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According to the NY Post, Obama friends tried to bribe Rev. Jeremiah “God damn America” into shutting up between now and November. When he opens his mouth, Wright tends to say things that rebound onto his protege of 20 years.
It’s interesting that a sitting president may have tried to muzzle his mentor with money, but I’m less interested in that, than this:
“And one of the first things Barack said was, ‘I really wish you wouldn’t do any more public speaking until after the November election.’ He knew I had some speaking engagements lined up, and he said, ‘I wish you wouldn’t speak. It’s gonna hurt the campaign if you do that.’
“And what did you say?” I asked. “I said, ‘I don’t see it that way. And anyway, how am I supposed to support my family?’ And he said, ‘Well, I wish you wouldn’t speak in public. The press is gonna eat you alive.’
“Barack said, ‘I’m sorry you don’t see it the way I do. Do you know what your problem is?’ And I said, ‘No, what’s my problem?’ And he said, ‘You have to tell the truth.’ I said, ‘That’s a good problem to have. That’s a good problem for all preachers to have. That’s why I could never be a politician.’
What truth is that? That white folks’ greed runs a world in need? That 9-11 was America’s chickens coming home to roost? That HIV is a US government conspiracy against black people? That Bill Clinton did to America what he did to Monica Lewinsky?
Is that the truth that Wright can’t stop saying, Mr. President? Do we have a full blown racial conspiracy nut in the presidency?
If the mainstream media didn’t have such a perverse idea of what is controversial and what isn’t, someone would interview the president about all this.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/05/13/obama-to-rev-wright-your-problem-is-you-hav...
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This is a very important topic, and an excellent interview. It addresses what may, or may not, be “unintended consequences” very well.
This is a "Must see".
Here's a direct link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK1kWqb5t6U&feature=youtu.beThis is a very important topic, and an excellent interview. It addresses what may, or... more
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WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE?
This video and beautiful powerful song made by Makana was done as a result of a vote in Hawaii that refused to give people the right to know about GMO. Powerful lobbyists in Washington DC representing the purveyors of monoculture and environmental contamination for their own profit used that money to corrupt those who put the interests of the few above the many. But this is not the end. We have voices. We have passion. And we have the truth on our side.
Occupying our food system now in any way we can do so be it on a street, in a garden or on a modem is essential and crucial now. There is no more time left for petty distractions. Monsanto, DOW Chemical, BASF, Bayer, Syngenta, et al have drawn the battle lines. Their goal is clear: control your seeds in order to control your life. And make no mistake, this is a war they are waging against nature itself. So please watch this video and contact those mentioned who came down once again on the side of those who care nothing about your planet, your food, or your health. Let them know they will no longer get away with putting their own interests ahead of the biodiversity of this planet. WE ARE THE MANY, THEY ARE THE FEW.
Thank you, Hawaii. MahaloWHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE?
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"Sadly I agree, we are no longer worthwhile Americans, we are simply a commodity!!!"
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By Stephanie Whiteside / current.com
When it comes to policies on sex education, it's the GOP that's pushing for abstinence-only policies, right? Not necessarily; the Obama administration quietly added an abstinence-only curriculum to the list of officially sanctioned guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The program is the South Carolina-based Heritage Keepers program, which is included as one of the 31 evidence-based programs for preventing teen pregnancy and it was included in the list this spring.
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Top Republican Strategist Denies Women Are Paid Less Than Men
This morning, during a heated discussion with Rachel Maddow on Meet The Press, GOP consultant Alex Castellanos denied that women make 77 cents for a man’s dollar in the workplace and noted, “there are lots of reasons for that.” Maddow expressed shock at the assertion, but concluded that it explained why Republicans and Mitt Romney are so hesitant to embrace the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, a law that helps women hold accountable employers who discriminate in the pay practices based on gender.
“Now we know, at least from both of your perspectives,” Maddow said, pointing to Castellanos and Romney surrogate Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), “women are not fairing worse than men in the economy that women aren’t getting paid less for equal work.” “It’s about policy and whether or not you want to fix some of the structural discrimination that women really do face that Republicans don’t believe is happening,” she added. Castellanos responded to Maddow’s policy argument by remarking on her passion, to which the MSNBC host took offense:
CASTELLANOS: It is about policy and I love how passionate you are. I wish you were as right about what you’re saying as you are passionate about it. I really do.
