The Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League are going with the kilt look tonight http://t.co/gYeHXZC1dy (via @jffbkr)— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) March 17, 2013
Sorry all i got is Rupee’s and dosa mix…..I just deposited it in your paypal account, but it will not be available funds, until I find out you didnt send me to a site w/ a trojan horse.
I want to discuss each of these ideas separately. The debates hurt the Republicans because their candidates were far outside of the mainstream. Rick Santorum is not a normal politician. Michele Bachmann is a space cadet. Rick Perry is a moron. Newt Gingrich is a very strange individual. Ron Paul is not really a Republican. Herman Cain is just silly. In combination, those candidates were more like a circus act than people offering a serious critique of the president’s policies. In 2004 and in 2008, the Democratic debates, which were also numerous, didn’t hurt the party at all. In fact, they hurt President Bush because the candidates were offering substantive critiques and the news organizations were covering those critiques and taking them seriously. The Democrats weren’t discussing birth certificates or the implementation of Sharia Law or anything equivalently detached from reality.
After the 2008 Victory by sen Obama, the righties complained that the many debates by Dems made that win possible for it energized pres-elect Obama’s Dem Base. So in 2011, TBGOPers had numerous debates. Now after another loss, they now blame the debates for their loss. Not one Journo reminded these people what they said and what the Media themselves said as well. I remember, the righties smirking saying that the lengthy debates and primaries would be a loss for Dems. They said that the division between Senators Obama and Clinton camps were so HUGE that reconciliation was impossible. We had PUMAs. Heck that was why John McCain picked Sarah Palin. Now they think that many of Us have forgotten all that took place?
Well, if the TBGOPers delusional fog and the MSM’s codependency continues, heck 2016, may it go as 2008 and 2012.
Nena you are exactly right. The Republican party will never grow or evolve appropriately because they repeatedly fail to accurately diagnose their own weaknesses (which are many and profound) and do something about them. And unfortunately, they have the corrupt media coddling/enabling them and never allowing them to experience the full consequences of that failure.
Someone had tweeted that at the CPAC meeting, there was no consensus on why Romney lost in 2012. Well, duh!?! When you spend 3 whole days focusing on nonsense like Obama’s teleprompter or birth certificate, featuring washed-up, has beens like Donald Trump and/or Sarah Palin as the main events, there is no reflection on where the party went wrong and why they just lost a major election after spending billions to win.
Let us keep wishing that Karma continues to reward their wishes with the same Results from 2008 and 2012. 1992 and 1996. 2000 was great too. Scalia and Rehnquist took the Victory from Al Gore to GW Bush.
May the TBGOPers continue with their turmoil confused state of misery.
After spending nearly $6B to try and defeat ONE Black Man……the Billionaires didn’t say enough and ask for TBGOPers to account for the defeat. Sheldon Aderlson said he is prepared to spend more. So may they continue to spend and May they keep getting the Very same result………Losing.
Love those pictures of people laughing. Living with a charming, loving Irishman, those pictures pretty well depict our every day lives.
At the end of the church service today, the pastor gave us the Irish blessing as our benediction. I’d like to share it with all TODers.
May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hole you in the palm of HIs hand.
I don’t know what’s wrong. I just thought you took a break. Many blessings and prayers to you. Those who pitched in were wonderful. Take care of yourself.
A St Patrick’s Day wish for all. Thanks to Chips and all the intrepid warriors of TOD, especially our associate blog mistresses and masters! Lovely Plains, amk, Liberal Librarian, UTAustinLiberal aka @NerdyWonka. What a great community to be part of. G Just finished Sotomayor’s My Beloved World. Very moving. I was struck by similarities with PBO, especially the emphasis on listening. The talent for maintaining large interlocking communities of friends and supporters. The commitment to service and to making the world better.
Funny Definition Of “Liberties” You Have There, Rand Paul
Posted by Zandar
Sen. Rand Paul is nothing more than a misogynist Tea Party douchebag like the rest of the Republican party’s “conservatives”. The use of sweeping federal power to outlaw choice is fine, as long as it’s used against groups that don’t include the subset of white Republican male senators.
FREEDOM! Or some such bullshit. Honestly, the guy’s SUCH a fraud.
White supremacist, libertarian Rand Paul the darling of #CPAC. The Party of Lincoln, Teddy & Ike is not only dead, it's forgotten. @Lawrence— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) March 17, 2013
I received this e-mail earlier today and have seen similar ones before though never in this light. If any of this is true, the American people are being thoroughly SCREWED! I wonder why this isn’t a big deal with the MSM? Sorry for the rant.
Who died before they collected Social Security?
KEEP PASSING THIS AROUND UNTIL EVERY ONE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT…
THIS IS SURE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT!!!!
THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH THE GOVERNMENT’S CALCULATION OF AVAILABLE SOCIAL SECURITY IS THEY FORGOT TO FIGURE IN THE PEOPLE WHO DIED BEFORE THEY EVER COLLECTED A SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK!!!
WHERE DID THAT MONEY GO?
Remember, not only did you and I contribute to Social Security but your employer did, too.
It totaled 15% of your income before taxes.
If you averaged only $30K over your working life, that’s close to $220,500.
Read that again.
Did you see where the Government paid in one single penny?
We are talking about the money you and your employer put in a Government bank to insure you and I that we would have a retirement check from the money we put in, not the Government.
Now they are calling the money we put in an entitlement when we reach the age to take it back.
If you calculate the future invested value of $4,500 per year (yours & your employer’s contribution) at a simple 5% interest (less than what the Government pays on the money that it borrows), after 49 years of working you’d
have $892,919.98.
If you took out only 3% per year, you’d receive $26,787.60 per year and it would last better than 30 years (until you’re 95 if you retire at age 65) and that’s with no interest paid on that final amount on deposit!
If you bought an annuity and it paid 4% per year, you’d have a lifetime income of $2,976.40 per month.
Another thing with me…. I have two deceased husbands who died in their 50′s, (one was 51 and the other one was 59 before one percent of their social security could be drawn.
I worked all my life and am drawing 100% on my own social security).
Their S.S. money will never have one cent drawn from what they paid into S.S. all their lives.
THE FOLKS IN WASHINGTON HAVE PULLED OFF A BIGGER PONZI SCHEME THAN BERNIE MADOFF EVER DID.
Entitlement my foot, I paid cash for my social security insurance!
Just because they borrowed the money for other government spending, doesn’t make my benefits some kind of charity or handout!!
Now that’s welfare, and they have the nerve to call my social security retirement payments entitlements?
We’re “broke” and we can’t help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, or Homeless.
They call Social Security and Medicare an entitlement even though most of us have been paying for it all our working lives, and now, when it’s time for us to collect, the government is running out of money.
Why did the government borrow from it in the first place?
It was supposed to be in a locked box, not part of the general fund.
Even though I saw amk’s notification that his new thread would begin at 4pm TOD time, I, being on West Coast time found myself still commenting a few minutes ago….on the wrong thread! LOL!!!!
After white supremacists crashed the #CPAC2013 Racial Tolerance session, everyone was relieved there wasn't a Rape Prevention session.— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) March 17, 2013
hope that after PBO’s trip to Isreal, he and Dems totally ignore the circus on debt reduction through cuts or grand bargain because, the gop will just obstruct farther
instead focus should turn on PBO’s main agenda including gun-control, immigration, climate change, civil rights/voting rights and especially job-creation.
If more people are working, the revenues from taxes will go a long way in dealing with some of the debt issues
As long as the sequester is in place the cuts it made will continue to punish our citizens. We need to cancel the sequester.
How could it be moral to continue to legislate as though nothing terrible was happening?
I think Ignoring the cuts are only possible for people not affected by them.
Maybe I am misunderstanding you,globalcitizenlinda. I am sure you mean well.
What I am trying to say is that the gop is just wasting the Presidents time and will NEVER agree to a “grand bargain” because they insist on no new revenues/taxes. it is also hard to see how Dems agree to destruction of safety net without shared sacrifice from the corporations & rich individuals. so by spending the bulk of PBO’s time on reducing debt, the gop is using this tactic to run out the clock on other avenues through which more jobs would be created and other changes in policies which are also critical.
definitely the sequester MUST be cancelled because it is very destructive to so many ppl many of whom have so little to begin with and its also doing really damage to current & future economy.
I am just puzzled that there seems to be very little protesting activity from people who are most hurt directly by the sequester. Lack of vocal opposition to Sequester really frustrates me – it seems that people have hidden their heads in the sand and are all looking to PBO to solve this issue.
It is us, the people, who can make this group of gop take notice of the harm the sequester is doing nationally by making very loud noises. you can see that the lazy media is focused on cancellation of White House Tours just because the rightwing media is focing the issue through obnoxious protests.
Maybe it is because they are just tired after working a long day for a shitty salary, but they have mouths to feed, homework to check, and then just fall into bed so weary and wake up to start another day.
