The ACA was signed into law in March 2010. The private sector hasn't lost jobs since: onforb.es/1zXoezy
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) February 06, 2025Not bad for a Socialist Prez: "There have only been six autumns in U.S. history in which job growth was faster." fortune.com/2015/02/06/job…
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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 07, 2025****
What no white parent will ever have to tell his/her child. Every Black parent and child knows these 10 rules. The video chokes you up for its 100% rawness and truth
Harrowing video explains the rules parents often tell black kids about police bit.ly/18Xo5QQ http://t.co/XnpFjchkk1
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Mic (@micnews) February 07, 2025****
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NY police officer under fire after pulling gun at a group of teens throwing snowballs buff.ly/1EAbxMb http://t.co/7ZioN9xtVv
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The Root (@TheRoot) February 02, 2025****
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Be polite and respectful when stopped by the police. Do not, under any circumstances, get into an argument with the police. Keep your hands in plain sight. Make sure the police can see your hands at all times. Stay calm and remain in control. Watch your words, body language and emotions. “Your goal is to get home safely.”
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#BlackHistoryMonth
To those who say "Why is there no White History Month?"..... http://t.co/vEzKRYBAuc
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TheObamaCAT (@TheObamaCat) February 04, 2025This is what Pres Obama was speaking about at the National Prayer Breakfast. OWN YOUR ISH, #AmeriKKKa. 3chicspolitico.com/2015/02/07/thi… #BlackHistory
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(@3ChicsPolitico) February 07, 2025****
All five of these women are Astronauts at #NASA #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/mDJqJvBbek
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DebAlabama (@bayoumoonbeam97) February 04, 2025BLACK PEOPLE AGE SO GRACEFULLY, THIS IS SCIENCE. http://t.co/4vL2nokYQB
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“But I know that there is a failed presidential candidate and an RNC chairman from the past who have criticized us,” Schultz said. “But I don’t have a response to either of those two people.”
White House defends Obama in "Crusades" controversy. ow.ly/IFtoJ http://t.co/6hzKZYllSb
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The Hill (@thehill) February 07, 2025YEP ---> The Foolish, Historically Illiterate, Incredible Response to Obama's Prayer Breakfast Speech theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) February 06, 2025****
Nigeria has been forced to postpone elections because of Boko Haram read.bi/18XLFNh
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Business Insider (@businessinsider) February 07, 2025JUST IN: Six people charged in the U.S. for allegedly supporting ISIS, Department of Justice says cbsn.ws/1v6VZXX
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CBS News (@CBSNews) February 07, 2025****
When the NYT calls you a "transgender campaigner" (WTH is that?!) when bestselling author and TV host would do. http://t.co/Lterj1rZmW
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Janet Mock (@janetmock) February 07, 2025This white lady put her finger in my face. I expect to be welcomed into Heaven by Rosa Parks herself.
Because she almost didn't make it.
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April (@ReignOfApril) February 07, 2025****
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Historian Eric Foner, on Obama's comments: "In the south, Christianity was a bulwark of slavery." washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
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Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 07, 2025Sorry, Fox: Obama was right about Christianity's "terrible deeds" bit.ly/1D85qgb http://t.co/O2mkvGsy3v
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 07, 2025****
Just met w/FM #Lavrov. Reiterated need for immediate resumption of ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons & closing the border in #Ukraine.
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John Kerry (@JohnKerry) February 07, 2025Made clear again to FM #Lavrov that deescalation in everyone's interests. #Russia will be judged by actions/more costs if attacks continue.
