1 first!

2 Beyond weird that DK would pay someone to put up an accurate poll favoring a Republican.  I don't get it.

3 No comment.

4 In before Average Joe! Suck it, buddy.

5 I still think Romney is better off picking a veep like Thune who can help in WI, IA and MI than Portman who can maybe help in OH but brings Bush baggage.

6 Gerg (dragonfly) hardest hit.

Double shift at the glory hole for him.

7 I've been waiting for a CAC post about Michigan.

Now I can die happy.

8 Polls. Bah. 40 states, bitchez.

9 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

10 Most people think of Michigan as Detroit. In fact Michigan is an Uper and A Loper. Out side of Detroit is a wide variety of Republican and Independent voters. The former Democratic State has changed dramatically due to the complete destuction of the major manufacturing cities by the unions. And a little help from that Dingler who needs castration from office. Actually a pretty good mix of decent folks comes from the state . And a couple 4 or 5 top ranked colleges.

11 The last poll I paid attention to was John Paul II.

12 Okay, one of the DFW Morons needs to come pick me up and take me to lunch at Chick-fil-A.

And you'll have to pay, cause I didn't bring any money with me to work.

13 Suck it wingnutz! Obama wins again! Wait, wut?...

14 That's a homophone. Which is not, as I discovered, a gay chat line.

15 The Upper U.P. is lovely in the fall.

16 gerg weeps.

17 @ 15 try the porcupine MNTS in Fall for a camping trip..

18 Rush is stalking us while he does his show again.  He's talking polls.

19 CAC, you, DrewM or one of the other cob-loggers ought to give this its own thread.  Sh*t just got real (I posted this on the thread below):

This link to the London Telegraph just popped up over at Newsbusters. Romney says he would work to restore "Anglo-Saxon" relations and bring back the bust of Churchill.

Obama's MFM are going nuts.

http://tinyurl.com/d59wk5d

20 who's Drew?

21 The MSM loves to pus the meme "Romney CAN'T win Michigan because he was against the GM and Chrysler bailouts."

The facts are, less than 1% of Michigan's voters are employed by either Chrysler or GM, and I would argue most of those UAW members were Democrat voters anyway.  The other 99% have to be resentful they didn't get any special subsidy.

Plus, Romney should point out that both GM and Chrysler DID technically go bankrupt anyway.

22 Out side of Detroit is a wide variety of Republican and Independent voters.

We're doing our best to eliminate the pestilence of reactionaries.

23 The first comment on the article from Curtis Larson (Michigan State University):


"But then again given the number of illiterate bible—thumping, pseudo-conservative drones in this state, I’m not."



I'm sure that little Curtis considers himself an open minded tolerant thing

24

Stalking = lurking.

 

That's what I get while listening to him, eating a doughnut and trying to type at the same time.  So much for my mad multitasking skillz.

25

"IF" we don't allow the Left to silence us with their screaching... I think just about every State is in play this year, 'IF' played correctly.

 

People are angry... and starting to talk... and finding out that their are a LOT of folks out there that think just like they do....

 

Its what empowered the TEA party.... but now that outlet is pretty much gone as we don't see TEA party protests anymore... as they were co-opted by the Establishment to get a seat at the table... (IMO)

26

If you like your Upper Pen-in-soola...you can keep it. 

27 This link to the London Telegraph just popped up over at Newsbusters.
Romney says he would work to restore "Anglo-Saxon" relations and bring
back the bust of Churchill.

Obama's MFM are going nuts.

http://tinyurl.com/d59wk5d

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 25, 2012 12:50 PM (UOM4

Why exactly is this controversial? I mean, I know a controversy will be manufactured out of it, but it shouldn't be controversial.

28

Posted by: BradleyJ at July 25, 2012 12:51 PM (XDRsa)

 

And as I posted yesterday.... a commercial Celebrating the Camaro Plan! in Canada!  and the plants moved to China, and Mexico by GM....

29

"Okay, one of the DFW Morons needs to come pick me up and take me to lunch at Chick-fil-A.

And you'll have to pay, cause I didn't bring any money with me to work."

 

Only if I get to call you "Peggy Jo" the whole time.  Moocher.

30 But Yahoo News is saying that Obama is up a bazillion percent?

Who to believe, who to believe...

31 Why exactly is this controversial? I mean, I know a controversy will be manufactured out of it, but it shouldn't be controversial.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 25, 2012 12:53 PM (RD7QR

Because RAACISST!!!!! that's why!

32 But Intrade has Obama up by 40 in Michigan!

33
From Paradise and Matchwood in the Upper Peninsula to Hell and Bad Axe in the Lower Peninsula, all Michigan is in play!

Well, except for Detroit... the Two Johns -- Dingell and Conyers -- didn't get voted into Congress by the best and brightest, y'know.

34 But Intrade has Obama up in Michigan by 120 points!

35 Why exactly is this controversial?

Because most voters don't have the educational background (sixth grade, really...) or intellectual prowess to realize he's talking about Britain, not honkeys?

36 Damned troll beat me.

37 @14 - But it is NOW!

38
17 @ 15 try the Porcupine Mountains in Fall for a camping trip..
Posted by: Clemenza at July 25, 2012 12:48 PM (+Xivf)


Agreed!

39 Only if I get to call you "Peggy Jo" the whole time. Moocher.

Hmmm... derisive mocking and Chick-fil-A, or no Chick-fil-A and no derisive mocking.

That's a hard choice.

40 Well speaking of PPP... I had to read in the Columbus Dispatch-- even PPP's poll shows Obama dropping in Ohio but what was interesting is that they showed Obama's favorables dropping in Ohio by--7%.

