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Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House
This two-story brick home is a wonderful example of Federal-style architecture from 1820. Col. Stephenson, who was a contemporary of Lewis & Clark, moved there in 1809.
Madison County Historical Society Museum & Archives
The 1836 Weir House is filled with an amazing display of artifacts representing local and county history, in addition to a historic research library.
This memorial in Valley View Cemetery honors Edward Coles, the second governor of Illinois (1822-1826). A former slaveowner from Virginia, Coles became an abolitionist and won the 1822 gubernatorial election as the candidate of anti-slavery forces.
The Company performs at The Miner's Theatre.
Katherine Dunham is probably best known as a legendary dancer who propelled the awareness of the cultures of the African Diaspora via her choreography. Her famous dance technique reflects a fusion of many cultures. Miss Dunham was a true renaissance woman. She was an artist, anthropologist, author, activist, manager, movie star, producer, educator, wife, mother, and so much more. The world needs to know about her wonderful life story and there's no better learning environment than the Museum and Centers for Arts and Humanities she created. The museum houses Miss Dunham's outstanding collection of symbolic and functional art, including more than 250 African and Caribbean art objects from more than 50 countries.
CITY:East St. Louis
Three Sisters Crafts & Gifts offers handmade crafts, beads, jewelry-making supplies, home decor, scrapbook and quilting supplies, and much more.
Children's Museum of Edwardsville
Toddlers to 12-year-olds can enjoy the unique interactive exhibits and seasonal events at this fun children's museum.
SummerStage is an amateur thespian organization that began in 1981. The group presents five programs a year including dramas, comedies, and musicals.
CITY:Granite City
Arts of Fire has a pottery painting studio, ceramics painting, silver jewelry, and parties.
Edwardsville Children's Museum
The museum focuses on expanding young minds through a variety of educational programs. It is available for birthday parties and field trips.
The Main Street Gallery was created to display the works of juried artist. The art is professionally shown and is available for sale. Blown glass, pottery, paintings, drawings, metalwork, and jewelry are just a few of the art pieces available.
Architectural Ceramics has a great selection of ceramics for home decor, gifts, and more.
An authentic log cabin located in the heart of Glen Carbon, it has the original ceiling rafters and attic floor. The sidewalks are made from a 1912 school building. The Cabin is used for group activities and community events. Tours by appointment.
CITY:Glen Carbon
Car enthusiasts are tempted by every make from Model T's to muscle cars. Shop the Antique Mall for Collectibles or attend their monthly sales and auctions.
CITY:Fairmont City
Opened in 1909 as an opera house and a meeting hall for the Independent Order of Oddfellows, the Wildey has undergone many transformations through the years. The most recent one is a $2 million renovation inside and out.
Collinsville Historical Society Museum
Local and world histories are combined in these exhibits.
The Scrapbook Factory offers all the supplies you need to create the scrapbook of your dreams.
Old Six Mile Museum in the Emmert-Zippel House
This 158-year-old home has displays of historic items including Civil War artifacts, a Native American collection, and 1830s furnishings.
CITY:Granite City
Learn how firemen fought fires throughout history. See all of the antique firefighting memorabilia.
CITY:Granite City
As the world's tallest fountain, the Gateway Geyser Fountain reaches 627 feet in height, and is centered in a pond that holds five million gallons of water.
CITY:East St. Louis
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Illinois' only United Nations World Heritage Site. This 2,200-acre site preserves the central section of the largest prehistoric Indian city north of Mexico. An Interpretive Center presents a coherent account of this sophisticated prehistoric culture. Climb Monk's Mound, see the film and life-size village. Don't miss annual events that focus on Native American culture.
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Arendal (Norway), 12 August 2010 - Greenland hit the headlines this week after a vast block of ice broke off from the country's Petermann Glacier. The 600-foot thick iceberg is around four times the size of Manhattan. Researchers monitoring the Greenland ice sheet have said it represents the largest single shedding of Greenland's ice sheet in fifty years.Breakages from Greenland's ice sheet (a process known as 'calving'), are not uncommon and hundreds occur naturally every year. But the sheer size of the most recent separation from the ice sheet has once again focused attention on changing conditions in the Arctic. GRID-Arendal in Norway, a collaborating centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), closely monitors changes in the Arctic climate and promotes conservation initiatives in the polar region. Peter Prokosch, Director of GRID-Arendal, says the science world is in agreement that recent years have seen a net loss of ice mass in Greenland. "Today, we are seeing a much faster rate of iceberg calving than in previous years", explains Mr. Prokosch. But as well as the losses in Greenland, Arctic sea ice, which covers the oceans around the North Pole, is melting at higher speeds every year. This means less ice remaining in late summer and subsequent habitat loss for polar bears and other species. A reduction in ice also means less 'white reflection' of solar energy, which contributes to further warming of the region. Data from last month shows that the total sea ice cover in the Arctic was at its second-lowest level for July in over three decades. Last month, some 70,000 square kilometers of Arctic ice was lost through melting each day.So what can be done to protect the Arctic's unique habitats? Those at the UNEP/GRID-Arendal centre believe a new brand of tourism could hold part of the answer.Svalbard - a picturesque archipelago in the north of Norway - is a case in point. The region is a popular tourist destination and is usually the closest point that visitors can get to the North Pole, which lies 1000 kilometres away. A joint campaign by conservation groups and tour operators in the 1990s has helped to establish protected areas in Svalbard and new laws that protect biodiversity. Native animal species such as polar bears now have protected status in Svalbard and the hunting of many species has been outlawed.After witnessing this success on their doorstep, the team from the UNEP/GRID-Arendal centre developed the "Linking Tourism and Conservation" (LT&C) initiative. The project will investigate how sustainable tourism can help support the management and development of protected areas. Later this month, UNEP/GRID-Arendal will host a study expedition to Svalbard for conservationists, journalists and members of the public. A further tour of Antarctica is planned for November, when participants will learn about the development of marine protected areas in the Southern hemisphere. "Hardly anywhere else than in the Polar regions is it so easy to convince people to support and invest in protecting our planet", says Mr. Prokosch. "This is because the polar regions are the ideal place to see the link between the impact of climate change and biodiversity. Good examples, like this cold face of climate change, should inspire similar projects in other tourism areas." UNEP/GRID-Arendal also plans to produce an interactive map of tourist destinations that are participating in conservation work. It is hoped that the map will encourage investment in tourism projects that support conservation and will allow tourists to view a destination's green credentials before finalising their trip.Tourism represents both the challenges and opportunities for combating climate change and protecting biodiversity. As the UNEP/GRID-Arendal's expeditions set sail for Svalbard later this month, it is hoped that lessons learned in Norway will inspire conservation efforts from the Amazon to the Serengeti - and in many other tourist destinations across the globe. For more information please on UNEP/GRID-Arendal's Linking Tourism and Conservation project, please visit www.grida.no/ltc

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Vampires & Werewolves: Legends & Lore DVD
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K-Scan MMDx full freedom handheld scanning
K-Scan MMDx is Nikon Metrology's walk-around laser scanner for portable metrology applications. The MMDx scanner is renowned for its accuracy, easy-to-use and stunning performance. The scanner is tracked by the K-Series Optical CMM, so that operators can take scans anywhere needed. K-Scan MMDx is the ultimate tool for accurate part-to-CAD inspection and productive reverse engineering. It combines the accuracy and productivity of the MMDx laser scanner with the operator freedom, measurement volume and motion compensation of the K-Series Optical CMM.
