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New Pew survey: Among Republicans, Santorum in statistical dead heat with Romney
The Republican base knows Romney will get the nomination but they don't like it. This nomination process is making Romney look weak and vulnerable. Doesn't bode well for a national challenge.
If Santorum gets nominated it's secure win for Obama. Santorum is just too far right for the independent voters - and most women won't vote for him anyway (he wrote that women should stay at home, no abortion even the women got raped, e.g.)
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Heath care in America is nothing short of a crisis situation but because of the religious right in the Republican party, stopping two guys getting married is of higher importance than health care...far higher.
The USA are the only industrialized Western country in which millions don't have even basic health insurance and in which a financially healthy middle class family can go bancrupt, because a family member becomes seriously ill (cancer, e.g.).
By the way in the USA the poor have much lower life expectance than the rich.
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Truth, lies and Afghanistan
How military leaders have let us down
By LT. COL. DANIEL L. DAVIS
I spent last year in Afghanistan, visiting and talking with U.S. troops and their Afghan partners. My duties with the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force took me into every significant area where our soldiers engage the enemy. Over the course of 12 months, I covered more than 9,000 miles and talked, traveled and patrolled with troops in Kandahar, Kunar, Ghazni, Khost, Paktika, Kunduz, Balkh, Nangarhar and other provinces.
What I saw bore no resemblance to rosy official statements by U.S. military leaders about conditions on the ground.
Entering this deployment, I was sincerely hoping to learn that the claims were true: that conditions in Afghanistan were improving, that the local government and military were progressing toward self-sufficiency. I did not need to witness dramatic improvements to be reassured, but merely hoped to see evidence of positive trends, to see companies or battalions produce even minimal but sustainable progress.
Instead, I witnessed the absence of success on virtually every level.
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Remember Iraq, all the spin we heard about the success of the US troops? Same, same in Afghanistan. The Taliban will be back as soon as the US military is packing its stuff. And millions of international aid will have been vanished.
What a waste. Unless in Iraq the US- and the other western forces could have made a difference.
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Romney is worse than Obama in my opinion. The Republicans are not fielding their best candidate but the one who polls well. That is more than enough reason for me to either vote for Obama or a good alternative in the person of a 3rd party candidate. The GOP has no soul.
Mitt Romney: 'I’m not concerned about the very poor'
Read more: http://www.politico....l#ixzz1lDBnXOEq
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Obama leads GOP challengers in Ohio
By BYRON TAU |
2/1/12 12:09 PM EST
President Obama leads all four potential GOP challengers in the crucial swing state of Ohio, according to a new survey.
Obama leads GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney by seven points in the latest state poll by the Democratic-leaning pollster PPP, besting the former Massachusetts governor 49-42. Rick Santorum trails the president by 6 points, 48 to 42. Obama also beats Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul by by 12 and 10 points, respectively.
The president's approval/disapproval numbers in Ohio are an even split, at 48 percent each. Romney is viewed favorably by only 28 percent of Ohio voters. Obama is still underwater among independents, however, at 40 percent approval and 53 percent disapproval.
These numbers represent an marked improvement for President Obama since the last time PPP polled the Buckeye state. Obama's approval rating is up 8 points among all voters, and 13 percent among independents independents.
The poll comes after a week of intense focus on American manufacturing sector, income and tax code equality and the recovery of the American auto industry — all potentially salient issues in the Rust Belt state.
Obama carried Ohio 51-47 in 2008.
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This is just a small example of the many ways Obama is attempting to mold the country into a Marxist state. He's attempting to "centralize" all aspects of how we should live our lives and be governed, whether it be education, health care, or numerous other aspects relating to freedoms our forefathers fought and died to protect.
CS...you USED to call yourself a Libertarian (with a small L). Check out some stuff by Wayne Root, a well-known author, entrepeneur, and self-styled leader in the Libertarian movement. He was allegedly a former classmate of Obama. He has an interesting take on Barry. He'll give you a very concise and basis to believe what I believe and have been saying for years about Obama. Barry is a FUCKING commie. He's not just a "leftie", he's an evil mofo. A wolf in sheep's "clothing". Steve...you and others better wake up before it's too late. I'm serious.
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Forcing catholics to distribute the pill = Marxism?
You must be joking.
As I said before, you really don't have any idea what Marxism really means.
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The incompetent GOP candidates aside, there seems to be a glimmer of hope for the US economy and if the economy really picks up in the upcoming month the GOP will lose a main argument against Obama.
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Khun Kamui...
Wait until u see Newt debate Obama...You'll then get a chance to see how stupid Obama looks and IS. Obama is going to regret scuttling NASA, cuz he'll be looking to escape to that moon colony. 5555555555555
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Do you really think Newt will win the nomination? He seems to be extremely disliked by many rep- and independent voters.
