But when they're going to you and all those "others," then it's a government handout we simply can't afford.

And while we're at it, the federal government should keep its dirty hands off my Social Security and Medicare.

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Or can move away from here, breathe a sigh of relief, and the same old shit will go on without anybody demonstrating strength and will to grow and go beyond.

If someone were to assume I shared that prejudice, I'd let them know pretty quick that I LIKE the change--and worked for it, too.  And if I get emails which assume I enjoy their sort of jokes, I let them know otherwise.  Yes, I am pretty prickly--but I reckon I have earned that right.

I would put little into ones online self proclaimed job title, especially a consultant.

That being said, for the republicans to act like they fired them as soon as they found out is complete non-sense.  Nathan Sproul's numerous companies, including Strategic Allied Consultants are registered to the same address as Rove's American Crossroads going back to 2000.

Sproul is the paid Mitt Romney political consultant and the man at the center of the GOP Voter Registration Fraud Scandal, who, though the RNC claimed they had fired him after fraudulent registration forms were recently discovered in some 12 Florida counties, is still at work on behalf of Republicans in 30 different states, according to the LA Times.

The long history of voter registration fraud allegations against his companies since 2004 are so toxic, that Sproul says the RNC asked him to create the shell company, Strategic Allied Consulting, this past June without his name on the corporate filings in order to hide his involvement.

Unger points to the letter [PDF] we posted late last week from Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), ranking member of the U.S. House Elections subcommittee, sent to Rove, with a series of questions about his involvement with Sproul, including the purposes of some $750,000 that Rove's American Crossroads Super-PAC paid to Sproul, as well as questions about Rove's dealings with Sproul and his companies "during the 2000 and 2004 Presidential campaigns".

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Here is the Fraud Complaint against Strategic Allied Consultants.

Here is American Crossroads 527.

Now the game's not over. A lot can happen in the second half. Still, I feel my usual cloak of fretting falling from my shoulders as this game goes on.

What really is getting lost here is that these files were kept secret and that another group who's purpose was to help kids, failed to protect them for the brand.

I hate new laws, but we need to have one that makes it a crime to hide sexual crimes against kids.  Disclose now or be charged with a crime.  And the statute of limitations needs to be removed if the 'adults' hide the crimes from the authorities.  I am getting sick of the a-holes not reporting pedophiles to the police, which is surely creating many more victims.

I had a casual encounter with an 8-to-10 foot hammerhead in Maunalua Bay about 10 years ago, while waiting for a wave. I didn't panic; just caught the next wave in, and came ashore.

But honestly, large sharks are rather low on my personal list with regards to potential threat level. If I had to name one sea creature I truly fear encountering out in the ocean, it would be the box jellyfish.

(He also taught me the secret to mixing a great margarita on one of our voyages to Ensenada when I was 17, but that's another story.)

I became a surfer because my stepbrother, who's my age, was totally into it and insisted that I try it. So I spent most of my teenaged years either on or in the ocean, or playing / watching baseball, when I wasn't in school.

Regardless, President Obama's going to easily carry the islands by 30 or more points, so the grassroots efforts of Hawaii Democrats are actually focused upon turning out the Democratic vote in Nevada, and now (as of last week) Arizona.

We've got a major phone banking drive going over at the Hawaii Democratic Party HQ even as we speak, so it should not surprise Democratic or Democratic-leaning voters in either of those two states to get a call from us, urging them to go to the polls and vote for Obama and the respective Democratic candidates for various office in their state and district, and even arranging rides for them on Election Day if necessary.

That is an unfortunate and unfair result for the soup kitchen, as they were bull-rushed into the event. We should all send them ten bucks. I couldn't find a website specific to this kitchen, just a general donation to the St Vincent De Paul society.

However, here's some info for a check mailed the old fashioned way:

Society Of ST. Vincent De Paul Soup Kitchen
208 W Front St
Youngstown, OH 44503

President Bush delivered his harshest personal attack yet on Gov. Bill Clinton today, reminding voters of Mr. Clinton's experimentation with marijuana 20 years ago, accusing him of plotting huge cuts in Medicare and calling him a weak-kneed waffler.

"This guy couldn't remember in detail that he didn't inhale 20 years ago, and he can't remember what came out of his mouth 20 minutes ago," Mr. Bush said, describing a condition he called "Clintonesia" -- "weak knees, sweaty palms and an incredible desire to say anything on all sides of any issue, depending on who you're trying to please." link

I don't think Duckworth has the money to counteract this deluge from the outer limits of the Right. Duckworth still has a big fight on her hands. Walsh could win this given the new  infusion of cash.