@petesouza: President Obama inside a Ford truck following his speech in KC
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5:0 EDT: President Obama delivers remarks at a memorial for victims of the Navy Yard shooting; First Lady Michelle Obama also attends
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Monday * Tuesday * Wednesday * Thursday * Friday * Saturday
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Monday
@PeteSouza: Lisa Monaco briefs Pres Obama on the shootings today at the Wash Navy Yard
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When will it be enough? – by Liberal Librarian
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President Obama receives an update on the Washington Navy Yard shootings investigation from FBI Director James Comey, left, and Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. in the Oval Office (Pete Souza)
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Tuesday
by Jacqueline OBoomer
There sits a building, painted white
It glimmers in the bright sunlight
Built by strong, dark hands, without a choice
Built to house a leader, so we’d all have a voice
There sits a building, painted white
It shimmers in the soft twilight
Shadowing strong, dark hands taking their rest
Ghosts of our democracy, who gave it their best
There sits a building, painted white
It dims its lights, overnight
Built by slaves, who also served inside
Where none thought they should ever reside
There sits a building, painted white
We tip our hats to it, day and night
Built by slaves, who’d hang their heads to pray
A man with strong, dark hands would live there someday
There sits a building, painted white
I dare to say it is still quite the sight
For a still young country, yet to fully repent
But now shining light on why their knees were bent
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Today POTUS called Pauline Beck to tell her the home care rule has been finalized—in 07’ he took a walk in her shoes http://t.co/Jq0tuYSXiX
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) September 17, 2013
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Wednesday
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Inside the Oval Office: President Obama meets with the @BGCA_Clubs 2013 Youth of the Year finalists —> pic.twitter.com/yw4EqDrCj0
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 18, 2013
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More adventures in our failed media experiment: Part 1,382 – by Liberal Librarian
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by Jacqueline OBoomer
The Great Emancipator
Mocked and vilified in life
Stares down from his portrait
At the new President’s wife
My dear Mr. Lincoln
As you look down from on high
May we present Mrs. Obama
With a tear in our eye
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Thursday
@petesouza: Pres Obama writes school excuse note for Alanah Poullard, 5, daughter of wounded warrior in East Room
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Can Y’all smell What Pres Obama’s cooking? – by Zizi
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PHOTO: VP thanks @MedStarWHC doctors and nurses who care for patients injured Monday at the #NavyYard pic.twitter.com/7bh2Q4lNry
— Office of VP Biden (@VP) September 19, 2013
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Friday
President Obama waves to the crowd after speaking to workers during a visit to the Ford Kansas City Stamping Plant in Liberty, Missouri
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TOD Toon Time – by ‘Even’ Amk
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PHOTO: VP Biden & Mexican President Peña Nieto deliver joint statements after meeting today in Mexico City. @EPN pic.twitter.com/vVeI3JPd8C
— Office of VP Biden (@VP) September 20, 2013
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Saturday:
Obamacare: Spreading the Good News – by Africa
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Reluctant heroes: Medal of Honor recipients meet an adoring public – by Lovelyplains
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President Obama greets Rev Al Sharpton and Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton at the CBC awards pic.twitter.com/mi8ZvVktWX
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 22, 2013
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MoooOOOooorning Early Birds!
The Obama Diary 
Good morning.
Moooooorning pkayden!
Good job.
My eyes are blurry from mowing the lawn yesterday.
Grass Allergies are the worst… I better clean them out as it’s football today.
🙂
Aaaaaaw, poor Jovie!! 😆
Thanks for the compassion chips.
🙂
The laughy face was unkind, but you do have the funniest woes Jovie – from iPhone calamities to endless Twitter bans 😆
Good morning pkayden and Chipsticks.
Moooooorning Sonjia!!!
lazy bum. didn’t ‘even’ get my name right.
Fixed!!! 😆 Morning Grumpy!
Good morning everyone. Happy Sunday. Stuck doing homework for school tomorrow.
Mooooorning Mariele – ugh, doesn’t like you’re going have too happy a Sunday 😦
I love President Obama’s smile in the first photo. Such joy! Forces me to smile too. Good Sunday morning to all!
