My alma mater, the University of GA, received money as part of the navigator program, Arapaho415, and as I expected, some GOPer state lawmaker is making a huge fuss about it. He wants our RW governor, Nathan Deal, to prevent UGA from using the money to help uninsured Georgians from learning how to buy insurance on the Obamacare exchanges. Deal isn’t saying much because no GA state governor can tell a public university what it can/cannot do, so his power to intervene is restricted. The Board of Regents oversees all public colleges in the state–not the governor. If not for the BofRs, I’m quite sure Deal would try to stop UGA from participating in the program.
Department of Defense spokeswoman Catherine T. Wilkinson told ABC News today that “there is a mechanism in place for the U.S. military to provide hormone therapy or gender-reassignment surgery for inmates.
“…important and instructive to add the latest lessons to the conversation about guns in schools:
That shooters are almost always a failure of the mental health system.
As Hill told Tuff, and she repeated to the operator “he should have just went to the mental hospital instead of doing this
because he is not on his medication.”
That training for emergencies is essential.
School staff have regular run-throughs of scenarios like this one and Tuff was one of three staff members who were
specifically trained to handle shooters. In fact, “the training is so often and extensive,” a district spokesman told
reporters, that Tuff “thought it was a drill” at first.
That it just might make all the difference to treat the shooter like a human being.
That none of us know what we are capable of until we are called on to do it.
“Let me tell you something, babe, I’ve never been so scared in all the days of my life,” Tuff told the operator
when the SWAT team finally took Hill away. “Oh, Jesus.” ”
Sooooo……….. It’s been a busy and hectic few weeks. Just got in, but, um……… What’s this about Bradley Manning wanting to be a woman? Am I just so exhausted and brain dead that I’m imagining things?
Department of Defense spokeswoman Catherine T. Wilkinson told ABC News today that “there is a mechanism in place for the U.S. military to provide hormone therapy or gender-reassignment surgery for inmates.
Yep….that was his internal issues that led to all this Leaking…..I believe.
WASHINGTON — Three times, mainly by chance and in very different circumstances, Sgt. First Class Cory Remsburg has met President Obama.
They were introduced near Omaha Beach in France in 2009, when Sergeant Remsburg was part of a select Army Ranger group chosen to re-enact a parachute drop for celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II. The second meeting came less than a year later at a military hospital outside Washington, where Mr. Obama was stunned to see among the wounded troops from Afghanistan a familiar young man — now brain-damaged, a track of fresh stitches across his skull, and partly paralyzed.
The third time was two weeks ago in a private visit in Phoenix, where Sergeant Remsburg did something that neither Mr. Obama nor military doctors would once have predicted: he stood up and saluted his commander in chief.
There was more. Grasping his walker, “Cory took a step, then another, and then another,” Mr. Obama said later, “all the way across the room.”
A Lesson in Resilience http://t.co/UB7WaE7cyw "..something neither @BarackObama or military doctors predicted-He stood up & saluted his CIC"
Reporters with Mr. Obama were not informed about his rendezvous in an empty classroom, but the following Saturday, the president told the disabled veterans all about it.
“I suspect it won’t surprise you to know that for Cory, the years since he was injured have been very hard,” Mr. Obama said, describing dozens of surgeries on the soldier’s brain, skull, eyes and lungs. He spoke of skin grafts and “grueling” daily hours of physical, occupational and speech therapy.
Sergeant Remsburg, he said, “had to learn the simple things all over again — how to speak, how to write his name, how to throw a ball.”
But he added, “The young man I had seen in that hospital bed, unable to speak, barely able to move, this time he was in a chair sitting up — alert, smiling, talking. And then, he wanted to show me something.”
Sergeant Remsburg reached for his walker and, with help from his father and stepmother, stood up. “And he looked at me,” Mr. Obama said, “and he gave me a sharp salute. He said, ‘Rangers, lead the way!’” — the force’s motto since D-Day. (He also said “Sir,” his father said.) Then the Ranger crossed the room with his walker.
The conventioneers erupted, even as Mr. Obama went on.
“The war in Afghanistan may be ending,” he added, “but for Cory and our disabled vets, the work has only just begun. Cory is 30 years old. His recovery — like so many of yours — will last a lifetime. But he won’t give up, because you haven’t given up. And when it comes to our work, to making sure that our nation is fulfilling its promises to the men and women who served and sacrificed, America cannot give up either.”
