Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

This is good! And TRUE!

http://presidentbushlegacy.com/bushlegacy

tt

Nice video, Craig.

My favorite moment was when McBush said, "my fellow prisoners".

tt

Guess I'm here by mahself?

tt

Mine all mine.

tt

Creepy. I'm outta here.

tt

No no, tt - come back!

You are really funny!

I couldn't watch the video. It was hard enough the first time and I truly do not want to re-live any of it.

I want to get this show on the road!

Good morning all!
The vid is okay.... Lauged a bit, couldn´t watch all shots... :-)

Ok guys, have to be hnest. I was on the verge of voting for BO when I watched CNN on Sunday morning. There was a discussion with topic: From the right and there were 4 panelists. I watched and they sounded good. Then one guy (forgot his name) mentioned osmething that again struck a chord with me: About BO aandoning or leaving his church after 20 yeras. But the way the guy described it, made me wonder..
Then I sent in my absentee ballot..... Didn´t write in HRC and didn´t vote either Johnny mac or BO...
Although I and we all know BO will win and DNC will not care that I didn´t vote, I know I did my civil duty: Doing what I believe in.

Now, let us get going...A new week has emerged....

MAC IS BACK -

Somewhere yesterday McCain made that claim, over his left shoulder, as he said it Cindy's face said it all .... No, no, he's not.

From the God hates Liddy Dole file -

Monday, November 3, 2008
North Carolina Senate
Kay Hagan 51
Elizabeth Dole 44
Christopher Cole 3

Elizabeth Dole's 'Godless Americans' ad has clearly blown up in her face, as Kay Hagan has now expanded her lead to seven points.

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2008/11/north-carolina-senate.html

From the God may not like Norm Coleman either file -

The poll finds Franken favored by 42 percent of likely voters who answered the survey, compared with 38 percent for Coleman. That's within the poll's sampling error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.

http://www.kare11.com/news/elections/election_article.aspx?storyid=528543&catid=222

The most amazing polling chart of the year -

2008 Minnesota CD-06 General Election:
Bachmann (R-i) vs Tinklenberg (D)

http://www.pollster.com/polls/mn/08-mn-06-ge-bvt.php

Jason - that bothers me, too, but not enough to not vote for him. There's still plenty I don't care for about him, but I'm still voting for him - clothes pin, please.

Saw Rev Al on D L Hughley - like them both, anyway, and they were very thoughtful tonight.

Bethy,
You go ! As long as you do what you believe in, I am happy!!!!!!!!!!!! Never settle for what is expected from you, but rather stand for what you believe in....
Have fun voting.....

I just want the election to get over so the next POTUS will stop dropping his "g's" -- and will hope he doesn't accuse heads of state of trying to "hornswoggle" and "bamboozle" him.

"joy sorrow, and the feeling brain, by Antonio Damasio"
solar, thanks, i'll look for it. sorry to not get back to you til now. tho't i should run for cover after my silly comments to lampe re jack yesterday.

lampe, sorry to you too for being so flippant re serious feelings. agree a lot with what you said. just have to laugh now and then to retain whatever sanity i have left.

as frank costanza would say:

serenity now

poor old john mccain......this makes the second time he's been smacked down onto the ground by george w......the national guard guy .........

"...george w......the national guard guy." sturg@7:03

Sturg, Bush sure did a disservice to the National Guard. The NG people I knew who served in Vietnam and who were called to active duty for the Pueblo Crisis were marvelous patriots. I submit that Bush the Younger and his ilk were in the great minority.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167806

Bethy
I completely agree,clothes pin please...
Jason
I respect your choice in this election too,after all we just have to do the right thing for are selves...Honorable..

Get ready for all the lawsuits come Wednesday morning.

"Today on FOX News, McSame campaign manager Rick Davis revealed his strategy for winning on Wednesday: Taking Obama to court in every state that Mcsame doesn't win."

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2008/11/2/155456/304

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/pages/pundit-predictions/index.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Good morning all
Here's a few predictions from some of the pundits...We shall see.

I was gonna do like this "Joe the Plumber" thing that's going around, but "Dick the Cabinet Guy" just doesnt work......they do enough of that without my encouraging them.............

Flatus.....they've certainly stepped up to the plate in the last 8 years......

"Taking Obama to court in every state..." boom@7:13

What a novel idea--due process rather than prerogative.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/?last_story=/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2008/04/25/olbermann_apologizes/

Here's a bit of Joan Walsh from Salon...

Sturg, indeed they have.

Craig - pretty good stuff... A + for Video C- for analysis

Very “moving” on your part has continued - now is it a bias?

Key to the point is Voice and who controlled what….

Obama controlled…. And come now admit – was allowed to control

By control of every move with the press, by a weak voice from McCain

So give it to Obama.

Obama controlled the Economic stage - now Craig you are not expected to understand Economics - as the MSM has failed us – When the use of Fundamentals was allowed to be defined by Obama. Allowed by the Press and Allowed by McCain. Today we see the Fundamentals are strong – the stock market will recover – (thank goodness we see it now but Obama will claim it if elected)

WARNING – But does Obama want to “Fundamental Shift” in our Fundamentals with his Righteous wind at his back? Hold on to your wallet!!

Which Obama are you voting for?

Heck why vote – Obama already has his press conference speech ready for Wednesday – and the Press has their tickets.

Ping.......POL, Rule #25......"The powerful never give up control......it has to be taken away".
---Craig the Pundit.

chickens are beginning to roost ......whirlwinds are being reaped.......

still.......politics in america are a cryin' shame.......

Worked real good for GWB didn't it?

Heck why vote – Obama already has his press conference speech ready for Wednesday – and the Press has their tickets.

Posted by: Ping Pong | November 3, 2008 7:27 AM

....If they are welcome.... LOL

Poor Oprah, she nearly went into cardiac arrest when her vote wasn´t processed correctly....
Oh...............the drama :-)

toilets are beginning to swirl

So Jason - you could not figure out which Obama to vote for... so No vote.

that is half a vote for McCain- Thank you

Interesting

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167826

Sturg - come and take it from my clinging, God Loving, Ah O - I do not own a gun.... DOG BARKING.......

"chickens are beginning to roost ......whirlwinds are being reaped...."

and cows are coming home.

no, patsi, that wasn't meant to be a sexist remark.

Get ready for all the lawsuits come Wednesday morning.

"Today on FOX News, McSame campaign manager Rick Davis revealed his strategy for winning on Wednesday: Taking Obama to court in every state that Mcsame doesn't win."

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2008/11/2/155456/304

Posted by: anon-paranoid | November 3, 2008 7:13 AM

Oh Dear Lord........
But let´s hope for the best.

LOL @ Ping.

I cannot vote for Mccain... But neither for BO, so I sent in a blanc vote....
If that means a half vote for Johnny Mac good for him. But for who is the other half then? LPMO.......

The morning after: Half of us will be disappointed
"PITTSBURGH (AP) - The meteorologists tell us that Wednesday morning in southwestern Pennsylvania's largest city will be crisp and sunny with a high of 64. That's about all we know. Being a weather forecast, it offers nothing about the political climate that will have been created by the election the day before.

The outlook is obvious but often overlooked: In a deeply divided nation, on the first dawn after we choose a new leader, every ray of victory's sunshine brings a corresponding thundercloud of defeat and bitterness.

"There are going to be a whole bunch of people who are distraught and who won't know what to do - no matter which side wins," says Chris Ivey, 36, a Pittsburgh filmmaker and ardent Barack Obama supporter. "People will try to go back to their routine, but there's going to be a lot of soul-searching to do.

Reality or wishful thinking, that's part of America's self-image as a land of strong competitors who, in the end, draw together to move forward."

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081102/D9470EE81.html

sturge, to some of the less friendly folk out there, hell is freezing over and pigs are flying.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167834

Are you sure that the Repug's won't mark it for McCain?

It wouldn't be the first time they gave a vote for their guy. After all they do flip votes from the Democrats to Republicans as was shown in the last election and now again right before your very eyes as you make your choice.

donkeys and pigs are outside doing blue angels maneuvers......it's scary......the "jet trails" are really freaky........

"tho't i should run for cover after my silly comments "

Patd, You know how many times I'e felt like that? Once it's posted, it is so frustrating, at times, not being able to change it or take it back.

Here's a example from Colorado.

"In another story on the removal of Adams County's Diebold machine, it was noted that the system was quarantined "as per the Secretary of State's instructions". We're not sure if those were instructions given only to Long, or if SoS Mike Coffman had issued a directive somewhere on this. We'll try to find out. In any case, we hope other CO officials (as well as officials in other states where this occurs) will follow Long's lead and take the same action she did. SoS Coffman -- who is overseeing his own election this year in his bid for the U.S. House -- previously decertified all but the Diebold voting systems in his state after an exhaustive court-ordered certification test (and after it was found that his Congressional campaign shared the same PR outfit with Diebold). Following his decertification last December, which discovered all of the machines used by his state were easily hacked and prone to serious errors, he recertified all of them after receiving pressure from CO county election clerks. One of those officials, the state's Election Director Holly Lowder, resigned in disgrace just last month after it was discovered she shared her residence with one of the state's top election vendors. "

http://www.pubrecord.org/nationworld/443.html?task=view

Hey Tony
I've appreciated the shout out's I've gotten from you. And appreciate you calling them passionate comments, rather than temper tantrums and ranting. :) Glad to see you're doing well.

Thanks for the links, Tony! Interesting that so many commentators do not believe the Dems will have the "60" majority!

mornin' all.

Well time to buckle up - next 40 hours or so should be fun. Virginia should be one fo the first states closing tomorrow night - and one of the key ones. This is all a ruse, right? There isn't any real election - the campaigns will just go on and on and on and ...

Dick the cabinet maker? LOL

patd -- I don't understand this: "no, patsi, that wasn't meant to be a sexist remark." What wasn't? Chickens, cows or whirlwinds?

"so I sent in a blanc vote..."

Well Jason, you stuck to it! Did what you said you do all along. Good for you! A man of his word.

STRUG -- STOP IT... LOL LOL..

A new understanding of Con trail.... ahhhh

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167845

And the Repug's more than likely gave that vote to McCain.

Craig - Serious note here...

Which is correct and true?

When you called out Obama for avoiding the media - for not allowing true vetting? (and kept pissing of Brain)

Or now that you have been moved?

OK back to the fun

Careful, Jason -- you will be called un-American any moment now....

"McSame campaign manager Rick Davis revealed his strategy for winning on Wednesday: Taking Obama to court in every state that Mcsame doesn't win"

Look at the bright side of it.
It keeps the election process honest and warns others that in the future, we'll be watching. Nothing wrong with accountability. It won't change anything anyway.

'replace' anything with 'results'.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167838

Better wear a slicker at sturg's air show.

I am about ready to strangle Scarborough this morning. This is not a stupid man so I wonder if he isn't just trying to get an argument started.

He keeps trying to make the "vindicate" statement as something arrogant said by Obama and it's not.

I'm a White senior female and if Obama is elected it will "vindicate" my faith in America. If Hillary had been elected it would have "vindicated" my faith in America.

The definition is his using is "to provide justification or defense for".

This is the first election where the United States is probably, finally living up to its supposed ideal that we are all equal. After a history of blocks put in the way of all other than white males, this is the year a woman could have or a black man will ascend to the Presidency.

Wake up Joe and start cheering - America is finally vindicated!!!

C'mon Jamie. This will always be remembered as the election where America totally BLEW its historic chance to elect its 44th White Male president.

Oh, Jamie -- I wish I agreed with you. I think some believe that voting for a black for president is vindication -- but I think it's kind of like saying, "kiss-kiss, it's all good now."

It's a good sign, but that's about all it is. I hope he does some great things for the black community, but I seriously doubt he will.

As for me, I'm still waiting for the Whitey tape that GORDO has been promising all these weeks. My new theory is that the GOP is cleverly waiting until the year 2019 to release it, just when it will have maximum impact to spoil the opening of the Obama Presidential Library.

Patsi...if he gets elected, that fact will in itself be something great for the black community. Much more than a little kiss.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167853

Jamie,
I agree. Joe does like to get in arguments. (That's why I like him.)
But don't forget. He's a Republican.

