Sunday:
ICT
3:10 PM (3:10 AM EST): The President arrives in Bangkok, Thailand
3:45: Visits Wat Pho Royal Monastery
5:0: Receives a Royal Audience with King Bhumibol Adulyadej
6:0: Arrives Thai Koo Fah Building and takes part in a formal welcoming ceremony
6:15: Meets with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of Thailand
7:10: The President and PM Shinawatra hold a joint press conference
8:15: Attends an official dinner with PM Shinawatra
9:45: Meets and greets with United States Embassy personnel
** Thailand is 12 hours ahead of US EST **
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Monday: The President travels to Burma where he will meet with President Thein Sein and Aung San Suu Kyi and deliver a speech to encourage Burma’s ongoing democratic transition.
In the evening, he will travel to Cambodia, where he will attend the East Asia Summit and meet with the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Tuesday: The President will remain in Cambodia for the East Asia Summit. In the evening, he will depart Cambodia en route Washington, DC.
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Wednesday morning: The President returns to Washington, DC. Later, he will pardon the National Thanksgiving Turkey at the White House and the First Family will participate in a service event in the Washington, DC area.
Thursday: The President will celebrate Thanksgiving at the White House. There are no public events scheduled.
Friday: The President has no public events scheduled. The First Lady will be presented with the official White House Christmas Tree at the North Portico.
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Thank you time-zone-calculating super-brainy-heads for the conversion help!
The Obama Diary 
HEY!
GB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah!!!! She’s in one of my favorite outfits with one of my favorite guys! 🙂
POTUS looks like he is singing his heart out.
They are the only couple on the dance floor!
Congrats on First, gb! Way to GO!!!!
Thanks!
Good for you.
Hey smooth.
Wooo! YES!!
Nice!
Great post Chips!! Looking forward to reports from this trip!
Barber (D) won AZ2 race against the teabagger…this is Gabby’s old seat:)
So happy to hear that desertflower!
YES!
Morning Chips and my TOD Family. (((((((((( Loving Hugs to my Chips.)))))))))))))HZ
Moooooooorning HZ!!!!
Morning, my special angel. Hope you are fine. Just got a great email from my beautiful brother. They are in Bangkok and he said. POTUS is there.!!! Now my prayers are double, double. We are going to be just fine. Lift me up as well. I was trying to keep my mouth shut, but when I just received my loving brother’s email,and I could not contain myself. Chips understands me. I got so excited. Two most precious men in my life occuping good spaces right now.((((((((( Surround them with the Highest Power and Angels of Protection, dear Almighty.)))))))))))))HZ
Keep our spirits high with nothing but good things
amen.
aloha oe~
Morning!!
Excellent, df.
It’s awake!
“It’s”…poor amk…we only tease the ones we love:)
Yes, it is. You can’t guess the time zone it is awake in.
Not mine? Am I close? 🙂
Good morning/afternoon/evening!
Hooray!
Excellent.
Chips, Bangkok is 12 hours ahead of US Eastern Time, so 3:10 PM in Bangkok is 3:10 AM here on the east coast!
Ah, thank you Rita! Even with the help of a world clock I couldn’t figure it out 😳
You’re welcome! It’s hard… here’s a good one: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
Good Morning Chips and TODville!
I. Cannot. Believe. that Chips and TODville took off for Thailand before checking to see if I’d even packed my luggage! Now, I’m fumbling around trying to decide what to even pack! Quick, what’s the weather like in that part of the world at this time of the year?
Sorry VC, we kept shouting at you to wake up but you didn’t stir. We’re half way there now, we’ll send a postcard – promise.
Grrrrr! I’m a light sleeper so I don’t buy that for a minute, Ms Chips. Sigh. Is there a later flight I can squeeze myself into? I really don’t take up a lot of space (at least in my own mind, I don’t). And, WHAT DO I WEAR/BRING? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE WEATHER’S LIKE THERE and I want to be properly dressed in case fortune smiles and I get a picture with the President.
Well VC, all I’ve brought are three suitcases of sunblocker – thanks for the warning Pamela:
😆
My very pale Irish niece sent me that one the other day – hilarious!
OMG! I didn’t see the one laying down! Hahahahaha!!!! Yeeeesh!!!
Me neither ….. and then I spotted her. About to send Pamela a rude email 😆
Holy smokes I didn’t see the other one until I went back and looked. My goodness…..that’s just scary. I’m like….umm..the sun is not your enemy.
OMG Me either….she does blend doesn’t she 🙂 🙂 🙂
Is that REEL or REAL…..the young lady behind the tanned one? Photoshop?
Wow….that is something else.
‘Is that REEL or REAL…..the young lady behind the tanned one? Photoshop?’ x 2
I missed her the first go around too. I can never tell these days, so I tend to cast a suspicious eye on every pic, which isn’t a good thing IMO.
Use your iPhone! Silly.
Yep. 12 hrs ahead.
Here’s a handy timezone converter.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
ohh, thank you sooo much! my son and dil moved to ethiopia, and i’m always scratching my head about what day it is there!
First let me say I pray the President and his people will have a safe and productive trip. Second I always look forward to the pardon of the turkey, can we name the turkey this year? Mitt Romney. And Friday the First Lady receiving the Christmas tree. And the Obama Family usually goes to some homeless shelter and hand out food. No photo-op like Paul Ryan and his family did when they went to the shelter and wash clean dishes.
Let’s see if Paul Ryan will go to a shelter and this time really do something. Like talk to the people, hand out food, or wash dirty dishes this time.
