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Why has Rangel, since 2005, been funneling earmarks, to the tune of millions, to a radical group that charts flu pandemics.
Sure that Rangel couldn’t care less, who is giving him his marching orders to fund this bunch of whackos.
google…rangel museum
Good morning all! Lovely Sunday.
lil typo there but it fits for here SUNDA 117 here today, ouch.
How is this any different than the proposed socialized “health care”?
Police: Health care reform used as NY crime ploy
(AP) – 10 hours ago
NEW YORK — Police say attackers used health care reform as a ruse to approach their victims and then shot two and pistol-whipped another in a Long Island home.
Suffolk County police said Saturday that a 26-year-old woman was arrested on attempted murder and burglary charges in the attack Friday in Huntington. Two men were arrested on the same charges earlier. Information on the suspects’ arraignments wasn’t immediately available Saturday night.
Police say the three told the home’s residents they were selling insurance, referring to President Barack Obama’s push to overhaul America’s health care system. Police say the suspects then forced their way in, demanded money and attacked the victims.
Pasadena Phil – our you getting a lot of smoke by you? Hope all is well. Not much threats in Ventura county for now, but smoke smell is lingering…
Non-sactioned, freelance work…
Now, if they had just joined ACORN, or paid up the SHIU dues….
Sunda a name for the pan-Asiatic shelf region, and in more modern times, the Kingdom of Sundra.
You say Sunda, I say Sunday,
tomato, tomatoe ….
Good morning all.
More coffee, Michelle? I don’t really wake up until the second cup, as the difficulty I’m having typing this comment reminds me. No more until I get more caffeine in the system.
Happy Sabbath to all.
Getting ready for Church. I’ll take my son, Hunter, and go.
My daughter, Heather, has a cough and runny nose. So my wife will stay here with her. Too bad, because today is a pot-luck lunch. Southern Baptists love pot-lucks!
Our Church is out on old Route 66, so I can “Get My Kicks” at the same time!
Good morning!
Anyone’s hair standing up on the back of your neck over the thought of the bill giving you-know-who “emergency” control of the internet?
Heaven help us!
Other than that and other issues, it IS a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Yuck. I don’t like the post vacation blues. Back to work tomorrow. *sigh*
I know … as always, I’ll won’t get credited, but this story needs to be read.
Michelle must be tired. Between “Sunda” and “Colorado Springs welcomes homes the troops”, it looks like spell check needs to start working overtime!
A liberal senator that’s arrogant?…that hates it when the usually compliant press doesn’t rain praise all over him?? ..that is childish, boorish, and downright moronic? Color me sooooo shocked.
Wishing everyone a happy Sunday morning from the middle of nowhere Idaho! Had some interesting weather last night that resulted in only some rain instead of a lightning strike induced grass fire (in Idaho we have had a very light fire season, thanking God for that still). The weather guesser is predicting more on the way today with the heavy stuff hitting this evening and overnight.
We just returned from a week of leave spent on the Oregon coast enjoying the ocean view. I’ll be spending the rest of the day psyching myself up to go back to work tomorrow. If I’m lucky I should have only a couple of hundred e-mails to go through and an entire Squadron wanting me to buy something with my Government Purchase Card. We are going into the most wonderful time of the year end of the Federal Government’s fiscal year. I figure I’ll be caught up about the middle of October.
Have a great day everyone and in the words of General “Vinegar” Joe Stillwell: “Illegitimi non carborundum.”
Who the hell does Harry Reid think he is? I have a strong feeling he is going to find out in 2010 when the voters of Nevada put him “out of business”. Long overdue in my opinion.
Real tired of the Tedda Kenneda slobbering by the media.
