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Rants & Raves 11.1

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Written by Kristin Chapman

November 1, 7:05 AM

Here it is, Rants! & Raves!, your weekly chance to sound off about the week past. Remember the rules:

1. A Rave! is something that happened during the past week that you’re pleased about and is signified by the word “Rave!” and/or an appropriately peppy emoticon.

2 A Rant! is something that happened during the past week that you’re ticked about and is signified by the word “Rant!” and/or an appropriately grumpy emoticon.

3. You may Rant! about something a person said, did or wrote, but you may not Rant! about generally disliking a person.

Have fun!

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BY Chas 11.01.08 AT 7:48 AM

Not a single trick-or-treater last night.
Guess I’ll have to eat those Snickers. But I can’t afford the calories.
A woman wore a Groucho Marx glasses, nose and mustache to Lions yesterday. We told her she looked better that way.

I think I mowed the grass the last time this season yesterday. I hope so, I deliberately ran the mower out of gas.

My sister from Maryland is coming for a visti this afternoon. I may miss part of the SC/Tenn game. But it will be worth it.

It’s All Saints Day. I may be the only Baptist in the world who knows that. :blush:
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BY KI 11.01.08 AT 8:37 AM

My husband mowed the grass for the last time this season, also. That is extremely unusual. It is often drizzly or snowing and cold here on Halloween. Weather-wise, it was the best I ever remember.

We had two little ones and they were so cute!

I get to be a saint! Thanks to the LORD!
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BY TJ 11.01.08 AT 8:43 AM

Didn’t exactly have a great turnout for Reformation Night last night. One lady told me that she wasn’t coming b/c she felt she needed to stay home to give out candy for Halloween. It is difficult for folks to change cultural priorities, I suppose.

The people who attended really enjoyed “Luther.” Lots of questions at the end, and they were truly encouraged.
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BY NJLawyer 11.01.08 AT 9:13 AM

Sorry about that, TJ. There’s always next year.

Saw an adorable little witch yesterday, followed by someone who was just learning to walk dressed up as a flower.

No one slashed my tires this year. We had a group of rich kids who would go home to home, one year 12 cars lost their back tires.
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BY mmacmurray 11.01.08 AT 9:32 AM

Another nice fall day here, though seasonably chilly (about 45 degrees now).

Last night was a nice night to be out with the boys. They had fun and we ran into some old friends in town.

Hubbie tonight starts a couple of weeks of night shifts.
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BY kBells 11.01.08 AT 9:42 AM

It’s All Saints Day. I may be the only Baptist in the world who knows that. :blush:

Chas, no, you’re not. When I worked for a Catholic organization I was once called the best Baptist hagiologist in the country.
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BY Random Name 11.01.08 AT 10:04 AM

Not a single trick or treater last night. We hate Halloween, so for us that is good. It means we are far enough out in the country to get away from a dumb holiday.

We got rid of our mower when we moved to five acres of woods. We don’t do lawns any more. That is good also.

Our granddaughter is coming today. When company is coming, my wife becomes obsessed that everything in the house must be perfect. I just heard her getting up. In a few minutes she will come into the living room and start snarling at me to help her get everything perfect. This is a rant, but it’s a loving rant.

When Random Granddaughter and her mommies arrive, my wife will relax and be a gracious hostess. I will see my daughter, whom I love, and my daughter-out-of-law, whom I love, and my granddaughter, whom I love. This is a rave.

All the people here who think homosexuality is a “sin” can put their prejudice in a pipe and smoke it. This is a rant.

I am glad that my daughter and her partner don’t worry about “gay marriage.” I realize that Anlir thinks we are wrong in this regard. This is a mild rant, because we are more on the same “side” than not.

If I don’t get off the computer and help my wife make the house perfect for company I will be the object of a rant.
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BY Peter L 11.01.08 AT 10:07 AM

Chas- I know today is All Saints Day, but I used to be a Catholic. It is also the 44th anniversary of my mother’s death.
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BY Mark Roth 11.01.08 AT 10:30 AM

My first cousin once removed died several days ago, leaving behind his wife and six young children (seven, counting the one on the way).