ALEC. Again. I wrote about this yesterday on their model bills that are in legislatures all over the country…and told you that if THEY have a model bill that they would design the bill in favor of industry and corporations…NEVER the people. Case in point….hope you have a strong stomach.
although many have reported that both PBO & BDF VP will be out of the US at the same time, I suspect that the timing may be altered in such a way that PBO leaves after VP touches down.
tf not then wouldn’t the implication be that cry baby orange man would be in charge of domestic US? who dares to entrust him with the Presidency?
I believe the president doesn’t leave until Wed, the mass is on Tuesday, and the way time works, VP Biden could get on the plane and be back by late Tuesday evening. I’m sure that is all planned out. These people leave nothing to chance. Remember…..VP Biden doesn’t have to go through security at the Rome airport!
The President, so long as he is not incapacitated, remains in control no matter where he is in the world. In other words, he is still the one who makes final decisions, both affecting domestic and foreign issues, regardless of whether he is in the air or on the ground any where in the world. The only time you should be concerned is if both the President and Vice President are incapacitated. That’s the only time “cry baby orange man” would be any where near the Presidency and “in charge of domestic US.” Obviously it’s good optics to have the VP home whenever the President is abroad. But understand that the VP cannot exercise the powers of the Presidency just because the President is abroad.
You know it’s time for March Madness. I wonder if POTUS have selected his NCAA Final Four Basketball Bracket yet? I will check with ESPN to see if he will pick his final four .
For #GWB it was yellow cake to justify his illegal war on Iraq; for #GOP it's 'debt' to justify destroying our Economy. Pattern? @whitehouse— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) March 18, 2013
When invading countries – especially Afghanistan – world leaders should read of the Irish struggle against the English. They NEVER gave up – despite millions being starved to death. Many left the famine and immigrated to the US, Australia & other far flung places – but they still fought against an unjust invasion and tyrannical rule.
Only 34% of high-achieving students in bottom 1/4 of income attend one of 238 top colleges. Among wealthiest 1/4? 78% nyti.ms/ZIRAtv— The lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) March 17, 2013
If I were PBO, I’d do just as he did for the GOP lunch last week and skip as many of these meals as possible on this Middle East trip. Forget about any suggestions of insulting the hosts and chefs. Netanyahu and his compadres cannot be trusted. This trip generally isn’t exactly feeling safe to me. PBO better watch his back until he’s safely back at the White House.
All caught up now with the St Paddy’s fun…. it has been a good day! The Vernal Equinox will be upon us this Wednesday, the 20th of March, 2013, at 7:02am EDT. That is, of course, 0 degrees in the sign of Aries. Signing off now, y’all be well! Hugs all around, and thank you for the great blog posts!
The Cr is fur march 27th, the bill is in the senate, 1 amendment has passed thus far by voice vote so it has to go back to the house, whenever the senate is done.
Then, on May 19th, the Republicans are asking for an additional 1 trillion in spending cuts, or we do not borrow any more money.
About 1 trillion dollars of monthly obligations would be canceled.
The Republicans don’t care…
Shame on @CNN @NBC @ABC @CBS> On Sequestration>You spent more time reporting on WH Tours than the impact it has on poor folks & head start.— Kasai (@Kahsai) March 17, 2013
I just saw the article on NBC innovation. I think that was the initial prototype….and if you notice in the video, he said he hoped to have it functioning in 3 years. I think they may be at that point now….The reference a *new* model,where the article is saying they hope to have a ” 25-kilowatt version of the prototype ready by the end of the year.” This this is so proprietary that I think they are scared Big Oil will try to destroy it. I am under the assumption they dont want anyone getting close to what they are finalizing in their development stage. I have a research paper to work on the next few days….but plan to follow up. Looks like Satish Udpa, Dean of Engineering http://www.egr.msu.edu/ares/ is the guy to contact if you are interested.
Yes, I would have expected them to have a full report by the end of 2012 given the interval from the award of the grant which he is describing in the video filmed in 2009. Thank you.
Brava Kasai. This morning when I checked MSNBC.com – their top headlines featured CPAC and Sarah Palin calling the President a liar. And they bill themselves as a “Lean Forward” station with a viewership of mostly democrats and progressives.
Thanks HopeFruit….I am sick of them…and will point out their lies at every chance I get….Media is the biggest contributor in dividing our country while pimping GOP lies…no wonder they feel comfortable in doing nothing.
Just dumping hate on their black President. The only country that seems to despise their President because of the color of his skin – I never imagined anything like this continual effort to cause him grief could ever happen in America – that the media supported a man like Romney adds insult to injury – horrible, “privileged” people – protecting their greed. Many are blaming it on “boomers” – this is not boomers this is racist hate.
Palin appears once every six months to raise some money for Palin Inc – and the media lap it up. It would seem they are more compicit than Palin in allowing her to rob her supporters blind. Days of CPAC and then the usual liars on the Sunday TV – I would hope they all implode – except for the fact that they will take the 47% into further poverty and misery.
isn’t it pitiful that what the half-term governor is doing is clearly stealing from the poor rightwingers who blindly contribute their money to support her garbage.
among the many many many things I am proud of about PBO is the way he ignores her antics – he does not give her the time of day & she clearly craves this to a level that is beyonf obssession
Even the crazy coot #cpac pushed the #TundraTwit to the bottom of the rotten apples barrel while 3rd rate 4th estate had star bursts.— (@amk4obama) March 18, 2013
So true Linda – i remember one interview when someone decided to stir & asked about Palin – PBO said something like “I never think of her”. The only time the President spoke of Mrs Palin was to say this
“Sen. Barack Obama said firmly that families are off-limits in the campaign for president, reacting to news that GOP running mate Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. “Let me be as clear as possible,” Obama said. “I think people’s families are off-limits, and people’s children are especially off-limits. This shouldn’t be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin’s performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president.”
Sarah Palin should have got down on her knees and thanked him – the whole discussion about Palin’s children could have become very ugly. PBO stopped it before it started.
My view – those children were massively involved in Sarah’s politics – not in a good way – but the President is a much kinder person that I will ever be.
i remember this very clearly – PBO defend her family & her children & it once again demonstrated WHY he is a far better human being than I will ever be.
I can bet that this nitwit would not hesitate to attack PBO’s children
#gop shilling US media are now cheering an illegal war against americans just like they cheered an illegal war against Iraqis 10 years ago.— (@amk4obama) March 18, 2013
I was going to tweet something about this but just find it so disgusting it’s just impossible to avoid profanity which is something, in my own tweets, I do everything I can to avoid.
What is this????? Every time I think we’ve reached the bottom in the anti-Obama junk, there’s a new low—–and this is it. The popular The Bible series has Satan as an Obama look-alike. This is just unbelievable—–beyond, beyond revolting.
Frankly, he doesn’t look like him to me. Let’s admit it……it’s the color that makes people like Glenn Beck say that…..yes, I read the tweets, and one of them was his. I think the producers were very nasty casting a person of color as Satan……I have not watched this series, and now will not. I’ve been very suspicious of the goals of the people producing this. They were here in Oklahoma to push it, and Oklahoma is home to the huge majority of fundamentalist right wing religios. One interesting note….at lunch today with our daughter, son-in-law and his family, two of them have watched it, and they said what they noticed was how DIRTY everyone looked! Hair is long and greasy, no one is beautiful….so at least that is more realistic. They mentioned several people, but especially King David. Our son-in-law’s mom said her picture of David had always been Gregory Peck, gorgeous man, in David and Bathsheba…….but in this series, they are not beautiful at all. She especially remarked about David’s stringy, greasy hair…….
On another note. Today I wrote the evening news of NBC, CBS and ABC telling them we expect FULL and Complete coverage of the President’s trip this week. That means objective facts, not half-baked opinions of some reporters, and pictures! I reminded NBC that when GWB went, we were forcefed pictures of him all the time. I doubt it will make much difference, but it felt good to say what I did.
So why is the devil so dark? It’s the color of bad people! I certainly agree as to who will watch this show – fairy stories for the dumb and ignorant. Add in a devil played by a black man – and still more will watch. History is not bible stories – they are fiction.
“it’s the color that makes people like Glenn Beck say that…” So why is the history channel running a show that depicts satan as a black man? I don’t know about you, but as far as I am concerned that image looks like President Obama. Simply put: it’s a disgusting subliminal message!
I agree nathkatun7. This was clearly designed to look like the President – whether or not some people actually think it looks like him is beside the point. Most racist people will immediately see the resemblance and accept the desired message.
“Most racist people will immediately see the resemblance and accept the desired message.”
Exactly, hopefruit2! The danger, of course, is that this will further inflame the racist passionate hatred of the President. But now they can hide behind a supposedly reputable History Channel. This is similar to what happened in response to Reconstruction that enfranchised Black males, who then went on to be elected in record numbers. What used to be a fringe terrorist movement’s (the KKK) determination to restore white supremacy was legitimized by the motion picture: “The Birth of the Nation,” which was produced by respected people, and was highly praised by the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, who proclaimed that it was true “History written in lightening.” The movie, “The Birth of the Nation” not only legitimized the KKK, but It also legitimized the idea that it was a mistake to have made Black people citizens and allowed them the right to vote and the right to run for elective office. What I saw in that image is a similar subliminal message, which thought to convey the idea that Americans, and especially deluded white folks, elected a Satan President.
