Vote for the Hero!

Not the zero!

Calrissian vs. Palpatine: The Campaign Commercials

Now, how did this thread happen? Is Charles still awake?

Via Ace...

I sent to Drudge ... asked him to show he is not like the rest of the media and post ...

[Link: www.washingtontimes.com...]

Sarah's Dad just introduced her at the rally.

Here's what he had to say: "years ago I taught Sarah how to field-dress a moose. Tomorrow, I want you to watch her field-dress a donkey!"

re: #3 Walter L. Newton

Auto thread

gee wiz! i'm never on the first part of the overnight thread..
I reside on the 9am part..
Hi folks!
/I did say first in my first sentence of a new thread..Am i in trouble?

re: #6 Sharmuta

Auto thread

Do you know that for sure? I had wondered if Charles had programmed the LGF system to auto post open threads, so the system could self maintain over night.

As a programmer myself, it seemed like a natural functionality to program into a blog.

Does anyone know what happened to the book Rev Wright wrote that was supposed to be released this last October?

re: #5 astronmr20

Sarah's Dad just introduced her at the rally.

Here's what he had to say: "years ago I taught Sarah how to field-dress a moose. Tomorrow, I want you to watch her field-dress a donkey!"

Only because discretion kept him from calling them "jackasses".

re: #8 Walter L. Newton

He posted a comment about it somewhere awhile back.

Since when is KosIdiot a source for anything put crap ...

As commentator Markos Moulitsas put it in Newsweek: "The big question is, will Democrats nationwide simply 'win' the night–or will they deliver an electoral drubbing so thorough that it signals the utter rejection of conservative ideology and kills the notion that America is a 'center-right' country?" he said.

[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]

re: #11 Sharmuta

He posted a comment about it somewhere awhile back.

So your answer is "yes," the software can auto post a thread?

Still trying to decide whether to stay up until I can go vote, or catch a little sleep and go before work tonight, have to go in early anyway do the dayshift guy can go vote...hmmm

This is interesting: YouTube Capitalism playlist

re: #8 Walter L. Newton

Do you know that for sure? I had wondered if Charles had programmed the LGF system to auto post open threads, so the system could self maintain over night.

As a programmer myself, it seemed like a natural functionality to program into a blog.

IIRC, Charles did say some weeks ago that he had programmed scheduled post publishing into the LGF engine.

Palin on now:

"The US business tax is the 2nd highest in the world. Let's keep American businesses in America!"

re: #8 Walter L. Newton

As a programmer myself, it seemed like a natural functionality to program into a blog.

Glad to see I'm not the only techie geek on here.

I was just reading Sean Malstrom's prediction of a McC/P landslide and he mentions something about wondering what Zero's voting will be like in NY with Hill being their senator.

Is there any chance McC wins NY?

Indeed he did. And while I miss much, CJ has said he autothreads at times.

re: #17 astronmr20

Palin on now:

"The US business tax is the 2nd highest in the world. Let's keep American businesses in America!"

Is this live? I'm not watching, just interested.

re: #14 srb1976

Still trying to decide whether to stay up until I can go vote, or catch a little sleep and go before work tonight, have to go in early anyway do the dayshift guy can go vote...hmmm

That's why I voted early - so I could spend all of election day with LGF! After all, you have to have your priorities straight!

15.5 hours until the first polls close!

re: #21 Walter L. Newton

Is this live? I'm not watching, just interested.

Yes

re: #21 Walter L. Newton

Is this live? I'm not watching, just interested.

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

G-d am so nervous that am going to puke! My brother and dad think that Uhhubama is going to win while my mom thinks McCain will win in a landslide. I just want to pull my hair out and scream for this to be over.

Both McCain and Palin are speaking at separate events in Nevada right now

Palin calling out Obama on his associations

re: #25 conservativeChick

G-d am so nervous that am going to puke! My brother and dad think that Uhhubama is going to win while my mom thinks McCain will win in a landslide. I just want to pull my hair out and scream for this to be over.

I understand you you feel...

re: #13 Walter L. Newton

So your answer is "yes," the software can auto post a thread?

A script is just manual actions queued up. Whatever Charles' process is to create a thread can be automated and set on a timer. Makes sense to me.

re: #13 Walter L. Newton

So your answer is "yes," the software can auto post a thread?

I've been auto posting for months..all that witty posting was preprogrammed years ago...I may be dead and you'd never know it...
/ it's really late and i'm getting punchy...

It's happening...the aliens are landing.

re: #19 Badge of Kaffir Pride

No.

But it could be somewhat closer than the polls predict.

re: #22 gmsc

That's why I voted early - so I could spend all of election day with LGF! After all, you have to have your priorities straight!

15.5 hours until the first polls close!

regardless I still have to work tonight, and as slow as we've been running, will probably be watching LGF most of the night anyway.

re: #31 imploder

Do they have blue lips?

re: #12 jacksontn

As commentator Markos Moulitsas put it in Newsweek: "The big question is, will Democrats nationwide simply 'win' the night–or will they deliver an electoral drubbing so thorough that it signals the utter rejection of conservative ideology and kills the notion that America is a 'center-right' country?" he said.

Markos Mucus is a communist dip shit.

"as more light has been shown even in the last few days, it's still important to let your friends know what the truth is."

_Palin, a few seconds ago

just wondering,
what happens if a president-elect dies before taking office? I think I could see it happening either way...

Does the vice-president-elect become president in January? The opponent? Does Bush stay in office for another year while we have another election? Does the currently Democrat-controlled congress just decide what to do next? What happens?

Don't forget - Zogby predicted a close race through all of October, but a McCain landslide on election day!

re: #18 CommonCents

Glad to see I'm not the only techie geek on here.

Well, you may be the only one working. I'm 55, got laid off from the department of energy 5 years ago, and have not been able to pick up a full time position. I spent 4 years doing on and off contract work, but it wasn't steady.

So now, I feel back on my other profession, a theatre professional. So, now, at 55 I'm doing the starving artist thing (which most folks do in their 20's).

I still do an occasional programming project from home, mainly for small business', although I do have a on going project with Kaiser.

They said they were after our resources, but that was a lie, they were after us. Somewhere in the middle east they figured out an ancient defense against them. They're leaving now.

Markos Moulitsas: Enemy of the State

" Before long, Obama is going to be back to raising taxes on people making $42,000 a year."

re: #32 stuiec

No.

But it could be somewhat closer than the polls predict.

I ask only because there was someone on a thread earlier tonite who suggested McC would win a state "he hadn't set foot in". I instantly figured NY and CA wouldn't even be close but... two others make me think: MA and MN.

Markos has such a phenomenal record of backing winners. Ned Lamont, anyone?

re: #25 conservativeChick

G-d am so nervous that am going to puke! My brother and dad think that Uhhubama is going to win while my mom thinks McCain will win in a landslide. I just want to pull my hair out and scream for this to be over.

Well my friend..if McCain wins..which i think is very possible because of our secret weapon ( PUMA)
It will not be a landslide..

well now, would you look at that,...it's pouring down rain here in the Pacific NW. Why, the MSM couldn't even have predicted that!

I swear I am watching McCain come in to the rally now ... he is a good man ...when he shakes the hands of the soldiers he means it ...it is making me cry ...

re: #12 jacksontn

Markos Moulitsas put it in Newsweek: " ... it signals the utter rejection of conservative ideology ..."

Because socialist demagoguery will make this great country what it once was!

A frozen tundra covered with ice.

re: #25 conservativeChick

G-d am so nervous that am going to puke! My brother and dad think that Uhhubama is going to win while my mom thinks McCain will win in a landslide. I just want to pull my hair out and scream for this to be over.

Whether you pull your hair out and scream, or find a nice quiet place to curl up with a book... either way, it will be over within 24 hours from now. Assume that it will result in a McCain/Palin victory, up until the election returns either validate or disprove that assumption.

re: #47 jacksontn

I swear I am watching McCain come in to the rally now ... he is a good man ...when he shakes the hands of the soldiers he means it ...it is making me cry ...

To Obama, those soldiers are nothing more than stepping-stones.

re: #47 jacksontn

Right now? That's amazing.

re: #39 Walter L. Newton

Well, you may be the only one working. I'm 55, got laid off from the department of energy 5 years ago, and have not been able to pick up a full time position. I spent 4 years doing on and off contract work, but it wasn't steady.

There's 80,000 listings on Dice.com Are you not willing to travel/relocate?

re: #42 astronmr20

" Before long, Obama is going to be back to raising taxes on people making $42,000 a year."

under his administration who the fuck is gonna make $42,000 per year?

re: #47 jacksontn

I swear I am watching McCain come in to the rally now ... he is a good man ...when he shakes the hands of the soldiers he means it ...it is making me cry ...

I don't think the One gives much of a shit about Soldier Airmen Sailors Marines or Coast Guardsmen. Maybe less than Bill Clinton did, and he didn't care for our asses at all...

