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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (144607)	9/30/2012 7:21:40 PM
From: Carolyn	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

And you think Obama will? LOL! He will know the questions beforehand!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (144607)	9/30/2012 7:56:03 PM
From: Neeka	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

Good! Someone (certainly we know the press won't) needs to confront Obama and make him answer for his incompetence and malicious behavior.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (144607)	9/30/2012 8:28:32 PM
From: tonto	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Romney should not do what is commonly called an Obama and not answer questions directly. He will stand out if he answers questions asked him.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (144607)	9/30/2012 8:32:04 PM
From: Farmboy	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Wow, Kenneth ... I just can't believe you aren't a highly ranked, well paid member of the Obama campaign committee with ideas like that! Dang, son, that's d e e p!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (144607)	10/1/2012 7:43:06 AM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Chavez to Obama: I'd vote for you, and you for me Sun Sep 30, 2012 By Helen Murphy reuters.com * Both men seeking re-election in imminent ballots * Socialist Chavez has kind words for U.S. leader * Political ties remain strained despite oil trade CARACAS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - With both presidents facing tight re-election fights, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez gave a surprise endorsement to Barack Obama on Sunday - and said the U.S. leader no doubt felt the same. "I hope this doesn't harm Obama, but if I was from the United States, I'd vote for Obama," the socialist Chavez said of a man he first reached out to in 2009 but to whom he has since generally been insulting. Chavez is running for a new six-year term against opposition challenger Henrique Capriles, while Obama seeks re-election in November against Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Venezuela's election is next weekend. "Obama is a good guy ... I think that if Obama was from Barlovento or some Caracas neighborhood, he'd vote for Chavez," the president told state TV, referring to a poor coastal town known for the African roots of its population. Chavez is one of the world's most strident critics of Washington and his 14 years in office have been characterized by diplomatic spats and insults at the White House. He called former U.S. President George W. Bush a "drunk" and the "devil." After an initial overture to Obama came to nothing, he said the new president had disappointed progressives the world over and was the "shame" of Africans. But Chavez was back in a conciliatory mood in a TV interview with friend and former vice president Jose Vicente Rangel. "After our triumph and the supposed, probable triumph of President Obama, with the extreme right defeated here and there, I hope we could start a new period of normal relations with the United States," he said. "Obama recently said something very rational and fair ... that Venezuela is no threat to the interests of the United States," he added. Since coming to office, Chavez has projected himself as the head of a global "anti-imperialist" movement inspired by his friend and ideological mentor Fidel Castro of Cuba. Relations with Washington improved briefly after Obama took office in January 2009 and promised more engagement with Latin America. Chavez toned down his tirades against the "Yankee empire" and shook hands with the new U.S. leader at a summit. But months later, he accused Obama of sticking to Bush's foreign policies and capitalist agenda, and the tirade against the United Sates began again. Despite the ideological gulf between Washington and Caracas, both sides take a pragmatic approach when it comes to business, with OPEC member Venezuela remaining the United States' fourth biggest crude supplier.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (144607)	10/1/2012 7:46:05 AM
From: steve harris	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

As he should, the moderators are all in the tank for Obama and their networks are part of Obama's reelection campaign. Duh

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (144607)	10/1/2012 9:41:37 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

Romney will pay no attention to the questions. He will go right after Obama without answering the questions. Romney did this in the primary debates and will do it again Unfortunately, that is likely true of both of them. I have watched Obama and other democrats do it over and over again. They'll start to give an answer that seems like they are addressing the question and then they will switch it to whatever point they really want to make. And even more unfortunate, this seems to be considered good politics. In my opinion, it is a bad thing regardless of party.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (144607)

10/1/2012 9:45:40 AM

From: Ann Corrigan

2 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

Polls neck in neck:

POLL: 43% of voters certain they will vote for Romney. 42% certain they will vote for Obama. Remaining 15% either uncommitted or open to changing mind.... MORE... RYAN: We Are Seeing Obama's Foreign Policy 'Unravel on Our TV Screens'...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (144607)	10/1/2012 10:13:05 PM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

