The First Lady Delivers Commencement Address At Tuskegee University
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DFurst?
Yessssssssssss – helloooooooo JoJo!
Congrats on 1st, jojo!
Mornin’.
JoJothecat on First!!!
YAY Jojo!
So, I run into our newest Obama hugger! I feel famous. 🙂 🙂 What an experience it must have been, Judith! You work so hard in the cause, you are a great role model. Did Mr. Judith not get a hug too?
Still light-headed and smiling. Paul got a strong handshake but no picture of it because he still had the camera. What a gift to the world our President is!
Judith the President has his hand on your shoulder and you’re still standing 😎
Yo’ Judith!? Feet back on terra firma yet, or is hangin’ wif da PreZ becoming a normal thing in your blessed life?! ❤ 😉
MP – truly blessed! We will never take President Obama’s Presidency for granted, will we? He spoke so eloquently about the role of Citizen as the most important in our Democracy and looks forward to resuming that role. So much we can help him accomplish before that!
I am so happy for you Judith. My hope is that I will someday get to see him in person, but getting a hug from him — is far more than I could ever hope for.. You work so hard for us all, that hug was felt by all of us.
^5
🙂
Thanks, Jackie! POTUS hug for all!
Fourth?
Congrats Jojothecat on your Au ⭐
Chips also has the Golden ⭐ too……Congrats!
Live Streaming is working for me……is it me….FoxFire…….or do I have to reinstall something new?
LIBERIA is Ebola Free.
Now any US Media worth it’s salt to go wall to wall and Cover this story?
Who is this guy who was treated for ebola, but now he suppose to have it now in his eyes. I might not have it right but I did hear something like this on the news.
and then this story also too
These two cases, the patients were cured of the Ebola Virus, yet the eyes were still Ebola…..say….housing?
So Sorry TOD, I don’t know how to post these without the scary eyes 😦
For some reason, my two tweets for your answer are not posting. WP ate my post.
Yes…..there are at least two documented cases. A Doc in West Africa and another Doc brought to GA….both had/have Ebola in their eyes after they were cured of Ebola. One White and the other Black.
Oh! Our Beloved FLOTUS! I so hope she knows how blessed we feel to know she is here with us! ❤
Afternoon, beautiful people. Hope y’all have a great weekend.
Please, mentally send some good vibes my way. Things are off balance and I need help getting steady.
You are one of the bravest people I have ever known. Your Tweets and comments here at TOD speaks volume for me, personally.
{{{{{{ Prayers + ❤ ❤ ❤ + Prayers }}}}}}
Bless you, Nena. Thanks!
❤ {{{{{ GoB & LIGHT }}}}} ❤
{{{GoB}}}
{{{{{{GB}}}}}} Thinking of ya, stay strong.
Love, hugs and strength to you GB. Hang in there friend! {{{{GB}}}}
Thanks so much, everyone. Truly appreciated.
((((((((((((((( Lots of loving hugs coming your way,GoBrooklyn))))))))))))))))) HZ
And your way ❤ {{{{{ HZ }}}}} ❤
(((((((((((((( TY, my love. ))))))))))))))))HZ
HZ, prayers for you as well, my sister ❤️
(((((((((((((((( I am so thankful for all of the love and the prayers, my love.))))))))))))))))))))))HZ
My thoughts and prayers go out to you, {{HZ}}
(((((((((((((((((((((((((((Sjterrid, I need your hugs and prayers through this storm.))))))))))))))))))))))) HZ
(((HuGs)))
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Dear Lord bring balance and strength into GB’s body. Amen ❤️
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Sending healing vibes, gobrooklyn!
Always.((((gb)))
{{Gobrooklyn}}, you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Are there any good links on FLOTUS?
Hiya Shipmate, the ceremony has started at the link in the post:
http://www.tuskegee.edu/live_stream.aspx
They’re late. 🙂
According to this, FLOTUS speaks at 1:0 EDT, but ceremony has started so …. I’m confused!1!1!
The time on the program is cst. So they’re only 15 min slow.
Okay, looks like it’s 30ish minutes to FLOTUS.
The ceremony at Tuskegee has started.
