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Congrats, lisa!
Here’s my take:
Tavis really needs to shut up. SERIOUSLY. Just be quiet, Tavis. Your jealously and hateful is wearing you out.
Too true. Smiley and his shadow The Unkempt Professor are two of the biggest haters alive. They use black social, cultural and economic issues to further their own causes. Bunch of asshats.
*The Unkempt Professor* – Ha!
Think I watched ALL of Tavis’ State of the Black Union events on C-Span, before he did his final one. Before Pres. Obama, he seemed like he was trying to do something worthwhile, bringing together voices who were seldom heard on “regular TV.” Since his jealousy – I see it as almost personal rage against PBO – was exposed, not so much.
Ignore Tavis Frowney, Mr. President. Please Proceed. 🙂
All this because he didn’t get tickets to Pres. Obama’s inauguration? Hahaha….Tavis, green is not a good color on you.
And remember that one time – possibly during ’08 election – when candidate Obama “couldn’t make” the SOBU event (at least as far back as my memory goes), but offered to ask Michele to attend in his stead? That killed Tavis.
More ‘monkey pus’ like faux noise!
Makes ya cringe!
This is for you Sir!
A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.
“Your son is here,” she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened.
Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man’s limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.
The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed. All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward, holding the old man’s hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest awhile.
He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital – the clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients.
Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night.
Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited.
Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her.
“Who was that man?” he asked.
The nurse was startled, “He was your father,” she answered.
“No, he wasn’t,” the Marine replied.
“I never saw him before in my life.”
“Then why didn’t you say something when I took you to him?”
“I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn’t here. When I realized that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I stayed.”
Awesome! Semper Fi.
Awwww…
In the end, that is all that matters.
And we needed to hear what Tavis Smiley thinks, why? Sometimes it’s best to ignore such B.S.
And I shall go back to doing just that! 🙂
Thank you, Thank you ,Thank you jacquelineoboomer. This man Tavis is not worth it. It is pitiful what he has allow his self to become.
Sad, too!
He needs to sit his azz down and shut the f* up!
#PovertyPimp = another favorite!
Took the words out of my mouth. Thanks !
What exactly does he want President Obama to do? The race issues in this country predate President Obama and will still be here after he’s no longer in the White House. What is Tavis doing to address race problems, beyond yapping and writing books and hosting useless conferences?
He’s tweeting President Obama. That’s pretty much it, at least at this point!
Congratulations, lisa. President Obama looks so nice in lighter colored suits.
So beautiful. Can’t think of a better looking president.
He looks so confident, yet casual…like a man on top of the world with his beautiful woman.
Hellooooooooo Lisa!
Thank yooooooooou UT!
Hiya, Chiparoo! Hope you are doing well.
All is excellent Lisa, how are you doing buddy?
I’m doing okay, Chips. Thanks for looking out. 🙂 been slumming it till internship starts in September. Soaking up the free time because I won’t have any in the near future. 😆
Oooooh, enjoy that slumming Lisa, squeeze the very last drop from your freedom and savor every moment!!!
😆 will do, Chips. Will do. 🙂
Hmmm seems to me that Chris Wallace is trying to coral his crazy colleagues with this…
Fox News’ Chris Wallace: No, Obama Isn’t Stoking Racial Tensions With Trayvon Remarks
so Randi is mimicking Ed Today. She just told everyone who subscribe to OFA and Whitehouse.gov to unsubscribe so that they will get the message. She wanted PBO to pardon the young lady today who was sentenced to 20 yrs. Yesterday she said that she had purchased a home in Costa Rico. I am trying to figure out her motive as to why she was so against what PBO did today. Parts of her show where she played the interview of the young lady who was molested by Zimmerman was worth listening to, but the part where she ripped PBO, not so much.
Sometimes it helps to realize that bobble heads are just that: bobble heads. Randi is a radio personality who goes on air and spouts her opinion. Now I listen to her infrequently, and when I do, I take what she says with a grain of salt. It’s just like Wendy Williams. At the heart of it, she’s just a gossip who reads trashy magazines full of speculation and half truths then goes on air and repeats it. I love Wendy and I watch her show whenever I can, however infrequently that is, but when I do catch it, I take what she says with 10 grains of salt because I never forget what she is. She’s just an entertainer trying to eek out a living.
Very true. Plus, I don’t believe the President of the United States grants a pardon unless he has an official pardon request before him, which he receives all the time. Sometimes, Presidents use their pardon power at the end of a year or at the end of a term, but I don’t think they generally reach out and pardon people around the country without use of an official process.