I just switched to the McCain rally.. Cindy is speaking.

re: #51 Gus 802

Right now? That's amazing.

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

re: #39 Walter L. Newton

Well, you may be the only one working. I'm 55, got laid off from the department of energy 5 years ago, and have not been able to pick up a full time position. I spent 4 years doing on and off contract work, but it wasn't steady.

So now, I feel back on my other profession, a theatre professional. So, now, at 55 I'm doing the starving artist thing (which most folks do in their 20's).

I still do an occasional programming project from home, mainly for small business', although I do have a on going project with Kaiser.

The steel industry (which I work in) is slowing down in general...fortunately I work for a company that doesn't do lay-offs. I find somewhat amusing that the same greenhouse gas tax that has everyone fired up about the coal industry, will also adversely affect the company I work for...which is also one of the nations largest recyclers. And here i thought recycling was GOOD for the environment

re: #43 Badge of Kaffir Pride

I ask only because there was someone on a thread earlier tonite who suggested McC would win a state "he hadn't set foot in". I instantly figured NY and CA wouldn't even be close but... two others make me think: MA and MN.

Michigan ...

I'm going down into the basement, I'll emerge soon to check on the world.

re: #30 HoosierHoops

I've been auto posting for months..all that witty posting was preprogrammed years ago...I may be dead and you'd never know it...
/ it's really late and i'm getting punchy...

It's really late and you are getting silly. But boy, I like that idea. Really spooky. Would make a good Twilight Zone type story.

Sort of reminds me of a short story "and then will come soft rains" by (brain fart, the guy that did "I Robot").

It was about a futuristic house that went about all it's duties, serving breakfast, drawing bath water, playing music, all that stuff.

It wasn't until the end of the story you found out that most life had been destroyed on the planet, but the house continued on, solar powered, for ever and ever.

re: #44 Sharmuta

Markos has such a phenomenal record of backing winners. Ned Lamont, anyone?

had to ding you up sharm.. I remember that..funny..
did you see that little wimp crying on live TV a couple months ago cause somebody was teasing the O?
Wanted to slap him..snap out of it boy!

re: #25 conservativeChick

There is a poster on a PUMA site I frequent that has the same screen name as yours- might that be you?

re: #42 astronmr20

" Before long, Obama is going to be back to raising taxes on people making $42,000 a year."

He's already down to $70,000, after starting at $250,000, so it won't be long.

I love the way Sarah digs into the socialism thing. She's talks it like she means it. It's invigorating!

re: #56 astronmr20

Thanks. Getting Sarah Palin at Elko, NV.

re: #49 stuiec

Whether you pull your hair out and scream, or find a nice quiet place to curl up with a book... either way, it will be over within 24 hours from now. Assume that it will result in a McCain/Palin victory, up until the election returns either validate or disprove that assumption.

The Marxist One has 9000 lawyers lined up and ready, anything close and it's FL 2000.

re: #53 ibmkeyboard

under his administration who the fuck is gonna make $42,000 per year?

Good point!

re: #39 Walter L. Newton

Well, you may be the only one working. I'm 55, got laid off from the department of energy 5 years ago, and have not been able to pick up a full time position. I spent 4 years doing on and off contract work, but it wasn't steady.

So now, I feel back on my other profession, a theatre professional. So, now, at 55 I'm doing the starving artist thing (which most folks do in their 20's).

I still do an occasional programming project from home, mainly for small business', although I do have a on going project with Kaiser.

Where do you live? Last year, Silicon Valley firms were hiring. (Maybe not quite so much today.)

re: #31 imploder

It's happening...the aliens are landing.

/Obama voters waiting anxiously

I see her dad too.

re: #63 gmsc

He's already down to $70,000, after starting at $250,000, so it won't be long.

They're realizing their grandiose schemes will fall flat because the economic slowdown is seriously hindering the collection of revenue. So let's tax the proletariat even more...hmmm that makes good sense!

re: #63 gmsc

He's already down to $70,000, after starting at $250,000, so it won't be long.

He is down to $120,000, gross, per couple. Now we are getting into scary land.

re: #58 jacksontn

Michigan ...

Why Michigan? Is it the Kilpatrick/Granholm thing or is it the rural part of the state?

re: #62 I heart the USA

I don't think so but great minds think alike yknow! ;-)

McCain just took the stage.

re: #60 Walter L. Newton

The name you're looking for is probably Asimov

re: #66 jcm

The Marxist One has 9000 lawyers lined up and ready, anything close and it's FL 2000.

Maybe they're there to be first up against the wall...?

"Tomorrow, I'm going to be the president of the united states."

As a Mauve.
The Flying Sorcerers.

re: #73 Badge of Kaffir Pride

Why Michigan? Is it the Kilpatrick/Granholm thing or is it the rural part of the state?

I am not sure ...just guessing but I know many democrats were pissed off about the not counting their delegates during the primaries ...but Detroit has probably registered 5 million dead voters ...so who knows ...

re: #60 Walter L. Newton

It's really late and you are getting silly. But boy, I like that idea. Really spooky. Would make a good Twilight Zone type story.

Sort of reminds me of a short story "and then will come soft rains" by (brain fart, the guy that did "I Robot").

It was about a futuristic house that went about all it's duties, serving breakfast, drawing bath water, playing music, all that stuff.

It wasn't until the end of the story you found out that most life had been destroyed on the planet, but the house continued on, solar powered, for ever and ever.

I am getting silly..My wife made me go see a chick flick last year about a guy that died and left notes to his wife..Can't remember the name of the movie...but really.. I liked it...for a chick flick.. I DID NOT CRY!
ok..i lied

McCain is hoarse, and freezing cold. Tough guy!

WE MUST WIN TOMORROW, LIZARDS!

re: #81 HoosierHoops

P.S. I Love You

John McCain can hardly talk ...his throat sounds bad ...he has been at it all day ...

re: #60 Walter L. Newton

Isaac Asimov

re: #80 jacksontn

I am not sure ...just guessing but I know many democrats were pissed off about the not counting their delegates during the primaries ...but Detroit has probably registered 5 million dead voters ...so who knows ...

Right, I forgot about the primary thing. I was thinking Taxachusetts since the PRofMA is essentially Zero light... and it's not so hot.

re: #84 jacksontn

John McCain can hardly talk ...his throat sounds bad ...he has been at it all day ...

7 states in one day. He's probably been up since very early.

re: #74 conservativeChick

True! :D

And you've gotta love those PUMAs - feisty and tenacious!

A little known fact:
You can't make a cup of Starbucks coffee without oil.
As a matter of fact, you can't make a fucking thing without oil.

/the inmates want the asylum...

re: #73 Badge of Kaffir Pride

Why Michigan? Is it the Kilpatrick/Granholm thing or is it the rural part of the state?

Rural Michigan, at least over here on the west side, is ultra conservative. With all the auto industry leaving the state over the years, the unions have lost alot of their clout. Unfortunately as the kings of unemployment and distressed social programs there are alot of folks who think Comrade Obama's handouts sound pretty good. I doubt McCain will take the state but he will definetly win Montcalm county.

re: #54 imploder

I don't think the One gives much of a shit about Soldier Airmen Sailors Marines or Coast Guardsmen. Maybe less than Bill Clinton did, and he didn't care for our asses at all...

The time President Clinton took a tour of a Navy vessel and realized how tightly spaced the bunks were -- that was priceless! Apparently it affected his thinking about integrating gays into the military; I think it was soon after that tour that he announced "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

re: #68 stuiec

Where do you live? Last year, Silicon Valley firms were hiring. (Maybe not quite so much today.)

Still hiring..My best friend just moved to silly cone valley to work for google.

re: #52 CommonCents

There's 80,000 listings on Dice.com Are you not willing to travel/relocate?

I've sent out over 600 resumes in the last 5 years. It's my age, really. I have worked with some of the biggest placement and contracting firms in the Denver Metro area.

I am an Oracle programmer and also a Visual FoxPro guru. All the firms tell me, under the table, that companies don't want people in my age group. We are just a bottom line cost on their benefit premiums, period.

Yes, I'm sign up with Dice and Monster, no dice (ha ha).

No, I'm not ready to relocate. I live in Golden, which is almost like being in the Rocky Mountains. The only place I would want to relocate to would be some place higher and more remote.

re: #78 astronmr20

"Tomorrow, I'm going to be the president of the united states."

astronmr20, I didn't even know you were running!
;)

Sounds like it. Hoarse and tired.

re: #83 victor_yugo

P.S. I Love You

Are you hitting on the Hoopster?!?

Good morning everyone from a sunny mid-morning in Durban S. Africa. Holding thumbs for McCain/Palin today. Do the right thing and go out and vote. Does anyone know at about what time we will see which way this is going to finish up?

re: #93 Walter L. Newton

I've sent out over 600 resumes in the last 5 years. It's my age, really. I have worked with some of the biggest placement and contracting firms in the Denver Metro area.