He is unfit to even clean the ‘restrooms’.
yes, won’t it be interesting to see how they behave, now that they’re not running for office? will myth hand out canned food? will lyin’ serve the hungry? and how about miss ann–she loves women, so she’ll be helping cook for homeless families, right?
We “fired” that turkey on Nov. 6, and shouldn’t really use his name any more – Ha! But I like your idea, otherwise.
truly sick of that name. anyway, we’re not pardoning that fellow just yet. he’s still transgressing, and not apologizing!
They are a day ahead of us, Chips. (+12 hours) So, PBO will arrive there at 3am our time. (yikes) Time to set our alarm clocks so we can follow him around the world! 😀
Sunday:
ICT
3:10 PM: The President arrives in Bangkok, Thailand —— 3:10am EST
3:45: Visits Wat Pho Royal Monastery —– 3:45am EST
5:0: Receives a Royal Audience with King Bhumibol Adulyadej —- 5:00am EST
6:0: Arrives Thai Koo Fah Building and takes part in a formal welcoming ceremony —- 6:00am EST
6:15: Meets with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of Thailand —- 6:15am EST
7:10: The President and PM Shinawatra hold a joint press conference —– 7:10am EST
8:15: Attends an official dinner with PM Shinawatra — 8:15am EST
9:45: Meets and greets with United States Embassy personnel —- 9:45 EST
Another super-brainy-head – thank you Collegekay!!
Beautiful Morning to my Chips. Hopeful that the foot is better. (((((( My loving and warm hands to you)))))
You take good care, okay. Love you so very much, Chips. Thank you for loving us. You lift this senior’s spirit everyday. Love you much.HZ
Raise your hand if you’re thinking seriously of staying up or gettting up at 3AM to look for footage of his arrival! 😀
*Raises hand*
I have work to get done anyway! 😀
Yes, me! It’ll be 12 AM on west coast 😉
I am usually up at around that time. CNN International would probably carry that.
Can you see mine raised? (Just checkin’.)
now in hawaii that would be……..let’s see, take away 5 time zones, add one day for crossing the date line, multiply by the square root of pi, measure in a full 2 drams of rum, dust with cinnamon, garnish with mint and voila!
Chips
Download this chameleon clock and it will install as the tray clock.
http://www.softshape.com/software/desktop/chamclock/features/
It can be set to show many time zones (you can even name them) just by hovering over the time icon.
Also. Too. Multiple alarms and reminders. Multiple skins etc. etc.
The betest free clock.
Ooooooh, excellent, thank you Amk!
Oh, wait, it’s only for Windows?? 😥
who makes shite for apple ?
😆
Don’t mind him Chips. Non-Apple users always bitch and moan while they secretly pine to be on the cool team.
(So true UT 😆 )
TeeHeeHee! So true, eh?
Aww…you mad bro? Still living in the dark ages with your Windows?
Dontcha mean, thank you, “it” ?
I do! Hearty thanks it!
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/usatoday/article/1710683
Women in House call Rice criticism sexist, racist
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WASHINGTON (AP) Republican senators’ angry criticism of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice over her initial account of the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya smacks of sexism and racism, a dozen female members of the House said Friday.
In unusually personal terms, the Democratic women lashed out at Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham who earlier this week called Rice unqualified and untrustworthy and promised to scuttle her nomination if President Barack Obama nominates her to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“All of the things they have disliked about things that have gone on in the administration, they have never called a male unqualified, not bright, not trustworthy,” said Rep. Marcia Fudge, the next chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus. “There is a clear sexism and racism that goes with these comments being made by unfortunately Sen. McCain and others.”
Correct. It goes without saying.
I’m just glad its starting to get some higher profile attention. Everyone’s favorite so-called Liberal cable station MSNBC won’t touch it with a ten foot poll because it will call into question their new favorite son Luke Russert for his sexist comment to Leader Pelosi. I wonder how Mika, Andrea Mitchell, Chris Jansing, Crystal Ball, MHP, Rachel and others over there really feel about this subject? I guess we will never know since they are not allowed to breach the subject for fear of criticizing Russert. Our media is doing this country such a disservice!
This rally by house women got very little, if any attention in the media, even on the “liberal” blogs. Maybe it would help if all of those “We are Women” in the Senate would come out and say something. They are all so proud of themselves, but need to stand up for Susan Rice, who has come under attack by their own fellow senators.
You would think the media would learn that people are more informed than they think and if they don’t provide the news we find it elsewhere, e.g., Robme believing he would win!
I think of Luke as a puppy getting his job before he deserved it and needing to be trained. If the journalistic world elevates him to equal status or higher due to his late Dad’s status that could be a parallel situation to Mitt thinking he deserved all the accolades without the hard knocks his Dad had to undergo then not relating with others.
So do I. Luke is a privileged little brat.
I found this.
Dozen House women defend Rice over Libya comments
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LIBYA_ATTACK_RICE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-11-16-11-05-32
Nobody’s gonna take the racism and sexism from these Republicans without calling it out from this point on (my hope and prayer).
also obamist. not a word? it should be–because rice and others are discriminated against and denigrated on the basis of their support for pbo.
Good morning Chips and TOD family. I am so looking forward to seeing all the pictures and videos of this trip. This is the best part of this family. We all travel with the President.
I pray for a safe and productive trip.
Morning mtmarilyn. Good to see you this morning. Hope all is well. Yes, we are the most travelling family in the world. And our travelling POTUS is just very elated to have us come along with him. He is so generous.
I love our intellectual family as well. I shared that with a few friends who are very important with POB, and they agreed. We do have visitors here when we least expect it. So let us be on our best behavior.
