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		<title>By: valerie jean clayton</title>
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		<dc:creator>valerie jean clayton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>what we have is each other GOD has none HE gave his only begotten son JESUS so that we might live and have everlasting life. Change, Hope, and first of all Love should become our first steps to care; to give the very best as ONE.  This is the sole purpose of life.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what we have is each other GOD has none HE gave his only begotten son JESUS so that we might live and have everlasting life. Change, Hope, and first of all Love should become our first steps to care; to give the very best as ONE.  This is the sole purpose of life.</p>
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		<title>By: I am saying no to Obama on Tuesday &#124; Notes from the Trail</title>
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		<dc:creator>I am saying no to Obama on Tuesday &#124; Notes from the Trail</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] appreciated this well-written conclusion to a recent article: Barack Obama’s mixed race background may be the only [italics mine] thing he ever had in his [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Johnny B</title>
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		<dc:creator>Johnny B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Where were you whiney free thinkers when Alan Keyes was winning all the debates but was BLACKED OUT by the media?
Perhaps thinking, literate, older white, voters reject Obama on the basis of his inexperience, his constant deciet, his Marxist ideas, his PLO connections, and his domestic terrorist friends.
The ignorance of you Sheeple amazes ME!
A Canadian Observer</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where were you whiney free thinkers when Alan Keyes was winning all the debates but was BLACKED OUT by the media?<br />
Perhaps thinking, literate, older white, voters reject Obama on the basis of his inexperience, his constant deciet, his Marxist ideas, his PLO connections, and his domestic terrorist friends.<br />
The ignorance of you Sheeple amazes ME!<br />
A Canadian Observer</p>
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		<title>By: Colonel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Colonel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ten reasons to vote for Obama - 

1. You are a Marxist who believes that America should only have two classes. The ruling class and the workers. It doesn’t matter that they are already paying 95% of all taxes collected by the IRS. They need to pay more and just forego creating new jobs. 

2. You don’t care if he is natural born or not, and that he may not even be an American citizen because he refused to take the oath and give up his citizenships to two other countries when he turned 18. 

3. You find that endorsements from the Amercian Socialist and Communist parties as well as endorsements from Hamas, Hezbollah, Kadafi, Chavez and Iran are positive. 

4. You don’t care that his involvement in Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac began in 1995 when he worked for and trained ACORN workers to file law suits against bankers who refused to give mortgage loans to drug addicts, illegals and people who couldn’t afford them. 

5. You don’t think his close relationships to convicted felons, unrepentant terrorists, radical black theologians that hate both America and White people matters. 

6. You think it is perfectly fine, to divert a million dollars of his campaign funds to ACORN so they can register dead people, duplicate people, illegals and college students and encourage them to vote early and vote often. 

7. You want our defense allocations to go to re-education camps which are currently named Camp Obama instead of protecting us from terrorist. Oh I forgot he is friends with all the terrorists. 

8. You feel that the first amendment only applies to people who agree with Obama. All others will have law suits filed against them. 

9. That allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire isn’t a tax increase and giving 95% of Americans a tax cut even though only 47% of Americans pay taxes is possible. 

10. You feel that babies born alive during unsuccessful abortions do not deserve medical attention and should be left to die alone. 

Using Winston Churchill’s words, Obama is a “Riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”. What do you really know about Obama?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ten reasons to vote for Obama &#8211; </p>
<p>1. You are a Marxist who believes that America should only have two classes. The ruling class and the workers. It doesn’t matter that they are already paying 95% of all taxes collected by the IRS. They need to pay more and just forego creating new jobs. </p>
<p>2. You don’t care if he is natural born or not, and that he may not even be an American citizen because he refused to take the oath and give up his citizenships to two other countries when he turned 18. </p>
<p>3. You find that endorsements from the Amercian Socialist and Communist parties as well as endorsements from Hamas, Hezbollah, Kadafi, Chavez and Iran are positive. </p>
<p>4. You don’t care that his involvement in Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac began in 1995 when he worked for and trained ACORN workers to file law suits against bankers who refused to give mortgage loans to drug addicts, illegals and people who couldn’t afford them. </p>
<p>5. You don’t think his close relationships to convicted felons, unrepentant terrorists, radical black theologians that hate both America and White people matters. </p>
<p>6. You think it is perfectly fine, to divert a million dollars of his campaign funds to ACORN so they can register dead people, duplicate people, illegals and college students and encourage them to vote early and vote often. </p>
<p>7. You want our defense allocations to go to re-education camps which are currently named Camp Obama instead of protecting us from terrorist. Oh I forgot he is friends with all the terrorists. </p>
<p>8. You feel that the first amendment only applies to people who agree with Obama. All others will have law suits filed against them. </p>
<p>9. That allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire isn’t a tax increase and giving 95% of Americans a tax cut even though only 47% of Americans pay taxes is possible. </p>
<p>10. You feel that babies born alive during unsuccessful abortions do not deserve medical attention and should be left to die alone. </p>
<p>Using Winston Churchill’s words, Obama is a “Riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”. What do you really know about Obama?</p>
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		<title>By: Colonel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama&#039;s Not Exactlys:


