-storage-unit/57701534/1
Dr. Michael Berkland will be in court May 1, 2013, — to finally either accept the charges against him, or, there will be date set for Dr. Berkland to go on trial. The case number is: 2012CF004576, and information is available from the Pensacola Court at tel.# 850/595-4150. All court proceedings are a matter of public record.
“Lawrence doesn’t control them His colleagues were against the Drones during Bush.”
Well, Nena, Lawrence doesn’t control the Rand Paul or the tea baggers. Yet he had no qualms tweeting to highlight their “sick paranoia.” Hopefruit was right in pointing out the double standards. As grandma taught us “charity begins at home.”
Chips - If you’re lurking at any time today, here’s your cheer up song! I’m sending it with a big ol’ hug.
Say WHAAAAT!!! All my O’S, including the wonderful Ms Chips!!!!!! See, it really is a great getting up day in TOD town!!! Now, let’s all celebrate! Here we go, a one, and a two……..
So don’t yell at the kids blasting their loud music from the cars, join in!
I hope you paid attention all the way to the end. We’re gonna all do this in unison in a Soul Train line. Get to practicing!
cookemom - I’m still laughing so hard, I can barely type! You found the original Runaround Sue!
….and the original Sue, it seems.
I didn’t phrase it right, but that’s what I meant! Wonder if Dion knows. Sue’s still a hoot.
Oh yeah, I was the one who didn’t pick up your meaning. That’s my kinda Gana. Doesn’t care what the neighbors think, just doing her thing. I wonder if they ever actually left the driveway. You’ll notice another of her favorites came on and she was right back at it. What a kind granddaughter to have no problem enabling Gana to have fun!
Yes, those kind, sweet granddaughters abound!
I mean Nana, not Gana. I’m Gana to my grandkids. When the first one was born, I didn’t feel old enough to be called grandma, granny, or even Nana. So I went with Gana, which sounded kinda cool.
at the end of the video clip, did Nana say : “I could dance all F—-g day?
oh my, now I’m going to have to go back and watch it again. I sure hope that’s what she said. Go ‘head on Gana!
LOL! She’s great! That’s my kinda Nana! I wanna grow up to be just like her!
Oh God, this grand kid wants to “kill” her Nana!
That was very nice!!! Laughed my gut out
I “blame” FLOTUS for this dance crazy
ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLRIGHT NOW!!!!
That is so cute. Let’s Move dancing Granny. Get down with your bad self. FLOTUS would enjoy meeting her.
I bet Dancing Nana was something in her younger days.
Love this!—-Mucho! We used to stop the car when this song came on the radio and get out and dance!
Can’t stop waitching Nana — had to tweet this!
Have you seen this? What a bunch of charletons they are!
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/03/08/1690341/top-republicans-demand-that-obama-provide-coverage-to-people-with-pre-existing-conditions/
Just like the stimulus. Talk trash then write letters begging for more money. They know what PBO is good. They just can’t let their base know.
“They know what PBO’s doing is good.”
From wonderful Smartypants….pass this along:) MUST SEE
http://myscienceacademy.org/2013/02/08/22-random-acts-of-kindness/
Tweeted it!
sent a few tweets about need to focus on making gun manufacturers liable for their product. here is one
@VP republicans always argue that gov’t can’t pick & choose among businesses so #RevokeImmunityOfGunManufacturers & apply product liability
As was mentioned by Linda (not me) above this would require congress to over turn their law that gave gun manufacturers immunity (in senate s.397)
if anyone else is intrested in this issue, here is one suggestion of a harshtag to use
#RevokeImmunityOfGunManufacturers
As you know Linda, I’m a big fan of this approach - for many, many reasons. And, it should extend to ammo - the manufacturer, seller, purchaser and user — NOTE: the distinction for both guns and ammo - the owner/purchaser must have liability insurance as well as the USER of the gun and ammo, e.g., the father who buys the gun/ammo for the child who then fires the gun is no different, from a liability perspective in the legislative model being proposed than the parent who purchases an auto and then allows their children to drive it.
Thank you!!!
Yes We Can
True, you have been very focused on the issue of gun liability.
I wonder if congress and senate are so afraid to push (or ignore) this policy issue, can regular citizens try to do this using referundums on ballots and through the legal system?
dedicated ordinary citizens could use the model that was used for “big tobacco”
Indeed, the whole business in guns seems eerily similar. Like tobacco, the gun manufacturers have created a massive pile of uncompensated costs. Medical bills (often the people shot are young or poor with no insurance), Lost wages, prison building costs, funeral costs, cost of rehablilitation and disability afterwards. I haven’t even mentioned the costs of trials and police work. As we made the tobacco manufacturers pay the states back for those costs, the same needs to be done with guns, where the costs are often bigger and more damaging overall.
