On This Day: Fredericksburg, September 13, 2012
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Saturday and Sunday
The President has no public events scheduled
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Monday
The President will award the Medal of Honor to Army Command Sergeant Major Bennie G. Adkins and to Army Specialist Four Donald P Sloat for conspicuous gallantry (more here)
In the evening, the President will attend a DSCC event in Washington DC.
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Tuesday
The President will travel to Atlanta, GA to visit the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he will receive a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, discuss the U.S. response and thank the scientists, doctors and health care workers helping those affected by disease at home and around the world. The President will also receive an updated on the respiratory illness reported in several states in the Midwest.
That evening, the President will travel to Tampa, Florida, where he will remain overnight.
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Wednesday
The President will visit U.S. Central Command at the MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. CENTCOM’s area of responsibility includes 20 countries in the Middle East and Central and South Asia, including Iraq and Syria. The President will receive a briefing from his top commanders at CENTCOM, and thank the men and women who will partner with others in the region to carry out the President’s strategy to degrade and defeat ISIL.
In the afternoon, he will return to Washington, DC.
In the evening, the President will host a picnic for members of Congress.
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Thursday
On Thursday morning the President will participate in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony in the Oval Office.
In the afternoon, he will host President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine at the White House.
That evening, the President will attend a DNC event in Washington, DC.
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Friday
The President will participate in an event with the DNC’s Women’s Leadership Forum in Washington, DC.
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On This Day: Ricky Watson of Littleton, Colorado wipes tears from his eyes after he thanked President Barack Obama for repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” at a campaign rally in Golden, Colorado, September 13, 2012. Watson was kicked out of the Air Force 25 years ago for being gay.
The Obama Diary 
No way!!!!!
Move over!
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Moooooooorning GGoooooooooooal!
Mooorning Chips. Y’all woke me up with those corny jokes 😯
You deserve the 1st place joke, bt.
Why can’t pirates say their ABC’s?
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Because, they are always at C.
Be warned, these will be your furst place prizes in future. I have tons of them.
WAY! Morning all. Off to openings of some campaign offices and VAN training today.
Nice!
Just thought will give a kick in the collective ass of murkans. What a horrible regime. What a horrible team that was.
Great tweet, AMK!
And Bo vs Barney.
dratz. Now you tell me.
Definitely! Michelle vs. Laura also!
come on, you’re all yanking my chain now.
No disrespect to Laura Bush, but come on, get real. Mrs. Michelle Obama the best.!!!!!!!!!!!!
So true amk!
YESSSSS.
Rove vs Axelrod!
Chicago vs Midland!
Power vs Bolton
(nicely done, amk)
Thanks meister.
Holder vs Gonzales
Janet Napolitano or Jeh Johnson vs Michael Brown
you know what? I am handing over the baton to you guyz. run, run, run with it.
amk4obama, you’re dam right it’s no contest.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did I miss Holder vs ashcroft?
Hopefruit, all of this is in response to a black President. America is still trying to come to grips with a man of color being the most powerful person in the world. When Barack Obama got elected President he mentally freed a lot of people, he also mentally imprisoned a lot of people. Polls aren’t immune from being factually incorrect nor are they a true and accurate accounting of society at large.
I’ve never been contacted. I would love to include my opinion in a poll.
Same here.
We are never included in a poll, and I know why. We do not answer our phone if the caller id shows an unknown to us number or name. We do have a landline, we have to to monitor my husband’s pacemaker…..but we only answer when we know who is calling…..we are in the demographic that is supposedly Republican……over 70, white.
However, our children, who are in the 40-45 demographic have only cell phones, and they also answer only if they know the person on the caller id. They are not the only ones who do that. I have seen numerous people check their cell id, and say…..oh, I”ll check that later, or I’m not answering that, or something to that effect. Honestly, I”m not sure how much longer phone polls are going to be accurate and predictive. I don’t know what will take their place.
This is not scientific, just anecdotal.
Point taken Carolyn, but how do you explain a poll that the majority of the people that do answer the phone think President Obama is the antichrist or foreign born?
And I would answer…at least once – for a chance to give my opinion
Don you are so right. Excellent comment – couldn’t have said it any better!
Oops, our bob is in mod. Again.
