President Barack Obama.

/..ugh

Shabbat Shalom all of you Jewish Lizards. A friend sent me this from CNN:

Students in Trouble after Classmate Slapped for 'Hit a Jew' Day

By Sharon Stevens, Education Reporter

KSDK -- Some students face possible disciplinary action, including possible suspension, following a school prank that ended with one child being slapped in the face.

It happened Monday at Parkway West Middle School. Some kids called it 'Hit a Jew' Day. At least three children were hit during the incident, all of whom were Jewish. Two were tapped on the shoulder or arm, but one child was slapped in the face.

School principal Linda Lelonek said it started last week. The sixth graders decided to have a 'Hug a Friend' day. Then it was 'High-Five Day,' but teachers did not know what was going on until several kids were hit.

Lelonek called a school assembly Tuesday morning to talk about religious diversity and inappropriate behavior. And school officials promised there would be consequences for those responsible.

Educators said they do not believe the incident was done with hatred or prejudice.

There are fewer than 30 Jewish students at Parkway West Middle School, which has an enrollment of 850 students.

KSDK

re: #1 Ringo the Gringo

Hussein. You forgot Hussein. Ululululululul !

the Dow index starts into another nosedive...

Thanks dems..
/s

re: #1 Ringo the Gringo

President Barack Obama.

/..ugh

Another image I so did not need. Well; it's never too early to start drinking.

Does anybody have any data comparing the quality of medical research in countries with socialized medicine to countries with market based systems? Does the research in countries like England and Canada compare to the work being done in the USA? As a parent of a child with type 1 diabetes, this issue is of utmost importance to me this election.

Man, is it still morning? I thought the day was more than half gone. /

re: #1 Ringo the Gringo

President John Sidney McCain III

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

re: #4 jetprop

Thanks dems..
/s

Actually, the talk is that the market is positioning itself for an Obama Presidency--and selling off before it get taxed off.

Again I want to thank the democrats for this crisis in the markets. If Obama win with Pelosi and Reid, we will all be wards of the state.

re: #2 Creeping Eruption

Imagine how fast the story would spread if the targets were African-American kids.

'Share the wealth' is ok with the hollyweirdoes? I don't think so, remember when they all got PI$$ED when SWAG was deemed taxable?

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

Silly man. Don't you know that would be racist./////////

Barack Saddam Obama?

Just another mid-morning open thread, as the Dow index starts into another nosedive...

O.k. which idiot on Capital Hill opened their big fat mouth?

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

No middle name on Oregon Ballots

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

I heard he just changed his middle name to "$500 Voting Bonus" just in time for the elections.

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

Good question.

Do you have a copy of your California sample ballot?...I'd check mine, but it's at home and I'm at work.

re: #10 calcajun

I saw that. Wall street is voting with it's wallet.

re: #16 x-wing

Speaking of creepy, big mouthed Capital Hill slime, how is Chucky?

The ballots in North Carolina just had "McCain/Palin" and "Obama/Biden."

re: #2 Creeping Eruption

This was from yesterday. I say it's fine, as long as there is "Whack a Pole" day and other such special days for ethnocentric violence. We want to spread the pain around./////

DOW 8349.80 -341.45

Yeah an off topic thread. One small request please? No more HT images or pics? Can't drink that much, and I have lost so much of my appetite I don't think I will be able to eat for a week.

/great diet plan for me though.

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

You mean "Steve", right?

re: #16 x-wing

Just another mid-morning open thread, as the Dow index starts into another nosedive...

O.k. which idiot on Capital Hill opened their big fat mouth?

Bahney Fwank, of course.

I'm surprised my comment #1 hasn't been dinged down yet.

re: #12 MandyManners

Imagine how fast the story would spread if the targets were African-American kids.

No shit, I was having a hard time finding it. It happened in St. Louis.

re: #21 mensamann

Speaking of creepy, big mouthed Capital Hill slime, how is Chucky?

I blame that a-hole for starting this whole thing. Is anyone checking into this?

Realwest requested that a PS by a Lizard get posted online.

Well, here it is.

I am concerned that most are tacking the MSM line - smearing Ashley Todd.

There are some “inconsistencies” in this report (not from the girl, but from the “reporter”):

Ms. Todd told police during at least five hours of questioning last night that her attacker said to her, “You are going to be a Barack supporter.” She told police the man then sat on her chest, pinning both her hands down with his knees and used what she believed was a dull knife with a roughly 5-inch blade to carve the B.

Ms. Todd then went to a friend’s house in the 5100 block of Cypress Street, about a mile away, where she reported the incident to police about 45 minutes later. She declined medical treatment at that time.

A friend said Ms. Todd went to an unknown hospital on her own around 1 a.m.

1. 5 hours of questioning? (Attack 9pm. Reported to police 45 minutes later. She went to hospital at 1am.) That’s only 3 hours!

2. She declined medical treatment? I thought she went to the hospital? Which is it?

This is comforting. The vaunted YOUTH vote -- defined as 18 to 30 years of age -- is stuck around 17 percent. Look at these stats:

2004 -- 18.4%
2000 -- 16.8%
1996 -- 17.1%
1992 -- 20.7%

Since 2004 was supposed to be a banner year for "youth," I think it is reasonable to predict that our youth won't vote more than 18-19 percent. In all likelihood, it will be aroun 17 percent.

Nice.

The media is stacking the polls against Mac. I can't wait for the election day SHOCKER.

re: #28 Ringo the Gringo

I'm surprised my comment #1 hasn't been dinged down yet.

Your request is my command.

re: #2 Creeping Eruption

Shabbat Shalom all of you Jewish Lizards. A friend sent me this from CNN:...

I think the sabbath greeting is welcomed by all Lizards, Jewish or otherwise. I know I use and enjoy it, and I am not Jewish.

re: #28 Ringo the Gringo

Feel better now?

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

Charles, absentee ballots in NYC do not have middle names for the Presidential candidates.

re: #28 Ringo the Gringo

I'm surprised my comment #1 hasn't been dinged down yet.

Better?

re: #20 jetprop

I saw that. Wall street is voting with it's wallet.

We should all vote with our wallet. The idiots who want to stick it to the man are going to be in for a rude awakening when the man shuts the office doors on Fridays because government takes all he makes on that day--and the poor Obama supporters get a day off-without pay.

re: #28 Ringo the Gringo

I'm surprised my comment #1 hasn't been dinged down yet.

