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Thanks, Dr. Craig! I took your advice and voted for Obama!
Well I just disagree with Dr. Craig on this. This country is the exact opposite of what it was founded on. There's so many reasons why I can see the point of those who don't want to vote that I can't even go through all of them. I vote. But I do it only to pay for the priveledge to complain. I'm tired of being forced to choose between bad and worse. I'm tired of my "duties of citizenship" being thrown in my face while the duties of those in office are ignored. This is Satans world. I can't change that. I don't care at all if any of you agree or disagree with me. I'm way past caring. In fact, I may start voting for the Democrats just to hasten the end of this ugly world.
I think we agree on the majority of issues. Our fundamental disagreement stems from how we view Karl Rove vs a Marxist. Karl Rove doesn't want to go over a cliff. He generally doesn't have any principals and views everything threw the prism of strategizing to win elections. He understands if the economy is bad, it's bad for the GOP. He also understands if he veers too far away from the base of the GOP it will cost elections.
The Marxist wants the economy to collapse so he can transform the country. The Marxist consciously wants to drive us off the cliff and when he sees the cliff edge, he hits the turbo button.
"Are you aware of what happened at our national convention?"
I am. The establishment GOP wants to get rid of the conservatives in the party. They cut off funds to Michele Bachmann's reelection campaign because they wanted to get rid of her.
"Do you think that Romney would have rescinded those executive orders? Not likely."
That may be true but how the government uses the executive order would be the issue. Romney would behave differently from President Obama in that regard.
"By giving up our civil liberties, are we trampling upon all that they fought and died for? "
You are preaching to the choir.... preach on.....
"least his constituents should get their fair share"
The point is to put candidates into the system to change it not to say that's how Washington works. Change how it works...
PS. Texas has two bills on the grill to stop the TSA from molesting people and fight back against NDAA legislation.
Very well, then. I had the idea that you believed that Romney was pro-life, pro-gun rights and a free-market economist on health care issues, based on your previous statements. That is why I believed that you thought that he was on the right side of many issues. The truth is, he is just as much of a socialist as Obama on healthcare matters, as evidenced by the fact that he admitted that he was happy that Obama "copied" his Massachusetts health care plan. My point was that he flip-flopped on so many issues that we have no idea what he would have done had he been elected. I understand that you do not believe that they are carbon copies of each other; I don't believe so either, but I think that they both believe (to slightly varying degrees) in big government control over our country and that their end goal is the same - because they are both bought and paid for by the same people - bankers and corporations that want to rule the world.
"President Obama is the most far left president this country has ever seen." Definitely one of the top three. Woodrow Wilson and FDR were pretty bad, too.
"I believe the country could have survived a Romney presidency." - The debt would have still continued to grow, based on the fact that his budget implemented no real cuts. The debt would still continue to be monetized, and the dollar would probably crash anyway, just like it probably will under Obama. Maybe a Romney presidency would have bought us extra time, maybe not. We can predict certain general consequences based on Biblical principles (such as in Proverbs 22:7), or look at God's judgment on Israel for their moral fall and debasement of currency (as told in Isaiah 1). But given the fact that historically hyperinflation and currency crises have frequently happened "unexpectedly" and almost overnight, there is no real way to tell exactly when the country will collapse economically. What we do know is that Obama is driving us off of a cliff at 90 miles per hour. I will not vote for a different candidate who says that he will drive us off the cliff at 75 miles per hour, and then hope that he will come to his senses and slam on the brakes, or hope that his passengers will try to convince him to take his foot off of the gas by putting "political pressure" on him. I will vote for a candidate who has a plan to stop the car and put it in reverse. Scripture is clear on this. We should not give legitimacy to evil men - as Christians, we must support only that which is good. Circumstances may change, but God's principles never change. Christians can join together in doing so, or they can do otherwise, and suffer the consequences. God gives us free will.
"How do we get out of this mess?" - Maybe we don't. Maybe it's too late. Maybe we had our chance in the Republican primary to select a REAL conservative who had a plan to reduce the debt by several trillion dollars over the course of his first four years (and to try to reverse civil liberty violations). Maybe we instead succumbed to the media, to peer pressure and to the establishment, and installed the "lesser of two evils", who lost.
Are you aware of what happened at our national convention? The establishment pushed Ron Paul out at the convention by changing the delegate count threshold so that he could not get his name entered into the nomination process. Did you also know that the Republican leadership changed the process rules at the convention so that minority candidates no longer have a voice? Now, if there is a minority candidate at the Republican convention who has legitimate delegates from state caucuses or primaries, the Republican leadership can unseat his delegates and completely replace them with delegates of their choosing. The Republican party has now become a corrupt tin-pot dictatorship. Here is a video of House Speaker John Boehner reading the result of the "vote" for the rule change off of a teleprompter AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE "VOTE" WAS BEING TAKEN:
It was an obviously falsified vote, because he was reading the vote result from a script. Had these rules been in effect at the RNC in 1976, Ronald Reagan would never have become President in 1980. This is the kind of corruption and falsification that occurred in Stalinist Russia and under Saddam Hussein's regime. Christians should NEVER stand for this. So, maybe there is now no way out. Perhaps, like Israel, we will simply suffer the consequences of our actions.
"You voted him back into office." - Of course, you may argue that if you wish. Do you think that Romney would have rescinded those executive orders? Not likely. Romney likes to demolish the Constitution, too. He even suggested that CHURCHES should be wiretapped by the government in order to help prevent "terrorist" attacks, and echoed the same old tired rhetoric about our "safety" being more important than our civil liberties.
Did our forefathers believe that our safety was more important than our civil liberties, or did they say things like, "give me liberty or give me death" and "they who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety"? Did they give up safety in the preservation of liberty, by fighting the Revolutionary War? By giving up our civil liberties, are we trampling upon all that they fought and died for?
"....if your choice was between a Marxist and Karl Rove" - What difference does that make in the end if neoconservative monetary policies turn the dollar's value into that of the Mexican peso? Either way, we are circling the drain.
I certainly will agree with you that amnesty for illegals and the talk about trying to pander to certain special interest groups is a waste of time.
"Ron Paul is a hypocrite....loads a bill with pork" - His earmarks DO NOT INCREASE THE SPENDING in a bill. they allocate the money that has already decided to be spent. If those earmarks did not exist, the President would simply be given a blank check to spend the funds however he wishes. Ron Paul opposes the bill, but feels that if the money is going to be spent regardless of his vote, at least his constituents should get their fair share, since they were forced to pay the taxes for it. And he never "sells" his votes for earmarks.
"I know that you think that Mitt is on the right side of many policies"
I have no illusion about who Mitt Romney is. I didn't support him in the primary, nor did I want him to win the nomination.
What I do believe is President Obama is the most far left president this country has ever seen. I do not believe this country will survive another four years of an Obama Administration. I believe the country could have survived a Romney presidency. When the choice was between Romney and Obama, despite his many flaws, I voted for Romney.
Once again, I did not vote for Romney because I think he is on the right side of many policies. I voted for him because I know who President Obama is and what he believes. One of our disagreement stems from your believe that Mitt and the President are exactly the same. They are not. Here is an example:
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK."
What is President Obama saying here? America has it too good and other countries don't have what we have. That needs to be equaled out.
He believes America has too much wealth, energy is too cheap, and food is too cheap. In other words, American needs to be taken down several notches and put on the same level as other counties. Do you think Mitt Romney wants and believes that? The answer to that question is H-E double hockey sticks NO!
Does Mitt Romney want to fundamentally change this country? No. The assumption that both presidential candidates were the same is completely false. You do not understand the political ideology we are dealing with.
"He is just as bad as Obama. He just says anything to get elected."
Obama is driven by a frightening political ideology. Let's stipulate that Romney is just the typical politician who says whatever he has to in order to get elected. Let's also stipulate he supports certain big government programs.
One candidate wants to fundamentally transform the United States and essentially turn it into a third word country so there can be a global level playing field. The other candidate really doesn't believe in anything other than getting elected. Those two people are not remotely close.
Did you forget that President Obama went to a black liberation church for 20 years? What is black liberation theology?
"If the current system collapses then there are a number of possible scenarios that could result."
None them are remotely close to a constitutional republic. You didn't answer my questions. How do we get out of this mess?
