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I sure hope that Peggy Noonan is right

She seems to think that this is a sure thing, Miss. Noonan writes:

Romney’s crowds are building—28,000 in Morrisville, Pa., last night; 30,000 in West Chester, Ohio, Friday It isn’t only a triumph of advance planning: People came, they got through security and waited for hours in the cold. His rallies look like rallies now, not enactments. In some new way he’s caught his stride. He looks happy and grateful. His closing speech has been positive, future-looking, sweetly patriotic. His closing ads are sharp—the one about what’s going on at the rallies is moving.

All the vibrations are right. A person who is helping him who is not a longtime Romneyite told me, yesterday: “I joined because I was anti Obama—I’m a patriot, I’ll join up But now I am pro-Romney.” Why? “I’ve spent time with him and I care about him and admire him. He’s a genuinely good man.” Looking at the crowds on TV, hearing them chant “Three more days” and “Two more days”—it feels like a lot of Republicans have gone from anti-Obama to pro-Romney.

Something old is roaring back. One of the Romney campaign’s surrogates, who appeared at a rally with him the other night, spoke of the intensity and joy of the crowd “I worked the rope line, people wouldn’t let go of my hand.” It startled him. A former political figure who’s been in Ohio told me this morning something is moving with evangelicals, other church-going Protestants and religious Catholics. He said what’s happening with them is quiet, unreported and spreading: They really want Romney now, they’ll go out and vote, the election has taken on a new importance to them.

There is no denying the Republicans have the passion now, the enthusiasm. The Democrats do not. Independents are breaking for Romney. And there’s the thing about the yard signs. In Florida a few weeks ago I saw Romney signs, not Obama ones. From Ohio I hear the same. From tony Northwest Washington, D.C., I hear the same.

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I suspect both Romney and Obama have a sense of what’s coming, and it’s part of why Romney looks so peaceful and Obama so roiled.

Romney ends most rallies with his story of the Colorado scout troop that in 1986 had an American flag put in the space shuttle Challenger, saw the Challenger blow up as they watched on TV, and then found, through the persistence of their scoutmaster, that the flag had survived the explosion. It was returned to them by NASA officials. When Romney, afterward, was shown the flag, he touched it, and an electric jolt went up his arm. It’s a nice story. He doesn’t make its meaning fully clear. But maybe he means it as a metaphor for America: It can go through a terrible time, a catastrophe, as it has economically the past five years, and still emerge whole, intact, enduring.

Maybe that’s what the coming Romney moment is about: independents, conservatives, Republicans, even some Democrats, thinking: We can turn it around, we can work together, we can right this thing, and he can help.

I am not one to get wobbly on the day before the election; but I do live by the credo of “Don’t get cocky.” I am a realist and I do not want to expect too much or place my bets. I, like many other people, pray that Noonan is right, and, maybe I am just a doubting Thomas. I am just taking nothing for granted and I pray for the best and prepare myself for the worst.

If Romney loses, it will not be for a lack of trying; he has had one heck of a good ground game going for him and the support and enthusiasm for him, since the primaries has built up a bit. The debates helped too, Obama’s first debate was a disaster and that helped bolster Romney’s claim that Obama was in over his head.

Again, to everyone; “Don’t get cocky.” If we win this, we win it, if not, we will try again in 4 years. If Romney loses, me and the entire blogosphere will have something to write about for the next 4 years. If Romney wins, we will have to be on the defensive more. As we know, the Democrats are quite vocal, when they are out of power. We will have to contend with accusations of everything from racism to voter fraud. I will be here to defend myself. Only thing that I honestly worry about, is civil unrest; please God, do not let that happen, it is November and most of America is cold. I pray that people will not riot, Florida and California is a worry, as they are warmer states. I doubt very highly, that anything will happen here; I will be watching the local news tomorrow and I will write here about anything that I happen to hear about, if anything at all.

I just hope that I can get up at a decent hour and go vote. Last night, was not a good night for me. I will try to get some sleep tonight. SleepyYawn

I think everyone should just pray —- hard. Praying

A sort of related video, by CBN, giving their predictions — again, everyone; don’t get cocky and just pray…hard: (Via CBNNews.com)

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Photos of the Day

I will say this much about Mitt Romney. I might have worries about him being a bit of a statist. But, I have no worries about his marriage.

