Not I! I have been randomly bursting into fits of laughter, causing those in the vicinity to ask if I am alright! Oh! Yes! I reply, as I catch my breath!
I know what you mean, the entire country of Jamaica will be at a standstill as soon as it starts. Its going to be amazing watching Usain Bolt carrying the flag.
(NO spoilers) Watching them now LIVE — Like all openings, spec tack u lar. Amazing mixture of history and modern themes. The Queen’s arrival is effing hilarious. She has quite the sense of humour. Lots of music. Still don’t know who will light the flame. Sentiment is for Bradley Wiggins who just won the Tour de France a week ago — but who knows. You will have a ball.
I have to admit that until twit robme gobbed off about us not being prepared I hadn’t given the games much thought apart from seeing the Olympic torch relay pass my son’s school, but now I am making a point of watching as much as I can.
Chips, you agree good. Keeping up with POTUS, FLOTUS, VPOTUS, SLOTUS , Secretary Clinton, General Holder and the other very important people in the Administration is a full time job for you. God Bless your heart.
Chips, you are good. Keeping up with POTUS, FLOTUS, VPOTUS, SLOTUS , Secretary Clinton, General Holder and the other very important people in the Administration is a full time job for you. God Bless your heart.
Linda, I don’t know what to say about Democrats like Diane Feinstein. They are traitors. She knew by opening her dam mouth the Romney camp would use what she said. But yet she open it anyway with no proof who was leaking anything. She has been around long enough, she knew better. Freaking old witch.
I read the Wonkette piece about this leaker of Valerie Plame’s job. It’s a good piece and the first time I saw what the leaker looked like. I recommend the oftentimes witty comments. They could be collected and published, sound like a long list of tweets.
The queen was never tall but she’s become, over the years, inevitably shorter. I love the way Michelle smiles down on her. A perfect, respectful attitude. It’s no wonder the queen truly likes her.
Hey Hope44 I brought your comment over. It’s a very nice summary. 🙂
Hi TOD…My daughter had the most wonderful experience and surprise a few weeks ago.
She had just graduated college in May and came home and started job hunting. She got a temporary
3 week job back in DC ( where she went to college). She was a camp counselor/mentor….this is her story.
As she pulls up to the camp her supervisor urgently texts her to come to the office immediately…of course she thought
she had done something wrong. Then the supervisor said in the sternest of voices …You have to sign a confidentiality
agreement now cause Sasha will be coming to our camp for a week. Well she got all excited, after the shock wore off
and the first thing she said she blurted out was “Can I tell my Mom”. The answer of course was a firm NO.
I cracked up when she told me her reaction because she is normally so mature and balanced…but she knows
what an Obamamama I am so that was her reflexive response. She honored the agreement however so it was
not until she came home a week ago that I got all the stories…
She had the honor of meeting our First Lady who came to the kids performance at the end of the week.
She kept saying ,Mom, Michelle is soooo beautiful in person and so down to earth and nice to all of us. It was a small
group so she was able to talk with the FL and they took group pictures, which finally convinced me…because it all seemed
too good to be true. Also the SS were nice and friendly but always on the job. Got a lot of other little stories but will
keep it brief 🙂
What a great experience to have as her first job out of college! I hope her future will be equally blessed. Just thought
i’d share with my TOD family especially since we are now witnessing this magnificent First Lady in action on the world stage.
Thank you for such a lovely story. Your daughter will have a lovely memory and story about her first job, meeting the First Lady and First (2nd) Daughter. OT: Does that make Malia, First First Daughter?
Thanks Hope44 for sharing with us this endearing account from your daughter! Congratulations on her graduation from college and I wish her continued success in her job search 🙂
Thanks for sharing an awesome story. Hope44, your lovely daughter has already been placed in the “line of blessings.” Just tell her to keep her arms open to the parts of the world where there are beautiful people holding beautiful opportunities for her to share in her life as she makes this wonderful journey. HZ
Beautiful story hope44. And TOD, note how graceful and charming FLOTUS looks. She will effect a very positive impression of our First family and its entire administration. Mitt who?
Even as the fate of Pennsylvania’s new voter-identification law plays out in a Harrisburg courtroom, an election official in Delaware County is vowing not to enforce it.
Christopher L. Broach, a Democratic inspector of elections in the tiny borough of Colwyn, said he would not ask voters to prove who they are on Election Day.
“To ask me to enforce something that violates civil rights is ludicrous and absolutely something I am not willing to do,” Broach said Thursday in an interview.
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Though Broach is the only official publicly taking such a stance, Philadelphia’s nonpartisan Committee of Seventy received a call from a Pittsburgh poll worker saying he, too, plans not to demand photo ID from voters he knows. The law has set off defiant talk among voters as well, with a few vowing to vote without the required forms of photo ID.
“If I get turned away from the polling place,” said Democrat Jean Yetter, 65, of East Stroudsburg, “I will never vote again.”
The talk isn’t all from Democrats. In Radnor Township, Jane Golas, a Republican inspector of elections, said she wondered how she could ask anyone for identification when she will have to count ballots of absentee voters who are not held to the same standards.
“This is a move by people to suppress the vote in the city of Philadelphia,” Golas said. “We never had an issue with people coming in to fraudulently vote.”
“In Radnor Township, Jane Golas, a Republican inspector of elections, said she wondered how she could ask anyone for identification when she will have to count ballots of absentee voters who are not held to the same standards.” Exactly!
“If I get turned away from the polling place,” said Democrat Jean Yetter, 65, of East Stroudsburg, “I will never vote again.” That is rather a stupid response, Ms. Yetter. Isn’t that giving Rethugs what they want? If you get turned away, raise hell about it!
Miss Chips I was not fast enough so you changed threads while I was talking to myself 🙂 Is there any way to bring over
my comment on the previous thread without re-typing it? Thanks
Mitt Romney has emphasised his English ancestry after a gaffe-filled day in London, declaring himself to be “a guy from Great Britain” who is “married to a girl from Wales”.
A GIRL FROM WALES??????????????? Ah…..NO!
Ann Romney was born in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Robme: WE know you are ANGLO SAXON code for “White Guy”, it’s that you INSULTED PEOPLE ANGLO SAXONS IN THEIR OWN HOME! Just like you insulted AA’s at the NAACP. Don’t worry your peeps in the good ol USA at Faux News and your VP’s in waiting are cleaning up the mess you made….so KEEP TALKING!
I’m Northern Italian (dad) mixed with ancestral signatory of the Declaration of Independence (mom) so you can imagine what might happen if I’m ever riled 😀 😀 😀
I thought Wales was part of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)? Am I mistaken? Mitt seems to imply that Wales is not part Great Britain. Would it make sense for me to say I am from U.S. and my wife is from California?
So, now he’s declaring himself a foreigner? I thought he was accusing the President of being foreign just last week? He’ll say anything to anyone. At least President Obama considers himself a citizen of the world, and actually has the credentials to prove his understanding of different cultures and beliefs. Romney is a panderer.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic would like for Mitt Romney to mind his own business.
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney attacked President Barack Obama’s administration this week for abandoning Poland and the Czech Republic by altering plans for an American missile defense system in Europe.
But the Slovak foreign minister, in Washington this week for meetings with U.S. officials, said Thursday that Europe has fully embraced the new approach to missile defense and said Mr. Romney was dredging up settled debates.
“People have moved on,” said Miroslav Lajcak, the minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “We are in a different situation now. We are discussing a different project. I see no reason to revisit discussions from three years back.”
And here’s the key to Mitt – ‘I see no reason to revisit discussions from three years back.’ He is woefully out of date in his awareness of world issues, in his ideas, and in his ‘planning’. I can so see why he’d be comfortable with a group that wants to take America BACK, that way he wouldn’t have to expend time or energy to update himself.
Oh goodness. I’m starting to feel bad for enjoying this so much. If this is the mess he’s making with his words only, and no power, then what disaster will ensue if he ever gets to be the most powerful man in the world? It really shines a light on how brilliantly President Obama has navigated the power he has, and kept his ego in check – because to have that much power, and yet remain humble – that takes a special person. Last week, we saw him take an older lady’s hand and tell her not to be nervous to ask questions of politicians, because she’s his boss. He’s the most powerful man in the world, and yet, he takes his responsibility for every person whom he serves very seriously. What a remarkable man.
“Last week, we saw him take an older lady’s hand and tell her not to be nervous to ask questions of politicians, because she’s his boss. He’s the most powerful man in the world, and yet, he takes his responsibility for every person whom he serves very seriously. What a remarkable man.”
Thank you so much, theo67 for highlighting this. This shows President Obama fully understands the meaning of democracy from which he derives his position of power. In a democracy, the people, and not the ruler, are sovereign.
Hi TOD…My daughter had the most wonderful experience and surprise a few weeks ago.
She had just graduated college in May and came home and started job hunting. She got a temporary
3 week job back in DC ( where she went to college). She was a camp counselor/mentor….this is her story.
As she pulls up to the camp her supervisor urgently texts her to come to the office immediately…of course she thought she had done something wrong. Then the supervisor said in the sternest of voices …You have to sign a confidentiality agreement now cause Sasha will be coming to our camp for a week. Well she got all excited, after the shock wore off and the first thing she said she blurted out was “Can I tell my Mom”. The answer of course was a firm NO.
I cracked up when she told me her reaction because she is normally so mature and balanced…but she knows
what an Obamamama I am so that was her reflexive response. She honored the agreement however so it was
not until she came home a week ago that I got all the stories…
She had the honor of meeting our First Lady who came to the kids performance at the end of the week.
She kept saying ,Mom, Michelle is soooo beautiful in person and so down to earth and nice to all of us. It was a small group so she was able to talk with the FL and they took group pictures, which finally convinced me…because it all seemed too good to be true. Also the SS were nice and friendly but always on the job. Got a lot of other little stories but will keep it brief
What a great experience to have as her first job out of college! I hope her future will be equally blessed. Just thought i’d share with my TOD family especially since we are now witnessing this magnificent First Lady in action on the world stage.
I’ve seen her in person as well and what you see on the screen is exactly the beauty she is in person. She is as nice and warm and approachable as any person you could ever meet.
You would just die right on the spot japa21! She is georgeous in person. Tall, fit and stunning. So it’s best that you just look at the pictures cuz we need you alive and well to help get them 4 more years 😉
One of the first things you notice about FLOTUS is her glowing, radiant skin, her height and those big gorgeous eyes. And as great as she always looks in photos, she is much, much more beautiful in person. I hope our TOD guys get to see her up close some day.
Donna, I’ve had the pleasure of meetin our Beloved FLOTUS also and I concur with everything you’ve said. She is so down to earth…she makes you so comfortable…just like a girlfriend you’ve known forever. Japa21, you’ll get your wish to meet her some day.
That is awesome. I’d be smiling non-stop for a week if that was me. What a great experience for Hope44’s daughter. It’s something neither of them will ever forget. 🙂
U.K. Cabinet Minister and Conservatives say” Our head is with Romney, but our heart is with Obama. Romney would be a fantastic CEO president but in our hearts there’s connection that we all have with Obama”
Hate to break it to ya buddy, but If your “head is with Romney,” you need to go sweep the cobwebs out of your brain, cuz some 8-legged insects have been chewing on your grey matter.
I read on the Raw Story site a short while ago, Linda, that Spain’s unemployment rate has hit 25%! They can keep thinking austerity works if they want to while they grapple with a double dip recession for the first time since 1975.
Thank you so much Utaustinliberal and Donna Dem for bringing my post over. Glad you enjoyed the story.
I’m pinching myself looking at these gorgeous pics of our FL on the world stage and thinking how lucky my girl was to meet her
so up close.
Fantastic representation by the First Lady! Why did mitt the entitled pathological serial liar think that he would out-shine Mrs Obama on any day? or maybe they were counting on ann (the dancing horse lady) to compete with FLOTUS
His obsessive-compulsive personality disorder only shows up when it comes to PBO. There is no checking, counting or listing when it comes to Willard’s gaffes, lies, offensive remarks, jobs outsourced/lost at Bain, tax returns not released, etc.