He’s gonna be po’ed.
Ha! someone better free him & quick!
Thanks amk … seems it’s been repaired …
bob is in mod.
bob is not in mood.
He’s been freed! Yay 🙂
don’t look at me. #meanotculpa
Found and freed!!!! 🙂
hf2 & Chips 😀 😀 😀 😀
bob is in not in mood.
bob is in good mood.
bob is in mod.
Free bob from mod to keep bob in good mood.
Phew!
bob now out of mod is in good mood. 🙂 🙂
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Y’all are soooooooo much fun …..
We’re getting you this for your birthday:
Love it! We could all wear it at our first in person gathering. He would be so pleased! 😀
Indeed, Gail 😀
I didn’t get any for mine.
Oh, go on then:
It should read “even amk”
Looks a bit scrunched, though
Can’t believe all the abs my five got me in the last two days.
You’ve done great considering how you looked on Wednesday
egg.sack.lee
😀 😀 😀 😀
Thank you!
Thanks Chips & Gail 🙂
Bob, I played a minor role…compared to Chips, amk & hf 🙂
GGail, Chelsea’s new fella Diego Costa has already got two goooooooooooals today, LL and Nerdy will be insufferable 🙄
It’s three now 🙄
The game is on already? West coast peeps don’t stand a chance of watching if they start before we wake up!!
The first game of the day in England was at 12:45 English time, which in your house is …. is …… very early.
But wait…didn’t you say that ManU plays on Sunday?
🙂 They play tomorrow alright GGail – it varies week to week, sometimes they play on a Saturday, sometimes on a Sunday. Although lately, they’ve appeared on the pitch, but haven’t played at all 🙄
Now, now, let’s not get to down on the team. I hear they’ve got a couple of good players and I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s game. Are you with me??!!!! Mesi ! Mesi ! 😀
🙂 Actually I didn’t play a role in bob’s release. I just added a bit of silly levity to the situation which was already underway – thanks to amk/chips 🙂
But it was the amkster who initiated it!
Semantics hf 🙂
…and instead of getting fired, whoever blabbed would probably get a promotion or would be generously compensated.
Or would be on Fox News, CNN, ABC, NBC and every news channel!
As Eldridge Cleaver once said “you got to bring ass to get ass.”
I admire PM Yatsenyuk. He’s very direct, as you can see – ‘my job is not to make certain NATO countries happy, my job is to make Ukrainians happy’ 🙂
I admire him too Bob and I’m so looking forward to hearing him speak before our Congress.
poor Snowden, he was once the star of the show, now he’s just a fluffer.
A hug can lift your spirits; make you feel that your burdens have been lessened; just make you feel good.
A hug from POTUS or FLOTUS? Even better. 😀
I was turning my tv channels and I came across MHP and she had the father of the man who was shot and killed in Wal-mart, this father were with his lawyer and they were talking about what happen, they were talking about how the AG in Ohio Mike Dewine refuse to release the video. They want AG Holder to look into this. I believe the name of the man killed were John Crawford. Crawford’s father feel that AG Dewine is just trying to protect the police who killed his son. How much attention did this story get from the media?
Hopefully this story will get the attention that is deserves after the couple that called the police in the first place are now changing their story. The AG in Ohio can try and suppress the video all he wants to, but he will be forced to release it in the end. These people in power seem to be oblivious to the sand shifting under their feet.
Wasn’t going to comment – I work weekends, but this sentence really resonated with me:
“These people in power seem to be oblivious to the sand shifting under their feet.”
Absolutely! These people combined with those that are losing their minds because they recognize and fear that the sand is shifting under their feet perfectly describes the times we live in and ODS as well.
Well said, Don.
Howdy TODers on a Sunny Cool Saturday, Sept 13th, 2014.
Congrats Chips on your Au ⭐
Congrats to the Gold ⭐ winners two posts back.
Love Donna’s undated Econ Stats since Jan 2009.
Note in 2012……the Pollsters switched to Likely Voters and the lead by Dem and POTUS disappeared instantly. Heck they had Romney tied practically in MN, WI, PA, MI, and was leading in CO, VA and NC.
They said then that the Dem base were not going to turn out.
