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Poll: Half Say Palin Unqualified

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:07:00 GMT

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The poll found that Obama benefited more from his selection of Biden than McCain did by picking Palin. While 25 percent said they were more likely to vote for McCain because he picked Palin, 19 percent said they were less likely to support his candidacy. A majority, 55 percent, said the choice won't affect their vote.

By contrast, 22 percent of voters said Biden's selection for the Democratic ticket made them more likely to vote for Obama, while just 10 percent said they were less likely to support the Illinois senator's presidential candidacy. Again, a majority -- 67 percent -- said the choice won't matter in their vote.

More evidence that Palin was a base shoring choice. She's not winning converts, just energizing those already on the right.

Clip Source: www.bloomberg.com

Half of U.S. voters said first-term Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, doesn't have the experience needed to be an effective president, according to an ABC News poll.

The survey found that 50 percent of adults polled on Sept. 4, the last day of the Republican National Convention, said Palin lacks the right experience to be president if she succeeded to the office. Forty-two percent of the voters said she has the necessary experience, the poll said.

The poll found that 66 percent of voters said Delaware Senator Joseph Biden, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, has the right experience to be an effective president. Twenty-one percent believed Biden, presidential candidate Barack Obama's running mate, lacks the right experience to be president.

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Ann and Nancy should get a life

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:50:26 GMT

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Clip Source: minx.cc

One of the credited writers of the song Barracuda, Michael DeRosier, just called in to a local (Seattle) radio talk show and basically said Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart should get a life and he thought it was pretty cool that the song was being played at the RNC.

Here's the Wikipedia entry on the song: Credited writers are shown in the upper right hand of the page.

The podcast of the show will eventually be here. They usually post it around 4 p.m. Pacific. The call is at the very end of the 1st hour.

More update!!! Currently on-air...

Roger Fisher, guitarist for Heart is now calling in (he also co-wrote the song). He's an avid Obama supporter, but also thinks it's great the song was being played at the RNC. This is right at the beginning of the second hour.

Podcast Now Up: Here.

Tags: heart, barracuda, music, palin, politics

Jumping on the Barack Bandwagon

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:29:30 GMT

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Clip Source: www.ashtynevans.com

I am a Hilary supporter. No matter who wins this election I will go into the voting box thinking the best candidate and hope for saving this country has already lost. When Hilary first told America to vote for Barack Obama I was mad. In my heart, I don’t believe she thinks that his lack of inexperience and big words are right for this country either. False hope is the last thing anyone needs right now. However, I see that in her mind, and perhaps my own, any democrat is better than the chance of ending up with any other republican.

Tags: barack obama, sarah palin, mccain, politics, aspergers, down’s syndrome, asd, bi-polar, election 2008

51% Believe Palin Right Choice

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:09:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: For all on ClipMarx who live in their own little left-wing bubble!

Clip Source: www.rasmussenreports.com

Friday, September 05, 2008

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows the beginning of John McCain’s convention bounce and the race is essentially back where it was before Barack Obama’s bounce. Obama now attracts 46% of the vote while McCain earns 45%. When "leaners" are included, it’s Obama 48%, McCain 46% (see recent daily results).

Both Obama and McCain are now viewed favorably by 57% of the nation’s voters (see trends). However, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is viewed favorably by 58%--a point more than either Presidential hopeful. Forty percent (40%) have a Very Favorable opinion of her.

Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters now believe that McCain made the right choice when he picked Palin to be his running mate while 32% disagree. By way of comparison, 47% said that Obama made the right choice by picking Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. Voters are evenly divided as to whether Palin or Obama has the better experience to be President.

Meanwhile, in the convention hall

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:30:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Ooooooooh, Sarah-Bara-COO-dah!
If you read the actual lyrics though, this clearly is a song to be sung by Barack Obama. He's just realized that he's about to be ambushed from the weeds by the Barracuda, and forced to his knees. Not long ago, he and "the porpoise" (Joe Biden, pre-hair plugs) were just "Selling a song," with "no right, no wrong" — just playing "a whisper game" involving a "name." This is clearly a reference to the "McSame" meme on which they were relying so much. And "sell me, sell you," the porpoise and the singer croon to each other in close harmony. Oh, yeah: It's about Obama and Biden, all right.

Clip Source: www.beldar.org

As I type this, the sound system from the GOP convention floor is cranked up all the way, playing Heart's galloping mega-hit from 1977 (my college graduation year, yay!) — "Barracuda."

And to think just how many times I've listened to this song over the last thirty years without realizing how profound it would become! And the background in this video (from back when the Wilson sisters were both incredibly hot) shows that, yes, it's patriotic!

[Video]

These GOP delegates are not a-skeered anymore about the notion of their Veep nominee debating Joe Biden, or Barack Obama for that matter. No, indeed, they're ready to start the pre-debate tail-gate party. Right now. Bring it, Slow Joe!

Many of us didn't even know how politically comatose we were. This is like being brought back from a long period of drugged unconsciousness, only to find out that while we were asleep, we all won the lottery! Pardon us if we feel a little bit giddy.

