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.

706.9 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day90.

Day454 Saturday 11/26/11

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Money slated for health law gets detoured
Washington Times---Paige Winfield Cunningham

“In cash-strapped Washington, President Obama’s $1 trillion health care law is presenting a tempting target for lawmakers seeking funds for other projects, as Congress last week raided the health care piggy bank for the third time in less than a year.”

Last Monday President Obama signed $11 billion to pay for the cost of repealing a withholding tax that would have affected government contractors in 2013. There were two other withholding bills (in December and April), which tweaked the health care law to put tax dollars toward other priorities.

To date, approximately $50 billion designated for Obamacare has been allocated elsewhere to pay for more severe and present needs.

“Both earlier efforts dealt with health care issues, but the bill Mr. Obama signed Monday marks the first time that the massive 2010 law has been tapped to fund something completely unrelated.”

WOLF: Obamacare waiver corruption must stop
Washington Times---Dr. Milton R. Wolf

“Selective enforcement of the law is the first sign of tyranny. A government empowered to determine arbitrarily who may operate outside the rule of law invariably embraces favoritism as friends, allies and those with the best-funded lobbyists are rewarded. Favoritism inevitably leads to corruption, and corruption invites extortion. Ultimately, the rule of law ceases to exist in any recognizable form, and what is left is tyranny.”

“Mr. Obama’s own Medicare chief actuary now acknowledges that Obamacare may cause up to 20 million Americans to lose their current health insurance policies, and doctors are increasingly leaving Medicare, Medicaid and the practice of medicine altogether. Good luck keeping them. Another unkeepable promise: Obamacare 'will create 4 million jobs, 400,000 jobs almost immediately.' The Congressional Budget Office’s budget director estimates the law actually will destroy 800,000 jobs.”

“So far, seven entire states and 1,372 businesses, unions and other institutions have received waivers from the law. The list includes the administration’s friends and allies and, of course, those who have the best lobbyists.”

Why are so many of Obama’s friends receiving exemption from something touted as fair and beneficial?

Nearly 20 percent of new Obamacare waivers are gourmet restaurants, nightclubs, fancy hotels in Nancy Pelosi’s district
Daily Caller---Matthew Boyle

“Of the 204 new Obamacare waivers President Barack Obama’s administration approved in April, 38 are for fancy eateries, hip nightclubs and decadent hotels in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s Northern California district. That’s in addition to the 27 new waivers for health care or drug companies and the 31 new union waivers Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services approved.”

710.4 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day89.

Day453 Friday 11/25/11

CBSNews Photo

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I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and if you ventured out into the dawn of Black Friday hopefully you did not encounter too many Occupy Black Friday antics. These people behind OWS appear to me as mindless sheep who have zero ambition to move from the barren little spot they’ve been grazing on for their entire lives. No ambition to simply try a new spot and find greater pastures. Instead, they would rather persecute all the others who do have the courage, ambition, and belief in themselves necessary to explore all of the proverbial pastures they choose.

Boycott Black Friday? Brilliant. It is common knowledge that when the federal government hikes taxes on big business or tightens up regulations, especially in an economy like this, people get laid off and the cost are simply passed on to the consumers. On a smaller scale of consumers boycotting big business, if the corporations are at too much of a loss, once again, jobs are lost and costs are raised.

"The idea is simple, hit the corporations that corrupt and control American politics where it hurts, their profits."

Occupy Black Friday Facebook page

I hope somebody takes the initiative one day to collect as many of the names they can find to make a list of the people who are orchestrating all of this destructive, counterproductive behavior. If I ever start a small business in a post-Obama America I would be disappointed to learn that I may have hired an individual who was so completely disconnected with all reality and logic. I would be surprised to see a man or woman who has the time to sit in parks all day and to scream in streets all night at months at a time tell me that he or she is looking for a job and choosing to reverse their mindless, sheepish ways.

Many of these protestors are young and still trying to figure things out for themselves so there is certainly room for them to grow and to see what other pastures await them. But, these older, bitter, resentful, stubborn, relentless, America-hating sticks in the mud---shame on you.

Haven’t heard much about the Tea Party lately, but they took a stand against the Occupiers by holding a “BUYcott Black Friday”, encouraging consumers to spend as much as their pockets will allow. That sounds more like America.

"At a time when our economy is most fragile and ratings agencies are talking about another downgrade of the U.S. credit rating, it's completely irresponsible for Occupy Wall Street to attempt to bring the U.S. economy to a halt on the busiest shopping day of the year."

