First Lady Michelle Obama greets David Hall, one of eight Citizen Co-Chairs for the Inauguration, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Jan. 17, 2013 (Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
President Barack Obama meets with senior advisors in the Oval Office, Saturday, Dec. 29 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet members of the military and their families during Christmas dinner at Anderson Hall on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Dec. 25, 2012. (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama talks with Vice President Joe Biden and Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President and Director of Legislative Affairs, in the Oval Office, Sunday, Dec. 30 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama listen to the Seneca Valley High School Chamber Choir in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House following a holiday reception, Dec. 5 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michele Obama talk with the 2012 Kennedy Center Honorees in the Blue Room of the White House prior to a reception in the East Room, Dec. 2, 2012. Honorees, from left, are: Chicago bluesman Buddy Guy, Led Zeppelin keyboardist and bassist John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, ballerina Natalia Makarova, actor Dustin Hoffman, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, and television comedian David Letterman (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama attends a Sandy Hook interfaith vigil at Newtown High School in Newtown, Conn., Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama walks along the Colonnade of the White House, Dec. 12, 2012. (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Love the bangs!
Congratulations, carolmaewy! And you typed in three whole words!
So eloquent of me, huh?
She alwys looked great in long, wispy, side-swept bangs. This one is from 2009 when she stunned at the NATO conference in Baden-Baden. The black Alaia dress was hot and she sizzled!!!
http://michelleostyle.blogspot.com/2009/04/michelle-obama-brings-drama-in-black.html#!/2009/04/michelle-obama-brings-drama-in-black.html
Sexy, yet so sweet and classy!!! She ROCKS!!!
I’m late to the new thread – but that is one gorgeous first lady – what a wonderful picture of a wonderful lady
Thanks for the link.
I remember this dress and her side-swept bangs. I gasped when she stepped out with Pres. Obama. Gorgeous.
Evening all!
Is everyone at the First Lady’s birthday party? How is the cake? Send me a piece of cake please. I love all the photos. Thanks Chips.
Is chocolate ok?
Yes, thank you.
Mmmmmmmm…. I know what I’m having for dessert tonight. 🙂
beautiful, meta! i bet that’s one of your fabulous concoctions– wish the whole tod ohana could present that slice to our beloved first lady!
Wouldn’t that be the best fun, EVAH??!!
Oh meta – this is the best chocolate cake I’ve had in decades! Please make another one – Dudette, Carol, susanne and I finished the entire 10-inch cake between the four of us 🙂
Dang itI keep trying to “Favorite” this, but Twitter will only let me do it ONCE!! 😀 😀 😀
Hopefruit and Dudette, settle down!!
But it’s ch-ch-ch-choooocolaaaate!!!!!
Well, you do have a point…….
Hi Mary1. How are you?
I am just fine, thank you! Finishing up reheated spaghetti and facing a mountain of paperwork! And happy to be alive in the Age of Obama! How about yourself?
Hanging on. This bug with the cough is wearing on me.
One of my colleagues at work still has the cough. He said he read that it averages 18 days. Hang on……it will be over!!!
About 10 days to go. 😦
I hear that! I caught the bug the week before Christmas and I’m still coughing (but not as much). And perhaps not eloquent, but certainly fast-fingered! I’m lucky to get in a Hi! before being pipped at the post!
Marvelous. Especially adore the choir photo in the turquoise blue room. So sweet. I can hear music and see those kids’ pride and joy to be there and be really seen and heard by these two magnificent leaders.
First Lady looks simply gorgeous!
I tell ya! Just when I thought Michelle Obama couldn’t get any more amazing looking..she blows my socks off!! She looks MARRRRRVELOUS!
Indeed!
Is it wine-thirty yet? 😉
Somewhere. 😉
LOLz. It any time you want it to be, Pamela!!
It’s time 🙂
In Cali it’s wine time…….cheers df.
Ms. Evers-Williams is awesomeness defined. She was on Al’s show.
Bumped into another today’s b-day person, The Greatest Ali, a few years back & he was one of the loveliest people I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. Keep on floating like a butterfly, stinging like a bee, Mr. Ali!
