Candidates ‘for rent’ on the Tuesday OPEN thread
Shot by Dan on Salem Avenue at 10th Street Southwest
“As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.”
Adam Smith
October 23, 2012 - 10:00 AM
Weird, in Bburg, almost every obama, Kaine, and Flaccavento sign sits in front of a commercial building that is for lease or rent due to the previous small business being forced to close down or move away…
Telling.
#1 Tell that to Lefty’s.
Thought suzie would want to know that the same instant polls that gave Romney a big win in the first debate call it for Obama last night.
I guess I’ve missed that during my travels through town, the signs I’ve seen in and around Blacksburg have mostly been in the neighborhoods, probably 2-1 Obama to Romney (not surprising considering it’s Blacksburg). I have seen a couple notable Romney signs in front of vacant buildings though…the most visible (on my regular driving routes, that is) on Route 114 in front of a vacated optometrist office, that’s been a few different things through the years. They even have an empty yard chair beside the sign with a large rock holding it down.
Lefty’s does not have an obama sign in their little strip of land. The closed down business up the street has about 100 of them however.
Dan, as the official chronicler of Rush’s decline, how’s that going?
So Salem has almost 94% of kids graduate from high school on time. Roanoke City only has 76%.
Didn’t Salem vote for McCain in ’08 and didn’t Roanoke City vote for obama in ’08??
Hmmmm…
#5 Gosh, MMM, you sort of forgot to mention that Lefty’s DOES have Kaine and Flaccavento signs. I’m sure that if took the time — which I won’t — I’d find Dem signs in front of open businesses and Romney signs in front of closed ones.
You really are quite dishonest in many of your posts.
If I recall correctly, I believe that business was an engineering firm that was bought by a competitor, and moved to a different location…but I may be thinking of a firm that was located somewhere else in town (there have been quite a few mergers in the industry in recent years). I do, however, recall seeing signs there though.
So either Frank’s computer blew up or he’s so overwhelmed by Rmoney’s loss last night that he’s unable to participate.
I’m sure everyone assigned zero value to the “Obama signs in front of closed businesses” post.
I thought it interesting that the fence around the football field at Cave Spring Middle School has had Rmoney signs on it this fall. For awhile the Rmoney sign faced the track, where it became a billboard to all the cars on Merriman Road. I didn’t realize that such big partisan signs could be put on public property like schools, but I guess our Citizen’s United friendly SCOTUS and FEC now consider them just like Wendy’s ads.
I wonder which campaign sign is in front of Chris the Baker’s former location? The one he turned tail and ran from, owing his landlord money.
http://www.gop.com/news/research/fact-checking-obama-10-lies-and-counting/
read it and weep libbie coms, he is a proven liar
Looks like UVA may have some more explaining to do.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/jp/uva-s-accreditor-says-questions-remain-about-presidents-ouster?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
Hmmmm…Comment by Marked Man — October 23, 2012 @ 12:25 pm
Hmmmm….false equivalency? The dog barked and then it rained….Hmmmm…
There are two places, OJ. One was the old Olver building, the other was a dentist or doctor office or something I think.
There are lots of signs in that location, Contra. They ALL say ‘For Lease’ ‘Prime Business Location’. And they are all in the windows that were formerly occupied by Awful Arthurs, Subway, etc… you know, those small mom and pop businesses. They all folded in those locations I believe after obama was elected.
I guess Lefty’s does not support obama…
pammala, so you guys could only find 10? I liked how most of these were based on opinion and not fact. By the way, did you see the debate last night? Or as I like to call it, Romney telling you what you want to hear and agree with everything Obama says…
You guys need to learn what a communist is before you start to accuse people of being one.
Sorry, Shrill… that the data I post from other sources is too accurate for you.
Seems that the locations that obviously have smarter parents and parents that give a bigger damn about their children overwhelmingly voted Republican.
“gop.com”. Funny.
I wonder why death threats against romeny, and threats to riot, are not publicized when they come from idiots on the left as they are when they come from idiots on the right…
http://www.infowars.com/obama-supporters-continue-threats-to-riot-assassinate-romney/
Are these the “well informed” voters that those like dan, sandi and shrill consort with?
