2:30 EDT: President Obama Speaks at a Ceremony in Honor of General Martin Dempsey
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Queen of the Blogosphere! :-D
Congrats on your afternoon medal. A great day to win a gold medal!
Thanks NCLB! :-)
Wow, what a news day!
Really enjoying this ceremony! :-D
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Good Afternoon, Everyone :)
Left all my jokes about the ceremony on the bottom of the last thread. Too bad, so sad. Ha!!!!
Aw, so sweet! His son Chris choked up a little reading the General’s retirement citation. Reminds me of my Dad and sister’s ceremony’s. Very moving!
aww… General Dempsey’s son broke down trying to read his retirement order.
Honor Guard is killing it! Go fellas! :-)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexcampbell/parole-board-denies-battered-womans-clemency-plea?utm_term=.bvGeDD2oV#.fdDVjjWLQ
American exceptional justice system. What right do we have to lecture any country when it comes to human rights?
This is CRAZY! How can they let this stand? Unbelievable cruel! The guy who hurt her and they children gets TWO fucking years, she gets 30 because she didn’t protect the children from him? What the ever-loving hell?!!
We have some fucking nerve. What sickens me even more is that our government fails to protect this woman.
I agree 1000k percent Jeff. Nancy Grace always has some woman who hurt her kids on and wants them put in prison but never comes to the aid of these battered women. Oklahoma is the most backwards state next to Kansas and Miserable-Missouri.
HAVING BEEN IINVOLVED IN SAID DOMESTIC INJUSTICE MYSELF…I CAN TELL YOU THE SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK FOR WE THE ABUSED PEOPLE..I WENT THROUGHH HELL AND EVEN WROTE A NEWS STORY ABOUT ABUSED WOMEN…THE JUDGES HAVE A LACK OF RESPECT IN THESE CASES.
Hate on women - it NEVER stops. Force them to have children and give them NO support after the event. Cruel - just so cruel
Does anyone have a link to a video of the Interfaith service at Ground Zero this morning?
This might be it, Bill R. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWQWtAN4pDA
Thank you!
:shock: sigh :shock:
WAS HIS FIRST NAME ‘DICK?’….JUST ASKING…GUESS HE’LL HAVE TO CHANGE IT TO SALLY THE SOPRANO!
LOL! What a dipshit.
This is to be expected on the road through evolution.
Oh DAMN! We done lost the black guy!!! You HAD ONE job Sally.
LOL! Found him! :-D
Ha! Good one donna :)
Wow, General Dunford’s Dad looks like he could be Hal Holbrooke’s twin brother!
Didn’t want the day to pass before sending Rep Boehner a good-bye note ….
And, btw, I agree with a comment amk made in a previous thread and I sent our Speaker Pelosi a note to that effect, as well ….
now, back to work …. hope to visit again before tomorrow!!
#LetsRollJoe
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I believe that the IRS allows one to claim for a huge, unexpected and costly loss in any given year.
If this is true, on behalf of he Democratic Party, I want to claim the huge loss of Kim Davis, wacko clerk who refused to perform one of the main tasks she was elected for. She has effectively switched to the GOP, a better fit for her bigotry and fake religious zeal.
I hope my return will be equally huge because I intend to share it with you.
She was probably one of those Reagan Democrats who always voted R but was too lazy to switch registrations. Good Bye, good ridence to miss rubbish, don’t let the door hit you where you can’t wipe.
BBL…YOU JUST MADE ME NAUSEOUS WITH THE MENTION OF KIM DAVIS…I HAVE TO GO AND FIND A RECEPTICLE!
Sorry. It wasn’t my intention.
If you will indulge me a quick moment of TarHeel pride :-)
I’ve actually been reading about this guy (Weis) this morning.
He had a rough go at stuff after that and even tried to kill himself partly because of it.
Really tough life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/sports/basketball/for-frederic-weis-knicks-99-draft-choice-boos-marked-start-of-a-greater-struggle.html?_r=0
Great read. Deep stuff.
Oh how sad. I had no idea. Depression is no joke. I have a couple of family members who’ve struggled with it for years. I hope things get better for him and his family.
He seemed to have turned it around after the failed attempt and even made a go with getting back together with his wife (And they’re still together, which always gives me hope).
Still seems to be coming to terms with his son’s condition though, even though it’s clear he loves him.
The only sad thing is it seems he doesn’t want to take his wife’s advice to see someone about the Depression - which really is a serious thing.
Especially if you’ve been suicidal like he has.
I hope it all works out eventually since by all accounts he seems like an otherwise nice guy and ‘gentle giant’.
General Dempsey taking the time to congratulate his wife! That’s a good husband right there!
I must say, Sarah Palin is Fredo and Kim Davis is 100% Sonny.
Did anyone spot one of Gen. Dempsey’s tiny grandchildren, who - all on his own - hugged President Obama around his back? Too cute! Hope we see a pic of that somewhere along the way.
I noticed that. Also the little cutie with the blonde curly afro……
Adorable!
Oh da cuteness!
Now POTUS has to get back to the WH and get ready for tonight’s State Dinner. A busy day, and week.
He seems to be in a helluva good mood, so I’m hoping he enjoys the rest of his day, too!
