Here’s to America’s military dogs and their human handlers!
Artist’s model of US War Dogs monument
GOP USA: New national monument to honor war dogs
By Sue Manning October 30, 2012 12:00 pm
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The act of Congress is in the books, the bills are paid, the sculptures are being cast, and one of the biggest parades in the world will start a glory tour and countdown to dedication.
The first national monument to pay tribute to military dogs will be unveiled in California in just two months. The U.S. Working Dog Teams National Monument will honour every dog that has served in combat since World War II.
Some cities, cemeteries and military bases across the country already have such memorials. But none has been elevated to national monument level, where it will be in the company of the Statue of Liberty,Yosemite National Park and Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
In 2000, John Burnam, a 65-year-old veteran military dog handler, wrote a book called “Dog Tags of Courage.” A year later, he got an email from a reader wondering why there were no national monuments to the dogs of war.
In “Dog Tags” and a 2008 book, “A Soldier’s Best Friend,” Burnam wrote about his time with the Army’s 44th Scout Dog Platoon when he was in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968.
His first dog, Timber, was injured in an ambush a few months after they teamed up, so he spent most of his tour with a German shepherd named Clipper.
“He saved my life and saved the lives of others by alerting on ambushes, snipers and booby traps. I wanted to give something back to these animals that have done so much and asked for so little, except for food and water and the love of their handlers,” said Burnam, who received the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Back then, handlers were not able to adopt their dogs when they were retired.
“I always worried about them but I know they died over there and they died as heroes,” he said.
In 2004, Burnam and two other dog handler veterans pursued the idea in earnest, forming the John Burnam Monument Foundation Inc. But it took two more years, until he met Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., that the monument project started to take shape.
In 2007, Jones introduced legislation authorizing establishment of the monument. Passed unanimously by Congress, it was signed the next year by President George W. Bush, then amended and signed by President Barack Obama.
Burnam designed the monument, which depicts the modern military handler and four dogs — a Doberman, German shepherd, Labrador retriever and Belgian Malinois, all breeds used in wars.
The silicon bronze handler stands more than 9 feet tall and weighs 1,500 pounds. Each dog is about 5 feet tall and weighs 550 pounds. Burnam called them “hero-sized.”
The figures will stand on a pedestal, in front of a large granite wall. One side of the wall will have photos etched in black marble veneer showing dog teams in combat from the different wars. The other side will have an inscription written by Burnam.
The sculptor, Paula Slater, said it was the largest and most complex monument she had ever done. She worked for thousands of hours, saying that finishing a project of that size “is like giving birth to a baby — five of them.”
The money for the monument came slowly. Burnam made one of many fundraising pitches on the reality TV show “Who Let the Dogs Out,” featuring Tillman, the skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding bulldog. The president of New Balance Pet Foods Inc., the company that Tillman represents, attended the show taping and volunteered to pitch in more than $1 million.
“Don’t do a thing. Natural Balance and Petco (Animal Supplies Inc.) will take care of it,” Joey Herrick said. To raise funds for the monument and its maintenance, Natural Balance created a jerky bark treat sold by Petco. Maddie’s Fund, a family-funded pet rescue foundation, also signed on as a corporate sponsor.
The public will get a sneak peak of the monument at the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena on Jan. 1, when a floral replica will be used as Natural Balance’s float. Burnam, dogs and handlers from every military service branch will ride on it.
When the float goes on display afterward at Victory Park, the real bronze monument will make its public debut next to it, Herrick said. Then the bronze monument will go on tour as it heads to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. The location was chosen as the site for the monument because that’s where most of the nation’s military’s dogs are trained.
Meanwhile, Tillman, the dog that helped get Burnam the monument funding, is also getting personal recognition for his military service. For his work entertaining troops at bases and for going through a mini Marine boot camp, the athletic bulldog has been made an honorary private 1st class.
More here:
- US Military Working Dog Teams National Monument website
- WOAI: National monument for military service dogs to be in San Antonio
Tags: K-9, Open thread, Texas
Woof!
Harry Reid says he will not work with Romney:
We need to take the Senate as well as the Presidency if we want to save this country. The Democrats are trying to destroy us. The last four years should have made that clear. FOr the last two years Reid has blocked Any kind of budget for America, preferring to have Obama blow an extra trillion dollars a year to put us far enough in debt that we are in the shape of Greece except without anyone to bail us out. This is their tactic. It is not some accident, mistake, or the act of well-meaning fools. They intend to destroy us.
