NY-Gov race is actually getting interesting

The New York race for Governor has actually gotten quite interesting over the past few weeks. There has been mudslinging, on a literal junior high level on both sides .Andrew Cuomo even called Paladino an asshole yesterday. Most people would find this disgusting, appaling, and downright childish. I am interested, intrigued, and actually laughing at this. Folks this might be the new face of politics in the Tea Party era. The Deleware Senate race will get this ugly soon, both California Senate and Governors races will be heading down this path, and even our own governors race will turn this way when the 527's start unloading on Dayton. Why do I like this? Because it shows how much both people want the seat, they will do ANYTHING to get it, which means they know how important this seat is. Albany has been a mess for years in NY. The only state where corruption is more prevalent than in NY is IL and I think even that might be debateable. Paladino is a fire-breathing tea party candidate, who frankly looks like a Mafia Don but I digress, and while pre-primary polls had him down as much as 55-25 to Cuomo (and yes he is Mario's kid), Monday a Rasmussen Reports poll had Cuomo up 55-38 which raised some eyebrows because Cuomo was expected to be able to waltz into the Governors mansion no problem. But dun-dun-dun! Today a poll was released that has to have the Cuomo camp sweating bullets. From the article... oh and billioniare RINO turned "independent" (aka Democrat lite) NYC mayor Bloomberg came out and endorsed Cuomo today, can you say desperate (interesting note nbcnewyork.com has a thing on the side that asks people their reactions to the article, 55% are laughing, 22% are thrilled and 8% are furious)
Saying anger is not a governing strategy, Mayor Bloomberg Tuesday endorsed Democrat Andrew Cuomo as the best candidate to be New York's next chief executive.

"I think Andrew Cuomo is the right person," Bloomberg said at a press event at City Hall Park.

The endorsement comes as a Quinnipiac poll out Wednesday shows a spike in support for Republican Carl Paladino, who was once a longshot to win the GOP line in the governor's race.

The new poll shows the attorney general ahead of his upstate opponent by a mere six points --49 percent to 43 percent -- indicating a gap much smaller than anticipated. Cuomo leads 87 percent to 8 percent among Democrats while Paladino lures Republicans (83 percent to 13 percent) and independent voters (49 percent to 43 percent). He's also overwhelmingly backed by the Tea Party, although only 18 percent of likely voters in the state consider themselves part of the movement.

Stay tuned folks, were not even done with Act I in this great public play yet.

delusion thy name is Democrats...

Ok, I am doing this mainly to show how even in a year where Democrats could (and I empahasize COULD) lose 100 Congressional seats, they are talking about trying to pick up a seat that has been held by the GOP since 1960! Check out this article from a "Professor" at Hamline
HAHAHAHA. Ok first off CNN took this race off 100 most competitive races 3 weeks ago . Second, he has a 9:1 CASH ON HAND advantage. Third, Meffert is an idiot. I say that not because he is a democrat but because he held a townhall OUTSIDE of CD3!. And I've met Erik on numerous occasions. He is a nice guy and you would not think he's a politician at first glance. One final thing about Meffert, even his supporters can't get excited. This was the attendence at a recent townhall.

Paulsen has zero to worry about. 60-40 and that might be pessemistic.

The origin of the tea party...

This iconic speech from Network is the origin of everything that the Tea Party emboldens today. Tomorrow, I will reveal the most recent speech that motivated this movement, hint: I posted it right after it happened and knew something big was going to happen.

.A fractured party...

No I'm not talking about the Republicans who had their own taste of tea-party retribution when a couple of party favorites got KO'ed in the primaries Tuesday I'm talking about Democrats in Congress (link in title). From CNN...

Washington (CNN) – Thirty-one House Democrats, most of whom face tough re-election bids this fall, have signed a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer urging them to extend expiring tax breaks for all income levels, including the wealthy.

Pelosi and other House Democratic leaders have made it clear they support President Obama's proposal to vote on a bill that only renews tax breaks for those making $250,000 and under. But with the midterm elections less than two months away, leaders have not yet decided whether they will schedule a vote on the legislation before voters go to the polls.

The letter–written by Utah Rep. Jim Matheson, Illinois Rep. Melissa Bean, Virginia Rep. Glenn Nye and Michigan Rep. Gary Peters–states that after listening to economists, small businesses and families over recent weeks they are concerned that "raising any taxes right now could negatively impact economic growth."