Tea Party Spokesman John Sullivan

712.7 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day88.

Day452 Thursday 11/24/11

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No politics today. Thanks for following this blog and I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

716.1 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day87.

Day451 Wednesday 11/23/11

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Ron Paul has been surging in the polls and I have not posted much about him. The reason being he strikes me as agreeable in some ways, such as civil liberties and strictly adhering to the Constitution, but in other ways he is more than controversial. Legalizing marijuana, pulling troops on a massive scale, abandoning Israel, ending the Fed---these ideas may seem attractive or appalling on the surface, but either way, many of the changes Ron Paul wants to implement are definitively radical and, therefore, difficult. Just look at how hard of a time our current radically liberal president is having deconstructing America and reconstructing it on a socialistic model.

Here are some quotes from Ron Paul:

“Lobbyists get paid more than Congressmen because they write more laws than we do.”

“The federal war on drugs is a total failure, at least let sick people have marijuana.”

“1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.”

“As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the policemen of the world, and that we should not be nation building. And its time we got those values back into this country.”

“I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up and that is why our economy is on the brink.”

“Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted an early United Nations, League of Nations. But it was the conservatives, Republicans, that stood up against him.”

“There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that limit government. Government is the enemy of liberty. Government should be very restrained.”

“There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator and our liberty comes from our creator. It has nothing to do with government granting it.”

“When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.”

“You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.”

720.3 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day86.

Day450 Tuesday 11/22/11

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In case you were wondering what all the Occupy protestors have been demonstrating in the streets, in a concentrated form, here you go. Straight out of www.occupywallst.com here are “The Top 10 Things OWS Should Be Doing”.

1. Put pressure on the justice department to actually have an investigation into the fraud that caused the financial crisis and required us to bailout the banks and financial institutions. Then, make sure they know it will never happen again.

2. Find every individual in every bank who gamed the system and made 'liar loans' for people who had no business buying a home, and if the evidence is sufficient, file charges against them for fraud. Anyone who would think about doing that again would think twice. If there is no punishment no one will have the incentive to stop doing it.

3. Make an amendment to Dodd-Frank that says no bonuses will be allowed to the executive officers of any corporation within 7 years of filing for government bankruptcy protection.

4. Freeze all student loans until unemployment is less than 6% for at least 3 quarters in a row. If it goes above 7%, freeze it again. (All student loan debt could have been paid off if we had gotten out of Iraq just 5 months sooner.

5. Put the tax rates back to the way it was when Ronald Reagan took office. It seems like conservatives would get behind that. It would make the top rate 70% of everything over (about) $370,000 a year.

6. Make banks and financial institutions show a completely transparent and real-time minute by minute spread sheet, accessible by anyone, that shows the institution's balance sheets, cash on hand, debt they are carrying, how many loans they are holding and have sold and the value of all that debt. (Analysts would easily be able to tell if an institution was going down a path that would show the possibility of failure and fraud.)

7. Get all the money out of politics. I mean, ALL the money. All campaigns would be financed 100% by the American people. No one would be allowed to accept any donations from anyone, or even use their own money. In this way the people would own the politicians instead of whatever corporation or special interest group can shovel into their coffers.

8. When you work for the people you will accept no money or favors from any lobbyist or special interest, or anyone, for that matter. If we pay you $170,000 a year that better be the only number on your IRS tax form. You are there to SERVE the people, not line your pockets with dirty cash.

9. Raise the minimum wage. Any American who is willing to work 40 hours a week should be able to put a roof over his head, pay some basic utilities, and buy some health groceries. It should be enough that we will eliminate the 'working poor'. If you have a full-time job you will be ok.

10. Let's solve at least one problem, homelessness. I propose we start a national lottery program where ALL of the profits go to getting all homeless people off the streets and help them get the treatment and housing they need.

They make some valid points but they also grasp at nonsense. I favor numbers three, seven, and ten.

(3) The bonuses these executives are given (tax dollars from the bailout) for doing nothing more than creating a mess by taking advantage of others and then being saved by federal tax dollars are inexcusable. Seven years without a bonus is a modest punishment for sabotaging and manipulating an entire nation for one’s own gain.

(7) This one sounds perfectly logical, which is usually a reliable sign that it would never work in Washington. Way too much common sense here. Politicians elected by the people and not by corporations and special interests?

(10) I like this one. But I fear it would be way too much money going through way too many hands before a mere fraction of what was intended for the homeless ever even reached them.

