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Cha

(305,390 posts)
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:00 AM Dec 2015

Kudos to Bear Grylls for Acknowledging the amazing gift that Pres Obama gave the world this Holiday


Kudos to Bear Grylls for Acknowledging the amazing gift that P.Obama gave the world this Holiday Season. #UniteBlue
26 PM - 24 Dec 2015
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http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/24/%f0%9f%8e%84%e2%99%aa%e2%99%ab%e2%99%ac%e2%99%aa%e2%99%ab%e2%99%ac%e2%99%aa%e2%99%ab%e2%99%ac%e2%99%aa%e2%99%ab%e2%99%ac%f0%9f%8e%84/


President Obama posted a tongue-in-cheek photo on Instagram while hiking the great outdoors with Bear Grylls, host of NBC's Running Wild with Bear Grylls.

http://www.people.com/article/Barack-obama-selfie-wilderness-bear-grylls-alaska-reality-show



Please don't enter the BOG unless you're a President Obama supporter~ Mahalo~

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Kudos to Bear Grylls for Acknowledging the amazing gift that Pres Obama gave the world this Holiday (Original Post) Cha Dec 2015 OP
HAHA ucrdem Dec 2015 #1
Hoping you did! Cha Dec 2015 #3
You're not missing much TV-wise. ucrdem Dec 2015 #14
I get all I need online even if I have to wait for it.. saves space and Cha Dec 2015 #17
Kickety kickety pop! Hekate Dec 2015 #2
Mahalo Hekate.. thank you so much! Cha Dec 2015 #5
Kick and recommend... quickesst Dec 2015 #4
I love that pic made into this cool graphic! Thank you for the Blast from the Past, quickesst! Cha Dec 2015 #6
Thanks Cha, yours is darn cute too... quickesst Dec 2015 #13
LOL No, I did not know that.. I've never heard of google voice type.. sounds interesting. Cha Dec 2015 #16
When it comes to texting or posting.. quickesst Dec 2015 #20
Kick and Rec'd! That's out president - the BEST president of my lifetime! BlueCaliDem Dec 2015 #7
Mahalo BlueCali.. Glad you're getting as much a Kick out of this as I am.. Cha Dec 2015 #8
President Obama has been proven to be a Master Diplomat in everything he does. BlueCaliDem Dec 2015 #10
Consider the source of those who give him Zero Credit, Blue.. and look at their agenda. Cha Dec 2015 #12
It's not only the usual suspects. It's the U.S. Media. Trump farts three tmes in a row and he gets BlueCaliDem Dec 2015 #15
Yes, I had the US media in mind, too, when I said "the source".. That's what we're here for.. Cha Dec 2015 #18
What other President has been able to get almost 200 nations to agree on anything? George II Dec 2015 #9
It's phenomenal, G! Not to be sniffed at like a Cha Dec 2015 #11
And he's not done yet gwheezie Dec 2015 #19
Nooooo, Obama's not nearly done yet, gwheezie! Very well stated about the entire Cha Dec 2015 #21
Happy New Year Cha! SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2015 #29
Happy New Year, SleeplessinSoCal! Cha Dec 2015 #30
K&R. President Obama has done a wonderful job on the environment. lunamagica Dec 2015 #22
Yes, the President has.. and he's not done yet as we can all imagine pretty well by now! Cha Dec 2015 #24
K&R nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #23
K & R SunSeeker Dec 2015 #25
Mahalo SunSeeker~ Cha Dec 2015 #26
P.S... Cha Dec 2015 #27
Great shot! SunSeeker Dec 2015 #28
Another one! Cha Dec 2015 #50
So cool. Wish I was there! SunSeeker Dec 2015 #54
I wish you were, too, SunSeeker! Cha Dec 2015 #55
That's a great endorsement! treestar Dec 2015 #31
Bear obviously loves and appreciates our Environment and is wildly grateful for the Cha Dec 2015 #32
K&R. TexasTowelie Dec 2015 #33
Mahalo TexasT! Bonus shot.. Cha Dec 2015 #34
I've never heard of Bear Grylls brer cat Dec 2015 #35
Same here, brer cat.. First ever hearing of Bear Grylls.. I had to keep looking at his Cha Dec 2015 #36
P.S. Cha Dec 2015 #38
K&R Cary Dec 2015 #37
Mahalo Cary! Cha Dec 2015 #39
Mahalo Cha Cary Dec 2015 #40
too perfect.. scattered rain showers to keep it green, intermentent Sunshine, Cha Dec 2015 #41
Snow Cary Dec 2015 #42
Oh, that's right.. you're in Chicago! Cha Dec 2015 #43
k&r! nt steve2470 Dec 2015 #44
Mahalo steve! The President from his boat tour of Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska Cha Dec 2015 #45
Thank you, Cha! Kind of Blue Dec 2015 #46
"Tell it Bear", is right, Kind of Blue! thank you! Cha Dec 2015 #48
That is excellent and SO true! Kath1 Dec 2015 #47
Yes, if the US gop run Media and others won't acknowledge what an amazing accomplishment Cha Dec 2015 #49
Right on! Kath1 Dec 2015 #56
YES! Cha Jan 2016 #58
And I am very thankful for that! Kath1 Jan 2016 #59
I love my President and First Family underthematrix Dec 2015 #51
Whoa.. I hadn't heard that, underhematrix.. Excitement! I'm sure Luther will be watching Cha Dec 2015 #52
K&R! Lisa D Dec 2015 #53
You're Welcome, Lisa D! Cha Jan 2016 #57

