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Why are there only 170 and 175mm lengths for the crank arms of MTBs? I would have guessed that touring bikes would benefit from far longer crank arms than those, suitable for mountain riding.
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There is some natural limitation to the crank length defined by your body dimensions, which is the height difference between the lowest and the highest possible pedal position for a given leg length.
The lowest possible position is the one where you just can reach the pedal with your foot at the crank's bottom position (plus some additional height to prevent that you have to stretch your leg to reach the pedal). You can set that height by properly adjusting your saddle.
Now comes the important part: If you turn the crank up now to its highest point, the limitation is your knee angle. If it is lower than a certain angle (don't know what's the exact limit, but 90 deg might be already critical), you will have problems to apply a reasonable force to the cranks AND you will get knee problems sooner or later.
The maximum crank length is now half of the length between top and bottom position where you can reach the pedal on bottom and have a reasonable knee angle on top position. I would guess (without any figures at hand) that for most people 175mm is fairly close to their maximum crank length while 180mm might already be too long for many of them. You surely will be able to get longer crank arms as well but they might be not on the mass market for the aforementioned reason.
MTB crank arms usualy come in 165, 170, 175 mm. Some people (usually PROs) can have access to more fine grained lengths (e.g 167.5) or ever smaller sizes such as 160mm.
The reasons for such "micro-optimization" are:
Today MTBs for trail riding need to have a lot of front and rear suspension and very low bottom brackets. This makes it easier to hit rocks with the pedal and that is not desired.
Also note that ground clearence problems are in addition being solved with very thin pedals (thin pedals also solve other issues).
So, saving 5mm from the cranks and 5mm from the pedals may not seem enough but it can actually reduce the times you hit the ground.
Note that downhill specific bikes will usually have 165mm cranks.
proper fit to rider height
A short rider (with short legs) will pedal more efficiently on a 170mm crank than a 175mm one.
Thus small MTBs usually ship with 170mm and medium ones with 175mm.

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Microsoft Windows 7 - First Look
Microsoft has released the Windows 7 beta allowing anyone to get a hands-on with the company's latest Operating System, before it officially launches later this year. But with the download at 2.4GB, plenty of reported issues, and the mere fact that it's not the finished product, should you bother? We've done just that to find out for you.
Taking about an hour to download, getting the OS is simple. All you have to do is give an email address, some details and jot down the product registration key. Once you've got the download on your desktop you have two options - either burn the collection of files you've got to a DVD disc or to a USB flash drive. We happened to be testing a new 16GB Mobile Ultra microSDHC card from SanDisk so opted for the latter.
Before you start the install you it's worth bearing in mind that you have to be running Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 installed. Failure to do so means you'll only get so far with the install before it asks you to do so - annoying. Upgrading from XP therefore could take you some time - like the whole evening as it did with us. XP to Vista to Vista SP1 (a lengthy download) and then Windows 7 beta. That said, those who are already at the Vista SP1 stage - it will take you about 45 minutes from clicking on the setup.exe file.
So you've ticked all the boxes, pressed yes to the reboots and now looking at a shiny new Windows 7 desktop. Well not so fast. Not everything is supported, since the upgrade we've personally lost our Ethernet controller and wireless controller on our clapped out Tiny laptop (we told you it was clapped out). Admittedly it's an old AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3700+ 798MHz processor and 1GB of RAM, slower than your average netbook, but they both worked under Vista so it's frustrating they don't work here. Plugging in a Belkin Wireless USB card lying around the office worked a treat though.
To be fair Windows 7 did warn us that the connectivity hardware in our machine wasn't going to work, but it's still something to bear in mind that your hardware might not be totally up to the job.
So what's new, what's groovy and is it worth all the hassle? This being Windows 7, here are the seven big things (see what we've done there?) that make Windows 7 worth checking out.
1. Taskbar and Jump menus
Forget all the background stuff that makes it go faster, you want new features that make day-to-day use easier. Microsoft's answer to that is the new look taskbar. Taking inspiration from Apple, application windows are now icons that house all the application's windows. Windows jump out from a single icon rather than you having 30 odd application windows sitting in the taskbar all at once. It's organisation overload. Open a new app and the icon appears with subsequent windows of that app sitting within it. It's like the tabs on a browser window. Really simple, but really effective. Now add to that something Microsoft is calling a Jump menu and you get shortcuts to your most popular files or pages within that application like documents or websites all at the press of the right button. Very clever.
2. Widgets
Another Apple inspired feature that builds on the company's sidebar feature found in Vista. Now, instead of the widgets being confined to a limited section of your desktop, you can dump them wherever you want just like Dashboard in Apple OSX. The plus however, is that unlike Apple's Dashboard feature that's in a parallel desktop, these are right there be to interacted with all the time. The widgets are all interactive, all easy to change and manipulate, and can, as we've seen previously in Vista, be useful. What's even more interesting is that they don't seem to suffer from the problem we found in Vista, i.e., making our PC grind to a halt.
3. Speed
There is no denying that Vista was a tortoise when it came to performance. Slow as anything, it required big powerful machines to get the most out of all those graphical features. Not so for Windows 7. Microsoft has managed to optimise the code, speed up the processing capabilities and even eek more battery life out of your laptop for you. We installed Windows 7, as we've mentioned, on the 5 year-old laptop that struggled with Vista, so much so we had reverted back to XP. Here Windows 7 flies. Boot up is quick. Apps load virtually instantly and all in all we are impressed. Maybe the old girl's got some life in her after all. But more importantly for you, it means when it comes to installing it on your netbook, you shouldn't have any problems whatsoever.
4. Action centre
It sounds like a government agency or a department Jack Bauer would work for, but unfortunately it's not that exciting. The fact that it's there shows that Microsoft users need to take action to keep their PC on the straight and narrow. According to the Redmond based company: "When Windows needs your attention, you see a new icon in the notification area" so you can find out more. Sounds ominous and that's because it is. Think nagging partner and you're on the right track. "You haven't backed up in a while!", "You need protection!", blah, blah, blah. Of course like a nagging partner they need to be followed if you're going to avoid falling out and luckily it will recommend solutions for you, be it sending you to a page detailing antivirus solutions or driver updates.
5. Graphics, themes and screen resizing
Did we mention shiny and Mac already? Oh we did, let's mention them again. That's right Windows fans, get ready to start using something a little more Mac like. Shimmering see-through windows and menu bars, swishy icons with gloss and shadow effects, even new themes to customise your desktop at a press of a button. The screen-resizing feature that allows you to quickly resize windows on the desktop is a nice touch as is making everything see-through so you can see the desktop by moving your mouse to the bottom right-hand corner. Expose any one?
6. Device management
Plug in any device and the new device manager will now show you what's connected so you can see if it's working correctly at the press of a button. Bundled into a single window you can see all devices and printers connected. It's simple and effective with Microsoft also trying hard to improve the plethora of control panel options available to you. It's still not as simple as the Mac's System Preferences pane, but it's certainly easier than the previous outing. Oh and did we tell you Microsoft has made an effort with the icons?
A new OS, means a new version of Internet Explorer for the European Union quangos to get all uptight about. Here you get version 8 (confusing we know) to get you onto the Internet. Surprising as it may sound, it's actually a pleasant experience. So far we've yet to download Firefox or Chrome, something that is normally always a first point of call and we've been using Windows 7 for a while now. There are improvements to the address bar, search, tabs, and favourites, with Web slices allowing you to cut a small part of any website to view without loading the whole sight (similar to a feature in Apple's Dashboard).
First Impressions
So what's the verdict in our First Look with the Windows 7 Beta? Very good, very good indeed. The operating system is faster and cleaner than Windows Vista ever was and there are some really nice features too.
It's the OS upgrade that should have come after XP, rather than forcing us to live with Vista for what seems like a long time.
In fairness it probably helps that my main machine runs Mac OS rather than XP as there are so many features similar or alluding to Apple here that I could easily see myself using Windows 7 a lot more. I will certainly look to dual boot it when the final version comes out.
