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Taoiseach Kenny, President Obama and Rusty Sunbed depart the U.S. Capitol after the Friends of Ireland Luncheon, March 19
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5:45 EST: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a St. Patrick’s Day reception
White House live * CBS * CNN
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Irish Times: Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said US president Barack Obama has ’reaffirmed his intention’ to return to Ireland for a second official visit.
The two leaders held the traditional annual St Patrick’s Day meeting at the White House in Washington today.
Following a private meeting with the president afterwards, the Taoiseach said Mr Obama had accepted an invitation to visit Ireland again but was unable to say if he would do so during his second term as president.
More here
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President Barack Obama, Taoiseach Enda Kenny of Ireland, and House Speaker Rusty Sunbed, R-Ohio, talk together during a St. Patrick’s Day lunch at the U.S. Capitol (Photo by Pete Souza)
Obama looks the best.
who’s on first? You are🙂
Thanks!
VL says with great objectivity.😆
Lord knows I try to be fair!
😆 😆 😆 Good enough!
Hellooooooooooooooo VL!
Heeeeeeeeey Chips. Boy it felt good to say that to you. Missed you but did enjoy the ones who filled in for you.
Congrats on first.
Thanks!
Hi Everyone🙂
Congrats vitaminlover #1, Evening Chips!!
Evening LP!!!!
You get around to my e-mail BTW? Just let me know something by Thursday afternoon…..Chips=Procrastinator > Lovelyplains
Thanks!
Thank you for the reminder Chiparoo. Totally forgot. I blame you Jeopardy!
Hey, who knew Patrick’s Day lasted until the 19th?!
aloha chips and welcome back!
in my family, we celebrate holidays for at least a week–birthdays get a full month! st paddy gets all of march, and why not?🙂
‘birthdays get a full month’
And you are only NOW telling me this? I could have been celebrating for weeks now! What kind of a friend are you, Susanne?🙄
If that’s the way our beloved President wants it-I’m game.
“Rusty Sunbed” — OMG…..hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa….*pause* hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
You get that link I sent you Sunday UT?
The HTML one? Yes. Thank you. I have to go study it so I can post pictures in comments. Is it very hard to understand?
I took me a while but once you figure it out you are good to go….If you have a personal blog just practice on that or an old thread that does not have many comments, thats what I did.
That’s a hoot. What the hell was he doing there anyway. Is Boehner Irish? Sounds German to me.
I was about to say Boehner really needs to get lessons in smiling when I saw his lugubrious face. Then I moved down and saw that he was smiling in the next picture. Boehner needs some lessons, and practice, smiling and/or laughing.
Totally agree!
Repubs are so busy plotting and being hateful I dare say they have forgotten how to smile and be happy.
That’s why they are clowns they have PAINTED ON smiles.
Tee hee hee! Never quite thought of it like that, VL, but it makes sense. (Chuckle.)
If he smiles he’ll burst into tears. these events are so overwhelming for him. Boo hoo. Rusty whiner…
I never thought of that. Okay then, AlmaB, I’ll take his serious face over his tears which I find embarrassing (for him).
Excellent, swift work there Vitamin Lover!
Thanks!
What is Boner’s connection to Ireland? He turned down PBO’s invitation to join the official delegation to the Vatican for today’s lunch.
Then recorded this congratulatory, joyous message on the event. I shudder when I think Boehner is truly in the line leading to the presidency. He won’t get there, but the fact this clueless, charm-less, close-minded man heads the House is shocking IMO.
Chris Smith is a anti-choice rwnj.
Some state secrets leaking out!!! Well sort of……Sara Netanyahu will give President Obama gifts for FLOTUS (seder plate) Sasha and Malia (David’s Harp necklaces) and Bo (rubber hamburger toy)
That’s nice!
Here they are! PBO is speaking now.
I’m telling you when you look up the word stupid in the dictionary there is a picture of the Republican Party. They will NEVER learn!!!!!!!!!
What do call those people who keep hitting their head on the wall? Then they put them in a padded room….What are they called…..the GOP?
It doesn’t surprise me that the major media are often less informed than we are about what’s happening on major issues and in the world,Hf2. It’s sad, but true, that if people read TOD regularly they would be more in tune with the real news than if they read all the major newspapers or tuned into all the tv news shows. We can spot lies and twisted talking points in a heartbeat and know exactly who’s lying to us and why. We are very fortunate.