Thankfully, we now have many sources of information so the message being sent can be easily debunked.
I’m with you, nathkatun. When I first saw the picture, I jumped. It was done deliberately – no doubt in my mind. People are all over it on Twitter. Just deleted all my recordings of future segments. I’m not just speechless over this … I’m feeling sick to my stomach because IT NEVER ENDS. Enough.
You are absolutely right, JOB! Like you, I think this was deliberate! Surely people running the history channel are not that stupid not to realize what they were doing when they racialized the image of satan and then went further by making him resemble the President. Like you, I’ve had enough with all these subliminal racist messages being spread by the so called respectable media. Thankfully, there are alert people on this blog who are not easily fooled.
So seriously did they make this actor darker or was the actor a Black man with make-up looking sinister? I have no doubt that it is possible that the make-up artist might have made it and modeled it to look like a “Barack”? The producers of that show are a husband and wife team…..the wife, the lady that did a show about an Angel with Della Reese. She is English and a bit of a rightie. Yes, Touch With An Angel was the name of the show. If she and her husband did this, may they both go to Blazes.
Sometimes it gets harder and harder to put up with the stuff that’s going on, based purely on racism. Every week, every damn day. I’m going to say several prayers tonight that God keeps His arms around President Obama, and that our President continues being the best example of goodness we have in this country.
“President Obama visit for us is it’s really special, because it’s not another president, it’s as one of the workers said here: ‘It’s the president of the world’. And also concerning the volume of work that we are investing in, we are investing much more work and effort, comparing to any other visit.”
Was George Bush ever under pressure to have women, hispanics and african americans in his cabinet or is it only the black guy who has to share the love around? Pffft I miss Snark Knoller.
@markknoller – Was dubya or any other whitey prez under such "pressure" ? After all, they are from the fucking majority. #bwidjit.— (@amk4obama) March 18, 2013
Well I assumed it’s a tail – but that’s my take – I find him cute – and I don’t think a rape victim would be taking such a picture if it was anything else.
Just in time for PBO’s visit to Israel, it is clear that the MSM is going to again go with the gop premise & set this trip as POTUS vs Israel.
Already, a glance at a few recent headlines from the US media include (ps, I am not the one who omits PBO’s title – PBO disrespect is uniform in media):
“Isreal to grill Obama on …” ;
“For Obama, trip is a chance to repair relations with disappointed Israelis
‘J’lem to ask Obama to stop Syria arms transfers’
“We love Israel, but Israelis don’t like Obama”
‘Obama will Pressure, but Israel Should Politely Refuse’
headlines with alternative points of view/emphasis include:
“President Obama plans listening mission in Israel, West Bank”
“Oren: Obama’s agenda aims to combat Jewish history deniers”
“Obama to Appeal to Israelis in Trip”
“Hoenlein expects Obama to win over Israeli people”
The CPAC Straw Poll look funny to me from the last thread. The total came to 124%
How did they conduct that Poll? Their calculation must be really skewed?
The righties are fuzzy that way where data and figures are concerned?
Rand Paul – 25%
Marco Rubio – 23%
Rick Santorum – 8%
Chris Christie – 7%
Paul Ryan – 6%
Scott Walker – 5%
Ben Carson – 4%
Ted Cruz – 4%
Bobby Jindal – 3%
Sarah Palin – 3%
Other – 34%
Undecided 2%
WaPo has others as 14% an undecided 1% – and they still add to 103 – when most folks round statistics they at least get a balance at the end or explain why not. I find it interesting that most don’t say how many people voted. Somewhere I read there were less than 3000 – and if they all so loved Sarah’s speech – why doesn’t she get the votes?
I am so happy for my “Home-Girl” from Ethiopia I am in tears…(I heard WH demanded she dine with Obama ) I love the man!
>> Life often changes fast. Miss Israel was orphaned in Ethiopia and was brought to Israel. She worked in a dress shop until she was crowned. Next week, she will dine with Obama at Peres’ official home.
Kasai: She is absolutely beautiful! I am so glad she speaks her mind truthfully. Every day our President makes history. So let the haters keep hating……history is being made for the world to see. What a wonderful time to be alive!
Our share market dropped 2% today – presumably had a lot to do with Cyprus & Europe – but the GOP enforcing the sequester cannot but help the economies to head downwards. After listening to the Morgan Bank inquiry late last week – I’m wondering what these “too big” banks are currently planning.
The deepest place in the ocean is teeming with microscopic life, a study suggests.
An international team of scientists found that the very bottom of the Mariana Trench, which lies almost 11km (7 miles) down in the Pacific Ocean, had high levels of microbial activity.
The research is published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
The underwater canyon was once thought to be too hostile an environment for life to exist.
But this study adds to a growing body of evidence that a range of creatures can cope with the near-freezing temperatures, immense pressures and complete darkness.
….
They were feasting on a plentiful supply of dead plants and creatures that had drifted down from the sea surface, the decomposing matter becoming trapped within the steep walls of the trench.
“The amount of food down there and also the relative freshness of the material is surprisingly high – it seems to be surprisingly nutritious,” said Dr Turnewitsch.
The level of material found at the bottom of the trench was so high that it suggests the Mariana Trench – which is in an area of the ocean known as the Hadal zone – could play a key part in the carbon cycle and therefore in regulating the planet’s climate.
I am looking forward to when he arrives there. Between work, school, parents, I haven’t had too much time but I do glance in from time to time late nite.
I suppose that I became a tad obsessive and went look for more information on the CPAC Straw Poll in 2013.
Here is what I found after several searches:
By Michael FalconeThe Washington Times and conducted by the GOP firm, Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates.
Here’s a rundown of the top 2013 CPAC straw poll finishers:
Ky. Sen. Rand Paul — 25 percent
Fla. Sen. Marco Rubio — 23 percent
Other/Write-in — 14 percent
Former Pa. Sen. Rick Santorum — 8 percent
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie — 7 percent
Wis. Congressman Paul Ryan — 6 percent
Wis. Gov. Scott Walker — 5 percent
Neurosurgeon Ben Carson — 4 percent
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — 4 percent
La. Gov. Bobby Jindal — 3 percent
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — 3 percent
Undecided — 1 percent
this time the fuzzy Math is closer. 102% way better than 124% Hmm?
Haven’t YOU PEOPLE figured it out yet ? You see, those who belittle pres Obama and underestimate the POTUS constantly, are always assuming and falsely asserting that pres Obama is doing, acting or emoting anything for some one else is/are either pressuring him, directing him or instructing him. You see, his pigmentation limits his ability to think, relate and to decide by himself.
It is ONLY VP Biden, who can build relationships with McConnell or John Boehner.
It is Only Clinton that can save him and afforded him a 2nd term by saving the Dem Convention.
It is Scott Pouty that saved the debates and 47% won him the election.
It was GW Bush’s Torture, oops, Interrogation Techniques that eliminated OBL.
It was Hillary that righted our respectability in the world.
Etc, etc, etc.
The more the media finds PBO is well respected & loved. They find creative way to tarnish his image..@TheHistoryChannel banned in my house— Kasai (@Kahsai) March 18, 2013
I am saddened and sickened with this antic by the history channel. What is the matter with “these people”? Just disgusting! And gets the rwnj base all riled up again. Did they think they were losing some?
Thanks Bob for your heroic fight to spread the TRUTH by challenging the lazy and unethical corporate media. Thank god the so called mainstream media no longer have absolute monopoly on dissemination of news and information. It’s voices like yours that keep spreading the truth, which has helped many of us reject the MSM propaganda.
Please get all the rest you can, because we need you to keep leading the fight for sanity and TRUTH.
AMK, Thanks for this wonderful thread and for keeping TOD going while Chips takes a break. You, Lovely Plains, Utaustinliberal and Liberal Librarian have truly shined. Chips must be proud of all of you.
Isn’t The Bible, with Obama as Satan—-I don’t see how anyone could deny the resemblance—-being aired on Lifetime also? I saw a promotion there and thought I saw it airing there once when I was channel surfing—–clicked away fast but I swear I saw it there. Something’s amiss—–like changes at Discovery and their Palin obsession etc.—–conservative media buying up all these outlets? Like they are with all the radio stations—–including in my area in Illinois? Even Animal Planet—-which I used to love—–because I love animals—–has changed and is now mostly about animals as beasts and attackers and the enemy——-I’m assuming to make hunting more palatable with the masses. Conservatives are buying up all the media—-making it a tough fight—-control the message, control the population. This dirty deed by The Bible directors/producers is so blatant and they should be sued/shut down.
The cons across the sea managed to defang the new press monitoring council that was supposed to stop the rupies style of gutter journalism. The right wing everywhere owes its existence to the moneyed class.
To anyone outside Westminster this must all sound like not so much a dance, but more like an enthusiastic disco on the head of a pin.