On a totally light note: Scandal is on tonight!
WORD!
I’m excited to see Fitz magically heal and rise from his sick bed! And Huck! Our crazy Huck!
Oh that’s right. I’m at least two episodes behind. Eeek!
And Suitsseason premiere comes on at the same time!!!
Dudette, how could you?!! 2 episodes behind? Where they do that at ? You need to catch up honey!!! It’s a must!!!
I know. Life honey. Everythings drops on you at once. Just made arrangements today to have two wisdom teeth yanked out of my head next Friday. If it ain’t one thing it’s another. [sigh!]
Yeah, I understand!! Fortunately, life has been allowing me to sit in front of my tv on Thursday @ 9pm. Wisdom teeth pulled!!! I heard that is hell!! Hopefully, the pain meds will have you in la la land. What’s the age those things should start growing in because I don’t have any yet.
Whatever “the age” is, I’m way past it. Everyone I mention it too says,” oh wow, you just now getting that done? I had mine out long ago.” Whatever. They didn’t start bothering me until now. So I’m special. Probably means it’ll be that much more difficult to yank ’em. Torture table for 1.
😦
Michelle
Michelle looks beautiful.
Date night for FLOTUS’ birthday is a Cafe Milano in DC. We can’t be with them in person, but, thank goodness for the interwebs, we can check out the restaurant. 😀
http://www.cafemilano.net/
Nice!!! 🙂
Click on the News & Video link to see a video interview of Owner Franco Nuschese.
I was actually salivating…..they’ll have a wonderful dinner:)
Fixed this to include FLOTUS’ new twitter handle and Betty’s. 🙂
No wonder Bo took to her…..besides being an animal lover.
Go on wid yo bad ass sista’. 😀
Oh, she is the most phenomenal person. One of my close friends studied with her in a master’s program at UT-A many years ago. I really looked up to her and cherish the archival footage we have to celebrate her life.
Now that’s a class I would’ve paid serious attention to. 🙂
One of my Sheros! I used to cut school, take the train to DC and follow her and Shirley Chisholm all over the Hill.
Wow! Wish I could’ve been with you. She was One of a Kind!
Thanks Dudette for sharing this! Barbara Jordan was such a powerful force in the Country. She inspired so many young people during my time. Her 1976 Keynote speech at the Democratic Convention that nominated Jimmy Carter was, in my opinion, as good and as powerful as PBO’s 2004 keynote speech at the Democratic Convention that nominated John Kerry.
First political speech I ever watched. She made an impression on me. 🙂
Wow 9t9 you’re on a roll this evening. Talk about fired up!
Ready To Go! 🙂
Ain’t it funky now!
Oh, Dudette. I saw wish her voice were back on the national scene. She could speak and hold an audience like no one except President Obama. And she always spoke truth. I loved her.
I feel the same way about them both.
You Trekkie you!!! 🙂
Yep, that’s me! #LLAP Baby! 🙂
Ha ha! GMTA! I was hunting for that same picture to post. Had to switch it up when I saw yours. 😀
Forgot to warn you: Just skip on by #18 in the gallery, clearly not for faint of heart or weak of stomach.
More birthdays….
Ouchie!
Ooooooh, love it!!!!!
You might like this one, too!
Mackey is a fraud…all he cares about is his millions!
Indeed…
Awful, awful man…
Greedy nut bag…
Found this too while I was looking for the above movie clip. Had no idea he was THIS cool…
Do you remember Jim Carrey on “In Living Color”.
I certainly do..he was very funny 🙂
He was indeed funny.
That was such a great comedy show….half hour was toooooo short. Many great actors came out of that show Jamie Foxx, Jim Carey, all the Wayans, David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson, Jennifer Lopez, just to name a few.
Indeed I do. Chips, you still out there? 🙂
I’m here! But worried I’ll turn in to a Trekkie at midnight 😳
Oh God.
😀
Love the photos, Chips!!!!
