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Our prayers this week are with the families of those Americans who lost loved ones in the Mideast violence. It seems insignificant – even petty – to talk about politics at a time like this, but it is true that everything that happens in our world has some sort of political consequence or fallout. These tragic events are no exception. Here are some observations for this week:
Mideast Unrest – I have been asked numerous times this week if the murders of the U.S. Ambassador and others, as well as the general turmoil in the Mideast, will change the outcome of the election. So far, polls don't show much change. In truth it is probably too soon to really know. If the violence subsides quickly and things stabilize, it helps the incumbent President Obama. If things get worse, and more chaotic and it looks like U.S. influence is nil, the advantage swings to Gov. Romney. Remember in 1980, people backed President Carter for a long time over how he handled the Iran hostage crisis, but eventually grew frustrated and weary and turned to Gov. Reagan. Of course that had a whole year in which to percolate. This latest crisis comes just over seven weeks until Election Day.
50 Days – Monday begins the 50-day countdown to Election Day. President Obama continues to hold a 3.1 percent lead in the Real Clear Politics composite poll. After Mitt Romney got a 3-point bounce from the GOP convention, the Democrats got a bounce-back from their convention. The bad news for Republicans is that Romney seems to be gaining little traction in the nine battleground states. He only leads in one – North Carolina. He is a barely behind in Iowa and Virginia and can probably take both. Still, that's not enough to open the White House doors. On the other hand, President Obama's approval rating still peaks around 47 percent. If that's his ceiling, the remaining undecided voters could swing the election to Romney. But these numbers are about the same as three weeks ago, before the conventions. My conclusion: Right now it's Obama's election to lose.
Poll Discrepancies – So the latest Rasmussen Poll taken Saturday has Mitt Romney up by two points, but the latest Gallup Poll from Saturday has Barack Obama up by four points. Yes, there is a margin of error, but what else might explain the differences? Well a lot has to do with the screening questions. For example one pollster can simply call three hundred adults and say: "Who will you vote for in November, Obama or Romney?" Other pollsters ask more probing questions such as "Are you registered to vote this year?" and "Did you vote in the last election?" Such prequalifying questions can identify what are known as "likely" voters, making the poll more of an accurate predictor.
How Much a Gallon? – Crude oil hit a four-month high this week at $117 a barrel. Prices at the pump are now over $4 per gallon in many places across the U.S. And turmoil in the Mideast often means higher oil and gas prices, too. It doesn't matter if it's the fault of the U.S. President or not. If prices continue to trend higher – just like unemployment – it's never good news for the incumbent. What had not been an issue can quickly become one at the 11th hour.
Rhode Island Voter ID – I continue to be surprised at how vehement the arguments are from the left that voter ID laws should be overturned. Indeed, they are being challenged in many states, except for one. Rhode Island, which is arguably the most liberal state in the nation and is dominated by a strong Democratic party, also passed a voter ID law. It has been used twice this year, and is being phased in with full implementation by 2014. The state is issuing free IDs to all who need, and those who are not yet in possession of one can vote by provisional ballot (subject to later verification). Few if any problems have been reported. It's interesting that a Democratic-led initiative is working here, but Democrats are fighting similar laws in other states. Maybe they should just copy our version of the law and be done with it. Good political ideas are often "borrowed" from someone else who did it first!
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Manifold Witness
9:01 am on Monday, September 17, 2012
Looking at the online "ProJo", and other liberal media, one would not know the extent of the current violence against Americans throughout the world right now. And it isn't due to some video that was on YouTube.
Mr. Obama & Mr. Biden taunted a certain faction with their campaign slogan about killing Bin Laden - right before 9/11. What did they think would be the reaction? A happy sing-song from Bin Laden fans?
President Obama seems to be inordinately silent on this topic. But he is still busy campaigning for himself.
We would have hoped that he would show some leadership.
Mr. Romney is not the president right now. But Mr. Obama's campaign is wrongly struggling to blame Mr. Romney for something, anything.
Within 24 hours of the 4 Americans being killed in Libya, Mr. Obama went to Las Vegas for his campaign finance trip. The media portrayed Las Vegas as a "battleground"… Las Vegas.
"Obama, who opted to push ahead with his battleground-state swing less than 24 hours after the deadly attack, used a somber tone to address his boisterous supporters, waving off cheers from members of the crowd at the top of his remarks."
If a Republican was the President, we think the media would be having a very different reaction to the violence right now.
It's time for some honesty from the Democrats. The American people deserve honesty.
7:10 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Excellent post...finally some sense and truthful facts about Obama,. Loved it when he compared what his campaign staff goes through for him with what our military troops go through over in Afghanistan. Actually compared the situations. Disgusting.
Robert E
8:29 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
The President pledged to bring those responsible for the attacks to justice.
"We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act. And make no mistake, justice will be done."
Given Obama's track record, justice will very likely be done indeed.
Barack Obama condemned the attacks, he spoke against violence and expressed sadness for the dead and sympathy for their families and friends, he told us what he was doing to protect our people in similar situations around the globe, and he promised us justice. About what you would expect from your President in such a situation.
Mitt Romney attacked his own government and his fellow Americans.
The President was coldly angry, but determined in his public response to prevent further bloodshed, further violence.
Mitt was outraged.
The President's concern was for the dead, for their families, for people.
Romney's concern was that somebody touched our stuff.
Obama responded like a president.
Romney acted like a businessman.
Do the math for yourself.
"When our grounds are being attacked and being breached, the first response of the United States must be outrage at the breach of the sovereignty of our nation."
As a first response.
Our first response shouldn't be to stand together as Americans. Oh hell no, wouldn't want that.
No, no.
Robert E
8:30 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Step 1: Outrage! Outrage, by God! Outrage, because that's what Angry Jesus would do! Outrage!
Step 2: Blame our fellow countrymen.
And then what?
Based on the recently adopted GOP platform and past performance by Republican administrations I suspect Step 3 is probably "bomb some random brown people." Then a year or so later realize that we killed the wrong people, but stubbornly pretend that they had it coming anyway, because, well, you know, brown people. Screw 'em.
Conservatives have a self esteem problem.
They're terrified of apologies. They're so damned afraid on having to admit a mistake, of having to apologize, of appearing weak or unmanly – despite the very specific admonishment of their avowed lord and savior to turn the other cheek and to act in humility – that they see apologies where none were ever given.
Today is a perfect example, Mitt Romney knows that his response was wrong. He knows his attempt to make this terrible event into just another campaign sound-bite is crass and beneath anybody, anybody, who would aspire to the Oval Office. He knows it. Look at his eyes, read his words and watch him keep shifting the goal posts and tell me that he doesn't damned well know that his comment last night was wrong.
Both conservatives and liberals alike have condemned him for it.
Robert E
8:30 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
But he is too insecure, too immature, too afraid, too filled with self doubt and little man syndrome to admit it.
Instead, like a petulant child, he's doubling down, feet spread, bottom lip out, arms akimbo.
And like a child, he's outraged.
Come November, Americans have a choice.
They can chose a guy who wants you to be outraged over an apology that never happened, and who would allow himself to be goaded into war over the "rights" of an anonymous troll (who might not even be an American) in the guise of shallow patriotism.
Or they can chose the guy who behaves like an actual statesman.
Joe Sousa.
8:50 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Many still wonder why they shot their mouth off at the DNC convention. We get Osama incensed the Muslim extremists. It lead to these attacks.
mike westman
10:00 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Joe ...if you had half a mind ...you would realize the idiocy of your statement
10:51 am on Monday, September 17, 2012
If a republican were the president we would be in another senseless war getting more of our brave soldiers needlessly killed. If a repub were in office he would'nt be saying anything about getting the worlds most wanted and hated man killed? Honesty, just about every word spewed out at the RNC and just about everything coming from Romney and Ryans mouths were and are lies. The repubs were bragging that aren't worried about "facts" in their campaigns. So this muddy road is a two way not a oneway road.