And their business model has made once poor-but-proud communities shooting galleries so bad that only the poorest of the poor and the very elderly live in them any more. The neighborhood I grew up in is an example. This neighborhood has plenty of old homes and apartments that could be rehabbed, but people move away because of the violence. Indeed, if it wasn’t for the violence, a lot of the people would move back in cheaper housing that they inherited from grandma, there would be viable stores again, and millions would save on the costs of commuting. Their business model has emptied out the cities, filled the cemeteries, decimated generations of minority men and kept racial and class animosity high. And they are just now being called into some kind of account, let alone having to pay monetarily their fair share of the costs they created, immune from criticism because of a mistaken interpretation of the SEcond Amendment. Toxic chemical sludge creators only with they were so lucky and immune.
Carol, you said this beautifully. I wish everyone had your perspective.
Linda & Carol, Could not agree with you more and will continue to press the issue, and will use tobacco to help focus the fact that potentially lethal products require severe constraints on access and use.
Thank you
Yes We Can
A start …
Yes We Can
Yes We Can
For you Chips. I know others have posted it in the previous two threads, but I think it should be posted in every thread until you return on Monday.
#FORWARD
Sweet
Bobfr. Just Brilliant. I agree 1001%.
Thank you Nena! Hope you are enjoying a lovely weekend.
#FORWARD
Beautiful, Bobfr. Thank you so much. HZ
As a catholic, I hope the church can use this opportunity to under go some much-needed reforms.
However, I suspect that this may not happen.
In fact, as I listen to many commentators declare the priorities that need to be addressed, I wonder why the issue of demanding celibacy is not also featuring.
At least SOME of the Cardinals who are so adamant against LGBT issues are locally known to be protecting priests who are in open relationships with women.
Mark my words, unless it is addressed, the issue of priests who abuse girls and/or women will one day be errupting. You see SOME of these Cardinals are engaged in moving offending priests from one parish to another
so brian williams will be protesting about this trip soon
Yes, I’m sure he will report the number of vehicles and agents wasting valuable money that could go to WH tours instead! POTUS should be under house arrest. Brian Williams is truly a disappointment and we deserve a public apology from him.
Truthfully, I think that’s what they want. Yes, America has elected a black man, but he’s supposed to be a hermit and let them pretend that things haven’t changed. I’ve seen this from the beginning. Remember back in 2009 when he and Michelle flew to New York for “date night”? I remember all of the squawking about that. And Michelle’s trip to Spain where she was warmly greeted by the King? And Malia’s school trip to Mexico? All of it has the same theme: how dare these black people be cultured, warmly accepted, and actually travel? A few jabs at Nancy Reagan’s china, or an occasional jab at the cost of clothes before, but never have I seen such a volume of petty criticism over a President’s lifestyle before.
And it’s not just the trips for pleasure either. Obama is supposed to just a figurehead. He shouldn’t reach out to the public and give speeches, travel for diplomacy or anything. In their view Obama should just shuffle papers, or just shuffle period.
Is it me, or do I think it’s a holdover from segregation times? Black people who traveled away from home, especially black veterans were often hassled just because they dared to show people that there were other ways to live than the segregated ways that were imposed on them.
Just many days ago, there was a post about David Gregory and the DC BW Journos…..Gregory was speaking for his colleagues and their dislike of pres Obama. That says it all.
For David Gregory to freely speak his mind, when NOT one singular utterance was said about GW Bush, even if some or many might have felt that way. That shows what this pres is up against today.
Nena, I never heard the DC media say anything like that about Bush or Cheney, even when they were talking about torture and the disgusting war in Iraq. Bush still got respect cause he was the white President.
Yep. The subliminal quiet racial animus against pres Obama continues. The DC belt Way pundits would die first than to admit it. But it is so Obvious to any one who has eyes. Chris Matthews sees it on the TBGOPers’ side, but has Never dared to ask that question against his Own colleagues.
Oh no! Do Lisa Myers and NBC News want to do a story about that . How dare the President go see his daughter play basketball and he won’t let anyone tour the White House.
globalcitizenlinda, great minds think alike. NBC probably have Chuck “GOP” Todd working on it right now.
A lot of these “news” stories result from a need to fill these 24-hour cycles. So nonsense becomes news. Opinions somehow turn into facts. The rush to report it first results in half or mis-information. Makes me long for the days of the 6 o’clock news where journalists concisely reported the news without all the punditry.
This is true, SW. The media have to keep blabbering on to fill up the hours. Personally, I find it too boring to endure and I suspect most people are too busy living their lives to care what beltway pundits say. I just can’t imagine a younger person or a busy family with young children, not to mention working couples and busy retirees having the time for all this chatter.