So should you bother with the download? If your machine isn't mission critical, you're prepared to get the odd bug, crash or annoyance and most likely to upgrade when it comes out later in the year, then yes. If you're unsure, or not ready to have your machine go desperately wrong at what's bound to be the wrong moment, we would hold off for the time being.
Overall though it's a definite thumbs up.
UPDATE: Since writing this review Microsoft has announced the Windows 7 operating system has now gone into Release Candidate stage. The new version, which is virtually identical to the beta fixes a number of bugs and improves stability. It also removes a couple of features such as guest login, while adding support for Remote Media Streaming. The core elements of the operating system and therefore this First Look remain the same. We will be reviewing the final version when Windows 7 hits the shops later this year.
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Objective: To screen out the differentially expressed proteins in saliva from breast cancer patients with white tongue coating and yellow tongue coating and subjects from healthy control group in order to find a biomarker for the early diagnosis of breast cancer and explore the mechanism and principle behind the formation of the tongue coating in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Methods: Breast cancer patients with thick white tongue coating and thick yellow tongue coating were enrolled, 10 patients for each group, and 10 normal individuals with thin white tongue coating were also enrolled. Proteins were extracted from the serum of the subjects, underwent denaturation, reduction and enzymolysis, labeled by isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) and identified by ESI-QTOF-Q II mass spectrometer. Peak spectrum were obtained, and analyzed by Data Analysis, MASCOTT 2.2 Searching and Scaffold. Then the results of differential expression were obtained. Results: There were 464 proteins identified, and 125 proteins met the strict quantitative criteria. Compared with heath control, 11 differentially expressed proteins were selected for breast cancer patients, with white tongue coating and yellow coating, while 26 differentially expressed proteins were selected between breast cancer with white tongue coating and yellow tongue coating. Conclusions: iTRAQ combined with liquid chromatography linked to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis could swiftly and effectively perform proteomics study on differentially expressed proteins in saliva. And certain proteins closely connected with the occurrence of breast cancer and mechanism behind formation of tongue coating of TCM were also discovered.
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Popular Moroccan Cuisine Recipes
Morocco has been influenced by many cultures, among them Mediterranean and North African. Couscous is a common Moroccan dish that is familiar here in the U.S. Tajine, a slow-cooked stew, is also a popular dish with lots of different recipe variations.
Moroccan Meatloaf
Ground turkey, raisins, onions, couscous and exotic spices take this meatloaf where no meatloaf has ever gone before -- and deliciously! Enjoy any leftover chutney on beef or turkey sandwiches the next day.
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Moroccan Beef and Pumpkin Bake
Ground beef, vegetables, and couscous are covered with a sweet cornbread topping in this spicy and surprisingly low-calorie casserole dinner.
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Chicken Tagine
This chicken dinner is named for the cone-shaped dish it's often steamed in. Our modern variation comes together in your slow cooker.
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Moroccan Rib Roast
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Moroccan Shrimp With Spinach
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Moroccan-Style Lamb
The exotic aromas of a North African spice market fill the kitchen as this dish cooks. For even more flavor, add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric to the slow cooker along with the couscous.
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Moroccan Chicken Thighs
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Chicken Tagine
A tagine is a Moroccan stew made with dried fruit and an array of spices. This easy slow cooker recipe recreates the exotic dish with chicken, apricots, and raisins. The spice combination includes cumin, ginger cinnamon, and pepper.
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Beef Tagine
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Rockin' Moroccan Snack Mix
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Chicken Tagine with Olives and Figs
Tagine is a traditional piece of North African cookware, but you don't need one to make its namesake recipe. This eclectic chicken dish calls for a Dutch oven.
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Moroccan-Spiced Chicken Lentil Stew
A blend of garlic, cumin, coriander, black pepper, and cinnamon perfectly season this hearty stew.
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Moroccan Pot Roast with Potatoes and Carrots
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Slow Cooked Moroccan Chicken
An easy main dish recipe that perfectly blends slow cooked chicken thighs with plums, baby carrots, and onions.
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Moroccan-Spiced Lemon Dressing
This dressing is inspired by the flavors of North Africa and is good drizzled on mixed green salads as well as grain salads. Shown: Quinoa Salad with Dried Apricots & Baby Spinach.
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Chicken Tagine with Pomegranates
The Moroccan word tagine, when translated simply as "stew," hardly does justice to this beautifully fragrant, succulent one-dish meal. (Tagine is also the name of the distinctive pot in which the meal is traditionally cooked and served.) Pomegranate juice lends a tart depth of flavor to the sauce; use bottled juice and skip the garnish when the fruit is not in season. Serve with whole-wheat couscous to soak up the delicious sauce.
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Grilled Salmon with North African Flavors
Our version of the classic North African herb paste known as chermoula serves as both a marinade and a sauce for this richly flavored salmon. If it is too cool to grill outdoors, you can roast the salmon at 450 degrees F for 12 to 15 minutes.
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Chicken with Green Olives & Prunes
The delicious combination of sweet, tart and savory flavors makes a simple dish the star of a weeknight meal. Serve with whole-wheat couscous, to soak up the tasty sauce.
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Moroccan-Rubbed Grilled Steak & Sweet Potatoes
A Moroccan-inspired spice rub coats the steaks and is tossed with the sweet potatoes as well. The foil-packet cooking method for the sweet potatoes yields excellent results (and fewer dishes). Make it a Meal: Sauteed greens, such as arugula, kale or spinach, and a glass of Zinfandel round out the meal.
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Moroccan-Flavored Pork Ragu
This type of stew is normally cooked slowly for a few hours using tougher and fattier meat from the shoulder or rib area, but this quick version uses lean boneless pork chops. The lean meat becomes dry and hard when overcooked, so do pay attention to the cooking times. Serve over couscous, bulgur or rice, and garnish with a blend of 1/4 cup chopped cilantro, 2 tablespoons chopped scallions and 1 tablespoon chopped mint.
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Kumquat Tagine
A tagine is a slow-cooked Moroccan stew (traditionally served over couscous)--but here it's quicker and (dare we say it?) tastier, thanks in large part to the bright spike of kumquats.
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Marrakech Grilled Steak & Sweet Potatoes
Here we grill spice-rubbed strip steak to serve along sweet potatoes and onions cooked in a foil packet alongside it. Serve with steamed spinach.
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Moroccan Grilled Salmon
Tangy plain yogurt mixed with the classic ingredients for chermoula--a Moroccan spice mix--serves as both the marinade and the sauce in this salmon dish. If you like your food on the spicy side, add a pinch of cayenne to the mixture.
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What tones would you use if told to strike the common chord of C in four-part, close harmony, using the root for the highest tone?
A C chord is composed of the tones C, E, and G. The root is C. In a four-part chord, the bass is typically also the root. So, we have a C in the bass and a C in the soprano. A closed chord indicates that the alto should be the closest harmonizing note (beneath the soprano) and the tenor should be the next closest harmonizing note coming down.
Because this is a four part harmony, the bass doesn't have to be the next lows harmonizing note. The interval between the tenor and the bass can be as large as we wish. In this case it is a tenth.


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A long time ago (about 3 years now) a bug was opened on the Microsoft Feedback site regarding how Visual Studio removes tabs in statements (which prevents using Tabs or spaces for aligning fields and locals in declaration statements). This wasn't true in VS 2003, but started happening in VS2005 with the new formatting engine.
For example, the following statements:
int index = 5;
string text = "blah";
string reallyLongVarName = "foo";
LongTypeName bar = new LongTypeName(5, 7, 3);
Would become:
int index = 5;
string text = "blah";
string reallyLongVarName = "foo";
LongTypeName bar = new LongTypeName(5, 7, 3);
We weren't able to add full alignment options (individually control how symbols are aligned in the editor) in VS2008, but recently addressed the scenario of aligning in declaration statements. The design was iterated on with a few customers from the Microsoft Connect site (thanks!).
