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Ohio Election Results 2012
President Barack Obama won Ohio, and the presidency, according to NBC News and the Associated Press.
President Barack Obama has won Ohio and reclaimed the presidency of the United States.
Obama narrowly won the popular vote over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, and claimed enough Electoral College votes to win a second term in the White House.
And in the heated and expensive race for one of Ohio's U.S. Senate seats, Sen. Sherrod Brown has defeated GOP challenger Josh Mandel to reclaim his U.S. Senate seat, according to projections from NBC News and the Associated Press.
"Today in Ohio, in the middle of America, the middle class won," Brown said in a prepared statement.
RESULTS UPDATED AT 1 A.M. NOV. 7, 96% Precincts Reporting
Race | Democratic Candidates | Results | Republican Candidates | Results |
U.S. President |
Obama-Biden |
2,650,468 |
Romney-Ryan | 2,545,630 |
U.S. Senate |
Sherrod Brown |
2,600,323 |
Josh Mandel |
2,327,539 |
U.S. Congress District 16 |
Betty Sutton |
161,962 |
Jim Renacci |
177,583 |
U.S. Congress District 9 |
Marcy Kaptur | 204,366 |
Samuel J. Wurzelbacher | 66,104 |
U.S. Congress District 14 |
Dale Virgil Blanchard | 126,006 |
David P. Joyce | 178,042 |
U.S. Congress District 11 |
Marcia Fudge |
240,341 |
U.S. Congress District 13 |
Tim Ryan |
226,948 |
Marisha Agana |
86,190 |
U.S. Congress District 4 |
Jim Slone |
109,527 |
Jim Jordan |
178,712 |
U.S. Congress District 7 | Joyce Healy-Abrams | 131,445 |
Bob Gibbs | 171,973 |
Issue 1 |
1,438,105 |
3,096,039 |
Issue 2 |
1,692,412 |
2,953,648 |
Ohio may be the most important state in today's presidential election between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The decision made by Ohio voters will likely chart the future of the United States for the next four years.
Stay with Patch all day as we update this article with news and information from the polls and live election results after 9 p.m.
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Patch Poll: And the winner is...
So who is going to win Ohio? A Patch survey of Democratic and Republican influencers in Northeast Ohio show that while survey respondents in each party think their candidate has a better shot to win the state, Democrats appear to be more confident in Obama than Republicans are in Romney.
Influencers submitted their survey answers between Oct. 31 and Nov. 5. The survey was answered by 23 Democrats and 32 Republicans. The poll is part of Patch's Red/Blue Northeast Ohio.
Democrats believe Obama has run a better campaign -- both on the ground and across the airwaves -- than Romney. Of the 23 respondents, only one believes Romney will defeat Obama.
"President Obama has been a steady leader and deserved another term to finish what he started," one Democrat responded.
GOP influencers surveyed offer a different perspective. They say Romney ran the better campaign and that he will win Ohio. But Republicans aren't as confident: Of the 30 who answered the question, 24 believe Romney will win and six say Obama will claim victory in the Buckeye State.
Still, Republicans believe conservatives will come out and vote.
"At this stage voter turnout is critical and Republicans are very motivated to vote this year," wrote a GOP survey respondent.
Both Republicans and Democrats agree on one thing: They will be glad when it's over.
"Glad to see it come to an end!" wrote a Republican.
"A welcome end to a daily example of the worst of us," said a Democrat.
Ohio: The Ultimate Swing State
Ohio has earned its reputation as a swing state that decides presidential elections, and has picked the winner since at least 1988, selecting both Republicans and Democrats.
In 2008, Ohio voted Democratic with more than 2,940,044 voters casting ballots for the Obama-Biden team. Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin earned 2,677,820 votes. According to statistics collected by the Ohio Secretary of the State's office, voter turnout tallied about 70 percent in 2008.
Before that, Ohio went to George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, and Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996. George H.W. Bush was Ohio's pick in 1988.
9:12 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
MUST read:
"Support for Kill List and NDAA make Obama and Romney Unfit for Office"
Jeff Albright
2:08 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Brian. What do you find nonsense about it? The killing of an American citizen without due process? passing of the draconian NDAA or the fact the someone is trying to tell others about it?
2:26 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
This is an interesting disturbing issue, but likely both candidates would have to face. However, Obama's Justice Dept wanted to try foreign terrorists in our criminal courts, which I don't agree with, yet has used drones to target US citizen (although likely enemies of the US) without due process. A sticky issue, so I'd prefer to focus on the fiscal mess we are in.
"If current policies continue, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office recently projected, federal debt will rise from 70 percent of gross domestic product today to about 225 percent by 2040 — not even remotely sustainable. By that point, the federal government would be spending nearly four times as much on debt interest payments as on education, skills training, research and development and nondefense infrastructure combined."
I'm tired of folks fighting over their piece of the pie. We need this pie to grow but so many worried about the future.
