tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91927322012-02-15T23:57:52.907-08:00Random thoughts about the world, politics,politics, comedy, and stuff I post on NowPublic.comfast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.comBlogger1381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-22853336238632345102009-04-20T09:54:00.001-07:002009-04-20T09:54:20.475-07:00<p></p><P><br /><br /></p><P>One of the stupidest things I have ever seen happened to me the other day. I had a friend send me $50 through Moneygram, which can be retrieved at many different locations. I chose CVS Pharmacy in Statesville, NC.After receiving the moneygram money order, I discover that CVS will not cash it even though they just issued it to me and know it's good. If it wasn't good, the terminal wouldn't have told them to issue it to me, right? Walmart wouldn't take it because they didn't issue it, but would have cashed it if they had. I called CVS Corporate offices and spoke to a girl who assured me that it has always been company policy NOT to cash money orders of any kind, even if it is from one of their offered services like Moneygram and they just finished issuing the money order to you. I begged to differ, because other CVS Pharmacy locations in other states HAVE cashed such money orders before, when I had to have spending money sent to me on my job I had out of Chicago.</p><BR /><br /><br /><P>The girl tried to tell me they didn't have a license to cash them. I asked to be transfered to someone in corporate, and the next person I talked to said it's always been policy not to cash them, but disputed the first girl's claim that it has something&nbsp;to do with a license. Walmart said they don't have a license, nor do they need one.</p><BR /><br /><br /><P>Here is the rub! CVS doesn't care if you now have to spend gas and time to take that money order to&nbsp;your own&nbsp;bank or a check cashing place. They&nbsp;just want the Moneygram fees. It is just another example of corporate greed. </p><BR /><br /><br /><P>If CVS didn't do Western Union and I came in with a Western Union money order to be cashed, I could fully understand them not wanting to cash it; but when it's one they just issued through a service they're licensed to offer, it just boggles the mind that they would not cash it right there, or give you cash instead of a money order.</p><BR /><br /><br /><P>Until CVS decides to reverse course and start talking better care of their customers, I see no more need to shop there, nor encourage anyone else to as well. </p><BR /><br /><br /><P>With that in mind, I am promoting a boycott of CVS.</p><br /><br /><P></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/2294427/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=142" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=142" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Strange" rel="tag">Strange</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Statesville" rel="tag">Statesville</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/CVS%2520ph" rel="tag">CVS ph</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-2285333623863234510?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-61411139897128473152009-04-20T08:59:00.001-07:002009-04-20T08:59:11.860-07:00<p></p><P>[q url="<A href="http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/apr/19/attitudes-threaten-southside-progress/news-opinion/" target="_blank">http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/apr/19/attitudes-threaten-southside-progress/news-opinion/</a>"]<BR />By Gary West88</p><br /><br /><P>Published: April 19, 2009</p><br /><br /><P>For almost 20 years, I have spent a major portion of my life in the area of our city known as the Southside. I have seen days of celebration, days of despair and everything in between. I have been a part of meetings and marches, discussions and evaluations related to the betterment of that community. I have known both encouragement and criticism.</p><br /><br /><P>Over the past few years some good things have happened. New housing has developed under the auspices of the Statesville Housing Authority. Old abandoned dwellings have been demolished. Efforts at cleaning up have been scheduled. Programs are in place to give guidance and support. A new shelter facility now stands on Fifth Street.</p><br /><br /><P>While I find these new realities to be most uplifting, there are still occasions that cause me frustration and anger. On Sunday, April 5, an incident occurred that fueled those emotions, especially the anger.</p><br /><br /><P>My wife was leaving the shelter after carrying out an assignment. Our granddaughter was riding with her in the back seat of the car. As Patti drove down Fifth Street, she noticed a group of young men, numbering a dozen or so, standing in the middle of the street. Over the years this has become a common feature, especially on weekends, in the evenings and during the warmer times of the year.</p><br /><br /><P>Those who stand in the street, adult and youth alike, will make no haste to move. As one drives through, they will most likely be subjected to cursing and perhaps even the hitting of one's automobile.</p><br /><br /><P>On this particular day, however, the situation escalated. A young man jumped up on the front of the car. Others began to kick and hit the vehicle. A successful attempt was made to open the doors, and the doors were swung back and forth.</p><br /><br /><P>Both my wife and granddaughter heard someone in the group call my wife by name.</p><br /><br /><P>She was finally able to pass through the crowd and speed away.</p><br /><br /><P>In my more terribly cynical moments, when I think of the effort on the part of so many to revitalize Southside, I sometimes feel like asking, "Why add new sidewalks? A relatively fair number of folks do not walk on the sidewalks already there. They walk down the middle of the streets. Slowly. Defiantly."<BR />My cynicism finally pushes me to say ENOUGH.</p><br /><br /><P>There are a lot of folks, both on the Southside and throughout the city, who have labored hard to make a difference in that area, and they seem to be willing to continue. But something else needs to happen. What is needed is not going to occur until some of the residents of that area take responsibility, stand up and speak out.</p><br /><br /><P>It may mean telling the young people to get out of the streets and onto the sidewalks. It may mean rolling over on the drug deals and drug houses that are down the street or right next door. The police do what they can, but they need the help of the neighborhood. It may mean taking a stand against increasing gang activity. It may mean that the neighborhoods take responsibility for clean-up instead of acquiescing to other groups coming in and doing the work for them. It may mean the elders, faith communities and any other willing souls must somehow find a way to teach that in order to be respected, an individual must show respect.</p><br /><br /><P>I realize that these words may be to the chagrin of some. I am quite willing to say that perhaps I need more understanding. I am willing to listen to anyone who could offer me the needed correction and edification. I only place one condition to such an encounter. First, allow your spouse and child or grandchild to drive through a neighborhood and be attacked violently by a group standing in the middle of the street and be frightened beyond belief.</p><br /><br /><P>Then come talk to me.</p><br /><br /><P>Gary West is executive director of Fifth Street Shelter.[/q]</p><br /><br /><P>This is what happens when you have 19 years experience and tick off a lot of people by throwing people out of a homeless shelter who feel they were wrongly thrown out. You develop enemies. He says he's willing to listen to anyone who wants to correct him or edify him, but to place such a condition on it is not right. Perhaps the scuttlebut on the street is correct and that if he changed one thing, he might not make so many enemies. That one thing is to stop basing your opinion on someone on the first "bad" thing you hear about that person. There are always 2 sides to a story, not just the one you hear first!</p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/2294349/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=142" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=142" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Statesville" rel="tag">Statesville</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Fifth%2520Street%2520Shelter" rel="tag">Fifth Street Shelter</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-6141113989712847315?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-45503971699801391572009-03-25T09:27:00.001-07:002009-03-25T09:27:16.569-07:00<p><STRONG>(CNN)</strong> -- A pilot who parachuted from his disabled Marine Corps jet last year said he was horrified to see it smash into a &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /&gt;California home, newly released documents say.<br /><br /></p><P></p>Marine Corps Lt. Dan Neubauer's statements, describing the December crash that killed four family members in a San Diego home, were released Tuesday by military officials.<br /><br /><P></p>The four-page document details in technical terms several attempts Neubauer made to keep his crippled F/A-18D from crashing. When it became apparent that the plane was going down, Neubauer parachuted out.<br /><br /><P></p>"I looked down to see where my plane had crashed and saw that it had gone right into a house. I screamed in horror when I realized what had just happened," Neubauer said in the document.<br /><br /><P></p>Neubauer landed in the backyard of another home and was not injured. The pilot had been trying to reach the nearby Marine Corps Air Station Miramar when he started having problems with his fighter <STRONG>jet.</strong><br /><br /><P></p>The jet crashed into Dong Yun Yoon's house, killing his wife, his two young children and his mother-in-law. An unoccupied house was also destroyed.<br /><br /><P></p>Days after the incident, Yoon said he did not blame the pilot.<br /><br /><P></p>"Please pray for him not to suffer from this accident," Yoon said. "I don't blame him. I don't have any hard feelings. I know he did everything he could."<br /><br /><P></p>Could you be this charitable after a military jet crashes into your home and kills your whole family? With cutbacks on everything these days, it makes you wonder how much more will be cut back on when it comes to safety. The Military will probably never tell us exactly what brought the plane down, but you can bet that in part, it was due to cutbacks in maintenance. We are seeing cutbacks in all things, including commercial airline safety. I don't see how it helps us to&nbsp;be any safer in the skies to recruit air traffic controllers right out of high school.<br /><br /><P></p>So what can be done these days to be safe in any aspect of life when we're plagued with budget cuts, shoddy foreign workmanship on products, living in a nation of disposable products and little oversight in making sure they're made right? PRAY! Pray you don't get injured or killed&nbsp;by inferior products. It's all you can do at this point.<br /><br /><P></p>&nbsp;<br /><br /><P></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/2261093/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=142" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=142" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/San%2520Diego" rel="tag">San Diego</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/crash" rel="tag">crash</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-4550397169980139157?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-58269780510503929802009-03-08T12:52:00.001-07:002009-03-08T12:52:07.865-07:00<p><a href="http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/08/pastor-gunned-down-in-illinois-church/" target="_blank" rel="bookmark" title=" Pastor gunned down in Illinois church">Pastor gunned down in Illinois&nbsp;church</a> Posted: 02:38 PM ET<br /></p><p>(CNN) — The pastor of a Maryville, Illinois, church was shot to death during a service Sunday in front of horrified parishoners who then tackled the gunman, state police said. </p><br /><p>Fred Winters, the pastor of the First Baptist Church, was shot and killed during the 8 a.m. service, while his attacker and two parishoners suffered knife wounds, Illinois state police spokesman Ralph Timmins said. </p><br /><p>The gunman walked in during the service and walked up to the pulpit, opening fire when he was met by Winters, Timmins said. The man’s .45-caliber pistol jammed after he shot Winters, and he pulled out a knife and turned it on himself before being tackled by some of the roughly 150 worshippers attending the church,<br /> Timmins said. </p><br /><p>Two of those who went after the attacker suffered non-life-threatening injuries, while the suspect’s injuries are “very serious,” Timmins said. <br /></p><br /><p>Thankfully in my Baptist Church we have 2 police officers who wear their guns under their suit coats during services. My heart goes out to the congregation and families at that church in Maryville IL<br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/2236360/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=138" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=138" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Shooting" rel="tag">Shooting</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/church" rel="tag">church</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/PREACHER" rel="tag">PREACHER</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Maryville" rel="tag">Maryville</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-5826978051050392980?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-86927467931051341442009-03-08T11:22:00.001-07:002009-03-08T11:22:46.339-07:00<p>Tammy Moulder, 35, and Phillip Greene were arrested around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday for common law robbery, assault inflicting serious injury and obtaining propery by false pretense. The two were apprehended at a convenience store on Salisbury Road after police received a tip that they were there.</p><br /><p>Jeremy Melton, 26, and Melissa Link, 23, were apprehended at Fifth Street Shelter Wednesday night.</p><br /><p>Statesville Police Department Chief Tom Anderson said the four are now facing felony assault charges as well as conspiracy after investigators learned the noticed the elderly woman at a pharmacy and followed her to the mall.</p><br /><p>The four are facing charges after two men grabbed the purse of a 90-year-old woman as she got out of her vehicle in front of Belk's Tuesday, and she was knocked or fell to the ground, breaking her jaw and causing other injuries. She is being treated at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.<br /></p><br /><p>Statesville Police rolled in 8 deep to The Fifth Street Shelter like they were looking for Osama Bin Laden. The Shelter is where I currently reside. I watched as Melton and Link were led off in cuffs. Nice eh?<br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/2236312/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=138" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=138" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Statesville" rel="tag">Statesville</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Local%252BNorth%252BCarolina%252Bwitness" rel="tag">Local+North+Carolina+witness</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-8692746793105134144?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-51853202132227904092008-12-07T14:35:00.001-08:002008-12-07T14:42:03.037-08:00<p>Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;}<br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">It's dark and dank. It smells terrible. It's full of black mold and cocroaches. It's filled with felons. It has unsanitary bathrooms and showers. The bathroom stalls are so small that you can't close the door, drop your pants and sit down. You have to leave the door open, drop your drawers and sit down and THEN close the stall door. The breakfasts are usually just cereal and pastries and coffee. The floors are old and wooden and creek when you walk. Sleeping is tough. It's cold and drafty.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">This is the shelter in Statesville, North Carolina.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Yet, through it all, this is home, at least on a temporary basis. It's full of people who talk to themselves, and full of people who wouldn't know personal hygiene if it walked up and called them daddy. Yet there are some good people there. There are people there who will watch your back as well as watch your belongings so no one else steals your stuff. The good people are the ones who are in much the same boat as me, foreclosed on, or laid off from work and lost their homes or apartments. There are those too who have been addicted to one substance or the other and now have their life clean of those things but have yet to get back the basics they lost when they were practicing their addiction. And then too, there are those in the shelter who are just trying to get over on the system and have a free place to stay regardless of the conditions.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Aside from shooing away cocroaches at your meals, most of the lunches and dinners are filling if not tasty too. Of course with any kind of institutional cooking, it has to be somewhat bland instead of spicey and if anyone wants to add salt and pepper they can. With all the roaches though, it makes one wonder how much got in the food. We'll try not to think about that one too much though, since it's kinda depressing.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The good news though is that sometime in December of this year, we're supposed to move next door into a 6 million dollar facility and the one we're in, which is an old elementary school, will be torn down. From what I hear, the school building is over 60 years old and falling apart. </p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The staff is all resident staff, and 2 nurses and one bookkeeper and then of course the owner who comes during the day. The nurses don't live on site either. Interenet usage is limited to 15 minutes a day, which is hardly time to do anything at all, especially look for work. The neighborhood is so bad that they actually tell you which streets to NOT walk down or you'll be in an area of crack houses and armed robberies. Why they would spend 6 large, putting a new building in that kind of area is beyond me, but hey, it's not my money either so, I'm not going to question it.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">My bed is in the back of the school gym, and also in the back is someone who quite frankly stinks to high heavens. The sad thing though is that he's a very nice guy, but he's too huge to properly take care of himself.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Before I ended up in the Statesville shelter I worked for a bit on the Obama campaign. In North Carolina we have early voting and I was up at the Mooresville Public Library working handing out flyers as people went in to vote. I guess I was doing too good a job at convincing the undecided to vote for Obama, because the precinct workers succeeded in getting me banned from the table. So I ended up at Obama headquarters in Mooresville, making calls on behalf of Obama. After I got sent to Statesville, I worked at the campaign headquarters there too till election day. Our county went mostly Republican, but we turned the state of North Carolina blue for the first time in decades. I was very proud of our work and that we came out a winner. Now it's up to Obama to show his stuff and not let us down. We put our faith in God, and nothing else matters, but it'll be nice to see a mere mortal do good things for this country. It can't be any worse than Bush's job of leading our country into 2 wars and a disasterous economic hardship that he put us in with his unwillingness to regulate certain factions of corporate America. At least we won't have to worry about Palin for 4 yrs.</p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1939898/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=111" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=111" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/culture/gimme-shelter"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//82/9/8293c39987877f8478be8230336ca088.jpg" alt="Gimme Shelter" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> </div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-5185320213222790409?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-30724581401273993672008-10-28T13:12:00.001-07:002008-10-28T13:12:44.450-07:00<p>Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick just got sentenced to 120 days county jail and 5 yrs probation.</p><br /><p>No credit for time servered, no special programs, no getting out of the full 120 days.<br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/node/1828340/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=88" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=88" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-3072458140127399367?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-23006049118549942002008-10-27T16:39:00.001-07:002008-10-27T16:39:13.369-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/27/stevens.jurors/index.html"><br /><p><b>WASHINGTON (CNN) </b> -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens vowed to fight his Monday conviction on federal corruption charges, a verdict he attributed to "repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct."</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/10/27/stevens.jurors/art.ted.stevens.monday.gi.jpg" alt="Sen. Ted Stevens leaves federal court Monday as the jury deliberated in his corruption trial." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>Sen. Ted Stevens leaves federal court Monday as the jury deliberated in his corruption trial.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> "I will fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I have," the 84-year-old Stevens, the Senate's longest-serving Republican, said in a written statement after the jury came back Monday afternoon. "I am innocent."</p><br /><p> Stevens was convicted of seven counts of making false statements on Senate ethics forms to hide hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and work on his Alaska home from an oilfield contractor at the center of a corruption investigation in the state.</p><br /><p> The verdict came days before he is to face voters in a neck-and-neck re-election bid. He vowed to get the trial's results overturned and added, "I remain a candidate for the United States Senate."</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/27/stevens.jurors/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />How can he still expect to win the election when he's convicted and the pitbull with lip gloss has all but asked him to resign?<br />It must be really cold in Alaska, since they have the cajones they do there.<br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1826001/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=88" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 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Monday classes.</p><br /><p> One person was detained for questioning but has not been arrested, according to Lt. Rhonda Swindle, a spokesman for the campus police.</p><br /><p> "At this time we do have some pretty good leads," Swindle said.</p><br /><p> One student died on the scene, and a second died at Conway Regional Medical Center, a hospital spokesman said.</p><br /><p> The hospital spokesman said the person who died there was an 18-year-old male, but he did not have any additional information.</p><br /><p> A third person, a 19-year-old male, was released from the hospital after being treated for a gunshot wound to his leg, a hospital spokesman said.</p><br /><p> The shots were fired near Arkansas Hall and the Snow Fine Arts Center at 9:22 p.m. (10:22 p.m. ET), Swindle said.</p><br /><p> Freshman Sam Hausen was about 50 feet away from the shooters when the gunfire began.</p><br /><p> "I heard about five or 10 shots and, at first, I thought it was just firecrackers, because everybody always clowns around out there, but I just realized that it wasn't firecrackers," Hausen said.</p><br /><p> As he began running away, he saw one of the wounded students hit the ground and another stumbled into the dorm, he said.</p><br /><p> "I saw a couple cars speed off," Hausen said. "I don't know if they were the shooters or not."</p><br /><p> Student Lauren Knight was walking to the library when it happened. She said chaos erupted, with students scurrying for safety.</p><br /><p> When the campus lockdown was ordered, Knight was stuck with other students for several hours inside the library.</p><br /><p> Classes were canceled for Monday at the university which serves about 12,500 full-time students in Conway, Arkansas.