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Frank Bruni: Obama’s Magic Three
First President Obama recognized Mary Barra, who was in the audience, noting that her childhood wasn’t a gilded one—she wasn’t born into corporate royalty. No, she got there by dint of toil and talent, a factory worker’s daughter rising to become the first female chief executive officer of General Motors. She’s the American dream personified. Then Obama recognized John Boehner, the Speaker of the House, as “the son of a barkeep.” He, too, landed far from where he began. He, too, took the kind of journey that we like to believe is uniquely possible in this country, the fabled land of opportunity.
But it was also a lens through which the rest of the speech could be heard, and it was the lens through which all of us should be evaluating the policies and direction of our country right now. In paying tribute to Barra, Boehner and Barack Obama, the president was paying tribute to social mobility, and he was correctly defining the chance to better oneself—to travel from the circumstances of one’s birth to the circumstances of one’s merit and labor—as this country’s central and sustaining promise. It’s essential to our national identity. It’s vital to our sense of honor and purpose. It’s the foundation of an optimism that seems to be fading fast. If we let “the American dream” become a storybook phrase, a quaint and saccharine anachronism, no longer broadly evident and no longer widely believed, then we’re in desperate trouble.
Over the next year and the ones after that, we as a country somehow need to make sure that decades from now, a president delivering his or her State of the Union can survey the spectators and see someone like Barra; can glance back and see someone like Boehner; and can look in the mirror and see someone like the man who bridged Kenya, Kansas and the White House.
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Gooed Evening TOD
***Good*** not Gooed!
Thank you NW … Love this post.
Sorry to be such a B**TH, but I loved the booing of Mr. Bully, Chris Christie. Now he knows how it feels!
I’m sure there are many teachers in NJ sharing your point of view
wtg Marlz - enjoy your evening
Wonderful! Thanks, NW:)
You’re welcome, DF.
You deserve many thanks…everyday:) Seem a little slow and quiet to you though? I was outside this afternoon playing with the new tool I bought for myself…a chainsaw on a pole! I’m in love. Really. Great invention.
Hi NW - when is this super bowl happening? Am I the only one who has no idea?
Tomorrow. (Sunday)
ty - I assume daytime
No…night (evening) 6:30pm EST Will you be able to watch?
Probably not - most of the places that stream would be US only - I’ll let the TOD tell me about the game - and the politics :) Christie might be in hiding by then
tomorrow..maybe!
maybe? Weather? or is Gov Christie thinking to close it down - and call it a “regional study” :)
{{{{{99ts}}}}}. Not at all, dear! My own team is in the thing, and I have almost no idea when, where, what or why, tho there are notices in all our elevators, and stores have posted signs they are all closing early tomorrow so the employees can go home to watch!! That said, I still have no plans to watch it, but I do hope our guys win! They were in it about 9 years ago, I think, and did not win, so maybe it’s their turn!! I do, however, clearly remember Super Bowl One and Two, as a teenager, and recall having a lot of fun with friends and family watching those!! How things change in 45+ years, eh?? ;) :lol:
I was recently thinking how the Olympics were such a big thing in my youth and now - whatever. I hate to admit my autograph book (do people have such a thing?) has signatures of folks in the 1956 Olympics (first in Australia). I even have one from 1952 (I was but a babe) - the time marches on :)
I still feela bout the Olympics the same way I did way back when. I’m thankful I don’t have to wait four years anymore! Ialmost never watch sports on tv but I will watch every event I can! When I lived right in Detroit I could pick up the CBC from Windsor and I would listen to that. They covered many more sports because the US networks only covered events the US had a chance to medal in. Plus they talked non-stop. I’m so glad the second week coincides with my winter break! I have already started talking it up to my class :)
The Oz networks are also VERY partisan in what they show - it is disappointing - perhaps why I find little of interest any more.
Good Evening Marlz and Desertflower. Congrats to Marlz!
Thank you NCLB.
Hope all is well with you.
Evening to YOU, NCLB:) Now are you feeling today?
If there is one thing you read today, it should be this. It is despicable how people cover up and make excuses for predators just because they’re famous, or wealthy, or powerful.
NW, this is a powerful and heartbreaking letter. No child should have to endure what she did and then be doubted and accused of lying. It’s obvious that Allen is a sick and twisted man, but Mia Farrow did what many mothers should do, but fail to. Believe her daughter, fight for her and keep her safe.
This is so sad.
Woody Allen and R. Kelly are predators who are still getting a way with their evilness.