So, my vote is based on that. I don't care about the rest. Hopefully, if the President wins he'll show some leadership and act like a grownup and get DC to live within our means.
So, it's really a vote for my kids. Simple as that.
Rebecca S.
3:06 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
I'm glad there are people around here that actually understand what NDAA is, what it's repercussions are, etc. Most people I talk to don't even know what it is, or that both candidates would have signed it. People need to wake up and realize that we are living under a one-party dictatorship, where both "sides" agree on all the important issues like this. While some folks might not see the indefinite detention of American citizens as an important issue, I do.
5:02 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
If he wins, I hope the President pivots to the center on fiscal issues. For the sake of our kids and future generations.
We also need to rethink of government. We rely on it for critical services, but it has fallen down on those issues and drifted into others.
In both parties, they focus much too much on getting re-elected vs our long term interests.
We have very difficult decisions to make. More revenues and leaner more effective spending. Just look to Europe to see how painful that actions can be if delayed too long. Or look at Stockton, CA or Cedar Falls, RI or any number of cities or states facing a crunch.
Both candidates are capable of doing the right thing. The only question is who is more likely to step up.
9:59 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Joe Bobby - It was a close race, but congrats to the President and his supporters. My top issue is fiscal reforms (tax and general spending).
See, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/projects/debt-initiative/about
"If current policies continue, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office recently projected, federal debt will rise from 70 percent of gross domestic product today to about 225 percent by 2040 — not even remotely sustainable. By that point, the federal government would be spending nearly four times as much on debt interest payments as on education, skills training, research and development and nondefense infrastructure combined."
I've worked in the fed gov't and can tell you many agencies need reform (SEC/Madoff, etc.)
"Zients points to McKinsey data that show an ever-increasing gap between public and private sector productivity."
That's all I care about. If the President steps up and does the right thing (including long term veriable irresponsible spending reforms), I'm happy. If not, we risk a crisis and we will all be unhappy. Trust me.
Mike Chubre
8:18 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
You people are dreaming. Where have you been the past four years?
phil blackmore
6:16 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
one good thing about having Biden back....we will have some laughable moments while one of the lamest VP's ever is around, and his side kick King Hussein spends our money (oh yea, and gives it away) like there is no tomorrow. I just cannot bel;ieve people are that stupid to re-elect this guy who has done NOT ONE GOOD THING since coming into office. All he has done is put we the people into so much debt that it is unlikely we will ever get out of it. He has screwed things up so much woch than W did (and believe me W made some big mistakes) that the next 10 presidents after King Hussein will all be able to blame him for their problems. I still say if the King was so quick to give away money he should have given it back to those of us who paid our fair share and that would have stimulated the economy far better than payng off his political favors to the unions (who need to be eliminated as their usefullness is long gone and all they do now is protect the oldtimers and lazy people) and bankers, not to mention GM amongst others he bailed out. Why should I have to pay for someone else's piss poor spending and loans they cannot pay for?
Joyce Wells
11:57 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
It is a sad day in America when a president who has been such a resounding failure is re-elected. How many of us would be fired if we had a job performance like his?
9:40 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
I guess Little Bush had a great 8 years as president right? I wonder who left us with this mess...oh wait, he did a great job. He only got us involved in two wars at the same time with little to no support from our allies, gas prices went up because of the war, never caught Saddam or Bin-Laden or those damned WMD's that he was certain were over in Iraq and fell asleep at the wheel in handling 9-11. Clearly he didn't get fired!
Tim Smyth
6:25 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Why aren't you reporting results for the third party candidates?
Steve Berecek
7:04 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
How about the results for State Board Of Education in the district 7 race?
9:50 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
It IS truly a sad day....and there is no going back...and Obama is NOT going to work with anyone...just nonstop pushing his agenda now. Those who are older, need not worry because Obamacare won't take care of you and you won't be here to see it. Those younger...you'll have to sleep in the bed you made and I feel so sorry and scared for future generations of this country.
Ed Fisher
10:08 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The End is Near !! The Sky is Falling !! Oh, Woe is Me !! Four years from now, you'll be just fine, sonny. Put you signs away and live your life.
Jack Kelly
10:17 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
WAAAHHHHH. Look at the sore loser #WAAAHpublicans.
Do we need to put you on suicide watch, wingnut?
Or should we just push you off the ledge and get it over with?
It's now up to the GOP to work with the President -- NOT the other way around. Hurry and run to the arms of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Those fools will comfort you and tell you want you want to hear.
Meanwhile, I'll sit back and enjoy watching the smoldering ashes of the modern-day Republican Party.
bob lang
8:50 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Obama is not going to work with anyone? Talk about drinking the Kool-Aid! When he was elected to his first term, the Republicans made it clear that they were not going to work with him. Mitch McConnell stated that his only job was to make sure that Obama was a one term president. Now that Obama has won again the right wing fanatics are already saying they will not work with him. Whatever happened to coming together and doing what's best for our great country?.
