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rikyrah: NOW THE DAY IS OVER:


February 18, 2009: The Day in 100 Seconds

ENJOY - - FAST! :>) :>)

rikyrah: LOOKIN' AHEAD!:

Obama Canada Trip To Address Protectionist Fears

OTTAWA — Canadians greeted a presidential visit from George W. Bush with 8,000 protesters. For President Barack Obama? They're selling T-shirts, and the conservative government is happy to see him.

"They want to bask in the same glory," said Nelson Wiseman, an associate professor at the University of Toronto. "Nobody would have gone to Ottawa to try to get a glimpse of Bush except to demonstrate against him."

Obama goes to Canada on Thursday
for his first foreign visit as president. It will be short, about six hours long. He is not staying for dinner.
But he will meet with Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper for a working lunch and a joint news conference. He will also meet briefly with Liberal opposition leader Michael Ignatieff at the airport before he leaves.

"If he's here five hours or five minutes he's welcome on Canadian territory," Ignatieff said. "We hope this is the first of many visits."

Harper will be want to be seen as close to Obama, unlike with Bush, said David Biette, director of the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington.

"Most Canadians found George W. Bush radioactive," Biette said. "Canadians love Obama, so Harper has a much freer range to make motions toward the United States."

Ronald Reagan, Bush's father, and Bill Clinton made Canada their first stop, but Bush went to Mexico. Canadians felt snubbed.

When Bush visited in 2004, about 8,000 Canadians protested largely because of America's actions in Iraq.

This time, "we anticipate that the crowds will be very enthusiastic," Ottawa Police Supt. Charles Bordeleau said.

Jessica Franklanv, an employee of Bang-on T-shirts, said they've sold hundreds of Obama T-shirts.

"People are really excited that he's coming up here so soon after the election," Franklanv said. "I think everybody would like the chance to see him."

Mr. President!! MULTI-TASKING! Taking on National & Inter-National Affairs!!

Wooooo! Hoooo! :>)

rikyrah: Feels like the "CALVARY" of GOV'S" is comin' 2 the rescue - - - -i.e, the REPUGs R being "rescued from themselves!" :>)

Here come the govs - Crist, others to visit White House

President Obama will have plenty of face time with the nation’s governors while they’re in town over the weekend for their annual meeting.

Obama relied heavily on governors to help drum up support for his economic stimulus package. Perhaps his most notable alliance was forged with the Republican governor of Florida, Charlie Crist.

Crist will be among the governors Obama is hosting at the White House for dinner Sunday night, an aide to Crist said. He'll return to the White House to meet with the President on Monday morning from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Som'thin' is goin' on!! :>)

CHARGE!!! :>)

HA! This is great! How will the rethugs switch up the conversation now? Probably burn a cross in front of the NAACP headquarters and swear its for spring revival and not about scaring up the BLA-ACKS!

Miranda: LOL!! :>) Good one!!! :>)

rikyrah: Sooooo, I took a "Field Trip" to ALASKA [Mudflats] to see how they were dealin' with "The Gov.'s" TAXES:

Palin Can See $17,000…from Her House! (And So Can the IRS).

For those who have been sitting, drumming their fingers on the desk, and staring at the clock since September, waiting for Sarah Palin’s “per diem gate” to swing wide open, your wait is over.

We all remember how Governor Palin collected “per diem” payments, which are designed to compensate legislators and state employees for meals and lodging when they are working far from home. The difference between the per diem money Palin collected, and the per diem money that legislators collect, is that they collect it when they are in Juneau. Palincollects it while living in her own home in Wasilla, and for eating moose chili in her own kitchen. As a matter of fact, she charged the state for 312 nights in Wasilla in her first 19 months in office. (Gets out calculator….tap tap tap…that’s….54% of the time) Last time I checked, the official duty station for the governor is the capital, which is actually Juneau, not Wasilla.

The governor’s office wouldn’t say this week how much she owes in back taxes for meal money, or whether she intends to continue to receive the per diem allowance. As of December, she was still charging the state for meals and incidentals.