MADDOW: That’s really condescending. This is a stylistic issue. My passion on this issue is actually me making a factual argument on it.
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By Muriel Kane
Sunday, April 8, 2012 18:52 EDT
In a send-up of Mitt Romney’s presidential aspirations, Saturday Night Live mocked the Republican frontrunner by displaying parody clips of a campaign tour in which “he claimed to be interested in things we know he is not interested in.”
Speaking before the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the fake Romney proclaims, “There is one issue on which I will never compromise … because it’s the core of who I am: cat-spaying. It’s simply the right thing to do — and, quite frankly, the reason I got into this race. I want to be known as the cat-neutering president.”
In Oklahoma, he tells the Kiamichi Country Sportsman’s Association, “Unfortunately, with our schedules, Ann and I don’t get to nearly as many cockfights as we’d like. But let me tell you, cockfighting has brought us more sheer enjoyment in our marriage than anything we have ever experienced. And that’s why, frankly, I want to be the cockfighting president.”
But he is perhaps least convincing in a speech before the National Roleplaying Game Association Convention, where he appears with cape and lightsaber to insist woodenly, “I can’t remember a time when Dungeons and Dragons wasn’t an important part of my life.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/08/snl-mocks-romney-for-pandering-to-everyone/
Video from NBC via Mediaite, uploaded April 7, 2012.
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By David Edwards
Sunday, April 8, 2012 12:06 EDT
Evangelical Saddleback Church founder Rick Warren says that Christians have a disagreement with Mormonism because it “denies” certain fundamental Christian beliefs.
In an Easter Sunday interview on ABC, Jake Tapper noted that Mitt Romney, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was almost certain to be the Republican presidential nominee.
“Are Mormons Christians?” Tapper asked Warren.
“Well, the key sticking point for evangelicals and actually for many is the issue of the Trinity,” the evangelical pastor explained. “Orthodox Christians, Catholic Christians, Protestant Christians, evangelical Christians and Pentecostal Christians all believe in the Trinity; that’s the historic doctrine of the church, that God is three-in-one. Not three gods; one God in Father, Son and Holy Spirit.”
“Mormonism denies that. That’s a sticking point for a lot of Catholic Christians, evangelical Christians, Pentecostal Christians, because they don’t — they don’t believe that.”
“Now they’ll use the same terminology, but they don’t believe in the historic doctrine of the Trinity,” Warren added. “And people have tried to make it other issues. But that’s really one of the fundamental differences.”
Throughout the primary season, Romney has had a problem getting support from evangelicals. He lost the evangelical vote by double digits in Tennessee, Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, Georgia and South Carolina.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/08/rick-warren-mormonism-denies-christian-doctrine/
Watch the video from ABC’s This Week, broadcast on April 8, 2012.
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Sunday, April 8, 2012 12:06 EDT
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"President Barack Obama's administration appears set to notify the U.S. Congress of plans to arm a fleet of Italian MQ-9 Reaper drones, a step that may spur a wider spread of remotely piloted hunter-killer aircraft.
The administration could move ahead within two weeks on the proposal to let Italy join Britain in deploying U.S. drones with weapons such as laser-guided bombs and Hellfire missiles, American officials said.
Italy has a fleet of six Reapers. The sale of the technology to arm them, including bomb racks and "weaponization" kits costing up to $17 million, would help the United States redistribute the burden of its global military operations as the Pentagon's budget is being squeezed by deficit-reduction requirements.
Aides to Obama have been informally consulting the House of Representatives' and Senate's foreign affairs committees about the proposed sale to Italy since last year, congressional staff said.
The latest such period of "pre-consultations" ended May 27 without a move to block the sale, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the coming formal notification to lawmakers.
A transfer to Italy would make it harder for the United States to deny armed-drone technology if asked for it by other members of the 28-country NATO alliance or by close U.S. partners such as South Korea, Japan and Australia, arms-sale analysts said.
