Vents: Random Acts of Venting!

[Henry Hawk]

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20121106_GOP_goes_to_court_to_remove_Obama_mural_at_polling_site.html
This one is from a Philly newspaper.

[Y]

There ya' go, that's a better source.

Now, from your article, what does this tell YOU:

Polling locations are supposed to be nonpartisan. But at one Northeast Philadelphia school, where a large Barack Obama mural stands in the midst of where voters cast their ballots, members of the state's Republican party quickly cried foul.

[Henry Hawk]

There ya' go, that's a better source.

Now, from your article, what does this tell YOU:

Polling locations are supposed to be nonpartisan. But at one Northeast Philadelphia school, where a large Barack Obama mural stands in the midst of where voters cast their ballots, members of the state's Republican party quickly cried foul.

It tells me that it is not photoshopped, which is what you said.  All I did was post the picture.  You made the claim, and was wrong.  I didn't make any claims otherwise.

Btw, a judge did order it to me covered...fwiw

[Henry Hawk]

Well c'mon, Hank.  I want you to learn a very valuable lesson here.   

and what very valuable lesson are you going to teach me?  What is photoshopped and what isn't?

[me]

Anyone know what the laws are surrounding electioneering at polling places on election day?

I thought there was a distance restriction of something like 100 feet or something like that.

In any case, while voting this morning we were disgusted to see blatant, wall to wall election signage at the entrance to the voting facility, (which may be okay), but also at the doorway and all along the parking lot.

IS this legal or is it electioneering illegally? 

I'm thinking 50ft.  I know at the 663 union hall where we vote they're usually handing you things in the lobby which is a lot closer than 50ft but there was no one there doing that today which was very unusual.  There were Obama signs on the entry doors though. 

[me]

There ya' go, that's a better source.

Now, from your article, what does this tell YOU:

Polling locations are supposed to be nonpartisan. But at one Northeast Philadelphia school, where a large Barack Obama mural stands in the midst of where voters cast their ballots, members of the state's Republican party quickly cried foul.

It tells me the mural should have been covered last night instead of after someone had to complain about it.  Tell me the dems wouldn't have complained if it had been a mural of Romney.

[Sandy Eggo]

WTH would anyone want to put a mural of Romney up? Ewww

[Palehorse]

After 4 years of caterwauling and sour grapes, I refuse to endure an additional 4 years of the same.

By this post I firmly resolve to call out obstructionist political goldbrickers for what they are, remove from my life those who would castigate others because of the color of their skin, and meet abject refusal to embrace bi-partisanship with insistence upon it.

Those who would seek to repeat the travesty of the last four years consider yourselves warned. 

[Bo D]

I heard on the radio that the right wing nuts also protested a mural of Big Bird at a polling place.

[Henry Hawk]

Wall Street is not too happy right now.........it dropped 2%; Dow Skidded 300, S&P Breaks 1400.....

[followsthewolf]

Come on, Hank.

You know as well as I that the market has been surging and retreating periodically during periods of profit-taking, but, overall, the market has recovered well since Obama became President.

[Henry Hawk]

Come on, Hank.

You know as well as I that the market has been surging and retreating periodically during periods of profit-taking, but, overall, the market has recovered well since Obama became President.

I'm just pointing it out.  I think Wall Street is NOW spooked on the upcoming fical cliff that we are facing.  I'm not saying it is all going to hell, but it IS an indicator from our investors.

[Bo D]

I'm just pointing it out.  I think Wall Street is NOW spooked on the upcoming fical cliff that we are facing.  I'm not saying it is all going to hell, but it IS an indicator from our investors.

I did hear that the cliff was a factor in today's trading.

[Henry Hawk]

I did hear that the cliff was a factor in today's trading.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49723418

[Bo D]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49723418

Yes. But did you read beyond the headline?

"The stock market has climbed about 76 percent over the past four years. Commodities have soared even higher, with gold and silver up more than 100 percent, and even bonds have maintained their value as a safe-haven trade for investors too afraid of market volatility."

"With Obama getting re-elected it's sort of the status quo and the QE carries on," said Lee Ferridge, head of macro strategy for North America at State Street Global Markets. "The result is positive for risk generally — negative for the dollar but positive for risk."

"The market reaction might be quite positive because the Europeans are clearly voting with relief that this seems the U.S. isn't going to go down the austerity route," Chuck Gabriel at Capital Alpha Partners told CNBC. "And it looks as though QE4 will be fine as early as the end of the fourth quarter."