I am so glad that ” I never got” Woody Allen movies when others said they did. I guess I was not deep enough.
I stopped buying and listening to R. Kelly’s music long time ago. I read a recent article from “Black Girls Rock” how the whole story was never revealed.
What bothered me is the acceptance of Woody Allen marrying his step-daughter. Even though she was of age, when did he start having feelings for her? He walked around NY like he owned it. I am glad this young lady is calling him and Hollywood out. I believe some other adults knew. It will all come out. It usually does.
I’ve always considered the guy a creep. Period.
“Woody Allen is a living testament to the way our society fails the survivors of sexual assault and abuse.
So imagine your seven-year-old daughter being led into an attic by Woody Allen. Imagine she spends a lifetime stricken with nausea at the mention of his name. Imagine a world that celebrates her tormenter.
Are you imagining that? Now, what’s your favorite Woody Allen movie?”
Written by a very courageous person - hopefully, it may help and protect others.
Thank you Nerdy, you bunch of loveliness!!
Thank you for the tweets today - being last on the last thread - of course - I did note
How can someone get these 2 options in the same day
retweeted by Pete Souza
followed by satan
It’s a weird world the twitter
Oh good NW. This Frank Bruni article well worth the time it takes to read.
What a wonderful read. Thanks Nerdy.
You’re welcome.
Photos: Christie with Port Authority officials on 9/11/13 -
See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/photos/Photos_Christie_with_Port_Authority_officials_on_911.html?photo=9&c=y#sthash.d7o0ZIz4.dpuf
How did he get there? Fly on his helicopter or take a ferry?
And the only woman invited was his wife?
Quite a collection of facial expressions - and I shouldn’t say it - but he is a truly weird shape
The Rude Pundit @rudepundit 2h
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So the new scandal should be why Christie gave an incompetent, inexperienced guy a 6 figure job at the Port Authority.
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if you live in an area where winter is frequent occurrence & you have young offspring or relatives who love snow days, showing them this would make them reconsider how much they really love you
“If we let “the American dream” become a storybook phrase, a quaint and saccharine anachronism, no longer broadly evident and no longer widely believed, then we’re in desperate trouble.”
Absolutely.
Thank you, NW, for dedicating a post to the central message of President Obama’s Presidency, not merely Tuesday night’s #SOTU.
The former Marine described in the article linked in this tweet is but another example of how the American Plutocrats, enabled by their minions on #SCOTUS and in the #GOP, are doing everything possible to render the ‘Promise of America’ defunct.
#TrustBarack
Yes We Can
Oh Bob!!!!!!!! TY sooooo much for doing this!!!! I know they will take care of him. I sure hope yardarm sees this!!!!!!
So glad to see you here, Bob….I love that you did this and was thinking that maybe he could get some help through Joining Forces to find a job. That would be wonderful.
Thank you Layla and df. I had posted it as a comment to Yardarm’s original posting of the article and do hope he saw it. On reading Bruni’s essay, it seemed yet another apt example of how dangerously close we are to having the plutocrats make that Marine’s plight, the plight of 90+ % of Americans.
Let’s follow up somehow Bob pls. This is breaking my heart…They are killing this man, out of many more …Ty again
..maybe Chips can help too by creating a post on this! Share this horror story!
thanks for doing this!
hopefully, someone can help out
The struggle is both/and, not either/or
by Nancy LeTourneau
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What I think Coates is missing is that the symbolism he described so well in that first quote has as much impact (in a different way) on white people as it does for blacks. One of the reasons so many have literally gone nuts during Obama’s presidency is that the beauty, humanity and intelligence of this President challenge every fiber of white supremacy that has been hard-wired into our brains for centuries. That wound has festered for so long that it will not be lanced without tremendous pain and fury. And so, in addition to proactively tackling the major civil rights issues of our time, having the strength to maintain that beauty, humanity and intelligence in the face of the pain and fury that has been unleashed on them is perhaps the most powerful blow this President (and his family) can deliver to white supremacy.
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http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-struggle-is-bothand-not-eitheror.html
Now that is something I hope President and First Lady Obama read and share with their daughters. Perhaps this will help …
Yes We Can
LH…..
I felt and understood Coates piece…and then to read smartypants..very profound
Prettyfoot58, It’s true Coates made some good points, but somehow he just couldn’t help himself from finding something negative to criticize President Obama about:i.e President Obama’s repeated appeal to young African Americans to study hard, be self-reliant, and carry themselves with pride and dignity.
