Day489 Saturday 12/31/11

ran 2.9 miles

Here is a short video explaining the history, meaning, and method of voting for the Iowa caucus. Republicans and Democrats each have their own unique process. I learned a lot in just over a minute. Tuesday, January 3, is the big day.

Hope 2011 was a good year for you and happy New Year’s Eve! Bring it on 2012!

592.8 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day124.

Day488 Friday 12/30/11

16 MONTHS!!!

ran 3.2 miles
A little more than ten months of running against Obama to go. It’s been a long journey to this point but November 6, 2012, will be here before we know it. Thanks for reading the blog and keeping up with the miles. It is going to be a turbulent ten months and not one thing will surprise me along the way or shock me once we reach the final destination of election night.

When I started running sixteen months ago I had the naïve idea that somebody, anybody, would emerge as a hero much like Reagan did against Carter, ultimately achieving a similar landslide victory. Reagan took 44 states to Carter’s 6 (plus D.C.) in 1980. In 1984, he carried 49 states to Walter Mondale’s 1 (plus D.C.). Sixteen months later, I don’t foresee anything like that happening in 2012. Rather, America seems to be dividing in the middle and pulling apart in both directions.

Division. Here’s a mathematical analogy for America. One side wants to divide 5 by 2, which appears to be a perfectly natural idea on the surface, but the other side demands there be no decimal points. One side wants 2+2 to equal 5 and the other wants it to equal 3. The idea of two plus two equaling four is unacceptable in the political arena.

That being said, there is a lot of blame to pass around for our current state but Barack Obama has done little to dig us out of our hole and much to bury us deeper. And as he continues to raise our national debt I feel no consolation when he says things like “it would be worse if we hadn’t taken these measures”. That is a statement that cannot be proven and I expect more from a president than mere speculation about such consequential decisions regarding our economy and the debt that unborn generations are going to be born into owing upon arrival.

Ten more months, America. What’ll it be? Barack Obama or Someone Else?

595.7 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day123.

Day487 Thursday 12/29/11

ran 3.5 miles
Three more states to go. Here are some stats and facts about the state of West Virginia (to check out stats and facts about more states click on “states of the union” on the right):

• West Virginia was the thirty-fifth state to join the union on June 20, 1863, one year before Nevada and two years after Kansas.

• Population, as of 2010, is 1,852,994.

• Senators are Joe Manchin (D) and John Rockefeller (D).

• Representatives are David McKinley (R), Shelley Capito (R), and Nick Rahall (D).

• West Virginia has five electoral votes. An interesting fact about West Virginia is that the state seceded from Virginia after Virginia had seceded from the union during the Civil War. Historically, West Virginia has voted blue 20 out of the last 37 presidential elections, but red for the last three elections. The state historically swings from red to blue but is expected to lean Republican in 2012. In 2008, McCain defeated Obama 56% to 43%.

And here is a little something extra. While certain states exhibit their sovereign interests in slowing down the gates of illegal immigration, Barack Obama has established a hotline for illegal immigrants to call for help if they were so unlucky as to be apprehended. The hotline exists for detainees to call in case they may be U.S. citizens and not realize it or in the event that they feel they were victims of a crime. Here is the story.

598.9 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day122.

Day486 Wednesday 12/28/11

ran 4.2 miles
Here are some stats and polls from Rasmussen Reports:

• Barack Obama’s presidential index rating shows that 23% of American voters strongly approve of his performance while 41% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential index rating of –18.

• Overall, 45% of voters at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance while 54% at least somewhat disapprove.

• Only 20% of American voters polled believe America is heading in the right direction.

• Building the Keystone XL Pipeline earns 53% approval.

• Election 2012: Generic Republican 45%, Obama 44%.

• Among American voters polled, 53% favor repeal of Health Care Law

And from A CNN poll, Iowa has Romney at 25%, followed by Paul with 22%, Santorum with 16%, and Gingrich with 14%.

And one last thing, there is a lot of chatter about Hillary Clinton switching jobs with Joe Biden for the 2012 election. Aside from being a national insult to Joe Biden, the move would be a plus for Democrats. If Obama does wiggle his way into another term, Clinton would be a much more feasible presidential candidate in 2016 to continue Democratic leadership compared to Joe Biden and his tenacity to constantly say the worst possible thing at any given moment. But that is just speculation at this point.

602.4 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day121.

Day485 Tuesday 12/27/11

ran 2.0 miles
Barack Obama is obviously not the only member of our government-spending machine that is up for reelection in 2012. Every House seat is up for grabs every two years, but I haven’t heard much about the Senators whose jobs are in jeopardy so I took the liberty of looking it up.

Thirty-three Senators are up for reelection or have decided to retire. As of today, in fact, Democratic Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska announced he would be retiring, topping the list so far of seven Democratic Senators lining up to retire.

There are twenty-one Democrats, two Independents, and ten Republicans up for reelection or retirement. Those are some good numbers for anyone interested in the possibility, albeit a slim one (this is Washington D.C. we are talking about), of lowering our national debt and empowering the private sector, among many other things. Here they are.

Democrats:

Akaka, Daniel K. (D-HI)
Bingaman, Jeff (D-NM)
Brown, Sherrod (D-OH)
Cantwell, Maria (D-WA)
Cardin, Benjamin L. (D-MD)
Carper, Thomas R. (D-DE)
Casey, Robert P., Jr. (D-PA)
Conrad, Kent (D-ND)
Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA)
Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (D-NY)
Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN)
Kohl, Herb (D-WI)
Manchin, Joe, III (D-WV)
McCaskill, Claire (D-MO)
Menendez, Robert (D-NJ)
Nelson, Ben (D-NE)
Nelson, Bill (D-FL)
Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI)
Tester, Jon (D-MT)
Webb, Jim (D-VA)
Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI)

Independents:

Lieberman, Joseph I. (ID-CT)
Sanders, Bernard (I-VT)

Republicans:

Barrasso, John (R-WY)
Brown, Scott P. (R-MA)
Corker, Bob (R-TN)
Hatch, Orrin G. (R-UT)
Heller, Dean (R-NV)
Hutchison, Kay Bailey (R-TX)
Kyl, Jon (R-AZ)
Lugar, Richard G. (R-IN)
Snowe, Olympia J. (R-ME)
Wicker, Roger F. (R-MS)

606.6 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day120.

Day484 Monday 12/26/11

ran 4.8 miles
Santa left a copy of “Atlas Shrugged” under my tree yesterday. I had read the book years ago (it ranks as one of the top three books I have ever read) and I saw the movie earlier this year. Santa Claus nestled a copy of the movie under my tree and I watched it last night for the second time. If you have not seen this movie I highly recommend it.

It is the path we are on. This prophetic book was written in 1957 and our president and his liberal ideas are fulfilling its prophecy. I used to grasp into the future wondering to myself how things would be in twenty or thirty years. Lately, I find myself disparately looking into a nearer future wondering how things will be in the next five years. All of this hinges on whether Barack Obama gets reelected or not. Every presidential election is big and possesses its own unique circumstances, but this one in 2012 is a monumental intersection in American history.

After watching the movie I pulled my copy of “Atlas Shrugged” off the bookshelf, blew the dust off, and skimmed over a few sections. One of my favorite chapters is in Part 3, Chapter 7, “This is John Galt Speaking”. Galt takes over the airwaves and makes a profound broadcast that fits easily into our current time.

This monologue is not the end of the book, but it is a big moment. If you haven’t read it yet then this is your official spoiler alert. This monologue is one of the longest in American literary history at fifty-four pages long. Here it is abridged to 964 words from WorkingMinds.com:

“For twelve years you've been asking, "Who is John Galt?" This is John Galt speaking. I'm the man who's taken away your victims and thus destroyed your world. You've heard it said that this is an age of moral crisis and that Man's sins are destroying the world. But your chief virtue has been sacrifice, and you've demanded more sacrifices at every disaster. You've sacrificed justice to mercy and happiness to duty. So why should you be afraid of the world around you?

Your world is only the product of your sacrifices. While you were dragging the men who made your happiness possible to your sacrificial altars, I beat you to it. I reached them first and told them about the game you were playing and where it would take them. I explained the consequences of your 'brother-love' morality, which they had been too innocently generous to understand. You won't find them now, when you need them more than ever.

We're on strike against your creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. If you want to know how I made them quit, I told them exactly what I'm telling you tonight. I taught them the morality of Reason -- that it was right to pursue one's own happiness as one's principal goal in life. I don't consider the pleasure of others my goal in life, nor do I consider my pleasure the goal of anyone else's life.

I am a trader. I earn what I get in trade for what I produce. I ask for nothing more or nothing less than what I earn. That is justice. I don't force anyone to trade with me; I only trade for mutual benefit. Force is the great evil that has no place in a rational world. One may never force another human to act against his/her judgment. If you deny a man's right to Reason, you must also deny your right to your own judgment. Yet you have allowed your world to be run by means of force, by men who claim that fear and joy are equal incentives, but that fear and force are more practical.

You've allowed such men to occupy positions of power in your world by preaching that all men are evil from the moment they're born. When men believe this, they see nothing wrong in acting in any way they please. The name of this absurdity is 'original sin'. That's impossible. That which is outside the possibility of choice is also outside the province of morality. To call sin that which is outside man's choice is a mockery of justice. To say that men are born with a free will but with a tendency toward evil is ridiculous. If the tendency is one of choice, it doesn't come at birth. If it is not a tendency of choice, then man's will is not free.

And then there's your 'brother-love' morality. Why is it moral to serve others, but not yourself? If enjoyment is a value, why is it moral when experienced by others, but not by you? Why is it immoral to produce something of value and keep it for yourself, when it is moral for others who haven't earned it to accept it? If it's virtuous to give, isn't it then selfish to take?

Your acceptance of the code of selflessness has made you fear the man who has a dollar less than you because it makes you feel that that dollar is rightfully his. You hate the man with a dollar more than you because the dollar he's keeping is rightfully yours. Your code has made it impossible to know when to give and when to grab.

You know that you can't give away everything and starve yourself. You've forced yourselves to live with undeserved, irrational guilt. Is it ever proper to help another man? No, if he demands it as his right or as a duty that you owe him. Yes, if it's your own free choice based on your judgment of the value of that person and his struggle. This country wasn't built by men who sought handouts. In its brilliant youth, this country showed the rest of the world what greatness was possible to Man and what happiness is possible on Earth.

