tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90174744025343361312024-02-07T21:45:39.919-05:00Right Handed PitcherPolitics Married with Common SenseAureliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201826632699676283noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-14864612984408249802010-09-11T09:48:00.002-04:002010-09-11T09:48:44.687-04:00Why Didn't Obama Punch Rev. Wright in the Face?<b>Leave me a comment on this, please? I think that it's a great point-- and if it makes sense, email it out, please.</b><br />
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Okay-- imagine that the week after the worst terrorist attack in world history, in which almost 3,000 of your countrymen were murdered you were in church and the pastor began telling the parishioners that the United States brought it on itself. That we deserved it. That America deserved to be damned by God.<br />
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Imagine he's saying this, complete with foul language, in front of your young children. He's saying that your country deserved the vicious assault and that your countrymen just got in the way.<br />
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Wouldn't you punch that pompous asshole in the face?<br />
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I'm not being sarcastic here. If you were in church and you heard that from the pulpit, wouldn't you calmly get up, roll up your sleeves and punch him over the altar?<br />
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Or at least walk out?<br />
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Why didn't then-State Senator Barack Obama do this to Reverend Jeremiah Wright? He would have been hailed as a hero and had the self-satisfaction of sticking up for the murdered. Why didn't he at least gather up his family, give the preacher the finger and walk out, never to return again?<br />
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Or at least demand an apology?<br />
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Yet Obama did none of that. Instead, he mumbled some comments to the news about how we had to understand the al Qaeda terrorists and how poverty was partly to blame.<br />
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So once again, and I'm asking you the reader to answer and get your friends and family to answer:<br />
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Should Obama have punched Wright in the face?<br />
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<i>Originally posted September 11, 2009</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-61406525668843197982010-09-11T00:07:00.006-04:002010-09-11T00:11:43.229-04:00We Should be AshamedExactly nine years ago to the minute, hundreds of people were dying. Many died of burns, trauma, or smoke inhalation. Just minutes later would almost 3,000 in total be murdered by an imperialist attack by the forces of Islamist terrorism. People jumped from the Towers in order to not suffer burns any longer-- people walked stunned over the Brooklyn Bridge-- over 200 firefighters did not return home.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> And few remember.<br />
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We should be ashamed of ourselves. In the days following the attacks of September 11th, 2001, some of the most parroted lines were "Lest we forget" and "Never forget." By the end of 2005 it was apparent that the majority of Americans had forgotten, or just did not care.<br />
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Think about the resolve of the 90% of Americans who stood up to call for a blistering attack on the center of Islamist terrorism. That not only meant the Taliban, but state sponsors, like Iraq, Iran, and Syria. Time had come to finally destroy those who had funded this type of murder for decades.<br />
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Do you remember how idiotic the 10% of the rest of the country looked when they opposed attacking Osama? Those people formed the core of the anti-Iraq War detractors and the Kerry '04 and Obama '08 campaigns. They are just as stupid now as they were while Ground Zero was still smoldering.<br />
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President Bush made a roaring and strong speech just nine days after the attack, showing just what we had to do. Americans were supportive of it then, when we actually remembered the attack: </span> <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> We're really so concerned that </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">three</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> terrorists were waterboarded? We're so concerned that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, </span>the planner of the deaths of 3,000 Americans and the decapitator of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pearl"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Daniel Pearl</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, had a gunshot fired near him to scare him? I don't care. He murdered thousands of innocent people. I just don't care about him getting waterboarded, and neither should you.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> We whine so much about the tools which prevented the next attack. We are disgusted by the lessons learned from the attacks.<br />
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Say what you want about George W. Bush, but he kept his promises. He promised that he wouldn't forget. He promised that he would make sure to avenge September 11th, 2001, and make sure that it would not reoccur on his watch.<br />
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He kept his word-- that is his legacy. </span> <br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">From 1995 to January of 2007, Republicans held at least one house of Congress. However, in the 2006 mid-term elections, Democrats won control of both the House and Senate. They took their new offices in January, 2007. Soon after that time until now, the United States has entered a deep recession, often attributed to President Bush. However, examining the actions of the Democratic Congress and the effects that came, the truth is revealed.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Unemployment is a figure that commands the attention of everyone, from the rich to the poor. Examining its data seems the logical place to start. While President Bush and Republicans controlled Congress, unemployment <a href="http://www.forecast-chart.com/chart-unemployment-rate.html">stayed around 5%</a>, increasing by slightly over 1% after 9/11, from 4.7% to 6.3% in January of 2002. However, it eventually fell to 4.1% by the time of the November 2006 election. After Democrats took office, they passed incredibly expensive new bills, including raising minimum wage and the CLEAN Energy Act.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Under the Democrats, unemployment started to balloon. It stated to climb, rising past 4.5%, past 5%, past 6%, and past 6.5%, all the way to 8.5% by the time they had been in office for just two years. By then, President Obama had been inaugurated, and unemployment continued to rise as spending increased. This chart explains, in depth, the bills Democrats passed, and the effects they had from November 2006-March 2010 (click for a sharper, bigger image):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrHgM0ZqG0YsIDr349YDHoMPFYmzMw9SQuM9juxTz0dtNM-3SuAMsG55etut65s0qF3Onwo6UWhUUb8aDx0KNFLjoRxvX5l1Wy9b1pwotMcfU_BH4-fPYjc4nqDx7JG0hsYYbDNlf-07m/s1600/Unemployment+Graph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrHgM0ZqG0YsIDr349YDHoMPFYmzMw9SQuM9juxTz0dtNM-3SuAMsG55etut65s0qF3Onwo6UWhUUb8aDx0KNFLjoRxvX5l1Wy9b1pwotMcfU_BH4-fPYjc4nqDx7JG0hsYYbDNlf-07m/s400/Unemployment+Graph.