Forgive me for being a pest, but everyone (lurkers included) really do need to read:
http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/Bogus2.htm
THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT
Here’s a little tidbit of deconstructing the MYTH of the ‘militia’ and gun ownership in pre-revolutionary, revolutionary & post-revolutionary America …
“Most militiamen were not even good shots.[168] We think of men as having grown up with guns in colonial America.[169] We assume they were sharpshooters by necessity. Did not men have to become proficient with muskets to protect themselves from ruffians and Indians or to hunt to put food on the table? Contrary to myth, the answer, in the main, is no. In reality, few Americans owned guns.[170] When Michael A. Bellesiles reviewed more than a thousand probate records from frontier areas of northern New England and western Pennsylvania for the years 1765 to 1790, he found that although the records were so detailed that they listed items as small as broken cups, only fourteen percent of the household inventories included firearms and [Page 342] fifty-three percent of those guns were listed as not working.[171] In addition, few Americans hunted. Bellesiles writes: “From the time of the earliest colonial settlements, frontier families had relied on Indians or professional hunters for wild game, and the colonial assemblies regulated all forms of hunting, as did Britain’s Parliament.”[172]”
#NowIsTheTime
Yes We Can
Short version 🙂 http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery
Thank you df. The full essay is pure gold. Hope everyone reads it.
Interesting, Bob. Guns were probably too expensive for most people to own. So if early Americans didn’t hunt, where did our vaunted hunting culture come from? Wouldn’t hunting as sport have been elitist, something imported from the higher ranks of European society?
Hunting, for hundreds of years, was strictly regulated in England – and limited to Kings & rich folk. Even in Colonial America, hunting was regulated and largely the work of professionals.
An effort to strip away all the myths is long over due. Bogus’ Law Review article does a spectacular job of providing screen writers plenty of substance for what could be a very entertaining deconstruction of a vast edifice of MYTH.
Education remains the most potent tool for civilization building.
#FORWARD
Core …
“The fundamental problem with the view that the Second Amendment mandates a universal militia is the Constitution itself. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution provides that Congress has the power to organize the militia. Some of the Founders may have believed in a universal militia, but in their collective wisdom they ultimately decided not to write an immutable definition of the militia into the Constitution. When Madison referred to “the militia” in the Second Amendment, he knew full well the term was already defined in the main body of the Constitution, and we must presume the members of the First Congress and the state legislatures knew this as well. Nothing in the Second Amendment changed Article I, Section 8. Indeed, Madison himself said that nothing in the Bill of Rights altered the Constitution. We cannot give “militia” a different meaning in the Second Amendment than that expressly given to it in the main body of the Constitution without violating cardinal principles of constitutional construction.”
ibid.
My wife assaulted me last night. We were lying in bed after putting the kids down for the night, brushing our teeth, and whatever it is that she does in the bathroom for 7 or 8 years every night. As usual, I was having trouble falling asleep. I kept flipping my pillow over and complaining that I couldn’t get comfortable. She said that I should just get a new pillow. I said that I had been thinking about getting one of the new corduroy ones that are all the rage now. My wife said she’d not heard about them. I expressed my disbelief that she hadn’t heard about them. She asked where I found out about them. All I did was say: “Corduroy pillows are all over the place. They’re making all of the headlines!”
That’s when she hit me! Should I call the cops? Think I have a case?
(True story. Yes, she really did hit me too.)
I’m trying to figure out if you are joking about the ‘assault’ thing: did she just smack you like ‘you’re so silly’ or did she really wallop you? If you are serious, um, I don’t know what to tell you? It depends on how safe you feel around her. if you’re joking, then: hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! “corduroy pillows!” Never heard of them.
ps- I hope this isn’t a real cry for help, cause if so, then I’ll look like a real azz****
I’m confused too, I didn’t get it 😳 Lockewasright? Come back!
I know, right?! I had to give it a lot of thought before I responded. If amk had said it, I’d give his wifey unit a gold medal, but seeing as I don’t know this poster, I didn’t know how to respond. 😐
“If amk had said it, I’d give his wifey unit a gold medal”
😆 😆 😆 See Amk?
I was the same Lisa, had no clue how to respond, I was 99% sure it was a chuckle ….. but.
