An important election
November is a very important month, not because my 98th birthday is in it, but because it is the month of the most important election in my lifetime. I have lived through many elections and many presidents. Six months of observation after President Obama was sworn in, I made the statement, “Never in the history of our country has anyone so unqualified for the job been elected as president of our country.” My opinion has not changed.
The president's economic policies have not worked, resulting in jobs lost, more people unemployed and receiving food stamps, small businesses still closing, living costs up and income not increasing. The credit of our country was downgraded and we are much worse off financially than four years ago.
The president's foreign policies have not worked. Because of his policies, one embassy was bombed, Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans killed, other embassies attacked, riots in the streets of over 20 other countries, American flags burning and fires raging in the Middle East and North Africa. Our country is weaker and less respected.
This is not an election to vote along party lines because we have always voted for that party. It is an election that will determine the kind of country in which we live the remainder of our lives.
Make it an informed vote. This is the most important election in our lifetimes and will determine our future.
WILLIAM MacKAY
Winston-Salem
A special breed
My law-enforcement career began as an explorer in 1975. I spent years as a Winston-Salem police officer and a Forsyth County deputy sheriff. I learned that the people who make up the judicial system are a special breed. It gets in your blood, and your purpose is to help others and enforce the laws of our great country.
People are not always happy, but justice does prevail. I have known Forsyth District Judge Victoria Roemer for her entire career. I watched her grow into one the most respected judges on the bench. I endorse Judge Roemer, and ask everyone to get out and vote to re-elect Judge Roemer.
BARBARA SMITH
FORSYTH COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF (RET.)
Clemmons
Endorsement
About your endorsement of President Obama (“Obama is the best choice for president,” Oct. 14): Well said. Very clearly stated.
Thank you.
CATHERINE W. PITTS
Winston-Salem
We have a choice
The election is almost upon us and we have a choice. We can elect a guy who wants to reinstitute the policies that took away our homes, jobs and retirement and put our country on the brink of financial collapse; or we can re-elect the guy who steadily steered us back from the edge of disaster and got our economy moving again.
We can elect someone who wants to re-enact the policies that shot our deficit through the roof; or we can reelect someone who has a plan to reduce it.
We can elect the guy who said he doesn’t care about the middle class or we can re-elect the guy who has continually fought for the middle class.
We can elect the guy whose foreign policy experience is limited to outsourcing American jobs to China or we can re-elect the guy who was the commander in chief that hunted down Osama bin Laden and restored our standing with the rest of the world.
We can elect a guy who is more than happy to send the sons and daughters of America’s middle class and working poor into another war in the Middle East or we can re-elect the guy who understands who actually would be fighting that war, and believes we should try all options before asking them to do so.
Really, I can’t believe this is even close.
JAMES KEVIN BOKENO
Advance
Crowing
I am at a loss to understand the “crowing” of some of the liberal press about the performance of Vice President Joe Biden in the Oct. 11 debate. It appeared to this viewer, a registered Democrat, that Biden’s main weapon was his continual use of a condescending grin that seemed to convey the thought that Rep. Paul Ryan is a very nice young man who appears to be a bit out of his depth. At times the grin was close to a smirk.
Ryan, at one point, made a suggestion that the interruptions — in my opinion predominantly by Biden — should stop. No such luck.
As a Democrat, I did vote for the Obama ticket in 2008. Not this time. I, as I believe a vast number of people are, am fed up with “politicking” without leadership.
I have no idea how many people are acquainted with the judgment of John Nance Garner, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s vice president during his first two administrations, but after declining to run for a third term, Garner made the rather crude judgment that the office of vice president was “not worth a bucket of warm spit!” With Biden it is somewhat borne out.
J.P. MILLS
Winston-Salem
Politics at a new low
Some things used to be off limits in politics, but Mitt Romney's criticism of the handling of the attack on the Libyan embassy has taken politics to a new low. When our country was attacked on 9/11, Democrats did not rush to blame President Bush; Democrats and Republicans united as one.