Then it began apologizing for its greatness and began giving away its wealth, feeling guilty for having produced more than its neighbors. Twelve years ago, I saw what was wrong with the world and where the battle for Life had to be fought. I saw that the enemy was an inverted morality and that my acceptance of that morality was its only power. I was the first of the men who refused to give up the pursuit of his own happiness in order to serve others.

To those of you who retain some remnant of dignity and the will to live your lives for yourselves, you have the chance to make the same choice. Examine your values and understand that you must choose one side or the other. Any compromise between good and evil only hurts the good and helps the evil.

If you've understood what I've said, stop supporting your destroyers. Don't accept their philosophy. Your destroyers hold you by means of your endurance, your generosity, your innocence, and your love. Don't exhaust yourself to help build the kind of world that you see around you now. In the name of the best within you, don't sacrifice the world to those who will take away your happiness for it.

The world will change when you are ready to pronounce this oath:

I swear by my Life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for the sake of mine.”

608.6 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day119.

Day483 Sunday 12/25/11

Merry Christmas!!!

ran 3.4 miles
Today ends week sixty-nine of running against Obama. I ran 16.6 miles this week, averaging 2.37 miles per day.

“I like the commercial Christmas we now practice in this country. You know why? Because I'm an American. I love Santa. And Christmas trees, and lights, and presents and everything that makes you feel warm inside. Because I'm an American.”

This is the opening line to an article at the HuffingtonPost by Cenk Uygur. He makes some valid points about Christmas, this holiday that is scrutinized more and more each year for reasons that go right over the heads of those who have problems with the sight of a Christmas tree or the utterance of “Jesus”.

In terms of a pie chart, which has only a fine sliver of representation belonging to those who seem to dislike Christmas to the point that they would rather do away with it all together, it is a shame that so many of us who do love Christmas for a multitude of assorted reasons have to slowly watch the holiday get begrudged more and more each year. As Uygur goes on to explain, there is a larger American picture that is severely missed.

613.4 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day118.

Day482 Saturday 12/24/11

ran 3.5 miles
Merry Christmas Eve!!!

It was on this day in 2009, yes, on Christmas Eve, that the Senate passed the controversial health care reform bill, which is Barack Obama’s top domestic achievement (or failure, depending upon whose side you’re on).

While America was trying to embrace and celebrate Christmas and rightfully paying little attention to politics, the Senate slipped this thing through at the most opportune time of the year excluding Christmas day itself.

The vote was 60 to 39. Every single Democrat voted for it and every single Republican opposed it (Republican Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky, who opposed the bill, was the only Senator to skip the vote).

Less than a year later the mid-term elections were held and what used to be 60 Democratic seats is now only 51.

The House had passed the bill a month earlier 220-215. Representative Joseph Cao of Louisiana was the only House Republican to vote for the measure.

One year later the mid-term elections were held and there are currently 242 Republicans and 192 Democrats in the House.

Looks like a case of voter’s remorse. Things certainly haven’t gotten much better, but take a look at the possibilities of where we would be today had Barack Obama walked out of the mid-terms unscathed, or unshellacked, continuing with a significant Democratic majority in the Senate and control of the House for another two years.

What has changed to prevent another mass exit for liberals in 2012? The liberal trend lately is for them to detach themselves from Barack Obama and his legislation in order to get elected or reelected. Republicans have not changed a whole lot of America’s immediate direction but they have certainly succeeded in linking their arms together to create an obstacle for Barack Obama and his endless spending. That is enough for me until we get a new president in 2012.

Someone Else is his or her name at this point and anyone of the candidates we have to choose from will be better than the spending administration we have now.

616.8 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day117.

Day481 Friday 12/23/11

ran 0.2 miles

Yesterday’s post is late but here it is. No excuses. I was also only able to run 0.2 miles yesterday (the end of my street and back) and I’ll have to catch up.

The Occupy Wall Street movement has not been in the news too much lately. Aside from costing taxpayers millions of dollars to allow the movement to persist as peacefully as possible, not much is notable in terms of accomplishment. Congress continues to prolong progress as long as possible, earning themselves dismal approval numbers, and our president seems to be most concerned right now with his re-election---four years of "Lame Duck" leadership that he will never have to answer for with a third election. Or maybe he will just continue as president. There is currently a lot of legislation out there violating the civil liberties we have held so high for a very long time. If these can be changed all of a sudden then what else can? The answer is anything.

620.3 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day116.

Day480 Thursday 12/22/11

ran 3.5 miles

On the surface, all of these FEMA detainment camps and their immediate efforts to contract service providers to run them within a hair’s diameter of Congress passing a bill to lawfully detain American citizens indefinitely without trial presumably appears to be meant for “terrorists” or genuine threats as you and I understand them. But, why are there over 600 of these camps?

Rhetorical question. This is a way for our government to pry its federal foot into a gate that was never intended to be opened. Given the slightest scenario of catastrophe or upheaval in the near future, the act of locking our doors at night will lose all sense of security it once offered.

620.5 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day115.

Day479 Wednesday 12/21/11

ran 4.5 miles
Here’s your Christmas dose of propaganda from Barack Obama’s campaign team. When you get together with your family this year for the Christmas holiday, be sure to convince as many uncles and aunts as you can to vote for Barack Obama in 2012. Forget about the simple pleasures of the holiday and the quality time spent with family. This man needs another term. Don’t make Christmas a wasted opportunity to discuss politics.

And here is an early Christmas present from Chuck Woolery. He has made a series of videos for his "Save America one trillion dollars at a time" campaign and this is his latest release (slightly humorous but fortified with truth):



624.0 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day114.

Day478 Tuesday 12/20/11

ran 0.2 miles
Last week I ran the largest amount of miles I have ever run over the course of seven days. This week I am paying for it. After running 30.2 miles last week I ran 1.3 miles yesterday and a whopping 0.2 miles tonight. I hate to admit it but I am exhausted. This week has been a brick wall so far.

Getting home from work today, it was raining and I had zero desire to get wet or to break a sweat. I ran to the end of my street and back, which took everything I had. All of the surplus miles I earned last week are being compromised by a complete lack of energy this week.

But, I am more than maintaining the budget of miles I had set for myself and I have no shame in offering transparency at every step of this campaign. I have some catching up to do, but it is planning for occasional shortcomings and unexpected obstacles that keep any set of numbers from reaching deficits. If only economies were this logical to manage by planning for mistakes and lulls.

Speaking of not planning for mistakes and exhibiting absolutely no restraint for spending, here are some stats and polls from Rasmussen Reports:

• Barack Obama’s presidential index rating shows that 21% of American voters strongly approve of his performance while 39% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential index rating of –18.

• Overall, 47% of voters at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance while 51% at least somewhat disapprove.

• Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 43%, Democrats 40%.

628.5 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day113.

Day477 Monday 12/19/11

ran 1.3 miles
“I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln —in terms of what we’ve gotten done.”

This was an omitted quote from Barack Obama’s recent 60 Minutes interview. According to TheBlaze, the quote surfaced on the official transcript but was not aired on television. Obviously, an arrogant account of one’s self, this president certainly does have audacity to compare himself to other president’s who only time and history have the ability to look back on and rate for superiority.

And here’s the best part. Note how President Obama cited his accomplishments over the first two years of his term rather than acknowledging the full three that have spanned his presidency. After the first two years of his presidency and as a consequence of the decisions he had made in that time, his actions directly led to the American people firing handfuls of Democrats in the House and Senate during the midterm elections of 2010.

Replaced by a large number of newly elected officials that swore to not raise taxes and to essentially oppose the core direction of Obama’s first two years, which he holds in such high esteem, the people have spoken and through their actions clearly went to their voting precincts and collectively sent a message that completely contradicts Obama’s notion that his administration and his actions are comparable to Johnson’s, F.D.R.’s, or Lincoln’s.

628.7 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day112.

Day476 Sunday 12/18/11

ran 3.5 miles

Today ends week sixty-eight of running against Obama. I ran 30.2 miles this week, averaging 4.31 miles per day. Since week one of this campaign a goal I have set for myself was to reach thirty miles in one week. It took sixty-seven weeks to do it, but I have finally reached that goal.

Something I have been curious about for a long time and finally looked into was what exactly happened to Greece and their economy. I vividly remember looking at some videos over a year ago of people violently protesting in Greece and wondering if something like that could ever happen in America. It seemed so distant and impossible at the time, but here we are.

There are some interesting parallels between Greece and America. Greece’s is obviously a much smaller economy than America’s and European currency is a different concept entirely from what we understand in America, but the similarities are relative regardless of size.

In 2009, U.S. born George Papandreou was elected prime minister of Greece as a leader of the Greek socialist party after five years of conservative rule.

In 2008, Barack Obama was elected president of the United States of America as a democrat after eight years of conservative rule.

Papandreou campaigned on and was praised as a man who would revolutionize cultural and political life. He promised that Greece’s brink of bankruptcy could be cured without austerity measures.

Obama campaigned on hope and change. He promised transparency and solutions. He swore to change the way things were done in Washington.

“We need a new start. We need to clean up our act…people are clearly looking for an alternative that is both realistic and visionary. We bear a great responsibility to change the course of the country…we know that we can make it.”

George Papandreou

“I'm happy to get good ideas from across the political spectrum, from Democrats and Republicans. What I won't do is return to the failed theories of the last eight years that got us into this fix in the first place, because those theories have been tested, and they have failed. And that's what part of the election in November was all about.”

Barack Obama

Socialism has been tested, too, Mr. President.

630.0 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day111.

Day475 Saturday 12/17/11

ran 3.6 miles
This morning the Senate voted (89-10) to extend the payroll tax cut for an additional two months. Aiming to reach an agreement to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for the entire next year, the Senate failed to find any other compromise. Included in the deal is a sixty-day deadline for President Obama to either veto or sign the Keystone pipeline project.

Barack Obama has threatened to veto Keystone if it reaches his desk. The ball is now in his court and this is a big decision. While it seems like concentrated common sense to most of us, this project is a real dilemma for our president. Barack Obama’s fanatical environmentalist voting demographic will be extremely disappointed if he signs Keystone, which would instantly create tens of thousands of jobs for decades and allow America to further depend on itself for energy. It’s all pluses for his dismal approval ratings, America’s unemployment numbers, and our tanking economy.