William Brank
7:15 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
CTT, can you tell me how many wars America has been in that were started by republicans? I will seed you the progressive Bush 1 and his progressive son 2
Wile your at is maybe you g down the list of right wing political assassins because the right are suposed to be gun maniacs too right? I'll wait for your answer.
7:06 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
The reason RI Dems are not up in arms over the voter ID law is because it is being phased in over a period of years and will not keep people from voting in this fall's presidential election. In other states, the real purpose is obviously to keep people from voting for Obama.Isn't it very interesting that no Repubs are opposed to the way it is being handled in other states? That says a lot about what this law is really about.
Still Hope
8:20 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
What is the law about exactly? What is the negative impact of requiring voters to present ID, similar to what they do in Canada and Netherlands? Keep in mind that in most recent elections and polls, Hispanics are nearing the 50% mark in voting Dem vs Rep. So, if you would like to insinuate that the push for voter ID is to shave some votes from the Dem side, then I suggest you read past the misleading headlines and one-sided sound bites. Voter ID fraud was talk of the town back in Bush's 2000 win. Now the Dems fear Obama might be on the chopping block and all of a sudden, catching fraud is now an act against civil liberties? Who has the bigger agenda you think?
William Brank
7:16 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
No its to keep dead people from voting for obummer, oh and people from voting several time for obummer.Got a problem with that?
Robert E
11:48 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
William you forgot a couple like to keep the poor from voting for Obama and keeping the elderly from voting for Obama. The republicians have so little faith in their canadate that they feel they have to cheat in order for him to win.
11:52 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
Election fraud does exist, but hasn't been shown to be widespread. The New York Times reported in 2007 that a five-year crackdown on such fraud by the Bush administration's Justice Department had produced 70 convictions at the federal level, including 40 campaign workers or government workers convicted of vote-buying, intimidation or ballot forgery, and 23 cases of multiple voting or voting by ineligible voters. But the Times described these as unconnected incidents and said the Justice Department had turned up no evidence of "any organized effort to skew federal elections."
Joe Sousa.
7:36 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
When I heard it is a US. policy not allowing embassy guards to have ammunition for their weapons I was outraged . This Administration is responsible for the death of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and the Guards who were there to protect him. This administration is clearly inept .
Naome Lixes
7:18 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
"When I heard it is a US. policy not allowing embassy guards to have ammunition for their weapons I was outraged." That happens a lot, doesn't it.
Funny, how it seems to happen when Fox gets the Fax wrong.
You're getting whipped up, just like the Muslim mobs.
In short, your outrage is a handy tool.
Do you like getting used, Joe?
mike westman
10:02 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Joe is not on the intelligence gravy train. Thick is as is thick is
William Brank
7:23 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
Listen here Elsworth Toohey you are a dark person and your propaganda is going to draw you out. Working for media matters will expose who you are.
Robert E
11:54 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
William what do you have against dark people whay are all you conservatives so racist.
7:49 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Come on Joe - per Fox News (I figure this in one source you will respect)
Further Marine spokesman at Pentagon Lt Col Chris Hughes says these reports are NOT true. This is on the record:
"The Ambassador and RSO have been completely and appropriately engaged with the security situation. No restrictions on weapons or weapons status have been imposed. This information comes from the Det Commander at AMEMB Cairo."
Joe Sousa.
8:02 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Time magazine's Battleland blog also reported Thursday that "senior U.S. officials late Wednesday declined to discuss in detail the security at either Cairo or Benghazi, so answers may be slow in coming."
If true, the reports indicate that Patterson shirked her obligation to protect U.S. interests, Nightwatch states.
"She did not defend U.S. sovereign territory and betrayed her oath of office," the report states. "She neutered the Marines posted to defend the embassy, trusting the Egyptians over the Marines."
While Marines are typically relied on to defend U.S. territory abroad, such as embassies, these reports indicate that the Obama administration was relying on Egypt's new Muslim Brotherhood-backed government to ensure American security, a move observers are questioning as violence in Cairo continues to rage.
Naome Lixes
7:22 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Um... wrong, again.
Don't you get tired of being wrong, Joe? Maybe your source isn't reliable.
"It turns out the Marines in Cairo were armed. Both Mother Jones magazine and Fox News -- two news sources at opposite ends of the political spectrum -- talked to Marines spokesmen who confirmed there were no restrictions on weapons or weapons status.
In Libya, the consulate in Benghazi did not have Marines stationed there -- the security was supposed to be provided by the Libyans."
So quick to jump ugly, so frequently wrong, so rare to print a retraction -
way to go, Jethro!
William Brank
7:28 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
Maybe someday strong defence will make sense to those who want to cut the military defences. You know, like bubba did.
8:31 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Joe-Looks like you're a bit confused-the word "looser" would be the opposite of the word "tighter". Maybe you were trying to come up with a different word.
In any event, please follow the advice of Ms. McNamara, and keep to the topic. Speaking of staying on the topic, the vast majority of this article dealt with the upcoming presidential election and poll numbers. In regard to poll numbers, and as a candidate yourself, why do you think Romney polls so poorly with women?
The readers await your response Candidate Sousa.
Stephen Greenwell
10:11 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
I've deleted a comment - Let's not argue that people are advocating for the return of Osama bin Laden. After all, it's definitely a form of Godwin's Law: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodwinsLaw
Lorraine F
6:11 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Groucho Marx
NKGOP Watch
12:24 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Dont buy the hype. The president of Egypt is democratically elected, has acted in no uncertain terms to fulfill his obligations internationally and protect our and other foreign embassies. Because he was elected by his people, we owe it to him to work with him and respect his legitimacy. In Libya, the public supports the US by a 2:1 margin, and the protests are by a fraction of one percent of all Libyan people. Since the attack, the Libyan government has declared publicly that we are an ally and a friend. I believe the evidence is starting to show what the Libyan president has said all along, that the embassy assault was pre-planned and they warned us something was afoot 3 days before the incident. We should be holding OUR president accountable for these lapses, and hold him to his public statement that as despicable and inflammatory as it is, the maker of the movie is acting within his free speech rights which as a whole are far more beneficial to mankind than harmful. That director should not be getting under the scrutiny of our government, no matter what the pretext. (Besides, he now has a nice big Fatwa on his head and will have to go hide under a rock like Rushdie did for so many years).
Robert E
12:52 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The filmmaker has apparently gone into hiding. Why am I not surprised?
Now, here in America, that kind of idiocy is permitted under the First Amendment. In America we have the right to freedom of speech, and freedom from having to be responsible for the consequences of what we say. Somebody else will do it for you, suffer the consequences that is. You make a film or burn somebody's holy book and generally act like a moron , and somebody else, a soldier or a diplomat or even just some random American who happens to be in the wrong place, why they'll be happy to step up and take responsibility for your freedom of speech. And you? Well you can hide behind your rights and your internet anonymity and your God and bask in your patriotism. Good on you.
Ironic, isn't it?
Ironic that the very people who scream loudest and demand that the "poor" and the "socialists" and the "liberals" and the "parasites" start taking responsibility for their lives are the very same florid patriots who never seem to take responsibility for their own actions, for their own words, for the consequences of their hatred and bigotry. They'll condemn the violence inspired by the Occupy movement, but defend the violence inspired by Right To Lifers or some hateful bigot on Talk Radio. One has to wonder if Romney and his followers would be so quick to defend freedom of speech if that YouTube video depicted Jesus gay marrying Brigham Young.
Naome Lixes
7:06 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I, for one, am tired of hearing the Fox news take rehashed every time a photo of President Obama appears on these pages. Any point of view that challenges this
is immediately discarded as "liberal" as if that equated to erroneous.
Anyone with access to that most modern contrivance, a CALENDAR, would note the
date of the attacks - and the amount of planning required to carry them out.
But no - "Many still wonder why they shot their mouth off at the DNC convention. We get Osama incensed the Muslim extremists. It lead to these attacks."
Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of logistics and battle strategy, say someone with a tour of military service involving drill and munitions, might see it differently.
This clueless notion that "If they're brown, they're all clowns." is arrogant, not to mention stupid. Do you really think that the illiterate, Arabic speaking mob in Benghazi was listening to the DNC speeches and thought "Let's go blow s**t up" ?
The same portion of the Christian population that bombs abortion clinics and
Federal offices has a Muslim counterpart. Shall we confiscate all Bibles the next time a "Christian" commits violence? That's stone-age thinking.
The fact that one Presidential aspirant wasted no time in capitalizing on the violent death of public servants speaks volumes.
The fact that the responses to this article waste no time in attacking the measured response of a President that expunged "Yee-ha!" foreign policy says more.
Manifold Witness
8:11 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Speaking of "Yee Haw" foreign policy moments-
If heading for "Sin City" within 24 hours of the killings of 4 Americans in Libya is considered an appropriate "measured response" to that violence, we can only wonder what Mr. Obama's next "measured" foreign policy move will be.
As to public displays of "Yee Haw", the Obama administration's "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" slogan is about as "Yee Haw" as it gets. "Measured" indeed.
Naome Lixes
3:56 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
"If heading for "Sin City" within 24 hours of the killings of 4 Americans in Libya is considered an appropriate "measured response" to that violence..."
He wasn't in Las Vegas to hit up Sheldon Adelson for ca$h, now was he?
His detractors will pounce regardless of his actions. What would you have the Obama adminstration do, occupy Libya? Didn't we just participate in liberating them from a dictator? Pick a side, MW.
You're either for us Americans, or against us.
Which is it?
It's not as if a sitting President has ever passed up a catastrophe to raise money...
"As to public displays of "Yee Haw", the Obama administration's "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" slogan is about as "Yee Haw" as it gets."
Umm.... did he land on a boat with a big banner?
Nice try.
Manifold Witness
7:08 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Why are we not surprised?
Maybe the film maker had to go into hiding because Mrs. Clinton, Mr Obama & Mr. Biden are blaming the film rather than their "Ding dong the witch is dead" sing-song thing.
Naome Lixes
4:03 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
You mean, the whole of the Arab world was watching the DNC and just decided to show up at the local US embassy to see what happens?
*In his interview, Mohamed Yusuf al-Magariaf, the president of Libya's National Congress, said Libya had arrested 50 people, many connected to al-Qaeda. That would certainly bolster the notion that the date — Sept. 11 — was not a coincidence. He also said a few of those arrested were from other countries.
It is in Magariaf's interest to emphasize that this tragedy does not reflect anti-American feelings by the Libyan people, especially because Stevens was a well-liked diplomat in the country. But he was also emphatic that "the way these perpetrators acted and moved" and the "specific date for this so-called demonstration" make it clear that the attack was planned.
"It was planned by foreigners, by people who entered the country a few months ago, and they were planning this criminal act since their arrival," he said.*
On one hand you lot claim Obama is an apologist, on the other he's belligerent and taunting our enemies. It may surprise you to find that in a chaotic place like Libya (where the Kaddafi dictatorship ruled for 42 years) the situation is complicated and not entirely under local control.
It seems to me when the US is under attack, you're either with us or against us.
Which is it, MW - are you with us Americans or with the mob?
4:49 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Can we stop trying to blame each other and put the blame where it belongs at the feet of murderous Muslim extremists. No one had to worry about anyone dying after someone put a crucifix of Jesus in urine and called it art. While we continue to tear each other apart they continue to plan more jihad. Let's focus on the real enemy.
Manifold Witness
5:41 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The violence was planned you say?
So did the Obama administration not get the memo or did they just intentionally ignore their own …uh… "intelligence"?
6:19 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
According to a few sources (Reuters being one of them) yes it was planned and a memo was sent to the American embassy in Cairo. We have an enemy that wants to ruin our way of life at best or destroy us completely and we keep bickering amongst ourselves and putting the blame on a movie or a song and dance. Neither one of them was the cause that was just an excuse.
For the record Naomi, just because someone disagrees with Obama'a policies that does not make them a racist. That is silly nonsense. That would be like saying if you disagree with Allen West's policies (which I'm sure you do) that would make you a racist. I wish all of you would stop the name calling.
Naome Lixes
6:26 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Pam - who's calling anyone names?
Stupid is as stupid does, calling that out is the responsibility of America's too-long silent educated people that sat on the sidelines while the Tea Party dragged us back to the waiting arms of Joe McCarthy.
The fact that so many posting here have openly called President Obama
"Osambo" and worse makes charges of racism accurate.
Joseph Hutnak
5:20 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Hello folks:
I've removed a couple of comments for name-calling.
Stick to the topic at hand, please.
Joe Sousa.
5:36 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Socialism, Marxism, Communism & Obama He sure fits the shoe .
1. Obama's Father Wrote About Socialism
2. Obama's Mother Was a "Communist Sympathizer"
3 Obama's Parents Met in a Russian Class (Back then it was the Communist USSR)
4. Obama's Teen Mentor was Frank Marshall Davis (a known CPUSA member)
5. Obama's Brother Roy and Cousin Odinga are Marxists
6. Obama Attended Socialist Conferences at Cooper Union
7. Obama Was Hand Picked by Alice Palmer to Succeed Her in the Illinois State Senate
8. Obama's Run for the Illinois State Senate was Launched by a Fundraiser Organized at Bill Ayers' and Bernardine Dorhn's Chicago Home
9. Obama Had a Close Relationship with the "Anti-Capitalist" Group ACORN
10. Obama Attended Several Meetings with the Democratic Socialists in Chicago and Was even Endorsed by Them
Naome Lixes
6:19 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
This is not only off-topic, but directly lifted from YET ANOTHER wingnut blog:
Neither original, nor on-topic, Joe.
Why not redress the earlier assertions (also false) that were taken directly from one of your right-wing "We Hate Obama!" blogs that make this stuff up from whole cloth.
Not a word about the Embassy in Cairo? Nothing about Romney and "47% of the electorate are victims" - just one more pointless, baseless screed?
Forget helmet laws, RI needs online posting restrictions...
Still Hope
7:13 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Most of Obama's major "accomplishments" are just carry overs from Bush. The one notable exception is Obamacare, which he stole from Romney.
12:36 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Be careful Joe...you never know what is out there...
" FBI documents name Reagan as a member of an organization aligned with the ACP, and tagged "subversive" by the FBI" House Committee on Un-American Activities
ACP= American Communist Party
12:49 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Oh NO! I have been learning to speak russian...that must make me a socialist or something!!!!! Oh the horror......
housewife in EG
9:11 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
And RobertE, voter ID laws may keep illegals from voting too, that's not fair, right?
Naome Lixes
7:14 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Why the Tea Party is so dangerous;
It recruits people who are ready prey for the formation of cults -
Hallmarks the Tea Party shares with the Afghan Taliban:
Insistance on Ideological purity (the attacks on RINOs)
Compromise seen as weakness (the debt ceiling crisis)
Fundamentalist scriptural literalism (It's in the Bible, so it's TRUE!)
Denial of science (Creation vs. Evolution, what's next elementary alchemy?)
Unmoved by facts (the Cairo Embassy guards were armed, after all)
Undeterred by new information (even when Fox says it - conspiracy theories grow)
A hostile fear of progress (things were better "back then")
Demonizing teachers and education (right here, in River city - thanks, TCC!)
A need to control women's bodies (you can't be libertarian and anti-choice)
Xenophobia ("You should go live in China" "Bomb them all!")
Tribal mentality ("Take back America")
Intolerance of dissent (Gingrich ousted over opposition to Paul Ryan's plan}
Pathological hatred of the U.S. government ("2nd amendment preserves Freedom)
Why is this important, here? Our man Sousa has been recruited into this cult and is running for public office - and this is happening all over our country.