Actually, she is getting a 15K rock next week as a surprise 25th anniv bash.
Gold medal, pshaw.
Aw, you romantic divil!
After the long weekend, I left for my factory (250 klicks away) yesterday night. She asked me whether I’ll be back home next week. I played dumb and said to her ‘I don’t know, why do you ask?’. She gave me the look and said ‘nothing in particular’. 🙂
I just shipped a care package to your wife. It’s a pillow, just in case you get out of hand, she can use it as she sees fit.
Just make sure it’s a down pillow ‘cos I hurt easily.
Ha! 😆
Oooooooooooooooooh, you!! 🙂 Of course, she could be a secret TODer, in which case your surprise is blown. /Waving at Mrs Amk
blabbermouth.
btw, daughter & son are in the secret. wSo ho knows, they’ll blow the cover first.
kidz/smh
We want updates, you hear? This is like a Bond movie.
Oh, you gossip.
You know what the best (or the worst) part is? She is coming down here in a coupla days for a relative’s daughter’s wedding, which both of us will attend. She’ll go back home in car while I follow her in train.
Yes, I intend it to take this to the wire.
Yes, cruel me.
“She’ll go back home in car while I follow her in train.”
This IS a Bond movie!!! 🙂
Amk, you are the Sean Connery of TOD, this is magnificent 😆
Heh, no need for name-calling.
Heh!!!
I didn’t say nothin’.
Sheesh, that’d be a first.
Not much I wouldnt put past you, amk. Not much. Hm!
Sorry, I wrote the comment while at work and then had to address an a problem that came out of nowhere. By the time I was done, it was time to leave work and come home. Now that I am back online at home, I see the consternation on the thread. It wasn’t supposed to work out like that. Still, it was a truly bad joke. Of that, I remain proud.
🙂 You rascal!!!
” Still, it was a truly bad joke. Of that, I remain proud.”
Spoken like a true (and clueless) man. 🙂
Welcome to the club.
Ha!
It’s a really really really bad joke and if you KNOW LWR you know what a jokester he is…..his wife was on to him……hope she hit you with her soft pillow….you’re a good guy.
Ah, pheeeeeeeew, thanks JoJo. I read the whole comment going “huh?” Hugely relieved!!!
She is a very patient woman. She has to be. Currently she is rolling her eyes at me as I discuss the pillow case that i will be filing.
Sorry for the confusion. She hit me on the arm. It was a typical response for my terrible jokes. Sorry for the confusion. My wife is a truly gentle person. I guess it never occurs to me that she might actually hit me with an intent to do harm. I should have made that clear. Oops!
Thanks a lot buddy for dragging me into this. 🙂
Any time!
LOL, no you do not have a case! Now if she would have smothered you with said pillow……..
Reactionary freaks:
Ummmmmmmmm…….Chips…………whoooopsie doodle……..
Hellooooooo everyone – I’ve added a link to the sidebar on the right (second from the top) with the Inauguration weekend schedule, just in case (like me) you keep forgetting the times of everything 😳
Thanks Chips! As the day approaches, I can feel my excitement creeping up ever so surely…. By Sunday I will be literally bouncing off the walls with excitement like a little kid at Disney..
Wall-bouncing is good, just don’t hurt yourself, you hear? 🙂
No I’ll be good…I think! 🙂 🙂
I hope not! 😆
Thanks Chips for the schedule.
You’re welcome COS!
Ever since you did that post w/ Rahm’s Chicago party on Monday, Chips, I’ve been taken over by the thought: how does one get an invite, how does one tippy-toe right on in! Lovely LOL thoughts on me tippy-toe-ing in & being stopped by Rahm’ infamous finger! 🙂
Xtine, just arrive at the door and tell Rahm if he doesn’t let you in you’ll set Tally’s potty-mouth on him – that should do it!
