6. ELECTION 2012 ~ GOP FUN

What Bugs You? ~ The Republican Presidential Race Bugs Me!

There are a few things out there that are universally annoying

– like fingernails on a blackboard

~ “It seems to be something intrinsic about that mix of frequencies,” Lichtman says. “The change in volume rapidly – it’s called ‘rough’ in acoustics – most people’s ears don’t like that stimulus.”

or the GOP candidates.

“It’s extremely well-established, when you’re getting lower-quality information coming in, you’re having to work harder to understand and reconstruct it.”

Now I know why the GOP Candidates bug me so much.

While there are plenty of irritants in the world, there aren’t a lot of ways to alleviate that sense of annoyance. Palca points out that they’re part of human life and they’re something that everyone has to deal with from time to time.

But there are some techniques that people can use — distracting yourself if you’re stuck in a long line or something Palca calls “cognitive restructuring.”

“You can tell yourself that that mosquito is just a part of the life flow of the world and I shouldn’t be mad,” he says. “It’s just trying to do what it was genetically programmed to do.”

Basically, though, the bottom line is that you’re stuck, it’s annoying, and that’s part of life.

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HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY

Groundhog Day is a holiday (not official) celebrated on February 2 in the United States and Canada. 

Groundhogs are woodchucks, members of the squirrel family, marmots, sometimes called “whistle-pigs.” 

According to folklore,

if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter-like weather will soon end.

If it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its burrow, and the winter weather will continue for six more weeks.

The largest Groundhog Day celebration is held in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. ~ wikipedia

Full name of Punxsutawney Phil

~ ”Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages,

Prognosticator of Prognosticators and

Weather Prophet Extraordinaire.”

In Canada, it was 1956 before Wiarton Willie ( Canadian cousin to Punxsutawney Phil ) became a household name for his early February prognostications. Wiarton is a pretty town of 2,300 on the Bruce Peninsula between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.

In Scotland, the tradition may also derive from an English poem:

As the light grows longer
The cold grows stronger
If Candlemas be fair and bright
Winter will have another flight
If Candlemas be cloud and rain
Winter will be gone and not come again
A farmer should on Candlemas day
Have half his corn and half his hay
On Candlemas day if thorns hang a drop
You can be sure of a good pea crop

The Groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, is right about 40% of the time!

What day is today?

Over breakfast one morning, a woman said to her husband, “I’ll bet you don’t know what special day this is.”

“Of course I do,” he answered as if he was offended, and left for the office.

At 10:00 a.m., the doorbell rang and when the woman opened the door, she was handed a box of a dozen long stemmed red roses. At 1:00 p.m., a foil-wrapped, two-pound box of her favorite chocolates was delivered. Later, a boutique delivered a designer dress.

The woman couldn’t wait for her husband to come home.

“First the flowers, then the chocolates and then the dress!” she exclaimed. 

“I’ve never had a more wonderful Groundhog Day in my life!

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DONALD TRUMP, MITT ROMNEY, NEWT GINGRICH AND GROUNDHOG DAY

This year, both Groundhog Day and the race for the GOP presidential nomination occur at roughly the same time.

It is an ironic similarity of events: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to creatures of little intelligence for prognostication while the other involves a groundhog. After all they have the brain the size of a walnut, so they don’t have much to work with.

Donald Trump will announce today that he is endorsing

Newt Gingrich

or

someone else.

This just in:

Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for President.

He will not mount an independent campaign if Romney is the Republican nominee.

I wonder if there is any special significance to why he chose Groundhog Day?

The media was full of predictions about who Trump would endorse.

The real headline should be:

Who Cares and Does it Really Matter?

Trump and the Tea Party Candidates remind me of another famous Tea Party with the Mad Hatter

The whole thing is “As mad as a hatter”

~ Meaning Completely Mad.

The following poster was made before the official Trump announcement.

I’ll keep it here just in case Trump changes his mind.

The GOP / Republican Silly season continues to be very interesting. This is especially true, since Donald Trump just can’t seem to stay out of the limelight. His endorsement of a losing candidate is very interesting.

They are all NUTS!

The Nut

When you’ve bats in your belfry that flut,
When your comprenez-vous rope is cut,
When there’s nobody home
In the top of your dome –
Then your head’s not a head; it’s a nut.

Newt Gingrich on the Moon

DAVID BECKHAM AND THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

I wonder who David Beckham will endorse

for the GOP Presidential race?

Newt Gingrich and Natural Disasters

Nobody teaches Icelandic or Hawaiian volcanoes to erupt,
Floods to arise,
Hurricanes to form, 

Nobody teaches how to choose a wife

Nobody understands why

Newt Gingrich is Running for President in 2012

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Natural disasters just happen!!!!!!!!!!

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Recently Michele Bachmann commented on marriage and government ( anti gay statement) ~ “I think that marriage is very important. It is the fundamenta­­l unit of our government­­.”

Then Gingrich should be the best option for President…­he’s done it more often than the rest.

Newt Gingrich is a JOKE!

Newt has said some wild and crazy things—

most are deeply offensive,

while some are outright bizarre.

Here’s the most unhinged Newt-ism,

1989-present.

“I’m running for President.” [5/11/2011]

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Newt Gingrich and Mayan Predictions

Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich and Mayan Predictions

Rick Perry drops out of Presidential Race

Now that Rick Perry has time on his hands, he should…