It boils down to how to set up a new system for regulating the newspapers that is respected, but not seen to be a law that undermines the freedom of the press.
After months of talks and hours before a crunch Commons vote, a few buckets of midnight oil were burnt to bring the political parties very close to a deal.
David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg will speak this morning to nail it down.
Government sources say officially there isn’t a deal yet because complexity and half two in the morning are not comfortable companions and the Prime Minister wasn’t at those nocturnal negotiations anyway.
Labour are claiming there will be a Royal Charter underpinned by law. But Conservatives say it is merely a clause that will say the Charter can’t be amended.
Or to put it another way, when is statutory underpinning not statutory underpinning? Let that disco begin.
“Buying up all the media……control the message, control the population…..” This has been the conservation plan for many years. I first learned about it reading David Brock’s “The Republican Noise Machine.” He spells out their entire “revolution plans” in that book and it was written many years ago. He (former Republican) was heavily involved in the gathering info against the Clinton’s, especially when they were in Arkansas. He came ‘clean’ and also came ‘out’ (gay) and, I believe has redeemed himself. He started Media Matters and I think, has done a good job with it.
Once I saw who was producing this….Roma Downey and her husband, I knew this production was not to be trusted. I remember Roma Downey from way back on Touched By an Angel with Della Reese. She is a far right evangelical fundamentalist, who will bend the production to her peculiar beliefs. I don’t know anything about her husband, but they were in Oklahoma last week promoting this, and Oklahoma is ripe for this kind of thing. It will only reinforce all the ugly prejudices.
This kind of program is certainly not needed now. Next the RWNJs will be calling for that to be shown in schools! Sad.
If there is one thing I stay away from, it’s “religious” programming. Cannot stomach it, and I was brought up in a minister’s home. Most of this stuff is total perversion.
And I see they have a whole money-making production to go along with this—-t-shirts, trinkets, companion books etc. I don’t see how they can get away with this—–this is defamation of the POTUS and worse. It seems to me there should be some legal way to stop this, but I imagine that would bring about a whole new level of brouhaha and support. If the evangelicals went wild about chick fil a, I can imagine what they would do with the halting of “The Bible”. It’s beyond belief and beyond despicable to me that this kind of manipulation is allowed to transpire. And I saw that this series has high ratings—-lots of people seeing an Obama devil.
GOP out w/a 98-page rpt on what went wrong in 2012. It says Repub party is just "stuffy old men." (they forgot to add "white")— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) March 18, 2013
Actually, if it was just stuffy old (white) men, that would be an improvement on what the Repub Party really is—–a collection of the whackiest of whackjob nutjobs——those that live on the outer fringes in crazy land with no connection to truth or reality.
This is great but saying so 10 years after the damage is done is not really helping us. The Media right now is extremely critical and disapproving of our current President for ALL the WRONG reasons – while allowing the GOP to get away with murder. So articles like these bring me very little to no comfort, because the same thing is being done today by the media where GOP is concerned.
@DavidCornDC – And the same set of clowns are there till today & still doing the same thing – mislead, spin and outright lie to the public.— (@amk4obama) March 18, 2013
The MSM (if it still exists) is also ignoring the 10 year anniversary – they don’t want to remind anyone of what they did – and what they continue to do.
Socially media is getting the better of them in every way hopefruit. They are losing their power big time. The tweets hitting CNN and Crowley and Harlow at the minute are a prime example.
Yes they are literally becoming unhinged with the fear of losing their power. But we must not let up and continue to expose and correct them until they implode.
Partway through reading it – Why does Bill Kristol still have a place in the media – he has got nothing right in the past – forever – and there he is at the forefront of those WMD. A democrat gets one thing wrong – and he/she is attacked from all angles – GOP pundits – go on lying, cheating and on the wrong side of history – with never a correction, never an apology.
Yup, and that’s exactly amk’s point. The same old dinosaurs who gave us 8 years of GWB and enabled his destruction of the country are still dominating the MSM to this day – and doing the same things, which are ignoring the GOP completely while focusing on all kinds of irrelevancies with PBO (just look at Mark Knoller’s tweets for e.g.).
Thank you so much, amk:) You really did a great job…as did all the others that stepped up to fill in for Chips while she took a much deserved rest. What a wonderful gift this was for her….
LL…thinking of you and wifey today and knowing that everything will be just fine. New journey coming….sending you both good thoughts and wishing for her speedy recovery and a new life.
Boarding the Amtrack with @aggieh24 as we set off for DC to continue "St Patrick's Month Celebrations" in the States— Henry Healy (@henryhealy) March 18, 2013
Good morning, Chips! Everyone here.
My posts are acting whacky and my iPad is acting like a GOP……crazy, niwit, batshit crazy! Spelling aul things wrong like a teaKKK bagger.
And it is not 10:00, yet. Have so much to do, people to see. What a day this will be.
But with all that, praying PRESIDENT Obama has a safe trip going and coming. I cannot stand it when he is referred to as Obama!
I have tried to reason with this and make light of it, but I must be transparent……it really, really pisses me off!
Okay. Now, I feel better. Let the day begin!
Love these!
Congrats Proud.
I love this pic!
Little Malia and Sasha! Blessed man. How can one man be so blessed!
🍀 Congrats 🍀 proud 🍀
you up tryant?
we tyrants never sleep. Nevah.
You watch UFC? Nate Diaz vs. GSP about to start….. I got a free link if you want……save 50bucks, you know how desi’s roll
we injuns never watch murkan
bloodsports. Nevah.Ya you better stick to cricket, your DNA is unsuitable for any actual physical activity……….
I am very good at stick cricket. (google it)
Running after rickshas w/ your broom does not count……
Well in keeping w/ the SPD spirit………
great happy laughing photos up top! thanks amk
Decency & Laughter, kore of kenyan korps.
May the road rise to meet your feet! May you be in heaven 5 minutes before the devil knows you’re dead. Happy SPD.
beepee whines about gulf coast settlements.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21814732
Your reign is over tyrant!!!!!!! lasted 1/2 hour. hahaha
Heh, better than the proverbial 15 minutes.
In all seriousness you are going to have to show me how to HTML IMG tags next weekend…….
upload the pic (from your ‘puter or from another site) here.
http://tinypic.com/index.php
Enter the anti-spam code.
After it uploads, copy the “HTML for Websites” (the one begins with a href) and paste inside the thread (as a reply to someone or as a new post).
That’ll be 10,000 bucks (no, in dollars).
Sorry all i got is Rupee’s and dosa mix…..I just deposited it in your paypal account, but it will not be available funds, until I find out you didnt send me to a site w/ a trojan horse.
In this day & age, all sites are trojan horses, dood.
That’ll be another 10,000.
why the irish dance that way…..
slainte!
Luv it 🍀🍀🍀🍀
Misdiagnosing the Problem
by BooMan
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I want to discuss each of these ideas separately. The debates hurt the Republicans because their candidates were far outside of the mainstream. Rick Santorum is not a normal politician. Michele Bachmann is a space cadet. Rick Perry is a moron. Newt Gingrich is a very strange individual. Ron Paul is not really a Republican. Herman Cain is just silly. In combination, those candidates were more like a circus act than people offering a serious critique of the president’s policies. In 2004 and in 2008, the Democratic debates, which were also numerous, didn’t hurt the party at all. In fact, they hurt President Bush because the candidates were offering substantive critiques and the news organizations were covering those critiques and taking them seriously. The Democrats weren’t discussing birth certificates or the implementation of Sharia Law or anything equivalently detached from reality.
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http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2013/3/17/152752/877
Just read this before I saw that you’d posted it here. I agree.
After the 2008 Victory by sen Obama, the righties complained that the many debates by Dems made that win possible for it energized pres-elect Obama’s Dem Base. So in 2011, TBGOPers had numerous debates. Now after another loss, they now blame the debates for their loss. Not one Journo reminded these people what they said and what the Media themselves said as well. I remember, the righties smirking saying that the lengthy debates and primaries would be a loss for Dems. They said that the division between Senators Obama and Clinton camps were so HUGE that reconciliation was impossible. We had PUMAs. Heck that was why John McCain picked Sarah Palin. Now they think that many of Us have forgotten all that took place?
Well, if the TBGOPers delusional fog and the MSM’s codependency continues, heck 2016, may it go as 2008 and 2012.
Nena you are exactly right. The Republican party will never grow or evolve appropriately because they repeatedly fail to accurately diagnose their own weaknesses (which are many and profound) and do something about them. And unfortunately, they have the corrupt media coddling/enabling them and never allowing them to experience the full consequences of that failure.
Someone had tweeted that at the CPAC meeting, there was no consensus on why Romney lost in 2012. Well, duh!?! When you spend 3 whole days focusing on nonsense like Obama’s teleprompter or birth certificate, featuring washed-up, has beens like Donald Trump and/or Sarah Palin as the main events, there is no reflection on where the party went wrong and why they just lost a major election after spending billions to win.
HF, You are so right.