Rush to Brian Williams at NBC….have you heard about Benghazi Brian…four people died there and your network is covering it up.
The vice jester
OT: Navajo codetalker dies.
@ Iron Fist:
A further note: Reid wouldn’t be saying this if he thought Obama was going to win. There’d be no point in it. The only reason to say this is if he is greatly concerned that Obama is going to lose. The confident/wise response would have been “I’m not worried about it” when asked if he could work with Romney.
@ Iron Fist:
Right
Yesterday I asked the question “where do several million people without water and power go to poop?”.
Here is the answer.
@ Iron Fist:
With any luck, though, Reid won’t be the majority leader again even if the Dems do retain the Senate.
I think a lot of them are tired of his crap. He’s been a disaster for them.
@ 3 Storagemanager: That question needs to be shouted out more. It is interesting how the media is very interested in a sensitive social consciousness when it comes to a killer storm. And is insensitive to killer muslims. It suggests to me that they aren’t really sensitive to death at all, but are trying to hide their personal vacant characters behind the deaths of a few innocents.
The storm is a chance for them to project the lie that they are good people via their concerns for life.
@ 8 huckfunn: Central park if you are a Republican, your neighbors back yard while they are asleep and unawares if you are Democrat.
Good news from Wisconsin:
We’ll see if these numbers turn into winning numbers of votes. Romney is drawing big crowds, though. I think we’ll win Wisconsin. Had Scott Walker lost, I would put Wisconsin out of reach, but Walker won. Kleefisch won. We won the Senate re-call elections (except for one), and the Supreme Court election. I think Wisconsin will fall to Romney next Tuesday, and with it the Presidency. Polls show it tied, and I think most of the ties will go to the challenger. People who are undecided at this stage will either vote for Romney or they will stay home. They’ve already decided against Obama.
@ darkwords:
That makes sense. Do you live up there?
@ Iron Fist:
I just don’t see any enthusiasm on the Obama side.
“Four more years” of what? Unemployment? High gas prices? Islamists taking over the Middle East?
Sorry, but I don’t see that being outweighed by free contraceptives.
@ lobo91:
I don’ tknow. The Democrats are all kinds of dumb. They made Nancy Pelosie Minority Leader after they got kicked out of the House. I could easily see them keeping Reid on as Minority Leader if they lose the Senate and White House. Maybe not if they lose both, though. If they wind up losing the House, Senate, and White House, maybe they’ll see it as the big rejection that they have gotten from the public and change their tune. I doubt it, though. I could see them filibustering the next budget if that happens. We’ll need to be able to peel some Democrats off to get anything done in the Senate.
@ Iron Fist:
I also think the people in Wisconsin have election fatigue and many are pissed at the unions and dims for putting the electorate through the political wringer for failed causes.
Storagemanager wrote:
Ya know, he did say that he always means what he says, and I’ll have to take him at his word.
@ darkwords:
Remember, if you’re on Staten Island with no house, no food, and no power, you can go online to see where Obama’s appearing today to take a victory lap.
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@ lobo91:
I wonder if he will be an awards presenter at the NYC Marathon!
bluliner10 wrote:
Probably.
Hey, if people need water, they can go run the marathon! They always pass out cups of water.
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@ lobo91:
No, if you asked me my gut feeling on this, I’d say we have th ePresidency won. I am somewhat concerned about voter fraud, but I don’t think they can steal three states. Obama has to win Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to win th ePresidency, and I don’t see him being able to pull that off. I think he’ll get one of the three (most likely Pennsylvania), but I don’t think he’ll get all three. That said, I am going to be nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs until we get the definitive answer on the sixth or seventh.
I don’ tknow if we’ll get the Senate, though. I think that is going to depend on Romney’s margin of victory. If he wins big enough, we’ll win the Senate. If he squeaks through with 270 Electoral Votes, we probably won’t. That’s my gut feel for the race. I think it is pretty much set in stone now, though. I don’t think there is much that either candidate could do now to affect the race one way or another. Benghazi isn’t going to blow up until after the election, and Romney isn’t going to make a career-ending gaffe.
@ Iron Fist:
Yup.
Iron Fist wrote:
Yep, heck I got into an argument with someone last week who still likes jimmy carter.
while drivers are freaking out trying to find gas around NYC, the gas is there but the electricity is not…meanwhile Bloomberg is sitting on three huge generators, waiting for the marathon…you think NY’s are gonna forget that?…there is so much wrong with this whole storm
@ huckfunn:
Funny how the media is not reporting this. If the President was Republican they would blame him for that.