8:57 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Did you not hear Boehner speech? Happened today about 3:45. CNBC was all over how he made the first move and that maybe its finally the first step.
Too bad you missed it before you posted.
Johnny B
2:34 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012
Keep listening to old pill-popper Limbaugh and cluster FOX.
10:43 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
I am curious as to your age. Based on your comments I would surmise you to be 12 or maybe 13. I am also curious if you have anything of value to state or are you simply a parrot that repeats leftist rhetoric such as "WAAHpublicans" or "wingnut." It is odd that after reading your comments you would think anyone would want to work with the opposing party. It is not up to the GOP to work with the president… the president is the leader of the country and as such he sets the tone and the direction. If he is unwilling or unable to come to terms with the opposing party then it is a failure on his part. Did you have an issue with the democratic controlled congress not working with Bush from 2006 to 2008? If not, then your statement does not hold water and is nothing more than rhetoric. I also think it would be a wise choice for you to work on your obsession with Beck, Limbaugh, and Hannity. They were not running for office and as such are not relevant to the discussion about results. You just need to let them go and move on, I know you can do it if you really try.
12:49 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The stock market is crashing as we speak. The people who have any money left know what's coming...
1:27 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
It has fluctuated so much over the last month, this is nothing unexpected to me... I'm using it as an opportunity to put more in and weather the storm!
Ed Fisher
3:25 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
"The stock market is crashing as we speak." Do you even know what you're saying ? Have you lived long enough to see the market "crash" ? There are really times when you should just read, and not write...........this is one of those times for you.
4:40 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
"crash" may be extreme. But today was the worst percentage decline of the year, at 2.36%, down 313 for the day.
Interesting fact per CNBC, the only other time to perform worse after a presidential election since 1948, was the day after Obama was elected the first time - on 11/5/2008, down 5.05%.
Other things happening, though, to consider - fiscal cliff and Europe. But both have been factors before today. You need to really consider the "Obama sectors" in the market decline before completely dismissing this third factor. As elections do impact the market.
Nice to see Boehner just speak and put taxes on the table and say they are waiting to be led. So let's see if bickering can stop.
John McMillan
10:51 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Ed Fisher, once again I commend you for your comments...they are spot-on, as per usual!!
John McMillan
10:54 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
My comment was intended for soldiermom, lyn, not you. Sorry that it appeared below your comment, which was well-stated, by the way.
1:32 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
It has been the Republican agenda to objectify people as "others." You can see it even with the handling of Romney. When did we most hear about Romney was a Mormon? It was during the Republican primaries. Even if it was the repeated "Oh, the fact that he is a MORMON doesn't bother me;" it meant constantly making sure that his religion was at the front of every discussion, almost like a backhanded compliment; keeping it out there as a dog whistle because they knew that it struck a chord in the base.
But then when the national election was between Obama and Romney, the mention of his religion was rarely ever heard about again. But what you mainly saw from Republicans were these same portrayals of Obama as some sort of "other." Actually, not even a singular "other," but objectifying him as some other religion, some other nationality, some other completely different political philosophy, etc.
This is the strongest tool that the Republican party has to fight their political races and to divide the country by compartmentalizing people into these groups with varying and conflicting (and mostly fictitious) agendas.
For anybody who was spewing such vile rhetoric on sites like Patch, at family picnics or at the local pub, no matter what "greater good" that you perceived and used to justify it in your head, I think that today is a day for looking in the mirror as the whole Republican party ought to be doing right now. Yesterday, this great nation rejected that way of thinking.
2:49 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Seriously… there is no way you can objectively state that only the republicans objectify people. Really??? How about the democrats objectifying millionaires or grouping republicans into a 1950's mindset? The list goes on and on. Both parties do it and to believe that only the republicans do it clearly shows a lack of objectivity. As to Obama, I do not recall one single advertisement discussing his religion, his nationality, etc. His political philosophy… well of course, that is what is discussed when someone is running for office and to state that as a negative is perplexing to me. As to looking in the mirror, maybe you need to do so as well and think about being objective, both parties use divide and conquer tactics in politics, it is nothing new and the rhetoric of today is mild to what it was 200 years ago in this country. As to this great nation "rejecting that way of thinking," almost 58,000,000 Americans in this great nation agreed with the republicans. Hardly a clear mandate that this great nation rejected anything.
12:31 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
By race and religion (and arguably by gender and maybe more obviously, by sexual preference), yes I can absolutely state this. And if any of this was taking place in something like a job interview; civil lawsuits could be filed and won for what I have seen stated on channels like Fox, talk radio, sites like this, etc.. Except that these arenas are protected by the 1st amendment (as they should be). People are free to think and say what they want, but that doesn't make them any less racist, sexist, homophobic or religiously intolerant.
