MN Senate Race UPDATE

Here is the latest from the Land of 1000 Lakes...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- When Minnesota election officials begin recounting the nearly 3 million votes in the Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken, they will face a logistical task of gargantuan proportions -- one that may provoke more commotion than bring about closure.

Republican incumbent Norm Coleman currently leads his Democratic challenger Al Franken by 206 votes out of 2.9 million cast -- a margin of seven one-thousandths of one percent. Under Minnesota law, a hand recount is required because the margin between the two candidates is less than one-half of one percent.

So, Al Franken is closing in... What a joke if this moron wins a seat in the Senate... If he does, the Dems will have 59 seats... Too close for comfort...

Excellent Op-Ed by Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney, my selection in the NY State Republican Primary, writes an excellent Op-Ed piece today in the New York Times (yes, they actually printed it...)

IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won’t go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed.

Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course — the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority and never-ending job losses. Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.

Of course, Romney is right. He's a brilliant financial mind... Too bad he wasn't the nominee...

Read it all...

AK Senate Race UPDATE: Stevens Out...

The Dems now own 58 seats in the Senate... Things are getting bad...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon who couldn't survive a conviction on federal corruption charges. His defeat by Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich moves Senate Democrats within two seats of a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority.

Irresponsible Is Not The Word For This...

This is absurd... From today's Cleveland Plain Dealer... This article discusses this major Cleveland, OH bridge and it's major weak point... In color and DETAIL...

It's like putting a 'kick me' sign on someone...

Are we asking to be attacked again?

The Beggars of Detroit?

So, representatives of Detroit's Big Three automakers have their hands out on Capitol Hill today... They are asking Congress to bail them out to the tone of $25 Billion... When you look critically at this, you would say it's important to save these companies. However, you realize that these companies are in dire straits because of Union contracts and government controls...

Forcing these companies to declare Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, as most major airline did, will allow for these companies to realign and regroup. It will allow everyone to see how dire their economic situation is. Perhaps they will renegotiate with the UAW in order to reduce their pension and benefits plans for retired employees, as well as cut salaries, which are significantly higher than that which are paid by Japanese auto makers in their US factories.

I support our US auto industry but handing out money to them without remedying their ills is insanity...

Article on the Situation...

Join In! Victory in Iraq Day!

The United States of America and our allies have won the War in Iraq. Please join Conservative bloggers in celebrating Saturday, November 22 as Victory in Iraq Day!

We and our allies have defeated all enemies in Iraq, including Al Qaeda in Iraq. We have brought peace and security to major hot spots in the country such as Fallujah and Basra. We captured and executed members of the previous terrorist regime. We assisted in the development of a new constitution for Iraq and a parliamentary government and fought back the remaining insurgency via the troop surge policy.

Celebrate our troops! Celebrate a victory of good over evil! Celebrate Victory in Iraq Day!

Key Legislation: Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)

Over the course of the coming months, I plan on discussing key legislation set to come up for a vote in front of the solidly Democratic legislative and executive branches. The first of which to discuss is the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA).

The basics: The official summary of this act, as presented in the United States Senate in 2004 is as follows:

To prohibit, consistent with Roe v. Wade, the interference by the government
with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for
other purposes.

Status: This bill, introduced in 2004 and sponsored by Sen. Barbara Boxer (CA) and co-sponsored by Sen Jon Corzine (now NJ gov.), Sen. Patty Murray (WA), Sen. Frank Lautenburg (NJ), Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY), Sen. Maria Cantwell (WA), Sen. Jim Jeffords (retired-VT), Sen. Joe Lieberman (CT), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA), Sen. Paul Sarbanes (retired-MD), and Sen. Barbara Mikulski (MD)

Prognosis: The House will overwhelmingly pass this legislation in 2009. As presently constituted, the Senate will pass with less than 60 votes. If Republicans can win one Senate race in either MN, AK or GA, they can filibuster it. President-Elect Zero will sign this bill.

This bill basically codifies the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court ruling and prohibits any Federal Government prevention of any abortion techniques, including a repeal of any ban on Partial-Birth Abortion.

This is consistent with the virulent pro-abortion stance of Barack Obama.

Our Friends the Russians...

How could this possibly be seen as a bad thing? I mean seriously...

MOSCOW – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans to travel this month to Cuba and Venezuela, which have increasing military and trade ties with Moscow.

To quote my uncle, 'We're Doomed!'

Madame Secretary?

So, it appears that President-Elect Zero is considering none other than Hillary Clinton for the all-important post of Secretary of State.

President-elect Barack Obama is considering the New York senator and former first lady for secretary of state - an appointment that would go a long way toward healing the wounds left by their bruising Democratic primary.

Although, I must say Hillary is a more palatable option than say, John Francois Kerry...

Catholic? Voted for Obama? No Communion For You

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest has told his parishioners that they should refrain from receiving Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because the Democratic president-elect supports abortion, and supporting him "constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil."

Hurrah! Read it all...

GMA: Bill Ayers Interview

This morning on ABC's Good Morning America, anchor Chris Cuomo interviewed Bill Ayers, co-founder of the terrorist group Weather Underground and lately, noted for his connections with incoming President Zero (oh, wait, that's an O)...

Here are some nuggets...

"It's not terrorism because it doesn't target people, to kill or injure," Ayers
insisted

Right... So bombing the Pentagon and Capitol and 1 PP in NYC was just for s**ts and giggles...

