Day770 Sunday 10/07/12

ran 3.1 miles
Today ends week 110 of running against Obama. I ran 22.2 miles this week, averaging 3.17 miles per day.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 334.0

Here is what happened one year ago on Day405. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day39. 

Day769 Saturday 10/06/12

ran 0.4 miles

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 330.9

Here is what happened one year ago on Day404. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day38.

Day768 Friday 10/05/12

ran 2.9 miles



2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 330.5

Here is what happened one year ago on Day403. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day37.

Day767 Thursday 10/04/12

ran 3.3 miles

Last night's debate was a thorough castration of any testicular fortitude Barack Hussein Obama may have thought he had as he walked out on the stage. Mitt Romney executed a nearly flawless assault on and defense of every word that came out of our current president's mouth. Obama stood behind his podium with his face down like the tail between a dog's legs. For a few seconds I thought about thinking about feeling bad for him, but the moment passed sooner than it had arrived because he deserved every ounce of defeat he he had sown.

Here we are one day later and our president is back to campaigning with meaningless words that no one is there to argue. The passion he speaks with in front of crowds should have been employed last night, but it could not be because there was a man across the stage able to refute every accusation or accomplishment he wrongly made or indignantly claimed.

Slithering David Axelrod had this to say of Romney's performance: "artful dodger”; “devoid of honesty”; “rooted in deception”;“untethered to the truth”; “well delivered but fraudulent”.

I would say David Axelrod and Barack Obama are flustered and desperate if meaningless name-calling is the best they can do.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 327.6

Here is what happened one year ago on Day402. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day36.

Day766 Wednesday 10/03/12

ran 3.4 miles

If you missed yesterday's post, check it out. Regarding the newly released 2007 Obama video, Breitbart.com (John Nolte) made the list below of what is important to note. The news we see and hear is going to do everything in their power to smooth out everything that is wrong with this video, but it is important to fully examine the words that were coming out of our president's mouth before news organization begin twisting it all up, or choose to not report on it at all. This video, among many other things, failed to be reported leading up to the 2008 presidential election and it is a shame that they are only now surfacing. By the time November 6 arrives I have a feeling there may be an electoral consensus that Barack Obama never should have made it to the Democratic primaries to begin with.

1. The video released by the Daily Caller last night does include footage the media never broadcast or reported on.

Furthermore, we're supposed to believe it's just a coincidence that the footage the media ignored just happens to be the most controversial part, where Barack Obama (who at the time was running to be the Democratic nominee for president) goes off-script and tells a majority black audience that the federal government doesn't care about Hurricane Katrina victims because they're black.

Even Politico's mainstream media water-carrier Dylan Byers had to admit this is the case:

But the full footage of the speech included previously unreported remarks in which Sen. Obama suggested that the federal government helped victims of 9/11 and Hurricane Andrew (in Florida), but did not help the victims of Hurricane Katrina because it didn't care about them as much.

By any measure, new video of a sitting president sewing seeds of racial division is not only news, but big news.

If this were Allen West giving the exact same speech, you better believe it would be everywhere. And he's only a congressman.

2. Now we know the media and the Obama campaign "selectively edited" the video in 2007 in order to cover up Obama's divisive racial rhetoric.

That's most certainly news.

3. Past is prologue. Always.

Obama's attacks on the suburbs and the "us vs. them" rhetoric that toxifies the entire speech helps make sense of his divisive presidency and campaign. Moreover, the speech that made Obama a national star was his 2004 address at the Democratic Convention where he was famously unifying and post-racial. That was his "no red states, no blue states" speech.

Now we know the 2004 speech was bull shit.

That's news.

4. Obama grew up in Hawaii and Chicago, so where in the world does that hilariously fake southern accent come from?

Like a lot of politicians, depending on the audience he's with, this president can be a huge phony.

I'm a news and political junkie and never once have I heard him speak with this pronounced a southern accent. So…

That's news to me, and probably to a lot of people.

