There are 2 Dan Woogs in America.
One is a longtime Westporter. He’s a Staples High School and Brown University graduate; a former Staples soccer coach; a writer of more than a dozen books, and the founder and executive editor of “06880.” He is a registered Democrat. Hey — that’s me!
The other Dan Woog is former hockey player at Arizona State University. He’s a real estate broker in Erie, Colorado. He was elected to the state’s House of Representatives in 2020, and is running for re-election. He is a registered Republican. Voterly gave him a 4 rating (out of 5) on protecting gun rights. That is clearly not me.
There’s a lot of stuff on the internet we don’t trust. But we tend to trust Google. It’s the gold standard of search information.
Not so fast!
The other day, Evan Stein meant to type in my name for “06880” on his phone. By mistake, it turned into a Google search.
And this is what came up:
That’s my birthday.
And my school.
As for the rest: Well, Dan Woog seems like a nice guy. He’s good looking, too.
But I wouldn’t vote for him.
Cree Hardegree published a piece yesterday (10/29) that I think explains two Dan Woogs graduating from SHS.
Is this the same Cree Hardegree who posted this tweet on 10-28?
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Craig Cree Hardegree@heartagree
Oct 28
Trump and Elon had sex and produced Satan ’cause both are goddamn motherfucking pieces of roach shit and Elon’s daddy fucked Elon’s sister like Trump wants to fuck Ivanka. All Republicans are sick pervert pedophiles.
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Boy the internet has drawn many of us, even those from a special place like Westport, into some pretty weird rabbit holes!
“We tend to trust Google” has to be the funniest thing you’ve said in a while Dan. Thanks for the laugh.
That, my friend, is scary is scary indeed.
( gonna google my name; last time i looked there were 13 of us.)
…..my only namesake is an author of horror stories in Chicago, but yours is my horror story…LoL
Oh, Dan! You disappoint me. You don’t indicate that you know his politics, Republican or not. Shame on you if you vote just the party line.
Are you so unthinking that you are a Democrat, not an American, first? You might have to stay the party line if you were a politician, but I would hope, as a “civilian”, you vote for the person and on the issues, not just the party. My politics probably agree with yours, but I am an American first and I seldom vote a full party line.
To dismiss your name-brother just because he is a Republican is as evil and ignorant as voting for Donald Trump, whatever his party affiliation.
I think all Dan was reporting was the publicly searchable facts where his politics — party and position on gun rights — differed from that of his namesake. He wasn’t criticizing the guy, so just a gentle “shame on you” for the unnecessary finger-wagging. 🙂
Thanks, Peter. And Joyce: lighten up.
My remark was not meant to be “heavy” – the problem with the written word – can’t always get the tone across accurately. But I am still disappointed in you for dismissing that Dan Woog because of his party affiliation.
Joyce, I am still disappointed in you for not acknowledging my reference to gun legislation. That is a deal-breaker for me.
I don’t know how I missed the gun stuff. Now I understand and agree with you entirely. That could keep me from voting for him, too, but it is Colorado and finding a Democrat or an Independent or any other candidate who doesn’t have guns might be difficult.
Thanks!
These days, Joyce, “being and American” means NOT voting republican. ANYONE who votes for a single Republican who has not spoken out against the travesties perpetrated by the Party is, by definition, un-American.
I would vote for him. It’s time for Colorado Dan and Kari Lake. And Tudor Dixon and Hershel Walker and The Wizard of Oz in PA to take back America from the communists who hate its laws, it’s founding and the freedoms that have identified us as Americans for almost 250 years.
…Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again….
….those were the days.
Actually the Herbert Hoover line was a bit of a stretch for Archie Bunker. He was a working class Queens “hard hat,” likely to have cast his first Republican vote for Eisenhower or Nixon. Back in the 30’s his family would have most likely voted Democratic.
Yeah, I never understood that “Herbert Hoover” line. It made no sense. And it took me about 25 years to learn that another line in the theme song was “Gee our old LaSalle ran great.”