"The fact that 12 million fewer people voted in this election and that a third-party candidate broke the "one million-voter mark" for the first time suggests strongly that people are beginning to get tired of the same old song and dance."
People are tired of the same old big and bigger government choice. Do you believe a third party is the answer?
You said we don't have time to evolve back to the constitution, if we are out of time how does that comport with a third party being a viable solution?
"unless and until people wake up we are instead likely to see autocratic or oligarchic control"
This country has the first generation who have been indoctrinate their whole lives beginning to vote. This generation views socialism more favorably than capitalism. People are not waking up. They are going in the opposite direction.
When they think of George Washington they think of an evil old rich white guy who owned slaves. George Washington is Monte Burns to them.
"Just look at all of the executive orders that have been signed by Obama."
You voted him back into office.
"except for the fact that Romney's budget contained no significant cuts."
You do not understand who President Obama is and what he believes.
" Contrast this with other candidates like Ron Paul,"
Ron Paul has many flaws too. He knows a bill is going to pass, loads it with pork for his district, and then votes no on the bill. When he was asked about this, he simply said that is the way Washington works. Why not change the way Washington works?
"except for the fact that Romney's healthcare policy in Massachusetts served as the blueprint for Obamacare."
Even if they were going to replace Obama care with a GOP Obama care-lite bill, they still would have to repeal it first. The Clintons stopped pushing for socialized medicine because of it's unpopularity. Do you really think the GOP is going to touch it after it's repealed? Even if they did, it would have given us more time.
"Government should get out of the health care industry entirely."
Guess what? The government is knee deep in the health care business. You voted for Obama care kicking in right now. The reason why they fought so hard to implement it is once it goes through there is no going back. It transforms us in a socialist nation.
It also gives the government a myriad of ways to regulate in to law what ever oppressive measures they want. On top of that, it's neo-eugenics.
"except when he supported a "woman's right to choose"
If Romney is a politician who really doesn't care about this issue, he has to worry about his base to get reelected. President Obama's base is for abortion and he doesn't have to worry about getting reelected, as he so eloquently told the American people when he was caught on a hot microphone in Russia.
"except for the fact that judges like John Roberts"
He was definitely a bad pick. It appears that Roberts has a weakness for the opinions of the liberal elites in the Georgetown cocktail party circuit. It would also appear the democrats some how had got wind of this.
Relatively little was know about his judicial philosophy. Ann Coulter actually predicted he was a bad pick right from the beginning because of this. She pointed out when ever little is know about a potential originalist justice, it always turns out bad. The key here is to nominate someone who has a consistent record of ruling in favor of the Constitution.
"legitimize government control over industries like healthcare by calling it a "tax". "
It is far worse than that. The ruling affirmed the government has the ability to tax behavior. You can implement any totalitarian plan you want by taxation.
"There is no guarantee that Romney"
Political pressure could have been applied to Romney even if he didn't want to do this There is a 100% guarantee Obama is going to put radicals on the bench. Once the court goes 5-4 liberal, America is done.
"except for the fact that Romney has flip-flopped on gun control throughout his entire career. "
Mitt Romney would not have given a green light for a UN gun grab the minute he won the election. George Bush wouldn't even have done that.
"What guarantee is there that he is not a wolf in sheep's clothing"
There is a 100% guarantee that President Obama is very much against the 2nd amendment. Now that he doesn't have to worry about answering to anyone, he is going attack the second amendment like we have never seen.
"except that the Liberty Movement is alive and growing. Your statement here is moot."
Third parties have never worked. It would have been far better if there were tea party candidates and Ron Paul supports running as republicans rather than as third party. That is the tactic that changed the democratic party of JFK to the far left party it is now.
"when the alternatives are equally bad, there is no "lesser of two evils"
You honestly believe if your choice was between a Marxist and Karl Rove there is no lesser of evils? Karl Rove is the equivalent of a Marxist? They are the same?
"Instead, why not do as God says in Proverbs 1:10-19, and avoid giving "consent" to evil men"
That mentality would put Hitler into power.
"perhaps that might be a good development."
It doesn't appear that you understand what Obama care does to this country. The funding needs to be cut off. This will require a massive grass roots campaign by both tea party and Ron Paul supporters.
If there is an additional battle for the GOP that is going to sap the focus in fighting Obama care. Once Obama care fully kicks in, there is no going back.
"We don't have the time to attempt to slowly "evolve" it back in the right direction. Maybe a catalytic shake-up is just what they need. "
We are out of time. I haven't heard one person talk about cutting off the funding for Obama care. Instead they are talking about what the GOP needs to do to stay competitive in future elections.
They are blaming the tea party wing of the republican party for the loss, which doesn't make any sense. They believe if we give twenty million new democrat voters amnesty, they will like the GOP much better and might pick up more votes.
"If all conservatives adopted the same attitude" and only accepted a "George Washington", some democrats and many independents would likely join them, and they would win. The fact that 12 million fewer people voted in this election and that a third-party candidate broke the "onemillion-voter mark" for the first time suggests strongly that people are beginning to get tired of the same old song and dance.
"If the current system collapses" then there are a number of possible scenarios that could result. Going back to the constitutional republic that our founders believed in would be one favorable scenario; however, unless and until people wake up we are instead likely to see autocratic or oligarchic control. Just look at all of the executive orders that have been signed by Obama. The government now claims the power to seize control over all industries, utilities, communications resources, civil transportation means, and even water and food resources in the event that the President declares an "emergency".
"Mitt Romney would not have pushed us over the edge" - except for the fact that Romney's budget contained no significant cuts. They claim that it did, but the "cuts" were actually cuts in proposed spending increases, resulting in no net reduction to the debt. Contrast this with other candidates like Ron Paul, whose budget called for the elimination of five cabinet-level positions and an actual, two-trillion dollar reduction in spending just in the first year of his presidency alone.
"By not voting for Romney, you voted for Obama care" - except for the fact that Romney's healthcare policy in Massachusetts served as the blueprint for Obamacare. Romney did not promise to just repeal Obamacare, but to "replace it with something else" which would likely be relatively similar. Government should get out of the health care industry entirely.
"Romney was against abortion" - except when he supported a "woman's right to choose".
"By not voting for Romney, you voted for Obama and are putting him in the position to stack SCOTUS with liberal judges" - except for the fact that judges like John Roberts, appointed by "conservative" Presidents, have voted to legitimize government control over industries like healthcare by calling it a "tax". There is no guarantee that Romney, who has been on both sides of every political issue throughout his entire career, would successfully nominate judges who would vote consistently and constitutionally.
"This election is a tipping point". Hopefully.
"...he green lights a UN gun grab. Would Mitt Romney have done that? No." - except for the fact that Romney has flip-flopped on gun control throughout his entire career. What guarantee is there that he is not a wolf in sheep's clothing?
"the best course of action would have been to start a movement and infect the republican party with the ideals libertarianism" - except that the Liberty Movement is alive and growing. Your statement here is moot.
"You can't just sit back and wait for the perfect candidate" - when the alternatives are equally bad, there is no "lesser of two evils". Instead, why not do as God says in Proverbs 1:10-19, and avoid giving "consent" to evil men?
"....a civil war is about to break out in the republican party" - perhaps that might be a good development. We don't have the time to attempt to slowly "evolve" it back in the right direction. Maybe a catalytic shake-up is just what they need.
I know that you think that Mitt is on the right side of many policies, but what you don't seem to see is that he has been on BOTH sides of those policies throughout his entire career - The FED, gun control, abortion, illegal immigration, global warming, healthcare, TARP, and many more. He is just as bad as Obama. He just says anything to get elected. If you don't believe me, simply watch this video:
"If everyone adopted the attitude"
Sorry that was poorly worded on my part. If all conservatives adopted the same attitude.
"attempting to vote for the lesser of two evils over and over again in the hopes that we can slowly "evolve" it back in the other direction is a pipe dream"
What is your solution? Do you think if the current system collapses we are going to go back to constitutional republic the founders believed in?
"governments simply get bigger and more powerful, protecting their own interests over those of the people, and taking away liberty."
Eventually, you come to a point where the government has complete control.
