How is this race even close???

2012                                            La La La La La Yet another article that addresses the disconnect between polls and reality (Current Events). “ Here’s a new Washington Post-ABC New poll — with a sample favoring Democrats by 9 points — that shows Mitt Romney leading Barack Obama by 47-46 percent among registered voters. Once you begin to look more deeply at these national polls, you have to wonder: how is this thing even close? Obviously, there are cultural, geographical, religious and … well, endless reasons why people vote the way they do. But, beyond the political debate, if you simply focus on the perceptions and opinions of the people being polled, it’s difficult to understand how we get to a national tie. For instance: Q: Generally speaking, would you say you favor (smaller government with fewer services), or (larger government with more services)? [56 percent says “yes,” while 33 percent say no.] More tangibly, Romney leads 50-43 on handling the economy and 51-43 on handling the deficit (continued). ”

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A Fine Muslum Rant

Professional British atheist Pat Condell delivers a proper Muslum rant at Doug's place.  It's a LiveLeak video,where I found this comment. A muslim arrives at the Pearly Gates of Heaven. St. Peter looks him up and down and says "What do YOU want?" With a glowing smile the man says, "I'm here for Jesus..." St. Peter pokes his head around the gates and shouts "JESUS, YOUR CAB'S HERE!" Posted 1 day ago By  Chris Hansen (22.20)

Empty Chair Diplomacy

Democrat Media Monkeys Empty Chair Diplomacy “ (Pic via Mark Miller) While Bibi Netanyahu  talks to an empty chair, the Sun Times today reports that Mayor Rahm Emanuel met Thursday with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The two are old pals,  and the speculation is that Barak (the Good) is trying to back-door Barack (the Evil) through Rahm.  Blah-Blah- Blah.  This is what caught my attention however. “ Emanuel earlier this month resigned as a co-chair of the Obama campaign in order to raise money for the SuperPAC supporting Obama. As a presidential confidant, Emanuel doesn’t need a title to send — or receive — a message. With polls trending Obama’s way, Netanyahu may simply want to hedge his bet. ” And what polls are trending Obama's way? The "Double Secret Gallup Edition?"   Let's stipulate for a moment, even though it's preposterous,  that media do not purposely weight polls to help Democrats.   Dick Morris here makes the same point I did awhile back.  Everyone of these polls use "some variant of the 2008 election turnout as its model for weighting respondents and this overstates the Democratic vote by a huge margin."   That's a painfully obvious point, and one no honest broker would ignore.  ”

Seven Things

What I See            These six pictures say something to me, but I honsestly don't know what? Unplugged I mean seven pictures I think in part it means I'm in Obama overload.  But, still?  Good lord, I hope I haven't divulged my inner rat cage?

The Muslums Ain't Happy

7 Myths

The Muslims are not happy! They're not happy in Gaza . They're not happy in Egypt .. They're not happy in Libya . They're not happy in Morocco .. They're not happy in Iran . They're not happy in Iraq .. They're not happy in Yemen . They're not happy in Afghanistan .. They're not happy in Pakistan . They're not happy in Syria .. They're not happy in Lebanon . So, where are they happy? They're happy in Australia . They're happy in England .. They're happy in France . They're happy in Italy . They're happy in Germany . They're happy in Sweden . They're happy in the USA . They're happy in Norway . They're happy in every country that is not Muslim. And who do they blame? Not Islam. Not their leadership. Not themselves. They blame the countries they are happy in. And they want to change them to be like the countries they came from, where they were unhappy; Excuse me!

    Ali Frsncois

Democrat Ennui

What I See            Confused? Prompted by a comment re:https://store.barackobama.com/obama-print.html