Yet, Barack Obama has to actually think about this no-brainer. Obama vowed to veto Keystone and within weeks he is more than likely going to flip-flop and pass it. He has to. This project could quite possibly create more solid jobs than the Obama administration has created in the last three years. Even the unions are backing Keystone. Only the environmentalist stand in the way and I have a feeling they will be compromised on this one. Sixty days, Mr. President. Tick tock.

633.5 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day110.

Day474 Friday 12/16/11

ran 3.7 miles

Even MTV is against Barack Obama’s signing of the National Defense Authorization Act. The NDAA warrants arrest and indefinite detainment of American citizens with no representation or trial. On the surface it is simple to assume that this Act is specific to what you and I define as terrorists, but where does it stop? Eventually, with this sort of unchecked power the term “terrorist” over a short period of time could easily be interpreted as anyone who simply disagrees with decisions their government makes. American citizens and our freedom to express ourselves is part of the checks and balances that our forefathers drafted for the grand design of America. Take away the peoples’ voice and what are you left with?

637.1 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day109.

Day473 Thursday 12/15/11

ran 3.5 miles
On any given day I jump from one candidate to another convincing myself “this is the one”. Everyday I seem to come across something in the news that makes me think otherwise, though, whether by fault or virtue of each candidate. For example, I was a committed Herman Cain supporter for a long time until he got chewed up by our political machine and spit out. For the record, I don’t believe any of the allegations against him or true (and I know that statement is about as valuable as me saying I think the Saints are going to win the Super Bowl this year; it is only a hope and an opinion that bears no resemblance to factual evidence). But, Herman Cain and what was either a complete character assassination or a legitimate violation of women, reminded me of just how early it is in this election cycle and how necessary it is to keep an open mind and to constantly keep options available and to keep the larger picture in sight.

The candidate I like at this moment is Ron Paul. Taking inventory of the big issues right now, primarily the American economy and our national debt, I always go back to these questions.

What other big issues are even important if your country goes bankrupt? What is more important than a functioning balanced budget? Isn’t a healthy economy the spine of any nation?

It seems as though many Americans have secondary and tertiary demands they require of candidates to earn their vote that somehow override the underlining importance of simply fixing our economy. But how can arms lift and legs walk without a functioning spine?

Back to Ron Paul. This is what I am feeling today and, as I mentioned earlier, this is subject to change as soon as tomorrow---it’s as though we have been rolling around in the mud and filth of budget abuse and debt overload for a couple decades and, all of a sudden, America wants to be clean. America is tired of the mud and filth. But America has been rolling around in the muck for too long for a quick rinse. This cleansing will require severe measures. High-pressure hoses, highly abrasive pads, gritty soap, and more is required to clean the mess we have caked on the people of our nation.

Ron Paul in many ways might be that high-pressured hose, highly abrasive pad, and gritty soap. Most of the other candidates seem more like a situation where America simply swirls around in the mud and filth only a bit less vigorously and mistakenly calls that a means to clean up.

If you got thrown into a pile of manure, would you dab it off with a paper towel and go on about your daily business or would you take a thorough shower and make sure you never get thrown into a pile of manure again? I think Ron Paul might be that hot shower we are in such need of.

640.8 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day108.

Day472 Wednesday 12/14/11

ran 4.0 miles
Time magazine has elected the collective "Protester" for their man of the year in 2011. Greece, Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, emerging protests in Russia...no Tea Party recognition? Thank you, Time magazine, for pointing out how righteous the protesters in Greece are for refusing to deal with the bitter realities before them, which their own government created. As other European countries attempt to bail them out, no amount is enough because they want what they were promised. This is the direction America is heading. Thank you, Time magazine, for recognizing the power of Molotov cocktails and a government's complete inability to responsibly govern.

Time magazine is not only recognizing Greece, or the Arab Spring, or Russia, but also Occupy Wall Street. Egypt is heavily leaning toward electing government leadership from the Muslim Brotherhood. Libya's protesters had been and would have continued to be decimated by the madness of their overthrown leader had NATO and the United States not intervened. Now Russia is catching the protest fever and, finally, there is Occupy Wall Street. OWS is Time magazine's man of the year.

If I knew that all I had to do to get my face on the cover of a magazine was possess poor hygiene, have few enough responsibilities to allow me to sleep in parks and streets for three or more months at a time, and mindlessly scream things which I did not understand and at the same time be completely incapable of calmly explaining why capitalism is so bad or why communism is so good...if I had known it was that easy then I would have had zero desire to ever be on the cover of a magazine like Time a whole lot sooner in my life.

Here are some of the features from the face of the collective "Protester" Time magazine holds in such high esteem:




644.3 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day107.

Day471 Tuesday 12/13/11

Iowa:
Gingrich 22%
Paul 21%
Romney 16%
Public Policy Polling published at DailyCaller




ran 4.8 miles

648.3 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day106.

Day470 Monday 12/12/11

ran 7.1 miles
Between now and the next eleven months it is anyone’s guess what unexpected events will define the path to the 2012 presidential election. One can only speculate, but there is a lot of disturbing and epic legislation being discussed in Washington right now regarding civil liberties and the freedom of speech. The ideas are straight out of Orwell’s “1984” and force Americans to question what is going on, or what might be about to happen, that we don’t know about and our government appears to be preparing for?

FEMA is contracting companies to fill the everyday needs of hundreds of camps across America which appear to serve the purpose of detaining people. And this is happening simultaneously with legislation allowing the federal government to detain American citizens indefinitely with no trial or representation.

SOPA, the internet piracy bill, allows the government to make internet sites disappear, squeezing the life out of free speech as we know it and doing away with due process. If this particular site, for example, became a thorn in someone’s side and that individual or entity did not want this site to exist any longer, it would simply be gone one day with no notification or reason. The legislation for these ideas are not written with black and white clarity, but rather lawyer-speak jargon and plenty of hidden congressional motive that eventually leaves you questioning that if they can do this then where does it stop?

Remember when Egypt literally turned off the internet to prevent its people from organizing through social media. Our government can do that. Remember FEMA’s public broadcasting test a few weeks ago when our government attempted to determine whether or not they could temporarily cut off all radio and television broadcasts…for the first time in American history?

It’s going to be a crazy year and there is very little that would surprise me. On a completely separate and unrelated note, Michael Savage formally offered Newt Gingrich one million dollars today to drop out of the presidential race.

Things are only going to get more and more strange.

653.1 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day105.

Day469 Sunday 12/11/11

ran 3.0 miles
Today ends week sixty-seven of running against Obama. I ran 21.4 miles this week, averaging 3.06 miles per day.

In a 60 Minutes interview tonight President Barack Obama distilled, concentrated, filtered, and boiled down to one question what single answer a majority of voters will be casting their ballots for on November 6, 2012.

“Do they see a more compelling vision coming out from the other side?"

Describing Republican’s goals as more tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations and doing away with regulations, President Obama summed up the landscape of the 2012 battlefield with those few select words.

“If the American people think that that’s a recipe for success and… a majority are persuaded by that, then I’m going to lose.”

This election is a simple decision. Do we go down the path of Europe, which is failing miserably, despite the flashing neon signs of danger blinking right before our faces, or do we begin the first steps of undoing everything Barack Obama has done in his first term, chalking up a complete loss of time and trillions of dollars, and move forward in a more proud and dignified American way?

Choose one.

660.2 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day104.

Day468 Saturday 12/10/11

ran 3.0 miles
Here are some stats and facts about the state of Washington (to check out stats and facts about more states click on “states of the union” on the right):

• Washington was the forty-second state to join the union on November 11, 1889, one year before Idaho and three days after Montana.

• Population, as of 2010, is 6,724,540.

• Senators are Maria Cantwell (D) and Patty Murray (D).

• Representatives are Jay Inslee (D), Rick Larsen (D), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R), Doc Hastings (R), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R), Norman Dicks (D), James McDermott (D), Dave Reichert (R), and Adam Smith (D).

• Washington has twelve electoral votes. The state gained one electoral vote during the 2010 Census Reaportionment. Historically, Washington has swung back and forth for years at a time voting both red and blue. The state’s current trend has been blue and Washington has voted for a Democrat in the last six presidential elections. Barack Obama defeated John McCain 58% to 41% in 2008.

Thank you for keeping up with this blog! And if you have read this far I may as well make a little announcement. I am happy to announce that I am going to be a dad. Found out this morning that it’s a girl! Whole new set of lenses in my eyes.

663.2 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day103.

Day467 Friday 12/09/11

ran 4.8 miles
Found this on the Drudge Report. This Sunday 60 Minutes will be airing an interview with Barack Obama hosted by Steve Kroft on CBS. Here is an excerpt of the preview the network released.

STEVE KROFT: Do you think that you might have the unemployment rate down to 8 percent by the time the election rolls around?

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I think it's possible. But…I'm not in the job of prognosticating on the economy. I'm in the job of putting in place the tools that allow the economy to thrive and Americans to succeed. Sometimes when I'm talking to my team, I- describe us…as…I'm the captain and they're the crew on a ship, going through really bad storms. And no matter how well we're steering the ship, if the boat's rocking back and forth and people are getting sick and…they're being buffeted by the winds and the rain and…at a certain point-- if you're asking, "Are you enjoying the ride right now?" Folks are going to say, "No." And are they going to say, "Do you think the captain's good—doing a good job?" People are going say, "You know what? A good captain would have had us in some smooth waters and sunny skies, at this point." And I don't control the weather. What I can control are the policies we're putting in place to make a difference in people's lives.

STEVE KROFT: Did you overpromise? Did you underestimate how difficult this was going to be?

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I didn't overpromise. And I didn’t-- underestimate how tough this was going to be. I always believed that this was a long-term project…And-- you know, for individual Americans, who are struggling right now, they have every reason to be impatient. Reversing structural problems in our economy that have been building up for two decades, that was going to take time. It was going to take more than a year. It was going to take more than two years. It was going to take more than one term. Probably takes more than one president.

In an MSNBC interview in 2009 with Matt Lauer, President Obama bluntly declared that if he had not fixed the economy within three years, then he would be a one-term president.



“If I don't have this done in three years, then this is going to be a one-term proposition."

Barack Obama

“I didn’t overpromise?”

“I didn’t underestimate?”

“Reversing structural problems in our economy…probably takes more than one president.”