We need not grieve as those who have no hope.
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BY Chas 11.01.08 AT 10:41 AM

RN, my wife also has this thing about the house being perfecr.
I will rant on that later because we’re having her family reunion here the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I will be busy.
Will the house be perfect? Even the windows will be washed before then.
The “only Baptist” part was partly facetious. I’m sure you know that. But it will not be mentioned in our church.
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BY adios 11.01.08 AT 10:43 AM

Mark, I will being praying for your cousin’s wife. I can’t imagine . . .
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BY KI 11.01.08 AT 11:05 AM

Mark, I will pray too. So sad for all of them and their loved ones.
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BY michelle 11.01.08 AT 11:11 AM

My sympathies to your family, Mark.

Rain, rain, glorious rain! Gutterwashing, pool filling, salmon saving, glorious rain!

Our dog just learned what a meandering black cat with a white stripe down its back can do with an uplifted tail!

Rain, rain, glorious rain, washing away the scent of skunk. (Though I will be purchasing tomato juice in about an hour).

Due to budget cuts in CA which are all aimed at making the most people inconvenienced, my daughter will have to take her DMV driving test 75 minutes from home in Napa–where we planned to drive today to practice.

Rain, rain, glorious rain may make that problematic. (How I long to just sit and watch it rain while I eat M&Ms and cuddle up on the couch with a good book–in which I am noted in the acknowledgements!)

Adorable grandbaby is now tall enough to reach everything on my desk–which means it has to be cleared for the first time . . . in a long time.

Rain, rain, glorious rain! Who cares?
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BY Kathy 11.01.08 AT 12:04 PM

I hate World’s new animated icon. Because it constantly moves it is very distracting when you are trying to read.
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BY donna j 11.01.08 AT 12:04 PM

Mark, I am sorry. I’ve heard of a couple losses where large young families are left behind recently in our sister churches. The ‘why’ questions come, but we are comforted to know the Lord is faithful and will watch over His own.

Michelle, the smell of wet skunk ….. Lucky you. Been there, done that. There’s a ‘recipe’ online that worked best for me the summer my dogs kept getting sprayed in the backyard, it uses baking soda and hydrogen peroxide. Pretty effective.

The tree trimmers are here to take care of my substantially overgrown trees in the back. We had rain yesterday.

Heard the other day that a friend from the dog park is in the hospital and not doing well, prognosis is poor. I’m going to see her today but thought I’d buy a card to take over to the park for people to sign. Her name is Judy, if you can remember her in your prayers, along with her son Mark who is understandably very upset.

Quite a few trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood last night, but I got home late. We had a “killer bee” working on the copy desk yesterday.

The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice. (Ps. 97:1)
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BY adios 11.01.08 AT 12:05 PM

OK, Michelle, you Nor Calis can be stingy, send that rain our way, So Cal so needs it.

Rave: Loved Random’s description of his wife. She and I are kindred spirits.

Rave: We mowed our last lawn years ago. It grows year round her so we got rid of it. Saves on water and made room for California natives which are naturally drought resistent.

Rant: My daughter’s soccer game starts fifteen minutes after USC kicks off.

Rave: I get to go drive my family to the brink until our house is as perfect as Random and Chas.’
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BY hrw 11.01.08 AT 12:13 PM

Rave: an excellent point and click Palin parody site that I thnk anyone with a sense of humour could appreciate.
http://www.palinaspresident.us/
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BY Chas 11.01.08 AT 12:18 PM

Mark, I’m sorry. I have and will pray for the family.

Michelle, are you taking all the rain the way Pauline and Peter L did this spring? We still need it.

Has anyone noticed how long a lawn mower can run on a seemingly empty tank?
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BY donna j 11.01.08 AT 12:19 PM

My house is so far from perfect right now it’s not even funny. Ugh.
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BY Chas 11.01.08 AT 12:27 PM

HRW’s link is funny. I like the oil wells in the rose garden. Be sure to click on Colin Powell, and the door several times; you’ll see Katie Couric getting the water treatment.
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BY mumsee 11.01.08 AT 1:15 PM

The kids shared a cold with me the other day, a little something from public school, and it appears to have developed into bronchitis. I am supposed to make a five hour drive today with the kids to meet hubbie and son coming in from Canada. They will be staying in Boise for the weekend and we were supposed to join them. I do not believe I could stay awake long enough to safely arrive there. So this could be a rant or a rave because I generally find, when I am ill, I needed to stop for a bit and let life catch up.
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BY RPN 11.01.08 AT 2:11 PM

RAVE! No candidate behibd in the Gallup poll at the end of October has ever won the Presidency since Gallup commenced polling

RAVE! Today Gallup has Obama leading by 10, 52-42 in both likely voter measures, the traditional and the expanded models.