1.) Selma March Got Me Born - NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google &#039;Obama Selma &#039; for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.)


 2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.


3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - NOT EXACTLY, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.


 4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - NOT EXACTLY, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establi sh Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Oba ma, is Odinga&#039;s follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone. Check out the following link for verification of that....and for more.


Obama&#039;s cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia muslim law in place there. When Odinga lost the elections, his followers have burned Christians&#039; homes and then burned men, women and children alive in a Christian church where they took shelter.. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started. Google Obama and Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth.


5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn&#039;t allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.


6.) My Name is African Swahili - NOT EXACTLY, your name is Arabic and &#039;Baraka&#039; (from which Barack came) means &#039;blessed&#039; in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama. 

 Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American President, not the first black President. Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother&#039;s side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro from his father&#039;s side. While Barack Hussein Obama&#039;s father was from Kenya , his father&#039;s family was mainly Arabs... Barack Hussein Obama&#039;s father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father&#039;s birth cert ificate even states he&#039;s Arab, not African Negro). From....and for more....go to.....
 

http://www.arcadeathome.com/newsboy.phtml?Barack_Hussein_Obama_-_Arab-American,_


 7.) I Never Practiced Islam - NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.


 4-3-08 Article &#039;Obama was &#039;quite religious in islam&#039;&#039; http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=60559


8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - NOT EXACTLY, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).


 February 28, 2008. Kristoff from the New York Times : Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it&#039;ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as &#039;one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.&#039; This is just one example of &#039;Obama&#039;s narrative is being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash t roubling facts.&#039;


9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language.


 10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia , I Have More Foreign Experience - NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn&#039;t even speak the language. What did you learn except how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.


 11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - NOT EXACTLY, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.


12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - NOT EXACTLY, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine


13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - NOT EXACTLY, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn&#039;t, and never did, exist.


 14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - NOT EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn&#039;t, and never did, exist.


15.) I Won&#039;t Run On A National Ticket In &#039;08 - NOT EXACTLY, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.


 16.) Voting &#039;Present&#039; is Common In Illinois Senate - NOT EXACTLY, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.


17.) Oops, I Misvoted - NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.


 18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.


19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.


 20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - NOT EXACTLY, you didn&#039;t write it, introduce it, change it or create it.


 21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - NOT EXACTLY, it took just 14 days from start to finish.


 22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - NOT EXACTLY, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.


23.) I Have Released My State Records - NOT EXACTLY, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.


24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - NOT EXACTLY, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens . You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.


25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.


26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - NOT EXACTLY, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.


27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - NOT EXACTLY, they  were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.


 28.) No One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA - NOT EXACTLY, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.


29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - NOT EXACTLY, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction off Israel .


30.) I Want All Votes To Count - NOT EXACTLY, you said let the delegates decide.


 31.) I Want Americans To Decide - NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.


