Gallup documents good post-convention jump for Obama
Mitt Romney got what you call a dead-cat bounce coming out of the 2012 Republican Convention in Tampa Bay. According to the folks at Gallup, Barack Obama has done a whole lot better.
His job approval number now stands at 52 percent, a nine-point jump since late August. Nothing in the news cycle — other than the convention — could account for an improvement that significant. The same is true of the head-to-head contest with Romney, where Obama has transformed a two-point deficit into a four-point advantage.
In the battle of the conventions, in other words, Obama and the Democrats are the decisive victors. Nonetheless, I expect the race to tighten again as the post-convention aura fades, with the next possible inflection point coming on Oct. 3.
That’s the date of the first presidential debate at the University of Denver.
– Jay Bookman
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kayaker 71
September 8th, 2012
10:28 pm
I’m not sure that Bookman is a “steaming pile” but I would agree that many of his surrogates on this blog certainly fit that description. Bookman is just doing his job…. the rest of you are doing it to destroy this country and all it stands for. The majority of those in this country do not want to live in an Obama America. It is abhorrent to them and to me. His vision of this country just doesn’t make any sense. He is a narcissistic buffoon who has failed miserably, to date, but will, no doubt, with a second term, do more damage to our way of life than anyone could. I don’t blame him as much as I blame those idiots that will vote for him. You are just as much an enemy of this country as he is, perhaps more.
josef
September 8th, 2012
10:29 pm
K’chak
Nyanh, you just have to put it on the credit card… even at Armageddon, though, us mizzerble Hebrew chirren don’t get a break…Hannukah is Dec. 8-16…
Brosephus™
September 8th, 2012
10:31 pm
NoCom
I agree completely that there is no difference between the races. The problem is the people who really need to understand that message will not open their mind to even contemplate such a thought.
Catch y’all later.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 8th, 2012
10:48 pm
josef
If I charge up all the presents, can I use the skymiles towards the rapture.
bookman parrot
September 8th, 2012
10:56 pm
shows that knuckledraggers are being polled. why continue to suppose mr. 8.3% unemployment; $4.00 gas, housing values in the tank, …. the list continues
Josef
September 8th, 2012
10:58 pm
K’chak
Josef
September 8th, 2012
11:01 pm
Parrot
All things considered, in relation to the rest of the developed world, we ain’t doing so bad…
getalife
September 8th, 2012
11:02 pm
kay,
Why the insults?
getalife
September 8th, 2012
11:08 pm
I think we are falling behind because we have to clean up the gop’s mess and lost a decade of good job growth.
Oscar
September 8th, 2012
11:12 pm
If there were difference between the races, you would not be able to tell them apart.
The question is not whether there are any differences, but what the differences are.
I think it should be illegal to classify people be race. Since race does not exist.
Oscar
September 8th, 2012
11:14 pm
I would not do any Christmas shopping until Dec. 22.
And put off all dental appointments unitl January.
No sense in submitting to unnecessary suffering or pain.
Oscar
September 8th, 2012
11:15 pm
If there were NO differences . . . .
Oscar
September 8th, 2012
11:17 pm
All things considered, in relation to the rest of the developed world, we ain’t doing so bad…
_____
We are slipping in education. Per cent of college graduates is down. LIfe span is not at the top.
We should be doing better.
getalife
September 9th, 2012
12:10 am
We are slipping in competitiveness, credit rating, green energy and more.
When we have to clean up the gop mess, that is moving backward not forward.
yuzeyurbrane
September 9th, 2012
1:57 am
td, Brosephus gave you a little “whup-ass” in this round because you were a little sloppy in your in your factual accuracy. You usually aren’t that sloppy but have noticed it from time to time. Be alert and precise and it will improve your game. Remember, progressives try harder so no slacking.
Jm
September 9th, 2012
2:02 am
“We are slipping in competitiveness, credit rating, green energy and more.”
Yep. Thanks Obama
Get Real
September 9th, 2012
2:33 am
Enjoy while it lasts, which will be about one week…tops
Kimono
September 9th, 2012
3:24 am
What do you call an overseas trip by mitt Romney. When mittens goes overseas to our strongest ally’s an trips all over himself.
America Our Collective Shame
September 9th, 2012
7:19 am
A series of photographs depicting racism in its worst forms and those who in the face of such hatred rose to the call of defending the freedom we all take for granted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AK7-lVGkYw&feature=related
Larry Flynt Offering $1 Million For Mitt Romney's Tax Returns
September 9th, 2012
7:35 am
Larry Flynt is at it again.