There you have it. The only question for 2012 is "Why is Barack Obama even running for a second term when he has clearly failed, even by his own admission?'

666.2 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day102.

Day466 Thursday 12/08/11

ran 1.5 miles

Who is our president speaking to in the video above? I find it hard to believe he is addressing America. And here’s more to convey just how out of touch Barack Obama is with the severe realities before us. Our president claimed today that more jobs would be created from the payroll tax he is pushing (posted about it yesterday) and the extension of unemployment insurance than approving the Keystone pipeline. I can accept, based on the day-to-day lies we are told from all corners of Washington, that the payroll tax extension might do a fraction of good that will be immediately gobbled up by the exponential growth of our national debt every 24 hours, but don’t tell an entire country of informed citizens that extending unemployment insurance is more effective than a long-term, productive, and effective project like Keystone.

Enduring the Great Depression, Herbert Hoover, for example, did not float such failed ideas as redistributing wealth or convincing American citizens that they were entitled to that which they had not earned. Herbert Hoover built a dam and employed many Americans with a lengthy task. He gave them purpose and an opportunity to earn their desires. Coincidentally, Hoover does not get much credit as a president because he was the man serving when the Great Depression struck, but he lost his second term to the belief that America's problems should have been solved by private measures and not by the government. He believed in hard work and the gratification it brings to Americans.

Keystone would have a similar outcome but Barack Obama won’t seize the opportunity. One single man possessing such delusions of grandeur and absolute denial of all reality and appreciation for what America truly stands for here and there is okay; that is their right, but the fact that a little over half of this country voted for this man in 2008 and nearly the same number wants to re-elect him is a frightening reality.

Here are some stats and polls from Rasmussen Reports:

• Barack Obama’s presidential index rating shows that 22% of American voters strongly approve of his performance while 41% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential index rating of –19.

• Overall, 45% of voters at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance while 55% at least somewhat disapprove.

• Only 17% of likely U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction.

• Election 2012: Generic Republican 49%, Obama 41%.

• Among likely American voters, 26% prefer government-managed economy.

671.0 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day101.

Day465 Wednesday 12/07/11

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ran 4.2 miles
Had a good run tonight. It was thirty degrees outside, officially the coldest night of the season in Lafayette, Louisiana, and will be dropping to the mid-twenties by the time tomorrow arrives. Once you break a sweat the running comes easy, but stepping outside and getting started is torture. And don’t judge me you northerners; South Louisiana is not accustomed to snow or extreme cold temperatures. Come take a run with me in the heat and humidity of July or August and then we can see who is still standing.

So, it’s cold outside. Moving on to more important things, the picture above marks where and how many FEMA camps are currently located across America to detain homegrown threats to national security. These camps have been in the works for years and are seldom reported on in the news. When I had initially heard of these camps, I thought, if it was even true, maybe there were two or three of them. Look at that picture above. Do they know something we don’t? There are hundreds of them. That is an image of a lot of time and money exhausted on something far too big to be only considered a trivial risk. That picture above looks like certainty to me.

Scary. Following the passage of the Senate’s Section 1031 of the National Defense Authorization Act, which lays a path to American citizens being snatched in the middle of the night out of their homes or off the streets and held in FEMA detention camps indefinitely, these camps will serve to “concentrate” any individuals deemed as a threat without question in a detention center.

Here is a document showing that a Halliburton subsidiary, KBR (Kellogg Brown and Root Services), is moving forward to activate FEMA camps by seeking service providers to meet their needs.

Look at how many locations there are on that satellite image!

For those of us in Louisiana, here are our camp locations:

Fort Polk, Livingston, and Oakdale.

Here is a list of all of them across the American landscape.

This all seems too ridiculous and conspiratorial to be true, and I hope it is not true, but I keep finding reliable sources saying the same thing. If you can debunk this nightmare then I welcome you to do it.

It seems the magician has our attention with one hand distracting us while he is performing a deception with the other.

672.5 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day100.

Day464 Tuesday 12/06/11

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ran 1.4 miles
One recurring theme that finds its way into the news every single day from politicians and pundits alike, conservatives and progressives, is the status of the middle class. What is the middle class? It is extremely difficult to put the middle class into an income bracket. I consider myself as middle class as middle class gets, however, I know there are others who earn far more than I do or far less than I do who consider themselves middle class, as well. So who is this middle class?

In Barack Obama’s Roosevelt-themed speech in Osawatamie, Kansas earlier today he spoke of the middle class in a context that would lead me to believe that the middle class is an extremely specific and bracketed faction of America. But it isn’t. Take a try at it. Define the middle class.

To hear Obama or Pelosi talk about the middle class always leaves me feeling as though I am extremely well-to-do, but I can assure you I am not. I live within my means, I balance my checkbook, I pay my bills, which is more than the federal government does, so does this disqualify me from the middle class?

"This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class and all those who are fighting to get into the middle class. At stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home and secure their retirement."

Barack Obama

Who is the middle class, Mr. Obama? Be more specific. If I am part of the middle class, which I am pretty sure I am, the best thing you could do is to get out of the way of the progress I and others are trying to make as Americans who were born in or naturalized into this great country with the idea that governments that govern least are the best.

I am a part of the middle class and I think a very large majority of Americans believe they are a part of the middle class, too, so if you are trying to help me with your policies, thanks but no thanks. I can only speculate, but I am pretty sure nearly half of Barack Obama’s generally defined middle class is eagerly waiting for November 6, 2012, to make him a one-term president.

The latest in the news is Obama’s Payroll Tax Cut Extension and he claims maintaining a temporary cut in the payroll tax through next year is critical to our economic recovery. The big argument is the matter of where the funds come from to continue the extension. This is just the latest inevitable stalemate between Congress and the president, but what interests me is a claim that Obama made. He said, and this is not verbatim, middle class families would be paying an extra $1,000.00 in taxes each year if the extension is not made. There it is again. The middle class. Who is this middle class? If this legislation does not go through and you pay an extra thousand dollars next year in taxes then I guess that means you’re part of the middle class.

Who is the middle class? Forty-seven percent of Americans did not even pay income taxes last year. Will they be paying an extra thousand dollars? Is paying income tax a prerequisite to qualify for middle class status?

From MarketWatch here are some numbers to further confuse the definition of the middle class. In 2010:

• 99.8% earning less than $10,000 paid no income tax.

• 83.6% earning $10,000 to $20,000 paid no income tax.

• 61.8% earning $20,000 to $30,000 paid no income tax.

• 47.5% earning $30,000 to $40,000 paid no income tax.

• 35.7% earning $40,000 to $50,000 paid no income tax.

• 21.5% earning $50,000 to $75000 paid no income tax.

• 9.2 % earning $75,000 to $100,000 paid no income tax.

• 3.5% earning $100,000 to $200,000 paid no income tax.

So who is this middle class? And why are these numbers so randomly fractional in each bracket? Instead of wasting more tax dollars on all of these prolonged stalemates and planned failures, like the Super Committee, how about explaining to America what all these numbers above mean. It is almost as though there is some lottery we don’t know about going on in which some are exempt from taxes and others are not.

676.7 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day99.

Day463 Monday 12/05/11

1,400 Miles!!!

ran 3.5 miles
With only 680 miles to go to reach my goal of running the distance from Lafayette, Louisiana to Washington, D.C. and back, I am proud to say that I am way ahead of schedule and my budget of miles will be at a large surplus by November 6, 2012.

Surplus. What a pleasant word.

Deficit, not so much.

The out of control spending is what really gets me when I step back and look at the whole picture of America. I do not claim to be anything close to a political pundit or a man with an answer for any one single problem our nation faces, but I am frustrated enough with the state of our nation to run 2,080-plus miles over the course of two years, two months, and seven days, just for the opportunity to do something quirky and earn two seconds of other peoples’ attention each night to say with as much conviction and intestinal fortitude that I can conjure up, “Hey! Balance your budget, Washington! You are not a good role model. You do not lead by example. It is an unacceptable shame that we have a $15 trillion debt.

And I don’t blame Barack Obama for our current state. Our problems are a compounded result of many elected officials from both sides of the aisle over a long period of time. However, Barack Obama has been attempting to suffocate the flames of our demise with highly flammable materials soaked in lighter fluid. Our debt is soaring and it is going to get worse before it gets better.

It is disappointing that elections and the candidates campaigning in them are generally placed on a scale of lesser evil rather than greater good. Their ideas are half-empty glasses, which resemble nothing remotely half-full.

Only speaking for myself, my greatest priority is to simply decimate our national debt. Through every possible means, quit spending money. Lead by example. Our federal government should be run the same way any given household is run. Balancing checkbooks, committing to goals, and producing results are not federal government impossibilities. It is insulting how elaborately our politicians waste our time and money. Get out of our way and balance your checkbook!

678.1 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day98.

Day462 Sunday 12/04/11

ran 3.3 miles
Today ends week sixty-six of running against Obama. I ran 25.3 miles this week, averaging 3.61 miles per day.

“I understand the frustrations being expressed in those protests. In some ways, they’re not that different from some of the protests that we saw coming from the Tea Party. Both on the left and the right, I think people feel separated from their government. They feel that their institutions aren’t looking out for them.”

Barack Obama interview by ABC News

Do you see what he did there, ever so subtly? Our president just compared Occupy Wall Street to the Tea Party. He put in the average voter’s mind a seed of relation between these two movements when there is nothing similar about them. Barack Obama should be comparing OWS to the protests, riots, crime, pillaging, and vandalism in Greece. That is the direction his compass is pointed toward and that is what these occupiers see on their televisions and feel compelled to mimic.

At the Tea Party’s peak leading into the Mid-term elections of 2010 (in which they accomplished much without breaking any laws), many of the politicians, namely Barack Obama, who currently sympathize with those involved in this parasitic OWS movement, were waiting on the edges of their seats for any one Tea Party member to perform a single questionable action that they could blow a whistle on. It never happened. There is a list of hundreds upon hundreds of lewd and violent acts that OWS has committed but these actions are somehow deemed acceptable.

What were these people doing before OWS?! They’ve been at this for, what, three months now? It is hard for me to even make my Tea Party meetings once a month on one single night after work, much less sleep in a tent and beat on drums and create havoc for three straight months.

Maybe they’ll beat their drums a little harder and vandalize with a bit more vigor now that their supportive president is taking a seventeen-day vacation. Aloha!

