So who won the NC straw poll, Gingrich or Paul? They report, you decide!

I could only find one site that said Gingrich won, the rest all said Ron Paul won by a landslide.  Note that in the Gingrich article, no mention of Ron Paul is made.  According to http://www.thecarolinapatriot.com/  Ron Paul got 52.2% of the vote but in the Gingrich article it says Gingrich won with 55%, this doesn’t pass the smell test.

Gingrich wins N.C. Republican Party straw poll
Submitted by jbfrank on 2011-11-20 08:25
Tags: Under the Dome | Herman Cain | Mitt Romney | N.C. Republican Party | Newt Gingrich | Rick Perry | straw poll

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich emerged as the favorite among party faithful, according to a straw poll at Saturday’s fundraising dinner.

Gingrich bested Herman Cain, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry — other top Republican candidates for the White House — with 55 percent of the vote, a party official reported. About 200 votes were cast.

The Hall of Fame dinner, an annual GOP fundraiser that was closed to the media, featured Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s attorney general. None of the candidates appeared at the event.

The straw poll is virtually meaningless — an unscientific sampling of the state Republican Party — but reflects the momentum Gingrich is carrying after Cain, the former frontrunner, continued to stumble.

In other straw poll contests, Dan Forest beat Tony Gurley in lieutenant governor balloting.

Read more: http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/gingrich_wins_nc_republican_party_straw_poll#ixzz1eOfAlvHr
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Ron Paul wins the NC voter straw poll
Submitted by Elricmlbone on Sun, 11/20/2011 – 13:04
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Ron Paul 2012

Ron Paul wins the NC voter Straw poll by huge margin. This poll was restricted to registered NC voters by their registration numbers so it couldn’t be spammed. Of course the MSM will probably not report this. NC allows indys to vote whatever party they want,

http://thecarolinapatriot.com/

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News for the Revolution
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Ron Paul wins by a landslide in North Carolina
-Daily Paul

Here are the results of the NC Republican Grassroots Straw Poll, which was conducted online on Saturday. The poll was designed to give grassroots Republicans and Independents a chance to weigh in on the entire Republican Presidential candidate field. It was conceived by grassroots people in response to the NC State GOP’s “official” straw poll, which was held in conjunction with a Hall of Fame Dinner, and cost $125 to participate in. Total votes, 630, of which 507 were registered Republicans, and 123 were Independents.

http://ronpaulnews.net/2011/11/ron-paul-wins-by-landslide-in-north.html

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Obama Administration Sends Weapons Contract to Foreign Company with Ties to Iran

Posted by Ben Howe (Diary)

Monday, November 21st at 6:00AM EST

Late Thursday night, American company Hawker Beechcraft was informed by the U.S. Air Force that they were not going to be allowed to compete for an American military aircraft contract.

The Air Force has notified Hawker Beechcraft Corp. that its Beechcraft AT-6 has been excluded from competition to build a light attack aircraft, a contract worth nearly $1 billion, the company said.

The company had been working with the Air Force for two years and spent over $100 million to ensure compliance with the requirements for the plane and says the craft (Beechcraft AT-6) met all requirements as shown through a demonstration actually led by the Air National Guard.

“We have followed the Air Force’s guidance close, and based on what we have seen, we continue to believe that we submitted the most capable, affordable and sustainable light attack aircraft,” the company said.

Keep in mind, this doesn’t appear to be a question of being outbid or outclassed. In fact, this seems to be a classic example of a contract being awarded without any bidding process at all, something you may remember infuriated the left when the recipient of the contract was American company Haliburton.

There’s a big difference this time. The company the no-bid contract went to isn’t an American company. Worse yet, the company it did go to has questionable friends. Namely, Iran.

Embraer, a Brazilian aerospace giant which is currently under investigation for potentially making illegal payments to obtain government contracts, is essentially owned by the Brazilian government. Through their “Golden Share,” Brazil essentially has control over the company’s business operations.

According to Embraer’s website, that Golden Share provision empowers the Brazilian government with veto rights over: “Creation and/or alteration of military programs, whether or not involving the Federative Republic of Brazil;” “Development of third parties´ skills in technology for military programs;” and “Interruption of the supply of maintenance and replacement parts for military aircraft,” among other things.

But Brazil has their own explaining to do regarding their long and sordid history with the rogue country of Iran.

According to the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, “In 1989, Brazil chose to sell Tucanos, Embraer’s relatively low cost and basic military aircraft, to Iran.” Currently, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force operates around 40 Embraer T-27 Tucanos, according to the Washington Institute. In fact, the Iranians use the Tucano as their primary close air support aircraft.

