Displaying 1,081 To 1,110 Of 16,275 Comments Not only that KQ, it appears that one of main differences is proving the cliche that the Republicans think big government doesn’t work and then they prove it when in power. Mother Jones takes a short look at the history of FEMA, who was head of it and what president appointed them. The GOP seems to treat the job like it was some easy, cushy job and not a professional in emergency services, more like an Ambassador to Fuji like both Bushes did. The Dems instead pick the professionals. Remember that under Clinton and James Lee Witt, he pre-placed emergency supplies and materials, convened the staff BEFORE the disater if possible and Obama followed suit by doing the same thing, as opposed to what Brownie did, he didn’t want to get any supplies too close to the disaster, they might get soiled, and placed supplies hundreds of miles away, not even close to where they were needed. A Case Study of Republicans vs. Democrats on FEMA » Posted By bito On October 31, 2012 @ 8:39 pm Interesting, KQ, and I’ll bite: What is the “Hawthorn effect”? » Posted By bito On October 31, 2012 @ 8:06 pm Jeff Gauvin @JeffersonObama Obama wins 2012 Election— Nate Silver: #Obama : 75.3%, BETFAIR: #Obama 73.3%, PredictWise: #Obama 70.8%, Intrade: #Obama 68.2% #POLLS » Posted By bito On October 31, 2012 @ 7:58 pm Just in time for Halloween and for all the Zombie watchers!! 😉 An Endorsement for Mitt Romney Because He’ll “Put This Country Back on the Path to the Zombie Apocalypse” Hmmm, Spam has it’s own key…. 🙂 » Posted By bito On October 31, 2012 @ 7:13 pm Breaking News! Gov. Romney at Ribbon Cutting of “Scams-R-Us” gathering. If telling lies just doesn’t seem quite enough for Gov. Romney it seems, plain out deception comes into play: Even Worse Than You Thought I honestly believed Romney holding a sham “relief event” in Ohio yesterday was the height of shamelessness, but it turns out the event was even worse than you thought. [T]he last-minute nature of the call for donations left some in the campaign concerned that they would end up with an empty truck. So the night before the event, campaign aides went to a local Wal Mart and spent $5,000 on granola bars, canned food, and diapers to put on display while they waited for donations to come in, according to one staffer. (The campaign confirmed that it “did donate supplies to the relief effort,” but would not specify how much it spent.) […] As supporters lined up to greet the candidate, a young volunteer in a Romney/Ryan t-shirt stood near the tables, his hands cupped around his mouth, shouting, “You need a donation to get in line!” Empty-handed supporters pled for entrance, with one woman asking, “What if we dropped off our donations up front?” The volunteer gestured toward a pile of groceries conveniently stacked near the candidate. “Just grab something,” he said. More>>> http://bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2012/10/even-worse-than-you-thought.html Romney Campaign Staged Donations At Storm Relief Event Why, Why, WHY? Why did he go through with this deception, the man is worth over 250 million, why not cut a 50,000 check and wait a day and organize a real relief drive? Is this Mitt’s core? “It;s easier to lie and deceive than to do it correctly? Is this what one can expect from IF he were to be elected? Secret plans, lies and deception? And the other thing is, it doesn’t seem to bother him when he gets caught because he knows that a large percentage of R’s will vote for him no matter what. Sickening. » Posted By bito On October 31, 2012 @ 4:23 pm k’es, I have been seeing some reports saying things like that about Ohio, that the Obama GOTV and early voting is killing the Romney camp, let’s hope so! Man polls really are screwy and a waste of using up my preciously few brain cells I have left. I seem to be leaving too many of them at my Country Club from all their ‘cocktails’ I get there. Anyway…. Just saw a different poll that has him up by 9 points!! I wonder how much the GOP and their PAC’s are paying per vote on those 9 points? 100thou per point? Linked to a “Red Blog” the other day and they were all over Nate Silver, his background and his nerdy looks. » Posted By bito On October 31, 2012 @ 3:09 pm Linked to a “Red Blog” the other day and they were all over Nate Silver, his background and his nerdy looks. (edit: something screwy happened to part of my comment?! 😆 » Posted By bito On October 31, 2012 @ 3:06 pm Sally, when the Planet was but just a youngster (Jan,2010), we had this unplanned “investigative” chats usually over the weekends. Quite often it was only a few of us. I remember doing one afternoon on Mr. Bopp and his work tearing down any election fiance reform and his work for Citizens United. We also ended up with a post called “Where is our Mr.Bopp” by nellie posted January 30, 2010 ( https://planetpov.com/2010/01/30/wheres-our-mr-bopp/ ) Had I been paying attention to what was on Frontline this week I would have called attention to the post, it is a good primer on Mr.Bopp and his doings. All that said… 🙂 Yes, that was a very good program and a look at CU and CUII when SCOTUS took the Montana case and ruled against the states without even a hearing. » Posted By bito On October 31, 2012 @ 1:59 pm The President is about to speak re: Sandy disaster relief/FEMA. While I know that it’s not supposed to be political, I do hope that the president points out to Mitt and his followers that this is how government can work with the states and federal government working together no matter the party, not by just sending a block grant back to the states or giving it to private companies! That all states have to help other states when in need. That all parties need to work together for the good of the people! Rub Mitt’s nose