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/27/arkansas.shootings/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />Why this is happening more and more is a sign of bad times, as I feel we are slipping into total chaos. 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It does sometimes happen,&quot; said Daniel P. Tokaji, a law professor at Ohio State University." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>"Vote suppression is real. It does sometimes happen," said Daniel P. Tokaji, a law professor at Ohio State University.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> But about two weeks ago, Berry got disturbing news from local election officials.</p><br /><p> "This office has received notification from the state of Georgia indicating that you are not a citizen of the United States and therefore, not eligible to vote," a letter from the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections said.</p><br /><p> But Berry is a U.S. citizen, born in Boston, Massachusetts. She has a passport and a birth certificate to prove it. <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/tabs/video.gif" alt="Video" width="16" border="0" height="14" /> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.suppression/index.html#cnnSTCVideo" target="_blank">Watch some of the concerns of voting experts »</a></p><br /><p> The letter, which was dated October 2, gave her a week from the time it was dated to prove her citizenship. There was a problem, though -- the letter was postmarked October 9.</p><br /><p> "It was the most bizarre thing. I immediately called my mother and asked her to send me my birth certificate, and then I was like, 'It's too late, apparently,' " Berry said.</p><br /><p> Berry is one of more than 50,000 registered Georgia <a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/elections_and_voting" target="_blank">voters</a> who have been "flagged" because of a computer mismatch in their personal identification information. At least 4,500 of those people are having their citizenship questioned and the burden is on them to prove eligibility to vote.</p><br /><p> Experts say lists of people with mismatches are often systematically cut, or "purged," from voter rolls.</p><br /><p> It's a scenario that's being repeated all across the country, with cases like Berry's raising fears of potential vote suppression in crucial swing states.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.suppression/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />This is of course another trick to win an election, just like Ohio in 04 and Florida in 2000. If they can't win outright and proper, they put in "the fix" I have so often mentioned. 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/></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-78448556131277172502008-10-26T10:52:00.001-07:002008-10-26T11:06:52.472-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/campaign.wrap/index.html"><br /><p><b>(CNN)</b> -- Despite his sagging poll numbers, Sen. John McCain said Sunday that he is "very happy with where we are" and very proud of his campaign.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/10/26/campaign.wrap/art.mccain.gi.jpg" alt="Sen. John McCain says his campaign is &quot;very competitive&quot; in key states." vspace="0" width="292" height="219" hspace="0" /><br /></p><p> Sen. John McCain says his campaign is "very competitive" in key states. </p><br /><p> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/campaign.wrap/index.html#" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/content/in_the_news/left_gray_btn.gif" alt="Click to view previous image" title="Click to view previous image" width="26" border="0" height="19" /></a> 1 of 2 <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/campaign.wrap/index.html#" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/pic_changer/next.gif" alt="Click to view next image" title="Click to view next image" width="26" border="0" height="19" /></a> <img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> "We're doing fine," the Arizona senator said in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press." "We are very competitive in many of the battleground states."</p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/campaign.wrap/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/mccain-brushes-off-polls-says-doing.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p>Perhaps 2 of those states are Denial and Senility?<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/campaign.wrap/index.html"><br /></div></div></p><br /><p> McCain brushed off polls that show him trailing Sen. Barack Obama, saying those numbers are "all over the map."</p><br /><p> "Those polls have consistently shown me much further behind than we actually are. It all depends on the voter turnout ... we're doing fine. We have closed in the last week." he said.<a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/map/polling/" target="_blank"><br /></a></p><br /><p> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/barack.obama.html" target="_blank">Obama</a> leads McCain by 8 percentage points (50-42 percent), according to CNN's latest average of national polls.</p><br /><p> McCain also spoke out against recent criticism of his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin. </p><br /><p> A new Washington Post/ABC News poll suggests that Americans have an increasingly negative view of the Alaska governor.</p><br /><p> According to that poll, 46 percent of respondents have a favorable opinion of Palin, compared with 59 percent at the time of the Republican National Convention. The poll showed an increase in the number of people who have an unfavorable view of her -- 51 percent compared with 29 percent in early September.</p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/campaign.wrap/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/mccain-brushes-off-polls-says-doing.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br />Of course they're going to show her in disfavor with all her negative comments.<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/campaign.wrap/index.html"><br /></div></div><br /><p> The poll, conducted October 20-23, has a sampling error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.</p><br /><p> McCain said Palin "needs no defense."</p><br /><p> "I don't defend her. I praise her," McCain said. "She has more executive experience than Sen. [Joe] Biden and Sen. Obama together."</p><br /><p> McCain acknowledged that he and Palin disagree on some issues, but said it was "because we are both mavericks."</p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/campaign.wrap/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/mccain-brushes-off-polls-says-doing.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br />OH ok, I get it now, they've changed from pigs with lipstick to horse's asses. And the one horse has left the reservation while the other can't limp fast enough to keep up.<br /><br /><p>[/q]</p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1823207/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=91" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=91" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Florida" rel="tag">Florida</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Washington" 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class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html"><br /><p><b>(CNN)</b> -- With 10 days to go until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense they are spilling out in public, sources say.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/art.palingeneric.gi.jpg" alt="Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is &quot;going rogue&quot; according to a McCain campaign source." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is "going rogue" according to a McCain campaign source.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue." A Palin associate, however, said the candidate is simply trying to "bust free" of what she believes was a damaging and mismanaged roll-out.</p><br /><p> McCain sources say Palin has gone off message several times, and they privately wonder if the incidents were deliberate. They cited that she labeled robocalls -- recorded messages often used to attack a candidate's opponent -- "irritating" even as the campaign defended their use. Also, they pointed to her telling reporters she disagreed with the campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan.</p><br /><p> A second McCain source tells CNN she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign.</p><br /><p> "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. </p><br /><p> "Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom."</p><br /><p> A <a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Sarah_Palin" target="_blank">Palin</a> associate defended her by saying she is "not good at process questions" and that her comments on Michigan and the robocalls were answers to process questions.</p><br /><p> But this Palin source acknowledged that Palin is trying to take more control of her message, pointing to last week's impromptu press conference on a Colorado tarmac.</p><br /><p> Tracey Schmitt, Palin's press secretary, was urgently called over after Palin wandered over to the press and started talking. Schmitt unsuccessfully tried several times to end the unscheduled session.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />Now even her and McCain's people are starting to rethink their decision to put her on the ticket. 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/></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-69947849545052076872008-10-25T09:03:00.001-07:002008-10-25T09:03:49.431-07:00<p>I want to write this to document in case there is any personal injury or death to me, that 4 thugs walked into the house here and threatened to beat me up or kill me if I didn't leave this house immediately and not come back.</p><br /><p>The police showed up because I managed to slip a call in to them and the thugs left before the police arrived.</p><br /><p>please leave this posted in case anything happens to me</p><br /><p>Jim Martin aka master_jim2008<br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/node/1822203/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=91" alt="Add Photos 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class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/polls.wear/index.html"><br /><p><b>ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN)</b> -- Campaign paraphernalia is everywhere nowadays. People are sporting T-shirts, hats and pins touting their candidate of choice. But wearing your political allegiances can cause a problem at the polls.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/10/24/polls.wear/art.obamashirt.ap.jpg" alt="Wearing a T-shirt like this one may cause you a problem at the polls in November." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>Wearing a T-shirt like this one may cause you a problem at the polls in November.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> In some states, what you wear to the voting booth could determine whether you are allowed to vote or be sent home to change.</p><br /><p> Virginia's State Board of Elections has banned campaign clothing and other paraphernalia from inside all polling places on Election Day. In the past, it had been done only sporadically.</p><br /><p> "We want to take this important step to make sure that the rules are applied uniformly throughout Virginia," said the board's James Alcorn.</p><br /><p> In a two-to-one vote, the board said it was seeking to strike a balance between free speech and zones free of distractions and harassment.</p><br /><p> The ruling prompted calls to CNN's Voter Hot Line.</p><br /><p> "You can't wear [Barack] Obama shirts or hats or anything that pertains to the voter, you know, the nominee, and I want to know why," asked a caller from Norfolk, Virginia.</p><br /><p> "If that's not a violation of the First Amendment rights, I don't know what is," another caller said.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/polls.wear/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />That's like telling a Cardinal he can't wear his robes while going in to vote for a new Pope, right? Why don't we just tell a Chicago Cub he can't wear his jersey to the Ray's game? Lets tell a fan wearing a Rolling Stones T-shirt he can't attend an AC/DC concert.<br />The Republicans get more and more insane by the minute.<br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1821706/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=91" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=91" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a> | <a 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wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/23/king.north.carolina/index.html"><br /><p><b>CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (CNN)</b> -- It is a methodical routine: House by house, Mary Boyd walks to the door and carefully affixes an election guide to the doorknob.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/10/23/king.north.carolina/art.students.obama.cnn.jpg" alt="College students from Tennessee are helping the Obama campaign&#039;s canvassing efforts." vspace="0" width="292" height="219" hspace="0" /><br /></p><p> College students from Tennessee are helping the Obama campaign's canvassing efforts. </p><br /><p> Boyd is a foot soldier of the Mecklenburg County Republican Party, charged with finding -- and helping deliver -- every available GOP vote.</p><br /><p> "And the best way to do that is to take a list of registered Republican households and take a piece of literature and leave it right on their door so that they have easy access to the information," Boyd cheerfully said during her rounds in a Charlotte neighborhood this week.</p><br /><p> It is Boyd's third presidential campaign as precinct captain; twice before, she has walked these streets for a ticket led by George W. Bush.</p><br /><p> This year is very different.<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/23/king.north.carolina/index.html#cnnSTCVideo" target="_blank"><br /></a></p><br /><p> "Well, it is extremely close," she said matter-of-factly in describing the biggest difference. "I think John McCain is going to win North Carolina. I hope by a lot. But we will take it any way we can get it."</p><br /><p> Extremely close in North Carolina is extremely rare in a presidential race. "Unprecedented" is the word local Republicans use to describe one of the reasons it is so close: For the first time in memory, they are outnumbered when it comes to troops deployed in the state for the ground war of contacting and turning out voters.</p><br /><p> Sen. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/barack.obama.html" target="_blank">Barack Obama</a> has 45 offices in the state, to 30 for McCain, and a paid staff that dwarfs the GOP payroll in the state. Helping the Obama effort are busloads of volunteers, including African-American college students from Tennessee who went door to door canvassing for Obama this week.</p><br /><p> Ashley Taylor was among them, with a set routine once the door cracked open.</p><br /><p> "Hello, I am Ashley Taylor, and I am with the Barack Obama campaign, so we are just going around to see if the neighbors here have registered to vote and if they have gone out to do early voting."</p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/23/king.north.carolina/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/north-carolina-race-will-be-tight-one.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p>Couple this with Republican underhanded tactics of stealing signs, whispering to people in line that Obama is an Arab and sends money to terrorists and openly calling Obama things like The leader of the American Fascist Party and we have a fight on our hands. From a party that is supposed to be the protector of the morals of the country, they sure do some despicable and immoral things to try to get elected. It just slays me how they think that's the right thing to do. It's like back when Roe vs Wade was being tested and the Republican right wing was going out and shooting abortion doctors and bombing abortion clinics. They say it's wrong for the mother to get an abortion and take a human life (things I have also heard from Republicans this year) but it's ok for them to kill abortion doctors. Yeah right, whatever you say pal. Just like a woman who gets an abortion, HER fight is now with God, not the Republicans. If there is a penalty to pay for a girl getting an abortion, God will make her pay it, not us piddly humans. That is why no laws should be made that force a particular religious view down our throats or take away our right to choose. Just because one is pro-choice it does NOT mean that person is pro-abortion. To me, it means a woman can go ahead and get one if she insists, but now she has to answer to God, not to me.<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/23/king.north.carolina/index.html"><br /></div></div></p><br /><p> Early voting runs through November 1 in North Carolina and is the urgent focus of the vast Obama field operation at the moment. From its perspective, so far, so good: Democrats outnumber Republicans more than two to one in early voting tallies in the state.</p><br /><p></p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/23/king.north.carolina/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/north-carolina-race-will-be-tight-one.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br />As far as the McCain people in Mooresville go, they chose in my opinion to just give up. They had no representitive in front of the library during early voting, and they were more than welcome to, not that it would have done them any good. CNN is predicting that this will be a very tight race, but this year, I'm not so sure, even though I know that this state is VERY republican based. If the Democrats could happen to actually take the state by perhaps as much as a double digit lead, it would sure set most of the people here back on their heels. After all, this IS part of the bible belt, NASCAR and all.<br />OH LOOK, they're making another left turn!! 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src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/10/24/mccain.sticker/art.army.cnn.jpg" alt="Police say Ashley Todd, 20, admitted making up the report she was attacked because of a McCain sticker." vspace="0" width="292" height="219" hspace="0" /><br /></p><p> Police say Ashley Todd, 20, admitted making up the report she was attacked because of a McCain sticker. </p><br /><p> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/mccain.sticker/index.html#" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/content/in_the_news/left_gray_btn.gif" alt="Click to view previous image" title="Click to view previous image" width="26" border="0" height="19" /></a> 1 of 2 <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/mccain.sticker/index.html#" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/pic_changer/next.gif" alt="Click to view next image" title="Click to view next image" width="26" border="0" height="19" /></a> <img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> Ashley Todd, 20, of College Park, Texas, will be charged with filing a false police report, a misdemeanor, and may face more charges, said police spokeswoman Diane Richard at a news conference.</p><br /><p> "This has wasted so much time. ... It's just a lot of wasted man hours," Assistant Police Chief Maurita Bryant said at the same briefing.</p><br /><p> The woman told investigators a man approached her Wednesday night at an ATM in Pittsburgh's East End, put a blade to her neck and demanded money, Richard said. </p><br /><p> Police said they found "several inconsistencies" in Todd's statement and she was not seen in surveillance videos taken at the ATM. She was asked to take a polygraph test Friday morning, Richard said. The results were not made public.</p><br /><p> Later, Todd came to the police station to help work on a composite sketch of the alleged attacker. When she arrived, Todd "told them she just wanted to tell the truth" -- that she was not robbed, and there was no attacker, Bryant said.</p><br /><p> Todd originally told police a man "punched her in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground, and he continued to punch and kick her while threatening to teach her a lesson for being a McCain supporter," according to a police statement.</p><br /><p> The woman also told police her attacker "called her a lot of names and stated that 'You are going to be a Barack supporter,' at which time she states he sat on her chest, pinning both her hands down with his knees, and scratched into her face a backward letter 'B' on the right side of her face using what she believed to be a very dull knife."</p><br /><p> Bryant described Todd as "very cordial, polite, cooperating," and said the woman was surprised by all the media attention. Asked whether the false report was politically motivated, Bryant replied, "It's difficult to say."</p><br /><p> "She is stating that she was in her vehicle driving around, and she came up with this idea," she said. "She said she has prior mental problems and doesn't know how the backward letter 'B' got on her face."</p><br /><p> However, Todd was the only one in the vehicle, and "when she saw the 'B' she thought she must have been the one who did it," Bryant said.</p><br /><p> "We're talking with the district attorney's office and conferring on just how we're going to handle it," she said. "It's been different stories through the night and this morning."</p><br /><p> She said there was no indication that anyone else was involved.</p><br /><p> Richard said the woman had described her alleged attacker as an African-American, 6 feet 4 inches tall with a medium build and short dark hair, wearing dark clothing and shiny shoes.</p><br /><p> Before the revelation that the report was false, McCain spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker said that McCain and running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin "spoke to the victim and her family after learning about the incident."</p><br /><p> The Obama campaign also had issued a statement wishing the woman a "speedy recovery." </p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/mccain.sticker/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/woman-admits-making-up-mccain-sticker.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />This story really gets me, because as you've seen from the press, Democrats don't do this kind of thing to Republicans but Republicans do all kinds of things to Democrats and Obama, including the whispering to the one girl I mentioned in my piece yesterday about voting her conscience. Republicans are supposed to be the moral leaders of the country, yet McCain and Palin take the gutter road in comments, Republicans steal Obama signs and commit other acts like getting people thrown off Library property for being too good at their campaign work. Honestly I hope that scar on her face lasts awhile. Yeah Yeah I know, she's got mental problems. 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/></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-62861680719967000272008-10-23T17:37:00.001-07:002008-10-23T17:37:28.730-07:00<p>Wow, where do I start? Running total is now 4420 for 4 days of early voting at the Mooresville Public Library and it was not a day without some controversy. <br /></p><br /><p>Once again people, obviously Republican plants were complaining about us being there. <br /></p><br /><p>Once again the election judge came out and called a meeting between all the people stumping for a candidate. She named me specifically as being one that people were complaining about, but that we were all guilty of being too pushy with people. <br /></p><br /><p>I tried to pin her down on exactly what the complaints were and supposedly we were getting up in people's faces. We told her she's welcome to watch us all she wants, we're not doing anything wrong, but the compromise was basically that we're neutered as to what we can do out at the table. We can't show anyone the ballot now unless they ASK to see it and all we can do is hand out leaflets. She said if there are more complaints we will be asked to leave, which the attorneys have said they actually CAN'T do. <br /></p><br /><p>I still don't know if this election official knows that two police officers, one who is a congressional candidate were watching us and saw nothing wrong in what we were doing. She would probably wet herself if she knew we had two bonified lawmen on our side. And don't quote me, but we hear that most of the election staff at this polling place is Republican and so that may account for some of the complaints being believed. Personally I think that the election officers see so many people coming in with Obama stickers and cards, that it just ticks them off. </p><br /><p>One DNC worker who was there was shocked to learn that should we ever need witnesses to how we conduct ourselves, the police officers are our backup. I pointed the two officers out to her and told her she can go talk to them anytime she wants if she has any questions about our conduct.