I think the first pardon request under a state court conviction usually goes to the governor, but I have no firm knowledge if that is usual order. And, no matter how awful the 20-year sentence was, her lawyers probably would go through an appeal process first or get the pardon request to the governor after they have adequate time to prepare for it. Of course, the governor in this case is Rick Scott.
At least I believe this is somewhat close to the norm – unless the media and other critics have changed all of the rules for President Obama, once again.
And, as I said the other day, PBO has no power to pardon that lady. He can pardon only people convicted of federal crimes, not state or local crimes.
Well, there we have it. Thanks.
Love it!
Prez looks gorgeous in that picture.
Happy B’Day to Liberal Librarian!
Good god he was handsome.
Randi said that unsubscribing to the various right and left organizations is her “personal/private” protest. She did not encourage anyone else to do the same. I don’t get why Randi did not like the President’s speech other than she is pretty fed up with things like we all are. I am seeing her have the tendency to jump the gun on issues and not let the President do what he can do without this stupid House and Senate that can’t do shit. Randi wanted something done ASAP on the rapes in the military. She started a petition through Actblue to fire that male General that made a stupid comment about these women are a product of their environment and bring it to the military. I think that what the President has done with his appointments and what Chuck Hagel is doing is not business as usual like the past.
….”What I will always remember,” Rosman wrote in 2008, “is as I was leaving that party … I was approached by another guest, an established author. He asked about the man I had been talking to. Sheepishly he told me he didn’t know that Obama was a guest at the party, and had asked him to fetch him a drink. In less than six years, Obama has gone from being mistaken for a waiter among the New York media elite, to the president-elect. What a country.”
What a country that a person automatically assumed that the only AA person there had to be the waiter. Another among millions of instances of some white people thinking that AA people do not belong. Well, the joke was on him because millions of Americans of all stripes thought twice that the place that he belonged was in the White House (I always love the irony of this name) as Leader of the free world. Karma is a bitch on steroids.
And – no matter what – we’re still celebratin’ and not letting anybody kill our joy!
Beautiful pic of the First Couple! 🙂
Reggie Love coming up next on the Situation Room.
Not even Reggie can get me to listen to Blitzer…..I grew up with him and he had that creepy monotone voice when he was 10 years old.
Please tell us what happens.
Short phoner. Reggie said that he and PBO had many thoughtful conversations in the past. He also said that unlike PBO, he really didn’t have many experiences with profiling. His thought was that his status as an athlete insulated him from a lot of that but obviously he knew it was going on with others.
The reason for Reggie Love going on the Situation Room to talk to Wolf was what.
OT:
Secretary of State Kerry tonight from Amman:
“On behalf of President Obama, I am pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement that establishes a basis for resuming direct final status negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis. This is a significant and welcome step forward.”
Thanks for the news Meta. Bravo to SoS Kerry; he’s been doing fantastic on the job.
Yeah!
Whenever I see this photo (my favorite of BO and MO), I think of the song “Brown Skin” by India Aire.
This made me smile!!
The “Forgotten War” — the Korean War (insipiration for M*A*S*H):
Thanks Arapaho!
Hi TODers!
I know the rightwing will give POTUS a lot of guff, but I am so happy he chose to speak and join in his prayers.
When has the rightwing NOT given President Obama a lot of guff?
If any of you give a dam what the right wing haters think, raise your hand.
FYI for OFA members in the SF Bay Area:
Beau Biden and Kamala Harris will be speaking on important issues facing our country and how OFA can impact them next Tuesday, July 23rd, at noon in downtown SF. It’s free and you can RSVP at the events page at barackobama.com.
Wow. Another reason I wish I were in SF!
Yeah! We could work up some mischief together at this event, JO’B!!
Ha ha ha! Yes, I believe we could, meta!
USA 1 …… traitors 0
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Please turn to NBC evening news if you can:
Thanks HF2…..I am going to watch that.
I believe it starts at 7PM ET. 🙂
Actually for some areas it’s 6:30PM!
Thanks. I did see her at 6:30 pm-ish. She was in fine form.
Wow, proud of Joy. She is showing up everywhere and I am loving it as much as I think she is enjoying it.
I just saw it. I think Joy is being widely recognized as one of the smarter voices, sought on all these news shows now—-she makes their programs smarter. She has an ability similar to President Obama’s—–is able to zero in on the meat of the matter, to discard the extraneous and recognize and report on the nuggets of truth contained in any issue. Intuitive and a strong voice. Only a matter of time till she hosts her own show somewhere.
