Uncle POTUS regularly shows that he has made truly wise choices in the members of his administration. No question we got us a leader we can trust to do what is right for the country! As Bobfr often says #TrustBarack, he knows what he’s doing.
What a refreshing change to have leaders who show vision and are working for 'a more perfect union'! TY Obama Admin! pic.twitter.com/b6EaInM0II
For AMK
You are in my thoughts
as you find your way though this.
I am praying for your healing,
with the passage of time.
I know you will miss your Mom;
I send you my understanding
and consolation.
Know that the strain, the pain,
will eventually ease.
May your pleasant memories of your Mom
sustain and comfort you.
You are in my thoughts.
Amk, during this time, may your heart be filled with comforting thoughts that will allow you to move through it with much grace and healing. May you take this time to reflect on the beautiful teachings of your lovely and precious mother. Take all the time that you need to reach into your memory bank to keep your heart in a comforting and reflective time with all of the beautiful memories of your precious mother HZ.
This is the reason why the Republicans fought so hard to get rid of AG Holder, because they knew he was a man who stood up for right. And they can’t stand that.
The government has reported a $97.6 billion deficit for July but remains on track to post its lowest annual budget gap in five years.
July’s figure raises the deficit so far for the 2013 budget year to $607.4 billion, the government says. That’s 37.6 percent below the $973.8 billion deficit for the first 10 months of the 2012 budget year.
The Congressional Budget Office forecasts that the annual deficit will be $670 billion when the budget year ends Sept. 30, far below last year’s $1.09 trillion. It would mark the first year that the gap between spending and revenue has been below $1 trillion since 2008.
Steady economic growth, higher taxes, lower government spending and increased dividends from mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have helped shrink the deficit.
But that’s still not good that it went up in July. Meaning we will still hit the debt ceiling in. November. I was hoping we would continue getting a surplus for the summer months into the fall, pushing back the debt limit battle.
We have to get that deficit to ZERO!
Hi Dudette, every day on TOD smiles for me. Not to worry, no injuries during this latest fall to the floor…plenty of mats on floor, walls and a special pillow to cushion the fall. I have learned to come as prepared as possible.
//… folks are listening, and they know that the time is now.
But as you know too well, we’re not even close to being done. Every day is a day of action. Every event is one that counts. When you call out climate deniers on Tuesday***, make it count. When you demand action on gun violence prevention on August 21st, make it count.
Count every town hall and rally and phone bank and press conference. Speak up for the policies that you voted for, that you deserve. Demand that your representatives represent you.
I would like to know who is behind this Overpasses for Obama Impeachment effort, stirring up the crazies across the country. Is this ALEC/ Koch related too? I checked the website, but of course no organizers’ identities revealed.
GOP lawmaker: House has votes to impeach Obama ‘tomorrow’
Blake Neff
08/12/13 01:37 PM ET
Rep. Farenthold, however, warned the effort to remove him from office would be unsuccessful and could damage the country.…
One of President Obama’s greatest strengths is that he’s in full control of his ego, which few people can claim. He lets his Attorney General make the announcement concerning the ending of long sentences for non-violent drug offenders. I lesser President would have called a press conference to make such an announcement.
I have mixed feeling about this. Seems like the rodeo clown is the scapegoat, but from what I heard on the radio, the *rodeo announcers* were the ones egging the the crowd to go after the clown. (Don’t plan to watch the video, if there is one.)
So the actual people responsible for this display of bigotry suffer no consequences, but the one who actually risks his life (as non-masked rodeo clowns do — they serve as distractions for the bulls when rodeo riders get thrown) is out of a job? Seems unfair to me.
Why did the crowd erupted in a loud thunderous cheering? We know them now. They have been showing themselves since 2008, 2009, 2010……2011, 2012…..2013. Each year, their number gets smaller……their Voices get Louder…..and their bitterness increases as their dying days nears.
No Mercy for the wicked, racists, fatuous and the ignorants…….Dems didn’t do any of these kinds of dehumanization and Pure hatred…..these are bigots to the core. That Goodness……their time on this earth are Limited……they are at their last troves and they have Nothing but bitterness, ugliness and STRESS.
