“Looking out at these beautiful, talented young women, I know that we have the power to keep reaching higher and defying the odds, and achieving those firsts, and seconds, and thirds, and hundreds, and thousands until a black principal dancer is no longer a cause for headlines. And our children are limited only by the size of their dreams and their willingness to work for them.” — First Lady Michelle Obama to the 51 talented young dancers who came to the White House to perform for Black History Month
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:-D
Great landing, SW.
Thank you NCLB!!! :-D :-D
Have a wonderful day.
Congrats, swbluega! You’re in gear this morning!
Thanks, Judith. :-D
Have a fantastic day!!!
You’re on a roll today swbluega!! Congrats on #1 :)
Thanks, hopefruit2. :-D
Lit Gymnast Hits the Quan, Dab and Whip in Likely Greatest Floor Routine of All Time
I posted this last night - she is just awesome and has the sweetest personality.
Congrats sw on First :-)
Thanks, GGail. :-D
Yes, she is awesome!!!
Tell it like it is, JER!
I like this guy. Check this out:
GM JER. I like him too. I signed up and made a contribution to his campaign. The only one that I’ve given my money to
Re-Good Morning TODVille!
:-)
Maybe his updates aren’t compatible and need to be tweaked.
Or just permanently unplug it. It’s not needed.
Brilliant suggestion!
The first and last president with all the qualities we can be proud of. He is not perfect and never pretends to be. I don’t agree with everything he has done but with most eventhough i may not benefit directly with his polices others have.
Barack Obama was meant to be in this place in this time. He has kept us from being stagnant and made us able to remain a player on the world’s stage. Those qualities that you described, meta, is what we needed to move into the 21st Century.
oops…”qualities *are*”
Amen meta and swbluega. There will NEVER be another President like him. HZ
Budget Committee Democrats Unanimously Condemn Republican Refusal to Hold Hearing on President’s Budget
https://vanhollen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/budget-committee-democrats-unanimously-condemn-republican-refusal-to
The full text of the letter is below:
Dear Chairman Price:
We are appalled at your decision refusing to hold a hearing where the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) presents the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget. This choice is more than just a rejection of the House Budget Committee’s longstanding, bipartisan tradition; it is disrespectful to the Committee members, the public and the President.
You deem the President’s budget unworthy of review – sight unseen – because past Administration budgets have rejected the Tea Party agenda. Indeed, the President’s budgets embody starkly different priorities than recent Republican budgets that disinvest in America, privatize Medicare, hurt the middle class, slash social safety net programs like Medicaid, threaten retirement security, protect special interest tax loopholes for the ultra-wealthy, and use gimmicky accounting tricks to falsely claim balance.
Every year since 1975, the Budget Committee has held a hearing on the President’s budget with a high-level witness representing OMB. That hearing provides Members of Congress their first opportunity to examine the breadth of the President’s request. While other committees may hold later hearings that focus on specific aspects of the Administration’s request, the Budget Committee is the only one that also looks at its overall budgetary impact.
In fact, at the start of the 114th Congress the Majority of the Committee approved an oversight plan that states its intention to hold hearings with both the OMB Director and the Treasury Secretary on the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget. That oversight plan also states that “In the process of developing the annual concurrent budget resolution, the Committee will hold hearings and receive testimony from Members of Congress, Cabinet-level and other Federal officials, State and local officials, and expert witnesses to review the budget and economic outlook, the President’s budget submissions and other budget proposals.”
We urge you to rethink your choice, and to ensure that the Committee lives up to its responsibilities to our members, this Congress and the American people.
Sincerely,
Chris Van Hollen (MD-08), Ranking Member
John Yarmuth (KY-03)
Bill Pascrell (NJ-09)
Tim Ryan (OH-13)
Gwen Moore (WI-04)
Kathy Castor (FL-11)
Jim McDermott (WA-07)
Barbara Lee (CA-13)
Mark Pocan (WI-02)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01)
Debbie Dingell (MI-12)
Ted Lieu (CA-33)
Donald Norcross (NJ-01)
Seth Moulton (MA-06)
Issues: Appropriations, Budget
“Shriveled souls” is a very good term for the incompetents who call themselves Republican members of Congress. They’re a disgrace to the office and a disgrace to our country.
IT COULD GET ALOT WORSE THAN THAT…SS NEEDS TO WATCH OVER THIS PRESIDENT…BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE WH…PAUL RYAN AND CRONIES WANT A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER REVOLUTION AND I AM NOT SURE THEY WILL WAIT FOR PBO’S PROTOCALLLLLLLLL EXIT…BE CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE HIS FAMILY IS COVERED.
It’s about time my Congressman, Norcross, sided with the President.
Glad Democrats are letting the GOP have it! Maybe they should use request network airlime for a prime-time Presidential discussion of the budget highlights.
Congressional GOP ‘unwilling to even talk about the budget’
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/congressional-gop-unwilling-even-talk-about-the-budget#break
For all the talk about President Obama coming up short when reaching out to congressional Republicans, we’re occasionally reminded who’s ultimately to blame for the partisan dysfunction in the nation’s capital.
