Remember I was majestically kind enough earlier today (this post) to share with you one of my spectacular photos from the last inauguration?
Some of you were rude enough to refer to it as the ‘horse manure’ pic, which said a whole more about you than my masterly eye for a photograph.
Any way, I captioned it:
“Eat your heart out, Scout Tufankjian”
Some of you might be aware that I worship the ground Scout Tufankjian carries her cameras on (if you haven’t bought this book you should be ashamed), she’s the most brilliant photographer on planet earth – and did gorgeous work again on the 2012 campaign (I’ve posted lots of her photos, you can see more here)
So, where were we?
Yes, my ‘horse manure’ pic that SO many of you failed to appreciate?
Well.
Look what I just found in pending:
And yes, I checked, it’s HER!
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Scout Tufankjian? I LOVE you! 😆
The rest of you? Like Scout, please respect my horse manure pics in future, okay?
The Obama Diary 
Thank You Chips
Hey Chips, Thanks so much for all you have done for us with your blog.
As my mother used to say, “After the Lord Mayor’s show comes the Corporation muck cart!” Toilet win on quantity, but manure definitely wins on quality.
Hi you all. Congrats Chips on another amazing milestone.
Say, Chipsters, what are your plans concerning this WONDERFUL blog now that we have our man and his team back in office?
We keep on rolling, VL! 😉
Cool beans!
You got that right Chipsticks – we keep on rolling!!!!!! You CAN’T leave us for another 4 years!
A&**&&^^men!!!!!!!
YEAH!!! – we have four more years of seeing this beautiful, intelligent President in action…From the inauguration in 2013, to the WHCD in April, Easter Egg Roll, Memorial Day, July 4th, Holiday Season, and everything in between!!
We also have to work to help him get a better congress (more DEM house seats) in the 2014 midterms!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
THIS. We have to work like mad to help him get a better and more functional congress. The work has just begun and I am fired up!
You are absolutely right, UT! Here is what else we should do. We should identify GOP Representatives who barely won their seats and put pressure on them to support the President’s Agenda. If they refuse we must start organizing to defeat them in 2014. We should do the same with GOP U.S. Senators up for re-election in states President Obama won. No more playing nice with these bastards.
So glad you are keeping on otherwise I would not know what to do with my time. THANK YOU!
That palamino is GORGEOUS. That’s all I see. I can haz?
love you babe!
Now see everyone? Tally knows art when she spots it. But she IS a fellow artist, so she knows about these things.
That reminds me. I had the very good fortune to visit Australia a few years back and fell in love with Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly paintings. So, I bought this print:
My mother’s response?
“For feck sake, that’s a horse’s arse.”
See? Some people just cannot appreciate art.
And I like think of myself as the Sidney Nolan of photography. 😕
I think your mother is right… /ducking and dashing
Banned! 😆
Cruel and unusual punishment! Your mother would defend me, I’m sure.. 😉
Theo and my Mam v Me – that’s an artistic battle I will NEVER win! 😆
I knew we could work this out… 🙂
So…. Nolan is saying Ned Kelly was a Block Head that air can pass thru? I don’t know much about Kelly, other than Heath Ledger played him and he was an Aussie outlaw…. Other than that I love the colors.
Oh, and that book of Scout’s you recommended? Just purchased. $1.42 – wat?
I ONLY noticed the beautiful rider and his horse, not the manure shovelers (yeah I am sorta brown-noising). In all seriousness all the pictures you post are lovely and amazing. I wish you will do a book , Chronicling The Obama Diary. I and many here will surely buy it.
Don’t know if this has been posted already but..
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-jared-loughner-20121109,0,2771037.story
Jared Lee Loughner Sentenced to Life for Tucson Shootings…
My dear Chipsticks…..I love you for many reasons……photography ain’t one of the reasons 🙂
Congratulations Chipsticks for tolerating us – 15 million hits!!!!! I remember when we celebrated 2 million – who knew?!!!!!!
“Photography ain’t one of the reasons”
GGail!!