Actually after the first couple of seasons, they re-dubbed the LaSalle line to be much clearer. Lots of “viewers like you” must have complained. Amazingly, Norman Lear is still alive and kicking at age 100, so old enough to remember the 1932 election.
The song makes perfect sense.
It’s about how great everything was in the mid 1930s to early 1940s.
Archie Bunker was born in 1924.
He and Edith would have been kids and teenagers.
They’re reminiscing about how great things were when they were growing up, a time before they were actually adults and paying attention.
Which is exactly what most people do.
“Things were great when we were kids, but kids today…”
Would not hating our laws include accepting election results as assessed by our election officials, no matter the outcome?
(Asking for a friend).
Ed, Ed, Ed. We have to stop meeting like this. How about answering a simple question? I’m betting you won’t.
Hi Ed. Thanks for answering my question. And I am sincerely glad to hear you will accept the election results. Just for the record, it took you two posts to do so, but I’m not fussy. You’re ahead of Matt who still refuses to answer.
But to answer your question, the President misspoke. It was a gaffe. It happens. I don’t dispute it. But it doesn’t help the conversation to try and twist it into something it isn’t. When you speak as much as a President does, there will be gaffes. Every policitican does occasssionally misspeak as do so most people. I have. I’ll be you have, too. I’ll bet most 06880 readers have as well. It’s pretty common. But there’s a difference between an obvious misstake, and repeating, endlessliy, nonsense about stolen elections and refusing to say you accept the election results. I’m looking at you Kari lake, MTG, DJT, H. Walker, etc. But I’ll take a gaffe any day over repeated and deliberate lies.
Peace.
While this example is basically harmless, thousands of people are being denied jobs and housing because of false positives on algorithm-based criminal background checks. In one case, an applicant was flagged as a sex offender with a similar name, despite the actual criminal living in a different state and having a different Social Security number. (Online court records do not include SSNs.) The particular firm falsely flagged over 14,000 applicants, and this is just one of many similar background check firms.
You mean your an election fraud denier?
Oh, you mean, like this election fraud?:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/10/19/federal-judge-trump-committed-fraud-by-pushing-false-voting-claims-despite-knowing-the-truth/?sh=483424e16a55
We’re all still anxiously awaiting to hear if you’ll accept the election results, no matter the outcome. Because, you know, you’re such a law abiding citizen.
So “conservatives” and “Trump” are free to post whatever they want but don’t have to substantiate their assertions or answer any questions about them. Talk abou getting old.
“Matt” asserted several times that there was “election fraud” but refused to offer a single shred of evidence. He also refuses to say whether he accept the certified election results, no matter the outcome. Will you?
Why is anyone surprised nowadays at Joe Biden’s cognitive deterioration?
Did you have Google correct that mistaken reference to you?
I am in Arizona, and we audited our election, cameras on every audited ballot too, and found close to 200,000 fraudulent votes. It’s time to see who those votes were for don’t you think? I guess votes from empty lots is OK with you? I guess votes from dead people are OK with you? I’m also guessing 20 or 30 votes from more than 500 households with only two or three registered voters is OK with you? And the big one, I guess 165,000 mail in ballots with no folds in the ballot that are three times the size of their envelope, I guess that’s OK with you too. Don’t be a fraud denier. Come over from the Darkside.
All clams of voter fraud in Arizona were investigated and debunked by the Arizona Attorney General:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/arizona-attorney-general-dead-voters.html
Maybe the Yankees should claim that they actually beat Houston in ALCS. Sure, the scoreboard shows they lost, but what the hell, they can just keep claiming they won anyway.
Hi Matt,
Long time no see since Staples ’74. I think you’re probably referring to the Cyber Ninjas audit of the disputed Maricopa County 2020 election results, so it’s good to check what the audit actually found.
This was the audit commissioned and executed by Trump loyalists and which the ex-President and some of his supporters claimed would result in Trump being reinstated as President in August 2021. (This despite the fact that even if AZ had voted for Trump, Biden would still have won the US, but by 295 to 243 electoral votes instead of 306 to 232.)