Surely, they will renounce this type of extremism.
MM – “data” – good one. Oh, you were serious….?
hey joe ….,
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, all the kings horses and all the king’s men, couldn’t put dear leader Humpty back together again.
hey there Kristen, so, ya MISSED me, eh? You know, in all seriousness, that makes me feel pretty good! Thank you.
Now, looks to me like Romney did just enough to get through last night unscathed. obuma on the other hand, acted pretty petulant…not becoming in a potus, and nothing like what we’ll see from Mitt after he is inaugerated….thank goodness.
The American people have had enough of the libs’ antics…ol’ laughing-stock vp joe (what a joke), and the scowling, angry, and well, petulant potus…
hey ALL you libs,
This ‘en is good for “food for thought”. Didja ketch the news out of Italy about those earthquake “scientists” getting their butts thrown in jail for NOT issuing a warning prior to an earthquake like, happening? Imagine that! Now, just stop hugging your collective trees for a minute, and THINK about that!
Imagine, “scientists” actually are being held accountable…like, for the first time in their lives! Again, IMAGINE THAT! Sheesh!
I guess some accountability is good, eh? Anybody disagree?
Well, Shrillary, the data came from the Roanoke Times… sooooo…. what were you saying again?
The downfall of hardcopy newspapers?
http://tinyurl.com/9dj58n8
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23 October 2012 Last updated at 16:38 ET
Superman: Clark Kent quits reporting at the Daily Planet
Alter ego Clark Kent is resigning from the post of star reporter at the Daily Planet, the Metropolis newspaper where he has worked since the first Superman comics were published in the 1940s.
DC Comics, which publishes the Superman stories, says Kent will walk out in protest that hard news has given way to too many “soft” entertainment stories.
The move has been prompted by the Daily Planet’s takeover by a conglomerate.
SNIP
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#11 Hey, Kristen, saw some Romney and Allen signs posted behind a shuttered business today on the way home. I’m sure it mean something important to MMM.
#14 No coms here. You’ll have to post it elsewhere 7-11 magnate woman.
The Romney Allen signs in the pic above are next to three dumpsters.
“Alter ego Clark Kent is resigning from the post of star reporter at the Daily Planet, the Metropolis newspaper where he has worked since the first Superman comics were published in the 1940s.
DC Comics, which publishes the Superman stories, says Kent will walk out in protest that hard news has given way to too many “soft” entertainment stories.
The move has been prompted by the Daily Planet’s takeover by a conglomerate.”
Plus, his salary has been frozen for five years and his employer is back-dooring pay cuts in the guise of health-insurance premium increases and benefits cuts.
Hey, everybody. The small town of Romney, Texas just got a name change.
Dan
How about a little state politics? Here’s one I ran across. It’s an ode to the Cooch. It might just catch on and rise to the top of the charts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiSeg15mUjA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I can’t wait to hear what Trump’s big news is.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-donald-trump-obama-reveal-20121023,0,714092.story
“I only half listened to Monday’s debate but was offended when Obama said Romney had “the foreign policy of the 1980s, the social policies of the 1950s, the economic policies of the 1920s, and the trousers of the 1890s.” Just because the President is savvier about, well, everything, doesn’t give him the right to mock the fashion sense of a lackluster rival. It’s not Romney’s fault. His butler chooses his clothes. And former Bush aides his policies.”
Randy Cohen, writer and humorist
“The small town of Romney, Texas just got a name change”
According to Bob Schieffer, it would appear they spray painted Bin Laden’s first name on it…
Well whaddaya know? dave was bored at home and started googling ‘cooch videos’ on youtube….
Is Mitt Romney using a spray-on tan?
#36 It was real barnburner, Debbie. He’ll donate $5 million somewhere if Obama releases every record about everything that ever happened in his life. Not only is this totally silly, I wouldn’t trust him to pay any more than I’d trust troll suzie to pay off a bet.
Nice Wille Wonka reference in that link, Dan!
#41 I read that a couple of hours ago, Gdad. Trump is a buffoon.
I think Trump stated he would donate $5 million to any charity the president picks. Sure hope obama doesn’t let those kids down in inner-city Chicago.