Goooooooooooodddd Sunday Morning Chipsticks, Early Bird TODers….Everyone!!!!!
Chipsticks, a great review of the week in this morning’s Rise and Shine. For those of us who are always playing catch-up or had moments where we couldn’t get to the blog, this is an excellent way to see what we may have missed this week. Thanks a bunch for the weekly synopsis and the links to the details behind it. I see we have some honorary blog tyrants joining the ranks. 🙂
My son celebrated his last day as a teenager on yesterday and is celebrating his 20th today!
Everyone be inspired today….and try to lift the spirits of someone else. A smile is a good start. 😀 😀 😀
Moooooorning Swbluega, happy birthday to your son!!!!
I keep meaning to do a review type thingie like this every week, especially for anyone, like you said, who missed bit and pieces – will try to make it a regular feature!
Good Morning swbluega!
It’s a gorgeous day to turn 20! Happy Birthday to your son.
As I do for you, I wish him great love, overflowing joy, and fantastic happiness.
Good Morning Dudette! Thanks on behalf of my son for the birthday wish! It is great that his birthday is so close to someone so upbeat and uplifting as yourself.
I hope that your birthday cheer is ongoing as you continue to spread cheer to those around you — both physically and virtually. 😀
Have a wonderful day, Neighbor!
Good morning, TOD. Lead story in the Parade is interview with Tom Hanks and Capt. Phillips. The last question to both of them: What are you hoping people take away from the movie? HANKS: I would say that Rich puts this incredibly well: You can always try to do something. Keep moving forward. Keep trying stuff. PHILLIPS: Nothing is over until you choose to give up.
Now I ask y’all–Who does this remind you of? Amazing, isn’t it??!! PO’s speech last night…….and I read these quotes this morning!!!!!
Good and blessed day to all.
tnmtngirl,
Doubt that you’ll see this, since I’m responding about 3 hours after you posted, but yesterday you asked about tweets about Reagan.
I’m sure there are better tweets out there, but here are two for starters:
Ted Cruz and Jim DeMint Privately Admit That Republicans Won’t Defund Obamacare
By: Jason Easley
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Once again, the Republican base has been scammed by their own elected officials. Republicans know that they can’t defund Obamacare. This is all a scheme to raise money, and get Republican voters fired up for the 2014 election. Cruz was also hoping to become the leader of a popular rebellion that would carry him to the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Expect lots of tough talk about defunding Obamacare from Ted Cruz, but it’s all bulls**t, and he knows it.
The country is facing the prospect of a potential government shutdown, because Republicans want to fire up their base, and/or run for president in 2016.
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http://www.politicususa.com/2013/09/21/ted-cruz-jim-demint-privately-admit-republicans-defund-obamacare.html
So Ladyhawke, the racists haters deserve what they get, if they would put aside their hate they could see that all this talk from the Republicans about repealing or defunding Obamacare is B.S., but they can’t or refuse to see this, because their hate for this President have them so blind.
EXHIBITS IN GOP LUNACY
Jonathan Capehart @CapehartJ 10m
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Exhibits in #GOP lunacy. A) http://wapo.st/1a3W05o B) http://wapo.st/1aWaDw0 C) http://wapo.st/1dvEzNc D) http://wapo.st/1fji2F8 #p2 #tcot
Retweeted by LOLGOP
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Good to see that twitter is not letting up on Chuck Todd – how sad, too bad
I hope this haunts him forever 99ts – but knowing him, it probably won’t.
He is sounding on twitter like he really doesn’t like it – and after Tapper was chased away (very unsuccessful attempt to help out his pal) I haven’t seen anyone else joining in to support him – I think it’s giving him some grief.
Oh, I hope so 99ts, I just thought because he’s so completely admiring of himself it wouldn’t worry him, but good to hear he sounds tetchy!
Signed, sealed, delivered. But isn’t it amazing and sad that we have to have a petition to remind a member of the news media that it is their JOB to report the truth, that our democracy depends on it?
