Day751 Tuesday 09/18/12

ran 3.5 miles

It's ironic that a facet of the liberal media just handed over the best, most ambitious speech Mitt Romney has ever delivered. They are so desperate for material and blinded by the frustration of their own shortcomings that, at a complete loss for a record of their own to run on, they have successfully bolstered the Republican message while further undermining their own. 

Thank you.

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day386.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day20.

Day750 Monday 09/17/12

ran 4.4 miles

This video came out today, posted on the internet by Mother Jones, a liberal magazine. I think the intention was to expose how Mitt Romney really feels about the American voters he is seeking approval from, and I feel the message was a huge success. Mother Jones posted this video with the idea that Romney's words would be hurtful to his campaign but everything I heard was nothing more than the truth. Reality is a good place to be when dealing with extremely important issues like the abusive dependency on government the current administration has constantly been expanding. And, it is true, if 47% of this country does not even pay income taxes then why would they vote for a man who is campaigning on such American virtues as hard work, strength, ambition, and the belief in Capitalism? Why would they vote for someone who believes individuals are rewarded for the time and effort they put into their tasks? Why would these people vote for a man who embodies hard work and success when they are content to receive a menial paycheck from the government for the simple price of continuing to vote for Barack Obama and other politicians like him.

I think Mitt Romney simply spoke the truth in this deviously captured video. You can't argue with the numbers. 47% is 47%. For more perspective, there are currently 8,786,049 Americans collecting federal disability insurance---that means for every 16 of us working, 1 is collecting disability (that we are paying for). And, the number is growing at an alarmingly exponential rate.

So, thank you, Mother Jones. I would like to hear Mitt Romney speak as realistically as this more often.

One other thing---GM is pushing to absolve itself from the federal government. They are requesting the government sell off its stake in the company. We tax payers own nearly 27% of the company. The reason GM wants to be freed from the government is because they claim it is giving them a bad reputation and because they can't attract top talent due to pay restrictions.

President Obama said "No". The Treasury Department claims selling now would lead to a multi-billion dollar loss for the federal government and Barack Obama, of course, can't have that during the election.

Do you see how backwards this is? Throughout the DNC the speakers kept saying something to the effect of "Osama Bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive". That was their big tag line they kept repeating. Well, turn on the news, Bin Laden may be dead in body but not in spirit. The hatred from across the globe being directed at America is at a rare high. The ideas Bin Laden represented are far from dead, but here is GM, who the current administration is bragging about for being a huge success story, wanting to get rid of all connections to the federal government because it is making them look bad.

How does this president even stand a chance for reelection, you ask? How is it even possible, you ask? It's for the very reason that Mitt Romney mentioned in the video above. It is because of staggering realities such as the fact that 47% of this entire country does not even pay federal income tax. As that number increases, and it's not far from the tipping point, what's going to happen is the government will take more and more money from the fewer and fewer amount of people who continue working until there is simply no point left in working any longer. It is disturbing that this is the apparent end our government is after...an unsustainable nanny state. 

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day385.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day19. 

Day749 Sunday 09/16/12

ran 2.6 miles
Today ends week 107 of running against Obama. I ran 23.1 miles this week, averaging 3.30 miles per day.

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day384.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day18.

Day748 Saturday 09/15/12

ran 3.1 miles

This is the sort of stuff you are not going to hear about on your television or within the pages of your local newspaper. This story, "Obama Covers Posterior, Suddenly Complies With War Powers Resolution", was written by Ben Shapiro at Breitbart.com. 

Do you remember Libya and Egypt, back when the Arab Spring was blossoming? The birds were chirping, tyrants were being thrown out of power, free elections were setting the way for democracy, and unicorns were trotting all across the Middle East leaving a trail of peace behind every step. Well, one thing I remember posting about on this blog at that time was the unconstitutional use of power our president exhibited by usurping Congress in his decision to work solely with the UN to resolve the unrest in those two countries. I remember Leon Panetta sitting in front of Congress and blatantly telling them that decisions regarding Libya from that point forward would move through United Nations and not the 112th Congress. I recall the jaw on the congressman Panetta was addressing being dropped to an unnatural depth of disbelief. 

