President Obama greets actress Whoopi Goldberg prior to speaking following a special fundraising performance of the Broadway musical ‘Sister Act’ on behalf of the Democratic National Committee at the Broadway Theatre in New York, June 23
I just showed my husband the photos of Obama at Carnegie Mellon and said how important I thought his speech was there, that the President is doing everything possible to spike the economy. And he said, “I didn’t see anything about that on the news.” I didn’t either, and therein lies the problem. It is aggravating to the max. A tragedy, really. Our news media refuses to do their jobs, to fulfill their essential role in a democracy.
Well….. the US Media™ is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the GOP/KochBros® and they’re doing their best to destroy Obama, which is, apparently, their job now.
I just wish everyone would realize this, and stop wondering why they never hear about Obama “doing anything…”
We could also write their advertisers, etc etc etc….. not that they give a shit…..
The LGBT community needs to chill with their rhetoric, they are turning people off. i am a advocate for their rights, but they are making things harder, people are barely surviving, Their push to make this his number 1 issue is unfair, especially when he is reversing a lot for their benefit. To ,me they are coming off as ungrateful.
i constantly remind myself that their are some people who appreciate his efforts and is willing to fight, but the ones with the bully pulpit is really pissing me off. I adjust my feeling when i think of Deaniac from the peoples view. I realize that the true lgbt hereosare being drowned out, by the phonies, who don’t know how to fight.
Believe me Tulips, there are more of us gays who agree with Deaniac than the profoundly ungrateful a-holes who get the megaphone. We have been fighting for our rights for decades by winning over 1 heart and mind at a time. It makes me so mad and sad because it causes a backlash among good folks like anniebella below.
Reminds me of the saying don’t use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead.
Seems like everyone wants him to click his fingers and fix all the decades wrongs like yesterday. And rather than working together to help, they put road blocks in his way.
I feel the same way Tulips. I am all for everybody being treated right, but the gay community and all their complaining, I’m fed up with them. I’m just fed up with them. I’m fed up with the attacks on this President. This President have done alot for them and to attack him the way they have, it has me at the point were I don’t want to hear a dam thing they have to say. If they think the Republicans will treat them better then go ahead vote for them. And see where gays rights will get. The Republicans are still trying to do away with women’s right to have an abortion.
So feel free gays, vote for the Republicans, or don’t vote. And get ready to go back in the closet. With all the darn complaining I wish you would go back in the closet. I’m fed up with you.
I don’t mean to sound hateful, but I’m just tired of it. I’m tired of seeing them popping up on tv every five minutes attacking the President. Not even acknowledging all the good things the President have done, but they say he haven’t done enough. I’m fed up with these people.
The problem is that for some of these “gays,” being in the closet is much more “liberating” than dealing with a Black man in the White House – that’s the reality, unfortunately.
The Black Snob (Danielle Belton) has a wicked sense of humor. A few years back, she did a whole series on Mitt Romney (who she calls “Mittens”) that would have you laughing so hard you’d be crying. The gist of it was how awkward he was/is around black people (or any people, really…) and how easy he was/is to make fun it. Here’s a sample… Mourning Mittens Too funny.
She also did a photo spread called “The Great Wall of Sexy” Of course, our President made the wall!!! Not sure if she keeps this up now. But the beautiful people were men and women of all backgrounds and cultures. Sexy, indeed
If I were Whoopi, I’d never wash my face or my hands again! So lucky!
ps- Miche has her hands full with PBO once the girls get to dating age. Oh Lawdy. In some ways I empathize with him and in others, I can’t wait to bear witness to the comedy that is a dad dealing with his daughters not being his little girls anymore. I say he’s gonna develop a whole set of secret police on the special for the guys who try to date his daughters. Woe betide the brave boys and men who endeavor to do so, a few may never be seen or heard from again. 😆 I love PBO
pps-how do you make hearts? Anyone?
The democrats in the house are still a problem. They are voting today with the republicans to cut off funding for Libya. Despite Hillary lobbying the whole caucus against this vote!
Dems are a divided crazy ass bunch. Looks like Barney frank has been nominated to take over for Anthony weiner. If you know what I mean?
I liked Nancy Pelosi’s response to the Dems who voted with the Repubs and against President Obama. She said “Khadaffi sends his love.” —lus other slams as she was enraged about those votes. It is truly unbelievable.
I just tried to find the vote breakdown, because I want to make sure that I am never ever tricked into donating to one of these Dems who voted today with Michelle Bachmann and Paul Ryan and all the other Repubs whose admitted mission is to destroy President Obama. I couldn’t find a nice, clear list, but here is the whole deal, the Dems names on the no votes are in italics. They are numbskulls. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll493.xml
Don’t be surprised. They have very close ties with the PL crowd. very close. They would face a serious backlash from their clique if they didn’t vote their ‘principles’.
The Republicans would never vote against their President, and with the Democrats. That is the difference right there. Those stupid gutless traders. When they need some money for re-election go get it from the Republicans.
Jovie…The GOP is not going to divide us (if US = the Dems) , we divide ourselves. Re; gay rights, everyone knows this administration has done more for gay rights. Gay leaders are the ones that must address this, slamming Obama for not endorsing gay marriage is short sighted. The tide is turning. Does anyone believe the gay issue would of even been a priority if the repugs were in charge?