True, Lard -- it will be good. But I still think there's a certain part of the population who see it strictly in the light of, "Oh fabulous, we've absolved our white guilt."

Yeah...that's true too, Patsi. But I think that's just secondary at best. Sort of like spending too much time worrying about what the neighbors think of you.

Breakin' News -
McCain's shares downgraded to Junk status on Intrade .

http://www.intrade.com/

Let's all drop our gees.

Obama and Clinton reach common ground

"While the relationship between Barack Obama and the Clintons remains complicated, associates in both camps say the dynamic has improved dramatically in recent months.

Bill Clinton has stumped for Obama from rural Nevada to suburban Florida. He has hosted fundraisers in Texas and Georgia and stood in for Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden at three more in New York when Biden's mother-in-law died."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15157.html

"Sort of like spending too much time worrying about what the neighbors think of you."

ROFL -- my neighbors are black.

I'm having lunch Wednesday with a youngish black woman -- to celebrate Obama's election. She knows I voted for McKinney/Clemente and is cool with that. (Although she thinks Tennessee will be closer than the polls show.) She also understands my questions about Obama, because she held some of the same opinions for quite a while. Now, she says she doesn't care about them. Just wants to see him win. And I understand that, too. So we'll celebrate.

Media's Presidential Bias and Decline
"The traditional media are playing a very, very dangerous game -- with their readers, with the Constitution and with their own fates. "
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6099188&page=1

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167855

Patsi, I still have my doubts about him as well while believing that between McCain and Obama, Obama is the best choice. Still it gives me more hope for this country than I have had in the past eight years.

Bush really had me feeling that this country had turned its back on virtually everything we were supposed to represent in the world. Seeing him as president on TV actually produces a feeling close to grief. I will be so glad to have him gone. January 21 can not come fast enough.

"Seeing him as president on TV actually produces a feeling close to grief."

It's closer to nausea for me.

Yeah Obama Girl that's like so not inspiring. Unless Obama was on that show the Bachelor is this his appeal the Liberals think they are picking out a "Groom" I don't see the appeal. But then I haven't ever been "Enchanted" by a Politician.

http://sarah-palin-2008.blogspot.com/2008/11/who-will-stand-up-to-bullies.html

"Bush really had me feeling that this country had turned its back on virtually everything we were supposed to represent in the world. Seeing him as president on TV actually produces a feeling close to grief. I will be so glad to have him gone. January 21 can not come fast enough."

NO SHIT! Although I also agree with Chloe -- nausea is a good word. I think I went from horror to nausea to grief.

It's 9:01 on the east coast. Would someone please explain how you can tell the difference between Chris Hitchins under the influence and Chris Hitchins hung over?

the media in this country makes me sick .......this latest tape of an obama interview is a major news story and isnt being touched by the MSM including crawford ......when he says he will bankrupt the coal industry and that electricity costs will skyrocket....not even a mention by the MSM ......the media is picking our president and that is trouble down the road

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/11/02/hidden-audio-obama-tells-sf-chronicle-he-will-bankrupt-coal-industry

Chloe

As with Patsi, I passed nausea a long time ago. There was a fear and loathing stage in there as well.

This is a list from Wapo of some political bloggers by state
it's always interesting to get a glimpse of what people are thinking..even if some of it is delusional.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/03/blog_roll_the_best_of_state_po.html

I'm making calls for NO on prop 8 and No on prop 4..
I'm voting no on 7 and 11. Big yes for the 1A --the high speed train and for Prop 2 humane treatment of farm animals.

If you are in Sonoma County /Marin Vote yes on Q the SMART Train
and if you are a resident of Western Sonoma County --Rue Furch for Supervisor.

Please let Shrub know, we don't expect him to do anything in the remaining months. He could leave early and it would be ok.

Hey, it's looking pretty good for McCain. Here's all that has to happen for him to win:

"Actually overtaking Obama in enough states to win would require a combination of factors: Obama's get-out-the-vote efforts have to turn out to be weaker than thought; young voters have to fail to channel their enthusiasm for Obama into actually voting; race has to be a bigger factor than most pollsters currently believe it to be; conservatives have to be more fired up than they have seemed; independents have to be more attracted to the Republican ticket than they have been all year; and, most of all, late-deciding voters have to break disproportionately to McCain."

CNN analysis.. :-)

PS
If you are in SF
Denise McCarthy Supervisor District 3

and virtually unopposed so let's pile up some big numbers
Tom Ammiano for Assemby

Happy Days are here again !!!!

KGC I love Tom Ammiano... He is so great!

off to visit belgian city hall,.. back later.... and THANK GOD the election is tomorrow. I can't handle the waiting anymore.

tz

"So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. It's just that it will bankrupt them"

Reading lesson. He doesn't say cap and trade will bankrupt the coal industry. He said it will bankrupt anyone building a NEW coal fired plant.

There are other uses for coal and all other fossil fuels. It is getting too expensive to burn the stuff. We need to come up with "clean" uses that don't injure the environment while still keeping people employed.

Of course it would be nice if the coal mines here got the same inspections and safety regulations as they have in Canada so that we didn't keep killing the miners either in cave ins or from a long, slow lung disease.

"It's 9:01 on the east coast. Would someone please explain how you can tell the difference between Chris Hitchins under the influence and Chris Hitchins hung over?"

ROFL -- Chloe's word: nausea.

Tom -- some of the media believe they have to continue to make people believe this is a horse race. Ratings, ratings, ratings!

jamie

49 percent of our electric comes from coal and to skyrocket electricity prices would mean to import more oil which will also send gas prices up again ....to just pick out that sentence ......."So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. It's just that it will bankrupt them" isnt fair listen to the whole interview .....he says HIS policies will be the strickest of anyones ........this is not good for the economy.........especially in this atmosphere in my opinion stupid

I love the opinions here.... It really made me think politics in teh USA more and more. Thank you guys for sometimes giving me hard feedback....
I am also now not ashamed anymore to say that I disagree with some of you...

Un-american? Patsi....LOL...I feel ya. But I guess my skin grew a bit thicker the last months here on the blog.

As for the black community? Most peOple want him just as a figure head, just a s a symbol. So they can say: Finally we have a black president.
I am FORM another wave of AA´s. The wave that tells theIr children to think out of the box and not look for black idols, black figure heads or black whatevers....

My tennis instructor told me three months ago: Jason, Obama´s chant about change is as empty as can be, He told me (he is an immigrant from Afghanistan) CHANGE IS YOU!

Clinging to their guns and religion was just one of Obama's true beliefs that surfaced during his January San Francisco appearance, and now we have the coal issue.

http://www.wsaz.com/political/headlines/33726759.html

http://tinyurl.com/bankruptcoal

Not long until Thanksgiving, huh, Jason!!??

A friend just sent me a joke that may explain Gordo's problem or Sarah Palin's misunderstandings about civics.

In a recent class, they were discussing the qualifications to be president of the United States . It was pretty simple. The candidate must be a natural born citizen of at least 35 years of age.

However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair was the requirement to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming president.

The class was just taking it in and letting her rant, but everyone's jaw hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating .... "What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by c-section?"

"I passed nausea a long time ago. There was a fear and loathing stage in there as well."

Well then, I guess I'm looking forward to grief.

In a recent open letter to the next Farmer in Chief, author Michael Pollan talked about a Victory Garden at the Whitehouse. Pollan was highlighting a campaign that already exists. You can sign an online petition to promote a Whitehouse Victory Garden.

http://www.eattheview.org/

Craig..... I LOVE the video!
and that Gravel pick was the best....... he doesn't say a word.... but proves that old cliche once again that a picture is worth a thousand words.......

Bush has failed at everything he's laid his hands on..... bet he makes a failed former president as well.....

poor Hitchens..... a brilliant mind.... a nasty habit....
he and Terkel used to be good drinking buddies...... maybe he tied one on in loving memory of his former friend.....

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167886

tz

They need to be strict. We have known for ages the damage that burning of fossile fuels is doing, but courtesy of corporations fixated on the next quarter's profits rather than the long view of what is good for the country, we kept supporting something that needs to be brought to an end.

Given the correct policies, this can be done by retraining, development of clean fuels, and staged obsolescence. There will be problems and dislocations, but as with quitting any addiction, for the good of the body as a whole defeating something that makes you feel good, it has to be done.

Jason - Well Put...
There is collective America and Individual America...

I love the individual but hate the group

I love the group but hate the individual

"As for the black community? Most peOple want him just as a figure head, just a s a symbol. So they can say: Finally we have a black president.
I am FORM another wave of AA´s. The wave that tells theIr children to think out of the box and not look for black idols, black figure heads or black whatevers...."

I think your idea is great Jason. All children should be taught that.
But you have to admit that there is still a benefit to having successful role models of all colors (and may I add genders, etc.). It's subliminal if nothing more. One way or another, we'll all benefit.

TZ -

Last week PBS ran a Frontline program called Heat. Now at first blush it looked like a program on climate change, and the first segment was on that. But the rest of the program was about energy, and what to do about the pickle we find ourselves in, and our choices to get out of it.

Do yourself a favor and watch it, because if you think we''ll import more oil to make electricity well you just don't get it.

Heat -

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/

Random points of the Campaign

Point 1 = Ironic

McCain is a victim of his own success. How Ironic that the success of the Surge driven by McCain and denounced by Obama has taken this critical issue off the table. That Obama is CHANGING his position on Iraq.

Which Obama are you voting for?

Jason - Obama - Which Obama shows up is the question - could have an impact that is very positive.
Will he be more Rev Wright or more Bill Cosby?

Why are we even talking about it? Is that PC?

Venture capitalists are investing billions of dollars in "green tech" -- clean, renewable-energy technologies. The dollars have been flooding in at an accelerating rate as venture capital firms spot opportunities and market conditions change.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/etc/vc.html

"the media in this country makes me sick .....the media is picking our president and that is trouble down the road"

tz,
I'm going to focus on this part of your post. I totally agree.

So Ping, I suppose that paying the Awakening not to kill our troops is considered success huh.

Chloe,

But that is the problem. Now we will have an AA presIdent.
You know what the next movement is going to be? A Latino (the fastest growing minority in the USA)president... You can bet 100% that that will be he next move. All the while a female president has not yet emerged, so the females will continue to push that issue. Than people will want a gay president.
it just goes on an on and on and on... It never stops.
because we are thought to think within a box, we are thought to stay small and have someone rise and make a group proud.
WTF.....!!!!!!!!!!!
I chose HRC not because she is a woman, I chose her because she knew her craft and in my opinion was the best equipped to be potus...

As long as we keep continuing to look for role models and idols and whatever...we will continue to circle around and be little.... We will continue to grasp any little present that is given to us and be happy, instead of searching and exploring through wisdom and prosperity....

To quote my tennis instructor yet again: CHANGE IS YOU!

@Patsi: yup...it is getting near.... :-)

An example of where the future is going -

The Energy Ball

http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/03/energy-ball-by-home-energy/

"the media in this country makes me sick .....the media is picking our president and that is trouble down the road"

tz,
I'm going to focus on this part of your post. I totally agree.

Posted by: chloe | November 3, 2008 10:02 AM

Guys, stop blaming the media!
We are watching them and giving them airtime and ratings as a result. Start educating the people that don´t know... That is what should be done. It is deafening that we let this happen and they continue to get away with it, time and time again......

"it just goes on an on and on and on... It never stops."

Don't worry about it Jason. There's nothing you can do about it anyway. :)

I feel certain (fighting my superstitious nature by saying this) that the next President will be a woman. The reason I say this is because I think America has shown it's ready. There's too many smart women out there to ignore them any longer.

Then, eventually we will have all the others you mentioned. And good for that. What will be will be.

Killings force 13,000 Christians to flee Mosul
• UN agency sends aid to beleaguered community
• Sunni Arabs and Kurds blamed for violence

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/25/iraq-religion

Que the Mission Accomplished banner.

"We are watching them and giving them airtime and ratings as a result. Start educating the people that don´t know..."

That's the whole point Jason. Awareness of what's happened. And I do blame the media. Some things are unforgivable, and what they become should be called something besides news. Some find it entertaining, I find it unwatchable.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167908

I assume you mean when saying "the next President" as number 45?

Nope. I blame the press.

Anon - Very interesting - Thanks for sharing.

