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Mid-Term Elections 2010: The Latest
scribblet replied to sharkman's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Obama and the democrats only have themselves to blame, if their policies were so good they failed to articulate that. I'm sure if they are decimated today it will be Fox and everyone elses's fault including Bush.. LOL -
Nice spin, but it's quite clear what was said and intended, there's no getting around in you are in denial. http://www.nrsc.org/nrsc-statement-on-cbs-voicemail-regarding-joe-miller text here http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/10/alaska-senate-race-joe-miller-campaign-roiled-by-errant-voicemail-message-.html They can also be heard openly discussing concocting the two stories about Miller. DeSoto says the voicemail message was later authenticated by McDermott himself, who sent a text to the Miller spokesman stating, "D--- iPhone … I left you a long message. I thought I hung up. Sorry." there's just no getting away from it, read the whole thing again on here in context of course http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/government/elections/campaigning/vote_fraud/news.php?q=1288625402 Just heard about a nice little ponzi scheme in PA http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/28/2010/october/27/residents-cry-foul-over-ballots.html
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Staggering Billions Spent On Attack Ads
scribblet replied to scribblet's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Why do you care what they do in the U.S. at all, considering it's your most active forum. -
I find this absolutely unreal - the amount of money the U.S. spends on elections, it seems they are always in election mode. Imagine what could be done with that much money, but do they have any controls and limits on election spending ? I am extremely grateful that we do have limits. 4-5 weeks of campaigning is enough for enyone. http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/Court+decision+unleashes+breed+attack/3749041/story.html
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There is nothing out of context, the station had admitted to it but is spinning, the reporters are with the CBS Anchorage-based TV station KTVA - funny thing you know, the recording is real, but the allegations are not LOL UPDATE: The National Republican Senatorial Committee has spoken out on the incident. “If this voicemail is authentic, which i[t] appears to be, it is deeply disturbing,” said NRSC communications director Brian Walsh in a statement. “It should trouble all Americans that any member of the media would attempt to purposefully smear a nominee for the U.S. Senate. CBS owes an immediate explanation to Joe Miller and his campaign.” and http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/10/31/phone-recording-sets-off-firestorm-in-alaska/ I do like the idea of a 'scumbag journalist' registry LOL
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Bush Pulling Even With Obama
scribblet replied to bush_cheney2004's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Nope, but I can see November http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/User91_2006/for%20forums/novfromourhouse.jpg -
Sorry, yes I do, I can't change the title. CBS reporters are on tape saying, 'Let’s find a child molester in the crowd that supports Miller,'"corrupt bastards." is right. It really does speak to how much the media manipulates to push their own agendas instead of reporting evenly and fairly. They are supposed to report the news, not make it up as they go along.
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I heard this on the news earlier today, if we thought the press practiced yellow journalism these days and go out of their way to smear a candidate, this confirms it. For Americans I've included some info. for complaints http://www.nationalreview.com/battle10/251610/alaskan-media-plotting-against-miller-campaign-katrina-trinko File a complaint with the FCC. The station owners are required by law to provide a response. Contact the FCC and register a complaint against the owners of KTVA, Anchorage. Phone: 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322) Fax: 1-866-418-0232 E-mail: [email protected] Chairman Julius Genachowski: [email protected] Commissioner Michael J. Copps: [email protected] Commissioner Robert McDowell: [email protected] Commissioner Mignon Clyburn: [email protected] Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker: [email protected] Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20554 The Republican Party has set up a National Hotline, which will be staffed with Attorneys to handle polling issues as well as possible voter fraud or intimidation. 1 - 888 - 775 - 8117. IF you even SUSPECT this is happening, PLEASE call for their free advice. http://www.resistnet.com/
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Ontario municipal workers pension fund shortfall
scribblet replied to capricorn's topic in Provincial Politics in Canada
At the time that happened, Mike Harris in his 'wisdom' deemed that pension plans should not have more than a certain amount of surplus $$ so therefore, these surplus funds had to be distributed. http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/publications/2001/pension01.html Committees were formed to decide how the surplus should be distributed, long story short, most of the surplus funding distribution was in favour of active employees who received the 4 year premium holiday - which I believe was actually cut short when the global recession hit. This meant of course that employers did not have to pay in the matching contributions either. Retirees were short changed, they only received an improvement in the widow/er's pension raising it from 60 to 66% and something else I don't remember, it was very lop sided against those who contributed towards the surplus. I never read the whole thing or understood why Mike Harris thought this should happen, I think most of us realized that this would come back to bite us later, obviously it has. I don't normally think that the taxpayers should be on the hook for any shortfall but considering that it's quite likely that had Mike Harris not legislated this, there would have been enough funds to cover the current problems, maybe they should. Remember Bob Rae agreeing to 4.1 billion in payouts to the teacher's pension, I understand that after all their successes since then, they too now have an unfunded liability. OMERS pensions include CPP, they are not stacked although I think firefighter's pensions are stacked. When a person retires before 65 they calculate a CPP offset amount which is deducted at age 65 when CPP kicks in. If you retire early at 60 then you actually benefit with the additional CPP for 5 years. Premiums are based on all of this, if pensions were stacked, then premiums would be higher. I'm just going to read up on these links. ETA: Over the years the retirement age has been lowered to the 80 factor and or 55 and out. One thing they can do is raise the factor to 85 or 90, in my experience most people who retired that, early went back to work. (somewhere else) -
Republican Stomps on womens head
scribblet replied to punked's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Obviously your translator is malfunctioning. -
Republican Stomps on womens head
scribblet replied to punked's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Again I'm not condoning what happened, but there is a little more on this incident here. The larger issue is how many of these moveon.org operatives ( et al ) are there and how many of them are actually contributing to the problems - IMO quite a few. http://micadaily.blogspot.com/2010/10/you-dont-know-jack.html . -
george galloway vs jason kenney and the israeli lobby
scribblet replied to bud's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
Do you have a link to the ruling that said that - thanks -
Republican Stomps on womens head
scribblet replied to punked's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
No she wasn't just a protester, she was a paid agent from moveon.org who wore a wig to hide her known identity, and the only people suppressing free speech are the left e.g. avaaz and company. http://www.lpso.net/pressrelease.asp?id=927 Lauren Valle (W/F, DOB 5/4/87, 415 Shorewood Drive East, Falmouth, MA) -
Republican Stomps on womens head
scribblet replied to punked's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
She's a convicted felon and a paid agitator, which does make one wonder how many of these professional agitators are at these rallies. She wore the wig cos she likes wearing them - oh right LOL -
Republican Stomps on womens head
scribblet replied to punked's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
I don't think what they did to the woman was justified and they have identified the man who could or has been charged. No wonder the woman wore a wig though, she's a well known provocateur , in fact she's a paid agitator from moveon.org allready facing felony charges - I wonder how many others are paid to stir it up at the rallies. -
And people say harper is a control freak
scribblet replied to PIK's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
Ain't it grand LOL wonder if Iggy will catch up to Chretien - -
CRTC holds hearings on rural broadband
scribblet replied to scribblet's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
Not likely - unless global warming takes hold a lot more quickly