I am an Oracle programmer and also a Visual FoxPro guru. All the firms tell me, under the table, that companies don't want people in my age group. We are just a bottom line cost on their benefit premiums, period.

Yes, I'm sign up with Dice and Monster, no dice (ha ha).

No, I'm not ready to relocate. I live in Golden, which is almost like being in the Rocky Mountains. The only place I would want to relocate to would be some place higher and more remote.

..but your age is not on your resume (or if it is, it should never be). Did you go on any interviews?

..maybe they think you are over-qualified.

re: #82 astronmr20

McCain is hoarse, and freezing cold. Tough guy!

WE MUST WIN TOMORROW, LIZARDS!

Don't say that! William Henry Harrison was also tough in the freezing cold, and look what happened to him!

(Although Palin has definite advantages over Tyler.)

re: #68 stuiec

Where do you live? Last year, Silicon Valley firms were hiring. (Maybe not quite so much today.)

No, see my 93, it's an age thing. They don't want 55 year olds.

re: #96 CommonCents

No, just answering his unstated question.

You guys are right: McC sounds rough.

Damn McCain looks good! Does the man get tired? Amazing.

Obama's 'birds' have to be the most insightful picture into his immaturity and inability to behave. he is not ready

re: #93 Walter L. Newton

Age? I know that feeling. Once they see and "extensive" resume these Denver liberals won't call you back nor think of hiring you. It's the same in design and architecture.

re: #83 victor_yugo

P.S. I Love You

I love you too..oh wait..you mean the name of the movie..bingo!
thanks..It's late..my mind is total mush..
I really liked that movie..did you know it was written by a teen?
how is that effen possible?

My normal morning escape: watch the Family channel on the Armed Forces Network. The Little Einsteins, Handy Manny, Peep, Lazy Town. I'm not big on Dora the Explorer and Blue's Clues, so last decade. Elmo is right out, besides him and that goldfish are Obamatons.

re: #93 Walter L. Newton

I've sent out over 600 resumes in the last 5 years. It's my age, really. I have worked with some of the biggest placement and contracting firms in the Denver Metro area.

I am an Oracle programmer and also a Visual FoxPro guru. All the firms tell me, under the table, that companies don't want people in my age group. We are just a bottom line cost on their benefit premiums, period.

Yes, I'm sign up with Dice and Monster, no dice (ha ha).

No, I'm not ready to relocate. I live in Golden, which is almost like being in the Rocky Mountains. The only place I would want to relocate to would be some place higher and more remote.

Sweeet! I was in Co. Springs this summer to visit some new friends. It was my first trip to Colorado and fell in love with it. Did some fly fishing in 11 mile canyon. "Wow" was about all I could say all week. I'm surprised with all the growth around Denver that they would shaft a 55 year old programmer. That's disgraceful.

re: #87 astronmr20

7 states in one day. He's probably been up since very early.

...while 0bama was running endless ads in the other 50 states.

re: #98 astronmr20

.but your age is not on your resume (or if it is, it should never be).

/pretty easy to figure it out from your education history

re: #101 victor_yugo

No, just answering his unstated question.

They say denial is the first stage.

re: #106 HoosierHoops

Haven't seen it, although someday I probably will.

If I can afford it, that is. The movie, and the power to run the telly and DVD player.

re: #107 imploder

My normal morning escape: watch the Family channel on the Armed Forces Network. The Little Einsteins, Handy Manny, Peep, Lazy Town. I'm not big on Dora the Explorer and Blue's Clues, so last decade. Elmo is right out, besides him and that goldfish are Obamatons.

Little Man loves little einstiens and handy manny, but he really prefers the older superhero stuff these days...I spend alot of time watching Spider-Man with him.

re: #111 CommonCents

They say denial is the first stage.

So stop denying it.

re: #66 jcm

The Marxist One has 9000 lawyers lined up and ready, anything close and it's FL 2000.

I see that strategy not so much aimed at overturning the election result if it goes in McCain's favor as aimed at giving Obama a strong narrative to claim the role of presumptive nominee in 2012. Obama getting trounced means Hillary saying, "See? I told you I was the better candidate!" Obama getting narrowly beaten means Obama saying, "Only racism and Republican dirty tricks kept me from winning. Give me another shot in four years, and I'll win this thing for sure!"

0bama called Florida Ohio? Kiss FL good-bye, barry.

With this carbon emission tax and stopping the use of all coal, does that mean I'll have to declare on my taxes how often I use my charCOAL grill?

re: #98 astronmr20

..but your age is not on your resume (or if it is, it should never be). Did you go on any interviews? ..maybe they think you are over-qualified.

No, my age is not on my resume. But the last 7 of my employers covers about 25 years of my working life (I've had really long term jobs), so it is evident by my employment history that I'm not a spring chicken.

And yes, I have gone on dozens of interviews. And I get feedback from the placement people and they tell me, age. And yes, it's not legal, but there's not way to prove it.

These IT placement firms know what the market is doing and what it wants. And they know my age is not on their radar.

And I am back. Did I miss much? Got sucked into a documentary on youtube and started really concentrating on what was being said.

/posted in spinoffs under science

Come on PUMAs, heres your chance to respond to all that "That One", the DNC/DEMS, and the "in the tank" dastardly MSM did to Hillary.

Now go out, vote, and out perform ACORNS fraudulent efforts today, to help us put Mac in 1600 Penn. Ave., WDC, and save this country from disaster.

Current projections indicate that appx. 29% of PUMAs will likely vote for MAC, and that could be appx. 5 million votes, enough, if spread out throughout the battleground states to make all the difference for MAC/Palin.

Go PUMAs go. Go do your VooDoo! This could be the best and most ironic "miracle" yet!

re: #120 Picayune

Come on PUMAs, heres your chance to respond to all that "That One", the DNC/DEMS, and the "in the tank" dastardly MSM did to Hillary.

Now go out, vote, and out perform ACORNS fraudulent efforts today, to help us put Mac in 1600 Penn. Ave., WDC, and save this country from disaster.

Current projections indicate that appx. 29% of PUMAs will likely vote for MAC, and that could be appx. 5 million votes, enough, if spread out throughout the battleground states to make all the difference for MAC/Palin.

Go PUMAs go. Go do your VooDoo! This could be the best and most ironic "miracle" yet!

Updinged!

re: #110 Killian Bundy

/pretty easy to figure it out from your education history

That kind of sucks. When I finish my MBA I'll be looking for a job, I'm retired military, 42 years old. I know it won't be easy.

I have brought 5 Obama voters to McCain. . . I wish I could have done more. . .I will be on interlink silence. . .but will return tomorrow!

re: #100 Walter L. Newton

No, see my 93, it's an age thing. They don't want 55 year olds.

It doesn't seem to be an issue here in the Valley. Gray hair seems to be a valued asset. (I got hired this year at age 48, so I am not too far off your demographic.)

re: #116 Sharmuta

0bama called Florida Ohio? Kiss FL good-bye, barry.

At least he mistook it for one of the 50 real states and didn't call them the 57th state in the Union.

re: #108 CommonCents

Sweeet! I was in Co. Springs this summer to visit some new friends. It was my first trip to Colorado and fell in love with it. Did some fly fishing in 11 mile canyon. "Wow" was about all I could say all week. I'm surprised with all the growth around Denver that they would shaft a 55 year old programmer. That's disgraceful.

I was working for the National Renewable Energy Lab. Bush cut our budget. I was laid off. Then he was re-elected and the energy stuff went south and he started throwing money at the lab to look good. But I lost out. They don't tend to re-hire past employees.

WARNING: this is how Election Day is going to go down. Do not get sucked in, Eeyores!

We don’t want to beat a dead horse here (or, donkey, as the case may be), but we need to remind you all, once more, not to be Eeyores today.

The Obamedia is going to do to you what they did to Hillary supporters during the primaries — they are going to lie, and float all sorts of incorrect exit polls, and start revving up to declare Obama the winner.

Drudge Report — mark our words — is going to run that flashing red/blue siren he loves to report McCain losing all sorts of traditional Republican states around midday. He’s going to get all of you Eeyores hyperventilating.

The goal of the Obamedia is to depress you so much you don’t turn out to vote. Our friend Astrid always falls for this garbage, and we know she is not all alone. She’ll be miserable all day because she’s never learned to turn out the media and just chill out.

This is going to go down just like Super Tuesday - where the media claimed Obama would win California, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and others…but Clinton won every state we predicted she’d win.

In fact, we were right about every state in the primaries except Missouri, which Clinton lost by less than 1%. Otherwise, we were spot-on.

So, we know you Eeyores are going to drive everyone in your lives crazy today. You are going to panic and wet yourselves and email/call/bother all of your friends and relatives all day. You’ll forward bogus polls and terrible links to everyone, and depress people left and right.

