Lying to pollsters?

Libs have trouble in this election because they know if they don't vote for Hillary, they're hate filled, sexist pigs and if they don't vote for B Hussein, they're hate filled racial bigots.

This could be worse than BDS!

The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "Reluctance to admit voting for someone other than Obama?--"

GordoM-wonders-if-Kucinich-voters-are-doubly-hate-filled.

"experts" say "free" is good....

- Free flu shots in Muskegon: "Free flu shots are available at Hackley Hospital in Muskegon on Tuesday.
The flu clinic runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hackley Hospital on Terrace street.
It is sponsored by the Hackley Visiting Nurse Services and Hospice Inc.
Experts say getting a flu shot during the winter can still help prevent illness, since sometimes flu season does not get underway until spring."

Voter cited by opponents of Indiana's ID law registered in two states

Voter cited by opponents of Indiana's ID law registered in two states: "On the eve of a hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Indiana Voter ID law has become a story with a twist: One of the individuals used by opponents to the law as an example of how the law hurts older Hoosiers is registered to vote in two states.

Faye Buis-Ewing, 72, who has been telling the media she is a 50-year resident of Indiana, at one point in the past few years also claimed two states as her primary residence and received a homestead exemption on her property taxes in both states."

OpinionJournal - John Fund on the Trail

OpinionJournal - John Fund on the Trail: "Voter-Fraud Showdown
How can anyone object to asking for ID?"

Muskegon Chronicle delusions

Our local newspaper editorialists must have spent too much time in their daily group hug.

Michigan's primary will play an important role - mlive.com:

"The upcoming Michigan primary election has been called many things -- stupid, insulting, visionary, worthless -- but by sheer force of will it's now a piece of the big picture of this year's presidential puzzle.

Our state occupies a key spot in the primary line-up, fourth up after Iowa, a one-party mini-caucus in Wyoming and today's New Hampshire primary, the grand-daddy of them all. In prior years, the focus would have automatically shifted next to South Carolina and Nevada, but now at least some candidates must detour through the Great Lakes region to familiarize themselves with our state and its concerns before heading south."

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1984 California style!

And they've got a "republican" governor!

State proposes to take control of home temps North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County News: "California utilities would control the temperature of new homes and commercial buildings in emergencies with a radio-controlled thermostat, under a proposed state update to building energy efficiency standards.
Customers could not override their (own) thermostats..."

GordoM-hears-they've-got-mandatory-auto-gov-thermostats-planned

Doggie insights!

Sent to GordoM on the web.

It must be true!

Ten Peeves that Dogs Have About Humans

1. Blaming your farts on me...not funny...not funny at all !!!

2. Yelling at me for barking. I'M A FRIGGIN' DOG, YOU IDIOT!

3. Taking me for a walk, then not letting me check stuff out. Exactly whose walk is this anyway?

4. Any trick that involves balancing food on my nose. Stop it!

5. Any haircut that involves bows or ribbons. Now you know why we chew your stuff up when you're not home.

6. The sleight of hand, fake fetch throw. You fooled a dog! Whoooo Hoooooooo what a proud moment for the top of the food chain.

7. Taking me to the vet for 'the big snip', then acting surprised when I freak out every time we go back!

8. Getting upset when I sniff the crotches of your guests. Sorry, but I haven't quite mastered that handshake thing yet.

9. Dog sweaters. Hello ??? Haven't you noticed the fur?

10. How you act disgusted when I lick myself. Look, we both know the truth. You're just jealous.
Now lay off me on some of these things, We both know who's boss here!!!

You don't see me picking up your poop do you ???

EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY.

A DOG ALWAYS OFFERS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

CATS HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT!!

GordoM-now-is-a-dog-whisperer

Sort of good news?

Given the outflow of Michiganders, especially in Detroit, over the last few years, doesn't it make sense that the absolute numbers of criminal acts would decline?

After all, there's a whole lot less victims still in Detroit.

It would be better to see the crime/resident ratio.

GordoM wonders why that number isn't published...... yeah right......

Violent crime falls in state's largest cities: "Violent crime in Detroit fell substantially during the first six months of 2007, led by a sharp decline in rapes, robberies and assaults, according to a report from the FBI released today.
Overall, violent crime in the state's largest city fell nearly 12 percent, from 10,551 in the first six months of 2006 to 9,314 last year.

GordoM-doesn't-hear-liberals-protesting-crime-against-Detroit's-citizens

Muskegon Math?

Or just typical crappy reporting from The Chronicle?

Let's see $6,300/yr savings divided by 22 condos equals......$286.36 of savings per year on each $200,000ish condo.