In recent years, Brazil has continued its troubling friendship with Iran and ruthless leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Hudson Institute notes that, “Another area of tension between Brazil and the United States relates to Iran. In November 2009, President da Silva invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Brazil. In May 2010, da Silva helped broker a deal in which Iran would ship only a portion of its low-enriched uranium to Turkey for reprocessing; the rest would remain in Iranian hands, where it could be further enriched for nuclear weapon production.”

According to the Financial Times, building war planes is actually part of an industry that Embraer is fairly new to as they  are only just “venturing into the defence industry.”  Yet, the U.S. government has found them to be more capable and trustworthy than an American manufacturer that already builds hundreds of U.S. military aircrafts and would employ as many as 1,400 new workers across 20 states.

To make matters worse, Hawker was already experiencing trouble as a result of the tumultuous economy and had already announced potential layoffs.  With news that they won’t be offered the opportunity to compete as the only American manufacturer for the light air craft contract, expect more bad news to come out of their offices.

Of course, the employees of Hawker Beechraft may not be on President Obama’s nice list these days anyway.  It turns out that Hawker Beechcraft employees are represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM).  IAM president, Tom Buffenbarger, is one of the few union presidents without direct access to the White House.  Here’s why:

For the video impaired, here’s the takeaway:

“Barack so loved his own performance that he made Galesburg part of his presidential stump speech.  That’s right, he’s damn proud of his performance.  Well I’m not.  All he proved is like Janus, the two-faced Roman god of ancient times.  He could act like a friend to the workin’ man.  Even as he danced to tune dictated by billionaires.  Yes, we’ve seen this act before.”

Curious that the Obama administration would push an American manufacturing company who’d been trusted in the past in favor of a company run by a government directly involved in the continuing move towards nuclear capabilities by the nation most hostile to American interests.

Then again, with a President that is known for awarding favors to allies and punishing enemies that don’t kiss the ring, perhaps it’s not that surprising at all.

http://www.redstate.com/aglanon/2011/11/21/obama-administration-sends-weapons-contract-to-foreign-company-with-ties-to-iran/

And yet another……TSA worker, arrested for sexual assault

By Gail Pennybacker

November 21, 2011 – 01:34 pm

A Transportation Security Administration employee is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Manassas.

The suspect, Harold Glen Rodman, 52, allegedly was wearing his uniform and displayed a badge to the victim, a 37-year-old woman.

Police arrested Rodman on Nov. 20. He is charged with aggravated sexual battery, object sexual penetration, forcible sodomy and
abduction with intent to defile.

A TSA spokesperson confirmed that Rodman works for the agency but wouldn’t say in what capacity or where.

Police said the victim reported that she and a friend were in the 10500 block of Winfield Loop in Manassas when the suspect approached them. The suspect flashed a badge and sexually assaulted the victim before fleeing on foot, police said.

Police responded and canvassed the area when Rodman stepped out of his residence. He matched the description given by the victim and was taken into custody, police said.

Those who live in the community says they were shocked to learn that a neighbor was facing sexual assault charges.

“He seems like a normal guy. I’m really shocked,” says one neighbor.

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/11/harold-rodman-tsa-worker-arrested-for-sexual-assault-69420.html

Florida School Calls Police After 12-Year-Olds Kiss on Playground

This is so far beyond ridiculous.  REMOVE YOUR KIDS FROM GOVT SCHOOLS NOW BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.

Florida School Calls Police After 12-Year-Olds Kiss on Playground

 Published November 21, 2011

A school administrator in Florida called the sheriff after a pair of consenting 12-year-olds shared a kiss on the playground.

Lee County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Orange River Elementary School after two female students were debating over who liked a 12-year-old boy more. At that point, one of the girls walked over and kissed the boy – leading an assistant principal to call authorities.

The administrator initially contacted the Florida Department of Children and Families. However, DCF told the school that they needed to call local law enforcement.

“They called us and said they caught two children kissing on the playground,” Sgt. Stephanie Eller told Fox News & Commentary. “The reality is it was probably something innocent between two kids on the playground.”

Eller said the deputies took a report and documented the incident, but determined no crime had been committed.

“If it had been a crime at all it would have been a simple battery,” Eller said. “The battery consists of the unwanted touching of one person to another.”

She said no one was arrested.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/21/florida-school-calls-police-after-12-year-olds-kiss-on-playground/#ixzz1eMx1nZrZ