Happy Labor Day from the party that will continue to fight on behalf of our nation’s workers. http://t.co/LrnDZ0FWFY pic.twitter.com/eiWjdJWT9G
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) September 2, 2013
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Gov. Scott Walker tweeted “Happy Labor Day,” which is like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tweeting, “Happy Hannukah”
— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) September 2, 2013
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RT @ScottKWalker Happy Labor Day! RELATED: RT @vladimirputin Happy Pride!
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) September 2, 2013
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First we had George H Bush, then George W. First Ron Paul, then Rand. First a monkey, then Sarah Palin. Evolution must be really drunk.
— John (@linnyitssn) September 2, 2013
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Obama should not let America’s enemies dictate US foreign policy. In case there’s any confusion, I’m talking about Ted Cruz and Eric Cantor
— Donald J. Drumpf (@RealDonalDrumpf) September 2, 2013
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64.9 million more and you’ll match Americans who re-elected Obama MT @chiproytx Over 1 million Americans have signed http://t.co/pVqE4CP0Yp — LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) September 2, 2013
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Snowden said to be undergoing Russian “program of adaptation”. Gee, that doesn’t sound like anything sinister at all, does it? — Jan Neumann (@JNeumann54) September 2, 2013
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Still reeling from newest Greenwald/Snowden spy-ring revelations that America keeps eye on what foreign govts are doing. Who knew? #Stunned
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 2, 2013
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Repackaging common knowledge using scary words seems to be Greenwald’s entire career right now. — Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) September 2, 2013
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RT this or the terrorists win.
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) August 31, 2013
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Happy Labor Day! Enjoy Marianne Faithfull’s killer version of “Working Class Hero” http://t.co/3BHGnGW8CG
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) September 2, 2013
Happy Labor Day Everyone!!
You too trekkiewife, and everyone!
Hello and congrats on Número Uno today. Hope your enjoying it. Thank you Chips for keeping us updated. Is it a LABOR of love? 😉
Thanks CarolMae. I am just taking it easy today. My husband is smoking some chicken and I think, ribs…can hardly wait for din-din!!!
Great. Same working routine for my hubby, but he gets triple time for a twelve hour day. 😎
Brought to you by the unions who fight for the workers 🙂
He doesn’t belong to Union, right to work state, but they are trying to keep it that way at the coal mine.
Still brought to you by the unions – triple time for shifts wasn’t invented by the coal companies.
Oh I know and appreciate it very much.
Are you a Trekkie? 😀
Not as much as my hubby. BTW my favorite “captain” to date is Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk.
😉
Congratulations, trekkiewife.
Thanks VL! Happy Labor Day to you.
Happy Labor Day and Congratulations on First, trekkiewife! 🙂
Thanks Dudette. I appreciate it.
Ahhh, I refreshed and got propelled forward!
Life is like that, eh?
Yes, yes it is JO’B 🙂
Happy Belated Birthday Bobfr…and many, many more!
Thank you trekkiewife and Happy Labor Day to you!! Congrats on 1st.
Good tweets, Chips 🙂
Happy Belated Bob! Hope you had a wonderful day filled with love and joy!
Happy belated Birthday Bob. When was it? You know how much fun we have on Birthdays!
Ahem! :cough: :cough: Bobfr. Ahem. Er…Bobfr,
What’s this rumour I hear about you having celebrated another year? This is likely not true, right? After all, I have checked my email, and didn’t find my personalized birthday invite. News can get so garbled if one is not careful that I’ve decided to go to the source. So, what’s the real story?
Thank you Claire, Carol & VC – and VC 😀 😀 😀 thanks for the laugh! Week ago, yesterday 🙂
😯 Well! Just, ‘Well!” I am speechless! I do not understand this secrecy, Bobfr.
Dare I posit that it took an entire week for you to ‘man up’ that you are getting on in years? I thought it was only Amk’s wimmin who are reluctant to admit they are aging? Or, (more likely) were you simply too busy to celebrate and only just remembered yourself that you are not as young as you used to be? Frankly, before you answer, I’d rather the real reason be the latter. I wouldn’t want the pundits etc to start hinting at weakness on your part, as they are always so quick to do for PBO. So which is it?