RAVE! Snickers and Pop Rocks for breakfast!
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BY llama 11.01.08 AT 2:23 PM

US military carried out its 17th unmanned combat vehicle attack against Islamic terrorists in Pakistan since August, there may be more, but these we know of. This one killed 27 Arab al Qaeda types. It seems the Bush government worked out a deal with Pakistan, by not talking about it publicly like the naive Obama does, where Pakistan will allow the attacks so long as they can say how much they dislike them publicly. See how this works Obama?

General Petraeus took over Central Command yesterday. Obama announced in his radio address that he 9s pulling out of Iraq. Good. If Obama wins Petraeus can bring the troops home to attack Washington DC where the real anti American terrorists live

Mother of 3 was found shot dead with her children, all under 4 years old, in their Floral City Florida home. The mother was only 23. This makes everyone just sick. What is it with Florida anyway?

Credit may not be available here but it is in Mexico at 70% interest rates. Perhaps if Obama is elected we too can be so lucky. It will be just like Jimmy Carter all over again.

Exxon had record profits again the past quarter but the lefty whack jobs don’t seem to mind now that gas prices average $2.50 a gallon. It is still way higher than when they took over congress saying they would lower prices but they have forgotten all about that too.

Bank OF America has agreed to stop the foreclosures on 2,000 homes in Phoenix, that they inherited with their Countrywide takeover – if the attorney general of Arizona drops his suit over Countrywide’s supposed ‘deceptive lending practices’. B of A said they would be willing to do the same in other states, if the AG’s in Texas, Ohio, Iowa and Washington agreed to the same terms. In reality B of A and other banks have slowed the foreclosure process until they can see what bones the socialists in Washington will throw their way to see if it will save them some money and cost taxpayers instead.

The weather is fantastic in Phoenix. Vote yes on Prop 102 which will make marriage constitutionally legal in Arizona between a man and a woman.
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BY Cameron 11.01.08 AT 2:34 PM

Kathy/#14,
What animated icon? I haven’t seen anything change here recently…
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BY Peter L 11.01.08 AT 2:48 PM

Animated icon: Look at the tab (if you have IE7 or Firefox, or any other tabbed browser). Instead of the e going in circles, the word WORLD scrolls until the page is fully loaded. Nice touch, IMHO.
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BY Peter L 11.01.08 AT 2:48 PM

Make that with Firefox. It doesn’t seem to be there with IE7.
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BY Karen O 11.01.08 AT 2:59 PM

Rant Husbands who don’t understand that the house needs to be perfect & don’t care.

Rave Husbands who do understand, & help out when asked. (Helping out without being asked? Even better!)

Rave I’ve softened my attitude about how perfect my house has to be.

Living with a bunch of “messies” can be a great frustration or a learning experience. It has actually been both.

Rave My hubby & I laughing together about how our younger daughter used to call “Whoppers” (the candy) “Whoopers”. So we were using the word Whoopers as much as we could.
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BY adios 11.01.08 AT 3:05 PM

Lumpy, Pop Rocks for breakfast? That explains a lot
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BY Chas 11.01.08 AT 3:23 PM

Re: Yesterday’s WV, #19;
Purdue 48, Michigan 42
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BY michelle 11.01.08 AT 3:27 PM

Following a recipe from the Internet: dish soap, 1/2 cup of salt and the rest hot water–let sit and then pour over dog.

Dog left in soaking rain to continue “defumigating.”

Some improvement. Son now worried about hypothermia for dog even though it is 61 degrees outside.

Tecnu on cloth, rubbed all over dog.

Dog installed in bathtub over much protest and slathered with green apple deodorizing dog shampoo.

13 month old screams to be let in to watch.