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Pain Management
A New Equine Joint Pain Treatment Might be on the Horizon
Anti-nerve growth factor has been shown to have significant pain-relieving effects in other species.
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Managing and Maintaining the Older Equine Athlete
Do you have a mature or senior horse? Find out how to keep him comfortable and competitive as he ages!
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Help! How to Manage Equine Emergencies
Your horse is wounded, bleeding, or critically ill: What should you do? Get advice from our expert!
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Tweets and take-homes from the 2016 Western Veterinary Conference's equine acupuncture and emergencies sessions. ... Read More
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Veterinarians share their experiences in delivering pain management and discuss the pros and cons of various drugs.... Read More
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Jordan Miller, Ph.D., one of the instructors of the Build-Your-Own-3D printer workshop shared a great news with us. Recently his research has been featured in various media including BBC and LA Times. His study involves growing artificial human organs using 3D printing technology.
The picture above is the 3D printer he uses in his lab for his experiments, and it's in fact the same 3D printer he will be teaching later this month how to build, tune, and print!
For more info on the workshop, please visit HERE. Still a few seats left!


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Strike King Rage Tail Toad 5pk
The Rage Tail by Strike King brings a revolutionary new look to soft plastics. Each Rage Tail Lure has a unique and exclusive tail design and is engineered like no other soft plastic bait. The Rage Tail is designed with a specific purpose and uses customized hi- grade plastics for superior action. You won't believe the splash, noise or other action that each rage tail has! The Strike King Rage Toad is best rigged weightless with the eyes up on the toad, on a 4/0 to 6/0 wide gap hook. They can be fished on top of the surface for some amazing top water action. Protected by US Patent # 7,774,974.
Strike King Rage Tail rigging instructions.
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Comments: Stroke this toad on a magnum jighead for some awesome action. Speed is the key. No bottom dragging here. Use thirty pound braid with a spliced fluorocarbon leader to complete this largemouth; spotted bass; donkey slayer!
From: Lawrence: Shepherd, Texas 1/24/17
Comments: Use the 4/0 Owner beast hook with the 1/8 ounce keel weight on any brand or style soft plastic frog and you'll never have a problem with any one of them landing upside down or rolling on a retrieve.
From: Big J: NY 7/20/16
Comments: Love these frogs! The black neon frog is great for late evening trips where there is heavy vegitation or lots of weeds beside the water. Caught some nice fish and even a snakehead while buzzing it across the small canal with a steady retrieve. Recieved these in a mystery tackle box but I will surely be buying more. They're fantastic!
From: HunterBrown: Miami, FL 12/28/15
Comments: Lol funny story I found one of these in a tree at my local pond (Okeechobee Toad) with a hook and everything. I took it from the tree and casted right next to a field of matted grass. I've never fished a frog before and that first cast while trying to figure it out it got SMASHED I was totally unprepared. The guy measured up 7 pounds. Great frog totally recommend.
From: Canon: Wadsworth, OH 9/3/14
Comments: One of the guys said in his review that he had trouble with the frogs flipping over on their back. I had the same problem. I switched to a Damiki 5/0 hook and put a swivel on and it helped a lot. They would flip on their back and after a few cranks they will right themselves. Strike King and Stanley make the best frogs on the market. They are of good quality and both will catch fish. Try the swivel, it works for me.
From: William: Hohenwald,TN 4/3/14
Comments: use a keel weight on the hook then it won't roll over
Comments: No matter how I rig these they flip over about every third cast. Very frustrating because I wanted to love these frogs. I have fished the Rage Shad for several years and absolutely love that bait; that's why I purchased the Rage Toads. I've followed the rigging directions over and over and still cannot get them to run right side up consistently. I ended up throwing 4 packs of these in the trash. I was rigging with a Gammy 5/0 EWG Superline Hook. So the Rage Shad gets an A+; these.....maybe a C+ and thats because they do look great. I am going to order a few Zoom Toads and see how they do.
From: Gary: PA
Comments: My absolute favourite frog! If hooked properly it is 100% weedless, casts a mile, makes a tonne of noise and the fish hammer it! I fish it in the thickest, ugliest slop you can imagine and it works like a charm :)
From: Christopher: Canada
Comments: The Best frog on the market!! the sounds are the loudest out of all the other frogs ive thrown
From: Eric: Naugatuck, CT
Comments: I LOVE THIS THING SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH IN GREENPUMKIN PEARL
From: Jon: Worchester
Comments: i really like these in green pumpkin /chart belly in ma. they have a great action and displace alot of water but a few issues i have are as such 1: even when rigged perfectly straight and with a slight bow in the belly they can tend to flip upside down for the whole retrieve 2: they are heavy which makes casting far a breeze but it hurts the retrieve imo cause it starts to sink as soon as it hits the water, so you cant really fish it like any other frog you kinda have to rip it back in the whole time rather then the retrieve/pause method. that being said i still love them, they are coffee scented like many other strike king lures to mask the human scent and once the toad gets torn up you can cut the ass off and use it as a jig trailer lol. ive even cut the legs off a torn up raig toad and used them as trailers on a kvd sexy frog and it adds greatly to the action of an already great frog lure so use your imagination rather then just throw it away when the nose tears up.