Let us keep wishing that Karma continues to reward their wishes with the same Results from 2008 and 2012. 1992 and 1996. 2000 was great too. Scalia and Rehnquist took the Victory from Al Gore to GW Bush.
May the TBGOPers continue with their turmoil confused state of misery.
After spending nearly $6B to try and defeat ONE Black Man……the Billionaires didn’t say enough and ask for TBGOPers to account for the defeat. Sheldon Aderlson said he is prepared to spend more. So may they continue to spend and May they keep getting the Very same result………Losing.
Love those pictures of people laughing. Living with a charming, loving Irishman, those pictures pretty well depict our every day lives.
At the end of the church service today, the pastor gave us the Irish blessing as our benediction. I’d like to share it with all TODers.
May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hole you in the palm of HIs hand.
Wonderful!
Just finished lunch…🍀🍀🍀
🍀 You are all invited to lunch anytime! 🍀
Chips,
I don’t know what’s wrong. I just thought you took a break. Many blessings and prayers to you. Those who pitched in were wonderful. Take care of yourself.
A St Patrick’s Day wish for all. Thanks to Chips and all the intrepid warriors of TOD, especially our associate blog mistresses and masters! Lovely Plains, amk, Liberal Librarian, UTAustinLiberal aka @NerdyWonka. What a great community to be part of. G Just finished Sotomayor’s My Beloved World. Very moving. I was struck by similarities with PBO, especially the emphasis on listening. The talent for maintaining large interlocking communities of friends and supporters. The commitment to service and to making the world better.
I love this, taiping! Thanks for this…how true:)
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okay, now i’m confused.
http://zandarvts.blogspot.com/2013/03/funny-definition-of-liberties-you-have.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ZVTS+%28Zandar+Versus+The+Stupid%29
Funny Definition Of “Liberties” You Have There, Rand Paul
Posted by Zandar
Sen. Rand Paul is nothing more than a misogynist Tea Party douchebag like the rest of the Republican party’s “conservatives”. The use of sweeping federal power to outlaw choice is fine, as long as it’s used against groups that don’t include the subset of white Republican male senators.
FREEDOM! Or some such bullshit. Honestly, the guy’s SUCH a fraud.
More. http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/03/17/that-word-libertarian/
Simply …
#FORWARD
Seriously. A. Fraud.
I agree Rand Paul ain’t worth crap
Amk, Great Job
Thank You and Happy SPD to you too
Ok, where are my scifi geeks?! I just saw President Laura Roslin at my local Ralph’s! Mary McDonnell in the house!
She’s beautiful:) I guess you probably noticed that part:)
I received this e-mail earlier today and have seen similar ones before though never in this light. If any of this is true, the American people are being thoroughly SCREWED! I wonder why this isn’t a big deal with the MSM? Sorry for the rant.
Who died before they collected Social Security?
KEEP PASSING THIS AROUND UNTIL EVERY ONE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT…
THIS IS SURE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT!!!!
THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH THE GOVERNMENT’S CALCULATION OF AVAILABLE SOCIAL SECURITY IS THEY FORGOT TO FIGURE IN THE PEOPLE WHO DIED BEFORE THEY EVER COLLECTED A SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK!!!
WHERE DID THAT MONEY GO?
Remember, not only did you and I contribute to Social Security but your employer did, too.
It totaled 15% of your income before taxes.
If you averaged only $30K over your working life, that’s close to $220,500.
Read that again.
Did you see where the Government paid in one single penny?
We are talking about the money you and your employer put in a Government bank to insure you and I that we would have a retirement check from the money we put in, not the Government.
Now they are calling the money we put in an entitlement when we reach the age to take it back.
If you calculate the future invested value of $4,500 per year (yours & your employer’s contribution) at a simple 5% interest (less than what the Government pays on the money that it borrows), after 49 years of working you’d
have $892,919.98.
If you took out only 3% per year, you’d receive $26,787.60 per year and it would last better than 30 years (until you’re 95 if you retire at age 65) and that’s with no interest paid on that final amount on deposit!
If you bought an annuity and it paid 4% per year, you’d have a lifetime income of $2,976.40 per month.
Another thing with me…. I have two deceased husbands who died in their 50′s, (one was 51 and the other one was 59 before one percent of their social security could be drawn.
I worked all my life and am drawing 100% on my own social security).
Their S.S. money will never have one cent drawn from what they paid into S.S. all their lives.
THE FOLKS IN WASHINGTON HAVE PULLED OFF A BIGGER PONZI SCHEME THAN BERNIE MADOFF EVER DID.
Entitlement my foot, I paid cash for my social security insurance!
Just because they borrowed the money for other government spending, doesn’t make my benefits some kind of charity or handout!!
Remember Congressional benefits? — free healthcare, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days.
Now that’s welfare, and they have the nerve to call my social security retirement payments entitlements?
We’re “broke” and we can’t help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, or Homeless.
They call Social Security and Medicare an entitlement even though most of us have been paying for it all our working lives, and now, when it’s time for us to collect, the government is running out of money.
Why did the government borrow from it in the first place?
It was supposed to be in a locked box, not part of the general fund.
Sad isn’t it.
🍀🍀🍀🍀 I’ve seen it my box. I’m sorry, I think I forgot to share it. Steam was coming out my ears. 🍀🍀🍀🍀
Oh Good Grief Charlie Brown!
Even though I saw amk’s notification that his new thread would begin at 4pm TOD time, I, being on West Coast time found myself still commenting a few minutes ago….on the wrong thread! LOL!!!!
A sad reflection – not really humor because it’s true.
hope that after PBO’s trip to Isreal, he and Dems totally ignore the circus on debt reduction through cuts or grand bargain because, the gop will just obstruct farther
instead focus should turn on PBO’s main agenda including gun-control, immigration, climate change, civil rights/voting rights and especially job-creation.
If more people are working, the revenues from taxes will go a long way in dealing with some of the debt issues
🍀 My answer to everyone today. 🍀
As long as the sequester is in place the cuts it made will continue to punish our citizens. We need to cancel the sequester.
How could it be moral to continue to legislate as though nothing terrible was happening?
I think Ignoring the cuts are only possible for people not affected by them.
Maybe I am misunderstanding you,globalcitizenlinda. I am sure you mean well.
true my thoughts are not clear as should be.
What I am trying to say is that the gop is just wasting the Presidents time and will NEVER agree to a “grand bargain” because they insist on no new revenues/taxes. it is also hard to see how Dems agree to destruction of safety net without shared sacrifice from the corporations & rich individuals. so by spending the bulk of PBO’s time on reducing debt, the gop is using this tactic to run out the clock on other avenues through which more jobs would be created and other changes in policies which are also critical.
definitely the sequester MUST be cancelled because it is very destructive to so many ppl many of whom have so little to begin with and its also doing really damage to current & future economy.
I am just puzzled that there seems to be very little protesting activity from people who are most hurt directly by the sequester. Lack of vocal opposition to Sequester really frustrates me – it seems that people have hidden their heads in the sand and are all looking to PBO to solve this issue.
It is us, the people, who can make this group of gop take notice of the harm the sequester is doing nationally by making very loud noises. you can see that the lazy media is focused on cancellation of White House Tours just because the rightwing media is focing the issue through obnoxious protests.
Maybe it is because they are just tired after working a long day for a shitty salary, but they have mouths to feed, homework to check, and then just fall into bed so weary and wake up to start another day.
ALEC. Again. I wrote about this yesterday on their model bills that are in legislatures all over the country…and told you that if THEY have a model bill that they would design the bill in favor of industry and corporations…NEVER the people. Case in point….hope you have a strong stomach.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2013/03/17/alec-meatpoultry-industries-state-bills-target-farm-animal-abuse-videos-revealing-calves-skinned-alive-cows-suffocated/
although many have reported that both PBO & BDF VP will be out of the US at the same time, I suspect that the timing may be altered in such a way that PBO leaves after VP touches down.
tf not then wouldn’t the implication be that cry baby orange man would be in charge of domestic US? who dares to entrust him with the Presidency?
I believe the president doesn’t leave until Wed, the mass is on Tuesday, and the way time works, VP Biden could get on the plane and be back by late Tuesday evening. I’m sure that is all planned out. These people leave nothing to chance. Remember…..VP Biden doesn’t have to go through security at the Rome airport!
my thoughts were same as yours when I first read the reports speculating this.
breathing a sigh of relief.
The President, so long as he is not incapacitated, remains in control no matter where he is in the world. In other words, he is still the one who makes final decisions, both affecting domestic and foreign issues, regardless of whether he is in the air or on the ground any where in the world. The only time you should be concerned is if both the President and Vice President are incapacitated. That’s the only time “cry baby orange man” would be any where near the Presidency and “in charge of domestic US.” Obviously it’s good optics to have the VP home whenever the President is abroad. But understand that the VP cannot exercise the powers of the Presidency just because the President is abroad.
thank God for this – I just shudder to think that cry baby orange man is third in line
http//twitter.com/Yardarm756DD/status/313419646340587521
FABULOUS!!! PLEASE PASS THIS AROUND!!! h/t Political Carnival
A great video for CPAC and the Republicans.
