Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, California
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Original video here (CBS8)
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Terrible stoppy-starty video …. will try to find better!
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson
President Obama talks with Magic Johnson
President Barack Obama leaves the court to be interviewed by ESPN
… with Andy Katz of ESPN
The Obama Diary 
Rev Al and Chris Hayes made excellent points about the midterms and why the Teabags won. The healthcare fight took a lot of energy out of the left. and of course you had the emoleft whining about it not being public option or single payer, and calling PBO a failure, capitulator, caver, etc.
Now the emoleft whiners have been exposed and mostly neutered, us Obamabots have the tide. That’s why the anti union issue failed in Ohio and the personhood anti abortion bill failed in Mississippi.
The media largely underestimates our power. They were wrong in 2008, and they’ll be wrong next year. Whatever Republican they nominate, whether it’s Romney, Gingrich, Perry, the Republican won’t win, and we have to ensure that they don’t win.
Sounds good to me! #PressOn
This is true.
Al’s is very right about the energy that was required to win in 2008 and to get Health Care passed. I do think people were worn out in 2010, but time and tide have passed and people are fully awake and ready now to fight.
That is exactly what happened…
Yep.
And, Americans – the true majority of them – just weren’t ready to believe that the #KOCHMAFIAGOP (aka Republicans) would unrelentingly obstruct, even if it meant destroying our economy, the President.
Now. They. Know.
If the #KOCHMAFIAGOP thought Tuesday 8 Nov 2011 didn’t work out nicely for them, wait until the polls close on 6 Nov 2012!
#PRESSON
I just logged on and happened to see your new link, clicked away and got there just in time to see POTUS and FLOTUS deplane and greet the crowd. They look happy to be there. So cool. Thank you Chips!
Safe and sound in California. Hope the game is good – it’s interesting how they built the basketball courts!
It’s on ESPN. Sweet!
so happy they landed safely.I wish POTUS and FLOTUS and blessed;safe and fun time in SD and once more another safe flight to Hawaii.I wanna wish my TOD family a good evening and good night.Thank you Chip for all that you do.ESPN will show the game live.
POTUS looked sharp in his bomber jacket 😉 😉
Nighty nite, Fred. See you on the flip side. 🙂
Nighty also, Fred. Thanks for all you share with us. Have a relaxing evening.HZ
So am I slow or am I slow?? I was trying to rewind the LIVE video!! Lord help me.
Safe travel and mercy for our First Couple all the way from San Diego to Honolulu, HI and back again.
Obama/Biden2012
Huntsman Hits Sununu-Romney Tie
After former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu recently announced his endorsement of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, rival Jon Huntsman gave him a piece of his mind in an open letter.
“Over the course of this campaign you have made it abundantly clear that you would endorse a conservative governor. However, I am surprised that you believe Mitt Romney meets that threshold,” wrote Huntsman, providing a bulleted list of Romney’s allegedly non-conservative positions on issues like tax cuts, healthcare, and abortion.
Asked about the reason for the candidate’s personalized response, Huntsman’s spokesman Tim Miller said: “Governor Sununu’s justification for endorsing Mitt Romney was disingenuous. He had been an attack dog for the campaign for months. The fact is Governor Huntsman has a strong track record of conservative governance while Mitt Romney raised taxes, signed big government healthcare, and ran away from the Republican Party.”
Hahaha. Jon Huntsman got his itty bitty feewings hurt. Awwwwww…… 😆 😆
Here comes another ad zinging Mittens.
Huntsman’s painting himself into a corner – he wants to be a “true” Conservative, he’s going to have to move right – way right.
“Big government healthcare” … “ran away from the Republican party”…
Is it just me or Huntsman is starting to pander to the Tea Party ? “Big government healthcare”… jeezzz .. this is Frank Luntz vocabulary.
Not sure Huntsman is in the race just to position himself for 2016… He wants it folks.
How can they stand their lying selves? Huntsman expects a gopropaganda to worry about whether the mittmopper has enough con creditials? Brawawawawa..romney’s the biggest con man around. I’m sure Sununu’s in his league..or wishes he were.
PBO and FL look so cute in their casual gear. Love Michelle’s outfit and PBO looks ready for the aircraft carrier with his bomber jacket. Obama grabbed a wee baby first thing in the crowd. Crowd was loving as always. I always notice how much they love the Obamas. When anyone gets a chance to hug one of them, it looks so heartfelt and strong. Watched a blond lady hug Michelle and just hold on with all her might. I got a little nervous when someone yelled, “Mr. President!!!” as the president was getting into the limo. I’m always on alert when he’s in crowds. I think it was just an exuberant supporter trying to get his attention for a photo. To the game!
I am loving the photos. Almost all of them have Barack holding Michelle’s hand or touching her in some way. I think they are looking forward to being in Hawaii! 🙂
so has this happened already? and will it be on television?
This is sweet.
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — Jacob Anthony Saydeh (say-DAH’) won’t have any trouble remembering precisely when he was born.
Virtua Memorial hospital in Mount Holly, N.J., says Jacob entered the world at 11:11 a.m. on Friday – 11-11-11.
And to make the Veterans Day birth even more remarkable, the boy’s mother is an Air Force veteran and his father currently services in the Air Force.
It’s the second child for Staff Sgt. Christopher Saydeh and his wife, Danielle. They live at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, where he is a member of Air Force security forces. They are a third-generation military family.
Jacob weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces.
That is so cool. This baby is special!
If only he weighed 11 lbs and 11 ounces.
Not sure that his mommy would agree with that! lol! 🙂
I love Harry Belafonte . . .
http://www.chicagonow.com/kelly-truth-squad/2011/11/harry-belafonte-mocks-herman-cain-in-chicago-video/
ESPN saying the teams are meeting with POTUS in a tent on carrier right now.
Brings back some great memories of living in Coronado while my husband was in the Navy aboard the KittyHawk….loved living on the island. Wish we were still there!! Is this game televised?
on espn @5pm
Oh Deserflower, don’t you just love Coronado? Beautiful and the Del Cooronado is just beautiful indeed. Drive down when possible. Love it.HZ
I DO love Coronado! The Del is a glorious historic piece of history, that represents the island well. I miss it there…have friends that still live there.Wish we could have afforded to buy the condo we lived in in the early 80’s!
I understand. Stayed at the Del for a week. Very nice indeed. Loved everything about it. I know what you mean about affording to live there. At least you can visit your friends there. Enjoy it when you go for a visit. Nice sharing these with you. Thanks.HZ
Took a summer vacation there with the kids a few summers ago….we drove in from Phoenix….I am an ocean/beach person. All my life I have lived at the shore…except for now, and just smelling that salt air, and hearing the waves was a true moment of Zen for me….I can’t explain it, but it truly is a part of who I am….I feel not quite right living in the desert.
Great vacation with the kids…they never wanted to come home, and my son PROMISED me that when he’s a lawyer, that he will buy me a house at the beach:) (He loves me!) Now, he tells me that he wants to be a Dr….that’ll work too!
A week at the Del? WOW!!! I wanted to stay there for my honeymoon (in 1981) and cringed at the cost for a night! We drove to LA….and had a great time!
Yes, it was WOW Desertflower. It was a promised gift by my then husband and it was expensive , but I deserved every cents , believe me. Oh, we do have that same taste, Desertflower. I love the ocean/beach and all things lovely. Your Zen moments also sound like my moments when I put my entire being into those Zen moments.
You know, Desertflower, we have such a beautiful group of wonderful people on our site here with so many of us with like mindness. It is great. I do believe that because of this, our spirits being so much in tune with each other,it makes this beautiful haven that Chipsticks has created here so special.
I hope that you son will make good on that promise. Either professional will be great. Listening to you, I am sure that he will keep his promise. Lawyer, he promised a house, now wanting to become a Dr., then he should have 2 houses waiting in the wings for you. Either one will work, I am sure.
I was great for that week. I can hear the harpist now in my head playing such lovely music. Food was great and the tennis was also great. Oh, we are going to get a little homesick. Great memories, though. Thanks for sharing.HZ
HZ…we are kindred spirits here, aren’t we? The ocean is my bliss and I feel complete when I am near it. Part of me seems missing now…I hope my son makes good on that promise 🙂 Hell, at this point I’d take a double wide at the beach!
I’m certain that you deserved a week at the Del …no doubt in my mind. Maybe one day I’ll finally get there and be able to stay…on the bucket list.
Great memories to be sure!
My brother was on the Kittyhawk from 1972 to 1977.
JoJo…My husband was on there in 1981…that’s the year we got married…he could have been on a little before that, I don’t remember…I do know that the first year we were married, he was away on a WESTPAC cruise for 9 straight months 😦 That was hard, being a newlywed and having him gone almost all of our first year of marriage. Seems like eons ago…still married after all these many years.
He finally retired…but by then he was a submariner. Takes a certain kind of person to go on something that sinks on purpose!
On ESPN Now. Hopefully I’ll get to see POTUS and FLOTUS. Holy smokes the Carl Vinson is amazing!
Yesssssssss, quite amazing. Wowwwwwwwwww, I’m so proud of our Men and Women In uniform, I love them all 🙂
ABC NEWS. . .
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Rejected Staff Request to Skip Meeting Where She Was Shot
By COLLEEN CURRY
Today, 7:24 AM
The night before Gabrielle Giffords was shot, she sent an email to her husband and a friend, bemoaning the state of politics in Arizona.
“My poor state!” she wrote. “The nut jobs have stolen it away from the good people of Arizona.”
