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Purchasing a new car in 2020 - the scenario: the showroom dealer, in addition to exhibiting BMW's latest shiny new models, also sets up a stand with small, colourful seed packets. The packets, however, do not have pictures of exotic plants printed on them but instead car models. The customer chooses a car, pays for it, and is then handed over his dream car in a seed packet. He scatters the seed in his garden and waits, and at some point, just like a flower, his dream car sprouts up from the earth. Atom by atom, molecule by molecule.
What today seems like science fiction could tomorrow be reality. This is because there is no reason why objects cannot be created on an atom by atom basis, the proof for this being provided as far back as 1959 by American physicist and Nobel prize winner, Richard Feynman. In 1986 US researcher Eric Drexler too prophesied that: "In the future programmable molecular-sized robots will be able to grab hold of individual atoms and place them at the exact location where we want them to be. We will be able to replicate each new object atom by atom, be it a strawberry or a car." Just one year later the first step in this direction was taken when the decisive tool for conquering the atomic world was discovered. Since then scientists have been able to precisely design and mix the building blocks of the universe. Also possible now is the construction of artificial molecules which can be used as minute machines - almost exactly as Drexler prophesied.
Drexler and Feynman are considered the intellectual fathers of nanotechnology. To some extent it is a dwarf science, as "nanos" in Greek means "dwarf", and a nanometre in physics corresponds to one billionth of a metre or one millionth of a millimetre.
The number of uses that can be made of nanotechnology in the car industry is enormous. Take, for example, scratch-free windscreens: If one mixes silane, large molecules made of silicon, metal and alcohol groups, with water, these convert into silanols, which in turn develop into blobs several nanometres in size. Chemically elongated molecules can be attached to these, the ends of which contain the chemical element, fluoride, familiar because of its use in toothpaste. If one removes the water from this mix, referred to as "sol", the blobs form an unbroken network.
"In this way a viscous gel is created", explains BMW's nano-expert, Dr. Michael Nikolaides. If this gel is then applied to vehicle surfaces, the molecules with their fluoride heads behave on the open surfaces in accordance with the laws of thermodynamics. "It is this layer of fluoride ends that makes it hydrophobic - like in the case of a Teflon frying pan", explains the nano-expert. The characteristics of these coatings offer considerable advantages: The coating is transparent and can be applied as clear lacquer over the paint on the vehicle body. Furthermore it can be water-resistant, so that dirty water does not dry into a layer of dirt on it. This lotus flower effect, also called "easy-clean", allows water to trickle down more easily and makes it almost impossible for dirt to latch on to paint. The BMW Group is carrying out research into this effect, which is called "hydrophobing". Water, when it comes into contact with the fine nanostructures on the leaf surfaces of the lotus plant, trickles down very easily and takes all the dirt with it. This is also the idea behind special nano paints; graffiti created using such paints can be wiped off as easily as chalk from a blackboard. "One disadvantage of such artificial coatings up until now has been their lack of permanence, as artificial coatings, in contrast to plants, do not grow again", explains Nikolaides. Using nanotechnology the paint on a vehicle could even be designed as a solar cell, although this has yet to be realised. The electricity generated from such a cell while the vehicle was stationary could be used to recharge the battery or to cool the inside using a heat pump. This is still a long way off, however. Help with air-conditioning is provided in the form of windscreens that incorporate nano-scale components, which, depending on the current applied, increase or decrease the rate of light and thermal radiation. Even today vehicle light is produced using nanotechnology, with the LEDs of high-quality braking lights equipped with nanometre-scale layer systems that convert electricity into light more efficiently. Another plus point: LEDs convert electricity directly into light visible to the human eye, whereas braking lights and light bulbs take a little longer to do this. This difference can represent several metres braking distance. By now the intensity of LEDs is so high that grouped together they can create the dipped beam of front headlights.
Darkening rear-view mirror
Additional uses for gigantic nanoparticles can be found in the area of screen technology. The BMW Group is using this technology in rear-view mirrors, where nanoparticles can cause an electrochemical effect to take place i.e. the darkening of a screen in response to light incidence. Electrochrome glass is made up of laminate composed of several layers, and if one applies a current of just a few volts between the two electrode layers, light-alloy lithium ions will pass through a plastic layer and link up with a metal oxide to form a complex that can absorb light. This is turn results in the screen darkening. If one reverses the polarity of the current, the metal oxide complex dissolves itself again. This process takes several minutes, however. "In just a short period of time we can darken a screen by up to 80 percent", comments a spokesperson at the BMW Group.
Sensors for the analysis of driving conditions
Driving on cold, wet winter days has one disadvantage: ice on the road only becomes noticeable when you start skidding. Glancing at the temperature indicator is also of little use. It would be much better if a car were able to reliably inform the driver each time ice began to form on the road, and this is where sensors that are able to analyse driving conditions come in handy. Small laser sensors designed for this purpose have already been introduced onto the market, but the car industry is in the process of developing even smaller ones. So-called quantum points, i.e. large blobs up to ten nanometres in size and consisting of semi-conductors, can, depending on the energy feed, conduct electricity. If one places millions of them - like jam into a doughnut - into another semi-conductor, they can be tuned to emit ultra pure laser light. This technology could then be used to examine for ice on the road. The principle behind it is the following: The laser light excites water molecules in the ice, which as a result emit radiation, and this in turn is picked up by a detector in the vehicle.
Nano-dwarves as environmental angels
Another possible application for nanotechnology is in the area of fuel cell technology and with respect to efficient pollutant filters. The target in this case is to drastically reduce fuel consumption, pollutant emissions and vehicle wear. One possible first step could be the coating of the inlet valves of catalytic converters. In the case of direct injection petrol engines, burnt fuel re-enters the combustion chamber through these inlet valves, and as a rule, unwanted hydrocarbons then deposit themselves inside the chamber. A catalytic valve coating breaks them up and prevents depositing from taking place. BMW has already introduced onto the market a catalytically coated filter system for diesel cars that is able to function without any need for additional fuel. In the distant future filters could be developed that, with the help of nanopores or forests of carbon nano-tubes, are able to capture pollutants even more efficiently. Adding nano-additives to petrol or cylinder walls could even result in catalytic converters being made redundant altogether. A definite timeframe for the introduction of these technological innovations has yet to be drawn up, however.
The engineers in BMW's materials concepts and simulations department are looking into all the various possible applications of nanotechnology, and in each area one engineer is responsible for keeping an eye on the technology, so that synergies can be used and possible applications discussed. According to Nikolaides there is no doubt whatsoever that the little helpers will facilitate driving in the future. Drivers, however, should dispel themselves of the notion that one day the existence of little nano-robots will result in problem-free driving. "That", says BMW's nanospecialist, "is something firmly in the realm of science fiction."
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I've not made it, but did a little research for you. I did see a recipe with a 1:1 ratio, meaning mix evenly. I also saw one that called for 3/4 cup butter to 1/4 cup honey.
It is the same as if you were salting your food, season to taste.
I am always amazed how much hone I end up adding.


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Popular property highlights
Located in Kaanapali, Aston Maui Kaanapali Villas is within 2 miles (3 km) of sights such as Kaanapali Beach and Whalers Village Museum. This 3-star condo property has 260 guestrooms and offers conveniences like a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center. It's on the beach and also near Whalers Village and Kaanapali Golf Courses.
Entertain your taste buds with bite to eat at the onsite restaurant, or chat with other guests at the free manager's reception.
The 260 condos are individually decorated and have an array of amenities, including balconies, refrigerators, and coffee makers. For entertainment, guests can expect to find cable TV. Other amenities include ceiling fans, hair dryers, and safes.
Aston Maui Kaanapali Villas features an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and spa treatment rooms. The 24-hour front desk has staff standing by to help with dry cleaning or laundry, and answer any questions about the accommodations. Other amenities at this beach condo include coffee/tea in a common area, a library, and free newspapers.
Property features
- Onsite dining
- Outdoor pool
- Fitness center
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Located on a prime section of Kaanapali Beach just north of Black Rock, Aston Maui Kaanapali Villas is one mile from Whalers Village shopping and dining. The Kaanapali Golf Courses are two miles from the property. Lahaina—a historic waterfront town with shops, restaurants, and cultural attractions—is four miles away.