Two words:
Scout Tufankjian
Now, apologize!
hahahahaha! – I’m gonna be quiet because I see that she reads TOD too 😆
Exactly. And she quite clearly appreciates my eye for a pic, so have some respect, GGail. 😎
🙂 *laughs quietly*
Sad thing is that they now make ‘rump’ sack for horses that hang in back and catch the poop. They used to use ’em in Chi-town on the tourist type carriages.
I think you need to send Willard a shipment of horse rump sacks as a holiday gift.
Naw. He needs a shovel and the exercise. 🙂
LMAO!!
I received the Thank You email and vid from Jim Messina and President Obama. It brought tears to my eyes when he choked up because he was saying more with his heart than his words.
I do so love and respect that man named Barack H. Obama, President of the United States. May God continue to bless him and those around him.
{{{{Hugs}}}}
Well, Chips, if your artistry is appreciated by Scout Tufankjian then who are we to laugh – though I wonder if she was more impressed with the comedic narrative that accompanied the photos 😉
Thanks dear, you are just soooooooooooooo much fun!!!
Great news about TOD being in #FORWARD gear …. peddle to the metal …. Let’s Get Stuff DONE!!!
#TrustBarack
Yes We Did
Bobfr – I’m still laughing quietly!
Me too, Gail 😀 😀 (not so quietly)
“I wonder if she was more impressed with the comedic narrative that accompanied the photos”
Scout? Are you out there? Please come back and confirm to Bob that it was the photographic brilliance of the shot that prompted you to comment. Thank you.
Uh oh…..I think it’s my bedtime…..
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Y’all know I’m a flitter. I flit in and fllt out. I skim the comments haphazardly. I miss some posts entirely. AADD!!! (I suck?)
Plus…mmmm…. 8-5 worker like most of us, 11 year old, lotso honey-dos….well we all have our fun!! So, forgive this question if it’s way, way, WAY behind the curve: Is there a TOD meet-up plan for the Inauguration?
Ok.
You always had a knack for ‘capturing the moment’, Chips. 🙂
Splat ….
😀 😀 😀
Behave you guys!!!! I’m trying to stop laughing, hahahahahaha!!!!!!!
Thanks Amk, I know.
Now, WHERE IS MY MONEY ?
Oh, I got the money alright. 🙂
“FIRED UP …..
…. so cool! Can’t wait to see the video of the show once it’s posted.
…. READY TO GO”
Chips, I do wish to thank you for keeping me sane the past two years. You have had a tremendous impact on so many and have allowed us (me) to keep a positive attitude. As I read the posts I am encouraged by all of the supporters who give their all for this miraculous human being, President Barack Obama. I learn so much from other’s posts, not just facts, but different cultures, religions and beliefs. All are accepted here and it is wonderful. Just as he says, out of many we are one. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Hi #TOD Family..!! **Waving** 😀 ..feels good to hang out with the winners & cool kids.
Hi ya, rock. Long time, no see.
good to see u Amk..!!
Same here, tiger.
Hey, Rock, so good to see you!!! What a great team we have. Thanks for ALL your support of President Obama.
Thanks For All your hard work my friend 😀
Rock!!!!
You LEGEND!!!!
**BIG HUGS** I had soo much fun spreading the word about your amazing site all over the interwebz..!!
Hi Rock *waving back*!!!!
Heeeey GGail **BIG SMILE** 😀
Thanks or all your great tweets Rock!!!!!
It was my pleasure..!! We fought the Media & WON..!! 😀
Thanks Rock for your awesome tweeting! Now we have four years to support the changes still to be made.
We run these tweeter streetz…hehe 😆
Rock – Thanks for all of your wonderful tweets!
Hey Rock. Good to see you here. We did it but we are not done yet. Hope you stay with us.
Hi Jackie..Im having too much fun to stop now… Fired Up..!! Ready to go..!!! 😀
rock! w00t! 😀
Woohoo! RockSTAR!! 🙂
Watched Barack video three times in the last 30 minutes, and I can’t stop crying. I didn’t cry like this even on election night. I’m a complete mess now.
Did you sleep at all, bwd ? If not, look at Chips’ brilliance above. That oughta put you to sleep immediately.
I heard that, hedgehog face.
Beg to differ. Hedgehogs don’t have lovely long blond hair. Ha.
LOL. That was quick.