It is great to see such investment from the Private sector - and NO GOV'T Dollars - lets keep it that way with proper incentives balanced in our fundamentals.

You know I had to get that in..

First,,im optimistic, in construction, it is a prerequisite for living in the reality of the times,or as they say go with the flow.

I watched Obama on cnn this past sunday with wolf b,,,he looked and sounded like someone that knew what he was talking about,,,,,i think that his natural intelligence, and ability to learn at a surprisingly fast pace , and with the availability of some very astute and capable people around him to guide and assist,,,,im optimistic that the D's will want to control things ( at least hopeful) for a long, long time and do right by the country------GW and O will be similar in that both are willing to be molded by the experts in government-------what im not optimistic about is the promises that have been made-----u have to be in la la land to think that he will,,,give me just a cple of the big promises, ill be happy,,,and lastly i have no choice but to be optimistic cause i can't go around for the next 4-8 years afraid of the sky is falling thing---that won't help my son, and all the young people that i care about.

Brain - It was most likely 75 / 25 in the first rounds.
The trend was reported on local news - in the outer counties - not downtown

This has nothing to do with who wins the election.
It has to do with the process.
The press has some soul searching to do, whether the affected the outcome or not.

"I assume you mean when saying "the next President" as number 45?"

oops. Yes. Of course. :)

Nope. I blame the press.

Posted by: chloe | November 3, 2008 10:22 AM

LOL.
Even if McCain would have run a brilliant campagn it would be discounted as bad.
I think we are all to blame....LOL.....

McCain was not a good candidate period. He was more of the same and that's the last thing we need. I'm sorry it's not Hillary but I am glad the Dems will be back in power.

The press has some soul searching to do, whether the affected the outcome or not.

Posted by: chloe | November 3, 2008 10:24 AM

Oops Chloe maybe I am quoting you too much. Sorry for that.
But let me say this bluntly: the F§!"#$% press affected the outcome for a very good portion!

"I think we are all to blame....LOL....."

You mean for supporting the press??
I, for one, am not talking about the outcome of the election.
I'm talking about bias, regardless of what they're reporting.
Them becoming 'part' of the story.

McCain was not a good candidate period. He was more of the same and that's the last thing we need.

Posted by: EuroTom | November 3, 2008 10:28 AM

ET, I ma not sure about that.....
I think that: A. McCain was giving the McSame stamp even befoe he made a real run.B. Given the stamp by pundits who thought that that was their way of making him fail.

Disclaimer: I am not a Johnny Mac voter, but I do think that he also was not given a fair chance of trying to come out of a president that screwed up every inch....

"the F§!"#$% press affected the outcome for a very good portion!"

Jason, When you put it that way, yes. It started with the primary and never stopped.

David Corn has an interesting analysis on McCain/Palin's dirty tricks...

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/davidcorn/

Solar, I saw where you were asking about Champ yesterday. A while back, he posted he would be going to Hawaii in a couple of weeks. He's probably having way too much fun to be on the internet. :)

The State Theater in Traverse City was showing "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "Bulworth" on Saturday. Today they were gonna be showing "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington".

Listen, the last thing in the world McCain wants out of the media is more coverage. The more I see him on the tube the more I see a doddering old man stuck in the past. What is he offereing that he hasn't offered before, and lost to his own party? Reducing earmarks? Puhlease - it's a pimple on an elephant's ass. Making Bush's tax cuts permanent? The economy doesn't seem to suggest that is a great idea. Privatizing health care further? Terrific idea - only without lowering the cost of health care (and health insureance rates as a consequence) it's all talk because no one who's not well off will be able to afford health insurance. Getting rid of the death tax? C'mon - it doesn't affect anyone but the wealthy.

And we're pissed because Obama wants to put cap&trade in place and put a carbon tax on new power plants? Aside from the Friends of Coal industry group, no one here (WV), including the major producers, is going nuts about that. Even Dumya thought the approach Obama advocates was a good one - which is reflected in broad strokes in the FutureGen project.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FutureGen

The project has been restructured, or is in the process of the same because of cost overruns, but it is supported by a consortium of coal industry heavy hitters, including Peabody, Consol, China Huaneng and AEP. The Sr. VP of the WV Coal industry group apparently didn't check with his primary funding sources and with Shelley Moore Capito, WV's Rep. rep. before expressing his outrage over the comments. The handwriting is on the wall, and the coal industry sees it. And yes, clean coal technology costs more than old, dirty coal technology, but in the long term, it's good business for the emerging coal industry rather than the dying coal industry.

Talk about a conspiracy theorist... This guy makes GORDO sound sane.

Hillary Shall Be President of the United States!

I first posted this webpage back on November 24, 2004. It was clear back then, as it still is today, that Hillary Clinton (a Jezebel of Jezebel's) will become President of the United States. It will be a sad day in America, and a time of evil like none other. Hillary Clinton will attack the family, parental rights, freedom of speech, and promote sin like no other president.

It has been decided and Power of Prophecy has confirmed: Hillary Rodham Clinton shall become the 44th President of the United States. The 9-man inner circle of the Illuminati, meeting in closed executive session conducted in the exclusive resort community of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on May 1, 2000, voted unanimously to sponsor and back Ms. Clinton in her quest for maximum political power.

The Master Plan approved by the Illuminati elite calls for Hillary Clinton to first be chosen U.S. Senator from the State of New York in the upcoming November 2000 elections. Then, eight years later, in 2008, she will be the consensus choice of the national Democratic Party for the presidency.

Here is what he predicted:

Media to Assist
Opinion Polls Rigged
Opponents Killed Off (and he notates the assassination of John F Kennedy JR... as proof of this -- yes he does mean John Jr.)
Hillary’s Coronation
International Playboy and Predator
A Great World Crisis

http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/hillary_shalll_be_president.htm

Actually I think this is Sarah Palin's base...

Photos of Obama Trolls but there so cute.

http://rightwingchicky.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/so-the-goal-is-to-create-apathy/

Chloe---thanks, but did he have to take Rita, and toast with him,

Ree check out Jesus is savior, it's right up your alley.

Ha! Solar. I know what you mean.

Rita went to England (I think that's right) for something like seven weeks, but said she'd be back. Toast, I don't know. I miss them too. And Julie, viv, marcia and many, many others.

There is very little difference between the McCain energy plan and the Obama energy plan. Both support cap and trade. McCain wants to reduce pollutants by 66% by 2050. Obama wants to reduce pollutants by 80% by 2050.

So all the chicken littles running around saying the coal industry is doomed to destruction are saying that American ingenuity can not come up with a solution sometime in the next 40 years or at least resolve that 14% difference.

LardassLiberal ---------

Glad you mentioned the MO "whitey" video(s).
"
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167856
-----------------------------

Did you not read this from Craig on October 27?

"McCain Shuns the Wright Factor"

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/mccain-shuns-the-wright-factor.html

----------------------------

In the following post, the links will give my missing "whitey" video(s) answers.

Pogo,
I think the concerns about coal here are from those afraid they're going to have to walk the tracks to gather enough for heating this winter. :-)

LardassLiberal ---------

MO "whitey" video(s):

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/mccain-shuns-the-wright-factor.html#comment-164455

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/mccain-shuns-the-wright-factor.html#comment-164474

It's nice to be missed....

I tell you how messed up these elections are. My 8 year-old niece has no clue about Obama-Biden or McCain-Palin. I mean, you show them pictures of all 4 of them and she couldn't tell you who they were. But on Saturday morning, CNN showing a video clip of Sarah Palin and my niece said, "Mommy, that funny lady is on tv again!" I believe she was referring to Tina Fey. Oh and the new word for the weekend was this: Com-Promise. Not compromise, com-promise. I heard some kid about 12 years-old pronounce the word like that.

'Com-Promise. Not compromise'

Ha... she's a reader, and knows her phonics. :)

Rez, that may be - and don't forget tz. The coal industry knows that peak coal hasn't hit yet, that coal gassification hasn't hit yet, and that coal liquifacation hasn't hit yet, but all 3 will, so they aren't crying croc tears.

The promise was pronounced like this: I "promise" you.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167928

Corey, Are they going to do The Candidate on Tuesday? One of the great last lines in political motion pictures:

"What do we do now?"

tz, you might read this before you start parroting McCain/Drudge/FOX/Newsbusters.

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/11/ohios-gop-senator-mccain-will.html

I particularly like this part of the article:

"Despite the fact that both candidates support clean coal technology, the McCain campaign tried to make the case that Barack Obama wanted to take away jobs from coal country in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and both Drudge and FOX were happy to oblige.

But just three years ago on the floor of the United States Senate, John McCain's Republican colleague George Voinovich of Ohio took to the floor to argue against a proposal by McCain to curb greenhouse gas emissions. McCain's proposal, Voinovich said, would "put coal out of business" and cost thousands of jobs, an argument that McCain did not contest.

"In fact, McCain agreed that his plan would require sacrifice, but he also argued (correctly) that in the long-run, America would be better off. In other words, he made the exact same arguments as Barack Obama -- and as you can see above, it was all on video."

All this stuff gets recorded, you know. :-)

Jamie, it was a political movie festival. I took a picture of the theater's marquee. It's on my Facebook page. I was interested in seeing the election from the Northern Michigan point of view. I saw a lof McCain signs and a lot of Obama signs this weekend. But, there were more McCain signs. Although I have noticed that pretty everyone is voting along party lines. Either all signs supported Democratic candidates or Republican candidates. Although I did see one huge Ron Paul sign. Around here, a lot of people have put up signs saying "2goes2far". Vote No on 2. That is the stem cell prop. In Northern Michigan, we passed a lot of signs that said, "Cops and Docs agree...Prop 1 is bad". Prop 1 is the medicinal marijuana one.

This is a pretty funny cartoon and speaks to how I feel about this election...note to the Major Political Partys don't do this again.

http://sarah-palin-2008.blogspot.com/2008/11/longest-presidential-campaign-in.html

... and I liked McCain's retort to Voinovich's criticism.

"Does it involve some sacrifice on the part of the American people? Yes. ... This amendment, I am sure, will be attacked--thousands of jobs will be lost, we will find some obscure scientist, some will talk about the dangers of encouraging the use of nuclear power. The fact is, we are going to win on this issue. The reason we are going to win is because every single month there is another manifestation of the terrible effects of what climate change is doing to our Earth."

Hmmm.

I think that the media---weather in print, or in radio form, has always sold the general public, since its first print or airing,the next presidents, wars, moved the markets, etc,,,,i hope that the net won't go as far---but how are u going to keep the commercials out,,,advertisers will market their products where the viewers are,,and will be the large corps( since the beginning of the first) that control the markets control the elections,,,,some like craig will be honest about their profession, but most just want to be famous and be on SNL,,there is plenty of blame to go around for bad news, that leads to bad choices, we want to be entertained not informed as a whole,,,,the people on the net (bolgs) especially this one are very informed and know the diff. but most don't----so that is why the potus elected is the one that u want to have a beer with...screw the beer---get me someone that won't screw the country---just saying

RFLMAO

http://www.236.com/blog/w/lee_camp/leaked_mccains_original_joe_th_9899.php

For those who believe SoetorObama has nothing to hide:

"Doubts persist about Obama birth certificate

Considerable evidence still points to candidate's birth in Kenya

... Maya Soetoro, who has claimed Obama was born in two different Hawaii hospitals."

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/trail-mixers-predict-obama-345.html#comment-167769

I forgot my tilda Pogo.
Be right back, gotta go shovel some coal into the furnace.~~

"Cops and Docs agree...Prop 1 is bad". Prop 1 is the medicinal marijuana one."

Should read Vote No for the police and prison guard full employment act.. I am hoping this will be a time when we take a good look at our drug laws and change them

The OJ factor. Go back in time to October 3, 1995 when OJ Simpson was acquitted, by a mostly all Black jury, of the murders of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. The not guilty verdict had more to do with race than evidence. The jury's not guilty verdict was a sort of referendum by Black community on so called unfair verdicts of Blacks, note: although not all Blacks agreed with that jury's decision. Now we have a similar thing occurring in the Black community where we have e 98% of eligible Black voters voting for Obama for 1 reason and 1 reason alone. Obama is Black, well partially Black, he is one of our own and they could care less what policies he may bring to office. Black business men who employee more than 15 employees are excited, euphoric about one of their own becoming President of the United States, but are scared to death how his tax platform will impact their businesses and the Black community. Higher taxes, government regulations impose higher cost to doing business, and something which fails to get mention is this. Although most small business, local dry cleaner, restaurants etc., do fall under the $250,000 tax hike level, it is the small businesses which employees 15 or more employees that were responsible for creating over 1.2 million new jobs. Last hired, first fired. Unemployment will rise when and if Obama can put his tax plan into service.

