A Passport, A Presumed Presidency & A Regret
My neighbor went to get his passport. They declined to even accept his application. What could be so very bad as to cause the postal representative to decline to even accept his application for a passport? It was his birth certificate. He was born in the state of California. The state of California had provided him with an "Abstract Birth Certificate" which clearly stated on it "This Is An Official Document". I studied his birth certificate it is and was an official document from the recognized state of California.
His "Abstract Birth Certificate" provided a plethora of information about him and his parents and his birth. Yet, the postal service representative would not accept his certified abstract birth certificate as evidence of his natural born citizenship. He contacted the federal government travel department in Philadelphia about this issue. He spoke with a very nice woman who took the time to give him an explanation along with loads of information about obtaining his "long form birth certificate"
This very informative government worker told my friend that his "Certified Abstract Birth Certificate" was not acceptable for proving his citizenship for the purpose of obtaining a United States passport, the long form birth certificate was a requirement for obtaining a United States passport.
I should take a moment and explain something about my neighbor. He was an avid Barack Obama supporter during the general election. We have not been speaking too much because he found through our 'talks' during the general election he had no answer for any of my questions about his support for Barack Obama. At least none of the substantive questions. Basically his support came down to the hazy fact that Barack Obama was the democratic option and he was black therefor making it historic and something many have waited for and of course the old change mantra.
Having had this passport experience apparently he did some reflection. Reflection on a conversation he and I had previously had about Barack Obama and his birth certificate and the many issues Barack Obama would not allow anyone access to the information about, i.e. his school records, trip to Pakistan, and so very much more.
Fast forward to last night when for the first time in several months Jim, my neighbor, came knocking on my door. He came in and walked past our "Bucking The Party" yard sign and sat down and told us all about his birth certificate/passport saga. After going through his story and my examining his "Abstract Birth Certificate" he looked at me and said "Why didn't Barack Obama have to show a long form birth certificate to run for president, if I have to show one to get a damn passport?"
All I could do was laugh. It was as if a light bulb had finally turned on and the light was blinding him. I could see he was troubled and upset but all I could say was "There is the 64,000 dollar question" We spent the following 4 hours discussing the primary the election and his growing regret for the vote he had cast.
Imagine an everyday working man born and raised in the United States can not get his passport to take his wife on their first overseas trip without providing the federal government with his long form birth certificate, but a man can be elected to the highest office in the land and never produce any valid documentation about who he is or who he has been.
The times they are a changing.
]]>The quasi military draft in Barack Obama's Budget?
Is there a hidden quasi military draft in Barack Obama's budget. It is one I do not think American college students nor their parents nor many Americans will find.....umm pleasant. I do not understand why college students would cast a vote for someone purposing this kind of budget which will effect many many that attempt to gain an education or why a parent facing the daunting higher education bills for a child or even why any American would seek to send more of our desperately needed funds to foreign shores to help others who are also in need.
The education of our youth and the re-training of many in our current work force is imperative to the future financial stability and the future economic welfare of this country. Having said that not everyone is cut out to be a doctor or a lawyer no more than everyone is cut out to be a plumber or an autoworker or a chicken farmer. Regardless of what you yourself or your child or your neighbor is cut out for in life, America MUST provide opportunity to you to earn a respectable living to care for yourself and your family. Without that opportunity we stagnate and then we deteriorate. Folks we, in America are already stagnating sliding toward deterioration. Yet, many of the youth in this country and many of the lower income Americans believe Barack Obama's budget holds the key to our economic prosperity. Does it or does it hide another agenda?
(READ THIS CAREFULLY) According to the highly respected US Budget Watch Barack Obama's budget calls for the following "Eliminate the Federal Education Loan Program" to save approx 3 billion dollars. Further his budget seeks to "Double Foreign Aid" adding approx 25 billion to the budget, but we are not done. There is another surprise in Barack Obama's budget "Increase the Size of the Military" adding approx 20 billion to the US budget. These 3 portions of Mr. Obama's budget mean an additional 43 BILLION DOLLARS IN SPENDING.
Looking at Barack Obama's budget proposal leaves me with some questions. As a parent how will my child afford to finish college? As a taxpayer who's country is in financial distress why would I be willing to send so much more money to foreign countries when my own country needs so much help in so many areas. As an American citizen who supports the military and does not seek to see a return to the days when soldiers where called foul names and publicly disrespected, what about increasing the prestige of the military rather than just increasing the size of the military? Does one follow the other? These seem like simple questions many people would have when looking at these proposals. I warn you, you may not like what I see in Barack Obama's budget.
Prospective college students will have some options. First they or their parents can pay for everything up front all year and then at the end of the year when they file their taxes they can claim an education credit and wait next to the mailbox with baited breath for their income tax return. Now for some this is financially plausible. For many this is not an option, my family included. Let me explain. My son's college bill next year will be approx. $25,000.00, granted that is an out of state university and a technical degree, so it is possibly higher than some other college degrees.
I mean no one any offense here but there are not alot of families out there with an extra 1-2 thousand dollars per month to pay for college expenses and then wait for our currently bankrupt federal government to pay a credit at the end of the year. Of course that would be after filling out endless forms including verification forms proving the student that you are claiming this credit for has performed the required hours of civil service. Then waiting to find out if you have filled them out correctly or paying someone else several hundred dollars to fill out these endless forms for you. After all, Albert Einstein said "The hardest thing to understand is the income tax." he also said "It is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher."
]]>Fear not that is only one of the options. Remember that little "Increase the size of the military" 20 billion dollars in Barack Obama's budget? This is the option Barack Obama euphemistically calls "civil service". I completely agree with the concept of civil service in exchange for college education the problem is I do not support forced military service for everyone. The only thing this option offers is a quasi draft. There is an enormous difference between civil service and military service.
To force military service by holding higher education over middle and low income prospective college students heads does not serve our military. The United States military is for many a calling, a yearning a drive or desire for many it grows into a calling or drive or desire but it is their personal choice. It seems that Barack Obama seeks to eliminate that personal choice, which negates the fact that many people are simply not cut out for military service. Apparently that includes Barack Obama himself who has never served a single day in the Armed Forces.
Is there another hidden option for prospective college students? Could there be 'civil service' by means of foreign aid? Why yes there can be, at least according to Barack Obama. We can send our children to far flung shores to 'serve foreign nations in need' in exchange for 2 years of college education. Once again this is turning what is an altruistic calling for many into forced service for those who have no calling for this service. This can only serve to degrade the services offered, place the children of this nation in situations they do not desire to be in and are not equipped for there by placing them in unpleasant situations at the least to potentially dangerous situations. All in exchange for 2 years of college education.
Although we have explored, albeit superficially, some of the ramifications of this budget on the children of this nation there is one glaring fact this budget ignores. Many college degrees require much much more than 2 years of college. So then what happens? Our children are adults who have given 2 years of military/foreign service just beginning
their freshman year at college and facing 4 or more years of school, bills, living expenses to be able to attend college or live with mom and dad until they are in their 30's or longer. It seems to me that Barack Obama's budget puts college pretty far out of reach to anyone but the very wealthy and puts the majority of middle class and lower income bracket children in the military.
In a final word. My grandmother used to say don't tell someone else their house is dirty if you haven't cleaned your own. Well America needs to clean up its financial house, so to speak. Before running out onto the world stage and throwing 25 BILLION DOLLARS MORE at other countries because their financial houses are lacking.