I don’t read newspapers any more..If i want to find out what’s going on i go to the internet.
Greetings TOD!
Bonehead’s tie is the wrong shade of green. He is not matching with President Obama and Kenny’s. Also the man is just shady.
My President is looking younger these days🙂
I haven’t seen pics of PBO much, lately. When I saw the pictures here, I had the same thought, that PBO is looking younger, almost less stressed … he is looking mighty hot I say!
Tweety just said the half term governor is very attractive and great on stage. A conservative pundit would never praise a Democrat.
Yes he finds her attractive – he, along with Howard Fineman, Pat Buchannan and a diarist called BrooklynBadBoy on Old Orange.
All of the above are CONSERVATIVES or Libertarian – regardless of what they pretend to be otherwise.
Had tweety on as background noise, only thing I really heard was when he talked about “Mission Accomplished.” His hypocrisy inspired this tweet:
Matthews also appeared on then Donahue Show and called him the blame America 1st group. Matthews was instrumental in getting Donahue fired from his Top rated show.
I was waiting for him to acknowledge that he was one of those who never talked against the war.
Sorry, Sarah Palin has not aged well.
Wicked people like Sarah Palin never ages well.
To each it’s own, if Tweety think the air head half term idiot governor is sexy, he is entitle to his opinion no matter how stupid it is.
Forgive him, he is thinking with his lower head.
Yes. The little one. If that’s even possible
Howdy and congrats VL
Thanks, carol.
So I read that 500 Press people are in Israel for POTUS’s visit—-250 from USA.
I hope the coverage is wall-to-wall, no moment too small to film and show us.
Do you think Fox will cover this event?
250 from USA? Just to spew GOP talking points, tell us that the trip was bad and a total waste of time, and not cover the substantive issues of the visit?
Uh-huh. The 250 includes Chuck Toad and Mrs. greenspan.
But I am hopeful that the true value of this trip will outshine the swinish coverage.
They will be looking for every chance to exploit. Every negative perceived action or emotion by anyone in Israel to be exploited. So long as they portray pres Obama negatively. That has been their goal since Jan 20, 2009.
Just think where we’d be if this country showed half the respect for PBO that the Irish do. – smh
So true Yardarm, and I think that applies to many countries outside America – they recognize his greatness. Some day most of America will too, but hopefully they wake up and recognize it before 2016.
America relies too much on that dishonest media for information. That’s a huge part of the problem right there.
Eggzzzzactly!
I hope so.
Yes indeed, Yardarm! This is also true in the U.K., France, Germany, Brazil, India, Ghana, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, China, Turkey, Libya, and many other countries that Chipsticks covered, but were” blacked” out by our so called mainstream media. President Obama has repaired our relations with so many other countries that had been broken by the Bush regime. Yet few Americans know about this. The U.S. media, which followed George W. Bush like a puppy, has been universally hostile towards President Obama. I think most of the media are trying to cover up their shameless failures during the Bush regime by appearing to be so tough against President Obama.
I totally agree.
Whether it is the centerpiece of Obama’s gun legislation or not, I think this is so disheartening, so beyond revolting. Who the h needs an assault weapon? This is completely lacking in common sense. Letting Newtown families down and every other gun victim and all the multiple entities who are devoting their lives to getting something meaningful and decent passed. The NRA wins again.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-pn-assault-weapons-ban-likely-dropped-20130319,0,2585923.story
I agree with you dotster it is very disheartening. The NRA possibly has won this portion of the battle but there is a mentality about guns in certain parts of this country that will take a while to change. Massive, sustained indignation about gun deaths in this country is what is needed. Our level of distractibility in this country is so high. There will literally need to be a civil rights type effort to change these laws; those changes did not occur over night. I watched the funeral of Jonylah Watkins today, the 6 month old baby killed in Chicago. For her and all of the other children and adults, this effort must continue.
I saw on Rev. Al that 57% of the public—-Repubs and Dems, all of us, support an assault weapons ban. Our congress is completely dysfunctional, the whole lot of them, all bought and paid for by the NRA and other corporate concerns. They do not represent the interests of the public, which is their duty. I’m so thoroughly disgusted. Every day there is more tragedy and heartbreak from gun violence. A 6 mo. old baby? 20 1st graders? What will it take???