Here's what you'll see in VS 2008:
A new option was added to Tools | Options | Text Editor | C# | Formatting | Spacing | Set other spacing options.
The option is a check-box and says: "Ignore spaces in declaration statements".
The option applies for :
The option will apply for every location that a field or local variable is valid, including:
If the option is on, we will retain the users spacing around attributes, modifiers, type, identifier, and the binary operator, however we will continue to format spacing within the right-hand-side expression.
type identifier = expression;
attribute field-modifier type identifier = expression;
Spacing between multiple statements will continue to be removed.
For example, the following:
int index = 5; string text = "blah";
int index = 5; string text = "blah";
We will continue to not format around comments.
This is in the builds after Beta 2.
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Only in a sport as wild and wacky as college football, a sport that determines its champion with a system of ballots and computer calculations known to most as the BCS, could a 37-31 regular-season result throw the whole darn thing into chaos.
Yet, that's exactly where we find ourselves after Oklahoma State, No. 2 in the BCS and on track to play LSU for the crystal football in New Orleans, coughed up its chance at a national championship and incited up a firestorm of conversation, confusion and controversy in the process.
If ever there were a textbook example of a top-flight team looking ahead, this is it. The Cowboys, one of three undefeated teams in the country, needed only to beat lowly Iowa State, a squad with a 2-4 record in Big 12 play coming into the evening, before welcoming arch rival Oklahoma to Stillwater for the annual Bedlam Game.
Which team benefits most from Oklahoma State's shocking loss?
But the Pokes just couldn't seem to do much of anything right at key moments in the game. Five turnovers, including three interceptions by Heisman Trophy front-runner Brandon Weeden, along with a mere 54 yards proved to be too much for OK State to overcome, even though the Cyclones seemingly gave Mike Gundy's squad every opportunity to do so.
Now, the Pokes find themselves back with the one-loss pack, alongside the likes of Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Clemson, Virginia Tech and Stanford. The timing of the loss couldn't be much worse, either, considering OK State has only one opportunity remaining to redeem itself and push this loss into the recesses of its own memory as well as that of the pollsters.
That one opportunity, as mentioned previously, will come against the Sooners, who've had the Pokes' number in each of their last eight meetings. Of course, if OK State manages to beat Oklahoma, it could find itself right back in the thick of the championship chase with a marquee win under its belt.
In the meantime, though, the Pokes will have two weeks to ponder a field full of coulda's, woulda's and shoulda's back in Stillwater, while the powers that be in college football will be faced with the prospect of putting together a rematch between either LSU and Alabama or LSU and Oregon for the national title.


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Either way is fine as long as Nobamma doesn't get a second term.
National popular vote only ensures that dictator-wannabes such as Obama will get elected. Pure democracy (popular vote) doesn't work as it turns society into mob rule, which then breaks down and gives rise to a dictator. A representative republic, as the US was originally designed, is the only government model that humans have ever come up with that actually works. History has proven this over and over again. And history keeps repeating itself as functional republics are slowly taken over by pure democracy (via marxism, socialism, and communism) which leads to civil break down and the rise of a dictator, which leads to oppression and revolt to form a new republic.
National Popular Vote has nothing to do with pure democracy. The Republic is not in any danger.
With National Popular Vote, citizens would not rule directly but, instead, continue to elect the President by a majority of Electoral College votes, to represent us and conduct the business of government in the periods between elections.
Joat has it right. A popular vote just leads to chaos. Alaska would have even less say in who wins or looses as there isnt enough people to make a difference in a wide open popular vote. Everything would be decided by Calif, Texas, and New York. You know how that would turn out.
The National Popular Vote bill preserves the constitutionally mandated Electoral College and state control of elections. It changes the way electoral votes are awarded by states in the Electoral College, instead of the current 48 state-by-state winner-take-all system (not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, but since enacted by 48 states). It assures that every vote is equal, every voter will matter, in every state, in every presidential election, and the candidate with the most votes wins, as in virtually every other election in the country.
Under National Popular Vote, every vote, everywhere, would be politically relevant and equal in every presidential election. Every vote would be included in the state counts and national count. The candidate with the most popular votes in all 50 states and DC would get the 270+ electoral votes from the enacting states. That majority of electoral votes guarantees the candidate with the most popular votes in all 50 states and DC wins the presidency.
National Popular Vote would give a voice to the minority party voters in each state. Now their votes are counted only for the candidate they did not vote for. Now they don't matter to their candidate.
And now votes, beyond the one needed to get the most votes in the state, for winning candidates in a state are wasted and don't matter to candidates. Utah (5 electoral votes) alone generated a margin of 385,000 "wasted" votes for Bush in 2004. 8 small western states, with less than a third of California's population, provided Bush with a bigger margin (1,283,076) than California provided Kerry (1,235,659).
With National Popular Vote, every vote, everywhere would be counted equally for, and directly assist, the candidate for whom it was cast.
Candidates would need to care about voters across the nation, not just undecided voters in the current handful of swing states. The political reality would be that when every vote is equal, the campaign must be run in every part of the country, including Alaska.
In terms of recent presidential elections, the 11 largest states include five "red states (Texas, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, and Georgia) and six "blue" states (California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey). The fact is that the big states are just about as closely divided as the rest of the country. For example, among the four largest states, the two largest Republican states (Texas and Florida) generated a total margin of 2.1 million votes for Bush, while the two largest Democratic states generated a total margin of 2.1 million votes for Kerry.
Among the 11 most populous states in 2004, the highest levels of popular support, hardly overwhelming, were found in the following seven non-battleground states:
* Texas (62% Republican),
* New York (59% Democratic),
* Georgia (58% Republican),
* North Carolina (56% Republican),
* Illinois (55% Democratic),
* California (55% Democratic), and
* New Jersey (53% Democratic).
In addition, the margins generated by the nation's largest states are hardly overwhelming in relation to the 122,000,000 votes cast nationally. Among the 11 most populous states, the highest margins were the following seven non-battleground states:
* Texas -- 1,691,267 Republican
* New York -- 1,192,436 Democratic
* Georgia -- 544,634 Republican
* North Carolina -- 426,778 Republican
* Illinois -- 513,342 Democratic
* California -- 1,023,560 Democratic
* New Jersey -- 211,826 Democratic
To put these numbers in perspective, Oklahoma (7 electoral votes) alone generated a margin of 455,000 "wasted" votes for Bush in 2004 -- larger than the margin generated by the 9th and 10th largest states, namely New Jersey and North Carolina (each with 15 electoral votes). Utah (5 electoral votes) alone generated a margin of 385,000 "wasted" votes for Bush in 2004. 8 small western states, with less than a third of California's population, provided Bush with a bigger margin (1,283,076) than California provided Kerry (1,235,659).
With the current state winner-take-all system of awarding electoral votes, winning a bare plurality of the popular vote in the 11 most populous states, containing 56% of the population, could win the Presidency with a mere 26% of the nation's votes.
The problem with a national popular vote is that the interests of urban areas will always trump the interests of rural ones, because they have the higher numbers. The electoral college allows each region to have a voice and political sway (with more populated regions getting more say), so that a simple majority can't conquer every one else by their sheer numbers. It wouldn't matter so much if government was more localized in nature, but it is becoming increasingly centralized, so the current system is smaller communities' last hope for meaningful political representation.
With the current state winner-take-all system of awarding electoral votes, winning a bare plurality of the popular vote in the 11 most populous states, containing 56% of the population, could win the Presidency with a mere 26% of the nation's votes.
Now presidential elections ignore 12 of the 13 lowest population states (3-4 electoral votes), that are non-competitive in presidential elections. 6 regularly vote Republican (AK, ID, MT, WY, ND, and SD), and 6 regularly vote Democratic (RI, DE, HI, VT, ME, and DC) in presidential elections. Voters in states that are reliably red or blue don't matter. Candidates ignore those states and the issues they care about most.