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">As you can see, the massive new spending that has been taking place from 2007-the present has had a major effect on unemployment.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A large National Debt data is also something that Democrats like to blame President Bush for. However, examining our debt as a percent of our GDP shows the truth again. This number sounds complicated, but in fact it is pretty simple. "Our debt as a percent of our GDP" simply means that if our GDP is $100 and our debt is $60, then our "debt as a percent of our GDP" is 60%. From 2001-2007 (when Republicans left office), the percent of our debt grew from 57.4% to 65.6%, or 8.8% (around 1.2% a year). Though the number did rise, you must take into account 9/11, the devastation from Hurricane Katrina, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Further, from 2005-2007, it slowed to an average of .5% per year, which means it may have began to go down in the near future.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Then Democrats took office. In their first full year in office, the debt as a percent of GDP rose 4.6%, from 65.6% to 70.2%. The next year was even more astounding, as the percent rose <i>15.9%</i>, to 86.1%. So far this year, the percent is up another 5% to 91.1%. This graph explains in greater detail (click for a better image):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGyTSMHmFj089ngPiz0OcB9Gu4KsMuHDSRAusVAcFLdRcRFSEIRkF0n8K1TDSkoskM2RaUk1lTwt2xsgS6OXyb4EpsF8_eiuiyqdixddfPYwcsiA0LJZL_yIa75WViJNWKj7ZTn2JWIwd/s1600/Percent+of+National+Debt+to+GDP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGyTSMHmFj089ngPiz0OcB9Gu4KsMuHDSRAusVAcFLdRcRFSEIRkF0n8K1TDSkoskM2RaUk1lTwt2xsgS6OXyb4EpsF8_eiuiyqdixddfPYwcsiA0LJZL_yIa75WViJNWKj7ZTn2JWIwd/s400/Percent+of+National+Debt+to+GDP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">See the huge spike on the right side? That's when Democrats took control of Congress.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The growth of our very economy is also very important to examine. Under President Bush and the Republican Congress, our GDP grew on average <a href="http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Economics/GDP-Growth.aspx?Symbol=USD">around 3%</a>, peaking in the fall of 2003 to nearly 7%. The GDP only decreased in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, and that was only for one quarter.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Then Democrats took Congress. At the beginning of 2008, our GDP sharply dropped. By the end of 2008, it was retracting at a rate of almost 7%. This graph shows everything in more detail (click for a bigger, sharper image):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyl-opbmPYaiQm7C9GbBaRtv8EfxdKs-2zts-B2dUigYt2rz4zPVGsE4O_8eIkmw7_k2oqfUdOril-FQCM6f7ksi50K9SV5ox2WThW5LEAlBNe1o1mjTZj1apcPp09jaA_vaRTS292sSA/s1600/GDP+Growth+Map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyl-opbmPYaiQm7C9GbBaRtv8EfxdKs-2zts-B2dUigYt2rz4zPVGsE4O_8eIkmw7_k2oqfUdOril-FQCM6f7ksi50K9SV5ox2WThW5LEAlBNe1o1mjTZj1apcPp09jaA_vaRTS292sSA/s400/GDP+Growth+Map.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The fall in growth under Democrats is amazing.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Examining this data, there can only be one conclusion: the United States entered our recession as the result of the Democratic takeover of Congress in 2007. The truth is out. Once again, the Democratic strategy of blaming President Bush for everything is revealed to be a lie. It is quite possible that the only way to remedy the recession we are in is to once again elect a Republican majority.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Glenn Beck, one of the nation's most listened to radio and television personality, has been busy lately. Yesterday, he and 2008 VP candidate and former Governor Sarah Palin held a rally together, telling the audience of thousands to '</span><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/28/AR2010082801106.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">restore America's honor</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.' He has been spearheading the "9.12 Project" in recent months, where he pleads with Americans to return to a '</span><a href="http://www.the912project.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">simpler, more moral</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">' time in our history. Mr. Beck has also been heavily tied to the Tea Party. Are these isolated incidents, as Beck used to say, or are they tied to a grander scheme? Is Glenn Beck running for President?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a name='more'></a></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let us examine the timeliness of Mr. Beck's recent actions and their possible connections. In his rally yesterday, the AP has reported that the radio personality was </span><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iIfczn-5t-xqkFT1Df6xVPrMUfsAD9HSMC7G0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"borrowing" some of his lines</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> from President Obama's 2008 stump speech. Mr. Beck stated, "One man can change the world. That man or woman is you. You make the difference." One could assume that Beck was referring to individuals in the audience, he just as easily could have meant himself, leaving little hints of a possible future in politics.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Further examining his recent rally, Mr. Beck appeared with Sarah Palin, a woman considered to be a leading Republican political figure. Why Sarah Palin? Why the Republican Vice Presidential nominee in 2008? Possibly because Mr. Beck believes that she is the epitome of American virtues. Possibly because Mr. Beck wants to be identified with Mrs. Palin, whom he considers to be a virtuous politician.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Glenn Beck's disdain for John McCain was worn on his sleeve. Beck stated that he would not vote for McCain, only to change his mind after Palin was added to the ticket. Beck also said in an interview that perhaps McCain would be a worse president than Barack Obama, by leading us down a socialist road in another manner. Such discontent could be reversed should Beck decide to take up the mantle himself. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Recently, in addition to Mrs. Palin, Mr. Beck has been seen with other famous politicians and has spoken at other large, political rallies. </span><a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/05/14/1438322/nra-prepares-for-glenn-beck-newt.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In May</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, Beck and former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke to the NRA. In February, Mr. Beck gave </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-uKR9H9y0Y"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the keynote address</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. Even at Mr. Beck's recent rally, baseball </span><a href="http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/tonypaulblog/index.php?blogid=559"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">MVP Albert Pujols and Manager Tony LaRussa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> attended. These all seem to be pointing to something bigger.