No, not that. That's USSR/Cuba/China style Socialism-Communism. Just a mix of capitalism and socialism like a lot of countries in the Nordic countries who have a modern, progressive and evolved form of Socialism.
Sweden does not tell me what to do, and there are no free hand outs here. Just help that everybody receives on a local level to make society fair, equal, and with a high standard of living. So there
StressFree: No, not that. That's USSR/Cuba/China style Socialism-Communism. Just a mix of capitalism and socialism like a lot of countries in the Nordic countries who have a modern, progressive and evolved form of Socialism.
Sweden does not tell me what to do, and there are no free hand outs here. Just help that everybody receives on a local level to make society fair, equal, and with a high standard of living. So there
Maybe Obama can do for the US what Dems & (and Arnold) have done for California. (begging for 7 billion to bail there butt out...from wasteful spending, demands on employers, unions, etc.)
StressFree: Yep, I think things are actually better here now for the moment.
Not culturally Nothing compares to the American culture and people. I love American Indy.
Anyways, when my kids are older and independent, I plan to come back to America....when things will be better and very much changed from the old established ways!
Indyfella: Maybe Obama can do for the US what Dems & (and Arnold) have done for California. (begging for 7 billion to bail there butt out...from wasteful spending, demands on employers, unions, etc.)
California will be just fine. Don't underestimate the worlds 6th largest economy. We will get a Green in there for governor soon!
Indyfella: Wait 4 years...until Palin gets electe President
No chance! Change is gonna steamroll America. Obama today, maybe somebody from the Independent party tomorrow, then maybe somebody from the Green Party next week.
The Republican party will be a small and forgotten minority in the future.
Matthew Dowd, a prominent political consultant and chief strategist for George W. Bush's reelection campaign eviscerated John McCain on Tuesday for his choice of Sarah Palin as vice president.
Dowd proclaimed that, in his heart of hearts, McCain knew he put the country at risk with his VP choice and that he would "have to live" with that fact for the rest of his career.
"They didn't let John McCain pick the person he wanted to pick as VP," Dowd declared during the Time Warner Summit panel. "When Sarah Palin got picked instead of Joe Lieberman, which I fundamentally believed would have given John McCain the best opportunity in this race... as soon as he picked Palin, that whole ready versus not ready argument was not credible."
Saying that Palin was a "net negative" on the ticket, he went on: " knows, in his gut, that he put somebody unqualified on the ballot. He knows that in his gut, and when this race is over that is something he will have to live with... He put somebody unqualified on that ballot and he put the country at risk, he knows that."
The other panelists were surprised, a bit, by Dowd's bluntness. Not least because McCain's well-known campaign motto is "country first."
"No, I don't agree," said Mark McKinnon, a former McCain aide, after chiding Dowd for claiming particular insight into McCain's soul.
"Well," responded Dowd, "that's even more disturbing than my thought" -- the implication being that it would be truly frightening if McCain didn't know how bad Palin truly was.
Time columnist Joe Klein summed up what seemed to be the panel's Palin consensus.
"It was a gimmick," he said of the pick. "It was one of the most disastrous decisions I have seen in a presidential campaign since I've begun covering them."
Later in the session, Hilary Rosen, the Huffington Post's Washington editor at large, noted that the Palin pick had been successful in energizing the Republican base -- and McCain himself. But Dowd wasn't biting.
"To me it is like Halloween," he said. "You get energized by eating all that candy at night but then you feel sick the next day."
Matthew Dowd, a prominent political consultant and chief strategist for George W. Bush's reelection campaign, absolutely eviscerated John McCain Tuesday for his choice of Sarah Palin as vice president... Matthew Dowd, a prominent political consultant and chief strategist for George W. Bush's reelection campaign, absolutely eviscerated John McCain Tuesday for his choice of Sarah Palin as vice president...
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And THAT one will probabely becoming the president of the United States if the old war monger dude all of a sudden begining have so much digestional problems that being with him in a room will be impossible, or when his Alzheimer gets really bad, or when his uncontrolable amount of anger will force him to with draw again, or when his face keeps falling off and it is not to save no more.... very soon...... If McCain wins on election day Scarey stuff to imagine in deed
Matthew Dowd, a prominent political consultant and chief strategist for George W. Bush's reelection campaign eviscerated John McCain on Tuesday for his choice of Sarah Palin as vice president.
Dowd proclaimed that, in his heart of hearts, McCain knew he put the country at risk with his VP choice and that he would "have to live" with that fact for the rest of his career.
"They didn't let John McCain pick the person he wanted to pick as VP," Dowd declared during the Time Warner Summit panel. "When Sarah Palin got picked instead of Joe Lieberman, which I fundamentally believed would have given John McCain the best opportunity in this race... as soon as he picked Palin, that whole ready versus not ready argument was not credible."
Saying that Palin was a "net negative" on the ticket, he went on: " knows, in his gut, that he put somebody unqualified on the ballot. He knows that in his gut, and when this race is over that is something he will have to live with... He put somebody unqualified on that ballot and he put the country at risk, he knows that."
The other panelists were surprised, a bit, by Dowd's bluntness. Not least because McCain's well-known campaign motto is "country first."
"No, I don't agree," said Mark McKinnon, a former McCain aide, after chiding Dowd for claiming particular insight into McCain's soul.