NRA has not won. We as citizens have failed to do what is necessary. Yes we need mass indignation! But what we need most importantly is mobilized pressure on our Senators and Representatives to make sure they do the right thing or face political consequences. We must stop calling this Obama gun legislation. This is Gabby Giffords legislation! This is legislation about the Children of Connecticut! This legislation about movie goers in Aurora, CO. This is legislation about all the young people gunned down every day on the streets of our cities.
I really don’t want to read another article from the MSM media telling me who won and who lost, the President or the Republicans in Congress, with some Democrat enablers, who do the bidding of NRA. I want to know how I can hook up with people who are seriously responding to our President’s call to be active citizens by putting pressure on Congress to listen to us instead of listening to the NRA lobby and other gun nuts. We as citizens must mobilize and dramatize the urgency of gun control legislation. We must learn from the real lesson’s of the past and stop buying into myths. For example: It’s debatable as to whether this Country would have ever enacted the 1964 Civil Rights Act, or the 1965 Voting Rights Act, without the massive and sustained Civil Rights struggles in the Streets over so many years. Any one who tells you that the Civil Rights laws were enacted because LBJ used the so called “bully pulpit” knows nothing about the reality of what took place, and the years (even decades) of sacrifices that so many people made, that eventually forced LBJ and the Congress to act. LBJ could never have accomplished the legislation that he did if people were not mobilized demanding real change. Without the Selma-to.Montgomery March, I doubt that Congress would have enacted the 1965 Voting Rights Act. So, Let’s get off our asses and seriously do something about putting pressure on Congress to enact effective gun safety measures. We have a President on our side. It’s the Congress, beholden to the gun lobby, which is against us. Consequently, we must mobilize all our time and energy to make sure that people in Congress know that they will pay a high political cost if they don’t enact meaningful gun safety laws, including a ban on military style assault weapons.
I would not be so quick to say that the NRA has won. The MSM is happy to frame it this way – we know every set back or temporary snag is ALWAYS framed in the media as a “major blow” for the DEMS and for PBO in particular. The WH has indicated their continued fight for the AWB (see my later post below). I am confident that if the WH believes they can “find the votes” then we should be optimistic about this.
Oh Boehner decided to show up for this event?
The alcohol was a big motivator – I’m sure. Boehner will not be leaving any bar thirsty tonight.
LOL! my thoughts exactly.
Are you guys saying Boehner only show up for the alcohol. Maybe that is why he didn’t go with VP Biden to see the Pope, he knew no alcohol would be serve there.
This can also be true🙂
Well, we Catholics do serve wine at Mass but I guess he would have wanted more than a sip. 🙂
Boner requires Merlot.
🙂🙂🙂😉
Of course he did! As host, he (in his mind) was the BIG fish in a small pond; whereas, had he gone to the Vatican, he’d have been a guppy in the ocean…
Of course POTUS and Kenny have real live shamrocks on their lapels and Boner has some plastic/commercial pice of shitte.
So – Where’s all my GAME OF THRONES peeps????? 12 days!!!!!!
Hey Ms Tally, how are you!
Made in China no doubt at one of Romneys China factories!
Hey JoJo!!!! Undoubtedly!!!
We won’t give up, we will fine the votes. Keep fighting for the kids who are murder everyday.
2014 would be good🙂
hmm–that is not where i thought i put it! (story of my daily life)
Remember how hard and long Mothers against drunk driving had to fight? I remember, and I say anything worth having is worth fighting for. Instead of the media talking about who won they ought to get on the battlefield and help those who are tired of this gun violence fight.
I agree, anniebella, every decent thing that has happened in this country we all had to fight for. This is a setback, but we’ll keep at it until we get a House and Senate that puts the people of the US first.
Hoefruit2, this the time when we as citizens, if we are serious, must step in to help the President find those votes. No more cries about the NRA winning. Lets mobilize and defeat the NRA! The President is on our side. Lets have his back!
TBGOPers are determine to stop caring for the well being of the 315.9M populace. I do not know why they bother to run for office. Get paid by the tax payers and do the bidding for the wealthy and the corporations. Unless, they want another uprising that could decimate this nation.
