Jack & Jill Politics

There are three videos from CNBC. they interviewed three D's and thre
e R's on the house banking committee. it's telling to see how the thinking is going.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=128713342...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=128705757...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=128705358...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=128706267...

I just saw this picture and read the story about a little girl who couldn't let go of her dad as he was being deployed to Iraq. Her mom took the picture, I think.

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/...

Must-See-Video: Thriller Album Photo Shoot. Michael was GORGEOUS!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l8BjzUvzuk

I just watched the clip at the top of this thread.

Shep Smith didn't destroy anybody. He let that liar talk far too much without challenge. I respect him for what he did manage to say, but that wasn't anything near a destruction.

When Rachel Maddow is on her game, she destroys.

Maybe you're right..

All I know is, I can't resist the urge to screw Barrasso's head off, and use him to polish my silver.

it is amazing how deliberately the Bush II adminstration committed nonfeaseance by not enforcing regulations. What is worse is the deliberate changing the rules to keep with their ideological thinking. Here a study shows how Bush II overrode the states antipredatory lending statues.
hat tip thebigpicture.com

I haven't watched political TV in ages (other than the clips posted on this a a few other blogs), but I tuned in tonight to see Keith's one-hour special comment on health care reform.

If he wrote it, he's a stupendous writer. By the end of the hour, I couldn't hold myself together. And it wasn't just because his personal story appealed to my emotions either.

It's worthy of an Emmy. His finest moment by far. He ought not do anything but special comments henceforth.

like, you, I have had to stop watching political tv. and truthfully, i've had to decrease my online attention, too. I'll def look for it on the mourn.

on point, Craig.

Craig, your real thoughts made me cry tonight

I am back at your support...ghees///

Oh Craig...you could not have said it any better.

Boo Hoo Hoo after a predictable Keith Olberman rant. Pass the tissues! God, you folks really aren't about anything. It was produced, not particularly well researched, and programmed to get a tear from MSMBC. Keith Olberman makes 5 million dollars a year. He puts no effort into what he does. Boo Hoo HOO. Olberman is the biggest and silliest left wing boob there is, next to Frank Rich of the New York Times.

Those two have dumbed down the left for years. I'm disgusted. Do you think he cares about health care? I don't get liberals.


Digby and the Daily Howler have complained about Olberman from the left. And those two are not Obama supporters. Pass the tissues and dry your liberal eyes. You have been dumbed down by the corporate powers at GE.

If Keith's show garners even more support for the president's goal to
succeed at health care reform, it works for me. This media is our only
mainstream avenue to fight against the right wing "boobs" who dumbed down
those on the right. With all his faults I'll take Keith over Limbaugh,
Beck, Hannity and Coulter anytime.

You must have me confused with someone who can't think critically.

Be well.

You too, Craig.

No. I don't actually even know who you are. Which is fine. I haven't been around much of late.

Did you know that I think that more often than not Keith is a buffoon?

That's what my last sentence alludes to.

Did you know that I've become so sickened of corporate propaganda that I turned off the TV for the last few months?

That's what my first sentence alludes to.

Clearly, you've made a set of assumptions about what motivated my positive take on this particular episode of Countdown.

Those assumptions were false.

I don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

And though I don't always succeed, I try hard not to make assumptions about the motivations of people I hardly know.

Again, be well.

You have seemed to make a lot of assumptions lately about the President, someone you hardly know.

I don't care for stridency or the "above it all air" that you sometimes project.

It's all water under the bridge. We probably will never agree on most things. And there is no reason we should.

Peace,

Alex2

"And though I don't always succeed..."

I already conceded your point.

As for the "air" you perceive. Well, that's what you perceive.

It's really none of my business.

Bless you.

if you can everyone should watch a rerun of Keith Olbermann's show--at the very end he calls for protests of good in the bad Democrats states--watch--I wouldn't lie to you...

I couldn't watch it. I tried to .. . .twice. Too much over the top drama. Healthcare = Death . . . . .seemed a bit contrived to me.

Maybe it is because it is hard for me to take Olbermann too seriously. Not sure why he was calling for protests especially since he doesn't even vote.

hey, who are the joggers out there who listen to music while running. I'm getting a little bored with some of my favorites....trying to find music that keeps that step going. Any suggestions?

You may not be into pop, but Black Eyed Peas always gets me going.

Hey thanks for the input....I did find one Black Eyed Peas that matches some
of my running...an fyi for you, I just downloaded Melba Moore's version of
Optimistic and that will meet one of my running paces.

