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Investigator concludes Palin violated ethics law

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:39:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Gov. Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda," the report states. Adopted unanimously by bi-partisan panel.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Panel: Palin abused power in trooper case

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her power as Alaska's governor by trying to get her ex-brother-in-law fired from the state police, a state investigator's report concluded Friday.

"Gov. Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda," the report states.

her efforts to get Wooten fired broke a state ethics law that bars public officials from pursuing personal interest through official action.

The bipartisan Legislative Council, which commissioned the investigation after Monegan was fired, unanimously adopted the 263-page public report after a marathon executive session Friday. About 1,000 more pages of documents compiled during the inquiry will remain confidential, the council's chairman, state Sen. Kim Elton, said.

Tags: palin, ethics, troopergate

When The Messiah Speaks, The Youth Will Hear

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:51:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: “Not sure the Obama team will be thrilled about yet another crazy association,” added another commenter on the NewsBusters forums page. Previous reports have documented Obama’s links to Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, onetime Weatherman bombing suspect Bill Ayers and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who proclaimed a black liberation theology for 20 years while Obama was a member of his church, demanding that God “d***” America.

“How much more have to come out on Obama before the O-Bots put down the kool-aid and say ENOUGH!” added a third.

“Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus,” Cohen said during a one-minute speech on the floor of the U.S. House yesterday. “Pontius Pilate was a governor.”

Democrats, including party strategist Donna Brazile and Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., made nearly identical biblical comparisons of the characters in this presidential election

Is Barack Obama the Messiah?

http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/

Clip Source: www.worldnetdaily.com

"You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. That's a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking."

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Clip Source: blackchristiannews.wordpress.com

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, another powerful Chicago-based political figure associated with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and other long-time associates of Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama, is leaving no doubt about what he thinks of the leader in the campaign for the White House.

On the YouTube website, several people participating in a dialogue dismissed any spiritual hype and pinpointed their concerns.

… I think he should at least clear up that lawsuit about where he was actually born before election day,” wrote one, citing persistent Internet suspicions that his reported Hawaii birthplace isn’t accurate.

I am not one of his sheep

Tags: farrakhan, "universal change", "captured the youth, "

Lipstick Fascism

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:31:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "This is the path that America is on with Palin and McCain. The election of 2008 is a choice between the United States Constitution and Lipstick Fascism."

Frank Schaeffer is the author of CRAZY FOR GOD-How I Grew Up As One Of The
Elect, Helped Found The Religious Right, And Lived To Take All (Or Almost All) Of It Back.

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

We have seen the next Mussolini and she's wearing a skirt.

Sarah Palin is the face of a post-democracy America, post-constitutional and post-freedom America. She is the home town "little Austrian" vice presidential candidate to a cancer-riddled old man who, chances are high, won't see the end of his first term in office if he becomes president due to illness and old age. The woman who said that we don't need to read people their rights may well be the next president.

mock and belittle your opponents, nibble at the edges of the rule of law, promote violence,

grasp at a weird religion of "destiny" (their version of American exceptionalism) with an "us" against "them" mentality, blame others,

intellectual classes and the media, pit the working people against the perceived elite (Jews in Europe and today's university-educated Democratic Party leaders in America), take power based on grievance and fear and then set aside the constitution altogether based on claimed threats by outsiders.

Tags: palin, mccain, republicans, fascism

Ayers Link MORE Than Just Bomb Throwing.

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:47:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Take $millions,radicalize youth of community, organize and intimidate bankers, lenders, then Fannie, Congress, now YOU - for your vote.
DON"T be intimidated. You are not a racist for seeing the truth behind Barack Obama.
Search out the facts (you will NOT get it on MSNBC) Check the facts.

Clip Source: www.ibdeditorials.com

That Ayers' totalitarian revolutionary agenda isn't history is shown by Ayers today sitting on the directorate of the Miranda International Center, a think tank funded by the Venezuelan government of Hugo Chavez, unofficially a state sponsor of terror that just last weekend was found to be hosting terror training camps with Cuban and FARC operatives

Ayers is both a hero and adviser to Hugo Chavez and a colleague of Obama's.

Venezuelan government site describes him as "the leader of the revolutionary and anti-imperialist group

which initiated struggle against

the USA," which it calls "the empire

refers to Ayers' joint involvement with Obama in the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a school "reform" project

radical socialist curriculum into the Windy City's public schools

Obama

CEO of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge

Both men

board of the Woods Fund

helped fund the leftist group ACORN

coerce banks to issue the very risky loans that led to the current financial crisis

Among their grants

Arafat's associate

Why the rescue plan had to happen

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:29:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "the single best explanation I’ve seen from anyone"

Clip Source: gowest.blogs.fortune.cnn.com

Tuesday night’s “town-hall” meeting from Nashville had all the hallmarks of what voters have come to dislike about these non-debates

And yet, for one moment, Barack Obama showed why he is ahead in the polls. He did it by giving the single best explanation I’ve seen from anyone

of why the rescue plan Congress passed last week is good for the American people

Well, Oliver, first, let me tell you what’s in the rescue package for you. Right now, the credit markets are frozen up and what that means, as a practical matter, is that small businesses and some large businesses just can’t get loans. If they can’t get a loan, that means that they can’t make payroll. If they can’t make payroll, then they may end up having to shut their doors and lay people off. And if you imagine just one company trying to deal with that, now imagine a million companies all across the country. So it could end up having an adverse effect on everybody, and that’s why we had to take action.