Nena, they run for the very reason you stated–to do the bidding of the wealthy and the corporations. Our job is to make sure that fewer of them get elected and fewer still re-elected. Those who vote for these people do the whole country a disservice.
Good. So we won’t have to rely on the feckless MSM for their biased, dishonest reporting.
Wonderful!!
Thought I’d be your twitter proxy, hf! Hope you don’t mind! 🙂
If there is food there’s Mark…looking pathetic wanting to have a taste.😉
This man loves food, period. He writes about it constantly. Next, he likes to count how many times the President does this or that. What is he going to do when the President leaves office? Write a book maybe or go into deep depression.
It should be a 50 Point Lead…..
Charlie Crist Leads Rick Scott By 12 Points in Latest Florida Poll
The latest PPP poll of the potential Florida governor’s race finds Gov. Rick Scott trailing former Gov. Charlie Crist by twelve points, 52%-40%.
According to PPP, Gov. Scott has been and continues to be wildly unpopular. Scott’s approval rating is at 33%. Fifty seven percent of those surveyed disapproved of the job that he is doing as governor. Scott’s acceptance of the Medicaid expansion in Florida resulted in a two point improvement in his approval rating with Democrats, but a three point drop in his approval rating with Republicans. Crist only has a 46%/43% approval/disapproval split, but the state’s Democrats solidly approve of him (66%/24%), and he leads Scott with Independents by 6 points (47%-41%).
http://www.politicususa.com/charlie-crist-leads-rick-scott-12-points-latest-florida-poll.html
Air traffic controller wins Medal of Safety. A week later, she’s furloughed because of sequestration http://t.co/G0cj5ipF6d
HEADLINE: White House on assault weapons ban: ‘We’re going to find the votes’
// White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said in an interview Tuesday that Senate Democrats’ decision to introduce a gun control bill that doesn’t include an assault weapons ban does not constitute a setback for President Obama’s gun control efforts.
In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, McDonough said the bill can still be brought up as an amendment and that there should still be a concerted effort to pass it. “We’re going to work on this. We’re going to find the votes,” McDonough said, according to a transcript. “And it deserves a vote and let’s see if we can get it done.” //
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/03/19/white-house-on-assault-weapons-ban-were-going-to-find-the-votes/?wprss=rss_election-2012
Does anyone know if CNN has made an on air apology for their reporting in the Ohio rape case yet?
If not, I sure hope we as a collective group are participating in the boycott of that station until they do.
They have not. They have chosen not to acknowledge or talk about their idiocy.
We need to get a list of their sponsers and boycott them..
‘ (The Borowitz Report)—In a sombre ceremony attended by former members of the Bush Administration, the former Vice-President Dick Cheney marked the tenth anniversary of making up a reason to invade Iraq.
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“Making up a reason to invade a country is the easy part,” Mr. Cheney told them. “Sticking to a pretend story for ten years—that is the stuff of valor.”
Mr. Cheney added that their “steadfast charade had raised the bar for all future Administrations.” ‘
Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/03/cheney-marks-tenth-anniversary-of-pretending-there-was-reason-to-invade-iraq.html#ixzz2O1sBSI8i
This Barack Obama’s response to George Bush’s state of the union address…in 2008….
Never saw this before….
Upon further obervation of the above pictures President Obama and T.E. Kenny look normal and pleasant withtheir facial expressions, Bonehead looks ‘all-over-the-place-lost confused andtrying to be pleasant but his meanness still shines through.
Bonehead Orangeface is just mad because he doesn’t have a drink in his hand yet.
Lol!
PBO’s detailed itinerary for his trip to the Middle East. He departs in about an hour.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
*President Obama will arrive in Tel Aviv, Israel
He will be welcomed with an Official Arrival Ceremony
*President Obama will view an Iron Dome Battery in Tel Aviv
Iron Dome is a short-range rocket and mortar defense system, developed by Israel and produced with U.S. assistance
*President Obama travels to Jerusalem
*Bilateral meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres
In Jerusalem
*Bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
A press conference will follow
*Working Dinner with Prime Minister Netanyahu
The event will be at the Prime Minister’s Jerusalem residence.