This is the sort of behavior that the founders of this nation did everything in their power to prevent when they laid out the guidelines for how it ought to be run. And they have done a remarkable job of laying the foundation for a long legacy of freedom and success. We are nearly 250 years into the independence of America and we still hold with conviction and passion the words those brave men wrote almost two and one-half centuries ago. But now, as will happen from time to time, someone like Barack Hussein Obama comes along and tests American values. They have been tested before and they will be tested again. It falls upon us to stand up to these ideals and to keep America on its righteous path. 

Back to the article, our president decided this time around that it would be a good idea to comply with the War Powers Resolution in order to cover his own ass, or posterior. At this point, leading up to the election, if anything goes dreadfully wrong with whatever military action our government decides to take it will not be President Obama's sole decision but his decision with the consent of Congress. I believe this sort of behavior is what many often refer to as being a "weasel". Sly, cunning, tricky---one who elevates their circumstances by picking and choosing and then contradicting with no regard for principle or honesty.

Here is the nice letter President Obama drafted for Congress, which he saw fit to forgo during the Arab Spring:

September 14, 2012

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)

On September 12, 2012, in response to an attack on our diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four U.S. citizens, including U.S. Ambassador John Christopher Stevens, a security force from the U.S. Africa Command deployed to Libya to support the security of U.S. personnel in Libya. Further, on September 13, an additional security force arrived in Yemen in response to security threats there.

Although these security forces are equipped for combat, these movements have been undertaken solely for the purpose of protecting American citizens and property. These security forces will remain in Libya and in Yemen until the security situation becomes such that they are no longer needed.

These actions have been directed consistent with my responsibility to protect U.S. citizens both at home and abroad, and in furtherance of U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct U.S. foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive.

I am providing this report as part of my efforts to keep the Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148). I appreciate the support of the Congress in these actions.

Sincerely, BARACK OBAMA

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day383.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day17.

Day747 Friday 09/14/12

ran 3.5 miles

Okie-dokie. Top to bottom. Jay Carney having to tell what appears to be the biggest and most farfetched lie to ever pass through his grinning lips. He claims the wide-spread unrest and hostility---this business of killing an American Ambassador, Navy SEALS, and burning American flags has nothing to do with America or the utter hatred of our nation these actions seem to suggest. He says it is, instead, because of an inflammatory movie trailer that ridicules the Muslim religion and their prophet, dare I say it, Muhammad. I don't believe it. Look at the image in the middle. Each of those markers represent a spot on Earth where American flags are being burned, embassies are being vandalized or taken over, and more American lives are in jeopardy. I don't know what's going on but for a president who received the Nobel Peace Prize and claims to have done everything he could to satisfy relations between Muslim nations and America, and apologized to everyone he could for America simply being American, I think he is doing a terrible job. And, lastly, amidst bomb threats at universities on American soil, and even a nuclear reactor site, today; amidst all the chaos surfacing from the markers on the map above; amidst the fact that the Fed just printed another installment (QE3) of nonexistent money to appease Wall Street, only to ultimately devalue the American dollar and put our nation even more at risk only so Barack Obama can give a short-term illusion of "forward" progress to get reelected; amidst cutting our national defense budget and cutting down our nuclear arsenal to nothing more than the same amount our greatest national threats have (that's leveling the playing field; that's giving everyone a fair shot)---amidst refusing to meet with Netanyahu because he is too busy campaigning; amidst all of this---our president is having a campaign event with Jay-Z and Beyonce.

Unbelievable. This man would not have to campaign so much if he would have simply been a half-decent president to begin with. If a president does a good job of leading and the important numbers reflect his work then campaigning is hardly even necessary. Our president, on the other hand, is fighting as hard as he can just to stay afloat. What does that say about him and his policies?

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day382.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day16.  

