Congrats on 1st Bobfr, just finished watching the President’s speech on C-Span. It was awesome. I pray those graduates take his words to heart and do the right thing for their country as the younger generation coming up to take charge.
I had some great fun Saturdays in that stadium….football Saturdays and my Block O buddies:) Head over to the Varsity Club after the game….Ah, those were the days:)
u know the Varsity Club has now been replaced by some new institution – bummer! lots of re-development going on in and around campus. goal is to link up fully with Columbus and UA and all campus neighborhoods
I love how POTUS is able to compartmentalize moments in his life and enjoy the good ones. He made some pointed examples of the sickness that the Tea Party can inflict if we don’t participate in our Government.
So, because you’re all fam, a little news on the missus.
UE is back on track! Yay! So, that’s a load off our minds.
However, her ex-boss feels that he has to report her mistake to the licensing board. So, he throws her under the bus AGAIN, while hoping that she won’t do the same tomorrow when she’s a witness at the trial.
But that which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
Took a little trip and came back just in time to hear President Obama’s Ohio address. I was elated to hear him hit on a theme that just isn’t impressed on the public enough – citizenship. When people really come to realize their role in this thing called democracy, they’ll stop blaming the President and even Congress when they don’t get what they want. We all have to press and fight for what we want and expect.
It occurs to me that before the Presidential election, everyone believed Citizens United could not be beat. But as I like to say, united citizens proved them all wrong. We have to keep the pressure up. I was glad to hear the President press that theme yet again.
Great points:) Glad to see you here because I wanted to know why I couldn’t link to your site….even from Chips blogroll….I know you made some changes recently…could that be why? HELP!!!!
I think the President has two things always in mind. First, the economy and not making decisions that put it in further jeopardy and then the fact that from a Constitutional point of view, it really isn’t his job to vie with Congress. It is their job to pass laws and his to carry them out. I think he views this in the purest sense. Some, of course believe he is simply concerned about not further antagonizing Congress for the sake of his legacy. I hope this is not the case because if he discovers a new planet, the cure for cancer and how to end war forever, he’ll never get credit.
The biggest reason is that he really is a nice guy and I really am a bitch.🙂
Not at all are u a bitch🙂 – I loved your piece – The President can’t act as you would like to act – he doesn’t have the power – he doesn’t even get 100% from the dems in the senate – He pushes his programs whenever he can. But your ideas FayPax – wonderful – when he gets the support given LBJ – he might just get there.
The US is weird – it seems to take war, a natural disaster or home grown terrorism for the people to rally behind their president – not even in times of economic growth (Clinton) – will the congress show a bipartisan spirit. I will never understand that PBO thought bipartisan could win out – while the GOP considers it has the White Right to Rule – it will be as we see.
You’re so right, 99ts, but don’t you get the impression that people (even folks who are informed) think he has the power to just do whatever he pleases? The American people seem to misinterpret the President’s duty, as well as their own.
All the media FayPax – they carry water for the GOP every day. It comes across in our media – when they start quoting Gingrich and McCain – I am horrified – and the spokespeople they get on TV – ALWAYS from the right.
I don’t blame the people – stupid is as stupid does and the media feeds it – they see how everyone rallied behind GWB and some are so stupid they don’t see that racism is 99% why the same folks don’t rally behind PBO. The US and China could have wiped out the world recession – but the GOP just wants everyone to suffer – bringing down Europe because “socialism and benghazi” is what it is all about.
In the UK some right wing group has been elected in many council areas – the recession is good for the GOP – they want it to end when they are in power.
Maybe Chips should change it on the blogroll:) PAGING, CHIPSTER! PAGING CHIPSTER!! We need some help over here!🙂 Just so you know…you never lost me:) love your postings and I want to be able to read them without the computer telling me that I can’t … thanks for your help and with a little help from our amazing blog mistress here, your readers should be back in no time!
I don’t know how to post a video, so will someone please post the aerial shots of the Exxon oil leak in Arkansas, if it hasn’t been done already. You’ll find it here:
I’m with you pkayden. I have such respect for them both. I listen to POTUS today and now I am looking forward to FLOTUS when she speak this coming week.
While US #NEWSTAINERS continue to make fools of themselves …
“Turkey delivers harshest attack yet on ‘butcher’ Assad”
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s prime minister on Sunday delivered his most virulent attack so far on Bashar al-Assad, calling the Syrian president a “butcher” and warning that he will be held to account for the deaths of tens of thousands of his citizens.