As if it would make any difference to that racists party.
I like it A Lot. Thank You very much.
You know it’s time for March Madness. I wonder if POTUS have selected his NCAA Final Four Basketball Bracket yet? I will check with ESPN to see if he will pick his final four .
It is Madness in March they say. A jungle out there:
I hear Guns and Roses
I saw this at smartypants today.
May I remind you: Amos Lee.
Quite Nice
Rafa Nadal wins Indian Wells.
Congrats Rafa
After the first set, he looked very strong.
Happy SPD Everyone:-)
Hope the Beautiful community..of TOD is enjoying this day! You make the world proud!
XOXOXOXOX
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/03/17/1732291/colorado-sheriffs-threaten-not-to-enforce-their-own-states-gun-laws/
THIS!
http://www.alternet.org/stop-freaking-out-about-debt-5-reasons-there-no-debt-crisis
Those who have Joe Scarborough’s twitter account should remind him to equally mock Boehner and Ryan as he had mocked Pres Obama and Leader Pelosi.
Great cartoon…. http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/blog-archives/2013/03/the-pot-of-gold.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pot-of-gold
Candy Crowley….what can be said?
Not one supporting tweet – all negative
https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%40crowleyCNN&src=typd
When invading countries – especially Afghanistan – world leaders should read of the Irish struggle against the English. They NEVER gave up – despite millions being starved to death. Many left the famine and immigrated to the US, Australia & other far flung places – but they still fought against an unjust invasion and tyrannical rule.
loves this article – source of laughter amongst very important issues ranging between Israel & Palestine
If I were PBO, I’d do just as he did for the GOP lunch last week and skip as many of these meals as possible on this Middle East trip. Forget about any suggestions of insulting the hosts and chefs. Netanyahu and his compadres cannot be trusted. This trip generally isn’t exactly feeling safe to me. PBO better watch his back until he’s safely back at the White House.
All caught up now with the St Paddy’s fun…. it has been a good day! The Vernal Equinox will be upon us this Wednesday, the 20th of March, 2013, at 7:02am EDT. That is, of course, 0 degrees in the sign of Aries. Signing off now, y’all be well! Hugs all around, and thank you for the great blog posts!
G’nite Mighty One. Sleep tite. Don’t let Boehner bite.
The Cr is fur march 27th, the bill is in the senate, 1 amendment has passed thus far by voice vote so it has to go back to the house, whenever the senate is done.
Then, on May 19th, the Republicans are asking for an additional 1 trillion in spending cuts, or we do not borrow any more money.
About 1 trillion dollars of monthly obligations would be canceled.
The Republicans don’t care…
So sick of Media..Enough!
thanks for this. I will re-tweet yours. I sent a message to each with similar theme. we need to let them know that their priorities are insulting
Thanks so much…We are the Media:-)
More of PBO’s failed stimulus….and that pesky physicist Steven Chu at energy.
LP, since that video was made in 2009, it would be interesting to know if Professor Mueller has achieved his goal. Have you contacted him and asked?
Thank you for the video!!
#FORWARD
I just saw the article on NBC innovation. I think that was the initial prototype….and if you notice in the video, he said he hoped to have it functioning in 3 years. I think they may be at that point now….The reference a *new* model,where the article is saying they hope to have a ” 25-kilowatt version of the prototype ready by the end of the year.” This this is so proprietary that I think they are scared Big Oil will try to destroy it. I am under the assumption they dont want anyone getting close to what they are finalizing in their development stage. I have a research paper to work on the next few days….but plan to follow up. Looks like Satish Udpa, Dean of Engineering http://www.egr.msu.edu/ares/ is the guy to contact if you are interested.
Yes, I would have expected them to have a full report by the end of 2012 given the interval from the award of the grant which he is describing in the video filmed in 2009. Thank you.
Today I am not holding back at the Media…for misinforming the country about the mess GOP put as in..while the blame PBO for everything that moves!
Brava Kasai. This morning when I checked MSNBC.com – their top headlines featured CPAC and Sarah Palin calling the President a liar. And they bill themselves as a “Lean Forward” station with a viewership of mostly democrats and progressives.
Thanks HopeFruit….I am sick of them…and will point out their lies at every chance I get….Media is the biggest contributor in dividing our country while pimping GOP lies…no wonder they feel comfortable in doing nothing.
Just dumping hate on their black President. The only country that seems to despise their President because of the color of his skin – I never imagined anything like this continual effort to cause him grief could ever happen in America – that the media supported a man like Romney adds insult to injury – horrible, “privileged” people – protecting their greed. Many are blaming it on “boomers” – this is not boomers this is racist hate.
Love will always Win:-) Haters>>Karma is just around the corner….Believe that!
It never comes enuff to suit me.
Palin appears once every six months to raise some money for Palin Inc – and the media lap it up. It would seem they are more compicit than Palin in allowing her to rob her supporters blind. Days of CPAC and then the usual liars on the Sunday TV – I would hope they all implode – except for the fact that they will take the 47% into further poverty and misery.
isn’t it pitiful that what the half-term governor is doing is clearly stealing from the poor rightwingers who blindly contribute their money to support her garbage.
among the many many many things I am proud of about PBO is the way he ignores her antics – he does not give her the time of day & she clearly craves this to a level that is beyonf obssession
So true Linda – i remember one interview when someone decided to stir & asked about Palin – PBO said something like “I never think of her”. The only time the President spoke of Mrs Palin was to say this
“Sen. Barack Obama said firmly that families are off-limits in the campaign for president, reacting to news that GOP running mate Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. “Let me be as clear as possible,” Obama said. “I think people’s families are off-limits, and people’s children are especially off-limits. This shouldn’t be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin’s performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president.”
http://articles.cnn.com/2008-09-01/politics/obama.palin_1_bristol-palin-sarah-palin-illinois-senator?_s=PM:POLITICS
Sarah Palin should have got down on her knees and thanked him – the whole discussion about Palin’s children could have become very ugly. PBO stopped it before it started.
My view – those children were massively involved in Sarah’s politics – not in a good way – but the President is a much kinder person that I will ever be.
i remember this very clearly – PBO defend her family & her children & it once again demonstrated WHY he is a far better human being than I will ever be.
I can bet that this nitwit would not hesitate to attack PBO’s children
This.!
Yep! And my best friend is “Google”!
Hell I can be a journo.If English was my first language..lol!
aggravating how the media ignores facts and uses gop-talking points
Great tweet, Kasai! I am so proud of TOD tweeters! Keep up the good work of exposing our failed corporate media.
Thank you Nathkatun:-)
You are most welcome, Kasai! Thank you for your great work in pushing back against lies.
Amazing.
I bet you the reaction by Crowley and the other CNN pundits would have been much different if the 16-years-old boys were people of color.
One of them IS of “color”…..I guess it would be too obvious if they did not show sympathy for both boys.
I was going to tweet something about this but just find it so disgusting it’s just impossible to avoid profanity which is something, in my own tweets, I do everything I can to avoid.
What is this????? Every time I think we’ve reached the bottom in the anti-Obama junk, there’s a new low—–and this is it. The popular The Bible series has Satan as an Obama look-alike. This is just unbelievable—–beyond, beyond revolting.
This is ridiculous. I wonder if this was done on purpose? I have been recording this series but I have not watched any of the episodes yet.
I don’t think religion belongs on a history channel – it is fiction – in particular the old testament – I prefer real history done by historians.
- and yes – of course it is deliberate – who is more likely to watch this show? The religious right.
Amen!
Frankly, he doesn’t look like him to me. Let’s admit it……it’s the color that makes people like Glenn Beck say that…..yes, I read the tweets, and one of them was his. I think the producers were very nasty casting a person of color as Satan……I have not watched this series, and now will not. I’ve been very suspicious of the goals of the people producing this. They were here in Oklahoma to push it, and Oklahoma is home to the huge majority of fundamentalist right wing religios. One interesting note….at lunch today with our daughter, son-in-law and his family, two of them have watched it, and they said what they noticed was how DIRTY everyone looked! Hair is long and greasy, no one is beautiful….so at least that is more realistic. They mentioned several people, but especially King David. Our son-in-law’s mom said her picture of David had always been Gregory Peck, gorgeous man, in David and Bathsheba…….but in this series, they are not beautiful at all. She especially remarked about David’s stringy, greasy hair…….
On another note. Today I wrote the evening news of NBC, CBS and ABC telling them we expect FULL and Complete coverage of the President’s trip this week. That means objective facts, not half-baked opinions of some reporters, and pictures! I reminded NBC that when GWB went, we were forcefed pictures of him all the time. I doubt it will make much difference, but it felt good to say what I did.
So why is the devil so dark? It’s the color of bad people! I certainly agree as to who will watch this show – fairy stories for the dumb and ignorant. Add in a devil played by a black man – and still more will watch. History is not bible stories – they are fiction.