Today in New Hampshire Obama, after being heckled by OWS protestors, calmed them down and finally acknowledged the Occupy protest movement by saying “You are the reason I ran for office.” That’s sort of a definitive statement. Not “one of the” reasons but “the” reason. Thanks a lot, Mr. President. I am quite a few hundred thousand dollars short of being a millionaire yet I have an even greater distance and disagreement with the Occupy Wall Street movement. And I am far from alone. This B.O. quote is just one more of many reasons that I did not vote for him in 2008 and I will not be voting for him in 2012.

723.9 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day85.

Day449 Monday 11/21/11

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"After months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee’s deadline."

---Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) of the debt Super Committee appointed to find $1.5 trillion in debt savings over a ten-year period.

There’s tax dollars hard at work. I’m not sure how much money the members of the Superbly Challenged Committee earned while sitting in boardrooms staring at one another achieving nothing, but I’m sure it was a lot. And after all was said and done the profound quote stated above was the final collective summation of these undeserving members of Congress’ misspent toils.

That quote above is possibly the dumbest and most insulting message they could have contrived. Maybe that has been what they’ve been up to all this time…coming up with the most ridiculous thing they could think of to say to the Americans they represent. It’s like saying, “After months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it is not possible to stick a square peg with one-inch sides into a circular hole with a one-inch diameter before the committee’s deadline. But thanks for the million dollars you paid us to reach this determination.”

Huffington Post published a poll today that found Congress currently has a 9% approval rating. Concluding that these were unacceptably low numbers, HuffPo took the liberty of comparing the 9% to other low approval ratings. For example, 11% of Americans approve of polygamy, 30% of Americans approve of pornography, the idea of America becoming a communist nation received 11%, banks earned 23% approval, and the BP oil spill got a 16% approval rating. The IRS had 40% approval in 2009. The Airline Industry and Lawyers have 29% in 2011. Nixon during Watergate had 23% approval. Paris Hilton has 15% approval. And finally, Hugo Chavez in 2007 matches Congress at 9% in 2011.

728.2 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day84.

Day448 Sunday 11/20/11

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Now that is refreshing. Even Chris Matthews is pointing out how flawed, disingenuous and unmotivated our president is. This man could be a pioneer in a possible mass-movement liberal media renaissance of enlightenment. Probably not, but I certainly enjoyed watching that video. There has been a lot of buzz for a long time about Obama being encouraged to step down for the sake of the Democratic Party, to be replaced by none other than Hillary Clinton. The gears may be grinding on a new Democratic machine.

Today ends week sixty-four of running against Obama. I ran 17.2 miles this week, averaging 2.46 miles per day.

In a story from the National Journal, written by Michael Catalini, he courts Hillary into the bigger picture and the title speaks for itself: “Democratic Pollsters: Obama Should Abandon Run for Second Term”. Two one-time Democratic pollsters, Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen, suggest Barack Obama should not run for a second term, as Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson had decided not to, even though they could have.

Caddell was a pollster for Jimmy Carter and Schoen was a pollster for Bill Clinton. They both agree that “He (Obama) should abandon his candidacy for re-election in favor of a clear alternative, one capable not only of saving the Democratic Party, but more important, of governing effectively and in a way that preserves the most important of the president's accomplishments. He should step aside for the one candidate who would become, by acclamation, the nominee of the Democratic Party: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.”

The two pollsters argued one year ago that if Barack Obama pursued his excessively partisan path, the nation would be further divided and Congress would be gridlocked at the worst possible time.

“The result has been exactly as we predicted: stalemate in Washington, fights over the debt ceiling, an inability to tackle the debt and deficit, and paralysis exacerbating market turmoil and economic decline,” Caddell and Schoen wrote.

733.4 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day83.

Day447 Saturday 11/19/11

Politico

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Rocky Twyman, self-proclaimed “prayer warrior”, suggests Barack Obama should drop a knee like Tim Tebow and break into prayer as he travels from state to state and speaks. Twyman, of Baltimore’s Rising Sun Baptist Church, led a “Pray at the Pump” movement to seek God’s intervention to lower gas prices.

“We have never heard him PUBLICLY thank God for allowing him to become the first black United States president or for awarding him the Nobel Peace Prize after being in office for only 10 days. I dare President Obama to start publicly praising God at his upcoming campaign stops and State of the Union speech. Such acts will result in prosperity for a nation that is on the verge of a financial and spiritual collapse.”