The nut jobs, who in the past months had shot out the glass doors and windows of Giffords office, were beginning to worry the congresswoman, according to the new book Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope, written by Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly. But Giffords forged ahead, meeting with constituents to hear their concerns.
http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=14881689
So I’ve been thinking about the “inevitability of Romney” and all these debates, and one thing I will say about the long Dem primary of 2008, it may have been long, but IMHO, it made Obama a better candidate for the general, because all the oppo research thrown at him by Clinton campaign was the exact things that McCain campaign tried to throw at him and thx to the long primary and all those debates he performed way better than expected in those debates.
The Dem primary debates included a number of great debaters, I’d contend that allt he candidate were great debaters when they had the chance to be. Chris Dodd, Biden, Clinton, Edwards and Obama were all as I recall fine in the debate format. No real major gaffes, Biden being the best in my mind.
On the flip side, the GOP debaters are mostly all horrible debaters. Romney’s winning by default in these debates. He just has to sit back and let the other contenders fall on their swords. He has not really been challenged by either the other candidates or the moderators in the debates so far.
Romney’s been allowed to coast along, and I suspect that once he wins the nomination and he actualy has to debate President Obama, he will find out what McCain did. POTUS ain’t no slouch in the debate department, and unlike Romney’s current opposition, POTUS has a knack for remembering figures, statements and information without cue cards and contrary to the teleprompter meme that Romney and his ilk like to traffic on, Obama is really quick on his feet.
These debates have not allowed Romney to hone any defense to the many things that oppo researchers on both sides have on him and with his history of bending which ever way the winds blows there are many attacks to be made against Romney. IMHO, none of these debates so far have prepared Romney for the fight that the Obama campaign will bring to him in the general.
So I think Romney should enjoy this cakewalk to the nomination because once it’s over, he better be ready.
Great analysis…spot on! May I add one more deficit. Romney’s hubris. Romney actually believes he is Obama’s equal. Mark my words, Romney thinks he can outplay PBO—He’ll soon find out as so many others what a miscalculation it is to make that play. What none fathom, PBO is his own man and doesn’t “play at anything”.
I also think Romney’s strategy of avoiding all the Sunday talk shows will come back to bite him. There is plenty of video evidence of his flip floppery, so this strategy won’t save him from a major gaffe.
I like the respect in which they reported about the President’s and First Lady’s imminent arrival.
THIS! Wow, they are so respectful and almost giddy about our president. I think this may be because he is an authentic b-ball fan! 🙂
Good evening, TOD family! Been doing “life 101” and haven’t had a chance to stop in since Tuesday; I have some catching up to do! Did go back and read Isonprize’s account and view the news clip of the airport meet and greet. Is, how thrilling for you and your son — I’m sure you’re both still on cloud nine! Between the video and your account, it felt like being there.
Now I’m off to grab some dinner, watch the CC, and catch up on all I missed here. To my fellow Vets, especially those that paved the way for me, THANKS for your service.
They are not even trying to attract other voters. . .
Perry Launches National Ad Campaign . . . Report says Texas governor spending nearly $1 million for ads on FOX!
http://nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/perry-launches-national-ad-campaign-20111111
On Fox? Oh boy……
Well, that’s where the voting base watches, so yeah, Fox.
No, they’re just gonna try to suppress non-FOX types. But it won’t work!
Go Tar Heels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!!!!!!!! POTUS and FLOTUS!!!!!!
My FLOTUS is just so beautiful!
INSPIRING WORDS BY PBO ON THE USS CARL VINSON!
PBO on SS Carl Vinson. The same aircraft carrier that dumped Osama in the ocean. Now that is the REAL MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!
Yes Indeedy, Great accomplished 🙂
GO HEELS!!!!!!!!!!!
I absolutely adore Dean Smith; Roy Williams ain’t bad..lol. I love Izzo, too. But GO HEELS!!!!!
Welcome to the club Kathryn and Lorraine. Go Heels!!!!!!!
Live stream:
http://www.cbs8.com/story/10363609/cbs-news-live-feed
Hopefruit I see you’re giving dimwit Mark Knoller hell on twitter for his crap tweets about polls. He’s actually kind of backing down saying the polls aren’t representative of the future 2012 election results and are just a snapshot in time. Keep giving him hell hopefruit! Your rock. 😀
Thanks UT! Yup and I’m getting some help from some TODers as well 🙂
Congrats. So you “bearded” the lion (such as i is) in his own den?
Because the President is looking moving up in the polls, all of a sudden polls don’t matter. Knoller, Henry, Tapper, Todd, Gregory, Halperin, Matthews, they all are a bunch of sorry jackasses.
President Obama was amazing again addressing the crowd. Husband and I just said we can’t imagine any of those Repub candidate fools even coming close to being able to match up, to be able to shine like he just did, to excel like he does at every single appearance. He’s always so impressive, it’s such a no contest, it’s beyond laughable. Husband just said, “Is he cool, or what?” And that’s my husband saying that!!!
It’s really amazing when you think about how this man can go seamlessly from one function/activity to another (completely different event, venue, mood) in a given day. And he’s on his A-game and so present in the moment every time!!!!
I continue to be IN AWE.
President Obama Is amazing and brilliant. He adapts quite quickly, he’s exactly who we need to be our Leader.
If anyone is so very well equipped to be our Commander-in-Chief…..well we are discussing him. President Obama is for this time. Never in my life have I seen such a brilliant person. Heck he can run anything!
When you are authentic, it’s easy. It’s when you aren’t that things get difficult. PBO is the most honest person in leadership I have ever witnessed and it is this authenticity that gives him the ability to be who he is. He’s truly amazing.
I believe this too. In discussions with a group of women today we all felt that same thing about him. He doesn’t have to be on-guard because he is basically an honest, straightforward and authentic man, president, husband and father.
THIS !!
http://nowwatchtvlive.com/2011/07/live-espn-hd-watch-online-espn-hd-free-espn-sportscenter/
Just saw President Obama make his speech at the game.
Darn, I missed it! But I found another livestream:
http://espn.go.com/
Those Secret Service agents looked rather tense as they crowded POTUS and FLOTUS even thighter than they usually do . WOW! those “don’t even think about it” expressions are enough to quell any fool. They are scary, but I am glad that they are.
Hope everyone has a good, safe time at the Carrier Classic.
ESPN announcers saying that teams’ hearts have to be beating hard after hearing from the POTUS, that their coaches will not need to fire them up.
Missed their appearance on the Carl Vinson. My comment was related to the earlier video of their arrival.
The ESPN announcers are funny. The guys said they’ve never felt safer in any arena for any game. The SS has that place on lockdown. 😆
via politico – newter neuters cain.
Latest marist poll – mittens 23% newter 19% cain 17%
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/68152.html
Clearly, the media is now pushing their new Rom-NO hero, and it just so happens to be Mankini. The problem is that shortly, folks will find out that Mankini’s flaws are even bigger than Perry, Bachmann and Cain’s put together. And then they’ll be left with a boring Rom-No and the disillusioned, bored, dissatisfied and unenthusiastic GOP voting contingent to be matched with a fired up, PRO- Obama voting contingent.
what ? wait, santorum & hunstman haven’t had their shots at the top spot yet. 🙂
This shit looks like dkos wrecklist. 😉
True – Hunstman is hoping…waiting..praying.., while santorum is just angry 🙂
GOP are so disgusting. . .
http://www.angryblacklady.com/2011/06/12/viewpoints-racist-cartoon-of-obama-forces-me-to-leave-gop/
Yes they are..and more and more minorities and women will be leaving them.
CEB–I noticed that the Secret Service was so thick around POTUS & FLOTUS as they approached the crowd–more then normal I think. I get a knot in the pit of my stomach when our wonderful First Couple are out in crowds–Oh God protect them. I know if we could, our family here would circle them in safety–as we circle them in love.
We circle them always with our prayers. I have been told by someone who is a federal marshall that the secret service has a special love for the First Family and that their dedication to them is much more than a job; they are loved.
I am so pleased, delighted and happy to hear this bit of information CEB. I also cirlce them with my prayers and guardian angel and to know that our cool Secret Serves loves them just melts my heart.
Dick Vitale is going crazy!
ESPN announcers are just gushy about the president being there, talking about having goosebumps being near him! Dick Vitale made sure he got a photo with him. ESPN loves them some President Obama!
I thought of that hank williams jr firing incident when I saw the ESPN announcer(sorry, I forget his name) with PBO. They sure made the right choice!
These ESPN announcers really really love President Obama. They all crowded around him, shook his hands, shared a few jokes with him, took pictures with him and one guy said he couldn’t believe he was interacting with the President of the United States. He said PBO was so regular and normal and they talked basket-ball. He also said he got chills being in PBO’s presence. 🙂
Snarl..growl..grunt…barf…moan..groan…kick..bite..scream…yell…thrash…flail…stump.
That’s Peggy Noonan and Dick Halperin’s reaction to seeing the ESPN folk LOVING our Pres!
hopefruit2, Noonan is a dried up old hag who wants attention, she’s still dreaming of Reagen. Halperin is a racists Republican who dislike Obama. So what they think of our President doesn’t matter one bit. Not one bit. When they say Obama doesn’t connected with the people, are they blind or do they just have an agenda they are trying to push. Because the guy where the POTUS and FLOTUS bought that pumpkin from and the people he had dinner with and so many, many, many, others disagree with these so call know it all pundits.
“Halperin is a racist” Please. Bad to throw that around when there are real racists. Halperin is just bad at his job. And critizing the president doesn’t make you a racist.
Tell Tweety that PBO is down to earht. 🙂
Oops, I meant “earth”.
Just saw that PDA between POTUS and FLOTUS. They are so cute together.
