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Queens or the Kings of Republicans?
Is Fred Smith REALLY the Asphalt King?*A
I screw up with my vote! I thought he was the Queen of Asphalt like Congressman Patty McHenry with his road rage staff!
Ashphalt Ass
Yes, Fredly has controlling interest in CC Magnum and since he gained that he has also gained most of the contracts on the roads in Johnston County, North Carolina. Where we used to see S.W. Wooten we now see CCM. What a shocker! He believes he is helping the environment by building more roads...what a loser! I keep saying over and over again, he does not have a clue what his current job description is (for anything he does to include NC Senate) and he certainly does not know what the real issues are. I actually believe he is running for Governor so that Ginny can live in a bigger house. Power and greed, never cease to amaze me. Asphalt ass is what he really is.
Just another Liberal changing the world, one politician and one vote at a time.
Well, I'd Always Heard -
He was The Repo Man
but since he is a Senator I'll concede to Asphalt King because it sounds better.
What's in a Name in Republican State politics?You are struck!
A is on a blog roll and making history in North Carolina! First it was Art Pope boy...."Sponge Bob" Orr and now "Fredy the King of Asphalt" along with little
" Patty" McHenry
It just gets funny with these clowns of Popism and Republicans.
Only the King?
I always thought Chris Mangum was the Asphalt King. But now Greg Flynn informs me that C.C. Mangum Inc. is a Fred Smith company. Doesn't that make Sen. Smith the Asphalt Emperor?
Fred on Wiki
The prior Wikipedia entry on Fred Smith was essentially a fluff piece written by Jim Kouri in 2006 and published to the web in various locations under the heading
NC Senator Fred Smith: From JAG to Politics and Beyond
Kouri is a friend of Nathan Tabor who has been running internet operations for Fred Smith. These activities include spamming blogs with anonynous posts that are essential cut and pasted press releases for Fred Smith.
I wrote about this before in January: Fred Smith: For Whom Tabor Trolls
This stuff should not have appeared in Wikipedia unattributed in the first place and Anglico was right to skewer it.
Tabor even has a "trademark" name for the activity he calls "Traffic Generating Blogging™"
Too bad somebody else coined the phrase way back in 2005
Another Fred on Wiki
The prior Wikipedia entry on Fred Smith was essentially a fluff piece written by Jim Kouri in 2006 and published to the web in various locations under the heading
NC Senator Fred Smith: From JAG to Politics and Beyond
Kouri is a friend of Nathan Tabor who has been running internet operations for Fred Smith. These activities include spamming blogs with anonynous posts that are essential cut and pasted press releases for Fred Smith.*GF
Fred Smith was born in a log cabin in Western Carolina. Like Abe Lincoln, he spilt wooded rails that build the first Transrailway system in North Carolina.
After finishing a long military service under General Joe Wheeler of the CSA as a staff officer, where won the 26 medals for capturing escape slaves during the war. He retired to running a large planation in eastern north carolina and did land aquiring for the present 50 counties road systems in that area.
At the age of 35 he sat under Judge Rusty Duke and earn his law degree in unconsitutional laws and various ways to torture people into explaining their crimes against nature.
He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints after a outstanding Football career at Wake Forest University where the team never won a game in 4 years while playing there. The Saints decline his services when they found out he was no Saint on the playing field.
Mr Kouri who wrote this story is presently a undercover agent for homeland security and has recieved training with various international police groups such as the " Retired Brownshirts of Germany" , The international RED fascists of Global conquest" and the fame " SS action Jackson bust Swat boys"
Mr Tabor claim to internet fame is when he e-mail George Bush and got a 404 reply that Mr Bush had only a 28% approval rating from the fascists of America.
Mr Tabor is one of few Americans who has failed numberous IQ tests and possibley the only College Grad who recieved a refund from the College on the grounds they made a mistake in granting him a degree in computer science and a general screw up in life as a rich spoil religious nutcase kid.
Losers poll
can you imagine
since the generic president numbers are 47-42 D v R can you imagine what the Governor numbers are like? Can we get a 10-15 point win in 08?
Draft Brad Miller-- NC Sen ActBlue
Wiki
I tried to do some wiki editing. I dont think we need to put in things like Asphalt King. Frankly his "record" and actual positions on the issues will cause him enough problems.
But, we should be watching all of the Republicans in this state to make sure their wiki entries arent press releases, and watch our side to make sure their entries arent written by Hood or Pope.
Draft Brad Miller-- NC Sen ActBlue
Wiki
i do a significant amount of Wiki work - and you're right. We don't "need" to put things like the Asphalt King into entries. But after years of corporate warfare, I've learned that Wiki Wars are every bit as critical as any other.
When a person tries to rewrite history or fluff themselves into "darling" status with a self-congratulatory entry, there are two responses to consider. One is to correct the record simply. In my experience, that leads to a long and slippery slide to their side of the fence. Just as the R's have moved the center to the right, that is what happens with Wikis. You end up fighting little battles to fend off their assaults on reason, and eventually you give up and they win.
The second response is to bring in heavy artillery and push back hard. After wasting literally hundreds of hours trying the first path over the past few years, I now lean toward the second. Especially when dealing with people who believe the truth is elastic. The original entry led with Smith's sad life "growing up in an orphanage" - and he needs to be smacked down every time he says that. It also quoted Smith saying "I'm not a politician."
My ultimate position is "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." The truth is, progressive bloggers DO call Smith "the Asphalt King" and with good reason: $43 million in government paving contracts last year alone.
I think
though that it is important to say things like "Progressive bloggers call Smith the Asphalt King due to his....blah blah blah"
Putting in something like " Fred "Asphalt King" Smith was born..." is counterproductive.
Draft Brad Miller-- NC Sen ActBlue