I don't think that memo's authentic. no C word in it.

Anselm when do i get to see a pic of you? :)

The website was something like: NoMorePotShops. I can't find it in the internet. May not be accurate memory for me.

Rez

A little musical accompaniment while you shovel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPbv3KAThLY

J.B. White Wraps it up for you Florida is a battle ground state and J.B., thinks Florida is going McCain/Palin.

http://rattlergator.typepad.com/rattlergator/2008/11/food-for-thought-last-day-of-october-2008.html

Rez - I knew the tilde was there. :-)

Anselm -- are you seriously trying to draw a comparison to a convicted felon, OJ Simpson, and Barack Obama?

What is with that?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167959

:-) Pogo & Jamie.

btw Jamie, Fosse was great. It's easy to get sidetracked in the related videos :-)
And, I caught your SW art comment yesterday. I hate to admit but both wifeand I are culturally biased towards our southern plains colors & motifs, music and dress. I lived in Tempe for a year while in school and learned to appreciate their world a bit better but I'm still biased big time. :)

Alicia,
I was shocked more by the accusations of "so called" past judicial injustices. :-)

Yes, Ree, J.B White, a self-proclaimed neocon, certainly wraps it up for me with his take on FL. He's got a 50/50 chance of being right in FL. I'll wait until tomorrow.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167903

Jason -- I think we could roll all that into one candidate -- a Latino-Asian American Lesbian with excellent leadership skills, foreign policy experience, constitutional law expert, business owner whose parents are Catholic and Muslim and whose partner is Jewish. She would be from Kansas City and live in Florida.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167966

This guy is just perpetuating the meme that McCain can win. What else has he got? Zilch-o.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167903

Jason -- I think we could roll all that into one candidate -- a Latino-Asian American Lesbian with excellent leadership skills, foreign policy experience, constitutional law expert, business owner whose parents are Catholic and Muslim and whose partner is Jewish. She would be from Kansas City and live in Florida.

Posted by: Divalicias | November 3, 2008 11:51 AM

I love you!

I know that the polls have been wrong before - and that no one has ever won an election based on polling data, but if the polls at RCP are anywhere close to right, VA, OH & PA look like they could all fall Obama's way. All of them show a trend in Obama's favor, so unless McCains' ground game consists of convincing voters to lie to pollsters, all of them look good for Obama. If any of them do follow the polling, McCain is done.

"I think we could roll all that into one candidate -- a Latino-Asian American Lesbian with excellent leadership skills, foreign policy experience, constitutional law expert, business owner whose parents are Catholic and Muslim and whose partner is Jewish. She would be from Kansas City and live in Florida. "

ROFL, Alicia!

Pogo -- McCain was toast from the time he signed on as Bush's butt boy.

Rez

One year I lived in Phoenix at a time when Tempe was miles and miles out of town and the way you knew you were entering it was the motel will the stone tepees out front.
Between that and the year in New Mexico, I really became enamored of the art of the southwest, particularly the masks that represent characters in legends

Patsi

glad r here, as much as i like Ron Paul personally i can't bring myself around to vote for him, since it will also be voting for the party he is with-----i will be voting for the green party,,,,,i think my sister would have also.

",,,,i think my sister would have also"

It's so nice that your sister has had such a strong influence on you Solar. I'm so sorry for your loss, but it's so great that you carry on her memory. She sounds like she was really something special.

Good call, Solar.

Sisters are hard to lose, Solar. I have lost three. Have one left. I am always dreaming that I'm talking to one of the sisters who died, and I say, "Oh! I thought you were dead." And they just kind of laugh and say, "I am." And then we just continue the conversation, trip, adventure, or whatever the dream is about.

OBAMA, Japan (Reuters) – Dancing, singing and playing the guitar, residents in the sleepy Japanese fishing port of Obama are readying to party for Barack Obama before Tuesday's U.S. presidential election.

Around 50 men, women and children wearing "I Love Obama" T-shirts practiced hula dancing over the weekend for the Honolulu-born Democratic candidate, hoping he will win the vote and one day visit the town as U.S. President.

"I'm 85 percent confident that Obama will win," said hotel owner Seiji Fujiwara, who heads a group backing Obama in hopes that the town, with a population of 32,000, can share his fame and attract more visitors. "I think he'll be alright."

Speaking of Bush and nausea:

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/reflective-white-house-hopeful-mccain-can-still-win-2008-11-03.html

Thanks Patsi Chloe------whenever i need that little extra push, while exercising , or mental, she provides that little insentive needed,,,,i talk to her every day,,,,thats why i tell RR that i love the rain also----i believe that since the chemicals that were in her body rise up and then become part of her thru rain,,that she comes down with the rain (reincarnation sort of )

"-i believe that since the chemicals that were in her body rise up and then become part of her thru rain,,that she comes down with the rain "

Wonderful thought!

Hank William's Jr. sings the Star Spangled Banner worse than Rosanne! My son said, "Who's that singing? Joe the plumber?" LOL!

Going to get my precinct kits now!

Desert Rain - a Novel of Reincarnation
http://www.chakra.org/announcements/DevadsSep21_06_02.html

I'm not blaming this one on Palin, but here is a little factoid from the 538 site that says very clearly why the clothes buying figured got such a negative reaction and why The Republican Party is often rejected.

"The Palin shopping spree is more than the average American household spends on clothes in 80 years."

Current prediction

Obama 340.2 McCain 197.8

Other good stuff

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

Jamie,
It was 72 the year I lived there and I think the towns (Phx, Tem. Mesa, Glendale) were just beginning to run into one another, although I remember a separating bridge coming into Tempe proper, but no motel . . . just a rest./club. The CAP had just initiated work and there was a lot of "water politics" in the air.
I've been back several times over the years as the whole valley has exploded and become unrecognizable.

BAGHDAD – Iraq plans to cut its 2009 draft budget to $67 billion in light of falling world oil prices, finance ministry officials said.

Iraqi authorities set the original draft budget last month at around $80 billion, based on expectations that the average price per barrel of oil would not drop below $80.

But prices have slipped sharply since summer highs. On Friday, oil for December delivery was down $1.44 to $64.52 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midmorning in Asia.

This is good news going into the winter,,.they should also help with the prices of food, and---------they raised their prices cause of the high price of fuel, if not someone should find out why,,a little over sight not a bad idea---------in indiana--- one gas station was selling for 1.95 per gallon, 1/4 mile later another station 2.75 per, they say they only make a few cents per,,,,,someone should look at this???

I was there in 1951. Not only were the towns completely separate, but Scottsdale and all that growth out towards Camelback didn't even exist. That was a trip into the moutains to see the marker in honor of an Indian Chief. We lived a few blocks down from the "Insane Asylum" as they were called then and on the way to school each day, I used to chat with a gentleman on the inside with just a chain link fence between us.

This may explain my outlook on life. :-)

Wow talk about appropriate Temper.

http://standupformccain.com/2008/10/damn-i-love-this-guy.html

Solar,
Someone should look at what? Last I checked a private business can charge whatever they want on their products. Although I doubt that they will sell much if the guys down the street are a buck cheaper.....

Ree

It looked to me like a man totally unwilling to listen to anybody who totally lost it when the people in the room started applauding the woman and who stamped out of the room in a major profane snit fit.

I certainly don't want anyone like that anywhere near the authority to send men and women into battle.

The Ree video seems to be somewhat edited

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CazKanlYDg

Anselm -- are you seriously trying to draw a comparison to a convicted felon, OJ Simpson, and Barack Obama?

You must have tried pretty hard to come up with that conclusion, as I was not comparing Simpson and Obama, but the coming together of the Black community in 1995 supporting Simpson in spite of the evidence, and in 2008 supporting Obama, a person who is lacking in almost every category except delivering speeches, dresses well, and seems like a nice guy. BTW Simpson just became a convicted felon.

Jax---its the bs,sure they can set their own price,,,,but they tell the public that they only operate on a few cents of profit,,,,are u paying your drivers (if they own their own trk) the same when they pass off the high price of fuel, or r u going to lower it?,,,all im saying is if things go up cause high fuel costs----should they not come down for the same reason,,once food prices goes up i don't see too much news that prices have dropped accordingly

Ree -
You've been punked, even McCain ain't crazy enough to F-Bomb the senate comm. hearing room. Cheney maybe.

Final Presidential Estimate: Obama 55%, McCain 44%
Independents break for Obama, boosting Obama’s broad Democratic base

http://www.gallup.com/poll/111703/Final-Presidential-Estimate-Obama-55-McCain-44.aspx

More from Gallup -

The trend data clearly show Obama ending the campaign with an upward movement in support, with eight to 11 percentage point leads among likely voters in Gallup's last four reports of data extending back to Oct. 28. Obama's final leads among both registered voters and likely voters are the largest of the campaign.

LOL,

Have any of you thought how an Obama presidency will make your life better? If so in what ways?

Solar, anyone who's been around the block once knows that gasoline (& diesel, I presume - and all other refined petroleum products, I would guess) prices rise in anticipation of increased crude prices, and lag behind actual decreases in the price of crude. It's a great gizmo for the oil companies to maximize their profits at our expense. Does Exxon achieving record profits in both up and down crude markets this year surprise anyone? The only thing that drives gasoline prices down is decreased demand.

Anselm,

As for you O.J. comparison, how is it any different than when Charles Stuart killed his wife and blamed it on a black man? Racial tensions were inflamed because everyone believed him. It worked so well Ashley Todd used the same play book. There was never the same energy in denouncing these slurs as there were in believing them.

BTW, dont deny you are race baiting because you are accusing blacks of supporting Obama only because he is black, just like they supported OJ. Many of the blacks who rejoiced in OJ's acquittal were happy that someone that looked like them was able to game the system. They recognized that it took a ton of money to do so...not much different than Scooter Libby in that regard.

If temperament matters with dogs, why shouldn't it matter when picking a president?

Solar,
I'm keeping my fuel surcharges up. I'm definitely lowering it slower than the fuel price is coming down.

In the end, I will charge whatever I choose and the market can decide whether to support me or not. personally if I owned a fuel station and someone asked me what I profit I made on fuel I'd tell them it's none of your business go next door if you don't like it....

This may explain my outlook on life. :-)

So your outlook on life is that of a 9 year old? Well that does explain a lot then. lol

Obama gives obscene gesture to McCain — same one he gave to Hillary Clinton

http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/obama-gives-obscene-gesture-to-mccain-same-one-he-gave-to-hillary-clinton/

Anselm,

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-168012

Now you've got me. I've looked at both tickets and tried to come up with anything and have concluded that predictingthe future is a lot harder than predicting the past. Best I can say is Sarah Palin won't be a heart attack away from assuming the presidency.

Anselm, and others

As you prepare to chew the carpet for the next four years, may I suggest a nice condiment , a nice Tabasco, or for the more elegant, a Grey Poupon.

Anon,
Wow...aren't we full of class today....

Ping--

You asked me which Obama I was voting for? Either of "them" as you suggest would be better than McCain. McCain is scary to me. I don't like what I see when I look into his eyes. There is a darkness in there that absolutely leaves me cold. I think he is a very unstable and could be a very violent person.

My ex was in the Navy at the same time McCain was. He was on one of the ships that McCain's fellow sailors were transferred to after the Forrestal incident. He hates him because of the stories that the sailors told him about McCain. He said that the sailors blamed him for the large death toll in that incident. He said that the official account of that incident was altered to make McCain out to be a hero because of who his father was. He's not voting for him because of that as much as anything else.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-168014

Bear

Don't forget the OJ trial was in Los Angeles. A large percentage of the people cheering OJ were experienced with the LA Police particularly the divisions that responded initially.

At the time I made a rather macabre joke that no one believed the DNA evidence because the police tried to frame a guilty man.