@ heysoos:
This is worse than Katrina. Yet Obama is be heralded as an awesome storm manager! This is just sick.
Rodan wrote:
Rodan wrote:
truth and reality now share equal value
@ heysoos:
Yup Juche American style.
Welly, welly, welly, well! This is interesting:
This is =from a Liberal group, Third Way. There is a graph at Hot Air. Notice that Pennsylvania has lost 5% of her Democrats. That makes a big difference when you have polls using D+13 for Pennsylvania. And notice the jump in independents. Every poll, including PPP, shows Romney with significant leads among independents. IF there are a lot more of them this time around, they could be an even bigger slice of the pie, and if they break heavily for Romney, that plus an actual break of only D+1 or D+2 could be the difference between winning and winning big. All the pieces are there indicating that Romney will win, though I am not confident of a landslide like Dick Morris.
@ Iron Fist:
It’s funny, Mussolini called Fascism the 3rd Way! Something to think about.
@ citizen_q:
He probably thinks Reagan was a bad President, too. I’ve ran into the type. They can be relatively intelligent otherwise, but politically they re dumb as a box of rocks.
rasmussen poll Ohio 49-49
Obama catch up momentum
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/ohio/election_2012_ohio_president
@ Rodan:
Yeah, and the leaders of the group probably know that. Back during the Clinton Administration they often quoted or paraphrased Mussolini on individual rights. Maybe they didn’t realize that they were quoting fascist doctrine, but I’ve read Mussolini, and it stood out like a sore thumb to me.
@ Guggi:
years ago I had a male Husky/Malamute pup who died from pneumonia…later I was driving through FT Custer (MI)looked over and saw the state police training dogs…there were quite a few locals watching…I was dumbfounded when I saw these dogs climbing fences, going up and over 8-10ft wooden walls, attacking foes etc….in one exercise where a man went down and another flew to protect it…I immediately went out and found the highest quality German Shepherd I could find….he lived 16yrs and was the finest animal God ever made…just unbelievably smart and loyal
@ ferb123:
Ties usually go to the challenger, but this points to something I’ve been saying: this is a turnout election. It is in converting likely voters to actual voters that this campaign will be won or lost. Romney apparently has a good ground game going in early voting in Ohio, and the word I am getting from people that I know in the State is universally positive. We’ll know in less than five days, I assume. Rasmussen also thinks that Wisconsin, not Ohio, will be the pivotal State this time around, and Wisconsin will fall to Romney. It is tied in the polls, but the same electoral machine that won the last four elections will win next Tuesday. Remember, none of these telephone polls decide anything. The poll next Tuesday is really the only one that matters.
New York might be in play all of a sudden. Interesting article at Hill Buzz.
@ Iron Fist:
Oh, and it’s too late for Obama to build any momentum. All he can do at this stage is try to blunt Romney’s momentum. How successful he’ll be at that is anybody’s guess, but he doesn’t appear to have done much over the last couple of weeks to do it. You can’t really take a one point fluctuation in a poll with a 3% margin of error as dispositive of anything. It is just bouncing around in the margin of error. Again, basic statistics.
liberals cannot defeat conservatives at the polls, impossible if they get off their ass and vote…that’s why Fists enthusiasm is growing on me…the two party system works best when the independent numbers are large….ironically, partisanship hurts everybody….the broadest color in the spectrum is the purple in the middle
@ PaladinPhil:
I’ll only believe that if Romney somehow manages to win New York, but if it were even in play Romney would be winning in a landslide. If Obama has to fight for New York, he’s going to lose Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Ohio.
@ Rodan:
I don’t think Obama did enough to stop the hurricane. He could at least have sent the secret service led by Kanye West to stop the weather machines run by George Bush and Dick Cheney. They must still be operating them.
Iron Fist wrote:
but nearly all other pollster say Obama is slightly leading in Ohio, so it is not really a tie (only in rasmussen poll)
If Obama wins Ohio the race is over.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/oh/ohio_romney_vs_obama-1860.html
@ heysoos:
My father loved German shepards and trained them as rescue dogs in the mountains but his absolute favorite was a shepard crossbreed whom he saved from being euthanized because the dog was so dangerous. The dog was the most intelligent and loyal dog he ever had. He told incredible stories about this dog and how they rescued people in the mountains.
Alabama crews are denying that the unions wouldn’t let them help with the hurricane damage:
A misunderstanding? The unions have to understand how bad that would look.