Recently I had a heated discussion with some of my co-workers. This heated discussion was about Obama's talk about unilaterally withdrawing from Iraq. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you my opinion. I did not want the U.S. to go into Iraq in the first place, but that does not change the fact that we are there. The question now is how do we get out?
To truly understand what will happen in Iraq should the U.S. withdraw unilaterally you need to look at another country in the same region, Afghanistan. Yes, Afghanistan, the home country of the Taliban and long time refuge of al-quida. People seem to have forgotten or perhaps never knew what actually happened in Afghanistan.
In 1979 Afghanistan's mujahideen freedom fighters began fighting the Russians 13 years later with the help of the U.S. the Afghanistan Freedom fighters succeeded in freeing their country from soviet oppression. Afghanistan then set up its own government.. There were three factions that had fought long and hard against Russia to free Afghanistan, fighting overwhelming odds and overwhelming firepower at times even downing Russian helicopters with nothing more than pure intestinal fortitude and rocks [no kidding]. The government they formed after the Russian's left was a good government that actually served the people.
Al-quida was there, as was the Taliban, after all they were key figures in the fight for freedom, but the government that was set up was the third faction the mujahideen. Ahmad Shah Massoud the key military leader of the freedom fighters was appointed defense minister under President Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Very shortly after President Burhanuddin RabbanI was elected the U.S. decided to unilaterally withdraw its meager support and the winds of change began blowing in a very ugly direction. Soon al-qaida and the Taliban began fighting to arrest power away from the people. In a ruthless grab for power and an attempt to establish a totalitarian theocracy. This theocracy would exercise a religious iron grip on the nations people.
In 1993 President Burhanuddin RabbanI was overthrown. Massoud was driven into the mountains with a few government loyalist. This formed the basis for the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan commonly known as the "Northern Alliance". Massoud and the 'Northern Alliance' spent the next 8 years fighting to free his beloved country once again, this time from people they had once fought along side.
Without U.S. support the possibility of overthrowing the Taliban was almost nil but Massoud and his followers continued to fight with only one goal, the dream of restoring their beloved homeland.
Massoud would never see that day. On September 9th 2001 Massoud was killed by an al-quida suicide bomber posing as a reporter.
With the only man capable of deposing them now dead, al-qaida felt free to carry out the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001. Al-qaida knew they could not attempt to execute the plot that was carried out on September 11, 2001 if Massoud was still alive. Had they done so, they knew America would re-establish its support for the 'Northern Alliance' which would re-invigorate the common people of Afghanistan giving Massoud and America a strong foothold in Afghanistan and destroying al-qaidas hold on the people of Afghanistan.
Now think about Iraq. If we make the same mistake in Iraq we did in Afghanistan and withdraw too soon civil war will escalate and someone worse than Saddam Hussein will once again rise to power, set on ruling with an iron fist and allowing terrorists to train openly and freely. This will, some day come back to haunt our children. Once again terrorism will reach our shores, and once again we will find ourselves embroiled in a war involving Iraq and Afghanistan.
We've gone down this path before, we cant afford to make the same mistake again. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
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Well well, 'Mr.Audacity' Barack Obama opened his mouth and inserted his foot. Which was promptly followed by Carol Fowler, South Carolina DNC Chairperson, promptly helping Barack Obama along by opening her mouth and inserting both her feet.
Gov. Sarah Palin made the comment "the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is lipstick". Followed approx. a week later by the Democratic nominee Barack Obama saying "you can put lipstick on a pig. It is still a pig". When surprisingly
there was an outcry from the public and the media, Barack Obama tells us "enough with the righteous indignation". Ok, that is simply adding insult to injury. Not the first time there has been a subtle slight by Barack Obama. Anyone remember the shoulder brushing? Anyone remember the flip off finger scratching his cheek? Barack Obama is just full of opps isn't he?
Then today Carol Fowler, South Carolina DNC Chairperson, who is married to Don Fowler of the DNC states "Sarah Palin's primary qualification to be Vice President is that she has not had an abortion" this is according to Politico. Now we all know Don Fowler who reportedly made some insulting comments about New Orleans evacuating over hurricane Gustav "I guess God is on our side" We also know Donald Fowler from emailing and faxing and phoning about the RBC meeting and about the roll call vote. Well, Carol Fowler is his wife and also a super delegate, purportedly a professional woman who supposedly has an eduction beyond the 3rd grade, yet apparently only tripe, stinking rotten tripe, comes out of her mouth.
Shame Shame Shame is it clear to everyone what the Democratic Party has deteriorated to? Can you even identify with the remark by Carol Fowler, South Carolina DNC Chairperson? I can not even remotely identify with that disgusting personal attack on anyone for any reason. The comments by Carol Fowler are not simply an insult to Sarah Palin but to every single man and woman. How dare she! I am so disgusted I am speechless.
Do you want to voice you opinion to Carol Fowler?
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Reportedly speaking to a foreign relations group in Denver on August 26th former President Bill Clinton privileged us with an analogy of candidate X and candidate Y.
"Suppose for example you are a voter and you have candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don't think that person can deliver on anything. Candidate Y disagrees with you on half of the issues but you believe that on the other half the candidate will be able to deliver.
For whom will you vote?
This is the kind of question I predict, and this has nothing to do with whats going on now."
The above is a direct quote from his speech given on August 26th 2008, once again by former President Bill Clinton. I think he speaks words of wisdom that many should put contemplation into.
]]>Barack Obama delivers an eloquent inspirational speech. He is an outstanding orator. His stump speeches are full of the utopia we all want, Fair Taxes, Health Care for Everyone, Equal Pay for Equal Work, Responsible Renewable Energy Independence and lets not forget Education for Everyone. Barack Obama's Obamatopia sounds like a wonderful place. Doesn't it? It also sounds quite similar to Herbert Hoover’s “A chicken in every pot” speech. Is there something we are missing? It sounds too good to be true.
Lets look at some of these issues and some of these promises and see what we find.
Obama's version of Fair Taxes:
This is commonly referred to by some as redistribution of wealth. "redistribution of wealth" is a phrase that is supposed to give you a Robin Hood hero warm fuzzy feeling. The truth is far from that. It is true the wealthy have too many tax loop holes. Do loop holes exist in Barack Obama's tax plan for the wealthier taxpayer? Of course, you are already living in Utopia if you think there are not new tax loop holes written into Obama's plan. Hidden in the phrase 'redistribution of wealth' is more ugliness. Where in that phrase do you find initiative? Where is reward for hard work? Where is innovation? You will not find reward, initiative or innovation in ’redistribution of wealth’ nor will you find heart, soul, drive or ambition. Redistribution of Wealth quashes the heart and soul and puts roadblocks in front of drive and ambition, and steals all rewards and it has another names. Those names are socialism, Marxism and in its extreme form Communism.
