Tuesday Open Thread: November 23rd, 2010
Buzz back with what's happening in your part of the country
Remember: you can still vote for Bristol Palin with as many email addresses as you can think of until 11am EST today. That means if you are reading this in the morning when you wake up, you could easily get in another 300-400 votes for Bristol instead of watching The Today Show or whatever before you go to work.
Vote like a Democrat: early, often, and under as many different identities as ACORN collectively used to vote in the 2008 and 2010 elections.
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Go Bristol!
that ABC website is still all screwed up.
I will be getting up early in the morning so I can vote and vote and vote.
Yes, I got some votes in earlier. Since then, nada!
DON’T GIVE UP, KEEP VOTING!!
It looks like the website is still screwed up this morning, it’s just sitting on the sign-in page with the wheels just spinning. But, I’ve found if you just re-load or refresh the page it takes you to the screen where you can vote, and you are already signed in.
Great comment from Ace of Spades HQ:
167 I just found some votes for Bristol in the trunk of my car.
Posted by: SurferDoc at November 22, 2010 09:25 PM (RKpGM)
too funny!
Here’s something that perfectly illustrates the brilliance of our current administration:
http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/110306/
Geez, these people can’t sh-t without getting it in their hair. What an embarassment.
Great line.
Bristol and Mark have received death threats? OMG. From left wing moochers and intolerants, no doubt. SICKOS.
Two legs bad four legs good!
Now all chant in unison Liberals are tolerant & have compassion.
It has been over half an hour, and I still haven’t gotten through!
Ditto. I’ve been trying and trying and all I get is that vertical barber pole with the words “Processing – Please Wait”. Well, I’m waiting but nothing’s happening. Shoot!
I was never able to get through online to vote; I even used my Facebook to sign in and nothing.
And that account IS NOT BOGUS!!!!!!
I did max on phone, though.
Shoot! It’s past 10 on the Pacific Coast and I can NOT sign up as a member of the ABC site in order to vote for Bristol! Shoot!
I just keep getting that vertical barber pole with “Processing – Please Wait” message. Well, I’m waiting but it isn’t processing. Shoot!
Our town just notified us of the great new school lunch POS machines where each kid types in a personal PIN when making purchases. The PIN must be entered for all purchases, free, reduced price, full price, cash, or prepaid. The selling points are that you can prepay an account and not have to send in cash daily, that kids on free lunch won’t be stigmatized by having lunch tickets, and that the process will work more quickly. But our town neglected to mention that the food selections will be tracked and reported to local, state, and federal government. Apparently, these systems are being rolled out all over the country. Other states are pushing to move to a biometric system (fingerprint scan) over a PIN number.
Locally, I feel like I’m the only person outraged that the Feds will have the power to know and record what my kid eats in school, and that the school system made no effort to notify parents that the information is being collected and reported. If I hadn’t read about it in other states, I wouldn’t know.
You think that is bad…check this out!
http://www.truthistreason.net/senate-bill-510-may-be-the-most-dangerous-bill-in-the-history-of-the-us
This really freaks me out!
I thought that already passed? I read about it on Michelle Malkin then checked up on it a day or two later and it seems like it passed. Which is bad because I love gardening and being frugal by growing my own food. Also, I do not like gmo produce and monsanto yikes. I love how the left claims to be green when their leaders vote against small farms and heirloom seed companies.
This bill did pass the Senate. While we have been upset about the TSA, the Senate is pushing through this kind of stuff. The Finance Bill that passed last spring is also bad stuff. The Left howled about every move President Bush made, but Obama and the leftist in congress are pushing all kinds of control freak legislation and we don’t hear a peep from anyone.
The US Chamber of Commerce endorsed this bill, as have a lot of mainstream orgs. Heritage, John Birch Society, etc the usual suspects – have opposed it. How about an honest, objective explanation of the pros and cons – no diatribes please just a thoughtful review with pointers we can verify.
You pee in a cup to get a job?
If so they got you long ago.
I work in our district’s lunch program and these POS machines have been used for over five years. I can understand that this could distress a person, but this process of tracking student lunches has allowed us to control waste by closely determining what students will and won’t eat. Secondly, these student numbers are used in online payment into lunch accounts, tracking activity fees and student performance. I like the ease of tracking such student info online.
My kids took their lunch to school. My daughter still does. She goes in the lunch room, sits down and eats.
Unfortunately, it happens at private schools too. They are doing this at our school.