Tre, it sounds like you live in the kind of community I grew up in. THAT is the true America!!! Oh, how I want that kind of life for my grandchildren!! Maybe, if we work really hard, that can happen. We Minnesotans invented the hot dish. (I know, kinda like Al manbearpig invented the internet). I have a few tried and true recipes if your wife wants any for those pot lucks! When my husband and I were on our big road trip almost two years ago, we crossed Highway 66 somewhere down there, but never actually travelled on it. We do plan to do that some day, but in the meantime, I took a quick picture of the Highway sign as we were at the stop sign. It is in my scrapbook.
The obama administration is the most corrupt, inept, anti American, socialist in the history of the United States.
Support Glenn Beck.
It should be a great Nationwide series race in Canada today.
Huh?? That is very strange. When are we going to stop this insanity? Rangel is as corrupt as anyone they have ever had in Congress. What does he have on people that allows him to continue his criminality without going to prison?
I turned on “Meet the Press” this a.m. Don’t watch it any more since Russert died, but I wanted to see what they were talking about over there in la-la land. They were doing a Kennedy re-play of highlights. Good grief. I didn’t watch it when it was happening, why would I want to watch re-runs of it? These people are really nuts.
Scotland released Megrahi as part of a quid pro quo for Libya giving a 24B oil deal to British Petroleum.
Our elites simply have no shame, and no fear of us at all.
Oh, and this global warming stuff is terrible. Here in the Kansas City metro this morning its finally sunny – and in the mid 50′s.
Tuesday is the opening day of dove season and I may have to break out my insulated overalls.
Me too. I can say that I never watched any of the TV coverage of the Kennedy-fest. I do hope he made his peace with God, but personally do not care if he is burning in hell.
Good morning, y’all! (I’m from Texas)
Good morning from sunny Phoenix. Just getting going at work.
Frost warnings in northern Minnesota. It got down to 45 here in Bloomington. This is supposed to be the “dog days” of summer, but instead feels like early Fall. I know some places are extremely hot. But not here!! Come on over…I’ll put some coals on the barbie and we can have some steaks or really really unhealthy brats. In honor of global warming, I might close up and turn on the air conditioning…just because I can.
when the voters of Nevada put him “out of business”.
Except when it dawns on them if he isn’t in Washington, he is in Nevada. They may not want him back in the state.
Happy Sunda.
Did anybody notice if they buried Obamacare with Kennedy?
Peruse American Thinker today, some excellent stuff on Kennedy.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and remember to not let up on your elected “representatives” to KILL THE BILL.
Harry Reid is a prime example of why we need term limits for both houses of Congress.
After two terms they all get pretty much incorporated into the corrupt system we call government. They just can’t help it.
In our Townhall meeting last Monday here in Gillette, Senator Enzi (one of the more conservative senators and the only accountant in the Senate and one of the gang of 6) responded to a request to stop negotiating with the dems on obamacare and get a conservative reform package on the table. His response was, “if I wasn’t negotiating we would already have the healthcare package”. He was just re-elected to his 3rd term.
On the upside, another constituent respectfully pointed out that it wasn’t him and his gang that has held up obamacare, it was the massive protests all across the country that has held it up.
Arrogance and corruption is so ingrained, they just can’t help getting sucked into it. The old go along to get along style of government.
OTOH Senator Barrasso (Orthopedic Surgeon re-elected after being appointed to fill the late Senator Craig Thomas’ term) is still in the fight against obamacare and crap and tax (which would be devastating to the Wyoming economy). I’ve seen him on Fox more in the past 6 months than I’ve seen Sen Enzi in 10 years. Not to mention his appearances on MSNBC, CNN, CBS etc etc (which I don’t watch I just get an email from his office when he’s going to appear).
Senator Barrasso. . . .one of the good guys (until he gets sucked in to the system).
Don’t miss FOX News Sunday (5:00 p.m. Central Time). Chris Wallace will interview Dick Cheney and is he mad!! I thank God he is speaking up against this travesty. The Obama administration continues to overplay its hand and the pot continues to boil ever more rapidly. The tipping point is so close I can feel it in my bones.
Wildfire is threatening the Mount Wilson Observatory. Live webcam here.