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This week's rally appeared to be almost completely unpolitical. Neither Palin nor Beck mentioned President Obama once and no outward signs of politics showed. The serious, calm attitude that exuded from the event appears to be the antithesis of Beck's usual verbosity. In fact, compared to what has </span><a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1903967,00.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">was written earlier</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> about Beck, this event may be intended to crystallize a different image of him in the non-conservative psyche.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Even Mr. Beck's travelling schedule points to a possible Presidential run. Today he is in Washington, D.C. He does his show out of New York City. He has traveled around the nation supporting the 9.12 Project and the Tea Party. All of his traveling could very well be to spread his name-recognition and message.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beck's 9.12 rally last year garnered over 250,000 people to come to the Capitol Mall last year and created a large amount of media coverage. It was this event, along with Beck's addition to the FoxNews lineup that made him a household name outside of the talk radio circuit. This year's </span><a href="http://www.boldfreshtour.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bold Fresh tour</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> with fellow Fox host Bill O'Reilly has seen (or will soon see) Beck travel to various political battlegrounds such as Ohio, Virginia, Louisiana, Florida, and Missouri. In fact, five of the eleven stops will be in states that will be in play in 2012. Beck has also done what no other conservative host has done, going on comedy tours annually. This last year he stopped in Denver and Pheonix, epicenters of demographic and political shifts.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mr. Beck also seems to be pushing the Tea Party as a viable third party. In fact, as recently as November, he stated that the believed that "</span><a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/03/beck-i-think-a-third-partys-going-to-win-in-2012/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a third party’s going to win in 2012</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">," referring to the upcoming Presidential election. Could that someone be Mr. Beck himself? Possibly.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The question must be asked why Beck, and not other conservative hosts like Limbaugh, Savage, and Levin, is creating a grassroots network of support mirroring the Tea Party. Presumably, the Tea Party would be difficult to sustain without a cadre of leadership and a Palin-Beck axis appears to be the most visible approximation of that.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beck has shifted of late to go from simply a conservative host to more of an "American" figure. This seeming nonpartisanship could easily be transferred into a campaign slogan or a sound byte. Beck, rather than politcal infighters such as Obama, McCain, Bush, and Clinton, would be the one (he may say) that can rise above politics-- that the challenges we face are not Democratic or Republican, but American. </span><a href="http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1865764,00.html#ixzz0xzB64LIp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In his words</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While Mr. Beck has not stated flatly that he will or will not run for President, the signs may point to yes. Speaking at conventions and creating rallies, being tied with famous politicians, and extolling a third party seem to scream that, at the very least, office may be on Glenn Beck's mind.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<b><i>Haley (R): 52%</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Other/und: 12%</i></b><br />
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Don't forget to comment and to bookmark our site!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-28179360645496343372010-08-27T15:48:00.000-04:002010-08-27T15:48:08.390-04:00Hayworth Won't Concede<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">This might seem a little out of place, but alas it's true. Senator John McCain beat former Congressman JD Hayworth in Tuesday's primaries, yet it appears that Hayworth still will not concede the race. The race was particularly long and nasty, with both sides injecting personal barbs. However, </span><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/World/082610_canada_397x224.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">this appear</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">s to be one of the weirder parts of the fight.</span><br />
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<blockquote>Sanders told POLITICO Hayworth had no plans of calling McCain. A message seeking an explanation on why was not immediately returned.</blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"> One has to wonder if Hayworth believes that he lost the race legitimately or if there was something fishy going on. No evidence of this, but perhaps JD thinks there's something out there. Furthermore, he might be upset about the amount of money McCain spent on the race. Still, it could be a prelude to another bid for office.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">According to the article Hayworth would not concede after he lost the 2006 race to a Democrat. So do you believe that Hayworth should or will concede? What would you do in this situation?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-12816343089979337412010-08-26T17:53:00.001-04:002010-08-26T17:53:44.820-04:00"Hot" Russian Spy Poses for Russian MagazineThe blogosphere was a light several months ago when news of hot Russian spy Anna Chapman broke. She was subsequently deported and now she's posing for the Russian news. The original site isn't too helpful, though:<br />
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Переговоры об эксклюзивном интервью проводились в течение нескольких недель. В итоге Анна приняла участие в фотосессии, но по настоянию своего руководства из Службы внешней разведки отказалась после съемки давать интервью.<br />