You can defend this all that you want and I have already given you that it is protected under the 1st amendment, but you are already culturally on the loosing end of this argument. 50 to 150 years ago, it would have been different for you, but for you to stand in defense of this very specific and very intentional type of objectification will put you on the loosing end of this discussion in 2012. And for you to not recognize this and to think that you could conceivably produce any type of counter argument to this, to defend such tactics, just proves how deeply entrenched into this type of thinking that you are. So I can't personally lower myself any longer to someone who is going to continue to try and defend things like racism and religious intolerance. It is America, you are free to believe what you want and voice those opinions, but it is also my right that I don't have to give you another moment of my life to listen to it.
Keith Best
6:54 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
The headlines should be screaming "Millions of Americans duped again".
Axelrod and the Chicago gang ran one of the sleaziest campaigns ever defining Romney as something he was not. What is the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Sadly, we will get more of the same from a president who was in over his head from day one. The Obamabots swallowed their lies, hook, line and sinker.
John McMillan
8:27 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Your post is really idiotic and insulting. Still name-calling even after the election is over...get a grip, man!! It's all over!! But thanks for being able to predict the future for the rest of us. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over (posting stupid comments) and expecting a different result (getting someone to see it your way). Nuff said...
Ed Fisher
7:50 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Guess it's really a shame that millions of us weren't blessed with your intellect, vision, and powers of reason. Should we try to do better ? No........I think you should try to ease yourself down from the mountain where you think you're standing.
Phyllis Stager
8:37 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Ed, for an alleged 'Libertarian' you are really kind of a meanie. I don't think you know what a Libertarian is.
Ed Fisher
12:31 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Oh, Phyllis. Your innate ability to determine political affiliations based on Patch posts is truly a gift. Are Libertarians denied the right to be sarcastic ? A Libertarian can't be a "meanie" ? You make pronouncements as if you know me. You clearly don't.
7:51 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Most of these comments are predictable babble from people that are unhappy with the Natural Changes of a democracy...
As this country ages it will be a reflection pool....it will be a mix of Spanish, Asian, African Americans and European Whites but there is no going back.
Sorry that's what happens in a free democracy.....you may want to move the the Western States and put up Barbed Wire fence and purchase more Camo ...
Stow Resident
9:35 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
It was a great day Tuesday. We're still smiling!
1:14 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
I am not sure exactly what you are attacking? I took no sides in this issue but clearly stated that both parties do it and to think otherwise is foolish simply based on the facts. I defended nothing in my statement so I am culturally on the losing end of nothing. I certainly did not defend racism and religious intolerance so your attack is humorous to me and best. Nice try but next time make an attempt to discuss what I posted and not go on some random witch hunt. Have fun with your rhetoric rooted in fiction.
4:43 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
You did defend it by trying to equate it to Democrat's discussions of economic stratification. For you to try and defend the literally millions of times that racial innuendo, references to Obama Islamist, etc. have been repeated on sites like this all the way up to the political pundits on national TV, as being the same as Democrats discussions of economic tiering in America (no matter how objectifying you felt the later was), is to be ignorant of the obvious disparity between the two. Guess what, as a society not rich people (nor poor people nor middle class people) have constitutionally protected rights that they will not be discriminated against if a diner doesn't want to serve them based on their income tier. That all falls under the "we reserve the right to refuse service to anybody" rule. But you can't do this based on race or religion. If Democrats or Republicans want to group people by pastels versus earth tones, wealth (as the Republicans have always done to the poor), or whatever, that is not the same as using racially and religious charged claims targeted at a specific person running for office. And the fact that you somehow think that these are equal to racial and religious objectification simply means that you, yourself, have to be blindly entrenched in that way of thinking not to be abel to see just how different they are.
4:55 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Your logic would mean that a casual post in a thread like this comparing Mitt Romney to Montgomery Burns, would be equal to depictions of Obama growing watermelons on the White House lawn. While both are protected by the first amendment (which I don't at all question), only one of those is based in racial stereotyping, which our culture has rejected and which has been important enough of a cultural issue that discrimination based on race is banned under a constitutional amendment. So when you say racism and religious intolerance coming from Republicans is no worse than anything based on wealth that came from the Democrats, that is the defense of those acts.
5:08 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Really... what part of "both sides do it" are you failing to understand? Do you grasp what that means? It means it happens and both parties do it. It does not mean I defend it. I am speaking in plain English here and you going off on some racial rant is probably one of the more humorous discussions I have ever seen. I did not defend any innuendos, all I said is that I did not see a single add on TV that discussed his race or his religion. If you are speaking to the fringes which it is clear you are on, then that once again is the same for both parties. Your attempt at stating I am defending racism is just too funny to take serious. Do you read what you write? You need to stop your proclivity to call anyone who challenges you a racist. Politics is a rough and dirty business and I have heard insults coming from both sides, I am sorry you are unable to grasp this and have to try and label people as racists. Get over yourself and make an attempt to be civil. I am done playing with you as it is clear you have only one topic of discussion and that is race. I would like to mention that we have a minority as president… why do you not wake up and move on from the past? But if I must use an example from the radical fringes just as you are, I assume comparing George Bush to Hitler and how hurtful and injurious that was must have been ok in your book because it came from the radical left where you live. Both sides throw dirt, get over it and grow up.