Tally vs. Rahm …..my money is on Tally. : )
TOD WINNING!!! 🙂
LOL! Tally-Potty-Mouth Ticket sounds fab! Dress up. In fabulocity, cool like & present a TPM ticket @ door w/ a Rahm infamous finger sign! If you don’t see my comments next week, do a search & rescue! 🙂
Our VP Biden really loves his job. He’s always smiling, always cracking a joke, always warm and friendly. Could anyone say the same about the previous VP? I don’t think so. Our VP Joe can go from making our President laugh to being his solid and trusted adviser on very serious matters. We won’t get another VP Biden any time soon. So Let’s savor these next four years as much as we can and don’t nobody rain our Parade!!
I often wonder what it’d be like to work about him. He really is an upbeat guy.
I meant, around him!
To, from, around and about him. Works for me. (Oops, down girl.)
LOL. wimmin/ssssmh
Just bein’ honest. LOL!
Laughing too hard right now!!
Hpefruit, selecting Joe Biden as the VP was one of President Obama’s first decisions that announced to the world that he was a serious person with profoundly good judgment!
VP Joe is for real he actually has a twinkle in his eyes when he smiles.
Bloomy is no longer gloomy.
Jeez, did he overdose on happy pills?
Yup. He must’ve bought some Obamatol at CVS…
Mmmmmmm, Obamatol…….
You alright there Meta? 🙂
!!!!
Oooooh, as I feared, feeling a little faint?
I’ll take two please. 🙂
lmao @ bloomy is no longer gloomy.
😀
Except, PBO did hear “us” if by that he means himself. Our president responded to the tragedy of Sandy Hook, which truly shook him to his core. As usual, Bloomberg has to insert his own ego into everything.
Precisely…
This is simply Michael Bloomberg doing what he does best, making it all about himself and trying to grab as much attention and take as much credit…
This is really about reiterating that it was he who pushed President Obama to act and that all the executive actions articulated by President Obama were entirely his ideas and recommendations…
There is some severe paranoia expressed in that article! You’re right amk…the FBI definitely needs to visit him! Some of the commenters are equally paranoid.
Paranoid is right. He is parroting aq terror tactics. Fucking treasonous bastards all.
for the irish lasses here, my favorite steve earle song…
That’s some knee-slappin’, foot-tappin’ goodness!!
Does it make me a loser to be dying to see Miche on the 21st? Arg!! I’m in Miche-drawal. 😦
You should see her on Saturday, Lisa, at the National Day of Service event – so, sooner than you think!
I can. not. Wait!! I miss seeing her all the time.
The countdown begins……….. 🙂
🙂
You’re not alone. You’re among MILLIONS! Trust this!
Love FLOTUS new look. She looks great, but she even looks good in jeans and a baseball cap.
Hellooooooooo Sonjia! I edited that for you, at first I was wondering what new look POTUS had 🙂 You know men – short haircut, suit, shirt, tie, waaaaaay too easy!
Thanks love. I missed my nap today.
Was this pic taken today?!?!?
No Hopefruit, it’s an old one – gimme a minute, will find out when it was taken.
Okay no problem Chips…was just amazed that PBO found time to squeeze in a visit with the Champ in addition to everything else that’s on his plate!
I can’t find the date for the pic Hopefruit, but PBO was a Senator at the time.
Chips you are too much! Didn’t mean for you to go looking…just wanted to know whether it happened today! 🙂 🙂
Retweeted with reference to The Ali Center so his people can see it!
What a thrill for these two to be together. Wow.
Love that quote!
Thanks Dudette for sharing this and that marvelous quote from the “people’s champion.”
No problem Nath. I’m thinking of putting that one on nephew’s wall… and the one below.
WOW….so many wonderful people born on this day. Can’t wait to hear what PBO and family did for FLOTUS today. I look forward to hearing about it HERE!
Look above…they went to a DC restaurant. 🙂
There are so many wonderful people born in January, including my daughter.
Oh Nath, you proud papa you…
Someone just reminded me of this! 🙂
I love that. My dad absolutely loved this guy.
One more… couldn’t resist this one! http://www.alicenter.org/
You wanna see this video…
http://espn.go.com/30for30/
Iraq hostage taking situation in this video is eerily similar to the situation going on in Algeria right now.
While we weren’t looking, this happened:
Yup. Looks like algerian army totally fucked up this op.
Chat away!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/01/17/chat-away-105/