“If God permits, we will see this butcher, this murderer receive his judgement in this world … and we will praise (God) for it,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
HORRIFIC DOUBLE MASSACRE OF 150 SUNNIS REPORTED ON SYRIA’S MEDITERRANEAN COAST – 4,000 MORE FLEE:
Fighting that broke out around the Sunni village of Bayda in Latakia, reported here 2 days ago, appears to have turned into a full-blown and bloody massacre.
The attack by the Syrian Army and Shabiha on the Sunni village of Bayda near the Mediterranean port of Banias occurred after fighting broke out on Thursday morning and 6 Syrian Army soldiers were killed.
On Thursday afternoon there appears to have been massive retaliation when the pro-Government side returned, resulting in between 50 and 100 Sunni residents (latest reports say 72), including innocent women and children, slaughtered with knives and summarily executed.
Hundreds of other residents from Bayda and nearby Sunni villages, largely surrounded by the dominant Alawite community in this part of Syria, are now reported to have fled, but with no ID cards, often removed from them by the Army, they are most likely to be turned back at the nearest checkpoint.
Thanks Bobfr for keeping us up-to-date about Syria. I have real misgivings about this “mess”. To me there’s something unsettling about the claims regarding the use of biological weapons. I find it strange they were used so sparingly only after the President proclaimed the use of them would be his “red line”. My first thought was that someone is agitating. There are too many warmongers amongst us.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Authorities say a 24-year-old Colorado man accidentally shot himself while cleaning his handgun.
Police say the man, whose name has not been released, was sitting in his vehicle in Colorado Springs when he spilled soda on the gun Saturday afternoon. The man wiped the gun clean, and the weapon accidentally discharged as he was replacing the magazine.
He was taken to a hospital in fair condition after suffering injuries to his left hand, left thigh and left calf.
I have a question, as I got home too late to view the ceremony. As an academic I notice certain things….and I noticed that at the beginning of the ceremony POB had on a plain black academic robe. In the picture at the end he had on a doctoral stole and was holding a diploma. Did OSU bestow an honorary doctorate on him? Proud to be a buckeye today…..even if it was only for three years!
Many of you know that Oklahoma is one of the stupid states refusing the Medicaid expansion. At first our Gov, was gung ho on the idea, then some tea partiers got to her and she refused. The hospital CEOs, doctors, and others have been trying to convince her to take it, and are working toward that end. Several community organizations are rallying and working toward that end also.
Today there was a petition at church for the legislature and governor to approve the Medicaid expansion. We of course signed it, as did everyone I know. The assoc minister made an announcement that this was NOT for any candidate, this was NOT for any party, this was for HEALTH CARE for poor Oklahomans. I overheard that one woman was upset until she talked to the pastor, so I think that is why our associate made that specific announcement. We are a progressive church, so was glad to see that petition being signed.
It is obvious that President O has what it takes to be our leader and also he doesn’t let the haters get to him cause I believe that he thinks it is so ridiculous that you have to laugh. However I do NOT appreciate it on bit. The man is a genius (a sexy genius) and really jealous-hearted people cannot accept what we have here.
Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest discussed President Barack Obama’s trip to Austin, Texas, scheduled for Thursday:
“Starting next week, President Obama is embarking on a series of ‘Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tours.’ He will visit these places to learn what has helped them become successful and use these models of growth to encourage Congress to act. First, the President will travel to Manor New Tech High School near Austin, TX where students are learning the real-world skills they need to fill the jobs that are available right now.”
Earnest also said: “The President’s trip will be similar to previous ‘White House to Main Street’ events that directly engage the American people and effectively pushed Congress to act.”
The Austin trip is slated to be one of a series of day trips designed to highlight some of the proposals the president offered in his State of the Union Address.
… and Gabby’s ultra-courageous husband, Mark Kelly … all profiles in courage! All of them are Americans who not only walk among us, but look to help pave the way for the rest of us. Congrats!
A good question, who will speak up for these kids dying at the hands of guns? The parents of that 2 year old who was kill by her 5 year old brother and the rifle they gave him are a disgrace.
Wow, tough questions with actual follow-ups challenging responses. Somebody did their homework. It’s great to see Howie Kurtz being grilled and held accountable for his repugnant behavior. I would love to see the Republicans in congress get grilled like this for their lies, distortions and obstruction.