Just now I turned off “This Week in Washington” with big-headed George Stephanopolos, since everyone was burying their heads in a corpse’s butt. When continually repeating the mantra that Kennedy worked with “everybody”, NO ONE mentioned the fact that he did NOT work with the sheriff in Chappaquiddick, but he DID work with his family’s lawyers and money to keep himself out of jail for drunken driving and vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident, among other charges that should have been leveled. “Lion of the Senate” my ass. More like “Entitled Snake of the Senate Who Beat The Rap”.
If it is true, and if he meant it would have already passed with him voting against it, his ‘negotiating’ is a Very Good Thing. Stalling is what you are supposed to do when you know you cannot kill it.
Kennedy was enough of a pain when he was alive and now the dems sound like he should get sainthood. One saving grace for MA is that one of his children won’t get his senate seat. I’ve had enough of ALL the Kennedys. What little good some may have done was certainly undone by others. Their constant out-of-control public behavior over the years was disgusting.
I just flipped back to Meet the Press. I thought, “surely they will be done talking about Kennedy by now”. Wrong. David Gregory is now slobbering all over one of the nieces. I guess the whole show was a Ted Kennedy love fest. NBC is now officially unwatchable. I wish Jay Leno had decided to go to another network. Then NBC could quietly fade out of existence.
I agree. I don’t want to criticize anyone who is trying to defeat this bill. They have to tread lightly, since they are totally outnumbered and don’t have a prayer to stop it if the libs decide to go ahead. Delay tactics are the only option right now. Gives The People more time to fight. I truly believe SOME of the republicans are doing the best they can with the cards they were dealt. Let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
After Church we like to stop and get an ice cream Sunda with a cherry on top
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Is Shovel Ready Teddy buried yet? Is it safe to turn on the TV? Yes perhaps they could dedicate one cable channel to the Church of Saint Teddy and leave the rest of us alone.
Do you think Michelle had a reason to leave off the “y”? Maybe something like…Sunda isn’t Sunda without You!! Kinda like a Glenn Beck trick where he left the “c” out of oligarchy because he missed putting in the czars. I really loved it when he did that!
Hey Michelle:
There is a viral video going around pushing socialized medicine. It has been linked to Daily Kos etc.
I made a rebuttal video below. Hopefully you or your viewers will help me spread it around. Thanks.
Feel free to link or embed it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPq6_7AFsp4
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.
All Hail the Liar of the Senate!
Excellent video, Devil’s…a bit long, but well done. It looks like a great one to have in schools to educate the kids on basics of capitalism…oh, never mind. But it could be shown in private schools and during homeschooling. I do think, though, that a lot of people won’t watch a video that takes over 8 minutes. The attention span in this country is just too low. Fantastic job, though!!
Know any good Chappaquiddick jokes? I don’t, but Teddy sure did, according to Newsweek’s Edward Klein. I’ll bet those “This is not your father’s Oldsmobile” commercials had all the kids at the Hayannis Port compound laughing heartily.
Teddy was the black sheep of his family – the Kennedy family! You really have to try to behave horribly to be the worst of them! And even in death, he’s a coattail rider. He would not be in Arlington if JFK and RFK weren’t there. (I guess they won’t be engraving this on his headstone.)
I have been thinking how this would unfold. What if Cheney said to the left, “Okay, its me you want. Come get me. But you will leave the CIA alone. Bring it on. Take me to trial. ALL the evidence will be presented. Here I am. I’m all yours. Because the CIA protects the country I love, leave them alone, I’m all yours instead.”
Hey, great idea…on Teddy’s stone…”I’m only here because of my brothers”.
And on Mary Jo’s stone it should say, “I’m only here because of Ted Kennedy”.
Lets cut the salaries of all the senators and congressmen by 90%. The president’s salary by 90% and his expenses by 95% and tell them “It’s ok. It won’t affect your living standards at all and we can use the money to pay Acorn.”