THURSDAY, MARCH 21
*President Obama will visit the Israel Museum
He will view the Dead Sea Scrolls and also attend a technology expo
*President Obama will travel to Ramallah, West Bank
The President will be welcomed with an Official Arrival Ceremony
*Bilateral meeting with Palestinian Authority President Abbas
This will be in the afternoon
*Working Lunch with Palestinian Authority President Abbas
A press conference will follow
*President Obama will attend a cultural event at Al-Bireh Youth Center
The Center is funded by USAID. The President will also meet with PA Prime Minister Fayyad
*President Obama will deliver a speech at the Jerusalem Convention Center
This will be for “the people of Israel,” according to the White House, and the President will voice America’s ongoing support for Israel’s security
*State Dinner hosted by President Shimon Peres
President Obama will be presented with the Presidential Medal of Distinction
FRIDAY, MARCH 22
*Wreath laying ceremonies at Mount Herzl
President Obama will visit the grave sites of Theodor Herzl and Yitzhak Rabin
*Visit to Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
President Obama will participate in a wreath ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance
*President Obama travels to Bethlehem in the afternoon
*Tour of the Church of the Nativity
The President will tour the church
*President Obama will fly to Amman, Jordan
He will be greeted by an Official Arrival Ceremony
*Bilateral meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan
A press conference will follow
*Dinner with King Abdullah II of Jordan
The King will fete the President with a dinner
SATURDAY, MARCH 23
*President Obama will travel to Petra
*President Obama will begin his journey back to the United States
http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2013/03/schedule-president-obamas-middle-east.html
Ben Rhodes outlines the trip.
Is FLOTUS going with PBO
No FLOTUS is not going.
Thanks….
What ‘tip’ did he give them?😉
FYI – time differences for this trip
Israel and Ramallah
+ 6 hours Eastern; + 9 hours Pacific
Jordan
+ 7 hours Eastern; + 10 hours Pacific
Huh, like I didn’t know that …….😳 Thank you Meta!!!!
I didn’t know it but thankfully The Google did!
I’m hoping we can see these events in real time.
I am tired from only reading this list. Our energizer bunny PBO is amazing.
Godspeed, Mr. President and to all who travel with you.
I love seeing our PBO with T. Kenny; the respect and affection is palpable. I hope that they do get to play golf in Ireland some day soon.
I agree! I think he thrives on this non-stop activity. He’s got amazing energy levels in these kinds of intense situations.
Well, I’m exhausted.
LP, this tweet makes me want to move to Maryland. SERIOUSLY.
Maryland has Martin O’Malley. We have Tom “Cut it, keep you eyes closed” Corbett. AAAAAAaaaaaaaggggghhhhhh.
Soon it will be Allison Swhartz isonprize, rest easy……
I don’t know, LP. Are you familiar with PA politics? I think she’d be great, but I’m not so sure the commonwealth is ready for a woman in the Gov. mansion. Just sayin’
Whoever wins the Dem primary is going to win…I personally like Patrick Murphy but he lost A.G. in 2012, the woman who won could take out Corbett too http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/03/corbett-in-dire-shape-for-reelection.html
LP, there are actually a lot of good candidates who could run for governor and Schwartz is not a shoe in. Also we would lose a House seat if she’s elected. I think Rob McCord the state treasurer, could beat Corbett with his hands tied behind him and Joe Sestak may take a run for it. I am saving our AG, Kathleen Kane, to run for Tommey’s Senate seat, although she doesn’t know it yet.
Yes I agree w/ Kane after she be my personal favorite Murphy in the Dem primary……due to his prominence in repeal of DADT, him being an Iraq veteran.
Isonprize, I know exactly what you mean. Been thinking seriously about MD lately. It has better senators and is saner than PA.
Oooo, just what I wanted! Merci, Chips.
I wonder if the cameras would be out if certain person had won in November? I doubt it. I don’t even think there would be such a ceremony. Thank you Lord for allowing us to have this man as the President for four more years.
Those in an anniversary spirit……..Well….
Last #GOPspeak twit of the day:
https://twitter.com/deaconmill/status/314157343665434624
Slight tweak.
President Obama is a good man cause I can’t even stand to look at John Boehner, if I had to stand next to him, Yuke!!!!!!!!!!!
This is MY President!