I just noticed that the British have some “skin in the game” for the dressage competition – Princess Anne’s daughter Zara is competing with her horse, High Kingdom, on Sunday. I wonder if she’ll be up against Mitt the Twit’s horse? And will the British get some revenge, at least vocally, here? 🙂
New data released today shows that the U.S. economy grew by 1.5 percent last quarter, following a revised increase of 2 percent in the first quarter. Republicans, of course, leaped on the middling number, with Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) calling it “a troubling sign for the future of our economy.”
But GOP’ers neglect to mention that they repeatedly filibustered President Obama’s American Jobs Act in the Senate, after several independent economic analysts estimated that the bill would boost GDP by one to three percent.
By DONOVAN SLACK | 7/27/12 3:13 PM EDT
A highly touted Gallup poll released Thursday suggested that business owners had soured on President Obama with their approval of him dropping 6 percent in just three months.
The poll concluded second-quarter approval had fallen to 35 percent from first-quarter approval of 41 percent.
But Gallup did not take into account party affiliation in its samples, and according to data provided to POLITICO by the polling organization, more Republicans and fewer Democrats were surveyed for the second quarter results.
The change — 4 percent more GOP business owners and 2 percent fewer Democratic owners — would seem to cancel out the entire difference in approval. In any case, it certainly puts any difference well within the margin of error of 4 percentage points.
Gallup told POLITICO that it sees party affiliation as an attitude and not a demographic and therefore doesn’t take it into account when drawing its conclusions.
“Gallup told POLITICO that it sees party affiliation as an attitude and not a demographic and therefore doesn’t take it into account when drawing its conclusions.” – then why the hell bother to poll anyone? They might as well just draw their own conclusion and post it as bible.
The outrageous thing is that our awful media lets them get away with saying things like this and will breathlessly report their polls as gospel knowing full well its bogus. It’s just pathetic!
I don’t believe that. I’m POSITIVE that Gallup just like all other polling entities, uses party affiliation for some of its polls. How could they claim to be a reputable political predictor, WITHOUT using party affiliation for some polls. I’m going to check out Gallup now, and prove they are lying.
I’m back from checking Gallup. They just used party affiliation to prove that Republicans are more “enthusiastic” about voting this year than Democrats are.
Now, besides the fact that they DO use party affiliation as a demographic, and not just as an “attitude”, how do they “measure” the amount of enthusiasm one group has over another? And, doesn’t enthusiasm grow and wane in some people from day to day, and in some cases minute to minute?? How can they measure that, and not peoples party affiliation??
In fact, in many states, party affiliation is NOT an attitude, because you have to REGISTER in one party or another, so that’s where you are counted and you Have to vote with them..
W.H.: ’12 deficit is $116 billion less than expected
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 7/27/12 2:00 PM EDT
The Obama administration has lowered its estimate of the size of the budget deficit for fiscal 2012 by $116 billion, the Office of Management and Budget said in its Mid-Session Review to Congress, released Friday afternoon.
The administration now projects the deficit for the year to be $1.211 trillion, down from the $1.327 trillion estimate it made in February — 7.8 percent of the gross domestic product, down from the 8.5 percent projected in February.
Some on the right have criticized the Obama administration for being slow to release its budgets and supporting documents, including the Mid-Session Review. Though it is being released nearly two weeks after its mid-July deadline, the review is still coming out far earlier than last year’s, which was released on Sept. 1.
“Congress and the American people have never had greater need for concrete budget proposals, and the president should seize this as an opportunity to provide them,” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said in a statement a few days before the deadline. “Given the historic depth of [the country’s] financial challenges, the administration must submit their budget update on time and in the manner the law requires. Failure to do so would only further damage the president’s credibility on the great challenge confronting our nation.”
The review shows projections of the federal deficit for the next decade falling slightly, by a total of $240 billion over those 10 years. The lower estimate is based on lower projected spending on Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and net interest.
NPR reported it as being higher than estimated, and only said that the deficit will have been above $1 trillion for all four years of PBO’s presidency, without showing that he’s actually reduced the deficit – without any help from the deficit hawks – and paid back the money he borrowed to rescue the economy.
The Senator is in such a hurry to see the budget, but has absolutely no intention of passing them. They just want a bludgeon to use to complain about defense cuts. It’s unconscionable the way these Republicans treat the American public.
So glad the campaign is pushing back against the crap the other side throws instead of trying to ignore it.
It’s always better to fight fire with a water hose on full blast!!
FLOTUS looks amazing, vibrant and healthy. So natural, and yet extraordinary. She took my breath away when I opened the page. Lovely. What a relief after yesterday’s debacle. And to top it off, her and POTUS are always so thoughtful of their surroundings and their company – her outfit is an homage to Britain, and the old page outfits from Royal Courts. Lovely.
So despicable. So sour. So cynical. And she’s young, so she’s got the rest of her life to become more bitter, and have to live with the monster she’s creating of herself. And her face will get ugly with all that snarling.
“Jen Rubin is sad today. Just a few days ago she was crowing, “The Obama campaign can’t bear the thought that the well-traveled Mitt Romney will make a nice impression on his overseas tour” — that the foreigns would instantly fall in love with Romney, a born diplomat. Unfortunately, within his first day or two of his arrival in our Special Friend country of England, Romney managed to insult the nation badly enough to earn a public rebuke from the conservative Prime Minister, the Mayor of London, and every newspaper and television station in the United Kingdom. ”
“When asked why Romney’s camp expected a sneak attack from the Obama campaign, the advisor said their guard was up because of “how they’ve conducted themselves in the past.”
The Obama campaign, meanwhile, says they’ve got no surprises coming, accusing the Romney campaign of paranoia.
“We’ve already announced what we’re doing this weekend, which is holding more than 4,700 organizational events across the nation mobilizing voters 100 days out from the election,” said campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt. “This is dog-wagging that would make David Mamet blush – a campaign reacting to a rumor they invented to try to pivot from their diplodisaster”
Queen Elizabeth has a sense of humor. The scene was set up as if she and James Bond parachuted into the Olympics opening ceremonies!! Hilarious!!! BBC one live link is upclose and personal: You may have to wait for a commercial to clear…
I forgot which show I was watching this morning but on one of the msm programs the conversation was about about Romney’s schedule for preparing for the November elections. They broke it down to phases.
Phase I: The first phase was to win the nomination and so it looks like he did that.
Phase II: The next phase was to unite the party. That is still a work in progress but he is getting there.
Phase III: This is where he should be today and his focus is supposed to be on defining himself to voters BUT the assessment was that Pres Obama removed that option and was doing the job of defining Romney. Because of PO Romney is still stuck at having to explain away his refusal for anyone to look at his tax returns, BAIN which is now the thorn in his side and today he has a bigger mess because of his decision to step out to present himself on the world stage as the better choice to the Global community and to voters because of his Anglo-Saxon heritage which we all know ended up a complete disaster.
All that for them to say, this isn’t going to have long term negative effects for Romney and he can still pull this off.
Romney doesn’t have anything left but the hardcore base. He can’t move to the middle because he’ll those 27%ers. He’s a complete mess and I think it shows. He looks terrible in all the photos I’ve seen. He’s not aging well. I think that’s how you look when you’ve lived a lie all your life.
Phase I is still in question. Phase II will still oust him out of office in 2016, if he pulls of the theft of the presidency (we already heard Christie chomping at the bit – no pun intended). As for Phase III, so true.
You all know about the Saturday Obama Surprise, right? RIGHT?
Team Romney Readies For “Saturday Obama Surprise”
What’s the surprise? BuzzFeed doesn’t know yet or even know if it exists. But Boston is sure one is coming tomorrow.
“Greg Siggins ·
Glad they’ll be ready this time, as those Bain ads that they had 7 years to prepare for really seemed to catch them by surprise a couple weeks back.”
The fact is Mitt Romney has denigrated all of Europe. He is constantly saying that President Obama is “trying to turn American into Europe”. So Europe must be total crap. How does he go to the heads of countries in Europe and have any kind of positive interaction with them? The man is an idiot.
Some one please tell me if I am wrong to say: Mark Knoller is ACTIVELY engaged in the campaign to defeat President Obama. As far as I am concerned he is no different from those so called journalists working for FOX.
Pretty Foot, Sorry, just seeing your comment. We’ve got a live link… You may need to wait for a commercial to clear out… US just came in, but they haven’t lit the flame yet.
Sorry to interrupt the Olympic conversation, but I just read on the MSNBC that the next “Dancing with the Stars” cast has been announced.
Wait for it….Bristol Palin is among the contestants!
Ugh. Why don’t they all just go away?
Yep hf, this time they’re inviting former contestants to give it another go.
All of the “stars” have been on before.
And naturally they’d invite this nitwit back.
She has nothing better to do.
Ugh, a much larger share of GOPers in my work neighborhood. Nice area, but if I hear “He’s a Marxist” one more time, I might have to slap someone. I’d say 60-40 Dem.
There has to be an 80/20 split in favor of right wingers in the town I work just North of Los Angeles. I love driving around with my 2012 bumper sticker, but the outside of my car bears witness to the lunatics with all the scratches, dents, etc. It’s such a relief to drive home to civilization each night (along with seeing the beautiful Pacific Coast).
Where I work is represented by a Dem congress critter, and most of the people who engage me on politics are libs. But the RWers have been coming out more recently. Desperation, I think.
I looked at the picture of our FLOTUS in her radiance and I admit tears came to my eyes. I LOVE it that the “little girl from the south side of Chicago” is our representative with the hereditary and elected heads of government from all over the world. She and the President represent the best of America, and truly ARE the American story. People who don’t see it are blind. Never have I loved a president and wife before…I have liked, respected, heartily disliked, but love is totally new. I feel sorry for the people so filled with hate that they cannot see her true beauty and rejoice in what she is doing for our country. She outshines all the others at that gathering.
Absolutely Carolyn. When I think of the odds stacked against this couple…that they would eventually rise to be the President and First Lady of the United States is almost a miracle. It’s a great testament to their character and commitment. They are both brilliant in their own way. Michelle is so warm and loving. We should all wrap them in prayer every day.
New RNC ad, no seriously vote Him out.
That is lame!
But, they will run it on cable news for 2 weeks, every segment, like the last one.
With the scary, caustic voice!
Is it the one that states that Obama tried? It’s okay to make a change.
If it is, don’t discount it. That add is psychologically powerful, and subtle. That kind of ad works at a level people do not realize, do not understand. There was major research behind that ad. It aims at the reptilian and old-mammalian parts of the human brain.
It’s a racist ad. The ad basically says in not so many words that the Black guy is “nice” but not smart enough to manage the economy (as we know to be true about Black people and have always suspected about this guy). But It’s okay to have confidence in and vote for the white guy despite no evidence of his ability to strengthen the economy, and still not be thought of as a racist.
There’s nothing subtle about that kind of racism no matter how it’s packaged, and which is what the GOP/RNC have relied on for decades to help them win elections.
Tweety, David Corn, and Ron Reagan, Jr. just had a very serious discussion on the blatant lies that the Mitt the Twit campaign is running in its ads and the fact that very few in the MSM are calling them out on it. This is something that is going to increase in his campaign and must be addressed. It took the Brits two days to figure out Willard and 50% of Americans still have not.
“It took the Brits two days to figure out Willard and 50% of Americans still have not.”
EXACTLY (This is a fine nugget for tweeting by the way).
And if we look at the British Newspaper headlines, we can see why. As I have stated repeatedly, and my face right now is as blue as a blueberry, the US media is a menace to society and a danger to our democracy. The media is 95% responsible for the widespread ignorance that plagues the American electorate and it’s not getting better as ratings and controversy increasingly trump facts and information.
Okay great, thanks Dudette and Purpleshoes. I will tune in to the livestream when they’re on “T” just to see USA team and my FLOTUS live. I will watch the whole show on NBC – the Obama ad “I believe” will be airing at some point during that time. 🙂 🙂
Senior Democrats accused Romney of embarrassing the US and himself and said that press criticism wasn’t limited to foreign newspapers. The New York Daily News called Romney’s visit to the UK “flub-filled”.
“At this rate, Mitt Romney may provoke an international incident with the United Kingdom by the weekend,” it said.
I love how even the leaders from the most conservative countries (like Saudi Arabia) are giving thumbs-up signs and cheering with wide smiles. Definitely a good vibe.
This is idiotic and irresponsible of Jonathan Capehart. He suggests this Romney ad could tip the election to Willard??????? Capehart——not even close to an adequate or decent replacement for Bashir. Infuriating.
