While going to work, I was just hoping President Obama would say something encouraging to him. I am so glad he tweeted that!!! President Obama just ROCKS!
It sickens me that the school would suspend this boy for being intelligent. Hope he gets out of Texas and goes to a school that rewards intelligence rather then punishes it.
I agree, Jeff. There are many fine science magnet schools around the country that would love to have a boy like Ahmed, Hope his parents look into it and decide to move. This young man has a bright future if he isnât done in first by a twisted culture that typecasts everyone the minute theyâre born.
And of these GOP KKKochroaches are talking about rescuing Syrian refugees and bringing them to America. Donât these dumbshits know they are also well educated families with really smart kids who are also Muslim. Geez. The stupid is just overwhelming! We need My Brotherâs Keeper for our Muslim youth so they are protected and their pursuit of academic excellence is supported and nurtured.
Well, I have 100% recovered, himself - if it is a sting that caused his paw problem - is 90% there. I took him out today for the first time since last Friday-ish, he was like a de-caged bird!
Hiya VC, I decided to wait until his course of tablets ended (tomorrow), heâs much better, but there is still a slight limp - if thereâs any sign of it tomorrow evening, then itâs x-ray time!
When Tilly (my yellow lab) was younger she would jump fences and seemed to have this knack for escaping. Now she doesnât have that problem so much anymore. She was a rescue and we got her on the first day she was taken in.
Indeed. My cousin, a vet who suffers from PTSD, just got word that sheâs going to be getting rescue dog trained as a companion for PTSD suffers! So cool!
Yep, Iâm so happy for her. Itâs gonna take months though — she has to go through training, dog has more training, then they train together, then eval of the dog in her home for a while, then they become a family. đđžđâ¤ď¸
Itâs not completely right yet 57, which is a worry - Iâm going to finish his course of tablets (they end tomorrow), but definitely if thereâs still a sign of a limp then Iâll take him for an x-ray. I had been clinging to the sting theory, now wondering about the vetâs hunch it might be a metatarsal problem.
Iâd get the x-ray. Get as much information as possible. Pain killers, prednisone can mask whatâs going on. Keep us posted. At least he has a comfortable new sofa………
Thatâs the thing 57, I give him one of his tablets and he seems perfect again, but as soon as it wears off the limp comes back - which definitely suggests thereâs a problem. I thought he was okay today so took him for a walk, he was ecstatic, had a fab time, but the limp was back as soon as he was home.
Yes, you need to have it looked at. The problem treating dogs: they donât understand to “take it easy” if theyâre out of pain. You have to make sure something else isnât going on.
I do it all the time - I take something for pain and I do as much as I can until it wears off. That being said, I know when I could hurt myself by doing too much if I donât hurt. Dogs donât get that. They just feel better and want to do stuff.
Oh, that sofa was just made for Danny and I see youâve got a nice bright cover on it to add cheer. Iâm sure someday when heâs older, Danny will formally thank you for getting him a sofa of his own when he was two.
Congrats Dudette on being first. đđđđ Those bastard in Texas meant evil to Ahmed, but the very best has happen to him. President Obama and NASA has reached out to Ahmed. Others can mean evil, but God means good.
John Kerry just moves on to his next major task. He would have been a good President. I really didnât notice Hillary doing this much work - then again - the GOP sure attacked her every move.
Ahmedâs family will seriously need to move to a state better than TX or any state that does not have a GOP governor that encourages education especially SCIENCE. All those science based businesses in Texas, how the hell do you expect to recruit the best and brightest to a state where a family can raise and educate children and that state HATES SCIENCE?
Texas school rewrite (because they do like to revise history): “Thanks to our actions we have secured an invitation for one of our brightest students to visit the President of the United States. You are welcome Ahmed.””
Bomb hoax? What is wrong with NPR? There was no bomb. The school acted like a bunch of thugs and treated this kid like he made some kind of threat to the school.
More like an Education “Hoax” …..Irving School District pretending to want to educate children and encourage innovation with an “Engineering” Class where they actually DONâT expect engineering to really happen.
notice how the meme about the clock is changing…now it is an invention that LOOKS like a bomb…NPR describes the incident as a Bomb Hoax….all to give cover to the school…the police and now the city..
This mayor has a heart of stone. Where is there any expression of empathy for Ahmed and his family? She is self-justifying like crazy, rather than even trying to reach out to a very bright boy who was treated outrageously. I hope every good thing happens to young Ahmed-a scholarship, a new home in a less bigoted area of the country, a chance to explore his talents to the fullest.
Just think if a minority teacher took little white blond/blue eyed Ralphies toy gun away from him because he wanted to bring it to show and tell and the school called the cops to find it was a “toy” gun. Fox nuts would have a 24 hr show calling for the teacher and principals jobs and how poor little Ralphies 2nd amendment rights have been violated. The NRA would give little Ralphie a real gun and dare the school to say anything if he brought it to school.