Follow The Money Honey

Follow the Money- 2012 “ I'm not sure what the experts make of all this, but I seriously doubt  that states like PA, Ohio, and MI were overwhelmingly supporting the GOP in 2008.  States like Maryland (The Looter State) who would, and theoretically have, voted for Joe Stalin given the chance, are of course written off.  (source) 2012 Overview Contributions by State Rank State (or District) Total Contributions To Dems To Repubs 1 California $272,011,464 49% 36% 2 District of Columbia $224,064,916 47% 37% 3 Texas $220,065,451 18% 52% 4 New York $203,681,369 50% 33% 5 Florida $135,303,688 30% 56% 6 Virginia $114,860,842 36% 60% 7 Illinois $103,054,129 47% 41% 8 Massachusetts $76,751,270 50% 38% 9 Pennsylvania $63,875,983 40% 51% 10 Nevada $58,995,408 11% 20% 11 Maryland $53,106,597 62% 31% 12 Ohio $52,020,912 27% 64% 13 New Jersey $48,196,753 48% 47% 14 Michigan $46,811,526 34% 61% 15 Connecticut $45,847,385 41% 50% 16 Georgia $38,207,948 29% 63% 17 Washington $34,200,601 56% 37% 18 Colorado $31,678,344 39% 55% 19 Arizona $30,928,049 29% 64% 20 Missouri $30,846,700 30% 62% 21 Tennessee $30,703,604 19% 80% 22 North Carolina $26,705,618 36% 60% 23 Minnesota $25,789,460 49% 50% 24 Indiana $23,970,546 22% 65% 25 Oklahoma $20,867,894 14% 62% 26 Utah $20,565,039 11% 55% 27 Louisiana $20,114,897 16% 70% 28 Wisconsin $17,797,599 34% 61% 29 Kentucky $15,150,280 42% 56% 30 Oregon $13,384,792 48% 43% 31 Alabama $13,223,568 20% 73% 32 Arkansas $12,268,846 23% 48% 33 South Carolina $11,411,684 27% 71% 34 New Mexico $10,949,315 55% 41% 35 Kansas $10,184,784 24% 74% 36 Wyoming $9,380,350 9% 40% 37 Iowa $8,886,417 43% 55% 38 Nebraska $8,277,207 29% 70% 39 Hawaii $7,775,281 64% 33% 40 Maine $6,771,749 52% 28% 41 New Hampshire $6,719,754 47% 52% 42 Mississippi $6,592,435 11% 87% 43 Montana $6,078,304 43% 52% 44 West Virginia $6,052,586 29% 68% 45 Rhode Island $5,318,968 60% 39% 46 Idaho $4,791,043 13% 63% 47 Delaware $4,678,625 54% 38% 48 Vermont $4,073,401 83% 12% 49 South Dakota $3,921,519 19% 79% 50 North Dakota $3,511,114 24% 75% 51 Alaska $2,122,041 43% 56% Based on data released by the FEC on Sep 3 2012 12:00AM. Totals include PAC and individual contributions to federal candidates and parties. Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit the Center for Responsive Politics. ”

Why Obama Will Be Crushed

2012                                            Why Romney Is Going to Romp over Obama in November “ For those of you fretting over the latest "FoxNews/ABC-CBS-NBC/Wall Street Journal/USAToday/Perth Amboy Times/And Whatnot" poll showing Obama 300 points ahead of Romney in the race for the presidency, do yourself a big favor -- ignore it, and everything like it. I have for months now, and it's been great for my blood pressure.  When a TV news report on the latest polls comes on television, I instantly change the channel.  When I hear the word "poll" on my radio, I quickly switch stations.  When I happen upon a newspaper article or column about polls, I promptly flip to the funny pages. As a former journalist, I've learned that most polls commissioned by news outlets are done not to reflect reality, but to distort it.  In the same way Hollywood has discovered it can cheaply fill airtime with so-called "reality shows," news outlets have found they can fill their pages with polls. Book it: Romney's going to win this election in a romp come November.  I'm certain of this because there is a key factor that's being overlooked this time around -- blacks have lost their passion for Obama. I see that loss reflected in the faces of my fellow blacks, who at the mention of Obama's name no longer beam with rapturous joy --  Read more: Equally important I think, the looming financial disaster, huge tax increases (oh yes, people are sensing it), along with Obama's rising We-Hate-His-Fkn-Guts quotient will keep all but the most die-hard socialists, and Looter vote at home in November.  There is then at least a chance that the Dems will lose BIG in congressional races.  <daydream> If they lose every race in the House and Senate (CBC members of course excluded), we'll be drilling on the North Slope and eating Spotted Owl jerky by February!  (<daydream> not closed.) ”

Bull Shit Polls

STOP THIS DAMMIT!

Police Cops - Absurdity

Police State Culture Police Cops “ I see a trend ... ”

Mom arrested for- WTF???

Nanny State: One regulation away from total bliss                                                          All of our mothers would have been in jail in this climate Texas Mom Jailed For Letting Kids Play Outside

Everything

Everything “ RUSH: Because it's a real basic question: Why in the world do [ Liberals/Obama Democrats] go so far out of their way to make sure these people aren't offended? I think it's because they, the American left, have a lot in common with militant Islam. I think they're both totalitarian. They believe in totalitarianism. They believe in the largest central command and control, commanding and telling everybody what they can and can't do. Where they can and can't go. What they can and can't eat. The similarities between the American left and militant Islam are shocking. We believe in freedom, and that doesn't go with either liberalism or Islam. "Okay, tomorrow the world is going to be absent either militant Muslims or militant conservatives. Which do you choose?" They'd vote us, folks, off the boat. I have no doubt about it, and I'm not kidding or exaggerating. I think we represent a bigger threat to them because we stand for the exact opposite. They are in common on their controlling characteristics, domineering characteristics, their arrogance. They want to control everything, everybody. They want to be in control of things that people eat, drink, use, high-tech, all this. Liberals have to have control over people, largely based in the belief... Well, it's a raw thirst for power but it's also rooted in the fact they have contempt for people's ability to handle the rigors of life on their own. The Islamists want to do it just to keep this rigid moral code intact and fealty to the "Holy Qur'an," as President Obama pronounces it. And we are diametrically opposed to all of it. We want freedom, individual responsibility, individuality, entrepreneurism. You make the best of life however you can. Equality of outcomes is not possible. They want sameness everywhere, even sameness in dress. It's really striking when you think about it, all the areas of similarity. It really is. When a terrorist act happens, what's the liberals' first reaction? Blame conservatives! Dark Knight Rising? Tea Party! Gabby Giffords? Sarah Palin! You name it. ”