681.6 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day97.

Day461 Saturday 12/03/11

ran 2.3 miles
“As of today, with a lot of prayer and soul searching, I am suspending my presidential campaign. Because of the continued distractions, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not fighters. Not because I’m not a fighter.”

Herman Cain quoted by NYTimes

We will probably never know if this was all mud or truth being slung in Herman Cain’s direction, but it is disappointing news. I’ve been raving about Cain for a long time before the Republican race heated up and the before debates began, so it is doubly disheartening to see him step down under these circumstances.

Two thoughts: The first, how blind are you to honestly believe you can run for the President of the United States of America without a crisis like this eventually revealing itself? If the allegations are true, then this man must obviously believe he can get away with anything. This is a nonplussing complete lack of virtue and morality that no man or woman should campaign for office with hanging next to their suits in their closet. Second, if Cain is innocent and this was nothing more than an orchestrated plot to remove him from the campaign then American politics have yet again been exposed for the unsavory and malevolent source of abuse we have all come to get comfortable with.
Both scenarios seem too farfetched to accept, yet one of the two are a reality. John Edwards comes to mind. This guy was having an affair with a woman from Argentina, had a child with this woman, and he ran for president. You can’t make stuff like that up because it is just too ridiculous.

So Cain is stepping down. It is what it is. Looking forward, the man had a substantial following of supporters, so his endorsement for one of the remaining Republican candidates will be quite a bounty of transferred support. I am predicting he endorses Newt Gingrich. I don’t think that is a bold prediction as much as an obvious one, and I’m all for it.

684.9 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day96.

Day460 Friday 12/02/11

Victor Juhasz

ran 5.0 miles

GQ put together a list of “The 25 Least Influential People Alive” recently and Barack Obama barely slipped in ranked number twenty-five. This list is only trivial entertainment and it obviously holds no merit that I or anyone else should take seriously, but it led me to the cartoon above. Thought you might like it. It's titled "The Actual Debt Ceiling".

And, as an afterthought, Barack Obama has no place on a list rating meager amounts of influence. This guy is extremely influential. He has a nation essentially divided right up the middle. I can’t speak for the other half, but the half I am on feels influenced by fear and loathing for Barack Obama’s vision of America. President Barack Obama has influenced me to run 2,080 miles over the course of two years, two months, and seven days for the sake of contributing to the cause of making him a one-term president. No other individual has ever influenced me to take on such a long-term commitment as what I am doing with this blog and these miles for the sake of the America I envision raising my children in.

Thank you, Barack Obama, for the inspiration. Thank you for opening my eyes to everything I do not want America to be.

Here is a little something extra to leave you with tonight. Adam Carolla, you rock! I just watched this video and he nailed Occupy Wall Street on its collective head.



687.2 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day95.

Day459 Thursday 12/01/11

ran 3.0 miles

“I’m going to be the nominee. It’s very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high I’m going to be the nominee. And by the way I don’t object if people want to attack me, that’s their right. All I’m suggesting that it’s not going to be very effective and that people are going to get sick of it very fast. And the guys who attacked each other in the debates up to now, every single one of them have lost ground by attacking. So they should do what they and their consultants want to do. I will focus on being substantive and I will focus on Barack Obama.”

Newt Gingrich in an ABC News interview today

Meanwhile, back at the unicorn farm, Barack Obama made some appearances in Pennsylvania and New York City urging wealth redistribution, or government revenue from those who are “not paying their fair share”, depending upon whose side you’re on. There was general vilifying of everything Republican and many outlandish claims, as usual, making conservative ideas appear abusive and destructive. Usual script. Remember the bit about “…the Republicans would have you drinking dirty water and breathing polluted air”? Sounds like an eight-year-old telling his friends that a couple of other kids in their class are butt-heads that suck on rotten eggs. Ridiculous. Our president had two years to form a path and a legacy with a Democratic Senate and House. He made his decisions and a substantial amount of Americans think they were very poorly devised choices.

Now he is campaigning on not being done with his hope and change, and needing more time to achieve his goals.

"I'm going to need another term to finish the job.”

Barack Obama speaking to donors in New York City, quoted by AP

Sounds like a hit-man saying he needs fifteen more minutes to finish the job.

692.2 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day94.

Day458 Wednesday 11/30/11

15 Months!!!

ran 3.5 miles
Today ends 15 months and 1,384.8 miles of running against Obama! Something short and fun tonight. One of my favorite authors and books is Douglas Adams’ “So Long and Thanks For All the Fish”. Adams, now deceased, had a gift to expose typical human behavior for the chaotic, nutty thing it is, and in the following excerpt he sums up in only a few lines just how chaotic and nutty it is that we elect the politicians we do. Thanks Reddit and speedyturtle4.

Ford Prefect explaining to Arthur Dent about why a robot said "take me to your lizards".

"It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..."

"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"

"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like to straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."

"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."

"I did," said ford. "It is."

"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"

"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."

"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"

"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."

"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"

"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?"

"What?"

"I said," said Ford, with an increasing air of urgency creeping into his voice, "have you got any gin?"

"I'll look. Tell me about the lizards."

Ford shrugged again.

"Some people say that the lizards are the best thing that ever happened to them," he said.

"They're completely wrong of course, completely and utterly wrong, but someone's got to say it."

695.2 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day93.

Day457 Tuesday 11/29/11

ran 3.9 miles

Some stats and polls from Rasmussen Reports:

• Barack Obama’s presidential index rating shows that 20% of American voters strongly approve of his performance while 42% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential index rating of –22.

• Overall, 44% of voters at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance while 55% at least somewhat disapprove.

From a USNews article, by Paul Bedard, “President Obama's slow ride down Gallup's daily presidential job approval index has finally passed below Jimmy Carter, earning Obama the worst job approval rating of any president at this stage of his term in modern political history.”

That was only a matter of time. Congratulations, President Obama. Obama’s job approval rating, according to Gallup, is currently 43%. Carter’s, three years into his presidency, was 51%. Jimmy Carter’s arguable legacy as America’s worst president in modern history has just been challenged by eight entire percentage points worth of even less approval by the American people.

Here are some past approval numbers from Gallup of other presidents one year before re-election:

• Harry S. Truman: 54%

• Dwight Eisenhower: 78%

• Lyndon B. Johnson: 44%

• Richard M. Nixon: 50%

• Ronald Reagan: 54%

• George H.W. Bush: 52%

• Bill Clinton: 51%

• George W. Bush: 55%

I’m not sure what Barack Obama intends to run on for re-election. He hardly has one leg to even stand upon. His first three years have clearly been deemed unsuccessful by the numbers above. He will more than likely further distract and blame. It’s all he has. And nearly half of this country will buy it. One set of numbers I always rely on to define exactly how divided this nation is shows that only 53% of Americans paid income taxes last year. Under the leadership of Barack Obama, what will happen when that 53% becomes 49% or 45%? 40%? How does a government function if 60% of its people are not even paying taxes, yet feeding with savage hunger off its teat? It makes no sense. This image is not America and Barack Obama deserves every bit of contention he has earned to be America’s new worst president in modern American history.

698.7 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day92.

Day456 Monday 11/28/11

ran 4.3 miles
Here is some clear and concise logic from BigGovernment, written by Colleen Owens, that gets reported far too seldom.

While the media is agog with Occupy Wall Street, failing to point out many of their obvious abuses and faults, the Tea Party of Richmond, Virginia has taken the initiative to charge their city for past protests they held in order to point out the unfair treatment the mayor and local government gave to the Tea Party while using tax dollars to support the Occupy Wall Street protesters.

Mayor Dwight Jones received an invoice from the Richmond Tea Party for the cost of their rallies and the mayor, conversely, sent a notice to the Tea Party that they were going to be audited. The audit is a blatant attempt to punish the Tea Party for standing up to what is clearly discrimination.

Approximately $8,500.00 was spent by the Tea Party for three rallies, which took place in the same area the Occupiers are currently occupying. They planned and paid for police, portable toilets, park fees and permits. Tax-payers of Virginia are currently paying for the OWS fiasco in that same area, because the Mayor admittedly sympathizes with them.

This is happening all over the country. It is chaos and our president endorses it. It is not Barack Obama’s place to defend or disrupt a protest but when it is costing tax-payers to clean filth off the streets and to maintain the order of these unruly individuals, limits do begin to present themselves and they need to be enforced.

“I guess we’ll be writing a check to the Tea Party people,” said Councilman Bruce W. Tyler, as quoted in the Richmond Times Dispatch. “You can’t treat one group different from the other. It’s unfair.”

702.6 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day91.

Day455 Sunday 11/27/11

ran 3.5 miles
Today ends week sixty-five of running against Obama. I ran 26.5 miles this week, averaging 3.79 miles per day.

Barack Obama has openly staked his claim that he supports the Occupy Wall Street movement. If you want to split hairs we can at least agree that he sympathizes with them. I, on the other hand, feel no sympathy for them and OWS represents every flaw the Democratic Party will never admit to. Remember when the Tea Party once received news coverage? They were ridiculed, belittled, defaced, and generally slammed with every amount of discredit liberals could throw at them. Yet, they were peaceful, respectful, and effective.

Here is the Tea Party’s achievements:

1. Uniting individuals across the American landscape that believe in a balanced budget, low taxes, hard work, freedom, and the Constitution. That’s about it. And these beliefs were effective in firing handfuls of Democratic Congressmen in November of 2010.

What is Occupy Wall Street going to achieve? Shame on anyone who has ever manipulated a contrived comparison of the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street. There is no comparison. Here is a list of what OWS has done (thanks BigGovernment.com and Andrew Breitbart), which holds them back from accomplishing anything meaningful. It’s a long one, but it is worth spot-checking at least a few of their hundreds of failures.

