Jack & Jill Politics

AWESOME!!

This pretty much sums up how I feel.

rikyrah: I'm sure that pic/vid will follow:

Seen in the VIP car: Michelle Obama dancing with her daughters and friends at what appeared to be a birthday celebration. Streamers and banners were hung, and Michelle received a lei while others wore party hats. After a day of carefully scripted events, the media watched from the platform in Baltimore in near-silence at the rare, spontaneous moment.

– From Carrie Budoff Brown’s BlackBerry

Here are some MORE pics! :>)

12:15 PM

Obama arrives in Wilmington, Delaware on his Inaugural whistle stop train tour.

PHOTOS

Oh! I don't know how ta get them directly. :>) :>)

Signed, Ms. Technologically-Challenged :>) :>)

rikyrah: Still NO PICS, BUT. . . . .

Inside Obama's Massive Inaugural Train

A lot of ink has been spilled comparing Barack Obama's inaugural Whistle Stop tour with the pre-presidential trip taken by Abraham Lincoln. Obama himself has cultivated the comparisons with his political idol.

But there are obvious differences as well. On his way to the White House, Lincoln traveled for nearly two weeks — the latter part under threat of assassination — making more than 100 speeches at various spots.

And he didn't have Obama's train.

The president-elect's staff sends over some background information on the mode of transportation being used for the roughly 150-mile trek from Philadelphia to D.C.

The train is ten cars long, encompassing the length of two-and-a-half football fields. The press is sitting in the front four cars while 16 specially-invited families (41 people total) are in a car of their own. No word where Obama is sitting or if he will walk through the aisles (aides and secret service members have been roaming). But the inaugural committee is saying there will be two “slow rolls” in which onlookers will get to wave at the train crawling by their windows.

Already, there are well-wishers lining up along the tracks, waving and snapping photos as the behemoth rolls by.

“Welcome aboard the 2009 inaugural train to Washington D.C.,” said the conductor upon departing Philadelphia at 11:38. “On behalf of Amtrak I am pleased to welcome President-elect Obama and his special guests on this historical journey.”

The Georgia 300 was built by Pullman Standard in 1939 as a 10-section lounge car for the Southern Railway. In 1949, Georgia Railroad purchased the car, after which it was rebuilt into the office configuration it has today. The Georgia 300 made regular trips to the Masters golf tournament and occasionally, the Kentucky Derby, hosting Georgia Governors and other dignitaries. It has also hosted George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. The train is now privately owned by the man who acquired it in 1985. It has a kitchen, two living room areas and a small bedroom.

SORRY. No pics – YET! :>)

so a little while back one of the threads topics had a commercial with a father doing a cheer with his daughter. i laughed so hard at it, it really tickled me. Anyway i work as a counselor with abused children, and this past week there were two young black sisters there whom we are all assured would be problem children. They neck rolled, and smacked, and rolled their eyes and constantly called each other “niggas”. So i spoke with them both about their attitudes and choice of words and they didnt initially seem to receptive. its been a few days and neither one has called each other nigga and we spent 30 minutes playing hand games, you know Ms. Marry Mack and stuff like that. Lets just say i was horrible but i never felt more happy with myself than that moment because they no longer were angry or disrepectful they were having fun laughing and smiling. That day it felt like a win for the three of us and Im looking forward to seeing them again tuesday. I tell this because its important that we as a people dont give up on our children our girls our boys, take the extra step and try to level with them, its much more rewarding than a paycheck, well thats debatable lol

oz, thanks for sharing. Our children need all of us to love and care for them. And you certainly didn't give up on the sisters. What a blessing you are to our children.

I wish we could've seen that! :-) I wonder if they did the electric slide?

Sepia: Me 2! U betta belie' :>) :>) :>)

“Electric Slide”

***dancin'*** :>) :>) R we havin' FUN!!! :>) :>)

Ah, sookey, sookey, now! Dip<<<<bounce,<<<<<slide, step back, Dip>>>>>

Good teachers REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT!

Good for you, Oz! You did a wonderful thing by reaching out to them. You did good!

Hahaaha! Party over here!

The women are Beautiful Souls……

Iceberg,

Props on the pics. This is so awesome, I can't believe it's really happening!

God Is Good!

Yes he is Justice….yes, he is….

Texas_girl: Aaaaaa-man! :>)

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