I want my country back from these hacks, who have dragged our politics back to the waiting arms of Joe McCarthy. If we sit on the sidelines, they'll advance.
9:01 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Wow, naome, you are a strident and hateful person. Think about toning it down a bit. I am a tea party person and I am none of those things. People are allowed to have differing opinions. It is not necessary to be miserable.
9:35 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
But Katherine, Naomi doesn't stoop to name calling, just elitist condescension ;)
Robert E
9:49 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Elitism is the belief or attitude that some individuals, who form an elite — a select group of people with intellect, wealth, specialized training or experience, or other distinctive attributes — are those whose views on a matter are to be taken the most seriously or carry the most weight; whose views and/or actions are most likely to be constructive to society as a whole; or whose extraordinary skills, abilities or wisdom render them especially fit to govern.
So I would rather be an elitist then an uneducated uninformed Moron. You show you lack intelligence by using a complement to try to insult someone. Get yourself an education and learn what the words mean that you use and maybe you will be able to join the rest of us elitists.
11:45 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Robert's definition straight out of Wikipedia. Actually elitist has come to be defined as someone who THINKS they are smarter or better than everyone else. That's what gives them the right to call others morons. Pitiful.
Naome Lixes
6:46 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
@pam - it's not elitist to call out idiocy in print. Facts matter, and those afflicted by Fox Geezer syndrome are rebroadcasting what is all too often propaganda.
information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
If by elitist you mean people that read books and peruse points of view that differ,
then I'm guilty as charged.
"Wow, naome, you are a strident and hateful person. Think about toning it down a bit. I am a tea party person and I am none of those things."
Really, katherine? You're telling me that the regular retelling of false doctrine
on this opinion page (lifted DIRECTLY from conspiracy sites) is defensible?
Do I hate the deluded among the Tea Party faithful? No.
Do I detest the way you're being turned against your neighbors? Yes.
Will I tone it down?
You lot first.
5:02 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Robert, I don't usually point out spelling errors as I am prone to them myself but I couldn't help pointing out the irony here. After calling me and anyone else who doesn't agree with your superior intellect an uneducated, uninformed moron you then go on to spell compliment wrong.
Naome Lixes
7:38 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
If by "A Free America" you mean Fascist - sure, the shoe fits.
7:30 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Voter id laws are needed now because of the millions of illegal residents living in the US. I am sure "ACORN" would try to register them all. Bith certificate please.
Naome Lixes
7:36 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
This is a solution to a significant problem; excluding people likely to vote against you. Because voter fraud is such a huge problem that during the five year period under the Bush Administration, when 196 million votes were cast, the number of cases of voter fraud reached 86. Not 86,000; eighty-six. Here's what that number looks like as a percentage of votes cast: Four one hundred thousandths of a percent [.00004%]. This would be called a solution without a problem, but it's not. It's just a solution to a different problem.
Republicans have a hard time getting certain people to vote for them, so life would be a lot easier if certain people just weren't allowed to vote at all. I'm ashamed to say that 32 of the 33 voter I.D. laws were proposed by Republican legislators and passed by Republican controlled state houses, and signed into law by Republican governors.
It's a baseless claim. and oddly funny - ACORN closed shop in 2011.
How does it feel to have Karl Rove pull your strings, Chmn?
Robert E
8:25 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Tea Party sounds so much better then Racist, Homophobic. Low Wage Republican!
Remember when teachers, public employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR and PBS crashed the stock market, wiped out half of our 401Ks, took trillions in taxpayer funded bail outs, spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and paid no taxes? Yeah, me neither.
8:49 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Don't forget about the 47% bankrupting America......
Naome Lixes
9:14 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
"Don't forget about the 47% bankrupting America......"
That was awesome, I've never heard the sound of rats leaving a sinking ship, before. Off the cuff comments from someone born with a silver foot in his mouth.
I thought the people stealing my 401k and cheating on their taxes were the problem
it must be that Enron-style accounting, coming back into vogue at Chase.
But what do I know?
Joe Sousa.
8:34 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Remember when free markets existed ? Before Government got involved in the housing market Fanny and Freddy
Naome Lixes
8:40 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
"Remember when free markets existed ?"
Like in Russia, under Yeltsin?
That worked out well...
Naome Lixes
8:38 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
So here's how I see it, Mitt Romney is the poster boy for selling the country out from under us, and stashing the profits overseas in a tax haven.
The Tea Party would have us double down on the same policies that gutted American manufacturing (remember Ross Perot?) and hand the reins of government to the same vultures that stole our birthright.
Obama is a relief pitcher called on when the score is stacked against him.
He's getting the outs, but it isn't pretty.
It's Hobson's choice, either Wall Street retains the White house or Big Oil takes it.
"Your sons and daughters grew and began to work in the family business."
You've got kids, Joe - or is that metaphorical?
Joe Sousa.
8:47 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
You have a spin for every situation .To bad no one buys the big lie. We see the result of Big Government with a $16 trillion dollar national debt. $120 trillion unfunded liability ,and high unemployment for half a decade. This President is a failure.
Naome Lixes
8:52 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
"You have a spin for every situation ."
You mean facts? You should try some.
"To bad no one buys the big lie."
You did - "The Tea Party will rebuild our country!"
You're either with us Americans, or against us Joe.
Which is it?
Joe Sousa.
8:40 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
America was once a land of opportunity. If you worked hard,learned a trade and saved your dollars you could start a business . The American dream .Your own business. As the business grew you took on employees and expanded . Your sons and daughters grew and began to work in the family business. Life was good and the family would take that vacation once a year . Maybe go to Canada or New york city . The kids went to college and it didn't cost twenty years salary. The American dollar had value. American products were sold on our shelves . I'm old enough to remember that America. Before big Government turned the American Dream in to our American Depression . We lost our path and followed the Progressive Liberal philosophy . Big Government can solve all problems. I see the devastation this philosophy has brought to our shores. More and more people line up to get hand out . We will fall as a nation if we don't turn this social experiment around and restore the fundamental values that gave us those prosperous times. Work fare not welfare . Smaller Government and less regulation . Get the Unions out of our schools and give our kids a better education . People getting involved and volunteering to help our committees is a start. Electing conservative candidates is the next step to rebuild our country.
Join the Tea Party . We can build a better America for all.
8:40 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Yes, join the Tea Party.....Free white sheets to the first 100 that join today!!!!
8:46 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Dear Tiverton is this the best we can have on our town council. Is this really the guy you want representing the town. Read his posts. his words are his history and it is full of racist homophobic rantings. He supported Dan Gordon, knew of Dan's many behavioral issues and recommended him to the TCC as a good guy. He bullies people all over the blogs and nearly singlehandedly ruined the EastBay comments(with the help of Jack B.)Tiverton we can do better than this .
Naome Lixes
9:17 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
"...stand up for the people like me who have watched our country go to hell and I have the fortitude to use my real name."
So that you can apply a 2nd amendment solution, or find my IP address?
I thought you knew stupid when you saw it, Joe.
(FYI - I was defending your 1st amendment right to make an ass of yourself.)
Naome Lixes
9:19 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
"I stand up for the people like me who have watched our country go to hell..."
You just don't have a clue why it's really happened, do you?
It's that Fox IV drip - better than morphine.
You've been used, Joe - by the same people you choose to trust.
They'll line you up at the barricade, yell "Charge" and watch from the balcony.
The Tea Party is cannon fodder for the Fascists.
7:08 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Naome-You'll have to excuse Joe Sousa, as any time someone puts up a post contrary to his teabagger beliefs, he accuses the posters of all being the same person using multiple screen names.
This accusation comes from the same individual who along with his partners in crime Dan Gordon and Jack Baillargeron, were responsible for the eastbayri.com website being shut down, as he used multiple screen names such as "jethro", "crimeboss", "notorious", and "bikerhd1998" just to name a few.
Face it Joe, every reader with a half ounce of intelligence can see right through your facade and realize you're just a misguided soul who had been brainwashed by the TCC.