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Зато с каким очевидным удовольствием и, похоже, знанием дела Чапман позировала перед камерами! От каждого ее телодвижения пахло такой отточенной сексуальностью, что создавалось впечатление, будто Аня не раз участвовала в сессиях для мужских журналов.<br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">For some unknown reason, everyone wants to declare Joe Miller the victor in Alaska, despite the fact that thousands of absentee ballots have yet to be counted, and thousands of absentee ballots have</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><em>yet to arrive.</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Why is about everyone so eager to declare Miller the winner? It is not like we are in real danger of losing Alaska this November....to a Democrat.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">According to Alaska's Board of Election's website, 100% of Precincts have reported their tallies to the secretary of state, and the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 255) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif !important; font-size: 13px !important; font-style: normal !important; font-weight: normal !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static;">election results</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">are even tighter than it was yesterday morning:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><em>Murkowski - 45,359 - 49.10%.</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><em>Difference - 1,668 votes - 1.80%.</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">At last count - 7,600 absentee ballots out of 16,000 requested have been returned, and Dave Dittman, a pollster out of Anchorage, put the number of GOP ballots at about 5,000. Meaning about 65% of all absentee ballots are Republican ballots, and that we can expect close to 10,000 GOP votes if 15,400 absentee's are returned. And so on and so forth.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">As of now Ms.Murkowski needs 67% of all absentee's (out of 5,000), but when votes from really rural areas of the state, and Military votes from overseas trickle in, the necessary percentage of votes needed for victory in the Murkowski</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 255) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif !important; font-size: 13px !important; font-style: normal !important; font-weight: normal !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static;">camp</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">will slowly decline (say 10,000 GOP absentee's come in, Murkowski would only need to capture 59% of the uncounted vote).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<b><i>Alaska's Senatorial Republican Primary</i></b><br />
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Senator Lisa Murkowski will defeat Joe Miller, who is backed by Sarah Palin and Tea Party groups by a 60-40% margin. Closer than expected, but a Murkowski win nonetheless.<br />
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<b><i>Arizona's Senatorial Republican Primary</i></b><br />
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Senator John McCain will defeat Congressman JD Hayworth by a 70-25% margin, with a third lesser known candidate receiving the rest. Both have received the endorsement of Conservative individuals and organizations in Arizona, but Tea Partiers have mostly stayed out of the Primary.<br />
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<b><i>Arizona's 3rd Congressional Repblican Primary</i></b><br />
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Will the Republican voters of Arizona's 3rd congressional district support attorney Ben Quayle, State Senator Pamela Gorman, or Paradise Valley Mayor, Vernon Parker? I personally have no idea who will win today, but I'm doubtful it will be the son of Vice-President Quayle, as a sex scandal has embroiled his campaign.<br />
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<b><i>Florida's Gubernatorial Republican Primary</i></b><br />
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This Primary battle is nasty. Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and Businessman Rick Scott have been tearing at one-another for the past few weeks <i>via </i>television advertisements. I support the Attorney General due to his very conservative record, and according to a recent poll of close to 800 Republicans: 39% (a plurality) of GOP voters do as well. But this race is up in the air.<br />
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-- Tim K.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-27096437544416141452010-08-19T14:07:00.003-04:002010-08-19T14:09:17.294-04:00Shocking: Supporters of Ground Zero Mosque to Protest on September 11th<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">This is a slap in the face. The supporters</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: blue; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px !important; font-style: normal !important; font-weight: normal !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">of the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: blue; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px !important; font-style: normal !important; font-weight: normal !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">Ground Zero</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Mosque are planning something that is insulting to everyone who suffered in the September 11th atrocities. In a crass move, a protest is planned on the ninth anniversary</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">of the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">murders even as the site's</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://twitter.com/Cordobainit" style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration: none;">Twitter feed</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">asks for contributions:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<blockquote style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">The Cordoba Initiative needs your help!!! Please donate on our <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD7" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: blue; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px !important; font-style: normal !important; font-weight: normal !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">website</span> and help support our programs that focus on [peace, tolerance, and understanding!]</blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">The protests come as those against the project will</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE67H39O20100818" style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration: none;">also be speaking out</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<blockquote style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">This Sunday, groups for and against the centre are also planning marches in downtown Manhattan.</blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">This is a seriously bad idea to have a protest on that day in lower Manhattan, even with a cultural dinner and other related ideas. The march will also serve to marginalize the moderate Islamic community, seeming like the mosque is being forced upon us on September 11th, of all days.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-88802805742050772932010-08-14T14:17:00.002-04:002010-08-14T14:17:31.389-04:00Obama's Dumbest Moment by FarI try not to be too much of a cynic. Even with President Obama, you have to try and give every person at least the tiniest benefit of the doubt. However, in the last 24 hours he has said perhaps the dumbest, most idiotic things of his short political career. And I know-- that's saying a lot.<br />
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Obama has come out in support of the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10973459">Ground Zero mosque idea</a>, despite many of the victims of the September 11th, 2001 atrocities families being against the plan. Apparently he has moved to the left of even Governor Paterson, who tried to move the mosque away from the sacred ground.<br />
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<blockquote>"We must all recognise and respect the sensitivities surrounding the development of lower <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">Manhattan</span>, Ground Zero is, indeed, hallowed ground. But let me be clear, as a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. <br />