And that's gonna be a big incentive?

Anyone smell a cover up?

Condos get tax-break extension - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "The extension will grant Post's development an estimated $6,300 a year of savings in property and income taxes, while making its condominiums more marketable to potential buyers, who also would see tax savings. .........

Post said he plans to build a total of 22 condominium units in contiguous two- and three-story brownstone-style buildings. They would have 1,200 to 2,400 square feet of living space and sell at prices ranging from $175,000 to $280,000."

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On This Day in History

On This Day:
1913 Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was born in Yorba Linda, Calif.

If Tricky had beaten JFK would Mary Jo and the rest of the Kennedy boys still be alive?

1964 Anti-U.S. rioting broke out in the Panama Canal Zone, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and three U.S. soldiers.

I thought anti-Americanism started with Georgie!

1987 The White House released a memorandum prepared for President Ronald Reagan in January 1986 that showed a definite link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and the release of American hostages in Lebanon.

Freedom in Nicaragua soon followed!

2007Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone, which went on sale the following June."

Not much seemed to happen on this day in history....

GordoM-suspects-there-was-a-lot-of-good-TV-goin'-on-this-day

Well, duh.....

Obama's double digit lead just "poofs" off into the ethernet.

The Numbers: "There will be a serious, critical look at the final pre-election polls in the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire; that is essential. It is simply unprecedented for so many polls to have been so wrong. We need to know why."

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Democratic Underground: It’s Diebold again! « Cadillac Tight

Democratic Underground: It’s Diebold again! « Cadillac Tight: "What tickles me to death is that this time the eeeeevil Diebold is working for Hillary Clinton"

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UPDATE: One lane of Henry Street bridge to reopen - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com

UPDATE: One lane of Henry Street bridge to reopen:

"Norton Shores officials hope to have one lane of the Merrill S. Bailey Bridge on Henry Street moving later today, though it could be months before the repairs to the damaged bridge structure is completed."

GordoM-will-expand-his-carbon-footprint-because-of-bridge-gone

Moron Arrested After Driving Truck Into House

Moron Arrested After Driving Truck Into House:

"Note to Mr. Moron: Don't act like one.

Bryan Scott Moron, 20, of Burleson, Texas, was arrested Friday after he lost control of his truck and struck a mailbox, then a house, MyFOXDFW.com reports."

GordoM-has-sympathy-for-Mr-Moron's-last-name-wonders-how-junior-high-was....

On This Day

On This Day:
"1642 Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy. Democrat leaders fear astronomy will cause global cooling.

1815 U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, the closing engagement of the War of 1812.
Johnny Horton's great, great, great grandma bought a guitar.

1918 President Woodrow Wilson outlined his 14 points for peace after World War I.
Democrats still think that a great plan that just needed more time.

1935 Rock 'n' roll singer Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Miss.

Imagine if he was born in Iran!

1959 Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France's Fifth Republic.
Don't all surrender monkeys look alike?

1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty.

Democrats still think that a great plan that just needed more time...... and money.

1973 Secret peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resumed near Paris.

Secret peace talks kinda suck.

1976 Chinese premier Chou En-lai died in Beijing at age 77.

Not surprising his last name was "lie".

1982 American Telephone & Telegraph settled the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.

America now has 2 satellite companies, one cable company per town and 3 phone companies.

1987 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000 for the first time, ending the day at 2,002.25.

And Tracey Lorenz said the stock market was like Vegas.

1992 President George H.W. Bush, suffering from stomach flu, collapsed during a state dinner in Tokyo.

Sushi and Texans never was a good idea.

1996 Former French president Francois Mitterrand died at age 79.

Sushi and Froggies a good idea.

1998 Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was sentenced in New York to life in prison.

Soon to be released.......


1999 The top two executives of Salt Lake City's Olympic Organizing Committee resigned after disclosures that civic boosters had given cash to members of the International Olympic Committee.

Everyone shocked, shocked....... soon to be released.


2007 A Moroccan man convicted of aiding three of the four suicide pilots who had committed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks was sentenced by a German court to the maximum of 15 years in prison for his role in the terror plot."

Already released......

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Where's Gordo?

A continuation of Liam's MLive post:

"That would be a good topic...what is the most humiliating thing that one of your parents (or kids) have ever publicly put you through?"

GordoM-didn't-like-the-girl-boy-odds-back-then-stupid-GordoM

Daily Fred Fact

"Some people are homeless because of their financial situation, others are homeless because of substance abuse, while still others are homeless because they looked at Fred Thompson funny and he destroyed their home"


IMAO: Fred Thompson Facts Archives

France counts cost of health reform

Our froggie friends never were much for planning ahead.