Scent dissipates some, son leaves, adorable baby joins us, dog shakes–everywhere.

I lock dog in shower stall, throw towels in laundry, hand baby to grandpa–who was keeping America safe for democracy from his home computer–and return to dog.

Dry off dog. Put in garage.

She only smells marginally better.

Glorious rain is a soaking everything–I may have to go to store for tomato juice . . .
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BY Chas 11.01.08 AT 3:32 PM

Michelle, forgive me, but I can’t help thinking that’s funny.
Next year, it will be to you too.
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BY klasko 11.01.08 AT 3:39 PM

Michelle – Go to the store and get the tomato juice. I can tell you from personal experience it really does work to cut the smell. We had a chow that got skunked and The tomato juice made him tolerable for in the house. There was still a hint of skunk, but he was still fit for the house.
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BY Ajisuun 11.01.08 AT 3:41 PM

A week without rain!

I made pumpkin bread this morning with a Gambian girl.

The election is almost over!!!

A overall good week. No rants that I can think of.
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BY RPN 11.01.08 AT 3:50 PM

RAVE! Bush and Cheney endorse John McCain!

Cheney: “In three days we’ll choose a new steward for the presidency and begin a new chapter in our history. It’s the biggest decision that we make together as Americans. A lot turns on the outcome. I believe the right leader for this moment in history is Senator John McCain.”
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BY Karen O 11.01.08 AT 3:58 PM

RPN – Are you going to find something else to write about after the election?
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BY donna j 11.01.08 AT 4:03 PM

Yeah, RPN, what ARE you going to write about?

Puppies and kittens and breakfast!
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BY donna j 11.01.08 AT 4:07 PM

Michelle: My sympathies, but yes, it was pretty funny.

That formula worked well for me after trying several over the counter products to de-skunk my dogs. I was told tomato juice wasn’t really effective, so I never did try it. My neighbor uses Fabreze, but I’d think that would only cover the smell up. You want to get it out.

That said, the scent will linger a while, esp around the face.

Tree trimmers almost done, I think. For now, anyway, they’ll have to return Monday.

They discovered that the wood covering over the patio has slipped and is dangerously close to collapse. So one more job. Between this and Tess’s vet bills. ……double rant .
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BY Kim 11.01.08 AT 4:28 PM

Vinegar will cut almost any smell but I don’t think I have ever been around skunk stink.
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BY mmacmurray 11.01.08 AT 4:40 PM

Michelle, sorry about the dog!

We used tomato sauce or juice (or maybe even a can of ground peeled tomatoes – something tomato-ey, anyway) when our cat got skunked, and that made him acceptable in the house.
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BY mumsee 11.01.08 AT 4:47 PM

Seems like we just used apple cider vinegar and baking soda and it worked. I can’t imagine my cheap side using tomato anything on the dog. But it has long been the talked about cure. You might consider an outdoor doghouse though…
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BY Cheryl D. 11.01.08 AT 5:07 PM

After four months of trying to work with a company that was supposed to keep me busy editing for maybe six months, I finally was able to verify that the company is bogus.

I didn’t actually do any work for said company (I wasn’t going to do anything without a deposit), and they don’t have my “real” e-mail address, home address (though they do know my name and could get that), or anything else along that line.

I’m puzzled what they got out of the encounter, since it doesn’t seem like they got anymore than I did–just several months of hassles and being told, “We want you to start next week . . . no, sorry, a different project is behind schedule, and the other project is a priority one for us . . . OK, watch these videos . . . they didn’t load for you? no one else had any problems. . . .” (The videos did load the first time, but then not later.)

At least I know now, and won’t be dealing with them anymore, though I had to warn the company that got me the work, and also let a couple other places know, all without letting the bogus company know that I’m onto them.

I planted three different kinds of bulbs yesterday, wondering the whole time about the sanity of anyone who likes gardening.

I have five more kinds to plant today.

The moles have pre-dug around the irises, the area where I’ll be putting most of the rest of them.
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BY llama 11.01.08 AT 5:22 PM

Shoot the skunk. tell the dog to get lost and drink the tomato juice – it could have been a V8.
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BY NJLawyer 11.01.08 AT 5:31 PM

Mark Roth, my sympathies and prayers.

