Barack Obama in Cleveland, OH - October 5th
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney waves to the crowd at a campaign rally in Abingdon, Virginia October 5, 2012. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

D.C. officer has unexpected pit bull encounter
October 3, 2012 | 6:00 pm




Star did exactly what you're supposed to do when you get lost. She found a police officer.

It was about midnight. D.C. police Sgt. James Black was stopped at a red light at 42nd Street and Benning Road NE, when suddenly a dog leapt through the open window of his unmarked cruiser.

The dark-colored female pit bull jumped on his lap -- and began licking his face.

"I went from being startled to laughing," said Black, who has spent 15 years on the force.

Scott Giacoppo, vice president of the Washington Humane Society, said he's never heard of a dog jumping into a police car for help. But "sometimes a dog senses when there are people who can help them," he said. "It's a sixth sense."


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http://washingtonexaminer.com/d.c.-officer-has-unexpected-pit-bull-encounter/article/2509755#.UG4n1k3LQjz

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to an estimated crowd of 30,000 at a campaign rally at the sconsin October 4, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Romney’s Own Website Refutes His Claim About Tax Cuts For The Rich
By Guest Blogger on Oct 4, 2012 at 5:20 pm



Tax cuts for the rich are unpopular, unaffordable and have repeatedly failed to deliver any measurable economic benefits to the rest of the country. So it’s no wonder that during last night’s presidential debate, Mitt Romney didn’t want to embrace a policy of massive new tax cuts for the rich. “I will not reduce the taxes paid by high-income Americans,” Romney said.

It would be nice if Romney really was abandoning the failed theory of “supply-side” economics, but his actual tax proposals tell a very different story. Below is a screenshot from Romney’s own website, taken this morning:



Tax proposals that would disproportionately benefit rich households are underlined. As you can see, that’s almost all of them. And what would all these tax changes mean for the bottom line at America’s ritziest kitchen tables? The Tax Policy Center estimates that the richest 0.1 percent of Americans would reap a $725,000 tax cut from these proposals.

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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/10/04/963851/romney-website-tax-cuts/

Madison is ready! #OnWisconsin #Obama2012 pic.twitter.com/ZomHaW7Y
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Bascom Hill is FULL of energy! On Wisconsin, on to November 6! #ObamaUW #WINsconsin pic.twitter.com/CF1oc4UW
https://twitter.com/TammyBaldwinWI/statuses/253929468572352513?tw_i=253929468572352513&tw_e=media&tw_p=tweetembed

U.S. President Barack Obama waves to supporters at a campaign rally in Denver, Colorado October 4, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque








A young girl tries to get a photo of U.S. President Barack Obama during a campaign rally in Denver, Colorado October 4, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque








A young girl reacts as U.S. President Barack Obama greets supporters during a campaign rally in Denver, Colorado October 4, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

"I had this impulse to hug him, so I did. And I cried. I think I even got tears on the Vice President's suit jacket! ... I am hugging the man who will help me and help our President move forward."
—Kobe



“Keep the faith”
By Zara Rahim on October 3, 2012


Standing at the back of a packed high school gym as Vice President Biden finished speaking in Ft. Myers, Florida, on Saturday was 15-year-old Kobe Groce. He cradled a "Forward" sign, hoping to get the Vice President to sign it for his brother, Kaelin. After unsuccessfully trying to make it to the front of the event, a staff member asked if he could help. Kobe told his story, and the staffer left for a moment and came back, saying simply: "The Vice President would like to meet you."

"I turned around and looked back at my mother as I was walking with the staffer in disbelief—I didn't know how to react. I was about to meet the man that helped make my life so much better.

"My mother, Jessica, raised us as a single mother. She's a teacher and has worked so hard to support her four children. I wanted the Vice President to know that yes, we are definitely better off than we were four years ago. My family has received the tax cuts for the middle class that the President and Vice President passed, and it has helped us tremendously.

"The President and Vice President have gone above and beyond for people like me and my family, and they stand for things like keeping school affordable. My older brother uses Pell Grants and college loans to be able to afford school, and I'm thankful for that. I want to be able to go to Florida State University one day, and now I know I don't have to worry about being able to afford it. Life would not be the way it is today if they hadn't taken office four years ago.

"The Vice President approached me and I was introduced to him as a ‘special guest.’ I was overwhelmed with different emotions. I had this impulse to hug him, so I did. And I cried. I think I even got tears on the Vice President's suit jacket! I met someone who has done so much for my family without even knowing us, and that was an incredible, overwhelming feeling. I felt like he really heard me, like he knew who I was. I am hugging the man who will help me and help our President move forward."


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http://www.barackobama.com/news/entry/keep-the-faith?source=read-more

U.S. during in Boulder City, Nevada October 2, 2012. Obama is in Nevada to prepare for the presidential debate on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque




Obama visits Hoover Dam
By Sun Staff (contact)
Published Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 | 1:36 p.m.
Updated 17 minutes ago


Like many visitors who come to Las Vegas, President Obama made his way Tuesday to the Hoover Dam.

Shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, the president’s motorcade left the Westin Lake Las Vegas, where Obama is spending three days preparing for his upcoming debates with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, for the famed dam, constructed during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration.

Obama, according to CBS news correspondent Mark Knoller, learned his hotel was only 15 minutes away from the dam and said, "well we've got to go check it out." Knoller also reported the president was awed by the site. "It's spectacular and I've never seen it before," Obama told reporters.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/oct/02/obama-heads-hoover-dam/



A bird’s-eye view of Hoover Dam and the Hoover Dam Bypass.

from Martin Bashir Facebook page...


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