"I think that if you sell armed drones to Italy, you will very likely make a decision that any member of NATO that wants them can also get them," said a former congressional staff member who followed the issue.
Some lawmakers fear that a decision to arm Italian drones may spur overseas sales of related technology by Israel, Russia and China.
The United States has used its MQ-9s to hunt and kill members of al Qaeda and its allies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and Pakistani tribal areas.
Britain, the first foreign country to get U.S. technology to arm its Reapers, is considered a special case. Many U.S. officials and members of Congress view it as Washington's staunchest and most reliable ally.
The State Department does not comment on proposed sales of U.S. military hardware until formal notifications have been completed. But a State Department official described Italy as a strong NATO ally which contributes significantly to coalition operations.
"The transfer of U.S. defense articles and service to allies like Italy enables us to work together more effectively to meet shared security challenges," said the official, who declined to be named.
SPREAD DRONES, OR LIMIT THEM?
Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has publicly opposed the transfer of armed drones. "There are some military technologies that I believe should not be shared with other countries, regardless of how close our partnership," Feinstein, a California Democrat, said last year.
She said she would put armed drones in the category of weapons the United States should try to rein in, not spread.
Turkey is among countries that have been seeking to buy U.S. unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. The MQ-9 Reaper is larger and more capable than the earlier MQ-1 Predator, both built by General Atomics.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Chicago last week that Obama was leaning toward selling UAVs to Turkey, which has fought separatist Kurdish rebels for decades in a conflict that has killed 40,000 people.
"The administration's position (toward a sale) is favorable," Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency quoted Gul as saying after he met Obama. "They are trying to convince Congress."
A proposed U.S. arms sale to Turkey may proceed unless lawmakers enact joint resolution barring it, an event that has never occurred.
The Obama administration says that all exports of sensitive military technology are considered on a case-by-case basis under a general policy of "restraint," taking into account national security and foreign-policy considerations as well as U.S. multilateral commitments.
Purchasers of U.S.-made military systems must agree to a strict set of "end-use" conditions designed to limit the system to approved uses such as self-defense and United Nations missions. They also must agree to let the United States monitor their adherence to these conditions.
Italy has sought to arm its drones for use in Afghanistan, where it maintains about 3,950 troops. But it initially wanted the drones themselves for such things as border patrols, the former congressional staff member said.
TEAL Group, a U.S. aerospace consultancy, estimated in April that worldwide UAV spending will almost double over the next decade, totaling more than $89 billion in the next 10 years.""President Barack Obama's administration appears set to notify the U.S.... more
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If you were a child in the District of Columbia school system (51st in state rankings for academic achievement, first for school violence), you and your parents probably greeted the election of Barack Obama with great joy. If someone had suggested to you then that the president would attempt to torpedo the scholarship program that permits some district kids to attend the private schools of their choice, you might have thought you were hearing racist smears.
But that is what happened. As he did in previous years, Obama has once again attempted to zero out funding in 2013 for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, a small federal outlay that provides scholarships to some 1,600 students to attend private or parochial schools. Since the program’s inception in 2004, more than 10,000 families have applied to participate. The average income of OSP participants is $24,000.
The administration claims that it “strongly opposes” the OSP because it “has not yielded improved student achievement.” But as the Black Alliance for Educational Options reports:
“The most recent federal evaluation of the OSP showed that students who used their scholarships had a 91 percent graduation rate – 21 percent higher than those who were offered but did not use scholarships and more than 30 points higher than D.C. public school students. The program has also produced gains in reading.”
The president delivers energetic speeches about the “knowledge economy” and the urgent need to improve education for all of America’s kids. He’s been troubled and adamant about the problem of school dropouts: In a 2010 speech, for example, the president declared: “This is a problem we cannot afford to accept or ignore. The stakes are too high – for our children, for our economy, for our country. It’s time for all of us to come together … to end America’s dropout crisis.” But the program in D.C. that cuts dropout rates by 30 points? He’s standing in the schoolhouse door saying, “No exit.”
