The gloves come off

Embattled candidates

fight of their lives

These are not descriptions of some prize fight or distant battle field, but a presidential primary. I for one would love to see Ron Paul’s old self take the gloves off and jab Santorum in the face. How funny would that be? Look, these news agencies (all of them) are running a 24 hour program – and that is why 99% of it is opinion pieces and not actual reporting. They HAVE to fill the day with something. There is just simply not that much to talk about, so they kinda fudge the seriousness of things like the Jan Brewer/ Obama thing.

This has become HUGE news. Somehow. This may be exactly what it looks like – her blessing him out. I have seen this lady do numerous interviews and she is extremely animated to say the least. This appears to be more of a media spin into something I believe it was not. Now Brewer states after the fact bla bla bla. She is riding the fame of this new “standing up to the President” thing, which makes me question her authenticity of events. It seems her passion has grown about this particular situation given her massive media blowout. This single photo shows her pointing in his direction, and nobody really knows what was said or the context of those statements but these two people. Seems to me the media desperately needs some gossip to fill the voids of the other 23.75 hours of the day where there is just nothing happening. I guess now she is an “embattled” or “combative” governor depending on which spin is being put on it (R to L respectively).

This issue is huge, though, as most who watch the news question nothing, and buy the facts as they are told, even if it is opinion. The reason the left media quotes Jon Stewart as fact is the same reason the right quotes Rush – because they agree with their OPINION. Using keywords and inflammatory speech to describe something that may not have been anything is dishonest and misleading intentionally. Anyway, these cases were brought up to explain the spin put on issues to sell the product. That is merely what news channels do is sell you their product of opinion for advertisement sales. Just like the Simpsons or Survivor. Difference is, most can not determine that the Presidential debates now or in the past fell quite short of being considered battle or some sort of war. Ugly? at times… deadly? Not at all, if that were the case Newt would hire Tonya Harding to hit Mitt below the belt with a bat, Santorum would run and hide, and Ron Paul would turn into a modern day Smeagol with a “my precious” fetish and grand conspiracies of the presidency being the one true ring. 

Come to think of it – let em take off the gloves and do this on PPV where all proceeds go to the National Debt. Then we could hear reports of battles and gloves actually coming off. I’m The Educated Dummy, and I support this message.

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These people slam (by name) Ashley Madison (AM) and the “discreet” affair they offer. I can understand morally why people have an issue with AM and similar services, but who the Hell do these people think they are. I personally do not want the moral police coming down on anyone for doing something they choose to do. MMM wants to censor competition based on a stronger perceived moral code, which seems oddly like Iran, Syria, and North Korea’s state television. Oh, now it makes sense. Perhaps this is not an attempted censorship at all, but a company running a smear campaign to increase traffic to the main site MA (The moneymaker). MMM is merely a petition site you sign in support, but where did the funding come from and how did a petition site garner NATIONAL airtime?

Think about it: What if AM and MMM were the same people? That is brilliant. Make a fake site bashing Ashley Madison in order to garner airtime on national television. Perhaps this happened because networks refuse to run Ashley Madison commercials, so AM generates an anti-AM commercial where they give AM PLENTY of airtime… sounds like a conspiracy theory, right? Check out manogomy.com:

http://www.manogamy.com/2010/05/looks-like-ashleymadison-is-behind-the-anti-ashley-madison-site-mymarriagematters-apparently-manogamy-is-a-threat/

The author of this blog apparently wrote both sites and did some digging. I will repost his screenshots of emails. Notice who these emails are from:

More importantly, look at the IP addresses from both emails of MMM and AM! Both also garner the label mail.avidlifemedia.com. That simply means both sites use avid life media for their hosting. Avid life media is a huge dating site with numerous labels http://www.avidlifemedia.com/ such as Ashley Madison, Hot or Not, Established Man, Cougar Life, Man Crunch, and Swappernet.

That is enough for me. If this is true – I say kudos to AM and avid life media for whipping up an inventive way of advertising, but I still fall short of finding the MMM commercial genuine. Perhaps that is why I dug a little further. You make up your own mind on this one.

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This quote got me thinking and I figured this: this requires training. Uncork that stash of rainy day wine and take a ride with me…

This statement is the truth about college. . . You are not actually learning unless it is Math. The rest is memorization and references, which oddly leaves no room for ingenious or independent thought. You pay a business (college) $100K for a Bachelor’s Degree (A piece of paper that arguably proves you can finish something and little more) only to find out the company that hires you sees you as an entry-level smart person. You still get on the job training and a ridiculously low starting salary considering your massive debt and newfound privileged circumstances. You are a degree holder just finishing four years of college, and are to be rewarded for your hard work. . .  How dare they treat like an entry level GED holder? Well, the answer is quite simple.. Most employers demand a degree not for what is taught, but for the commitment and sacrifice required to acquire such success. There is not a job in the world that pays decent money that will allow a person to begin interacting with others without their own company spin on HR and business tactics, and an upper level education is really no different other than it is seen as more a long-term solution.

