February 23, 2014

Happy Birthday to Senator Ted Kennedy~ He would have been 82 years old.

Teddy is celebrating here on his 77th and last birthday B-Day on Planet Earth with Victoria, the Obamas and Friends in 2009..

"President Obama, along with the First Lady, led a rousing rendition of "Happy Birthday" to Sen. Ted Kennedy, at a star-studded 77th-birthday tribute to the political legend at Kennedy Center on Sunday night.

Among the stars who performed at the celebration were comedian Bill Cosby, actresses Lauren Bacall and Bernadette Peters, singer James Taylor and conductor John Williams."


Barack and Michelle Obama celebrate Ted Kennedy's 77th birthday at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night.


Obama leads the singing of "Happy Birthday," alongside singer James Taylor.


The First Lady greets Senator Kennedy and his wife, Victoria, as Senator John Kerry listens.

More pics.. the rest of the story..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/09/obamas-celebrate-ted-kenn_n_172947.html

Sorry, this is so late in the day.. I just realized it was Teddy's Birthday today(out here on Kaua'i) and well, bless his heart. Mahalo, Teddy Kennedy~

February 22, 2014

Christie Lies with the ease of

of a sociopath.

February 21, 2014

Thanks I gave it a kick..

Matt Katz.. the Christie Tracker! 6 Questions he has for Christie..

1) You are depicted in a picture, evidently laughing, with David Wildstein, who carried out the lane closures. The picture is taken at a 9/11 ceremony on Sept. 11, 2013, the third day of the epic traffic jam that resulted from those lane closures. What were you two talking about?

2) Why would three people in your inner circle – David Samson, Bill Stepien and Bridget Anne Kelly – carry out lane closures that caused prolonged, dangerous traffic jams, without notifying you beforehand or afterward?

3) In February you told a radio audience that you instructed your chief of staff and chief counsel to look into the lane closures as soon as you heard about them on or about Oct. 1. Why hadn’t you mentioned this in January, when you held a two-hour press conference solely about this issue?

4) You had lunch with Fort Lee Mayor Sokolich at Drumthwacket, he says, but you have claimed you don't recall ever meeting him. Do you now remember dining with him, or was he not telling the truth?

5) An extensive Sept. 13 email about the ramifications of the lane closures was sent from Port Authority Director Patrick Foye and forwarded to one of your top staffers, Regina Egea. Then what happened? Were you not made aware of the email at the time, and why not?

6) At a Dec. 2 press conference, you said you had talked to your mentor, Port Authority Chairman David Samson, about the lane closures. What prompted that conversation, when did it occur, and what information did you learn?

mahalo malaise

February 21, 2014

Oh really? Well they won't be around here during election time..

they have to go back into the woodwork.

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February 16, 2014

Harder to see "facts", she, when

you've let yourself be brainwashed for years by Bullshit Mountain and he who got beaten by Sandra Fluke.

The Brainwashing Of My Dad By Limbaugh, Fox & GOP Media

"The Thinking is Done for you"

More to the story..
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/06/1244584/-The-Brainwashing-Of-My-Dad-By-Limbaugh-Fox-GOP-Media

It could happen to a lot of people.. I won't say "anyone" because I had a unique experience with fox news in 1999 and it took me about two weeks to see what they were about. And I hadn't watched news or tv for about 10 years and I was a complete political greenhorn.

My former husband is an example of one of the "it could happen to a lot of people".. I've heard via my son who's visited him in California over the years that he's stuck in fox "truther" mode. I coined "fox truther" after our son related the story of him working on his dad's house and having fox blaring. Son told him that he charged extra if fox was on the tv. My former husband said.. "it's all true".

"No it's not" said our son.. but anyway the channel got changed. Too weird .. the human condition.

Tragic!

February 11, 2014

FLOTUS Tweet to Michael Sam~Michael Sam Tweets Back..

TOD

February 11, 2014

Texas Has A Choice~ A Clear Choice.. Clue.. Wendy Davis!

Wendy Davis’ Daughters Slam Disgusting Right-Wing Attacks Against Their Mother

"I think most people knew that once a powerful Texas woman (who happens to be a Democrat) decided to run for Governor of Texas, the attacks against her were going to get very ugly. I mean this is a strong, independent woman against the Republican party – and Republicans don’t like strong, independent women."

snip//

"Well, apparently her daughters have had enough and they decided to speak out.