HOWEVER, the audit did NOT find that Trump won Maricopa County. The report found, in its own words:
“There were no substantial differences between the hand count of the ballots provided and the official election canvass results for Maricopa County. This is an important finding because the paper ballots are the best evidence of voter intent and there is no reliable evidence that the paper ballots were altered to any material degree.”
Read if for yourself at: https://www.azsenaterepublicans.com/_files/ugd/2f3470_a91b5cd3655445b498f9acc63db35afd.pdf
Yours truly,
Peter Blau
Registered Republican since 1982 and lifelong anti-Communist
No Peter, you’re just parroting the liberal viewpoint of the audit. Let’s see what happens when a new Governor and new AG take over in AZ
FoxNews confirmed the audit showed Biden won:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maricopa-county-audit-concludes-similar-vote-total-to-2020-presidential-election
I can’t believe you’re now going claim FoxNews is “liberal viewpoint” but here it comes…
Hey Russ!!!
Did you go to Camp Mahackeno with me?
Hey Eric. Yes, I went to mahackeno, lots of kids did.
Russ, lots of kids didn’t go to Mahackeno with me. I think I remember you. I don’t have any negative memories to dredge up. How’s life been in the 60 years since we hung out together at Mahackeno?
Matt , please note this headline and lead paragraph posted on 9/24/21 in The National Review, which I’m sure you understand does NOT espouse a liberal viewpoint.
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TRUMP ALLIES’ ARIZONA ELECTION AUDIT CONFIRMS BIDEN VICTORY
While the county vote totals show Biden winning by 45,109 votes, the hand recount found that Biden won by 45,469, according to drafts of an audit viewed by the Arizona Republic. The audit was conducted by Cyber Ninjas and other subcontractors. The results of the audit were set to be presented to the Arizona State Senate at 1 p.m. on Friday…
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-allies-arizona-election-audit-confirms-biden-victory/
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There are a lot of wild claims out there that cannot easily be proven false, but why would you point us to one — the Maricopa audit — where the record so clearly proves your assertion to be wrong?
Well Eric, I’m glad to hear you don’t have any negative memories of me. I was a good boy, as I’m sure you were too. Life has been good since as I hope it has been for you. I’m grateful I’ve survived this long and I cherish my memories of Westport, although it was a painful time in my life. Stay safe.
You too Russ.
National Review has an agenda. The last think they want is an overturned election putting Trump back in office, hence their purposeful ignorance of the facts within the audit. Patience my friend. Facts are friendly and I witnessed the data capture and they will come out shortly. Let the mid-terms play out first.
And FoxNews? What’s their agenda?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maricopa-county-audit-concludes-similar-vote-total-to-2020-presidential-election
C’mon Panos, work with me here. Let’s play ball. Otherwise, folks will think you’re avoiding a simple question about FoxNews who said the Arizona audit confirmed Biden won. Are they correct and if not, explain your answer. You have 60 seconds.
Let me make it simple for the liberals out there: Fox News does not want to go against the RINOS in the party, So they have essentially abstained from any further discussion on the election. The simple facts are this, if you keep counting the same votes you’re going to come up with the same totals. The audit did not turn out a change in the votes that were submitted, the audit showed the 200,000+ votes were fraudulent. Can’t wait to see how you explain video evidence of people stuffing ballot boxes with handfuls of votes when it’s illegal to do that in the state. Also, the printer of the ballots for Maricopa County stated that there was only one type of paper used to print the more than 2 million ballots. Care to explain how the forensic audit showed there were seven different kinds of paper used for the submitted ballots? You got a lot of explaining to do. Justice is coming boys and girls.
Ok. Thank you. Let’s recap. You don’t accept the “cyber ninja” audit results and you don’t believe the re-reviews of the audit by the 1) Arizona Attorney General, 2) National Review and 3) FoxNews. In other words, you won’t accept ANY results or findings no matter who conducts them UNLESS they support your unfounded statements. And, you are advocating for a new Governor and/or AG to throw out the 2020 election results in that state. Okay, my work is done here. Trick or treat, indeed.
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