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Actually, after careful thinking, maybe you shouldn’t answer, as either answer might lose you some supporters. *I* suspect you didn’t say anything because you didn’t want us to ‘fuss’, so I’m going to fuss… “A very, very HAPPY 66th Year, ‘old guy’!”
LOVEEEEEE This…..smilin
😛 Hi, Pf58! How’s your ‘labour’ progressing today? I sure hope it’s in rest mode.
in fact it is…making sausage & lentils & kale…surfing and reading….bought a few things from HSN…feeling relaxed
‘feeling relaxed’
Good! As you should be; as we all should be.
VC, you are toooo much LOL!!!!
” *I* suspect you didn’t say anything because you didn’t want us to ‘fuss’, so I’m going to fuss… “A very, very HAPPY 66th Year, ‘old guy’!” ”
Bingo!!!
And, love the song, VC!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Thank you everyone. All of you are very special.
Happy Birthday, Bobfr. You’re a baby; I’ll be 67 next month!
I’ll be 67 next month, too (although I much prefer round numbers)! Bob’s an even bigger baby, now!
I will be 67 next month on the 24th. What date is yours?
Happy birthday Bob – it seems you are so busy lately – I only catch your late night tweets on TOD – hope you took the birthday off and celebrated all the good things of life
oh that was just CUTE that was!
Belated Birthday Greetings…
We Take Care of our Own
Bob – Happy Birthday! Sorry I missed it!
Bob, I sent you belated birthday wishes on the last thread, but again, Happy Birthday! I hope your day was enjoyable one and you continue to have many, many more.
Happy Belated Birthday, Bobfr. Enjoy the Beautiful Afterglow, Bobfr. TY for all that you do for POB and TOD. Have a wonderful Labor Day as well. HZ
Happy belated birthday Bob!
Happy Belated Birthday, Doc…..Our very Own, Bobfr 😉
66, Yeah ❗
Bobfr,(GULP) Happy Birthday (gulp), in full disclosure, it was I who was looking over your shoulder last night and saw what you wrote about having a birthday recently. I just HAD to tell Chipsticks….you understand….good news must be shared 😆
Happy Belated Birthday Bobfr. Hope you had a wonderful birthday.
Thanks, TODers, for letting those of who missed BobFR’s birthday the oppportunity to give our belated birthday wishes to the Twitter Warrior of the Northwest.
Hope you had a stupendous BD, Bob!
Thank you friend!!
Ah, so it was you, Gail ……. 🙂 You’re forgiven 🙂
Thank you Nena, HZ, Sherry, Annie …. everyone!!
Another voice in the belated happy birthday chorus, Bob. Every time I see your name here, or read anything you write, I automatically think: “Trust Barack; he’s earned it” I quote that to myself frequently. It is a sanity keeper.
(climbing out of bunker), thanks Bobfr for forgiving me. You are such an integral part of TOD that I felt it would be a crime to not recognize you (albeit a bit late) and say HAPPY BIRTHDAY and thank you for your service in support of our President Obama!
Happy Belated Birthday Bobfr, from one 60 something to another 60 someone.
and Happy Belated Birthday from me too Bob, I’m sorry we missed it~ hope it was wonderful 🙂
Happy Belated Birthday Bob!
Hope you have a wonderful year, Bobfr — happy birthday to you 🙂
Sabrina @Charmed86 18h
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I thought this was about international law against chemical weapons being used but the media is telling me it’s abt “PBO” winning or losing
Retweeted by Matt Murphy
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The republicans have totally gone off the deep end and showed the country that they haven’t been serious party in a long time. Now they want to consult with Russian lawmakers about Syria….Russian lawmakers ??? Really ???
And screw Charlie Rangell ! The guy didn’t support a strike and if he the President did it without Congressional approval he would have whined about the President abusing his authority. Retire Rangell !
I agree with you about Charlie Rangel.
What respect I had for Rangel is long gone. I mean long gone.
WTF did Charlie Rangell do now?
He said it was embarrassing that the President didn’t strike immediately because of the “red line”. But he said he doesn’t support a strike.
As I said before, in listening to Rangel talk I sense Rangel never like President Obama.
Rangel does not like President Obama. He’s a HRC supporter.
I do not get that at all. Why so devoted to Hillary? Support a Democrat the people really love.