Procedures donât include arresting children - how have American Schools turned into military zones - truly sad the way the police are continually called into schools for any reason - or none.
So, I guess the mayor is saying that any act of injustice is okay if it maybe, possibly stops something that wasnât even a threat. Great lesson to teach our kids.
Yeah by white kids with guns who shoot up and kill other innocent white kids and their teachers. They build bombs to blow up their schools especially if they have been bullied and shunned while the school administration does nothing. Yet a innocent bright-eyed kid named Ahmed is handcuffed, expelled, and treated like a subhuman while Texas encourages kids to love guns, God, and Bible and donât trust education especially science.
I fear for him and his family now. There was talk hoping his family could move somewhere like CA or MA. Not that these places are any better but TX is just a place of zero tolerance to anyone other than rich white or republican.
This is the type of response that upsets me. Instead of attacking democrats and giving republicans tools to use against us we should be on their side. I donât like Debbie or Hillary much myself but they are both way better than the alternative.
Oh yeah, meta, because anytime we refer to other 14-year old American boys, we say a Catholic student, or Methodist student, or Jewish student, or Episcopalian student or a Hindu student. I mean, who doesnât talk that way? Whatâs next-religious name tags, hats, symbols sewn to shirts. The bigotry is so overt and disgusting it literally turns your stomach.
An American kid who is obviously smarter than his teachers (they are jealous) and the cops who arrested this child. Their stupidity and prejudice are on display for the world to see. Even though good things have come as a result of social media getting out the word on how Ahmed was victimized, I know that quite a bit of his innocence has been taken away. Thank God that so many have stepped up. When will we learn that all of our children are worthy of our concern, our encouragement and our protection?
Iâm afraid, sadly, this is true. But I also think there will be opportunities for him on the road ahead. I would counsel him to hold steady and listen to his dreams.
what does Muslim even mean in this context? Does the media ever run with Catholic boy or Jewish boy over these incidents? Iâve never seen them do any such thing. How do we even know if he was Muslim? Just because heâs Middle Eastern? Iâve met a number in my school who were Christians among other religions. Either way they should say American and not treat him like an outcast.
You know, dudette, itâs more than disgusting. Itâs flat out unacceptable and itâs time we all rose up and said we werenât going to stand the bigotry anymore. Itâs literally getting so that I refuse to turn on any media or even talk to people who reveal themselves to have narrow minds. My patience has run thin. By the way, who on earth thinks itâs acceptable, cute, or sane to photograph children as killers. Taking this kind of picture would once have seriously categorized someone as mentally unstable and have warranted a call to Child Protective Services.
OMG
Worse—even worse than I realized.
Weekends. Saturday before Christmas.
On networks with tiny viewership
in Spanish.
Blueprint for losing
Same as 2014 had a plan sure to lose. Pretend you never heard of Obamacare unless you look disapproving and say youâll fix it.
Call Bill Clinton “The President.”
Worked like a charm.
Thanks, Bob for calling them out. They literally canât help themselves from reflexively using the bigotry markers. No sympathy for the boy, no kudos for his ingenuity, just the descriptive phrase that they hope will pigeonhole and marginalize him in the minds of their audience. They are truly despicable.
Thatâs why I donât give them any money when they fundraise. I only listen to them on weekends and none of their disgusting news which is all anti-democrats and pro-republican.
If VP Biden joins the race I imagine he will throw the DNC plans overboard very quickly.
No debates?
OK. PBO and VPB can do joint events that will change everything—FAST.
I so want him to enter the race, and bring back some OPTIMISM into the national presidential campaign. Republicans are screaming that everything is going to hell, Bernie Sanders is kind of doing the same thing. Hillary Clinton is talking about the problems still to solve without enough acknowledgment of the successes of the Obama administration.
ANd the media, whoâs always parroting the talking points of the candidates, is just spouting negativity 24/7. Is it any wonder why the poll numbers on “right track/wrong track” are so abysmal ???
More than anything itâs those bad poll numbers that make me nervous for 2016.
I would LOVE for Joe Biden to enter the democratic race. He is the best candidate in my opinion. But even if he didnât win the nomination, his presence would change the narrative. America is MAKING PROGRESS !!!!!!!!!
I totally agree with this statement. The Latino families Iâve met are hard working and family-centered people. They want decent jobs, good education for their families, health care, safe neighborhoods and a chance for their children to succeed. Yet, like every other immigrant group in history, theyâre subjected to almost unrelenting disparagement and marginalization. If I had a dollar for every time Iâve heard a middle class Anglo refer to Latinos as “them,” or “those people,” Iâd be a rich woman.
I so love this man, this President. This is goodness and decency personified. This poor young man, how terrified he must have been, being put through such stupidity. Thank you Mr. President for seeing this boy for who he is.
That is why the mayor is doubling down on her disgusting statement. This non-white kid is getting so much positive attention and making the school, the police, the city and the entire state look foolish. Businesses that rely on attracting the best scientific minds to Texas just got a wakeup call that you can have all the tax breaks but what if no one wants to live in a racist state and one where their kids are put in jail for science projects.
