Jack & Jill Politics

I think Michelle Obama looks great in this outfit.

And the beads make beige a whole lot more interesting!

OK, time for more true confessions: Ms. O fashion site:
http://www.mrs-o.org/

I should have posted this one first. Scroll down & click on "older posts" for a page on The Pearls.

Oh, and since we're talking about Ms. O's pearls, I'll fess up that my fave Obama porn site is here:
http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/

(If a photo has a plus sign...like this (+)... under it click on it)

Obama porn is right....lol

I know. Shameless. There's no excuse for the way I wallow in the shallow.

Is this thread still for the Inaugual too? Cause I really, really hope that the P-E reconsiders fireworks for the Inauguration. He seems to feel they'd be too much considering our hard times but I think they are major democratic; the poorest child in DC can enjoy them first hand & the rest of us can see them on TV. Our P-E can't really invite us all to the ball and Mr. Stafford isn't gonna put us all up in flash hotels, but man, a MAJOR fireworks display would be great. Something for all of us.

anyone think that the Secret Service suggested no fireworks?

I never thought the pearls would garner such a heated discussion....lol

I can't pull off the large pearl thing, but it looks okay on her. I am not wild about them, but she looks okay in them. Bold fashion choice. P.S. I won't call it southside style until I see some downtown Chinese store clothing..... She clearly doesn't wear that style.

The pearl/bead comments just reminded me of something.

You know those super upper crusty cotillion-debutante ball black folk? Yeah them. It occurs to me that on some level they are fuming that Michelle and Barack are making it to the White House. You know these people are GENERATIONS OF MONEY, and generations of black money, while Michelle and Barack are new money.

Old money never likes new money. So I am sure that the Obamas and especially Michelle are going to get rolled eyes, hmmphs and lots of under the breath comments of "thats so declasse!" or "thats the Southside for you" for whatever they do. Because I guess none of those old money black folk would have ever invited the Obamas to their functions back in the Chicago days.

Middle class black folk like to look down on poor black folk. And old money black folk REALLY like to look down on new upper middle class folk. Dirty little class secrets we rarely talk about.

you know, folks really want to have this discussion. and, on some level, you are probably right. but, on the other hand, the Obamas have had some of the Our Kind of People crowd around the, smoothing the way, all along.

rikyrah: IFFFFFF SHE likes the pearls, THEN, I like the pearls! :>) :>)

Ima let "HER be HER!" :>)

I'm just sayin' . . . . . :>)

Really? I love them. They are so modern- a an awesome update to the pearl necklace.

evita: I do 2!! :>) :>)

Hey GLH!

I'm with you.

Me too!

Texas_Girl: VIRTUAL 'DAP' :>) :>)

I also love them. As a matter of fact, I have some outfits that they would be perfect with!

jelana: me 2! Ima get some IFFFFF I can!! :>)

I was at a Community Center today. And, they had pictures of famous Black folk. I mean, throughout history. They had pictures of everybody....


except Uncle Clarence.

Colin Powell was on the wall.

Condi was on the wall.

But, no Uncle Clarence.

Yes, I LOL when I realized it.

Good news, since Uncle Clarence hates community organizers.

I LOL at this pic of Tina Turner OMG! Time warp

http://omg.yahoo.com/photos/what-were-they-thin...

watching Rachel M's show

the auto companies will get their bailout

rikyrah, here's a short video clip of Barney Franks and NY Times article on the bailout.

Democrats Plan Short-Term Rescue for Automakers

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/business/06au...

VIDEO -BARNEY FRANKS

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2008/12/05/busin...

Congressional Dem’s agree to short-term automaker bailout.
December 5, 2008 by Dusty

As seen on Rachel Maddow’s show tonight, the Democratic Congress critters have agreed on a short-term rescue plan for the Big Three automakers. From the NYT writeup:

Faced with staggering new unemployment figures, Democratic Congressional leaders said on Friday that they were ready to provide a short-term rescue plan for the cash-strapped American automakers, and expected to hold votes on the legislation during a special session next week.

Details of the rescue package were not immediately available but senior Congressional aides said that it would include billions of dollars in short-term loans to keep the automakers afloat at least until President-elect Barack Obama takes office.

