President Obama disembarks from Air Force One at LAX Thursday (Photo by Pete Souza)
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10:45 AM: The President departs Los Angeles
11:40 AM: Arrives in Palm Springs, California
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Hello, I’m first!!!
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You are, Allison. And Happy Friday to you!
Good Morning TODVille!
Sending thanks to NW for this beautiful picture. It leaves me with a sense of hope for much better things to come.
Sorry, NW, but I have to take my thanks back. Now, I am sending them to Chipsticks, the rightful beneficiary of such honors.
Scariest thing is that this nightmare scenario takes place only a month from now. :(
just about the only good thing about donald dreck run. constant humiliation of dumbya 3.
To me it’s about the idiots who voted for Donald J. Trump. in New Hampshire. You look at Trump and you think he has everything, but Trump has some issues.
LOL! Where do you guys find those hilarious memes? Trump has done more than just soil the air though.
Cliven Bundy Requests Court-Appointed Attorney At First Court Appearance
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cliven-bundy-court-appointed-attorney
Grifters gotta grift.
So, he loves himself some government paid attorney?
of course. this terrorist wants the gibinmemnt he hates to give everything free to him.
So my tax dollars have to go towards supporting this White Supremacist Terrorist Supporter? Funny that.
“The union of these states is perpetual.” — A. Lincoln
Unless our union get in the hands of RWNJs! And then we are doomed.
Happy Birthday, Honest Abe, from the Land of Lincoln - and good morning, Chips and TODville!
UGH
Shocking ! NOT !
Both Hillary Clinton and Debbie WS take money from the Private Prison Industry…..
As long as Citizens United exists, the plain field must be leveled. If Sanders and his followers want to carry him to the tune of $1.5b, that’s their choice. Whether if from small donors (with month and endless recurrences) or from SuperPacs or the monster-Billionaires or Millionaires, money in American politics is just too much.
But with the GOP GazilionPacs waiting in the wings to take down any barrier between them and the WH, what’s a Democrat to do? Having no funds while campaigning in this current climate will be political suicide. POTUS was the first candidate who spent $1b or something shy of $1b without a SuperPac. Democrats can’t take a chance of risking losing because they didn’t have the funds to blast the airwaves and Cyberspace with their ads.
I hope they use those funds to build a ground game….turnout will be critical
I agree with you. Republicans are going to go for the jugular when it comes to spending billions of dollars to support their candidate. We will have to do the same until Citizens United is overturned. We have to be sensible about politics, which is cut throat and brutal.
If rolling back the restrictions helps the Democratic candidate, I’m all for it. When Citizens United is overturned, we won’t need worry about bottomless pits of money corrupting the electoral process but we’re not there yet.
In Munich …
Thanks for that inspiring little tour of the globe, Bob! You never disappoint.
are weis he there yet?PBO IS THE ONLY GROWN UP IN THE DC HOUSE!….HE’S ALSO VERY KIND TO THE ROTATING MOUTHS POLLUTING THE MAINSTREAM…………….LOL……………..SILLY INDEED!….I COULD THINK OF SOME OTHER VOWELS TO FILL IN THE BLANKS…THAT REMINDS ME…I HAVE TO SHOVEL OUT THE LITTERBOX!..I LOVE MY PRESIDENT…GETTING READY TO ENTER THE DEEP FREEZE TODAY……………….BLESSINGS EVERYONE!..BBL………………….
ABSOLUTELY….BEAUTIFUL!
ON MY FB……………….<3
Thank you. I try to read that article every now and then, and today’s a great day to do it!
LOVE this thought
bbl …
Got that part of the equation, correctly …..
Now, if he’s fellow Sunnis/Salafis would stop enabling DAESH real progress could be achieved much sooner ….
The presidential expert got to meet a President for the first time, and asked him some very important questions.
I have watched this five times in a row. Cuteness just got redefined. This is so wonderful. Can you tell I loved it? Thanks.
Ellen: “Tell me something about Roosevelt?”
Macey: “Um, which one?” :lol: :lol: :lol: You go girl!