Ah, so true Dotster, it says it all about today’s MSM that a petition like this has to be started up.
Don’t know if this has already been posted…
“Is Your Congressman One Of The 13 Who Get Federal Farm Subsidies But Voted To Cut Food Stamps?”
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/is-your-congressman-one-of-the-13-who-get-federal-farm-subsidies-but-voted-to-cut-food-stamps/politics/2013/09/21/75493
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Can you think of a better example of inhumane hypocrisy from our members of Congress than one that literally takes food out of the mouths of children but lines their own wallets with millions of your tax dollars? Back in July, you’ll remember, for the first time since 1973, House Republicans successfully voted to remove the Food Stamp bill from the Farm bill, while retaining and passing the Farm Subsidies bill…So, who are the rich gutting the food stamps bill? Member of Congress, of course.
This week, the Republican-led House voted to strip $40 billion in food stamps funding over a ten year period…They also voted to make, as a condition of receiving food stamps, most recipients work 20 hours a week — in an economy that has 7.3 percent unemployment…one [Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN)] even misusing the Bible to come up with their justification […“cited Jesus Christ’s call to care for ‘the least of these’ when describing the government’s need to assist the hungry,” … explained his support for the proposed cuts by quoting a very different Bible verse – 2 Thessalonians 3:10: ‘For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat.’”]
Back in July, when Congress stripped the food stamps bill from the farm subsidies bill, fourteen Congressmen who voted for that attack on the poor are themselves farmers. Yes, they are recipients of farm subsidies…And yesterday, thirteen of those fourteen voted to gut the food stamps bill…And yes, they are all Republicans.
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The list of the 13 Republican Congress people who voted to fund their farms with millions of your tax dollars, and voted to cut $40 billion in food stamps is included in the article.
LET THEM EAT CAKE
Cut Food Stamps, It’s What Jesus Would Do
By JM Ashby
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This is where we’re at.
Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) on Friday responded to a constituent opposed to drastically cutting food stamps for the young, elderly and poor by citing a Biblical quote: “If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.” […]
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http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/blog-archives/2013/09/cut-food-stamps-its-what-jesus-would-do.html
That quote from the Bible must be included in the GOP talking points…I see Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) also used it as his justification to cut Food Stamp funding.
They don’t even have any originality – no doubt a staffer found that one and spread the word around. Horrible, hateful excuses for people.
Sw, It’s amusing how they always search out the most punitive bits of the Bible and leave out the overriding message of loving thy neighbor and feeding the poor. Plus heaven forbid they should read the Sermon on the Mount.
Selective application. As long as they can cite the Bible as their source, in THEIR minds they are maintaining their Christian values. HA!!!
This kind of use of scripture drive me crazy. This is a part of a verse totally out of context. Paul had been visiting the church at Thessalonika, and as usual had been making his living making tents, as well as teaching and writing. A number of the elders of the church had decided that Christ was coming back soon, so they didn’t have to work, just sit and wait. Paul quickly disabused them of that idea
The leaders must work……does that sound familiar to us? Actually, if they want to apply this to anyone, it should be applied to Congress. They don’t work, they shouldn’t get paid and eat.
This is a total perversion of any gospel message. Christ said it is our responsibility to take care of those who are poor and in need of help.
Every representative in Oklahoma voted for the destruction of the SNAP program and for the defunding of the ACA. They will also use religious rationales for their votes. Sickening!!!!
morning everyone! have a great day
Mooooorning Linda!
60 killed in kenya. 60 killed in pakistan. What do the muslim extremists expect achieve with all these mindless deaths?
Utter carnage, almost afraid to turn on the news this weekend, the insanity of it all is terrifying.
70 in Baghdad. Suicide bomb
This is so sad and disturbing. Amk, weren’t you in Kenya just a week or two ago? Thank goodness you’re out of this mess… 😦 😦
this is the key question
It is time for the Sunday morning shows – let the display of greed, meanness & stupidity of politicians, pundits & their beltway echo-chamber begin.
My condolences to Zizi on the loss of her mentor in Kenya.