1:35 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
Your claim of "both sides do it" is exactly the problem. Both sides do not make racial objectifications of their opponents. Only the Republican party does and if you consider Fox news the fringe (honestly, I do, but I know that most Republicans think that it is real news), then you would be one of the few on the right who recognize things like Fox as the fringe.
Look, I could give a crap you can follow this or not or if you are racist or not or if you can't recognize racism or not. The Democrats buried the conservatives on all levels; from the white house, to state seats to propositions. One of the reasons is the changing demographics of this nation and the cultural rejection for this level of dog whistle politics based on race and religion. If you want to continue to fail, then sit there whining that "both sides do it" and remain ignorant that what each side is doing are on completely different levels of what society is willing to accept.
End of story. If you want to make another post and feel like this is some discussion that you have a chance of winning in the eyes of anybody reading this, then have at it and dig your heels in that all of what the Republican party did like this is A-OK and in 2 to 4 years you will have lost the House as well.
1:46 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
Watts, are you still on the dog whistle meme? Watts, in my experience it is the liberals that pay way more attention to race, gender, and sexual orientation. Al the hyphenated American stuff is nonsensical. What is good for one race should be good for all races, no?
5:30 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
If you want to come out and mock and minimize the issue of racism in this country, feel free. Like James, your starting point is already on the loosing end of this issue, based on cultural rejection and constitutional acknowledgment and protections. You are the local guy who some people may likely know or at least engage with more often on here. If you are proud of that position, then rock on with your indifferent self.
6:07 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
Watts, you can fixate on race all you want, nobody will stop you. I think it is rather unhealthy and certainly unproductive to do so, but to each his own. I'll follow Mr. King's wise advice and judge people on the content of their character and not on the color of their skin.
For all the "old white male" comments from liberals who cry racism, I suggest they look in the mirror.
6:24 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
What a twisting of history to re-appropriate Dr. (not Mr.) King's words.
To try and diminish one of the most significant social issues that defined one of this nation's darkest problems in its history and plagues us still today, is unforgivable in my book. This will be the last that I will lower myself to engage with such a person. Stand by your words and positions and trust me when I say that those who know you are embarrassed for you right now.
9:33 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
Lower yourself? Wow.
Trust you that people you don't know are embarrassed about someone you have never met? Very interesting indeed.
I don't feel that I misappropriated Dr. King's words at all. But I guess just because you state something it must be true.
I am unsure of why you are directing me to stand by my words and positions, but have no worries, I always do.
Best I can tell is that you are mad because I don't hear "dog whistles" in everything a republican says. Could it be possible that I don't fixate on race?
Lastly, I would like to point out to the world that it is clear you have made an assumption about my race. Correct? You have assumed my race based on my conservative leanings, that I don't hear dog whistles, and that I live in the suburbs. Thanks for stereotyping me. Thanks for showing your assumptions about race. Thanks for making it clear that what is on the outside is so much more important to you than what's on the inside.
I won't look for a reply, wouldn't want you lower yourself by responding to someone like me.
Shripathi Kamath
5:13 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
"Both sides do it"
OK, let's try a simple experiment.
Who does it on the other side like these people:
Todd Akin
Joe Walsh
Allen West
Alaska Palin
Richard Mourdouche
Carl Paladino
Sharron Angle
Rick Santorum
Rick Perry
Minnesota Palin
I'll spot you Joe Biden, and even take off Paul Ryan.
Who among the Democrats is as misogynistic, racist, homophobic or plain insensitive to non-Christians among current congressional or political leaders.
I am not including Trump or Gingrich or Hannity or Beck or any of the sideshows.
Ready, go?
phil blackmore
1:46 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012
I just LOVE this PC term "homophobic" that Shripathi Kamath used. Cracks me up every time. When a conservative (or anyone for that matter) does not agree with the homosexual agenda they are suddenly phobic and intolerant. Phobic btw indicates a fear of something. The only thing I am phobic of is this idiot president is going to allow homosexual marriages to be law (just like killing babies). AllI have to say if that happens, is remember 2 places called Sodom and Gomorrah. Where are they today? GONE OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. So be careful what you wish for you might get it.Bottom line on this one issue here...if you do not believe in the Bible as the true and perfect never changing word of God who created all things then this is a non issue here because at that point we are on different morality levels which is why the media creamed Sarah Palin. She attends church on a regular basis and is immediately cast in the media as a demon. This intolerance crap just really gets me laughing to tears. You call anyone who is against what you believe intolerant yet you are intolerant of my intolerance, so you are no better than me. Do I think we should mistreat homosexuals? NO! They need to be treated with the same respect as you and me. Should they have the same marriage exemptions as heterosexual marriages? No. Marriage has already been defined as man and woman, but again if you are not a believer in what the Bible teaches there is no point discussing the matter.