“The amount of taxes owed is a private matter,” Sharon Leighow, Palin’s spokeswoman, said in an e-mail. “If the governor collects future per diem, those documents would be a matter of public record.”

Back in September, the Washington Post reported that Palin had charged the residents of Alaska $17,000 for ”meals and incidentals”, and paid no taxes on it. That’s more than a full-time minimum wage worker in the state of Alaska makes in a year. Nice income, if it actually worked that way.

But, alas, the IRS doesn’t see it quite the same way the governor does. They think that if you take the money, you’d better pay taxes on it, and Palin didn’t. Oops. So that means a certain Republican Golden Girl, a certain future hope for the GOP, a certain potential candidate in 2012, owes the IRS (scary organ chord) back taxes.

THERE IS MORE. :>) :>)

As U can C, they had their USUAL "SMARMY/SNARKY/SARCASTIC FUN!!! :>) :>)

GLH,

I wanna co-sign with what was said below. I can't be everywhere on the net. I depend upon the readers of JJP to drop those links to things that they see. You all help this blog stay up-to-date and in-the-minute.

So, I wanna thank you and the other posters here. I can find links, pictures, and sometimes, awesome discussions that just pop up here that make me go ' wow' and want to open it up to the whole JJP community.

So, you keep those posts coming.

rikyrah: WOW! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!! :>)

I'll Keep doin' my best!! :>) :>)

I LOVE B- ing here! JJP RULES!!

rikyrah: Here are some PHOTOS of Mr. Prez. & Mr. VPrez in Denver: [1 at a time, sorry :>)]

1. US President Barack Obama (C) and Vice President Joe Biden (L) look at solar panels as they tour the solar array at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, Colorado, February 17, 2009 Namaste Solar CEO Blake Jones.

2. U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Vice President Joseph Biden (C) are given a tour by Namaste Solar CEO Blake Jones (L) of a solar panel instillation with the Denver skyline in the background at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, February 17, 2009.

3. U.S. President Barack Obama (R) signs autographs next to Vice President Joseph Biden (C) after arriving at Buckley Air Force Base in Denver to start a two-day trip to Colorado and Arizona, February 17, 2009.

THE TOP 2 MEN in THIS COUNTRY! :>) :>)

I was headed home from a yoga class tonight and heard Ta-Neshi Coates on NPR

He was sooo super wonderful. check out the audio, if you get a chance. Congrats on the interview Ta-Neshi!

'Unlikely Road to Manhood'

Fresh Air from WHYY, February 18, 2009 · Ta-Nehisi Coates describes growing up with a father who was a member of the Black Panthers in his memoir The Beautiful Struggle. Coates is a contributing editor and blogger for The Atlantic magazine.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...

rikyrah: Giving HONOR to the FIRST LADY:

MICHELLE WELCOMES KIDS TO THE WHITE HOUSE

MayB you can use THIS VID on a THREAD!!? THANK YOU. :>)

She was WONDERFUL!! GAVE US SOME BLACK HISTORY!! :>) :>)

She was most excellent, GreenLady. I posted the C-span video. I don't know if rikyrah can access it or not. I hope she'll be able to post it. What a treasure!

spirit: Apologies 2 U 2! I REVIEWED this THREAD 2 FAST and MISSED bofa your posts! :>)

Sooooo, I'm sittin' in the ****"BAD CHAIR"*** e'en as we speak!! :>)

GreenLady, come outta the chair, woman! You know rikyrah appreciates any and all links posted; it gives her more to choices.

You betta keep on bringin it!!!

I'm going beddy bye; gotta go to work in the morn.

Sweet Dreams.

spirit: Oooooo-kaaaaay. :>) :>) Thanks! :>)

Kenny G - Brahms Lullaby [excuse the vid :>)]

ENJOY!! :>)

I'm sorry to hear that you're in the "bad chair"! What happened?