YUCK! Please file this pic with Mankini
WORD!
lol..!! 😆
Oh BWD, you are not alone. Letting the tears roll….that is a tension reliever. It is essential and needed. It lessen the burden and the tightness. At least that what I told myself.
Thank you for all you have done.
You and Chips made my world a lot easier.
Would be restarting your blog more actively soon?
Hiya BWD, beautiful as it is, I honestly could barely watch it once – it tipped me over the edge!
I am with both BWD and you..
15 million!!! Congratulations Chips. We salute you for reaching this awesome milestone.
Thank you P!!!!!
Ok, and I am ZEUS!
I am Mona Lisa.
Next, Boehner would call himself, JOB….from the Bible?
Or, Perhaps Lucifer is more suitable?
I agree with you Jovie.
He is Jonah.
LOL
If Boner is the most reasonable person in WA DC than I am Jesus Christ and I am a black woman. GOP still telling lies to the american people.
ACCORDING TO SPEAKER BOEHNER; UP IS DOWN, BLACK IS WHITE, AND 2=2 = 5
And there in lies the problem. The mainstream media should be laughing in his face. Clearly they all have Romnesia if they don’t remember that Boehner and Cantor obstructed everything President Obama tried to do for four years. Speaker Boehner is the poster child for obstructing and blocking legislation. So how is it possible for him to make such an inane statement and the media just reports it as if it makes all the sense in the world. The media took too long to call out Romney for lying. And they are still handling Speaker Boehner with kid gloves. We all know why the the unemployment number is not lower. It’s precisely because Speaker Boehner WAS NOT REASONABLE as he claims. He was being led around by the nose by the Tea Party and Grover Norquist and doing their bidding. Any reporter who reports on this ridiculous comment from Speaker Boehner without cracking up and laughing in his face should be ashamed of themselves. Somebody needs to challenge Boehner on this silly declaration. As Harry Reid would say, Poppycock.
Ha!!! Comedy!!
GROVER NORQUIST IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CURRENT POLITICAL GRIDLOCK AND DYSFUNCTION.
Who Elected This Guy?
By Judah Ginsberg
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Who elected Grover Norquist? Did you vote for him for anything? No, you did not.
It’s not that you chose someone else over Grover Norquist. It’s that you never had a chance to vote for him or against him.
Grover Norquist never runs for office. Yet he is arguably the most powerful man in America.
Norquist owes his power to his position as head of Americans for Tax Reform, an organization that claims 238 members of the House of Representatives and 41 Senators, the vast majority of them Republicans, have signed his pledge to oppose any attempt to increase taxes, whether marginal rates or the elimination of deductions unless matched by a corresponding decrease in tax rates.
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Norquist started pushing his no-tax pledge about 25 years ago, and he has been very successful. So successful that he more than anyone else is responsible for gridlock in Washington. OK, perhaps Newt Gingrich is as responsible as Norquist for the current political dysfunction.
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http://judahginsberg.com/?p=2678
Dear Chips, thank you for all of your hard work, love, sacrifices…….but most of all helping to keep me sane.
I am looking forward to spending time here with all of these wonderful people and you as we stand, support and appreciate our President.
Thank you.
Thank YOU LDS, we’ve only just begun!
Yes, because we have a country to continue rebuilding …. and we CAN and we WILL!
Sooooo, Chips, would you consider putting together a calendar or maybe several different ones like
One with just our Beloved President (please include the picture where he is smiling in the rain)
One with the entire Obama family
One with just Barack and Michelle
One with just the First Daughters
One with Bo
One with Barack and Joe
One with the Bidens-Joe and Jill
I would buy at least 2 of each
Just a little bug I am dropping in your ear.
60 with just Michelle
As Jodi Kantor would say: Hmmm…. 🙂 🙂
OMG! In contrast to our beloved PBO and the way he believes in his campaign staff and volunteers, here’s what happened to the Mittens staff on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning: http://www.forbes.com/sites/helaineolen/2012/11/08/mitt-romneys-campaign-cancels-staffers-credit-cards-in-the-middle-of-the-night/
We had no idea just exactly how BAD he would have been for our country and I had him pretty high up there. Can you imagine doing this to your staff on election night after they’ve been killing themselves for you????? F…ing unbelieveable!!!!!!