Many not all HRC supporters will never forgive the President for beating their candidate…it amazes me sometimes….but I fear it is true
True. Rangel has been a Clintonista for a long time. Plus former president Clinton has/had an office in Harlem, Rangel’s district (if that means anything).
Hello everyone 🙂
I just stumbled across one of my favourite stories again and thought I´d share it, risking a repost but maybe some haven´t read it yet. It´s an old old story, but it´s so sweet that it´s worth being re-read. 🙂
http://theobamadiary.com/2011/08/17/flashback-the-kindness-of-strangers-2/
Ans as POTUS, he has written personal checks to a number of folks who had written him with one problem or another. A Kind Man, son, Brother, Uncle, Father, Brother in-law, POTUS, etc
Works very hard. Respects all. He is honest. Firm. Steady. A Gentleman.
Handsome 😉
I remember this story. Pres. Obama really and truly is a wonderful human being.
Love, love this story.
Overlooked by our media is what an honorable, decent, caring person our President is.
Instead they scheme with GOP to “embarrass” every waking minute.
Americans vote for the character and the intelligence of the person. Really, no one know what it’s like to assume the role until they’re actually there. VPs and First Ladies are the only ones who come close to knowing.
Our MSM seems incapable of acknowledging PBO’s consistency and honor.
Thanks for the lovely reminder of this sweet story! Definitely worth a re-read!
Hey, Dudes, I never did hear the ins and outs of your WDC trip? Last I heard you were an hour or two away from your goal. How did it go? Did you see me waving to you on the TV? Did you get two cheek kisses/handshakes – one for you and one for me? I’ll take mine now please and thank you.
Alas VC. I was denied my cheek kisses and handshake/shoulder rub from our great POTUS. Unfortunately there was some mishap with sending my VIP credentials in time 🙂 So I had to settle for just being close enough to breathe the same outdoor air as him & watching him on the jumbo-tron along with the rest of the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial. But I wouldn’t trade that for being home sitting on the couch for anything! It was exhausting! It was crowded! It was moving! It was exhilarating! It was historic!!!
Oh, I don’t even have to follow the link, N! I remember it just from the title. It’s the ‘airport’ story, isn’t it? 😛 And our president helped even when he wasn’t running for election! We have us a man who is a ‘good’ man through and through. Something Rangel and his ilk can’t begin to comprehend this.
Jonathon Turley is going insane on his blog. To keep sanity stay away.
That guy is a crazy emo. I think he was going crazy about the Libya operation.
He is a Libertarian GOPer, is he not?
He’s usually just crazy? 😀
Just sent you and @MTMarilyn2 this tweet:
Looks like the Northern Division doesn’t have its own fire update Twitter account like CA does:
Thanks Arapaho
I will take your word CarolMaeWY. I will stay away from Turley.
You’ll probably here it from one other idjit. 😦
And speaking of forces of nature:
Thankful for a hurricane free August! However…..I remember the tornado-filled May. Good to have a respite from huge storms. Hope it lasts. Although, we still have massive rains and flashflooding, and firestorms, where the rain doesn’t come to help.
Some of the comments after that tweet were “See…..global warming isn’t happening. Al Gore said there would be more hurricanes.”
Will they ever get the distinction between “climate” and “weather” straightened out???
Here’s a couple of Labor Day-related tweets:
1) From previous thread. Union support up 10 points from 2 years ago.
2014 here we come!
2) From earlier this week:
Good stuff Arapaho. Thanks!
PBO meeting with John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi tomorrow ..per CNN
Where is Harry Reid?
Amazing feat by Diana Nyad today!
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/09/nyad-closer-than-ever-to-completing-historic-cuba-to-florida-swim.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour
😀 😀 😀
https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/374593906211422208
Wasn’t that great. I’m going to post a YouTube link.
I feel like a bum. . .
No worries CarolMae, some of us are meant TO inspire, some of us are meant TO BE inspired. 🙂
😆
Speaking of tweets, check out the third response to Gov Walker.
Try to use this song as a teaching moment with the moment:
How do others like the new features on YouTube?
I like them.
Good!
https://twitter.com/dionysis131/status/374606677368385536
So this DOJ bids to keep poor in dilapidated Schools???
Yesterday they had an op-ed in support of not jailing statutory rapists.
“South Korea’s students rank among the best in the world, and its top teachers can make a fortune. Can the U.S. learn from this academic superpower?”
