This video speaks for itself...John is an inspiration.

~Dave

One last story to put this to rest, but it seems the Washington Post did some fact checking of their own coverage...it's interesting to see what they found:

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Trying to defend the indefensible. Journalism is dead.

~Dave

The same piece, shot here in Seattle in '93 for his Instructional Video...



Shawn Lane never failed to impress...such a great loss to the guitar community.

This performance shows speed, as well as dexterity. He loved to use those diminished scales...

~Dave

First of all, to all Americans, of ever stripe:

We can be proud that this nation, 40 years after the end of segregation, has voted in it's first African-American President.

That's the end of the love fest for me tonight.

We voted in an avowed Marxist President, who made friends with convicted felons, worked closely with domestic terrorists, and believes and espouses the gutter orthodoxy of Black Liberation Theology.

We have also voted in a incompetent, lying, narcissistic Senator as a Vice President who makes Dan Quayle look brilliant.

America, sometimes you get what you wish for. By God's grace, these men won't destroy what we have fought so hard to build and protect.

When we see a civilian police force, funded to the equal level of the military, roaming our streets, encroaching on our civil liberties: MAYBE then, you will wake up.

When you see your taxes going through the roof, because of all of the upcoming bailouts, stimulus packages, and unfunded mandates: MAYBE then, you'll wake up.

When you realise that you have sold your children and your grandchildren out to the highest bidder, in the wants of "hope" and change": MAYBE then, you'll wake up.

God help this nation. We are embracing a culture of death, first with government approved abortions, and now in this state, legalised physician "assisted" suicide. When the price of human life is forfeit, we are in trouble. Rome literally sacrificed their children and their elderly, now we do it for convenience and "death with dignity". What a lie. What a fallacy. What a tragedy.

God...Jehovah Jireh...Jehovah Rohfi...help this nation.

~Dave

...or maybe the old face...a.k.a. voter intimidation.

~Dave

Intimidation tactics, missing ballots and faulty machinery are plaguing voters descending on polling stations to choose between Barack Obama and John McCain.

In Philadelphia, FOX News' Rick Leventhal received a report from Republican poll watcher Chris Hill that two Black Panthers had stationed themselves at the door to a polling station and were intimidating voters. One held a night stick, Hill said.

Hill told FOX News that he went to talk to the men and they told him white power didn't rule there.

The man reportedly carrying a night stick was escorted away from the polling station by police, and FOX News found another Black Panther outside the station who said he was a certified observer. Police asked him and the FOX News crew to leave the polling station.

As of noon, FOXNews.com had received complaints from voters around the country that polling stations were not prepared, that voting lists were inaccurate and some voters were worried when they were asked to cast paper ballots instead of using voting machines.

Gregory Holden reported that the voting list his polling station in Lugoff, S.C., had problems. "Many people who have always voted in this precinct are all of a sudden not on the roll," he said. "They only have five machines and there are about 300 people in line. People are so discouraged some are leaving," he wrote.

Francesca Lourdes, in Maryland, said that she voted with three others, and the polling station where their official voter registration cards told them to vote didn't have them on the registers. She said they had to cast provisional ballots.

Watchdog groups and government officials are telling FOXNews.com that voters are reporting a range of problems and that some polling places aren't able to handle the expected record turnout.

According to Wendy Weisner, of the Brennan Center for Justice and non-partisan watchdog group Election Protection Center, the group has been receiving calls from voters experiencing problems with machine breakdowns around the country.

In Virginia, there are reports from more than 40 polling stations where the election officials don't have paper ballots to distribute when electronic machines break down.

In Pittsburgh and Philadelphia there are reports from voters of machines breaking down and no emergency paper ballots are being distributed.

Voters in Palm Beach County, Fla., are reporting that optical scan machines are breaking down.

An increasing number of problems are being reported with voting machines in Dayton, Ohio.

In New York City, voters began lining up as early as 4 a.m. ET even though polls didn't open until 6 a.m., said Valerie Vazquez-Rivera, a spokeswoman for the city's Board of Elections.

"We have a system that is traditionally set up for low turnout," said Tova Wang of the government watchdog group Common Cause. "We're going to have all these new voters, but not a lot of new resources. The election directors just have very little to work with."

Polls along the East Coast opened at 6 a.m. and by 8 a.m. one polling station in Atlanta had already run out of paper ballots, according to Clare Schexnyder, media spokeswoman for Georgia Election Protection, a non-partisan watchdog group.

She said the group had fielded more than 500 calls by 9 a.m.