Just wanted to say I think PHO’s most outstanding legacy will be his call to citizenship. I was so affected by call to us in his second Inaugural that I use it all the time in talking to people and in our monthly newsletter to Democrats and Progressives (not necessarily the same). People respond to it because I believe it gives them a sense of dignity. They are not just “consumers” who buy, they are citizens who think and have the power to alter the things they don’t like. Every time he repeats this theme to college students or in other speeches or has the OFA focus on issues that people can address to their representatives, he is showing how we can be citizens. Every time people like Gabby Giffords speak up on gun control and people follow and support her, they are acting like citizens. When the college kids in NC talk about protesting offensive legislation, they’re acting like citizens. When people meet, not just to gossip, but to talk about
issues in their community and how to address them, they’re acting like citizens. I would like
history to say that when Barack Obama was president, he taught us to be citizens again. Not to be cynical and passive and uninvolved, but to take our role seriously and work for and demand a government that responds to us, the people. If we can all work together to promote that legacy, then we will truly have done our part to make this the great moment in history that we know it to be.
I think his legacy will be that he achieved so much – with so no help from the other two branches of government – the legislature and the supreme court. He is a “once in a generation” person
Yeh – you are all a bit weird – and they call us “the weird mob”. The legacy will no doubt resolve around “the first black President” – his achievements will be seen by some as secondary – but to the world – they are amazing.
Just wanted to write and state that I really don’t think I will enjoy voting for Hillary as the way the media hypes her up and downgrades the current president leaves me with a bitter taste in my mouth.
Most of the time, we just have to vote with our heads, Jeff. Only rarely do we get to vote with a full heart and willing mind. Voting for our president has been a rare experience, indeed. Never in my life did I push a button, raise my hand and say YES!!!! until I voted for PBO in the primary and two presidential elections. I won’t tell you about the embarrassed looks I got from my husband.
I think the Hillary supporters better take it easy on the Obama bashing, because they can turn me off from evening thinking about voting for her if she were to run. They better use their common sense, because if Hillary runs she will need the black votes.
Agree Anniebella, I am already turned off but would probably vote for her while holding my nose…it would be a disaster to be a part of electing a Republican by not voting….think what has happened in NC….but won’t donate a penny or make a call and won’t be first in line to vote.
kathryn kivett, I have talk to people who have told me that once President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk out of the White House for good, they will not be voting for anyone anymore.
Better to demand more from our candidates than to allow Republicans to win like they did in 2010. Tell your friends that standing idly by the sidelines will only make them victims. It won’t teach Democrats or Republicans anything. Active participation is the only answer.
What bothers me the most about Hilary’s potential run is that she has the MSM in her hip pocket, and good ole Bill just LOVES the attention.
Saw a tweet yesterday (can’t locate now, don’t remember who sent it) that pushed back on some Politico nonsense about “getting nearer to 2016, “yeah, 4 months into PBO’s second term.” (paraphrased)
I guess it’s a good thing that most Americans pay no attention to the MSM because the MSM are spin-doctors but don’t disclose it.
First 2 "featured participants" at next Clinton Global Initiative-America mtg: Hillary & @GovChristie
Overconfidence in politics is never a good thing. And in the age of social media, over-reliance on the MSM to do your bidding usually fails (as we saw in the case of Willard Romney). As you said, people will be turned off if they perceive that the media is hyping Hillary. I think more responsible & serious Dems need to step up in 2015…
It’s okay to have a pocket of reliable voters who are ready to go now (Hillary’s) but it’s better to put forth a candidate for ’16 who will also inspire most Democrats, early on. I’m not saying all Democrats won’t vote for her, and I will if she’s our nominee, but not all will be boots on the ground and put those early checks in the mail, to kick off the next general election campaign.
We all know this is way too early for Hillary’s group to start the chanting. I agree people will get sick of all of it, if they do. And President Obama’s loyal supporters, most of all, will be sick of it, since we plan to enjoy ALL of his – and Vice President Biden’s – second term.
She never really proved to me that she has the right policies, has brilliant strategists on her team or that she has a solid ground game. Her nomination is not a foregone conclusion.
If it is between Joe Biden and Hillary for the nomination I will be voting for Joe Biden. Hillary has a lot of baggage people forgot about. Bill has to be in the limelight constantly. If Clinton supporters think they will win by putting down President Obama they should forget about it. It is a gigantic turnoff.