Her youngest daughter Dru said, in part:"




Her eldest daughter, Amber, also weighed in on the ridiculous conservative attacks:


Much More to the story..
http://www.forwardprogressives.com/wendy-davis-daughters-slam-disgusting-right-wing-attacks-against-their-mother/

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TBF!

TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY STATE CONVENTION in Dallas TX

Event Name: Texas Democratic Party State Convention*
Event Dates: June 26 - June 28, 2014

Event Location: Dallas Convention Center

Attendees Expected: 10,000

http://www.hotelplanner.com/Event-Hotels/7592-For-Texas-Democratic-Party-State-Convention-June-26-2014-in-Dallas-TX#navPanel.

February 9, 2014

It's not just Gay Equality, brush..

It's everything that doesn't suck up to Putin..

snip//

"In recent months, Russian authorities have intensified their assault on basic freedoms and undermined rule of law. The assault takes many forms. New bills - passed just this week by the country's lower house of Parliament and expected to be approved in the near future by the upper house of Parliament and signed into law by President Vladimir Putin – restrict the activities of non-governmental organizations, criminalize public actions "committed to insult the religious feelings of believers" and outlaw activism by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals and their supporters. I would note that the new law criminalizing "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations," passed 436-0 by the rubber stamp Duma this week, comes as much of the world marks Pride month.

New controls over the media are being used to smear government critics and bolster the government's policy line. Authorities use secret detention facilities and torture, especially in the North Caucuses region, to silence critics and deny them access to counsel. These measures are widespread and systematic. They are being imposed on domestic and international civil society groups alike.

This crackdown, coming as Russia prepares to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, should be a matter of grave concern to the U.S. government. Moscow's lack of respect for human rights speaks volumes about its reliability as a potential partner to the United States and Europe in addressing pressing international security concerns, from the conflict in Syria to the danger of nuclear proliferation. Moreover, it marks an ominous turn in a country that had been making progress towards developing more open, transparent, and accountable governance."

http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/news-item/freedom-under-assault-in-putin-s-russia

Yeah, where's big mouth Edward on Gay Equality in Russia since he's so very burningly concerned about our civil rights in the US as he's sucking up to Putin in Russia?

February 8, 2014

ES Is the "wandering" Hacker-Huckster,

she.. and no amount of fresh paint is going to cover his and greenwald's filthy profiteering lies. Remember ES thought he'd get a sweet gig in Iceland before that country said.. "NO.". So Russia was the only country who would take in poor hunted ES. According to him the USA wants to assassinated him.. and then another time he says the USA isn't afraid of him.. they're afraid of us. ES needs to get his stories straight.. but he shouldn't be taking lessons from Greenwald 'cause he can't keep his freaking shit straight, either.

Report Indicates Snowden/Greenwald Lied About Key Claims

"By now, we are all familiar with the big splash which resulted and continues to ripple from the fantastical claims made by Edward Snowden and his mouthpiece, Glenn Greenwald, about the ease with which the NSA's surveillance programs can be and are abused in order to eavesdrop on all of us, all the time, without a warrant, without authorization, and without consequence.


“I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant, to a federal judge or even the President, if I had a personal e-mail.”

“All they have to do is enter an e-mail address or an IP address, and it does two things, searches the database and lets them listen to the calls or read the e-mails of everything that the NSA has stored, or look at the browsing histories and Google search terms.”

“It’s done with no need to go to court, no need to get approval . . . But it allows them to listen to whatever e-mails they want, telephone calls, browsing history, Microsoft Word documents.”

Despite these astonishing claims, Snowden and Greenwald have yet to provide any evidence of any actual, current abuses or illegalities, much less any abuses that are as easy and common as they suggested."

MOre..
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/09/1229963/-Report-Indicates-Snowden-Greenwald-Lied-About-Key-Claims

Snowed'em and GG don't need no stinkin' "proof".. they got suckers coming outta the woodwork tap dancing at a hundred miles an hour.

Poor ES is the Classic Whiner of All Time.. Good ol Putin must be loving all the Whining his prize catch is simpering about.

February 7, 2014

Spectacularly

Obama's fault!!

thanks C!