Won’t they be shocked to see a dark skinned Jesus sitting next to God…..before they’re sent down to hell to be with the Devil.
AMEN!!!!! I WANNA SEE THAT. while I am up above with a ring side seat.
“it’s the color that makes people like Glenn Beck say that…” So why is the history channel running a show that depicts satan as a black man? I don’t know about you, but as far as I am concerned that image looks like President Obama. Simply put: it’s a disgusting subliminal message!
I agree nathkatun7. This was clearly designed to look like the President – whether or not some people actually think it looks like him is beside the point. Most racist people will immediately see the resemblance and accept the desired message.
“Most racist people will immediately see the resemblance and accept the desired message.”
Exactly, hopefruit2! The danger, of course, is that this will further inflame the racist passionate hatred of the President. But now they can hide behind a supposedly reputable History Channel. This is similar to what happened in response to Reconstruction that enfranchised Black males, who then went on to be elected in record numbers. What used to be a fringe terrorist movement’s (the KKK) determination to restore white supremacy was legitimized by the motion picture: “The Birth of the Nation,” which was produced by respected people, and was highly praised by the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, who proclaimed that it was true “History written in lightening.” The movie, “The Birth of the Nation” not only legitimized the KKK, but It also legitimized the idea that it was a mistake to have made Black people citizens and allowed them the right to vote and the right to run for elective office. What I saw in that image is a similar subliminal message, which thought to convey the idea that Americans, and especially deluded white folks, elected a Satan President.
Thankfully, we now have many sources of information so the message being sent can be easily debunked.
meant to say “racists”
I get so mad – the words come out mixed up – what you said is what I wanted to say – thank you
Thank you 99ts because what you said and the questions you asked prompted me to offer my two cents.
I’m with you, nathkatun. When I first saw the picture, I jumped. It was done deliberately – no doubt in my mind. People are all over it on Twitter. Just deleted all my recordings of future segments. I’m not just speechless over this … I’m feeling sick to my stomach because IT NEVER ENDS. Enough.
You are absolutely right, JOB! Like you, I think this was deliberate! Surely people running the history channel are not that stupid not to realize what they were doing when they racialized the image of satan and then went further by making him resemble the President. Like you, I’ve had enough with all these subliminal racist messages being spread by the so called respectable media. Thankfully, there are alert people on this blog who are not easily fooled.
Just getting back on the blog – I think I heard today that there were 70,000 tweets last night against this “racial” depiction of Satan!
So seriously did they make this actor darker or was the actor a Black man with make-up looking sinister? I have no doubt that it is possible that the make-up artist might have made it and modeled it to look like a “Barack”? The producers of that show are a husband and wife team…..the wife, the lady that did a show about an Angel with Della Reese. She is English and a bit of a rightie. Yes, Touch With An Angel was the name of the show. If she and her husband did this, may they both go to Blazes.
Yes, they clearly made up the character to resemble an older, cruder version of President – but that’s the idea they wanted to convey all the same….
Indeed! It’s unmistakable as far I am concerned. And I looked at with eye glasses on.
new week, new challenges.
Sometimes it gets harder and harder to put up with the stuff that’s going on, based purely on racism. Every week, every damn day. I’m going to say several prayers tonight that God keeps His arms around President Obama, and that our President continues being the best example of goodness we have in this country.
“President Obama visit for us is it’s really special, because it’s not another president, it’s as one of the workers said here: ‘It’s the president of the world’. And also concerning the volume of work that we are investing in, we are investing much more work and effort, comparing to any other visit.”
http://jn1.tv/video/israel/israel-prepares-for-president-obama-s-visit.html
Concern Troll Mark Knoller is concerned.
Was George Bush ever under pressure to have women, hispanics and african americans in his cabinet or is it only the black guy who has to share the love around? Pffft I miss Snark Knoller.
Your command of the language is about perfect – thanks amk
I hope this shows up – no idea who this is – picked up from tweets to crowley – I think a rape victim – this is too cute
Well I assumed it’s a tail – but that’s my take – I find him cute – and I don’t think a rape victim would be taking such a picture if it was anything else.
Just in time for PBO’s visit to Israel, it is clear that the MSM is going to again go with the gop premise & set this trip as POTUS vs Israel.
Already, a glance at a few recent headlines from the US media include (ps, I am not the one who omits PBO’s title – PBO disrespect is uniform in media):
“Isreal to grill Obama on …” ;
“For Obama, trip is a chance to repair relations with disappointed Israelis
‘J’lem to ask Obama to stop Syria arms transfers’
“We love Israel, but Israelis don’t like Obama”
‘Obama will Pressure, but Israel Should Politely Refuse’
headlines with alternative points of view/emphasis include:
“President Obama plans listening mission in Israel, West Bank”
“Oren: Obama’s agenda aims to combat Jewish history deniers”
“Obama to Appeal to Israelis in Trip”
“Hoenlein expects Obama to win over Israeli people”
“Obama to Appeal to Israelis in Trip”
The CPAC Straw Poll look funny to me from the last thread. The total came to 124%
How did they conduct that Poll? Their calculation must be really skewed?
The righties are fuzzy that way where data and figures are concerned?
Rand Paul – 25%
Marco Rubio – 23%
Rick Santorum – 8%
Chris Christie – 7%
Paul Ryan – 6%
Scott Walker – 5%
Ben Carson – 4%
Ted Cruz – 4%
Bobby Jindal – 3%
Sarah Palin – 3%
Other – 34%
Undecided 2%
wingnut math is wingnut math.
WaPo has others as 14% an undecided 1% – and they still add to 103 – when most folks round statistics they at least get a balance at the end or explain why not. I find it interesting that most don’t say how many people voted. Somewhere I read there were less than 3000 – and if they all so loved Sarah’s speech – why doesn’t she get the votes?
Amazing!. How many times did some of these right wingers vote? Now we know they are always projecting when they accuse Democrats of voter fraud!
Happy St Patrick’s day to all the Irish out there.
As for PBO’s visit to Israel, screw the MSM. Safe travels Mr. president.
Amen. Despite the pathetic thirdraters’ wish, PBO will get the respect & reception he deserves.
I am so happy for my “Home-Girl” from Ethiopia I am in tears…(I heard WH demanded she dine with Obama ) I love the man!
>> Life often changes fast. Miss Israel was orphaned in Ethiopia and was brought to Israel. She worked in a dress shop until she was crowned. Next week, she will dine with Obama at Peres’ official home.
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/obama-to-dine-with-miss-israel/2013/03/13/
Kasai: She is absolutely beautiful! I am so glad she speaks her mind truthfully. Every day our President makes history. So let the haters keep hating……history is being made for the world to see. What a wonderful time to be alive!
We are so Blessed LDS:-) I am so proud of her.
Our share market dropped 2% today – presumably had a lot to do with Cyprus & Europe – but the GOP enforcing the sequester cannot but help the economies to head downwards. After listening to the Morgan Bank inquiry late last week – I’m wondering what these “too big” banks are currently planning.
The deepest place in the ocean is teeming with microscopic life, a study suggests.
An international team of scientists found that the very bottom of the Mariana Trench, which lies almost 11km (7 miles) down in the Pacific Ocean, had high levels of microbial activity.
The research is published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
The underwater canyon was once thought to be too hostile an environment for life to exist.
But this study adds to a growing body of evidence that a range of creatures can cope with the near-freezing temperatures, immense pressures and complete darkness.
….
They were feasting on a plentiful supply of dead plants and creatures that had drifted down from the sea surface, the decomposing matter becoming trapped within the steep walls of the trench.
“The amount of food down there and also the relative freshness of the material is surprisingly high – it seems to be surprisingly nutritious,” said Dr Turnewitsch.
The level of material found at the bottom of the trench was so high that it suggests the Mariana Trench – which is in an area of the ocean known as the Hadal zone – could play a key part in the carbon cycle and therefore in regulating the planet’s climate.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21806406
Fascinating.
Very fascinating. Thanks, amk.
I am looking forward to when he arrives there. Between work, school, parents, I haven’t had too much time but I do glance in from time to time late nite.
Have a good night everyone.
I suppose that I became a tad obsessive and went look for more information on the CPAC Straw Poll in 2013.
Here is what I found after several searches:
By Michael FalconeThe Washington Times and conducted by the GOP firm, Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates.
Here’s a rundown of the top 2013 CPAC straw poll finishers:
Ky. Sen. Rand Paul — 25 percent
Fla. Sen. Marco Rubio — 23 percent
Other/Write-in — 14 percent
Former Pa. Sen. Rick Santorum — 8 percent
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie — 7 percent
Wis. Congressman Paul Ryan — 6 percent
Wis. Gov. Scott Walker — 5 percent
Neurosurgeon Ben Carson — 4 percent
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — 4 percent
La. Gov. Bobby Jindal — 3 percent
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — 3 percent
Undecided — 1 percent
this time the fuzzy Math is closer. 102% way better than 124%
Hmm?