The Hustler founder is offering a $1 million reward for information on Mitt Romney’s taxes, AdWeek reports. Flynt, an outspoken critic of Romney, is taking out two full page ads in Sunday’s issues of USA Today and The Washington Post to publicize the offer.
The ad offers cash in exchange for “unreleased tax returns and/or details of his offshore assets, bank accounts and business partnerships.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/08/larry-flynt-mitt-romney-tax-returns_n_1867477.html
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
8:08 am
td, Brosephus gave you a little “whup-ass” in this round because you were a little sloppy in your in your factual accuracy.
I didn’t realize this was some kind of competition or something. I don’t post here to open a can of “whoop ass” on anybody. I post to present my views based on things I see. If someone’s presenting things that are factually challenged, then I’ll call attention to that. Also, if someone presents factual evidence that proves my opinion or thinking wrong, I have no problem with acknowledging my error(s) and altering my viewpoint to reflect reality.
skydog
September 9th, 2012
8:29 am
Let me tell ya`ll a true story. It is how one man saved a city of 50,000.
I don`t remember exact years, but here is what I remember.
1962 Race tensions in Albany are high and I am 11 years old. Most Albany white males are awarded their first shotgun at 11 or 12. Kind of like a redneck barmitsva. sp (I an`t even close enough for spell ck to help)
A neighborhood kid who is 16 w/ a drivers license comes over and says, get your shotgun and load up, the sh*t is going down. Me and 4 more 12 or 13 year old jump in the back of the pick up truck with our shotguns. (picture Somalians with RPGs)
We are cruising the black section of town looking for the enemy.
Woah, oh sh*t, there is my maid Willie! Everybody get down. She sure ain`t the enemy and she will whupp my but and tell mama that we have the shotguns out.
We keep cruising looking for the enemy. Oh lawd, Get down. There is Rudy, the school janitor. He ain`t the enemy. He is one of the nicest people you will ever meet, for one of “those people”.
Well dang, where is all the bad ones?
We repeated our patrols, but could never find the enemy that the community had us so worked up over.
Then the sh*t really did hit the fan during one of the marches. Me and the little Somalians loaded up, armed to the teeth. I see other car loads of youngsters patrolling. We are ready!
When we got to the action, we saw the police are beating blacks, but the blacks are not fighting back.
WTF? Fight back, run, do something, anything. How can we back up the cops if you people don`t do something?
Looking back, if MLK had used ANY other plan other than non violence in Albany, Ga, it would have ended in big bloodshed. Albany would have a greater stigma (X 1000) than the Kent State massacre or any other massacre in history, because we were brainwashed and heavily armed.
Thank you Dr. King for saving me and Albany.
AU Liberal in ATL
September 9th, 2012
8:46 am
No mystery here. The RNC was a depressing, hateful, sarcastic, dark, mean spirited, dishonest mess. It was like watching Bette Davis torment Joan Crawford in “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane”. The DNC was the diametric opposite. It was hopeful, fun, optimistic, positive and joyful. The Democrats connected. It was like watching a fun filled stage production of “Annie”.
Four more years!
bman
September 9th, 2012
8:50 am
Skydog .. .. Interesting story!
I usually skip by all the race talk and bickering about yesterday & today. But, I do like to hear about real-life experiences.
skydog
September 9th, 2012
9:00 am
Thanks bman,
Between the race tensions and The Bay of Pigs, half my neighborhood digging fallout shelters, I was a nervous wreck. At 11.
These are some trying times, but like I tell my co-worker who has 500 pounds of corn buried in his back yard waiting on the big one, chill out. The opposing sides have not even been decided for the next “Big One”. He doesn`t really care who the waring factions are, as long as there IS a war and the end, like the Good Book says. He is open to the Rapture or the Mayan calendar thing, which ever comes first.
bman
September 9th, 2012
9:14 am
Skydog wow! 500 LBS of corn in the ground? I don’t even know what to say lol
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
9:20 am
skydog
Much appreciation for sharing that story. If I had the time and the means, I would love to record the first hand stories of people who experienced things like that. It would be great to have first hand stories from all perspectives of those involved, including the ones who wielded the clubs and dogs. Only by knowing and understanding the different perspectives can we really understand how things like that happen and how we can avoid repeating the same mistakes over again.