BBC NEWS Europe France counts cost of health reform: "The abundance and generosity of its health service has turned France into a nation of hypochondriacs.

It consumes far more drugs than any other nation in Europe, and they are almost always the expensive patented kind rather than the cheaper generic alternatives."

GordoM-wonders-why-they-need-so-much-wine-with-all-the-free-drugs

French healthcare is 'badly run'

Well, this is France, after all.

BBC NEWS Europe French healthcare is 'badly run': "The report says citizens must pay more and doctors must alter their behaviour.
Failure to do so could add 66 billion euros a year to France's public budget deficit by 2020, it adds.
The warning comes after thousands of health workers protested on Thursday over staff shortages and the 'creeping privatisation' of the health system."

GordoM-doesn't-trust-surrender-monkeys-with-his-health

New Jersey Apologizes for Slavery

I guess everything else is just fine in NJ.

Sure glad they took the taxpayer's time and money to straighten things out.

Still waiting for an apology for Newark....

New Jersey Apologizes for Slavery: "New Jersey became the first Northern state to apologize for slavery, as legislators approved a resolution Monday expressing 'profound regret' for the state's role in the practice."

GordoM-wonders-when-they'll-appologize-for-The-Sopranos

Upbeat news = no MSM coverage

Kudlow just doesn't make it to the headlines of the MSM.

And the MSM still contends they're unbiased?

Kudlow's Money Politic$: "Despite Friday’s soft jobs number, I do not believe we are heading into a recession. Any slowdown in the U.S will be very short-lived. I’m sticking with Goldilocks 2.0.

Payroll jobs rose a mere 18,000 for December. But we had a 115,000 jobs gain in November and a 159,000 gain in October."

Scientologists heading downtown

Why does everything about Detroit and Scientology always smell real bad?

$9,773 in taxes on a $3.5 million dollar property?

Something ain't right.....

Scientologists heading downtown

The church paid $3.5 million for a vacant eight-story building at Griswold and West Jefferson facing Hart Plaza……. .
……...Because the church will own the building, however, the city won't reap property taxes from it. The site was previously owned by the financial services firm Raymond James & Associates. The firm paid $9,773 in taxes in 2006.

Katrina victims swamp corps with trillions in claims - USATODAY.com

Good grief!

And the democrats tell us we don't need tort reform?

Katrina victims swamp corps with trillions in claims - USATODAY.com: "Tens of thousands of people whose property was destroyed when Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed New Orleans' protective levees have filed claims demanding the government pay astronomical sums that would be enough money to make multimillionaires of everyone in Louisiana."

Student who accidentally fired shot reinstated

Did he "accidently" bring a handgun into school?

There's got to be more to this story ........ or maybe less .........

Student who accidentally fired shot reinstated: "An Ottawa Hills High School student expelled for accidentally firing a gun in the school was unanimously reinstated Monday.
But district staff members believe the student plans to attend classes in another district. Joseph Davon Davis was 16 when a handgun accidentally fired in a school lavatory on Oct. 5, 2006. State law requires a mandatory 180-day expulsion, and students are permitted to apply to be reinstated.
District spokesman John Helmholdt said reports indicate Davis completed counseling and community service. 'There is a sense that this is a young man who recognizes he made a mistake and wants to right a wrong,' he said."

Why is this a "tough" call?

Aren't "illegals" here illegally?

I'm stunned that we used to give them drivers licenses.

It's about time!

Cox makes tough, but correct call on licenses - mlive.com: "Attorney General Mike Cox is getting blasted for his ruling against the issuance of driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Yet he and other state legal chiefs are only reacting to the vacuum that has served as a substitute for policy all these many years in Washington, D.C."

Urgent: Merrill S. Bailey Bridge closed - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com

Urgent: Merrill S. Bailey Bridge closed - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "Norton Shores officials closed the Merrill S. Bailey Bridge over Mona Lake on Henry Street this morning after discovering Monday night's storms may have undermined a portion of the bridge abutment."

Red Wings fans?

Bloomberg.com: Latin America: "Portuguese authorities seized 9.4 metric tons of cocaine hidden in a shipment of frozen octopus from Venezuela, according to a statement on the Web site of Portugal's judicial police."

University employees get $5,000 for buying home in Detroit

Let's see.....

$5,000 from UofD's money tree (us).

An additional $5,000 from HUD (us).

And a nifty earmark to "non-profit" JVS (paid by us) to "help secure the additional $5,000".

All to give to UofD employees (paid by us) to buy homes? Where the heck do they live now?

