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Take it easy chips.
Seconded!
:-)
Break out the cheesy puffs and wine. :(
Ha, a most excellent suggestion! :lol:
Whether a impassioned speech or one that is quietly thoughtful, like today, PBO always gets to the heart of the matter and educates even while he supports.
Best.President.Ever!
I get sick to my stomach ever time I think about President Obama not being in the White House. I can hardly bare it.
We always appreciate whatever you offer, CC, and thanks. Hope you can put your feet up shortly as your day …. s down.
:oops: I meant ‘whatever you offer that’s not food!’
I wonder where the rest of ‘winds down’ went?
Find it in the wind, VC! Blown away, like our CIC of TOD! quite a project she has mastered!
:D :D
words are such wonderful things
Hi there, MP.
I wondered what rude word you were implying there.
Not a one, Maryl! Tho I don’t always succeed (mentally), I try really, really hard to stay away from rude words. Was just appreciating the play on CC’s day wind-ing down and MP’s ‘blown away’ by the wind.
You have to admit, it looked suspicious! As my mother used to say, (to me mostly), “I’ll believe you; thousands woudn’t”. ;)
:D :D I’d like to think the 1000s that know me, would.
Maaaaaaaybe. :D
:D :D :D
I have a new baby:
I will spare you all the details, but today involved being alerted to a lost doggie freezing and starving in a nearby school field, and it took me and a pal about 97,000 hours to get him to my home, the whole thing involving climbing several walls and squeezing under fences chasing him. James Bond, eat your heart out. I could cry, he’s terrified, no collar, nothing, I fear he was just abandoned. I’m taking him to the vet tomorrow to see if he’s chipped. If not, WHAT DO I DO??? Needless to say, Danny is livid. But our visitor is warm, cozy, fed and hugged, and starting to wag his tail. Damn, I wasn’t anticipating a day like this :???:
SO GLAD YOU GOT HIM…JUST LOVE ON HIM UNTIL HE HAS A MUCH NEEDED HOME!
Good on you, Chips for doing that for that lovely doggy. He’s a beautiful dog. Hope either you can adopt him or the shelter can find him a loving home.
I soon as I started to read this, I was asking ‘Has DannyO given his approval?’ I found my answer.
{{{CC}}} Good job Ms Bond & pal! Maybe DannyO will share better tomorrow. Today he was likely just concerned that you were squeezing yourself into small spaces. He didn’t want to see you get hurt. ;) ;)
Oh MY!!!! What a cutie pie! I hope he’s well and has a home & loving family. Bless your heart Chips (AKA Ms. Chipsticks Bond), for taking him in!!! What an adventure you had!! Who knows, Danny-boy might warm up to him in no time, and they’ll be friends before dawn tomorrow :)
He looks… grateful.
OMG Chips! What a sweetie! I love him and I love you for rescuing him. If he’s chipped, his family will be soooo grateful you found him and if he’s not chipped, Danny will learn to love his new brother!
(Help me… I’m already thinking of names to suggest…. :-) )
Ha, while I’ve been, um, talking to him, I’m thinking: you need a name! And then I’m: STOP, name him and he’ll never leave!!!
{{{{{ Chipsticks }}}}} {{{{{ DannyO’Stix }}}}}
Lucky rescued pooch, bless you all!
2nd everything everyone has said.
{{{{{Chipsticks & Dannystixs}}}}}} I know the feeling when you see a poor animal who needs rescuing you just do it. You are amazed (as we all are) of where did you get the strength and energy to leap tall buildings and fly like the wind to save this sweet face. There is nothing more rewarding than to see a saved animal wagging it’s tail once again, trusting once again, and those big brown thankful eyes.
This is why we love you Chips. Danny will come around too.
Ah {{JoJo}} - it was freaky introducing him to Danny, lots of snarling (from the visitor) and barking (from Danny). But I sat with them in the garden for a while and they eventually calmed down, mainly ignored each other while all the time looking at me in a ‘what do I do about HIM?’ kind of way. I could have sat there forever, it was a hoot. The visitor is a sweetheart, so nervous and afraid, but gaining his trust now, tail wagging like crazy when I go out to him in a side room thingie (keeping him separate from Danny). Damn it, I think I’m in love.
It’s funny how they can wrap their paws around our hearts so fast. When I brought my kittens home three years ago, my older cat almost
went into convulsions. I thought she
was going to have a heart attack. It took her about three months of not wanting to be separated at night to “get over it, looks like they are here to stay” attitude. She still hissed but no more convulsions, God rest her sweet soul. Danny and Sweetiepieface will be good friends, it will just take time. After all, they have YOU that’s in common.
