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19 Ambassador Nominees Bundled $4.8 Million for President's Campaign, Inauguration
June 19, 2009 10:49 AM
If all goes according to plan, Colorado businessman Vinai Thummalapally will soon be moving to a Central American tourist paradise to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belize.
Thummalapally was President Obama's roommate at Occidental College in 1979. As Barbara and Vinai Thummalapally described it to the Colorado Springs Gazette, they "used to party with (the president) in college. He was the guy who'd drink a few beers, maybe take a toke, stay up until 4 a.m. then excuse himself to crank out an 'A' paper due that morning. ... He was Barry, the mellow guy in the leather jacket, dragging on a cigarette."
Of course, friendship only goes so far in the world of ambassadorships. It's Thummalapally's fundraising for -- not partying with -- President Obama that is more characteristic of his fellow ambassador nominees. The Coloradan bundled between $100,000 and $200,000 for the Obama campaign and has personally contributed $13,375 to Mr. Obama's various campaigns since 1999. And according to Federal Election Commission records, Thummalapally's "not employed/student" children Vishal and Sharanya donated $2,300 and $2,275 to the president.
The information comes from the Center for Responsive Politics, which in a recent study concluded that the president's new nominees for ambassadorships to Belize, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Romania and Switzerland "brought in at least $1.1 million for Obama's presidential bid as bundlers, and at least another half-a-million as bundlers for his inauguration. To date, this brings the contribution histories of Obama's ambassador nominees to roughly $1.8 million in donations since 1989. The 19 ambassadors that CRP has found in our campaign contribution database, along with their spouses and children, have given more than $98,200 to Obama personally, bundled at least $3.4 million for his 2008 presidential run and bundled another $1.4 million for his inauguration.
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deuce wrote: You're right. They weren't listening because they only tuned into the "hope" and "change you can believe in" mantras and the delivery of the messages. It's like enjoying a song's melody without listening to the lyrics.
Or like reading bumper sticker slogans. YES WE CAN, YES WE CAN...bankrupt our Country, just watch me. YES WE CAN, YES WE CAN, become a Socialist dictator Nation...just watch me. 
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You're right. They weren't listening because they only tuned into the "hope" and "change you can believe in" mantras and the delivery of the messages. It's like enjoying a song's melody without listening to the lyrics.
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deuce wrote: Obama: More benefits for gay workers only one step
President Barack Obama signaled to gay-rights activists Wednesday that he's listening to their desire for greater equality in "a more perfect union." But he didn't give them even close to everything they want, bringing to the surface an anger that's been growing against the president.
They aren't the only group Obama has angered. How about Barney and friends? You just can't be all things to all people. You'd think he would understand that by now.
I think people are overlooking a very pertinent fact in this issue. When BHO was Barry Sotero growing up and living in Muslim Country Indonesia, with his Muslim step father, Muslims do not recognize gays and say they don't have any in their culture. In fact, if anyone is caught don't they get stoned (rocks)?? The Black culture resents the gay culture in trying to use their "civil rights" mantra. The Blacks see their plight completely different from their own. Barack Hussein Obama was quite clear about the fact that he "believes marriage to be between a man and a woman" while he was campaigning so what's their beef? He's been fairly upfront with them. What happened to the "don't ask don't tell" change, did that happen? He did promise them that one I think. Not sure, he's made so many unkept promises it's hard to keep them all straight, but I don't really understand their anger about BHO as though suddenly he CHANGED.
In fact, I don't get anyone who is complaining now that voted for him about what he's doing, he told us, people just didn't listen.
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This is a great example of how mesmerized the libs are with our "Dear Leader" which is incredibly frightening. Kind of like how young girls hung photos of Hitler in their bedrooms. When you become so ga ga over our President that you can't see what he's doing to your Country until it's too late, that's a problem. How does spending us into oblivion make us a "prosperous" country? It's insane. I saw this in yesterday's Independent in the Opinion section, anonymous (I would be embarassed to put my name on it too)...
OBAMANATION
GREAT PRESIDENT: I completely support OBama and all he is doing to turn us into a prospering nation. I am tired of those griping against him. It's Obama's nation, he needs our support.