Support for a national popular vote is strong in every smallest state surveyed in recent polls among Republicans, Democrats, and Independent voters, as well as every demographic group. Support in smaller states (3 to 5 electoral votes): AK -70%, DC -76%, DE --75%, ID -77%, ME - 77%, MT- 72%, NE - 74%, NH--69%, NE - 72%, NM - 76%, RI - 74%, SD- 71%, UT- 70%, VT - 75%, WV- 81%, and WY- 69%.
In the lowest population states, the National Popular Vote bill has passed in nine state legislative chambers, and been enacted by 3 jurisdictions.
None of the 10 most rural states (VT, ME, WV, MS, SD, AR, MT, ND, AL, and KY) is a battleground state.
The current state-by-state winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes does not enhance the influence of rural states, because the most rural states are not battleground states, and they are ignored.
Of the 22 medium-lowest population states (those with 3,4,5, or 6 electoral votes), only 3 have been battleground states in recent elections-- NH, NM, and NV. These three states contain only 14 (8%) of the 22 medium-lowest population states' total 166 electoral votes.
With National Popular Vote, big cities would not get all of candidates' attention, much less control the outcome.
The population of the top five cities (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Philadelphia) is only 6% of the population of the United States and the population of the top 50 cities (going as far down as Arlington, TX) is only 19% of the population of the United States. Suburbs and exurbs often vote Republican.
Any candidate who ignored, for example, the 16% of Americans who live in rural areas in favor of a "big city" approach would not likely win the national popular vote.
If big cities controlled the outcome of even state elections, the governors and U.S. Senators would be Democratic in virtually every state with a significant city.
A nationwide presidential campaign, with every vote equal, would be run the way presidential candidates campaign to win the electoral votes of closely divided battleground states, such as Ohio and Florida, under the state-by-state winner-take-all methods. The big cities in those battleground states do not receive all the attention, much less control the outcome. Cleveland and Miami do not receive all the attention or control the outcome in Ohio and Florida.
The itineraries of presidential candidates in battleground states (and their allocation of other campaign resources in battleground states) reflect the political reality that every gubernatorial or senatorial candidate knows. When and where every vote is equal, a campaign must be run everywhere.
When every vote is equal, everywhere, it makes sense to try and elevate your share where you aren't so well liked. But, under the state-by-state winner-take-all laws, it makes no sense for a Democrat to try and do that in Texas, or for a Republican to try it in California.
Even in California state-wide elections, candidates for governor or U.S. Senate don't campaign just in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and those places don't control the outcome (otherwise California wouldn't have recently had Republican governors Reagan, Dukemejian, Wilson, and Schwarzenegger). A vote in rural Alpine county is just an important as a vote in Los Angeles. If Los Angeles cannot control statewide elections in California, it can hardly control a nationwide election.
In fact, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland together cannot control a statewide election in California.
Similarly, Republicans dominate Texas politics without carrying big cities such as Dallas and Houston.
There are numerous other examples of Republicans who won races for governor and U.S. Senator in other states that have big cities (e.g., New York, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts) without ever carrying the big cities of their respective states.
The National Popular Vote bill would not change the need for candidates to build a winning coalition across demographics. Candidates would have to appeal to a broad range of demographics, and perhaps even more so, because the election wouldn't be capable of coming down to just one demographic, such as voters in Ohio.
All the previous commenters are wrong in their thinking, especially reporting that Obama is a dictator. Racism is alive and well on the Peninsula.
The electoral college was set up long after the republic was set up by the Wigs, they wanted more control over the way things were done and this worked out best for them. As a result we the people have little to no control over how or who is elected. Just like it was set up long ago, a few old white men have all the power. Kinda like the bible, a few old white men wrote it not that there is any truth to it but it worked for them.
Racism in this case is voting for Obamma BECAUSE he's black. Idiots come in all sizes and colors, and that's the reason I didn't vote for him, and won't vote him.
While all of this discussion is fine and dandy, a true representative republic is not ideal. All that will happen gradually over time is unnecessary friction between states, and eventually the dissolution of the USA entirely in favor of new independent state-countries.
Like it or not, the popular vote is the only legitimate vote. Why have any other vote if the majority can't decide? A republic college tells people from more populated states and urban areas "your vote counts less", and that's a sure fire method to disenfranchise voters. I agree there can be a tyranny of a majority, but that is only evidenced in cases of civil rights and its the duty of our judicial branch to nullify those majorities when they infringe on treating everybody equally.
Alaskans need to realize that only 1 in around 800 Americans or so is Alaskan, and we need to modestly use our vote for an American president with our point of view as a citizen of America, not from a point of view of Alaska vs. the lower 48, nor rural vs. urban. You must use your knowledge, experience, as well as empathy for your fellow American citizens to decide what's best. Imagine what it's like to walk a mile in somebody else's shoes.
What I'm more disturbed about is how the Alaska state government has become essentially a large secretary's desk for big oil. We should be worried about diversifying the state economy beyond the aging oil, mining, and fishing industries ourselves because securing a louder voice in the national government wont do it.
cbeard is right on the money.
A tyranny by the majority is not only problematic when it fails to "treat everyone equally." It's a problem when that uniform treatment is desirable to some, and not to others. What if the majority approves of a luxury tax on personal vehicles? Urban areas that enjoy public transportation might adapt easily, and relish the improved air quality as cars phase out. But rural areas will suffer, because long distances make personal commutes necessary, public transportation is limited, and implementing it typically results in greater fuel expenditures - not to mention that air quality is typically fine in remote areas. Some things just need to be decided at the local or regional level, as appropriate. Sometimes it doesn't matter what 51% of people want. Let those 51% implement their ideas in their localities and let the other 49% make their own local laws to suit themselves. Pooling all the votes to see who comes out (barely) ahead and letting them control everyone else (equally or not) is a recipe for large minority disappointment and civil unrest. One central political position such as president should not be that important anyway. It should only govern decisions that absolutely have to be made nationally (such as defense and printing currency). Randomly choosing social issues (like health care) and telling every citizen how they must handle it (buy private health insurance) is an abuse of centralized power. Smaller, localized government, promoted through the electoral college, better preserves individual freedoms - far more valuable than the popular whims of a simple majority.
The Electoral College does not promote smaller, localized government or guard against abuse of centralized power.
The Electoral College is now the set of dedicated party activists who vote as rubberstamps for presidential candidates. In the current presidential election system, 48 states award all of their electors to the winners of their state. That's not what the Founding Fathers intended.
The National Popular Vote bill would end the disproportionate attention and influence of the "mob" in the current handful of closely divided battleground states, such as Florida, while the "mobs" of the vast majority of states are ignored. 98% of the 2008 campaign events involving a presidential or vice-presidential candidate occurred in just 15 closely divided "battleground" states. 12 of the 13 lowest population states (3-4 electoral votes), that are non-competitive are ignored, in presidential elections. 9 of the original 13 states are considered "fly-over" now. Over half (57%) of the events were in just four states (Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia). Similarly, 98% of ad spending took place in these 15 "battleground" states. Alaska is ignored.
Talk about a recipe for civil unrest . . .
Since World War II, a shift of only a few thousand votes in one or two states would have elected the second-place candidate in 4 of the 13 presidential elections. Near misses are now frequently common. There have been 6 consecutive non-landslide presidential elections. A shift of 60,000 voters in Ohio in 2004 would have defeated President Bush despite his nationwide lead of over 3 Million votes. Just in the last couple of days, I've seen various predictions that 2 the GOP candidates vying for the nomination and President Obama this year could each win the electoral vote, but not win the most popular votes.
National Popular Vote would give a voice to the minority party voters in each state. Now their votes are counted only for the candidate they did not vote for. Now they don't matter to their candidate.
And now votes, beyond the one needed to get the most votes in the state, for winning candidates in a state are wasted and don't matter to candidates. Utah (5 electoral votes) alone generated a margin of 385,000 "wasted" votes for Bush in 2004. 8 small western states, with less than a third of California's population, provided Bush with a bigger margin (1,283,076) than California provided Kerry (1,235,659).
