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Tonight is McCain's night to bring the Right to this fight on his behalf. Palin has done that already and continues to do that. Tonight, it's McCain. Can he do it? It's not hard to win polls when pollsters give you a double-digit lead in the sample of your supporters over your opponent. I've been beating up on McCain, and rightly so. He deserved it. I heard some of what he said today. He's putting on his war paint. Cool. On decK? Mr. Fragility, The One himself. I'm aiming squarely at his prominent glass jaw. ETC: Tamara and I watched the full debate. I don't like McCain personally, but he's far more substantive than Obama. Obama's a much better speaker, but half of his answers are so full of crap that it's obvious he's making it up. For example, his bit about how the current crisis and its remedies will impact the young guy who asked the question. Obama said, "If employers can't get loans to make payroll, then you won't have paychecks." I've never known any employer who takes out a loan to make payroll. What he might have meant, but missed it by a mile, is that employers - small business owners and larger - work on vendor credit usually for inventory. If the vendor dries that up, then the goods don't get made or sold. It's revenue (receivables) that pay for payroll. He doesn't understand business. Or economics. He doesn't know what he would cut. He has no plans to cut anything, and this after his answer to the woman where he told her that if your family doesn't have the money, then you don't spend it. Then he talked about solutions that would be - spending. I really hope the American people are smart enough to see through this sham. |
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As I've been messing with my LG Dare, doodling around and trying to keep up with something creative each day, I've found myself getting hungry for actual, you know, painting. For me it's the color restriction. I long for real color. Or at least the ability to massage it into the shades I crave. I've also been working pretty heavily on 247Toolset. Localsgive.com is going through some modifications. The purpose is to create an ideal hub for finding and donating to non-profits. I feel good about that... Today, I'm kind of emotional. Life is rich. So I think what I'll do is try to accomplish daily art - whatever medium that might be - and that'll be what I send out to the little group that receives my LG Dare stuff every morning. There's a notion on the web of "pocket paintings." I stumbled into the concept myself in June 2007, saying: They're small. And fun, actually. I'm surprised by the satisfaction I get in painting these rough thumbnails of what is to be a larger work. These things are small, maybe 2" x 2", which is only a little bigger than what I'm doing now with the Dare.I've also taken to sending picture messages to Tamara, like someone would send a card, but via my phone. Like this:  And the text of the message might be: "You're my best friend..." If people had access to a bank of pictures to send little phone cards to each other... I mean, hey, we're enjoying it. Me, I'll think of every creative way I can to romance my beautiful wife. So maybe my pocket art sized for the phone can be made available to others. I dunno, but what if a phone company offered the bank of images for free? More people might sign up for unlimited text/picture messaging if they could send little phone cards to each other. I'm having fun... :) |
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I have a bank of about 600 quotes that randomly spawn at the top of my blog. I just saw this one from Richard Bach: A professional writer is an amateur that doesn't quit. Frankly, we're all amateurs. It's the measure of practice we put into our craft (or hobby) that shows how seriously we invest ourselves to where it becomes our "profession" - that for which we feel called and avowed. Consider that a doctor has a medical "practice..." How much time has a doctor devoted to their profession?So, where do we spend our time? What do we talk about? What do we habitually profess? Where, in life, won't we quit? Therein lies profession. |
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Drawn on my Verizon LG Dare Drawing Pad:  (You can sign up to have a new drawing sent to you daily by picture message.) |
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Drawn on my Verizon LG Dare Drawing Pad:  (You can sign up to have a new drawing sent to you daily by picture message.) |
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     Regarding the last picture, consider this: As a result of those actions, gas prices have come down because the perception of increased supply has taken root. I fully expect gas to stay in the range of $2.XX for some time. But give credit where credit is due: Bush and the Republicans were right, and the Obama and the Democrats were wrong. Because they don't understand economics. |
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Drawn on my Verizon LG Dare Drawing Pad:  (You can sign up to have a new drawing sent to you daily by picture message.) |
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Drawn on my Verizon LG Dare Drawing Pad:  Drawn on Blake's Verizon LG Dare Drawing Pad:  (You can sign up to have a new drawing sent to you daily by picture message.) |
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I didn't know who James Pethoukis was, but Glenn Reynolds links to him today with this: My bottom line: The McCain campaign is underestimating how absolutely furious conservatives are that free markets, and by extension Reaganomics and the last 25 years of American economic policy, are getting the blame for the housing and credit crisis. A real morale killer, they tell me. Over and over. Every day. I'll get back to what I said a couple of days ago: McCain doesn't have the stones to do this. Here's why:- "For business, Senator McCain is a candidate of contradictions. He initially opposed President Bush's tax cuts, but now supports making them permanent. He has crusaded against the influence of corporate lobbyists, yet has more K Street fixers raising money for his campaign than any other Presidential candidate. And he says he's a full-bore, free-enterprise capitalist even as he admits that he hasn't understood economics as well as he should."