Rocky Twyman

This country, our America, is fading away, pulled apart and divided, and I also, in a less boisterous manner than Twyman, firmly believe it would be a uniting gesture to bring this country back together on a spiritual level. In fact, I think his numbers would soar if he would make a humble act of this nature. Bend a knee, thank God for your blessings, and pray for your nation’s future.

“I and many of my prayer warriors firmly believe that the Obama administration would be able to solve the serious unemployment and economic problems facing this nation if he gave praise and glory to God publicly for the blessings that he has received as president.”

Rocky Twyman

735.1 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day82.

Day446 Friday 11/18/11

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Here are 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 40% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential index rating of –20.

• Overall, 44% of voters at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance while 54% at least somewhat disapprove.

• Among American voters, 69% say the federal government does not have the right to require the purchase of health insurance.

• Only 25% of Americans believe government bailouts were good for America.

• Reaching a new high, 65% oppose automatic citizenship for babies born in America to illegal immigrants.

735.2 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day81.

Day445 Thursday 11/17/11

Iowa Republican Caucus poll from Rasmussen Reports:
Gingrich 32%
Romney 19%
Cain 13%

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

• Virginia was the tenth state to join the union on June 25, 1788, one month before New York and four days after New Hampshire.

• Population, as of 2010, is 8,001,024.

• Senators are Mark Warner (D) and Jim Webb (D).

• Representatives are Rob Wittman (R), Scott Rigell (R), Robert Scott (D), Randy Forbes (R), Robert Hurt (R), Robert Goodlatte (R), Eric Cantor (R), James Moran (D), Morgan Griffith (R), Frank Wolf (R), and Gerald Connolly (D).

• Virginia has thirteen electoral votes. Historically, the state has voted almost exclusively blue from Reconstruction through 1948. From 1952 through 2004, Virginia had voted exclusively red except for Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Barack Obama defeated John McCain 53% to 46% in 2008.

737.2 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day80.

Day444 Wednesday 11/16/11

$15 TRILLION!!!

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Now that’s a mile marker worth mentioning. Today our national debt raised the bar on disappointment. If that’s not enough to cast a black cloud over our collective American future, here is something else---the Fed was recently audited for the first time in its nearly one hundred year history. Turns out that between December of 2007 and June of 2010, $16 trillion (yes, $16,000,000,000,000.00) was spent bailing out world banks, corporations, and governments. The deeper this rabbit hole goes the more daunting the task becomes of making sense of anything. $16 trillion is $1 trillion more than our national debt! And this money was spent all over the world while America has plenty of its own problems. Check out this article. There are tables of where this money in the hundreds of billions by hundreds of billions went. This audit was led by Ron Paul, Alan Grayson, Jim DeMint, and Bernie Sanders. This is Bernie Sanders’ Senate webpage and it has more information on this abuse of common sense.

738.9 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day79.

Day443 Tuesday 11/15/11

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Here is an astonishingly disappointing portion of the American electorate. I think we might be in...month three now, maybe, with OWS and these people have obviously got nothing better to do. I'd like to stand on a soap box for a couple of months and scream my grievances but I am more interested in maintaining what I work so hard for presently and setting goals for my future. And, after all this time, Barack Obama has done nothing to calm down this motley crew. His silence enables them.

On a lighter note, here are some stats and polls from Rasmussen Reports:

• Barack Obama’s presidential index rating shows that 25% of American voters strongly approve of his performance while 40% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential index rating of –15.

Our president has been gaining some points in the last couple weeks. Three or four weeks ago he was between –20 and –23.

• Overall, 49% of voters at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance while 51% at least somewhat disapprove.

• The Generic Congressional Ballot shows that Republicans and Democrats are tied at 41%. For the two entire previous years Republicans have led every single week until now.

The tides seem to be changing. We are still far away from the election but these numbers are interesting. What changed? Occupy Wall Street? Foreign matters? The economy and domestic policy are still nonplussing factors in our president’s equation.

• A generic Republican candidate holds a slight lead in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida over Barack Obama.

• Leading up to the Supreme Court reviewing the constitutionality of Obama’s health care plan, a majority of voters favor its repeal.

740.3 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day78.

Day442 Monday 11/14/11

ran 6.3 miles
Legendary game-show host Chuck Woolery has been busy “solving America’s problems one trillion dollars at a time”. He has released a series of videos taking on issue after issue with both seriousness and farce. The particular video above actually makes a great point. If people like Warren Buffet and Matt Damon would like to raise taxes on themselves and others who earn absurdly large sums of money, why wait for a stalemated congress or an executive order from a president. They can give as much money as they would like as many times as they would like by simply logging onto www.treasurydirect.gov and giving whatever amount of money they feel is efficient. Lead by example.

