Maybe if Donald wins for the GOP he will pick Sarah P for his running mate! The problem with that is although it seems inconceivable that they could ever win that old saying: Be careful what you wish for keeps ringing in my ears.
AMK, I’m hoping God has a sense of humor and shows her a door to a long, dark tunnel and then manages to slam it just a little too hard as she’s walking out of it. Palin has about as much intention of exerting herself to run for office as does one of your pugs. She’s saying this to get donations to her PAC, as her aged supporters get tired of sending her money and getting nothing for it.
I was just thinking that God’s too busy telling Bristol she can be pregnant out of wedlock as often as she wants…hopefully mama grizzly will be too busy chasing all those cubs around the house to care.
G’morning Chips, TOD, lurkers, and congrats even amk on #1! Happy Wednesday everyone. :)
Chips, thank YOU SO MUCH FOR front-paging PBO’s so very truthful words about the GOP & MSM’s hypocrisy and fear-mongering at his presser last night? I was just typing to ask you to do so when I refreshed the page and saw you did it!!! I think quite a few people missed it yesterday because it was already after 11PM ET.
All thanks to you Hopefruit, I saw your comment so added the tweet! Will try to get the video as soon as I get this damn work done (only 26.3 hours late now). Good morning to ya!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Chips, for those words of our President. This is leadership, both moral and political. He skewered the cowardly right wing and roasted them over coals. His line about their boasting they could just look at Putin and have him cower, while they’re afraid of toddlers is one for the ages. I wish this quote could be picked up and headlined by every newspaper in the country. People who like to carry big guns and talk about their bravery are quivering cowards underneath. I hope PBO says this over and over again in every interview and in every venue.
Isn’t it True to Form how and why the US News Media……in Paris, France, Belgium, etc have Not asked Citizens of those nations their THOUGHTS on Pres Obama?
That is telling.
The US News Media have and they didn’t like their answers so Nothing since Friday Nov 13th 2015……. Nothing.
Democratic supporters of the bill include Reps.
Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), David Scott (D-Ga.), Brad Sherman (D-Calif.),Daniel T. Kildee (D-Mich.), Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio),
Sanford Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.), Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), Ann Kuster (D-N.H.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.),
Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam), Patrick Murphy (D-Fla.), Brad Ashford (D-Neb.),
Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), Gene Green (D-Fla.), Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.),
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas), Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Ron Kind
(D-Wis.), David Loebsack (D-Iowa), Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.), Dina Titus (D-Nev.), Marc Veasay (D-Texas), Julia Brownley (D-Calif.),
Juan Vargas (D-Calif.), Timothy Walz (D-Minn.), Filemon Vela (D-Texas), Michael Doyle (D-Pa.), Gerald Connolly (D-Va.), Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.),
Gwen Graham (D-Fla.), Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.), Robert Brady (D-Pa.), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Esty (D-
Conn.), Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), Mark Takai (D- Hawaii), Jim Costa (D-Calif.), Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), Norma Torres (D-Calif.),
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.),
Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Ablio Sires (D-N.J.), Corrine Brown (D-Fla.),
Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Sam Farr (D-Calif.).
SEE IF YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IS ON THE LIST!
65 Democrats are backing a bill that would allow car dealers to overcharge people of color https://t.co/lOm6h67xt0 # via HuffPostPol
I sent an email to him. I doubt it will change his mind. I’ve been very disappointed in him. There’s another Dem. candidate that’s I’m going to support in the next election. His name is Alex Law.
Women of Africa: Deaf-blind lawyer on typing to Obama.
Haben Girma was the first deaf-blind student to graduate from Harvard Law School. Today the Eritrean-American fights for better education for deaf-blind people worldwide.
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL…I PUT THIS ON MY FB…BBL..LOTS OF ERRANDS TODAY WITH YUKKA HEADACHES…PRESS ON! THE WEATHER IS UGLY AND THE WIND IS HIGH…SAIL ON MR. PRESIDENT…YOU ARE LOVED!
My white neighbor thought I was breaking into my own apartment. Nineteen cops showed up.