And the fact that she is not working directly for NBC makes her freer to express her opinions and not fall in line with a particular network’s desired narrative.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A divided federal appeals panel in Virginia has rejected a reporter’s bid to protect a source who gave him information about a secret CIA operation.
The 2-1 ruling Friday by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision. It had allowed reporter James Risen to keep his source confidential during testimony in the trial of former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, who is charged with leaking classified information.
Prosecutors allege that Sterling gave Risen secret information that appeared in the writer’s 2006 book, “State of War.”
The court agreed with federal attorneys that the First Amendment doesn’t shield journalists from disclosing their sources during criminal prosecutions. In a dissenting opinion, Judge Roger Gregory wrote that the majority opinion is contrary to the views of the nation’s founders.
( no link…this is the entire story from AP ticker )
Liz Cheney is only down 34 pts…… LOL
Looks like the Turtle is scared…..guess who’s getting primary challenger!
My theory: Some of the latent emoprog racism is being played out with the frail, pale “heroic” young Snowjob going up against the big, mean (THUG) bully Obama.
Spot on.
Who said that?
it was a CNN banner during their programming.
It is not helpful to go on twitter and elsewhere and say white people need to do this and that anymore than it is helpful for a white person to say the same thing about black people. All white people do not think alike any more than all black people and lumping people in boxes only divides us. As far as Michael Smerconish stating that he was shocked that PBO spoke however many paragraphs without a teleprompter, I have to agree with him….SHOCKED, I say….not b/c I am white and not b/c PBO in incapable of out articulating just about anyone but b/c I am shocked he was ALLOWED to speak to the American people from the heart with just a few notes to refer to…..every move, every word, every sniffle, every scratch, every facial expression PBO has is dissected, regurgitated, parsed, and twisted……so yes, I am shocked he was allowed to be just a man speaking his heart,
Smerconish did not have to invoke the teleprompter – which is a meme that his been used by the RW as an insult to not just PBO but to the intelligence and speaking ability of Black people in general. I have never seen the teleprompter brought up by pundits when referring to other politicians.
Smerconish could have just said that he was impressed by PBO’s candid, heartfelt and unscripted remarks. Many of us, like you, felt the same thing, but we didn’t invoke the teleprompter – which implies somehow that PBO has never given the impression that he could speak without a teleprompter – a falsehood. PBO has spoken many times without a teleprompter -he doesn’t need one, but just happens to use them very effectively.
Smerconish is a radio hack.
He told the press he wasn’t taking any questions. Just making a statement. Smerconish’s statement was stupid. It relies on that stupid old republican belief that PBO is an empty suit whose mouth only moves because it’s tied to a TelePrompTer. PBO is 52 years old. He’s only been president for 5 years. I’m pretty sure he’s been speaking publicly without notes and a TelePrompTer for a very long time. Also, so have other presidents. Smerconish is an idiot. He uses a TelePrompTer all the time when he guest hosts. There’s nothing new or bad or interesting if someone uses one. PBO is a highly intelligent man with the credentials to back it up. He’s likely smarter than most people he comes in contact with including the idiots who identify themselves as the press. If Smerconish was shocked that such an intelligent man could form whole paragraphs in a thoughtful statement, there is something very, very wrong.
The first speech President Obama (then State Senator Obama) made on the national stage was his speech at the 2005 Dem Convention. He used a Teleprompter then because people in the modern era use electronic notes, and have been doing so for over 50 years, at least. And the words on that teleprompter were written by himself. To have a problem with a Teleprompter is to have a problem with technology and progress! Last point: President Obama is a best selling author, was a University professor and is the current President. One would have to be a fool to think he is incapable of speaking for himself – and unlike his many detractors – understanding the words that he utters. These people are exhausting and juvenile.
The issue is explosive so there will be all kinds of responses; some we herald and some we deplore. I just hold on to what PBO said and the intent and manner in which he said it. Democracy is messy and we are still perfecting our union.
E.X.A.C.T.L.Y……we should be discussing what PBO said rather than what someone else said….
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Supporters of embattled Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell have established a nonprofit corporation to accept donations for his legal defense as federal and state authorities look into his ties to a wealthy campaign donor.
Virginia Beach attorneys Stanley Baldwin and Jason Miyares and businessman Tom Knox announced the creation of the Restoration Fund on Friday.