5. In order to stoke racial division and resentment, Obama lied to his audience.

The then-U.S. Senator tells the audience that the federal government waived the Stafford Act for New York after 9/11 and for Florida after Hurricane Andrew, but not for New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

That was a lie:

[T]he federal government did at times waive the Stafford Act during its reconstruction efforts. On May 25, 2007, just weeks before the speech, the Bush administration sent an additional $6.9 billion to Katrina-affected areas with no strings attached.

As a sitting United States Senator, Obama must have been aware of this. And yet he spent 36 minutes at the pulpit telling a mostly black audience that the U.S. government doesn’t like them because they’re black.

Which leads me to…

6. Obama is prone to believing and spreading dishonest and wildly false conspiracy theories.

You know, like Kanye West.

That's news.

7. At the 19:20 mark we learn that the Christian Obama doesn't know the Lord's Prayer.

That's news.

8. Obama's "us vs. them" rhetoric and beliefs extends to his governance.

 At the 28:50 mark, Obama talks extensively about the importance of minority-owned businesses and supporting your own. He then proposes using the Small Business Administration specifically to aid minorities.

That's news.

9. At the 20:10 mark, Obama laments the social injustice that created 37 million Americans living in poverty and pledges to fight that injustice as president.

After four years of Obamanomics, we now have 10 million more Americans living in poverty.

That's news.

10.  When Obama gave this speech, the Reverend Wright scandal had yet to break.

This means that the scant, incomplete, and "selectively edited" coverage the speech received at the time wouldn't have thought much of the full minute Obama spends gushing over his mentor and pastor in his opening remarks.

Knowing what we know now makes this, yes, news.

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The corrupt media knows this newly released footage is news. They just don't want voters to see Obama for what he is: a phony, divisive, racial demagogue and grievance-monger ready to spread lies, conspiracy theories, and animosity in order to get what he wants.

Oh, I almost forgot…

11. We know it's news because the corrupt media is telling us there's nothing to see here, even as they kill themselves to blow it back on Romney and ensure as few people as possible see it. 

First debate tonight. Let's get it on!

(Watching the debate as I type---"trickle-down government"---brilliant!)

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 324.3

Here is what happened one year ago on Day401.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day35.

Day765 Tuesday 10/02/12

2,400 miles!!!

ran 4.4 miles

Here's an "October Surprise" for you. Andrew Breitbart would have been proud. The following video is a story that broke today from the DailyCaller involving footage of Obama speaking to a predominately black crowd in 2007. Jeremiah Wright was in the crowd, as well. This video was from nearly two months before Obama wrote Reverend Wright off and through him under the bus because he was on the edge of derailing the presidential campaign. You would not think Barack Obama would have done what he did to Jeremiah Wright after hearing the praise he offers him in the video below.

This video is seething with the real Barack Obama we all know so little about. The phony dialect and accent, the racism, the Katrina story, which is easy to argue, his negative view of the federal government at large. This is the video we've been waiting for and I have a feeling there will be more coming. And, I can't help but think it was more than coincidental that this story broke one day before the first presidential debate.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 320.9

Here is what happened one year ago on Day400.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day34.

Day764 Monday 10/01/12

ran 4.7 miles

Nancy Pelosi is the embodiment of everything I believe to be wrong with Washington, excluding only the current president of the United States of America, but this video is a bit overboard. I would love to see Mr. Dennis get elected and to see Pelosi fired by her district, but this low budget Halloween themed zombie commercial is ridiculous.

It is equally disappointing that we have reached a time in American politics that advertisements like this are acceptable and politicians like Nancy Pelosi, among many others others, are even capable of being elected into office.

Dare I say it? The problem isn't Washington. It's the Americans who elect the people in Washington. That's a big, broad statement but I, too, am one of the idiots who keep electing these people so I have every right to blame the electorate, being part of it. Our culture is in moral decline and our principles have been compromised for the larger part of what America was never intended to be. Daily, we are becoming more and more stupid and less and less informed. And look at what party is in power right now capitalizing on these circumstances. Barack Obama never could have risen to power the way that he had were our moral fibers more tightly wound and less frayed.