We bring our own lunches.
Not at my kids’ private school. Parents still have a say in such matters, for now, though I’m sure its just a matter of time before the state mandates it.
Tracking purchases in aggregate to streamline inventory and ordering processes is no problem whatsoever. Collecting data on individual student purchases, comparing them to federal nutritional guidelines, and sharing that data with state and federal governments without parental consent is a complete violation of privacy. The federal government has no business whatsoever tracking what my children eat individually.
A debit system could easily be a simple internal payment system to streamline accounts. I can understand why this would make things easier. It would for me, too. But that is not all it is. In fact, some school districts have openly reported that the primary purpose of the system is to allow the government to track food selections; the ease of checkout is a secondary benefit and used as a selling point for parents and staff.
The school system has absolutely no business whatsoever sharing my cash-paying, non-subsidized children’s eating information with the government without my consent, or even (for most parents) their knowledge that it is happening.
We will be packing lunches for my older kids all the time now, but that ticks me off to be forced into it. My kids like pizza on Fridays and ice cream on whichever day that is. The fact that they can’t buy that now without being tracked is infuriating to me.
My younger children will not be attending the public school machine.
Suggestions for all citizens everywhere:
Two words: Home School.
Other suggestions for school: get involved as a parent and stay on the admins necks like the buzzer bee that you are and they will tire (after they resist) and do as you ask
Other simple solutions: take the train, or drive, or bus, or BOYCOTT the airlines
I’m a strong supporter of home schooling, but I recognize that this isn’t an option for everyone, and also object to the home school community (including those in my family) tending to disregard anything that’s happening in public schools. Indoctrination, centralization, national curriculum standards, the foisting of a political agenda on the minds of very young children… these are issues that affect our future generations’ views of civic engagement, freedom, and history. We should all object when we see things going wrong in public schools, whether we home school, are grandparents, or are childless.
The current move toward a more centralized, more standardized, one-size-fits-all, federally mandated school structure and curriculum should be of extreme concern. The system has moved rapidly away from any sense of local control or accountability.
Just today, Friedman in the NY Times quoted the following: “Wagner thinks we should create a West Point for teachers: “We need a new National Education Academy, modeled after our military academies, to raise the status of the profession and to support the R.& D. that is essential for reinventing teaching, learning and assessment in the 21st century.”
Thought control, anyone?
Yes. Homeschool.
But, please don’t boycott the airlines.
break out the music
http://theothermccain.com/2010/11/22/oritz-concedes-tx-27-to-farenthold-gop-reaches-historic-241-seats-in-house/
Another one bites the dust
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQRfBAzSzo&fs=1&hl=en_US]
Yay!
More good news: Mafei has conceded to Buerkle in New York
See link below: Another one bites the dust.
got this from the OtherMcCain
http://theothermccain.com/2010/11/23/ny-25-maffei-concedes-buerkle-wins/
re Beurkle beating Mafei
yes and another one bites the dust… bring it on….
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQRfBAzSzo&fs=1&hl=en_US]
time for more Queen:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQRfBAzSzo&fs=1&hl=en_US]
shoot I thought I had this resolved
Ha. This will make the lefties lose it… I just voted more than 400 times using a set of accounts I created in advance. What a riot. Wish I could have voted like this in the election… it felt so good to finally have my vote count.
I hope you voted for those in Florida and Michigan who were disenfranchised during the 2008 primary.
Payback is HE!!
I tried to register to vote w/ ABC 10 times all night and they would not let me in. Hell, my email is legite! The leftist hate that Bristol outdanced the competition along w/ her partner! The Libtards at ABC are pulling out all the stops w/ the DWTS website not letting people register to vote! I even tried to register through FB and heard nothing! I suppose ACORN, SEIU and Soros are plying theire trade via ABC DWTS! Kevin gets quoted in the Washington Post and liberal heads exploded on the West and East coasts! LOL, the party of the Klan and Jim Crowe rears it’s ugly head to deny people the right to register to vote for DWTS! ABC is following its marching orders!
Request: if Bristol is denied the mirror ball because ABC failed to allow legitimate votes, like mine, then BOYCOTT the show next season BIG TIME! Kevin, wanna start the boycott?????
Some news we have been expecting:
http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2010/11/a-new-record-obama-job-approval-dips-to-39-in-new-zogby-poll/
this is very serious:
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/north-korea-shells-fall-on-south-korea/story-e6frfku0-1225959585475?from=public_rss
Also, I just asked my husband about those contrails off the coast of California.