Would´ve loved to read that but the page is no longer available it seems. 😦
Try this link:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324635904578639780253571520
Remember, Arapaho, when PBO said that South Korean teachers are called “nation builders”? SK teachers are seen to have a broad national role in helping to build their country’s future and they are respected by everyone in society. They aren’t constantly ridiculed, overburdened and criticized as they are in the US. Teachers in the US receive among the lowest professional salaries and their work is continually devalued. It would take a major reversal in thinking to change this. Americans would have regard the future as a priority, rather than making a quick buck today. We’d have to shed a centuries old anti-intellectual attitude, which devalues the ‘book learned’ over the so-called rugged (read macho) self-made man. In short, it isn’t going to happen and the US will fail continue to fail miserably in equipping our children for a changing world.
Reporters are gathering outside the WH waiting for McCain and Grahamm to finish being coddled by PBO… Will he have to burp them too ?
They are so excited – McCain in the white house – hahahahahaha
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/319899-report-obama-to-meet-lgbt-activists-in-russia?utm_campaign=briefingroom&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterfeed
Damn! Right in Putin’s backyard, the only thing that would make Putin more mad is if President Obama met the activists before he sits down to meet with Putin.
So Puttie Putin would then have to arrest them? Hmm?
The plot thickens……indeed.
WOW, in your face, Putin! PBO is an amazing man. Never underestimate his faculties.
The posters on The Hill are quite loathsome
Old Johnny Mac was already in the bag, President Obama just had to get Graham on board.
Dana Bash is a Toad and a Goat.
Pres Obama was not going to meet with John McCain, had he not known in advance that McCain and Graham would be saying what they are saying…..adding the Weak and 2yrs later meme…….These two men….think that they have it all figured out? Nope. They will be on the Senate floor…..working their butts off getting the needed number of votes in the senate.
All I have to say to McCain is ….
#TrustBarack
bbl …. off to do a bunch of errands …. thank you, again, everyone for your kind greetings
That has not stopped either of them from complaining to the press outside the WH right now.
No fan of John King, but I can see why he is no longer with this woman. She is very annoying and competitive.
Welcome Back Japa21. Sorry that you had to endure with Fox.
Thank you. We were so busy didn’t watch much TV anyway. And I definitely avoided Fox.
😎
Yes Tebow got cut by the Pats who earlier this year was cut by the Jets.
Wow, earth shattering. I may not be able to sleep tonight.
US has the means, the how and the when……in Syria……Graham is just lying so is McCain. US is Not Israel. Israel depends on US backing…..or they will Not be daring the attacks in Iraq, Syria or Lebanon. It is that simple.
So, was our President sitting back watching Repugs did their holes, then when he thought they were deep enough, said okay, lets vote on this. This man can out think everyone, will they ever realize that.
Happy labor day to all , and a belated Happy Birthday, BobF. Thank you for all you do!
For FLOTUS ~ May God’s Love and Grace continue to shine on you, for many reasons, but perhaps most of all because PBO needs you. http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=PBO
Disgusting. Who is responsible for this?
But NSA!!! http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanner/2013/06/19/theres-a-billion-reasons-not-to-give-stores-your-zip-code-ever/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Honestly…people have lost the capacity to think. THIS kind of thing is a far more prevalent invasion of privacy, yet…crickets!
New post!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/09/02/president-obamas-labor-day-message/
DavidKenner @DavidKenner 13m
French intel says Syrian mil. launched an assault after CW attack to destroy evidence. Says soldiers set fires to “purify the atmosphere.”
Retweeted by Jeff Gauvin
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Regarding Diana Nyad and her great accomplishment. The last time I ran the Portland Marathon I was in my 40s. There was a woman who was 85 who was running and successfully complete the marathon. Running, not walking.
“The last time I ran the Portland Marathon I was in my 40s. There was a woman who was 85 who was running and successfully complete the marathon. Running, not walking.”
Wow, Bill that’s amazing for an 85 years-old woman to run a marathon! Now what’s my excuse? I can’t even walk half a mile without huffing and puffing; and I am 18 years younger than her.
Happy Birthday Bobfr! And Happy Labor Day to the TOD group!
Russia issues travel warning. Sounds to me we are back in the Cold War.