FROM 2012 INTO 2013 POLITICS THREAD

Uncle.Ruckus · Nov 3, 2012

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I'm only coming back to this thread to post this:

We all know fucking Drudge Report exists, YankeeFan. We don't need to you be his own fucking personal SJ RSS feed.

Breitbart? Examiner.com? What, no World Net Daily or Newsmax?

Maybe next you can post that story about how Obama abandoned hungry, Dumpster-diving New Yorkers. You know, the one with a big, smiling Obama taken God knows when, shown next to a poor quality photo of people eating out of a Dumpster.

That you spend your day living on that site speaks very poorly of you.

Also, pay off your fucking wager.

OK, back to lurking.

Azrael · Nov 3, 2012

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Someone might want to do the math on how many gallons of water Budweiser donated.

4000 cases. 24 cans in a case. 12 oz of water in each can. 128 oz. in a gallon.

Then compare that to the number of gallons FEMA has requested.

Baron Scicluna · Nov 3, 2012

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YankeeFan said:

FEMA:

FEMA only began to solicit bids for vendors to provide bottled water for distribution to Hurricane Sandy victims on Friday, sending out a solicitation request for 2.3 million gallons of bottled water at the FedBizOpps.gov website. Bidding closed at 4:30 pm eastern.

Breitbart News spoke with contracting officer Annette Wright, who said that the winning vendor would be required to deliver the 2.3 million gallons of bottled water to an East Farmingdale, New York distribution center that was listed in the solicitation request by Monday, November 5th. Ms. Wright was unable to say when or how the water would be delivered from the distribution center to needy Hurricane Sandy victims in New Jersey, Staten Island, Long Island, and other boroughs of New York City. Vendors "are currently being evaluated," she said, and when the vendors are announced, they will provide information on how local distribution will occur.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/02/FEMA-Still-Doesn-t-Have-Bottled-Water-to-Distribute-Finally-Places-Large-Order-Today-for-Delivery-Monday
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Private Business:

Budweiser is called the King of Beers, but today its not just for the great taste. The company is acting like a king among the beer companies as it turned its beer canning plant into a canned water plant. Budweiser is canning water to send to the people of New York and New Jersey devastated by Hurricane Sandy according to Bartow Neighbor, on Friday Nov. 2, 2012.

More than 4,000 cases of canned water were shipped to the Anheuser-Busch Distributors Harrison Beverage in Pleasantville, N.J. and Ritchie & Page Distributing in Robbinsville, N.J. on Friday. This canned water will be available to the American Red Cross and other disaster relief programs.

Brooklyn, New York has requested over 10,000 cases of the canned water and these cases are slated to be delivered to Bennett Field over the weekend. Anheuser-Busch is in the unique position to can and ship large quantities of drinking water and theyve stepped up to do this.

On top of the canned water shipments, the people from Budweiser announced a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross for help in the efforts of the storm devastated areas from Sandy. Anheuser-Busch has donated more than 71 million cans of drinking water to areas hit with natural and other disasters over the years.

http://www.examiner.com/article/budweiser-cans-water-for-sandy-victims-ny-and-nj
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The federal response continues on multiple fronts, Fugate said. Working with the American Red Cross, the agency has distributed millions of gallons of water and millions of meals. It has also provided generators and water pumps.
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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/fema_hurricane_sandy_claims.html

Azrael · Nov 3, 2012

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But hey, Budweiser donated 9000 gallons of water. So private sector, scoreboard.

YankeeFan · Nov 3, 2012

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Obama won Ohio by four points in '08.

It better be one hell of a firewall for him if he's going to carry it in '12:

PublicPolicyPolling ‏@ppppolls

We have now released polls in 5 blue states over the last 24 hours- MI, WA, OR, CT, and MA- where Obama is doing 10+ pts worse than 2008
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YankeeFan · Nov 3, 2012

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The federal response continues on multiple fronts, Fugate said. Working with the American Red Cross, the agency has distributed millions of gallons of water and millions of meals. It has also provided generators and water pumps.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/fema_hurricane_sandy_claims.html
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What does, "Working with the American Red Cross," mean?

The Red Cross, a private organization, provided those meals.

Azrael said:

But hey, Budweiser donated 9000 gallons of water. So private sector, scoreboard.
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How many gallons do you think they could have provided if they had been contracted to do so ahead of time?

dooley_womack1 · Nov 3, 2012

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Are you trying to equate Obama with Brownie or something? Desperate times, yada yada. You're venturing into old_tony territory.

LongTimeListener · Nov 3, 2012

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YankeeFan said:

Obama won Ohio by four points in '08.

It better be one heel of a firewall for hi if he's going to carry it in '12:

PublicPolicyPolling ‏@ppppolls

We have now released polls in 5 blue states over the last 24 hours- MI, WA, OR, CT, and MA- where Obama is doing 10+ pts worse than 2008
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Aren't those five guaranteed blue states?

dooley_womack1 · Nov 3, 2012

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dixiehack said:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shy_Tory_Factor#_
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I think someone I knew saw a porn film with that name.

YankeeFan · Nov 3, 2012

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LongTimeListener said:

Aren't those five guaranteed blue states?
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Basically. In a "wave" election, the Republican might carry Michigan. Even in a "wave" the others would likely be out of play. (Though Oregon is supposed to be getting closer than expected.)

But, if Obama is losing 10+ points in these five states, why would Ohio hold up so much better than them?

LongTimeListener · Nov 3, 2012

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The bottled water thing is a riot to Google. From all non-wingnuts appearances they have been distributing water are now merely ordering more.

But it is true that FEMA itself is not in the business of self-bottling and does order from suppliers. I guess we should engineer a Socialist takeover of the water industry.

LongTimeListener · Nov 3, 2012

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YankeeFan said:

LongTimeListener said:

Aren't those five guaranteed blue states?
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Basically. In a "wave" election, the Republican might carry Michigan. Even in a "wave" the others would likely be out of play. (Though Oregon is supposed to be getting closer than expected.)

But, if Obama is losing 10+ points in these five states, why would Ohio hold up so much better than them?
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Because that's where he has been running ads and campaigning?

Or because the auto bailout saved the state's economy and not every voter is falling for Mitt's lies about that?

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