Jack and Jill Politics - Latest Comments in Thursday Open Thread

Re: Thursday Open Thread

Texas_Girl_in_LA — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:02:01 -0000

ok. I saw it this morning on Morning Joe....that was pure comedy!

Re: Thursday Open Thread

bison1 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:29:41 -0000

Thank you for the picture of Paul Robeson---- he was the MAN!

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Texas_Girl_in_LA — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:18:34 -0000

1200 people showed up to volunteer at Barack's opening of his Colorado offices

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TruthSeeker — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:40:55 -0000

I'm so relieved. I was getting kinda worried there. People are struggling with food & gas prices....and yet they give.

Still, there's something perverse about this political machinery that eats up so much money when there's such economic hardship.

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Brown Man — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:49:03 -0000

I have read Robeson's biography several times - a TREMENDOUS man, despite all of his flaws.

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NO ID — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:18:48 -0000

thanks for posting this. that was CRAZY. and it worked...to a certain degree, cause they won't be on death row. wow.

Re: Thursday Open Thread

taritac — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:14:52 -0000

"Your text" is the stuff you want people to see. The text that is in between the brackets is not visible, including long URLs (web addresses).

It seems like you are asking how to link to a particular article instead of just the main page of the Washington Post (or wherever). To do this:

1) Go to the article you want to link to, and copy the address in the browser's address bar (highlight the whole address/URL, right click on it, select "copy").

2) Then, go to the comment you are writing.

3) Type the necessary tags and paste the URL you copied into the tag

4) Then type the text you want to be visible to other readers.

So if you want to link to the article about AKAs march in DC, you would type in the comment box (without the spaces except in "a href"):

< a href = http://www.washingtonpost.c... Sorority Leads March for Change < / a href >

In this case, "your text" is Sorority Leads March for Change. The URL beginning with "http:// . . . " is what is copied from the browser on the article you want linked and pasted.

The link would look like this:
Sorority Leads March for Change

Re: Thursday Open Thread

Honey01 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:59:13 -0000

No Charles for me, he will always be "Charlie". Or maybe douche bag after that debate with Mr. Stuppleupagus.

I read on a gossip site that Andrea Mitchell had bigfooted her way into covering Obama on his overseas voyage, while pushing aside her network coworker Lee Cowan. Cowan apparently has been a constant in Obama's traveling press corp putting his life on hold to travel with him.
I can believe the story. I can't stand Andrea Mitchell.

Re: Thursday Open Thread

GreenLadyHere13 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:46:54 -0000

Note To Myself: I found it! There are a series of historical pictures of billary's coiffs(sp). :>)
www.nydailynews.com/news/ga....

Praying for the hook-up! :>) :>)

It was said tha that one moved. Lawd. Try this one.
www.nydailynews.com/news/po...

Re: Thursday Open Thread

GreenLadyHere13 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:29:25 -0000

Truth: The visual is HILARIOUS! :>) Come to think of it, on 7/16, billary showed up in the Senate with her new "hair-do". It was -JACKED!! Someone noted that it was now parted on the "RIGHT"! That's where she got her political start as a Rethug- "Goldwater Girl". I'm going searching for a video, if it exists.

Re: Thursday Open Thread

Michelle — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:21:38 -0000

LOL! I give up!

I can't do this over the internet apparently. Someone else should be able to, though.

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Michelle — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:19:13 -0000

Ok, that didn't work, I forgot to do the http:// before the www.

So the link doesn't go anywhere, let me try again:

1. Here is the generic link code with added spaces so you can see it:

Text to be displayed as the link < /a>

2. What you would type in for your washingtonpost example, also with extra spaces so you can see it:

Look at this Washington post article < /a >

3. Removing the spaces (as you should) except for the space between the a and href, this is what it would look like on the page:

Look at this Washington post article

Re: Thursday Open Thread

Michelle — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:12:57 -0000

Angela1, you would type this in where you wanted the link to show -- But without the spaces (except leave the one between a and href at the beginning).

< a href = "www.washingtonpost.com" > Look at this article in the Washington Post! < / a >

The web address you would actually use would be the one that is in your address bar when you are looking at the actual article (just copy and paste it is usually easiest).

Without the spaces it would look like this:

Look at this article in the Washington Post!

Let's see if this works. The code I use doesn't have that last href in there that taritac uses, but it seems to work the same.

Re: Thursday Open Thread

Angela1 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:11:05 -0000

Yes, McCain is better than a sleeping pill. No medical side affects!

Re: Thursday Open Thread

Angela1 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:02:09 -0000

Let me give an example....I am www.washingtonpost.com and see and article I
would like to link to jjp.....how do I link that particular article?

Re: Thursday Open Thread

Angela1 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:58:06 -0000

Sorry to sound so stupid, but, can you give me an example...i.e what is
"your text". For example I see articles I would like to link to jjp but I
just haven't figured out how to do that. I appreciate your tips, but, I am
not tech savvy and I still don't know what you mean.

Angela

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Texas_Girl_in_LA — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:17:04 -0000

rikyrah,

Ok...IF there is a video, please please post

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jelana — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:51:31 -0000

You are absolutely correct on all points!

Re: Thursday Open Thread

soothsayer — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:33:59 -0000

He's a complete idiot.

That's all.

Re: Thursday Open Thread

soothsayer — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:32:31 -0000

Preach.

Re: Thursday Open Thread

rikyrah — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:04:19 -0000

LOL

Just the description cracks me up.

Re: Thursday Open Thread

TruthSeeker — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:55:00 -0000

Twins born in Germany....one black and one white.

Just in time for Barack's visit!

LOL

Re: Thursday Open Thread

TruthSeeker — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:48:27 -0000

Oh my, Sheila Jackson was just on a clip and her hair looked like she just rolled out of bed!

Re: Thursday Open Thread

TruthSeeker — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:44:33 -0000

Barack outmaneuvered him on that one. McCain's idea was for O to go to Iraq under his supervision. Barack's going without McCain....and taking the press with him lol. So, to salvage that failed strategy, McBush says he's glad that Hagel is going with Barack...I guess Hagel is supposed to be the defacto supervisor.

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Sepia — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:36:05 -0000

Could you go into further detail?