Renovated in 2011, this Lahaina beachfront condo property now includes an airy reception area; a function room which opens onto a courtyard that overlooks a scenic garden; a conference room with a boardroom table, 60-inch HDTV, DVD player, and wireless Internet access. The property can arrange events including weddings, receptions, and cocktail parties.
The on-site Castaway Café, located poolside, features an open-air terrace and a separate indoor/outdoor bar. The menu showcases island cuisine, accompanied by an impressive wine selection.
Conveniences include coin-operated laundry facilities, a sundries store, and an Internet kiosk with three high-speed terminals (surcharge). The casual, wicker-furnished lobby includes a library.
Smoking is permitted only in designated areas.
Children ages 5-12 are welcome at Camp Kaanapali (daily surcharge), located at a companion resort one mile away.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 260
- Number of floors - 2
- ATM/banking
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Designated smoking areas
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Free reception
- Number of buildings/towers - 5
- Spa services on site
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- DVD player
Room Amenities
Aston Maui Kaanapali Villas offers 260 air-conditioned accommodations with DVD players and safes. Rooms open to balconies. Each accommodation is individually decorated. Cable television is provided.
Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and coffee/tea makers. Additionally, rooms include hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- DVD player
- Balcony
- Ceiling fan
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Cable TV service
- Individually decorated
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Daily housekeeping
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Castaway Café - Casual, popular restaurant with open-air terrace and a full, separate indoor/outdoor bar. Poolside, near ocean waves. Sunset views looking toward islands of Molokai and Lanai. Island cuisine, from macadamia pancakes for breakfast to lunchtime salads and fresh fish and pastas for dinner. Award-winning wine list.
Nearby Things to Do
Aston Maui Kaanapali Villas faces a quiet stretch of Kaanapali Beach, where activities include swimming, snorkeling (especially around Black Rock), boogie boarding, and strolling the sandy shores.
On-site recreation includes two swimming pools, two spa tubs, two shuffleboard courts, and three barbeques. A beach activities desk rents kayaks, boogie boards, and other equipment. Whales can sometimes be seen from the property's grounds during winter and early spring.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Scuba diving nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Condo Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 30 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Resort fee: USD 18.00 per accommodation, per night
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- Rollaway bed fee: USD 30 per night
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Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
Camp Kaanapali is offered to children ages 5 – 12. Camp activities include a variety of Hawaiian cultural and outdoor-based activities such as hula dancing, ukulele lessons, beach exploration, lei making, sand art, kite making/flying, swimming, scavenger hunts, games, arts, and crafts. Both day and evening sessions are available. One-time registration fee of $10 per child includes a t-shirt. Daily rate of $35 per child includes meals. Registration must be made 24 hours in advance upon arrival at the resort. Registration is held daily at 8 AM at the Camp Kaanapali Center in room 135. Camp Kaanapali hours are Monday – Friday (with the exception of major holidays), 8 AM – 2 PM. Friday evening sessions are 5 PM – 9 PM and include dinner. Space is limited to 16 participants per session. Children who are ill may not attend.


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20 fresh cherries
50ml brandy
100g butter
½ tin condensed milk
½ cup white chocolate, chopped
375g crushed wine biscuits
150g apricots, chopped
1 cup dessicated coconut plus approximately 1 cup extra for rolling
2 Tbsp lemon juice plus finely grated zest.
Small paper cases
1. Remove the stalks and stones from the cherries. Put into a bowl and pour over the brandy. Stir and leave - this can be done days in advance.
2. Melt the butter then add with the remaining ingredients to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until just combined, then remove. Place some mixture in your palm then put a cherry in the centre and cover. Roll and repeat. Once all done, roll the balls in the extra coconut and refrigerate until firm.


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Just when we thought the South Beach Diet is good enough, now comes a new and improved makeover of the diet plan encapsulated in the book "The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life." The book is created and developed by Dr. Agatston together with exercise psychologist Joseph Signoril, PhD introduces a fitness program to let you work out not longer, but smarter.
It is an expanded version of the plan which offers more ways to eat right, list of supercharge foods, 40 additional nutrient-rich recipes, tips to make healthier choices when eating at a restaurant and a fitness exercise. Together with the original diet plan's three Phases, the eating plan now included a two part fitness program: Interval Walking and the Total Body Workout.
According to Dr. Agatston, the program is designed to "supercharged" metabolism to burn more calories and lose weight fast by a 20 minute-a-day walking. The authors said, "With interval training, the higher the intensity of the exercise, the longer the afterburn; that is, you will continue to burn more fat and calories after you've completed your exercise session," "This means you'll burn more fat and calories while you're going through your daily activities, and even when you're resting."
Though the supercharged is well received by the masses, Timothy Church, director of preventive medicine research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, criticize Agatston claims. According to Church that people really do burn a few more calories when they exercise at a steady pace, but won't burn "far more calories afterward." In addition, the afterburn idea is not really suggested according to recent research and will only last for 15 to 30 minutes. John Jakicic, director of the Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh, somewhat supported Chruch's criticism by testing a portion of Agatston's theory. He concludes that what Agatston's saying isn't wrong, but he's just inflating the impact. He added, "the majorities of are burned when you are doing the exercise."
Dr. Agastton defended his theory and said, they "didn't overstate afterburn. At most, you can nitpick some of what we say." "You are going to be able to get greater caloric output per unit of time with this workout." "Interval training is more efficient, and over time you will burn more calories. That's my point, and I absolutely stick with it."
Here is an overview of the two components of this program.
Interval Walking
Alternating periods of fast and or very fast walking with periods of slower recover walking
Boost metabolism, burn more calories and lose more weight fast
A great workout for the heart and lungs for cardiovascular health
Total Body Workout
A workout designed to target and work on several muscle groups simultaneously
Increases flexibility while toning your muscles and legs
Promotes stability, good posture and coordination.


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On October 16, 1995, the Nation of Islam and its controversial leader, Louis Farrakhan, organized the Million Man March. About 400,000 people, mostly black men and boys, participated in the march. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, poet Maya Angelou and Rosa Parks, the mother of the civil rights movement, made speeches at the march. They spoke about the unfairness still faced by black men in this country. They also urged black men to be leaders in their communities and to work together to improve life for all black Americans. The march was repeated in years that followed, changing its name to the Million Family March and including women.
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From the Western Front to a British Garden – WWI Gun to go on display - Thursday, 28 March 2013
A First World War German gun that sat rusting in a British garden for over 80 years is now being fully restored for Fort Nelson's Great War centenary commemorations next year.
The weapon – a 25cm heavy mine thrower (minenwerfer) – is currently being skilfully worked on in the Royal Armouries Museum workshops at Fort Nelson near Fareham and will take pride of place in an exhibition in 2014.
Manufactured in 1917 and constructed of wood and steel, the gun was brought home by a soldier who served as a Sherwood Forester (Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment) as the guns fell silent on the Western Front.
Royal Armouries' Curator of Artillery Philip Magrath takes up the story: "We were approached by the soldier's daughter back in 2002, and she offered us the gun which her father had brought home as a trophy.
"She remembered playing on it in the garden in their East Midlands home during the 1930s, where it eventually sat for over 80 years, exposed to the elements. We are delighted to have it in the national collection and I recently heard from the soldier's grand-daughter, and she was also pleased it is being restored.
"We don't know much about its service history, unfortunately, but it almost certainly saw action at the Western Front. It was heavily rusted and the wood was powdery in places but it's now being skilfully restored by our technician, Mick Cooper. We can't restore it to full firing order, but it will recapture much of its former glory, visually.
"We are glad to have a German gun as part of our forthcoming exhibition, as it provides context and perspective. It also serves as a poignant reminder of immense human cost suffered by both sides.
"It is fitting that it will go on display at Fort Nelson, as the Victorian building acted as a transit depot and training establishment for soldiers embarking at Portsmouth for France. We have some fine examples of social history, including tales of soldiers who practised trench digging between Fort Nelson and Fort Southwick. They were billeted on our parade ground in huts, similar to the kiosk that currently stands here."
A Royal Armouries' technician for over nine years, Mick Cooper is now restoring and conserving the gun and has stripped it back to the bare metal and wood.
He said, "The biggest challenge was to dis-assemble it without damaging the gun. We don't have an engineering specification, so we've carried out careful research and I've recreated the most badly-damaged sections, particularly the wooden wheel spokes, as precise replicas."