I have heard that Febreze is bad for animals, that it causes cancer in them. Don’t know if that’s true. Only kidding: I suppose you could shave the dog.
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BY llama 11.01.08 AT 5:44 PM

Actually tomato juice does work. Put in a dash of pepper and salt, some bitters, some whorcestershire sauce, a whole lot of vodka with a celery stick for garnish and drink – several large glasses of this. The dog will smell less like skunk in a few minutes but you might get whiff of vomit later.
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BY Cameron 11.01.08 AT 5:51 PM

Next-door neighbor pulled out a boxwood from in front of the house for me today.
More space for daffodils!
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BY michelle 11.01.08 AT 6:08 PM

It was supposed to be funny!

I stood in the aisle at Safeway and asked a passerby, “How many cans of tomato juice do you think I need for a 40 pound dog?”

Fancy that, the tomato juice can didn’t have a suggested recipe!

My husband has just juiced the dog–we tried three large cans.

Better, but still not smelling like roses.
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BY llama 11.01.08 AT 6:28 PM

#46 michelle,

I agree. Few things are funnier than than a dog that thinks he is a skunk.
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BY donna j 11.01.08 AT 7:41 PM

Eeek, Michelle, your rain finally made it our way to so cal. It’s pouring right now. Kind of nice.
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BY Peter L 11.01.08 AT 8:09 PM

Only three more days!!!

70 degrees out on November 1! Took the dog for a much needed walk (for both of us). No worry about bugs eating us alive.

DST ends! I prefer morning light rather than driving in the dark at 6:30AM.
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BY RPN 11.01.08 AT 8:36 PM

RAVE! Sarah Palin was the subject of a prank call with some very funny moments!

A transcript of a prank phone call between Quebec comedy duo “The Masked Avengers” and Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, released Saturday.
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BY Karen O 11.01.08 AT 9:58 PM

Peter L. – My husband leaves for work around 3:15 a.m. & doesn’t get home till around 5:00 p.m. (long work day + 40-min. commute), usually. So for a few months every year, he drives to work in the dark & drives home in the dark.
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BY Make it Man 11.01.08 AT 11:27 PM

RANT!
Sarah Palin was the target of some jerks from Canada. Will the citizens of other countries please butt out and mind their own business?
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BY RPN 11.01.08 AT 11:34 PM

I’m sure many people who once called Iraq home say the same thing….
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BY RPN 11.01.08 AT 11:37 PM

RAVE! Two million people voted early in Georgia. That’s 60% of the total 2004 vote!
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 1:31 AM

Big Rant!

Military members may not have enough time to complete and mail in their absentee ballots for Tuesday’s election, thanks to slow mail delivery, lack of information sharing among election officials, and procedural errors.

In the 2006 elections, about a third of the close to 1 million absentee ballots requested by uniformed overseas voters were returned and tallied, essentially disenfranchising the remaining 600,000-plus service members, according to the federal Election Assistance Commission.
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 1:36 AM

Not sure whether to Rant or Rave-

John McCain is becoming increasingly confused at his campaign events. This is sad to watch.
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 1:45 AM

RANT!

Sarah Palin tipped her hand about war with Iran today.

Thanks, but no thanks, to that war with Iran. The account is overdrawn.
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BY Chas 11.02.08 AT 7:40 AM

Big Rave I didn’t have any money riding on my football picks from Anlir’s list on WV.

Bigger Rave
South Carolina beat Tennessee
Purdue beat Michigan
Appalachian State beat Woffard

Now let’s see what Sarah can do.
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BY kBells 11.02.08 AT 10:32 AM

Rave: Texas Tech beat Texas. That means Alabama could move to number One, even though Texas Tech has a good, if not better, claim to it as well.
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BY Make it Man 11.02.08 AT 11:23 AM

Rant:

We have technology out the wazoo and can put a man on the moon and blow up the earth, but we can’t come up with a easy, quick, efficient, secure, and accurate way to get a vote count.

How stupid is that? All I can conclude is that our elected officials want it that way.
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BY Rio 11.02.08 AT 12:06 PM

Having to wait around four months or so just to play soccer once a week for a few weeks.