You effectively sarc tagged it.

re: #26 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

One of my favorite jokes.

Grasshopper walks into a bar. Bartender says, "Hey! We've go a drink named after you!" Grasshopper says, "Really? You have a drink named Steve?"

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

Georgia ballots do not.

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

Los angeles county does not....already voted.

It's very weird. Even the very wealthy can't predict what will happen to them in this situation. You'd think they'd be pouring all their money into DEFEATING Obama and the Democrats, so these socialist policies DON'T get implemented. It doesn't matter that they can't contribute to Obama's campaign, they can contribute to the RNC and other organizations.

Well, at least the Chambers of Commerce are solidly against Obama and the Democrats and are putting their money where their mouth is. And they have no plans to let up even if he's elected.

re: #41 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Nice.

re: #35 Walter L. Newton

I think the sabbath greeting is welcomed by all Lizards, Jewish or otherwise. I know I use and enjoy it, and I am not Jewish.

Well then Good Shabbos Walter.

REPOST, but really much more of an OPEN Thread convo anyway:

So yesterday, I pondered to myself what the Weathermen went off to do, after attempting a violent overthrow of the U.S. government, and mentally orgasming over murdering 25 million people. I did some research on the wiki and got some ANSWERS. (pun intended):

The original manifesto of the Weatherman was signed by 11 people: including Mark Rudd, Bernardine Dohrn, John Jacobs, Bill Ayers, Jim Mellen, Terry Robbins, Karen Ashley, Jeff Jones, Gerry Long, and Steve Tappis.

So as the VH1 show used to say: Where are they now?"

Mark Rudd TEACHER "He became an instructor of mathematics at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque, New Mexico". Attitude towards Marxism; unchanged!

Bernadine Dohrn: TEACHER "In 1991, she was hired by Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, as an adjunct professor of law, with the title "Clinical Associate Professor of Law" Also, "Dohrn now serves on the board of numerous human rights committees and teaches comparative law. Since 2002, she has served as Visiting Law Faculty at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. " Attitude towards Marxism and violence; unchanged!

John Jacobs: DECEASED. "Jacobs was cremated. Some of his ashes were spread in his backyard, some in English Bay, and some in Oregon (near a place he had visited while on the run).[1] Some of his ashes were also taken to Cuba and spread near the mausoleum of Che Guevara. A photo of Jacobs from the late 1960s is attached to a plaque next to the site.[1] An extensive statement, documenting Jacobs' life, is written on the plaque. It ends with the statement: "He wanted to live like Che. Let him rest with Che."[1]"

Bill Ayers: TEACHER "Ayers is currently a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education."

Jim Mellen: UNKNOWN

Terry Robbins: DECEASED by "work accident". "The morning of March 6, 1970, while finishing up the preparations to bomb the Non-Commissioned Officers Dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey, Robbins and two other New York Collective members, Diana Oughton, and Ted Gold perished in the explosion of the New York City townhouse."

Karen Ashley: UNKNOWN

Jeff Jones: MEDIA & POLITICS "in the years after he gained his full freedom, Jones has worked as a reporter and editor covering New York State politics and policy. He was a communications director for ten years at Environmental Advocates of New York. He now heads up his own consulting firm called Jeff Jones Strategies that specializes in media expertise, writing and campaign strategies that help grassroots and progressive groups to achieve their goals."

Others Unknown.

If you read their bios you will see that most are either in politics, media, or teaching. Also interesting was their particular interest in CHILDREN. Many are also presently involved in the present SDS organizations on campuses today!

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

My mail in ballot simply said "The One."
/

re: #9 Charles

Mine doesn't. First/last names only for the top two presidential candidates.

A couple of the lesser tier candidates have middle names listed:

Thomas Robert Stevens of the OBJ party and John Wayne Smith, VP seltection on the BTP ticket.

re: #34 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Your request is my command.

Thanks. I'd ding it down too, if I could.

Presidential election bothering you? Underwater on your mortgage? Has your 401k tanked?

Here's a far more important question:

Is Jennifer Lopez losing the curvaceous derriere which made her famous?

re: #31 jcm

Realwest requested that a PS by a Lizard get posted online.

Well, here it is.

Now also up in spinoffs.

re: #1 Ringo the Gringo

Ok, I'll down ding it. And... Ringo Bad!

re: #33 hermeneutics

Yes and whom will be the rioters? Youth? Ironic, isn't it?

Note that I pray that people are sane and safe... We are not Zimbabwe... Yet...

Boy, what timing on my part.

The girl has now admitted to making up the "B" carving story.

re: #9 Charles

Here is the one in my precinct and it doesn't.

Much better.

re: #9 Charles

Well, hopefully they'll get the spelling on his first name right, unlike some upstate NY ballots that were printed Barack Osama

Something to cheer everyone up on this Black Friday, listen to the Philadelphia Club of the Young Communist League's "Will of the People" - a tribute to the movement that has developed around Barack Obama.

I can't imagine why the 'Art' category wouldn't accept this link/song/story.

Rarely has it been thought that the way to show you deserve to be the most powerful person on earth is to demonstrate you're also the touchiest. This presidential campaign has been an offense fest. From the indignation over a fashion writer's observation about Hillary Clinton's cleavage, to the outraged response to the infamous Obama New Yorker cover, to the histrionics over "lipstick on a pig," taking offense has been a political leitmotif. Slate's John Dickerson observed that umbrage is this year's hottest campaign tactic. And we can assume it will reach an operatic crescendo in these final weeks before Election Day.

It's often the pettiest-seeming things that drive people mad. Or worse. Jostling our way through the world can have violent consequences. A significant percentage of murders occur between acquaintances with the flash point being a trivial insult. Sometimes it seems we live in a culture devoted to retribution on behalf of the thin-skinned—just think of university speech codes. Comedian Larry David even celebrates his skill at giving and taking offense on his television show Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Feeling affronted has global implications: Islamic organizations and countries seek to ban speech anywhere they decide is insulting to Islam, asserting that a perceived insult can justify a deadly response.

SNIP

re: #9 Charles

I voted early. They did not have his middle name.

re: #55 faraway

Boy, what timing on my part.

