Allegheney, PA GOP HQ Without Power!!!

[Village Idiot]

Man - I love these Freeptard Threads today!!!!! I have been PISSING myself ALL DAMN DAY!!!

The sky is falling!!! We're DOOOOOOOOMED!!!!!ETC!!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1266788/posts

PA.: ALLEGHENY COUNTY GOP HQ IN PITTSBURGH WITHOUT POWER
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Posted on 11/02/2004 12:10:10 PM PST by orangelobster


According to several reputable sources, the Allegheny County GOP HQ in Pittsburgh just had lost power. Because the office building at 125 Seventh Street is without power, telephones, computers, and other office machines are unusable, a huge blow to Bush supporters hoping to remain competitive tonight in this key area of the country.

While it is still not clear the cause of this electrical problem, politics could potentially be a factor.

The Democrat Headquarters across the street and other surrounding buildings are said to be with power...



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Pennsylvania is this year's battleground. Dirty tricksters in Pittsburgh and Philly are out in force.

1 posted on 11/02/2004 12:10:10 PM PST by orangelobster
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To: orangelobster
I say we go over to the Dems and take out their power! The Rats!



2 posted on 11/02/2004 12:11:40 PM PST by Sprite518
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To: orangelobster
Mayor Murphy at his best.....



3 posted on 11/02/2004 12:12:05 PM PST by GregB (Broken Glass Republican!!!!!!!!)
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To: orangelobster
this confirms that the Dems are scared about losing PA. Allegheny went for Gore by about +5 in 2000. If Bush was to pick up PA, he needed to make inroads here. For the power to mysteriously go out means that Dems must sense a Bush surge in PA. GET OUT AND VOTE!



4 posted on 11/02/2004 12:12:16 PM PST by njsketch
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To: orangelobster
Mamma T dirty trick.



5 posted on 11/02/2004 12:13:05 PM PST by Kenny500c
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To: orangelobster
Tell them to go outside and flip the main circuit switch up.



6 posted on 11/02/2004 12:13:13 PM PST by Bob J (Rightalk.com...coming soon!)
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To: orangelobster
Union thugs run the local power company, maybe?



7 posted on 11/02/2004 12:13:23 PM PST by ikka
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To: orangelobster
Take them a couple of generators asap....



8 posted on 11/02/2004 12:13:27 PM PST by Visioneer
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To: orangelobster
PA Freepers, call in office & if no answer, rush in with cell phones, volunteer, GOTV!



9 posted on 11/02/2004 12:14:04 PM PST by no_cbs_please
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To: Sprite518
Phones out too? Timing is suspicious.



10 posted on 11/02/2004 12:14:51 PM PST by MarkeyD (<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com>Maggot</a>)
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To: orangelobster
FWIW, there is a storm moving through Pittsburgh right now.



11 posted on 11/02/2004 12:14:58 PM PST by ContemptofCourt
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To: orangelobster
The only thing that I can tell you is that every conservative I know in Allegheny county is fired up and has already voted. I'm not sure if we are energized or enraged. Maybe both.



12 posted on 11/02/2004 12:15:27 PM PST by cjshapi
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To: MarkeyD
Phones in large buildings (with a switchboad) need AC power.



13 posted on 11/02/2004 12:15:36 PM PST by MeanWestTexan
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To: orangelobster
Get the candles out and get as many cell phones has possible



14 posted on 11/02/2004 12:16:21 PM PST by Mo1 (This Sept 10th attitude is no way to protect our country)
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To: MeanWestTexan
To all, Channel your negative energy

Don't assume anything. Call!

http://www.georgewbush.com/call/

If you don't see anything on this page - you need to sign up!

A good way for Freeps in safe (Red OR Blue) states to help in the battlegrounds.

Related thread. Check in here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1266769/posts



15 posted on 11/02/2004 12:16:28 PM PST by Grit ('For the love of my brother, and for the love of my country.' - Pat Tillman)
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To: orangelobster
While it is still not clear the cause of this electrical problem, politics could potentially be a factor.
Potentially be???? If the Rat Headquarters across the street is up and running no potential sandwich to eat here.


16 posted on 11/02/2004 12:16:37 PM PST by StarFan
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To: orangelobster
If this is interfering with telephone systems, it may be possible to plug in plain-jane phones directly into the jacks to keep the lines open...unless the phone lines are down, too... Try to keep the main number into the office operational...



17 posted on 11/02/2004 12:17:05 PM PST by Visioneer
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To: Visioneer
Electrician freepers need to go to the pittsburgh headquarters and fix the fuses- get them power generators - or whatever it takes to get them up to speed.



18 posted on 11/02/2004 12:18:44 PM PST by orangelobster
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[agingdem]

1. There's a good chance...

Bush will be without power late tonight, too.

[Sub Atomic]

2. I wonder if

they remembered to pay their utility bill?

:morans:

[TrueAmerican]

3. Maybe O'Reilly

plugged in one of his toys and overloaded the circuits?

[Phillycat]

4. What's with this "union thug" phrase? I've seen this twice already

today. So according to them, every union worker is a thug? God, I wish I could bring my WWII-fighting, steel mill-working, union rep, Dem-voting grandpa back from the dead to have a little chat with these guys...

[Village Idiot]

5. New FreepTard Panic Thread!!!

Sorry - I just can't resist!!!

Important VANITY. ANY FREEPER ELECTRICIANS IN PITTSBURG AREA HELP, HELP, HELP


Posted on 11/02/2004 12:21:27 PM PST by watsonfellow


The power has been down at the Allegheny County GOP HQ...WE NEED YOUR HELP........IF YOU ARE AN ELECTRICIAN IN THE AREA OR KNOW ONE, NOW IS WHEN YOU ARE NEEDED!