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John Kerry (@JohnKerry) February 07, 2025****
"Hollywood can't bring itself to cast someone who looks like the Kenyan woman Storm is" theatln.tc/1Kpbf9G http://t.co/hNs8BTkay2
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The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 04, 202511-year-old girl says what we’re all thinking in letter to DC comics bit.ly/1ywUDaf http://t.co/dJJ2MQMBHK
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Mic (@micnews) February 07, 2025****
I love Gillian Anderson for a lot of reasons, but this is definitely high on the list. http://t.co/lo3nZIYI90
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Swoozy (@SwoozyC) February 05, 2025President Obama, the only one who calls it what it is.. http://t.co/q38MFKsMAt
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My Daughter's Army (@mydaughtersarmy) February 01, 2025****
#HistoricPOC #DanvilleVA 's Camilla Williams was the 1st African American to receive major opera contract w NYC Opera http://t.co/1J5lOS3XC6
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Vicky Morrison (@vmorrisonGDR) February 02, 2025Daniel Hale Williams, the first person to successfully perform an open heart surgery was a black man. #HistoricPOC http://t.co/UWKkf9G4Hd
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DBB (@vickskat) February 04, 2025****
I can't believe there's a burgeoning national "debate" about Christianity's role in propping up slavery. Pick up a fucking book, America.
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Bearded Stoner (@beardedstoner) February 07, 2025First Kansas, now Louisiana: The results of tea party governing run amok. nytimes.com/2015/02/07/us/… http://t.co/KNhq9d2oQ2
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Lydia DePillis (@lydiadepillis) February 07, 2025****
Why Is Marissa Alexander Still Being Punished for Fighting Back? | The Nation thenation.com/article/196361… via @thenation
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Vanna Black (@prisonculture) February 01, 2025Alabama judges can override a jury's life w/o parol sentence and sentence death at their discretion. (via @eji_org) http://t.co/L4M2ZtY8m1
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deray mckesson (@deray) February 02, 2025****
Vatican abuse commission to recommend action against bishops reut.rs/1FjiVcy
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Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 07, 2025Awful. Scientists found "a 10 million gallon 'bath mat' of oil" under the Gulf of Mexico: bit.ly/1EMDtws http://t.co/H03DUI3YeB
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350 dot org (@350) February 07, 2025****
A personal #HistoricPOC. My grandfather meeting with Winston Churchill to discuss West Indian independence. http://t.co/HH6SIVtU3W
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Truthiest (@tmtweetz) February 03, 2025First African-American WAVES to attend Hospital Corps School in Bethesda, MD, 1945 #HistoricPOC http://t.co/TcNgNnaVMq
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no sads just dads (@birdtoria) January 31, 2025****
UAE sending F-16s to support Jordan IS strikes bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…
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Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) February 07, 2025The longer the Ukraine crisis continues, the more likely Putin’s regime collapses. ow.ly/IFymE http://t.co/Nk90kOGbTP
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Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) February 07, 2025****
Obama won't return 'torture report' without court OK: politi.co/1EOmycZ
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POLITICO (@politico) February 07, 2025President Obama's "body man" dishes on his time at the White House nbcnews.to/16sne90
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(@msnbc) February 07, 2025****
University of California will require measles vaccination for incoming students, school announces - @latimes lat.ms/1zgBWH8
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Breaking News (@BreakingNews) February 06, 2025GOP after 5 US Ebola cases: CLOSE THE BORDERS
After 100+ measles cases: People should be given a choice on vaccines.
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(@Fun_Beard) February 04, 2025****
What you need to know about today's excellent jobs report.
nytimes.com/2015/02/07/ups… http://t.co/Gkmd02sZuL
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Neil Irwin (@Neil_Irwin) February 06, 202511.8M new jobs since Feb. 2010, longest stretch of private-sector job creation in our history: 1.usa.gov/1ELXiE4 http://t.co/iSSdvsF2dg
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Tom Perez (@LaborSec) February 06, 2025****
*hot girl puts a cherry stem in her mouth*
*twists it around with her tongue*
*pulls it out*
*it spells "I LIKE YOU AS A FRIEND"*
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Dan O'Brien (@OtherDanOBrien) January 22, 2025Obama: Let's go sit down, John.
McCain: IMMA WALK LIKE A ZOMBIE
Obama: Um, just walk normal.
