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Obviously businesses with solid sales forecasts and demand are going to hire no matter what, but there are too many business that could hire now that simply won't because they want to know the direction the country is going in. Additionally, the real unemployment rate would be 10.6% if the workforce population was the same as it was the day Obama took over. What happened to that 2.7%? I'm sure only a tiny percentage of them are actually retired.

Is this a joke? Good news for Obama? As a small business owner whose client base is 90% small businesses, I can tell you that the companies that are hiring -- which are still way too few -- are a bit more positive because they believe President Obama's time is up. If Obama wins re-election, those numbers won't change and I wouldn't be surprised if they go back into the 8s. If Romney wins, you'll see a surge of optimism. But I'm sure liberals will say it was Obama's policies that worked and Romney's going to benefit from them. Businesses hire based on their feelings about who is running (or going to run) government at federal, state and local levels. Ultimately, for small businesses, it's about the government staying out of the way.

Nope, this is what I want to happen: http://www.270towin.com/2012_election_predictions.php?mapid=bawi

I never bought into this being a close race. This country is hurting on all fronts. If Obama was white, he'd have a hard time winning California and New York. Romney 348 - 190 Obama http://www.270towin.com/2012_election_predictions.php?mapid=YZH

Well, actually that's what Glenn Beck and others have been alleging for the past week. The more pieces to this puzzle that are coming out, the more I'm buying that story. Clearly, there was something going on that the administration is trying to hide.

Here's a couple of other things you may not have known (that I think)... 1. The election polls number were massaged for months to make it seem like this was a race Obama was winning. 2. As the end nears, the sampling of the polls has to balance out to save face if Romney "somehow" won in November. So Romney was going to gain poll numbers no matter what but his perfect debate performance only exacerbated the trend in his direction and now it's a runaway train independents are jumping on that Team Obama can't stop. 3. FL, NC, VA, MS and CO are red again. OH, NV, IA, NH and now PA are toss ups. A few more traditional blue states (WI, MN and MI) that very likely could change hands as well, especially if there are more Obama blunders. 4. If I had to guess today, I'd say 305-233 for Romney. Obama wins HI, CA, OR, WA, NV and NM out west; MN, WI, MI and IL in the central states (barely winning the first three). DC, MD, DE, NJ, NY, VT, CT, MA and ME in the northeast. Romney's winning share will include NH, PA, OH and IA. 5. My guess is that more states will fall into the red corner (WI, NV) making the closest election ever anything but.

Why?

I like what you did there.

Love it, probably because I love European "football" and that's how they do things. Everyone plays everyone. I'd say let AFC vs NFC games take place in the pre-season and then the Superbowl. That said, it will never happen.

Don't get my wrong, I'm not saying Fitz is the best we can have, but the dude is leading the NFL in touchdowns. I think saying we have no QB is a huge embellishment. He got rattled early against the Jets. Had he not, we might be 3-0 right now. He recovered well and I think his performances should trend upward going forward.

I don't know what the OP is talking about. He was in bounds and there is NO question about it.

Have a friend sitting behind Bills bench. He just sent a message saying they are hearing Freddy's injury is likely season ending. Obviously a lot of hearsay but FML if true.

A masterfully delivered benediction by Cardinal Timothy Dolan right after Obama's speech with more than a few well placed remarks about protecting the unborn and protecting religious liberties. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIoSATclypg To no surprise, the "party of tolerance" showed just how tolerant they really are: http://twitchy.com/2...cardinal-dolan/

I posted on Facebook a second after Obama spoke that I felt like he "mailed it in". To me it seemed like he was going through the motions. Like he knows the ride is coming to an end. I got blasted by some of my liberal friends but within 30 minutes pundits on both sides were saying the same thing: Obama mailed it in. If I give our President credit for anything it's that he can deliver a phenomenal speech. What I heard last night was empty, void of substance and well below his level of delivery. This election will be a landslide for Romney. I don't care what the polls say.

Or simply neither devout nor Republican.

That first class looks gaudy as hell. The economy class looks like the first class on a lot of American airliners. Let's keep buying their oil I guess!

I just visited it but I didn't need to go through the gate. It's just off the coast of San Francisco near the Golden Gate Bridge. Most people can't find it cause it's cloaked.

Watch how the liberals turn the story from "Obama saved the auto industry" to "Bush was behind the bailout".

What? GM is going down the tubes again? No way, Obama saved it, right? http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhill/2012/08/15/general-motors-is-headed-for-bankruptcy-again/

It took about 75 years but the USMNT finally got their big win in Mexico City last night at Azteca. Michael Orozco-Fiscal tapped in the winner in the 80th minute after a great run by Brek Shea and nice backheel by Terrance Boyd. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1134899/u.s.-beats-mexico-in-mexico-for-first-time?cc=5901 It was a friendly game but it was a huge monkey off their back and they did it without the likes of Dempsey, Altidore and Bradley. US started five of their "regular" starters from the last WC qualifier in June while Mexico started eight of their "regular" starters. The other story of the game was the great play at CB by Geoff Cameron who was recently signed by Stoke City in the EPL. He did a marvelous job in shutting down Chicharito. Next Four WC Qualifiers: 9/7 @ Jamaica 9/11 vs. Jamaica 10/12 @ Antiqua & Barbuda 10/16 vs. Guatemala

I went to St. Francis High School in Athol Springs and had a blast. Most of my best memories were sports related. In my time there, my hockey and soccer teams each won three out of four championships. My best memory came in my senior year when I scored a golden goal to win our soccer championship with less than one minute left in overtime. Took a throw in from the sideline, chested it down and fire a shot from just outside the far left corner of the 18-yard box. As soon as I hit it, I knew. Seconds later my teammates and classmates were storming the field at me. I have a VHS tape of the goal. Channel Four was there that night and did a story on the game. I've been meaning to get it converted into a digitial format before it goes bad. That said I'm going to tell you what I tell everyone I know that goes to high school. Don't get too caught up in it. High school makes some kids feel like every little thing is life or death. It's not. The best part of your life comes after high school. Don't be stupid, choose your friends wisely and put in honest work because it will make what comes next in life much easier.

Fred Jackson to me was a shoe-in to be an MVP candidate last year if not for his injury. He constantly gets overlooked by the outside media and sometimes even by Bills fans. It's a joke he's not in the top 50, let alone top 100 players. If you look at his position on a "what can you do for me this season" basis, I'm not sure I'd be able to find 2-3 better RBs.

Reminds me of the time I drove through Detroit. I thought I was a goner.

I moved to Charlotte last year and the number requested store in the area is Wegmans. No surprise since it seems like one out of every 10 people here are originally from Buffalo. I literally have 10 grocery stores within two square miles of my community. None of them compare to Wegmans. That said a Publix is coming this fall just one mile away. Excited to see what they're all about.

The movie is by Dinesh D'Souza and it looks like it will be a hit. I'm just glad that we might finally get some insight into the guy we elected (not me) as the most powerful man in the world. We know Mitt Romney bullied some kid in preschool but Obama's entire history from birth to politics is a complete mystery. I was shocked a few months ago when I heard Obama talk about a sister. I had no idea he had one. He also has a half-brother that lives in the slums of Kenya. Interesting quote from this review of the movie: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/controversial-obama-documentary-is-a-hit-in-texas/ We got the wrong Obama!