tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post960325136943655709..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Media Smirks at West VirginiaDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12415847378450297292008-05-15T01:06:00.000-04:002008-05-15T01:06:00.000-04:00Whites have voted for Hillary because she's not bl...Whites have voted for Hillary because she's not black, in a way joining blacks who vote for Obama because he's not white.<BR/><BR/>This called 'voting your conscience' or 'racial pride', in polite circles.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56564266332092181372008-05-14T21:07:00.000-04:002008-05-14T21:07:00.000-04:00Trish, bob made a post earlier about how we're exp...Trish, bob made a post earlier about how we're exporting more paper products than ever before. Up 500% in some departments.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39676852265396662242008-05-14T00:06:00.000-04:002008-05-14T00:06:00.000-04:00"This victory ought to give pause to those who are...<I>"This victory ought to give pause to those who are itching to declare the nomination over and done," said Clinton strategist Geoff Garin. "This strengthens the point that we've seen in other states, that Senator Clinton is the best candidate to win tough states and groups of voters who otherwise may be very difficult for Democrats to keep in our column."<BR/><BR/>Garin said Clinton advisers hope that yesterday's primary will undo some of the impact of North Carolina and Indiana, which dramatically cemented a perception that the Democratic race is nearly over.<BR/><BR/>"It's our strong view that Senator Clinton did not get enough credit for achieving a come-from-behind victory in Indiana, where Senator Obama had a ton of advantages," he said. "But now the West Virginia victory brings the question of electability back to where it was in the wake of Pennsylvania."</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051301331.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2008051303456" REL="nofollow">WV</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87628872825593191672008-05-13T23:44:00.000-04:002008-05-13T23:44:00.000-04:00Me, and Pap; Them were the Good Ol' Days.By the w...Me, and Pap; Them were the Good Ol' Days.<BR/><BR/>By the way, how did you get aholt of my "family" album?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34397274010756193152008-05-13T23:38:00.000-04:002008-05-13T23:38:00.000-04:00Mississippi Democrat Wins House Seat in G.O.P. Str...<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-State-Primaries-Rdp.html" REL="nofollow"><BR/>Mississippi Democrat Wins House Seat in G.O.P. Stronghold - New York Times</A>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72947854831684518902008-05-13T23:11:00.000-04:002008-05-13T23:11:00.000-04:00But according to exit polls, one in five voters sa...<I>But according to exit polls, one in five voters said race was an important factor in their decision.<BR/><BR/>McAuliffe said the final days of the Democratic race, though, are not about race. He said they are mostly about the economy and the Iraq war.<BR/><BR/>Indeed, a majority of West Virginia voters surveyed in exit polls said the economy was the top issue.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/13/obama-looks-the-other-way-as-clinton-prepares-for-win-in-west-virginia/" REL="nofollow">Decisive Margin</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20451524876928416712008-05-13T22:43:00.000-04:002008-05-13T22:43:00.000-04:00Um, Rat.About that profile.Um, Rat.<BR/><BR/>About that profile.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79116068596430484942008-05-13T21:06:00.000-04:002008-05-13T21:06:00.000-04:00That blurb's not from Whit's link. Different one ...That blurb's not from Whit's link. Different one I looked up.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84893319113900248962008-05-13T21:00:00.000-04:002008-05-13T21:00:00.000-04:00Hey, thanks at least for reproducing it here.Hey, thanks at least for reproducing it here.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67606464636746904812008-05-13T20:56:00.000-04:002008-05-13T20:56:00.000-04:00Bipartisan members of the Mexican Congress are cal...<I>Bipartisan members of the Mexican Congress are calling for the army to patrol the capital. Already, thousands of troops are battling the traffickers in a dozen states across Mexico.<BR/><BR/>"The police are totally out of their depth here," Obdulio Avila, a legislator from Calderon's conservative National Action Party, said on Tuesday. "There are entire neighborhoods where the police don't dare go in."<BR/><BR/>He denied that the demand was a political challenge to the capital's leftist mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, who has opposed such a plan.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/5777446.html" REL="nofollow">Targeting Police</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25246583076304498792008-05-13T20:51:00.000-04:002008-05-13T20:51:00.000-04:00Mexico reads like Iraq.Mexico reads like Iraq.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9754883024074327482008-05-13T20:44:00.000-04:002008-05-13T20:44:00.000-04:00Stratfor warns that Mexico is on Road to Failed S...Stratfor warns that <A HREF="http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/mexico_road_failed_state" REL="nofollow">Mexico is on Road to Failed State.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27839185662768253292008-05-13T20:43:00.000-04:002008-05-13T20:43:00.000-04:00There is no possibility of the US closing its trad...<I>There is no possibility of the US closing its trade deficit. The US is able to survive such enormous deficits only because the US dollar is the world reserve currency.<BR/><BR/>This role for the dollar is nearing an end as the world looks for more stable stores of value. Although oil is still nominally priced in dollars, in reality it is being priced in euros as oil producers raise the dollar price with a view to keeping their oil revenues at a constant purchasing power in euros.<BR/><BR/>When the dollar loses its reserve currency role, foreign financing for US trade and budget deficits will evaporate. US living standards will collapse, and the indispensable omnipower will be just another washed up country.