We have no idea why you people behave this way and really wish you would stop. Because we’ve been through this with you since New Hampshire and just think it’s all so ridiculous.

Here’s our advice: take a break from news today — consider everything you hear to be lies. Watch some cool movies (our favorite of all time is The Contender with Joan Allen), eat a nice sandwich, have a nap (or two), then tune into the Election Results around 10pm or so CST to see the final tallies add up and wait for a winner.

The rest of the day will just drive you over the edge — and then you will spread this Eeyore gloom and doom to everyone else, because that seems to be what you do.

We will never understand that.

But, we know you’ll do it, because you’ve consistently done it since January. It’s very predictable.

Just like the election results.

McCain wins 286 to 252…and America gets its first female Vice President.

And on November 5th, we start campaigning for 2012.

re: #120 Picayune

Come on PUMAs, heres your chance to respond to all that "That One", the DNC/DEMS, and the "in the tank" dastardly MSM did to Hillary.

Now go out, vote, and out perform ACORNS fraudulent efforts today, to help us put Mac in 1600 Penn. Ave., WDC, and save this country from disaster.

Current projections indicate that appx. 29% of PUMAs will likely vote for MAC, and that could be appx. 5 million votes, enough, if spread out throughout the battleground states to make all the difference for MAC/Palin.

Go PUMAs go. Go do your VooDoo! This could be the best and most ironic "miracle" yet!

Didn't... whatshisface... the other say only 850,000 PUMAs were needed?

850k is a win, 5 million is an ass kicking.

re: #113 srb1976

Little Man loves little einstiens and handy manny, but he really prefers the older superhero stuff these days...I spend alot of time watching Spider-Man with him.

Contrast to Batman: the "guilt trip" aspect.

Spider-man's work ethic is borne out of remorse for inaction.

Batman's work ethic is borne out of childhood trauma, combined with the careful mentoring of a trusted family friend.

A good time to start showing how the entertainment industry tries to get us to consent to our own, self-inflicted guilt trips.

re: #93 Walter L. Newton

And why, indeed, SHOULD you relocate? Programming can be done at home and sent in, can't it? You could freelance, couldn't you?

re: #122 imploder

That kind of sucks. When I finish my MBA I'll be looking for a job, I'm retired military, 42 years old. I know it won't be easy.

Depends on your location and the industries you apply into. Mid-forties and military background is not a bad combination in a lot of private-sector situations.

re: #125 CommonCents

At least he mistook it for one of the 50 real states and didn't call them the 57th state in the Union.

Trivia Question: The bills to admit Alaska and Hawaii went through Congress on the same day, so why do we call Alaska our 49th state and Hawaii our 50th state?

Answer: The bills were taken in alphabetical order.

re: #126 Walter L. Newton

I was working for the National Renewable Energy Lab. Bush cut our budget. I was laid off. Then he was re-elected and the energy stuff went south and he started throwing money at the lab to look good. But I lost out. They don't tend to re-hire past employees.

Ever think about the Natural Energy Lab in Hawaii? I think they are planning to scale up the OTEC plant there for commercial electricity generation, plus there's all sorts of odd entrepreneurial businesses sprouting up there to utilize the cold deepwater the lab brings to the surface.

re: #131 stuiec

Depends on your location and the industries you apply into. Mid-forties and military background is not a bad combination in a lot of private-sector situations.

Thanks for the encouragement. What I really am looking for is to apply to a bunch of places and have them reject so I can go do what I was really cut out to do: cowpuncher. :)

re: #129 victor_yugo

Contrast to Batman: the "guilt trip" aspect.

Spider-man's work ethic is borne out of remorse for inaction.

Batman's work ethic is borne out of childhood trauma, combined with the careful mentoring of a trusted family friend.

A good time to start showing how the entertainment industry tries to get us to consent to our own, self-inflicted guilt trips.

He's only 4...he just thinks swinging from buildings and shooting webs is the coolest thing ever. Plus, he wants to be a super-hero & who am I to tell him he can't be.

re: #132 gmsc

Trivia Question: The bills to admit Alaska and Hawaii went through Congress on the same day, so why do we call Alaska our 49th state and Hawaii our 50th state?

Answer: The bills were taken in alphabetical order.

Whoa..way before my time.. I slept in history class..but the teacher was the Basketball coach..
Still love me?

And finally, my seventh zomblog posting today!

Icky Sawah Pawin!

Whew! That's more blogging than I usually do in a month.

re: #124 stuiec

It doesn't seem to be an issue here in the Valley. Gray hair seems to be a valued asset. (I got hired this year at age 48, so I am not too far off your demographic.)

Well, I still send out a few resumes a week, myself. I really wouldn't want to be in Ca. Nothing personal, but it's not my kind of place.

I'm ok with the theatre work. And I got the playwriting thing going, and the occasional small programming jobs.

I have a pretty good public image in the regional live theatre scene. I sort of get my 15 minutes of fame every few months.

I take things as they come. I have a saying "all the fun is in the getting, not the having."

re: #118 Walter L. Newton

Walter, you'd get jobs in Los Angeles quickly enough, I think. But you might trim 5-10 years off the resume, that's what I do, I'm about the same age, doing mostly SQL Server these days.

Of course, with the economic hoohahs now, I'm not sure exactly who is hiring anything between now and Xmas.

At least I can say I successfully posted all my election-themed photos before November 4th. Just under the wire!

re: #118 Walter L. Newton

No, my age is not on my resume. But the last 7 of my employers covers about 25 years of my working life (I've had really long term jobs), so it is evident by my employment history that I'm not a spring chicken.

And yes, I have gone on dozens of interviews. And I get feedback from the placement people and they tell me, age. And yes, it's not legal, but there's not way to prove it.

These IT placement firms know what the market is doing and what it wants. And they know my age is not on their radar.

Walter ... my son is only 30 and has a CS degree ... he has been laid off by UPS IT and Dell in the last 6 years ... he has had enough ... he is in school now for electrician ... he said he didn't think they would ship that overseas ...

re: #137 zombie

Lovin' the tattered drapes in the window...Yikes, if that were my house I'd be trying NOT to draw attention to the windows = )

re: #140 zombie

At least I can say I successfully posted all my election-themed photos before November 4th. Just under the wire!

You are one bad-ass Zombie! Mmm! And that's one tasty burger. Mind if I wash it down with some of that tasty beverage?

(Seriously, you are on fire this year. Congratulations, I think you've made it to the blogging big leagues!)

Well, I'm hitting the booth early tomorrow so I'm off to bed...but I figured I may as well stop by first. Things are going to be some varying degree of hairy for the next few years no matter what happens, but my optimism leads me to believe that things will work out for the best-so long as we can win the ideological fight. The conservative movement is up for some self-examination either way, and hopefully the New Media will allow us all to help reshape this movement.

Just remember to breathe tomorrow. It's going to be a nail-biter.

Giant bat returns from brink of extinction

A fruit bat with a wingspan of more than five feet has made a spectacular return from the brink of extinction, a conservation group said Friday.

The Pemba flying fox, a native of Pemba island off Tanzania in Africa, was reduced to just a few specimens as recently as 1989 and listed as critically endangered, said Fauna & Flora International.

"Less than twenty years ago this bat looked set to disappear off the face of the planet forever," said Joy Juma of FFI's East Africa Program. "At one time roast bat was a very common dish on Pemba. Now people value the bats for different reasons."

/I would NEVER purposefully ingest meat of the Olbermoonbat species

re: #130 Karridine

And why, indeed, SHOULD you relocate? Programming can be done at home and sent in, can't it? You could freelance, couldn't you?

Well, as I mentioned in other posts. I do some off and on programming work from home. I'm always surfing the Denver Craigslist job section, and I sometimes pick up a small project there.

And I have been working a little each month on a on going project for Kaiser, which has brought in about 4000 this past year, and there is at least another 6 months of that project.

And I always keep my eyes and ears open.

re: #135 srb1976

He's only 4...he just thinks swinging from buildings and shooting webs is the coolest thing ever. Plus, he wants to be a super-hero & who am I to tell him he can't be.

Tell him to try the free online Flash game Double Wires. Just point your mouse where you want to shoot your webbing, and click your mouse. How many yards can you go?

re: #118 Walter L. Newton

No, my age is not on my resume. But the last 7 of my employers covers about 25 years of my working life (I've had really long term jobs), so it is evident by my employment history that I'm not a spring chicken.

And yes, I have gone on dozens of interviews. And I get feedback from the placement people and they tell me, age. And yes, it's not legal, but there's not way to prove it.

These IT placement firms know what the market is doing and what it wants. And they know my age is not on their radar.

Have you circulated your resume in the Calgary, Alberta job market? There should be at least some demand for IT professionals there, as it is the hub for the business end of the Canadian oil patch.

