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.

Day756 Sunday 09/23/12

ran 2.3 miles
Today ends week 108 of running against Obama. I ran 22.5 miles this week, averaging 3.21 miles per day.

Well played, SNL. This country is divided in half within a two or three percent margin of error and we can thank our president for that. Unfortunately, this election is going to come down to a small percentage of individuals within that margin of error that find it difficult to make any single decision on a daily basis that you or I make without a second thought at any given moment. 

The fate of America's future, statistically, actually lies in the decisions of a handful of people on November 6 who can't decide whether two plus two equals three or five when, for the rest of us, it clearly equals four. 

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 289.8

Here is what happened one year ago on Day391. 

Here is what happened two years ago on Day25.

Day755 Saturday 09/22/12

ran 1.8 miles

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 287.5

Here is what happened one year ago on Day390.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day24. 

Day754 Friday 09/21/12

ran 3.3 miles

This is worth checking out. Every single word of this link affects every American, regardless of income, and it is easier to just click on the link above rather than copy and paste it on this blog. We are 100 days away from the biggest tax hikes in American history. Come January, 2013, thanks to Barack Obama, ObamaCare, and his policies at large, America will be paying all sorts of new taxes; and old ones at higher rates. One that caught my eye was the immediate reduction of the traditional $1,000.00 child tax credit cut in half to $500.00. I'm sure the individuals who don't even pay taxes, yet still receive that tax credit will be doubly disappointed. On second thought, it would not at all surprise me if an individual who earned less than a certain taxable income would continue to receive the $1,000.00. That is how our president thinks. Reward and encourage idleness; punish and discourage ambition.

Just going to continue cruising along with some random stories in the news today. Joe Biden once again succeeded in having one too many sips of obnoxious today. You can't make up the ridiculous succession of words this man forms sentences with. Speaking to a High School in New Hampshire comprised of student athletes, good ole Uncle Joe found the worst possible thing in his mysterious mind to say and then uttered the words, "Guess what, the cheerleaders in college are the best athletes in college. You think I’m joking, they’re almost all gymnasts, the stuff they do on hard wood, it blows my mind.” You can't make this stuff up. If you did it would be a bad joke.

Harry Reid was called out today on behalf of his own tax returns. After Mitt Romney voluntarily released another year of tax returns, which were quite admirable (giving 30% of his income to charity, over 3 million dollars, and paying even more in taxes than was required of him), Dave Buell, chairman of the Washoe Country Republican party in Mr. Reid's political backyard of Nevada, demanded Reid release his own tax returns. It was not that long ago that Harry Reid politicized an anonymous tip that Mitt Romney had not paid taxes in ten years. Reid would not reveal his source and he had no way to prove his accusation. The claim was absurd and untrue, proven by the fact that he no longer pursues the issue. If anyone has something to hide it is Harry Reid. As Mr. Buell sums up, "In addition, Mr. Reid should explain to all of us how he became a millionaire on a bureaucrat's salary. Mitt Romney earned his money by investing in companies, people and creating jobs in the private sector while Harry Reid made his money by taking money from the private sector and redistributing it through government."

And, one last thing, the man who naively thought he could calm relations between America and Islam just because he was black, white, Muslim and Christian, among many other things, by apologizing to the world on America's behalf, Barack Obama...he was wrong. Effigies and American flags are being burned in disgust across the world. Bush, everyone's favorite scapegoat, cannot even be blamed for this blunder in foreign affairs. 

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 285.7

Here is what happened one year ago on Day389.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day23.   

Day753 Thursday 09/20/12

ran 3.4 miles

Just a thought. I wonder if a bank account of some sort were opened, and in that bank account anyone in America could deposit a sum of money---how much money could be raised to pay Barack Obama to leave the White House, move to anywhere on Earth he chose, and to simply fade away, much like the 2008 posters people once hung that are now collecting dust? This man has achieved the exact paradigm shift America needs to utterly avoid at all costs and he has exhibited the consequences of governing outside of American values.

Just follow me for a moment...We constantly here chatter of 300-something million dollars for this, 4.1 billion dollars for that, or even 1.1 trillion dollars for something else. But, it is challenging to comprehend just how large those numbers are. You cannot even begin to conceptualize a mental image of what 1 trillion dollars is. This sum of money requires a lot of football fields and skyscrapers just to give you an idea of how many hundred dollar bills are stacked and spread upon other hundred dollar bills to visually express the reality of one trillion dollars.

That being said, what if, and this is just a fun idea that I'm sure could never possibly happen, but, what if every American who wanted Barack Obama out of the White House was able to deposit one single dollar into a bank account to pay him to pack his bags and move to Hawaii or wherever it is he wants to go? 

It is safe to say that nearly half, if not more, of this nation wants him out of the office. Polls will tell you that it is fity-fifty. I find that hard to believe but who am I to judge liberal or conservative leaning polls? So, let's play it conservatively and assume that...47% of Americans are willing to part with one single dollar to deposit into this bank account.

The population of America is somewhere around 314 million. Forty-seven percent of that is equivalent to $147,580,000.00, tax free. For one single dollar per person, we could offer Barack Obama a stress-free retirement to simply get out of America's way. That would be hard to turn down and, to be honest with you, I'd throw in a twenty and I'm sure many others would, too. 

This whole idea is a hypothetical that would never possibly happen, but the point I am making is this: These presidential and congressional campaigns all serve the mighty dollar and while I am passionate about politics I have no problem admitting that I've never contributed a single campaign dollar. It's because the whole electoral process is such a manufactured, multi-million dollar industry. But, I'll tell you this: The one dollar you and I and so many others would pay to Barack Obama for the simple task of leaving the White House and not dragging this country down with his policies---that one dollar is something I would have no problem parting with and we would not have to go through the mind-numbing process of hearing words come out of his mouth each day.

Just an idea.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 282.4

Here is what happened one year ago on Day388.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day22.   

Day752 Wednesday 09/19/12

ran 3.8 miles

Barack Obama cannot find time to speak with Benjamin Netanyahu face to face, but he found time to speak with this ridiculous pirate today to honor "International Talk Like A Pirate Day". Charming. 

The way our president spends his time and our tax dollars is offensive to the intelligence of the average American. If a president has a good four years then campaigning for reelection should not be a big deal. If a president has a mediocre first term then he needs to work hard to earn a second one. But, when a president has a terrible, awful, self-destructive, insulting, disapproving first four years, such as in the case of Barack Obama, he must avoid discussing his record of the past four years and hold as many fundraisers as possible with clueless celebrities and perform as many pointless public appearances as possible, such as inviting pirates to the White House, while a large portion of the inhabitable planet is set ablaze with American flags.

It's very simple to me. There is so much we know and don't know about Barack Hussein Obama. The conversation goes round and round, but the 2010 midterm elections speak for themselves. After only two years of his presidency, Barack Obama had America upset enough to fire as many Democrats as we could to replace them with staunch Republicans who would slow down the destructive path he was clearing. So, the question is, "What has gotten better?"

How is this election even a question? What has changed since 2010? Our president blames the 112th Congress for being the most do-nothing Congress in American history. Well, that was what they were put in office to do. Obama obviously could not find compromise within himself either, yet he blames Congress. Those Republicans were put there to stop his momentum, though, which so many Americans clearly disagreed with. I would say the 112th Congress has been highly successful in the task of damage control regarding the policies of Obama and his administration.

That was only two years ago, and we tend to have short-term memories, but what has changed?

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 279.0

Here is what happened one year ago on Day387.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day21.