More at Twitchy

For the record, Obama does have a good marriage too:

More over at HuffPo

I did this to show y’all that I am not a partisan and I am not a complete jerk towards the President; and that I am simply an American, who disagrees with the President’s policies. Please, No, “Yeah but”’s okay? I do not agree with the President’s politics; I have no grievance with the person. Let me also say, in praise to the wives of both Romney and Obama; you ladies are top notch. Anyone dame that would follow her husband around the Country, let her husband be put through royal hell; and let their personal lives be put in the spotlight like they are and not complain — is one hell of a Lady.

Policy differences and partisanship aside; I must and I will give credit to the Obama’s, they were the first African-Americans to step into the ring of Presidential politics. Because of this, finally and I do mean, finally; America was able to finally bury the idea that blacks were somehow of inferior to whites and lacked the knowledge and the skills to be President and First Lady.  In other words, we finally buried Jim Crow and the idiocy of the confederacy. Whether or not the Obama’s wish to acknowledge it or not; not only was Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream realized; himself a registered Republican, but also Abraham Lincoln’s dream was realized as well.

Whatever the outcome of this election, let me simply say that I personally admire anyone, Democratic or Republican; who answers the call of their perspective Parties and runs for the highest office in the land.  I believe that both of these families, deserve the uttermost respect from all Americans. Win or lose, they are the brave ones and those who sit on the sidelines and make bigoted and racist comments about Religion or Race, are the cowards. I tip my hat to both of you, and whatever the outcome be on Tuesday, I hope that all Americans will look back and say, “I remember that day well.” When the America people decided that President Lincoln’s vision was to be finally realized.

Now, to my Republican friends who read this blog; the door has been opened, the glass ceiling has been shattered and the idiotic excuse of, “That’s never been done before,” no longer works. This time, we ran and hopefully will have won, a Mormon candidate from President of the United States of America. It is a wonderful first. Now, it is time to give the genuine Christian Conservative African-American community their chance at the plate. Surely within the Republican and Conservative community there is an African-American, somewhere; that would be interested and honored to put themselves into the running for President of the United States. Could you just imagine the perpetual “Ker-Clank!” of the liberal Democrat jaws hitting the floor, and actions of the Democrats;  if the Republican Party actually nominated a black man for candidate for President of the United States?  If Herman Cain was any indication, that would be pure popcorn material! (not to mention the attack ads and the counter attack ads…. woo wee doggies! Surprise)

You have your mandate Republicans, 2012 is in the can, either way, it is done. 2016 is coming and you should really start searching out, convincing and preparing, on November 7.

Just my opinion. Big Grin

Update: Fixed a rather funny typo in third paragraph. surely, not surly. d’oh!  (and no, not Shirley either!)

Sunday Thoughts: Phil Gramm was right, we are a Nation of whiners, thugs, and idiots

I just happen to be reading this over at InstaPundit and following the links; and I have come to a conclusion: Phil Gramm was absolutely correct, we are a Nation of whiners.

Compare and Contrast the following quotes:

New York Hurricane Sandy Victims:

“We’re going to die! We’re going to freeze! We got 90-year-old people!” — “You don’t understand. You gotta get your trucks down here on the corner now. It’s been three days!”

Said on twitter before Hurricane Hit: (Via InfoWars)

“Bout to do some looting when this hurricane finally hits….gonna get a new laptop and tv…this hurricane might be the best thing to happen.” (SOURCE)

“If this hurricane gets real bad I’m looting stores ! i always wanted to do that.” (SOURCE)

“I’m gonna go looting once this hurricane hits Utica.” (SOURCE)

“Has #HurricaneSandy made landfall yet? My bitch ass is ready to go looting!” (SOURCE)

“helllll yeah I’m gonna go looting after the storm hits.” (SOURCE)

“Who wants to go looting with me when Sandy hits?! I need some new shit! (SOURCE)

….and you know what? They did too, Check out this report here, of people looting after Hurricane Sandy Hit.

In contrast, check out what Nashville Resident wrote after the Nashville Flood of 2010: (via FreeRepublic)

Allow me a moment to step away from the usual voice of this website.

What I am about to write has absolutely nothing to do with hockey.

If you live outside of Nashville, you may not be aware, but our city was hit by a 500-year flood over the last few days. The national news coverage gave us 15 minutes, but went back to focusing on a failed car bomb and an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. While both are clearly important stories, was that any reason to ignore our story? It may not be as terror-sexy as a failed car bomb or as eco-sexy as an oil spill, but that’s no reason to be ignored.

The Cumberland River crested at its highest level in over 80 years. Nashville had its highest rainfall totals since records began. People drowned. Billions of dollars in damage occurred. It is the single largest disaster to hit Middle Tennessee since the Civil War. And yet…no one knows about it.