<br /></p><br /><p>I know some of the complaints had to be a plant, because of how this one lady voter and her daughter came out and said she didn't think it is right that we were even there because no one from McCain's campaign was there. We told her to talk to them, they didn't send anyone, we did. We said they have as much right to be here as we do and if they choose not to send anyone, there's nothing we can do about it, but we for sure will continue to show up.</p><br /><p>We had one girl show up with full intentions of voting for Obama and after we gave her the DNC recommendations card a friend of hers started whispering to her, but loudly enough for me to hear, that she doesn't want to vote for Obama, he's an Arab and terrorist and he supports terrorism and sends money to terrorists. I told her, no that's not true at all and to go vote her conscience. She came out and said she voted for Obama and got an Obama sticker for her car. Nice try buddy, but she voted what her heart told her.</p><br /><p>This election is getting dicey and people are going to great lengths to try to abridge our right to free speech and get us in trouble. So much for McCain or the Republicans running a clean and fair compaign.<br /></p><br /><p>Bottom line, I know that some ticked off Republicans are just making waves out of frustration at the good job we're doing of getting out the vote.<br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/node/1817699/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=87" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=87" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Local" rel="tag">Local</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Mooresville%2520North%2520Carolina" rel="tag">Mooresville North Carolina</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/early%2520voting" rel="tag">early voting</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-6286168071996700027?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-72823957971904378352008-10-22T20:27:00.001-07:002008-10-22T20:45:00.608-07:00<p>Obama, a black man. Well half black anyway.<br /></p><br /><p>McCain an old and ailing white guy. No way of being more tactful than that. <br /></p><br /><p>Palin, a female VP candidate who could easily become president though totally unqualified. <br /></p><br /><p>Barack beating out Hilary Clinton for the nomination. <br /></p><br /><p>Dirty campaign tactics and EXTREMELY negative ads. <br /></p><br /><p>Skeletons being unleashed from the closet, mostly of the Republican's. <br /></p><br /><p>Glass ceilings to be broken by either side. <br /></p><br /><p>Candidates McCain and Palin making remarks that incite violent and racially intollerable comments from voters. <br /></p><br /><p>Millions of dollars RAISED by both sides. <br /></p><br /><p>Millions of dollars SPENT by both sides.<br /></p><br /><p>An estimated 9 million homeless by January 09.<br /></p><br /><p>McCain basing his campaign more on personal attacks than on the issues. <br /></p><br /><p>This election being the most costly ever in terms of money spent by one side or the other and both sides put together. <br /></p><br /><p>Barack being the cool candidate and McCain being the school yard bully who out of desperation makes all kinds of false claims like he's just grasping at straws.<br /></p><br /><p>An electorate that even if they're using the "lesser of two evils" principle for their vote, can't see that Obama IS the lesser of two evils. <br /></p><br /><p>A totally failing economy which is having GLOBAL effects.<br /></p><br /><p>The future of our economy and thus our standing in the world.<br /></p><br /><p>Collapse or near collapse of other governments due to OUR failed economy. <br /></p><br /><p>Destabalization of the middle east. <br /></p><br /><p>Two wars, Palin inciting war with Russia and Iran, and a partridge in a pear tree.<br /></p><br /><p>ALL those make THIS the most important race ever in the history of The United States of America (minus the partridge and pear tree).<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/21/early.voting/index.html"><br /><p><b>WASHINGTON (CNN)</b> -- Officials in early voting states are reporting record turnout with Election Day still two weeks away.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/10/21/early.voting/art.florida.voting.gi.jpg" alt="Voters line up Monday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to cast their ballots early." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>Voters line up Monday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to cast their ballots early.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> The numbers indicate a record percentage of voters could participate in the presidential election, a voting expert said.</p><br /><p> Michael McDonald, an associate professor of politics and government at George Mason University, said at least 2.2 million people already have voted using absentee or other types of ballots that allow them to vote before the polls open on November 4.</p><br /><p> Twenty-nine states were accepting early ballots as of Tuesday, and Oklahoma will begin accepting early ballots next week.</p><br /><p> In North Carolina, which has developed into a battleground state, nearly 500,000 voters have cast absentee ballots, according to the State Board of Elections. Officials at the State Board of Elections expect to surpass numbers from the 2004 election, when 700,000 people voted early.</p><br /><p> Fifty-six percent, of those voting early in North Carolina were Democrats, while 28 percent were Republicans and 16 percent were not registered as a member of a party, the elections board said.</p><br /><p> The number of voters who already have cast their ballots could be much higher, McDonald said, because many states have not reported the number of ballots they have received so far.</p><br /><p> Early <a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Elections_and_Voting" target="_blank">voting</a> suggests a record 213 million people are eligible to vote this year, said McDonald, who also works with the consortium that conducts election exit polling for broadcast and news networks.</p><br /><p> "This will be the election in which the most people have ever voted in an American election in the history of our country," he said.</p><br /><p> McDonald said early voting is often a good prediction of the level of turnout on Election Day, and heavy early voting indicates the turnout this year will exceed the 60 percent turnout in the 2004 election.</p><br /><p> "We have a very good chance of beating the 64 percent turnout in the 1960 election," McDonald said. "We really could be looking at a historic election in modern American history."</p><br /><p> That race saw the highest level of turnout in American history, except the 66 percent turnout in the 1908 presidential election.</p><br /><p> McDonald pointed to the record number of early votes already cast in Georgia as an example of the high interest in the race.</p><br /><p> More than 690,000 Georgians already have voted, more than the entire number that cast ballots before Election Day in 2004, McDonald said. That figure represents nearly 21 percent of all the 3.3 million presidential votes cast in 2004, he said.</p><br /><p> "If we see this persist across all states, we really could be in for an election of historic proportions," McDonald said.</p><br /><p> Turnout was so heavy in Charlotte, North Carolina, that Mecklenburg County officials are extending voting hours and opening 20 voting sites this weekend instead of the originally planned five, WSOC-TV in Charlotte reported.</p><br /><p> Like Georgia, a majority of those voting early in North Carolina -- 56 percent -- were women, the election board said. The board also reported that 68 percent of those voting early were white, while 28 percent were black.</p><br /><p> "We needed to have enough room for people, so they wouldn't go into the parking lot," Supervisor Penny Gross said.</p><br /><p> Gross said she had expected large numbers because "I had people in my office for weeks, asking if they could vote," but said even she was caught off guard by the turnout.</p><br /><p> "I was pleasantly surprised by the crowd, surprised at the variety and quite frankly, the numbers," she said.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/21/early.voting/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/early-voting-suggests-2008-may-see.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1814741/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=87" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=87" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div></p><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-7282395797190437835?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-14986547108269336382008-10-22T16:20:00.001-07:002008-10-22T19:13:03.075-07:00<p>Dateline: Mooresville North Carolina.</p><br /><p>I have been helping out at the Obama booth at the Mooresville Library for the North Carolina early voting. As of 6:00 P.M. today there have been 3334 votes at this particular location.</p><br /><p>Today it seemed there were more Republicans voting for some reason and things got a bit nasty. Not on our side of course, because we're honoring the Obama spirit and not getting into any arguments or skirmishes with those who disagree with Obama. <br /></p><br /><p>We heard Obama being called the leader of the American Fascist Party, and one called Obama an A******. We had many more today who were willing to talk to us till they found out we're for Obama and then they declined our literature. Overall though it went pretty smoothly except for one time when someone from the elections inside came out and accused us of putting an Obama sticker on someone who didn't ask for it and told us that if we did anything like that again, she'd have us removed from the property. <br /></p><br /><p>We all thought it was pretty funny and obviously a Republican fed lie because we never did any such thing. We'd give stickers to those who asked for it, and we'd offer stickers, but not once did we ever stick one on someone, with or without permission and quite frankly we wouldn't waste an Obama sticker on someone who didn't want one. The woman who came out to talk to us is not just an election official but she's also a staunch Republican and she took the complaint at face value rather than consider that it may be a ploy to try to get us removed, which they can't do anyway. We told her to proctor us all she wants to, she won't find us doing anything wrong. She then said, well we WILL be watching you closely out of the window and if we see you do anything wrong there will be trouble. We said that's fine, watch us all you want. We called our boss at the local office just to let him know about the problem. The thing that the election official probably didn't know is that a candidate for congress who was handing out election material had been watching us closely and seeing how we did things, and HE'S a cop from Cornelius NC. He said, after hearing about the complaint that he had not seen us doing anything wrong and that if the lady comes out again to complain, we should tell her to come talk to him. She said she'd call the cops, probably not knowing one was already there.....the candidate.</p><br /><p>In North Carolina, if you're a resident of the county where you happen to be trying to vote at, and you have not registered yet, you can do it right there and THEN vote. That is what my roommate Lilybillie23 from NP did today. This was her first time voting ever, and she decided to after watching Obama's DNC acceptance speech. <br /></p><br /><p>We had many people come by again who were totally inspired by Obama and it was amazing to see so many senior citizens voting for Obama. Not just black senior citizens but the white ones who you'd typically think are Republican old school. It was quite heartwarming to see that Obama appeals to even 80 yr olds.<br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/node/1814011/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=87" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=87" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/culture/early-voting-day-3"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//27/a/27ad1509687c34ee59e3375457508960.jpg" alt="rock the vote!" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/culture/early-voting-day-3"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//46/b/46b441272716fabdfcdc414d72b3d364.jpg" alt="voting7" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/culture/early-voting-day-3"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//4d/2/4d2af5f975b1b4aa97a9d689c86abdee.jpg" alt="voting2" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> </div><p>Tags: <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/North%2520Carolina" rel="tag">North Carolina</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Election" rel="tag">Election</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Local" rel="tag">Local</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/opinion" rel="tag">opinion</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Mooresville" rel="tag">Mooresville</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/early%2520voting" rel="tag">early voting</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-1498654710826933638?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-1416136572214649092008-10-21T18:37:00.001-07:002008-10-21T18:37:49.610-07:00<p>Students at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee North Carolina found a 75 lb bear cub, dead from a single gun shot to the head. The disturbing part other than finding a shot bear is that the bear had an Obama campaign sign wrapped around it's head.</p><br /><p>Students and faculty alike are saying that this is a pretty sick kind off message to send.</p><br /><p>Police are going to stop at nothing to try to identify the shooter and find out the reasons behind the killing.<br /></p><br /><p>A CNN video of the reaction is <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/10/21/dnt.nc.obama.dead.bear.wlos" target="_blank">here</a><br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/node/1810298/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=87" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=87" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/North%2520Carolina" rel="tag">North Carolina</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/shot" rel="tag">shot</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Local" rel="tag">Local</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/bear" rel="tag">bear</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Obama" rel="tag">Obama</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/campaign%2520sign" rel="tag">campaign sign</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-141613657221464909?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-18298783561524900662008-10-21T18:07:00.001-07:002008-10-21T18:07:17.160-07:00<p>Another sad statistic of the Bush administration will be the rise in suicides due to unemployment and foreclosures. <br /></p><br /><p>During the depression of 1929 the suicide rate spiked and many Wall Street investors and brokers jumped from high rise buildings after the stock market crash. While they may have lost it all including their life, they failed to realize that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.<br />Way to go Bush, and if McCain gets elected, expect the numbers to rise even more. Hey, it'll just be less people to kill when McCain and/or Palin start WWIII!<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/10/21/Healthmag.suicide.increase/index.html"><br /><p>After a decade-long decrease, U.S. suicide rates have started to rise, largely because of an increase in suicides among middle-aged white men and women.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/HEALTH/10/21/Healthmag.suicide.increase/art.suicide.increase.file.jpg" alt="If the economy continues to decline, suicides could go up, researchers say." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>If the economy continues to decline, suicides could go up, researchers say.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> White people age 40 to 64 have "recently emerged as a new high-risk group for suicide," according to the study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.</p><br /><p> Suicides increased between 1999 and 2005 by about 3 percent annually in white men and 4 percent in white women age 40 to 64, according to Susan Baker, M.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, and her colleagues. Suicide rates remained the same in Asians and Native Americans, and declined in blacks.</p><br /><p> Overall, the suicide rate rose in the early 1980s, then dropped each year from 1986 to 1999. From 1999 to 2005, however, the rates have increased 0.7 percent annually.</p><br /><p> In all, 32,637 people killed themselves in the United States in 2005, a rate of 11 per 100,000 people.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/10/21/Healthmag.suicide.increase/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1810041/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=87" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=87" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; 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It is Obama campaign signs at the Mooresville Public Library which is also an early voting site for the election.</p><br /><p>Early voting opened at 10:00 A.M. yesterday and when they started the Obama signs had been taken down by someone. Later that day they were replaced and by morning today they were missing again.</p><br /><p>I went in to complain that they weren't doing enough to protect the signs from theft and they told me, "go tell the Obama people in the parking lot." So I went out there and found campaign staffers talking to voters on the way in, handing out flyers and Obama stickers.</p><br /><p>They asked if I was there to volunteer and I said, "Sure I'd love to." So I spent till the polls closed at 6:00 P.M. talking to voters as they went to the polls. Why was it so important to talk to people? Well it seems that back when Reagan was running a candidate for governor decided to seperate the ballot into 2 sections. He was afraid that if someone voted "straight party" that he'd lose. So ever since then the ballot has been divided in such a way that the presidental candidates are one vote to mark, and "straight party" covers all other partisian candidates. Many people go in, and think "straight party" is all they have to mark and that covers their presidental vote as well........WRONG!!</p><br /><p>So without expressing an opinion one way or the other, in other words, no trying to convince someone to vote Obama, (even though I had two stickers on my shirt) we were pointing out to everyone, not just Democrats but any republicans who would listen, that they had to make sure they "ticked" both the candidate and straight party if they wanted to or mix and match the rest, but to just make sure they didn't goof their ballot. <br /></p><br /><p>99% of the people who refused to listen to what we had to say were obviously Republicans who thought we were there to try to convert them to our cause. We only had one person who was asked to vote for Obama turn around and tell us why he refuses to. He said Obama is against the 1st and 2nd ammendment. With people like that, there's no trying to convince them otherwise, so you just let them go on their delusional way and vote how they want to.</p><br /><p>The highlight of the day was when I and one of the other campaign workers were approached by a woman who was probably in her 50's who had her 87 yr old mother with her. They had both just voted and the daughter had tears in her eyes. She told us, (as best as I can remember the exact wording) "I have to tell you something. I actually did something today I never in my lifetime figured I'd ever do, and that's to vote for a black man. I have wrestled with the decision for weeks, agonized over it, and in the end, had to vote my what my heart told me, which is that black or not, Obama will be the best president for the country." Naturally we all told her we felt she made the right move and regardless of how she felt about blacks, Obama is a man of the people, and that means ALL people, of all colors. She thanked us for all our kindness and then her and mom left.</p><br /><p>I tried to keep a running total of the number of people who would have gotten their ballot marked wrong had I not talked to them, and at last count I was at 58 who did not know about the straight ticket and presidential votes being seperate. Those who didn't want to listen, we figure maybe half of them will mess up, which means that even if they're not voting Democrat, at least their votes won't count in the Republican column.<br /></p><br /><p>Of the early voting, the library recorded 1174 ballots cast yesterday and 995 today, and I am now on the schedule to help out for the rest of the week. I wanted so much to be able too contribute SOMETHING to this campaign, whether it be donations or assisting somewhere, and now I have connections to the main staff for Mooresville and they are asking me to be a full time volunteer. <br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/node/1809433/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=87" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=87" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/culture/early-voting-going-well"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//32/2/322b976a223e5841f74e7f9cf2817bea.jpg" alt="Early voting going well" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> </div><p>Tags: <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/North%2520Carolina" rel="tag">North Carolina</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Election" rel="tag">Election</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Local" rel="tag">Local</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/opinion" rel="tag">opinion</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Mooresville" rel="tag">Mooresville</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/VOTING" rel="tag">VOTING</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Volunteering" rel="tag">Volunteering</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/US%2520Election" rel="tag">US Election</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/early%2520voting" rel="tag">early voting</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-7136771196924712643?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-27400014842708741842008-10-20T18:01:00.001-07:002008-10-20T19:14:37.823-07:00<p>Barack Obama will miss several campaign events Thursday and Friday to visit his ailing grandmother in Hawaii, his campaign says.</p><br /><p>Details as they become available</p><br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/20/campaign.wrap/index.html"></div></div><br /><p><strong>(CNN) </strong> -- Sen. Barack Obama will take a break from campaigning Thursday so he can visit his ailing grandmother in Hawaii, an Obama spokesman said Monday.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/10/20/campaign.wrap/art.obama.monday.gi.jpg" alt="Sen. Barack Obama will take a break from campaigning so he can visit his ailing grandmother." vspace="0" width="292" height="219" hspace="0" /><br /></p><p> Sen. Barack Obama will take a break from campaigning so he can visit his ailing grandmother. </p><br /><p> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/20/campaign.wrap/index.html#" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/content/in_the_news/left_gray_btn.gif" alt="Click to view previous image" title="Click to view previous image" width="26" border="0" height="19" /></a> 1 of 3 <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/20/campaign.wrap/index.html#" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/pic_changer/next.gif" alt="Click to view next image" title="Click to view next image" width="26" border="0" height="19" /></a> <img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> "Sen. Obama's grandmother Madeleine Dunham has always been one of the most important people in his life," spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters. </p><br /><p> "In the last few weeks, her health has deteriorated to the point where her situation is very serious. It is for that reason that Sen. Obama has decided to change his schedule on Thursday and Friday so that he can see her and spend some time with her," Gibbs said.</p><br /><p> The interruption will cause Obama to cancel Thursday events in Madison, Wisconsin and Des Moines, Iowa. He will do an event in Indianapolis, Indiana, Thursday morning before leaving and will return to the campaign Saturday, Gibbs said.</p><br /><p> Michelle Obama will fill in for her husband on Friday at previously scheduled events in Columbus and Akron, Ohio, his campaign said.</p><br /><p> Obama has said his 86-year-old grandmother, who helped raise him, "poured everything she had" into him. She became sick in recent weeks</p><br /><p></p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/20/campaign.wrap/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-headed-to-hawaii.