He is a warning. That will be his legacy to me. After four years of leading this nation, Barack Obama will resonate for the rest of my life as a blinking red alarm of everything America was not intended to be.

And, one other thing, I am getting these words out and using my freedom of speech while I still can because I firmly believe that, by the end of four more years under Barack Obama, none of us will have the freedom any longer to express ourselves. You will either be quiet or you will be quieted.

Barack Obama is nothing more than one single, meager little fish in an entire ocean. There are 314 million other fish just like him swimming around. What is pathetic is that so many of the other fish invest so much of themselves in him and not in the abilities of their own gills and fins.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 316.5

Here is what happened one year ago on Day399. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day33.

Day763 Sunday 09/30/12

ran 1.7 miles
Today ends week 109 of running against Obama. I ran 22.0 miles this week, averaging 3.14 miles per day.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 311.8

Here is what happened one year ago on Day398. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day32.

Day762 Saturday 09/29/12

ran 3.4 miles

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 310.1

Here is what happened one year ago on Day397. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day31.

Day761 Friday 09/28/12

ran 3.7 miles


(Subtle "Did you build that?" joke in the twelfth second)

“It’s as if President Obama climbed into a tank, put on his helmet, talked about how his foray into Cambodia was seared in his memory, looked at his watch, misspelled ‘potato’ and pardoned Richard Nixon all in the same day. It’s fun to imagine the hand-wringing that must be going on within the White House as staffers try to figure out how to undo the damage their boss has done with his anti-entrepenurial riff. Defining moments in politics are strange beasts. Sometimes they’re only recognized in hindsight, while sometimes they throw the train off the tracks before a sentence has been completed. Sometimes their effect can be contained and minimized, while sometimes their effect on the political narrative mestastasizes. This one is very bad for the White House.”

Pat Sajak

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 306.7

Here is what happened one year ago on Day396. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day30.

Day760 Thursday 09/27/12

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ran 3.2 miles

Wow. When common sense and diplomacy fail in the largest arena of international politics, pull out a giant poster of Clipart and a Sharpie. It was as though he was addressing a third grade class in an elementary school rather than a gathering of the entire world's finest leaders. And it was especially insulting to our president, rightfully so, to actually pull out an illustration of a cartoon bomb (fuse and all) to demonstrate the severity of his moment at the podium. I think he had every right to do it, though. He had to stoop to that level to get his message across. Nothing else has worked.

Our president is too busy finagling his way into a second term to properly run this country. He is pandering to what has nearly become a majority of Americans who require such simple tools as Clipart and Sharpies to be convinced of anything.

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their president."

-anonymous 

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 303.0

Here is what happened one year ago on Day395. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day29.

Day759 Wednesday 09/26/12

ran 3.2 miles

Here is an interesting list of behaviors that might just get you classified as a conspiracy theorist in your own country according to the DOJ and the FBI. It's looking more and more like the term "informed patriot" is being transformed into the definition of " domestic terrorist" in America. From libertyblitzkrieg.com: 

 

You Know You Are A Conspiracy Theorist If...

 

Posted on September 22, 2012

You are capable of critical thinking.

You distrust mainstream media.

You like nature.

You think it’s a good idea to spend the Friday after Thanksgiving with your family rather than camping outside Best Buy to get a cheap plasma television made in China.

You think it’s a little strange that WTC building 7 came down at free fall speed on 9/11 yet it was never hit by a plane.

You think that drones in America might not be for Al Qaeda.

You would like to be able to get on a plane without having to engage in a mandatory radiation bath and digital strip search.

You have read a book in the past year.

You think you have the right to protest.

You think the War on Terror is a scam.

You think the War on Drugs is a scam.

You think the anger directed at America from the Middle East could possibly be related to our foreign policy rather than hating how amazingly free we are.

You think the Republicans and Democrats are exactly the same on the important issues affecting our country.

You think believing in The Constitution does not constitute a terrorist act.

You have heard of the Bill of Rights and can even name what some of them are.

You question whether the government loves you.