If the Clintons were really seeking to build up the Democratic party, they would have Democrats speaking at this event – the ones who need name recognition for 2016. Since Hillary is being coy about 2016, she should be using her power for good, not for evil. Invite Governor O’Malley to speak, or find someone they can support.
Hiya LL, I’m just about to post stuff from Ohio, would it be okay to post yours after that? Thank you kind sir – and conspitgratchokeulations on today.
He was exceedingly peeved after the game. I don’t think this crop of United players have quite the ruthlessness of their predecessors, which pisses him (and me) off enormously!
SCOTUS, especially the Robert Courts, would NOT touch anything that would potentially affect a TBGOPer…….they would say it is a political issue. If it is a Dem…..then they will entertain the debate. Goldwater in 1964. Romney in 1968. McCain in 2000 and 2008. The SCOTUS of those years didn’t entertain such matters. Only Pres Obama, who was born in HI has been subjected to Mockery and insult both in states and yes, Clarence Thomas accepted One case. The SCOTUS did later throw away the case.
Interesting – thanks for the comment – I didn’t know about Goldwater – nor that Arizona didn’t become a state until 1912 – I learn alot of US history on TOD🙂
Congrats Bob on #1!🙂
Thank you hf🙂
Congrats on 1st Bobfr, just finished watching the President’s speech on C-Span. It was awesome. I pray those graduates take his words to heart and do the right thing for their country as the younger generation coming up to take charge.
Thank you Roberta and couldn’t agree with you more!!
Yes We Can
OHIO🙂 The POTUS has left
Elvis has left the building? 🙂
I love when we wake up and Barack Obama is our President! O-H-I-O had him for a bit, and loved him, I’m sure!
I love his new suit, and I know you do too. 🙂
That man is so fine…words fail me. (Though I keep trying!)
Suit = check. Tie = check.
Smile = HOT DAMN!
This🙂🙂🙂
Hottest President (in more ways than one) EVER!
Come on guys all you’ve had was old white guys to be President.
I had some great fun Saturdays in that stadium….football Saturdays and my Block O buddies:) Head over to the Varsity Club after the game….Ah, those were the days:)
u know the Varsity Club has now been replaced by some new institution – bummer! lots of re-development going on in and around campus. goal is to link up fully with Columbus and UA and all campus neighborhoods
C-span has the Video……the Long version…..
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/event/218295
The second picture. The lip thang going on, woot, woot!
Lord he makes a graduation gown look good!
ha ha, sooooo true !
I love how POTUS is able to compartmentalize moments in his life and enjoy the good ones. He made some pointed examples of the sickness that the Tea Party can inflict if we don’t participate in our Government.
Thank you Dr. President Obama!!!!!
So, it seems like today will be a BBC and AJE kind of day.
Hey LL, as a music lover, are you into Joe Satriani
Wonderful guitarist.
Yes indeed!
My son told me the other day he gets all of his news now from the BBC. I’m good with that.
BBC, AJE, France24, DW, and NHK
Cool.
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The lying liars and the people that enable them….
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/cavuto-paints-restaurant-chain-ceo-and-tea-
Chips – Each take down from ya of the WHPC is more glorious than the one before it! Ha!
I love these Chips. Too Funny. Way to zing it to those WHPC cats. #SHWING
I don’t want to gloat or anything, but… Man U 0-1 Chelsea
So, because you’re all fam, a little news on the missus.
UE is back on track! Yay! So, that’s a load off our minds.
However, her ex-boss feels that he has to report her mistake to the licensing board. So, he throws her under the bus AGAIN, while hoping that she won’t do the same tomorrow when she’s a witness at the trial.
But that which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
Double YAY!!! on the UEI reconnect. That is a huge load off of both of your minds. Hang in there both of you – truth will prevail LL.
Took a little trip and came back just in time to hear President Obama’s Ohio address. I was elated to hear him hit on a theme that just isn’t impressed on the public enough – citizenship. When people really come to realize their role in this thing called democracy, they’ll stop blaming the President and even Congress when they don’t get what they want. We all have to press and fight for what we want and expect.
It occurs to me that before the Presidential election, everyone believed Citizens United could not be beat. But as I like to say, united citizens proved them all wrong. We have to keep the pressure up. I was glad to hear the President press that theme yet again.
Great points:) Glad to see you here because I wanted to know why I couldn’t link to your site….even from Chips blogroll….I know you made some changes recently…could that be why? HELP!!!!