Too adorable for for words. Love the expression on her face when she comes out and get a big hug from our illustrious Prez.
Thank you for posting and giving us a giggle on Friday. :lol:
The expression on her face when she saw President Obama was priceless. As a teacher of small children, I was impressed with his answers to her. For instance when she asked about aliens I loved, “Well, what do you think?” Perfect! He is so genuinely interested in children’s thoughts and he speaks on their level without speaking down to them. (I think he tried this with the GOP but he ended up having to speak down to them!)
Today, for me personally, is a day of Gratitude and Celebration.
It has been one year since the successful surgery to remove a massive 20lb ovarian tumor; ultimately deemed benign.
All praise and glory to God, The Great Architect of the Universe.
Gratitude for the love and support of my husband Arne, son Thomas, and Melissa. Thomas and Aaron, your daily prayer meant the world to me.
Gratitude forever:
For the special friendships of Sue, Zita, Tim, Randy, Elfi, and Jacqueline O , pre and post surgery for helping me survive the fear of the unknown.
To Dr. Jay Van Denheuval and your sound and logical medical and alternative advice and guidance.
For the skilled hands of the surgeon and his team at VGH, plus the gazillion students; think they were all cheering me on!
For the prayers, well wishes. healing energy, and love of the many friends around the world, from Jackie O in Peoria (St. Jude rocks), prayer lists everywhere, Yvonne (Live, Laugh, Love made me smile), fellow bloggers on TOD (felt your virtual love surround me every step of the way), Wednesday night ANAVETS holdem crew, Jennifer and Staff at NSP, and Elaine, David, and Aaron along with the 40 Buddhist monks in Laos, for your healing chant and prayer for the surgeon and surgery.
For the magnificent quality “life supporting/enhancing” herbal products and essential oils from Nature’s Sunshine; pre and post surgery.
Blessings to all.
May your health continue.
thanks so much edp
XOXO, Canadian Barb. Sending you the very best of health and happiness.
thanks meta; enjoyed your virtual desserts!
Very happy for you. Blessings and continued good health.
thank you nclb
Love you, Barb!
Love u 2 my BAFFAA; you were holding my bootstraps for me; I will eternally be grateful
How many times you’ve held me up! That’s what I’m thinking about, too!
Oh. Are you Jackie O? Thought I was replying to Joey Biden!!!! Lol
Joey! <3
Canadian Barb, praise the Lord for what he has do for you. Thanks for sharing that testimony. 🙏
yes RanMan, he is truly an awesome God
Praying for your continued health. Cheers!
prayers always appreciated
Peace and well being be yours.
Thanks Bill
{{{{canadabarb4obama}}}}}} encircling you with virtual positive healing energies. How momentous is this day! Standing O! Continued good health to you. :smile:
I feel that energy every day; i cherish each of you
Canada Barb, so happy your ordeal is behind you and so glad you had a network of loving support to get you through it. May you get stronger and healthier with each passing day.
Thank you for being part of my life
<3 _/|\_ <3
Thank you for sharing your anniversary and your testimony with us.
thanks Pam
I can’t believe how much i will miss him!
She appears as tall as POTUS. Gorgeous girl.
A very moving moment for Ellen:
G’day TODbots….a bit OT but I’ll be putting up these old ‘black-n-whites’ for the remainder of the month.
Celebrities at MLKjr.’s funeral. Which ones can you id?
Bernie Sanders, tall and black and wearing shades.
BWWAHAHAHAaaaaaa
Fat chance. :lol:
Eartha Kitt, Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., Marlon Brando…….ARGHHHH, I know the woman on the far left, too, but it’s escaping me at the moment……….
Is she Ruby Dee ?
Also, I think that may be Willie Brown in the hat behind the police officer.
No, it’s a singer. I think maybe Nancy Wilson?
I cheated and looked it up - Nancy Wilson.
You forgot Nancy Wilson & Barry Gordy.
yardarm756, I think I see Bernie Sanders in the picture..
I don’t think so.
Nancy Wilson
I was gonna cheat and look up the name of the first woman, front left, on google (recognized Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., Sidney Poitier, and Marlon Brando) but instead found this old video. I don’t know how we made it out of the Sixties. Brings it all back.