He’s talking about the racist “It’s OK” ad that he believes is designed to manipulate white people who have an inherent distrust of black leadership. The ad won’t be effective if people in the media see it for what it is and call out the not-so-subtle racism in the ad.
I think that pundits try too hard to make themselves relevant/that they think that will have the killer analysis that no one else has/that somehow they have discovered something that no one else has seen before…
Ok, I don’t have internet or cable here at my moms’, so I’ll see you guys tomorrow. I don’t want to hear or read anything about the opening ceremonies.
Could we kinda all agree to at least put a “spoiler alert” before talking about the rest of the games, I mean like who won what event?
If not, then I’ll see you guys after I get back to DFW in 7 days.
danggg…when i went to that website that Ison.provided..my virus protection said…danger danger…Will Robinson…so i guess i will have to wait to view it on TV… 😦
I do not understand when a person who grew up priviledged cannot even perform the basics of interacting with different people. I thought that at least one thing the very rich have is access and networking circles.
can only imagine if President Obama had made the same mistakes as mitt the entitled pathological serial liar
Saw my first Healthcare commercial from healthcare.gov. A senior citizen was talking about the benefits of the law and the fact that because he was able go get wellness checks at $0 cost he was able to find a medical problem before it became a problem and now he is there to see his grandson and will be there to see his second grand child.
It was pretty good. I expect to see more commercials celebrating Obamacare leading up to the election.
I know – it would be a shame for them to mar their games with silliness like that. She was caught off guard. Plus, she’s witnessed a lot in her years – including a prior Olympic ceremony… 🙂
i’m thinking she’s pretty tired and the noise is making her shut down. my mom at that age couldn’t even sit up that long, let alone act interested. sad that she doesn’t have someone nearby helping her prepare for the inevitable camera moments.
LOL! She just wants to be in a room somewhere enjoying a cuppa tea with FLOTUS chatting about the veggie garden, the girls, her grandsons, and why she’s getting impatient with Kate & Wills to give her her great-grandson.
Waiting for the opening ceremony on NBC so I’ve been subject to some advertising. Saw (twice) a Chamber of Commerce ad against our Democratic candidate for US Senate. She is running unopposed in the primary. Tempted to vote for a weaker Republican candidate–would be my first Republican vote in 20 to 30 years. We have an open primary.
Also had an event somewhere in our state about the “didn’t build it” business. Seemed to be headed by a State Senator. Was very fair and balanced and felt to me that it favored President Obama–but I am biased. None of the snide, cynical stuff you get nationally. Refreshing.
‘The three girls will present them to the Commission on Presidential Debates on Tuesday in Washington and ask the commissioners to appoint a woman moderator for one of three 2012 U.S. presidential debates between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
“Visibility equals equality in many ways, and by supporting the call for a woman moderator, both presidential campaigns and the Commission can send a strong message that they value the input and wisdom of women,” Tsemberis said in a news release.
A woman hasn’t moderated a debate between presidential candidates since 1992, the year that was proclaimed the year of the woman.’
‘On the petition’s Web site, possible moderators include Christiane Amanpour, Rachel Maddow, Katie Couric, Leslie Stahl, Diane Sawyer and Ifill. The Web site points out that the commission, which has 17 members, includes only three women.’
If Christiane Amanpour hadn’t turned into a douche, she would have been good as a moderator. I fear Rachel is afflicted with the same disease of being afraid to call out Republicans for fear that they won’t return to her show. I could be wrong.
If I’d been home, I would’ve watched it online. TV will die out like the dinosaurs. That being said, NBC is doing good in that you can watch events online at nbcolympics.com (depending on your cable set up). If you can’t, well, again, there are ways. *raises a fist in revolutionary defiance*
All the heat that the President took and is taking from the media,birthers and the islamophobes should not come as a surprise. Every time an African-American person has broken into an area of our national life previously tacitly reserved for “white only”, s/he has had to endure vilification and slander. Rosa Parks did when she sat at the front of the bus. Jackie Robinson did when he dared to play major-league baseball. The lunch-counter protesters did when they sat in the whites-only section. James Meredith did when he dared to enroll and attend Ole Miss. Etc., etc., etc. After we have elected our 5th or 6th African-American President — not in my lifetime — race will no longer matter, and the term “White House” will only refer to the Executive Mansion’s exterior paint pigment. Same is true of religion: someday it won’t matter. But until then, we will have to endure the thinly — at times, not very thinly — veiled racist rants of the bigots and islamophobes to whom it does. The media is the one who is fuming the veil rants about Obama, they can put a stop to this but will not for greed and some racism.
The Radical Right is gathering their forces to push back against the criticism of Michele Bachmann. I wonder how far they intend to take this. Could this also have implications for Mitt’s visit to Israel and Palestine? He plans to meet both leaders.
Well? Is it really that powerful??? I think it is average, not as good as the Moses ad of 08 or the Paris Hilton ad of 08! But Capehary says this ad has just won the election for Willard. Huh?
You note what is important about it. We need to make the attempt to understand it not from our own consciousness, but from the various levels and states of the spectrum of consciousness. Just as when we are speaking about politics to others we must speak to their level and state of consciousness, not from our own. If we speak from our own, we are much more likely to trigger their own defensiveness and that is likely to accomplish the opposite of what we intend.
Liberals are often more educated than conservatives, but we are less likely to use our knowledge of how the human brain and society actually operate. Partly that is because we tend to think rationally and expect others to do so as well. But politics is much more emotional than rational. We often hesitate to “manipulate” others because we think that is unfair and indecent. So we leave the “selling” of politics to the conservatives. And they hire the best and brightest of psychologists and sociologists in their endeavors. They have very skillfully utilized what we’ve learned about neuroscience in their ads for 30 years.
THE RECOVERY ACT THAT RESCUED THE COUNTRY THANKS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS
So Capehart thinks this ad will do the trick for Mitt Romney? Maybe he thinks we should just forget about the conventions and the debates because this ad has the potential to seal the deal for Mitt Romney. If Jonathan Capehart and his lazy colleagues were doing their job, Mitt Romney would not able to get away with editing words and lying in ads. Too many so called journalists act like they are bystanders. A simple google search exposes the deception.
This has been a very eclectic, very diverse Olympic Opening ceremony. I’m not sure why I like it, but I do like it. Still doesn’t beat Beijing, but it definitely showed the character of London, and probably dispelled myths about it being a stuffy, boring city.
I totally agree. It captured the character of London so well. A very vibrant, eclectic, youthful city, but with so much history and beauty. I didn’t see the whole thing, but what I saw, I liked.
I really enjoyed Paul McCartney’s “Hey Jude” after many, many decades and laughed at myself for it, because when I kept hearing The Beatles’ music back when it was playing everywhere, on everything, I thought it was the most repetitious cliche-ridden stuff I ever heard. Now, after decades of rock, hard and soft, banging and clanging and hooting and plain hollering, beating my ears into the earth, The Beatles’ stuff really sounds like MUSIC! It’s what happens, I guess, with 82 years’ worth of listening when I should have been stopping up my ears.
However, I do like a couple of Eminem’s songs, especially if I can’t quite make out the lyrics. I certainly love Bruce Springsteen’s songs, notably,”We Take Care of Our Own,” and many other new songs by others. Perhaps they’re changing a little? Or perhaps *I’m* changing a little.
Hey, my 72 year old Dad fell in love with “Call Me Maybe” when I forced him to sit and listen to the original version and then the version made from President Obama’s speeches. He loved it!
Also, Tweety had yet another ad lying about what the President said in a speech. Slicing and dicing his speeches, now this is swiftnoating.
Ed gilespie is doing this shit, I am sure of it!
Oh man that was so wonderful… enjoyed every single second.. and Ali was there, that made me cry ~ and the Flame was amazing and the 7 billion bits of paper representing all of us on the planet. Just Superb !
And the announcers on BBC were perfect, they didn’t talk over each other or say anything rude (as the pundits do here) and NO commercials. I really loved the whole thing- it was funny, touching, inspiring and unifying… and I LOVE the USA outfits, they were classy and a nice hat tip to the Brits.
How about we head over to this morning’s Rise and Shine…less comments over there! This is getting slow for me…and those poor iPads! Someone tell Chips so she can find us!
FIRST LADY OF STYLE: MICHELLE OBAMA WEARS U.S. LABEL
Michelle Obama remained true to her patriotic fashion theme today in a dazzling white top and skirt for this evening’s reception at Buckingham Palace.
The U.S. First Lady, who has stuck to a palette of red, white and blue since she arrived in London this morning, opted for an ensemble from the resort 2013 collection of American label J Mendel.
It was a strong choice that saw her hold her own against the UK’s reigning fashion princess, the Duchess of Cambridge.
Her top, which was almost armour-like in style, was embroidered in shimmering silver. The cap sleeves showed off those toned arms, while the high neckline kept the look demure.
The lightweight fabric of the sharply-pleated skirt made for a soft contrast, while the silver court shoes added polish, and co-ordinated with the look perfectly.
The slow growth reported for the second quarter is enough to allow President Barack Obama an edge in his re-election bid, according to a forecasting model based on the economy and polling data.
The U.S. economy grew at a 1.5 percent annual rate from April through June, in line with forecasts and slowing from a revised 2.0 percent rate during the first three months of the year, the Commerce Department reported today.
“It puts Obama just barely above the break-even point,” said Alan Abramowitz, a political science professor at Emory University in Atlanta and developer of the forecasting model. “Mainly it tells me we’re heading to a very close election and Obama is a slight favorite.”
Abramowitz said today his model projects Obama will receive 50.5 percent of the popular vote in November and has a two- thirds probability of winning. The model doesn’t project the Electoral College outcome, and it is possible to win the popular vote without an electoral-vote victory, as occurred in the 2000 contest between Al Gore and George W. Bush.
Just finished watching the opening ceremony, it was awesome! I LOVED what FLOTUS was wearing, it was great to see her. What a classy, beautiful lady, inside and out.
David Corn is funny on Twitter..this is his first time seeing the Olympics in HD (as i suspect is the case for the majority of us here), and he’s super excited. He must have parked himself in front of the HD Screen with popcorn, drinks and other snacks for a night of viewing and tweeting. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Could you ever, in a gazillion years, see any other First Lady of the United States doing ANY OF THESE THINGS? The tug of war? letting the lady weightlifter pick her up? Letting the kids just crawl all over her?
FoxtrotUniformCharlieKilo the washington post. View their slide show of the opening ceremony; shots of Will & Kate, the Queen, Mittiot & Missy Ann, BUT NOT A SINGLE SHOT OF THE LEADER OF THE OFFICIAL US DELEGATION, FLOTUS MICHELLE OBAMA. wapo can KiloIndiaSierraSierra MikeYankee AlphaSierraSierra!
Do you have a link for the slideshow? If that’s true, then they did this on purpose and need to be called out. This is blatantly disrespectful and not remotely funny or trivial.
Watching the Olympic opening ceremonies. National Health Service. Wait for it! On Monday Rush will be saying “Look! In British Hospitals they have two kids to a bed!” NHS! In your face right wingers!!!!!
Good evening everyone. I just got polled for the first time (on my cell phone). Most of the questions were about climate change. They also asked if I was better off financially than last year. No direct question about PBO, but they asked for my party affiliation and my age.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
First?
Great minds and all that Jackie. Happy to be in your company for the 1, 2 punch at the top of the thread.
Hi there cookemom. Glad to be next to you!
Our First Lady outshines everyone. She is such a wonderful representative of our country! I am very proud of her.
That makes 300+ million of us J4O — even if they won’t all say it out loud. 🙂
Yes indeedy!
howdee O folks!
Cmom!! Hey there!!
Beeeeauuuuutiful!!! Our fantastic first lady giving Mitt the twit a lesson in diplomacy and GRACE!
Hey you are excited about the Olympics
OH and FLOTUS looks AHMAZING 🙂
Elegance, grace, refinement, all that and so very much more! Our Beloved First Lady!
Not really. I’m filled with glee at Romney fail, though. LOL.
I’ve been sitting here since yesterday shaking my head and muttering poor, poor Mittens. LOL
I think I’ve singlehandedly kept #RomneyShambles at the top of the twitter trending list. LOL.
He really is ridiculous isn’t he? Jamaica is laughing you to scorn Mittens.