McCain: http://t.co/xFgF9dVRGl
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Reverend Scott (@Reverend_Scott) January 12, 2025
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“I like you as a friend” :D :D :D :D
Once again, NW, you inform and entertain, brilliantly. TY!!!
BTW ….
:star: (does close count??) Hey y’all..
Thanks, Bob.
Congratulations on first.
Thank you MP and NW :)
OUTSTANDING TWEETSSSSS
the tweet about the 10 things to do when stopped by the police reminds me of the JIM CROW era …when blk men had to walk with lowered eyes in the presence of white men,,,to always call them sir…and to never ever look at or speak to a white woman….
sooooo very angry at the BS surrounding the President’s speech at the Prayer Breakfast…we are supposed to forget our past and how there are so many incidences of the past in the present….they do not get to set the table…and then decide what food is to be served and who gets to eat…..NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
This is the Manchester United of tweet compilations: the best in the universe :cool:
Nerdy? Love ya Chelsea Girl - thank yooooooooooooooooooooooooooou!!
EXCUSE YOU?!
I don’t produce failures. Manchester United is a FAILURE. I produce masterpieces.
No accident that they highlight a UAE female pilot ….
I have no doubt that the meetings in Munich, with leadership particularly from VP Biden who has been articulate on the need to support Kurdistan and to face the reality that Iraq’s stability requires a restructuring, are going to lead to a significant shift in our support for the Kurds and for a cooperative governmental structure in Iraq.
VP Biden always said to section off Iraq in 3 and Kurds having their own nation. Not accepted by the Shia’s.
He sure did (and probably continues to push that sensible outcome), Roberta.
An independent Kurdish state seems like one of the most equitable outcomes for that area, but will be met with resistance from those countries which include indigenous Kurds — Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.
Would love to see this happen, though, and am thrilled that @VP Biden is steering the US course as it relates to liberating the Kurdish people.
The gravest fear of Erdogan, House of Saud, etc …..
Doc Bobfr……Sir, you are kicking it ;) with all these Newsy stories. Thank you, Doc.
My pleasure, Nena. Thank you
Emirati would be UAE?
One day this week half of the WHPC assaulted @PressSecretary about UAE having stopped airstrikes against Daesh. Jackals is too good a term for them — they are so rude to Josh Earnest, who nothing but polite and provides articulate answers without any uhs, ers or stumbling. He is a keeper, hope his loyalty to PBO is like @JonFavs, not like some other former aides.
The WHPC rudeness about a fluid situation where lives are in the balance absolutely drives me nuts. They truly seek to #BlameObama for absolutely everything that happens on the face of the earth — as if the UAE is incapable of making its own decisions.
Now the WHPC will have to find something else to #BlameObama for.
I fully understand your frustration with the WHPC. Zen master Earnest handles them elegantly. I simply mock them and never listen to them :)
#FORWARD
Jeez.
Just heard this on the radio, 7 victims (including children) in GA with 5 confirmed dead.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-shooting-in-georgia-with-children-among-victims/
Wasn’t it in GA that a man shot and killed 5 family members last week? (Please correct me if I’ve forgotten the state where that shooting occurred — I heard a single report on the radio and saw very little mention online about that shooting.)
If you Google “Georgia shooting” you are helpfully offered “Georgia shooting today” as one of the pre-fill options — I guess mass shootings are a daily occurrence there.
((( swbluega ))) ((( dudette99 ))) and all TODville Georgians.
Guns are now the negotiating tool to settle family disputes - children are the hostages - and a high % of US politicians are too scared of the NRA and their life of luxury to do anything about it.
I have a cousin who lives in Douglasville.
Mass shootings are becoming the daily norm in this country, yet there is zero pushback by the MSM on the NRA when literally thousands of US lives are forfeited every year because of this country’s infantile obsession with a provision that was important 250 years ago.