He speculated that it was from a missile fired from a US Navy ship. He said the type of missile would not have been on a Chinese submarine because it is too big.
Yep…My BF thinks so, too and he does think it was directed as a warning to China. There was some kind of squirmish between Obama and China going on that the WH did not go public with it. That’s what he and his Army buds think. These happen a lot, actually, the public just doesn’t know about it. Military people know about it.
here is another link relating to the North Korea/South Korea hostilities:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/8153100/North-Korean-attack-on-Yeonpyeong-Island-is-worst-against-civilians-in-20-years.html
Worth noting that North Korea engaged in these hostilities the last time there was a change in leadership… more hostilities to come?
You beat me to it. I find this very, very troubling.
Yes, I find it extremely troubling.
Felix we need to pray about this.
Obama is under the bed. Hillary is under Obama.
I hope Sarah talks about this, not like Carter but like Reagan.
Our president should have been on the tube this morning calming the nerves of everyone who is a little crazed by the radiation and pat down regulations that were put in place without warning the public as to what they were doing and why. But he’s probably on his way somewhere other than the WH.
The North Koreans just broke the 1953 armistice with China and the UN. How will China play this? They actually fired on civilians! This is very bad. Is the son as nuts as the father? Have they lost control of the military? Who gave the order to fire? Is there any way the CIA can dump a load of Xanax in their drinking water until we can figure out what is going on in that dark and paranoid country?
Yep – he and Biden are going to Kokomo, Indiana to brag about how the millions in stimulus spending and the auto bailouts saved a few jobs there. On a related note, the Dairy Queen closed yesterday for the season (poor Joe.)
Unemployment in Kokomo was 6% when Barry took office.
Rose to 18% when the plant closed.
Stimulus money partially re-opened the plant, so unemployment is down to 12%.
How is unemployment from 6% to 12% a victory to celebrate?
Irony: the first shift was sent home to allow security to clear the plant for Barry’s visit. Thye lost half a days pay so Barry could celebrate.
Kokomo and Korea both start with K … maybe he and the Joester got mixed up.
Sara B
They’re in a blackout in SK. I’m sure it’s a very tense situation. Japanese news sources would be the most reliable about this.
Ulsterman’s latest:
http://newsflavor.com/politics/us-politics/the-ulsterman-report-reflections-on-the-white-house-insider/
oh wow……..look at this:
As for myself regarding the subject of the “birther” issue, I now openly admit to having “found religion” as it were. There indeed does appear to be something amiss. President Obama has spent millionshiding what most would indicate as rather basic information. Education records. Writings. Travel records. And yes, clear and comprehensive proof of birth and/or citizenship. Until recently, I was among those who discounted claims of a cover-up surrounding Barack Obama’s birth story as the silly rants of those with far too much time and resulting paranoia on their hands.
No more.
There is an ongoing thread on FreeRepublic.com that is based on an Associated Press story from 1990 – pretty much a fluff piece about the “first African-American” to head the Harvard Law Review…..but it talks about him moving to Indonesian when he was only 2 – a fact contradicted by his own bio, which says he left Hawaii in 1967. There are also several pictures of him as a child, which are very confusing, as it appears he was in two different places at the same time. Somehow, the narritives don’t match (and the pictures look like they are of different kids). Somewhere, there is a dam of information about this guy that is waiting to break and I hope that EVERYONE, Republican or Democrat, that was part of the cover-up is hung for treason!
I know I’m screaming this repeatedly, but the linguistic footprints are vital. The previous posts from Ulsterman seemed to have quotes from several different sources.
This one has no direct quotes, which can mean several different things – possibly a combination.
(1) He says he’s getting a more natural response from his sources. This could be obviously linked to someone, as the person is not as guarded, and he’s trying to protect his source.
(2) On or more of his source have backed out and it’s harder to amalgamate the responses in a way that wouldn’t compromise the people behind it.
(3) He’s lost all his direct sources, and genuinely doesn’t have any material he can quote from. He’s doing the best he can with what gossip he can piece together.
You are spot on. I thought that it was interesting that Ulsterman was stating “they”, talking in the plural.
This was not an interview, but it was an essay. It was like he was saying that he was using these sources and then making up his interview scenario.
However, what attracted me to this was the part about becoming a convert to the birth issue.