32.) I passed 900 Bills in the State</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama&#8217;s Not Exactlys:</p>
<p>1.) Selma March Got Me Born &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 &#8211; Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google &#8216;Obama Selma &#8216; for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.)</p>
<p> 2.) Father Was A Goat Herder &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.</p>
<p>3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.</p>
<p> 4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establi sh Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Oba ma, is Odinga&#8217;s follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone. Check out the following link for verification of that&#8230;.and for more.</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia muslim law in place there. When Odinga lost the elections, his followers have burned Christians&#8217; homes and then burned men, women and children alive in a Christian church where they took shelter.. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started. Google Obama and Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth.</p>
<p>5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn&#8217;t allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.</p>
<p>6.) My Name is African Swahili &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, your name is Arabic and &#8216;Baraka&#8217; (from which Barack came) means &#8216;blessed&#8217; in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama. </p>
<p> Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American President, not the first black President. Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother&#8217;s side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro from his father&#8217;s side. While Barack Hussein Obama&#8217;s father was from Kenya , his father&#8217;s family was mainly Arabs&#8230; Barack Hussein Obama&#8217;s father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father&#8217;s birth cert ificate even states he&#8217;s Arab, not African Negro). From&#8230;.and for more&#8230;.go to&#8230;..</p>
<p><a href="http://www.arcadeathome.com/newsboy.phtml?Barack_Hussein_Obama_-_Arab-American,_" rel="nofollow">http://www.arcadeathome.com/newsboy.phtml?Barack_Hussein_Obama_-_Arab-American,_</a></p>
<p> 7.) I Never Practiced Islam &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.</p>
<p> 4-3-08 Article &#8216;Obama was &#8216;quite religious in islam&#8221; <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=60559" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=60559</a></p>
<p>8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).</p>
<p> February 28, 2008. Kristoff from the New York Times : Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it&#8217;ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as &#8216;one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.&#8217; This is just one example of &#8216;Obama&#8217;s narrative is being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash t roubling facts.&#8217;</p>
<p>9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language.</p>
<p> 10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia , I Have More Foreign Experience &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn&#8217;t even speak the language. What did you learn except how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.</p>
<p> 11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.</p>
<p>12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify &#8211; your classmates said you were just fine</p>
<p>13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn&#8217;t, and never did, exist.</p>
<p> 14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn&#8217;t, and never did, exist.</p>
<p>15.) I Won&#8217;t Run On A National Ticket In &#8216;08 &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.</p>
<p> 16.) Voting &#8216;Present&#8217; is Common In Illinois Senate &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.</p>
<p>17.) Oops, I Misvoted &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.</p>
<p> 18.) I Was A Professor Of Law &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.</p>
<p>19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.</p>
<p> 20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, you didn&#8217;t write it, introduce it, change it or create it.</p>
<p> 21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, it took just 14 days from start to finish.</p>
<p> 22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation &#8211; mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.</p>
<p>23.) I Have Released My State Records &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.</p>
<p>24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens . You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.</p>
<p>25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.</p>
<p>26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.</p>
<p>27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, they  were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.</p>
<p> 28.) No One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.</p>
<p>29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction off Israel .</p>
<p>30.) I Want All Votes To Count &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, you said let the delegates decide.</p>
<p> 31.) I Want Americans To Decide &#8211; NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.</p>
<p>32.) I passed 900 Bills in the State</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bruno passed away fro his illness Sunday. He was a great American Hero. Bruno was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery with the President attending. Bruno was a great asset to all of his neighbors and co-workers at Langley Virginia. His words are burning in many hearts. Bruno said the left in this country are the allies of our enemies. He said Sarah Palin was the beginning of a great movement of Main Street America rising up. She will bring this country back from the insane perverted left wing. He said this Fanny Mae crisis is due strictly to the left wing Democrats. America will rise up and realize the corrupt and perverted left wing is a cancer to all. He said the left wing is full of hate critical and anger. Only a miserable person would join. Misery invites company. below was his words to the next geration as he passed his baton over.