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evilgood thatmenliberals do lives after them;The
goodevil is oft interred with their bones.Sitting here in sunny Phoenix, my neighbor is having a yard sale and, one of the items is a 1973 Ford Pinto…heh
My best friend from high school buried her 31 yr old son yesterday.
That poor guy had a really tragic life from day one. He witnessed his father be a toatl a$$hat to his mother. After their very ugly divorce he witnessed his father shoot a contractor working at their home, then his stepmother and the scum finally turned the gun on himself. That happened when the child was 10yrs old. He and his 2 little half-sisters were present.
What followed was a life of drugs, crime and a living nightmare for the entire family. He had finally just completed an extensive 18 month, court ordered drug rehab. He had totally turned his life around by all accounts.
He was to receive his certificate of completion from the rehab this week. Wednesday, he and another resident of the rehab were on their way to work when a hot shot truck rear-ended them in stopped traffic. The truck was going approx 60mph when he hit them. He never regained consciousness.
My heart is so heavy today I can barely breathe.
Just got done with my regular Sunda morning viewing of Fox News Sunday and the Two Georges panel on ABC. The Cheney family features prominently, The former VP on Fox and daughter Liz on the ABC panel. Both are worth watching.
Liz Cheney is a warrior. I really like her style, her command of the facts, and her willingness to challenge the liberals. She was VERY hard to handle on the show, which makes me wonder if they will have her back on anytime soon.
And EJ Dionne is a douchebag.
My condolences go out to the family.
My God comfort them in this time of need
My condolences go out to the family.
May God comfort them in this time of need
What’s the problem? Sunda is the day after Saturda and before Monda, Tuesda, Wednesda, Thursda and Frida.
For the second time in 3 years I’m fixing the emission fault on my daughter’s 2000 Mustang, (that I recommended her to NOT buy) – smog pump failure. Last time I replaced it for about $130; this time I’m oiling it and throwing it back in. It only has to operate long enough to pass inspection… and this time I’ll take it back out while it’s working to save for next year’s emission inspection.
The whole issue is a micro-study of eco-nitwitism plus Ford’s half-asped engineering response to it.
I just saw a lady on TV this a.m. who took her pick-up truck in and got a “cash for clunkers” deal. Apparently, the paperwork is so bogged down that they had to take their truck home so they have something to drive until they can get the new car. In the meantime, the new car payments have already started and these people are paying insurance on a car they don’t even have yet AND they have to keep up the insurance on the truck that they can’t turn in because they need something to drive. Is that even possible? Can the government really screw this program up THAT badly?? I say, yes. Every time the government gets involved in ANYTHING, it gets screwed up. It becomes bogged down with red tape, and costs 10 times what they say it would. There can be NO compromise on the health”care” bill! None!! I don’t care if they take the public option out or not…the whole thing is a pile of shi#. It must be defeated in its entirety.
Sorry for you loss. I hope you and your friend can find some support to heal and move through your grief.
That could really create a problem for people who say they only drink on days of the week that end in y.
AJ where the heck do you live? I am in Wisconsin & I don’t think it ever got above 60 yesterday. Been like this for days! Something around 50 last night. And this is August?!?! Gorebull warming I guess.
I’d like to go where it is warm (not hot) dry & sunny. Is there such a place?
I am so sorry for what you are going through!! I will pray for you and your friend. Only time will help. You need to take care of yourself and get through this the best way you can. We don’t know why these things happen, but I do believe the universe is unfolding exactly as it is supposed to. I experienced a glimpse of the answer once, a long time ago…but it was so quick, it is gone. Seriously, there was an incredible moment when I knew the answer to all of it and I KNEW it was all just the way it was supposed to be. That was enough for me. I KNOW that it is o.k. even if I don’t remember the details. God bless you and your friend.
Thanks happy, I do know the knowledge that you speak of. Some days it is harder to remember than others. I truely believe that the Lord brought him to rehab to make things right before he took him. We just have to get through the initial grief.
