Positive Obama thread

Little G great news on the MRI!

I would suggest everyone just ignore this user that wants to break the rules of our system, the more attention he gets the more he will post.

Amy, if you were referring to Shirley as a troll for her post about balest or whatever his name is, that is really unnecessary.  I have no issue with you or her and if you both have  a problem that is fine but she didn't come into this thread to cause a problem but notify about a person that is a real troll.

Donna, his id's are terminated solely because he violates rules, not what he says.

Blaest, we used to have one thread for debate.  Thats why 2 threads were created so we weren't debating each other.  Yes, I publicly reported your multiple id's NOT what you say.  Have at it. Create your debate thread, I am sure you will get some action.

Out of respect for the Dems here, I come here to pipe in some agreement on certain issues like BUSH GET OUT AND GET OUT NOW ...  or to ask a valid question, not a question that would try to trip them up or try to make them out to be stupid.  These ladies are smart with set views as are the republicans. 

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Dem ladies:  my dad sent me a copy of the German newspaper.  Wait to you see it.  Really funny but totally depicts the way that Europe sees Bush and hopes in Obama.  It's hilarious and sad because it's true!!

Thank you LadySuz.  Actually if you go to my initial posts, they had to do with helping on insurance matters because I am somewhat of an expert in that area and i thought I could help others having problems with their insurance companies.  That was doing the little bit I thought I could to help.  The problem with my posts came when I started pretty stringent opposition to the Tijuana and Hoxsey cure crowds and some of the flak I got for it was unbelievable.  I have nothing against alternative medicines per-se.  I assume earting the right foods may help prevent cancer or reduce the intensity of the disease, but I have been around the block long enough to know scammers when I see them, and when it comes to duping the gullible and trying to get their money, there are tons of people out there who have the ethics of snake-oil salesmen, which is what many of them are, but some people don't want to hear anything about that. I am being "disruptive" by voicing anti-alternative cancer cure according to some of the people on those threads.  That makes me a TROLL.  I am a big believer in the fact that people who come to these boards often will believe what they read and I want to be a voice of caution where I can be. 

And yea, in today's world I sometimes shake my head at the stuff coming out of the mouths of people like Sarah Palin.  I despised her the minute she attacked Obama during her convention speech for implying his service as a community organizer was worthless . . and that somehow being the mayor of a nothing town made her his superior.  Later to hear her talk about her foreign policy experience because of the proximity between Russia and Alaska was simply too much.  The Republicans were simply too dense to realize that she was laughing at them, that she thought they were so incredibly dumb (which of course might be true), that they would buy anything  she had to say. And then to have her and the Republicans be so devisive.  All the problems we are having and they are trying to distinguish between "real americans" and everybody else.  Honestly going on the Respectfully Republican thread is an insult to any thinking, intelligent person.  The stuff these people come up with and believe is scary. 

And I think it very interesting that the people who attacked me were the people from the Republican Thread, people like IBC Spouse.  I am an independent but I have always believed that the Democratic Party has far nicer and better people than the Republicans, who have an elitest attitutude, think they know more than the rest of the world and they have the right to inflict their moral judgments on the rest of us.  So am I surprised at the vicious attacks I have endured from some of the Republicans?  Not really, its par for the course for any who don't simply swallow their agenda. 

LuAnn, Linora & Amy...thanks so much for the congrats on NED!  A weight is off me for sure!  Linora..yeah, take my word on the turkey video.  It's awful!!  I'm glad Laura posted it, but its not for the squeamish!  And this is "fun" to this woman.  Wow.  But then again, aren't we on this side a bunch of "bleeding heart liberals?"  :-)  OK..I'm not trying to stir the pot any further.  But..its no secret I can't stand Palin.  Each thing that pops up about her makes my feelings even stronger.  Maybe she'd like to see the inside of that turkey stuffer and see how "fun" it really is! 

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little gggggggggggggggg! wooooooooooooohoooooooooo!

fantastic, you and ned, dancing away! love it, love it LOVE IT! four years out this week, i am. LOVE THAT!

i just can't do a turkey after watching that youtube, just gross. what was she thinking?

i am with you, g, 'don't like the post or the thread, move on.' the drama is crazy. i hope this thread does not become a place where the Republican thread is under attack or that some of our sisters feel the need to save us from their troll visions. enough all ready.

