President Barack Obama announces his nomination of economist Janet Yellen as Federal Reserve chairman as current chairman Ben Bernanke listens in the State Dining Room of the White House
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President Barack Obama listens as Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, speaks
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President Barack Obama stands with outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Pres. Obama nominates Janet Yellen as Chair of the Federal Reserve. First woman ever and the first Democrat (since Paul Volcker) in 30 years
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Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) October 09, 2013****
President Barack Obama announces his nomination of Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve at the White House
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President Barack Obama (C) speaks during a press conference to nominate Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve as current Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernake stands by
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President Barack Obama applauds after announcing his nomination of Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with outgoing Fed Chair Ben Bernanke as he announces his nomination of Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve
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Janet Yellen smiles as President Barack Obama and current Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernake applaud her during a press conference to nominate Yellen to head the Federal Reserve
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President Barack Obama greets Janet Yellen after announcing her as his nomination to head the Federal Reserve
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President Barack Obama applauds after a press conference to nominate Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve with current Fed Chair Ben Bernanke in the State Dining Room at the White House
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The Obama Diary 
Well, he’s including kids too, for instance my representative, James Lankford is on the list to go. He is pathetic. How he ever got to be an elected “leader” is beyond my comprehension. I write him ALL the time, and I know others who do too. If he’s there, this will be a pathetic event…..and Virginia Foxx!!! Boehner is sabotaging these “talks” by his choices.
Lankford’s only qualification before he was elected, was that he supervised the Baptist conference youth camp in southern Oklahoma. He is a Bible banger who signs his constituent letters “In God We Trust” I have repeatedly asked him not to do that, but I doubt he ever sees my emails. The year he was elected, a large number of Republicans ran in the primary and there was a run off. One of the candidates was really hated, but had second most votes, so the two of them were in the runoff, and this idiot won.
Taking “Stupid” with him so he doesn’t look so stupid.
This is how Enzi is “handling” the #GOPshutdown (from two days ago):
Just an excuse to continue collecting a paycheck while ignoring their bosses (their constituents).
Congratulations to Janet Yellen. I hope the senate doesn’t play games with her confirmation.
Now, more in keeping with the post, I am not enough of an economic expert to know if she is a great choice or not, but PBO does not nominate slouches for any position so my assumption is yes, she is.
Further proof will be all the outrage coming from the GOPers over the next couple days.
Her resume’ is very impressive, to put it mildly. And I also trust President Obama’s choices. His judgment is exquisite.
Okay, Japa, explain that 3/5 president ‘like the Constitution says’ for me. I am truly trying to understand some of the crazy things done supposedly as per the Constitution. I’m suddenly remembering that ‘watered with the blood of ‘ gun guy from a couple years back as I write this.
Black people were originally thought of as 3/5ths of a person. To justify not giving them rights , like voting, etc.
It also made White people feel superior , or at least that was the plan.
It was the Framers fault we are in the position we are in today.
They could have done something about that!!!
I knew that, but never gave a thought that the 3/5ths might be a part of the Constitution (still)! Good Lord!
From Wiki:
As it is now:
Following the Civil War and the abolition of slavery by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1865), the three-fifths clause was rendered moot. Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1868) later superseded Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3. It specifically states that “Representatives shall be apportioned …counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed …”
As it was (the awful truth part):
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the enumerated population of slaves would be counted for representation purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the apportionment of the members of the United States House of Representatives. It was proposed by delegates James Wilson and Roger Sherman.
Delegates opposed to slavery generally wished to count only the free inhabitants of each state, but delegates supportive of slavery, on the other hand, generally wanted to count slaves in their actual numbers. Since slaves could not vote, slaveholders would thus have the benefit of increased representation in the House and the Electoral College. The final compromise of counting “all other persons” as only three-fifths of their actual numbers reduced the power of the slave states relative to the original proposals, but increased it over the northern position.
The Three-Fifths Compromise is found in Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the United States Constitution:
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.
Nothing to add
Me, neither.
Sorry, JOB, I commented before I read your comment!
I’m way over on the new post, so no problem (in any event, no problem!).
Evenin’, nath.
VC, the 3/5th clause was superseded by the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, and the 14th Amendment, which declared that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States…are citizens of the United States” who would not be denied “the privileges and immunities of” citizenship, “due process of law” and ” the equal protection of the laws.”.