COS, Like teenagers on a date.
No tell tweety to go (F) himself and PBO does not need to learn anything from our beloved JFK.
One thing that I came away from Tweety’s crazy behind book promoting is this: Tweety do not realize that he is turning a lot of us who would read another book about JFK, myself included because I liked JFK in many ways, but Tweety is using the inappropriate technique of trying to promote the book.
He does not need to try to tear down one POTUS from this era to lift up another one. JFK and POB are two entirely different Presidents in our history. Leave their accomplisements on their own. But Tweety will not listen to us. Many of the young people do not remember JFK like many of the older ones, like myself ,who was at the age of many of the current young people who are so motivated by POB. So it is very disturbing to tell our beautiful present day young people how their present day president, POB should be.. My knowledge of JFK is completely different from what is happening during POB’s time for the young people today. Mistake Tweety. POB does not need to learn from JFK to be a wonderful President, POB is already a great President.
Second, there will only be one POB and one JFK. True, there can be personality traits that are alike in both, but the core of POB and JFK are two very distinctly different aspects of each ones Presidency. But Tweety is so bent on spitting his ideas about what POB should be that, he will miss out on a lot of books being sold and read for the sheer joy of learning about a good President in many ways.
But for some reason, so many of the’ old white men’s club’ want POB to be like all those old white hair bearded men who are displayed on thd walls of the WH walls. Ain’t going to happen, Tweety. Plus Tweety is missing out of some great history that he could be writing about now for what the young people are experiencing and seeing for themselves with in the flesh now, President Barack H. Obama, our 44th President. Tweety shut up. These beautiful minds are way ahead of you, and you are pissing them off plus this senior, HZ.
Stop trying to tell POB what lessons he needs to learn from JFK, WJC, and the rest. Let him make his own history. POB knows how to gather for himself the books to glean knowldege from without you, Tweety. Trust us. Now STHU, and let us enjoy our President, Barack Obama.HZ
But after THREE YEARS we still don’t know who he is. Waaaaaahhhhhhh.
Awww… POTUS & FLOTUS canoodling…soo cute.
I know. That was so adorable especially when he hugged and kissed her.
Awwwwww did you guys just see PBO laughing with FLOTUS and then he squeezed her shoulders and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Awwwww…how cute and sweet are they? 🙂
it just makes you want to melt. I am crazy about them. My family and friends are always teasing me about how obsessed I am with President Obama. You should see the eye rolls I get some times. I can’t tell you the number of times I have heard one of them say..Is she talking about that man again. Please don’t get her started. Hilarious. All I do is laugh and say guilty as charged. That’s right, I’m crazy about my president and I’m proud of it. It’s all in good fun.
I feel the exact same way 🙂 I wanted to melt….there I was, folding laundry, and there our beautiful FLOTUS getting a smooch and a squeeze, on the deck of a carrier, from the best President EVER!
That’s why we come here…kindred spirits who love PBO and FLOUS.
Yes, JoJothecat that is true. That is why I call it our ‘haven’ of goodness. We do not have to argue, we discuss in a respectful conversation, share factual news, spread the word of truth, contact media when they report lies, keep in touch with each other on many levels that will keep us focus and true supporters of POB.
It is a very wonderful setting to be in. I remember how beautiful and uplifting it was for me, when I went to do phonebanking at a lovely place and met so many wonderful like action people who are supporting POB. It is so refreshing to come together, discuss, share great conversation about how we all got involved and then mostly how and why we are still doing whatever we can to continue to support this wonderful man and his Administration. It is very thrilling to be about of history in such a positive manner.
I can’t even visionalize POB sitting down and acting out all of the ugly drama that we see the opposition doing in their debates etc. It is disgusting to watch. POB embodies the calm, refreshing spirit of intellect, grace, compassion, hard work, and looking ahead in a very positive workable manner for our country. I like that about our leader. That is what I want to be a part of during this important time. We are so blessed to be taking part in his history making presidency. What a team to be on.HZ
Omg—-PBO was just teasing Michelle about something, laughing, and then gave her a sweet little kiss! Awwwwwwww—–so cute!
And the entire world saw and heard about it on Twitter from the beautiful photos here by our wonderful Chipsticks. I saw the comments myself. It felt glorious to see TheObamaDiary. Great!!!! Our Chipsticks is the Best!!!!! Keep lifting Ms. Chipsticks up!!!!! Higher and Higher We Go Pressing On!!! Love you all so much.
Thanks so much for the most beautiful collection of photos of this day and this evening our of POTUS and FLOTUS on Aircraft Carrier, The Carl Vinson!!! HZ
Ha ha Just saw Presidential PDA with FLOTUS on board the USS Carl Vinson. PBO is enjoying himself immensely
I LOVE MY PRESIDENT!!!
So is POTUS supposed to be at the whole game or is he leaving after half-time?
He’s scheduled to leave in 2 hours.
Is Michelle pregnant????? My son said he read that she is. Is it true?
Frenchie, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 😆
OK, he said it was all over facebook today, but he just found out it was a rumor. I am sooooo upset with him for getting me soooo excited!!!
😆
Frenchie08, Please not that again. There have been no announcement from the WH, so it ain’t true.
On Day Before Veterans Day, Mitt Romney Said He Wants To Prepare America For War Against Iran
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As we honor our military veterans throughout the day today, Mitt Romney is preparing for war against Iran. In a Thursday commentary in the Wall Street Journal, Romney accused President Obama of being too weak against Iran and said he would prepare America to go to war with the Islamic nation.
Romney said he would increase military aid to Israel and send carrier battle groups to the Persian Gulf in order to back up diplomacy “with a very real and very credible military option. These actions will send an unequivocal signal to Iran that the United States, acting in concert with allies, will never permit Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. ‘Si vis pacem, para bellum.’ That is a Latin phrase, but the ayatollahs will have no trouble understanding its meaning from a Romney administration: If you want peace, prepare for war.”
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If Romney were to become President, it would only be a matter of time before the Republican Party and their corporate masters take this country into yet another war. And that is something that America just cannot afford to do. It is outrageous that Romney calls for war, especially the day before we honor the veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice for peace.
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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/11/11/on-day-before-veterans-day-mitt-romney-said-he-wants-to-prepare-america-for-war-against-iran/
I hope citizens are taking note. This will be a loss for Romney if he ever wins the nomination! Hope this will be a 24/7 ad by this administration!
I can’t believe Mitt “Who Am I This Time” Romeny even broached the subject of vouchers for veterans on Veterans Day. I guess we will just have to wait for the inevitable convoluted walk back. The mind reels.
Romney eyes vouchers for veterans
Mitt Romney spent part of his Veterans’ Day in Maudlin, South Carolina, visiting with a dozen vets, and wandering into some dangerous policy waters.
Talking with the veterans about the challenge of navigating the Veterans Affairs bureaucracy to get their health care benefits after they leave active duty, Romney suggested a way to improve the system would be to privatize it.
“Sometimes you wonder, would there be some way to introduce some private sector competition, somebody else that could come in and say, you know each soldier gets X thousand dollars attributed to them and then they can choose whether they want to go on the government system or the private system and then it follows them, like what happens with schools in Florida where they have a voucher that follows them, who knows.”
Even the most conservative Republicans rarely venture into privatizing veterans’ health care benefits. Last year, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Colorado went there, but it was problematic enough that his campaign quickly walked it back.
And I wouldn’t be too surprised if Romney’s team does the same today.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_11/romney_eyes_vouchers_for_veter033445.php#
This makes me sick. To advertize you would undertake a preemptive war is the stupidest move a would-be leader can make. He’s just said I will carelessly risk the US military, jeopardize the fragile world economy, risk massive instability in the ME, plunge the US deeply into debt and risk countless Iranian lives without even thinking of the consequences just to “show” that I’m an alpha male. And we’re supposed to cheer at this because we all want more wars, more lives lost, and more hatred of the US. Go home, Willard, you have disqualified yourself for anything but a rest home.
Since Iran controls Straits of Hormuz which is a vital shipping route war with Iran would cause oil prices to skyrocket and destroy economic recovery here and in Europe not to mention causing trillions of dollars in debt and lives lost. Hope people after learned the lesson of costs of GOP war-mongering. I talk with many Iranians here. the younger Iranians are very pro-American, are the majority, and with time will succeed just as the people of Tunisa and other countries of the Arab Sprin.
Would they be that STUPID?
Well that “Presentation of Colors” was just lovely wasn’t it!
They do that every night at sunset. If you happen to “get stuck” outside…you stop and salute until the signal is made that the flag has been taken down. Civilians and military personnel all do that on the base.
where are u all seeing POTUS and FLOTUS
On ESPN. They are attending the Carrier Classic college basketball game being staged for the first time on board the USS Carl Vinson (another brilliant POTUS idea) in honor of US veterans
Zizi, don’t you love it when he and his team plan their moves along to make them so meaningful. I love how our POTUS works with his team and they work with him. It just flows. I love seeing our President move to make things for the American people work so beautifully.
Just think of what we will see and accomplish when he is reelected and we win the House and more solid and team focus Senators in the Senate. The American people will really see how this brilliant President works. I am praying for this to take place. Please give us favor, Lord.HZ
I sreamed like a little girl when I saw PBO kiss Michelle on the cheeks. 😆 😆
Golly! I’m sitting in a hospital waiting for a MRI, and you guys are doing such a great job describing what’s going on, I feel like I’m watching the game, too! Thanks, love you guys!!!
Hope you’re ok debbyeoh. Crossing my fingers and sending you good thoughts. We’ll keep liveblogging to keep you entertained. 🙂
Same here, hope everything turns out like you want it debbyeOh.