Justice58: It was "self-imposed!" :>) :>)

I "double-posted." :>) :>)

BUT, spirit said that I could "get out" NOW! :>) :>)

Soooo, it's O.K. :>) :>)

Thanks for your concern! :>) U R 2 SWEET! :>) :>)

brush yourself off and come on out! Weez got work to do, GreenLady!

Justice58: Oooo-kaaay! :>) :>) Back ta work!! :>)

Hey Sepia,
I believe you were asking about the importance of China/japan being our bankers when I made the comment about President Obama removing all the most contentious pieces of foreign policy out from under HRC's purview. Here is some commentary on the trip:

"THE economic news out of Japan is catastrophic. Our biggest export market saw its gross domestic product decline at an annual rate of more than 12 per cent in the December quarter.

But the good news is that new US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has just visited Japan and signalled the US's deep commitment to Asia, and to the Pacific alliance system, of which Japan is the key.

Apart from the fact that she is not coming to Australia, Clinton's visit to Asia is everything Canberra could possibly want. There was a fear in Asia that Barack Obama - the "first post-Cold War president", in Kim Beazley's telling phrase - would not understand the importance of the US's Asian alliances and would be focused on the Middle East and Europe at Asia's expense.

Clinton's trip, and her speech to the Asia Society, are designed to answer that concern. She declared: "The US is committed to maintaining our historic security alliances in Asia and building on those relationships to counter the complex global threats we face."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25...

Is Hillary really on a trade mission, that's really what it is? After the first AA POTUS made her Secretary of State he appointed envoys to Iraq/Iran and Afghanistan. So in 4 years if Billary decides to run for President again, what can she say she was really responsible for. Not resolving Iraq/Iran nor Afghanistan. She created this trip after Obama circled her wagon and once again removed solving of the coveted wars from her greedy grasp. So. now she created herself a trade missio which is what Kirk is supposed to do. BUT, she is Secretary of State. Obama is just so smart. "Cause Billary are WANNABEES they wasn't going to do what Judd did when he told Obama to keep the leftovers.

But you just said that didn't you?

Yep. Isn't O-man brilliant.

Even the head of the UN reports directly to Obama. He made certain that HRC will not have anything to run on, when it comes to FP creds, IF she should decide to run against him in 2012.

I also thought by making Rice a cabinet member, if something should happen and HRC shoudl resign, Rice is already been through the nomination process and he could simply slide her right into the SOS slot, without additional nomination hearings.


Just lovin it:

"the Secretary of State's shrinking role in the Obama administration,.....

For starters, consider the naming of big guns George Mitchell and Richard Holbrooke to play the leading roles in Arab-Israeli negotiations and Afghanistan-Pakistan, respectively. Those hires potentially sideline Clinton in major hot spots.

Vice President Joe Biden's trip to Afghanistan and other signs suggest that he is staking a powerful claim on foreign policy, his longtime turf while in the Senate.

What's worse for Clinton is that so many on Obama's foreign policy team, such as Holbrooke, won rights for direct access to the President, instead of having to go through her. United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice made sure the post was bumped up to Cabinet level, taking her out of Clinton's chain of command."

"Of what is she secretary of State? If you take the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan [and the UN] out of the equation, what is left?"



hehehehe BHO ...is DOIN it!!

whiterosebuddy: GREAT POST! :>)

Annnnnd,when she spoke in Indonesia [IN ENGLISH - -'cause she does NOT know the Indonesian language!], All she could do was -
1. Quote from President Obama's book.

2. Warm up the CROWD who is anticipatin' HIS coming there! :>) :>) :>)

I'm LOVIN' this!! :>)

***pointin' to the 3rd row*** Billary - - chose any seat U want!! :>)

Condeleeza Rice? No. Her book and the Scouter Libby tell all will be the most anticipated of this year

You know it was sad enough that Bush was way in over his head as POTUS. But look. I would have been walking into the swearing in ceremony signing Libby's pardon. Dubbya is worried about his legacy and not looking like Clinton when he pardoned Rich.Unbelievable. The ship has sailed out to sea on his legacy and Scooter Libby is the iceberg waiting on it.