So, basically this person believes Barack Hussein Obama owns us and can do as he wishes "it's Obama's Nation" and nobody should dissent?? I think that is called communism and is beyond disturbing to actually think our adults believe like this. I understand the kids in Universities who are being fed this mush and are into the celebrity worship thing but I am astounded that any clear thinking adult would say something like his and actually believe it.
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Obama: More benefits for gay workers only one step
President Barack Obama signaled to gay-rights activists Wednesday that he's listening to their desire for greater equality in "a more perfect union." But he didn't give them even close to everything they want, bringing to the surface an anger that's been growing against the president.
They aren't the only group Obama has angered. How about Barney and friends? You just can't be all things to all people. You'd think he would understand that by now.
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cindisue_g wrote: How is it that President Obama can break the law by firing Gerald Walpin, AmeriCorps Inspector General (he was called and said the President no longer needed his services and given one hour to either leave or be fired) for the investigation and uncovering alleged miss use of funds by President Obama’s friend and major contribution campaigner, Kevin Johnson Mayor of Sacramento.
What President Obama did is wrong two fold:
1. President Obama broke the law. AmeriCorps is a U.S. federal government program that was created under President Bill Clinton by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 and by law the President must give Inspector General Walpin 30 days notice and it has to go up in front of the congress.
2. President Obama is showing favoritism for one if his friends, Kevin Johnson and interferring with an investigation. An investigation if proved to be correct, would mean that the city would not be able to receive any stimulus funds...which is a whole lot of money.
I guess when you feel your are the supreme leader, the law doesn't mean a darn thing to you.
AmeriCorp....a paid volunteer agency. Huh?? a.k.a. a "Federally funded COMMUNITY ORGANIZER agency" to be used by liberals for whatever they wish.
Kevin Johnson who is now the Mayor of Sacramento, is a former MBA star and a very good friend of Barack Hussein Obama's. BHO himself voted to strengthen the "General Inspectors" clout by giving them more insulation from the President. He himself helped with getting the legislation passed citing better transparency. The rules he voted for among many was the President must give a 30 day notification upon termination and a reason why.
BHO broke his own rules. He had his people call Mr Walpin and said the President feels it's time for you to move on, so you have one hour to resign or you will be fired. He did not resign so he was fired and very openly says it's because he was investigating BHO's good friend for misuse of public funds to the tune of $800,000 taxpayers money and misusing Americorp volunteers (the agency Teddy requested BILLIONS of dollars more to fund and got 5.8 BILLION to pump it up. Basketball guy was using these folks as his personal flunkies even having them wash his car for him). Mr Walpin got fired for doing nothing more than doing his job.
Transparency?? No. Our "Dear Leader" throwing his weight around, oh yeah. Can you just hear that phone call....hey man, can you call off the dogs, this guy wants me to pay back $800,000 and I don't have it. BHO, let me make a phone call. End of story. Who are these people, the mafia?? This is corruption at its finest wouldn't you say?? What's going to happen to Barry's good basketball buddy now? Nothing. He isn't going to have to pay back any of it and he's still the Mayor handling Billions of taxpayers money. Is he going to get the simulus money, of course. Did you ever doubt that??
Another case of IT REALLY PAYS TO BE A FRIEND OF Barack Hussein Obama's.
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After reading this, I have to wonder. When is President Obama going to create a regulatory agency to protect us against from government fraud, greed and stupidity.
WASHINGTON – Setting up a certain fight with big business, President Barack Obama is about to recommend creation of a regulatory agency to protect consumers in their credit, savings and other banking transactions. The new agency and a newly empowered Federal Reserve will be two of the central elements of a broad overhaul of the financial regulatory system that the president will announce on Wednesday, officials said.
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How is it that President Obama can break the law by firing Gerald Walpin, AmeriCorps Inspector General (he was called and said the President no longer needed his services and given one hour to either leave or be fired) for the investigation and uncovering alleged miss use of funds by President Obama’s friend and major contribution campaigner, Kevin Johnson Mayor of Sacramento.
What President Obama did is wrong two fold:
1. President Obama broke the law. AmeriCorps is a U.S. federal government program that was created under President Bill Clinton by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 and by law the President must give Inspector General Walpin 30 days notice and it has to go up in front of the congress.
2. President Obama is showing favoritism for one if his friends, Kevin Johnson and interferring with an investigation. An investigation if proved to be correct, would mean that the city would not be able to receive any stimulus funds...which is a whole lot of money.