in it! » Posted By bito On October 31, 2012 @ 1:31 pm Leaked Florida GOP Memo: “Democratic turnout machine is cleaning our clock” [Edited: Now with Memo] EDIT 2: We now have the memo – you can view it at http://twitgoo.com/… Choice quotes: “Early and absentee voting is starting to look troubling” “This is closer to (And worse than) 2008” Conclusion: “The Democratic turnout machine in the county has been very effective and they are cleaning our clock” » Posted By bito On October 30, 2012 @ 9:10 pm Kalima, it shows that we are thinking the same thing, that;s its a mystery why so many people are voting for Mitt even though he has changed his position, changed it yet again, has hidden “secret” plans, lies about what he says, has hidden his taxes, has secret offshore banking accounts and businesses, has shipped fire overseas, his policies would fail, he doesn’t understand how government and/or agencies work, his tax plan won’t work and will both devastate the social safety net while adding to the national debt and deficit, would overturn Row v., Doesn’t respect women’s reproductive health/rights, made his wealth off the benefits, pension funds and taxpayers……. and yet people are going to vote for him? Why? (I’m sure I could, you could and so could others add to my list of why not vote for Mitt.) » Posted By bito On October 30, 2012 @ 6:18 pm I think we have seen the jist of this more than a few times, but here it is again with a new study using 80 years of factual economic history and from Forbes Magazine! Want a Better Economy? History Says Vote Democrat! Gary Hart: “Reason and facts are sacrificed to opinion and myth. Demonstrable falsehoods are circulated and recycled as fact. Narrow minded opinion refuses to be subjected to thought and analysis. Too many now subject events to a prefabricated set of interpretations, usually provided by a biased media source. The myth is more comfortable than the often difficult search for truth.” or this: Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan is attributed with saying “everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.“ So even though we may hold very strong opinions about parties and politics, it is worthwhile to look at historical facts. From this book loaded with statistical fact tidbits and comparative charts, here are just a few that caused me to realize that my long-term love affair with Milton Friedman‘s writing and recommended policies in “Free to Choose” were grounded in a theory I long admired, but that simply have proven to be myths when applied!
Personal disposable income has grown nearly 6 times more under Democratic presidents We often remember the myth, not the real facts The book is great at looking past today’s economic myths by using long forgotten facts to set the record straight. For example, in explaining President Reagan‘s great economic recovery of the 1980s it is often attributed to the stimulative impact of major tax cuts (ERTA.) But in reality the 1981 tax cuts backfired, leading to massive deficits and a weaker economy with a double dip recession as unemployment soared. So in 1982 Reagan signed (TEFRA) the largest peacetime tax increase in our nation’s history. In his tenure Reagan signed 9 tax bills – 7 of which raised taxes! Read more >>>> http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2012/10/10/want-a-better-economy-history-says-vote-democrat/ » Posted By bito On October 30, 2012 @ 4:21 pm Kalima, And yet more of the mystery appears! Reading that WaPo article and once again it shows Romney has no clue how things work, yet people ignore how wrong and clueless he is and say they are going to vote for him! After pretty much flipping on his original statements about letting states run FEMA (with what money Mitt and how did LA’s state government do with Katina? Damn poor) he goes with this: “I think we should change FEMA to exactly how it’s set up now!” “Governor Romney believes that states should be in charge of emergency management in responding to storms and other natural disasters in their jurisdictions,” said campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg. “As the first responders, states are in the best position to aid affected individuals and communities and to direct resources and assistance to where they are needed most. This includes help from the federal government and FEMA.” But this is exactly how the system currently works: Local and state officials respond to disasters and make requests of the federal government for additional supplies or money only when needed. Reforms enacted since Hurricane Katrina permit governors to make requests in advance to ensure that federal officials are on the ground to assist with initial damage assessments and more quickly report back to Washington for help. For example, Obama has signed at least nine federal emergency disaster declarations in the past 24 hours at the request of state governors, directing FEMA to deploy more resources in anticipation of significant recovery efforts. Now he wants to collect “hard goods” for disaster relief when all major relief organizations say not to! Send money or donate blood, not “blankets and canned goods.” Why is this election even close? » Posted By bito On October 30, 2012 @ 2:14 pm 😆 It does, k’es, doesn’t it? it reads like it’s straight out of the Onion. I think if that crew wrote a review about them selves they would have themselves in the Muslim Brotherhood or the Onion, they are paranoid of most everything that deals with Islam! » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 9:22 pm Has the Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrated the Romney Campaign? Read to believe: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/has-muslim-brotherhood-infiltrated-romney-campaign And not only that