Please, DO NOT POST EXIT POLLS. DON'T EVEN TRY. WE WILL YANK THEM IMMEDIATELY

FreeRepublic.com | 11-7-06 | Control freak Mod

[Admin Moderator]

Thanks. Now let's make Pelosi's worst nightmare come true! GO VOTE!

[firewalk]

bttt

[conservative blonde]

Very good call. I for one am sick of polls.

[Molly Pitcher]

And you are welcome! I think he mentioned specifically the West coast districts being affected if it's close.

[Reagan80]

Agree! Harken back to the best exit poll of all time:

DEWEY WINS!!!

;)

Reagan80

[Cementjungle]

The Koolaid aisle has been stripped bare in our local supermarkets! Does this indicate anything?

[CottShop]

Exit polls suggest that voters don't like exit polls

Christian news and commentary at: sacredscoop.com ...

[trisham]

Control freak Mod

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Silly mods! This is redundant.

Just kidding. A little election humour. Really. Just a joke.

[rockthecasbah]

Well, Melanie is the recipient of many honors.

Here is but one: on the June 29 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann dubbed radio host Melanie Morgan the winner of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" award.

Now, speaking as a conservative, getting that kind of distinction from Olbermann is about the finest compliment you could hope to get.

[AGP]

Now you leave Bill Cowher alone. He hasn't fumbled the ball or thrown an interception all year.

[GregB]

he said there will be no more penalties from his player and the next game of of his best players kicks an opponent...Cowher needs to go!

[SheLion]

Here is but one: on the June 29 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann dubbed radio host Melanie Morgan the winner of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" award.

 Is she on MSNBC?  I'm sorry, but her name just doesn't ring a bell with me. :(

[fanfan]

2030 News Flash for the U.S.

Leaning Tower of Pisa (857 years old) is no longer leaning.

85 year study: Diet and Exercise is the key to weight loss. Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lb.

Average height of NBA players now nine feet, seven inches.

Baby conceived naturally... Scientists stumped.

Capitol Hill intern indicted for refusing to have sex with congressman.

Castro finally dies at age 104; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.

Congress authorizes direct deposit of illegal political contributions to campaign accounts.

Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage.

Florida voters still don't know how to use a voting Machine.

France pleads for global help after being overtaken by Jamaica.

George Z. Bush says he will run for President in 2036.

Iraq still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least ten more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.

IRS sets lowest tax rate at 75%.

Last remaining Fundamentalist Muslim dies in the American Territory of the Middle East (formerly known as Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, and Lebanon).

Massachusetts executes last remaining conservative.

New federal law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters, and rolled up newspapers must be registered by January 2036.

Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesday only.

Spotted Owl plague threatens northwestern United States crops and livestock.

Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights.

Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, California.

White minorities still trying to have English recognized as California's third language.

[ichabod1]

They don't want to win too much, Cowher will mount them.

[Lady Jag]

THE POPE, BUSH, KERRY AND SHARK FISHING

On a tour of Texas, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the
coastal area for some sightseeing. He was cruising along the sea
wall on Grande Padre Isle in his Pope mobile when suddenly he notices a
frantic commotion just off shore. There was John Kerry struggling
frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 25-foot shark.

As the Pope watched, horrified, a speedboat came racing up with two
men aboard. One of the men, President George W. Bush quickly fired a
harpoon into the shark's side while Dick Cheney reached out and
pulled the bleeding, semiconscious John Kerry from the water. Then
using baseball bats, the two heroes beat the shark to death and hauled
it into the boat.

Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach. "I give
you my blessings for your brave actions," he told them. "I heard
that there was some bitter hatred between President Bush and John
Kerry, but now I have seen with my own eyes that this is not true."
As the Pope drove off, President Bush asked Dick "Who was that?" "It
was the Pope," Dick replied. "He is in direct contact with God and
has all of God's wisdom."

"Well," President Bush said, "he may have access to God's wisdom,
but he doesn't know squat about shark fishing................how's
the bait holding up?"

[trisham]

LOL!

[rockthecasbah]

I don't think she is on MSNBC as any kind of consultant.

Melanie Morgan is chairwoman of the Russo Marsh & Rogers-run pro-war lobby Move America Forward. She is a columnist for WorldNetDaily, author of the book America Mourning, and is also a conservative radio talk personality at KSFO in San Francisco, California.