Haha! Maybe Usain can sprint him over to Poland and save Mittens further embarrassment. 🙂
Goodie…. 🙂 🙂
😀 Hiya! How are you?
Hiya back! I am doing good. Are you and Tucker weather the Thunderstorms OK?
Oh yes. It rained in torrents last night, but made for a restful sleep. 🙂
Not I! I have been randomly bursting into fits of laughter, causing those in the vicinity to ask if I am alright! Oh! Yes! I reply, as I catch my breath!
Bursting with excitement!
Family is having a party to watch the opening ceremony tonight. Big family tradition! Can’t wait!
I know what you mean, the entire country of Jamaica will be at a standstill as soon as it starts. Its going to be amazing watching Usain Bolt carrying the flag.
Uh ho! Dudette, family and party in the same sentence? Now, Dudette, take it easy, please. Remember last time?
(NO spoilers) Watching them now LIVE — Like all openings, spec tack u lar. Amazing mixture of history and modern themes. The Queen’s arrival is effing hilarious. She has quite the sense of humour. Lots of music. Still don’t know who will light the flame. Sentiment is for Bradley Wiggins who just won the Tour de France a week ago — but who knows. You will have a ball.
I have to admit that until twit robme gobbed off about us not being prepared I hadn’t given the games much thought apart from seeing the Olympic torch relay pass my son’s school, but now I am making a point of watching as much as I can.
Yes you are, and congratulations!. Another stunning outfit! Three elegant ladies 🙂
First?????
So excited for her! I adore her entire ensemble. She is flawless.
Beaten by a minute!!!
Chips, you agree good. Keeping up with POTUS, FLOTUS, VPOTUS, SLOTUS , Secretary Clinton, General Holder and the other very important people in the Administration is a full time job for you. God Bless your heart.
Chips, you are good. Keeping up with POTUS, FLOTUS, VPOTUS, SLOTUS , Secretary Clinton, General Holder and the other very important people in the Administration is a full time job for you. God Bless your heart.
Bringing over.
Romney Advisor Guy Slamming Obama For ‘Leaks’ Was Same Dude Who Leaked On Valerie Plame
http://wonkette.com/479161/romney-advisor-guy-slamming-obama-for-leaks-was-same-dude-who-leaked-on-valerie-plame
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Shame on Diane Feinstein…..
There should be some jailtime in that bastard’s future… retroactively.
Linda, I don’t know what to say about Democrats like Diane Feinstein. They are traitors. She knew by opening her dam mouth the Romney camp would use what she said. But yet she open it anyway with no proof who was leaking anything. She has been around long enough, she knew better. Freaking old witch.
I read the Wonkette piece about this leaker of Valerie Plame’s job. It’s a good piece and the first time I saw what the leaker looked like. I recommend the oftentimes witty comments. They could be collected and published, sound like a long list of tweets.
FLOTUS and Ambassador Susman with The Queen
http://www.daylife.com/photo/0gOCcmh0kV6RV?__site=daylife&q=obama
The queen was never tall but she’s become, over the years, inevitably shorter. I love the way Michelle smiles down on her. A perfect, respectful attitude. It’s no wonder the queen truly likes her.
My FLOTUS is Flawless!!! I just love her!!!
I’d run out of adjectives trying to describe how wonderful she looks and how proud she makes me!
My goodness, I’m tearing up!
Wow. That is quite the dress. She looks like a princess about to become a queen in that outfit. Nice.
TOD, how do I bring over a comment from the last thread without re-typing it?
Hey Hope44 I brought your comment over. It’s a very nice summary. 🙂
Hi TOD…My daughter had the most wonderful experience and surprise a few weeks ago.
She had just graduated college in May and came home and started job hunting. She got a temporary
3 week job back in DC ( where she went to college). She was a camp counselor/mentor….this is her story.
As she pulls up to the camp her supervisor urgently texts her to come to the office immediately…of course she thought
she had done something wrong. Then the supervisor said in the sternest of voices …You have to sign a confidentiality
agreement now cause Sasha will be coming to our camp for a week. Well she got all excited, after the shock wore off
and the first thing she said she blurted out was “Can I tell my Mom”. The answer of course was a firm NO.
I cracked up when she told me her reaction because she is normally so mature and balanced…but she knows
what an Obamamama I am so that was her reflexive response. She honored the agreement however so it was
not until she came home a week ago that I got all the stories…
She had the honor of meeting our First Lady who came to the kids performance at the end of the week.
She kept saying ,Mom, Michelle is soooo beautiful in person and so down to earth and nice to all of us. It was a small
group so she was able to talk with the FL and they took group pictures, which finally convinced me…because it all seemed
too good to be true. Also the SS were nice and friendly but always on the job. Got a lot of other little stories but will
keep it brief 🙂
What a great experience to have as her first job out of college! I hope her future will be equally blessed. Just thought
i’d share with my TOD family especially since we are now witnessing this magnificent First Lady in action on the world stage.
Thank you for such a lovely story. Your daughter will have a lovely memory and story about her first job, meeting the First Lady and First (2nd) Daughter. OT: Does that make Malia, First First Daughter?
Thanks Hope44 for sharing with us this endearing account from your daughter! Congratulations on her graduation from college and I wish her continued success in her job search 🙂
That is so AWESOME!
I’m so glad they’re able to keep this stuff private, so the girls can have a real life while their parents are trying to lead/save the world.
Very cool! What a fun and wonderful surprise for your daughter!
Thanks for sharing an awesome story. Hope44, your lovely daughter has already been placed in the “line of blessings.” Just tell her to keep her arms open to the parts of the world where there are beautiful people holding beautiful opportunities for her to share in her life as she makes this wonderful journey. HZ
What a niceeeeeeeee story…you daughter will never forget this experience….yayyy
That’s brilliant!!!! What a wonderful experience for your daughter.
Beautiful story hope44. And TOD, note how graceful and charming FLOTUS looks. She will effect a very positive impression of our First family and its entire administration. Mitt who?
I guess there is no live stream thats ‘free’ or for folks who don’t have cable- of the opening ceremonies?
Try here Sherijr:
http://freetvall.com/video/3D7RG2BY8AAU/BBC-ONE
ohohohoh it WORKS- thank you so much Chips, I so did not want to miss FLOTUS today!
Excellent!! It’s a bit stoppy-starty, but hopefully it keeps going 😉
loveleeeeeeeee!
PA voting officials are steaming mad!! http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/elections/20120727_Delco_election_official_vows_to_defy_ID_law.html
Even as the fate of Pennsylvania’s new voter-identification law plays out in a Harrisburg courtroom, an election official in Delaware County is vowing not to enforce it.
Christopher L. Broach, a Democratic inspector of elections in the tiny borough of Colwyn, said he would not ask voters to prove who they are on Election Day.
“To ask me to enforce something that violates civil rights is ludicrous and absolutely something I am not willing to do,” Broach said Thursday in an interview.
snip/
Though Broach is the only official publicly taking such a stance, Philadelphia’s nonpartisan Committee of Seventy received a call from a Pittsburgh poll worker saying he, too, plans not to demand photo ID from voters he knows. The law has set off defiant talk among voters as well, with a few vowing to vote without the required forms of photo ID.
“If I get turned away from the polling place,” said Democrat Jean Yetter, 65, of East Stroudsburg, “I will never vote again.”
The talk isn’t all from Democrats. In Radnor Township, Jane Golas, a Republican inspector of elections, said she wondered how she could ask anyone for identification when she will have to count ballots of absentee voters who are not held to the same standards.
“This is a move by people to suppress the vote in the city of Philadelphia,” Golas said. “We never had an issue with people coming in to fraudulently vote.”
“In Radnor Township, Jane Golas, a Republican inspector of elections, said she wondered how she could ask anyone for identification when she will have to count ballots of absentee voters who are not held to the same standards.” Exactly!
“If I get turned away from the polling place,” said Democrat Jean Yetter, 65, of East Stroudsburg, “I will never vote again.” That is rather a stupid response, Ms. Yetter. Isn’t that giving Rethugs what they want? If you get turned away, raise hell about it!
Bravo to Ms. Golas!
Ms. Yetter, on the other hand, needs a good shake!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021026771
Obama Administration Rescues Defunded Planned Parenthoods”
Planned Parenthoods Rescued By Obama Administration With Large Title X Grants
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Mr. President… you done good.
Miss Chips I was not fast enough so you changed threads while I was talking to myself 🙂 Is there any way to bring over
my comment on the previous thread without re-typing it? Thanks
Highlight it, copy and then paste.
I posted it downthread for you HOPE44
Mitt Pander…http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/9431144/Mitt-Romney-declares-himself-a-guy-from-Great-Britain-after-Olympics-gaffe.html
Mitt Romney has emphasised his English ancestry after a gaffe-filled day in London, declaring himself to be “a guy from Great Britain” who is “married to a girl from Wales”.
A GIRL FROM WALES??????????????? Ah…..NO!
Ann Romney was born in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_was_Ann_Romney_wife_of_Mitt_Romney_born#ixzz21qxMNAf2
Are you fucking KIDDING ME! That’s like me saying I’m a Sicilian! Is there ANYTHING THIS MAN WILL NOT LIE ABOUT????
Until Robme NEEDS to be half Mexican.
Robme: WE know you are ANGLO SAXON code for “White Guy”, it’s that you INSULTED PEOPLE ANGLO SAXONS IN THEIR OWN HOME! Just like you insulted AA’s at the NAACP. Don’t worry your peeps in the good ol USA at Faux News and your VP’s in waiting are cleaning up the mess you made….so KEEP TALKING!
Thank you, Bob…in all truthfulness…I DO have a Sicilian temper:)
I’m Northern Italian (dad) mixed with ancestral signatory of the Declaration of Independence (mom) so you can imagine what might happen if I’m ever riled 😀 😀 😀
From a buddy in Leeds …
And … more #RomneyShambles …
Another one from my friend … 😀 😀 😀
I thought Wales was part of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)? Am I mistaken? Mitt seems to imply that Wales is not part Great Britain. Would it make sense for me to say I am from U.S. and my wife is from California?
Bob…I think that you should Tweet this to the Telegraph….so THEY know he’s lying! Maybe fill them in that he lies if his mouth is moving.
df, I’m sure they know 🙂 but, I’ll send a little missive to them just in case 😀 😀
Holy smokes df, you’ve hit on something!! Maybe we can get the British Press to write about ALL of Mitt’s lies throughout the campaign!
Well done!!
What a schmuck!
If he is from Britain doesn’t that disqualify him for running for POTUS? Where is his birth certificate?
Ha!!
don’t need no stinkin’ birth certificate when you’re anglo-saxon!
So, now he’s declaring himself a foreigner? I thought he was accusing the President of being foreign just last week? He’ll say anything to anyone. At least President Obama considers himself a citizen of the world, and actually has the credentials to prove his understanding of different cultures and beliefs. Romney is a panderer.
Did I say that I love my President?? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/27/us-usa-israel-obama-idUSBRE86Q02S20120727
Obama signs Israel security bill on eve of Romney visit
You did! But say it again for me too! 🙂
I LOVE MY PRESIDENT!!!!
Not loud enough… I can’t heeeeaar youuuuuu!!! 😀
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LLLLLLOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYY
PPPPPPPRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEESSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDDEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂
Well alrighty then! As you were, soldier! 😉
I LOVE YOUR PRESIDENT TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic would like for Mitt Romney to mind his own business.
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney attacked President Barack Obama’s administration this week for abandoning Poland and the Czech Republic by altering plans for an American missile defense system in Europe.
But the Slovak foreign minister, in Washington this week for meetings with U.S. officials, said Thursday that Europe has fully embraced the new approach to missile defense and said Mr. Romney was dredging up settled debates.
“People have moved on,” said Miroslav Lajcak, the minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “We are in a different situation now. We are discussing a different project. I see no reason to revisit discussions from three years back.”
http://bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2012/07/the-embarrassment-tour-continues.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
is there any country that is not angry with mitt the entitled pathological serial liar?
Just thinking: If the opposite of apologizing (what Romney always says Obama did) is insulting then I’ll take apologizing.
🙂
And here’s the key to Mitt – ‘I see no reason to revisit discussions from three years back.’ He is woefully out of date in his awareness of world issues, in his ideas, and in his ‘planning’. I can so see why he’d be comfortable with a group that wants to take America BACK, that way he wouldn’t have to expend time or energy to update himself.