Also note that when talking about “Insider” Ulsterman repeatedly refers to “him” as “they”.
Yes I noted that… it is a change in format.
It seems to me to be meant to disguise the gender. It seems a little late to do that. Curious.
He makes one reference in the beginning to “his political party.” Then the rest is written to be gender neutral.
Well, since I’m already up (4:11am) I’m happy to say that I Voted Like A Democrat!
I am not sure if you are all aware of this rather sad and tragic story:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/23/3074431.htm
Looking at the article it seems that there is little hope of finding these miners alive
the story is now the worst it can be. Here is the latest from the New Zealand mine tragedy:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/24/3075328.htm
There has been a second explosion. There is no hope of finding any survivors.
I am posting this story because I truly find it shocking:
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/milat-case-birthday-boy-victim-named-20101123-184mt.html
Here in Australia the name of Ivan Milat is enough to send shudders down the spine.
He is the man found guilty of the Belangalo State Forest murders, or the Backpacker murders. All of his victims were international backpackers. The deaths were gruesome.
Now it seems that his nephew (18 years old) has murdered a 17 year old on his birthday by taking an axe to him… gruesome.
Such goings on (lots of blood and violence at the murder scene – even where such is not required to subdue the victim) are indications of severe child abuse. Rage.
The fact that it “runs in the family” may be genetic or common parenting “styles”. Or both. You may have susceptibility with an activating event required.
Mental disorders generally run in families. Depression, bipolar, etc…I think it’s genetic moreso than environmental.
I will tell you what I think – you would not know about the gruesome details of the backpacker murders. They were absolutely shocking…
For many years there have been rumors that Ivan Milat did not work alone when doing the murders.
The evidence turned up at his sister’s home. The backpacks from the dead backpackers were stored in the roof.
The murders happened in pairs. It is very possible that another member of the family was waiting in the Belanglo State Forest whilst Milat went roving for his victims and drove them to the designated spot.
I am thinking that this boy’s father was very likely involved in those murders.
Wasn’t there a movie based on this guy? I remember watching a movie about this…a Texas Chainsaw massacre type movie but with an Australian guy…..
I do not know of any movie on the story.
Wolf Creek! That’s what it was called. It is supposedly a true story based on Ivan Milat ..
never heard of the film
I think you’re referring to “Wolf Creek.” The trailers all said “based on true events.” When I researched it at the time, however, it was believed to be based on several different killers, including Milat.
Also, it was revealed that the write had written the story many years earlier, then changed some of the details to make it fit more closely with actual events. Apparently you can make more money if people believe it’s based on a true story.
It’s my understanding that it’s a very loose connection.
you are probably right about that… but I have not heard of the film.
Besides the Milat murders were in the Belanglo State Forest.
Yeah…that’s one of the things that critics point out to say it’s not really based on those murders. Supposedly there’s something in the movie somewhere with his name spelled backwards. It wasn’t really good enough to watch it a second time to look for it!
just for fun:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYcARF1-JDg&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3]
Why small government is safer:
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2010/11/it-is-way-worse-than-that.html
just voted on all my email acctns, could finally get through
one tip…… I used Firefox, that made my sign in uber quickly
microsoft expolorer was having issues.
try firefox….
I hope bristol wins, I have never have watched this show and have no plans to…. but I know how hard bristol has worked, just like most americans who have no professional dancing backgrd, and this lady worked hard, in spite of all the crap thrown at her and continues to be thrown at her.
go bristol and mark!
Hey ssmith – here’s an article that might interest you. If you’ve already seen it, be sure to read the updates:
http://stopshouting.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-rebuttal-to-progressive-who.html
A sane take on the TSA! From a – self described – liberal!
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/9923/
And he acknowledges that the left is completely abandoning any pretense of principles now their guy is in power.
There is not such thing as the anti war left or the civil libertarian left. There is only the anti conservative left. No principles at ALL.
that was a very balance article: here is a keeper from it:
Besides which, terrorist plots do not tend to be foiled by the vigilant x-ray machine operators or frisking officials with super-sensitive cuticles. They tend to be foiled before the would-be terrorists even get to the airport, through targeted intelligence operations.
Boyz! Boyz! Just like you predicted–here it comes!
http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/23/pigford-ii-settlement-to-black-farmers-to-be-opposed-by-republicans-in-the-house/
I think this whole thing is just really sad. It represents how desperate some people are in this country to find happiness…and they think it will come through money. Money they didn’t earn.