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
9:20 am
AU Lib- It was hopeful, fun, optimistic, positive and joyful. The Democrats connected. It was like watching a fun filled stage production of “Annie”.
It was enjoyable. Also completely void specifics and reality. The really sad part is we keep waiting for him to come up with a plan, when he’s he’s already been president for 4 years.
Vote obama: You were dumb enough to fall for it last time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJKsVA_Xygw
Jm
September 9th, 2012
9:24 am
Romney on MTP
He has all the right policies
If he loses it will be an American tragedy
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
9:26 am
It was enjoyable. Also completely void specifics and reality. The really sad part is we keep waiting for him to come up with a plan, when he’s he’s already been president for 4 years.
Are you talking about the DNC or RNC? That description could be used for either one except for the being president for 4 years. Instead of being president for 4 years, Romney’s been running for president even longer without coming up with any plans. Other than that one detail, both conventions were pretty much the same.
Jm
September 9th, 2012
9:27 am
Romney is awesome
skydog
September 9th, 2012
9:27 am
…and probably 100 guns. He`s a collector, wink, wink.
The bad news is, I know many more like him. Most of these types don`t worry me.
It`s these cooperate leaders that I work around that worry me. We both know as engineers that they need badly to perform big maintenance or upgrade their refineries, repair the bridges, and upgrade their mechanical and electrical grids. All have been making record profits, but sitting on the money.
Why?
They are all saying, maybe after the first of the year, wink, wink.
Your sh*t is going to fall down if you don`t do something quick, wink, wink.
Proud to be me
September 9th, 2012
9:28 am
Hogwash!!!
Jm
September 9th, 2012
9:29 am
Bro
Maybe you should watch MTP
Lots f specifics
JamVet
September 9th, 2012
9:31 am
skydog, thanks for sharing that.
You really have put a human face (Willie, Rudy, you) on those turbulent and violent times.
My father was from Bogalusa, Louisiana and was rabidly racist. So it was what I “knew”. But it took me about three days of being in the USAF to start shaking off that demon. It did not happen overnight and it came with some great deal of difficulty, but in not much time at all, I realized that the destiny for me and my generation (baby! Why don’t ya all f…f…f…fade away?) would be VERY different from the one that preceded us. Not just in terms of race but in a myriad of other ways as well.
We should be very proud that in our own ways we helped do so good…
People try to put us down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3z0DEEfA9s
Jm
September 9th, 2012
9:32 am
Romney has the same skill set I love about Kasim Reed
He’d be a great President
JamVet
September 9th, 2012
9:34 am
Vote obama: You were dumb enough to fall for it last time!
Nope, not this “real” lib. (LOL!) But who cares?
Given that it comes from the guy who voted for the (W)orst Ever. Twice.
And would do so again tomorrow if he could.
LOVED this killer duo…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewJoJYlgj_w
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
9:35 am
<i.Maybe you should watch MTP
If he’s really being specific, it will be the first time. It should make the news everywhere. I avoid those shows as I don’t really care for the cheerleading from the talking heads. If they ever decide to be true journalists and ask the tough questions and demand they be answered, then I might consider watching them.
Until we get to that stage, I’ll simply go by what the candidates put out, and so far, neither one has laid out anything specific.
bman
September 9th, 2012
9:37 am
Skydog .. .. My partner and I are waiting to open a new place until after the new year. It will probably be late feb. – but it will take that long to put it all together. At the same time, we are trying to keep an eye on the economy. I don’t think it matters who wins the election, the economy is (my opinion) going to be doing better by Jan. —I just think it will be better under Romney, and I think the recovery has been slower under Obama than it would have been under someone else.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
9:38 am
skydog
Remember J B Stoner?
When he was running for Gov. of Ga. he was booed off the stage in Marietta when he started ranting.
Fourth of July on the square and he helped terminate the fun early LOL.
He only lived a few blocks away from where I grew up and I was ashamed even then of how trashy he was as a person. Strange times my friend.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
9:40 am
Jm
I agree. Kasim Reed WILL make a great President one of these days
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
9:42 am
Brosephus- Are you talking about the DNC or RNC?