but it seems that Grover Norquist is neck deep into the Muslim Brotherhood. Are the GOP pushing a Muslim agenda with their ‘No New Taxes” pledge? Perhaps no chair of Romney’s committee is despised more than Samah Norquist, wife of conservative leader Grover Norquist. Glenn Beck and Jerry Boykin have said that Norquist is a lackey for the Muslim Brotherhood and according to anti-Muslim activists like Gaffney and David Horowitz, Norquist secretly converted to Islam and joined the Muslim Brotherhood at the behest of his wife. Conservative attorney Cleta Mitchell wrote in a report for the American Conservative Union that she is “certain that Mr. Gaffney’s hatred [for Norquist] is further fueled by the fact that Grover is married to a Muslim-American woman (who also has worked for the United States government in very responsible positions, I might add!).” » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 7:04 pm When I moved to Florida, people there wouldn’t believe that Lake Superior gets 25′-35′ waves in late fall/winter storms. 22′ those are some good sized waves for Erie! “When the gales of November come early…” » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 6:42 pm Chart Of The Day 🙂 [img]http://dailydish.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e2017d3d192c07970c-550wi[/img] » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 5:47 pm Sorry lady, your bank seems to be underwater and we can’t get a credit check on you. We’ll try to check back on you tomorrow, » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 5:39 pm Kalima, I found the NYT Op-Ed “The Price of a Black President” interesting but I can’t agree, I think that the powers that be on the right side instead of embracing an historical election and acknowledging what it meant to the US instead came out in full force with an assault on the poor and the people of color instead. It isn’t just politics, far from it, it’s racism on their part and the need to “put those people” back into their place. » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 5:24 pm k’es,Both the Salon article ( http://www.salon.com/2012/10/28/aaron_james_excerpt/ ) and the EJ Dionne ( http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2012/oct/28/right-wings-tea-party-is-over/ ) articles have been winners today. Good job catching them! » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 4:55 pm Well said FC! The Watergate/Nixon era brought withit a real mistrust and cynicism tom the people and government. Stating in 2008, growing in 2010 and now this year, the lies of the RW have been steadily growing. And this cycle Mitt hasn’t just slightly joined in, he has become the ring leader and this ring leader knows he can get away with it. There aren’t any repercussions, no penalties he has to pay, in fact he is rewarded and praised by one media outlet. Amazing that many of us grew up hearing the “cherry tree” fable and Geo. Washington. Now we have a person thinking they deserve the same status telling the “Jeep to China” fable. Which fable would you like your child to hear learn and live under? Seems that they are both equal the way they are rewarded doesn’t it? » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 4:50 pm KT, if you notice,in the speech he says that beyond giving the FEMA responsibilities back to the states, that giving them to the private companies would be even better. Don’t know if that idea is myopic at all or just plainly absurdly stupid. Someone ask Mitt how in the hell is that even possible to have a private company on standby/ready status with all the things FEMA does. It would either cost taxpayers 10 fold the money or be fully inept–probably both. » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 4:01 pm It is scary k’es but how can one say they are voting for Mitt and what he believes in? They can’t because Mitt has changed his position or had “secret solutions’ to almost everything, what could they possibly be saying? » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 2:46 pm I think they may reverse engineer Mitt’s speeches, first they come up with some thing that might pass as a credible excuse then write the speech, makes their reaction time down and more predictable. 😉 This tweet sound like the plan that Romney Ryan may finally decide on: Tale of Two Mitties @aTaleOf2Mitties #MittStormTips @TeamRomney plan: everyone will get a few hurricane vouchers, but don’t spend them all on one storm! You silly 47%ers! #Sandy » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 2:39 pm Another good article by EJ, k’es, he’s spot on with his analysis in my book. The right is going along because its partisans know Romney has no other option. This, too, is an acknowledgement of defeat, a recognition that the grand ideological experiment heralded by the rise of the tea party has gained no traction. It also means that conservatives don’t believe that Romney really believes the moderate mush he’s putting forward now. Not to put too fine a point on it, but if the conservatives are forgiving Romney because they think he is lying, what should the rest of us think? http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2012/oct/28/right-wings-tea-party-is-over/ Going back to the primaries and seeing what was said about Mitt by the conservatives/T-Party you know that they are trapped in a huge lie. People voting for Romney are doing it for two reasons, their hate/racism for Obama or they are lying to themselves, not because they believe in Mitt. » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 2:06 pm Did you notice how little coverage exposing the Romney lie about Chrysler/Jeep moving to China got? I saw it refuted through Friday night, but very little after that. I found that this lie by Romney was done so easily