Geographically speaking, Calgary bears a strong resemblance to Denver, and nearby towns like Canmore or Turner Valley could be compared to Golden. And the arts-cultural-theater scene in Calgary is not too shabby, either. I expect you'd find it quite appealing there.

re: #141 JacksonTn

Walter ... my son is only 30 and has a CS degree ... he has been laid off by UPS IT and Dell in the last 6 years ... he has had enough ... he is in school now for electrician ... he said he didn't think they would ship that overseas ...

My brother is a master industrial electrician with his own business. He pretty much kicks ass. Of course, the O wants to spread his money around.

re: #137 zombie

No doubt there's never a dull moment in the Bay Area. I am wondering what the significance of the small heads are. Perhaps it's related to birth and the jealousy of the late bloomer liberal parents?

I hope that we are not on the verge of adding a third date to the list of those that are infamous in America's history. Like December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001, November 4, 2008 has the opportunity to change this country forever, and not in a good way. If McCain loses, you may never see a Republican in the White House ever again. By the time 2012 rolls around, more than 50% of the electorate will not be paying any income tax. The point of no return will have been reached. In any future campaign, all the Democratic nominee has to say (falsely or not) is that the Republicans, if elected, will make those 50+% pay taxes again. The election is over at that point. I'll reiterate what I said in my very first post on this site: tomorrow is my birthday, and the only present I want is to see little O and Schmoe soundly defeated, and relegated to the scrapheap of political history, never to be heard from again. That's not too much to ask, is it?

re: #134 imploder

Thanks for the encouragement. What I really am looking for is to apply to a bunch of places and have them reject so I can go do what I was really cut out to do: cowpuncher. :)

You might be surprised by the number of ranchers who have MBAs. I wouldn't overlook the possibility that a cattle ranch might want to hire someone like you to help with the business end of the business -- someone willing to do hard physical work in addition to office duties.

ohhh gawdammit!
10:00 news and it's an O-Liar love-fest.
Sleep will be elusive tonight.

For those concerned about Dixville Notch, NH voting trends:

1960

General Election: (9 voters)

* Richard M. Nixon - 9
* John F. Kennedy - 0

1964

Republican Primary: (9 voters)

* Richard M. Nixon - 3
* Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. - 3
* Nelson A. Rockefeller - 2
* Barry M. Goldwater - 1

General Election: (8 voters)

* Barry M. Goldwater - 8
* Lyndon B. Johnson - 1

1968

Democratic Primary: (1 voter)

* Richard M. Nixon - 1, write-in
* (Or possibly Hubert H. Humphrey II?)

Republican Primary: (6 voters)

* Richard M. Nixon - 5
* Wallace Johnson - 1, write-in

General Election: (12 voters)

* Hubert H. Humphrey II - 8
* Richard M. Nixon - 4

1972

Democratic Primary: (5 voters)

* Edmund S. Muskie - 5

Republican Primary: (12 voters)

* Richard M. Nixon - 11
* George S. McGovern - 1

General Election: (19 voters)

* Richard M. Nixon - 16
* George S. McGovern - 3

1976

Democratic Primary: (6 voters)

* James E. Carter Jr. - 6
* Birch E. Bayh II - 1

Republican Primary: (18 voters)

* Gerald R. Ford Jr. - 11
* Ronald W. Reagan - 4
* Nelson A. Rockefeller - 2
* Barry M. Goldwater - 1

General Election: (25 voters)

* Gerald R. Ford Jr. - 13
* James E. Carter Jr. - 11
* Eugene J. McCarthy - 1

1980

Democratic Primary: (6 voters)

* James E. Carter Jr. - 3
* Edward M. Kennedy - 2
* Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr. - 1

Republican Primary: (17 voters)

* Ronald W. Reagan - 5
* George H.W. Bush - 5
* Howard Baker - 4
* John B. Anderson - 1
* John Connally - 1
* Philip Crane - 1

General Election: {23 voters)

* Ronald W. Reagan - 17
* James E. Carter Jr. - 3
* John B. Anderson - 2
* Ed Clark - 1

1984

Democratic Primary (6 voters)

* Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings - 3
* Walter F. "Fritz" Mondale - 2
* Gary W. Hart - 1

Republican Primary (20 voters)

* Ronald W. Reagan - 15
* Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings - 5

General Election: (30 voters)

* Ronald W. Reagan - 29
* Walter F. "Fritz" Mondale - 1

1988

Democratic Primary: (7 voters)

* Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt - 4
* Paul M. Simon - 3

Republican Primary: (27 voters)

* George H. W. Bush - 11
* Robert J. Dole - 6
* Jack Kemp - 5
* Alexander Haig - 2
* Pierre "Pete" DuPont - 2
* Pat Robertson - 1

General Election: (38 voters)

* George H. W. Bush - 34
* Michael S. Dukakis - 3
* Jack Kemp - 1

1992

Democratic Primary: (4 voters)

* William J. Clinton - 3
* Paul E. Tsongas - 1

Libertarian Primary: (10 voters)

* Andre Marrou - 10

Republican Primary: (14 voters)

* George H. W. Bush - 9
* Patrick J. Buchanan - 3
* Paul E. Tsongas - 1, write-in
* Andre Marrou - 1, write-in

General Election: (27 voters)

* George H. W. Bush - 15
* H. Ross Perot - 8
* Andre Marrou - 5
* William J. Clinton - 2

1996

Democratic Primary: (12 voters)

* William J. Clinton - 12

Republican Primary: (20 voters)

* Robert J. Dole - 11
* Lamar A. Alexander - 5
* Patrick J. Buchanan - 2
* Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes Jr. - 1
* Richard G. Lugar - 1

General Election: (28 voters)

* Robert J. Dole - 18
* William J. Clinton - 8
* H. Ross Perot - 1
* Harry Browne - 1

2000

Democratic Primary: (6 voters)

* William W. Bradley - 4
* Albert A. Gore Jr. - 2

Republican Primary: (23 voters)

* George W. Bush - 12
* John S. McCain III - 10
* Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes Jr. - 1

General Election: (27 votes)

* George W. Bush - 21
* Albert A. Gore Jr. - 5
* Ralph Nader - 1

2004

Democratic Primary: (15 voters)

* Wesley K. Clark - 8
* John F. Kerry - 3
* John R. Edwards - 2
* Howard B. Dean III - 1
* Joseph I. Lieberman - 1

Republican Primary: (11 voters)

* George W. Bush - 11

General Election: (26 voters, 9 using absentee ballots) [1]

* George W. Bush - 19
* John Kerry - 7

re: #139 itellu3times

Walter, you'd get jobs in Los Angeles quickly enough, I think. But you might trim 5-10 years off the resume, that's what I do, I'm about the same age, doing mostly SQL Server these days.

Of course, with the economic hoohahs now, I'm not sure exactly who is hiring anything between now and Xmas.

Na, don't want LA. No way. Besides, I would be too tempted to get my feet wet again in the film industry. I did parts in 8 feature films and MOW (movie of the week) back in the 90's. It was my brush with the big boys in Hollywood.

I'd wind up working as a starving artist in LA. I do that now in Golden, and the air is cleaner.

re: #151 I Need A Bigger Gun

I hope that we are not on the verge of adding a third date to the list of those that are infamous in America's history. Like December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001, November 4, 2008 has the opportunity to change this country forever, and not in a good way. If McCain loses, you may never see a Republican in the White House ever again. By the time 2012 rolls around, more than 50% of the electorate will not be paying any income tax. The point of no return will have been reached. In any future campaign, all the Democratic nominee has to say (falsely or not) is that the Republicans, if elected, will make those 50+% pay taxes again. The election is over at that point. I'll reiterate what I said in my very first post on this site: tomorrow is my birthday, and the only present I want is to see little O and Schmoe soundly defeated, and relegated to the scrapheap of political history, never to be heard from again. That's not too much to ask, is it?

I think if the O gets in, that any weight that the Democratic party's practice of "buying votes" has will be offset by more disaster than we can currently imagine-- and thus, America will be galvanized next time around to do the right thing.

re: #139 itellu3times

But you might trim 5-10 years off the resume, that's what I do

How do you do that?

/it's impossible to get hired for a job without the employer knowing how old you are, it's also the law

re: #145 RTLM

Actually, using him for food might be the only way to get any useful value out of him. Just avoid any central nervous system tissues -- that's where the bad prions are.

re: #155 Walter L. Newton

Na, don't want LA. No way. Besides, I would be too tempted to get my feet wet again in the film industry. I did parts in 8 feature films and MOW (movie of the week) back in the 90's. It was my brush with the big boys in Hollywood.

I'd wind up working as a starving artist in LA. I do that now in Golden, and the air is cleaner.

Walter, do you know anyone producing small or independent films right now?

re: #152 stuiec

You might be surprised by the number of ranchers who have MBAs. I wouldn't overlook the possibility that a cattle ranch might want to hire someone like you to help with the business end of the business -- someone willing to do hard physical work in addition to office duties.