Mtmarilyn, I have my candles on and have done my prayers and meditations as well. We will stay strong together. He is in very good hands. We lift up with thougts of faith and prayers of faith. We love him and I love how Chips placed that photo at the beginning of this thread. He is joyful and happy with people who love him, have faith in him, support him with goodness within our hearts, and pray for him, and reach out to others with our joyful and grateful hearts to him others. That is a part of our beautiful POTUS.
We will carry on here with our beautiful Chips who keeps us tightly knitted as his family on this blog. It is a lovely rainy day on the coast, but so beautiful.
((((((((( Our hearts will be connected to our POTUS thoughout his trip.)))))))))))HZ
Good morning HZ! That is what is so beautiful about our family. We know who guides and supports our wonderful President. And we all are able to carry him in our hearts in our own personal and spiritual way. Thank you for being such a blessed person here.
So looking forward to this week.
Mtmarilyn, so beautiful stated. Yes, we are so blessed. I am so grateful for you and our beautiful Chips.HZ
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/republicans-disagree-with-romneys-language-not-his-policies/2012/11/16/50850b2c-3002-11e2-af17-67abba0676e2_blog.html
One last thing: Ignoring, for now, the fact that the Affordable Care Act provides benefits for all Americans — and not just African Americans and Latinos — there’s something odd about this line of criticism. Voters elect and support politicians to do things for them. There’s nothing illegitimate about the fact that Obama won by providing tangible benefits to people who needed them. And in fact, if elected president, this was Romney’s plan as well — large tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, who don’t need them but would like them all the same. That Romney doesn’t see those measures as “gifts” is a sign of how blinded he is by his class.
Off the fucking cliff. Wonder if they even KNOW that PBO EXPANDED their gun rights?
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/arizona-gun-store-no-obama-voters-allowed?ref=fpa
Morning DF. Thanks for the news about Gabby’s seat. Things are moving along for us. DF, you are so wonderful by keeping us up to date on the great articles. I always look forward to your information to keep us informed within our TOD family.
I hope you will enjoy your weekend and also get some rest. Thanks for being here for all of us, DF. You bring such joy, laughter, and intellect to my space. I am so grateful to you. (((((( Lots of HZ hugs)))))HZ
{{{{{Hugs for our HZ}}}}}}}}}} You’re welcome:)
Even with my salty language:)??
My dear and beautiful DF, what would be do with “salt” in our language and food. HZ can get there as well, but I know how my flesh can be. We still have an abundant of love and grace within us. We are much loved.
(((((((((((((((( Love you always, my dear angel))))))))))))))))))) and hope you will love me as well.HZ
Love you back:)
DF, I meant to say: What would we do without “salt” in our language and food. “abundance of love and grace within us. Still we are much loved.
We–e-ll……..
A little salt adds flavour. Hmmmm, tasty.
Magnificent!!!!
Woooooooooooot!!
Is there any hope left for Carmona to win the AZ Senate seat?
I was wondering the same thing – don’t know – would love to find some news on it and how many of the 450,000 ballots are lett to count in AZ.
He’s better than a Repub, but I take him with a grain of salt. He voted against Eric Holder in all that Fast and Furious nonsense.
Yuck.
Alright! VaHoo! I supported him a fair bit, no way did we want those people taking anything we have earned!
Serious question: Did PBO pull out MacKayla Maroney’s “not impressed” look at the budget negotiations yesterday? I certainly hope he did.
And Chelsea is killing me. Killing me I say. (Shut up, Chips.)
LOL!! I know nothing about Euro football, but something tells me Chips is Chelsea fan! 😀
No, she hates Chelsea, I love Chelsea. Chelsea has been in a bit of a bad spot lately, hence why they are killing me. And why she whipped out a dancing banana.
😯 Wash yer mouth out!
Ohhhh, okay. I stand corrected! Pardon my ignorance. My eyes glaze over when you guys start talkin soccer, so I’m a bit uninformed.
No insult intended. 😀
Insult taken Dudette, things will never be the same between us. NEVER!!!!!!!!
psst! Psst, Dudette! Over here! Here’s a tip from a good friend. Put this name in the back of your head ‘Manchester United’ or ‘Man U’ = Chips. (Chelsea = Utal, Tally, LL, and, I think, Amk. Or maybe Amk just likes any team that is not Man U – I’m not sure about this part.) You don’t want to get them confused and I’d suggest you tiptoe carefully AROUND once there is a game scheduled – YOU DON’T WANT TO GET IN THE MIDDLE as they can be quite
viciousterritorial! Personally, except once, I even hold my breath when I’m tiptoeing past in case I happen to say the wrong thing that triggers a sharp and swift reaction. Just saying as a good friend, you understand?Oh, wonderful, you’ve discovered gifs.
I promise LL, I’ll limit their use to days when Chelski lose, which ….. no, no. I’ll be good.
In my Cartman voice “Screw You Chips.” I’m going to make a Rooney doll and constantly pierce it so he FAILS.
Good day everyone!
#FORWARD
Hi Bob!!!
Hi dudette!!
I see Ms Chips has ‘discovered’ gifs 😀 😀 😀
I understand ORCA but you lost me with ‘LARP’D Narwhal”. I also got the “and won!” 😉
I hope that is true.
SP, are you doing a Chuck Grassley impression! LOL! 😀
http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user/LadyCabDriver/media/Barack%20Obama/283obamas.jpg.html
That is terrifer. 283 Obamas tall. Must be a building in Chicago. Sears Tower? Hancock Building?
I meant “terrific”!
if.
HELP! Why can’t I embed pictures?
No one can post images except Chips. You can put in a tweet and post the tweet, but that’s it. All we, as commenters, can post on Word Press is YouTube videos
YEah I can’t even post my own tweets. It has to be someone else’s tweet. Damn. 😦
You should be able to post your own tweets though. Go to the details page of the tweet. Then copy the URL and paste it here in your comment. That’s how I do it.