"We believe in times of economic recovery it makes good sense to maintain things as they are in the short term, to provide families and businesses the certainty required to plan and make sound budget decisions. Providing this certainty will give small businesses, the backbone of our economic recovery, confidence and stability," the lawmakers wrote.

CNN reported that the four authors were circulating a draft of the letter earlier this week. But with more than 30 Democrats now signed on to the final letter, Democratic leaders will face increasing pressure to address the concerns of these moderate members.

Republican congressional leaders have been making similar arguments, pushing for a two year freeze on all current tax rates.

Earlier on Wednesday, Hoyer told reporters he could consider proposals to extend tax cuts for higher wage earners, but he also stressed his strong support for just renewing the middle income tax breaks.

Later Wednesday, Hoyer released a written statement noting he was simply saying he was willing to talk to others about their positions.

"Unfortunately, the reports of my answer implied a willingness to support an extension of Bush policies," he wrote. "That is incorrect."

Things are looking better every day.

You have GOT to be KIDDING me...

I'm pretty sure when the other side is trying to tap into a pop tween idol to get kids motivated to vote in these elections that you have lost, on so many levels I don't know where to begin. This article, swear to God, is from Politico. But if you had shown this to me I would have guessed it was from the Onion.

Internet-savvy types know that teen heartthrob Justin Bieber pretty much rules the web. Just last week, rumor spread that Bieber’s fan base was so active on Twitter that the microblogging website has servers dedicated just to him. Twitter didn’t confirm, but they didn’t deny it, either.


The takeaway? If you're trying to get a message to go viral, your success rate will surely be higher if you can somehow tie-in the Biebs.


So that’s just what Campus Progress, the college spinoff of the Center for American Progress, decided to do to get people to vote in the midterms.


The organization is highlighting a submission to its VoteAgain2010 video contest that argues, while Bieber can't vote in our midterms (he's both too young and too Canadian), shouldn't you?


"This isn't your standard election year video of celebrities asking you to vote," the ad says. "It's us, asking you to vote for celebrities who can't, celebrities like Justin Bieber. Bieber's too young to vote, yet whomever we elect in the 2010 midterm elections will impact his future and ours. ... So tell your parents, your grandparents, your Facebook friends ... If they won't do it for you, ask them to do it for Bieber." (Click below to watch.)
ED: Try not to laugh too hard, but they are trying to be serious here... I think...


"We're trying to leverage Bieber fever," Campus Progress's Sara Haile-Mariam told POLITICO. "Most of his fans are 12 years old – we acknowledge that." Still, they hope that Bieber fans will “tell their parents. ... The hope is to create something that goes viral and gets young people to be aware of the election."


Of course, Haile-Mariam admits that part of the motivation was less purely political. "We consider ourselves big Bieber fans," she confessed, adding that they hope Bieber will give some link love to


their project via his Twitter page (and his over 5 million followers).


But what if — gasp! — Bieber could vote and choose to vote ... Republican?!? How would that sit with the progressive group?


"That would actually be kind of hilarious," said Campus Progress's Katie Andriulli.


"We would still love Bieber if he was a conservative," said Haile-Mariam. "But he's young...there's still hope."

Sometimes you just have to laugh, otherwise you would cry, here are some of the gem comments...

So kids that CAN vote should because Bieber can't? Is that the pitch? So, a college freshman should vote because this high school freshman can't? Whoa, are kids today really stupid enough to fall for that lame attempt? Usually, by age 18, kids today, even kids educated in our public schools are smarter than that.


Only an idiot would vote for someone because their 12 year old told them to. "Do it for Bieber." No, make that an imbecile.


Exploiting the underaged for political gain. Sounds like the perfect strategy for the Democrats being as how no intelligent voter (read: 18 and up) would ever pay attention to this person and the only segment of the population stupid enough to care are 12-14 year old girls. Oh wait, another bio talent celebrity bring marketed into a position of super-stardom, and loved only by those who don't pay taxes and live off their parents. Priceless.

Desparation takes many forms...