No, Susan Rice.

did anyone see that dumb ass on cnn trying to debate that monkey picture with david gergen and roland? he sounded utterly foolish.

which program on CNN?

It was 360 with Anderson Cooper.

Ron Cristie, Roland Martin and David Gergen were panelist.

I didn't see it. What dumbass, the artist?

Well, it finally happened:

Some folks just weren't gonna take Christopher Hitchens' shyt, and he got his ass beat.

Christopher Hitchens Beat Up By Lebanese Thugs During Street Brawl
stumble digg reddit del.ico.us mixx.com ShareThisHuffington Post/Forbes.com | Marcus Baram | February 18, 2009 05:07 PM


Thugs? Why they gotta be thugs? They just weren't gonna take his smack.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/18/christ...

I'm not supposed to find this funny, right?? LMAO

NEED HELP

video of AG Holder today talking about race

Here's what you do: Type into The Google what you want, then wait - don't hit nohting yet.. Up in the left hand corner it says: Web News Images, etc (out of order, I'm sure) there's an arrow or something - hit that - and it will have a drop down list of additional options. One of such is "VIDEO" hit THAT and Viola or Vola or !

I found snippets, but was looking for the entire speech. only place that seems to have it is C-Span, but they don't give out embed code.

Are you able to access from the msnbc link below, rikyrah?

A G Holder on Race

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/2926099...

Try this: THIS

cross the fingers.....word is SEBELIUS AT HHS

What is the advantage of Sebelius being at HHS?
Aren't we better off with her as Governor of KS in 2011?

the other person in contention was Bredesen and he was hideous.

Fingers crossed.

Mine too!

rikyrah: IFFF I may: [just comin' ta post this]

Sebelius back in DC--HHS speculation mounts

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius arrives in Washington this weekend sitting atop Obama's list for Health and Human Services secretary. . .

. . .and as the candidate that at least two leading health advocacy groups tell Politico they expect Obama to pick.

A White House official said Wednesday that no decision has been made but that Sebelius is a leading candidate for the job left vacant when Tom Daschle withdrew due to tax problems.

Sebelius arrives in Washington this weekend to attend the National Governor's Association winter meeting. She has been coy about her prospects, saying only that she remains focused on economic issues in Kansas.

The two-term governor is scheduled to be in Washington from Saturday through Tuesday - one day after the conference ends.

Two groups involved in the health care reform effort say all signs right now point to Sebelius - who as a Democrat running a Republican state has experience with the bruising partisan battles sure to accompany Obama's effort to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system.

And a White House source said earlier talk of Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen for the job has cooled. Sebelius and Bredesen were long thought to be the only two serious contenders after the departure of Daschle, who was in line for the job so long before Obama picked him in December that Obama's team never seriously considered anyone else.

The last time Sebelius was in Washington, in early February, she met privately with Valerie Jarrett, an Obama senior adviser. They sat down only days after Daschle withdrew.

Sebelius and Obama should cross paths Sunday when the President and first lady host a dinner for the governors, and again Monday for a scheduled White House meeting with the governors.

Sebelius told reporters earlier this week that she’s not expecting an announcement in Washington.

“Not that I know of in any way shape or form, I intend to go as the Governor of Kansas,” Sebelius said Tuesday when asked if she anticipated changing positions.

She's tryin' ta play like - - -There's No Place Like Home :>)

WE KNOW!! :>)

The Repugs R given her a "FIT" in KANSAS over the "BUDGET!"

I HOPE she gets OUT and Gets some RELIEF!! :>)

She was a GREAT HELP to Mr. PRESIDENT!! :>)

The COMPOSER!!? No, he's dead.....

What's her name from Kansas, Nebraska, out there in the middle of the country where it's fucking flat?