Day746 Thursday 09/13/12

ran 3.4 miles

I stumbled across this gem earlier today. Barbara Bellar, a Chicago woman running for a State Senate seat in Illinois, had this to say of ObamaCare during a "Women for Romney" event last August. She calls this "ObamaCare summed up in one sentence".

“So, let me get this straight (this is a long sentence), we’re going to be gifted with a healthcare plan we are forced to purchase, and fined if we don’t, which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn’t understand it, passed by a congress that didn’t read it, but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a president who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes, for which we will be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that’s broke."

Well put, Mrs. Bellar. This is what "we the people" are up against. This legacy legislation Barack Obama put forward, which passed by the skin of its teeth in Congress and was then deemed constitutional by the highest court in America, based on the argument of one Justice's deciding vote that Americans must reap what they sow. 

"America put this man in the White House. If you want ObamaCare to be deemed unconstitutional then you vote him out of office and have it repealed." That was the message I walked away with when the Supreme Court had made its decision.

And one last thing, on a completely unrelated note to ObamaCare, all of this American flag burning, embassy attacking, Ambassador murdering chaos that is happening in the Middle East right now...the Arab Winter, they are calling it...concrete proof of how little use the Arab Spring was...well, something I've never understood about our government is the idea they hold that democracy can be spread across the globe. This idea that it can be opened up like a wrapped package with a bow on top and colorful ribbons running down the side, which give the receivers of it goosebumps and excitement as they open up the gift is naive, unrealistic, and, for lack of a better term, stupid. 

People have to fight for freedom. Freedom has to be earned and it can never be forgotten where that freedom was earned or how much was sacrificed to earn it. Freedom is not coordinating with United Nations to overthrow a country's leader and to set up a legitimate election. The baton of power simply gets passed on to another leader. The missing link is the fact that freedom in a nation is hinged on the collective strength and liberty of the people that comprise that nation. This was the intention of America, to empower the people and not the government. The less involved our government is with our daily lives, the better of a job they are doing for its people.

Essentially, our leaders and the international leaders at the UN seem to believe that by throwing one individual out of power and allowing a nation's people to freely elect a new one is the solution to that nation's problems. They seem to believe that everything will be just fine after that. They pat themselves on their backs having removed one tyrant never considering, or simply not caring, that it is quite possible something even worse will replace that individual.

Welcome to the Arab Winter. America and the UN helped overthrow Mubarak in Egypt and Gaddafi in Libya. Our Ambassador to Lybia has been murdered, along with three others, in Libya. And riots and protests against America are ensuing not only in Cairo but across the Middle East. American flags are burning after all of the "help" we gave them. Nice job with the Arab Spring stuff.

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day381.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day15.

Day745 Wednesday 09/12/12

ran 3.2 miles

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day380.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day14.

Day744 Tuesday 09/11/12

ran 3.1 miles

Here we are eleven years later in the video below hearing from delegates at the Democratic National Convention.

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day379.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day13.

Day743 Monday 09/10/12

ran 4.2 miles

Maybe French president Francois Hollande ought to check this video out instead of taxing at a rate of 75%. Desperate times call for desperate measures and our president is leading us down the path of Europe. Taxing beyond the right side of the hump, as depicted in the video above, is futile. Unfortunately, it's all that's left to do once a government allows its budgets, or lack of budgets, to spiral out of control. We just hit $16 trillion in national debt during the Democratic National Convention---and that number is nowhere near representative of what is truly owed when everything is put on the table. Do you honestly think Barack Obama is going to slow any of the momentum he has applied to so hastily plunge America into these desperate times over the past four years if he is elected for another four. No. He is going to put his machine into overdrive until the engine burns out.

 
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Here is what happened one year ago on  Day378. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day12.

Day742 Sunday 09/09/12

ran 2.1 miles

Today ends week 106 of running against Obama. I ran 20.2 miles this week, averaging 2.89 miles per day.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 244.2 

Here is what happened one year ago on Day377. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day11.