But they seem to spend 99.9% of that time blabbering about the President - dwelling on the most trivial about him. What he had for breakfast, Whether or not Malia is dating, When is FLOTUS going to cut her bangs, Did Bo pee on a fire hydrant. There are plenty things to blabber about the Republicans, but they simply refuse to and prefer to focus on trivialities with the President instead.
At the same time, they black him out when they should be covering him, and when it truly matters like his foreign country visits and global successes.
This might be a good song for FLOTUS to sing to the jackals, relating to what she and her family and Bo are up to, were she not so busy doing important things for our country!
{{{{Chips}}}}
Simply The best Chips.
THIS X 18million
Yes, indeed Dudette and Nena. HZ
Bingo! http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2013/03/09/cartoon-of-the-day-that-explains-it/
Yep! Tweeted it!
G’day y’all! Pretty nice being off the webz…. Keep those Lights all around Our Chipsticks, and our Beloved PBO!
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=PBO
Lovely name Pamela
- thanks for the candle reminder
Thank you, thank you, 99ts! I feel it does suit me quite well!
Good all. Remember clocks ahead tonite.
GROAN….
not at Sister Sledge (love them), but at the thought of losing an hour when I can ill-afford it.
Fear not. Things could be a lot worst, eh?
True…like Romney could be President.
Okay then - no more complaining about that silly little hr! Back to work!
Thank you. Gotta make sure the world is still turning, eh?
Go take a nap right now, then you’ll be ready for it!
I have found if I just go to be an hour early, I don’t even (really) notice (sorta)….
Yes .we.are.
Oh, as kind as these many thoughts are, I truly truly hope Chipsticks is NOT LURKING…. and Chips? If you ARE, you just may have to answer to MightyPamela one day, and you know what ‘she’ is like…. (a SheBear in human form)…. Ps: checking in might be permissible, but lurking is not really getting away, now is it? Yes I am quite serious! And on that note, I am outta here! Sun shining, birdies singing, quince, forsythia, plum, camellia, daffodils, japonica, all in bloom, stunning and spectacular! {{{{{{TOD}}}}}. {{{{{{PBO}}}}}}
Did I mention crocus?
http://www.mydestination.com/users/kelauni/bbb#.US-V0Fcnw2Q
Yep, that’s the link to my daily request for your votes! It’s for my #2 daughter, Kelauni, to win her dream job as travel correspondent and a nice wad of $$$$ to boot. So please, watch her video, and/or read her essay, then vote by clicking on any and all of the social media forums you use in the ‘Vote For This Entry’ box next to her video. Then, if you’d like, share her link with your friends. Many thanks!!!
Yes We Can
ab-so-clucking-lutely!!!
Good Day Everyone:-)
Gotta love Bette Midler..lol
“The Courageous Hire and the Timid Fire” Quote of the day!
Beautiful Day to our Chips and all of our TOD Family.
(((((((((((((((( Be loving and gentle in your spirit and space.)))))))))))))))))
Love you so dearly, Chips. Thanks for all that you do here for us. We love you and hope that you will rest and relax. This is our haven, and we will keep it beautiful for you.HZ
Love it, Kasai!!! Thanks for sharing!!
#FORWARD
You’re welcome my friend:-)
Obama to visit Argonne National Laboratory
By SUBURBAN LIFE MEDIA
Created: Friday, March 8, 2025 2:39 p.m. CST
President Barack Obama is set to visit Argonne National Laboratory on March 15 to talk about his energy policies.
According to media reports, the trip is to “focus on American energy.” The White House press office did not have any additional information about the visit.
Obama may discuss ongoing sequester cuts and other domestic issues, according to media reports.
Located just outside Darien and Lemont, Argonne National Laboratory is one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest national laboratories for scientific and engineering research.-/
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But but but Drones…
TY! Retweeted that one. Burns me when they do that!
Oh I wished I were a Boeing Drone, all the People would be afraid of me, and if I were a Boeing Drone, all the girls would be in love with RP!
Okay then.
Clean version [... my tweet, not Nana's potty mouth! ]
https://twitter.com/Dudette9t9/status/310501462419570688
did you hear the “bad word” at the end? she is something else
No one at TOD will be even a little surprised by Rand’s scam - typical libertarian charlatan (redundant, I know)
Yes We Can
Happy Saturday y’all. gonna take my Lil cousin (she’s 10) with me to see Oz The Great & Powerful. I figured she’d love it and she says I never take the girls anywhere…lol. my god kids as her brothers
Lawmakers: Spare our flight towers
By Keith Laing
The FAA says it needs to close 173 air traffic control towers next month due to sequestration.
http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/aviation/287103-lawmakers-push-back-on-faa-flight-tower-closures
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Tweet this to Brian Williams tell him to cover this?
That’s not important. The WH Tours are more important than planes crashing into each other because of lack of air traffic control personnel. That’s what Bri Wi tells me.