Fuck the help. The story of that fucker’s life. murka just dodged a bullet.
Pay attention America – this is the REAL Mitt Romney!
15,000,000th?
Drat, too late…….sigh
Congrats Chips Chica
Ha, no worries Cookemom, I missed the moment too – of course 😳
I remember when you hit 1,000,000,000. This is so great to be a member here. You are the best, Chips!!!
me 2.
Okay,
I hope you set it up so that Scout doesn’t have to be in pending in the future. And maybe she read my tribute and went directly to POTUS with it. That would save me postage.
Japa, Scout is free to comment any time at all, I’m always thrilled to hear from fellow photography maestros. Replied to your lovely message in the last post, thank you again.
Cool, chips! Talented photographer recognizing an emerging talent such as yourself!
No mention of your brilliant capture of the porta potty lineup?
Thanks Dotster. It was good to have my brilliance acknowledged by a fellow genius. I’m just guessing she was really busy and didn’t have time to praise my potty pics, hopefully she’ll return soon to do just that. I just hope she doesn’t feel a little inadequate after viewing my gallery, I’d guess she’s never taken photos like them 😎
Now I REALLY must go to bed before I get banned from my one and only blog (rolling on the floor laughing)
Your “gallery”——hahahahahaha!
Excuse me??
(in bed, pulling covers over my face)
ROFPMSL – Chips thanks for the laughs. Nice respite after watching the POTUS’ ‘thank you’ video. Didn’t know ‘portaloos’ came is different colours – thanks for the ‘edumacation’
I am off to my breakfast. But before I go,
WHERE IS MY MONEY, CHIPS?
Oh crikey yes, need to check email. Like, now.
Found it! Lisa has made a donation to the Red Cross for ya after your Florida bet. She also sent me a link to an e-card for you, but I have absolutely no clue how to post it here without revealing your addresses. Can I pass on your email addresses to each other?
Excellent. Just forward that link to me by email.
Will do.
Dankesan.
Okay, I think I did it …. if it doesn’t arrive before Sasha Obama’s inauguration, let me know. 😕
Got it. Loved it. Thanks a bunch.
Leeesa!!!! Love you. You are a true sport
Will post a pic of it here later.
If you have his, just forward the link to him via copy and paste.
Steve King says he will re introduce a balanced budget amendment.
Again?
I hope this is not going to be a repeat of the last congress?
I think THE Stephen King could write one of his great horror novels with this Steve King as the main horror.
Agree—–he’s scary, alright. That was one of my big disappointments—–that Christie Vilsack wasn’t able to dispose of that nutjob.
The Obama Campaign Turned Out Voters Republicans Didn’t Know Existed
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-obama-won-2012-11#ixzz2Bh2pzo6Q
Chips, I need to tell you how much I love your photo!!!!
My horse manure photo, Marilyn? You are a woman of exceptional taste!
I believe that is a Montana horse so that is great manure.
hey, my husband points out, james taylor and himself are old white men, and they love the president. it’s just a-holes in that book. that’s the constituency: a-holes.
My bud watching PBO’s speech said same thing — look at all those happy white people waving at the President. Republicans are some stupid racist fucks. (My closest friends have potty mouths just like me) 🙂
Coming up on Lawrence O’Donnel – the lady who coined “Fired up ready to go”.
Congratulations on the horse manure acknowledgement, Chips – well deserved!
Thanks Theo, I’m just relieved my genius has been recognized – about time too.
And on such a worthy topic, too! 😉
Chips as one of your biggest Jamaican fans, I salute you, your hard work, your dedication – to get up everyday and post “rise and shine” and find awesome stories about our President. I look FORWARD to the continuation of your blog.
Thank you also, for your wondrous and devoted service to the cause.
Chips, I hope you saw this http://theobamadiary.com/2012/11/08/thank-you-9/#comment-558663
Am going to put some energy into rejecting any characterization of our President as ‘aloof,’ ‘arrogant,’ etc and that video of him with his staffers along with his final campaign speech in Iowa on Monday are going to be very useful tools in that effort.