At least two students, Sarah and James Parker, were able to attend Sidwell Friends – the school the Obamas chose for their daughters – thanks to the scholarships. The Wall Street Journal’s William McGurn quoted their mother, who noted that at the public school her kids would be obliged to attend without the scholarships, fewer than half of the students are proficient at reading or math. “I once took Sarah to Roosevelt High School,” Deborah Parker recounted, “to see its metal detectors and security guards. I wanted to scare her into appreciation for what she has at Sidwell.” Too bad she couldn’t take Obama on the same tour.
The last time Obama, who likes to style himself as the voice of the 99 percent, attempted to kill the Opportunity Scholarship Program, it was saved by Speaker of the House John Boehner – just another white Republican who cares nothing for blacks and Hispanics. During tense budget negotiations in 2011, Boehner succeeded in getting the president’s approval for a five-year reauthorization of the $20 million program.
Now the president is proposing, as Democrats always do, to increase funding for the Department of Education by 2.5 percent, taking it to $70 billion, and once again to eliminate funding for the OSP, moving those funds back to the public schools.
It’s easy to see why the president wants to double down on the current system. Ever-increasing expenditures have done so much for the kids of the District of Columbia. The district now spends $18,000 per student. More than 60 percent of district fourth-graders cannot read at grade level. Only 14 percent of eighth-graders are proficient in reading. The Washington Post reports that in math, the district has, “by a wide margin, the nation’s highest proportion of fourth- and eighth-graders in the ‘below basic’ category – and the lowest in proficient/advanced.” During the 2007-’08 academic year, police received more than 3,500 calls from public schools, 900 of them for violent incidents.
The overwhelming majority of parents who’ve been able to take advantage of Opportunity Scholarships are happy with them, along with more than 70 percent of district residents generally. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who has joined Speaker Boehner in attempting to secure funding for the program, said “If Dr. King were alive today, he’d be fighting his heart out for the OSP.”
But Dr. King is not alive, and the first black president, whose daughters are in no danger of losing their spots at Sidwell, has turned his back.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/may/29/obama-turns-back-on-students/If you were a child in the District of Columbia school system (51st in state rankings... more
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According to the NY Post, Obama friends tried to bribe Rev. Jeremiah “God damn America” into shutting up between now and November. When he opens his mouth, Wright tends to say things that rebound onto his protege of 20 years.
It’s interesting that a sitting president may have tried to muzzle his mentor with money, but I’m less interested in that, than this:
“And one of the first things Barack said was, ‘I really wish you wouldn’t do any more public speaking until after the November election.’ He knew I had some speaking engagements lined up, and he said, ‘I wish you wouldn’t speak. It’s gonna hurt the campaign if you do that.’
“And what did you say?” I asked. “I said, ‘I don’t see it that way. And anyway, how am I supposed to support my family?’ And he said, ‘Well, I wish you wouldn’t speak in public. The press is gonna eat you alive.’
“Barack said, ‘I’m sorry you don’t see it the way I do. Do you know what your problem is?’ And I said, ‘No, what’s my problem?’ And he said, ‘You have to tell the truth.’ I said, ‘That’s a good problem to have. That’s a good problem for all preachers to have. That’s why I could never be a politician.’
What truth is that? That white folks’ greed runs a world in need? That 9-11 was America’s chickens coming home to roost? That HIV is a US government conspiracy against black people? That Bill Clinton did to America what he did to Monica Lewinsky?
Is that the truth that Wright can’t stop saying, Mr. President? Do we have a full blown racial conspiracy nut in the presidency?
If the mainstream media didn’t have such a perverse idea of what is controversial and what isn’t, someone would interview the president about all this.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/05/13/obama-to-rev-wright-your-problem-is-you-have-to-tell-the-truth/According to the NY Post, Obama friends tried to bribe Rev. Jeremiah “God damn... more
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The evolution is complete. President Obama disclosed in a television interview recorded Wednesday that he had changed his long-standing position, a move that should satisfy (at least for now) a Democratic base that was growing frustrated with him over the controversial social issue.
ABC News
In an interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts, the president described his thought process as an “evolution” that led him to this decision, based on conversations with his staff members, openly gay and lesbian service members, and his wife and daughters.
