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Comment on More voter fraud documented in North Carolina, including a professor who applauds it. by Jim

Jim — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:56:47 +0000

Chris, unfortunately O’Keefe proved no such thing. When asked if he was Bolton Jr., the impersonator said yes. And Bolton Jr. is legally able to vote. And the two “Illegals” were legal. But this kind of charade is just par for the course for O’Keefe. And too bad for Mrs. Barton it was not such a “minor detail.”
But OK, consider this. Remember how FOX paraded out O’Keefe after the ACORN film? Hannity interviewed him, O’Reilly too. They could not get enough of him. You ever see him on FOX anymore? No, because they recognize that his admission to planning the Landrieu affair makes him less than trustworthy, and his work should be viewed with that in mind. In fact, I can’t find any mention of O’Keefe’s excellent adventures in North Carolina on the FOX website at all. I wonder why they are not heralding the latest O’Keefe find?
Best to follow their lead, methinks.

Comment on More voter fraud documented in North Carolina, including a professor who applauds it. by Chris Kirkendall

Chris Kirkendall — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:04:25 +0000

Jim, the bottom line is (and you KNOW this) that the purpose of these videos is to show that it’s EXTREMELY EASY to game the system & generate fraudulent votes. O’Keefe quite clearly had no intention of voting illegally himself – if he did, why film himself breaking the law & then show it to the world?? You can bloviate all you want about minor details that don’t affect the truth of this & try to distract from the message, but we all know WHY you’re doing this – you OPPOSE Voter ID & support the continued use of technicalities or non-enforcement to allow fraudulent voting to continue. Thank you for showing your true colors – at least you’re honest in your bias & we appreciate that ! ! Oh – say “Hi’ to all your friends in the DU…

Comment on North Carolina’s State Board of Elections has begun an investigation into the voter fraud exposed in the most recent Project Veritas videotapes. by Jim

Jim — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:39:23 +0000

Good news indeed. Here is a link from North Carlolina’s News Observer:
http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/nc_elections_chief_expresses_skepticism_about_voter_fraud_video_pledges_inquiry

Of course, note that Mr. O’Keefe is also being investigated for possible voter fraud. The messenger is not above the investigation.

Comment on The new top dog by wodun

wodun — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:58:29 +0000

They kill a lot of deer where I live. My dogs run out into the woods and come back with deer legs all the time. A lady and her dogs were attacked in the middle of the city a couple months back. They do seem like a scrawny little dog but it is kinda freaky to be surrounded by a howling pack of them.

Comment on More voter fraud documented in North Carolina, including a professor who applauds it. by wodun

wodun — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:20:23 +0000

How about WA state in 2004 where the democrat won on the third recount by finding a couple boxes of ballots in the trunk of a car?

Aside from that, there were a couple thousand illegal votes for both parties that exceeded the margin of victory.

This crap goes on all over the country. We need to have some integrity in our voting process but I guess the left would rather focus on preventing people, businesses, and other organizations from exercising their right to free speech.

Comment on More voter fraud documented in North Carolina, including a professor who applauds it. by Jim

Jim — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:09:18 +0000

Case reopened.
It just gets better, doesn’t it? Now it seems that the second individual named in the video as voting illegally (William Romero) is also a naturalized citizen.
Worse, the example used as a deceased person (Bolton) being able to vote, was actually deceased. But it turns out that Bolton Jr. lives (and is alive!) at the same address, and the poll worker asked the impersonator “You mean Bolton Jr?” and the impersonator said “Yes.” Of course that seems to have been edited out of the distributed clip. How convenient!

I’m sure all this is meaningless since O’Keefe is trying to make a point you agree with, so I will leave you with a quote from Bolton’s wife, who unfortunately was recently widowed:
“I don’t like the way they just felt that they could use my husband’s name and put it out there,” the widow told TPM. “It just wasn’t right. My husband just died, and then they do that?”

I am sure each of us would feel the same. And she supports voter ID laws…guess she just thinks there must be better ways to go about it. I heartily agree.
And my only original point is that times must be tough if you depend on James O’Keefe to make a point for you. I said voter fraud exists and provided a link proving it.

But you did get me on one thing…I love Leslie Nielsen! Particularly “Police Squad,” one of the best TV comedies ever!

Comment on The Senate today rejected President Obama’s proposed budget 99-0. by jwing

jwing — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:59:58 +0000

Vote out the senate and that includes the do–nothing RINOs. The Congress is not the ruling class, it is supposed to be a legislative body meant to serve and then go back to private life to live under the same laws they passed. Who would have thought that for all these years insider trading laws did not apply to Senators and Congressmen. Enough….wake up America and let’s take our county back and bring it back to local and state control.