41 damn good thing Mitt's last name isn't White

42

"Well, except for Detroit... the Two Johns -- Dingell and Conyers -- didn't get voted into Congress by the best and brightest, y'know."

 

Why does everyone keep saying  to me, "Read the ballot!"  *laugh*  I mean, what's the point of reading the ballot if...if it's gonna take me...three days, and three brain-cells to understand it...?

43 Why exactly is this controversial? I mean, I know a controversy will be manufactured out of it, but it shouldn't be controversial.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 25, 2012 12:53 PM (RD7QR)

**

As stated in the Liberal Rule Book for Bitter Clingers and Uncle Toms; any mention or reference to race, race relations or stereotypes based on race or sexual orientation will immediatley be deemed racist so that anything you say will be null and void.

***

Shorter...The Dog Whistle Rule

 

44 I said this in the last thread but it was already dead: when Romney wins, annex the Canadian Maritimes and appoint Scott Walker our territorial governor, please.

45 Late,  but a thought about "You didn't build that."


Obama's talking about "If you built a business." He's not talking about businesses in the plural. It's "a business", singular.

Then he mentions teachers, and then the roads and bridges, plural.

Then he says, "You didn't build that." "That" is singular, not plural. The only singular subject he was talking about was the business. If he was talking about the roads and bridges he would have said, "You didn't build those."

46
22 The first comment on the article from Curtis Larson (Michigan State University):
"But then again given the number of illiterate bible—thumping, pseudo-conservative drones in this state, I’m not."
I'm sure that little Curtis considers himself an open minded tolerant thing
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 25, 2012 12:51 PM (1Jaio)


Oooh! I shall be at Moo U next week! Perhaps I should invite Curtis to join me for lunch at Chick-fil-A and we will engage in witty repartee.

47 21 The MSM loves to pus the meme "Romney CAN'T win Michigan because he was against the GM and Chrysler bailouts."

The facts are, less than 1% of Michigan's voters are employed by either Chrysler or GM, and I would argue most of those UAW members were Democrat voters anyway. The other 99% have to be resentful they didn't get any special subsidy.

Plus, Romney should point out that both GM and Chrysler DID technically go bankrupt anyway.

Posted by: BradleyJ at July 25, 2012 12:51 PM

When the SCOAMF gave a big fuck you to Chrysler bondholders, one of the biggest to get screwed were the pension funds of the Indiana State Police and the Indiana teachers pension funds

I'm betting that both unions are enthusiastically endorsing Obama for re-election. No sarcasm

48

Waffle Fries...with a side of SHAME!

49

@21 Exactly, also what is not often mentioned, the support industries for the Autos have been almost wiped out of this economy in last few decades. Small medium sized businesses (and some large) are gone.

These are high paid skilled trades business, pipefitters, machinists, design engineers, etc.

Actually about 50/50 union/non. Granholm was a preview to Obama. Their philosophies match perfectly.

Michiganders know that windmill/new tech bullshit will not rebuild US economy better than anyone, these were all Granny Jen pushed entire 8 yrs in office.

Meanwhile transplant Autos built up in the South US. Which is what we do. That is not forgotten here.

50 You guys are making me proud.....

51 41
damn good thing Mitt's last name isn't White

Posted by: soothsayer at July 25, 2012 12:59 PM (G/zuv)

Yeah, imagine him trying to sing "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine." Total white bread.

52 Before anyone points out the giggle-inducing PPP release today, remember Wisconsin when they came in sixth for accuracy.

Allah loves to use PPP as evidence that it's all hopeless

53

I live in Michigan, I will crawl over broken glass to vote for Romney (ABO, but I'm specifically liking  Romney more & more every day), and every day after I get home I get about 4 different polling companies calling.  Now I just hang up, so they're not counting me, because it's only July and I shudder to think what October's gonna be like.

My brother, another conservative, who didn't vote for O in 2008 and certainly won't in November, tells every pollster he's going to vote for O, because that way when Michigan rolls big for Romney the pollsters will look like idiots.

And the junk mail is unbelievable.

54 Perhaps I should invite Curtis to join me for lunch at Chick-fil-A and we will engage in witty repartee.

Please put that on YouTube.

55 27 what's controversial?
--
This part from the linked article:

“We are part of an Anglo-Saxon heritage, and he feels that the special relationship is special,” the adviser said of Mr Romney, adding: “The White House didn’t fully appreciate the shared history we have”.

Excellent!

56 Anglo Saxon?  He's so elitist!  Why not just call them what they are?  Youkayneans!

57 From the Telegraph:
"The advisers spoke on the condition of anonymity because Mr Romney’s campaign requested that they not criticise the President to foreign media. After another adviser criticised Mr Obama in a German magazine last month, the President sharply instructed them that “America's political differences end at the water's edge”.

The President!?!  I guess we now know who they are rooting for..

Go Romney!

58

Chik-fil-A Myrte beach used to give golfers bottomless Lemonade refills with you lunch order.

***

Class Act ATW!

59 It's starting to look like this won't be an election, it will be sodomy.

60 Waffle Fries...with a side of SHAME!

Hmmm... And those chicken nuggets with the Polynesian sauce.
I'm getting hungry.

What part of MI, Biblio?  My In-Laws live around Traverse City / Elk Rapids.

61

Posted by: catman at July 25, 2012 01:05 PM (NYdB

 

 

Now if Obama just realized that.... as he set up campaign events in Europe on the 4th of July....

62 55 This part from the linked article:...
------

the reference to link refers to the link to the Telegraph the in the prior comment, not to the stupid link I had on my name.