How awful. *Hugs.*
Yep! I went through that same thing. They told me that I had to assign the clunker title over to them in order to get the ball rolling but I could keep using it unitl the approval came in.
I drove it for a couple days but then realized… the clunker no longer had a valid registration or insurance coverage because it technically did not belong to me anymore. Those innocent little ~technicalities~ can become A HUGE ENORMOUS LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE when lawyers find out after an accident and take your house away. Long story short, I had to threaten the dealer with reporting them to NHTSA in order to get delivery of the new car – the CARS.GOV site specifically stated that dealers were not allowed to hold back delivery pending NHTSA approval after all the paperwork was completed and submitted.
I wonder if Charlie Rangel found his assets in one of those Swiss UBS accounts that came back to the states.
Just saying.
Looking at some of these pictures will put things into perspective. There ARE things greater than ourselves.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
I think we should just get older cars & trucks, If you do the math it’s a lot cheaper than a new car payment…
I live in Texas & have a 1985 chev blazer 4wd with a Diesel engine (old military) it gets 21mpg on hwy & will go anywhere & all the little kids (myself included) think its cool…..Must be the camo paint.
Plus its cheap & easy to work on, No smog testing to worry about….
Yikes…is there no one out there with an ounce of integrity any more? This is what happens when we allow the far left to get away with stuff year after year, decade after decade. They have lowered the bar on honesty so far, many people have no idea what it is any more.
Yeah, I can’t even see the mountains for all of the smoke. I live right on the San Marino line so all of Pasadena would have to burn down before I would be at risk and if the Santa Ana winds start blowing, it might get that bad. I just read that the situation is completely out of control and the fire is expanding in all directions and heading for Santa Clarita.
Thanks for the concern. I have friends in La Canada who are only two blocks from the evacuation zone. I might head there later to help them pack.
http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/media/Minnesota-Monthly/August-2009/Sleeper-Cell/
This one’s for Chap!! Enjoy.
The Rangel story fits with Glenn’s explanation of these radical groups.
They will probably kill us off with the flu…thanks charlie rangel.
Sorry…that link did not go where I wanted it to. I will try again.
http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/media/Minnesota-Monthly/August-2009/Sleeper-Cell/
Try this one, Chap.
nlebou, that’s truly awful. I pray for God’s peace to console you.
I just got the annual flu shot. But I don’t intend to get the pig flu shot. I don’t trust it…at all. I will just keep washing my hands, stay out of crowds, and make sure my family does the same. My oldest grandson starts kindergarten this year, so that is a big concern. He is, however, in a small town and perhaps will be less exposed.
Awesome!! What a wonderful universe our God has created! I have added that site to my favorites. Thanks.
If you like the APOD site you might also like EPOD.
I attended the Susan Davis town hall meeting in Spring Valley yesterday. I appreciated that she changed the venue from the library to the gym so that everyone could get in and water was provided to avoid discomfort from the heat wave. Everyone that wanted in got in, and signs were allowed.
It was a boisterous meeting. This is still America after all and we like our politics loud, so that’s OK. There were uniformed activists: ACORN, a health care provider union, some scattered trade unions, and a contingent from the group for “health care reform now” whose correct name escapes me at the moment. On the other side were Ron Paul followers, tea partiers, and former AARP members. There were some other groups that seemed very passionate, but I’m not sure exactly what about. Rough estimate would be about as many pro-government health care option as anti, with a significant number of people who were there for other reasons, like auditing the Fed and overturning Roe v Wade. It’s hard to say exactly, maybe more on one side or the other but everyone was intermingled so I couldn’t count. The questions were asked by randomly selected attendees, and seemed to be mainly from the anti group.
The congresswoman opened the meeting by asking the loaded questions “Who is for health care reform?” and “Who is against any kind of health care reform?” Obviously a lot of people who are against a government option are in favor of other reforms, like catastrophic care and so forth.
