Top Recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Campaign contributions:
1. Dodd, Christopher D-CT $165,400
2. Obama, Barack D-IL $126,349
3. Kerry, John D-MA $111,000
Obama and "friends":
Rev Wright
Tony Rezko
Michelle Obama
Louis Farrakhan
William Ayres
Bernadine Dorhn
Rashid Khalidi
Nadhmi Auchi
Frank Marshall Davis
Saul Alinsky
Father Pfleger
Rev Meeks
George Soros
Raila Odingo
Abongo Obama
Black Panthers
Ludacris
Ahmad Yousuf (Hamas)
Fidel, Raul Castro
Hugo Chavez
Daniel Ortega
Kim Jong Il
The O-man, Barack Hussein Obama, is an eloquently tailored empty suit. No resume, no accomplishments, no experience, no original ideas, no real understanding: of how the economy works, no real understanding of how the world works, no balls, nothing but abstract empty rhetoric devoid of real substance.
He has no real identity. He is half-white, which he rejects. The rest of him is mostly Arab, which he hides but is disclosed by his non-African Arabic surname and his Arabic first and middle names as a way to triply proclaim his Arabic parentage to people in Kenya.
Only a small part of him is African Black from his Luo grandmother, which he pretends he is exclusively.
What he isn't, not a genetic drop of, is 'African-American,' the descendant of enslaved Africans brought to America chained in slave ships. He hasn't a single ancestor who was a slave.
Instead, his Arab ancestors were slave owners. Slave-trading was the main Arab business in East Africa for centuries until the British ended it.
Let that sink in: Obama is not the descendant of slaves, he is the descendant of slave owners. Therefore, he makes the perfect Liberal Messiah.
It's something Hillary doesn't understand - how some complete neophyte came out of the blue and stole the Democratic nomination from her. Obamamania is beyond politics and reason.
It is a true religious cult, whose adherents reject Christianity yet still believe in Original Sin, transferring it from the evil of being human
to the evil of being white.
Thus, Obama has become the white liberals' Christ, offering absolution from the Sin of Being White. There is no reason or logic behind it, no faults or flaws of his can diminish it, no arguments Hillary could make of any kind can be effective against it.
The absurdity of Hypocrisy Clothed In Human Flesh being their Savior is all the more cause for liberals to worship him: Credo quia absurdum, I believe it because it is absurd. Thank heavens the voting majority of Americans remain Christian and are in no desperate need of a phony savior. His candidacy is ridiculous and should not be taken seriously by any FREE thinking American.
*BLOGGER IS CURRENTLY AWAITING EMAIL FROM EXPOSEOBAMA.COM, TO GET THE AUTHOR'S NAME OF THE ABOVE PIECE; IT SEEMS GENE DIDN'T WRITE THE ABOVE, AND THAT SOMEONE DOING ARTICLE AFTER ARTICLE FOR EXPOSEOBAMA.COM, DIDN'T GIVE THE RIGHT AUTHOR CREDIT. AS SOON AS I GET THE CORRECT AUTHOR'S NAME, NOT ONLY WILL I CREAT A NEW POST, BUT I WILL GET ALL HIS/HER SOURCES PROVING ALL-OF-THE-ABOVE.
In Friday’s presidential debate on foreign policy (assuming the show still goes on), we can be sure that Barack Obama will hit John McCain hard for supporting what Obama has called a “dumb war” in Iraq. But in doing so, Obama has at least one major handicap to overcome: his running mate. In October 2002, Sen. Biden voted to authorize the Iraq war. “I made a mistake,” he now says — he had “vastly underestimated” how incompetent the Bush administration would be in prosecuting the war. So has Biden changed his position on Iraq? Not really. In October 2002, when the congressional vote was held, Biden, like most members of Congress, was in favor of avoiding accountability and punting the question of war or peace to the president. And Biden remains firmly in favor of avoiding accountability for Iraq today. That tells us something about Joe Biden’s judgment and integrity. More importantly, it tells us a lot about the health of Congress as a political institution, and about the erosion of Congress’s power to declare war. As James Madison put it, “In no part of the Constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department.” But Biden, and a majority of senators and House members, ignored that wisdom in 2002 and voted for a use-of-force resolution that handed a “blank check” to the president, as Sen. Robert Byrd rightly observed at the time. True, the resolution features some boilerplate about exhausting other options before using force, and prominent lawmakers have used that language to suggest they didn’t “really” vote for war. But the operative clause of the resolution — “The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate” in order to defend American national security and enforce U.N. resolutions regarding Iraq — left it up to the president to decide whether and when to initiate the war. After voting for the resolution, prominent members of Congress insisted they hadn’t voted to use force. That was for the president to decide. Former senator Tom Daschle said: “Regardless of how one may have voted on the resolution last night, I think there is an overwhelming consensus . . . that while [war] may be necessary, we’re not there yet.” And in 2007, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe explained that Senator Clinton never voted for the Iraq war: instead, she voted “to give the president the authority to negotiate and to have a stick to go over there and negotiate with Saddam Hussein.” Biden’s post-hoc rationalizations for his vote follow the same pattern. “If I had known this administration would be so incompetent,” he told interviewer Charlie Rose in 2004, “I never would have given them the authority to try to avoid the war,” which is an interesting way to describe a resolution titled “Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq.” In fact, Biden is at least as complicit in the decision to go to war as is Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Biden joined with