In this life there is no field, no ball, no game.
Just life and acceptance of what we can not control.
Don't let your loneliness get to you.
Don't let your mind get weighed down by the minutia.
Nobody is going to invite you into this beautiful rhythm of life.
It's up to you to decide to join in!
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Evil...
"Evil thinks not to beguile us by unveiling the terrible truth of its festering intent, but comes, instead, disguised in the diaphanous robes of vitue, whispering sweet-sounding lies intended to seduce us into the dark bed of our eternal graves.
-translated fron Koloblicin's Journal
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-translated fron Koloblicin's Journal
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Blast from the Past: UK Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past
Written over 10 years ago and stated as fact.
From the UK Independent Newspaper
Remember AlHore er, Gore?
I guess this Global Warming Hoax has finally been exposed.
From the UK Independent Newspaper
Remember Al
I guess this Global Warming Hoax has finally been exposed.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
More differences: Conservatives vs Liberal Progressives
Found on the Web...
If a conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.
If a liberal progressive doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.
If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.
If a liberal progressive is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.
If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal progressive wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberal progressives demand that those they don't like be shut down.
If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A liberal progressive non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it's a foreign religion, of course!)
If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal progressive demands that the rest of us pay for his.
If a conservative reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A liberal progressive will delete it because he's "offended."
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If a conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.
If a liberal progressive doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.
If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.
If a liberal progressive is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.
If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal progressive wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberal progressives demand that those they don't like be shut down.
If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A liberal progressive non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it's a foreign religion, of course!)
If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal progressive demands that the rest of us pay for his.
If a conservative reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A liberal progressive will delete it because he's "offended."
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Fainting goat kittens - original video
They are so precious!
The kittens owner says:
"Charlie and Spike are two kittens with myotonia congenita, otherwise known as 'fainting goat' syndrome. At the slightest sound or movement, the kittens respond by collapsing and falling into a rigid paralysis which lasts about a minute before they return to normal. If a pin drops they drop too. This condition has hardly ever before been diagnosed in a cat, is rarely found in dogs and is more common in goats. The kittens are able to walk, but they cannot run or jump. aside from this they are normal."
These poor little things have since passed away. The black and white kitten, Spike, died on October 27th 2010 from respiratory failure and Charlie the tabby kitten passed on Halloween 2010.
Friday, November 5, 2010
The JetMan? I say CrazyMan!
From MSNBC.com...
Robert Hood writes: It looks fun, but it's hard not to think that this will eventually end badly for Mr. Rossy.
I dunno. When I was a kid, I probably dreamed of being able to do this kind of thing. I'm older now but obviously not wiser and I'm still thinking that this would be so cool to do.
Thinkin' about bones, aren't they meant to be broken?
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
People said it didn’t matter…The Fundamental Transformation of America.
I first read this article earlier this year. I think it bears another look before November 2nds Election Day. It's kind of long, but please try and keep these statements in mind when you cast your ballot on Tuesday.
People said it didn’t matter…The Fundamental Transformation of America.