Perpetual Motion

Discussing perpetual motion machines; or, Sending engineers and physicists into perpetual paroxysm.

The Royal Box

What I See            That Moment when you realize you can't blame it on someone else

Jiro's Fish

At The Cinema                              Jiro Dreams of Sushi Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a 2011 Japanese documentary film that follows Jiro Ono, an 85 year-old sushi master and owner of Michelin 3-Star restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro, on his continuing quest to perfect the art of sushi. His restaurant (Sushi Bar) seats just 10, and 20 pieces of sushi will cost you $300—for starters.  Reservations must be made months in advance,  I started watching this Monday night around midnight, just to see what it looked like.  An hour and a half later I gave it 5 stars.  Just like Note By Note - The Making Of The Steinway, Jiro is one of the most  fascinating documentaries I've ever seen. Oddly, I think it was recommended by NetFlix because I had been watching "Letters form Iwo Jima."  I had no previous knowledge of this film, so what would you be looking to see?  Marines writing letters home during the WWII battle for Iwo Jima,  right?  Right.  Except the letters were from the Japanese.    A bold idea for an American made film, and it began interestingly enough.  But somewhere it became less an interesting portal into the Japanese mind, and more a paean to the noble Japanese who were being butchered in their little caves by Marines with flamethrowers. At that time Japanese soldiers were tossing bayoneted Chinese babies around in Nanking.  It was all bit much for me.  I didn't finish it.  And another twist.  Modern day Communist China is making noise about going to war with Japan.  I'd gladly stand  alongside the Japanese in that fight, same as I would with the Israelis against Islam.

MSNBC AllStars

My muse MSNBC Convention Coverage Audience Ratings “ In playbaby mode here boss. ”

Zinnnnnnnnng!

Photo of the Day: Ben Bernanke As a Child         Carpe Diem via George Wesley

More Good News

My Buyers Remorse is a new web site that features ex-Obama voters making acts of contrition.  The videos I looked at are produced by the American Jewish Coalition.  For the most part they've turned on Obama over his stance on Israel. which is somewhat disappointing. Even the text messages from non-Jews seem to have Israel as their principal motivation. “ My wife and I support Romney even though we are Hispanic and Catholic. I am going on a vacation to Ohio and will devote 4 hours each day there to campaign for Romney. We are former Democrats and I am from Chicago, but still can see through Obama,,,he  is a bad apple. Let’s ask all Americans, Catholics, Christians, etc. to stand with Jews and Israel. Let’s not make the mistakes of the 1933-1938 era… ” I would like to have seen them turn on Obama for being part of a corrupt left-wing Democrat Party, but what the hell; our goal is to be rid of Obama, and losing the Jewish vote (now lowest support in 32 years), and especially Jewish money, is a key. Plus, everywhere I look I'm seeing stuff like: Colorado: Romney 47%, Obama 45%, New Hampshire: Romney 48, Obama 45 ,  Daily Presidential Tracking Poll [48 Days Away, BO at-12] ,Obama’s Foreign Policy Approval Rating Drops After Mideast Turmoil,  Romney Ahead in 11 Key Swing States    If Romney is elected—without firm control of both Senate and House— the best that can be accomplished  is a holding action, and that is not good enough to save us.  News like this will keep Dems from going to the polls, and that's key.  USA UAS USA. Disclosure- this post was mainly for me, a necessary indulgence.

How the hell is this even questionable??

Must Eat Brains                         SPOT-ON ROMNEY “ Mitt Romney was  absolutely right when he said supporters of President Barack Obama are dependent on the government. The nation is approaching a dangerous tipping point  when “takers” outnumber “makers” — and it’s “lights out for America” if Obama is re-elected. —  Ann Coulter But then we are saddled by the likes of GOP asshat wannabe Linda McMahon (Why God? Why?) NAUGATUCK, Conn. – Connecticut Senate candidate Linda McMahon distanced herself from her party’s presidential nominee Tuesday, saying she completely disagrees with Mitt Romney’s leaked statement that 47 percent of Americans are “dependent on government” and see themselves as “victims” who are “entitled to food, to housing, to you name it.” “Well I couldn’t disagree with Governor Romney more on that,”  said McMahon ”