"If we continue to vote for the "lesser of two evils" year after year, then you can be sure that is the only choice that we will ever be given by our government masters"
If we continually vote for the lesser of two evils the country will go over a cliff edge and we will be past the point of no return. President Obama is the most far left president we have ever had. With his reelection we will go over the cliff edge. Mitt Romney would not have pushed us over the edge.
"What ever happened to Christians standing up for their principles?"
Obama care fundamentally changes this country. It is the final nail in the coffin of America. Once it is implemented, we will never be able to get rid of it. By not voting for Romney, you voted for Obama care.
" What ever happened to Christians voting their conscience?"
Do you support abortion? President Obama voted against a bill that would mandate doctors save the life of a baby that survived an abortion. Romney was against abortion.
"What ever happened to never compromising with evil?"
President Obama might have two to three supreme court picks. If he gets three, that's game over for this country. Romney would not appoint radical leftists to the court. By not voting for Romney, you voted for Obama and are putting him in the position to stack SCOTUS with liberal judges.
"What ever happened to an informed, educated populace that stands up and refuses to have their freedom taken away from them?"
This election is a tipping point. 51% of this country are uniformed, ignorant, don't care, or have no problem with a large obstructive government.
Speaking of freedoms being taken away, about a minute after President Obama was reelected, he green lights a UN gun grab. Would Mitt Romney have done that? No. Are you for that? If your not.... You voted for it.
"to believe that red and blue are the only colors that we have to choose."
The reality is third parties are not successful. Instead of lamenting about how Ron Paul got screwed for 4 years and after he failed to get the nomination this time his supporters will repeat the grieving process, the best course of action would have been to start a movement and infect the republican party with the ideals libertarianism instead of following one guy who is a hypocrite.
"Christians now simply seem content to settle for mediocrity/evil"
You can't just sit back and wait for the perfect candidate to come forward and if they don't, take your ball and bat and go home. If you follow that strategy, you lose and big government wins.
Guess what? It looks like they have. The only way out is if there is a massive organizational grass roots effort by conservatives. The first thing they need to do is to cut of the funding for Obama care. Unfortunately, a civil war is about to break out in the republican party between the tea party / libertarians and the progressive establishment GOP. The majority of conservatives are not professional activists.
Dr. Craig, please reconsider your position. Supporting murderers and criminals is not what Jesus would do.
"Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation." - Psalm 146:3
If everyone adopted the attitude that we should settle for no less than George Washington, then big government would win? How does that follow? If everyone only voted for a "George Washington", then that is the type of candidate who would win! I'm not sure about the validity of your assertion here.
Our government may not have become a hulking monstrosity overnight, but attempting to vote for the lesser of two evils over and over again in the hopes that we can slowly "evolve" it back in the other direction is a pipe dream. By their nature, abusive bureaucratic governments do not like to give up power. That is what history has always shown - governments simply get bigger and more powerful, protecting their own interests over those of the people, and taking away liberty. That is the job of a bureaucracy - to make more rules, and then spend more money enforcing those rules.
A higher court judge has overturned the injunction that you speak of. And American citizens all over the country are being forcibly detained (many of them military veterans), although you are probably unaware of this fact because it is not reported in the mainstream media.
If we continue to vote for the "lesser of two evils" year after year, then you can be sure that is the only choice that we will ever be given by our government masters. What ever happened to Christians standing up for their principles? What ever happened to Christians voting their conscience? What ever happened to never compromising with evil? What ever happened to an informed, educated populace that stands up and refuses to have their freedom taken away from them? Sadly, Christians now simply seem content to settle for mediocrity/evil. We have become a microcosm of our culture, conditioned (like the rest of the population) to believe that red and blue are the only colors that we have to choose.
This doesn't seem like a "Christian" issue at all, but just some Christians who think their votes don't count. To me, this would fall into the same category as voting for a fringe candidate because one doesn't like either popular candidate. Neither is responsible.
In a case where neither candidate is perfectly biblical in their views, I think we must vote for the most biblical, and certainly issues of abortion and religious liberty are outstanding.
No attempts to address the classic arguments against government involvement by Christians? Where does our citizenship belong? Do ambassadors vote? What about aliens, do they vote? Who is being pragmatic, the one choosing to abstain on principle or the one who says, "look at all the good we would/would not do if we did/did not vote."
What you seem to be saying is that you will not support anyone who isn't George Washington. By taking that position big government wins. If everyone adopted that attitude, they would be no opposition in the government.
Over a hundred year period, the progressive movement slowly and meticulously evolved this county away from the constitution. People just started waking up at the end of Bush's presidency. That was four years ago.
There have been candidates who believe in the founding principals of this country getting elected to office and/or knocking off establishment GOP candidates as well. This is going to take time and will not happen over night.
"He has said so, and has said that if he were President, he would have taken the same actions as Obama."
What he said was he supported using the NDAA for Islamic extremist terrorists but it should not be used to pick up random American citizens. He said he wouldn't abuse the authority. If you look at Romney character, he wouldn't abuse the authority. The problem is a President in the future could abuse it and it is unconstitutional. A judge issued an injunction on the provision.
After hearing for months on end how every viable candidate will be the ruin of the country, why are people still surprised that some people don't want to vote?
But I don't know why someone wouldn't vote because they are only one vote. I don't think it was for voting but I saw something awhile back where they have just one voice saying, "I'mjust one person, how can I make a difference anyway?" Then they have two voices, then ten voices, then a hundred, etc. That states the problem with the view eloquently. Also, the whole thing is just an odd view anyway, in that the more people agree with you and adopt your view – the more wrong you are.
I agree with Dr. Craig. We have a duty as citizens to vote. This responsibility should not be taken lightly.
will probably take away more of our rights.
I agree with Dr. Craig that each ballot counts, and that no one should refrain from voting simply because they believe that their vote is mathematically inconsequential. Under most circumstances in a constitutional republic, the process of voting can be a valuable means of guiding the country in the right direction (especially in local elections where the constituency is more familiar with the candidate, his or her positions, and integrity level).
But what about situations in which both candidates support anti-biblical principles?
Our founding fathers rightly recognized that people have certain inalienable rights that have been given to them by God, and outlined many of those rights in the Constitution. Yet, according to the Washington Times, Barack Obama has assassinated American citizens without due process, and he has also imprisoned American citizens like Brandon Raub simply for speaking out against the government. The 2012 NDAA law, signed by Obama, allows him to indefinitely imprison any American without an attorney, without a trial - simply on the accusation that he is a terrorist. Not a conviction. Simply on the accusation alone.
And Mitt Romney fully supports this demolition of the Constitution. He has said so, and has said that if he were President, he would have taken the same actions as Obama. This outright tyranny should frighten every citizen of this country, and is reason enough to disqualify both candidates for the Presidency. It is a violation of the natural law given to us by God.
What then? Do we vote for the "lesser of two evils"? A vote for the "lesser of two evils" is still a vote for evil. and I believe that God does not want Christians to support or endorse evil in any form. It is a good thing that there are other Presidential candidates on the ballot, because I believe that if there were not, in this instance, abstention would be necessary - simply because it would deny legitimacy and normalcy to evil.
So we are left with two mainstream candidates who
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text: I have done several front Trijicons on both J and K frames. It's easy enough to cut a good notch and then insert the blades. I have noticed that, if you undercut the notch at each end you can actually press the front blade in...although I do use an adhesive to hold them. A great consideration is getting the elevation on the front blade right. I think it's a good idea to use just the front as a night sight. My conundrum is figuring a project for a couple of sets of Trijicon rear sights.


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Second set of wheels for offroading
I have been considering getting a second set of wheels and tires (of course) for switching out for offroading. I am looking for the wheels primarily, but was looking for recommendations on what to look at. I don't want anything cheap but I don't want to get expensive (because I am cheap). I was looking at rubicon rims but was wonder what other's thoughts may be.
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I have a 2 inch RC Lift with 1.5 inch spacers and found what i think is an excellent deal on 4 255/75R17 wheels and tires that came from a 2012 JK. Only 3000 miles on them and except for a scuff on one wheel. In very good shaped. $400. Would these fit or would I have to do modifcation? Or is not even possible? I am not sure but I believe these are 32 inch tires?
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Yep, those should fit with the spacers just fine.
They are almost a 32" tyre.