that it should been talked about for the whole weekend. It easily exposes Mitt as a complete liar, yet the MSM pretty much acted like it was no big deal. Well, in the words of VP Joe, It was/is a big fucking deal! » Posted By bito On October 29, 2012 @ 1:18 pm Mitt, probably got a discount from one of the US companies that he helped move their production. Her he has a chance to put his actions/money where his mouth is on outsourcing jobs and waht does he do? Outsources! Atta boy Mitt, is this part of your putting America back to work sloganeering? » Posted By bito On October 28, 2012 @ 3:37 pm Breaking News ❗ Weather Forces Romney to Shift Lying to Other States CINCINNATI (The Borowitz Report)—The threat of Hurricane Sandy has forced Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign to move its lying efforts from states in the path of the storm to others beyond the hurricane’s reach. Starting yesterday, the Romney campaign began reallocating lies originally intended for Virginia to other swing states such as Ohio and Wisconsin, the campaign confirmed today. […] But even as the Romney campaign expressed outward confidence about its ability to maintain an uninterrupted flow of whoppers, some Republicans privately feared that a major power outage could disrupt its ability to lie, distort, and exaggerate in the crucial days ahead. “If Fox News gets knocked off the air in some of these states, we’re certainly going to be down a quart in terms of falsehoods,” one insider said….. » Posted By bito On October 28, 2012 @ 3:23 pm k’es, I got a “page not found” thingy but I did find this on Slate. Is this what you were trying to post? Richard Mourdock or Abu Hamza? Take a guess on this one: “A child who disrespects his parents must be permanently removed from society in a way that gives an example to all other children of the importance of respect for parents. The death penalty for rebellious children is not something to be taken lightly.” I do hope people gain some knowledge and think before they vote! The way the GOP disrespects women is slap frighting. They won’t be happy until the US is a theocracy. » Posted By bito On October 28, 2012 @ 3:01 pm That is quite interesting KQ, I am going to have to look at that poll more often and reference it. Their use of asking the same question the same way was how learned was the only way a poll can be used as a trending poll. Their methodology, rolling question, a weighing techniques are all very interesting. Part of their view of Nate: Nate Silver is a man of very small stature, a thin and effeminate man with a soft-sounding voice that sounds almost exactly like the “Mr. New Castrati” voice used by Rush Limbaugh on his program. In fact, Silver could easily be the poster child for the New Castrati in both image and sound. Nate Silver, like most liberal and leftist celebrities and favorites, might be of average intelligence but is surely not the genius he’s made out to be. His political analyses are average at best and his projections, at least this year, are extremely biased in favor of the Democrats. » Posted By bito On October 28, 2012 @ 1:11 pmComments Posted By bito
Yesterday it was all “oooh, Sen. Brown is barely squeaking by in Ohio by 3 points.
In the comment section an Obama supporter said ‘well Nate may be nerdy looking and sounding but in 08 he got everyone of his calls correct except one Senators race and Indiana, it went for Obamaand who did get that Indiana one right, anyone? I’ll take nerdy looks and voice from Nate again this year!! They couldn’t refute Nate’s work so they go to the playground and call him names.
In the comment section an Obama supporter said ‘well Nate may be nerdy looking and sounding but in 08 he got everyone of his calls correct except one Senators race and Indiana, it went for Obama, Who did get that one right, anyone? I take nerdy looks over from Nate again this year!!
Along with Sally, I recommend giving it a look! Informative and a warning to not be ignorant of state elections!
Those are just some of the things that make me wonder about the polling also.
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown 7 times more under Democratic presidents
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Corporate profits have grown over 16% more per year under Democratic presidents (they actually declined under Republicans by an average of 4.53%/year)
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Average annual compound return on the stock market has been 18 times greater under Democratic presidents (If you invested $100k for 40 years of Republican administrations you had $126k at the end, if you invested $100k for 40 years of Democrat administrations you had $3.9M at the end)
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Republican presidents added 2.5 times more to the national debt than Democratic presidents
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The two times the economy steered into the ditch (Great Depression and Great Recession) were during Republican, laissez faire administrations
There must be dash to port/shelter in the Great Lakes.
For the Op-Ed to blame certain leaders for it is bogus in my opinion. Do they deserve some blame , of course,but the ones crushing with their boot heels deserve most and more of the blame.
Spot the difference between the Christian social conservatives and the Islamic fundamentalists.
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I was just reading a right wing take on polling and their take on Nate Silver (for some reason they chose to go after Nate personally, not his accuracy.
The comments section seems to have been taken over by Obama supporters.
The far left turns to Nate Silver for wisdom on the polls
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