When you look at politics on a whole it does make you wonder sometimes. There is always something that breaks across party lines and this frustrating but does make sense. Then there are the other things that puzzle the imagination on so many levels, which transcend politics. This is one of those things the debate coach who worked with Mitt Romney is no longer with the campaign. This makes no sense of course because we just watched two better performances in Florida so you would think that guy is a lock to stay on the Republican’s presidential campaign. Yu have done really well lately so hit the bricks Brett O’Donnell, he was the same person that coached 2008 nominee John McCain. This would have been a reason not to hire him but no reason was given why the end has come at this time. Bad luck is following O’Donnell as he also coached congress woman Michele Bachmann until she dropped out of the race. Really crazy as those debates in Tampa and Jacksonville key to the Romney win over Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary. We are not sure this is not ad hoc relationship as being set up to roll in send by
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Politics never makes sense
Sunday, February 5th, 2012President Obama the hotel room and one hour
Saturday, February 4th, 2012When the GOP set out removing President Obama from office, they knew it would be tough. The problem increases as the money tree keeps pouring down on the President. The added problem is the news that the influence that streams the money is turning up a notch. When you hear President Barack Obama has spent time with around 25 wealthy donors who paid $35,800 each to talk with him behind closed doors at a Washington hotel. Before we start filling this post with the easy shots about being a call girl, buying influence, shakedowns, and what goes on behind closed doors. The hour long fundraiser was held at the upscale Jefferson Hotel near the White House was closed to press coverage. If you do the math that is $900,000 for one hour of glad handing. When you can bring in that kind of money it can change minds, if you thought Mitt Romney carpet bombing Newt in Florida was bad this is real influence. The fight is up hill as President Obama has been courting donors large and small as his re-election campaign as he has raised more than $220 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee in 2011.
Panetta plays gossip girl with security
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012There are times when national news seems like high school. You hear a story and you think you can never believe that this is actually in the news as it should be in a gossip column. That is the way you feel when you hear US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta coming out saying that he believes Israel may attack Iran this spring in an attempt to set back the Islamic republic’s nuclear program. This is just crazy on so many levels and one of the reasons this President is dangerous. Panetta is only reacting to story that was already floated in the Washington Post opinion column by David Ignatius. The problem is if this was true why Israel would broadcast that it was going to happen makes no sense. We think the red meat of this story and what makes it no more than high school hall gossip other than Panetta believing there is a strong likelihood that Israel will attack. There is the worm on the hook being the US baited into taking a position in this very hairy situation. This why we say it is one of those times when the national news seems like nothing more than gossip, except instead of hurting feeling lives are at stake.
Time to move GOP west
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Let us get ready for the next primaries as the contest move west. The Republican presidential campaign has a leader Mitt Romney fresh off the Florida primary victory and Newt Gingrich looking for a new start. There will be a caucuses in Nevada on Saturday. If you missed Ron Paul in Florida he was getting ready for caucuses because he feels that is his strength. This is because the nutty delegates for Paul drive everyone crazy they vote for him just to get away. Next Tuesday we get a double header of Minnesota and Colorado and them it is back across the country to Maine the following weekend. There is going to be a change in strategy, Newt went in Florida of a South Carolina win he pulled even with Mitt Romney and we felt that after Florida is could be Newt moving to clinch the nomination. Then something happened Newt went negative calling Mitt Romney names and making comparisons to President Obama. When mix in two terrible debate performances and a new Mitt Romney getting battle tested from being attacked looking stronger. When Sunday rolled around the polls were saying it was not even going to be close and a double digit win for Romney. There is a lesson here but we are not sure that Newt will be able to see or too proud to change.
Katherine Heigl money at the box office
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
This week we celebrate movie and television actress Katherine Marie Heigl she was born on born November 24, 1978 in Washington D.C and grew up in New Canaan, CT. She was last year’s #14 and #12 in 2010. Katherine has been on the countdown all four years as she was #6 in 2009, and she was #5 the first year of 2008. We picked her this week because her movie One for the Money opened at the number three slot pulling 11.5M. This is pretty good and a testament to her star power at the box office. Katherine has come a long since she exploded on the scene in 2005 with her role on Grey’s Anatomy and the same year received a Golden Globe nomination for the movie Side Effects. Then in 2007 she won an Emmy award for her role on Grey’s Anatomy. We have always thought highly of Katherine and what makes her a star is she that can do all genres with ease including comedy, horror, and drama. She has dropped each year but still has a sparkling smile to go along with her beautiful looks. It is hard to keep your focus while she is on the screen it is easy to see why she is a favorite.
begging me forever
Monday, January 30th, 2012Posted by Winford Tillman
My kids have been begging me forever to go to www.SatelliteTVFamily.com and look into getting us TLC. I don’t know why in the world they like the channels so much but that new show, Extreme Couponing, is like their favorite thing in the world. I don’t understand why they get so much enjoyment out of watching people save money because they are too young to even have their own jobs but they have both gotten really into coupons and now they make me get the Sunday paper every weekend so I can cut out coupons and save the family money. I guess it’s not the worst thing in the world to have kids who think it’s important to not waste but sometimes it’s more difficult to work around their needs and wants than to just go to the grocery store and get what we need. I love my children but sometimes they get so obsessed with something that’s so impractical for children to be into, and I never know what to do about it.
