American Soldier by Toby Keith

Thank you Veterans

There's probably a handful of things I've done/not done in my life that I truly regret. One of those things is my lack of service in the military. Maybe more importantly is my total disrespect for those who did serve.

As I've documented in the past, in my younger days, I was a snot nosed, liberal, punk who, like most liberals, had all the right answers for all the wrong questions.

To me, military service was for those had few other options.

But as I've grown older, I've met people who have served, I see the lessons of honor, integrity, trust, commitment to others, etc. etc. in those people. Lord knows these are lessons our entire country need to learn.

My maturity in life has also allowed me to recognize that we could not possibly enjoy our wonderful lives as Americans without the service of those willing to serve.

To that, all veterans have my gratitude and unwavering support.

Thank you.

Who's pushing out moderates

So the conservatives don't support a GOP candidate more liberal than Obama and media talking point is all about conservatives purging "moderates".

Move On is running these ads against moderate "Blue Dogs", and the talking point is still conservatives purging moderates.

What happened to summer?

Some photos from summers past......

Sure is cold for global warming

So Mr./Ms. Branch Gorevidian how do you explain this?

The average October temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below the 20^th Century average and ranked as the 3^rd coolest based on preliminary data.

For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October on record. The month was marked by an active weather pattern that reinforced unseasonably cold air behind a series of cold fronts. temperatures were below normal in eight of the nation's nine climate regions, and of the nine, five were much below normal. Only the Southeast climate region had near normal temperatures for October.

Statewide temperatures coincided with the regional values as all but six states had below normal temperatures. Oklahoma had its coolest October on record and ten other states had their top five coolest such months.

Florida was the only state to have an above normal temperature average in October. It was the sixth consecutive month that the Florida's temperature was above normal, resulting in the third warmest such period (May-October).

The three-month period (August-October) was the coolest on record for three states: Nebraska,Kansas, and Oklahoma. Five other states had top five cool periods: Missouri (2^nd), Iowa (3^rd) , Arkansas (5^th) , Illinois (5^th) and South Dakota (5^th) . Every climate division in Kansas (nine) and Nebraska (eight) recorded a record cool such period.

Really, it's OK to take off those purple Nike's now or do you still want to insist it's getting warmer out there.

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Dealing with evil

The one issue that eventually swung me to being a conservative was how "progressives" deal with evil.

The fact is..... they don't.

First, "progressives" can't even identify what true evil is. Oh, they'll tell you George Bush was truly evil but what about that guy who walks into an Israeli pizza shop with a back pack full of explosives and they'll say "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter".

So when you can't even admit to a problem, how can you possibly manage it?

And it is for the Ft. Hood shooter douche who was a train wreck waiting to happen but Ms. Liberal over there waved their Obamunist flag telling us "all those email rants where he threatened our military is protected free speech".

Wesley Pruden lays it out much better than I can........

What worries Americans is how political correctness trumps the judgment of so many of our leaders. ABC News reported Monday that U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Maj. Hasan was attempting to contact al Qaeda, for reasons unknown but presumably not about Osama bin Laden's plans for Brotherhood Week. Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, requested a CIA briefing on what was known about Maj. Hasan, and was told no. Mr. Hoekstra on Saturday sent a "document-preservation request" to the directors of the Department of National Intelligence, the FBI, the National Security Agency and the CIA to prevent a rush to the shredders to destroy embarrassing evidence of malfeasance.

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The "progressive" goal on health care

So what the hell are "progressives" trying to accomplish with nationalized health care?

Here's the words right from a blue blooded liberal..............

The typical argument for ObamaCare is that it will offer better medical care for everyone and cost less to do it, but occasionally a supporter lets the mask slip and reveals the real political motivation. So let's give credit to John Cassidy, part of the left-wing stable at the New Yorker, who wrote last week on its Web site that "it's important to be clear about what the reform amounts to."

Mr. Cassidy is more honest than the politicians whose dishonesty he supports. "The U.S. government is making a costly and open-ended commitment," he writes. "Let's not pretend that it isn't a big deal, or that it will be self-financing, or that it will work out exactly as planned. It won't. What is really unfolding, I suspect, is the scenario that many conservatives feared. The Obama Administration . . . is creating a new entitlement program, which, once established, will be virtually impossible to rescind."