From day one of African enslavement, our survival has never been either/or: self reliance and belief in our human dignity, or, the struggle to change the oppressive system that constantly deprived us of both. Without Black people focusing on self-reliance and a deep belief in our humanity and ability to transcend the unimaginable dehumanizing experience we would not have been able to carry on the long and sustained struggle to change and transform America that has brought us to where we are now. Frederick Douglass, the great abolitionist, had to struggle mightly to educate himself even though it was dangerous and illegal for enslaved Africans to learn how to read and write. It was through his dogged determination to master the written word, the art of oratory, self-pride and self-respect, that enabled him to speak for his people in the struggle to transform America. Without his determination to be the best scholar, W.E.B. DuBois would not have had a profound impact on leading the struggle for freedom. The same is true of Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell, Mary McLeoed Bethune, Dr. King, Charles H. Houston, Thurgood Marshall and others. Certainly Blacks who are classified as Nationalist leaders: David Walker, Martin Delany, Alexander Crummell, Bishop Henry M. Turner, Edward Blyden, Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, etc., all stressed the importance of education and self-reliance, race pride, as the key to Black redemption.
President Obama has never denigrated the importance of struggling to change the system, but he also knows that the only way to make a dent in changing the system, and build on the achievements of the past, is for Black people, and especially young Black people who are the future, is to have faith in themselves and cultivate self-pride and seriousness in everything they do. For the life of me, I just don’t understand why people like Coates view this negatively. I understand that right wingers may manipulate the message of self reliance and self pride to justify their nefarious racist schemes. But they do the same to Dr.King’s message when they pretend to be promoting a color- blind society when in fact they are promoting race based policies.
Nath….
PBO means different things to different people. Our expectations are on the gut level. In the Blk community, many of us see what PBO is doing because for most blk folks our struggle has always been a both/and….I can only guess what PBO means to Coates..but I find this kind criticism (either/or) from a lot of the blk intelligentsia…but from reading his piece…he struggles with this either/or notion…because he does see the and/both…
he is trying to reconcile it
Prettyfoot58, Coates made some good points, but somehow he couldn’t help himself from finding something negative to criticize about President Obama. The way I understood him, he thinks that President Obama, while he is powerful and positive symbol for Black people, is misguided by constantly appealing to Black people, and especially young people, to study hard, to strive to be self-reliant, to respect their families and to carry themselves with dignity and self-respect. Coates believes that the President should be devoting all his energy-100%- to attacking the racist oppressive system. Coates believes that by emphasizing self-respect and self-reliance, President Obama, like the quote he offered from W.E.B. DuBois, is giving ammunition to the right wing racists.
With all due respect, I beg to differ. As far as I am concerned, Mr. Ta-Nahesi Coates, as gifted a writer as he is, has not seriously studied the long history of Black people’s struggle for freedom and human dignity. Our struggle has never been either/or: self-reliance and self respect, or, the struggle to transform the system that has historically denied us both. I know of no credible leader who has not emphasized the importance of struggling on both fronts. Throughout the long struggle for freedom, that goes as far back as the 1600’s, the theme for racial uplift (self-reliance) has been central to the Black struggle for freedom and human dignity. At the same time, the struggle has been about transforming America in order for Black people to be able to be treated as other human beings.
I wish Mr. Coates would read the biographies and speeches of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman; or David Walker’s Appeal, and especially the Second chapter entitled “Our Wretchedness as A Consequence of Ignorance”; or the sermons of Bishop Richard Allen and Revs. Alexander Crummell and Henry Highland Garnett; or the writings of nationalists like Dr. Martin Delany, Edward Blyden, Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammd and Malcolm X; or educators like W.E.B. DuBois, Carter G. Woodson, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Dr. Benjamin Mays; or legal giants like Charles H. Houston and Thurgood Marshall; or Dr. King who was always urging us young people to study hard (even if it meant studying long hours in the night when others slept), to carry ourself in dignified manner (the whole foundation of non-violence) and to be ‘the best” at what ever vocation we chose.
For the life of me, I really don’t understand why some of the Black academics and Black media pundits are attacking President Obama for urging Black people, and especially young people, to be the best they can be, in spite of all the obstacles they have to overcome. After all, would we be celebrating Black History Month if it hadn’t been for those Black pioneers who had to transcend even more unspeakable dehumanizing circumstances? I personally reject the either/or formulation. I just don’t see how Blacks, or any other group, or for that matter all Americans, can make any progress without cultivating self respect and respect for others as well as seriousness to struggle to transform America to ensure that, as Dr. King would say, “all God’s children” are treated equally with human dignity. Incidentally, this is the same message I’ve heard from President Obama, over and over again.