63 I can't hear PPP polls over their chugging of Obama's hog.

64 I keep saying that the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is decidedly anti Obama. I live here, and I have only seen 2 Obama stickers, and they may have been tourists. We get our power from a coal powered plant which has said it will have to close, which signals higher electricity rates. people here are angry about that. The lower peninsula (except for Detroit, Flint and Dearborn) is mostly Republican, so Romney should do well. As far as the car companies go, lots of people lost lots of money as stock holders, and there are lots of closed plants here, so the bail out did not do Michigan much good.

65 So pretty please, with sugar on top- put those dicks down.

66 "[L]ook, if youÂ’ve been successful, you didnÂ’t get there on your own. You didnÂ’t get there on your own. [...] If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help."

67 Why exactly is this controversial? I mean, I know a controversy will be manufactured out of it, but it shouldn't be controversial. Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 25, 2012 12:53 PM (RD7QR) Because it reveals another Obama swipe at whitey.

68 Isn't U.P. one of the 57 states (Kinda like North GA)

69 Okay, you MI Morons.  I have a strong desire for some Doug Mourduck's (I think I spelled that right) Fudge.  Who's going to hook me up?

Since I'm mooching today anyway.

70 All these government representatives who are trying to shut down Chick-Fil-A
are violating the first amendment rights of the directors.

71
From the article:

In Detroit, Obama was favored by a 91 percent to 2 percent margin.




So within the poll's margin of error, no one in Detroit will vote for Romney -- or he'll actually get a negative number of votes.

72

"Exactly, also what is not often mentioned, the support industries for the Autos have been almost wiped out of this economy in last few decades. Small medium sized businesses (and some large) are gone. "

 

Cash for Clunkers did wonders for them, I'm sure.  /sarc

73 >Isn't U.P. one of the 57 states (Kinda like North GA)

Posted by: catman at July 25, 2012 01:09 PM (YKUmW)

74 I'm not at all impressed with this SCOAMT feller.

75 @59 - qwit weeding my diawwy!

76
Michigan and Over-bearing Govt. related:

http://tinyurl.com/c3tb253

77 >Isn't U.P. one of the 57 states (Kinda like North GA)

Posted by: catman at July 25, 2012 01:09 PM (YKUmW)

Don't forget Pennsylchusetts and East Dakota

78 All these government representatives who are trying to shut down Chick-Fil-A are violating the first amendment rights of the directors.

Libs have hated Chick-Fil-A for a long time.  It's a Christian (ideology) based business which is explicitly closed on Sunday and yet is wildly successful.  Obviously they are somehow evil and must be stopped.

79 Posted by: Chilling the most at July 25, 2012 01:07 PM (6IV8T)

Yah Hey Dere!

Just drove back from Escanaba wit da fam yesterday, don't ya know? Spent a whole week w/ the wife's side of the family. Got some Gramms Pasties while we were dere, eh!

80 CAC!!!  Me looking forward to more posts on polls!!!

81 Supposedly Obama did not buy ads in Michigan.

82 Libs have hated Chick-Fil-A for a long time. It's a Christian (ideology) based business which is explicitly closed on Sunday and yet is wildly successful. Obviously they are somehow evil and must be stopped. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 25, 2012 01:11 PM (8y9MW) Key word is Successful, can't be having any of that.

83 I live in metro Detroit. I know a lot of people who are dissatisfied with O, but do not like Romney- they see him as elitist and anti-poor, especially white seniors. They won't vote for Romney. So... I'm simply encouraging them not to vote at all.

84

Meanwhile transplant Autos built up in the South US. Which is what we do. That is not forgotten here.

 

I'll be glad when that industry returns down here. I worked for years at a place that made automotive A/C parts, and lost count of how many parts we made after the first million or so.  Machinist, CNC programmer, designer, making prototype parts for production.

 

Two months before NAFTA went into effect in  '95,  everybody got laid off (right   before the  Holidays, thanks a lot,  assholes). The shop was closed and moved to Mexico.  Things   haven't really been the same down here since.

85

@69 - QWIT WEEDING MY DIAWWY TOO!

 

HAVE YEW MORONS NO SHAME?

86 All this Chick-fil-A talk made me hungry.  Then I saw Fat Frum's mug in the sidebar.  Lost my appetite.

87 Libs have hated Chick-Fil-A for a long time. It's a Christian (ideology) based business which is explicitly closed on Sunday and yet is wildly successful. Obviously they are somehow evil and must be stopped. You didn't build that sandwich. Just sayin' is all...

88

@64 Obama's not as popular in I-75 corridor as he was, yes of course innercity population sees this as black/white election and will vote accordingly. But suburbs both lower/upper middle class aren't feeling love anymore.

I expect low union turnout which is what puts him over top here.

I am not fool enough to think we can win E/Michigan but it will be much closer that 08

The worry is what happens after O loses.

89 But here's the sentence that encapsulates the theme of the Roanoke speech: "Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive." This is a dog whistle, you bet your ass it is. When Obama said the above sentence, the crowd heard this: The American system was built on the backs of slaves and poor immigrants. Today, the same system is set up to help just the White folk get ahead and to make the rich get richer.

90 Pretty sure I got to this site via a link from a moron originally, but for those unfamiliar with it, this is where one should go for the ostensible real national polling numbers: http://tinyurl.com/ch73zeq

91 If Team Obama is not spending money on TV ads in MI then the state is not in   play, regardless of published polling.  And vice-versa.  Follow the dollars, not   the media.  Money talks.  Bullshit walks. 

