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Obama heads for the high grass.
By JOH...Acorn Who? <br />Obama heads for the high grass.<br />By JOHN FUND - WSJ<br /><br />Mr. Obama took great pains to act as if he barely knew about Acorn. In fact, his association goes back almost 20 years. In 1991, he took time off from his law firm to run a voter-registration drive for Project Vote, an Acorn partner that was soon fully absorbed under the Acorn umbrella. The drive registered 135,000 voters and was considered a major factor in the upset victory of Democrat Carol Moseley Braun over incumbent Democratic Senator Alan Dixon in the 1992 Democratic Senate primary.<br />====<br />This is a good article. Obama has lied about nearly everything he promised during the election campaign, why would anyone believe him now? Saying he barely knew anything about ACORN is a whopper. Pinocchio’s nose is growing and growing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-84194181306333526472009-09-22T07:46:45.165-07:002009-09-22T07:46:45.165-07:00Jimmah Carter even makes the liberals wince. He ha...Jimmah Carter even makes the liberals wince. He has become a person to pity. An old political joke is to try and find one person to admit they voted for Carter. Every time he opens his mouth, he loses more credibility, as if he had any yet to lose. He has sealed the fact that he is the worst president of all time to yet another generation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-9467876629805541662009-09-22T07:38:24.105-07:002009-09-22T07:38:24.105-07:00Too many colleges have become cesspools of Marxism...Too many colleges have become cesspools of Marxism, and it is time for another taxpayers revolt.<br />--<br />Why Is U. Pittsburgh Giving Big Bucks to a Group Intent on Disrupting the G-20 Summit?<br /><br />It’s unconscionable that a university-certified organization, which received thousands of dollars in funding last year, would promote and endorse such plans.<br /><br />Students for Justice in Palestine endorsed a proclamation issued by the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project calling on people to “take to the streets of Pittsburgh to disrupt the summit” and on students to “disrupt schools” in protest against the G-20’s policies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-73233581671400972252009-09-22T07:08:03.445-07:002009-09-22T07:08:03.445-07:00Presidency in Flames- Play Race Card!
NetRight Na...Presidency in Flames- Play Race Card!<br /><br />NetRight Nation- William Warren <br /><br />(This cartoon is too true to be all that humorous.)<br />www.netrightnation.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-18888882610282850082009-09-22T05:35:48.557-07:002009-09-22T05:35:48.557-07:00Look who’s behind the “Big Insurance” protests (Mi...Look who’s behind the “Big Insurance” protests (Michelle Malkin)<br /><br />Tomorrow in Minnesota, Obama-bots will gather for a “Big Insurance: We’re Sick of It” demonstration against UnitedHealthcare. Who’s behind it? <br /><br />The announcement is here. It’s a Who’s Who of left-wing Astroturfers:<br /><br />MoveOn? Check.<br />HCAN? Check.<br />SEIU? Check.<br />AFL-CIO? Check.<br />Van Jones’s Color of Change? Checkity-check-check.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-15535565111087946702009-09-22T05:13:58.604-07:002009-09-22T05:13:58.604-07:00Why Did A Capitalist Like Soros Bankroll A Communi...Why Did A Capitalist Like Soros Bankroll A Communist Like Van Jones? (WorldTribune.com)<br /><br />When the list of donors to the Van Jones “Green for All” organization is examined, one name stands out — the Open Society Institute of billionaire George Soros. <br /><br />The Green for All 2008 annual report is also notable for the pictures of the powerful people who associated with Jones, a known communist. <br /><br />They include House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Al Gore. <br /><br />While the Open Society Institute was supporting Green for All in 2008, when Jones was running it, the Soros-funded organization was also financially underwriting the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights when Jones was in charge of that group. <br /><br />The Open Society Institute gave the Ella Baker Center $151,800 in 2006 and $140,000 in 2007. <br /><br />Jones ran this group during the years 1996-2007. He then emerged as a senior fellow at the Soros-funded Center for American Progress. <br /><br />Other funders of the Green for All group included Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection, the Rockefeller family, Men’s Warehouse, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the New World Foundation, the Schwab Charitable Fund, the Streisand Foundation, the Service Employees International Union, and the Tides Center and