University employees get $5,000 for buying home in Detroit: "Under the program, the university will offer a $5,000 down payment to qualifying employees who are buying a home in one of the three university neighborhoods. JVS, a Southfield-based nonprofit human service organization, will partner with the UDM to help employees secure an additional $5,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, officials said."

Peter, Paul & Mary?

When hammers are banned, only the criminals will have hammers ....... and free lunches......

Man robs Subway with hammer: "Authorities are looking for a man who used a hammer to rob a Grand Rapids-area restaurant.
Kent County sheriff's department officials say the robber demanded money and fled with about $200 Sunday night from the Subway restaurant in Alpine Township."

New meaning for "Greatest Hits"?

On This Date in History

1610 The astronomer Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons.

Planets ordered to wear underpants

1789 The first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president.

Palm Beach voters thought he was Chad Washington

1800 Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, was born in Summerhill, N.Y.

The Fillmore East and West celebrated his birth.

1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.

Cell phone service put off for 70 years.

1953 President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.

He lamented that Japan had already surrendered.

1959 The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba.

Oops!

1997 Newt Gingrich became the first Republican re-elected House speaker in 68 years.

Woohoo!

1999 President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial began in the Senate. (He was later acquited on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.)

Doh!

2005 Actor Brad Pitt and actress Jennifer Aniston announced they were separating after four years of marriage.

Who?

2006 Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, facing corruption charges, stepped down as House majority leader. (He resigned from Congress in June 2006.)

Doh!

GordoM-remembers-it-all

tennis is good!

What's not to like?

My goodness are subsidized grocery stores next?

Lack of grocers prompts action: "A recently formed task force has city and business leaders joining together to answer an oft-asked question among Detroiters: Why aren't there more grocery stores in the city?
Dubbed the Detroit Fresh Food Access Initiative, the 40-plus member group of government and business leaders is exploring how local regulations and permit processes can be simplified to attract more full-scale grocers to the city.
Olga Savic, director of strategy and external affairs for the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and one of the group's co-chairs, said the group's formation couldn't have come at a better time for the city."

Liberal Fascism. A redundancy?

Amazon.com: Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning: Books: Jonah Goldberg

"Buy this book...or the dog dies"

Tornado Warning issued for Muskegon, rest of area under a Tornado Watch

The anti-casino gods don't seem to like this get together?

Maybe it'll suck up the round-a-bout!

yes.....

WZZM13 - Tornado Warning issued for Muskegon, rest of area under a Tornado Watch: "WZZM 13's Phil Dawson is in Muskegon working on a story at city hall. The meeting was interrupted and people inside were told to seek shelter in the basement."

Homeless Michigan Dems?

Momma always told me voting democrat would be bad for my future.

National convention hotel rooms taken away from Michigan Dems: "LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan Democrats no longer can count on getting hotel rooms at their national convention in Denver.
The Democratic National Committee's Rules Committee last month stripped Michigan of its 156 national convention delegates as punishment for scheduling an early presidential primary in violation of party rules. State party officials had until Saturday to come up with an alternative to the Jan. 15 contest, but declined to do so.
That decision caused the DNC to informally tell state Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer that the party no longer has reservations at the Red Lion Hotel Denver Central during the Aug. 25-28 convention, state party spokesman Jason Moon said Monday.
'We think that those hotel rooms will be given back to us,' Moon added."

Nifty thunderstorm in January

I've always loved thunderstorms and a rare Winter T-storm is just another treat from those 10,000 sq. ft. mansion owners and private jet flyers.

Thank you global warmers!

Hollywood keeps giving, even if their movies suck......

GordoM-finds-the-good-in-everything

Cheap Tatas?

Tatas are always to be prized, but inexpensive Tatas are a rare treat.

And at $2500?

Ummmmmm.....nice Tatas....

Maybe I need two?

All eyes on Tata's Rs 1 lakh car-India Business-Business-The Times of India: "the Tata people's car which has been dominating mindspace both inside and outside the industry for its sheer concept and execution since the better part of a decade."

New Fred Thompson Video: Kill. Protect. Punch.

You cannot see this video and not vote for Fred!

Or you may die!

New Fred Thompson Video: Kill. Protect. Punch.

Isn't "dipping" the same thing as "stealing"?

The Detroit News Online: "Lawmakers and Gov. Jennifer Granholm dealt with the deficit by delaying payments to state universities and community colleges, dipping into funds set aside for job training and substance abuse treatment and selling off part of the state's future tobacco settlement. Taxes were not raised to fill the hole."

I just saw a PT Cruiser with a "car bra".

Gave me the willies......

Wow! Miss America might be packin'!

