April 2, 2014

BTW, ProSense:

You brought a lot of great news today!

April 2, 2014

WTF?

Faux didn't edit this? You can run, but you can't hide from the future! BOOM! SHAKALAKA!!!! BOOM!

Following with comments, gratuitous pictures and links. Enjoy, if will:

Keeping His Promises to the Poor and Vulnerable: Thank You, President Obama!



http://www.democraticunderground.com/11028481

Relaying the story of a woman with cancer was fitting since he lost his mom to that disease, and wanted better for other women:



"I remember my mother."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110219099

Obama mentions Planned Parenthood, which he has been a firm supporter of it against the stunts of Rand Paul, the most vocal on cutting funding and trying to force personhood bills in budgets on the nation as a whole.

There are good reasons he is called the First Feminist President:



The First Feminist President, Barack Obama

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110212801

He spoke for America here:

"In the end, history is not kind to those who deny Americans basic economic security. Nobody remembers well those who stand in the way of America's progress or our people. That's what the Affordable Care Act represents."

That is the change we hoped for and received. Single payer is in the ACA for 2017, to which he alludes about simplifying in the speech. We are moving ahead. I won't go into the numerous talks I am having with all kinds of health providers and patients, and those who work to keep safe the poor, elderly and disabled, who have been breathing and sleeping better since the ACA passed.

As to his comments about medical bankruptcies and losing one's home, I can witness to that and the feeling of feeling valued as a human being again. When one has lost, and lost big time despite having health insurance and 'doing all the right things,' to the schemes the for-profits have foisted on us for so long, I know Obama's heart is with the people of this country. Those who have never been tested in that way, may never need to get a plan through the ACA, but their lives will be better too.

Thanks, SunsetDreams, for this thread!

April 1, 2014

Yup, the willfully ignorant try to roll over her 'fact checking' but reality bites 'em in the tail!

I love her blue links, same as I love science. Are we surrounded by Flat Earthers, or what?

Great to see you, Tarheel! To you and the righteous ProSense:

April 1, 2014

Imagine having your name on something that will empower millions to have more strength to resist the

bullies in our lives, and to save so many lives. Obama did the job and single payer on the way for 2017. The quiet man won this one because he never lost sight of the human side to all of this.

April 1, 2014

CP posted this cartoon of why it's necessary:

Obama, Reid and Pelosi are regularly demeaned by those who don't know civics. Makes people really want to get out and counter the raving troglodyte vote, uh?

The majority of the vitriol has no basis in history or facts, as a simple google wiil erase all of it, save the underlying disdain and contempt. The lack of facts and logic overriden by volume and profanities indicate the issues are neither political nor educated.

Thus we are stuck with:

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

~ Plato

Depressing the vote rewards the status quo who seek to keep us disempowered. We can only do that to ourselves:

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves, and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Whoever stays at home is voting for the Tea Party, even if they don't vote for them. Apparently, they don't consider the effect of the lunacy of right wing theocrats and bigots important enough to get involved, they'd rather sit on the sidelines and throw spitballs. Do they really share our values?

These Do-Nothings profess a commitment to social change for ideals of justice, equality, and opportunity, and then abstain from and discourage all effective action for change. They are known by their brand, 'I agree with your ends but not your means'.

~ Saul Alinsky

Thanks for the reply.

April 1, 2014

SHEN YUN will be in Seattle April 3rd through the 6th.

Shen Yun - Chinese Spectacular

Uploaded on Mar 11, 2010

"I deal with a great number of visiting performance companies, and I can say that the show by Divine Performing Arts was the best Ive seen in all my 60 years.

~Prof. Chi-mao Li, National Taiwan College of Arts

The dances were graceful, delicate, and beautiful! There was something pure and bright and also very dignified about them. This show gave me a real sense of goodness and meaning in life.

~ Anna Liceica, Soloist, American Ballet Theatre

Its very artistic, and you just feel nice watching it. Its hard to explain exactly what it is about it thats so beautiful.