Naome Lixes
8:48 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
"I'm old enough to remember that America. Before big Government turned the American Dream in to our American Depression ."
Old enough to get it wrong, anyway.
Regan ignored Ike and raided the Treasury.
Reagan's pragmatic approach to American Economics inadvertently led to the downfall of the American middle class, the corporitization of America, and eventually the financial crash of 2008."
The American middle class died in 1981, and Ronald Regan pulled the trigger.
Electing conservative candidates is a step backward, not to 1980, but 1880.
Naome Lixes
9:23 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Who are you, Kate Smith?
You're not the only one. The problem? You think you're alone.
I want my country back from your tribe of bumpkin, tribal, halfwit Tea Party cranks.
Don't wrap yourself in MY flag, and claim it as your own.
Manifold Witness
9:03 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Maybe Mr. Obama will discuss the following
in between the laughs
on Letterman
"Median household income fell 2.3% to $49,445 last year and has dropped 7% since 2000 after adjusting for inflation, the Census Bureau said Tuesday. Income was the lowest since 1996."
"Poverty rose, too. The share of people living in poverty hit 15.1%, the highest level since 1993, and 2.6 million more people moved into poverty, the most since Census began keeping track in 1959."
"•Health insurance. The share of Americans without coverage rose to 16.3% in 2010 from 13.1% in 2000. Government is insuring more people; employers are insuring fewer"
Naome Lixes
9:34 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
He might say that old people are siphoning off wages of the young...
"Seniors. People 65 and older were the only group to prosper during the decade. Household income rose 7.5% adjusted for inflation over the decade, helped by Social Security."
He might ask why the equivalent of Germany's GDP sits on US corporate balance
sheets - instead of putting people back to work...
This is what an oligarchy does - it takes public sponsored benefits (like roads, bridges, ports and military protection) and shirks taxes and wages.
Why do you think there are more poor people today?
Like that's something they want?
They want a J-O-B, d-u-m-b-a-s-s.
Naome Lixes
9:38 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Have you had yourself checked for Fox Geezer syndrome?
It's treatable - read an independent newspaper.
Discount any blog that can't site sources.
Think for yourself.
For once.
While I'm wishing, can I wish for a pony?
Robert E
9:45 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The real Boston Tea Party was a protest against huge corporate tax cuts for the British East India Company, the largest trans-national corporation then in existence. This corporate tax cut threatened to decimate small Colonial businesses by helping the BEIC pull a Wal-Mart against small entrepreneurial tea shops, and individuals began a revolt that kicked-off a series of events that ended in the creation of The United States of America.
They covered their faces, massed in the streets, and destroyed the property of a giant global corporation. Declaring an end to global trade run by the East India Company that was destroying local economies, this small, masked minority started a revolution with an act of rebellion later called the Boston Tea Party.
The Boston Tea Party resembled in many ways the growing modern-day protests against transnational corporations and small-town efforts to protect themselves from chain-store retailers or factory farms. The Tea Party's participants thought of themselves as protesters against the actions of the multinational East India Company.
Robert E
9:46 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Although schoolchildren are usually taught that the American Revolution was a rebellion against "taxation without representation," akin to modern day conservative taxpayer revolts, in fact what led to the revolution was rage against a transnational corporation that, by the 1760s, dominated trade from China to India to the Caribbean, and controlled nearly all commerce to and from North America, with subsidies and special dispensation from the British crown.
Robert E
9:46 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
A pamphlet was circulated through the colonies called The Alarm and signed by an enigmatic "Rusticus." One issue made clear the feelings of colonial Americans about England's largest transnational corporation and its behavior around the world: "Their Conduct in Asia, for some Years past, has given simple Proof, how little they regard the Laws of Nations, the Rights, Liberties, or Lives of Men. They have levied War, excited Rebellions, dethroned lawful Princes, and sacrificed Millions for the Sake of Gain. The Revenues of Mighty Kingdoms have entered their Coffers. And these not being sufficient to glut their Avarice, they have, by the most unparalleled Barbarities, Extortions, and Monopolies, stripped the miserable Inhabitants of their Property, and reduced whole Provinces to Indigence and Ruin. Fifteen hundred Thousands, it is said, perished by Famine in one Year, not because the Earth denied its Fruits; but [because] this Company and their Servants engulfed all the Necessaries of Life, and set them at so high a Price that the poor could not purchase them."
no regr allia b
1:37 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
No offence there Robert. Don't know where you took history, but it sure was not in the US.
Ever read the Declaration of Independence? Particularly the Indictment section?
A bill of particulars documenting the king's "repeated injuries and usurpations" of the Americans' rights and liberties.
I suggest you read it as taxation without representation was the least of the charges against the Crown. The Boston Tea Party was merely a prelude to a revolution that only 6% of the Colonist fought and won against a tyrannical Empire. Now that's real history. On another note; they do not even teach that anymore it seems. That is a sad statement indeed.
Joe Sousa.
6:07 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
We know Robert ,Corporations are bad ,Government is Good. The Socialist propaganda machine . I guess we should all dump our 401k's and go on assistance. Those evil Corporations that employ millions should be banned. Nationalize all businesses and appoint Obama the King . It worked so well for the USSR.
The United Socialist States Of America.
Naome Lixes
6:48 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
"The real Boston Tea Party was a protest against huge corporate tax cuts for the British East India Company, the largest trans-national corporation then in existence."
That's an interesting take on the event.
Robert E
11:54 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Socialism In such an economy, the means of production are owned by society itself and are utilized in a planned fashion. A planned economy, which adjusts production to the needs of the community, would distribute the work to be done among all those able to work and would guarantee a livelihood to every man, woman, and child. The education of the individual, in addition to promoting his own innate abilities, would attempt to develop in him a sense of responsibility for his fellow men in place of the glorification of power and success in our present society.
William Brank
8:04 am on Sunday, September 23, 2012
no regr allia b,
Great point, here is one for you,
What one generation tolerates, the next accepts as reality.
The 16th amendment has been in place for 100 years. When will that be repealed. Taxing a mans toil is evil and was never part of our doctrine. All it has done is give congress emence power over us.
If the US government was forced to live withing the limited powers given to it in article one section eight, Federal taxes, progressive as they are and named in the communist manifesto in 1850 by Carl Marx as a plank in communism, are not needed, we could return the powers to the states and the local governments.
10:44 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I really didn't want to get involved in this conversation, but what the heck. These posts are all over the place. I just want to say a little something about the attack in Benghazi since it has been mentioned a few times. First, the two security guards that got killed were not Marines they were ex SEALS. A short time before the attack one of them..... Glen Doherty said he was... "on an intelligence mission to round up dangerous weapons in the worn-torn nation." To be more specific he was talking about surface-to-air-missiles. Now they are saying that he was on a security detail. Hmmm? Also, I have heard things about Chris Stevens that seem a bit unusual for an ambassador to be doing, but I haven't been able to fully check it out yet. My point is this, that it wasn't just an ambassador with his security. These guys were CIA and there is much more to it. There is a big cover up going on.
no regr allia b
11:11 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I agree lot more to this story for sure. But I have to wonder why the obama and hilary allowed the security to be only libya people for the consulate, along with an unarmed staff. Somthing is very wrong in this preplanned attack.
Naome Lixes
8:00 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
"Somthing is very wrong in this preplanned attack."
Or maybe, it's a blowback from deposing a dictator.
Funny how a boiling vessel explodes, with the lid off...
Joe Sousa.
6:27 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
What really lead to the shrinking middle class. It was the American people who did the most harm. When we went to the store to purchase items we forgot to look where it was made. We should have been buying American goods or at least goods from countries that trade fairly with us. Every time we make a purchase it affects the people who make it. Buy American and employ American workers. those words should fall out of every Presidents mouth daily. That's how we rebuild the middle class . Not with more Government debt.