You will have to do the pinchweld mod though. There is a thread on here showing how.
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Thanks. I really have no desire to tackle a pinch weld, so I think I am best off with the tire size I have now.
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Anyone have any advice or opinions on steel wheels for off roading? Cragar etc...Obviously not the prettiest looking wheels... Better off with aluminum?
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TORONTO, June 25 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index finished lower on Thursday, pulled down by a hefty retreat in energy names that snapped a three-session rally.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended down 50.01 points, or 0.33 percent, at 14,897.5.
Suncor Energy Inc fell 3.2 percent to C$34.56, while Encana Corp declined 3.4 percent to C$14.24 and Canadian Natural Resources lost 2.1 percent to C$35.13.
The overall group retreated 1.7 percent, hurt by oil prices that were pulled lower by uncertainties over a solution to Greece's debt crisis and the potential easing of sanctions on crude-producing Iran.
"The hope is that now oil has dropped significantly and will stay at this level or even fall further over time, that other sectors like, for one, manufacturing will pick up the slack," said Allan Small, a senior investment advisor at Dundee Wealth. Continued...


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If you think the gas prices are hurting you think about the people who make a living off drilling.
Nearly a year after the administration first halted oil drilling activity in the Gulf of Mexico, stories of economic hardship still surface, all with the same theme: The slow pace of permitting punishes all those whose livelihood depends on the oil and gas industry — even those who had nothing to do with the spill and whose safety records are impeccable.
Here's teh problem People are expecting Barry Soetoro to actually give a crap about the little people. He does not. The whole gas price thing is an effort by Obama and Co to destroy our current system so they can build a new one. Event the people that say he is doing this to increase green energy are missing the deeper meaning. He has to crush our economy to destroy our way of life s he can replace it with his ultimate vision.


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New Columbia Police Chief Promotes Former
Columbia's new police chief has promoted the man who filled in before him to be his second-in-command.
Chief Skip Holbrook has named Melron Kelly as deputy chief.
Kelly will also continue to command the Uniform Operations Bureau, which includes several units such as the Patrol Division; Drug Suppression Team; the Gang, Traffic Safety and K-9 units; and School Resource Officers.
Kelly served briefly as interim chief after the resignation of Interim Chief Ruben Santiago.
Two other promotions by the new chief: Captain Kellie Yates becomes a lieutenant in the west region, which includes Harbison; and Lieutenant Tim Holbrook – no relation to the chief – is promoted to captain of the north region, which takes in North Columbia.


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Majella O'Donnell To Shave Off Hair On The Late Late Show
RSVP was sad to hear last July that Majella O'Donnell, wife of Irish superstar Daniel O'Donnell, had been diagnosed with breast cancer. The 52-year-old, who spoke candidly to RSVP of her love for her singer husband during an interview in 2012, is currently undergoing treatment. In a statement released by the couple they said to be "hopeful of a full recovery" and appealed for privacy.
Now Majella is doing a very brave thing this weekend by appearing on The Late Late Show, where she will shave her hair off in aid of cancer research. Hyde Grooming and Beauty yesterday posted a stunning photo of Majella with her daughter Siobhan on their Facebook page along with the below words.
"A while back we had the pleasure of having my dear friend Siobhan and her lovely mum Majella O'Donnell come
Into Hyde, as some might know Majella was diagnosed with cancer a few wks ago, this Friday she will be doing an extremely brave thing by shaving her head live on the Late Late to help raise funds for cancer research. Please watch and donate if you can, cancer effects so many, every little donation helps,
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Park to replace old substation
The hum of electrical power at the old California Avenue Substation will soon be replaced by the buzz of public meetings and recreational activities.
Until they get a better place to play, parents as well as children living in the surrounding neighborhood gather to play in an empty church parking lot at the corner of Dakota Street and 44th Avenue Southwest, said Kevin Broveleit, a neighbor and volunteer helping to create the new park. There are no basketball hoops at the parking lot but youngsters still gather there to ride bikes and play roller hockey.
The former Seattle City Light electricity distribution facility, at California Avenue and Southwest Dakota Street, is being turned into a community gathering place to be called Dakota Place Park.
City Light cleaned up contamination from the substation before turning over ownership to Seattle Parks and Recreation and, with money from the 2000 Pro Parks levy, the building is set for a makeover this summer.
Dakota Place Park has two components: the building and the landscaping around it.
The two-room building will be renovated into a multiuse facility for community meetings, classes, recreational programs and other activities. It will be able to hold about 100 people.
Just what activities will be offered is up to the Hiawatha Community Center Advisory Council. When the list of activities is set, the interior of the building can be designed to accommodate them.
A new stairway is planned on the California Avenue side of the building.
Meanwhile the landscaping plan for Dakota Place Park includes a plaza on the west side of the building.
"The site was the source of energy for the neighborhood," said Jennifer Cargal, another project volunteer. Therefore the new plaza will have a spiral design of energy pulses emanating from a central point. It will be created by sandblasting the design into the plaza pavement.
A sculptural element that will also tie to the facility's past will be two vintage light poles from Seattle City Light. The poles are designed in what's called the Chief Sealth model, with a tall, fluted pole standing atop a waist-high, solid brass base. The light poles will be erected in the landscaped area north of the building.
The Chief Sealth street light design is still in use but with round instead of fluted poles. New poles also are made of cast aluminum because it is durable, light and easy to work with, explained Dan Williams, City Light spokesman.
Native plants will be planted to attract birds and butterflies to the garden.
Some plants for the new park have been secured but it's not time to plant them yet. So volunteers have taken some of the plants home to keep them fed and watered until its time to put them in the ground at the new park.
The southern exterior of the building has been approved for Seatlle
Fund-raising for the outdoor part of the new park has been underway for a few years. The West Seattle Garden Tour shared its proceeds with the park the past couple of years.
Another $5,000 was donated by the Hiawatha Community Center Advisory Council.
Currently ArtsWest is producing a musical called "Just So," based on a book of children's stories by Rudyard Kipling. ArtsWest is donating 10 percent of ticket sales to the park project when buyers mention Dakota Place Park at the time of purchase.
Contributions also have come from First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Westside Children's Dentistry, Endolyne Garden Club and the Tilden School.
Volunteers hope to raise another $74,000 to reach their goal of $207,000, said Jennifer Cargal, a Dakota Place park volunteer.
A donor recognition wall is planned too.
The California Avenue substation was recognized in 2003 by the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board as an official city landmark.
Built in 1930, the brick building with its Neoclassical Revival terra cotta details is more elaborate than most substations of its time, according to the Landmarks Preservation Board's report. There's an "elaborate wreath of leaves, flowers and festoons of leaves" at the entrance from Dakota Street, the report states.
The building was originally designed to blend with the surrounding residential neighborhood.
The California Avenue Substation also has historical significance because it's the last remaining brick substation of three built by the Puget Sound Power & Light Co.
Seattle City Light bought the Power and Light Co.'s facilities in Seattle in 1951.
Five decades later, City Light decided the California Avenue Substation was no longer needed. The utility sold many of its surplus properties in 2002. That's when Seattle Parks and Recreation acquired it.
The Landmarks Preservation Board approved the proposed changes to the former substation planned by Seattle Parks and Recreation.
Tours of Dakota Place Park are being offered at 9 a.m. Friday, June 2 and Saturday June 10.
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UPDATE: Whole Foods project in West Seattle passes design review
Original post on July 11 (updated report found below)
A mixed use project (including a Whole Foods grocery store and apartments) proposed to take over nearly two blocks at the corner of Fauntleroy and Alaska passed a design review on July 11.
The Southwest Design Review Board gave the project a split blessing of 3-1, with local residential representative T. Frick McNamara disagreeing with the minority. This was the fourth design review meeting, with the first early design meeting occurring in September of 2012.
Several conditions from the board accompanied the decision (more on that in an updated report tomorrow), which city planners will work with developers to satisfy.
The board's recommendation moves the project closer to a master use permit from the city to start building the six-story building with 370 apartments, 570 stalls of underground parking, a Whole Foods and several retail storefronts along Fauntleroy.
After an earlier design including a drug store drive-through in the mid-block connection was scrapped based on SDOT and design board recommendations, Fuller Sears Architects, who are designing the project, said a national pharmacy chain that was supposed to move in will likely back out.