I have never before seen a smile like the one above from Al Sharpton – he sure looks to love PBO.
Good review of the week Chiparoo.
Mooooorning Chelsea Girl!
Chica, you gotta, just GOTTA publish this picture. I haven’t been on for a while (just started a new job!) and you may have already seen it, but it certainly could use as many views as possible…)
Meet the four Colorado Republicans who voted against aid for areas affected by Hurricane Sandy last year, who each asked for federal assistance after the recent flooding in their districts.
That’s excellent Isonprize, thank you, will tweet it too:
Hope all’s going great with the new job!!
Hypocrites–that is all.
They are a bunch of first class evil hypocrites, and I plan to send them a email about this.
This link has names and pictures of the 13 Republican Congress people who voted to cut Food Stamp funding and who are also receiving farm subsidies.
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/is-your-congressman-one-of-the-13-who-get-federal-farm-subsidies-but-voted-to-cut-food-stamps/politics/2013/09/21/75493
It would be nice if the twitter brigade could do something similar to what has been done with the CO Republicans.
Hooligans, all of them. goofball hooligans, definitely not leaders.
unbelievable ison. tweeted what a bunch of sad sacks.
So, I am in the car, and Steve KornHacky and his panel just said that the Base has left the president. Wait…, I am confused? They are?
Is this true and what is his Baseline?
If I remember right, we were told the ‘base’ had deserted the President before the last election, and then …… two terms.
Good point. I think many factions of the base! Don’t you?
“KornHacky” cracks me up – you’re on a roll this morning, Jovie!
LOL @”KornHacky”
🙂 🙂
No this is not true. It’s a new (well an old, regurgitated) meme the MSM keeps dredging up whenever they’ve got nothing. Boehner is about to cave on the debt ceiling issue and the MSM wants people looking elsewhere….
The base has left PBO in the same way the photo up above demonstrates our enthusiam gap.
NOT.
photo in Ford car, specifically
So Chuck Todd claims that it is not journalists’ responsibility to correct/call out GOP lies. Apparently he and his peers thinks that it is okay for THEM to fabricate and spread these falsehoods as well.
It’s wishful thinking, Jovie. They think wishing will make it so. Also, they can just say things without proof because fact check is just so yesterday.
seriously Jovie. tweeted that clown
LOL ! If the President lost support from democrats his poll numbers would be in the 30’s or 20’s. Every poll shows that he maintains high ratings with Democrats and liberal democrats. The media can’t do anything else but attack the president because they hate him.
I cannot believe how anti-Obama these youngun’s get when they get a high profile MSNBC gig. In lockstep.
Saw this week (somewhere, don’t remember where) that PBO’s support among Dems was something like 90% — don’t remember (sigh) the exact percentage, but it was ridiculously high.
Now crickets from MSM on PBO’s masterful foreign policy moves. From the simple grace and good manners of a personal letter to Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani to the wheels put in place after Putin was “elected” President, CRICKETS = egg on face of MSM.
dawna is wrong about “MSNBC.” Chuck is apparently political director for the mothership, NBC.
Since upChuck was promoted because of his work on the once-in-a-lifetime 2008 campaign, he believes that is his job — campaign reporting, with no consideration of what is happening to America, voters, Congress, the world.
Reposting this because what steamed me most about what upChuck said this week is calling our President a “lame duck.” If Dems win back Congress in 2014 and hold on to the Senate, President Obama may serve his entire 8 years without ever being a lame duck (that’s assuming that Dems hold on to Congress/Senate and a Dem – Martin O’Malley? – is elected President.
2016 is ridiculous speculation now, but just saying that upChuck is so, so wrong, and it’s shameful that he gets away with spewing his lies as “analysis.”
Also this; Congress is viewed less favorably than the person the President has been threatening all this month:
So very sorry to read the news that Zizi’s worst fears were realized. Such a tragedy for so many who lost loved ones. My heart and prayers are sent to you and yours, Zizi.
Oh I didn’t get the bad news until now reading your comment….I’m so sorry to hear about zizi’s mentor.
