JUST DO IT!Posted Tuesday, November 2, 2010, at 9:25 AM
The day is finally here. That day that so many American have anticipated, many for the first time. With joy and appreciation, we can walk up to a "booth" and cast a vote for someone to represent us in Washington. We will worry if we picked the right person. We will pray that whoever is elected will do the right thing for the people. The future looks bleak to many but this day is a day that we can actually make a difference on a large scale. Our one vote will join other votes to form a wonderful chain of freedom. You and I will have more power to express our wishes. This is the first time in my life, as I searched my memories, that I have been excited and scared at the same time over an election. I am no longer a clueless citizen. I could be the one vote that makes a difference. Imagine that! My one act of putting pencil to a voting paper can help change the course of our nation. YOU have the power! You are ONE but today you are the most important ONE! Your vote is power. Don't waste it! Go Vote! And God bless us, everyone!
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My timing was off a little this morning. I intended to be FIRST in line when the polls opened, but ended up being 8th.
Keep your fingers crossed------------there are already reports of voting fraud coming in from Nevada............electronic screen voting and the only name ON some of them are Harry Reid's.
What a bunch of silly heads you guys are. You people said you wouldn't be voting for the mainstream party(repubs), but you did it anyway. You guys can't be trusted to even follow your own standards of revolution. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Nice job on the propaganda machine and the underwhelming win.
Not quite, dude.........I voted for a democrat yesterday and would have voted for yet ANOTHER one, had I lived in the district of Minnick/Labrador.
As usual, the Democrats portayed their eternal ignorance, returning Reid to yet ANOTHER term in the Senate..........Nevada.........
# ONE in unemployment
# ONE in home forclosures
and they re-elect the same idiot who has spearheaded this for the last 4 or 5 terms!
California is BEYOND bad-off economically. They are BANKRUPT.......even to the point of sending "I.O.U."'s to the taxpayers!.........here comes Boxer again, and Jerry Brown (who tjey threw OUT 28 years ago.
Stupid, stupid people............they deserve what they get.
Though voting is private, I will reveal for the 1st time ever, that I voted without regard to the party. I have never had a situation where I voted all one party but I know that there are people who do that. All in all, I am extremely pleased with the turn out. It was wonderful to see so many doing the right thing. Congrats to all!
I wasn't too pleased with local & state, but it was a positive night overall.
Voting straight-ticket is usually stupid, because when you take the time to PRE-check their records, you'll often find that one or two of the guys in the OTHR party actually represent you better than "YOUR GUYS" do. Not always, but once in awhile.
Labrador & Corder are prime examples. Between the 2 of them, there is outside money, support for more taxes, benefits and amnesty for illegals, etc.............but they get elected because all most "republicans" see is that magic (R) after their names and automatically figure they're on OUR side.
Democrats are just as bad-------Jack the Ripper might be on the ballot, but as long as they see that (D).........."yeah, he's GOT to be one of US!"
There WAS a time when the two major parties were pretty definitive. When grandma and grandpa were alive and voting, you could pretty much take to the bank where each party stood.
While the party PLATFORMS are still pretty much the same, many individual politicians are out there trying to be all things to all people, in order to get votes. Some even stoop to changing parties, so as to campaign in counties or states where they'd have a better CHANCE as a Dem or Repub.........
You have to really watch the "Arlyn Specters" of this world, and see where they filled in THEIR circles, before you fill in YOURS.
Things aren't always as they seem, and once you vote, it's another 4-6 years before you can correct it, and we've always seen the damage that can be done in just TWO.
We all love our parents and grandparents, but we need to "leave them outside", when we go to the polls, and think for ourselves, rather than how we've been "programmed at home." 'Cause it ain't the same world out here today as it was back then.
had a very tiresome day.........i just saw a bold face lie by hannity and some others and he told it with such conviction........1/10 us navy to take the pres to india........at 200 million a day.....how do you tell that kinda thing with a straight face...........how do you say decrease the deficit and then want to have 700 billion go out the window for 2 % of us to get a tax cut to the wealthy who dont spend the money.........i guess thats is what we get ......this stupidity will get us all killed.....one way or another.......the lies is what bothers me most .........you said you were going to do something do it.........i dont feel there is any intention to change business just and intent to make as much money as they can while they can......and mc connel and bohenor are both liers and are self serving to the american peoples detriment
.......im not bitter............i think that the garbage will just flow in the opposite direction now......and the extremes in both partys serve nothing......sarah palin will bring us to our knees......to say the least.......better build a bunker.......and mrs bachman is in a world all her own .....is she sane????????/ does anyone know????????????
