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So PETA folks released a video of people "torturing" turkeys.  By "torturing" they mean breaking their necks to kill them.  They have released this video strategically before Thanksgiving to encourage folks to purchase turkey alternatives - like tofurkeys (blech).  I would like to know a better way to kill a bird with a long neck than breaking it's neck. 

And for anyone who has ever been around turkeys - they are perhaps the dumbest animals in the world.  They can't be left out in the rain because they will look up at the sky until they drown.  I have personally seen wild ones screaming at the cows for eating their corn - granted wild ones are far more intelligent because they haven't been bred to be huge and stupid.  So what other purpose on God's earth could these creatures possibly serve than to be consumed for nutritional value?  That's what bobcats use them for.  Why not humans?

We already have our Thanksgiving turkeys.  We will be enjoying 2 wild turkeys - one smoked, one fried.  Anyone else have a nice Thanksgiving turkey-eating tradition to share?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Animal-rights-video-s
hows-apf-13618439.html

In a display of actually...impressive pirating, Somalian pirates have overtaken a Saudi vessel fully loaded with $100 million worth of oil.  What?  Okay on my last post I posted pictures of the rag-tag pirates who were easily destroyed by the Royal Navy.  

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/18/somalia
-oil

To top things off, the Pirates demand $10m ransom... 

And look at the world leaders' response: World leaders: We're powerless to act...

So let me get this straight... These guys:

overtook this ship:

... So what were the oil tanker guards armed with?  Slingshots?  Stay tuned for more pirate updates.

So in a story I find hilarious, a group of Somalian/Yemini pirates tried to overtake a cargo ship.  Then they made the mistake of opening fire on the British Royal Navy.  The funny part of the story comes when you see the pirates:

Seriously?  These guys opened fire on the Royal Navy?  I mean to think that they could even overtake a cargo ship is a bit ridiculous.

A few of them died.  The rest of them surrendered.  Do pirates nowadays really suck this much?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/
article5141745.ece

Our wild-and-crazy pal Ted Nugent has declared it open season on RINOs.  This is really a good read.  He's crazy but I love him.

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http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29458

Rino Season Is Now Open by  Ted Nugent
11/12/2008 Like any entity that abandons basic quality control, political parties rot from within. It happened to the Democrats long ago, and now has become the case with the Republican Party, which has strayed from its conservative underpinnings.

There are really only four things I have a strong aversion to: unloaded guns, dull knives, banjos, and Republicans in Name Only (RINOs).

The Nugent family simply doesn't allow any of those things in our lives.

RINOs are Fedzilla punks who feign support for conservative principles only when it serves their political interest. RINOs are also known for their moderate positions such as supporting tax increases, federal “bailouts”, “comprehensive immigration reform”, advocating more counterproductive gun control that guarantee more innocent victims, opposing the death penalty, and growing and sustaining Fedzilla and all its toxic mongrels by going along with the liberals. RINOs have forgotten President Ronald Maximus Regan's admonition that government is the problem, not the solution.

RINOs reach across Fedzilla's aisle to cut deals and build consensus with the liberals. Consensus building means compromising values and cutting deals with the socialist prankster punksters whose goal it is to turn America into EuroAmerica.

Consensus building is for wimps and soulless people who stand for nothing. Compromise is not about being tolerant: these days, it’s about giving up conservative principles.

As the Republican Party begins to retool, rebuild and return to the "less government is best government" conservatism that makes America work, the first thing the GOP needs to do is to lock the RINOs out of the discussion. Heavily armed with an abundance of conservative attitude, my hunting buddies and I will provide security to ensure RINOs are kept downwind from the discussion. If allowed to participate, RINOs will continue to rot the Republican Party from within and diminish it in the eyes of the public. Enough is enough.

John McCain has been a RINO on campaign finance, immigration, global warming and other issues and look what happened to him. He had reached across the aisle so many times to cut deals with the liberals that he had to pick Governor Palin, a true conservative, to try and lure disenfranchised and disgusted conservatives back into the fold. Didn't work. Senator McCain was the wrong candidate at the right time. RINOs lose elections;
conservatives win them.

Should President-elect Obama implement his wrong-headed economic policies, our economy will continue to slide into the abyss and America's debt will continue to soar to unsustainable levels. Conservatives must hold the line at all costs and call out all RINOs who support President-elect Obama's economic kamikaze plan.

Make no mistake, conservative values and ideologies are embraced by Americans. The polls all indicate Americans are fed up with the Pelosi-led, do nothing congress, and do not support more government programs and control. Sounds to me like we have a conservative revolution brewing.

Conservative leaders and thinkers such as Newt Gingrich, Jed Babbin, Governor Jindal of Louisiana, Thomas Sowell, Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, Governor Sarah Palin and others need to turn up the heat and bring this less government, more individual freedom and strong national defense revolution to a boil. It is time.