…..And he talks of coming to Washington: Mr. Obama invited him to meet for a fourth time, this time at the White House
What a lovely story. It renews my faith in humanity and the strength which sustains us and builds us up even in adversity. Both Cory and PBO have shown that strength in adversity. Bless them both.
Hi TODers! I have been traveling cross country and have missed my peeps!! What a brave, brave young man — thank you to him for his sacrifice, and thank you to our POTUS for giving him strength and recognizing this sacrifice.
And Bradley Manning wants his “gender reassignment” — coward.
You did it with pictures, and you went in depth. This is better. I am appreciative that you did it…….It is well narrated and documented. Our community here is far better off with the enhanced version.
They Offer Nothing, Zero, Nada, Zilch, Zippo, None, Nil, etc…….since 1968. They want a regression to the early 20th Century and beyond. Eventually, the TBGOPers would have to come to their senses. Unfortunately, there are enough folks in US that make their fewer base lethal when we sit out in Midterms and their victory dwarfs, retards and stagnates the USA.
40 yrs…..they didn’t control Congress and USA thrived. Their control in Congress started in 1981-1986 they controlled the senate. Then from 1995-2007…..and from 2011- present…….USA is paying for it severely.
I don’t believe so, because health care coverage for government “employees” is set by law. Congress is under the same health care system as all federal workers.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Antoinette Tuff for the WIN!!
Oh Dudette!!! Just beautiful!!!! TY
hi
Hey Layla! 😀
For you!
[Grinning from ear to ear!] TY Layla! 🙂
FLOTUS for the WIN!!!
Precious Moment 😉
Congrats on your Gold, lady Dudette 😉
Thankyew, Nena! Thankyewvereh muuuuch! 😎
FLOTUS
Natasha, aka Sasha, looks just like her Mom in this picture……..Wow!
Sure does!!!
Yes, we are!!
Ja!
That is awesome photo, thanks for sharing Dudette.
Awesome President! Awesome picture! Couldn’t help it!
Foolish Moi, I just saw POTUS in the picture. I totally missed his image when I saw it a bit ago……over on the last page……Wow…..how did I miss that?
That’s why I thought it was worth a repeat! 😀
For those who missed the second event at Henninger High School.
Is Rubi Platt sitting down in that picture?
Any information on the little boy on the floor?
Congratulations on first, Ms. Dudette!
Thanks VL! 🙂
Great reporting as usual UT. I feel like I was there.
You’re welcome and thanks!
YOur Tweets are Journalism 101…..The speed, accuracy and summarization is A+. Excellent! Brilliant! Brava UT!
THIS to INFINITY!!!!! UT is BOSSSSSS!!!!
Wooohooooooo….thanks!
Thank you so much!
This woman is one big ball of WIN!!!
She is, they just showed her talking to President Obama on AC 360
I love My President!!!!
He is such a ham!!! Love him!
Isn’t he though!!! 🙂
Don’t you just love ObamaCare?
Saw GGail’s comment earlier about how excited her manicurist and colleagues were about Obamacare.
I keep coming back to this, but the MSM seems to think that everyone in America is Ivy League educated and has a desk jockey job.
Here’s my contribution from a reporter who covers the Navajo Nation:
My alma mater, the University of GA, received money as part of the navigator program, Arapaho415, and as I expected, some GOPer state lawmaker is making a huge fuss about it. He wants our RW governor, Nathan Deal, to prevent UGA from using the money to help uninsured Georgians from learning how to buy insurance on the Obamacare exchanges. Deal isn’t saying much because no GA state governor can tell a public university what it can/cannot do, so his power to intervene is restricted. The Board of Regents oversees all public colleges in the state–not the governor. If not for the BofRs, I’m quite sure Deal would try to stop UGA from participating in the program.
No “Juana.” President Obama has better things to do with his time – like thanking people who have risked their lives to save others….
Per Mediaite……he will get the Hormone treatments.
Department of Defense spokeswoman Catherine T. Wilkinson told ABC News today that “there is a mechanism in place for the U.S. military to provide hormone therapy or gender-reassignment surgery for inmates.