By Fay Wells November 18 at 6:00 AM
On Sept. 6, I locked myself out of my apartment in Santa Monica, Calif. I was in a rush to get to my weekly soccer game, so I decided to go enjoy the game and deal with the lock afterward.
A few hours and a visit from a locksmith later, I was inside my apartment and slipping off my shoes when I heard a man’s voice and what sounded like a small dog whimpering outside, near my front window. I imagined a loiterer and opened the door to move him along. I was surprised to see a large dog halfway up the staircase to my door. I stepped back inside, closed the door and locked it.
I heard barking. I approached my front window and loudly asked what was going on. Peering through my blinds, I saw a gun. A man stood at the bottom of the stairs, pointing it at me. I stepped back and heard: “Come outside with your hands up.” I thought: This man has a gun and will kill me if I don’t come outside. At the same time, I thought: I’ve heard this line from policemen in movies. Although he didn’t identify himself, perhaps he’s an officer.
The new Quinn’s-panic poll of Colorado has republicans blowing away all democrats… Then, I looked at the cross tabs and the republicans have a 7% advantage over democrats??
Since when does republicans have such an Party I’d advantage?
See??
The Koch intelligence agency
As the billionaires’ network works to reshape U.S. politics, it keeps a close eye on the left.
By Kenneth P. Vogel
11/18/15 05:14 AM EST
The competitive intelligence effort, reported here for the first time, also hints at the audaciousness of the Koch network’s mission. While the Republican Party focuses on winning elections, the Kochs want to realign American politics, government and society around free enterprise philosophies that they hope to spread more broadly.
A key to accomplishing the mission, from the Kochs’ perspective, is countering super PACs and other big-money groups funded by rich liberals, as well as allied public sector unions and academic and media elites. The Kochs’ allies feel that those forces have worked together for decades with Democratic politicians and government bureaucrats to institutionalize the philosophy that heavy regulation and taxation of business is the only way to ensure an equitable society.
The Kochs concluded that defeating this well-funded left-wing infrastructure requires tracking the professional left in real time ― a capability they realized they lacked after the 2012 election. In the run-up to that election, the Koch network spent $400-million-plus attacking Democratic politicians and policies, only to see President Barack Obama win re-election and his party maintain control of the Senate. A forensic audit of the network’s efforts concluded the Kochs had been out-maneuvered by the left on the airwaves, in the data war and on the ground. Vowing not to let that happen again, the network began investing in the competitive intelligence team and other efforts to keep tabs on the left.
To be sure, the Kochs’ operation isn’t the only one focused on pulling back the curtain on its opponents. In fact, liberal activists and groups have frequently worked to expose the activities of the Koch brothers and their network. But the competitive intelligence team, like so many other Koch-backed programs, appears to be unique in its scale and its thoroughly methodological approach.
Trump, Clinton Seen as Best at Handling Terrorism
November 17, 2025
A new Reuters poll finds that American voters are evenly split between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as their top choice to address the issue of terrorism following the Paris attacks.
“Given Clinton’s background as a former secretary of state it is perhaps not surprising that she did reasonably well in the poll. However, Trump’s good showing upends an emerging narrative that the Paris shootings and suicide bombings would prompt voters to rethink their support for the real estate billionaire, who leads the field of Republican presidential candidates.
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Wednesday morning. Congrats Amk, on being FURST this morning.
To all, I hope you have gratifying, stimulating and titillating day today. <3<3<3
Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆
A Long Path to a Dream of Being a Nun
Once denied because of her race, Sister Jannette decided to take vows after her children were grown
By Clare Ansberry
Nov. 17, 2015 5:00 p.m. ET
Jannette Marie Pruitt is a mother of three, grandmother of seven,
great-grandmother of two, and one of two black Catholic nuns in the
otherwise white order of the Sisters of St. Francis.