Layla, I know there are decent people in Missouri. They need to rise up as one voice and condemn this fair and boycott it next year. The whole ugly mess needs to close down and be reconstituted with new rules of behavior and decency. This country doesn’t need any more Klan meetings, no matter what the venue. It’s not just taxpayer dollars that support fairs, it’s all the hundreds of people who pay for exhibit space and entry fees. A significant mass of Missouri residents needs to demand their money back and vow never again to attend the fair until overtly racist acts are banned. What happened at this rodeo was a disgrace to the state and it will be a scar on the people of Missouri unless they demand change.
You are 100% correct! I never doubted that there are some wonderful people living in Missouri who will make this right. I think we should help them right now.
Jackie You are totally correct! Wish OFA could do it but climate change is more important! McCaskill is bowing down to kiss the military ring. She could speak loudly as senator..but she wont. I stay disappointed in her most of the time.
Screw these crass neanderthals! I’m so sick of the horrific racism in overdrive display every single day. This country is changing and you can either get on or off, the train has left the station.
I hear you Meta. It’s disgusting and often times painful to see/hear. Nevertheless, one of the things that encourages me is the thought that more and more people seem willing to VOICE their disgust now, more than at other times in history. One by one (yes, that’s still too slow) people are changing. Personally, I like to attribute some of the change to the sterling character, confidence and intelligence of the wonderfully wise leader the American people chose twice in large numbers. Change IS coming and as you say some are being left behind..
Yes, the announcer (who is reportedly a school superintendent and therefore has political clout) was likely part of the orchestrated event. Banning the rodeo clown is symbolic and doesn’t even address the problem – it’s simply a way for the MO State Fair to quickly get rid of the unanticipated negative publicity directed at them instead of the President (as they originally intended). The people who planned this event are the same ones who plan Tea Party “rallies”, racist town halls, etc.
They tried to make this event look spontaneous but don’t be fooled. At the root of all of these recent incidents being reported in the MSM are GOP political operatives, who then try to make themselves look like the “good cops” when they so-call condemn the “racist” acts. The whole think STINKS to high heaven.
Given the initial response of the crowd, I somehow don’t think this ‘clown’ will suffer, certainly not financially. Either they will seriously grease his palm to keep quiet about who put the idea in his head or to pat him on the shoulder for his idea. Failing that, he will blow the whistle for $$$ on those in the upper echelons who encouraged him and now leave him to take the blame. Remember people gave money online for Zimmerman, and for the Alaska Barbie? And didn’t they at one time give funds to Joe the plumber because he was rude to PBO? I truly feel little empathy for him.
Arapaho, agree that the rodeo itself should bear maximum responsibility, but the clown should not be let off the hook. Unless someone held a gun to his head and forced him to wear a PBO mask, then he did this vile thing deliberately and he should be condemned and fired.
The announcer should be fired from his position with the rodeo. The clown may likely have been performing as directed. The announcer and the rodeo planned and staged this despicable spectacle.
“Perry Beam, who was among the spectators, said ‘everybody screamed’ and ‘just went wild’ as the announcer talked about having the bull run down the clown with the Obama mask.
“‘It was at that point I began to feel a sense of fear. It was that level of enthusiasm,’ Beam, a 48-year-old musician from Higginsville, said Sunday, referring to the reaction from the crowd that filled the fair’s grandstand.
“He said another clown ran up to the one wearing the Obama mask, pretended to tickle him and played with the lips on the mask. About 15 minutes into the performance, the masked clown had to leave after a bull got too close, Beam said.”
Beam also said:
“It was the usual until the very end at bull riding. As they were bringing the bulls into the chute and prepping them. … They bring out what looks like a dummy. The announcer says ‘Here’s our Obama dummy, or our dummy of Obama.’ They mentioned the president’s name, I don’t know, 100 times. It was sickening. It was feeling like some kind of Klan rally you’d see on TV.”
I think it started way back in 2008 when Palin came on the scene virtually calling PBO a terrorist, and her supporters started showing up at rallies with monkey dolls and carrying guns.
I will never forget Palin’s cross hairs which stirred up the RWNJs – and resulted in the massacre at Gabby Gifford’s meet/greet. They take NO responsibility for the results of their vile rhetoric.
They are victims of the echo-chamber. They think everybody shares their racist hatred of PBO. That is why many of them thought PBO would lose reelection.