[fanfan]

Mr. Ryan DeVries
2088 Dagget
Pierson, MI 49339
December 17, 2002

SUBJECT: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Montcalm County

Dear Mr. DeVries:

It has come to the attention of the Department of Environmental Quality that there has been recent unauthorized activity on the above referenced parcel of property. You have been certified as the legal landowner and/or contractor who did the following unauthorized activity: Construction and maintenance of two wood debris dams across the outlet stream of Spring Pond. A permit must be issued prior to the start of this type of activity. A review of the Department's files shows that no permits have been issued.

Therefore, the Department has determined that this activity is in violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, annotated.

The Department has been informed that one or both of the dams partially failed during a recent rain event, causing debris and flooding at downstream locations. We find that dams of this nature are inherently hazardous and cannot be permitted. The Department therefore orders you to cease and desist all activities at this location, and to restore the stream to a free-flow condition by removing all wood and brush forming the dams from the stream channel. All restoration work shall be completed no later than January 31, 2003.

Please notify this office when the restoration has been completed so that a follow-up site inspection may be scheduled by our staff. Failure to comply with this request or any further unauthorized activity on the site may result in this case being referred for elevated enforcement action. We anticipate and would appreciate your full cooperation in this matter.

Please feel free to contact me at this office if you have any questions.

Sincerely, David L. Price
District Representative
Land and Water Management Division



[Response sent back…]

Dear Mr. Price,
Re: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Montcalm County

Your certified letter dated 12/17/02 has been handed to me to respond to.

I am the legal landowner but not the contractor at 2088 Dagget, Pierson, Michigan. A couple of beavers are in the (state unauthorized) process of constructing and maintaining two wood "debris" dams across the outlet stream of my Spring Pond. While I did not pay for, authorize, nor supervise their dam project, I think they would be highly offended that you call their skillful use of natural building materials "debris."

I would like to challenge your department to attempt to emulate their dam project any time and/or any place you choose. I believe I can safely state there is no way you could ever match their dam skills, their dam resourcefulness, their dam ingenuity, their dam persistence, their dam determination and/or their dam work ethic. As to your request, I do not think the beavers are aware that they must first fill out a dam permit prior to the start of this type of dam activity.

My first dam question to you is (1) Are you trying to discriminate against my Spring Pond Beavers or (2) do you require all beavers throughout this State to conform to said dam request?

If you are not discriminating against these particular beavers, through the Freedom of Information Act I request completed copies of all those other applicable beaver dam permits that have been issued. Perhaps we will see if there really is a dam violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, annotated.

I have several concerns. My first concern is - aren't the beavers entitled to legal representation? The Spring Pond Beavers are financially destitute and are unable to pay for said representation - so the State will have to provide them with a dam lawyer. The Department's dam concern that either one or both of the dams failed during a recent rain event causing flooding is proof that this is a natural occurrence, which the Department is required to protect. In other words, we should leave the Spring Pond Beavers alone rather than harassing them and calling their dam names. If you want the stream "restored" to a dam free-flow condition, please contact the beavers - but if you are going to arrest them, be aware that they obviously did not pay any attention to your dam letter due to inability to read English.

In my humble opinion, the Spring Pond Beavers have a right to build their unauthorized dams as long as the sky is blue, the grass is green and water flows downstream. They have more dam rights than I do to live and enjoy Spring Pond. If the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection lives up to its name, it should protect the natural resources (Beavers) and the environment (Beavers' Dams). So, as far as the beavers and I are concerned, this dam case can be referred for more elevated enforcement action right now. Why wait until 1/31/2003? The Spring Pond Beavers may be under the dam ice then and there will be no way for you or your dam staff to contact/harass them then.

In conclusion, I would like to bring to your attention a real environmental quality (health) problem in the area: the bears. Bears are actually defecating in our woods! I definitely believe you should be persecuting the defecating bears and leave the beavers alone. If you are going to investigate the beaver dam, watch your step (the bears are not careful where they dump).

Being unable to comply with your dam request, and being unable to contact you on your dam answering machine, I am sending this response to your day office via another dam government organization - the USPS. Maybe, someday, it will get there…

Sincerely, Stephen L. Tvedten
The University of Texas at Austin

[Lady Jag]

We can dream, can't we?

[azhenfud]

poll-yanker!

[jerry639]

If I missed it I apolgize. Just where is it that you live? I am in Indiana and it has never came close to being that cold here. I don't tolerate cold very well so can't imagine myself being able to walk after I put on enough clothing to brave that cold of weather. lol