I read earlier today that an Army spokesperson said he will NOT be getting treatment or gender re-assignment. Hmmmm……
Fox Noise attempts to racialize the shooting of Christopher Lane
Reality Check:
Victim White
Potential Victim Black
Perpetrators: One -Black one-White one-Mixed
How is this for ‘perfect symmetry’
Loving the downfall of Faux News Empire
Oh what to do…what to say…so hard!!!!! These people crack me up! I used to get upset at them now I just laugh!
From this article (sorry it’s from the Huffy place)…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/antoinette-tuff-911-tape_n_3797014.html
“…important and instructive to add the latest lessons to the conversation about guns in schools:
That shooters are almost always a failure of the mental health system.
As Hill told Tuff, and she repeated to the operator “he should have just went to the mental hospital instead of doing this
because he is not on his medication.”
That training for emergencies is essential.
School staff have regular run-throughs of scenarios like this one and Tuff was one of three staff members who were
specifically trained to handle shooters. In fact, “the training is so often and extensive,” a district spokesman told
reporters, that Tuff “thought it was a drill” at first.
That it just might make all the difference to treat the shooter like a human being.
That none of us know what we are capable of until we are called on to do it.
“Let me tell you something, babe, I’ve never been so scared in all the days of my life,” Tuff told the operator
when the SWAT team finally took Hill away. “Oh, Jesus.” ”
AND SHE DIDN’T CARRY A GUN!!
If she had carried a gun – and attempted to use it – she probably would have been the first to die.
Sooooo……….. It’s been a busy and hectic few weeks. Just got in, but, um……… What’s this about Bradley Manning wanting to be a woman? Am I just so exhausted and brain dead that I’m imagining things?
Department of Defense spokeswoman Catherine T. Wilkinson told ABC News today that “there is a mechanism in place for the U.S. military to provide hormone therapy or gender-reassignment surgery for inmates.
Yep….that was his internal issues that led to all this Leaking…..I believe.
Thanks for the info, Nena…..amazing.
Yep! His wish has been revealed not you are brain dead! lol
Wow…… That’s all I have to say about that. 😯
I love my President. I love seeing the young people so excited in receiving their president with great respect and enthusiasm.
I also want to thank Dudette for the beautiful dedication to Ms. Tuff. ((((((((((((((((( Thank you, Ms. Tuff))))))))))))))))))HZ
Thanks HZ!!
Love that, Layla!
RM is reporting from NC.
Yuck!
Her program tonite had merit.
WASHINGTON — Three times, mainly by chance and in very different circumstances, Sgt. First Class Cory Remsburg has met President Obama.
They were introduced near Omaha Beach in France in 2009, when Sergeant Remsburg was part of a select Army Ranger group chosen to re-enact a parachute drop for celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II. The second meeting came less than a year later at a military hospital outside Washington, where Mr. Obama was stunned to see among the wounded troops from Afghanistan a familiar young man — now brain-damaged, a track of fresh stitches across his skull, and partly paralyzed.
The third time was two weeks ago in a private visit in Phoenix, where Sergeant Remsburg did something that neither Mr. Obama nor military doctors would once have predicted: he stood up and saluted his commander in chief.
There was more. Grasping his walker, “Cory took a step, then another, and then another,” Mr. Obama said later, “all the way across the room.”
Tears streaming!!!
I had to switch to the Panthers game before I lost it……
Reporters with Mr. Obama were not informed about his rendezvous in an empty classroom, but the following Saturday, the president told the disabled veterans all about it.
“I suspect it won’t surprise you to know that for Cory, the years since he was injured have been very hard,” Mr. Obama said, describing dozens of surgeries on the soldier’s brain, skull, eyes and lungs. He spoke of skin grafts and “grueling” daily hours of physical, occupational and speech therapy.
Sergeant Remsburg, he said, “had to learn the simple things all over again — how to speak, how to write his name, how to throw a ball.”
But he added, “The young man I had seen in that hospital bed, unable to speak, barely able to move, this time he was in a chair sitting up — alert, smiling, talking. And then, he wanted to show me something.”
Sergeant Remsburg reached for his walker and, with help from his father and stepmother, stood up. “And he looked at me,” Mr. Obama said, “and he gave me a sharp salute. He said, ‘Rangers, lead the way!’” — the force’s motto since D-Day. (He also said “Sir,” his father said.) Then the Ranger crossed the room with his walker.
The conventioneers erupted, even as Mr. Obama went on.