Hey desert! I had to change the name of the site. I’m so glad you want to visit because I’ve absolutely lost all my readers.🙂
thepoliticalpragmatic.blogspot.com
sorry: http://www.thepoliticalpragmatic.blogspot.com
Read your piece…
this is my question to you….
Why do you suppose …that PBO does not do all the things that you said you would do…..if you were he..
I think the President has two things always in mind. First, the economy and not making decisions that put it in further jeopardy and then the fact that from a Constitutional point of view, it really isn’t his job to vie with Congress. It is their job to pass laws and his to carry them out. I think he views this in the purest sense. Some, of course believe he is simply concerned about not further antagonizing Congress for the sake of his legacy. I hope this is not the case because if he discovers a new planet, the cure for cancer and how to end war forever, he’ll never get credit.
The biggest reason is that he really is a nice guy and I really am a bitch.🙂
Not at all are u a bitch🙂 – I loved your piece – The President can’t act as you would like to act – he doesn’t have the power – he doesn’t even get 100% from the dems in the senate – He pushes his programs whenever he can. But your ideas FayPax – wonderful – when he gets the support given LBJ – he might just get there.
The US is weird – it seems to take war, a natural disaster or home grown terrorism for the people to rally behind their president – not even in times of economic growth (Clinton) – will the congress show a bipartisan spirit. I will never understand that PBO thought bipartisan could win out – while the GOP considers it has the White Right to Rule – it will be as we see.
You’re so right, 99ts, but don’t you get the impression that people (even folks who are informed) think he has the power to just do whatever he pleases? The American people seem to misinterpret the President’s duty, as well as their own.
All the media FayPax – they carry water for the GOP every day. It comes across in our media – when they start quoting Gingrich and McCain – I am horrified – and the spokespeople they get on TV – ALWAYS from the right.
I don’t blame the people – stupid is as stupid does and the media feeds it – they see how everyone rallied behind GWB and some are so stupid they don’t see that racism is 99% why the same folks don’t rally behind PBO. The US and China could have wiped out the world recession – but the GOP just wants everyone to suffer – bringing down Europe because “socialism and benghazi” is what it is all about.
In the UK some right wing group has been elected in many council areas – the recession is good for the GOP – they want it to end when they are in power.
Maybe Chips should change it on the blogroll:) PAGING, CHIPSTER! PAGING CHIPSTER!! We need some help over here!🙂 Just so you know…you never lost me:) love your postings and I want to be able to read them without the computer telling me that I can’t … thanks for your help and with a little help from our amazing blog mistress here, your readers should be back in no time!
XOXOXO
right back at ya:) You do a labor of love with your blog….required reading!
I can also think of some words to describe the President but if I write what they are I would need to be placed on the naughty mat😀
Interesting read:
This day in Jewish history / The poet who called out T.S. Eliot’s anti-Semitism is born.
Debunk the myths and bless you for doing it!
How does he do it? Wow!!
I don’t know how to post a video, so will someone please post the aerial shots of the Exxon oil leak in Arkansas, if it hasn’t been done already. You’ll find it here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/11/arkansas-oil-spill-video-mayflower-exxon_n_3063278.html
Thanks FayPax, just watched the clip. Posted on my FB page also.
Thanks Desertflower. I think this is so pitiful. Those people have had to abandon their homes.
You’re welcome. I read/heard somewhere that the smell was disgusting and sickening. I can only imagine.
a million times over
Thank you PBO ….
#TrustBarack
That’s why I love this blog — love the beautiful photos of our Prez and First Lady.
I’m with you pkayden. I have such respect for them both. I listen to POTUS today and now I am looking forward to FLOTUS when she speak this coming week.
While US #NEWSTAINERS continue to make fools of themselves …
“Turkey delivers harshest attack yet on ‘butcher’ Assad”
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s prime minister on Sunday delivered his most virulent attack so far on Bashar al-Assad, calling the Syrian president a “butcher” and warning that he will be held to account for the deaths of tens of thousands of his citizens.
“If God permits, we will see this butcher, this murderer receive his judgement in this world … and we will praise (God) for it,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/May-05/216087-turkey-delivers-harshest-attack-yet-on-butcher-assad.ashx
Just how bad it is ….
HORRIFIC DOUBLE MASSACRE OF 150 SUNNIS REPORTED ON SYRIA’S MEDITERRANEAN COAST – 4,000 MORE FLEE:
Fighting that broke out around the Sunni village of Bayda in Latakia, reported here 2 days ago, appears to have turned into a full-blown and bloody massacre.