Why are they doing it? Because, according to Mr. Cassidy, ObamaCare serves the twin goals of "making the United States a more equitable country" and furthering the Democrats' "political calculus." In other words, the purpose is to further redistribute income by putting health care further under government control, and in the process making the middle class more dependent on government. As the party of government, Democrats will benefit over the long run.

This explains why Nancy Pelosi is willing to risk the seats of so many Blue Dog Democrats by forcing such an unpopular bill through Congress on a narrow, partisan vote: You have to break a few eggs to make a permanent welfare state. As Mr. Cassidy concludes, "Putting on my amateur historian's cap, I might even claim that some subterfuge is historically necessary to get great reforms enacted."

What's most humorous is the left characterization of conservatives as simply parroting the rush Limbaugh/Glenn Beck marching orders; yet they have no problems participating in a lie perpetrated by the left's hierarchy and simply parroting that knowing the fallout.

It's almost as if the lefties are saying "we know this is a bad idea that will wreck our economy but at least everyone will have the same level of care; albeit crappy for everyone and we're more than willing to perpetuate the lies to smoke screen this issue to our dumb ass constituencies."

How's that Hope and Change working for you now?

Article here.....

O' Hail the Messiah Lord Obama

Presidential quiz

From the American Thinker......

1. President Bush was famous for lacking "intellectual curiosity," while President Obama has been called "the smartest guy ever to become President." Who reads more books: Bush or Obama?

2. Bush was often considered to be in the grip of Big Oil. In contrast, Obama is a Harvard-educated lawyer. Which industry contributed more than five times as much as the other to politicians: the oil & gas industry, or lawyers/law firms?

Answer the rest here....

Blogger Fail

I have no idea what's going on but Blogger is randomly setting the the fonts on my posts. I have no idea why. I typically like to keep the fonts large so older folks do have to whip out the cheaters.

If anyone else has noticed this problem please let me know just so I can be comforted in knowing that it's not my meth addiction.

In addition, if you know how to correct this, please let me know.

Steyn gets it

From Mark Steyn at NRO...........

For the purposes of argument, let's accept the media's insistence that Major Hasan is a lone crazy.

So who's nuttier?

The guy who gives a lecture to other military doctors in which he says non-Muslims should be beheaded and have boiling oil poured down their throats?

Or the guys who say "Hey, let's have this fellow counsel our traumatized veterans and then promote him to major and put him on a Homeland Security panel?

Or the Army Chief of Staff who thinks the priority should be to celebrate diversity, even unto death?

Or the Secretary of Homeland Security who warns that the principal threat we face now is an outbreak of Islamophobia?

Or the president who says we cannot "fully know" why Major Hasan did what he did, so why trouble ourselves any further?

Or the columnist who, when a man hands out copies of the Koran before gunning down his victims while yelling "Allahu akbar," says you're racist if you bring up his religion?

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Diversity

Army Chief Had this to say over the weekend.......

General George Casey Jr., the Army chief of staff, said on Sunday that he was concerned that speculation about the religious beliefs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of killing 12 fellow soldiers and one civilian and wounding dozens of others in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, could “cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers.”

“I’ve asked our Army leaders to be on the lookout for that,” General Casey said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union. “It would be a shame — as great a tragedy as this was — it would be a shame if our diversity became a casualty as well.”

Actually Gen Casey, it seems to me that your "diversity" has cost a lot of non Muslims their lives.

Maybe you need to tell your leaders to look out for radical Muslims looking to kill Non Muslims; that seems to be a bigger threat.

How liberals milk conservatives.

So you are one of those gun control ding dongs who believes that we should ban all guns. Well, if you are so adamant about banning guns, post a notice on your doors that no guns are allowed.

But you won't do that, right? Because you and I both know that your home would be invaded in about 14 minutes.

It's because of the fear of the unknown. The fact that maybe you have a gun or maybe you don't.

Well, I think we conservatives need to stand up and quit having these people stand behind gun lovers and let them live in their liberal utopia.

We can start by posting these signs in our yards......

Reagan - Tear Down This Wall

Sportsmanship 101

Bearcats are now 9-0

Congratulations to the UC Bearcats for a nice exiting win last night a Nippert Stadium.

After a 30-10 whoop ass the first half, I was poised to leave the game at the end of the third quarter and be in bed by 11:30. No such luck.