McCain to defeat an amendment offered by Senator Carl Levin that would have forced President Bush to get U.N. Security Council approval before launching the invasion. It’s still hard to get a firm answer from Biden as to whether he supported the invasion and occupation of a country that represented no serious threat to the United States. But he insists that he was firmly against botching the job. Well . . . who wasn’t?Such evasiveness is all too common in Congress today. The power of the presidency continues to grow largely because many legislators want to duck their responsibility to decide the question of war and peace, delegate that responsibility to the president, and reserve their right to criticize him should military action go badly — to be for it before they were against it, or vice versa, depending on which way the political winds blow. Congressional scholar Louis Fisher compares the Iraq vote to the Gulf of Tonkin resolution that empowered Lyndon Johnson to expand the Vietnam War. As with the Iraq-war resolution, the Gulf of Tonkin resolution was worded broadly enough to allow the president to make the final decision about war all by himself. Lyndon Johnson compared the resolution to “grandma’s nightshirt” because it “covered everything.” And, as with Iraq, the president waited for several months and an intervening election before using the authority granted him. In each case, it was easier for Congress to dodge the issue than to take responsibility. That is not how our Constitution is supposed to operate. As Madison put it: “Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced, continued, or concluded. They are barred from the latter functions by a great principle in free government, analogous to that which separates the sword from the purse, or the power of executing from the power of enacting laws.” That’s a principle that gets very little respect from today’s accountability-shy legislators. Shortly before the vote, Biden declared, “I am fully confident if the president decides, in concert with others, war is necessary, he will have to inform [the American people] before he launches it.” But it is not for the president to decide whether war is necessary. The Constitution leaves that decision to Congress. That prominent senators — and vice-presidential candidates — squirm to avoid responsibility for it, does not bode well for the future health of either branch. By: Gene Healy





















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Login or register to post a commentThanks for a great post. It
Thanks for a great post. It is very informative. You add a much needed perspective to the political issues being discussed on alpha women. I have already stated that I really like Sara Palin and John McCain. I like what they stand for. You have brought more good thoughts to the discussion which strengthen my decision to vote republican. Keep sharing, the people at my office really enjoy your input too.
Where are you getting this???
Obama's father is from Kenya and from what I've read, it is suggested that he is of Arabic ethnicity. Some claims indicate that he was a devout Muslim, others say he was non-practicing. I say WHO GIVES A FUCK??? What does Barack's father's religious or ethnic affiliation have to do with the price of onions in China??? Are you suggesting that such an association links Barack to terrorism, or is an indication that he might "switch loyalties?" How ridiculous.
Not to mention...Many Muslims who are not Arabic by nationality name their children Arabic names because their holy book, the Qur'an is written in Arabic and because it is considered to be a holy language. There are many non-Arabic Muslims born all over the world who rename themselves Arabic names or name their children Arabic names out of a respect for what they believe is a holy language. It's not to align themselves with "terrorists."
But aside from that, SO WHAT IF HE WAS/IS ARABIC?
"He has no real identity. He is half-white, which he rejects."
This claim is so silly and ridiculous I don't even know why I am responding to it. HAS NO REAL IDENTITY??? Please help me understand what a "real" identity would be. What does that even mean? I am Irish, German, Scottish, and Native American. I have no idea when my ancestors got here, what they believed, or what their names are. If I had the opportunity I would totally look into my background. Especially the Native American side because it's the part I know least about. Does that mean I have no identity??? Does it mean if I run for office I might fight to give all Native Americans their land back? (Which would be the honest thing to do if you think about it-but unlikely nonetheless).
"The rest of him is mostly Arab, which he hides but is disclosed by his non-African Arabic surname and his Arabic first and middle names as a way to triply proclaim his Arabic parentage to people in Kenya."
This claim is also silly. First, what WOULD be an African surname? There is no African language. There ARE hundreds if not thousands of languages spoken in African countries, including Swahili AND Arabic which Barack's name shares roots from. Linguists also trace his first name to Hebrew so how does that fit into your equation?
"Only a small part of him is African Black from his Luo grandmother, which he pretends he is exclusively."
This is not true. I've heard Obama with my own ears talk about how diverse his background is.
"What he isn't, not a genetic drop of, is 'African-American,' the descendant of enslaved Africans brought to America chained in slave ships. He hasn't a single ancestor who was a slave."
Can someone please explain to me when "African American" was ONLY designated to Americans who descended from African slaves in America? And how in the world does that coincide with African American culture in the U.S. that Barack Obama is undeniably shaped by and a part of? How can you realistically suggest that Barack Obama is not African American?
