President Obama’s first trip abroad – greeted at Ottawa airport by Governor General Michaelle Jean
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2009
Canada * United Kingdom * France * Germany* Czech Republic * Turkey * Iraq * Mexico * Trinidad and Tobago * Saudi Arabia * Egypt * Germany * France * Russia * Italy * Vatican City * Ghana * Mexico * Denmark * Japan * Singapore * China * South Korea * Norway * Denmark
2010
Afghanistan * Czech Republic * Canada * India * Indonesia * South Korea * Japan * Portugal * Afghanistan
2011
Brazil * Chile * El Salvador * Ireland * United Kingdom * France * Poland * France * Australia * Indonesia
2012
South Korea * Colombia * Afghanistan * Mexico * Thailand * Burma * Cambodia
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2013
Israel * West Bank * Jordan
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Coming up (2013):
Northern Ireland (June 13–14, G8 summit), Russia (September 5–6, G-20 summit), Indonesia (October 5–7, APEC), Brunei (October 9–10, East Asia Summit)
The Obama Diary 
Yo
http://myde.st/13hxNJi
Well congrats MightyPamela for sharing the gold medal with moi!
As well as I thank you for sharing it with me… (laptop is SOOOOOO slow.. did something very weird also) Hey HF! And y’all know I can’t help but love that Aussie Aussie Aussie, PBO arrived 2 days after I departed. My schedule was just too loaded to wait any longer! (right)
Can you breathe up here? The air’s kinda thin. 😀
Breathe? Whaa??? I’m supposed to breathe now, too?
Yup!
Yo number one! Congrats!
FIRST – and I voted for Ireland 🙂
But there are so many “favorites” too numerous to mention. So Ireland will have to cover all of them for now!! 🙂
“I voted for Ireland”
As I always suspected, a Hopefruit of fine taste 😎
Indeedy, but none so fine as that snazzy shirt that PBO is wearing in Cambodia (Nov 19 2012)! 🙂
I’m am on my knees begging Mr. Yardarm to hurry up with the naughty mats – not just for me. I care about my fellow sistren….
What shirt?! No idea what you’re talking about. As if I’d be aware of that kind of thing 🙄
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/11/19/that-shirt/
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…..
How could I possibly choose a favorite? I have loved every trip, and have so appreciated Chips taking us along. I hope he and his family take MANY more overseas trips in the next four years!
Wow – so many spectacular trips in which President Obama has made us all so proud and grateful. Guess I have to go with Ireland also IF I have to rank them.
“The Shirt” and “Wet Obama”. I need a cold shower!
Never mind that aamom – WHO voted ‘other’? 😯
😆
Don’t drown aamom.
I voted Ireland, but I also enjoy POTUS and FLOTUS trip to England and France. To be honest I can’t chose just one.
And you can’t leave out this trip to Israel.
IT WAS A TRAP – I voted “Present” LOL
Ok, I confess…it was me. I’m biased…I loved the trip to Brazil. Ireland is my next favorite. Please don’t ban me!!!
**BANNED**
😆 Dakota, I adored Brazil too!!
So, does this mean a person voting ‘other’ is not outed by the polltaker? You mean you can’t TELL who voted ‘other’, and it is an HONOR system? !!! Novel.
Tragically Pamela, I cannot identify who votes ‘other’ – but I’m thinking about contacting the people who design the poll software thingie to offer them money in return for names. 😎
I liked Austraila. Maybe it was the video. Ireland, Isreal, Paris and Russia with the family. Who can pick a favorite?
🙂 🙂 I’ve been paging Mr. Yardarm with the naughty mats for the longest while….
I’m here hopefruit. Been busy the last few hours trying to get some stuff done ’round the house.
Wassup?
I’m making a list of naughty mat occupants
1. aamom
2. Linda
3. Pamela
4. Anniebella
5. Vcprez
6. UT
7. Cindy
8. Carolyn
9. Chips
10.
11.
12.
13.
There are lots more I’m sure…Just be ready with the mats is all I’m saying.
‘Scuse me? Where’s Hopefruit on that list???
Sadly hopefruit, the ones you’ve listed are beyond redemption, especially that first 5. The rest of ’em just need a lotta help which I doubt they’ll accept. 😆
Oi you, I’ve known you to need a naughty mat or two when, you know, pics like this are posted.