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1 posted on 11/02/2004 12:21:27 PM PST by watsonfellow
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To: watsonfellow
If the power was cut (or whatever the source of the problem is) outside of the building, you must call the utility company. Local electricians will not be able to help.



2 posted on 11/02/2004 12:22:34 PM PST by z3n
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To: watsonfellow
Get 'em a generator!



3 posted on 11/02/2004 12:22:40 PM PST by grobdriver
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To: watsonfellow
If the polls would still be open when I got there, I'd bring my laptops and a couple cellphones. Alas I'm from CT and with rush hour coming up, nearly 5-6 hours from there. See if you can get any cellphones from locals to continue the calls!



4 posted on 11/02/2004 12:23:16 PM PST by sc2_ct (This is the way the world ends... not with a bang but a whimper)
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To: watsonfellow
Find the Election 2004: Penn thread that doug from upland put up and post this there.



5 posted on 11/02/2004 12:23:49 PM PST by Howlin (SEARCH is a FUNCTION -- USE IT!!!!)
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To: watsonfellow
go rent a generator



6 posted on 11/02/2004 12:24:00 PM PST by sierrahome (Department of Redundancy Department)
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To: watsonfellow
Kerry's windsurfing electrician buddies are all spending the day at sea!



7 posted on 11/02/2004 12:24:25 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: watsonfellow
Can you call a local office (like a realtor who has people in the field a lot and so empty offices) and use their offices for a few hours?

Then re-route the phones to their number.



8 posted on 11/02/2004 12:24:29 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed)
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The Republican Committee of Allegheny County 125 Seventh Street, Suite 626 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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9 posted on 11/02/2004 12:25:22 PM PST by watsonfellow
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To: watsonfellow
In our town we had people donate their office space and telephones so we could run 67 phone lines today (vs. the usual 4-5).

Could you all call someone and ask them to do the same while the power is out?



10 posted on 11/02/2004 12:26:31 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed)
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To: z3n
Union goohs may have trashed a local junction box to cut off power over a limited area.



11 posted on 11/02/2004 12:27:09 PM PST by sheik yerbouty
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To: sierrahome
" go rent a generator "
Probably the BEST idea; Check with Nation's Rent or your nearest Home Depot ...


12 posted on 11/02/2004 12:27:15 PM PST by _Jim ( <--- Ann C. and Rush L. speak on gutless Liberals (RealAudio files))
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To: sierrahome
" go rent a generator "
Probably the BEST idea; Check with Nation's Rent or your nearest Home Depot ...


13 posted on 11/02/2004 12:29:42 PM PST by _Jim ( <--- Ann C. and Rush L. speak on gutless Liberals (RealAudio files))
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To: grobdriver
bump the generator--be sure and cut off the general power switch. I love generators. I have two of them (little and huge)-- little ones will do the job for this HQ. Park 'em on the sidewalk, and tell anyone who objects to the noise and fumes that the Dems have cut off the power to the GOP!



14 posted on 11/02/2004 12:31:53 PM PST by Mamzelle (Fast Eddie and Big Betty--let them sue McDonald's and leave us alone)
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To: _Jim
Even renting a generator, one would need an electrician to properly connect the building to it, without dumping power onto the upstream lines.

15 posted on 11/02/2004 12:31:59 PM PST by Chemist_Geek ("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
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To: watsonfellow
Why rent? That'll take forever. You can get a very nice little generator for well under $500--I got my little one for $250 at a tool show.



16 posted on 11/02/2004 12:33:01 PM PST by Mamzelle (Fast Eddie and Big Betty--let them sue McDonald's and leave us alone)
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To: Chemist_Geek
Depending on which equipment (I'm assuming computers) is needed most, you can plug many things right into the generator itself!! They are very cool. We really needed ours through the hurricane.



17 posted on 11/02/2004 12:34:08 PM PST by Mamzelle (Fast Eddie and Big Betty--let them sue McDonald's and leave us alone)
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To: Chemist_Geek
Well ... yeah. Anyone competant in 'power' systems (Navy, Air Force, Army) could do it too - it isn't rocket science ...




18 posted on 11/02/2004 12:34:47 PM PST by _Jim ( <--- Ann C. and Rush L. speak on gutless Liberals (RealAudio files))
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[mr_binklesworth]

6. Thanks for your post...

Thanks for venturing over to the "Dark Side" for the intel, even if it's only to have fun at their expense.

Yes, it's bloody funny.
Never mind the fact that the juice is out at the Democratic HQ, too. It's a union conspiracy!

Poorly reasoned paranoia is always a good laugh.

[boredofeducation]

7. Wow

It is something that they blame everyone else except themselves for this. Union Thugs? Now every hard working union worker is a thug? What a bunch of low lifes, I bet 1 union "thug" could do the work of a 100 pansey freepers!

I also like the comments about the phone lines being cut, some of these "brainiacs" assume that all phone are wire directly to the telephone company, but in offices they usually have a PBX that is independently powered by the building's AC power. Where I work, we have a Battery system that powers phone system for about 5 days without power and it costed us like 2,500 bucks. So I guess the they hired a incompotent non-union contractor in order to save a few bucks.

[chemenger]

8. Could it just possibly be an ACT OF GOD???

JC to GWB: Hey George, this one's for you. That'll teach you to use my Father's name in vain.

[mac56]

9. "No potential sandwich to eat here"?

What the hell does that mean anyway?!