We need to wise up. I agree with you, Jovie, and everything we do must be to stop the divide and conquer tactic in its tracks. I think they finally got over the hump in Egypt when Mubarak’s typical divide and conquer tactics didn’t work.
Exactly, they never posed this kind of reaction to the republicans. This is so unfair and the LBGT community needs to be made aware that they are hurting their cause.
And the Gay community Is putting pressure on our beloved Prez, all because he’s a caring and compassionate man, the nerve of them to play on him like that, after all he’s doing to meet them at least half way 😦
Mrs Obama had this to say when she met with reporters in Africa (especially for Henry Healy if he is reading today):
KINSHIP
Obama seemed somewhat less eager to emphasize her own background.
Does she feel a kinship with Africa?
“Absolutely, yeah,” she said in the interview, before comparing that to the feeling she had in Moneygall, Ireland, where the president met a distant cousin in May.
“I absolutely feel that connection here. And I wasn’t surprised by it. I absolutely felt that connection in Moneygall (and was) a little more surprised by it.”
Thousands of people lined the main street of tiny Moneygall last month, welcoming the Obamas as if they were long lost relatives. The president’s mother, who was white, had Irish ancestry. His father was Kenyan.
“The love, the warmth, the connection, the excitement. That was family, too. And that’s what I want my kids to understand — that your family is Granny in Kisumu, but it’s also your cousin in Moneygall. That is your history. That is really the American history.”
He really shouldn’t even have to raise a penny, because there’s no-one better suited to be in the White House at this time than him, and the so-called “opposition” are laughable and downright insulting.
The msm are fawning over the so called pile of cash that Mitt Romney is raking in b/c he isn’t dipping in to his personal funds unlike 2008 when he put $45 million of his own money and still lost. When the President reveals his war chest, it will blow the repubs out of the water. Since the msm made up this mythical story that President Obama is unfairly raising $1 billion; I pray and hope that he raises more than $1 billion so that he can crush them in ads, tv spots and any other arena and when he wins boy oh boy are the msm gonna be crying for mummy. Bwahahahahahahaha (evil laugh) 😆
So ecstatic that he raised $4 million in one night and I’m happy Whoopi went all out in hosting a fundraiser for this wonderful President.
I’m on a Mac – not sure how to do it on a PC, but on a Mac you go up to your toolbar at the top of the screen, next to the clock, there should be a small little square thing with some dots and an asterisk * in it. Click on that, and you get a small menu. Click on SHOW CHARACTER VIEWER… once that is open, you can just do a search for HEART – there are a ton of them…. the one above is HEAVY BLACK HEART (I like it because it’s wide and full – OF LOVE) 😀
You can also look it up under By Catagory/Symbols/Miscellaneous Symbols.
Once you find them, you can insert them, and you can also mark them as FAVORITES – so you can have your own “short list.”
If you’re on a PC, then I fail…. it’s been too long since I’ve touched one of those, I have no idea anymore…. wingdings? Maybe cut/paste them from WORD?
Thank you Whoopi – I have admired you for a long time and Jumpin Jack Flash is my favorite movie – I can see it over and over! Thanks Chipsticks for posting it. I would like to see the whole event from last night – especially her portion.
Hey Chipsticks I’ve got another gem from Stephen Colbert. It’s entitled Nation Building and he mocks the left and the right for their unsolicited advice giving to the President on his Afghan policy speech. His take on nation building is hilarious. Stephen Colbert has been on fire and I am loving it. Suck it Jon Stewart….. there’s a new sheriff in town.
He urged us in that speech to not just “wait for me.” Lord knows he can’t do it all. Yet, lots of those in Congress and the PL just want to sit back and whine that he is not doing this and not doing that.
I listen to my one progressive radio station when I’m in the car, and it is just full of supposed Dems saying “Obama needs to do this, Obama needs to do that, Obama needs to step up, Obama needs to use the bully pulpit, why isn’t Obama doing this, why isn’t Obama doing that” etc. etc. etc. It is so infuriating. Some are Congress people, and all have a “bully pulpit”. I always shout back—Don’t you have a voice, what’s preventing you from stepping up and why aren’t you doing this and why aren’t you doing that and why aren’t you doing something constructive instead of spending every possible moment criticizing the Democratic President? etc. etc. It is the most maddening and aggravating thing in the world. They’re all sitting back arm chair quarterbacking and not lifting a finger, waiting for President Obama to wave his magic wand, expecting him to do it all—and by himself.