Developers hope to have the project completed in 2015. For more background, please click here.
Updated report for July 12
A massive project including a Whole Foods grocery store proposed for 4755 Fauntleroy Way S.W. (at the corner of Fauntleroy and Alaska) finally passed its design review process on July 11 after nearly a year of being sent back to the drawing board.
With Elvis impersonator Brett Wiggins crooning "Don't be Cruel" to an early West Seattle Summerfest crowd just outside, a smaller contingency of developers, citizens and the design review board members crowded the Senior Center to hear a fourth design review for the six-story project with a Whole Foods grocery store that will welcome visitors to West Seattle traveling in along Fauntleroy.
In addition to the grocer, developers Lennar Multifamily Investors plan for 370 apartments, 570 stalls of underground parking, a landscaped mid-block connection and several retail storefronts yet to be claimed. When all said and done, it will take up nearly two city blocks, the only exception being the Alki Masonic Lodge which will remain standing (they are getting a newly graded parking lot paid for by the developers in exchange for changes to the alleyway).
After two hours of design board discussion and public comment complete with moments of tension between architects weary of the process and a design review board who committed early on to "getting this one right" due to its size, the board finally passed the project with a vote of 3-1, but not without a list of conditions developers will need to work out with city planners. Once satisfied, the Department of Planning and Development will likely issue a Master Use Permit to actually start building.
New review board member T. Frick McNamara (landscape architect and owner of the Bin 41 wine shop in the Junction) did not vote for the project's approval.
The board named five conditions before passing the project along, including transparent "glazing" into Whole Foods along Alaska and 40th, changing white vinyl window borders to a medium or dark tone, giving "the main entrance on Alaska more visual prominence," visually connecting the ground level plane with that Alaska corner's artistic elements, and a recommendation to avoid "gaudy, giant-sized" backlit neon signs as retailers move in to avoid, as one board member put it, a "United States of Generica" look.
Over the course of an abnormally long design review process and a separate Seattle Department of Transportation review for changes to an existing alleyway, the project has morphed significantly to appease requests for the largest single development in West Seattle history, many of them to provide public benefit.
Emerging from those requests, SDOT nixed developer's plans to include a drive-through for a national chain pharmacy in a mid block connection that will serve pedestrians, vehicles accessing underground parking, and big rigs making deliveries to retailers. As a result of losing the drive-through feature, Fuller Sears architects said the pharmacy would likely pull out of the project, leaving additional space for other eventual retailers.
They also presented a much simplified exterior color scheme from earlier iterations and landscaping that includes corner plazas to encourage the general pedestrian public to stop and relax while incorporating artistic and sculpture elements that echo "the edges of West Seattle," with waterfront elements like piers, green walls and wooden benches. At the welcome-mat corner of Fauntleroy and Alaska, developers have teamed up with a local sculptor in an attempt to create a visually striking entrance with artistic elements (designed to look like "eroding bulkheads") and water features in homage to "West Seattle … a community surrounded by and connected to water."
During public comment, most who stood up gushed praise upon the project as a positive addition to the West Seattle Triangle. Deb Barker, president of the Morgan Community Association and a past design review board member, was a near lone dissenter. She said the board should not pass the project before the city council OK's developer's changes to the alley, the use of the midblock connection for retail deliveries would pose a public safety hazard to pedestrians (Nancy Woodland with Westside Baby countered by saying her children, for example, live in a city and learned at an early age how to watch for traffic) and that there should be retail frontage on 40thAve. S.W., not just along Fauntleroy.
Members of the local food workers union UFCW 21 continued their opposition to the project because Whole Foods is non-union. To counteract, several Whole Foods employees stood to praise the project and assure the public the natural foods grocer will be a welcome addition to the neighborhood.
Earlier that same evening, a 150-unit mixed use project planned for 4745 40th Ave. S.W. (just west of the Alki Masonic Lodge) passed its early design review. It was a night that signified major changes to come for the Fauntleroy Triangle.
With Seattle Parks and Recreation planning to build a park next door to the above mentioned project on 40th and a revitalized plan to build a seven-story building with an L.A. Fitness Center and 184 residential units just across Alaska in the long-dormant "Hole," the expansion of West Seattle's population and rise of its skyline is well under way.
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- General Shopping Brasil's Gross Revenue in the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12) totaled R$ 61.5 million, up 42.1% over the R$ 43.3 million in revenue reached in the fourth quarter of 2011 (4Q11). Gross revenue grew 33.3% in 2012 in comparison with 2011, reaching R$ 196.1 million.
- Consolidated NOI registered R$ 48.5 million in 4Q12, with margin at 85.5% and a growth of 35.0% in relation to the R$ 35.9 million registered in 4Q11. In 2012, consolidated NOI was R$ 158.9 million, with margin of 87.1% and a growth of 31.0% in comparison with 2011.
- Gross Profit registered R$ 45.0 million in 4Q12, with margin at 79.4% and a growth of 42.5% as compared with the R$ 31.6 million of 4Q11. In 2012, gross profit totaled R$ 144.4 million, with margin of 79.2% and a growth of 32.1% in comparison with 2011.
- Adjusted EBITDA reached R$ 38.7 million in 4Q12, with margin at 68.3% and a growth of 31.5% in relation to the R$ 29.5 million in 4Q11. In 2012, adjusted EBITDA totaled R$ 125.9 million, with margin of 69.1% and a growth of 27.7% in comparison with 2011.
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Short but sweet, the Chris Christie "thing" is called "BRIDGE GATE".
The use of "gate" when talking about scandals started with Richard Nixon and Watergate...in 1974!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I blame the media, and as a member of the media, I'd like to apologize for the over use of this word.
WHY does EVERY scandal MUST incorporate THAT word?
Personally, I'm SO over it.
To my fellow broadcasters, stop it...NOW!
It's tiring, it's overused, and FAR from original.
Listed below (from Wikipedia so read at your own risk) is a sample of scandals with "that name" over the years.
You've been warned, but after reading this list, you just may agree with me.
Mike Patrick
Arts and entertainment
- Closetgate – The controversy that erupted following the broadcast of the South Park episode "Trapped in the Closet", a satirical parody of the Church of Scientology and some of its famous adherents, such as Tom Cruise.[11]
- Flakegate – Photographs of the wedding reception of TV presenter Anthea Turner were used to promote Cadbury's new chocolate bar, Snowflake despite being paid £450,000 by OK! magazine for the exclusive deal of the wedding itself. The publicity stunt was widely criticised by tabloid press and further damaged her career, which has yet to recover.[12][dead link]
- Nipplegate (also known as Boobgate[13]) – Justin Timberlake revealed Janet Jackson's breast during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII.[14]
- Portraitgate – Two oil paintings depicting Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland, in the nude, were briefly displayed in Dublin art galleries in March 2009 as an act of guerilla art.[15][16][17]
- Sachsgate – Comedian Russell Brand and TV presenter Jonathan Ross left a series of obscene voice messages on the answering machine of actor Andrew Sachs during an episode of the BBC Radio 2 show, The Russell Brand Show.[18]
Journalism and academics
- Climategate – Emails that were either released by an internal whistleblower or possibly hacked remotely from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia[19] were publicised by climate change denialists alleging a global warming conspiracy theory: the allegations against climate scientists were subject to eight investigations which found there was no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct,[20] though there was a finding of a lack of openness.[21]
- Hackgate (also "Rupertgate" or "Murdochgate") – 2006–present day, currently being investigated by the Metropolitan Police. Allegations that the now defunct News of the World had hacked into the phones of celebrities, politicians, members of the British Royal Family, and victims of crime.
- Mediagate – The controversy over Pakistani top journalists in the mainstream media.
- Memogate (or "Rathergate") – The scandal over a forged memo about George W. Bush's military record that ultimately led to the resignation of Dan Rather as anchor of the CBS Evening News.[22]
- Reutersgate – The controversy over Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj manipulating news photos with Photoshop.[23]
- Angolagate – (Mitterrand-Pasqua affair), about arms sales to the Government of Angola by the Government of France in the 1990s.