92 Idaho Businessman Faces Two Federal Audits for Backing Romney
http://is.gd/84bTHM

93 Got some Gramms Pasties while we were dere, eh!


Go on...

94 83 I live in metro Detroit. I know a lot of people who are dissatisfied with O, but do not like Romney- they see him as elitist and anti-poor, especially white seniors. They won't vote for Romney. So... I'm simply encouraging them not to vote at all.

Posted by: shibumi at July 25, 2012 01:12 PM (z63Tr

The hell?   Did they miss all the vacations, golfing, celebutard parties in the WH, and Anna Wintour hosting fundraisers for SCOAMF?  And yes, Ms. Wintour is about to host another for Barry.  You can't get more elitist than SCOAMF. 

I hope they do stay home.  Sheesh.

95 O/T today is eat at chick fil a day mmmm waffle fries mmmm

96 The worry is what happens after O loses. Posted by: Finn McCool at July 25, 2012 01:14 PM (R/8dI) I'm hoping for LA style riots where they torch their own shit. The only thing left standing is Korean Grocery stores. It makes for good TV.

97

the dog whistler

98 70 All these government representatives who are trying to shut down Chick-Fil-A are violating the first amendment rights of the directors. Posted by: Beto at July 25, 2012 01:09 PM (BAnPT) Do these fuckers understand what monster will be unleashed if they do?

99 So the lefties won't patronize Chick Fil A ?

Doesn't CFA realize the profits they're losing from hipsters who order the cheapest item on the menu, bring in their own  juiceboxes, and hog a table all day with their iPads and Macs?

100

We're doing our best to eliminate the pestilence of reactionaries.

Posted by: Ann Arbor at July 25, 2012 12:51 PM (ZKzrr)

 

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We will not go down without a fight.

 

 

101

Totally off topic, but does anyone know the meaning of this abbreviation for large project quotes:

 

"ROM TIC" 

 

I know the ROM portion is "Rough Order of Magnitude" but I'm stuck on the TIC. 

102

46 Perhaps I should invite Curtis to join me for lunch at Chick-fil-A and we will engage in witty repartee.

 

--------

 

Since I'm at work, I don't dare look that up at urbandictionary. Sounds kinky. I'll have to try to remember to do it later.

 

103 If Team Obama is not spending money on TV ads in MI then the state is not in play, regardless of published polling. And vice-versa. Follow the dollars, not the media. Money talks. Bullshit walks.

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at July 25, 2012 01:14 PM (f8XyF)

But not in play in which direction, Nicky?

104 O/T today is eat at chick fil a day

I thought that was next week.  Aug 1, right?

On the other hand, I kind of think every day should be "eat at CfA day."

105 Just went to a family reunion on the Titabawasee river. The Bil that held it at his cabin is a union guy through and through. He got screwed in the GM deal because they took money from *Delphi retirement funds to prop up Gm retirement funds. He will be voting Romney this time. Eventually it may even sink in that it was his union that screwed him but he's at the denial stage.

*Delphi was a GM company that was spun off in 1998 so they didn't get the benefit of the bailout and GM pulled their stake out in the deal.

106 Well we'll see Obama might regret not spending the bucks in Michigan--if we see a change up--it's Deep Kimchi Time. They have already sentMichelle to campaign in Westerville Ohio.

107 All these government representatives who are trying to shut down Chick-Fil-A
are violating the first amendment rights of the directors.

Posted by: Beto at July 25, 2012 01:09 PM (BAnPT)

 

 

----------------------------------------------------

 

 

And?  This is new?  They've been doing this since the 60's.  I agree it has to stop, but these people have glomed on to the  idea that they're  all-powerful  royalty.......the main problem we have  with our politicians right now.

108 Posted by: kbdabear at July 25, 2012 01:17 PM (Y7XKa) Don't forget the electricity and bandwith they suck up as well. Fucking Hypocrites.

109
64
Posted by: Chilling the most at July 25, 2012 01:07 PM (6IV8T)

Where are you in the U.P., eh?

I grew up in Da Queen City Of Da Nort' and went to Da Tech.

110 No really,   U.P - county, rural, likes guns, hunting, takes a rather Libertarian view of revenue Laws.  Will die for Family and Country, will take a bullet for a loved one.. You know regular "Clingers"  The south of the State... not so much.

Same in GA  You have North GA - including the Northern Atl Suburbs..

Then Atlanta..  Then this whole swath of Communist loving Agri business southerners..  FDR, WILSON, CARTER - land   of middle GA ( I'm lookin' at you Columbus, Macon and Augusta  Then you have Albany and Swamp land.. Then North Florida  (Another 57th state)

111 To Answer Drew's Post Yesterday About Michigan What is this, a Dear Abby column?

112

"Obviously they are somehow evil and must be stopped."

 

And what better way to expose their evil than to plan a day when a bunch of GBLTs will go to their restaraunts and make out simultaneously.

 

Boy that'll show 'em.

 

I wish there was a way to try and do some sort of counter-protest or protection of CFA locations.  Like if a bunch of supporters got to the  restaraunts WAY EARLY on the planned date, and all filled the place to maximum occupancy.  Would be hard, because you wouldn't want to prevent the place from doing business...plus, you know, lots of us have JOBS.

 

But still.  In order to support the place, a little #OCFA!  might be fun.

113 Because most voters don't have the educational background (sixth grade, really...) or intellectual prowess to realize he's talking about Britain, not honkeys?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at July 25, 2012 12:58 PM (ZKzrr)

I trust voters with a sixth grade education more than voters with a liberal arts college degree.

We don't need a second elitist party.