Obama's version of Health Care for Everyone:
This is a botulism infested plan being served up to the American people under the guise of helping everyone achieve insured status. Ah, but here again we must look underneath the eloquent phraseology. Is this a business friendly plan a tax payer friendly plan? NO, it is neither nor is it a good plan and I firmly believe every American has the constitutional right to quality health care. Barack Obama's plan calls for an end to the subsidies for supplemental Medicare. Proof Part 1 Part 2
Let me give you some EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNTS FROM A LIVING BREATHING GENUINE SENIOR CITIZEN. Medicare 97.00 per month, Medicare Supplement $180.00 per month Supplement Drug Coverage 94.00 per month. Total Insurance Bill Monthly $371.00. For a bit of background, a senior citizen must have supplemental policies because Medicare actually pays very little but it is basically required, for example the deductible is between 600.00-1000.00, there are an enormous amount of things Medicare does not cover on top of that. One hospitalization, one surgery, one doctors visit could run into the hundreds and/or thousands of dollars, so the supplemental insurance is a must. I happen to know the dollar amount quoted above is not the cheapest nor is it by far the most expensive it is pretty middle of the road senior citizen Part B supplemental insurance.
952.00 Social Security Per Month
380.00 Pension Payment Per Month
1332.00 Total Monthly Income
-959.00 Rent Elderly Apartment Includes Medically required minimal addition care (One of the least expensive places in the state. State average is 1800.00-2000.00 per month)
-60.00 Electric
-15.00 Gas
-30.00 Phone
-371.00 Insurance
-112.00 Medicine & Specialty Products (Medical)
-350.00 Food
-565.00 Balance at end of bills NEGATIVE
How is she surviving with a 565.00 per month negative? Her son his pushing is financial limits. His family does without. He has no ability to fund his retirement. He pays her remaining bills and provides a bit extra here and there. His and his family’s sacrifices save the taxpayers approx 4000.00 per month since they are doing all they can to keep her out of a nursing home. In a nursing home she becomes the ward of the government. A nursing home is not where this senior citizen belongs. I know this family and many others like them.
Now that is not all there is to Barack Obama's health care plan that we should take more time to examine. Cost. Is this business friendly? A good universal health care plan MUST be business friendly. Buy a clue here people. Business is not our enemy. Businesses employ people they create jobs, they are that dream someone was willing to sink every penny into and every moment of every day of their time and energy to build. American business is the very foundation of our security.
What we build what we create what we buy is who and what we are. In short any universal health care plan has to be American business friendly and this one is far from it. I know in Barack Obama's speeches it sounds like no one will have to pay anything for health care insurance, at least not anymore than what they are paying now. Well, that is simply a financial impossibility.
By the way, middle America needs to look closer at all the utopian "tax credits" many of these equalizing plans within Barack Obama's health care plans are "tax credits". In short that means you pay now we will owe you a year later, maybe. It also means your income tax forms will grow exponentially.
Equal Pay for Equal Work:
According to studies women earn approx. 70 cents on the dollar. That is horrible. It is unfair and it is quite simply wrong. This is not, in my opinion, an issue that requires legislation. Rather I feel that time is something that has been the friend of women since the women’s struggle began. Time breaks down barriers, time proves many wrong, time teaches truths. Women did not always earn 70 cents on the dollar, that figure has risen over time and it will continue to do so. Possibly many American women do want socialized pay schedules through out the country, but personally I prefer my acceptance to come from a genuine acceptance of me rather than a legislated required acceptance. Make sure you read the final paragraph.
Responsible Renewable Energy:
I do no think anyone is approaching this issue correctly, so lets look at Barack Obama's ideas. The impression you get from his stump speeches is he intends to pour money into renewable energy, consider offshore drilling and table nuclear power. Well, I am 100% in favor of tabling nuclear energy, so I have no issue with that. If he intends to pour money into renewable energy companies where is this money going to come from? We already owe China our very soil? Oh wait, he is going to take away tax credits from the oil companies, sorry almost forgot. Umm, has anyone noticed oil companies do NOT go without profit? Who is going to make this money up in their budgets? I will tell you who, YOU at the pump. Its absolutely asinine to assume the oil companies are simply going to absorb this money. They will not, nor would any other company. They will pass it on to you and me the consumer. You must want our gas to reach 6.00 per gallon or more because to buy into this short sighted over inflated plan will result in something like that. Now lets look at the off shore drilling issue. I am not really sure where to go with this one. In the beginning Barack Obama was opposed to more drilling now he is willing to consider it so who knows where he actually stands on off shore drilling or where he will stand in 3 months time. What can I say, I still do not think anyone has provided the American people with a truly visionary plan that would benefit everyone immediately, the consumer, big oil, little business owners, energy companies, home heating oil customers. I know that plan does exist, I have listened to it and researched it and its the most incredible visionary solution I have ever had the pleasure to learn about. Unfortunately it was not written or conceived of by a politician it was conceived of by a regular everyday person.
Education:
My personal stand on this issue is every child must have free access to some higher education, MUST. This is imperative for the future of our country as well as the future of our children. Barack Obama agrees with me on this, to a point. He wraps his education plan up into, once again, "tax credits" remember that means you pay now and we owe you later, maybe. That is not all there is though, hidden within his education plan, if I understand it correctly, there is a civil service clause. I am not opposed to someone providing of civil service in exchange for an education but there are quite a few questions left open on this civil service clause. Too many questions. Not to mention massive options for fraud and abuse.
Here is a Barack Obama quote about Education "So when I'm president, I will set a goal for all American middle and high school students to perform 50 hours of community service a year, and for all college students to perform 100 hours of service a year."—12/5/07, Mt. Vernon, Iowa
So it seems in short Barack Obama's plans leave us with 10 times the IRS forms to fill out, a lot less money in our pockets, health care and education and possibly energy taken over by the government, senior citizens screwed as well as their families. As for his Pro Choice stand and his Pro Equal Pay for Equal Work stand, I personally do not think he respects any woman other than Michelle Obama. I think he looks down on every other woman.
I predict women on the whole are in for pandering in Olympic proportions from the Junior Senator from Illinois Barack Obama. Consider this question, Are women working for Barack Obama's campaign paid the same as the men working for his campaign? No they are not, so much for equal work equal pay.
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Like the juicy little tidbit about Bernadine Dohrn working for the same law firm that Michelle and Barack Obama were working for, all at the same time. Sidley Austin Law Firm. You all know who Bernardine Dohrn is right? She is the wife of the ever so lovely Mr. William Ayers. She is the supposed ringleader of the Weather Underground. That wonderful group of misdirected youths that planned to BOMB a dance for OUR SOLDIERS at Ft. Dix New Jersey. Now just in case my verbiage was too flowery for you, here it is a bit simpler. THEY TRIED TO MASS MURDER UNITED STATES SOLDIERS.
Soldiers like your husband or your brother or your son or your daughter or your neighbor down the street or that nice young person from church, who's memorial service you attended.
Oh yes, I almost forgot, it was their misdirected youth, thats all. However there are video recordings of Bernadine Dohrn and William Ayers telling Connie Chung, fairly recently, they did not go far enough and they wish they had been more militant and there are more lovely pro-American comments by this lovely couple all over main stream media.
I think the speech writers were correct to leave this part out, but there was so much that got left out. The writers of that verbal river of sludge wrapped in a beautiful bow that the DNC desperately attempted to sell should be honored. They spun everything beautifully.
The goal was to make everyone feel un American if you do not support Barack Obama. If you question Barack or Michelle Obama you are supposed to feel simply horrible about yourself. You are supposed to ask yourself how you could have ever thought ill of her? How could you have ever questioned her? Why she is just like you after all...etc.
