The debate rehash: A blown chance.. or purposeful tactic?

While I am certainly not a paid analyst that regularly opines on politics are strategies behind candidates surges or splurges, I will say this: The debate the other night was one of the most horrendous public appearances for the President in years. Some are chiding him for losing touch.. losing his fire in his tiny string bean belly. Some are arguing that Michelle Obama was angry the debate fell on their wedding anniversary. Chris Matthews almost had a coronary on MSNBC afterwards, in his anger that Obama doesn’t watch his program on that network with the 5,000 or so others that do. And finally, an immense Al Gore theorized that Obama’s brain was hit because of Denver’s altitude. So with all of these theories, I think mine will be just as good!!

I think President Obama purposely blew the debate. I think he purposely didn’t have the fire in his belly. I think he knew that the unemployment number that was released today was going to be good (And it was, if the numbers are credible, unemployment is now 7.8%) .. President Obama may have felt that letting Mitt Romney win one for the Gipper was good. At the beginning. Get that victory out of the way, let Romney talk about Big Bird and unemployment, and just buy time until the Friday jobs report came out.. reinvigorate the campaign, let the media have a firestorm of positive stories, and come in to the next debate swinging.

That strategy in my mind makes sense. It works. Romney gets good press.. Obama gets shocked media people live on TV with wide eyes speculating about why he did so poor debating Mitt, the man the media think is a twit.

Because Obama knows that the media will come back home again. He knew the jobs numbers would be positive. He knew that there are two more debates. And he knows that October can bring many surprises.

What he may not have bet though is that 61 million people tuned in—the highest number since 1980, then 81 mil watched Carter square off with Reagan. And if 40 million or so don’t tune in to the next couple matches, perhaps the strategy of blowing the debate will work against the President. Time will tell.

I have a last theory, though, on Romney. I think they dug up the folks who did Ronald Reagan’s hair to do Romney’s. He looked like Reagan, in some weird way. He even seemed to want to sound like him. I don’t know if it was on purpose, or maybe it was the red tie, or maybe it was the stage, but Romney gave Republicans a taste of the visual past, looking like a President they loved. While Obama’s downed lips and nervous head nodding gave Democrats a burst of anger.

Perhaps the President needs a teleprompter? Remember in 2004 when people said George W. Bush had a device in his back for Karl Rove to tell him what to say? Perhaps President Obama was hoping somewhere in the audience Robert Gibbs would come to the rescue with a screen to give him answers.

But I think not. I think he gave the match early on to Mitt. And next time the President will win the debate. Third debate? I will not predict that one.

But I will make this final prediction: The Joe Biden/Paul Ryan debate will be a match made in heaven for political observers. It should be filled with nasty comments, fireworks, and verbal mutiny. Maybe a part of Biden’s entourage will be those biker chicks he got so friendly with….?

It’s all in the branding: G-Spirits, a liquor company, says alcohol will be poured down women’s breasts before being bottled. According to the company, every drop is poured.. Some calling it offensive…

More images (NOT SAFE FOR WORK)

I guess this could work. Until we see the ‘behind the scenes’ operations.. Factory conditions perhaps unclean? 

How many women are involved? Where are they from? Do they bathe beforehand? Are they French!? So many questions.. so many breasts.. so much liquor. 

Until answers come, I may stick to beer. 

Penthouse Club stripper ‘ruptured groom’s bladder at bachelor party after she slid down pole and landed on top of him’

Jesus surrounded by gays and transvestites creates firestorm among Serbians..

AND HERE I THOUGHT THIS WAS A BUYER’S MARKET!? THE AMITYVILLE HORROR HOUSE FOR SALE AGAIN, AND THE PRICE CONTINUES TO DROP.. 

The sellers insist it’s not demons but instead divorce driving them from the home..

But you may be able to argue that the demons the ruined the marriage, don’t you think? Just saying..

More absolutely amazing images coming from Mars. But these are only intensifying an already existent mystery..

…what are those spiderly black things? Are they dangerous? Maybe! 

The odd objects on Mars creates massive speculation..

Panera cares.. but to what end? Panera Bread is expanding restaurants that allow people to pay what they can afford.. Some now complain that the pay what you want style restaurants are bringing in less than desirable people..

Panera cares.. but to what end? Panera Bread is expanding restaurants that allow people to pay what they can afford.. Some now complain that the pay what you want style restaurants are bringing in less than desirable people..

I hate to say this: Be forewarned, a Hulk Hogan sex tape is out.. UGH

Justin Bieber has already reacted:

I hate to say this: Be forewarned, a Hulk Hogan sex tape is out.. UGH

Justin Bieber reacts to tonight’s debate

All smiles.. At first.

FIRST DEBATE. SHOWTIME.

DEBATE NIGHT! Who’s watching, who’s playing drinking games, and who do you think will win?