Why is the Town Crier, Rusty Orange Crush sticking his tongue out like he was thirsty for more Hard Liquor?
Greatest VP EVER!!!! Today in Rome at Pope Francis’s installation
LOVE it LP!!!!!
ROCKIN THE AVIATOR’s, my MAN!!
Thanks for the shoutout BTW….your feed must be buzzing this time of day so wanted to double up……
Is The VP Biden back on the USA soil?
POTUS will soon be jetting off to Israel in about 17 Minutes or so ET.
I believe their is a 2 hour lag before VP touches down, just saw it in passing, may stand corrected…Will look again
Thanks. I have just watched the POTUS jet off. It was very interesting. My first😎
I still say The Daily Edge is unsurpassed.
Yessss…this is on the money
“the other 1/3 still think slavery was a good idea.”
Please tell me how come the “brother” black right winger (I forgot his name) at the CP conference thinks that today’s Republicans can, with a straight face, appeal to African Americans and Latinos by calling themselves “Frederick Douglass Republicans”? Obviously he has never read Fredrick Douglass’ 1852 Fourth of July Speech (which he incidentally gave on the 5th in protest) entitled: “The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro.” I suppose he is also not familiar with Frederick Douglass’ speeches putting pressure on Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves and allow Black men to serve in the Union Army. He is certainly ignorant of the role that Douglass played in pressuring Congress to enact the Fourteenth and the Fifteenth Amendments. By the way, The “North Star” and “Fredrick Douglass’ Paper” were not founded with the goal of making profit and huge sums of money. These were crusading papers focused on ending slavery. Finally, Fredrick Douglass spent most of his later life as a public servant- U.S.Marshall for D.C; Recorder of Deeds for D.C.; and U.S. Minister and consul general to Haiti. I bet you the “brother” has never read Frederick Douglass’ last major speech that he gave in January, 1994, a year before he died. In that Speech, entitled “The Lesson of the Hour” (His third Speech with that title), Douglass vigorously denounced the heinous crime of lynching, and urged the government to take action to end it. It’s truly a shame that this guy is going around defacing the legacy of Frederick Douglass.
Just wondering if GW Bush would be painting self Portraits of all those who lost their lives and those who were injured because of his lies for some form of a way to redeem himself? Nope. Instead, he is painting himself in the shower naked? May he go straight to he_ll.
I guess POTUS have said his good byes to FLOTUS, Malia and Sasha and will be on his way to Air Force 1 soon. Keep him in our prayers.
And also to First Grandma and Bo.
I didn’t mean to leave them out Bill.
| Live | President Obama departs for Israel: http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Thanks, JER. I just caught him.
I just watched this feed….the landing of Marine One and the leaving of Air Force One. One thing I noticed were the four officers standing at attention saluting as the plane left. Have to admit, this gives me chills.
Yes, I always get chills watching this ritual. I’m not sure why. I guess it’s about respect and protection.
okay this is hilarious!!! Joey is such a flirt
(Anniebella, Don’t fuss! 🙂 I know POTUS and FLOTUS are a solid, loving couple!!)
Wait, WHAT?? LOLOL Click each picture to get a closer look… If you click the white area, it goes back to the ‘gallery’ view.
http://escapedgoat.tumblr.com/post/45776507185/keikokaveri-basedjane-this-collage-of-joe#_=_
Hysterical!
They are a complete HOOT, Isonprize – there’s a twinkle in that man’s eye!!!!
Fuss about what isonprize.
click the link above in my post. 😎 It’s VP Joey being a HUGE flirt with FLOTUS.
Okay, I got you, no worry I trust Joey. He is a man of honor.
Joe does sweep in for the close-up!!
Indeed, he does, meta. Indeed, he does…
LOL! Cool Joe! Smooth Joe! 😉
Two classy lovely ladies.
Something that half term Governor knows nothing about.
The half term governor would be serving Big Gulps wearing her baggy, flat assed jeans.
Departure live feed:
http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Forgive me these are beautiful pics………
Dr.Biden’s COS and NSA Tom Donlin’s wife, nomination as Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues
Hey! No Fair! I saw people still walking around on the plane as it started to taxi to the runway.
