What Is Important Here??

 From Huffington Post>>


Employer Threatens Employees

This was a comment left that displays the one sided nature of the threat:

tnkeating:
"The Economy is barely limping along, many employers are faced with having to lay-off people because of additional healthcare cost and the highest corporate tax rate in the World, They have a responsibility to the employee's to keep the company going strong and staying competative. If the employee's are going to vote against their best interest, they should be foreworned with whats to come, its simply the responsible thing to do."

This was my response... although not carefully worded:

"Own best interests," really??  The idea of a democracy means we need an informed electorate.  An employer using threats (bullying) to foist his/her opinion on employees is the opposite of informing.  Knowing what is in ones own best interest is difficult enough without this sort of interference.  The actual case for or against a candidate or issue is not related to the boss' opinion.  The employer may have a board of directors that actually thinks more clearly than the "Boss" and will do many things to keep a business viable.  It would be extremely short sighted to think that the employer's rant (and that is really all it is) has any place in trying influence the election.  Companies just work with how good or bad their intellect is... their own best interests may or may not include what the boss threatens."

It seems that something should be done to lower the temperature of the election rhetoric as practiced by all.  Yes, that would be me included.  It is difficult to be constantly assaulted by insults and not reply in kind.

 

Yes, Biden Won the Debate... Quit Whining.

This article (blog) by Robert Reich hits the right tone for the second debate's results:

Biden Won the Debate Against Ryan

Spot on.  With all the toxicity in the air due to the Republican refusal to do ANYTHING the debate was as refreshing as this Huffington Post blog.  The CNN (too small a sample) 'poll' aside, Joe took down every point offered up by a disingenuous Paul Ryan.  The Right criticized the President's demeanor then when Vice President Biden gave a lively debate they want to nay-say his performance as being too exuberant!!!  Too funny.  Calling out the Pants-On-Fire direction Representative Ryan  wants to take the country was just what was needed.  The moderator was the best as well... giving equal treatment to both candidates and asking for the specifics we deserve.  Too bad Ryan didn't answer any of those questions.  Watching Ryan's jaw tense up and grind away when he didn't have an answer was interesting as well.

At some point in the coming week we will see the bounce that Joe Biden has given the campaign.  I mean, really, when asked what the criteria for calling out the military was for National Security interests Ryan could only say he would do so only when National Security was at stake!?!?!  As if that were an answer!!??  In any case, Ryan was schooled by Biden and the world will turn away from non-answers.  Now hoping the President turns it on for the next one.

Obama/Biden and ALL down ticket Democrats -- 2012

Pushing Back is Important

A response by tssent to an article in Huff-Post (Romney's Ground Game) about Romney's increased level of desperation pretty much said it all:

Well, Mr. Datchok, perhaps you can wipe your tears away long
enough to consider all the wrong directions Obama is sending
this country:

U.S. Exports:  Double-digit gains;
Stock Market:  More than doubled;
All 4.4 million jobs Bush lost, recovered by Obama;
30 Straight months of growth;
4-year low in foreclosures;
4-year high in new construction;
By Executive Order, Amnesty to Immigrants since a

Republican-controlled Congress has refused to
act on the matter for nearly 4 years;
Cut taxes for 160m Americans;
Wall street reform passed;
Imports from other countries, down;
18 new tax cuts for small businesses;
Taxes of average American are down by $3600;
Unfair credit card fees eliminated;
2.5 million new manufacturing jobs created;
$1 T in spending cuts;
Reproduction Rights protected;
Stem Cell Research funded;
Efficiency Standards Doubled;
U.S. Oil Production, 8-year high;
Natural Gas Production, all-time high;
Renewable energy production up 27%;
Seniors' 401Ks have DOUBLED or even better;
First Latina supreme court justice appointed;
Torture banned;
$100 billion invested in science and research;
Iraq War Ended;
Afghanistan War ends 2014 and all troops return home;
Libya Liberated;
Osama Bin Laden Dead;
Incentive to Hire Unemployed Veterans;
Don't Ask Don't Tell Ended;
Unemployment Benefits Extended;
Equal Pay for Women Protected;
Health Care Reform Passed;
Seniors' Drug Costs Lowered;
College Pell Grants Doubled;
Guaranteed Coverage for Contraception;
Medicare and Soc Sec Protected, and finally,
Auto Industry Saved

Let me know if you run out of kleenex, you ingrate.


OBAMA 2012
ROMNEY // RYAN 1040s

That's exactly what the Obama campaign is pointing out to everyone.

Saying What You Actually Mean IS Important

Mitt has been nailed in so many statements for reversing his stance.  He wants YOU to believe he is sincere in what he says but you have to look at what he has done in the past.  Beyond looking at his taxes, which he hasn't let you do past one and a half year's worth, he doesn't want to show what his record in Massachusetts has been.  Here's a case in point:




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Romney as Governor, it speaks for itself.

I can agree with the sentiment...

A Co-Story

This set of links is about Election Fraud just in case you are interested.  Oh, and they are in no particular order.

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The Brad Blog

With the Romney/Ryan ticket in free fall I have observed their confidence is in contrast to reality.  Is it possible that they are confident because they know that the "fix" is in??  Is there a hacker that has been hired to change the actual vote??  There are people rich enough and unscrupulous enough to pay for this... so, why would they not have done it??

A Different Theory

Something I just learned; in states where voter suppression is being supported (by corrupt politicians) the legal structure of what does and does not count for identification has a surprise built in.  Veterans cannot use their ID cards because it does not have their address on it.  Students cannot use their ID cards for the same reason.  Others have similar problems simply because they do not drive and do not need a drivers license.  Here's the surprise: a gun owner can use a concealed weapon permit for ID to vote.  I don't think the legislators really thought this through but I may feel so very safe when 21 million people figure this out and go get a concealed weapons permit.

Do NOT Watch without headphones (crass language)

Here's the thing... there is no excuse for this Voter Fraud protection law.  The problem is that there is a nearly zero incidence of voter fraud taking place.  For example, in Florida, after much hoopla the state found a grand total of one case of voter fraud.  A Canadian had voted in the last election.  Wow, a single case of voter fraud after spending lots of money looking for the tons of cases. 

The case can be made that there has been election fraud, however.  When we look at the Bush election (when the state was going to recount the full state vote) the Supreme Court stepped in and limited the recount to Broward county it turns out that was a form of ELECTION fraud fomented by the court.  Later several news organizations got together and reviewed the count.  What they found was that if the entire state had been recounted Gore would have won but that by limiting the recount to a single county Bush won.

Useful Definitions

Note that one of the forms of election fraud is the spreading of misinformation.  " The Democratic Party of Wisconsin alleged that Americans for Prosperity engaged in this when a flier printed in August 2011 gave an incorrect return date for absentee ballots - Americans for Prosperity alleged it was a misprint."

There are reasons to be concerned about other forms of this type of fraud.  there have been several studies showing that pervasive Diebold voting machines are vulnerable to tampering.  Just one link to a story... look up others, it will surprise you.

A more recent case: Scott Walker recall. 

Long story short, there is reason to distrust the Diebold voting machines AND the election committees in some states.  There are too many concerns to just gloss over these concerns.