Finished goal of running the distance of 2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C and back!!!...plus 339.1 miles

0.0 miles run this week.
Daily running average for the week is 0.00 miles per day.
Total amount run in the past 800 days is 2,419.1 miles.
Daily running average overall is 3.02 miles per day.

Day194 Friday 03/11/11

ran 1.4 miles
  • Mississippi was the twentieth state to join the union on December 10, 1817, one year before Illinois and one year after Indiana.
  • Population, as of 2010, is 2,967,297.
  • Senators are Thad Cochran (R) and Roger Wicker (R).
  • Representatives are Alan Nunnelee (R), Bennie Thompson (D), Gregg Harper (R), and Steven Palazzo (R).
  • Mississippi has six electoral votes. The state had seceded from the union during the Civil War and did not participate in the 1864 or 1868 presidential elections. Mississippi had voted almost exclusively with the Democratic Party from reconstruction through the early 1960s. Since 1972, the state has voted Republican, except for 1976 (Jimmy Carter). Three times since World War II, Mississippi voted for third-party candidates, more than any other state. John McCain beat Barack Obama 56% to 43% in 2008.
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Those were Rahm Emanuel’s words back in 2009. With that in mind, thank you Huffington Post for using shallow scare tactics to move your political vehicle forward on the axles of Japan’s devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. Directly under an image of Japan torn asunder and engulfed in flames reads the headline “Tsunami Relief And Preparedness Cut In GOP Budget Proposal”.

Thoughts and prayers with those who suffered the disaster in Japan.

1,529.0 miles to go.
Labels:

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 12, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    Scare tactics is a good topic and one that Republican's are no stranger to. Just read about the leaked presentation from RNC Finance Director Rob Bickhart where he depicts the Obama administration ad "The Evil Empire" which includes the image of Obama depicted in Heath Ledger's Joker make-up.

    Fear tactics obstruct debating complex issues with misinformation. Death Panels, socialism. Obama is a Muslim, don't fill out your census form, stressing that Obama's middle name is Hussein, Glenn Beck....

    Kennedy said the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. A handbill circulated on November 21, 1963, in Dallas one day before his assassination is a reminder that we should stop using fear tactics.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wanted_for_treason.jpg


    Jason

    ReplyDelete
  2. MichaelMarch 12, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    Scare tactics have always been around and they always will be. Not implying that Republicans or any other political party of the past or present has been free of instilling fear in the hearts of Americans. In fact, the day that politicians and pundits stopped expressing fear-mongering ideas and dramatizing events to their own ends, I would question whether I had not been abducted and taken to another planet where leaders actually made big collective decisions based on pure motives because it just doesn't happen here. It's an ugly truth, but it is what it is.
    I accept it as a circumstance of everyday life and if I read something I feel is a lie or rubbish or seeks to undermine something I hold as respectful and important, I simply don't read it.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousMarch 13, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    Misinformation is definitely a proven political weapon. I hope it backfires on those that use it.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)