You do know that when the press starts to read Tea Bagger Talking points, that it’s passive aggressive behavior toward this President..
Sadly, they are mainstreaming Tea Bagger wackos, because the media does not like the President.
Indeed. Sadly, you are right.
Hey Jovie. Hope you are enjoying your Saturday. Please get a twitter account and have at it. You’ll do well and can get your own messages to @bwilliams and so many others. The more TODers on Twitter the better.
Cheers!
Bob
#FORWARD
Can’t, my I phone does not do Apps, it’s a family plan for Verizon and Mom has Password and don’t have a computer.
This will hurt and people will be angry. Our job is to direct that anger at Republicans in Congress, not at the president. The media won’t help, so it’s up to us. Today, my husband and I sent a newsletter to 500 people asking them to call the two Republican congressmen in our county and complain about the sequester. I’ve already called several times and left e-mail messages. If the phones ring enough times, they might start to take notice.
Hi JG!
I’ve been meaning to ask you if you saw my suggestion about showing the 2 most recent weekly PBO addresses at your monthly meeting instead of (or as well as?) copying the text for them. It could be a way to kick off or wrap up the meeting. I made the suggestion last week (?) when you shared that most of the attendees were not being exposed to these informational updates. Since then, I’ve also thought that you could even add the West Wing Weekly because they summarize PBO’s agenda and performance too. Copying is a good way to bring them the info, I know, but I was thinking that if they actually ‘SEE the Pres in action’ and know that this is really happening weekly, they may be more willing to seek out those weeks when there is no meeting. Even those seniors without computer access might may a push to visit the local library, or family, to see it for themselves.
Thanks for asking VC. We haven’t had the next meeting yet and I’m still struggling with “showing” the group the president’s address because there’s no tv in the room. I’m going to print out the address at first and get people interested enough that they’ll make an effort to go on line. A lot of the “older” people have computers in their homes because of children, grandchildren, even spouses. They just don’t use the computers themselves. They keep saying “someday” they’re going to try it, but someday never comes.
Thanks for responding, JG, and good luck! I suspect once you get them ‘turned on’ to the fact the speeches do exist you’ll have more and more of them tuning in.
Dudette, send NBC a email or tweet and ask them if they will be just as upset over the closing of the ATC towers as they were over WH tours.
That was perfect pitch. Thanks - R/Td.
Susan Rice as National Security Adviser? This is one “rumor” I hope is true. I know it was being discussed when the whole SOS kerfuffel was happening.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/susan-rice-as-national-security-adviser-un-ambassador-said-to-be-front-runner/2013/03/09/3e54feba-8383-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html?hpid=z2
We all knew that would be perfect fit for Her!
She’d be terrific!! Plus we get to watch her spank McCain’s ass in another confirmation hearing.
I don’t think the position needs Senate confirmation. Just shows his smart our President is.
You are right, taiping1. The position of National Security Advisor does not require Senate confirmation.
As I’ve always said, The President plays chess while everyone else is looking for the checker board.
The POTUS and Susan Rice can give a giant middle finger to McCain and his lady friend Graham.
Thanks, melanie. If true, she’d make a great addition to national security team. Hope it happens.
You’re welcome jackie. Apparently she would be just as if not more influential than Kerry.
25% of iowas energy comes from Wind. First state to achieve that goal.
Go Iowa, my home state!
Uh-oh Knoeller’s all worked up again:))
Has anyone heard the rumor that Jenifer Granholm might run for the Senate in Michigan? If she does run and if Ashley Judd goes against McConnell in Kentucky, we will have one amazing mid-term election season. And what a great lineup of Dem women senators this would be. If Ashley Judd and Jenifer Granholm joined with Elizabeth Warren and all our other great women Dem senators, the amount of truth telling and fighting spirit would make the Rand Pauls and Ted Cruz’s of the Senate looked like squealing pygmies (no offense to real pygmies) I’d do everything I could to make that great day happen.
I am so looking foward to Ms Judd & Ms Granholm joining the fight.
Ps, just before I read your apology tp the pygmies, I was going to “demand” one from you. I have seen real pygmies as they on rare occassions leave their forest dwellings & wonder into the villages - share a common border
And you would be right, global to demand an apology. I should have said shrieking monkeys. We all have a lot to learn from the endurance and survival skills of actual pygmies. I’m awed that they can still survive in today’s destructive world.
I heard granholm is being vetted for Sec of transportation.
Wherever she goes, she will make a positive contribution. She smart and hardworking and a strong supporter of PBO.
I was wondering why she wasn’t on “Current TV” any longer. She is feisty and will do well in whatever position she is given.
Great position for her. She knows her stuff and how to say it. I keep hoping he will find a high profile position for her.