America seems to have ingrained the ability to be sold anything, even if it is against their own interest. Take a couple of lines from Michelle's speech, a couple of much overlooked lines.
"to find the strength within ourselves to strive for the world as it should be"
"that we committed ourselves, we committed ourselves to building the world as it should be."
Michelle, I am not about "building the world" we need help here at home. America needs a whole lot more than hope right now. American needs someone that is going to put America 1st for a change INSTEAD of the world. When we had a thriving economy, when we had a strong dollar, we did not ignore the world but America came 1st. I am not sure when the shift actually occurred but there has been a shift. A shift called globalism.
I am a democrat but may I remind you this nation elected and the re-elected G.W.Bush one of the most unaccomplished politicians in the history of this country (when he was elected). Do we seek to one up ourselves in 2008? Inexperience and arrogance got us into the mess we are in now, do want just want to elect more inexperience and arrogance, although these days its called audacity?
You know those late night infomercials "YOU TOO CAN BE A BIZILLIONAIR JUST BUY THIS KIT" Well tonight you were privy to view many hours of a sales infomercial. All hype no substance. Is that all we expect from our party?
Monday night the DNC Convention was all spin with very little truth and it was such a beautifully spun spiders web at that. Who will get caught in the media/convention spiders web of spin?
]]>On Monday August 10, 2008 a man was found dead in a luxury hotel suite, in Denver Colorado, along side his dead body was approx 1 pound of sodium cyanide. That is a summary of multiple news articles. Now lets piece a few facts together and see what questions the truth leaves us with.
Saleman Abdirahman Dirie. A 29 year old Canadian resident who immigrated to Canada from Somalia when he was 17 years old. His religious affiliation was Muslim. He had been a university student in Canada until approximately 3 years ago. When according to his sister he quit school because of his diabetes. He subsequently had no income for approx 3 years.
Yet, without any visible means of support Saleman Abdirahman Dirie informs his family he is going on vacation. Is he going on vacation to a neighboring town to do some inexpensive camping? No he is going to do some international travel. How does Saleman Abdirahman Dirie travel considering he has no visible means of support? Why he rents a car in Ottawa, Canada and drives to Montreal, Canada. Where he then gets on a bus to Denver Colorado, United States of America.
Still with no visible means of support, he checks into a luxury suite at a luxury hotel that just happens to be approx 2 miles for the location of an impending huge national event. This hotel rooms rate is between $200.00-$300.00 per night. Many many important, or self important, people will be attending many different gatherings at this impending huge national event, in Denver Colorado. This event is the Democratic National Convention.
Here are a few questions at this point.
1. What did this man with no visible means of support use to rent a car in Ottawa Canada. Every time I have rented a car the require a credit card, and a valid drivers license.
2. What did this man with no visible means of support use to reserve this luxury hotel suite? Every time I have rented a hotel room, much less a suite, they require a credit card, (At least 99% do)
3. Why did this man with no visible means of support miraculously have the funds for an international trip? We have no answer to this question.
Now our little story gets even more interesting. Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, has crossed the Canadian/American border and is snug as a bug in a rug in a luxury hotel suite in a prestigious hotel in Denver Colorado, despite no visible means of support. Within days he is found dead in his hotel suite with "nearly a pound" and/or "almost a half a kilogram" of sodium cyanide along side his body.
On Aug. 14, 2008
"We have no idea the mode of what he did with the cyanide or if he (ingested) it intentionally or not," Denver Chief Deputy Coroner Michelle Weiss-Samaras said today. For example, she dismissed media reports that Dirie "drank"the cyanide."
An off the cuff response to a reporter possibly; however that leaves only two methods of ingestion. Transdermal or Inhalation. If those are our two options, transdermal contamination would not be as rapid a method of death as inhalation. His death would have had to have been more rapid to account for the earlier statement that the container of sodium cyanide had been found next to the body, indicating it was probably dropped.
*Cyanide could be fatal if it is inhaled, ingested or touched. It prevents the body from processing oxygen, so it can quickly damage the heart, brain and other organs. It can also be used as a chemical weapon and was used as a genocidal agent by the Nazis in World War II, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Cyanide has a long history of use as a murder weapon, terrorist weapon and weapon of war, as well as an agent of suicide and attempted genocide," According to CanWest News Service
In a 2006 article published in the Journal of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, Dr. Mark Keim, of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned that "the characteristics of cyanide are those of the ideal terrorist weapon."
Effects of Inhalation Exposure to Sodium Cyanide
Transient increase in rate and depth of breathing -- 15 seconds; Convulsions -- 30 seconds; Cessation of respiration -- 2-4 minutes; Cessation of heartbeat -- 4-8 minutes
What conclusions did our FBI, Denver Police and the Country Coroner come to?
While authorities haven't ruled on whether the death was an accident or suicide, Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said: "We still don't suspect foul play."
"We don't see anything to make us believe that there's any terrorist involvement," he said.
The above statement from the Rocky Mountain News is mimicked nationally in several single paragraph blips about the incident.
So what are we left with? We are left with a lot of questions many many questions with some disturbing potential answers.
We must assume the money for the trip came from somewhere, according to Omar Jamalof the Somali Justice Advocacy Center "He had no money. Whoever gave him the money for that hotel may have also given him the cyanide. We need to find that person,"
Lets look at another scenario, one augmented with the expertise of someone with some international security experience.
The Story of The Babysitter:
A Muslim man is contacted in Canada. An agreement is reached in which he will travel, expenses paid, to Denver Colorado where he will pick up a package. He will stay in a luxury hotel until it is time to hand this package off to someone else. My personal guess is the man was not told what was in the package.
Standard procedure would be when the man was given the package he would have been given a pre-paid cell phone like a GO-PHONE to check in with his handlers on a regular basis. "The Babysitter" checks into the prearranged luxury hotel and immediantly calls his 'handler' to acknowledge he has checked into the hotel.
'The Babysitter' in our little story was dead, according to the Denver County Coroner, for approximately 6 days prior to the discovery of his body on Aug. 10th, yet we do not know the date he checked into the hotel. So we count back 6 days and start on Aug. 4th which in and of itself discounts virtually everything the coroner said because it is reported he left Ottawa on Aug. 7th, just 3 days prior to his death. We then must assume that the check in date was on or about Aug. 9th.
If 'The Babysitter' became "curious" about what was actually contained in the package, that he was babysitting, opened the package and inhaled a minimal amount of the contents, cyanide. He would have dropped the package on the floor, subsequently spilling a small amount of the cyanide, and died shortly thereafter: sardonically "curiosity killed the cat". Alas, leaving behind a small amount of exposed cyanide on the floor and a partially open container of sodium cyanide.
If this scenario bears any possibility then 'The Babysitter' did not check in with his 'handler'. In the world of such dubious intrigue not checking in with a handler will initiate an immediant face to face meeting.
Did this occur prior to the body being found?
Did this 'handler' retrieve any amount of sodium cyanide?
Just how much sodium cyanide did this man actually have in his possession?
What was this enormous amount of sodium cyanide meant to be used for?
Was/is this the only Denver hotel guest with such an exotic "package"?
Of course we could assume he had a horrible fear of rats in this luxury hotel and he wanted to be well prepared or he was going to start a new life as a gold prospector or maybe he planned on gold plating massive amounts of fake jewelry while vacationing in this luxury hotel. I guess any of these are "plausible", but somehow none of these assumptions ring true.