"Instead, his Arab ancestors were slave owners. Slave-trading was the main Arab business in East Africa for centuries until the British ended it."
Again, how does this have anything to do with the cultural context in which he exists as a black man in the United States of America NOW?
For someone who gets personally offended by meaningless shit that people drudge up about your girl Palin, you sure don't hold back in participating in the same style of criticism towards the other side. If I am wrong please tell me how many of the other candidate's ancestry and links to slavery is in question.
I DID NOT WRITE THIS
...very accredited journalist did, so DON'T attack THE MESSANGER.
ALL of the 'stuff' I posted about Barak Obama is 100% TRUE and I got ALL this 'stuff' from CNN.com, FOX.com, MSNBC.com and other affiliates.
THE FACT that Obama IS NOT, in fact, African American, but rather, that he is the decendant of SLAVE OWNERS and not SLAVES matters because he is selling himself as a DECENDANT OF SLAVES, it matters 100% because that makes him more-of a LIAR.
AND I GIVE A FUCK. I don't a man with TERRORIST TIES, who thinks he is THE SAVIOR in The White House!
THESE FACTS ABOUT OBAMA ARE NOT MEANINGLESS DRIVAL. They are just more proof of what a complete fraud he truly is.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
So "African American" is
So "African American" is defined by being descendants of African slaves ONLY? Says who? and since when?
Does the basis of your "fact" that he has "terrorist ties" rest in the ethnicity of his father? Are you claiming that Barack Obama has ties to Islamic extremist terrorists because he is of Arabic descent? If so, I consider that to be extremely inflammatory and downright outrageous.
I am not
claiming anything---this is not about me. Obama had a FUND RAISER thrown for him by WILLIAM AYERS, a KNOWN TERRORIST. These FACTS about Obama are ALL OVER THE WWW. You might consider them 'downright outrageous' and 'extremely inflammatory', however, THE FACT that Obama HAS NOT, WILL NOT AND CANNOT DENY ANY THING WRITTEN ABOUT HIM AND STATED AS FACT IN THE ABOVE BLOG, ALL OF WHICH HAS BEEN RESEARCHED ON HIM BY QUALIFIED JOURNALISTS, PROVES ABSOLUTION OF THESE FACTS AGAINST HIM.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
William Ayers
While I can't stop anyone from being afraid in this truly worrisome time, I do need to tell you that I believe you're doing a great disservice to Bill Ayers. He hasn't commited any acts of terrorism in almost 40 years, and that was a time of great turmoil. I'm not condoning what he did then, only trying to promote who is now: an education professor, a married man, a concerned and politically aware citizen. Donations today (or meet-and-greets in the 90s) from a respected scholar are different from a formal endorsement (which I don't believe Ayers has given) from a terrorist.
I understand your concern, but can't we allow for people to change, to grow and learn, as Ayers has? So many of the youth of the 60s are no longer the radicals they once were.
Meghanne
Contributing Writer
I am not the one
who has labled William Ayers a terrorist, the FBI and CIA have; he is STILL on their Watch List. And your argument that 'he hasn't commited any acts of terrorism in 40 years' is like saying just because a Child Molester hasn't hurt a child in 40 years, that he is cured. People who are evil, do not change.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
Really?
Are you truly that naive? "He hasn't commited any acts of terrorism in almost 40 years..." That's like saying, Osama Bin Ladin hasn't committed any acts of terrorism since 9/11/2001, can't we allow for him to change? Holy cow, if this is any indication of how the rest of America is thinking, then I am more scared than I was. I'm just shocked by some of the illogical posts I've been reading lately.
This is a very scary time in our history. There is truth in the statement, "those who don't know history are destined to repeat it."
Once again you have not
Once again you have not answered my questions.
Ayers is not an "Islamic terrorist." He is...
1. a person who was never convicted of a crime.
2. A person who admits having taken part in violent acts that stemmed from extreme social justice activism, not Islamic extremist terrorism (none of which I condone btw.)
In your original post you gave the impression that Obama's link to terrorism has something to do with his Arabic name and Muslim father. That is what is outrageous and inflammatory...that you would make such an irresponsible implied and twisted connection.
Also, receiving money from someone does not mean you condone acts of violence, which Obama has on numerous occasions said he was against (specifically in relation to Ayers). I'd agree that taking money from the guy is
1. a stupid move politically
2. a conflict of interest
3. an ethical issue
But to go as far as to say he is involved with or condones terrorism is preposterous.
Not to mention, Ayers acts of violence were committed when Barack was 8 years old.
Are you fairly and logically evaluating the illegal shit McCain was a part of?? Granted, he wasn't bombing stuff, but he's got his own "dealings" that are worth uncovering that I am sure you could find ALL OVER THE WWW.
And no matter how many times you capitalize the letters in your rants they are no more legitimized.
Lastly, you commented that Obama was not "African American" because his ancestors were not descendants of slaves. What is your basis for that definition of "African American?"
I never said
Ayers was Islamic. Just that he is a terrorist on the CIA and FBI Watch List.