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60 days until Mission Accomplished... Can't come soon enough for me and the stock market...:)

little-g: Ya-hoo!  What a great way to end your week!  I can feel your relief from here.  Glad it didn't drag out for too long.

Rocktobermom, the link to the YouTube video is in one of Amy's posts at the top of this page.  I couldn't watch it.  I can't watch her, let alone distressed, doomed turkeys. 

I was just channel hopping between CNN and MSNBC on my lunch break and they had dueling scoops.  CNN is reporting (via the NY Times) that Hillary has definitely accepted the SoS spot.  MSNBC is reporting that Guenthier (sp?) of the Federal Reserve is in as Treasury Secy, and Richardson has been offered Commerce.  Things are coming together.  Now if we could just turn the Bush signing pen off, I'd be really happy.

Great news, g--I'm doing the happy dance right now for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now you can really enjoy turkey day--only if one can remove that picture of Palin talking about levity and fun as the turkey is being beheaded in that contraption (I assume)--that is one digusting female for sure--yea, you betcha!

Hillary Clinton will be Secretary of State!!! Just announced on Faux News. Hope some of the Hillary supporters are happy about that--she will the best woman for this job! She can handle foreign relations with no problems at all. This cabinet is turning into a fine, very fine team. Perhaps Obama will even do better than Lincoln did with his rivals!

You are right, Laura, 60 days can't come soon enough. Too bad he won't be charged with Treason (as well as Cheney)--I'd like them to get an 8 year sentence at least--it's what we have been living under--8 years of the worst President ever in the US!! Even a mediocre president in the future would be better than he was--well, I make an exception with Palin--she would even make Bushy look good--hopefully not--got to keep her up there in Alaska, chillin'! 

Rocktobermom........that is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!   :-)

The turkey interview was just plain mean.  I can't think of anyone who would want an interview all over television with turkeys in the background.  Besides that, they stink.

My grandmother used to raise chickens and ring their necks, plucked them and cooked them.  I could never do that, but it's the way one is raised.

Shirley

Donna, I didn't look at the video.  I can't stand watching animals killed for any reason.  It's bad enough when we have to make "that decision" with our furbabies.  I literally RUN out of the vet's office when my baby goes to sleep.

When I see hogs, cattle, chickens going off to slaughter it makes me so sad.  Yet, I eat them.  Now that's a form of hypocrisy!  LOL  I could NEVER raise animals to kill and eat.  NEVER!  I could NEVER shoot an animal.  NEVER!  And I've got a ham in the fridge and a turkey in the freezer. 

There's a big difference between hunting traditions being used by First Nation people who use all of the animal in order to survive; and a woman shooting wolves from a helicopter, doncha think? You betcha!

Palin is just disgusting. The oxymoron of that turkey interview really shows that she just doesn't git it!

When we were in Alaska, there was much animosity between the First Nation people and the whites (many descendants of gold rushers in the 1800s); the whites who have been there for several hundred years are unhappy because they are considered natives with a small "n;" and the different tribes in Alaska are considered natives with a capital "N:"although I was told the respectful title used by many Alaskans I met is First Nation. They actually have license to kill anytime during the year; while others must hunt only when season is open for a particular animal (I was told this at a Native History museum outside Fairbanks). I learned a lot on that trip about the gold rush, and the First Nation peoples' history. I think it takes really, really strong people to live in their climate and environment. I would not want to be stranded out in the middle of nowhere and those who survive their are very tough! Just trying to get access to piped in fresh water can be almost impossible. We visited Homer, where many of the home owners on the mountainside take showers at the local gym; go to the laundromat to do their laundry; and fill up big drums with water from several faucets in town (just for doing that) and haul it home. But watching the bald eagles soar past you as the sun sets in the summer (well it doesn't really set) is worth it to them (and we enjoyed the view also). Guess I got a little off subject.

Wonder if Palin survives so well because Hubby is part Inuit?