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KarmaMod:
I laughed hard when Biden kept sighing, it's obvious he had to restrain his responses alot

KarmaMod:
She won the hearts of the midwest rednecks with that bullshit

In major concession, McCain gives up on Michigan

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain conceded battleground Michigan to the Democrats on Thursday, GOP officials said, a major retreat as he struggles to regain his footing in a campaign increasingly dominated by economic issues.

These officials said McCain was pulling staff and advertising out of the economically distressed Midwestern state. He also canceled a visit slated for next week. Michigan, with 17 electoral votes, voted for Democrat John Kerry in 2004, but Republicans had poured money into an effort to try to place it in their column this year.

The decision marked the first time either McCain or his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, has tacitly conceded a traditional battleground state in a race for the White House with little more than a month remaining.

In a campaign now unfolding across more than a dozen states, the decision allows McCain's resources to be sent to Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida and other more competitive states. But it also means Obama can shift money to other states like Virginia, Colorado and North Carolina where he is trying to eat into traditional Republican territory.

By pulling out of vote-rich Michigan, McCain conceded a large part of the electoral map in the heart of the industrial Midwest.

The move underscored McCain's troubles on the economy, which he has acknowledged is not his strongest subject. It also underscored his struggle to beat an opponent who has the money to compete in many states President Bush won four years ago. Polls show Obama has pulled ahead or tied McCain in many of those states.

Obama rejected public financing so he can spend as much as he can raise; McCain's direct spending is limited to $84 million in taxpayer money. But McCain is getting help from the Republican National Committee, which has plenty to spend to supplement McCain's campaign. The Democratic National Committee has not been as big a help for Obama, but his massive fundraising makes him rely less on the party.

As Nov. 4 approaches, both sides are adjusting their strategies daily to find the best state-by-state path to the 270 electoral votes needed for victory.
Along with giving up Michigan, a McCain aide said the campaign is opening a front in Maine, which Kerry won four years ago and which offers four electoral votes allocated in proportion to the vote. The Arizona senator's campaign checked advertising rates in media markets there this week.

Obama already has abandoned efforts in Alaska, Georgia and North Dakota, but the Democrat has succeeded in making traditional Republican strongholds Indiana, North Carolina and Virginia competitive. Both sides are battling it out in those states, where public polls show Obama ahead or tied.
The two campaigns are squaring off with increasing intensity in Colorado, Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Missouri, New Mexico, which Bush won in 2004, and Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, which went to Kerry.

Obama also is making a limited effort in the traditional GOP bastion of Montana and McCain is going after Democratic-tilting Minnesota.

McCain had identified Michigan early on as a potential target, particularly in light of Obama's troubles with white working class voters in other Rust Belt primaries although he skipped Michigan because of a Democratic Party fight over its primary date and didn't set up a campaign organization there during the primary.

But Michigan posed other difficulties for McCain. It has a Democratic governor and the nation's highest annual average unemployment rate since 2006. McCain's 90 percent support in the Senate for the unpopular President Bush, a theme hammered by Obama, proved too much for the GOP nominee to overcome.

GOP strategists said those troubles became more acute for McCain in Michigan after the Wall Street collapse, and both public and private polls showed him sliding. On Wednesday night, the campaign decided that the $1 million a week it was spending in Michigan wasn't worth it with polls showing Obama approaching a double-digit lead, according to Republican insiders, who requested anonymity to avoid annoying the McCain campaign.

Word of McCain's pull out came as the vice presidential candidates, Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden, prepared for an evening debate in St. Louis and just before Obama took the stage for a rally at Michigan State University, his third event in the state in five days.

If the Illinois senator knew about McCain's plans, Obama didn't mention it and continued to criticize his rival's economic policies. "My opponents' philosophy isn't just wrongheaded, it reveals out how out of touch he really is," Obama told more than 15,000 gathered on a chilly fall afternoon.
McCain's decision didn't go over well with at least some Michigan Republicans.

"John McCain is our candidate," said Mike Bishop, the top-ranking Republican in the state Legislature. "We want him in Michigan. We want him to hear our issues."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_el_pr/mccain

vescucci:
Plenty talk! Nollywood movies are 97% terrible. 2% are okay and only 1% are truly worth it. I was watching a local programme where this woman rates naija movies and she had a guest who made a movie named Rivals. The name sounds stupid like many a nigerian movie but once a small clip was played from the film and the guest (the producer and actress) gave a more detailed synopsis, I was impressed not only because it got an award at a film festival somewhere (I think Cannes and I think it won best foreign film or best african film) but because the idea was brilliant and the film-making was poetic. No use of big and flashy cars to denote wealth (it has always amazed me where they get people's homes to rent for their bollocks). The dialogue wasn't too bad. There, of course, were a fair share of flaws but I find flaws in almost every movie, including my personal favorites.

So this is the bottom line. I do not mince words.