Once restored, the gun will be reassembled and painted, in preparation for the First World War exhibition at the Fort. Other potential highlights include:
- Restoration of a 1918, British 18-pounder quick-firing field gun – manufactured by Vickers Sons & Maxim. This was used as a gate gun at an Aldershot barracks, prior to being added to the Royal Armouries' national collection. It is still in working order, and has been fired at various Fort Nelson events
- Trench Art – Fine examples of embossed field gun cartridges, plus cartridges that have been heated and moulded into artistic shapes.
- A French 75mm projectile that has been cut and a clock mechanism inserted.
Specific details of the Fort Nelson exhibition, including dates, will be confirmed nearer the time.
Standing high on Portsdown Hill near Fareham, Fort Nelson showcases one of the world's finest collections of artillery and cannon, from across the ages and from all corners of the globe.
Notes to editors
In 2011, this unique heritage attraction underwent a £3.5m redevelopment to create a museum for the 21st century, supported by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, complete with new galleries, state-of-the-art education centre and visitor facilities.
There's also a 19-acre site to explore, complete with underground tunnels – and the Café 1871 is open every day.
For more details about Fort Nelson, please visit www.royalarmouries.org
Royal Armouries website
Royal Armouries newsletter
Follow us on Twitter
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- Royal Armouries is the national museum of arms and armour and has sites in Leeds, HM Tower of London, Fort Nelson and Louisville, Kentucky. It is the first British national museum to open a permanent presence in another country
- Admission to the museum is free. However, there may be a small charge for some special events.
- Open all year daily, 10am-5pm. Closed 24-25 December
- Information Line: 0113 220 1999
- Website: www.royalarmouries.org
- The Royal Armouries Museum should not be confused with Royal Armouries International plc, the private sector corporate hospitality business.
To find Fort Nelson, follow the brown Tourist signs from the M27. The Fort is open seven days a week, from 10am to 5pm.
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Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. MB Rule # 1
Hello all. New here. Been watching the game for several years now, mostly for fantasy football. Figured I'd finally give in and "pick a side". Being a Yankees, Rangers, Knicks/Nets fan....seems the choice was obvious.
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My body was sculpted to the proportions of Michelangelo's David.
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[To show] the way you do something is very important ... it's a moral, ethical stance; the process should be evident in the result, and it should have a relationship to the result which is still in the work.
Sean Scully, interview with Ned Rifkin, in Ned Rifkin (ed.), Sean Scully: Twenty years 1976–1995, London: Thames & Hudson, 1995, pp. 57–80 (p. 60).


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A pro-choice running mate for McCain?
posted at 10:40 am on August 14, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Hopefully, members of Team McCain have rushed to remind John McCain that he needs to energize the Republican base to support him, not to oppose him. In an interview with Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard yesterday, John McCain suggested that Republicans might not mind a pro-choice VP, as long as he suppported other portions of the social-conservative agenda. He intended to draw a contrast between Tom Ridge and Michael Bloomberg, but the comment threatens to draw lines within the GOP instead:
John McCain said that he is open to choosing a pro-choice running mate and named former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge as someone who merits serious consideration despite his support for abortion rights. McCain also criticized Barack Obama's presidential campaign for attempts to "politicize" the debate over Georgia and criticized President Bush for failing to recognize the true nature of Vladimir Putin.
"I think that the pro-life position is one of the important aspects or fundamentals of the Republican Party," McCain said. "And I also feel that–and I'm not trying to equivocate here–that Americans want us to work together. You know, Tom Ridge is one of the great leaders and he happens to be pro-choice. And I don't think that that would necessarily rule Tom Ridge out."
McCain's comments came in response to a question about comments he made to several reporters during the Republican primary season. During that exchange, McCain was asked whether New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg would make a good running mate. McCain offered strong words of praise for Bloomberg but said that Bloomberg's position on abortion–he is also pro-choice–would make it difficult to choose him as a vice presidential candidate. …
"I think it's a fundamental tenet of our party to be pro-life but that does not mean we exclude people from our party that are pro-choice. We just have a–albeit strong–but just it's a disagreement. And I think Ridge is a great example of that. Far moreso than Bloomberg, because Bloomberg is pro-gay rights, pro, you know, a number of other issues."
McCain has this exactly backwards. Abortion is the sine qua non of the social conservative agenda, not gay rights, for a simple reason: abortion kills human life. In comparison, gay-rights issues stirs passions, but not the kind of line in the sand abortion represents. Being tough on gays hardly represents a consolation prize to pro-life Republicans, many of whom think the gay issue is already overblown as it is.
Michelle notes the essential problem McCain creates with this odd formula:
Pro-open borders. Pro-global warming hysteria. Might as well go for the trifecta.
Either one believes human life begins at conception or not, and if so, then abortion is an abomination. McCain has a good track record on this issue as it is, so he obviously believes that human life should not get terminated out of inconvenience. Why, then, would he propose asking someone who doesn't believe that to take a position which could put that person in charge of appointing judges to the bench if something tragic happened to McCain while in office?
It looks like a trial balloon to me, a way to show that McCain can get along with everyone in Washington and work across the aisle. If so, let's pop that balloon tout suite and quit alienating the base.
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He will be destroyed. No one who runs for president once can ever go back. Kerry wanted to run, and couldn't. Edwards tried, and didn't get the votes. After this, McCain wont be a force to threaten you with his democrat ways at all.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 3:21 PM
I don't know. McCain ran and lost in 2000 to Bush. He almost ran in 04 as John F Kerry's VP choice. Probably couldn't get a promise of enough face time on Meet the Press to satisfy himself. McCain is a lunatic who dreams of having that power, that job.
Snake307 on August 14, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Anyone who doesn't win is free to run again. Once a candidate runs for president in the general, then that's it.
And McCain "almost ran in 04 with Kerry" … according to the democrats. I tend not to trust their version of events. But what do I know. I haven't contributed $200 to Omama like you. So there you go. I'll take his word over it than the democrat's version.
"McCain is a lunatic who dreams of having that power, that job."
While I don't think he's insane, I see a difference between disagreeing with political opinions and crazy. You are, however, correct in your comment that he dreams of power. To wit-
"Presidential ambition is a disease that can only be cured by embalming fluid."
He has dreams of power and wants to be president. So does Obama. So did Kerry, So did Bush, so did Al Gore, and Clinton, and Dole, and Perot, and Dukakis, and Bush's father, and Mondale, And Reagan, And Anderson, And Carter …
The list goes on.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Looks to me like McCain can't beat Obama.
Looks to me like they both are in a race to the bottom of the polls. No matter who wins in November, I predict that nobody is going to be happy with the outcome and whomever the "winner" he will be a one-term wonder with absolutely no mandate.
highhopes on August 14, 2008 at 4:14 PM
I predict that nobody is going to be happy with the outcome
Except all the democrats and about half the republicans will be happy that Obama won.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 4:17 PM
I am very critical of McCain.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Wow. Just…WOW.
misterpeasea on August 14, 2008 at 4:32 PM
I explained this already on page one, if you are interested in reading it.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Oh, I'm critical of a lot of things. Am I required to tell you them all? Will you get upset and stomp your feet if I don't tell you?
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Is this your "explanation"?
Reminds me of the geek in The Breakfast Club: "Uh, she lives in Niagara Falls."
misterpeasea on August 14, 2008 at 4:43 PM
I am very critical of McCain … and I am also one of the few conservatives here who seem to have been paying attention to current events. And that little bit of news is that the election is now down to two people. One of which are guaranteed to win. And while some here are acting like the republican primaries are still going on, I can see the bigger picture of candidate A or B, and am not making crap up about candidate B to soften the blow when candidate A wins, as to think that this is somehow better.
And I am probably one of the few here who remembers President Reagan's 11th commandment. And the consequences of ignoring this.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 4:45 PM
misterpeasea on August 14, 2008 at 4:43 PM
"Again, your version of events. Not anywhere near the truth. I am in progress in doing what I can to make McCain understand what issues are important to me. And since McCain does not read blogs, I am not attempting to convince him by making impassioned speeches to him here."
Not that I need to justify my actions to the likes of you.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 4:48 PM
I am also one of the few conservatives here who seem to have been paying attention to current events
I've never heard "selling out" described more poetically.
highhopes on August 14, 2008 at 4:51 PM
"A pro-infanticide Veep" – Political suicide for McCain. When is his campaign going to grow a brain?
If so, let's pop that balloon tout suite and quit alienating the base.