What’s your twitter handle?
WASSSSSUP O’s!!!!!! Another great getting up day in TODville once again. So nice that today I’m going to clear the brush in the lower 40 for the last time this year. I’m doing battle with a wayward squirrel who insists on wreaking havoc in my yard. That, plus I never did finish battening down the hatches.
I’m looking at catalogs for parachutes in case I get pushed off this cliff that everybody is talking about. I think I’ll go with Chartreuse. It matches my eyes.
LOL Maryl1!!!! That squirrel in my yard will end up as the Thanksgiving meal if it doesn’t leave my stuff alone. That thing pulled the stuffing out of my lawn furniture cushions. Damn yard rat.
😯
Good morning/Afternoon Todvile & the hostess with the mostest; Ms Chips
Chips could you re- post the twit pic of the sand artist who congratulated or welcomed (not sure what he said) President Obama. I tried to find it but couldn’t
Pleeeeeeeezeeeeeeeee
Here you go Relellit!
Ahhh, thanks Chips. It’s beautiful.
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks!
It is a lovely rainy day here in Southern California and beautiful snow up in our mountains.
Thanks everyone for the time zones for our trip with President Obama. Counting backwards then forward from the West Coast can be quite a dizzying chore 🙂
Good West Coast morning to you GGail. How are you. It is a beautiful rainy day in S. Cali., indeed. I love these morning. Cozy, candles, music, and my TOD family.
I hope you will have a great day as well, GGail. I am trying to crave out some time in my day to read my instruction books on my new iPhone from my brother for my birthday. Pray for me that I do not mess it up.
Joyful and beautiful day, GGail.(((((( Love you))))))HZ
Has anyone heard from Tally? Maybe I just missed her posting. ((((((( Love to you, Tally)))))))HZ
I meant carve and not crave. Well, it really is both. I have a craving to get it done right away with much excitement,, and I do need to carve some time out of the day to satisfy the craving. Eyes, brain, and hands need to come together for this little senior today.HZ
HZ, I love how current and relevant you are! It is such a joy to see you embarking on new adventures with joy and excitement. Enjoy your new birthday gift from your brother and know that you are loved by us all.
(((((((((( Love and Thank you GGail.))))))))))) HZ
Watch this, if I try to embed my own tweet – it doesn’t work. It only works with others tweets:
https://twitter.com/muttlikemeblog/status/269853602196107265
SEE? I told you. I can’t embed my own tweets. What am I doing wrong? AMK can embed his own tweets.
Your tweets are “protected” — I know that means I can’t follow you, must also prevent you from posting tweets.
Oh ok. thanks dudette
Here ya go! Best I could do with my limited Twitterology skills! 😀
Thanks but that’s not what I’m looking for. I want everyone to be able to SEE the pic in the tweet.
I just saw it, didn’t I?
Indeed squarepeg, our President is a giant over those cretins in the GOP/Tea Potty. They think they are such big men with so much power.
I like that one!
can you even SEE it or do you have to click the link to see the pic? I want you to be able to SEE the pic on the site in the tweet.
THIS IS STILL NOT WORKING! Please help. 😦
Cute. They look like stuffed animals.
You can see the pic? Did you have to click the link to see it? All I see is a link.
When photos are attached using third party widgets, like twitpic, they won’t upload when copied and pasted. The photo has to be uploaded directly using the native twitter widget and the link will be seen as pic.twitter
And it only took me, oh, about a year to figure that out, despite kind people like Meta repeatedly trying to explain it to me. Embarrassed? Heck, yes.
Well, I don’t really know how to put these complicated things into simple words sometimes. WHY WHY WHY does everything have to be so complicated??????!!!!
My hairdresser was telling me this story where somehow all the programming on his remote went kablueey and now he can’t even turn the freakin’ TV on. LOLz.
“and now he can’t even turn the freakin’ TV on. LOLz.”
Sheesh, how could any one be THAT stupid?
Scene from my house:
Smart move!
Had to click the link.
You know what this isn’t worth it I give up
Squarepeg, unprotect your tweets and all will be good!
Chips – I just posted a tweet from my other twitter account and that one IS unprotected, but I still cannnot see the pics. Can YOU see them? Or do you have to click the link to see them?
That’s because it’s a twitpic photo. It must be posted directly through twitter, not a client like twitpic.
For example:
THANK YOU, collegeKay!
I loved this pic although some seemed to be angered by it saying that she was showing disrespect towards the president. I have to disagree completely!
To me that is all about the Olympics notoriety when she didn’t get the gold she had that look on her face she was criticized for unsportsmanship behavior. She had explained she was disappointed in her performance. I could imagine PBO teasing her about it and wanting to have her give the look so he could copy it.
squarepeg, I’VE seen it! I said so up thread (or down, whatever). Am I completely unprotected? I mean, in all respects?
PBO’s birthday gift to boner. Very thoughtful and classy. However I’m guessing Rusty would prefer a gallon of Lord Calvert….
http://twitter.yfrog.com/odun7rggj
😆 I’ve got to tell you Magapie, the first time I clicked through there was nothing except a blank page with an arrow pointing backwards. So of course I concluded that’s what PBO gave him – nothing. I waited a bit and still nothing materialized so I left the page. 😆 I went back a bit later
to doublecheck.
