4:10 EST: President Obama Speaks at a Hanukkah Reception
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Hello!
Allison!!!
/frowning/ Hey, Chips, no pushing!
Me?! :shock:
:roll: Shocked innocence won’t work. One minute I was right behind Allison; I blinked and there *you* were!
Thanks Chips!!! It’s been a looooong time since i’ve been numero uno!
Has it, Allison? Extra special congrats on a fine job, then! You actually out-stepped the ‘moral’ cheater!
Hi, Allison!
Hi VC!!
Congrats Allison on First!
Tweety looks extremely happy in that picture.
Hopefruit, I vowed never to watch MSNBC again yesterday …. but what do I do tonight? :???:
Chips, you would not be watching MSNBC, you would be watching President Obama!
Aaaaaaah, I like your logic Layla! :lol:
You can go to the MSNBC website and it will be shown when it’s over. That is run, I think, by Richard Wolff, a British guy. But who knows maybe he’s gone too. I’ll get the link and post it. It takes me minutes to do what takes you seconds, , ,
May I repost what many may have missed on the last thread? I had the honor of being last. ;) This is an exclusive baby Pic of AMK. . .
:lol: That photo is tooooooo funny Carol!!
;) I’m lucky to have any money left after one question. :lol:
Have been saving it for the right moment. It’s a thread late but okay I hope.
I am willing to make an exception for this particular interview. If Tweety is conducting himself foolishly or once the interview is over, whichever comes first - CLICK!
x 2 :lol:
You watch our President. “Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds,” or whatever that old saying says.
Of course he does, Hopefruit! You and I both know that this ‘personal attention’, this opportunity to be up close (exclusively) with power is one of the things that has been at the core of Chris’ periodic peeve towards PBO. Seems to me he has always wanted a closer connection, so that he could preen, feel special…and maybe write a book about his own specialness post PBO.
POTUS looks Happy.
I am DVRing Hardball today. I have not done that before. This way, when I get a chance to watch it later, I will skip Tweety part most of the time.
Tweety looks like he’s got that “tingle down the leg” thing going on :lol:
:lol: He does GGail, he’s all a-tingle!!!
Hello vc. Thank you, vc for all that you bring to TOD. You lift my spirit and you give me so much joy in this family. (((((TY))))))HZ
Very happy to share this space with you, HZ! Sending hugs back your way = {{{{HZ}}}}
{{{{{{{{ TY so much, vc }}}}}}}}HZ
Congrats Allison!
Thanks, CM!
;)
Congrats on 1st Allison!!
Have been reflecting on what a powerful combination a phrase consisting of 2 words as a shared goal of a Pope and a US President. Mighty powerful catalyst, for sure, and we’re already witnessing the consequences ….
#TrustBarack
Doc Bobfr, you have a way of crystallizing and framing issues that Hit the Perfect Tone.
Thank you for all that you do.
Thank you Nena :)
Thanks, Bobfr!
:)
I stopped reading after ‘David Gregory wants”
PBO hired @JonHuntsman to be Ambassador to China. Then @JonHuntsman left the post to Run for an unsuccessful presidential election, rejected by TBGOPers and in his ThirdWay crap is Not even successful there too?
Why is @JonHuntsman the expert over POTUS that designed his own China Policy?
PBO speaking now
Love this tweetpic. I know that TOD had it here yesterday or so. But please pardon me for the repetition.
There is Livestreaming if you want to sign for it. Just Google msnbc. They only deserve small letters now. :twisted:
Here’s Hardball link. . .
http://www.msnbc.com/hardball
LOL!!! You little devil you!
About half the time. . .
“they only deserve small letters”
:lol:
They’re crazzzzzzzzzzzzy
Drug testing please!
Broun is a Doctor……but he was never allowed admitting privileges and had to settle for doing house calls.
I received the following email this morning from Democratic Party of Georgia (it goes along with the video Nena posted in the previous thread). It’s a little lengthy but it goes to show why GA (and other states with Republican leadership) may not be doing as well with ACA enrollment.
Atlanta, GA – Recently, Georgia State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens spoke at a monthly meeting of the CSRA Republican Women’s Club, an affiliate of the Georgia Federation of Republican Women. In his remarks, Hudgens compared pre-existing conditions, such as cancer, hemophilia, brain tumors, arthritis, and asthma to having a car accident that is “your fault.”
Transcript: “I’ve had several companies come in and they have said just the fact, just the fact in the individual market that pre-existing conditions now have to be covered on January 1st, that is going to double the cost of insurance. And, if you don’t really understand, what covering pre-existing conditions would be like, it would be like in Georgia, we have a law that says you have to have insurance on your automobile, you have to have liability insurance if you’re going to drive on Georgia’s roads, you have to have liability insurance. You don’t have to have collision, you don’t have to have comprehensive, you don’t have to have rental car or towing or anything else. You have to have liability. But, say you’re going along and you have a wreck and it’s your fault. Well, a pre-existing condition would be then you calling up your insurance agent and saying ‘I’d like to get collision insurance on my car’ and your insurance agent says ‘Well, you’ve never had that before. Why would you want that now?’ And you say ‘Well, I just had a wreck, it was my fault and I want the insurance company to pay to repair my car.’
And that’s the exact same thing on pre-existing insurance.”
“These remarks illustrate how callous and out-of-touch Ralph and the Georgia Republican Party have become,” said Democratic Party of Georgia Chair DuBose Porter. “It is awful to think you could tell a woman who was just diagnosed with breast cancer that it’s her fault.”