"We had one location [in Atlanta] where all of the machines went down this morning and they didn't come back up until 8:08 a.m. They had problems with cards kicking out and a voter not getting a chance to vote," Schexnyder said.

About 2 million of Georgia's 5 million voters had cast ballots in early voting, she said, but that still leaves 3 million potential voters hitting the polls on Election Day.

An election protection volunteer helped that voter cast her ballot, she said, but there were up to 100 voters in line at one point, waiting while the six machines were down. "They were voting with paper ballots during the time they were down and they ran out of paper ballots and had to switch to provisional ballots. They are provisional ballots that will be counted, but there was craziness at that one polling place."

Virginia has also had its share of election mishaps, although the state is not yet reporting any incidences of fraud or voter intimidation.

Voters are turning out to the polls in record numbers in spite of the weather, according to Susan Pollard, a spokeswoman for the State Board of Elections. "Although a light rain is falling across the state, it does not seem to have dampened turn-out. Lines have been reported at some polling places; however, voting is proceeding quickly at many others."

The rain is causing an unexpected problem -- wet ballots don't feed properly into optical scan machines.

"Poll workers are setting the wet ballots aside and drying them out and asking voters to dry off before they handle the ballots.To make sure you don't have any problem with your ballot going through the optical scanner, be sure to dry your hands before completing your ballot," Pollard said. "All votes will be counted."

Three of the state's 2,349 polling stations opened late, two due to human error. One, at a library in Richmond, opened 25 minutes late because the librarian with the keys to the building overslept.

While the North Virginia suburb of Arlington has had one wet ballot issue, so far county registrar Linda Lindberg describes voting as "smooth sailing."

To assure that every voter gets a chance to cast a ballot, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has sent more than 800 monitors to 59 jurisdictions in 23 states.

Several have had problems in the past with minority voters or with providing personnel at polling stations where Spanish or Native American languages are spoken.

In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where the Feds have sent election monitors, voters reported 58 problems voting to OurVoteLive.org.

In Ohio's Franklin County, Board of Elections spokesman Ben Piscitelli said officials again were dealing with typical glitches. "We're taking care of things like that," Piscitelli said. "But there's nothing major or systemic."

Schexnyder, from Georgia Election Protection, said she doesn't expect the problems voters are reporting to keep them from casting their ballots, although many will wait.

"We'll probably see problems all day as we see long lines, and any times you have computers connected to the equation, I think that every computer glitch we have is going to create longer lines," Schexnyder said.

This is the spitting image of ignorance.

~Dave

On this night before the Presidential Elections, I want to take the time to remind my fellow citizens what we are voting for, and why we do this every 4 years.

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At this moment, the United States is under attack from the inside-out.

We are standing on a precipice.

Do we vote for an avowed Marxist, couching himself in baseless rhetoric about the "ills of the middle class", or do we vote for a man who time and time again has defended the very principles that are stated in the words above? Do we vote for someone wants to radically change the course of this nation, a path of which the Founding Fathers so vehemently fought against, or do we vote for a man who believes in the freedoms that this document provides?

It's an easy choice for me. As an independent, I can see the tide changing, and those who are irresponsible enough to vote their freedom away are being swayed by a cult of personality that this nation has NEVER seen. Unchecked, and unfettered faith in a human being, for any reason is dangerous. We have seen elements of this before throughout history...and people who claim to want to help the "little guy" often time run roughshod over their rights and freedoms to attain the power they seek.

Vote as you wish, but remember what you vote for may come back to haunt you. If it goes the way that the media wish it to, we may all be haunted very soon.

~Dave

Subject: Dear Sen. Barack Obama

Dear Senator Barack Obama,

The New York Times carried a story on Saturday, October 4, 2008 that
proved you had a significantly closer relationship with Bill Ayers than
what you previously admitted. While the issue of your relationship is
of concern, the greater concern is that you lied to America about it.

The Chicago Sun reported on May 8, 2008 that FBI records showed that you
had a significantly closer relationship with Tony Rezko than what you
previously admitted. In the interview, you said that you only saw Mr.
Rezko a couple of times a year. The FBI files showed that you saw him
weekly. While the issue of your relationship is of concern, the greater
concern is that you lied to America about it.

Your speech in Philadelphia on March 18, 2008 about 'race' contradicted
your statement to Anderson Cooper on March 14 when you said that you
never heard Reverend Wright make his negative statements about white
America. While your attendance at Trinity Church for 20 years is of
concern, the greater concern is that you lied to America on March 14.