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1804775/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=84" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=84" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-2740001484270874184?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-79915531891228010812008-10-20T17:13:00.001-07:002008-10-20T17:13:39.796-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_el_pr/palin_gay_marriage"><br /><p>NEW YORK – Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin says she supports a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, a break with John McCain who has said he believes states should be left to define what marriage is. In an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network, the Alaska governor said she had voted in 1998 for a state amendment banning same sex marriage and hoped to see a federal ban on such unions.</p><br /><p>"I have voted along with the vast majority of Alaskans who had the opportunity to vote to amend our Constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman. I wish on a federal level that's where we would go. I don't support gay marriage," Palin said. She said she believed traditional marriage is the foundation for strong families.</p><br /><p>McCain, an Arizona senator, is supporting a ballot initiative in his state this year that would ban gay marriage. But he has consistently and forcefully opposed a federal marriage amendment, saying it would usurp states' authority on such matters.</p><br /><p>As governor, Palin vetoed a bill that would have denied benefits to the partners of gay state employees. In a debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden, Palin said she was "tolerant" of gays and said she supported certain legal protections for same-sex couples, like hospital visitation rights.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_el_pr/palin_gay_marriage" class="story-source">news.yahoo.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />So how dangerous is this pitbull sporting lip gloss? She's anti-abortion, now she's saying she wants a Federal ban on gay marriage. It sounds very much like she's running her own campaign to be president, because she knows McCain won't survive a first term and so she wants to let her positions be known before she climbs into the driver's seat of America. <br /><br /><p>This, I'll call her a "person" so as to not say what I'd really like to call her, really scares me about what America can become if she's elected.<br /></p><br /><p>I turned in my ballot today for Obama, so it's a done deal. I don't have to worry about it, only whether or not my vote will be enough to help Obama win.<br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1804322/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=84" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=84" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/New%2520York" rel="tag">New York</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Arizona" rel="tag">Arizona</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Alaska" rel="tag">Alaska</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/republican" rel="tag">republican</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/video" rel="tag">video</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Constitution" rel="tag">Constitution</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/governor" rel="tag">governor</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/gay" rel="tag">gay</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/marriage" rel="tag">marriage</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/federal" rel="tag">federal</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Sarah" rel="tag">Sarah</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Night" rel="tag">Night</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Live" rel="tag">Live</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/support" rel="tag">support</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/McCain" rel="tag">McCain</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Vote" rel="tag">Vote</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/CANDIDATE" rel="tag">CANDIDATE</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/break" rel="tag">break</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Saturday" rel="tag">Saturday</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/presidential" rel="tag">presidential</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/VICE" rel="tag">VICE</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/State" rel="tag">State</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/banning" rel="tag">banning</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/says" rel="tag">says</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/makes" rel="tag">makes</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/appearance" rel="tag">appearance</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/same" rel="tag">same</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Loveland" rel="tag">Loveland</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/hoped" rel="tag">hoped</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/believes" rel="tag">believes</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/said" rel="tag">said</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/have" rel="tag">have</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/would" rel="tag">would</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/With" rel="tag">With</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/such" rel="tag">such</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/That" rel="tag">That</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/define" rel="tag">define</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/On" rel="tag">On</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/amend" rel="tag">amend</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Palin" rel="tag">Palin</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/speaksduring" rel="tag">speaksduring</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-7991553189122801081?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-87936282867307766822008-10-20T16:18:00.001-07:002008-10-20T16:18:05.354-07:00<p>This is one of the sweetest and most moving animal stories I have ever read. It's amazing how animals touch the lives of those around them. This is one reason why I miss my lab/golden retriever Ginger so much. She always had the ability to love me and others unconditionally and inspire others to love and to care for animals. I know I'll see Ginger again on that rainbow bridge and it'll be a great day for me to once again see her and get her ever so loving kisses and loving looks.<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/10/20/library.cat.book.ap/index.html"><br /><p><b>DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)</b> -- He was a yellow tabby with twinkling green eyes, who arrived in the overnight drop box of a farmland library one frigid January night. Dewey Readmore Books became the library's star boarder and an international celebrity.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/10/20/library.cat.book.ap/art.dewey.jpg" alt="Dewey, pictured here on the &quot;Dewey&quot; book cover, was inspirational, says author Vicki Myron." vspace="0" width="292" height="219" hspace="0" /><br /></p><p> Dewey, pictured here on the "Dewey" book cover, was inspirational, says author Vicki Myron. </p><br /><p> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/10/20/library.cat.book.ap/index.html#" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/content/in_the_news/left_gray_btn.gif" alt="Click to view previous image" title="Click to view previous image" width="26" border="0" height="19" /></a> 1 of 2 <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/10/20/library.cat.book.ap/index.html#" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/pic_changer/next.gif" alt="Click to view next image" title="Click to view next image" width="26" border="0" height="19" /></a> <img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> Now he's the subject of a best seller that chronicles the struggles of the library worker who found the trembling kitten, the town that embraced him and Dewey himself.</p><br /><p> "Dewey, the Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World," by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter, has 336,000 copies in print and has quickly climbed to the top 10 on The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly and other lists of best sellers.</p><br /><p> "It has great appeal," Paul Ingram, buyer at Prairie Lights bookstore in Iowa City, says, comparing it to the hugely popular "Marley &amp; Me," about the joys and headaches of a difficult Labrador retriever. Ingram says that "Dewey" attracts an odd mix of pet lovers and history buffs thanks to its weaving of the cat's exploits with the history of a small town and Iowa.</p><br /><p> Myron decided to include more in her book than just the story of Dewey because the town, the cat and Myron herself were closely linked. "When we tried to write just a cat book it didn't work. We had to tell the whole story for it to make sense," she says during a break from a book tour in Des Moines.</p><br /><p> Dewey, named after the Dewey Decimal System used by libraries to catalog books, quickly became well known in Spencer, a farm town of about 11,000, although no one is sure why the rest of the world cared about the him. But they did. Writers and TV crews came from as far away as Japan to the plains of northwest Iowa to see Dewey.</p><br /><p> "It's very hard to put into words," Myron said. "I always called it Dewey's magic because there is no other word for it.</p><br /><p> Don't Miss<br /><ul><br /><li> Spencer, Iowa, library: &nbsp;<a target="new" href="http://spencerlibrary.com/deweybio.htm" target="_blank">Dewey's biography</a> </li><br /></ul><br /></p><p> "When people met Dewey ... they went home and told all their friends and neighbors about it, or kept articles about him or wrote an article. We would get weekly newspaper articles from little towns all around the United States that people had shared his story and it had made the newspaper and those people never forgot," Myron says.</p><br /><p> Dewey was discovered in the Spencer library's overnight drop box in January 1988, a time when Iowa was in the midst of an economic chill that had gripped the nation. Spencer is a town that hasn't changed much since the 1930s, with a downtown of family-owned stores in connecting two- and three-story brick buildings, a second-run movie theater and The Hen House, which sells decorating items to farmwives.</p><br /><p> Myron bonded immediately with Dewey as she lifted the tiny kitten from the book drop that January morning.</p><br /><p> "He was so cold and half starved and very dirty. He didn't look like much until I picked him up and he started purring immediately and he looked in my eyes with his eyes," she says. "He had the most gorgeous eyes I had ever seen and I felt a connection with him right away."</p><br /><p> A petite woman with thick, short brown hair who wears wire-rimmed glasses, Myron was struggling back then to make ends meet -- a divorced mother trying to raise a daughter, working full time at the Spencer library and studying to get her master's degree. She had only been on the job for six months and had wanted to make the library more homey. Dewey would fit right in.</p><br /><p> Patrons took to him quickly, and over time visitors increased from 60,000 a year to more than 100,000. Many were suffering from the crippling economy that hit the farming community especially hard, and Myron thinks Dewey lifted their spirits and made them a bit more eager to stop off at the library.</p><br /><p> "Dewey didn't bring jobs to Spencer, but there were a lot of farmers who came in to fill out the first resume of their life. They didn't know how to use the computer, they were having a tough time and were really down when they came in. Dewey won them over and put a smile on their face," Myron says.</p><br /><p> "He ... was something to be proud of when Spencer didn't have a lot to be proud of."</p><br /><p> She described Dewey as an "old soul."</p><br /><p> "You could see down into his soul through his eyes and he would look at you the same way," she says. "It was his personality: He was so loving and mellow. He didn't care who you were."</p><br /><p> Two of Dewey's best friends were homeless men who would stop by the library.</p><br /><p> "They never spoke to us but they would pick up Dewey and talk to him for 20 minutes. I don't know what they said. It didn't seem to matter, but it made them feel better," she says. "He also seemed to know who needed him more than others."</p><br /><p> Dewey also seemed to know when Myron needed a break.</p><br /><p> Whether it was interrupting her studies with a game of hide-and-seek or brushing his thick orange fur against her leg when she was deep in library work, Dewey knew how to ease her mind.</p><br /><p> Myron says her book is a story of unconditional love, companionship and pulling yourself up by the bootstraps during tough times.</p><br /><p> "Hopefully, it's a message of hope for people because the economic times now are very similar," she says.</p><br /><p> Eliot Finkelstein, instruction coordinator at the College Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said animal books are the "new breed" of self-help books.</p><br /><p> "With all the bad news surrounding us in the world these days, people want a book that will make them feel good and more positive about life, and pets are the natural antidepressant in our very stressful world," said Finkelstein, who also buys popular books for the library. "People want a new type of book that will make them feel better about life, and what makes us feel better than our pets?"</p><br /><p> Dewey died on November 29, 2006, at age 19. Since then, the library has received more than 100 offers for a new Dewey, but the library board decided to wait at least two years before deciding whether to get another cat, says Myron, who retired at the end of last year.</p><br /><p> She recalls how Dewey's health began to fail in the year before he died and how, to help him put on weight, she would feed him cheese, scrambled eggs and roast beef sandwiches. "And he loved it!"</p><br /><p> On the day Dewey died, Myron was about to leave for a trip to Florida when she got a call from the library staff telling her Dewey wasn't acting right.</p><br /><p> "He was fine when I left, or I thought he was, but when I went back down there I could see he was in pain," Myron says. An X-ray at a local vet showed he had a large stomach tumor. She stayed with Dewey as he was put to sleep.</p><br /><p> "It was heart-wrenching," Myron remembers. "I called all the staff and they came out to say goodbye, but it was one of the most difficult things I have ever done, but I knew I had to do it because he was suffering and I'd never let him be in pain."</p><br /><p> His ashes were buried in the lawn outside the library. A granite marker was placed at the site.</p><br /><p> Myron believes his legacy will live on in a possible movie deal and in the stories people share about him -- stories like the one from a woman whom Myron met during a book-signing in Sioux City.</p><br /><p> The woman's mother lived in Spencer and would visit Dewey, but after suffering the effects of Alzheimer's disease, she moved to a care center in Sioux City. Her memory failed and soon she could only remember her daughter's name -- and Dewey's.</p><br /><p> The woman would bring her own cat, which looked nothing like Dewey, to visit her mother.</p><br /><p> "And every time she walked in, her mother would say, 'Oh, thank goodness you brought Dewey with you,' " Myron says. "Until the day she died, the only two names she could say were her daughter's and Dewey's.</p><br /><p> "It shows the impact Dewey had on people's lives," says Myron, who hopes to begin publishing a series of children's books about Dewey in the next couple of years. 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/><p><b>(CNN)</b> -- A biker who posted videos of himself on YouTube performing stunts and speeding at up to 210 kph (130 mph) has been jailed after inadvertently confessing his misdemeanors to police.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/WORLD/europe/10/20/speeding.motorcycle/art.biker.jpg" alt="Sandor Ferenci posted video of himself online performing high-speed stunts." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>Sandor Ferenci posted video of himself online performing high-speed stunts.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> Sandor Ferenci, 28, was approached by police after a motorist saw him speeding on his powerful motorcycle and noted his registration number.</p><br /><p> When they called at his house in Oxfordshire, England, he unwittingly asked if they had seen his YouTube video -- prompting officers to search the Internet, where they found uploaded video of his hazardous riding.</p><br /><p> Ferenci was Monday sentenced to 12 weeks' jail after admitted two counts of dangerous driving at Oxford Crown Court.</p><br /><p> Judge Terence Maher told Ferenci that he had carried out "lunatic and grossly irresponsible maneuvers at considerable speed," according to CNN affiliate ITN.</p><br /><p> Ferenci's video footage, filmed by a friend from various angles including a footbridge, was shown to the court. </p><br /><p> In it the biker is seen performing wheelies, tire-smoking wheelspins and skids on his Yamaha R6 road bike as well as high speed undertaking maneuvers.</p><br /><p> Prosecutor Brian Payne said it was impossible to gauge Ferenci's exact speed in the video, but police estimated he was driving up to 210 kph, ITN reported. </p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a 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/></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-45602646920772980142008-10-18T11:32:00.001-07:002008-10-18T14:45:01.522-07:00<p>CNN ticker is reporting President Bush will host a summit of world leaders to discuss the global financial crisis, a senior administration official tells CNN.</p><br /><p>Bush is going to have to admit that his being asleep at the switch is not just putting a major hurt on Americans but it's effecting finances and the well being of the whole planet. Bush, in his speech to the nation on the crisis said he's not for regulating the market so he did nothing to stop the rampant abuses. We sunk much lower into the hole because of his lack of regulations. So what does he want to do? He wants and got a 700 Billion dollar bailout to help bolster back up the very same corporations and banks he allowed to run a muck in the first place.</p><br /><p>We're not heading for a depression, we're IN a depression and the only thing this one is lacking so far is stock brokers and investors jumping out of highrise windows. We already have jobs being lost at an alarming rate, we already have millions more homeless and that number is expected to get to as many as 9 million more by January.</p><br /><p>The world will hear that figure and say, "wow, 9 million, that's a lot" but to the criminal element of Washington D.C. it's just a drop in the bucket when you consider how many billions of people there are in The United States. <br /></p><br /><p>But this recession hurts more than just Americans because we've become an import society rather than a manufacturing society. We live off the cheap goods imported from Japan and China mostly and we ship billions of dollars overseas every year for those goods, not just to China for things we use, but billions to the middle east for oil.</p><br /><p>I fear a revolution is on the horizon whether Obama is elected or not and/or if Obama can't fix things that are wrong with our nation. And if a revolution does begin, I think it will begin with just one shot. Once it starts and someone starts taking our country back by force or violence, people will find themselves unable to hold back and everyone will start shooting. Now let me say a word of caution to the FBI since we all know you monitor sites like this one and where my blog will be posted. <strong>I AM NOT ADVOCATING THE OVERTHROW OF THE US GOVERNMENT BY FORCE OR VIOLENCE, </strong>(so don't bother knocking on my door to arrest me) and I'm not trying to start anything here either, but my rights to free speech DO allow me to say that I feel this is how and when it will start and how I predict it will all end.</p><br /><p>Bush will NOT be able to fix the world by January and the world is what needs to be fixed, not just America. If it just effected us, we wouldn't have plants in China shutting down, unrest in other parts of the world that depend on our importing their goods.</p><br /><p>Our only hope for a resolution to the crisis is electing Barack Obama and prosecuting Bush and company for their illegal attempt at global domination.<br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1799319/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=84" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=84" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-4560264692077298014?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-72675766330811941212008-10-18T06:50:00.001-07:002008-10-18T06:50:09.091-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/17/solar.mission.ap/index.html"><br /><p><b>OS ANGELES, California (AP) </b> -- A small NASA spacecraft embarks on a two-year mission this weekend to give scientists their first view of the happenings at the edge of the solar system.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/TECH/space/10/17/solar.mission.ap/art.solar.gi.jpg" alt="NASA hopes its new Ibex probe will help explain why the sun&#039;s protective heliosphere is shrinking." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>NASA hopes its new Ibex probe will help explain why the sun's protective heliosphere is shrinking.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> The Ibex probe, short for Interstellar Boundary Explorer, will study a chaotic region in space where the solar wind from the sun clashes with cold gases from interstellar space.</p><br /><p> The solar wind, a stream of charged particles spewing from the sun at 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) per hour, carves out a protective bubble around the solar system. This bubble known as the heliosphere shields against most dangerous cosmic radiation that would otherwise interfere with human spaceflight.</p><br /><p> Scientists recently discovered that the solar wind pressure is at its weakest level in 50 years, although the exact reason remains a mystery. Ibex could help confirm whether the heliosphere is shrinking.</p><br /><p> Observations from Ibex should help researchers in "unlocking the secrets of this important interaction between the sun and the galaxy," said David McComas of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. He is chief scientist for the $165 million mission.</p><br /><p> Ibex, the size of a bus tire, will be launched aboard a Pegasus rocket that will be dropped from an aircraft over a Pacific atoll on Sunday.</p><br /><p> The rocket will lift Ibex 130 miles (209 kilometers) above Earth and put it into orbit. The spacecraft will then fire its solid rocket motor to loft itself even higher, eventually to 200,000 miles (321,853 kilometers) above Earth.</p><br /><p> Ibex will build on the discoveries of the long-running twin Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets. The deep-space, manmade probes have since sailed past the outer planets and are headed out of the solar system.</p><br /><p> Unlike the Voyager craft, Ibex will not barrel through space, but instead will do its job from high-Earth orbit. The probe carries two sensors that will collect information about the solar wind's mass and energy from all directions</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/17/solar.mission.ap/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />I wonder if this probe will run into the same brick wall that the hubble ran into as far as seeing a certain distance beyond the 200k miles.<br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1799202/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=84" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; 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But with recent decreases in the price of crude, it's dropping amazingly fast.</strong></p><br /><p><strong>This makes me wonder just how much of our economic woes are politically motivated to give the candidates "talking points".