Are we to believe that the odd amount "nearly a pound" and/or "almost 500 kilograms" was the entirety of the cyanide in his possession? Consider that the amount in question is more than enough sodium cyanide to kill hundreds of people, oh say a ballroom full of people at a special convention event. Yet, we are supposed to believe that this enormous amount of a known killer agent was simply because this man wanted to make sure he died when he committed suicide? A rather more than excessive amount of sodium cyanide for a mere suicide, don’t you think?
As a Clinton supporter I ADAMANTLY suggest Senator Clinton NOT ATTEND ANY FUNCTIONS at the convention. Rather I would suggest she make the address she is going to make and get the hell out of Denver. Just a personal suggestion. As all does not seem right in Denver Colorado.
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Now is this the only odd death that has some connection to the Democratic Convention? Sadly no it is not.
Rosemary Regello of The City Edition tells us the following, I suggest you read the entire article. The Murder of Bill Gwateny
While investigators are still searching for a motive in the murder, the timing is suspicious. Also, the location. The tragedy took place in the heart of Clinton country, where the former President presided as governor for 12 years. (The capitol in Little Rock is two blocks from the crime scene.) On February 5th, his wife won big in the primary – 70 percent to Sen. Barack Obama’s 26 percent. The phenomenal 44-point margin surpassed even her 41-point West Virginia rout on May 5th. In addition to the pledged delegate haul, nearly all the state’s superdelegates endorsed the senator from New York.
One of the organizers of a petition to place Clinton's name in nomination has said that on the day before he was killed, Gwatney agreed to back the effort, the only state delegation head to do so. Other Arkansas delegates had also indicated they were ready to support Clinton. As one of the first states called in a roll-call vote, Arkansas could conceivably start a bandwagon effect with its 47-delegates, a prospect that must certainly have crossed some minds, not only in the Obama campaign but within the Republican Party.
The above is Rosemary's take on the Bill Gwatney murder; however there are other interpretations possible.
Rest in Peace Bill Gwatney, you will be greatly missed.
Surely we are done. Surely we have examined too many unusual deaths/murders that can be associated with the democratic party and/or the democratic convention, all within the same month? No, sadly we are not done.
House ethics Chairwoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) diedWednesday August 20, 2008 after suffering a massive aneurysm while driving her car the day before, according to family and hospital officials. Congresswoman Jones was a woman of strength and principle, she stood as a beacon of what a politician is supposed to be. She served the people, not herself. She served the best interest of her party not herself.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones will be dearly missed, Rest in Peace Congresswoman Jones.
The documents I received stated that Stephanie Tubbs Jones had just left a meeting in which the subject was Electoral Reform, this I have not yet verified. Now ask yourself can an aneurysm be induced? Why yes an aneurysm can be induced.
Read THIS or THIS about a neurosurgeon inducing an aneurysm.
There is no proof in the case of Congresswoman Jones; however with 2 prior more than questionable deaths one must be willing to ask the questions the need to be asked. The questions no one seems to be asking or investigating.
Personally I find it odd that the Chairwoman of the Senate Homeland Security Comm. does not plan on attending the Democratic National Convention, due to a broken ankle. Diane Feinstein do you know something the rest of us do not?
Upon publishing this, I have disposed of the papers that were left for me. My sources know I protect their identity to the best of my ability. I do not know who this information came from nor where it came from. For that matter I do not want to know. Coincendences are strange things but at some point coincidences are no longer a plausible explanation. When do we reach that point?
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Many women democrats, some men as well, have vocally stated they will not vote for Barack Obama should he be chosen/anointed the democratic nominee. Instead they will vote for John McCain the Republican nominee. I am to this day an avid supporter of Hillary Clinton, yes I am a woman, but I am proud to say that had nothing to do with my choice of presidential candidates. It was a nice perk but that is the only import I gave Senator Clinton's gender. Recently many women are undergoing their own personal battle of whom they will vote for should Hillary Clinton not be the nominee. I decided to step back and examine some things, although my personal choice has been clear for sometime now.
I firmly and ardently believe in a separation of church and state. The Republicans, in general, rather espouse church dictating legislation. Most Republicans wear religion on their sleeve like some people wear cuff links or a bracelet. Personally that nauseates me. John McCain has differentiated himself from the Republican base on this subject. He sees his religious beliefs as something personal and not a public forum or what should be the sole guide for public policy. I am eternally grateful to Rev. Jeremiah Wright for making the true racist anti-American theology more public. Racism on any level must never be tolerated in the United States, much less the White House.
We come to the issue of foreign affairs. I think everyone has a different view on this issue, but "carrots and sticks", per Barack Obama, is not hor d' oeuvres I think need to be served to Iran via the President of the United States. I think we need a president that can return our international standing, a standing of strength not a standing of cowardliness, not a nation of giveaways. A nation with a leader that seeks to put America and the American people first.
When it comes to our energy crisis or non energy crisis depending on whom you are speaking to, I believe we need to start at home with alternative energies before drilling more including off shore platforms or building nuclear power plants that create waste for the following generations to be forced to deal with. John McCain and myself as well as many Democratic women do not agree on this issue. It is a very divisive issue with many different views and in the end it should be the people that decide not any president or legislator. We as Americans do know how to vote.
Then we come to the right to freedom of choice. I vocally and firmly believe no legislator has any right to what happens in my or any other woman's uterus. Regardless of what their biblical or theological beliefs state. They have every right to raise their children with their beliefs, no one has the right to force their religious doctrine or beliefs on anyone else. Quashing a woman's right to choice is nothing but blatant religiously motivated legislation. This is a battle women have waged for years and it is a battle we will not abandon. It must be understood, this is one issue it is not THE issue. John McCain and myself as well as the majority of Democratic women do not agree on this issue, but then again it is one issue and it is not THE issue. I do not mean to demean men with the above statement, but please understand. American men enjoy unquestioned autonomy over their bodies, women have fought for this right to choice for years for generations and will continue to fight for our right to choice. American women are fortunate that there are many men who have joined us in this fight, I for one thank you all.
Having pondered these subjects of which I feel very strongly about, as do many other women. Having spent hours talking to women across this great nation of ours the threat to vote for a Republican candidate comes, for women, with a very very high price tag. As women we face new Supreme Court Justices who could be right wing zealots. Lets not kid ourselves here. John McCain named the justices he did not like recently at the Saddleback Forum. Every justice he named are the only justices I think are worth a spit. What could this mean to women?
It means, should John McCain be our next president, our fight will continue, but it was never over and our fight may become more difficult. It means things we have recently taken for granted as moving in the right direction will either stagnate or could move backwards. A vote for John McCain will mean women will have to continue to fight we will have to stay organized and we will have to be much more vocal. Not organized as women's groups but rather as part of a larger picture. Groups that are all inclusive but support the same agenda. It will mean legislatively that our equality and personal rights agenda could be set back 20+ years. All of this considered why are we, women by the hundreds of thousands, willing to cast a ballot for a Republican that does not support our agenda?
