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President Obama goes on a swing-state college tour, the campaigns raise money, Republicans go to the polls in Pennsylvania, Newt Gingrich hangs on, and a career change for Andy. Is he finally ready to concede?
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What little critter will Newt get nipped by next week?
We never did get an update on the penguins condition...
Thanks as always to Mark & Domenico for keeping us current on the wild race to the White House.
It's Friday afternoon and while I'm heading over to the Dew Drop Inn to hoist a couple with my friends, I have to ask when MSNBC is going to address all of the technical glitches occurring with Newsvine.
I'm not sure if it's just on my end, it seems to get worse each week. 'Bubblegum errors', tracking feature disabled, unable to log in and so on...
Oh well... cheers everyone! Happy Friday!
No, it's not just you. It's so slow, too. I had a post show up 3 times this afternoon even though I only posted once but did get the bubblegum message when it happened.
No not just you either Feisty, I have given up in disgust a few times, it gets annoying at times.
All that said, thanks to Mark and Domenico for offering us much to read and comment on, you and your staff are much appreciated.
Everyone have a great weekend, ours will rain most of the time, but I will be in training with the Obama campaign tomorrow to help elect him in Nov. I am on my way to have a few toasts to some birthday people at the DDI. and some good conversation. Slainte.
Gingerbread Mamma, it's almost time for all of us to gear ourselves up for the Obama campaign. Good luck to you.
Not sure if everyone remembers; but Secret Agent Man is on the first annual Dew Drop Jukebox Commemorative! queue it up!
Happy Birthday to John B! and I'll happily serve up some stuffed mushrooms for those in attendance!
Been in Seattle since last Friday; but I'll be home tomorrow. Too late to see Rachel Maddow and her book signing in town, though! Darn it!
Happy Weekend, everyone!
Hot dog looks like a big weekend down at the Dew Drop Inn.
In the Front room we’ve got Red Sox Nation celebrating Fenway’s 100th anniversary. Tradition runs deep in Baseball and Fenway ranks up there with one of the oldest traditions in Baseball. One of my few regrets in my long life is that every time I’m close to Boston Fenway is sold out and I can’t get tickets. But oh well I ain’t dead yet so maybe it will happen directly.
In the Back Room we have of course got a little bit of remembrance for Dick Clark. I know you’ll Youngsters don’t have much to go on and I’ll admit that Mr. Clark’s later appearances on Rockin’ New Year’s Eve were painful to watch. But back in the Day you weren’t nothing until you appeared on Bandstand. There’s no telling how much influence Mr. Clark had on generations of Entertainers in his 60 plus years so you’ll let us play a few Records and Raise a glass to our lost youth and America’s Oldest Living Teenager. He’s gone to a place where there is no age. Rest in Peace sir.
This Hero is a kid that we’re going to have to buy a Sarsaparilla for because he ain’t old enough to drink. But that doesn’t stop him from doing the right thing:
Ohio baseball player can’t walk at graduation after caring for cancer-stricken mother
A 17-year-old varsity baseball player in Ohio is being banned from walking at his own graduation for racking up two too many unexcused absences. While those circumstances might be considered the fault of the athlete in most cases, Carrollton (Ohio) High senior Austin Fisher's case is a rather extraordinary one: His absences were all brought on by time he spent caring for his mother, who has spent the past six years battling breast cancer
For Fisher and other seniors at the school, that seems extremely unfair, particularly because all of his absences were brought on by his own heroic efforts to care for his mother, as he is the only other person who lives in their household. When Teresa Fisher became too sick to work, Austin Fisher took on two different jobs to help pay the bills. On a number of other days, Austin Fisher missed school so he could run his mother to cancer treatments and then care for her when she was bedridden after returning home
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/ohio-baseball-player-t-walk-graduation-caring-forcancer-102922017.html
As always my thanks and appreciation to our hosts for their time, giving me a little place to stand, a subject to comment on, a forum to put it in, and their indulgence when I don’t quite get it right or get a little off subject. I purely do appreciate it. Hope you’ll have a fine weekend and good fun among folks that you know and love. To my fellow participants keep well, keep safe, and keep the faith. We’ll make it. See you’ll next week
For our recording section this week we’ve got a special treat. My old buddy Drive – By managed to take some time from his servicing duties in the tree house and found a whole bunch of Ted Nugent’s surplus 45’s on special down at the Wally Mart. So the Old Caretaker is going to give you’ll a little Skeet Shooting Demonstration down in the back yard of the DDI. See unlike the Nuge I don’t need for my targets to be staked out for me and I don’t load my pants up with cr@p when my Country calls for me to do a little shooting for it.