Whether you vote straight ticket or not, the real chance for change was in the Primaries. We would be better off if states that continually place the same party in office, to just put in new faces during the Primary. Regardless of the name, if you had a (D) by your name...your candidacy suffered. Bottom line is voters believe a vote for a (D) was a vote of approval for current national policy.
Not true...........MANY democrats who did NOT support current policies ESCAPED removal. on "return night" while the votes were being tabulated, much was mentioned about each turnover, as to what that particular democrat had supported.
This election was not about targeting EVERY democrat on the ballot. This election was about making them pay for NOT LISTENING to the people they represented, Democrat OR Republican, and you'll note that our side actually got RID of a bunch of OUR bums in the primaries...........you dems out there keep re-electing your Reids, Boxers, Franks, and many others who have done nothing but steal from us and bankrupt their states while they fill their wallets.
Harry Reid..........THIRTY YEARS, and now Nevada has the highest unemployment and home forclosures in the nation..............and those dummies are going to give him yet a SIXTH term.
What is it going to TAKE??............... SOUP LINES??
CALIFORNIA............bankrupt, and so bad off the state is sending IOU's for tax refunds........yet they CONTINUE to stand with Boxer, Feinstein, Pelosi and former corrupt governor Jerry (whore) Brown.
When you are a senator or congressman.........you represent the people of your state........not the agenda of your party............when you FORGET that, on some "Terrible Tuesday", you're gonna get caught up with, especially in the states where people ARE thinking.
Did you notice the map?............the red & blue map? California & New York predominantly blue. No surprise in these pinko regions........but the rest of this country..........the heartland, the farmlands and industial strongholds.........the ones who MAKE things work.........were BLEEDING "RED".
Voter turnout was rockin' & rollin to the tune of the "pied piper" two years ago. Where was the turnout THIS time? There's a lot of disatisfaction among the lefties today, and the Independents, who have no allegience to either side, have seen the handwriting on the wall and swing back to the Constitution this time.
Lamont...........calm down, bro............and just remember what happened the LAST time the Republicans had a majority.............Does Bill Clinton's regime ring a bell.........you guys have forever since chanted HIS "surplus tune' too.
I don't see that same "surplus" happening, because without control of BOTH houses, Obama will still be able to VETO everything that seeks to undo the damage we've already incured.
The GOP still doesn't have total congressional control, but you can bet that everything they come up with-----that the president vetos and the dems reject.......will be SURE to be brought up in the 2012 campaign run.
If the Dems don't listen to their constituents NOW, they're COOKED in 2012, where there will be 27 MORE Senate seats up from grabs.
This election was not about personality, but policy. About 57 or 58 white politicians were tossed out, so it wasn't about race either----------------and this doesn't include all the Governor race turnovers.
I don't think Hannity lied about those figures............and even if he DID, he's entitled to a facade or two, considering all the friggin' lies WE heard during the campaign-----------and what has ensued since..........the decptions.........the SECURITY TREASONS by Holder & Napolitano..........no more taxes for 95% of Americans, "TRANSPARENCY" that we're still waiting to see while all these "DEALS" were made under the table...........
If Hannity lied, he lied to his audience, and is not asking for our votes. He has never asked for everyone's support to lead this country.
Hannity also said it was not quite 200 million, but when you consider Nancy Pelosi's little "entourage" to Copenhagen ran up $408,000 in fuel ALONE..........for just ONE airplane and little party..........it's believeable...........3,000 people and FORTY aircraft would DEFINITELY run up a substantial bill.............all the secret service.........the posh hotel accomodations.
If you and I were to get together for a cup of coffee to discuss some business...........would WE find necessary to bring 20 people along with us to take pictyres, notes, and such?
3,000 people? What FOR?
700 billion "out the window"............how much has ALREADY gone out the window for the unemployment rate to be what it is now?