Oh, if you can keep him DannyO will have a sibling and the two will mirror the canine Obamas in ‘looks’ - one all black, one black and white.
Hey - like Bo and Sunny!
;)
Chips, you’re angel! Hugs to you, Danny and your new visitor! 😘
{{Dame Delicious}} Danny is rejecting all hugs at the moment, he’s seriously pissed.
Aw! He’ll come back to being your Love Dog soon.
gett hymn outt ov mi howse!1!1!1!
Calm down Danny. You two could become brothers and look like this.
Chips: You are a wonderful sweetheart.
Don’t worry Danny, you’re still the King! He’ll be the Robin to your Batman :-)
play nice, danny. think of something how you both could make your mom’s day.
You are such a good soul Chips, thank you for taking him in. I hope he has a family that’s missing him and it all works out for everyone.
Thank you for taking him in and taking him to see the vet. Poor baby! Maybe, the vet knows of a home where he could be placed.
You are the HERO of the day, Chips! Can you send him to me?? I am sadly dog-less and he reminds my of my first pup.
bless your heart for taking in this sweet, scared dog! folks like you make the world better!
Chips - WOW!! Looks like you just doubled your doggy family count if this black-and-white beauty isn’t chipped. Hope Danny forgives you and all’s well that ends well.
Oh, Chips, what a Cool, Warm and Kind person you are.
Sure, Danny is protecting his home, It’s only natural ;)
The new pup looks comfortable. Cute. Hug :) able.
Those little girls are so sweet and so excited to meet and shake the hand of their President. There are no words to describe the awesomeness of our President.
Heads explode. I hope Sen. Sanders’s remains attached… to speak of the difference between progressive and moderate.
Don’t Be Fooled: Incompetence is Masquerading as “Anti-Establishment” in 2016
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/2/3/anti-establishment-2016-candidates-hollow-record
This is evident among every candidate that is running this year on the sole claim that they are the “anti-establishment”. They have all repackaged their incompetence in effecting big policy changes as “anti-establishment”. Ted Cruz’s proudest claim to fame during his time in government is his green-eggs-and-ham non-filibuster-filibuster to shut down the government over health care reform. Donald Trump’s is having challenged the current president’s birth certificate. Even Marco Rubio, who isn’t having such a swell time selling himself as the anti-establishment candidate, spends his days telling voters how he ran away from his own immigration reform bill.
Then there’s Bernie Sanders, who’s been a politician since 1972 and in Congress for 25 years, selling himself as the True Revolutionary (TM) anti-establishment candidate in the irony of the decade.
Indeed. Good take on the issue. The other irony is that all of these people are against “government” but are vying for the ultimate post in government.
I always said that Trump was a demagogue but Cruz was dangerous.
SUCH PRECIOUS CHILDREN IN THE PIC WITH PBO….MUSLIM FAMILIES WHO CAN;T LIVE IN PEACE. IF YOU CHECK THE BIBLE…RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION HAS GONE ON SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE THE DAY THAT IT ENDS….HAVE A BLESSED NIGHT EVERYONE…I LOVE MY PRESIDENT AND HE HAS WARMED SO MANY HEARTS 2DAY…AS USUAL!..<3
I am convinced that it must be the fan who was crying that Trump “wasn’t going to make America great again” after he finished second in Iowa. She wanted to give him a prize. It can only be “that” explanation.
How idiotic. What has Trump done to deserve such a high honor?
Okay I am going to ask this, who the heck nominated Donald Trump? Was it Donald Trump? Because he is the only one who think that highly of him. Beside those idiot racists supporters.
When things get as bad as they can possibly seem, just think of JEB?!?, and I guarantee you will burst out laughing at once!! :) I didn’t stick around to find out of anyone dos actually clap, after his plaintive plea! #wevehadenoughbushes
Hopefruit this is for you (and Don):
HAhHAHAHAHA!!!! Thanks for the laugh MmeSoph!! :) I really enjoyed this. The “Cream of Twilight Zone Soup” was hilarious :)
:-) “Cream of Twilight Zone soup….I’m hungry now…
I ate to my heart’s content during the New Year’s marathon - for some reason this year, they decided to air ALL the episodes over the whole New Year holiday PLUS the weekend! :)
It has occurred to me that Trump and Sanders are two sides of the same damn narcissistic coin!
Hopefruit, I left you a YouTube just above this comment :-)
Thanks - just watched it - and will probably rewatch this evening. :)
I love this video by Gabby Giffords…she is an example of courage and toughness herself……
Couldn’t agree more pf - their lives are now so different to what they must have ever imagined - yet they live it full of love and courage and by never giving up on their goals.