9:35 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
I must have touched a nerve. No worries though. Life is good.
10:08 am on Sunday, November 11, 2012
An election that is filled with multiple amounts of voting fraud. Florida precincts counting 140% of registered voters voting...brilliant. same in Ohio. he's your President liberals, not mine. You can continue to enjoy this piece of excrement while your taxes go up, entitlement programs consume millions more and Iran drops a bomb in Israel and murders millions....you'l all be so proud of your president by then. Sadly the other half of us have to continue to clean up his doo doo.
Johnny B
2:38 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012
Get your nose out of pill-popper Limbaugh's you know what. Maybe you believe Karl Rove's gripe about Dem voter suppression too. Your foolish staement makes me think you're too young to know any better.
Keith Best
8:44 am on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The uncertainty of the election was holding back employers. They were poised to start hiring with the election of Romney/ Ryan. Now that Obamabots have ended that hope, employers will be laying back because of Obamacare and higher taxes on small business owners. Many are laying off people.You Obamabots have no idea what you have done.
Who is John Galt?


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UPDATE: Power Largely Restored After Major Prince George's Outage
The blackout was caused by a tree that fell on a transmission line, according to Pepco.
Update, 3:52 p.m.:
Pepco has now restored power to all but a handful of homes and businesses, with just 275 of the utility's 225,560 Prince George's customers still in the dark.
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Three hours after a falling tree left tens of thousands of Pepco customers without power in and around Prince George's County, the utility reports that some 17,123 homes and businesses across the county are still in the dark.
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At last count, the number of Prince George's County Pepco customers affected by Friday's outage had climbed to 39,866—or about 18 percent of the utility's 225,560 homes and businesses in the county.
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About 30,000 Pepco customers in Prince George's County were left without service Friday due to a massive power outage, according to the utility.
The blackout—which primarily affected the southern part of the county and western Washington, D.C.—began around 11:45 a.m.
Bob Hainey, a Pepco spokesman, said that the outage was triggered when a tree fell on a transmission line, affecting four substations.
The utility expects to have power restored to most customers between 1:30 and 2 p.m., Hainey said.
According to Pepco's outage map, the highest concentration of affected homes and businesses fell in an area between Kettering and Fort Washington.
Among the worst hit were Seat Pleasant, Camp Springs, Kettering, and Forestville, according to Hainey. Fort Washington, Coral Hills, Sutiland, Hillcrest Heights, and Friendly were also heavily affected.
Upper Marlboro, Greenbelt, College Park, Beltsville, Hyattsville, Riverdale, and other communities at the north end of the county still mostly had power, with between 1 and 50 outages reported per zip code.
Earlier in the day, Pepco noted on its Twitter feed that it had released 150 contractor crews to assist utility companies in the Northeast affected by a major snowstorm.
2:28 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
One would think/hope that any transmission equipment that could possibly affect thousands of customers would be free from the threat of trees. What are all those treecutters doing along the roads, if not protecting the transformers and lines?
George Karadimas
1:24 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
You can HOPE all you want!
PEPCO has fitted every ratepayer with and RF pulse Modulated Spread Spectrum Microwave radiating SMART METER, so the Central control and Subjugation Power monitoring Computers can be alerted by, a LAST GASP communication signal that 30,000 Ratepayer (Read PEPCO Victims) have been disconnected from the Electric Power Grid.
This ALERT Technology has cost the PEPCO ratepayers and and other USA Collaterally damaged taxpayers UNTOLD Millions of Dollars, where in reality a simple Phone call via a Land-line would have accomplished the same thing!
The wonders of Automation and High Technology, and you ain't seen NOTHING YET!
Ed James
2:42 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
FWIW - Both the Washington Post and ABC News report that PEPCO reported that 50,000 customers had lost power. Pretty impressive what a single tree can accomplish.
George Karadimas
3:19 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
Yeah that is what they would have you believe.
You do not suppose that the PEPCO Grid is So................... rickety , that the Anti-Islanding scheme and software they have implemented, cut off more circuits that where necessary to isolate the fault?
But off course that is insider thinking and information, not privy to the ratepayer customers.
The only time they wake up is when the lights go out!
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6:21 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
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While celebrating the 100th birthday of one of the city's most iconic buildings, it was hard for those on hand to not remember one of the city's most iconic leaders.
"In the lead-up to this great celebration, there was a photograph in one of the daily newspapers of Ed Koch, member of Congress, with Caroline Kennedy's mother, Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy, leading the charge, leading the fight to save this great terminal," said Robert Tierney, chairman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Tierney was referring to Koch's support for preserving the building in the 1970s when there was talk of demolishing it.
Kent Barwick was head of the Municipal Arts Society at the time.