Nailed it

Tags: obama, bailout, economy

Of Course The Obama-Ayers Connection Is Important

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:08:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Ed goes on to summarize Barone's three major points:

* Obama stresses his commonality with the American people. Do most people feel comfortable working closely with unrepentant domestic terrorists who still want to overthrow the capitalist system in America?
* Obama presses educational issues as part of his campaign. He spent years working with Ayers on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which pushed efforts to create primary educational organizations that would create political activists for the Left - and which largely failed in any of its intended purposes.
* Obama has lied and obfuscated about his relationship with Ayers. Clearly, Ayers was not just “some guy in the neighborhood”, but a political adviser at least on educational issues who provided a key launch for Obama’s political career.

Clip Source: irishspy.typepad.com

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Michael Barone explains why voters and the media should be interested in the Prophet Barack's relationship with a former, yet unrepentant terrorist and radical left-wing "educator:"

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Elections are about policies and character, and whom you choose to associate with says volumes about both. Barack Obama's friends include Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Tony Rezko, Jeremiah Wright, Michael Pfleger, Todd Stroger, Rashid Khalidi, Franklin Raines, and Richard J. Daley.

Character and policy. Is there anyone on this list that should make me or any other voter put Barack Obama in the Oval Office?

Tags: william ayers, bernardine dohrn, tony rezko, jeremiah wright, michael pfleger, rashid khalidi, franklin raines, obama, character, judgement

CNN (Yes, CNN) Confirms Obama Is Lying To You About Bill Ayers

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:28:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It is the lie that furthers the story. Talk about THE LIE.

CNN investigative reporter: “But the relationship between Obama and Ayers went much deeper, ran much longer, and was much more political than Obama said.”

On Anderson’s Cooper 360 they did a major investigative look at the Ayers/Obama connection. They even interviewed Stanley Kurtz.

Bottom line: Just a guy in my neighborhood? Served on one board together?

CNN Says bulls**t!

http://dirtyharrysplace.com/?p=4873

CNN: Obama’s lying about William Ayers

Obama’s admission in a debate that he briefly served on “a board” with Ayers with little contact gets shot down. CNN followed up on Kurtz’ work with the Chicago Annenberg Challenge and debunks that notion. They also — amazingly — report on the nature of the grants made by the CAC while Obama ran it to Ayers’ favored schools with radical agendas.

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/07/cnn-obamas-lying-about-william-ayers/

Clip Source: www.suitablyflip.com

Astounding. Even CNN has been suckered into the distraction of a Presidential candidate lying about the extent of his long, close relationship and political alliance with a proud domestic terrorist.

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Clip Source: hotair.com

Griffin also tells a somewhat nonplussed Cooper that Obama has lied about his “coming out party” at the home of William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn in 1995. Obama has said that Alice Palmer arranged the fundraiser and the venue, but Griffin spoke to two people who attended the event, who claim Obama lied. Palmer had nothing to do with that event outside of being invited to it. Obama and Ayers planned the event themselves.

Obama has lied repeatedly about his relationship with the unrepentant domestic terrorist. He spent years working for Ayers, promoting Ayers’ causes. Even CNN won’t buy the Obama line any longer. Expect John McCain to raise this point tonight in the debate.

Tags: cnn anderson cooper, drew griffin investigative report, stanley durtz, david freddoso, jerome corsi, william ayers, obama, chicago annenberg challenge

Secret circle of the Sahara

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:02:48 GMT

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Clip Source: been-seen.com

Hmmm. What is that? Could it be the eye of a hurricane? Jupiter's Great Red Spot turned blue? An ammonite? All acceptable guesses. The phenomenon sits in barren Northwest African terrain of the Mauritanian Sahara. A mystery that has intrigued scientists, geologists, astronomists and laypersons alike since its visual discovery by orbiting astronauts during the dawn of space travel. Le Guelb er Richat, or the Richat Structure.

The 50 km diameter structure, also referred to as the "Eye of Africa", is located just a little off the beaten path in Northern Mauritania, not far from Ouadane or from the route of the endangered Dakar Rally.

Like the Nazca Lines in Perú, the Richat Structure is best seen from above. Way above.

Tags: sarhara, circle, richat structure

Cindy McPain goes Ridiculously Foul

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:25:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What a dipstick twit. Pardon me Mrs. Doofus, but your lies are showing! Where does she get off? She's not worthy of sitting in the same room with Michele Obama.

Clip Source: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

(CNN) — Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, appears to have sharpened her attacks against Barack Obama on the campaign trail in the final stretch of the race for the White House.