<br /></strong></p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/node/1797695/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=84" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=84" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/culture/gas-mooresville-nc-dropping-rock"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//44/a/44a4414bba2f44674197538a34d644fa.jpg" alt="Gas in Mooresville NC dropping like a rock" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/culture/gas-mooresville-nc-dropping-rock"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//72/f/72f808612e0d6ec781bee55cc3bc70be.jpg" alt="Gas in Mooresville NC dropping like a rock" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/culture/gas-mooresville-nc-dropping-rock"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//20/3/20332986b42ccb731e363a8659059159.jpg" alt="Gas in Mooresville NC dropping like a rock" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> </div><p>Tags: <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a> | <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/gas%2520prices%2520drop" rel="tag">gas prices drop</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-3518366713221642691?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-50134477554324702232008-10-17T13:18:00.001-07:002008-10-17T13:18:28.235-07:00<p>Being a firm believer in capital punishment where the condemmed has admitted guilt, I have to say this guy went out with a bit of class. I'm amazed however that the amount of time he spent on death row was a mere 6 1/2 yrs.<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/17/texas.execution.ap/index.html"><br /><p><b>HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP)</b> -- Condemned killer Kevin Watts quietly went to his death as the criminal justice system he said he detested executed him for a triple slaying 6½ years ago in San Antonio, Texas.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/CRIME/10/17/texas.execution.ap/art.watts.jpg" alt="&quot;I&#039;m out of here, man,&quot; Kevin Watts said from the death gurney. &quot;I&#039;m gone. Keep me in your hearts.&quot;" width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>"I'm out of here, man," Kevin Watts said from the death gurney. "I'm gone. Keep me in your hearts."</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> The street gangster received a lethal injection Thursday for fatally shooting three people in the holdup of a Korean restaurant. </p><br /><p> Watts, 27, had confessed to the shootings after which one of the victims' newlywed wife was abducted and raped.</p><br /><p> Watts had denounced the sentence at the conclusion of his trial in 2003.</p><br /><p> Then earlier this year, returning to the court where a jury convicted him of capital murder and decided he should die, Watts confronted the judge scheduling his execution with an obscenity-laced tirade complaining about what he contended was a racist justice system.</p><br /><p> But strapped to the death chamber gurney Thursday, his demeanor was subdued. He spoke softly, telling friends he appreciated their love and support and asked them to forgive him.</p><br /><p> "I'm out of here, man," he concluded. "I'm gone. Keep me in your hearts."</p><br /><p> He was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/17/texas.execution.ap/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1797153/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=84" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=84" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 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He was making wild accusations, and trying to stick it to Obama, but Obama was more like Teflon than glue.</p><br /><p>McCain came out swinging but on this judge's scorecard, he didn't score any blows.</p><br /><p>He was condescending and had this holier than thou attitude. I'm sure McCain thinks he won the debate, but he didn't by a long shot. He simply showed he's still not above contributing to yellow journalism.</p><br /><p>To top it off, after the debate, John McCain shot himself in the foot by praising how well Obama did in the debate. You notice Obama didn't return the compliment.</p><br /><p>Stick a fork in him, McCain is done!<br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1792183/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=84" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=84" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/opinion" rel="tag">opinion</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/McCain" rel="tag">McCain</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Debate" rel="tag">Debate</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Presidential%2520Debate" rel="tag">Presidential Debate</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/US%2520Election" rel="tag">US Election</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/3rd%2520debate" rel="tag">3rd debate</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-7868803476248185770?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-70591789264345691372008-10-15T16:45:00.001-07:002008-10-15T16:54:21.435-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.corning-observer.com/news/tehama_3838___article.html/corning_county.html">Missing woman’s daughter, grandson arrested on scene Tuesday, Oct 14 2008, 9:43 pm<br /><p>Tehama County Sheriff’s Office detectives are piecing together evidence of a what appears to be a grizzly crime of elder abuse, embezzlement, conspiracy, and possibly even a homicide, that occurred just north of Corning.</p><br /><p>The investigation began when the TCSO received a call from a man living in the Los Angeles area stating he was the son of Ramona Yolanda Allmond, 84, who lived at 5088 Edith Ave., north of Gallagher Avenue. Allmond’s son told the TSCO that he was concerned about his mother as he hadn’t heard from her since December 2007.</p><br /><p>“Allmond’s son said he felt something was amiss,” said TSCO Captain Paul Hosler.</p><br /><p>According to Hosler the son’s suspicions where further aroused when his sister Kathleen Theresa Allmond, 50, and her son Tony Ray, 30, both of whom live with the elderly woman, visited southern California without the elderly mother.</p><br /><p>In response to the call TCSO deputies went on Saturday to the Edith Avenue residence to make a welfare check on Allmond.</p><br /><p>When the deputies arrived they were unable to contact anyone at the home, but believed someone may have been hiding in an olive orchard behind the home.</p><br /><p>A short time after the deputies left the Allmond residence, the concerned son once again called the TCSO to say his sister, Kathleen, was attempting to disguise her voice to sound like her mother, said the TCSO.</p><br /><p>On Sunday the TCSO officers went back to the Edith Avenue residence where they contacted Kathleen Allmond and interviewed her at length, leading the officers to believe a very disturbing series of events had occurred involving the death of Ramona Allmond and the cremation of he remains behind her home, said Hosler.</p><br /><p>Based on statements made by Kathleen Allmond and Ray, the TCSO believe that by unknown means Ramona Allmond died in her home in early December 2007 (the cause of death is under investigation).</p><br /><p>Allmond and Ray allowed Ramona’s body to lie on the bedroom floor for a week and then moved the body to a cement culvert used for family barbeques behind the residence, said the TCSO.</p><br /><p>“The suspects said the family had actually used the culvert to cook their Thanksgiving turkey several weeks before they put the body in it,” Hosler said.</p><br /><p>Allmond and Ray then cremated Ramona’s body by burning in continuously using olive wood from the surrounding orchards for up to 17 hours, said TSCO.</p><br /><p>“Kathleen allegedly made a necklace for herself with a portion of her mother’s skull, which she wore around her neck,” Hosler stated. “She posted a photograph of herself wearing the necklace on her MySpace page.”</p><br /><p>During the ensuing months following Ramona’s death Allmond and Ray continued to cash the deceased monthly PERS retirement and social security checks, according to Hosler.</p><br /><p>“We have corroborated that statement with evidence from checks cashed,” he said.</p><br /><p>Allmond and Ray were arrested at the residence and booked into the Tehama County Jail on suspicion of felony embezzlement, elder abuse, and conspiracy. Bail on each was set at $30,000.</p><br /><p>Hosler said as the investigation continues further evidence may lead to additional charges</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.corning-observer.com/news/tehama_3838___article.html/corning_county.html" class="story-source">corning-observer.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/human-remains-found-near-corning.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br />On a lighter note, I have met these two people, and they're pretty scary.<br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1791358/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=81" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/strange/bbq-grandma-style"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//ae/f/aef5e6b76ccfb9d03ce4656e94770134.jpg" alt="Human remains found near Corning" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/strange/bbq-grandma-style"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//20/a/20af2cee4314bcbc90f3b4ec14c135ad.jpg" alt="Human remains found near Corning" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/strange/bbq-grandma-style"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//17/1/171f9e71c0a42e7e229e190cc775fb9f.jpg" alt="Human remains found near Corning" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> </div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Strange" rel="tag">Strange</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-7059178926434569137?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-69811293266918936672008-10-14T19:50:00.001-07:002008-10-14T19:50:16.065-07:00<p>An open letter to Sarah Palin<br /> <br /> October 3 at 1:36pm<br /> <br /> Dear Mrs. Palin,<br /> <br /> I am embarrassed for my gender. Seriously. Putting all<br /> politics aside, after last night's debate, I am mortified<br /> on behalf of women everywhere. You seem to have confused<br /> running for Vice President of the United States with<br /> running for Prom Queen at Icanskinamoose High School.<br /> <br /> I mean, really. What was with the winking? Did you have<br /> something in your eye? Does the prospect of intelligent<br /> discussion of important issues cause uncontrollable spasms<br /> in your face? Is your foreign policy strategy to wink<br /> hostile nations into submission? Or do you actually<br /> believe that this stopped people from noticing that you<br /> didn't have the answers to the questions? Well, golly<br /> gee, but winking doesn't stop us from noticing that you<br /> are completely unqualified to be Vice President of the<br /> PTA, much less of the United States.<br /> <br /> And on that note, gosh and golly gee? That's not folksy<br /> language that appeals to the average American. That's<br /> talking to us like we are preschoolers. Stop. Now. Five<br /> year olds can't vote. Lets all try talking like grown<br /> ups, shall we? Furthermore, the ability to rhyme your<br /> opponent's first name with other one syllable words is<br /> not impressive and it does not make any valid political<br /> point. Congratulations. Last night you demonstrated that<br /> you have as good a grasp of the sounds the letters of<br /> the alphabet make as your 7-year-old daughter, who at<br /> least had the sense not to spit shine her baby brother<br /> this time. Is this why people keep saying you did better<br /> than expected? Because really, I'd rather elect Dr. Suess<br /> if rhyme is that important.<br /> <br /> And by the way, you are not middle class. The amount of<br /> money paid to any governor of any state in this country<br /> automatically removes them from the label of middle<br /> class. Stop trying to be one of us. It's insulting. As<br /> is your continual reference to "Joe Six Pack." Just<br /> because your husband is known as the First Dude of<br /> Alaska (which kind of makes me throw up in my own<br /> mouth) doesn't mean you know anything about average<br /> Americans... like perhaps the fact that many members<br /> of the working and middle classes find that sort of<br /> pejorative characterization insulting. I represent many<br /> low and middle class Americans. I would never dream of<br /> referring to my clients this way. It's distasteful and<br /> disrespectful.<br /> <br /> And now on to the issues. Wait, I can't really address<br /> your thoughts on this issues, since you did everything<br /> in your power not to have, I mean, share them. I don't<br /> know where you stand on pretty much anything of<br /> importance to me. And the few tidbits I gleaned did<br /> nothing to convince me that you are anything other than<br /> a fan of big oil and hockey. All that I know is that<br /> you have the ability, arguably, to memorize and regurgitate<br /> four or five basic talking points, ad nauseam while<br /> completely ignoring the question being asked of you. But<br /> hey, it worked for Bush, so why not?<br /> <br /> In closing, I would like to say that some day, we will<br /> have a woman elected President of the United States.<br /> That woman will get to thank Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary<br /> Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Olympia<br /> Snowe, and host of other intelligent, competent women<br /> in politics - on both sides of the isle - who blazed<br /> trails and stood up for what they believed in. That<br /> woman will get to thank a generation of women like my<br /> mother who raised their daughters to believe that they<br /> can be anything and do anything . The thought of that<br /> woman having to thank you as well makes me physically<br /> ill. You make women in politics look like a joke. And<br /> I am mortified.<br /> <br /> Most sincerely yours,<br /><br /></p><p>An Anonymous Woman Voter</p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/node/1788199/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=81" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-6981129326691893667?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-50127340818572050852008-10-14T18:45:00.001-07:002008-10-14T18:45:42.020-07:00<p>Good riddens<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/14/toofat.execution/index.html"><br /><p><b>WASHINGTON (CNN)</b> -- An Ohio death row inmate was executed Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute plea that he was too overweight to be put to death.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/CRIME/10/14/toofat.execution/art.cooey.odrc.jpg" alt="Richard Cooey, 41, and an accomplice were convicted of the 1986 murders of two college students." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>Richard Cooey, 41, and an accomplice were convicted of the 1986 murders of two college students.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> Richard Cooey was pronounced dead at 10:28 a.m. ET, said Andrea Carson, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Corrections. The execution went as scheduled, she said, with "no problems whatsoever."</p><br /><p> Cooey had exhausted his legal appeals and Gov. Ted Strickland earlier denied the 41-year-old prisoner's clemency petition. Cooey murdered two college students in 1986.</p><br /><p> Asked if he had any final words, Carson quoted Cooey as saying, "You haven't paid attention to anything I've had to say for the past 22 years, so why would you think that I would think you're going to pay attention to what I have to say now?"</p><br /><p> Earlier Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected the stay Cooey's attorneys had sought, along with the opportunity to address the larger constitutional claims over when a convicted person is medically unfit for capital punishment. The court was also asked to review whether Ohio's lethal injection procedures amount to cruel and unusual punishment.</p><br /><p> Cooey's lawyers maintained that at 5-foot-7 and 267 pounds, he was "morbidly obese" and had gained about 70 pounds since he was imprisoned at age 19. Prison food and confinement in his cell for 23 hours a day, limiting his opportunities for exercise, contributed to his weight problem, his legal team argued.</p><br /><p> <a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Richard_Cooey" target="_blank">Cooey</a> also contended regular medication he took for migraines would weaken the effectiveness of an anesthetic used in the three-drug cocktail administered during execution. He said his veins were weakened because of his health issues, and the lethal drugs would constitute cruel and unusual punishment.</p><br /><p> A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Cooey waited too long raise the medical issues, saying he "knew of and could have filed suit over vein access prior to July 2005."</p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/14/toofat.execution/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /></p><br /><p>A pig right up to the end.<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/14/toofat.execution/index.html"><br /></div></div></p><br /><p> Ohio does not serve a "last meal," as death-row inmates are given the opportunity to eat breakfast before a scheduled execution, Carson told CNN. But on Monday night, she said, Cooey ate a "special meal" consisting of a T-bone steak, hash browns, french fries, four eggs over easy, onion rings, four pieces of toast, a pint of Rocky Road ice cream, Mountain Dew and bear claw pastries. He did not eat breakfast Tuesday, Carson said.</p><br /><p></p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/14/toofat.execution/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1788169/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=81" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" 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class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/14/iraq.security/index.html"><br /><p><b>(CNN)</b> -- Iraqi leaders met Tuesday to review a draft of an agreement on the future of U.S. troops in Iraq, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/WORLD/meast/10/14/iraq.security/art.maliki.jpg" alt="Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met with officials Tuesday to discuss the draft agreement." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met with officials Tuesday to discuss the draft agreement.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> A senior Bush administration official said the text calls for U.S. troops to leave Iraqi cities, cease street patrols and return to their bases by June, unless Iraqis request their support.</p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/14/iraq.security/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/iraqi-leaders-consider-troop-deal-with.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p>Bush said we'd be welcomed as liberators and that we'd be doing the world a great service for democracy and freedom from terrorism. As we all know now, that was a crock some members of congress bought hook line and sinker. What's worse is that a great number of Americans believed it too.<br /></p><br /><p>By using fear and intimidation, as well as manipulation of the facts, the Bush spin doctors were able to pray on fear to generate support for the war and encourage their sons and daughters to go fight and die for a cause that wasn't really a cause at all but rather a vendeta Bush had against Saddam over a plan to kill his father and Laura Bush.</p><br /><p>According to friends of mine who have been to Iraq, we have built over 17 permanent bases to the tune of several billion dollars. McCain is right on one thing, and that is that if he wins, we will be in Iraq for 100 years or more.<br /></p><br /><p>We don't put in multi-million dollar bases just for practice, we do it because we intend to "occupy" a country from now till doomsday.<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/14/iraq.security/index.html"><br /></div></div></p><br /><p> The agreement also calls for U.S. troops to leave Iraq by the end of 2011, the senior official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions.</p><br /><p> The official said that the Iraqis could ask U.S. troops to stay beyond 2011 depending on conditions on the ground but that the Iraqis would have "sole discretion" as to whether troops remain. </p><br /><p> Al-Maliki met Tuesday with President Jalal Talabani and two vice presidents to review the "semi-final draft" of the agreement, al-Maliki adviser Yassin Majid said. </p><br /><p> But the U.S. official said that the draft was final and that negotiations on the Status of Forces Agreement had finished.</p><br /><p> "But that doesn't mean we have a deal until the Iraqis agree," the official said. "We may have a text, but do we really have an agreement? We don't until the Iraqis sign off."</p><br /><p> With the United Nations mandate authorizing the U.S. troop presence in Iraq expiring December 31, U.S. officials are examining "contingencies" in case the Iraqi government is unable to sell the deal to the country's various factions, the U.S. official said.</p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/14/iraq.security/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/iraqi-leaders-consider-troop-deal-with.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>This next part really chaps my Democratic buttockal area. We go over there, whether on false pretenses (WMD's) or not, and we let over 4000 of our soldiers die to defend Iraq's people and bring democracy to the region, like they really want that, and we're supposed to put up with our soldiers being susceptable to criminal charges because we did something that violates Iraqi law? They said they reached an agreement on that part, but would not disclose the details. First off, our soldiers should be made aware of those details so they know what they may be facing, and second, if the details don't read something like this, "Try or convict any of our forces and we'll knock your whole country down to beaded glass", there should be NO agreement.<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/14/iraq.security/index.html"><br /></div></div></p><br /><p> One issue that had held up negotiations was whether U.S. troops will remain immune from Iraqi law. The U.S. official said negotiators had "reached a compromise" on the issue, but details of the immunity compromise weren't available.</p><br /><p> Baghdad has sought the authority to arrest and try Americans accused of crimes unrelated to official military operations. It also wants jurisdiction over troops and contractors who commit grave mistakes in the course of their duties.</p><br /><p></p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/14/iraq.security/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/iraqi-leaders-consider-troop-deal-with.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1787977/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: 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times when I am introducing myself to someone new," she told The Asheville Citizen-Times. "Once they find out what my name is, they want to know more about what the Web site is about."</p><br /><p> The Asheville High School graduate, who is working in Virginia, said she began opposing dissections in middle school after a class assignment to cut up a chicken wing made her uncomfortable. She helped create a policy at her high school that allows students who object to dissections to complete an alternative assignment.</p><br /><p> Despite her legally changing the name, she said most of her family members still call her Jennifer.</p><br /><p> "It will take me a while," said her dad, Duane Thornburg, who lives in Daytona Beach, Florida. "She's still Jennifer to me. I understand why she's done it. Believe it or not, I totally respect it."</p><br /><p> A CD showing the treatment of animals before they are dissected finally convinced him to support his daughter's cause, he said</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/14/cutout.dissection.ap/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br />I don't know if I'd want to be a Thornburg anyway, so if the new name is what floats her boat....<br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1786921/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a 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-- A Florida grand jury has returned an indictment in the case of missing toddler Caylee Anthony. </p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/CRIME/10/14/caylee.grand.jury/art.close.Caylee.jpg" alt="Caylee Anthony, 3, disappeared in mid-June but wasn&#039;t reported missing until a month later." vspace="0" width="292" height="219" hspace="0" /><br /></p><p> Caylee Anthony, 3, disappeared in mid-June but wasn't reported missing until a month later. </p><br /><p> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/14/caylee.grand.jury/index.html#" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/content/in_the_news/left_gray_btn.gif" alt="Click to view previous image" title="Click to view previous image" width="26" border="0" height="19" /></a> 1 of 2 <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/14/caylee.grand.jury/index.html#" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/pic_changer/next.gif" alt="Click to view next image" title="Click to view next image" width="26" border="0" height="19" /></a> <img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> The name of the person indicted and the specific charge is not yet known because the indictment remains sealed until an arrest is made.