🙂
Who, me? Whatever do you mean?(tongue hanging out)
See? On you go:
Negative. You and your posse first! 😉
Excuse me! 😯 Who is the new Vcprez?
Hay hopefruit2, wait just a dog gone minute. I don’t belong on no naughty mat, I’m a saint. 🙂 Just kidding.
HF is at the TOP of the list…. she don’t need no stinkin’ number….:lol:
I didn’t make the list! I just don’t have what it takes. 🙂 I’ll try harder next time. Meanwhile, Yardarm sez that vcprez, pamela, anniebella and 2 others are beyond redemption. Heh Heh…
well, he might be right about that, actually… 😳
Hay how can you talk like that about Saint Annie-bella? 😦
I take umbrage at having my name on THAT list (if that vcprez is supposed to be me) because I’ve been very careful not to do or say anything worthy of naughty mat notice! I’m not much of a sharer, so …… it isn’t me.
Hey, at my age, I’m flattered to be on the naughty mat list!!!!!
Ha, me too Carolyn!!!! It’s a badge of honor! 😆
I don’t know, Carolyn, these younger ladies would crowd me out. On matters like these I prefer my own space – no sharing.
I belong on that list, too… Permanent resident.
Heh! That’s why I left extra slots open…I knew you and others would be here soon. 🙂
🙂 You’re so thoughtful!
That was so nice. Thank you.
Wow Chips. This is breathtaking.
Seriously…..you have got to watch this.
Oh my sides hurt. LOL BAAAAAAAAAAAH
Hey Chips Chica, do you have a ‘Frequent Traveler’ award ticket for anyone who has traveled with the Chips-Obama Travel Group for all the trips? A ticket for a free personal trip to Ireland, for example? Of course the winner would have to answer a skill testing question related to the trips, and ‘No, Utal, you may not participate’ as you are a member of the management team. 🙄
In fact, I take that back Utal. You can participate by preparing the skill testing questions – one per trip. 😉 😉 In fact, the more I think of this, the more it seems like a fun thing to do. What do you think? The quiz could be a nice follow-up post to this one, and it could even include pictures (of the ‘name that place’ variety, maybe).
ah…..Cambodia and ” The Shirt ” 🙂
Thank you so much Chips for this post down memory lane! It’s so gratifying to remember how well President Obama has been received by leaders and ordinary people in foreign countries. May be I did not pay as much attention before, but I don’t remember any other President in my lifetime who was so warmly received by people in so many countries.
By the way, Chips, I think the vote was rigged in favor of Ireland. I voted for Ireland because I think he received one of the warmest receptions in his travels. But I also wanted to vote for Australia and India and Indonesia. Also missing was Ghana, but I think that was because he visited Ghana before you launched TOD.
Nathkatun?! Rigged?! Never!!! 🙂
There’s a pic there from Ghana alright, check back!
Chipsticks, please accept my sincere and deep apologies for my error! Somehow I missed the pic from Ghana! Again, I thank you for this wonderful post! All Americans need to see this post so that they may learn how our President has been received by people in other countries. Amazingly, President Obama has visited all continents and has been warmly received in all the countries he has visited.
NOOOOOOOOOO worries nathkatun7, so many trips, so many photos! 🙂
“so many trips, so many photos! ”
Indeed Chipsticks! And you have been there to cover them for all of us! No other blog site that I know of has covered the President’s foreign visits as comprehensively and as intimately as TOD. Of course the so called MSM have done their best to ignore covering the Presidents visits abroad. If non TOD members visited this site today, they would be overwhelmed by the images of President Obama receiving such enthusiastic welcome, and genuine love, from so many foreign countries in all the continents.
Thanks for your excellent Job!
It’s been a joy nathkatun, and the new blog tyrants made the Middle East trip even more memorable. Wow, we have journeyed the world together, it’s been a wonderful trip!
Yes they did! They (LovelyPlains, Utaustinliberal, AMK, and Liberal Librarian) complemented you so well. I knew you would be proud of them.