Remember what I said. It is true and part of a misinformation plan is to make the truth look paranoid. Just look around and see the media and DNC parroting the party line. The Christian Religion is evil. Homosexual is normal. Patriotism evil. Rebellion and changing the Constitution normal. Disarm the citizens normal. NRA and hunters evil. The Military and heroes evil. Anti military and ridicule heroes normal. Success and hard work evil. The government owes me normal. Shocking this is right out of the handbook of communist and Islamic terrorism guides to revolution and over throwing a country.. Schools teach the government is evil and socialism utopia normal. Divide the races through agitators and media. Destroy marriage and the families. The state is the parent. Call evil good and smear and destroy good. Look at the Hollywood crowd. McCarthy was right and history has proven it. They flock around dictators and tyrants Chavez, Castro, Iranian, and Syrians. Wake up and vote for McCain if you want freedom. After 40 years of Intelligence service I can just say look and watch. Look at Obama’s friend’s Islamic terror operatives. Rev. Wright preacher of Racist William Ayers radical terrorist. Farakhan. Research the hidden years at Columbia University. Also the overseas trips. Victor Marchenco, Ivan Scholos, Gory Machlinsos. Fhaad Hussan these are a few of the KGB friends who financed and open doors here through contacts. I am not long for this earth. A Terminal Sickness has attached to me. I want to warn my beloved country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bruno passed away fro his illness Sunday. He was a great American Hero. Bruno was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery with the President attending. Bruno was a great asset to all of his neighbors and co-workers at Langley Virginia. His words are burning in many hearts. Bruno said the left in this country are the allies of our enemies. He said Sarah Palin was the beginning of a great movement of Main Street America rising up. She will bring this country back from the insane perverted left wing. He said this Fanny Mae crisis is due strictly to the left wing Democrats. America will rise up and realize the corrupt and perverted left wing is a cancer to all. He said the left wing is full of hate critical and anger. Only a miserable person would join. Misery invites company. below was his words to the next geration as he passed his baton over.</p>
<p>Remember what I said. It is true and part of a misinformation plan is to make the truth look paranoid. Just look around and see the media and DNC parroting the party line. The Christian Religion is evil. Homosexual is normal. Patriotism evil. Rebellion and changing the Constitution normal. Disarm the citizens normal. NRA and hunters evil. The Military and heroes evil. Anti military and ridicule heroes normal. Success and hard work evil. The government owes me normal. Shocking this is right out of the handbook of communist and Islamic terrorism guides to revolution and over throwing a country.. Schools teach the government is evil and socialism utopia normal. Divide the races through agitators and media. Destroy marriage and the families. The state is the parent. Call evil good and smear and destroy good. Look at the Hollywood crowd. McCarthy was right and history has proven it. They flock around dictators and tyrants Chavez, Castro, Iranian, and Syrians. Wake up and vote for McCain if you want freedom. After 40 years of Intelligence service I can just say look and watch. Look at Obama’s friend’s Islamic terror operatives. Rev. Wright preacher of Racist William Ayers radical terrorist. Farakhan. Research the hidden years at Columbia University. Also the overseas trips. Victor Marchenco, Ivan Scholos, Gory Machlinsos. Fhaad Hussan these are a few of the KGB friends who financed and open doors here through contacts. I am not long for this earth. A Terminal Sickness has attached to me. I want to warn my beloved country.</p>
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		<title>By: Revere</title>
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		<dc:creator>Revere</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ACORN&#039;s Senator
By INVESTOR&#039;S BUSINESS DAILY &#124; Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:20 PM PT 

Election &#039;08: Barack Obama wasn&#039;t just the second-largest recipient of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac political contributions. He was also the senator from ACORN, the activist leader for risky &quot;affirmative action&quot; loans.


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Despite efforts to blame the rescue bill&#039;s failure on the GOP, it should be remembered that 95 Democrats — some 40% of the Democratic Caucus — withheld support. Obama himself also deserves blame — not only for the bill&#039;s failure, but also for the crisis it was designed to solve.

As the New York Times reports, &quot;Aides to Mr. Obama said he had not directly reached out to try to sway any House Democrats who opposed the measure.&quot; Is the reason the fact that the slush fund for ACORN in the original bill, siphoning off 20% of any future profits for such activist groups, was trimmed from the tree? 

Obama, who once represented ACORN in a lawsuit against the state of Illinois, was hired by the group to train its community organizers and staff in the methods and tactics of the late Saul Alinsky. ACORN would stage in-your-face protests in bank lobbies, drive-through lanes and even at bank managers&#039; homes to get them to issue risky loans in the inner city or face charges of racism. 

In the early 1990s, reports Stanley Kurtz, senior fellow at the Ethics and Policy Center, Obama was personally recruited by Chicago&#039;s ACORN to run training sessions in &quot;direct action.&quot; That&#039;s the euphemism for the techniques used under the cover of the federal Community Reinvestment Act to intimidate financial institutions into giving what have been called &quot;Ninja&quot; loans — no income, no job, no assets — to people who couldn&#039;t afford them.