MSM loves to stir up trouble and debate over Dem foreign policy (yet give the GOP a free pass) and fleeting domestic issues such as gas prices, the stock market, etc., but don’t have the time of day to challenge GOP positions on things that have an enduring impact on everyday Americans such as education, health insurance, immigration, infrastructure, upticks in job openings, etc. — again, a free pass to the GOP.
Sorry to hear that your cousin is in that town — but sadly/shockingly, there’s probably no town of any size in the lower 48 which hasn’t been affected by fatal multiple shootings in the last 20 years or so.
In_deed.
Had We The People, a Functioning, Fact Driven, Proven Data and Scientific Certified Documents…….. Compulsory Reporting News Media……..USA will truly be Number One!
The man lied about this incident which was stupid and wrong, but he’s no different than the rest of his colleagues. Apparently, it just matters which lie we’re supposed to freak about. The media walked hand in hand with GWB to lie the public into the Iraq war, some of the reporting on Katrina was horrendous, the reporting on the murder of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Chuck Todd saying it’s not the media’s job to correct or question lies, I could go on and on.
They all need to spare us the fainting couch hypocrisy.
I’m beginning to think that Joe Scarborough and Chuck Todd must have the goods on some very high-ranking person at NBC/MSNBC. For the level of journalistic incompetence they’ve shown, not to mention the pitiful ratings they produce - if they were anyone but themselves they would have been shown the door a long, long time ago.
hopefruit, if you look on Nerdy’s twitter one of her participants thinks this may be the start of the NBC purge. Going fulltime Fox. Thank you, Comcast.
Precisely, NW. My tweets don’t have the bandwidth yours do, but I try ….
While awaiting moderation ….
I post this because the contrast of this woman, and all her fellow Kurdish warriors, are the polar opposites of the gutless scum of our media, chickenhawk #NEOCONSTERS like GWB, Cheney, Rummy, Condo, etc …..
THIS!!!!
I don’t particularly care about Brian Williams one way or another. They are all attention seekers and will twist the truth to make a buck. All at the expense of Democracy. They’re all the SAME to me.
I remember Brian Williams at the beginning of the Obama Presidency. He seemed to be an admirer of the new President.
or maybe I was just naive then.
Do you recall when PBO cracked he was having trouble sleeping and he rolled over and said “Brian, what do you think?”
This was after a days long WH interview with Brian and NBC.
Yeah, BriWi spent some good time at the White House with POTUS but that doesn’t mean that he isn’t for sale. That’s how I see it, anyway.
Yep ….
This is who I thought would go first. Oh, well.
Lara Logan……made up, fabricated and lied…..yet CBS and 60 Minutes have her there.
The team is happy to find someone to push so they can stay
The problem the media has with the lies Brian Williams told and the lies chuck todd and Joe Scarborough tell is this: Brian lied in an effort to self-aggrandize, which had no benefit for the 1%ers/GOP/corporations. He also badly damaged his credibility, so his use as a propagandist has been compromised. chuck todd, Scarborough and Lara Logan all lie to advance the GOP cause by attempting to inflict damage on the PBO administration.
No cease fire of any kind is the reality …..
Please note the level of detail in each of Dmitry’s daily posts - a strategy I’ve found intriguing for months …. and, Ukrainians are not rolling over for Putin …
*rubs temples at the stupidity*
What on earth…? What is his problem?? I wonder if the parents of the 20 small dead children would find this Chipper Jones amusing. Some people are heartless.
Holy Smokes, Excellent Collection of Tweets, NW! >-I Thanks!
Sir Doc Bobfr has the Golden :star: Yes!
ABC News needs to stop exploiting this woman’s grief to push their bullshit agenda. And she in turn needs to stop allowing herself to be manipulated by a nefarious agenda-driven corporate media outlet which doesn’t give a RAT’s ARSE about her murdered son & his family.
Unfortunately, those grieving, especially, death of a Child, Mother’s death and Sudden Deaths …..have a tendency to cause many to seek for someone or something to blame. It is part of the loss, unfortunately.