In your 1st debate with John McCain, you said that you never said that
you would meet with the leaders of Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, and North Korea
without 'preparations' at lower levels ...Joe Biden repeated your words
in his debate with Sarah Palin ...while the video tape from your debate
last February clearly shows that you answered 'I would' to the question
of meeting with those leaders within 12 months without 'any'
preconditions. While your judgment about meeting with enemies of the USA
without pre-conditions is of concern, the greater concern is that you
lied to America in the debate with McCain.

On July 14, 2008, you said that you always knew that the surge would work
while the video tapes of you from more than a year ago show that you
stated that the surge would not work. While your judgment about
military strategy as a potential commander in chief is of concern, the
greater concern is that you lied to America on July 14.

You now claim that your reason for voting against funding for the troops
was because the bill did not include a time line for withdrawal while the
video tapes of you from more than a year ago show that you voted against
additional funding because you wanted our troops to be removed
immediately ...not in 16 months after the 2008 election as you now
claim. While your judgment about removing our troops unilaterally in
2007 is of concern, the greater concern is that you lied to America about
your previous position.

You claim to have a record of working with Republicans while the record
shows that the only bill that you sponsored with a Republican was with
Chuck Lugar ...and it failed. The record shows that you vote 97% in
concert with the Democrat party and that you have the most liberal voting
record in the Senate. You joined Republicans only 13% of the time in
your votes and those 13% were only after agreement from the Democrat
party. While it is of concern that you fail to include conservatives in
your actions and that you are such a liberal, the greater concern is that
you distorted the truth.

In the primary debates of last February, 2008, you claimed to have talked
with a 'Captain' of a platoon in Afghanistan 'the other day' when in fact
you had a discussion in 2003 with a Lieutenant who had just been deployed
to Afghanistan. You lied in that debate.

In your debates last spring, you claimed to have been a 'professor of
Constitutional law' when in fact you have never been a professor of
Constitutional law. In this last debate, you were careful to say that
you taught a law class' and never mentioned being a 'professor of
Constitutional law.' You lied last spring.

You and Joe Biden both claimed that John McCain voted against additional
funding for our troops when the actual records show the opposite. You
distorted the truth.

You and Joe Biden claim that John McCain voted against funding for
alternate energy sources 20 times when the record shows that John McCain
specifically voted against funding for bio fuels, especially corn...and
he was right...corn is too expensive at producing ethanol, and using corn
to make ethanol increased the price of corn from $2 a bushel to $6 a
bushel for food. You distorted the truth.

You and Joe Biden claim that John McCain voted like both of you for a tax
increase on those making as little as $42,000 per year while the voting
record clearly shows that John McCain did not vote as you and Joe
Biden. You lied to America.

You and Joe Biden claim that John McCain voted with George W. Bush 90% of
the time when you know that Democrats also vote 90% of the time with the
President (including Joe Biden) because the vast majority of the votes
are procedural. You are one of the few who has not voted 90% of the time
with the president because you have been missing from the Senate since
the day you got elected. While your absence from your job in the Senate
is of concern, the greater concern is that you spin the facts.

You did not take an active role in the rescue plan. You claimed that the
Senate did not need you while the real reason that you abstained was
because of your close relationships with the executives of Fannie Mae,
Freddie Mac, Countrywide, and Acorn ... who all helped cause the
financial problems of today ... and they all made major contributions to
your campaign. While your relationship with these executives and your
protection of them for your brief 3 years in the Senate (along with
Barney Frank, Chuck Schumer, Maxine Waters, and Chris Dodd) is of
concern, the greater concern is that you are being deceitful.

You forgot to mention that you personally represented Tony Rezko and
Acorn. Tony Rezko, an Arab and close friend to you, was convicted of
fraud in Chicago real estate transactions that bilked millions of tax
dollars from the Illinois government for renovation projects that you
sponsored as a state senator ...and Acorn has been convicted of voter
fraud, real estate subprime loan intimidation, and illegal campaign
contributions. Tony Rezko has contributed hundreds of thousands of
dollars to your political campaigns. You personally used your political
positions to steer money to both Tony Rezko and Acorn and you used Acorn
to register thousands of phony voters for Democrats and you. While your
relationships with Rezko and Acorn are of concern, the greater concern is
that you omitted important facts about your relationships with them to
America.

During your campaign, you said: 'typical white person.' 'They cling to
their guns and religion.' 'They will say that I am black.' You played
the race card. You tried to label any criticism about you as racist.
You divide America.

You claim that you will reduce taxes for 95% of America, but you forgot
to tell America that those reductions are after you remove the Bush tax
reductions. You have requested close to $1 Billion in earmarks and
several million for Acorn. Your social programs will cost America $1
Trillion per year and you claim that a reduction in military spending
($100 billion for Iraq) can pay for it. While your economic plan of
adding 30% to the size of our federal government is of concern, the
greater concern is that you are deceiving America.