I guess when you feel your are the supreme leader, the law doesn't mean a darn thing to you.
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Wow, I bet the Barry bootlickers went nuts when they read that one....BHO and GWB in the same sentence.....OUCH!!!!
Naw...Let me give it a shot, Rants...President Obama, thus far, has been as an effective President as bush was, in his entire term, an ineffective and incompetent President.
There, bigbooty, that wasn't very difficult..Wink, wink.
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my mistake, it was "new rules", not his opening monolog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWulnfog20c
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Mamazoyd wrote: Well raz, oh excuse me, Raz, that was addressed to YOU and anyone else who may have accidentally considered Mahrer to be a relevant serious news guy. The guy is funny most times unless I've lost my sense of humor which really isn't very often. Life can be cruel, laughter can help. I mean, there are times we could actually consider the guy a serious presenter. A little of this and a little of that. Last I knew anyhow, he claimed to be an Independent. Yeah, most of his stuff slammed Bush, Cheney, and Palin, but he did like Ron Paul and at one time considered him to be the best person running on the Republican ticket (hey, where's Patrick?)
Anyhow, what is with your winky wink crap? I've always wanted to ask you that. I'm noooooo different than any other moderate except the moderates who may try to give the impression they're conservative. I see no sense in that however. I am what I am and proud of it.
LOL Here is a call to reality mama. Bill Maher wrote an OP ED piece for the L.A. Times published Friday June 12th. This wasn't his usual so-called comedy show crap but you're wrong on that notion too, it is amazing how many people that do believe him to be a real news guy along with Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart and SNL. That is partly what is to blame with our youth vote (let me qualify that...kids and some posters on here) because this is where they get their information from, that and late night TV like the jerk Letterman types.
Maher is simply expressing his opinion to which he has a right to do only everyone is shocked because he dare say something negative about the annointed one. That's why it's news. He is out and out saying "This isn't the guy I elected" referring to Barack Hussein Obama. This is another quote from Mr Maher...
"Obama needs to start putting it on the line in fights against the banks, the energy companies and the health care industry. I never thought I'd say this, but he needs to be MORE LIKE GEORGE W. BUSH"....
Wow, I bet the Barry bootlickers went nuts when they read that one....BHO and GWB in the same sentence.....OUCH!!!!
He can claim to be whatever he wants like most on here, but the facts speak for themselves. Maher is an example of the edges of Barry's popularity starting to fray because they all thought he would be the guy they campaigned for and he's not. Anyone surprised??? BHO wouldn't know how to speak the truth if somebody spelled it for him. Barack Hussein Obama told the far left and you whatever you wanted to hear and you all still have those little luvbugs of denial in your ears because now he's telling you something else and you still aren't hearing it.
The only difference here is Bill Maher took the luvbugs out. Although he was quick to say "he still likes the guy" so he doesn't lose his audience. There, how's that for a dose of reality mama?
PS -- mama, the winky, wink thing I do.....that's my humor...see I do have a sense of humor and here you all thought I didn't....(winky, wink)
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Well raz, oh excuse me, Raz, that was addressed to YOU and anyone else who may have accidentally considered Mahrer to be a relevant serious news guy. The guy is funny most times unless I've lost my sense of humor which really isn't very often. Life can be cruel, laughter can help. I mean, there are times we could actually consider the guy a serious presenter. A little of this and a little of that. Last I knew anyhow, he claimed to be an Independent. Yeah, most of his stuff slammed Bush, Cheney, and Palin, but he did like Ron Paul and at one time considered him to be the best person running on the Republican ticket (hey, where's Patrick?)
Anyhow, what is with your winky wink crap? I've always wanted to ask you that. I'm noooooo different than any other moderate except the moderates who may try to give the impression they're conservative. I see no sense in that however. I am what I am and proud of it.
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Mamazoyd wrote: azsu wrote: it wasn't an article, it was his opening monolog, I repeat, his opening monolog. and since I don't read the l a times, I had no way of knowing there were 2 pieces in it. now, knowing your point of view, I thought it was funny that you were quoting bill maher. and if you weren't so he--bent being antagonistic to anyone that mentions your name, you would have taken it in that vein. sorry if I offended your sensibilities, but if you had a sense of humor, I wouldn't have to be explaining
Yes, yes, yes, I saw his program too and remember this. Do people (RAZ?) realize Mahrer is a COMEDIAN? Even he doesn't always think the stuff he's presenting is funny nor does he always agree with it. You know, kind of like "don't shoot the messenger"; in fact, I seem to remember him saying that on more than one occasion.