Sometimes life can be beautiful despite the horror

Winter storms will now be named ... What about those duds

I have been a long proponent of winter storms being named. They deserve it. The blizzard of 93 would sound much more frightening if it was named El Diablo, after all.
There may have been divine intervention now as the Weather Channel has decided this year to NAME WINTER STORMS!  So they are only as official as the Weather Channel. Not the NOAA. Not Accuweather. Just the Weather Channel. And that’s fine. I bet it catches on. It take son to start the ball rolling.
But here is the problem.. And the Weather Channel answers none of these issues: Is there a difference between West Coast and East Coast, Midwest and South storms? What if the storm turns out to be a dud..? Will the storm be named AFTER it strikes or before? We all know computer models show storms in the winter time that never become a storm.. So what then? cancel the name and start from scratch?
What about the possibility that nationwide there are more than 26 storms?
What constitutes a named storm? Wind? snow potential or actuality?
The Weather Channel, narrated by Al Roker, explains why it will be naming storms.  I can’t help but thinking the channel is trying to get some attention and press before tomorrow’s 2012-13 Accuweather winter forecast is released..
So my final question, since I am near some areas that get those lake effect snows, is this: What about the snow squalls that dump 20+ inches? Shall we name squalls?
And are cold fronts next?
I have long hoped for a naming of storms. But now when I think about the logistics, I ponder how in the world this naming process will go……

I could watch this for hours

FINAL FAIR NIGHT. UNTIL NEXT YEAR, BLOOMSBURG FAIR, IT'S BEEN REAL

The harvest moon is bright in the sky.. you can see your breath as it rises into the night air. Amazing time to be alive.. an amazing time for a fair.

There is something special about a little fair in Bloomsburg, PA. It’s actually quite a big. It’s a fair with flare. And tonight, as the chill of autumn descends over a landscape that was recently burdened with summer and sin, it’s a much nicer landscape to view.

All the food has been fried. And people are fried, too. It’s been a long week for carnies and ‘freaks’ and geeks with sneaks. But it’s been real, that’s for sure.

And reality stays the same at the Bloomsburg Fair. What was there in 1940 is pretty much there today. That is the amazing part of it all. It’s like each year picks up where the previous year left off..

I recall older days when a fuller family went to the fair. I remember warm afternoons under the sun and cold nights—I even remember a late 1980s night when my cousin and I jammed ourselves into a phone booth to stay warm. Yes, those phone booths are gone now. Replacing them? Mind-numbed zombies watching their phones instead of the surroundings.

The fair doesn’t change much. The people who go to it do, however.
But..
In the nighttime air, under that harvest moon, families still walk together, children still laugh in awe at the sights and smells and sounds. And lovers still embrace by a gate, leaving the fair, glancing back, and saying ‘see you next year’ with a wink and a smile.

Bloomsburg Fair 2012. END.
To be continued.

Ben Franklin at the Bloomsburg Fair (carved pumpkin version)

Speaking of the fair today is the perfect day of fall weather to say goodbye to the best week of autumn in Pennsylvania..

Champagne supernova in the sky. Is the sun going to go wild?

Just read a very interesting but unscientific article on a website claiming that the sun was getting whiter brighter an hotter than ever before.. There weren’t any findings within the text of the story that back up the author’s point of view but there were rather vague memories from when he was younger.. He recalls a time when the sun was more yellow and less heated, according to his generic recollection of events..

It’s an interesting thought, plus one that others have spoken about in recent years. There seems to be a fear that the sun is going super nova.. It’s the newest end of time end of the world conspiracy concern—and has little to no hardcore evidence backing up that theory..

But I traveled into my own memories … I recall, as well, a bright orange yellow sun. I remember hot days that were not oppressive.. Whether what the author of of ConspiracyHQ’s story believes is a real fear or not, my memory also had me thinking of a kinder and gentler period of time for weather on this planet..

So I’d be curious of thoughts from readers out there. Do you believe that memories can make a mind believe the past was better than it was or is the sun going wild and ready to burn a hole right through the planet earth?? I would love thoughts from all..

Binge on liquor, but an enema is quicker

But the idea of placing an alcohol enema directly into your rear end seems to go be directly opposed to every form of common sense. What about the old days of ANIMAL HOUSE like behavior where at least one would enjoy the taste of the liquor .. But the enema maybe is quicker.

Forget about beer pong and bongs..hello anal lubrication with an onslaught of alcohol.. And now parents have something new to worry about: Binge drinking with a new angle.. And the angle all takes place in the ‘back of the house’ so to speak..

This is just downright amazing

What you see here is an image of the universe, about 500 million years after the big bang 13.7 million years ago. You are seeing a universe in chaos. You are seeing the past. And we’re just getting a glimpse of it now thanks to the Hubble Telescope, with it’s new “extreme” view of history, peering deep into the past like no other piece of technology that has existed— at least that we know of.

If you sit and contemplate this image long enough, you won’t be able to not just sit in amazement at the big picture of this picture. What are we ? who are we ..? and WHY are we? All of those questions are now present in my mind as I see this mixture of galaxies and other objects.

Absolutely amazing.