~~~I can fight the use of words and phrases like “my country,” “illegal aliens,” or “go back to your home” that are thrown around at undocumented immigrants because they treat real live human beings as if they are anything less than a person, and remind my fellow Americans that our social, civil, and human rights are strengthened by offering them to all people — that all are deserving, or I continue to just be a white person who has an opinion when the issue comes to mind and is hollowly sympathetic.~~~
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I found this pieceto be profound
Tonight, President Obama will make his second appearance at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner, an exclusive Washington, D.C. fete featuring prominent journalists and politicians. TV coverage is prohibited.
Drat! No video!
after reading mark knoller’s tweet above, I was going to ask about TV coverage.
I prefer to see events live before the comments of MSM pollute them
He can’t go to the Gridiron Club Dinner, Brian Williams will be upset because there will be 20 car motorcade and who knows how many Secret Service agents who would be better running the WH tours instead of protecting POTUS.
One way to deal with that kind of bad-faith opposition is to draw the person in, treat them as if they were operating in good faith, and draw them into a conversation about how they actually would solve the problem. If they have nothing, it shows. And that’s not a tactic of bipartisan Washington idealists — it’s a hard-nosed tactic of community organizers, who are acutely aware of power and conflict.
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after reading this, I also read The Hill’s take on PBO’s outreach to gop
Just remembering that FLOTUS was expected at the International Women’s Day event - did I miss the video?
Okay. Time for an afternoon chuckle.
Grandma Still Drives — PRICELESS
Grandma is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car. She writes:
Dear Granddaughter,
The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a ‘Honk if you love Jesus’ bumper sticker.
I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting.
So, I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.
Boy, am I glad I did! What an uplifting experience followed.
I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good he is, and I didn’t notice that the light had changed.
It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn’t honked, I’d never have noticed.
I found that lots of people love Jesus!
While I was sitting there, the guy behind me started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, ‘For the love of God!’
‘Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!’
What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!
Everyone started honking!
I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people.
I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!
There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach.
I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air.
I asked my young teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant.
He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.
Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii , so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign right back.
My grandson burst out laughing.. Why, even he was enjoying this religious experience!
A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.
I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.
So, grinning, I waved at all my brothers and sisters, and drove on through the intersection.
I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared.
So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away. Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!
Will write again soon.
Love, Grandma
dyin’! oh my goodness. That was funny! thx
Ya gotta luv them Grannies, eh?
Almost sounds like Margaret or Helen, but they’re a little more swift! Ha!
For sure. I haven’t heard from them in quite awhile.
They’re restin’ their brains after the Inauguration, maybe? We need their voices!
Everyone needs to read this, as sad and horrific as it is—-all the gun deaths in just one random day in gun-crazed America…..
http://globegazette.com/news/national/deadly-day-names-and-lives-behind-gunshot-stats/article_a2dba53e-d7ed-5518-9be5-8c54fded5aaa.html
LOL! I see that Mark Knoller is getting extra agitated about that Giridon dinner tonight. He has put out over 5 tweets on that one topic in a relatively short time span.
Actually I kinda agree with Knoller on this one. It’s quite ironic that the beltway news media does not allow cameras at their event. They’re all for shedding light except when it’s shining on them.
He’s got 7 tweets about it - but the first 3 make it seem it was the President’s decision. He changes the tone in the later ones.
The Press are keen to eaves drop on the conversations of anyone with the President - except themselves.
But on the other side of the discussion - the devilish in me is thrilled that not even a press group wants to give access to the WHPC. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving group.
And reading those replies to Knoller - of course they are blaming the President - he should not speak where the WHPC is not allowed to be. So - as usual - it’s all the fault of the President because those who run the event do not allow it to be recorded!
The Press has NOTHING - but NOTHING with which to attack the President - so he must be doing all the bad things when they are not there. I just HATE their politics - every single day - where was the WHPC when George Bush and Colin Powell were LYING about WMDs
Oh, excuse me, I didn’t realize this was all Obama’s fault——as is everything.
It’s the magic wand - that the President has - he can do anything - he is just so mean that he doesn’t use it to meet every wish of the WHPC.
I’m sick and TIRED of these fucking racist emoprogs. We have to push back and it’s mandatory that we do so, promptly and aggressively.
Oh please, Katrina can talk to the hand. She is a pain in the arse. What utter nonsense. Talk about twisting yourself into a pretzel to find some way to blame President Obama. The purists will never ever be satisfied with anything that President Obama does. For them, he is always at fault or lacking in some way. It’s required because they always have to have something to complain about. They have to keep some issue in the hopper so that the whining never ends.