Are you addressing this to me mama? Why so shy? Just come out and ask me if I realize it. I think Bill Marher is about as funny as Rosie O'Donnell or a root canal. That is the kind of "comedian" I believe him to be, right up there with Letterman the outrageous leftie political activist. Just another bitter, aging, irrelevant entertainer who hides behind the title that allows them to spew their radical leftwing hatred. Yeah, I know it. But I will tell you this, he's never uttered a word about politics or religion that he hasn't been as serious as a heart attack about so nice try at excusing him and sticking up for your luvbug you loyal little "moderate" republican you. (winky, wink)...
There are many on the far, far left that are just as disenchanted as he is and there will be more who will start sending out warning shots, most people on the far left have few loyalities except to themselves and those who can do something for them so beware of what cave you enter mama, they may not like you as much as you seem to luv them.
This is the George Soros group and when Georgie Boy ain't happy, nobody is happy cause he holds all the cash and he is running the troops. Why do you think Nancy is in there going down for the count on the releasing the photos?? YUP, George Soros. Do you really think she cares one whit about whether they are released or not, she could be bothered less, her life is all about Nancy, not the troublesome wars and troops. But George Soros is after one thing and one thing only, the humiliation and destruction of President George W Bush, he was unable to take him down while he was in office, he was unable to prevent his election not once but twice and he isn't ready to give up the fight yet. All he has to do is wave the checkbook and all the rats on the ship start scurring to get him his cheese.
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azsu wrote: it wasn't an article, it was his opening monolog, I repeat, his opening monolog. and since I don't read the l a times, I had no way of knowing there were 2 pieces in it. now, knowing your point of view, I thought it was funny that you were quoting bill maher. and if you weren't so he--bent being antagonistic to anyone that mentions your name, you would have taken it in that vein. sorry if I offended your sensibilities, but if you had a sense of humor, I wouldn't have to be explaining
Yes, yes, yes, I saw his program too and remember this. Do people (RAZ?) realize Mahrer is a COMEDIAN? Even he doesn't always think the stuff he's presenting is funny nor does he always agree with it. You know, kind of like "don't shoot the messenger"; in fact, I seem to remember him saying that on more than one occasion.
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azsu wrote: it wasn't an article, it was his opening monolog, I repeat, his opening monolog. and since I don't read the l a times, I had no way of knowing there were 2 pieces in it. now, knowing your point of view, I thought it was funny that you were quoting bill maher. and if you weren't so he--bent being antagonistic to anyone that mentions your name, you would have taken it in that vein. sorry if I offended your sensibilities, but if you had a sense of humor, I wouldn't have to be explaining
LOL ~ It's always someone else's fault isn't it dear?
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| it wasn't an article, it was his opening monolog, I repeat, his opening monolog. and since I don't read the l a times, I had no way of knowing there were 2 pieces in it. now, knowing your point of view, I thought it was funny that you were quoting bill maher. and if you weren't so he--bent being antagonistic to anyone that mentions your name, you would have taken it in that vein. sorry if I offended your sensibilities, but if you had a sense of humor, I wouldn't have to be explaining
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uhh huh I did look at the title, that is why I posted it, and it says very clearly by Dave Pierre....so what's your point or do you have one? I don't play those games, plagerize or change the content. I don't have to, we have Joe Biden working for us and now even the libs who are sick of listening to the Messiah and the crazy Venezuela Dictator Hugo Chavez saying BHO is further to the left than he and Castro brothers, the dynamic duo dictators. That was an accusation on your part, you flew off with the criticism before reading. Just wanted to be "PERFECTLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT" and speaking of that....
If BHO says "LET ME BE CLEAR" one more time I'm turning the TV off. He is as clear as a pile of warm doggie mess on just about everything he says "LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR" about and it's JUST WORDS with this guy anyway.
So yes, you should keep up if you are going to throw rocks on here.
I would still like to know why posting that article was "over the top"....no explanation??