BLACKFIVE: Army Medic (and Miss Utah) Competing in Miss America Pageant: "GI Jill, Sergeant Jill Stevens, a Utah National Guard Medic and OEF veteran, is someone you can be proud of and support on January 26, 2008, when she competes in the Miss America Pageant.
As a National Guard soldier in College, her university pageant director convinced her to compete. She scoffed at the idea."

She's Smokin'!

Heh....

Deja Vu - WSJ.com: "a New York alderman, Peter McGuinness, proposed a city ordinance that would prohibit women from smoking in hotels, restaurants or other public places.
'Young fellows go into our restaurants to find women folks sucking cigarettes,' the alderman argued. 'What happens? The young fellows lose all respect for the women, and the next thing you know the young fellows, vampired by these smoking women, desert their homes, their wives and children, rob their employers and even commit murder so that they can get money to lavish on these smoking women.'"

(the entire column is in the 2 comments section)

A great question

TCS Daily - My Global Warming Question: "My question is this:
what are the most persuasive reasons for believing that the rise in temperature is due to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide?"

Sad, sad people.

5 of 7 developed complications?

Sounds too much like the Laetrile scam in Mexico.

Americans seek stem cell treatments in China - Cloning and stem cells- msnbc.com: "Noting the lack of evidence, three Western doctors undertook their own limited study. It involved seven patients with spinal cord injuries who chose to get fetal brain tissue injections at one hospital in China. The study reported “no clinically useful improvements” — even though most patients believed they were better. Five developed complications such as meningitis."

MSM shocked, demands new study!

Who'd of guessed......

Michigan sees fewer gun deaths — with more permits: "Six years after new rules made it much easier to get a license to carry concealed weapons, the number of Michiganders legally packing heat has increased more than six-fold.
But dire predictions about increased violence and bloodshed have largely gone unfulfilled, according to law enforcement officials and, to the extent they can be measured, crime statistics."

Earth friendly?

Maybe he was just trying to reduce her "carbon footprint"?

My Way News - Cops: Man Cooked Parts of Slain Woman: "A man killed his girlfriend, then filleted and cooked parts of her body before calling police to tell them what he was doing, authorities said Sunday."

Is Ford back?

Wow!
35 MPG, Six airbags and...
$16,000!!!!!


Ford Vehicles: 2008 Ford Focus - See pricing details, photos, options, packages, and more

What ever happened to "rainy day funds"?

Maybe they ought to take a hard look at the "budget dudes"?

This is happening everywhere.

"It's not our fault" ..... please reelect us..... and vote us more of your money.....or stop complaining"

Lansing State Journal: Clinton Co. roads budget snowed under: "After the first of two major snowfalls, Clinton County officials said their snow removal money for 2007 was gone, forcing them to use money set aside for other projects.
'We've already exceeded what we budgeted for '07, so whatever money we use (for the rest of the year) we won't have for '08 projects,' said Mike Nobach, the director of the Clinton County Road Commission"

This is scary

Voting by mail starts for California's 2008 presidential primary: "Vote-by-mail ballots go out this week in the nation's most populous state, forcing presidential campaigns to consider using scarce dollars to lure early California voters while contests unfold in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
More than half the total votes in California's Feb. 5 primary could be mailed in, and many of those ballots will be cast long before Election Day in a state that has seen scant evidence of the 2008 presidential campaign."

Don't eat that donut or we're gonna cut ya!

Junkfood Science: A heart stopper

Bringing in the new year, Radio Iowa reported from a bariatric surgeon at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha. Increasing numbers of teens are coming in wanting bariatric surgeries, according to Dr. Ranjan Sudan, and “some doctors are looking at performing weight loss surgeries [sic] on children as young as five.”

A Fox News Debate Round-Up - Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)

A Fox News Debate Round-Up - Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)

The "unbiased, patriotic" MSM and friends

In their own words.

Best of Notable Quotables 2007 -- Media Research Center

List of common misconceptions

List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Attack of the killer bulbs?

Yeah, but isn't saving the Planet more important the health of ....polluters?

Low-energy bulbs 'could cause skin cancer' - Telegraph: "The new energy-saving bulbs produce a more intense light and can exacerbate a range of existing skin problems."

"Why I Believe Bush Must Go"

At least Ronnie went with class..... and quietly.

Why I Believe Bush Must Go: "By George McGovern
Sunday, January 6, 2008; B01

As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney administration, I have belatedly and painfully concluded that the only honorable course for me is to urge the impeachment of the president and the vice president."

Not everyone agrees:

http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_01_06-2008_01_12.shtml#1199673472