He added, "I don't buy the idea that guilt by association should have any part
of our politics," he said.

Right... So then it is ok that Ayers and Obama were pals and Obama went to Rev. Wright's racist church for 20 years...

"Frankly, I don't think we did enough, just as today I don't' think we've done
enough to stop these wars," he said.

Back in the past he said something similar. They wish they did more bombings... Nice. Today' of course, he calls for nonviolent resistance... For those of us who think that his 'revolution' is happening because his Manchurian candidate is in power, well then, he's won...

Despite Obama's attempt to portray their relationship as a distant one, Ayers,
in a new afterward to his book "Fugitive Days," describes Obama as a "neighbor
and family friend."

Family friend huh? Interesting... I seem to consider family friends close...

He added, echoing a phrase that Obama used to describe Ayers, "I am a guy around
the neighborhood."

There seem to be a LOT of shady people in that neighborhood...

Bottom line, Ayers is not remorseful for his bombings in the past and he feels that the right wing blogosphere and the GOP campaign was false in their accusations... Yeah, right...

Change You Can Believe In?

Roll Call reports that Joe Biden has asked Ron Klain, Al Gore's former chief of staff, to serve in the same position for him.

Wow... So, I guess 'Change You Can Believe In' means hiring all former Clinton Administration staff...

The very same Clinton administration who brought us the proliferation of Al Qaeda and 9/11... Sounds great! Eh, but the slackers are getting free stuff!

Financial Watch - Wal-Mart Profits

So, why does the nation's largest retailer continuously rake in profits? Could it be they sell items for less? Could it be they don't have to answer to Unions that would likely break them?

Perhaps...

Wal-Mart's 3rdQ Profit Rises 10%

Senate Watch - GA Senate Race

In Georgia, GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss is up for reelection versus Democratic challenger Jim Martin and Libertarian nominee Allen Buckley. The final tallies for the GOP and Dem candidates...

Chambliss 1,864,015 49.77%

Martin 1,753,030 46.81%

Since no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, there must be a run-off election. That is scheduled for December 2.

Senate Watch - AK Senate Race

Alaska is still awaiting the outcome of a race between recently-indicted GOP Sen. Ted Stevens and Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich...

The latest.

Ted Stevens, the felonious Republican senator from Alaska who refuses to give up his seat or acknowledge that he was convicted, continues to lead Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,257 votes -- 106,594 to 103,337 votes for the challenger.

But six days after the polls closed, more than 90,000 ballots have not been counted.
That means nearly 29% of the vote in the race has yet to be tallied.

Stay tuned...

Senate Watch... MN Senate Race

Three of the Nation's Senate races are undeclared at this time. If the Democrats win each of these seats, they will have the 60 vote power they crave to ram through the entire Obama agenda...

So, we now look at the Minnesota race, where GOP incumbant Sen. Norm Coleman is battline comedian turned political idiot Al Franken. This race should not be close, but then again, Minnesota voters elected Jesse Ventura as governor.

The latest...

There are worries about what's up in that Minnesota Senate race where Republican incumbent Norm Coleman was ahead of Democrat Al Franken by 725 votes the morning after the election.

But Franken has narrowed the gap to about 200 even though a recount is not yet underway. That is because election officials are correcting supposed typos in how the numbers were reported. Those corrections have added 435 votes to Franken while taking away 69 from Coleman, and virtually all of Franken's new votes came from just three of the more than 4,100 precincts.

The campaigns are also negotiating ballot security standards after an unsuccessful challenge by Coleman to halt the counting of 32 absentee ballots that were supposedly left for days in the trunk of an election official's car.

Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty says, "These changes seem to disproportionally — overwhelmingly favor Al Franken."

Shenanigans? NAH... Never...

Godless Holidays?

Well, I guess when you elect a Secular-Progressive-Socialist government, you get what you vote for...

But the purchase of advertising space for the means of calling for a 'godless' holiday season is getting worrisome...

The ads ask commuters, “Why believe in a god?” and encourages them to “Just be good for goodness sake.”... “Morality doesn’t come from religion. It’s a set of values based on empathy, fairness, and experience – and these all happen to be the essence of the humanist worldview.”

I disagree... Morality does come from a fundamental understanding of religion and the purpose and dignity of all life... As religion is pushed further and further away, you see less emphasis on the dignity of life... We see that with our soon-to-be-President...

Read it all...

Hat tip: Molly J.

Back to Business

Well, the election was close only in poplar vote, but not in the Electoral College. Clearly, a majority of Americans bought into fancy rhetoric about hope and change, with nothing but radicalism to back it up.

So now we shall see. We will wait and watch and see how Barack Hussein Obama will govern this nation.

Election Day

Today we choose our future direction. Let's keep it sane people. We are not a socialist society. Do not fundamentally destroy 230 years of representative democracy because of emotion.

Vote for John McCain.

Countdown to the Election: 1 Day to Go

Tomorrow is Election Day.

Tomorrow we elect a new leader. Hopefully, we will elect a man worth of the office of President of the United States. Do we wish to remain a global superpower? Do we want to become like France or Sweden? So we want to hold our heads high and be proud of everything our veterans have given us and fought for? Or do we wish to be ungrateful, living for the moment, entitlement-laden people?

Think before you choose. Do you want future generations living in a society that believes it is their right to college education, jobs, housing and healthcare? Or do you want to teach future generations that you can achieve anything with hard work. That handouts are not a solution to life's problems...

Tomorrow might change everything...