McCain doesn't care about his base. He's shown that time and time again. The only reason I am voting for him is that Obama terrifies me…not from anything Republicans have said, but due to what Obama himself has said. He did it all by himself.
katieanne on August 14, 2008 at 4:55 PM
I am very critical of McCain … and I am also one of the few conservatives here who seem to have been paying attention to current events. And that little bit of news is that the election is now down to two people. One of which are guaranteed to win. And while some here are acting like the republican primaries are still going on, I can see the bigger picture of candidate A or B, and am not making crap up about candidate B to soften the blow when candidate A wins, as to think that this is somehow better.
And I am probably one of the few here who remembers President Reagan's 11th commandment. And the consequences of ignoring this.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Sure, I know the consequences of an Obama win, but let's look at McCain's record, then we'll consider party politics, as practiced by McCain.
McCain violated the first amendment. No doubt about it, his signature legislation which was a huge issue in the 2000 election was McCain Feingold, which says among other things that you can't run a negative ad about a candidate for sixty days before the election. That is a violation of the first Amendment. I don't care which party puts it forward, it's not a conservative principal to abolish free speech.
There are three ways to look at this really. First, my party right or wrong, which is asinine. My party is always right, which is juvenile. Principal over party. The third choice is mine.
I swore an oath to support and defend the constitution, and I did it for nine years in the Army. Part of that Constitution says that Congress Shall Pass no Law. It doesn't say that the Supreme Court shall overturn any law which Congress Passes. It doesn't say that Congress shall pass only those laws that they think they can get away with. It says Congress Shall pass NO LAW. How many Republicans voted for that abomination of a law after clearly stating that they thought the law violated the first Amendment. Even the President signed it, after stating that he thought it violated the First Amendment and was unconstitutional. Everyone hoped the Supreme Court would do the right thing, because they themselves lacked the courage to do the right thing. McCain led this charge, McCain pushed this, and McCain is the one who is most directly responsible.
If his sins against Conservative Principal ended there, I could stomach him as a Candidate. They don't. McCain then was asked while the Republicans had the majority if he would support amendments to the Constitution, thus taking the courts out of the game, to prohibit Abortion and Gay Marriage. McCain said no to both. Then he campaigns saying he's opposed to both. Obviously, he only wants them as campaign issues. Only via an amendment can you take the court out of the issue, instead McCain has two issues to campaign on, the court, and Abortion. Gay Marriage is defacto in now thanks to him and the other wimpy Republicans.
McCain is on the Television constantly as a Senator, always bad mouthing the Republicans. Now I'm supposed to show loyalty to a man who has always attacked Conservatives, and Republicans? Sorry, my back is hurting right now, too many knife blades have been buried there John, perhaps I'll raise my hand to help you later. Probably not, but perhaps.
John is for lower taxes, but voted against lower taxes, at the time claiming that it was too generous to the rich. When did Conservative Values and the Republican Party become the group that participated in Class Warfare?
John is for Amnesty, and those who opposed him? They were racists. When did we become the party of name calling and racially charged attacks?
Reagan started as a Democrat, and when asked why he left the Democratic Party, he said they didn't. The Party left him.
That's how many of us feel as we watch the Republicans line up behind McCain. We didn't leave the party, they left us. My opposition to McCain isn't based upon some wild made up charges. Each of those and many many more, are true, and factual. McCain said and did all of that. I can't support the party, right or wrong, when I know they're wrong. The right and the truth are obvious, and when you have a liar like McCain as the nominee, I can't support you or the party.
Reagan's commandment was never to bad mouth a Republican. However when a Republican is wrong, what am I supposed to do? Swallow my principals? Violate my oath to support and defend the constitution before God? What price to support my party is too high? Does it end with my soul? How much of my personal honor should I sell to support party first?
McCain was instrumental in the PATRIOT ACT as well. Including those wonderful National Security Letters. If McCain hasn't bothered to read the first amendment, why am I surprised that he doesn't understand the plain language of the fourth, fifth, and sixth amendment either.
No, I won't support McCain. Under no circumstances, well earlier I said I would if he nominated Lieberman, but that's only because I know he'll lose then. Other than that, I will not vote for him. I would rather vote for Satan himself, because at least with him, I know what I'm getting.
I'd rather have an honest enemy, than a dishonest ally.
I'm not making any of these up, McCain did all of those, and more. I know John McCain, and I won't ever support him.
McCain can count on losing the election if he alienates the pro-life vote. If he is that wishy washy on such an important issue to the conservative vote it would be better if he picked a pro-abortion VP candidate thus showing his true colors and losing the election as a RINO.
Tobias2012 on August 14, 2008 at 5:07 PM
McCain doesn't care about his base. He's shown that time and time again.
I wouldn't call the conservatives "his base." Conservatives haven't always been friendly with him and vice-versa. Yet, Republicans still voted for him. Oh well.
terryannonline on August 14, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Can you say: "Presi, Presssi, Pr-Pr-Pr, Prezzeedent Obama?
stenwin77 on August 14, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Oh look at the cute little trackback by Red Pill.
RushBaby on August 14, 2008 at 5:33 PM
With all of the world turmoil going down right now, what idiot would throw abortion into the GOP VP cauldron? Only the same mentality that set-up and cleared the Russian invasion of Georgia during the Olympics, as if no one is noticing they've gone awry.
When there's oomph amount of discontent, don't add to it thinking the tipping point is no longer relevant.
Lieberman or a pro-abortion VP pick by McCain will only chill what support he actually has in hopes of flirting with Obama lovers. Very stupid idea.
maverick muse on August 14, 2008 at 5:58 PM
I sometimes wonder if McCain is saying these things just to get Michelle's (Malkin) knickers in a twist. She reacts so predictably to everything he says that doesn't fit her rigid worldview.
The same can be said for many here.
After all, McCain did not say he will pick a pro-choice candidate like Ridge, did he?
I'm totally against abortion, but that belief is sometimes at odds with my desire to see government staying out of people's personal lives. The notion of anti-abortion police watching over women who might choose that option is troubling, and should be so even for others who believe it is wrong.
In a more sane world, a candidate might float an idea and see what response comes back. That's a no-no these days, both for the lefty loons and the conservatives.
MrScribbler on August 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Rudy G would be a great VP nominee. Strong executive experience, strong debator, funny.
Anybody who hasn't read this graduation address he made at the Citadel in 2007 really should.
Rudy is pro-choice. If McCain picked him for VP, none of you would vote for the ticket?
funky chicken on August 14, 2008 at 6:02 PM
In a more sane world, a candidate might float an idea and see what response comes back. That's a no-no these days, both for the lefty loons and the conservatives. Sad.
MrScribbler on August 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM
It's really upsetting to me to watch as these lines are blurred as they are.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Rudy is pro-choice. If McCain picked him for VP, none of you would vote for the ticket?
funky chicken on August 14, 2008 at 6:02 PM
… some of them even voted for him when he was running for president …
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Romney was pro-choice when he was governor of Massachusetts. Pro-life in his personal life, pro-choice as a governing philosophy.
So, you all agree with Huckster that Romney is a no go as well?
So, Rudy and Romney are just off the list based upon abortion. sad
funky chicken on August 14, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Not that I need to justify my actions to the likes of you.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 4:48 PM
The likes of me? You mean "trash who should just go on over to Kos or HuffPo?" "Secret Obama supporters"?
misterpeasea on August 14, 2008 at 6:33 PM
McCain may not be out there reading blogs but he has people doing that and they need to know that the base isn't buying into his message of socialism (compared to Obama's marxist agenda).
highhopes on August 14, 2008 at 2:28 PM
I'm with you!
Branch Rickey on August 14, 2008 at 6:34 PM
Possible off-the-radar pro-choice pick: Jodi Rell.
Big S on August 14, 2008 at 6:10 PM
A big NO THANK YOU on that one. If he is gonna pick a woman, there are lots who are better than that one. She's boring, and not at all telegenic, and doesn't inspire me with her seeming brilliance or anything.
Kay Bailey Hutchison would be a better choice, and I'm not head over heels for Kay Bailey. Condi would be a much better choice, and I'm far from enthusiastic about her. Hell, Sarah Michelle Gellar would be a better choice than Jodi Rell.
If you're gonna possibly piss people off with a pro-choice VP, it had better be an otherwise brilliant person like Rudy or Condi (who says she is "agnostic" about abortion as a political issue).
funky chicken on August 14, 2008 at 6:46 PM
She reacts so predictably to everything he says that doesn't fit her rigid worldview.
