First lady Michelle Obam and her daughters visit the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, June 21
….. posing for a photo with young women leaders during a visit to the Apartheid Museum
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Seriously, Miche looks gorgeous š
That jacket is to die for. They are such a beautiful family on the inside and out.
She really does look gorgeous.
She looks gorgeous!
Gorgeous smile. Beautiful complexion. Just stunning.
She really is gorgeous and her beauty is more than skin deep. I’m glad they’re visiting all these relevant historical places and at the same time encouraging young people everywhere to get an education and always reach back to make their communities a better place.
What beautiful faces! Beautiful people! Is there any local coverage we could tap into on the internet?
Oh, the looks on the faces of those young women. Wow.
Her daughters will be in a photo of young women leaders some day.
Yes and this is what Mrs O told the young women there: “I want my daughters to be like you: strong, beautiful and hard-working.”
Now that’s a huge compliment!!!!
What a beautiful experience for the Obama girls!
they look good š
Great pictures of FLOTUS and her Mom and Sasha and Malia. I love that picture of the First Grandma dancing. They are making us so proud. They have made me so proud from the minute they walk into that Oval Office. I know the S. Africa people are falling in love with the Obama family like we have. Keep up the great work Chipsticks .
I only see beautiful and intelligent people!!! What an inspiration!
Beautiful faces.Little Sasha looks so reserved:) Thank you for these!
Well the senate actually confirmed a judge today:
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/167615-senate-confirms-simon-for-oregon-judgeship
That makes 84 judges confirmed under this administration. At this time in there presidency, both bush and Clinton had 144 judges confirmed(and they were complaining)!
Also, panetta to be confirmed as secede, today!
:shocking: finally they do something good
Fred, how are the kidneys?
Maybe it’s me going to bed at 1 pm yesterday and staying there only to get up and eat but this is the First day I’ve felt a tad better in more than a month Jovie šÆ
thank you for asking.I hope all is well with you š
Wow, what a shocker. 1 more judge confirmed. So much for Reid’s gentleman’s agreement with McDonnell on getting more nominations confirmed. It’s not like the Senate is passing any real legislation. Why can’t they get more people confirmed?
Well, the SCOTUS ruled yesterday that the EPA has the right to enforce greenhouse gas rules against powerplants… Yay!
Great news. This will force the coal state obstructionists (on both sides) to have to come to the table and negotiate a all encompassing energy/climate bill. Any deal they cut would likely be less stringent than the EPA rulings now. Obstruction is no longer a viable tactic for coal staters.
Coal plants are closing all over the place, the latest one is in San Antonio.
Today Lisa Jackson said more rules by November, on mercury releases from coal plants. EPA wants comments and questions answered first.
So, whatever you hear from green groups and the msm, this administration is taking on big coal. Which is why bachman wants it closed!
This is seriously good news, Jovie! Thank you…why isn’t this posted at BWD? They could use some good news over there.
http://energy.gov/news/10388.htm
DOE announces loan guarantee to new Hampshire largest wind farm! Yay!
Well, Greece is having a confidence vote in a half hour! Tens of thousands are outside the Greek palace.
If it is not one thing, it is the next!
Jovie, it’s the humran condition. History has a way of constantly reinventing our struggles. We have just keep marching forward…..walk on.
Breaking: whole foods stores will open 1000 new US stores.
Shares are up 6% today!
Jobs jobs jobs!
Aren’t these the stores folks always flashmob in?
Whole Paycheck…love the jobs, hate the stores. Don’t get me started on Whole Foods.
Oh, Tien Le I am with you…from your few words, I can only imagine that you and I have the same thoughts, opinion and viewpoints about Whole Foods…don’t get me started!
I have boycotted Whole Foods for years.
Hey Ms. Chips, is it just me or is the site slightly off centered? My screen is far to the right so when you come to the obama diary, the Th of the The isn’t viewable. Everything is to the right and off my screen so even as I’m typing, the first few word that i typed, i can’t see. It just happened because I’ve been on the site for the past thre hours and it was just in the past hour that this happened. hm
same here
Lisa, ooooh, goody. I thought it was just me and my wacky computer.
Yes, Chica. I has happened. Drumroll please!! IT’S OFFICIAL!! You have shifted EVEN MORE TO THE LEFT!!! š š š
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I thought my fiddling about with the blog sent me waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to the right!!!!
Okay, I’ve gone back to the left ….. I’m waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more comfortable there š
š š :lol:. I am seeing everything though.
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I’m sorry Lisa, I should warned everyone I was fiddling with the blog – I tried to move it all in to the middle, but I’m completely alarmed that on your screen I’ve shifted as rightwards as Michele friggin’ Bachmann!
Okay, I need to go back to the way we were!
Much better, chica, MUCH better. It just shifted back to “the way we were…” What’s too painful to remember, we simply choose to forget…. One of my favorite songs!