With a combination of a porous run defense and a punt return for a touchdown, the Huskies got back in the game to make it a 47-45 nail biter.

Hard to imagine a game scenario where your offense racks up over 700 yards and you win by 2.

Next up is West Virginia. Hopefully, Brian Kelly will dress a defense for the game.

Steve Driehaus

Steve Driehaus campaigned that he was no Pelosi lockstep liberal.

But I''m not sure what else you would call voting on every single bill Lollapelosi & co. has offered. It was part of my post yesterday that he already knew he was toast so he had nothing to lose on his vote.

Nice to see Mary Kilroy and and Zach Space do the same.

Start packing your crap now.

Collusion

Boise State athletic director Gene Bleymaier is all but begging for a major opponent – any major opponent – to play his Broncos, particularly in 2011. He can hardly get his calls returned. Not by the SEC. Not by the Big Ten. Not by anyone.

Bleymaier is making a nearly unheard of offer in college football scheduling – Boise will bring its popular, high-profile, top-10 team to any stadium in any town to play any big name team in America in 2011. And they don’t have to return the date in Idaho.

So far, no one has bit.

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Sound Familiar?

Robert Gibbs has the balls to say "Imagine just a few years ago had somebody walked around with images of Hitler."

ringospictures has a pretty good memory

So does zombietime

Coldplay #58

Don't miss out Coldplay fans. If you missed the Playboy cover with Marge, keep your heads up. Chris Martin makes a cameo on the Simpson's this season.

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Who did they vote for? #4510997

Meet Kimberly Munley. If you don't know who she is yet.........

A police officer and mother of one was hailed a heroine yesterday after it emerged that she almost single handedly ended the massacre at America’s biggest military base.

Kimberly Munley does not look as if she would be much of a match for a heavily armed US soldier on a murderous rampage. But the slightly built 34-year-old civilian officer was first on the scene after Shooter Douche (my edit) began firing on comrades at Ford Hood in Texas as they prepared to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq. The 39-year-old psychologist killed 13 and left 31 others with serious injuries.

So who did Kimberly Munley vote for in our past presidential election? The Maverick or The One.

Conversely, Who did shooter douche vote for?

By the way, she may not look like a good match up against Batista or Jon Cena, but fire power has a way of evening the odds.

Schoolhouse Rock- How a Bill Becomes a Law

Somehow Barbara Boxer and Nancy Pelosi have made a mockery of School House Rock.

My fifty cent psycho analysis

Ft. Hood shooter douche is a product of a politically correct military.

Orlando shooter douche is a product of culture where we don't keep score of kids soccer games. These guys have never related to failure until it's a big one. And now we're surprised that he freaked?

I expect an invitation to CNN as an expert on psycho shootings any moment now.

By the way, for the record, if I have to hear that Islam is a "religion of peace", I'm going to go postal on some media type.

Islam is a religion! Plain and simple. It's no more a religion of peace than Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.

What's the difference?

Yesterday, I got to listen to hours of break in coverage of a guy who shot and killed one person and wounded others. By the end of that coverage I now know the following....

His name
His employment history
His mother's name
His shoe size
His answer to Ginger v. Marianne
His favorite fruit
The fact that he didn't get an H1N1 vaccination
etc, etc, etc,


Meanwhile, just up the road in Cleveland, we have a guy who's allegedly raped and killed at least 11 women and left them rotting in his home.

Not that I've sought it out but I haven't even seen a picture of this guy, nor do I know any of the above things that I know about shooter douche above.

What's the difference?

Charles Blow, Racist

It seems odd that a black man could be racist against another black man. But how else do you explain this column critical of The One?

Job creation has dropped from top priority to one of many, and President Obama has been remanded to pandering for patience and offering excuses. On the one hand, he argues the tortured rationale that there is good news in the awful numbers: Things are still getting worse but at a slower pace. On the other, he incessantly reminds us that he inherited the crisis. The implication: Don’t blame me, blame Bush.

But this president can’t keep deflecting to the last one. Pain is presently felt. The crisis that took form on Bush’s watch is being experienced on Obama’s. Fair or not, finger-pointing is not effective policy.

This is now Obama’s crisis, and it carries political consequences. During Tuesday’s gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, nearly 9 in 10 voters said that they were worried about the direction of the nation’s economy in the next year. And the majority of those who held that view voted for the Republican candidates. This could portend a flashback to 1994.