1. NY: 10/1/2011 — Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge. 2. Madison, WI: 10-27-2011 — Madison Occupiers Lose Permit Due to Public Masturbation. 3. Phoenix: 10/28/2011 — Flier at Occupy Phoenix Asks, “When Should You Shoot a Cop?” 4. NY: 10/18/2011 — Thieves Preying on Fellow Protesters. 5. NY: 10/9/2011 — Stinking up Wall Street: Protesters Accused of Living in Filth as Shocking Pictures Show One Demonstrator Defecating on a POLICE CAR. 6. NY: 10/7/2011 — Occupiers Rush Police. 7. Cleveland: 10/18/2011 — ‘Occupy Cleveland’ Protester Alleges She Was Raped. 8. NY: 10/10/2011 — ‘Increasingly Debauched’: Are Sex, Drugs & Poor Sanitation Eclipsing Occupy Wall Street. 9. Seattle: 10/18/2011 — Man Accused of Exposing Self to Children Arrested. 10. 10/12/2011 — Iran Supports ‘Occupy Wall Street’. 11. Portland: 10/16/2011 –#OccupyPortland Protester Desecrates Memorial To U.S. War Dead. 12. Portland: 10/15/2011 — #OccupyPortland Protesters Sing “F*** The USA”. 13. Chicago: 10/17/2011 — COMMUNIST LEADER Cheered at Occupy Chicago. 14. 10/15/2011 — American Nazi Party Endorses Occupy Wall Street‘s ’Courage,‘ Tells Members to Support Protests and Fight ’Judeo-Capitalist Banksters’. 15. Boston: 10/14/2011 — Coast Guard member spit on near Occupy Boston tents. 16. Boston: 10/11/2011 — Boston Police Arrest Over 100 from Occupy Boston. 17. New York: 10/11/2011 — “You Can Have Sex with Animals.”. 18. New York: 10/15/2011 — Harassing Police with Accusations of Phony Injuries. 19. New York: 10/9/2011 — ‘Occupy Wallstreet’ Protesters Steal from Local Businesses. 20. New York: 10/25/2011 — Three Men Threatened to Kill 24-Year-Old Occupy Wall Street Protester for Reporting Rape. 21. Baltimore: 10/18/2011 — #OccupyBaltimore Discourages Sexual Assault Victims from Contacting Police. 22. Portland: 10/27/2011 — Occupy Portland’s Attempt At Wealth Redistribution Ends In Theft. 23. Los Angeles: 10/14/2011 – Anti-Semitic Protester at Occupy Wall Street. 24. 10/27/2011 — A Death Threat From an Occupy Wall Street Protester. 25. 10/27/2011 – Anti-Semitic Tweet From Occupier or Sympathizer. 26. Boston: 10/20/2011 — Occupy Boston Doesn’t Want Police Involved in Rape. 27. New York: 10/5/2011: Anti-Semitic Occupier Screams About Jews, Israel. 28. New York: 10/4/2011 — Occupier Taunts Jewish Man. 29. Boston: 10/2011 — Occupiers Block Street. 30. New York: 10/2011 — Occupier Tries to Steal Police Officer’s Gun. 31. New York: 10/27/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic, Get Arrested. 32. Oakland: 10/27/2011 — Occupiers Throw Garbage at Police. 33. Oakland: 10/19/2011 — Abusive #OccupyOakland Protesters Ban Media from Tent City. 34. Eugene, OR: 10/19/2011 — Occupiers Displace Farmers’ Market Threatening Hundreds of Jobs. 35. Portland, OR: 10/18/2011 — Capitalist Offering Jobs at Occupy Portland Finds Few Takers. 36. NY: 10/20/2011 — #OccupyWallStreet Threatens Businesses, Patrons. 37. NY: 10/14/2011 — Violence Breaks Out During #OccupyWallStreet March Toward Stock Exchange. 38. NY: 10/14/2011 — Protesters March On Wall Street, Scuffle With Cops. 39. Oakland: 10/19/2011 — #OccupyOakland Protesters Threaten Reporter. 40. Oakland: 10/26/2011 — Occupiers Scuffle with Police. 41. Oakland: 10/24/2011 — Protesters Storm, Vandalize, Shut Down Chase Bank. 42. Dayton, OH: 10/22/2011 — Protester: ‘F*ck The Military, F*ck Your Flag, And F*ck The Police’. 43. Chicago: 10/14/2011 — Protesters’ Message At #OccupyChicago Rally: ‘Destroy Israel’. 44. NY: 10/23/2011 — #OccupyWallStreet Supporter Rants Against Israel, Jews. 45. NY: 10/22/2011 — #Occupy Kid: ‘Burn Wall Street, Burn!’. 46. NY: 10/21/2011 — New Yorkers Fed Up With Noisy, Defecating Protesters. 47. Oakland: 10/21/2011 — Occupy Oakland Evicted After Reports Of Crime And Intimidation. 48. Oakland: 10/19/2011 — #OccupyOakland Out of Control: Rats, Graffiti, Vandalism, Sexual Harassment, Public Sex and Urination. 49. Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Occupiers Under Investigation by FBI for Links to Terrorism. 50. Cleveland: 10/29/2011 — Rape Reported at Occupy Cleveland. 51. Dallas: 10/24/2011 — Police Investigating Possible Sexual Assault Of Teen At Occupy Dallas. 52. Bloomington, IN: 10/26/2011 — Man Claims Occupy Bloomington Protesters Drugged, Handcuffed Him. 53. NY: 10/10/2011 — Sex, Drugs and Hiding from the Law at Wall Street Protests. 54. Glasgow: 10/26/2011 — Woman Gang-Raped. 55. Boston: 10/23/2011 — Occupy Boston Protesters Arrested For Dealing Heroin – With 6 Year-Old in Tent. 56. Portland: 10/16/2011 — Sex Offender Registers Occupy Portland Camp as Address. 57. Denver: 10/15/2011 — Occupy Denver Demonstrator Accused of Groping TV Photographer. 58. Lawrence, KS: 10/25/2011 — Sexual Assault Reported at Occupy Camp. 59. Minneapolis, MN: Bricks, Rocks, ‘Riot Supplies’ Discovered by Police. 60. Phoenix, AZ: 10/27/2011 — Neo-Nazis Patrol “Occupy Phoenix” With AR-15Åås. 61. Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Occupy Chicago Invades City Hall. 62. 10/26/2011 — ACORN, Occupy Email Talks About Assault on Banks. 63. 10/26/2011 — OccupyWallStreet Strategy for Reports of Violence Against Cops. 64. Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Unrepentant Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers Wows Occupiers. 65. Chicago: 10/25/2011 — Ayers Coaches #OccupyChicago, Callsg for School ‘Occupations’. 66. 10/26/2011/ — Occupy Protests Have Jewish Leaders Concerned. 67. Wash DC: 10/27/2011 — OccupyDC Leftists Provoke Police – Hang Flag on Top of DC Statue. 68. Albuquerque, NM: 10/26/2011 — Occupy Squatters Riot With Police. 69. San Diego: 10/25/2011 — Flag Used as Chew Toy by Occupier’s Dog. 70. Oakland: 10/25/2011 — Occupiers Throw Bottles at Police. 71. NY: 10/27/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Protesters: Rush Limbaugh Is Bigger Threat Than Al-Qaeda. 72. 10/27/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Launching First Nationwide General Strike in America Since 1946. 73. NY: 10/28/2011 — Fox 5 News Reporter Assaulted at OWS. 74. 10/28/2001 — Total Occupy Arrests Made Thus Far: 2750. 75. Nashville: 10/28/2011 — 30 Arrests Made at Wall St. Protest. 76. NY: 10/20/2011 — Former Marine Tries to Taunt Police into Violence. 77. NY: 1023/2011 — Islamist Group Joins with Occupy Wall Street. 78. Los Angeles: 10/13/2011 — Roundup of Overt Occupy anti-Semitism. 79. NY: 10/12/2011 — There are No Anti-Semites at Occupy Wall Street. Except for This Guy. 80. Missoula, MT: 10/20/2011 — Drunk 11-Year-Old At Occupy Missoula, Adult Arrested. 81. Oakland: 10/28/2011 — Bounty Out On Police Officer? 82. Manchester, NH: 10/28/2011 — Woman charged with pimping teen recruited at Occupy NH rally. 83. San Diego: 10/28/2011 — 40 Occupiers arrested. 84. Boston: 10/24/2011 — Occupy Boston Vandalism of Banks. 85. Boston: 10/25/2011 — Store Owner Suffers 4 Break Ins Since Occupy Boston Began. 86. Portland: 10/28/2011 — Portland Police: Buckets of Excrement Scattered Around #OccupyPortland Camp. 87. Seattle: 10/20/2011 — Two Possible Occupiers Charged With Assault. 88. Seattle: 10/18/2011 — Armed Felon Arrested at Occupy Seattle. 89. Seattle: 10/18/2011 — A Tent Fight and (At Least) One Arrest at Occupy Seattle. 90. Seattle: 10/17/2011 — Over 50 Cops Clear Westlake Occupation, Make Eight Arrests. 91. Seattle: 10/13/2011 — Cops Arrest Several Occupy Protesters. 92. Seattle: 10/13/2011 — Chanting Protesters Surround Police After Officers Arrest Two. 93. Denver: 10/29/2011 — Protesters Clash with Police at OWS Denver. 94. Austin: 10/13/2011 — Occupy Austin protesters arrested for blocking cleaning Crews. 95. Calgary, CN: 10/28/2011 — Occupiers do $40,000 in Property Damage. 96. Cincinnati, OH: 10/21/2011 — 23 Arrested, Remains of protests fill two dumpsters. 97. Sacramento: 10/19/2011 — 9 arrested in ‘Occupy Sacramento’ protest. 98. Sacramento: 10/13/2011 — Four More Occupy Sacramento Demonstrators Arrested. 99. Austin, TX: 10/22/2011 — Man Arrested After Knife Incident at Occupy Austin Camp. 100. Nashville: 10/29/2011 — Tenn. Protesters Arrested For 2nd Straight Night. 101. Austin, TX: 10/30/2011 — Austin Police arrest 38 Occupy Austin Protesters. 102. NY: 10/30/2011 — Woman Assaulted in Her tent. 103. Orlando, FL: 10/28/2011 — Occupy Orlando, police clash over use of downtown park. 104. Orlando, FL: 10/26/2011 — 2 Occupy Orlando protesters arrested for trespass. 105. Orlando, FL: 10/22/2011 — Police arrest 19 Orlando protesters on trespass charges. 106. Asheville, NC: 10/30/2011 — Occupiers Clash with Homeless in Asheville. 107. Nationwide: 10/27/2011 — Pro-Occupy Site claims 2511 Arrests Thus Far. 108. Fort Worth, TX: 10/16/2011 — Arrests at Occupy Fort Worth Protest. 109. NY: 10/29/2011 — Three Incidents of Anti-Semitism. 110. San Francisco: 10/29/2011 — Anti-Semitic, Folsom Street Fair Types & Che Guevara Lovin. 111. Oklahoma City: 10/30/2011 — Death of Street Poet at #OccupyOKC Treated as Homicide. 112. Baltimore: 10/31/2011 — Woman Claims She was Raped at #OccupyBaltimore. 