Massively proud at first Nathkatun, but then I thought ….. grr, their standards are WAY too high. Even Amk’s. 😦
Northern Ireland June 13! Looks like the Obama girls are going to Moneygall! Whooppeee!!!
The wrong Ireland Jessica! Moneygall’s in the Republic of Ireland, and so far there don’t seem to be any plans for PBO to venture south. But, we live in hope!
Will POTUS be going to Ireland in June? Will the FLOTUS and the girls be going? I remember one time POTUS talk about bringing Malia and Sasha to Ireland, that would be so nice if he does. If he plans to be in Ireland he can make a special trip to Moneygall. Since this is POTUS last term, it would be so educational for the girls to go see these places, to travel.
I don’t think there are any plans for that Anniebella, but fingers crossed!
Fingers and toes, Chipsticks.
Everything crossed Anniebella!
Oh wow geography fail! Lol. I still hope they get the chance to make it over there. Michelle said she promised the girls she would take them.
Northern Ireland is where some of my ancestors are from, and Southern Ireland sired my husband’s ancestors…..so we are a split family. I am so thankful for the work President Clinton did in bringing peace to No. Ireland, so children are no longer killed for having the wrong religion.
We were in London during the heyday of the IRA, and people lived in fear of them. So……that is one more place where peace has replaced war.
It is so wonderful to have a President who makes friends when he visit other countries…..have you noticed, I’m sure you have, there are no frowns on people, or involuntary shudders (Angela Merkel when gwb rubbed her back) when this president visits.
This past trip to the ME will be inthe history books, I truly believe.
So many glorious trips, so well represented by PBO
Lord have Mercy ❗
Chips, wow……what a popping eye opening 😯 delicious mouth watering treasures 😉
Than You 🙂
All those Pictures brought huge Smile to my face. Truly spectacular.
Brazil, oops Ireland
Japan, oops Ireland
China, oops Ireland
Ghana, oops Ireland
Rome, oops Ireland
Thanks, too hard to select one. Love them all.
Thank you.
Old Blues eyes with When You’re Smiling:
Ya know. I look at the above photos and I ask America, Where is the Love? smh
We’re 18 million and clicks strong! 😀
Show me a lot of photos of that.
I saw my house from the air. Glad they took it in summer. It’s funny to see what I’m surrounded by. 🙂
Excellent question, yardarm! What’s wrong with Americans who refuse to appreciate the work that President Obama has done to restore love, trust and respect for the United States throughout the world?
That’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout.
I somehow felt compelled to vote for Ireland—-I sure hope I wasn’t psychologically manipulated. 🙂 Did love that trip—so heartwarming and fun! And haha—-Malia and Sasha look thrilled to be there, don’t they? I think I recall those expressions on my daughters on certain occasions.
The girls were not on the Ireland trip…were you thinking of somewhere else dotster?
Oh—-I know that—-you think I wasn’t glued to every Irish minute? 🙂 In fact every Obama minute? 🙂 The photo of them in Ghana just amused me, looking slightly bored and not happy to be there, because I had seen those same expressions on my own kids’ faces at obligatory times.
So have I. I now see them on the faces of my grands and cousins. Like me, the Obamas are no dummies; you do the educational portion of the vaca first, then the fun stuff!
!. The rain
2. The Shirt
3. The rain
4. The Shirt
5. The rain
Oh fagedaboutit, give me one of each of all of them.
6. Naughty mat.
http://americablog.com/2013/03/justice-roberts-lesbian-cousin-jean-podrasky-gay-marriage.html
Podrasky will be attending Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s arguments before the Supreme Court on gay marriage (specifically Prop 8 and DOMA).
Podrasky, who lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her partner Grace Fasano, announced the news in a blog post at the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
jean-podraskyI know that my cousin is a good man. I feel confident that John is wise enough to see that society is becoming more accepting of the humanity of same-sex couples and the simple truth that we deserve to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality under the law. I believe he understands that ruling in favor of equality will not be out of step with where the majority of Americans now sit. I am hoping that the other justices (at least most of them) will share this view, because I am certain that I am not the only relative that will be directly affected by their rulings.
http://www.caller.com/news/2013/mar/25/nearly-37m-spent-taxpayers-ex-presidents-2012/
Costliest? GWB…which is why they were screaming bs about Malia and Sasha and taxpayer money…..projection, yet again.