The attack by the Syrian Army and Shabiha on the Sunni village of Bayda near the Mediterranean port of Banias occurred after fighting broke out on Thursday morning and 6 Syrian Army soldiers were killed.
On Thursday afternoon there appears to have been massive retaliation when the pro-Government side returned, resulting in between 50 and 100 Sunni residents (latest reports say 72), including innocent women and children, slaughtered with knives and summarily executed.
Hundreds of other residents from Bayda and nearby Sunni villages, largely surrounded by the dominant Alawite community in this part of Syria, are now reported to have fled, but with no ID cards, often removed from them by the Army, they are most likely to be turned back at the nearest checkpoint.
http://www.petercliffordonline.com/syria-news-2
Map of areas attacked in the past couple of days ….
Larger version ….
Thanks Bobfr for keeping us up-to-date about Syria. I have real misgivings about this “mess”. To me there’s something unsettling about the claims regarding the use of biological weapons. I find it strange they were used so sparingly only after the President proclaimed the use of them would be his “red line”. My first thought was that someone is agitating. There are too many warmongers amongst us.
I ‘m wondering where a post or two of mine went? Is this WP issue or did I make a bat poop of myself……unknowingly?
Man shoots self in CO….AP reports
Man shoots self while cleaning gun in Colorado
May 5, 2013 04:00 PM EST |
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Authorities say a 24-year-old Colorado man accidentally shot himself while cleaning his handgun.
Police say the man, whose name has not been released, was sitting in his vehicle in Colorado Springs when he spilled soda on the gun Saturday afternoon. The man wiped the gun clean, and the weapon accidentally discharged as he was replacing the magazine.
He was taken to a hospital in fair condition after suffering injuries to his left hand, left thigh and left calf.
Another “responsible gun owner”, I see. The only good thing about that story is that he was the only one injured.
I have a question, as I got home too late to view the ceremony. As an academic I notice certain things….and I noticed that at the beginning of the ceremony POB had on a plain black academic robe. In the picture at the end he had on a doctoral stole and was holding a diploma. Did OSU bestow an honorary doctorate on him? Proud to be a buckeye today…..even if it was only for three years!
Many of you know that Oklahoma is one of the stupid states refusing the Medicaid expansion. At first our Gov, was gung ho on the idea, then some tea partiers got to her and she refused. The hospital CEOs, doctors, and others have been trying to convince her to take it, and are working toward that end. Several community organizations are rallying and working toward that end also.
Today there was a petition at church for the legislature and governor to approve the Medicaid expansion. We of course signed it, as did everyone I know. The assoc minister made an announcement that this was NOT for any candidate, this was NOT for any party, this was for HEALTH CARE for poor Oklahomans. I overheard that one woman was upset until she talked to the pastor, so I think that is why our associate made that specific announcement. We are a progressive church, so was glad to see that petition being signed.
Yes…they bestowed an honorary Doctorate of Laws. You’re a Buckeye, too?🙂
Yes,,,,,,proud of OSU for doing this.
It is obvious that President O has what it takes to be our leader and also he doesn’t let the haters get to him cause I believe that he thinks it is so ridiculous that you have to laugh. However I do NOT appreciate it on bit. The man is a genius (a sexy genius) and really jealous-hearted people cannot accept what we have here.
OSU’s newspaper write up of the commencement today
http://www.thelantern.com/campus/president-obama-dares-ohio-state-graduates-to-do-better-in-spring-commencement-address-1.3040917#.UYbAQqKG05g
Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest discussed President Barack Obama’s trip to Austin, Texas, scheduled for Thursday:
“Starting next week, President Obama is embarking on a series of ‘Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tours.’ He will visit these places to learn what has helped them become successful and use these models of growth to encourage Congress to act. First, the President will travel to Manor New Tech High School near Austin, TX where students are learning the real-world skills they need to fill the jobs that are available right now.”
Earnest also said: “The President’s trip will be similar to previous ‘White House to Main Street’ events that directly engage the American people and effectively pushed Congress to act.”
The Austin trip is slated to be one of a series of day trips designed to highlight some of the proposals the president offered in his State of the Union Address.
Profile in Courage Awards link….
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Events-and-Awards/webcast.aspx
And the beautiful Caroline Kennedy and the remarkable Gabby Giffords …
… and Gabby’s ultra-courageous husband, Mark Kelly … all profiles in courage! All of them are Americans who not only walk among us, but look to help pave the way for the rest of us. Congrats!