This reminds me of a story I once heard someone tell:
There once was a preacher and he got caught in a flood. So the water is up to his knees and a boat comes by and in it were some of his congregation, they said: “pastor, pastor, get in the boat!” The pastor said: “Don’t worry about me, the lord will look out for me, you go on.” So they leave. Some time later, another boat comes along and stops by the preacher. This time, the water is up past his waist and they say: “pastor, pastor, get on the boat, you’re gonna drown.” The pastor said: “Don’t worry my children, my God loves me and he will save me, please, go along and save yourselves.” So they go. Another boat comes along an hour later and this time, the water is up to the preacher’s neck. The boat stops by the preacher and the people say: “Pastor, pastor, come on. You’re gonna drown! Here take my hand and get in!” The preacher says: “it’s alright my son. God is my savior and he will see me through. Please save yourselves, go.” So they go. 10 minutes later the pastor drowns and he wakes up in heaven. He’s shocked and very angry, so he goes to see God. He says to God: “God, I loved everyone, I lived my life well, I gave to the poor, ministered to the sick. I loved unconditionally, but you didn’t help me when I was drowning!” God cocked his head, glared and said: ” You dumb mofo! What did you think those three boats were for?!”
Moral of the story: God helps those who help themselves, so does PBO. I wish these dumb Democrats would shit or get off the box. They need to earn the nice salaries they make per year. It’s like they are babies or something! Always waiting for PBO to feed and burp them 🙄
Great story Lisa. My dad told me this story once, a long time ago when I was all mopey and walking around with an “Oh woe is me” mentality. That phrase has forever stuck with me “God helps those who help themselves.” Truer proverbs have never been said and written. Dems are not helpless and should stop acting like they don’t have a voice or means to get their message across. President Obama is one man and cannot do the job of millions when said millions have eyes, ears, mouths, hands, legs and brains. Dems: Get the fuck up and fight. Get the fuck up and spread your message. Get the fuck up and stop blaming the wrong person. Get the fuck up and beat the republicans at their game. Get the fuck up and stop acting like whiny titty ass babies. Get the fuck up, stop complaining and back words with action. Get the fuck up and grow a spine. And as Lisa so eloquently said “shit or get off the box.” Enough is enough.
I know. I’m loving PBO pointing this out: “Don’t wait for me [to come to your rescue]….. Don’t wait for me [for a free ride on my coattails]….. Don’t wait for me [to do your work for you, do it yourself]!!!!!” Amen brother! Amen! Of course those Democrats aren’t listening. They’ll be waiting for a free ride on his coattails come 2012. Idiots 🙄 what did they do before PBO? worse, what are they gonna do 6 years from now when he’s gone? 🙄
We called them the DKGays, meaning NOT representative of the community as a whole. I think of them in terms of percentages (tiny) and who will they persuade to vote R? Will they themselves? Will more sensible gays? Will the rest of us? Choi and the rest, for ME, do the most damage in that I have to remember to never generalize…hence the DKGays differentiating name. I actually lost friends on DK over this. I would not “stand” with them in denouncing POTUS. I was unceremoniously dumped from their group. I will not crtocize them to a significant degree. If I walked in their shoes, I might be in blinding pain. But I will never support them. In fact I was turned off by them, I had to take time away from their mindset, in order to work myself back to being any kind of activist ally. I work for an AIDS group in CT, but they are fighting for their lives, not against Obama.
Info from SA: On Friday, 6/24/11,Oprah Winfrey receives honorary doctorate in South Africa
The American talk show host receives an honorary doctorate in education from the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein. Video: http://tinyurl.com/6c53noo
And, First lady Michelle Obama met media mogul and friend Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday evening in South Africa, a White House official said, as the two women were visiting the country at the same time…
Kristina Schake, Obama’s communications director, said the two women met at the first lady’s hotel in Johannesburg and ate together.
That was indeed cool. Oprah met the First Lady in S. Africa. Good for them. It would be nice if Oprah could go on the safari tomorrow. It will be tomorrow right. I’m sure the President can’t wait till Michelle and the girls get home. And the girls will tell him all about the wonderful things they done, and the people they met.
Thanks for the video Chipsticks. Great speech Mr. President. The battle is never over and we will always plough on and on until you are re-elected and inaugurated on January 20, 2013.
Ugh. Clinton’s advisor on Gay issues was on Lawry tonight have a lovefest orgasm over Andy Cuomo. He was like: ‘oh, he did this at the beginning of his term when his popularity was high (dig at PBO), he got bipartisan support. He didn’t try to have it both ways like the president is. I hope the president will follow his example’. So Lawry said basically: ‘why is this president who has done so much for LGBTQ and is infact undoing what Clinton did, getting so much pressure when Clinton didn’t.’ The Clinton advisor on gay issues said: ‘That was years ago, things are different’. —-what? Gays only discovered in the past 20 years that they want to be treated equally with equal rights under the law including the right to love and marry whomever they so choose? Really, head of Equality Now Guy? Really? Hm. Lawry was like: ‘well, I’d really like to have you back to discuss this.’
ps- Nothing against Andy, I think what he’s done is awesome and the right thing to do. But now it looks like he’s going to be the new LGBTQ Hero. I’m sure if they could, they’d push him to primary PBO (never gonna happen). You could see how inlove the Equality Now Guy was as he waxed poetic about Andy 🙄
pps- Andy should run in 2016. That would be interesting.
ppps- I absolutely love Whoopi, she’s so awesome!!!!! YAY!
lisa, I saw him,and I wanted to slap his gay face. If anyone try to run against President Obama, I will not vote. They will not disrespect us like that. My people have been to loyal to the Democratic party, and I know I will not stand for it.