With National Popular Vote, every vote, everywhere would be counted equally for, and directly assist, the candidate for whom it was cast.
Most Americans want to know, that even if they were on the losing side, their vote actually was directly and equally counted and mattered to their candidate. Most Americans think it's wrong for the candidate with the most popular votes to lose. We don't allow this in any other election in our representative republic.
I just love it when liberals try to debate. Call the other guy wrong, but don't tell anyone why he's wrong. Then follow that up by calling him names (e.g. "racist"). Brilliant debate strategy, oldwolf. But just keep on voting for your politicians based on skin color (i.e. "racism"). The rest of us will actually look at the person's capabilities. Based only on ability, Obama is a terrible leader. Those of us who see that also happen to be the segment of the population (or right-wingers, as you like to call us), who are truly color blind to race. Heck, if it wasn't for us Republicans, the Democrats would still be practicing slavery and the women would be confined to the kitchen with no voting rights.
Folks need to actually look at how the college of electors works before making these erroneous claims that a popular vote would be better for Alaska. Quite the opposite. Under the current system, Alaska holds the 3rd highest state influence (measured per capita) in the entire country. Under a national popular vote, our influence would drop to 49th amongst all the states and DC. We would instantly become insignificant to the nation and be subjected to even further centralized federal control.
The reason that the USA is set up with a Senate that treats each state equally, regardless of population, is to avoid the serious pitfalls of a populist system. The individual states are intended to be the more powerful governments, where they can handle the governing needs of their people much better than a huge centralized government. The federal government is intended to be the weakest layer in our entire society. The one glaring error in our current national political system is the lack of a term limits clause within Congress. That has led to considerable corruption and abuse of power, which has shifted the power to the central government over the years. But that's a whole 'nother topic.
In political reality, Alaska and its voters have NO influence. Zip. Nada. Nil. Alaska IS insignificant to the nation in presidential elections, and beyond. So are 3/4ths of the states and voters. 85 million voters, 200 million Americans.
The current state-by-state winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes (not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, but since enacted by 48 states), ensures that the candidates, after the primaries, will not reach out to about 76% of the states and their voters. Candidates have no reason to poll, visit, advertise, organize, campaign, or care about the voter concerns in the dozens of states where they are safely ahead or hopelessly behind.
Presidential candidates concentrate their attention on only the current handful of closely divided "battleground" states and their voters. There is no incentive for them to bother to care about the majority of states where they are hopelessly behind or safely ahead to win. 9 of the original 13 states are considered "fly-over" now. In the 2012 election, pundits and campaign operatives agree already, that, at most, only 12 states and their voters will matter. They will decide the election. None of the 10 most rural states will matter, as usual. About 76% of the country will be ignored --including 19 of the 22 lowest population and medium-small states, and 17 medium and big states like CA, GA, NY, and TX. This will be more obscene than the 2008 campaign, when candidates concentrated over 2/3rds of their campaign events and ad money in just 6 states, and 98% in just 15 states (CO, FL, IN, IA, MI, MN, MO, NV, NH, NM, NC, OH, PA, VA, and WI). Over half (57%) of the events were in just 4 states (OH, FL, PA, and VA). In 2004, candidates concentrated over 2/3rds of their money and campaign visits in 5 states; over 80% in 9 states; and over 99% of their money in 16 states.
More than 2/3rds of the states, like Alaska, and people have been merely spectators to presidential elections. They have no influence. That's more than 85 million voters ignored. When and where voters are ignored, then so are the issues they care about most.
Policies important to the citizens of 'flyover' states, like Alaska, are not as highly prioritized as policies important to 'battleground' states when it comes to governing.
The number and population of battleground states is shrinking as the U.S. population grows.
I think the country could benefit from a popular voting system. As an Alaskan I live in a state so partisan it would probably elect the cast of Jersey Shore if it had an "R" next to its name. With the state guaranteed to hand its electoral votes to the Republican candidate each election, I have no voice should I choose to go another way and no incentive to vote. The Republican majority might not have a problem with that, but if you want an example of "tyranny of the majority," here you go.
I'd rather keep my equal share of voice and stop giving all the power to the swing states.
A survey of Alaska voters conducted on January 27-28, 2010 showed 70% overall support for the idea that the President of the United States should be the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states.
Voters were asked "How do you think we should elect the President: Should it be the candidate who gets the most votes in all 50 states, or the current electoral college system?"
By political affiliation, support for a national popular vote was 66% among Republicans, 78% among Democrats, 70% among Nonpartisan voters, 82% among Alaska Independent Party voters, and 69% among others.
By gender, support was 78% among women and 60% among men.
By age, support was 68% among 18-29 year olds, 70% among 30-45 year olds, 70% among 46-65 year olds, and 70% for those older than 65.
In Gallup polls since 1944, only about 20% of the public has supported the current system of awarding all of a state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each separate state (with about 70% opposed and about 10% undecided). Support for a national popular vote is strong among Republicans, Democrats, and Independent voters, as well as every demographic group in virtually every state surveyed in recent polls in closely divided Battleground states: CO – 68%, FL – 78%, IA 75%, MI – 73%, MO – 70%, NH – 69%, NV – 72%, NM– 76%, NC – 74%, OH – 70%, PA – 78%, VA – 74%, and WI – 71%; in Small states (3 to 5 electoral votes): AK – 70%, DC – 76%, DE – 75%, ID – 77%, ME – 77%, MT – 72%, NE 74%, NH – 69%, NV – 72%, NM – 76%, OK – 81%, RI – 74%, SD – 71%, UT – 70%, VT – 75%, WV – 81%, and WY – 69%; in Southern and Border states: AR – 80%,, KY- 80%, MS – 77%, MO – 70%, NC – 74%, OK – 81%, SC – 71%, TN – 83%, VA – 74%, and WV – 81%; and in other states polled: CA – 70%, CT – 74%, MA – 73%, MN – 75%, NY – 79%, OR – 76%, and WA – 77%. Americans believe that the candidate who receives the most votes should win.
The bill has passed 31 state legislative chambers in 21 small, medium-small, medium, and large states. The bill has been enacted by 9 jurisdictions possessing 132 electoral votes - 49% of the 270 necessary to bring the law into effect.
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If a Black person dislikes the Obamanation of Desolation are they Racist?
Probably are according to some on the Peninsula. What about a white or red or yellow or brown person that dislikes others of their same MIX of color, are they racists?
My wife & her family dislike some Mexicans, so i guess they are racists Mexicans according to some that use that term as a FEAR factor to control, not because it's true.
Make no mistake folks OUR Prez. 7% black, 43% arab & 50% white(also Jewish, from the tribes of Dan & Judah) that he is, hates every last one of us Americans, black, red, brown yellow or white & wants to RE-ENSLAVE us ALL under his OWO, period.
If one would take time to view the histories of nations they would see that all eventually return to their roots from a Total distruction or redo of Govt. and that usually takes about 200 yrs, we are at 234 now and what do we see coming?
Thats right slavery & dependance on some special entity or OWO to provide every thing for us, that is if we obey Da Rues.
Any of ya ever read about our founders how they were statesmen that served for one term, then went back to their family & jobs they had before serving those single terms?
We have politicians now that only look towards the next election & fill us all with a long line of BS in order to get elected & relected, with not a single bit of desire to really come thru on promises made, and how can they with the MONEYOPLY thats going on in Big Govt.?
If ya really want to serve, give the Hundreds of Millions used to get elected to the People that ya are BS'n, what kind of a Nut case spends all those millions for a few hundred thousand a year unless there is some hidden reason?
What kind of Nut cases keep relecting them, is a far better question?
Lets make a New Rule, one term in office & ya can't ever run for any other office in Govt. & ya don't get eternal health & retirement benifits, sound good?