Does it really matter? Eventually, it will…as I mentioned, there are billions of dollars in damage. It seems bizarre that no one seems to be aware that we just experienced what is quite possibly the costliest non-hurricane disaster in American history. The funds to rebuild will have to come from somewhere, which is why people need to know. It’s hard to believe that we will receive much relief if there isn’t a perception that we need it.

But let’s look at the other side of the coin for a moment. A large part of the reason that we are being ignored is because of who we are. Think about that for just a second. Did you hear about looting? Did you hear about crime sprees? No…you didn’t. You heard about people pulling their neighbors off of rooftops. You saw a group of people trying to move two horses to higher ground. No…we didn’t loot. Our biggest warning was, “Don’t play in the floodwater.” When you think about it…that speaks a lot for our city. A large portion of why we were being ignored was that we weren’t doing anything to draw attention to ourselves. We were handling it on our own.

Some will be quick to find fault in the way rescue operations were handled, but the fact of the matter is that the catastrophe could not have been prevented and it is simply ignorant beyond all reason to suggest otherwise. It is a flood. It was caused by rain. You can try to find a face to stick this tragedy to, but you’ll be wrong.

Parts of Nashville that could never even conceivably be underwater were underwater. Some of them still are. Opry Mills and the Opryland Hotel are, for all intents and purposes, destroyed. People died sitting in standstill traffic on the Interstate. We saw boats going down West End. And, of course, we all saw the surreal image of the portable building from Lighthouse Christian floating into traffic and being destroyed when cars were knocked into it. I’m still having trouble comprehending all of it.

And yet…life will go on. We’ll go back to work, to school, to our lives…and we’ll carry on. In a little over a month, I’ll be on this website talking about the draft. In October, we’ll be discussing the new Predators’ season with nary a thought of these past few days. But in a way, they changed everyone in this town. We now know that that it can happen to us…but also know that we can handle it.

Because we are Nashville

 
Now, I know what happened in New York was horrible; but I just cannot help but think that Phil Gramm was right. We are nothing but a nation of whiners, who expect the Government to cater to our every whim. It is a sick and sad, however, I do not place the blame directly on the people of New York City. I blame the media, and conditioning of people from their youth by public school systems. People these days are not taught self-reliance and how to survive, if something like a Hurricane comes up. They are taught from a young age, that the Government is your big protector and nanny and will keep you from harms way, and if you end up a victim, the Government will give you everything you need. This sadly, was never the intended role of any sort of Government at all.

Quite simply, it is simply a matter of common sense, if you know a Hurricane is coming up, you grab all of your personal items that you wish to keep; and you get the hell out of the path of the Hurricane! Now for the elderly, the common excuse is that they could not leave. There is always a way to get out, someone somewhere could have gotten those people out, and helped them get their important stuff out too. The truth is, either they did not want to leave or no one wanted to be bothered with them at all.

I know that I said that I was not going to politicize this, but the way I see it; if the NYT does not mind doing it and if the NY Governor does not mind doing it, neither do I. It is sick and sad that people are conditioned to rely on the Government for everything. I could get into a discussion about race and self-reliance, but I do not want to get called a racist, by the Frankfurt School types on the left and the right.

What gets me, is all the money that will be spent, in the name of “Humanity.” Money that we do not have, it is amazing, we talk about being broke; until a disaster comes and all of the sudden, the money comes out of thin air! My question is, where is all this money coming from? What programs are being raided, just so some idiot person, who was too stupid to get out of the storms path can feel taken care of?

It sounds heartless. But it is the truth.

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Peggy Noonan knows what I have known for a long while too.

Please, go check out her latest. She writes so elegantly. If I wrote half as good as she did; I would be a multi-millionaire.

Peggy writes:

He faced big problems—an economic crash, two wars—but those crises gave him broad latitude. All of his stars were perfectly aligned. He could do anything.

And then it all changed. At a certain point he lost the room.

Books will be written about what happened, but early on the president made two terrible legislative decisions. The stimulus bill was a political disaster, and it wasn’t the cost, it was the content. We were in crisis, losing jobs. People would have accepted high spending if it looked promising. But the stimulus was the same old same old, pure pork aimed at reliable constituencies. It would course through the economy with little effect. And it would not receive a single Republican vote in the House (three in the Senate), which was bad for Washington, bad for our politics. It was a catastrophic victory. It did say there was a new boss in town. But it also said the new boss was out of his league.

via Noonan: How Far Obama Has Fallen – WSJ.com.

