On President’s Day, the POTUS sexy ranking (plus, the 5 scariest people who never became president)
President Obama makes the top 5 in Nerve's sexy presidents list.
Because really, what is more important than that? [Spoiler alert: you get points for having mutton chops, dating or being a Hollywood celeb, or wrestling an alligator, none for being jowly, fat or just plain mean...] Enjoy, courtesy of Nerve.com. Meanwhile, here’s the ReidReport list of the top 5 scariest people who never became president … Read more
How the president spent MLK Day
Photo from The Huffington Post
President Obama and his family served meals to families in need today, in honor of MLK Day:
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama served plates of steaming hot lunches to the needy Monday, one of several ways the nation’s first black president paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader.
Obama held a discussion at the White House with black elders and their grandchildren about the push for racial equality that King led until he was assassinated in 1968. The president also was to speak at the Kennedy Center during a musical celebration of King’s legacy.
His outing was part of an array of holiday tributes. Worshippers at King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church heard Princeton University scholar Cornel West deliver a passionate keynote address in Atlanta, urging them not to “sanitize” King’s legacy. Read more
On King day, a chance to be great
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said that “all can be great, because all can serve.” On this MLK Day, every American can be proud of this country’s humanitarian gestures to the people of Haiti, including the fine work being done by our military and government personnel, and the generosity of purse and spirit demonstrated by millions of every day citizens. I think Dr. King would be proud. The brilliant simplicity of giving is that everyone can play even a small part in helping their fellow man. Whether or not you choose to give to Haiti relief, or to another charity, or to your church, or a few minutes of your time to a senior citizen, or a few extra hugs to your kids, or to a friend, you can be great today. Not a bad deal. God bless.
- Holiday read: King’s “I have a dream” speech: Text | Video
- President Obama’s MLK speech at D.C.’s Vermont Ave. Baptist Church
Happy holidays from the Reid Report!
Whatever you’re celebrating today, be it Christmas or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or just the fact that you lived to see today, here’s hoping you’re enjoying it with beloved family and friends. And especially to those who cannot be with their loved ones, our men and women in uniform in particular, Godspeed, and God bless.
Stay classy, GOP
It took about one minute for Indiana Congressman Mike Pence’s GOP Thanksgiving address to shift from “support the troops” and “give thanks,” to “Attack President Obama.” Per Raw Story:
“We have much to be thankful for,” Pence began. But his holiday sentiments quickly turned into an attack on President Obama’s recent announcement of a “jobs summit,” to be held in December to address the problem that “the economic growth we’ve seen has not yet led to the job growth that we desperately need.”
And if your heart wasn’t warmed enough by that, Pence had more to say:
Pence went on to claim that “the Obama administration and the Democratic majority in Congress have taken our economy from bad to worse with their failed economic agenda and big government plans. And if all this wasn’t enough, Democrats in Washington continue to push for government-run insurance.”
Pence concluded his message by calling for solving the problem of joblessness through tax cuts and “fiscal responsibility.”
Meanwhile, the president kept it classy in his address, acknowledging the struggles people are facing this Thanksgiving, without attacking the rogues gallery on the other side of the aisle that got us to where we are, and vowing to turn the jobs picture around. Watch the two addresses. They couldn’t be more different.
Happy Thanksgiving! … unless you’re a turkey, in which case, never mind
The turkey has been pardoned, the guest lists set, and now, all that’s left to do is get ready for some football (and pie). This year, the Reid family will be doing something we haven’t done in a while — have Thanksgiving away from the homefront. We’ll be at a friend’s house, kind of the way my mother used to have a house full of people on TG (complete with the combo West Indian-traditional American food), only in reverse.
Anyhoo, hope you all have a wonderful long weekend, a happy Thanksgiving, and that whatever team you root for wins (unless they’re playing my team.) — BTW, my NFC and AFC teams square off tomorrow. It’s a painful choice, but I’ve got to stay true to the O.C. Go Broncos!!!
Enjoy!
A somber Veterans Day
The memorial marking the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima, World War II -- though Veterans Day was meant to mark the previous war -- the "war to end all wars."
With the country having just memorialized those murdered at Fort Hood, and with our troops dying in increasing numbers in Afghanistan, and still dying in Iraq, it’s another sad Veterans Day. Still, here’s to all of those who have served, in wars past and present (including my next door neighbor, who returned not too long ago from his latest tour and is now enjoying civilian life.) To the old, and the young, the grizzled veterans and those just returning from war (and those still there) thank you and may God bless and keep you and your families.
Meanwhile, if you’re a history buff like me there’s more after the jump. Read more
10 Things to be thankful for
Well, the bird has met its demise (even without Sarah Palin looking on,) the tryptophan has kicked in (I overslept and had to do my radio show by phone this morning, but Roland Martin was great! And those two glasses of wine didn’t help!) … and I’m going to make it through Black Friday without having to tramp through a mall (I refuse. Sorry, kids.) So now, since I’ve been skipping out on my blogging duties of late, here are ten things I think we can all be thankful for:
#1. Sarah Palin. She brought so much joy and laughter during the campaign, with her kooky vocab and inability to articulate her thoughts in anything resembling adult English. And she put the nail in John McCain’s campaign coffin (sorry if that sounds like an age joke,) ensuring, even if he really couldn’t have done so anyway,) that he wouldn’t win. Thus, Sarah helped spare the country from four more years of Bush-like policies, along with the spectacle of herself playing a Bizarro World, Hilbilly Princess Di to McCain’s doddering Charles. You betcha!
#2. John McCain. When he wandered in front of that camera during the town hall style debate, he made my year. Serioiusly. And by so debasing himself during the campaign, McCain has all but ensured that his rehabilitation will involve helping Barack Obama get much of his domestic agenda through the Senate. Thanks, Grandpa! (And thank Joe the Plumber for us when you see him next. Oh, that’s right, you’re not gonna see him again, because he’s irrelevant.)
#3. Steve Schmidt. What a maroon. See #s 1 and 2 above.
#4. Right wing talk radio. Those of us who already thought you were irrelevant blowhards just weren’t getting through until you called the Senator from Illinois a terrorist, Marxist Socialist and America elected him anyway. Thanks guys! By the way, Glenn, are you serious about seceding? If so, let me know what the rest of us can do to help you along.
#5. American voters. Well, 52 percent of them, anyway.
$6. Barack Obama. Yes we did.
#7. Tina Fey. See #1 above.
#8. David Letterman. See #2 above.
#9. Fox News. See #4 above. And what will you do at those press conferences now?
and last, but not least…
#10. George W. Bush. No, seriously. Had he not been such a rotten president, we might not be here, on the brink of positive change. And he’s been damned funny to listen to over the last eight years, even as he was screwing up the world.
Oh, wait! One more thing! I’m also thankful for this video. Enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
The Palin turkey massacre
Lord, can’t this lady do anything right? The Word Wizard of Wasila chatters away while a cheeky bastard in the background slaughters Thanksgiving dinner. I guess not every turkey got a pardon that day. Notice how the slaughter guy keeps grinning into the camera, as if he knows he’s doing Sarah in…
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