- Betsygate – Allegations that former United Kingdom Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith had put his wife Betsy on his payroll, without her actually doing any work.[24]
- Bigotgate – UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves his microphone on unintentionally and is heard to call a woman that he met a 'bigoted woman'.[25]
- Billygate – U.S. President Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy Carter, legally represented the Libyan government as a foreign agent.[26]
- Bingogate – A scandal that occurred during the administration of former Premier of British Columbia Michael Harcourt, involving the skimming of charity funds for use by the ruling NDP by MLA Dave Stupich (Premier Harcourt was not involved but did resign).[27]
- Biscuitgate – Media controversy over then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's reluctance to declare his "favourite biscuit".[28]
- Bonusgate – 2008 political scandal in Pennsylvania involving the alleged use of government funds to finance partisan political campaigns.
- Bridgegate – 2013–2014 political scandal alleging New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's administration ordered lane closures from Fort Lee, New Jersey, to the George Washington Bridge because the Fort Lee mayor did not endorse his reelection.[29]
- Brothelgate[30] – The series of events that lead to the resignation of the Irish Minister of Defence Willie O'Dea.
- Cablegate – In November 2010, Wikileaks began to release American diplomatic cables, from a trove of over 250,000.[31]
- Camillagate – Following the release of a tape of a telephone conversation between Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles.[32]
- Cheriegate – Concerning Cherie Blair's association with Carole Caplin, and through her to the convicted fraudster Peter Foster.[33]
- Chinagate – 1996 United States campaign finance controversy
- Coingate – The mishandling of Ohio government funds entrusted to Ohio Republican Party operatives, involving rare coin funds[34]
- Coalgate – The mishandling of coal field auctions by the Indian government under the UPA-1. The alleged loss was $37 Billion.
- Concussiongate – Republicans accusing Hillary Clinton of faking a fainting incident in order to avoid testifying on the Benghazi attack[35]
- Corngate – A political scandal in New Zealand in 2002, which involved the suspected release of genetically modified corn seed in 2000.[36]
- Debategate – A political scandal in the United States involving the suspicious acquisition of debate preparation documents in 1980.
- DickCheneyshotaguyinthefacegate – The name given to the 2006 incident where the vice president shot a man in the face, coined by Jon Stewart
- Donnygate – A political scandal in Doncaster, UK in 1998 involving local government expense fraud[37]
- Duna-gate – A political scandal in Hungary in 1990, with the communist regime's secret service illegally collecting information on opposition parties.[38][39]
- Fallagate – 2007 political scandal in Guernsey over an attempt to avoid a political conflict of interest over a hospital extension plan.[40]
- Fajitagate – In November 2002, three off-duty San Francisco police officers allegedly assaulted two civilians over a bag of steak fajitas (which were mistaken as drugs), leading to the retirement of the chief of police and the firing of his successor.[41]
- Filegate – The illegal possession and scrutiny of 300–900 FBI files by the Clinton Administration without the file's subject's permission.[42]
- Garglegate – a radio interview given by Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Brian Cowen in September 2010, in which many commentators said he appeared to be suffering from a hangover
- Gategate or plebgate[43] – 2012 UK political row, when Andrew Mitchell MP allegedly called a policeman a "pleb", after he was asked to use another gate to leave Downing Street on his bicycle.[44]
- Gulargate – A political corruption scandal in Azerbaijan involving Member of Parliament Gular Ahmadova.[45]
- Guptagate – A political scandal in April 2013 in South Africa involving the landing of a civilian Airbus at Military Air Force Base Waterkloof, Pretoria. Access to Waterkloof is restricted to government and military officials, but this chartered commercial aircraft from India transported more than 200 guests for the wedding of Vega Gupta, one of the daughters of the controversial Gupta family, who are known to have close ties with President Jacob Zuma. The Indian High Commission admitted to a lapse of diplomatic protocol and one of the officials involved claimed that he was acting on instruction of President Zuma.[46]
- Horsegate – The revelation that British Prime Minister David Cameron had ridden a horse loaned to former News of the World editor, Rebekah Brooks by the Metropolitan Police.,[47]The Daily Telegraph, March 4, 2012
- Horsegate (2) – One of the names given to the 2013 meat scare, in which horsemeat was found in prepared frozen meat products and ready meals that were said to contain beef. Also known as the "Horsemeatgate" and "Findusgate", after the one of the companies that made the ready meals.[48]
- Inkgate – An Irish political scandal involving Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh in which it was revealed the TD spent €50,000 of tax-payers money on ink cartridges for personal use.[49]
- Iraqgate – A Finnish scandal involving the leaking of secret documents to Anneli Jäätteenmäki, which helped bring down Paavo Lipponen's government. Later, it also brought down Jäätteenmäki's government.[50]
- Irangate or Contragate (also referred to as the Iran-Contra Affair) – The Reagan Administration sold weapons to Iran and diverted the proceeds to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.[51]
- Irisgate – A 2010 political scandal involving an affair by Iris Robinson MP MLA, wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson.
- Kazakhgate – Scandal surrounding James Giffen, an American businessman and former advisor of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan, who paid US$78 million in bribes to high-level Kazakhstani officials to secure the oil contracts for Western companies in the 1990s.[52]
- Koreagate – A 1976 scandal involving South Korean influence peddling in the U.S. Congress. This was the first scandal after Watergate to receive the -gate suffix.[citation needed]
- Memogate (2) – A 2011 controversy about an alleged Pakistani memo seeking the help of the Obama administration in the wake of the Osama bin Laden raid to prevent a military takeover in Pakistan.
- Monicagate, Lewinskygate, Tailgate, or Sexgate ("Zippergate", "the Lewinsky scandal") – Named after Monica Lewinsky who had an "inappropriate relationship" with the then-U.S. President Bill Clinton.[53]
- Muldergate – South African political scandal of the late 1970s in which funds were clandestinely diverted by defence minister Connie Mulder for overseas propaganda in support of the apartheid regime. The scandal brought about the downfall of BJ Vorster.[54]
- NAFTAgate[55] – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Chief of Staff Ian Brodie revealed to the media a document leak revealing that the Canadian government should not worry about U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama's anti-North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rhetoric.
- Nannygate (1) – A 1993 political controversy in the United States wherein the nomination of Zoë Baird and near-nomination of Kimba Wood for U.S. Attorney General were withdrawn due to the hiring of illegal aliens as nannies or the failure to pay taxes for them.
- Nannygate (2) – The 2006 Swedish scandal over the non-payment of employment taxes of nannies and obligatory television fees by members of the Reinfeldt cabinet.
- Nkandlagate – South African political scandal during the period 2010–2013 involving exorbitant upgrades to the Nkandla compound, the private residence of President Jacob Zuma. The project, funded by the Department of Public Works, was intended for security upgrades but ultimately included upgrades such as a swimming pool, amphitheatre, cattle culvert, visitors' centre, guardhouse, tuck shop and the relocation of families whose houses had to be demolished for the project. Project costs exceeded R247 million against an original budget of R23 million.[56]
- Officegate – In 2001, First Minister of Scotland Henry McLeish resigned after it was revealed that, while a Westminster Member of Parliament between 1987 and 1998 (before the advent of devolution), he sublet his constituency office in Glenrothes, Fife, but failed to ensure that it was registered or that the party issued funds from the income to the House of Commons.[57]
- Pardongate – Controversy surrounding Bill Clinton's pardons of 140 people on his last day in office as President of the United States, including Patty Hearst.
- Pastagate – 2013 Montreal controversy, in which an Italian restaurant was investigated by the Quebec government for using words that do not comply with their language laws, such as "bottiglia", "calamari" and "pasta".[58]
- Pastygate – Controversy in March/April 2012 around the taxation by the UK Government of hot snacks such as pasties, where Conservative ministers were said to be out of touch with the eating habits of ordinary people.[59][60]
- Pemexgate – Scandal involving state-owned oil company Pemex in Mexico in which funds were used to support a political campaign of the presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party in the year 2000.
- Petrogate – The name given to the press in Peru to the corruption case involving lots of oil, where Norway mining company Discover Petroleum and Peruvian State owned Perupetro are involved, which shocked the policy in Peru, and prompted the resignation of cabinet ministers.
- Piñeragate – Political espionage and eavesdropping involving now President of Chile Sebastián Piñera.