I thought that once President Obama showed his birth certificate, we could put the “birthers’ ” rants to rest. But Romney made a snide comment about how no one ever asked to see his birth certificate. The son of a Republican Senate candidate suggested that they send Obama back to Chicago — or Kenya. I have an Obama bumper sticker and have had several ugly comments directed to me, including the “n” word. Do not tell me that much of this anger toward Obama is not racist.
Thirty years ago I first learned that Americans could put their wealth in off-shore accounts to avoid taxes. My husband's comment was that we earned the money in our country and we should pay taxes on it; it was the right thing to do. He is now my ex-husband and we disagreed on many things, but he was right about that. Why doesn't Romney have the integrity of my ex-husband?
If Romney becomes president, get ready for a return to the trickle-down economics that got us into this mess in the first place. Only this time it will be worse — you get tea-party values along with their economics.
Vote Obama! Vote Democratic!
JO ANN MOUNT
Winston-Salem
Early endorsement
I am appalled that you could find nothing good to say about former Gov. Mitt Romney (“Obama is the best choice for president,” Oct. 14). And why was this early endorsement over three weeks prior to the election, even before the second debate? I do not believe your readers are as uninformed as you think we are.
MELROSE M. STOCKS
Winston-Salem
Decision-making efforts
I feel your endorsement of our president for another four years is the most accurate and honest of any I've read (“Obama is the best choice for president,” Oct. 14). I could not agree more in the pinpoint assessment of the president and his challenger Mitt Romney. I, too, will carry this piece in the weeks to come and read it often to help quite the din that will only grow louder as we near the election.
As well a note of thanks to Editorial Page Editor John Railey for explaining in his column the thought process used and all that's involved in your editorial board’s decision-making efforts (“We’re the editorial board, and we approved this message,” Oct. 14). As with many things in life, serious work is required to reach an informed decision such as the one you published. I look forward to reading the others.
Now that my faith is renewed — where do I renew my subscription?
Thank you for your good and sincere work.
MIKE WALKUP
Kernersville
Answer this question
Many people don’t understand how profoundly Obamacare’s taxes will hurt the middle class. Families with medically complicated children will be crushed. I’m addressing the two taxes that will have the most devastating effect: reduction of flex-spending limits from $5,000 to $2,500 and decreased medical deductions that take place in 2013.
Families like ours, whose out-of-pocket medical expenses total over $10,000-$20,000 a year, will be crushed. Families like ours are already crushed by medical debt and we see no relief in sight. This new law proposes to increase our taxes along with our medical expenses, and thus our personal debt.
The flex-spending reduction is a tax increase because flex dollars are placed in the account before taxes, thus lowering taxable income. Decreasing the allowable amount increases taxable income. These accounts help our family and families like ours survive the first few months of each year.
The decrease in allowable medical deductions will harm families like ours. Currently, only medical expenses that are over 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI) can be deducted. In 2013, this limit increases to 10 percent AGI. For example, a family making $100,000 cannot deduct the first $10,000 in medical expenses in 2013, whereas before, deductions began after reaching $7,500 in medical expenses. Fewer allowable medical deductions is a tax increase.
Liberals have yet to answer this question: how is it selfish or evil that we want to keep more of our own money to pay for our own children’s medical expenses?
PATTIE CURRAN
Kernersville
Pat on Pat
As a Realtor, I have seen my business drop exponentially over the last few years. Among the reasons for that, other than the generally poor economy, is the unemployment rate. In North Carolina, we are experiencing a 9.7 percent rate of unemployment. We need positive leadership to get the state back on track. Listening to Pat McCrory's campaign message, seeing how he handles himself and how he has proven himself, I believe he is a far better choice for governor than his opponent, Walter Dalton.
We hear a positive message from Pat, focused on what he plans to do, rather than attacks on the other side. Dalton has wasted his time and resources maligning his opponent rather than giving us a clear vision of his plans for the state.
We do not need more negativity. We need a positive message and a positive leader in order to get our state back on track. We need to see the unemployment rate on a constant decrease; we need to see small business supported.
There are many things necessary and Pat McCrory, in my opinion, is the man to lead us toward accomplishing those goals.