From: Jon: Worcester, MA
Comments: The rage tail toad and the rage tail shad are pretty much one in the same. They churn up ALOT of water. Just choose between the two depending on what their feeding on. Ive caught bass on both in the same types of cover.
From: Jeff: Rensselaer, IN
Comments: Not a fan, I'll keep using the horny toad.
From: Brad: NY
Comments: bought some in the Okeechobee toad color for like 3 or 4 Bucks...I didn't really like them at first because. they had so much more action compared to the horny toad And I didn't think I would catch to many but then I caught like a 5.8 #er...I don't recommend using these if the fish are spooky or smaller than average....but if you. wanna catch a pig on topwater I would probably use these
Comments: biggest bass ive ever caught in my life first day throwing these frogs in the okeeechobee toad color
Comments: great great frog but my favorite is still the horny toad
From: Alex: CA
Comments: These are great frogs, they have a lot of action, and as people have said, they are heavier than horny toads so they cast pretty far. I like these a lot, but I love the Horny Toads. Nothing beats a Horny Toad. Compared to everything else, these catch a lot of fish, but I prefer the Horny Toad. If you want to buy these, they are a good product, they catch fish. But the Horny Toads catch more. I love them.
From: Sam: Hingham, MA
Comments: Awesome frog much better than a horny toad and fish seem to inhale it much better. If you fish them you better have some pliers around because you will be pulling these out of their throats!!!
From: Jake: Greer, SC
Comments: I was a horny toad user until one day I picked up a pack of these rage toads. Quite possibly the best action I have seen in a soft frog. They are a heavier frog, and you can cast them a mile. I would highly recommend these frogs. I rig them with the non weighted version of the Stanley double take frog hooks, and they are killer. They are a fish catcher.
From: Rich: NJ
Comments: i left a reply earlyer and its awesome but after about 7or8 fish it gets torn up so i ripped it in half and you have a little tiny swimbait if jig trailr amazing bait to catch tons of fish with it
From: Ben
Comments: I use these baits instead of horny toads when i want more action out of my frogs like on windy days or in current. They are heavier and a harder material than horny toads, but have twice the water disturbance. The only draw back is that the legs tear more easily than the horny toads, they are a good frog, i often alternate b/t these and horny toads, sometimes a more subtle action is better, especially in clear water.
Comments: i fish both horny toad it is a great bait but just the other day they ran out of horny toads so i bought these and im glad i did they can cast a mile and make so much more noise my fish ratio doubled.
From: Ben
Comments: Great action, a lot heavier than the horny toad but better action.
From: Sam: FL
Comments: I fished late today and it was a hot muggy day fish was just chasing everything i threw, so about *8 pm, i dug out a pack of these in green pumpkin, pearl belly, i mostly fish koppers and spro soft bodies, i honestly forgot i even had these but i rigged it on a tru tungsten 4/0 double , tied it to the ol kistler frog and slop rod and with in 30 min had a nice 7.9 lbs largemouth on the bank, first time ever throwing these! i dont know about you but i would pay 5 bucks bass like that one everyday!
From: Will: NC
Comments: They are good frogs with great action the only complaint is running them through cover the little legs get ripped off easy even running through grass.
From: Lance: Livingston, TX
Comments: I have been using these for over 3 seasons now, THE BEST TOAD OUT THERE !!!!! Do YOURSELF A FAVOR< GO GET A BUNCH OF EM !!!
From: Dion: Manito, IL
Comments: I love this frog, I've caught my first and second largest bass on vacation in the Poconos in PA. The largest was 10.25 lbs and the second largest was 8.25lbs. great product recommend it to anyone who has big fish in there lake. Not so good for smaller fish.
From: Andrew: Germantown, MD
Comments: Still have not gotten bit yet but they throw a ton and look great on the retrieve. Only complaint was it has no floating ability at all so you must keep it moving at all times.
From: Brian: Quincy, MA
Comments: This lure is bye far the best top water lures I've ever used. Just caught my 2010 bass with this lure bye some floating weeds. I would recommend this to anybody who loves top water action.
From: Mike: Milwaukee, WI
Comments:It does have a problem running upside down unless rigged properly, otherwise awesome bait, caught several 3 to 4 pound bass with them.
From:Shane: Hinsdale, MA
Comments:Comments:This toad creates more action on the surface than any other i've ever used. There is nothing more fun than burning this along the edge of lilypads and thick weeds and watching the wakes of fish shooting towards this thing and launching themselves at it. However, it does have a problem running upside down if it isn't rigged exactly right (make sure the belly is bowed outwards by skinhooking it's back), and it sinks pretty fast so to keep it near the surface you have to start burnin it back right after it hits the water
From:Sean: Whately, MA
Comments:The best frog on the market! Six 5-pounders in 2 months!


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Unisa Hein Wedge Sandal
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Take on the cut-out trend in the Unisa Hein. This sky high wedge will pair with anything in your summer wardrobe!
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Mizuno Wave Ascend 6 Trail Running Shoe - Mens
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Hit the trails and enjoy a smooth ride in the Mizuno® Wave Ascend 6 trail running shoe.
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OXFORD – While Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze tries to get a handle on winning football games, the Rebels' fans can get a handle on the steps inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium this fall.
The installation of hand rails throughout the interior of the stadium bowl and in stairways is one of the changes listed in a 26-page report, the school's response to its survey of season-ticket holders released in late June.
"It's a really big undertaking, but we're doing that before the 2012 season," said Michael Thompson, associate athletics director for communications and marketing.
A total of 15,637 surveys were mailed on Nov. 22 with a Dec. 15 deadline for response.
The timing was later in 2011 than in 2010 when the survey went out during the season with the idea that the university would be able to make quick responses in season to some areas of concern.
The survey from the 2010 season resulted in a "100-100" initiative in which Thompson and his staff set out to make 100 tweaks – some bigger than others – to the game day experience in the 100 days leading to the first kickoff.