The congresswoman asserted that she was in favor of a government option even though 85% of respondents to a poll on her website were against it.
I am deeply concerned about this. Imagine one day-possibly overnight in an “emergency” there’s no Internet , uncensored email, no free print or broadcast media. We will be underground with no ready means to communicate. Even the prospect of collecting contact information now is fraught with scary scenarios. But it’s something to be thinking about.
Consider this: would the health care uprising or tea parties have happened without the Internet and/or talk radio?
This is a liberal mindset and says it all. They don’t care what We The People want. Even if 99% of the American People wanted the bill dumped, they would forge ahead to ram it through. For them, ideology trumps integrity every time. We are at war with the liberal left. It is a bit scary, though, because they look just like us! How do we know who the enemies are until they open their mouths? Very hard to defeat people who look just like us and can bob and weave and spin so well. Great challenges lie ahead.
*Greeting from Middle Tennessee, where we have experienced one of the coolest summers on record; Spotted Owl Bore was not available for comment.
*Have just finished “Culture of Corruption” and it was excellent;It seems obvious to me that the only real cure in D.C. is to pull the entire entrenched system out by the roots, something only “we the people” can accomplish; Republicans and Democrats alike are just taking turns destroying our nation, although the Democrats are the true professionals; I say we start with the Fair Tax and give the GOP a chance to endorse it wholeheartedly, and include it in their platform; Failing that, we go third party with the tip of the spear being a tax revolt!
Not in FLA. Our “Republican” Governor Charlie Crist appointed his closest advisor and ex-chief of staff to replace Rep Mel Martinez in the senate. Charlie is going to run for senate. He went through the motions about interviewing some really good people but we knew he’d pick someone he knew would step down to let him run…he didn’t want to resign as governor after appointing himself. Instead of picking someone tried and true like Daniel Webster, he showed his true character. He’s toast as far as we’re concerned. We are going to support ANY Republican who runs against him in the primaries. So far it’s Marco Rubio and we are happy to support him.
Crist is so full of himself.
Devil’s-great vid, I will most certainly share and encourage others to share as well.
*Overheard on a country road one evening back in 1969:
Mary Jo: “Teddy, I think I’m pregnant.”
Teddy: “Errah, we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. Errah, maybe not.”
Every time a conservative calls for third party, a RINO gets his wings.
Seriously, a third party is death for us. The democrats know how to do reform right — take over the party. We can and must learn from our enemies. All our energies should be directed to taking over the Republican Party and making it work for conservatives — for a change. Otherwise, the Republican Establishment will roll right over us and once again we will be marginalized and that would be a very bad development for the country.
Yes. Look how far Ross Perot got using pie charts and graphs. Everyone understood them. The KISS method.
Can’t wait to see what Sarah comes up with next. 25 words or less works for her!
That was funny. But while the author is busy trying to philosophize on the Nature of Zombie, I will be running away and shooting them in the head and, most importantly, NOT getting my brains eaten.
But I liked the expression “gimlet-eyed.” Never heard that.
beenthere: We already have a third party. It’s called “conservatives”. Both parties are at war with us. Palin will be campaigning for all conservatives which will further diminish the power of both parties. House conservatives of both parties are learning that their futures are more secure when they honor their conservative promises and defy the orders of their party leadership.
Following your advice guarantees that RINOs will win. It is how the McCain took control of the GOP. If GOP conservatives can’t find the spine to oust their leadership, those wusses will be replaced by Blue Dogs. It’s not party affiliation that will matter next year but whether candidates can be trusted as conservatives. Everything else will fall in place in 2012.
With Palin, we could very well have a new (second) party in 2016.
You know, every time someone mentions “third party”, the closeted RINOs come out of the woodwork to spew their weanie arguments of hopelessness.
“in the head”
Tat is the key to killing zombies. Its gotta be in the head.