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</span> </div>"That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community centre on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances. This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are." </blockquote><br />
Apparently it's all the rage for the Left to defend the mosque. But God forbid a cross going up on or near public property. Or forbid a cultural center that isn't politically correct. Let's hope they're not building a church or a war memorial near the school, or it might offend someone.<br />
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President Obama's said some really stupid things in the last several years. However, this is a direct slap in the face to survivors of the horrific tragedy and furthermore show how far we have come as a country in those nine years. So far that even our own President and Mayor of New York can forget the lessons and pain of that terrible day.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-86248269971439135232010-08-12T13:00:00.002-04:002010-08-12T13:00:37.062-04:00Feingold Continues to Trail in Wisconsin Race.Democratic Senator Russ Feingold continues to trail rightwing Republican Businessman Ron Johnson in the state of Wisconsin, according to a new poll from <i>Rasmussen Reports. </i>Johnson is a lifelong man of business, and his unexpected strength against Senator Feingold, a lifelong politician from a state that is definitely progressive, has been well documented by Jumping in Pools over the past few months (last link is to latest poll): <br />
<a href="http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2010/06/dem-feingold-in-trouble-in-wisconsin-in.html"><b><i><u><span style="color: blue;">June 22 - Feingold vs. Johnson: </span></u></i></b></a><br />
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<i>Russ Feingold (D) - 46%.</i><br />
<i>Ron Johnson (R) - 45%.</i><br />
<i>Other/Undecided - 9%.</i><br />
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<a href="http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2010/07/feingold-falls-behind-in-wi-senate-race.html"><b><i><u><span style="color: blue;">July 29 - Feingold vs. Johnson:</span></u></i></b> </a><i><br />
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Ron Johnson (R) - 48%.</i><br />
<i>Russ Feingold (D) - 46%.</i><br />
<i>Other/Undecided - 6%<strong>.</strong></i><strong><br />
</strong><a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/wisconsin/election_2010_wisconsin_senate"><i><u><span style="color: blue;"><strong>August 11 - Feingold vs. Johnson:</strong></span></u></i></a><br />
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<i>Ron Johnson (R) - 47%.</i><br />
<i>Russ Feingold (D) - 46%.</i><br />
<i>Other/Undecided - 7%.</i><br />
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As you can see, Senator Feingold's support hasn't increased or decreased in two months, while Mr.Johnson's support has remained the same, besides for a few fence sitters that are currently leaning in his direction. And with the election just under 12 weeks/3 months from now, both Senator Feingold and Mr.Johnson should beg for a major/huge scandal to break, or else the results of this election cannot and will not be known until election night.<br />
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-- Tim K.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-16823583746131484512010-08-04T15:33:00.002-04:002010-08-04T15:33:12.678-04:00Yahoo! News Declares: Anyone Against Ground Zero Mosque an 'Ignorant Bigot'No bias in the media, huh? Why don't you swing by <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100803/us_time/08599200843200">Yahoo! News</a> and read the excrement that they are shoveling. If I may quote their bile in a "story" by "journalist" Bobby Ghosh:<br />
<blockquote>The last legal hurdle to the proposed Islamic center near the site of the World Trade Center has been removed, but ignorance, bigotry and politics are more formidable obstacles...Criticism spans the gamut, from the ill-informed anguish of those who mistakenly view Islam as the malevolent force that brought down the towers to the ill-considered opportunism of right-wing politicians who see Islam as an easy target.</blockquote>Ill-informed anguish? Mr. Ghosh, if you are referring to people who lost their family in 9/11 and are still anguished by it, I suggest you stop demeaning them.<br />
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Right-wing opportunists? Apparently, Mr. Ghosh cannot actually refute the truthful claims of 9/11 victims' families, so instead he seeks to insult them. How about you look at Feisal Abdul Rauf off the bat, and leave 9/11 families alone? How about you get a life and a soul and have some compassion instead of peddling drivel and lies, Mr. Ghosh?<br />
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This man is no journalist. Anyone who insults 9/11 families and calls them ignorant bigots is scum, nothing more.<br />
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-- <i>Michael.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-88628101689045401402010-08-03T15:12:00.000-04:002010-08-03T15:12:06.743-04:00Obama Approval Scrapes 40% Barack Obama's supporters are falling precipitously-- and that's not from a poll from Fox or Rasmussen. Instead, left-leaning USA Today partnered with Gallup to create a new <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-08-02-afghan-poll_N.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%29">job performance poll</a>. And they must not have liked what they saw.<br />
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<i><b>Approve: 41%</b></i><br />
<i><b>Disapprove: 53%</b></i><br />
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President Obama's job approval is sinking swiftly-- and even worse for him, his disapproval is now peaking over 50%. Looks like we'll need another $6 trillion in stimulus spending to counteract this, stat!<br />
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And conveniently, the article in USA Today has the poll snuck near the bottom so most casual readers would have missed it. It was stuck under other more bad news for Obama-- that people disapprove of his handling of the War in Afghanistan with just 36%.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-14849783619479927872010-07-27T18:07:00.003-04:002010-07-27T18:10:58.414-04:00Obama Disapproval Reaches New High For those who are still interested to see if President Obama has any supports left-- check out the new poll average from Real Clear Politics. According <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html">to their tracker</a>, the President's disapproval rating has reached its highest rating yet.<br />
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<b><i>Approval: 45.7%</i></b><br />
<b><i>Disapproval: 49.0%</i></b><br />
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Rasmussen has the President's disapproval at a high 56% while Time, which is infamous for left-leaning polls, has him at "only" 45%. It should also be noted that Time is the <i>only</i> of the major polls that have Obama with more approving than disapproving.<br />