YESTERDAY Lamont...............YESTERDAY.........they announced a sudden jump in hiring, (which hasn't hugely affected the unemployment rate yet), but there IS some activity now..........companies, large and small are starting to look at hiring again, knowing they aren't likely to have to pay EVERYBODY ELSE's taxes for them.
They know the Republicans are now going to have some power and will do what it takes to PROMOTE JOBS.........and this means getting the GOVERNMENT off their backs so they can AFFORD to hire more people.
McConnell and Boener are both liars? Well, that remains to be seen......hasn't been proven yet....... but we already KNOW what Reid and Pelosi have been, not to mention Napolitano, Holder, Geithner, Rangel and Barney Frank, and the president himself. We've seen THAT first hand 5.1 trillion dollars later..............and NOTHING to show for it.
Yeah I know..........Bush was worthless too.............but all that was going to "change", remember. It was all going to be transparent for all to see, and it was no longer going to be "business as usual in Washington."
Bush was a bum, and we needed change. And it came.
Last Tuesday it came again, in a tidal wave this country hasn't seen since 1932. This didn't come by Republicans alone.
With a few exceptions like Reid, Boxer, etc,.... the senators, congressmen and governors who WERE elected (or RE-elected), were the ones who took the time to LISTEN to the people in their states.
It doesn't matter what the president or your party wants. Your job is NOT to represent Obama/Bush..........nor is it your job to support the DNC or RNC.
Your job is to represent the people in your state, to speak for THEM and to VOTE for THEM.
You don't "blow 'em off" at town hall meetings. These are the people busting their rumps and paying the bills. And you don't sell their country out from under them.
They will hold you to the promises you made to get elected.
That's what last Tuesday was all about.
what sell out are you talking about??????????you keep saying that...........i dont see that the way i interpret the word..........are you talking about outsourceing.......because that is corp americas deal........job creation requires corporations to produce here not abroad......it requires cooperation from labor........and it requires and educated work force willing to work.........when you get corp who say there only allegiance is to the stock holders ......we have a problem.........its called the lack of national allegiance........translation.......we dont care if you dont work as long as we make money........thats were we need to have heartburn at............the goverment on there backs did not stop jobs........that is a lie.........what stoped jobs was the drying up of capital.......the banks holding down the fort .........because they had paper that wasnt worth the paper........we cannot creat jobs that way there is no foundation.......we are trading paper........real jobs are created when you make something,you produce something,micron layed off people then made 1.7 billon.....and hasnt hired back anyone........why????????......they want to do it again for the stock holders........if you lose your house after we layed you off SO WHAT/////?????? THATS YOUR PROBLEM.......national allegiance........they are building a plant in korea though.......quite denigrating people and look at the big picture
Have you ever thought that maybe..........just maybe, if the government would stop trying to run and regulate everything, get rid of the corrupt unions, and stop trying to UP THE TAXES of the people who hire.............you might not be SEEING so much of this outsourcing?
When you CUT taxes for EVERYBODY (yes, including and ESPECIALLY for the wealthy), they CAN hire more people...........people have more money in their pockets..............people go out out and SPEND that money........
THAT'S the way to "stimulate" the economy.........not by TAKING more from the public taxpayers.
MORE TAXES is all the democrats know............but it solves NOTHING, because they continue to BLOW it on more pork and handouts for the illegals they refuse to keep out of this country. More foreign aid, graft and kickbacks..........
They've proven TIME and AGAIN, that they CANNOT manage what they've taken from us already........how are MORE tax hikes going to "fix" anything, when they waste what they steal now?
Somebody explain that to me.
Correct Lamont.........real jobs ARE created when you produce things............but you have to get HIRED first........and these companies have to be able to AFFORD to hire you.
Of COURSE they have to look out for their stckholders. That's where a lot of their start-up and operating money comes from.
And ya know what?............if you & I so desired, we TOO could invest in shares of stock in most companies.
You most often have to "spend money to make money." The stock market is very risky, and when you invest in something, there is always a risk of losing it all if things go sour.
So those who invested thousands of their own money into companies that DO end up making millions.........I don't have a problem with that, because for every investor that HAS made money, there are 5 or 10 more who have lost their butts!
Not everyone has outsourced, either. MICRON is a big name, and one that everybody knows, so they make a good example for ya.............but, starting the day after the mid-terms, companies HAVE started hiring again, because they know where the right side stands on NOT raping the business build.