</p><br /><p> But Lawson Lamar, the state attorney for Orange County, said the first count is a capital charge -- which could carry a penalty of life in prison or death.</p><br /><p> Prosecutors are asking that the person named in the indictment be held without bond.</p><br /><p> The 19 grand jurors -- 10 women and nine men -- deliberated for about half an hour before returning the indictment. Earlier in the day they heard from police, FBI agents and members of the missing child's family.</p><br /><p> <a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/casey_anthony" target="_blank">Casey Anthony</a>, Caylee's mother, has been identified as a suspect in her daughter's disappearance. She will surrender to authorities if indicted, her lawyer said earlier Tuesday. </p><br /><p> "I've already given official notice to the state attorney's office that should an indictment come down, Casey will surrender herself," attorney Jose Baez told reporters as his 22-year-old client wiped tears from her eyes.</p><br /><p> "She's not running from this," Baez said during an impromptu media briefing. "She's doing her best to stand strong, to stand up to the powers that are working against her. And they threw the kitchen sink at her a long time ago."</p><br /><p> <img alt="" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> Adding that his client "has been living a nightmare," the attorney asked the public to remember, "She has a missing child. She's also a child."</p><br /><p></p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/14/caylee.grand.jury/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/grand-jury-returns-capital-indictment.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br />This just in<br /><p> <strong>ORLANDO, Florida (CNN)</strong> -- A Florida grand jury has returned an indictment charging Casey Anthony with first-degree murder in the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter, Caylee. </p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/CRIME/10/14/caylee.grand.jury/art.close.Caylee.jpg" alt="Caylee Anthony, 3, disappeared in mid-June but wasn&#039;t reported missing until a month later." vspace="0" width="292" height="219" hspace="0" /><br /></p><p> Caylee Anthony, 3, disappeared in mid-June but wasn't reported missing until a month later. </p><br /><p> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/14/caylee.grand.jury/index.html#" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/content/in_the_news/left_gray_btn.gif" alt="Click to view previous image" title="Click to view previous image" id="cnnImgChngrPrvsBtn" width="26" border="0" height="19" /></a> 1 of 2 <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/14/caylee.grand.jury/index.html#" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/pic_changer/next.gif" alt="Click to view next image" title="Click to view next image" id="cnnImgChngrNxtBtn" width="26" border="0" height="19" /></a> <img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> Prosecutors announced the charges Tuesday afternoon, shortly after a grand jury returned the indictment. </p><br /><p> Lawson Lamar, the state attorney for Orange County, said the first count is a capital charge -- which could carry a penalty of life in prison or death.</p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1786602/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=81" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/world/grand-jury-returns-capital-indictment-caylee-case"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//37/7/37743100950216a6341a33281057b858.jpg" alt="Grand jury returns capital indictment in Caylee case" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> </div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-5232086554240766955?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-22398832722083118802008-10-13T20:49:00.001-07:002008-10-13T20:49:08.561-07:00<p>Oy Vey!, please someone, hand me a gun, I'll make his execution nice and painless. You have to have your brains in tact to feel pain, a 50 cent bullet will take care of that. Would he like some cheese with his whine?<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/13/toofat.execution.appeal.ap/index.html"><br /><p><b>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)</b> -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from an Ohio prisoner who argued he is too obese to be executed. Richard Cooey is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/CRIME/10/13/toofat.execution.appeal.ap/art.cooey.jpg" alt="Richard Cooey, 41, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>Richard Cooey, 41, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> The court denied his request for a stay without comment Monday. Cooey is 5-foot-7 and weighs 267 pounds.</p><br /><p> State officials said prison staff examined Cooey's veins and found no problems that would interfere with the execution.</p><br /><p> Cooey has one more appeal pending before the court. It argues Ohio's method for lethal injections could cause an agonizing death and violates the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.</p><br /><p> Cooey, 41, raped and killed two college students in 1986.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/13/toofat.execution.appeal.ap/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br />Bang, you're dead, I have no sympathy for you. You had none for your victims so stop whining and take your lethal injection cocktail like a man.<br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1784452/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=81" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Ohio" rel="tag">Ohio</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Columbus" rel="tag">Columbus</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/court" rel="tag">court</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/obese" rel="tag">obese</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Prison" rel="tag">Prison</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/death" rel="tag">death</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Staff" rel="tag">Staff</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Richard" rel="tag">Richard</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/supreme" rel="tag">supreme</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/found" rel="tag">found</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/prohibition" rel="tag">prohibition</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/cause" rel="tag">cause</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/EXECUTED" rel="tag">EXECUTED</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/tuesday" rel="tag">tuesday</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/PUNISHMENT" rel="tag">PUNISHMENT</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/CONSTITUTIONAL" rel="tag">CONSTITUTIONAL</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/INMATE" rel="tag">INMATE</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/unusual" rel="tag">unusual</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/State" rel="tag">State</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/appeal" rel="tag">appeal</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/cruel" rel="tag">cruel</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/problems" rel="tag">problems</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/officials" rel="tag">officials</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/lethal" rel="tag">lethal</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/violates" rel="tag">violates</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/pending" rel="tag">pending</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/scheduled" rel="tag">scheduled</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/rejects" rel="tag">rejects</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/before" rel="tag">before</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Interfere" rel="tag">Interfere</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/said" rel="tag">said</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/injections" rel="tag">injections</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/could" rel="tag">could</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/would" rel="tag">would</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/veins" rel="tag">veins</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/From" rel="tag">From</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/With" rel="tag">With</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/examined" rel="tag">examined</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/method" rel="tag">method</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/more" rel="tag">more</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/That" rel="tag">That</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/argued" rel="tag">argued</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/agonizing" rel="tag">agonizing</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Cooey" rel="tag">Cooey</a> | <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/too-fat-to-execute" rel="tag">too-fat-to-execute</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-2239883272208311880?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-54480360801883920652008-10-13T12:39:00.001-07:002008-10-13T12:40:38.737-07:00<p>The Great Depression of 1929 may be back upon us and the last depression may hold valueable lessons to us on how to survive. Sort of like the tricks to survival I used to post about being homeless. The following description is not for the faint of heart, but nonetheless, may become a reality and a way of life for most Americans.</p><br /><p>Honey is it soup yet? Hope you brought your appetite<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/10/13/depression.irpt/index.html"><br /><p>"She remembered vividly the barrels of flour, the bolts of cloth and the hunger in the faces of people as they begged for store credit," LeBlanc said. "The store must have been at least marginally successful, because my grandmother was able to purchase, a piece at a time, a complete six-person setting of Gorham Chantilly silverware for her trousseau, linens and even a Lane cedar chest to house her treasures."</p><br /><p> The couple would catch wild hogs, feed them corn for a year and eat them once the wild taste was out of the scavenging animals. They also took advantage of available squirrel meat, a common food in the South at that time.</p><br /><p> "It was a uniquely disgusting thing ... to see my grandfather take a stewed, skinned squirrel's head, smack the skull's dome with a heavy silver tablespoon, and dine on the brains," LeBlanc said.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/10/13/depression.irpt/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/ready-for-squirrel-soup.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br />Yumm....NOT</p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1783898/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=81" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Louisiana" rel="tag">Louisiana</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/economy" rel="tag">economy</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Time" rel="tag">Time</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/wild" rel="tag">wild</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/depression" rel="tag">depression</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/lessons" rel="tag">lessons</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/FOR" rel="tag">FOR</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Squirrel" rel="tag">Squirrel</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Great" rel="tag">Great</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/COUPLE" rel="tag">COUPLE</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/SURVIVING" rel="tag">SURVIVING</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/store" rel="tag">store</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/CREDIT" rel="tag">CREDIT</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/them" rel="tag">them</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Tough" rel="tag">Tough</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/holds" rel="tag">holds</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/LeBlanc" rel="tag">LeBlanc</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/said" rel="tag">said</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/they" rel="tag">they</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/result" rel="tag">result</a> | <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/That" rel="tag">That</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-5448036080188392065?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-10516866705463011972008-10-12T13:41:00.001-07:002008-10-12T13:43:04.641-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/palin.investigation/index.html"><br /><br /><p><strong>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN)</strong> -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her power as Alaska's governor and violated state ethics law by trying to get her ex-brother-in-law fired from the state police, a state investigator's report concluded Friday. </p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/10/10/palin.investigation/art.palinflag.gi.jpg" alt="Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is under investigation for the firing of her public safety commissioner." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is under investigation for the firing of her public safety commissioner.</p><br /><p> "Gov. Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda," the report states.</p><br /><p> Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan's refusal to fire State Trooper Mike Wooten from the state police force was "likely a contributing factor" to Monegan's July dismissal, but Palin had the authority as governor to fire him, the report by former Anchorage prosecutor Stephen Branchflower states.</p><br /><p> The investigator's report states Palin's efforts to get Wooten fired broke a state ethics law that bars public officials from pursuing personal interest through official action. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/palin.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCVideo" target="_blank"><br /></a></p><br /><p> The lawyers representing both Sarah and Todd Palin issued a three-page attack on the investigative report, including the contention that Ethics Act violations can only involve financial motives and financial "potential gain, or the avoidance of a potential loss."</p><br /><p> "Here, there is no accusation, no finding and no facts that money or financial gain to the Governor was involved in the decision to replace Monegan," the lawyers said.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/palin.investigation/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/palin-above-our-law-but-well-below-god.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br />Ok, here's the thing. The Troopergate report says Palin BROKE (Palin needs to learn that broke = violated) a state of Alaska ethics law. Now her attorney is trying to say that law does not apply to her because no financial gain was receieved. The law says 'bars public officials from pursuing personal interest through official action'. Notice the word PERSONAL, which does NOT mean financial. The report goes on to state that part of the violation was that she had a personal agenda.&nbsp;<br /><p>Then she is saying, "Well, I’m very very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing … any hint of any kind of unethical activity there. Very pleased to be cleared of any of that." http://community.adn.com/adn/node/132625</p><br /><p>What part of "violated ethics laws" does she not understand? She says she was cleared of any legal wrongdoing or any hint of unethical activity? Is she STUPID? Does she know how to read? Does she comprehend anything she DOES read? Does she know what The Constitution is? Perhaps her big downfall is that she's not a lawyer like most politicians. <br /></p><br /><p>But seriously kiddies, is this what we need in the white house?? Someone who is so completely in denial that she may as well be named Cleopatra, queen of da nile.</p><br /><p>We've had had 8 years of someone shredding the constitution and calling it a G*****N piece of paper. We've had 8 years of denial that we have a bad situation on our hands. We've had 8 years of lies, spins on the truth and a president who thinks he's above the law.</p><br /><p>Obviously Palin thinks she's above the law if she can, for one second, believe that the wording of the Troopergate report absolves her of all wrong doing.</p><br /><p>With the last 8 years of dangerous people in charge of our government, we certainly don't want another criminal in charge of things, and lets face it, McCain wouldn't survive a full term, which would put a criminal in charge of the largest nuclear arsonal in the world and put someone in office who can't hold her tongue. <br /></p><br /><p>Now, while I like, and have always advocated, a politician speaking in the "plain, down home 'tell it like it is' style; which Palin does quite well, I've always been one to believe that if you're going to speak like that, at least speak the truth too. Talking to me like a normal human talks to another normal average person does no good if every other word out of your mouth is a bold face lie or if you're so shallow you can't face the truth about yourself.</p><br /><p>Sarah Palin feels the "Troopergate" investigation was tainted, yet the majority of the people who started the probe were/are Republicans.</p><br /><p>I have taken enough classes in the last 10 years to know that the history books are not going to be kind to Bush, Cheney, McCain or Palin. They will remember, and they all will be mentioned, but it will be a deplorable writeup. Bush and Cheney didn't even get all that much praise in history textbooks in 2005.</p><br /><p>The Republican party has roasted it's last elephant. Stick a fork in it, it's done. I honestly feel we'll have a bloody civil war before we let someone continue us down the Bushy and thorny path we've been on. America is at a crossroads. God will be watching which path we take. We'd better take the Obama path or, can we all say on the count of three, one, two, three, ARMAGEDDON.<br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/node/1782468/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=81" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/world/palin-above-our-law-well-below-gods-law"><img src="http://media.nowpublic.net/images//bb/d/bbdea291dcbdd2efbfe64eb4c1afb93e.jpg" alt="Palin above our law, but well below God's law" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> </div><p>Tags: <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-1051686670546301197?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-32346685397269872582008-10-11T16:47:00.001-07:002008-10-11T19:00:34.452-07:00<p>A Portland Oregon man only named as Dave, surprised people at a Chevron station and offered to pay their gas fillup if they would pay it forward. He would pick random cars to fill up and pay for. One man was almost in tears at what "Dave" did because he had had a very crappy week and this random act of kindness overwhelmed him.</p><br /><p>The video of "Dave" doing his thing is <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/10/11/natpkg.or.gas.pay.forward.kgw?iref=mpvideosview" target="_blank">here</a></p><br /><br /><p><br /></p><br /><div style="padding: 0pt 0pt 16px; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans serif; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1782046/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" style="border: medium none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(96, 96, 96);"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=81" alt="NP" style="border: medium none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Culture" rel="tag">Culture</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-3234668539726987258?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-54725478621339415762008-10-11T15:52:00.001-07:002008-10-11T16:36:54.251-07:00<p>I was outside, smoking and thinking about the story I just wrote parts of. And it occurred to me that perhaps John McCain is pulling a trick and planting people in his campaign stop audiences to ask silly questions so that McCain can use answers that pull back from his absurd attacks on Barack Obama. <br /></p><br /><p>How did I come up with this idea? Simple! We all know that many people these days need a bit more chlorine in their gene pool. So was the woman who asked McCain if Obama is an Arab just a "plant" or was she in need of a gene pool cleaning service? And the guy who said he's scared to have a child if Obama is president, was he another audience plant? Plants have been used before in campaign stops, it wouldn't be the first time certain questions have been planted and it won't be the last either. <br /></p><br /><p>We've heard it all. <br /></p><br /><p>Obama is a terrorist. <br /></p><br /><p>Obama is a Muslim. <br /></p><br /><p>Obama is an Arab. <br /></p><br /><p>Obama is the anti-christ. <br /></p><br /><p>Obama was not born in the USA. (interestingly enough John McCain actually wasn't born in the USA)<br /></p><br /><p>Obama studied in a Madrasa. <br /></p><br /><p>Obama is bad because he associates with people like Rev Wright. <br /></p><br /><p>Obama is bad because he knew someone from the 'weather underground'.<br /></p><br /><p>Proof Obama is a Muslim is that his dad gave him that dreaded "H" word as a middle name.</p><br /><p>Obama is not a Christian.</p><br /><p>Obama will raise EVERYONE'S taxes.</p><br /><p>Obama this, Obama that, the list goes on and on and on till you want to blow chunks.</p><br /><p>People have to remember and realize one thing. You don't get the party nomination for President if you're any of the above mentioned "bad" things. The powers that be, behind the scenes, wouldn't let someone like Barack Obama get this far if any of those things were true. It just isn't going to happen. <br /></p><br /><p>But it IS true that divisive comments of this nature CAN and often DO cause violence in the streets, as evidenced back in the George Wallace days, and they CAN lead to assassinations such as JFK and RFK and even MLK.</p><br /><p>I honestly think I have a pretty good grip on what is going on, because I have learned to read between the lines. I can almost guess at any given point what a politician is going to do or say next and be able to examine how it will positively effect or negatively effect their campaign. <br /></p><br /><p>McCain said some pretty nasty things about Obama and Palin said even worse things about Obama. He obviously has no control over her mouth. So it begs to wonder if McCain himself decided to tone down the attacks and rhetoric and/or if he had to use audience plants to ask leading questions McCain can respond to in a more polite and positive manner. <br /></p><br /><p>Or am I just talking out of where I sit and there are that many gene damaged people who can't see the truth through the smoke screen of politics? Has it really come to this, that we have so many people out there who can't think for themselves? If that's the case, then I think that when I get some money to invest, I'll invest it in gene pool chlorine, cause there are some pretty murky pools out there!</p><br /><p>Let the lambasting begin!!<br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1782031/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=81" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-5472547862133941576?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-60719225050876349922008-10-11T15:11:00.001-07:002008-10-11T15:53:50.978-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/11/mccain.lewis/index.html"><br /><p><b>WASHINGTON (CNN)</b> -- Sen. John McCain called a statement by a Georgia congressman Saturday, which compared the feeling at recent Republican rallies to those of segregationist George Wallace, "a brazen and baseless attack."</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/10/11/mccain.lewis/art.johnlewis.gi.jpg" alt="Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, and Sen. John McCain traded tough statements Saturday." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, and Sen. John McCain traded tough statements Saturday.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, who has been praised by McCain in the past, issued his statement after several days of headline-grabbing anger aimed at Democratic nominee Barack Obama from some attendees at campaign rallies of McCain and running mate Gov. Sarah Palin.