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| you want me to pay attention....please try to keep up....and do pay attention to the bold print that you cut and pasted
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azsu wrote: raz; you repeating what bill maher said is over the top, but its not an article by bill maher From Maher's article: it is an op-ed piece written by dave pierre and as far as I can remember, pretty much word for word from friday nights show....so good old dave must have played the show over and over until he got the text right....but if you were going to print that much of it, you should have printed all of it
Why is that over the top??? Didn't he say it or something?? Are you kidding?? I didn't pretend it was an article by Bill Maher, if you will look again, it says by Dave Pierre, right in front of your face. Pay attention azsu before you start attacking people on here.
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| got it...thank you...it was dave, not raz, who only printed the parts he liked...maher's was his opening monolog and they copied that
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Here they are in there entirety . . . .
Maher:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-maher12-2009jun12,0,7966784.story
Pierre:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/dave-pierre/2009/06/13/even
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| raz; you repeating what bill maher said is over the top, but its not an article by bill maher From Maher's article: it is an op-ed piece written by dave pierre and as far as I can remember, pretty much word for word from friday nights show....so good old dave must have played the show over and over until he got the text right....but if you were going to print that much of it, you should have printed all of it
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Even Bill Maher Knows Obama is 'Overexposed,' Too Much of a Celebrity
By Dave Pierre
June 13, 2009 - 13:24 ET
"Remember during the campaign when John McCain attacked [Barack] Obama for acting like a celebrity and we all laughed at the grumpy old shellshocked fool? Well, it turns out he was right ... It's getting to where you can't turn on your TV without seeing Obama."
That's not a Republican talking. It's Obama supporter Bill Maher in an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, "Enough With the Obamathon." Maher - like most clear-thinking individuals - has pretty much seen enough of the never-ending adulation and exposure being heaped on President Obama. (I must admit: I never thought I'd use the words "clear-thinking" and "Maher" in the same sentence. But Maher's op-ed proves the old adage that even a broken clock is right twice a day.)
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President Obama should just join the cast of "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" It's not that farfetched; he's been on everything else.
I'm still a fan, but there's a fine line between being transparent and being overexposed. Every time you turn on the TV, there's Obama. He's getting a puppy! He's eating a cheeseburger with Joe Biden! He's taking the wife to Broadway and Paris -- this is the best season of "The Bachelor" yet!
I get it: You love being on TV. I love my bong, but I take it out of my mouth every once in a while. The other day, I caught myself saying to a friend, "Don't tell me if he's fixed the economy yet, I'm Tivo-ing it."
Also:
I mean, selling the personal part to stay popular, I'm all for it, but you got us already. We like you, we really like you! You're skinny and in a hurry and in love with a nice lady. But so's Lindsay Lohan. And like Lohan, we see your name in the paper a lot, but we're kind of wondering when you're actually going to do something.
Near the end of the article, Maher can't resist the proverbial cheap shots at President George W. Bush. But, for the most part, Maher's overall "Obamathon" premise is correct: Obama is too much "celebrity" and not enough "President."
I'm glad that Obama is president, but the "Audacity of Hope" part is over. Right now, I'm hoping for a little more audacity.
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I don' think it's a matter of hearing her but, rather, an expression of agony.
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| Fannie: don't yell- we can hear you. Last edited on Sun Jun 14th, 2009 12:28 am by Schoolmarm
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| Well, here's ol Razenkn bawling his eyes out again! Poor thing just sits by the computer day and night and sobs because McCain didn't win the election. The world is going to hell now according to Razenkn. Last edited on Sun Jun 14th, 2009 12:05 am by
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Rasmussen exerpt....do you think Barack Hussein Obama is listening to us?? Nah....
With signs that the economy is starting to come back and reports that only $36 billion of the $787-billion economic stimulus plan had been spent by the end of May, 45% of Americans think the rest of the new government spending authorized in the stimulus plan should now be canceled.
President Obama at the beginning of the week announced a speeding-up of the spending of stimulus funds, saying it will help “create or save” 600,000 jobs, but 48% of Americans do not believe new stimulus spending will create more jobs.