She's the Governor of Kansas

TURN ON CNN...THE RON CHRISTIE SHOW IS COMING UP.
A SOLID TRIP. SOMEBODY HOLD MY EARRANGS!
CNN DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE HIM ON TO BE FAIR AND BALANCED. THEY DONT REALLY WANT EVERYONE TO MOVE ON OVER TO MSNBC.

Is he the one whose eyes are, um, off kilter or ...

Just too closed together I think.

NUh-uh...they are close set AND he has a lazy eye

or what we call shifty beady eyed

You don't really take him too seriously because you gotta use all of your senses trying to figure out just what is "different" about his eyes.

I KNOW that's RIGHT!!

By the time you get the visual in sync you have lost track of what he is sayin and have to start all over...wondering whether to look and listen or just listen without having to focus...

LMAO

lol

You're at it again!

I was trying to be kind - fer a change. And you're right. I do sit and think, is this fucker's eyes crossed or am I just imaging it because his lips are puckered when he thinks he says something smart. Then I get distracted by his bullshit and his puckered lips, and want to smack him and then I'm back at deciding - WHAT IS IT about those eyes?

See?

The few times I've actually listened to Ron Christie, I just want to shoot him with a paintball gun.

Now Wordsmith, you have me laughing out loud this late at night. What has gotten into you & Whiterose? Behave! lol

Tough day at work.

That Chris Hitchens... listen to this -

The assault on Christopher Hitchens' body continues - he's been waterboarded, body-waxed and suffered through countless hangovers......

Hitchens was apparently visiting Beirut at the invitation of the Hariri-Saudi group, affiliated with the assassinated Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, when he defaced a poster for the Syrian Social Nationalist party and was assaulted by some members of the SSNP who happened to be walking by, according to the Angry Arab News Service.

Now - what would've happened if he had just had a paintball gun?

BWA HA AHAA! I'm busting a gut. Stsop it!!!

Off kilter? That coon's eyes are straight up cocked.

ctfu!!

he has a lazy eye...not cocked...ctfu!!

or maybe it is glass?

**Died***

rotflmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stooooooooooooooop!
They are a bit distracting though. You don't really take him too seriously because you are using all of your senses trying to figure out just what is "different" about his eyes.

Yeah he has us all goggling opthalmologic dysfunctions ...and concentrating on tracking his eye movement.
He needs to put a patch on it.

Bet he was one of those kids that wouldn't wear his eye patch and now the entire country can't understand a word he says ...even StevieWonder knows to wear sunglasses so folks focus on his music and not what his eyes are doing

hahaha

I saw that "cartoon"..heard it wasn't "funny".

Am truly trying to understand where the "author" gets found the "humor."

The purpose of all the folks coming over here um...giving their opinion is to shut this blog down.

That's it.

People get riled up, they get tired of always having to fuss and fight some pixels so they just start lurking and pretty soon they go elsewhere.

And the trolls pat themselves on the back and move on to the next target.

Just google some of the names that appear frequently on this blog and you'll find they're working their magic on a whole bunch of other blogs too.

The very fact that we're getting a fresh influx of trolls means this blog is doing something right.

Don't let the trolls run you off the blog by offering up strawmen arguments about what bloggers call themselves and the blog design and what "you people" think and want. Stand strong and just know that the influx of um...contrary opinions is an orchestrated campaign to put this blog out of business.

Town: Thank you for the ENCOURAGEMENT!! :>)

I noticed that 1 TROLL accused us of "drinkin' OBAMA -ADE" 'cause WE all think alike!

WATCH THIS -{as my pastor says} - - - -

Since THEY SAY the EXACT SAME THING - - - Guess THEY must B drinkin'---

TROLL - ADE!

Annnnnd, by the way - - -- Please pass my "Jelly Jar" of "Obama - ADE!! :>) :>)

THANK U! :>)

I know that's right Town.