Cha

(305,390 posts)
3. Hoping you did!
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:37 AM
Dec 2015

Thank you so much, ucr, for responding to the SOS call..

President Obama & Bear Grylls whom I had never heard of before now.. not having a tv. But, now I love him.. he has keen powers of observation.

ucrdem

(15,703 posts)
14. You're not missing much TV-wise.
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 01:13 AM
Dec 2015

Used to look forward to having one around but lately whenever I see one I'm glad I don't . . .

quickesst

(6,300 posts)
4. Kick and recommend...
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:37 AM
Dec 2015

Not only for his efforts in healing our planet, but also because.....

......he makes babies happy.


Cha

(305,390 posts)
6. I love that pic made into this cool graphic! Thank you for the Blast from the Past, quickesst!
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:45 AM
Dec 2015


Bear and Obama!

He does make babies happy and vice versa.. so much documentation. Can you imagine the books post the Obama Admin that White House Photog, Pete Souza, will be able to put together? Volumes.

Random..



http://theobamadiary.com/tag/barack-obama-with-babies/

quickesst

(6,300 posts)
13. Thanks Cha, yours is darn cute too...
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 01:10 AM
Dec 2015

... and did you know that when I use google voice type, your name always comes out as ciao?

Cha

(305,390 posts)
16. LOL No, I did not know that.. I've never heard of google voice type.. sounds interesting.
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 01:21 AM
Dec 2015

Ciao.. hello/goodbye.. like Aloha.

Ciao baby! Pizza Italia!

quickesst

(6,300 posts)
20. When it comes to texting or posting..
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 02:05 AM
Dec 2015

... This old fart needs all the help he can get. its for Android phones and is called-

Google Speech to Text

It's not perfect, but it helps a lot.

Cha

(305,390 posts)
8. Mahalo BlueCali.. Glad you're getting as much a Kick out of this as I am..
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:52 AM
Dec 2015

It's only our Planet after all..

Mahalo~ Bear and Obama~

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
10. President Obama has been proven to be a Master Diplomat in everything he does.
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:57 AM
Dec 2015

Getting two hundred countries to agree to fighting climate change is no small feat. Yet he gets zero credit for this immense achievement, and that's just sad.

Mahalo for the reminder, Cha.

Cha

(305,390 posts)
12. Consider the source of those who give him Zero Credit, Blue.. and look at their agenda.
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 01:06 AM
Dec 2015

Years down the road there will be millions who will appreciate the work of all the countries coming together just like so many of us do now.

We have the foresight!

You're Welcome, BlueCali~

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
15. It's not only the usual suspects. It's the U.S. Media. Trump farts three tmes in a row and he gets
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 01:15 AM
Dec 2015

wall to wall coverage on every broadcast and cable network. He gets it in print (front page or at least top right page above the fold) and on all available radio stations - and then they report on the fact that this privileged, prejudiced white blowhard with roadkill on his head is boasting that he spent the least and is getting mucho coverage...and wonder why that is. Really??

President Obama works and successfully gets a monumental global agreement to combat disastrous climate change with two hundred nations and...nada. Zip. Zilch. It just sickens me. The only news U.S. Media are prepared to give him is if he's done something even remotely scandalous or something they can report as scandalous even if it's not. I'm so sick of U.S. Media.