Barney Frank was on Rachel Maddow’s show tonight discussing the agreement between the Dem’s. Frank pushed the fact that this is a LOAN…not a bailout. They are going to use monies that are available already for other vehicle projects, like fuel efficiency.

I am confident the news that over half a million Americans lost jobs in the last month helped them arrive at this decision. Video when it becomes available.

http://sirenschronicles.com/2008/12/05/congress...

Yeah, I'm watching too. Uncle Barney's making the rounds tonight, isn't he?

oh puhleeease! she's just the wife-of. that is not a voted-for public office.

Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged! Jojo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6G7MkBMVxE

Who cares! Jealousy is so ugly

First Lady Michelle Obama! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Michelle's got a winning smile, and she glows. I think the pearls would be perfect, if they were one strand and shorter in length. I love the two tone color of the pearls too.
First Lady Michelle Obama, representing!

I don't like whiterose's comments. What's wrong with you? How cares about pearls.

I didn't care for the comment either, but that is her opinion. No need to jump on her. However, what is so "southside" about the pearls? Multi-colored shades of bronze and brown pearls are very popular. I saw this style of pearls in all of the department stores this summer and I bought a similar look for my bridesmaids for the wedding this summer. Here's more info about the necklace:

http://www.mrs-o.org/?p=1460

Bill O'Reilly Ending Radio Show

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/05/bill-o...

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel said popular cable TV host Bill O'Reilly will step down as the host of his syndicated talk radio show early next year.

"The Radio Factor" _ which began in 2002 and runs on more than 400 radio stations, as well as satellite operator Sirius XM Radio Inc. _ will end in the first quarter of 2009, Fox said late Thursday.

In a statement, O'Reilly said the workload has become too much, adding, "I can no longer give both TV and radio the time they deserve."

O'Reilly will continue hosting "The O'Reilly Factor" on the Fox News Channel and writing his weekly newspaper column.



Good Riddance! Who's next......?

Translation: I stupidly pitted my show against Rush Limbaugh and Neal Boortz by going live in their same timeslots, and therefore my show either got tape delayed into who knows when, or my show was cleared by too small stations that didn't have the power or listenership to remotely draw ratings or revenue from national and local advertisers--meaning I got Westwood One to pay me millions for third rate work, and they don't want to continue.

Nate, NO POWER AND NO LISTENERSHP.

If I had my way Sean Klannity...he irritates me more than Rush. With Rush I know its just a matter of time before the National Enquirer exposes those "vacations" in the Dominican Republic and Thailand. I want Rush to be still on the air when that day happens.

I hope it is Hannity! Purge him from the radio & TV!

Major co-sign,Miranda. And Glen Beck's waiting the wings to spew his nosense. It time to take out the trash. CPL, can you say FAIRNESS DOCTRINE?

Co-Sign!

It's bad enough that the MSM is trying to shape the meme that the economic crisis is all Obama's fault, but it's worse that certain Dum-o-crats are helping them.....

Democrats: Obama Needs Hands-On Economic Approach

WASHINGTON — Democrats are growing impatient with President-elect Barack Obama's refusal to inject himself in the major economic crises confronting the country. Obama has sidestepped some policy questions by saying there is only one president at a time. But the dodge is wearing thin. "He's going to have to be more assertive than he's been," House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., told consumer advocates Thursday.

Frank, who has been dealing with both the bailout of the financial industry and a proposed rescue of Detroit automakers, said Obama needs to play a more significant role on economic issues.

"At a time of great crisis with mortgage foreclosures and autos, he says we only have one president at a time," Frank said. "I'm afraid that overstates the number of presidents we have. He's got to remedy that situation."

Obama has maintained one of the most public images of any president-elect. He has held half a dozen press conferences, where he has entertained question after question about the economy, the mortgage crisis, and the flailing auto industry. He called for passage of extended unemployment benefits _ which has passed _ and even a stimulus package if possible before Jan. 20. But he has stayed away from trying to dictate remedies for the toughest problems Congress is confronting: the auto industry's troubles and how to spend the $700 billion bailout.

Frank's remarks came as the Bush administration considers whether it needs the second half of the $700 billion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program aimed at helping the financial sector before Obama takes office on Jan. 20.