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For their part, Republicans have made no credible effort to defend the move, only issuing a statement describing the White House’s economic agenda – the agenda that lowered the unemployment rate from 10% to 4.9%, ended the Great Recession, and cut the deficit by $1 trillion – as being filled with “failed policies.”
I realize there are lazy Beltway pundits who remain convinced that bipartisan cooperation is impossible because “Obama won’t lead,” but stories like these serve as a timely reminder that those pundits are mistaken.
Any American with any common sense, knows that the dysfunction on Capital Hill lies with no one but the Republican Party. This have been their plan from before Barack Obama walk into that Oval Office.
I heard the Donald dismiss the actual unemployment % today with an imaginary number he made up on the spot that was ridiculous in his victory speech tonight.
Now looking at that picture of FLOTUS and those young girls, I want that Bernie supporter Michael Sainato who wrote that article in Huff Post to tell me again how America needs a First Lady who represent them. Tell that to those young girls. I have a feeling they would say just like I would we have had a wonderful First Lady who have represented America very well. although alot of Americans have shown disrespect toward her, she have march on with class and such dignity.
The song says,
“You’ve got to know when to hold ’em
Know when to fold ’em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run…”
When I look at the GOP candidates, they don’t seem to have the judgment to know when it’s time to stop being stubborn and let it go. That’s the same kind of judgment they would bring to the office if elected POTUS. It’s obvious that some aren’t ready for prime time (and won’t be any time soon if ever).
Morning, Meta! Happy Tuesday to you!
I looked at the author of that article, read it, and though it “praises”** PBO (reluctantly IMO), unlike Plouffe I am not inclined to share it. I notice Brooks *took down* everybody while subtly (?) uplifting Rubio.
** I shouldn’t even have used the word ‘praises’ for Brooks’ positive comments was simply stating facts.
Agree!!
:)
Was off editing a letter for a friend’s daughter, online. I dislike using OneDrive to edit because I’m so slow at it and can’t seem to figure out how to add comments/suggestions quickly. One of these days….maybe…. I’m going to get an editing service launched! If I could ever figure out how to charge I’d already be rich from all the editing of letters, resumes, essays, speeches, etc. etc. that I’ve done over the years. Oh well, I really *like* doing it, so there’s *that*!
SENT TO FB AND I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ENERGIZER LEAVING!
I’ll take one of those hat. I know who brought this country back from falling off the edge, and he did it with no help from the Republicans. When I hear such B.S. like I hear from those Progressives I want to slap the you know what out of them.
Yes it is. Thanks Obama!!
Edited ….
Isn’t it just like Republicans, I have heard more outrages about Beyonce then I have heard from them about Flint Michigan.
ON MY FB WITH AN ORANGE SUIT BLESSING FOR HIM AND ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO HAVE DENIED FUNDING FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE!
LIVE NOW: MI Attorney General Holds Roundtable Discussion on Investigation Into Flint Water Crisis - http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=3
lololololol
I KNOW WHAT RUBIO IS DOING..HE IS REFERRING TO THE ‘ANTI-CHRIST’ CONSPIRACY WHICH IS PREACHED INSIDE CLOSETS AND PRAYERS ROOMS IN MOST CHURCHES!
EVANGELICALS RAISE THEIR CHILDREN ON THIS CONSPIRACY!
When people are missing you and you’re not even out of office yet….
#IMissBarackObama
“Looking out at these beautiful, talented young women, I know that we have the power to keep reaching higher and defying the odds, and achieving those firsts, and seconds, and thirds, and hundreds, and thousands until a black principal dancer is no longer a cause for headlines. And our children are limited only by the size of their dreams and their willingness to work for them- FLOTUS
These are just some of the things that Hillary should address with young women and girls……can you imagine if she had teamed up with FLOTUS for the LET Girls Learn Initiative…in fact how many from the so-called Feminist movement have lent their support to this initiative…or to the President’s STEM program…calling on girls to go into the sciences…
how powerful would Hillary be if she had partnered with the First Lady to empower girls….
this is the true Feminism…
Excellent point PF! I just read online today and just about threw up, about how Sanders is the best feminist running in 2016. Barf bag, STAT!
I remember FLOTUS wasn’t in the WH six months and they we’re expressing their disappointment that she had not done enough to focus on women issues. All you hear from these feminist is silence on the work FLOTUS is doing for all kids and young women.
They are in his TL.
David Brooks is such an embarrassment. Some of the comments really give it to him too. HA!
David Brooks = $$$$$ Bought and paid for, long time ago.
Very light voting so far… That’s why the pills are all over the place… Bc the republicans have done a good job of getting people apathetic about voting.
That and Hillary has been smeared beyond belief… She is no longer the general election front runner.
I don’t know what to make of any of it. 😩
Congressional Dems should put out a tweet like this….they should bombard the airways
what effed up messaging.
On the left, there’s an open, honest, responsible path.