Would it be possible for us to put Michelle in the big chair and leave barack over at the little kids table where he likes to sit? I think she’s somewhat misguided in her eating healthy campaign, but she is focused. barack has “lazer-like focus” equal to a 12-guage.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
September 9th, 2012
9:48 am
BRO,
Did you read this? I’ve pre-ordered this book..While too early to tell, it seems some of this book will mirror some other recent releases regarding BO’s lack of leadership skills…not saying the other knucklehead will far any better with what is not a greatly improved set of facts but the picture being painted is not flattering..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-president-sidelined/2012/09/08/a463793c-f6db-11e1-8253-3f495ae70650_story_3.html
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
9:48 am
Brosephus- Until we get to that stage, I’ll simply go by what the candidates put out, and so far, neither one has laid out anything specific
Exactly my point. If the president was a good leader, he wouldn’t need to “put out” anything. You would already know it.
JamVet
September 9th, 2012
9:50 am
I think she’s somewhat misguided in her eating healthy campaign
OF COURSE!
Because there is nothing like an epidemic of obese American school children to pretend does not exist.
It’s the GOP “way”.
Besides, if you think that the irrational haters in the far right wing went ballistic with her husband at the helm, can you even imagine what they would have said and written about the lovely Moochelle and her “fat azz”???
Sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKvee-w0uBc
skydog
September 9th, 2012
9:52 am
Yeah Common, I remember JB.
How about machine-gun Ronnie Thompson?
One night, after paying 5 softball games in Macon in 100 degree heat, we finished and proceeded to drink beer. I had my fair share and we left to drive back to Albany. In downtown Macon we passed a Ronnie campaign line of cars wearing those red white and blue hats.
I was feeling just about right to stand up in a convertible rabbit, whip out a softball bat and proceed to act like I was machine-gunning the whole line of them. Got um all too.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
9:55 am
Sky
Ronnie was a piece of ???? (something anyway) LOL
Did you nail him too? I didn’t read that he was gunned down by a softball bat
JamVet
September 9th, 2012
10:01 am
Some of the despicable right wingers here have lambasted the American hero (to decent people) John Lewis, who has more courage in his little finger than their entire families, put together.
Thursday night, he delivered a powerful speech about the right to vote. He reminded a nation:
“Your vote is precious, almost sacred. Your vote is the most powerful non-violent tool we have to create a more perfect union.”
Ask yourselves, why do we liberals have the overwhelming percentage of the heroes and heroines on our side?
Where ARE the “conservative” heroes???
Mitt Romney???????????????
Paul Ryan???????????????
Bueller??
Anyone??
skydog
September 9th, 2012
10:03 am
I thought after 911, putting automatic weapons in the NY subways to “protect” us was the dumbest thing I have heard of in a long time. Automatic weapons in a small concrete tube full of people. I`ll take my chances with the terrorist.
marko
September 9th, 2012
10:03 am
No differences in the races? As a casual observer, I’ve noticed that some races are darker than others. However, Assuming differences based on skin color is allowing yourself to fall victim to pigments of the imagination.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
10:04 am
Jam
You left out that hero Boner.
Caving to the TP at every turn.
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
10:06 am
jamvet- can you even imagine what they would have said and written about the lovely Moochelle and her “fat azz”???
Hillary says,”What?”
-there is nothing like an epidemic of obese American school children to pretend does not exist.
All I ever hear about is how they are starving so we have to give them free breakfast, lunch, and dinner now. So are they starving or fat?
Eating healthy is something a child should learn from their parents. Unfortunately, most kids are lacking in the “parents” department because of the liberal war on the nuclear family and a certain race which glorifies “baby daddies”.
St Simons - he-ne-ha
September 9th, 2012
10:07 am
i see skydog has spent time on de island mon, he gets it donchaknow
if you wanna know bout the calendar, ask an injun -
its not an event, its an Age, a Time, a galactic Change
and..whoa, those midwestern cornfed Missouri boys DEFINITELY
belong in da SEC. Helluva good showing by both new members.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
10:07 am
marko
victim to pigments of the imagination
——————————————————-
I am stealing that line LOL
Lindsey Graham says the repubs aren’t generating enough angry white men?????
WTF. He left out the women, Hispanics etc. Oh yeah he said WHITE.
Orange12
September 9th, 2012
10:11 am
If Obama wins this election, It will be the only Presidential election won by subtrafuge, deception and outright lies (Obama Admin.). It would be a case of the better man not winning.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
10:16 am
…subtrafuge[sic], deception and outright lies…
The smoking gun is the mushroom cloud.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
10:17 am
Kam
if the date for the end of the world is Dec 12, 2012. Well I’ll be here in Pittsburgh so what can I say.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
10:18 am
Orange
what are you 12????