I think Iâm going to take the long shot and put my money down on whichever Paul (rand or ron) is still running for president with the most disgusting comment of the night tonight. its 10:1 odds! canât pass that up.
Even money is on trump, of course, but I always like a long shot!
Friends, This is totally O/T, but I just read something that I want to share and hope many of you will read or at least scan it. Please ‘try” to ignore that the focus is Bernie Sanders. I am trying to focus on the larger point this evangelical preacher is making and point out that IF ONLY the Dems would learn to MESSAGE, we could get a lot of other evangelicals agreeing with what we are saying.
Thank you for bringing this here. I read it on the old orange satan blog because they are rabid Bernie supporters so I like to know their thoughts as things are cooling down for HRC and heating up for our VP to run. I did not listen to BS speech because like someone pointed out that many on that blog called PBO a sellout for speaking at the Saddleback Church and having Rick Warren at the inaugural. I am glad that an Evangelical pastor is seeing the light although it sounds like they already were close to it, but after listening to BS put it in a biblical way about Jesus. What I get from this is sometimes the message has to come from the “right” person at the “right” time. PBO was the “right” person at the “right” time with his message of Change. Maybe BS as a Jew and that being Jesus was also a Jew, that for some people the light bulb turns on. To me PBO has been saying the same thing but not as bluntly because the message would not be taken the same way by this pastor if PBO had said the exact same thing.
Bingo, jojo. “To me PBO has been saying the same thing…………message would not be taken the same way by this pastor if PBO had said the exact same thing.”
Also want to add this. Most, if not all here, know that my husband is a Republican. But, I am seeing more and more changes in his attitude and even some things he openly says. It is obvious that he clearly sees what the extreme right-wing/TP has done/is doing to the GOP. On the social issues, he is NOT where many Râs are, not even close. And, Iâve become much more BOLD in either making comments when we watch the “news” or reading/sharing things from here or something I read somewhere else. EX: I will share this article with him and I know that he will be in total agreement with what this preacher says. One reason is that that 95% (at least) of what this preacher says could have been said by any of our pastors……..and we are NOT a right-wing evangelical church!! :)
I know that he would NEVER vote for HRC. (***Most, if not all his opinion, is based soley on what the media has done to her.) However, depending on which crazy R ends up being the nominee, if VP BIden were to be the Dem nominee, I truly believe he would vote for him and feel good about it.
Really hope few more of you will take the time to read the link.
TU tnmtngirl. I imagine that although your husband is a Republican he would vote for the right person who would do the least damage to the country and even vote for VP Biden for President to continue the Obama/Biden legacy. I voted for Bill Clinton because after eight years of Reagan, four years of Bush 1 I thought he was the best DEM candidate to win. I also voted for Carter who was a great president in my opinion and felt that the media did to him what they did to Ford (R), Bush (R), and Kerry (D) when the Corporatist donât get their way, they run so-called news events to put them in a bad light to the public. For the first time I saw that it is the media and their Corporate owners that want to shape the narrative and fortunately they have run up against Barack Obama who they canât beat. We have either gotten too smart or we have other sources to get our news information like The Obama Diary and know their M.O. I have a friend who voted for PBO twice but would never vote for HRC and heâs a registered Democrat. He was one of those Reagan Democrats you hear of who remained a Democrat.
50% of American voters will not vote for a socialist, only 47% will consider it..Pretty dismal starting point. What does this say about Bernieâs strength as a candidate of the Democratic party for President?
http://www.gallup.com/poll/183713/socialist-presidential-candidates-least-appealing.aspx
The reason Our Political System of Govât is dying and the US News Media is DEAD.
800 reporters credentialed for CNN debate—equivalent to 50% of the # of reporters covering State houses across US, according to Pew
— Josh Mitchell (@JMitchellWSJ) September 16, 2025
Note……it is Never about Issues today…….CNN is talking about creating Moments, How Trump, Carson Fiorina, etc would react. It has become about a ‘Realityâ event, darn the Citizenry.
Thatâs why no one will be watching unless they have cable. I wonât be watching and can wait for the “breaking” gossip the next day like all the other reality teevee shows.
Didnât Congress block or filibuster the vote to extend the 9/11 responders healthcare bill last week or early this week? I mentioned they probably did that because Jon Stewart was no longer on the air…..well well well, guess who was in D.C. in Congresses face telling them to do the right thing and extend or make the 9/11 healthcare bill permanate but Jon Stewart himself walking the halls kicking ass and taking names. I am glad he is there to support the first responders and anyone else who was at ground zero. No one ever points out it was Bush/Cheney EPA saying there was no harm for them to be working down there with NO masks and breathing that toxic air.