I occassionally get notices in the mail because of products/services that I’ve purchased, inviting me to either join in a class-action lawsuit or to claim money from one that’s already been settled. But I’ve never had a problem with any of the products/services, so it just doesn’t seem right to collect money from them. I paid my fair amount and got what I was promised. That’s honest trade.
I’ve received multiple phone calls from people claiming I could be eligible for free money from the gov’t just for owning a home, etc. I always tell them, I’m not interested in any gov’t handouts. It really blows their mind and they get confused. They simply don’t know how to respond. But why should I take other people’s hard-earned money?
I have no problem with paying my fair share of taxes, but I want to know that the money is being used properly and not just given to someone else. It’s sad that some people think of it as the gov’t's money and not their neighbor’s money.
Boyz! Boyz! Just as you predicted! Here it comes:
http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/23/pigford-ii-settlement-to-black-farmers-to-be-opposed-by-republicans-in-the-house/
So . . . Meghan McCain wants to kick Obama’s rear posterior. rolling eyes
http://gawker.com/5696408/
Who wants to take a vote on the most annoying thing about her?
I’d go for the way she disregards all her critics as haters and extremists. I can forgive a lot from someone who is at least self aware.
But the fact that she plainly can’t write and still got a book deal rankles too. Or the way she claims she’s soooooo empowered and is going to ignore any gibes about her weight – just before she screams about all the meeaaann people.
Or the going on leftist media to bash conservatives. The nepotism is pretty annoying, too.
Wait, why exactly is the GOP meant to listen to her, again?
I’m starting to feel embarrassed for her. She is out there on a high wire embarrassing herself with her overreaching statements and supposed “insider” information, and her know-it-all attitude. No one in her family or [does she have any?] friends are willing to be honest with her and tell her to stop sounding like a female Obama – lecturing and chastising the citizens on how much they don’t know and how ignorant and bigotted they are? And no one is willing to tell her in no uncertain terms that the media aren’t her friends – that they are using her to get RATINGS. I have come to dislike her persona and usually turn the channel if she is on. I find her simply unlikeable.
I am so ashamed that she represents “Young Adult Republicans” *rolls eyes*
“Young”? OK. Though naive is more apt.
“Adult”? Not by a long shot! More “childish”.
“Republican”? Not by any stretch of the imagination. (Unless RINO is an allowable registration)
The one that might annoy me the most is when she started whining about how during her father’s campaign, the Secret Service wanted to see her security pin every time she was going to a secure place and didn’t “look at my face.” Way to criticize people trying to MAKE SURE NO ONE KILLS YOUR FAMILY.
Oh, and the way she refers to herself as “Meggy Mac” makes me want to slap her.
If she really wants to help Republicans win in 2012 as she claims, she ought to sign on with Obama’s campaign as a strategist and put her “expertise” to work there.
If John McCain cannot control his own daughter then why would I expect him to control the far left?
Even though I do respect and admire his military service…he compromises too much with liberals and he changes his stance to stay in power.
Oh, Bev, if anyone has experienced a teenager or young adult, then you know that they will usually go the opposite of advice given to them by their authority figures.
Especially when it comes to The Won; the youth think that they have been emppowered by The Won and she thinks she has been empowered by her father’s campaign – but NOT.
She is not making any friends now, except maybe on the left. Delusional silly little girl.
“If John McCain cannot control his own daughter then why would I expect him to control the far left?”
Unfair. That’s like people saying, “If Sarah Palin can’t stop her daughter from getting pregnant, why should I trust her to run the country?”
daddy ought to shut her up..or her mamma..
Don’t you just feel safer now. An imposter got into a high level meeting between American intelligence and the Taliban:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world/asia/23kabul.html?_r=1
For those visiting relatives later this week,
to get you in the mood to fly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mJdxtnpTQ&feature=player_embedded#!
OMG – that is FUNNY!
thanks for posting that again Ted
I love iowahawk!
Sara B
ASTROGLIDE? More like coarse dry sand:
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-imagination-is-getting-better.html
Hmmmm has anyone seen the dialidol site? It shows the Jennifer imposter as the clear winner.
I don’t think they can count online votes…and since Bristol’s line was jammed with so many calls…and the fact that the dems are split between two candidates….I doubt she’s going to win.
DWTS is working like butter this morning. Took husbands work email and added every name I could think of to it.
