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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Romney: president of Amercia?

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Romney Campaign Spelling Gaffe Mars iPhone App Release



It's the typo that has the Twitterverse buzzing.
Just as Mitt Romney scored the GOP presidential nomination last night, his campaign released an iPhone app called "With Mitt" — only to discover it had one major error. The free app lets users customize photos with Mitt-inspired frames and messages, then post the images directly to Facebook or Twitter, or email it to a friend. The email recipient receives a message saying "I'm with Mitt Romney in 2012. And here's a photo showing my support. Check it out!"
But there's just one problem. One of the 14 slogans you can add to your image reads: "A Better Amercia."
Yes, you read that correctly. Amercia.
The typo quickly went viral, inciting a wave of jokes on Twitter.
"Apparently Obama doesn't have anything to worry about. Romney is running to be the president of Amercia," tweeted @AmericanHumor.
"Turns out Obama is running uncontested as Romney shifts focus to be the president of 'Americia,'" tweeted @wesleyverhoeve.
"I don't know where #Amercia is but I fear it has a low literacy rate," quipped @asifintoronto.
Another Twitter user, @KatieHudkins pointed out that "While #Amercia does have a nice ring to it, Romney's developers of "his" app may want to begin looking for new jobs."
A Romney campaign spokeswoman reportedly told MSNBC that, simply, "mistakes happen." The campaign has submitted a corrected app to Apple, which has yet to approve the new error-free version.
As of Wednesday morning, the typo was still live. The app is available for free in the App Store.

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George Will has Donald Trump's number [snicker]

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George Will Calls Donald Trump a 'Bloviating Ignoramus'
By Jake Tapper.  May 27, 2012

This morning on "This Week," ABC News' George Will called Donald Trump a "bloviating ignoramus," questioning why presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is associating with the real estate mogul, who once again falsely questioned President Obama's birthplace this week.
"I do not understand the cost benefit here," Will said on the "This Week" roundtable. "The costs are clear. The benefit - what voter is gonna vote for him (Romney) because he is seen with Donald Trump? The cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious it seems to me."
"Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics," Will added. "Again, I don't understand the benefit. What is Romney seeking?"
Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman agreed, adding "it's a dangerous game that Mitt Romney is playing here because Donald Trump doesn't have a lot to lose by keeping this birther conversation alive."
Trump revived the false claims about Obama's birthplace on Thursday, citing a discredited story about a literary agency that mistakenly listed that Obama was born in Kenya in a recently discovered catalog of clients that included the president.
"Look, it's very simple," Trump told The Daily Beast. "He said he was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia… Now they're saying it was a mistake. Just like his Kenyan grandmother said he was born in Kenya, and she pointed down the road to the hospital, and after people started screaming at her she said, 'Oh, I mean Hawaii.' Give me a break."
The real estate mogul endorsed Mitt Romney in February, and plans to host a fundraiser for him in Manhattan on June 28 according to The Daily Beast.
Trump himself repeatedly flirted with his own presidential run, regularly pushing the false "birtherism" claim that President Obama was not born in the United States.
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Saturday, May 26, 2012

OK, this means that THE BIBLE doesn't trump the Constitution?

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Kansas governor signs bill banning Islamic law
By Kevin Murphy, May 25

Republican Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed a bill aimed at keeping state courts and agencies from using Islamic or other non-U.S. laws when making decisions, his office said on Friday, drawing criticism from a national Muslim group.
The law has been dubbed the "sharia bill" because critics say it targets the Islamic legal code. Sharia, or Islamic law, covers all aspects of Muslim life, including religious obligations and financial dealings. Opponents of state bans say they could nullify wills or legal contracts between Muslims.
Supporters said the law will reassure foreigners in Kansas that state laws and the U.S. Constitution would protect them. Opponents said it singled out Muslims for ridicule and was unnecessary because American laws prevail on U.S. soil.
Sherriene Jones-Sontag, a spokeswoman for the governor, said in an e-mail that the bill "makes it clear that Kansas courts will rely exclusively on the laws of our state and our nation when deciding cases and will not consider the laws of foreign jurisdictions."
Legislators supporting the bill said there were many cases around the country where judges or state agencies cited sharia law in deciding cases, especially involving divorce-related custody and property matters where Islamic code differs from U.S. law.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington denounced the Kansas law and said it is considering legal action.
About 20 states have considered similar legislation but the Kansas law is the only one signed in recent weeks, council spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said.
"It's unfortunate the governor chose to pander to the growing Islam-phobia in our society that has led to introduction of similar unconstitutional and un-American legislation in dozens of state legislatures," Hooper said.
Hooper said legislators have often referred to sharia law in supporting such legislation, but he said they take the word out of the bill to stave off legal challenges. The Kansas bill does not mention sharia.
Federal courts struck down an Oklahoma law voters approved in 2010 that barred state judges from considering sharia law in making decisions. The court called the law discriminatory.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

They don't call him Booker for nothing

"Glancing at his campaign filings from that race, it is easy to find not only major donors from Bain and other private equity firms, but big Romney backers such as Julian Robertson of Tiger Capital Management and Paul Singer of Elliot Capital Advisers, each of whom has given the Republican candidate at least $1 million in this cycle. Both Robertson and Singer gave the maximum $26,000 to Booker’s campaign.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Wassat?????????????

“I am not familiar, precisely, with exactly what I said, but I stand by what I said, whatever it was.” — Mitt Romney, May 2012.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2012/05/16/past-behaviors-demonstrate-true-character/#comment-219625#storylink=cpy

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Drama Queens are everywhere

"Now, as to his invitation for you to join his personal blog in Olympia. You might want to think twice about that, because if you sign up for HIS blog, you give him access to your personal information, and that may come back to haunt you."
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2012/05/17/referendum-74-unconstitutional/#comment-219559#storylink=cpy

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Saturday, May 5, 2012

An informal but interesting poll

Active member of an organized religion
962
28%
28%
Believer, but not active in house of worship
1366
40%
40%
Non-believer
1059
31%
31%
Total Votes:  3387
 
Non-believers out number active church members.