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So when we get the repeal of the Bush tax cuts and the economy tanks, how many people are going to approve then? Or if we get a job-killing, energy-price-spiking cap and tax bill, how many people will be happy? Or when people have to pay new taxes to pay for ObamaCare? Or when Iran gets the bomb?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-27956179593254032412010-06-04T09:12:00.000-04:002010-06-04T09:12:12.580-04:00Interview with Sharron Angle, Republican Candidate for Senate in NevadaToday we are honored to have Sharron Angle answer some of our questions. Ms. Angle is running for the Republican nomination for Senate in Nevada and hopes to bring down Harry Reid this November. Ms. Angle is widely celebrated by the Tea Party movement in her state and has recently shot up in the polls; feel free to visit her campaign site <a href="http://www.sharronangle.com/">here</a>. Ms. Angle's main opponent, Sue Lowden, was <a href="http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2010/05/interview-with-sue-lowden-next-senator.html">also interviewed</a> by Jumping in Pools recently. I'd like to personally thank Ms. Angle for an excellent interview:<br />
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</div><div><div><i><b>Why are you the best choice for Nevada?</b></i></div><div><br />
</div><div>I have the training and I am battle tested. I have a proven record that Nevadans and Americans can trust. It is not what I say I will do, but what I have done and will continue to do after I am elected to the US Senate. I honor both the law and the oath and will reject back door deals and closed secret meetings. I fully support the US Constitution. My work in the Nevada State Legislature demonstrates that I have a reputation of my word being my bond. One specific example is the vote I cast against the split roll property taxes that violated Nevada’s constitutional uniform and equal property tax provision. My vote was the only vote cast for the protection of the Nevada Constitution. My overall political philosophy is that proper government exists only by the consent of the governed and government must be restrained from intruding into the freedoms of its citizens. In the Nevada State Legislature, I consistently fought for smaller and more efficient government, traditional values, lower taxes and the right of the people to vote and petition. </div><div><br />
</div><div><i><b>What is your opinion of the illegal immigration laws in Arizona? </b></i> </div><div><br />
</div><div>I support the Arizona law. If the federal government will not enforce the federal law, we must do it at the State level.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><i>What are your feelings on Sue Lowden? </i></b></div><div><b><i><br />
</i></b></div><div> </div><div>Mrs. Lowden has regrettably chosen to go against her very own pledge to not say anything negative about a fellow Republican. This race is not about picking each other apart. It is about defeating Reid. I look forward to her support after the primary should I win. </div><div><br />
</div><div><i><b>What is your opinion of the Tea Parties that have swept the country over the last year?</b></i></div><div><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div> </div><div>I am endorsed by the Tea Party Express. I fully support the goal to unite conservative Americans against the takeover of our Country by the extreme left agenda.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><i>The Health Care Bill that President Obama and Democrats in Congress passed, even though the majority of the American public opposed it. Do you believe that politicians should listen to their constituents?</i></b></div><div><b><i><br />
</i></b></div><div> </div><div>Yes.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><i>Is there an important issue that you believe the Obama Administration is ignoring? </i></b></div><div><b><i><br />
</i></b></div><div> </div><div>We must balance our budget, cut taxes and stop the spending.</div><div><br />
</div><div><i><b>Anything more you would like to add?</b></i></div><div><br />
</div><div>My record has been carefully scrutinized by over 40 organizations and individuals who have given me their endorsement. These include Mark Levin, Lars Larsen, Phyllis Schlafly, Pat Boone, Gun Owners of America, Tea Party Express, Veterans in Politics, Freedom Works, Nevada Concerned Citizens, Nevada Republican Assembly, Nevada Homeschool Network and several others. I am the only candidate who can bring a coalition of willing people to defeat Harry Reid. I have run a clean campaign and will be able to bring Republicans back together in united front to retire Reid.</div></div><div><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-47490443613242042502010-06-01T16:19:00.000-04:002010-06-01T16:19:00.244-04:00Interview With Ben Quayle, Son of Dan Quayle and Candidate for Congress<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><br />
<div> Today we are honored to have Ben Quayle answer our questions. Mr. Quayle is not only the son of former-Vice President Dan Quayle, but a politician as well. Ben Quayle is running for Congress in Arizona's 3rd District; he is also an accomplished attorney. Feel free to check out his campaign site <a href="http://www.quayleforcongress.com/" style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration: none;">here</a>. I'd like to personally thank Mr. Quayle for an excellent interview:</div><div><br />
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</div><div><div><i><b>Mr. Quayle, why are you the best choice for Arizona's Third District?</b></i></div><div><br />
</div><div>I am not a career politician. I am not going to Washington to rub elbows with lobbyists. I will represent our conservative values in the 3rd district with integrity and energy.</div><div><br />
</div><div><i><b>What plans do you have to help the United States health care system?</b></i></div><div><br />
</div><div>First, we have to repeal Obamacare. We don't need more burdens on business and bureaucrats making decisions that doctors and patients should be making. We need real reform and lower costs. We need to allow Americans to purchase insurance across State lines. We need tort reform to prevent frivolous lawsuits from driving up costs. We need to allow Americans to choose their own coverage and make insurance companies compete for their business.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><i>What are your feelings on illegal immigration? How can we fix it?</i></b></div><div><br />
</div><div>The first priority is to secure the border. President Obama and Speaker Pelosi have failed in their responsibility to protect us. They have made a greater political effort to bring the masterminds of 9/11 to the United States than they have to keep drug smugglers, illegal aliens, and would-be terrorists out of the United States. We need border security now.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><i>Your father was Vice President under George H.W. Bush. What lessons about politics have you learned from him?</i></b></div><div><br />
</div><div>I learned the value of integrity, discipline, and hard work from my father. Politics can be tough, but you have to stand up for what is right, stay focused, and get the job done.</div><div><br />
</div><div><i><b>If elected, would you consider a run for President in several years, be it 2012 or later?</b></i></div><div><br />
</div><div>My only ambition in politics is to represent the 3rd district and meet the challenges to our country we face today. I am not a career politician, and this job isn't a stepping stone. We have get this country on the right track: get spending under control, secure the border and restore America's leadership in the world. That's what I am focused on.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><i>Are there any important issues that you believe that the Administration is ignoring?</i></b></div><div><br />