@ Guggi:
I believe anything when it comes to a good dog…I’ve seen it with my own eyes…I could write my own little book…I was very fortunate
@ Iron Fist:
It was a she, and a friend of my wife. She’s a die-hard dem, and in love with Carter for his supposed help in Argentina, where her husband is from.
Not being familiar with the topic I could not speak to it. If he did do some good, well even a blind pig finds a truffle now and then.
@ ferb123:
As I’ve repeatedly told you, if Obama wins Ohio, it is not all over. Obama has to win Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania to win. Has to. He can’t afford to lose one of those states. But all of the polls I’ve seen that are credible on Ohio show it statistically tied. Really, you need to take a statistics class. Up by one or two points doesn’t mean you are winning if the margin of error is 3 points. The way some of these polls cook the books is in manipulating the margin of error. I’ve seen polls this election cycle showing Obama up by 8, but with a 10% margin of error. That high a margin of error means the whole poll is essentially worthless, but it made Obama look good. I think you are going to be sorely disappointed in our election Tuesday. Romney is goig to win. The only real question is how big a win it is going to be.
With much of the NY/NJ in tatters, the economy in crisis, tens of millions of people without work and without any hope of that changing, lives permanently ruined and four years of presidential incompetence, at home and abroad, this man actually has the temerity to say “voting is the best revenge”.
The sombitch can’t even bring himself to exact revenge on the perpetrators of the Libyan atrocity, yet he preaches revenge on Romney?!
Good God, he makes me physically sick.
@ Iron Fist:
bro, I don’t know why you do it…anyway I for one appreciate the effort to find and relate these various polls, how they work and what they mean….thank you for that
@ Iron Fist:
You’re kind of a big ol’ gun toting’ tattooed geek, aren’t you?
They are already getting caught cheating in Ohio and what does our president have to say about this?????? Of course he doesn’t care when laws are broken he breaks them himself.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/02/claims-increasing-switched-votes-in-ohio/#ixzz2B657oNeC
@ MacDuff:
I hear you…I am usually pretty ambivalent toward pols and elections…but this time I feel my sensibilities are being insulted…I can tolerate a lot of bullshit but BO has taxed me dry…I really despise this asshole…he’s not just ideologically wrong, he’s aggressively malicious about it
@ heysoos:
Not a problem. It is something I love to do. I’ve got a degree in political science that makes meno money, but it does give me the background to realize when someone is trying to pull something on me. I’ve had the statistics and polling classe. Doing honest polls is hard. OTOH, it is easy to do a poll to get you a pre-determined answer. There’s all kinds of ways to skew a poll while still being “valid” enough to fool people that don’t look at your methodology and questions.
@ MacDuff:
Very much so. I’m a computer programmer by trade
@ huckfunn:
People are getting more angry….this is just going to go downhill as each day passes. Where is the outrage from the media about what is going on? Like the outrage against Bush concerning Katrina. People should have food to at least last a few days.
lobo91 wrote:
From your words to God’s ears…I’m sick of Reid, he is disgusting.
Iron Fist wrote:
Obama has a comfortable lead in Pennsylavia. Even rasmussen see Obama leading there with 5% points.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/pa/pennsylvania_romney_vs_obama-1891.html
Wisconsin looks like Ohio. All pollsters see Obama leading, except Rasmussen who have tie.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/wi/wisconsin_romney_vs_obama-1871.html
So looks like 4 more Obama years
darkwords wrote:
Actually the storm is showing obama’s lack
of concern in my opinion. Red Cross is stuck on stupid, FEMA is handing out cards to buy stuff that isn’t there, yet Mitt Romney’s donated food was a help. Obama, state and local government is failing the people big time. Obama is too busy campaigning right now.
Iron Fist wrote:
IF this is something the media is most certainly burying…obama is not, repeat not drawing big crowds…Romney is drawing huge crowds. The media were all over the amount of people obama was drawing in 2008….they aren’t mentioning anything about the crowds obama is drawing this election cycle…because it would look bad.
@ Lily:
Did he do anything more than spend a few hours for a dog and pony show cheerled by chirsti filled with empty promises?
heysoos wrote:
It’s not just about politics, it’s a lot scarier than Republican/Democrat/Conservative/liberal policy differences. Obama said he wanted to “fundamentally change America” -- that was unacceptable in 2008 and it’s even more unacceptable now that we’ve gotten a good picture of what that change looks like.