Anderson Cooper Gets Heated With GOP Rep. Over Benghazi: ‘What You’re Saying Is Factually Not Correct’
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Well that didn’t work. Use this link to get to the video in the article: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/anderson-cooper-gets-heated-with-gop-rep-over-benghazi-what-youre-saying-is-factually-not-correct/
Anderson Cooper and TeaNN……were despicable during the Sept 11, 2012 attacks at the Benghazi, Libya Consulate. CNN went out of their way to make and gin up scandal for the Obama Administration. CNN even used the dead Ambassador’s diary without permission from his family. TeaNN rushed to judgement. The emboldened Fox who never needed any encouragement.
It’s a little too late. It;s a little too late. Cooper was at the front, charging and leading along with Erin Burnett, Wolf Blizter, etc. Only Soledad O’Brien…..will I give the benefit of the doubt.
TeaNN saw to inject politics and scandal when they did No Such thing when nearly 3K were killed in USA on 9-11-01.
well alrighty then…..just a post, not a resounding endorsement for CNN or the Cooper guy.
Thank you for posting it, cookemom. It is good to see that Cooper is finally trying to push back even if it is too little and too late. Rohrbacker made it pretty clear at the end that it was just what he thought from what he heard as he said he did not think it was likely the CIA got their info wrong. Pretty broad conclusion. I remember watching on tv all of those protests errupting all over the place due to the disrespectful online movie trailer. I could see how with all of those places having riots it could have been confused as motive in Benghazi. Actually, from what I have heard it could have been used as cover by Alkhada (my inventive spelling).
So, this exists: http://obamanotimpressed.tumblr.com/
That pic is gonna get a lot of life 🙂
LOL. I think I will superimpose that image on my emails to my IT Dept.
Better than the squirrel!
Where can one get this?
ok that cracked me up! 😀
https://twitter.com/muttlikemeblog/status/269860299866263552
YESSSSS! IT WORKED! tHANK AGAIN TO COLLEGE KAY!!
Hey, you did it! Yay!!!
YAY!
Ah, the preparation for the inauguration. Exactly 20 years after I was there with my family to attend the Bill Clinton first inaugural.
I am sooooo happy that this platform is being prepared for the greatest President ever!!!
I saw McKayla’s “not impressed” tweets a few days ago and the right took it as a negative toward the President. McKayla posted her tweet the day she went to the WH. All the right wing sites took it as a negative without the full context of her doing this with the President. Now, she didn’t do anything that I could see to push back on the negativity but here is her original tweet.
You be the judge:
I didn’t even think of that when I initially read her tweet. The thugs are grasping for straws, as usual.
It is called desperation….these righties. That is all they have got. Bitter, angry, and ugliness.
That’s so like them. They would use a young girl to further their own mean spirited agenda. I don’t think she should have done anything to counteract their insanity. I hadn’t even heard or read anything about them using that as a negative. Had she u\pushed back it would have given even more exposure to their nonsense. But that’s just me. I think they get way too much attention as it is.
You are right Cookemom. Politico was one of “those” sites that played it as a negative. http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/11/mckayla-maroney-not-impressed-with-obama-149696.html
I just saw that dkos has a diary up now about this very thing. I won’t post it but its the top rec’d diary over there right now.
Tweets are the ultimate shortcut communication. To respond without previous knowledge seems par for the course for the GOP. Just look at how utterly clueless they were about the election results.
Actually it was GOPOlitico that deliberately misrepresented the picture with false headlines – please read this diary from Old Orange. Her tweet was in reference to the pic in which she and the President both did the “not impressed face.”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/17/1162584/-Politico-Just-Made-Absolute-Fools-of-Themselves-Over-Obama
Yep! I just saw that diary at dkos. GOPOlitico is indeed one of the sites where I first read about the tweet.
As in she was “not impressed with him’? Did they notice him there beside her or is he completely invisible to them? Or maybe they are very concerned about her possibly disrespecting him? Ahahahahahahaha! Oh sorry, Lost control for a moment.
I saw that and the song Sugar…..I don’t know by whom…..from the 1960s popped into my head.
Oh Sugar, uhm, uhm, uhm, uhm….Oh Honey, Honey, You’re my candy girl…….I don’t know all the words.
‘women’s studies’ indeed.
LOL – thanks for a much needed laugh today!
I hope David Axelrod or someone from the President’s organization has already realized what they could accomplish – unprecedented actually – if they now leverage the campaign tools and databases to drive legislation and support for Executive Office, Judicial (including SCOTUS) appointments and more. Tried to crystallize the message in a tweet to David Axelrod. Harper Reed and the team he built could actually way extend what they accomplished if the the WH & DNC decided to leverage their resources and the impact it could have on the quality of our democracy and not just subsequent elections would be profound.
If they asked, they’d get very specific recommendations 🙂
#FORWARD
Hi Bobfr, I think the new tool that they are using is TheAction.org. They are asking us to sign up so we can receive information to act upon. I’ve signed up. Check it out. There is no more Dashboard.
I signed up, Gail, within an hour or so of when they announced it. Thank you.
They need to align the functionality of Dashboard, Call Tool & their Twitter blaster with legislative and judicial appointment and other objectives – and it would be the most powerful tool every deployed in support of participatory democracy. Hope someone listens.
#FORWARD
I did too Bobfr….right after the conference call with POTUS last week. And I agree – they would be wise to combine all of their resources for future successes. FORWARD!
Bobfr and GGail. This is good and needs to be spread all over. I am committed to bring forth information concerning POB’s judicial nominees to be voted on now. I received a notice calling for our help. POB just submitted to the Senate when they returned for the lame-duck session 7 judiciary nominees for the federal court system. Among the nominees are women, minorities, and LGBT judges that would bring much needed diversity to the federal judiciary. These are highly qualitied judges.
