Earthquakes of various magnitudes struck at the Irving/Grand Prairie border from midnight to 3:00 AM last night. Republican commenters on the Dallas Morning News' online story are blaming Obama and Democrats, in general.
I didn't feel any of the "earthquakes," since I live south of the "Epicenter," few sounds can awaken me from my beauty sleep, and/or because I don't have a dog or a bird, but apparently they caused quite a stir throughout the area.
Amazing. An "Earthquake Epicenter" right here in North Texas. How "ironic" or "spooky" (it's Halloween) is that??
Personally, I think this has a whole lot to do with the "change" that's going to sweep across Dallas/Fort Worth Tuesday night. The earth is moving. The country is moving. And by Tuesday night the world will know that the OBAMA era has arrived!!
Here's the story about the earthquakes and where you can read the naysayers' blather.
Two minor earthquakes shook the Dallas-Fort Worth area overnight, waking residents, setting off car alarms and spooking pets. But no major damage was reported.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 2.5-magnitude earthquake centered in the Grand Prairie area was reported at 11:25 p.m. Thursday. A slightly stronger 3.0-magnitude quake centered in the Irving area occurred 36 minutes later.
Law enforcement agencies across northern Texas said they received some 911 calls from concerned residents but no reports of damage.
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Reports of the quake also came from Dallas, Euless and Hurst and Fort Worth, Mr. Baldwin said. Aftershocks could last several days. There is also a possibility of more smaller quakes in the coming days that no one would likely feel. [emphasis added.]
That roaring sound you hear is the earth moving as huge numbers of Texas Democrats charge to the polls today and on Tuesday, November 4th!
Overwhelming early voting totals across the North Texas area bodes exceptionally well for Democrats:
Across Dallas County and into the outer suburbs, thousands of people continue to stream into polling places, dwarfing early-voting records and raising questions about what the preliminary tallies mean for candidates and political parties.
By the time polls closed Sunday evening, 231,850 votes were cast in Dallas County, compared with 145,452 in 2004.
In Tarrant County, 198,043 people voted through Sunday, an increase of more than 67,000 votes from the same period in the 2004 election. And in Collin County, 107,082 votes were cast, a pace that will easily surpass the 2004 early-vote total of 154,544 if it continues.
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"I think high voter turnout traditionally favors the Democratic Party, so we're optimistic about the results," said Darlene Ewing, chairwoman of the Dallas County Democratic Party.
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Voting through Sunday at the Martin Luther King Core Building in southern Dallas, a traditionally Democratic area, more than tripled compared with the same period four years ago, 2,377 votes to 7,260. [emphasis mine.]
Of course, Dallas County Republicans think it all bodes well for them:
Voting isn't just higher in traditionally Democratic parts of the county; it's higher everywhere, Mr. Neerman said.
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But at Fretz Park in Far North Dallas, an area of longtime Republican support, the voting nearly doubled, from 6,712 votes in 2004 to 11,271 as of Sunday. [emphasis added.]