Storagemanager wrote:
What a damn disgrace he would want to hold a Catholic’s for obama Rally. Glad only 45 showed up. He has pissed the Catholic Church off and has waged war against it. This is insulting to do this.
@ ferb123:
They are doing it with fraud and why in the hell do continue to beat the drums for obama when you don’t have to live in this country?
/I honestly do not expect an answer and if you say George Bush ..he isn’t on the ballot this year.
@ Lily:
I’d be willing to bet those 45 were Obama staffers; I mean, it isn’t like we have a secret handshake….you know, like they paraded those “doctors” with lab coats for the health care bill.
@ Guggi:
I have always owned only German Shepherds. I absolutely love them.
@ MacDuff:
Yeah voting is the best revenge into throwing this Chicago thug out.
/lots of women behind him …he is still projecting this war on women theme is my guess.
@ ferb123:
If Obama wins, how does that help you?
@ ferb123:
It is all in who shows up at the polls. It really does matter who votes and who they vote for. That is why I keep stressing the importance of enthusiasm. You point out that Rasmussen has Obama up by five, but you don’t really know what that means. 3%margin of error means he could be up as little as 2 points in real voting, and you can make up two points in get out the vote efforts. So PA is still very doable. Romney obviously feels it is, because he is campaigning there Sunday.
@ ferb123:
Read about PA.
Lily wrote:
ok you catch me. I want Obama to win because I like to see Ann Coulter mocking Obama for 4 more years
XDDDDDDDDD
citizen_q wrote:
He was out of there quicker than a kid in the kitchen grabbing some cookies and hears momma coming. All it was …was a photo-op and straight to Vegas! Oh yeah he is really concerned/NOT!
Carolina Girl wrote:
You know what you are probably correct…because obama has a lot of staffers…he is going to lose the Catholic vote and the Hispanic vote too because they are mainly Catholic also.
Lily wrote:
Oh c’mmon, he is so incredible brave to fight for a politician in a far away country in the internet instead of going out at home and fight for -- hmmm -- a leftwing politician from Turkish or Arab descent in Germany. I gues wants be looked at as European “intellectual”
@ ferb123:
That is not an answer…you are defleating away from the question.
Guggi wrote:
maybe this should read “guess he” ?
@ 78 Lily: I don’t think ferb answers questions.. too risky.
Guggi wrote:
LOL!!!! If that he is trying to do oh dear what an epic fail!
@ Lily:
PIMF IF THAT IS WHAT HE IS TRYING TO DO
@ Lily:
I just don’t understand anyone who could support obama and the demoncraps. There is something wrong with them.
darkwords wrote:
I have noticed that.
@ Guggi:
He doesn’t look very intellectual. He doesn’t even understand basic statistics. Oh, and from what I’ve heard, Rasmussen is using a D+3 sample. Gallup is expecting actual turnout to be R+1 or R+0. Either one makes most of the statistical models invalid.
Lily wrote:
Ok next try.
I have bet 5 millions bucks on Obama at intrade. XDDDDDD
citizen_q wrote:
Not only do they lack answers, they fundamentally misunderstand the question and refuse to have it explained to them.
ferb123 wrote:
your fake germantics changes from day to day…you are almost coherent one day, then have this ridiculous Hollywood stumble the next…if you want to continue looking stupid go ahead
citizen_q wrote:
I honestly don’t understand it either …. but we will see in just a few days how this country will swing.
http://www.patriotpost.us/opinion/15263
@ ferb123:
Honestly this has become down-right silly on your part. No actual answer at all and this answer is just downright trollish.
People give you answers in depth and this is how you responsed?
ferb123 wrote:
And I’m posting this from my yacht off the coast of Sardinia.
Later all
@ citizen_q:
Later c_q!
@ MacDuff:
Well it is acting like the media to be honest…they are trying to put all sorts of blame on Romney they are swinging the idiot bat wildly around.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/11/02/blaming-mitt-romney-for-deadly-meningitis-and-other-wild-liberal-media-claims/#ixzz2B6JQhAap
Iron Fist wrote:
I am not that bad in statistic
I think the main problems of all these polls is not the statical error but the systematic errors.
ferb123 wrote:
and all these poll doesnt mention any systematic errors afaik.
EW reporting the news that the mainstream media isn’t????
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MacDuff wrote:
How is the water today? Clear blue and marine life teaming all around?