The Next Step for Us: Contact your Senators(202)224-3121. The next step is for these nominees to move through the Senate Confirmation process in a timely manner. The new nominees join 19 awaiting a vote in the Senate. There is nothing left to do, except Vote.
Our courtrooms stand empty. Throughout POB’s first term, a small minority in the Senate has waged a persistent campaign of obstruction to slow down the confirmation prcess and even deny highly qualified moninees. This has resulted in a judicial vacancy crisis with more than 100 vacancies nationwide including 33 deemed judicial emergencies where there aren’t enough judges to handle the caseloads.”
We can’t continue to allow such non-action from the Senate. Their efforts to obstruct this next 4 years will bring much hardship upon our nation and many individuls and their families. So please help me pass the word on and let us stay on this one. Write also to Senator Patrick Leahy who is such a great supporter of POB. He just need to hear from POB’s supporters and he will get on the floor and speak for us.
We can do this. This is so dear to my heart because it is so unfair to POB and to the people of this nation. Remember, great qualified judicial nominees are so important to all of us. Let us move FORWARD with our great president on this one. We Must Do This. Thanks so much TOD family. HZ
HZ, you are absolutely correct. We MUST keep the momentum going and stay pro-active, not reactionary. Encourage everyone you know to sign on to TheAction.org site.
FORWARD!
GGail and Bobfr, thanks for all that you do. We will together as you stated GGail and Bobfr do this.
I still hear ringing in my spirit President Obama saying in his speech Nov. 6, 2012, “And Together with your help and God’s grace We will Continue to Move FORWARD……” President Barack H. Obama,Nov. 6, 2012.HZ
Am right there with you, HZ, shoulder to shoulder and will be pressing the issue of having these nominees approved, asap.
#FORWARD Together
Gail — DASHBOARD is back!
Worth Sharing! – Did Anonymous stop Karl Rove from Stealing Ohio again?
We will likely never know, but what matters is that President Obama would have won without OH. 2012 was not 2004 and the numbers showed us why well before Election Day.
LOL, tunnel rats. Now we know why we got all those roving questions from the turd blossom about what went wrong!!!
Can you believe this?
Allen West saga continues: Recount under way this morning
Despite losing a court battle yesterday, Allen West got a break this morning as St. Lucie County has begun recounting more than 37,000 ballots cast in early voting in West’s race against Democrat Patrick Murphy.
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/
Floridians do not want him just read the comments on yahoo
http://news.yahoo.com/fla-vote-beyond-recount-range-west-wont-concede-202625806.html
That lunatic, slave- catching, tea- sucking bagger just will not go away. He belongs in the tunnel with the rest of the rats.
BTW, Polly, should have mentioned that if I were the hacker, I would have done precisely what those folk claim they did 😉
horrifying to think the integrity of our election system is dependent on the ethical orientation of hackers. the chilling point in the above video is when ‘anonymous’ says, well, now, what should we do?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021837998
Filibuster Reform Now Official – Reid Presents New Filibuster Rule
Chips, neat graphic in this tweet 🙂
That’s a gem Bob, retweeted with joy!!!
Great tweet, Bob! By the way, What was Bill Clinton’s margin of victory both 1992 and 1996, if you add the votes for GHW Bush with those of Ross Perot in 1992, and the votes of Bob Dole and Ross Perot in 1996? All I remember is that Clinton won slightly over 43% of the popular vote in 1992, and 49% of the popular vote when he was re-elected in 1996. This means that in three consecutive elections (1992, 1996, and 2000) the elected President did not win the majority of the popular votes.
Thank you nath. And, your memory is correct. #PBO along with Ike, FDR & Reagan are the only 20th/21st Century Presidents I’m aware to win more than 50% of the popular vote and #PBO is obviously the 1st Dem President to do it twice since FDR.
#FORWARD
If I am not mistaken, I think in the 20th Century, besides the three Presidents you listed (FDR, RR, and BO), Dwight Eisenhower was the fourth president to win more than 50% of the popular vote twice. I think Richard Nixon did too, although I am not sure about his first election in 1968. As far as I am concerned, President Eisenhower was the last sane Republican President.
Please disregard my comment and forgive me for reading you comment quickly and missing the fact that you already included “Ike” (Dwight Eisenhower) among the Presidents in the 20th-21st centuries who won more than 50% of the votes.
No problem, and I agree with you, Ike was the last ‘sane’ Republican President, nath!
THIS!THIS!THIS!THIS!THIS! The Grand Lie would be exposed for what it is. The biggest lie perpetuated on the American people for a generation to the great benefit of the few. This can not make the rounds enough!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021838403
Sure hope Chips features that picture!!
http://twitter.com/Our4thEstate/statuses/269868874483249152
Thanks so much, Bob:) We all know Nick Hanauer is absolutely right!
He sure is, df. For plutocrats it’s not just hoarding their money it’s maintaining such a vast differential with the bulk of the population that they Control. That’s what the plutocrats now know is under attack and we are just getting started. Long, long battle ahead but we succeeded on 6 Nov 2012 ensuring we have a leader and team up to the tasks.
#TrustBarack
Yes We Did
Never too soon! TRUTH!
BRILLIANCE!!!!
Wonder if PBO could have known what this would spawn…..BWWWAAAAAHHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!
he is that good.
It has begun. 😆
You know, when I posted that dancing banana earlier I asked myself: “Too early? Should I wait until after United trash Norwich?”
😳
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA…. YES! YES! YES! YES! Suck it Manchester United! SUCK IT!!!! You lost….you lost…you lost.
How’s that gloating treating you now Chips? Huh? Huh? You lost. You looooooooooooooost! In my best Nelson from The Simpsons voice: “HA. HA.”