Hi Jovie! 😀
“Black people were originally thought of as 3/5ths of a person. To justify not giving them rights , like voting, etc.”
Jovie, actually that’s not entirely accurate. Blacks who were slaves were considered to be 100% property and not persons. The 3/5th clause (Article I, Sect. 2, paragraph 3) had nothing to do with the status of Blacks. Rather, It was a compromise between Northern states that had, or were in the process of, abolishing slavery with the states that had had substantial slave populations. It was basically all about granting more Representation, in the U.S. House of Representatives, to slave states by allowing those states to count their slaves as 3/5 of population. For a few Blacks who were not slaves their status was ambiguous. Some states, and in particular the New England states, granted them certain citizenship rights like the right to vote and the right to own property, but still discriminated against them in almost all the other aspects of social life. Most states, North and South denied free Blacks basic citizenship rights, especially the right to vote. Then came the 1857 Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision, which categorically declared that Blacks were not, and could not be, citizen of the United States because they belonged to an inferior race. As the Chief Justice at the time, Roger B. Taney, said: the descendants of Africans “were so far inferior that they had no rights which whites were bound to respect.” They were not even 3/5th of a person; they were practically non-persons.
Janet Yellen’s husband is a Nobel Economics Winner.
Congrats on 1st japa!!
Great photos UT 🙂
#FORWARD
Japa was 1st? I missed that in my rush to catch up. /waving/ Hi, up there, Japa!
Gee-zus. The rt. wing whackos and the haters in the media are guilty of stirring up all this crazy acting out. Those most vulnerable, those teetering on the edge, are affected and stirred to violence.
Agree with BobFR and zizi2.
The GOP is leading this country down a garden path that leads to anarchy:
1) guns for every nutjob out there
2) create as much chaos and uncertainty at the federal and local level as possible
No doubt about their treason. History will record this GOP era as one in which the Traitor Party reigned.
Inevitable: Fox News Hires Dr. Ben Carson
So, he was auditioning at the prayer breakfast! Wonder why he needs another job – wouldn’t he already have made tons of money, enough to retire quietly away from the limelight?
He’s got screws loose, and I think he believes God has called him to serve the religious extremist nutty nuts, to aid in the obstruction.
I wonder, Dotster, why is it wingnuts’ God never calls them to serve selflessly and with empathy?
I wonder also why the more compassionate message never gets through with some of these people. Something’s amiss in their thinking skills or upbringing. They’re dangerous because they believe they are chosen, convinced themselves that they are right, everyone else is wrong, and they are doing God’s work. They are rigid and will not consider any other rational opinions or thoughts, will not allow them to enter their brains.
Seriously, they cannot allow rationality to enter their brains because IMO,
a) they weren’t thinkers to begin with,
b) they generally attend their brainwashing sessions regularly, and
c) many NEED to have someone(s) to put down.
Another liar
Ben Carson
Ben Carson, another “happy-go-lucky” Darkie
Enter Ben Carson…another one, just like the other one. And those same white Republican critics who pretended to embrace Herman Cain are now praising Dr. Carson. They are ecstatic not just to see a Black man express conservative ideas, but that he did so to the face of the Black Democratic president (he would never have been allowed to do so to a white president). So, Uncle Ben passed the first test of modern-day Republicanism with flying colors…he was rude, offensive and confrontational.
http://thepoliticalpragmatic.blogspot.com/2013/04/ben-carson-another-happy-go-lucky-darkie.html
Preach FayPax!
🙂
Now this is cool!! Way to go @OFA
I participated in this – it was really easy. If you want to be invited to digital events like “taking over Boehner’s Facebook page” go to baracobama.com and sign up to join.
barackobama.com/events – don’t forget the k
Amazing human being.
God bless John Lewis !
During the impeachment of Bill Clinton, Republicans were pretty unpopular. After eight years of George W. Bush, same. But never in the history of Gallup polling has the party been more unpopular than it is right now.
And, as we all know, this is Gallup! Almost as bad as Raz. Can you just imagine the numbers on internal polls. Sam Wang’s analysis that you posted yesterday, LL, gives a glimmer of how bad it is for the GOP, but even he doesn’t have access to the type of data that folk at OFA have.