What election isn’t about lying?
marko
September 9th, 2012
10:20 am
Being able to own cars and guns makes freer as a people. There’s no doubt about. Does it make us safer? Well no. Car owners are more likely to die in automobile accidents than people that don’t own cars. Gun owners die more often from guns than those that don’t own them. Many will dispute my claim , but they never went hunting with Dick Cheney did they?
skydog
September 9th, 2012
10:22 am
I must admit, I do have one thing in common with Mitt Romeny. We both have offshore accounts and mine took a hit yesterday. (0-5) I was afraid of going with the dogs.
But today is a new day and I`m predicting you will see a new superstar emerge, Julio Jones.
Gaux Falcons!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
10:22 am
Common Freaking Sense
I visited Philly once in 2003 to see The Atlanta Beat play a match at Villanova and also saw that evil Manchester United play against Barça at the brand new stadium. I enjoyed my visit and found the people quite friendly
I could quite get over the fact that in order to buy a six pack of beer, you have to go to a bar. WTF is up with that?
JamVet
September 9th, 2012
10:23 am
HillaryJKL2 says,”What?”(Something about the plank in YOUR own eye?)
All I ever hear about is how they are starving so we have to give them free breakfast, lunch, and dinner now. So are they starving or fat?
What a pathetic response! Seriously. REAL seriously.
It demonstrates a staggering unwillingness to even discuss such matters in an intelligent, adult manner.
As is this boner (or is JB Stoner?):
Unfortunately, most kids are lacking in the “parents” department because of the liberal war on the nuclear family and a certain race which glorifies “baby daddies”.
Your Republican fall bacKKK is always the same – focus exclusively on the evil blacks and other perceived enemies of the state. IGNORING completely the epidemic of white, as often as not, obese children from Republican families.
Based on recent national figures, 25.6 percent of white girls are overweight or obese along with 30.1% of white boys.
NEARLY ONE IN THREE WHITE BOYS!!!
No wonder you loathe the First Lady of the United States of America for trying to do something positive about this!
YOU and your entrenched (highly racist) worldviews are the problem…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
10:23 am
Change “could” to “couldn’t”.
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
10:23 am
JKL2: I think she’s somewhat misguided in her eating healthy campaign
Good thing you’re not responsible for our national security then.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/04/too_fat_to_fight_obesity_and_n.html
But now the military has the opposite problem, young people are getting too much nutrition. A growing number of potential recruits are “too fat to fight.”
More than 9 million Americans of prime recruiting age are too heavy to join up, says the group, called Mission: Readiness.
“Overall only 1 in 4 of our young adults between the ages of 17 and 24 is eligible for military service,” says Rear Adm. Jamie Barnett (ret.). Obesity is one of the main reasons, he says.
You may personally think she’s misguided in her healthy eating campaign, but she’s actually looking out for your national security in a sense. I know you’re loathe to give anybody credit when they don’t have an (R) behind their name, so I’ll understand if you don’t agree with the idea that her campaign is actually very much needed.
Exactly my point. If the president was a good leader, he wouldn’t need to “put out” anything. You would already know it.
If the president had a plan, how would you “already know it” if he doesn’t put it out first? Think about that for a minute. Your point and my point were not one and the same if you think that’s what I was saying.
JamVet
September 9th, 2012
10:25 am
If Obama wins this election, It will be the only Presidential election won by subtrafuge (sic), deception and outright lies…
THE ONLY ONE???????
Man, the contest for the most idiotic post of the day is already in high gear!
yuzeyurbrane
September 9th, 2012
10:26 am
Brosephus–lighten up a bit.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
10:27 am
Kam
The alkehaul laws here sure are strange LOL
I think they want them to enhance a revenue stream (bars). You can find a few beer warehouses and liqour stores but they are few are far between.
Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
Stock up on every visit
St Simons - he-ne-ha
September 9th, 2012
10:30 am
Are you safer than you were 4 years ago?
well yeah. duh.
there’s not a band of sociopathic idiots in the WH
and the other obl thing also too
Adam
September 9th, 2012
10:30 am
Ok, if no one has called out kayaker for his racist statement:
It’s going to be up to conservative, white America to save this country. No one else seems to have the sense to do it.
….then that just speaks to the success of the right’s “shut up” tactic of claiming “race card” any time someone correctly points out something that was racist.
kayaker, you are racist. I don’t care if you or someone else’s pulls the “race card” card on that. THAT is a racist statement right there. There is no way around it. And you SHOULD be ashamed for saying it.