I do understand Coates’s concern that right wingers (like those he cited who distorted W.E.B. DuBois’ message) might twist and distort the President’s message to young Blacks. But what else is knew? Right wingers have been manipulating and distorting Dr. King’s I have a dream speech to justify “color blind” racism. I’ve news for Mr. Coates: both right wingers and the” holier than thou” left wingers, who hate President Obama so much, are likely to quote and distort his critique of President Obama to justify their hatred.
For the life of me, I really don’t understand why some of the Black academics and Black media pundits are attacking President Obama for urging Black people, and especially young people, to be the best they can be, in spite of all the obstacles they have to overcome.
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Nath….
I so appreciate your thought provoking comments… My immediate response is that some expect PBO to be that militant revolutionary who calls out all forms of racism and are disappointed when in their view he does not…for some their scope is very narrow and cannot see the forest for the trees…they are critical of his steps to break down that wall of institutional racism because in their view he does not go far enough…..for others…most of their information/ideas have not come from being in the thick of the struggle…from actual organizing experience…(as in the case of REV AL)….but from theory/academia…without a whole lot of practice…and for some…there is the fear/jealousy and a host of other things….some members of the CBC….have become so disengaged from the struggle that brought them into office..(a pity)…they make meaningless attacks on PBO…
but for most of the Blk community…(PBOs true base)…we see thru it all…because we live it everyday…
as does PBO ..He keeps moving us forward>>>>
Mr. Frank Bruni’s article highlighted here could also be used to support the idea enacting comprehensive immigration reform - we do not know WHO it is and WHAT talents current undocumented immigrants could become and what contribution they could make if given the chance;
someone seems to be expressing the same sentiment in this - you never can predict who a person will be in the future
SUNDAY TALKS, 2/2/14
http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2014/02/01/sunday-talks-2214/
75th reply to the SOTU - Paul Ryan - hahahaha
thanks Obamacare
Farewell to Henry Waxman, a Liberal Hero
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116418/henry-waxman-retiring-heres-why-well-miss-him
REPORT: The Demographics Of The Sunday Morning Political Talk Shows
http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/01/30/report-the-demographics-of-the-sunday-morning-p/197783
Opinion: What Mike Huckabee Wants to Take Away From Women
http://www.newsweek.com/opinion-what-mike-huckabee-wants-take-away-women-227094
Lots of comments about keystone today. Whatever the President decides will be met with criticism - not a word about it from the right - if approved they will suddenly become environmentally conscious - if canned - they will scream about the 200,000 jobs lost.
I would love to see a repeat of the Syria issue - lets put this before congress. I think the President will think not only of the issue but how to explain the decision. Personally I have trouble thinking it has any benefit to the US. I also think there are issues in alternate methods of transporting oil - so Canada should solve its own transport problems - not give them to the US.
My 5 cents worth
I live in Canada and I agree. Harper is driving us cray cray!!!!
You should meet our new guys - state and Federal - George Bush for the Feds and Cheney at the state level. Right wing insanity - yet people voted for them - I cringe and cry.
Rep. Henry Waxman: The reason I’m leaving Congress
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rep-henry-waxman-congress-can-do-tremendous-good-but-it-never-comes-easily/2014/01/31/8580d598-8a8f-11e3-a5bd-844629433ba3_story.html
NY1—-our local station (Time Warner owned) is showing Altered tape of Christies appearance at the SuperBowl ceremonies.
You can barely hear any booing and the reporter is saying that there was a “smattering” of boos—An outright lie.
I worry about this country.
The unaltered tape is on the previous thread. As far as I can tell the only clapping comes from people on the stage. The audience seems all to be booing.
send them the original for all to see!
Good idea!
They may have left out the beginning - there was clapping from the crowd after he spoke - but initially was much more booing that clapping
Is NY1 the channel where the GOPer threatened to toss the reporter over the balcony? Short on memories perhaps
New repug theme: humpty dumpty was thrown off the balcony
Yes, and NY1 declined to file charges. See a pattern here? Maybe. Bullies protected… I don’t know
You are right to worry. Reality isn’t reality anymore.
NW - Another beautiful post, and I thank you so much. Love our President! We are so lucky to have him in his chair in the Oval until 2017. Wish it could be another term, of course.
Thanks.
Hmmm…..
On Super Bowl Sunday! In New jersey! Damn!!!!!! Karma really is quite the little bitch!