Thank you so much!

Hosted by Back to Google NewsWhite House aims middle schoolers eyes to stars
By SETH BORENSTEIN (AP) – 52 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — Call it a star party with real star power.

The White House set up 20 telescopes, an inflatable dome with a three-dimensional video tour of the universe, and displays of moon rocks and meteorites as President Barack Obama was hosting a South Lawn star party for about 150 middle schoolers Wednesday evening.

It was a nearly cloudless night ideally suited for looking into the cosmos — if only the city lights weren't around to obscure the best views.

And if the moon, Jupiter, stars and the entire universe weren't enough, the party also was to include the president, his family, four pioneering astronauts and science teachers dressed up as Isaac Newton and Galileo.

The White House star party — which may be a first for the president's home, according to U.S. Naval Observatory spokesman Geoff Chester — is part of a worldwide emphasis on astronomy. This year marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first observations of Jupiter and its moons with a telescope, and has been designated the International Year of Astronomy. People around the world are being encouraged to look at Jupiter and the moon this month. And NASA is purposely crashing a probe into the moon, shown live on the Internet Friday morning.

"What will your great discovery be?" Obama asked the students before testing a telescope. "Galileo changed the world when he pointed his telescope to the sky. Now it's your turn.

"We need your restless curiosity," the president said. Then he looked through an 8-inch telescope, hauled south from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, and looked at twin stars nicknamed "double-double" that are in the constellation Lyra. The stars are 160 light years away and each light year is almost 6 trillion miles.

"That's really far away," Obama said after his glimpse into the scope's eyepiece. "Outstanding."

Dean Howarth and Dan Carroll, suburban Virginia high school science teachers, had a brass replica of Galileo's telescope and a fancier Newton telescope replica for the White House party. And if that wasn't enough, they also were planning to change into costumes to dress as the two science legends.

"We're either really cool or really crazy," said Howarth, before changing into Newton.

As he stroked the Newton telescope replica, Howarth described the technology behind it and added: "This is the same thing that is on the Hubble."

The idea is to emphasize science, math and technology education, said Sally Ride, the first female U.S. astronaut, who stood with first black female astronaut Mae Jemison. That's why the 150 middle schoolers will be there — the most Obama has had at the White House, said White House science adviser John Holdren.

"Upper elementary and middle school is where most students happen to lose interest in science," Ride said. She saw her female friends lose interest in science at that age though, she said, "I never did."

Obama told the students "all you need is a passion for science." He pointed to two 15-year-olds attending the star party as examples for them. One had discovered rare cosmic events, one called a supernova and the other a pulsar. And if that wasn't enough the party included the second man on the moon Buzz Aldrin and Hubble-repairing astronaut John Grunsfeld.

The White House may want kids to look to the stars, but it won't talk about sending them there. President George W. Bush's plan to return astronauts to the moon is being reviewed by the White House and is likely to change, but Holdren wouldn't talk about what the president hopes to do about space beyond inspiring children.

Tyriek Mack and Owen Duffy, eighth graders from Washington, liked science enough to have attended space camp in Alabama, but the visit to the White House was even better, they said. Duffy, whose personal telescope is broken, said he couldn't wait until the president was done so he could "rush back to the telescopes" set up on the lawn.

Daniel Laurey, a student at nearby Herndon High School in Virginia, didn't need inspiration. He was there with his telescope, which was aimed at Jupiter. He could tick off the four visible moons of Jupiter: "Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa."

And he instantly knew how many moons Jupiter had: 63.

So with the telescopes, astronomers, and costumes, was there an element of geekiness on the White House lawn?

"Does the geekiness need to be questioned?" answered Howarth, who hadn't quite donned his Newton costume yet. "The nice thing is that people are paying attention to geeks."

There he goes educating again.

fascinating

"http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/10/david-owen-minow-sisters-obama.html

"In 1988, Martha, then a professor at Harvard Law School, called her father to say that she had just taught the best student she had ever had, a young man from Chicago who was so extraordinary that she believed Sidley Austin ought to hire him as a summer associate even though he was just a first-year student—her only such recommendation, before or since. When Newton pursued the matter with the partner in charge of the firm’s summer program, he discovered that the student, Barack Obama, had already been hired.

Neat commentary...thanks for the link.

Well we know he ended up at SidleyAustin, because that is where he met Michelle. I wonder who hired him the summer of his freshman year?