"B. O." means "body odor"

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Friday October 30, 2009 · 4:00 AM PDT

2009/10/30 · 04:00

"B.O.!" we would shout, if one of us happened to stink a little too loudly, which where I grew up, in a hot and humid pocket of northern California, (stinking) was quite common, particularly in the summer.

Am I the only one who cringes when someone types "B.O." when referring to the president? Am I the only one who knows "B.O." means "body odor"?

I don't think I have typed "B. O." so many times in my life, but it was worth it.

wewhodream

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Saturday October 24, 2009 · 4:54 AM PDT

2009/10/24 · 04:54

Crap! I woke up before the actual dinner. But I saw the president as he walked past me (outside, dark, a city square). he pointed and waved. Indicated he had a big surprise for me...then I went into the restaurant to pre-order (weird, I know--but it's a dream--) my drink. Crowded, loud, yet a nice sort of loud.

I think our dreams continue after we wake up. So I did have dinner with POTUS, I just don't remember it; but I believe I will remember it, because I also think our dreams are eternal, and can be accessed at any time.

The president's attitude as he stepped past me, was that something big and wonderful was in store; I mean beyond the whole having dinner with the President of The United States thing.

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What presidents, or other famous persons have you dreamt of?

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What presidents, or other famous persons have you dreamt of?

JFK

7 votes

Jefferson

1 vote

Lincoln

3 votes

Nixon (!)

0 votes

Other (please comment)

3 votes

The Spontaneity of Hope (an open thread)

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Sunday October 11, 2009 · 12:19 PM PDT

2009/10/11 · 12:19

Once again, I have no idea what I'm about to say, but here goes...

I was just over at YouTube, and it says Daily Kos TV has been suspended there. A glitch?

For years I had no color on my computer; I couldn't see the orange on D-Kos everybody was referring to. I was on Firefox, which I liked very much. Then about a week ago, I spontaneously clicked on the Google Chrome Download ad, and by-god, now I have my color back!

I stand by my insight that Barack Obama is a great man.

Creative/brilliant people tend to be a bit mental.

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Saturday October 10, 2009 · 5:31 AM PDT

2009/10/10 · 05:31

http://www.nytimes.com/...

It might seem an obvious statement, to say Michelle Obama has grace, but let's say it anyway...and celebrate it, as we get to know our First Lady better.

Far from living in the shadow of her Nobel-winning husband, Michelle Obama has a fire burning bright in her...at least as bright as that burning inside our president.

I found this article this morning, and wanted to share. I did not see it diaried elsewhere...

wewhodream

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Friday October 09, 2009 · 5:33 AM PDT

2009/10/09 · 05:33

There are those who cannot see; there are those who will not see; there are those who see and understand.

I'd been feeling something would happen to help give energy to a young presidency; a president who genuinely seeks to make a difference.

FAIR WARNING: Below, I intend to wax poetic...

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Saturday October 03, 2009 · 7:07 AM PDT

2009/10/03 · 07:07

http://www.nytimes.com/...

According to news reports, the Obama administration — which seemed, over the weekend, to be backing away from the "public option" for health insurance — is shocked and surprised at the furious reaction from progressives.

You know how sometimes you're watching a movie that has potential? Maybe it stars your favorite actor, or was directed by one of the greats...but it just keeps losing you? You want it to be at least a good movie, if it cannot be a great one. Maybe the script is lacking, the characters too cardboard, the directing pedestrian.

The fight over the public option involves real policy substance, but it’s also a proxy for broader questions about the president’s priorities and overall approach.

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Friday October 02, 2009 · 8:06 PM PDT

2009/10/02 · 20:06

This will be a long diary. Fooled ya, didn't I? Thought I was gonna say short.

Well, maybe it depends on how long it takes me to figure out what I want to say.

I might delete this and go to bed. Had a hard day.

But the weather was quite lovely. Which brings me to the Oval Office...

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Wednesday September 30, 2009 · 6:38 PM PDT

2009/09/30 · 18:38

http://www.nytimes.com/...

Thomas L. Friedman writes about the "we" we no longer seem to be:

I hate to write about this, but I have actually been to this play before and it is really disturbing.

I wanted to share this. Hopefully, it will resonate with you as it did with me...

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Sunday September 13, 2009 · 8:07 AM PDT

2009/09/13 · 08:07

"Muslim!" "Not a citizen!" "Michelle Obama not a proud American!" "Let's draw a Hitler mustache on him!" "Socialist (though we really don't know what that is)!"

There is no power in any of that, because any reasonable person can see none of it is so. Ah! I said, reasonable person, didn't I?

Surface-dwellers. Threatened by ideas that seem strange/alien/inclusive. In the early days of my Daily Kos membership, my thoughts used to be, "Well, we're all Americans."

I don't necessarily think that anymore.

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Wednesday September 09, 2009 · 7:46 AM PDT

2009/09/09 · 07:46

http://www.cspan.org/...

I did not see this diaried today, but C-Span has the Walter Cronkite memorial service on.

These weird media days, wherein correspondents and talking heads tell us how we are supposed to feel, where looks and voice and who can talk over whom have taken precedence over integrity, intelligence, and a hunger for actual news as opposed to...well, you know; these days make me long for the Cronkites, the Murrows...Huntley/Brinkley.

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Who did you watch the most/admire?

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Who did you watch the most/admire?

W. Cronkite

18 votes

E. R. Murrow

3 votes

Huntley/Brinkley

5 votes

Howard K. Smith

0 votes

John Chancelor

0 votes

Local anchor

2 votes

Other

1 vote

An Intellectual Civil War

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Tuesday September 08, 2009 · 6:17 AM PDT

2009/09/08 · 06:17

The president wakes suddenly. It is either very late, or very early, depending upon one's perspective. For a tiny moment, the president has no particular perspective; then the sounds: the old clock ticking, the big house--slave-built, and he always smiles ruefully at the irony; the rhythm of the first lady's breathing beside him as he stares up into the dark.

In this tiny moment his mind is free of turmoil; the demands of office, but more the split, the divide that threatens to further rend a country seeming full of those who care not for the common good, but only their selfish interests--those who will not see.*

Then he remembers. Almost automatically the president reaches for his Bible. As his fingertips touch its leading edge, its small but strong spine, the president is reminded of strength...and of the dream that had awakened him.

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Friday September 04, 2009 · 7:49 PM PDT

2009/09/04 · 19:49

The hardest thing I ever did was remain true to myself in the face of pressure--peer pressure, or even just stranger pressure. You know, the way strangers expect you to behave..."like the rest of us!"

The president--I mean this president--will always, I believe strongly, remain true to himself.

Yes it is hard, but I've found that the hardest things we do usually turn out to be the most worthwhile.

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