- Plamegate (also "Leakgate", "CIA leak scandal", "Plame affair") – The revealing, by Robert Novak, of the name of Valerie Plame. Lewis Libby allegedly leaked to the media the identity of a covert CIA agent who worked on WMDs, in retaliation for her husband, Joseph C. Wilson, criticizing George W. Bush's justification for the invasion of Iraq.[61]
- Porngate – Three members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India resign from their offices after accusations that they watched porn during government proceedings.
- Railgate, also known as the Basi-Virk Affair and the BC Legislature Raids scandal, an ongoing scandal and court proceeding involving influence peddling and abuse of privilege in regard to the sale of BC Rail to Canadian National Railways by the government of British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, the raid of government offices in the provincial legislature building on December 28, 2003.[62]
- Rinkagate – A 1976 scandal in which Jeremy Thorpe, leader of the UK Liberal Party, lost his position and his seat in Parliament after being accused of involvement in an unsuccessful attempt to murder an alleged former gay lover. Thorpe was eventually acquitted, but the scandal and an unrelated personal illness ended his career. "Rinka" refers to a Great Dane that was killed in the attack.[63]
- Robogate – Allegations of whitespread voter fraud occurring during the 2011 Canadian federal election. Robotic and live calls to voters are claimed to have been made in 200 ridings. Currently under investigation by the RCMP, the CPC and Elections Canada.[64]
- Rubygate (also Bunga Bunga-gate) – Silvio Berlusconi's conviction of paying a nightclub dancer known by the stage name Ruby Rubacuori for sexual services when she was under the age of 18.[65]
- Rywingate – A 2004 Polish scandal (including the prominent media mogul Lew Rywin, hence the affair's popular nickname) that led Leszek Miller's government to an end and his party's crushing defeat in the presidential and parliamentary elections in the following year.
- Sandwichgate – An attack on Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard in 2013 involving a renegade student attempting to throw a sandwich at the Prime Minister. Motives unknown.[66]
- Selfiegate – A minor scandal involving United States President Barack Obama taking a "selfie" at the funeral for Nelson Mandela[67]
- Shawinigate – A 1999 Canadian scandal involving then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's profiting from real estate deals in his home riding of Shawinigan, Quebec[68]
- Smeargate – The scandal brought to light in April 2009 by the publishing of secret 'smear campaign' plans made by members of the UK Labour government aimed at tarnishing several Conservative MPs careers.
- Squidgygate/Dianagate – Tape of a telephone conversation between Diana, Princess of Wales and a male friend.[69]
- Stormontgate – Allegations of a Provisional Irish Republican Army spy ring operating in Stormont (Home to the Northern Ireland Assembly).[70]
- Strippergate (Seattle) & Strippergate (San Diego) – Two separate government scandals and criminal investigations
- Thulegate – A 1995 scandal in Denmark regarding the storage of nuclear weapons in Greenland, in contravention of Denmark's nuclear-free policy.
- Toallagate – A 2001 scandal in Mexico due to the high cost of bathroom towels (around US$400 apiece) bought for the official residence of the Mexican president.[71][72]
- Taxigate – In 2005, it was the second major scandal to rock the Scottish Parliament after its founding; Scottish Conservative Party leader David McLetchie was found to have claimed an excessive amount in taxi expenses (over £11,000) many of which were for party business rather than parliament business ...[73] The debacle resulted in McLetchie's resignation as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party.
- Times-Eight-Gate – Controversy around the high number of rejected votes in the Kenya 2013 election. A bug in the talling software multiplied the rejected votes by a factor of eight.
- Travelgate – The 1993 firings of White House Travel Office employees at the start of the Clinton administration.[74]
- Troopergate (1) – The allegations by two Arkansas state troopers that they arranged sexual liaisons for then-governor Bill Clinton.[75]
- Troopergate (2) – Controversy involving New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who allegedly ordered the state police to create special records of senate majority leader Joseph L. Bruno's whereabouts when he traveled with police escorts in New York City.[76]
- Troopergate (3) – The controversy surrounding allegations that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee for the United States presidential election, fired the state's public safety commissioner, allegedly for not cooperating with her demand that he dismiss her former brother-in-law, a state trooper.[77] Palin uses the term "Taser-gate", a reference to the allegation that the trooper used a taser on his 10-year-old stepson.[78]
- Tunagate – A 1985 political scandal in Canada involving large quantities of possibly spoiled tuna which were sold to the public.[79]
- Utegate – A June 2009 political incident around the lending of a utility vehicle ("ute") to Australian Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by car dealer John Grant, and subsequent allegations of improper favorable treatment of Grant by the Treasury department.[80][81]
- Valijagate – Venezuelan-US entrepreneur Guido Antonini Wilson arrived in Argentina on a private flight hired by Argentine and Venezuelan state officials carrying US$ 800,000 in cash which he failed to declare.
- Wampumgate – Controversy around the 1995 rejection of an Indian gambling project submitted by three impoverished tribes in the American northlands.
- Watergate – The original "gate" scandal got its name from the Watergate Hotel, where two politically motivated burglaries took place in 1972. The Watergate scandal ultimately led to the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon on August 9, 1974.
- Waterkantgate or Watergate an der Waterkant a major political scandal in Germany (1987)[82]
- Weinergate[83] – In 2011, U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner's Twitter account linked to an inappropriate photograph. Weiner claimed that his account had been hacked, but later admitted he sent the tweet; numerous other lewd photographs from Weiner were later revealed.[84] In 2013, after he resigned from the House and attempted to return to politics by running for mayor of New York City, it was revealed that he had been involved in another sexting relationship with a woman in her early twenties.[85]
- Wormgate – 2007 Australian Federal Election Leaders Debate Controversy. A controversial decision was taken during the debate to interrupt the provision of the live transmission signal to the Channel Nine network because of the inclusion by Channel Nine within its broadcast picture of a real time graphical display of the aggregate studio audience reaction to the debate. This graphical display is referred to as the 'Worm', after the form in which it is rendered and an approximately 'worm like' movement of the display within the area of the screen in which it appears.
- Whitewatergate – Better known as the Whitewater controversy.[86]
- Bibgate – American Nordic combined skier Bill Demong's disqualification for not wearing his bib during the ski jumping part of the team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic on February 26.[87]
- Bladegate – Controversy arisen during the 2012 Summer Paralympics when athlete Oscar Pistorius questioned the size of the running blade of fellow amputee sprinter Alan Oliveira on live television when the former unexpectedly caught up with Pistorius and narrowly overtook him before the finishing line at the Men's 200 metres T44 final.[88][89][90]
- Bloodgate – The events surrounding a faked injury to Tom Williams of English rugby union side Harlequins in a 2008–09 Heineken Cup quarterfinal against eventual champions Leinster. Specifically, Williams used fake blood to dupe the referee into allowing Quins to send in a blood replacement, at the instigation of Quins coach Dean Richards and team physiotherapist Steph Brennan, and Williams later admitted that his mouth had been cut open immediately after the match in an attempt to cover up the fake injury. Richards was ultimately banned from rugby for three years and Brennan for two; Williams was initially banned for one year, but his ban was reduced to four months for his role in revealing the full extent of the scheme.[91]
- Bountygate – In March 2012, the NFL discovered that from 2009 to 2011, a number of New Orleans Saints players and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams had operated a "bounty" scheme, illegal under league rules, in which defensive players received financial rewards for big plays, including those that injured offensive players. The investigation also revealed that head coach Sean Payton knew about the scheme but took no steps to stop it.[92][93] NFL commissioner Roger Goodell handed out multiple suspensions to coaches and players involved in the scheme; the most severe were an indefinite suspension for Williams and season-long suspensions for Payton and player Jonathan Vilma.[94]
- Bumpergate – The allegations that Bobby Allison's car was modified so the rear bumper would fall off giving him an aerodynamic advantage allowing him to win the 1982 Daytona 500.
- Buttongate – The bitter contractual dispute that occurred during the second half of the 2004 Formula 1 Season between Williams and BAR, over who would acquire the services of British driver Jenson Button for the 2005 season. Button's management insisted that their driver was free to defect to Williams because of an uncertainty over who would the be engine supplier of BAR in 2005, however they were overruled by the Formula One Contract Recognition Board in October 2004.