Tags: gop convention, sarah, debates

Free Speech and the Right to Offend

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:49:30 GMT

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Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Free speech is indeed precious, but that doesn't mean that we have to defend without qualification every moron who abuses it

Saying that we have a right to offend skips over the question of whether we are right to offend. I have a right to tell random strangers that I think they're ugly, or that they have terrible taste in clothes, but it would be wrong of me to exercise that right,

we don't just utter words, we do things with them, as the Oxford philosopher JL Austin put it. When words belittle or mock, they can reinforce prejudice and hierarchies that have very real effects on people's lives. Mockery of those already on the margins can shore up the very barriers that limit their life chances.

Tags: morons

to the right of even the Bush administration

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:52:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: welcome to change and reform GOP style

Clip Source: www.defendersactionfund.org

"Sarah Palin's anti-conservation position is so extreme that she condones shooting wolves and bears from airplanes or using airplanes to chase them to exhaustion and then shoot them point blank. Most Americans find this practice barbaric, but it's routine in Alaska under Palin's leadership," said Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund president Rodger Schlickeisen.

"Sarah Palin's positions against America's wildlife could put her to the right of even the Bush administration," said Schlickeisen. "She is a promoter of one of our nation's most ugly and cruel wildlife hunting programs and Americans deserve to know her views on such matters before they vote."

SARAH PALIN SUPPORTS SHOOTING WOLVES AND BEARS
FROM AIRPLANES
Governor is Strong Proponent of Controversial Alaska Program

How "The Price is Right" SHOULD Work :)

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:29:16 GMT

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Clip Source: www.smackjeeves.com

Tags: humor

Pictures - Taken Just At The Right Time

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:25:42 GMT

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Clip Source: www.blingit.us

Pictures - Taken Just At The Right Time

Tags: humor

Landscape Design

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:48:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: After I first got help from doneright.com for plumbing service, I am in heaven.now whenever I need electrical or general contractors, they arrive at home and investigate the situation to see where the problem is and what services are needed.

Clip Source: www.londonky.com

Landscape design is a tasteful way to create a new look in a home, which is often what numerous homeowners are looking for. Designing a yard can add a decorative touch reflective of the property owner’s personal style. Contacting Done Right! today at 1(866) HOME PRO or through e-mail at customerservice@doneright.com will ensure quality service right away.

Tags: home improvement, home pest control, landsacpe, contractor, plumber

LOVE QUOTE

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:35:23 GMT

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Clip Source: 90.gmodules.com

"You are beautiful...when you let friends have their space, when you believe, when you laugh, or are moved to tears, when you let it just roll right off your back, when you talk about your dreams, when you help a turtle across the road, when you try to do the right thing even when it comes out wrong, when you love." Anonymous

Super Obama

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:25:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Right........

Clip Source: obama.senate.gov

What is Mobile Resource Management?

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:12:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Common sense explanation of MRM with no techno-speak

Clip Source: www.applocation.net

Question: What does Mobile Resource Management or MRM mean?

Answer: Good Question. There is a lot of talk about automating management of mobile workers, mobile workers' work and mobile workers' assets in the field. Whew - that's a lot of management. How about we just refer to it as linking mobile applications? We get all the information that needs to get into the business apps from the field where it needs to go. So there it is - MRM helps fleet operators and field service companies save money and increasing productivity and customer service. We use the combination of equipment and wireless technology that will be right for the situation, GPS, RFID, bar-code, hosted or licensed software applications. We think that mobile resource management is about using the right solution for the business problem rather than using technology.

Tags: mobile, resource, yard, management, rfid, gps, rfid gps, real time, supply chain

Missing Person - Rachel Conger

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:11:15 GMT

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Clip Source: mymilkcarton.org

MISSING: Rachel Lyn Conger

Tattoos: Butterfly on inside of right ankle, ladybug on top of right foot, on outside of right ankle "Mia Marie" with pawprint, on outside of left ankle "Solly Shai" with a pawprint, on inside of left ankle "Lynnia Lane" with pawprint, on her back was a tattoo of a butterfly on vine.

Family’s Right to Sue School for Subjecting Teen to Mental Health Test

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:44:56 GMT

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Clip Source: www.rutherford.org

SOUTH BEND, Ind.—A federal court has given the green light to a civil rights lawsuit filed by Rutherford Institute attorneys in defense of a 15-year-old Indiana student who was subjected by school officials to a controversial mental health examination without the knowledge or consent of her parents.

“This ruling rightly recognizes that parents have an intrinsic right to control their children’s education, as well as safeguard their mental and physical well-being,” stated John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute.

After completing the examination and being escorted into a private hallway by an employee of Madison Center, Chelsea was informed that, based on her responses that she liked to clean and didn’t like to party very much, she suffered from at least two mental health problems, obsessive compulsive disorder and social anxiety disorder. Chelsea was also told that if her condition worsened, her mother should take her to the Madison Center for treatment.