</p><br /><p> "What I am seeing reminds me too much of another destructive period in American history. Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse," Lewis said in a statement. </p><br /><p> "<a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/George_Wallace" target="_blank">George Wallace</a> never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights. Because of this atmosphere of hate, four little girls were killed on Sunday morning when a church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama," wrote the Democrat. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/11/mccain.lewis/index.html#cnnSTCVideo" target="_blank"><br /></a></p><br /><p> McCain has written about Lewis, praising his actions in Selma, Alabama, during the civil rights movement. The Republican nominee even said during a summer faith forum that Lewis was one of three men he would turn to for counsel as president.</p><br /><p> But the Arizona senator blasted <a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/John_Lewis" target="_blank">Lewis</a>' remarks, and called on Obama to repudiate them. </p><br /><p> "Congressman John Lewis' comments represent a character attack against Gov. <a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Sarah_Palin" target="_blank">Sarah Palin</a> and me that is shocking and beyond the pale," he said in a Saturday afternoon statement released by his campaign.</p><br /><p> "The notion that legitimate criticism of Sen. Obama's record and positions could be compared to Gov. George Wallace, his segregationist policies and the violence he provoked is unacceptable and has no place in this campaign. I am saddened that John Lewis, a man I've always admired, would make such a brazen and baseless attack on my character and the character of the thousands of hardworking Americans who come to our events to cheer for the kind of reform that will put America on the right track. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/11/mccain.lewis/index.html#cnnSTCVideo" target="_blank"><br /></a></p><br /><p> "I call on Sen. Obama to immediately and personally repudiate these outrageous and divisive comments that are so clearly designed to shut down debate 24 days before the election. Our country must return to the important debate about the path forward for America."</p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/11/mccain.lewis/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/mccain-calls-comments-by-georgia.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p>Well then John McCain, you shouldn't have let your campaign stops get so rowdy that people in the audience were shouting "kill him" or accuse him of paling around with terrorists and basically saying things which COULD incite riots. The mere fact that you DID say things about Obama and let Palin run with the terrorist thing shows you have no cause for repudiating John Lewis.<br />John Lewis wasn't out of line in what he said, he was calling for an end to the slandar and libel that permiated the George Wallace era and the violence that followed. His statement was totally in step with what you're inciting people to do at your campaign stops. And if you don't reign in the pitbull and put a muzzle on her, you WILL lose the race. <br /></p><br /><p>That being said, you could have knocked me over with a whiff of your breath when I actually heard you defend Obama against the accusation that he's an Arab and also tell that one guy he need not be scared if Obama is elected. I guess things got too hot for you with your personal attacks and you realized you'd better tone it down and go back to your original promise of a fair campaign if you even hope to win.<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/11/mccain.lewis/index.html"><br /></div></div></p><br /><p> Shortly after, Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton released a statement on the Lewis comments.</p><br /><p> "Sen. Obama does not believe that John McCain or his policy criticism is in any way comparable to George Wallace or his segregationist policies," Burton said. "But John Lewis was right to condemn some of the hateful rhetoric that John McCain himself personally rebuked just last night, as well as the baseless and profoundly irresponsible charges from his own running mate that the Democratic nominee for president of the United States 'pals around with terrorists.' " </p><br /><p></p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/11/mccain.lewis/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/mccain-calls-comments-by-georgia.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br />Amen Bill Burton and President Barack Obama.<br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1781997/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img 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Mr. McCain is a Senator from Arizona and currently the <br />Republican nominee for President of the United States. He is here <br />today to help you learn how to count. Ready??? &nbsp; 0... Zero represents how much about economics and computers <br />John McCain has admitted he knows. &nbsp; 1... One is the number of wives John McCain left, after she got <br />in a car accident, for a younger woman. &nbsp; 2... Two is the number of positions John McCain has had (some <br />even twice!) on many important issues, like privatizing Social Security, <br />Lobbyists, Torture, Roe v Wade, the Bush Tax Cuts, and so many more. &nbsp; 3... The number of times John McCain mispronounced Georgian <br />President Saakashvili' s name during a recent press conference. &nbsp; 4... Is the minimum number of years of Bush's third term we would <br />get if John McCain is elected. &nbsp; 5... Is the number of multi-million dollar jets that John McCain <br />crashed while in the Navy. &nbsp; 5 and 1/2... That's the number of years John McCain wasn't allowed <br />to count to ten because he was a POW. &nbsp; 6... That would be how many million$ of dollar$ the McCain campaign <br />splooshed into an Olympic ad buy, beating out the $5 million the <br />Obama campaign had previously announced it would be spending during <br />the Olympic Games. &nbsp; 6... Also see 72. &nbsp; 7... The number of houses John McCain and his wife own or &nbsp; 8... The number of houses John McCain and his wife own or &nbsp; 9... The number of houses John McCain and his wife own or &nbsp; 10... The number of houses John McCain and his wife own or &nbsp; 11... The number of houses John McCain and his wife own.... &nbsp; 12... Things younger than John McCain (years): FM Radio (1), <br />Minimum Wage (2), Automatic Car Transmission (4), Bugs Bunny (4), <br />McDonalds (4), Mount Rushmore Completed (5), Polyester (5), <br />Bob Dylan (5), Cheerios (5), Duct Tape (6), Barack Obama's Mom (6), <br />Alaska (23) &nbsp; 13... Number of times non-celebrity John McCain has been on Jay <br />Leno's late night show. &nbsp; 14...15....16. ..17... this ever growing number is how many times John <br />McCain has referenced his former POW status. Just recently. Like <br />since last week. &nbsp; 43... This is the number of Presidents who were younger than John <br />McCain would be when first taking office. Wait.... that would be all of <br />them! &nbsp; 44... That's the age of John McCain's surprise pick for Vice <br />President, the governor of the least populous state in the U.S. <br />(which also receives the most earmark monies per capita from the Feds <br />AND a socialist kickback to each resident from Oil companies) whose <br />inexperience will truly be a blessing should 72 year old John McCain <br />not live through his first term as President. &nbsp; 72... That's the age John McCain turned in late August, which brings <br />us back to 6, as in, Actuaries say there is a 1 in 6 chance 72 year <br />old John McCain won't live through his first term as President. &nbsp; 90 and 95...Did you know John McCain voted with George Bush 90% of <br />the time in 2006 and 95% of the time in 2007? &nbsp; 100... John McCain said we might be in Iraq 100 years. That's a lot of <br />years! &nbsp; 680,157... This weird number is the average amount of dollar$ of tax <br />relief the top .01% of earners would get under John McCain. The <br />bottom quintile will get $101. &nbsp; 5,000,000... Five million is a big number, but according to John <br />McCain it is not a big amount of money. It just barely qualifies you as <br />rich.</p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1781973/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=81" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-3127616022148083128?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-83048543718370265662008-10-11T07:25:00.001-07:002008-10-11T07:25:40.168-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.ktla.com/content_landing_page/?Woman-Declared-Dead-Still-Breathing-in-M=1&blockID=92852&feedID=1080"><br /><p>WILMINGTON, Del. -- A woman and her husband are claiming in federal court that doctors and staff at Beebe Medical Center did not provide adequate care and were negligent when they declared her dead from a heart attack. </p><br /><p>Louis and Judith Johnson of Georgetown are suing the Lewes hospital and hospital personnel. </p><br /><p>According to the plaintiffs, Louis Johnson brought his wife to the hospital in May 2007 believing she had a bad case of indigestion. </p><br /><p>Turns out, she was having a heart attack.</p><br /><p>Johnson says he was told an hour later his wife was dead. </p><br /><p>Then someone at the morgue noticed Johnson’s “corpse” was still breathing.</p><br /><p>The Johnsons' attorney, Leon Aussprung says Judith Johnson suffered permanent brain injuries and other complications.</p><br /><p>Beebe officials would not comment on the pending lawsuit.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.ktla.com/content_landing_page/?Woman-Declared-Dead-Still-Breathing-in-M=1&amp;blockID=92852&amp;feedID=1080" class="story-source">ktla.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />Oh I'd comment on it, it's a sad state of affairs that our medical system is in.<br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1781550/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=81" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Strange" rel="tag">Strange</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-8304854371837026566?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-64804974393155670992008-10-10T13:28:00.001-07:002008-10-10T20:20:49.116-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.mortgages/index.html"></div></div><br /><p><strong>(CNN) </strong> -- John McCain is facing a fresh round of anger from members of his own party deeply opposed to the Arizona senator's proposal for the federal government to purchase troubled mortgage loans.</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.mortgages/art.debate.afp.gi.jpg" alt="John McCain first mentioned his mortgage relief plan during Tuesday&#039;s town-hall debate with Barack Obama." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>John McCain first mentioned his mortgage relief plan during Tuesday's town-hall debate with Barack Obama.</p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.mortgages/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/mccain-will-have-lot-of-to-do-to-cindy.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>I just love how desperate McCain is, to risk angering his own party with a hastily made up plan.<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.mortgages/index.html"><br /></div></div></p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> The pointed backlash from several economic conservatives -- many of whom already distrust McCain's commitment to free-market principles -- couldn't come at a worse time for the Republican presidential nominee less than four weeks before Election Day as he stares at a significant deficit in national and state polls.</p><br /><p> But at a time when McCain can't afford to worry about a lack of support from his party's base, several conservatives are openly criticizing the plan as a flagrant reward for reckless behavior among lenders.</p><br /><p> In a sharply worded editorial on its Web site Thursday, the editors of The National Review -- an influential bastion of conservative thought -- derided the plan as "creating a level of moral hazard that is unacceptable" and called it a "gift to lenders who abandoned any sense of prudence during the boom years." <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.mortgages/index.html#cnnSTCVideo" target="_blank"><br /></a></p><br /><p> Prominent conservative blogger Michelle Malkin went one step further, calling the plan "rotten" and declaring on her blog, "We're Screwed '08."</p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.mortgages/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/mccain-will-have-lot-of-to-do-to-cindy.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>When conservative bloggers like her are saying things like this, it shows a deep rooted dislike of McCain from his own party. It is a dislike he'll never overcome. It has gone from We're screwed 08 to McCain/Palin will never win 08.<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.mortgages/index.html"><br /></div></div></p><br /><p> Matt Lewis, a contributing writer for the conservative Web site Townhall.com, told CNN the plan only further riles conservatives upset with McCain's backing of the massive government bailout plan passed last week.</p><br /><p> "Fundamentally, the problem is John McCain accepts a lot of liberal notions, unfortunately. There is somewhat of a populist streak," he said. "Most conservatives really did not like the bailout to begin with, and this was really kind of picking at the scab."</p><br /><p> It's not just the plan conservatives are unhappy with, but how it was first unveiled as well -- out of the blue at Tuesday's town-hall debate during which Republicans were instead hoping McCain would present a spirited attack on what they view as Obama's overly liberal positions.</p><br /><p> "Here we are watching the debate hoping this is a good format for John McCain to excel at, and the first thing he does is spring this on us," Lewis said. "This is not a good way to win friends and influence people."</p><br /><p> "He spent the entire debate assailing massive government spending -- while his featured proposal of the right was to heap on more massive government spending to pursue home ownership retention at all costs," Malkin said.</p><br /><p> It's a proposal that is fundamentally at odds with the conservative principle of individual responsibility, and is the latest in a string of public spats conservatives have had over the years and in this election with their party's standard bearer.</p><br /><p> But for McCain, the move is another gamble for a candidate in need of a game-changer and one that lends credence to the self-proclaimed maverick's repeated claim that he's unafraid of bucking his own party.<br /></p><br /><p> Under the plan, the government would buy up bad mortgage loans, converting them into low-interest, FHA-insured loans. To qualify, homeowners would have to be delinquent in their payments or be likely to fall behind in the near future. </p><br /><p> They also would have to live in the home in question -- no investment properties would be eligible. They would need to have demonstrated their creditworthiness when they purchased the property by making a substantial down payment and by providing documentation of their income and other assets.</p><br /><p> McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin said on a conference call Wednesday that the McCain plan could start quickly because the authority was granted by last week's passage of the $700 billion economic bailout bill. The plan could also fall under the umbrella of the Hope for Homeowners program authorized by the housing rescue bill passed in July and the government takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.</p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.mortgages/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/mccain-will-have-lot-of-to-do-to-cindy.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>Now pay close attention to this next part. I have bolded the appropriate high point.<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.mortgages/index.html"></div></div></p><br /><p> But the plan, which the McCain campaign appeared to be finalizing even after the candidate announced it, significantly departs from the Arizona senator's original proposal and has left many conservatives scratching their heads: </p><br /><p> <strong>"The original plan relied on lenders taking the hit," Holtz-Eakin said on the conference call. "This bypasses that step."</strong></p><br /><p> Instead, the estimated $300 billion tab essentially gets transferred to taxpayers, among the funding already provided by the bailout bill -- a proposal that may rile not only fiscal conservatives, but also struggling homeowners who have worked to keep up their mortgage payments.</p><br /><p> <strong>"The guy who works two jobs and struggles to actually pay his mortgage is penalized. He would be better off under this plan to just quit paying his mortgage," Lewis said. "And this fundamentally goes against a lot of conservative principles and individual responsibility."</strong></p><br /><p> Barack Obama is counting on McCain's proposal not playing well with a broad swath of middle-class voters. Obama said at a rally Thursday morning it guarantees "the taxpayers would lose," and banks and lenders would be rewarded.</p><br /><p> But McCain is hoping the plan will resonate with moderate and undecided voters, many of whom viewed the bailout as a giveaway to Wall Street CEOs. This plan, the McCain campaign argues, better steers the money to Main Street, where struggling homeowners need immediate relief.</p><br /><p> "John McCain's plan represents absolutely no new expense to the taxpayer, but simply refocuses priorities to more directly assist the homeowners who are hurting instead of greed on Wall Street," said Tucker Bounds, a spokesman for the McCain campaign.</p><br /><p> But it remains to be seen if the Arizona senator's latest roll of the dice will pay off.</p><br /><p></p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.mortgages/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/mccain-will-have-lot-of-to-do-to-cindy.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/node/1780390/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=81" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=81" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-6480497439315567099?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-33737541995737475372008-10-10T05:31:00.001-07:002008-10-10T05:31:49.634-07:00<p>I know this is tongue in cheek advice for serious times, but hey, we need to see some humor in today's FUBAR world.<br /><br />If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would<br />now be worth $49.00.<br /><br />With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original $1000.<br /><br />With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left.<br /><br />If you had purchased $1000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have<br />$49.00 left.<br /><br />If you had purchased United Airlines, you would have nothing left.<br /><br />But, if you had purchased $1000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank<br />all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling refund<br />you would have $214.00.<br /><br />Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink<br />heavily and recycle.<br /><br />This is called the 401-Keg Plan.</p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/node/1779632/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=79" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=79" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-3373754199573747537?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-3793065541673524732008-10-09T18:44:00.001-07:002008-10-09T18:45:06.014-07:00<p>McCain said we're prisoners. Freudian slip? Or is it what we are or will become if he makes it to the whitehouse?<br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/node/1779308/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=78" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=78" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/world/prisoners"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/images/themes/npv5/video_thumbnail.gif" alt="Prisoners?" border="0" style="border: none; margin: 5px;" /></a> </div><p>Tags: <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-379306554167352473?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-11560861490725154422008-10-09T14:49:00.001-07:002008-10-09T14:52:05.949-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.local6.com/news/17672456/detail.html"><b>NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- </b>A leaping 9-foot dolphin knocked a woman unconscious and injured another boater as they traveled in the Intracoastal Waterway near New Smyrna Beach.Norman Howard said he and his wife were in a 17-foot boat Thursday when the 400-pound dolphin jumped into their boat and continued to hit them with its tail."There was blood everywhere," Howard said. <br />Howard said he was smacked in the face and ribs, Local 6's Tarik Minor reported. He was treated for the injuries at Bert Fish Medical Center."It was slapping me pretty hard. Yeah, it was throwing some good punches. Mike Tyson couldn't hit harder than that."Howard's wife was knocked out on impact with the dolphin but had regained consciousness by the time the U.S. Coast Guard reached the boat in Edgewater. She was also transported to Bert Fish Medical Center with lacerations to her face.Howard and his wife were initially found after officers received 911 calls from witnesses.The dolphin was rolled back into the Intracoastal Waterway after injuring Howard and his wife.Howard's wife remains hospitalized in stable condition.The chance of a dolphin jumping into a boat is 1 in 3,000,000, Local 6 reported.</blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.local6.com/news/17672456/detail.html" class="story-source">local6.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/9-foot-dolphin-smacks-boater-till-he.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a 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/></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-38586114660947254162008-10-09T14:00:00.001-07:002008-10-09T14:04:08.299-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.wmbfnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=9150334&nav=menu675_2"><br /><p>GEORGETOWN, SC (WMBF) - If there was one stretch of road that could bring a smile to the faces of drivers fueling up at the pump, it would be in Georgetown.</p><br /><p>Both residents and drivers in the area are seeing prices that are breaking the $3 barrier - numbers that haven't consistently shown up on pumps for quite a few months.</p><br /><p>AAA of the Carolinas reported drivers were snagging the best deals on Wednesday at the Winyah One Stop on Highmarket Street, as cars lined up for the $2.86 bargain for unleaded regular gas.&nbsp; Gas prices dipped even lower than $2.86 Thursday morning, dropping 8 cents in one night.</p><br /><p>The owners of Gene's Country Store saw much of the same activity earlier this week after dropping the price of gas 20 cents on Monday.&nbsp; Prices opened the week at $3.15 before falling to a steady $2.95 per gallon.&nbsp; As of Thursday morning fuel reports, the store, also located on Highmarket Street, has continued the bargain for locals into the beginning of the weekend.</p><br /><p>After seeing a staggering spike in business, owners say they plan on selling the hot commodity for cheap as long as they can - even if it means having to deal with fender benders from excited drivers outside of their store.</p><br /><p>The lesson to learn from these rare prices?&nbsp; Going south could save you a pretty penny.&nbsp; Eight other stations in or around Georgetown are selling unleaded regular for below $3.20 a gallon.&nbsp; One station even reached the $2.72 mark.&nbsp; </p><br 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/></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-87936607404063110742008-10-09T05:15:00.001-07:002008-10-09T05:15:53.335-07:00<p>And you think American divorces are weird!<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/house.divided/index.html"><br /><p><b>(CNN) </b> -- A Cambodian couple who separated after 40 years of marriage may have taken things too literally when it came to splitting their assets:</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/house.divided/art.splithouse.pp.jpg" alt="A couple who separated after 40 years of marriage split their house in two -- literally." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>A couple who separated after 40 years of marriage split their house in two -- literally.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> The husband cut the house in two.</p><br /><p> "It is the strangest thing I've ever seen," said May Titthara, who wrote about the case for The Phnom Penh Post, an English-language newspaper in the Cambodian capital. "People there never saw this happen in a divorce. It is very interesting for them."