Comment on More voter fraud documented in North Carolina, including a professor who applauds it. by Chris Kirkendall

Chris Kirkendall — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:37:04 +0000

To Jim & all those who oppose Voter ID, the very fact that Dems & those on the Left almost universally oppose ensuring that those who vote are legally qualified to so so, while most Repubs/Conservatives are in FAVOR of it says everything you need to know. Dems WANT voter fraud because it helps them win elections. I live in the Chicago area, where all these techniques (using dead voters, those who’ve moved outside the district and yes, illegal aliens to vote) were perfected decades ago by the Democrat Machine. There’s no question that the VAST MAJORITY of vote fraud is committed by the Left. I want our elections to be fair & honest – if Voter ID laws happen to catch GOPers committing fraud, I’m all for it. But the fact that Conservatives almost universally support (and Dems OPPOSE) having and ENFORCING Voter ID laws tells you who’s benefitting from NOT having them. CASE CLOSED…

Comment on In a poll of one congressional district in Arkansas, Obama receives support from just 45% of Democratic Party voters, and is only seven points ahead of his unknown primary challenger. by Chris Kirkendall

Chris Kirkendall — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:41 +0000

There are numerous signs the vaunted Obama political machine isn’t firing on all cylinders right now – this is yet another sign his suppoert has waned among Democrats & the enthusiasm of ’08 just isn’t there. He’s not generating the same level of enthusiasm among the college crowd either, as the 1/2-empty arena at Ohio State showed. A poll shows Romney now with an 8-point lead in NC, where they were virtually tied a few weeks ago. A NYT poll shows Mitt actually leading Obama 46-44 among ALL women voters – women went handily for Obama in ’08. He’s alienated Catholics and now the gay marriage thing seems to be backfiring. If Axelrod & Obama’s politcal team aren’t getting nervous, they should be. It’s still early & much can happen between now & Nov 6, but right now, this doesn’t look a THING like the “Hope & Change” campaign of ’08…

Comment on “The Eagle has crashed.” by Chris Kirkendall

Chris Kirkendall — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:38:33 +0000

After several successful Apollo Lunar landings & the passage of over 40 years, it’s hard for us to recall how very dangerous this whole endeavor was. TG the Apollo 13 guys made it back alive – I recall agonzing over their possible fate at the time – at one point, it looked so grim I was pretty much resigned to the fact we were gonna lose those brave men. Kudos to NASA, the engineers & tech people, and the skill & quick thinking of our Astronaut crews…

Comment on More voter fraud documented in North Carolina, including a professor who applauds it. by wodun

wodun — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:57:30 +0000

If O’Keefe was a leftist, he would be called a heroic whistleblower. He would get a pulitzer if he worked at 60 Minutes, who used to be well know for this type of undercover reporting. Because he is exposing corruption among leftist activist groups, Democrats are using the tools of the state to harass and intimidate the man. Many would happily see him jailed while demanding bradass be set free.

Comment on More voter fraud documented in North Carolina, including a professor who applauds it. by Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:44:06 +0000

It’s very obvious you have never watched the O’Keefe tapes, where ACORN employees in many different cities were very agreeable about aiding and abetting underage prostitution, while also helping the pimp perpetuate tax fraud. Granted, no one prosecuted them, but watch the tapes and tell me again that ACORN is an organization that deserves government funds.

And drop the crap that “everyone does it.” Everyone does not. You are once again using the same excuses the Republicans pushed to try to save Nixon’s ass, followed by the Democrats with Clinton and now Obama. Bad behavior is bad behavior, and to excuse it by making believe we are all as corrupt as these folks is the weakest argument you can make.

Meanwhile, you continue to ignore the gist of the evidence on O’Keefe’s videotapes. That these tapes demonstrate clearly that it is possible to walk into a polling place in New Hampshire, Vermont, DC, North Carolina and elsewhere and vote under false pretenses is truly alarming.

But you, you’re like Leslie Nielson in the Police Academy films, “There’s nothing to see here, move on!” O’Keefe must be a bad guy, so that makes it possible to ignore the alarming facts.