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_paul_cra_080513_anglo_american_ascen.htm" REL="nofollow">Unnecessary Wars</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19606149566748487252008-05-13T20:19:00.000-04:002008-05-13T20:19:00.000-04:00Golly whit, I guess they'll have to update the Cli...Golly whit, I guess they'll have to update the <A HREF="http://www.etherzone.com/body.html" REL="nofollow">Clinton Body Count</A> list when that happens. They make Putin look like a piker.Lucky Pierrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06256657127539631083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21084501202449154102008-05-13T20:17:00.000-04:002008-05-13T20:17:00.000-04:00The most significant Democratic electorate now is ...<I>The most significant Democratic electorate now is the nearly 800 superdelegates, party luminaries who are free to vote as they choose at the party's August convention.<BR/><BR/>Tuesday's haul took Obama's tally of superdelegates on the RealClearPolitics website to 283, against 272 for Clinton. In total, including delegates elected in state contests, he has 1,874 to her 1,698, nearer the winning line of 2,025.<BR/><BR/>An ABC News-Washington Post poll published Tuesday suggested that nearly two-thirds of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents want Clinton to stay in the contest.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgsdrJnHXv56Enl5V1qsm_5YGqCw" REL="nofollow">WV</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58390293430790180192008-05-13T20:04:00.000-04:002008-05-13T20:04:00.000-04:00My wife says that one way or another, the Clintons...My wife says that one way or another, the Clintons will get Obama. Either through character assassination or otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-697799251500990252008-05-13T20:03:00.000-04:002008-05-13T20:03:00.000-04:00South Carolina has already lost court challenges o...<I>South Carolina has already lost court challenges on a license tag. In 2004, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge's ruling that abortion-opponents' "Choose Life" tags were unconstitutional because they provided forum for one group's views and not another's.<BR/><BR/>The state ended up paying $157,810 in Planned Parenthood legal bills.<BR/><BR/>Legal experts also have questioned including the Ten Commandments in "Foundations of American Law and Government" displays that would also have, among other things, the Declaration of Independence; Bill of Rights; The Emanicpation Proclamation and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.charlotte.com/205/story/622443.html" REL="nofollow">SC Lawmakers</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28317821452287586542008-05-13T20:02:00.000-04:002008-05-13T20:02:00.000-04:00The IBD is asking Why Are Dems Making Mexico Suffe...The IBD is asking <A HTTP://WWW.IBDEDITORIALS.COM/IBDARTICLES.ASPX?ID=295571449663387 HREF="" REL="nofollow">Why Are Dems Making Mexico Suffer? <BR/></A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77912184048380641992008-05-13T19:58:00.000-04:002008-05-13T19:58:00.000-04:00Let the media smirk on. I know some folks in WVA t...Let the media smirk on. I know some folks in WVA that keep it real. That is more than I can say for the MSM. And as Trish says it is one of the most scenic states in the Union. Should a tango set off a dirty bomb in DC, I'll log on from there..of course this has a bit to do with those environs being upwind from where I hang my hat currently.joe buzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670669846341801802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48705097925566291922008-05-13T19:57:00.000-04:002008-05-13T19:57:00.000-04:00No hurry.No hurry.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1682693481563257862008-05-13T19:56:00.000-04:002008-05-13T19:56:00.000-04:00Would you like to take a position, Rat?Would you like to take a position, Rat?trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40247136183090000382008-05-13T19:51:00.000-04:002008-05-13T19:51:00.000-04:00And for the support of this Declaration, with a fi...<I><B> And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.</I></B><BR/><BR/>And their descendents just forgot?<BR/><BR/>Or does a core of believers march on holding ...<BR/><I>these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.</I><BR/><BR/>Amongst all the united States of America<BR/><BR/><I>We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States;</I><BR/><BR/>From Pole to Pole, across all the States of America, the dream lives on, or did it die in 1959 when Alaska and Hawaii became Free and Independent States of a united America?<BR/><BR/>Does the American Revolution still live, or has it been put in the ash heap of history?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73866352340948288962008-05-13T19:42:00.000-04:002008-05-13T19:42:00.000-04:00Ties with the left were also broken. Revolution an...<I>Ties with the left were also broken. Revolution and the fight for social rights ceased to be the exclusive preserve of workers and trade unions, as the Marxists had postulated.<BR/><BR/>Social movements multiplied and took to the streets, bringing about the fragmentation seen today.<BR/><BR/>The world was always a nonlinear mosaic, but until "the 1968 years," it had not been recognised as such.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42353" REL="nofollow">Birth of Diversity</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5289419348733451982008-05-13T19:01:00.000-04:002008-05-13T19:01:00.000-04:00"I suppose Libertarians could power their lives wi..."I suppose Libertarians could power their lives with platitudes"<BR/><BR/>I had this brilliant Coast Guard guy last night reciting the Declaration.<BR/><BR/>We both agreed that the last sentence can't be read without breaking down.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25298840882346045892008-05-13T18:30:00.000-04:002008-05-13T18:30:00.000-04:00Huckabee wins WV! Boy that state sure can call 'e...Huckabee wins WV! Boy that state sure can call 'em.Lucky Pierrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06256657127539631083noreply@blogger.com