I wonder why Trump never made a similar offer to get his hands on Bush’s transcripts, which also weren’t released.
Trump should just give all his money to charity, and quit falling for Internet scams claiming that Obama has all these sealed records.
Donald Trump’s requests aren’t worth dignifying.
#19 “I guess Lefty’s does not support obama…”
Why, MMM, you’d be guessing wrong yet again. As of 4:30 p.m. today, according to my reliable source, there was most definitely an Obama sign in front of Lefty’s. Guess the owner was reading your ridiculous comments here.
I’m just shocked that you’re wrong once more.
I see the stupid continues – I hope it gets lost along with Romney after Nov 6th.
Viral Spiral – Internet rumors
From FactCheck.org
Q: Are Obama’s early records “sealed”?
A: No. Many records that presidential candidates don’t ordinarily release do remain confidential, but they are not “sealed” by a court. The 16 claims in a widely distributed graphic are mostly false or distorted.
http://factcheck.org/2012/07/obamas-sealed-records/
gdad,
I did not hear it was “every record about everything that happened in his life”.
Are “you” not telling the truth?
Wouldn’t this be the perfect opportunity for obama to “b-slap” those who have concerns and also get $5mil for poor children in the process.
Obama should take him up on the offer, unless there is a reason not to.
What is there to lose???
You’re right, gdad. After the debates, I guess the owners of Lefty’s were feeling a little scared for obama so they decided to throw his sorry a$$ sign out there in front of their ‘restaurant’ in order to try and reign in the unshaven-armpitted women and tree humpers that frequent the joint.
Net result = obumbles picks up 5 votes in Bburg from the turnout to the joint and deodorant and Barbasol sales soar!
Actually, gdad, Bob Schieffer said that is actually a Bin Laden sign out in front of Lefty’s… it has his name on it anyway.
#49 It’s simple, mike O, caving in to a sordid political stunt isn’t in the least “presidential.” Trump is a worthless buffoon. Rmoney wouldn’t do it, either.
What is there to lose, mike O? The diginity of the office of the President of the United States. If he gives in to this demand of a limelight seeking buffoon, what will the next demand be? The President is not a puppet dancing to the strings pulled by idiots, no matter how much money they have.
Trump must think Obama’s going to be reelected. Why would he care about any of the things he’s demanding if he thinks Obama will soon be out of office?
Once again, Mr. Casey is playing fast and loose with kernel of truth. Yes, Adam Smith did indeed write those words. However, Smith would probably be appalled at the way in which Mr. Casey is using them.
I suggest a reading of the entire passage from Chapter 6 of the first book. In it, Smith is explaining the evolution of private property, and its value relative to labor. This discussion includes a reference to Rome, which attempted to limit the size of estates in an effort to promote the common good. He also notes that the policy failed because political constituencies, seeking government favor, eventually influenced who came to own the parcels, and how large the parcels would be. The lesson Smith points to is that government re-distributive practices are flawed; they only lead to a government-sponsored upper class, rather than an upper class based on merit.
Smith is in no way denigrating the ownership of private property. In fact, he concludes that free markets have developed the way they have because they are an outgrowth of human nature. As he does throughout all five books, Smith argues his preference for free markets regulated by competition over the phony-baloney efforts of government to ensure that wealth be defined by loyalty to one particular party over another. In other words, Smith probably would frown upon government picking winners and losers.
Silly newspaperman—cherry-picking is for sycophants.
#50 Wow, MMM, off the meds again? You’re very obviously headed back into another manic phase of some sort.
A straight-line Republican-voting friend of mine who ate there yesterday was the first one to tell me about the sign. I’ll ask him which trees he’s been humping lately.
“The President is not a puppet dancing to the strings pulled by idiots”
Unfortunately, I feel you couldn’t be more wrong about our current president.
Debbie, he may be thinking that by being outed by the transcripts, that obumbles record as a one term president would be tainted, have an asterisk beside it, etc.
Mr. Van Velzer, welcome to the blog.
One of the differences between you and me is that I believe Adam Smith doesn’t need me to explain his words. That is why I committed the grievous offense (in your mind) of offering the quote without any explanation.