Foundation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-62488515685911646112009-09-22T05:12:48.374-07:002009-09-22T05:12:48.374-07:00Obama energy secretary to Americans: Stop acting l...Obama energy secretary to Americans: Stop acting like teenagers! (Washington Examiner)<br /><br />When Secretary of Energy Steven Chu thinks of the American people, he apparently sees a bunch of unruly teenagers who need to be told how to act. <br /><br />Asked at a seminar on reconstructing America's electrical grid about the Obama administration's efforts to persuade people to conserve energy, Chu said “the American public…just like your teenage kids, aren’t acting in a way that they should act. <br /><br />The American public has to really understand in their core how important this issue is,” according to The Wall Street Journal. <br /><br />And, notes the Journal's Ian Talley, the Obama administration is spending big to tell us what we should be doing on the energy issues:Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-46804654502893287402009-09-22T05:09:10.024-07:002009-09-22T05:09:10.024-07:00Jimmy Carter - The Biggest Loser (The Woodward Rep...Jimmy Carter - The Biggest Loser (The Woodward Report)<br /><br />Jimmy Carter: The Biggest Loser <br />The pacifist pansy Jimmy "Peanut" Carter stood by and let 53 Americans be held hostage in Iran for 444 days while he stood by and did nothing. <br /><br />The day after he left office and the day Reagan assumed the White House the hostages were set free. <br /><br />Many refer to him as the worst President of all time. Just when you thought his stock could not sink any lower it hit a new bottom. <br /><br />He recently stated in an interview with NBC's Brian Williams that much of the criticism towards President Barack Obama <br /><br />"is based on the fact that he is a black man" as well as that there is a "belief among many white people not just in south but around the country that African Americans are not qualified to lead this great country." <br /><br />The Associated Press reported this, "Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act 'based on racism' and rooted in fears of a black president."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-37519344605461944652009-09-22T05:08:04.534-07:002009-09-22T05:08:04.534-07:00Carter referred to Obama as 'this black boy...Carter referred to Obama as 'this black boy' (The Washington Times-Water Cooler)<br /><br />Former President Jimmy Carter is throwing his two cents in on Congressman Joe Wilson's (R-S.C.) outburst on the House floor last week. Mr. Carter is calling Mr. Wilson's "you lie" accusation towards President Obama during the President's address to Congress last week an act of racism. <br /><br />While these racism charges are debated, it should be noted that Mr. Carter referred to Mr. Obama as "this black boy" in August of 2008 during the last presidential elections.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-46533691341938633982009-09-22T05:06:51.396-07:002009-09-22T05:06:51.396-07:00Jimmy Carter: Bush may have been behind anti-Chave...Jimmy Carter: Bush may have been behind anti-Chavez coup (Hot Air)<br /><br />Another moment of lunacy from this nation’s biggest Oval Office mistake of the 20th century — which may be akin to saying “water is still wet,” but we should be keeping a tally. <br /><br />While in Columbia, former President Jimmy Carter told an interviewer that the Bush administration “could have been involved” in the 2002 coup attempt against Venezuelan wanna-be dictator Hugo Chavez. <br /><br />“I think there is no doubt that in 2002, the United States had at the very least full knowledge about the coup, and could even have been directly involved,” said the man whose favorite pastime these days is to huddle up with anti-American thugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-2651190929839787252009-09-22T05:04:17.709-07:002009-09-22T05:04:17.709-07:00Kansas Gov. Parkinson (DEMOCRAT)Refuses to Provide...Kansas Gov. Parkinson (DEMOCRAT)Refuses to Provide Financial & Email Records between SEIU Alliance for Worker Freedom <br /><br />The Alliance for Worker Freedom sent out the following press release: <br /><br />Kansas Gov. Parkinson Refuses to Provide Financial & Email Records between SEIU Parkinson’s Departments Use Taxpayer Money to Collect Names for Union <br />Washington, D.C. — <br /><br />Last week, the Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF) called on Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson (D) to release financial documents and correspondence surrounding his Departments using taxpayer money and state resources to collect healthcare provider names and addresses for the Service Employee International Union (SEIU)....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-21878840851955004552009-09-22T05:02:47.379-07:002009-09-22T05:02:47.379-07:00ACORN = Slumlords, Tony Rezko is a slumlord.