The gift that keeps giving or taking as it were. 😦
Tweeted.
Great job Donna! Needs to be retweeted over and over again!
I’ll travel ANYWHERE with this man. Lawd, that wet-Obama in France is just tooooo much!!!
Michelle Obama is supposedly in the far left corner. Do you think this is legit?
I look real good and I was not sure it was FLOTUS.
Far left corner does have a look of one of the girls, I think, though was MO doing ballet from that age? I haven’t a clue.
Here she is learning a new dance.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/kids-teach-michelle-obama-some-new-dance-moves?sub=2059041_945050
hard to tell. I know FLOTUS was involved in ballet -she has admitted as much. but the only photo I have seen of her in a ballet outfit is when she was probably in high school
A Great Lesson on Stress
A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress management to an audience with a raised glass of water. Everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, ‘half empty or half full?’… She fooled them all …. “How heavy is this glass of water?” she inquired with a smile.
Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. To 20 oz.
She replied , “The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long I hold it.
If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance. In each case it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.” She continued, “and that’s the way it is with stress. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won’t be able to carry on.”
“As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden – holding stress longer and better each time practiced.
So, as early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don’t carry them through the evening and into the night… Pick them up tomorrow.
1 * Accept the fact that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue!
2 * Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
3 * Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
4 * Drive carefully… It’s not only cars that can be recalled by their Maker.
5 * If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
6 * If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
7 * It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
8 * Never buy a car you can’t push.
9 * Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.
10 * Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
11 * Since it’s the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
12 * The second mouse gets the cheese.
13 * When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
14 * Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
16 * Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.
17 * We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.
18 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
19 * Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
20 *Save the earth….. It’s the only planet with chocolate!*
What a great lesson – thanks!
I voted Ireland without even looking at all the pictures. The people there were so welcoming and I am very fond of Henry the eight.
ha me too Miss Pat ~ the Ireland trip was like going home with POTUS (and Chips). I have loved all of his trips- and this montage brought it all back (thank YOU Chips!!) but Ireland will always be super special.. as we shared it with ‘family’ ~
Exactly. I felt he was going home to walk where his ancestors walked. He got a chance to visit his ancestral home, feel their spirits around him. We have to know where we are coming from before we can know where we are going to. I am sure he felt that he had come wide circle.
Vote percentage so far
Ireland – 75%
Other – 25%
Karl Rove just sent a txt saying that Ohio could still turn this thing around. Stay tuned….
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
I say Ireland followed by London and then japan. Warm receptions in order. However, politically the most powerful one was Burma for his respect and adoration of Aun sung such.
Hey guys is it true that TOD is registered as social media? could nto open it this weekend at work. Does anyone have a similar issue or it is my employer doing it.
Hi Zulu, excuse my complete stupidity, I don’t understand: how do you mean “registered as social media”? Do you mean your employer has registered blogs (eg WordPress blogs) as social media on the company system so his/her employers can’t access them at work??
Yes but BWD’s is also wordpress but can access that at work. It maybe the company here. Thanks Chips
Ah, okay Zulu, very strange. What happens when you try to access the site, what do you see??
it says your employer has designed this as a social networking website. Maybe the IT manager maybe a wingnut who knows. i have tried to cheat the system via firefox and so sometimes I will get in. had to wait for the weekebd to follow up PBO’s ME visit. very upset. No worries just wanted to find out if other people had similar issues. I do not trust the GPO. Your website is very powerful out there and some people may not like it..
Wow, really odd Zulu, not even sure where or how to look in to this. Presumably it’s been done at your company’s end, very strange.
Is that what I think it is? Add alittle mayo and mustard and you have yourself a tasty treat.
Be my guest then. 😀
yardarm 756, it’s a tasty treat for our right wing friends. Well I don’t have any right wing friends. Tasty treat for the Republicans.
Soooooo–Now with Alex Wagner is in Ed’s old slot?
Just for this week, until their golden boy Hayes begins on Monday April 1st.
Oh. okies then.
YIKES!!!!!!!
Hard to imagine that’s not photoshoped, sailor, (or that camera was mighty rugged) 🙂
#FORWARD
YEAH. IT DOES GET ONES ATTENTION,EH?