“I thought I was crazy,” says Sister Jannette, 66, recalling her decision to join the Franciscan Sisters in Oldenburg, Ind., an order with 199 sisters. She was 47 at the time, and liked nice clothes, spoiling her grandkids and coming and going as she pleased. Growing up in Mississippi in the mid-1950s, she had wanted to be a nun, but was discouraged because she was black. The church has changed since then.
Obama comes under criticism from Dems over Paris rhetoric
11/17/15 04:56 PM EST
President Obama is coming under criticism from some in his own party over his comments Monday about last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris.
Influential liberal columnists and Democratic strategists say Obama came off as condescending and scornful during his press conference in Antalya, Turkey — missing an opportunity to show strength and leadership in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
“I don’t want him shooting from the hip and making empty threats, but I think he could have done a better job in articulating the anger that many people feel toward what happened in not only Paris but Beirut as well,” said Democratic strategist Jim Manley, a former adviser to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
“What happened in Paris and in Beirut is going to require an aggressive response.”
Those comments echoed Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson’s assessment that Obama’s tone “was all wrong” in addressing the Paris attacks.
Typically an Obama ally, Robinson in a column published on Tuesday wrote that “at times he was patronizing, at other times he seemed annoyed and almost dismissive.”
“That’s not the tone you want to strike to the public, that’s not the tone you want to send to our allies and enemies,” said Democratic strategist Brad Bannon.
Democratic Strategists and Columnists…are not folks that i am concerned about…they go as the wind blows…and we would never know about these folks if their comments were backing the President
One thing i have to remind myself about events in Paris is not to believe everything that is reported as breaking news. Waiting for confirmation is critical
President Obama Not Afraid to Use the Secret Service to Keep Dudes Away From Malia
November 18, 2025
In a new interview with GQ, Dad-in-Chief Barack Obama lamented not getting to spend as much time with his daughters Sasha and Malia now that they’re teenagers, but admitted that he’s not afraid to employ his unique resources when it comes to keeping gross dudes at bay.
Though no guy has been brave enough to risk coming to the White House to pick Malia up for a date, the President said he’s caught some wannabe suitors giving her the up-and-down. “I’ve seen some folks glancing at her in ways that made me not happy,” he admitted. And when that happens, “Just keep an eye on him,” he says he tells the Secret Service.
White House.gov
FURST.
Maybe if Donald wins for the GOP he will pick Sarah P for his running mate! The problem with that is although it seems inconceivable that they could ever win that old saying: Be careful what you wish for keeps ringing in my ears.
AMK, I’m hoping God has a sense of humor and shows her a door to a long, dark tunnel and then manages to slam it just a little too hard as she’s walking out of it. Palin has about as much intention of exerting herself to run for office as does one of your pugs. She’s saying this to get donations to her PAC, as her aged supporters get tired of sending her money and getting nothing for it.
jtp: heh !!!
Why are they in jail?
psycho was creating a havoc and so both of them got canned.
Morning Petal!
Morning Mi$$y.
Are you trying to buy me?
all that 28 hour$ a day / 18 day$ a week/ 500 day$ a year = lot$a $$$, no?
No. Gimme some bucks.
sure honeybunch.
Oh deer. Scrooge.
alright, alright, sheesh. here.
Is it your bedtime yet?
no, why man u / ireesh (lucky stiffs) playing today?
No, they’re having a day off from being magnificent :cool:
And bolted and covered with concrete, hopefully. Morning all
I was just thinking that God’s too busy telling Bristol she can be pregnant out of wedlock as often as she wants…hopefully mama grizzly will be too busy chasing all those cubs around the house to care.
SHUT INDEED…………………..AND FOR SEVERAL REASONS…TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION!,,,SEWER LEVEL SOCIETY!
I WATCHED THE ENERGIZER LAST NIGHT…HIS COMMENTS ON THE REFUGEES…HEARTWRENCHING!
G’morning Chips, TOD, lurkers, and congrats even amk on #1! Happy Wednesday everyone. :)
Chips, thank YOU SO MUCH FOR front-paging PBO’s so very truthful words about the GOP & MSM’s hypocrisy and fear-mongering at his presser last night? I was just typing to ask you to do so when I refreshed the page and saw you did it!!! I think quite a few people missed it yesterday because it was already after 11PM ET.