Oh goodness. I’m starting to feel bad for enjoying this so much. If this is the mess he’s making with his words only, and no power, then what disaster will ensue if he ever gets to be the most powerful man in the world? It really shines a light on how brilliantly President Obama has navigated the power he has, and kept his ego in check – because to have that much power, and yet remain humble – that takes a special person. Last week, we saw him take an older lady’s hand and tell her not to be nervous to ask questions of politicians, because she’s his boss. He’s the most powerful man in the world, and yet, he takes his responsibility for every person whom he serves very seriously. What a remarkable man.
theo, you’re kind. I don’t feel a bit bad for enjoying this!!!! It’s our turn, to quote Lady Ann.
“Last week, we saw him take an older lady’s hand and tell her not to be nervous to ask questions of politicians, because she’s his boss. He’s the most powerful man in the world, and yet, he takes his responsibility for every person whom he serves very seriously. What a remarkable man.”
Thank you so much, theo67 for highlighting this. This shows President Obama fully understands the meaning of democracy from which he derives his position of power. In a democracy, the people, and not the ruler, are sovereign.
Good evening, theo7; I am positively GLEEFULL.
Flotus looks fantastic, the ambassador with her has a reuful look on his face, he’s just accessory. lol
What a beautiful story reposted for:
HOPE44
July 27, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Hi TOD…My daughter had the most wonderful experience and surprise a few weeks ago.
She had just graduated college in May and came home and started job hunting. She got a temporary
3 week job back in DC ( where she went to college). She was a camp counselor/mentor….this is her story.
As she pulls up to the camp her supervisor urgently texts her to come to the office immediately…of course she thought she had done something wrong. Then the supervisor said in the sternest of voices …You have to sign a confidentiality agreement now cause Sasha will be coming to our camp for a week. Well she got all excited, after the shock wore off and the first thing she said she blurted out was “Can I tell my Mom”. The answer of course was a firm NO.
I cracked up when she told me her reaction because she is normally so mature and balanced…but she knows
what an Obamamama I am so that was her reflexive response. She honored the agreement however so it was
not until she came home a week ago that I got all the stories…
She had the honor of meeting our First Lady who came to the kids performance at the end of the week.
She kept saying ,Mom, Michelle is soooo beautiful in person and so down to earth and nice to all of us. It was a small group so she was able to talk with the FL and they took group pictures, which finally convinced me…because it all seemed too good to be true. Also the SS were nice and friendly but always on the job. Got a lot of other little stories but will keep it brief
What a great experience to have as her first job out of college! I hope her future will be equally blessed. Just thought i’d share with my TOD family especially since we are now witnessing this magnificent First Lady in action on the world stage.
I’ve seen her in person as well and what you see on the screen is exactly the beauty she is in person. She is as nice and warm and approachable as any person you could ever meet.
This was an awesome experience for your daughter.
“I’ve seen her in person as well” …sigh…
You would just die right on the spot japa21! She is georgeous in person. Tall, fit and stunning. So it’s best that you just look at the pictures cuz we need you alive and well to help get them 4 more years 😉
Haha!! Yes, we need the men to calm down!!
One of the first things you notice about FLOTUS is her glowing, radiant skin, her height and those big gorgeous eyes. And as great as she always looks in photos, she is much, much more beautiful in person. I hope our TOD guys get to see her up close some day.
We’d have to pick japa off the floor.
Donna, I’ve had the pleasure of meetin our Beloved FLOTUS also and I concur with everything you’ve said. She is so down to earth…she makes you so comfortable…just like a girlfriend you’ve known forever. Japa21, you’ll get your wish to meet her some day.
Promise?
😀 😀 😀
I’m so happy for you and your daughter. Thanks for the lovely story.
How wonderful for your daughter!!! She’ll have that memory for the rest of her life:)
great event for your daughter! she was doing something dear to her and my what a precious reward to mentor these First Daughters
Happy for your daughter what a thrilling experience she’ll treasure forever!
HOPE44, I’m speechless!! WOW!!
Now that is really cool!!!!! What a great experience for HOPE44’s daughter.
How nice for your daughter, hope44!
That is awesome. I’d be smiling non-stop for a week if that was me. What a great experience for Hope44’s daughter. It’s something neither of them will ever forget. 🙂
This is such a cool story. I hope your daughter had fun with Sasha!
There isn’t a one of you who doesn’t know what I think of First Lady Michelle Obama. I am so proud that she is our First Lady. She looks beautiful.
Anniebella, when my daughter told me that story one of the first persons I thought of was you:) cause I know how
you fee about FLOTUS. 🙂
That’s such a feel-good story about your daughter Hope, a memory she’ll always treasure, and just a great story you can now share.
Hope44, Love you for thinking of Annie.
Wow Chips! Love the pictures!
U.K. Cabinet Minister and Conservatives say” Our head is with Romney, but our heart is with Obama. Romney would be a fantastic CEO president but in our hearts there’s connection that we all have with Obama”
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/27/598521/uk-cabinet-minister-spurns-romney-our-heart-is-with-obama/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
Hate to break it to ya buddy, but If your “head is with Romney,” you need to go sweep the cobwebs out of your brain, cuz some 8-legged insects have been chewing on your grey matter.
LOL!
HA!
How’s that austerity working out for their “heads ” ?
I read on the Raw Story site a short while ago, Linda, that Spain’s unemployment rate has hit 25%! They can keep thinking austerity works if they want to while they grapple with a double dip recession for the first time since 1975.
Uh, yuh. See, it’s like this: here on TOD, our HEARTS and our HEADS are with PBO. It’s that clear to us.
Thank you so much Utaustinliberal and Donna Dem for bringing my post over. Glad you enjoyed the story.
I’m pinching myself looking at these gorgeous pics of our FL on the world stage and thinking how lucky my girl was to meet her
so up close.
Fantastic representation by the First Lady! Why did mitt the entitled pathological serial liar think that he would out-shine Mrs Obama on any day? or maybe they were counting on ann (the dancing horse lady) to compete with FLOTUS
Ha ha ha ha haha ha ha ha!! More goofs from the Republicans… could they be dumber than a box of rocks? Hard to tell! 🙂
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OOPS: Anti-Obama PAC Features Commander Who Thinks Obama Is ‘Fantastic’
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/27/598511/anti-obama-pac-mccraven-obama-fantastic/
Anybody got a live linky to the Olympics opening? The earlier one didn’t work for me? Thanks much!!
I had to open it in a new window.
Olympics, olympics, olympics!
http://blog.livenewschat.tv/reuters-wns/
Children’s Chorus opening with what sounds like “Oh Danny Boy”
I have it here too…. I had to wait for the commercial to clear, but it’s great!!!
http://atdhenet.tv/45736/watch-olympics-2012-opening-ceremony
BBC one. All up IN the stadium!! THIS IS GREAT, because I won’t be able to watch the RE-RUN in NBC tonight!!!
OMG! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Sending a giant bear hug…
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Yippie!!
Sing along with me… That’s what TOD friends are for!!!
I’m loving all the kids. The CHAOS hearing and deaf choir already had me in tears!!!
Dang, I wish these Reuters people used a zoom lense or something.
LOL! Mark Knoller has Personality disorder.
His obsessive-compulsive personality disorder only shows up when it comes to PBO. There is no checking, counting or listing when it comes to Willard’s gaffes, lies, offensive remarks, jobs outsourced/lost at Bain, tax returns not released, etc.
I just noticed that the British have some “skin in the game” for the dressage competition – Princess Anne’s daughter Zara is competing with her horse, High Kingdom, on Sunday. I wonder if she’ll be up against Mitt the Twit’s horse? And will the British get some revenge, at least vocally, here? 🙂
Oh, wouldn’t that be another PR nightmare for him. HA!
That would be so embarrassing for them 😉
Anne competed herself in 1976 riding the Queen’s horse, Goodwill.
More Olympics
http://blog.livenewschat.tv/uk-news/
A HUGE point needs to be made about this!
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/07/27/596751/gdp-jobs-act/
New data released today shows that the U.S. economy grew by 1.5 percent last quarter, following a revised increase of 2 percent in the first quarter. Republicans, of course, leaped on the middling number, with Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) calling it “a troubling sign for the future of our economy.”
But GOP’ers neglect to mention that they repeatedly filibustered President Obama’s American Jobs Act in the Senate, after several independent economic analysts estimated that the bill would boost GDP by one to three percent.
GALLUP busted!! And lameass excuse-
By DONOVAN SLACK | 7/27/12 3:13 PM EDT
A highly touted Gallup poll released Thursday suggested that business owners had soured on President Obama with their approval of him dropping 6 percent in just three months.
The poll concluded second-quarter approval had fallen to 35 percent from first-quarter approval of 41 percent.
But Gallup did not take into account party affiliation in its samples, and according to data provided to POLITICO by the polling organization, more Republicans and fewer Democrats were surveyed for the second quarter results.
The change — 4 percent more GOP business owners and 2 percent fewer Democratic owners — would seem to cancel out the entire difference in approval. In any case, it certainly puts any difference well within the margin of error of 4 percentage points.
Gallup told POLITICO that it sees party affiliation as an attitude and not a demographic and therefore doesn’t take it into account when drawing its conclusions.
What a crock of do-do!
“Gallup told POLITICO that it sees party affiliation as an attitude and not a demographic and therefore doesn’t take it into account when drawing its conclusions.” – then why the hell bother to poll anyone? They might as well just draw their own conclusion and post it as bible.
Geesh!!!
Wow, is Luntz writing their PR scripts now? Ridiculous!
The outrageous thing is that our awful media lets them get away with saying things like this and will breathlessly report their polls as gospel knowing full well its bogus. It’s just pathetic!
Donna, “our awful media” has become a propaganda arm of the GOP. Their reporting on polls is to shape people’s views.
Gallup explanation for messing with Party ID? Attitude? Attitude???
I don’t believe that. I’m POSITIVE that Gallup just like all other polling entities, uses party affiliation for some of its polls. How could they claim to be a reputable political predictor, WITHOUT using party affiliation for some polls. I’m going to check out Gallup now, and prove they are lying.
I’m back from checking Gallup. They just used party affiliation to prove that Republicans are more “enthusiastic” about voting this year than Democrats are.
Now, besides the fact that they DO use party affiliation as a demographic, and not just as an “attitude”, how do they “measure” the amount of enthusiasm one group has over another? And, doesn’t enthusiasm grow and wane in some people from day to day, and in some cases minute to minute?? How can they measure that, and not peoples party affiliation??
In fact, in many states, party affiliation is NOT an attitude, because you have to REGISTER in one party or another, so that’s where you are counted and you Have to vote with them..
Lovely picture display, Ms Chips. Thank you.
W.H.: ’12 deficit is $116 billion less than expected
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 7/27/12 2:00 PM EDT
The Obama administration has lowered its estimate of the size of the budget deficit for fiscal 2012 by $116 billion, the Office of Management and Budget said in its Mid-Session Review to Congress, released Friday afternoon.
The administration now projects the deficit for the year to be $1.211 trillion, down from the $1.327 trillion estimate it made in February — 7.8 percent of the gross domestic product, down from the 8.5 percent projected in February.
Some on the right have criticized the Obama administration for being slow to release its budgets and supporting documents, including the Mid-Session Review. Though it is being released nearly two weeks after its mid-July deadline, the review is still coming out far earlier than last year’s, which was released on Sept. 1.
“Congress and the American people have never had greater need for concrete budget proposals, and the president should seize this as an opportunity to provide them,” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said in a statement a few days before the deadline. “Given the historic depth of [the country’s] financial challenges, the administration must submit their budget update on time and in the manner the law requires. Failure to do so would only further damage the president’s credibility on the great challenge confronting our nation.”
The review shows projections of the federal deficit for the next decade falling slightly, by a total of $240 billion over those 10 years. The lower estimate is based on lower projected spending on Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and net interest.
NPR reported it as being higher than estimated, and only said that the deficit will have been above $1 trillion for all four years of PBO’s presidency, without showing that he’s actually reduced the deficit – without any help from the deficit hawks – and paid back the money he borrowed to rescue the economy.