The naija movies featured in IMDB are supposedly our 'best' if they aren't they're our top 5%. They do not compare to the worst movies, not only from the U. S. but from all over the globe. The chic trying to defend the industry writes well enough (no pun intended, I meant it like I said it) so I can assume you're very intelligent (no pun intended now either) so stop the feud with Sisi and admit naija movies are crap and we need to do something about it. My outlook has changed. If I have my way I'll do something about it with the help of a few of my friends. First when I finish my book I'll see about an adaptation. Seun, don't come here o. My book ain't worth 25 large. Drop your hatchet and call a spade a spade.

grafikdon:
Scrapping "Nollywood" (I really hate that name but I have no other option) is not the solution. More serious minded professionals should get involved and tilt the balance. That way the gatecrashers and meddlesome interlopers will be relegated to the background where they rightly belong. Sure the ''pure water'' film makers will continue to make their 7 day movies but Nigerians are not dumb, it will be very easy to ignore the crappy movies and embrace the reasonable movies. Naija people sabi better things even though they love to get them through awufu  I watch Nigerian films but I go to Naijarules for recommendations. So far I haven't seen one that will make my brain explode. . . 

There are lots of good Nigerian movies out there (And I mean LOTS. . . plenty. . . Nyafu nyafu) but unfortunately, they get swallowed and overwhelmed by the numerous atrocious 3 day movies with the most horrendous production. I believe Kingsley Ogoro, Tade Ogidan, Izu Ojukwu are some of the few credible pros in the business. . . Tunde Kelani is up there too. I haven't seen his work but considering the magnitude of accolades he receives , I am convinced he's a 'top dog'.

mooretes:
@ kanto

i wonder what is eating u up, if you've got a problem with anything, go punch the wall or something. Nigeria a failed country? hmmm! well, your opinion. so as long as you bring your opinion forward and no one condemns it, you do not have the right to condemn other peoples opinions. Its a simple world. Give it a rest and stop exchanging banters here with people who have logical reasoning.

@Sisikill, walahi you are the bomb, abeg anytime u fit, PM me, i would love to know where you're at. U are one sister with good reasoning.

everyone discouraged her and told her not to marry him but she didn't listen to anyone

Her mother-in-law maltreats her

Her husband got so angry and told her to leave the house without her baby.

she later had a miscarriage

he refused to see my counsin(his wife)

My counsin forgave him and stayed in her father's house

when she went to his house to apologise he refused bluntly

she hasn't seen her baby ever since the husband told her not to return .

Outstrip:
I really don't know why this is a joke. It is not right to get your pleasure from another's pain. Haba. If you want a good laugh go to the yabbis section

Bhola:
Sisikill, I think I agree with you. We should not send her to anyone that will help her self esteem.

Seriously, Tara do not go to anyone that wants to help you with your complex. Your Nigerian man is the right one for you. There aint no better man or human being out there for you. So, please fight it out. Use everything you have to make sure, he doesn't leave you. I mean, work 120 hours and Bleep his brains off. Learn Yoruba, heck, I will even teach you the language and show you how to tie iro.

tribalist:
Is that a joke? the only post i started here was the "PILGRIM MUSLIM TO CHRISTIAN STORY FACT OR ROMANTIC FICTION"

And immediately pilgrim and her bodyguards replied they locked the thread to protect her without giving me the chance to respond to the insults hurled at me. How do you call that responsible except they fear of one chick and elevating her to a godlike person.

So where did you get all those other silly headlines you posted?

Please check your facts very well before you post anything.

KarmaMod:
Emi ke. I make fun of the "alabajos" all the time  

Bhola:
Sisikill, you no go kill me o. See, me laughing like a crazy person for here. Apparently a lot of folks don't get you. Woman abi na girl, you don make my day. Nothing do you o jare.

Tara, please read and digest what Sisikill typed. Therein lies the truth. The Nigerian men can't help you. Believe me, Sisikill has the answers. Do everything she suggested and you will get your husband back.

Ode buruku. Oko e so di didirin, you still get mouth abi na finger to type. Sisikill, me think she needs to see Dr. Phil, what do you think?

kiwi992:
Hey Tara,


Here's what to do.

Invite her to your marital home.  Cook a nice meal for all of you.  Your husband and child must be present too.  Once you've all finished eating, send your kid upstairs to his or her bedroom and to stay there.

After this, just go naked right in front of her (I mean complete starkers).  Whilst pointing to your boobs, say that those were what you used to feed the child with whom she had just shared a meal.  Ask her as to whether she would like her own child to be without a dad.  Make a big scene of it.  After this, you then order her to leave your husband alone, or the gods would descend on her. 

As a Yoruba woman, she would know the significance of it and quickly leave your husband alone.  Trust me it works because Nigerian women do it.

His parents would be very upset with him to hear that you got naked in front of the mistress because they know what it means.  Even he would be shocked.

Good luck. 




kiwi992.