All thanks to you Hopefruit, I saw your comment so added the tweet! Will try to get the video as soon as I get this damn work done (only 26.3 hours late now). Good morning to ya!!!
PURFECT! Thanks again Chips. Also, many thanks to Arapaho for posting the tweet :) :)
‘sup?
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Also:
I guess the GOP/MSM will no longer be “friends” of France after this….
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Chips, for those words of our President. This is leadership, both moral and political. He skewered the cowardly right wing and roasted them over coals. His line about their boasting they could just look at Putin and have him cower, while they’re afraid of toddlers is one for the ages. I wish this quote could be picked up and headlined by every newspaper in the country. People who like to carry big guns and talk about their bravery are quivering cowards underneath. I hope PBO says this over and over again in every interview and in every venue.
Happy Wednesday TODers.
Heeeeeeeeeeya Chips!!
I Loveeeeee my president!!
Heyaaaaaaaaaaaa Africaaaaaaaaa! :-)
Good morning TOD folks! PBO is a voice of reason and calm. I hope he can override the panic all around him.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/11/17/14-groups-getting-koch-brothers-dark-money-to-turn-america-into-a-right-wing-playground/
The list>>>
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/obama-offers-gop-lesson-what-tough-actually-means#break
Steve Benen does a good job with all the details
Isn’t it True to Form how and why the US News Media……in Paris, France, Belgium, etc have Not asked Citizens of those nations their THOUGHTS on Pres Obama?
That is telling.
The US News Media have and they didn’t like their answers so Nothing since Friday Nov 13th 2015……. Nothing.
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks &TOD family.
Good Morning, Everyone :)
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of his predecessor’s security adviser, for allegedly stealing some $2bn (£1.3bn).
Sambo Dasuki is accused of awarding phantom contracts to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets and ammunition. He denies the allegations.
The equipment was meant for the fight against Boko Haram Islamist militants.
Soldiers have complained that despite the military’s huge budget, they were ill-equipped to fight.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34855695
Wow! Hard to find the words to describe that level of mega corruption as well as moral depravity.
To brighten your day with a smile and a lot of toe-tapping, click on this link.
What fun! Nicely done, too:) Thanks, jackieg…I could watch these movies all day long….love them:)
I was raised on Fred and Ginger movies. LOVE them.
That was tres cool! A Good way to start the day; thanks jackieg.
LOVE!!!
Democratic supporters of the bill include Reps.
Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), David Scott (D-Ga.), Brad Sherman (D-Calif.),Daniel T. Kildee (D-Mich.), Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio),
Sanford Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.), Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), Ann Kuster (D-N.H.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.),
Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam), Patrick Murphy (D-Fla.), Brad Ashford (D-Neb.),
Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), Gene Green (D-Fla.), Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.),
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas), Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Ron Kind
(D-Wis.), David Loebsack (D-Iowa), Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.), Dina Titus (D-Nev.), Marc Veasay (D-Texas), Julia Brownley (D-Calif.),
Juan Vargas (D-Calif.), Timothy Walz (D-Minn.), Filemon Vela (D-Texas), Michael Doyle (D-Pa.), Gerald Connolly (D-Va.), Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.),
Gwen Graham (D-Fla.), Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.), Robert Brady (D-Pa.), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Esty (D-
Conn.), Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), Mark Takai (D- Hawaii), Jim Costa (D-Calif.), Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), Norma Torres (D-Calif.),
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.),
Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Ablio Sires (D-N.J.), Corrine Brown (D-Fla.),
Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Sam Farr (D-Calif.).
SEE IF YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IS ON THE LIST!
This is how they erode the Consumer Protection Agency’s power with these bills that little by little make the agency ineffective.
yes..it does…..
Unfortunately, my congressman is on the list, Donald Norcross.
I sent an email to him. I doubt it will change his mind. I’ve been very disappointed in him. There’s another Dem. candidate that’s I’m going to support in the next election. His name is Alex Law.