And once again, since you DO NOT PAY ATTENTION: I wrote NOTHING ON THIS POST, it was all written BY ONE JOURNALIST WHO THROUGHLY INVESTIGATED OBAMA.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
I did not accuse you of
I did not accuse you of calling Ayers Islamic. I accused you of posting a piece that implies that Obama's name and ethnicity ties him to terrorism-something you have yet to clarify. Then your post says that Ayers is Obama's connection with terrorism, which means that everything said about his name and Arabic ethnicity has no relevance.
If you post something regardless of who wrote it, you imply that you agree with what it says. That's why my questions are directed to you.
Still curious about your view on what defines an "African American."
BTW, the FBI and CIA have been known to call lots of people terrorists who clearly are not, and many peace activists and journalists are "under watch." I am not justifying or condoning Ayers' actions but I am suggesting that such designations are often attached to people who reject the status quo.
I absolutely agree
with everything I have posted. African American IS NOT someone who is a SLAVE OWNER---which is what Obama's family history ACTUALLY IS. Barak Hussian Obama is two things ONLY: Caucasian and Muslim.
My last name is Hernandez
I am Spanish.
My hertiage is MAINLY from SPAIN. I am also Brazilian/Portuguese/Puerto Rican.
Therefore, I would be LYING if I told you I was MEXICAN. There is a VAST DIFFERENCE between SPAIN AND MEXICO. It is NOT EVEN the same hertitage. Therefore, if I were trying to sell myself to you as a MEXICAN I WOULD BE LYING ABOUT MY HERITAGE.
The truth is, IT DOES NOT MATTER that Obama is Caucasian and Muslim. WHAT MATTERS IS THAT HE IS SELLING HIMSELF AS AFRICAN AMERICAN. WHICH HE IS NOT. HE IS LYING. WHY????
There is a VAST DIFFERENCE in the hertitage of a black man who's decendants hail from AFRICA and a black man who decendants hail from a Muslim country.
The more layers that get peeled off Obama, the more he smells like rot.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
This is nonsensical. I am
This is nonsensical. I am done.
All you have to do
is admit I am right. Because I am. You cannot argue with logic, no matter how much steam you blow. The truth is the truth.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
Holy Cow!
Are you suggesting that acts of terrorism carried out in the name of social justice are somehow more excusable than acts of violence carried out in the name of terrorism?
Remember that one man's terrorism is another's social justice. Fundamentalists justify terrorism in the name of religion.
I could buy into all the pap about the brilliant educator Ayers if not for his revealing statement on September 11 that he "regretted" he hadn't done more.
In the last forty years, this country has experienced radical social change without deep and widespread violence. (Granted there has been some, but not remotely on the scale of other countries trying to accomplish the same social changes.)
This is what is unique and wonderful about this country. Make no mistake about it.
I absolutely do not think
I absolutely do not think acts of violence are ever excusable. I said so more than once that acts of violence are deplorable...period. My point is that Seshat's post is not consistent. Her post insidiously implies that because of his name, and the alleged origin of his ancestry that he is 1. Not African American, and 2. Connected with terrorism. She went on to say that the connection to terrrorism is with Ayers, but the original post implies that the connection to terrorism is based on the erroneous assertion that Obama is Muslim-which is wrong on so many levels because...
1. Muslim does not equal terrorist
2. BARACK OBAMA IS NOT A FUCKING MUSLIM
I can't believe that I am the one considered to lack logic after reading the Rush Limbaughesque fallacies communicated in this post.
Barak Obama IS A FUCKING MUSLIM...
and ONCE AGAIN HELLO!!!! I DID NOT WRITE THIS! A VERY QUALIFIED AND WEll-know journalsit did!!! BARAK OBAMA IS NOT AFRICAN AMERICAN. HE IS A BLACK MAN WHO IS 1/2 MUSLIM and 1/2 CAUCASIAN. PERIOD.
Furthermore, my post does not 'insidiously impy' anything, it is dead-on-balls ACCURATE.
I cannot believe someone with you intelligence would argue THE PROOF of Obama's GENETICS, as if you know more than the journalist who RESEARCHED OBAMA'S "ROOTS" for this article!! GUESS WHAT? In all the times that Obama has PUBLICALLY IN PRINT AND TV AND RADIO, been called a Muslim, HE HAS NEVER DENIED THAT HE IS. ALL HE HAS DONE IS PUBLICALLY STATE THAT HE DOES NOT PRACTISE THE MUSLIM RELIGION! Shit, HIS FATHER WAS A MUSLIM AND HE PRACTICED THAT RELIGION!!! Obama's mother was a HUGE 1960's RADICAL THAT is why she married the man in the first place!!!
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
Does not practice Muslim
Does not practice Muslim religion = not Muslim.
Muslim is a religious identification not an ethnicity.
My Whole family, ancestors as far back as we can trace were Catholic. Does that mean I am Catholic because my dad and Grandparents were Catholic???
Arabic is a language spoken and used by Muslims regardless of where they are from or what their ethnicity it, and THAT is what's dead on balls accurate.
