On This Day: President Barack Obama hugs First Lady Michelle Obama in the Red Room of the White House while Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett smiles prior to the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) reception, March 20, 2009. (Photo by Pete Souza)
Hey Chica, have you had any issues with clicking the little orange ‘thought bubble’ in the upper right corner, to see responses to previous posts? WordPress seems to have made some silly changes…
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Billionaire David Koch, a top financier of the Tea Party movement attached his name to the ballet, professing devotion to “The Nutcracker,” he made a matching grant of $2.5 million in order for it to go on this season.
At their special opening performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music David Koch appeared to talk about his enormous donation. The Financial Times’ John Gapper of The Financial Times was in the audience while witnessing a crowd of “harried Brooklyn moms and salivating balletomanes” erupting in boos at the sight of the billionaire Tea Party supporter.
Once Mr Koch had left the stage, the booing stopped and the ballet started.”
This isn’t a first or news JonKarl. They’ve been doing things like this for the last few years. Trying to buy their way into every section of society. Heard at least one as a home in the Hampton’s. Does that apostrophe go there, spell-check says it does?
Jon Karl should have been fired (stll should be) for doctoring a Benghazi e-mail in an attempt to detroy President Obama. The mere fact this worthless piece sh#@ still represents ABC at WHPC is absolutely appalling.
Yes, Hf, and in an interview in Rolling Stone, Bill Gates said he had lunch with David Koch and thought he was a “very nice guy.” I almost gagged. Guess Koch has a ‘nice guy’ persona he brings out for fellow billionaires. The rest of us are so much dog meat to him.
Just because you have lunch with someone does not mean you know what kind of person they are. You can be fool, I mean did Gates think David Koch was going to come to lunch acting all nasty and ugly, all disrespectful,no he will save that for those lying ads that he have on tv to keep poor, decent Americans from having good health care.
The first time I watched it …he grabbed the dish in his mouth at the end…..but it seems to have been cut off now. I thought of all those flower pots Danny brought home.
Happy, happy day, Dudette. And congratulations to all of us who survived the winter from hell. It can still get cold, still snow, still storm like crazy, but Spring is here so Hallelujah!
Have we heard if FLOTUS and the girls have landed safely in China? Did you know the Chinese kept their peonies a secret from the West because they are so beautiful? Hope they send a few as gifts home with the First Lady if they haven’t been given to the White House before. I’ll see if I can find an example. Happy Spring to all!
China's national flower peony, it is symbolizing, status, riches and honor, lofty, authority pic.twitter.com/bYbSZxQl09
My heart and mind are so full of so many different thoughts when I look at this picture. I marvel at the various implications and am so grateful to be a witness.
Exactly HF. Jonathan Karl should watch the documentary below. No amount of donations to the Lincoln Center can distract from the Koch Brothers real agenda.
People can stop fretting about the possibility of PBO dancing on Ellen. He won’t be in studio with her. He is appearing on a feed from the WH. But still—–I could never figure out the critics of his dancing——–I would like to see their so much more awesome dance style and their dance trophies—–because I very much appreciated his cool moves——and decided he can swing and sway on my dance floor any day. 🙂
You all must see/read this – it will have you all ROTFLMAO-ing!!!
HEADLINE: RNC’s embarrassing new ad campaign: Meet Scott, the cool young Republican!
// Can millennials be convinced to care about job creators? Maybe this guy in a leather jacket and glasses can do it. Everyone knows how hard it can be to market to millennials. Today’s young Americans are wise to the traditional tricks of the pitchman. But one thing this generation responds to is sincerity. The best way to reach them is with an earnest, honest message from someone they can identify with. For a great example of what professional marketers think that means, take a look at this brilliant new ad campaign from the Republican National Committee. Meet Scott Greenberg, totally identifiable millennial guy who also happens to be a Republican: //
OMG! What a crock’ “I’m a Republican because we should have an all of the above energy policy” Yet their actual policy is “Driill Baby Drill” and the President’s actual words were that we need all of the above.
This is their new version of “Jobs, jobs, jobs!” Once again, their strategy is to lie about what they stand for in order to get votes, then screw over the people who elect them. Ugh, I’m so disgusted by these lying bastards!
One of the few times I’m on Early Bird. You know MDT. Don’t let the media get you down. That’s what they want. I love the bird you posted for me last week I’m going to try and down size it for a profile pic. You know I like blue. Wearing my cool over the glasses sunglasses. I’m 😎
It won’t hurt one way or the other because truth to tell in one week if that long nobody is going to remember it. Not even the people that put together the list.
In line with a NYTimes front page story today concern trolling the future of ACA. Times still pretending that Obamacare may not be the greatest piece of social legislation and a Permanent Positive Legacy for POTUS.