By Hugo Frugiuele / January 1, 2010
When Obama wrote a book and said he was mentored as a youth by Frank, (Frank Marshall Davis) an avowed Communist, people said it didn’t matter…
When it was discovered that his grandparents, were strong socialists, sent Obama’s mother to a socialist school, introduced Frank Marshall Davis to young Obama, People said it didn’t matter…
When people found out that he was enrolled as a Muslim child in school and his father and step father were both Muslims, people said it didn’t matter…
When he wrote in another book he authored “I will stand with them (Muslims) should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” people said it didn’t matter…
When he admittedly, in his book, said he chose Marxist friends and professors in college, people said it didn’t matter…
When he traveled to Pakistan, after college on an unknown national passport, people said it didn’t matter…
When he sought the endorsement of the Marxist party in 1996 as he ran for the Illinois Senate, people said it doesn’t matter…
When he sat in a Chicago Church for twenty years and listened to a preacher spew hatred for America and preach black liberation theology, people said it didn’t matter…
When an independent Washington organization, that tracks senate voting records, gave him the distinctive title as the “most liberal senator”, people said it didn’t matter…
When the Palestinians in Gaza, set up a fund raising telethon to raise money for his election campaign, people said it didn’t matter…
When his voting record supported gun control, people said it didn’t matter…
When he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign, as other candidates had done, people said it didn’t matter…
When he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan and Moammar Kadafi and Hugo Chavez, people said it didn’t matter…
When it was pointed out that he was a total, newcomer and had absolutely no experience at anything except community organizing, people said it didn’t matter…
When he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Ray Dorn who were revolutionary radicals, people said it didn’t matter…
When his voting record in the Illinois senate and in the U.S. Senate came into question, people said it didn’t matter…
When he refused to wear a flag, lapel pin and did so only after a public outcry, people said it didn’t matter…
When people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools were taught to sing his praises, people said it didn’t matter…
When he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance,
people said it didn’t matter…
When he surrounded himself in the White house with advisors who were pro gun control, pro abortion, pro homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition people said it didn’t matter…
When he aired his views on abortion, homosexuality and a host of other issues, people said it didn’t matter…
When he said he favors sex education in Kindergarten, including homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn’t matter…
When his background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing could be found about him, people said it didn’t matter…
When the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to produce a birth certificate, people said it didn’t matter…
When he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezco, a man of questionable character, who is now in prison and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home, people said it didn’t matter…
When it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist, spent a ton of money to get him elected, people said it didn’t matter…
When he started appointing czars that were radicals, revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist/Communist, people said it didn’t matter…
When he stood before the nation and told us that his intentions were to “fundamentally transform this nation” into something else, people said it didn’t matter…
When it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and served as an attorney for ACORN, people said it didn’t matter…
When he appointed a cabinet members and several advisors who were tax cheats and socialist, people said it didn’t matter…
When he appointed a science czar, John Holdren, who believes in forced abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing babies from teen mothers, people said it didn’t matter…
When he appointed Cass Sunstein as regulatory czar and he believes in “Explicit Consent”, harvesting human organs without family consent, and to allow animals to be represented in court, while banning all hunting, people said it didn’t matter…
When he appointed Kevin Jennings, a homosexual, and organizer of a group called gay, lesbian, straight, Education network, as safe school czar and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers; people said it didn’t matter…
When he appointed Mark Lloyd as diversity czar and he believed in curtailing free speech, taking from one and giving to another to spread the wealth and admires Hugo Chavez, people said it didn’t matter…
When Valerie Jarrett was selected as Obama’s senior White House advisor and she is an avowed Socialist, people said it didn’t matter…
When Anita Dunn, White House Communications director said Mao Tse Tung was her favorite philosopher and the person she turned to most for inspiration, people said it didn’t matter…
When he appointed Carol Browner as global warming czar, and she is a well known socialist working on Cap and trade as the nation’s largest tax, people said it doesn’t matter…
When he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as green energy czar, who since had to resign when this was made known, people said it didn’t matter…
When Tom Daschle, Obama’s pick for health and human services secretary could not be confirmed, because he was a tax cheat, people said it didn’t matter…
When as President of the United States, he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, and now the Emperor of China people said it didn’t matter…
When he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once talking of her greatness, people said it didn’t matter…
When his actions concerning the middle-east seemed to support the Palestinians over Israel, our long time friend,
People said it doesn’t matter…
When he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to the United States, people said it doesn’t matter…
When he upset the Europeans by removing plans for a missile defense system against the Russians, people said it doesn’t matter…
When he played politics in Afghanistan by not sending troops the Field Commanders said we had to have to win, people said it didn’t matter…
When he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not pay it off, people said it didn’t matter…
When he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used it to pay off organizations, unions and individuals that got him elected, people said it didn’t matter…
When he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks, etc. people said it didn’t matter…
When he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the government, people said it didn’t matter…
When he designed plans to take over the health care system and put it under government control, people said it didn’t matter…
When he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy in the United States through Cap and Trade,
people said it didn’t matter…
When he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist State, people finally woke up…but it was too late.