In a press release, Baldwin says the nonprofit was needed to help the Republican governor “clear his good name.” It will not take money from state employees or others doing business with the state.
from the AP ticker
‘Supporters of embattled Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell have established a nonprofit corporation to accept donations for his legal defense’
And I bet there’ll be a few poor idiots who will send their hard earned cash. 🙄
Yes, maybe he’ll go on one of the TV evangelist programs and cry like a baby and ask for forgiveness (and dollars) like old whatzhisname did.
A very likely scenario, JO’B, and one we know would produce good results for McDonnell. Think how many in his audience would be touched and willing to FORGIVE a repenting sinner. 🙄 From what I’ve seen GOPs know how to milk their cash cows.
Yes, they surely do.
“Sorry.”
“Okay, here’s more cash.”
For some if the poor dolts, every battle is either a battle for the foul of their race or their party. There is no right and wrong for them anymore. Their values are derived to fit their opposition to whatever position their opponent has taken. It’s rather pathetic (and frightening)!
Frightening to me in the sense that this has been going on for years and they never wake up! They have all but obliterated my previous life theory that there is a bit of good in the most ‘bad’ among us and some bad in the ‘most good’ among us, and now I’m hesitant to formulate another theory. 😉
So I tweeted this and got all these hilarious responses. Liberals can be so funny. 😀
You have to click on this. You’re welcome. 😆
David Gregory do NOT say that President Obama said something ‘clumsily’. Don’t get on my nerves OK?
I didn’t know Gregory was an expert on speeches or race. Fucker. I heard him. He’s such an idiot, sometimes I think it can’t be real. He also said that PBO tends to be reluctant to talk about or deal with race. Really?! How the fuck can he avoid something he’s dealt with all his fucking life? Did I blink and his skin color changed from black to white?! 🙄 deliver me, Jesus from these asshats.
Gregory’s initial (and impromptu) reaction to the speech was quite positive. I guess he got a call from Rove/RNC/Koch, and had to modify his “reaction” accordingly.
OMG.
I follow @NYCJim, whom I highly recommend. He tweets A LOT, eclectic, but mostly very newsworthy (including pop-culture).
He just tweeted what Drudge report had on its site.
Not gonna bring over here, but the RWNJs have Drudge to believe they are right in digging in their heels. Thankfully they are sadly mistaken, and will be shocked to find out that their numbers will only dwindle (aka “cohort replacement).
Here’s a positive tweet from @NYCJim (palate cleanser):
BURN!
p.s. Statler and Waldorf are the two grumpy old men Muppet characters.
Ouch, that’s gonna leave a mark! 😀
And … Statler and Waldorf are actually funny.
😆
Oh lord, that’s a pet peeve of mine.
Mine too! It just irks me!
Btw, Happy Birthday! 🙂
And remember … three left turns is a right.
Pathetically, this is what journalists in “the only Superpower” think is news.
Americans aren’t interested in news, but they’re enabled by the lazy MSM.
This would be hilarious if it weren’t so disturbing. Journalists getting paid handsome salaries to tweet about melting ice…Okay then. Maybe I’m just in the wrong profession..I dunno…
Pathetic
Fox is talking about Benghazi
LOL
Wow.
So many young black men cut down in their prime due to no opportunities, targets of crime, and indifference from their community. I think we need to have a S.O.S. Save our sons starting in the black/hispanic community to change the hearts, minds, and perceptions of a segment of our society that is building a billion $ industry on destroying the lives of our children. If we don’t then they will come hunting for our daughters……that’s how the corporatist operate.
Agree with this—-if anyone listens to everything President Obama covered today——he addressed all concerns. He said the AA community was not naive about crime in their own communities, acknowledging that, while also making clear the reasons the Trayvon Martin case so resonated with so many—-identifying with and personalizing the discriminatory treatment so many have experienced…because of skin tone.
The operant word here is RATIONAL the person part is also debatable.
These emoprogs like Hayes LOVE to conflate unrelated issues to distract from the race conversations that make them uncomfortable….
It’s because that blowhard Chuck Schumer said on some show that that’s who he would nominate.
Well guess what, Schumer?
You used to be a big deal in the Clinton adm re: financial deregulation (he was head of banking committee that got , rid of Glass-Steagall).
Well guess what, it’s 2013 now, and Elizabeth Warren is the big kahuna now in that arena.
So my guess is that PBO isn’t paying too much attention to Schumer. (BooHoo) – sorry if I offended any Schumer supporters, but I really didn’t like what he did in the 1990s.