On cable Katrina VandenHeuvel hems and haws and can barely get out a coherent comment. If she ever manages to say anything remotely positive about PBO there is always a BUT at end. Actually, VandenHuevel reminds me a lot of Amy Goodman of Democracy Now (she’s more coherent). If she is broadcasting or on a panel, you can bet she will eventually get around to criticizing President Obama no matter what the topic is.
the one group that does note recognize their irrelevancy is that loud mouth bunch who refused to work hard for PBO’s re-election & he won handly without their help
hf2 - Among all your fine tweets, that was your finest.
“Obama Asked for it” - the President still wants to talk to these guys ( I would wipe them from my party list in quick order) - so this fool says he “asks to be attacked” because he understands the laws that the GOP passed to allow George Bush to rule the world?
To quote Stonekettle Station - as I do
“When legislators just like Rand Paul, acting in fear and rage and panic, passed the Patriot Act and the Protect America Act and a dozen other laws with secret provisions and draconian authority and have since continued to renew those very same laws, well, they gave the President those powers.”
The GOP love these laws when a dumb white republican is in power - but a smart black democrat - well a blah guy isn’t allowed to have the powers of the President - even if he is the President
Thanks to aspirational12 for telling the witch something she knows nothing about……the truth.
While I agree with Hopef’s sentiment and her telling vanden Heuvel she was sharing garbage, the thought was not originally Heuvel’s. Apparently she was endorsing Garrett Epps - the AUTHOR of the article with the same name.
‘Garrett Epps, a former reporter for The Washington Post, is a novelist and legal scholar. He teaches courses in constitutional law and creative writing for law students at the University of Baltimore and lives in Washington, D.C.’
All I would add here is that Epps was undoubtedly doing a ‘creative writing’ piece.
Whether or not the thought was hers originally - she wholeheartedly endorsed it by retyping the article’s headline as a tweet and linking it. Thankfully she got a tremendous amount of push back.
I agree she endorsed, Hf, but I was clarifying for those who might not have followed the link to the article. I myself initially thought those were her words. Knowledge is power, after all….plus teamwork.
I don’t want anyone to take us by surprise on twitter or wherever, all because we missed a bit of info that was readily available. Working with you, Ms Hf!
I see what you’re saying - no problem at all VC
Sorry, VC, but we really must stop finding excuses for people like Katrina Vanden Heuvel! The thought may not have been hers but she relished it and she enthusiastically shared it on tweeter. Katrina is not only an adult, but she is also a supposedly smart savvy publisher. She knew exactly what she was doing when she sent out that tweet.
Hello there, Nath! Clarification: ABSOLUTELY NO INTENT to find excuses for Ms vanden Heuvel - I couldn’t care less about her! EVERY INTENT to make sure WE HAVE the full story when we push back - AS SIMPLE AS THAT! For example, it helps me when I’m wording a tweet if I know what’s behind the origin of what I’m about to say. That’s usually one reason I follow most links to the source before tweeting. I’ve tweeted about stuff once or twice without looking back and then felt foolish because I got the ‘wrong angle’ - knowing what’s what as much as is possible helps minimize this happening. That’s all! Providing a wider picture, IMO, is part of our teamwork. If we each bring different pieces of the puzzle to the table then we all will get a finished product that fits more perfectly together. I thought Hf gave a very pertinent response to Ms vanden H. I really did. In addition, having followed the link, I wanted us to be aware of the Epps character (and his creative ownership) as well.
Thank you, thank you, hopefruit for this tweet pushing back against these privileged, holier than thou, progressives! Katrina VadenHeuvel’s tweet was pathetic.
LET’S HOPE THE REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO MAKE A STINK ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE TOURS.
Beltway bubble insulated from reality of sequester
By Greg Sargent
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The Huffington Post has put together a terrific collection of local news coverage of the sequester’s impact around the country — and contrasted it with Washington press coverage that treats the sequester mostly as political theatrics.
Definitely go watch the first video, a montage that creates a useful contrast: As Republican officials and D.C. commentators mock the White House for canceling tours, local TV stations are talking about lost jobs, local airport closings, and eliminated funding for public health, natural disaster relief, and hunger programs. The worst offender is probably Larry Kudlow, who smugly claims that the White House tour cancellation is “bush league” — a moment that is then followed by a local newscast about the possibility of rising unemployment causing rising need for food assistance.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/03/08/beltway-bubble-insulated-from-reality-of-sequester/
“bush league”………seems to me Bush cancelled White House tours for at least a year after 9/11 to emphasize the paranoia and fear he fomented!
I wondered if the ‘bush league’ comment was meant to have other connotations.
LH, the absolute irony of someone in the media calling the WH tour cancelling Bush League when it’s they themselves who are focusing on the most minor of details while the Sequester wreaks havoc on communities across the country. It’s Bush League to complain about the tree bark when the forest is burning. It’s Bush League to think everything that’s important in the world happens within the beltway. Local reporters around the country are rising to the challenge of reporting real news, while the DC elite media continue to be a national joke.