Currently it seems that GOP candidates inflict such heavy damages on each other that the Dem are only need the recycle the extremely negative GOP candidate attack ads.
PS: and please don't repeat the empty phrases about marxism e.g.. How about some real substance added to your opinions?
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From an outside view it is unbelievable how much bullshit the GOP candidates say during the debates. Is the US electorate that stupid??? It seems that with each election cycle the level of the political discourse is going even lower...
GOP makes Obama look good
By: Roger Simon
January 26, 2012 11:59 PM EST
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These debates are making the Obama staffers in Chicago so giddy that after each one they are tearing off their clothes, running through Millennium Park and howling at the moon.
And why shouldn’t they? The American people, after being treated to hour upon hour of Republican candidates being allowed to say pretty much whatever they want, are slowly discovering something: Barack Obama doesn’t look that bad any more.
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll released Wednesday said that “for the first time in six months, more people approve of the job the president is doing than disapprove.â€
Sure, the president’s approval/disapproval figure is only 48/46, but he has achieved that after six months of solid Republican debating. After six months of attack. After six months of being told that the American economy is doomed without a steady Republican hand on the tiller of state.
So what else does the poll show? “More people said they believe the economy will get better (37 percent) in the next year rather than worse (17 percent). That’s the highest level in more than a year and a seven-point jump over last month.â€
Oh, my. This is not what the Republicans had in mind.
The debates were supposed to winnow the field and leave the strongest Republican standing. It is all very Darwinian: the survival of the fittest. (Even though some Republicans don’t believe in evolution, just about all of them believe in survival of the fittest. That’s because they believe they are the fittest.)
True, the number of lecterns on the stage has been winnowed from nine to four, but what have the “fittest†Republicans been telling America about their agenda?
Well, Thursday night, we had a good, long talk about America’s moon colony. What moon colony? Fair question. America currently lacks a moon colony. But Newt Gingrich would like a moon colony, and it won’t even cost a lot if we offer a “prize†to people to build one. As he once again reminded America, “Lindberg flew to Paris for a $25,000 prize.â€
Newt says we have to have a moon colony because, if we don’t, the Chinese will have a moon colony and if that happens, well, it will be bad.
But Mitt Romney said a moon colony could cost a $1 trillion. So how big would the prize have to be to get people to compete for building the moon colony? More than $1 trillion, I would guess. And where would the U.S. government get that kind of money? We would have to borrow it from the Chinese. Who could just hold onto it and build their own moon colony.
Do you see now why Obama is doing better in the polls?
Not that we are supposed to spend our time worrying about the substance of these debates. That is for professional fact-checkers. (Don’t ask me who fact-checks the fact-checkers. You don’t want to know.)
Instead, the media decide who wins and who loses, who gets made and who gets broken. Looking for the little things help me decide.
Which is why my notes begin: “National Anthem. All put hands on hearts. Santorum and Mitt sing. Newt and Ron Paul don’t. Why?â€
I don’t know. I am waiting for a fact-checker to tell me.
Further notes: “Newt praises Callista for playing French horn. Have words ‘French horn’ ever been spoken at political debate before? Unlikely, but not impossible. Especially if debate were in France.â€
“When asked by Santorum if people in Massachusetts must buy health care, Mitt replies: ‘First of all, it’s not worth getting angry about.’ Presidency pays only $400,000 a year. So why would Romney get emotional about it?â€
“Debate supposed to be Newt’s best opportunity to win Florida, but at one point he says, ‘Governor Romney is exactly right’ and at another he says, ‘I agree with Governor Romney.’ Newt appears to be lacking in mindless aggression. This is no way to win a debate.â€
The debate wandered back and forth and finally ended up with CNN moderator Wolf Blitzer asking the candidates: “Why are you the one person on this stage most likely to beat Barack Obama?â€
My notes say that Ron Paul cited his “freedom message,†that Santorum said he could win Reagan Democrats, and that Romney said America needs “dramatic, fundamental, extraordinary†change.
Newt, I note, said, “This is a big choice election.â€
But he didn’t say the choice was standing on the stage.
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Why Private as opposed to Public some may ask, well to be brutally honest I do not trust the Police in Thailand, corruption operates at all levels in Thailand and the BiB are not immune to turning a blind eye for Tea Money or if influenced by people of an assumed higher standing in Thai society. I am a lone farang prosecuting my soon to be ex who has relatives holding both Retired and Current high ranking government positions, I would have had a snowball in hells chance if I went the public prosecution route at least some chance of justice going private.
Aha, I was wondering how a Farang could sue a member of an obviously upper class family.
It's all rather good fun actually!
As long as you win...