Yep, my friend and mentor has a 15,000 head feed lot and he's got a job waiting for me if I ever want it.

If I took that job I would not have time to do anything but manage his crazy business. I've looked at his operation, he's an ace, but he needs help.

FWIW, big operations like his also need people that are tech savvy. His whole operation is automated and he has an operations computer system complete with RFID and automated billing, remote updates from various employees and locational data for the 15,000 head. He also has his own feed mill, a whole separate business unit.

re: #148 Alberta Oil Peon

Have you circulated your resume in the Calgary, Alberta job market? There should be at least some demand for IT professionals there, as it is the hub for the business end of the Canadian oil patch.

Geographically speaking, Calgary bears a strong resemblance to Denver, and nearby towns like Canmore or Turner Valley could be compared to Golden. And the arts-cultural-theater scene in Calgary is not too shabby, either. I expect you'd find it quite appealing there.

Now that sound interesting. I have even thought of overseas. I would love France (yea, I'm a Francophile). But it's a bitch to get a work visa there.

I have some friends outside of Paris. I was thinking of buying a one way ticket and just disappearing in Paris, have my friends help me get some work, maybe they wouldn't catch up with me.

And if they did, hell, the French would have to pay for my ticket home. Yea, free air fare.

Obama contradicting himself repeatedly... great editing of contradictory statements by The One

[Link: www.weeklystandard.com...]

re: #155 Walter L. Newton

Na, don't want LA. No way. Besides, I would be too tempted to get my feet wet again in the film industry. I did parts in 8 feature films and MOW (movie of the week) back in the 90's. It was my brush with the big boys in Hollywood.

I'd wind up working as a starving artist in LA. I do that now in Golden, and the air is cleaner.

How about teaching?

re: #160 imploder

That sounds like it could be crazy fun!

re: #155 Walter L. Newton

Na, don't want LA. No way. Besides, I would be too tempted to get my feet wet again in the film industry. I did parts in 8 feature films and MOW (movie of the week) back in the 90's. It was my brush with the big boys in Hollywood.

I'd wind up working as a starving artist in LA. I do that now in Golden, and the air is cleaner.

There is certainly computer work in the entertainment industry, I've dabbled, but if you prefer to live sixty miles south behind the Orange Curtain or even in San Diego, you might be OK, plenty of OC residents wouldn't cross the border into LA for love or money. Irvine and San Diego probably have the strongest job markets in the area.

re: #154 Intrepid

So it boils down to which ever way they vote doesn't mean a damned thing.

re: #161 Walter L. Newton

Now that sound interesting. I have even thought of overseas. I would love France (yea, I'm a Francophile). But it's a bitch to get a work visa there.

I have some friends outside of Paris. I was thinking of buying a one way ticket and just disappearing in Paris, have my friends help me get some work, maybe they wouldn't catch up with me.

And if they did, hell, the French would have to pay for my ticket home. Yea, free air fare.

I live close to France (Alsace) and I really like it. It's a very nice country. My ancestors on my dad's side, although German speakers, emanated from what is current day Alsace.

re: #158 stuiec

And other, evil proteins.

re: #61 HoosierHoops

had to ding you up sharm.. I remember that..funny..
did you see that little wimp crying on live TV a couple months ago cause somebody was teasing the O?
Wanted to slap him..snap out of it boy!

Shoo What do you want out of a cannon cocker, he was on a MLRS crew if I recall? ;-)>

I remember a still photo of that. He looked like a horrible parody of Alice Cooper gone wrong.

re: #164 stuiec

That sounds like it could be crazy fun!

I wouldn't get rich, but it would be a good job, and it's close to the place that I consider home (West Central Texas, San Angelo area).

re: #159 astronmr20

Walter, do you know anyone producing small or independent films right now?

Not in the Denver Metro area. We had a real good film industry here in the 90's, indie's and features and networks, but we had a bunch of greedy politicians, and they made it so expensive to work here, they all got scared away.

We even have a full Hollywood sized studio here, Colorado Studios, in a number of hangers and buildings at the old Stapleton Airport.

The made for TV film "The Shining" had all the boiler room and hotel service kitchen scenes filmed at Colorado Studios. Of course, the other hotel scenes were film at the Stanley in Estes Park.

We have a few indie filmmakers here in town, but their stuff is not that good.

Hey, OT, i guess, but can anyone tell me why my newest version of Firefox and Java, with Java enabled, won't work for the lounge? The help site of Parachat is not helping.

BTW - You know damn well how this Alaskan is voting

re: #146 Walter L. Newton

OOH-Rah!

Glad to hear it Walter! Keep up the Can-Do, Will-Do and getting PAID for it.

/I'll be around to collect YOUR earnings on behalf of Nobama in a few hours... redistribute for the greater good, don't you know?

re: #166 BlueCanuck

So it boils down to which ever way they vote doesn't mean a damned thing.

Yes, it means that this particular town that has been called a "bell weather" really isn't one. It's just a small town that votes early.

re: #171 Walter L. Newton

Not in the Denver Metro area. We had a real good film industry here in the 90's, indie's and features and networks, but we had a bunch of greedy politicians, and they made it so expensive to work here, they all got scared away.

We even have a full Hollywood sized studio here, Colorado Studios, in a number of hangers and buildings at the old Stapleton Airport.

The made for TV film "The Shining" had all the boiler room and hotel service kitchen scenes filmed at Colorado Studios. Of course, the other hotel scenes were film at the Stanley in Estes Park.

We have a few indie filmmakers here in town, but their stuff is not that good.

Okay.. thanks. I write music for commercials on the side, and have a sizable collection of themes I've been working on for the "right" movie folks... only I admit I've been too busy to persue it.

Your path you've chosen is inspiring to me, and makes me wonder why I don't try harder to line up some gigs!

re: #157 Killian Bundy

But you might trim 5-10 years off the resume, that's what I do

How do you do that?

/it's impossible to get hired for a job without the employer knowing how old you are, it's also the law

Is it the law?

Well, here's how it appears to go. I leave off ten or fifteen years, actually, since the technologies from back then are utterly obsolete now anyway, and in hi tech, that's all anyone cares about anymore. I don't hide it, I just summarize it very briefly, "details available on request". Hiring departments don't care about it. Recruiters don't care about it. When an offer is made, then they pay the credit agency $35 or whatever and they want your social, birth date, and the size of your dick. Homeland security, SOX, all sorts of reasons for this, I guess. Me and several others in my age cohort seem to get hired reasonably well, of course we're also drastically overqualified hot shots, too!

re: #170 imploder

I wouldn't get rich, but it would be a good job, and it's close to the place that I consider home (West Central Texas, San Angelo area).

Hey, that's where I was born...never really lived there, though
/Goodfellow AFB

re: #173 Karridine

OOH-Rah!

Glad to hear it Walter! Keep up the Can-Do, Will-Do and getting PAID for it.

/I'll be around to collect YOUR earnings on behalf of Nobama in a few hours... redistribute for the greater good, don't you know?

Yea, I believe it. I bet, even at 18 thousand a year (which is all I make now, on average), my taxes go up, or at least don't go down.

If that shithead gets elected, I just want to see what his programs do for me.

For a matter of fact, I would be a good benchmark for LGF. We can monitor how well his programs are working by seeing if I get a share of the wealth, or my healthcare needs get taken care of, or if my job prospects get better.

I'll be the Lizard test case.

Hola?

re: #179 Intrepid

Hola?

Aloha!

re: #171 Walter L. Newton

That wouldn't take much. You have to consider that Wellington Webb wanted to rake in a few bucks for himself and his cronies then cut bait and run. Only to be replaced by that buffoon Hickenlooper. City council of course leaves a lot to be desired.

Then you have to look at the surrounding republics such as The City of Aurora, City of Littleton, City of Englewood, et al. The counties can even be worse for development.

re: #178 Walter L. Newton

For a matter of fact, I would be a good benchmark for LGF. We can monitor how well his programs are working by seeing if I get a share of the wealth, or my healthcare needs get taken care of, or if my job prospects get better.

I'll be the Lizard test case.

My personal predictions on that? No, no, and no. Like red, I am not cynical, just experienced.

re: #178 Walter L. Newton

Yea, I believe it. I bet, even at 18 thousand a year (which is all I make now, on average), my taxes go up, or at least don't go down.

If that shithead gets elected, I just want to see what his programs do for me.

For a matter of fact, I would be a good benchmark for LGF. We can monitor how well his programs are working by seeing if I get a share of the wealth, or my healthcare needs get taken care of, or if my job prospects get better.

I'll be the Lizard test case.

The Citizen known as Walter L. Newman must first prove his loyalty to the cause before he is given any funds from our vast coffers.

That is all.

--the Dear Leaders's Ministry of Communication

re: #137 zombie

And finally, my seventh zomblog posting today!

