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'Together We Thrive' Schedule (Obama, Holder, Napolitano, Brewer to speak) [LIVE THREAD]
The Washington Post ^ | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 | Emi Kolawole

Posted on 01/12/2011 11:43:24 AM PST by kristinn

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will be in Tucson Wednesday to attend the "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America" event at the McKale Memorial Center on the University of Arizona campus. The event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. MST (8 p.m. EST) with doors opening at 4 p.m. MST (6 p.m. EST).

According to a university news release, organizers are expecting thousands of people to attend. If the 14,000-seat arena reaches capacity, overflow seating will be available at the university's football stadium. Video of the memorial will be shown on the scoreboard's big screen.

SNIP

Opening music
A Native American blessing
Welcome by University of Arizona President Robert N. Shelton
The playing of the National Anthem
Remarks by President Shelton
Remarks by a University of Arizona Student
Remarks by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R)
Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
Remarks by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
Remarks by President Obama
Moment of silence

(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: gabriellegiffords; giffords; multiculturalcircus; obamafest; thrive; togetherwethrive
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To: SE Mom

I am not watching but I can hear my husband in the other room shreiking at this awful display.
He keeps saying OMG, OMG, I can’t believe it.


221 posted on 01/12/2011 5:12:55 PM PST by dforest
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
The talking points for today are “Comforter in Chief.” The buildup has been nauseating.

Get a load of THIS picture of the "comforter and wife"...what a sense of decorum, hmmmm?

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Lord, I miss George W. and Laura Bush!

222 posted on 01/12/2011 5:12:59 PM PST by greyfoxx39 ("Journalists" see no problem with fueling a mass panic over our "political discourse.")
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To: Palladin

Masculin-in-ity...

Senor Garcia did not practice this.


223 posted on 01/12/2011 5:13:16 PM PST by HiJinx (What new decade?)
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To: hugorand

WHO PAID FOR THOSE TEE-SHIRTS?????????


224 posted on 01/12/2011 5:13:28 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: SE Mom

SEM....I’m railing at the gods. What were they thinking?


225 posted on 01/12/2011 5:13:30 PM PST by Fishtalk (Dance like nobody's watching; Sing like nobody's listening; Blog like nobody's r.eading.)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

“From Father Sky where we get the masculine energy...and Mother Earth where we get the feminine energy...”

Gov. Brewer, please walk out of there. Somebody, please, have the dignity to leave.


226 posted on 01/12/2011 5:13:40 PM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: Fishtalk

This whole Native American blessing thing is just too weird...maybe I don’t get it.


227 posted on 01/12/2011 5:13:58 PM PST by kerbear413 (Socialism breeds Mediocrity)
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To: don-o; Mrs. Don-o

Hug, kiss, have a Guinness! And one for the Mrs.


228 posted on 01/12/2011 5:13:58 PM PST by Tax-chick (The gifts we have, we are given to share.)
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To: tiredoflaundry; indylindy

Wow.

I am dumbstruck.


229 posted on 01/12/2011 5:14:18 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Palladin

Yes sir, they were.

My prayers also for their families, especially those that may have felt compelled in some way to attend this spectacle of a memorial. What would and should have been a true tribute to those who lost their lives, has been diluted (and that’s the most civil term I can use to describe what is before my eyes)


230 posted on 01/12/2011 5:14:23 PM PST by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: HiJinx

Hey dude....pass the peyote.


231 posted on 01/12/2011 5:14:30 PM PST by eddie willers
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

I am truly at a loss for words here.


232 posted on 01/12/2011 5:14:34 PM PST by Raebie
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To: Palladin

Phony, through and through. But, not to worry, the Fox All-Stars will give him glowing cudos! Especially, Charles, who battered Sarah again tonight on the show! He has gone to the left of Bowrama!


233 posted on 01/12/2011 5:14:36 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! 2012 - The End Of An Error! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Fishtalk
what doe;s this have to do with Indians?

Anything to keep Jesus Christ out of sight / out of mind.

234 posted on 01/12/2011 5:14:44 PM PST by don-o (Wait. What?)
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To: Palladin

235 posted on 01/12/2011 5:14:51 PM PST by Deo volente (God willing, America will survive this Obamination.)
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To: Tax-chick

Catholic priests/Christian ministers at events like this are not allowed to invoke Catholic/Christian theology like our Dr. Carlos Gonzalez invokes the four winds of the Creator of his Indian religion.


236 posted on 01/12/2011 5:15:17 PM PST by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: indylindy

I turned the CD player off and the TV sound up for a minute. Between the hooting and cheering...man, I feel even WORSE for the families of the wounded and dead. Imagine taking time, while you are grieving, to drag yourself to this tawdry pep rally.


237 posted on 01/12/2011 5:22:20 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: JouleZ

Look under those words...”Action in America”


238 posted on 01/12/2011 5:24:50 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: kristinn

Cold Beer! Cold Beer! Get your ice cold beer here!


239 posted on 01/12/2011 5:24:52 PM PST by publana (Time to go Galt.)
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To: kristinn

Is it just me, or is FR moving like molasses right now?


240 posted on 01/12/2011 5:26:02 PM PST by Deo volente (God willing, America will survive this Obamination.)
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