What about the announcer???? He seems more at fault than the dumb clown in my opinion, stirring the crowd into an anti-Obama frenzy. And to learn he is also a superintendent of schools there is even more disgusting. Unthinkable.
[Just in case you’re in a Survey-Taking-Frame-of-Mind. 🙂 ]
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Gazelle, I took the survey; didn’t like admitting my age though. Looked over my shoulder to make sure the government wasn’t looking before quickly making my choice. 😀
They must have, for I heard a Journo saying that the locals are looking forward to when they go buy books at a bookstore and also go to an ice cream vendor sometime this week.
And I bet you that most of those in the crowd at the rodeo receive some sort of government assistance, and if not for President Obama most of them would be up a shit creek.
It is already being hailed as one of the greatest sports photographs of all time.
As Usain Bolt crossed the line to win the 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, AFP photographer Olivier Morin was primed and ready in the right place at the right time to take an image which will undoubtedly become the iconic lasting image of the legendary Jamaican’s career.
With thunderstorms gathering around the Luzhniki Stadium, Morin sat in the first row of the photographer’s tribune, set up five remote cameras near the finish line in preparation for athletics’ showpiece race and crossed his fingers that he may be able to catch a lightning strike.
I’m not sure what you’re asking? I tweeted it… oh I see you want it tweeted here. Oh GGail I’m one of the folks who don’t know how to bring a tweet here, so sorry, I misunderstood you.
Sheri, to bring a tweet here, **I** click on ‘expand’ at the bottom of the tweet, then I click ‘details’, which brings the tweet up to its own screen where I can click on and copy the url (= in address line). Finally I past the url here. I’m sure there are simpler ways , but this one works for me. It might work for you too. 😉
I will give it a try. I am so dense with this stuff, that though I might succeed the first time.. I’ll completely forget how the next time.. and then have to search for the directions. ohhh shall write it down 😉 thanks vc for trying to teach an old brain damaged dog new tricks 🙂
Don, you are so correct. Their ignorance just baffles me. They are so poor and ignorant, but they are clueless because they really think that being white makes them beyond poor and ignorant. I know that whoever is behind this wanted it to play out just as it is doing. They are so pathetic, I can’t even hate them. This is what amazes me. And knowing that they cannot touch PBO with this is such a pleasure.
Proceed, Mr. President.
” If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1960, remark to Bill Moyers, “What a Real President Was Like,” Washington Post, 13 November 1988″
Thank you, TM for posting AG Holder’s speech here. This is so personal for me that I am in tears as I watch this. I worked in the Criminal Justice System for over 20 years. And this is such a relief for me in so many ways to hear that today,it feels like a birthday! i join in the outcry asking, “Where are the emoprogs and Libertarians on civil liberty? They are hypocrites and racists hiding behind their white privilege. I cannot wait to march on the 24th in Washington. If you ever get a chance to visit NYC, please visit the criminal courtrooms and you will see how the recalibration of these laws AG Holder and POB speak of is not only warranted, but definitely needed.
The Judges, court officers, clerks and everyone who works in these and other courtrooms should applaud this remarkable effort to help being justice for all.
Thank you, AG Holder, POB and your administration for ” doing the right thing”. While the emoprogs and Libertarians sit on their lily white asses complaining and claiming Snowjob their hero.
I was watching in awe at what could be changed about the US justice system to at least partly correct the wrongs (I knew for a long time about the incredible number of incarcerations and the huge imbalance of black folks in prison) – this for the first time showed me a way out of it (of course, as a physicist, I have limited understanding of the ways one could do this – but the applause from the ABA said enough).
TM, you will be shocked behind the scene the I justice that starts from the top and trickles down. My hearts is bursting with pride as if it was the first election of POB in 2008. I never though that I would live to see an AA President. And never could I ever imagine today’s speech. Growing up as a child watching mostly AAs working on the “chain gang” in Georgia, I knew in my heart something was wrong. I just did not feel right even then. But living ang breathing it firsthand in the courtroom was a rude awakening. If tonight is my last night on this earth……I am ready.
My heart is full of peace and love. God heard my prayers all these years I prayed for justice for so many who were treated so unfair.
Thank you , Layla, my friend. Are you off the night shift?
Get some rest when you can.