113. Boston: 10/31/2001 — Alleged Heroin Dealer Joined Occupy Movement. 114. Ottawa: 10/31/2011 — #OccupyOttawa Violent & Sexual Assaults Not Reported to Police. 115. Santa Barbara, CA: 10/5/2011 — Occupiers Defy Police. 116. Santa Barbara, CA: 10/6/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested. 117. Denver, CO: 10/31/2011 — Occupiers Taunt Police, Knock Motorcycle Cop to Ground. 118. Dallas, TX: 10/24/2011 — 23 Occupy Dallas Protesters Arrested After Bank Demonstration. 119. Richmond, VA: 10/31/2011 — Arrests of Occupiers in Richmond. 120. Dallas, TX: 1v1/1/2011: Man Arrested for Child Sex assault at Occupy Dallas Camp. 121. NY: 11/1/2011 — Protesters Flock to STD-Test Clinics After Occupier ‘Free Love’. 122. Iowa: 11/1/2011 — Occupiers Intend to Disrupt Iowa Caucus. 123. NY: 11/1/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Costs Main Street Workers Their Jobs. 124. San Diego: 10/29/2011 — Businesswoman Closes Shop After Threats By Occupiers. 125. Palm Desert, CA: 11/1/2011 — Occupiers Arrested. 126. Tampa, FL: 10/24/2011 — Six Occupiers Arrested. 127. Tampa, FL: 10/27/2011 — Two More Arrested In Connection to Occupy Tampa Movement. 128. Tampa, FL: 10/29/2011 — Occupy Tampa Protesters Arrested After Scuffle With Police. 129. Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — Rallies Turn Violent. 130. Seattle, WA: 11/2/2011 — Cops, Protesters Clash. 131. Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — Protests Degenerate Into Chaos. 132. Tulsa, OK: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Clash With Police. 133. Sacramento, CA: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Smash County Vehicle Windows. 134. Philadelphia: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Arrested. 135. Charlottesville, VA: 11/1/2011 — Underage Drinking at Occupy Charlottesville Site. 136. Portland: 11/2/2011 — Occupier Shoves Police Officer into Moving Bus. 137. Oakland: 11/2/2011 — Malkin’s Collection of Vandalism and Menacing Signs. 138. NYC: 11/3/2011 — Occupier Busted In Tent Grope, Suspected In Rape. 139. NYC: 11/4/2011 — 16 OWS Protesters Arrested at Goldman Sachs HQ. 140. Oakland, CA: 11-3-2011 — Occupy-Friendly Business Vandalized. 141. Asheville, NC: 11/3/2011 — 24 Occupiers Arrested. 142. Raleigh, NC: 10/28/2011 — Eight at Occupy Raleigh Arrested After Standoff. 143. NYC: 11/4/2011 — Deranged Homeless Man Goes on Violent Rampage In Zuccotti Park. 144. Dallas, TX: CPS Seizes Baby From ‘Occupy Dallas’ Site. 145. Wash DC: 11/4/2011 — Occupier Uses Child as Human Shield — Video. 146. Wash DC: 11/4/2011 — Occupiers Try to Storm Americans for Prosperity Event — Video. 147. Omaha, NE: 11/3/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested. 148. Atlanta: 11/3/2011 — Protester Turns On Fellow Protester With Knife. 149. Los Angeles: 10/28/2011 — Drug Use and Property Damage. 150. Boston, MA: 11/4/2011 — 3 Charged With Dealing Crack; Occupy Boston ‘Deteriorating’. 151. Boston, MA: 11/4/2011 — Occupiers Storm Israeli Consulate; Anti-Israel Chants — Video. 152. Vancouver, CN: 11/5/2011 — Occupy Vancouver Death Dooms Protest Camp. 153. Fort Collins, CO: 11/4/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Setting Fire to Condo Complex … $10M Damage. 154. Chula Vista, CA: 11/6/2011 — Underage Girl Missing From Occupy Protests. 155. Los Angeles, CA: 11/5/2011 – Two Assaults Raise Concerns About Crime at Occupy L.A. 156. Dallas, TX: 11/5/2011 — Eight Arrests at Dallas Bank Protest. 157. Olympia, WA: 11/5/2011 – Two Occupy Protesters Arrested. 158. Seattle, WA: 11/3/2011 — Occupiers Cost City $426,000; Most of it Police Overtime. 159. Olympia, WA: 11/2/2011 — 3 Occupiers Arrested for Suspected of Robbing Local Wine Merchant. 160. Worcester, MA: 11/6/2011 — 25 Occupiers Arrested. 161. Milwaukee, WI: 11/2/2011 — Photojournalist, Two others Arrested at Protest … Video. 162. Milwaukee, WI: 10/20/2011 — Police Confront Occupier –Video … Arrested. 163. Wash. DC: 11/5/2011 — Rampaging Occupiers Attack 78 Year-Old Woman — Video. 164. Rochester, NY: 11/3/2011 — 161 Occupiers Arrested at Park. 165. NYC: 11/5/2011 — Police Clash With Occupiers, 20 Arrested at Courthouse Protest. 166. NYC: 11/5/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Vandalizing McDonald’s; Wanted Free Food. 167. Asheville, NC: 11/5/2011 — Four Occupiers Arrested. 168. Honolulu, HI: 11/6/2011 — Police Arrest Half-Dozen Occupiers. 169. Waikiki, HI: 11/7/2011 — Two Dozen Occupiers Arrested. 170. Portland, OR: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Threatening Restaurant Employees. 171. Portland, OR: 11/7/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Threatening Security Staff with Hammer. 172. Augusta, GA: 10/28/2011 — Occupier Arrested in Knife Threat. 173. Portland OR: 11/9/2011 — Police Suspect Occupiers in Molotov Cocktail Attack. 174. Sacramento, CA: 11/7/2011 — Homeless Clash With Occupy Protesters At Park. 175. New Orleans: 11/8/2011 — Man Dead for Two Days Found in Occupy Encampment. 176. San Diego: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Splatter Vendor Food Carts with Blood, Urine. 177. Los Angeles: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Shut Down Burger King — Video. 178. Atlanta, GA: 11/6/2011 — Occupiers Arrested After Attacking Police. 179. St. Louis, MO: 11/9/2011 — Occupiers Hack Into Mayor’s Website. 180. Oakland, CA: 11/8/2011 — “Dangerous” Occupiers Hurting Small Business Owners. 181. Vancouver, CN: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Bite Two Police Officers. 182. Wash DC: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Use Children to Block Traffic — Video. 183. Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — Occupiers Threaten Citizen-Journalist – Video. 184. Wash DC: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Use Racial Taunts Against Black Security Guard — Video. 185. Eureka, CA: 11/9/2011 — Occupier Defecates in Bank – Video. 186. Wash DC: 11/5/2011 – Occupiers Menace Children, Female Reporter – Video. 187. Portland, OR: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Menace News Crew – Video. 188. NYC: 11/8/2011 — Occupier: ‘I Wouldn’t Give a F**k if 9/11 Happened 911 More Times’. 189. NYC: 11/8/2011 — Small Business Owner Threatened, Terrorized By Occupiers. 190. San Francisco, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupier Threatens Park Ranger. 191. Burlington, VT: 11/10/2011 — Veteran Shoots Self at Encampment. 192. Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — ‘Occupy Oakland’ Goes After Cop. 193. NYC: 11/10/2011 — EMT Assaulted at Occupy Wall Street. 194. San Diego, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupier Attacks Woman with Camera. 195. Berekely, CA: 11/10/2011 — 39 Occupiers Arrested. 196. Westwood, CA: 11/9/2011 — 11 Occupiers Arrested for Blocking Traffic. 197. Fresno, CA: 11/9/2011 — 40 Occupiers Arrested. 198. Toledo, OH: 11/1/2011 — 2 Occupiers Arrested. 199. Houston, TX: 11/9/2011 — 10 Occupiers Arrested. 200. NYC: 11/8/2011 — Hobbyist Photographer Describes Assault in Zuccotti Par. 201. Oakland, CA: 11/10/2011: Fatal Shooting Over Drugs. 202. Oakland: CA: 11/10/2011 — Protesters Attack News Crew Covering Fatal Shooting. 203. Pasadena, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Announce Plans to Disrupt Rose Bowl Parade. 204. Tampa, FL 11/10/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested. 205. Portland, OR: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Billed for Police Car Vandalism. 206. Olympia, WA: 11/11/2011 — Occupiers Asked to Pack Up After Assault, Drug Arrests. 207. Denver, CO: 11/11/2011 — Occupiers Storm BlogCon 11 … One Arrest. 208. Salt Lake City, UT: 11/12/2011 — Protest Shut Down After Body Discovered In Tent. 209. San Francisco: 11/8/2011 — Shoplifting, Fights On The Rise Around Encampment. 210. San Francisco: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Accused of Ferry Building Thefts, Filth. 211. San Francisco: 11/10/2011 — Protester Busted For Gun Violation Arrested Again. 212. Mobile, AL: 11/9/2011 — 18 Occupy Protesters Arrested. 213. New Orleans: 11/11/2011 — Death at Campsite Attributed To Alcohol Abuse. 214. San Francisco: 11/12/2011 — Occupier Slashes Police Officer With Razor, Another Injured. 215. Portland: 11/13/2011 — Three Arrested with Mortars, Fireworks. 216. Chapel Hill, NC: 11/13/2011 — Eight Occupiers for Trespassing. 217. Norfolk, VA: Six Occupiers Arrested. 218. Philadelphia, PA: 11/13/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Rape. 219. Portland, OR: 10/27/2011 — Sexual Assault: ‘nobody should contact the police’ — Video. 220. NYC: 11/12/2011 — Occupiers Plan Mass Trespassing Campaign. 221. Oakland, CA: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Plan Mass Trespassing Campaign. 222. Salt Lake City, UT: 11/12/2011 — 19 Occupiers Arrested. 223. St. Louis, MO: 11/13/2011 — 27 Occupiers Arrested. 224. St. Louis, MO: 11/12/2011 — Occupier Arrested. 225. NYC: 11/13/2011 — Occupier Slugs Police Officer. 