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Charles L. Cotton wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

tallmike wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:Well tell us; do you support Obama?

Nope

Charles L. Cotton wrote:If by "anti" you mean he wasn't a first choice, then I agree with your statement. But now it a two-man race so everyone is either anti-Romney or anti-Obama.

No, it is not a 2 man race. That is a silly thing to say.

Oh, I can't wait to read the answer to this one, although I think we all know what's coming. Since it is "silly" to say it's a 2 man race, who, pray tell, is the 3rd person with a chance to win?

The Republican convention has started and we're still waiting to learn the identity of this viable 3rd candidate. Did I miss your answer?

Chas.

I'm kinda antici.......................PAting too. I'm sure that he'll answer either Ron Paul or Gary Johnson. It's a 50/50 bet to which he'll pick, so there's no money in a wager.......but it's kind of sad when someone thinks that a candidate who isn't going to get more than a few percent of the vote is "viable." They must have different definition for the word "viable" than the rest of the planet does. But the really sad thing is that few percent is going to be enough to throw the election to Obama.

I think voters like that rather enjoy being "les enfants terrible," the spoilers who would rather see the country go down in flames than vote for a compromise candidate. Their math just doesn't work, so they pray for Ragnarok.

Dennis Miller clearly explains why Romney is the better candidate: http://nation.foxnews.com/dennis-miller ... s-jay-leno

baldeagle wrote:The gold standard ties the hands of the Federal Reserve. They can no longer inflate the money supply, since the dollar is tied to a specific weight of gold. In the early 1900's, the dollar was tied to 1.5 grams of fine gold. In 1934 Roosevelt set the gold standard at $35 per troy ounce of gold. Nixon took us off the gold standard in 1971. The dollar is now worth about 0.00060790273556 of an ounce of gold. IOW, in the early 1900,s the dollar was worth 0.0529109 of a troy ounce. Today it's worth 1.148917776035 % of what it was worth just a century ago. Or to put it another way, the US government, through the Federal Reserve, has stolen $99 of every $100 that your forefathers owned in assets.

I have not warmed up the calculator and confirmed these numbers, but, they do seem to be in line with my prior understanding.
An excellent explanation of what happens when currency is devalued... Thanks for sharing it..

The Annoyed Man wrote:I'm kinda antici.......................PAting too.

Was that a Rocky Horror Picture Show reference...

The Annoyed Man wrote:Ragnarok.

Had to look that one up...

Wiki wrote:In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (UK /ˈræɡnərɜrk/,[2] US /ˈræɡnərɒk/ or /ˈræɡnərək/[3]), typically spelled Ragnarǫk in the handwritten scripts, is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures (including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water. Afterward, the world will resurface anew and fertile, the surviving and reborn gods will meet, and the world will be repopulated by two human survivors. Ragnarök is an important event in the Norse canon, and has been the subject of scholarly discourse and theory.

The Annoyed Man wrote:Dennis Miller clearly explains why Romney is the better candidate: http://nation.foxnews.com/dennis-miller ... s-jay-leno

Good one..
Notice the rousing applause for Dennis (paraphrasing... "I want to help the helpless, but I don't have anything left in the tank for the Clueless") and not for Jay ("Obama is compassionate").

And of course.... "I sent the Warren campaign a donation today..... in beads"

HOLY COW!! Gov. Chris Christie just got me three kinds of fired up!

The Annoyed Man wrote:HOLY COW!! Gov. Chris Christie just got me three kinds of fired up!

I liked the speeches Cruz, Davis and Haley made.

Looking forward to tomorrow night.

74novaman wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:HOLY COW!! Gov. Chris Christie just got me three kinds of fired up!

I liked the speeches Cruz, Davis and Haley made.

Looking forward to tomorrow night.

Yeah, Davis and Haley were good. I didn't catch Cruz's speech. Was still working when he was on. BTW, I think Ann Romney probably inspired AND reassured a lot of women who might otherwise be sitting on the fence.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

74novaman wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:HOLY COW!! Gov. Chris Christie just got me three kinds of fired up!

I liked the speeches Cruz, Davis and Haley made.

Looking forward to tomorrow night.

Yeah, Davis and Haley were good. I didn't catch Cruz's speech. Was still working when he was on. BTW, I think Ann Romney probably inspired AND reassured a lot of women who might otherwise be sitting on the fence.

The first part of her speech was TERRIBLE. But she really picked up steam and closed well at the end. She needs to work with a vocal coach and the speech writer a bit though.

Still, I'm sure she didn't have to wait until her husband was the Presidential nominee before she could be proud of her country for the first time, so she's already miles ahead of michele.

The Annoyed Man wrote:HOLY COW!! Gov. Chris Christie just got me three kinds of fired up!

In case anyone missed it...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08 ... ire-to-be/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not sure why, but Cruz came across to me as way too "Televangelist".
I don't think he helped us win any "Independents".
It was quite the coup for him to be in such a role, since he's not yet ever been elected to anything.

I liked Ann Romney's speech. I thought her struggling a bit made her more real. I thought she did a great job speaking to women, affirming that her husband is an honorable guy (unlike Slick Willie) and describing their modest beginnings in a way that "normal people" can relate to...

Christie was his usual blustery-great self.

74novaman wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:

74novaman wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:HOLY COW!! Gov. Chris Christie just got me three kinds of fired up!

I liked the speeches Cruz, Davis and Haley made.

Looking forward to tomorrow night.

Yeah, Davis and Haley were good. I didn't catch Cruz's speech. Was still working when he was on. BTW, I think Ann Romney probably inspired AND reassured a lot of women who might otherwise be sitting on the fence.

The first part of her speech was TERRIBLE. But she really picked up steam and closed well at the end. She needs to work with a vocal coach and the speech writer a bit though.

Still, I'm sure she didn't have to wait until her husband was the Presidential nominee before she could be proud of her country for the first time, so she's already miles ahead of michele.

I had sort of the same thought about the delivery of her speech. It wasn't so much the content. I thought that part was 100% spot on, for what it was intended to do, which was to get the attention of women. My wife was transfixed. She even made a comment about how much she liked the fact that Ann Romney's attire and accessories were sensible......not too much makeup, earrings and no other jewelry, etc. I agree that the delivery of her speech left a little something to be desired at the outset, but I chalked that up to her not being a "professional" speaker. In other words, she spoke like someone who isn't used to doing it.

Here's the kind of story you won't hear on the major networks:

http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/ro ... e=rss_news

Huckabee is AWESOME.
Rice was fantastic.
But Susana Martinez blew me away.

RoyGBiv wrote:Huckabee is AWESOME.
Rice was fantastic.
But Susana Martinez blew me away.

I have a good friend who lives in Santa Fe who is knows Martinez very well, and who says that she is the real deal.....exactly what you saw on TV. I've heard her tell that story before about leaving a friends house and telling her husband, "Well I'll be darned! We're republicans!"