The 2011 survey received 3,484 responses, a 22.3 percent rate.
"It was giant. As far as marketing research and survey standards go it was off-the-charts high," Thompson said. "Our survey would have been statistically valid if we'd have gotten back 700 surveys. To get back five times that is really awesome."
Unique surveys were sent to four groups: suite ticket holders, club ticket holders, non-students in the stadium bowl and students.
The surveys were categorized by "first impressions," which included the physical appearance inside and outside the stadium, professionalism of security personnel, performance and friendliness of game-day workers, etc., then concessions, restroom, band, video board and sound and mobile.
Ten percent of respondents rated the overall video board content as a "significant improvement" from 2010.
Video highlights of the program's history and the updates on former Ole Miss players in the NFL got good reviews, and music selection and volume were also popular topics among those who added comments to their completed surveys.
Prior to the 2011 season, the decision was made to disallow 30-second commercials, and employees were added to the video board production crew.
Fans spoke favorably of the ability to pay by credit or debit card, a 2011 addition to the permanent concession stands.
A notable change this season will be the sale of Chick-Fil-A sandwiches at three locations inside the stadium.
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As the hand rails suggest, the physical isn't being ignored for the amenities.
Prior to this season's start, stairs will be sandblasted and repainted, row numbers replaced and more visible.
A similar survey has been conducted for the basketball experience, and results of the first baseball survey will be released in about six weeks.
Thompson was pleased to note football fans' increased satisfaction in areas the school specifically targeted based on information from the 2010 survey.
"If we're not improving, then we're not doing our jobs. There's no end to this," he said. "Our fans' interests will change, technology will change, and it's important that we have this open line of communication. We can adapt. As the years go on, I think you will see us create this game day experience that our fans will come to love and really connect with."


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Roger Durling talks about SBIFF success
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Roger Durling has done it again. The executive director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival has a knack for predicting the Oscar's big winners. Four out of five honorees at this year's festival took home the Academy Award Sunday night.
Actress Jennifer Lawrence first took home SBIFF's Outstanding Performance of the Year for her role in "Silver Linings Playbook" before winning the Oscar. Durling contacted Lawrence last March to invite her to Santa Barbara.
"That was so special because we started believing in her so early," says Durling.
Quentin Tarantino, Ben Affleck and Daniel Day Lewis were also honored at the festival before Sunday's event.
"I think people take us more seriously, and people understand the importance of coming to Santa Barbara."
Durling says getting the reclusive Day-Lewis made this years event bigger and more significant.
"That was definitely the biggest get in 10 year's of the festival's history," says Durling.
The SBIFF continues to gain momentum, thanks in large part to Durling, whose long history of predicting Oscar winners dates back to his childhood.
"All I wanted to talk about was the Oscars and once one was done I would talk about the next year."
Durling says he puts a lot of pressure on himself. He couldn't watch the Academy Awards Sunday night because he was too nervous.
But he woke up Monday morning with plenty to celebrate. Durling is already thinking about 2014's festival.


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Skip to comments.(Jackson Ms) Meteorologist jailed on gratification of lust charges
Posted on 03/07/2013 12:34:06 PM PST by WKB
Madison police have arrested a man accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a minor.
Eric Law, a WLBT meteorologist since 2004, is charged with two counts of sexual battery and two counts of gratification of lust.
Madison police say the arrest is the result of an allegation that Law had inappropriate contact with a girl under the age of 16.
Judge Dale Danks set bond at $50,000 per count, for a total of $200,000.
"Eric Law has been suspended until further notice," said WLBT News Director Wilson Stribling.
Mississippi ping
"two counts of gratification of lust"....OH never mind...:-|
Gratification of Lust? First time I've heard it put that way...sounds more like stautory rape to me!
"two counts of gratification of lust."
Gosh, I better be careful about bragging on my BBQ ribs.
I'm just surprised it was a girl.
All i'm sayin'.
You do need a weatherman to see which way the teens blow
You do need a weatherman to see which way the teens blow
Wow, I was trying to come up with a little quip but can't top that.
One must admit, this "gratification of lust" meme just rolls off the tongue.
I, for one, think this story would make a great movie, well-suited to the talents now available in Hollywood!
And of course being a meteorologist is the most important part of the headline, sigh.
Judge Dale Danks? Really? LOL (He may have been a judge for years. I remember when he was mayor. I remember going to City Hall for some high school awards ceremony. And then I went off to college.)
As for WLBT, I remember Woody Assaf as the weatherman. My how things change!
I think his forecast is going to be calling for a good chance of sore ass...
To loosely paraphrase a line from CaddyShack... "At least he's got the gratification thing going for him".
Eric Law?
Under age girl!!!
DrO asks, is he the one who was in the serious traffic accident a few years ago with his homely wife?
Yes one and the same. From car wreck to life wreck!
LOL. Oh yeah, big time.
I can't post the rest of his comments, but he had the right guy in mind. The news is about to start.
Stay tuned!
Oh, oh, perp walk in court, red jacket!
Thanks so much, petitfour!!!
As a "real" meteorologist, I take offense.
Is he an actual meteorologist or a TV weather reader?
Has he ever put out an actual forecast on his own using raw data or does he just read what NWS feeds to the station?
Just curious.
One wonders if the car crash involved a head injury. Shades of Stuart Irby.
Indeed. Car crash —> life crash.
His poor wife. Wonder which lovely pirhanna law firm has the divorce case tonight...
'Gosh, I better be careful about bragging on my BBQ ribs.'
Ypou had better definitely not mention the salacious rub that you use on those ribs.
I too remember Woody Assaf as the weatherman.
Do you remember Reddy Kilowatt?
My kids always laugh when someone asks about the weather, and I break into the jingle;
"The weather, the weather, what's it gonna be?
Here is Reddy Kilowatt to show you on TV!"
I remember him doing Seale Lilly ice cream commercials. Things were so much simpler then. :)
That car crash settlement money sure made him think he was hot stuff. (I've re-written this comment three times...lol).
Do they have children? I feel so sorry for his wife. He's such an embarrassment. Under age girl! Eric faces up to 90 years in prison if he's found guilty!