Okay…….I’m going out on a limb here…….WAAAAYYYYY out. Suddenly Jeb has pulled up in the NH polls….Cruz is way down. Jeb has stayed in the race when any common sense would have said “GET OUT!” The Republican establishment cannot let Cruz be the candidate…….even they know that. They could accept Trump, after all he’s about money. Cruz is all religion, the Republican establishment and the big bucks are not about religion. So………I think that way down the road, Jeb will be the last one standing and will, with the push and money of the old eastern money be crowned the nominee. Cruz would destroy everything the old republicans hold dear.
GA/GE Carolyn.
Interesting theory.
We won’t have long to wait to see how this plays out. SuperTuesday is Mar 1, then another grouping of states vote on March 15.
Re-posting this from Dec. With all the chaos, finger-pointing and money flying around GOP, isn’t hard to imagine CA making a difference in June.
Funny Carolyn, I had the same thought when I saw that NH poll.
harper poll?
from wiki
The organization was founded after the 2012 presidential election, with the goal of giving Republicans high-volume, inexpensive “robo-polling.”
The firm plans to do this by using Interactive Voice Response (IVR), that is, automated survey techniques, in combination with live caller polls. [1]
The organization was founded by Brock McCleary, who had served as the polling director of the NRCC in the 2012 cycle.[2]
The organization was founded with the goal of emulating PPP, a left-leaning polling organization.[3]
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it’s all just noise.
LOL! 😄
????????????????????? What happened to this country that Republicans and some Democrats will say and do anything to appeal to the haters and hatefulness of a small number of people to get elected and NO ONE in the media other than comedians will confront them?
Dan was being sarcastic
I watched it folks and it was jaw dropping how some of the Governor’s representatives tried to place the blame on Flint city counselmembers and mayors when they had NO POWER thanks to the EM’s the Governor put in place. The lies that many of them
tried to float and the R’s who tried to help them cover their asses but Rep Cummings was not having it. He let the whole viewing
public who watched know it was not ALL on the EPA to stop this or do anything other than alert people of the complaints which they
did not do. I am glad that Rep Cummings said that the Governor and EMs (all of them) need to come before congress and explain
themselves. This was done on purpose then all of a sudden when shit was about to hit the fan, Flint’s money woes were no more and
no more EM’s were needed, all fixed. The Gov is sitting on over 1 Billion $’s in surplus. They better spend that money or sell city bonds before the rest of us bale them out. ALL the pipes in the poor areas need to be replaced…PERIOD!
Did cummings point out how the hypocritical liars are gutting the epa budget and its regulations on the one hand and are now blaming epa on the other for the governor’s misdeeds?
It’s not so much a surplus as a nest egg that he stole from the education and roads budgets.
The CNN Town Hall Meeting tonight is just with Bernie Sanders….hosted by Anderson Cooper…after all his hosting the President’s Town Hall meeting on gun violence went so well.. :(
Where’s Hillary?
Gorgeous pic.
Cool!
There’s the little boy scout PBO was talking about…..
the only PBO haters are the rwnj’s in murka, a minuscule amount of scum.
and those on the left who are always so disappointed in the President
Visitor ??? How about a name for him, Lady?
danny !!! behave yourself.
JaimieBoy, as in James Bond…. :) :)
JaimieStixs :) :)
:)
he is funny
LOL.
LOL! :-D
This is a message to ALL AMERICANS…..
If hillz is smart, she should follow his example. That’s what leadership is all about. Not pandering to the people who are already privileged.
I love my President!
This photo is giving me wrong thoughts. O where is the good Captain?
I thought he did that this morning! Oh, well, there are just too many of them to keep a tally.
fireflies commit less suicides. iowa is the culling state, not the winning state.
Anyone remembers that woman???
She is a Congresswoman from Utah, one wacko far right of the spectrum, that got elected in the T-bagger waive. Another one who mixes her religion with the Constitution. She is also one immigrant daughter that rails against minorities for not pulling themselves by their boot strops.
I don’t know who the hell that woman is.
You don’t wanna know.
<3
…so whose hands is it in???
Judiciary committee said no. So I don’t think it can get out of committee
bt in 50 years
President Barack Obama drops by the Rural Council meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House, Feb. 3, 2016. The President is flanked by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews-Burwell at right. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/03/the-presidents-history-making-day/
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are two faces of the same phenomenon—the rise of conservative populism with a mean streak—empowered by the GOP’s purge of the center-right.