… Mrs. Obama is the second first lady in Tuskegee’s history to visit the university. Eleanor Roosevelt visited back in 1941.
Tuskegee University, founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881, is a private, state-related historically black university and is the only university in the nation designated as a National Historic Site. .. http://www.myfoxal.com/story/29021117/updated-first-lady-michelle-obama-to-speak-saturday-at-tuskegee-university
Eleanor Roosevelt was the first in 1941, when she flew with a black Army pilot to show support for the famed Tuskegee Airmen.
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/05/michelle-obama-will-give-commencement-speech-at-tuskegee-university-113830.html#ixzz3ZexGjgK0
JER, thanks so much! 🌹
How appropriate that Mrs. Obama followed Mrs. Roosevelt! Two beautiful women who worked their hardest to improve life for people in this country and around the world. Both full of empathy, strong, and fearless. Wouldn’t they have loved each other had they been able to meet?
Amk, are you there? Remember you said my forecast that United would hammer Crystal Palace was a pipedream?
Look who I’ve just been followed by:
@PipeDreamPotter
Spooky 😯
Too funny Chips!
The emo-Frogs are opposing PBO’s TPP deal, not because they’re afraid it will be a massive failure that will negatively impact the lives of ordinary Americans, but because they’re afraid it will be a massive success that will positively enhance the lives of ordinary Americans. Cue ACA “kill the bill” redux…
THIS. 1000 times,This!
And the people who listen to them are just as close-minded as any tea partyists.
Somewhat funny I think – most of us here had probably only been to, at most, 2/3 post secondary graduations before the Obamas hit the White House, and if you are like me you found them boring to the max. Now we are willingly, even eagerly, ‘attending’ 3+ annually! 😀 😀 😀
Indeed! And after 2016 it will probably go right back to the the low low figure. 🙂
No doubt! After 2016 I’m only be attending if …. you know.
Greetings, Hopef! 🙂 🙂
Zero, not low, in my case at least.
Well, you’ve since attended ….enough. 😀
And I’m right behind you…with 0.2…
So true VC. In fact I never followed a president or first lady on any of their activities before PBO and FLOTUS bi am now obsessed with everything the do and say.
^ 5 Jackie4O
I suspect your/our obsession will continue unabated in 2017. It’s not often we get the chance to see someone live an exemplary life, share love openly, serve willingly and with vision, all *in the public eye* and in the face of unrelenting, mean, and subversive obstruction. For me the Obamas are a living template of one way this life ought to be lived. I can’t ever be as gracious as them, but I can watch, appreciate, and learn. Woot, it’s great being alive in the Age of Obama!
Beautifully said, vc! Couldn’t agree more!
Awesome!
So true vc and after 2017, nada😄
Luckily for us, and the world, not ‘nada’. 😀 😀
“Eight years is only the beginning.
Barack Obama’s commitment to public service preceded his presidency, and will continue long after he and the First Lady leave the White House. The Foundation will carry forward the Obamas’ efforts to inspire active citizenship, expand economic opportunity, and promote peace and justice throughout the world.”
[quote from the link below….]
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Saturday TOD Quiz:
Q1. Do you eat more sloppily when home alone, than when out with others? (A). Yes (B) No. (C). I don’t know.
Answer Key: A. Really? OK – Fail.
B. You are lying
C. WRONG ANSWER, try again.
These are very, very nice … but I’m thinking our First Lady has earned all the degrees in life she’ll ever need … like a degree in human kindness, empathy, love of children, motivating others, standing up, speaking out, sitting down triumphantly, sleeping with a clear conscience, and learning how to have peace in your heart and, more importantly, sharing it with others who can never repay you.
And I have no idea where all that came from, except deep in my heart.
HaHa, Chipsticks! Am kinda laughing at rascal DannyO’ choosing to announce his ‘dominance’ at the kitty toy display! Perhaps you might consider getting a kitty, or borrowing one for a while – I guarantee you our Danny will learn the rules of the road in very short order, as the kitty sets him straight!! Think about it – I’m quite serious! Especially a big, strong, intelligent kitty like a Maine Coon (so I’m partial) – DannyO’ will become the model dog, and you won’t have to take the blame! _^..^_
Second this. I have both dogs and cats, and they adore each other. It is not unusual to see one of the cats rubbing on one of the dogs when they are sleeping. And the cats take care of themselves, all it takes is one swipe with those claws for the dogs to learn to be gentle with them.
