Police fear riots if Obama loses US election

Washington, October 24: : Amid rumours that Democratic supporters might indulge in civil disobedience and protests in case their party candidate Barack Obama is defeated in the Nov 4 presidential polls, the Police here fear riots and are preparing to control the same.
“We always try to prepare for the worst,” said Oakland Police Separtment spokesman Jeff Thomason.

“This election is going to mark in history a change in the presidency: you''re going to have a woman in the presidency or an African American as president. I think everybody around here is voting for Obama, so if he gets in the White House everybody''s going to be happy. But, we’ll have our SWAT teams on standby and traffic teams here, so if something goes off we''ll organise and take care of the problem,” the 'Telegraph' quoted him as saying.
According to the paper, there have also been Internet rumours about plans for protests or civil disobedience by supporters of Democratic candidate Barack Obama if he was beaten by Republican rival John McCain in the forthcoming presidential poll.

Thomason said Oakland was prepared to deal with unrest as Oakland Raiders fans rioted in 2003 following their Super Bowl loss. Other cities that have experienced unrest include Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia and are also planning to deploy extra officers on election day.
James Carville, a strategist for former President Bill Clinton and advisor to his wife Hillary''s 2008 presidential campaign, hinted Democrat supporters could be angry if Obama lost, given his lead in the polls.
“If Obama goes in and he has a consistent five-point lead and loses the election, it would be very, very, very dramatic out there,” Carville was quoted as saying

Junk Mail

I think that a lot of people probably do this. All of us still get quite a bit of junk mail and just toss it in the trash. As for myself, I open it up, remove any part that has my name on it and stuff the remainder inside their post-paid envelope, which will go back to them. Of course, they have to pay the postage on them.

Just finished doing about 15 of these and wll toss these in the mail box today. Been doing this for a couple years. With mail volumes dropping, the postal service needs more business anyway.

If you have any of those small red bricks or pieces of wood you want to get rid of, just tape one of these postage-paid envelopes on top of them and bring them down to your post office. I do believe that they will take it. However, since you are going to the window, they might ask you to put your return address on the mail. I think that if anything is over 1 pound, you have to go to the window. Otherwise, just drop it inside a mailbox.

McCain Closing in

There are reports that the two candidates are running neck and neck (44 pct/43 pct) in one of the major polls. Other polls have bombar leading by 3 to 14 points, It appears as though McCain was look upon favorably in this last poll and people might be realizing what a farce the other candidate is

Pzlin is right. When the other candidate travels around the country, he continually changes his viewpoints to satisfy the wishes of the people he is speaking to. For example, while he was in Philadelphia, he favored the Phillies; when he was in Tampa Bay, he favored the Rays.

I guess that he's picking up strength from the older whites. College and younger 'adults' favor Obama. Asians and other minorities are siding with Obama also. In many of these polls, whites, etc., say that the are for Obama because they don't want to be called 'racist' and that is exactly what happens. They make racial issues out of this stuff. I am sure that you can account for a swing of 2-5 percent difference this will actually make come election time.

I really try not to delve into political issues, but I will not lie. I am for the Republicans and McCain. You had better take a close look at what Obama is proposing and just don't vote because you want changes. The changes that you will see, you will not like.

This blog is about shows, festivals, etc., and I try to sway from things that are inappropriate for this blog. However, this is MY blog and I am entitled to put in anything I so desire. Thank you very much and let's have a fair election. Damm..... if McCain wins, don't you think that the Obama crowd is going to accuse everybody of racism and claim that the election was fixed. Isn't it a shame that people act that way? We have all seen this behavior in the past.

Reviews of Recent Events

Please check out my reviews of the October events that we had at www.starvingvendors.com

EOS WINERY Arts and Crafts Fair, Paso Robles, CA Oct 18-19 "THE ZERO DOLLAR Arts and Crafts Show" Where are the people?

Monterey Columbus Day Festival Oct 11-12 Monterey is such a beautiful place for an event and over the years, many tourists (and locals, of course) have visited the many festivals here. However, with the economy in a downward spiral and the stock market taking a tumble, crowds were down here and people locked their wallets.

HOMEFRONT FESTIVAL by the Bay, Richmond, CA October 4-5, 2008

I have many other reviews and stories, information on the website and I am sure that you will find them enjoyable. Come take a look...see what vendors must endure at festivals, etc.

Puka Shell necklaces

lease shop at our website: http://www.dandlcreations.com/ Support the author of this blogs' business. We make custom sized puka shell necklaces, semi-precious, cowrie shell chokers and a whole lot more. Come check us out. Been in business for 15 years now.

If I could re-live this past weekend....

I would have done the Pismo Beach Clam Fest instead of the sick-ass EOS Winery Arts and Crafts Fair. I really didn't want to pay the extra $200 for booth space and extra for motel. I know a number of vendors that did this one and they said they did good. There were less vendors there this year....I guess the economy, etc., has hit us pretty hard,.

Or there was the Campbell Octoerfest (San Jose), which I really should have done. Much less on gas, no motel and some people said they did okay. Perhaps, next year look for us over there.