The same can be said for many here.
McNumnuts is a liberal. He's not as radical as Hussein, and thats the best thing I can say about him.
neither of these libtards will ever get my vote.
dogsoldier on August 14, 2008 at 7:10 PM
If he does I am getting to the point of not voting for McCain – and vote Bob Barr instead.
Having the RINOS in charge of our party for 4 years screwing up the country and taking over the Republican party and turning it into country club republicans may be worse than having Obama in charge.
McCain – its not political abortion is a MORAL issue – and clearly he doesnt get it. I question his judgement.
The delagates can still nominate someone else for President.
winged on August 14, 2008 at 7:32 PM
neither of these libtards will ever get my vote.
dogsoldier on August 14, 2008 at 7:10 PM
They will get votes, however, and the one who gets the most will probably be the one you will like least.
I think it's unfortunate that McCain doesn't agree with my positions on all the issues. compared to Osama Obama, however, he's the safer choice.
MrScribbler on August 14, 2008 at 7:32 PM
The likes of me? You mean "trash who should just go on over to Kos or HuffPo?" "Secret Obama supporters"?
misterpeasea on August 14, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Do you realize that you have done this to me many many more times than I have ever (and I haven't even done this to your idiotic trolling levels as you constantly, repeatedly have done to me) at all. Stop trolling. And give it a rest, because you are only embarrassing yourself by doing this childish stunt over and over, and try to stay on topic. If you can.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 7:36 PM
It looks like a trial balloon to me, a way to show that McCain can get along with everyone in Washington and work across the aisle.
Yes, it's intended to show McCain's bipartisanship. He'll choose a social con veep.
I've noticed that something seems to happen every single time I post a long litany about the reasons I dislike and won't support McCain, usually after someone like Wise decides that we're all just making it up, no one has the courage to respond. Instead, they ignore the truth and much like the liberals, pray that their world view prevails in real life.
Real life the truth is usually the first thing to go, and I'm saddened to see the Republican Party throw the truth overboard in the pursuit of Political Power.
Conservative people, myself included, have always had truth on our side. We can truthfully point to the logic and the historical proof of our positions. More people working, means more tax revenue for the Government. The way to get more people working is to lower taxes. Corporations have money to hire people, people have jobs and buy things, which means more corporations have to hire even more people.
That is a truth, which John McCain doesn't believe in. He thinks Rich People should pay more, which is why he opposed the Bush Tax cuts. Well, that and McCain was a poor loser in 2000. Wise man's assurance that this is the last time McCain can run, I don't think so. Nixon lost to Kennedy and won eight years later. There are no hard and fast rules as to who can and can't run. Only the public who is too often fooled by political rhetoric over the truth.
The truth is that McCain is easily the most dangerous candidate we have running for President. Clinton ran as a Liberal, and during his first two years in office, he managed to get two things accomplished. He raised taxes, no big surprise when you consider that there was a Democratic Congress, and he got Don't Ask, Don't Tell installed.
That's it. After his first two years, the Conservatives came back with a huge win, and from then on, Clinton governed as a Moderate battling the Conservatives who were always one more policy away from having people in the streets, and bankrupting the nation.
The problem is we forgot all of that when we got our own Moderate Republican in office as President. We had the majority, and the balanced budget ideals went out the window. We had the majority and our principals on individual liberty? We forgot what we'd promised, fought for, and cared about. We lost because we became more of the Country Club Blue Blood Republican Party, and less of the Conservative Party.
I didn't leave the Republicans, they left me.
Now to this election. There are three ways to view this election. It's important because of X. But that's the line that's taken in every election, and so far X has never been solved. So we're left with the idea that the elected need X to get elected, as an issue so they don't want to solve it.
Option number two. The election is the last chance to save the nation from Liberalism. Yet, our candidate is a liberal. He has been in favor of limiting freedom of speech, and don't tell me he won't sign the fairness doctrine if Nancy pushes it through. He will in a second in the interest of Bi-partisanship. He's a big government is the solution guy, which is the Liberal, not the Conservative answer.
Option Three. This is a battle we've lost, and the intelligent move is to accept the loss, salvage what we can from it, much like the British did at Dunkirk, and gather our strength to fight the war to total victory.
I choose Option Three. This battle was lost, lost before we got to the two people fight. Lost years ago when we started down the path of country club blue blood Republicans, following John McCain. The smart move now is the rebuild our forces, and come back stronger than ever, and win on the Conservative Principals that are time tested, proven time and time again, and have clearly been shown to be what the Majority of the public want.
If we follow option two, that this fight is the last chance, and we actually win the battle, the war for our nation is lost. McCain will govern as a Liberal, bigger Government, more programs, less individual liberty. The Republican Party won't be able to rebuild to fight that, because it will be fighting for it, and the Conservative Movement will take twenty to thirty years to rebuild.
It's Dunkirk friends, and we have a choice, pull out as much as we can and fight another day, or pull a Philippines and pray we can hold on until aid arrives, only it never does. We stand and die with that plan. It is untold suffering for the population that way too. Instead of soldiers, we're sacrificing principals, or saving them to fight another day.
You decide, how much of your principals are you willing to sacrifice for a victory that guarantees death for what you believe in? I am willing to compromise on a few issues, but so many sour pills would need to be swallowed to support McCain that I would have a terminally sour stomach.
We're really going to miss you from the republican party. Don't forget to write every so often.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 9:29 PM
We're really going to miss you from the republican party. Don't forget to write every so often.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 9:29 PM
So I can assume that you don't have any principals, or they aren't significantly important to you that you're willing to sacrifice to support McCain. Great. Good to know, that you're one of those Juvenile fools who thinks your party is always right. Awesome. Glad to know you've become as bad as the Liberals on Democratic Underground or Daily Kos.
Perhaps you should start a website, Republican Revenge. Then you can have in your user agreement that you are here to push Republican Candidates, and only posts in support of the Republicans will be permitted.
I'll take the free speech path, although between the liberals, and you McCainiacs, I don't think I'll have that right much longer.
Good buy boys, and have a good time storming the castle.
this is not war, Snake; this is politics–there are several Big Differences. But in both, you sometimes work hard for an ugly messy victory to avoid a disasterous defeat
I wanted Rudy, and God only knows Rudy is less than perfect. What I got was McCain. I've made the analogy before, but McCain is Ike in 1952: not a geniur, not a conservative, not really a Republican
but as in '52, the alternative is a liberal scatter-brained liberal Dem senator from Illinois.
It's not the coast of France in 1940, man, or the Philippines in 41-42.
It's time to avoid something much, much worse than MsCain
Janos Hunyadi on August 14, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Snake307 on August 14, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Snake307 on August 14, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Very well said. A few of those things I've said myself over the last couple months but not as eloquently as you have with these two posts. Thank you.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 9:29 PM
That's it? That's all you can say? You strut around here insulting people that won't support McCain; accusing them of lying about his record and wanting to support Obama…Snake just wrote 2 f***ing essays that pretty much sum up in a very eloquent way how many of us who won't support McCain are feeling, and address your gripes..and all you can come up with is your pathetic little kiss off message? You know, I was half prepared to give you some benefit of the doubt of being a thoughtful guy but you just proved yourself to be an irretrievable jackoff. And don't worry about writing often. If your lamea** candidate somehow manages to win this election (and only then through the sheer incompetence of his opponent) I'll be eager to remind you every day of how much he sucks…especially when the betrayals start.
austinnelly on August 14, 2008 at 10:03 PM
So I can assume that you don't have any principals, or they aren't significantly important to you that you're willing to sacrifice to support McCain.
Snake307 on August 14, 2008 at 9:49 PM
You'd be wrong in that assumption. I don't fit into your definition of how things are, so you feel better about yourself by making stuff up about me that's not true. But I wouldn't want to harsh your mellow as it were to your manifesto that the republican party left you. You want out. I'm just being cordial, Not insulting, as is some people's opinion. Which is also wrong.
Best of luck backing a third party candidate that is going to loose, with zero electoral votes and about half a million votes, or .40% of the total votes. Approximately.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 10:17 PM
this is not war, Snake; this is politics–there are several Big Differences. But in both, you sometimes work hard for an ugly messy victory to avoid a disasterous defeat
I wanted Rudy, and God only knows Rudy is less than perfect. What I got was McCain. I've made the analogy before, but McCain is Ike in 1952: not a geniur, not a conservative, not really a Republican
but as in '52, the alternative is a liberal scatter-brained liberal Dem senator from Illinois.
