Photos: OPOWER (The Obama Presidency, Day 411)

[Clio the Leo]

http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/michelle-obama-gets-moving-at-soccer-clinic-17282.php">Michelle Obama gets moving at soccer clinic
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama waves as she attends a free soccer clinic organised by the U.S. Soccer Foundation in Washington March 5, 2010. The event is a part of the new Let's Move campaign to promote a active lifestyle to children.






















http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/03/05/statement-employment-situation-february">Statement on the Employment Situation in February



http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/03/05/Obama-touts-green-jobs-as-key-to-recovery/UPI-36991267821875/">Obama touts green jobs as key to recovery
President Barack Obama speaks about clean energy and job creation at OPOWER, a smart grid and energy efficiency software company that works with utility companies to help customers use less energy, Friday, March 5, 2010, in Arlington, Va.













Or maybe it's BO power?

[The Wielding Truth]

1. My faith is renewed. Thanks we all need to see the change coming.

[MUAD_DIB]

3. Oh, you haven't heard? Obama sucks. DUers say it so it has to be true.

All I see is bitch, bitch, bitch about Obama whenever I come to DU.

One would imagine that some on this board were either in a coma for the previous 8 years or have some kind of amnesia.


I for one take the bad okay with the good and realize that the president has some tough hurdles ahead of him; some of which are the constant road blocks that the current GOPiggies like to put in front of him.

[The Wielding Truth]

9. These photos are uplifting. Can't deny them.

[WeekendWarrior]

14. God, ain't that the truth.

It amazes me how little patience so many people here at DU have. The guy's been in office for a year and already they're saying he's a failure. Why? Because he didn't manage to turn an entire, entrenched political system on its head in fourteen months?

Okay, let's say it's true. Let's say he IS a failure. Then who woud be better? Hilary? Would she have turned everything around and cured all of your ills by now? How about Edwards? Or Kucinitch (whom I originally supported)?

I doubt ANY of them could go up against the Washington political machine, the country's corporate machine, and Wall Streets money machine, and do what needs to be done in that amount of time. And I'd bank that, once in office, they would have made many of the same unpopular decisions Obama has. Because the reality is this: there are things that have to be done, decisions that have to be weighed and made, that we cannot even fathom unless we ourselves walk in those shoes. Anyone who thinks any President has a magic wand is an idiot. Plain and simple.

Change takes time. And I DO see it coming. Slowly. As it always does.

So get THE FUCK OVER IT, and let's work WITH this President -- DESPITE his flaws -- rather than against him. Because the alternative just ain't very pretty.

[MUAD_DIB]

22. I originally supported Kuch as well.

On edit: If I counter an argument with either factual information or a general rebuttal of opinion, without barb or personal insult, more often than not I will watch as somebody either files off the handle or tries to get into a pissing contest just for the pleasure of it.

Now I am used to much worse behavior on other message boards (I've given up on Craigslist), but there seems to always be this simmering anger if an OP isn't taken for gospel or a poster is called to defend their opinion.

If somebody posts a fact I may not like it, but I don't flame on it.

[impik]

17. That's because most reasonable people don't bother to post anymore. But just look

how many Rec's that Tom Hanks thread got (Which is probably half than what it had if the purity-army wouldn't run to unrec), and you'll see what the silent majority thinks.

[MUAD_DIB]

23. I'm not familiar with that post. Do you have a link?

[impik]

24. Here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=208302&mesg_id=208302

[quiet.american]

2. Good stuff. Especially like the last one. Something so sweet about it. nt

[Name removed]

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[FrenchieCat]

6. Some folks like both.....

The normal ones anyways.

Then some folks like to come into threads,
to piss on them. Reminds me of Stupak.

[liberalmuse]

8. I enjoy these threads.

It's better than reading the loads of deep cynicism along with negativism posted here about our President. One can enjoy photos AND be able to enjoy reading substantive stuff as well. I have to limit DU these days because it's been taken over by so many negative, gloomy people who like to rip on anyone who, god forbid, enjoys a little color in their lives instead of seeing everything as being black or white.

[ChicagoSuz219]

10. What liberalmuse said... ;-) n/t

[Cha]

27. Yeah, I'm quite capable of

multi-tasking..I'm sure you are, too, liberalmuse. In fact I can't think of one Obama supporter that I know who isn't.:bounce::fistbump:

[bluestateguy]

5. You just have to say thank God this man is the president

After 8 years of being ashamed to be an American.

[FrenchieCat]

7. the times, they are a-changing!

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.

[Name removed]

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[Hekate]

13. What a trail of negativity you leave when you come out from under your bridge. Nice.

Really, really negative.

Hekate

[monmouth]

16. If you return to FR I'm sure they'll satisfy your negativity...n/t

[impik]

18. You don't have even one proof of this crap. You just repeat the same talking points

Teabaggers comes in many shades.

[JTFrog]

19. Aren't you past your ninth life here already?

:wtf:

At what point does a perma granite cookie kick in?

[Cha]

30. LOL..I missed it but can

imagine what nasty was spewed in the name of what-ever.

[Hekate]

33. It was kind of weird...

I thought, must be a newbie troll slipped in -- then checked the profile, only to see that said poster had been here for years and years and years with barely 20 posts to its name. Searched recent history, and found all the posts were similar to this piece of spew. So I alerted.

A few weeks back someone here wrote a rather intelligent analysis of the phenomenon of trolls who either burrowed in years ago with several identities and just bided their time, or trolls who managed to simply return again and again, some of them easily recognized by their inimitable style.

Amazing. I simply don't understand the mindset of anyone who could spend their time and karma that way.

:wtf: indeed.

Hekate

[fortyfeetunder]

12. That last picture needs a caption

"Daddy, can I come along?"

[Clio the Leo]

20. Ah, but it was even BETTER....

... the President was coming HOME.

(he's a good doggie and knows you cant rush the motorcade :) )

[dmr]

15. Michelle was having a blast with her hair flying as she played!

Her big beautiful smile.

These are really nice people. They walk the talk.

:)

[Clio the Leo]

21. I cant get over how much she looks like Malia in those photos...

... I usually try to let the kids lives be private but cant resist....

[Jennicut]

25. Michelle is the coolest First Lady we have ever had in the modern era.

There is just something so real about her.

[Cha]

29. She certainly is the most

athletic also!~

[Phx_Dem]

26. Ah, look at Bo! He's so sweet..

I love that white jacket of Michelle's! She looks really cute in all those pics.

[Cha]

28. Thanks Clio for bringing us these

very high spirited pics on board..so elevating:bounce::fistbump:

[Bobbie Jo]

31. K&R

:kick:

[marlakay]

32. Bo looks sad he is leaving

that is a cute shot!