Also, with the government now letting 10 major banks repay their bailout funds already, Americans are much less inclined to have the government intruding in the business boardroom. Sixty-one percent (61%) say the government should not regulate executive pay and bonuses for companies once they’ve repaid their bailout monies. This marks a reversal of opinion from two months ago, even as the Obama administration proposes a wide-ranging plan for government regulation of executive compensation.
Forty-one percent (41%) of Americans expect the quality of cars made by General Motors cars to get worse now that the federal government is the majority owner of the bankrupt automaker. Even GM fans expect the worst: Only 42% of those who currently own a GM car are likely to buy a GM product for their next car.
Just 33% of Americans think it is even somewhat likely that the federal government will ever get back the $50 billion in bailout funds it has advanced to GM to keep the company in business. Most voters, too, expect GM to be back asking for more government money.
No price tag has emerged yet for the government-led shake-up of the nation’s health care system, although it’s expected to be a big one. More details are expected next week. Most Americans believe they and their fellow citizens should have access to quality health care, but they overwhelmingly oppose such a proposal if it includes coverage for illegal immigrants.
However, most voters do not believe that buying health insurance should be mandatory for all Americans.
With all the new government spending authorized and proposed so far this year, 36% of voters now expect their taxes to go up under the new president, a record high level hit just once before in the nearly five months Obama has been in office.
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Barack Hussein Obama's primary influences have been Rev Jeremiah Wright and the United Trinity Black Liberation Theology Church he attended for 20 years and ACORN, the corrupt "Community Organizer" agency. Why does that matter? You have to question what amount of influence the two of them have had in BHO's life and how it impacts his decision making today as President.
ACORN mission (same mission as when BHO worked with and for them)...
"We come before our Nation, not to petition with hat in hand, but to raise up as one people and DEMAND....We will no longer wait for the crumbs at American's door....We will continue our fight until the American Way is just ONE WAY, until we have shared the WEALTH".
Acorn Manifesto...http://www.Acorn.org
Barack Husssin Obama's Church for 20 years doctrine among many disturbing things demanded they PLEDGE LOYALTY to AFRICA. Not the United States....but AFRICA. They consider themselves to be AFRICANS, not AMERICANS. The NEW BLACK PANTHERS that BHO's Attorney General just dismissed charges of Voter Intimidation during the election also refer to themselves as AFRICANS, not AMERICANS. Is that why they don't get prosecuted?? Is that the "Empathy" SOCIAL JUSTICE Barack Hussein Obama is always talking about?? Let the bad guys go??? Is this the "Real BHO"?
How about the fact that his Pastor for 20 years who he admitted was like an uncle to him, who married him and Michelle, who baptized their two children recently made a statement about BHO being a politician and "THEM JEWS" won't let him speak to him. Really?? What does that say about his teachings for the past 20 years??? THEM JEWS. Think that was the first time he's ever referred to Jewish folks that way?
How much has the radical left influenced our Government and this President? He has worked with ACORN for years and their subsidieries to "Spread the Wealth". He promised them if he was elected they would play a strong role in his administration. Guess he's keeping his word since he's already setting them up to help with the Census. The problem They are under Federal Investigation in 14 states for corruption and BHO makes the decision to have them "help" with perhaps the most non-political aspect of our government which is the Census a corrupt decision on the part of BHO.
The census is supposed to be a NON PARTISAN count so does anyone really believe ACORN will be NON PARTISAN?? They admit they have never supported a republican so how is that non-partisan? Anyway, since they receive Federal monies, shouldn't non-partisan be a requirement to receive the funding? Guess BHO doesn't care as long as he can use them as his private army. They hire ex cons who are on the "furlough program" for identity theft and other crimes.
It was ACORN and SEIU (Service employees union started by ACORN) that sent out the militant groups to the AIG homes scaring the begeezus out of the kids, they pay these folks to march to turn public opinion against their targets. Always makes the news and great photo ops. Is that what we should be spending our Federal taxpayer money on? Is that even legal?? Are they mafia or what?
All of this is with Barack Hussein Obama's blessings. He sees nothing wrong with Rev Wright, the Black Liberation Theology or even ACORN. They have all been in his life for the past 20 years and have been a huge influence on him along with his other radical friends. Anti American and Racist Louis Farrakhan, Billy Ayers the homegrown Terrorist and his wife Bernadene the Bomber, convicted Felon Tony Rezko.(all neighbors)..along with the Chicago political thugs who boosted him up the ladder of state politics. His cabinet picks, all straight from the same cesspool of thuggery and corruption.