Porter added, “Georgians need affordable health care, regardless of their medical history. Our insurance commissioner, at his own admission, has done everything possible to keep that from happening.”
Find coverage of our release here:
AJC: Ralph Hudgens compares pre-existing conditions to a car wreck that is ‘your fault’
“Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is no friend of the Affordable Care Act, and he recently opened up a new front of attack on an aspect of the law that even many of his fellow Republicans say they like: guaranteed coverage for pre-existing medical conditions.
The video above was taken from Hudgens’ appearance last month at the CSRA Republican Women’s Club meeting in Evans and distributed today by the Georgia Democratic Party.”
Think Progress: Insurance Commissioner Compares Pre-Existing Conditions To Car Wrecks: ‘It’s Your Fault’
“Perhaps it isn’t surprising that Gov. Nathan Deal’s (R-GA) administration is advancing the insurance industry’s line on Obamacare. In September, Deal revealed that he had taken over half a million dollars in contributions from the health care industry through a Super PAC whose activities were kept secret until an investigative reporter uncovered corporate donations to the group over the summer. Many of those donations — including $50,000 checks from United Health Care, Inc. and WellCare of Georgia — came from major insurance companies that are opposed to Affordable Care Act’s consumer protections, like the coverage requirement for Americans with pre-existing conditions. Other donors included Humana, Blue Cross, and Aetna.
AJC: Hudgens walks back remarks about chronically ill people
“Augusta resident Amy Swann said Wednesday that Hudgens’ comments angered her.
Swann, 49, suffers from a genetic heart condition that killed her father, cousin and other family members.
‘I feel really sad that (Hudgens) doesn’t understand that there are people in his state who have health problems that through genetics or environmental factors are no fault of their own,’ she said.”
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/hudgens-walks-back-remarks-about-chronically-ill-p/ncBwS/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstub1
Georgia Report: Hudgens learns that there’s no escaping the cameras
“Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, who has stirred up several controversies with his unvarnished criticisms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), did it again Wednesday over remarks he made that seemed to imply pre-existing medical conditions were a person’s own fault.”
Background:
AJC 8/29/13: Ga. insurance chief brags about sabotage of ObamaCare
Ralph Hudgens bragged to a group of Republicans in Floyd County that he and the GOP officials in the state were doing “everything in our power to be an obstructionist.”
Video of Hudgens’ remarks made August of this year: http://vimeo.com/72592158
Huffington Post 9/5/13: Obamacare Obstructionists Are Ironically Doing A Great Job Raising Awareness Of Exchange Navigators
In the same address to Floyd County Republicans, Hudgens admits to stonewalling the licensing process for health care navigators, saying “We have passed a law that says that a navigator, which is a position in that exchange, has to be licensed by our Department of Insurance. The ObamaCare law says that we cannot require them to be an insurance agent, so we said fine, we’ll just require them to be a licensed navigator. So we’re going to make up the test, and basically you take the insurance agent test, you erase the name, you write ‘navigator test’ on it.”
WSB-TV 10/28/13: Georgia insurance commissioner: I hope Obamacare implodes
In a recent interview with WSB’s Lori Geary, Hudgens says of Obamacare “I hope the whole thing implodes.”
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/georgia-insurance-commissioner-insurance-commissio/nbbQ7/
BBL - running on empty!
Quick, fill her up vc!
This conjunction of President Obama and Pope Francis is a mighty event. One thing that angers the far right…Koch Brothers, etc. so much about these two people, is that NEITHER one of them can be bought. They are not for sale….Not everyone has a price….and these are two who do not.
People with money assume everyone has a price and when they discover one who does not, they scream and yell and lie, because they that means they cannot get their way.
I LOVE IT!
Right you are.
Puzzled by today’s WH schedule, it has PBO speaking at another Hanukkah Reception at 8:0???
WJC doodles hacked from His AR Library and some doodles were that of a Male genitals…..Seriously? Wow.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bill-clinton-s-presidential-doodles-reportedly-leaked-online
Strange? I say so.
Oh no, Nelson?
I don’t think the news will be good regarding Nelson Mandela.
One of Mandela’s Daughters said 48 hrs ago that He was on his death bed. I thought that was not a good sign.
Yes, it has been reported on BBC that the beloved Nelson Mandela has passed from this earth. May God grant him rest and peace.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnbcs-american-greed-leads-to-fugitive-capture_b206089
The FBI has captured one of its most-wanted white collar criminals thanks to a recent episode of CNBC’s “American Greed.”
David Kaup, who has been on the run since he confessed to defrauding more than 50 families of $11 million in mortgage refinance scams, was arrested last week in Las Vegas. Kaup was featured on the November 14 episode of “American Greed.”
Mandela has died.
95 yrs and a Shinning Light to the world.
So sorry. So very sorry.
Sad news out of south Africa. Nelson Mandela
I never thought I’d see a world without Nelson Mandela. There are some people who you never think death could touch because they are such wonderful people who’ve done so much good in the world.
The world truly has lost a beautiful soul. May his gentle yet courageous spirit rest in everlasting peace.
UT - I echo your comment. Nelson Mandela has been my hero since forever
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/05/the-sun-shall-never-set-on-so-glorious-a-human-achievement/
Free Nelson Mandela.
RIP.
RIP President Mandela!!
I’m so sorry I missed POTUS Hanukkah speech this afternoon. I will do my best not to miss him on Hardball tonight 7pm.