Sorry, Cha. Just needed to get that off my chest. You know I love you and I hope you'll forgive my rant.

Cha

(305,390 posts)
18. Yes, I had the US media in mind, too, when I said "the source".. That's what we're here for..
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 01:42 AM
Dec 2015

Get it off our chests! Rant away at the US media, Blue.. I canceled their collective a$$ in 2002.. that's how much I saw into their gopropaganda big lie machine way back then.

Of course I can tell by reports on DU and elsewhere that they've only gotten exponentially worse. I didn't have the temperament to put up with them a second longer after the Midterm elections in Nov 2002.

Reciprocated!

George II

(67,782 posts)
9. What other President has been able to get almost 200 nations to agree on anything?
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:53 AM
Dec 2015

None other that Barack Obama.

Just imagine what he would have been able to do had he not had a Congress fighting him tooth and nail almost every day of his administration?

I will really miss him.

Cha

(305,390 posts)
11. It's phenomenal, G! Not to be sniffed at like a
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 01:01 AM
Dec 2015

certain 2016 Presidential candidate did.. when it was finally accomplished, after years of being in the works with 200 Leaders coming together in agreement.

Our whole world would be different if there weren't so many brainwashed teabaggers electing teabaggers to the US Congress and Senate..

But, President Obama has managed to pull off so much without their stupid obstruction and in spite of their ODS.

Oh, me too! Bear and Obama!

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
19. And he's not done yet
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 01:50 AM
Dec 2015

Obama is going to work right up until his last day in office getting big things done. I have no doubt in the years to come, the entire family will continue to enrich and improve our world. He has been the best president in my lifetime. While I could easily vote for any of the 3 dems running for 16, I don't think any of them can do the job the way he has.

Cha

(305,390 posts)
21. Nooooo, Obama's not nearly done yet, gwheezie! Very well stated about the entire
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 02:06 AM
Dec 2015

Obama Family.. the girls are chips off the ol Blocks!



Thank you!

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,668 posts)
29. Happy New Year Cha!
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 04:03 AM
Dec 2015

Thank you for all that you do here. You lift my spirits regularly. You're an old fashioned patriot of the best kind.

Cha

(305,390 posts)
30. Happy New Year, SleeplessinSoCal!
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 04:41 AM
Dec 2015

TheObamaDiary.com ‎@TheObamaDiary
Eye on the Ball (at the Mid-Pacific Country Club in Kailua today)
5:35 PM - 28 Dec 2015 32 32 Retweets 35 35 likes

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/29/tweet-of-the-day-13/

Mahalo for your very kind words.. you just lifted my spirits!

to old school patriots~

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)
22. K&R. President Obama has done a wonderful job on the environment.
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 02:29 AM
Dec 2015

Those presidential shoes will be hard to fill!

Cha

(305,390 posts)
24. Yes, the President has.. and he's not done yet as we can all imagine pretty well by now!
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 02:41 AM
Dec 2015

From today, lunamagica~


TheObamaDiary.com ‎@TheObamaDiary
Eye on the Ball (at the Mid-Pacific Country Club in Kailua today)
5:35 PM - 28 Dec 2015 32 32 Retweets 35 35 likes


Cha

(305,390 posts)
27. P.S...
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 03:19 AM
Dec 2015

TheObamaDiary.com ‎@TheObamaDiary
Eye on the Ball (at the Mid-Pacific Country Club in Kailua today)
5:35 PM - 28 Dec 2015 32 32 Retweets 35 35 likes

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/29/tweet-of-the-day-13/

treestar

(82,383 posts)
31. That's a great endorsement!
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 05:43 AM
Dec 2015

I remember watching some of his shows with kids in my family! Not a surprise he cares about the environment. He would camp out and be challenged to live on what was there. He ate some pretty strange stuff!

Cha

(305,390 posts)
32. Bear obviously loves and appreciates our Environment and is wildly grateful for the
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 06:06 AM
Dec 2015

President and the 200 world leaders taking such important steps to build a solid foundation to reverse our Climate Change crisis.

Bear and Obama! Mahalo treestar!