WHO IS THE REAL OBAMA??? It's anybody's guess but if I had to make an educated guess, I would say he's not who he pretends to be. That would be an understatement.
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Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead: Kevin Hassett
Commentary by Kevin Hassett
June 8 (Bloomberg) -- I’ve finally figured out the Obama economic strategy. President Barack Obama and his team have been having so much fun wielding dictatorial power while rescuing “failed” firms, that they have developed a scheme to gain the same power over every business. The plan is to enact policies that are so anticompetitive that every firm needs a bailout.
Once that happens, their new pay czar Kenneth Feinberg can set the wage for everybody and Rahm Emanuel can stack the boards of all of our companies with his political cronies.
I know, it sounds like an exaggeration. But look at it this way. If there were a power ranking of U.S. companies, like the ones compiled by football writers for National Football League teams, Microsoft would surely be first or second to Google. But last week, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer came to Washington to announce what Microsoft would do if Obama’s multinational tax policy is enacted.
“It makes U.S. jobs more expensive,” Ballmer said, “We’re better off taking lots of people and moving them out of the U.S.” If Microsoft, perhaps our most competitive company, has to abandon the U.S. in order to continue to thrive, who exactly is going to stay?
At issue is Obama’s policy to end the deferral of multinational taxation.
The U.S. now has about the highest combined corporate tax rate, second only to Japan among industrialized countries. That rate is so high that U.S. firms have an enormous disadvantage versus competitors. The average corporate tax rate for the major developed countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2008 was about 27 percent, more than 10 percentage points lower than the U.S. rate.
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Do you think Barack Hussein Obama has a hearing issue??? Even with those ears he still chooses not to hear what people in this Country think? He's still pandering to his left wingnuts, George Soros a.k.a. MoveOn.org. His money trail and the owner of the Democratic party by it's own admission. So screw American's, he will just do what these guys tell him to do and try to make it out to be a high road self righteous deed. Two-thirds of American's are saying he's wrong and three quarters say don't bring them here. Hello BHO, anybody home? No, guess not, he's too busy doing a popularity apology tour on the taxpayer dime. But WE need to sacrifice so he can continue his irrational and irresponsible spending.
Americans Oppose Closing Gitmo and Moving Prisoners to U.S.
June 3, 2009
Two-thirds of Americans (65%) oppose closing the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba and moving some of its prisoners to U.S. prisons, and 74% oppose moving the prisoners to their own states. The public is far from convinced that Guantanamo has weakened U.S. national security -- just 18% say this.
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http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx
Check out the polls on this link!
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Ms. Boots wrote: deuce wrote: The Democrats won the election yet they can't stop blaming Bush for everything.
Someone suggested in a earlier post that the Republicans should get on to the "real issues".
What are the real issues from the Democrat's point of view? Once they identify them, we can dispense with the blame Bush thing and have some meaningful dialogue.
SURE!
We don't have "real issues" with the job that the President is doing...only with those who try to manufacturer "real issues" when they don't exist.
Sotomayor?
Obama's GM disaster?
universal health care?
Obama's Afgan War Strategy?
The escalating federal deficit?
entitlement program funding (social security, medicare) ?
resurrecting CETA?
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Michelle Obama Tells Us She Identifies with Sotomayor's Rage
June 4, 2009
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Michelle Obama has weighed in on Sonia Sotomayor. This is yesterday in Washington. At the Mathematics Science Technology High School, First Lady Michelle Obama gave the commencement address, this a part of what she said.
MICHELLE: I read the story of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. She went to Princeton, and in the story she said that when she arrived at Princeton as a freshman -- and this was nine years before I would even think about going -- she said when she stepped on that campus, she said -- and this is a quote -- she said she "felt like a visitor landing in an alien country." Despite all her success at Princeton and then she went on to Yale Law School where she was at the top of her class in both schools, and despite all of her professional accomplishments, Judge Sotomayor says she still looks over her shoulder and wonders if she measures up. And when I read her story, I understood exactly how she feels.