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Visual Joke
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With almost 2 out of 3 bankruptcies tied to health costs, I think healthcare as an issue is of paramount importance.
Newt on Heathcare: http://www.newt.org/...ions/healthcare
That's the issue no one can understand outside the USA. In no other industrial country people are forced into bankruptcy because they or a member of the family get seriously ill. I wonder how many billions of USD are being wasted, burnt, because families have to reduce or stop spending (consumption, education expenses, e.g.), because they have to pay extreme premiums for health care.
The economical damage for the US society must be immense.
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I guess the answer to the question of whether Newt's "indiscretion's" would hurt his presidential campaign is no.
A psychologist from Fox News' "Medical A-Team" (no joke) comes to the conclusion that Gingrich's adultery makes him a good president.
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I want to be coldly analytical, not moralize, here. I want to tell you what Mr. Gingrich's behavior could mean for the country, not for the future of his current marriage. So, here's what one interested in making America stronger can reasonably conclude -- psychologically -- from Mr. Gingrich's behavior during his three marriages:
1) Three women have met Mr. Gingrich and been so moved by his emotional energy and intellect that they decided they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with him.
2) Two of these women felt this way even though Mr. Gingrich was already married.
3) One of them felt this way even though Mr. Gingrich was already married for the second time, was not exactly her equal in the looks department and had a wife (Marianne) who wanted to make his life without her as painful as possible.
Conclusion: When three women want to sign on for life with a man who is now running for president, I worry more about whether we'll be clamoring for a third Gingrich term, not whether we'll want to let him go after one.
4) Two women—Mr. Gingrich’s first two wives**—have sat down with him while he delivered to them incredibly painful truths: that he no longer loved them as he did before, that he had fallen in love with other women and that he needed to follow his heart, despite the great price he would pay financially and the risk he would be taking with his reputation.
**while one of them was fighting cancer and the other was diagnosed another deadly illness.
Conclusion: I can only hope Mr. Gingrich will be as direct and unsparing with the Congress, the American people and our allies. If this nation must now move with conviction in the direction of its heart, Newt Gingrich is obviously no stranger to that journey.
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Just saw the "Scorpion King 3". Downloaded via torrent. Release date Jan 17 _2012_.
I guess its the worst movie I saw in 2011. To call it a B Movie would be too much of a compliment.
I guess the budget was so low that they had to rent the costumes from several movies. In the movie you see warriors with Roman armor, Thai soldiers with elephants, Japanese Ninjas, Mongolians, Phrygians (they looked like Smurfs with golden caps, the so called Phrygian cap) and Beduines. Regardless they seemed to have had only money for around 50 extras...
The props looked like being made from cardboard.
The script is unbelievable bad.
It was filmed in Thailand, I guess mostly in Ayutayya.
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So by your logic, Obama is really a Republican in disguise.
From a European view he is. In Europe he would be right of Angela Merkel for example.
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>> he sent MORE TROOPS to Afghanistan!!!
.... the war in Afghanistan is justified. Terrorists murdered 3,000 on 9/11...
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Justified based on the "terrorist" attack?
The "terrorist" attack was carried out or at least sanctioned by the US gov, IMO.
Just remember Bldg. 7...fell down on its own...never hit by a plane...Google the many sources on the internet, like Truth about 9/11, architects and engineers 9/11, etc.
On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets:
An Empirical Study
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The question is, how could such dope become even governor in the USA? How how stupid must parts of the electorate be that his campaign created such a stupid video to gather support?
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According to the Republicans, Obama is a leftist and communist. But.... their candidate seems to be left of Obama. Does that mean the Republican party are commies?
The party leader that seems to stand for family values is Obama with Newt at the end of the pack.
As a GOP candidate you can f@ck any women you want, married or not - as long as you pretend to be a conservative Christian.
As the current GOP candidates show, it not about substance at all, just posture and saying what the conservative audience wants to hear.
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Mixed feelings about the buidling of the pipeline. It will create jobs, it may very well be needed. I do think we should be looking to ween ourselves off fossil fuels. One of the big problems I have with the Republican party is that they are in the pocket of big oil and have want to increaese our dependence on oil and pay lip service to alternate energy.
The USA are neglecting a major future market! Instead of pumping millions into research and giving tax breaks for clean energy they still give tax breaks to big oil and ignore all warning signs in regard to Global Warming, e.g. . Another field were they are shoveling their own grave.
PS: China is pumping billions into research and production of sun collectors e.g.. At the moment they are destroying German sun collector companies by slashing prices by half or more...
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On the TV news they claimed Jobs took acid and even went to an ashram.
Surprising the Conservatives are claiming him as one of their own.
I just read his biography.
