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GALLUP: ROMNEY 52, OBAMA 45 — Let the Great 2012 Liberal Freak-Out Begin!

Posted on | October 18, 2012 | 22 Comments

They convinced themselves that Obama “won” Tuesday’s debate, but Romney actually gains in the first Gallup national tracking poll with post-debate reaction? Oh, boy.

UPDATE: Ace explains what happened:

 The debate was not a victory for Obama. It was a confirmation of Romney’s acceptability, plausibility, and fitness for office.

Yesterday, Sully admitted he had been “on the ledge”:

Guess what?

UPDATE II: Ed Morrissey points out that these latest numbers indicate that neither of the past two debates helped Obama among likely voters.

 




 

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Category: Ace of Spades, Andrew Sullivan, Barack Obama, Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Polls

For What It’s Worth

Posted on | October 18, 2012 | 8 Comments

— by Wombat-socho


Maetenloch over at AOSHQ had this list of top-ranked conservative websites, courtesy of Doug Ross at DirectorBlue who did the grunt work of sorting through Alexa to figure out who’s hot and who’s not.


The good news is that we’re hot: #96 on the list, just a few spots behind Dan Riehl (#93) and Ann Coulter (#91). There’s some weird stuff on the list that I’m not sure qualifies as “conservative”, strictly speaking, including the Volokh Conspiracy (#97) and the various Gannett military papers such as the Army Times, but it’s not my list so I don’t get to say who’s in and who’s out.


No Buffalo Springfield link, much less video. I hate that song.

Category: Blogging

Virginia Town’s Airport Is Collateral Damage in Obama’s ‘War on Coal’

Posted on | October 18, 2012 | 19 Comments

“The front page of Thursday’s Washington Times features a story about how the Obama administration’s ‘war on coal’ has thwarted plans by the tiny Appalachian town of Grundy to expand its airport. The hostile regulatory climate imposed by the president’s environmental agenda has been a steady theme of Romney’s stump speeches. The coal issue also resonates in Ohio, as well as Pennsylvania, which RCP likewise counts as a battleground state. Coal-industry advocates in Grundy are planning a rally Sunday, and their story could help dramatize the economic costs of the administration’s anti-coal policies.”
— Robert Stacy McCain, “Obama’s Hope Fades in Virginia,” The American Spectator, Oct. 18, 2012

The population of Grundy, Virginia, is 1,105. It is the county seat of Buchanan County, population 23,581, where the median household income is $29,183, far below the U.S. median average of $51,914. This community, about 10 miles from the Kentucky border and 15 miles from the West Virginia state line, is quite obviously in need of economic growth — so why is the Obama administration standing in the way?

Officials from two Southwestern Virginia counties say a project vital to the area’s economic development has been held up for years because of a dispute with federal regulators over what is an airport and what is a coal mine.
Local leaders say the three-year battle with the U.S. Office of Surface Mining over plans to extend the runway at Grundy Municipal Airport has cost taxpayers in this poverty-stricken corner of Appalachia millions of dollars in lost opportunities, and a list of regulatory hurdles remains before construction can even begin.
“We were attempting to permit this project as an airport project, not a coal-mining project,” said state Sen. Phillip P. Puckett, a Democrat from Lebanon who has been involved for three years with the effort to lengthen the runway from 2,200 feet to more than 5,000 feet — the length needed to comply with insurance standards for corporate jets. The holdup: Federal regulators have refused to allow the runway project to go forward without a mining permit because of the coal deposits below the land that will be dug up during construction.
“That’s where the permitting process got caught up — in determining whether it was an airport project or a mining project, by the Office of Surface Mining in Washington,” Mr. Puckett said. “We’ve tried to resolve that with them for the last couple of years. We’ve had very little success.”
Regulators contend that a mining permit is needed because local authorities plan to sell the coal dug up in extending the runway to help finance the overall project. . . .

Read the whole thing at the Washington Times. People everywhere should be outraged by this: A poor Appalachian town’s best prospect for promoting economic development held up for three years because the radical environmentalists appointed by President Obama are determined to destroy the coal industry. (See my Oct. 8 column, “Counting on Coal Country,” for more background on Obama’s “war on coal.”)

The federal Office of Surface Mining might as well be re-named the Office of Abolishing Surface Mining under Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar who, as Michelle Malkin has detailed at length, is a top enforcer of Obama’s environmental agenda.