President Obama wants to change Senate
Sunday, January 29th, 2012In the classic case of saying it is my ball play my way or going home stepping to the front of the stage President Barack Obama. President Barack Obama wants to change the way the Senate does business. Claiming there is too much partisan gridlock. This is the only way he can propose and get the government reforms he asked for in the state of the union address. Things like the Senate to pass a rule that requires a yes-or-no vote for judicial and public service nominations after 90 days. The problem with all of this is his party and he own the senate. They have the majority and should be able to pass anything they want. This means he has had control of three branches of government his first two years and at least two for three years. We still hear him complaining he cannot get anything done with congress. What more can he ask for we dare say President Bush accomplished more with Nancy Pelosi running the House and Harry Reid running the senate than when the leader from the same party is in control. The wish list also includes Congress to pass legislation to ban insider trading and to prohibit people who “bundle” campaign contributions from other donors for members of Congress from lobbying Congress. New alert to leader of the free world you are in charge of the senate and your guy Vice President Joe Biden holds the tie breaker. Maybe if they do not move on your ideas because they are just bad ideas and you do not know what you are talking about.
What is an endorsement from womanizer equal
Saturday, January 28th, 2012We wrote a post a while back about getting an endorsement you really do not want. This has come up again in the Gingrich camp. Based on where he stands we suppose anyone who says they are on your side is good. We do not think an endorsement form Herman Cain is worth a news release and at this point it might have been better if he just stayed away. The reason Cain dropped out was he could not keep his hands to himself around ladies and it seems Newt has a wondering eye as well. Gingrich is committed to the race and it looks like it could be another disappointment on Tuesday when the big 99 delegates from the Florida primary do not end up in his basket. Newt Gingrich pledged once again to stay in the nominating race until the Republican convention in Tampa in August and still expects to win the nomination. Really there is one thing else he can say but we believe that after a loss in Florida and the mounting states he is not on the ballot it will seal his fate. The only reason to keep him in the race is so we do not have to watch Romney debate Paul. Santorum has been the walking dead and really the “none of the above” choice on the ballot.
Mount Washington by car
Thursday, January 26th, 2012We took the family truckster on the drive of its life. The transmission will never be the same. We drove up to the top of Mount Washington by car. We used our car after it was cleared to take the trip. There are plenty of rules that make a lot of cars not able to get the green light. If you have not driven up the mountain and have been to New England it will not be long before you see a car that has. They all get a special bumper sticker saying the car climbed the mountain. We went up as a family of four and it cost us $43 we are not sure about how they arrived at the cost. You will love this trip. You feel like you are driving up to the skies and a stunning vista are around every corner as you climb. They see these views change every day and no trip up the mountain is the same. This is a 6,288-foot climb to the peak. When you get to the top bring a jacket as it does not matter the temperature on the ground. At the peak there is strong winds, fog and rapidly moving clouds. This was a great time had for all except the transmission.
Contest Factory looking to Pimp my Cube
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012This post brought to you by Contest Factory. All opinions are 100% mine.
We wanted to remind you about Pimp My Cube Contest. They are searching for the worst, most pathetic and messy cubicle or office. We have all seen them and it does not matter how it happens could be the bad furniture, old out dated technology, a sloppy mess, an unorganized chaos, too noisy, too dirty, and even too dark. Any one of these attributes is sure to make it a bad space to work and the occupier unhappy. All you have to do is upload a video showing your cube, office, or workspace and explain the dirty details about why it is horrible and how it got that way. You need to get in on this and tell them why it is so important that Contest Factory come in and ?Pimp? your cube. So once you have your video is entered then let the social media blitz begin as you invite your friends, family and coworkers to vote for your video. You will get a sweepstakes entry points for registering, voting, commenting and inviting others to register for the contest. The grand prize of your cube being ?pimped? will be selected by Contest Factory judges based on various criteria including for the most votes, best (really worst) video and most compelling story. The contest has a total grand prize value of approximately $1200. There are three prize packages a new high end computer system, a new Desk, Chair and Decorations or a new Entertainment Package with high end stereo, espresso machine and more. A second sweepstakes prize of a $200 gift card will be awarded to the registered user chosen by random drawing at the end of the contest period. It is easy to upload video to the site to enter from your phone or webcam there is no reason if you have a cube hat needs to be pimped.