Any one of these things, in and of themselves does not really matter. But, when you add them up one by one you get a phenomenal score that points to the fact that our Obama is determined to make America over into a Marxist/Socialist society. All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place. All can be documented very easily. Before you disavow this, do an internet search. The last paragraph alone is not yet cast in stone. You and I will write that paragraph. Will it read as above or will it be a happier ending for most of America? Personally, I like happy endings.
If you are an Obama Supporter, please do not be angry with me because I think your president is a socialist. There are too many facts supporting this. If you seek the truth you will be richer for it. Don’t just belittle the opposition. Search for the truth. I did. Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Constitutionalist, Libertarians and what have you; we all need to pull together. We all must pull together or watch the demise of a society that we all love and cherish. If you are a religious person, pray for our nation.
Never before in the history of America have we been confronted with problems so huge that the very existence of our country is in jeopardy. Don’t rely on most television news and what you read in the newspapers for the truth. Search the internet. Yes, there is a lot of bad information, lies and distortions there too but you are smart enough to spot the fallacies. Newspapers are a dying breed. They are currently seeking a bailout from the government. Do you really think they are about to print the truth? Obama praises all the television news networks except Fox who he has waged war against. There must be a reason. He does not call them down on any specifics, just a general battle against them. If they lie, he should call them out on it, but he doesn’t. Please, find the truth, it will set you free.
Our biggest enemy is not China, Russia, and Iran. No, our biggest enemy is a contingent of politicians in Washington DC.
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People said it didn’t matter…The Fundamental Transformation of America.
By Hugo Frugiuele / January 1, 2010
When Obama wrote a book and said he was mentored as a youth by Frank, (Frank Marshall Davis) an avowed Communist, people said it didn’t matter…
When it was discovered that his grandparents, were strong socialists, sent Obama’s mother to a socialist school, introduced Frank Marshall Davis to young Obama, People said it didn’t matter…
When people found out that he was enrolled as a Muslim child in school and his father and step father were both Muslims, people said it didn’t matter…
When he wrote in another book he authored “I will stand with them (Muslims) should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” people said it didn’t matter…
When he admittedly, in his book, said he chose Marxist friends and professors in college, people said it didn’t matter…
When he traveled to Pakistan, after college on an unknown national passport, people said it didn’t matter…
When he sought the endorsement of the Marxist party in 1996 as he ran for the Illinois Senate, people said it doesn’t matter…
When he sat in a Chicago Church for twenty years and listened to a preacher spew hatred for America and preach black liberation theology, people said it didn’t matter…
When an independent Washington organization, that tracks senate voting records, gave him the distinctive title as the “most liberal senator”, people said it didn’t matter…
When the Palestinians in Gaza, set up a fund raising telethon to raise money for his election campaign, people said it didn’t matter…
When his voting record supported gun control, people said it didn’t matter…
When he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign, as other candidates had done, people said it didn’t matter…
When he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan and Moammar Kadafi and Hugo Chavez, people said it didn’t matter…
When it was pointed out that he was a total, newcomer and had absolutely no experience at anything except community organizing, people said it didn’t matter…
When he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Ray Dorn who were revolutionary radicals, people said it didn’t matter…
When his voting record in the Illinois senate and in the U.S. Senate came into question, people said it didn’t matter…
When he refused to wear a flag, lapel pin and did so only after a public outcry, people said it didn’t matter…
When people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools were taught to sing his praises, people said it didn’t matter…
When he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance,
people said it didn’t matter…
When he surrounded himself in the White house with advisors who were pro gun control, pro abortion, pro homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition people said it didn’t matter…
When he aired his views on abortion, homosexuality and a host of other issues, people said it didn’t matter…
When he said he favors sex education in Kindergarten, including homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn’t matter…
When his background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing could be found about him, people said it didn’t matter…
When the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to produce a birth certificate, people said it didn’t matter…