True,

How could McCain get any blame for the Forrestal? I was under the impression he was in another jet preparing to take off when the first plane set of the explosion.

Jack -

I chewed the carpet for 8 years ... One has to move past salt and pepper, in about year 2.

GORDO -
I figured it out you're George Costanza.

Bear -
McCain ran to the ready room, and watched the fire on closed circuit TV.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167999

APPROPRIATE anger???? What is this? A legislative Jerry Springer episode. Shame on McCain.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-168016

Well I was seven at the time which meant I was about to enter the 3rd grade. I was thinking more of his rather skewed and imaginative view of life.

Bear
See the Rolling Stone article on McCain.

Oh the repugs are just twisting and turning and gnashing their teeth because they are losing and losing big... We should just not engage them.

That goes for the faux-democrats as well.

Good advice from NOW

From the National Organization for Women:

6 Actions For Election Day

On Election Day, let's see change in this country. Let's get feminist candidates to Washington, D.C.! Here are six simple ideas of things you can do on Election Day to help secure feminist victories.

Get the word out about feminist candidates! Tell your friends, family, and neighbors.
Obviously, you can't vote if you don't know where to go. Remember to check where your polling place is and what you need to bring to the polls. To be safe, bring a photo ID and, if possible, your voter registration card.
VOTE!!! Be prepared for a long wait by bringing a folding chair or two -– you don't want sore feet to keep you from voting!
One thing to know is that your right to vote is protected. Know your election protection resources -- if something goes wrong, you may need to act fast! In that vein, you can Twitter from your cellphone to protect the vote.
Time to use your cellphone to get out the vote! Call your friends and remind them to vote, and tell NOW President Kim Gandy that you voted using Twitter. Sign up and let your feminist voice be heard.
Elections can be an all-night waiting game. You can track the polling results on websites such as CNN. In the days after the election, go to the NOW PAC website to see how well feminist candidates did.

Circuit City to Close 155 Stores; Sales Start Wed.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2333797,00.asp

Bear--

The sailors on the ship said that McCain should have had his safeties set on the napalm missiles on his plane. If the safety had been set on them they would have blow up in place instead of firing into the sailors who were trying to fight the fires. He was only suppose to have them off while in the air. He said those sailors blamed him for their friends deaths. He also said that the footage of the Forrestal fire was shown on his ship and they could see McCain running the opposite way while others sailors were running toward the disaster to help.

Yes Bear you should read the Rolling Stone article. Here is the link-
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167882

Patsi, re the CNN roadmap that makes it possible for McInsane to win, it basically says the chance he will is pretty miniscule.

Oh and I was saddened about what you wrote re: sisters. touched also. Thanks for sharing.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-168015

That seems very inappropriate....

Circuit City is closing 155 stores...

If you have money, bargains to be had...

http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/CC/455354136x0x245809/2BFAC9D9-6CEF-4027-9E51-1C635F42F7A7/110308%20Store%20Closing%20List.pdf

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-168012

Anselm...Obama's presidency has already made my life better, and he hasn't even been elected yet. The clerk at the grocery store got so excited when she saw my "That One '08" t-shirt that she honored the coupon I'd forgotten to bring with me. I'm expecting great things!

Wow, riveting story and I'm only on the first page...

Too bad this Dramesi guy isn't running for office.

there is a lot of competition for electronics.
And the margins are slimmer as folks like walmart get more and more into them.
Nebraska Furniture Mart has an electronics section the size of a circut city store.

I buy a lot of flooring there too.

Jack

All I can say is wow...

"In its broad strokes, McCain's life story is oddly similar to that of the current occupant of the White House. John Sidney McCain III and George Walker Bush both represent the third generation of American dynasties. Both were born into positions of privilege against which they rebelled into mediocrity. Both developed an uncanny social intelligence that allowed them to skate by with a minimum of mental exertion. Both struggled with booze and loutish behavior. At each step, with the aid of their fathers' powerful friends, both failed upward. And both shed their skins as Episcopalian members of the Washington elite to build political careers as self-styled, ranch-inhabiting Westerners who pray to Jesus in their wives' evangelical churches.

In one vital respect, however, the comparison is deeply unfair to the current president: George W. Bush was a much better pilot."

I'm Glad somebody is reading the article. I posted it a couple of weeks ago. It's very telling to me.

Don't know if you guys know about the anti-obama billboard here in West Plains Mo. It's right over the hill from me. Very Very degrading sign about Obama. A nut case owns the land. He also put up one about Kerry in 2004. That one didn't make the national news like this one. I just heard that someone set it on fire last night. I'm going to go look. I hope they burnt it to the ground. I was very insulted. But I would have been just as insulted if they had done it to McCain even though I don't care for him. I just don't think that hate mongering is appropriate period.----later

For those interested in more than just Koolaid A good list of the problems facing the new president on day one

Electing the Janitor-in-Chief

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/electing-the-janitor-in-chief/

Jack

Californians - if you have not mailed your absentee ballot - it is too late to be mailed..drop it off at any polling place or the board of election.
Sonoma County has a drive up service!
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20081103/NEWS/811030280/1349?Title=Casting_a_ballot

It takes a lot to laugh it takes a train to cry -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGZyl_aUMjU

Bear,

Try to stick with the question and not change the question because the answer may seem unsettling.

98% of the Black community or even a higher % will vote for Obama. Now let me ask you a question. Have you been polled as to who you would vote for? Are you aware of other Blacks, who have been asked the same question. Now if you want to bitch about something bitch about this. Black polls are never mentioned on national TV so here is one you may want to review, but it still doesn't go to the underlying question as to, "why". See, living in a Black community myself I know why they are voting for him, and there are other reasons other than the fact he is Black, but thanks to much of the liberal news media you'll never hear those questions asked nor their answers.

http://www.sacobserver.com/government/102108/black_solidarity.shtml

Words that have been mostly forgotten are the words that meant the most when spoken, when their true feelings are exposed. I am of course referring to the words of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton spoke during the primary about their opponent, Obama. It is the 3:000 am and the phone rings, and this, or the presidency is no place for OJT.

"You must have tried pretty hard to come up with that conclusion"

Anselm, I like your style.

Anselm -

No Time

On my way to better things

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMrs9zVGJjQ

"I don't understand this: "no, patsi, that wasn't meant to be a sexist remark." What wasn't? Chickens, cows or whirlwinds?"

patsi, my comment "and cows are coming home" could have been misunderstood by those who are sensitive to gender put downs and could have tho't i was referring to women as bulls were not mentioned.

When the phone rings at 3:00 A.M.

I want some old man who won't let me get my Frisbee off his lawn.

"The sailors on the ship said that McCain should have had his safeties set on the napalm missiles on his plane. If the safety had been set on them they would have blow up in place instead of firing into the sailors who were trying to fight the fires. He was only suppose to have them off while in the air. He said those sailors blamed him for their friends deaths. He also said that the footage of the Forrestal fire was shown on his ship and they could see McCain running the opposite way while others sailors were running toward the disaster to help."TB@2:42

If that's what your friend told you, he was woefully uninformed. The United States has never had a napalm missile. They had and used napalm bombs during that time period. The two most common were the BLU-1 and the BLU-27. The first was assembled in the field just like a lightweight hollow cannister about 20-inches in diameter and close to six feet long. They looked very much like external aircraft fuel tanks. The second was preassembled and shipped from the factory with a proprietary blend of napalm. Both were in the 750-pound class.

The canisters were fitted with a mechanical/electric fusing system that culminated with a couple of WP igniters. When the filled canister was released from an aircraft, a lanyard would initiate the fusing sequence. The munition was designed so that any high-G impact would set the thing off. People should also realize that the things were very thin skinned; if they were dropped more than a few feet, they would burst open and napalm (essentially like 100-gallons of jellied gasoline) would be splashing in all directions waiting for any source of heat to set it on fire.

It wouldn't make any difference if the munition was armed or not armed--same problem. Both types were gravity bombs--they had no propulsion system and could not possibly be 'fired' at someone or something.

I've supervised the building of _many_ of these bombs and I've personally mixed thousands of gallons of napalm. The scenario could not have unfolded the way your message described it.

If it was a different type of munition, the chain of events would undoubtedly be different. And, my conclusion might be different, as well.

Pogo don't disagree with anything in your 2:14 post----guess im just a little mad at Exxon's last 1/4 profit of 14 B, and the unfairness of it all

patsi, i made a lame joke after i saw the mistake and realized that some might wrongly interpret my meaning. it was not meant to confirm that the o/dnc strategist crowd were right ignoring the angry hrc voters confident that they "would come home."

you were inappropriately used as a metaphor for the pc police when a simple explanation might have absolved my original sin.

Anselm,

If it's 3 AM and it rings at a McCain White House, he'll be out drinking with some strippers...that doesn't worry you?

As for your polling question, I have never known anyone who has ever been asked to participate in a political poll. If he is drawing 98% of the Black vote, Obama is pulling republican voters.

Around the convention time, the Guardian did a great story about black delegates to the Republican convention. The only black candidates I saw on my ballot for any offices in the State of Texas were Republicans. If they were to fall into the 98% for Obama, I think it would be more having to do with voting for the candidate who is a symbol up academic and personal achievement. I think they are making a statement that it's better to be a self made man and not another person using family connections to erase their fuckups and then get a chance at the brass ring.

While blacks may be 40-1 in favor of Obama, how do you explain his popularity with hispanics? Obama doesn't look latin to me.

How do you explain that its been 40 years since a Democrat won a majority of white voters? Why aren't you railing against the monolithic block of whites voting Republican?

If you are greeted by two stray dogs on the street, one is polite to you and one growls and tries to bite you, which one do you adopt and which do you put down?

Solar,
The victim thing is a no win game. There's nothing unfair about Exxon's profit. They made an investment
developed a product and we all want it.

The degree of profit doesn't make it unfair. You can't say 1 billion...fair, 2 billion....fair, 14 billion....not fair
Since when did scope determine fairness?

"Although he now crusades against wasteful military spending, McCain had no qualms about secretly lobbying for a pork project that would pay for a dozen Bridges to Nowhere. "He did a lot of stuff behind the back of the secretary of the Navy," one lobbyist told Timberg. Working his Senate connections, McCain managed to include a replacement for the Midway in the defense authorization bill in 1978. Carter, standing firm, vetoed the entire spending bill to kill the carrier. When an attempt to override the veto fell through, however, McCain and his lobbyist friends didn't give up the fight. The following year, Congress once again approved funding for the carrier. This time, Carter — his pork-busting efforts undone by a turncoat Navy liaison — signed the bill.

In the spring of 1979, while conducting official business for the Navy, the still-married McCain encountered Cindy Lou Hensley, a willowy former cheerleader for USC. Mutually smitten, the two lied to each other about their ages. The 24-year-old Hensley became 27; the 42-year-old McCain became 38. For nearly a year the two carried on a cross-country romance while McCain was still living with Carol: Court documents filed with their divorce proceeding indicate that they "cohabitated as husband and wife" for the first nine months of the affair."

Flatus--

All I know is what that man said to me. In thinking about it I don't know that he told me that the missiles were napalm, but I do know that he said that the sailors said that the safeties were off when they shouldn't have been. He also said that the sailors told him that at least McCain should have been man enough to drive the plane off the side of the ship to further save lives. I just know that he hates him terribly because of the incident and did so long before he ever started running for POTUS.

These final speeches from McCain - Palin have the feel of certain movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfV_ENR5IZE

Flatus,
You're right...no napalm missiles... zuni rockets are what went off and they were high explosive not incendiary. as far as fighting the fire...ships company fight the fires not airwing personnel and especially not pilots....typical no knowledge non-navy types....

If anyone is interested there is video that clearly shows McCain in his aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Forrestal (CV-59) when it caught fire, October 26, 1967. McCain was in his plane when it caught fire and then exploded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chuiyXQKw3I
On October 26, 1967 McCain was shot down over Hanoi.

I am always amused by the usual split tails who mock our brave current and former military men and women. Remarks that mock our military men and women should probably be kept to blogs where you remain safe and warm, and not carried outside.

sorry to ping pong and others who've asked relevant and important questions, but my policy is to shut up after the Sunday before Election Day. it''s time for the voters to speak.