Mitt Romney made $21M in 2010 without working
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012So when we told you that the lame streamer we going to pull out the old playbook on Mitt Romney it is clear that he saw it coming as well. One of the knocks on Mitt is he has been running for president for six years. This might be true and if that was the case he has thought of every angle. It should not have come as a surprise when he released his tax returns that it was more about the numbers then the rate. The facts are he made $21M in 2010, we will not get into his investments make as more money than the Yankees are paying Alex Rodriquez for a whole season. The two big numbers are he pays $3M in taxes and donated another $3M. This we say is going to be more than anyone else in the field but it still can draw ire. The number you will here is Mitt only pays 14.28% taxes. The bottom line is he is paying three million dollars which in most cases is more than 20 city blocks of taxpayers put together. Here is the other fun fact the lame streamers will not let you think about. To invest the money Mitt had to earn the money and to earn the money he paid taxes on it. None of this matter because all you are going to hear is Mitt only pay 14.28% and the average American pays close to 30%
Shameless love for Emmy Rossum
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
This week we highlight last year’s number 38 on the top 51 list, that honor went to Emmanuelle Grey “Emmy” Rossum. Emmy was born September 12, 1986 in New York City , New York. She jumped onto the list last year and gets an early week of her own due to her Showtime series returning, the gritty dramodey Shameless. We have always been taken by her long legs and the cold awesome stare from her beautiful dark eyes on screen can melt anyone. She is truly captivating not only as a real beauty, but so full of raw talent that you find her extremely likable on screen even when she is being bad. The bonus this year and why she gets a week so soon, she returned to the show as is naked on screen. Emmy spent the first season always running around in little halters and panties changing in and out of clothes on screen that was very sexy. This season the first episode right out of the gate she is not only in a sex but she exposed her beautiful body for the first time. This means it is going to be a good year for Shameless as without a boyfriend she is playing fast and loose and out all night up to no good. We first heard of her in the movies Mystic River and The Day After Tomorrow, and she first starred in a Songcatcher, An American Rhapsody and Passionada.
South Carolina makes it a toss up is this a bad thing
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012Careful what you wish for might be the new slogan of the GOP. Since we have pulled one victory, Iowa away from Mitt Romney South Carolina was another slap in the face. Maybe it is a wakeup call or a cold dose of reality. Everyone know the problems Mitt is to vanilla but Newt is unlikable. There might be a good argument that no female is going to vote for Newt. When you like as his likable number it is 27% and his dislike number is over 60%. This manes nationwide he does not stand a chance and if he grabs Florida and 99 delegates we could be starring right down the barrel of a broken convention, an un electable candidate and a double digit loss to the current President unleashing four more years or pain and suffering on the working class. It is not all doom and gloom after all it is only South Carolina, we said the same thing after New Hampshire and Iowa, but after three times you would hope for clarity. Maybe a two person race like Hillary and Barack in 2008, but this is turning out to be more of a mess than a success and the stakes could not be higher. Florida will tell a story but hopefully it is a next chapter and not a whole new book.
American Idol Season 11 returns
Saturday, January 21st, 2012American Idol Season 11 dropped this week and as much as they say fresh it really is the same old thing. The problem is America cannot get enough. The first two nights averaged 18 million people during the first three hours. The first two locations Savanah and Pittsburgh were new lcoations but people travel far and wide for their shot. We have noticed that the amount of bad singers has dropped at least in the beginning. It seemed in years past the over the top performers, the outlandish costumes and bad singers were highlighted more than anyone with talent. This turns out to be opposite were they sent a little more than 70 people to Hollywood with the famous golden ticket and we heard a lot of those auditions. They have added a video blog reel of the upcoming people to audition as they wait in line, make the commute, and film a package. The show is still crisp, sharp, appealing and does not mess with the success. The proof is in the ratings as even a low number of 18 million down from last year is double the finale ratings for the X Factor. You know you have a winner when week one auditions are double the newest thing on your network. This will heat up after the Super Bowl as The Voice returns and giving three nights a week to have never heard from again sing to you might be asking a lot.