The Sequester Cuts’ Impact Goes Deeper Than White House Tours (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/08/the-sequester_n_2838259.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
6 Republican Talking Points That Economists Say Are Totally Bogus
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/08/republicans-economists-critical-issues-us_n_2766733.html?ir=Business
LIVE NOW: Guest Arrivals at the Gridiron Dinner. They don’t televise the event so we have to rely on Twitter for reporters tweets about Pres. Obama’s jokes.
http://www.c-span.org/Events/Gridiron-Dinner-Guest-Arrivals/10737438679/
does dinner start at 7?
I thought I saw someone who looked like Ms Helen Thomas being wheeled in
She’s the only person I recognized. Anyone see anyone else? Lots of people in that lobby don’t look like they’re on the way to any gridiron din.
Anyone else watching CSPAN coverage of “Gridiron Dinner Guest Arrivals”?
Has everyone already arrived?
It sure looks like it. Not much activity.
Yeah, they’re probably already done with the salad course!
For the real discussion on Rand Paul & drones - Jim at Stonekettle - has no peer
“When legislators just like Rand Paul, acting in fear and rage and panic, passed the Patriot Act and the Protect America Act and a dozen other laws with secret provisions and draconian authority and have since continued to renew those very same laws, well, they gave the President those powers. ”
http://www.stonekettle.com/2013/03/droning-on-and-on.html
Why is it so hard for media pundits to investigate and write what is real - rather than what the GOP think should be real?
many are focused on only hurting PBO - the truth doesn’t matter if it can’t cause harm
He is planning to run against Boehner. If he makes a solid case then everyone in the Nation who isn’t a rwnj/teabagger/serf should support him.
Yes We Can
pls remind us of this person latter if and when he announces. I live at a close distance where I can volunteer for any Dem who wants to replace cry baby aka orangeman
Will do, Linda!
Linda, suggest you read this:
https://www.facebook.com/AndrewHounshellForCongress
And, you may want to reach out to him and see if you like what he has to say.
Thank you.
#FORWARD
Let’s see if he responds ….
Yes We Can
*serf*
Good one.
Bob, if this guy is half way sane, decent and responsible, he would be a huge improvement over Boehner and would get a lot of support.
Agree, Jackie. Let’s see how he aligns with OFA. That will tells us much!!!
#FORWARD
Cool!!!!
retweeted!
I am going directly to the naughty mat and sparing TOD my reaction to this photo.
I will join you there.
SI was having lots of fun with this - I think they named PBO at number 44 because they new this would make the O-hater go ballistic
Love this!
GOPolitico’s loveliness, Donovan Slack, seemed irked that President Obama was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the most powerful in sports. She said, “Go figure”. Miz Slack always seems completely dumbfounded that President Obama is recognized and admired in any respect.
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/03/sports-illustrated-names-obama-one-of-the-most-powerful-158904.html
this is going to make rightwingers lose whatever is left of their smal minds
But the MSM, PL, etc told me that it was teh Blacks who were opposed….
Young Republicans…..?????Isn’t that an oxymoron?
Unbelievable and nauseating—-the lowest of the most disgusting low attack Zerlina Maxwell
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/03/this_is_a_kind_of.php
Yes it is. Let’s see all the liberals who jumped to defend Rand Paul….
disgusting! the attacks on her make wish I knew how to identify these hater-mongers who hide behind anonymous names.
these attacks also are not much different from the crap that Ms Chips was recently subjected to.
Progressives are such a disappointment, they really piss me off sometimes. I don’t want them to forget they are the reason we have the Republicans in control of the House, they need to shut the hell up anyway, remember 2010. If they had as much passion for 2010 elections as they do for being against the drones, the Dems would be in control of the House.
I will never forgive Ed Schultz for telling PL to stay home in 2010.
I think it’s fashionable now for people to call themselves progressives, but few people have taken time to study the history of the Progressive movement; and in particular the attitude of past progressives, such as President’s Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, on the issues of race and racism.
Lots of cyber stalking and vicious attacks - and this illustrates well what Chips receives - but perhaps it is worse when he does not show how vile he is on twitter & pretends to be from the left.
I was away from TOD for a few days. I’m so sorry to hear that Ms. Chips was accosted by a low life nut. All of us TODers love her and will be here for her when she returns. You are so appreciated Ms. Chips.
waiting for more joked from this
A small town prosecuting attorney called his first witness to the stand in a trial, a grandmotherly, elderly woman. He approached her and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know me?”
She responded, “Why, yes, I do know you Mr. Williams. I’ve known you since you were a young boy. And frankly, you’ve been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you’re a rising big shot when you haven’t the brains to realize you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.”
The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, “Mrs. Williams, do you know the defense attorney?”