My specialty is making Fedzilla punks squirm and turn into a puddle of sweat and drool. Therefore, in the spirit of famous butt kickers Generals Chesty Puller and George Patton, I say we launch an attack on all fronts. Uncle Ted hereby declares it is open season on RINOs. No bag limits or permits required. Conservative ideas, arguments and votes are the weapons we will use. Hunt them down and shine a blazing light on these RINO turncoat cockroaches. Zero in the "we the people" crosshairs of your voting assault weapon and aim for the RINO pumpstation. Double tap center mass. Whack em and stack em, track em and hack em, pack em and give em no slack. Let's do to the RINO beasts what we did to the passenger pigeon. Force out of the Republican Party out the subspecies known as RINOs.

We must not make the mistake of keeping the GOP tent so big that there’s room for RINOs. They are in the business of producing conservative defeats. Instead, join me in the new Conservative Revolution. Let's go out and win another one for the Gipper.

[Editor’s Note: Ted Nugent is H.E.’s first licensed RINO hunter.]

You know what would make me more sympathetic to the gay cause?  People throwing flyers at me during worship service yelling things like "it's okay to be gay" and "Jesus was a homo".  Wait, that would make me think that they were tactless bastards. 

Look, we love the sinner, not the sin.  We are all sinners.  This is an example of the gay community shoving it down people's throats.  You can't attack people while they are worshipping - much less carry pink upside down crosses.  Do I go to your gay parties and start preaching to you?  Nope.  Good for the churchgoers for not reacting the way these people wanted them to react.

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20081112
/NEWS01/811120369

Is this a vote of no confidence in Obama by our financial systems?  The markets today responded to the events of November 4th with the biggest post-election slump in history.  Now I wonder why the markets would have little confidence in this president elect...  Hmmmm.... By the way, it's not because he's part black.

Stocks Have Biggest Post-Election Slump....
History List...

Soooo in the aftermath of the most rigorous polling of an election EVAH, what polls were most accurate and which fell short?  Here's a new analysis by Fordham University political scientist Costas Panagopoulos.

1T. Rasmussen (11/1-3)**
1T. Pew (10/29-11/1)**
3. YouGov/Polimetrix (10/18-11/1)
4. Harris Interactive (10/20-27)
5. GWU (Lake/Tarrance) (11/2-3)*

6T. Diageo/Hotline (10/31-11/2)*
6T. ARG (10/25-27)*
8T. CNN (10/30-11/1)
8T. Ipsos/McClatchy (10/30-11/1)
10. DailyKos.com (D)/Research 2000 (11/1-3)

11. AP/Yahoo/KN (10/17-27)
12. Democracy Corps (D) (10/30-11/2)
13. FOX (11/1-2)
14. Economist/YouGov (10/25-27)
15. IBD/TIPP (11/1-3)

16. NBC/WSJ (11/1-2)
17. ABC/Post (10/30-11/2)
18. Marist College (11/3)
19. CBS (10/31-11/2)
20. Gallup (10/31-11/2)

21. Reuters/ C-SPAN/ Zogby (10/31-11/3)
22. CBS/Times (10/25-29)
23. Newsweek (10/22-23)

So two key civil rights barriers were addressed yesterday.  On one hand, we will have the first African-American President in history.  On the other hand, 2 large states struck down gay marriage.  The interesting thing lies in the demographics.

In California, proposition 8 (to ban gay marriage) had the following stats:

Among white voters, 51% for, 49% against

Among black voters, 70% for, 30% against

 

In Florida, the gay marriage ban passed in the following way:

Among white voters, 49% for, 51% against

Among black voters, 71% for, 29% against

 

My question is: What does this say about the way blacks see the plight of gays and lesbians?  Do they consider it equal to the discrimination they faced in getting equal rights?  It certainly would appear based on numbers that they don't.  Any input?

A much needed bit of sunshine from www.MichelleMalkin.com:

Gird your loins, conservatives By Michelle Malkin  •  November 5, 2008 01:05 AM

There is no time to lick wounds, point fingers, and wallow in post-election mud.

I’m getting a lot of moan-y, sad-face “What do we do now, Michelle?” e-mails.

What do we do now? We do what we’ve always done.

We stand up for our principles, as we always have — through Democrat administrations and Republican administrations, in bear markets or bull markets, in peacetime and wartime.

We stay positive and focused.

We keep the faith.

We do not apologize for our beliefs. We do not re-brand them, re-form them, or relinquish them. We defend them.

We pay respect to the office of the presidency. We count our blessings and recommit ourselves to our constitutional republic.

We gird our loins, to borrow a phrase from our Vice President-elect.

We lock and load our ideological ammunition.

We fight.

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First assignment for fiscal conservatives in Washington:

1) Oppose the Democrats’ next stimulus boondoggle.
2) Oppose Obama’s windfall profits tax proposal.
3) Oppose new bailouts for states deep in debt.
4) Oppose new foreclosure prevention measures that will simply provide perverse incentives for borrowers to walk away and delay a needed market correction.
5) No more federal loan guarantees for corporations (especially in light of this.

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Too funny: This post has been linked by French newspaper, Le Monde. Their headline:

“Contre-attaque: Les Républicains se préparent à une longue lutte.”