Commerical flight attendants would’ve stared you down (or slapped you down) by now! 🙂
Dudette,
Clearly, there are some distinct advantages to being on the flying “Oval Office” 😎 🙂
Have you seen this? Warning: It’s an 8+ min clip from a FAUX news report. Truthfully, it’s very well done. Of course, it was done when Pres. Bush was still President. I shudder to think how the story would have been told when Pres. Obama took office… Anyway, enjoy!!
Neat! Thanks for sharing that, ison!
Amen Dudette.
Wheels up. He’s on the way.
Safe travels Mr. Presidents. Prayers are traveling with you.
AMEN.
Air Force 1 is taking off. Take care POTUS. Hope you have a successful trip. What time will POTUS arrive in Israel?
Did POTUS fill out his NCAA Final Four bracket?
I hope the people of Israel give POTUS a wonderful welcome.
THISSSSSSSSSSS!
Here’s the full schedule in Israeli time. Looks like they are 6 hrs ahead of us if anyone can confirm.
http://westwingreports.sharedby.co/share/VQjrAM
?!?!?!?!?
Keep counting Knoller there will be more trips. 🙂
Nice frequent flier miles total. Can you not see this is critically important information? 🙄
What? The President doesn’t earn frequent flier miles? Why, it’s an OUTRAGE!!
JEEZE LOWEEZ!!! Knoller is like some weird cross between The Count on Sesame Street howling out “the number of the day!” and the Cookie Monster wanting to snarf up the cookies. The guy is really strange!
Indeed Aquagranny. Seriously..I almost posted “The Count Counts the Mileage” thinking of that Sesame street character!
But his counting and food obsession seems only in relation to the President. He doesn’t seem to care how many times Boner cries at events, or what Turtle McConnell had for lunch.
Good one, Aquagranny. Wonderful image–The”count” and Cookie Monster combined. Love it.
Go eat a donut or something Snark Knuffer…..
This guy, Mark Knoller, must be sickly obsessed with the President! Come to think of it, I think he should be thankful because he would be no body if he wasn’t pre-occupied with writing about how many golf games President Obama has played, or what kinds and amounts of food the President has eaten, or how many miles the President has logged traveling abroad, etc., etc. I confess that I didn’t know who Mark Knoller was before President Obama was elected. Therefore I consider him, along with people like Chuck Todd, Ed Henry, Jake Tapper and others, as media beneficiaries of the Obama Presidency. Without President Obama, these people would be nowhere. Certainly no one can accuse them of being intellectual heavy weights when it comes to real journalism.
“Rusty SunBed” Best laugh I’ve had all day- thank you Ms. Chips. You have a perfect way with words🙂
The President looks very dashing in his green tie and FLOTUS in her kelly green dress. The “Orange Boner” looks like the dufus that he is. It was so nice to hear the kind words and display of respect for PBO from the PM of Ireland. They clearly have the a good relationship.
Stephen Colbert’s sister wins Dem Primary in SC.
yae..ty
This is good news.
Woot! Stephen and the rest of the Colbert family will be doing the Happy Dance tonight…
Meanwhile…
Oh, Alycee, I’ll bet he ranks close to the top of the pile on corruption as well. He’s so open about it, too. I honestly believe he’s a very stupid man and doesn’t even know how to play the game subtly. The fact that this dim witted grifter makes more than the governors of California or New York is a truly astonishing and disgusting disgrace.
I’ll tell you, the corruption in PA makes Huey Long and those boys look like pikers! And the way our Commonwealth Constitution is written, we the citizens only have election as a recourse — No provision for referendum, No provision for recall…
The Republican primary ballot featured 16 candidates, including former Gov. Mark Sanford and Teddy Turner, son of CNN founder Ted Turner.😯😯😯
Any winner on the Republican side?
Since the tail chaser sanford didn’t clear the 50% mark, there will be a run-off between him and the distant 2nd placed rethug. But he will win the run-off since the gap in the first run is double digits.. rethug “values” at work.
Hi Chips and ~ Hi everyone..rain we finally get rain..we need it so bad.
My God watch over you Mr. President and keep you safe, bring you back home unharmed, and that you were an inspiration to the Israeli and Palestinian people. Maybe there will be a “Spring for Peace” breaking out in this part of the world.
