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I posted this last night on the thread that discussed the NBC report, but it needs to be seen by some of our talking heads who lurk on here and later report things without looking at the details... So it has it's own thread. Go to the complete poll PDF on the WSJ web page on page 16 it has the demographics of the poll. 43% of Respondents are Democrats and 32% were Republicans. 44% voted for Obama vs 35% for Romney. And 5% did not know who the voted for? That right there should instantly put this poll in...

The Cowboy fan in me just made me recall two of the most famous bloopers in Cowboy history where Leon Lett helped snap defeat from the jaws of victory againt Miami. And the other where he was going into the endzone for a sure TD when a Buffalo Bill striped the ball as he was celebrating before he hit the goal line. Me thinks we might be seeing the same thing next week with The One and the Drive Bys. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2kcpTmheM4

Anybody listening to Hannity right now? Minority Leader Boehner is on right now. He is pathetic and shows why the GOP is going to be in the minority for a very long time.

HELP!!!!! My cable modem at my house is giving me fits. It went out on Monday. Called Time Warner and they could not schedule me for a house call till next Wednesday. So I decided to swap modems to see if the modem was the problem. That wasn't the case as the new one did not work either. I plugged a TV into the cable outlet where my Cable Modem is hooked up, and it got a good picture. But still no inbound cable signal on the modem. I can't wait till Wednesday for Time Warner to come out. They...

Excuse the vanity, but here is mine for the year. Ok folks, let's just resign ourselves to the fact the Huckster is not going to dropout, thus McCain will win the GOP nod by the divide and conquer strategy. I think McCain can beat Hillary because she is polarizing and their is a sense in this country (except among some dumb women) that we don't want anymore of the Clinton's. Obahma has a better chance at winning because he is young and has charisma which McCain lacks. Let's face it folks, we live in a society that likes to be...

U.S. one-day individual tax haul at record high By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. tax receipts from individuals hit a record one-day high of $48.7 billion on April 24, a Treasury Department official said on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT The previous record was $36.4 billion, set on April 25, 2006, said Jennifer Zuccarelli, a Treasury spokeswoman. The record reflects taxes not withheld from individuals over the course of the year, but paid to the government before this year's April 17 income-tax deadline. While some of those tax payments come from taxpayers who withheld less tax from their paychecks than they owed,...

Excuse the vanity, but Chuck Hagel has really gotten under my skin. You Nebraska Freepers need to get busy and find a well known Republican in that state to run against this Rino in the next GOP Priamry. I am tired of crap like this from this AP story. "Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel (news, bio, voting record) of Nebraska told Rice the president's plan was "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam, if it's carried out." Rice engaged in a tense exchange with Hagel, a Vietnam veteran and longtime critic of Bush's Iraq policy, disputing his...

Oil Falls to Low for the Year, Below $58 By Brad Foss, AP Business Writer Oil Prices Fall to 2006 Low Below $58 Amid Doubts That OPEC Will Soon Cut Output WASHINGTON (AP) -- Oil prices fell to their lowest level this year on Wednesday as doubts grew that there is a consensus within OPEC for an immediate output cut. Since July, the cost of crude oil has plunged by more than $20 amid rising global inventories, concerns about slowing economic growth and a milder-than-anticipated hurricane season. Against this backdrop, the president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Nigerian...

Did anybody watch any of the cable nets today? I watched a few minutes of MSNBC and CNN which is rare and I noticed the new talking point coming from the different talking heads and the reporters was the word rubber stamp. The new startegy for the Rats apprentely is to label any Pubbie running for reelection as a rubber stamp to GW Bush and his policies. Keep your ears open for that in the next few days. I bet Rush picks up on it for his show Tuesday.

Valero earnings soar on margins NEW YORK (Reuters) - Leading U.S. refiner Valero Energy Corp. on Tuesday said earnings soared 59 percent in the first quarter as refining margins remained strong. The San Antonio, Texas-based company said net income was $849 million, or $1.32 per share, compared with $534 million, or 96 cents, a year ago. Wall Street analysts, on average, had forecast earnings per share of $1.25, according to Reuters Estimates. Revenue rose to $20.9 billion from $14.9 billion. Valero said the first quarter was marked by stronger gasoline and distillate margins and higher throughput volumes from the acquisition...

Officials: Cascarones not allowed to cross border into U.S. April 12,2006 James Osborne Monitor Staff Writer U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are reminding those traveling into the United States from Mexico this week that importing cascarones, the confetti-filled Easter eggs, is illegal. “No eggs, no egg shells, with or without confetti, or any containers that could have carried an egg,” said Felix Garza, a CBP spokesman. While the ban on importing Mexican eggs is long established, egg shells were restricted a few years ago following the outbreak in Texas, Arizona, California and Nevada of Exotic Newcastle Disease, a highly...

Football: Longhorns head to White House San Antonio Express-News President Bush will welcome national champion Texas to the White House on Tuesday, about a month after the Longhorns upset top-ranked Southern California in the Rose Bowl. The visit marks a reunion of sorts for Bush, who frequented UT sporting events while he was governor of Texas. Bush phoned congratulations to UT coach Mack Brown the morning after the Rose Bowl, but this will be the pair's first face-to-face meeting since the game. Also, the UT system Board of Regents approved plans to expand and renovate the Longhorns' football stadium, giving...

Excuse the shameless and one once every six months vanity, but this Ipod Nano I got for Christmas Rocks! I am no old goat (33 Years old), but this thing has to be one of the most amazing pieces of technology I've had in my hand in awhile. Downloaded an old 80's U2 video an the playback is flawless. I used to be an Apple hater, but this has changed my mind. Go ahead a flame away Apple haters!

Iraq Bomber Kills 17; U.S. Toll at 2,100 By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide car bomber attacked a police patrol Tuesday in the northern city of Kirkuk, killing at least 17 people, and three U.S. soldiers died in two separate attacks, pushing the American death toll in Iraq to 2,100, officials said. In Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, insurgents fired a mortar at a U.S. ceremony attended by top officials to hand over a presidential palace to Iraqi authorities, sending the U.S. ambassador and top commander scrambling for cover but causing no injuries. The attackers...

Sorry for the vanity, but after losing for five years to these guys and Bob Stoops visor and smirk, it felt good to lay a whooping on them! Put this in your hard drive and smoke it Sooner and Aggie fans. http://www.fightmusic.com/mp3/big12/Texas__Texas_Fight.mp3

‘I Watch My Back’ July 25,2005 Cari Hammerstrom The Monitor Oil and gas workers report attacks by undocumented immigrants Aurelio and Carolyn Talamantez, along with their trusty chow dog, Arcas, hunker down in the shade beneath the awning of a small trailer and watch cars whiz by on a deserted stretch of U.S. Highway 83 for most of the day. Judging by their log book, they are only occasionally interrupted by the workers at H&P’s Rig 142 going to and from their job drilling for natural gas on the Ridge Crest Dominguez Ranch, a roughly 1,500-acre tract of land bordered...