I just love your soul! I am leaving at 19:00 for a 12 hr shft, scheduled for 3 night in a row! Must find time to sleep…not so easy but I will do my best!
Thank you, LDS, this description will stay with me a long time – and will color everything that is achieved by this and (most of all) subsequent administrations.
I now realize that “white privilege” also means that one has a limited understanding of how the justice system works for blacks – it is all to easy to see the Zimmerman case as an abnormality …
TM, the verdict did not shock me at all. I was expecting it.
I still feel so much pain for Trayvon’s parents.
Everyday in courtrooms this goes on for BS! Sadly to say, that is considered normal.
Not any more. This is so big! I cannot tell you.
GOP are really going to get nastier than ever. POB and his administration have gone too far attacking their institutionalize slavery.
And the civil liberty groups band plays on. You can hear a rat “piss on cotton.” Not a word from them.
Hi TODobots, I’m bringing greetings from CJ from the Swiss boonies [her own description 😉 ]. She was here a lot during election times but has been more in lurking mode lately. Once a TODobot, always a TODobot, even when you don’t post much!
Great, TY, WilT. I hadn’t noticed as I have been flitting in and out of twitter without pausing long enough to read what is being said. I hope they periodically include the link re who the elected deniers are…
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
How cute……
AMEN
POTUS and Savita at TOD in the Afternoon, Yeah ❗
BOOM! and HELL YEAH!!!!!
Uncle POTUS regularly shows that he has made truly wise choices in the members of his administration. No question we got us a leader we can trust to do what is right for the country! As Bobfr often says #TrustBarack, he knows what he’s doing.
Uncle POTUS & Uncle Reggie 🙂
Thanks UT
Hi Amk – a reminder you are not forgotten because you are not physically here in the village. You are in my thoughts.
So very true.
Thanks vc for voicing the sentiment.
YW, GG! Hope he can ‘feel’ our combined virtual support those times when his mind strays from whatever he is focused on at any given moment, as I did.
Yes, me too vc.
Thanks VC, I’ve been thinking of him too.
For AMK
You are in my thoughts
as you find your way though this.
I am praying for your healing,
with the passage of time.
I know you will miss your Mom;
I send you my understanding
and consolation.
Know that the strain, the pain,
will eventually ease.
May your pleasant memories of your Mom
sustain and comfort you.
You are in my thoughts.
X1,000, 000, 000, 000
You and your Family are in all our thoughts and prayers Amk.
AMEN!
I missed this sad news – my thoughts go out to AMK, as well. I hope his memories sustain him.
Mine, too, AMK. Your tribute to your mother on TOD was beautiful to read.
Ditto. {{HUGS}} to AMK at this tough time.
Amk, during this time, may your heart be filled with comforting thoughts that will allow you to move through it with much grace and healing. May you take this time to reflect on the beautiful teachings of your lovely and precious mother. Take all the time that you need to reach into your memory bank to keep your heart in a comforting and reflective time with all of the beautiful memories of your precious mother HZ.
This is the reason why the Republicans fought so hard to get rid of AG Holder, because they knew he was a man who stood up for right. And they can’t stand that.
This is a link to photo of the Chilmark House the Obama’s are staying at on vacation. Sorry if its been posted before.
http://tinyurl.com/lzv5o7u
http://news.yahoo.com/us-budget-deficit-down-37-6-percent-july-180033622.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The government has reported a $97.6 billion deficit for July but remains on track to post its lowest annual budget gap in five years.
July’s figure raises the deficit so far for the 2013 budget year to $607.4 billion, the government says. That’s 37.6 percent below the $973.8 billion deficit for the first 10 months of the 2012 budget year.
The Congressional Budget Office forecasts that the annual deficit will be $670 billion when the budget year ends Sept. 30, far below last year’s $1.09 trillion. It would mark the first year that the gap between spending and revenue has been below $1 trillion since 2008.
Steady economic growth, higher taxes, lower government spending and increased dividends from mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have helped shrink the deficit.
But that’s still not good that it went up in July. Meaning we will still hit the debt ceiling in. November. I was hoping we would continue getting a surplus for the summer months into the fall, pushing back the debt limit battle.
We have to get that deficit to ZERO!
Jovie, how was your boating adventure. Did you have fun?