No, I just looked online and found that he passed away in November 2009 from heart failure. He was 92 years old and is remembered as the nation's longest serving TV weatherman.
I remember seeing at least 2 kids climbing around on the hospital bed after the accident.
Odd title for people who know absolutely nothing about meteors.
Sounds like this guy was more of an ass-trologist.
>> I remember him doing Seale Lilly ice cream commercials. <<
Yep, them was the days! Woody doing the weather (up against Bob Neblett at WJTV), and Alon Bee Sr. in the WLBT annoucer's booth, with Dick Morphew & Dick Sanders at the news desk. They don't make 'em like that any more!
Woody lived to 92? That's awesome! Always liked him!
Not a jacket.
That's a hoodie! lol
"As a real meteorologist, I take offense.
Is he an actual meteorologist or a TV weather reader?
Has he ever put out an actual forecast on his own using raw data or does he just read what NWS feeds to the station?
Just curious."
I would like an answer to your question myself.
if guilty he should get life, at least
Or Bob Neblett on WJTV.....lived on northside dr and drove a studebaker
Bert Case.....
Or Augie File...sports
Judy Moon... talk
Farmer Jim Neal
I am in Jax right now oddly enuff
Dropping off my old auntie who rotates tween TN and Jax
Ate at Mayflower tonight....
Under 16?
Like 15
Or 5
Both crimes
But one far worse than the other
and both worthy of the harshest penalties
Mr & Mrs Weather?
That would be the one.
So far I have not heard anything about age. I figured Jackson Jambalaya would have something by now but they haven't said a word.
If Bob wasn't eating ice cream he was consuming adult beverages and cheering on the Ole Miss Rebels.
Bob Neblett would read the CL live on the air!
She sounds like a very sweet person.
Mississippi ping to Law's "Law and Order room
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Skip to comments.Ron Paul To Laura Ingraham: I Wouldnt Put Newt Gingrich In The Conservative Category
Posted on 12/01/2011 7:18:05 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
On her show this afternoon, radio host Laura Ingraham asked GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul an intriguing question: Is Newt Gingrich a conservative?
Paul did not beat around the bush:
I wouldnt put him in that category. You know, he was known to be from the left-wing of the party, especially early in his years, you know he would come up with conservative viewpoints and all, but that doesnt make him a conservative. No, I dont put him in that category.
When asked about the recent surge in popularity Gingrich has experienced, Paul put it all in perspective, opining it has more to do with people thinking about who will be the next to beat Romney and the way polling works (and, thus, the subsequent media attention candidates receive after a surge in the polls) than on any real facts.
Hes not Herman Cain, though, right? said Ingraham. I mean hes quite a bit different from Herman Cain or even Michele Bachmann. I mean, hes been through the fire, has he not?
(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...
Have to agree with him on that.
For once, I agree with Ron Paul.
Heard Ann on the Beck show today and she still has a crush on Romney plus Paul should be running on the libertarian ticket as he is more liberal on social issues and some foreign issues than most liberals.
Newt is more liberal than Mittens, yet for some reason many FReepers give him a free pass.
Ron Paul is a libertarian.
Mighty strange thing to say when Gingrich had a 90% conservative rating as a congressman.
Yes, Newt probably shouldn't be in the Conservative category.
But that still does not take Ron P out of the Nut category on many things...
Yes, but that was not the topic at hand.
As others point out, Gingrich had a 90% conservative rating. And Ron Paul is a libertarian.
The only reason Paul is attacking Newt is because of the lead that Newt obtained. For Paul to be relevent. He needs a close race and ultimately a split convention.
Funny, I would have said the same thing about Ron Paul.
Obamma vs. Gingrich, who would you choose?
Yeah, but just read the comments here...a lot of people are pissed that it's not 99%.
Yes, I see that and keep thinking "Beat Obama, win senate majority and increase majority in house".
Neither would any thinking principled conservative.
His words and actions betray him.
I never said Mitt was a conservative, I said Newt is even more liberal than he is.
Why in Hell would anyone take anything that the libertarian loon R-U-N Paul says as worthy of any attention? R-U-N Paul needs to drop out of the GOP primary and go join one of the turd party platforms.
I wouldn't put Ron Paul is the sane category. Newt has done far more for conservatism than Ron Paul will ever do
Ron Paul is a liberal based on his actual statements - He criticized the flat tax as being "horribly regressive" during the Herman Cain pile on debate back in October.
What a jerk this guy is.
He is a liberal.
Up next to Ron Paul nobody is a conservative. LOL!
Actually it is a lifetime ACU rating of 94%, and a perfect Pro-Life record, to boot.
That's just the voting record - it doesn't include engineering the Republican Revolution and creating the Contract With America or balancing a budget.
Of course, to read the anti-Newt folks, we are to use the following parameters:
1.) Anything positive he has done, like killing Hillarycare and the Contract with America, no longer counts.
2.) Everything he did that is disagreeable - even though it might just be words and not legislation - must be permanently held against him. ABSOLUTELY no possibility of redemption.
3.) Everything prior to his disagreeable statements doesn't count, but the disagreeable stuff does. Also, anything said or done after the disagreeable stuff doesn't count, no matter how much effort he put into pleading the Conservative case after catching the error (Global Warming). So we have to use a specific time window of what counts: only after date X and before date Y.
In other words, we must give him no credit for anything positive he's done, but total blame for everything disagreeable he's ever said. Things like his perfect Pro-life record and 94% ACU rating should be discarded as fast as they are pointed out. Just because we want someone else. That's the way it's done now.
I have said it before, and I will say it again: Ronald Reagan would have been an apostate to many of these folks. He really would not have been NEARLY good enough for them to support.
Thank you for confirming my earlier suspicions regarding your policital "insight". LOL
That's right. Historically and traditionally, the Speaker does not vote on ordinary issues of legislation. Your attempt to disparage Newt by showing that he merely followed traditions of the House as Speaker, reveals only that you are an ignorant and incompetent observer.
I think we had that thread last weekend...only it was more about Tebow.
First time I've agreed with Ron Paul....
It's the whole "lesser of evils" thing so long as their is an "R" after the name.
So what. Paul's 2010 ACU rating was 96%.