Before he founded the company he was a real hippie. He traveled to India in search for a guru and he did a lot of meditation (Zen). He went barefoot most of the time. He was a strict vegetarian and in his early years he had phases when he almost only ate fruit. Because of this he thought that he his body wouldn't become smelly. After he founded the company had to be frequently reminded to take a shower at least once a week...
When he and Steve Wozniak earned their first money (Steve acquired the contract, Wozniak did the work) Jobs defrauded Wozniak, by not telling him the full amount earned and by not paying him the 50% they had agreed upon. Wozniak learnt about this only decades later.
I guess what made him special was his extreme personality, his extremely independent mind, his constant challenge of rules (society, how to run a business, how things are getting done, e.g.) mixed with a really good education and a good upbringing by simple, but strong and caring parents. And very important: this was mixed with the Zeitgeist of the Hippie movement which wanted to change the world. But he didn't want to change the world with free sex or spiritual awaking, but through technology.
In regard to his personality: he seemed to have some severe emotional deficits - he must have been a complete asshole in his early company years. He frequently tried and succeeded to destroy people working for him by abusing them verbally. At 25 he was already a multi millionaire, nevertheless he refused contact to his first daughter, born to his former girl friend. Even later when was even more rich his daughter had to borrow money from a friend of Steve for to pay for college.
Steve was everything the conservatives hated and hate, except that he was one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the 20th century and lived the American dream to the fullest.
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Worse that GWB by a long shot, even worse than Carter. He is devisive, indecisive, and incompetent. Even the WASHINGTON POST gave him 4 Pinochio's for his claim at billionaires pay only 1% of their income in federal taxes. (Graciously, it didn't come right out and say he's a liar. Just that he's pulling shit out of the air for political purposes.) He really needs to go.
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I am constantly surprised to see Obama painted as that bad. I mean GWB gave the chicken-hawks control over the military and to the major companies control over the government. He was in power when the US economy imploded and the USA went to two wars which are being lost and waste of billions of tax payers money. While Obama is pulling out of Afghanistan as well as out of Iraq, got Bin Laden killed and got Libya solved without any US solider being killed.
In regard to the economy Obama is in fact weak and he doesn't seem to be clever/tough enough to run the complex political machine in Washington.
But actually he didn't make it really worse, he just kept on doing what GWB did before. The rich are getting richer and the rest is getting poorer. That is how it is since 2-3 decades in the USA.
Anyway more and more the world sees that the US political system is corrupt to its core and completely dysfunctional. The politicians - led by the corps, directly or through K-street, think tanks and astro turf groups - are neither interested in the good of the country nor in the welfare of the people (like declaring Pizza as vegetable for to keep certain companies in business, while feeding junk food to the kids at school).
Seeing all the dopes on the GOP side who want to become president I wonder how you can believe that they could do any better. Most of them seem to lack basic knowledge, some of them have a terrible political and personal past, some promote crazy right wing talking points, which are so stupid that the world media outside the US just need to quote them to have the people rolling laughing on the floor.
Until now none of the GOP candidates went ahead because of his qualities, but because one candidate after another imploded.
In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. Soon the (still) most powerful country of the world will be ruled by a handicapped president. I couldn't happen at a worse time.
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Jimmy Carter never cheated on his wife and we had 7 percent unemployment, 18 percent inflation, Bill Clinton cheated on his wife every chance he could get and we had only 4 percent unemployment, 1 percent inflation and a balanced budget. Herman Cain: Because when presidents get laid, you get paid.
Following this logic the blow job Clinton received was worth billions of US$ for the common Americans. When GWB took office - a man who probably even did not have sex with his wife - everything went down.
The difference between the Dems and GOP: The GOP tried to put Clinton out of office for one proven blow job with an intern. McCain did want to become president with three known cases of sexual harassment and an extramarital affair which lasted for several years. Now the GOP has the problem that their candidates are being measured by the GOP's forcefully promoted moral standards when they tried to impeach Clinton: being faithful to your wife 100%. This of course might/should eliminate McCain as well as Newt Gingrich.
I guess the GOP never expected that their moral standards would become an Boomerang to their own candidates.
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Hehe, as if the Birthers, Fox and friends, et al, would not have used this issue to destroy Obama's presidency from the beginning. The Internet can't be suppressed as the US fringe groups show daily...
I guess you also will find websites claiming that Obama is infact an alien from outer space, as well that he is KGB sleeper, as well that he is a Muslim terrorist. - In addition to all the stories that he is born in Kenya, a secret Muslim, a radical Christian, a socialist, a communist and a Nazi, a dictator, an enemy of the USA. Did I forget something?
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Finally when the GOP has decided their candidate, Obama just needs to rerun the Rep's own attack ads against their fellow party members, as dirty as the ads already were and will be.