The Senator is in such a hurry to see the budget, but has absolutely no intention of passing them. They just want a bludgeon to use to complain about defense cuts. It’s unconscionable the way these Republicans treat the American public.
Fact Check: The Bust of Winston Churchill
Chips, you’ll love the photo … for lots of reasons 🙂
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/07/27/fact-check-bust-winston-churchill
It actually is a matter of our National Security allowing this pathological creature to have any form of interaction with our allies or our enemies.
Bobfr how about one of your delicious tweets to fluffy Knoll with the picture of the pres and the PM?
Mark Knoll loves to tweet about the pres and golf and fund raising.
Thank you very much.
Delicious!
Dan Pfeiffer ain’t playin’!!
So glad the campaign is pushing back against the crap the other side throws instead of trying to ignore it.
It’s always better to fight fire with a water hose on full blast!!
hmmm–methinks i spy the backsides!
Wow, they weren’t kidding about the opening ceremony being “quirky”!
FLOTUS looks amazing, vibrant and healthy. So natural, and yet extraordinary. She took my breath away when I opened the page. Lovely. What a relief after yesterday’s debacle. And to top it off, her and POTUS are always so thoughtful of their surroundings and their company – her outfit is an homage to Britain, and the old page outfits from Royal Courts. Lovely.
Jennifer Rubin haz a big bad SAD!
THE PROPER CONSERVATIVE PATRIOT’S TAKE ON THE OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONIES
http://wonkette.com/479439/the-proper-conservative-patriots-take-on-the-olympic-opening-ceremonies
So despicable. So sour. So cynical. And she’s young, so she’s got the rest of her life to become more bitter, and have to live with the monster she’s creating of herself. And her face will get ugly with all that snarling.
Meta – my favorite excerpt from this article.
“Jen Rubin is sad today. Just a few days ago she was crowing, “The Obama campaign can’t bear the thought that the well-traveled Mitt Romney will make a nice impression on his overseas tour” — that the foreigns would instantly fall in love with Romney, a born diplomat. Unfortunately, within his first day or two of his arrival in our Special Friend country of England, Romney managed to insult the nation badly enough to earn a public rebuke from the conservative Prime Minister, the Mayor of London, and every newspaper and television station in the United Kingdom. ”
lolol
I know! Love the flat out takedown of the obnoxious Rubin. POWIE!
lol..one comment under that piece said.. “well, to be fair, “Jen Rubin is a souless b****”. Got that right.
Ha! I’m loving it!
Can you believe that piece of crap article she wrote? Well good old Mitt made her eat those words 🙂 🙂 🙂
James Bond!!!
No wait… it’s Dame Edna!!! I’ll say no more!! 😀
Wrong again… it was, um… someone else!!! LOL!!
Obama Surprise?
These are some sad, sad, little people!
Paranoia!
Jovie this is hysterical.
“When asked why Romney’s camp expected a sneak attack from the Obama campaign, the advisor said their guard was up because of “how they’ve conducted themselves in the past.”
The Obama campaign, meanwhile, says they’ve got no surprises coming, accusing the Romney campaign of paranoia.
“We’ve already announced what we’re doing this weekend, which is holding more than 4,700 organizational events across the nation mobilizing voters 100 days out from the election,” said campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt. “This is dog-wagging that would make David Mamet blush – a campaign reacting to a rumor they invented to try to pivot from their diplodisaster”
too funny.
This psychological reaction is called projection. Always accusing the other of what you yourself do.
Staff of the UK National Health Service is participating in the ceremony… Mitt just choked on his cup of tea! 😀 😀 😀
Haha!
Queen Elizabeth has a sense of humor. The scene was set up as if she and James Bond parachuted into the Olympics opening ceremonies!! Hilarious!!! BBC one live link is upclose and personal: You may have to wait for a commercial to clear…
http://atdhenet.tv/45736/watch-olympics-2012-opening-ceremony
Thanks isonprize. Good link.
I forgot which show I was watching this morning but on one of the msm programs the conversation was about about Romney’s schedule for preparing for the November elections. They broke it down to phases.
Phase I: The first phase was to win the nomination and so it looks like he did that.
Phase II: The next phase was to unite the party. That is still a work in progress but he is getting there.
Phase III: This is where he should be today and his focus is supposed to be on defining himself to voters BUT the assessment was that Pres Obama removed that option and was doing the job of defining Romney. Because of PO Romney is still stuck at having to explain away his refusal for anyone to look at his tax returns, BAIN which is now the thorn in his side and today he has a bigger mess because of his decision to step out to present himself on the world stage as the better choice to the Global community and to voters because of his Anglo-Saxon heritage which we all know ended up a complete disaster.
All that for them to say, this isn’t going to have long term negative effects for Romney and he can still pull this off.
Romney doesn’t have anything left but the hardcore base. He can’t move to the middle because he’ll those 27%ers. He’s a complete mess and I think it shows. He looks terrible in all the photos I’ve seen. He’s not aging well. I think that’s how you look when you’ve lived a lie all your life.
Phase I is still in question. Phase II will still oust him out of office in 2016, if he pulls of the theft of the presidency (we already heard Christie chomping at the bit – no pun intended). As for Phase III, so true.
MR. BEAN!!! LOLOLOLOL(OLOLOLOLOLOL
Have the opening ceremonies begun already? I know NBC is going to show it at 7:30PM/6:30PM CT but will that be LIVE or are they LIVE now?
I think it’s live now so NBC will have a tape delay for American audiences.
Thanks to isonprize, I’m watching online right now (trying not to get caught do this at work)!! 🙂
http://atdhenet.tv/45736/watch-olympics-2012-opening-ceremony
I’ve given up working.
meta, I am watching on line now but I set my dvr for 7:30 pst. When I ran a search, it came up for 7:30 our time.
You all know about the Saturday Obama Surprise, right? RIGHT?
Team Romney Readies For “Saturday Obama Surprise”
What’s the surprise? BuzzFeed doesn’t know yet or even know if it exists. But Boston is sure one is coming tomorrow.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/team-romney-readies-for-saturday-obama-surprise
These people are certifiably nuts.
love this comment on the site.
“Greg Siggins ·
Glad they’ll be ready this time, as those Bain ads that they had 7 years to prepare for really seemed to catch them by surprise a couple weeks back.”
Tell it, Axe!!
They’re paranoid. Afraid of the Obama Machine. And they should be.
surprise! myth rmoney is still the rethug candidate! thought he’d be gone by now, eh? nope, sorry, you still have him, rethugs!
I admit it – I love the Olympics… and am enjoying the ceremonies 🙂
Me too! Love it, love it, love it!!!
The fact is Mitt Romney has denigrated all of Europe. He is constantly saying that President Obama is “trying to turn American into Europe”. So Europe must be total crap. How does he go to the heads of countries in Europe and have any kind of positive interaction with them? The man is an idiot.
The music is BANGING!!! 60s to current day! Awesome!
Our First Lady looks FANTASTIC.
The Torch is coming! The Torch is coming!
Wow Knoeller is going after Pfeiffer. He just posted like 5 tweets in a row about this…
Wow, he’s on a tear:
This is highly irresponsible journalism.
Some one please tell me if I am wrong to say: Mark Knoller is ACTIVELY engaged in the campaign to defeat President Obama. As far as I am concerned he is no different from those so called journalists working for FOX.
BECKHAAAAAMMMMMMMM!!!!
Dudette, quirky, but I’m inexplicably glued to the screen. You have absolutely NO IDEA what to expect next!! Weird, but wonderful…
Indeed! I’m mesmerized!
wow…has it started…i thought that it all started at 7:30pm
Pretty Foot, Sorry, just seeing your comment. We’ve got a live link… You may need to wait for a commercial to clear out… US just came in, but they haven’t lit the flame yet.
http://atdhenet.tv/45736/watch-olympics-2012-opening-ceremony
Sorry to interrupt the Olympic conversation, but I just read on the MSNBC that the next “Dancing with the Stars” cast has been announced.
Wait for it….Bristol Palin is among the contestants!
Ugh. Why don’t they all just go away?
Ugh!
Good, so I’ll no longer have to wonder whether I’ll watch any of the next season. The answer is a resounding “NO”!
WHA? Can someone be a contestant on the same show twice? Are you sure you read a current announcement – what is the date of the MSNBC article?
Yep hf, this time they’re inviting former contestants to give it another go.
All of the “stars” have been on before.
And naturally they’d invite this nitwit back.
She has nothing better to do.
Okay, I see. It’s another desperate ratings ploy. Something tells me that “fool me twice shame on me” will apply with viewers this time around.
MSNBC ? I thought NBC took over that website last week.
Linda, sorry it was actually the ‘MSN’ homepage. Entertainment and such.
Mark Knoller is having a SERIOUS meltdown on Twitter because he got challenged by Dan Pfeiffer. And we aren’t having any of his BS either:
I think Knoller missed his box of dough nuts, he seem mighty piss this evening. How can I fax him a box of krispy creme?
Fax might be too slow for him..how about email? Or Instant Messenger ?
Isn’t it ashame that this ( Knoller) is what journalists has become now adays.
He’s an idiot. It’s a shame he gets to see President Obama every day. What a waste.
Parade of Nations STARTING!!!! Yay!!!
Good to see Afghanistan fielded a team!
The BBC did a profile on an Afghan martial artist who is a member of the team.
Knoller has become out right hostile towards the Administration and needs to be sent packing……
He just posted a picture of Marine
In the meantime, Pres Obama boarded Marine One to fly to McLean, VA for 2 more fundraisers this evening. pic.twitter.com/D0odg3Ta
Here come the athletes!!! Has anyone spotted FLOTUS yet??!!!
They come out in alphabetical order…..
Did anyone catch FLOTUS. What was she wearing exactly. Couldn’t quite make it out. Just got a brief flash.
So glad there are no commercial breaks!!
And no Rmoney ads.
Thanks for the link Isonprize!! SO great to watch in real time Teams are coming out right now. Australia and now Austria just announced.
Yay, Bangladesh! 🙂
Yay Bermuda! 😆 my very first vacay was in Bermuda
🙂 I simply MUST go!
you definitely should. lovely beaches with pink sand and warm aquamarine waters
Can’t wait until they announce USA! and then we can see FLOTUS.
The whole world is “watching” on twitter. Pretty cool.
Ugh, a much larger share of GOPers in my work neighborhood. Nice area, but if I hear “He’s a Marxist” one more time, I might have to slap someone. I’d say 60-40 Dem.
Ask them do” Marxist” mean BLACK??????
As my white, lesbian boss said yesterday, anyone who votes for Romney this time around is basically doing it out of racism.
There has to be an 80/20 split in favor of right wingers in the town I work just North of Los Angeles. I love driving around with my 2012 bumper sticker, but the outside of my car bears witness to the lunatics with all the scratches, dents, etc. It’s such a relief to drive home to civilization each night (along with seeing the beautiful Pacific Coast).
Where I work is represented by a Dem congress critter, and most of the people who engage me on politics are libs. But the RWers have been coming out more recently. Desperation, I think.
I looked at the picture of our FLOTUS in her radiance and I admit tears came to my eyes. I LOVE it that the “little girl from the south side of Chicago” is our representative with the hereditary and elected heads of government from all over the world. She and the President represent the best of America, and truly ARE the American story. People who don’t see it are blind. Never have I loved a president and wife before…I have liked, respected, heartily disliked, but love is totally new. I feel sorry for the people so filled with hate that they cannot see her true beauty and rejoice in what she is doing for our country. She outshines all the others at that gathering.
carolyn, I agree with you 100%.
I totally agree with you. They make me so proud, and I’m Canadian!
ME TOO. I love PBO & MICHELE OBAMA, what an inspiration.
Live life and let nothing hold you back.
This is such a lovely expression, carolyn. She does radiate and she exudes that dream come true expression on her face. I see it.
Absolutely Carolyn. When I think of the odds stacked against this couple…that they would eventually rise to be the President and First Lady of the United States is almost a miracle. It’s a great testament to their character and commitment. They are both brilliant in their own way. Michelle is so warm and loving. We should all wrap them in prayer every day.
Yeah, I won’t be able to watch NBainC, but I’ll be curious to know how much they cut out…
I’ll probably download the ceremony from my “sources” and watch it that way. I don’t want any commercials.
This BBC One link is the bomb!! LL, Absolutely Fabulous!!
