genius!

Doodle of Boredom: Barack Obama’s signature is totally a cartoon baby Tyrannosaurus playing with a ball of yarn.

Thank you QuietObserver, love it! 😆

mission accomplished

Rochester patch: A Reuther Middle Schooler will have quite the what-I-did-this-summer story to tell when she starts back to school on Tuesday.

On Monday, Lilly Arbour completed a 17-month quest to meet all 115 of her elected officials when she spent a few minutes backstage with President Barack Obama, who visited Detroit for Labor Day….

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the detroit speech

Photos from Detroit and video of the President’s introduction are in a post further down the page (here)

fox: ‘250,000 patriots rock out!’

New Hampshire, Sept 5

Slate

Thanks Doris 😉

toon time

From The Week

hand in hand

A man grasps President Barack Obama’s hand as he greets people in the crowd after addressing the Labor Day celebration in Detroit, Mich., Sept. 5. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

detroit to dc

President Obama arrives at the White House after a trip to Detroit where he addressed a Labor Day rally, Sept. 5

detroit, labor day – meet the base ;-)

Text of speech here

President Obama embraces UAW member Ghana Goodwin-Dye who introduced him during a Labor Day speech at Detroit’s Renaissance Center, headquarters of General Motors, Sept. 5

Freep.com: In perhaps some of his strongest words of support for organized labor, President Barack Obama told a riverfront crowd of thousands in Detroit today that “As long as I’m in the White House, I’m going to stand up for collective bargaining.”

He said organized labor is responsible for the rise of the middle class and the core of the nation’s economy and that legislative battles to curb the rights of organized labor is a threat to the nation as a whole.

“When I hear they’re trying to take collective bargaining away, trying to pass right to work laws, I know it’s not about economics it’s about politics,” he said, prompting a chant from the crowd of “Four more years.”

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heads up

The White House site only has audio from today’s speeches, but there’s live streaming at CNN – here

happy ‘labor day’

The White House site only has audio from today’s speeches, but there’s live streaming at CNN – here

Have a great day everyone 😉

President Obama waves as he boards Air Force One, Sept. 5, in Andrews Air Force Base en route to Detroit