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One of those “life lessons” type songs. Poignant and true. Thanks for a trip down memory lane…
It never hurts to gaze upon Robert Redford’s face… And Barbra is a true icon.
I obviously don’t know my right from my left š³ Sorry. That was a quick fix Ms. Chips, you are awesome š
Accuse me of being a right-winger once more Lisa and you’re banned for life.
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lol Ms. Chips, mea culpa, mea culpa š š
No It’s not just you Lisa, mine also, I had to go to my fox browser, which Is perfect now š
Testing my site looks akward had for me to read and write comments. Anyone having trouble? Testing, testing
Is ai can only read half the page, When I type I can’t see anything, just testing to see if my comment will post. Earlier on my comment disappeared, what is going on?
Sorry M4O, i was playing around with the blog’s settings and mucked it up – it should be okay now. I hope š
Phew, look at all the typo errors I made. I couldn’t see what I was typing. Thanks chips for your RIGHT WING TURN š now it’s all good.
Sorry M4O!!! š
I am š at people suggesting Mrs Obama should look out because Jacob Zuma might make her his sixth wife š …….I don’t think so people not when she has a man like Barack Obama. That sister ain’t going a place š
hahahahahahahahaha! PBO and SS might have something to say about that! Still, who could blame Mr. Zuma?
I wouldn’t…hey if I was on the other side I’ll definitely put a ring on it (according to Beyonce) :D.
The President would fly AF1 to South Africa his damn self and open a can of whoop arse on old buzzard Jacob š š
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Can you imagine?? Too funny. I remember Candidate Obama, when they were messing with Michelle. He was NOT HAVIN’ IT. Said something like ‘They need to leave my wife alone’ He gave that steely eyed look that he has, and then whipped out that megawatt, million dollar smile, as if to say “Go ahead, keep messing with her, and see how quick I will kick ALL of your a@#%^$!!!”
I have no doubt in my mind, that he would whup tail clear across the world, if anybody messes with his girls. SERIOUSLY. Jacob Zuma wouldn’t know WHAT hit him… 8)
š too much… š
Two words…predator drones. With all due respect, it would be Zoom zoom gone Mr. Zuma.
One word sue: Seals š
Team 6, baby! Team 6. 8)
You are so right…I declare you Commandress in Chief Project Zuma. Your duty is to serve and protect The President’s most cherished assets. You clearly are up to the task!
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No way that would happen P. First of all Michelle wouldn’t be anyone’s sixth, if she can’t be your number one, then forget it. Second of all, we have always talked of POTUS coolness, Mr Zuma wwould see him lose that coolness. And third, Michelle knows what a special man she has. Barack knows what a special woman he has. So not a chance in hell, Mr. Zuma.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/21/national/main20072972.shtml
Mark Kelly retiring from NASA to be with wife. Good for him
We all kind of saw that coming. Good on him. What an amazing couple.
EPA proposes 2012 renewable fuel standards today:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/477321F362225AAC852578B60068BF16
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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/kerry-and-mccain-introduce-libya-resolution/?hp
John Kerry and John Mccain draft a Libya ressolution. Good for them at least PBO is getting some support.
In other news Meagan fox got fired by Stephen spielberg(while on set of transformers) for telling him to f—off!
Holywood!!
And she allegedly called him a Nazi. Too bad:sad:
Their heads get too big.
Who is Meagan Fox?
oh she’s this actress who made it big on the Transformers movies franchise and started running her mouth and biting the hand that fed her. She compared the director of the movies to Hitler and the Nazis. She had already said lousy things about him before, and he let it slide, but this was just too much. Finally Steven Spielberg the head producer and head honcho of the franchises told Michael Bay to fire her as she was becoming a nuisiance so they replaced her with Rose Huntington Whitely(?) for the third installment of the franchise. So far the other movies Megan Fox has done since, have been flops.
Tien Le, you are awesome, great question š
In a way she’s a Jon Huntsman. Someone who looks good on the outside, but doesn’t have a heck of alot behind the good looks.
I see Gawker is copying me. I called President Obama “the baby whisperer” when I saw the vid of him calming the crying baby at the congressional picnic. Now, better late than never, Gawker is on the case:
http://gawker.com/5814189/obama-is-a-baby-whisperer
Cool. The video is making its way around the Internet. Some are even suggesting that the DNC use it in an ad. Go figure.
But look at that nice video of PBO calming that baby and then:
http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/1342/Bush+Makes+Baby+Cry/
I never get tired of this clip…it makes me smile, everytime. Chris Matthews, AKA Tweety just showed the clip!
The video is indeed making its way around. Chris Matthews aka Tweety just showed it on Hardball and he said the President is so cool; he made the baby even cooler by association. lol
It’s all over now – it’s even on DKOS and HuffnPuff.
