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And the World Votes for...Ron Paul

The results are in and it looks like Ron Paul is the winner with 21,438 votes. Barack Obama came in second with 12,466 votes. A very distant third goes to Dennis Kucinich.

Now, assuming that those naughty Ron Paul spammers* (you know, those 10 people huddled in their basements who are well on their way to contributing 1 million to his campaign this week) spammed this poll. Fine. Let's cut his U.S. support IN HALF. He still wins. In fact, if you slashed his total votes by half, he'd still come in second, 7,230 votes ahead of third place.

A far as Republican candidates go, Giuliani places a very, very distant second with 882 votes.

For a break-down of votes, you can visit Who Would The World Elect.

*As a test, I tried to cast a second vote for another candidate and received this rather confusing  message; " Thank you for your vote AGAIN (All votes are only counted once). We'll add it to what everyone else is voting in your Country."

Who Would the Rest of the World Elect...

As President of the U.S.? You can check it out here. I haven't totaled it up, but it appears that other countries would like to see us with a Democrat as President and a Republican as V.P.

Open Letter to Ron Paul Supporters

As a supporter of Ron Paul, I have to ask some of you, WTF is the matter with you? Threatening to throw Giuliani overboard from a ferry? Accusing him of stealing gold? Not to mention all the other seriously stupid things you say and do.

I can live with the fact that the rest of us are being painted as morons right along with you. But, if you would pull your heads out for just a minute, you'd realize that RON PAUL is also being painted with that same brush. That's right, morons. Now, when the media has something to say about Ron Paul, it's not really about Ron Paul and his ideas, it's all about YOUR lunacy.

In the future, could you at least pretend that you aren't stark raving mad?

Mike Gravel/Ron Paul Debate?

Mike Gravel would like to have a one-on-one debate with Ron Paul. I think it'd be the most worthwhile debate yet. Bring it on!

If you agree, sign the petition. Make Rudy's day. After all, he's the one that suggested it.

Is Rudy Guiliani Whipped?

Who the heck interrupts a speech they 're giving to answer their cell phone? Does Judith have Rudy on a short leash or what? Or...was this simply a ploy to shore up the image of Rudy's family life. Didn't do the trick for me.

Ron Paul and Obama Favorites of Military

In spite of the vicious attacks from conservative talk show hosts (including local talker, Vince Jericho), Ron Paul STILL LEADS ALL REPUBLICANS IN DONATIONS FROM THE MILITARY!

Among GOP candidates, Ron Paul, the only Republican who opposes the war, has brought in the biggest haul from the military since the start of the 2008 election cycle in January—at least $19,250. Republican John McCain, a Vietnam War prisoner who backs the administration's policy in Iraq, has raised $18,600. Paul, who was a flight surgeon in the Air Force, got nearly twice as much from servicemen and women in the campaign's first six months as GOP fundraising front-runner Mitt Romney and four times more than better-known candidate Rudy Giuliani.

Obama, who also has opposed the war from the start, leads all presidential hopefuls in donations from our military.

I can't wait to see how they spin this one.

Speaking of our troops, stop by and visit Military for Ron Paul.

(Link: Capital Eye)

September 11th

 

Part 1, Those Damn Ron Paul Supporters

Everyone knows Ron Paul supporters are 911 conspiracy theorists, hate America, belong to Code Pink, or are Democrat operatives, right? We're all alike and we're all crazy.

News flash: We are not a homogenous group. Some of the things about this Paul supporter:

• 911 was not an inside job and I don't while away my hours at Prison Planet.
• I support our troops. My son was one of them. I've sent packages, letters, prayers, and donated to the Wounded Warrior Project. I was the impetus behind my employer's program to send packages to the troops. (Looking for something to send? Check out Brigade QM.) I have joined with others to welcome home our troops.
  
• While what happened at Abu Ghraib was wrong, wrong, WRONG, I don't have a problem with water-boarding, stress positions, nor sleep deprivation. Many of our troops go through ALL these things during training.
• Code Pink is, for the most part, an assemblage of useful idiots.
• I am not a pacifist.
• Democrat operative? Oh, please. Until a few years ago, I was a Republican, albeit an independent one. I voted for Bush twice. Reluctantly the second time around.
• Sorry, Hannity. I don't spend my time text messaging your stupid-ass Faux News Polls. No one over the age of 13 should text message.

So why am I supporting Ron Paul? I'll get to that.

Big Will Does China

Number one son is now in Kunming, China, where he is perfecting his Chinese (and becoming inscrutable) at Yunnan Normal University.

I wonder what the locals think of the shirt.

Local News

Kudos to two young Springfield boys for saving a toddler from certain injuries. Standley Murphey and  Zahmar Young caught the 2-year old as he fell from a second story window.

Except he didn't fall. His 18 year-old babysitter, Rebecca Woods, dropped the boy out of the apartment window where she was taking care of 5 children. Word is that Ms. Woods succumbed to pressure from the toddler's eight year-old sister to drop the little boy from the window.

The crazy-ass babysitter is now in jail on $25,000 bond--not nearly enough, in my opinion. (Links: KY3 and KOLR)

Local blogger/teacher/journalist, Randy Turner, is publishing his third book, The Turner Report. You can check out (and order) the book from IUniverse. I read the first chapter, "Terror on the Nightshift," about past corruption in the Webb City Police Department. Good stuff. Go forth and order! (Hat Tip: Missouri Political News Service)