“Christie’s office attacked the New York Times’s portrayal of the revelations, reasserted Christie’s truthfulness in the past and attacked the credibility of the official, David Wildstein, whose attorney claimed that “evidence exists as well tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what” Christie said in a January press conference.
“Bottom line - David Wildstein will do and say anything to save David Wildstein,” the email concludes.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chris-christie-email-david-wildstein
This is the man that Christie appointed to be his “eyes and ears” at the Port Authority - and the above is how Christie’s staff now describe him. When old friends fall out - it gets nasty - no wonder MJ is going to be bff with the Governor
Hi Bobfr - look forward to “seeing” you every evening. You work such long hours - do hope you enjoy it all :)
It’s a joy to be alive in the Age of Obama, 99!! Thank you :)
Ain’t that the truth!
And after my flippant response, I thought about those words - It is and continues to be - an honor - never equaled - to have lived in the time of the Presidency of Barack Obama.
:)
Time for some rest …. take care 99, and all TODers ….
Never thought I would agree with Chris Hayes - guess the stopped clock applies
Christopher Hayes @chrislhayes
Shorter Christie: the guy we appointed to the Port Authority to be our eyes & ears is an untrustworthy sociopath
(& I posted above before I saw this tweet!)
She’s off to a good start - Ha!
:D :D
LOL!
https://twitter.com/222earth_avenue/status/429811178609844224
Yep.
So true, Bob. And good evening to ya!
And I’d be considering swapping citizenships with Teddy Cruz.
I just love her - the tweets they just keep coming - not to mention her own delightful art
I tweeted it to Princess Ryan
Well, I have enjoyed your company and I am off to work! Have a wonderful night! A special TY to Bob tonight!
Take care, and thanks for the laughs!
Thank you Layla and hope you have a fine Sunday!!!
#FORWARD Together
Hope all goes well at work Layla - take care
Hello “blog tyrants”, please consider highlighting this article;
From Washington Post:
“Life after Jan. 1: Kentucky clinic offers early glimpse at realities of health-care law”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/life-after-jan-1-kentucky-clinic-offers-early-glimpse-at-realities-of-health-care-law/2014/02/01/a25c506a-8ad1-11e3-916e-e01534b1e132_story.html?wpmk=MK0000203
here is a report of how ObamaCare translates into addressing the problems of people and especially the working poor in Kentucky.
article made me cry - have been there, and know people who have been there before Obamacare pass.
others, please find a way to share this because it shows that at the end of the day, Obamacare is about real people.
Thank you very much President Obama and all who worked to make this happen
I found that on another blog Linda - a truly wonderful read - one voter at a time - every democrat should be pushing Obamacare in November
yes, the article gets at the core of what it means to a person before and after Obamacare;
no doubt in my mind, Obamacare is a great organizing tool for registering and getting out the vote and we should use it this 2014
Go Seattle Seahawks. Beat Denver.
Tragic. Makes the heart hurt.
the painstaking process of counting the homeless is made especially hard during this brutal weather.
in our city, efforts to count the homeless and determine the services they need has been happening over the last two weeks and it was the time of the polar votex!!!!
extremely grateful for people who dedicate their lives to providing outreach and services to the homeless population;
Pretty hard to go to sleep in our warm beds and warm houses without saying a prayer for those who don’t. God bless them through the frigid temperatures!
And maybe tomorrow I’ll make a pact with myself to quit complaining about “the snow outside”! Thanks for these reminders, Linda.
I too felt guilty when I heard the local report on my NPR about our regular head count - this annual event always seems to occur at a time when I am in a foul mood about the weather but the report always sobers me up.
you know I am one of those who are constantly complaining about the snow;
my main issue is having to move through the extreme cold but once I get home, there is plenty of heat;
so, I will quit complaining and only see this as a much-needed replenishing of the water systems
Sleep well!
I am hearing Michele Bachman’s name mentioned a lot lately. I thought I heard she was not running for another term and was under investigation for campaign fraud. What happened to that?
She is Not running for re-election and the Investigations are still in progress.
Inspired by RC as I often am …
bbl … preparing dinner and need to focus before I burn stuff!!! :)
Great tweet, Bob! I hope your dinner turned out well with no burns. I’ve had a really nasty flu so I am still mainly eating soups and liquids.
As to your great tweet, I also think Republicans don’t idolize IKE because of two other reasons:
1. He warned the the nation about the dangers of the “Military Industrial Complex”
2. He sent troops to Little Rock Arkansas to protect Black children and to enforce the Supreme Court’s decision to desegregate schools.