I KNOW you didn't write the damn post, but you posted it, so I called it your post.
What PROOF did the journalist have of his genetics and what is your point if the journalist DOES have proof? He is still a black man in America who without a doubt is African American, if not by your bizarre definition (not descendant of slaves), he is at least culturally so.
MUSLIM IS NOT A RELIGION
there are JEWS who do not practise THEIR RELIGION and THEY ARE STILL JEWS! Being a black man in America DOES NOT MAKE OBAMA AN AFRIAN AMERICAN WHEN HE HAS NO DECENDANTS FROM AFRICA. ALL THE DECENDANTS ON OBAMA'S FATHER'S SIDE ARE MUSLIM.
And it is NOT MY 'bizarre' defination that Obama is the decendant of SLAVE OWNERS and NOT SLAVES, my God, just how many times do you need to be told this: I DID NOT WRITE THIS ARTICLE. ALL I DID WAS POST THE TRUTH ABOUT HIM!
If you're so frigging brilliant and you know so much about Obama, then I suggest YOU FIND ME PROOF that this journalist lied about Obama being Muslim.
Go ahead.
FIND IT! FROM A REPUTABLE SOURCE!
I AM CALLING YOU OUT!!!!!!!!!!
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
Yes, you are correct, Jewish
Yes, you are correct, Jewish is both a religious distinction and ethnic one. It describes people who are descendants from Israel, and follow the Torah and Levitical Law, etc.
Muslims, or people who practice Islam are not associated with a nation-state the way Jews are to Israel. Being a Muslim is not an ethnicity in the same way that being Jewish is. Being a Muslim means you are an adherent of the religion of Islam, and in order to adhere to Islam you must observe the the six articles of faith, and the five pillars of Islam which include prayer (five times a day), Profession of faith (that there is only one God-no trinity), Fasting, Charity, and Pilgrimage. Obama does none of those things.
It is true that you are either born into Islam, that is you are born to Muslim parents, or you can convert to Islam. It is a greater offense against Islam to turn against the faith if you were born into it.
Muslims follow the writings of the Qur'an and use the Hadith as a guide to understand the Qur'an. Muslims do not believe in baptism-which Obama took part in, in a Christian church about 20 years ago.
It is certainly possible and likely that Obama's ancestors were Muslim considering the fact that they lived in Kenya and had Arabic names. Kenya was (and probably still is) a country that is either Christian or Muslim and you know who is who by their names. However, as has been publicly made known, Barack senior was a bit of an alcoholic womanizer, and from what I understand never outgrew that existence. That is a clear sign that he was not a practicing Muslim because he clearly was not living by the strict definitive moral code Muslims are expected to live by. Even if he believed in the tenets of the faith (which I doubt) he did not live by them.
Barack Jr. not only does not practice the Islamic faith (through his actions and inactions) he has denied it. He participates in Christian sacraments and worship which I would say seals the deal that he is not a Muslim.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,183...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and...
http://www.newsweek.com/id/135384/page/1
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1...
If we are to believe that Barack's father was a Muslim, his drinking, and womanizing is a rejection of the Islamic faith which put him in the most egregious position, punishable by death according to some Muslims, because he was born into the faith, and denied it, not merely converted.
The same goes with Obama Jr. If he is born to a Muslim father (even a non practicing one) but rejects the faith (which he has), he has committed the greatest offense against Islam. He is actually an enemy of Islam (to those who practice a more extreme variety), not a friend.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0519/p09s02-coop.htm...
In addition, the burden of proof that Obama is Arabic rests on the journalist who you quoted, not me. There are claims made, but no proof. I tried to do some fact checking of my own and could only find the Arab connection in blogs, not reputable sources and it was of the same exact strain of thought, and offered no proof, just claims. I found that the basic rational that Obama was Arab rested in the fact that he has an Arabic name and that having an Arabic name points to being Arab. This at best is very speculative, or just isn't true. As I said before having an Arabic name does not mean you are Arabic.
However, when I looked into Kenyan history I learned that there was significant Arab population in the first century up until the 16th century until the Portuguese made their way to Kenya. This made me wonder if the Arabic nationality your journalist friend claims Obama has been rooted in, is connected to the 2 thousand years of Arabic presence in Kenya. Would Obama's connection to that part of Arab-Kenyan descent be what negates him as being of African descent? And what do you make of the possibility that Arabs in Kenya influenced indigenous Kenyan religions and language?
Plus, have you seen his father? Even if Barack's father is a descendant of Arabs, those folks, as black as they must have been were ORIGINALLY descendants of Africa at some point, long long ago, if you want to really split hairs, but that isn't really the point.
My main concern is your (and the journalist's) opinion of what constitutes as African American. According to the 2000 Unite States Census Bureau, "African American" is defined as "citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa."
(McKinnon, Jesse. "The Black Population: 2000 United States Census Bureau" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.)
Even though most African Americans are undeniably the descendants of forced migrant Africans (slaves) some are — or are descended from — voluntary immigrants from Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, or elsewhere.
(The size and regional distribution of the black population". Lewis Mumford Center. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.)