The answer is really quite simple, America. We, American women, with all of our hearts minds and bodies believe in America first. We believe in the sacrifices of our husbands, friends, neighbors, companions and children on the field of battle although we may not support or believe in the war itself. We believe and hold dear the many great sacrifices of our fore mothers and fore fathers. We believe in something that is much greater than our individual selves....We believe in our country. The inner strength it takes for a woman to cast a vote that may be against herself and her gender to instead vote for the strength and security and sovereignty of this country is perhaps one of the greatest displays of patriotism I have seen in my lifetime. It is the American Identity of genuine Democratic women.
I do not mean to diminish the patriotism of men in anyway. When you step back men are voting for a president, they lose or gain little or nothing personally other than a president. Women face personal sacrifices, personal challenges, personal intrusions. We face watching the battles we have fought for so many years and gained so much ground potentially wash away with a presidential vote. Yet I have no doubt when the cold winds of November blow Democratic American women will vote against themselves and instead cast their vote FOR America and America's sovereignty.
I predict Barack Obama, should he be the nominee, and the DNC will hear the ROAR of Patriot Democratic women in November. It will be a roar that will echo in their ears as John McCain takes the oath of office. It will be a roar they will never forget and as each of these nominee anointing super delegates comes up for re-election, they too will be deafened by our roar.
I am proud to be a Patriotic Democratic Woman, who can not and will not vote for Barack Obama.
Now let me share something with you from CNN"As a member of an American family who has suffered so greatly at the choices made by the current administration, I desperately would like to know what you as commander in chief would do. ...."
McCain's response left an impression.
"This war was very badly managed for a long time," the senator from Arizona said. But he went on to talk about the "surge," the strategy shift of additional troops in Iraq then in its early phase, saying: "This is long and hard and tough -- but I think we can succeed."
McCain called after the debate, and Flanagan invited him to dinner. She figured nothing would come of it -- but the McCain camp called back and said not only did the senator want to visit, but he also wanted to bring along his son, Jimmy, who was preparing to deploy to Iraq with the Marines.
Flanagan sat the senator next to her mother, who fiercely opposes the war.
"He was respectful and so very kind to her," Flanagan says. "With these two very different people sitting at our table, he maintained his position. I know that politics do not enter his decision-making; he is doing what he believes is right and best for our country."
If elected, John McCain could become the first president since Dwight D. Eisenhower with a child/son actively serving at wartime.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080820/pl_politico/19572
Read the above article and then read the below interpretation. Unfortunately you will want to compare the full sentences in many cases but I was unable to provide you with full text. Barack Obama is the plagiarist not me.
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Quote/Phraseology:
to ensure that her supporters don't engage in embarrassing anti-Obama demonstrations during the floor vote on her nominationReally Says:Oh Dear, they would not go to this "unusual" extreme if they did not have an idea something was coming. ENGAGE!! ENGAGE!!
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Quote/Phraseology:
foster the image of a unified front during a roll-callReally Says:We are going to make this appear "unified" even if we have to work damn hard to do it. But how? We do not want them to take this to a floor fight.
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Quote/Phraseology:
"If people get down there on the floor and want to start blowing kazoos and making a scene we want to make sure we've got people who stand in front of them with Obama signs,"Really Says:We will silence any dissenters at the convention. We are in command. You will do as you are told and follow like good little sheep. TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE FLOOR!
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Quote/Phraseology:
it's also not usual for a losing candidate to get 18 million votes eitherReally Says:Ok its "not usual" for the winner to lose. The DNC and EVERYONE ELSE knows Barack Obama did not win this nomination and can not win the presidency. TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE FLOOR!
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Quote/Phraseology:
Strand emphasized the team would not seek to convince delegates to vote for the former first lady, but would hand out Clinton signs to supporters who requested them.Really Says:HERE IS A BIG ONE! Clinton supporters will be there and they will not be alone. TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE FLOOR!
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Quote/Phraseology:"We have been and are working closely with the Obama campaign to make sure we have an exciting and unified convention," Strand said. "Really Says:We know there will be no unification without an authentic nomination, but we are being forced to play nice. TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE FLOOR!
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This is reportedly a copy of a letter from well known "jounalist" (I am using that word with more than a grain of salt) Brian Williams of NBC to his mother. Take note of his blatant fawning over Barack Obama. Take note of his intentions concerning Barack Obama and his job as a "journalist"
This amazing find is courtesy of grl it is also posted at this link http://preview.tinyurl.com/5kj9l8
This letter PROVES the media has worked very hard to sell Barack Obama to America to further their own agenda. Take special note of the letter head.
General Electric, Inc.
“We Bring Good Things to Life”
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Rockefeller Center
New York, New York 10112
FROM THE DESK OF:
BRIAN WILLIAMS
NBC Universal
NEWS DIVISION INFOTAINMENT DIVISION
NBC Nightly News
MOM,
Just a quick note to tell you that I won’t be able to come to the annual family reunion this year. I’ve gotta go out of the country next week.
Katie, Charlie, and I are all going with Barack to Europe! I really wanted to get to the reunion, but the Obama campaign offered us free drinks and extra bags of peanuts to get us on the flight! Ha, ha!
Heck, I know he’s not even the official nominee yet, let alone the President, but we all thought it would be nice to break new ground and cover the trip. Get sort of a preview of what might go on once he IS President. You know I’m doing all I can to make sure that happens! (SHHH, don’t let THAT get around!) Even though there won’t be any real news being made in terms of foreign policy, it will be fun to see Europe through Barack’s eyes. This will be almost as fun as when I interned and then worked in the White House when Jimmy Carter was there and Billy and Miss Lillian came for visits!
It’s going to be a pretty hectic trip, but don’t worry. I know you think I rely on Ambien too much, but at least you don’t have to worry about me mixing it with booze during the trip since I don’t touch the stuff.
I was thinking, Mom, how Katie and Charlie both have this DEEP BACKGROUND in morning TV, and how Charlie started out as a local anchor and reported for ABC. But I’ve always been a SERIOUS JOURNALIST. And now we’re all anchors…I’m going to really pull out all the stops to show that I’m A LOT better at reading the news than they are on this trip!! I really think, though, that my former job as a lobbyist for the National Association of Broadcasters gave me leg up before I became a real journalist. It gave me the experience to give a sales job to anyone who’ll listen!
We’ll be taking a lot of pictures and filming a lot of stuff and we’ll all do interviews with Barack and I bet that the Obama campaign will be using some of it to make their own campaign ads for later use…so much better than the usual photo op with lots of people just standing around! I’m sure I’ll be able to help out, since I’ve traveled so much more than he has and can point out what sights look good on camera and what will work well for inspiring backgrounds. And I’m sure we’ll get lots of good video of cheering crowds, which will help his cred here at home! And, it’ll be a “feel good” thing and have the public thinking America is No. 1 and that everybody loves us again, too!
This whole trip should be a blast because Obama is a real cool guy…and his wife won’t be with him! I bet we’ll have even more fun than when I went to Africa with Bono–poverty and disease is such a drag to cover! I bet I’ll have some things to tell that I can use later to write a book. Then I can go on Leno if I hurry up and write it, or Conan or Letterman or Jon Stewart and show off my clever wit! I always like doing that!
And I’m SOOOO glad they stuck Tom Brokaw with Meet the Press! It would have been a pain to have to work on Sundays, too, after a full week of reading the teleprompter. And I’m glad he isn’t going on this trip! He’s just so OLD. I’m glad he’s staying home!! Especially since he criticized our coverage of the primaries when we all wanted Clinton to quit the race.
