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Hi Chips.
Hiya Jackie :-)
How’s Danny doing?
He’s doing great Jackie, snoring as we speak after his adventure today, which - hallelujah - was incident-free!
Hi Jackie and congratulations! Aching here in Oregon.
So sorry Judith. Thought you yesterday.
Thanks, CarolMae. It was a sad homecoming after our long trip.
(((Hugs)))
GA Judith.
((( Oregon ))) must be in a state of shock — such a beautiful state, such a senseless, unspeakable horror.
Speaking as a life-long Californian, seems that we owe Oregon an apology, since the mass murderer’s parents live/have lived in the Los Angeles area.
We won’t hold the CA parents responsible unless they bought the guns for their disturbed son or knew he was a racist nutter and did not report it.
(((((Judith))))) When will this madness stop. Maybe we need to start an organization, PAMM : People Against Massacre Madness.
Thanks, JoJo. President Obama laid it out clearly in the press conference. We the people have to change the politics by refusing to vote for people in hock to the NRA even if we agree with them in most other issues. He flat out said, be a single issue voter (for gun sense) until we change the politics around this. OFA has gun violence as one of their major issues. We often partner with Moms Demand Action and allied groups. The gun fetishists are single-issue voters, and they never miss an election. We have to register more voters with gun sense and make sure they vote!
I hear you. Such a inexcusable tragedy. I have family in Portland.
If you ever come to Portland for a visit, let’s have coffee in one of our little cafes.
Congrats Jackie……Gold :star: recipient ;)
I BELIEVE IN TRADITIONALL MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN…BUT I CERTAIINLY WILL NOT DISRESPECT THOSE WHO SEEK A GAY LIFESTYLE…THAT IS GOD’S JUDGMENT…NOT MINE…WE ARE NOT GOD AND NEED TO STOP TRYING TO TAKE HIS JOB.
THE PEOPLE IN THS COUNTRY HAVE BEEN WARNED ABOUT THEIR CONTINUED WORSHIP OF THE ALMIGHTY GUN…IF THEY CAN’T DEPEND ON GOD AND SEEK PEACE…NOTHING WILL CHANGE…THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE HIS JOB…THE PEOPLE NEED TO DO THEIRS
By pressing Congress and their state legislatures to do their jobs! We need federal gun sense legislation as Bobfr, Desertflower, and so many others have outlined.
So Jeb, arguing against gun control after this tragedy, said - I kid you not - “stuff happens.”
The entire family is dim on a good day, monstrous every other day.
And the GOP has the cojones to criticize PBO? Unbelievable.
THE BUSH CRONIES WILL NOT TURN THEIR BACKS ON THE NRA…TOO MANY DEALS FOR DECADES…NOT A CHANCE!
The entire GOP is sociopathic. Every last one of them. There isn’t a shred of decency.
GA 57F.
Sounds like Jeb! was being honest when he said he isn’t asking GWB for advice.
Instead, he’s listening to Dick “stuff happens” Cheney.
Cannot believe that any sane American who was alive and sentient from 2001-2008 would even consider voting for Jeb!.
The best TV show. Ever.
Stuff JEB?! “Dumber than W” - there is a new slogan for the fuckwit
:)
“Dim on a good day” - a compliment for one with a surname of Bush.
I FEEL SORRY FOR THE PRESIDENT HAVING TO DEAL WITH SHOOTINGS AGAIN…PRAYING FOR THE FAMILIIES AND THHE SURVIVORS……………………….
So sorry, NCLB for the duplicate :oops:
I SINCERELY DETEST LOSING ARNIE DUNCAN!…BUT I UNDERSTAND.
That sheriff look like one of those right wingers.
MOST RIGHT WINGERS HAVE ACIDIC ‘UPTIGHT’ GAS FROM PLOTTING THE DEMISE OF THE HUMAN IN HUMANITY…THAT’S WHY THEY LOOK THAT WAY!
Just want to leave a quick but heartfelt thank you to Chips and all of her BT helpers for providing this place where I can click in and always find things like this live feed of PBO. Last night I heard about the shootings first thing from watching James Cordon speak about it in the opening to The Late Late Show. I opened up my laptop and immediately came to TOD for the latest. Everyone who posts and contributes here and Chips, Nerdy and others who make sure to gather links, YouTubes, White House links and Congressional news as well as news from around the world, the web, across cultures and media, thank you from the bottom of my heart for this place.