226. Oakland, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Withdraw Resolution to Remain Peaceful. 227. Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — Occupier Requires Life-Saving CPR After Drug Overdose. 228. Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — 4 Reports of Substance Abuse. 229. Olympia, WA: 11/12/2011: Growing Number of Drug, Violence Complaints. 230. Atlanta, GA: 11/10/2011 — TB Breaks Out at Occupy Home Base. 231. NYC: 11/13/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Costs Local Businesses $479,400. 232. Nationwide: 11/11/2011 — Occupy Death Toll Hits 7. 233. Seattle, WA: 11-14-2011 — Occupier Defecates on Public Sidewalk. 234. Hartford, CT: 10/16/2011 — Occupier Charged After Pulling Knife. 235. Dallas, TX: 11/14/2011 — 9-Month-Old Baby Removed From Camp Due to Health Concerns, Neglect. 236. Albuquerque, NM: 10/27/2011 — 2 Occupiers Arrested. 237. Albuquerque, NM: 10/26/2011 — More Than a Dozen Occupiers Arrested. 238. Albuquerque, NM: 10/22/2011 — Knife Attack at Occupy Camp. 239. Albuquerque, NM: 10/27/2011 — Police Forced to Remove Occupiers From Park Again, 37 Arrested. 240. Albuquerque, NM: 10/8/2011 — Occupier Arrested. 241. University of New Mexico: 11/8/2011 — Sordid Story of Lawlessness, Dozens of Arrests, Spitting on Walmart Customer. 242. Albuquerque, NM: 10/16/2011 — Occupier Cited for Blocking Traffic. 243. Portland, OR: 11/14/2011 — 51 Occupiers Arrested. 244. Portland, OR: 11/14/2011 — Occupiers Smash Bank Windows. 245. Albany, NY: 11/15/2011 — 20 Occupiers Arrested. 246. Near Salem, OR: 11/13/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested With Explosives. 247. Wash DC: 11/11/2011 — Occupy’ Mom ‘Won’t Stop’ Putting Protest Above Her Kids’ Safety. 248. NYC: 11/15/2011: — Hundreds of Occupiers Arrested, Chaos, Resisting Arrest, Object Thrown at Police. 249. Houston, TX: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Arrested. 250. Minnesota: 11/15/2011 — Occupy Minnesota Costs Taxpayers $10,000+ Each Day. 251. Austin, TX: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Accused of Masturbating in Front of 16 Year-old Girl. 252. San Francisco, CA: 11/15/2011 — Deadly Dog Disease Spreads at Occupy Camp. 253. Philadelphia, PA: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Assaulting Woman. 254. Philadelphia, PA: 11/15/2011 — Occupiers Vandalize Dilworth Plaza With Graffiti and Feces – Video. 255. Santa Cruz, CA: 11/15/2011 — Ringworm, Scabies Outbreak at Occupy Camp. 256. Oakland, CA: 11/14/2011 — Occupiers Cost Taxpayers $2.4 Million. 257. Wash DC: 11/16/2011 — Suspected White House Shooter Spent Time with OccupyDC. 258. Pittsburgh, PA: 11/15/2011 — Five Occupiers Arrested for Disorderly Conduct, Blocking Traffic. 259. San Francisco, CA: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Storm Bank, 95 Arrested. 260. Chicago, IL: 11/16/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Child Porn. 261. NYC: 11/16/2011 — Dozens Of Hypodermic Needles Found In Zuccotti Park. 262. NYC: 11/16/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Making Terror Threats — Video … More. 263. Dallas, TX: 11/17/2011 — 18 Occupiers Arrested. 264. Charlotte, NC: 11/14/2011 — Two Occupiers Arrested. 265. Charlotte, NC: 11/15/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested. 266. Ottawa, CN: 10/29/2011 — Feces, Urine, and Blood Covered Blanket Hung Over Tent. 267. Los Angeles, CA: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Charged With Masturbating In Front of Children. 268. Los Angeles, CA: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Attempting to Light Food Vendor On Fire. 269. NYC: 11/15/2011 — City Claims Occupy Wall Street Protesters Were Stockpiling Weapons. 270. Wash DC: 11/15/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic, Three Injuries. 271. NYC: 11/16/2011 — 150 Trashmen Needed to Clean Occupy Park Filth. 272. Los Angeles: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Block Freeways, 26 Arrested. 273. NYC: 11/17/2011 – Mob of Occupiers Taunt, Bully Small School Children. 274. San Francisco, CA: 11/17/2011 — Lice, Fleas, Disease Spread in Camp. 275. NYC: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Create Citywide Mayhem, 275 Arrested. 276. West Jordan, UT: 11/17/2011 — Occupier Hurls Molotov Cocktail at Bank. 277. NYC: 11/17/2011 — Police Officer Slashed, Others Attacked. 278. NYC: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Throw Vinegar In Eyes of Police Officers. 279. Lincoln, NE: 11/5/2011 — 4 Occupiers Arrested at Bank Protest. 280. San Diego, CA: 1/17/2011 — Occupiers Hold Moment of Silence In ‘Solidarity’ With Accused Obama Would-Be Assassin — Video. 281. Melbourne, AU: 11/18/2011 — Children as Young as 12 Given Drugs, Alcohol. 282. Los Angeles, CA: 11/17/2011 — Dozens of Occupiers Arrested at Bank Protest. 283. Denver, CO: 11/16/2011 — Residents Complain Police Response Slowed Due to Occupiers. 284. Denver, CO: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic. 285. Denver, CO: 11/18/2011 — Occupiers Charged With Inciting a Riot, Assaulting Police Officer. 286. Columbus, OH: 11/15/2011 — 7 Occupiers Arrested for Refusing to Leave Bank. 287. St. Louis, MO: 11/18/2011 — Woman Sexually Assaulted. 288. Portland, OR: 11/18/2011 — Occupier Punches Police Horse – Video. 289. Missoula, MT: 10/26/2011 — Occupier Charged With Getting 11-Year-Old Drunk. 290. Portland, OR: 11/17/2011 — Occupier Brags About Urinating In Public — Video. 291. Chicago, IL: 11/17/2011 — 58% Believe Violence Against Government Sometimes Necessary. 292. Portland, OR: 11/18/2011 — Ocupier Uses Infant as Human Shield — Video. 293. NYC: 11/18/2011 — Mob Calls For Revolutio,n Screams “F*ck cops! F*ck police!” — Video. 294. Portland, ME: 11/19/2011 — Two Occupiers Arrested for Brutal Assaults. 295. Orlando, FL: 11/14/2011 — Two Occupiers Fight, One Injured By Knife. 296. Pensacola, FL: 11/18/2011 — Occupier Charged With Burglary, Brought Furniture to Occupy Camp. 297. NYC: 11/19/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Blocking Traffic Also Wanted in Indiana. 298. Philadelphia, PA: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Arrested During Protest. 299. Seattle, WA: 11/17/2011 — Hundreds of Occupiers Snarl Traffic Around Medical Center. 300. Columbia, SC: 11/16/2011 — At Least 15 Occupiers Arrested. 301. Mobile, AL: 11/17/2011 — Occupier Arrested in Government Building. 302. Dallas, TX: 11/2011 — Media List of Occupy Arrests, Infractions. 303. Santa Cruz, CA: 11/19/2011 — County Officials Release List of 93 Acts of Lawlessness In and Around Occupy Camp. 304. Santa Cruz, CA: 11/19/2011: Occupiers Suspected of Dumping 200 Pounds of Human Feces Near Veterans Building. 305. Berkeley, CA: 11/18/2011 — Woman Assaulted for Refusing to Join Occupy. 306. Des Moines, IA: 11/20/2011 — Occupy Leader Arrested on Drug Charges. 307. NYC: 11/20/2011 — Occupier Arrested With Handgun, Ammo. 308. Eugene, OR: 11/19/2011 — Heroin Overdose at Occupy Cam. 309. Seattle, WA: 11/19/2011 — 70 Occupiers Trespass on Foreclosed Home. 310. Portland, ME: 11/19/2011 — Three Occupiers Charged, Including a Hammer Attack. 311. NYC: 11/18/2011 — ‘Runaway Mom’ Arrested for Disorderly Conduct. 312. Hartford, CT: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Blocking Traffic. 313. Austin, TX: 11/18/2011 — Five Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing. 314. Minneapolis, MN: 11/20/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Burglary, Blocking Police Car — Video. 315. Oakland, CA; 11/20/2011 — Occupiers Defy Legal Eviction, Return to Camp. 316. Wash DC: 11/19/2011 — 11 Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing. 317. San Francisco, CA: 11/18/2011 — Camp Declared Public Health Nuisance; Eviction Deadline Passes. 318. Oakland, CA: 11/19/2011 — Occupiers Plan to Shut Down all Ports on West Coast. 319. NYC: 11/19/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Forcibly Touching Woman. 320. NYC: 11/21/2011 — Occupiers Pledge to Stick It to Taxpayers. 321. Houston, TX: 11/22/2011 — 15 Rounds fired Into Occupy Camp, Gunmen Shot & Arrested. 322. London: 11/21/2011 — Occupiers Defecate in St. Paul’s Cathedral. 323. Oakland, CA: 11/21/2011 — Occupy Oakland Hosts Gay Porn Movie Shoot. 324. Oakland, CA: 11/22/2011 — Domestic Terror Group, Weather Underground, Joins #Occupy. 325. Columbia, SC: 11/21/2011 — Occupiers Defy Curfew. 326. NYC: 11/21/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested After Rowdy Demonstration Outside Mayor’s Home. 327. Phoenix, AZ:; 11/21/2011 — Eight Occupiers Arrested. 328. Albany, NY: 11/20/2011 — 48 Occupiers Arrested. 329. Pensacola, FL: 11/21/2011 — City Hall Vandalized After Occupy Protest. 330. Fort Meyers, FL: 11/20/2011 — Occupier Arrested On Bomb Threat Charges — Video. 331. Milwaukee, WI: 10/20/2011 — Occupier Arrested at Bank Protest — Video. 332. Nationwide: 11/23/2011 — Occupiers Cost Taxpayers $13 million, So Far. 333. Toronto, CN: 11/23/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested.

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