It isn’t President Obama’s fault that he inherited this mess, but it is his to fix, and he must make haste. To paraphrase his Toledo prelection: you need to do it not five years from now, not next year, you need to do it right now. J-O-B-S.

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Can I get a fist pump?

The Boston Globe is now on the White House hit list after this comment.......

IN TIMES of national tragedy, Americans expect their president to capture the mood and moment with the right blend of emotion, empathy, and urgency. It’s a delicate act of timing and tone. And President Obama, despite his eloquence and dignity, has yet to master it, as illustrated by his awkward response to the deadly shootings at the Fort Hood Army Base in Texas.

Obama’s initial remarks came shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, while Americans were struggling to come to grips with the shocking rampage and its chaotic aftermath. The stage was set for the president to quickly and somberly address the tragedy. Instead, a serene-looking Obama offered light introductory comments, keyed to those attending a Tribal Nations Conference that was hosted by the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs. His introduction included a convivial “shout-out’’ to one of the conference attendees.

Several minutes in, Obama finally called the Fort Hood shootings “a horrific outburst of violence.’’ The words he spoke next were respectful and appropriate. But it took him too long to get to the point of delivering them.

It takes more than scripted eloquence for presidents to connect with their fellow Americans. It requires a visceral ability to grasp the scope of tragedy, calculate its impact on the national psyche, and react swiftly to it. Ronald Reagan did it after the Challenger explosion took the lives of seven crew members on Jan. 28, 1986. So did Bill Clinton, after the Oklahoma City bombings of April 19, 1995, left 168 dead and more than 600 injured.

When a gunman fired those shots at Fort Hood, the country immediately felt the pain. Obama missed the first moment to show he understood just how much it hurt.

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Four more years of..........Nixon?

At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration.

Political consultants are a staple of cable television talk shows, analyzing current events based on their own experiences working on campaigns or in government.

One Democratic strategist said that shortly after an appearance on Fox he got a phone call from a White House official telling him not to be a guest on the show again. The call had an intimidating tone, he said.

The message was, "We better not see you on again,'' said the strategist, who spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to run afoul of the White House. An implicit suggestion, he said, was that "clients might stop using you if you continue.''

In urging Democratic consultants to spurn Fox, White House officials might be trying to isolate the network and make it appear more partisan.

A boycott by Democratic strategists could also help drive the White House narrative that Fox is a fundamentally different creature than the other TV news networks. For their part, White House officials appear on Fox News -- but sporadically and with "eyes wide open,'' as one aide put it.

A couple of months ago, I noted how Obama has managed to take on the worst characteristics of each of our past presidents to Carter.

You can now add Nixon to the list.

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Blue Dogs are more dangerous

The conventional wisdom is that the "blue dog" democrats, conservative democrats in conservative districts read the writing on the wall Tuesday and somehow discerned that supporting the Obamaunist socialist agenda is a job killer..... for them.

Here in Ohio were have clowns like Steve Driehaus and Zach Space. The WSJ had this to say about a VA rep....

There's freshman Rep. Tom Perriello, who, buoyed by the big Obama turnout, won Virginia's fifth congressional district by a scant 727 votes. Today, Mr. Perriello's farming and manufacturing area sports the state's highest unemployment rate. The Democrat suffered a furious backlash over his vote for a cap-and-trade bill that will further crush local manufacturing and was then walloped at a series of health-care town halls.

I've got an alternative view that's a lot more ominous. These clowns already know they're toast and that makes them dangerous. Because if you are a liberal, what do you have to lose at this point? Your basically going to be winding down your congressional career in another 13 months and then you'll be gone. So why not approve all of the liberal wish list agenda?

Guys like Driehaus only got into office because of the exceptionally high turn out of young & black voters in his district looking to elect Obama. They're not going to show up to vote for him in 2010.

Do you really think Perriello is concerned about his congressional future?

I don't think so.

Look for these clowns to show up big for Lollapelosi and co. this weekend.

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Christina Romer on the state of the economy....

"It's a stark reminder of how much work remains to be done to get people back to work," Christina Romer, head of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, acknowledged in an interview with The Associated Press.

Christina, please take a hint and go on vacation because it's clear that what you're doing is counter productive.