Leon Panetta just approved as Sec of Defense 100-0! Does PBO know what he’s doing or not? Brilliant.
that is great news š
Looks like our First Lady wherever she goes….. š
The man said at the end there is coverage of the first lady’s trip tomorrow. This is the website http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/
Don’t know if it is here the live coverage will be on the internet…hoping! If anyone finds it please do share. Thanks!
Out of all the places ro hack into, this guy hacks into the CIA and he gets caught the next day:
http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0611/cyberarrest_f804bf05-610b-426a-98d0-e702015a0242.html
What an idiot!
Another great video!
I am such a cry baby…I cried the whole time they were in Europe and now the tears are flowing once again. I am so full…I ain’t got nothing but love and joy for our President and First Lady Michelle Obama…they make me proud!
Great videos! What an experience for everyone.
Big day for the Prez tomorrow. Could someone post the link to the candles page so we can light a few for him? Thanks.
The chief political adviser to Crook Gov. Rick Scott of Florida resigned today. Political adviser—-hahahaha—-such a splendid job she’s done—-Scott’s approvals are in the 20’s. So she’s heading back to “spend more time with her family” in Tennessee. Yesterday Scott “reassigned” his chief of staff to Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs. The reign of the Medicare Fraudster is a mess.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/rick-scotts-top-policy-adviser-resigns-amid-shakeup/1176522
Chipsticks, I have been away from the action and I’ll be playing catch up, but from a quick view – You’ve Done A Marvelous job covering The First Family on their S. African journey. You are on the ball today! Bless you and thank you!!! Now I’m off to view and swell with pride š
Hi Chip,
This is a must read from the Time blog site: http://swampland.time.com/2011/06/21/earth-to-the-left-obama-is-into-you/#more-50612 . Do post when you get a chance š
Thanks!
Rita
Hey Rita, thanks for the link to the article it was very insightful. The PL forever complain that PBO isn’t progressive or liberal enough. He never ran as a radical out of touch liberal. He always represented himself as a center-left realist and pragmatist. His way of achieving goals will advance this country five, ten, thirty years from now. The PL’s way of doing things is always impulsive and never with an end goal in sight. They complain about EVERYTHING. The sky isn’t blue; President Obama paints it blue, they complain it’s not blue enough. The sun isn’t out, PBO makes the sun come out they complain he didn’t do it fast enough. I’m glad the TIME reporter Grunwald, set them straight. He has accomplished a LOT. The netroots people are bloggers who are paid to blog, Barack Obama is a President elected to lead and advance a nation and he’s been doing a damn fine job of it.
Absolutely loved that article Rita, thank you SO much for sharing it – just posted it š Thanks again.
You’re very welcome. Thanks for all the hard work that you do!!
Excellent summary of the last 2 1/2 years. Makes me despise them even more.
So, governor Scott may not approve the sun rail afterall. And he has the tea baggers Down here to help him:
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/tea-party-groups-plan-sunrail-protest
Thanks for the great pics, Chips. The last photo in this group…the young lady in the first row…second from the left…is that the coolest hairstyle ever?
These pictures of the First Lady in South Africa, at the Apartheid Museum (Museum!), and of Nelson Mandela make me think back to being in college and how we all went down to the Bank of America and withdrew our little $5 bank accounts in what seemed like the most futile effort ever to protest US corporate investment in the apartheid regime of South Africa. And now here we are. Now matter what those swines of Republicans manage to take away from us now or in the future, they can’t take away what we have achieved. So, so heartwarming.
I read recently that when Reagan was implementing his rightward policies, his party and supporters praised everything he did. It was good, it was sound policy, it was masterful. Whatever he did they praised it.
The American public began to accept that this rightward move must be for the good of all, they kept hearing it over and over again. The result was a country making a long and wide swing to the right.
Progressives have never been disciplined enough to adopt this tactic. If they had learned from the success of the republican party, they would
that article it is very true from swampland.com
But, I still question why the American public can’t see the reality in their lowered living standards and uneducated children. I mean, for heaven’s sake, a 59 year old man robbed a bank for a dollar in order to get health care in PRISON! In America! That tells you something,without needing a pundit or politician to tell you how to interpret it. I don’t know why people continue to vote against their own interests, and believe the lies they are being told over and over. Every time I hear someone say that the President will be in trouble if the economy doesn’t improve, I just want to scream. Do people really think that the Republicans have a plan to heal the economy? Is it any different than the plan that broke the economy? And what makes them think that – when reality says something different? People have to wake up, and some have to grow up.
So true theo67. Did you see the Lawrence O’Donnell show where Senator Barbara Boxer talked about the Republicans killing a job bill that she had introduce in the Senate.That is how they have played ball since Obama became President. Do everything to stop, slow down, the growth of this economy. They don’t care about the middle class or poor.