YOUR side----------typically---------is already talking about cutting into our Defense Budget. Democrats are FAMOUS for that.........cut the military but never the "social programs" where handouts are worth votes.
Natioal Allegience???? Tell that to Holder & Napolitano.
Typo...........meant to say "business WORLD", not business build--------------(dunno where that came from..............early I guess, i gotta hurry and finish this & get to Boise this morning.)
I was not able to vote here in Nevada due to their bizaare and maddening system. To get a drivers license here can be a chore as I found it. That aside, I would have voted for "None of the Above". Neither Reid nor Angle is a good fit. Nevada needs someone who can take some heat and just do the right thing even if it means political suicide.
There is always going to be a debate about who should get the tax cuts; the wealthy, middle class, or the poor. It seems that in politics, one cant give tax relief to all instead it has to be one or the other. A bit short sighted but that is the media for the most part.
About jobs, the hidden disease behind this debate is the payroll taxes. Benefits and wages are expensive. However, payroll taxes will sink a business and they are the big item that the IRS audits one for. Regardless of what one thinks about the IRS, it sets the business up for a field of land mines. That risk makes hiring additional office personnel almost mandatory. The point being that payroll taxes drive up the cost of production. Yes, they do have benefits but they could be reduced and it would not harm society.
Definitely. I'd tell you what I think about the IRS, but there are ladies who read these blogs. I WILL say though, that the guy in Austin a year or so ago, should have used a bigger plane.
You mentioned audits. Would it surprise you to know that the IRS couldn't pass its OWN audit by the GAO (Government Accounting Office)? There were MILLIONS that THEY couldn't account for, but when the mood strikes them, they'd audit YOU for a few thousand.
Ah yes..........but who watches those who watch US?
This TOO, is yet another example of "double standards" that we're dealing with today. the government can lie and steal but you can't.
Twil...............did you see or hear anything about these "touch-screen" voting machines in Nevada that only displayed Reid's name.........or ones that had already voted in his favor before the voter ever got a chance to use it? We'd heard reports up here about some strange goings-on down there on election day.
Anything TO it?
How's the new job going? Gettin' ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas? It's getting cold up here in the mornings. I don't think it'll be too long before we're shoveling snow.
Hey man.....good to hear from ya! "Keep those cards & letters comin'" There are several of us on this blog up here who remember you, and it's good to know how you're doing down there.
Take care, talk to ya later.
Election day here was a bit strange. The touch screen machines did have some issues. The news media only breezed over it. I sense that they knew how tired everyone was of hearing about this race.
During the last two weeks, 95% of all commercials were associated with Reid or Angle. It was simply astounding. One of the more revealing facets to Nevada is that 30% of Reno residents are on some sort of welfare. Reid has to have some blame or complicity in that.
I am looking for work. It is slim pickings in the job market.
As for Thanksgiving, the in-laws are coming down to watch the Boise St.-Nevada football game. It is on the friday after Thanksgiving. It should be quite the event. Christmas, we hope to make it up to Boise and spend a week or so, but who knows. How about you?
Well, for Thanksgiving, we are either going across town to daughter's house, or daughter & her family are coming here. My wife hasn't informed me yet!................I'm kind of like old Sgt. Schultz from "Hogan's Heroes"---------
"I zee nutzing......I hear nutzing......I know NUTZING!!"
Sometimes it's better that way.
Christmas has already started. We're hitting the stores now, both here and Boise, to get ahead of the game and avoid the mad rush of late season procrastination. Gonna start getting all the cards out in the mail next week. Hoping to make the last couple of weeks just a "kickback."
If I'm real careful and keep a low enough profile, my better half might not even notice that I haven't strung up any lights around the eaves this year, which I hate doing because of the shape & angles of this place and wood-shingle roof that has to be "worked-around"---hanging over a cold icy ladder in the local Elmore County wind. Then, a few weeks later, it all has to come down again!.................HUMBUG!
Hope you find a job, and especially if it can be one that you like............that's what still puzzles me a bit...........unemployment where you are right now at an all-time low, and they still gave Reid yet another term!
Oh well...........no figuring people out anymore.
Hey buddy...........have a nice Thanksgiving and stay in touch!