Appeared before the President departed Gen. Dempsey’s ceremony, he walked way back (with Secret Service in tow) to greet a gentleman in uniform in a wheelchair, whom I believe may have been a wounded warrior. Okay, gotta dry some tears after seeing that.
Ceremony/program continues on Pentagon Channel. Musical tribute now happening.
http://dodnews.defense.gov/LiveStream.aspx
Cool! Thanks!
Aw, now they’re playing the General and his wife’s wedding song “Close to You” in honor of their 39th wedding anniversary. Could that be any sweeter?
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I really, really, really like this Pope! He’s just wonderful! :-)
Saw this being mentioned on TV by a priest, who said the Pope gave his okay! Joy and Laughter. Works for me!
….a bar owner’s son walks into a bar and the Pope says, is that you Boner?
Ha! Good one.
I like the one on the previous post…..was that one of yours?
Yes, mine wasn’t all that funny … but I had fun with it, anyway!
It was very funny…. :)
I know!! No fan of the RCC is MP, but Pope Francis has brought some new level of sanity - after all, being the first Pope ever to use Twitter and social media - maybe he will even open those vaults and catacombs to let the world see what has been hidden from us for way too long.
Dempsey is singing last song: http://dodnews.defense.gov/LiveStream.aspx
Sing “The Parting Glass”
I’m sitting here crying like a baby…
Hang in there! <3
My POTUS has a full day. Now he needs to rest before the state dinner.
OMG… The final scene of Gen. Dempsey will all the grandbabies leaving to James Taylor’s Carolina !
What a wonderful ceremony……
I know, right?
Oh, dear. It’s true. Turtle might be next.
Hell, Bobby needs to shut up and step down too.
Fast!
He is talking to The Hand !
TPM - so called liberal media - only place that would give Jindal the time of day.
Sweet Pope. Sweet children. Love this school in East Harlem - exactly where the Pope would rather visit, than be at some big venue with the wealthy people in NYC or anywhere else around the world.
I’m not a fan of Cardinal Dolan. But he has had to tone down the luxury stops big time during the Pope’s visit, and I’m a big fan of that. Maybe it’ll get him thinking of how he’ll devote his time in the future, as the Pope has reminded all the pastors to do.
I don’t care for Dolan either…….I think he is a lobbyist in Cardinal Clothing.
Definitely. Not a good representation of the new Pope and his goals.
I remember how he campaigned against Obama particularly in the 2012 elections. I have no respect for that man.
He’s a speck of dust today. I’m concentrating on the Pope, and the work of Catholic Charities and all the sweet children who have now met the Pope. Can’t stop with the tears, of course.
Damn!
Bush law from 2005.
Supported by Bernie Sanders.
just saw the news of Boehner, good. He has done nothing for this country and he certainly had the position capable of doing much to benefit the people he was supposed to serve. Wonder if the Pope’s speech influenced him at all..
In East Harlem, the Pope is putting himself in the place of an immigrant, missing his home, reminding the children that school can help us live among “one big family,” to work as a team, play as a team, and pursue our goals. He’s talking about Dr. King again, his “dream” that many children can have equal opportunity and all that comes with it.
He says today we dream and celebrate and hope for a better world with greater possibilities. He says the children dream of growing up and living with happiness. He says, “Wherever there are dreams, wherever there is joy, Jesus is always present. Always.”
(I’ll be looking for the actual transcript of his remarks, later. So touching.)
If you want to listen to those “assassins” of John Beohner, click on this link from C-Span.
It’s unbelievable. Some wanted his scalp since 2010!
http://www.c-span.org/video/?328360-3/house-republican-response-house-speaker-john-boehners-resignation-announcement
hahahahha
MSNBC Sees Ratings Spike As Brian Williams Returns
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A pet rock covering Pope Francis would have seen ratings spike. Brian Williams and Kate Snow sux. She has no clue who anyone is or what she is looking at in NYC..
Yeah, Phil Griffin’s probably asking for a bonus, too. Brian keeps looking for explanations of WTF’s going on, in his coverage, too. It’s a little disconcerting. Kate Snow is more impressed by her new job than by what she’s covering.
What else is new, right? Pass the salt.
Was Mayor ” a noun, a verb, and 9-11″ banned from the Pope’s visit to New York ? I heard him calling in to shows, but I never saw him at any of the events.
teehee
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Now’s the time I’m saying a prayer for Pope Francis, as he rides through Central Park in the Popemobile. Whew.
Some reporter now in NYC also posted that she was “surrounded by nuns and priests” in her hotel, and “on her best behavior, ever.” Ha.
She who?
Okay, this is it for my posting pics of the Pope for today! This was so touching I had to add it.
GOP candidates don’t much come to Iowa City, “bastion of liberal” in Iowa. Apparently Carly didn’t get the memo, as she’ll be here tomorrow tailgating prior to the UI FB game. In response, the local Democrats will rally in support of Planned Parenthood and “meet on the corner of Sunset St. & Benton St. at 11am, we will then march down Melrose Ave. in a sea of pink, have some volunteers bird dog Ms. Fiorina, then have others do some crowd canvassing/signing up supporters”. Should be a fun event. :-)
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