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To: Alighieri who wrote (684509)	11/12/2012 6:44:11 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571401

Funny story.......just read the article yesterday. Today, I went to order some oil for my furnace. My rep is a winger........a wimpy one at that......but a winger nonetheless. Every time I deal with him he subtly disses Obama. Well today, he starts by saying that I know you always want to get the best prices in oil but they are fairly high right now. Funny, I said, crude is near its low for the year...........are heating oil companies screwing their customers. He was stunned.......for 4 years I have put up with his partisan BS.....but not today. Then the sucker starts going on and on about how oil production is down in the US for the past 4 years. I said: I call BS on you Mr. Metka.............oil production is up 14% since Obama took office. If you need a link to the article that says that fact, I will be glad to provide. Oil drilling is going full bore in the Baaken Field in ND and so is nat gas in PA and now NY. Then I said, Mr. Metka you need to stop passing on your partisan misinfo to your customers. I was pissed. The guy was tongue tied....didn't know what to said. I said pls set an up to deliver me some oil. I am fed up with their alternative reality crap.

To: Alighieri who wrote (684509)	11/12/2012 10:31:26 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571401

West may still win. Wild, wild West By Steve Benen - Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:45 PM EST Getty Images With all of the many fascinating races this year, it's tough to highlight individual U.S. House races, even those featuring the most unique characters. But Florida's Allen West is a special case, not just because his re-election bid was one of the most expensive House races of 2012, but because he's a special kind of congressman. Conservative firebrand Rep. Allen B. West (R-Fla.) appears to have lost his reelection bid, with final vote totals in the state's new 18th Congressional District showing him trailing by more than 2,000 votes. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Democrat Patrick Murphy leads West by 2,442 votes -- 50.4 percent to 49.6 percent. That is outside the margin (0.5 percent) for a computer recount. West, of course, is the one-term Republican, who believes everyone who disagrees with him is (a) a communist; (b) a supporter of slavery; or (c) quite possibly a communistic supporter of slavery. Despite only two years on Capitol Hill, West has positioned himself as a uniquely hinged figure in Republican politics. But as of today, he's also poised to be a former member of Congress. West believes some votes in St. Lucie County were counted twice, wants access to precinct sign-in books, and is prepared to sue to get additional information. The Republican, not surprisingly, refuses to concede. Democrat Patrick Murphy, meanwhile, has declared victory, and is working under the assumption that he's a representative-elect who'll take office in January.