Wow…. Ken Fineberg ended the ceremony…..
He is just a wonderful public servant……..
It was great, and all of the people who participated were great!
Way too many children dying from at the hands of guns. What gives?
A good question, who will speak up for these kids dying at the hands of guns? The parents of that 2 year old who was kill by her 5 year old brother and the rifle they gave him are a disgrace.
More and more we are hearing of tragedies like this. Just unconscionable.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/05/3381653/sheriff-girl-6-shot-by-13-year.html
oh ugh DF. tragic
‘I Screwed Up’: Howard Kurtz Gets Grilled On Controversy Over His Erroneous Jason Collins Story
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/i-screwed-up-howard-kurtz-gets-grilled-on-controversy-over-his-erroneous-jason-collins-story/
NOTE:
Wow, tough questions with actual follow-ups challenging responses. Somebody did their homework. It’s great to see Howie Kurtz being grilled and held accountable for his repugnant behavior. I would love to see the Republicans in congress get grilled like this for their lies, distortions and obstruction.
I find that it is not unusual for sportscasters to rip apart the naysayers of athletes. If only the media would do this in general.
A quick thank-you for all the lovely birthday wishes from previous thread; was late getting here due to “brunch” commitment with family!
Just wanted to say I think PHO’s most outstanding legacy will be his call to citizenship. I was so affected by call to us in his second Inaugural that I use it all the time in talking to people and in our monthly newsletter to Democrats and Progressives (not necessarily the same). People respond to it because I believe it gives them a sense of dignity. They are not just “consumers” who buy, they are citizens who think and have the power to alter the things they don’t like. Every time he repeats this theme to college students or in other speeches or has the OFA focus on issues that people can address to their representatives, he is showing how we can be citizens. Every time people like Gabby Giffords speak up on gun control and people follow and support her, they are acting like citizens. When the college kids in NC talk about protesting offensive legislation, they’re acting like citizens. When people meet, not just to gossip, but to talk about
issues in their community and how to address them, they’re acting like citizens. I would like
history to say that when Barack Obama was president, he taught us to be citizens again. Not to be cynical and passive and uninvolved, but to take our role seriously and work for and demand a government that responds to us, the people. If we can all work together to promote that legacy, then we will truly have done our part to make this the great moment in history that we know it to be.
Amen and Amen!!
Spot on, Jackie!!
yes, we have to play our part as citizens
I think his legacy will be that he achieved so much – with so no help from the other two branches of government – the legislature and the supreme court. He is a “once in a generation” person
99, I love your positive attitude. This is a country that builds President’s legacies around stuff like cherry trees.🙂
Yeh – you are all a bit weird – and they call us “the weird mob”. The legacy will no doubt resolve around “the first black President” – his achievements will be seen by some as secondary – but to the world – they are amazing.
Well said, Jackie!
Just wanted to write and state that I really don’t think I will enjoy voting for Hillary as the way the media hypes her up and downgrades the current president leaves me with a bitter taste in my mouth.
Most of the time, we just have to vote with our heads, Jeff. Only rarely do we get to vote with a full heart and willing mind. Voting for our president has been a rare experience, indeed. Never in my life did I push a button, raise my hand and say YES!!!! until I voted for PBO in the primary and two presidential elections. I won’t tell you about the embarrassed looks I got from my husband.
I think the Hillary supporters better take it easy on the Obama bashing, because they can turn me off from evening thinking about voting for her if she were to run. They better use their common sense, because if Hillary runs she will need the black votes.
Turn me off from even thinking of voting for Hillary if she were to run.
Agree Anniebella, I am already turned off but would probably vote for her while holding my nose…it would be a disaster to be a part of electing a Republican by not voting….think what has happened in NC….but won’t donate a penny or make a call and won’t be first in line to vote.
kathryn kivett, I have talk to people who have told me that once President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk out of the White House for good, they will not be voting for anyone anymore.
Better to demand more from our candidates than to allow Republicans to win like they did in 2010. Tell your friends that standing idly by the sidelines will only make them victims. It won’t teach Democrats or Republicans anything. Active participation is the only answer.
What bothers me the most about Hilary’s potential run is that she has the MSM in her hip pocket, and good ole Bill just LOVES the attention.
Saw a tweet yesterday (can’t locate now, don’t remember who sent it) that pushed back on some Politico nonsense about “getting nearer to 2016, “yeah, 4 months into PBO’s second term.” (paraphrased)
I guess it’s a good thing that most Americans pay no attention to the MSM because the MSM are spin-doctors but don’t disclose it.