"It was decided to have a press conference, and it was hard to get people. It was a new idea," Barwick said. "Ed showed up immediately and came with Bess Myerson. He spoke very effectively."
Myerson was his commissioner of Consumer Affairs at the time and a former Miss America. Years passed, and by the time a Supreme Court decision ruled the city had the right to protect Grand Central, Koch was mayor.
"His heart was in this, and it's ironic and sad today, on the anniversary of the terminal, that it's also his last day," Barwick said. "But maybe that will be a good way to remember him."
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Megatron Wolf wrote:im afraid of what grimlock is going to cost now, hes twice the size of a deluxe & has lights. Id be very surprised if he stays $20. But the first thing is finding him, there still hasnt been any FoC figures in any of the stores here. Been keeping my eye out for Soundwave and there arent even spots for them.
Hasbro doesn't do multiple price points within a class, if it's Voyager class it will be Voyager class pricing. All the Prime Voyagers have lights and they haven't been any more expensive than standard Voyagers, at least in Canada. I know in the US TF prices have been creeping up in general but the point is Grimlock won't be any more expensive than any other current Voyager.
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Blaster isn't quite as nice as the Takara version but still nice enough. And Steeljaw got a remold! Sweet!
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Shiprock didn�t get the 107 points they scored Thursday night, but half as many points still were enough for the Shiprock (N.M.) Invitational host to hand the Ignacio High School girls basketball team its first loss of the season, 57-39.
The Bobcats got within six points of the Chieftains in the second half of their Friday night game but couldn�t keep up with Shiprock�s �super-pressure defense� or their five-at-a-time substitution strategy.
�All of them are good players,� IHS head coach Justa Whitt said. �I think that kind of wore us down over the long term of the game and eventually won over our ability to stay focused.�
Mariah Vigil led the Bobcats with 16 points, eight rebounds and three steals, and Pam Cotton added eight points, eight more rebounds and three steals, too.
The Bobcats play Farmington for third place at 3:30 p.m. today.
Ignacio 44, Aztec 31
A switch in defensive scheme and some improved second-half scoring kept IHS girls basketball unbeaten until Friday.
The Bobcats rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to top Aztec 44-31 in the opening round of the tournament on Thursday.
�We almost came out shellshocked. ... We struggled in the first half, but we had a regrouping in the locker room at halftime, and they came out and were composed,� Whitt said.
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The Role of the Church in "God Punishing America"
I appreciate Reverend Billy Graham. I heard him speak many years ago when he came to my college. I was struck by his humbleness and grace -- and met God there. I also appreciate the heart-felt concern he expresses in his recent open letter to America, and have noticed the behaviors he mentions. I'm disconcerted though by his carefully worded implications.
His letter references old testament Bible verses and implies that the behavior of Americans is similar to that of residents of Nineveh and Sodom, ancient cities that God threatened to or did destroy according to the Old Testament. He implies -- but doesn't directly state -- that America faces similar punishment from God. His solution to America's current problem is to evangelize the unchurched in every neighborhood in America, inviting them to repent.
Graham has a long history in 'tent evangelism' and has touched many lives, my own included, and he's totally gifted in that style of ministry, but does God punish 'nations' today and is repentance by the unchurched what God requires to withhold his punishment -- or to bless the people of a nation?punish (M-W definition): to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation; to inflict a penalty for the commission of (an offense) in retribution or retaliation
The idea that my suffering is my own fault and God's punishment for my sin is tempting to believe. If true, then it also must mean I have control over the circumstances of my life here on earth, but anyone with any significant life experience knows that's not true; bad things happen to good people, and take a look at the Psalms. So I've found total benefit in relationship with a living God, but freedom from punishment for my sins is not one of them. That I've noticed through experience or Bible study.
I believe that God forgives my sins, offers freedom from condemnation, rest while in relationship, and as I continue to follow Him into risk filled adventure -- a deeper faith and freedom from fear leading me to see life giving choices as alternative to sin. He has opened my eyes to feel the shame of my own sin and to recognize my desire for intimacy with Him and others, praise the living God.Saying a prayer of salvation was merely a first step on my journey -- Paul offers some precedent for the idea, but it doesn't come up in the Gospels -- as was water Baptism, Baptism in fire, and I've discovered something hugely important: transparency every day in relationship with God and others as I walk out risky choices by faith. That last one I'm finding is what leads to holiness (i.e. authenticity).
So I'm learning humbleness, patience, communication skills, more intimacy with myself and God and effective boundaries with others that I hope is the means for deeper intimacy. As I read the Bible, this personal holiness and intimacy is what God desires. Blessing and suffering, or as some mystics called it: consolation and desolation, are the circumstances God uses to invite us to deeper intimacy and maturity and perfection. This also seems the fulfillment of the law -- no longer are we punished for our sins, because Jesus took our punishment -- but the law was and is merely a tutor showing us the way to holiness. Holiness, where the law is written on our heart and as the law punishes murder, our heart reminds us that even saying Raca to our brother is the same as murder.So does calling for the unchurched in America to repent lead to freedom from punishment for a nation? That doesn't seem unworthy, but perhaps if the church (me) repented of sin, saw injustice, allowed myself to learn how to love, fed the widows and orphans and pursued holiness, then God would do the rest: call the unchurched, bless us as His children, see our own shame and unconstrained desire for Him, and experience His love individually and in community.
