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My President
Time's President Obama: The Road to the White House is my favorite commemorative book about Barack Obama. It combines photographs with essays about Obama that were published in Time over the past several years. The combination provides a striking look at how Obama won the Presidency in 2008. President Obama: The Road to the White House is well organized, beautifully written (by several authors) and a keepsake for any admirer of the 44th President of the United States. 
The American Journey of Barack Obama is a collection of photographs and essays by a variety of people, compiled by the editors of Life magazine. Unlike other commemorative photo books about Obama, this book focuses less on his run for President in 2008 and more on his family and personal history. I love that The American Journey of Barack Obama contains class photos from elementary school and more wedding photos than other books on Obama. I like seeing those kind of things. If you do too, you'll like this book. http://bestsellers.about.com/od/readingrecommendations/tp/obama_photo_books_list.htm Posted for my fellow BOG'ers 
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Posted by sheshe2 | Sat Apr 6, 2013, 11:35 PM (14 replies)
Help!
I Need a Break from GD. 
Help, I need somebody Help, not just anybody Help, you know I need someone, help Help me if you can, I'm feeling down And I do appreciate you being round Help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you please, please help me A Beatles thread would make me happy! 
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Posted by sheshe2 | Fri Apr 5, 2013, 08:57 PM (21 replies)
Then there is this...
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http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/04/liberals-getting-distractedagain.html Remember what happened when Obamacare was being negotiated? Liberals got COMPLETELY distracted into thinking the only important provision was the public option. That's part of the reason so many people to this day don't know what was actually included in the legislation. As far as I see it - the public option was much less important than things like the largest Medicaid expansion in the program's history, or the medical loss ratios, or the exchanges, or the end of denials for pre-existing conditions, etc.
Today I see the exact same thing happening in that the only thing people are talking about when it comes to President Obama's budget is the fact that it contains use of chained-CPI. As I wrote about earlier today, when we actually see the details of the budget, what should become obvious is that there will be built-in measures to eliminate the impact this change has on those that are most vulnerable. With those provisions, a 0.3% annual reduction in the inflationary increase of payments is just not that big of a deal. What I find baffling (and terribly disappointing) is that so little attention is being paid to the fact that President Obama's budget will also include implementation of his proposal for universal pre-K. To quote Vice President Biden..."this is a big fucking deal!" http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/14/read-obamas-pre-k-plan/ I'm struggling a bit to understand why the silence on this one. Perhaps it has to do with some liberal's addiction to howling about the negative rather than pushing for the positive. In my darker moments, I wonder whether or not they actually give a shit about children. Link to earlier post: Chained-CPI: cue poutrage eruption http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/04/chained-cpi-cue-poutrage-eruption.html President Obama is set to release his budget on Wednesday and there are currently some leaks about what it will include. So of course the poutragers are out in full swing because it will apparently include using chained-CPI as the method to adjust both taxes and benefits to inflation.
But lets calm down a bit and take a look at a few specifics that we know about and then talk strategy for a moment. First of all, I'd suggest that whenever you read a poutrager going ballistic about chained-CPI, look to see if they are including what President Obama's proposal does to mitigate the effect it will have on the most vulnerable. I can guarantee you that they won't because no one has seen the details yet. But anyone on the left (including President Obama and Nancy Pelosi) who has been willing to negotiate about implementing chained-CPI has stressed the importance of including such measures. There are two major changes necessary. First, add a bump in benefits to the very old, who are more likely to have high healthcare bills and to have exhausted their savings that supplemented their Social Security income. Second, exempt Supplemental Security Income, which serves the poorest, disabled and blind but still often leaves people below the poverty line. One easy way to tell if people are including these mitigating measures in their calculations is that CBO has estimated that switching to chained-CPI will save $220 billion over 10 years. If these protections for the most vulnerable are included, that figure is reduced to $100-150 billion. To have a full understanding, the article must be read: This link that I posted above is important: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/14/read-obamas-pre-k-plan/ |
Posted by sheshe2 | Fri Apr 5, 2013, 06:28 PM (22 replies)
rest in peace, roger ebert
Roger Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) A must read: Ebert's brief, important, touching oped on Aurora http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/opinion/weve-seen-this-movie-before.html?hp&_r=0 … 7:58 PM - 04 Apr 13 As he preached, cherish the children: 
More: http://theobamadiary.com/2013/04/04/rest-in-peace-roger-ebert/ |
Posted by sheshe2 | Thu Apr 4, 2013, 05:00 PM (10 replies)
This is a cross post from the BOG....
President Barack Obama embraces siblings Sue Connors and Jane Dougherty following a forum at the Denver Police Academy. Their sister, Mary Sherlach, was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary 
President Obama greets Terry and Tom Sullivan whose son Alex was killed in the Aurora theater shooting It's time people, it's past time. This is the first time I have been here. I am a relative newbie, still finding the groups. Freshwest suggested I cross post this. I hope it will make a difference. I hope something makes a difference. |
Posted by sheshe2 | Wed Apr 3, 2013, 11:27 PM (9 replies)
“this time it must be different”
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President Barack Obama embraces siblings Sue Connors and Jane Dougherty following a forum at the Denver Police Academy. Their sister, Mary Sherlach, was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary
President Obama greets Terry and Tom Sullivan whose son Alex was killed in the Aurora theater shooting It's time people, it's past time.
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/04/03/this-time-it-must-be-different/ |
Posted by sheshe2 | Wed Apr 3, 2013, 10:59 PM (9 replies)