CRA was designed to increase minority homeownership. Whenever a bank wanted to grow or expand, ACORN would file complaints that it was not sufficiently sensitive to the needs of minorities in providing home loans. Agitators would then be unleashed. 

Chicago&#039;s ACORN used Alinsky&#039;s tactics against institutions such as Bell Federal Savings and Loan and Avondale Federal Savings. In September 1992, the Chicago Tribune described the group&#039;s agenda as &quot;affirmative action lending.&quot;

Obama also helped ACORN get funding. When he served on the board of the Woods Fund for Chicago with Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers, the Woods Fund frequently gave ACORN grants to fund its activist agenda. 

In 1995, Kurtz reports, Obama chaired the committee that increased funding of ACORN and other community organizers. The committee report boasted that the fund&#039;s &quot;non-ideological&quot; image &quot;enabled the Trustees to make grants to organizations that use confrontational tactics against the business and governmental &#039;establishments&#039; without undue risk of being accused of partisanship.&quot;

The CRA empowered regulators to punish banks that failed to &quot;meet the credit needs&quot; of &quot;low-income, minority and distressed neighborhoods.&quot; It gave groups such as ACORN a license and a means to intimidate banks, claiming they were &quot;redlining&quot; poor and minority neighborhoods. ACORN employed its tactics in 1991 by taking over the House Banking Committee room for two days to protest efforts to scale back the CRA.

As a former White House staff economist writes in the American Thinker, Obama represented ACORN in a 1994 suit against redlining.  ACORN was also a driving force behind a 1995 regulatory revision pushed through by the Clinton administration that greatly expanded the CRA and helped spawn the current financial crisis.

Obama was the attorney representing ACORN in this effort. Last November, he told the group, &quot;I&#039;ve been fighting alongside ACORN on issues you care about my entire career.&quot; Indeed he has. Obama was and is fully aware of what ACORN was doing with the money and expertise he provided. The voters should be aware on Nov. 4 of the roles of both in creating the current crisis.