I remember that well, very well. I remember thinking, “Why is Obama doing this backwards? Why is he spending and tinkering with health care, instead of working on making a climate for job growth?”

Indeed, Obama was over his head.

Remember this come November 6.

Revenge Versus Love

First off, please head over to NRO’s The Corner for context of these two videos.

Okay, now that you have read that; watch these two video:

Obama wants you to vote for this reason:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZHMsivjr04

On the other hand, Mitt Romney wants you to vote for this reason:

Okay now that you have watched this, I would like to you to watch the following video. Scroll to the 00:50 mark in the video and take in the music video, which is very much awesome and the speech by the person who gave inspiration to the Tea Party movement and motivated this writer to abandon the Democratic Party for good. Trust me, it is something that you want to watch. 😀


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This is why I am politically active and sit in front of this laptop for hours writing, despite being ignored by many and not really getting paid. This is why I have lost friends, and lost readership, this is why I have strained relations with my family. Because I dare to stand for something different.

For the future, for liberty and for Country.

I cannot wait till November 6.

Interesting political e-mail of the day

When I saw the title, I thought it was from a Conservative group; it wasn’t. It was from these guys:

The title?

“Turn off MSNBC”

The e-mail:

Charles,

It’s okay if you’re nervous about Tuesday. I’m nervous, too. The outcome of these races will have major ramifications for working families for years to come.

So here’s my advice: just turn off MSNBC. Stop scrolling through your Facebook feed. It’s easy to want more information in the final days, but obsessing over polls and news cycles isn’t going to make a difference.

Talking to voters will.

Will you sign up to make calls to key voters today?

Yes! I can join a training and make calls today, Saturday at 4 p.m. EDT.

Yes! I can make calls, but at another time.

(When you RSVP, we’ll send you all the details to join.)

We’ve heard from volunteers that they feel extra prepared to hit the phones after trainings from our staff, so we’ve scheduled extra sessions between now and Tuesday.

We’ll talk you through the tool and give you updated messaging information on how to reach the voters who need to hear from you the most—these are voters who might not make it to the polls without an extra nudge, but can swing races our way if they do.

Click here to commit to a training and calls. MSNBC doesn’t need you, but we do.

In Solidarity,

Nicole Aro
Workers’ Voice

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Wow! When the AFL-CIO is telling people to turn off MSNBC, you KNOW something is wrong in hamburger helper land. If you catch my drift. I am thinking that the liberals are already conceding defeat.

I have a really good feeling about this election, I really do. I do believe that the silent majority is going to vote and things are going to change once again; for the good.

If you will allow me to just blather on for a second here; the Democrats have no one to blame, but themselves. They did it to themselves. They chose skin color over real experience. They chose to follow in the footsteps of Carter, instead of Roosevelt. They chose to pursue far-leftist ideology, over pragmatism. They chose to run to the far-left, instead of a moderate Democratic agenda. They chose to attempt to alter the Nation’s healthcare system, instead of trying to fix the economy. They did it backwards; and now, they are paying the price for it.

I said this long ago, that the Democrats would pay and pay dearly for it; and now it is coming to pass. There are consequences to overreach, just like Republican-controlled Congress suffered under Dennis Hastert in 2007. Just like Democrats suffered in 2009, when they lost big. You cannot overreach in politics, when you do, you suffer for it. George H.W. Bush did it, Clinton did it, but managed to stay in office. George W. Bush did it, and John McCain lost.

I am pretty much thinking here, that if Romney wins this election, that the Democrats are going to suffer a huge setback and that the party could very well fall apart. I hope not; I hope that more saner, moderate voices will take that party back and move it more towards the center. I believe in divided Government, and I believe that the Democrat’s future is in moderation, not in extremist policies.

However, because I am a realist, and I know how progressivism works; I happen to know that, once the genie is out of the bottle, there is no putting it back. Let’s just say that the big black genie was let out of the bottle in 2008 and the Democrats are going to have a heck of a time getting him back in that bottle.

Hope requires Faith, and now, I just do not have much Faith in the Democratic Party of today.

 

The Saturday Night Music Express Presents: Led Zeppelin

Simply in response to, and inspired by this here and yes, this here too.

November 6’th cannot come fast enough for me here.

Lyrics:

“No Quarter”

Close the door, put out the light. 

You know they won’t be home tonight. 
The snow falls hard and don’t you know? 
The winds of Thor are blowing cold. 
They’re wearing steel that’s bright and true 
They carry news that must get through. 