Overconfidence in politics is never a good thing. And in the age of social media, over-reliance on the MSM to do your bidding usually fails (as we saw in the case of Willard Romney). As you said, people will be turned off if they perceive that the media is hyping Hillary. I think more responsible & serious Dems need to step up in 2015…
Overconfidence by Hillary’s group, and Hillary, did not work out in 2008.
Correct.
It’s okay to have a pocket of reliable voters who are ready to go now (Hillary’s) but it’s better to put forth a candidate for ’16 who will also inspire most Democrats, early on. I’m not saying all Democrats won’t vote for her, and I will if she’s our nominee, but not all will be boots on the ground and put those early checks in the mail, to kick off the next general election campaign.
We all know this is way too early for Hillary’s group to start the chanting. I agree people will get sick of all of it, if they do. And President Obama’s loyal supporters, most of all, will be sick of it, since we plan to enjoy ALL of his – and Vice President Biden’s – second term.
So, sorry, MSM. Once again: bad call.
She never really proved to me that she has the right policies, has brilliant strategists on her team or that she has a solid ground game. Her nomination is not a foregone conclusion.
THIS!!!!! +bazillion. Thank you. It needed to be said.
If it is between Joe Biden and Hillary for the nomination I will be voting for Joe Biden. Hillary has a lot of baggage people forgot about. Bill has to be in the limelight constantly. If Clinton supporters think they will win by putting down President Obama they should forget about it. It is a gigantic turnoff.
I’m with Joe over Hillary.
I am too, JOB! Obviously, if Hillary Clinton ends up being the Democratic Party nominee I will vote for her.
This is pretty revolting.
If the Clintons were really seeking to build up the Democratic party, they would have Democrats speaking at this event – the ones who need name recognition for 2016. Since Hillary is being coy about 2016, she should be using her power for good, not for evil. Invite Governor O’Malley to speak, or find someone they can support.
what most forget is that in order for a Dem candidate to do well, it is imperative that PBO succeeds
I don’t believe she will be the candidate – don’t believe she can win – she is the person the GOP want to run.
New post ….. soon-ish.
When should I schedule my Cinco de Mayo post?
Hiya LL, I’m just about to post stuff from Ohio, would it be okay to post yours after that? Thank you kind sir – and conspitgratchokeulations on today.
Well, it was an own goal, but I’ll take it. I’m sure Sir Alex is breaking open a bottle of wine to wash away the taste.
He was exceedingly peeved after the game. I don’t think this crop of United players have quite the ruthlessness of their predecessors, which pisses him (and me) off enormously!
#JustImagineIf
#LandslideDEMS2014
Yes We Can
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/05/1965191/open-carry-washington-march/
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/05/carville-cruz-is-the-most-talented-and-fearless-republican-politician-in-30-years/ This guy is a Hillary backer…and his wife says she likes “really hard men”. Yeah. WTF ever. Can all these people just all go somewhere and leave the rest of us peace loving citizens alone? Sick of all these people with an agenda.
Ted thinks he wants to be President. No can do! He was born in Canada…..he’s hoping his dumb followers never notice.
Hi desertflower.. Cruz was born in Canada but his mother was a US citizen born in Deleware.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/yes-ted-cruz-can-be-born-in-canada-and-still-become-president-of-the-us/275469/
This one could end up in the Supreme Court – if he tries to run.
SCOTUS, especially the Robert Courts, would NOT touch anything that would potentially affect a TBGOPer…….they would say it is a political issue. If it is a Dem…..then they will entertain the debate. Goldwater in 1964. Romney in 1968. McCain in 2000 and 2008. The SCOTUS of those years didn’t entertain such matters. Only Pres Obama, who was born in HI has been subjected to Mockery and insult both in states and yes, Clarence Thomas accepted One case. The SCOTUS did later throw away the case.
Interesting – thanks for the comment – I didn’t know about Goldwater – nor that Arizona didn’t become a state until 1912 – I learn alot of US history on TOD🙂
The fact that this is even a consideration is the most frightening thing I’ve heard all year.
Haven’t listened to a word Carville has uttered in over 6 years, not going to start now. He’s a nobody.
I use to like James Carville, not anymore. I never could stand his wife, and still can’t stand her.
New post:
https://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/05/the-ohio-state-commencement-address/