Jeff Gauvin @JeffersonObama 3m
BREAKING: THE US DEFICIT IS DOWN AGAIN IN JULY, DOWN 40% FOR THE YEAR #ObamaImpeachmentReasons
BOOM! OUCH!
Hi, Layla:) Monday smiles for you:)
Hi Dudette, every day on TOD smiles for me. Not to worry, no injuries during this latest fall to the floor…plenty of mats on floor, walls and a special pillow to cushion the fall. I have learned to come as prepared as possible.
Where’s dudette?? Yuhoo! dudette!! 🙂 Hope you’re ok, Layla…hadn’t realized that you had fallen….Monday smiles really DO come in handy!
A million apologies DF!!!!! Another momentary lapse of reason!
df, WHY!!!!!!????!!!!!!
Monday:) That’s why!
Staring at my monitor here at work is gonna cause suspicion……..I……Must……Focus……On……Work (sigh)
OH MY
Sun pops out for PBO’s golf game today. The sun likes PBO too. I like this course—–all organic, no pesticides used in maintenance.
http://mvgazette.com/president-obama-visits-marthas-vineyard
Thanks Dotster – I love the little extra pieces of O info that you often share.
This isn’t the full speach of AG Holder yet, but most of it is there:
Ahhhh, a blog tyrant went their tyrantly ways – this was not what I had here at first 🙂
http://twitter.com/#!/dorseyshaw/status/366998241818464256
LOL!
Uh-oh, that’s gonna scare some folks. Hahahaha
For some reason I can’t laugh – probably not intentional, but subliminal messaging?
A very bad producer I think
A ‘bad’ one, or a ‘good’ one depending on his/her intent.
Yes, just laughed out loud because those ppl will attach wrong face to bolger verdict
//… folks are listening, and they know that the time is now.
But as you know too well, we’re not even close to being done. Every day is a day of action. Every event is one that counts. When you call out climate deniers on Tuesday***, make it count. When you demand action on gun violence prevention on August 21st, make it count.
Count every town hall and rally and phone bank and press conference. Speak up for the policies that you voted for, that you deserve. Demand that your representatives represent you.
I know you will.
….// – Jon Carson to ActionAugust participants
http://www.barackobama.com/news/entry/jon-carson-action-august?source=tweet_btn
*** –> Note OFA is suggesting a concentrated effort on calling out climate deniers for tomorrow
Use the hashtags #ScienceSaysSo and #ActionAugust You might be able to find an event near your zip code on barackobama.com/events
TY for fleshing out the info, Judith. I know you are actively involved, and am encouraged by the work different TODobots do.
Back to work…later:)
I would like to know who is behind this Overpasses for Obama Impeachment effort, stirring up the crazies across the country. Is this ALEC/ Koch related too? I checked the website, but of course no organizers’ identities revealed.
GOP lawmaker: House has votes to impeach Obama ‘tomorrow’
Blake Neff
08/12/13 01:37 PM ET
Rep. Farenthold, however, warned the effort to remove him from office would be unsuccessful and could damage the country.…
What the hell?
I don’t understand. The House is in recess.
Sounds more like their brains are in recess. Unbelievable!
Meta, I agree. I am so hoping that all of this is the last cries of a dying monster.
Please proceed congressman.
He was trying to suck up to a bunch of birthers. They love to hear that crap.
Willful ignorance should be painful!
One of President Obama’s greatest strengths is that he’s in full control of his ego, which few people can claim. He lets his Attorney General make the announcement concerning the ending of long sentences for non-violent drug offenders. I lesser President would have called a press conference to make such an announcement.
And the GOP is trying to wear him down -battle of attrition. Not this Guy!
🙂
The battle of attrition was lost a long time ago, just ask Hillary or McCain, or McConnell, or the waterloo guy.
THIS
Has this been posted yet?
I have mixed feeling about this. Seems like the rodeo clown is the scapegoat, but from what I heard on the radio, the *rodeo announcers* were the ones egging the the crowd to go after the clown. (Don’t plan to watch the video, if there is one.)
So the actual people responsible for this display of bigotry suffer no consequences, but the one who actually risks his life (as non-masked rodeo clowns do — they serve as distractions for the bulls when rodeo riders get thrown) is out of a job? Seems unfair to me.
They blame the “lone nut” rather than making the GOP look bad. Some of us know better, though.