EQUALITY!!!! Well maybe... Anyone think this will go well or is he just doing it for the LGBT vote and campaign contribution.The evolution is complete. President Obama disclosed in a television interview... more
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Thom Hartmann talks with Steve Bucci, Ph.D. , Senior Research Fellow, Defense and Homeland Security-the Heritage Foundation Website: www.heritage.org about the Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), introduced by House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and ranking member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD). Under CISPA, the U.S. government will be able to share information about incoming cyber attacks — that includes providing American companies details on malware, viruses, and other malicious code that pose a threat to their security. But will it mean the end to our online privacy?Thom Hartmann talks with Steve Bucci, Ph.D. , Senior Research Fellow, Defense... more
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"Yes!!! Please share with all you know, there is much at stake and we need BO for for more years, not Mitt Romney!!!"Edit to ask you guys and gals to spread it far and wide on facebook and anywhere else.... more
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Purveyors of the first view will often further argue that we might expect the real, more aggressive and progressive Obama to emerge in the second term. Hell hath no righteous fury, it is suggested, like a lame duck true believer with nothing to lose. Well, maybe, and I certainly hope this is the case. But I tend to side with NFL coaching legend Bill Parcells here: At some point, “you are what your record says you are.”Purveyors of the first view will often further argue that we might expect the real,... more
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By David Edwards
Friday, May 4, 2012 11:16 EDT
Ted Nugent recently said presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign “expressed support” after the musician made comments that caused the U.S. Secret Service to wonder if he had threatened the life of President Barack Obama.
In a recent interview where the conservative rocker flew into a rage, Nugent revealed to CBS reporter Jeff Glor that he had spoken to Romney’s campaign after he told a crowd at the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention that he would be “either be dead or in jail by this time next year” if Obama was re-elected.
“We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November!” he exclaimed to the NRA audience. “Any questions?”
Glor wondered if the Romney campaign was “unhappy” over those remarks.
“No,” Nugent replied. “They expressed support. … I got the sensation that it was — not from Mitt himself or Ms. Romney — ‘Stay on course, Ted.’ Freedom of speech is beautiful thing.”
The Romney supporter recalled that he had an “adorable” meeting with the Secret Service for as long as 40 minutes after making the controversial comments.
“I feel sorry for liberals who can be that brain dead as to take a clear statement of fear on my part and turn it into a threat against somebody else,” Nugent explained.
“If Mitt Romney wins, he needs at least some of the moderate vote,” Glor noted. “You are many things, you are not moderate.”
“Call me when you sit down across from someone who has more families with dying little boys and girls who get a call to take them on their last fishing trip in life!” an enraged Nugent screamed. “Call me when you meet someone who does that more than I do because that’s really moderate! In fact, you know what that is? That’s extreme! I’m an extremely loving, passionate man! And people who investigate me honestly — without the baggage of political correctness — ascertain the conclusion that I’m a damn nice guy! And if you can find a screening process more powerful than that, I’ll suck your fucking dick!”
“Or fuck you!” he said, turning to Glor’s female producer. “How’s that sound?”
Glor told CBS hosts Charlie Rose and Erica Hill that Nugent later offered a “full apology” for his outburst.
“Yesterday, he called me on the phone after we got back from New York,” Glor said. “And said after our interview, he was rushed to the emergency room and had a kidney stone removed. So, that’s what he said may have contributed to his high level of energy.”
The CBS reporter added that Nugent’s musical career was not suffering because he is “more known now” after the controversial comments.
“His quote to us was that his ‘guitar eats faces,’ as only Ted Nugent can say it.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/04/nugent-romney-camp-expressed-support-after-anti-obama-tirade/
Watch this video from CBS’s This Morning, broadcast May 4, 2012.
"I Hate to give this Douche Bag any more attention than he deserves, but this is out of Control!!!" If for some reason this video doesn't show, Please check the link, Thanks!!! =)By David Edwards
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Campaign Manager Ms. Cutter says to "share" this so I am - hope you enjoy and it helps when you see inaccuracies on Facebook, etc.
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The video outlines the challenges America faced as President Obama took office at the height of the worst recession in almost a century and details the progress that has been made reclaiming the security of the middle class and building an economy that's meant to last, where hard work pays and responsibility is rewarded.
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