One day after she told a Tennessee newspaper Obama is running the "dirtiest campaign in American history," Mrs. McCain criticized the Illinois senator for voting against a bill to fund troops in Iraq, a regular line of attack from her husband’s campaign.

“The day that Senator Obama cast a vote not to fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body, let me tell you,” she told a Pennsylvania crowd before introducing her husband and Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin.

The vote Mrs. McCain is referencing came in May of 2007, when Obama was one of 14 senators who voted against a war-spending plan that would have provided emergency funds for American troops overseas.

A CNN fact check deemed the charge that Obama voted against troop funding "misleading."

The Banker or the Fetus, Who Would You Save?

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:58:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT POINT!!!
This is not a long read and you'll see other benefits beyond his points as well. Kind of a paradigm like shift in perspective.

*Make sure all your so called republican christian friends get a hold of this article.

Clip Source: www.chycho.com

According to the most up to date estimates available from the National Right to Life, there were 1,287,000 abortions performed in the United States in 2004.

I personally found this number to be appalling, especially considering that three-quarters of women who had aborted a fetus stated that the reason they were getting an abortion was because they could not afford a child. This means that money, the lack of financial security, is the reason for 75% of all abortions performed in the United States. For 2004, that’s equivalent to 965,250 lives being extinguished for fear of poverty.

The solution is simple, instead of giving $700 billion to rich bankers for their crimes, we could provide financial assistance to all expecting mothers.

I hope that all those Pro-lifers and Conservatives who think voting into office the same people who are robbing the nation and causing all these abortions get to see these numbers.

Who would you save, the banker or the fetus?

READY FOR THE PRISON INDUSTRY

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:56:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mandatory sentencing creating havoc in the budget

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Fiscal Disaster in California

The mandatory sentencing craze that has swept the country over the last 30 years did little to cut back the drug trade, but it drove up the prison population and pushed corrections costs to ruinous levels. The process was especially destructive in California, where a federal court has placed the prison system’s dangerously decrepit medical services under a receiver who wants the state to cough up $8 billion to bring that system up to constitutional standards.

The last thing California residents need at this point are new policies that land even more people behind bars and drive up prison spending further. But November’s ballot in California, the birthplace of irresponsible government by referendum, includes two costly initiatives that would do just that.

California voters need to reject Propositions 6 and 9.

Rednecks for Obama

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:21:32 GMT

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Clip Source: rednecks4obama.com

We now have online ordering of Rednecks for Obama shirts and bumper stickers - check out the merchandise page.

Are you a redneck who supports Barack Obama? TELL US YOUR STORY on our Guestbook!

Tags: obama, election, rednecks

Canada rated world's soundest bank system: survey

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:32:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Anyone know if US citizens can open bank accounts in Canada? What is the top banks in Canada anyway?

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

Canada rated world's soundest bank system: survey

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Canada has the world's soundest banking system, closely followed by Sweden, Luxembourg and Australia, a survey by the World Economic Forum has found as financial crisis and bank failures shake world markets.

But Britain, which once ranked in the top five, has slipped to 44th place behind El Salvador and Peru, after a 50 billion pound ($86.5 billion) pledge this week by the government to bolster bank balance sheets.

Tags: us, banking, canada, bank ratings, canadian

Palin and the Sucessionist AIP

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:43:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Special note: Palin was not 8 years old during her affiliation with the AIP.

What is that quote about "Glass Houses"?

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Alaskan Independence Party: The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

Palin, it could be argued, following her own logic, thinks so little of America's perfection that she continues to "pal around" with a man--her husband, actually--who only recently terminated his seven-year membership in the Alaskan Independence Party.

AIP's creation was inspired by the rabidly violent anti-Americanism of its founding father Joe Vogler, "I'm an Alaskan, not an American," reads a favorite Vogler quote on AIP's current website, "I've got no use for America or her damned institutions." According to Vogler AIP's central purpose was to drive Alaska's secession from the United States. Alaska, says current Chairwoman Lynette Clark, "should be an independent nation."

Palin's husband Todd remained an AIP party member from 1995 to 2002.

While retaining her Republican registration, she attended the AIP's 1994 convention

she also attended AIP's 2000 Convention

she recorded a video greeting for this year's 2008 convention

Former governor Milliken backs away from McCain

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:00:04 GMT

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Clip Source: www.mlive.com

former Republican Gov. William Milliken is expressing doubts about his party's nominee.

"He is not the McCain I endorsed,"

"He keeps saying, 'Who is Barack Obama?' I would ask the question, 'Who is John McCain?' because his campaign has become rather disappointing to me.

"I'm disappointed in the tenor and the personal attacks on the part of the McCain campaign, when he ought to be talking about the issues."

Lincoln Chafee, a former Republican U.S. senator from Rhode Island, said he's voting for Obama and urging others to do likewise.

"That's not my kind of Republicanism," said Chafee, who now calls himself an independent. "I saw what Bush and Cheney did. They came in with a (budget) surplus and a stable world, and look what's happened now. In eight short years they've taken one peaceful and prosperous world, and they've torn it into tatters."

As for McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his running mate, "there's no question she's totally unqualified," Chafee said.