Naome Lixes
6:55 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
"Those evil Corporations that employ millions should be banned. Nationalize all businesses and appoint Obama the King . It worked so well for the USSR.
The United Socialist States Of America."
That's a false assertion. A basic propaganda technique.
If I claimed that all red-headed men over 50 riding motorcycles were Klansmen,
would that be provably true?
Who printed this script for you, Roger Ailes?
"Those evil Corporations that employ millions should be banned. Nationalize all businesses and appoint Obama the King . It worked so well for the USSR.
The United Socialist States Of America."
Right - if someone else gets government funding, it's socialist.
If YOU get some - it's framed in the Constitution somewhere.
"What really lead to the shrinking middle class. It was the American people who did the most harm. When we went to the store to purchase items we forgot to look where it was made. "
At last a kernel of truth.
The problem? American workers need more than $12,000 per year to stay above the poverty level. The Chinese need $290. Anyone that would suggest the core of the problem is that Americans should only need $290 per year is a tool.
You're right about the problem, wrong about the source.
Remember Ross Perot?
Free trade ain't free.
We pay.
12:36 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Naome Lixes
6:32 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
I did. Three years in the People's Republic of China immediately after Tiananmen.
I wanted to see what a nascent democratic movement looks like.
The lid was clamped down so tight, even the mice couldn't fart without a police escort...those people died at the hands of their countrymen -
so we can have cheap iPhones?
The truth about redistribution is that it goes one way - UP.
SHOW ME SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT TIME AT A KEYBOARD - and can find
the CapsLock button on the left....
We are constantly on the prowl for someone postings here that are original,
rather than provided by Fox and lesser propaganda outlets.
How's the weather in the PRoRI?
I understand the Quahogs are nice, this time of year - during the annual migration.
We just get the wingnuts flying around the house, prior to election theater,
ova heya.
8:42 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Actually, half my family lived in the CCCP...and they understand capitalism better than you ever will.
3:33 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Is Terry Sousa a nickname for Joe Sousa?
Still Hope
4:42 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Joe, what American goods are we not purchasing? No 2 pencils and trash bags? Your posts are full of rhetoric and hold little value in conversation. Sorry.
The two Bush's before Obama each signed more regulatory bills than the current administration. The caveat is which sectors they affected most. GWB hit the major instrustries: travel, environment, auto, real estate, very large corporation. A lot of behind-the-scenes stuff. Obama went for the local approach and increased many of the Bush regulations and made them more obvious. Many of these expanded rules hit closer to home and gave small and middle sized business little recourse. Big business will just continue its overseas migration that it started in the mid 80s. The ones that stick around will still continue to price-gouge us, cuz an American made candy bar needs to cost $1.19 when a house can be bought for less than a Chevy Volt (with its South Korean battery).
Buy American. The rally cry of the naïve.
Still Hope
7:56 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
You already posted that response several times. More rhetoric.
I am not anonymous. My name is Still Hope and I have plenty of contributions to these forums. If you want my birth name it is Samuel Clemens, but I don't see how that validates any of my work. For the record, my merchandise comes mainly from Europe (mostly Germany, Italy, and Spain) since in my industry, the domestic product is underwhelmingly inferior. However, I have kept some US based lines in my shops, even after they outsourced manufacturing to China.
Tell me more about buying American. You have a name and an avatar so your opinion holds more weight.
I don't blame any one president for our current economy. Each of their policies has its own pros and cons. It is up to the market to best use those new policies. Sorry I can't be as polarizing as Joe Sousa and try to drum up contempt for a man that I only know based on headlines and bullet points. However, I probably will not vote Obama this election, but at least I can appreciate his motives.
6:53 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Naome Lixes
8:41 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
No, you weren't and neither was I. The authorities ran off anyone with a camera or blond hair or a foreign passport. Do you have anything to actually offer, is it just more TS?
Joseph Hutnak
7:51 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Hi folks:
There have been a few comments regarding anonymous identities. Our Terms of Use state: "We encourage, but do not require, that the user name you provide be your real name."
We welcome debate on the points made by other commenters, regardless of whether they use their real names.
Naome Lixes
8:43 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Is there any hope of staying on topic, up to the election?
We, the loyal opposition chime in to insist on factual bases for argument.
If we wanted to watch the foam fly, we would tune in Fox.
It would appear that the most adamant posters have a direct feed...
8:44 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Hmmm...How do we know that is your real name? Or are you really Joe Sousa?
no regr allia b
9:26 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Which Terms of use, I am confused, yours or the Patch. You seem to require it.
Joeseph Hutnak Flag as inappropriate
1:59 pm on Saturday, June 16,2012
To our readers:
Patch Terms of Use require full names for posting comments. Prior
Comments that did not meet these terms have been removed.
Joseph Hutnak
9:37 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
@Joe Bremen:
Our Terms of Use have changed. Thanks for helping illustrate this evolution.
8:48 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
9:10 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
"Old Townie"-While some posters such as "Terry Sousa", "John Phillip Sousa" and the "Sousaphone" may appear to be the infamous Joe Sousa, it's relatively easy to tell when it's the real Joe Sousa posting. The dead giveaways that are the hallmark of a Joe Sousa post:
1. President Obama is to blame for the sluggish economy, the war in the Middle East, acid reflux disease, and the EEE virus.
2. The tea party is going to save America, put an end to hunger, cure cancer, and put a chocolate on your pillow every night before you go to bed.
3. The post is so full of spelling, puncuation, and grammatical errors, it appears that it was written by a dyslexic monkey.
The real crazy thing is that Joe Sousa is actually running for elected office-how frightening is that?
Joe Sousa.
9:22 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
BristolRI02809 you must be my biggest fan . .Thanks to you I picked up several votes this week. They told me they love the way I make you look like an ass.
5:36 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
Joe Sousa blabbed: "Thanks to you I picked up several votes this week."
Sorry to disappoint you Joe, but Dan Gordon, Jack Baillargeron, and Osama Bin Laden are not registered to vote in Tiverton.
10:14 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Gee, and I thought with the banishment of the King of Patch this site would come back to a modicum of intelligent debate. Clearly I was wrong. Still just a battleground for a few name calling idealogues using the site as their own personal soap box/campaign platform. Sad, sad, sad.
Joe Sousa.
11:54 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
WWW.Ending Spending.com See the politicians who are spending our kids money recklessly .
Ending Spending wants to make it very easy for taxpayers to seek change from their elected representatives. A Representative or Senator who supports out-of-control deficit spending is classified as a Budget Bandit. A Representative or Senator who has sponsored, co-sponsored, or voted for specific pieces of legislation that included an enforceable cap on total federal spending is classified as a Spending Sheriff.
Naome Lixes
6:22 am on Friday, September 21, 2012
A useful companion site is opensecrets,org - which catalogs campaign contributions.
The only way to get representative back into our democracy is to wash money out.
How I hate it when I agree with Joe.
housewife in EG
9:24 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
Naome and robert E are fine examples of why R.I., and the United States, are in such trouble. Romney/Ryan 2012. See Obama's America 2016. See our future if Obama is kept in office. By the way NaomeLixit, YOUR frightening.
Robert E
4:21 am on Saturday, September 22, 2012
Hate to burst your bubble but Romney is going down he trails Obama by 35 points in his home state of Mass. Republicians trying to get elected are running from him like the plage. Scout Brown in Mass. just sent out a mailing and nowhere in it does it even say that he is a Republician it has Democrat in it 6 times independant 2 times but not once Republician. Several Republicians are running on the platform that they are not Mitt Romney. Paul Ryan gave a speech before a group of senior citizens yesterday and got booed several times. Romney is all done people are not falling for his crap anymore.
2:08 pm on Saturday, September 22, 2012
and go see Snow White and the Seven Dwarves....I hear it is about 7 communist/socialist dwarves all living together in sin with some future welfare mother.