@ Lily:
Link…
http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/02/sons-of-anarchy-irene-staten-island/
@ ferb123:
non too soon, people are going to quit caring what you think…if you are a german which I doubt, then you are a piss poor representative of your country…these folks here give you well thought out responses and rather than thank them for the effort you continue your game of fraud, bullshit and ill manners…are all krauts as rude as you are?…are they all as stupid as you try to be?…no wonder you are up to your knees in your own shit…after all Americans have done to help you worthless fascists out you come to this little out of the way blog of friendly people and spit on us?….fuck you adolf
Strong-arming are they??
.
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/11/02/report-biden-pressured-bloomberg-to-endorse-obama-mike-theres-too-much-at-stake-we-really-need-you-to-do-this/
@ heysoos:
It is odd he comes to this blog..he would get more attention on Hot Air or Ace of Spades or any other semi-Conservative site..yet he parks here….odd isn’t it?
@ Lily:
GAZE — I tell you it’s the only solution.
@ Carolina Girl:
Been trying to!
heysoos wrote:
This I told him some days ago
Lily wrote:
altogether way too odd…he’s a LGF leftover who got tossed in the garbage over there…a friggin idiot swept up by his ability to troll…he’s his own hero because nobody else will have him, not even DoD
@ heysoos:
Makes perfect sense to me.
Guggi wrote:
and I have no beef with Germany…this guy is using them…
sometime I just go off
9 year old at Mooch rally says Romney will send all the Blacks back to the “crop field.”
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/11/02/9-year-old-black-boy-at-mooch-rally-if-mitt-romney-win-well-be-going-back-to-the-crop-fields/#disqus_thread
This is like child abuse. I hope the kid can rise about the absolute morons that are apparently raising him. But of course Mitt makes a statement about China and the MSM is all over it -- but remains silent regarding the venom emanating from the Obummer/Plugs camp.
@ heysoos:
Registration is never open at Hot Air. And if it went to Ace, the morons over there would turn it into hamburger on the first thread.
@ Guggi:
Attention whores don’t care -- they come for the snacks.
@ heysoos:
Some of us won’t have to quit because some of us never started.
Carolina Girl wrote:
he’s here only because you guys are nice to him, the way it should be…but he abused his vibe fucking around for attention….he thinks it’s just groovy that we are in financial straights and digs BO for putting us there
O/T: To answer Iron Fist’s question in the previous thread, Walker is putting his organization to use getting out the vote for R/R and T. Thompson for Senate. Those of us in WI 2nd Congressional District are getting little high-profile support against a D who has been in State Office since the early 1990s. The rest of the State may see Rs enter office, but, around Madison, the district will remain in D hands.
Oh, well — I still intend to vote. My voice will be heard at the ballot box on Tuesday.
Carolina Girl wrote:
Will they have jobs in the crop field? Since this country has not had any slavery for well over a hundred years, then I would think a farm job would be OK to have, especially if you are one of Obama’s typical black people living in an American Ghetto where unemployment for black males 18 to 30 is just about 60% or so. One more win for Romney! Another job opportunity in the private sector.
@ Carolina Girl:
I saw that and it is beyond bizarre why would a 9 year-old be worried about who is elected president and more over, thinking he will become a slave! It is child-abuse and really I am just sick of the racist card being used; Biden—-ROMNEY WILL PUT YA’LL BACK IN CHAINS! Comment was over the top…these people are living in the past. It isn’t the 1800′s and it isn’t the 1960′s either. I’ll be glad, and really hope obama is voted out, so I don’t have to hear about this backward insanity anymore. Not to mention the stupid War on Women too. I’m disgusted by it all…but they never mention obama’s record is always some imaginary *outrage* they go on about.
WaPo-ABC tracking poll: Most see U.S. on ‘wrong track,’ can Obama win?
Carolina Girl wrote:
*Shhhhhh* hence the reason I mentioned those two sites.
liberals…human shield children, complete with their own saints
gag me
Srill playing “Whack the Troll”? Silly waste of time if you ask me. Certainly nobody is sharpening their debating skills in all of this. But whatever…
We had some “puppy pushers” in my old unit in Korea. Their motto was, “talk shit, get bit”.
I stepped in some ferb yesterday and had to scrub the ferb out of my oxfords with a wire brush, bleach and gasoline to get the smell out. Then I felt guilty about using the gasoline that way since the poor souls in New York and New Jersey are so low on gas and other supplies.
Stephen Greene wargaming the Electoral College. He comes to a similar conclusion I have, i.e. that Obama needs to win both Ohio and Wisconsin to win this thing. He has Pennsylvania leaning Obama, but that is in Obama’s must win collumn as well. It’s an interesting read. Romney has the momentum, though.