Why did the crowd erupted in a loud thunderous cheering? We know them now. They have been showing themselves since 2008, 2009, 2010……2011, 2012…..2013. Each year, their number gets smaller……their Voices get Louder…..and their bitterness increases as their dying days nears.
This is all about$$$$$$! This clown will tell his side of the story! Moral of the story “do not piss off a clown” lol
No Mercy for the wicked, racists, fatuous and the ignorants…….Dems didn’t do any of these kinds of dehumanization and Pure hatred…..these are bigots to the core. That Goodness……their time on this earth are Limited……they are at their last troves and they have Nothing but bitterness, ugliness and STRESS.
The State Fair is funded by taxpayer dollars
Layla, I know there are decent people in Missouri. They need to rise up as one voice and condemn this fair and boycott it next year. The whole ugly mess needs to close down and be reconstituted with new rules of behavior and decency. This country doesn’t need any more Klan meetings, no matter what the venue. It’s not just taxpayer dollars that support fairs, it’s all the hundreds of people who pay for exhibit space and entry fees. A significant mass of Missouri residents needs to demand their money back and vow never again to attend the fair until overtly racist acts are banned. What happened at this rodeo was a disgrace to the state and it will be a scar on the people of Missouri unless they demand change.
You are 100% correct! I never doubted that there are some wonderful people living in Missouri who will make this right. I think we should help them right now.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. – Martin Luther King Jr.
********************
Time for the good people of MO to stand up ….
as a matter of fact…it is time all the good folks of America to stand up to the virulent racist chatter that poisons our airways…
Jackie You are totally correct! Wish OFA could do it but climate change is more important! McCaskill is bowing down to kiss the military ring. She could speak loudly as senator..but she wont. I stay disappointed in her most of the time.
Unfortunately…..many who were there cheering the ugliness didn’t seem to care about that essential fact.
Screw these crass neanderthals! I’m so sick of the horrific racism in overdrive display every single day. This country is changing and you can either get on or off, the train has left the station.
I hear you Meta. It’s disgusting and often times painful to see/hear. Nevertheless, one of the things that encourages me is the thought that more and more people seem willing to VOICE their disgust now, more than at other times in history. One by one (yes, that’s still too slow) people are changing. Personally, I like to attribute some of the change to the sterling character, confidence and intelligence of the wonderfully wise leader the American people chose twice in large numbers. Change IS coming and as you say some are being left behind..
Yes, the announcer (who is reportedly a school superintendent and therefore has political clout) was likely part of the orchestrated event. Banning the rodeo clown is symbolic and doesn’t even address the problem – it’s simply a way for the MO State Fair to quickly get rid of the unanticipated negative publicity directed at them instead of the President (as they originally intended). The people who planned this event are the same ones who plan Tea Party “rallies”, racist town halls, etc.
They tried to make this event look spontaneous but don’t be fooled. At the root of all of these recent incidents being reported in the MSM are GOP political operatives, who then try to make themselves look like the “good cops” when they so-call condemn the “racist” acts. The whole think STINKS to high heaven.
One thing about racist that I notice, they never have the balls to stand out on front street.
No, they get their “strength” in mobs. Typical COWARD behavior.
Funny, don, how racists and Snowden have that in common.
I’m just glad that Missouri’s good name has been restored and the lone-wolf rodeo clown has been vanquished.
I don’t think so Don, read my post below…
I feel sad for people who refuse to let go of unwarranted hatred.
Given the initial response of the crowd, I somehow don’t think this ‘clown’ will suffer, certainly not financially. Either they will seriously grease his palm to keep quiet about who put the idea in his head or to pat him on the shoulder for his idea. Failing that, he will blow the whistle for $$$ on those in the upper echelons who encouraged him and now leave him to take the blame. Remember people gave money online for Zimmerman, and for the Alaska Barbie? And didn’t they at one time give funds to Joe the plumber because he was rude to PBO? I truly feel little empathy for him.
Arapaho, agree that the rodeo itself should bear maximum responsibility, but the clown should not be let off the hook. Unless someone held a gun to his head and forced him to wear a PBO mask, then he did this vile thing deliberately and he should be condemned and fired.
