President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama react to daughter Sasha’s hole in one while playing miniature golf at Pirate’s Island Golf in Panama City Beach, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama casts his line while fishing for trout on the East Gallatin River near Belgrade, Mont., on Aug. 14, 2009. Photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama, center, and his fishing party head for the water during his first fly fishing outing near Belgrade, Mont., on Aug. 14, 2009. Photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama and local fishing guide Dan Vermillion fish for trout on the East Gallatin River near Belgrade, Mont., on Aug.14, 2009. Photo by Pete Souza
Local fishing guide Dan Vermillion reacts as President Barack Obama almost hooks a trout on the East Gallatin River near Belgrade, Mont., on Aug. 14, 2009. Photo by Pete Souza
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GE, TOD!
Congrats jazz 🙂 And, thank you for sharing the reality that Monticello, today, is as deeply responsible for the lack of #TruthAndReconciliation as are many other US institutions.
Thank you NW for the fun fly fishing outing pictures and for continuing to keep TOD rolling #FORWARD!!
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Thanks for the great job of being blog mistress, NW.
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“Whitewashing our history of slavery is not only dishonest but also allows for a disconnect between the horrors of slavery and the current entrenchment of inequality.”
Congratulations, jazziz2 ! Thanks for these marvelous and delightful photos, NerdyWonka. Never saw them and what a treat. The first one is so moving. What a family. What brilliant parents and good dear people they are. You can see it in Sasha’s sweet proud face. And the grins all around on the fishing trip. POTUS is a force for good and joy. He is present, he is open to wonder, he is in the moment, in good times and in hard times, joy and sorrow. We are SO BLESSED!
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Excellent essay. Thank you for posting it, Alycee. Brilliantly said truths. Sharing in my online community.
theyre stil trying to deny Sally Hemings.
woman CAME BACK FROM PARIS PREGNANT.
Just stop and admit that Jefferson was her Baby Daddy.
We won’t even get into that Sally was his late wife’s half-sister.
The comments section go a long way to explain why this white wash exists at Monticello…the white wash is part of the very fiber of America…this denial by white folks of the atrocity of slavery…and its relationship to the present day oppression of blk folks….it is incredible to read..but not really surprising…
i would rank the recent interaction between Sanders and his supporters and the BLM activists…as another example…
I just watched the raising of the flag at the American embassy in Havana on C-span. This is part of my personal history. When I was in college, I worked at the Main Navy building in the summers. I rode the bus down 16th St. past the Cuban Embassy. It was a lovely building with tropical plants in the front, a very graceful place. Summers of ’58, ’59, ’60…..a beautiful sight. Summer of ’61, all was changed. Barbed wire and chains around it, plants gone……a sign of our relationship.
I am thrilled with the reopening of relations and re-establishment of the two embassies. Bravo President Obama and Secretary Kerry.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/after-one-year-st-louis-county-still-doesnt-know-how-to-handle-protests_55ce72fae4b055a6dab079a8?kvcommref=mostpopular
my house is filled with visitors from Canada, Virgin Islands and Jamaica just delerking to wish Chips HAPPY BIRTHDAY back to my guests
Hello Virgin Islanders!! 🙂 ( I used to live there growing up:) Been a long time….
I just love Valerie Jarrett. What a beautiful human being! All of them wonderful human beings, doing good for our country and the world. Great video!
Hi Bill, hope you and the grand-kids and rest of family are all doing well! There is no question we’ve had a great team of beautiful human beings in this administration!
Thank you, grandkids are doing well, Next month will be six months old. The older one is four and a half and filled with energy.
This one made me cry because so so many people were impacted by this GREAT POTUS and VPOTUS and their awesome stay the course team. I can’t stop rewatching and crying
Tears of happiness
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Absolutely. What a difference this President, his beloved spouse, and staff have all made for the country and the world.
what an awesome video…what an awesome work being done by our President and his team…
Good morning amk – hope you have a fun Saturday!
good night TOD ………
Love that.
Seeing Donald Trump zooming ahead in the polls on the GOP side is scary. If he were the Republican candidate and for some unforeseen reason won our Country would be doomed. It would be the biggest contrast ever between an intelligent, respectful, sane President followed by a bombastic, ego driven, bully that is insane.
yes to all you said. And the MSM is so irrespinsible they are treating Trump delusional behavior as normal.
Following along these two comments, I just read this. Found the link on my Facebook from another story about Jeb and how he has leveraged his connections since leaving office and how much money he has made. Anyway, regarding Trump, here’s a link. Interesting……..hmmmmm….. Bill Clinton making phone call to Jeb??????? btw, I’ve never heard of this Liberty News.
http://libertynews.com/2015/08/political-bombshell-report-says-bill-clinton-called-jeb-bush-before-debate-and-assured-him-the-trump-thing-will-be-taken-care-of/
Yep. I think both sotires were posted here last week.
Bill Maher is temporarily off my shit list for this:
Rise and Shine, TOD!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/08/15/rise-and-shine-1081/
“An energy company based in the Caribbean has been accused of providing energy products to the Syrian government of Bashar Assad.
Blue Energy of P.O. Box 556, Charlestown in Nevis, West Indies has been slammed by the US Treasury Department, along with 11 other companies and individuals globally, for providing the energy products the Syrian government is using in the conflict there.
Blue Energy’s assets will be frozen and no American will be allowed to do business with them. It is the lone Caribbean registered company accused. The company is linked to Milenyum Energy S.A
The US Treasury said many of those targeted are front companies the Syrian government has used to evade U.S. and European Union sanctions.”