- During the primaries, this: "McCain sideswiped Romney's credentials as a successful business leader while answering a question about who would best run the nation."
- While Senator McCain’s economic record contains a number of pro-growth positions, such as his support for school choice and free trade, and his steadfast opposition to wasteful government spending, his overall record is tainted by a marked antipathy towards the free market and individual freedom. The Bush tax cuts were a driving force behind the economic prosperity of the last couple of years and a cornerstone of a pro-growth philosophy. Not only did Senator McCain oppose these cuts, he aligned himself with the likes of Ted Kennedy in his rhetorical attacks in 2001 and 2003. Four years later, American taxpayers still have not heard the Senator disavow his misguided statements and votes.
McCain, if he has any hope of winning, needs to get behind what grows any economy and he needs to enthusiastically come out swinging for business.Kelly said something on the site a couple of days ago in the comments: I have a niece who's in her first year of journalism at college. She's out to save the world, not report the news. A recent conversation on taxes went something like this (she thinks the "rich" should be taxed more):Me: Have you ever been hired for a job by a poor person? Her: No. Me: So, wouldn't it seem reasonable to conclude if the people creating jobs were taxed more they would have less money to work with and create jobs? Her: (basically a shrug) Amen. It's conversations like these that happen on a person-to-person level that challenge and eventually change misperceptions.I'm no Obama supporter. I'm a reluctant McCain supporter. James Pethoukis is right: McCain's resistance to fight for the free market and business and low taxes to promote our economic health gives me pause in doing anything for McCain to help him get elected. And McCain won't come around because it's not in him - he doesn't believe it, just as I don't expect that McCain will actually do anything to protect America's borders. Neither Obama or McCain ever started a business. I'm starting to think that presidential candidates need to be former entrepreneurs or have significant experience with the needs of entrepreneurs so that their policies don't jeopardize the ability of small business owners - true America heroes, in my opinion - to create jobs and make our country prosper. ETC: I read that McCain has decided to come out swinging. Lead the way, warrior. I'll follow you, if you're committed to the fight. |
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If McCain pulls it out, tonight was the turnaround. The media, sneering at the Alaska bumpkin who was heavily edited to support their meme, got one-upped big-time by the unedited, smiling, freedom-loving governor from Alaska in a debate where she eagerly outshone an eternal Washingtonian. Truth? Katie Couric wouldn't recognize it if it pinched her formerly perky cheeks. Oh, one other thing - my odds of an attempt to replace Biden with Hillary: 3 to 1. But... after this, because you know that she and Bill watched this, you know that Hillary doesn't want to go up against Palin. Last point: Palin will run the campaign from here forward. Her and the First Dude. Because when she is front and center and talking to us (step aside Ms. Ifill), things happen. McCain's leadership shows once again that he's not afraid to hire someone better than himself. Hopefully, she rubs off on her running mate. And hopefully, Obama finds it necessary to distractedly go after Palin. He's gonna have to, because she's gonna go after him. As PR says it, beware the 'Cuda! |
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