- Crashgate – the allegations of race fixing at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, where Renault team bosses allegedly ordered Nelson Piquet to crash, handing an advantage to his team mate, Fernando Alonso.
- Dopegate – Lance Armstrong has been alleged into doping during the investigations[citation needed].
- Fendergate – During a late restart at the 2002 Daytona 500, Sterling Marlin tapped Jeff Gordon, causing Gordon to spin and causing a red flag. Thinking he had a tire rub, when the field stopped, Marlin got out of his car to check the fender, and pulled on it. As working on a car is not allowed under the red flag, Marlin was sent to the back of the line and this cost him the race to Ward Burton.
- Grannygate – A rugby league scandal involving New Zealand players and their family history. The term was most recently invoked in the 2006 Rugby League Tri-Nations series, in which New Zealand was penalised for fielding former Queensland hooker Nathan Fien.[95]
- "Homeworkgate" – Used to describe a controversial sequence of events that took place during the Australian cricket tour of India in 2013.[96][97]
- Indygate – Seven Formula One teams pull out of the 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway ("Indy") following tire failures and the inability to come to a compromise with the FIA.[98]
- "Lleytgate" – The sixth day of the 2008 Australian Open featured a long, five-set match between World No. 1 Roger Federer and Janko Tipsareviæ, which extended into the evening session of the day, and thus delayed it by more than two hours. As a result, the scheduled second match of the session between Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis did not start until just before midnight Australian time, and the match, which also lasted five sets, did not finish until 4:33am local time. The second match had been delayed initially as a match between Venus Williams and Sania Mirza had to be played out first, as per the schedule.[99]
- Moggigate – Name for the 2006 Italian football scandal. Clubs of Italian Serie A were involved in a referee appointment scandal. Named after Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi.[100]
- "Monkeygate" – During the controversial second Test of India's tour of Australia in 2007–08, Harbhajan Singh was accused of racially abusing Australia's Andrew Symonds, calling him a "monkey".[101]
- Napgate – In May 2010, Ken Griffey Jr. of the MLB Seattle Mariners was asleep in the clubhouse according to two teammates.[102][103] Griffey did not deny being asleep and quit the team one month later.[104]
- Ovalgate – The Pakistani Cricket Team forfeited the 2006 Oval Test Match against England after allegations of ball tampering.
- Partgate – NASCAR team owner Jack Roush accuses fellow team Michael Waltrip Racing of stealing a sway bar at a test session. Waltrip later admits they had the part, but it was taken accidentally.[105]
- Restgate – The San Antonio Spurs, citing health concerns, sent their top players Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, and Danny Green home to San Antonio prior to their November 29, 2012, game against the Miami Heat. The NBA fined the Spurs $250,000 for a violation of league policy that was deemed not in the best interests of the league, in part due to not notifying the league, the media, and the Heat, among others, in a timely manner about such a move with their top players.[106]
- Seatgate – Referring to the scandal over 800 ticketed fans who were denied seats at Super Bowl XLV due to Fire Officials' regulations.[107]
- Shouldergate – A controversy which arose in June 1978 when the Pittsburgh Steelers were found to have practiced in pads during an off-season period in which such drills were not allowed under NFL rules. The team was stripped of their third round selection in the 1979 NFL Draft as a penalty.[108]
- Sirengate – A controversial match in Australian rules football when the umpire failed to hear the final siren, allowing St Kilda to score an extra point and draw the match. Four days later, the Australian Football League overturned the result and awarded the match to Fremantle.[109]
- Slapgate – After an IPL (Indian Premier League) cricket match involving Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians, friction between S. Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh led to the latter slapping the former, creating a media furore and the incident was termed "Slapgate" [110]
- Sonicsgate – The controversial relocation of the NBA franchise Seattle SuperSonics to Oklahoma City. The creators of the Webby Award-winning 2009 documentary Sonicsgate coined this term as the title of their film and video series, which soon became synonymous with the scandal as the definitive historical document on the topic.[111][112]
- Spygate (1) – See also Stepneygate – The controversy surrounding the 2007 Formula One espionage controversy.[113]
- Spygate (2) – The scandal involving the New England Patriots' videotaping of the New York Jets defensive signals during a 2007 NFL game.
- Gluegate – In advance of the Swedish cyclocross cup start several cyclist experienced problems with gluing their tubular tires. This started a rage among several Swedish cyclocross riders on Twitter.
- Spingate – Also known as the "Singapore Sling", allegations that Michael Waltrip Racing drivers Clint Bowyer and Brian Vickers had intentionally manipulated the finish of the 2013 Federated Auto Parts 400 to get Martin Truex, Jr. into the Chase for the Sprint Cup
- Steam-The-Right-Sidegate – A scandal that resulted in Crawley fans being ejected for "steaming the right side" at Leyton Orient.
- Stepneygate – Allegations of espionage in Formula One racing carried out by members of the McLaren team.[114] Also sometimes known as Spygate[115] (not to be confused with the NFL scandal of the same name).
- Tattoogate – In May 2011, the head coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes resigned amid allegations that he lied in order to cover up forbidden activities undertaken by players he was coaching.
- Tigergate – A series of alleged and admitted marital infidelities by golf superstar Tiger Woods.[116]
- Toiletgate – The allegations by Veselin Topalov and his manager Silvio Danailov during the World Chess Championship 2006 that Topalov's opponent Vladimir Kramnik was visiting the toilet suspiciously frequently during games. The allegations were never proven, and were widely viewed within the international chess playing community[117] as an act of gamesmanship on the part of Topalov and Danailov, attempting to distract Kramnik at a time when he was ahead in the match.
- Tripgate – During December 11, 2010 NFL game between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins, Jets strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi tripped Dolphins gunner Nolan Carroll as he ran down the Jets sideline. The Jets suspended Alosi indefinitely for setting up a "wall" on the sideline and claim "he acted alone in doing so."[118]
- Windowgate – During a Test match at Lord's in 2011, England wicketkeeper, Matt Prior broke a window in the Lord's Pavilion by throwing a glove at cricket bats that had been propped up near the window after being dismissed. This injured an MCC member to which Prior went down to apologize.[119]
- Antennagate: The name Apple founder Steve Jobs gave to the controversy over the iPhone 4's antenna after initial users complained of dropped calls and Consumer Reports would not recommend it. Widely adopted by the technical press.[120][121][122][123][124]
- Donglegate: (#Donglegate on Twitter.) Used to reference a series of events following a double entendre on the word "dongle" overheard at a programmers convention March 17, 2013, which led to two people being fired and a DDoS attack.[125]
In popular culture
- Clipgate: Stephen Colbert's mocking of Fox News' portrayal of the way Barack Obama presented his jobs bill proposal with pages clipped together, rather than bound together.[126]
- Flatgate: In an episode of The Thick of It, government minister Hugh Abbot is involved in a scandal surrounding the ownership of a Notting Hill flat – which the press are dubbing "Flatgate", but which Abbot's secretary feels would better be named "Notting Hill Gate gate"[127]
- Sharongate: The storyline in EastEnders in which Sharon (Letitia Dean) confessed on tape that she had slept with Phil (Steve McFadden), the brother of her husband Grant (Ross Kemp).[128][129]
- Watergategate: In an episode of That Mitchell and Webb Look, Robert Webb refers to the original Watergate scandal as "Watergategate" as it was a scandal at the Watergate hotel. When David Mitchell questions the name, Webb asks him what he would name a scandal that involved water, to which Mitchell instinctively replies "watergate".
- Waitergate: In the Simpsons episode "The Boy Who Knew Too Much", a court case surrounding a clumsy waiter who appeared to have been beaten is named by the press as 'Beat-Up Waiter'. Local news anchorman Kent Brockman suggest it be called 'Waitergate', but was "shouted down in the press conference".[130]Bart in fact witnessed the waiter's accidental injuries while playing truant from school, but did not come forward as he would be punished by Principal Skinner.
Video games
- Doritogate: Two initially unconnected events involving video game journalists Geoff Keighley and Lauren Wainwright are questioned in an article by Robert Florence, triggering a chain of events; Florence's publisher is threatened with legal action,[131] which led to the subsequent editing of the article, Florence resigning, the unedited version of the article suffering from the Streisand effect and the video game journalism industry questioning the closeness of game journalists to the companies whose products they cover.[132][133]