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Wikipedia Edits Forecast Romney's Vice Presidential Pick
Hugh Pickens writes writes "In 2008, as The Washington Post wrote at the time, 'just hours before [Sen. John] McCain declared his veep choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, her Wiki page saw a flurry of activity, with editors adding details about Palin's approval rating and husband's employment. ... Palin's entry was updated at least 68 times, with at least an additional 54 changes made to her entry over the preceding five days.' The obvious — in hindsight — implications of the Wiki activity: Aides were going into the entries to tune them up and clean out any material that was either embarrassing or erroneous. Now Mark Memmott writes on NPR that today's Wikipedia activity may lend a clue to Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick, expected to be announced within a few days. So what's going on now with some of those said to be among the leading possibilities to be joining Mitt Romney on the Republican ticket? On August 7, Rob Portman's Wikipedia page was revised 100 times, the Wikipedia page for Marco Rubio was revised 22 times, and the page for Tim Pawlenty was revised only 5 times. Of course, Memmott adds, somebody who knows about the 2008 Wiki tea leaves may just be messing with our minds."
Tea Party supports Freedom from government and lawyers how? They are a another tool to get the useful idiots to vote in policies that hurt themselves. Ask those folks about their stance on gay marriage and watch how fast they support government intrusion into people private lives.
His Stimulus? You mean the one started by his predecessor?
Obamacare AKA Romneycare?
I am not sure how a president is responsible for an economy, if he was I am not sure how you would be against the Stimulus.
I am not sure what he has to do with employment, unless you think the government needs more workers.
I am not sure why he set economic benchmarks, other than advertising.
I cannot see what polocies you mean, other than the ones Romney would continue since wallstreet is dictating them.
What would help is reimplementing the regulation that was removed that allowed the banks to gamble. That and breaking up any too big to fail bank.
I would not hire a lawyer to run a business nor would I want a businessman to run a country.
He did not have a super majority the first two years. They owned both the house and the senate, but not enough votes to be a super majority. Republicans filibustered everything they could, and did.
First, the political damage is not that huge. Second, it's very likely that Romney has paid little income tax, though quite large amounts of other taxes, given that most of his income is from investments, which are taxed as capital gains.
Wrong. They never cash in their investments, so they never pay that tax. They leverage their assets for cheap loans. Jobs was a master of this, as is Ellison.
The only thing worse than a Democrat is a Republican.
There's a difference between collecting water than runs off your house and putting up a 20 foot damn to create a reservoir and stop water flowing into the local river.
What would you do if you were down stream and your river dried up?
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No it lets them get paid in stock, which they use to get loans against to avoid paying taxes. It really is that simple.
What the states and feds should do, is allow for, and enforce across state lines...civil contracts..between two or more of ANY sexual preference, etc. This should be the ONLY legal binding contract there is.
If someone in this relationships also wants the "marriage" moniker on their relationship, let them get a church to do this....but merely having a church blessed marriage, would not hold any legal binding bonds....that is the civil contract part offered by the govt.
Let that civil contract between 2 or more people, take care of all the inheritance, insurance...etc....and that would be the same for any group of people wanting such a legal relationship, and should do away with all this controversy of marriage.
Let's put marriage back in the church where it resides, and out of Govt hands where it causes controversy. The Govt is there to help enforce contracts...let's put the govt back to work doing what it is supposed to do in this case.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Hah! Just try to post anything even vaguely anti-Libertarian, and all the Ayn Rand types around use every mod point they can to mod the post into oblivion.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Don't forget he had 3 of them on his property.. Stocked with bluegill, a boat dock, etc. and this creek is a tributary of the Rouge River, a designated "Wild and Scenic River".. Not only was he keeping the water, he was blocking fish from going upstream for spawning..
What are we going to do tonight Brain?
There's truth in what you say, but the GOP already has wiki of their own, with all sorts of misinformation.