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
10:31 am
marko- Gun owners die more often from guns than those that don’t own them
Your cars example is a no brainer, but not sure about the gun one. I would think gun owners killed defending themselves would be a minority. Murder is murder and doesn’t normally come down to if you have a foid card or not.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
10:31 am
Bro
I found a beer warehouse that has Troegs and Great Lakes products.
Eat your heart out LOL.
But then since you’re expecting a baby you can’t drink anyway
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
10:32 am
Stevie Ray
I’ve read a few excerpts from that book, and I have a slightly different view on the whole lack of leadership thing that people are trying to pin on Obama.
The majority of Americans would probably fail a basic civics test based on popular conversation nowadays. The president has absolutely zero “leadership” responsibility over Congress. The whole idea that Obama should lead Congress to find solutions to our problems is in complete conflict with not only the Constitution, but also the way our Founding Fathers set up our government.
We have three separate but equal branches by design. Giving the president even the slightest of “leadership” control over Congress means that he is a leader of both branches. Congress has it’s own leadership, and only when necessary is the Vice President a party to any Congressional proceedings. Most people have a very warped sense of responsibilities in DC, but what we are witnessing is a President who has taught Constitutional Law simply trying to function within the true outlines of the Constitution.
Do I think he should be more involved? Yes. Do I expect him to be all involved? No, and that’s because I am well aware of his background in regards to the Constitution. I’m also aware of what duties are assigned to each branch according to the Constitution.
One thing that the Right has stated that I firmly agree with is that we need to get back to governing within the guidelines of the Constitution. That means that Congress is responsible for doing their job and not expecting Obama to lead them in doing their job. Per the Constitution, Obama is my boss, and I don’t have anybody in Congress in my direct chain of leadership.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
10:36 am
Common Freaking Sense
I found a liquor store with no problem at all but it was my first experience with a liquor store that doesn’t sell beer (that small hamlet in the N.C. Mtns. is the same way so I’m used to that now). And I found a warehouse, but the smallest amount available was a case. Now I like beer and it was a long weekend trip (Fri. – Mon.) and I probably drink a little too much beer, but I ain’t gonna try to drink a case of beer in a weekend and attend soccer matches and do the tourist thing.
Adam
September 9th, 2012
10:36 am
josef, Brosephus: Is that the same CNN with Anderson Cooper doing the b*tch slap on Debbie Wasserman-Schutz?
It’s also the same CNN that:
-said the mandate was unconstitutional for 14 full minutes
-had Erin Burnett interview Occupy people with a large font “SERIOUSLY?” at the bottom of the ticker tape screen
-had Erin Burnett spend a full 20-30 minutes after Obamacare was upheld insisting that “everyone” is hurt by it
-had Wolf Blitzer call out an Obama SuperPAC ad for being “not accurate” while not even touching the Romney welfare ad or others in an even remotely similar televised manner.
So, you know, just CRAWLING with liberal bias there….
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
10:42 am
jamvet- All I ever hear about is how they are starving so we have to give them free breakfast, lunch, and dinner now. So are they starving or fat? What a pathetic response! Seriously. REAL seriously
Extremely serious on that one. American is the only country I know where kids are considered “starving” and extremely obese AT THE SAME TIME.
Plenty of fat kids of all sizes, shapes, and colors. Do you seriously think banning XL big gulps is going to solve the problem?
Good to know my support of families is “highly racist”. Maybe the Democrats can work on repealing that law that says only whites are allowed to have two parent households.
I wouldn’t even notice color if not for people like you telling me how “special” and “unique” you are, and that I don’t understand because I’m white.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
10:43 am
Kam
At our age trying to drink a case case of beer in a weekend isn’t the brightest idea LOL
I try to take everything in moderation, sometimes even moderation.
I try to drink different beers wherever I go. Lots of Micro Brewery have some really good stuff.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
10:47 am
Do you seriously think banning XL big gulps is going to solve the problem?
Yes, as a part of a comprehensive plan that involves other sensible choices involving eating healthier foods.
But then again I can’t take anyone seriously who offers the binary either/or nonsense such as you display
skydog
September 9th, 2012
10:48 am
JK -” I wouldn’t even notice color if not for people like you telling me how “special” and “unique” you are, and that I don’t understand because I’m white.”