Annoying people, many who are very frustrating and have their own selfish agendas.

American cars are giving those of Europe and Japan a run for their money (and sometimes surpassing the competition), so the “American cars stink” phrase is no longer applicable. For instance, the SSC Ultimate Aero, Corvette ZR1, Cadillac CTS-V, Pontiac G8 GXP, Chevy Cobalt SS, etc. (all ‘09 models)

So many selfish people embrace the Obamination (a.k.a. The Messiah, the Chosen One, the one who stops the oceans fromrising and people from dying, etc., etc.) and his Socialist agenda.
Forget “rob the rich to feed the poor,” it’s rob the rich, and the middle class, and others to feed (and fund healthcare and college) whoever you feel like. Aargh. If only their were some way to knock their heads together and knock some sense into them.
But of course that wouldn’t work.
Rant ended.
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BY Mark Roth 11.02.08 AT 12:22 PM

Thank you.

Here’s a poem my wife wrote for Danny’s wife Liisa: Hold to His Hand
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BY Anlir 11.02.08 AT 12:30 PM

Rave! Texas Tech knocking off Texas. The Red Raiders should be number 1. Bama played a weak team yesterday.

Rant! Conservative Christians who embraced the politics of negativity, denigration, lying, slander, and innuendo because they are scared of losing their “Precious”.

Rave! A successful Halloween Party last night. My “AIG Executive” costume was a hit. So was the girl that showed up as Sarah Palin.

Rant! The Tennessee Vols loss to South Carolina and the Dread Steve Spurrier! I think the countdown clock has begun on Phil Fulmer.
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 3:30 PM

RAVE! I found the audio of the prank call to Sarah Palin. It’s going viral
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BY Anlir 11.02.08 AT 3:52 PM

Two more:

Rave! Only two more days until George Bush receives his “Notice of Termination of Services” with a big red “W.P.E.” stamped acrossed it.

Rant! The long early voting lines in Georgia, some up to 8 hours. Booh! on the Republican Secretary of State and the Governor for not doing the right thing for the people of Georgia. At least the Republican Governor of Florida had the decency to do right by the citizens of his state.
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BY Karen O 11.02.08 AT 3:53 PM

Mark – That’s a nice poem your wife wrote.
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BY outkast 11.02.08 AT 4:00 PM

Llama: My youngest brother, a police officer in Sumter, was the first person on the scene for that SC Halloween-night crime. He called me right after finishing the paperwork that night, to tell of five shots hitting the 12-year-old boy in the head. Senseless crime committed by a convicted felon who should have been kept behind bars for the rest of his life long before this year.
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BY Chas 11.02.08 AT 4:04 PM

A nice poem Mark, and a good looking family. I’m sorry about his death.
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 4:14 PM

RAVE!

Dick Cheney stars in Obama’s newest ad!
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 4:42 PM

RANT!

Last week Sarah Palin said she would release her medical records. With less than 48 hours left in her campaign, and no records released, it appears she may have lied to us yet again.
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 5:18 PM

RANT! As I drove by the one house on our street with McPalin yard signs last night, I noticed they now have 4 big snowmen lit up in their front yard with a sign saying…. Merry Christmas!
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BY Peter L 11.02.08 AT 6:02 PM

Anlir #65: Why bother raving about Bush leaving office when there is a thing called term limits which prevent him from running this year? He has known since 2005 that he leaves office Jan 2009.
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BY TRS 11.02.08 AT 6:10 PM

All the Liberals who claim that it is the Conservatives who are playing “the politics of negativity, denigration, lying, slander, and innuendo” when just about everyone knows that the Democrats have a lock on this.
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BY TRS 11.02.08 AT 6:11 PM

#72

Amen! That doesn’t make a bit of sense. The man was elected for 8 years. The 8 years are up in January. Duh.
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BY TRS 11.02.08 AT 6:14 PM

Yes, Rio, my husband has been very depressed about it. “So many selfish people embrace the Obamination.” He honestly can’t understand it.

He also thinks that Obama reminded him of the “U.N. Geeks in high school.” So very serious about themselves and “changing the world” and no practical ideas or experience with reality.
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BY TRS 11.02.08 AT 6:15 PM

In the 2006 elections, about a third of the close to 1 million absentee ballots requested by uniformed overseas voters were returned and tallied, essentially disenfranchising the remaining 600,000-plus service members, according to the federal Election Assistance Commission.