I AIN'T NO WHERES NEAR TIRED.

spirit: -Er -ummmm Did U REQUEST THIS? :>)

TRULY ENJOY!! :>)

Thank you kindly, GLH. No ways, No how, am I tired.

spirit: My pleasure! I LOVE that SONG!! :>)

President Obama gave his mortgage plan today. It is pretty good. The comprehensive definitions in the plan will give people multiple options. The hard part is people have to step up to the plate.
The weakness are two. People have to have FNM or FRE mortgages or conforming mortgages still held by the bank which will prevent people whom don't have these from receiving help. This will hurt in areas where jumbo mortgages were used because of the cost of homes.
The other requires the bankruptcy laws to be changed to allow primary homes to have their mortgages reduced. The politics of this change are going to be ridiculous. Bondholders are paid first in bankruptcy's and they will not want this set as a precendent(sic?).
More to follow.

How can any one with a conforming loan have a loan still held by the bank. Didn't they sell them off in bits and pieces all bundled into 'securitized deriviatives" that no one knows how much risk any longer?

Jumbo folks always get hurt. If you ask me they need to redefine jumbo. I'm not bragging but most everyone I know has a jumbo mortgage. Can you buy a decent home on the EastCoast without it being a jumbo mortgage?

However, in the scheme of things I suppose there are millions more conforming vs. non-conforming loans so it will be good overall for the economy for the majority of the middle class.

Don't you think just the threat of the bank going to bankruptcy court and knowing a judge can decide gives leverage to the homeowner in getting the bank to re do the loan terms.

Personally, I think they need to bring back cram down quick fast and in a hurry. I do not give a sweet phuck about these bankers. It is time that they get it in the rear with no vaseline after how they have screwed up the entire financial system with their avarice.

they were talking about jumbo loans on cnbc, most of the people on there said that this is a great first step and that the administration was working on other phases of the mortgage issue which included jumbo loans. and i think i heard david gergen yesterday talking about cram downs, he was saying that republicans would be against it and it would turn into another partisan fight

Good.
It is time to bust the bank lobbyists. They have destroyed the system and now it is time for them to pay up.
Obama has the political capital to get it done. Americans are furious and mad as hell that we are bailing out bankers and not the taxpayers!!

Everything has a season...it is time to take on the banking industry and their usurious (sp?) interest rates on those credit cards, them not extending credit and that universal default crap where if you miss paying your phone bill they can raise your interest rate, even if you have never missed a single payment on the credit card.

I want the banking industry to go down HARD!!! Credit card phuckers too!!

All those late fees, when they do not put the bills in the mail timely and use bulk mail without postmarks, and then have you sending it to the wrong PO box and shyt, then they take you over the limit with their fees and charge you even more fees and interest.

O and I just read the other day that the credit rating companies Experian etc are no longer going to provide consumers with their credit ratings only the banks and creditors will get them so you will not even know what infor was used in the decision process.

I want their asses to be shot and strung up and their eyeballs poked out as they writhe in agony.

HATE them!!

Instead of a jumbo mortgage I got two mortgages, one for the max conforming amount and then another to make up the difference. Because I put money down I got great rates on both so it works out much better then a Jumbo. But with the increased limits in the high cost areas I will probably do better with a combined refinanced.

I am unfamiliar with 2 mortgages on one property at the POS.

It's pretty popular where I live (in CA). There is a limit to the second mortgage amount but it works out well (or worked out well before the laws changed) if your total mortgaged amount was over $417,000 but less then $650,000. With the new changes to the jumbo rules, one mortgage works out as well or better for people.

hmmmm,
food for thought

thanks

Dr. Rachel just announced that since Spc Brandon Neely was on her show last night and told of abuses at Gitmo, three more soldiers have come forward to tell their stories. Maybe Bush should have pardoned folks pre-emptively.

icebergslim: I BEG YOUR PARDON! :>)

I flew past your post 2 fast! I'm very sorry.

LOVED the PICS!!

***goin' to the "BAD CHAIR"*** :>)

Wonerful pics, iceberg. Thanks. FLOTUS is a real woman.

Beautiful Pictures!