Hab...ACORN = Slumlords, Tony Rezko is a slumlord. <br /><br />Habitat Corp (Valerie Jarrett) has owned half of Chicago for decades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-76269247294633818502009-09-22T05:02:00.818-07:002009-09-22T05:02:00.818-07:00'Nut'-house empire (New York Post website)...'Nut'-house empire (New York Post website)<br /><br />ACORN has quietly become one of the Big Apple's biggest owners of low- and moderate-income housing, amassing a real-estate empire worth at least $50 million, The Post has learned. <br /><br />New York ACORN and a tangled web of affiliates own or manage nearly 1,500 housing units across three boroughs and draw in an estimated $5.7 million in rents, fees and profits from sales. <br /><br />The properties are controlled by an opaque collection of nonprofits, holding companies and development funds. <br /><br />Many have generic names, like the 385 Palmetto Street Housing Development Fund or the Mutual Housing Association of New York, leaving no clue of their ties to the national ACORN conglomerate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-91780187626707125122009-09-22T05:01:08.982-07:002009-09-22T05:01:08.982-07:00ACORN story grows in status
(San Antonio Express N...ACORN story grows in status<br />(San Antonio Express News)<br /><br />San Antonio - The Express-News is now fully immersed in the ACORN story, or at least the pimp and prostitute part of it. <br /><br />The story went from a national brief on Sept. 11 to Page 14A last Tuesday, to 7A on Wednesday to 2A Thursday — and would have been on Page 1 had local TV icon Chris Marrou not picked the day before to announce his retirement from KENS-TV. <br /><br />The question is, does it deserve Page 1 status, as scores of you — many proudly identifying yourselves as members of the anti-big government San Antonio Tea Party — have said? <br /><br />I remain skeptical, but pat yourselves on the back, tea-sippers, you got our attention. <br /><br /><br /><br />TRANSLATION OF ARTICLE: We can no longer pretend this story is not news. <br /><br />We curse our readers for being far ahead of us on this. <br /><br />Our keen nose, and professional news gathering talents identify one Rush Limbaugh, of Muleshoe WY, as the instigator of this attempt to embarrass. <br /><br />Also, you are all racists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-50071253283624546212009-09-22T04:59:09.867-07:002009-09-22T04:59:09.867-07:00Redact and withhold-Treasury plays run and hide on...Redact and withhold-Treasury plays run and hide on cap-and-trade (Washington Times)<br /><br />Hiding public information is a game every new administration tries. <br /><br />President Obama's Treasury Department is only the latest to join the fun, this time with a Freedom of Information Act request from the Competitive Enterprise Institute. <br /><br />Even after all the rule-bending, Treasury's sparse response is embarrassing to the administration and its environmental allies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-80684443766952413172009-09-22T04:58:15.911-07:002009-09-22T04:58:15.911-07:00Dear Leader wants the race card all to himself.
