The liberal elitists and Obama

I read an interesting article today from Rich Lowry called Revenge of the Lunch Buckets.

In it Lowry describes the type of liberal elitists that carried Obama in New Hampshire-

Obama crushed Hillary among voters with post-graduate degrees (43-31 percent), with no religion (46-29 percent) and who describe themselves as getting ahead financially (48-31 percent). These voters were just as jazzed about Obama as the press, because they are the same kinds of people -- educated professionals who are moved by the abstract themes Obama has articulated so grandly.

In contrast, Hillary's voters were those struggling to keep their jobs-

Hillary, in contrast, dominated among lunch-bucket Democrats. She beat Obama among high-school graduates (46-31 percent), among Catholics (44-28 percent) and among those falling behind financially (43-33 percent). Clinton beat Obama among voters with incomes below $50,000; Obama beat her in almost every income group above that. Voters who think the economy is performing poorly went with Clinton; those who think it's performing well went with Obama.

I find this very interesting. The man carrying a message of hope manages to reach the people that do not need hope for a bright future. They have their college degrees and a bright future.

Basically, Obama is preaching to the choir. However, the folks sitting in the pews are overlooked by Obama's message.

The liberal elitists feel all ooshy and gushy inside listening to Obama message of hope, but the real folks living with the real problems have been able to see right thru Obama.

Barak Obama is Jimmy Carter all over again. A nice fellow who says all the right things and makes people feel all ooshy and gushy inside. Do these qualities make for a good leader or a good President? That is for the lunch buckets to decide.

I do know that ooshy and gushy does not pay the bills.

Lowry states:

Voters might like change and unity, but they probably like their jobs and wages more.

KRM: Let the people decide

Sounds like a plan to me.

State Rep. Robin Vos is proposing a plan that would force the KRM people to fall in line with the people's wishes.

This bill requires voter approval, and lots of it, to install a sales tax of up to 0.5 percent. That money would be used to run mass transit including bus systems, and it would replace property taxes as the source of funding.

In order for the KRM to proceed every single municipality would have to approve it in a referendum.

What a novel idea. Let the people decide whether or not they want the KRM bad enough that they are willing to pay the increased taxes. If every municipality does not fall in line, then kill the KRM.

We are already aware that local politicians and some local businesses want the KRM. However, they are not paying for the KRM, the taxpayers are.

It is dead wrong for local politicians to continue to force these types of things down our throats like they have been doing.

Letting the people decide is the only right way to get this thing done.

Something wrong with this picture

I just happened to catch a glimpse of this headline story-

Dems eye tax rebates to stimulate economy

What caught my eye was this picture that accompanies the story-

Is Ron Paul a Democrat?

Hillary stole the election in New Hampshire

No, seriously- the same liberal theories that the election was stolen in 2000 by George W. Bush are now haunting Sen. Clinton.

I was reading the cheesy excuses that the Gallup folks were making about why their polls were so off in New Hampshire. Then I started reading the comments and this is what I found:

Ladies and Gentlemen, this caucus was rigged. Check out the actual hand-counted numbers below. Obama placed first. Why this isn't front-page is beyond me.
http://www.legitgov.org/nh_machine_vs_paper.html

and this:

Anybody know if you have to show ID to vote in NH? Hillary brought people in from neighboring states to make her crowds look bigger. How do we know they didn't stick around and vote for her as well?

Seriously folks, the liberal mantra of "Diebold/stole the election" has turned on Senator Clinton.

Likable?

So, I wonder if Maureen Dowd has a problem with Hillary Clinton?

Can Hillary Cry Her Way Back to the White House?

Yet, in the end, she had to fend off calamity by playing the female victim, both of Obama and of the press.

Don't you just love it when liberals smack each other around?

Kenosha County damaged homes

I was sitting at work with one of my friends watching the storms pass over Kenosha county on Monday night. My friend lives in Wheatland and I live on the northside of Kenosha. Both areas were hit hard by tornadoes. Wheatland suffered the worst damage.

My friend and his family were not let back into the neighborhoods until yesterday and these photos are what he found. He and his wife suffered minor damage, but his next door neighbors did not fair so well.

My friend has emailed me some photos of the area that he took yesterday. I will post them as I have time.

This particular home shown below suffered some major damage. This family was home at the time the tornado struck by were in the basement, so they were safe.