Considering your views that Obama is a liar, I suppose you will conclude still that his quest for the office of presidency is a big scheme to become Dr. Evil where Obama would join the Jihad and try to take over the world. I can't or won't argue with such far fetched mania.
If it is true that Extremist Muslims might view Obama as a possible Apostate, I suspect that Obama will disappoint them, and as a result could face difficult extremist action (God forbid) but none of that changes the fact that Obama does not identify himself as a Muslim, so therefore he is not.
You could argue that because other Muslims interpret their doctrine differently and therefore might see him as a Muslim by birth, that he is Muslim, but who gets to decide what Religion a person is? Those on the outside, or the persons themselves?
My question to you is, are you supporting the idea that(through the post that was written by someone other that you-I've heard that loud and clear multiple times now) despite being born and raised in Kenya, that his "tiny" percentage of Luo heritage he claims is insufficient for qualifying Obama as of African descent? What generation Arab does your journalist claim Obama is anyway?? 1st or 2rd generation? I doubt it.
These are the basics as I see them...
Obama's father...born in Kenya,citizen of Kenya, lived in Kenya, African.
Obama...American born to American and African born parents.
Obama...African American
Not only has your journalist lied about Obama being Muslim, he/she has distorted the definition of "African American" and has misrepresented and distorted what it means to have Arabic descent in Kenya.
And according to what you posted of the journalist, he/she makes claims of Obama's ancestry without evidence. So now it's your turn to provide the reputable source.
Incorrect
Obama's father was not born in Kenya, his family immigrated to Africa when he was 4-years-old. Obama's father, who is Muslim, was born in the country of Saudi Arabia. Obama's grandfather, who is Muslim, still resides in the country of Saudi Arabia. Barak Hussain Obama, is a FULL MUSLIM NAME. IT IS NOT AN AFRICAN NAME. Had Obama's father been from Kenya, and had Obama's father been from African decent, he would NEVER have given his child an MUSLIM name. He would have given his son an African name.
Lastly, it doesn't matter if a Jew practices Christianity---that person IS STILL, BY BIRTH, A JEW. Muslim is a HERITAGE, not JUST A RELIGION. Doesn't matter if Obama does Buddah, Penacostal, Christianity---he has MUSLIM BLOOD FLOWING THROUGH HIS VEINS. This is why Obama has never denied that he is Muslim---only that he practices Christianity. I'd also like to point-out, that Obama was brought-up in the traditional Muslim religion---AND THAT IT WAS PERSONAL MUSLIM LENDERS, WHO PUT HIM FINANCIALLY THROUGH COLLEGE.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
1. What reputable source
1. What reputable source backs up your claim that Obama's father was born in Saudi Arabia?
2. What reputable source confirms that Barack Sr's family was from Saudi Arabia?
3. What will it take for you to understand that many people who are of African descent have full Muslim names (which by the way it is debatable that "Barack" and "Obama" are fully Arabic, considering that languages spoken in Kenya borrow from Arabic, and that "Barack" has roots in Arabic, Swahili, and Hebrew (a point I made earlier)
4. A Muslim is a heritage, but it is not an ethnicity...meaning it is not associated with a nation-state, unlike being Jewish, which is.
5. Even if his father immigrated from Saudi Arabia, did you say that his grandmother was from Kenya? Wouldn't that still count as having African descent? Or does that percentage not fit your equation of what defines African descent?
Obama received partial Muslim education when he was in Indonesia, and it was not the traditional strict Muslim school. He also went to Catholic school as a child.
The Above Post
is an ENTIRE REPUTABLE SOURCE. And Muslim IS AN ETHNICITY---Good, God, you can't be that obtuse.
No matter how you re-word things, it will always be THE SAME:
Barak
Hussian
Obama
IS
NOT
AFRICAN AMERICAN.
He is a coward, a liar, and the more and more layers peeled off him, the more he reeks.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
I am a person who is
I am a person who is interesting in learning the truth, no matter what it is, because contrary to what you may think, I am a teachable person. For that reason, I am asking you sincerely to reveal the source in which you receive your information, and not just the name of the journalist, but the publication that published his/her piece.
I am curious as to what genealogical research was conducted. How does wanting to get to the source of your journalists claims make me obtuse? I was trained that referencing or citing your sources and research makes you a reliable scholar. You don't just take people's word for it, you don't just accept a journalist's name, you seek out the source, the research, and the specific proof of the claims. Why is that too much to ask?
CNN.com
as I have told you COUNTLESS TIMES.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
btw, According to the New
btw,
According to the New York Times McCain's campaign manager’s lobbying firm was receiving $15,000 monthly payments from Freddie Mac — a company that McCain has said is rife with “corruption.”
Also on the same day, it was reported that McCain’s transition director made $260,000 lobbying for Freddie Mac. The New York Times reports McCain received $169,000 from “directors, officers, and lobbyists for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac” for the 2008 campaign cycle.
BIG DEAL
Obama was THEIR NUMBER TWO LARGEST MONEY-FUNDED CONTRIBUTION! Mccain didn't even come in THIRD!