Comment on More voter fraud documented in North Carolina, including a professor who applauds it. by Jim

Jim — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:08:11 +0000

Robert-
Thanks.
James O’Keefe:
1. You are right…he plead guilty of entering a US Senator’s office under false pretenses. Not exactly a resume bullet, is it? If that is supposed to be a feather in his cap, its not to me.
2. Acorn was in fact cleared of wrongdoing.
Connecticut: http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Two-years-later-ACORN-cleared-of-voter-fraud-993123.php
Brooklyn. http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0310/ACORN_cleared_in_Brooklyn_No_criminality.html
San Diego: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/01/jerry-brown-says-acorn-didnt-break-law/
But go ahead, show me where it was not cleared in court and I will admit I am wrong. If firing of employees means wrongdoing by an organization/company, almost 100% are guilty of wrongdoing.
3. If he had found evidence of election fraud, than I am sure we will see convictions. Right now it looks like the only one who possibly could get convicted is him. New Hampshire is investigating because his people purposely misidentified themselves, and videotaped without both parties consent. He himself said this month that the New Hampshire AG is trying to subpoena him.
4. The fact remains that he just mis-characterized a naturalized citizen who at some point in his life felt that becoming a US citizen would be a good thing…thanks to Mr. O’Keefe maybe he is reconsidering at this point.
In all the machinations of this man, nothing has been proved, except his lack of ethics. But if he is who you want to rely on these days to prove a point, go ahead.

Comment on More voter fraud documented in North Carolina, including a professor who applauds it. by Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:42:31 +0000

Jim,

I know you like to make excuses for the bad behavior of politicians, especially when they are Democrats, but the voter fraud that O’Keefe is exposing here cuts both ways, and will do us all harm if it isn’t dealt with.

More importantly, your claim above that O’Keefe was “convicted of trying to tap a US Senator’s phone” is false, and could get you sued. O’Keefe plead guilty to a misdemeanor for entering the office of Senator Mary Landrieu under false pretenses. When several news outlets made the same false claim as you do above, O’Keefe sued them, and they were forced to retract or correct their stories.

Furthermore, Acorn was not cleared of any wrong doing. If you watch O’Keefe’s unedited and uncut tapes, their employees were very much involved in several very serious felonies. Though no one was ever prosecuted, Acorn did fire those same employees. Why do you think they did this?

What I can’t figure is why you want to make excuses for what O’Keefe is finding. If you watch his videos, he is documenting very clear evidence of a leaky badly run election system that can be easily corrupted — by either party. This should concern us all. Moreover, his videotape evidence of a college professor applauding the idea of election fraud should appall you as much as it appalls me — unless you like the idea of voter fraud in cases where it helps defeat Republicans. I wonder about this.

Finally, in none of his videos has any voter fraud taken place. No one has ever actually voted illegally. Every single time they leave before voting (as documented on the tapes). All they do is demonstrate that if they wanted to vote illegally, the election judges at the polling places would have let them. The only reason O’Keefe faces possible charges is because the elected officials in Vermont don’t like what O’Keefe has uncovered, and want to shut him up.

Comment on More voter fraud documented in North Carolina, including a professor who applauds it. by Jim

Jim — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:35:02 +0000

James O’Keefe…journalist extraordinaire. This is a guy convicted of trying to tap a US Senator’s phone, tried to seduce and humiliate a female reporter on a boat, and may even be facing voter fraud prosecution himself. And his one big “get” (Acorn) resulted in the organization being cleared of any wrongdoing.
So now this.
You do know that the one case of purported voter fraud unearthed in this new charade (Zbigniew Gorzkowski) turns out to be a naturalized citizen and legally able to vote? Even though the article leads you to believe that he voted illegally in two elections.
But thats not to say there is not any voter fraud. Here is one actual conviction, rather than incorrect supposition like O’Keefe engages in:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/04/us-indiana-white-idUSTRE8130FS20120204

Comment on A Tennessee policeman takes $22,000 cash from a driver, because he wants to. by DDZ

DDZ — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:57:05 +0000

We need to vote in a new group of elected officials who will put a stop to this kind of theft.

Comment on Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) on Monday attacked the House version of NASA’s budget that required the agency to make a quick decision on its commercial manned launch company. by Joe

Joe — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:22:47 +0000

Nelson is proposing to keep the competition open, but unless he plans to come up with another $300 Million+; the money is not there to support four competitors by the administration’s own accounting.

Both Nelson and the (around here) much maligned Kay Bailey Hutchinson have talked about wanting to have more money for commercial crew (just-in both cases-not at the expense of MPCV/SLS). But as of now that extra money has not been forthcoming. The article mentions the $500 Million (House) and $525 Million (Senate) figures, but there is no reference of getting those numbers in-line with the administration’s $830 Million request.