I agree with Rikyrah....You Rock!

you rock. I was hoping they were going to replay it on C-span so that I could record it.

rikyrah, here's the C-span video of FLOTUS celebrating African American with school kids.

http://www.cspan.org/Watch/watch.aspx?MediaId=H...

Okay - is it me or is Malia starting to outgrow that jacket? Maybe it's just the way she has her backpack. And Sasha has her boots of course.

No it isn't you. Malia's arms are too long for the sleeves...she probably grew overnight between leaving for chicago for Valentines day and returning to DC...you know that is how growth spurts go...36-48 hours overnight.

Just like grandma use to say, 'I swear you grew overnight'...she was right. It is now scientifically proven.

Yep - I saw my 12 year-old, (goodness, he'll be 13 next week!) on Sat. Saw him last night, I swear he grew 2 inches.

Malia probably just needed to be "home" to get some more growin' in.

I might be old, but I'm getting me some boots.

hahahaha, those are some bad boots Sasha is rockin!!

Ok. I must admit...I spent two days looking for those doggone boots online. Nothing!

She's growing like a weed - she's definitely gonna be at LEAST 5"11.

OMG...did anyone see Olbermann's dissection of Michelle Bachman's diatribe about the stimulus bill? LOL...that woman has absolutely NO business being allowed to roam free. She needs to be heavily sedated and strapped down.

lol shes not the only one its alot of them are going batshit insane. every other day the reich wing is complaining about something that has already happened and they ignored. like that entire health IT person that was created under bush and now they are thinking barack did it and is trying to control our decisions. this is what happens when you dont pay attention

I'm starting to think a lot of them are actually some type of cyborg and their wiring has gotten screwed up. Listening to them lately.....don't they kinda have a "stepford" feeling to them? Its like they are programmed and even when the topic changes up or new information about the topic emerges, they still parrot the same talking points. I don't believe Michelle Bachmann is human...look at her!

Not to mention the contrast between the crap they spew in unison and the intelligent, well-thought-out, complete sentences of President Obama (and pretty much anyone else in his administration)

(I do, however, give a special pass to VP Joe Biden. I just love me some Joey, but he does get foot-in-mouth disease on a regular. He is definitely a people person. He just visited the Special Olympics in Colorado, so you know he's special to me...)

Omg,

That post cartoonist Delonas that did that racist cartoon...is a very loathsome creature.

Look at ten other vile cartoons he's done:

gawker.com/5155855/ten-masterpieces-from-sean-delonas

It is late...very few comments..

what is going on with jjp people tonight?

Folks are pissed off and tired from the virulent racism depicted in the NY Post today but even more so we are energy drained from the nonsense posted by folks who claim it is not racist at all.

All of that drains the spirit and it is disheartening.

i took a break for over 2 hours as the posts were maddening and just hurtful in their ignorance.

I read through the comments for a few minutes and now realize why I have become a lurker here at JJP instead of a commenter.. when I saw the black bourgeoisie/watermelon comment I just had to stop reading and shake my head..

yes, that was reallly ridiculous...all I could do was SMH

Me too, I just had to walk away from that nonsense. Some people don't want to understand, they just want to mess with your head.

Bingo!...it was really stressful...I couldn't believe how stuff like that will just drain you mentally and spiritually.

People are pissed at that dumb NY Post cartoon and we had to vent (another thread)...but right now there is a tornado watch where I am and the lights have gone off a half dozen times....last time that happened the darn twister went RIGHT over my head and plopped down less than 15 seconds from my building in downtown Atlanta - that was scary. So I need to sign off before the light go completely out.

Miranda, you doing ok? Sending blessings to ya!

Stay safe, Miranda!

did some visiting of elder family members today

god bless you rlkryrah....................you have become a very special person to me and I hope to meet you some time.

Good for you! God loves it when we honor our old.

Bless you.

it is another life that most people won't take ownership of.

rikyrah, hope all your elderly folk are doing ok. How was your visit?