If you can believe it, people actually do donate money to the cause of our national debt. After already being taxed, certain individuals give even more. Last year alone $3,277,369.23 was donated. The six years before that received at least over one million dollars per year.

Lead us Buffet. Lead us Damon. If you want to pay more taxes here is your opportunity to be pioneers in this movement. You can trust the government. They will put that money to good use.

Keep up the good work, Chuck!

744.3 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day77.

Day441 Sunday 11/13/11

ran 3.2 miles

Today ends week sixty-three of running against Obama. I ran 26.0 miles this week, averaging 3.71 miles per day.

I’ve been endorsing Herman Cain for a long time now. What attracts me to Mr. Cain’s ideas are his business experience, his direct approach to fixing the economy, the fact that he has never been an elected official, and I have one last selfish desire. Of all the candidates before us, Herman Cain is the man I want to see debate Barack Obama when that time comes. I believe Cain to be the most competent and able, passionate and driven, effective and direct means to exploit through debate to America exactly how unacceptable so many of Barack Obama’s decisions and actions have been during his presidency.

This is the way I see it. This is what I think is crippling America and this is what I think needs to happen. Our economy is the spine of our nation. As with a human body, if the spine becomes too injured or crippled to allow the rest of the body to work, paralysis occurs. America’s proverbial spine is degenerating and has been for a long time. Herman Cain has taken nearly bankrupted companies and flipped them right side up into a position of profitability. Our current president is spending us into oblivion. There is no other word to describe the amount of money this man is spending than to use an incomprehensible word like oblivion. But, all the while, we continue to give money to so many other countries that despise us while we have plenty of troubles of our own here on our own soil. America is the most taxed nation on Earth for conducting business and an excess of rules and regulations make it that much harder for existing businesses to thrive and for new businesses to begin.

There are a lot of issues out there that are up for debate but the point I am trying to make is that if we do not revitalize the ability of our spine, or our economy, to once again twist and turn and spark with life, to work the way it is intended to work, what else matters without that one, most important foundation?

Everyone gets health care now? Cool. Good luck with that in a crumbling economy. Gays can openly join the military. Awesome. I’m sure their families and partners would be a lot happier for them back home if more jobs were available and there were brighter plans for their financial futures. Abortion? Yeah, that’s a pretty important one. The economy is just going to have to wait until we can settle Roe vs. Wade. Stimulus packages? Obama is on his way to outspending every single president in American history combined…in the middle of an economy like this. Our president is pretty good at killing terrorists. I’ll give him that. But why don’t we quit giving the countries that harbor them hundreds of millions of dollars each year?

I like Herman Cain for President in 2012 because I believe he will cure our economy, which is the most important factor in our complicated American equation of issues. Worried about foreign affairs? Cain lacks experience here, but Barack Obama did, too. That is what Cabinet members, Ambassadors, and Generals are for, as Cain mentioned. As does every other president who has served, he will surround himself with worthy and capable individuals who are able to assist him with whatever issues need to be dealt with.

Again, the one most important issue in the 2012 election is whether to keep our economy bedridden with injury or too heal it and get it back on its feet. Every other issue will follow.

"It's the economy, stupid."

750.6 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day76.

Day440 Saturday 11/12/11

ran 4.6 miles
As listed on the Drudge Report regarding Occupy Wall Street:

• Dead man in Salt Lake City…

• Tuberculosis in Atlanta…

• “Zuccotti Lung” on Wall Street…

• Suicide in Vermont…

• Murder in Oakland…

As quoted by Rudy Giuliani:

"I believe that Barack Obama owns the Occupy Wall Street movement. It would not have happened, it would not have happened but for his class warfare. And remember, as it gets worse and worse because it's going to get worse and worse, where it came from. Barack Obama. He praised it. He supported it. He agrees with it. He sympathizes with it. And as it gets worse and worse, I believe this will be the millstone around Barack Obama's neck that will take his presidency down."

To compare OWS to the Tea Party is absurd. The Tea Party has a commonsense agenda and a clear path to acquire their goals, which was defined and heeded to during the midterm elections last year. While OWS is a swelling Petri dish of rioting, vandalism and utter chaos, coughing and hacking their way to nowhere, impeding their own long-term futures by behaving like debauched satyrs in a Dionysian forest of concrete and commerce, the Tea Party peacefully and calmly, with distinguished organization, made their point and achieved the results they desired.