2:19 pm on Saturday, September 22, 2012
If, and I do say "If", the author's assertion is correct about President Obama and the anti-colonial views he got from his father, then we as Americans should be thrilled that he is our President.
that's pretty much why America exists, because our founding fathers held anti-colonial views and started that little dust up called the American revolution. You knw, against that other country...over on that little island...the one with all those pro-colonial views.....
10:19 am on Sunday, September 23, 2012
William Brank:
Hate to disappoint you, but I was born right here.
9:22 am on Saturday, September 22, 2012
@Robert E: Don't believe these polls. The only poll that is counts is on election day. This administration reminds me of Carter's on steroids! A lawless administration with so many failures - if Obama wins, the US will lose. I can only discribe this guy as one hell of a snake oil salesman and he is costing us in so many ways.
mike westman
4:37 pm on Saturday, September 22, 2012
I could say the same about your rommney and ....and...I would be far more truthful than you
7:20 pm on Saturday, September 22, 2012
Mike, you could but why would you want a repeat of the last four years? No matter who wins in November, this country is going back into a recession and RI will be driven further into the hole. You have no leader in the WH right now. The danger you have if this guy is re-elected, he is no longer answerable to the people - the Congress would have to throw him out....why would we want to go down that road when the people and toss him now?
mike westman
2:30 am on Sunday, September 23, 2012
I think that BO had done an admirable job.....not to be cliche ,...but...inheriting 8 years of incompetence and mismanagement from the bushies...has been a huge undertaking. The fact that his damage control and policies have prevented an even more damaging mess than would have been if the status quo had been maintained.
Instead of a generation of healing from gwb....maybe only 10 years.
9:25 am on Saturday, September 22, 2012
The Grandma then
volunteers to be the foster
parent, and receives a check for
$1500 per child each month in
Total yearly income:
tax-free and nobody
has to go to work!
In fact, they get more if there is no
husband/father/man in the home!
to mention free healthcare (Medicaid),
plus a monthly card entitling them to
free groceries and a voucher for
250 free Obamaphone minutes each month.
This does not include WIC and other
welfare benefits...that they are "entitled" to.
Indeed, Grandma was correct
that her fertile daughter is the
for the family.
This is how the liberal
politicians spend our tax dollars. When this
generous program was invented in the '60s, the
Great Society architects forgot to craft
an end date...
and now we are hopelessly
overrun with people who vote only for those who
will continue to keep them on the dole....
No wonder our country is broke!
Worse, the Muslims have been paying
9:31 am on Saturday, September 22, 2012
and by mandating that each Muslim family have
eleven children, they will soon replace the voting
bloc above and can be running this country
within 25 years. Read the above again,
until it sinks in, and then ask yourself if
your Children, Grandchildren, and
Great Grandchildren will survive these
severe changes to America!!!
Are You alarmed yet? Is anybody listening?
Is this a GREAT COUNTRY or
Don't forget to pay yourtaxes!
There are a lot of "breadwinners"
depending on you!
Elizabeth McNamara
8:06 am on Sunday, September 23, 2012
Morning everyone. Please stick to the topic ...


text:
I love to entertain but for some reason I always have the hardest time when it comes to appetizers, I never know what to make. These little chicken bacon wraps taste so good and are super easy to make. Such a delicious appetizer; you can't go wrong!
Sweet Chicken Bacon Wraps
Adapted from Paula Deen
Serves 12 to 15 appetizer servings
1 1/4 pounds boneless, skinless, chicken breasts (about 4 breasts)
1 (1-pound) package sliced bacon
2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons chili powder
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cut chicken breasts into bite size pieces (approx 1-inch cubes). Cut each bacon slice into thirds. Wrap each chicken cube with bacon and secure with a wooden pick.
Stir together brown sugar and chili powder.
Dredge wrapped chicken in mixture.
Coat a rack and broiler pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place chicken wrap on rack in broiler pan. Bake 350 for 30 to 35 minutes or until bacon is crisp.
I am back from Georgia! It was a wonderful Easter weekend with fabulous weather, beautiful spring flowers and unbelievable sunsets!
11 comments:
- Zia Elle said...
Your appetizers look so yammy!!!! I love to do appetizer for my guests and I will add your one to mines!!
Georgia.....your pictures are so lovely..... - April 8, 2010 at 4:46 AM
- Sam said...
Okay, now these aren't anywhere near a sandwich, but I would LOVE, LOVE these babies. They look and sound awesome. Wow. Your Graham concept is exceptional too. Very cool. Oh and not many people know that the Sandwich Guru lives in Georgia! Yes I do! Your photos are beautiful, great blog, i'm following. One of these days, come to see my sandwich page. I'd be honored to have you as a follower. Keri (a.k.a. Sam)
- April 8, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- The Domestic Adventurer said...
I have the same problem with appetizers - I never know what to make either. The bacon wraps look like a great pick!
- April 8, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- Holly said...
I've made these! They were really good a big hit:)
- April 8, 2010 at 11:53 AM
- Julie said...
Looks awesome! I could make a meal of those alone.
- April 8, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Gloria said...
Tonya this look yummy!!!! gloria
- April 8, 2010 at 8:08 PM
- Kim said...
Yum - sweet, spicy and savory all in one! I bet I could put more away more than my fair share of them:D
- April 8, 2010 at 8:29 PM
- Kitten with a Whisk said...
Oh my these DO look good!
- October 25, 2010 at 2:40 PM
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- March 1, 2012 at 9:24 PM
who cares :~) they look yummy thanks for posting it.. I'm so gunna try this, this weekend...
- March 2, 2012 at 8:21 AM
When I make these,I use apricot jam and dab a bit on each one, then broil!
- March 4, 2012 at 5:09 AM

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My wife and I stayed in August 12 even using a GPS we found the hotel hard to find as it is not very well signed. We had a 2 level room which was very clean however I feel the finishing was done on the cheap. Great views and close to most attractions with good restaurants nearby. Breakfast was average.The... More
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Current state of Cameras
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Most people are using Canon cameras with Nikon lenses and using Dragonframe as software. The reason for Canon cameras over Nikon cameras is because Nikon cameras can get hot and shut themselves off if you leave them on live view for very long. The AF Canon lenses will not work for stop motion. You need a manual lens. Most people buy old Nikon lenses that are Nikkor AI or AIS. These are manual focus and manual aperture. You will need a Nikon to Canon adapter for the lens. You cannot reasonably use old Canon lenses because they will require an adapter and in order for them to focus to infinity the adapter has to have a corrective lens inside. This corrective lens will degrade your image. This is why you don't see stop motion people using the old Canon FD lenses on Canon cameras. As to which Canon camera to purchase, that will depend on your budget. The main thing to think about is having your stop motion software with live view. Here is a link to Dragonframes camera list: http://www.dragonframe.com/camera.php
You want to be sure an purchase one of the cameras on the live view list. I just purchased a used Canon 40D off Ebay. You can expect to pay around $350 for this camera. Be sure and check out accesories! There may be different priced cameras, but look at the accessories when settling on the price. You will want a battery, a charger, a cable to go from camera to computer usb port. You will want to buy a power supply so you can have continuous power to the camera. You will use up the batteries too quickly to rely solely on batteries. You might want to buy a remote switch, but you don't have to have it with Dragonframe software. You will need a Nikon to Camera adapter. About lenses, most folks are using 28mm and 55mm micro Nikkor lenses AI or AIS. I just purchased 2 used ones off Ebay. A Nikon 28mm is about the equivalent of a 50 mm lens on a 35 mm camera and the 55mm lens is about the equivalent of 85mm lens. This is why you see the 28mm lens being used. It is not recommended to buy a 35mm lens.