Black mob hijacks store: 'We own this' Cops respond 9 hours after clerk attacked, say 'hire security' by Colin Flaherty Monday, October 01, 2012 wnd.com Video... Urban Youths Storm Detroit Gas Station; Store Clerk Brutally Beaten youtube.com (Editor’s note: Colin Flaherty has done more reporting than any other journalist on what appears to be a nationwide trend of skyrocketing black-on-white crime, violence and abuse. WND features these reports to counterbalance the virtual blackout by the rest of the media due to their concerns that reporting such incidents would be inflammatory or even racist. WND considers it racist not to report racial abuse solely because of the skin color of the perpetrators or victims.) EDITOR’S NOTE: The links in the following report may contain offensive language. Even the old-timers in Detroit never have seen anything like this: A mob of 40 black people moved into a convenience store and will not leave. They say they now own it. They eat. Smoke. Cuss.Threaten. Spit. Rob. Sell drugs. All on video. Police, ministers, neighbors, the store owner and just about everyone else seems powerless to stop them. “It’s a Bad Crew gas station,” said one of the mob to the local Fox affiliate. “If you don’t know what that is, I can’t even tell you.” The owner calls police, but nothing happens. The police “come here and then they leave. Two minutes later they (the mob) are back.” Earlier this month, members of the Perfecting Church, one of Detroit’s largest black congregations, counseled the members of the mob to stop their evil ways. Nothing changed. Which is not all that surprising: In June, the church’s pastor, Marvin Winans, lost a $15,000 Rolex, a Louis Vuitton wallet with $200 in it and his 2012 Infiniti QX56 SUV after he was carjacked by a mob of 10 black people at a similar convenience store nearby. See the Big List of black mob violence. This is the same pastor who gave the eulogy for Whitney Houston. The attackers, Winans told the Detroit News, did not know who he was. In June, another Detroit convenience store had the same problem: A black mob took over the store, told the owners they now own it, and started robbing and threatening. All on video. The mob beat a clerk who tried to stop them. “I am shocked he is still alive,” said the store owner. “They came into the gas station and said ‘we own this. This is our hood. This is our gas station. We are going to take whatever we want.’ It’s a war zone.” After the robbery and beating on the video, the mob left. Several hours later, they returned, this time with a gun. Shots were fired. No one was hurt. Nine hours later, police responded. In many cities, police no longer respond to complaints of shoplifting or “loitering” at neighborhood stores. The mob won’t go away and the police won’t arrest them. But they did have some advice for what this business owner should do: “Hire a security guard.” Violence and lawlessness have long been a hallmark of life in Detroit. So much so, it is now newsworthy when violence and lawlessness do not happen. In August, hundreds of black people were involved in several disturbances at a high school football game. Several witnesses reported gun shots and panic both on and off the field. The Detroit Free Press said anytime you have that many people milling around, “of course there was going to be an incident.” Two weeks later, a sportscaster for the ABC affiliate found this newsworthy enough to write an entire story about it: One of the teams played another game, and there was no mass violence.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (144607)	10/2/2012 10:36:11 AM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224757

Border Patrol agent shot and killed while on patrol in Arizona, another agent wounded By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 10:21 AMAP PHOENIX — A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed and another wounded in a shooting early Tuesday in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, according to the Border Patrol. The agents were shot while patrolling on horseback in Naco, Ariz., at about 1:50 a.m. MST Tuesday, the Border Patrol said in a statement. The agents who were shot were on patrol with a third agent, who was not harmed, according to George McCubbin, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a union representing about 17,000 border patrol agents. The shooting occurred after an alarm was triggered on one of the many sensors along the border and the three agents went to investigate, said Cochise County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carol Capas. Authorities have not identified any suspects, Capas said. It is not known whether the agents returned fire, she said. The wounded agent was airlifted to a hospital after being shot in the ankle and buttocks, the Border Patrol said. He is in surgery and expected to recover, McCubbin said. Authorities have not identified the agents who were assigned to the Naco station, about 100 miles southeast of Tucson. The last U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot on duty was Brian Terry, who was killed in a shootout with Mexican bandits near the border in December 2010. The shooting was later linked to the Fast and Furious gun smuggling operation. The border patrol station in Naco was recently named after Terry. The FBI, which also is investigating the shooting, did not immediately return calls Tuesday. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (144607)	10/2/2012 10:54:43 AM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Liberal Proves Socialism Works! 70-year-old Oregon farmer eaten by his hogs By Isolde Raftery, NBC News On Wednesday morning, Terry V. Garner, a 70-year-old Oregon farmer, went to feed his animals. Several hours later, when he hadn’t returned, a family member went to look for him and found, on the ground of the hog enclosure, his dentures. Further investigation of the enclosure revealed that the hogs, which each weighed about 700 pounds, had nearly completely eaten the farmer, although some body parts were strewn about the enclosure. Now the Coos County Sheriff’s Office is investigating how Garner “ended up in a position where the hogs were able to consume him.” According to the Sheriff's statement: There are several scenarios being investigated, including that Mr. Garner had a health event, such as a heart attack, which then put him in a position where the hogs could consume him. Another scenario being investigated is that given the age and health of Mr. Garner, that one or more of the hogs knocked Mr. Garner to the ground, whereupon that hogs killed and consumed him. The statement added that at least one of the hogs had previously been aggressive toward the farmer but did not specify how many hogs live on the farm. Garner’s remains were examined on Saturday by a pathologist who was unable to determine how the man died. A forensic anthropologist at the University of Oregon will also examine his remains. Answering the phone at Garner’s home Monday, a man who described himself as a family friend described the tragedy succinctly: “What a way.” This isn’t the first time hogs have eaten their farmers. In 2004, a Romanian woman was knocked unconscious and eaten by the pigs on her farm, UPI reported at the time. The news report did not say whether the woman survived, only that the pigs had eaten the woman's ears and half her face. Her husband, sedated, told reporters: "I'll never breed such beasts again."