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There is what I call being too white. It ain`t pretty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOd7uUQFhpo
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
10:50 am
Common Freaking Sense
Some really great brews come from The Highlands Brewing Co. out of Asheville. Somewhat difficult to find in the ATL but you can’t swing a dead cat in a grocery store in N.C. without hitting a six pack or two.
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
10:53 am
Brosephus- “Overall only 1 in 4 of our young adults between the ages of 17 and 24 is eligible for military service,” says Rear Adm. Jamie Barnett (ret.). Obesity is one of the main reasons, he says
Having been a recruiter, I actually think the number of qualified recruits is lower than that. Health problems, obesity, drug use, and law violations eliminate most possible recruits. If they are healthy, once you try to make them do something physical they break since most have been couch potatoes all their life. At any given time, over 1/2 your basic trainees are on profile.
I’m all for eating healthy. Kids don’t do nearly enough exercise in school anymore. (my son said a friend of his got out of gym this year by taking an online course over the summer). I think Michelle is misguided in trying to outlaw my right to buy french fries and big gulps. She would make a much better president than her husband. I can see the leadership in her he desperately lacks. There is no doubt who wears the pants in that family.
marko
September 9th, 2012
10:59 am
JKL2, Trust me on this one. A leading cause of gun related deaths in this country is suicide. though women attempt suicide more often than men, they aren’t very good at it. The tend to favor sleeping pills. Think Marilyn Monroe. Men on the other hand are more likely to take the time honored approach of blowing their brains out. Think Ernest Hemingway. No sissy pills for Ernest. Pills don’t work all the time. Some times people find you. Sometimes you don’t take enough. they’re just to risky. Blowing your brains out is a sure bet. Who needs Dr. death when you’ve got a loaded gun. sometimes an unloaded gun will work just fine though. Think Terry Kath.
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
10:59 am
kamchak- Yes, as a part of a comprehensive plan that involves other sensible choices involving eating healthier foods
How about we put the whole country on nutrisystem? Everyone will get their meals pre-packaged in the mail so we can ensure everyone eats properly. No need to worry about “what’s for supper” anymore.
I’m sure all those people working in the restaurant and grocery industry will be happy with their new jobs working for government food service. You would never have to tip again…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
11:01 am
How about we put the whole country on nutrisystem?
More either/or nonsense.
Thanks for proving my point.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
11:03 am
Kam
I will definitely try that one.
I will be in NC next month so I will look for it.
JamVet
September 9th, 2012
11:05 am
All I ever hear about…
Redact to read “All I ever focus on…
See how that works?
That means that you are taking personal responsibility for your own self-imposed ignorance. And honestly, in this day and age where accurate information is so readily available, it appears that it is simply a case of you being flat out, cravenly intellectually dishonest based on your bizarre political worldview rather than feigned ignorance.
Playing stupid is not attractive, 2.
You conflate wholly different issues to make your irrational position look less ugly, but I, and I suspect a whole lot of other folks here, am not fooled by your sophistry.
I have no idea how old you are, but I gather that you have no clue about Ike’s and JFK’s wonderfully successful programs to get American children in better physical condition. Why? Because American children were FAR less fit than those from many other countries. Is that something that you are proud of?
President Eisenhower established the President’s Council on Youth Fitness with Executive Order 10673, issued on July 16, 1956.
John F. Kennedy showed his commitment to improving the nation’s fitness even before he took the oath of office. After the election, he published “The Soft American” in Sports Illustrated. The article established four points as the basis of his proposed program, including a “White House Committee on Health and Fitness”; direct oversight by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; an annual Youth Fitness Congress to be attended by state governors; and the assertion that physical fitness was very much the business of the federal government.
Only a month after the inauguration, the new administration convened a conference on physical fitness, reorganized the President’s Council on Youth Fitness, and chose a new director, Charles “Bud” Wilkinson, a highly successful University of Oklahoma football coach. True to Kennedy’s style, the new executive for the council was named a special consultant to the president. The president’s council unquestionably became President Kennedy’s council.
Childhood obesity among white children, and minority children, is disastrously out of hand. And you don’t want anyone, in a position of power and influence, doing a damn thing to help. Even though parents are obviously losing the battle. Because they TOO are Twinkies addicts and couch potatoes. And YOU actually think that they are the only solution?!
In ANY sort of intellectual forum, you would be laughed out of the room for even suggesting these kinds of things…
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
11:05 am
Does anyone even watch CNN anymore? Republicans watch Fox, liberals watch MSNBC and Democrats watch Comedy Central. CNN is kind of a ship without a country…
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
11:06 am
yuzeyurbrane
I’m perfectly fine. I don’t do “light” whether it’s coffee, beer, or thinking.