It may seem unfair to you that I would put it here, all alone, without everything else he wrote as proper context. But would anyone read the whole thing? I doubt that.
If you’d like to do the blog a true service, why don’t you tell us what Smith wrote about trade unions, vis a vis conservative efforts to kill them?
Bill Van Velzer…interesting. You claim about Smith’s reaction to Dan’s interpretation of his work reflects exactly my opinion of how the Right Wing intentionally misrepresents the teachings of the Bible.
Mikeo, Obama doesn’t work for Trump. And Trumps check would probably bounce anyway.
DONALD TRUMP REFUSES TO RELEASE HIS OWN COLLEGE AND PASSPORT RECORDS
[T]he Guardian contacted Trump’s office to ask for Trump’s college and passport records, it was accused of “trying to be funny” and the request was deemed to be “stupid”.
“I tell you what, he’ll provide them to you when you provide yours to him,” said Michael Cohen, executive vice president at the Trump Organization and special counsel to Trump, in what began as a friendly encounter.
I readily agreed to the deal, and offered to provide my college records and passport-application records to the Trump office for inspection. That seemed to prompt a change of heart.
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-refuses-to-release-his-own-college-and-passport-records-2012-10#ixzz2AJkk09x6
gdad, you can’t keep it up… I SAID that Lefty’s is trying to rein in the tree-hugger voters that frequent the place.
I didn’t say every partaker there was a tree-hugger. Geesh. C’mon, you HAVE to be more intelligent than you let on.
Mark, if you think Romney isn’t a marionette owned by Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers, your just deluding yourself.
Debbie, David and Charles Koch support gay marriage, opposed the war in Iraq, disliked GWB’s presidency, both have survived cancer and therefore donate millions to cancer research, and they disagree with obumble’s policies over the last 4 years.
Wonder what issue it is that you have with them?
Mark, please enlight me as to who Obama’s puppet master is. We already know who controls Romney.
Debbie, Grover Norquist married a Muslim woman, adopted children with her, supports lower defense spending and supports pulling out of Afghanistan immediately, and opposes obumble’s policies as president.
Wonder what issue it is that you have with him?
“David and Charles Koch support gay marriage, opposed the war in Iraq, disliked GWB’s presidency, both have survived cancer and therefore donate millions to cancer research, and they disagree with obumble’s policies over the last 4 years.”
MMM seems to be suggesting that the Koch Bros. supported John Kerry in the 2004 campaign. Their help didn’t pan out then, and it’s looking more and more like it’ll be an even more spectacular failure this time.
Obama is gaining in Va., and has a solid lead in Ohio and Iowa and Wisconsin. No matter which way Fla and Colorado and go, it doesn’t look like Romney’s gonna win.
“Debbie, Grover Norquist married a Muslim woman, adopted children with her, supports lower defense spending and supports pulling out of Afghanistan immediately, and opposes obumble’s policies as president.
Wonder what issue it is that you have with him?”
The problem with Norquist isn’t any of the above. Norquist is against any tax increases, for any reason, and he has threatened members of Congress (politically) into not voting for them.
The fact is we need some targeted ones, to get this country back on track fiscally to where it was in the 1990s. And Norquist is the chief impediment to that.
THAT is the issue with him.
Obama is gaining in Va., and has a solid lead in Ohio and Iowa and Wisconsin. No matter which way Fla and Colorado and go, it doesn’t look like Romney’s gonna win.
RCP has increased Romney’s lead in VA since yesterday. Ohio has been skewed by outlier Time’s poll of 5+ for 0bama today. Time is an arm of the 0bama campaign.
The wheels are coming off, folks. That’s why they are trying desperately hard to keep the lid on this Benghazi scandal.
Dan seems to suggest that Soros backed John Kerry in the 2004 campaign. That didn’t help then and it’s looking more like it will be an even more spectacular failure this time around.
Romney has taken the lead in electoral votes according to RCP and obumbles is tanking in the toss-up states (after he supposedly was going to get a big boost from that ‘amazing’ performance in his debates).