They choose the path where no-one goes. 

They hold no quarter. 

Walking side by side with death, The devil mocks their every step 
The snow drives back the foot that’s slow, The dogs of doom are howling more 
They carry news that must get through, To build a dream for me and you 

They choose the path where no-one goes. 

They hold no quarter. They ask no quarter. 
The pain, the pain without quarter. 
They ask no quarter. 
The dogs of doom are howling more!

Sad Story: When it all goes wrong

First Kids dying, now this.

Via The NYT:

WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly six years, a senior Secret Service agent kept his extramarital affair with a Mexican woman a secret from the agency responsible for protecting the president.

But in the wake of an embarrassing prostitution scandal involving 13 agents and officers, Rafael Prieto’s secret was revealed by a fellow employee amid concerns the Secret Service wasn’t enforcing its rules consistently. With an internal investigation ongoing, Prieto apparently committed suicide last week, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

Prieto, a married father assigned to the security detail for President Barack Obama, admitted the years-long relationship with a woman from Mexico to U.S. investigators when confronted. Before his death, he was the subject of an investigation focused on whether he violated agency rules that require disclosing relationships with foreigners, those familiar with the matter said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss Prieto’s death or the investigation.

Secret Service rules require that employees with a security clearance notify the agency about any relationship with a foreign citizen to ensure that the person is not a risk to national security. There is no evidence that Prieto’s relationship posed any security threat. Failing to disclose such a relationship would be not be a crime, but a violation of the agency’s administrative rules.

Prieto was serving on the protective detail for Obama, though he was not on duty at the time of his death. As recently as 2009, he was identified as the resident agent in charge at the Secret Service’s office in White Plains, N.Y. He had worked for the Secret Service for 22 years. He was 47, according to public records.

Prieto’s apparent cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning. He was found in his car with the engine running. His death was being investigated by Metropolitan Police in Washington and the medical examiner’s office.

“Rafael Prieto had a distinguished 20-year career with the Secret Service that was marked by accomplishment, dedication and friendships,” agency spokesman Edwin Donovan said in a statement. “The Secret Service is mourning the loss of a valued colleague.”

This is why it never pays to commit adultery; because sooner or later, you are going to get caught. The story does not say whether this man had a wife and kids; but even then, a family is without one of its members today. Because this man made an unwise choice at one point.

Choice wisely, all of you that read here. Because life is just not worth tossing away like that. 🙁

 

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg exploits hurricane Sandy for political purposes

As you all remember, I hollered at people on the right and the left for doing it and even praised Chris Christie for not making hurricane sandy into a political issue.

Well, true to his partisan hack self; the idiotic Mayor of New York City endorses the President and cites, yes, climate change as his reason. Seriously.

Via Bloomberg:

The devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City and much of the Northeast — in lost lives, lost homes and lost business — brought the stakes of Tuesday’s presidential election into sharp relief.

The floods and fires that swept through our city left a path of destruction that will require years of recovery and rebuilding work. And in the short term, our subway system remains partially shut down, and many city residents and businesses still have no power. In just 14 months, two hurricanes have forced us to evacuate neighborhoods — something our city government had never done before. If this is a trend, it is simply not sustainable.

Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it might be — given this week’s devastation — should compel all elected leaders to take immediate action.

Here in New York, our comprehensive sustainability plan — PlaNYC — has helped allow us to cut our carbon footprint by 16 percent in just five years, which is the equivalent of eliminating the carbon footprint of a city twice the size of Seattle. Through the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group — a partnership among many of the world’s largest cities — local governments are taking action where national governments are not.

Go read the rest of that mind-numbing stupidity. Let me be clear here, I am not saying that I deny climate change at all. I simply believe that it is an unsettled science and I also believe that it is a science and cause that got horrible politicized by the left. I also believe that the results of the science, so far — have been horrible hyped by the left. Global warming studies and climate change studies ought be done away from anyone having anything remotely to do with politics.

In other words, I would like to have the studies done with some sort of integrity. Furthermore, I believe this science should not be a political football or wedge issue. Just like the auto industry, whom my Father actually worked in for 31 years. The auto industry became a political football, because of the TARP loans. This was disappointing to me, because when the auto industry is in your family like that, to see something that many men and woman worked to build for so many years; become a political football — it just hurts. Sad Before anyone says it; Yes, I know about the Romney ad. I was not happy to read about that and I wish Romney had not went there, at all. But, that, as they say, is politics.

Just like this endorsement — it is politics — and sometimes, politics sucks.

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