It's not the coast of France in 1940, man, or the Philippines in 41-42.
It's time to avoid something much, much worse than MsCain
Janos Hunyadi on August 14, 2008 at
OK, so what do we gain from this victory? Do we win a solid Republican gain? No we don't. It's far more likely that McCain will have a majority Democratic congress. If we had a rock ribbed hard core by the principals candidate, I could live with that.
We have a candidate who's reputation and in fact his moniker of Maverick is earned by working not against Democrats, but with them. So when the Democrats push for a tax increase, and McCain initially resists, let's pretend he does. Then they offer him something he wants, like his carbon cap and trade, which in reality is another tax anyway, does he agree? You bet he does, he's said it many times, he'll negotiate anything.
I won't. Some things are not negotiable, yet no McCainiac can name something that McCain won't negotiate, because his history clearly shows he's negotiated everything over the last twenty two years in the Senate.
McCain will be blamed by the Democrats for all these things. Increased taxes, more unemployment, more economic disruptions. The answer in 2012? Massive Democratic win. Instead of unseating Jimmy Carter, we get Jimmy McCain unseated, and we lose even more in the house and Senate.
Today's victory, even if it's bloody, is liable to lead to an even more disasterous defeat. We're liable to be wishing for Obama to run in 2012, instead of what we get. Simply put, there are worse things out there then Obama now. He's new, has no chits built up, and can't get his agenda off the ground so long as the Republicans left fight against him. McCain will get his agenda, and drilling won't be in that agenda. McCain has years of opposing Drilling to fall back on. Years and tons of history with the people he's supposed to be fighting.
We might win in November, but if we do, it will be Pyrrhic to be certain. We'll end up giving away the farm before we recover from that victory.
but as in '52, the alternative is a liberal scatter-brained liberal Dem senator from Illinois.
It's not the coast of France in 1940, man, or the Philippines in 41-42.
It's time to avoid something much, much worse than MsCain
Janos Hunyadi on August 14, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Watch out. Lest you incur the wrath of teh snake and nely from austin. They don't even recognize the real threat of Obama, so they have to build up this object of their irrational hate of McCain to epic proportions. You see, normal people who read their opinions are also similarly bewildered by their behavior. I've observed this behavior before, over the last 7 years. "Not my president!" is one of those people's battle cries. Did you catch the poll that said a third of them believe that Bush knew about the 9/11 attacks beforehand?
Crazy is a very ugly thing. Especially when mixed with politics. And while McCain is a flawed candidate, he's no where near the level of demented anti-christ that some paint him out to be. *shrugs*
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 10:26 PM
You'd be wrong in that assumption. I don't fit into your definition of how things are, so you feel better about yourself by making stuff up about me that's not true. But I wouldn't want to harsh your mellow as it were to your manifesto that the republican party left you. You want out. I'm just being cordial, Not insulting, as is some people's opinion. Which is also wrong.
Best of luck backing a third party candidate that is going to loose, with zero electoral votes and about half a million votes, or .40% of the total votes. Approximately.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Actually, as I said earlier. I'm voting for Obama. Give me the weak and ineffectual liberal over the dangerously competent liberal any day. I'll take the one least likely to get his agenda through and gives us the best chance at another Republican Revolution. With McCain, I'm going to have to join a Union just to survive.
Yup. With McCain, our nation will be nothing left but a charred cinder before he's done. That dangerously competent liberal McCain. Not to mention old.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Besides, isn't "another Republican Revolution." what you want? Why, you could even vote for McCain .. in a totally reverse psychology sort of way. Now that would really be devious!
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Besides, isn't "another Republican Revolution." what you want? Why, you could even vote for McCain .. in a totally reverse psychology sort of way. Now that would really be devious!
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 10:35 PM
The Difference between us is I want the Conservatives to win in the near future, while you want them defeated for the next decade or more. Which is why I don't support McCain, and you do.
Obviously, if McCain gets elected, the carbon cap and trade tax will go in, the Democrats love it, and the Republicans will have their arms twisted to go along. They will, in party unity. So it will pass, and we'll have a huge economy destroying tax in effect. Good job John McCain.
If it's Obama who tries the same thing. The Republicans fight him, and we manage to convince enough of the blue dog Democrats to keep it from passing. We win, the economy is saved.
Which scenario is more likely? Will John McCain just decide he didn't really mean it when he said he wanted to do that? Will the Republicans fight him? When they did over Immigration, he screamed at them and called the other Republicans Racists, that by the way was his own party. Now he violated the sacred Reagan 11th Commandment, but hey, he's the Maverick.
Only when we had sent tens of thousands of bricks to Congress did the Amnesty move stop, for now. McCain said he learned, and then said if that same bill ended up on his desk, he'd sign it.
Do you think he didn't mean that? Do you think he wouldn't sign an all out Nancy Pelosi authored Amnesty Bill? He would in a minute and you know it Wise, or else you're inaptly named.
What wouldn't McCain do, and without the Republicans to fight him, what couldn't he accomplish?
There is no limit to what he can do, which is why I said he's the more dangerous Liberal candidate. He wants the same things as Obama, only no one will be fighting against him for four years. He will accomplish more of the Liberal agenda, because he'll control the Republican Party for the next eight years.
Sure, try and get me to vote for him by telling me he'll die soon, he's old. Sorry, I won't bet on that. Only the good die young, and he's no good. He's the biggest threat to our economy, or security, and our freedom that you've ever seen, and you refuse to admit it.
So answer these questions Wise. Did McCain push McCain Feingold including the free speech abridging section mentioned above? Answer Yes.
Was McCain instrumental in violating the forth fifth and sixth amendment regarding the National Security Letters part of the Patriot Act? Answer yes.
Did McCain vote against the Bush Tax Cuts because they were too generous to the Rich thus making him a class warfare politician? Answer yes.
Did McCain push for his Amnesty Plan, and didn't he state on the Senate Floor that by opposing this you were telling them to get to the back of the bus? Honest answer has to be yes.
Didn't McCain propose the Carbon Cap and Trade system? Answer Yes.
So which of these are manufactured or lies? Which of them is not true.
Which of them is the Conservative Republican approach to a problem? None of them.
Which of them represents the Republican party that won huge in 1994? None.
Which of them is the Republican party that won in 2000, 2002, 2004? None.
McCain helped draft the Bankruptcy reform system, which took rights from individuals, but maintained them for his business cronies. Again, fact.
So why is it I am making things up? He's dangerous enough in the Senate, giving him a more important job isn't smart is it?
Obama has accomplished nothing. Would accomplish less if elected. So we'd lose what by letting him win? Nothing.
We lose the whole war by winning this fight. Go Obama, I'd rather live to fight another day.
I still have my Fred 08 bumper sticker on my car.
Novote for Nobama here; I'll vote McCain with a clothespin on my nose.
electric-rascal on August 14, 2008 at 11:16 PM
I wonder if McCain picked Fred, how many additional votes hewould get. Or how many votes he might get, but wouldn't.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Scribbler, Mr Amnesty will win big, mostly due to husseins unelectability. Frankly I won't be happy with him in the White house either.
dogsoldier on August 14, 2008 at 11:49 PM
We lose the whole war by winning this fight. Go Obama, I'd rather live to fight another day.
Snake307 on August 14, 2008 at 11:15 PM
A whole thread of "I'm a conservative and I hate McCain to find out the snake loves Obama. Poisonous and pathetic indeed.
I'll be eager to remind you every day of how much he sucks…especially when the betrayals start.
austinnelly on August 14, 2008 at 10:03 PM
No question about it. But the down-ticket candidates matter too much. As a result of pathetic leadership this cycle, I got involved locally. One thing I found out is that local elections are messed up because people show up to vote for the top of the ticket and leave the rest blank.
RushBaby on August 15, 2008 at 2:04 AM
A whole thread of "I'm a conservative and I hate McCain to find out the snake loves Obama. Poisonous and pathetic indeed.
Rovin on August 15, 2008 at 12:50 AM
I said more than once that Obama was essentially no different in his Liberal Big Government policies. It was the achievement of those policies that I debated. I believe and you would have a hard time arguing that McCain will achieve more of his Liberal Policies than Obama will. In fact, I'll challenge you to this. Do you think that McCain will be able to pass his proposed Carbon Cap and trade tax if elected President?