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
Your missing the point. The
Your missing the point. The point is THEY BOTH have their hands in the pockets of Fannie and Freddie.
I agree
I totally agree with what you say---except Mccain never had a fund raiser thrown for him by a terrorist. Mccain didn't attend a church for 20 years where his minister was a racist. Mccain did not but a house from a man who has been convicted of fraud.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
Do you have a title for the
Do you have a title for the article? All I can find written by Gene Healy on CNN.com (Please show me where you mentioned CNN.com btw.)
Commentary: Last thing we need now is a great leader updated Tue, September 2, 2008
"Everyone I talk to seems to think the president of the United States right now is stupid..."
Bush military bird flu role slammed updated Wed, October 5, 2005
"A call by President George W. Bush for Congress to give
him the power to use the military in law enforcement roles in the event of a bird flu pandemic has been criticized as akin to introducing martial law..."
Bush: Military may have to help if bird flu breaks out updated Wed, October 5, 2005
"President Bush says the possibility of an avian flu pandemic is among the reasons he wants Congress to give him the power to use the nation's military in law enforcement roles in the United States..."
Bush eyes bigger military role in disasters updated Tue, September 27, 2005
"President Bush said he wants to make it easier for the military to take charge after a disaster like Hurricane Katrina, but the White House acknowledged Monday the proposal raises "a lot of issues" that need resolution..."
Cancer researchers find there are no easy answers updated Wed, May 14, 1997 WASHINGTON CNN
"When scientists discovered a breast cancer gene in 1994, they hoped it would help women predict their chances of getting the disease. New studies have shed some light on the subject, but not as much as researchers would like..."
Researchers predict advent of AIDS vaccine updated Tue, May 6, 1997 BETHESDA, Maryland CNN
"Top U.S. government AIDS researchers predicted this week that there will be an AIDS vaccine, or possibly several of them..."
None of these articles appear to contain the info mentioned in your blog.
The Title is ON THIS BLOG
or of course, you COULD have a stroke of genius and actually LOOK UP THE JOURNALIST---and while you're at it, sweetie, why don't you just look up Obama's association with ACORN. I'd like to see how you're going to spin Barak Hussian Obama outta THAT one.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
Is it Christmas? I feel
Is it Christmas? I feel like it's Christmas because I just got the best gift ever. I just read the original article by Gene Healy
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9664
and despite it being a very interesting and informative article, even as I read it for the second time,
It says nothing, not one iota of anything regarding the claims of Barack Hussein Obama and his Arabic heritage. So my question remains;
What reputable source did you get the information from that "proves" Barack's father was born in Saudi Arabia? Now I'm calling you out.
"Speak not in the ears of a fool: for she will despise the wisdom of thy
words."
Proverbs 23:9
That isn't the
only article he has written, God. I suggest you do way, way, way more research.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
You are kidding me right????
You are kidding me right???? Tell me the title of the article that Gene Healy DID write that "proves" Barack Obama's father is Arab!
All I am asking is for you to site your work, and you can't. You posted Healy's work "A Profile in Cowardice" (No Barack Hussein Obama -or misspelled version, in the title by the way), which is the article I just read and posted a link to. You added stuff before it as if Healy wrote it, and all I want to know is where you got it from!!
Like I said before, the burden of proof is yours not mine.
"Speak not in the ears of a fool: for she will despise the wisdom of thy
words."
Proverbs 23:9
I am editing my book
right now, I have more important things to do than dig for information that I ALREADY OBTAINED via the internet. GO DIG FOR YOURSELF. I posted TWO THINGS HE WROTE, go dig the rest for yourself.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
Of course
Of course.
"Speak not in the ears of a fool: for she will despise the wisdom of thy
words."
Proverbs 23:9
Look,
I'll tangle with you and your bullishness later, I really, really need to get this done. They didn't give me a six figure advance to argue with you.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
In the amount of time it
In the amount of time it took for you to write that sentence you could have given a reputable source, if you had one that you didn't have to google to find. Which I am willing to bet cold hard cash did not come from Gene Healy.
"Speak not in the ears of a fool: for she will despise the wisdom of thy
words."
Proverbs 23:9
Thanks for encouraging me to
Thanks for encouraging me to do way WAY more research. I did in fact do more research and I found out that you bold faced lied on your post. That is really sad and unnecessary. I hope people keep that into consideration every time you post from this point forward.
http://alphawomen.com/soapbox/barack-arab-nothing-...
"Speak not in the ears of a fool: for she will despise the wisdom of thy
words."
Proverbs 23:9
I DID NOT WRITE THIS
nor did I bold face lie---once again, for your deaf-n-dumb brain: I DID NOT WRITE THIS. My God, you are so totally obsessed that you spend all your time obssessing over a stupid man who won't even be president of the United States. For Christ Sakes, why don't you GET A LIFE.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
I have an email from Gene Healy
YOU LIED IN THIS POST. And you have a choice: remove it or GET SUED.