That’s totally photoshopped.
You can see the reflection of the runway on the plane’s nose and belly with the yellow track and the horizon.
They just got rid of the wheels.
And…….your point?
All beautiful pictures.
I voted for Ireland, but it was a tough choice. Loved PBO in Australia, Burma and Japan.
Hope he’s saving another trip to Moneygall for his final year in office. Would really be bittersweet if that happens. *wipes tear from eye*
Yeah, what could go wrong? Racist hate group to conduct nighttime patrols on Towson U. campus—–founders are the same dudes who interrupted CPAC to defend slavery—-wanted to know what was the big deal—-slaves had food and shelter. Confederate flag tie is a nice touch too.
Racists sickos.
They’re still fighting the Civil War. Lincoln let them off the hook.
Thanks for posting this.
I posted this on a previous thread, but doesn’t hurt to repeat.
Must see 30 second video touting Israel tourism starring our very own President!
Oh WOW…isn’t that something? 🙂 🙂 They are using OUR President to advertise their city!!!
I know, right?
So frustrating that PBO haters refuse to allow themselves to see what the rest of the world knows after just a few hours with our wonderful, charismatic leader.
All democracies and peaceful lands wish PBO were their leader.
Arapaho, thanks for sharing this! It’s really fascinating, and immensely gratifying, to see how President Obama is more loved and respected overseas than he is at home.
Also, glad to see you were able to use that useful “sistren” word this time around!
That’s fantastic Arapaho, what a clever ad!!!
LOL! Mayor Bloomberg is dancing with Rock of the Ages… ROTFLMAO!!!
LMAO! Indeed.
😆
Good grief.
Reminds me – today I was walking down the street and I saw a young woman wearing her pj bottoms and bedroom slippers with a t-shirt. Can’t even.
😆
Keep on fightin’
In their dreams?!
What do y’all think of this idea? Give GOP a taste of their own medicine and pass gun control laws at state level….
For those not on Twitter, look what Ms. Chips sent out:
Happily RT’d 🙂
Think Ireland will stay on top of the rankings…
Absolutely gorgeous. 🙂
TY
And the sage of Charlottesville proclaims that if we get a good candidate, Dems can keep North Dakota Senate seat:
Does anyone know if there are any strong Dems in North Dakota who could take on this challenge?
Encouraging! Maybe she can do it in S.C. Hope!
They’re so cute—both of them. And so nice—both of them. Good guys—both of them.
They really are Dotster, there seems to be such a relaxed, friendly atmosphere between the team, whatever the team might be from year to year. Astonishing considering all the pressure they’re under. Lovely people!
Jeebuz, talk about rigging the poll.
(Paging turd blossom. This is how you do it, you punk.)
The tyrant has woken from his slumber!
All this shameless blatant rigging waked up the inner tyrant.
What’s your problem grumpy, I gave TWO choices – how many more ya want, huh? 😆
even ratzi’s rc was more fair than you and your choices.
ireeesh/smh
You asked for it:
I don’t mean to be vulgar, but what’s going on with the orange animals top right-ish.
Did the rest of you notice how completely black the president’s hair was in 2009 and 2010, then late in 2011, a little gray started showing up? This chronological record shows up changes more clearly than pictures spread out and random.
I remember from 2009 that every time the First Lady traveled, the HuffPo touted a “fashion faceoff” with whoever the wife of the political leader was. They were particularly hysterical about the “FASHION FACEOFF” between Carla Bruni and Michelle Obama. I quit Huffpo, but sincerely hope they have stopped that juvenile yelling.
btw, just finished LL’s piece. Well done, dood.
Thank you, kind sir!
Some of the posts were great, especially carolyn’s.
Just checked drafts, nothing there from you. *Lazy*
Given your ireesh bias, I’m working on a stinker. (away from the prying eyes of the bt).
Keep your bible handy.
“Keep your bible handy.” 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Good day, sir 🙂
GM Bob.
The btl prolly use it to swat my head.
Or worse, she might make you eat it 🙂
😀
23.91% for ‘other’?!?!?!
Probably disturbed lurkers.