{{{{{{{MadameSoph}}}}}} Thank you, you lovely person!!
{{{Chipsticks and Danny}}}} “lovely person” Thank you for that description! I am a bit puffy today (no fun last night or anything, just salty foods last night or leaf blowers stirring up pollen or something).
I click on every morning MadameSoph - only place on the internet where I find the news without the media prefers to hide.
THE NAME BUSH IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE…TO BE SURE…THE WORST WOULD BE TRUMP WITHOUT THE ‘T’ OR TEDDY BOY!
Poor poll numbers,stuff happens, LOL!!!!
touche’ WILSON!
No, actually, No One is safe. Anywhere, anytime.
Not even in church.
Serious question: how do you determine that there is a gunman on campus, in a state where everyone is encouraged to carry guns?
theres a concept Repubs- try effing governing! omg Julie Pace.
Plus it’s harder to get thee drugs and SCOTUS might rule it unconstitutional.
Remember in China a man went into a school and stab some students and teachers, everyone survived. This happen around the same time the murder of the 20 kids in Newtown happen. Now if that man in China had a AK-15 I doubt if everyone would have survive.
Does any RWer have any alternative to killing - within and without the USA?
here he is again being reasonable and talking to congress like they actually have two brain cells to rub together. My heart weeps for this man. President Obama is the finest president in my lifetime and all he gets is flack.
THIS!!!!!!!!! Heart breaks for him.
:-)
:lol: :roll: :lol: :roll:
THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“I’m not a populist. I’m a realist.”
I’m sooooo ridin’ with Biden. Please run Joe!
yep no more f*cks to give. Love Putin’s coalition :) and ours!
McCain and all the GOP.
talking to your NRA.
They are now airing the whole clip in context and they think it makes Jeb look better. In answer to school shootings, he said “stuff happens” because there are crises all the time and the government should stay out of it.
So it’s okay for the government to get involved with Stand Your Ground laws, but not to minimize the carnage? He meant what everyone thinks he meant. Period.
The absolute BEST tweet of the day:
because there are crises all the time and the government should stay out of it.
oh…like the government staying out of the Terry Schiavo case Jeb ?
Excellent point, Linda! I am off to tweet that, with your permission.
Or a uterus
Gov’t (GOP) is fine getting involved in abortion, preventing healthcare for all, personal family medical decisions but not mass murder?
Media will ALWAYS excuse the RWers. Government should stay out of murder - but not women’s bodies - still waiting for the media to query that with all and any of the GOP pretenders.
And I just saw a FB post from my bi-polar niece. She’s at the shooting range. I want to scream.
Hope she doesn’t live in same state. Bipolar and guns not a good combination.
She’s a great girl, very talented. I love her. She respects my stance on gun control. But she needs a gun for “protection”. But she’s bipolar - can she recognize a real threat? Terrifying.
That isn’t wise
“Lets not forget, this is happening every single day in forgotten neighborhoods around the country.”
PBO is being real here. Does anyone know how to isolate the part of this Press Conference that is the Q&A? His detailed comment on Syria as well as his on the gun issue are both things I’d like to share without making F&F have to FF through the entire event.
‘the math is the math’ :)
Hey POTUS bully pulpit angry young men into stopping gun violence. The media really believes he is all powerful. My gawd our POTUS is so on the job at all times. I learn more at his press conferences than any other way. He is so educational.
AHHHHHH PETE…Pete…trying to box with the President by adding a loaded question….these mass murders are not just caused by mentally unstable folks …what about the ideology that encourages them to act out their rage….and the proliferaton of guns that allows them to do so
This ^^^
David Waldman is on a roll:
stupid question about Putin time.
PBO really broke it down re Putin. :)
oh yes he did :)
1. Jeb Bush is an a$$hole, and all President Obama had to do was step back and let him prove it.
2. I have a friend who often reminds me about this quote, and relates it to RWNJs: “I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.” - Voltaire
3. https://twitter.com/JOBoomr/status/650046295407755265
Wow, PBO is so out of f*#k$ to give with regards to not offending the opposition or the press. You can really here his frustration and anger at the bullshit. At the same time, his frustration is filled with clear information and goals.