PAT SMALL
Winston-Salem
Life takes precedence
How can the Journal give its endorsement to President Obama (“Obama is the best choice for president,” Oct. 14)? Life takes precedence over anything else — life that Obama does not protect. An amoeba or a paramecium is a one-celled organism and we admit each has life. A human embryo has a life and a soul — a God-given soul.
When will American protect this human life with a soul? Definitely not with Obama. Not the embryo, not the fetus, and sometimes, not the breathing baby is protected.
Perhaps with Mitt Romney we'll make some progress. God’s own son was an embryo, a fetus and a breathing baby. Vote to protect life.
REGINA FRANCK
Winston-Salem
Of the most importance
As a practicing lawyer in Forsyth County for over 28 years, I can attest to the fact that no other court touches the people of Forsyth County more than its District Court. In District Court, the judges hear cases involving traffic and misdemeanor crimes, certain civil matters, and domestic matters for the division of assets and the determination of spousal support.
Furthermore, the cases of the most importance to our community, those involving the welfare of our children, are heard by our District Court, from guardianship and delinquency cases to child custody, where the judge decides how the children of separating parents will be raised.
Because of the important role that our District Court plays in our community and its future, it is important that we educate ourselves regarding the candidates for election to the District Court bench.
Therefore, I am proud to ask your readers to vote for David Sipprell as District Court judge on Nov. 6. David is a native of Forsyth County, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a seasoned courtroom lawyer. David has served on both the prosecutorial side of criminal litigation and has worked in a general civil-law practice. I know David to be hard-working and ethical, two of the most important qualities of a District Court judge. He would be an outstanding addition to our District Court.
I am proud to ask that you please vote for David Sipprell as District Court judge on Nov. 6.
ROBIN J. STINSON
Winston-Salem
Surprised
Wow, I was surprised and concerned when I saw that the Journal had endorsed Pat McCrory for governor. I worried for days about what I might have missed in his candidacy. I have concluded that this must just be an anomaly for the Journal. The other endorsements are more to what I have come to expect from this so-called newspaper.
Mitt Romney will be a very good president, particularly following such an utter disaster know as President Obama. Look at the bright side; we will not have to listen to an administration that lies to the American public at every turn to protect its own incompetence.
I'm sorry to say that anyone who has not decided who they are voting for at this point in time just is not paying attention to what is happening in the world or is just stupid, and you cannot fix stupid.
Rep. Virginia Foxx will continue to do a great job trying to fight waste in government. She was correct to vote against the so-called stimulus bill, as proven by all the billions that have gone to Obama cronies who now are bankrupt and have run off with the money. The car industry would have reorganized itself without the government and would be much the better today. They would not still owe so much money to the American people and would have much better leadership at the top of their own organizations. So please wake up and vote with intelligence.
TONY GAGLIARDI
East Bend
November is a very important month, not because my 98th birthday is in it, but because it is the month of the most important election in my lifetime. I have lived through many elections and many presidents. Six months of observation after President Obama was sworn in, I made the statement, “Never in the history of our country has anyone so unqualified for the job been elected as president of our country.” My opinion has not changed.
The president's economic policies have not worked, resulting in jobs lost, more people unemployed and receiving food stamps, small businesses still closing, living costs up and income not increasing. The credit of our country was downgraded and we are much worse off financially than four years ago.
The president's foreign policies have not worked. Because of his policies, one embassy was bombed, Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans killed, other embassies attacked, riots in the streets of over 20 other countries, American flags burning and fires raging in the Middle East and North Africa. Our country is weaker and less respected.
This is not an election to vote along party lines because we have always voted for that party. It is an election that will determine the kind of country in which we live the remainder of our lives.
Make it an informed vote. This is the most important election in our lifetimes and will determine our future.
WILLIAM MacKAY
Winston-Salem
A special breed
My law-enforcement career began as an explorer in 1975. I spent years as a Winston-Salem police officer and a Forsyth County deputy sheriff. I learned that the people who make up the judicial system are a special breed. It gets in your blood, and your purpose is to help others and enforce the laws of our great country.