You ok??? Hope all is well….the sun has set in San Diego. Now it’s a night game on the flight deck!
So we are keeping you company while you wait? Hopefully you won’t have to wait much longer and all goes well for you. {{DebbyeOh}}
Oh, Debby, hope you will be okay. Lots of hugs coming your way. Up to light a candle okay. Keep us posted. Love you HZ
I’m so sorry to hear that you are in the hospital, debbyeoh. You are in my thoughts and prayer. I hope everything turns out ok and you get better soon.
Thanks everyone for all of the live blogging. Is there anywhere on the internet that I can see what you are seeing?
I believe you can watch it here CEB
http://nowwatchtvlive.com/2011/07/live-espn-hd-watch-online-espn-hd-free-espn-sportscenter/
or here
http://espn.go.com/
Hope it helps. 🙂
Thanks UT, I’ll try these.
Stumbled across (at Smartypants) this link to someone who has woken/ is waking up to the genius who is our President. Well worth a look, I think.
http://thepoliticali.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-if-obama-knows-what-hes-doing_02.html?showComment=1321059088751#c2563024805957435060
Just getting back to read in detail some of the comments and links that I missed during the other historic event taking place in our lives. And I want to thank you vcprezofan2 for this link. HZ
Thanks for the link, vc. It is really nice to see someone have an epiphany like that with PBO. I had no reason to have one because I feel I knew who he was when I voted for him and sure enough..
O/T Montana TV station rejects Karl Rove GPS Crossroads attack ad against John Tester. The station argued that it peddled lies. Ha! Let the games begin.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/19478e87c8b44b2ea0f5e7e3ddbb8776/MT–Tester-Attack-Ad/
Wow—that’s a first! Turned down the money? I hope that kind of integrity catches on.
I saw that earlier 🙂 Will wonders never cease
It is all over Twitter. Prayers will be answered. I just cried out my prayers during my meditations on some important items in my journal, and Rove was the second to the last that I asked to be stopped. Trust, pray, send out goodness in our deeds, and we will see good things of justice prevail.
HZ
Good on them. That’s integrity at work.
yeah
I just found out about this. I can’t believe that it happened in Montana in a town other than Missoula. I am so proud of them.
Can I just say that the trailer for the new movie about the Tuskegee Airmen”Red Tails” really gives me chills. I can’t wait for this movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpA6TC0T_Lw
I saw the trailer too on ESPN. Fantastic!
Chips. . . no longer the Muppets, but looney toons!
http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg619/scaled.php?tn=0&server=619&filename=72494288.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640
This may be shallow…..but they always look so adorable!!! Always perfection and spot on for the occasion. He looks so relaxed and she is elegant in stripes with her heart! Nobody has ever worked harder for the service members than these two first couples. Bravo to them, and bravo to all veterans today. I am the proud daughter of a WWII veteran, the proud wife of a Korea Vet, and the proud mother of a Cold War vet. They all did their part when called on.
And you deserve your praise, too! Takes someone special to be a military wife 🙂
Here the 2nd trailer for Red Tails:
and here’s a 3rd:
I can’t wait for this movie to come out. The trailer shown on ESPN with Terrance Howard was riveting!
Thanks for these links! Looks exciting. Can’t wait to see the story of former salve,Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick, brought to the big screen and played by an African American man instead of Jack Okie. These buried histories must be told! Can you imagine the stories of Ida B. Wells, Edmonia Lewis, Sojourner Truth as exemplars for our young women? There were always these strong African American male and female role models for our children, profiles in courage and character bringing our people forward as the Obamas are doing for this generation, but their stories have been obscured, denied, underplayed—now, in this age of Obama, is a good time to reinvigorate our communities—all communitie—with the true stories of diverse Americans. In 3 years I’ll be 70 years old. I’d love to see this before I die.
That’s my late uncle’s birthday – Jan. 12th…he serviced in the air force too. He would have loved to see that movie.
Wow, it’s amazing watching the game with the breathtaking beauty of the sky in the background. Gorgeous blue. What a wonderful idea to have this game on the Carl Vinson.
Someone on twitter stated that their mom called, could not remember why she called and then said “I am having a Rick Perry moment”
🙂
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 bless her heart.
BWAHAHAHA. That’s going to be a coined phrase from now on. “I am having a Rick Perry moment……ooops.” 😉
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Bet that one will catch on!
A Rick Perry moment, that’s a good one.
Yet another nail on rehugs’ vote rigging plans.
A Colorado judge has ruled in favor of implementing a Democratic-crafted redistricting map, dealing a blow to Republicans and imperiling the party’s hold on a House seat.
In the ruling, which came down Thursday evening, District Court Judge Robert Hyatt argued that the Democratic-drafted map more closely reflected the state’s population than the GOP-drawn plan. The competing maps wound up in court after the two parties were unable to pass a plan in the state Legislature earlier this year, leaving Hyatt to choose between the proposals.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/68142.html#ixzz1dRuVOwEr
This MUST happen in AZ as well! That %&*&^** Jan Brewer thinks she has the power to take away the will of the people! They all suck. There ARE no “normal” Republicans anymore. That’s a damn shame.
NEW YORK — Vice President Joe Biden has paid a visit to the Sept. 11 memorial while in New York City, where he is expected to mark Veterans Day.
Biden stopped at the north reflecting pool of the memorial Friday, accompanied by NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly. He walked to two sides of the pool and sought out the name of a Delaware victim. He said the memorial was impressive.
Biden and his wife are expected at the unveiling of a 16-foot-tall bronze statue later in the evening.
http://www.app.com/article/20111111/NJNEWS18/311110106/Biden-visits-9-11-memorial-in-NYC-on-Veterans-Day
Is that you jovie?
Is Michelle rocking some Navy Shoes. Those look like military shoes. 🙂
I think this is the link for the 8″30 interview with POTUS:
http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/entercom/player/?id=KGMZ
Where’s the Picture of the Kiss???? I missed it ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL! I said the same thing!
The ESPN guys loooooove PBO. They talked about how PBO was smiling and looking relaxed and was apparently really enjoying the game because he loves basket ball. The ESPN guy also said that FLOTUS is enjoying the game also and this is a family that takes their b-ball seriously because FLOTUS’s brother Craig Robinson is the coach of Oregon State (Beavers). One of the guys said he tweeted this question “Who is the best college basket ball coach?” And most of the tweets came back with Coach K and lo and behold he got a response from PBO and PBO said “well I might be a little biased…but Craig Robsinson is the best coach out there. Go Beavers!” and the ESPN guy said he chuckled. His colleague asked him if he tweeted his disagreement and he said nope. You don’t argue with the President of the United States. And then he too chuckled. So sweet. 🙂
I heard that too UT, that was cute. No wonder ESPN fired that country Music Clown, they looove PBO and they don’t hide it. 🙂
Yes, I agree. PBO is an ardent fan of ESPN.
I like that they are loyal to President Obama and are not afraid to stand up for him.
Coach K isn’t the best coach. He is good, but so is Coach Roy Williams. And if POTUS said Craig Robinson is good, then I agree with POTUS.
I missed the PDA between Michelle and PBO…is there a video?! LOL! I am so proud of the 1st family.
Chips thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much for the pictures and coverage. It means a lot. I tweeted the link to the thread because I want others to share in the wonderful feelings the pictures of PBO and FLOTUS engender. Thank you my friend; you’ve been beyond wonderful. 😀
ps: Thanks for the space to liveblog. It makes the game that much more interesting and fun.
FLOTUS looks great in her nautical attire !!! Of course, POTUS is a cutie pie, especially when he looks at her!!!
I knoooow..her nautical attire with a Heart on it! LIke “I Heart The Navy”.~
TOO SWEET.
On Veterans Day, State Rep. Rick Womick (R-TN) Calls For Purging Muslims From The Military
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/11/11/367055/on-veterans-day-state-rep-rick-womick-r-tn-calls-for-purging-muslims-from-the-military/
THESE PEOPLE ARE PATHETIC!
Their fear and ignorance consumes them.They care nothing of enlightening themselves. About ANYTHING they disagree with. It will be their undoing.I do not believe that most people think like that.
Things you can say to irritate a republican!!
Tweet the hell out of this!
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/11/10/100-things-you-can-say-to-irritate-a-republican/
There’s some juicy ones in there! Bobfr…where are you??? Tweet meister that you are!
I’m here, df … and getting ready to unleash 🙂
#PRESSON
don’t know if you’ll see this…it’s late (watched the last Harry Potter movie with my daughter!) Unleash the hounds!!!
Unleashed … as requested, df 🙂
Hope you enjoyed the movie.
#PRESSON
Hey df … here’ya go 🙂
Our4thEstate Bobfr
@SpeakerBoehner Reagan raised taxes 11 times as President. Irrespective of his failures, he cared about America. You care only about the 1%
Our4thEstate Bobfr
America – Republicans love outsourcing, just ask the Chinese Communists & @MittRomney (whose fortune is largely the result of outsourcing).
Our4thEstate Bobfr
America – Republicans hate illegal immigrants, unless they need their lawns mowed or their houses cleaned – just ask @MittRomney
#YesWeCanDOMoreTogether
bah ha ha I’m finding these and retweeting them! You’re a genius Bob!
Thank you Alice!
#YesWeCanDOMoreTogether
Great Bobfr! I love your tweets and I love your comments at other sites like Benen’s. You represent POTUS well and the ideas you express in your open letters to the WH are impressive and well articulated. You probably won’t see this because I always come in late to comment;-) but just in case, thank you for all you do.