On the idea that Putin is somehow outmaneuvering PBO, the Pres goes into a description of how things were when he started and when PBO started and where each are now: “Soooo… what was the question again?” Boom!
yep a thing of beauty :)
Ha. Went to tweet this and it’s already trending on twitter!
That entire family is beyond dumb, yet stay incredibly powerful by being part of the war profiteering game (which big oil is part of). interestingly, i cannot find a clip anywhere of barbara bush’s evil quote after hurricane katrina about it “working very well for them,” as if it’s been scrubbed from youtube at least. can read it at least:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/currentevents/a/katrinaquotes.htm
so barb, looks like your spawn jebbie is working out well for you and your family! ha.
Yes, like the Romneys, they’re high-five-ing themselves at their family dinners. Ugh.
garret always a d*ck
ohhhhhhhhhh myyyyy goooooooooodness….
telling it like it is!!!!
That “3 am phone call” commercial comes to mind….
Ha, my gawd you’re so right!!!!
Inorite? Plus, don’t know if PBO meant it to be this cutting, but HRC is running for the second time…
smartest person in any room.
And we are so blessed that he is using his considerable talents to help the world, including those who hate him.
I honestly don’t know what we’ll do without him; But looking forward also to his next chapter.. and how we can help. I am forever grateful to our country for one thing: electing Barack Obama.
Hi sherijr. I am so with you. He knows he has our good thoughts and love daily.
“I am forever grateful to our country for one thing: electing Barack Obama.” Amen.HZ
Hello HZ, so completely lovely to hear from you ~ ((((HZ)))))
I know he has many things to do, but I could listen to him all day- We are so blessed to be alive in this time!
He is music to my ears. :)
I could too, literally, listening to him, learning from him and laughing with him is just a great way to spend time.
Susanne, this may sound funny (both funny-weird and funny-haha) but I have been thinking about this particular moment in time with PBO as our president, Pope Francis in charge of the Catholic Church (I’m not Catholic, but his emphasis on “the least of these” as PBO stated is a profound change of course from previous popes) and Stephen Colbert on the Late Show. I have been giving thanks for these things before my evening meal.
Yes!
I was thinking about a comment you made earlier, regarding our voting rights/voting apathy, and remembering when I was in Peace Corps Ecuador, a thousand years ago, during Nixon’s presidency. One of the tiendas I often visited was run by a very solid, mature woman who often took me to task for things Nixon was doing. She asked me once, why it is that our country, which has the choice of leaders, has chosen this evil person to lead us. She was furious that we squander our right to representative government, when so many people like her, around the world, have no voice at all.
So again, I light candles of gratitude and hang on President Obama’s words, and count my lucky stars that we are here now. Here at this time in history, and here on the Obama Diary, where sharing this experience is a touchstone in my life.
And right away the trolls jump in to twist and distort. What is wrong with these idiots? Never mind, I know. $$$
I’m so glad they highlighted PBO’s description of Pope Francis as having “a big moral imagination” I thought that was a very apt and interesting way to describe his bringing a more inclusive and expansive attitude to the papacy.
Well, dear TODObots, we sure done a whole lotta good for this world by electing this incredible person TWICE!!! He is the best of the best of the best! <3 :bear: <3
yes he is and yes we did :) pf
Hands down he is. We did good. Very good. Very very good
Yes.
Today was so honest and intelligent. The 100% No-Fucks-left to give President Obama.
PBO simply blows away everyone else ever in political office. Not to mention the dumb and paid off media.
The more hood translation: PBO has made Putin his bitch.
I was just tweeting blind. I take it I’ll have to watch the presser later.
Those we elect should govern in good faith because all kinds of “stuff” devastates us everyday. We Floridians suffered under Jeb even beyond the 8 years he was Gov. Even beyond his tenure he did everything he could to still have his way. At least Dubya is smart enough to stay silent and hidden; bro needs to learn to do the same.
Ten people being kill is just “stuff happening” Sounds like stupid stuff big brother G.W. would say.
Nine people I meant to say.
Trump on Oregon shooting: ‘These things happen’: http://national.suntimes.com/national-world-news/7/72/1923787/trump-oregon-shooting-things-happen
On a lighter note: PBO is such a guy; he had to trash-talk his boy’s game (Arne is slow etc,).
No thank you, Jeb and his “stuff happen” is enough. No Carson, please.
No Trump either.
Ana Marie Cox has her place, too.
Good actor…..
Chat away
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/10/02/chat-away-681/