</p><br /><p> The husband and wife had been living together in the house in a village in the Prey Veng province of southern <a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/cambodia" target="_blank">Cambodia</a>, roughly 50 miles (80 km) from the capital.</p><br /><p> The couple would not talk to the newspaper, but the village chief told May Titthara that the husband was angry because his wife wouldn't tend to him when he was ill.</p><br /><p> Last week, the husband and his friends moved his belongings to one side of the house -- and sawed and chiseled it off, said the reporter, who interviewed the village chief and neighbors.</p><br /><p> The couple also divided their property into four sections: for themselves and their two children.</p><br /><p> Because the couple side-stepped the provincial courts when they parted ways, their unusual resolution could pose a problem later, said Prak Phin, a lawyer for Legal Support for Child and Women in the province.</p><br /><p> "This was a not a legal divorce. It never went to the court," he said. "If they have disagreements in the future, they will not have a legal (recourse)."</p><br /><p> The man moved his part of the house to his parent's property, May Titthara said. He lives with his parents, while the wife continues to reside in her precariously perched, upright half. </p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/house.divided/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1777738/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=78" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=78" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" 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(AP)</b> -- A man who kicked his girlfriend's daughter in the head and dumped her body in the woods was convicted Wednesday, resolving a case that haunted the Kansas City, Missouri, area during the four years the 3-year-old was known only as "Precious Doe."</p><br /><p> <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/CRIME/10/08/precious.doe.convicted.ap/art.precious.doe.ap.jpg" alt="Harrell Johnson&#039;s murder conviction Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri, means prison for life without parole." width="292" border="0" height="219" /><br /></p><p>Harrell Johnson's murder conviction Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri, means prison for life without parole.</p><br /><p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" alt="" width="4" height="4" /><br /></p><p> The jury deliberated about three hours before convicting Harrell Johnson, 29, of the first-degree murder of Erica Green. He was also convicted of endangering the welfare of a child and abuse of a child.</p><br /><p> The murder conviction will send Johnson to prison for life without parole, but jurors were deliberating his sentence on the other charges Wednesday afternoon. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty, partly because Johnson agreed to withdraw his request to have the case moved out of Kansas City.</p><br /><p> During closing arguments, prosecutors told jurors a guilty verdict would finally bring justice in a case that brought an outpouring of public grief after a police officer found Erica's naked, headless body in a wooded area of Kansas City in April 2001.</p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/08/precious.doe.convicted.ap/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />NOTICE the description of the body......HEADLESS<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/08/precious.doe.convicted.ap/index.html"><br /></div></div><br /><p> "This selfish coward made the decision to put himself before this 3-year-old child's life," said prosecutor Jim Kanatzar.</p><br /><p> Defense attorney Chris Slusher argued that Johnson didn't know the girl would die. He said prosecutors hadn't proven he was guilty of deliberately intending her death.</p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/08/precious.doe.convicted.ap/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br />HELLO, Earth to Chris Slusher, the child was found with NO HEAD. How can you say he didn't know the girl would die??? In a legal system that has become so screwed up, are you really THAT STUPID to make that argument? That is even a stretch for a stupid lawyer.<br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/08/precious.doe.convicted.ap/index.html"><br /></div></div><br /><p> "It's our position to you that the evidence in this case has not established that Harrell Johnson intended or deliberately meant for Erica Green to die," Slusher said.</p><br /><p></p> <br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/08/precious.doe.convicted.ap/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /><br /><br />Mr. Slusher, you should be ashamed of yourself, your gene pool and you should be disbarred.<br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 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/></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-14816944696662670412008-10-08T14:39:00.001-07:002008-10-08T14:39:57.883-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/08/body.in.suitcase.ap/index.html"><br /><p><b>WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP)</b> -- An autopsy has revealed that a man found dead in a suitcase in a suburban park was a drug "mule" who had 50 packets of heroin in his body and probably died when one or two of them broke open.</p><br /><p> Investigators expressed surprise that the man's body had not been cut open for the drugs. The heroin would have been worth an estimated $100,000 on the streets, Westchester County police spokesman Kieran O'Leary said Tuesday.</p><br /><p> The man, estimated to be 50 to 60 years old, has not been identified. Investigators aren't sure who put him in the suitcase found last Thursday in Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers, just north of New York City.</p><br /><p> But it probably wasn't the drug dealers who were expecting the man's shipment, because they likely would have cut his body open for the drugs, O'Leary said.</p><br /><p> "We've seen that on occasions in the past," O'Leary said. "How he got to the park with the drugs still inside him is still a piece of the puzzle."</p><br /><p> Detective Lt. Christopher Calabrese theorized that other mules, not wanting the dealers to cut open the corpse, bought the suitcase and dumped the body before the dealers came to collect the drugs.</p><br /><p> "I'm very surprised this guy's not been cut open," he said.</p><br /><p> Detectives believe the man traveled from the Dominican Republic.</p><br /><p> While the man's cause of death had not been confirmed, one or two of the packets inside him were broken, O'Leary said. There was no outward sign of violence or trauma.</p><br /><p> The man probably died a day or two before he was found, the spokesman said.</p><br /><p> The body was discovered when a parks worker went to remove the abandoned black canvas suitcase near the park's entrance and the victim's leg popped out.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/08/body.in.suitcase.ap/index.html" class="story-source">cnn.com</a></p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />Legs popping out is NOT what you want to have happen to you if you're a park worker.<br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/node/1775905/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=78" alt="Add 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class="cnnQVpercent">61%</td><br /><td class="cnnQVTotal"> 74449 </td><br /></tr><br /><tr class="cnnQVAns2"><br /><td class="cnnQVcell">No</td><br /><td class="cnnQVpercent">39%</td><br /><td class="cnnQVTotal"> 46859 </td><br /></tr><br /><tr><br /><td class="cnnQVTotalSum" colspan="3"> Total Votes: 121308 </td><br /></tr><br /></table><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><p>From CNN.com</p><br /><p>It seems many people are thinking McCain's too old to be president and I have to agree. Not only is he too old but Cindy has nothing but the air of snootieness to offer as a first lady.<br /></p><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 0 16px 0;"><a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/node/1775614/footage"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/add_photos_video_blog.png?r=78" alt="Add Photos &amp; Videos" border="0" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060"><img src="http://static.nowpublic.net/graphics/graphics/logo20.png?r=78" alt="NP" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none;" /> <span style="vertical-align: 25%;">NowPublic</span></a></div><div id="np-footage-id" class="np-footage-class" title="np-footage"><a name="np-footage"></a></div><p>Tags: <a href="http://upload.nowpublic.com/tag/World" rel="tag">World</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192732-711370572920179480?l=rushoftime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>fast_rushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246430064845327554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192732.post-74543108188283069982008-10-08T11:35:00.001-07:002008-10-08T11:37:03.558-07:00<div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/07/fact-check-did-obama-get-second-most-money-from-freddie-and-fannie/#more-23368"><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/07/fact-check-did-obama-get-second-most-money-from-freddie-and-fannie/" target="_blank" rel="bookmark" title=" Did Obama get second-most money from Freddie and Fannie?">Fact Check: Did Obama get second-most money from Freddie and&nbsp;Fannie?</a> Posted: 10:30 PM ET <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/10/07/art.fannie.jpg" alt="" width="292" border="0" height="219" /> <img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" width="4" height="4" /><br /><p><strong>The Statement:</strong> At a presidential debate Tuesday, October 7 in Nashville, Tennessee, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain said Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats resisted regulating mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which ultimately collapsed and had to be taken over by the government. "Meanwhile, they were getting all kinds of money in campaign contributions. Sen. Obama was the second-highest recipient of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac money in history — in history," he said.</p><br /><p><strong>Get the facts!</strong></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><strong>The Facts:</strong> Federal law forbids candidates from receiving money directly from companies. The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics tracks donations from employees of various companies. The center's list of contributions from Fannie and Freddie employees places Obama second. Ahead of him is Sen. Chris Dodd, Democratic chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.</p><br /><p>The total listed for Obama is $126,349 — a tiny fraction of the approximately $390 million his campaign has raised, according to the center. The list shows McCain has received a total of $21,550 from Fannie and Freddie employees. The list includes donations of at least $200 from those who receive paychecks from Fannie and Freddie. It also includes donations from political action committees — pooled contributions from employees.</p><br /><p>The report spans from 1989-2008 — just a portion of the time since Fannie Mae went private in 1968 and Freddie Mac was created in 1970.</p><br /><p>The New York Times has published a separate list looking at contributions from "directors, officers, and lobbyists for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac" for the 2008 campaign cycle. That list — using figures from the Federal Election Commission — shows McCain receiving $169,000, while Obama received only $16,000.</p><br /><p><strong>VERDICT:</strong> Misleading. No donations actually came from the companies. One method of measuring employee contributions does put Obama second overall, but another, for the current election cycle, shows McCain receiving significantly more.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/07/fact-check-did-obama-get-second-most-money-from-freddie-and-fannie/#more-23368" class="story-source">politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/fact-check-did-obama-get-second-most.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/08/fact-check-are-business-groups-critical-of-mccains-health-plan/#more-23441"><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/08/fact-check-are-business-groups-critical-of-mccains-health-plan/" target="_blank" rel="bookmark" title=" Are business groups critical of McCain&#039;s health plan?">Fact Check: Are business groups critical of McCain's health&nbsp;plan?</a> Posted: 08:15 AM ET <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/10/08/art.mccain.10.7.jpg" alt="Sen. Obama criticized McCain&#039;s health care plane Tuesday night." width="292" border="0" height="219" /> Sen. Obama criticized McCain's health care plane Tuesday night. <img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" width="4" height="4" /><br /><p><strong>The Statement</strong><br /> At a presidential debate Tuesday, Oct. 7, in Nashville, Tennessee, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama criticized the health-care plan of Republican opponent Sen. John McCain. "In fact, just today, business organizations like the United States Chamber of Commerce, which generally are<br /> pretty supportive of Republicans, said that this would lead to the unraveling of the employer-based health care system," Obama said.</p><br /><p><strong>Get the facts!</strong></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><strong>The Facts</strong><br /> McCain's health plan includes a $2,500 tax credit for individuals, or $5,000 for families, but also would end the tax-free status that employer-provided health plans currently have. The McCain campaign says that "families will be able to choose the insurance provider that suits them best and the money would be sent directly to the insurance provider."</p><br /><p>Obama's comments appear to refer to an Oct. 7 New York Times article in which R. Bruce Josten, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's executive vice president for government affairs, called elements of McCain's health plan "very discomforting" to some in the business community. "The private marketplace, in my opinion, is ill-prepared today with an infrastructure for an individual-based health insurance system," he said in the article.</p><br /><p>The article paraphrases officials from groups like the Chamber, the Business Roundtable and the National Federation of Independent Businesses saying that eliminating the income-tax exclusion would "accelerate the erosion of employer-sponsored health insurance and do little to reduce the number of<br /> uninsured from 45 million."</p><br /><p>Josten says there is a "huge question" whether the $2,500 for individuals or $5,000 for families would be enough to buy the same kind of coverage. According to the article, officials with eight business trade groups contacted by the Times predicted the McCain plan would raise costs and force some employers to stop providing health benefits.</p><br /><p><strong>Verdict: </strong>True. Obama accurately expresses the tone and content of the news article.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/08/fact-check-are-business-groups-critical-of-mccains-health-plan/#more-23441" class="story-source">politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/fact-check-did-obama-get-second-most.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/08/fact-check-did-mccain-say-the-iraq-war-would-be-easy-popular/#more-23443"><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/08/fact-check-did-mccain-say-the-iraq-war-would-be-easy-popular/" target="_blank" rel="bookmark" title=" Did McCain say the Iraq war would be easy, popular?">Fact Check: Did McCain say the Iraq war would be easy,&nbsp;popular?</a> Posted: 07:30 AM ET <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/10/08/art.mccain.obama.shake.jpg" alt="Sen. Obama suggested Sen. McCain was &#039;cheerleading the president to go into Iraq.&#039;" width="292" border="0" height="219" /> Sen. Obama suggested Sen. McCain was 'cheerleading the president to go into Iraq.' <img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" width="4" height="4" /><br /><p><strong>The Statement</strong><br /> Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said at the Oct. 7 presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, that when Republican opponent Sen. John McCain "was cheerleading the president to go into Iraq, he suggested it was going to be quick and easy, we'd be greeted as liberators."</p><br /><p><strong>Get the facts!</strong></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><strong>The Facts</strong><br /> McCain repeatedly made comments like the ones Obama describes during the run-up to the March 20, 2003, invasion and in the days after.</p><br /><p>On CNN's Larry King Live on Sept. 24, 2002, McCain said "I believe the success will be fairly easy." He said on CNN's Late Edition on Sept. 29, 2002 that "I believe that we can win an overwhelming victory in a very short period of time." He made the comments more than two weeks before the Senate voted 77-23 to authorize President Bush to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein refused to give up weapons of mass destruction as required by U.N. resolutions.</p><br /><p>McCain also said, on MSNBC's Hardball on March 24, 2003, that "there's no doubt in my mind that once these people (the Saddam Hussein regime) are gone that we will be welcomed as liberators."</p><br /><p><strong>The Verdict</strong>: True.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/08/fact-check-did-mccain-say-the-iraq-war-would-be-easy-popular/#more-23443" class="story-source">politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/fact-check-did-obama-get-second-most.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/07/fact-check-did-obama-vote-94-times-for-higher-taxes-2/#more-23411"><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/07/fact-check-did-obama-vote-94-times-for-higher-taxes-2/" target="_blank" rel="bookmark" title=" Did Obama vote 94 times for higher taxes?">Fact Check: Did Obama vote 94 times for higher&nbsp;taxes?</a> Posted: 11:30 PM ET <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/10/08/art.ap.mccain.debate1.jpg" alt="Sen. McCain said Obama &#039;has voted 94 times&#039; for higher taxes." width="292" border="0" height="219" /> Sen. McCain said Obama 'has voted 94 times' for higher taxes. <img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" width="4" height="4" /><br /><p><strong>The Statement:</strong><br /> Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain said at the Oct. 7 presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, that Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama "has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts. That's his record."</p><br /><p><strong>Get the facts!</strong></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><strong>The Facts:</strong><br /> The effort to convince voters that Sen. Barack Obama would support higher taxes is a central part of Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign. McCain and the Republican National Committee have repeatedly cited 94 alleged votes by Obama to bolster their argument.</p><br /><p>Factcheck.org, a non-partisan project of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center, pieced through records to determine just what these 94 votes were.</p><br /><p>Key findings:<br /> –53 were votes on budget resolutions or amendments that "could not have resulted by themselves in raising taxes," though many "were clear statements of approval for increased taxes"<br /> –23 were against proposed tax cuts<br /> –11 were to increase taxes on people making more than $1 million a year, to help fund programs such as Head Start, school nutrition, or veterans' health care<br /> –Seven were "for measures that would have lowered taxes for many, while raising them on a relative few, either corporations or affluent individuals."<br /> – The total includes multiple votes on the same measures.</p><br /><p>Annenberg says a close look at the record reveals that Obama has "voted consistently to restore higher tax rates on upper-income taxpayers but not on middle- or low-income workers."</p><br /><p><strong>Verdict:</strong><br /> Misleading. McCain's summary ignores the fact that some of the votes were for measures to lower taxes for many Americans, while increasing them for a much smaller number of taxpayers. A nonpartisan examination also finds that the 94 total includes multiple votes on the same measures and budget votes that would not directly lead to higher taxes.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/07/fact-check-did-obama-vote-94-times-for-higher-taxes-2/#more-23411" class="story-source">politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/fact-check-did-obama-get-second-most.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="story-quote clearfix wrapper-101"><br /> <span class="corner-top"><span></span></span><br /> <div class="wrapper-body"><br /> <blockquote class="np-quote-detail" cite="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/07/fact-check-has-obama-never-taken-on-democratic-leaders/#more-23403"><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/07/fact-check-has-obama-never-taken-on-democratic-leaders/" target="_blank" rel="bookmark" title=" Has Obama never &#039;taken on&#039; Democratic leaders?">Fact Check: Has Obama never 'taken on' Democratic&nbsp;leaders?</a> Posted: 11:15 PM ET <img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/10/08/art.ap.obama.debate1.jpg" alt="Sen. McCain said Obama has never &#039;taken on&#039; Democratic leaders." width="292" border="0" height="219" /> Sen. McCain said Obama has never 'taken on' Democratic leaders. <img src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" width="4" height="4" /><br /><p><strong>The Statement</strong><br /> Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain said at the Oct. 7 presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, that Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama has "never taken on his leaders of his party on a single issue."</p><br /><p><strong>Get the facts!</strong></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><strong>The Facts</strong><br /> Congressional Quarterly examined Obama's votes in the Senate. According to the analysis, Obama has voted with the Democratic Party 96 percent of the time during his tenure in the Senate.</p><br /><p>CQ — a non-partisan and highly respected journal of congressional affairs — says McCain has voted in line with the Republican Party 86 percent of the time. McCain's total number of votes is much larger, since he has been in the Senate since 1986, while Obama is in his first term.</p><br /><p>CQ also looked at what it deemed to be "key" votes. That analysis found Obama voted with his party on 29 out of 30 votes, which came out to 97 percent of the time. For McCain, CQ said there have been 335 "key" votes over the years, and that he voted with his party on 266 of them — 79 percent of the time.</p><br /><p>However, the journal noted instances when Obama voted outside the party. In 2005, Obama was one of only 18 Democrats to vote in favor of a business-backed bill to limit class action lawsuits by forcing the most-expensive into federal court. The majority of Democrats voted against the bill, which was opposed by consumer groups and the trial lawyers lobby.</p><br /><p>The journal also noted that Obama sided with Sen. Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina, who wanted greater disclosure of earmarks in an ethics bill, by voting against an attempt by Obama's home-state mentor, Democratic Whip Richard J. Durbin, to kill DeMint's disclosure amendment.</p><br /><p>And, Obama has criticized leading Democrats, including former presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, for voting to authorize the Iraq war in 2002. However, many of those comments were made in the context of the Democratic primary campaign and that vote was prior to his time in the Senate.</p><br /><p><strong>Verdict:</strong> False. While McCain is correct that Obama has supported the Democratic leadership almost all of the time, to say he's never differed with them is not true.</p><br /><p></p></blockquote> </div><br /> <div class="wrapper-footer"><br /> <p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/07/fact-check-has-obama-never-taken-on-democratic-leaders/#more-23403" class="story-source">politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com</a> <span class="smallprint">via <a href="http://rushoftime.blogspot.com/2008/10/fact-check-did-obama-get-second-most.html" class="story-source">master_jim2008</a></span> </p> </div><br /> <span class="corner-bottom"><span></span></span><br /></div><br />How many more McCain lies and deceptions do I need to demonstrate here?<br /><br /><div style="height: 24px; line-height: 24px; font-family: v