“The war in Afghanistan may be ending,” he added, “but for Cory and our disabled vets, the work has only just begun. Cory is 30 years old. His recovery — like so many of yours — will last a lifetime. But he won’t give up, because you haven’t given up. And when it comes to our work, to making sure that our nation is fulfilling its promises to the men and women who served and sacrificed, America cannot give up either.”
…..And he talks of coming to Washington: Mr. Obama invited him to meet for a fourth time, this time at the White House
What a lovely story. It renews my faith in humanity and the strength which sustains us and builds us up even in adversity. Both Cory and PBO have shown that strength in adversity. Bless them both.
I can’t even speak or write … tears .. oh my what a story. {{{{{Cory}}}} {{{{President Obama}}}}
Wiped me out!
Me as well Yardarm. Let me take this moment to once again thank you, and all our fine men & women of the armed services for your service!
It was my honor………”All gave some; and some gave all.”
We can never thank you and all of our other military, past and present, enough!
I’ll second that!!
TY!
Hi TODers! I have been traveling cross country and have missed my peeps!! What a brave, brave young man — thank you to him for his sacrifice, and thank you to our POTUS for giving him strength and recognizing this sacrifice.
And Bradley Manning wants his “gender reassignment” — coward.
Thanks LP. You did a much better job than I did on this. Fantastic.
TY Neena, just got home……haven’t caught up on anything today. Sorry if I doubled and earlier post.
Hey LP! Worth repeating! TY
You did it with pictures, and you went in depth. This is better. I am appreciative that you did it…….It is well narrated and documented. Our community here is far better off with the enhanced version.
To learn is indeed to grow 😉
Yes we live at a time in which the Greatest & Most Empathetic President ever to have served is OUR President. For that, the gratitude is unbounded.
#TrustBarack Because You Can
We are so BLESSED!
Oh my…waterworks…it must be my ragweed allergies acting up…
WOW!!!!!!
story went through the core of my head & gut and to the depth of my soul!
what a tremendous level of sacrifice a few people give to this nation and world!
I don’t even want to hear about this BS
Here’s what he sounds like to the leaders of his party.
Just stop calling yourself a Republican, Sir. It’s not the same party it used to be.
#LandSlideDEMS2014 – that’s not a wish that’s a MANDATE!!!
Yep, I got busted. Wish I’d seen this first! 🙂
The Alabama GOP are trying their best to bring back the Stars and Bars and the white sheets.
#LandslideDems2014
Karma is going to be such a freakin bitch!
Uh hunh! Can’t wait to see it!
I contacted Karma already..
Zing!!! 😀
Time for her to mount her horse and get riding.
They Offer Nothing, Zero, Nada, Zilch, Zippo, None, Nil, etc…….since 1968. They want a regression to the early 20th Century and beyond. Eventually, the TBGOPers would have to come to their senses. Unfortunately, there are enough folks in US that make their fewer base lethal when we sit out in Midterms and their victory dwarfs, retards and stagnates the USA.
40 yrs…..they didn’t control Congress and USA thrived. Their control in Congress started in 1981-1986 they controlled the senate. Then from 1995-2007…..and from 2011- present…….USA is paying for it severely.
I thought this was great! I’m saving it to use in our Social Justice work this semester.
https://www.upworthy.com/one-easy-thing-all-white-people-could-do-that-would-make-the-world-a-better-place-5?c=cp2
Good news and bad news from Utah:
#LandslideDEMS2014 That’s not a dream that’s a MANDATE
I’m glad he picked Chris.
Can POTUS, by executive order, put a hold on Congress’s health care coverage…
Can he? Dunno. Might be a separate of powers thing. But he wouldn’t though — it’s not his style. I sure as pfuque would though!
I don’t believe so, because health care coverage for government “employees” is set by law. Congress is under the same health care system as all federal workers.
I’m sure there’s been discussion of Colin Powell in North Carolina today, but am posting this because I like the viral nature of the second tweet:
Sorry USA, we don’t want him….
We’ll pay you to take him. 🙂
Oops, someone forgot! Pay attention fellas!
If I had one (or two) … 🙂
Don’t know whether anyone wants to send Ms Antoinette Tuff a message of thanks for her bravery
Excellent! Thanks Linda!!!
Let’s invite her to TOD
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/08/22/140-characters-of-truth/