</div><div>I think the national debt and the continuing deficit is the greatest challenge we face and the Administration and Congress are do worse than ignoring it, they are making it worse with the reckless spending spree that they are on. We need to cut spending now before we become Greece.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><i>Would you like to add anything?</i></b></div><div><br />
</div></div><div>Thank you for allowing me to post on your site. To all your readers, I urge you to get involved in this election. Find a conservative to support and work hard to elect that person. This is a critical election. We have stark choice: Democrats, Debt, dependency and decline or Republicans, prosperity, traditional values and national strength. We can take our country back.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-10731409630863661352010-05-24T12:01:00.002-04:002010-05-24T12:01:30.180-04:00Jesse Jackson, Jr. to Back Kirk in IL Senate Race?Alexi Giannoulias's road to replace Barack Obama in the Senate from Illinois has just gotten even rockier. Not only is popular GOP Congressman Mark Kirk running against him, but his family's bank was seized by the government on suspicions of corruption. And now Democratic Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. may actually back Kirk.<br />
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Yes, the son of Jesse Jackson might back a Republican.<br />
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Politico <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37673.html">is reporting</a> this as it becomes obvious that Giannoulias may actually lose in this very blue state.<br />
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<blockquote>“I like Alexi Giannoulias, but I have great respect for Mark Kirk and his service to the people of Illinois,” Jackson told POLITICO.<br />
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Jackson and Kirk work together on the House Appropriations Committee, on which both are senior members of the subcommittee that provides foreign aid. </blockquote><div id="TixyyLink" style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div>Let the games begin.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-46308044882920432772010-05-23T12:49:00.002-04:002010-05-23T12:49:14.945-04:00Republican gains in Hawaii are dramatic.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Hawaii's first congressional district is now in Republican hands, and Washington Democrats are sure to be planning "<em>firing squads"</em>for Colleen Hanabusa and Ed Case; the two Democrats who split the 100,000 Democratic vote, opening the path for Charles Djou, a certified Conservative.<br />
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Now I expect most Democrats and Liberals to blame Charles Djou's "victory" on the Democratic split, and on Hawaii's unique special election format. However, that would be a distraction from the real picture: Charles Djou increased Republican votes by more than 75% during a special election.<br />
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Don't believe me? Wrap your mind around these statistics:<br />
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<em>2008 congressional election </em><br />
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<em>(D) Abercrombie - 154,208 - 70.6%</em><br />
<em>(R) Steve Tataii - 38,115 - 17.4%</em><br />
<em>Other/Blank vote - 25,963 - 11.9%</em><br />
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<em>2010 special election</em><br />
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<em>(R) Charles Djou - 67,610 - 39.4%</em><br />
<em>(D) Democrats - 100,193 - 58.4%</em><br />
<em>Other/Blank vote - 3,614 - 2.2%</em><br />
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Charles Djou not only benefited from a "Democratic split" between Moderates and Liberals, but he increased the amount of Republican votes in Hawaii's first congressional district by 29,000 votes or by 75%, in a special election. That's a dramatic shift in just 18 months.<br />
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If Republicans can increase their vote total by 75% in Hawaii; a well known bastion of Democrat policies (exempting traditional marriage, which Hawaiians feel strongly about) and politicians, than what can Republicans do in Arkansas, North Dakota, Arizona and Nevada; states where Democrats are on the decline?<br />
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Congressman Djou's successful campaign increased Republican votes by 75% during a special congressional election, when most voters stay home (54% of registered voters participated in this special election). What will happen across America in November; when the American public declares liberalism dead on review? We can only hope, but I'm optimistic.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-84353012737963521362010-05-04T13:58:00.002-04:002010-05-04T13:58:35.143-04:00More Leftwing Blame on Tea Partiers for the Times Square Bombing I know that no one gets tired of this, but we have some brilliant-- and I mean brilliant comments off of the left-wing site Crooks and Liars. So the <a href="http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/it-would-be-irresponsible-not-specula">original post</a> said this:<br />
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<blockquote>You know, I don't want to jump to conclusions here, because that would make me too much like Matt Drudge. But if the car bomber was indeed a white guy in his 40s who didn't know the difference between ammonium nitrate and plain old fertilizer, I'm thinking it's gotta be a Beck Patriot who was trying to water the tree of liberty with... the blood of random Times Square tourists.</blockquote><br />
Okay, pretty stupid, right?<br />
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Now some of the fabulous comments:<br />
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<div class="content"> <blockquote>They are getting more like the Taliban by the day. Know the American Taliban leaders by their dark suit uniforms, the lapel pin, the hair, the part out of the side of their heads [how do they do that?], the shoes [apparently very important cult symbol]. </blockquote><br />
<blockquote>Tribal members are a bit harder to identify, but it gets easier with practice. It's real easy if you use racial profiling simply because they are almost all white, not that i'm advising this is any way!<br />
It's real easy if you use age profiling simply because they are middle age or older [plus a few of their offspring]. There are a lot of members that thought they were going to be rich by following Bush down his rabbit hole, and they're crazy that they were thwarted.</blockquote><blockquote>Nothing makes the narcissist crazier than getting busted.</blockquote><br />
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<blockquote>$20 says it's a Teabagger wingnut... anyone who finds 'hope' in Sarah Palin and fears Obama's Socialistic agenda is likely smart enough to strap their Timex travel alarm clock to a bag of Turfbuilder Plus</blockquote><br />