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Buenas Dias Todos de El Paso, Tx. I think there is something special about the letter “Y” today–maybe a Sesame Street rerun by the Patrona!
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The prizewinning Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez (GeneracionY) tells how people of her generation replace all the “J”‘s with “Y”‘s–some Cuban young people rebellion thing.
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Maybe all the “Y”‘s have been hijacked or used up–that is why the Patrona couldn’t find one for the word Sunda_.
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John Bibb
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Third party or not what you are going to see for the run up to 2010 is lots of folks waving the conservative banner. Could be messy and could be hurtful. Will be interesting to watch. Expect to hear a lot of “Vote for me, I’m a real conservative…” “Vote for me if you want a true conservative…” stuff.
Pictures of folks hugging statues of Ronald Reagan, etc.
Just had the fun of filling out “the American Community Survey”. Since I can’t afford to pay any fines or fight the “government” in court if they decided to make an example of me (which is part of their plan) I did the next best thing and wrote my “representative”. Here is what I said:
I suspect that was a waste of time too but what else can we do?
I agree…but HOW?? They don’t seem to be getting the message.
My solution is to change the method of primary voting to either a run-off style whereby there is a run-off between the top two vote getters if neither got more than 50%..OR..(to avoid a second polling but effecting a run-off result), insitute a TWO VOTE primary ballot whereby each voter gets to vote in the affirmative for one candidate and IN THE NEGATIVE for one other candidate.
I keep asserting that if EITHER of the above voting methods had been used last year – McCain would have LOST by a significant margin. A lone RINO like him, a ‘ringer’ in an otherwise more conservative field of candidates, can win the primary with far less than the majority of votes. If you had put McCain up against any ONE of say Romney or Thompson or Hunter or even Paul in a run-off – I say McCain would have been trounced.
Also, with either above change, I think there will be fewer instances of candidates dropping out early like Hunter did for example. He dropped out before I even had a chance to vote for him – that SUCKED!
Which brings up another change we need to the primary process – Why can’t we demand to have all the states have the primary on the same day and in say July not January? It’s our party- let’s MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Apologies for the length of this post, but considering its Sunday… for whatever its worth, here are my thoughts…
Madison, WI AFP town-hall with John Stossel
Last Wednesday, I attended the AFP (Americans for Prosperity) health care town-hall in the ultra-Liberal nucleus of the Midwest; Madison, Wisconsin. AFP held three town-halls in the state last week and John Stossel (co-host of ABC News 20/20) was the keynote speaker and forum moderator for all three. He donated his usual speaking fees to charity.
The scheduled format was a 15-20 minute speech from Stossel followed by a Q&A with a panel of “expert” types. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) was invited to speak and participate in the Madison event, but she declined. Though invited, all Dem Congressmen refused to attend any of the state events.
This one I couldn’t miss, as Madison would surely provide a good number of Lefty protestors. This event was scheduled from 6:30 – 8:00 PM at the Madison Marriott West convention center. I arrived an hour early, surprised to find the parking lot about ½ full.
As I approached the convention center I noticed two LEOs standing outside the entry doors. Upon entering, I saw a hand-made sign taped to the inner door reading, “no guns allowed in the hotel” (I chuckled). Upon entering there were four more LEOs at the ready. As I passed down the hall to the check-in area I passed four more LEOs.
Arriving at the entry to the ball-room I proceeded to the check-in table to get my credentials and found two more LEOs standing there. After signing-in I glanced into the ball-room to find it about 1/3 full with folks (plus two more LEOs inside). Since it was still 45 minutes to the event start, I headed off to the hotel bar for a bit of refreshment.
I returned about 10 minutes prior to the start and located my seat. As I looked over the crowd, I noticed a lot of gray hair. Stossel followed shortly and I had a brief moment to say hello an introduce myself. He’s a skinny almost frail guy with a rather soft handshake. He also says very little when you meet him, but he is quite polite and gracious (not arrogant).