 Shame on the people in the MSM that refuse to report anything on him. They are not Americans. No American can support this traitor. These people must know everything we do about him and shamelessly promote him. I never watch anything but FOX. We need to turn off our tv’s and get our news here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ACORN&#8217;s Senator<br />
By INVESTOR&#8217;S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:20 PM PT </p>
<p>Election &#8216;08: Barack Obama wasn&#8217;t just the second-largest recipient of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac political contributions. He was also the senator from ACORN, the activist leader for risky &#8220;affirmative action&#8221; loans.</p>
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<p>Despite efforts to blame the rescue bill&#8217;s failure on the GOP, it should be remembered that 95 Democrats — some 40% of the Democratic Caucus — withheld support. Obama himself also deserves blame — not only for the bill&#8217;s failure, but also for the crisis it was designed to solve.</p>
<p>As the New York Times reports, &#8220;Aides to Mr. Obama said he had not directly reached out to try to sway any House Democrats who opposed the measure.&#8221; Is the reason the fact that the slush fund for ACORN in the original bill, siphoning off 20% of any future profits for such activist groups, was trimmed from the tree? </p>
<p>Obama, who once represented ACORN in a lawsuit against the state of Illinois, was hired by the group to train its community organizers and staff in the methods and tactics of the late Saul Alinsky. ACORN would stage in-your-face protests in bank lobbies, drive-through lanes and even at bank managers&#8217; homes to get them to issue risky loans in the inner city or face charges of racism. </p>
<p>In the early 1990s, reports Stanley Kurtz, senior fellow at the Ethics and Policy Center, Obama was personally recruited by Chicago&#8217;s ACORN to run training sessions in &#8220;direct action.&#8221; That&#8217;s the euphemism for the techniques used under the cover of the federal Community Reinvestment Act to intimidate financial institutions into giving what have been called &#8220;Ninja&#8221; loans — no income, no job, no assets — to people who couldn&#8217;t afford them.</p>
<p>CRA was designed to increase minority homeownership. Whenever a bank wanted to grow or expand, ACORN would file complaints that it was not sufficiently sensitive to the needs of minorities in providing home loans. Agitators would then be unleashed. </p>
<p>Chicago&#8217;s ACORN used Alinsky&#8217;s tactics against institutions such as Bell Federal Savings and Loan and Avondale Federal Savings. In September 1992, the Chicago Tribune described the group&#8217;s agenda as &#8220;affirmative action lending.&#8221;</p>
<p>Obama also helped ACORN get funding. When he served on the board of the Woods Fund for Chicago with Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers, the Woods Fund frequently gave ACORN grants to fund its activist agenda. </p>
<p>In 1995, Kurtz reports, Obama chaired the committee that increased funding of ACORN and other community organizers. The committee report boasted that the fund&#8217;s &#8220;non-ideological&#8221; image &#8220;enabled the Trustees to make grants to organizations that use confrontational tactics against the business and governmental &#8216;establishments&#8217; without undue risk of being accused of partisanship.&#8221;</p>
<p>The CRA empowered regulators to punish banks that failed to &#8220;meet the credit needs&#8221; of &#8220;low-income, minority and distressed neighborhoods.&#8221; It gave groups such as ACORN a license and a means to intimidate banks, claiming they were &#8220;redlining&#8221; poor and minority neighborhoods. ACORN employed its tactics in 1991 by taking over the House Banking Committee room for two days to protest efforts to scale back the CRA.</p>
<p>As a former White House staff economist writes in the American Thinker, Obama represented ACORN in a 1994 suit against redlining.  ACORN was also a driving force behind a 1995 regulatory revision pushed through by the Clinton administration that greatly expanded the CRA and helped spawn the current financial crisis.</p>
<p>Obama was the attorney representing ACORN in this effort. Last November, he told the group, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been fighting alongside ACORN on issues you care about my entire career.&#8221; Indeed he has. Obama was and is fully aware of what ACORN was doing with the money and expertise he provided. The voters should be aware on Nov. 4 of the roles of both in creating the current crisis.</p>
<p> Shame on the people in the MSM that refuse to report anything on him. They are not Americans. No American can support this traitor. These people must know everything we do about him and shamelessly promote him. I never watch anything but FOX. We need to turn off our tv’s and get our news here.</p>
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		<title>By: right</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been watching the debate carefully and interviews, different articles.  As independant I read and listen to both the republicians and demoncrats.  I listen to both candidates.  As others I was very disappointed in the Bush Adminstration but kept open mind about both McCain and Obama.  I finally made up my mind about Obama, he&#039;s for positive change and very smart and care about people.  The Debate finally won me over and Palin interviews also help me realized that McCain and Palin are not ready to be in the highest office.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been watching the debate carefully and interviews, different articles.  As independant I read and listen to both the republicians and demoncrats.  I listen to both candidates.  As others I was very disappointed in the Bush Adminstration but kept open mind about both McCain and Obama.  I finally made up my mind about Obama, he&#8217;s for positive change and very smart and care about people.  The Debate finally won me over and Palin interviews also help me realized that McCain and Palin are not ready to be in the highest office.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul Revere</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul Revere</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Democrat Party a Criminal Enterprise
Friends of Angelo get new invitations — to a federal grand jury
Countrywide Mortgage CEO Angelo Mozilo offered sweetheart deals on loans to his “friends”, who just happened to be people who had oversight responsibilities on his business. People like Fannie Mae CEO/chair Jim Johnson, Senators Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad, and others got below-market-rate loans from Mozilo through a “Friends of Angelo” program at one of the main lenders at the heart of the subprime collapse. Now a federal grand jury wants to talk to Angelo’s circle of friends to determine whether indictments for corruption are in order:

Countrywide Financial Corp., the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, made large, previously undisclosed home loans to two additional executives of Fannie Mae, the government-chartered firm at the center of the U.S. credit crisis.

One of Countrywide’s previously undisclosed customers at Fannie was Jamie Gorelick, an influential Democratic Party figure whose $960,000 mortgage refinancing in 2003 was handled through a program reserved for influential figures and friends of Countrywide’s chief executive at the time, Angelo Mozilo. Ms. Gorelick was Fannie Mae’s vice chairman at the time.