Icky Sawah Pawin!

Yeah, girls have COOTIES!

re: #132 gmsc

Trivia Question: The bills to admit Alaska and Hawaii went through Congress on the same day, so why do we call Alaska our 49th state and Hawaii our 50th state?

Answer: The bills were taken in alphabetical order.

That may be, but Alaska actually became the 49th state (Jan. 3, 1959) over 7 months before Hawaii became the 50th (Aug. 21, 1959).

More trivia: On July 11, 2006, the United States had gone 46 years, 10 months, and 20 days since admitting Hawaii as the 50th state, beginning the longest gap in between the admission of new states in the country's history. The previous record interval was from Feb 14, 1912 to Jan. 3, 1959 between the admissions of Arizona and Alaska.

re: #180 gmsc

Aloha!

Heh - it looked like everybody had left me!

:-)

Heard something funny today, fits into the "Obama is not a citizen" theme.
A Native hawaiian group claimed the one can't possibly be a natural born citizen, as Hawaii is a nation under illegal occupation, rather than a state.

Funny thing is, Obama has already said he would sign the Kaka Bill, in effect, setting the stage for the restoration of the Kingdumb of Hawaii

I hope McCain wins...Here in the Banana Republic of Hawaii, the mourning will make the day after the 2008 Sugar Bowl look like Mardi Gras

re: #177 srb1976

Hey, that's where I was born...never really lived there, though
/Goodfellow AFB

hahaha Goodfellow air patch was my last duty station. I bought 20 acres of mesquite in Coke county, 5 miles west of Robert Lee (the county seat, po. 1500).

re: #184 victor_yugo

Yeah, girls have COOTIES!

Not this one!

re: #178 Walter L. Newton

Yea, I believe it. I bet, even at 18 thousand a year (which is all I make now, on average), my taxes go up, or at least don't go down.

If that shithead gets elected, I just want to see what his programs do for to me.

More accurate.

re: #172 jordan

Hi Jordan!

re: #175 astronmr20

Okay.. thanks. I write music for commercials on the side, and have a sizable collection of themes I've been working on for the "right" movie folks... only I admit I've been too busy to persue it.

Your path you've chosen is inspiring to me, and makes me wonder why I don't try harder to line up some gigs!

Well, go get those gigs. This month last year is when the theatre I now work for asked me if I would take the production manager job full time.

I was fed up with trying to find a full time programming job, so I took the plunge. Five years ago I was making 80 thou a year, now it's 18 thou.

But I am doing full time what I had been doing part time for 40 years, live theatre.

It's kind of neat working in theatre at this age, finding ways to pinch a penny, save money, it's grounded me, sort of nice to be out of the rat race of corporate games.

And on top of it all, I'm a conservative. That means I'll take care of myself no matter what. We always do.

re: #192 Walter L. Newton

Well, go get those gigs. This month last year is when the theatre I now work for asked me if I would take the production manager job full time.

I was fed up with trying to find a full time programming job, so I took the plunge. Five years ago I was making 80 thou a year, now it's 18 thou.

But I am doing full time what I had been doing part time for 40 years, live theatre.

It's kind of neat working in theatre at this age, finding ways to pinch a penny, save money, it's grounded me, sort of nice to be out of the rat race of corporate games.

And on top of it all, I'm a conservative. That means I'll take care of myself no matter what. We always do.

Respect.

re: #176 itellu3times

Is it the law?

Well, here's how it appears to go. I leave off ten or fifteen years, actually, since the technologies from back then are utterly obsolete now anyway, and in hi tech, that's all anyone cares about anymore. I don't hide it, I just summarize it very briefly, "details available on request". Hiring departments don't care about it. Recruiters don't care about it. When an offer is made, then they pay the credit agency $35 or whatever and they want your social, birth date, and the size of your dick. Homeland security, SOX, all sorts of reasons for this, I guess. Me and several others in my age cohort seem to get hired reasonably well, of course we're also drastically overqualified hot shots, too!

Yeah, it's the law, you need to prove who you are and that you're legally entitled to work in this country.

/so you don't lie about your age, you just leave out part of your employment history, what about your education history?

re: #188 imploder

The way I hear it (I was very young at the time) there wasn't even a base hospital, so I was born in town. Somewhere my dad has a certificate showing that I was baptized catholic due to an overzealous local priest. = )

re: #192 Walter L. Newton

And on top of it all, I'm a conservative. That means I'll take care of myself no matter what. We always do.

There's a shocker: a conservative theater manager in Colorado.

Well, since this has turned into Walter's resume thread, I'm heading out for the night.

Good night, all! Stay positive, and vote for McCain tomorrow!

re: #190 victor_yugo

More accurate.

Oh, I agree. I bet I don't see ONE benefit from his presidency, if he is elected.

And really, I'm not looking for any handout. But my point is, I'm the sort of person he is talking about when he is promising all this shit.

So, we'll see. Wanna take any bets I don't see any part of his pie?

re: #60 Walter L. Newton

Sort of reminds me of a short story "and then will come soft rains" by (brain fart, the guy that did "I Robot").

I, Robot was, as others have said, by Asimov -- but "Then Will Come Soft Rains" was by Ray Bradbury.

Here's a well-done, suitably bleak Soviet cartoon based on the story -- and it's subtitled, although there's not much dialogue apart from the pre-recorded utterances of the robo-house.

(The Russian title of the cartoon is literally "There Will Be a Soothing Rain" -- the word used to translate "soft" here, laskovy, implies an emotional tenderness and not just physical lightness. But in any case, the opening titles specifically credit Ray Bradbury.)

re: #195 srb1976

If that's the worst thing that ever happens to you, you'll have a wonderful life.

re: #25 conservativeChick

G-d am so nervous that am going to puke! My brother and dad think that Uhhubama is going to win while my mom thinks McCain will win in a landslide. I just want to pull my hair out and scream for this to be over.

my advice to you is to start drinking heavily...

(and to the rest of you too! %-)

/white smoke

re: #196 victor_yugo

There's a shocker: a conservative theater manager in Colorado.

Live theatre, yes. Moonbat hives. Most of the other theatre people in the community call me the "pet conservative".

re: #195 srb1976

The way I hear it (I was very young at the time) there wasn't even a base hospital, so I was born in town. Somewhere my dad has a certificate showing that I was baptized catholic due to an overzealous local priest. = )

Yup, no hospital, just a clinic. My wife was a nurse in the 17th med group, is now an aeromedical evacuation nurse. San Angelo has two hospitals, one is Columbia, West Texas Regional medical center, and the other is Shannon, a big non-profit that used to be called Saint something or other. I wonder which one hosted your arrival.

Hey right back to you Sharm. I gotta get some sleep since I have a ton of reading to do tomorrow for a new job, but I will get this damn comp problem fixed and be back sooner or later to talk about the McCain upset!

re: #200 victor_yugo

It's actually kind of a joke in my family...no one ever complained, they were just suitably amused =)

re: #201 redc1c4

Sounds like good advice. Will be fun watching the heads pop on the MSM tomorrow night that's for sure.

re: #137 zombie

Zombie,

You still around?

Have you seen this? Why Obama is Toast

re: #201 redc1c4

Eggselent idea !

re: #204 jordan

Hey right back to you Sharm. I gotta get some sleep since I have a ton of reading to do tomorrow for a new job, but I will get this damn comp problem fixed and be back sooner or later to talk about the McCain upset!

you found a job!? See, I will too!

re: #204 jordan

Switch to Safari.

re: #201 redc1c4

Bushmills, neat on me. Rest easy, the sun will come up, just a little earlier than usual for me.

re: #162 DavidNcl

Obama contradicting himself repeatedly... great editing of contradictory statements by The One

[Link: www.weeklystandard.com...]

Cool video. posted it.

Well, to bed.

This is a busy week, we open our Christmas show on Friday (yea, I know, it's not even Thanksgiving yet).

"A O. Henry Christmas." a musical featuring two O. Henry stories. "The Last Leaf" and "The Gift of the Magi."

The Last Leaf is sort of a real downer story, typical O. Henry, but really dark, dark for a Xmas story.

Of course, the Magi story is pure maudlin, but maudlin sells for Christmas. (sing) "You cut your hair, You cut your hair, You cut your hair, You cut your hair, You cut your hair, (repeat 28 times)", boy that gets on my nerves.

re: #207 HelloDare

That is a great read.

re: #207 HelloDare

Mind if I stick that in the spinoffs?

Imploder,

I totally BS'ed my way into a solid job. I applied after shooting the shit with some guy in a bar who used to work at the place. "Well, damn, son, you might as well apply since only one other person has even bothered."

A well-timed swing by the place and a second interview where I showed up without having shaved in two weeks secured it. I guess that the fact this job is in Bush Alaska might help... who the hell wants to live out here? It takes a special/stupid breed.

re: #5 astronmr20

Sarah's Dad just introduced her at the rally.