^^LP^^ not ^LL^ 😉
The media is trying to latch onto the AP/GFK polling this morning, but not even acknowledging that the entire poll was conducted via *Internet*= worthless. In Pew’s Poll PBO gained 9pts. while the GOP lost 7 giving them a 24-70 approval, and speaking of Rass, they have him at 50////was 52 approval yesterday. Also even in RealClear’s BS metrics….. PBO gain 10 points(48/48) in approval w/ the Economist/YouGov, another BS internet poll. These facts can’t be denied. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html
Thanks to for this catch. He’s another frosh newbie in the House who has never held public office and wants to shut down govt and default.
meta, I just now had the time to read the editorial article. This is the kind of exposure that needs to be told by Scott Pelley on the Evening News where it will be heard by more people.
How dare he be so crass!!!!
pierce cuts into the toad:
‘ I mentioned earlier today that Paul Ryan, the zombie-eyed granny-starver from Wisconsin, had come out with an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal in which he postulated that the Reign Of The Morons could end if only we admitted that he and Mitt Romney really had won the election — and, therefore, the right to enact their economic plan — in 2012. I also speculated that there would be at least a few nominally sane people inside the Beltway who’d buy Ryan’s latest crock of beans as the act of a statesman.
Step right up, my man Chuck Todd. And friends. ‘
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sorry-link
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/chuck-todd-end-of-shutdown-article-100913
and this new piece from sam wang gives details on rethugs at risk:
‘ Representatives who benefited from the great partisan gerrymander of 2010 were given enough of an advantage to get into office narrowly. In a district designed to give Republicans a narrow advantage, Republican loyalists are likely to be spread thinly, with the balance of the needed votes being drawn from independents. Some of these independents might be more prone to anger about the current situation. These polls suggest that Republicans in those states might be particularly ripe targets for pressure. ‘
http://election.princeton.edu/2013/10/09/partisan-gerrymanderings-hidden-burden/
“An examination of the MoveOn/PPP data suggests that this burden might fall harder on some Republicans than others. Perhaps surprisingly, a major cause seems to be partisan gerrymandering…”
Our county mayor was just on the local news. He was ranting bigtime about the shutdown. Talked about women and children and how many are not getting food, formula, etc. Talked about the Smokies being closed and some people “po-po” that and say, “Oh, it’s just our parks.” He then explained how all the mom and pop businesses in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and this whole area, for that matter are being devastated…..said this is their Christmas because of the large amount of traffic we get for the fall colors. Then he talked about Oak Ridge and how the people being affected are blue collar workers…..they’re not people who live in gated communities. He is REALLY angry. Yes, he’s a Republican and he did not call out the Republicans, but he is definitely upset and I’m sure, he knows it’s the GOP/TP who are responsible for this.
Good for him. Hope he follows through, in some way.
at least he said something about the real pain local people and local economies are facing
Completely minor, but here’s info on another irritant in the west; law enforcement of the “no trespassing” rules during federal shutdown.
Keep in mind that in much of the West the weather is pretty much perfect for hiking now.
Interesting email just arrived from DCCC Rapid Response:
“Boehner must be in a panic.
One of his staunchest allies, GOP Congressman Bill “Big Oil” Young just announced his retirement. This is BIG NEWS for three reasons:
Congressman Young’s announcement comes just days after a new poll showing him LOSING his re-election race.
This is a winnable race — President Obama won this district just last year.
Young’s not the only one — there are 16 other House Republicans losing their races after the Republican government shutdown.
The bottom line? This is a HUGE blow to Boehner’s Tea Party majority.”
yep, same thought!
st petersburg–they love their social security! this is one of the districts sam wang targets as vulnerable, even without the young retirement.
http://election.princeton.edu/2013/10/09/partisan-gerrymanderings-hidden-burden/
Chips & UT,
I have a piece ready & parked in Drafts ready to go. Post it when you think it can go. Thanks
Thanks for the heads up. I’ll post it after this thread.
Obama calls Boehner’s bluff; Boehner falls apart
By Spandan C
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The president invited 232 Republicans to talk. 18 are going to show up. That means that 214 members of the Republican conference in the House are either too afraid to talk to the president or being blocked by their leadership from doing exactly what they have been going all over the media saying they want to do, or some combination of both.
What Boehner and Republicans mean when they go around hashtagging “#letstalk” is not that they want to actually talk. They don’t want to talk. They don’t want to talk if that talk is going to involve an explanation of the consequences of what they are doing. They want to extort the president into dismantling the American social safety net, of which the Affordable Care Act is now an integral part. They want to win at the point of a gun what they could not win at the ballot box.