EOS WINERY Arts and Crafts Show

Oct 18-19 PASO ROBLES. Craft show was held at the EOS WINERY on Highway 46, 5 miles east of Hway 101.

Approx 20-25 booths with assorted merchandise. Saturday was slow and Sunday was even worse. TERRIBLE. First time that my sales were $0.00 for a day. Correctamundo....ZERO DOLLARS. On Saturday, there really weren't that many 'tasters' visiting the premises. The drunks stayed inside while they sent the wives out to shop, which was just a walk for them. Hardley any sales for anybodyl

Sunday was a nightmare to behold. Hardly anybody... The two vendors beside me left for other events....... Pismo Beach and Cambell's Octoberfest. Kettle Corn packed it up on Saturday also. On Sunday, I took my big ZERO and packed my stuff just after noon and got out of there. My neighbord, who was also ZERO for the day, packed up and left also.

I really can not explain why this show was so screwed up. Not really the promoter's fault though. Just nobody coming and nobody drinking. Don't know what the people lof Paso Robles do around here, with all the beautiful wineries located in this growing region, but they sure the hell are not frequenting the wineries.

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2008 Dia de los Muertos Festival

This festival is held annualy in Oakland along International Blvd and this year, it shall be on Sunday, October 26. We are getting closer to that date and I wish to give some strong, stern and helpful advice.

VENDORS BEWARE. I know quite a number of people (vendors) who have sold here and they report a lot of merchandise being stolen. If you are selling rings, jewelry and other small items you can kiss your butt good-bye. I did this show 5 years ago and around 9-10 years ago and I did lose some jewelry. There are a lot of people at this event and it is mostly a get-together, party type festival and they are not interested in buying...especially with the economy the way it is.

I have a friend who sold jewelry and he had it arranged in cases. Somebody actually pilfered one of his cases, jewelry and all and stood there laughing at him with his Mexican friends, waiting for him to chase after him so they could steal more.

I do a lot of events throughout the year and everybody has bad things to say about this event. Maybe they should rename it the "Thieves Festival" because vendors suffer a lot of losses. Nobody has ever told me anything good about this event and I strongly advise all sensible vendors to stay the hell away from this one. Nobody is going to buy....you are going to get things stolen left and right.

I would like to hear people's comments on this one...especially vendors who have gotten ripped off.

Los Osos/Baywood Oktoberfest Sunday Oct 26

We did this one-day event for a number of years, but we have discontinued mainly due to the high gas prices and slow sales, which have dwindled there the past couple times we did it.

It's a nice social event and gathering for the locals and the dogs get to smooch one another's butts, as there are hundreds there for the dog show, etc.

There's a good number of vendors stretched along 3-4 blocks selling a vast array of merchandise. Usually, the weather is pretty nice here, but we did have some sprinkles a few years back. However, the people do not buy very much, as I have mentioned that this is more or less, a social gathering.

These two communities sponsoring the event are located between San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay.

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Paso Robles EOS Winery Craft Show

This coming weekend, Oct 18-19, we shall be in Paso Robles (Hwy 101-north of San Luis Obispo) at the EOS Winery. Arciero Vineyards, Harvest Wine Tour Weekend, for all of the wineries in the area. EOS is one of the largest, and most visited wineries, with the best location for an arts and crafts fair, in the whole area. The weather is usually awesome this time of year, in Paso Robles and surrounding environs.

Weather forecasts show temps in the mid-80's and sunny. Great weather. No rain in sight. Enjoy your weekend here.

Quite a number of quality vendors will be there, so come on over and check us out. We are DandL CREATIONS. Look for the canopy with shoulder bags, fannypacks, shell necklaces and a whole lot more. www.dandlcreations.com

Monterey Custom House Plaza swamped with 35,000 people

Oct 11. Monterey, CA. I wish that was the title for this. Figures submitted to Craftmaster News for Monterey's Columbus Day Festival showed crowds supposed to be 35,000 in number. Well....I guess we have more people missing in action. There were quite a number of vendors at the event, but I don't think we had much more than 3,000 people visiting the show.

I've been doing events here for 14 years now and this is the absolute worst that I have ever seen. The promoter's did pretty good. They filled the place up with vendors (however, way too much jewelry) and had a decent number of food vendors and entertainment. Setting up wasn't too difficult, if you came early, but as time passes on, it does become congested.

Weather forecasts called for temps in the 60's and very strong winds sustaining speeds of 30 mph. However, we were pretty much spared the wrath of the winds. During the morning, the Parks Dept (of the Historical Park area) came to each booth to ensure that everybody was weighed down adequately. This is the first time I ever saw them do this and I wonder if previous winds at shows here have uplifted very many booths and they are very cautious.

So, crowds were low as compared to previous shows here and they just were not buying, having been even more scared off by events in the Stock Market this past week and many of them probably lost a lot of money as a result, making these shows more difficult than they already were. Sales were very low for pretty much everybody and the booths that had larger crowds surrounding them were merely engulfed by looky-loos.
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