...Dear Leader wants the race card all to himself. <br /><br />Bam cuts Gov on the bias - Dave doomed by race rant (nypost.com)<br /><br />ALBANY -- It was all over after Gov. Paterson played the race card. <br /><br />Sources familiar with President Obama's shocking effort to force Paterson out of the 2010 elections told The Post yesterday that the governor's rant last month about racial bias in the media spurred the move. <br /><br />"If there's one thing that sealed the governor's fate, it was the racial comments, which is just what the president doesn't need," said a prominent New York Democrat. <br /><br />"It was a stupid statement. It wasn't true, it damaged the president, and the governor's paying the price for it now." <br /><br />The White House had grown increasingly concerned that Paterson's weakness could hurt the party's majorities in Congress and encourage Republican Rudy Giuliani to pursue the Governor's Office as a platform for a White House run in 2012, sources told The Post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-51754802849202509852009-09-22T04:56:40.777-07:002009-09-22T04:56:40.777-07:00Who's the racist now? (The American Thinker)
...Who's the racist now? (The American Thinker)<br /><br />Govenor David Paterson has soundly rejected President Obama's bewildering attempt to remove him from New York's political scene, stating he fully intends to be remain a candidate for governor of New York against the wishes of our Meddler-in-Chief. <br /><br />So, based on the new paradigm that all those who disagree with Obama are racially motivated, should David Paterson now be considered a racist for going against the president's wishes? <br /><br />Or is Obama the racist for attempting to force a standing African-American Governor to abandon his candidacy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-4020619554209428982009-09-22T04:55:48.428-07:002009-09-22T04:55:48.428-07:00AIG's Payback to Taxpayers in Doubt (abc)
One...AIG's Payback to Taxpayers in Doubt (abc)<br /><br />One year after the biggest corporate bailout in the country's history, a government watchdog office Monday warned that American taxpayers may not recoup the full $182 billion given to embattled insurance giant American International Group. <br /><br />"AIG's ability to restructure its business and repay the government is unclear at this time," the Government Accountability Office said in a new report released Monday. <br /><br />As of the start of September, the company's outstanding balance of taxpayer aid was $120 billion. <br /><br />It was a year ago this month that AIG received the first chunk of a government bailout that has since grown to $182 billion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-57567197007182064932009-09-22T04:54:39.760-07:002009-09-22T04:54:39.760-07:00When Van Jones was driven from his post, his depar...When Van Jones was driven from his post, his departure was celebrated that the devout communist was excised. <br /><br />But Obama is still in the White House, benefiting from the impression that communists are no longer working there. <br /><br />Talk about hiding in plain sight! ...”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-60799541169429914212009-09-22T04:52:01.251-07:002009-09-22T04:52:01.251-07:00Another Big Labor Operative in White House has ACO...Another Big Labor Operative in White House has ACORN Ties<br /><br />BigGovernment.com continues to wake-up America to Obama Administration relationships with ACORN and Big Labor. <br /><br />BigGov’s latest story highlights Presidential Advisor Valerie Jarrett’s crew member Buffy Wicks who is the former political director of forced union dues financed WakeupWalmart.com (Wakeup). <br /><br />In the conference call, Wicks highlighted the important role United We Serve (Serve.gov) has in President Obama’s Organizing America strategy. <br /><br />See Dana Loesch’s article about Serve.gov directing volunteers to ACORN. <br /><br />The Obama campaign boastfully promoted Wick’s moniker, “Buffy the Wal-Mart Slayer” that highlights her community organizing experience with Wakeup’s efforts to increase costs for Wal-Mart and the prices for its customers. <br /><br />However, the Obama White House press release tones down Wicks past position: <br /><br />Buffy Wicks, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. <br /><br />Wicks has a long history in grassroots organizing and civic engagement. Most recently she was the Director of the Renew America Together effort, the call to service issued by then President-elect Obama. <br /><br />She also served on the Obama for America campaign in a variety of roles, including California Field Director and Missouri State Director, and helped develop the national grassroots field strategy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-20878100125806531362009-09-22T04:50:20.314-07:002009-09-22T04:50:20.314-07:00Why everyone is saying no to Obama
