Birds of a feather vote together
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/...

Well, we lost less than most... I read 20% was an average stock market hit. We fared better than that. But it was a big chunk of money and the republicans were at the helm... so there ya go!

They took away the GM plant here in Janesville.

Tom your a typical leftie looking for handouts. I got an idea for you go find a better paying job. If your education won't let you go further your education so you can get a good paying job and work hard and buy that corvette. Don't expect hardworking Americans to give you handouts so you can buy a corvette. So sad.

Well, I'm sure that whybesaid has convinced all the coal miners in Janesville to vote McCain.

candyapplered...I LOVE the name.. I wish I could own a candy apple red Corvette.. Maybe if America's corporate execs would open their purse strings, & share the wealth with us workers, maybe we could get a nice candyapple red Corvette, Mustang, Viper, or "little duece coupe"..AH memories of the 50's 60's. & 70's, when Execs actually did share, & america became the greatest nation on Earth.

gmof3; I think I'd be looking for a new financial advisor

Jackio I think they would be changing that endorsement if it would have came out earlier. JMO

Just got back from voting at First Lutheran Church (wards 13, 23, and 24 I do believe). The line is long, but things are moving fast. I was near the front of the line when I was pulled in to register (which took all of 10 minutes). By the time I was done, the people who were in line clear across the parking lot were already in the building. Long lines, but moving fast.
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I don't care who you choose to vote for. I only care that you are voting. Now is the time to make your statement. SO GO VOTE!

Ah! janesvillemom caught it first! I guess that's what I get for skimming the comments. But the point stands.

Hey whybesad, and everyone else for that matter: The United Mine Workers of America actually side with Obama and slammed the McCain campaign for the "distortion" they were touting. http://www.umwa.org/index.php?q=news/mcc...

gmaof3 Nov 3, 2008 at 6:55 p.m.
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Yes, you can thank a Democrat for the current value of the notes in the bank you have them deposited in. You see the Federal Reserve act in 1913 was signed by Woodrow Wilson.
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Perhaps it would be helpful to understand what “fiat currency” is?...... Paper money that is backed only by the issuing government's decree that it is acceptable as Legal Tender currency. Its value stems from public confidence, rather than convertible into gold or other hard currency….
http://www.answers.com/topic/fiat-money

Well I personally can't afford anymore of the Republican party! $82,000 of MY 401K - GONE! At 50 years old, I'll be working another 5 years at least, to try to recoup what has evaporated!

I'm holding with my Democratic roots!

Whybe sad is correct. Obama mentioned everyone's energy bills will skyrocket. WTF.
Anyone who overlooks all the red flags against Obama Are brainwashed by the liberal media.
You think things are bad now wait until he starts taxing small companies. Many companies will close. He will retract all his sucker offerings to the middleclass.
Walter James prob has a cell phone, cable, nikes, and a expensive car loan. Cut back and save. Do with out now so later you can get your act together. The country/ President isn't going to do it for you.

another whybesad threadjack...who would have thought?

in this article, william james said, "this country is supposed to be the land of opportunity...I haven't seen it."

My God!

Do we live in China?
Are you forced to labor at 12 cents an hour?

There are more millionaires today than there have ever been in the history of mankind. Most of them are right here in the good old US of A. And many of them worked their asses off to get there.
Look around and be creative.
I'm 50 and just QUIT a very lucrative job.
I quit because I see opportunity and am seizing this opportunity.
Qui audet adipiscitur!

Correction: that article was written by the LATimes for the LATimes. I misread the footnote that referenced the Associated Press.

whybesad,
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Fine, how about this: http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/200...
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The lie here is that McCain has the EXACT SAME position on coal as Obama does! McCain's plans ALSO would bankrupt the coal industry! Sarah Palin simply forgot to mention that. This time, you can't shoot me down for posting a random link. That's an article written by the Associated Press published in the LATimes. Not some random blog.

My posts were for whybesad, sorry I didn't specify that in the posts. Probably all the kool-aid! :)

And this is from Fox News (if you don't like Lynda's source):

“After John McCain said he’d like to ‘transition away from coal entirely,’ his campaign is hardly in a position to criticize a coal state Senator like Barack Obama who has outlined a $150 billion investment in clean coal and other technologies to create jobs and build a new energy economy. The truth is, John McCain and Sarah Palin can’t name a single thing they’d do differently on the economy than George Bush, so all they have to offer is last minute, desperate distortions. Hardworking families don’t need more Washington-style political attacks, they need a President who will create jobs and stand up for the middle class – and that’s Barack Obama.”
http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/11/...