Oui.

This post is intended to be a collection of election day shenanigan stories.  Please feel free to link to any story you find to be questionable.  Here are a few:

REPUBLICAN ELECTION BOARD WORKERS THROWN OUT IN PHILLY...

MCCAIN SUES OVER MILITARY BALLOTS...

TAMPA: HUNDREDS OF VOTER REGISTRATIONS SCATTERED ACROSS INTERSTATE...

Ayers, Farrakhan Vote at Same Polling Location as Obama...

HILLARY POLITICKING INSIDE NY POLLING AREA, ADVOCATES FOR OBAMA, 5 FEET FROM BOOTHS... DEVELOPING...

Track today’s vote at Hot Air! - in collaboration with FoxNews they have a very purty updatin' map... 

Happy voting, everyone!

I know you guys were worried about this, you know, since Obama has been so open with HIS medical history.  But Sarah Palin is in excellent shape and her only doctors visits have been related to women's health and pregnancy.  And yes, Trig is hers.  Just in case any of you were still clinging to that.  She has EXCELLENT blood pressure, which usually (in my expert medical opinion) indicates a low stress level.  GO SARAH!

http://www.johnmccain.com/Downloads/110308SHP.pdfa>

This pretty much sums it up...

So remember that time I said she was innocent in Troopergate?  Well according to the report she is.  Where is strumpet with my apology for judging her unfairly?  Now I want all you people who used this as a basis to discredit her, along with all the falsities that were accused, to think long and hard about what you've said about this upstanding American.  You have nothing and yet you have judged her as something she's not.  You should all be ashamed.  But you won't be, will you?  Because partisan hack politics has become your trademark.  You know who you are.

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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D947PVBG0&s
how_article=1

Report clears Palin in Troopergate probe Nov 3 09:00 PM US/Eastern
By RACHEL D'ORO
Associated Press Writer 8 Comments ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A report has cleared Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin of ethics violations in the firing of her public safety commissioner.

Released Monday, the report says there is no probable cause to believe Palin or any other state official violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act in connection with the firing. The report was prepared by Timothy Petumenos, an independent counsel for the Alaska Personnel Board.

A separate legislative investigation recently concluded that Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, abused her office by allowing her husband and staffers to pressure the public safety commissioner to fire a state trooper who went through a nasty divorce from Palin's sister.

Palin says the firing had nothing to do with the trooper.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)—A report detailing whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power by firing her public safety commissioner will be released on the eve of the election.

Timothy Petumenos, an independent investigator hired by the Alaska Personnel Board, says he will release the report during a news conference 7:30 p.m. EST Monday.

A separate legislative panel earlier found that Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, abused her office by allowing her husband and other staffers to pressure the public safety commissioner to fire a state trooper who went through a nasty divorce from Palin's sister. She fired the commissioner, but denies it had anything to do with the trooper.

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed

Let's see... It was the infamous formerGOP who insisted that fraudulent voter registrations couldn't possibly mean fraudulent votes...  Well, apparently the experts disagree:

John Fund How bogus registrations become bogus votes

Then, compliments of HotAir and Jason Mattera, another brilliant undercover job that reveals how many Americans approve of fraudulent voting since 2000 and 2004 were "stolen".  Seriously?  I mean you can disagree but when the Supreme Court draws the line the Supreme Court draws the line.  Oh well, I'm sure flippypoo will post his cut-and-paste HAVA thing. 

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/02/hot-air-tv-vo
te-twice/

For the record, I am against get-out-the-vote-initiatives.  Primarily because if you are too lazy or uninformed to figure out how to vote you probably don't have the political "fire in your belly" that is such a staple to our democratic existance.  Seriously.  You go get your drivers license or state ID.  They say "would you like to register to vote?" In English OR in Espanol.  You say 'yes' or 'si'.  You get a fancy voters registration card in the mail.   If you're too lazy to do this you don't need to be voting.  Voting is a right that should be treasured.  What would happen if I decided to lay in my living room instead of registering my vehicle?  Would I be able to legally drive said vehicle?  No.  The get-out-the-vote initiatives seem to be an invitation for fraud.  Kind of like not verifying credit cards for campaign donations. 

Here's a brief compilation of prominent Democrats against Obama...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2DECDKOFnw

Aaaand 60 reasons not to vote for Obama:

http://www.culturejamforlife.com/nobama2008/>

You know, this is a time when it is so easy to just want something better.  We want our economy to get better.  We want our soldiers out of harm's way but victorious in Iraq.  We want a government that works for us instead of spending our lives working for a government.  I understand why we would want to vote out the incumbent party.  If the nominee would have been Hillary Clinton I honestly might have voted against McCain.  But Obama offers nothing constructive, only destructive.  He offers an America that is reliant on big brother, not an America that is self-empowered. 

Please be thoughtful in your decision tomorrow if you haven't already voted.  This is about more than kicking President Bush.  This is about freedom.  And don't stay home thinking your vote doesn't count.  Apathy is why we have a legislative and executive branch that doesn't represent our interests.