I was watching also Lisa. These gay rights Clintonites never understand that Clinton signed DADT and DOMA into law and Barack Obama repealed DADT and ordered his DOJ to stop defending DOMA due to the unconstitutionality of Section 3. Clinton was a good President, no doubt about it, but he also put some harmful policies in place even though he thought he was shielding gays from more abuse. President Obama has been the most progressive President in US history on gay rights issues. He has granted them the same federal benefits that heterosexual govt employees recieve. He has directed that all hospitals receiving medicare and medicaid funding cannot bar a gay person from visitng his/her partner in the hospital. He has accomplished all this despite the roadblocks tossed in his path. So that Clinton advisor should shut his yap and thank President Obama for his continued efforts in support of the LGBT community.
As for him praising Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York in his fight for marriage equality for all New Yorkers LGBT and otherwise, that’s all fine and well. Yes Cuomo is trying to do it through bi-partisan support, but so did the President. A couple of House and Senate Republicans voted to repeal DADT and though it might not have been an overwhelming majority, the overarching point is they did, and DADT got repealed. Besides Cuomo is a Governor of one State and President Obama is President of the United States with 50 states, about 310 million people with differing views and 535 congressmen/women who have to adhere to those views while having their own agendas. So sorry Clinton advisor on gay rights; Cuomo is dealing with small fish while President Obama is dealing with blood thirsty sharks who are never satisfied with anything he’s accomplished.
Co-signed on everything! This is really ridiculous. I’m totally turned off and sick of being pissed off. I’m all for gay rights and I support the LGBTQ communities that love and support PBO. As for the others, whatever. 8| I don’t have any anger left, I’m beginning to feel indifferent towards them.
I was about to say that comparing our President to Andrew Cuomo / Mayor Bloomberg / Kirsten Gillibrand on issues like same-sex marriage is unfair. These officials are only governing one state /city- which happens to be one of the “bluest” in the country. There is no political sacrifice on their part for them to come out in favor of same-sex marriage.
As we saw a couple weeks back, both Gillibrand and Schumer voted in favor of legislation that benefits Wall Street (as opposed to Main Street), and they WERE EXCUSED FOR DOING SO by the PL because it was understood that Wall Street is part of their constituency. Why can’t the President (who presides over ALL of the US) be granted the same understanding by the PL? Epecially given that a significant proporation of moderate Independents voted for him in 2008?
So true, Hope, so true. I think Lawry tried to draw that to the attention of the Equality Now Guy he was like: “yeah Cuomo got bipartisanship but nothing like that can happen on that scale in Washington.” But the ENG was like: “wah, wa-wa-wah wa.” Whatever 🙄
GGail, I enjoyed the video too. Let me say thanks to Chipsticks also. I felt the energy from the auidence, and if I was there I would have been showing my support too. It was almost like a campaign speech, the President was getting in the campaign mood. I love the joke about sending Malia and Sasha to a convent. I also love it when he talks of walking in central park and he see an elderly couple walking hand in hand, that would be him and Michelle one day.
The Obama Diary 
Nothing on this or the manufacturing initiative. Instead, the msm is pushing buttons on the gay rights issue!
Chip, it is important we have a coordinated money bomb next week!
The GOP is going all out to divide us…
I just showed my husband the photos of Obama at Carnegie Mellon and said how important I thought his speech was there, that the President is doing everything possible to spike the economy. And he said, “I didn’t see anything about that on the news.” I didn’t either, and therein lies the problem. It is aggravating to the max. A tragedy, really. Our news media refuses to do their jobs, to fulfill their essential role in a democracy.
Well….. the US Media™ is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the GOP/KochBros® and they’re doing their best to destroy Obama, which is, apparently, their job now.
I just wish everyone would realize this, and stop wondering why they never hear about Obama “doing anything…”
We could also write their advertisers, etc etc etc….. not that they give a shit…..
In fairness, I saw him speaking at Carnegie Mellon this morning on our local KTLA 5 Morning News program and again at 11:30am ABC 7.
KTLA Morning News had it on?????
Serves me right for sleeping in on my Red Tent of Pain meds…….. grrrr.
Sorry Tally, yes Makila & her side kick broke into the speech and play a large portion of it during the top of the 8:00 hour.
All this negativity is being pused by Romney- look at this:
http://mobile.politico.com/iphone/story/0611/57692.html
The LGBT community needs to chill with their rhetoric, they are turning people off. i am a advocate for their rights, but they are making things harder, people are barely surviving, Their push to make this his number 1 issue is unfair, especially when he is reversing a lot for their benefit. To ,me they are coming off as ungrateful.
DITTO HERE TULIPS…I AGREE.
i constantly remind myself that their are some people who appreciate his efforts and is willing to fight, but the ones with the bully pulpit is really pissing me off. I adjust my feeling when i think of Deaniac from the peoples view. I realize that the true lgbt hereosare being drowned out, by the phonies, who don’t know how to fight.
Yeah, I hear ya’ Tulips, loud and clear 🙂
Believe me Tulips, there are more of us gays who agree with Deaniac than the profoundly ungrateful a-holes who get the megaphone. We have been fighting for our rights for decades by winning over 1 heart and mind at a time. It makes me so mad and sad because it causes a backlash among good folks like anniebella below.