(Jerusalem Pos...Why everyone is saying no to Obama <br />(Jerusalem Post)<br /><br />Everybody is saying no to the American president these days. And it's not just that they're saying no, it's also the way they're saying no. <br /><br />The Saudis twice said no to his request for normalization gestures towards Israel (at Barack Obama's meeting with King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia, and in Washington at meetings with Hillary Clinton). <br /><br />Who says no to the American president twice? <br /><br />What must they think of Obama in the desert kingdom? <br /><br />The North Koreans said no to repeated attempts at talks, by test-launching long-range missiles in April; <br /><br />Russia and China keep on saying no to tougher sanctions on Iran; the Iranians keep saying no to offers of talks by saying they're willing to talk about everything except a halt to uranium enrichment; <br /><br />Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is saying no by refusing to meet with Binyamin Netanyahu until Israel freezes all settlement construction; the Israelis said no by refusing to agree to a settlement freeze, or even a settlement moratorium until and unless the Arabs ante up their normalization gestures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-68726721857185927372009-09-22T04:47:43.034-07:002009-09-22T04:47:43.034-07:00Obama's Radical Leftism Is Way Out Of The Clos...Obama's Radical Leftism Is Way Out Of The Closet<br /><br />Wow, the hard left agenda is coming out fast and furious. <br /><br />Flash: Protect Iran and shoot down Israeli planes. <br /><br />Flash: Bail out (liberal) newspapers to combat unbridled dangerous opinions being voiced on the Internet. <br /><br />Flash: Turn newspapers into "educational corporations" and then fund them from the government. <br /><br />Flash: Cut our nuclear arsenal more than any of the plans the Pentagon approved because Obama wants to ELIMINATE our nukes <br /><br />Flash: Generals always want more troops, Obama is "skeptical" of his own general's advice. <br /><br />Flash: Chavez to build nuke capability on our doorstep with Iranian help. <br /><br />Flash: Two trillion in health care cost is not a "tax". <br /><br />I think we haven't even caught our breath enough to start picking up how hard left Obama is turning. <br /><br />He actually argued that after the government has driven down your health care costs and given you all this great stuff, the least we can do in return is be fined if we fail to do our part by buying into the program! <br /><br />Remember the BS about you can keep your plan and your doctor "if you choose to"? <br /><br />Turns out you will keep a plan even if you choose not to and you will pay through the nose for it. <br /><br />Obama's talk of "we've driven down your health care costs" is a fantasy he hasn't done anything yet, and his plan costs over $1 trillion for starters. <br /><br />This guy is deep deep into left wing propoganda and maybe self delusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-69159597814365039932009-09-22T04:45:01.972-07:002009-09-22T04:45:01.972-07:00From HR 3200:
What the bill says, pages 167-168,...From HR 3200: <br /><br />What the bill says, pages 167-168, section 401, TAX ON INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT ACCEPTABLE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE: <br /><br />‘‘(a) TAX IMPOSED.—In the case of any individual who does not meet the requirements of subsection (d) at any time during the taxable year, there is hereby imposed a tax equal to 2.5 percent of the excess of— <br /><br />(1) the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year, over <br /><br />(2) the amount of gross income specified in section 6012(a)(1) with respect to the taxpayer. . . .”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-57220218997672446212009-09-22T04:44:19.556-07:002009-09-22T04:44:19.556-07:00You all are such racists!
The man said it’s not ...You all are such racists! <br /><br />The man said it’s not a tax, and you will believe! <br /><br />Oh, wait, it’s enforced by the IRS is it not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-2620230444237822442009-09-22T04:43:54.618-07:002009-09-22T04:43:54.618-07:00Puhleez, Obama. Even if the word “tax” were not us...Puhleez, Obama. Even if the word “tax” were not used, an unfunded mandate is a tax. Period. <br /><br />This is sort of like the stupid view that “death panels” were not in the bill because those exact words were never used. <br /><br />Duh. I guess Obama has never read Orwell’s 1984, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com