The girl has now admitted to making up the "B" carving story.

link?

re: #48 Walter L. Newton

My mail in ballot simply said "The One."
/

My Pa. ballot said "That One&#8482"

//

re: #33 hermeneutics

This is comforting. The vaunted YOUTH vote -- defined as 18 to 30 years of age -- is stuck around 17 percent. Look at these stats:

2004 -- 18.4%
2000 -- 16.8%
1996 -- 17.1%
1992 -- 20.7%

Since 2004 was supposed to be a banner year for "youth," I think it is reasonable to predict that our youth won't vote more than 18-19 percent. In all likelihood, it will be aroun 17 percent.

Nice.

The media is stacking the polls against Mac. I can't wait for the election day SHOCKER.

Sorry, I read the data wrongly. This is the percentage of youth between 18-30, NOT the voting turnout. The turnout is higher.

Last election, the turnout was about 51.6%, 2004. Again, though, I doubt they'll turn out in such numbers for 2008.

re: #58 lawhawk

They could print his name as "Barack Adolph Stalin Obama" in New York and he would still take this state by 30 points! Sad...

re: #33 hermeneutics

This is comforting. The vaunted YOUTH vote -- defined as 18 to 30 years of age -- is stuck around 17 percent. Look at these stats:

2004 -- 18.4%
2000 -- 16.8%
1996 -- 17.1%
1992 -- 20.7%

Since 2004 was supposed to be a banner year for "youth," I think it is reasonable to predict that our youth won't vote more than 18-19 percent. In all likelihood, it will be aroun 17 percent.

Nice.

The media is stacking the polls against Mac. I can't wait for the election day SHOCKER.

They've been saying that since 1972 and it NEVER happens. I don't have a link, but yesterday Rush quoted a poll that had over 50% (possibly 54% but I'm not sure) of 18-24 year olds going for McCain. Wouldn't that be a kick in the groin for the MSM and the Dems?

For the animal lovers:
daddy's home

HotAir and others are reporting that that Pittsburgh woman confessed to making it up

What a stupid woman, she should be punished to the fullest extent of the law

re: #6 redshirt

Does anybody have any data comparing the quality of medical research in countries with socialized medicine to countries with market based systems? Does the research in countries like England and Canada compare to the work being done in the USA? As a parent of a child with type 1 diabetes, this issue is of utmost importance to me this election.

It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that when politicos are in charge of healthcare, not funding capital investment, r&d, etc. is the way they go. Always.

re: #24 midwestgak

DOW 8349.80 -341.45

DOW 8278.12 -413.13

It's official.....
Police: Campaign Worker Admits Making Up Story

Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter "B" in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker.

McCain has been ordered by the MSM to suspend his fruitless squabbling while His Honor visits his grandmother.

re: #71 midwestgak

DOW 8278.12 -413.13

It's limbo time.

/how low can you go.

re: #69 Defector01

HotAir and others are reporting that that Pittsburgh woman confessed to making it up

What a stupid woman, she should be punished to the fullest extent of the law

What is her fucking problem?

re: #51 Onslow

Presidential election bothering you? Underwater on your mortgage? Has your 401k tanked?

Here's a far more important question:

Is Jennifer Lopez losing the curvaceous derriere which made her famous?

OMG, Donatella Versace looks like a horse.

Sorry, having a brain freeze. If the Obama's gave 1% to charity for 4 years and then 5% for the 2 years after that, what is the avg. 6 year %?

re: #64 hermeneutics

I see your update, but I think the basic point stands.

re: #68 PAgirlinNC

I love dogs. Of course my dog acts like when I get back from walking to the mailbox.

re: #47 WrathofG-d

This is Weird:

John Jacobs died on October 20, 1997, of complications related to melanoma. He fell ill on October 19, and police and medical personnel were called to his home by his wife. When police officers inadvertently touched his sensitive skin (despite his wife's caution not to), he became violent and beat several officers before being subdued. Jacobs died the next day

re: #77 MandyManners

What is her fucking problem?

That may just be it.

re: #68 PAgirlinNC

For the animal lovers:
daddy's home

You should put it in a Spinoff Link upstairs.

re: #72 buzzsawmonkey

By the way, folks, remember this:

If McCain, G-d willing, gets in, that just buys a small window of time. The money, fraud, and, more importantly, the propaganda machine will not go away, but will redouble its efforts.

Whether McCain wins or loses, it will take an awful lot of energy in the next four years to begin to lay a groundwork on which the American people can stand to reject the left in the next contest.

They've been building for forty years. We will have four to begin to build a response.

Perhaps we can use this photograph as inspiration: Your new overlords.

re: #70 Irene NYC

I agree with you. I need some data to show my wife who is an Obama supporter. She won't believe me, and suddenly this is deadly serious an issue to me.

re: #69 Defector01

The commander added that Todd will face charges; but police have not commented on what those charges will be.

They are looking into charges but nothing will undo the damage.

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

Steve?

re: #55 faraway

Boy, what timing on my part.

The girl has now admitted to making up the "B" carving story.

Has she signed a book deal yet? Or did she cave too early?

re: #78 CyanSnowHawk

OMG, Donatella Versace looks like a horse.

You mean that wasn't a horse?

///

re: #4 jetprop

Thanks dems..
/s

The MSMers on CNN were busy talking it down this morning (I heard 'em). Sorry MFers.

re: #69 Defector01

HotAir and others are reporting that that Pittsburgh woman confessed to making it up

What a stupid woman, she should be punished to the fullest extent of the law

A few minutes of denigration of that twit and then let us speak no more of her.

BTW, was she even mugged?

re: #78 CyanSnowHawk

OMG, Donatella Versace looks like a horse.

I wish I had 10 per cent of her worth.

re: #77 MandyManners

What is her fucking problem?

Nutjob.

re: #68 PAgirlinNC

For the animal lovers:
daddy's home

That was wonderful.

/wipes tear.

re: #88 Killgore Trout

And rest assured NOW it'll be a major story to the media

re: #67 doppelganglander

They've been saying that since 1972 and it NEVER happens. I don't have a link, but yesterday Rush quoted a poll that had over 50% (possibly 54% but I'm not sure) of 18-24 year olds going for McCain. Wouldn't that be a kick in the groin for the MSM and the Dems?