Paul / Bachmann.
Yoda and the HellCat.
Not that Ron Paul would recognize an actual conservative if one should smack him up side the head with a 2 by 4. Neville Chamberlain was no conservative. Margaret Sanger was no conservative. Lavender supporting enemies of our military are not conservative. Neither is paleoPaulie.
When you said that Newt was more liberal than the Mittwit, you were flatout wrong. When you make the claim that he paid for his mistress to have an abortion, you crossed the line unless you can back that up with something other than your fantasies. Stormfront or Infowars are not documentation either. The rest of your claims are largely nonsense as well but let's stick to your over the top claim about the abortion. What have you got? If nothing, I won't be surprised. Nor will I be surprised if it turns out that you are a Paulistinian, Newbie.
Promised to be more pro-abort than Ted Kennedy, more "gay friendly" than Ted Kennedy, presided over Massachusetts when its state supreme judicial court purported to find a state constitutional excuse for forcing "gay""marriage" down the throats of the Massachusetts voters without any known response of Mittwit against the decision, has never cared about the gun issues (and likely does not know which end of the gun to aim), and cares about nothing but money issues and, even there, not to save normal taxpayers from being raped by spenders but to protect his own class of comfy trust fund babies at the expense of everyone else.
Whatever Newt's imperfections, he does not begin to compare with Mittwit's despicable record and career of evasions and of being an ideological flip-flopping weather vane. Newt led the GOP back into control of the House after an extremely long drought.
I wouldn't either.
Unless you define "conservative" as "slightly to the right of Romney."
I don't agree with that at all. Newt has his flaws no doubt, but at least he can fight. I don't trust Mitt to stand up and fight for us.
And yes, Newt IS more liberal than Romney in my opinion. That does mean I'm advocating Romney, FYI; I don't like either of them.
And no, I'm not a Ron Paul fan, because HE is pro-open borders, pro-gayness, pro-legalizing marijuana, and I believe pro-abortion in that he thinks the government has no right to ban the pratice thereof.
In short, I like NONE of them.
I don't trust either of them.
Does = does NOT
Tom Brady, but it's wicked, wicked close. 1A and 1B. I give the nod to Brady only because his decision making seems to be better than Manning's. Manning's an incredible quarterback, and he thinks he can make the unreal happen sometimes when it can't, and that leads to more turnovers than you'll get with Mr. Bundchen.
RuPaul is not a Conservative.
Therefore, it doesn't matter what s/he claims to think.
RuPaul is not a Conservative.
Therefore, it doesn't matter what s/he claims to think.
"Why in Hell would anyone take anything that the libertarian loon R-U-N Paul says as worthy of any attention?"
Just out of curiosity....what exactly has Ron Paul said/done that makes him a loon? I've done some reading on him and his stance on some issues. Seems to be a straight shooter, Calls it as he see's it kinda guy. He doesn't seem like the type who's in anyone's pocket, that's for sure.
So, you missed his 2008 debate performances? You didn't listen to him blame America and Americans for 9/11/01? You haven't heard R-U-N Paul state during the 2012 campaign that he believes Iran should be allowed to complete their nuclear weapons program? These are just the most glaring problems with R-U-N Paul. He also is a liar and hypocrite when it comes to pork.
Thank you for a gracious response. Many here ignore criticisms of their opinions and will not look for documentation. You did not ignore and you did your research. Good for you. I did call you a Newbie but you look like a promising Newbie even when we disagree. Good for you and welcome.
It WAS Barr who paid for his paramour's abortion. I think she was a staffer and not his wife but I may be wrong about her status. If she was his wife, he is even more despicable in degree but not in kind.
Newt is often reported as having had wife #1 served with divorce papers when she was hospitalized on her deathbed with cancer. Their daughter, Jackie, who gets along with both of them, has (this year in the American Spectator) refuted this tale (which originated in a 1984 article in the quite radical Mother Jones magazine) has recently refuted this apocryphal tale in numerous ways. First, Newt's wife had a tumor removed back then but is still quite alive and simply non-political. Second, it was the first Mrs. Gingrich who requested the divorce BEFORE she was hospitalized. She and Newt sat the children down at home to explain what was about to happen. Third, as you may not know, the first Mrs. Gingrich was Newt's cradle-robbing high school math teacher. Personally, I hate divorce but I can also make room for the possibility that Newt married wife #1 under undue influence of her seniority and status. I don't know but I also don't doubt that Newt was having an affair with wife #2 while still married to wife #1.
That wife #2 and he were carrying on while he was still married, undermines any claim by her of being abandoned for wife #3 since wife #3 and Newt were simply doing to her what she and Newt had done to wife #1. All of this is verrrry ugly nonetheless and our society would be a lot better off if such misbehavior were far rarer than it apparently has become.
You and I are probably separated in age by many years since I am almost as old as Newt and your homepage indicates that you are a college student.
In the movie Dr. Zhivago which I strongly recommend to you and to anyone despite its being the product of Boris Pasternak (a Marxist) and spirited to publication in the west by Gramscian communists in Italy, there is a relevant scene.
Boy revolutionary Pavel Antipov is seeking the approval of the utterly corrupt Komarovsky to marry the compellingly delicious 17-year-old Lara (Komarovsky's lover who is determined to be done with him and with adultery). Her father is dead and Komarovsky is also Lara's mother's lover (he is a busy guy). Pavel Antipov is painfully naive (having no idea of Lara's submissions to Komarovsky) but utterly dedicated as a Bolshevik and ohhh sooooo earnest. Lara urgently asks Komarovsky in Antipov's presence at a working class cafe what he thinks. Komarovsky says cynically: I think he is very young. Antipov: If people do not bring youth to their marriage, what can they bring. Komarovsky (contemptuously): A certain measure of experience! ..... Komarovsky again: The young are intolerant! Antipov (standing up suddenly in offended dignity): The young are intolerant because we have so much less to tolerate in ourselves!!! There is more to the scene but you get the drift. Antipov's response beats the hell out of Rhett Butler's: Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a damn, as the greatest line in cinematic history.