Very kind of you, fancieful, to take the time to offer your supportive comments. Thank you!
#YesWeCanDOMoreTogether
Thank you, Twitterbug, Bob!
I agree, fancieful..it’s so true!
Tweeting these on twitter. You’re so good, keep them rollin, and I’ll keep on tweetin!!!
So cool, Betsy!!! We’ll keep the tweeterverse hoppin!!
#YesWeCanDOMoreTogether
Is it lame that I had to actually google to know what PDA is ? 🙂
Hahaha. No it’s not. Hopefruit had to explain to me today what a Jenny-ass is. It’s the female equivalent of a Jackass. And I thought that since I was young, I was automatically hip. Apparently not 😀
I would have thought Jillass would have been the equivalent.
But then what d I know ? I had to f..ing google PDA. 🙂
Neither of you should feel bad because I also goggled PDA and when I found out the meaning I went “awww” So LAME! And I have never heard of a Jenni-a*s That’s a new one for me. I’m with you UT, I thought I was hip too.
I saw it in a magazine once and asked my son..and he guessed right..it certainly fit the context.
Wow!
Conservative attack ad pulled amid concerns it falsely accuses Tester over EPA farm dust rules
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/19478e87c8b44b2ea0f5e7e3ddbb8776/MT–Tester-Attack-Ad/
PBO is really chewing that gum. 😆 I love him and Michelle
The gum is probally his nicotine gum for smoking. I use to work with a guy who chewed the nicotine gum. 🙂
Yup, I had to go through gazillions of gum when I quit on Nov 5th, 2008.
Ha I’m on my 9th day of quitting and LOVE this gum.
Good luck, sheri. I’m glad I got rid of that nasty habit the day PBO got elected. My 48th b’day was just the icing on the cake. 🙂
thanks amk, well done on your part.. I quit for a year and started back.. will make this the final quit.. cannot do it anymore.
I don’t know about that…when he had his physical, the doc said he was 100% nicotine free….maybe it’s just Dentine 🙂
Did the doctor say “nicotine” or “tobacco” free? I quit using Commit lozenges. They are hard to quit – at least they were for me.
The looks of affection and love PBO and FLOTUS are giving each other is putting the ESPN guys into a love tizzy. 😉 Dick Vitale said PBO teased him about marrying someone who is way better looking, and smarter than he is and Vitale said he teased PBO back about the same thing in regards to Michelle. He also just said FLOTUS is very beautiful. 😀
Mr. Vitale sounds a little “Twitterpatted”!!
Bwahahahahaha “TwitterPatted”
You know…like in “Bambi” 🙂
OH thank you ut for all the updates, I can’t seem to get the live stream links above to work, so really appreciate all your commentary 🙂
I always thought Vitale was a smart guy, he just talk to to to to to to to to to much, at times. Sometimes during the game I have to turn the tv down, but he’s a decent guy.
on a completely superficial level can I just say that I love the height of basketball players. I’m fairly tall for a woman 5’8″ in my stocking feet, so height is important to me. But since I am also a bit “Rubenesque” I’m being gracious to myself, I also I love the “build” of football players too. Maybe that explains why I like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson soo much..lol
OK! TMI! Back to the game: GO MSU!
OOooooooh Chips I see you have one of the PDA moments between PBO and FLOTUS. Where he’s affectionally squeezing her shoulder. Awwwww…… 😀
http://westwoodonesports.com/2011/11/listen-live-right-now-msu-v-unc-the-carrier-classic/
Chipstikcs, you can hear PBO’s radio interview iwth Jim Gray here
thank you halo, this is great.. once again he’s speaking up on behalf of women..
love how he’s comparing how the military works together to accomplish tasks- as in sports teams and likening it to Congress’s gridlock. He sooo understands our military, imo.
Halo, thanks so much for that link to the interview. I almost missed it. PBO is still at the game.
PPTUS AND FLOTUS
It was such a thrill to watch POTUS and FLOTUS walk out on the aircraft carrier.
Wow..I was supercharged seeing how gorgeous they looked. And that outfit on Flotus
was great. My husband was flipping around after we watched Rev. Al and we bumped into
this treat on ESPN. I was jumping up and clapping for my first couple, like a giddy schoolgirl 🙂
My poor husband is used to this by now anyway..he has been living with my PBO syndrome since 2007 🙂
My husband is a Vet and he thinks the world of PBO and all that he has done for Veterans. He has
benefited from many of the changes instituted by PBO and he praises him daily. Yes, our President
has made a difference in the lives of veterans. We have lived and seen the ‘before and after’.
When I saw PBO kiss Michelle on the cheek, I sreamed jumping up and down and My Family told me I REALLY need Help. : lol:
Just catching up….tuning into ESPN and just saw the Prez autographing a basketball. I know from past viewing that ESPN treats PBO with lots of love and respect.
Loooooove PBO in his bomber jacket. Looooooove Michelle’s sweater. They look like they’re having a good time. Too cute!
O/T but this makes me have a little more hope. With the ouster of Russell Pearce (the hate filled bastard that he is) maybe we have seen a change…for the better
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/11/09/20111109arizonans-favor-citizenship-path-asu-poll-says.html
Excellent df.
Thank you, amk….that was such a time of ugly, hate filled rhetoric.EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. All pushed by Pearce and his cronies…Joe Arpiao needs to get the hell out of office now….baby steps 🙂
I think the tide is turning. The last 3 years have really been horrible to see to the seamier under belly of amurika seeping into mainstream. Glad that sensible people are pushing back. If only the fcuking media did/would do their job …..
Yes. If only.
oh my goodness Jim, the interviewer of POTUS was so refreshingly appreciative and respectful… that is how the media ought to behave to this President.
of course I missed it..I am sure Chips will hook me up with a video soon though.. 😀
Seriously. I was just thinking that very thing! THIS is what being respectful sounds like. We need to send some praise to ESPN, and those announcers there tonight! They deserve our thanks…THAT’S the way professionals work!
you’re right df.. will do just that.
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Chipsticks , you are getting some shout outs from Team Obama on Twitter. Look out. Great compliments. Yes, Chipsticks. HZ
Like what, HZ…I don’t use Twitter. If I did, I would get even LESS done than I do now! My house would be a disaster, the food in the fridge would be rotten, the laundry would be piled up, and the animals would be yelling at me…..no can do:)
People are sharing that the Best photos can be seen at TheObamaDiary.com. They are linking up with others saying,”If you want to see the Best photos of POB and FLOTUS and just the best of the event, go to The Obama Diary. It was Great to read it. Several people are making the shout outs. I retweeted all of them.HZ Oh, they mentioned the baby, etc. Great!!! I am running from by ESPN. taking pictures, listening to the great respect from the announcers about the President.
Seeing the Navy Officers interviewed and explaining how exciting it is to have this and especially to have the President there. It is just exciting.HZ
Yea! thank you, HZ 🙂 AND Chips for this place!
Shy 😳
Thanks HZ!
You deserve every one of them, Chipsticks. It lit up my heart to read it! Love you.HZ
Alright time for Fringe guys, so I”m out, but I know if I miss anything ya’ll will post it.
Before I go, I just had to link to TNC’s last post on Penn State if for nothing else just so people can see the videos TNC posted in relation to the post. These videos are probably the best I’ve seen so far on sports radio and sports tv when discussing this mess since everything blew up.
I hope ya’ll check it out.
More On Penn State and Jerry Sandusky
Heh, how come we don’ get to post pics here ???
Show-off….
😯 amk, my woolly hat-wearing buddy, of course you can post photos here!
Just copy the url of the pic and paste it in between these tags:
Tags ? What tags ? I knew there is always a catch somewhere.
Cool. Now to try it out.
damn. Again
Chips, the last part alt=” “/>, what comes between these quotation marks? is it just a blank space? and also, is that a space between the closing quotation mark of alt=” ” and />
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The SS lady sitting next to FLOTUS kinda looks like Bristol Palin.
Interview with PBO now on ESPN — good stuff!
PBO is making EXCELLENT points in response to a question about Penn State. Commentators reply: “He knows what he’s talking about.”
Great, he put the VICTIMS first, this man is very smart, I worship his brains.
Yes. He said it’s time to do some soul-searching and see where are priorities are. Protecting our children must come first, and it’s all of our concern — not somebody else’s, but each one of ours. Spot on.
SPOT ON ! Dear God, Please protect and watch over this incredible First Family. Lucky to have him doesn’t even come close to how I really feel. To think of the victims first…what a normal response, yet I heard none of that initially from everyone else.
I worship his brains…right along with you M4O….right there with you!
Moral Clarity. Internal Moral Compass. The answer came so easily because the internal infrastructure is there. No need to hem and haw — it’s clear what the right thing to do is. It’s a shame that you couldn’t find any of that moral clarity in the statements coming out of Penn State.
Yes, his comments were very appropriate and spot on. He was soooooooooooooooooooo great!!! The guy interviewing him was so respectful and just plain nice to the President. I have taken two heart pills already.. HZ
Hi HZ! ♥ ♥ ♥
Hi PoliticalJunkessa. Did you see the tweets about our haven that mentioned The ObamaDiary during the game tonight? I do not know how to bring the tweets here and post. I wish I knew how to do that because there are so many that mentioned Chipsticks hard work.HZ Maybe someone will teach me when time permits. HZ
I want those brains Me4. 🙂
CHIPSTICKS,
these pictures ROCK.
thank you so very much.
I can feel the love for our First Couple from the people on the carrier
PBO just asked about Penn State and Paterno’s nomination for Presidential Medal of Freedom being rescinded. PBO said we should all think about the victims who were affected in this horrific tragedy. Said all schools not just Penn St. should re-examine their priorities. Said our children come first and we should always protect them.