Both of these vehicles at this home were parked in the garage and the garage door was down. If you look close, the vehicles did indeed move, but not really by that much. Click to enlarge the picture. The house was actually lifted up off it's foundation and shifted away from backwards.




Obviously, even though the house is standing, it is leaning backwards. It will have to be destroyed. Both vehicles can be saved.

Here is another photo from the front on the same home

They didn't ask me!

As I watched last night’s returns, my mind flew back to an incident almost 10 years ago.

My Mom and I were talking on the phone about the Clinton/Lewinski scandal.

The conversation had turned to the polling numbers showing that very few Americans could have cared less about what was taking place on the national stage with Clinton and Lewinski.

Many folks told pollsters that they continued to support President Clinton, even though Clinton had lied and he was about to be impeached, they did not really care all that much.

I remember my mother telling me that she was stunned that so many Americans continued to support Clinton. I made the argument that all of the pollsters said that people did not care.

That is when she said to me about the pollsters “They didn’t ask me!”

True enough.

After seeing those numbers last night, something tell me that tens of thousands of folks stood in line yesterday in New Hampshire with the very same thought in their heads about the pollsters as my mom did years ago- “They didn’t ask me!”

Frankly, I am beginning to wonder whether the pollsters changed the way they were polling based on all of the media reports. Obama would be a strong winner! Hillary is done! Hillary’s campaign was on life support!

Repeatedly we heard this from the media through out the weekend. Almost 100% of the polls being taken were showing Sen. Obama with as much as double digits lead in New Hampshire.

Did the pollsters change their sampling demographics and they too began assuming that Sen. Obama would steam roll to the nomination? Did the pollsters actually post accurate information?

Something happened yesterday and it happened in a very short period of time. Even at 5:00pm last night pollsters and pundits were completely convinced that Obama would win.

It was not until the actual votes began to be counted that anyone could see a sign that something may be wrong on the Democrat side of the ballot. I had to giggle a little watching the deer in the headlight look on all the faces of the political pundits.

Once the realization kicked in to some of the pundits that Obama had yet to be elected king and ruler over all the land, the shock turned to anger.

The look on Fox’s Juan Williams face as it began to hit him that Obama was not only not going to win by double digits, but that he would actually lose the primary, was priceless.

Williams was so angry, stammering, “I am so proud of Obama!” Williams did not look proud. He looked furious!

No matter what we see and what we read over the next few weeks, I think that it would be wise for all of us to remember all of those people that have never been called by a pollster. They are out there and they will be voting.

I think that it is wonderful that we do not have a frontrunner in the Republican nomination. 3 states, 3 different winners on the Republican side.

This means that more and more states will actually be able to be part of the nomination process.

As far as the Democrat side, I do not know what the future holds. I tend to believe that Obama now has some serious problems. Among core Democrats, Hillary is doing quite well. The independent vote that Obama has been getting will not be as effective in the state to come. Independents will not be allowed to vote as Democrats.

In the meantime, let us enjoy the democratic process that our forefathers envisioned. This is kind of fun.

Name, Address, City, State, Zip Code

What is so difficult about it?

Name
Address
City, State Zip Code

How is it that this was screwed up again?

MJS

For the second time in just over a year, a state publication has been sent to tens of thousands of people with their Social Security numbers printed on the mailing labels.

We have been doing things this way for years and years and years.

Yet, suddenly the state of Wisconsin is having trouble protecting the identities of it's residents.

Last year we spent hundreds of thousands of tax dollars to pay to monitor the identities of those folks that had their social security numbers exposed by the state.

Well, it looks like we will be paying again this year. I wonder how many hundreds of thousands of dollars it will cost this year?

Hillary wins

This is huge.

Even just by watching Obama's speech, wasn't quite the same speech as 5 days ago.

This is a huge shock to his campaign.

The media built him up too high, he may crash.

Democrats: Shocker in the works in New Hampshire

I don't know guys, the mantel of the Democratic Party had been handed to Obama, Hillary may swipe it back.

31% in, Hillary 40% to Obama 36%.

Let me highlight a few articles out today-

Hardcore Democrat E.J Dionne:

Hillary Clinton may have unintentionally written the obituary for the Iowa and New Hampshire phase of her presidential campaign, and perhaps her candidacy, when she told voters on Sunday: "You campaign in poetry, but you govern in prose."