On the right, there is the failed path that continues the mistakes of the past.
i think it is a good message…
what is wrong with this,,,this is a tweet Pa DEMs tweeted about getting a good budget in PA that GOP is blocking
they are confusing one message with the other.
i don’t understand……two budgets have been proposed one by the PA GOP and the other by the Gov….the Dems are trying to show the difference in the two budgets..how is that confusing…
It is how they worded it. They didn’t say clearly how not passing the budget is disastrous. No. none rule in effective communication - KISS. No run along sentences with commas, semi-colons etc. It is due to my engineering background. :)
i gotcha…thanks for explaining
Two things to learn from rethugs - Messaging and Voting. Only a PBO could beat them on those two fronts.
and sadly the DEMS seemed to not have learned…GOV Wolf of PA patterned a lot of his campaign after the President…what he does not have is a grass roots group such as OFA….which would have been hard…because in PA…the DEM machine is top down…nor has he held town hall meetings with citizens around the state to promote his budget….2 big problems…
G’day shipmates….and make it so!
ON MY FB………….
The message that Cam Newton’s Mother sent him on Game Day:
https://localtvwghp.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/10329266_10206940005251252_4222266869462913536_n-1.jpg?w=770&h=505
Will someone please put that beautiful picture up top of FLOTUS into a tweet, so that I can retweet it?
pretty pretty please?
me too me too :)
Here you are:
Lol this old man was just on CNN and was being interviewed about who he was voting for?
He said paraphrasing;
I was going to vote for sanders bc Hillary is old school but then I thought about it bc I’m very conservative and I voted for kasich.
They are trolling the democratic primary big time… But they just can’t pull that lever for a democrat.
Lol lmao
It’s also remarkable that HRC is found to be old at 69 when Sanders is, presumably, young at 74. I need to do more arithmetic.
Kasich is 63yrs old. 2x married. Looks as old as Sanders. Speaks softly, but with CONservative background. JoScar,Graham&Kasich were bent on impeaching WJC in 1998.
Well, denying reality means you think like a child, right?
Tired of this bull shit
CHILDREN OF GOD COME IN ALL COLORS…HE MADE THEM…ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH THAT FACT WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH OUR CREATOR!..OH MY!
THIS!!!!!
ARE YOU THREATENING SOMEONE PRETTYFOOT…I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT…BUT DON’T THREATEN PEOPLE…WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT! THE FACE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS ALL PEOPLE..IT’S CALLED UNITY!..NOT THREATS!
you misunderstand…if you read the article…there is no mention of the President or of the Obama Coalition…it is as if we do not exist..it is not a threat to warn the DEM party that to ignore folks of color would be a tragic mistake…because it would
SORRY IF I MISUNDERSTOOD YOU..KEEP IN MIND ALOT OF WHITE PEOPLE LOVE PBO….THE DEM. PARTY IS FOR ALL COLORS.. AND IGNORING ANYONE OF COLOR WILL NEVER WORK..GOD IS FOR ‘ALL’ COLORS AND AT THIS POINT HE IS VERY DISGUSTED WITH THE LACK OF HUMANITY NOT JUST IN THIS COUNTRY BUT IN THIS WORLD! WHEN THE CUP IS FULL..HE STEPS IN AND IT WON’T BE PRETTY!
yes Sue…i know….but i am so tired of being written out…being cast as invisible…
the press and others always want to negate the 34% white vote that the President received…i know that we all helped to push PBO over the top…and we continue to have his back…but i refuse to allow folks to dismiss me and others like me…
Bernie can’t win without us blacks, hispanics, asian, native amer.. Sorry Bernie supporters Iowa and NH do not represent America.
Democrats are all colors.
This is to funny. Finally, Rubio is finally exposed. I find it insulting to compare Rubio to PBO.
Hello TOD. Sunny. Cold. Dry in my neck of the woods. :)
Congrats to all the Au :star: winners, since last evening.
CNN is still interviewing people in line to vote. A lot we saying they don’t know who they are voting for.
Some have narrowed it down to three..
Now how can this be? Unless republicans are voting for sanders just to mess with the primary.
What do they call it?
Operation Rush Limbaugh?
Jojo, there was a piece about some kind of sinister plot to elect Sanders… beginning with NH.
President Obama And Vice President Biden With National Security And Cybersecurity Advisors Today.
Chat on
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/09/chat-on-151/
Seeing these beautiful and gifted young ladies dancing at the WH will certainly be a memory that will be forever glorious in their lives. Seeing the great legends like Judith Jamison(saw her in person dancing to Alvin Ailey’s ‘Cry’ just made my heart full. That beautiful dance made me so proud of these young ladies. What talent! Debbie, Judith, Virginia, and Fatima have done great work in the lives of these beautiful young women. Our First Lady has done so much for our young people while she has been in the WH. Thank you, FLOTUS.
This was so uplifting, Chips. Thanks for all that you continue to do for all of us here at TOD. (((((((((((((((( Love you so dearly.)))))))))))HZ