Yes, and it would be expected, too.
In 2004, 44% of youth voted for Bush IN THE MIDST OF IRAQ!
In 2000, 46.2% voted for Bush, pre-war.

I think we'll get about 40-50 percent of the youth vote. If that's the case, it hardly matters.

re: #82 faraway

This is Weird:

You are correct, sir.

--Ed Mc someone

re: #55 faraway

Boy, what timing on my part.

The girl has now admitted to making up the "B" carving story.

Didn't you see the photo - that 'B' was a mirror image - she's an idiot.

re: #83 jcm

That may just be it.

Wish I could *whack*.

John Jacobs died on October 20, 1997. Jacobs was cremated. Some of his ashes were spread in his backyard, some in English Bay, and some in Oregon (near a place he had visited while on the run).[1] Some of his ashes were also taken to Cuba and spread near the mausoleum of Che Guevara.

This happened in 1997, I wonder if anyone knows who went to Cuba to do this? Was it Ayers?

re: #86 Ringo the Gringo

Perhaps we can use this photograph as inspiration: Your new overlords.

To Serve Man.

re: #79 Spenser (with an S)

Sorry, having a brain freeze. If the Obama's gave 1% to charity for 4 years and then 5% for the 2 years after that, what is the avg. 6 year %?

2 1/3%

re: #84 buzzsawmonkey

Mandy: one last reply to you, two threads back.

I'll look it up--it takes me about two minutes to load it.

re: #79 Spenser (with an S)

Sorry, having a brain freeze. If the Obama's gave 1% to charity for 4 years and then 5% for the 2 years after that, what is the avg. 6 year %?

WEll when you practice socialism, you don't have a lot of $$ left to give to charity, ya see?

re: #92 Ward Cleaver

The MSMers on CNN were busy talking it down this morning (I heard 'em). Sorry MFers.

Seems like the MSM ought to be ecstatic as they've been talking down the economy for eight years.

I'm going to post this here too:
[Link: kdka.com...]
The McCain campaigner made the attack story up. With friends like her, who needs enemies!

re: #98 Defector01

And rest assured NOW it'll be a major story to the media

too true

re: #82 faraway

What? You think they off'd him or something? what is "weird"?

re: #68 PAgirlinNC

I puddle up every time I watch that one.

re: #19 Ringo the Gringo

Good question.

Do you have a copy of your California sample ballot?...I'd check mine, but it's at home and I'm at work.

No, it's not on there.

re: #78 CyanSnowHawk

OMG, Donatella Versace looks like a horse.

She's had far too many facelifts. Its sad.

Stupid kid.

re: #104 buzzsawmonkey

No I think the "B" was for BOGUS!

re: #96 Ward Cleaver

Nutjob.

Locked psych. ward for a while?

re: #93 calcajun

A few minutes of denigration of that twit and then let us speak no more of her.

BTW, was she even mugged?

Somebody put those bruises on her. I'd like to know who. Reminds me of the psycho in Dirty Harry having himself beaten to a pulp, just so he could blame it on Harry.

re: #62 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

link?

kdka.com She faked It

re: #71 midwestgak

DOW 8278.12 -413.13

Well, don't just stand there. Buy a stock.

B is for "batshit," if she thought she could get away with it.

re: #104 buzzsawmonkey

That took me a second

re: #104 buzzsawmonkey

I guess the "B" was for "Brawley," not "Barack."

Her excuse was that she was a kid in the hands of Sharpton. There is NO excuse for this idiot.

re: #79 Spenser (with an S)

Sorry, having a brain freeze. If the Obama's gave 1% to charity for 4 years and then 5% for the 2 years after that, what is the avg. 6 year %?

No way to know unless we know the income in each of those years.

re: #119 Ward Cleaver

Somebody put those bruises on her. I'd like to know who. Reminds me of the psycho in Dirty Harry having himself beaten to a pulp, just so he could blame it on Harry.

I can't help but wonder if she did that to make Mac supporters look bad?
/weird.

re: #2 Creeping Eruption

Educators said they do not believe the incident was done with hatred or prejudice.

Oooooooookay.

re: #124 MandyManners

Her excuse was that she was a kid in the hands of Sharpton. There is NO excuse for this idiot.

/Who? The kid or Sharpton?

re: #106 x-wing

2 1/3%

Thank you. Now, combining that with Biden's .3% and comparing it to Palin's 6% and the McCain's 18% I'm starting to get a picture I can share with some lefty Christians.

Sorry if someone has already linked to this (and yeah, I first posted it on the last thread):

IBD/Tipp Polls - McCain now just 1.1 point behind.

From the article:

"McCain has cut into Obama's lead for a second day and is now just 1.1 points behind. The spread was 3.7 Wednesday and 6.0 Tuesday. The Republican is making headway with middle- and working- class voters, and has surged 10 points in two days among those earning between $30,000 and $75,000. He has also gone from an 11-point deficit to a 9-point lead among Catholics."

I know, I know, polls are polls - but still. Something to smile about - too few things these days.

"Palin came on to be a good sport. And she was. She was polite, gracious. More so than some of the famous actors who come through here. Believe me." - Alec Baldwin

re: #124 MandyManners

Nor is anyone making excuses for her, she deserves what she has coming to her. But we are all going to get tarred for it

re: #127 wolfie

Only malice

re: #68 PAgirlinNC

For the animal lovers:
daddy's home

Thank you for posting that. Put it up in the video links.

re: #113 rawmuse

I puddle up every time I watch that one.

I thought you were house-trained better than that.

re: #85 HelloDare

I don't know how to do that...

THIS IS SICKENING -- MO is a swing state!

Mo. students face punishment for `Hit a Jew Day'
Oct 24, 5:18 AM (ET)

By JIM SALTER
ST. LOUIS (AP) - At least four students from a suburban St. Louis middle school face punishment for allegedly hitting Jewish classmates during what they called "Hit a Jew Day."
The incident happened last week at Parkway West Middle School in Chesterfield.
District officials said Thursday they believe that fewer than 10 children of the district's 35 Jewish students were struck.
District spokesman Paul Tandy said that in most cases, the students were hit on the back of their shoulders but one student was slapped in the face.
It began with an unofficial "Spirit Week" among sixth-graders that started harmlessly enough with a "Hug a Friend Day." Then there was "High Five Day."
Soon, though, the days moved from friendly to silly. Next there was "Hit a Tall Person Day" and, finally, "Hit a Jew Day."
District officials believe a handful of children were directly involved. Those who actually struck classmates could face suspension and required counseling, Tandy said. Others who weren't directly involved but taunted Jewish students or egged on classmates could face lesser penalties.
"There is a mix of sadness and outrage," Tandy said. "The concern is a lot of kids knew about it and they didn't take action or say anything."