******Yes, and the vast majority of those people vote Conservatively.
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 9:58 PM

TRS-

Welcome to 2008. The uniformed troops support Obama, not McSame.

October 17, 2008-

Senator John McCain has pulled slightly ahead of Senator Barack Obama in campaign contributions from military donors. But what set Mr. McCain over the top were donations that came from people working for the Department of Defense. When it comes to the uniformed military, Mr. Obama is still ahead.

One of the interesting trends of the election was that anti-war candidates, not only Mr. Obama but also Ron Paul, were getting more support from the uniformed military than hawkish Mr. McCain. That remains the case.
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BY kBells 11.02.08 AT 10:36 PM

Texas Tech knocking off Texas. The Red Raiders should be number 1. Bama played a weak team yesterday.

Rave: Nope.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex
Roll Tide Roll!!!
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BY Anlir 11.02.08 AT 10:41 PM

Rave! Steve Young, former NFL great and MVP of Super Bowl XXIX, and lifelong Mormon has come out in opposition to Prop 8!

No more hate,
Vote “NO” on 8!
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BY outkast 11.02.08 AT 10:47 PM

I notice Lumpy provides no link to support her opinion in post 78.
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 10:58 PM

Outsassed 80-

I wrongly assumed McCain supporters capable of copying and pasting text into a search engine.

The red words are the link. They are magic. Click one!

The report also shows that Mr. Obama also is ahead of Mr. McCain in military donors with overseas addresses, both those working for the Department of Defense as well as members of the uniformed services. A total of $74,650 came in for Mr. Obama from those posted overseas to $16,600 for Mr. McCain.
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 11:08 PM

Steve Young??? That’s HUGE for Prop 8! That will flip some of the supporters of that Mormon H8 Law.

Fun tidbit: I was on a road trip passing through Salt Lake City once and had a gas station attendant ask me if I was Steve Young.
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BY outkast 11.02.08 AT 11:09 PM

I mistakenly stated that your post was #78, when in fact it was post 77, Lumpy. And there are NO RED WORDS in your post 77. Spin again.
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BY outkast 11.02.08 AT 11:10 PM

Lumpy the Lifelong Obama Supporter is still propping up his claims with the NYT. Zzzzz . . . .
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 11:21 PM

Obfuscating and attacking the source and not the facts again? You’ve been Outsassed, silly!
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BY outkast 11.02.08 AT 11:23 PM

“There is another factor at work in this year’s election that makes polls and predictions more unreliable than usual. That factor is race. Barack Obama’s string of victories in early Democratic primaries against far better known white candidates shows that large segments of the American population have moved beyond race. It is Barack Obama and his supporters who have hyped race, after his large lead in the polls began to shrink or evaporate, as more of the facts about his checkered career came out. Almost any criticism of Obama has been equated with racism, even if there is no connection that can be seen under a microscope. Barack Obama himself started this trend when he warned that his opponents were going to try to scare the public with various charges, including a statement, ‘And did I say he was black?’ McCain said no such thing. Palin said no such thing. But those who support Obama—and this includes much of the media—are acting as if they just know that this is the underlying message. Congressman John Lewis has likened Senator McCain to George Wallace. Congressman John Murtha has condemned a whole section of the state of Pennsylvania as ‘racists’ because they seem reluctant to jump on the Obama bandwagon. Senator Harry Reid has claimed that linking Obama to deposed and disgraced Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines is racist, since they are both black—as if the financial and political connection between the two does not exist. Much is being made of the fact that, in past elections, some white voters who told pollsters that they are going to vote for a black candidate did not in fact do so, so that a black candidate with a lead in the polls ended up losing on election day. This is supposed to show how much covert racism there is. It might instead show that people don’t want to be considered racists by pollsters because they are leaning toward someone other than the black candidate. In other words, the media themselves helped create the charged atmosphere in which some people give misleading answers to pollsters to avoid being stigmatized.”