So let me understand this... the Democrats want teenagers (who yet to have a clue about anything IMPORTANT) to tell their parents what to do and how to vote because of some kid named Justin Bieber, a 16 year old Canadian singing sensation, who owns and drives a $250K Lamborghini Roadster and makes millions of dollars? Is the person they want to YOU to connect with? I thought the Democrats (the President in particular) have been telling us that rich people suck, and that the little people are the ones who matter most? It's a bizarre gasp on the DNC's part. People don't care about Justin Bieber, but what they care about is how the taxes they pay keep going up (Federally, State wide and locally) and they are seeing less and less for their contributions. The bottom 40 million tax payers get all their money back and don't pay taxes, so I guess this Administration is now panicked and needs to pick up a Canadian spokesperson because among the 280 million Americans they can't find someone else. How incredibly desperate.

Obama: If Americans are smart they will vote Democrat...

Did he say that exactly? Well no, but it was definitely implied. This was from Mark Knolls (CBS news bitch, I mean reporter) tweet about an hour ago.

".Obama believes that if voters really understand the choice before them, Dems will retain control of the House. "

So if you are a moron go out and vote Republican people! I mean wow, they really don't get it. Can you imagine if Bush said something equivalent to this in 2006? This is too perfect. If you didn't think liberals were elitest before you should now.

Political Geekery 101...

Trying to find a neutral pollster this election season is like trying to find another conservative here on campus to talk with (first day of classes, I had to say something) but time and again Larry Sabato does this with amazing accuracy. Here is his (long) and wonkish article from RCP

September 2, 2010
The Crystal Ball's Labor Day Predictions
By Larry Sabato

For decades I've advised students to let the facts speak for themselves, while avoiding the indulgence of shouting at the facts. In other words, we should take in all the available, reliable information; process it; and let the emerging mosaic tell its story-whether the picture pleases or not. The human (and partisan) tendency to twist facts into pretzels in order to produce a desired result must be avoided at all costs.

We've been patient and cautious here at the Crystal Ball as a year's worth of facts has accumulated. We've sifted the polls, cranked up the models, and watched the candidates and campaigns closely. All political observers have "gut feelings" about an election year, but feelings make for good songs and lousy predictions. Forecasting is an imprecise art. People who get too far ahead of the facts or are too insistent about what will happen are usually partisans-openly or in disguise.

The Crystal Ball's predictions are clinical. We are fond of people in both parties. We cheer for no one.

2010 was always going to be a Republican year, in the midterm tradition. It has simply been a question of degree. Several scenarios were possible, depending in large measure on whether, or how quickly, the deeply troubled American economy recovered from the Great Recession. Had Democratic hopes on economic revitalization materialized, it is easy to see how the party could have used its superior financial resources, combined with the tendency of Republicans in some districts and states to nominate ideological fringe candidates, to keep losses to the low 30s in the House and a handful in the Senate.

But conditions have deteriorated badly for Democrats over the summer. The economy appears rotten, with little chance of a substantial comeback by November 2nd. Unemployment is very high, income growth sluggish, and public confidence quite low. The Democrats' self-proclaimed "Recovery Summer" has become a term of derision, and to most voters-fair or not-it seems that President Obama has over-promised and under-delivered.

Obama's job approval ratings have drifted down well below 50% in most surveys. The generic ballot that asks likely voters whether they will cast ballots for Democrats or Republicans this year has moved increasingly in the GOP direction. While far less important, other controversies such as the mosque debate and immigration policy have made the climate worse for Democrats. Republican voters are raring to vote, their energy fueled by anti-Obama passion and concern over debt, spending, taxes, health care, and the size of government. Democrats are much less enthusiastic by almost every measure, and the Democratic base's turnout will lag. Plus, Democrats have won over 50 House seats in 2006 and 2008, many of them in Republican territory, so their exposure to any sort of GOP wave is high.

Given what we can see at this moment, Republicans have a good chance to win the House by picking up as many as 47 seats, net. This is a "net" number since the GOP will probably lose several of its own congressional districts in Delaware, Hawaii, and Louisiana. This estimate, which may be raised or lowered by Election Day, is based on a careful district-by-district analysis, plus electoral modeling based on trends in President Obama's Gallup job approval rating and the Democratic-versus-Republican congressional generic ballot (discussed later in this essay). If anything, we have been conservative in estimating the probable GOP House gains, if the election were being held today.