114

O/T today is eat at chick fil a day
mmmm waffle fries mmmm

 

I was gonna tell you to hush yo'  mouf,  until I realized I need to go grocery shopping today.  It's not good to  do that on an empty stomach, which  gives me the perfect excuse to hit the CFA, since it's right across the street.

115 >from hipsters who order the cheapest item on the menu, bring in their own juiceboxes, and hog a table all day with their iPads and Macs?

Posted by: kbdabear at July 25, 2012 01:17 PM (Y7XKa)

I hate those guys. And what's with wearing the knitted cap  in the middle of summer?

116 Doesn't CFA realize the profits they're losing from hipsters who order the cheapest item on the menu, bring in their own juiceboxes, and hog a table all day with their iPads and Macs?

The problem is that CfA doesn't let them order the cheapest item on the menu, bring their own juiceboxes, and hog a table all day on Sunday.

Thus they are evil and must be defeated.

117 Heh catman.....

Here in Savannah we describe GA this way:

Federally occupied Atlanta

The Free State of Chatham (County)

The rest of Georgia

118

BackwardsBoy, Where is down here?

@72 like everywhere glut of high priced used cars from defaults when people bought brand new car they couldn't afford

There is a road in N/Sub of Det. Stephenson Hghwy. Used to be lined with Auto support businesses about 6 mi. worth (outsources to be specific). Almost all gone. More for sale/for lease signs than you can count.

There are many of these light industry areas in E/Michigan that look like ghost towns.

119 I'm hoping for LA style riots where they torch their own shit. The only thing left standing is Korean Grocery stores. It makes for good TV.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 25, 2012 01:16 PM (9TTOe)

 

------------------

 

 

 

It's only a good thing if they cut their own population that way.  Otherwise the cockroaches just find a new nest to shit in. 

 

 

If MI finally does wise up and come over for Romney, I'm going to be proud of my state for the first time in, well, several years anyway.  Back in the years when we had Governor Engler running the show things were getting better.  Then these fools voted in the vile bitch Granholm and we all had to start sucking the gas pipe.  The despicable harpie did nothing but damage, which is why she is now undoubtedly ensconced in some Dem giveaway job making mid six-figures.  What a politi-whore.

 

 

 

 

120 And what's with wearing the knitted cap in the middle of summer?

I HATE THAT.

Oh, poor widdle baby, is your head cold?

121 But still. In order to support the place, a little #OCFA! might be fun.

I'm in the middle of a huge project at work (stop laughing.  No- no... seriously, stop laughing.  Okay... I'll wait) so I can't, but it would be cool if some of us hard workers who never use all our PTO in a year took that day off, and just hung out- making sure to buy all three meals, plus drinks through the day.

122

Myrtle Beach golf trip...Waffle House for breakfast Chick-Fil-A for lunch and Masters for dinner.

 

**

I love fine Southern cuisine.

123

Hardly anybody lives in the UP.  It's a pretty place when the sun shines, but it is usually cool at best in the summer.  Fall? It's already cold. That place is only for tough people, and that's no exageration.

Houghton,MI (UP), home of Michigan Tech, an excellent school.

All the old copper mining towns and lumber towns.  But there are probably more people from Livonia to Flatrock, Michigan ( western suburbs of Detroit) than the whole UP.

 

Pretty much everything west of I-75 is Republican country.  It's Wayne County and Ann Arbor (spit) that are Democrat strongholds. And Flint. And Michael Moore's big house.  Those places.

124 I know the ROM portion is "Rough Order of Magnitude" but I'm stuck on the TIC.Posted by: jwest

No idea, but it might be here :
http://www.abbreviations.com/TIC

125 must get a picture of the #scoamf eating chilck fil a

126 btw, how many tattoo parlors, strip joints, massage parlors are there in Boston and Chicago? how many pornographic video stores in those two "world-class" cities? how many lowlifes are slinging crack and heroin in the public schools in Boston and Chicago? And these two asshole armpit cities don't want a Chik-Fil-A because it offends their sensibilities??

127 89
But here's the sentence that encapsulates the theme of the Roanoke speech:

"Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive."
Posted by: soothsayer at July 25, 2012 01:14 PM (G/zuv)


The offensive word that ought to have pissed off everybody else is emboldened.

It certainly pissed me off.

128 There are many of these light industry areas in E/Michigan that look like ghost towns.

Posted by: Finn McCool at July 25, 2012 01:21 PM (R/8dI)

 

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Brought to you in part by our friend "free trade!"  Hooray!  And by free trade, I mean trade deals that allow our partners to engage in dumping, currency manipulation, and heavy subsidies for their own industries.  More of the same coming, with the new Korean trade deal.  And now there are some more similar arrangements in the works with other 3rd world shit holes. 

 

 

129 must get a picture of the #scoamf eating chilck fil a

He would never go there.  It's not some mom-and-pop he can make hay out of patronizing, and they're not Liberal.

130 Ah, Savannah... I have memory problems with Savannah.. something about green beer and college girls..

131 Then these fools voted in the vile bitch Granholm and we all had to start sucking the gas pipe. That is the eeriest bitch of the eerie bitches. She's like a stepford Dem. If you pulled her face off you would most certainly find a circuit board.

132 Just got this schedule at ABC's The Note: Mitt Romney will display his foreign policy prowess this week when he embarks on the first foreign trip of his candidacy, making stops in the United Kingdom, Israel and Poland on a six-day trip his staff describes as a learning opportunity, rather than an effort to define his foreign policy. Poland--if you know Ohio....heh.

133 >>I trust voters with a sixth grade education more than voters with a liberal arts college degree.