#TrustBarack
Yes We Did
http://www.barackobama.com/thank-you-07-ovf I went in to this site after reading a Thank You for Your Support email from OFA. I decided I am going to stay way up on the list of supporters for PBO, so made a small donation; and now my name and email are fresh and tuned up for the next stage! Come on, all o’ y’all, shall we show PBO what TOD is all about? 🙂
Done, Pamela. Thank you for the heads up. BTW, the link you provided is actually their TY to you 🙂
Everyone – what is just so cool about the http://www.barackobama.com page now is that it starts with “The Next Chapter Begins Today – Stand with President Obama”!!!!!
Game on!!!
Yes We Can
Thank you, bobfr, I had a feeling I did something amiss, setting out the last link, but I very much appreciate you clearing it up! I meandered along inside an email from info@barackobama.com, when I saw the original link, followed it, and came out on the other side! Or maybe it was The Far Side! There is so much more to be done, PBO has said this all along. I intend to walk beside him the entire way! Thanks again!
Watching LO and Edith Childs…the original Fired Up Ready To Go lady. She seems really shy on teevee or maybe she’s just tired, exhausted, but she is very humble….doing what she had to do.
I am choking up AT WORK watching the video of the President crying at the Chicago HQ. Just OMG…why does this man get so much hate?! He has FEELINGS. Give me a President with FEELINGS.
They have not begun to leverage the power of the millions of @BarackObama twitter followers. Now is the time to organize that force because we have major battles ahead – and we can win them, TOGETHER.
Yes We Can
A little dose of irony 🙂
Teh Karma
In the richest, Massachusetts’ Nantucket County, where average annual household income is over $137,000, Obama won by 63 percent to Romney’s 36 percent with all precincts reporting. The richest county in Romney’s home state is also where, just prior to accepting the Republican nomination, the former Massachusetts governor held a $75,000-per-person dinner fundraiser.
ooooohhh! is that the one where the 47% video was taken? karma sure does like a joke!!
No, Susanne. The 47% video was recorded in a mansion in Boca Raton owned by a total puerile dude name Mark Leder.
Even Piers Morgan was completely moved by our President’s emotional video. He opened his CNN show with the video this evening. And posted several tweets about it. This is just one of them.
I don’t like this self righteous ass!
He’s not one of my favorites either – which makes this even more interesting
Can’t STAND him.
Great manure photo, Chipsticks! I laughed when I read your words because this has always been one of my favorite Scout Tufankjian photos- http://www.scouttufankjian.com/#/images-from-the-barack-obama-campaign/mississippi-to-pennsylvania/Obama-331
And how cool is that she read your site and left a comment?!
(thanks to you and all here for helping to keep me sane over the last few months!)
Breathtakingly AWESOME!!! 😀
Ok, this is your friendly neighborhood librarian / book geek / tech geek / music geek speaking, with a recommendation. There are far worse ways to spend 45 minutes than listening to Young the Giant’s self-titled album. I bring this up because I’m watching them right now on Palladia, and I’m shimmying.
OMG, Chips!! I’ve absolutely adored Scout’s photos ever since I laid eyes on her earlier work during the primary. She has an eye for emotional content that is just electric. I’m so stoked that she contacted you!!!! Wow, what a bonus!! She and Callie Shell and Pete really have given us a precious piece of history. BRAVA!!!!
It’s hilarious Meta, I always loved her, now her sense of humor makes me love her EVEN more!!!
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/11/08/what-a-journey-2/
Your photographic work appreciated by a
mastermaestrA? Wow! Just wow, Chica! I’m happy for you! And speechless. 😀 😀Forgive me please Chips. I was so distracted by the loo pictures that I failed to appreciate the warm moistness of the horse deposit picture. I agree, it is a stunner and has a place in the collage with the other loo pics. When will the book come out?
It was definitely the artistic brilliance that prompted my comment! Also, I’m a huge fan of your site! Sorry for the late reply, but this morning was my first chance to get more than two hours of sleep in at least a week and I took full advantage.
Bob? BOB? Did you read this?? Thank you Scout – maybe my pics will get some respect around here now 🙂 Rest well, and thank you from all of us for so many wonderful images from the campaign. I hope there’ll be a book?
Okay, how cool is that that Scout follows TOD!! Congratulations!!!