I, of course, think He's already doing all this; just as He called me and first loved me, he's doing the same for others. As I seek His face, He's revealing His love for me, and my lack of control. So perhaps as we, His church, become Holy -- and discover that's a life-long individual journey and a communal one too -- He will teach us how to love others rather than evangelize or condemn, fill us with His grace and continue to fulfill His plan for the earth and all His children in spite of all our plans, certainty of who God is, and lack of grace towards our fellow sinners and pilgrims on the journey.
Did you read Billy Graham's open letter? Do the sins of the unchurched lead to punishment for a nation? Is it correct to assume that God holds the nonbeliever to the same standard as the believer? What is the role of personal pursuit of Holiness in a church community? And do you think that is helpful to transforming communities or a nation?
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What they appear not to know will help them, too, because in entering the juvenile furnishings market, they have discovered a wheel that could use some reinventing. There are, after all, only so many ways in which discriminating new parents are willing to abandon matters of style and let their kids take over their lives. As Erdoes discovered early on in fatherhood, furniture is almost always one of them-mainly because parents don't really have much choice. "Why is it you can't, in your own kid's room, place an aesthetic that you have throughout your house?" Erdoes asks. To answer that question, you would have to explain the rut that the American juvenile furniture industry currently occupies. The business is dominated by old ideas of the nursery, and the presumption that consumers want nothing but fluffy, frilly, diaper-commercial decor for their babies. Following that logic, says Erdoes, because babies aren't babies forever, the furniture needn't last a lifetime, either. In the realm of ducduc-whose office is housed in a bright SoHo loft next to Erdoes's investment company, Bear Ventures-furniture for kids is built to be as smart as if it were for adults. It's furniture first and foremost, not a toy or a game. It's just smaller. It's also not disposable. Ducduc has designed its pieces to grow with a kid and then become something an adult can live with. That doesn't mean the pieces aren't fun. But most children's furniture companies these days sell whimsy (enough of it to make your teeth hurt), ducduc sells wit, and usually on the dry side. Take the crib and dresser from a line called Alex: They've got pop-art personality, and in ways seem like abstractions of typical kid furnishings. The crib, made from pieces of solid lacquered plywood, has side openings cut in long ovals, as if by stencils, rather than standard issue pickets and rails. The construction-five pieces, 12 bolts-is unshakable. The mattress adjusts to four heights. When the time comes, the side panels convert to toddler-bed rails. And if your kid chews on the bright orange panels, not to worry-the lacquer is nontoxic (and a touch-up pen is included). "It's not childlike in terms of its form," notes Wilcox, who grew up near Erdoes in Oklahoma City and trained as an architect. "Our definition of 'kid-friendly' is combining functionality, safety, and quality materials." But then again, what kid wouldn't appreciate furniture with calm, clean lines punctuated here and there by bold graphic strokes and a functional line or two? The drawers of the Alex dresser have finger holes rather than pulls (and a removable tray on top as a staging ground for diaper changes). In a line called Austin, the ends of the credenza and crib are braced in square frames of black lacquered hardwood with a trace of white stain on top. The doors of an armoire called PJ double as a chalkboard. The fullest expression of what ducduc promises parents can be found in a three-piece modular line called Dylan (ducduc has so far chosen collection names that are gender neutral). The white-lacquered set has a crib that converts first into a toddler bed and then to a twin bed. The changing table turns into a dresser. And all the pieces, including a bench, have drawers within their bases. The set can be ordered with bright orange cushions that pop against the cool white frames. "We're not shying away from fun colors," says Harris. "We're just trying to use them in a whole different way." Several of the cabinet and drawer pieces open up to reveal bright orange interiors, for example, and one crib has colored, cushioned fabric panels that fit into the end frames. It all injects a note of fun instead of hitting you over the head. Parents can expect to pay a premium for many of ducduc's products. The PJ armoire costs $1,450. The Alex crib costs $985, and there is a simple wood chair for $180. Erdoes justifies the relatively high prices by pointing out that the furniture is all made in the United States and is constructed of solid wood, not cheap particleboard, which can contain formaldehyde. Plus, each piece has been thought through with a long life cycle in mind. "Our basic principle is versatility," Erdoes says. "Every piece has to last a long time and warrant being in other parts of the house besides the nursery." Behind ducduc's designs lies the radical notion that parenthood is a transaction. Yes, it's also, for a change, about what a parent might want. Not bad for intuition, coming as it does from four guys.


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