Ex. @ his office.com.
Get back in there and vote!
just voted at abc..went smoothly..
Just heard William and Kate set the date for Fri April 29 for the Royal Wedding
I didn’t know the following info and have adjusted the computer I was working on last night to adhere to the “rules” – perhaps this is why many people are having problems with getting into the ABC registration or the vote slot. That computer is set to delete all cookies and not to accept cookies or pop ups. So, I reset it and was able to get right in.
“The Internet browser on user computers must allow cookies, have Javascript enabled and have the latest version of Flash installed in order to vote. If cookies and Javascript are disabled and Flash is not installed, users will be unable to access the online ballot.”
A commenter at Althouse said he tried voting for Bristol, but the number ABC gave was for Jennifer.
“When Palin was on they flashed 1-800-868-3411 and when I finally got thru a voice said “thanks for helping/voting for Jenifer and Dereck”"
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6329595&postID=3269352323498711504
I don’t know if he just made a mistake, or if anyone else experienced the same thing. It might be worth looking into.
Al Gore said he was WRONG for supporting ethanol when running for pres!
Why are we burning our food???
The farmers have a huge clout with presidential candidates, none of them have the kahunas to stop farmer welfare.
More than 50% of Americans are on the welfare handout line. Ridiculous.
I don’t know where you got that statistic but it’s false and misleading.
It just kills me that on the one hand the far-left spreads the rumor that we’re a welfare nanny state all the while whining that we’re all fat and lazy at the same time.
Just like the rumor I saw of the NATO person saying kids in Afghanistan are safer than kids in NYC which is absolute hogwash.
People are continuing to, er, *something* GOP sites:
http://republicanwhip.house.gov/blog/2010/11/do-they-get-it-watch-democrats-still-tone-deaf-on-small-business-and-wasteful-spending.html#more
I’m not particularly interested in the blog itself, but there’s something fascinating in a horrible way about the commenters. I used to think they were trolls, but surely trolls wouldn’t be THAT incompetent, right? Right?
My thoughts and prayers are with my friends in South Korea today. They’re on blackout. It’s a very tense situation even without what is going on now so I can only imagine the level of tension they are facing right now. All eyes on North Korea.
Bev, you are right to be worried. The crazies up north are unpredictable, malnurished, probably poisoned with chemicals, and they are in the dark most of the day. They live in stone-age hovels unless they are related to or working directly for the party biggies. So sad. And now their leaders are lobbing missiles at their southern neighbors. This could blow at any time. This could even get nuclear. And who have we get at the helm? Dear God in Heaven, it’s the most incompetent fool. This is Hillary’s 3 AM moment. If she can work magic with this, she will be reconsidered by many who dismissed her as a candidate and as a woman.
I am praying too. One friend of more than 30 years has family in So. Korea – brothers and their families. Her mother died recently – was in her 90′s. So she was back there within the last year. She is having a difficult day.
Japanase news sources are the most reliable right now.
Don’t worry too much. China has their hands on it (remarkably I trust them more than Obama). Our military overwhelmingly is superior to NK. I’m sure they are trying to diffuse the situation. Trust and faith in our military =)
How terribly, terribly, sad that I agree with you on trusting China more than Obama.
Good Lord, that’s a headline all on its own . . .
I finally just voted, couldn’t at all last night. 731am Mtn time.
AND, I didn’t think Jennifer was all that great last night, seemed like he was dancing circles around HER… Was more disjointed.
Interesting you say that. She looked robotic to me. Just doing steps and counting on him not to hurt her back, legs, knees, and whatever else was ailing her. The dance was too fast for any drama and in addition, she didn’t show “dramatic face”…she had the same face on as she does with the jive. I think she does Botox as well as her unfortunate nose issue. There isn’t much change in the expression. And certainly not the eyebrows. But you are right, her partner was doing rings around her – it was part of the choreography and clever, but not sexy.
That’s what I thought, too. Especially in the first dance, it seemed like he was doing all the work!
I had to attend a meeting last night and didn’t watch live, but after seeing the videos, I am ecstatically happy about Bristol and Mark!
Tonight, one of two things will happen, and both are good outcomes.
(1) They will win and be a strong witness of a gracious winner.
(2) They will be eliminated and be a strong witness of a gracious loser.
Week after week, they have already been strong witnesses of gracious competitors.
Hmmm… WP ate my last post, probably because of its formatting.