[Link: apnews.myway.com...]

re: #128 Creeping Eruption

/Who? The kid or Sharpton?

The adult woman.

re: #132 Defector01

Nor is anyone making excuses for her, she deserves what she has coming to her. But we are all going to get tarred for it

Pick your favorite feathers while you can. At least it came out on a Friday, maybe it won't gain any traction.

re: #130 subsailor68

When does today's numbers come out?

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

I doubt it. My guess is they say, "Barack H. Obama". I'm planning on voting early, either later today (have to be there by 5:00), or tomorrow (polls are open from 7 to 7). I'll let you know what the ballot here in TX says.

re: #91 x-wing

You mean that wasn't a horse?

///

The evening wear gave it away.
She is the very definition of Butter face.

re: #125 eschew_obfuscation

No way to know unless we know the income in each of those years.

I have that too, but I'm just after %'s now for comparison.

re: #128 Creeping Eruption

/Who? The kid or Sharpton?

Both.

re: #77 MandyManners

What is her fucking problem?

I nominate Mandy to be her post release counselor.

re: #87 redshirt

I agree with you. I need some data to show my wife who is an Obama supporter. She won't believe me, and suddenly this is deadly serious an issue to me.

I can just tell you that a member of my family in England is diabetic and he's always had to get his hardware to measure his blood sugar here in the States because the NHS didn't provide diabetics with anything close to the latest in treatment.

This made me laugh this morning!

re: #132 Defector01

Nor is anyone making excuses for her, she deserves what she has coming to her. But we are all going to get tarred for it

A small part of me wishes she were a BHO plant but, it's apparent that nuts come in all flavors.

re: #141 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

When does today's numbers come out?

Good question. I'm not really sure. Sorry. :-(

re: #146 unclassifiable

I nominate Mandy to be her post release counselor.

Thanks. I just spewed Pad Thai into my water glass.

re: #140 buzzsawmonkey

Sharpton only popped up after the incident started making headlines. He didn't instigate it originally. Brawley was trying to cover for having been out all night without permission.

It would not have made international headlines without that unscrupulous asshole.

re: #120 faraway

kdka.com She faked It

Notice how the MSM picks up the story when it's fake. But if an "M" were carved in her face, they would take it at "face" value and trumpet the story clear up to election day.

re: #146 unclassifiable

I nominate Mandy to be her post release counselor.

I'd make her pick up every campaign sign for at least a five-mile radius.

re: #146 unclassifiable

I nominate Mandy to be her post release counselor.

LOL

They should be made to watch death camp films, Schindlers List, The Grey Zone, and the Auschwitz scenes from "War and Remembrance."

re: #137 hermeneutics

THIS IS SICKENING -- MO is a swing state!

Mo. students face punishment for `Hit a Jew Day'
Oct 24, 5:18 AM (ET)

By JIM SALTER
ST. LOUIS (AP) - At least four students from a suburban St. Louis middle school face punishment for allegedly hitting Jewish classmates during what they called "Hit a Jew Day."
The incident happened last week at Parkway West Middle School in Chesterfield.
District officials said Thursday they believe that fewer than 10 children of the district's 35 Jewish students were struck.
District spokesman Paul Tandy said that in most cases, the students were hit on the back of their shoulders but one student was slapped in the face.
It began with an unofficial "Spirit Week" among sixth-graders that started harmlessly enough with a "Hug a Friend Day." Then there was "High Five Day."
Soon, though, the days moved from friendly to silly. Next there was "Hit a Tall Person Day" and, finally, "Hit a Jew Day."
District officials believe a handful of children were directly involved. Those who actually struck classmates could face suspension and required counseling, Tandy said. Others who weren't directly involved but taunted Jewish students or egged on classmates could face lesser penalties.
"There is a mix of sadness and outrage," Tandy said. "The concern is a lot of kids knew about it and they didn't take action or say anything."

[Link: apnews.myway.com...]

Aging Boomers Leaving Young Holding Bag

To: Voters Under 35

Subject: Your Future

Recommendation: Get Angry

You're being played for chumps. Barack Obama and John McCain want your votes, but they're ignoring your interests. You face a heavily mortgaged future. You'll pay Social Security and Medicare for aging baby boomers. The needed federal tax increase might total 50% over the next 25 years.

re: #144 Spenser (with an S)

I have that too, but I'm just after %'s now for comparison.

Well.....if you're not going to weight the percentages with the dollar amounts, you should probably use the highest percentage since that would be the upper limit (highest possible percentage).

I'm watching "Brazil" right now. I'm training for Totalitarianism.

re: #156 Tigger2005

Fine sure, but at the same time the Jews slapped should have broken the offender's noses.

re: #156 Tigger2005

In fact, the principal of the school showed some books on Auschwitz that were part of what the students at that school are (routinely?) exposed to.

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

I just checked a sample ballot for my precinct, and no middle names or initials, save for Bob Barr's running mate, "Wayne A. Root".

re: #140 buzzsawmonkey

Sharpton only popped up after the incident started making headlines. He didn't instigate it originally. Brawley was trying to cover for having been out all night without permission.

To this very day, Sharpton will not admit that it was a hoax.

re: #16 x-wing

Just another mid-morning open thread, as the Dow index starts into another nosedive...

O.k. which idiot on Capital Hill opened their big fat mouth?

All of them - at least all the Dems but the Repubs have been negligent in their silence. The markets may be emotional, but they aren't stupid. They see shrinking company profits and that's about all they need to know.

re: #135 MandyManners

This rock hard, masculine image of mine is just a facade.

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

Voted early in AZ, didn't even have first names in my district.

re: #147 Irene NYC

I can just tell you that a member of my family in England is diabetic and he's always had to get his hardware to measure his blood sugar here in the States because the NHS didn't provide diabetics with anything close to the latest in treatment.