GOOD AFTERNOON TOD FAMILY……………………THIS IS A RELAX AND PACK DAY…BACK TO INDY TOMORROW AND CERTAINLY CONTINUED PACKING THERE. THE AIR OUT WEST HAS BEEN SO GOOD FOR ME…I WILL HATE TO LEAVE THAT BEHIND…MY WORK WAS FOUND THANK GOD…BUT HIDDEN IN THE HOUSE HERE SO I WILL NEVER FIND AN ANSWER TO THIS ONE…BUT AT LEAST I HAVE IT.
THE UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SURROUNDED THIS YOUNG AND INSPIRING SCIENTIST IS SYMPTOMATIC OF THE COMBINED MUSLIM HATRED AND FEAR THAT HAS INFECTED THIS NATION….AGAIN…WE DONâT DESERVE OUR AMAZING PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE ‘ARE NOTâ ANYMORE. OUR BEHAVIOR IS SHAMEFUL………….:(
Yes!
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame Deliciously Delectaaaaaaaaaaable!!!!
My Queeeeeeeeeeeeen! What a joy to see you!
A thousands suns envy the light you bring to us all! đ
While going to work, I was just hoping President Obama would say something encouraging to him. I am so glad he tweeted that!!! President Obama just ROCKS!
I love this man. Love him!
Tweet invites from POTUS. Mark Zuckerberg and segment on All In With Chris Hayes! Iâd say Ahmed is having a good day today! đ
LOL! when you donât have any BUCK ITS to give. Awesome.
Swish! Nothin but net!
It sickens me that the school would suspend this boy for being intelligent. Hope he gets out of Texas and goes to a school that rewards intelligence rather then punishes it.
I agree, Jeff. There are many fine science magnet schools around the country that would love to have a boy like Ahmed, Hope his parents look into it and decide to move. This young man has a bright future if he isnât done in first by a twisted culture that typecasts everyone the minute theyâre born.
And of these GOP KKKochroaches are talking about rescuing Syrian refugees and bringing them to America. Donât these dumbshits know they are also well educated families with really smart kids who are also Muslim. Geez. The stupid is just overwhelming! We need My Brotherâs Keeper for our Muslim youth so they are protected and their pursuit of academic excellence is supported and nurtured.
Excellent Post, Lady Chips. Thank you.
Dudette is once again, a Au :star: Winner ;)
Congrats!
Thanks Nena!
{{{Pres. Obama}}} :) :) Weâve got the best Prezzy, evah!
Hi Chips Chica, Howâs ya doing?
It do be going fabulously VC, mainly ‘cos The Danster is loving his new sofa :-)
/whispering softly - that dog is spoiled to the max!/
Glad to hear, and see, that you are both having a good time! Am trusting that all traces of the wasp encounter have disappeared.
Well, I have 100% recovered, himself - if it is a sting that caused his paw problem - is 90% there. I took him out today for the first time since last Friday-ish, he was like a de-caged bird!
Did you take him back to the vet at all, or do you now feel there is no longer a need for the x-ray?
No wonder he is sleeping like he is tuckered out….so precious. :)
Hi, Jojo. I havenât run into you for awhile so was unable to give you a hug {{Jojo}}, re your pets!
Hi vc. Thank you dear. Wish you could join us later this month for our get together.
Iâll be there in spirit - I figure youâll be having a *big* one.
Hiya VC, I decided to wait until his course of tablets ended (tomorrow), heâs much better, but there is still a slight limp - if thereâs any sign of it tomorrow evening, then itâs x-ray time!
BTW, that is one awesome ad for relaxation…. and for the comfort of that couch! :D
Ms. Chips,
Danny Boy looks like a big, big puppy laying on his sofa. đđđ
Ha, he really does RanMan, and he totally thinks itâs HIS sofa!
Whatâs your point?
Trying to get Nickelby to make room for us on the sofa takes the strength of four Dannys.
Um, Chipsticks? It IS, his, sofa. Right?
Well…… I hoped weâd share it, but…….. (typing on the floor, itâs REALLY uncomfortable!1!1!)
Awwww!
Wow!
Look at Danny and his new Sofa!
That is so :cool:
awww! What a sweet puppy! I love labs.
When Tilly (my yellow lab) was younger she would jump fences and seemed to have this knack for escaping. Now she doesnât have that problem so much anymore. She was a rescue and we got her on the first day she was taken in.
I bet you have given her a beautiful life, Jeff - people who rescue dogs are phenomenally wonderful.
Itâs a special kind of love you build with rescues. It gives us great joy.
Indeed. My cousin, a vet who suffers from PTSD, just got word that sheâs going to be getting rescue dog trained as a companion for PTSD suffers! So cool!
That is cool Dudette….a pet makes a world of difference in making life worth living.
Yep, Iâm so happy for her. Itâs gonna take months though — she has to go through training, dog has more training, then they train together, then eval of the dog in her home for a while, then they become a family. đđžđâ¤ď¸
Mr. 57 would be so proud of you: the armrest is just the right height for Dannyâs dainty head.