The Times are M—–f—ers addicted to their schadenfreude.
Don’t worry Vicki, I’m sure there were jackasses papers around like the NYT in the days when Social Security and Medicare came out and those papers were saying the exact same thing about Medicare and S.S.
Wow. Fortune is seeking attention….BUZZ….Another of Many Insults engineered by many in the Media since Jan 20, 2009. Once again, very predictable. Vindictive. And other way of their misguided schemes to Remove pres Obama from the History books. He won Twice and with the most Voters ever cast for any president in 2008 and 2012 respectively. The History Books Can’t undo that.
Emanuel replied “No. You know, Chuck, I’m going to get you a one-way ticket out of Washington. You need to get out of the thin air. It’s affecting your brain.”
“No, I mean, your debate reflects what happens in Washington, which is you really miss what’s going on in the ground,” Emanuel said.
“No, no, you’re in the thin air of Washington,” Emanuel said.
So I woke up yhis morning and said to myself, “Self, it is the first day of Spring. You have survived this miserable Winter.” Then trotted downstairs to let the dog out and lo and behold, it is snowing. Will only be about 1/2 inch which will all melt in a couple hours, but it is the principle of the thing. Have I mentioned yet how much I have hated this Winter?
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, right, is greeted by Max Baucus, center, the new U.S. Ambassador to China, and his wife Melodee Hanes, left, upon her arrival at Beijing’s international airport on March 20, 2014.
The Obama Diary 
Hello TODers. And Good day. I am off to work. Hiya Chips!
Good morning Africa. Congrats to you, I’m going to try and get back to sleep. It’s way too early for me.
Yay, I am first.
Have a blessed day everyone.
Well, look at you – mooooorning Africa!
Mornin’ Chips.
Hey Chica, have you had any issues with clicking the little orange ‘thought bubble’ in the upper right corner, to see responses to previous posts? WordPress seems to have made some silly changes…
Mine is orange. That USED to mean that I could check to see who commented. Now, I click it and it just stares back at me…
Mooooorning Isonprize! Yikes, which thought bubbles?
the little thingie that turns orange when someone replies to a comment. After the recent changes, I click it and it just stares back at me, instead of showing me that someone replied.
For instance, normally, I would click it to see if you replied with this comment. I had to scroll back to see your answer. I just figured that you would …
Ah, okay Isonprize – I haven’t a clue to be honest, is anyone else having similar problems?
Looking good Africa! 🙂
Good morning Africa and congrats!
G’morning Chips & TOD! Congrats africa on #1 🙂
Morning everyone. Have a great day@
G’Morning Everybody!
Have a great day!
If I had an extra million bucks, I would definitely get me one of these doggies. Look at them!
They are beautiful. I hope he loves them and doesn’t think of them as a status symbol.
Perfectly done. Love it. Since it was ACA that drove their madness……so they claimed.
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family. I hope all is well with eveyone. Have a super-fantatic day. (y
Billionaire David Koch, a top financier of the Tea Party movement attached his name to the ballet, professing devotion to “The Nutcracker,” he made a matching grant of $2.5 million in order for it to go on this season.
At their special opening performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music David Koch appeared to talk about his enormous donation. The Financial Times’ John Gapper of The Financial Times was in the audience while witnessing a crowd of “harried Brooklyn moms and salivating balletomanes” erupting in boos at the sight of the billionaire Tea Party supporter.
Once Mr Koch had left the stage, the booing stopped and the ballet started.”
http://freakoutnation.com/2011/01/04/billionaire-tea-partier-david-koch-gets-booed-at-the-ballet/
At the Nutcracker in 2011.
Thanks Linda for this nugget of info. I tweeted it. 🙂
I remember seeing a video of it back then , but could not find it today..
This isn’t a first or news JonKarl. They’ve been doing things like this for the last few years. Trying to buy their way into every section of society. Heard at least one as a home in the Hampton’s. Does that apostrophe go there, spell-check says it does?
Jon Karl should have been fired (stll should be) for doctoring a Benghazi e-mail in an attempt to detroy President Obama. The mere fact this worthless piece sh#@ still represents ABC at WHPC is absolutely appalling.
Yes, Hf, and in an interview in Rolling Stone, Bill Gates said he had lunch with David Koch and thought he was a “very nice guy.” I almost gagged. Guess Koch has a ‘nice guy’ persona he brings out for fellow billionaires. The rest of us are so much dog meat to him.
David Koch once said that his only friend outside family members was Chris Christie.