In the Senate, we now believe the GOP will do a bit better than our long-time prediction of +7 seats. Republicans have an outside shot at winning full control (+10), but are more likely to end up with +8 (or maybe +9, at which point it will be interesting to see how senators such as Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, and others react). GOP leaders themselves did not believe such a result was truly possible just a few months ago. If the Republican wave on November 2 is as large as some polls are suggesting it may be, then the surprise on election night could be a full GOP takeover. Since World War II, the House of Representatives has flipped parties on six occasions (1946, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1994, and 2006). Every time, the Senate flipped too, even when it had not been predicted to do so. These few examples do not create an iron law of politics, but they do suggest an electoral tendency.

The seat switches are probably coming in Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware (but only if the eventual GOP nominee is Rep. Mike Castle), Indiana, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania. We expect Republicans to pick off at least a couple of these states: California, Illinois, Nevada, Washington, and Wisconsin. While it is possible that Republicans will lose one or two of their own open seats, the only 50-50 chance of that right now is in Florida-and it might not happen even there. There can also be unanticipated shockers if a GOP wave develops. While we rate Gov. Joe Manchin (D) the early favorite to fill the late Sen. Robert Byrd's seat, his Republican opponent, John Raese, is a self-funder in a strongly anti-Obama state.

The inescapable conclusion is that the Senate is on the bubble, with only a slight lean at Labor Day toward Democratic retention.

The statehouses will provide the third leg of the Republicans' 2010 victory. We have long suggested the GOP would gain a net +6 governorships. We now believe they will win +8. This boon to the GOP for redistricting will be enhanced by a gain of perhaps 300 to 500 seats in the state legislatures, and the addition of Republican control in 8 to 12 legislative chambers around the country.

Republicans are likely or even certain to gain the governorships in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. We believe the GOP candidates also have an edge in Illinois and Oregon-both of these quite surprising. Democrats will also pick up a few statehouses to cut their losses: Hawaii is near-certain, with fair to good shots in Connecticut, Minnesota, and Rhode Island (though we currently retain the last two as toss-ups).

There is no question that the ratings in some close races will change as scandals emerge in the coming sixty days or as the big primaries on September 14 occur. The contests listed only as "leaning" one way or the other are the most vulnerable to shift in the next two months. Unless an unexpected, extraordinary number of these changes are in favor of the Democrats, it is hard to see how Republicans can fail to do very well.

We still have 6 toss-ups for Senate (California, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, Washington, and Wisconsin-seats held by the Democrats in all but Florida ). The 9 toss-ups for Governor are in California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont-six currently held by GOP chief executives and three by Democrats. In the House, the Crystal Ball counts 29 toss-ups, 28 seats held in this Congress by Democrats and just one by Republicans.

As always, the Crystal Ball will make a guess in every contest before Election Day. Some will be moved sooner, and a few head-scratchers will only be categorized at the very last minute. We're proud of our record, with more than 98% of the contests called correctly over the decade-long life of the Crystal Ball. In some years, our overall seat changes in each category have been exactly on the button, and in 2008 we were a single electoral vote off the Obama-McCain finish of 365-173. But we fully admit here and now that, as always, we'll get some of them wrong. We truly believe our website motto: "He who lives by the Crystal Ball ends up eating ground glass." That's part of the fun of politics. Moreover, remembering the great Gallup goof of 1948, we know there's an election year somewhere up ahead when the Crystal Ball cracks so badly we will have to export it to Switzerland for expert repairs.

In 2006 and 2008 the Crystal Ball was full of good news for Democrats, while this one may cause a run on Prozac among our Democratic readers. Is there any way back for the Democrats in the eight remaining weeks?

A political historian always thinks of election-changing events from the past, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 which cut Democratic midterm losses a couple of weeks later, or the autumn 1998 GOP push for Bill Clinton's impeachment that backfired at the polls, eliminating expected GOP gains in the Senate and resulting in a drop of Republican seats in the House. We know what we don't know: Something big and unexpected can always drop from the skies. Naturally, it can work the other way, too-say, a substantial increase in unemployment or negative GDP growth just before Election Day.

If there isn't a dramatic development that has overarching political implications, then Democrats will have to depend on their financial edge, tested candidates, and leaders finding ways to motivate the troops to a far greater extent than we see today (or witnessed in the 2009 off-year elections).