His paw okay now?
Itâs not completely right yet 57, which is a worry - Iâm going to finish his course of tablets (they end tomorrow), but definitely if thereâs still a sign of a limp then Iâll take him for an x-ray. I had been clinging to the sting theory, now wondering about the vetâs hunch it might be a metatarsal problem.
Iâd get the x-ray. Get as much information as possible. Pain killers, prednisone can mask whatâs going on. Keep us posted. At least he has a comfortable new sofa………
Thatâs the thing 57, I give him one of his tablets and he seems perfect again, but as soon as it wears off the limp comes back - which definitely suggests thereâs a problem. I thought he was okay today so took him for a walk, he was ecstatic, had a fab time, but the limp was back as soon as he was home.
Yes, you need to have it looked at. The problem treating dogs: they donât understand to “take it easy” if theyâre out of pain. You have to make sure something else isnât going on.
Problem with all pain-killers, really, even the human kind - they mask the pain, making you think youâre invincible :-) Will have him checked out.
I do it all the time - I take something for pain and I do as much as I can until it wears off. That being said, I know when I could hurt myself by doing too much if I donât hurt. Dogs donât get that. They just feel better and want to do stuff.
Danny, I wuvvv you so much <3 <3
Oh, that sofa was just made for Danny and I see youâve got a nice bright cover on it to add cheer. Iâm sure someday when heâs older, Danny will formally thank you for getting him a sofa of his own when he was two.
:lol: I will NOT hold my breath, Jackie!!
Ha! wow my critters are so jealous that Danny has his very own sofa ;) good job Ms. Chips~
But sherijr, itâs meant to be MY sofa!1!1! :-)
oops ~ Danny scoot over and give mama some sofa too :)
noap
ok Boss ;)
Chips, you are so well trained!!
Danny looks blissful.
:lol: I wish ****HE**** was as well trained!!!
Wuff.
Yes we have got the best Prezzy!
We are blessed, I tell you. Blessed, even while having to deal with the idjiits on the other side! Lifeâs good! :)
Truly!
Frisky stepping up above there, Dudette! :D
Frisky, thatâs me! đ
:D :D
Congrats Dudette on being first. đđđđ Those bastard in Texas meant evil to Ahmed, but the very best has happen to him. President Obama and NASA has reached out to Ahmed. Others can mean evil, but God means good.
Thanks Ranman!
Iâm so happy that nightmare is turning into something great for Ahmed!
Love your sentiment ranman - reading it hours later - still sounds good.
Looks like heâs going to NASA too! đ
This is awesome. VP JOe Biden was right. America is not about hate.
John Kerry just moves on to his next major task. He would have been a good President. I really didnât notice Hillary doing this much work - then again - the GOP sure attacked her every move.
Maybe a visit to MIT?!! đ
Ahmedâs family will seriously need to move to a state better than TX or any state that does not have a GOP governor that encourages education especially SCIENCE. All those science based businesses in Texas, how the hell do you expect to recruit the best and brightest to a state where a family can raise and educate children and that state HATES SCIENCE?
That is so Sweet.
MIT?
Awesome.
WTG, Ahmed.
You will do greater things in life.
This is what the pundits and the candidates do not understand…We Love <3 the Presdent
Comment at rawstory…
“Peegan ⢠19 minutes ago
Texas school rewrite (because they do like to revise history): “Thanks to our actions we have secured an invitation for one of our brightest students to visit the President of the United States. You are welcome Ahmed.””
NPR trying to change the game
Bomb hoax? What is wrong with NPR? There was no bomb. The school acted like a bunch of thugs and treated this kid like he made some kind of threat to the school.
They put it in quotes, at least.
Iâm very disappointed in NPR - if this is a true comment from them
More like an Education “Hoax” …..Irving School District pretending to want to educate children and encourage innovation with an “Engineering” Class where they actually DONâT expect engineering to really happen.
This!
OMG!!!!!!! We have the best president EVER!!!!!
notice how the meme about the clock is changing…now it is an invention that LOOKS like a bomb…NPR describes the incident as a Bomb Hoax….all to give cover to the school…the police and now the city..
This mayor has a heart of stone. Where is there any expression of empathy for Ahmed and his family? She is self-justifying like crazy, rather than even trying to reach out to a very bright boy who was treated outrageously. I hope every good thing happens to young Ahmed-a scholarship, a new home in a less bigoted area of the country, a chance to explore his talents to the fullest.
Donât try to justify your lack of common sense. Too late. President Obama has gotten wind of this situation and you messed up - BIG TIME!
Spin it…….spin it……….spin it, baby. Wonât change a d— thing. Hate and fear, thatâs all you folks know. SHAME!!!!!!!!!
Just think if a minority teacher took little white blond/blue eyed Ralphies toy gun away from him because he wanted to bring it to show and tell and the school called the cops to find it was a “toy” gun. Fox nuts would have a 24 hr show calling for the teacher and principals jobs and how poor little Ralphies 2nd amendment rights have been violated. The NRA would give little Ralphie a real gun and dare the school to say anything if he brought it to school.