Just because you have lunch with someone does not mean you know what kind of person they are. You can be fool, I mean did Gates think David Koch was going to come to lunch acting all nasty and ugly, all disrespectful,no he will save that for those lying ads that he have on tv to keep poor, decent Americans from having good health care.
Good Morning…..
Is this Danny ????
Oh my gaaaaawd, that is hilarious Linda – at first I thought he just wanted to wash his paws, but then it was like he wanted to play the drums!
He wants to swim!
The first time I watched it …he grabbed the dish in his mouth at the end…..but it seems to have been cut off now. I thought of all those flower pots Danny brought home.
LOL! 😀
Happy Spring Day 😀
Happy, happy day, Dudette. And congratulations to all of us who survived the winter from hell. It can still get cold, still snow, still storm like crazy, but Spring is here so Hallelujah!
Wooohooo! Happy Day JG!
Uh, Hello? Does everyone understand the Equinox IS the first day of Spring? Or is this funny and I am not in a humorous mood?
First Lady and First Girls and First Grandma arrive in China
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-china-usa-obama-20140320,0,5787912.story
Yay!
Happy to see the Obama ladies plus Grandma Robinson has arrive in China.
This China trip will be a chance for Sasha to practice her Chinese, which she’s been learning at school. I’ll bet she was pushing for this trip.
So cool! 🙂
By Jon Karl’s logic, we should accept/ignore Catholic Church abuses/molestation of kids because the church has done some good things over the decades.
my own ridiculous theory about the missing plane.
The best yet! 🙂
Have we heard if FLOTUS and the girls have landed safely in China? Did you know the Chinese kept their peonies a secret from the West because they are so beautiful? Hope they send a few as gifts home with the First Lady if they haven’t been given to the White House before. I’ll see if I can find an example. Happy Spring to all!
Exquisite!
They are beautiful aren’t they. . .
Just gorgeous!
😀 😀 😀
🙂
Oh my they look lovely! Did Sasha sprain her wrist?
Basketball or dance injury?
My heart and mind are so full of so many different thoughts when I look at this picture. I marvel at the various implications and am so grateful to be a witness.
THEY ARE ALL SO BEAUTIFUL….MY GOSH THE GIRLS ARE SOOOOO GROWN UP…MAY THEY ALL HAVE A BLESSED EXPERIENCE IN CHINA…WE’LL BE WATCHING!
Agree with you Sue Duvall Smith.
Oh..Little Jon is feeling the heat, now being defensive…
Exactly HF. Jonathan Karl should watch the documentary below. No amount of donations to the Lincoln Center can distract from the Koch Brothers real agenda.
Robert Greenwald’s “Koch Brothers Exposed” (Full)
People can stop fretting about the possibility of PBO dancing on Ellen. He won’t be in studio with her. He is appearing on a feed from the WH. But still—–I could never figure out the critics of his dancing——–I would like to see their so much more awesome dance style and their dance trophies—–because I very much appreciated his cool moves——and decided he can swing and sway on my dance floor any day. 🙂
This!
Agree with you, what wonderful ambassadors. They look so lovely. Malia and Sasha is growing into lovely young ladies.
You all must see/read this – it will have you all ROTFLMAO-ing!!!
HEADLINE: RNC’s embarrassing new ad campaign: Meet Scott, the cool young Republican!
// Can millennials be convinced to care about job creators? Maybe this guy in a leather jacket and glasses can do it. Everyone knows how hard it can be to market to millennials. Today’s young Americans are wise to the traditional tricks of the pitchman. But one thing this generation responds to is sincerity. The best way to reach them is with an earnest, honest message from someone they can identify with. For a great example of what professional marketers think that means, take a look at this brilliant new ad campaign from the Republican National Committee. Meet Scott Greenberg, totally identifiable millennial guy who also happens to be a Republican: //
http://www.salon.com/2014/03/19/rncs_mortifying_new_ad_campaign_meet_scott_the_cool_young_republican/
Oh GAG! I’m sure millions of millennials will be totally turn on to the GOP because of this ad!!
Well, that convinced me! I’m switching to Repub! I want to be cool like Scott (ewwww) and want the rich to become richer so they can trickle on me!
ROTLFMAO! 🙂 🙂
OMG! What a crock’ “I’m a Republican because we should have an all of the above energy policy” Yet their actual policy is “Driill Baby Drill” and the President’s actual words were that we need all of the above.
This is their new version of “Jobs, jobs, jobs!” Once again, their strategy is to lie about what they stand for in order to get votes, then screw over the people who elect them. Ugh, I’m so disgusted by these lying bastards!
I need to go look at some more pics of flowers and cute animals before I scream!
We’re cooler than he is Dudette. Especially you and your knowledge of science. 🙂
Thank you CarolMae, I’ve cooled down now.