The announcer should be fired from his position with the rodeo. The clown may likely have been performing as directed. The announcer and the rodeo planned and staged this despicable spectacle.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/08/12/obama-clown-missouri-state-fair-obama-mask/2642021/
Fair bans clown…
“Perry Beam, who was among the spectators, said ‘everybody screamed’ and ‘just went wild’ as the announcer talked about having the bull run down the clown with the Obama mask.
“‘It was at that point I began to feel a sense of fear. It was that level of enthusiasm,’ Beam, a 48-year-old musician from Higginsville, said Sunday, referring to the reaction from the crowd that filled the fair’s grandstand.
“He said another clown ran up to the one wearing the Obama mask, pretended to tickle him and played with the lips on the mask. About 15 minutes into the performance, the masked clown had to leave after a bull got too close, Beam said.”
Beam also said:
“It was the usual until the very end at bull riding. As they were bringing the bulls into the chute and prepping them. … They bring out what looks like a dummy. The announcer says ‘Here’s our Obama dummy, or our dummy of Obama.’ They mentioned the president’s name, I don’t know, 100 times. It was sickening. It was feeling like some kind of Klan rally you’d see on TV.”
I agree hopefruit2.
I think it started way back in 2008 when Palin came on the scene virtually calling PBO a terrorist, and her supporters started showing up at rallies with monkey dolls and carrying guns.
I will never forget Palin’s cross hairs which stirred up the RWNJs – and resulted in the massacre at Gabby Gifford’s meet/greet. They take NO responsibility for the results of their vile rhetoric.
Yup, these are well planned “incidents” hf.
Yet, they don’t expect any push-back and are surprised when they get it.
How dumb can you be in 2013????
It’s not dumb (well some of it is), it’s privileged, entitled, arrogance.
true maryl, true
They are victims of the echo-chamber. They think everybody shares their racist hatred of PBO. That is why many of them thought PBO would lose reelection.
Hf, at least in the old town halls they stood up and argued. Now they are no better than terrorists, hiding in the dark.
“It was feeling like some kind of Klan rally you’d see on TV.”
This might actually be a useful “result” of this madness. Not immediately, but over time.
If this sort of ugly “performances” could be affixed to the Klan, it might be their undoing.
You have a point, Toon. If they must indulge in these insulting acts, it’s nice to know people are beginning to make the right comparisons.
What about the announcer???? He seems more at fault than the dumb clown in my opinion, stirring the crowd into an anti-Obama frenzy. And to learn he is also a superintendent of schools there is even more disgusting. Unthinkable.
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Have Malia and Sasha join POTUS and FLOTUS yet?
I looked annie but could not find any updates on the subject
They must have, for I heard a Journo saying that the locals are looking forward to when they go buy books at a bookstore and also go to an ice cream vendor sometime this week.
And I bet you that most of those in the crowd at the rodeo receive some sort of government assistance, and if not for President Obama most of them would be up a shit creek.
Yeah, without a paddle.
Can someone post this pic please?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2390076/Usain-Bolt-snapped-winning-100-metres–REAL-streak-lightning.html
It is already being hailed as one of the greatest sports photographs of all time.
As Usain Bolt crossed the line to win the 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, AFP photographer Olivier Morin was primed and ready in the right place at the right time to take an image which will undoubtedly become the iconic lasting image of the legendary Jamaican’s career.
With thunderstorms gathering around the Luzhniki Stadium, Morin sat in the first row of the photographer’s tribune, set up five remote cameras near the finish line in preparation for athletics’ showpiece race and crossed his fingers that he may be able to catch a lightning strike.
done 🙂
thanks sherijr! it’s an awesome pic and I want to share it here on TOD 🙂
agree.. very awesome 🙂
where’s the picture sherijr?
I’m not sure what you’re asking? I tweeted it… oh I see you want it tweeted here. Oh GGail I’m one of the folks who don’t know how to bring a tweet here, so sorry, I misunderstood you.
😆 sherijr, I appreciate you tweeting it. I still would like it posted here on TOD.
Maybe one of our talented family members will come to my rescue.
Yes, hopefully they will… I’ve never learned to do it.. I know someone will come along and do it for you though 🙂
Here’s Sheri’s tweet, (which includes the article that contains the pic)
Here’s my attempt to separate the picture – hope it works.
