Positive Obama thread

Got this link from PegK this morning:

 Obama grabs Headlines

It is a great show of how important this election and this win were - not only here but to the rest of the world, but my favorite is the very last cover "Un Negron en Casa Blanca" 

I didn't write this, but, at the risk of seeming divisive and nasty, I'm posting it here because it is funny as all get out. I truly hope no one takes too much offense...

Some of you have vowed to re-locate if the "unthinkable" happens on Election Day. Perhaps there is an alternative:

Dear Red States,

We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we're taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren't aware, that includes California , Hawaii , Oregon , Washington , Minnesota , Wisconsin, Michigan , Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people of the new country of New California.

To sum up briefly:
You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states.
We get stem cell research and the best beaches.
 
We get the Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood.
We get Intel, Microsoft and Apple. You get WorldCom.
 
We get Harvard. You get Ole' Miss.
 
We get 85 percent of America's venture capital and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama.
 
We get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make the red states pay their fair share.

Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families.

 
Please be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war, and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They have kids they're apparently willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they don't care if you don't show pictures of their children's caskets coming home. We do wish you success in Iraq , and hope that the WMDs turn up, but we're not willing to spend our resources in Bush's Quagmire.
 
With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent of the country's fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple and lettuce, 92 percent of the nation's fresh fruit, 95 percent of America's quality wines (you can serve French wines at state dinners) 90 percent of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools plus Stanford , Cal Tech and MIT.
 
With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88 percent of all obese Americans (and their projected health care costs), 92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent of the tornadoes, 90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia. We get Hollywood and Yosemite.

Additionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred unless we're discussing the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent say that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and still 61 percent of you believe you are people with higher morals then we lefties.

Finally, we're taking the good pot, too. You can have that dirt weed they grow in Mexico.

Peace out,
Blue States

I was reading a transcript of Obama's press conference this morning and had to stop to make sure it was actually the press conference and not a speech.  Why?  Because it was so articulate and filled with complete sentences!  If anyone wants to know why Obama outshines Palin by a mile, just compare transcripts of interviews with each.   

I think it's so cool that newspapers with Obama's victory headline are selling like hotcakes and will be framed and given as Xmas presents.  A nice little boost for the poor newspaper business!  The LA Times is so thin these days, you almost couldn't line a birdcage with it.

I think it would be great if we all stuck to our own threads and didn't post on the "other."  If a question is posed here in a non-hostile, non-demanding way (i.e., no all caps, exclamation points, bold type, loaded words and sarcasm), I've often responded, but all things considered I'd rather not be bothered.  It's time-consuming and I find it much more enjoyable to share thoughts in a positive mode.  But that's just me.        

Nicki, lovely pic.

I talked to my brother last night for the first time since the election.  He is a republican to the core, and we very rarely talk politics because it gets too heated, quickly.  Anyway, last night he brought up the election and I braced for what words might fall out next.  I was pleaseantly surprised to hear him say that McCain had run a horrible campaign and deserved to lose.  He also said, "I didn't vote for Obama, but maybe he can do something to get this country back on track.  He is the President, and he's MY President, so I will support him and hope for the best."

WOW!  I couldn't believe my ears - that is the last thing I would have thought he would say.  Of course, he also threw in that he's worried about the [imaginary] agenda to take away his constitutional right to bear arms [a right that he has never exercised yet...lol] and that he will be really pissed off if Al Franken wins (not sure why, since my brother lives in Arizona, not Minnesota!).

I am just pleased to hear that my brother has pulled himself out of the bottom 25% and is no longer denying what a disaster Bush has made of this country.

Felicia:  OMG I'm laughing so hard.  Thank you for the belly laugh.

LA:  Good idea.

Nicki

Felicia,

I love that picture girl! Isn't that the truth! WOOOO HOOOOOOO OBAMA!!! YES WE CAN, no that's wrong... YES WE DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry I just cant seem to help myself calm down Ladies! Best wishes.

Tracey

I don't post here because I offended many of you, but I thought you might enjoy this.  I posted it on the other thread also.   (Cam is my wife)

 A true story.

Cam's mother is in home hospice for non-small cell lung cancer.  She went to the Hospital last week end due to pneumonia and fluid build up.  She was not expected to come out.  She lives three hundred miles from us so Cam packed her up chuck bucket and we headed to her hometown.  MIL was heavyly sedated and non responsive to our visit.  We left the hospital on Tuesday nite not knowing if she would be with us in the morning. 

MIL is a life long liberal, who worked in Radio for years.  She has interview Robert Kennedy, the Carters, and her favorite picture is her in Washington with a drink in one hand a cigarrite in the other, having a discussion with Hubert Humphrey.  In the 50's and 60's She championed civil rights and desegregation in the small Mississippi Delta town she lived(not the most popular thing to do).  She was a member of the State Democratic Committee.   

Cam and I were staying at her house, at 11 oclock Tues nite the phone rang, and I knew it was the nurse calling to say Jean had passed.  I was suprised to say the least, It was Jean, calling to rub in the fact that Obama won.  The next morning she checked herself out of the hospital and is now a home.

ibcspouse: What a great story, although I'm sorry to hear your MIL isn't doing so well.  She sounds like an impressive person.  The image of her with Humphrey, a drink and cigarette in hand, reminds me of my parents.  They probably would have gotten along wonderfully. 

Your story also reminds me of a man who came to vote at my polling place on Tuesday.  It was near the end of the day, and he came in a wheelchair with his young daughters and wife.  It was obvious that he was end-stage cancer, probably brain cancer.  His daughters helped him to vote, and then they had their picture taken in front of the booth.  I don't know whom he voted for (but I'm guessing Obama), but all of us working there were deeply moved.  It took a lot of effort for him to get there, but it clearly was important to him to participate that day.  There's nothing like voting to make one feel proud.      

felicia, those blue states "Neuvo California" sound suspiciously like Canada. The only statistic I doubt is the mosquitos. 92% of them can't live in red states, at least not as measured by body mass. I know from personal experience that Minnesota literally has tons of them. Most natives regard them as the state bird.

IBCspounse:  That was a nice story and thanks for coming over here and sharing it with us. 

Blaest:  That is a question would be better asked on the other political thread.

Obama to reverse some Bush decisions - including Stem Cell Research

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/08/AR2008110801856.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=new

cp: That article made me very happy!  I was wondering if Obama had plans to undo some of those executive orders.  It amazes me that Bush is still signing anti-environmental orders.  How can he think that last-minute de-regulating is going to help his legacy?  Well, I guess it does show a kind of stubborn consistency on his part.   

blaest, I think the viciousness of the diehard conservatives comes from and is fueled by Limbaugh, Hannity and their ilk, who apparently haven't let up on their hate speak one iota.  Maybe events will eventually marginalize these people, and their audience will shrink.  We can only hope.