Anselm,

If you read the accounts of people in the military, then and now, they are the ones mocking him.

For you football and politics fans, both McCain and Obama will be interviewed by Chris Berman during halftime of tonight's Monday Night Football game.

Corey,
Damn....I was hoping for one place to escape....now they are messing with Monday Night Football....that's just TOO MUCH!!!!!

ROFL@patd -- no, Pat -- I know sexist BS when I see it, and cows coming home ain't one. Ha!

"On Thursday, KGMB9 News reported that Hawaii's top health official, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, was trying to defuse rumors that Barack Obama was born in Kenya by saying she had seen the birth certificate herself, but said Hawaii laws aimed at stopping identity theft prevented her from releasing the document despite multiple requests to do so.

Fukino failed to resolve the controversy by disclosing whether the "official document" she saw had been generated in a Kenyan hospital or in a Hawaiian hospital.

To date, Obama and his campaign have refused to disclose the name of the doctor delivering the candidate or the precise hospital where he was born.

The main reason doubts persist regarding Obama's birth certificate is this question: If an original Hawaii-doctor-generated and Hawaii-hospital-released Obama birth certificate exists, why wouldn't the senator and his campaign simply order the document released and end the controversy?"

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=79900

Obama's grandmother just died of cancer

"When the phone rings at 3:00 A.M.

I want some old man who won't let me get my Frisbee off his lawn."

RE the 3:00 AM phone call...personally, I'd prefer learning that a rich relative I didn't know I had left me a couple of bucks....

That same movie has the GOP get out the vote operation -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJbjJetU_1k

"http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/electing-the-janitor-in-chief/"

Good link, Jack....

Bear lets not get to full ourselves. McCain has about 70% of the military supporting him, it is not even close. They remember who has made the trip to see them on numerous occasions, who has been where they have. Nothing aganist Obama, but there is no comparison. It is 4:30 and the bar is open.

" the still-married McCain encountered Cindy Lou Hensley, a willowy former cheerleader for USC"

Bear -- I have so many problems with McCain -- but that ain't one of them. First, I don't know what was really going on in the whole deal, and second, I know what my husband was like after Vietnam, and he wasn't even a POW. In his case, he just became more brooding and depressed from time to time. But the change was there. So I try to not make judgement calls on marriages in general, and post-combat situations in particular.

While we were in Germany, post Vietnam, I knew that many a night when my husband's pals came over, it would be a long night of drinking and talking about "Nam." Then the ones who lived on base would be too drunk and/or depressed to drive out of the city and get to the base, and I'd make them pallets on the floor....feed them coffee and scrambled eggs the next morning and consider it my share of the war.

"If you read the accounts of people in the military, then and now, they are the ones mocking him."

Sort of like swiftboating? I don't know what happened those many years ago. This stuff always makes me uncomfortable....

Craig - Good questions can wait until Wednesday - or better yet a beer or two later.

So do not respond - But thanks for the place !!

you are still da Man when it comes to open Political Talk.....

First one is on me! While you aready bought the first one,,, Ok next one on me

Very, very sad about Obama's grandmother.

I'm always amused by the right's ignorance of google -

The 23-year-old junior lieutenant wasn't paying attention and erred in using "a power setting too low to maintain level flight in a turn," investigators concluded.

The crash was one of three early in McCain's aviation career in which his flying skills and judgment were faulted or questioned by Navy officials.

In his most serious lapse, McCain was "clowning" around in a Skyraider over southern Spain about December 1961 and flew into electrical wires, causing a blackout, according to McCain's own account as well as those of naval officers and enlistees aboard the carrier Intrepid. In another incident, in 1965, McCain crashed a T-2 trainer jet in Virginia.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-aviator6-2008oct06,0,7633315.story

GORDO,

All this Obama birth certificate stuff will be just a memory when McCain pulls off the biggest upset in history.

Anon - At least McCain has something of substance to google - and the ratio is very high of good stories vs the one you posted.

Plus you gotta filter filter filter - as anyone can put crap out there...

But of course you know that .....

ATTN LGBT VOTERS: Barack Obama Is a Triangulating Homophobe

"Barack Obama has a long and elaborate history of homophobia, while Sarah Palin, the Republican Vice Presidential candidate, has a record of vetoing homophobic legislation and of defending the rights of same sex couples."

http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/03/attn-lgbt-voters-barack-obama-is-a-triangulating-homophobe/

Interesting. I wonder whothe brilliant person was who lost voter documents along interstate 4 in Florida. Craig--I just don't know about this state of yours and their ability to conduct elections down there!!

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7779138&version=7&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

So a prayer for Madelyn Dunham and the Family. Sounds like she had the best of care.

So maybe they have a celebration of not only her life but how she has been the positive influence on Barack.

So lets all call our elder family members today!

Share the love....

truebeliever
The voting documents do not seem to have come from official site -

It is fall and ACORNS do fall even in Florida

I am very sad about Obama's grandmother dying before the election results are known. it would have been so nice if she would have lived to know her Grandson had won the Presidency.

Btw, there is a great article/interview with the brilliant Maya Angelou. She comments on Oprah's endorsement of Obama and her endorsement of Hillary.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/31/maya.angelou/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Jax----last comment---was there manipulation of crude or not,,,manipulation of a needed product that is controlled by the large providers is something that i call fair,,period, i don't know of any, or have met any individual that is worth 450 times the average person,,,i was once asked if i knew why the best executives don't have pockets on their shirts,,,,i knew, cause they have a lot of secretaries to do their work for them,,,big deal,,, i don't watch sports, there is no one alive that should make what A rod makes( maybe some make more, i don't even know at this time)---to me it is all manipulated,it's all the i am in crowd, and u r out crowd to me, in chicago i have witnessed some bar room fights with 2 of the best friends that u can imagine,,one is a cubs fan, the other is a sox fan,,,there is a lot more but the bottom line does not impress me if it is abusive. like B O on fox says u have the last word

That's just a fricken lie Gordo...

Sod off

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-168091

fair =unfair

Craig,

I know you are going quiet in order to let the voters speak but I have a question that I think you can voice an opinion on...

Assuming an Obama win, especially with coattails, how will credit for individual race victories be parsed?

What if there is a race where the Clintons were on the ground at events for a specific candidate that did not get an appearance from the national ticket, does Hillary pick up a chit or does that go to the president elect?

Ping-
Yeah they weren't official documents but they still contain personal information. I would be upset if I knew that was my personal info laying there at the side of the road!!

ET - Obama and Biden have both stuck with the marriage = One Man and one women... Some times under their breath, some times loud and clear - it just depends on who is asking and who is listening -

And both have played each side on the ballet items, when you can get them to answer a question,

They are great Politicians.

Which one are you voting for?

ET - I do agree- Gordo goes over the edge...
Finds the crap on the web

Upset Coming ----------------

Even a McCain win will not stop the investigation into SoetorObama's "hidden" past. All involved in this fraud should be sent to prison. If soetorObama is an "illegal", after serving a long prison sentence -- he would be deported (probably to Indonesia).

GORDO,

I'm going out on a limb when I say Obama would never serve a day in jail unless he was found guilty of committing an actual crime.

I would love to know who supplies you with your herb because after reading your posts, it's obvious you got some stuff that would make Bob Marley himself jealous...

SoetorObama has done to the LGBT community what he has done to everyone and every group. You've all been chumps for believing anything this con-man says or writes.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-168058

It might not determine what is a fair profit. It does determine what is a moral one. As you say, they are free to make any profit the market will bear. The market is free to think they are greedy bastards and do their best to replace them any way possible.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-168091
Gordo
I have never responded to one of your posts before,but as I gay man, I just can't sit for this!! I have seen nothing or heard or read anything that makes me feel Obama is a Homophobe.I don't trust those links you posted are accurate!! I do believe the media is in the tank for Obama ,but he simply could never get away with being a Homophobe and me not feel it in my gut!! NO WAY, don't believe you or your No Quarters crap all of which you have every right to post and I have every right say is BULLSHIT!!

Bear-
The herb GORDO is using would have to be shrooms because he is wholly hallucinogenic .

From the heart of U of Florida

Not all Republicans were there to protest.

“I wanted to see the next vice president of the United States,” said Josh Simmons, Gators for McCain chairman.

Simmons said he voted for Obama about two weeks ago.

“I’ve seen a different John McCain than the one I signed up to work for,” he said.

Simmons said he submitted his resignation Sunday night and will no longer be chairman for the group, which has more than 1,000 members.

“I expect them to be incredibly pissed off,” he said.

While is is sad to note the passing of Senator Obama's grandmother, at least he has found a long lost relative in Boston of all places. He must be really excited to learn that his aunt is here in the United States.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/11/obama-camp-sena.html

You all may think I am an idiot or crazy and I don't care because none of you know me. I am just a person who has cared about politics and this country very much for many years and have always, well almost always, voted Democratic.

I am still sitting on the fence and those little pickets are starting to hurt. I have not partaken of the kool-aid from either side. I have listened to the pundits/media on both sides except Keith O and the only time I have seen him since he dissed my girl Hillary was on SNL. I just loved what they did to him and was glad to know someone else felt the same way as as I did about him. Hey I used to write him atta boy emails when he called GWB on the carpet. Now I can't stand to look at his face.

I have even given Fox News a equal share of my media watching time. It is the only channel that is not pro Obama all the time. I have never watched Fox before but started after Hillary lost.

I think both candidates are facing a situation that will be overwhelming and neither will be able to fix it. I think both will try to do their best to do what is best for our country. I do not think either will be able to fulfil their promises. What is worse is that whoever gets the job will most likely get the blame when they can't fix this mess just like the Democratic Congress did because they couldn't fix the problems when they got a few more on their side.

It does scare me what Obama, Pelosi and Reid might do to us. I was so happy for Pelosi when she shattered her glass ceiling and so disappointed ever since. I would like some checks and balance in government. The decisions about any selection for the Supreme court does worry me more than anything else. That may be the deciding factor in the end.

I may need a drink before going to the polls tomorrow but I don't drink and I since I will hit them before work I couldn't do anyway.

I was really ready to push the button for Obama and then my little intuition guy popped up and reminded me that he has some worrisome friends that he wouldn't really explain. His campaign keeps changing the tax numbers for who they think are rich. Damn I never knew I was rich before.

I have had to work multiple jobs most of my life. I have multiple advanced degrees and have lived and still do more modestly than those young people who make a a small percentage of what I make. I only started making a better salary for the last 10 years. Being single and having paid off most of my modest stuff leaves me with a big tax bill but no incentive check came in my mail.

These last several years I was finally able to start socking away money for retirement and then I lost most of that. I am still mad about that money and Obama saying he will spread around what I have left doesn't make me feel good. I have to start saving all over again.

I want those of you who won't fall in line with what most of the rest want you to do to know that I respect you for that. It is not an easy decision. I certainly wasn't that crazy about Kerry when I voted for him but I never had this nagging feeling about him like I do Obama. We knew more about Kerry. He had more of a track record. Obama just doesn't have that record and then there are those little things that most of the media want to hide that keep slipping out.

I do think that Obama will win this election in a big way and my little vote won't matter. But as with GWB I may want again to reserve the right to say well don't blame me if things go wrong. And mostly, I am still not over Hillary's loss. I haven't come home yet. I will just have to sleep on it and worry about it in the morning.

Sorry for the rambling. Long day at work. Thanks for letting an idiot share.

Jamie,
No doubt....the market will replace them if they get out of hand. What's interesting is that most of the real, substantial developments in alternative energy are being funded by big oil. They'll just be replacing themselves.

What's funny is that at $65 oil alot of promising technologies are out of the money. The heroes that you speak of getting rid of the greedy oil companies need big oil to keep the price up for their business models to make any sense.

Gotta run...see ya

60 years ago today....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Defeats_Truman

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-168106

Gee GORDO, so you continue the attacks even on the day his grandmother died? What a loser you are....