And I would be remise in my Caretaker Duties if I didn't let you'll no that the Ladies have a special Suprise Birthday for John B. John B come on down and load up on the Ladies treats and the first cool beverage is on the Old Caretaker.
Love the bit about the Skeet Shooting Demostration using old Ted Nugent 45's!
You mean to tell me that loud mouth "patriot" never served his country during the Vietnam War, and took the Cheney route to avoid the draft? ANOTHER rightwing chicken hawk?
Hey, Uncle Redneck -
Update to that story says that they thankfully reversed their decision:
http://now.msn.com/living/0417-grad-ban-lifted.aspx?OCID=MSNNow_SEM_Now_acdesk
http://fox8.com/2012/04/17/carrollton-high-school-student-who-cared-for-sick-mom-will-walk-with-class/
Let's hope his mother is able to be there to cheer him on. No word yet on whether they'll also let him go to his prom, but if not, I know a certain inn that would be honored to throw one for him, yes?
Amy not only did that Super Patriot That all the Yahoos are so proud of NOT serve when it became time for his physical he literally sat in his own P!ss and Sh!t for 10 days so he could go down to the Draft Board and get Defered. Some Hero Indeed but right up the Chicken Hawk Play book.
That is good news JoAnne and thanks I missed it. And yes The Comeback Inn would be Honored to Host a prom party for the young man and to give his Mother a weekend worth of spa treatments and pampering to boot. How's about a little Bandstand Music to kick us off this weekend
Friday already. Thanks to our First Read hosts who do their best to provide us with articles to debate even if it does seem infilitrated with gremlins, not to mention the collapse briggade which swoops in from FOX and Drudge because they only like free speech when it's theirs; can't let the truth from liberals stand. Now we know where Mitt Romney gets his campaign comments.
Time to head to the DDI; all liberals welcome.
First toast is to Austin Fisher! What a sad but heartwarming story; too bad the school district can't seem to muster up some compassion.
Here's to Fenway Park, and to John B's birthday! Glad to know Nugent's records are up for skeet shooting practice; that's about as good a purpose as any.
Have a great weekend everyone! Obama/Biden 2012
How's about a little Bandstand Music to kick us off this weekend
I'd give this one a 75 - great beat and you can really dance to it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_3TmdUPLqw
JoAnne, that is good news. Glad to hear that the school district decided to show some compassion after all.
There you go JoAnne. Kickin'
Thanks for the good news on the young man JoAnne, it sure makes a mother proud to know there are such fine young people in the world, I hope his Mom gets well enough to share in his special day.
Great choice in music. See you there.
TGIF everyone!
IR -- I stopped on your porch just to hear your stories. You tell it like it is and I like that.
Mark and Dominico -- Thanks for the great articles as always. Sometimes infused with a musical touch. That certainly makes me smile and lightens things up a bit around here. Good to hear the President is out speaking to college students on the student loan interest crisis. I'm calling it a crisis because it will add thousands and thousands of dollars to the cost of obtaining an education. Hope you do a full article on the issue next week. The President will be in good company on the Fallon show with the Dave Matthews Band and Jimmy. Wouldn't miss that for anything. Keep on keeping on.
John B -- Happy Birthday to you! Cheers! Hope you have a great one.
To the whole gang, it's been another crazy week. The trolls have multiplied. WTF. Time to pull out that rolled up newspaper of yours IR. Keep it handy. They are insidious little creatures.
Many great posts this week. I always learn something new on these boards. Much appreciated.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Cheers to all!
DCIA your welcome on my Porch anytime. Some times we sets and thinks and sometimes we just sets. Think I'm going to have to give up on the rolled up newspaper and get the Yahoo's to go out back and cut a Hickory Switch like my Dear Old Redneck Daddy used to do.
Independent Redneck, as long as I'm around, Fenway Park will never be sold out if you come for a visit.
To Obama supporters out there who are a little ticked off that President Obama got boos mixed in with cheers today at Fenway. Please remember that the #1 radio sports station here in Boston is totally 100% GOP and they spend half their day complaining about Democrats and have been doing it for years and years. I remember one morning host gushing over Rumsfeld several years ago. Yes, gushing.