It sure does. Such a violent decade: the Viet Nam War, JFK, MLK, RFK, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X……
All of these events shadowed my most impressionable years; the years childhood innocence were very short for me.
The world I knew as a child was so different than the world I knew as a young adult, a decade later.
I also lost both of my parents in that period. We can never predict the path before us……
Nancy Wilson.
Just couldn’t remember her name!
Lovely voice.
Nancy Wilson, Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., Sidney Poitier and Marlon Brando.
My choices before looking. Did I miss Berry Gordy?
Excellent!
Well, they were both Jewish and don’t they all look alike?
Before anyone attacks me, a Jewish girl can make a Jewish joke.
Nancy Wilson, Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., Marlon Brando, Sidney Poitier
And Barry Gordy.
FLOTUS and her crew get silly!!
Laughter Laughter Laughter. Loves this FLOTUS.
Sanders, unfiltered.
Free speech TV is Bernie Sanders’ Fox news.
Stephanie Miller is not for Sanders at the primaries stage although she’s said repeatedly that she will support whoever wins the Democratic nomination.
Wow. Just wow. Well that’s clear as a bell. I believe the ‘disappointeds’ have been talking to themselves for the last seven years and reinforcing their prejudices. If any progress was made they simply dismissed it no matter how hard it was to achieve. They refused to signify the hard work of OFA volunteers and staff between elections and sat out at key times when voting was crucial. Of course they accept no responsibility for the consequences of their friendly fire or their ‘bystander’ behavior. Just as the Right listened to an echo chamber and worked their way into a separate reality from the rest of us, so did the ‘disappointeds’.
Thing is people who are targeted for bullying (now I know the President would never suggest bullying toward him was occurring but we all saw it as abuse) feel even less forgiving of the bystanders than the perpetrators, Yep and we all identify with the President on this. That’s why I think the ‘disappointeds’ have no clue the deep well they are throwing themselves into by claiming their disappointment so openly. Every person who cared about what was happening to the President over these years will be identifying the ‘disappointeds’ now as bystanders to the lies and obstruction. They might find themselves even more persona non grata than the Right, the perpetrators of the bigotry,
OMG!! A**hole author Bill Press is coming to my community in April to promote his book “Buyer’s Remorse”. Not an event at the local bookstore, but one held at our community center, and it is listed in their quarterly brochure of events!! You may not think that’s a big deal, but I live in a rural, liberal community of around 1,000 people, a place where Republicans hide their political affiliation. I can’t even imagine what a horrible evening it will be. I’m not sure I can attend as I will be so irate at the lies and omissions he will be telling. Of course the Berniebots in our area will be thrilled!! Yuck!
GM/GA cd4b.
Sorry to hear that Bill Press’ book tour snares your community.
In a nutshell, explanation of how clueless #FeelTheBerns are:
On a lighter note (tweeted by @joshledermanap as “correction of the day”):
Man we needed Bernie Sanders years and years ago, he could have ended racism. Bull crap!
Indeed, Bella! The man is 74 years! Why di he wait so long?
1940-Durham,NC
I took my mother on a first class cross-country rail road trip in 2010. Of all the things that we saw and did (layovers in D.C and Chicago, two weeks with relatives in Seattle and Vancouver), the thing that stuck out the most for her was how well we were treated. She well remembers the days that when her older brother worked as a cook for the rail road company, on the southern part of the tracks, no matter how much money one would have had, if one was Black, you were not allowed in the dining car, the restrooms, or the second and first class areas. At one point in our journey there had been a mix-up in our reservation for a first class cabin. When the situation was straightened out and a cabin was available, the steward escorted us off the train and the conductor backed up the entire train so that we were only a step away from the entrance to our cabin and were escorted there by the steward. I did not think anything of it at the time, but my mother later told me how much that meant to her and what a huge difference this was in how A-A citizens were treated just a few decades ago. Yes, we are literally still fighting for lives in this country, but there has been progress.
Amen. I’m a witness.