This is more than just a grieving relative. There is a political agenda - how come we don’t see the parents of the thousands kids being killed daily with guns on ABC news blaming the NRA?
You’re absolutely right, HF2.
The media cherrypick the shock and grief that they exploit and blast over broadcast, internet and print to promote their agenda, which apparently is to see the US go down in flames and have anarchy reign among the 99%.
That would ensure MSM jobs for awhile.
The horrific and gruesome nature of the slaughter of civilians by Daesh is stomach-turning, but literally thousands of American families must cope with the untimely deaths by guns in this country every year — yet the NRA seems to be the third-rail for the MSM.
Yes, it’s also political. It depends on who the person is and on how the press covers these stories.
I remember Sheehan(sp) during the GW Bush Iraq invasion. The Media was in support of the GW Bush and the Iraq war…..so CindyS. was ignored…….until after Katrina in Aug of 2005.
I am adding additional reasons why this family are currently being manipulated.
THIS really bothers me because as we all know, John Kerry has been working day and night to press through the garbage and break through to the most important issues facing America along with their resolution. GRRRR.
What???!!!
What Exactly are the criteria for this rating???
I just read this so-called study. Ready for H for sure. Utter nonsense.
How about opening relations with Cuba?
Talking with iran?
Lady Walmart did absolutely nothing as SOS that I can recall. Traveled, smiled and waved. Very Queen of England.
John Kerry took a very different and more direct path to engaging with the world community. He’s not running for office again and I think he felt unfettered by that politically. I believe he’s done a very conscientious job of meeting the demands of a lot of difficult situation and may be poised to make some breakthroughs. To cast doubt on his service just reeks of an HRC operation. JMO.
Yeah, good question. It’s really shameful, considering.
Let’s see some of those scholars get off their butts and try doing John Kerry’s job. He is not the worst, he’s better then the last SOS we had, and better then alot of ones before him.
I almost think the exact reverse of this study. In my eyes he has been one of the best SOS I have witnessed. He tirelessly pursues making positive changes through negotiations and improving relations.
Not gonna click on the article, but this is utter BS.
These scholars need to STFU about ongoing developments in a fragile world.
Wonder where they placed Alexander “I’m in charge here” Haig on their list?
And as much as I respect Colin Powell (I was one of those in 90s who thought he’d make a good President), he really dropped the ball during the GWB administration — Condi, who is up to her neck in the lies of the GWB Adm.
Ain’t this the TRUTH:
After watching POTUS go for burgers. I watched POTUS being interview by Steve Harvey at Christmas.
Wow.
The baby looks alert, like a six month old.
Welcome to the World, baby.
ut ohhhhh…
G’Nite TOD
So, the situation with Nutenyahoo is spiraling downward by the moment.
It is coming down to Sheldon Adelson versus The President of The USA.
Unless you are a longtime student of israeli politics and factions you have no hope of following the vying claims.
One organization says this and another one says that. False equivalencies abound. A group representing almost no American Jews speaks as if they speak for all of us. The whole mess is maddening.
I think it is fair to say that the only sane solution is an outright cancellation or a face-saving postponement.
If this speech is made and the democratic party splinters then Sheldon Adelson will finally be able to kid himself that he has triumphed over Our President.
Thx, Vicki.
Strong tweet, meta.
You’re the one deserving thanks, not me.
I believe we are all a very strong team here. Thank goodness!
Interesting …how the so-called progressive caucus …and CBC…have said nothing….Pelosi has said she planned to attend…which i find interesting…i think that if she had decided to boycott the speech…more DEMs would have followed her…REP John Lewis…is NOT attending…he did need to know who was attending and who wasn’t…
Warren and Sanders….have said nothing…..
this speech will tell a lot about the Dems…or i should say….will confirm a lot…
I see no posts from anyone except the tweets is Word Press on strike?
It’s fixed itself. Was my computer.