TODers who love him…..there 😉
He’s been Mayor of Akron since 1987. Whoa. Thought at first he was a RWNJ, with the claims he’s making, but looks as though he’s a Dem.
Happy Mother’s Day weekend, dears!
Another 1st for any Pope…..and Pope Francis did it.
He is also telling Priests to pay visit to Parrish faithfuls who had abortions and pray with them and forgive their “sins”…….another 1st for a Pope.
More like, let those without sins cast the 1st stone.
Beautiful.
Anybody else got a tear in their eye?
Absolutely Ms. O’/boomer.
{{{{COS}}}}
Sorry for that / Jacqueline. 🙂
No/problem 🙂
That man is acquainted with Jesus. Mike Huckabee, sit down and shut up.
No matter how many times we’ve heard parts of the remarks that Mrs. Obama is giving at Tuskegee today, she always makes them sound new and refreshing and uplifting, doesn’t she?
She is telling it like it is.
EVERY American needs to listen to this.
jacquelineoboomer, I agree 100%.!!!!!!!!!!
” … Can’t wait to see how high you soar.” – First Lady Michelle Obama ends her remarks at Tuskegee.
1-1 …
tsk, tsk, tsk
*cough*
fellaini got just lucky.
again, but for
godgea …btw, how much did they pay for him? He is the only one $saving your collective a$$e$.
You mad?
I ain’t mad. #pathetic “win” is all.
Illinois Supreme Court rules landmark pension law unconstitutional
The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday unanimously ruled unconstitutional a landmark state pension law that aimed to scale back government worker benefits to erase a massive $105 billion retirement system debt, sending lawmakers and the new governor back to the negotiating table to try to solve the pressing financial issue.
The ruling also reverberated at City Hall, imperiling a similar law Mayor Rahm Emanuel pushed through to shore up two of the four city worker retirement funds and making it more difficult for him to find fixes for police, fire and teacher pension funds that are short billions of dollars.
At issue was a December 2013 state law signed by then-Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn that stopped automatic, compounded yearly cost-of-living increases for retirees, extended retirement ages for current state workers and limited the amount of salary used to calculate pension benefits.
Employee unions sued, arguing that the state constitution holds that pension benefits amount to a contractual agreement and once they’re bestowed, they cannot be “diminished or impaired.” A circuit court judge in Springfield agreed with that assessment in November. State government appealed that decision to the Illinois Supreme Court, arguing that economic necessity forced curbing retirement benefits.
On Friday the justices rejected that argument, saying the law clearly violated what’s known as the pension protection clause in the 1970 Illinois Constitution.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-pension-law-court-ruling-20150508-story.html#page=1
so it seems that the city/State governments will have to find another way to decrease their deficits…ummm…what about raising taxes on those most able to pay…those who most often benefit from the taxes and such….what a novel idea that would be
What can I say about our First Lady? I am so dam proud of her. She is finally able to say how she feel, and yes the right wing haters will call her even more names, I don’t give a dam. She spoke the truth of all the B.S. she and her husband have had to deal with.
And she had alittle bit for the left to who question if she is a true feminists, who said she should be out there fighting for something the feminists have fought for.
Planting gardens, healthy school lunches is what she should be taking on. How dare she say the welfare of her kids are first and foremost to her? Proud of you Mrs. Michelle Obama.
We won’t see another like her in our lifetime. I’m savoring this treasure that is our FLOTUS.
but for gea ….
Is FLOTUS still there?
Alrighty then, I’ve figured it out.
I think FLOTUS have left.
😀 😀 I think so too, Annieb.
vcprezofan2, without a doubt it was worth listening to her speak today.
Chat Away
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/05/09/chat-away-578/
For the 1st time in a week, I am able to get Google Chrome to work for me……so to try it out……Pardon me, TOD.
Great! It worked.
So Gmail, here I come with Google Chrome 😉
I am in moderation…….so I will try signing back in with my old credentials. 🙂
OK…..I should have written about my new email address 1st from Gmail…….