In this post, you copied an email that YOU said Gene Healy sent TO YOU--in this copy, YOU WROTE that he called me a LIAR. HE NEVER DID. In fact, HE TOTALLY DENIES MOST of what YOU POSTED HERE THAT YOU SAY HE EMAILED YOU. I am forwarding HIS EMAIL TO ME, TO FREDA.
Lastly, it is NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY to fact-check who a writer is on something I read on CNN or MSNBC or EXPOSEOBAMA---if some puts a writers name on something HE DIDN'T WRITE, IT IS THE WRITER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GO AFTER THE ENTITY WHO PUBLISHED THAT HE IS THE AUTHOR.
I count 7 times in my post, where I OVER AND OVER again told you that I DID NOT WRITE THE ARTICLE, that I found it somewhere else. You calling ME A BOLD FACED LIAR, when, if fact, ALL I did was take information that SOMEONE ELSE HAD written, and in which I CONTINUALLT TOLD YOU WAS THE CASE, is more-than-enough for me to haul YOUR LYING BUTT before a jury. Gene Healy DID NOT SAY THAT I WAS A LIAR---YOU ADDED THAT, and THAT MAKES you 100% worse than the fact that I got RELIABLE information in an article about Barak Hussian Obama, ON THE WWW, with Gene's name on it. Whit I did by innocently coping another post and putting it here, with Gene's name on it as I'd found it, is non-culpable, what YOU DID BY DIRECTLY QUOTING FROM AN EMAIL THAT GENE SENT YOU< WHERE YOU SAY HE SAID I WAS A LIAR AND HER DID NOT, IS WHOLLY
CULBABLE.
And GET THIS THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL: someone wrote that article about Barak Hussian Obama. Obviously, when it was posted from EXPOSEOBAMA.com, the RIGHT author didn't get the credit. I HAVE Emailed the site to make them aware of the mistake, so they can give the author credit for their work. So sit tight, Missy. Because you are about to get your BS splashed all over your face.
And next time you post something, I legally suggest that you 1) NOT accuse someone of writing something that thye did not 2) calling them a liar in public, which is LIBEL and which they can prove IS NOT THE CASE.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
We All feel sorry for her
Beauty~
We all know how much you have worked on explaining the truth to this person. She is much confused and needs to step back and re-think the intelligence of the rest of us. It is sad that she is so racist and angry that she can't engage in discussions.........
thanks for posting the truth and discrediting the lies that she throws on this site. I truly feel badly for her that instead of sharing a source, she needs to make up stories about how busy she is with this "book deal". LMAO!
Sara
Now, Now, Now
don't be such an envious and unhappy little girl because I snagged such a lucrative book deal. You too, can be published. All you have to do is find a personality.
Come to Barnes and Noble in NYC on December 17, 2009. I'll toss one of my books at you, while I'm there doing my book signing. God knows, something needs to knock some sence into your pathetic, miserable existance! LMAO.
Chow, Darlin'!
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
Correction: I cannot say
Correction:
I cannot say for certain that you bold faced lied. I can say that based on the information I collected that you had serious inconsistencies in the blog you reposted, and in the comments you made that did not add up.
When you said that the entire post was written by Gene Healy, I assumed that you knew that it wasn't. I now understand that you may have received the entire post as one source that was erroneously credited to Gene Healy-which if it is true, is partly the fault of the original source.
However, you have not provided a link to where you might have obtained the post as one document, hence my assumption that you lied. I stand by my critique of your journalistic methods and sources in this post, but acknowledge that I misspoke when I said you bold faced lied.
For whatever it is worth, you have my sincerest apologies.
Danielle
I found the source.
I found the source.
http://alphawomen.com/soapbox/unfounded-claims-exp...
"Speak not in the ears of a fool: for she will despise the wisdom of thy
words."
Proverbs 23:9
What a Racist
You speak of his ethnic background? What a bold faced racist. RACIST. Go look in the mirror and figure out how you could be so simple minded to focus on his race and his parents.
Disgusting post.
Sara
www.createplaylearn.com
Shameika this whole entire
Shameika
this whole entire post is ridiculous. You all are a bunch of racists. None of this information is acurate. Instead of beating aroudn the bush and come up with lame ass excuses, just admit, you don't want a black man running this country. RACIST!! By the way, African-American is a term that the USA census bureau came up with the bulk us together. Barack Obama is a black man. His mother is White and his father is Black. So please stop trying to come up with all of these stupid theories as to what makes you an African-American. Obama is not a Muslim and has never been a Muslim. the Muslim faith is a religion not a freaking ethnicity. If i recall this country is a country that allows you to practice whatever religion you like. people died fighting for us to have that right. because one Muslim happened to commit bad acts, you can't judge everyone based on this one person. 1 bad apple doesn't spoil a bunch. Should we hate all white people, because they enslaved a whole race of people or because they stole land from people and continue to steal and do horrible things. no we don't!!! So please spare me all the nonsense. You people want to question Obama for his roots and who he has associated with, you better pull every white man from Washington, congress and off the street and do a thorough background check. You people are disgusting.