RUSH: This is the first lady of the United States of America who admits that Sotomayor is still carrying around a chip on her shoulder, she still feels inferior because the evils of this culture and what it did to her -- letting her into Princeton, finishing the top of the class -- she got a ship on her shoulder, she still feels inferior, still has a guilt complex, and so does Michelle Obama. The first lady of the United States, I understand how mad she is, I understand the chip on her shoulder, I understand her story. I play this sound bite to illustrate to you, in their own words, my theory that the people running this country -- Obama, his wife, Sotomayor -- they're mad. They're angry. They're not cool and calm and collected. I think it was the Hannity interview yesterday that I point this out that will be in the second installment tonight at nine on the Fox News Channel. They're angry. They're not cool, calm, and collected and there's a lingering anger that they still feel the need for retribution. They gotta show somebody how mad they are, still gotta teach somebody a lesson, they gotta get even.
Victor Davis Hanson writing about this, National Review Online, The Corner today: "Michelle Obama is now weighing in on the Sotomayor nomination, and I think it will prove a serious political mistake, since she is reverting back to her 'me too' campaign mode, in that she emphasizes both race and the anonymous 'they' who are not nice or not sufficiently accommodating to the Other. So Michelle Obama describes the fear that Sotomayor felt at Princeton -- and its lasting effects to this day." I've been fired seven times. I've been told I can't tell you how many times, "Forget it, if you go through the rest of your life trying to show those people that they were wrong, you're never going to be happy because they're never going to admit it and you'll never know how they really feel." And that advice was some of the best advice I ever got. Don't use as your motivation the "I'll show them," in a personal sense, because it poisons you, it distracts you from the real reason you're trying to succeed. Well, somebody needs to give this advice to Sonia Sotomayor and Michelle Obama. Get over it. You've overcome it.
You are the first lady of the United States of America. But if you want to run around and still act like you are the victim of a great injustice, because you grew up in America, a country you did say as recently as a year-and-a-half ago that you were never proud of, until a year-and-a-half ago, it really is time to get over it, because this kind of attitude results in the formulation of policy. This kind of attitude results in speeches that you make. This kind of attitude causes you to apologize for your country all over the world. This kind of attitude makes it possible for you to never be happy no matter what you achieve. (interruption) What makes me think they want to be happy? What makes me think they want to be happy is, okay, I want to be happy and I assume that most people aspire to be happy. I stand corrected. I realize that the left in this country is oriented toward being miserable. Misery is their happiness. Rage and anger is their happiness. It is what animates them. I can't relate to it. I understand it, but I cannot relate to it.
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deuce wrote: The Democrats won the election yet they can't stop blaming Bush for everything.
Someone suggested in a earlier post that the Republicans should get on to the "real issues".
What are the real issues from the Democrat's point of view? Once they identify them, we can dispense with the blame Bush thing and have some meaningful dialogue.
SURE!
We don't have "real issues" with the job that the President is doing...only with those who try to manufacturer "real issues" when they don't exist.
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The Democrats won the election yet they can't stop blaming Bush for everything.
Someone suggested in a earlier post that the Republicans should get on to the "real issues".
What are the real issues from the Democrat's point of view? Once they identify them, we can dispense with the blame Bush thing and have some meaningful dialogue.
SURE!
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MrsF wrote: Maybe when he said it is the largest, he was talking about landmass? Just a thought. Either way, it seems like he really pushed himself away from Muslims at the outset and now he is starting to nuzzle up to them a little. Maybe if he is elected to a second term he will fully admit it, once he is a lame duck president? Until then he is walking a delicate line, telling people in the U.S. that he is absolutely not a Muslim while at the same time telling those in the Muslim community "not that there's anything wrong with it" Yeah, it's really in a delicate position, isn't he?
Yet since the media is in the tank for him, there will be no investigation and if there is it will be poo-pooed away. We still don't know about his birth certificate, his college records, or really ANYTHING about him. Look at the letter in the other thread.
If there was even a thread of credibility to those allegations, don't you think the far right press would have substantiated them? Just because Fox/Beck/Rush keep rasuggesting elephants have stripes doesn't mean they do, in fact, have stripes. Why do you keep bring up the supermarket tabloid stories about the President? He won. You lost. Move on to real issues. If you have no real issues about him, there is a restaurant thread here somewhere you and others can find something to show outrage about. So--are you still coping OK with your loss--eating and sleeping all right?
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