When he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezco, a man of questionable character, who is now in prison and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home, people said it didn’t matter…
When it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist, spent a ton of money to get him elected, people said it didn’t matter…
When he started appointing czars that were radicals, revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist/Communist, people said it didn’t matter…
When he stood before the nation and told us that his intentions were to “fundamentally transform this nation” into something else, people said it didn’t matter…
When it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and served as an attorney for ACORN, people said it didn’t matter…
When he appointed a cabinet members and several advisors who were tax cheats and socialist, people said it didn’t matter…
When he appointed a science czar, John Holdren, who believes in forced abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing babies from teen mothers, people said it didn’t matter…
When he appointed Cass Sunstein as regulatory czar and he believes in “Explicit Consent”, harvesting human organs without family consent, and to allow animals to be represented in court, while banning all hunting, people said it didn’t matter…
When he appointed Kevin Jennings, a homosexual, and organizer of a group called gay, lesbian, straight, Education network, as safe school czar and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers; people said it didn’t matter…
When he appointed Mark Lloyd as diversity czar and he believed in curtailing free speech, taking from one and giving to another to spread the wealth and admires Hugo Chavez, people said it didn’t matter…
When Valerie Jarrett was selected as Obama’s senior White House advisor and she is an avowed Socialist, people said it didn’t matter…
When Anita Dunn, White House Communications director said Mao Tse Tung was her favorite philosopher and the person she turned to most for inspiration, people said it didn’t matter…
When he appointed Carol Browner as global warming czar, and she is a well known socialist working on Cap and trade as the nation’s largest tax, people said it doesn’t matter…
When he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as green energy czar, who since had to resign when this was made known, people said it didn’t matter…
When Tom Daschle, Obama’s pick for health and human services secretary could not be confirmed, because he was a tax cheat, people said it didn’t matter…
When as President of the United States, he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, and now the Emperor of China people said it didn’t matter…
When he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once talking of her greatness, people said it didn’t matter…
When his actions concerning the middle-east seemed to support the Palestinians over Israel, our long time friend,
People said it doesn’t matter…
When he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to the United States, people said it doesn’t matter…
When he upset the Europeans by removing plans for a missile defense system against the Russians, people said it doesn’t matter…
When he played politics in Afghanistan by not sending troops the Field Commanders said we had to have to win, people said it didn’t matter…
When he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not pay it off, people said it didn’t matter…
When he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used it to pay off organizations, unions and individuals that got him elected, people said it didn’t matter…
When he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks, etc. people said it didn’t matter…
When he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the government, people said it didn’t matter…
When he designed plans to take over the health care system and put it under government control, people said it didn’t matter…
When he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy in the United States through Cap and Trade,
people said it didn’t matter…
When he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist State, people finally woke up…but it was too late.
Any one of these things, in and of themselves does not really matter. But, when you add them up one by one you get a phenomenal score that points to the fact that our Obama is determined to make America over into a Marxist/Socialist society. All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place. All can be documented very easily. Before you disavow this, do an internet search. The last paragraph alone is not yet cast in stone. You and I will write that paragraph. Will it read as above or will it be a happier ending for most of America? Personally, I like happy endings.
If you are an Obama Supporter, please do not be angry with me because I think your president is a socialist. There are too many facts supporting this. If you seek the truth you will be richer for it. Don’t just belittle the opposition. Search for the truth. I did. Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Constitutionalist, Libertarians and what have you; we all need to pull together. We all must pull together or watch the demise of a society that we all love and cherish. If you are a religious person, pray for our nation.