For information on this subject, you can check out this thread: http://www.stopmotionanimation.com/foru … nt%3A23382
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Being a Real Fan
, 10-16-2009 at 07:43 PM (1188 Views)
I just read a post from a rival team fan who said he was posting on Da Bears site for a week and was never treated like anything but a fan. When you compare an American Football fan to a soccer hooligan, it makes us seem like wusses. The big difference is that we are fans and not hooligans. Look it up. We don't have to fight and riot to prove our loyalty to our team. We don't end up with possible deaths at our games because someone stepped into the wrong part of the stadium. Sure there are occasional drunks who start a fight with a fan from the other team, but I don't recall in my 48 years as a fan of ever hearing of someone dieing for being in the wrong jersey or for stepping into rival bleachers. If you google that however, you'll see article after article of 2, 3, 4, soccer fans killed at games. I even saw one question that asked if there were any football fans out there, and not the silly American game. I guess other countries see the deaths as just being part of the game. So maybe we look silly to those other people, but I don't think any of them could ever show they were better fans than the average American Joe. I think it is a tribute to American Sportsmanship when a rival fan can feel comfortable whether it's in a website, stadium, or on any city street. Here's to being a "good sport". I always wondered what that meant before now.0 BEAR DOWN!, 0 High Fives, 0 Like, 0 Dislikes, 0 Fap, 0 Facepalm


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Ask a Patch Panel: Breast Cancer
A breast care coordinator, cancer survivor and proprietor of a boutique that caters to women in the midst of breast cancer treatment will answer your questions about breast cancer for the next two days.
It is National Breast Cancer Awareness month.
For the next two days Patch will host a panel of people to field your questions about breast cancer.
- Ashley Umbreit, Breast Care Coordinator at Lakeview Health in Stillwater.
- Linda Swanson is the communications director for Lakeville schools and a breast cancer survivor.
- Jan Beeson is a Certified Mastectomy Fitter and the proprietor of Lily Wellness in Burnsville, a boutique that caters to women in the midst of breast cancer treatment.
On Thursday, Oct. 9, and Friday, Oct. 10, our panel will take breast-cancer related questions from Patch users.
So go ahead and ask away! Leave your questions in the comments area below and they'll check back through Friday to answer your questions.
The comments of these experts are intended for general information only, and should not be construed as medical counsel."
Derrick Williams
9:09 am on Thursday, October 18, 2012
I'm not one to generally kick off these discussions, but Linda, how did you first discover you had cancer, and what was the moment like for you?
Linda Swanson
3:32 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
As crazy as it sounds, I discovered the lump myself as a spot that was just a little sensitive. I had no idea what I had found. I had always had my annual check ups, so I was totally surprised. When someone uses the "C" word and your name in the same sentence, your whole world changes.
Barbara Gentling
3:32 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
Would you always recommend a second opinion on "treatment options"? Or are care protocols similar everywhere? Also, is the DNA test on the tumor origin being done at only certain clinics/hospital or mostly every clinic? Thank you. I'll await your response.
Ashley Umbreit
6:36 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
If people are questioning a second opinion, I tell them to know what they are going there for (presonality conflict, looking for different answers than what you are getting). Some people get second opinions and others dont. As long as you are comfortable with what is happening, I dont think there is a NEED for a second opinion. Surgeons and oncologists go by a set of standards that have proven to be the best at the time. I think there are slight variations in how one presents the information but overall, it is very similar.
Linda Swanson
3:32 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
I discovered a lump because it was slightly sensitive. Needless to say, it took me totally by surprise. I had annual check ups and mamograms as suggested. I cannot stress the importance of self exam in addition to other monitoring.
Shawn Hogendorf
3:52 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
What can a patient expect from a care counseling appointment? And also, are there good resources available for friends and family to talk to little children about what their mother, grandmother, aunt or family friend is experiencing?
Ashley Umbreit
6:43 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
My initial care consult with a newly diagnosed person and their family consists of quite a bit of education. I give them all the information on surgery options (which is usually but not always the first treatment choice for patients), also start the conversation about radiation, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy, all which may or may not be needed. I answer many questions that families have. This is a time to help people through that initial shock factor and start the process of "where do I need to go next to start getting rid of this cancer." I am a go to person throughout the course of their treatment.
Clare Kennedy
4:28 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
This one if for Jan. What are some considerations when fitting prosthetics to the body (and what actually happens to the body after a mastectomy)?
Jan Beeson
10:32 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
Hi Clare. One of the main considerations is the length of time post-surgery. Women must be completely healed to have a bra and prosthetic fitted. It is important to be at least 6 weeks post-surgery. At Lily, we work with women when all incisions are healed and the drain tubes have been removed. We measure for the bra and the prosthetic, allowing for post-surgical swelling. We fit the bra and prosthetic at the first appointment and make sure the fit is perfect when the client picks up her items. It is very important to have a certified and trained prosthetic fitter work with you. Proper fit is important in order to avoid neck, shoulder and muscle issues later on. I will defer to Ashley on what happens to the body after a mastectom as I see the healed patients.
Ashley Umbreit
4:34 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012
With a mastectomy, the post-op period of time is about 4 weeks. By 2 weeks you will feel better and the area is pretty well healed. Sometimes by this time the steri-strips are starting to come off and you are able to actually see the incision. At 4 weeks I feel like patients are feeling more comfortable with the entire idea and are very well healed. We tell people to wait until 6 weeks to get fitted for a prosthetic.
Patti Rhode
9:54 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
This is for Linda. Linda did you do a nutrition study at the U for Breast Cancer surviors. If yes, this is Patti from the class. And I was wondering how you are doing. The nutrition study was wonderful for me it really helped. I have lost 140 pounds over the past two years. An have been feeling good.
Maybe someone would like to let people know about overweight issues in regards to breast cancer and reaccurance of the cancer.
Ashley Umbreit
7:16 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
I am not an expert in this area but I do know what options there are. Plastic surgeons do not always recommend all three to every patient. It all depends on what other types of surgery a person may have had in the past that would hinder blood supply for some of the options.
1. Belly fat that would be moved from the abdomen up to your breast. This is a very extensive surgery lasting many hours. It is the longest post-op recovery time as well, at 10 weeks. Some people have to retrain their abdominal muscles for instance to sit up again.
2. Back fat and muscle moved forward to your breast. This is a bit shorter surgery and post-op recovery time, at about 8 weeks.
3. Tissue Expander breast implants. This consists of a surgery either at the time of the mastectomy or at a later date. This is personal preference. Most people like to do it at the same time as the mastectomy since they are already in surgery. This consists of a plastic surgeon putting a temporary expander in place at the time of the mastectomy. This goes under the chest wall muscle. You would go into the plastic surgeon office every week and have fluid added to these until you have the size you want. After you get the size you want, you then have to wait 2-3 months before you have a final surgery. At this time you get the final saline or silicone implant placed.
Sue Baldwin
6:44 am on Sunday, October 21, 2012
I have had an appointment with Ashley for a post-surgery issue related to cancer and surgery and I found her very approchable and willing to help in any way she could. I think we are lucky to have her at SMG here in Stillwater and my suggestion about appointments related to cancer --take a friend or family member as a second set of ears. The information can be overwhelming, and having someone else hear the same thing that you are, can be a benefit.
11:53 am on Sunday, October 21, 2012
You should view the documentary movie, "Pink Ribbons" about the massive exploitation of breast cancer by the corporations and other institutions. And, let's face it: there is a whole cancer industry.
Patti Rhode
8:11 pm on Monday, October 22, 2012
I wish Ashley would have been there when I went through treatment. I think it would have helped a lot. There where certain things I didn't know about for example lymphodema. Lymphodema is not explained much prior to treatment
But I would differ from Ashley on the second opinion. I had a second opinion and the doctor I went to see couldn't believe that lake view was not certain i had breast cancer from my mammogram. And had to have a MRI, car scan and lumpectomy to be certain. The doctor I saw fort second opionoin could spot the cancer right away on my mammogram
Also there are some differences in testing and treatment options. Some surgeons believe in surgery first and then chemotherapy and radiation. Some surgeons believe on chemotherapy first, then surgery followed be radiation.
It is best to check your options and then decide what is best for you personally. Pleas forgive the typing doing this on my phone.