Women of Africa: Deaf-blind lawyer on typing to Obama.
Haben Girma was the first deaf-blind student to graduate from Harvard Law School. Today the Eritrean-American fights for better education for deaf-blind people worldwide.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34813162
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL…I PUT THIS ON MY FB…BBL..LOTS OF ERRANDS TODAY WITH YUKKA HEADACHES…PRESS ON! THE WEATHER IS UGLY AND THE WIND IS HIGH…SAIL ON MR. PRESIDENT…YOU ARE LOVED!
uh uh uh
Existing While Black is REAL.
……………………
My white neighbor thought I was breaking into my own apartment. Nineteen cops showed up.
By Fay Wells November 18 at 6:00 AM
On Sept. 6, I locked myself out of my apartment in Santa Monica, Calif. I was in a rush to get to my weekly soccer game, so I decided to go enjoy the game and deal with the lock afterward.
A few hours and a visit from a locksmith later, I was inside my apartment and slipping off my shoes when I heard a man’s voice and what sounded like a small dog whimpering outside, near my front window. I imagined a loiterer and opened the door to move him along. I was surprised to see a large dog halfway up the staircase to my door. I stepped back inside, closed the door and locked it.
I heard barking. I approached my front window and loudly asked what was going on. Peering through my blinds, I saw a gun. A man stood at the bottom of the stairs, pointing it at me. I stepped back and heard: “Come outside with your hands up.” I thought: This man has a gun and will kill me if I don’t come outside. At the same time, I thought: I’ve heard this line from policemen in movies. Although he didn’t identify himself, perhaps he’s an officer.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/11/18/my-white-neighbor-thought-i-was-breaking-into-my-own-apartment-nineteen-cops-showed-up/?tid=ss_tw
The new Quinn’s-panic poll of Colorado has republicans blowing away all democrats… Then, I looked at the cross tabs and the republicans have a 7% advantage over democrats??
Since when does republicans have such an Party I’d advantage?
See??
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/images/polling/co/co11182015_demos_c23tbvm.pdf
But but but…the NSA and all….
What say you, Dudebros?
……………………………..
The Koch intelligence agency
As the billionaires’ network works to reshape U.S. politics, it keeps a close eye on the left.
By Kenneth P. Vogel
11/18/15 05:14 AM EST
The competitive intelligence effort, reported here for the first time, also hints at the audaciousness of the Koch network’s mission. While the Republican Party focuses on winning elections, the Kochs want to realign American politics, government and society around free enterprise philosophies that they hope to spread more broadly.
A key to accomplishing the mission, from the Kochs’ perspective, is countering super PACs and other big-money groups funded by rich liberals, as well as allied public sector unions and academic and media elites. The Kochs’ allies feel that those forces have worked together for decades with Democratic politicians and government bureaucrats to institutionalize the philosophy that heavy regulation and taxation of business is the only way to ensure an equitable society.
The Kochs concluded that defeating this well-funded left-wing infrastructure requires tracking the professional left in real time ― a capability they realized they lacked after the 2012 election. In the run-up to that election, the Koch network spent $400-million-plus attacking Democratic politicians and policies, only to see President Barack Obama win re-election and his party maintain control of the Senate. A forensic audit of the network’s efforts concluded the Kochs had been out-maneuvered by the left on the airwaves, in the data war and on the ground. Vowing not to let that happen again, the network began investing in the competitive intelligence team and other efforts to keep tabs on the left.
To be sure, the Kochs’ operation isn’t the only one focused on pulling back the curtain on its opponents. In fact, liberal activists and groups have frequently worked to expose the activities of the Koch brothers and their network. But the competitive intelligence team, like so many other Koch-backed programs, appears to be unique in its scale and its thoroughly methodological approach.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/the-koch-brothers-intelligence-agency-215943#ixzz3rr4dmU9O
Trump, Clinton Seen as Best at Handling Terrorism
November 17, 2025
A new Reuters poll finds that American voters are evenly split between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as their top choice to address the issue of terrorism following the Paris attacks.