Never before in the history of America have we been confronted with problems so huge that the very existence of our country is in jeopardy. Don’t rely on most television news and what you read in the newspapers for the truth. Search the internet. Yes, there is a lot of bad information, lies and distortions there too but you are smart enough to spot the fallacies. Newspapers are a dying breed. They are currently seeking a bailout from the government. Do you really think they are about to print the truth? Obama praises all the television news networks except Fox who he has waged war against. There must be a reason. He does not call them down on any specifics, just a general battle against them. If they lie, he should call them out on it, but he doesn’t. Please, find the truth, it will set you free.
Our biggest enemy is not China, Russia, and Iran. No, our biggest enemy is a contingent of politicians in Washington DC.
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Top Ten Reasons to Vote Democrat November 2nd...
When your friends can't explain why they voted for Democrats, give them this list. They can then pick a reason.
10. I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn't.
9. I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.
8. I voted Democrat because Freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
7. I voted Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.
6. I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.
5. I voted Democrat because I'm unconcerned about protecting the unborn, but I believe we should keep all death row inmates alive.
4. I voted Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits.
3. I voted Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the democrats see fit.
2. I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.
1. I voted Democrat because my head is so firmly planted up my rear that it is unlikely that I'll ever have another point of view.
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
I feel as if one of my Moms died today
There is something very, very special about Barbara Billingsley or as I have always known her as, "Mrs June Cleaver".
In those days, the late '50s and early '60s, us kids who still had no idea of the make believe world of television, thought Mrs Cleaver was the ideal Mom. She listened and thought. Never was the statement "You don't know what you're talkin' about kid". She just listened.
And at the end of the Beaver's issue would be the response: "Beaver, we'll have to wait until your father (Ward) is home". And then Beaver would worry for the rest of the day and tell Wally he thought he was going to be "killed".
But you know the rest of the story. Ward was pissed, but then he remembered when he was a kid. And then he told the kids that they would take a lesson from this as he had.
This doesn't happen today. I am a real offender in this situation. I haven't been there for so, so many times that I should have. The Fact that Ward Cleaver was always there for his family makes me feel like I've offended all that I love.
I guess all I have to say now is that I want my love to go to Erica's Grammy. Patricia. A very wonderful woman.
And my Mum, Joan Marie,
Bye all
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
What is Illinois doing to our Military's voting rights?
Here's a story from radio station WLS-AM 890 in Chicago, Illinois.
I find this particularly disturbing because of the political atmosphere in Chicago.
The Chicago political machine is well known for it corruption and the acts of massive voter fraud that is commited in virtually every election. To deny our Military their voting rights is, in my opinion, the most despicable of all acts.
If the facts of this piece are found to be a willful act of the denial of voting rights to help sway an election, then I hope the perpetrators will receive a long and hard punishment for their actions.
But being Chicago politics as usual, they'll most likely end up giving these bums a lifetime job on our dime or at the very least a medal.
-Bluecat4usa
CHICAGO (WLS) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether the state of Illinois missed the deadline for mailing absentee ballots to members of the military and other overseas American voters as part of a new federal overseas voting law.
Cris Cray, Director of Legislation at the Illinois State Board of Elections, says not all of Illinois' 110 jurisdictions were compliant with the 2009 Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE).
The law requires every state to mail their absentee ballots 45 days prior to Election Day to overseas troops, government employees and other Americans who want to vote from abroad.
Cray says she is currently compiling data from each of Illinois' jurisdictions to determine which were compliant and which were delinquent. Cray said it's possible the ballots may not be counted because the state was tardy in sending them out.
Illinois was required to have all of its absentee ballots mailed by Sept. 18, the national deadline. Election officials have until Nov. 15 to count the absentee ballots, which must be postmarked by midnight Nov. 1 to be eligible.
In an e-mail response, Justice Department spokeswoman Xochil Hinojosa confirmed that Illinois is being investigated for the absentee ballot infraction.