Did anyone catch Frontline last night? There's a bit of talk about it at Crooks & Liars.

Carnival Queen will have Obama painted on her body: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/...

OK...on Countdown there was a group that combined to have their bodies painted so that collectively on one side was an image of the Pope and on the other President Obama......this. must. stop.

Oh Jeezus - WHY the Pope fer chrissakses?

yeah it's getting crazy.

I don't know WHY, but when I read this I thought - surely it's the ship.....

Too funny..so did I. Thinking...ummm...ok.

LOL! Me too.

Just so you know this picture is taken from the correct point of view for looking at down town Chicago on the lake. It's looking north from the south side.

thanks Rob. It IS the best view.

ta nehisi coates picks up on some good words about pbo from a new yorker article:

"Fifty years ago, the civil-rights movement understood that nonviolence can be an effective weapon even if--or especially if--the other side refuses to follow suit. Obama has a similarly tough-minded understanding of the political uses of bipartisanship, which, even if it fails as a tactic for compromise, can succeed as a tonal strategy: once the other side makes itself appear intransigently, destructively partisan, the game is half won. Obama is learning to throw the ball harder. But it's not Rovian hardball he's playing. More like Gandhian hardball."

link to tnc's blog entry and link to new yorker article:
http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives...

This is the piece that was discussed on Morning Joke, when Joke said he was about to "vomit in his mouth."

Well if killing a young woman and leaving her dead body in his office didn't sicken him I highly doubt he should have feared vomiting over a lil positive commentary on the President.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/184815
Pointing out how often pundits' predictions are not only wrong but egregiously wrong—a 36,000 Dow! euphoric Iraqis welcoming American soldiers with flowers!—is like shooting fish in a barrel, except in this case the fish refuse to die. No matter how often they miss the mark, pundits just won't shut up, and I'll lay even odds that the pundits (and pollsters) who predicted a big defeat for Tzipi Livni in the Israeli elections last week didn't slink away in shame after her party outpolled all others. The fact that being chronically, 180-degrees wrong does not disqualify pundits is in large part the media's fault:

JJPs point man, Baratunde schoolin' em on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Video

JJP has come a long way!!!!

superb segment :)

I was so psyched to see him!!

Iceberg,

Jack did it. He was great & he wasn't cut off quickly either. He had to school some folks and I hope they learned something. Jack represented, baby!

The New York Post must be boycotted. It's time we as a people say...enough. We will not sit idly by and let hateful bigots compare our President to a f-ing monkey & call for the assassination of our President in our face & be silent. This is not the 1960's anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He put it down. You da man, Baratunde. You know, MSNBC is looking for a host for their 10pm slot. Think about it!

word.

B.A.R.A.T.U.N.D.E.!!!!! Jack, you da man!

And you didn't even get into the "Beware of Dog" sign posted over the shot dead monkey. (And nobody better start with the difference between chimp and monkey and ape and gorilla. They have all been used as heinous descriptions of people of African descent)

And Big ups for 1600 Pennsy Ave starting off with the quote from AG Eric Holder. Roland Martin quotes it last in his response to the cartoon.

Here is an excerpt:
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I guess it's fitting the cartoon ran today because the best statement to sum up the issue can be taken from a Black History month speech given today by our first black attorney general, Eric Holder.

"Even as we fight a war against terrorism, deal with the reality of electing an African American as our President for the first time and deal with the other significant issues of the day, the need to confront our racial past, and our racial present, and to understand the history of African people in this country, endures," he said.

"One cannot truly understand America without understanding the historical experience of black people in this nation. Simply put, to get to the heart of this country one must examine its racial soul."

Roland S. Martin www.rolandsmartin.com CNN Contributor

double post

Ya know, in the past when we had to deal with events such as in the New York Post today, we had nothing to soothe the hurt that it caused. Now we do. Balance has come to America. The Obama family always calms the spirit. Thanks be to God.

Now for a good cartoon:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/if-bankers...

oh i needed that laugh, thanks!