An Obama official said the Bush administration reached out to the transition team about tapping into the money. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks, said Obama's transition team urged the administration to talk to bipartisan congressional leaders and assemble a meeting between the White House and Congress. The official said the Obama team offered to participate in a bipartisan meeting if it would be helpful.

Earlier this week, Obama was asked whether he worried that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson might begin spending the next installment of the money before he assumes the presidency. Obama demurred.

"Until Secretary Paulson indicates publicly that he's drawing down the second tranche, the second half of the TARP money, it would be speculation on my part to suggest that that money's going to be used up," he told reporters at a Chicago news conference Wednesday.

Obama did stress that a significant component of the fund should be used to reduce the number of foreclosures. But he did not specify a particular remedy.

He also declined to take a stand in a debate over the source of money for an auto loan package. The dispute has divided Democrats and hindered progress on assistance for the industry. At issue is whether to take money from the $700 billion designated for the financial sector or to take it from a previously approved loan aimed at manufacturing more energy efficient cars.

"I think it's premature to get into that issue," Obama said at the conference.

Presidents-elect typically spend the transition period assembling their cabinets, their White House staff and preparing to take the reins of power. But this transition is occurring at an extraordinary time, with bad economic news mounting by the day and with one of the country's major industries begging for a hand to keep from collapsing.

Two Democratic senators involved in trying to salvage the auto companies have said Obama could help move the process along and should become more engaged.

"The Obama team has to step up," Sen. Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and one of the lead negotiators, said Nov. 21 in Hartford, Conn. "In the minds of the people, this is the Obama administration. I don't think we can wait until January 20."

Two days later, Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, a point man in helping his state's main industry, called on Obama to help resolve the dispute over money for the auto loan package.

"It would be very helpful if the president-elect would become more involved in resolving the issue over the source of the funds," he said. "I want him to offer his assistance. He is a person who can really bring people together."

Frank, shrewd and quick-witted, also poked fun at Obama's calls for a "post-partisan" governing environment in Washington. Frank predicted that regulatory legislation aimed at preventing abuses related to subprime mortgages and credit cards stood a much better chance next year, when Democrats have greater majorities in the House and Senate.

"It is a grave mistake to assume that parties are irrelevant to this process," he said. "My one difference with the president-elect, about whom I am very enthusiastic, is when he talks about being post-partisan.

"Having lived with this very right wing Republican group that runs the House most of the time, the notion of trying to deal with them as if we could be post-partisan gives me post-partisan depression," Frank said.

I'm no political genius here, but I think President-Elect Obama is in stradegy mode.

Student Jeree Best reads a letter to President-Elect Obama

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/ireports/2008/...

Obama is trying to put together a cabinet and plan and they want him to do THEIR job?

Say it again, TariNelson! :-)))

Michelle is stunning! A very beautiful First Lady!

I love Barack & Michelle!

Those patchwork pearls gotta go!!

Michelle is beautiful but her sense of style is too wild

I agree with you on the pearls! I don't like them either.

I love those bi-color pearls. I think they compliment her outfit beautifully. :-)

I was looking at the size of them. I never liked really big pearls. I like the small ones.

I like whatever Michelle likes. She is perfect just the way she is, and her taste and style are perfect for her. She doesn't have to please each and every one of us (and really couldn't even if she tried -- we can't even please each other --we each have different taste). Lets not pick her apart.

I'm not picking Michelle apart! It's my opinion! I am allowed to have one, right? Didn't you just state we each have different taste? My taste is a smaller size pearl!

Ummm those arent pearls. They are beads. Big difference. Just sayin!

Same difference applies! Just like a smaller size.

I meant that pearls are ball smade from the irritation inside a clam shell or whatever. And beads are just small ball made out of any material. I apologize cause thats just my OCD grammar/ dictionary brain acting up. Also I make jewelry

No harm at all. My mother(l love her) use to wear pearls all the time when I was growing up. I always thought the smaller size looked best on her. That's just me!

She so is...I can't wait to see her on the night of Jan 20th...every pic I've seen of her in formal wear, she was........well........my black Christie Doll come to life.

/what in the world type of 'southside' pearls does Michelle have on in this pic?

Her sense of style is just plain 'south side' wild.

You are joking, right?

damn i just posted that article in the other thread
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/...