Debbie you mean George Soros or Valerie Jarrett?
http://tinyurl.com/cxrwsxz
Dan,
1) RCP had Virginia a tie this morning, and now shows Romney up +1.4. According to RCP, the last time Obama led in Virginia was back on 10/9. All polls since then have Romney leading in Va, and with the race being tied this morning to now moving in Romney’s direction, it’s hard to say with a straight face that “Obama is gaining” in Va.
2)According to RCP, the tiny advantage Obama has in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Iowa are all well within the margin of error. Nothing “solid” about any of those leads.
Oh yes, the big bad bogeyman “Soros”. What does Soros get for his donations to liberals and Dems? Now look at what Romney donors will get….
“1) RCP had Virginia a tie this morning, and now shows Romney up +1.4. According to RCP, the last time Obama led in Virginia was back on 10/9. All polls since then have Romney leading in Va, and with the race being tied this morning to now moving in Romney’s direction, it’s hard to say with a straight face that “Obama is gaining” in Va.
2)According to RCP, the tiny advantage Obama has in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Iowa are all well within the margin of error. Nothing “solid” about any of those leads.”
matt, RCP isn’t counting the new PPP poll out today. The last one had Obama up by 3. This one has him up by 5.
In other words, my info is more up to date then yours or theirs.
“matt, RCP isn’t counting the new PPP poll out today. The last one had Obama up by 3. This one has him up by 5.
In other words, my info is more up to date then yours or theirs.”
Gotcha. So one single left-leaning poll essentially trumps the average and trend of the last month in Virginia, because “it’s more up to date.” Using your logic in regards to the “most recent poll” theory: Michigan is a tie, Ohio is a tie, and Romney leads in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Colorado. Sweet. Works for me.
no matt, it’s just that it’s more recent than the others. And it isn’t any more left-leaning than Rasmussen is right.
And just by the way, matt, Obama is not hanging with a Republican cretin running for the Senate who just told America’s women that if they get pregnant from rape, that was God’s will and they better damn well accept it.
Romney is still supporting that guy.
matt – as new polls come out, the old dated polls are usually dropped. Some of the problems with the up and down numbers, is that RCP continued to include some of the early October poll numbers when they did not get new polling numbers [like Gallup]. Also as we got closer to Nov 6th – the methodology changed from RV [registered voters] to LV [likely voters] – again Gallup was one of the pollsters who changed.
Mark, in comment #68 Dan stated the problem I have with Grover Norquist perfectly. The politicians who signed his pledge bear the bigger shame.
The fact that he married a Muslim woman means nothing to me. I’m not among those who believe every Muslim is evil.
#64.Debbie, David and Charles Koch support gay marriage, opposed the war in Iraq, disliked GWB’s presidency, both have survived cancer and therefore donate millions to cancer research, and they disagree with obumble’s policies over the last 4 years.
The policy they disagree with is having to pay to more of their billions in taxes. That’s why they are putting out all the money for Romney. I’m pretty darn sure that they aren’t supporting him because he’s such a nice guy.
As for donating millions to cancer, that’s great,it really is but they have the money to do it. It’s not like it’s a hardship for them. Supporting gay marriage and opposing the war in Iraq, the right thing to do.
Debbie, so other than the fact that people who have earned their money do not want to have more of it taken away (which would lower the amount they could donate to various charities, cancer research, etc) is what you have against them??
If they already pay more in taxes than you and I or obumbles, what would it take to make them seem more like ‘good guys’? Do you want the wealthier people (who own more companies that provide more jobs and actually do work) to be forced to pay more taxes than people choosing to work part-time or no time because they get a ‘gubmint’ check every month and may soon have free (wealthy-paid) health insurance?
The money that all the most wealthy people donate to charities on their own free will helps tens or hundreds of thousands more people than anything obumbles has done over the last four years or, heaven help us, if he gets re-elected for another four.
Sandi, Romney donors will get a country with a balanced bugdet if he is elected.
If obumbles is elected, Soros will get a chance to break the banks of America just like he broke the banks of England (and the backs of hard working men and women there). C’mon Sandi, the dude admitted that being forced by the Nazi’s to ransack and plunder his fellow Jews homes and businesses was “the happiest time of his life” and gave him “feelings of absolute power”.