—Thomas Sowell
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BY Anlir 11.02.08 AT 11:34 PM

Rave! Thomas Sowell has become increasingly unhinged in his columns as it becomes more likely that Barack Obama might win the Presidency. The more unhinged and irrational he (and his fellow Republicans) becomes the more the American people will turn away from the Party. And that’s a good thing indeed!
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BY outkast 11.02.08 AT 11:42 PM

RAVE! It’s becoming more and more obvious that BHO cannot relate to the “common people.” First we saw his inability to relate to Joe the Plumber (not to be confused with VP nominee “Joe the Mumbler”), and now Barry shows shows his ignorance of American TV:

Barack Obama tries so hard to be a man of the people, he really does. The problem is, he’s not. And sometimes the act falls apart like it did this week in Virginia. Speaking about Social Security, Obama said, “If Senator McCain is elected, we’ll have another president who wants to privatize part of your Social Security. Could you imagine if you had your Social Security invested in the stock market these last two weeks, these last two months? You wouldn’t need Social Security. You’d be having a [heart attack].” He then tried to connect with the little guy by drawing from 70s black comedy television: “[L]ike, what was it, ‘Sanford and Son.’ [grabbing his heart and imitating Redd Foxx’s Fred Sanford character] ‘I’m coming Weezie!”’ Trouble is, Weezie was on “The Jeffersons.” Come Tuesday, let’s just hope Obama’s not “movin’ on up.”

It’s “Elizabeth,” Barry.
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 11:46 PM

Outsassed is spamming the blog again? With irrational and unhinged propaganda? Not a surprise. Is that Citrus Scent Desperation he’s wearing?
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BY RPN 11.02.08 AT 11:52 PM

McCain is spending money in an attempt to shore himself up in Arizona, where the polls have him within the margin of error with Obama. McCain’s GOTV rally was met with protests. Who would have guessed the people who know him best don’t want him to be President?
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BY RPN 11.03.08 AT 12:55 AM

RAVE!

60,000 people in Columbus, Ohio came out to see Obama today! That’s a record for a political rally in Columbus!

and 100,000 people stood in the Cleveland rain to hear Obama tonight….

Tens of thousands in conservative Cincinnati….

RAVE! that’s a positive day in a swing state Obama is leading by 6 points!
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BY donna j 11.03.08 AT 1:44 AM

The Lord’s Day. I am always grateful, every week, for this special day, set aside to call us to corporate public worship, to focus on our true purpose in life.

It was a beautiful day this afternoon at the dog park, cool with clear skies, dogs running and playing.

I attended the first of a 5-part lecture series tonight on creation at my church. We had a very good turnout, pretty much a packed house with a lot of people I didn’t recognized (we’ve been running a newspaper ad about the series).

I have a really, really busy, complex/complicated/jam-packed week ahead: I probably need to get Tess back to the vet’s for a splint check and/or repair and/or replacement; I need to get to the DMV to renew my license in person this year sometime before (gulp/aaakk) Friday; I think I have a big centerpiece story scheduled to run next Sunday. and If so, I have LOTS of work to do on that; tree trimmers returning tomorrow morning to finish my backyard, so I need to figure out logistics with the dogs for the day; I have to get my Jeep in for a new window regulator sometime in the next few days; I have to vote before work on Tuesday.
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BY TRS 11.03.08 AT 1:55 AM

RPN,

You were posting about the 2004 election and military members not having their votes counted. They were overwhelmingly supportive of Bush in that election, so it was the Conservatives who were shorted votes.
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BY RPN 11.03.08 AT 2:00 AM

TRS-

You’re right. U.S. Troops were denied their votes under Bush, and the Republican House and Senate.
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BY Kristin Chapman 11.03.08 AT 9:17 AM

RPN in post #89:
RPN, I know you and Outkast like to take shots at each other but this does fall under the category of personal attack and doesn’t contribute to a positive atmosphere. Please avoid comments like these in the future.
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BY Cheryl D. 11.03.08 AT 10:50 AM

RPN,

#94 is silly, even for one of your postings. Bush and the Republican House and Senate had nothing to do with Florida election officials being out-of-control partisans for the Democrats, even to the point of denying military votes and trying to guess the thoughts of people who hadn’t voted for anyone for president.
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