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The Obamunists priorities

Apparently, getting a corrupt New Jersey governor was a higher priority for the Obamunists than getting Maine's Issue 1 knocked down.

Don't take my word for it take this lefty's blog...........

I think we just caught the DNC lying to the gay community about the election in Maine. And an email from DNC Treasurer Andy Tobias, which we quote below, proves it.

Joe broke the news on Monday that the DNC's "Organizing for America" group, formerly known as "Obama for America," contacted Mainers by email, urging them to vote on Tuesday, but without mentioning what the election was about, nor which way to vote. Among the measures up for a vote was ballot measure 1, the repeal of gay marriage in that state. A number of us were concerned as to why the DNC wouldn't inform gay voters that 1 was on the ballot, let alone not urging them to vote "no."

Shortly thereafter, a second Mainer received another email from the DNC's OFA. This one urged her to call five people in New Jersey, in order to help Jon Corzine's re-election for governor. This was disturbing for a number of reasons. First, why would the DNC ask Mainers to help out in New Jersey, while not asking Mainers to help on "1" or any other ballot measures in their own state? Second, the email was proof that the DNC was in fact doing more than sending generic "get out the vote" messages to advocate. In states they deemed worthy, they were actually organizing for specific things on the ballot. Marriage in Maine simply didn't pass muster.

But hey, as it stands, we know the real homophobes are Obamunists anyway. They came out in droves to back Obama last year, only to vote down the gay marriage law in California.....

Remember the fiasco over the wedge that appeared between liberal constituency groups blacks and gays over California's Proposition 8 voting? I'm shocked that Avarosis wouldn't be thrilled that for once Obama finally delivered for his real base, as opposed to simply pandering to them as he so often does. Just do the Math.

It isn't only Corzine gays are less important than. Heck, gays are all but at the back of the bus. But at least Obama hasn't yet thrown them off it, as he's done with so many others. The real question is, don't they sort of look like rubes for remaining on it themselves?

Oh, sorry, the rubes is us! Just don't tell Andy Sullivan. If he's ever forced to face the truth of it, he'll never get to the bottom of the mystery of his mind surrounding Palin's child! The reality based community. God bless them if only for the free entertainment they provide.

Most of California's Black Voters Backed Gay Marriage Ban 53% of Latinos Also Supported Proposition 8

The same voters who turned out strongest for Barack Obama also drove a stake through the heart of same-sex marriage.

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Is it still Bush's fault?

Remember the good old days when you bought pop from returnable bottles and Bush was responsible for every thing; including the shortage of flu shots.........

“While many Americans search in vain for flu shots, members and employees of Congress are able to obtain them quickly and at no charge from the Capitol's attending physician, who has urged all 535 lawmakers to get the vaccines even if they are young and healthy… But people of all ages who are credentialed to work in the Capitol can get a shot by saying they meet the guidelines, with no further questions asked… The practice appears to directly contravene the instruction being given by the government's executive branch.” --- Charles Babington and David Brown, The Washington Post, Oct. 20, 2004.

or

"Yesterday, on the way from St. Petersburg to New Port Richey, the presidential entourage stopped at the Paradise Restaurant in the little town of Safety Harbor, where the president and his brother posed for pictures and were served coffee and baklava. While in the restaurant, a member of the press pool shouted out a question to the president: 'Are you accountable for the flu vaccine shortage?' Bush ignored the question. And reporters were hustled out of the restaurant." --- Dan Froomkin’s White House Briefing Column, Oct. 20, 2004.

I'm waiting for an Obama presser where gets to blame Bush for the R2D2 flu shortage.....

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PS as an aside, this morning, I watched an old Patty Duke show where Kathy had a reaction to the flu shot. Remember, this show ran from 1963 -1966; long before freaks like me became an anti vaccination types.

This clown just doesn't get it

From the presidential presser yesterday.....

We still don’t know what was behind the killings at Ft. Hood this afternoon, in which 11 soldiers and the killer died, but President Obama’s rushed press conference was surprising in its flippancy nonetheless. Before he got to the issue on everyone’s mind — namely the deaths of Americans in uniform — the president gave a “shout-out” to government bureaucrats gathered for a previously scheduled conference at the Interior Department, complete with appreciative chuckles. He treated the event like a pep rally rather than a tragic occasion with a wider audience than those gathered in the room. I wonder how many media outlets will compare Obama’s performance to President Bush’s “Pet Goat” moment on 9/11. I won’t hold my breath.