I'm saying most of them don't have that much. No math, no literature, no history.  You can't allude to those things--or even say them flat out--and expect most voters to understand the meanings behind them.  All they can process is what they learned in kindergarten: If you break all your crayons, the teacher will make the other kids give theirs to you, and everyone gets a juicebox after naptime.

134 131 Then these fools voted in the vile bitch Granholm and we all had to start sucking the gas pipe. That is the eeriest bitch of the eerie bitches. She's like a stepford Dem. If you pulled her face off you would most certainly find a circuit board. ******* Born in Canada.

135 A bunch of filthy noisy losers can camp out for weeks in a public park and ruin it, but no Chik-Fil-A in Boston!

136 Poland--if you know Ohio....heh.


There are quite a few Poles in Chi-town.  Just sayin'.

137

Yahoo is telling be the SCFOAMT has increased his lead in the polls, but is very worried.

 

Okay then.

138

Tasker,  where do you live?

I live just outside of Westerville.

ErikW lives in Johnstown but works at Medallion, just down the street.

139 >>It's not some mom-and-pop he can make hay out of patronizing

It doesn't have any Michelin stars. You can't expect me to eat there.

140 Pretty much everything west of I-75 is Republican country. It's Wayne County and Ann Arbor (spit) that are Democrat strongholds. And Flint. And Michael Moore's big house. Those places.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at July 25, 2012 01:23 PM (RFeQD)

 

 

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Typical.  The more urbanized an area becomes the more leftist shitstains live in it.  That's due in part to the fact that the cities are where the programs for breeding the underclass are most successful.

141 OT: So it occurred to me with the Drudge headline about Newsweek was that they were bought for $1 and still failed.

Ha! They didn't build that.

142 tasker, Mr. BTEG grew up in Y-town, so I know Poland.

143 Nood post! But it's UNDER this one? What the fickin fuck is going on around here? It's a MADHOUSE!

144

"And these two asshole armpit cities don't want a Chik-Fil-A because it offends their sensibilities??"

 

They only earn taxable revenue six days a week, to boot!

145 No idea, but it might be here :
http://www.abbreviations.com/TIC

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 25, 2012 01:23 PM (mIoJ0)

 

That did it.  Total Installed Cost.

Thanks

146

@ 128 No doubt partly due to free trade as you say, but of course and I know you know this, it is also due to Mi. Tax/wage/cost of living structure.

A company can't survive paying $28/hr. for nonskilled work that can be trained in the time it takes to train the fry cook @ the local diner.

It was always a loosing proposition. Free trade just exposed it.

The problem is the Autos moving out of State because of the State/Big Three/Union structural problems wiped out all the high paying support jobs as well collapsing the whole damn thing.

In many ways MI. is a microcosm of all that is currently wrong with US policy as a whole.

147 Born in Canada.

Posted by: tasker at July 25, 2012 01:26 PM (r2PLg)

 

 

 

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Clearly Canada owes us an apology.

148 nood post is now #1

149 @143 - Probably toby's fault.

150 There are quite a few Poles in Chi-town. Just sayin'. Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 25, 2012 01:26 PM (UOM4 ****** Oh ya...I'm familiar with that. ******* Tasker, where do you live? I live just outside of Westerville. ErikW lives in Johnstown but works at Medallion, just down the street. Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at July 25, 2012 01:26 PM (RFeQD) My Dad is from Pittsburgh--joined the military--so I'm sort of familiar with Ohio--or the Eastern Euros. Actually I'm just obsessed with Ohio because I think it might determine the whole shebang. So I read the local Ohio papers online. I actually live in Cali--I know, I know.

151 All part of the plan. The polls for the last 6 months had Obama at + 7 it has to be GOP/ALEC/NRA/(fill in the blank) with the Voter ID fraud that made the result +18 for Romney.

152

BackwardsBoy, Where is down here?

 

The area immediately north of a certain  Mouse's House, O'Town.  We used to have a lot of manufacturing here, automotive, defense, and aerospace.

 

Another thing I've lost track of is how many places I worked at that are no longer in business.  For the longest time, I thought  I was the  Typhoid Mary of Machine Shops,  until I started becoming more aware of politics.

153

But here's the sentence that encapsulates the theme of the Roanoke speech:

"Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive."

This is a dog whistle, you bet your ass it is.

When Obama said the above sentence, the crowd heard this: The American system was built on the backs of slaves and poor immigrants. Today, the same system is set up to help just the White folk get ahead and to make the rich get richer.

Posted by: soothsayer at July 25, 2012 01:14 PM (G/zuv)

 

 

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I agree with you but it also says something else almost as damning.  

 

An American system (in his view[gov. roads, gov. bridges, gov. regulation]) that ALLOWS me to thrive?   Americans thrive because of freedom.   We work hard, we take risks, we make our own life decisions.   We have the freedom to be  creative in an open marketplace.  Adding to this list is easy.

 

He's giving  us his agenda.  Sometimes subtle, sometimes not.

154 Plus hell--I swear a Moron here had the idea that Romney should go to Poland to court the Ohio vote. Can't remember who the hell it was--and look-- la viola--there Mitt goes!

155 If the American Left is reduced to boycotting chicken restaurants, I'm thrilled. 

Che Guevara = Great, Chik-Fil-A = eeeevil.

This is why, given a GOP apocalypse in November, I want the government gutted, prioritized on the basis of how much a particular program or department benefits the Left.

Let's take away the subsidies that get diverted to DNC coffers, the policies that keep Dem Unions cashflow in the positive, the activist departments that give force of law to their various lunacies, and the socialism gravy train that buys them their votes.  Can we balance the budget on the backs of Democrats?  YES, WE CAN!