Any shift will quickly show up in the generic ballot match-up among likely voters. Gallup's generic ballot question reads: "If the elections for Congress were being held today, which party's candidate would you vote for in your congressional district - the Democratic Party's candidate or the Republican Party's candidate?" In a midterm election, only about 40% of the adults will come to the polls (or vote early), compared to 63% in the presidential contest of 2008. If average Democrats start to demonstrate interest in the election that is comparable to the intensity being shown by Republicans, the generic ballot response among the minority of Americans likely to participate in the midterm election will tighten. While a recent Gallup poll had the GOP leading the generic ballot by a massive 10 percent, on average Republicans are ahead by about 5 percentage points-still quite high by historic standards.

Overall, though, a strong bet is that 2010 will generate a substantial pendulum swing from the Democrats to the Republicans. It is not that Republicans are popular-most polls show the party even less liked than the Democrats. Many observers find it amazing that the less-liked party is on the verge of triumphing over the better-liked party. Nevertheless, in the time-honored American way, voters will be inclined to punish the party in-power by checking and balancing it with more members from the opposition party.

Each week we will update our ratings in each category, all the way to election eve, November 1st. In that sense, the predictions we make below are the general election's starting points, not the guaranteed finish. There is a lot of good politics to come in September and October, so stay tuned.

Ok, everyone calm down...

This Emmer story will blow over. For a comparison on how this happened here is the shitty pages story (with pictures, they are important, I guess...) of them, hyperventalating and ejaculating about this story.

Minnesota's Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer put his family front and center in his first television ad, his 20-year-old son Tripp making the pitch that his father is "always talking about cutting taxes and reforming government."

But City Pages has obtained Facebook photos of Tripp drinking at 19, two years away from the legal age to do so. Given Emmer's own controversial past with drinking--he has two DWI's and has championed the rights of DWI offenders in the Statehouse--it's no wonder the photos were scrubbed before dad announced his campaign for governor.

Apparently Tripp didn't learn his lesson: Just last month he pleaded guilty to underage drinking.

In the Emmer ad, the kids talk about their dad's ideas for cutting taxes and boosting job creation. The camera cuts to all three boys doing chores, and Tripp is shown taking out the trash.
Here's Tripp as he appears in the ad:


​But there's something about Emmer's past that doesn't make him so family-friendly. He has repeatedly had to publicly address his 1981 and 1991 DWI arrests. And as a state representative, he once authored legislation that would have made drunken driving records private after 10 years and allowed DWI offenders to keep their licenses until they're convicted.
Alliance for a Better Minnesota produced a DWI-themed attack ad that's been in heavy rotation. In it, Margaret Everson talks about the pain of losing her son, John, in a car crash caused by a drunken driver.

"When I heard that Tom Emmer sponsored a law to reduce penalties for drunk drivers, I was outraged," she says. "And then I read that Tom Emmer has been arrested twice himself for drunk driving. And this man wants to be governor?"
(I honestly think that disgusting ad has helped Tom more than hurt. That ad was the low point of this campaign until this fiasco)

This brings us to the photos of young Tripp. The source of the photos says they were obtained more than a year ago, at a time when Tripp's privacy preferences on Facebook made the images available to the public.

That also means he was 19 or younger when he was snapped power drinking with his bros and posing alongside a passed-out girl with a penis drawn on her face and arm in marker.

Given the All-American family image Emmer's trying to sell since the announcement of his gubernatorial run in 2009, it's easy to see why the photos have since disappeared from public view.

We've obscured the identities of the other people in the following images, as well as the identity of our source.










The last two screen shots are taken from Tripp Emmer's Facebook profile page when it was visible to the public. While it doesn't show drinking, it does suggest one very unusual campaign slogan for Tom Emmer's gubernatorial campaign.



A close up:


Favorite quote: "Don't blow your wad in the first period!" -- Thomas Emmer Jr.

In addition to excessive drinking, both father and son also share a passion for ice hockey.
BFD, I literally know dozens of kids that age that have been cited for that.

It appears young Tripp has already run afoul of the law for his underage drinking. Court records show that he was ticketed July 7 and pleaded guilty last month.


UPDATE: The Emmer campaign has issued a statement acknowledging Tripp's underage drinking, according to MPR.

"My son made a serious mistake and has paid the consequences," the statement said. "It was a mistake which many Minnesota families are all too familiar with. Like all the other challenges in life, our family is dealing with our son in this matter with humility, seriousness, and love."