Yeah, I hear ya’ Tulips, loud and clear :-)Yeah, I hear ya’ Tulips, loud and clear 🙂
Very true.
Reminds me of the saying don’t use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead.
Seems like everyone wants him to click his fingers and fix all the decades wrongs like yesterday. And rather than working together to help, they put road blocks in his way.
I feel the same way Tulips. I am all for everybody being treated right, but the gay community and all their complaining, I’m fed up with them. I’m just fed up with them. I’m fed up with the attacks on this President. This President have done alot for them and to attack him the way they have, it has me at the point were I don’t want to hear a dam thing they have to say. If they think the Republicans will treat them better then go ahead vote for them. And see where gays rights will get. The Republicans are still trying to do away with women’s right to have an abortion.
So feel free gays, vote for the Republicans, or don’t vote. And get ready to go back in the closet. With all the darn complaining I wish you would go back in the closet. I’m fed up with you.
I don’t mean to sound hateful, but I’m just tired of it. I’m tired of seeing them popping up on tv every five minutes attacking the President. Not even acknowledging all the good things the President have done, but they say he haven’t done enough. I’m fed up with these people.
The problem is that for some of these “gays,” being in the closet is much more “liberating” than dealing with a Black man in the White House – that’s the reality, unfortunately.
I am with you Tulips (my favorite flower by the way)…people in my circle feel the same way including my gay and lesbian friends and assoicates.
Hey Chipsticks,
I just found this online….
“From the same site that brought you Obama magically shushing a screaming baby, TheObamaDiary on YouTube is your latest one-stop-shop for Presidentially-sealed cute.”
http://blacksnob.com/snob_blog/2011/6/24/video-obama-2012-would-like-to-feed-your-obama-addiction.html
Ha, that’s a laugh Symmetry – thank you!
You’re becoming a media conglomerate, Chips — WOOT!
All (pro) Obama, all the time! Keep up the amazing, fantastic work!
The Black Snob (Danielle Belton) has a wicked sense of humor. A few years back, she did a whole series on Mitt Romney (who she calls “Mittens”) that would have you laughing so hard you’d be crying. The gist of it was how awkward he was/is around black people (or any people, really…) and how easy he was/is to make fun it. Here’s a sample… Mourning Mittens Too funny.
She also did a photo spread called “The Great Wall of Sexy” Of course, our President made the wall!!! Not sure if she keeps this up now. But the beautiful people were men and women of all backgrounds and cultures. Sexy, indeed
I want to see the President with those puppies, kittens and babies. Can you arrange that Chipsticks?
Now it’s getting picked up by yahoo.LOL
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110624/us_yblog_upshot/mom-youll-never-believe-who-were-with
If I were Whoopi, I’d never wash my face or my hands again! So lucky!
ps- Miche has her hands full with PBO once the girls get to dating age. Oh Lawdy. In some ways I empathize with him and in others, I can’t wait to bear witness to the comedy that is a dad dealing with his daughters not being his little girls anymore. I say he’s gonna develop a whole set of secret police on the special for the guys who try to date his daughters. Woe betide the brave boys and men who endeavor to do so, a few may never be seen or heard from again. 😆 I love PBO
pps-how do you make hearts? Anyone?
The democrats in the house are still a problem. They are voting today with the republicans to cut off funding for Libya. Despite Hillary lobbying the whole caucus against this vote!
Dems are a divided crazy ass bunch. Looks like Barney frank has been nominated to take over for Anthony weiner. If you know what I mean?
They are losing, Ghadaffi is leaving Tripoli they are making a ass out of themselves.
I liked Nancy Pelosi’s response to the Dems who voted with the Repubs and against President Obama. She said “Khadaffi sends his love.” —lus other slams as she was enraged about those votes. It is truly unbelievable.
Pelosi said that?! oh that is hilarious.
I just tried to find the vote breakdown, because I want to make sure that I am never ever tricked into donating to one of these Dems who voted today with Michelle Bachmann and Paul Ryan and all the other Repubs whose admitted mission is to destroy President Obama. I couldn’t find a nice, clear list, but here is the whole deal, the Dems names on the no votes are in italics. They are numbskulls.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll493.xml
OMG – thank you so much for this list! I’m very proud of my rep, Howard Berman for standing with the POTUS.
However, I am extra horribly disappointed in Reps: Lee, Waxman, Conyers, Frank, Waters, Slaughter, and Sanchez.
W.T.F.?????
Don’t be surprised. They have very close ties with the PL crowd. very close. They would face a serious backlash from their clique if they didn’t vote their ‘principles’.
The Republicans would never vote against their President, and with the Democrats. That is the difference right there. Those stupid gutless traders. When they need some money for re-election go get it from the Republicans.
Jovie…The GOP is not going to divide us (if US = the Dems) , we divide ourselves. Re; gay rights, everyone knows this administration has done more for gay rights. Gay leaders are the ones that must address this, slamming Obama for not endorsing gay marriage is short sighted. The tide is turning. Does anyone believe the gay issue would of even been a priority if the repugs were in charge?