No, just us Italians 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Actually, could also be Mark Knoller voting multiple times just to swing the election…
Well, you should see the line. I’ve been standing in it for over 6 hours. I’m about to call Eric Holder.
😆 Call him RIGHT now Meta!!!!!
I’m neither a lurker, nor disturbed. I am a free think… an independent….. an object….. a…. Oops! Wait! I’ll get back to you when I decide what I am.
…… are you confessing to voting ‘other’?
Pleading the 2nd… or is it the 5th? Not too sure of anything tonight. Let’s just say I made a personal choice and leave it at that. 😉
THANK you KINDLY, Ms Chips! This was an extremely fulfilling feast that thoroughly nourished my Obama Memory Lane tooth. This is definitely insurance against me needing to forgive you anything in the near future. 😆 😆
Heh, where is my 10,000?
Also. Too. Where is that dammed twitpic?
Cranky. Cranky. Not enough sleep?
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/03/25/morning-27/#comment-678119
And you are late with the next steps. Also. Too!
Cool. Congrats.
But you do realize that you’re taking food away from five hungry mouths, right?
(Yes, I included my dog in that famine family. What about it?)
You poor things – the hunger will build character. It’ll make me feel good about myself to contribute to your character growth. What about the next steps, ie. putting a message ON the pic?
message ON the Pic, eh ?
How about this ?
LEMME SEE THE MONEY.
Doesn’t fit any of the pictures I have in mind. Sorry.
To make your night even better, I have taken you off the naughty mat list. I have replaced you with cookemom. She will be quite happy to be there!!
Yesss, the arc bending towards justice! Okay, ‘fess up, Hf, did she lobby you initially to keep her on the back burner?
LOL! No friend, it’s all my doing, I confess. 🙂
Oh, okay. It matters to me since I have been so careful to stay off the mats because I’m hoping when you-know-who comes by he’ll see me by myself and feel moved with compassion to come over and talk. Having concluded, of course, that you all are okay with each other for company while I need to be drawn into the loop. See, I haz a strategy. Or is it a tactic? Johnnie McC will clarify for me.
I suspected you had a strategy — just like the leaning on door strategy of 2012 – remember?!? 🙂
Ahem. Cough. Cough. 2012 is such a long way away, and my memory got a bit older a few days ago.
#LandslideDEMS2014
Gotta thank the dude for being so totally inept ….
#LandslideDEMS2014
Another vacation for the Congress. Imagine what the right wings racists bastards would say if POTUS, FLOTUS and the girls were on a two week vacation. Those racists right wing haters made a big deal about POTUS taking two days off to go to Florida to play golf. Sine the beginning of the year how many times has Congress been out on vacation?
That should be rethug approval. Dems are sitting pretty at 43% while the goopers rot in the ditch.
I’m telling you, next year will be mighty interesting with PBO and OFA all in on the midterms. But, I’m on my second manhattan, so what do I know?
The RWNJ cartoonist Michael Ramirez always cracks me up – not because he’s funny, because he’s so bitter and humorless. Here’s his latest – yep, it was the knife-wielding media’s fault that the GOP didn’t fare too well in 2012 🙄
I remember when he was hired by the L.A. Times to replace the legendary Paul Conrad, who was screwed over by the paper. The outcry was deafening. That’s pretty much when I started to pare back my reading of the Times, which was quickly circling down the drain.
Really LL? I hadn’t a clue where his stuff appeared. I see it on Cagle most days and most of it is pure ugly, his often hideous caricatures of PBO really reveal his hate. On top of all that, he’s crap with not an ounce of wit.
Now this was back in the 90s. I don’t think he’s still with the Times. But, again, dead tree media isn’t my thing anymore, at least not the opinion sections. Give me news, and I’ll form my own opinion.
Wise thinking. I don’t wish unemployment on anyone, but I hope he’s struggling for work.
Speaking of which, does anyone know how Sully is doing in the subscription department?
Last I read, spectacularly well:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/03/07/173530392/andrew-sullivan-is-doing-fine
As much as we get distracted by a hateful GOP led House and despair of our state houses and all the ugly racist extremism, this chart is a sign that the majority Americans are growing up and accepting the changes of the 21rst century. It wasn’t that long ago that support like this would have seemed a distant hope and now most Americans have just come around and accepted a new reality. Most Americans have a healthy view of gun safety regulations, especially background checks, and lean toward a more progressive solution to immigration, taxes, and health care and other issues. The arc of justice is on the move in the US population. Now all we need are state governments and a US Congress that reflect the real America.