Imagine a Ford salesman quitting and going across the street to Chevy to make more money; there is no way the Chevy place is going to allow him to operate the way of the competition, much less not knowing the rules of combat according to their ways. It will not happen, and this occurs on every level of business from Goldman Sachs to Subway. You will get on the job training [period]. This is not a college degree bashing by any sorted imagination, but a wakeup call that you will not graduate college as Warren Buffett, and you will not know everything because you hold a diploma. Truth is our economy needs college graduates and high school dropouts alike; and you would be lacking to think otherwise. Imagine if everyone held a college degree… It would be the new High School Diploma. Bachelor’s Degree to hand out cheeseburgers anyone?

Truth is a college degree is great and will propel you to possibilities not achievable without; do not make the mistake this is some sort of cure-all or magic potion. You still need to work hard and learn the rules and lay of the land. There will still be crappy job offers and underemployment, making college the ultimate rip-off and the ultimate long-term investment. What an oxymoron; what a gamble. . .

http://www.playlikeyourcouchisonfire.com/collegedegree.html In case you would like to purchase this shirt…

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With no fanfare and little notice, the national debt has grown by more than $4 trillion during George W. Bush’s presidency. It’s the biggest increase under any president in U.S history.

Knoller once again addressed this through CBS on August 22, 2011: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20095704-503544.html

The national debt increased $4.9 trillion during the eight-year presidency of George W. Bush. The debt now is rising at a pace to surpass that amount during Mr. Obama’s four-year term.

Interesting to note when talking of the Republican President he states quite clearly “this is the biggest increase of any president in US history” but mentions merely the amount when speaking of the Democrat President. Media Matters (The Left Wing “truth”) chastises Knoller for stating Obama ran up a deficit, but stayed silent on his obvious distain for Bush’s deficit. http://mediamatters.org/mobile/research/201108230001 This was August 23, 2011.

Independent analyses agree that “Bush-Era” policies are largely to blame for deficit

This reference was from an op-ed New York Times Article. That is not fact; it is opinion of the writer. They are actually chastising a reporter for reporting facts by attempting to debunk it with Left opinion and quoting it as if it were truth.

Bottom line is Bush did run up $4T in debt, some may argue more or less, but Obama has run up another $7T! This is hypocritical when he stated running up the debt was unpatriotic. That could only mean one truth: Obama is unpatriotic and irresponsible by his own statement on the national debt. Or… it could mean he will just say anything to get in power and stay there, but will enact his version of “social justice” once that goal is achieved. The Democratic-controlled Senate just approved another “debt limit increase” – another loan – taking our national debt to over $16T.

Simple math shows his inflammatory comments while in election mode were nothing more than salesperson type snippets to get him elected. Do your own research and do not trust everything you read in the media. A lot of the time, they are quoting each other with their reported “facts”.

Obama stated $4T in new debt was unpatriotic, and then he ran up $7T. Hypocrisy everyone can believe in. Too bad this is an old cartoon.

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First, the argument is flawed greatly, as the money Romney is making is money he ALREADY paid taxes on. Didn’t know that? Think about it… He made money working and was taxed on that amount. He invested that money AFTER taxes. Now he is being taxed on that money invested (second time taxed). Did you catch that? The argument that he should pay more on money he already paid taxes on is a downright crazy sentiment. Granted he made money on that investment, it was NOT something to be considered employee based income – therefore taxed at a lower rate.

This makes perfect sense considering the laws. Now to Mr. Buffett. . . Why is this guy coming out in favor of higher taxes? I personally think b/c his net worth is around $30Billion and he lost a sense of reality long ago on financial matters. This guy has so much money, he is not just out of touch, he is beyond that – he is now condoning the government forcibly take his OWN profits. I wonder if twenty year old him would agree? Now there is nothing stopping Buffett from paying more in taxes yearly, and he claims he is giving away his massive fortune when he passes, but if this is a serious issue to him – why not give it all to the Fed government now? The reason is quite simply (look at Michael Moore) he likes the money and cannot survive without it. I would LOVE to see this billionaire survive on $85K a year until he passes. I mean no self bailouts or splurging into his savings for things here and there. I mean literally live on that amount a year. He could not do it. Now he comes out against the very tax system he manipulates to KEEP his fortune. Buffett writes things off on taxes so he can keep as much of his money as possible – and that makes him a huge hypocrite like the Millionaires in Washington.

As for me, I am sick of hearing fair share… This is the United States of America where the possibility of fortune IS the fair share. It is yours to do with what you please, and only a non-capitalist would think otherwise.

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Good for her, and good for the country. We need more of these stand up types – whose morals guide them, not a paycheck. I just hope her gesture does not turn into political games from our politicians who did not experience her trauma. I for one am extremely impressed by this and I say Kudos to her. I would welcome her back if she chose to do so. Strong character always reaches across the aisle – regardless the politics behind it.

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