No kidding? Wow, we got 2 free glucose meters from the doctor, and a free one from walgreens. The idea of universal coverage is appealing, I admit, because I worry about him getting insurance coverage as an adult, however, I am much more supportive of a system that will cure this damn disease ( and all the other ones out there as well). I do not want to see the American research machine dismantled, and I am afraid an Obama regime might do that as a result of their mistaken ideology.

re: #137 hermeneutics

they're 6th graders so I'm more inclined to think they don't know squat then they are all a bunch of racists. Teach them and punish them and it shouldn't happen.

re: #153 HugoChavez

This isn't a great time to toot our own horn but we handled this alot better then liberals ever would or could

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re: #68 PAgirlinNC

Thank you, I needed that. this political season is depressing me.

re: #166 rawmuse

This rock hard, masculine image of mine is just a facade.

I thought it was an avatar?

Jews restore an ancient Synagogue in pre-1967 Israeli Jerusalem, and the Muslims freak-the-funk-out! (typical!)

As Carl in Jerusalem rightly stated: "If Jews cannot restore ancient synagogues without provoking 'Muslim outrage' what hope is there for any accommodation?"

re: #160 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I'm watching "Brazil" right now. I'm training for Totalitarianism.

Is that the one from the guy from Monty Python? I loved that one.

re: #169 redshirt

No kidding? Wow, we got 2 free glucose meters from the doctor, and a free one from walgreens. The idea of universal coverage is appealing, I admit, because I worry about him getting insurance coverage as an adult, however, I am much more supportive of a system that will cure this damn disease ( and all the other ones out there as well). I do not want to see the American research machine dismantled, and I am afraid an Obama regime might do that as a result of their mistaken ideology.

redshirt,
I'm blueing my email. Shoot me a note, I will tell you something about socialized medicine, but in private.

re: #163 Ward Cleaver

I just checked a sample ballot for my precinct, and no middle names or initials, save for Bob Barr's running mate, "Wayne A. Root".

I had absolutely no idea Bob Barr even had a running mate.

re: #148 musicman

This made me laugh this morning!

That's the 2nd time I've clicked that link, once in the spinoffs. There's no image there.
?

re: #163 Ward Cleaver

I just checked a sample ballot for my precinct, and no middle names or initials, save for Bob Barr's running mate, "Wayne A. Root".

my sample ballot has peoples initials on it.....hmmmm who's this democrat named I.P. Freely running for a congressional seat?

I P Freely?

oh those darn kids of mine! playing their tricks on the old man again!

re: #175 newsjunkie_ky

Is that the one from the guy from Monty Python? I loved that one.

That movie deserves a re-do for sure.

Any Lizard who knows cars and parts and replacing headlight bulbs, could you email me?

re: #94 MandyManners

I wish I had 10 per cent of her worth.

Did she make her fortune or inherit?
If she made it, she falls into the 'driven to success by an unfortunate attribute' category. Like athletes with rather unfortunate names, like Alex Pujols (MLB), Dick Butkus (NFL), Dick Trickle (NASCAR), Dick Pole (MLB), Lucious Pusey (NCAA Football), et al. You have a name like that, you're gonna get beat up on the playground until you toughen up. Makes them overachievers.

re: #69 Defector01

HotAir and others are reporting that that Pittsburgh woman confessed to making it up

What a stupid woman, she should be punished to the fullest extent of the law

Or follow the lead of the accuser in the Duke Lacrosse rape matter and write a book (but it's not for the money).

re: #72 buzzsawmonkey

By the way, folks, remember this:

If McCain, G-d willing, gets in, that just buys a small window of time. The money, fraud, and, more importantly, the propaganda machine will not go away, but will redouble its efforts.

Whether McCain wins or loses, it will take an awful lot of energy in the next four years to begin to lay a groundwork on which the American people can stand to reject the left in the next contest.

They've been building for forty years. We will have four to begin to build a response.

Here is what I have been kicking around in my head lately. I assume people at LGF tend to those who consider self-reliance a virtue bordering on a moral imperative. Given that:

Should we spend the "window of time" fighting what seems like a loosing battle or put our energy into preparing for and possibly benefiting from the results of our trip down the path to socialism.

I was inside the dot-com bubble and kept telling people none it made sense and these companies were worthless. I ended up being correct but I did not benefit from my clairvoyance.

I was inside the housing bubble and I kept telling these people the prices were not sustainable. This time I prepared and was able to buy my 80 year old dream home in a wonderful neighborhood for $80 per square foot. Still I did not make as much as I could have.

Now I am inside the hope bubble telling people wealth distribution and new programs paid for by higher taxes on "the rich" is not sustainable. Should I waste the next four years trying to convince those who want to take someone else's wealth that they are morally and intellectually bankrupt. Or should I spend the time figuring out how to get more then my fair share of the handouts.

Or put it another way - should be spending my time trying to reason with the hurricane of people who are propelling Obama and his ideals forward, or should I spend my time boarding up the windows.

I am beginning to lean to the later.

re: #71 midwestgak

DOW 8278.12 -413.13

DOW 8282.43 -408.83

a little upturn.

re: #184 jester6

Oh hell. Just buy more ammo.

Your head is going to explode. This is from the HuffPost. Talk about psychological projection...

Why Some Smart Women Think Palin is a Good Choice

So for whatever reason they have chosen, some smart women have fallen in love with the "idea" of Sarah Palin. She's smart. She's gutsy. She's a woman. And she would be the first woman 'this close' to the Presidency.

And what happens when these smart women are presented with contradictory evidence? "Let's go back to the relationship analogy," Dr. Susan says. "When our eyes finally open to someone, we have choices. We can either get out of the relationship (divorce), or we stay and deal with the cognitive dissonance."

But Dr. Susan says that some women feel they don't have a choice. Their core belief is so strong that they don't believe they have an alternative. For example, perhaps they are strongly against pro-choice. Or they want a woman in the Executive Branch no matter what. Or they cannot subscribe to any of the democratic platform of ideas. At that point, they have no choice but to continue their idealization of Palin, thereby finding a way around their cognitive dissonance, albeit in an unhealthy way.

So in order to keep idealizing her, our smart friends either deny (that Alaskan report didn't find her guilty of doing anything unlawful), rationalize (and besides, they were partisan), or ignore (I never heard about any report. Besides, I just like her!).