Mitt has the momentum, though. That much is clear. I’ll take anything that gets us over 270, though, and that looks likely. Ohio or Wisconsin will win it for us. Pennsylvania would, too. Obama has to hold all three to win. I don’t think he can do it.
liberals…
Children Of The Corn (for ethanol, while others starve to make a point)
@ father_of_10:
they have plenty of both to run the NYC marathon…all’s cool
They’ve decided to Cancel the marathon in New York. You have to wonder why it took so long…
Oh snap!
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/11/02/clint-eastwood-slams-obama-on-benghazi/
@ Iron Fist:
I had a feeling….people were outraged and they should be
@ ferb123:
Not going to happen kid. Hope you continue to post after the 6th though. It’s entertaining.
@ heysoos:
Yep and they got this to look forward to….this is gonna be bad..with people having no heat.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/02/14880382-near-freezing-temps-add-to-sandy-misery-potential-noreaster-looms?lite
heysoos wrote:
wel, the only one who answer in a friendly way is actually Iron Fist. I do not agree with him but he stays friendly. Most of you here react like you, somehow typically republican XDDD
People running. What’s the big deal if they want to run?
Buckeye Abroad wrote:
thank you
at least one here who understand me XOXO
Rodan wrote:
Schadenfreude. There isn’t a simple English translation, but it means “enjoyment of the suffering of others.”
It’s a german thing.
ferb123 wrote:
and you are an idiot…you don’t count, it’s not gonna turn for you if you decide to bug me….fuck off
@ ferb123:
I’ve been here way too long.
@ Iron Fist:
I think the Wisconsin will vote R this year — just not the district I’m in.
waldensianspirit wrote:
A lot of out-of-town people will be coming in and the hotels are filled to capacity because of people having no homes to go to. So the hotels don’t want to throw out people who don’t have anywhere to go for someone coming to run the Marathon from out-of-town..not to mention with gas in short supply they are using generators and gas that could be used in damaged areas.
Buckeye Abroad wrote:
no, no this is not just a german thing.
Its common all over the world
Iron Fist wrote:
Bloomberg is doing an Obozo “leading from behind” announcement. These elitists are so removed from normal human behavior, that they require a giant cluebat in order to act with a degree of real concern. Why would gas be a problem? You just get in the back of the limo and wait for it to take you where you want to go. /
@ Lily:
Those two actually go together quite well.
There is gas. It’s in storage tanks underground and requires power to pump it.
In some places, they may actually be out of gas, but that’s because there’s no way to get trucks there to deliver it.
@ yenta-fada:
Bloomturd is dumber than a box of rocks. The only individuals I know who come close to him for being clueless are the guy who runs the swamp “Across the Street” and two grammatically/synapse challenged trolls.
Lily wrote:
I’m starting to worry about by my NYC boasting…they don’t seem to be as smart as I always thought…no food, water or blankets?…they had a week to figure it out….as for the entire storm story, my feelings are mixed…typically for every story of extreme stupidity, there is a story of extraordinary effort…my heart goes out to the victims…but with this, try real hard to not be dead weight
ferb123 wrote:
And as we both know,Obama is dishing out the hurt on the USA so you get your jollies
ferb123 wrote:
Though many Germans belive that, it isn’t. In fact, Anglophiles find your humor odd and we actually lampoon it.
@ heysoos:
There are a lot of people whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged.
All the food and blankets in the world won’t do you much good if they’re under 6 feet of water.
waldensianspirit wrote:
Many Europeans want to see us knocked down a few pegs, because they’re stupid enough to think it’ll “make the world a better place.”
By the time they realize how mistaken they were, it’ll be too late.
@ Lily:
Eastwood is on the mark!
@ lobo91:
Zero sum game, eh. To the zeroes
lobo91 wrote:
I made that distinction earlier today….losing your home and everything in it a life changing trauma I’m sure…so pack for two…I just don’t get a vibe that they were as well prepared as they easily could have been, but I don’t want to sound too harsh either…this thing is a bitch and and I don’t want to seem decisive
Buckeye Abroad wrote:
you deny you would feel Schadensfreude for democrats if Obama loses?
devicive that is
@ Carolina Girl:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OgOmFIx4Fss/UJPgu5L88pI/AAAAAAAArGk/Uvx2paH658Q/s1600-h/big%252520bird%25255B3%25255D.jpg
ferb123 wrote:
Actually we’re gong to relax a few days and then hold Romney’s feet to the fire to get Washington fixed and the economy going again.
lobo91 wrote:
Oh, look: another Obama scandal the media will ignore:
[yawn]
//
ferb123 wrote:
I never considered a political election in terms how it would make me “feel”. Do you?