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</blockquote><div class="content"> <blockquote>What Anti American party has been calling for the failure of this Presidency, what party is GUILTY of having this Country ATTACKED on its watch, what Party LIED us into a WAR, what party does NOT want the TRAILS held in New York, what party LIES ,Misinforms and manipulates the Truth on a daily bases, what party left us with a 1 Trillion dollar deficit, what party Socialized losses and Privatized Profits, what party every day Preaches, Talks and wants Nothing but HATRED and FEAR, what party want the PLUTOCRACY of America, oh their CRIMES are many more to include the present OIL SPILL in the GULZF with a typical RIGHT WING COWARDLY response.<br />
I give you the GUTLES, SPINELESS, COWARDLY Right Wing Wackos called republicans and their Fear and Hate mongering tea baggers (hey Idiot tea baggers were are your drill baby drill tee shirts now you spineless racist Nazis, and like all good SPINELESS republicans these COWARDS will find away to blame everyone but themselves.<br />
The bomber will be a Right Wing Wacko, who has ties to the republican party and the tea baggers. Please note Wacko Right Wing immediately reported it was the middle east. Look for some of the cameras not to be working and the tapes to be lost or damaged Right Wing Wacko land is now in Damage control mode. This was and is a attempt by the Right Wing to discredit the President and put the Plutocrats in direct POWER. The right wing machine is a SELL OUT Machine.</blockquote><br />
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</div><blockquote> </blockquote><div class="content"> <blockquote>they hate that a president is a black man even worse than they hate that he's a dem. then he turns out to be a fucking raygun dem bipartisanshit-seeking corporatist of the highest order.<br />
many are pissed off, but the special kind of car-bomb pissed off belongs to rethuglyKKKans.<br />
they are racists, not just crazy. it's an ugly word for an ugly, irrational mental disorder. it is also the truth.</blockquote><br />
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Fertilizer, gun locker, firecrackers and alarm clocks. It screams rightwing idiot to me. No self respecting terrorist would be that stupid.</blockquote><br />
Wow. It's almost like I wish I was a caricature of a right-winger and couldn't read.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-76976875425911491592010-05-02T17:59:00.002-04:002010-05-02T17:59:34.402-04:00HuffPo Comments: Tea Party, Palin, Behind NYC Car Bomb<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">A hat tip to JWF, whose website has a similar story. However, I've found some fairly incendiary comments from our friends at the Huffington Post-- blaming the Tea Party movement even before the NYPD announces the name of a suspect. The comments are from the story on a bomb <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/02/pittsburgh-marathon-bomb_n_560173.html" style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration: none;">scare in Pittsburgh</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">If you have a weak stomach regarding the HuffPo losers, you may want to turn away.<br />
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These are from the story about the investigation on the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/01/times-square-bomb-investi_n_559905.html" style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration: none;">Times Square bomb</a>:<br />
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A t-shirt vendor who tipped off the police.<br />
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This man has been talked about now in the <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/t-shirt-vendor-takes-on-new-persona-reluctant-hero-of-times-square/?ref=nyregion">NY Times</a>, with a little bit about this hero who does not want to be named. A nametag identifies him as Lance Orton.<br />
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</h3><blockquote>“I’m not going to say nothing, I’m not going to say nothing,” he said when first approached by a gaggle of reporters.<br />
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As he walked down the street, employees from Junior’s restaurant stood outside applauding him. He briefly entered the restaurant before heading toward 44th Street.<br />
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He walked with a limp, had a cane, wore a white fedora and had a hoop earring in his right ear.<br />
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When asked if he was proud of his actions, he said: “Of course, man. I’m a veteran. What do you think?”</blockquote><br />
Hero.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017474402534336131.post-54396339781825125652010-04-29T12:08:00.002-04:002010-04-29T12:08:45.632-04:00Puerto Rico politics and Glenn Beck.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #df8807; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;">When I turn on Glenn Beck each morning for the latest and greatest news on talk radio: I never expect to hear about Puerto Rico for 60 consecutive minutes, forcing me to turn off my radio. It could just be me, but I really have no problem with Puerto Rico becoming our 51st state - if the Congressional legislation is written right, which the current legislation is not.<br />
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What's the problem with Glenn Beck? Well, he doesn't like how the legislation is written, or how the legislation will be forcing Puerto Ricans to choose between two unpopular choices - Statehood or the unusual Independence. I agree with Glenn Beck on both of his grievances, but if Congress were to rewrite the legislation, I would without a doubt support a 51st Puerto Rican state.<br />
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Wouldn't the State of Puerto Rico lead to millions of new Democratic votes? The idiot would yell "yes!" from rooftops, but Puerto Rico isn't a simple commonwealth. Like our other territories, Puerto Rico has a mixture of the two national major political parties and three local parties, one of which is called the<em>New Progressive Party.</em><br />
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Sounds like a radical progressive bunch? You'd be mistaken, see the <em>New Progressive Party </em>was established when several local Republicans were agitated with the <em>Republican Party of Puerto Rico </em>over a lack of firm commitment for statehood. It might surprise some, but the party was and is the dominant Conservative party, and their purpose is simple: Achieve statehood through any means possible.<br />
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Still unconvinced? Please look up Puerto Rico's <em>Republican Governor Luis Fortuno, </em>a fiscal Conservative who has been fighting the good fight against labor unions, state employees and government spending. Fortuno is also the Chairman of the Progressive Party, though his allegiance lies with Republicans. In all honesty, Fortuno is such a Conservative - he's been mentioned as a potential Republican candidate for President in 2012.<br />
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Overall a Puerto Rican state would benefit both Republicans and Democrats, especially if their popular Republican Governor ran for US Senate or the House of Representatives, and though I support their current efforts for statehood, I do not approve of their methods, thus I will not support the legislation being debated this afternoon in Washington.</span></b></span></span><br />
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