For what it's worth, he'll get the same treatment he'll get for the flu shot shortage.

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Intra party civil war

Of course, we all know that we conservatives are doing our best to purge "moderates" so we can insure continued failure at the polls.

Then why are lefties doing the same with the democrats?

A few days ago, the left-wing activist group MoveOn.org began sending out emails seeking contributions to fund primary challenges against any Democratic senator who does not fully support "health care reform with a public option." Now there's an update: MoveOn executive director Justin Ruben says the group has raised $3,578,117 for the project and is thinking of new ways to punish errant Democratic lawmakers.

"It's a huge sum, and the clearest signal yet that any Democrat who helps Republicans filibuster health care reform will face an enormous backlash from the grassroots," writes Ruben. And now, working in conjunction with Howard Dean's old organization Democracy for America, MoveOn is starting a drive to take away the committee chairmanships of any Democrat who fails to live up to MoveOn's progressive standards. "Many of these senators hold coveted committee chairmanships that give them significant power within the Senate," Ruben writes. "Our friends at Democracy for America have launched an open letter urging Senate Democrats to strip committee chairmanships from any Democrat who filibusters health care." Ruben says that more than 66,000 MoveOn and Democracy for America members have pledged to contribute.

"Chairing a committee is a privilege, not a right," Ruben continues. "So if a member of the Democratic Congress joins with Republicans in the most important vote in a generation, then they certainly don't deserve a position of power controlled by Democrats."

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Demorcats, Poverty...... a correlation

I had these state on the blog when they first came out, but I thought it was a nice reminder none the less.

Thanks reader Bernie for the email.....

City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level

1. Detroit , MI
32.5%
2. Buffalo , NY
29.9%
3. Cincinnati , OH
27.8%
4. Cleveland , OH
27.0%
5. Miami , FL
26.9%
5. St. Louis , MO
26.8%
7. El Paso , TX
26.4%
8. Milwaukee , WI
26.2%
9. Philadelphia , PA
25.1%
10. Newark , NJ
24.2%
U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007

What do the ten largest cities, (population over 250,000) all with the highest poverty rates, have in common?


Detroit, MI (1st on the list) hasn't elected a REPUBLICAN mayor since 1961;


Buffalo,NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954;

Cincinnati, OH (3rd)...since 1984;

Cleveland, OH (4th)....since 1989;

Miami, FL (5th) has NEVER had a Republican mayor;

St. Louis, MO (6th)....since 1949;

El Paso, TX (7th) has NEVER had a Republican mayor;

Milwaukee, WI (8th)...since 1908;

Philadelphia, PA (9th)...since 1952;

Newark, NJ (10th)....since 1907.

Could there be a pattern here?

Notice THE LARGEST American city, NY,NY is not even on the list!

Einstein once remarked, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.'

It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats---yet to this day they have remained POOR

Who did he vote for? #4100

Meet James Miller. Why is James in the news?

A 20-year-old Cincinnati man dressed as a Breathalyzer test found himself blowing into one when Oxford police picked him up on suspicion of drunk driving Halloween night.

Oxford police arrested James P. Miller after allegedly finding him driving the wrong way down a one-way street with no headlights at about 1:30 a.m. Nov. 1., according to a police report.

Miller, who was allegedly stuffing his mouth with chewing gum, told the officer he did not have anything to drink that night, according to police.

So on November 2008, did James here vote for The Maverick or The One?

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Ohio's gaming cartel aka Issue 3

So how did Issue 3 do across the state?

Well, if you where in one of the counties who got to vote themselves a casino, you probably voted yes. If you didn't, you probably voted no. So much for a state wide issue.

The Plain Dealer with more

Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video 7th Grade Version

A gun refresher course

Thanks to reader Randall.......

1. "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those Who do not." Thomas Jefferson

2."Those who trade liberty for security have neither." John Adams

3. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.

4. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

5. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.

6. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.

7.You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.

8.Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.

9. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.

10. Assault is a behavior, not a device.

11. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

12. The United States Constitution (c) 1791. A ll Rights Reserved.

13. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.

14. What part of 'shall not be infringed' do you NOT understand?

15. Guns have only two enemies; rust and politicians.

16. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.

17. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.