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+00002009-11-22T14:00:35.283-06:00Obamasnlhttp://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/obamas-latest-press-conference.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-5183739631823484064Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:40:00 +00002009-11-22T15:37:40.358-06:00the way we get bytroop greetersThe Way We Get By is a documentary that follows 3 Troop Greeters as they greet the troops coming home and leaving for war. Most flights coming and going to war make a stop through Bangor, Maine and there are a group of dedicated people there to greet them, no matter the time of day. This movie is a conversation between two groups of Americans facing very different battles but asking a similar http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/way-we-get-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-7210644436811530324Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:09:00 +00002009-11-12T10:11:45.399-06:00balloon boyI'm sure this will not detour them in any way from their next adventure.The Colorado parents in last month's notorious "balloon boy" case will plead guilty to offenses for creating a hoax that their son had flown away in a large balloon. Richard and Mayumi Heene are to plead Friday morning in Larimer County Court, according to a statement issued by Richard Heene's attorney. Mayumi Heene is http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/balloon-boy-parents-to-plead-guilty-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-4418406994498337657Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:06:00 +00002009-11-12T10:09:08.083-06:00economyHere's a summary of what Pew found is plaguing each of the states:<!--banner ads --> <!--article body --> <!--breaking news --> <!-- article header, including ads --> California: The Golden http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/ten-most-troubled-states-in-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-4156736135540471407Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:03:00 +00002009-11-12T10:05:29.751-06:00cnnlou dobbsThis is not surprising. He was the "which one does not belong" guy at CNN. From his statement, it sounds like he might be running for office?Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views have made him a TV lightning rod, said Wednesday that he is leaving the cable news channel effective immediately.Sitting before an image of an American flag on his television set, he said “http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/longtime-anchor-lou-dobbs-leaving-cnn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-5672297212525131155Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:53:00 +00002009-11-12T09:56:12.805-06:00eliot spitzerethicsAre you kidding me? Hooker-loving ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer is set to deliver a lecture Thursday at - of all places - a center for ethics at Harvard University.And the madam who supplied Spitzer's high-priced escorts said she can't imagine a less qualified speaker. "I am greatly intrigued as to what Mr. Spitzer could contribute to an ethical discussion when, as [governor], he broke numerous laws forhttp://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/disgraced-ex-gov-eliot-spitzer-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-4625047591842199338Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:31:00 +00002009-11-11T10:34:53.343-06:00liberalsHe's black, she's white. You know this won't get any play from the MSM, unlike if the races were reversed:A prominent Columbia architecture professor punched a female university employee in the face at a Harlem bar during a heated argument about race relations, cops said yesterday. Police busted Lionel McIntyre, 59, for assault yesterday after his bruised victim, Camille Davis, filed charges.http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/columbia-professor-punches-co-worker-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-1774027960238733011Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:17:00 +00002009-11-11T10:21:28.301-06:00carrie prejeankeith olbermannThis is some serious trashing of someone simply because the said the oppose same sex marriage. Enough already:Last night on Countdown, Keith Olbermann did another in a long series of segments castigating former Miss California Carrie Prejean, but he added a little something extra at the end. He signs off the segment, in which he discusses the sex tape that features Prejean “by herself,” with a http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/keith-olbermanns-three-finger-salute-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-3982490324645464321Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +00002009-11-11T10:17:40.389-06:00ObamapoliticsI'm sure this is the same one who revealed Palin's $250K shopping spree.I was always interested in candidate Obama's relationship with the dark(er) political arts and asked him at his first campaign press conference why he'd hired opposition researchers; he responded that they were to check out the candidate himself and to examine high-minded policy questions. That was not, exactly, the whole http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/source-of-edwards-400-haircut-revealed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-7990237423759419002Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:14:00 +00002009-11-11T10:15:23.043-06:00veterans dayHappy Veterans Day to all the veterans!http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/happy-veterans-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-5395835617504497379Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:03:00 +00002009-11-10T12:07:21.244-06:00michelle obamapollsThis seems odd...why would Michelle Obama's poll numbers fall?Obama’s favorability rating has been in flux, from a low of 48 percent in June 2008 to a peak of 72 percent last March to a slide to 61 percent in a recent Gallup Poll. That 11-point stumble – some might call it a tumble – seems at odds with the focus of a White House publicity team that is carefully crafting her image and building ahttp://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/michelle-os-poll-numbers-fall-with-her.