Grundy is 53 miles from I-81, but it’s a winding two-lane mountain road so it takes an hour and a half to drive it, which tends to discourage potential business investors from visiting the town. If the town could extend its airport runway, executives could fly in and out, and light commercial aviation might even help promote tourism. (“Ski Grundy,” perhaps?) But no — the project would involve coal mining, and the Fanatic-in-Chief at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is beholden to tree-hugging freaks, so he cheerfuly pisses away millions of taxpayer dollars on bankrupt “green energy” boondoggles, while his bureaucrats crush hope for the people of Grundy.

In the War on Coal – It’s Grundy vs. Obama
— Matt Vespa, Hot Air Greenroom

Why Does Obama Hate Coal Miners And Appalachia?
— The Lonely Conservative

Grundy will have a rally Sunday to show “support for American coal jobs and the people who work in our industry.”

If the Romney campaign would grab hold of this issue, they could make America understand how Obama’s “war on coal” is hurting real people and hindering economic recovery.

 


Category: Barack Obama, Environmentalism, Virginia

LIVE AT FIVENINE: 10.18.12

Posted on | October 18, 2012 | Comments Off on LIVE AT FIVENINE: 10.18.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Obama, Romney Hit Campaign Trail After Biting Debate

Candidates on the stump

Both candidates appealing to women after Tuesday’s debate

Lance Armstrong Gets Dumped
Nike, Radio Shack, others drop superstar cyclist after doping evidence surfaces

Bangladeshi National Busted For NY Fed Bomb Plot
Another wannabee jihadi gets suckered by FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force



POLITICS
“Binders Full Of Women” Replaces Big Bird As Latest Seinfeld Moment For Obama Campaign

This may be the only man in America who can legitimately say this.

Bloggers, President completely miss the point again

Larry King To Moderate Third-Party Debate; Will Be Streamed On Internet

Obama Picks Chicago’s McCormick Plaza For Election Night Rally

Push To Speed Up $1 Billion In Infrastructure Repairs Could Save NYC $200 Million

Long, Gillibrand Clash On Fracking, Abortion

LA County Assessor Arrested In Corruption Probe

DNC Comes Up Short In Paying For Convention Despite Accepting Corporate Money

DOJ Says Violent Crime Spiked 17% Last Year



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Drops On Increased US Inventory: NYMEX $92.02, Brent $113.20
PRC Growth Continues Slide, But Retail Sales Up In Sign Of Recovery
Bank Of America Ekes Out $340 Million Profit
Housing Starts Surge 15% To Four-Year High
Dow Rises For Fourth Straight Day
Chances Of Going Over Fiscal Cliff May Be Higher Than Experts Think
Microsoft Sells Out Of $500 Surface RT Tablet Pre-Orders On First Day
Will Apple Acquired Troubled Startup Color Labs?
Amazon Pushes Kindles For Classrooms
Aereo Opens Its Streaming TV To Mac, Windows Web Browsers
Nokia Expected To Slide Further In Q3
Amazon Reportedly Looking To Buy TI Chipmaker At Heart Of Kindle Fire



SPORTS
Cardinals Take 2-1 Lead In NLCS, Win After Rain Delay

Motte and Molina celebrate after Cards’ win

Matt Carpenter slugs two-run homer, Motte gets two-inning save after 3.5 hour rain delay in 7th inning


ALCS Game 4 Postponed Due To Threat Of Rain

Kevin Love Breaks Hand, Timbermutts’ Woes Continue

Hockey Night In Canada: Time To Put Grudges Aside In NHL Lockout
Don Cherry Sympathizes With Both Sides

Lynx Shake Fever 83-71, Tie WNBA Finals

Syracuse, Pitt Hope To Turn Final Big East Season Into Victory Tour

Yankees Deny Rumors of Trade Sending A-Rod To The Fish



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
It’s a Boy For Megan Fox And Austin Green

Megan and Brian spending quality time with the baby-to-be

Noah Shannon Green born September 27

Flavor Flav Busted For Assault, Domestic Violence In Vegas

Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel To Wed In Italy This Week

Demi Moore “Frustrated, Annoyed” By Ashton Kutcher’s Dalliance With Mila Kunis

John Mayer And Katy Perry Celebrate His 35th Birthday In New York City

Just When You Thought The Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Story Couldn’t Get Any More Disgusting…