Just an FYI for tweeters:
In twitter, when photos are attached using third party widgets, like twitpic or instagram, they won’t upload as an embedded image when copied and pasted.
In order to have the photo appear embedded in the tweet, the photo has to be uploaded directly using the native twitter widget. You can recognize the difference because the link will be seen as pic.twitter rather than twitpic or instagram.
Hope this helps.
Good read: http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/11/17/1203131/viewpoint-voters-rejected-the-gops-economic-vision/
Here are tweets I exchanged with Cousin Henry VIIIth yesterday. Moneygall is on its way to the inauguration in Jan 2013
Send our love to cousin Henry:) !!
Really cool, zizi!!! Thank you for sharing and all the best to Henry and his family!!
That is so cool, zizi. Thanks for the share. HZ
Russert still getting justifiably burned by Pelosi. Wonder what Luke’s mother, Vanity Fair writer, Maureen Orth felt about what her son said.
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/269880284542025728
Your tweet is funny to me, Edwina because I was tempted to add Luke R to my earlier response tweet but resisted the urge, and altered my message instead. I guess old Luke was really supposed to get that message so you got tapped on the shoulder to cover my disobedience. 😉
Actually, I debated myself because I didn’t want it to look like Speaker Pelosi had tweeted a message to Little Luke but ran out of space to make that clear in the tweet. Btw, last time I checked Russert’s twitter feed, he was still defending his questions, saying lots of journalists were patting him on the back. Usually I can brush off the stupid pundits but this one bothered me. a. lot.
I generally don’t check the feed of idjits as there are always so many others ready to tell them how smart they are and knowing myself, I might feel the need to add something to the dialogue and then get upset when they continue to be ‘blind’. However, Edwina, I may wander over there later or tomorrow as a research activity. 😉 Because I tend to take the path of least resistance, like water(?), their dumb comments or questions don’t usually bother me. IMO most American journalists have no nuance, or insight whatever, and once I’ve decided that not much they do or say surprise me. I don’t dance around when they say something true or ‘profound’ because from my experience those instances are rare. I also don’t get upset when they spout garbage because it’s often clear to me they are making up stuff. This works for me because I’m then able to stay on a more even keel for longer periods of time and my blood pressure stays under control. 😆
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2012/11/desperately-seeking-scandal.html
The fact that President Obama took the risk to go after bin Laden and has been so aggressive in his “war on al Qaeda” makes in laughable to think that he would use a terrorist incident to blatantly manipulate a story. That’s one of the reasons this one will never develop.
I have no doubt that when the Benghazi story fades, the Republicans will continue their quest. But when it comes to this President, they’ve got their work cut out for them.
With Obama, the perceived pattern of behavior that he carried with him into office was mostly positive. Being seen as a professorial type who stands above the fray hasn’t always endeared him to the public, but it hasn’t exactly set the stage for scandal either.
The USC v UCLA game is about to begin and it’s right in HZ’s backyard. Be safe out there today HZ!
U!! C!! L!! A!!! U-C-L-A fight fight fight!!
Hahahahaha – LL, I think I know which team you’re rooting for – Hahahahahaha!
My alma mater actually has a good team this year. Rose Bowl here we come!
LL, your alma mater has a very good and promising QB!!
LL, UCLA just drew first blood. They intercepted the Barkley ball and has scored a Touchdown on the first drive!
My son is now attending UCLA. My hubby got 2 free tickets from my next door neighbor, who has season tickets and couldn’t attend, so my son and him are attending today.
Lucky!
Hell, even I might watch Man Spew if this were to happen (shut up, Chips): Eric Cantona would like to be manager of Man United and this needs to happen.
Don’t. Want. To. Talk. About. Football. EVER. Again.
Oh, wait, what?? Did the Tasmanian Devils lose?! Sorry, I’m at work, doing librarian things. Must go see now! Tee-hee!
To think I loved you once…..
Here, this makes everyone feel better.
If it makes you feel any better, I look quite smashing in my ensemble today. No, that doesn’t change the fact that Man U lost to the Canaries, but I look good.
Are you in your UCLA colors today LL?
I am not, no, but I wear them in my heart.
I was going to post this, sent to me by Pamela in your honor:
But I’ve decided not to.
Awwwwww, I feel your love for LL Chipsticks…
GGail, I’m not flippin’ feeling it! I cannot BELIEVE he was cruel enough to mention my bunch lost, simply because I banana-danced about his bunch losing earlier today. The man has NO class.
Did you forget to take your pain medication Chipsticks???? 🙂
GGail, NO pain medication on earth could ease my sporty aches today. Tempted to put LL and UT in to pending until they fade. A bit.
OH NOOOOOOOOOO!
Aw, how cute! And it describes me to a tee!
Barber has been declared the winner for Gabby Giffords’ seat in AZ!!
I have seen Jimmy Carter’s grandson on shows concerning his help with the 2 big revelations about what Mitt Romney says behind closed doors. The first is he helped with getting the 47% tape out and the second is his getting out the phone conference audio with Mitt after the election. Both of those two audio or video tapes were important in revealing Mitt’s character.
GOP elected officials AND republicans within the government apparatus: WHO THE HELL is leaking information to Fox News??
I have to say I have my doubts about the accuracy of the information. That there was a CIA operation I believe it. That it is accurately described in those articles I’m not so sure. It could be distorted…. Just look at all the different “versions” we have heard from republicans about the hearings with Petraeus yesterday…
Penn Jillette is an annoying guy but this tell-all on Trump from his Celebrity Apprentice experience is hilarious: “his hair looks like cotton candy made from piss.”