The bottom line? When it comes to our smart women friends, we probably aren't going to be able to change their minds about Sarah Palin. They are either still idealizing her, or they have a core belief too strong to accept any alternatives. But at least now we know why these smart women are choosing to consider Palin qualified and will check the Republican box on the ballot. We just don't have to like it.

re: #187 HelloDare

Would someone please explain to me what "cognitive dissonance" is?

re: #139 Creeping Eruption

Pick your favorite feathers while you can. At least it came out on a Friday, maybe it won't gain any traction.

Peacock feathers for me, I like making a statement!

Voted already. Didn't check for middle names in Texas.

re: #142 Ward Cleaver

I doubt it. My guess is they say, "Barack H. Obama". I'm planning on voting early, either later today (have to be there by 5:00), or tomorrow (polls are open from 7 to 7). I'll let you know what the ballot here in TX says.

California ballot has Barak Obama, no Hussein or H.

American Joooos, still idiotically Dems.

re: #72 buzzsawmonkey

reject the left

Now that's a bumper stick I want on MY car!

re: #195 WriterMom

Shouldn't that really read: "American secular Jews, who were raised under Reformism (& ConservativeReformism) still idiotically Dems"?

Puts on the big hat and gets ready for the big ride down on Laputa.

re: #189 midwestgak

From Wikipedia

Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. Ideas may include attitudes and beliefs, and also the awareness of one's behavior. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors or by justifying or rationalizing their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.[1] Cognitive dissonance theory is one of the most influential and extensively studied theories in social psychology

If you want to see how it works talk to an Obama supporter who things the rich aren't paying their share of taxes and that the poor are shouldering the burden. Let them tell you how Obama is going to change all that and that is why they support him.

Then take them to the web and show them Congressional Budget Office numbers showing the bottom 40% pay no income taxes and the top 20% pay over 80% of income taxes.

That dear in the headlights look you get is cognitive dissonance.

re: #189 midwestgak

Would someone please explain to me what "cognitive dissonance" is?

Sort of like whistling past the graveyard. The ability to ignore facts that contradict preconceived notions when they are presented.

Waiting For The Barbarians

-What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum?

The barbarians are due here today.

-Why isn't anything going on in the senate?
Why are the senators sitting there without legislating?

Because the barbarians are coming today.
What's the point of senators making laws now?
Once the barbarians are here, they'll do the legislating.

-Why did our emperor get up so early,
and why is he sitting enthroned at the city's main gate,
in state, wearing the crown?

Because the barbarians are coming today
and the emperor's waiting to receive their leader.
He's even got a scroll to give him,
loaded with titles, with imposing names.

-Why have our two consuls and praetors come out today
wearing their embroidered, their scarlet togas?
Why have they put on bracelets with so many amethysts,
rings sparkling with magnificent emeralds?
Why are they carrying elegant canes
beautifully worked in silver and gold?

Because the barbarians are coming today
and things like that dazzle the barbarians.

-Why don't our distinguished orators turn up as usual
to make their speeches, say what they have to say?

Because the barbarians are coming today
and they're bored by rhetoric and public speaking.

-Why this sudden bewilderment, this confusion?
(How serious people's faces have become.)
Why are the streets and squares emptying so rapidly,
everyone going home lost in thought?

Because night has fallen and the barbarians haven't come.
And some of our men who have just returned from the border say
there are no barbarians any longer.

Now what's going to happen to us without barbarians?
Those people were a kind of solution.

Constantine P. Cavafy

re: #197 ploome hineni

here

Thanks. Sorry I asked. Now I'm uncomfortable. :)

re: #198 WrathofG-d

I'm ok with that.

re: #189 midwestgak

Holding two or more mutually contradictory ideas in you mind at once.

re: #9 Charles

Whiteside County Illinois sample ballot - no middle name (never shall it be spoken), and McCain is third on the list after BHO and Cynthia McKinney. That kind of sums up Illinois. I'll have to check some county web sites in Iowa, I'm curious now.

re: #204 ploome hineni

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I love that. Unitarians with bagels. LOLOLOL. Consider that LIBERATED.
BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

re: #186 wahabicorridor

Oh hell. Just buy more ammo.

Don't forget sandbags and chicken wire.

re: #204 ploome hineni

they are Unitarian with bagels

only Jews when someone wants to insult them

BINGO! Now, technically they are Jews. But you hit the nail on the head there...they are more unitarian than Jewish. The religion they follow is not the same one I follow.

re: #194 ploome hineni

I have posted many ideas in the last 4 years.

But I am seriously wondering if it's time to just prepare for the inevitable. Can anybody give me an example of where the drift to socialism in a democracy has been stopped by reason as opposed to the inevitable implosion of the welfare state Ponzi schemes? Are we just wasting our time trying to convince people there is no free lunch?

And my head does hurt thinking about this stuff.

BTW, you checked my registration date - did you think I was a moby?

re: #176 Irene NYC
Check your inbox!

re: #210 ploome hineni

TOTALLY.

re: #211 WrathofG-d

Wrath-they make it up as they go along. They are just tikkun olamers...24/7...

re: #213 jester6

Several European countries have voted out socialists and elected conservative gov'ts. This happened after the socialists ran the economies down, if not totally into the ground.

I have found myself wondering how the Democrats will treat the initial thing. Of course we had FDR, JFK and RFK. And they always referred to President Bush as "W", mockingly of course.

Now with The One will they use BO, BHO (no reference to what the H stands for) or simply stay with "The One".

My personal favorite is BO as it is so applicable.

re: #184 jester6

"...should [I] be spending my time trying to reason with the hurricane of people who are propelling Obama and his ideals forward, or should I spend my time boarding up the windows[?]

AFTER Nov. 4th, IF disaster strikes. God forbid that should happen. Fight like everything till then to avert the possibility. Plenty of time after to board up, if need be.

re: #217 ploome hineni

I do not think

Nice, inert response. Good for you ploome.

re: #216 WriterMom

as I read your post, I was also reading a discussion on the Portion of Torah for this week sent to me from the Jewish Federation.

Like clockwork, right after I finished it, and read its call to "Tikun olam", I read your post.