Courtney Stodden Certified 100% Natural After Examination

Mark Ballas: Bristol Palin Wouldn’t Step Out Of The Box On DWTS



FOREIGNERS
UN Envoy Says Syrian War Threatens To Set Region Ablaze
Accused 9/11 Mastermind Uses “NO U” Defense At Military Tribunal
Pakistanis Divided On Launching Army Offensive Into Jihadi Sanctuary
India, Australia To Discuss Nuclear Pact
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Visits Yasukuni Shrine, PRC Predictably Butthurt
Israel Targeting Salafists In Gaza
Uganda Denies Backing Congolese Rebels
Russia Arrests Opposition Leader, Threatens Terror Charges
Sudan Approves Oil & Peace Deal With South Sudan
Iranian-American Cops To Assassination Plot Aimed At Saudi Ambassador
Blind Man Tasered By Scottish Cops; They Mistook His White Cane For Samurai Sword



BLOGS & STUFF
WyBlog: Your “Barack Obama Economic Illiteracy” Blog Post Of The Day
Twitchy: Obama Campaign Co-Chair Eva Longoria Deletes Tweet Calling Women And Minorities “Stupid” For Supporting Romney
Sarah Hoyt: Big Brother Reads Minority Report
Riehl World View: Obama Admits To Questioner After Debate He Did Mislead America
Conservative Commune: About The Benghazi “Terror” Statement In The Second Debate
Conservatives4Palin: Media Tries To Manufacture Momentum For Obama
Jammie Wearing Fools: On September 20, White House Denied Calling Benghazi A Terror Attack
Weasel Zippers: In Full-Page Newspaper Ad, 13 Iowa Voters Apologize For Supporting Obama In 2008
Allahpundit: Quotes Of The Day
Gateway Pundit: Karl Rove Says No Candidate Has Ever Lost With Numbers Like Mitt Romney’s Today
Jim Geraghty: Obama’s New Firewall? Ohio, Iowa, New Hampshire And Nevada
The DiploMad 2.0: An Aside On Those Unemployed College Grads
Althouse: Tommy 46%, Tammy 45%
Wall Street Journal: A President Without A Plan
Protein Wisdom: Happy Coincidence 2! The Unemployment Rate Is Collapsing!

Category: Live at Five

#ObamaLoveSongs This (Administration) Is Not A Love Song

Posted on | October 17, 2012 | 2 Comments

“Are When” #Duh

Category: humor

Military Endorsements Aren’t Decisive. That Said: WOW!

Posted on | October 17, 2012 | 61 Comments

by Smitty

In deference to #OccupyResoluteDesk, he has half a dozen military endorsements:

Name Note
Wesley Clark, four star General (Ret), former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, 2004 presidential candidate Tool.
Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy Not a proper veteran, but we can’t get to ‘half a dozen’ without some sort of shenanigans. Also, really competent, would make a good SECDEF while the country sinks, should BHO achieve re-election.
Paul Eaton, Major General (Ret) Got nothin’.
Donald J. Gutter, retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, former Judge Advocate General of the Navy, current Dean, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh JAGs: whattayagonnado?
Michael D. Lumpkin Wikipedia page says: Commander, Captain (O-6) select. As he was a SEAL, we’ll omit the standard mockery for hedging the yes/no question: Did you get paid?
John B. Nathman, retired U.S. Navy Admiral, co-chair of the campaign THAT Nathman.

Just to avoid looking too, let us say, Crowley-esque in my bias, I drop Mitt’s endorsements below the fold:

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Category: Barack Obama, Election 2012, Mitt Romney

Find Her Binder

Posted on | October 17, 2012 | 7 Comments

by Smitty

Category: humor, Music, Video

America, Don’t Be Distracted!

Posted on | October 17, 2012 | 18 Comments

The next vice president of the United States wants Americans to keep focused on the important economic issues confronting our nation. So I felt kinda guilty when I was distracted by the smiling redhead standing behind Paul Ryan during his speech in Ohio:

“And look at where we are right now: 23 million Americans struggling to find work. You know, we had a discussion about how women are faring in this economy last night. Five-and-a-half million women are still struggling for work in this economy. A half-million women more are unemployed today than when President Obama was sworn in. Twenty-six million women are trapped in poverty today. That’s the highest rate in 17 years. We need to get people back to work. We need to get this economy turned around. The American idea is there. It hasn’t gone away. But we have the wrong people and the wrong policies in place, and if we clear the way and go forward with the proactive, pro-growth solutions in the agenda that Mitt Romney is talking about, we will get people back to work. We will get people out of poverty, back in the middle class, we’ll get back onto reaching their vision of the American dream.”
— Paul Ryan, Berea, Ohio, Oct. 17, 2012

You know Democrats must be discouraged: Republicans have the best economic policies and the pretty redheads? Winning!

Category: Economics, Election 2012, Ohio, Paul Ryan
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