Another Countrywide client was recently ousted Fannie Mae Chief Executive Daniel Mudd, though it isn’t clear whether he received special treatment on two $3 million mortgage refinancings he made when he was the company’s chief operating officer. …

Countrywide loans on preferential terms to influential figures are the subject of a federal grand jury investigation in Los Angeles, according to people involved in the inquiry. Prosecutors subpoenaed records of many of the so-called “Friends of Angelo” loans in August, lawyers and others familiar with the matter said. …

While Countrywide was developing a closer working relationship with Fannie Mae, the company also had created a special path to handle loan applications from influential figures. The “Friends of Angelo” program channeled loan applications from celebrities, public figures and sports stars — often singled out by Mr. Mozilo — to a department where the borrowers received special treatment, sometimes including lower interest rates and a reduction in fees.

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Jamie Gorelick. The former 9/11 Commission panelist wound up being one of the focal points of the dot-connecting afterwards, as she pushed for further separation of law enforcement and intelligence efforts in the years prior to the 9/11 attacks, even while al-Qaeda attacked American embassies in Africa and the USS Cole. Now she turns up at Fannie Mae, taking the same kind of insider loans while having oversight responsibilities for the GSE and the manner in which its business got transacted with other firms, including Countrywide.

Gorelick claims she never knew she got preferential treatment. For that matter, Barack Obama’s campaign adviser Jim Johnson says the same thing. However, both got loans a full point lower than market value at the time, after going outside the normal channels to get their loans handled. Are we to believe that the CEO of Fannie Mae and a member of its board were completely ignorant of the going rate for residential loans at the time of their application? What business did they think they were in, anyway? The rate for residential loans is the center of Fannie Mae’s business.

The notion that they were ignorant of their preferential treatment insults both their intelligence and ours. I suspect that a federal grand jury will feel the same way if Gorelick and Johnson try to use that line in their testimony, assuming they don’t just take the Fifth when called.

Gorelick hasn’t had any role in the presidential campaigns, but Johnson has been a high-level adviser to Barack Obama — and still is. Chris Dodd has taken leadership on the bailout bill negotiations on Capitol Hill. With two Democrats this closely tied to a federal grand jury action, they’d better hope that the grand jury takes its time in assessing the evidence. This to me seems a lot more worthy of an investigation than a dismissal of a political appointee in Juneau.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Democrat Party a Criminal Enterprise<br />
Friends of Angelo get new invitations — to a federal grand jury<br />
Countrywide Mortgage CEO Angelo Mozilo offered sweetheart deals on loans to his “friends”, who just happened to be people who had oversight responsibilities on his business. People like Fannie Mae CEO/chair Jim Johnson, Senators Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad, and others got below-market-rate loans from Mozilo through a “Friends of Angelo” program at one of the main lenders at the heart of the subprime collapse. Now a federal grand jury wants to talk to Angelo’s circle of friends to determine whether indictments for corruption are in order:</p>
<p>Countrywide Financial Corp., the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, made large, previously undisclosed home loans to two additional executives of Fannie Mae, the government-chartered firm at the center of the U.S. credit crisis.</p>
<p>One of Countrywide’s previously undisclosed customers at Fannie was Jamie Gorelick, an influential Democratic Party figure whose $960,000 mortgage refinancing in 2003 was handled through a program reserved for influential figures and friends of Countrywide’s chief executive at the time, Angelo Mozilo. Ms. Gorelick was Fannie Mae’s vice chairman at the time.</p>
<p>Another Countrywide client was recently ousted Fannie Mae Chief Executive Daniel Mudd, though it isn’t clear whether he received special treatment on two $3 million mortgage refinancings he made when he was the company’s chief operating officer. …</p>
<p>Countrywide loans on preferential terms to influential figures are the subject of a federal grand jury investigation in Los Angeles, according to people involved in the inquiry. Prosecutors subpoenaed records of many of the so-called “Friends of Angelo” loans in August, lawyers and others familiar with the matter said. …</p>
<p>While Countrywide was developing a closer working relationship with Fannie Mae, the company also had created a special path to handle loan applications from influential figures. The “Friends of Angelo” program channeled loan applications from celebrities, public figures and sports stars — often singled out by Mr. Mozilo — to a department where the borrowers received special treatment, sometimes including lower interest rates and a reduction in fees.</p>
<p>It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Jamie Gorelick. The former 9/11 Commission panelist wound up being one of the focal points of the dot-connecting afterwards, as she pushed for further separation of law enforcement and intelligence efforts in the years prior to the 9/11 attacks, even while al-Qaeda attacked American embassies in Africa and the USS Cole. Now she turns up at Fannie Mae, taking the same kind of insider loans while having oversight responsibilities for the GSE and the manner in which its business got transacted with other firms, including Countrywide.</p>
<p>Gorelick claims she never knew she got preferential treatment. For that matter, Barack Obama’s campaign adviser Jim Johnson says the same thing. However, both got loans a full point lower than market value at the time, after going outside the normal channels to get their loans handled. Are we to believe that the CEO of Fannie Mae and a member of its board were completely ignorant of the going rate for residential loans at the time of their application? What business did they think they were in, anyway? The rate for residential loans is the center of Fannie Mae’s business.</p>
<p>The notion that they were ignorant of their preferential treatment insults both their intelligence and ours. I suspect that a federal grand jury will feel the same way if Gorelick and Johnson try to use that line in their testimony, assuming they don’t just take the Fifth when called.</p>
<p>Gorelick hasn’t had any role in the presidential campaigns, but Johnson has been a high-level adviser to Barack Obama — and still is. Chris Dodd has taken leadership on the bailout bill negotiations on Capitol Hill. With two Democrats this closely tied to a federal grand jury action, they’d better hope that the grand jury takes its time in assessing the evidence. This to me seems a lot more worthy of an investigation than a dismissal of a political appointee in Juneau.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul Revere</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul Revere</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Family Told Obama NOT To Wear Soldier Son&#039;s Bracelet... Where is Media?
By Warner Todd Huston 
September 28, 2008 - 03:53 ET 