People are not always happy, but justice does prevail. I have known Forsyth District Judge Victoria Roemer for her entire career. I watched her grow into one the most respected judges on the bench. I endorse Judge Roemer, and ask everyone to get out and vote to re-elect Judge Roemer.
BARBARA SMITH
FORSYTH COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF (RET.)
Clemmons
Endorsement
About your endorsement of President Obama (“Obama is the best choice for president,” Oct. 14): Well said. Very clearly stated.
Thank you.
CATHERINE W. PITTS
Winston-Salem
We have a choice
The election is almost upon us and we have a choice. We can elect a guy who wants to reinstitute the policies that took away our homes, jobs and retirement and put our country on the brink of financial collapse; or we can re-elect the guy who steadily steered us back from the edge of disaster and got our economy moving again.
We can elect someone who wants to re-enact the policies that shot our deficit through the roof; or we can reelect someone who has a plan to reduce it.
We can elect the guy who said he doesn’t care about the middle class or we can re-elect the guy who has continually fought for the middle class.
We can elect the guy whose foreign policy experience is limited to outsourcing American jobs to China or we can re-elect the guy who was the commander in chief that hunted down Osama bin Laden and restored our standing with the rest of the world.
We can elect a guy who is more than happy to send the sons and daughters of America’s middle class and working poor into another war in the Middle East or we can re-elect the guy who understands who actually would be fighting that war, and believes we should try all options before asking them to do so.
Really, I can’t believe this is even close.
JAMES KEVIN BOKENO
Advance
Crowing
I am at a loss to understand the “crowing” of some of the liberal press about the performance of Vice President Joe Biden in the Oct. 11 debate. It appeared to this viewer, a registered Democrat, that Biden’s main weapon was his continual use of a condescending grin that seemed to convey the thought that Rep. Paul Ryan is a very nice young man who appears to be a bit out of his depth. At times the grin was close to a smirk.
Ryan, at one point, made a suggestion that the interruptions — in my opinion predominantly by Biden — should stop. No such luck.
As a Democrat, I did vote for the Obama ticket in 2008. Not this time. I, as I believe a vast number of people are, am fed up with “politicking” without leadership.
I have no idea how many people are acquainted with the judgment of John Nance Garner, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s vice president during his first two administrations, but after declining to run for a third term, Garner made the rather crude judgment that the office of vice president was “not worth a bucket of warm spit!” With Biden it is somewhat borne out.
J.P. MILLS
Winston-Salem
Politics at a new low
Some things used to be off limits in politics, but Mitt Romney's criticism of the handling of the attack on the Libyan embassy has taken politics to a new low. When our country was attacked on 9/11, Democrats did not rush to blame President Bush; Democrats and Republicans united as one.
I thought that once President Obama showed his birth certificate, we could put the “birthers’ ” rants to rest. But Romney made a snide comment about how no one ever asked to see his birth certificate. The son of a Republican Senate candidate suggested that they send Obama back to Chicago — or Kenya. I have an Obama bumper sticker and have had several ugly comments directed to me, including the “n” word. Do not tell me that much of this anger toward Obama is not racist.
Thirty years ago I first learned that Americans could put their wealth in off-shore accounts to avoid taxes. My husband's comment was that we earned the money in our country and we should pay taxes on it; it was the right thing to do. He is now my ex-husband and we disagreed on many things, but he was right about that. Why doesn't Romney have the integrity of my ex-husband?
If Romney becomes president, get ready for a return to the trickle-down economics that got us into this mess in the first place. Only this time it will be worse — you get tea-party values along with their economics.
Vote Obama! Vote Democratic!
JO ANN MOUNT
Winston-Salem
Early endorsement
I am appalled that you could find nothing good to say about former Gov. Mitt Romney (“Obama is the best choice for president,” Oct. 14). And why was this early endorsement over three weeks prior to the election, even before the second debate? I do not believe your readers are as uninformed as you think we are.
MELROSE M. STOCKS
Winston-Salem
Decision-making efforts
I feel your endorsement of our president for another four years is the most accurate and honest of any I've read (“Obama is the best choice for president,” Oct. 14). I could not agree more in the pinpoint assessment of the president and his challenger Mitt Romney. I, too, will carry this piece in the weeks to come and read it often to help quite the din that will only grow louder as we near the election.