"Well," responded Dowd, "that's even more disturbing than my thought" -- the implication being that it would be truly frightening if McCain didn't know how bad Palin truly was.
Time columnist Joe Klein summed up what seemed to be the panel's Palin consensus.
"It was a gimmick," he said of the pick. "It was one of the most disastrous decisions I have seen in a presidential campaign since I've begun covering them."
Later in the session, Hilary Rosen, the Huffington Post's Washington editor at large, noted that the Palin pick had been successful in energizing the Republican base -- and McCain himself. But Dowd wasn't biting.
"To me it is like Halloween," he said. "You get energized by eating all that candy at night but then you feel sick the next day."
Matthew Dowd, a prominent political consultant and chief strategist for George W. Bush's reelection campaign, absolutely eviscerated John McCain Tuesday for his choice of Sarah Palin as vice president... Matthew Dowd, a prominent political consultant and chief strategist for George W. Bush's reelection campaign, absolutely eviscerated John McCain Tuesday for his choice of Sarah Palin as vice president...
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And THAT one will probabely becoming the president of the United States if the old war monger dude all of a sudden begining have so much digestional problems that being with him in a room will be impossible, or when his Alzheimer gets really bad, or when his uncontrolable amount of anger will force him to with draw again, or when his face keeps falling off and it is not to save no more.... very soon...... If McCain wins on election day Scarey stuff to imagine in deed
StressFree: No, not that. That's USSR/Cuba/China style Socialism-Communism. Just a mix of capitalism and socialism like a lot of countries in the Nordic countries who have a modern, progressive and evolved form of Socialism.
Sweden does not tell me what to do, and there are no free hand outs here. Just help that everybody receives on a local level to make society fair, equal, and with a high standard of living. So there
Yep,keep on mixing Poison and Food. Keep on sacrificing your Best to the Worst. Keep on believing Looting,Mooching and Demanding the Unearned is Production! KEEP IT UP!
Poll workers clash at Falls nursing home Police, elections board investigate alleged assault over marked ballot
By Stephanie Warsmith Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Tuesday, Oct 14, 2008
Poll workers from opposing sides in the presidential race apparently clashed in a physical altercation Friday at a Cuyahoga Falls nursing home when one accused the other of improperly marking a ballot.
George Manos, the 75-year-old Republican, told police that Edith Walker, the 73-year-old Democrat, jumped on his back and struck him in the head three to four times with her fists. Manos said two other elections workers had to pull Walker off his back, according to a report filed with Cuyahoga Falls police.
Manos said it happened after he accused Walker of ballot tampering, and he wants to prosecute.
The incident, which occurred about noon at Gardens of Western Reserve nursing home, is being investigated by both the police and the Summit County elections board. The board probe could lead to a closer examination of the other votes with which Walker was involved.
The alleged assault piqued the interest of Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign — as the voter in question reportedly wanted to vote for McCain but her ballot was initially marked for Sen. Barack Obama.
''This is a troubling report that emphasizes the importance of having a transparent and open process in every voting place in Ohio,'' said Paul Lindsay, a spokesman for McCain's campaign.
The elections board sent two teams of poll workers, each with one Democrat and one Republican, to the nursing home to assist residents who otherwise would be unable to go to the polls. Such early voting is a routine service offered by elections boards to nursing homes.
After the incident, Manos and Walker were asked to return to the elections board and the remaining team of poll workers finished the voting at the nursing home.
Manos, Walker and the two other poll workers gave written accounts to the board.
Walker said in her statement that Manos tried to grab the ballot in question out of her hand. She said he accused her of marking the ballot wrong and she ''apologized to him if I did do it, but he was very mean to me.''
Manos' written statement is similar to what he told police. He also said Walker initially refused to show him the ballot, then marked it a second time.
Richard Bader, a Republican poll worker at the nursing home, wrote that he forced his way between Walker and Manos and ''she tried to strong-arm me out of the way, but I held my ground.'' Bader said the incident drew a crowd of six to 10 people.
Robert Dengle, a Democratic poll worker who witnessed the incident, wrote that Manos grabbed the ballot out of Walker's hand and she went after him to get it back. When they ultimately reviewed the ballot, he said, it was marked both for Obama and McCain.
New rules suggested
Bryan Williams, the board's deputy director, sent the statements to elections board members Monday, along with suggested new nursing home guidelines for elections board staff. If the board approve the rules, he said, the staff will be retrained before voting resumes at area nursing homes today.
Among the recommendations are that both the Democrat and Republican poll worker review each vote on a ballot as it is marked and that — when reviewing the choices — a poll worker will say them aloud so the voter can hear them.
Brian Daley, a Republican member of the elections board, said he thinks the board should have a hearing on the incident. He said the board may need to examine the other votes Walker was involved with to make sure they were properly marked.
''If it results in looking at the others, so be it,'' he said. ''The facts as they unfold will dictate where we go with it.''
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No, not that. That's USSR/Cuba/China style Socialism-Communism. Just a mix of capitalism and socialism like a lot of countries in the Nordic countries who have a modern, progressive and evolved form of Socialism.
Sweden does not tell me what to do, and there are no free hand outs here. Just help that everybody receives on a local level to make society fair, equal, and with a high standard of living. So there