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http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2013/10/obama-calls-boehners-bluff-boehner.html
Thanks for the link. I have a feeling that for the tea party republicans, “let’s talk” has the same meaning to them as “compromise” and “negotiation.” By which I mean that their interpretation of those words are completely divergent from the dictionary’s definition.
Why is it that Rev. Al keep having that Abby Huntsman on his show? I have to contact him and ask him that question.
I sent him a heads-up for you, Annieb – time for him to prepare a sane answer. 😉
Thank you vc.
My pleasure 😉
That was sweet of you vc 🙂
I give up telling you guys I’m neither nice, nor sweet!
Hello, GGail! Anything cooking that would interest me? 😉
POTUS just finished 1 1/2 hour meeting with House Dems.
Next he’s meeting with Senate Dems.
SOLIDARITY.
Tomorrow he meets with GOP 18.
Good for him. Not only no but hell no. they should know better than to part their lips and request such a stupid thing.
It would never end.
Yes, but will Obama ever invite Yellen to golf with him? 😉 /snark 😀
IIRC a few weeks ago, a progressive contingency was insisting that Obama would never nominate Yellen… hmmm…
Anyways, a sincere congrats to Janet Yellen.
a few weeks ago, there was a report that the weeper of the house will not return as speaker.
may be that is WHY he doesn’t care what anyone says or he is using the GOPshutdown to audition for a job with koch bros
Also, a few weeks ago there was not a GOP BS shutdown….but here we are!
I bet she plays golf as well as she knows economics. It would be a welcome change.
We all know “rich white privileged guys” when they were playing golf mean while they were making deals and call meetings to say and do what they could not say and do on record. Especially, when Blacks were not even allowed on the golf course.
Our President ‘s character and integrity leads me to believe when he says, “let’s play gol”, he means just that.
OT, but now they’re telling us to not wash chicken? which I have always done. Why is there so much bacteria that cannot be washed off and a threat of salmonella in chicken and in our food supply? More and more every day, I think my vegetarian daughter has the better, smarter lifestyle.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-salmonella-chicken-20131009,0,7771173.story
Perhaps you didn’t see my comment the other day….went to the grocer and got in a conversation with the butchers and learned they were all vegetarians.
Cesca, as usual, hits the nail on the had
http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/blog-archives/2013/10/a-neo-confederacy-of-dunces.html
A quick taste:
To observe the Republican Party in its current form is to observe it wreaking revenge on a victorious Union and see the incarnation of the beating hearts and blackened souls of their antecedent oppressors; a seditious still-birth of a nation which lost its “right” to divide and enslave whole peoples, which lost the power to treat human beings as property, and which despite the wise stewardship that summoned better angels to beat it back, now walks among us to incite another uncivil war.
And marshaling all but the truth in its efforts, the Republicans are willing to bring the temple of Democracy down on everyone’s heads, having parted ways with even their rebel progenitors in the area of honor and tradition, instead taking sides with their more colorful contemporaries: the jihadists they claim to despise, whose blood fetish and worship of chaos is more a function of ignorance and laziness than of passionate belief. Easy to die, easy to sow confusion, easy to shove a crowbar through the spokes of a spinning wheel.
From the “liberal media”
“If they had three years to get this ready, if they weren’t fully ready, they should accept the advice Republicans are giving them, delay it for a year, get it to work there are health insurance sites that work great,” Blitzer said. “If they didn’t get it ready in time, make sure to get it right.” – from Talking Points Memo
/headsmack
I thought this was a great tweet from Greg Sargent this morning.
Greg Sargent @ThePlumLineGS 11h
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Nine days into Medicare’s enrollment in 1966 was just the time to judge how the program would fare in the five decades that followed
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media pretending that other products launches are 100% glitch-free
rubber-barons, railway road tycons etc once had huge power in the US until their financial power = political power was reduced;
It clear a dismantling of ALEC and Koch Brother’s financial power is at the core of any effort to restore the ability of making ordinary people’s voices;
ha!
The Unusual Suspect: The Surprising Koch Fueled Return of Edwin Meese
By: Michael A Maynard
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/10/09/unusual-suspect-surprising-koch-fueled-return-edwin-meese.html
https://twitter.com/BashirLive/status/388071996497469440
Great new post from Zizi!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/10/09/boehner-wont-let-gop-house-meet-pres-obama-because-he-fears-baltimore-massacre-2-0/