Zizi comforting and healing thoughts to you and your husband at this very difficult time.
Very sorry to hear that also. All this senseless violence——all this killing of innocents—–incomprehensible. Solves nothing, increases the hate and fear and perpetuates and escalates the violence.
And here folks in a nutshell, is why the GOP feels empowered to continue its outrageous behavior. No accountability whatsoever…we’re at the brink of a possible gov’t shutdown thanks to GOP malfeasance, yet KornHACKY (as per Jovie) cannot find anything better to lead his show than “future of the Dem party?”
“The future of the Democratic party”??????
Unflippingbelievable!!!!
They hate the President. Now that he has won a second term they are tying to smear him and ruin his legacy. The emos and the media pundits have never liked this president since day one.
It’s a beautiful Sunday morning, the autumnal equinox, my baby boy’s 41rst birthday is tomorrow and I’m going to try to go through a whole day without feeling angry and outraged. Ha! By the way I told my 93-old mother-in-law- that my 77-year old sister was getting married. Her response–“well, she’s still a young woman.” It’s all in perspective!
My heart goes out to Zizi and her family on the loss of her mentor.
OK—-I’m feeling a little younger and perkier after your mother-in-law’s comment. (plus the proof that my 96 yr. old mom had a “date” last night with her 94 yr. old boyfriend. It was a popcorn date at his unit, but still…….romance) (and he told her she looked “cute” in the new wine colored cardigan I gave her for her bday—-compliments are good at any age)
The way I avoid anger and outrage on Sunday is to start the day with CBS Sunday Morning instead of any of the inane political talk fests. Always love that eclectic programming—–segments on that intriguing PBS Show Seven Up—-where the filmmaker has been following 7 British kids of different classes for 50 years to reveal how their lives have evolved, plus one on Cher, who looks the same as she did 40 some years ago when I ran to the record store to get the 45 “I Got You Babe”, plus one on croquet, a childhood fave, plus new movie reviews, plus one on the ukelele, plus, plus, plus—-now one on art accompanied by a symphony, next up Mark Twain. Always enjoy and learn something.
Hey everyone.:D Just read this article on cnn that is supposed to explain the German elections. It does…in a way. of course there i, again, no hint at the fact that the terms “conservative”, “liberal” and “democratic” as part of “party” are not the same everywhere in the world, so i guess the average American won´t be much the wiser after this article at all…
Just as a reminder even though this is off topic: Our conservative is almost your liberal. American conservative is…oh, it just dropped off the right side of the German political spectrum. 😛
thanks for the explainer – our media is totally useless
Well, I think what´s lacking is the general knowledge that Europe is generally more liberal as a whole when it comes to politics. I had this fun conversation with a guy in Minnesota once (I was staying there as a teacher for a student exchange this year, my host family were very nice people, moderately republican but for reasons I found okay, there was no stupid Obama bashing), a friend of my host family who was genuinely interested in talking about the EU over dinner one day.
Him: Well my theory is that those EU countries that struggle right now mostly do so because they have been to fiscally liberal, would you agree? I mean, in contrast to your chancellor.
Me: It depends on your definition of “liberal”. If my chancellor were an American politician, her views would get her into what is the more “liberal” party here actually.
I felt a bit of amused pity because his face said that his political idea of Germany had just been flopped upside down 😀
That’s funny and so true. Sarkozy is another example of a center right politician in France who would be considered a liberal democrat if he was an American politician.
Yep, absolutely.
another thing that is of concern with respect to the attacks in Nairobi is the potential for retaliation against the many Somali refugees who now reside in E. Africa.
Just this week, I was talking to an American of Somali descent who is already expressing fear about the attacks occurring against refugees in some parts of Sub Saharan Africa.
I have heard related reports on the BBC.
This carnage is gut-wrenching on so many levels
Morning all! http://www.alanoken.com
For all you Libras! This guy is world-renowned, my teacher, mentor and very dear friend. A brilliant astrologer and metaphysician! Now, morning tea, please! {{{{TOD}}}}
Click on Newsletter, then Current Issue.