Oh, I know atdhe quite well. Been using them FOREVER. They keep changing their web address, though, to stay ahead of TPTB.
Love that show!!!
Yay! Botswana! [Home of the “Number One Ladies Detective Agency”… anyone? anyone?]
🙂
I have a patron who adores McCall Smith.
I adore him too! 🙂
Precious Ramotswe and her “traditional” build. Love her love her.
I have every book in that series!
Canada in da HOUSE!
I even let out a little “whoop” at work, before I knew what I was doing! 🙂 They looked good, and I could hear the crowd cheering for Canada. Nice.
Yay Canada, eh!
Cayman Islands! I don’t see any of Mitt’s money tho!
Ha!
LOL!
Did he just say Cayman Islands? Mitt shit a gold brick?
they are rockin the tunes the Pet Shop Boys West End Girls!
Love that!!
Adele!!
nice rippling muscles on the Fiji flag carrier jus’ sayin’ 🙂
You noticed that too:)
I was salivating
Fiji…Bee Gees:) Those Brits have a great sense of humor!
I’m in love with Fiji’s flag bearer! Thank you, Sir!! 😉
Here, Dudette…read about that flag bearer:)
http://www.fijilive.com/sports/news/2012/07/10/28004.Fijilive
🙂
Allez! France!!
Ghana in the House!
Yay!
Mourning the recent loss of their President — John Atta Mills
Yay for the team!
Sadness for their loss!
Yay Deutschland!!
Look how beautiful we are. Humanity at it’s finest:) They make me proud…all of them! What a beautiful tapestry.
Anyone here know the total number of countries representing @ Olympics 2012?
The count must be somewhere in here:
http://www.london2012.com/
Woot! Haiti!!
The former state attorney general leads her GOP opponent, 50 percent to 44 percent, in the Democratic poll.
Nice!
Heitcamp for north Dakota!
Rev Al called Romney Sir Flubs-a-Lot
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! 😀
INDIA in the hizzy!!!
Nice to see Iraq there
IRELAND!!!!
Nice grouping of “I”s there Iran, Iraq Ireland and Italy
New RNC ad, no seriously vote Him out.
That is lame!
But, they will run it on cable news for 2 weeks, every segment, like the last one.
With the scary, caustic voice!
Is it the one that states that Obama tried? It’s okay to make a change.
If it is, don’t discount it. That add is psychologically powerful, and subtle. That kind of ad works at a level people do not realize, do not understand. There was major research behind that ad. It aims at the reptilian and old-mammalian parts of the human brain.
It’s a racist ad. The ad basically says in not so many words that the Black guy is “nice” but not smart enough to manage the economy (as we know to be true about Black people and have always suspected about this guy). But It’s okay to have confidence in and vote for the white guy despite no evidence of his ability to strengthen the economy, and still not be thought of as a racist.
There’s nothing subtle about that kind of racism no matter how it’s packaged, and which is what the GOP/RNC have relied on for decades to help them win elections.
I like the Israeli flag bearer’s mohawk.
Yah mon! Jamaica!
JAMAICAAAAAAAAA!!!!! 😀
I like that circular grassy hill where they are planting all of the countries’ flags with a beautiful spacious tree at the top.
i do too–they’ve done a wonderful job of expressing humanity’s place in the natural world.
Tweety, David Corn, and Ron Reagan, Jr. just had a very serious discussion on the blatant lies that the Mitt the Twit campaign is running in its ads and the fact that very few in the MSM are calling them out on it. This is something that is going to increase in his campaign and must be addressed. It took the Brits two days to figure out Willard and 50% of Americans still have not.
“It took the Brits two days to figure out Willard and 50% of Americans still have not.”
EXACTLY (This is a fine nugget for tweeting by the way).
And if we look at the British Newspaper headlines, we can see why. As I have stated repeatedly, and my face right now is as blue as a blueberry, the US media is a menace to society and a danger to our democracy. The media is 95% responsible for the widespread ignorance that plagues the American electorate and it’s not getting better as ratings and controversy increasingly trump facts and information.
BRAVO LL! Happily RT’D 🙂
perfect!
me 2
Right on Bob! RT’D.
Has Team USA made their entrance yet?
They’re coming in alpharetically. Up to “L” now.
Gotta roll out for the party guys! It’s been fun! 🙂
not yet we are up to the “L”s
NOt yet…alphabetical order…we’re on M’s
Thanks df! 🙂
Okay great, thanks Dudette and Purpleshoes. I will tune in to the livestream when they’re on “T” just to see USA team and my FLOTUS live. I will watch the whole show on NBC – the Obama ad “I believe” will be airing at some point during that time. 🙂 🙂
OT: RIP Butterball. Groundbreaking Philadelphia DJ ‘Butterball’ Dead at 70
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/07/27/famed-philadelphia-dj-butterball-dead-at-70/
Butterball’s Rap (of course, the version set to Sex Machine isn’t on youtube…)
Upcoming on fox news……….wait for it.
Does the British press have a bias against Mitt Romney.
—
You can’t make this stuff up ! What next , change the name of English Muffins to ” Freedom Muffins ? “
🙂
Ha! We’ve seen them do it before. Wouldn’t put it past them.
OR is Mitt Romney such a Twit that even the rw British Press aren’t having any of the shite that comes out of his plastic hole?
I seriously need to pull out my atlas So many countries I’ve never heard of like Lethoso. Mexico in da house!
Lesotho is in the middle of South Africa. #geographynerd
Thanks LL!! 🙂
If I’m not mistaken, it and Morocco are the continent’s last monarchies.
Senior Democrats accused Romney of embarrassing the US and himself and said that press criticism wasn’t limited to foreign newspapers. The New York Daily News called Romney’s visit to the UK “flub-filled”.
“At this rate, Mitt Romney may provoke an international incident with the United Kingdom by the weekend,” it said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/27/mitt-romney-gaffe-strewn-london?CMP=twt_gu
I think the Dems should have left the public ridicule to others. We don’t want Romney to garner any sympathy for his incompetence.
Even pig sty rove said romney Blew It..as I saw on tpm.
Up to the “P”s Panama
Mr Blue Sky!
They’re onto the “S” countries now.
Yup, Singapore 🙂
Wow love the outfits on Senegal team
I love how even the leaders from the most conservative countries (like Saudi Arabia) are giving thumbs-up signs and cheering with wide smiles. Definitely a good vibe.
Agreed!
This is idiotic and irresponsible of Jonathan Capehart. He suggests this Romney ad could tip the election to Willard??????? Capehart——not even close to an adequate or decent replacement for Bashir. Infuriating.
https://twitter.com/BashirLive/status/228976185877622784
He’s talking about the racist “It’s OK” ad that he believes is designed to manipulate white people who have an inherent distrust of black leadership. The ad won’t be effective if people in the media see it for what it is and call out the not-so-subtle racism in the ad.
I think that pundits try too hard to make themselves relevant/that they think that will have the killer analysis that no one else has/that somehow they have discovered something that no one else has seen before…
they leave me saying…WHAT THE F***…
and SMH….
this was one of those moments….
I cannot stand Capehart…..
We would like to believe it is idiotic. That would be foolish of us.
Oh really? that’s counting on people to be as dense as JCapehart.
Spain in da house with Pau Gasol carrying the flag
Heads up – they are in the “U” countries!
Sorry – I meant, they’re close to the “U” countries.
getting close Thailand in the house
Ok, I don’t have internet or cable here at my moms’, so I’ll see you guys tomorrow. I don’t want to hear or read anything about the opening ceremonies.
Could we kinda all agree to at least put a “spoiler alert” before talking about the rest of the games, I mean like who won what event?
If not, then I’ll see you guys after I get back to DFW in 7 days.
danggg…when i went to that website that Ison.provided..my virus protection said…danger danger…Will Robinson…so i guess i will have to wait to view it on TV… 😦
Hmm, my Norton virus protection ruled it safe for my computer. Thank goodness.
here is one from Chips. http://freetvall.com/video/3D7RG2BY8AAU/BBC-ONE
can’t watch it on that site. The chat box is disgusting. Lots of hate being spewed.
Black is Beautiful…mitwit’s brand of pasty white smeared with LIES…not so much.
GO TEAM USA!!!
The Americans look so cute! (Even with the berets). 🙂
Oh NO!!!! Teabagger, KKKer, …. heads exploding all over America as they suddenly realize they’re wearing FRENCH berets 😀 😀 😀
I think they look very sharp! Lots of handsome people!
Of course, they look fantastic, meta!! 😀
Smilin’ Kobe!
I’m 100% against Kobe (sorry), but he looked really cute in that shot. 😉
He did:)
YAY USA *waving flag * in front of my monitor
FLOTUS wearing yellow!! Who was our flag bearer?
A woman who is a fencing star?
Yep. She won the US its first fencing gold in 100 years.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/367763/20120727/olympics-2012-usa-flag-bearer-zagunis-mariel.htm
I do not understand when a person who grew up priviledged cannot even perform the basics of interacting with different people. I thought that at least one thing the very rich have is access and networking circles.
can only imagine if President Obama had made the same mistakes as mitt the entitled pathological serial liar
Saw my first Healthcare commercial from healthcare.gov. A senior citizen was talking about the benefits of the law and the fact that because he was able go get wellness checks at $0 cost he was able to find a medical problem before it became a problem and now he is there to see his grandson and will be there to see his second grand child.
It was pretty good. I expect to see more commercials celebrating Obamacare leading up to the election.
I’ve seen that commercial a TON of times! I’m glad that it’s getting out there
The Queen was picking her fingernails and ignoring Great Britain. Hahahahahahaha. She cracks me up.
that was pretty funny hope that’s not a front page photo on any of the British papers tomorrow
I know – it would be a shame for them to mar their games with silliness like that. She was caught off guard. Plus, she’s witnessed a lot in her years – including a prior Olympic ceremony… 🙂
Hey, it’s past midnight there and speaking as another lady of a certain age — I don’t do midnights.
i’m thinking she’s pretty tired and the noise is making her shut down. my mom at that age couldn’t even sit up that long, let alone act interested. sad that she doesn’t have someone nearby helping her prepare for the inevitable camera moments.
LOL! She just wants to be in a room somewhere enjoying a cuppa tea with FLOTUS chatting about the veggie garden, the girls, her grandsons, and why she’s getting impatient with Kate & Wills to give her her great-grandson.
She was probably tired. At 86 years old she lasted longer than I thought she would. And the Brits were being very deferential to her. Glossed over it.
She was tired after the parachute jump.
cool!
So far these ceremonies are pretty spectacular. I’d say London was ready and then some TAKE THAT MITTENS!!
Waiting for the opening ceremony on NBC so I’ve been subject to some advertising. Saw (twice) a Chamber of Commerce ad against our Democratic candidate for US Senate. She is running unopposed in the primary. Tempted to vote for a weaker Republican candidate–would be my first Republican vote in 20 to 30 years. We have an open primary.
Also had an event somewhere in our state about the “didn’t build it” business. Seemed to be headed by a State Senator. Was very fair and balanced and felt to me that it favored President Obama–but I am biased. None of the snide, cynical stuff you get nationally. Refreshing.
‘The three girls will present them to the Commission on Presidential Debates on Tuesday in Washington and ask the commissioners to appoint a woman moderator for one of three 2012 U.S. presidential debates between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
“Visibility equals equality in many ways, and by supporting the call for a woman moderator, both presidential campaigns and the Commission can send a strong message that they value the input and wisdom of women,” Tsemberis said in a news release.
A woman hasn’t moderated a debate between presidential candidates since 1992, the year that was proclaimed the year of the woman.’
‘On the petition’s Web site, possible moderators include Christiane Amanpour, Rachel Maddow, Katie Couric, Leslie Stahl, Diane Sawyer and Ifill. The Web site points out that the commission, which has 17 members, includes only three women.’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/three-teen-girls-petition-for-female-moderator-for-presidential-debate/2012/07/27/gJQAM4FeEX_blog.html
oops–post is about the effort to have a woman moderate at least one of the three presidential debates. i vote for rachel!
If Christiane Amanpour hadn’t turned into a douche, she would have been good as a moderator. I fear Rachel is afflicted with the same disease of being afraid to call out Republicans for fear that they won’t return to her show. I could be wrong.