I saw that scene when I was eighteen and imagined that Dr. Zhivago was an anti-communist movie. I soooo admired Antipov for standing up to Komarovsky. It was a damn right moment. Now I am aging and aged and I also appreciate Komarovsky in a different light. He is not admirable but revolutionary WWI era Moscow does not make principle a comfortable guide to life. He has been making compromises for a very long time (as have many of us who have reached senior status). He describes himself as "an ignoble Caliban." We compromised seniors are not unreservedly admirable in that respect either.
Nor is Newt. OTOH, we have to elect somebody as POTUS in 2012. I have never compromised so far as to find the likes of Romney supportable. Bob Barr is also not acceptable for the stated reasons. I would prefer that he refrain from public life altogether although he is more conservative than Romney. We obviously cannot voluntarily re-elect Obozo.
We are stuck with a POTUS candidate field in which Sarah Palin might have been a star but apparently was reluctant to catch any more slime from the Demonrat slime machine. Michelle Bachmann looked like she might be a star but she has faltered repeatedly on a bigger stage than a couple of terms in the Minnesota State Senate and a couple of terms in Congress qualified her. The Slime Merchants could not touch her with scandal so they claimed that her long-time husband is a lavender queen. No one believed them and they shut up.
Rick Perry, Texas's longest serving governor in its long history, could not make the transition to the national media context. The Demonrats were offering money for anyone willing to come forward as a potential bimbo eruption against Perry, straight or particularly lavender. Surprisingly, no one apparently tried to get the money. I had fully expected that some lavender queen with a yen for cash would have been happy to slime Perry while dialing for dollars. Of course, Perry would have been innocent but that does not seem to matter to the media or the Demonrats any more.
Herman Cain has impressive business credentials (much better for political purposes than Romney) but has been the target of classic Axelrod autoslime. He will probably withdraw by 12/5/11, and we will lose the first math major to run for POTUS. I don't care for 9-9-9 but Cain deserved a better fate. He is too old for a 2016 re-run (as is Newt) but tough talking Secretary of Commerce sounds right as does Axelrod apologizing on national TV to Mrs. Cain.
Rick Santorum would have made a good candidate in many ways. I regard him as one of the best senators of this era. I am prejudiced as a Catholic but I also think he is one of the best Catholics in public life. He lost his Senate seat by supporting pro-abort Arlen Spector in a GOP primary in about 2004 against the previously pro-abort ex-Congressman Tuomey who changed his mind on abortion as easily as Mittwit did and, it seemed, for the same reason of improving electability. Spector, we now know paid for that endorsement by promising and delivering on his promise to support Dubya's pro-life nominations to SCOTUS and other courts as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Many in Pennsylvania and elsewhere so hated Spector that they have treated Santorum as a pariah. That is unfortunate but it is what it is and Santorum is getting no traction.
Opposing Huntsman needs little explanation since he apparently supports gay everything, apparently voted for Obozo, served him as envoy to Red China, has yet to become a blip on the radar screen and is probably Mother Jones's favorite "Republican." Nice looking daughters are not enough of an excuse. Else, I might run which I won't.
Gary Johnson must have been smoking his favorite herb to think he had any business in this race. Buddy Roemer was a lying opportunistic governor of Louisiana (in the Jurassic era and never heard from since) who changed from Demonrat to Republican as a "pro-lifer," got elected and then governed as a pro-abort and was rightfully thrown out after that one term. He made Edwin (Laissez bon temps roullez) Edwards look like a moral and honest man.
Finally, we have Dr. Ron Paul. Personally, I will shock you by saying (in an extreme minority around here) that I do not get moved by bordermania. I know a lot of Mexicans here in Northern Illinois, some entered legally and others did not. I am happy that they are all here and I look forward to them voting their generally conservative principles (socially, militarily, economically, etc.). They are natural born Republicans and conservatives. Give them some time to settle in and the less they are threatened with deportation the sooner they will be our voters (like early Italian-American immigrants in my native New England).
That issue aside, Ron Paul is a two-faced liar who CLAIMS to be pro-life, pro-family, pro-marriage, fiscally conservative, pro-gun rights. He may well be pro-gun rights. That is important but not enough. Only the Mittwit would evade declaring on guns and probably would be bad on the subject. Ron Paul's exotic love affair with the otherwise ignored 10th Amendment leads him to be operatively a pro-abort, and an enemy of marriage as being for one man and one woman only. He claims Christianity while resisting its two most important issues. He packs every budget with pork for Galveston while posing for holy pictures at press conferences as a "fiscal conservative," votes against each budget bill but rests assured that his corrupt liberal colleagues will vote his pork into law anyways. He consorts with the likes of David Duke and the proprietors of neo-Nazi Stormfront though he is no neo-nazi but he IS a collector of embarrassingly exotic voters. Having had three kids, I am no longer favorable to any "right" to use recreational drugs. Paul's "foreign policy" and "military policy" is an embarrassment to rational humanity. When Israel (or parts of the USA) is/are incinerated by Iranian nukes, Ron Paul will be blaming America first along with Alex Jones, Infowars and his fellow 9/11 Troofers.
You like none of the GOP candidates. That is understandable and certainly your right. I suspect that you are also no fan of Obozo. This nation does have an election in November, 2012. Someone will be elected. Newt has many sins but seems better than this inadequate field either by an admittedly flawed governing philosophy or electability or both. He will not make my generation forget Ronaldus Maximus (for whom I worked on staff at the 1968 GOP convention and for whom I was a state chairman in 1976 when he challenged feckless Ford).
If someone has a rational path to nominating Michelle Bachmann or Rick Santorum or Sarah Palin (in spite of her determination to the contrary), they can count on me but right now it looks like its Mittwit or Newt and I'll take Newt and urge others to do so. If I and others like me get him elected, it will be up to your generation to hold his feet mercilessly to the fire on all the issues that count.
I disagree with your assessment that Newt is somehow more liberal than the Mittwit but that is a somewhat separate issue. The length and tone of this post mean that I respect you nonetheless and express to you every good wish for success in your future as a conservative. I would swap ages with you gladly to get the chance to do it all over again. God bless you and yours.
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Boosting those further through better collection systems and recycling infrastructure, especially in developing countries, could save millions if not billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions while also generating potentially significant numbers of green jobs.
This is because recycling metals is between two and ten times more energy efficient than smelting the metals from virgin ores, says the report.