You know, McCain has traveled overseas lately a few times, but we haven’t gone along. He’s like Brokaw–OLD and without that “charisma” thing. (Chuck Hagel is pretty old, too, but if Obama likes him…well, then, that’s OK.)
(Hey, Mom, you know I don’t think YOU’RE old!)
Well, Mom, I have to get home so I can start packing. Give my regards to the rest of the family and tell Uncle Stan to watch it with the keilbasie. You don’t want to have a repeat of what happened last year…
Brian
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I looked up some of his references in his note to find out what he was talking about and came up with some places that gave me more information on Brian Williams and:
National Association of Broadcasters
lifestring@aol.com to rrl3333
Your disdain for Senator (soon to be President) Obama is obviously fueled by his color/race. You have no African American friends. In fact, you hate, with the deepest reserves of your soul, black people. Were Hillary an African American your vitriol would be following her. As long as it's black you're not having it. Sad. Sorry soul. I wish you the peace you've never had... The joy of doing good in the world instead of the ugliness your heart and soul display. Ask your friends to send you letters (anonymously) telling you how you might improve as a human being. I guarantee you will be shocked. They are afraid to tell you the truth to your face.
Sincerely,
R Bell
<aldred.ricketts@gmail.com>
Your anti - OBAMA illogical rants betray the deep seated racist mindset that is your guiding light. You and Joe LIEberman are unpatriotic Israel first Zionists. Your agendas are so transparent. The fools and their money did not win the day.
Danielle Kleinman <d_klein3@yahoo.com> wrote:
OMG! You're 61, that explains EVERYTHING! Your generation is EXTREMELY racist so now I understand why you are so supportive of Hillary.....
SLIVY@aol.com to rrl3333
Dear Ms. Lieberman,
You are an idiot. Hillary will not get elected in this election and probably not in this lifetime. No offense to Hillary. John McCain won't remember he is President if he is elected, and the country will land in the toilet. Wonderful Jewish legacy.
Just goes to show that money does not lead to intelligence or good judgment. Please resign from the Democratic Party and work for whomever you please.
Allan Brauer <allanbrauer@sbcglobal.net>
Hillary called. She said to let you know that you are embarrassing her in front of her country, and asked if you would be so kind as to stop bothering all the superdelegates. They have complained that they are frightened by your unhinged and insane rantings.
I know how hard it has been for you to fail to get what you wanted for the first time in your long and privileged life, but you need to let go of your dream because it's dead. Robin Bryant to me You are a disgusting democrat. You might as well label yourself repug...you have to make us women look bad by acting like a fool scorn. Get over it or if you can't shut up..
Jerry Udo <jerryudo@yahoo.com>
after reading about your hatred and jeleousy of a black man being the future president of america,i made a donation to his campaign. the more I read of your evil, the more our support of Obama gets stronger. You are truely racist and evil. I hope God judges you the way you have judged Obama.
shitball <shitball@comcast.net> Your behavior is frightening, and shameful.
dthom403@hotmail.com
What you are doing to Senator Barack Obama is beyond disgraceful.... Stop the selfishness. Be Mature and stop whining. You can't have your way this time. Daddy's money will not save your whining ass. Grow the hell up.
hope3333@bellsouth.net to rrl3333
...you are a very unhappy lady. And, I shall pray for you.
alba j to rrl3333 alba1234@gmail.com Go fuck yourself..
I am so ashamed that I live in the same country as someone who is as selfish as you. Your idiocy has clearly blinded your judgment. I wonder how in the hell you even became a Hillraiser. Why does Hillary even put up with people like you? In any case, Barack Obama's going to win the presidency and you and your ilk can go back to pouting, living in your parallel universes.
CoriGirl1966@aol.com to rrl3333
Have you paid Hillary's debt off yet?
Obama "08 racist scummmmm
Jhon Benjamin to rrl3333 bjhon73@hotmail.com
Are you crazy? You show your true face. i understand your fruatration but you will never sleep in the licoln bedroom,ever again. Are you crying. You are a sick human being. Do not ever send me your email junk. You are just nasty. F* You
greenbug2@comcast.net to rrl3333
Ricki, I could write and tell you alot of things. All unflattering. About how you need to see a therapist and get on medication.I could suggest a long vacation to a rest home. I could call you names and tell you alot of other things. Instead I will say this...This is not pleasing your hero. You are probably causing her alot of alarm and maybe checking into adding onto her secret service detail. You really need to get a grip... Maybe run some bake sale or something to raise money to help pay off Hillary's debts. Do something positive and constructive. That would do more to help Hillary and show your support rather then dwelling on the lose, letting yourself fall into a life of negativity and bitterness. And it will hurt other women candidates in the future as people, especially democrats, will see women as setting off too much controversy and disturbing reactions that people won't support them at all. You are becoming a joke and no one wants to be known that way.
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SHAME on you. Your site is disgraceful, hurtful and totally ridiculous. You are truly an idiot. Get a life, bitch.
MDemayo@chpnet.org
Get over it. You're disgusting.
bholley@musiciansfriend.com
Dear Ricki,
I could put a lot of words together on how hateful Democrats like you should just vote McCain and stop trying to tear down Barack Obama.
But I think I could do it a lot easier with two — Fuck You.
Best, A Democrat Sickened by Blowjob Bill, Hillary Cliton and You!
Except from Huffington Post
"We can't afford to be divided by race. We can't afford to be divided by region or by class and we can't afford to be divided by gender, which by the way, that means, Bernie, you've got to clean up your act next time," Obama said. "This is a family affair. By the way, I'm just messing with you, man."
This is called hypocritical. This is an example of two-faced behavior, but it does not stop there.
The incident drew response from Obama's campaign, which criticized Mac for his choice of material.
1 FACE------We can't afford to be divided by race.
2 FACE------By the way, I'm just messing with you, man.
3 FACE-----Obama's campaign, which criticized Mac for his choice of material.
I wonder how many faces and lies Barack Obama and his campaign have for America? I suppose it depends on who he is standing in front of wanting either their vote or their money. That is called two-faced hypocritical pandering and Barack Obama is turning it into an art form.
]]>1. Believe us! Its all about the party....unity unity unity....... Kumbaya
2. Believe us! She will be more powerful if she is not the president.
3. Believe us! She will have more influence if she is not the president.
4. WOMEN Believe us! There is always the next generation. There is always the next time, but not now.
5. Believe us! Hillary Clinton, as a single Senator, can control Barack Obama as the plain old president.
6. Believe us! We know Bill, Hillary & Chelsea are great, really we do.
7. Believe us! Barack Obama has all the power the Clinton's have none.
8. Believe us! See how important Barack Obama is we are doing a BIG SPECIAL on him.
What is the message they did not spell out? What is the message you were not supposed to understand too readily?
1. We are making noise! They would not have gone to these extremes had the noise not become virtually deafening (aka un-electable)
2. We have ALL the power! Both republicans and democrats NEED our votes, neither side wants us, but both NEED us. Make sure you never confuse need and want in politics.
3. They are SCARED! Bet your bottom dollar they are scared. CNN's 'Clinton's Never Quit' was a lovely video 'Gee We Miss You' card from the DNC and the liberal left. The same organization that silences the truths, denies or steals your vote, quashes your voice and negates you until they realized, oops they really do need you.