The drain to America's economy by foreign supplied oil is $700 Billion
per year (5% of GDP) while the war in Iraq is $100 Billion (less than 1%
of GDP). You voted against any increases to oil exploration for the last
3 years and any expansion of nuclear facilities. Yet today, you say that
you have always been for more oil and more nuclear. You are lying to
America.

Mr. Obama, you claimed that you 'changed' your mind about public
financing for your campaign because of the money spent by Republican PACs
in 2004. The truth is that the Democrat PACs in 2004, 2006, and 2008
spent twice as much as the Republican PACs (especially George Soros and
MoveOn.org). You are lying to America.

Mr. Obama, you have done nothing to stop the actions of the teachers
union and college professors in the USA. They eliminated religion from
our history. They teach pro gay agendas and discuss sex with students as
young as first grade. They bring their personal politics into the
classrooms. They disparage conservatives. They brainwash our children.

They are in it for themselves ...not America. Are you reluctant to
condemn their actions because teachers/professors and the NEA contribute
25% of all money donated to Democrats and none to Republicans? You are
deceiving America.

Oh Mr. Obama, Teddy Roosevelt said about a hundred years ago that we
Americans should first look at the character of our leaders before
anything else.

Your character looks horrible. While you make good speeches, motivating
speeches, your character does not match your rhetoric. You talk the
talk but do not walk the walk.

1. You lied to America. You lied many times. You distorted facts. You
parsed your answers like a lawyer.

2. You distorted the record of John McCain in your words and in your
advertisements.

3. You had associations with some very bad people for your personal
political gains and then lied about those associations.

4. You divide America about race and about class.

Mr. Obama, at Harvard Law School, you learned that the end does not
justify the means. You learned that perjury, false witness, dishonesty,
and distortion of truth are never tolerated. Yet, your dishonesty is
overwhelming. Your dishonesty is tremendously greater than the
dishonesty that caused the impeachment and disbarment of Bill Clinton.
Your dishonesty is tremendously greater than the dishonesty of Scooter
Libby. You should be ashamed.

Mr. Obama, it is time for us Americans to put aside our differences on
political issues and vote against you because of your dishonest
character. It is time for all of us Americans to put aside our
political issues and vote for America first. It is time for America to
vote for honesty.

Any people who vote for you after understanding that you are dishonest
should be ashamed of themselves for making their personal political
issues more important than character. Would they hire someone for a job
if that someone lied in an interview...of course not. So why do some of
these people justify their votes for you even though they know you are
dishonest? Why do they excuse your dishonesty? Because some of these
people are frightened about the future, the economy, and their financial
security ... and you are preying on their fears with empty promises.

Mr. Obama, you are dishonest. Anyone who votes for you is enabling
dishonesty.

Mr. Obama, America cannot trust that you will put America first in your
decisions about the future.

Mr. Obama, you are not the 'change' that America deserves. We cannot
trust you.

Mr. Obama, You are not ready and not fit to be commander in chief.

Mr. Obama, John McCain does not have as much money as your campaign to
refute all of your false statements. And for whatever reasons, the
mainstream media will not give adequate coverage or research about your
lies, distortions, word parsing, bad associations, race bating, lack of
operational leadership experience, and general dishonest character. The
media is diverting our attention to your relationships and ignoring the
fact that you lied about those relationships. The fact that you lied is
much more important than the relationships themselves ... just like with

Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon... Monica Lewinski and Watergate were not
nearly as bad as the fact that those gentlemen lied about the events ...
false witness ...perjury...your relationships and bad judgments are bad
on their own...but your lies are even worse.

Therefore, by copy of this memo, all who read this memo are asked to send
it to everyone else in America before it is too late. We need to do
the job that the media will not do. We need to expose your dishonesty
so that every person in America understands who you really are before
Election Day.

Mr. Obama, in a democracy, we get what we deserve. And God help America
if we deserve you.

Michael Master
McLean, Virginia

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See what your partners in crime in Seattle have just done, my left-leaning friends.

This is ripe for a lawsuit, and The Stranger isn't exactly flush with cash. Maybe we should start publishing the names and addresses of the staff of this paper, and see what happens. Then again, that would be sinking to the depths of the insanity that seems to be so pervasive throughout this paper. This isn't free speech, this is classic Stalinism, seeking to cause harm to citizens who disagree with the Proletariat. It is truly sickening what "liberalism" has bred here in Seattle.

~Dave