As well a note of thanks to Editorial Page Editor John Railey for explaining in his column the thought process used and all that's involved in your editorial board’s decision-making efforts (“We’re the editorial board, and we approved this message,” Oct. 14). As with many things in life, serious work is required to reach an informed decision such as the one you published. I look forward to reading the others.
Now that my faith is renewed — where do I renew my subscription?
Thank you for your good and sincere work.
MIKE WALKUP
Kernersville
Answer this question
Many people don’t understand how profoundly Obamacare’s taxes will hurt the middle class. Families with medically complicated children will be crushed. I’m addressing the two taxes that will have the most devastating effect: reduction of flex-spending limits from $5,000 to $2,500 and decreased medical deductions that take place in 2013.
Families like ours, whose out-of-pocket medical expenses total over $10,000-$20,000 a year, will be crushed. Families like ours are already crushed by medical debt and we see no relief in sight. This new law proposes to increase our taxes along with our medical expenses, and thus our personal debt.
The flex-spending reduction is a tax increase because flex dollars are placed in the account before taxes, thus lowering taxable income. Decreasing the allowable amount increases taxable income. These accounts help our family and families like ours survive the first few months of each year.
The decrease in allowable medical deductions will harm families like ours. Currently, only medical expenses that are over 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI) can be deducted. In 2013, this limit increases to 10 percent AGI. For example, a family making $100,000 cannot deduct the first $10,000 in medical expenses in 2013, whereas before, deductions began after reaching $7,500 in medical expenses. Fewer allowable medical deductions is a tax increase.
Liberals have yet to answer this question: how is it selfish or evil that we want to keep more of our own money to pay for our own children’s medical expenses?
PATTIE CURRAN
Kernersville
Pat on Pat
As a Realtor, I have seen my business drop exponentially over the last few years. Among the reasons for that, other than the generally poor economy, is the unemployment rate. In North Carolina, we are experiencing a 9.7 percent rate of unemployment. We need positive leadership to get the state back on track. Listening to Pat McCrory's campaign message, seeing how he handles himself and how he has proven himself, I believe he is a far better choice for governor than his opponent, Walter Dalton.
We hear a positive message from Pat, focused on what he plans to do, rather than attacks on the other side. Dalton has wasted his time and resources maligning his opponent rather than giving us a clear vision of his plans for the state.
We do not need more negativity. We need a positive message and a positive leader in order to get our state back on track. We need to see the unemployment rate on a constant decrease; we need to see small business supported.
There are many things necessary and Pat McCrory, in my opinion, is the man to lead us toward accomplishing those goals.
PAT SMALL
Winston-Salem
Life takes precedence
How can the Journal give its endorsement to President Obama (“Obama is the best choice for president,” Oct. 14)? Life takes precedence over anything else — life that Obama does not protect. An amoeba or a paramecium is a one-celled organism and we admit each has life. A human embryo has a life and a soul — a God-given soul.
When will American protect this human life with a soul? Definitely not with Obama. Not the embryo, not the fetus, and sometimes, not the breathing baby is protected.
Perhaps with Mitt Romney we'll make some progress. God’s own son was an embryo, a fetus and a breathing baby. Vote to protect life.
REGINA FRANCK
Winston-Salem
Of the most importance
As a practicing lawyer in Forsyth County for over 28 years, I can attest to the fact that no other court touches the people of Forsyth County more than its District Court. In District Court, the judges hear cases involving traffic and misdemeanor crimes, certain civil matters, and domestic matters for the division of assets and the determination of spousal support.
Furthermore, the cases of the most importance to our community, those involving the welfare of our children, are heard by our District Court, from guardianship and delinquency cases to child custody, where the judge decides how the children of separating parents will be raised.
Because of the important role that our District Court plays in our community and its future, it is important that we educate ourselves regarding the candidates for election to the District Court bench.