🙂
One of the few times I’m on Early Bird. You know MDT. Don’t let the media get you down. That’s what they want. I love the bird you posted for me last week I’m going to try and down size it for a profile pic. You know I like blue. Wearing my cool over the glasses sunglasses. I’m 😎
I rather look at pictures of FLOTUS, Grandma and the girls. Forget Scott.
Smiled at the comment that the First Lady is taller than the whole country there
😆 Naughty!
Where’s Yao Ming? 🙂
I couldn’t help myself. . .
His picture reminds me of Putin with a shirt on.
I know, I was wondering why he was on a horse. He doesn’t look the part. No cowboy hat and “Mom jeans”. 🙄
Hope they see beautiful art work too. . .
Ooooooo pretty!
🙂
Wow ❗ I ❤ this. Beautiful.
:smilie:
Lovely picture CarolMaeWY.
Thank you.
I see Fortune did not have PBO on their list of top 50 leaders—–instead had Bill Clinton, Derek Jeter, Bono etc. Unbelievable.
You are kidding me?!
petty
Of course, this was done on purpose. But little do they know how much it has damaged their credibility – and not the President..
It won’t hurt one way or the other because truth to tell in one week if that long nobody is going to remember it. Not even the people that put together the list.
In line with a NYTimes front page story today concern trolling the future of ACA. Times still pretending that Obamacare may not be the greatest piece of social legislation and a Permanent Positive Legacy for POTUS.
The Times are M—–f—ers addicted to their schadenfreude.
Don’t worry Vicki, I’m sure there were jackasses papers around like the NYT in the days when Social Security and Medicare came out and those papers were saying the exact same thing about Medicare and S.S.
Who did Fortune have as their top leader, Putin?
Wow. Fortune is seeking attention….BUZZ….Another of Many Insults engineered by many in the Media since Jan 20, 2009. Once again, very predictable. Vindictive. And other way of their misguided schemes to Remove pres Obama from the History books. He won Twice and with the most Voters ever cast for any president in 2008 and 2012 respectively. The History Books Can’t undo that.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obama-returning-martha-vineyard-article-1.1727702
Almost half of Syria’s declared stockpile of chemical weapons has now been removed, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26662801
Not to kenya, silly! Parked in benghazi.
I so hope this is true, because, if so, this is perfect.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rahm-emanuel-chuck-todd-charter-schools-thin-air
Emanuel replied “No. You know, Chuck, I’m going to get you a one-way ticket out of Washington. You need to get out of the thin air. It’s affecting your brain.”
“No, I mean, your debate reflects what happens in Washington, which is you really miss what’s going on in the ground,” Emanuel said.
“No, no, you’re in the thin air of Washington,” Emanuel said.
And LOVE this! It would make going to the bathroom fun! 🙂
Love it!
I thought you might enjoy a laugh this morning… They really think that young people are stupid…
So I woke up yhis morning and said to myself, “Self, it is the first day of Spring. You have survived this miserable Winter.” Then trotted downstairs to let the dog out and lo and behold, it is snowing. Will only be about 1/2 inch which will all melt in a couple hours, but it is the principle of the thing. Have I mentioned yet how much I have hated this Winter?
{{{ japa }}}
Oh CNN, your the black hole of news, or is it sewer?
Dude has gone Glen Beck. Let’s just trot out any theory, no matter how wacky, and call it news
And it is wacky.
😆 That is epic!
Was that former Senator Max Baucus I saw?
I think so Eagle Eye.
Yep.
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, right, is greeted by Max Baucus, center, the new U.S. Ambassador to China, and his wife Melodee Hanes, left, upon her arrival at Beijing’s international airport on March 20, 2014.
Yes, he’s the new ambassador.
Thanks Chips! 🙂
A new trend. . .
That was a LOOOOOONG trip for FLOTUS, Mrs. Robinson and the girls. So glad they are on the ground.
Dude tote, hope this cleanses your eyes from those stupid GOP ads. . .
And everyone’s!
I’m sorry Dudette. 😳
No problem. Took me a sec, but I got that was for me! Thank you Dear! 🙂
😉
POTUS on Ellen:
http://www.ellentv.com/videos/0-a8bi7drm/
LIVE: ESPN Radio – The Herd – http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?s=espn
Breaking: Obama expected to deliver a statement on Ukraine at 11 a.m.
Thank you Meta!
whitehouse.gov!
I guess we’ll miss the beginning of In The Herd. President Obama has important things to say about Ukraine.
For the nerds at TOD!
Awesome! 🙂
LIVE NOW: Nancy Pelosi Weekly News Conference – http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Rise and Shine.
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/03/20/rise-and-shine-779/