So true jojo!
Procedures donât include arresting children - how have American Schools turned into military zones - truly sad the way the police are continually called into schools for any reason - or none.
That is, if he even has to bother writing one. đ
LOL!!! đ
So, I guess the mayor is saying that any act of injustice is okay if it maybe, possibly stops something that wasnât even a threat. Great lesson to teach our kids.
Yeah by white kids with guns who shoot up and kill other innocent white kids and their teachers. They build bombs to blow up their schools especially if they have been bullied and shunned while the school administration does nothing. Yet a innocent bright-eyed kid named Ahmed is handcuffed, expelled, and treated like a subhuman while Texas encourages kids to love guns, God, and Bible and donât trust education especially science.
I fear for him and his family now. There was talk hoping his family could move somewhere like CA or MA. Not that these places are any better but TX is just a place of zero tolerance to anyone other than rich white or republican.
She is cashing in - pathetic
Thereâs money to be made on that band wagon.
Cold and careful statement, just like Hillary. Whereas PBOâs tweet was personal, fun, with heart and inspiration.
yanno…maybe so…but i am glad she did it….
Of course, I am too. It just felt anemic compared to PBOâs response.
This is the type of response that upsets me. Instead of attacking democrats and giving republicans tools to use against us we should be on their side. I donât like Debbie or Hillary much myself but they are both way better than the alternative.
Youâre right. She was being sympathetic. We should check the cynicism
Oh yeah! Iâd better go to the WH with Ahmed and his family, ya know?
(Ahem, I, however, am not cashing in) <3
I love this photo with the woman holding the clock. Perfect image. Thanks, dudette.
đ :-D
Yep
I KNEW IT!!!
I made mention of PBO contacting that young man and sure enough - he has!!!
We love you awesome President Obama <3
He makes me so proud!!!
Like a Vulcan mind meld, GG! You and PBO! Nice!
Iâm convinced more than ever that he or someone on WH staff is a TOD lurker!
[waving… “Hi! We love you!” â¤ď¸]
This is infuriating me.
Oh yeah, meta, because anytime we refer to other 14-year old American boys, we say a Catholic student, or Methodist student, or Jewish student, or Episcopalian student or a Hindu student. I mean, who doesnât talk that way? Whatâs next-religious name tags, hats, symbols sewn to shirts. The bigotry is so overt and disgusting it literally turns your stomach.
Exactly, and every major outlet is referring to him this way. UGH.
An American kid who is obviously smarter than his teachers (they are jealous) and the cops who arrested this child. Their stupidity and prejudice are on display for the world to see. Even though good things have come as a result of social media getting out the word on how Ahmed was victimized, I know that quite a bit of his innocence has been taken away. Thank God that so many have stepped up. When will we learn that all of our children are worthy of our concern, our encouragement and our protection?
Iâm afraid, sadly, this is true. But I also think there will be opportunities for him on the road ahead. I would counsel him to hold steady and listen to his dreams.
what does Muslim even mean in this context? Does the media ever run with Catholic boy or Jewish boy over these incidents? Iâve never seen them do any such thing. How do we even know if he was Muslim? Just because heâs Middle Eastern? Iâve met a number in my school who were Christians among other religions. Either way they should say American and not treat him like an outcast.
I totally agree with you Jeff.
I could accept the police visit. What drives me nuts is the ARREST, and the handcuffing.
This is outrageous, yeah. But itâs also ridiculous. Talk about overreacting.
Who TRAINS these guys ? Gosh, were they afraid of a tiny teenage boy ?
Seems the police in America only knows one way of doing things: ESCALATING a situation to the point of absurdity.
I mean⌠accept the police visit because the teacher was stupid and irrational and they called the police so the police had no choice but to come.
But after that⌠my goodness…
You know, dudette, itâs more than disgusting. Itâs flat out unacceptable and itâs time we all rose up and said we werenât going to stand the bigotry anymore. Itâs literally getting so that I refuse to turn on any media or even talk to people who reveal themselves to have narrow minds. My patience has run thin. By the way, who on earth thinks itâs acceptable, cute, or sane to photograph children as killers. Taking this kind of picture would once have seriously categorized someone as mentally unstable and have warranted a call to Child Protective Services.
No one shall speak to me of football today. I may have to go home early and have a series of Manhattans.
LL, Chelsea is currently leading 3-0. Turn that frown upside down fella :-)
Praise the Lord! Just finished watching the last five minutes of the match.
:-) they won 4-0
#Lucky
OMG
Worse—even worse than I realized.
Weekends. Saturday before Christmas.
On networks with tiny viewership
in Spanish.
Blueprint for losing
Same as 2014 had a plan sure to lose. Pretend you never heard of Obamacare unless you look disapproving and say youâll fix it.
Call Bill Clinton “The President.”