Therefore, I am proud to ask your readers to vote for David Sipprell as District Court judge on Nov. 6. David is a native of Forsyth County, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a seasoned courtroom lawyer. David has served on both the prosecutorial side of criminal litigation and has worked in a general civil-law practice. I know David to be hard-working and ethical, two of the most important qualities of a District Court judge. He would be an outstanding addition to our District Court.
I am proud to ask that you please vote for David Sipprell as District Court judge on Nov. 6.
ROBIN J. STINSON
Winston-Salem
Surprised
Wow, I was surprised and concerned when I saw that the Journal had endorsed Pat McCrory for governor. I worried for days about what I might have missed in his candidacy. I have concluded that this must just be an anomaly for the Journal. The other endorsements are more to what I have come to expect from this so-called newspaper.
Mitt Romney will be a very good president, particularly following such an utter disaster know as President Obama. Look at the bright side; we will not have to listen to an administration that lies to the American public at every turn to protect its own incompetence.
I'm sorry to say that anyone who has not decided who they are voting for at this point in time just is not paying attention to what is happening in the world or is just stupid, and you cannot fix stupid.
Rep. Virginia Foxx will continue to do a great job trying to fight waste in government. She was correct to vote against the so-called stimulus bill, as proven by all the billions that have gone to Obama cronies who now are bankrupt and have run off with the money. The car industry would have reorganized itself without the government and would be much the better today. They would not still owe so much money to the American people and would have much better leadership at the top of their own organizations. So please wake up and vote with intelligence.
TONY GAGLIARDI
East Bend
You know life is good when you wake up around 3am every morning hoping it's time to get up and start a new day and being disappointed that you still have 2 more hours to sleep. I look forward to every day.
ReplyDelete"We have these things called aircraft carriers...."
ReplyDeletePresident Barack Obama in a debate exchange last night.
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Yeah, we've had them since 1922 too. What a stupid thing to say.
Thank goodness we've got somebody smart enough to tell us we have aircraft carriers as POTUS. Unbelievable.
Rush must have been one of Obama's debate advisors. What else would explain Obama's dopey statements throughout the course of the evening?
Romney: I've got no problem going forward, but we can't go back to the failed policies of the last four years.
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Ziiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng!
And we have more active duty ships now than in any of the last four years of the Bush Administration when we had 2, count 'em 2, wars going on. It's not the quantity of ships in ones Navy that is important, any fool would know that, it's the quality. Of course Mitt is an atypical twit. He is "severely" challenged on substance and policy. Which Mitt do you get? It changes from hour to hour depending on to whom he is speaking. He should stick to his "quiet" rooms at the Mormon Temple where no one has to listen to him. He stutters like Porky Pig. Deeba deeba dee, that's all folks. What a national embarrassment.
DeleteMitt still thinks we're fighting WWI. Mitt's grandfather deserted this country because of polygamy. Even though I have nothing against polygamous relationships between willing and consenting adults, a lot of people do, and most have a problem with desertion. Now we know why his son is named "Tagg," because he likes to hit people when they say things he doesn't like. Mitt has 5 sons. How many have served this country? ZERO. Mitt is nothing but a high school bully, and not a very good one at that.
DeleteRomney looked more like a deer in the headlights than a Commander in Chief. He should end every speech with a quote from Groucho Marx: "These are my principles, and if you don't like them, well I have more."
DeleteSomeone should tell Mitt that: “We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” AE
Delete“Force always attracts men of low morality.”
DeleteAfter seeing and hearing Mitt, I always feel like I need to wash my hands.
DeleteFrom the moment I picked up Mitt's Five Point Plan till I put it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend to read it.
DeleteMitt should start all his speeched with: "Before I speak, I have something important to say."
DeleteRomney is either dead or my watch has stopped.
DeleteI have nothing but confidence in Mitt, and very little of that.
DeleteMitt on foreign policy: “Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.”
DeleteGeorge once told Mitt: “I married your mother because I wanted children, imagine my disappointment when you came along.”
DeleteConservative motto: “Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?”
DeleteBut Mitt is a man with an open mind. Why you can feel the breeze in Russia.
DeleteMitt is not just incompetent. He is fancy incompetent. He is incompetent with raisins in it.
DeleteDucking for Apples, change one letter and you have Romney's life story.