Then we would see just how many really want to serve the PEOPLE, not self.
Oh Jerry.........
Come on oldwolf49, you know what i say is true.
I have come to realize that my American white Irish, American Indian & American African mix makes me a Racist when i disagree with others of like Bloods, something that i never realized before.
This may be why my white & black bloods seem to disagree with OUR Prez. & thats why my white blood makes me disagree with Bush, Clinton & especially Jimmy the peanut Carter, all white boys, and Cousins to Obama as well.
But i'm a Racist, no matter what color i disagree with.
I just emailed my son about a Peter Sellers Pink Panther film fest that i was watching & laughing at last weekend, remembering how we use to laugh together at the slapstick sillyness of it all.
Jake said that he also loves Blazzing Saddles, as i do & was told by a black soldier that it was a racist movie, to which Jake replied, your right it is racist, if one is white.
The boy is smart & can see through all the BS in regard to supposed racism played by many in this strip poker game of TAKE IT ALL, FROM ALL PEOPLE, played by the OWO advocates, can any of you?
Funny how people use things like race to try & inflict fear & reproach on others when there is actually no racism what so ever involved, all for a type of control on people that stupid enough to allow it.
I still think that ONE term is all servants of the People should get, and that should be by majority vote elections.
Throw out those college things, because they tend to not be as smart as they use to be, especially with all the Foriegn money thats now in control of OUR colleges, all teaching a New Hope & Fundamental Change to Believe in, which is ment to replace OUR old hopes & fundamentals.
Jerry, blood is red, regardless of skin color. Not sure what this has to do about the electoral college? At any rate, those who point fingers and claim "racism" need to realize that they have 3 fingers pointing back at themselves. Most of us don't have the slightest regard for skin color. We size up a person based on their work ethic, actions and integrity.
The fact is, a conservative wants each and every individual to succeed (or fail) on their own accord. It's the decisions you make in life that determine your destiny. We care nothing about where you're from or what color you are. We are all individuals with a vested interest in our own success. Freedom. Opportunity. Self improvement.
On the other side, a liberal divides us all into groups based on what color you are, where you live, how much money you make, how fat you are, what your gender is, and a myraid of other personal life choices. Then they maintain control over the people by keeping each of these groups of people fighting against the other groups by pointing out what one group has that another group does not. They use deception and hate to ensure the "lower class" (defined by them) is fighting against the "upper class" (also defined by them). It is a population control tactic that they have used quite effectively all the way back to the days when they owned slaves.
Back to the OP... no matter how much you try to BS us with fields of percentage signs and false "statistics", the point is very simple; the college of electors is a state's rights issue. It helps to level the national playing field. The one point I do agree with is the use of the "all or nothing" method of distribution is flawed. We are to the point in population centers (such as Los Angeles and New York City) where a single city decides the electorate for the whole state. That is populist "mob rule" mentality.
The absolute last thing you want to put in the hands of a centralized government is the power to determine the ruler of the people based on the individual votes of over 300 million people. This would turn our national election into an impossible myriad of corruption and ensure a downfall from republic towards empire. If you don't believe me, please go look at all the other large countries that have national populist elections (e.g. Russia, Iran, etc).
Man, good thing we have the Electoral College, then. I'd hate to have a corrupt electoral system.
The electoral college is not going to go away it but it should be changed . In Alaska say,we have 3 votes in the college.If 65% of the people vote Republican. And 35% vote Democrat then one of the 3 votes should go to the Democrat candidate.Some other states have done this and it is much more representative.
If the electoral college system goes away then all you will see is fancy TV commercials of each candidate making outrageous promises like to triple all welfare payments, give full citizenship to everyone already here by such and such date and forgive all student loans and past due house payments. Then the majority of the idiots would run out to vote for him never once thinking just where the money is going to come from. They only completely fair system is a representative vote where you rank your choices and the lowest totals are discarded and their 2nd choice is added in. This goes on until someone wins over 50% so everyone doesn't fear voting for someone who doesn't have a chance of winning!
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One only needs to look at where the majority of the U.S. population lives and realize that heartland of America would never be able to help elect a president.
I used to think it should be by popular vote until I started looking at the electoral map and how each state ususally votes. Those states like California, Washington, Oregon, and nearly the entire northern east coast would run the country with their libral views. Our forefathers were wise to have chosen this system.
If i was a gambler i would bet that we never see a 2012 Free election, this all due to the OBAMANATION OF DESOLATIONS Dream act . An act to bring about his Fundamental change to believe after a world wide economic crash leading to a OWO.
This new hope & fundamental change in which he wants us to believe in is actually a hopeless hope & departure from OUR OLD Fundamentals & beliefs, not a good thing this Ones Dream.
I really don't see either system being of any value to voters in this coming election, if we can even make it to then as a soverign nation.
I hope i'm wrong, but i don't think so and if others were honest they too would see, and admit that we are about to crash and its not looking good for anyone on earth.
I think the founding fathers had a fairly decent grip on the thoughts behind the electoral college. The Federalist (Papers); Essay #68 by Alexander Hamilton ("Publius") explains the thought process behind the electoral college. Rarely does the electorate of the state go against the popular vote of that state. The population of the state dictates the number of electoral votes just as it dictates representation in Washington.
The Federalist Papers hold a great deal of insight into the ideas and principals behind our form of government and elections. A good read for any American. The authors, Alexander Hamilton (First Secretary of the United States Treasury), James Madison (fourth President of the United States and chief author of the US Constitution) and John Jay (first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court), had a pretty good idea of what a populist government would result in.
John Quincy Adams or George W. Bush would have never held office had it been a popular vote that decided the office.
It is of some dispute if Aaron Burr would have beaten Thomas Jefferson had popular vote been taken instead of electoral college.
This method of election is what fair representation is made of.
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If Republicans want their political opponents to promise them something, the only promise we should make is this -- the Republican Party won't be rendered completely irrelevant until after the 2014 midterms. Deal?
One of the most troubling aspects of the current tax debate has been that policymakers have almost completely ignored the about-to-expire payroll tax cut. Not any more.
Promising the middle class -- and a good swath of the upper middle class -- that their taxes will never go up is politically cowardly, economically irresponsible, and a betrayal of the progressive belief in government.
I realize that all of the "wise men" of Washington are clamoring for a bi-partisan solution to fix the nation's deficit. But the plain fact is that the deficit is not a bi-partisan problem.
We should stop taking the flawed arguments of the rich seriously, and call it out for what it is. Greed.
Published in today's New York Times, the article by Binyamin Appelbaum and Robert Gebeloff establishes a powerful context for Democratic arguments that taxes on the wealthiest Americans must rise both for reasons of fairness and in order to sustain government.
Rarely has any tax cut in history shoveled more money to wealthy households than the 2003 tax cut for both dividends and capital gains.
In the hallucinogenic haze that is today's far right, apparently it's "radical" to promote ideas and policies supported by most American voters -- including, in many cases, most Republicans.
If there's one thing that unites conservative politicians, it's the economic value to all of society of tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the wealthy, such as those passed in 2001 and 2003 under President George W. Bush.
Despite the constant drumbeat of scary cliff talk, there is no such thing as a "fiscal cliff."
There's going to be pain all around in whatever deal is struck. Most Americans are going to be directly impacted in one way or another by whatever bargain is made between President Obama and congressional Republicans.
I'm sick of all the palaver about Obama's so-called gifts to poor and middle-class voters. Republicans are free marketeers. Romney was virtually breastfed on Adam Smith. These people are supposed to understand capitalism. Didn't they ever hear of the invisible hand?
There is a relatively simple proposal that the president make that could raise more money than the nominal rate increase he wants, be progressive in its impact, and produce a more equitable and widely understood tax system.
Allowing the nation to go over the fiscal cliff for a very short period of time will provide all the legitimate political benefits of such a policy dive -- with few to none of the menacing losses that are looming at the bottom. We can readily fly off the cliff on January 1st and be back on the top by January 2nd, 2013.