Worked like a charm.
Tone-deaf. They are tone-deaf.
Letâs see how they react when Hillaryâs numbers against potential republican candidates continue to go down.
Thereâs no talk on the democratic agenda. Itâs republican talking points 24/7 !!!
Thanks, Bob for calling them out. They literally canât help themselves from reflexively using the bigotry markers. No sympathy for the boy, no kudos for his ingenuity, just the descriptive phrase that they hope will pigeonhole and marginalize him in the minds of their audience. They are truly despicable.
Thatâs why I donât give them any money when they fundraise. I only listen to them on weekends and none of their disgusting news which is all anti-democrats and pro-republican.
VP Joe is giving a GREAT speech. BRAVO.
If VP Biden joins the race I imagine he will throw the DNC plans overboard very quickly.
No debates?
OK. PBO and VPB can do joint events that will change everything—FAST.
Hahaaaaa, I would LOVE that!!
I so want him to enter the race, and bring back some OPTIMISM into the national presidential campaign. Republicans are screaming that everything is going to hell, Bernie Sanders is kind of doing the same thing. Hillary Clinton is talking about the problems still to solve without enough acknowledgment of the successes of the Obama administration.
ANd the media, whoâs always parroting the talking points of the candidates, is just spouting negativity 24/7. Is it any wonder why the poll numbers on “right track/wrong track” are so abysmal ???
More than anything itâs those bad poll numbers that make me nervous for 2016.
I would LOVE for Joe Biden to enter the democratic race. He is the best candidate in my opinion. But even if he didnât win the nomination, his presence would change the narrative. America is MAKING PROGRESS !!!!!!!!!
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bbl …
That dog is enormous!!
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I totally agree with this statement. The Latino families Iâve met are hard working and family-centered people. They want decent jobs, good education for their families, health care, safe neighborhoods and a chance for their children to succeed. Yet, like every other immigrant group in history, theyâre subjected to almost unrelenting disparagement and marginalization. If I had a dollar for every time Iâve heard a middle class Anglo refer to Latinos as “them,” or “those people,” Iâd be a rich woman.
Just stopping by to say…
I so love this man, this President. This is goodness and decency personified. This poor young man, how terrified he must have been, being put through such stupidity. Thank you Mr. President for seeing this boy for who he is.
Texas never disappoints, by the end of the day this kid is going to have college, his first apartment and his first car paid for.
Looks that way! đ
That is why the mayor is doubling down on her disgusting statement. This non-white kid is getting so much positive attention and making the school, the police, the city and the entire state look foolish. Businesses that rely on attracting the best scientific minds to Texas just got a wakeup call that you can have all the tax breaks but what if no one wants to live in a racist state and one where their kids are put in jail for science projects.
Bingo!
Say that jojo!!!
And this is exactly how our PBO continues to shape the future. More than anyone he knows itâs all about the Children. Follow the Child!
I think Iâm going to take the long shot and put my money down on whichever Paul (rand or ron) is still running for president with the most disgusting comment of the night tonight. its 10:1 odds! canât pass that up.
Even money is on trump, of course, but I always like a long shot!
I guess Tom Brady supports Trump. Says it would be great if he won.
Thought New England was liberal… Wonder what they think?
Yep. Saw this earlier!
Friends, This is totally O/T, but I just read something that I want to share and hope many of you will read or at least scan it. Please ‘try” to ignore that the focus is Bernie Sanders. I am trying to focus on the larger point this evangelical preacher is making and point out that IF ONLY the Dems would learn to MESSAGE, we could get a lot of other evangelicals agreeing with what we are saying.
http://reverbpress.com/politics/biblical-argument-for-bernie-sanders/
Thank you for bringing this here. I read it on the old orange satan blog because they are rabid Bernie supporters so I like to know their thoughts as things are cooling down for HRC and heating up for our VP to run. I did not listen to BS speech because like someone pointed out that many on that blog called PBO a sellout for speaking at the Saddleback Church and having Rick Warren at the inaugural. I am glad that an Evangelical pastor is seeing the light although it sounds like they already were close to it, but after listening to BS put it in a biblical way about Jesus. What I get from this is sometimes the message has to come from the “right” person at the “right” time. PBO was the “right” person at the “right” time with his message of Change. Maybe BS as a Jew and that being Jesus was also a Jew, that for some people the light bulb turns on. To me PBO has been saying the same thing but not as bluntly because the message would not be taken the same way by this pastor if PBO had said the exact same thing.
Bingo, jojo. “To me PBO has been saying the same thing…………message would not be taken the same way by this pastor if PBO had said the exact same thing.”
