indigenous geek: October 2008

Spending

Looking Good Sarah

Frankly I find that most political campaign spending is obscene. A total waste. The gaffe over the RNC spending $150k on clothes for Palin is ridiculous. That hardly strikes me as out of line when compared to the other spending. Business as usual.

What about this:

Barack Obama's spending far exceeds John McCain's and shows states he covets

Barack Obama bought $65 million worth of airtime last month, almost three times as much as John McCain, and shifted $7.6 million to Democratic parties in swing states to organize his campaign efforts.

Obama’s $65.5 million for airtime dwarfed the $22.5 million that McCain spent, according to disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission. The media firm, GMMB, received the bulk of the money, $63.5 million, to buy airtime.

McCain benefited from spending by the Republican National Committee.

Obama raised a record $150.7 million in September, spent $87.5 million, and entered October with $133 million in the bank -- compared to McCain’s $47 million in the bank at the start of the month.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/
2008/10/barack-obamas-s.html

Please, Obama took in a 1000 times that last month alone. I wonder what the dems spend on outfitting Obama and his wife. Come on and be real. They all spend more in a year then most of us could spend in a lifetime. That of course is what makes it a sore issue to voters.

I wonder why the media can't get upset by all the money wasted on ads. OH! Wait.....

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Shocking Revelation

Shocking Revelation from the Weekly World News

CAMBRIDGE, MA - The shocking photo obtained by Weekly World News reporter Hideaki Tailor reveals that Obama revealed himself during his time at Harvard Law School.

In order to pay his way though Harvard Law, Barack Obama posed nude for several sessions of a figural drawing class.

Why had this been a secret for so long? Retired sculptor and art professor Lorraine Feinbaum explained, “Back then he only went by the nickname, ‘Stallion,’ as he was quite fit but slender.

http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/election-08/obama-nude/

Yeah just a little funnier then this email I got today from the DNC titled

Truly Vile...

Deborah --

The Republican National Committee is distributing a mail piece that says "Terrorists" on the front and opens to a big picture of Barack saying "Not Who You Think He Is."

John McCain -- who promised to run a respectful campaign -- said that he was "absolutely" proud of it.

Will you take a look at the mailing and make a donation of $5 or more to push back?

Will you fight back with a donation?

We have 12 days to make sure John McCain doesn't win the White House through scare tactics.

Give this campaign the resources we need to fight back in the final push:

https://donate.barackobama.com/mailing

Thanks,

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

I get mail from the DNC??? - yeah they goofed somewhere and think I Debbie somethin'.
I'm so sick of the election but at least the WWN is a hoot.

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Worst New Headline Ever

Student From Licking Valley Charged with Child Porn

A 15-year-old Ohio girl was arrested on felony child pornography charges for allegedly sending nude cell phone pictures of herself to classmates. Authorities are considering charging some of the students who received the photos as well.

The unnamed student from Licking Valley High School in Newark, Ohio was arrested Friday after school officials discovered the materials and notified police. She spent the weekend in juvenile detention and entered a plea of "deny" on Monday, according to The NewarkAdvocate.com.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/08/
teen_charged_for_cell_phone_pics/

Should the girl be punished? Yes. Charged with a crime? Oh please. What in the hell is wrong with the DAs in this country?

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How I Spent My Sunday

Oh Sweet Jesus!

Found at the Bizzarro Blog.

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Another Darwin Winner

I love these - listen close for when she hits.

Great!

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Just 4 Kids

Amusing but not too original

I was going to post the stupid video of kids singing for Obama video but it seems some of the perpatraitors have decided to remove it after receiving due flack. They were just trying to do something nice. I hope they say just how ridiculous it was but I doubt it. Now the singforobama.org website doesn't even mention it. OOPS.

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