Every major event in the last decade has exposed Pax Republicana as a crumbling empire based on false ideologies, none more dangerous than believing in the Tax Fairy that magically grows the economy and fills the treasury when Congress cuts taxes on the wealthy.
President Obama has available a "plan B" that will save the middle class and, in the process, devastate the Republicans.


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Rosa Alice (Gregg) Roberts (1871-1949); Mrs. John Roberts, daughter of Daniel Gregg and Susan Rush
Rosa Alice (Gregg) Roberts (1871-1949), wife of John Roberts, daughter of Daniel Gregg and Susan Rush
Goldie Hettie (Roberts) King (1892-1972)
Solomon Alvin Cowell and second wife Flora Belle (Seaton) Cowell
Margaret (Owens) Keener, wife of David Lindsey Keener, mother of Haddie Luella (Keener) Cowell.
Herbert Allen Cowell, son of Dennis Floyd Cowell and Haddie Luella Keener.
Herbert Allern Cowell, son of Dennis Floyd Cowell and Haddie Luella Keener
Children of Dennis Floyd Cowell and wife Haddie Luella (Keener) Cowell; Mary is 2nd from right.
Children of Dennis Floyd Cowell and wife Haddie Luella (Keener) Cowell
Rogersville, Center Twp, Greene, Pennsylvania, 1911
Back row at left: Rosa Alice (Gregg) Roberts, at right is John Roberts; Front left to right: Leslie Crawford Roberts, Sherman Russell Roberts, Arthur Oscar Roberts
Sherman Russell Roberts (1891-1962), husband of Hester Lily Day King, son of John Roberts & Rosa Alice Gregg.
High Street (looking west), Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania
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Joseph Benson Wildman (1875-1931), husband of Alice Rebecca Taylor, son of John C. Wildman and Catherine Tustin.
Mary Alene (Cowell) Roberts, daughter of Dennis Floyd Cowell and Haddie Luella Keener.
Ethel "Irene" (Roberts) Jamison (1918-2002)
Aldine King, daughter of Samuel Leasure King and Goldie Hettie Roberts.
Back right: Mary Ethel (King) Efaw, Ora Chaterine (King) (Robinson) Toothman. Front left to right: Mable (King) Murphy, Dorothy Blanche (King) Everhart, Eli King, Hester Lily Day "Hettie" (King) Roberts, Jesse James King.
Sherman Russell Roberts (1891-1962)
Roberts and Gregg Families
Samuel Leasure King with wife Goldie Hettie (Roberts) King and daughter Aldine King.
Goldie Hettie (Roberts) King (1892-1972), wife of Samuel Leasure King, daughter of John Roberts and Rosa Alice Gregg.
Roy Laird Roberts and sister Ethel Irene (Roberts) Jamison, children of Sherman Russell Roberts and Hester Lily Day King.
Sherman "Russell" Roberts (1891-1962)
Mabel (King) Murphy, daughter of Jacob King and Sarah Permelia Glover
Left to right: Verneda Toothman, Thelma Toothman, Virginia Toothman, Virgil Toothman, children of Ora Ray Toothman and Lenore Robinson.
Mertie Ethel (Roberts) Tilton, daughter of John Roberts and Rosa Alice Gregg.
Thomas Lafayette Robinson (1883-1921) and wife Ora Catherine (King) Robinson Toothman (1883-1952), with daughter Lenore (Robinson) Toothman.
Left to right: Jack Roberts and Samuel Roberts, sons of Arthur Oscar Roberts.
Dorothy Blanche (King) Everhart, and son John Everhart.
Daniel Sherman Gregg (1875-1903), son of Daniel Gregg and Susan Rush.
Left to right: Emma (Elms) Bland, Hester Lily Day (King) Roberts, Sherman "Russell" Roberts.
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Hester Lily Day King (1895-1985), wife of Sherman Russell Roberts, daughter of Jacob King and Sarah Permelia Glover.
William Edward Bland and wife Emma (Elms) Bland on their wedding day.
Oren Efaw, son of Mary Ethel (King) Efaw.
Pearl (Toothman ) Gooch, wife of Walter Gooch, daughter of Amos Earl "Pete" Toothman, stepdaughter of Ora Catherine (King) Robinson Toothman.
Eli King, son of Jacob King and Sarah Permalia Glover.
John Roberts (1859-1930)
Eli King, son of Jacob King and Sarah Permelia Glover.
King & Toothman families
Dennis Floyd Cowell (1887-1946) and wife Haddie Luella Keener (1886-1945)
High Street looking east, Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania
High Street looking east in Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania
Solomon Alvin Cowell and first wife Sarah Jane (Fox) Cowell.
Dennis Floyd Cowell (1887-1946) and wife Haddie Luella (Keener) Cowell (1886-1945), parents of Mary Alene Cowell (Mrs. Boyd Roberts) (1923-2009).
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Super Bowl 47 will be the first to feature sibling coaches but come Sunday the spotlight will be shining on Baltimore's rock-solid defence or San Francisco's explosive offence.
The National Football League's championship spectacular is a classic matchup of the Ray Lewis-led Ravens defence and the San Francisco air and running attack keyed by versatile second-year quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
"The guys want the game to come so quickly," said veteran linebacker Lewis. "We just have to taper back all of our energies, all of our emotions ... and just enjoy the ride at the same time."
It is the first time two brothers -- John Harbaugh of the Ravens and Jim Harbaugh of the 49ers -- have coached against each other in an NFL title game.
The first Super Bowl in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 -- the 10th in the Big Easy overall -- will also mark Lewis' last hurrah after a 17-year career.
The Ravens look like this year's team of destiny, but San Francisco have history on their side with a perfect 5-0 Super Bowl record.
Lewis, who will retire after Sunday's game, will lead the way for his Ravens at the Superdome stadium, just blocks from New Orleans' famed Bourbon Street.
The 49ers are returning to the Super Bowl for the first time in 18 years to face a Ravens team aiming to add a second title to the one they captured in 2001.
"It is crazy man," said 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis. "I've never been a super-emotional guy when it comes to making a play or winning a game. But right now we are here at the Super Bowl.
"I really don't think it is going to hit me until the night before. I think that is when my nerves start moving and it is hard to sleep. I'm like 'OK, it's coming.'"
Willis' NFC champion 49ers weren't ready for prime time last year, missing out on a Super Bowl berth with a loss to the New York Giants in the conference championship game. But they are now and won't want to slip up after winning all five Super Bowls they have contested in 1982, 1985, 1989, 1990 and 1995.
The Ravens won their only previous Super Bowl, by routing the Giants 34-7.
Both the 49ers and the Ravens have had to weather adversity this season.
The difficulties didn't let up this week either with the 49ers having to quell controversy caused by anti-gay remarks from their cornerback Chris Culliver and Lewis having to defend himself against a report that linked him to a deer antler spray that contains a substance banned by the NFL.
Former Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Lewis will be looking for a big impact in his final game, hoping to ride off into the sunset with a second Super Bowl ring.
Then there's the Harbaugh Bowl, with San Francisco's Jim going up against his older brother John.
John, who is 15 months older, and Jim have 34 combined seasons in the NFL, including Jim's 15-year career as a quarterback.
Asked how hard it will be to face his brother, John said: "It is probably a little tougher emotionally. I don't think about it when you're coaching against somebody else.
"There's a little bit of a relationship element that's more strong. I will have a better answer for you after the game."
The Ravens won the most recent matchup between the two teams 16-6 in November of 2011. That was the first coaching clash between the Harbaughs.
But there is more on the line this time with the winners collecting $88,000 dollars in prize money per player while the losers earn $42,000 each.
Super Bowl week always comes with plenty of hype and this year is no exception.
Television commercials cost a record $4 million for a 30-second spot. Beyonce will headline the halftime show and Alicia Keys will sing the National anthem.