DeleteMitt's the toast of two continents: Greenland and
DeleteAntartica.
Triple Zing ala mode.
Delete"My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it."
DeleteBarack Obama
Obama came off as a jerk to women last night. And that's a good thing. Hee Hee.....give a liberal some rope...and you know the rest.
Deletethe last thing on Earth you would know anything about are the feelings of women.
DeleteBecause you are gay, you do? Please.
DeleteMitt is what you call a true cynic. He knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.
ReplyDeleteWith Romney, Democracy means the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people.
ReplyDeleteas Mark Twain said, Mitt: “It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.”
ReplyDeletesomeone should let Romney know: “It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Delete“Sometimes I wonder whether the Republican Party is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”
DeleteNow suppose I were an idiot and suppose I were a member of the Republican Party. But I repeat myself.
Delete"Ok, look, you know, when I was a kid, I inhaled frequently. That was the point."
DeleteBarack Obama
Just another good reason to vote for Obama.
DeleteGood question. A few people take it on.
DeleteWhy Are Republicans So Uncool?
It's not the parts of the Republican Platform that I don't understand that bothers me, it's the parts that I do understand.
ReplyDeleteHOENIX (Reuters) - When voters in Arizona go to the polls next month, they will be asked to decide a landownership tug of war: Should the Grand Canyon belong to all Americans, or just the residents of Arizona?
ReplyDeleteA controversial ballot measure backed by Republicans in the state legislature is seeking sovereign control over millions of acres of federal land in the state, including the Grand Canyon.
You have got to be kidding me!!! I, Me, My, Mine, four words Republicans can't live without.
Phargo...we wouldn't be channeling George Harrison circa 1969 would we?
DeleteGood Afternoon, WW. Hope all is well with you. Ya know I was probably one of the few that was not a big Beatles fan until late in life.
DeleteThings are ok here. I've been trying to help a former friend with some biz difficulties he got into over the last several years as he got "equity rich". He is about to lose everything and he thought I would bail him out. I can't. We ain't friends.
DeleteConsidering how Obama has treated the State of Arizona over the last four years, I can't blame them.
DeleteObama has done everything he can to put Arizonans in danger with his lack-luster enforcement of immigration laws. And then when Arizona attempted to protect it's own borders, Obama had his 'ace' AG sue the State of Arizona.
No wonder some states have considered breaking away from the U.S. government with inept people like Obama in charge.
Considering how Europeans have treated the Indians, perhaps we should give the Grand Canyon back to the Havasupia and Hualapai, Southern Paiute, Navajo and Hopi.
DeleteThis is one of the most beautiful spots on earth: Havasu Falls
DeleteMost of us are living in the here and now Bob. Get in touch with Rush if you want to discuss matters in lala land.
DeleteDon't you wish you were as happy in life as I am, Pobrecito?
DeleteI look forward to waking every day. You look forward to whining and complaining every day. O, woe is me! Get thee to a nunnery, Bucky.
DeleteHaving lived in AZ, nothing surprises me. I have expect one day to see AZ try to succeed from the union. Don't know if it's the heat, but there are some wacky people who live there.
DeleteLittle tidbit on I,Me,Mine, it was part of the very last Beatles recording session in Jan, 1970 (excluding the Anthology session). John was absent that day. Also, if you listen closely, the song repeats itself. Phil Spector thought the song was too short, so he did a copy/paste to lengthen it in addition to all of the background orchestral bits.
Most Arizonans came from California when they either retired, or wanted something different. Now you can understand why they are so wacky.
DeleteBut with illegal immigrants running through their yards daily, you can almost understand why.
Obama vows to track down ambassador's killers
ReplyDeletehttp://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/us-libya-usa-attack-idUSBRE88B0EI20120912
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I've got a suggestion. Why don't you have your 'ace' investigators contact the New York Times, apparently they've seen one of them sipping a drink at a local establishment? Duh!
You would think some of this stuff is made up, because it's so utterly dumb. But, after you read some of Rush's posts, one can understand why some of this stuff happens with liberals in charge.