What will OWS achieve? I think many of those who sacrificed time away from whatever it was they were doing before, which could not have been too important because they are now living in tents, enduring filth and the elements, will be filled with a huge sense of disappointment and disdain very soon. And this disappointment and disdain will be for Barack Obama, the superficial celebrities who made disingenuous appearances, Mayors and other political figures who allowed this farce to rage forward, and the media that daily bolstered their cause, just to name a few. There will be regret and it will arrive in the form of eventually rejoining American society and looking for a job. If they never find the happiness, contentment, and pride that comes with earning and providing for themselves, the liberation from a federal government who wants to convince them that they can achieve nothing by themselves, and if they never discover how to shake the shackles of socialistic ideas off their wrists, it will be a shame. They would be victims of what happens when a radical, leftist president implements the ideas that are currently failing so miserably all around us in other countries.

753.8 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day75.

Day439 Friday 11/11/11

ran 3.4 miles

This past week held numerous elections across the American landscape and some of these elections proved to be resourceful in getting a feel for how America as a whole feels about America as a whole. Ohio was a pivotal state as unions fought for collective bargaining rights and the state also voted on whether Ohioans should have the freedom to choose their own health care providers and plans. Despite the bad math and deficits, Ohio chose to repeal the state government’s plan to reduce spending by tightening the screws on collective bargaining rights, however, they did send a slap to the face of Barack Obama, loudly making him aware that they do not agree with his health care legislation.

But, even louder was the message Virginia sent to Barack Obama’s 2012 hopes of being a two-term president. In an article from the Wall Street Journal, by Kimberley A. Strassel, she commented, “Mr. Obama was the first Democrat to win Virginia since 1964; he beat John McCain by seven percentage points; and he did so on the strength of his appeal to Northern Virginia's many white-collar independents. Along with victories in North Carolina, Colorado and Nevada, the Obama Old Dominion win in 2008 inspired a flurry of stories about how Democrats had forever altered the political map.”

In the last six months, the Obama campaign has hosted approximately 1,600 events in Virginia in an effort to win its people over on both the state and federal level. Virginia was part of Obama’s bus tour (the Death Star) in October. Now that the votes in Virginia have been counted, Democrats have officially failed monumentally, wasting much of their time and money that could have been spent deceiving others elsewhere.

“Virginia Republicans added seven new seats to their majority in the House of Delegates, giving them two-thirds of that chamber's votes—the party's largest margin in history. The GOP also took over the Virginia Senate in results that were especially notable, given that Virginia Democrats this spring crafted an aggressive redistricting plan that had only one aim: providing a firewall against a Republican takeover of that chamber. Even that extreme gerrymander didn't work.”

Kimberley A. Strassel

Every single Republican incumbent won. There were fifty-two in the House and fifteen in the Senate. This will be only the second time in Virginian history that Republicans claim control of state government since the Civil War. And this on the heels of Republican Governor Bob McDonnell being elected in 2009 and three U.S. House Democrats being ousted in the 2010 midterm elections.

“Elected state Democrats—who form the backbone of grass-roots movements—couldn't distance themselves far enough from Mr. Obama in this race. Most refused to mention the president, to defend his policies, or to appear with him. The more Republicans sought to nationalize the Virginia campaign, the more Democrats stressed local issues.”

Kimberley A. Strassel

This is a loud message Virginia has sent to Barack Obama and liberals in D.C. If Virginia is any barometer of how the rest of the country feels then Barack Obama has a lot more work to do. And considering everything he and the Democratic Party exhausted in Virginia, to no avail, good luck, Mr. Obama. Fool us once, shame on us; fool us twice, shame on you.

758.4 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day74.

Day438 Thursday 11/10/11

ran 3.2 miles
Just in case you might have been under the impression that Barack Obama was a guaranteed one-term president after his dismal performance so far, don’t ever assume that to be the case. Beyond what you may think, give or take a couple of percentage points, half of this country pays federal income tax and the other half does not. I think that statistic says a lot, and the only slight minority of those who do not pay federal taxes is exponentially growing and catching up with those who do earn enough money to pay federal taxes. When that slight minority catches and then surpasses, at a sprint, the old majority, logic and reason will all be abandoned and America will become the final competitive nation to go down the path that so many other countries went down and failed at utterly. But there will be no one to bail us out as we had bailed others out. We will be owned and the world will have a new super power.

Barack Obama is not a stupid man. He is extremely intelligent, calculating, and charismatic. I think he knows exactly what he is doing. I do not think he has made one single mistake, at least not in his eyes, and I think he is laying down the foundation for an America that most have only read about in books and left alone as a mere matter of fiction.