There is video somewhere of McCain arguing FOR the same thing he is now criticizing Obama for, here's some info:

"But just three years ago on the floor of the United States Senate, John McCain's Republican colleague George Voinovich of Ohio took to the floor to argue against a proposal by McCain to curb greenhouse gas emissions. McCain's proposal, Voinovich said, would "put coal out of business" and cost thousands of jobs, an argument that McCain did not contest.

In fact, McCain agreed that his plan would require sacrifice, but he also argued (correctly) that in the long-run, America would be better off. In other words, he made the exact same arguments as Barack Obama.

Dog,

If you are in line by 8:00 p.m. you will still be able to cast your vote no matter how long it takes. After 8:00 p.m. nobody will be allowed to join the line.

A link from a San Francisco blog. Now that's credible LMAO!!!! You lefties would believe the sky was purple if Obama told you it was. Keep drinking the kool-aid.

whybesad,
Read this:
http://www.umwa.org/index.php?q=compac/r...
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It is what the coal miners think about McCain's record on coal. Please quit spreading the lies.

Lynda what don't I get? I watched the video and heard what he said.

whybesad,
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McCain's campaign talking about Obama wanting to put coal mines out of business was a lie. See: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfga...

The information (on being able to vote as long as you are in line by closing time) is also in the other Gazette article here:
http://gazettextra.com/news/2008/nov/03/...
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I already voted, so good luck!

dogs_rule: If you are already in line when the polls close, you will be allowed to vote.
http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/3369...

too bad whybesad just doesn't get it.

Question: What happens if you are still in line to vote when polls close?

Now Obama wants to bankrupt coal mines. Is this the "change" you want? Thousands of people work in coal mines and make "living" wages. Now, he wants to put those people out of business? WOW!!! No wonder he wanted his cronies to vote early. The more and more we learn the scarier he becomes.

My biggest hope is that whoever wins that that president can end the divisiveness and separation that this campaign has helped widen. It amazes me how rude both sides can be to each other, the name calling, the lumping all Democrats or Republicans into the same mold. Most people probably fall somewhere much closer to the middle on the issues. And I can guarantee you these bashers don't have the guts to say the things they say if they were face to face. It is easy to hide behind an anonymous screen name. I have little hope that either can break away from the political machines that run this country, but without hope what else do we have?

I'd feel more comfortable with the beauty queen pit bull who wears lip stick. All kidding aside, if McCain wins this election I'll shave my head, eat my shorts, wear a dress and cut off my pinky toes.

My question to everyone is....if something were to happen to Obama or McCain during office. Who would you feel more comfortable with as the VP to fill in for the President? Biden or Palin?

Well sannio, you may get a lot of responses to that question. I know someone will complain that I didn't use my own words, but Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama puts into words the things I cannot:

"I think that Sen. Obama brings a fresh set of of eyes, a fresh set of ideas to the table. I think that Sen. McCain, as gifted as he is, is essentially going to execute the Republican agenda, the orthodoxy of the Republican agenda with a new face and with a maverick approach to it. And he'd be quite good at it. But I think we need more than that. I think we need a generational change. And I think Sen. Obama has captured the feelings of the young people of America and is reaching out in a more diverse, inclusive way across our society."

I have been watching, as I said [on "Meet the Press"], for a long time, and then, within the past couple of months, I really said, you know, you just can't keep watching. You've got to kind of settle down.

And frankly, it was in the period leading up to the conventions, and then the decisions that came out of the conventions, and then just sort of watching the responses of the two individuals on the economic crisis. It gave me an opportunity to evaluate their judgment, to evaluate their way of approaching a problem, to evaluate the steadiness of their actions. And it was at that point that I realized that, to my mind, anyway, that Sen. Obama has demonstrated the kind of calm, patient, intellectual, steady approach to problem-solving that I think we need in this country."
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/19/p...

It's real important to vote for the right one. They both seem the same to me though. Which is the right one?