Also want to add this. Most, if not all here, know that my husband is a Republican. But, I am seeing more and more changes in his attitude and even some things he openly says. It is obvious that he clearly sees what the extreme right-wing/TP has done/is doing to the GOP. On the social issues, he is NOT where many Râs are, not even close. And, Iâve become much more BOLD in either making comments when we watch the “news” or reading/sharing things from here or something I read somewhere else. EX: I will share this article with him and I know that he will be in total agreement with what this preacher says. One reason is that that 95% (at least) of what this preacher says could have been said by any of our pastors……..and we are NOT a right-wing evangelical church!! :)
I know that he would NEVER vote for HRC. (***Most, if not all his opinion, is based soley on what the media has done to her.) However, depending on which crazy R ends up being the nominee, if VP BIden were to be the Dem nominee, I truly believe he would vote for him and feel good about it.
Really hope few more of you will take the time to read the link.
TU tnmtngirl. I imagine that although your husband is a Republican he would vote for the right person who would do the least damage to the country and even vote for VP Biden for President to continue the Obama/Biden legacy. I voted for Bill Clinton because after eight years of Reagan, four years of Bush 1 I thought he was the best DEM candidate to win. I also voted for Carter who was a great president in my opinion and felt that the media did to him what they did to Ford (R), Bush (R), and Kerry (D) when the Corporatist donât get their way, they run so-called news events to put them in a bad light to the public. For the first time I saw that it is the media and their Corporate owners that want to shape the narrative and fortunately they have run up against Barack Obama who they canât beat. We have either gotten too smart or we have other sources to get our news information like The Obama Diary and know their M.O. I have a friend who voted for PBO twice but would never vote for HRC and heâs a registered Democrat. He was one of those Reagan Democrats you hear of who remained a Democrat.
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PRICELESS!!!!!
More from them! This is especially nice!
anyone know what time these knuckleheads debate tonight?
I think you meant “knuckledraggers” didnât you? Love that President Obama did this. Love this man. Proud of Ahmed…he will go on to do great things:)
eggzackly what I meant df :)
Iâll be scraping snail mucus off my front doorframe or something even more important whenever that clown show comes on.
I doubt Iâll last long Dudette ;(
Today another shining example of what a difference it makes having Barack Obama as @POTUS.
Gee, Mark, I didnât know that 5 + 1 = 6!
Move over, Mark Knoller.
So WTH is happening here?
Thereâs more:
meta, you are so direct with your comments - you make me so proud of you :-) <3
Go get 'em Sister!
I really hate being so rude but Iâm furious right now. HOW DARE he promote Trump and Bush in the name of Democrats? Seriously?
What the ever-loving HELL?
Mustâve gotten a private spanking over #IranDeal so now heâs promoting Rethugs!
I guess itâs official. He will not be Sen Dem Leader, so heâs all pouty.
Ouch Donna!
Thank you.
Never a dull moment… between GOP debates!
I do like Josh!
50% of American voters will not vote for a socialist, only 47% will consider it..Pretty dismal starting point. What does this say about Bernieâs strength as a candidate of the Democratic party for President?
http://www.gallup.com/poll/183713/socialist-presidential-candidates-least-appealing.aspx
The reason Our Political System of Govât is dying and the US News Media is DEAD.
Note……it is Never about Issues today…….CNN is talking about creating Moments, How Trump, Carson Fiorina, etc would react. It has become about a ‘Realityâ event, darn the Citizenry.
Thatâs why no one will be watching unless they have cable. I wonât be watching and can wait for the “breaking” gossip the next day like all the other reality teevee shows.
Didnât Congress block or filibuster the vote to extend the 9/11 responders healthcare bill last week or early this week? I mentioned they probably did that because Jon Stewart was no longer on the air…..well well well, guess who was in D.C. in Congresses face telling them to do the right thing and extend or make the 9/11 healthcare bill permanate but Jon Stewart himself walking the halls kicking ass and taking names. I am glad he is there to support the first responders and anyone else who was at ground zero. No one ever points out it was Bush/Cheney EPA saying there was no harm for them to be working down there with NO masks and breathing that toxic air.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/09/16/a-tweet-or-two-317/
GOOD AFTERNOON TOD FAMILY……………………THIS IS A RELAX AND PACK DAY…BACK TO INDY TOMORROW AND CERTAINLY CONTINUED PACKING THERE. THE AIR OUT WEST HAS BEEN SO GOOD FOR ME…I WILL HATE TO LEAVE THAT BEHIND…MY WORK WAS FOUND THANK GOD…BUT HIDDEN IN THE HOUSE HERE SO I WILL NEVER FIND AN ANSWER TO THIS ONE…BUT AT LEAST I HAVE IT.
THE UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SURROUNDED THIS YOUNG AND INSPIRING SCIENTIST IS SYMPTOMATIC OF THE COMBINED MUSLIM HATRED AND FEAR THAT HAS INFECTED THIS NATION….AGAIN…WE DONâT DESERVE OUR AMAZING PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE ‘ARE NOTâ ANYMORE. OUR BEHAVIOR IS SHAMEFUL………….:(
I love our President. He is the most caring, compassionate, and brilliant man to ever sit in that Oval Office. Blessings to you, Mr. President.HZ