Washington Post:

What happens after New Hampshire no one can quite tell, but this is Obama's moment and he is driving it and riding it all at the same time.

New York Times:

With polls showing Barack Obama opening up a significant lead over his rivals, most of the unanswered questions today, barring a significant surprise, would seem to be on the Republican side.

The fact that Hillary is running this close right now is actually a victory for Hillary after last week.

McCain wins. Obama maybe????

Perhaps the Democrats should not hand the nomination to Obama so quickly.

He still may win New Hampshire, but yesterday, he was a shoe in. Not today! Polls showed Obama up by double digits over the weekend.

Yahoo...

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton dueled with Sen. Barack Obama in an unexpectedly tight Democratic race.

As of 7:32 pm, Hillary was up by 40% to 36%, but only 16% is in.

We will see.

Obama's camp is already trying to spin this.

This is kinda fun.

Update: 7:50pm with 22% in, Hillary is up 40% to 35%.

New Hampshire: Did you know?

Did you know that New Hampshire is actually not very good at picking on next President?

The last time a Democrat won a contested primary in New Hampshire and went on to win the presidency was back in 1976, Jimmy Carter.

The last time a Republican won a contested primary in New Hampshire and went on to win the presidency was back in 1980, Ronald Reagan.

There have been some relatively uncontested primaries, like George Bush in 2004, who won. However, the contested primaries have brought bad results.

I am not sure if winning in New Hampshire is the best thing to happen to the Democrats or the Republicans.

Kenosha: Still checking

Thanks to every single person that called or emailed.

I am fine.

However, all of Kenosha County is starting to access the damage.

Places like the First Assembly of God, got hit and no one is reporting this.

This a the sanctuary of the First Assembly-



Here is a link to more pictures at First Assembly.

As I said before, this is in an area that no one is reporting any damage. Clearly there is some. This is on Kenosha's south side.

For those trying to get an idea of the locations, First Assembly is that huge church on Hwy 50, just off of I-94 to the east.

Growing up in tornado alley in Texas, I have seen this before.

What appears to have happened is that the storm was overhead, a twister would pop out of the sky, drop down and hit an area, then disappear quickly. Then another one would pop in a different area. These do not appear to be the type of long twisting tornadoes that hit the ground and roll around for a while. They kind of jump out the sky, hit something and then jump back up.

The picture that I posted yesterday, kind of shows it. There are at least 2 or 3 tornadoes bouncing around in that picture.

It will probably take all day today to figure out what kind of damage has been done. Clearly tornadoes have done some damaged both east and west of I-94. On the north east side of town and the south west side of town.

Damage has already been confirmed in Wheatland- hardest hit, Somers, Twin Lakes, Camp Lake, Burlington, Brighton, Westosha and Kenosha.

I have not heard about any damage done in Silver Lake, Bristol, Paris, Paddock Lake or Pleasant Prairie . I am not saying nothing happened there, I just have not heard anything yet.

Email me, if you have a story to tell-

stepping_right_up at yahoo.com

So far, only minor injuries.

What a mess.

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So bid away-

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Photo: Kenosha tornadoes

Here is a photo of the tornadoes that hit Kenosha's northside.



The Kenosha News has confirmed that the second floor of an apartment complex on the northside did partially collapse, people trapped inside.

Kenosha: Early damage assessment

It appears that there are no major injuries, but it is still early.

As far as the city limits in Kenosha, it appears that the 4th district has been hit the hardest, over by the Casa Capri and south.

I am hearing rumors that there is also damage in Kenosha's 5th district and 6th district also. Every few moments

I drove down into the 4th district and saw some damage, but it is pitch black out there with no power anywhere. The only lights are from the cars and the emergency vehicles.

Fox News seems to have the best coverage. They are reporting that 3 tornadoes hit Kenosha.

They have yet to really report the damage done in the city limits and I am not sure why. They were there showing the pictures of the damage in the 4th district.

They even interviewed Ralph Nudi, candidate for alderman in Kenosha's 4th district. His house sustained quite of bit of damage. With blown out windows and missing siding. Some of his neighbors lost their roofs.

I talked to Ralph and he and his family are doing fine. They were working on boarding up his house along with their neighbors.