It’s really ironic that Republicans, who pride themselves of being strong on national defense, idolize a B movie actor, with no military experience whatsoever, but not a five star General who won the Great war and had intimate experience about the horrors of war. The GOP hero, Ronald Reagan, cut and run from Beirut, Lebanon, after 241 American service men, mainly Marines, had been killed by terrorists. To cover-up the Beirut debacle, Reagan invaded the “tiny, tiny” (hard to locate on the global map) Caribbean Island of Grenada, for absolutely no plausible reasons. I’ve asked some Republicans I know to tell me why Ronald Reagan Invaded Grenada. None of them are aware that Reagan invaded Grenada. Some of them claim that it’s a “liberal lie” to tarnish the image of the Great (or is it Saint) Ronald Reagan. They think liberals are confusing Grenada with Nicaragua where, according to them, President Reagan was supporting “Freedom Fighters” fighting against Communism.
I agree with you both that if Republicans had a righteous bone in their bodies, Eisenhower would be their beacon. My favorite quote by him regarding war:
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”
He was actually very progressive. It was Truman who issued the order to desegregate the military, but it was Eisenhower who enforced it. Of birth control and women’s reproductive rights, he said:
“Birth control is not a proper political or government activity or function or responsibility….it is not our business”
He receives no accolades because he was too much like a Democrat. A Rino, I guess. :)
Goodnight, Obama lovers! This one’s for the “other side” - well, the photo’s for us, of course!
This Larry guy blocked me - ? - would somebody else kindly R/T it. Thanks and another goodnight to y’all!
g’nite JoB - so glad we are on the right side of history
I am, as well, 99ts! G’nite. Over and out for another day!
Where’s everybody? I am watching the Gabby Douglas story and smiling. She is so cute. What a fantastic athlete.
I am wondering why my comments are not posting. Am I doing something wrong?
Mine are not posting either…….? What up?
My first reply to you isn’t showing either, JoJo. Let’s see if this one goes through.
Hi Nath & JoJo! I see your comments. Unless you mean others aren’t showing up.
Hey Dudette, so good to see you! I hope you are feeling much better. I posted some comments about the Ta-Nahesi Coates article on President Obama, but they never showed up.
Damn glad you surfaced, nath. Everybody was worried.
I am so sorry, Lynn, for not alerting people that I was going on a trip. Then when I returned I was down flu that I still haven’t fully recovered from. The next time I go on an extended trip I will make sure to let TOD members know.
Sending HUGSSSS your way!
Thanks Nath! Yes, I am much much better. Going back to work (part-time) on Monday. :-( :-)
I hope you’re well. I missed your post about that article though. Might be WordPress acting up again.
Wonderful to know you are feeling better, Dudette! Please do take it easy when you go back to work. I tried two times to post a comment. I suppose WordPress didn’t take kindly to my views.
We need to sic Chips on them! :-)
I’m here, too, sweet lady! So glad you are back!
Hey there Lynn! Thank you m’am! Glad to BE back! :-)
I do the woodstove waltz to your tunes in the middle of the night. I realllllllly missed you when the temps dove past 20 below and the pipes froze. I couldn’t waltz fast enough!
Seriously, Dudette, your ‘disappearance’ did start a new dialog here at TOD. Everybody needs an emergency contact.
{{{ Lynn }}}
there’s so much wrong with this video i don’t know where to begin:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/page/305257_BYU-Idaho_Warns_Male_Students_
no wonder mitt rmoney and his family are so sociopathic. that’s some twisted stuff right there.
Wow!
Good Morning Everybody! :-D
GM back at ya, Dudette!
GM Dudette - I missed your music this evening - I was out to dinner. Love going out Sunday evenings cause most of our world seems to stay in getting ready for Monday - always no crowds - good service :)
It seems like you haven’t been to bed?
Hi 99ts! No cause for concern dear. I’m fine. Sleep when I need to; wake when I have to (or want to).
This time I went to bed earlier in the evening, so I could get up and listen in on a work conference call. Came in to TOD while I was waiting for the call.
A sleeping pattern I well understand :) Enjoy your day
Thanks! You too! :-)
David Plouffe twitter reaction re Christie’s counter offensive against Wildstein:
“Sophomoric. Situation needs an A team. This not it. Christie’s Office Targets Former Ally in a Memo nyti.ms/LmJHtB”
Moooooorning Early Birds!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/02/02/early-bird-chat-142/
morning everybody!