I complained many times to the management of that station and Red Sox management for what many of us considered racist statements (and this was long long before Obama came on the scene). I had a few back and forth emails with the Red Sox ownership over this. I got the typical response: I'm sorry you feel that way nonsense. I was not happy.
Right wing media influences fans all across the nation. That's what's going on. The sports station here played a huge hand in getting Scott Brown elected, with Schilling's help.
President Obama is popular here, despite the ignorant radio hosts here in Boston. They're an embarrassment actually. But a certain segment of our population eats it up. And to that I say - screw 'em. They're stupid. It's that old "who can we blame today" for their GOP mistakes over the years. And of course, the Democrats always get blamed.
Meanwhile, our economy here in MA continues to improve.
Pat you know I always try to get a ticket to see the Orioles when Boston is in town. Most of the time there is more Red Sox fans than Bird fans because Peter Angelos has pretty much ruined that once proud team (much like Mr. Romney will ruin America if he lies his way into the W.H.) and We have such a good time. Boston fans don't have that arrogance that Yankee fans have (and Phillies fans have when they buy out my Nats). We set and eat Hot Dogs, drink Beer and laugh and joke and have fun with each others accents. The perfect way to enjoy a ball game. And every now and again the Birds win and I get to talk a little trash. Don't happen often though. I do have to say that I think that the Sox are going to come to regret giving Bobby Valentine a job He's a smart ass and is very divisive and not a very good Team Manager. Saw where you'll had all the greats back up there for the celebration and that just shines............Hope I get a chance to take you up on your offer one day but I'll only do it if one of my First Read Favorite Ladies goes along. My Treat..... As far as the Ignorance goes it knows no state and no fans. It is what it is and I wouldn't let it ruin a good Ball game for it. Right Wing radio dominates the air waves and they would tell a lie if the truth would do.
Independent, anytime you want to see a game @ Fenway, I'm there with you.
Floyd,
See what I mean? ;o)
Yeh Betty and it's a pain in the AR$E when you have to fix it.
More gremlins, must be Mitt Romney's fault. Is Newsvine part of Bain?
Love Dom and Andy as Secret Service Agents, at least I think that's what they are, did I watch this whole clip without sound, because I'm still at work? Yes, I did.
Well, the Sunday talk shows ought to be good
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/222767-cbo-sees-obama-budget-reducing-growth-in-long-term
Think being arithmetic challenged will hurt Obama more than being geography challenged?
I do.
See, people actually report on his math muff ups. His other gaffes? The proverbial tree in the forest.
From the reportyou linked:
"CBO is using a current law baseline, which is not considered to be an accurate reflection of the fiscal picture," a senior official at the Office of Management and Budget said. The official emphasized that compared to a more realistic baseline, the Obama budget helps growth.
"In addition, under CBO’s estimates of what would happen if we continued business as usual, the economy would be worse off if we did not pursue the Administration’s economic growth and deficit reduction policies," the official said.
Oh I don't know Jo Jo which weekend talk show has your Main Man Nuge on it. Seems to me that you'd want to make a special effort to see him since he articulates your particular brand of poison so well.
Reading and comprehension are not NoJo's strong suits. Vitriol, on the other hand...
Remember in November. O/B 2012.
Wow.
NJNBNO...that's some pretty impressive omissions there.
If you have to omit facts to make a point, it's called a lie. You can do better.
NO she can't - you must be new around here... ☺
I've has the displeasure of dealing with her daily dose of BS for over 4 years now, trust me, she does NOT get better with age!
Feisty -- NJNB is especially bitter and nasty today. As I said earlier, quite disgusting.
I'll drink to that! ;o)
Be prepared - the closer we get to November the worse her ODS will become!
In 2008 - she was totally incoherent by election day... just a heads up!
See, here's the problem. . .
Obama's numbers COME from his OMB.
See the issue? Of course they say the CBo is wrong.
Never mind, I don't expect any of you to do anything but chant along with the leaders of the cult.
So, what's on the menu at the imaginary bar tonight? Pupstrami on rye? Scooby Dooby Stew?
Oh Feisty you beat me to it, she could do better at telling lies that is her speciality.
DCIA....this is an accurate description of her for every day, imagine having to live with that mindset all the time, perish the thought. But Feisty is right, she will get worse as we get closer. Have a great weekend.
Gingerbread Mamma,
Can you help me out here? How many times have her lies been so outrageous a moderator has had to step in to correct them?