Barack Obama played the &quot;me too&quot; game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek of Merrill, Wisconsin.

Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a roadside bomb in 2006, recently said on a Wisconsin Public Radio show that his family had asked Barack Obama to stop wearing the bracelet with his son&#039;s name on it. Yet Obama continues to do so despite the wishes of the family.

Radio host Glenn Moberg of the show &quot;Route 51&quot; asked Mr. Jopek, a man who believes in the efforts in Iraq and is not in favor of Obama&#039;s positions on the war, what he and his ex-wife think of Obama continually using their son&#039;s name on the campaign trail.

Jopek began by saying that his ex-wife was taken aback, even upset, that Obama has made the death of her son a campaign issue. Jopek says his wife gave Obama the bracelet because &quot;she just wanted Mr. Obama to know Ryan&#039;s name.&quot; Jopek went on to say that &quot;she wasn&#039;t looking to turn it into a big media event&quot; and &quot;just wanted it to be something between Barack Obama and herself.&quot; Apparently, they were all shocked it became such a big deal.

But, he also said that his ex-wife has refused further interviews on the matter and that she wanted Obama to stop wearing the reminder of her son&#039;s sacrifice that he keeps turning into a campaign soundbyte.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Family Told Obama NOT To Wear Soldier Son&#8217;s Bracelet&#8230; Where is Media?<br />
By Warner Todd Huston<br />
September 28, 2008 &#8211; 03:53 ET </p>
<p>Barack Obama played the &#8220;me too&#8221; game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek of Merrill, Wisconsin.</p>
<p>Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a roadside bomb in 2006, recently said on a Wisconsin Public Radio show that his family had asked Barack Obama to stop wearing the bracelet with his son&#8217;s name on it. Yet Obama continues to do so despite the wishes of the family.</p>
<p>Radio host Glenn Moberg of the show &#8220;Route 51&#8243; asked Mr. Jopek, a man who believes in the efforts in Iraq and is not in favor of Obama&#8217;s positions on the war, what he and his ex-wife think of Obama continually using their son&#8217;s name on the campaign trail.</p>
<p>Jopek began by saying that his ex-wife was taken aback, even upset, that Obama has made the death of her son a campaign issue. Jopek says his wife gave Obama the bracelet because &#8220;she just wanted Mr. Obama to know Ryan&#8217;s name.&#8221; Jopek went on to say that &#8220;she wasn&#8217;t looking to turn it into a big media event&#8221; and &#8220;just wanted it to be something between Barack Obama and herself.&#8221; Apparently, they were all shocked it became such a big deal.</p>
<p>But, he also said that his ex-wife has refused further interviews on the matter and that she wanted Obama to stop wearing the reminder of her son&#8217;s sacrifice that he keeps turning into a campaign soundbyte.</p>
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