The point is it is an evident tactic by the GOP…
We need to wise up. I agree with you, Jovie, and everything we do must be to stop the divide and conquer tactic in its tracks. I think they finally got over the hump in Egypt when Mubarak’s typical divide and conquer tactics didn’t work.
Exactly, they never posed this kind of reaction to the republicans. This is so unfair and the LBGT community needs to be made aware that they are hurting their cause.
And the Gay community Is putting pressure on our beloved Prez, all because he’s a caring and compassionate man, the nerve of them to play on him like that, after all he’s doing to meet them at least half way 😦
Mrs Obama had this to say when she met with reporters in Africa (especially for Henry Healy if he is reading today):
KINSHIP
Obama seemed somewhat less eager to emphasize her own background.
Does she feel a kinship with Africa?
“Absolutely, yeah,” she said in the interview, before comparing that to the feeling she had in Moneygall, Ireland, where the president met a distant cousin in May.
“I absolutely feel that connection here. And I wasn’t surprised by it. I absolutely felt that connection in Moneygall (and was) a little more surprised by it.”
Thousands of people lined the main street of tiny Moneygall last month, welcoming the Obamas as if they were long lost relatives. The president’s mother, who was white, had Irish ancestry. His father was Kenyan.
“The love, the warmth, the connection, the excitement. That was family, too. And that’s what I want my kids to understand — that your family is Granny in Kisumu, but it’s also your cousin in Moneygall. That is your history. That is really the American history.”
Very good article here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/24/us-obama-africa-race-idUSTRE75N33020110624?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29
Oh ctgirl7, I love that! Thank you SO much for posting it!
The house of republicans just does not want the president to get a win on Libya- read:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ie7nUa7-xlfZayiTEOQjvCC9I_1w?docId=CNG.32a657ae0c405f8d51a155560314e33b.451
I hope we can get a video of that event.
Seriously, how comes this isn’t making the news: PBO raked in about $4 Mill last night:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2011/06/24/2011-06-24_bams_4m_cash__dine_nite_on_town.html
He really shouldn’t even have to raise a penny, because there’s no-one better suited to be in the White House at this time than him, and the so-called “opposition” are laughable and downright insulting.
The msm are fawning over the so called pile of cash that Mitt Romney is raking in b/c he isn’t dipping in to his personal funds unlike 2008 when he put $45 million of his own money and still lost. When the President reveals his war chest, it will blow the repubs out of the water. Since the msm made up this mythical story that President Obama is unfairly raising $1 billion; I pray and hope that he raises more than $1 billion so that he can crush them in ads, tv spots and any other arena and when he wins boy oh boy are the msm gonna be crying for mummy. Bwahahahahahahaha (evil laugh) 😆
So ecstatic that he raised $4 million in one night and I’m happy Whoopi went all out in hosting a fundraiser for this wonderful President.
Thank you Whoopi and everyone for the fundraising for the President.
Look at that gushing smile on her face….priceless, she doesn’t have to say a word, we know what she’s feeling.
There are no words for how much I love this woman. Oh for the chance to work with her…….
Tally, keep your positive thoughts and dreams out there in the beautiful space and see what comes your way.
Thanks!!!!
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how do you do the hearts Tally?
I’m on a Mac – not sure how to do it on a PC, but on a Mac you go up to your toolbar at the top of the screen, next to the clock, there should be a small little square thing with some dots and an asterisk * in it. Click on that, and you get a small menu. Click on SHOW CHARACTER VIEWER… once that is open, you can just do a search for HEART – there are a ton of them…. the one above is HEAVY BLACK HEART (I like it because it’s wide and full – OF LOVE) 😀
You can also look it up under By Catagory/Symbols/Miscellaneous Symbols.
Once you find them, you can insert them, and you can also mark them as FAVORITES – so you can have your own “short list.”
If you’re on a PC, then I fail…. it’s been too long since I’ve touched one of those, I have no idea anymore…. wingdings? Maybe cut/paste them from WORD?
❤ ☘ ☯ ✌ ☠ ☮ ☥
A better idea: Simply cut and paste them from you!
❤ ☘ ☯ ✌ ☠ ☮ ☥ 🙂
WIN!!!
love ya Whoopi 😀
Thank you Whoopi – I have admired you for a long time and Jumpin Jack Flash is my favorite movie – I can see it over and over! Thanks Chipsticks for posting it. I would like to see the whole event from last night – especially her portion.
You can see the love and respect that they both brought into that space. Bless you Whoopi, and thank you.
Holy crap, Chipsticks, your video of the two kids making a call in Obama’s limo is going viral!! It just popped up on Yahoo front page and on Gawker!
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The West Wing Week-makers deserve a pay rise!!!!!
Thanks Halo!
Hey Chipsticks I’ve got another gem from Stephen Colbert. It’s entitled Nation Building and he mocks the left and the right for their unsolicited advice giving to the President on his Afghan policy speech. His take on nation building is hilarious. Stephen Colbert has been on fire and I am loving it. Suck it Jon Stewart….. there’s a new sheriff in town.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/390477/june-23-2011/nation-building-in-america?xrs=share_copy
Awesome!!!!
Yes, I saw it on my msn homepage too!
Wow! It is on Yahoo!! LOL, awesome!