The choice America makes on November 6, 2012, will be bigger than any words can explain. It will be an epic intersection in American history where we will, as one nation, reluctantly either turn left or right, and there will not be an exit to turn around at for a long time in either direction.

761.8 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day73.

Day437 Wednesday 11/09/11

ran 3.7 miles

Click on the chart for a better view to see how ridiculous it is every time a Democrat compares OWS to the Tea Party.

765.0 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day72.

Day436 Tuesday 11/08/11

ran 4.3 miles

Today was filled with a lot of important news.

• Herman Cain is standing with conviction against the sexual harassment claims against him and treating them with the absurdity they appear to possess as more and more information is revealed.

"I have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. The charges and the accusations I absolutely reject: They simply didn't happen. They simply did not happen."

Herman Cain today at press conference in Phoenix, Arizona

"As far as these accusations causing me to back off and maybe withdraw from this primary race, ain't gonna happen, because I am doing this for the American people and for the children and the grandchildren."

Herman Cain today at press conference in Phoenix, Arizona

• For the first time in American history all radio and television broadcasts will be interrupted at 2 p.m. EST tomorrow as an Emergency Alert System test conducted by FEMA and FCC. For every legitimate reason these two government entities have for conducting this test there is an equally questionable reason why they are attempting to determine whether they have the power to completely interrupt or assume entire control of all radio and television broadcasts.

• Yesterday, during the G20 Summit, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama spoke candidly to one another about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not realizing their microphones were still on.

Sarkozy said, “I cannot stand him. He is a liar.”

Obama replied, “You’re fed up with him, but I have to deal with him everyday!”

There is some quality foreign policy.

• And finally, this is a really big deal, there was an election today in Ohio, which will set a precedent for the future of health care and the collective bargaining rights of unions. The results of this election will also give a useful reference point of where exactly this country stands regarding liberal and conservative ideas. Obamacare and collective bargaining rights for unions are obviously more liberal interests, while the freedom to choose your own health care provider and maintaining balanced state budgets are more conservative values. There are still many precincts that have not reported but at 8:16 pm here in Louisiana, the votes that have been turned in represent a landslide to keep union’s collective bargaining rights and to preserve the freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care providers and plans. A win for the unions and a loss for Obamacare.
  

768.7 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day71.

Day435 Monday 11/07/11

ran 3.6 miles
Here is a site worth checking out: www.failedliberalideas.com. The site offers a series of questions asking the reader if they think particular liberal ideas are productive are not. Upon rating how good or bad of an idea the reader finds each individual liberal idea to be, stats and facts pop up at the bottom of the page citing the predictable epic failures the liberal ideas spawned.

I went through a few of the questions and stumbled upon something interesting I was completely unaware of and would not have expected to read, which leads me to this from www.theamericanresistance.com.

“For over 200 years, the United states only granted amnesty in individual cases and had never given amnesty to large numbers of illegal aliens. Then in 1986, Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) which gave amnesty to all illegal aliens who had evaded law enforcement for at least four years or who were working illegally in agriculture. This resulted in 2.8 million illegal aliens being admitted as legal immigrants to the United States.

Because of chain migration, those granted amnesty have brought in an additional 142,000 dependents - relatives brought in to the United States to join their family members.

The amnesty of 1986 was supposed to be a "one time only" amnesty. Yet since 1986, Congress passed a total of 7 amnesties for illegal aliens:

1. The Immigration and Reform Control Act (IRCA) Amnesty of 1986 - the "one-time only" blanket amnesty for some 2.8 million illegal aliens.

2. Section 245(i) The Amnesty of 1994 - a temporary rolling amnesty for 578,000 illegal aliens.

3. Section 245(i) The Extension Amnesty of 1997 - an extension of the rolling amnesty created in 1994.

4. The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) Amnesty of 1997 - an amnesty for nearly one million illegal aliens from Central America.

5. The Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act Amnesty (HRIFA) of 1998 - an amnesty for 125,000 illegal aliens from Haiti.

6. The Late Amnesty of 2000 - an amnesty for approximately 400,000 illegal aliens who claimed they should have been amnestied under the 1986 IRCA amnesty.

7. The LIFE Act Amnesty of 2000 - a reinstatement of the rolling Section 245(i) amnesty to an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens.”