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director, said: "Urgent action is now clearly needed to sustainably manage the supplies and flows of these specialty metals given their crucial role in the future health, penetration and competitiveness of a modern high-tech, resource-efficient Green Economy".
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The Secretariat of the Resource Panel has prepared the following webpage for these metal reports:
On this webpage you can download the flyer announcing the first two metals reports of the Resource Panel on metal stocks in society and recycling rates in six UN languages. The webpage also provides an illustrative PowerPoint presentation for download that gives and introduction to the work of the Global Metal Flows group, highlights the conclusions of the first report "Metal Stocks in Society: Scientific Synthesis" and indicates current findings of the second report on "The Recycling Rates of Metals: A Status Report" that is to be finalized by autumn. The first report will be downloadable on this webpage on 13 May.
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Skip to comments.Drudge has exit polls with O leading OH, PA, MI, NH MI
Posted on 11/06/2012 2:49:44 PM PST by shoedog
Here we go usual exit poll data good for D, what is the truth? Doesn't make sense with the exit polling data on economy and right track wrong track
Let me be the first to congratulate you President Kerry - Bob Shrum 2004
No actual numbers, though. Hard to know what to make of it.
Hannity saying the polling is that over 50% blame Bush for the economy. Whether that is accurate or not who knows.
Ask President Kerry about exit polls.
Have they done enough cheating to win?
B/S no one knows as the voting is under way and why post this
Wisconsin seemes to have disappeared from polling in the last week.
Yea, Don't think so. I'm starting to see the long faces on CNN and MSNBC, Fox has been upbeat all day long.
Exit polls, worse than regular polls.
Pay them no mind.
Obama has been President for FOUR years let idiots still blame Bush..OMG see that is the problem with this country..too many idiots who shouldn't be allowed to vote til they pass an IQ test
Get ready for all of the slitting of wrists and jumping off cliff posts....
I will say that although some of the earlier turnout reports are exciting, I still think this is going to be a tight and gut wrenching race till the end. Reason says that Romney should win, but shenanigans say that Obama could pull this off...
Republicans are just getting home from work.
Drudge had exit polls in the last number of elections which were ALL wrong as well. Exit polls, especially this year where they literally pulled out of many conservative states. Do NOT believe the exit polls.
We expected this report, didn't we?
Sadly it does make sense. The AP exit polls show that 40% still blame Bush for the bad economy. So, given the media's obsequious pandering to the Obama agenda, the electorate may remain fooled. Or at least enough of them to swing the election.
But it's early. No reason to give up now.
More Dem female graduate students taking the exit polls who were found to skeeeeeew it big time for Kerry in 2004.
that's my question....
The Republicans are just leaving work.
EXITS: Obama has 190 electoral votes and Romney has 191 locked...
And if Romney wins and the economy takes off they will give credit to Zer0 for "building the framework"
It's a no win situation with those people.
Are Republicans going to leak this to Drudge.
Who would? Three guesses and the first two don't count.
This is the fruition of the prediction that the Democrats would claim victory early.
Drudge is being played.
Exactly as expected. Surprising that they were allowed to show Romney up anywhere.
The idea is to demoralize Republicans just getting off of work, so that they don't vote. Nobody should be fooled, but the media-controllers think that if they can get even 1% of R's to go home without voting that would be critical in places like Ohio, and their boy will get 4 more years.
Historically inaccurate
Adrian Gray has a tweet saying-
2004 exit polls: CO (Bush +3), FL (-4), NC (+5), NH (-17), OH (-4), PA (-19), VA (+1), WI (-4). All were off.
'04 exits: CO (Bush +3), FL (-4), NC (+5), NH (-17), OH (-4), PA (-19), VA (+1), WI (-4). All were off.
And why would exit pollster ask if Bush or Obama was to blame for the economy?
and 63% said they were swayed by the Sandy photo op.
If true, Cristi should be hauled out of NJ behind a tug and used for a naval gunfire exercise.
YES, and IGNORE the exit polls.
Please, We're supposed to believe the polls that the liberal MSM leaks?
Not only that, but how can they be exit polling when there were so many early voters? Do his numbers reflect the early voters, and I thought the exit poll data was embargoed until all the polls were closed in those states.
what were they in 2008?
You would not. This tells you right here that the exit polls are run by Dems.
Steve, remind yourself to take long slow steady breaths...
Do not get jittery. Count to 10 slowly...
I don't ever remember the media asking if anything during the first four years of Bush was Clinton's fault. It is a loaded question meant to point blame towards Bush and Republicans.
Dems also had all day to take exit polls. Maybe if Obama wins, by 2016, Americans will finally fully blame him for the bad economy, or at least the bread lines.
I would guess that the early voters are the welfare queens with no job.
Working Americans may vote much later, after leaving work.
I was expecting this earlier in the day.
Christie is an asshole but please that high number tells me the people answering the exit polls are left leaning or more likely to be O supporters.
I even heard Juan Williams on the radio already starting it. He was saying the economy is going to take off no matter who wins.
Plenty of Obama supporters say Econ bad but he needs more time & in meantime he'll give us free phones & birth control. Exit poll data is garbage in, garbage out b/c there are tons of illogical voters... In fact what sane person would waste their time answering one. Wait for real#s.
Drudge like all the other "Hit Whores" on Internet blogs and sites only want the traffic which gets them higher ranking and more revenue.
Same thing goes for the TV media, they know this is the LAST election they will be major players in with the Internet taking over and they are gonna squeeze it with breathless "stories" for all it is worth.
GOTV folks, make everyone count and let's take back our country!
It's looking like a TSUROMNEY!!
Everybody, in the meanwhile: go have dinner, relax, take a nap, watch a movie.
The media and pollsters, who are part of the media, IMO all want to keep voters glued to TV or their blogs or tweets whatever....I think it is apparent that Romney/Ryan are winning BIG. Which doesn't make for any DRAMA which is what the media lives for.
This is actually good news. In past three elections, the exits were biased toward the Democrat. Not just one state here or there, but as a tendency. Then, upon the tabulation of the vote, they re-weight the exits to make them work. I expect we will carry all the toss-ups and several of those indicated to favor Obama.
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