She again replied, “Why, yes I do. I’ve known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. I used to baby-sit him for his parents. And he, too, has been a real disappointment to me. He’s lazy, bigoted, he has a drinking problem. The man can’t build a normal relationship with anyone and his law practice is one of the shoddiest in the entire state. Yes, I know him.”
At this point, the judge called both counselors to the bench. In a very quiet voice, he said with menace, “If either of you asks her if she knows me, you’ll be jailed for contempt!”
LOL
ha!
I washed and detailed my car today. What was I thinking? I would have been safer here on TOD! And, of course, rain is moving in. So, there is the whole story.
Here’s the real-life mom (and toddler) behind the “Honest Toddler” Twitter personality that many of us have come to enjoy
// Bunmi Laditan, The Honest Toddler Creator, On Her Twitter Success And Real Life As A Mom //
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/03/bunmi-laditan-honest-toddler_n_2798448.html
OMG. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/09/gunmakers-cops-protest/1975697/
THIS IS HILARIOUS….
Somewhere an @emptywheel Is Missing Its Hamster: New Frontiers in Obama Derangement Syndrome UPDATE: Now with More ODS
by Allan
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So it appears that right-wingers are furious that John Brennan was sworn in on a copy of the Constitution instead of on a Bible. They’re argle-bargling about this in their own fetid corner of the interwebs.
But a special subspecies of Obama-haters is laser focused not on the use of the Constitution, but specifically on the edition that was used.
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When you focus on a symbolic nontroversy over something the Obama administration has or has not done that you believe reveals nefarious intent and/or criminal stupidity, you may be suffering from Obama Derangement Syndrome.
Also: when you are taking the same side on that symbolic nontroversy as The Weekly Standard and the Moonie Washington Times, you may be suffering from Obama Derangement Syndrome.
Seek help.
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http://angryblackladychronicles.com/2013/03/09/somewhere-an-emptywheel-is-missing-its-hamster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=somewhere-an-emptywheel-is-missing-its-hamster
Perfect tweet - just perfect. Thanks for bringing it here Bobfr
The truth is not something the gun lovers like to discuss.
Happy to do so, 99. And, yes, the truth for gun nuts is no different than light to roaches.
Oh the image - when I was 20 with a friend I moved into my first apartment - turning the light on at 1am - made up move out pronto!
“made us”
As amk would say: Egg.Zack.Lee
For some strange reason
I was flipping through the blog mistress’ timeline and saw this…. she really enjoyed it when Maryl first shared it! 
That’s so cool!
Just a thought, but “Coming Up Monday” post only has 100+ comments…if you get my drift! Who wants to move over there?
You mean the “Coming up Today” thread? I’m game. I linked it here
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/03/07/coming-up-today/#comments
HEH! So true.
By the way we’re moving to this thread - has fewer comments so folks can access it more easily
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/03/07/coming-up-today/#comments
Thanks.
Hi Utal, just wishing you a ‘good game’ for tomorrow.
TODobots, off to bed myself so I won’t feel the lost hour too strongly tomorrow. G’Night all.
g’nite vc. Sleep tite. Don’t let Rand Paul bite.
don’t let Rand Paul bite, Ha Ha. If that lying phony ass even try it come down on him with a drone.
Thanks VC!
Hi TODers,
Just wanted to share this hilarious moment with ya’ll. I’m at a party and right this moment we’re doing an out of sync electric slide. Reminded me so much of FLOTUS and Jimmy Fallon.
Ok gotta go dance the night away. They have another favorite song on right now. Nite!
This video may be a repeat, but it’s definitely worth repeating…
Antonio Banderas - Stop Violence Against Women Now!
Though it’s Politico, it’s definitely worth clicking on the transcript of the President’s total annihilation of the beltway nut jobs (aka #NEWSTAINERS, aka MSN serfs, aka … JERKS) …
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/president-obama-gridiron-club-dinner-speech-2013-full-text-transcript-88654_Page2.html
Here’s just a tidbit …
“Now I’m sure that you’ve noticed that there’s somebody very special in my life who is missing tonight, somebody who has always got my back, stands with me no matter what and gives me hope no matter how dark things seem. So tonight, I want to publicly thank my rock, my foundation — thank you, Nate Silver. (Laughter.)”
#TrustBarack - He’s Earned It …. and is easily a replacement for Jay Leno if he ever wants the job
Bob, the party has MOVED ————> http://theobamadiary.com/2013/03/07/coming-up-today/#comments
Hi Bob
I found you here - and didn’t notice that your link started at page 2. Well - the speech is wonderful read in any direction - the man is an absolute delight - the world knows that - beyond anything the media or the GOP tries to say otherwise.
Hello Hello and ByeBye! If a new thread mysteriously shows up, I’ll be back, this one is hard to manage! Have a really good day!
Keep the home fires burning: http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=PBO