Cha

(305,390 posts)
34. Mahalo TexasT! Bonus shot..
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 06:35 AM
Dec 2015

TheObamaDiary.com ‎@TheObamaDiary
Eye on the Ball (at the Mid-Pacific Country Club in Kailua today)
5:35 PM - 28 Dec 2015 32 32 Retweets 35 35 likes

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/29/tweet-of-the-day-13/

brer cat

(26,258 posts)
35. I've never heard of Bear Grylls
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 07:24 AM
Dec 2015

(don't watch TV), but he is right about PBO. The climate change agreement is a very big deal. Our President refused to accept lame-duck status, just as he refused to give up in the face of relentless opposition to every thing he tried to accomplish with Congress.

Happy New Year, Cha! Thanks for all the enrichment you bring to DU.

Cha

(305,390 posts)
36. Same here, brer cat.. First ever hearing of Bear Grylls.. I had to keep looking at his
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 07:41 AM
Dec 2015

name.. it was fascinating me.

But here he is.. this big outdoor adventure guy with his own tv show and President Obama went on it and they went on a field trip to Alaska!

Bear Grylls Previews Obama’s ‘Running Wild’ Appearance: ‘He Was Willing to Go for It’



President Obama took a breath of fresh air, and this time it wasn’t in the White House Garden. Obama joined survival expert Bear Grylls in the Alaskan wilderness for a special edition of NBC’s “Running Wild with Bear Grylls,” airing Thursday.

The President decided to appear on the show to raise awareness about climate change. The special edition of “Running Wild” debuts just a week after leaders from 196 countries approved the first global agreement in human history to limit greenhouse-gas emissions.

But what about the people who doubt climate change? “Even if we’re wrong, it’s not going to harm the planet,” Grylls told press in a conference call this week. “It’s only going to help the planet because what do you want us to do? Just keep belching of more the bad stuff out, because eventually we’ll hurt the planet.”

MOre..

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/bear-grylls-obama-running-wild-1201662028/

Bless President Obama's Climate lovin' heart! Who doesn't have a lame duck bone in his body. lol

Happy New Year to you, brer. Mahalo for the very kind words, I feel the same about you being here!

Cha

(305,390 posts)
41. too perfect.. scattered rain showers to keep it green, intermentent Sunshine,
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 08:01 AM
Dec 2015

warm days but not too warm since it's winter.. cool nights.

How's yours?

Cha

(305,390 posts)
43. Oh, that's right.. you're in Chicago!
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 10:28 AM
Dec 2015

Brrr! I don't miss New York in the Winter up by the Adirondacks.. but, I miss my friends!

Cha

(305,390 posts)
45. Mahalo steve! The President from his boat tour of Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 06:23 PM
Dec 2015

(6) President Obama looks from his boat at Bear Glacer during his tour of Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska (Photo by Doug Mills)

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/30/photo-of-the-year-september/

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)
46. Thank you, Cha!
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 07:37 PM
Dec 2015

It's wonderful seeing Pres. Obama and Bear Grylls together. I love it when people are unafraid to praise his good works.

Tell it, BG!!!

Cha

(305,390 posts)
48. "Tell it Bear", is right, Kind of Blue! thank you!
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 11:37 PM
Dec 2015
To Bear and Obama.. Outdoor Adventure Guide/Environmentalist Extraordinaire and Excellent President of the United States/World Class Friend of the Earth!


(6) President Obama looks from his boat at Bear Glacer during his tour of Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska (Photo by Doug Mills)

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/30/photo-of-the-year-september/

Mahalo Kind of Blue~

Cha

(305,390 posts)
49. Yes, if the US gop run Media and others won't acknowledge what an amazing accomplishment
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 11:46 PM
Dec 2015

this is.. there are better people who will!

Bear and Obama! Both extraordinary environmentalists with their eyes toward our future and our children's children Future!


(6) President Obama looks from his boat at Bear Glacer during his tour of Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska (Photo by Doug Mills)

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/30/photo-of-the-year-september/

Mahalo, Kath~

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)
51. I love my President and First Family
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 04:45 AM
Dec 2015

PBO said his last SOTU will be a NONTRADITIONAL speech on January 12th. i'm so excited. Apparently, he will not need his translator, Luther.

Cha

(305,390 posts)
52. Whoa.. I hadn't heard that, underhematrix.. Excitement! I'm sure Luther will be watching
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 05:13 AM
Dec 2015

though.. maybe give his own interpretation later?

Thank you!

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