You think the right to bear arms is not for hunting, rather so citizens can fight back should the government become a bunch of tyrannical thugs.

You don’t own a television, and if you do, all you watch is RT, especially the Keiser Report and Capital Account.

You don’t think the NDAA is the name of Kesha’s latest single.

You think rich, powerful and connected people should be subject to the rule of law and go to jail if they commit crimes. Even if they are bankers and work at JP Morgan or Goldman Sachs.

You think corporations aren’t people.

You think Warren Buffet is a phony and a crony capitalist.

You don’t care that Warren Buffet likes cherry coke, hamburgers and ice cream.  He’s still a bad guy.

You know that gold was made illegal by FDR in 1933 and confiscated from the American people.  You know that gold bullion remained illegal for Americans to own until 1975.

You think politicians that push for war should be sent to fight on the front lines.  If they are unable, their children should go.

You want your food to be labeled GMO so that you can make your own decisions on what you are consuming.

You grow your own food.

You buy raw milk.

You think food and energy should be included in inflation calculations.

You are aware that the Department of Homeland Security has purchased 1.2 billion rounds of ammo in the past year.

You question whether said ammo purchases are in anticipation of a Normandy beach style landing by Al Qaeda.

You think allowing a small group of unelected people (The Federal Reserve) to print unlimited amounts of money and distribute it as they please might not be a good idea.

If you answered yes to more than five of the above, you might be a conspiracy theorist.  You also may be on the government’s terror watch list.  Be very alarmed and report it to the authorities immediately should you discover your neighbors engaged in such uncivilized thought. 

And here are a few more from infowars.com:

You believe peer-reviewed studies which conclude Monsanto GMO corn causes tumors in rats.

You are concerned about how the US Army is announcing they are setting up domestic re-education camps in their own documents.

You avoid fluoridated toothpaste, water and food products as a result of Harvard studies which confirm sodium fluoride lowers IQ.

You pay for coffee with cash, which according to the FBI is an indication of terrorism.

You buy storable food in bulk, which according to the FBI is an indication of terrorism.

You hold political opinions which “represent a fairly popular point of view,” which according to a DOJ-funded training manual for police is an indication of terrorism.

You display bumper stickers opposing the United Nations or expressing support for the Bill of Rights, which according to a DOJ-funded training manual for police is an indication of terrorism.

You find it ironic that ‘liberty loving’ American citizens are being denounced as terrorists by the government while the White House funds real Al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria.

You use cash to pay at toll booths, which according to a recent court ruling is a suspicious activity worthy of detention and having your vehicle and personal details recorded.

You exercise your First Amendment right to protest, which according to the Department of Defense represents “low level terrorism”.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 299.8

Here is what happened one year ago on Day394. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day28.

Day758 Tuesday 09/25/12

ran 3.6 miles

Here's something you may not know. This is a list of five curious, yet oddly successful, ways of predicting the presidential election in November (from ABCNews):

1. Just before the election is Halloween and this holiday is 4 for 4 on predicting who the winner is. Based on sales, who ever gets the most masks sold will be the winner. Obama is currently outselling Romney 69% to 31%.

2. NFL's Washington Redskins have had a streak of choosing the winner for the last 18 of 19 elections. The only one they missed was Bush/Kerry in 2004. On the game before the election, if they win then the incumbent wins. If they lose then the challenger wins. This year, the Redskins play the Carolina Panthers.

3. Two University of Colorado professors have been predicting the last eight elections strictly based on statistics all wrapped up into one complicated formula and they have an 8 for 8 record. They predict Obama winning only 213 of the 270 electoral votes necessary for victory.

4. Online gambling is on a weak streak of 2 for 2. 70% currently have their money on Obama and 30% have their money on Romney.

5. Elementary School kids have been picking the winner for 16 out of the last 18 elections. These results will be available October 10.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 296.6

Here is what happened one year ago on  Day393. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day27.

Day757 Monday 09/24/12

ran 3.2 miles

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 293.0

Here is what happened one year ago on  Day392. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day26.