Sunday Afternoon Thread: The Second Time Around….So Much Better

All my respect, admiration and love, Mr President for a brilliant, safe and healthy second term. May God be with you.

YEAH! Thanks for playing my song Miranda, I wish they would play it at the inaugural festivities.

Dang! Right when I almost had my uncontrollable wide smile with sh%$t eating grin under some minor control from the election, its all back. I need serious help. I can’t go out in public like this. I live in Texas. HELP!

President Obama’s 2nd Term Begins Today!

Posted on 01/20/2013 at 11:34 am by Mr. Brink

When he rode into town on a white horse named Joe Biden back in 2009, Barack Obama was staring down the perfect storm of financial sector collapse, two wars, monumental debt, and a demoralized national identity– just getting started.

Through a series of parliamentary showdowns, very public reckonings, and negotiated hostage standoffs, President Obama has quietly proven himself worthy of a hero’s parade, even if it is just an inauguration ceremony.

Over the past four years, we’ve seen the best the American people have to offer by way of leadership in President Barack Obama. It’s been a grueling endeavor, testing the hearts and minds of critics and allies alike. There’s much more that still needs to be done, but if the past four years is any indication, the next four should continue to set the standard by which all future presidents are measured.

http://www.bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2013/01/president-obamas-2nd-term-begins-today.html#disqus_thread

An Armed John Lewis?

by BooMan
Sun Jan 20th, 2013 at 02:20:34 PM EST

Rush Limbaugh recently said that John Lewis would not have suffered a fractured skull at Selma if he had been armed. That is a profound misunderstanding of just about everything that could be understood about Bloody Sunday or the Civil Rights Movement more generally. John Lewis’s fractured skull, while not exactly the plan, was the key to the success of Selma.

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John Lewis’s skull fracture hastened the passage of the Voting Rights Act, which may not have passed otherwise for many years. His personal courage and sacrifice are so immense, and so many people are indebted to him, including me, that Rush Limbaugh really shouldn’t utter his name, unless it is to pay him the deep respect that he deserves.

To call him the greatest living American would not be hyperbole, for who would we put before him?

He accomplished through peaceful means what years of armed struggle would never have achieved. What’s unusual is that, unlike others in his category, like Socrates and Jesus and Lincoln and Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., he lived to tell about it. He’s still serving in Congress, doing his little part each day. But he is so much more than a congressman. He’s a giant who doesn’t get the credit he deserves simply because he wasn’t martyred and because he’s too humble to demand it.

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2013/1/20/142034/070

I know you all don’t give a damn but:
Miss America unsure about attending Inauguration
By MESFIN FEKADU | Associated Pres

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mallory Hagan says her first week as Miss America has been amazing, but she’s not sure she’s going to Inauguration Day because of the weather.

Hagan said in an interview Saturday that it may be too cold to attend President Barack Obama’s public swearing in ceremony Monday. She says she has a ticket and is “in the middle of deciding if she’ll go” because “it’s going to be freezing.”

Hagan spoke at an event for OurTime.org, which featured will.i.am and John Legend.

Hagan won the Miss America title last week. The 23-year-old was born in Alabama, but moved to New York at 18. She was named Miss New York last year and lives in Brooklyn.

She says she feels “overwhelmed, excited, humbled” after having the crown for a week.

– –GOOD AFTERNOON miranda/POU FAM♥ — -***BIG HUG*** :>) –

– -***tears*** annnd ***smiles***

— TODAY: — –It’s A Family Affair — :>) —

BUT –2-MORROW – - – -IT WILL B – - -MORE LIKE THIS!! – –Woo! Hoo! :>) – –

LOOKIN’ – -FORWARD – — -> – - -Woo! Hoo! :>) – - -Soooo – –EXCITING –

– –The SECOND TIME AROUND! – -:>) – - – -

– - – - -LOOK out – --HISTORY BOOKS ! — -Woo! Hoo! -

miranda – - -Sooo MUCH TRUTH HERE – - :>) – - -

– - -Doonesbury: “When Republicans exit… they’re all about corporate speeches & golf.” Dems “remain engaged as global citizens.” – –

– - –Garry Trudeau covers the GOP, Willard M. Romney, and the Big Dog all in one strip.

Per Doonesbury, after they finish whatever it is they did in public life, GOPers immediately retreat to their safe corporate universe. Mitt made a beeline to a board, other Republicans make beelines to corporations and fancy schmancy golf courses, and Democrats? They make an effort to connect to people and do some good, but apparently tick everyone off in the process. – - – -:>) – -
THERE IS 1 MORE. :>)

– - -COMMENT: – - Mr. B
Doonesbury: “When Republicans exit… they’re all about corporate speeches & golf.” Dems “remain engaged as global citizens.”