And ps again: just heard from Alan there is a typo in the dates for Celestial Happenings, tho info is correct. He will correct this in the next 24 hours.
GM Chip, TOD…….. Wonderful week in review! I have two tests Mon/Tues…….. will check in to see if anybody is causing trouble tonight if possible 🙂 If not, I hope everyone has an excellent week ahead!
because of a personal attachment to Kenya & close proximity to home and family in the city, I have been closely following the events at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi.
One of the many things that caught my attention is the challenges that the responding law enforcement and medical personnel faced as they attempted to clear the scene & help the victims.
First Responders with very little body protection – police armed with small fire-arms facing off against attackers with automatic weapons & grenades!!!!
On a day that PBO and FLOTUS comfort this nation for a senseless attack on innocent people, Pakistan loses 75 to a suicide bombing, and Kenya loses 60(at this time) to a violent attack by extremists………..not to mention all the people in the USA that are being lost every day to just plain gun violence………why, let’s discuss what’s wrong with the DEMOCRATIC party….let’s try to convince people that the Libertarian extreme left are taking over b/c they can’t hold their noses and vote GOP b/c of social issues……………..well I watched Steve Kornhole’s show b/c of Carole King, who is my personal favorite female artist. and I could almost feel her seething about being put in such a position………………………..now I am going to go back to making pear preserves and then pull weeds in my garden so I can declutter my mind….will reconnect when it’s time for the memorial.
#MEDIAFAIL: DYSFUNCTIONAL MEDIA FOCUSES ON PROCESS & STYLE OVER POLICY & RESULTS
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The articles below do a nice job of calling out the lazy media stenographers for their obsession with process and style while ignoring policy and results.
1) Syria And The Beltway Media Crackup
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/09/20/syria-and-the-beltway-media-crackup/195993
2) Style Points and the Beltway Pundits’ Substance Deficit
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2013/09/style-points-and-beltway-pundits.html
3) Obama is criticized for right result on Syria
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-obama-is-criticized-for-right-result-on-syria/2013/09/18/b2a08acc-1ffb-11e3-b7d1-7153ad47b549_story.html
4) No more magical thinking about the presidency
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/09/19/no-more-magical-thinking-about-the-presidency/
Dionne: “Traditional media are so afraid of being called liberal” they’ll run with “any kind of right-wing propaganda … as news”
http://mediamatters.org/video/2010/07/25/dionne-traditional-media-are-so-afraid-of-being/168235
Zizi ~ I have just read of the sad and inexcusable loss of you beloved friend and mentor. I am so very sorry. http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=PBO
Moooooorning all you O folks!!!! It’s a great getting up day in TODville again, heh!?!?!
WHAATTT?????? David Gregory just checked the person on his panel from the WSJ for using the term ‘CR’ instead of defunding the government. He also turned to the camera and said something like, ‘let me clarify for our viewers’.
This has to be a result of the twits, twats, and petitions to NBC about their responsibility.
Somewhere a pig just got his wings.
MEDIA DERELICTION OF DUTY
GOP Pushes Obamacare Government Shutdown; Media Pretend The Madness Is Politics As Usual
By Eric Boehlert – (8/2/13)
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And why did Norm Ornstein seem so alone when he stated the obvious about the shutdown madness at The National Journal: “It is important to emphasize that this set of moves is simply unprecedented.” (Ornstein condemned the budget blackmail as a “contemptible” form of “sabotage.”)
The press’ continued timidity simply rewards Republicans by mainstreaming far-right behavior. There’s little doubt that the Republicans’ latest tortured plot to kill Obamacare represents a truly unique form of political folly. There’s nothing wrong with the press saying so.
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http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/08/02/gop-pushes-obamacare-government-shutdown-media/195197
Chat away!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/09/22/chat-away-242/
Aww, Chips, very sweet of you to post my poems again. Thank you. Enjoy your day! The sun’s shinin’ here like crazy!
A full rich documentation of what week on this past week.
Excellent. Great Job. Brilliant. Thank you, Madam Proprietor.