He urged us in that speech to not just “wait for me.” Lord knows he can’t do it all. Yet, lots of those in Congress and the PL just want to sit back and whine that he is not doing this and not doing that.
I listen to my one progressive radio station when I’m in the car, and it is just full of supposed Dems saying “Obama needs to do this, Obama needs to do that, Obama needs to step up, Obama needs to use the bully pulpit, why isn’t Obama doing this, why isn’t Obama doing that” etc. etc. etc. It is so infuriating. Some are Congress people, and all have a “bully pulpit”. I always shout back—Don’t you have a voice, what’s preventing you from stepping up and why aren’t you doing this and why aren’t you doing that and why aren’t you doing something constructive instead of spending every possible moment criticizing the Democratic President? etc. etc. It is the most maddening and aggravating thing in the world. They’re all sitting back arm chair quarterbacking and not lifting a finger, waiting for President Obama to wave his magic wand, expecting him to do it all—and by himself.
This reminds me of a story I once heard someone tell:
There once was a preacher and he got caught in a flood. So the water is up to his knees and a boat comes by and in it were some of his congregation, they said: “pastor, pastor, get in the boat!” The pastor said: “Don’t worry about me, the lord will look out for me, you go on.” So they leave. Some time later, another boat comes along and stops by the preacher. This time, the water is up past his waist and they say: “pastor, pastor, get on the boat, you’re gonna drown.” The pastor said: “Don’t worry my children, my God loves me and he will save me, please, go along and save yourselves.” So they go. Another boat comes along an hour later and this time, the water is up to the preacher’s neck. The boat stops by the preacher and the people say: “Pastor, pastor, come on. You’re gonna drown! Here take my hand and get in!” The preacher says: “it’s alright my son. God is my savior and he will see me through. Please save yourselves, go.” So they go. 10 minutes later the pastor drowns and he wakes up in heaven. He’s shocked and very angry, so he goes to see God. He says to God: “God, I loved everyone, I lived my life well, I gave to the poor, ministered to the sick. I loved unconditionally, but you didn’t help me when I was drowning!” God cocked his head, glared and said: ” You dumb mofo! What did you think those three boats were for?!”
Moral of the story: God helps those who help themselves, so does PBO. I wish these dumb Democrats would shit or get off the box. They need to earn the nice salaries they make per year. It’s like they are babies or something! Always waiting for PBO to feed and burp them 🙄
Great story Lisa. My dad told me this story once, a long time ago when I was all mopey and walking around with an “Oh woe is me” mentality. That phrase has forever stuck with me “God helps those who help themselves.” Truer proverbs have never been said and written. Dems are not helpless and should stop acting like they don’t have a voice or means to get their message across. President Obama is one man and cannot do the job of millions when said millions have eyes, ears, mouths, hands, legs and brains. Dems: Get the fuck up and fight. Get the fuck up and spread your message. Get the fuck up and stop blaming the wrong person. Get the fuck up and beat the republicans at their game. Get the fuck up and stop acting like whiny titty ass babies. Get the fuck up, stop complaining and back words with action. Get the fuck up and grow a spine. And as Lisa so eloquently said “shit or get off the box.” Enough is enough.
PREACH ON!!!
Can I get an AMEN to GROW A FUCKING SPINE ETC!!!!!
Princess Potty Mouth is glad she is not alone in her rage…… 😀 😀 😀
hahahahahahaha ‘Princess Potty’!!! Oh, Tally, you are unbelievable 😆
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utaustinliberal, will you go on the House floor and Senate floor and delivery this one for me. I’ll support you.
You got my vote utaustinliberal!
I know. I’m loving PBO pointing this out: “Don’t wait for me [to come to your rescue]….. Don’t wait for me [for a free ride on my coattails]….. Don’t wait for me [to do your work for you, do it yourself]!!!!!” Amen brother! Amen! Of course those Democrats aren’t listening. They’ll be waiting for a free ride on his coattails come 2012. Idiots 🙄 what did they do before PBO? worse, what are they gonna do 6 years from now when he’s gone? 🙄
LOL11111 🙂 🙂 🙂
We called them the DKGays, meaning NOT representative of the community as a whole. I think of them in terms of percentages (tiny) and who will they persuade to vote R? Will they themselves? Will more sensible gays? Will the rest of us? Choi and the rest, for ME, do the most damage in that I have to remember to never generalize…hence the DKGays differentiating name. I actually lost friends on DK over this. I would not “stand” with them in denouncing POTUS. I was unceremoniously dumped from their group. I will not crtocize them to a significant degree. If I walked in their shoes, I might be in blinding pain. But I will never support them. In fact I was turned off by them, I had to take time away from their mindset, in order to work myself back to being any kind of activist ally. I work for an AIDS group in CT, but they are fighting for their lives, not against Obama.
Info from SA: On Friday, 6/24/11,Oprah Winfrey receives honorary doctorate in South Africa
The American talk show host receives an honorary doctorate in education from the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein. Video: http://tinyurl.com/6c53noo
And, First lady Michelle Obama met media mogul and friend Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday evening in South Africa, a White House official said, as the two women were visiting the country at the same time…
Kristina Schake, Obama’s communications director, said the two women met at the first lady’s hotel in Johannesburg and ate together.