I like the fact that POTUS and FLOTUS continue to do this every year they have been in the White House.
“Why is this night unlike other nights?”
“Because Michelle Obama is lighting the candles, bizzatch!”
So, a report on our garage cleaning efforts.
Going GREAT! Recycling a bunch of electronics at Best Buy. Our refuse service is making a special pickup for some of my brother’s old furniture. And the missus sorted out her skinnier clothes which had been in the garage in bags, which I then, in OCD fashion, put into nifty containers.
Okay, not earth shattering, but it’s so nice to be able to walk into my garage without bumping into crap.
It’s not just #Steubenville
So much to do ….
Bob, women across the country are going to have to stand united in record numbers and say ENOUGH. Enough with a culture of rape, enough with continual wars on reproductive rights, enough of second class pay status. We have done it before and it’s time to do it again. Sometimes it takes just the right confluence of events to spark a massive movement and I feel that we are moving toward that moment.
I was meditating earlier today on how women like Michelle Bachman and Virginia Foxx can internalize the traditional patriarchal narratives on, well, everything. There must be a fear and a lack of self respect deep inside them. Too many women in our country hold the same views—i.e., she had it coming, and so on. It WILL take a mass movement to overcome that resistance and culture.
Women will in_deed have to be a massive force for change, Jackie, and part of that change must be teaching their mothers, sisters and daughters self-respect. That girls were co-participants in attacking the victims in both Steubenville & Torrington bespeaks the depth of the problem. As LL notes, the lack of self-respect that a Bachman & a Foxx display is total and obviously debilitating.
And, for men, our task is obvious – ZERO TOLERANCE for any form of abuse of women. Not just rape and other forms of physical violence, but any practice that demeans or otherwise denies a female, irrespective of age, of the same rights and opportunities as men have.
Yes We Can
All in for this day. Ending better than started, prolly coz Chipsticks made this most special special post for me to swoop in and open the window! Sweet dreams y’all! Whew. http://myde.st/13hxNJi. Need to post the full moon data for you, in the morning, won’t occur until Wednesday am. More tomoz.
At Sydney University, there were four students taking Organic Chemistry. They did so well on all the quizzes, midterms and labs, etc., that each had an “A” so far for the semester. These four friends were so confident with the finals approaching that the weekend before, they decided to go down to Canberra and party with some friends there.
They had a great time. However, after all the hard partying, they slept all day Sunday and didn’t make it back to Sydney until early Monday morning – the morning of their final exam! Rather than taking the final then, they decided to find their professor after the exam and explain to him why they missed it.
They explained that they had gone to Canberra to do some research in the ANU (Australian National University) archives for the weekend with the plan to come back in time to study, but, unfortunately, they had a flat tire on the way back, didn’t have a spare, and couldn’t get help for a long time. As a result, they only just arrived now!
The professor thought it over and then agreed they could make up their final exam the following day. The guys were elated and relieved. They studied hard that night – all night – and went in the next day at the time the professor had told them.
He placed them in separate rooms and handed each of them a test booklet, (which was out of 100 points) and told them to begin. The first problem was worth five points. It was something simple about free radical formation. Cool, they all thought in their separate rooms, “this is going to be easy.”
Each finished the problem and then turned the page. Question 2 (for 95 points): Which tire?
Ok, I have only one problem with this joke. Isn’t Canberra sort of like Brasilia? I.e., an artificial city for the government? Who would leave Sydney to party in Canberra?
These doods are majoring in organic chemistry…. ’nuff said.
Excellent!
I was thinking of the contrast today –
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http://theobamadiary.com/2013/03/25/seder/
Chips, how come you forgot this? 😥 http://naningisme.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/presiden-obama-jamuan-kenegaraan-ri.jpg First Lady wore “Batik Kain Ikat” and the President had his favorite foods http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2430/3855783888_06709e2146_o.jpg we Indonesians did forget about it and proud that he still remembered everything about his childhood in Jakarta. We proud of him! and love him