Thank you vc. I just think it’s awesome how the photographer was able to capture the bolt of lighting flash along side Usain. AWESOME!
aww vc nice job 🙂
Sheri, to bring a tweet here, **I** click on ‘expand’ at the bottom of the tweet, then I click ‘details’, which brings the tweet up to its own screen where I can click on and copy the url (= in address line). Finally I past the url here. I’m sure there are simpler ways , but this one works for me. It might work for you too. 😉
I will give it a try. I am so dense with this stuff, that though I might succeed the first time.. I’ll completely forget how the next time.. and then have to search for the directions. ohhh shall write it down 😉 thanks vc for trying to teach an old brain damaged dog new tricks 🙂
We ‘old brains’ have to lean on each other. 😉
I’m with you there, thanks vc.
Don, you are so correct. Their ignorance just baffles me. They are so poor and ignorant, but they are clueless because they really think that being white makes them beyond poor and ignorant. I know that whoever is behind this wanted it to play out just as it is doing. They are so pathetic, I can’t even hate them. This is what amazes me. And knowing that they cannot touch PBO with this is such a pleasure.
Proceed, Mr. President.
Remember the President pays no attention to these fools.
” If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1960, remark to Bill Moyers, “What a Real President Was Like,” Washington Post, 13 November 1988″
Thank you, TM for posting AG Holder’s speech here. This is so personal for me that I am in tears as I watch this. I worked in the Criminal Justice System for over 20 years. And this is such a relief for me in so many ways to hear that today,it feels like a birthday! i join in the outcry asking, “Where are the emoprogs and Libertarians on civil liberty? They are hypocrites and racists hiding behind their white privilege. I cannot wait to march on the 24th in Washington. If you ever get a chance to visit NYC, please visit the criminal courtrooms and you will see how the recalibration of these laws AG Holder and POB speak of is not only warranted, but definitely needed.
The Judges, court officers, clerks and everyone who works in these and other courtrooms should applaud this remarkable effort to help being justice for all.
Thank you, AG Holder, POB and your administration for ” doing the right thing”. While the emoprogs and Libertarians sit on their lily white asses complaining and claiming Snowjob their hero.
Beautifully stated LDS!
I was watching in awe at what could be changed about the US justice system to at least partly correct the wrongs (I knew for a long time about the incredible number of incarcerations and the huge imbalance of black folks in prison) – this for the first time showed me a way out of it (of course, as a physicist, I have limited understanding of the ways one could do this – but the applause from the ABA said enough).
Bravo LDS!!!!
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Mr. Bobfr, thank you.
You say what I feel much less……”Less is more.”
TM, you will be shocked behind the scene the I justice that starts from the top and trickles down. My hearts is bursting with pride as if it was the first election of POB in 2008. I never though that I would live to see an AA President. And never could I ever imagine today’s speech. Growing up as a child watching mostly AAs working on the “chain gang” in Georgia, I knew in my heart something was wrong. I just did not feel right even then. But living ang breathing it firsthand in the courtroom was a rude awakening. If tonight is my last night on this earth……I am ready.
My heart is full of peace and love. God heard my prayers all these years I prayed for justice for so many who were treated so unfair.
Thank you , Layla, my friend. Are you off the night shift?
Get some rest when you can.
I just love your soul! I am leaving at 19:00 for a 12 hr shft, scheduled for 3 night in a row! Must find time to sleep…not so easy but I will do my best!
Thank you, LDS, this description will stay with me a long time – and will color everything that is achieved by this and (most of all) subsequent administrations.
I now realize that “white privilege” also means that one has a limited understanding of how the justice system works for blacks – it is all to easy to see the Zimmerman case as an abnormality …
TM, the verdict did not shock me at all. I was expecting it.
I still feel so much pain for Trayvon’s parents.
Everyday in courtrooms this goes on for BS! Sadly to say, that is considered normal.
Not any more. This is so big! I cannot tell you.
GOP are really going to get nastier than ever. POB and his administration have gone too far attacking their institutionalize slavery.
And the civil liberty groups band plays on. You can hear a rat “piss on cotton.” Not a word from them.
A test for today’s congress, eh?
It’s Monday, let’s a play a little game shall we?
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Great, TY, WilT. I hadn’t noticed as I have been flitting in and out of twitter without pausing long enough to read what is being said. I hope they periodically include the link re who the elected deniers are…
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