If you would really prefer (as apparently Nelson would) four inadequately funded competitors, as opposed to two with more money (and thus a chance of succeeding), have fun.

Comment on LightSquared has filed for bankruptcy by wodun

wodun — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:52:23 +0000

Let’s not forget the pressure brought to bear by the Obama administration to have a general change his testimony before congress in favor of this company.

Comment on Killing private space by gabe

gabe — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:53:57 +0000

>Even with that (utter stupidity) the shuttles still have the best safty record of any maned craft in history.<

Shuttle= 2 accidents (both fatal) 14 deaths

Apollo= 2 accidents (1 fatal) 3 deaths

Gemini=No accidents

Mercury=No accidents

'nuff said.

Comment on Muslims are exempt from Obamacare’s insurance mandate. by Art Harman

Art Harman — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:19:15 +0000

Good points, Bob. It will be vital for citizens to pressure Congress and Romney (assuming the election goes well) to have a single full repeal vote, and to resist the pressure from special interests to just remove a few dozen or hundred of the worst pages and leave the skeleton of Dracula intact. One clean vote to drive the stake through its heart, and then hold votes on free-market improvements.

Comment on In a paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers studying an icecore drilled in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet have found strong evidence of the 16th century Little Ice Age in the southern hemisphere. by daniel miller

daniel miller — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:45:44 +0000

I hate when you use c e

Comment on Muslims are exempt from Obamacare’s insurance mandate. by John M. Egan

John M. Egan — Sat, 12 May 2012 21:53:26 +0000

Well stated, & I thank you for your service to our present representative republic (If Barack is reelected that republic could very well become extinct).

Comment on The government does a study of a study about studies. by John M. Egan

John M. Egan — Sat, 12 May 2012 21:42:32 +0000

When will the next study be available?

Comment on The McCarthyism of the left by wodun

wodun — Sat, 12 May 2012 20:59:50 +0000

I guess there is a difference between using the donors to attack the politician and using the politician to attack the donors.

Comment on Almost sixty years after it was reported missing, a World War II RAF fighter, which crash-landed in a remote part of the Egyptian desert in 1942, has been discovered almost intact. by Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:11:03 +0000

Richard,

You are correct. Post is corrected. Math was never my specialty.

Comment on Almost sixty years after it was reported missing, a World War II RAF fighter, which crash-landed in a remote part of the Egyptian desert in 1942, has been discovered almost intact. by Richard Day

Richard Day — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:25:18 +0000

Would that not be seventy years ago?

Comment on The Democrats and the President publicly target a private citizen, merely for supporting Romney. by wodun

wodun — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:08:37 +0000

A lot of groups on the right also target the donors to Obama. I am not really sure there is a way around this. It would be troubling if either party used the tools of the state to intimidate and harass donors or political oponents. Supporting a candidate should not generate an IRS audit or confidential information being oeaked. Can’t wait to see how people’s health care records will be used against people after the government has access to them.

Comment on Muslims are exempt from Obamacare’s insurance mandate. by jwing

jwing — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:12:41 +0000

For all those liberals quick to cry out the praddle “separation of church and state”, I say to them: where are you now? I can’t hear you; you hypocites and charlatans. I love this county and have sworn to defend the Constitution as a commissioned reserve officer in the USAF. This Obamacare travesty MUST be ruled unconstitutinal in totality by the Supreme Court or this country is truly at a pivot point that will reset us into fundamentally different system of governance….i.e. STATE CONTROLLED CAPITALISM as China’s bitch through the 21 century.

Comment on -Air Force officials declare the on-going X-37B mission, now over 400 days long, “a spectacular success.” by Kelly Starks

Kelly Starks — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:08:46 +0000

400 days in orbit. Wow. These might replace single use recon sats.

Not happy to hear the last part about Boeing not wanting to talk about the manned X-37C spin off anymore. Wonder if it was never serious, or if they didn’t get any real interest/support?
Or I suppose it could be in work and they don’t want to make it public?

With so little bright spots on the space flight frount – I’ld like to think this isn’t dead.

Comment on Bigelow and SpaceX announced today that they are teaming up to offer manned flights to space. by Kelly Starks

Kelly Starks — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:42:32 +0000

no rumor. Biggelow announced that SpaceX and L/M were the two suppliers they awarded contracts to for space launch services several years ago. L/M droped out when the huge market never materialized. Boeing is working with them, but said unless they get CCDev bus as well, its to small a market to build anything for.