I want to share something that showed up in my Newsfeed earlier. The writer is President of Carson-Newman College, a Southern Baptist Liberal Arts school an hour east of Knoxville. As you will read, he & his wife attended the Prayer Breakfast as guests of Cong. John Duncan. Bless him for writing this & sharing it on Facebook.
Dear Friends,
In the interest of fairness to the President of the United States, I would like to offer an eye-witness, ear-witness, soul-witness to the President’s words and spirit shared at the National Prayer Breakfast. Kay and I were in attendance as guests of our U.S. Congressman, and esteemed friend, the Honorable John J. Duncan, R-TN.
Kay and I are dismayed by the vitriolic attacks on the President and his address by an unnamed news organization. Hearing the reports we wondered if we were present for the same Prayer Breakfast. By disingeniously lifting two sentences out of context from approximately 130 sentences in the President’s speech, the news agency and other political enemies of the President managed to misconstrue the confessional, bridge-building nature of Mr. Obama’s remarks. (The entire speech is available for you online by googling, “President Obama’s National Prayer Breakfast Speech.”)
We shared a breakfast table with Dr. and Mrs. Julio R. Huaranga, Congressman from Peru, and other new friends from the Ukraine, Israel, and the United States. No one at our table was offended by the President’s remarks. In fact, he rightly strongly condemned ISIL for its savage brutality. His tone was conciliatory as he asked us not to condemn Islam for the evil of some, reminding us, after all, of past evil done in the name of Christianity. That was it.
Upon completion of his remarks, the President was given a standing ovation. The Prayer Breakfast was beautiful, powerful, profoundly spiritual.
Then came the reports, . . . the ironic opposite.
It was a wonderful speech, he spoke the truth and as I told some of the people making negative comments about the speech, I said that you people will fine some fault with what the President said if he had just got up there and said Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savoir, thank you. Because if the truth is told, your problem with this President is he is a black man and you can’t stand that he is President of these United States.
Absolutely, Bella. There’s a number of comments on the thread ……… All thanking this man for writing this and neatly all positive about PO’s speech. There’s no comments that are ugly or negative.
This needs to be put in a tweet somehow. I don’t know how to do it. Thanks for sharing this!
I don’t tweet but maybe someone will be able to do it.
I miss this era:
He was a very good friend and one of the most gentle, giving people I have ever known.
Bobfr, there are many of us who are so grateful to him for his work. I had a couple of friends when I was very young who suffered with polio and it was a very painful journey for them. Thank goodness Dr. Salk moved ahead with his work for the better. And thank goodness he could count among his friends someone like you. #gratefulness
Yes, he made a contribution that has benefited literally billions of people by this time. The privilege of knowing him and having him as a friend, I cherish, meta. Thank you.
what?!? you knew dr. salk? that’s similar to having royalty in our midst! the legend of bobfr grows!
Hopefully, 4more, my reply to you will emerge from spam!!
:) What an amazing friend you had.
Honored to be in the presence of a friend of Dr. Salk’s.
The view from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies can’t be beat.
WOW! Just beautiful.
Gorgeous!
Per Google Translates:
“A group of citizens of the Russian Federation appealed to the Russians, calling for unity in the struggle for their rights and an end to the war with Ukraine.
“Russia has become a totalitarian monster, - the statement says. - Power fabricates one criminal case after another. We must work together to find ways to get out of this situation.””
Now, this is courageous ….
I used to think I’d like to see some of these dolts brought kicking and screaming into the 19th century, but now I kinda think we should just leave ’em back there where they belong … so they can just die off.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/02/07/smile-into-tomorrow/
Bobfr, my ‘Book of Gratefulness’ has a beautiful spirit of specialness tonight: “Thank you, Dr. Bobfr. I always felt something so very special about your core and your generous spirit within this family. What an honor and a total debit of gratitude for you and to you for your brilliant mind and spirit.” Always felt your specialness and humbleness, Bobfr. HZ