Here is the MPR story, its unbiased, well compared to that piece of "journalism" above. I think my high school newspaper had higher quality stories...

Dogged by his opponents' criticism of his own drunken-driving arrests in 1981 and 1991, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer on Thursday acknowledged that his 20-year-old son Tripp was cited for underage drinking in July.

The alternative Twin Cities newspaper City Pages today posted photos on its website showing Emmer's 20-year-old son Tripp holding beer bottles at a party.

State court records show that in July Tripp Emmer pleaded guilty to an underage drinking petty misdemeanor citation. He paid a $100 fine and $85 in fees.

City Pages doesn't reveal the source of the Facebook photos it said were taken when Tripp Emmer was 19. The paper said the photos have since been removed from Facebook.

Tom Emmer's opponents have already made an issue of his DWI arrests. Emmer has not addressed the arrests in detail, but in a video on his website last spring, he said he had made mistakes and that God had given him a wakeup call.

Tripp Emmer appears in his father's first TV campaign ad.

One of the photos shows Tripp Emmer giving a thumbs-up sign over an apparently unconscious woman whose arms and face have obscene cartoons drawn on them.

This isn't the first time a candidate's family members have been drawn into a campaign.

In 2008, at the GOP National Convention in St. Paul the pregnancy of vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's then 17-year-old daughter Bristol became national news. In the 2000 campaign former GOP Sen. Rod Grams had to respond to the arrest of his son Morgan on a variety of felony charges.

In a statement released late this morning, Emmer did not address the photos but acknowledged his son's citation for underage drinking.

"My son made a serious mistake and has paid the consequences," the statement said. "It was a mistake which many Minnesota families are all too familiar with. Like all the other challenges in life, our family is dealing with our son in this matter with humility, seriousness, and love."

I wonder who the person was that provided all this disgusting info. Funny that this story is released 2 days after an MPR poll had Emmer and Dayton tied 34-34 with 13% going to Horner. Im sure the release of this poll and the release of this story is purely conincidental and has nothing to do with trying to prop Dayton's sinking poll number and kill Emmer's momentum.

The lefties are terrorists, not the Tea Party...

yeah yeah I don't mince words. But here is further proof (and a possible book idea) that it is actually the far-left in this country that acts, literally, in a more terroristic manner than anyone on the right, even "hate-groups" and "militias" don't compare to this one whacko right now that has taken hostages at the Discovery institute (same thing as the channel) and here is his Manifesto word for word. Lord knows even in my most pyschotic moments I didn't come close to doing anything like this.

The Discovery Channel MUST broadcast to the world their
commitment to save the planet and to do the following
IMMEDIATELY:
1. The Discovery Channel and it's affiliate channels MUST have daily television programs at prime time
slots based on Daniel Quinn's "My Ishmael" pages 207-212 where solutions to save the planet would be done in the same way as the Industrial Revolution was done, by people building on each other's inventive ideas. Focus must be given on how people can live WITHOUT giving birth to more filthyhuman children since those new additions continue pollution and are pollution. A game show format contest would be in order. Perhaps also forums of leading scientists who understand and agree with the
Malthus-Darwin science and the problem of human overpopulation. Do both. Do all until something WORKS and the natural world starts improving and human civilization building STOPS and is reversed! MAKE IT INTERESTING SO PEOPLE WATCH AND APPLY SOLUTIONS!!!!

2. All programs on Discovery Health-TLC must stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions. In those programs' places, programs encouraging human sterilization and infertility must be pushed. All former pro-birth programs must now push in the direction of stopping human birth, not encouraging it.

3. All programs promoting War and the technology behind those must cease. There is no sense in advertising weapons of mass-destruction anymore. Instead, talk about ways to disassemble civilization and concentrate the message in finding SOLUTIONS to solving global military mechanized conflict. Again, solutions solutions instead of just repeating the same old wars with newer weapons. Also, keep
out the fraudulent peace movements. They are liars and fakes and had no real intention of ending the wars. ALL OF THEM ARE FAKE! On one hand, they claim they want the wars to end, on the other, they are demanding the human population increase. World War II had 2 Billion humans and after that war, the people decided that tripling the population would assure peace. WTF??? STUPIDITY! MORE HUMANS EQUALS MORE WAR!