156 147 Born in Canada.Posted by: tasker at July 25, 2012 01:26 PM (r2PLg)----------------Clearly Canada owes us an apology. Posted by: Reactionary at July 25, 2012 01:29 PM (xUM1Q) ******* Big time. (See you all at the new post.)

157 Even when PPP is paid they are not reliable or close to real events. They're a joke.

158 In many ways MI. is a microcosm of all that is currently wrong with US policy asa whole.

Posted by: Finn McCool at July 25, 2012 01:29 PM (R/8dI)

 

 

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I agree, and have been a long time complainer against our anti-business policies here.  If the work were all moving south or west, I'd totally understand and have no beef with that.  But generally it's moved a stones' throw over the border into Old Mexico, or over the Pacific to the exotic Orient.  The new plants in the South are largely new enterprises set up to service the new Honda/Toyota plants down there.

159 "Clearly Canada owes us an apology. "
We already apologized for Brian Adams!

160 "Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive."

Nice bidness ya got there. Shame if sumpin was to happen to it.

161 This link to the London Telegraph just popped up over at Newsbusters. Romney says he would work to restore "Anglo-Saxon" relations and bring back the bust of Churchill. Obama's MFM are going nuts. http://tinyurl.com/d59wk5d Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 25, 2012 12:50 PM (UOM4 If you really want to see leftists see the world throught their myopic race lens, check out the #AngloSaxonHeritage hashtag on Twitter

162 Great...I spelled voila wrong.

163 Yeah, well what about Celine Dion and Justin Bieber, Canada? Huh?

164

This is why, given a GOP apocalypse in November, I want the government gutted, prioritized on the basis of how much a particular program or department benefits the Left.

Posted by: nickless at July 25, 2012 01:32 PM (MMC8r)

 

 

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Amen, and amen.  I love this idea.  Starve the Beast!

165

"For the longest time, I thought I was the Typhoid Mary of Machine Shops, until I started becoming more aware of politics."

 

Itmighthavehadsomethingtodowithyoutakingallthesafeingpins!

166

It's clear you fine people have a profound misunderstanding of Michigan voters.

 

I have lived here all my life so let me clue you in. Go back to the map of this years Michigan primary using county by county final vote count. Romney won because he carried the East side of Michigan, Detroit, Pontiac, Flint, Saginaw (incidentally, the lib stronghold). Santorum made it close because he trounced Romney on the west side of the State, Grand Rapids and north (conservative stronghold).

So...in this next election, who do you think the conservatives on the west side that supported Santorum will vote for?

And here's the clincher in two parts. First, Romney is highly thought of in Michigan, his Dad was quite popular. And second, the lib stronghold of the east side of Michigan is in tatters. Many have left that area, (I did as recently as 2 months ago) due to it's downward sprial. Check that...death spiral.

 

Remember where you heard this...Romney will win Michigan this November. Oh yes he will.

167 This is the response from a friend who lives in Saginaw, MI. The question was basically, "I know you're not really politically motivated, so what's the realfeel out there?" Read on, feel the love. Hey Chick! From what I can tell most ppl here are disgusted with Obama. We have a Republican Gov Named Rick Snyder who is making heads spin in DC because of his Emergency Management laws he enacted. The local media of course is pro Obama like most others but when they pose a political question it always leans to the red. Now I have looked at some maps that have supposedly predicted how each state will roll with Michigan being on the fence leaning toward Obama which doesn't seem right to me. Considering most of the signs I see in peoples yards are voting republican. Most people in Michigan are pissed off yes lol but our last gov who I fondly call the mole monster "Jennifer Granholm" was Dem and she messed up Michigan bad. No two ways about it she was in office 8 years and we lost so much business and population it isn't funny. I think people here are just fed up with everyone on both sides. There was a huge pull for Ron Paul in the beginning but that has died off for the most part too. Hope this helps with what you were looking for!!! You are quite welcome!! XOXOX

168 When they are paid (ex- for DailyKos)
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Not sure what this means?  Ex-what for DK?

Anyway, it's exciting that MI is in play, if the numbers are accurate.

169 #109, I live in Marquette. The UP is not like the lower peninsula. I used to live "down state" and I am so glad I moved.

170 Just got this schedule at ABC's The Note:

Mitt Romney will display his foreign policy prowess this week when he embarks on the first foreign trip of his candidacy, making stops in the United Kingdom, Israel and Poland on a six-day trip his staff describes as a learning opportunity, rather than an effort to define his foreign policy.


Poland--if you know Ohio....heh.

Posted by: tasker at July 25, 2012 01:25 PM (r2PLg)

 

Astute candidate, this Romney

171 Chick-fil-A's   honey roasted bbq sauce -  nothing comes close   .

172

@166 My limited prediction, no numbers. Sag./Genessee/Wayne/Macomb/Washtenaw counties too close to call. Romney wins Oakland/Bay/Livingston

Rest of state goes to Romney. Inner city E. MI. can't win Obama this election Suburbs of E. MI can win Romney this election

Should be interesting.

 

173 Just got this schedule at ABC's The Note: Mitt Romney will display his foreign policy prowess this week when he embarks on the first foreign trip of his candidacy, making stops in the United Kingdom, Israel and Poland on a six-day trip his staff describes as a learning opportunity, rather than an effort to define his foreign policy. Poland--if you know Ohio....heh.
Posted by: tasker at July 25, 2012 01:25 PM (r2PLg)

Astute candidate, this Romney

Posted by: The Jackhole at July 25, 2012 01:45 PM (DU15A)

 

remember how obumbles screwed Poland on the missle defense deal layed out by Bush. Also, the "polish death camps" comment 

174 "The hell? Did they miss all the vacations, golfing, celebutard parties in the WH, and Anna Wintour hosting fundraisers for SCOAMF? And yes, Ms. Wintour is about to host another for Barry. You can't get more elitist than SCOAMF."