Day741 Saturday 09/08/12

ran 1.8 miles

Here are 11 facts that will make you scratch your head in confusion. As of today, President Obama is leading Mitt Romney 49 to 45 percent according to Gallup. That, compounded by these facts, is enough to also drop your jaw if you feel the need.  

1.  When you include the underutilized labor figure with the eight million Americans who have lost hope altogether and stopped looking for a job, real unemployment now stands at just under 19 percent.

2.  If the labor force were the same as when President Obama took office in January 2009, the unemployment rate reported on Friday would be 11.2 percent. 

3.  A record 88,921,000 Americans are no longer in the labor force. To be included in that figure, an individual must be over 16 years of age, a civilian, not in a mental hospital or nursing home, and have stopped hunting for a job for at least four weeks.

4.  The average American lost 40 percent of their wealth from 2007 to 2010. 

5.  Every fifth man in America is out of work.

6.  One out of two Americans are now low-income or below the poverty line.  

7.  Over the past four years, 400,000 food stamp recipients a month have been added to the welfare dole. 

8.  In 2006-2007, 90 percent of college graduates landed jobs. Under Obama, just 56 percent find work after college.

9.  A gallon of gasoline cost $1.84 when Obama entered office. Today, a gallon of gas costs $3.77. 

10.  Every fourth home mortgage in America is underwater. 

11.  Under Obama, healthcare costs have skyrocketed 18.9 percent. 

Wynton Hall, Breitbart.com

Another article from Breitbart.com by John Nolte:

Obamanomics: 173k new food stamp recipients, 96k new jobs

Yesterday's jobs report came out and while unemployment went from 8.3% to 8.1%, what they didn't tell you was that the number dropped primarily because of the amount of Americans who simply quit looking for work. After four weeks of not looking for work one ceases to be a statistic in the unemployment formula.

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day376. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day10.

Day740 Friday 09/07/12

ran 3.4 miles

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day375. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day9.

Day739 Thursday 09/06/12

ran 3.2 miles

I recommend watching this video after hearing Barack Obama speak tonight at the DNC. Many people I spoke with today said they refuse to watch President Obama speak tonight because there is nothing he can say to defend his first term and hearing him speak is too infuriating. I agree, but I am intrigued to see what this guy has to say tonight. 

This is a big speech for him. It's too bad the weather is so clear in Charlotte and that Democrats have no scapegoat for moving the president's speech from the 74,000 seat stadium to the 20,000 seat venue he will be speaking at instead. Those 54,000 people who traveled from all over the country to see him must be really disappointed.

The video above highlights our president's failed promises for transparency, which he failed to deliver. But, this change of venue is probably the most transparent message that this administration has ever sent.

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day374.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day8.

Day738 Wednesday 09/05/12

ran 3.3 miles

These Democrats are a mess. Here we are in the middle of the Democratic National Convention and they are scrambling around last minute to change their platform to make mention of "God" and to formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. They, and by "they" I mean our current president and the team of space cadets he has running his campaign and advising him, have opted last minute to all of a sudden change their stance on these two extremely important topics.

Ridiculous.

If this president can't even decide until the middle of his Democratic National Convention whether to allow the utterance of "God" or to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel then why should anyone believe he has the capacity to mean anything he says or the ability to confidently make decisions?

Chaos ensued as the delegates found out these two issues were being put up to a vote for inclusion on the platform. This is what we are up against. 

As I type these words I am anxiously waiting to hear what Bill Clinton has to say tonight. By the time many of you read this he will have spoken and more than likely tried his best to help Barack Obama's chance for reelection. However, there is always the chance that he might get up there and say how he really feels about Barack Obama. As you watch him speak, just remember he is being forced to sing praise for the man who defeated his wife for the presidency. I doubt anything negative will come from his speech, but what if? It's amusing to consider.

Oh, and Barack Obama's "rain or shine" venue for his acceptance speech in a stadium that seats 74,000 people, which he said would be filled...it's been moved to a 20,000 seat venue (the same place everyone else is speaking). And I have a feeling there are not 74,000 disappointed individuals who made the trip to hear him speak.

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day373.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day7.