I await your answer. I already know what it would be. The answer would be yes. He would be able to get it through Congress. The Democrats would love it, as it plays to their base, the Man Made Global Warming crowd is undeniably Liberal. Now, who would stand in opposition to this plan? Would the Republicans rise in opposition to their own parties President? Some few would most would go along, and the measure would pass both houses of Congress. We would watch our economy be destroyed. McCain's success equals our disaster.
Are you able to argue this? I know you're not, and you know you're not. You could try and debate the effects on the economy, but since many economists and business leaders have come out and predicted exactly what I said, disaster for our economy, your argument would be baseless.
Same situation, President Obama this time. He proposes it, and into Congress it goes. We manage to strong arm most of the Republicans with the exception of the RINO's like St. John of McCain. We're able to strong arm a few Democrats, the Blue Dog's mostly. We keep it from passing, and Obama doesn't get to destroy our economy.
Again, realistic scenarios, and ones we've seen played out in Washington time and time again. The theory of the Minority Opposition party is that they fight to keep extreme legislation from going forward. In this case, McCain's the extremist with the best chance of getting those to go forward.
Tell me where I'm wrong in this presentation. Please, I would like to know how the Republicans would oppose a Republican President who is putting forward this particular piece of legislation? Do you think the Democrats would oppose it?
Let's try different legislation, how about the McCain Amnesty Plan?
President McCain proposes it. Congress debates it. We're able to safely say that a vast majority of Democrats will vote for it won't they? Then we're able to say that at least a third of the Republicans will vote for it. Then we're able to say that it passes and becomes law. Of course, we can't say the same thing about the same legislation proposed by President Obama. The Republicans with few exceptions, like John McCain vote for it. A few Democrats vote against it, and what do you know, we're able to block the legislation.
Same legislation, essentially the same congress, completely different outcomes based upon who is pulling the strings and twisting the arms.
In two years, the Republicans campaign as Conservatives, with a two year record of fighting hard for Conservative ideals, and pick up a few seats, perhaps enough to take back control of the house, it's possible with Obama as President.
With McCain as President, the Republicans have only one thing to campaign on. If you elect us, we'll push unemployment well into double digits by supporting the President's new tax plan on the rich.
Yeah, we win big with that plan don't we?
In 2012, with four years of a lame Obama who has seen his best efforts thwarted, we push again, and this time we put up a Conservative. I don't know if it will be Jindal, or who. The point is we push hard for Conservative ideals and principals. He reads right from the winning playbook of Newt, Reagan, and even Clinton, who all campaigned on tax cuts and smaller Government. Sure Clinton lied and jacked taxes up, retroactively as a first, but hey, were talking campaign not governance here.
Both of these scenarios have been played out in recent history. In one, Republicans gained power, and pushed their conservative agenda. In another, they frittered away their Conservative message and the nation suffered. Which do you want to see my friend?
I prefer to see a stymied Liberal Agenda, one which is blocked at every possible path. I want to see Conservative Ideals once again the talk of Washington Town. There is absolutely no way that any Conservative Ideals will be pushed in Washington except the make believe Conservative ideals of John McCain. Great old time Conservative ideals like higher taxes, bigger Government, and less personal liberty and control over our own lives.
You know, the Country Club Republicans version of Conservative.
I am willing to compromise on a few issues, but so many sour pills would need to be swallowed to support McCain that I would have a terminally sour stomach.
Snake307 on August 14, 2008 at 9:23 PM
McCain wants so desperately to be indigestable he can't resist an extra weekly kick in the butt to keep the base from liking him. Whether this is due to base-envy or RINO stupidity matters not for it lets the base know how they will be treated after the election when they are no longer needed
A whole thread of "I'm a conservative and I hate McCain to find out the snake loves Obama. Poisonous and pathetic indeed.
Rovin on August 15, 2008 at 12:50 AM
I'm conservative. I despise McCain and I detest Obama. I do not obey the GOP and I am not a conscript. I find it mildly interesting that so many are outraged at conservatives who have not jumped on the band wagon to pledge support for a candidate who has promised to not represent them if elected.
The convention agenda is still mystery. McCain is still trying to build a coalition to exclude the base so there are no guarantees on any promises made today.
Obama may be a changeling but McCain will be a conservative only if he is trapped by the polls
It is a loser's game to spend anger on people who will not vote your way. The better strategy is to find a way to make them like your candidate.
A politician is unlikable if people fear he will shaft them
entagor on August 15, 2008 at 4:32 AM
Sorry, I don't vote to pop this balloon. Abortion is wrong. But not enough people see it as wrong to make it a Federal law. It is also not discussed in the Constitution. Thus, properly, it is left to the states to decide.
I believe it is wrong. I will tell any young woman who asks this ancient granny aged critter it's wrong, it's against God's teachings, it'll come back to haunt you, and even in the hands of the most skilled surgeon there is a risk that you will never be able to bear a child of your own. But I will not restrain her. My mother always told me that if I played around, "went all the way", and got "caught", "I will still love you; but, do not name it after me." Translated that's, "Go ahead and make a damn fool of yourself. There are some things I cannot kiss and make it better for you."
If a young woman makes this unfortunate choice what it does to ber in this life and when she meets St. Peter are her responsibility.
So I temper urges to keep the unborn babies alive at all costs to anyone involved with the realization that God has specifically declared I am not here to judge and force proper behavior. Judgment is God's to mete out.
Perhaps this is tempered by growing up in Michigan in the era when abortions were still illegal back alley or kitchen table affairs. They still happened in numbers you young whippersnappers might not appreciate. A mere law against it will have the same effect as the anti-drug laws. It will make society's problems worse as the criminal element moves in to supply this, unfortunately, high demand "service" to customers.
I believe this is an issue that must be regarded as states rights, simply to bounce the hot potato to people closer to the electorate. No Federal law of any kind should address abortion.
herself on August 15, 2008 at 5:25 AM
Didn't Palin support the 75% windfall profits tax on Alaskan oil?
Actually, no. That story from the Seattle paper was false, but unfortunately some people believed it.
McCain's best chance to win:
*A conservative, pro-life Governor.
*A charismatic, fresh face who can excite the GOP with a preview of the next generation while good ol' Maverick steers the ship for 4 yrs.
*Someone with the ability to appeal to swing voters who don't care for the stereotypical "Republican".
*A Veep who balances the ticket with a "big issue" other than McCain's National Security issue. (Hmmmm. Domestic Energy would be perfect.)
McCain/Palin '08
Mr. Wednesday Night on August 15, 2008 at 6:49 AM
Yet, Republicans still voted for him. Oh well.
terryannonline on August 14, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Not that many, really. He can't even seem to break 70% in primaries against phantom candidates, months after he clinched the nomination. He was consistently in the 30-40% range prior to that.
Not really a popular candidate, party-wide.
Maybe that shows how smart conservative voters are about his smarmy MSM- and lib- buttkissing.
TexasJew on August 15, 2008 at 7:18 AM
I'm a conservative and I don't like McCain, but Obama is, to me, not worth a single solitary rat's ass. The worst candidate to run for a major party in my lifetime, by a parsec.
You simply have to be a raving drooling shitmeister to vote for that POS, if you claim (sic) to be a conservative.
Or maybe you're just a lying scumbag…
TexasJew on August 15, 2008 at 7:28 AM
Fine, Maverick, you just go ahead and select Ridge or Nanny Bloomberg or Lieberman.
You'll be congratulating President Elect Obama in your concession speech.
abcurtis on August 15, 2008 at 10:01 AM
I am very critical of McCain.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Wow. Just…WOW.
misterpeasea on August 14, 2008 at 4:32 PM
And to further reiterate the point, not all of my life is online. Just because I don't parrot the same 'OMFG, Capt'n Amnesty SUCKS!! he's going to destroy the republican party! Time for a revolution!' BS comments here doesn't mean I like McCain. What I am doing in real life I think might have a better impact on attempting to get the word out to McCain how displeased I am than ranting like a dog frothing at the mouth on a page that he doesn't read. For some people, they allow their limited view of the world to define their reality. I just would hope that some people would try to see the bigger picture here. Sadly, I don't see this happening much, by some of the comments that I read. Especially the ones that claim McCain will be worse than Obama.