With the exception of Mittens: he’s all about pumping gas . . .
http://investorplace.com/wp-co… – - –LOL – - -

mirand – - – -Sooo MUCH FUN – - – -watchin’ the –GRAMBLING BAND -

– —-Grambling Band Bayou Classic Halftime Show 2nd Half – –

– — – -REPRESENTIN’. . . .:>) – –CONGRATULATIONS. :>) – –

– MEDIA ALERT: – - -VP JOE is ON –NOW! Woo! Hoo! :>) – -

I’m going to DVR two channel’s coverage.

One is going to be MSNBC…suggestions for the other channel?

This is just evil.

End of month will be end of hospice care for some Louisiana patients

NEW ORLEANS — Starting Feb. 1 Louisiana will stop offering hospice care services to most patients on medicaid.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is eliminating the service to families in the state due to state budget cuts.

Critics are up in arms.

“When you have a loved one that its ill and they’re going to die and you know it and they know it and they want to be home, you want to satisfy exactly what they want,” said Docia Kenney.

more here
http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/February-1st-Means-End-of-Hospice-Care-For-Some-Louisiana-Patients-187228501.html

miranda – –Ooooo-Kaay – - -Givin’ Mr. Harry –a 2nd chance: – — – -:>) – -

—-Harry Reid Will Urge Senate To Tackle Immigration Reform, Gun Control – –

– - — -Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid isn’t letting the intense partisanship in Congress temper his expectations for the coming year and is planning an agressive agenda ranging from immigration and gun control to education and the economy.

Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act
Strengthen our Schools and Students Act
Rebuild America Act
Violence Against Women Act
Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act
Preparing for Extreme Weather
End Wasteful Tax Loopholes
Clean and Fair Elections Act
Agriculture Jobs Bill — – — WATCHIN’ – - —

Obama weighs in on his wife’s hair, says he likes her bangs

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama, who began his second term on Sunday, weighed in on what he facetiously said was the most “significant” event of the weekend: his wife’s new hairstyle.

First lady Michelle Obama, a Harvard law graduate known as much for her sharp fashion sense as her fight to curb obesity, revealed a new hairstyle recently that features bangs. The new hairdo has attracted a lot of attention.

Speaking at a reception with supporters the night before giving his inaugural address, Obama said he liked the look.

“First of all, I love Michelle Obama. And to address the most significant event of this weekend, I love her bangs,” Obama said to laughter and cheers from the crowd.

“She looks good. She always looks good,” he said.

more here
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/21/us-usa-inauguration-obama-hair-idUSBRE90K03P20130121

miranda – - — -MORE PICS :>) – — –

– —-Inauguration weekend 2013 – -

- – - – -Photos from the historic weekend, including President Obama and Joe Biden’s swearing-in ceremonies. —

– - -Ooooooweeee – — -MY SCRAP BOOK is –INCREASING! :>) – — –

miranda – - – –Alrighty! – - -Ms. Joy-Ann – – - -REPORTIN’ – - –:>) – -
– - —Kids’ inaugural concert draws big stars, high pitched support – -

- — – -There was also a touch of Chicago flavor, as Cannon introduced a pair of groups he said the first lady recommended — the youth choir Soul Children of Chicago and Black Violin, an African-American duo who combine classical violin and contemporary music. The two performed an uptempo version of The Beatles’ “Come Together” that had the crowd on its feet, after which the choir performed a gospel number that seemed to resonate in the hall as much as — or in the case of some of the parents, more than — the pop acts that preceded them.

But while there was a little “church” in the proceedings, and some moving performances, including from the cast of Glee, the night belonged to the kids.
THERE IS MORE – - –:>) – -

– —Annnnd – - -a GOOD TIME was – –HAD BY ALL. :>) – - -

miranda – —–Ooooohhhh – —THIS BEAUTIFUL ICON♥ — -

– - -Maya A. on MLK, Obama, and Piers -

- — – — -She’s sooo – -ELEGANT annnd INTELLIGENT annnnd a “LIFER in Da STRUGGLE.” – - – -

– - -CONTINUE 2 BLESS her.♥ – :>) – - -

– — G’niGHT POU FAM♥ MAY U HAVE BLESSED SWEET DREAMS.. ♥ – - -♥ :>) – - – -

– — —LOOKIN’ – - -FORWARD – - – -> – - -WITH EXCITEMENT! – - -2

the 2nd INAUGURATION..♥ – - – -