“Given Clinton’s background as a former secretary of state it is perhaps not surprising that she did reasonably well in the poll. However, Trump’s good showing upends an emerging narrative that the Paris shootings and suicide bombings would prompt voters to rethink their support for the real estate billionaire, who leads the field of Republican presidential candidates.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/17/us-france-shooting-usa-poll-idUSKCN0T62DO20151117#7OXDm4zxm8HRvFRB.99
It sure would help if these polls and the party ID r accurate?
The pollsters have the polls as a midterm election instead of a presidential election😔
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Wednesday morning. Congrats Amk, on being FURST this morning.
To all, I hope you have gratifying, stimulating and titillating day today. <3 <3 <3
Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆
A Long Path to a Dream of Being a Nun
Once denied because of her race, Sister Jannette decided to take vows after her children were grown
By Clare Ansberry
Nov. 17, 2015 5:00 p.m. ET
Jannette Marie Pruitt is a mother of three, grandmother of seven,
great-grandmother of two, and one of two black Catholic nuns in the
otherwise white order of the Sisters of St. Francis.
“I thought I was crazy,” says Sister Jannette, 66, recalling her decision to join the Franciscan Sisters in Oldenburg, Ind., an order with 199 sisters. She was 47 at the time, and liked nice clothes, spoiling her grandkids and coming and going as she pleased. Growing up in Mississippi in the mid-1950s, she had wanted to be a nun, but was discouraged because she was black. The church has changed since then.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-long-path-to-a-dream-of-being-a-nun-1447797634
They can miss me with the ‘tone’ bullshyt.
……………………..
Obama comes under criticism from Dems over Paris rhetoric
11/17/15 04:56 PM EST
President Obama is coming under criticism from some in his own party over his comments Monday about last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris.
Influential liberal columnists and Democratic strategists say Obama came off as condescending and scornful during his press conference in Antalya, Turkey — missing an opportunity to show strength and leadership in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
“I don’t want him shooting from the hip and making empty threats, but I think he could have done a better job in articulating the anger that many people feel toward what happened in not only Paris but Beirut as well,” said Democratic strategist Jim Manley, a former adviser to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
“What happened in Paris and in Beirut is going to require an aggressive response.”
Those comments echoed Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson’s assessment that Obama’s tone “was all wrong” in addressing the Paris attacks.
Typically an Obama ally, Robinson in a column published on Tuesday wrote that “at times he was patronizing, at other times he seemed annoyed and almost dismissive.”
“That’s not the tone you want to strike to the public, that’s not the tone you want to send to our allies and enemies,” said Democratic strategist Brad Bannon.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/260479-obama-comes-under-criticism-from-dems-over-paris-rhetoric
Democratic Strategists and Columnists…are not folks that i am concerned about…they go as the wind blows…and we would never know about these folks if their comments were backing the President
rikyrah………you are right, pure B.S.
New post
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/11/18/statesman/
Good morning, TODville. Hope all is well with everyone.
I missed the press conference yesterday. I hope it becomes available on video because it sounds like a CLASSIC.
One thing i have to remind myself about events in Paris is not to believe everything that is reported as breaking news. Waiting for confirmation is critical
Unfreakin’believable:
President Obama Not Afraid to Use the Secret Service to Keep Dudes Away From Malia
November 18, 2025
In a new interview with GQ, Dad-in-Chief Barack Obama lamented not getting to spend as much time with his daughters Sasha and Malia now that they’re teenagers, but admitted that he’s not afraid to employ his unique resources when it comes to keeping gross dudes at bay.
Though no guy has been brave enough to risk coming to the White House to pick Malia up for a date, the President said he’s caught some wannabe suitors giving her the up-and-down. “I’ve seen some folks glancing at her in ways that made me not happy,” he admitted. And when that happens, “Just keep an eye on him,” he says he tells the Secret Service.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/11/secret-services-watches-guys-interested-in-malia.html?mid=twitter_nymag