4. Civilization must be exposed for the filth it is. That, and all its disgusting religious-cultural roots and greed. Broadcast this message until the pollution in the planet is reversed and the human population goes down! This is your obligation. If you think it isn't, then get hell off the planet! Breathe Oil! It is the
moral obligation of everyone living otherwise what good are they??

5. Immigration: Programs must be developed to find solutions to stopping ALL immigration pollution and the anchor baby filth that follows that. Find solutions to stopping it. Call for people in the world to develop solutions to stop it completely and permanently. Find solutions FOR these countries so theystop sending their breeding populations to the US and the world to seek jobs and therefore breed more
unwanted pollution babies. FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THEM TO STOP THEIR HUMAN GROWTH
AND THE EXPORTATION OF THAT DISGUSTING FILTH! (The first world is feeding the
population growth of the Third World and those human families are going to where the food is! They must stop procreating new humans looking for nonexistant jobs!)

6. Find solutions for Global Warming, Automotive pollution, International Trade, factory pollution, and the whole blasted human economy. Find ways so that people don't build more housing pollution which destroys the environment to make way for more human filth! Find solutions so that people stop breedingas well as stopping using Oil in order to REVERSE Global warming and the destruction of the planet!

7. Develop shows that mention the Malthusian sciences about how food production leads to the overpopulation of the Human race. Talk about Evolution. Talk about Malthus and Darwin until it sinks into the stupid people's brains until they get it!!

8. Saving the Planet means saving what's left of the non-human Wildlife by decreasing the Human population. That means stopping the human race from breeding any more disgusting human babies! You're the media, you can reach enough people. It's your resposibility because you reach so many minds!!!

9. Develop shows that will correct and dismantle the dangerous US world economy. Find solutions for their disasterous Ponzi-Casino economy before they take the world to another nuclear war.
(another? when was the first?)

10. Stop all shows glorifying human birthing on all your channels and on TLC. Stop Future Weapons shows or replace the dialogue condemning the people behind these developments so that the shows become exposes rather than advertisements of Arms sales and development!

11. You're also going to find solutions for unemployment and housing. All these unemployed people makes me think the US is headed toward more war.
Humans are the most destructive, filthy, pollutive creatures around and are wrecking what's left of the planet with their false morals and breeding culture.
For every human born, ACRES of wildlife forests must be turned into farmland in order to feed that new addition over the course of 60 to 100 YEARS of that new human's lifespan! THIS IS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE FOREST CREATURES!!!! All human procreation and farming must cease! It is the responsiblity of everyone to preserve the planet they live on by not breeding any more children
who will continue their filthy practices. Children represent FUTURE catastrophic pollution whereas their parents are current pollution. NO MORE BABIES! Population growth is a real crisis. Even one child born in the US will use 30 to a thousand times more resources than a Third World child. It's like a
couple are having 30 babies even though it's just one! If the US goes in this direction maybe other countries will too! Also, war must be halted. Not because it's morally wrong, but because of the catastrophic environmental damage modern weapons cause to other creatures. FIND SOLUTIONS JUST LIKE THE BOOK SAYS!
Humans are supposed to be inventive. INVENT, DAMN YOU!! The world needs TV shows that DEVELOP solutions to the problems that humans are causing, not
stupify the people into destroying the world. Not encouraging them to breed more environmentally harmful humans. Saving the environment and the remaning species diversity of the planet is now your mindset. Nothing is more important than saving them. The Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes,
Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels.
The humans? The planet does not need humans. You MUST KNOW the human population is behind all the pollution and problems in the world, and
YET you encourage the exact opposite instead of discouraging human growth and procreation. Surely you MUST ALREADY KNOW this! I want Discovery Communications to broadcast on their channels to the world their new program lineup
and I want proof they are doing so. I want the new shows started by asking the public for inventive solution ideas to save the planet and the remaining wildlife on it. These are the demands and sayings of Lee.

Crazy, I'll add my own editorials later: Here is an article from the local paper

SILVER SPRING, Md. - A gunman has taken "a small number" of people hostage at the Discovery Communications building, Montgomery County Police say. Police are negotiating by phone with the gunman, who is on the first floor area of the building.

"At this point, we are still negotiating with him. The negotiations have been going on for nearly an hour," Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger said at around 3:15 p.m. Manger would not confirm the identity of the suspect, or his demands. There are no reports of any injuries. Police say the man burst into the main lobby of the downtown Silver Spring office around 1 p.m. Wednesday.