I don't recall them having to do that with any other poster... lol
Isn't she precious?
Your on Feisty! Cheers! LOL and I thought NJNB was incoherent now! I'm with you on that GBM! You have a wonderful weekend too!
That the best you can do Jo Jo. Had me a chance to eat me a little Pup once or twice. Considered a delicacy in certain places and only given to honored guests. I didn't like it much but it's got to be better than that Turkey Buzzard Stew that your always putting out.
LOL - she's always helping herself to seconds...
Romney's new slogan "Obama Isn't Working - OIW". Catchy, only here's another example of Romney's Lies catching up with him. Isn't he the one that's "unemployed"?
http://thinkprogress.org/special/2012/04/20/468230/romney-obama-bush-factory/
Oh, Mittens. When will you realize that all of the GNOP's issues don't necessarily become Obama's issues just by inheritance. If Bush had done his job, that factory would never have closed in the first place. And while we're at it, instead of just spouting the obvious, could ya maybe give us an inkling of what you plan to do to get the economy moving? Or are you afraid it will be wildly unpopular and cost the election. Here's a hint - it doesn't matter, you're gonna lose anyway.
Remember in November. O/B 2012.
Bryan,
You read my mind! When I saw it earlier all I could think of was what nimrod came up with that lame @!$%#!
To stay in line with his 'corporations are people too' ....Perhaps OIW should mean 'Outsourcing is Wonderful'!
I'm with the three of you. OIW is as awkward as Romney.
Chilled -- I love it! Hope Obama picks up on that. Very appropriate as an anti message.
OIW, good one, Bryan E.
Romney's campaign seems oblivious to the optics of speaking to a small crowd in a huge empty factory. It doesn't matter that he's trying to blame President Obama for the empty factory, even though his staff did a poor job of vetting that one, it just looks as if he doesn't have many people interested in hearing him.
@DCIA....Willards' team is so clever....
Now, if they can just stop him from lying..oh well, just a thought.
Bryan, I wonder why it is up to sites like Think Progress to point out these stories. Will this be brought up on the Sunday morning programs? It's a big deal. I doubt it. Then Romney doesn't go on these programs, other than Fox, does he.
There is so much BS going on in the Romney camp. They do stuff like this and then complain about a left wing media. Who are they kidding? He lies and then doesn't expect to get called out on something like this?
How can he stand there and blame President Obama for something that happened under the Bush Administration?
Lest we forget...
I imagine if you ask an agent what the worst thing to ever happen to the Secret Service was and you'll hear a lot more about Dallas 1963 and the Washington Hilton Hotel 1981 than you will hear about Colombia 2012.
Noid thank you for this. Just so happens in a previous life I had several opportunities to shoot in sanctioned matches with several of these fellows. I am here to tell you that they are some of the Best and Brightest in the world with a dedication to their mission of protecting the President (of either party whether they like him or not) that can only be admired. They also have some of the best Long Range Shooters in the world Second only to The Marines and HRT
So true, Noid.
The Secret Service is the best and the brightest.
A few 'bad apples' should not be used to taint an entire entity.
DaNoid, terrific post and a much needed reminder. The Secret Service is a top notch group; they put their lives on the line every day just as our military in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Whether it's the Secret Service or our military, it's a huge mistake to think that 11 reflect the entire service or that all the military behaved as those we see behaving badly in recent photos.
I saw an interview with the agent who was on Jackie Kennedy's detail who still blames himself for the death of President Kennedy; he still suffers from "if only I would have".
Jody, yes - that was Clint Hill. I don't know what he or any of the SS detail could have done. It was JFK himself who insisted on having an open car.
Can people just shut up and leave the Secrete Service alone. These people put their lives on line all the time for the sake of security of this country. Let the Secrete service department handle this issue themselves. Everything these people do need to be handled in secrete and attacking the department openly is not helping the country. These women were planted on them by Republican strategists as a way of diverting attention from important issues that need to be handled.
As the November elections approach, people should expect more trivial issues to be magnified by Republicans. They are capable of saying and doing anything that can win them votes.
It is Republicans strategy to have Secrete Service Agents sacked so that they can obtain secrete information from the sacked ones. They know that these people are very good at keeping sensitive information. Republicans want them sacked so that they can get angry at the government for having unfairly sacked them. In that way, Republicans can approach them for sensitive information that they can then use against the government. The already sacked ones need to be given back their jobs.