Ok…I’m just seething…Harry Reid can’t get but 40 votes????…Excuse me but are there not more than 40 Dems in Senate?..Of course there are…soooo…..My big question….WHY BE A DEMOCRAT?…..Do Independents have more power?….I realize PBO is a Dem but can’t an Independent support him just as strong?….I am seriously considering changing my registration to Independent….somehow I feel that calling and writing my Senators and Congresspeople would pull more weight as an independent than a Dem writing Republican representatives….or even as a Dem writing a Dem Senator….as in Kay Hagen, whom I’ll bet my last dollar is not one of the 40…..I WON’T VOTE FOR HER IF NOT…..and don’t tell me not to pay attention to MSM or we have to work hard to get something…..if the deaths and injuries that have occured from assault rifles and high # magazines don’t move these people, they don’t deserve to be in Washington….
An aid in the office of Kay Hagen told me last week she would not be supporting an assult weapons ban. I read recently that Virginia Foxx is the favorite of the Republican base to run against Hagan. If Foxx is running against Hagan it will give Hagan much room to move to the right. It is a sad state of affairs in NC.
US lawmakers will ditch a plan to ban assault weapons, all but killing off a key part of a gun control campaign prompted by a recent school massacre.
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said her proposal would be left out of the firearms control bill.
Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid made the decision, saying the proposal could not get enough votes.
An assault-type weapon was used in the December massacre that killed 26 at a primary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
The shooting shocked the US and revived efforts in Washington DC to prohibit such firearms.
But while polls show most Americans back an assault weapon ban, influential pro-gun lobby groups such as the National Rifle Association have pressed lawmakers to oppose such a move.
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Meanwhile, the town of Newtown has seen a surge in applications for gun permits since the massacre at Sandy Hook primary school in which 20 schoolchildren and six teachers were murdered.
There have been 79 requests for gun permits in Newtown since the shooting on 14 December, police say, although the town has only issued about 130 licences annually in recent years.
A police official said people were worried about new regulations.
“A good percentage of people are making it clear they think their rights are going to be taken away,” Robert Berkins told the Associated Press news agency.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21849814
US is a basket case.
We need to remain strong on this. I just called Harry Reid’s office. We can all call our Senators tomorrow, and then continue to push for this.
All great causes have had set backs but then perservered. I remember when Prop 8 passed in CA and now gay marriage has strong support. The tobacco industry and alcohol have all had a firm grip on the country, but MADD, and a few big lawsuits against the tobacco industry have helped change the country’s attitude.
This will be a long battle but we can’t give up.
Avoid making the Koch Brothers richer. Stop buying their products (if you can).
I’ve been boycotting these products since 2011! By the way, here in San Diego, Chevron has the highest gas prices. It’s worse than both Shell and Mobil. I buy my gas through Costco. Let’s hope it’s not affiliated with any of the Koch Gasoline Products.
Well, reading through the cowardice of pulling the assault weapons ban makes me think I should focus on the missus for the next few days and avoid the US news. I often think amk goes a bit overboard in his dismay at the US, but today I think he may be right.
Missus is home. I have to go pick up a blood thinner to avoid blood clots for her later tonight. Tomorrow she’s seeing visitors. I’m going to try and keep her occupied with her supervising me finally attacking the garage.
Thank you ALL again for the well wishes and support. Between you guys and my real life family and friends, we’ve been enveloped in a cocoon. I’ll check in with everyone tomorrow, where I can again shake my head at how hard it is to change a country to common sense.
So good to hear from you LL, you must be exhausted from all of this. Again, wishing your ‘Missus’ only the best, love to you both.
I’m so gladto hear Mrs. LL is home. Best wishes for a speedy and smooth recovery.
New post!
https://theobamadiary.com/2013/03/19/president-obamas-israel-palestine-jordan-schedule/
http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/blog-archives/2013/03/lets-defund-obamacare-again.html
I see that Glen Greenwald’s arse is getting a royal spanking on Twitter, thanks to JeffersonObama, Scott Flinley, Chips, others, etc. 🙂 They are hitting him with FACTS about his not so kosher past when it comes to his endorsement of illegal wars and blind trust in GWB, his defense of White supremacists, his hateful rhetoric about immigrants, etc., and his current deranged obsession with and hatred of President Obama….
As Jodi Kantor would say: Hmmm….