Stab me in the back once. Shame on you. Stab me in the back twice. Shame on me. I should have known it was coming. If you buy into the coming Obama media parade, don't come crying when you find out you bought a box full of fecal matter (sh*t).
4. We must not STOP. Instead we MUST FIGHT HARDER, LOUDER, STRONGER, MORE CREATIVELY for our winning nominee. Every one of us would be a fool not to acknowledge that we may or may not win by Denver. Yet, to abandon our fight, to abandon this historic qualified, experienced candidate is tantamount to cowardice on the battle field.
Politics is a battlefield, we are an army. We may get wounded but we must not stop. We will all have a choice to make Aug. 28 2008. To either support Hillary Clinton as the nominee, to support John McCain as the republican nominee, to support Ralph Nader as a candidate, to support Bob Barras a candidate, to support Cynthia McKinneyas a candidate, or to support anyone else who might be running, i.e. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Ozzy Osborn, obama. Its not August 28th yet.
Right now we, Hillary Clinton Supporters, have to finish the fight we are in before we begin the next one.
Are you, an American voter being conned AGAIN? Have you just watched a well rehearsed political rouse played out before your very eyes? Judge for yourself.
On July 9, 2008 The New York Post reports the following
WASHINGTON - In a vulgar tirade caught on tape by Fox News, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said he wanted to "cut his [Barack Obama's] nuts out" and he accused the fellow Chicagoan of "talking down to black folks" by giving moral lectures to African-Americans, source said Jackson's shocking quotes were picked up by a hot mic before an interview on health care in Fox's Chicago studio last Sunday
Click Here to view the above article
Quickly Jesse Jackson issues an apology rapidly followed by Barack Obama's campaign accepting said apology.
Now its important you understand, that Jesse Jackson's SUPPOSEDLY "accidental hot mic" moment is expected to help Barack Obama in the polls among moderate voters. Putting it simply, Jesse Jackson's 'nasty attack' on Barack Obama makes him look less radical to some voters.
But did Jesse Jackson really make these comments accidentally? Ummmm has Rev. Jackson never addressed sociological issues to the black community? Oh wait a minute! I remember a few years ago Bill Cosby was both attacked as well as congratulated for some very direct statements he delivered in Chicago to a room full of activist and again in Washington. These comments were widely reported. Here are some examples
"Stop beating up your women because you can't find a job."
"Let me tell you something, your dirty laundry gets out of school at 2:30 every day, it's cursing and calling each other n------ as they're walking up and down the street,"
"I can't even talk the way these people talk, 'Why you ain't,' 'Where you is' ... and I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk," Cosby told the dignitaries at the Washington ceremony, including NAACP President Kweisi Mfume. "And then I heard the father talk ... Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth."
Click Here to read above comments
Now, you MUST assume that the right Rev. Jesse Jackson MUST have screamed to cut off Bill Cosby's testicles, aka nuts. I mean what other assumption can you make? Well lets see what the right Rev. Jackson himself said.
"Bill is saying let's fight the right fight, let's level the playing field," Jackson said. "Drunk people can't do that. Illiterate people can't do that."
Click Here for another example of Rev. Jesse Jackson defending these comments by Bill Cosby
The above statements were in DEFENSE of Bill Cosby and his comments, yet suddenly such mild comments by Barack Obama, who is not doing so well in the polls, incites Rev. Jesse Jackson to desire to remove some of his anatomical parts.
I AM NOT BUYING THIS APPARENT CON JOB.
Put two and two together,
Rev. Jackson makes a nasty statement in reference to Barack Obama.
This statement politically helps Barack Obama.
Rev. Jackson apologizes and Barack Obama accepts it.
Barack Obama looks less of a radical and further buries Barack Obama's radical beliefs. (Remember Rev. Wright and 20 years of African Liberation Theology?)
Barack Obama gets a jump in the polls and everybody is happy. This is equivalent to a standing ovation at a play.
I think we have just witnessed another political con job, most probably orchestrated by Axelrod.
Shame on the lot of them.
[Obama] raised $95 million in February and March alone, most of it, as his aides noted Thursday, in small contributions raised on the Internet. More than 90 percent of the campaign’s contributions were for $100 or less, said Robert Gibbs, the communications director to Mr. Obama.
Asked in a questionnaire whether he would take part if his opponents did the same, Mr. Obama wrote yes. But he added, “If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election (Question: So why did Obama do a flip-flop and opt out? This is "Change" "we" can count on? The bigger question is: Who's the "we"?)
Mr. McCain seized on Mr. Obama’s decision to question his trustworthiness. “Senator Obama’s reversal on public financing is one of a number of reversals that he has taken,” Mr. McCain said in Columbus Junction, Iowa, where he had been touring the floods. “I’m especially disturbed by this decision of Senator Obama’s because he signed his name on a piece of paper, signed his name.” “This election is about a lot of things but it’s also about trust,” he said. “It’s also about whether you can take people’s word.”
The above statements by Obama and his campaign staff add evidence that there is indeed a lot of under-the-legal-radar money being given to a major presidential candidate.
Obama and his supporters will more than likely put forth the assertion that his campaign is being financed by "regular, everyday folks" and make accusations that anyone questioning all of this under-the-legal-radar money is somehow casting disparaging remarks against good, hard, working people. Such methods of attempting to "change the subject," "divert the focus" are very old criminal and ole' boy tactics use by some of history's most infamous and have absolutely no business being used in a presidential campaign.
Shouldn't all of us be extremely uncomfortable not knowing where 50% of a major presidential candidate's campaign finance money is coming from especially in light of the under-handed and unethical way this primary has played out. This person is asking to be the president of the US. We have a right and a duty to know who's backing him....
There should be an investigation to ensure that there are no foreign ties, no illegal campaign bundling by organizations or people, and no one giving more than $200 in small contributions wherein her/his name and employer has not been recorded. Contact the US Dept. of Treasury, the Federal Elections Commission, and Homeland Security and ask that this be investigated.
**Collusion or Coincidence How an Obama supporter is preventing FEC (Federal Election Commission Investigations)
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FEC Presidential Campaign Finance Contributions to All Candidates by State: http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSe
Contributions to Barack Obama by State through 5/31/08: http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSe
Percent Comparison to All Candidates
Percent Comparison of Candidate's Campaign
Contributions to John McCain by State through 5/31/08: http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSe
Percent Comparison to All Candidates
Percent Comparison of Candidate's Campaign
Contributions to Hillary Clinton by State through 5/31/08:
http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSe
Percent Comparison to All Candidates
Percent Comparison of Candidate's Campaign
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Individual
$874,080,605
Individual
$286,372,937
0.03
1.00
Individual
$104,611,550
0.12
0.99
Individual
$204,625,284
0.23
0.94
4
PAC
$4,659,615
PAC
($650)
-0.00
-0.00
PAC
$1,102,114
0.24
0.01
PAC
$1,276,129
0.27
0.01
5
Party
($15,998)
Party
$0
0.00
0.00
Party
$3,950
-0.25
0.00
Party
$2,000
-0.13
0.00
6
Candidate
$59,038,908
Candidate
$0
0.00
0.00
Candidate
$0
0.00
0.00
Candidate
$12,175,000
0.21
0.06
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Total
$937,763,130