How right you are!

re: #219 HippieforLife

The dog on My Name is Earl was named "W." Tell you anything?

re: #187 HelloDare

I am so damned tired of people bashing Sarah Palin. Especially those at Huffpo who think they are so much better. I am very willing to bet that not one of the posters there has ever been a Governor of a state or anywhere close. She earned that position by not being afraid to speak her mind.

They must feel that she is a danger to them because she is both smart and pretty. She seems like such a "real" person and maybe they do not know any "real" people.

re: #222 WrathofG-d

As scaramouche put it to me once: they can 'tikkun' all they want, the 'olam' will still hate us.

re: #216 WriterMom

LOL

re: #217 ploome hineni

Not a moby, but an eeyore:

[Link: hillbuzz.wordpress.com...]

Too much of that going around.

re: #228 The Archivist

Not a moby, but an eeyore:

[Link: hillbuzz.wordpress.com...]

Too much of that going around.

At work. Access Denied. Please explain a little about your post.

re: #184 jester6

by all means.....board up the windows. You will have too much competition trying to milk the upcoming system in a BO world.

BTW/....you think I can build a dreamhome for 80/sq. ft. ?

re: #77 MandyManners

What is her fucking problem?

From the looks of her - she's addicted to stepping on rakes.

re: #226 WriterMom

That is brilliant! I'm sure I'll use it.

But the Truth is (and since its Friday), that Tikkun Olam without is a car excluding everything but the shell. H'S has told us Jews how He wishes for us to "Right The World", it is the insides of the term that these shmucks ignore.

They use a Jewish term, to describe whatever they want it to be. This is the crux of Reformism/Conservativism, etc. They couch Democrat Party values in the terms of Judaism.

This is exactly why I hold such contempt towards those movements.

re: #9 Charles

I wonder if the ballots will have Obama's middle name on them?

The California sample ballot doesn't even use initials.

re: #69 Defector01

HotAir and others are reporting that that Pittsburgh woman confessed to making it up

What a stupid woman, she should be punished to the fullest extent of the law

Why did she carve a B and not an O which would have made more sense and is easier to do? She say?

re: #235 Outrider

Why did she carve a B and not an O which would have made more sense and is easier to do? She say?

You might find the answer in the "McCain Volunteer Admits making up Attach" thread next door.

CK on FNC just said that "the media is so deep in the tank for Obama that they need a life preserver". LOL!

re: #235 Outrider

I havn't even read the story yet, but I'll bet a dollar to a dime that she's lacking some substantial grey matter

Great, I finally finish reading the entire thread, make a post and everyone leaves.

re: #239 GeeWiz

Great, I finally finish reading the entire thread, make a post and everyone leaves.

That happens a lot around here...

re: #240 scottishbuzzsaw

I'm thinking since this happens to me all the time, I should refrain from reading an entire thread before posting. I had another thought I wanted to post on this thread but I missed the moment. Oh well, such is life.

re: #241 GeeWiz

I'm thinking since this happens to me all the time, I should refrain from reading an entire thread before posting. I had another thought I wanted to post on this thread but I missed the moment. Oh well, such is life.

Its like jumping rope. Come in at the end, watch for a few, get your groove and then jump in.

re: #23 calcajun

This was from yesterday. I say it's fine, as long as there is "Whack a Pole" day and other such special days for ethnocentric violence. We want to spread the pain around./////

As an American representing my ancestors from the Nordic country next door to Russia, I refuse to comply with any "Spin a Finn" activities that may be imposed on me or my family by others.

Spinning makes me dizzy and I'm dizzy and disoriented enough from witnessing what is happening to what I thought was my country, now swiftly devolving into the United Loons for Øbama.

re: #242 Creeping Eruption

Thank you, I just may adapt that strategy since it may cut down on my frustration level. This election season is pushing it to the limits as it is without adding to it.

re: #241 GeeWiz

I'm thinking since this happens to me all the time, I should refrain from reading an entire thread before posting. I had another thought I wanted to post on this thread but I missed the moment. Oh well, such is life.

Ya, and where do they all go? To work or something. :)

OK, since there seems some life here I will post my other thought that just may reduce my frustration level. Am I the only one here that is suspicious of the "0's" urging his supporters to vote early? I can't escape the feeling that he is attempting to lock in votes now that may change due to damaging news releases before 11/4. Notice the Mac/Palin campaign is doing no such thing.

I could be wrong, just ask my ex.

re: #246 GeeWiz

OK, since there seems some life here I will post my other thought that just may reduce my frustration level. Am I the only one here that is suspicious of the "0's" urging his supporters to vote early? I can't escape the feeling that he is attempting to lock in votes now that may change due to damaging news releases before 11/4. Notice the Mac/Palin campaign is doing no such thing.

I could be wrong, just ask my ex.

You are not the only one with those suspicions, GeeWiz...other lizards have said similar things, and much better than I could have, especially regarding the possibility for increased fraud in the early voting, to using the results to demoralize conservatives into not voting...again, others have said it better, but the light seems to be turned off in this thread...;>)

re: #247 scottishbuzzsaw

BTW, I love your avatar!

I'm thinking that his campaign is worried about more than just voter fraud.

re: #248 GeeWiz

BTW, I love your avatar!

I'm thinking that his campaign is worried about more than just voter fraud.

Forgive my lack of clarity...the concern over fraud is from the right/center, not Obama's camp. Your supposition for why BHO would want to lock in votes as early as possible is, I think, quite valid. Hard to imagine, with all that has come out about him already, that it hasn't reached a breaking point yet...such are the times we live in.

Obama’s Redistribution of wealth

Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read “Vote Obama, I need the money.” I laughed.

Once in the restaurant my server had on a “Obama 08″ tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference — just imagine the coincidence.

When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need–the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I’ve decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful.

At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient needed the money more.

I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application.

This bad economy may really affect the price of donuts!

re: #249 scottishbuzzsaw

I know it is late in the game, but I can't escape the feeling that the "October Surprise" hasn't come about just yet. Obama has too many skeletons in his closet and combine that with the fact he burned the Clinton machine (ie: PUMA). Ask yourself why would a candidate ask for more donations while urging supporters to vote as early as possible all the while leading in most polls. I sense a campaign that is nervous about things to come. Karma can be a bitch.

Just ask my ex.