Short version: Tonight, Bristol & Mark will be a strong witness of graciousness, whatever the outcome.
wp is eating my posts, too.
the troll fairy must be ravenous…
never fear the posts will turn up.
So the other day my husband said ‘did you hear about this Dancing With the Stars thing? Just reading about it makes me want to go vote for Bristol.’
I said, “Hey I can help you with that.”
Just read on Twitter someone got an email from Moveon.org and Organizing for America both asking them to vote for the person known as Jennifer Grey on DWTS. Lol!
OMG…how more pathetic can the left get?
I wonder why they didn’t pick Kyle instead of Jennifer? Or just say, vote for anybody but Bristol?
Clearly, because they are . . . (wait for it) . . . RAAACCCIISSSSSSSSSSST!
Tryin’ to keep a black man down! Trying to keep the Native American Girl from winning! Racism!
(. . . only about 50% sarcasm. . .)
David Axelrod is using his sick daughter as propaganda to get sympathy for Obama. How would you feel if you were very ill and your father used you as a political toy for work? If MY daughter were ill I would not be working a campaign for a politician. I would be at home with my daughter and she wouldn’t be used on the news for sympathy political votes.
Rep.-elect Allen West: Airport pat-downs show terrorists have ‘won’
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/130411-rep-elect-west-airport-pat-downs-show-terrorists-have-won
I agree with Col West. I have been writing the same thing in my blogs
The reason I think that is because we are being reactive, not proactive.
Althouse has a great post knocking down a Sally Quinn column on Bristol. Hillbuzz is mentioned.
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2010/11/sally-quinn-who-says-dancing-is-my.html
This fox news poll for 2012 Republican presidential nomination is still up… and you can vote (for Sarah) as many times as you want.
http://specialreport.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/11/16/12-in-2012-poll/#ixzz15Te4GRTC
voted until the closed the polls! (BTW, they remained opened “late”)
Hey! Just like Bridgeport, CT! So they know exactly how many votes to find to clinch the deal.
THEY STAYED OPEN LATE?!?!?!
DID NOT KNOW. SO MAD.
Folkzz,
See how North Korea reacts after Bristol Palin wins in the DWTS show…
These madmen would not be doing that if we had a real president in the White House. Now Iran will follow, knowing this coward puppet Obama will not do anything to back Israel.
This is also a wake up call to Hillary, the SOS under Obama. Hillary’s attachment to Obama is what keeps her down with any real opportunity for 2012 or 2016 or 2020.
I bet with President Sarah Palin these maniacs would be trembling and thinking it twice before challenging us and our allies.
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on new data that shows that airport body scanners may not be very effective.
video at link:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/11/23/ac.body.scanners.ineffective.cnn?hpt=C1
oooh cool, the media are getting on board to get rid of this stuff!!
That’s because they’re not exempt in the extensive pat-downs like the politicians.
yes I know and some of them are very angry about the way they have been treated !!
Bad move Øbama
ACLJ petition to DHS to stop enhanced pat-down and x-ray screening and begin behavioral passenger profiling:
https://www.aclj.org/Petition/Default.aspx?sc=3679&ac=1
Call the Child Abuse and Neglect Network business office to see what they are doing about minors being x-rayed/pat down.
Susan Schmidt – 480-922-8212
I saw that. I think a lot of the ratings last week were from Palin haters curious to know if she’d take on Obama or liberals. When they saw not, they knew they didn’t need to watch again. And also possibly independents who saw the episode and didn’t feel they felt Sarah and her family were interesting enough to come back this week.
I watched Sunday night. I thought the second half of the episode was boring. The fishing part. Also, I love the woman but really don’t like Palins shrill voice nor the funky way she puts sentences togather. When writing she comes off so great. Speaking off the cuff, it’s just so much more disjointed. I know in some ways it’s endearing but in other ways, it’s distracting. And when people spend too much time thinking they don’t like her voice nor her sentence syntax, they don’t concentrate on her message. I wish that Tood, Bristol and Willow would be featured more in the little individual talk cutaways on the show and maybe even do some narration.
The sad thing is this gives liberals (and elite GOPers) more ammo to say that Sarah has finally become overexposed. And to point out the only people she appeals to are older Americans and therefore, can’t be the 2012 nominee since she won’t attract younger people nor independents because they’re not interested in what she has to say.
Don’t believe it.. I watched this last weeks show and LOVED it.. I want to go to Homer now and have some HALIBUT!!!!