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NoCom
I may be expecting, but I am not carrying.
skydog
September 9th, 2012
11:07 am
I could bi*ch about the beer vendors at Chastain Park not selling me but 2 beers at a time. They must know that I am smart enough to go set those 2 down and get 2 more?
Dumb rule, but I know they are at least trying to prevent someone (not me) from drinking too much.
So if Gov regulation is good enough for beer, then it`s good enough for 72 oz of HFCS and caffeine.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
11:10 am
Republicans watch Fox, liberals watch MSNBC…
MSNBC?
Never touch the stuff.
More either/or nonsense.
Thanks for proving my point, again.
St Simons - he-ne-ha
September 9th, 2012
11:13 am
Romney pulls out of Wash, Ore, Michigan, Penn, maybe 4 more.
the Koch bros, Aldelson, NRA, & Chamber of ‘Commerce’ are gonna
throw it all, a $billion dollars of dirty CU $$, at Ohio, Virginia, & Florida.
show em ‘merka. – what you think of that wingnut vote-buying scam.
Obama the Black Mammmmba (thwack!) will sweep all 3
Adam
September 9th, 2012
11:14 am
American is the only country I know where kids are considered “starving” and extremely obese AT THE SAME TIME.
There is a strong correlation between income inequality and obesity:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/inequality-income-social-problems-full.pdf
A possible reason is that those who have lower income don’t “starve,” but instead eat food that is lower quality (super processed) and may shut down the body’s natural “stop eating” switch. As such, kids and poor people get obese, and because of the continual enlarging of the stomach due to eating more than your fill all the time, you become more hungry at some point then is healthy, and possibly more hungry than you can afford. Assuming that the lowest quality foods are also the cheapest, you also gravitate even further toward these foods the more food you feel you need. Vicious cycle.
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
11:14 am
marko- A leading cause of gun related deaths in this country is suicide.
Didn’t think about that one. Is it really a bad thing that it is an efficient way to kill yourself?
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
11:14 am
I think Michelle is misguided in trying to outlaw my right to buy french fries and big gulps.
I think you’re misguided in thinking that she’s trying to outlaw anything. She’s promoting eating healthy and not promoting banning anything. There is a difference, and I don’t think she’s proposing such a binary choice.
When I was in high school, you could take band and use it as a PE credit. Considering we were a “high octane” traditional performing band and we practiced harder and more than the football team, you did more at band practice on some days than you would have done in PE. Nowadays, I’m not sure if PE is still offered/taken in school. When they started cutting budgets years ago, PE teachers were some of the first to be cast off the island.
As to the XL big gulps, they are a symptom of the problem. Oversized proportions is one of our major problems when it comes to weight and health. Limiting access to those XL portions for some may be the equivalent of restricting access to Oxycotin to drug abusers. They are all addictions, and you can’t cure addictions by giving unfettered access to the vice of choice.
Jm
September 9th, 2012
11:16 am
Maybe if democrats and liberals would open their eyes and ears, they’d like Romney more
But they’re too close minded
And America loses
Thomas
September 9th, 2012
11:20 am
“Obama the Black Mammmmba”???
Once again proving political competitions are for those who have never competed in anything in life.
any who-
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
11:22 am
Yep, I know I’m gonna vote for President Ryans plan for the economy.
Jm
September 9th, 2012
11:24 am
If you want four more years of the same
Tepid job growth
Bad deficits
No progress or change
Vote for Obama
bman
September 9th, 2012
11:29 am
A large 32oz cup filled with ice will only hold 16oz of soda
Lily
September 9th, 2012
11:31 am
Romney/Ryan are all foam and no beer.
JamVet
September 9th, 2012
11:31 am
One of the biggest mistakes (IMUO) ever made was to get rid of PE in school.
And this had huge bipartisan support, as both Democrats and Republicans just hate to think that their Two Ton Johnny and Lardass Susie are uncomfortable!
OMG! Their comfort is everything!!
I say run them til they puke.
And then tomorrow they get to have fun playing different active games, etc.
Then the next day, run them again. And so on.
PE every semester until they graduate from high school.
In most cases,it is too late for their lazy, soft as pillow, parents, but not for them.
If only we had more Ikes, JFKs and Michelle Os to inspire and lead our children out of their SUV chauffeured darkness…