Amen to what POTUS said.
Somewhere Willard is standing in front of a mirror, taping a “Commander in Chief” sticker onto a leather jacket…… and wishing….. 😆
lol.. that is so funny, the picture it brings to mind w/ him the mirror & his CIC jacket/sticker.. good one PJ.
😆
PJ you are making me laugh. Rick Perry’s wife is doing the same. She wants to hang the curtains worst than he does.:)
Anita better get ready to head back to the lone star state. Oops ain’t getting nowhere near the White House. Yeeeehaw!
Yea that’s right. If Anita want something to do she can go back to Texas and paint over that N-rock.
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 PJ that is sooooooooo funny. Willard is capable of doing that.
I can picture him using the FAT crayola crayons to make the sticker….. with his tongue sticking out from effort ….. or maybe that’s Rick (Oops) Perry I’m thinking about….. hahaha!
He’d probably stick it on upside down…flip flopper that he is!
😆 😆 😆
Oh no you didn’t desertflower. 🙂
Oh yes I did!!!
BWAHAHAHAHA……..Willard haz a sad. 😆
Definitely. I can see him saluting himself in the mirror…..getting some milk and cookies….and going to bed. Teehee!
PJ you are on point – that is EXACTLY what Willard is doing! 🙂 🙂 🙂
😆 😆 😆 😆
I have ESPN, how come I am not seeing the interview?
I saw it a few minutes ago.
I guess I have to wait for the video to come out, don’t know why I didn’t see it on my ESPN..the game is on though..weird
It was very brief, just a sideline type of interview — only about 3 minutes or so. Not a formal, sit-down interview.
Well! *Humph!* I can’t believe I actually sat here and watched a basket ball game! I don’t usually have the patience to watch sports, so this is all the POTUS/FLOTUS’ fault. And except for PBO’s interview I rarely saw them! 😦
Thanks for the great pictures, Chips Chica! 🙂 🙂 They sure made this occasion more meaningful for moi. You does good work – always!
SueBee, if you are on ESPN, you should be seeing it.HZ
He called them from AF1….(super committee)
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/11/8759579-obama-phones-supercommittee-leaders-ahead-of-weekend-talks wonder if he said,
“get your shit together!” .
Actually, according to reports he said “you send me crap, I’ll send it right back.” To slightly paraphrase.
Pamela Anderson is there too. 😯
Yes, I saw her also Me4Obama. After there was musicial groups sharing with the servicemen as well. They said they wanted to give and show their thanks to them.HZ
Hey all of you actually getting to watch live on ESPN: I know this is totally off topic, but what’s the score??? 🙂
And, do you know who’s the winner of any Republican debate? Barack Obama.
I think UNC is leading by 20.
Meanwhile, there’s another GOP debate tomorrow night (8PM on CBS)….I guess President Obama will be declared the winner BEFORE the debate starts since it will be on foreign policy.
OMG! Hadn’t heard about that one. Ugh. Prolly be a spitting contest to see who can go to war with Iran the fastest. And thanks for the score. 😉
Update: UNC has won!
Barack 1, Michelle 1.
😆
😉
I love your scorecard Chips!
Desertflower,PJ and UT, these fellows could not even stand a chance in a setting like this. Our POTUS is wearing that jacket, giving out that smile, hugging FLOTUS, laughing, and just making All of us so proud. The sailors are just so great . This is so inspirational for us as a nation.
I love seeing and knowing that these people are enjoying all of this and the politics is not in it. Cong. Vinson would be so proud of this tonight. 8111. there tonight. This first basketball game ever on an aircraft. When our POTUS plan something, the team think of everything that will make such a change and a beautiful things to bring people together in such a wonderful way.
The Congresman(D) from Ga. was the Chairman of the House Armed Service Committee. He was a real warrior for the US Navy. He served in Congress for over half a century. Great story. I want to do more research on him after this game.HZ
I agree 100%, HZ!
Just read on twitter
UPDATE: NBC (@tvnooz) reports that after shots were fired near White House, wild police chase began. Parts of Constitution Ave shut down.
OMG.
More info please…
No One on cable is carrying the story. Not one. I checked each. Shameful. These are some ugly people and surely NOT real journalists. They really hate POB.
We need and must always pray for him and Joe, and keep them in our meditations daily. They are help sow the seeds of hate, and not they are ugly cowards in reporting such a serious thing. Sad and evil people.HZ
Whaaaaaaaaaat?????
O/T but the deregulation of America…..could pose some disastrous consequences….as well as the elimination of Federal agencies that these yahoos want to get rid of…
http://abcnews.go.com/watch/nightline/SH5584743/VD55148307/nightline-1014-yaz-birth-control-investigation
Chips, where the hell is that much “rumored” about PDA pic ?
Suspect in machine gun fire near White House jumped out of car at 23rd and Constitution. Car has Idaho plates. (via @jackiebensen)
Reports that after shots were fired near White House, wild police chase began. Parts of Constitution Ave shut down.
Machine gun? Idaho? white supremacy heaven. did they get the guy?
Jeez. Who is covering this ?
Seems like no one…can’t find a thing
TPM (talkingpointsmemo.com) has a very active twitter feed up, if you want to go on over…
Keep us posted….I’m anxious now…
Oh my — they just replayed a clip of the Nuzzle and Kiss. I have the BIGGEST GRIN on my face.
Chipsticks,
You’re the best! These photos are just great. I feel like I was there.
ESP just re-played the famous “First Peck” on the cheek! Sweet!!!!
ESPN (sorry, too excited to type nicely)!
Michigan State’s coach praised President Obama, but the NC coach didn’t say anything about President Obama 😦
His team just won so I guess he’s distracted.
Well, the NC coach is a big PBO fan, so maybe it was just an oversight…
That’s good to know. Thanks.
Sources: machine gun recovered after gunfire near #WhiteHouse appears to be equipped with a scope.
Shots fired near White House update: AK47 recovered from Honda abandoned by suspect; 2nd vehicle involved
Are the girls inside WH ? Are they safe ? Jeez, what a fucked up country.
They need to find the lunatic and throw his sorry ass in jail. Forever.
Constitution Avenue Shut down between 15th and 17th Streets; Follows Shots Fired and Police Chase near White House via @nbcnewswashington on twitter.
Are they too stooopid to know POTUS is out of town? If so, glad for it. I fracking hate the right wing.
Does anyone know who the Medal of Honor veteran to the left of President Obama is and the female sailor with a Purple Heart with additional merit to the right of First Lady Obama is?
Thank you for all the wonderful photos, Chipsticks!
#PRESSON
Ooops silly me…I thought they were SS agents…
PBO and FLOTUS must be beside themselves….
shots fired near WH, AK47 recovered from car w/ ID plates, suspect still at large, right? #BREAKING via @TheBradBlog from twitter.
AK47 equipped with scope. White van and yellow SUV, possibly stolen, involved. Fired at the WH. Who are these nuts?
I hope they FIND the nuts…
Let me check out the news and see what I can find out about this shooting near the WH.
thank you everyone for keeping us posted on this story…keep posting!
Hey amk what do you do on twitter to make the tweet come out like yours on TOD
just click the timeline at the bottom of the tweet (5 minutes ago etc.) It will open up in new page. Just copy & paste the page url here.
It’s not working for me. I can’t find the time stap at the bottom of any of the tweets. Help needed.
ut. Look at the bottom left of my tweet above. Click the “56 minutes ago” link.
Yeah I can see that. I can only see time stamps for tweets tweeted like 6 hours ago or 3 days ago. Is there something wrong with twitter or my timeline?
I am seeing the timeline immediately. This is 10 sec ago tweet
Thanks amk. I just figured out the problem. Twitter is a bit wonky for some twitterers tonight and I just saw their tweet explaining that they were fixing the problems. That’s why the time stamps aren’t showing up. Hopefully it’ll get resolved.
Ha. 🙂
hey amk, what is the code to posting this image? how do you do it?
ut, just go to the lower left hand corner of the tweet and you’ll see a time stamp. Click on that and it will take you to another page. Use that URL to post and it will show up like the above.
Hey meta I tried That. I hovered my mouse over the bottom left hand corner and I can’t see a time stamp on any of the tweets. Help needed.
OK, so roll over the tweet, then you’ll see something that says either the minutes (time passed since the tweet) or a date. It’s in hte lower left hand corner just above where the new “Retweeted” is now configured. Click on that.
Some of the tweets have time stamps but those are only tweets that were tweeted like 6 hours or 3 days ago. Other tweets that were tweeted like a minute ago don’t have time stamps. Am I doing something wrong or is there something wrong with twitter?
Hmmmm, can you see it on amk’s post above?
It’s just to the left of the word, “via”
Yeah I can see the time stamp on his tweet which is why it’s so confusing.
twitter has also been very wonky lately. They’re upgrading their platform and changing things a bit. They added an activity tab that’s reeking a bit of havoc.
Thanks for all the help meta. I just saw the tweet that twitter sent out saying they had gotten complaints that twitter is a bit wonky for some twitterers today and tonight. So I’ll just wait for them to fix the glitch so I can see all time stamps; not just time stamps from tweets that are a week old.
Michigan coach just called President Obama…”.Coach Obama….he is a winner!”
Yes, he did and he did said it with so much pride and respect.HZ
MT @jackiebensen: Suspect in machine gun fire near White House remains at large. via @thinkprogress.
Two things:
1) Seriously, have y’all ever seen two married people so into each other? —-these two should be focused on the game and it looks like they are only focused on each other……..too hot!!!