Here’s another one for the Democrat voter fraud file:
http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/23/the-voter-fraud-hall-of-shame-milwaukee-voter-fraud-conviction-makes-acorn%e2%80%99s-2010-total-at-least-15/
Too bad the media are so much more concerned about voting on DWTS. Shows why they’re increasingly irrelevant, and rediculous.
I would like to know why when a person voluntarily buys an airline ticket he or she is automatically considered a “suspect”. There has got to be a way to address it. Also, if a person does not voluntarily buy health insurance, they get “fined”. Does nobody see what is going on here. These people that say they have no problem with TSA procedures are idiots. They have no ability to connect the dots; things do not happen in a vacuum,,wake up people.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention open borders. Lets send TSA to the border where they might be able to do some real good. This admin has no desire to have real security,,just punishment of his enemies and control of the population. Remember the “internal army” he wants????
Also ref above concerning buying an airline ticket. I really do not think that buying a ticket involves” probable cause”, 4th amendment term. This is a clear violation of the 4th
The Chosen One is outraged by NKs attack on SK but he is not outraged by small children being groped. Why is it that this POS thinks his real enemies are the American People and that our international enemies need to be coddled and our allies are to be disrespected This guy lives in a Bizzaro world. I am not sure we can survive 2 more years.
Crap, now having problems with youtube letting me share videos…on my own blog
http://bloghopenchangery.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/holiday2010-baby-its-cold-outside/
After two years, this is a first, dangit.
Folkzz,
Barbara Bush is still at it! Trying to push for another white Bush male to become president. She is scared of Palin and wants her out to Alaska and “stay there”. Because the senior Bush wants a clear path for her spoiled son fatty Jeb to continue the Bush aristocracy moves in the USA.
Shameless!!!
The Bushes, the Kennedys and the Clintons think America belong to them!
excuse me, that is discriminatory talk.
I am another one who happens to like Jeb Bush. My personal contact with the Governor was a very positive experience.
I doubt that Jeb Bush will run in 2012.
Some of you mentioned Paul Hogan’s tax troubles. Well as of yesterday those troubles are over:
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/hogan_beats_the_crocodile
I hope he wins with a lawsuit.
I hope he sues and wins, too.
He’s not running in 2012. I like Jeb a lot. I think he will do very well in the future. He’s a good guy and he would have huge Hispanic support.
It’s not usual, actually. People were curious to see and then it went back down to normal. Don’t worry…TLC will drum up some drama to get people to watch again. They’re famous for it.
Has anyone else been having a slow Internet connection? I noticed this last night and again just now. Three different computers, two different networks. Very interesting.
hey, listen to Rush
http://www.youtube.com/v/hv9q_nR9EBY?version=3
the latest news on the Korean situation:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/24/3074654.htm
This time around the ABC (Australia) is being relatively accurate in their reporting, which is a bit of a change.
you know the reaction from the White House is as usual, “just words”. It starts by sounding strong and ends with a whimper. That ABC link will show you what I mean.
I’m almost glad. I don’t trust Obama with this situation at all. I pray NK doesn’t realize it either. Obama has no clue what to do. I trust China more than I do my own country. How horrible is that?
an update on the Chicago mayor race:
http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/23/20-people-running-for-mayor-of-chicago/
I am being a blog pimp but please look at the subject of my latest entry:
http://inforapenny.wordpress.com/
The Belgium police have arrested 11 potential terrorists. I have attempted to write this piece with quite a lot of snark.
OMG, this MUST GO VIRAL:
Adam Savage (MythBusters) “WTF, TSA?”-”They saw my junk but missed THIS”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3yaqq9Jjb4#t=1m5s
This gives me such warm fuzzies of childhood Christmases. Red Skelton’s “The Littlest Christmas Tree.” Amazing how things have changed since he was talking about life behind the Iron Curtain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsSBHdOVle0
They’re doing a reboot (movie) of “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” without Joss Whedon. This is ridiculous. Are the Hollywood people this devoid of new ideas?
http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/warner-bros-reboots-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-with-script-from-whit-anderson/
Yes.
The liberal spin. 3 million views down from 5 million is still great and TLC is ecstatic about these ratings.
The initial 5 million viewers that dropped down to 3 million are people sampling the show. Don’t worry, this show is a winner.
lamecherry is totally off… too many bad cuss words in that post… yuk!