"He was wearing what appear to be metallic canister devices on his front and back. He also pulled out a handgun and was waving the handgun around," Manger says. The building has been evacuated. Most of the building's 1,900 employees are out, Manger says. Police have not identified the suspect, but say he has "concerns" with the Discovery Corporation. Montgomery County Police Capt. Paul Starks would not say if the man works there now or worked there in the past. WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green reports the suspect's name is James J. Lee and he lives in the area. Green reports Lee is 43 years old and has been involved in protests near the Discovery Communications building for several years. Lee was arrested in 2008 for disorderly conduct and littering on the grounds of the building. At the time, Montgomery County Police said they were concerned with his mental state. Sources tell Green the suspect may have a list of demands on the Internet. Law enforcement sources tell WTOP the suspect may have a propane tank strapped to him and may be carrying a silver pistol. Sources are saying the suspect is allegedly upset about the documentary called "Whale Wars." A daycare with about 100 children inside the building was also evacuated. WTOP's Kate Ryan, who is on the scene, says children were being rolled out in cribs. The children were taken to a nearby McDonald's. Multiple witnesses reported shots were fired, WTOP's Brennan Haselton reports. A person inside the building told The Associated Press says the man had something strapped to his chest and has hostages. The person refused to be identified, saying people inside have been told not to speak to the media. SWAT teams are at the building, which is located on Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring. Bomb technicians are also on the scene, Montgomery County fire department spokesman Capt. Oscar Garcia says. ATF and FBI officials are also on the scene. Faisal Afzal, a systems engineer at Discovery, tells WTOP he was heading back into the building after lunch at about 1 p.m. and was about 20 feet from the door when he heard a street vendor yelling.

"We heard a street vendor yelling, there's a guy with a gun, there's a guy with a gun. He's in the building. And I saw people lying down on the floor at the building. And we just ran away from the building and we heard a couple shots fired," Afzal tells WTOP. "I saw at least four people lying sideways on the floor."

Adam Dolan, a sales director in Discovery's education division, told The Associated Press by phone that he was heading to lunch with a co-worker when he heard there was a situation in the building. He was told to go back up to the top floor, the ninth, and lock the door and turn off the lights. Eventually the workers were herded down a stairwell and told to go home.

"Everyone was very scared, but at the same time ... I think people were calm and collected and responded as one would expect in this situation," said Dolan, 28. When he got to the bottom floor, he saw shattered glass near the company's daycare and suspected it was broken to get the children out. Discovery employees tell WTOP a mass email was sent initially telling employees to shelter in place in their offices because there was a gunman in the lobby. Then, employees were told to move to the side of the building furthest away from the lobby side of the building. Employees were then moved to higher floors before being evacuated by through the stairwells. WTOP's Kate Ryan, who is on the scene, says there is an amazing police presence in the area. "Police have absolutely saturated the area," Ryan says. Authorities descended on the area, and people are being kept away from the main drag of the downtown area where the building is located amid restaurants and shops. Roads in the downtown Silver Spring area are closed. Drivers are being urged to avoid the area, if possible. Georgia Avenue is closed in Montgomery County in both directions from Colesville Road to Wayne Avenue. Traffic entering Silver Spring on northbound Georgia Avenue is being rerouted left on Spring Street and then right onto 16th Street. Southbound traffic can also use 16th Street as an alternate route. DDOT is also encouraging northbound motorists on Georgia Avenue in the District to use Piney Branch Road as an alternate route to bypass the closures on Georgia Avenue. Eastern Avenue, on the District/Montgomery county border, can also be used to get to 16th Street. The situation is not affecting Metro rail service. However, the Metro entrance on Wayne Avenue is closed, WTOP's Adam Tuss, who is on the scene, reports.
Metrobus routes are being affected.St. Michael's School on Wayne Avenue is under lockdown. All students are accounted for, but will not be released until the situation is resolved. Discovery Communications Inc. operates cable and satellite networks in the U.S., including The Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet. Discovery shows include "Cash Cab" and "Man vs. Wild," and TLC airs "American Chopper" and "Kate Plus Eight." Animal Planet also airs the controversial series "Whale Wars," about attempts by environmentalists to disrupt the Japanese whaling industry.

May the police take him out swiftly so he can face his maker. Perferably before dinner.