2) that second to last photo of PBO jogging to do his interview is FAN-FRACKING-TASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, that should be the symbol of a strong American president. Whenever newstainers talk about PBO, the only image the American people and people around the world should see is THAT photo. He is so focused and badass in that photo. The only word that comes to mind when I see it is: UNSTOPPABLE. That photo should make the cover of Time. That. Picture. Is. FRICKING. Gold!!!!!!!!!!
That Obama photo is a Big Time Winner, a keeper forever and ever amen.
Now it sounds like shooting was between 2 cars NEAR the WH, not at the WH. Still sounds ugly but maybe not as first reported.
My first reaction to what you wrote: “Oh, THANK GOD!!!!”— sorry for the incident, but as long as it has nothing to do with PBO and the FIrst Family, then everything is fine. It’s selfish, but that’s how I feel. Thanks for the news dot.
Chips! You added more pictures! You added more pictures! Oh THANK YOU! You are such an angel! …..Well…. sometimes. 😉 You’ve added so much flair to my very FIRST (and last?) trip to a college basketball game!
Thank God for the Secret Service and other members of the law enforcement community, I know they will put it on the line for the First Kid, First Grandma and all those in the WH tonight?
PBO and FLOTUS must be very concerned with such reports when their kids are away from them and near the site of these crazy people.
God, what in the world are these haters trying to do to this nation and the world by shooting at the WH???
Do these monsters have any idea what could follow any attempts of the kind they are trying to do????
I guess POTUS and FLOTUS is on their way to Hawaii. May the good Lord watch over them and keep them safe, and keep Malia, Sasha and Grandma and Bo safe too.I had fun watching the game, my Tarheels won. And I really think POTUS and FLOTUS enjoy themselves also. They act like a couple of teenagers out on a date. I just love them too.
Beautiful photos! I want a photo or video of this much talked about kiss. I freaking missed it like I do everything else. I love it when they are affectionate. Don’t know why, I just do. Amazing couple.
And @lisalovesobama, I’m with you. That photo is bad. That look combined with the jacket is HOT!!
Oh no! Any current info? Suddenly twitter seems really slow.
News station report on shooting
via tp twitter (audio is crappy)
I saw it on Twitter. Rush to tv, and no one on MSNBC, or CNN are covering it. HZ
I know HZ, I can’t seem to link to any news! Twitter is giving me posts from 2-3 hours ago!
CORONADO, California (Reuters) – With Europe mired in crisis, President Barack Obama is launching a charm offensive this week to hitch the U.S. economy to opportunities in Asia he hopes can help power the recovery he needs for re-election.
Obama, who was born in Hawaii and spent part of his childhood in Indonesia, will host leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, including Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, in Honolulu this weekend to seek to improve trade ties across the region.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE7AA2GQ20111112?irpc=932
the first lines of this Reuters report are misleading because they appear to imply that PBO is having this meeting with Asian leaders mainly because of the European cirsis and distancing this nation from Europe.
What anyone knows is that these events are scheduled many months in advance and this particular one could have been even more than one year ago (if I recall correctly). In fact I seem to remember some members of the MSM sneekering and complaining months (or maybe a year ) ago when the current location was chosen. then many seem to say that HI was only chosen because it was PBO’s place of birth
I won’t even link Ben Feller’s AP article about the trip. It is so nasty and negative. What’s Obama doing 10,000 miles away from home when he has policial and economic issues in crisis here at home, blah, blah, blah, blah. Typical for Ben Feller. He can’t get over the fact that W. is gone. He loved W. He said W. grabbed a bullhorn and united a country. I am just sick of this never-ending negative reporting re. Obama, never one thing ever reported positively.
But, I did learn that we are posting Military overseas, it makes other countries more secure, thus, opens up trade.
It’s ironic that the one time I really want to hear what’s going on Twitter is virtually silent! I can’t even find TODers tonight! However, I’m consoled by the fact that the O girls are very likely in bed safely asleep and unaware of what is going on outside.
I have been gone most of the day and part of the evening. I missed most of the game. Just have read thru everything. You guys are all so great. Now I can’t wait to see the video of when the POTUS and FLOTUS come on board the carrier. I did get to see the Obama kiss. OMG, I told my husband how can anyone not love this couple!!! What a wonderful day this has been. Now off to see more pictures and hope for more video!
t’s weird that I see more coverage of the MLB player being found alive and well and not much about the shots fired at WH.
OMG, just had a thought. But are the WeeMichelles and Grandma Robinson at the WH?
They probably are, but I’m betting they are tucked away in bed. While it’s good to know that that player is okay, I am frustrated that I can’t find out what I want to find out. I thought maybe something was wrong with my twitter feed, but you seem to be seeing the same thing, Lamh35.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=7221847 : Video and comment from ESPN
Candle light vigil at State Pen University
http://t.co/Toq6uR6O
Did Obama just mend the slow-motion U.S.-New Zealand Break-up?
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hongis with Maori elder Lewis Moeau during the Maori welcome (Powhiri) on her arrival at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand / Reuters
Next week, President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard are set to announce a new U.S. military presence at Robertson Barracks, an Australian base in Darwin. This will require a major expansion of the facility, and according to Mike Green, a former adviser to President George W. Bush, allow U.S. Marines “to be able to fly helicopters, drop out of planes and shoot at things.” Max Fisher has listed several reasons why this is a smart move for everyone involved, and the Obama administration deserves credit for anticipating distant threats in the region both obvious and abstruse. Australia is a stalwart ally of the United States, and has fought alongside U.S. troops in every major military campaign of modern times. Because of the UK-USA Agreement, the ANZUS Treaty, and fundamentally aligned goals in defense and foreign policy, setting up shop in Australia must have been as easy, diplomatically, as building a Walmart in Arkansas. The real question might be why it didn’t happen sooner, but that question is offset by the relief that it didn’t happen too late.
It’s a smart move for reasons beyond some hypothetical conflict with Beijing. An economically beneficial base and an American regional presence friendlier than the quiet and ongoing U.S. commando operations in the Philippines might well mend edges frayed by an exhausting decade of war. It might also bring neighboring New Zealand back into the full comity of ANZUS. Like a well-played game of Risk, this would solidify Western military interests in the Pacific.
http://m.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/11/did-obama-just-mend-the-slow-motion-us-new-zealand-breakup/248302/
The answer to your question Jovie, is he is ensuring an exceptionally important strategic and tactical, mutually beneficial relationship with Australia and NZ.
Of course, that’s not a surprise to any of us because we know he knows how to think and act in a complex world – he’s proven it countless numbers of times way before he became President.
#PRESSON
I agree Bobfr.
We don’t need to question “why or when” – because we know how the President thinks and he has earned our trust.
Copy paste—
That is all it was…
O. Snowe. . . I haven’t changed, my Party has. . .
“I’ve always been a Republican for the traditional principles that have been associated with the Republican party since I became a Republican, when I registered to vote. And that is limited government, individual opportunities, fiscal responsibility, and a strong national defense. So I think those principles have always been a part of the Republican party heritage. And I believe that I reflect those views and I haven’t changed as a Republican. I think more that my party has changed.
So is Snowe about to pull an Arlen Specter? That would be wildly speculative. But is it a sign that she feels out of step with her colleagues as they try to kill health care reform? I think so. And when you compare that to the fulsome praise she offered President Obama, and her statement commending the Baucus bill, it seems pretty clear that–at least in public–she’s leaning toward working with the Democrats on health care reform, specifically Baucuscare.
And she wants the GOP to know that she has an ace up her sleeve if they try to retaliate against her.
I USED TO admire the two female Senators from Maine but I am no longer in that camp because since just before the 2010 midterms, they have been largely silent and sticking with VOTE NO crap from their party thereby undermining ANY chance to move foward.
These two Senators are among those who owe their positions to a large number of Democratic voters yet now when the country is in crisis they are silent and voting with mcconell.
Can you imagine what level of presitige they would have had and how much progress the country could have made if just these two Main senators had broken with their party and voted for the job’s bill and debt ceiling before the markets were thrown in turmoil?
you mean that party where both the maine twins voted lockstep with for 100% NO since 2008 ? That party ? Lying hypocrite.
She has allowed herself to be pulled farther and farther to the right. Now she comes across as wacko as the rest of them.
This disappointment I feel about Senator Olympia Snowe is just overwhelming. I didn’t always agree with her, but I did appreciate the fact that she worked with Senator Spector and Senator Collins on the Recovery Act. And she seemed to think it was important to address health care reform. Today, I hardly recognize her. As Steve Benen says, she has become a shell of her former self. It’s just embarrassing and a disservice to her constituents.
SNOWE KEEPS FALLING
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There is some prime real estate in the political landscape for genuine GOP moderates who could have a significant impact. Instead, Congress has Olympia Snowe, who now bears no resemblance to the centrist she used to be.
If I had to guess, I’d say most mainstream voters in Maine have no idea of the extent to which Snowe has moved to the right, which is a shame. I wonder how those who supported her in the past would even recognize her anymore.
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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_10/snowe_keeps_falling033076.php#
She had a lot of nerve appearing on an ad asking us to support small business. Does she not realize we know that she has voted repeatedly against helping small businesses hire more workers?
If you have picked up on the idea that Olympia Snowe might switch parties, then I’m guessing that Vice President Biden has already been chatting with her offline, lots of times (as they did with Arlen Specter). Haven’t been here much today so I don’t know your reference, but if she actually said her party has changed, that seems to be the first time she’s admitted it. I’m going to stay cautiously optimistic and look for more info.