Cool. Thanks for this.
That was indeed cool. Oprah met the First Lady in S. Africa. Good for them. It would be nice if Oprah could go on the safari tomorrow. It will be tomorrow right. I’m sure the President can’t wait till Michelle and the girls get home. And the girls will tell him all about the wonderful things they done, and the people they met.
Thanks for the video Chipsticks. Great speech Mr. President. The battle is never over and we will always plough on and on until you are re-elected and inaugurated on January 20, 2013.
Ugh. Clinton’s advisor on Gay issues was on Lawry tonight have a lovefest orgasm over Andy Cuomo. He was like: ‘oh, he did this at the beginning of his term when his popularity was high (dig at PBO), he got bipartisan support. He didn’t try to have it both ways like the president is. I hope the president will follow his example’. So Lawry said basically: ‘why is this president who has done so much for LGBTQ and is infact undoing what Clinton did, getting so much pressure when Clinton didn’t.’ The Clinton advisor on gay issues said: ‘That was years ago, things are different’. —-what? Gays only discovered in the past 20 years that they want to be treated equally with equal rights under the law including the right to love and marry whomever they so choose? Really, head of Equality Now Guy? Really? Hm. Lawry was like: ‘well, I’d really like to have you back to discuss this.’
ps- Nothing against Andy, I think what he’s done is awesome and the right thing to do. But now it looks like he’s going to be the new LGBTQ Hero. I’m sure if they could, they’d push him to primary PBO (never gonna happen). You could see how inlove the Equality Now Guy was as he waxed poetic about Andy 🙄
pps- Andy should run in 2016. That would be interesting.
ppps- I absolutely love Whoopi, she’s so awesome!!!!! YAY!
lisa, I saw him,and I wanted to slap his gay face. If anyone try to run against President Obama, I will not vote. They will not disrespect us like that. My people have been to loyal to the Democratic party, and I know I will not stand for it.
I was watching also Lisa. These gay rights Clintonites never understand that Clinton signed DADT and DOMA into law and Barack Obama repealed DADT and ordered his DOJ to stop defending DOMA due to the unconstitutionality of Section 3. Clinton was a good President, no doubt about it, but he also put some harmful policies in place even though he thought he was shielding gays from more abuse. President Obama has been the most progressive President in US history on gay rights issues. He has granted them the same federal benefits that heterosexual govt employees recieve. He has directed that all hospitals receiving medicare and medicaid funding cannot bar a gay person from visitng his/her partner in the hospital. He has accomplished all this despite the roadblocks tossed in his path. So that Clinton advisor should shut his yap and thank President Obama for his continued efforts in support of the LGBT community.
As for him praising Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York in his fight for marriage equality for all New Yorkers LGBT and otherwise, that’s all fine and well. Yes Cuomo is trying to do it through bi-partisan support, but so did the President. A couple of House and Senate Republicans voted to repeal DADT and though it might not have been an overwhelming majority, the overarching point is they did, and DADT got repealed. Besides Cuomo is a Governor of one State and President Obama is President of the United States with 50 states, about 310 million people with differing views and 535 congressmen/women who have to adhere to those views while having their own agendas. So sorry Clinton advisor on gay rights; Cuomo is dealing with small fish while President Obama is dealing with blood thirsty sharks who are never satisfied with anything he’s accomplished.
Co-signed on everything! This is really ridiculous. I’m totally turned off and sick of being pissed off. I’m all for gay rights and I support the LGBTQ communities that love and support PBO. As for the others, whatever. 8| I don’t have any anger left, I’m beginning to feel indifferent towards them.
I was about to say that comparing our President to Andrew Cuomo / Mayor Bloomberg / Kirsten Gillibrand on issues like same-sex marriage is unfair. These officials are only governing one state /city- which happens to be one of the “bluest” in the country. There is no political sacrifice on their part for them to come out in favor of same-sex marriage.
As we saw a couple weeks back, both Gillibrand and Schumer voted in favor of legislation that benefits Wall Street (as opposed to Main Street), and they WERE EXCUSED FOR DOING SO by the PL because it was understood that Wall Street is part of their constituency. Why can’t the President (who presides over ALL of the US) be granted the same understanding by the PL? Epecially given that a significant proporation of moderate Independents voted for him in 2008?
So true, Hope, so true. I think Lawry tried to draw that to the attention of the Equality Now Guy he was like: “yeah Cuomo got bipartisanship but nothing like that can happen on that scale in Washington.” But the ENG was like: “wah, wa-wa-wah wa.” Whatever 🙄
Thanks Chipsticks for finding and posting the video. That crowd was DEFINITELY loving them some POTUS!
GGail, I enjoyed the video too. Let me say thanks to Chipsticks also. I felt the energy from the auidence, and if I was there I would have been showing my support too. It was almost like a campaign speech, the President was getting in the campaign mood. I love the joke about sending Malia and Sasha to a convent. I also love it when he talks of walking in central park and he see an elderly couple walking hand in hand, that would be him and Michelle one day.
Thank you chips! Loved watching this video! 4million in one night…yea haw!