Supreme Court avoids Texas House of Reps
Friday, January 20th, 2012Sometimes you wonder how things wind up at the highest court in the land. You grow up with the term fighting all the way to the Supreme Court. Then one day they release a ruling and you wonder how it could get that far. Today was that day as the Supreme Court threw out electoral maps drawn by federal judges in Texas that favored minorities? The thing about this is that the unsigned opinion leaves the fate of Texas primaries in April unclear. The three-judge court in San Antonio was told to come up with new plans that pay more attention to maps created by the Texas state Legislature. The reason this is here is the democrats know that this outcomes means that all four of the state’s new congressional seats, which could mean control of the House of Representative, hangs in the balance. They are instructed that the judges must stick more closely to what the Legislature did. The results of the 2010 census found that Texas had added more than 4 million new residents. Republicans now represent 23 of the 32 current districts. The complicated legal fight over redistricting in Texas is playing out in three federal court The Supreme Court, the Federal court in San Antonio, and a three-judge court in Washington. The bottom line is this is now too late to change and they must go with what they have for the primaries.
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A wild day for the GOP
Thursday, January 19th, 2012Well not there has been a lack of news on the GOP side of the election season. Today will go down as a big day and one to be remembered. Rick Perry called it a day and in a stunning turn endorsed Newt Gingrich, in a take that Mitt moment. Then ABC scored an interview with the second Miss Gingrich and tell all interview that they have been leaking all day. The last big scoop is Iowa is no longer in the win column for Mitt Romney. We are not sure it matters and after Tuesday it may not matter at all. The problem is the bell has already rung and cannot be unheard so we are not sure if they decide in Iowa to change results it can affect the results from South Carolina and Florida. We also think the debate tonight could be a watershed for Newt as he can back his way into the race with a strong showing. The truth is all the candidates have been a little bloodied this week and no one has been without fault or risen above. We look forward to South Carolina results. The next few days will show it all and we would not it any other way.
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President Obamawill use everything is the fault of the GOP
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012Here is the game plan any why President Obama reelection seems like a slam dunk. The case in point is the decision by the Obama administration to reject Keystone XL pipeline. The reason is because the 60-day deadline imposed by Republicans did not allow adequate time to review an alternate route through an ecologically sensitive area in Nebraska. We do not care about the rejection it would mean more jobs through half the country but this president has shown no sign of wanting to create jobs. The problem and the lame streamers are going to make it happen, is everything is the GOP and congresses fault, no matter how ridiculous. The general public is going to believe it because congress has a approval rating lower than some third world dictators. The project that would carry oil from Canada’s carbon-heavy tar sands to refineries on the Gulf Coast. TransCanada, the company seeking to build the $7 billion, 1,700-mile pipeline, will now needs to reapply with a new route avoiding an ecologically sensitive area of Nebraska. The decision for the rejection cannot be characterized any other way than thousands of American jobs left of the table purely for political reasons. It is too bad the truth about why things are done can never be a sound bite, America does not have the attention to follow the ball on this one and it pretty much says it all.
Lame Steam media uses same old tick on Romney taxes
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012Here comes the lame steamers and democrats to confuse the issue. This is the best thing they do get a candidate from the GOP to say the truth then blew it up. Mitt Romney said he pays an effective federal tax rate of about 15 percent. That was the red meat they needed. We like to blew up the lame streamers and when they do not let facts get in the way of misleading votes. The problem is they want you to believe this is a bad thing the 15% compared to the average tax filer that pays 35%. The problem is the money Mitt is paying 15% on he already paid the 35% on as earnings. So the lefties would have him pay double taxes 35% when he earned it and 35% every year it paid him interest. Then we could go with the fact that when the money pays 15% on is more than most people will pay in a couple city blocks. This is what they do and there can never be enough people that poke holes in this washed up, tied, over used, hate on the rich people tactic. Just doing our part now you go out there and let everyone you know that have not fooled you.
Charlize slieghs the Red Carpet at Globes
Monday, January 16th, 2012
This week we last year #6 on our top51 of the year. Charlize Theron who was born in Benoni, South Africa on August 7, 1975 is the first women of the week in 2012. She is a four time member of the including the first number one back in 2008. Charlize has had a week every year and in 2010 she was #3, 2009came in at #2. We love her as she is an actress, film producer, and a former fashion model she also became an American citizen in 2007. She has won an Oscar as for Best Actress from the Academy Awards for her role in Monster. The first woman of the week usually comes from the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards and if you saw the show Charlize killed it. She only did one movie in 2011 Young Adult but has two slated for 2012. Charlize is going to play Queen Ravenna in Snow White and the Huntsman. She is also slated to play Meredith Vickers in Prometheus. Charlize is beautiful and is a Hollywood star on the red carpet, at photo shoots, and in the movies. If you have ever seen her interviewed she also is very down to earth and seems like a fun person to be around. This is a rare quality for anyone in Hollywood and it is just a perception but it is one of the reasons she is always high on our list.
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