Those things are NEVER  covered in the MSM here. NEVER.

Because they are not covered, they do not exist, especially for seniors who do not have computers. Hell, I sent over some info to a Catholic neighbor about the issues the Church has with Obamacare, and she didn't believe me until her parish mentioned them.

175

Then there's Michael J Fox, James Cameron, and David Frum

Posted by: Eric Cartman at July 25, 2012 01:48 PM (Y7XKa)

 

 

That tears it.  No more immigrants from Canada! 

176 Oh, and Nat Silver is full of shit.  


Using old data to predict the future doesn't work.

If it did, every chart stock picker would be rich today.

177 lunch
http://tinyurl.com/crotgd8

178 @173: And Neil Young.

179 OT:  The Count may be a moron.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/c68klb

180 There's probably a lot of this going around lately.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/d7b9pam

181 176 Hey, what about me?

182 I find it diffucult to believe that any voter is going to vote for Mitt because Thune is the VP candidate. 

183 Wolverines!!!

184 Yeah but they gave us William Shatner, and that makes up for an awful lot. And I like Michael J Fox, even though he's a stem cell stooge.

185 Still no CAC graphic porn?

186 @185.  I'm with you, Alex P. Keaton is alright in my book.  He made the 80's much more enjoyable.  He is a stem cell stooge, but I certainly have some sympathy for him.  Also, Spin City was a great show - IMO. 

187 #45 Dang

Wow, Rush just practically read your comment verbatim!

188 92 VanderSloot wears the Obama fiscal glaring vendetta "yellow star" attack as the badge of courage that it is with Breitbartesque flair. It's Obama drawing the line in the sand, daring wealthy opponent donations. Rich, clean and bothered by the bully in chief? Prove that dirty tricks are Obama's own downfall by defiantly shelling out and filling his opponent's campaign expenses. Hate the "big donor" glare? Then donate smaller sums repeatedly to the various conservative campaign PACs.

189 45 Mr. "All You Got" SCOAMF never was big on the right side of grammar.

190 So Sean Trende wrote that to move the polls Romney must go positve.  This may be true, but this is not the time to do it.  At this moment, only the political junkies are really paying attention.  And with the Olympics about to start, I think both campaigns should really take a breather.  I think Romney starts building the positive case for himself at the convention.  And in this case I think the VP choice will help build that case, and will not be the attack dog that we might expect. 

191 And I like Michael J Fox, even though he's a stem cell stooge.

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Chris Reeve was too, but I don't recall Reeve doing any political ads wherein he lied about a specific candidate's view on the subject.  So yeah, fuck Michael Fox.

192 "Mr. "All You Got" SCOAMF never was big on the right side of grammar."
That proves he's authentic and street, yo. He drops the 'g's off of words, he's keepin it real.
As Chris Rock said before he went off the rails into leftist lunacy: yeah, real DUMB.

193 Re: stem cells -- is the U.S. the only country where stem cell research is happening?  Why haven't enlightened European countries used fetal stem cells to reverse paralysis?

194 191   3x"I think"
Now is not the time for a Positive Romney, whose VP will not be the attack dog that "we" (SH I, me, myself) might expect...

Who expects Romney to join at the hip campaigning with someone who contrasts with milk toast metro-male? That would require a leap of faith on his own part. 

195
Don't stay stuck on stupid dragging embryonic stem cells where they're not needed given that the highest stem cell success rate comes from sources not embryonic.

Ah, the sincerity of Hollywood's messaging. MJFox has talent to sell himself but chooses to be illogical even on his own behalf. Follow HIS money to go figure why he still promotes embryonic stem cell research. I wouldn't be surprised to find that he buys for himself the stem cells that actually prove beneficial, hypocrisy, while deceitfully propagandizing on behalf of the dysfunctional "research" on embryos already proved invalid. Meanwhile, I'll leave Hollywood Feelings to Charles Hurt's marvelous condemnation (Washington Times) open letter.

196 Fox has since backed off of his stem cell rhetoric, apparently someone educated him a bit on the topic. I think like a lot of actors he was told a line of crap and believed it because he's spent his whole life just repeating what someone told him to say.

197 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

198

Live in W. MI.  Even the greens here are mostly reasonable.  Beat back a couple of windmill efforts.

Last year, on a public beach, a thirteen year old girl who looked like a young Cheryl Tiegs in her maillot from twelve years old was going from one person to another, earnestly inquiring as to whether they knew the owner of the lost puppy she was carrying.  She was as safe as if she were in her own home.

IOW, Romney wins here.

199 Michigan's tough to say.  Republicans always seem to do better at the state level, where they've held the Michigan Senate for more than 25 years, then at the federal level, where a Republican presidential candidate hasn't won in ages and Carl Levin has almost never seen a significant challenge.  Obama's main problem in Michigan is that he doesn't have strong appeal to anyone other than those who would already vote for him.  Some of the swing vote surbanites that voted for him last time will probably swing to Romney because he's one of them.  Then you've got some of the working class good ol boy types who are somewhat pro-union, like government subsidies and aren't necessarily keen on clean cut, rich guy like Romney, but are also "God and Guns" types who Obama has trouble disguising his absolute disgust for.

200 Michigan suffers from the same problem as a lot of states: rural areas are fine with Republicans, but the density of population in Detroit area outweighs all the rurals.