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The rhythm games section of "That One Boss" is an embarrassment. This section is basically weighed down by enormous amounts of natter mostly consisting of "that's not the one boss, THIS is the one boss". I'll go through all of it in the future but I remind people that "That One Boss" is NOT the final boss, nor is it a bonus boss. It is a boss that was not intended to be insanely hard by the developers, but for the sake of argument, actually is. TL;DR - there are too many examples here and 90% of them all need to be removed. End of story.
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I belive that fairly often the song is intended to be that hard, in rhythm games. there's no such thing as a song that ended up much harder than intended. It was charted, discovered to be difficult, and left the way it was. What makes a song truly that one boss is a) massive difficulty spike compared to everything before it b) remains hard even after you've beaten it. If your reaction after beating a song is "dear gods, i never want to play it again" then probably belongs on this page. As the intro says, the usual standards don't always apply here because of the flexibility in selecting songs given.
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I question the validity of calling a song in rhythm games a "boss" to begin with. Wouldn't the examples fit better in That One Level?
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Re: Bodhisattva's BRE (and BRE's in general): They chart the entire song before anyone even considers putting in a Big Rock Ending. This means that they chart it as appropriate for the players. Cherub Rock serves as a good second example, as the BRE is considered completely unnecessary by a lot of the players. Underneath that BRE is an otherwise identical figure when compared to the intro passages. And the animation is not dictated by the charts. Looking at Foreplay's drum chart and the corresponding animation, you'll see a LOT more crash hits than are charted (especially look at the end of Foreplay). This Calling's chart also has an anomaly: during the first cymbal run of the quiet part, the drummer's animation suggests a green-blue cymbal run (two cymbals are used), but the actual run is a green-only cymbal run. Hard to Handle (or was it Gimme Three Steps? not sure) on Vocals actually has a phrase during the BRE, and the game judges it as if it was not a BRE (it is the ONLY song in the game that has this, and it's probably a bug)
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I am putting a ceramic tile floor down in our bathroom. I will be installing cement tileboard before I put down the tile. Some say thinset should go under this board and others say it is not necessary. The subfloor is a solid, level plywood floor that was under wall-to-wall carpet.
JD from Centerville, OH
I can't imagine why you would put thinset under the tile board. You can, if you wish, use construction adhesive (caulking-tube type) to give it a more secure hold onto the plywood. Though thinset is an adhesive, its adhesion to plywood is questionable, witnessed by me literally hundreds of times in loose tiles and sometimes entirely loose floors! Plywood's absorbency can cause thinset to dry too quickly.
In all honesty, if your floor is strong and solid, you can do away with the tileboard (which is difficult to work with) and use 1/2" plywood instead, screwed and glued to the old floor. The rule of thumb is 1 1/4" of solid floor under tile. Thus a 3/4" subfloor with a 1/2" AC plywood (not lauan because mastic doesn't always take to it) over it is plenty strong. Of course, the seams between the new floor must be staggered over the old seams.
Instead of using thinset, I recommend using either a mastic or Laticrete "Quick Trowel," which is a pre-mixed, sand-fortified mastic that is so much like thinset it fools people!
As you can gather, I am not a fan of thinset for do-it-yourselfers. It's too easy to mix it incorrectly or let it get too old in the bucket. Even the pros mess up with thinset, which can literally turn back to sand if not used properly! It is almost impossible to mess up a tile job with premixed adhesive.
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Translation: dried zucchini chips, from the home kitchen of Ciao Italia chef Mary Ann Esposito. "This recipe was hatched from desperation when my zucchini plants -- which seemed to have nine lives (and then some) -- conquered my garden," she explains. "Dried zucchini chips are a great way to use up that army of green, and they make the best healthful snacks. Pick your zucchini when they're about 6 inches long. Take care to dry the slices well, until they're as crisp as potato chips, so they won't mold."
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- 2 small zucchini, washed, dried, and thinly sliced (1/8-inch-thick rounds)
- 2 tablespoons dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon kosher or sea salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cayenne pepper (optional)
Heat oven to 175 degrees. Lay zucchini in single layers on wire racks set on baking sheets. Bake, turning once or twice, 12 to 18 hours or until crisp. (After 12 hours, check every other hour for doneness.) Or place slices in a dehydrator and dry according to the manufacturer's directions. When they're done, remove them to a bowl and set aside. In a separate small bowl, combine oregano, salt, and cayenne, if desired. Add spice mix to chips and toss gently. Let cool to room temperature. Place in glass jars and add any leftover spice mix. Cap the jars and store in a cool, dark place, up to several months.
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Kid Rock's sexual creed
Creed frontman Scott Stapp and Kid Rock had a private sex tape leaked out to the public this past week. The tape, which was made when both rockers toured together, features the two receiving oral sex from several groupies on a tour bus. The tape is going to be released by Red Light, the same company that bought the rights to the mother of all celeb sex videos, Paris Hilton and Rick Salomon.
Adam's take: I used to think the rock 'n roll lifestyle was glamorous. Now that I know that it includes filming some other guy's junk, I'm sort of glad that I never learned how to play any songs besides "Mr. Jones" on my guitar. I can't see much demand for this tape (kind of like Scott Stapp's latest solo album).
Peter's take: Well, if I'm Scott Stapp and I'm looking for a little fun, isn't being around Kid Rock the perfect solution? Even Screech or Ben from Growing Pains could pull a little tail with Kid Rock as their wingman. Stapp might have sang "With Arms Wide Open," but all along it was legs on his mind.
Water Cooler Topic #4:
Barry's befuddled banter
Barry Bonds played quite a game of cat and mouse with the media last week. During an interview with USA Today, Bonds hinted at retirement at the end of the 2006 season. Then, while speaking with Mlb.com, Bonds said he would play until he no longer physically could. All while showing up a day late for spring training.
Adam's take: I think we all know what these public relations stunts are all about. Barry Bonds needs to cover his tracks just in case his new steroids don't work, that way he can say he told us he was going to retire and then just walk away from the game. Bonds' home run total is about as real as Pamela Anderson's rack, which also continues to defy human logic (much like Barry's ever-growing head). Between Bonds, Bode Miller, Rick Tocchet, and Ricky Williams, pro sports are as wholesome as ever.
Peter's take: Barry Bonds is truly an enigma. He seems to get more pleasure messing around and destroying the psyches of beat writers and Internet columnists than stepping on the field. Seriously though, what more does Bonds have to prove? He's got more MVPs than A-Rod, Pujols and Jeter combined, has a place in Cooperstown all locked up, and now has an ESPN reality show coming out. Messing with the media is what the guy enjoys. He says, "Jump," they say, "How high?"
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Durable aluminum labels on the cheap.
Positive response to the review of my antique Tapewriter label embosser got me thinking about lower-cost ways to make embossed aluminum labels. A comment from reader Rick Hyde ("Actually, the aluminum is so ductile that I bet any Dymo machine can emboss it.") led me to wonder about feeding thin aluminum strip to one of the inexpensive "grocery store" label makers designed for plastic tape, and when I began looking for accessible sources of thin aluminum sheet metal my first thought was to use soda cans.
Experiment proved that yes, soda can metal embosses well enough in a plastic-tape embosser, but there were three problems:
The first two problems were solved by using a spiral cutting template designed in software, printed onto an adhesive-backed label, and wrapped around the can before cutting. The template guidelines make it easy to cut a strip of uniform width, and the adhesive paper, if left in place during the embossing operation, brings the thickness up to 0.009″ and eliminates feeding problems.
Finally, the burr-raising problem was solved by using nibbling shears, instead of scissors, to make the cut. A small burr is still produced, but it is easily smoothed by "stropping" the cut strip against a leather strap.
I should note, finally, that the aluminum embossing tape manufactured by Dymo for its "industrial" label makers can also be embossed, with good legibility, by one of their plastic-tape embossers. As far as I can tell, however, that tape is only manufactured in 1/2" width, and would have to be cut down to use in the 3/8" and 1/4" "grocery store" embossers.


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