No wonder Mark Knoller came out with that BS tweet about PBO feeling “pressure” ..he must have been pizzed the President selected a Hispanic.
Haven’t YOU PEOPLE figured it out yet
? You see, those who belittle pres Obama and underestimate the POTUS constantly, are always assuming and falsely asserting that pres Obama is doing, acting or emoting anything for some one else is/are either pressuring him, directing him or instructing him. You see, his pigmentation limits his ability to think, relate and to decide by himself.
It is ONLY VP Biden, who can build relationships with McConnell or John Boehner.
It is Only Clinton that can save him and afforded him a 2nd term by saving the Dem Convention.
It is Scott Pouty that saved the debates and 47% won him the election.
It was GW Bush’s Torture, oops, Interrogation Techniques that eliminated OBL.
It was Hillary that righted our respectability in the world.
Etc, etc, etc.
Nena, let them have their folly, but in the deep recesses of their minds they know damn well know who runs the show.
I am saddened and sickened with this antic by the history channel. What is the matter with “these people”? Just disgusting! And gets the rwnj base all riled up again. Did they think they were losing some?
Got to the bottom of this thread and this is the best summary of the vileness of #NEWSTAINERS I could manage to post ….
Time to rest …
#FORWARD
Nite Bob – thank you for all you do
Thanks Bob for your heroic fight to spread the TRUTH by challenging the lazy and unethical corporate media. Thank god the so called mainstream media no longer have absolute monopoly on dissemination of news and information. It’s voices like yours that keep spreading the truth, which has helped many of us reject the MSM propaganda.
Please get all the rest you can, because we need you to keep leading the fight for sanity and TRUTH.
AMK, Thanks for this wonderful thread and for keeping TOD going while Chips takes a break. You, Lovely Plains, Utaustinliberal and Liberal Librarian have truly shined. Chips must be proud of all of you.
X2
Thank you Nath, 99ts and others for putting up with me. Glad to pitch in. It was a nice experience worthy of adding to my CV.
With blog
tyrantempress coming back, back tocommentertroll mode.It’s great that you all can help out – and equally fab to have Chips back – just to keep you in line.
Isn’t The Bible, with Obama as Satan—-I don’t see how anyone could deny the resemblance—-being aired on Lifetime also? I saw a promotion there and thought I saw it airing there once when I was channel surfing—–clicked away fast but I swear I saw it there. Something’s amiss—–like changes at Discovery and their Palin obsession etc.—–conservative media buying up all these outlets? Like they are with all the radio stations—–including in my area in Illinois? Even Animal Planet—-which I used to love—–because I love animals—–has changed and is now mostly about animals as beasts and attackers and the enemy——-I’m assuming to make hunting more palatable with the masses. Conservatives are buying up all the media—-making it a tough fight—-control the message, control the population. This dirty deed by The Bible directors/producers is so blatant and they should be sued/shut down.
The cons across the sea managed to defang the new press monitoring council that was supposed to stop the rupies style of gutter journalism. The right wing everywhere owes its existence to the moneyed class.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21825823
Nice wry comment from Chris Mason in the liny.
To anyone outside Westminster this must all sound like not so much a dance, but more like an enthusiastic disco on the head of a pin.
It boils down to how to set up a new system for regulating the newspapers that is respected, but not seen to be a law that undermines the freedom of the press.
After months of talks and hours before a crunch Commons vote, a few buckets of midnight oil were burnt to bring the political parties very close to a deal.
David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg will speak this morning to nail it down.
Government sources say officially there isn’t a deal yet because complexity and half two in the morning are not comfortable companions and the Prime Minister wasn’t at those nocturnal negotiations anyway.
Labour are claiming there will be a Royal Charter underpinned by law. But Conservatives say it is merely a clause that will say the Charter can’t be amended.
Or to put it another way, when is statutory underpinning not statutory underpinning? Let that disco begin.
“Buying up all the media……control the message, control the population…..” This has been the conservation plan for many years. I first learned about it reading David Brock’s “The Republican Noise Machine.” He spells out their entire “revolution plans” in that book and it was written many years ago. He (former Republican) was heavily involved in the gathering info against the Clinton’s, especially when they were in Arkansas. He came ‘clean’ and also came ‘out’ (gay) and, I believe has redeemed himself. He started Media Matters and I think, has done a good job with it.
Once I saw who was producing this….Roma Downey and her husband, I knew this production was not to be trusted. I remember Roma Downey from way back on Touched By an Angel with Della Reese. She is a far right evangelical fundamentalist, who will bend the production to her peculiar beliefs. I don’t know anything about her husband, but they were in Oklahoma last week promoting this, and Oklahoma is ripe for this kind of thing. It will only reinforce all the ugly prejudices.
This kind of program is certainly not needed now. Next the RWNJs will be calling for that to be shown in schools! Sad.
If there is one thing I stay away from, it’s “religious” programming. Cannot stomach it, and I was brought up in a minister’s home. Most of this stuff is total perversion.
And I see they have a whole money-making production to go along with this—-t-shirts, trinkets, companion books etc. I don’t see how they can get away with this—–this is defamation of the POTUS and worse. It seems to me there should be some legal way to stop this, but I imagine that would bring about a whole new level of brouhaha and support. If the evangelicals went wild about chick fil a, I can imagine what they would do with the halting of “The Bible”. It’s beyond belief and beyond despicable to me that this kind of manipulation is allowed to transpire. And I saw that this series has high ratings—-lots of people seeing an Obama devil.
I also was raised in a preacher’s home, the stories I could tell you.
Happy Monday everyone, will have a Rise and Shine posted soon-ish!
Happy Monday Ms Chips – may it be a wonderful new week for you & TOD.
Bonjour et merci Mademoiselle!
Morning:)!!!
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Someone tell that to Chris Hayes….
The deficit is down, too. But no one talks about that.
But they are going to fix it all by getting a new image – same disastrous policies – but a new image
Usually “stuffy” implies white, thank you thank you, I’ll be here all week. Don’t forget to tip your waiter, and try the fish.
I would bet there is NOTHING in this report about the voter suppression going on .
Actually, if it was just stuffy old (white) men, that would be an improvement on what the Repub Party really is—–a collection of the whackiest of whackjob nutjobs——those that live on the outer fringes in crazy land with no connection to truth or reality.
…..(they forgot to add racists)
This is great but saying so 10 years after the damage is done is not really helping us. The Media right now is extremely critical and disapproving of our current President for ALL the WRONG reasons – while allowing the GOP to get away with murder. So articles like these bring me very little to no comfort, because the same thing is being done today by the media where GOP is concerned.
Thank you amk. Here’s a perfect example of this misplaced scrutiny and skepticism….
Ari is getting kind of sickening also.
Yes, he cites #IStandWithRand as a legitimate “movement” against the use of drones. This is some BS right there.
The MSM (if it still exists) is also ignoring the 10 year anniversary – they don’t want to remind anyone of what they did – and what they continue to do.
Socially media is getting the better of them in every way hopefruit. They are losing their power big time. The tweets hitting CNN and Crowley and Harlow at the minute are a prime example.
Yes they are literally becoming unhinged with the fear of losing their power. But we must not let up and continue to expose and correct them until they implode.
Partway through reading it – Why does Bill Kristol still have a place in the media – he has got nothing right in the past – forever – and there he is at the forefront of those WMD. A democrat gets one thing wrong – and he/she is attacked from all angles – GOP pundits – go on lying, cheating and on the wrong side of history – with never a correction, never an apology.
Yup, and that’s exactly amk’s point. The same old dinosaurs who gave us 8 years of GWB and enabled his destruction of the country are still dominating the MSM to this day – and doing the same things, which are ignoring the GOP completely while focusing on all kinds of irrelevancies with PBO (just look at Mark Knoller’s tweets for e.g.).
remember hilary rosen ? me neither ? And she did speak the truth anout miss annbot.
Thank you so much, amk:) You really did a great job…as did all the others that stepped up to fill in for Chips while she took a much deserved rest. What a wonderful gift this was for her….
LL…thinking of you and wifey today and knowing that everything will be just fine. New journey coming….sending you both good thoughts and wishing for her speedy recovery and a new life.
Now…back to coffee and reading….
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/03/18/1732711/the-gops-growth-and-opportunity-project-debunked-in-one-table/
A study of fantasy vs reality.
As happens DAILY when talking about anything concerning the GOP…..
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-to-make-personnel-announcement-at-11-40
Will announce the nomination of Thomas Perez….
How soon?
At last, Rise and Shine!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/03/18/rise-and-shine-460/
Good morning, Chips! Everyone here.
My posts are acting whacky and my iPad is acting like a GOP……crazy, niwit, batshit crazy! Spelling aul things wrong like a teaKKK bagger.
And it is not 10:00, yet. Have so much to do, people to see. What a day this will be.
But with all that, praying PRESIDENT Obama has a safe trip going and coming. I cannot stand it when he is referred to as Obama!
I have tried to reason with this and make light of it, but I must be transparent……it really, really pisses me off!
Okay. Now, I feel better. Let the day begin!