Here's what he had to say: "years ago I taught Sarah how to field-dress a moose. Tomorrow, I want you to watch her field-dress a donkey!"

I wish he had said: "I want you to watch her field dress the Jackass!"

re: #215 Sharmuta

Mind if I stick that in the spinoffs?

It's already there.

re: #215 Sharmuta

Mind if I stick that in the spinoffs?

It's there already. I should have mentioned it. Ding it up so others can see it tomorrow morning. It's making me feel a lot better about tomorrow...I mean, later today.

re: #194 Killian Bundy

Yeah, it's the law, you need to prove who you are and that you're legally entitled to work in this country.

/so you don't lie about your age, you just leave out part of your employment history, what about your education history?

Just leave off the dates.

When you have pages and pages of experience, nobody calls for your transcripts, until and unless a job offer is being made. Seems to me salary is more of an issue than actual age, a lot of places have an unrealistially low budget, and they will hire anyone who will take it, though they intend it to be a younger person, often enough an H-1B.

(don't even get me going on that, ...)

Remember, even with the security issues, it's age discrimination if they actually ask, even indirectly. And then, yet, they must. It's all just that confusing, ain't it?

Funny thing is, there are some shops where the average age is just a whole lot higher, seem to be practicing a postive form of age discimination - up to a point.

___Sailing to Obamadom___

That is no country for wise men. The hopeful
Awash in another's promises, hand-out elites
- Those tax'ed generations - at their hymn,
The gavel-falls, judicial-crowded seats,
County, State, or Supreme, amend articles dim
Constitution inked, re-inked, and dries.
Fraught with radical agenda all erect
Battlement against unageing intellect.

A self-made man is but a withered ass,
A tapped mind upon a stick, unless
Law clamps the hands and grasps, stronger grasps
For every pocket in its fiscal dress,
Nor is there educated school but studying
Monuments of its own magnificence;
And therefore I have sailed the sleaze and come
To the holy city of Obamadom.

Sages prostrate in The One's holy fire
As in golden rubric of a urinal stall,
Come from the holy fire, submit desire,
And be the credit-masters of my soul.
Consume my wealth away; without retire
And mounted by a braying animal
It knows not what it taxes; and gather me
Into the artifice of prosperity.

Once out of nature I shall never take
My corporate form from any natural thing,
But such a form as Socialist goldsmiths make
Of stolen gold and gold pick-pocketing
To commit a sordid National rape;
Or set upon a golden cow to slay
To lords and ladies of Obamadom
Of what is past, or passing, or to come.

re: #218 Opilio

Where?

Sharm,

I use XP because I am an uptight, white conservative. Just like those stupid commericals.

re: #215 Sharmuta

re: #218 Opilio

Great article.

Link it to the spinoffs in this thread.

re: #128 Badge of Kaffir Pride

Yep. It is from the Marston Chronicles: [Link: hillbuzz.wordpress.com...]

Intriguing article, it breaks down how many PUMA votes are needed per state, with your number being all it would take, if not far less.

I will check later for the Marston Chronicles' planned update, but first, got to hit the hay, so I can go vote at 8 am.

Sure hope it works, and "That One&CO" so deserve it. Hung by his own rope?

As Jackie Gleason would say, "How Sweet It Is!"

re: #223 jordan

Use Safari for Windows.

re: #199 Throbert McGee

The Russian title of the cartoon is literally "There Will Be a Soothing Rain"

Which is, by the way, an appropriate translation given the full context of Sara Teasdale's poem from which Bradbury took his short story title:

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;

And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum-trees in tremulous white;

Robins will wear their feathery fire
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;

And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it done.

Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly;

And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone.

The poem was written in 1918, as Teasdale's reaction to The War To End All Wars...

MAC users drive me crazy. They use MAC RGB and they go nutty about the colors.

re: #222 Sharmuta

Where?

The Spinoff

Why Obama is Toast

About 11 or 12 down from the top right now.

re: #222 Sharmuta

Where?

In "POLITICS"

Link to LGF reference

G'nite, Lizardzzz!

re: #228 Throbert McGee

The poem was written in 1918, as Teasdale's reaction to The War To End All Wars...

Yes, Bradbury. As I said in my post above, I had a brain fart, couldn't remember his name.

I watched the video, I love those Eastern European and Russian works. Some stories just lend themselves to that style.

I was in Warsaw about 4 years ago and saw a local production of "Cats." Instead of a setting of a junkyard, the setting was a bombed out warehouse during the WWII. It worked so nice.

Ok, I said to bed, now I mean it.

IT'S NOT IN THE SPINOFFS ON THIS PAGE.

Fine- I'll do it myself

223 Sharm.

Will look into it. But I am off to sleep for real.

Night {LeePro}, night Walter. Hope you have good days tomorrow.

Later Walter. That play sounds interesting.

I actually have the day off tomorrow and am tempted to go out and vote first thing and then undergo a 100% self-imposed media blackout. No TV, no radio, no blogs, no nothin...just thumb through some guidebooks I picked up from the library. Maybe cook up some leftover potatoes augrautin to go with the leftover steak...or have some tomato basil soup and garlic bread depending on how cold it gets outside...

I never look for spinoffs in the linkviewer. I doubt I'm alone.

re: #226 Picayune

Yep. It is from the Marston Chronicles:

Heh. I saw this right after I posted about the Ray Bradbury short story -- which came from his book The Martian Chronicles.

re: #207 HelloDare

Zombie,

You still around?

Have you seen this? Why Obama is Toast

Interesting article. Lots of typos, though! (sorry)

re: #241 Throbert McGee

Heh. I saw this right after I posted about the Ray Bradbury short story -- which came from his book The Martian Chronicles.

One of my favorite authors of all time.

I wouldn't even know how to find a spinoff. I suppose it's easy but I have my news search already set up on my own.

Marston has updated his table:

A mere 873,520 PUMA's spread across eleven states are needed to produce a McCain-Palin landslide. Do you really want to tell me that there are not that many Hillary supporters who cannot vote for Obama-Biden in these eleven states out of 18,000,000 of them? Now who is drinking the Kool-Aid?

(...)

What will be interesting to see is how the pollsters and the media will react to this unbelievable upset. On the other hand, I think we all know what their reaction will be -- America is a racist country. No matter what they say, the real reasons will be (1) The DNC and the Obama folks dumped all over Hillary Clinton and then did not ask her to take the second slot, (2) America is simply not ready for a President who is so far out of the mainstream of political thought, (3) that Obama's constant playing of the race card cost him a lot of votes from people who did not like being called racists, (4) the media assuring the voters that Obama was a shoo-in because Americans are a stubborn lot and (5) Obama's attitude that his election was preordained.

2 hours until the polls open on the east coast.

Just heard on German local radio station: John McCain supports nuclear energy, and radio's staff openly supports Obama.

TIP: Supporting nuke power is a biggest sin known to man, according to popular German media.

Can't Sleep, clowns will eat me... or somehow get exit polling information out of me... I feel really bad for anyone that didn't early vote, though, I don't envy the people that get to go and wait out in the cold tomorrow.

re: #247 Areozol

Just heard on German local radio station: John McCain supports nuclear energy, and radio's staff openly supports Obama.

TIP: Supporting nuke power is a biggest sin known to man, according to popular German media.

Is that why they hate the French?

re: #249 victor_yugo

Is that why they hate the French?

No, it's because the French are incapable of putting up enough of a fight to make them feel manly.

re: #248 s.r.

Can't Sleep, clowns will eat me... or somehow get exit polling information out of me...

Very simple remedy for that:

"Get the *$#@ out of my face, numbnuts!"

re: #247 Areozol

Is that why Germans hate France?

From one of the articles in the spinoff links above about businesses in Pueblo, Co. that had to shut down to accomodate an Obama rally.

“I can’t even open my door tomorrow,” said Rhonda Murry, the owner of an antique shop on Union Ave. Murry spent $150 to attract customers in town this weekend for a large antique fair. “This was a big antique weekend and we’ve lost our revenue for basically two days,” said Murry.

The small business owners in the area wanted to know–”Who planned this?” said Aragon.

According to the city of Pueblo, the Obama campaign selected this site. The campaign office wouldn’t comment on their site selection process, but members of the Obama campaign gave the affected business owners VIP tickets to the rally to make up for the inconvenience (emphasis mine). For some, that wasn’t enough. “Although it may be a nice picture on the wall, how is that going to change our financial status, it doesn’t,” said Terre Heath, owner of Studio 127 salon on Union Ave.

So basically, 0bama is saying "Sorry we're shutting you down for two days, but to compensate for that, I'm giving you the gift of ME!"

re: #242 astronmr20

Yeah, I caught a lot of typos.

re: #247 Areozol

Yeah, but that's only because the Germans still feel guilty about starting a war that killed over 48,000,000 people along with their ally, Japan.