"The Department is working with all states, including Illinois, to investigate and remedy any problems that will prevent our men and women serving overseas from having the opportunity to vote and have their votes counted," Hinojosa said.
The Justice Department has brought a lawsuit against the state of New York after settling with New Mexico over a similar case of delinquent absentee ballots for overseas Americans.
Several New York counties including the five boroughs of New York City were found to be in violation of the deadline after the state was permitted by the Defense Department to move its deadline to Oct. 1 because the state's primary day was four days before the deadline.
The Justice Department settled a case with New Mexico Tuesday where six counties failed to mail ballots by the deadline.
Overseas ballots could be a deciding factor in Illinois' mid-term elections where recent polls show a tight U.S. Senate race between Republican Mark Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias. Republican Bill Brady has an edge over Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn for governor.
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I find this particularly disturbing because of the political atmosphere in Chicago.
The Chicago political machine is well known for it corruption and the acts of massive voter fraud that is commited in virtually every election. To deny our Military their voting rights is, in my opinion, the most despicable of all acts.
If the facts of this piece are found to be a willful act of the denial of voting rights to help sway an election, then I hope the perpetrators will receive a long and hard punishment for their actions.
But being Chicago politics as usual, they'll most likely end up giving these bums a lifetime job on our dime or at the very least a medal.
-Bluecat4usa
CHICAGO (WLS) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether the state of Illinois missed the deadline for mailing absentee ballots to members of the military and other overseas American voters as part of a new federal overseas voting law.
Cris Cray, Director of Legislation at the Illinois State Board of Elections, says not all of Illinois' 110 jurisdictions were compliant with the 2009 Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE).
The law requires every state to mail their absentee ballots 45 days prior to Election Day to overseas troops, government employees and other Americans who want to vote from abroad.
Cray says she is currently compiling data from each of Illinois' jurisdictions to determine which were compliant and which were delinquent. Cray said it's possible the ballots may not be counted because the state was tardy in sending them out.
Illinois was required to have all of its absentee ballots mailed by Sept. 18, the national deadline. Election officials have until Nov. 15 to count the absentee ballots, which must be postmarked by midnight Nov. 1 to be eligible.
In an e-mail response, Justice Department spokeswoman Xochil Hinojosa confirmed that Illinois is being investigated for the absentee ballot infraction.
"The Department is working with all states, including Illinois, to investigate and remedy any problems that will prevent our men and women serving overseas from having the opportunity to vote and have their votes counted," Hinojosa said.
The Justice Department has brought a lawsuit against the state of New York after settling with New Mexico over a similar case of delinquent absentee ballots for overseas Americans.
Several New York counties including the five boroughs of New York City were found to be in violation of the deadline after the state was permitted by the Defense Department to move its deadline to Oct. 1 because the state's primary day was four days before the deadline.
The Justice Department settled a case with New Mexico Tuesday where six counties failed to mail ballots by the deadline.
Overseas ballots could be a deciding factor in Illinois' mid-term elections where recent polls show a tight U.S. Senate race between Republican Mark Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias. Republican Bill Brady has an edge over Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn for governor.
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Friday, October 1, 2010
A Pink Hippopotamus?
Ok now. I've had the mispleasure of seeing a Pink Elephant or two in my time,
but a Pink Hippo?
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
"They Live": part II
See what I mean? Horrible, horrid creatures!
Their souls are as corrupt as their bodies!
I always knew there was something evil deep in her soul..."They Live".
The camera doesn't lie!
Kind of reminds me of that John Carpenter movie with Rowdy Roddy Piper "They Live"
If you've never seen it, the premise is that ghouls come to earth and try to control humans with mind control and subliminal messages. Roddy Piper discovers this when he finds a pair of special sunglasses that reveals the horrid creatures as they really are.
I'm now in the process of trying procure a pair of these glasses so that I can prove once and for all that the current administration are just a real ghoulish bunch!
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