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-4362990922525729495Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:58:00 +00002009-11-10T12:01:45.781-06:00electionObamaApparently, the magic is wearing off:Obama was not the deciding factor in the Virginia campaign. However, he certainly was MUCH more than a non-factor. Concern about his policies overreaching permeated to a gubernatorial campaign and helped widen the size of McDonnell’s win. It allowed the campaign to focus on issues that hadn’t been working in recent years for Republican candidates. Concern http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/obama-hurt-deeds-in-virginia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-5073881834260673035Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:35:00 +00002009-11-06T07:38:57.718-06:00stimulusunemployment10.2%. This is the highest it has been since 1983. I don't think stimulus means what Obama think it means.http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/november-unemployment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-6027668941229835027Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:50:00 +00002009-11-05T17:50:49.267-06:00ft hood12 killed31 woundedhttp://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/prayers-are-with-soldiers-and-family-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-7615385077846617042Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:34:00 +00002009-11-05T12:36:27.929-06:00levi johnstonThat his "stuff" won't measure up. hahahahaha Don't worry, pumpkin. I'm sure you will still become a gay icon you have been seeking.Is Levi Johnston getting cold feet about his upcoming Playgirl appearance? We hear that the father of Sarah Palin's grandson has been telling folks at the magazine he is worried about how his manhood may look during the shoot. And to make matters worse, one http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/levi-johnston-getting-worried.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-8195735654058156035Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +00002009-11-05T10:18:45.873-06:00911crazy peopleOk, this is funny. Apparently, she also called 911 because she couldn't find her car.Clarksville police said they arrested a woman on Wednesday morning after she repeatedly made non-emergency calls to the city's 911 system.Hee Orama, 34, was arrested after police said she recently made frequent calls to 911 complaining about a man lying to her about marrying her.Police said they responded to twohttp://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/woman-calls-911-says-boyfriend-wont.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-2064101699155442551Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:07:00 +00002009-11-05T10:10:57.006-06:00missing childWhen I first read that headline I thought, "how does a baby end up under the bed and no one notices?" Then I realized it was deliberate. At least the people involved didn't kill the baby...that's usually what happens in these cases.A baby missing for five days was found alive in a box under her baby sitter's bed, and authorities said Thursday they plan to charge the sitter, her husband and the http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/fla-baby-missing-for-5-days-found-alive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-5924427825681690160Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:02:00 +00002009-11-05T10:04:38.943-06:00carrie prejeanCarrie Prejean was suing the pageant officials over dumping her and allegedly she had a sex tape that the pageant officials had possession of and that ended the lawsuit.A legal standoff between Carrie Prejean and Miss California USA officials reportedly ended when a Pageant lawyer played his trump card: a sex tape far more hard-core than the nude pictures which had previously scandalized her – http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/miss-california-carrie-prejean-lawsuit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-4828213852463203075Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:21:00 +00002009-11-04T16:24:29.642-06:00indoctrinationBut this isn't indoctination:ANDYou will have to go to Breitbert's site to see the rest. Some have already been removed, but there are 11 total.http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/sing-your-praises-to-obama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-4179694579893748015Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:17:00 +00002009-11-04T16:21:26.244-06:00pelosiNo biggie:"From our perspective, we won last night," the California Democrat told reporters during a Wednesday photo op. "We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York, it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil War. And we won that seat. So, from our standpoint, no, a candidate was victorious who supports health care reform, and his remarks last http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/pelosi-dismisses-dem-losses-in-virginia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-4826692890970707650Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:55:00 +00002009-11-04T11:59:01.985-06:00mediaNYTThis is unreal....you have to read the whole thing. The NYT is the one who broke the Spitzer story, but the Spitzer camp is the one who dictated how it would be done. The NYT asked their permission or got their approval before they published anything. UNREALThe e-mails total 1,300 pages, and we're still reading through the stack of paper. Any other interesting finds will be going up in http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-new-york-times-and-press-serviced.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-2265697046760627637Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:25:00 +00002009-11-04T06:27:29.713-06:00election dayny23The internal fighting will continue within the Republican party:Democrat Bill Owens has captured the special election for a New York congressional seat that became a fight over the identity of the Republican Party. Owens defeated Conservative Doug Hoffman and Republican Dierdre Scozzafava (skoh-zuh-FAH'-vuh) in the heavily Republican 23rd congressional District in rural northern New York. http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/gop-loses-in-ny23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-3546057822114417553Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:22:00 +00002009-11-04T06:23:56.998-06:00same sex marriageEverytime the issue of same sex marriage is put to the voters, it fails.Maine voters repealed a state law Tuesday that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed, dealing the gay rights movement a heartbreaking defeat in New England, the corner of the country most supportive of gay marriage. Gay marriage has now lost in every single state — 31 in all — in which it has been put to http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/maine-voters-reject-gay-marriage-law.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-3370185298020784620Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:05:00 +00002009-11-03T22:06:31.367-06:00christienew jersey governorChristie wins NJ by 3%...still waiting on NY23. This is bad news for the Dems.http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-jersey-has-new-governor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135705782343924563.post-3163431556667089932Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:59:00 +00002009-11-03T19:00:41.196-06:00va governorFox is calling the VA Governor's race for McDonnell (R)http://thefunemployed.blogspot.com/2009/11/virginias-new-governor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rambling Rants)0