The bad thing of McCain not picking a very strong conservative/far right politician is obviously the people who can't see past their own arms will see this as a betrayal. The positive results would be that the people who often decide elections – Moderates, Independents, might see this as a more balanced ticket than an ultra left liberal Obama and whoever he picks. Obama IS left, far left and has attempted to display himself as being middle. McCain is moderate right, but still right. And he made this no secret when he was running for the nomination. If you step back and look at both of these people, more people would realize that while McCain is a flawed candidate, he won't be able to do everything he wants, and will be moderated by the legislative branch. With Obama, you'll have the democrats doing whatever they want to. And no one to stop them.
If you look at this election using a microscope, and only at certain issues that you pick and choose, and not everything in it's totality, then you will be very shortsighted as to all of the events that will effect us all. And the world. I wish more people would think larger than themselves here.
wise_man on August 15, 2008 at 11:13 AM
Amazing, not one single person challenged my assertions that McCain would be able to implement his Liberal agenda, while Obama would not.
Instead, the march of "We have to support McCain over Obama posts" continued.
Therefor I see that there is only one reasonable answer. You don't care what policies the Republican Candidate puts forward, so long as he's a Republican. If that means he destroys the economy with a carbon cap and trade plan, so be it. If that means he destroys the Republican Party in the process, better yet.
Thus my contention that those who support McCain can't possibly be Conservatives is essentially demonstrated.
Game. Set. Match. Snake.
wise_man on August 15, 2008 at 11:13 AM
you just wasted a lot of bandwidth to say your voting for mccain no matter what he says or does between now and the election. your a lemming, try to deny it but you are here defending mccain on his every utterance. you have never criticized him. but you have some kinda psyop going in real life to pull mccain over to the conservative side? but any of that is too top secret to mention?? what a tool
chasdal on August 15, 2008 at 1:33 PM
you have never criticized him.
Yes I have.
wise_man on August 15, 2008 at 1:46 PM


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Aruba Networks: UBS Cuts to Hold; Mix Threatens Margins
Shares of wireless networking equipment vendor Aruba Networks (ARUN) are down 8 cents, or 0.3%, at $23.45, after UBS's Amitabh Passi cut his rating on the shares to Neutral from Buy, while leaving in place his $25 price target, arguing the stock has "upside risk" to $28 to $30 and "downside risk" to $18 to $20.
The company, writes Passi, remains "a strong competitor," and revenue growth should pick up next year, perhaps rising to 25% from 21% and 23% the past two years. The upside could come from its product for managing the "bring-your-own-device" phenomenon for smartphones and tablets in corporations:
We believe a key area of upside risk is better-than-expected traction with
Clearpass, Aruba's software-centric, and therefore high gross margin, BYOD on-boarding solution. We believe this revenue stream is currently less than 10% of overall company sales, and in the table below we highlight potential upside risk to our CY14 EPS estimate assuming incremental (to our base case) Clearpass sales of $10-40m for 2014, with gross margin in the 70-90% range, with no incremental opex.
At the same time, the wireless LAN equipment market has been decelerating since 2011, at "mid-teens" compounded annual growth, he writes, and he's concerned that the mix of product sold threatens margins:
However, potential offsets to a higher mix of Clearpass sales would be a greater proportion of Ethernet switches in Aruba's mix (lower-margin), as well as mix shifts between lower margin access points (AP) and higher-margin controllers. While Aruba's overall controller-AP mix has been relatively stable, we note that APs are expected to continue to grow at a faster clip than the controllers in the overall WLAN market potentially due to greater deployments of service provider APs as well as distributed controller (within APs) deployments. We therefore do not anticipate too much upside to our margin estimates given these offsetting elements.
Aruba competes with other networking vendors, principally Cisco Systems (CSCO).


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Kiwi fashion designer Karen Walker is venturing into children's wear for the first time through a partnership with a Japanese retail giant that will see the collection sold around the globe.
The range of 20 pieces including dresses, tops, pants and skirts will be available from April at Tokyo-based Uniqlo's 262 premier stores in countries such as the United States, China, Britain and Japan.
Auckland-based Walker wouldn't give any figures on what the partnership could be worth to her business but said it was "lucrative". She said the collaboration would increase awareness of the Karen Walker brand among consumers around the world.
Local consumers, however, won't be able to purchase the range as Uniqlo doesn't operate stores in this country and its online service doesn't deliver to New Zealand, Walker said.
She said the children's wear line - available for one season only - drew inspiration from her brand's other collections, while her 5-year-old daughter Valentina had also had some input into the designs. The concept behind the collection, which features alphabet and maths-themed prints, is "child geniuses".
Prices range from US$16 to US$22 ($19 to $26).
Children's wear is a notoriously challenging area of the fashion business - Trelise Cooper shelved her girls' clothing line in 2011 in response to declining sales - but Walker said Uniqlo offered the scale required to be successful in that segment of the trade.
The Japanese retailer, which reported annual sales of 928 billion ($12 billion) last year, has been expanding rapidly around the world with its affordable, basic fashion offering.
"One of the things I love about the collaboration with Uniqlo is that it fits with the strategy that we've got that you can buy Karen Walker at any price point - if you go into any of our stores right now you can get something for $15 or $50,000 [a diamond ring] and anything in between," said Walker.
In addition to the children's wear range, Karen Walker has also created a line of women's T-shirts for Uniqlo.
Despite the economic woes currently facing many developed economies, Walker said her business was on track to have its best financial year ever.


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text: Posted Dec 5, 2012 Geoff Hobson Editor Bengals.com Jones says it's a cut-and-dried contrast from what he had in Dallas in 2008. He's appreciative for owner Jerry Jones giving him a shot coming back from his 2007 NFL suspension, but it ended badly after he played in just nine games when he was cut after an odd incident with a security guard assigned to him. Adam Jones says that's the public reason he was cut and that there were other things at play. What everyone can agree on is that Jones didn't play well and there are those in Dallas that say he was going to get cut anyway, simply on performance alone. "I was horrible in Dallas and the coaching was horrible, too; from the top down," Jones said. "Zim is a demanding guy. He's a technique guy and with me being a raw athlete, that's the type of guy I need around me. The Zimmers, the Marvin Lewises, the guys that keep you grounded, that keep you in shape. Some guys get comfortable and let your technique lapse. These guys stay on you." Newman was there in 2008 and says that Jones himself will say he wasn't in shape. Newman has also seen how much Zimmer has meant to Jones's play. "That was a different situation. He wasn't ready for that situation, mentally or physically," Newman said. "He has a lot of respect for Zim. Zim is the ultimate technician. No matter who plays his defense, technique is always going to be prominent. With that type of coaching, there's no reason he shouldn't be a great one." Adam Jones doesn't hide his desire to play well against the Other Jones's Cowboys. He says the only friend he's got over there is "No. 21," cornerback Mike Jenkins, a rookie when Adam Jones was there. "I'm thankful for everything (Jerry Jones) has done for me," Adam Jones said. "The way the situation played out, I didn't agree with it. He had to do what was good for his organization, which I respect. I have no hard feelings. "I love Jerry with all my heart. I'm not going to get into what I don't like about him but it's not about Jerry. He's done a lot for me. I'm a Bengal and I would like to stay a Bengal for the rest of my career but we'll see how that goes. Right now I'm playing hard and on Sunday I'll have a double chip on my shoulder. I'll just go out and let the game come to me … it's one of those that means a little more on the edge that you want to win. You don't prepare any different but deep down in your heart you want this one." He is, Adam Jones says, a much different guy than the Cowboy of 2008. This is no longer the poster child of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's campaign to clean up the league off the field. To a new generation of players, he's the guy that made such a stirring presentation at the last NFL Rookie Symposium on what not to do. "Every team that we've played, I've had a rookie come up and say they appreciate me speaking to them," Jones said. "My mindset during Sundays is so crazy, nine times out of 10 I ignore them. But it's pretty good." Read the rest: http://www.bengals.com/news/article...-pile-up/067b88b8-ca32-4641-9b2b-3f92127c8476


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we're having unusually warm temps today in advance of a strong storm system.
all twelve hives in the home yard have lots of activity, with almost 100% of the foragers returning with pollen and swollen abdomens.
i'm not sure what they are bringing in, but they are flying off the ridge top and going down into the valley for it.
the color of the pollen varies from a pale cream to a light yellow.