Regardless of what Chuck Schumer or anyone else might have said about Ray Kelly, it’s really not Hayes’ place to try to hijack the conversation by turning into a gratuitous attack on PBO.
Trust me, Hayes would have found something else to bitch and whine about even if Schumer hadn’t said anything.
The original House farm bill contained $20.5 billion in food stamp cuts, much less than the $135 billion envisioned in the House 2014 budget.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/agriculture/312259-house-gop-divisions-slow-food-stamps-reform-farm-bill#ixzz2ZXJBJ3UK
135 billion for food stamp cuts in 2014???
Are they fucked up on acid?
I think that is over a 10 year period
Hiya everyone, Zizi has a post coming up next, looking forward to it.
Thanks for the heads up Chips. I’m looking forward to it as well. 🙂
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/19/where-do-retirees-live-the-longest-cdc-report-shows-state-by-state-results/
Retirees might want to say aloha to life in Hawaii. The 65-year-old residents of this tropical paradise may actually live the longest in America, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For the first time, the government looked at healthy life expectancy (HLE) rates for 65-year-olds, state-by-state. To determine the quality of life in those remaining years–measuring time without suffering from any illnesses and disabilities, for example–researchers combined mortality data with health status data.
Hawaii topped the list; 65-year-olds there can expect to live another 16.2 years in healthy condition. Retiree mecca Florida along with Minnesota, Vermont and Connecticut also ranked high on the list.
The Southern states as well as parts of the Midwest ranked towards the bottom, pointing to higher rates of obesity, smoking and heart disease as contributing factors. Mississippi performed the worst–anyone who has made it to 65 can expect to live another 10.8 healthy years. Kentucky, West Virginia, Alabama and Louisiana were not much better.
WY is recognized as a State now for all the wrong reasons. . . Sitting back and enjoying our local papers opinion columns. . .
Oh my..that is scary…I’m running for my life! Run Carol, run! Don’t let that beast get you…
But I live here! 😀
HAHAHA..Then stand your ground and blow that beast away back to Cheneyville!
I can’t vote in a Repug primary unless I croo to the dark side. 😎
Eeeek ! I’m gonna wake up in a cold sweat having seen that image in my nightmare. Ugh!
Makes me laugh.
YOU AIN’T RIGHT!!!! Just had to click away from pragobots because I laughed so hard a pic that my airway seized and I had to hook-up to the nebulizer. Came back here and find this!!!!
Why are you folks on the intertubes tryin’ to killl me????? None of y’all are in my will!
Sorry Alycee. . .
What a beautiful woman. 🙂
What a beautiful picture of Liz Cheney.
Ha!
Oh dear…
😉
I have an admission to make. When I was younger, but still an adult, I did many of the things that the President talked about today. I like to think I have matured and gone beyond that, but sometimes I wonder if, way down deep inside, some of the belief system that triggered those actions still remains. Anyway, that thinking led to this:
This is what the cable “news” blowhards miss.
There has never been a president who could initiate a truly thoughtful discussion from both sides’ perspectives until Barack Hussein Obama.
Instead of adding to this discussion (including the painful and/or shameful elements), the MSM pretty much sticks to their White (Male) Privilege perspective.
MSM should be SEIZING this opportunity — the first one they’ve had since this country was founded.
(posted earlier this week, but seems more relevant now)
She is retiring. Best wishes to her.
She came in with Hillary, and I think she’s done a good job. I wonder where she’s headed next?
I’m done with the bobble heads. I’m now watching McClintock! On AMC. it’s one of my favorite John Wayne movies. Second to The Quiet Man. 😆
Mine too. I think North to Alaska was my fav. Also my Moms. She would be 103 years old today, bless her.
Never seen North to Alaska, but AMC is having a marathon starting at 12pm eastern time, so maybe ill be able to watch! 😆
It’s hilarious for its time.
Sorry to see her go.
Happy Birthday to our favorite TOD Bookworm, Liberal Librarian!!
May this song reach your heart! Hope you’re having a deliriously happy day!
Thought I should clear out your eyeballs after my last pic. . .
Oh thank you Carol. Thank you soooo much! Ahhhhh! Soothing relief!
YW 😉
Can we not discuss what emoprogs, wingnutz and other nutz with ODS spew and talk about PBO’s great speech?
And Happy B’day. LL.
Co sign wise one. 🙂
YES!!!!!!!
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/19/why-did-jury-never-see-trayvon-martin-as-a-child/