Literally hundreds of people are milling around that area. It is not safe. Some areas are pitch black that you do not realize that people are standing in the streets until you drive right up on them.

I am not sure if the tornadoes in the city actually touched down or if they just got close enough and blew out windows and tear off roofs.

All in all, there is still so much going on. We will not really be able to tell what kind of damage has happened until the light of day.

In the meantime, everyone stay inside and for heaven's sake, stay out of the damaged area and stop standing around in the streets. Someone in going to get hurt.

Don't touch any power lines, even if you think that they are not live because the power is out.

Call the power company!

Say a prayer for Kenosha

Certain areas of Kenosha have been hit pretty hard.

My area appears to be fine.

I do have friends that live in the areas that have been pretty hard hit. I am watching one of them right now on the news.

So far no serious injuries to report.

I was going to head out to check on some friends that I cannot get through to, but we are all being told to stay home.

Say a prayer.

Kenosha: Change is in the air

Change is coming to Kenosha.

Kenosha News-

Kenosha's recent aldermanic elections have seen only a handful of contested races and little turnover.

This spring could bring radically different results.

A city-record 38 people are running in aldermanic elections, including 26 non-incumbents. Those numbers come as Mayor John Antaramian is not seeking re-election after 16 years in the office. And five incumbent aldermen - Everett Butler, Mike Pitts, Kenneth Polzin Jr., Julia Robinson and Sam Spair - are not running.

But while those seeking aldermanic seats hope to be a part of change in the city, very few said turnover in the mayor's office and the City Council were their main motivation for joining the race.

I suppose it depends on whom you ask, some want the changes to come to Kenosha government, some do not.

But the change is inevitable.

For 16 years, Kenosha has had the same mayor, John Antaramian. The mayor has chosen not to run for re-election.

This, obviously, will bring change.

Many folks are excited about the new path Kenosha will be taking and others are nervous.

Clearly, changes are coming to the city council also. Just like the mayor, many of the same people have been alderman in Kenosha for a long time. Most have run unchallenged for years. Even when challenged, the incumbents won re-election.

Those days are over.

A record number of 38 people are currently running for alderman in Kenosha. 26 of them are challenging incumbents.

Clearly, Kenosha is headed in a new direction. In a few short months, Kenosha's future will change.

Where that will lead will come down to who is elected as mayor and who is elected as alderman.

Kenosha has a lot of different choices to make and I think it is very exciting to see so many people step up to lead Kenosha is a new direction.

Where are the grown ups?

I totally missed the debates tonight, and I really wanted to see them.

So I thought I would go read about them.

4 of the 6 stories highlighted on Real Clear Politics about the debates are about every single candidate on stage that were Romney bashing.

INITIAL TAKE AWAY: EVERYONE GANGS UP ON ROMNEY

Romney and the Onslaught

They all hate Mitt

Too Much Romney-Bashing

I have question, did a single GOP adult show up to this debate?

This is embarrassing for the GOP. This type of behavior out of people who want to lead the country is horrible.

The New Republic-

It was all a bit much. With all the "oohs" and "ahs" in the press-filing center, it felt like we were watching a game of the dozens rather than a presidential debate. At certain moments it had the effect of making Romney look more sympathetic, at others it made him look like the only adult on stage, and at others it made him look like he must be the front-runner, since people were so determined to take him down a peg. McCain in particular seemed to go too far, looking and sounding downright snide at times.

Every single person on stage has been accused of Romney bashing, including the person who calls himself a man of God.

MSNBC-

What message to New Hampshire voters get when every single candidate on stage, from McCain to Huckabee to Thompson to Giuliani and Paul have beefs with Romney?

What in the world was all this about?

MSNBC-

Closing note: Was Obama also one of the winners? Huckabee made as good of a case for Obama as if he were a future surrogate.

Is Huckabee running as a Democrat now?

Packers to play Seattle

Packers.Com

With their win over the Washington Redskins on Saturday, the Seattle Seahawks earned a trip to Lambeau Field to take on the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional playoffs on Saturday, Jan. 12. Kickoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. CT.

The other NFC Divisional game will be the following day, Jan. 13, in Dallas, also at 3:30 p.m. CT. The winner of Sunday's New York Giants-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game will take on the Cowboys.