Jax if i can always meet the needs of my family, and just a little more until i die i will be happy---yes retirement,401k's all good, i even like being a corp....if and when i start making a lot of $ i will make sure that i share with the ones that got me there,, and yes yes i will make sure that i pay my self a very good reward for the risks, and all and make sure that all my equipment is in the best conditions and even buy or invest in something or other,,, and maybe go on a very good vacation, and buy my wife what she doesn't ask for,, and.,,,and.,,,and,,,,but i will always make sure that it is not out of proportion to what is fair,,,,not what i can get away with without thinking of others,,,,i am not and individual, that can do it all, i need help to get things done so etc, etc, etc

Dewey Beats Truman anniversary ..good one.

It's a good thing the Obama campaign doesn't believe it's own hype and are working to get every last vote.

I don't think the Sun will be wrong!
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/27/obama-wins-newspaper-declares/

His campaign keeps changing the tax numbers for who they think are rich. Damn I never knew I was rich befor

Posted by ct

So ct, you make more than $250,000 a year? It's already been explained that Richardson misspoke, as did Biden (with Biden getting things wrong is an olympic sport). What I find most distressing is that you are falling for the right wing propaganda re: Obama and the Democrats. It's your call. And every voter on either side can say "don't blame me" if something goes wrong.

Good luck

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/memorable-moments-2008.html#comment-167971

hmmm neo-con? I didn't look beyond the picture, but I liked the picture.... one track mind... of course Mauro is gone back to Italy until 23 December.

Ping, I am voting for the Democrats !! Both capitalist parties are afraid of gay marriages... they confuse civil marriages with some sort of infringement on church weddings being legislated as required. It's total demagoguery, but everyone is so fricken afraid of the issue. I live in a country where Gay marriage is legal. Believe me, Western civilization has not been destroyed by this right. Religious nut cases should not be pushing governmentally mandated social policies...

HillBuzz is a website operated by a group of gay men in Chicago. These are a few links:

Is Barack Obama Going to March in Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade?

http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/is-barack-obama-going-to-march-in-chicagos-gay-pride-parade/
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Instead of Marching In Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade, Barack Obama Got A Haircut

http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/instead-of-marching-in-chicagos-gay-pride-parade-barack-obama-got-a-haircut/

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Check HillBuzz June archives for the countdown articles -- "will he march?"

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Are you on a major LSD trip? Must be coz you are hallucinating!

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Magnificent CHEAP SHOT political attack. I am sure your Mother is proud.

Speaking of cheap shots and crappy journalism - Wolfe Blitzer is going to discuss PalinvClinton 2012 -- the election hasn't even been held yet and he is talking about four years from now?

What a maroon!

"I live in a country where Gay marriage is legal. Believe me, Western civilization has not been destroyed by this right. "

ROFL, Tom! As the old saying goes (although I'm convinced my sister said it first), "Why shouldn't gays be as miserable as the rest of us?"

Fact: my daughter and her husband say that the most beautiful wedding they've ever attended was that of one of my daughter's best college friends and his partner -- it was in Kansas City, MO, at a spectacular hotel, huge ice sculptures, unbelievable food -- just the swankiest thing they ever attended. (Her friend inherited his dad's business, and has taken it to new financial heights...)

AND the event was so touching it brought tears to my daughter's eyes. (It was probably a civil union, don't know about that -- but it was a beautiful wedding!)

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CT,

Above $250,000 is rich if you consider five times the median household income wealthy. Since I'm on the west coast and knowing the cost of living in this vicinity, it's still darn well off. So congratulations on your taxes going up 3%. I'm glad to hear you are doing so well.

ET,

I admire your passion. Too bad you are doing it from thousands of miles away. You could be here in the USA holding an Obama sign outside a polling place tomorrow, instead of selling gasoline, junk food and cigarettes, all of which should be outlawed by a forward thinking government.

Upset Coming seems to have a problem with anything that smacks of freedom and choice.... must be one of those pesky left or right wing nuts who like to tell other people how to live their lives.

Euro Tom,

Why do these guys keep making mistakes on the tax numbers. I don't see Richardson or Biden as people who would give inaccurate info. They just may be more realistic. Biden may put his foot in it but it is not because he is not telling the truth, it is because he is too honest and too honest is not good for a campaign.

Bill Moyers has a wonderful program on last Friday. He had two people on who I don't remember their names but have seen them both before. You can probably still see it on PBS online. It would be worth the time. Both I would call liberals, a woman and a black professor. You probably would know both of them.

They did point out that neither candidate was being truthful with the American people. At this time being totally honest wouldn't get anyone elected. People can't handle the truth.

No I don't make close to $250,000 but with no deductions, I still pay lots in taxes.

I am sorry that Grandma won't be able to see her grandson win this election. I do believe she already knew. What a sad time for Obama.

Euro, does Obama even support civil unions? I never heard him say that. All I have ever heard him say is they should be able to visit thier loved ones in the hospital.

I heard an excerpt from Obama where he said if you make over $90,000 you are in the top 6% percent for income. That surprised me.

My salary is really not that good when you consider I get no benefits or 401k contributions. Those benefits probably account for an additional 20+% of many incomes and most don't count for taxes.

well.....somehow it feels like christmas eve.......I remember when I was up all night for election night, 1992.......went to the breakfast joint right up the street at day lights and had one of the finest breaka-mooses I ever had.......just country ham and red-eye groovy, but the elation of the night was almost the same in intensity as it was the night Ali came back and took Erinie Shavers in the last 2 of fifteen.........

Hilarious footnote to Ted Stevens trial:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-11-03-stevens-juror-lied_N.htm

IMO Obama has more of a chance here in Missouri than is being shown in the polls. I have seen a larger number of Obama signs here in southern Mo than I ever saw for Kerry. And I hear more people talking positively about him.

And the ap radio news here locally said that at the rally in Springfield, MO sat. night drew 40,000 people. That is roughly one fourth of the population of the city. (metro area is much higher). I know there were people from out of town, but that is still HUGE for this area. Springfield is a bastion of Republican support. It the area from which both Roy Blunt, Matt Blunt, and John Ashcroft are from.

McCain is going to Roswell, NM tonight before his final stop in Arizona. Is there a Martian constituency and can they vote legally?

ct

I seem to be posting this daily of late. It is the L curve

http://www.lcurve.org/

If your TOTAL household income is over $100,000 you are wealthier than 95% of the U.S. population. You are down near the end zone of the football field in the graphic. That tall red line on the touchdown line is the majority of all the wealth in the U.S. controlled by a very, very tiny percentage of people and most of them got it through inheritance not their own efforts.

speaking of mars and the attack therefrom:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rctfGm0lpsg&feature=related

Good news from "reading the tea leaves" :

A lot of talk from the McCain camp seems to be about how great Palin is doing as of late. In other words, they are already looking past this election and setting their sights on Palin in 2012. The GOP does not waste anytime - and they are realists - at least in private.

that's a good "odds" game.......how long after nov 4, assuming she loses the VP, Sarah Palin remains "politically viable".

15 minutes of fame or 15 rounds and the championship of the woild........and how long to the jumping of the shark.......in seconds, minutes, hours, months, or years.......

The biggest reason I am hoping for a landslide is to possibly put an end to Sarah Palin's national political ambitions. She spews too much hate and division for me. And does it with a smile and a wink. It obviously does not bother her to do so, in fact she seems to enjoy it. It make me wonder if she has a conscience.

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You have to wonder about someone who can say viscious things and completely distort the truth with a wink and a smile. No matter how you slice it, she is either totally brainwashed or power mad, neither of which belongs in political office.

CC.....there's one issue wherein I have a total disagreement with you and that's your love of Florida.....OK, I wasnt there long.......4 years........and it was more baja alabama than florida per se.......(nebulous small town between tallahassee and Pensacola.......[shudder].........) I realize that everyone has one's typical experience no matter what area they're in, so I must say it was mainly the climate.....the climate did me in.......I ripped Florida out of my road atlas and made a solemn vow that the only way I'd enter florida again was if I dropped dead on the state line and fell the wrong way........and Orlando?? I just cant see it........Silver Springs, St Augustine, the crazy house, yep, I can see dat for a sprint if need be, but to live there? The heat begins in late Feb. and lingers until early January.....that's simply unacceptable warmness......I DO take note of the fact that while you have what I judge to be a sentimental fondness for the state of florida, you actually reside in DC......(which is also known for unbearable summers, I suppose....)

But anyway, I was posin' on that for a bit this afternoon, and I guess finally reached the conclusion that for some people climactic heat appeals to them moreso than it does to others.......

Is it really possible nobody has challenged Anselm's use of the term ' split taol'?

Bethy,

I read it and gagged. Decided not to comment. It's just Anselm being whatever he is.

"instead of selling gasoline, junk food and cigarettes, all of which should be outlawed "

Not just outlawed but selling them should be a capital crime with EuroTom the first against the wall.

Jack

First, taol should be tail.

Second, I'm reposting this from late last night - sorry. Please ignore if you have read it or just don't like my posts.
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Flatus - I couldn't agree with you more. The machine has grabbed a stranglehold for a while, but it won't last.

ETom - Updates on the Prop 8 campaign:

We are seeing new ads re Prop 8 - a pix of Obama and a statement the he is opposed to Prop 8. Also, a pix of Arnie with a statement of his opposition.

Then it turns out that Steve Young, former Niner qb, has signs in his windows and on his law in opposition to Prop 8. Of course, he's Mormon but recently a big group of Mormons wrote a letter to their church arguing to stop Prop 8. The Youngs also gave $50,000 to the campaign against it. Seeing as how I am a fervent Montana fan and disliker of Young, I can't say I believe he deserves the credit for it as his wife's name is coming up more than his. But if he does deserve the credit, it'll be the first thing I give him credit for. HA - but I do mean it.

The ugly story is that Jeff Kent, former Giant and now Dodger, is apparently saying he's for Prop 8 and gave $,500. When he was a giant, he was a constant agitator of Barry Bonds, also a trouble maker, but Kent openly talked about it, so I'm not surprised he's so small-minded.

Ugly ugly thing from Palo Alto - police chief told her officers that if they saw any AA's, they should have sonsensual contact with them. She says it's not profiling, tho I have no idea how she comes to that conclusion. It's hard to believe.

Posted by: bethyboo | November 3, 2008 12:29 AM

what's a split taol?

oh.....

Sturg == Come on down to the Real Orlando - not the Tourist zone --
Oak Trees, Lakes, Yes hot 4 months a year - but it is now a great time of year really until April...

And to think you could have been the one more vote that Barack will need tomorrow...

Watch out the gray hair, cuban, redneck, hardworking, god loving, make it happen, creating jobs, fundamentals are strong - group is voting in a big way tomorrow!

Lets get ready to Rumble !!!!

what is it sturg,,, Im justa lil ole sothern grit eatn dude... whats is it?

well.....I went to see the mouse oncet......and I played cocoa for 2 weeks with Billy Walker's daughters.......but other than stopping over in Dunellen overnight on the way to cocoa I dont have much esperience with that area........I do own a lot in Deltona's Marion Oaks, however.......and have never not even oncet have I been tempted to build there.......

Ping.....what is what?

lol

sturg
wells a if n yous wana come downs this way for some srimp and grits let me know. stay in the downtown real orlnado - it is nice.....

Sturg... I's kina slo some times

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it is so cool to talk in Southern code with strug,,, I think Flatus understands but no way Brain or Anon get it......

Kinda like Barack --- Just create it as you go

Well, Ping......like I said.......I wont be seeing Florida any time soon......It's tempting and I know good pipples are everywhere.....but I dont go south anymore, it's kind of as simple as that........lol..............but if you should happen to hit the MUSC again, be sure and keep me posted......charleston aint so bad, but it's still a high relation of heat to non-heat......just a somewhat of a tiny bit more bearable.......
as it were...............

now see.....I was trying to spoke good english......lol

The Obama Camp, has been the one spewing racism, sexism andevilness, from the start of this election. Gov. Palin, isn't the one calling people racist. You people do understand, that this is an election right? There are Two Parties trying to gain control of The Government. They are not trying to be each others buddies. I don't hear Obama, or Biden, saying anything nice about McCain\Palin. It wasn't the Republican Party, that tore it's party into two. It wasn't The Republicans, who called people from their party names, if it didn't support someone else on their ticket. Like it or not Democrats, it was your Party, that divided it's Party. It's prety bad, when your an AA women, and being called a racist, by your own Party, simply for not believing in the candidate they picked. The that is mean and evil for your ASS.