Ok, so what’s this Saturday Surpise?
more subterfuge, distraction, shinny object over there …… nonsense from #WailingWallMitt’s media hacks …
Right BOB..that would be the Only Surprise coming from mitwit…IF he DID NOT LIE. That would be shocking!!
and the queen declares it open!
The poor queen had to stay up late just to say two sentences!
That article says the girls are there with FLOTUS to accompany her to the event. Did anyone see them?
They are not there. They’re at camp, that’s why it’s the Daily Fail
Michelle looks absolutely stunning!!! That outfit is perfect and so classy. Perfect!
Finally, NBC graces us with Olympic coverage decades after the LIVE event.
If I’d been home, I would’ve watched it online. TV will die out like the dinosaurs. That being said, NBC is doing good in that you can watch events online at nbcolympics.com (depending on your cable set up). If you can’t, well, again, there are ways. *raises a fist in revolutionary defiance*
All the heat that the President took and is taking from the media,birthers and the islamophobes should not come as a surprise. Every time an African-American person has broken into an area of our national life previously tacitly reserved for “white only”, s/he has had to endure vilification and slander. Rosa Parks did when she sat at the front of the bus. Jackie Robinson did when he dared to play major-league baseball. The lunch-counter protesters did when they sat in the whites-only section. James Meredith did when he dared to enroll and attend Ole Miss. Etc., etc., etc. After we have elected our 5th or 6th African-American President — not in my lifetime — race will no longer matter, and the term “White House” will only refer to the Executive Mansion’s exterior paint pigment. Same is true of religion: someday it won’t matter. But until then, we will have to endure the thinly — at times, not very thinly — veiled racist rants of the bigots and islamophobes to whom it does. The media is the one who is fuming the veil rants about Obama, they can put a stop to this but will not for greed and some racism.
Now, it’s Alaskas turn, trying to get Him off the ballot. What are they so afraid of? It’s a waste of time!
The Radical Right is gathering their forces to push back against the criticism of Michele Bachmann. I wonder how far they intend to take this. Could this also have implications for Mitt’s visit to Israel and Palestine? He plans to meet both leaders.
I have goose bumps over the lighting ceremony.
wasn’t that fantastic?! i was actually in tears.
then when sir paul sang ‘and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make’, well, best ever opening!
Pink Floyd !
SIr Paul!!
A poor choice of a ‘sad song’ if you ask me, after such a moving ceremony.
WOW..I was thinking the EXACT thing..then I go on Twitter and see my thoughts represented by tweet… LOL!
I agree. Get to the ceremony, eliminate the filler.
Great pics of the Olympics and I believe this link includes the clip of the simulation of the Queen parachuting into the games.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179920/Olympics-Opening-Ceremony-Spectators-pour-amid-tightest-security-operation-London-seen.html?ITO=1490
Okay- I did not want to post it here, but many of you did not see the new RNC ad that Capehart was talking about-
http://www.politico.com//blogs/burns-haberman/2012/07/rnc-ad-no-seriously-you-can-vote-him-out-130337.html
Well? Is it really that powerful??? I think it is average, not as good as the Moses ad of 08 or the Paris Hilton ad of 08! But Capehary says this ad has just won the election for Willard. Huh?
That ad plays here in Atlanta all day every day……I think it is lame.
Me too! But, MSNBainC is convinced the uniformed voter will fall for it.
Who is the uninformed/undecided voter? I would like to know?
You note what is important about it. We need to make the attempt to understand it not from our own consciousness, but from the various levels and states of the spectrum of consciousness. Just as when we are speaking about politics to others we must speak to their level and state of consciousness, not from our own. If we speak from our own, we are much more likely to trigger their own defensiveness and that is likely to accomplish the opposite of what we intend.
Liberals are often more educated than conservatives, but we are less likely to use our knowledge of how the human brain and society actually operate. Partly that is because we tend to think rationally and expect others to do so as well. But politics is much more emotional than rational. We often hesitate to “manipulate” others because we think that is unfair and indecent. So we leave the “selling” of politics to the conservatives. And they hire the best and brightest of psychologists and sociologists in their endeavors. They have very skillfully utilized what we’ve learned about neuroscience in their ads for 30 years.
You know, I would tweet the ad, but I don’t even want to give it the barest modicum of oxygen.
agreed–sorry i watched it.
THE RECOVERY ACT THAT RESCUED THE COUNTRY THANKS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS
So Capehart thinks this ad will do the trick for Mitt Romney? Maybe he thinks we should just forget about the conventions and the debates because this ad has the potential to seal the deal for Mitt Romney. If Jonathan Capehart and his lazy colleagues were doing their job, Mitt Romney would not able to get away with editing words and lying in ads. Too many so called journalists act like they are bystanders. A simple google search exposes the deception.
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1) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/default.aspx
2) CBO Director Demolishes GOP’s Stimulus Myth
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/07/1098364/-CBO-Director-Demolishes-GOP-s-Stimulus-Myth
This has been a very eclectic, very diverse Olympic Opening ceremony. I’m not sure why I like it, but I do like it. Still doesn’t beat Beijing, but it definitely showed the character of London, and probably dispelled myths about it being a stuffy, boring city.
Na, na na nanana naahh, nanana naahh HEY JUDE!!!!
I totally agree. It captured the character of London so well. A very vibrant, eclectic, youthful city, but with so much history and beauty. I didn’t see the whole thing, but what I saw, I liked.
I really enjoyed Paul McCartney’s “Hey Jude” after many, many decades and laughed at myself for it, because when I kept hearing The Beatles’ music back when it was playing everywhere, on everything, I thought it was the most repetitious cliche-ridden stuff I ever heard. Now, after decades of rock, hard and soft, banging and clanging and hooting and plain hollering, beating my ears into the earth, The Beatles’ stuff really sounds like MUSIC! It’s what happens, I guess, with 82 years’ worth of listening when I should have been stopping up my ears.
However, I do like a couple of Eminem’s songs, especially if I can’t quite make out the lyrics. I certainly love Bruce Springsteen’s songs, notably,”We Take Care of Our Own,” and many other new songs by others. Perhaps they’re changing a little? Or perhaps *I’m* changing a little.
Hey, my 72 year old Dad fell in love with “Call Me Maybe” when I forced him to sit and listen to the original version and then the version made from President Obama’s speeches. He loved it!
Have you ever been to London? There is absolutely nothing stuffy or boring about London! Who ever came out with that myth has never been to London.
Also, Tweety had yet another ad lying about what the President said in a speech. Slicing and dicing his speeches, now this is swiftnoating.
Ed gilespie is doing this shit, I am sure of it!
Oh man that was so wonderful… enjoyed every single second.. and Ali was there, that made me cry ~ and the Flame was amazing and the 7 billion bits of paper representing all of us on the planet. Just Superb !
And the announcers on BBC were perfect, they didn’t talk over each other or say anything rude (as the pundits do here) and NO commercials. I really loved the whole thing- it was funny, touching, inspiring and unifying… and I LOVE the USA outfits, they were classy and a nice hat tip to the Brits.
and Hey Jude… nananana 🙂
How about we head over to this morning’s Rise and Shine…less comments over there! This is getting slow for me…and those poor iPads! Someone tell Chips so she can find us!
Indeed. I’m following you there!
Nice write up of Flotus Olympic style
FIRST LADY OF STYLE: MICHELLE OBAMA WEARS U.S. LABEL
Michelle Obama remained true to her patriotic fashion theme today in a dazzling white top and skirt for this evening’s reception at Buckingham Palace.
The U.S. First Lady, who has stuck to a palette of red, white and blue since she arrived in London this morning, opted for an ensemble from the resort 2013 collection of American label J Mendel.
It was a strong choice that saw her hold her own against the UK’s reigning fashion princess, the Duchess of Cambridge.
Her top, which was almost armour-like in style, was embroidered in shimmering silver. The cap sleeves showed off those toned arms, while the high neckline kept the look demure.
The lightweight fabric of the sharply-pleated skirt made for a soft contrast, while the silver court shoes added polish, and co-ordinated with the look perfectly.
BY TAMARA ABRAHAM
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179787/Michelle-Obama-gives-Team-USA-pep-talk-ahead-Olympics-opening-ceremony-London.html#ixzz21s1RJ5b9
One more thing…GREAT JOB, BRITS!!! You know how to put on quite a show!!!
here here!!
Yes, agreed!
Please Chips please put up the clip of the USA and Israel’s entrance with the First Lady. Thank you, love.
Is Chips sleeping? The thread is getting long 🙂
The slow growth reported for the second quarter is enough to allow President Barack Obama an edge in his re-election bid, according to a forecasting model based on the economy and polling data.
The U.S. economy grew at a 1.5 percent annual rate from April through June, in line with forecasts and slowing from a revised 2.0 percent rate during the first three months of the year, the Commerce Department reported today.
“It puts Obama just barely above the break-even point,” said Alan Abramowitz, a political science professor at Emory University in Atlanta and developer of the forecasting model. “Mainly it tells me we’re heading to a very close election and Obama is a slight favorite.”
Abramowitz said today his model projects Obama will receive 50.5 percent of the popular vote in November and has a two- thirds probability of winning. The model doesn’t project the Electoral College outcome, and it is possible to win the popular vote without an electoral-vote victory, as occurred in the 2000 contest between Al Gore and George W. Bush.
http://mobile.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-27/slow-growth-leaves-room-for-obama-to-win-re-election
That close???
Matt and Meredith need to STFU. The Olympics are NOT about them.
Just finished watching the opening ceremony, it was awesome! I LOVED what FLOTUS was wearing, it was great to see her. What a classy, beautiful lady, inside and out.
HAHAHAHAHA!
David Corn is funny on Twitter..this is his first time seeing the Olympics in HD (as i suspect is the case for the majority of us here), and he’s super excited. He must have parked himself in front of the HD Screen with popcorn, drinks and other snacks for a night of viewing and tweeting. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Hey Guys NEW PICS OF FLOTUS in London http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/first-lady-leads-presidential-delegation-2012-olympic-games-london
Thank you!
Could you ever, in a gazillion years, see any other First Lady of the United States doing ANY OF THESE THINGS? The tug of war? letting the lady weightlifter pick her up? Letting the kids just crawl all over her?
Wow, she is so real, so down to earth.
FoxtrotUniformCharlieKilo the washington post. View their slide show of the opening ceremony; shots of Will & Kate, the Queen, Mittiot & Missy Ann, BUT NOT A SINGLE SHOT OF THE LEADER OF THE OFFICIAL US DELEGATION, FLOTUS MICHELLE OBAMA. wapo can KiloIndiaSierraSierra MikeYankee AlphaSierraSierra!
Do you have a link for the slideshow? If that’s true, then they did this on purpose and need to be called out. This is blatantly disrespectful and not remotely funny or trivial.
HEADS UP Folks, we’ve now moved over to the Rise & Shine thread (linked below) because this one is too long.
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/07/27/rise-and-shine-249/#comment-436706
ADORABLE ALERT http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/first-lady-leads-presidential-delegation-2012-olympic-games-london
our first lady is brilliant!
Watching the Olympic opening ceremonies. National Health Service. Wait for it! On Monday Rush will be saying “Look! In British Hospitals they have two kids to a bed!” NHS! In your face right wingers!!!!!
Mr. Bean!!!!!!!!
Thank you Bobfr. I’m so loving the music!!!! I’m dancing! We’re into the 80’s “Frankie Goes to Hollywood!” My decade!!!!!
😀
U.S. wrestler Elena Pirozhkova picked up Michelle Obama (PHOTO)
http://blog.sfgate.com/olympics/2012/07/27/u-s-wrestler-elena-pirozhkova-picked-up-michelle-obama-photo/
Some of us are on this morning’s Rise and Shine:) Getting too hard to post here
What’s Mitt The Twit hiding?
this is great fun, and also a handy visual chart!
Good evening everyone. I just got polled for the first time (on my cell phone). Most of the questions were about climate change. They also asked if I was better off financially than last year. No direct question about PBO, but they asked for my party affiliation and my age.
Our First Lady Michelle Obama look like she had the time of her life today. Plus she looked beautiful, she made us very proud.
okay, going back to ‘rise and shine’–just came over to see what cool stuff was getting posted here!
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/07/27/rise-and-shine-249/#comment-436706
Chat away 😉
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/07/27/chat-away-48/