I do know that Obama and the democrat party have been an absolute train wreck for my country and giving him another term would make it worse.
Buckeye Abroad wrote:
So you really not feel Schadensfreude for all these socialist/progressive Obama supporter?
O come on, are you human?
@ ferb123:
This isn’t one of your soccer games. This is the future of our country.
The only thing I feel for any of those people is contempt.
@ ferb123:
So you really not feel Schadensfreude for all these socialist/progressive Obama supporter?
Es tut mir sehr leid für sie, aber das it alles. / I feel sorry for them, but that’s it. Ich habe keine personliche Blutrache. / I have no personal vendetta.
O come on, are you human?
Wie alt bist du eigentlich? / How old are you actually?
@ lobo91:
Ayup. This isn’t a game. It’s a contest to the death -- the potential death of the federal republic we grew up in. It’s been a very long battle, starting before most of us were born. And it now appears to be at the end game. Of course, everyone always thinks they’re seeing the end game, but we may actually be doing so. If that’s the case, it may get very ugly indeed. I hope not. I’m sure Jefferson, Madison, Adams and Washington had hoped their pleas would be heeded, too. But they weren’t, so they did what was necessary.
Silly talk, I know. That could never happen again, right? Right?
Buy more ammo. And somebody explain what that means to the ferb.
lobo91 wrote:
Apparently the ferb doesn’t understand excatly how serious this is. He seems to think it some form of amusement. It’s not..and there are a lot of Americans that do not find this amusing in the least bit. It’s our future and which way our country will go. It is very serious and I find it belittling by the likes of ferb who thinks it’s entertainment.
Rearding ferb..if you haven’t noticed--he enjoys your reactions. Thats his kick and the reason he is here. Schadenfreude. He is causing discomfort and enjoys your pained responses. Content is irrelevant-- he wouldn’t comprehend your anguish depspite your best efforts. It’s a german thing.
At least he isn’t shoving us into ovens yet.
@ Lily:
Not much really changes in most European countries, no matter who gets elected. The EU is the real power there, and they have no say over its decisions.
Most “conservatives” in Europe would probably vote for Nancy Pelosi.
Buckeye Abroad wrote:
I have the impression that for some of your rupublican fellows it is more important that Obama fail than America succeed. Totally stupid, but there are such people in your country. I would called this Schadensfreude.
And yes again, I think Obama is better for US(even US economy) than Romney.
Lily wrote:
at the same time you find it amusing and entertaining bashing your president and everybody supporting him
Thanks for this 1389AD -- made my day!
@ ferb123:
No, there aren’t.
If Obama succeeds, then America will fail. That’s what you don’t grasp.
ferb123 wrote:
There is a reason that Piefkes (Germans) are not much liked in the world -- beside by Arabas who cheer you for Nationalsozialism and the Shoa -- and you are a typical example of a Piefke: a big mouth, know-it-alls, arrogance and no manners.
You think we are impressed with your performance, really ? You think you are a “hero” because you try to stir sh*t on this blog ? Your answers to serious questions are infantile and everybody can see your childish and stupid behavior. You don’t make a good figure here because you look more like a little boy in his puberty.
@ ferb123:
I find it amusing?? No I do not. I wish he were a better president ..he isn’t. He doesn’t care about Americans like he should.
Not to mention I find you rather boorish. Here you are at the end of the thread insulting me.
@ ferb123:
I have the impression that for some of your rupublican fellows it is more important that Obama fail than America succeed.
Though I actually don’t care what your impressions are nor your opinions, Obamas admininstration has been an epic failure and the results are there for all to see. No maliciousness needed. Obama has done all the work for the opposition. He is intellecutally and morally bankrupt and has nothing to offer and the American people know it.
Totally stupid, but there are such people in your country.
Insults? Your insecurity is showing. No worries. I’ve been amongst your kind for a very long time. It’s a german thing.
And yes again, I think Obama is better for US(even US economy) than Romney.
Based on what? The facts are he has made things worse, but I am certain your opinion aren’t based on them anyway. Europeans never had Americas best interests at heart, so you don’t have to answer that.
eaglesoars wrote:
My pleasure!