Rosie--i think ur right

The that is mean and evil for your ASS

---Lampe

I knew it........youre not a black female.........Youre SAMUEL bloody JACKSON

lol

Ping---u and sturg remind me of my pet goat that i sent to school,,,,he flunked every thing except foreign language,,,i asked him what foreign language did he learn he said---------moooooo

Ping Pong

Put the term in quote marks with the word slang behind it in google. The slang dictionary definition will come up and which point you can think a great deal less, if that's possible, of Anselm.

Ok I am sorry I wasted my words last night. Obviously there is a troll here.

Jamie.... Oohhhhh You know I am in Healthcare and never heard that medical term...

True --- words are never wasted.... There are many many back ground readers that never post...

You are just now on stage with the bright lights that you cannot see all those reading Craigsterslist but never posting.

Each post makes a difference somewhere

Humble or bold - they all count

well some of the far right and far left naaa they do not count

trolls need love too.......they have that in common with goat ropers.......

I suppose that's true. I just don't appreciate the deception.

I love that
revolution broadcasting.com
because they have a chat room with a translation feature where you can type all these strange words and instantly see them translated into a language.....I always use Norwegian......

(11-03) 17:51 PST Anchorage, Alaska (AP) --

A report has cleared Gov. Sarah Palin of ethics violations in the firing of her public safety commissioner. The report, released Monday, said: "There is no probable cause to believe that the governor, or any other state official, violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act in connection with these matters." It was prepared by Timothy Petumenos, an independent counsel for the Alaska Personnel Board.

No matter what happens tomorrow night - Sarah Palin ain't going anywhere.

And if you are a self-identified Democrat, liberal or progressive - and Palin makes you viscerally angry - it probably when she is at her most effective for the other side.

The Right loves her a heck of a lot more than they "like" McCain....

And do you really think the GOP is going to get rid of her because she plays "fast and loose" with the facts, sticks in the knife with a "wink and a smile" and plays on the politics of division . . .that is the trifecta they are looking for!!

SNL on now

Bethy i agree, i threw out the f bomb at him, cause i felt his meanness, someone else will too sooner than later,

Warren--

I just think that if Sarah Palin is going to be a major contender for public office then we might as well put Rush Limbaugh in public office as well. They are of the same cloth IMO.

You don't have to tell me anything about the trifecta because I am quite well versed in Republican political tactics. I am from a blue blood republican political family in Missouri. My Uncle was a state rep. for years, and my whole family was involved in his campaigns and those of other high ranking state officials. Some still are.

It was watching their tactics and listening to them plan various ways of attacking their competitors underhandedly that eventually turned my stomach and caused my departure from the party. Makes for an awkward Thanksgiving eating under all the pictures of family members shaking hands with Ashcroft, Blunt, Bond, and Bush. Not to mention all the goading I get. This Thanksgiving might be kinda fun though!!!! Hope so!!

Regardless of what happens, I've got a free meal waiting for me at Mongolian Barbeque tomorrow. Not too mention whatever Famous Dave's has in store for me.

Brain: you know, for whatever reason, you seem to have a real problem with me. First off, you accuse me of not being Black. But, I let that go. Now, whenever I blog, you seem to have a problem with my remarks. Since I'm sure your name, is not Craig Crawford, I guess I have as much right as you to blog, whatever I feel. Now, you can either read them or skip over them, But remember this is still a free country, and everone is allowed to have their own thoughts. LIKE IT OR NOT. I've read some of your remarks, I don't like them all, but unless, they are directed at me, I have no problem with them.

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ha, just stay out sturgeone. invention of air conditioning worst thing that ever happened to us. only those who can deal with sweat should spend any time in our fine state.

and btw, i don't "reside" in DC, i merely tolerate it. florida is my home.

Brain: I'm not the one who appears to have their underwear in a bunch.

"The heat begins in late Feb. and lingers until early January."
Sturge
That about sums Florida up weather wise and I love it!!
I come from Michigan and the hotter the better.It won't be to long now and I'll be wishing for 95 degrees...HA HA..Your a riot...

Anonymous Call Tells Pennsylvania Dems To Vote Wednesday.

Another great GOP strategy! rofl About like all their others to help our country.

My relatives moved to Florida in the 70's. They love it down. One Aunt and Uncle moved to Orlando, then Palmetto. My other Aunt and Uncle live in Port Charlotte. My cousin lives near Melbourne.

Palin is more like George W. Bush than she is Rush.

And the fact that she is a woman, makes her - politically - more dangerous than either for the Democrats.

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Don't worry be happy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjnvSQuv-H4

Those late votes might help Obama out, Rez! You never know! Think about it....if Dems would have voted on Wednesday in 2000 and 2004, GWB would have lost!

yep.....there's those who prefer to sweat and there's those what live to stare at the fire........

Hey Corey
Florida's nice,I sure miss those "Better Made" potato chips....Oh Man its only "Lay's here...Ugh!!

Warren--
Still peas in a pod. And yes she is definitely more dangerous.

Columbia has the best weather in Florida.

D'jall see that halloween story i posted from the charleston post and courier? Kid and his dad and brother knocked on the door of a house with the porch light on in Sumter, SC and the guy inside cut loose thru the door with 27 rounds from an AK 47.............the kid died of 13 rounds, one thru the forehead.......brother and dad wounded and released, mother in the car with baby sister.

this was so gruesome and weird and halloweenie, I thought i'd repost it......

Just wanted to say "trick or treat" once more.

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You sound like me saying they should have put the fence on the eastern boundary of California and informing people that if they didn't like dust, hot wind blowing in 50 mph gusts when the temp was 100+ for two weeks at a stretch and the ground trys to shake you off like a dog scratching for fleas, then just leave the place to the natives (ignore that gorgeous ocean, it's filled with great whites only a little bit beyond the end of the pier).

Sturg

You should send that story to the NRA. Wonder how many deer that guy has shot with his AK 47...

funny?

I guess I'll have to stay out of Florida. My first summer in DC the first day that I got hit with the humidity, I staggered into work and gasped, "You people don't put air in your air!"

Sturge, you probably didn't hear the story from Michigan a few weeks ago. Some teenagers decided to toilet paper some house at 1:00 a.m. The homeowner freaked out, thought it was a burglar. He came out firing. I can't remember if the any kids died or were just wounded. The homeowner got charged with reckless use of a firearm. The kids got charged with trespassing.

warren.....i should have posted the link again.........sorry.

http://charleston.net/news/2008/nov/03/mom_recalls_frantic_night/

Doesn't Florida have big bugs, too?

Reminder: Don't forget to get your free coffee from Starbucks after you vote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXB13hVL2Y8

Corey,

I hope they're not trying that strategy in MI, sounds like it might work.. lol

Jamie,
We switched to all mail-in here in Thurston Cty. Do you vote at the polls in Pierce? If so we expect a report :-)

Rez

I always go to the polls. Usually I'm all alone waiting to be first, but tomorrow I have to drive the grandson to Fort Lewis, so I won't get there until about 8. I'll let you know if There is a line.

Rez, I vote at a church. How about that?

we figure the guy was sitting on the couch holding his ak-47 and the state of his mind, due to the $7500, was that someone he knew would soon be coming to take it back and not being very happy to have had to come and get it.......but Halloween in some kind of Quentin Tarantino universe moment intervened.......

the shooter dude was NOT a deer hunter.....he was an (alleged) drug dealer.......

Corey, there's a joke in there somewhere. I'm just too tired.

Corey--
I vote in a church too. A large part of the polling places in my area are in churches here. I always thought it was a little weird.

corey.....ha....that's funny.........I pray at the polls.........lol

Isn't this the wind-down segment of the election cycle?

McCain Vs. Obama.......vote - be counted- or just do nothing and not be counted. That the beauty of our voting freedoms.......you have the right, but not the legal responsibility.

Well Jamie, Karl revised his projection but who cares.

"The final Rove & Co. electoral map of the 2008 election cycle points to a 338-200 Barack Obama electoral vote victory"

I knew Sturg would lend a hand. . joke.

Sturge, In Adrian I voted at my old elementary school. When I first moved to Holland, I voted at a fire station. Now, I vote at a church. Speaking of deer, a friend of mine at work brought in pictures of a albino buck that his brother's neighbor shot and killed. It was a pretty animal. I doubt I could have shot it, because it looked too pretty too kill. That's why I'm not a hunter.

Karl just wanted McCain to have that 200. That number is sort of the difference between a credible campaign and an embarrassing loss.

I just heard Gergen just said it was over. I feel a little better. My wife hates my skepticism. :-)

Well, I'm back. Thought I'd wait a while to see if anyone else would drop by.

tt

Night shift arrives. I'm calling it a night. 4:30 a.m. comes early. Be good to each other.

I havent been a hunter since I was a kid and tried to kill a stupid bird with a bb gun.....It took awhile........the bird was very sad to die.......wanting to get away.....Now If I hadda shoot something or somebody I would. without hesitation, but not for "sport".

Who need enemies with supporters like this.
Jerrold Nadler admits Obama is "Not Politically Courageous"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rB1G0D3r7k

http://www.270towin.com/

electoral interactive...

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Anselm--

Were you insulting me earlier? If so, Why?

I have a very hugh problem: I live in Pa, The Steelers, are playing The Redskins iin Monday Night Football. Now The pundits, have said " If the Redskins win, so will McCain, but If they lose, then Obama will win." Now I really love my Steelers, right now they are winning. Everybody knows I am voting for McCain, but I sure as Hell don't want the Steelers to lose. WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO?

Lampe - follow the light. Vote Obama and be a part of history.

(Plus - lets hope Willie Parker or Hines Ward get another TD to help my fantasy team ; )

Lampe being sarcastic? right?

Hey Lampe,

I'm fired up. . ready to go!

sorry, but I feel the winning team, is McCain\Palin. And that my friends is not a fantasy.

Obama must has figured out he no longer need PA, OH, IN, W VA, KY, and any other coal producing state. Let them go bankrupt. And here is a little diddy everyone will love.

A NEW REPUBLICAN ROBOCALL.

Hillary Clinton:

A lifetime of experience I bring to the White House, I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience he brings to the White House, and Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVYHksp0dWM

You more likely to speak your mind when you are running aganist someone, than later on after that someone has beaten you.

Damn , some of these Rethugs are stupid.

Wrong. You are more likely to speak your mind when you are not on the campaign trail.

When you are running against someone - you will be overly negative. And when you lose and have to endorse - you will be overly positive.

Neither is the truth.

Obama will bring intelligence similar to Bill Clinton along with the organizing power of a Republican and the ability to communicate like Ronald Reagan.

And his speech in 2002 was the correct call on the biggest Foreign Policy issue facing our Country.

YAWN, YAWN, YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lampe - I feel your pain re the football game! I hope your team wins as long as Obama does too. I've had trouble deciding which team to root for since Montana
left so usually have to go with something like the design of the helmet!

If the Redskins lose, so will McCain,

ROFL

23 -6 Steelers win!

Good night everyone. Sleep well and get ready for the big day. Either way we are going to be up all night watching commentary, analysis and blogging away...

I think I have to agree with Hillary once again - McCain could destroy the country.

Sturge - I'm one of those who loves to sit in front of a fire and read or have a drink and talk or just think - it makes me feel comfortable and safe and content. I have a very low tolerance for heat.

Heat kills more people every year than all other weather phenomena combined - that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Just saw a great ad re 'no on prop 8' made like the mac/pc ads. Apple's on the right side of this.

"... new reports of the democratic presidential hopeful’s connection to another racially divisive public figure—the stridently homophobic Rev. James T. Meeks, an Illinois state senator who also serves as the pastor of Chicago’s 22,000 member strong Salem Baptist Church.

Described in a 2004 Chicago Sun Times article as someone Barack Obama regularly seeks out for “spiritual counsel”, James Meeks, ...

... a major state-level ‘family values’ pressure group that lauded him last year for leading African Americans in ‘clearly understanding the threat of gay marriage.'”

On a more personal level, Meeks has reportedly blamed "Hollywood Jews for bringing us Brokeback Mountain" and actively campaigned to defeat SB3186, an Illinois LGBT non-discrimination bill, while serving in the Illinois state legislature alongside Obama."

http://www.gaywired.com/Article.cfm?ID=18614&SeeAll=true