I had no idea how many illegal aliens had been granted amnesty since 1986, which has led to the growth of the staggering numbers of illegals we currently have. Amnesty for these millions is currently being drafted and when you think of it in exponential terms, the only thing amnesty achieves is encouragement for more illegals to enter America on the backs of the tax-payers.

773.0 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day70.

Day434 Sunday 11/06/11

ran 2.2 miles
Today ends week sixty-two of running against Obama. I ran 23.1 miles this week, averaging 3.30 miles per day. Today also puts us exactly one year out from the next presidential election. On Tuesday, November 6, 2012, Barack Obama will hopefully be deemed a one-term president and the House and Senate will hopefully be weeded once again and replaced by new members who refuse to waste tax dollars and find deplorable the idea of increasing our national debt in any way, shape or form that our current president is so content to do. This next year is going to be a long, ugly journey but it will make it that much sweeter when we get this guy out of the White House. From chaos comes order and it is darkest just before dawn.

Here is one of a multitude of examples why I fundamentally disagree with this man and question his judgment constantly. Below is the prayer that President Franklin D. Roosevelt read to America over the radio on June 6, 1944. The prayer was read on the evening of D-Day before American, British, and Canadian troops were to storm Normandy. Barack Obama decided against including the prayer at the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C.

When you have a gun in your hand in a strange land and you are fighting an overwhelming enemy for your life, for your family, and for your country, you do what brave, grown men do, you pray. That is what the president of the United States of America did on that evening in 1944 as millions listened and held hands praying with him. It is a piece of American history and our culture that is constantly attacked by the left. Barack Obama and those who agree with his ungrateful view that “God” should be mentioned as seldom as possible regarding anything American are insulting and disrespectful. This prayer happened. It consoled, even if just a little bit, millions of soldiers and the family they had back home. How can you choose to not include such a monumental element of D-Day at the D-Day Memorial?!

"It is unconscionable that the Obama administration would stand in the way of honoring our nation's distinguished World War II veterans. President Roosevelt's prayer gave solace, comfort and strength to our nation and our brave warriors as we fought against tyranny and oppression."

Representative Bill Johnson (R-Ohio)

“My Fellow Americans:

Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our Allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far.

And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer:

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.

They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.

They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest -- until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war.

For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and goodwill among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home.

Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.

And for us at home -- fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas, whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them -- help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.

Many people have urged that I call the nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.

Give us strength, too -- strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.

And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.

And, O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in Thee; faith in our sons; faith in each other; faith in our united crusade. Let not the keeness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment -- let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.

With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace -- a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.

Thy will be done, Almighty God.

Amen.”

President Franklin D. Roosevelt - June 6, 1944

776.6 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day69.

Day433 Saturday 11/05/11

1,300 MILES!!!

ran 3.0 miles
Only 780 miles left to go! Tomorrow puts us at exactly one year from the day we will vote for the next president of the United States of America. One year until we can start turning this mess around, looking less like the beginning of Greece’s demise and more like America.

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

• Vermont was the fourteenth state to join the union on March 4, 1791, one year before Kentucky and one year after Rhode Island.

• Population, as of 2010, is 625,741.

• Senators are Patrick Leahy (D) and Bernard Sanders (I).

• The representative is Peter Welch (D).

• Vermont has three electoral votes. Historically, the state has voted red since the founding of the modern Republican Party in 1854 through the election of 1988, except for 1964. In 1992, Vermont voted for Bill Clinton and has been a blue state since. In 2008, Barack Obama defeated John McCain 68% to 30%.

778.8 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day68.

Day432 Friday 11/04/11

Some stats and polls from Rasmussen Reports:

• Barack Obama’s presidential index rating shows that 19% of American voters strongly approve of his performance while 42% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential index rating of –23. The month of October claimed Barack Obama’s lowest approval index yet.

• Overall, 44% of voters at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance while 54% at least somewhat disapprove.

• Despite the allegations against Herman Cain, he continues to lead the Republican field of presidential candidates.

• Cain: 26%

• Romney: 23%

• Gingrich: 14%

• Undecided voters claim 13% and all other candidates are in single digits.

"I believe that Barack Obama owns the Occupy Wall Street movement," Rudy Giuliani said at the Defending the American Dream Summit. "It would not have happened, it would not have happened but for his class warfare. And remember, as it gets worse and worse because it's going to get worse and worse, where it came from. Barack Obama. He praised it. He supported it. He agrees with it. He sympathizes with it. And as it gets worse and worse, I believe this will be the millstone around Barack Obama's neck that will take his presidency down."

Rudy Giuliani quoted by www.realclearpolitics.com

781.8 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day67.