The event started with Vikki McKenna (a local conservative talk-show host) warming-up the crowd. As she approached the podium, she received a standing ovation. She answered by saying, “This is a gooood crowd!”; more raucous applause. When Stossel was introduced, he too, received a standing ovation. I was sitting about 20 feet to his left and could see his face clearly; he looked sincerely surprised.
Stossel began his remarks and after a minute or so, a heckler yelled something from the back of the room. Stossel brushed it off with a humorous comment and continued. After another minute or so, another heckler yelled something again (most heckles were things like, “Yeah, what about Bush!” or “That’s a lie!”; no signs were allowed in the ballroom).
This time Stossel responded loudly with, “What do we have back there, a narcissist convention?!” The crowd laughed at the hecklers and they must have been intimidated as they went silent, until the Q&A. Stossel finish his thoughts and Vikki returned to introduce the panel.
The panel consisted of a woman MD who founded a clinic for women’s’ breast health (something that would not exist under ObamaCare), an insurance executive, a medium-sized business owner and former US Congressman, Scott Kluge. After each panel member took a few moments to offer their thoughts, Stossel returned to moderate the panel Q&A and Vikki grabbed one of three audience mikes and headed into the crowd to field questions.
The audience questions were all pretty thoughtful; no one tried to “speechify” the event. The panel was well balanced for a health care debate; medical, insurance, business and political with Stossel adding the “investigative reporter’s” input.
At one point the hecklers started again. This time, the panel member treated the heckles’ outbursts as questions. For example, when a heckler would yell something like, “Death panels are a lie!”, the doctor would quietly explain what was stated in HR 3200 about “mandatory end of life counseling” and what that meant. The hecklers seemed kind of shocked at the reasoned response.
A few just yelled to yell and the audience took care of them. At one point an audience member (a senior women) stood-up to face a heckler and yelled, “Shut-up and read the bill!”. The audience followed with a thunderous round of applause and cheers. I counted the hecklers by who clapped when a jeer was yelled and would put them at no more than 15 people.
The event ended on time and the audience exited quietly and orderly. I decided to head back to the hotel bar until most of the 2000 people had left the parking lot. Oh, I guess I forgot to mention earlier, the attendance count was 2000 people! In Madison, Wisconsin! Many thanks to all you Astro-turfers who also attended!
And who says republicans have to have their primary on the same day as democrats anyway? Where did that come from?
I particularly liked the author’s statement, “Perhaps zombies should consider autocannabalism. That way, they would only hurt themselves”. Another quote I liked was, “On the whole, zombies eschew personal hygiene.” Anyway, it was a fun read.
We need to come up with a sure-fire test to see who is a true conservative and who is just playing the game. A very specific set of questions that only a conservative would understand and get totally correct. Then, everyone who wishes to run on the conservative platform would have to pass that test first!!
One question could be, “What does a woman’s right to choose mean to you?” This is a loaded question and can be answered many ways.
beenthere: How long should we wait for the GOP to do the right thing?; There is little time left; I did mention giving the GOP an out, but what are the odds they will take it?; Virtually zero.
*Look at Japan, they just tossed out the entrenched party after 50 years; We must do the same, and a whole lot sooner; Democrats and Republicans alike have participated in this entitlementpalooza since the 1930′s that is now killing our country; We must stop feeding the beast that is the Federal Government.
I got a phone call for a survey here in S TX yesterday. I think it was the first one I have gotten. It was for two people running for election in Austin. The first was one already in Austin and the other was a female I had never heard of. One of the questions asked would I agree, disagree, etc. for the voter ID to vote, get drivers license, and secure the border. I told the gal calling ‘what is the highest rating’ for the question on agree for all those? We will see what happens.
BTW: anyone who is cold where they live, come down here. No rain in months and a toasty 97 with heat index of over 100.
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“A very specific set of questions”
Like
“How many liberals does it take to screw in a light bulb?”
or
“What is the capitol of North Dakota?”
type questions?