DeleteSo now you're lauding the NYT. I've got a suggestion, why don't you take a remedial reading course, then in 3-4 years when you finally pass it, return to the forum.
DeleteWhy don't you take a traditional 'marriage' class, and get some instruction on where things are suppose to go, and then get back to me.
DeleteGood afternoon folks!
ReplyDeleteLTE 1: Happy birthday to Mr. MacKay. The rest is straight out of talk radioland.
LTE 2, 6, 10, 12: Endorsement
LTE 3, 8: Endorsement of the Journal's endorsement
LTE 4: Generally speaking, elections tend to be about making choices amongst candidates.
LTE 5: Some VP's make themselves more useful than others. I do not find the "debates" to be of any worth in evaluating candidates. If others do, then more power to them.
LTE 7: Reading some of the on-line responses and LTE's suggests that many of the readers are in fact quite uninformed. There was plenty of time and available information to allow the Journal to make its endorsement. There was nothing new to be learned from the debates.
LTE 9: Are the Curran's going without health insurance to be paying that much out? Under ACA, you will be covered regardless of pre-existing conditions and with no ceiling on paid benefits. ACA isn't free, and part of the costs are being paid for through the reductions cited.
LTE 11: Abortion
LTE 13: Prime example of an ill-informed reader. The stimulus originated in the GWB administration and was necessary to keep the economy afloat. We could have easily have been looking at Dow 2000 and an UR over 30%. GM did file for reorg after receiving govt help. Without the govt help, it and Chrysler would have had little choice but to file for dissolution of the company because the public couldn't and wasn't buying cars. If the other members of Congress had followed Foxx's lead, this country would have suffered Great Depression II and would consider our current financial state to be nirvana.
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ReplyDeleteA new train is apparently coming to America. 'Soul' Train looks like it's just about done.
Fashion World:
ReplyDelete“It is just that Michelle brings such a unique, vibrant and youthful style and the average woman can see herself wearing many of her outfits, so designers want everyone to know that she is wearing their clothes,” explained entertainment/lifestyle commentator Valerie Greenberg
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She also brings a very large backside in tow.
Dow falls as Obama comes out with his economic plan for the next four years. Please don't do anything else Mr. President.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-debuts-plan-forward-20121023,0,1916743.story?track=rss
NC Early Voting (includes absentee and one-stop) through end of day Monday:
ReplyDeleteTotal votes: 647,927
Democrats: 331,959
Republicans: 195,719
Unaffiliated: 119,141
Libertarian: 1,108
The average age of voters is 56. The highest age group is 65, with about 18,000 voters. The lowest age group under 65 is 26 year olds, with about 4,700 voters. 8,111 19 year olds have voted. And 68 100 year olds have voted.
Among cities, Charlotte leads the way with over 60,000 voters. Raleigh is second with almost 33,000, Greensboro is third with about 30,000, then Durham (almost 28,000), Fayetteville (17,000) and Wilmington (just under 15,000).
Winston-Salem has dropped to 14th in the state (7,281), now behind Greenville, Rocky Mount and High Point and just ahead of Matthews, for chrissake!
In fact, the 5th US House District has the lowest turnout of any in the state. What a bunch of slackers.
I'll bet a lot of those Democrats voted for Romney too.
DeleteFoxx is going to win the 5th. That's not even in question.
Wow! Obama is getting slammed on his quote-unquote facts last night on Hannity.
ReplyDelete•Cable primetime 8:00-11:00pm
FNC: 9,068,124 in total viewers / 2,586,259 in 25-54
CNN: 4,374,775 in total viewers / 1,833,421 in 25-54
MSNBC: 3,295,125 in total viewers / 1,345,369 in 25-54
Looks like a lot of people have figured out where to get the 'real' news.
59.2 million viewers watched the presidential "debate" Monday night. 47.7 million chose ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR or some other source, 80.1%. 11.5 million chose Fox, 19.9%, which is almost exactly the same percentage of Americans who say they still support the so-called "Tea Party", which is a sinking ship, down from about 30% a year ago.
ReplyDeleteCNN must be below the toilet then.
DeleteMilitary genius retreats...
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