I am so glad that our weather held back the rain and we presented the game in spectacular color! If POTUS keeps coming here to Southern California, we’re gonna have to build him a “West” Wing for sure!
The Carrier Classic was a thing to behold and I’m so proud of our Military, our Administration for allowing this to happen and for the Athletic Director at Michigan State who thought up this idea a couple of years ago and followed through to it’s successful completion!
crossing my fingers that this picture posts.
That magic works only for Chips. 🙂
here’s PBO and the NC coach
Okay, seriously. I give up. I can’t post the pictures. Grrrrrrrr
CNN Report – gunshots fired NEAR White House
Shots were reported fired Friday night between the White House and the Washington Monument, setting off a flurry of law enforcement activity, a U.S. Park Police spokesman said.
The incident was reported shortly after 9 p.m., according to Sgt. David Schlosser, spokesman for the Park Police. Responding officers found an abandoned vehicle in the vicinity of the reported incident and were searching it “trying to figure out what happened.”
Schlosser noted that “no evidence” has been recovered to indicate shots were actually fired.
“I think, obviously, the thing that makes it of interest is simply the location, you know, a bit like real estate,” Schlosser told reporters. “The fact that this occurred outside the White House area. At this point, we don’t think that there’s any link to the White House.”
A Secret Service official who asked not to be identified reported that gunshots rang out as two cars sped on the National Mall. Agents stationed on 16th Street heard the shots, then saw the cars heading west on Constitution Avenue, the official said.
At least one witness saw that someone had “jumped out of the vehicle and ran,” but no one was captured, the official said.
An AK-47-style rifle was recovered in or near the abandoned vehicle, the official said.
In a brief appearance before reporters, Schlosser said he was not aware of any gun having been found.
NBA great Magic Johnson answered a few pool questions before tip-off at the Michigan State-North Carolina game aboard the USS Carl Vinson attended by President Obama and the first lady Friday night.
Johnson – an Obama backer — said he’s been watching the GOP debates and isn’t too worried about the president’s reelection chances against the Republican field.
“None of the candidates from the other side are looking good right now,’’ Johnson said.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s already legendary “oops” moment in Wednesday’s debate knocked the candidate down in Johnson’s estimation.
“I couldn’t believe that,’’ Johnson said. “I thought Rick would do a much better job … but every debate he keeps stumbling and stumbling and stumbling.’’
He added that he thinks businessman Herman Cain’s campaign won’t recover from the allegations of sexual harassment that have plagued him in recent weeks, and said that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney “just never seems to take charge.”
“Right now you’ve got to take charge of America,” Johnson said. “We need somebody tough and strong. So President Obama is the man right now. And I think that he can lead us.’’
Leigh Munsil-
Thank you, jovie. Was Magic a Hillary guy? Anyway, that’s funny what he said about mitt..”never seems to take charge”..you don’t say!? When all you do is lie, insult and do 180 degree flipflops.. it’s a tough to be in charge.
President Obama – While it’s still 11-11-11 here in the Midwest, please accept my deepest gratitude on Veterans Day for caring enough about our military and their families to end the war in Iraq and make sure they are home for the holidays. That is a great gift not only to them, but to the rest of us.
Hopefully, soon, we can say that the “long national nightmare” of the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan is over.
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – The 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, called Task Force Condor, officially completed its mission in Iraq Nov. 9 when it cased its colors during a transfer of authority ceremony.
The 40th CAB transferred the mission to the 29th CAB, which will provide full-spectrum aviation operations during the final weeks of the drawdown of American forces in Iraq. Meanwhile, the more than 3,000 soldiers that fell under the 40th CAB’s command are headed home.
The 40th CAB began conducting full-spectrum aviation operations in theater support of Operation New Dawn March 6. Since then, it has performed over 19,000 aviation missions — everything from medical evacuations to VIP flights to movement of cargo and personnel to reconnaissance missions to convoy security. Its 275 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft logged more than 121,000 flight hours in Iraq.
The TOA ceremony was held in an aircraft hangar on the airfield at Camp Taji. In attendance were Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, deputy commanding general for Operations, United States, Forces-Iraq; Maj. Gen. Bernard Champoux, commanding general, United States Division-Center; Brig. Gen. Paul LaCamera, deputy commanding general for Operations, United States Division-Center; three Iraqi generals from Taji Air Base; and soldiers from the 29th CAB and the 40th CAB.
“It is worth noting that the 40th CAB commanded the largest aviation brigade ever mobilized,” Champoux told the crowd. “From March to May 2011, the 40th CAB was the only aviation brigade in all of Iraq.”
The 40th CAB’s helicopters, unmanned aerial systems and airplanes have been familiar sights in the skies of Iraq in 2011. Its aircraft played a critical role during the drawdown phase of the Iraq conflict by providing force protection and freedom of maneuver as American forces closed bases and moved out.
Col. Mitch Medigovich, 40th CAB commander and CH-47 Chinook pilot, thanked American and Iraqi guests for attending the ceremony. He then said he felt mixed emotions about casing his unit’s colors.
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/fourty-th-combat-aviation-brigade-completes-mission-in-iraq
Robert Shrum was on Up Front tonight spouting all that truth! He was great as usual. Erickson from Red State’s commentary about Romney is a commercial waiting to be produce.
Political Animal – Snowe keeps falling http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_10/snowe_keeps_falling033076.php via @stevebenen
WASHINGTON–The Obama re-election team is looking to woo NASCAR voters, I’m told–and it turns out that First Lady Michelle Obama hits a swing-state Florida NASCAR speedway on Nov. 21as part of her “Joining Forces” military outreach program.
click below for details….
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2011/11/michelle_obama_wooing_nascar_c.html
A statewide effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker gets under way Tuesday, and at least one organization plans to start the effort off with a bang: By holding a recall rally in front of the governor’s Wauwatosa home.
Planning for the rally has been under the radar. No press releases have been sent to the media and there isn’t much information about it online.
But organizers said Thursday that the rally is a go, with local, regional and national groups behind it.
We Are Milwaukee, an “alliance of community-based organizations, unions, faith communities and local leaders,” is planning to meet at 4:30 p.m. at the Juneau High School, 6415 W. Mount Vernon Ave. in Milwaukee, and march four blocks north to Walker’s residence at 520 N. 68th St.
There, the group says on its Facebook page, the marchers will collect signatures “in the front yard of Walker’s own neighbors who have volunteered their space to help us start off the recall right.”
Nobody knows how large the rally will be, but a group affiliated with the state teachers union is offering bus rides to the rally from Oshkosh and Beaver Dam.
Wauwatosa police aren’t sure what to expect, but they’re ready nonetheless, said Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber.
Weber said Thursday he was aware that some kind of event would be taking place at Walker’s home and that police were beginning to lay plans for it. No one had provided any estimate of how large a crowd might be expected.
Debbie Brent, president of the Wauwatosa Education Association, the union representing Wauwatosa public schools teachers, said Thursday that her group was part of the We Are Milwaukee effort. “The date has been set, and I’ll be informing members,” she said. “I’ll be calling people tonight.
“We are joining forces. It’s pretty grassroots.”
A canvasser for the AFL-CIO working a Wauwatosa neighborhood said that organization also was promoting the rally.
Tuesday is the kickoff day for signature-gathering in an effort to recall the governor that has been talked about since he announced his budget-repair bill in February, which repealed most collective bargaining rights for unionized public employees.
The principal organization promoting the statewide recall, Wisconsin United, also posted We Are Milwaukee’s notice but has not further publicized it. Wisconsin United and other groups have been promoting their main own kickoff rally in Madison on Nov. 19.
Attempts to reach organizers at We Are Milwaukee for comment were not immediately successful. Wauwatosa Patch was told through an intermediary that the organizers were still biding their time to alert the media to their plans.
The executive officer of the Southeast Region headquarters of the Wisconsin State Patrol, Lt. James M. Kicmol, said Thursday he was not aware of any planned rally at Walker’s house. The State Patrol has been providing security surveillance of Walker’s home since protests exploded in Madison and around the state, including what were perceived as threats to Walker.
Meanwhile, Winnebagoland UniServ, a group affiliated with the Wisconsin Education Association Council and the National Education Association, was offered two free bus rides to Wauwatosa on Tuesday.
A registration calendar advertised the “Recall Walker Bus” from Beaver Dam to Wauwatosa with pickup at 4 p.m. in the Shopko parking lot, 822 Park Ave., for travel to Wauwatosa for the rally and petition signing, and a bus picking up in Oshkosh at 3:45 p.m. at Oshkosh Aviation Plaza, 2175 S. Koeller St.
The rally will take place nine months to the day that about 1,000 people gathered at Walker’s home to protest his efforts to eliminate collective bargaining rights from public employees.
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Working early this morning and saw this:
President Obama interview with ESPN’s Andy Katz:
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/38588/video-obama-with-andy-katz
and also,
President Obama’s remarks from the Carrier Classic:
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=7221847
Thanks, donna! That was a perfect answer PBObama gave about the Penn State tragedy. It is so wonderful to see him being interviewed by those with class who show the respect that he’s earned.
thnak you so much for posting this donna. I didn’t get to see this last night. President Obama’s remarks were pitch perfect.
If anyone is still here…this is a worthy read
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/11/why-businesses-love-regulatory-complexity
One more attempt to post pics here. Fingers crossed.
oops.
Arrg, fuck it. Here’s is the toon
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/11/07/129520_a130060/mcclatchy-cartoons-for-the-week.html
Just as well he forgot why he supported Perry because it would just be based on lie..unless it was because he really liked how he gave that speech where everyone thought he was high on glue or something.