On Nov 6th 2012……they had eggs in their faces and Romney was in Denial and he didn’t even have a concession speech. The Networks called the election by 9:30PM and Rove was having a Major Meltdown Live on Fox.
Nothing has changed. Those conducting the polls…..are at it again….being snowed and blown over by a Mythical Imaginary Caucasian Electoral population growth that has Not materialized since 1996…..18 freaking years. US has grown from 274M to 318.9M. The South is the ONLY place the GOP has solidify their breed.
Vote! Vote! Vote!…….We win when we VOTE!
Nice!!!!!
😳 Updated
John Edwards dropped out of the presidential pursuit in Feb/Mar of 2008. The Media blew up a gasket in 2009, 2010 and even still in 2011 covering John Edwards.
Palin and Co have had a saturation of Media adoration since Aug 29th 2008. Even this year…..her CPAC appearance and her Denver speech just weeks ago were all covered by the National press.
So how come now with a Brawl…..and physical alterations, bloody noses and Police investigations…..the Media is Mute? TMZ where are you? Perhaps, once TMZ has produced a picture or better, a Video…..then the Media would pay attention to a VP presidential candidate who could have still be in the WH had they managed a win……Thank God…..they didn’t in 2008.
A World War III “fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction” may have started, Pope Francis says at a ceremony honouring WWI victims.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29190890
Agree with Pope Francis, with one grammatical adjustment …. “may have started” should read “has started” …
I agree with BMaher on this. Kline isn’t from MN…..hardly lives here…..Votes and is a rightie as Michele Bachmann…..but because he lays low and Votes against his district…..Many keeps re-electing him without knowing much about him. Hopefully, if not this Nov, in 2 yrs, he will be gone. It is up to his district to kick him out.
GM TOD! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend….hey VC where you at 😎 Auburn doesn’t play until Thursday so I will be chillin
last week media had hair on fire GOP ~75% chancing taking the Senate…..last two days 3 services have revised down to ~50% … Sam Wang of Princeton has been consistent throughout http://election.princeton.edu/2014/09/09/is-nate-silver-a-little-too-excited-about-probabilities/ his last post was taking shots at Nate Silver 😀
GM LP. vc is away at a conference, listening to some man blather on and on and on 🙂 She will be here in the village real soon!
No excuses GG! I beat her fair & square 🙂
Any questions?
Speaking of which……..if you thought the NFL was tone deaf before you’d be mistaken…this mornings cartoon on NFL network:
Excellent pushback Chips! 🙂
Any comment…Chuckie, Andrea?
We love you Chips! >^..^<
"We believe we can take on Chuck Toad and Andrea Witchell with the bad-assed coalition of Blog Mistress, Blog Tyrants and Obots here at TOD."
The viewers won’t be flocking to Meet the Press and No one trust Mrs. Greenspan Andrea Mitchell. You can tell how much these media folks hate this black President. I don’t expect them to love him, just report the facts. I see where there are more Arab allies then G.W. Bush had.
Good morning, TOD! Greeting you from stop #1 of my birthday tour!
Greetings Alycee!!! Happy Birthday!!!!
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY Alycee!!!!!!!
Haaaaaaaaaaaappy Birthday Alycee!!!
Happy Birthday, Alycee! I hope you had a great day.
I plan to be in Philly on Tuesday. I’m going to the the rally at City Hall for the big Climate Change March in NY on Sun. Sept. 21st.
Why oh Why does he keep getting away with it……the 3rd or More…..Never mind……..No Charges since July of 2013?
Is the Law Enforcement waiting for another unarmed dead Teenager before they arrest this Murderer?
Needless to say…
I would also add, his Religion……Rev Wright…..his Birth Certificate……his Pigmentation……his Person…..His Humanity…….Emotions, Hugging abilities, etc, etc, etc….
Got an email telling me that my Crohns & Colitis Foundation membership has expired. Truth is, I was never member & know nothing about this.
I got an email from them today, too. I deleted it without opening it. I had no idea why I was getting an email from them.
Yes I was more than happy to send that email to my trash….
When in Doubt……ACORN
Next, Shirley Sharod(sp)? After all, she lives in GA.
Pathetically, predictable GOPers. They cheat and lie to win elections.
Your thoughts?
New post!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/13/a-tweet-or-two-118/