From the back of the bus to Marine One and Air Force one in one generation. Every now and then it just hits me and I almost loose my breath when I think that people of all ethnicities came out and stood in long lines twice to elect this man to be president and leader of the free world. As Michelle said, “He has never disappointed me.” What my mother and others of her generation say is: “he has never shamed me ” (this is a big thing with Southern A-A women of her generation; the worst thing for a child do to is to embarrass his/her elders.
Beautifully said! That’s why I seethe whenever I hear people trying to downplay the importance of President Obama’s two elections. This is a country where Black people couldn’t vote 50 years ago. We must never forget where we have come from as Black people in this country (and I say this as someone who was not born here).
President Obama’s election is a testament to what we can do if we join together and press towards the goal of making this country more just and inclusive.
What my mother and others of her generation say is: “he has never shamed me ” (this is a big thing with Southern A-A women of her generation; the worst thing for a child do to is to embarrass his/her elders.
Because POTUS and FLOTUS knew what it meant to be ‘ THE FIRST’.
Obama discussed the economy he inherited after the first-term senator was elected to the White House in 2008, citing the fact that the U.S. was on the verge of a depression after the financial crisis. He said his administration had to make tough decisions to save the auto industry and help businesses and the housing market recover.
As president, “you’re having to make big bets with incomplete information,” Obama said. “You’re not sure that everything’s gonna work. And I think that part of what’s happened in this Instagram-Twitter culture is that we expect quick answers without sacrifice, without having to make choices, and politicians play into that.”
“But the truth of the matter is, you know, the world is a big, complicated place,” he continued. “The good news is is that we’re generally going in the right direction, and my hope is that we’ll continue to do so.”
Obama also said he’s surprised by how much inaccurate information there is online and in news reports, noting that it’s hard to dispel misinformation.
“Since I came into office, we reduced the deficit by two-thirds. But if you ask the average person, they’re sure that spending has shot up, and the reason is because there are a bunch of folks who say that we’re wildly overspending, even though we aren’t,” he said. “And that’s just one small example, but it happens all the time, and that’s something that we have to fix, partly by people paying more attention to what’s going on every single day, and it’s hard.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/obama-on-ellen-degeneres-219195#ixzz3zyyOPT6p
The President arrives Palm Springs. Click here ► ► http://www.kmir.com/category/280665/live-streaming-video
Love this story of success. Any Jamaican TODers?
*RAISES HAND*
Wasn’t born there but of Jamaican descent. Nice story. Love Jamaican food. I could do with some escovitch fish right about now. http://africanbites.com/jamaican-escovitched-fish/
Cool!
miss pat here. I’m Jamaican, so glad to see this. That’s the Jamaican flag right there on the truck. Makes me proud and I wish them much success.
Aha!
Well, well, Purist Alan Grayson caught with his hands in the cookie jar…. by none other than Sen Harry Reid?
Perfect tweet - not to mention the never ending discussion as to weight, hair, clothes.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/12/dont-come-for-john-lewis-if-he-didnt-send-for-you/
Best quote I’ve heard today ~ from Alana Simmons, the young granddaughter of one of the victims of the Charleston shooting, as she tries to decide which Democratic candidate for whom to vote:
“Bernie Sanders wants to try to create what we want; Hillary Clinton wants to improve what we already have.”
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the sticking point, the two candidates’ other loyalties and personality traits (some good, some not so good) aside.
Later.
Electability, and loyalty to Obama legacy. Big differences there.
I think improving what you have will get you closer to what you want than you’d get trying to create it from scratch.
Starting from scratch may be impossible today especially with the conditions present in this political climate. The problem is Bernie most likely does not get it and his passion is igniting false hope in his followers.
Exactly, OG. Where we are today didn’t happen overnight. It is complex because it evolved and is built on layers and layers of changes, some of which were not so straightforward.
As for Bernie, I have no doubt that he gets it. I wonder if he initially got into the race not expecting to get as far as he’s gotten, but giving himself a platform to raise his issues. His passion and his what I call “bell ringers” — Wall Street, *FREE* Education, Single Payer, etc. — are attracting supporters, and yes, igniting false hope.