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/269889616272842753
HA! This is the “egg on face” moment I spoke of earlier relating to the senile, ignoramous McCain. Watch and smile. Useless, vindictive POS.
I suggest the little lying weasel apologize to Dr. Rice, PBO,and the American people for his incompetence.
And then retire.
In their “infinite wisdom” the Republicans in AZ voted, once again, for him to represent this state. This can’t be over soon enough for me. I’m sick to death of my hard earned tax dollars going to pay for this man’s salary and getting stuff like this in return. He is SO past his time.
By the way, I think he’s damn near hyperventilating because he got found out. Tough to spin anymore when the truth comes out and you have to stand there and stuff the shit you were lobbing, back in your mouth!
I feel for you, DF, that this bitter and small man is going to represent your state for another four years. That’s why I was praying, and making small contribution, to help elect Dr. Carmona for you other Senate seat. The so called mainstream media created the McCain image as the so called reasonable Republican. The media bears a great deal of blame for unleashing this ignorant, petty, and vindictive man on the American people.
I keep forgetting he was actually elected and re-elected to spill his bile, and not just dumped in our laps. At least the previous R presidential candidate who shall remain nameless has now been pushed out of my mind as my most detested political figure and replaced with McCrazy. Oh, yeah, guess that wasn’t such an upgrade.
LMAO. Why is he so out of breathe?
He was indeed a touch breathless, I suspect if he’d had to speak for 30 seconds longer he would have fainted.
Hyperventilating … he knew as he was being confronted by those reporters that he would never live down the reality that is the horrible acts of slander toward Ambassador Rice & the President that he, Graham and other Republicans perpetrated. They used an attack on the United States of America and the death of four of our fine citizens to attempt to undermine the President.
The Petraeus testimony makes it clear how wrong they all were to do what they did including the fact that Republicans and staffers in the House blew the CIA’s cover and more in their dastardly partisan hack job of an ‘investigation.’
The guy has zero credibility. If he wants to have a legacy of zero honor he will fail to apologize.
Done.
#TrustBarack
This:) See my comment above:) how right you are.
Exactly … and he’s got a lot of stuffing to do!
Does the man suffer from PTSD ? And when CORNERED, he becomes ill? I’m wondering. Seriously.
Or vomited.
He looks like he’s about to cry. That Humble Pie has struck AGAIN!!!!!
I was noticing he was making breathing noises after every few words like he was laboring to get his breath to say this.
Today is the greatest day EVER. Why? Because Manchester United LOST. That’s right. They choked to Norwich City. Chipsticks was bragging throughout the thread and popping champagne prematurely.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA……..You all choked. You lost. You lost. Manchester United SUCKS. Your team S-U-C-K-S Chips. That’s what happens when Manchester United STEALS Chelsea’s win.
p.s. Manchester United SUCKS.
Excuse me, turd head. Your BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAing would be more effective if the Corrupt-Russian-Oligarch’s-Play-Thing hadn’t lost to the mighty West Brom today, so stick that in yer pipe and smoke it.
I’m curious – not that it changes anything, Ms Chips, but do either you or Utal PLAY soccer? Have you ever? Just curious.
I have played soccer. Chips….not so much. What with her whining about “spraining” her ankle. *cough cough*
Chips – it appears you are all alone on this blog with Manchester United, is that right? So much disrespect to you, wouldn’t you say. My gosh. If that’s the case that there’s no one else who will stand with you then out of concern for the underdog I was going to lend you support and be a fellow fan. Just so I knew something about your team I did a little research and realized that your team has that odious Wayne Rooney. Is that right!?? That can’t be right that you are rooting for this guy. 🙂 Of course that’s a bridge too far for me. But let me know if he ever leaves the team then I can maybe reconsider. 🙂
Exactly. Who in their right mind would support a team with Wayne “squirrel head” Rooney? 😀
As a person with ties to the North (my Lancashire relatives support Liverpool but still), I will stand with you, Chips, against the foes from the South.
Here’s an extra piece of evidence that may, or may not, help you as you reconsider FORUS50. It helped LL temper his previous Man U position by a wee bit.
Doesn’t matter. The point was that you were gloating about our loss and then WHAM! You got hit by Norwich. Man U couldn’t even score one goal. You guys had ZERO. Let me make that clear. Zero, Zilch, Nil, Nada….ZERO. Chelsea at least scored against West Brom.
p.s. Did I mention that Manchester United scored ZERO points? Bwhahahahahahaha. 😆
FOX faux Democrat Joe Trippi should address the chicken or egg question next. Someone needs to tell him the country and the world is always changing.
Wow … that may be the best comment I have ever read … the winds of change as Springsteen noted. And President Obama is a conduit for these winds of change. This is such a wonderful observation.
http://www.salon.com/2012/11/17/game_over_conservative_friend/ sad
Neeeeeeeeeew Chat Away post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/11/17/chat-away-78/
elizabeth warren’s email asks us to sign a petition for filibuster reform:
‘ On the first day of the new session in January, the Senate will have a unique opportunity to change the filibuster rule with a simple majority vote, rather than the normal two-thirds vote. The change can be modest: If someone objects to a bill or a nomination in the United States Senate, they should have to stand on the floor of the chamber and defend their opposition. No more ducking responsibility for bringing the work of this country to a dead stop. ‘
http://my.elizabethwarren.com/page/m/2852d509/4587c1cd/6bc50f9c/66b25532/1872808498/VEsE/
I signed my Senator Merkley’s petition so won’t sign another petition on the same thing. I hope it goes through.
This is basically bringing back the way filibusters were conducted in the past. I think It’s a good idea because in this media age those filibustering bills for frivolous reasons will be exposed.