~Marc Reese, trumpeter, Empire Brass

Absolutely magical The gorgeous costumes, the gracefulness, the beautiful choreography, the beautiful music Its beauty from beginning to end. Everybody that I know who has seen it, everybody comes away with exactly the same opinion: Everybody says you have to see it to believe it. You cannot describe it in words; it must be experienced.

~Christine Walevska, cello virtuoso

...a highly professional, well thought out and beautifully produced presentation! This is not only entertainment, but a valuable cross-over cultural event: a strong, gracious gesture toward international understanding, in an all-too-troubled world.

~Donn B. Murphy, Ph.D., President, The National Theatre

It amazed me The choreography is phenomenal, I think its the best show that I ever saw. The best. Even the backgrounds, the dancing, the choreography and the music, the singing - everything. I am very, very lucky to see this amazing and fabulous performance, and I couldnt have imagined it would be like this.

~Valentina Alexess, former ballerina, Moscow Ballet

Wonderful a grand show, a spectacle It was atmospheric, mesmerizing.

~Jennifer OLoughlin, Soprano, Vienna Volksoper

No words can describe the whole show. Amazing may be one way to describe it. It is so magnificent I have never watched such wonderful dance in my life! Its hard to describe. Perfection may be the right word.

~Mieke Bouve, Belgian actress

The theme of the show was very clear, depicting Chinese culture and history that is traditional and authentic. The programs displayed the courage, wisdom, and hardworking spirit of the Chinese people. Their hearts are so open and giving. Inspiring!

~Nilas Martins, Principal dancer, New York City Ballet

Be transported to a world of heavenly maidens and magical fire-breathing dragons as the show combines amazing costumes and exhilarating dance routines guaranteed to leave people wanting more.

~The Canberra Times

Gorgeous. Beautiful!

~WABC Eyewitness News

The stunning gracefulness and strength of the individual dancers is immeasurably enhanced with precise and imaginative group choreography, sumptuous costuming, and magnificent set designs and backdrops using traditional painting together with multi-media technology. The entire production is a beautiful blend of antiquity and modernity... If youre bone-weary of the offensive, obscene, absurd, and insipid offerings that are passed off as entertainment and culture these days, you owe it to yourself and posterity to indulge your inner aesthete in the refreshingly innocent beauty and artistic splendor which these outstanding artists bring to the stage.

~The New American

Gloriously colorful... Ancient legends and courageous heroic figures come to life through its leaps, its spins and its delicate gestures.

~PhillyBurbs.com

Extraordinary.

~ Femme Actuelle

Combines ancient and modern with spectacular pageantry wholesome, family-friendly revives cultural holiday traditions, some dating back 5,000 years, which had all but been forgotten.

~Ottawa Sun

I got a brochure on this event today, with many beautiful pictures. It says:

Reviving 5,000 years of civilization.

That line reminds me of a Chinese friend whose family had moved to the USA. Her parents along with their grandparents had fled to Hong Kong and then the USA. They operated a small grocery store and lived upstairs.

As she related the history and dynasties and the years involved to me, it blew my mind. She said, of course, the part further back was really myth. America is not old enought to have any lasting mythology, IMO.

I invited her to Thanksgiving Dinner and she did what most southern dinner guests once did, and maybe Asian families do, and brought a box of sweets as a gift. And she fell *in love* with mashed potatoes, LOL.

I'm not interested in the political aspects, only the beautiful music and dancing. The comment in the video and the brochure says it is not seen in China. And that the dance troupe is based in New York. It says it will be a multi-media event with animations of the ancient history of China.

It will be performed this week:

Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
Seattle Center
321 Mercer Street
Seattle, 98109

Tickets from Ticketmaster.

I won't attend as I'm not well and couldn't afford it. Seats range from $70-180, but I love the music. I'm posting for those who may be able to see it in Seattle or in other cities.

More information at the links:

http://www.shenyunperformingarts.org/seattle

http://www.shenyunperformingarts.org/