Sunday, September 14, 2008

Chicago TV in 2000: Obama admits a terrorist launched his career


Barack Obama was interviewed by Bill O'Reilly last week.

BARACK OBAMA: ...on this Ayers thing, which you've been hyping, Bill.

O'REILLY: Not that much.

BARACK OBAMA: This guy did something despicable forty years ago.

O'REILLY: Despicable last week. He said he didn't do enough bombing. That's last week.

BARACK OBAMA: Here's a guy that does something despicable when I'm eight years old. Alright? I come to Chicago. He's working with Mayor Richard Daley, not known to be a radical. So, he and I know each other as a consequence of work he's doing on education. That is not an endorsement of his views ... This guy is not part of my campaign, he's not some adviser of mine.

But on local television in 2000, Obama told a very different story.

Interviewer: One of the criticisms that arises in connection with your candidacy is you simply haven't been in the Senate very long, the State Senate. You have a limited track record in terms of time, what is your argument based on the one term that you've served so far? What makes you prepared for the Congress?

Obama: Well, I'm in my second term, but it's true that certainly both Senator Trotter and Congressman Rush have been in elected office longer than I have. I can't deny that. I would argue, though, that my experience previous to elected office equips me for the job. I have a background as an attorney, I've represented affordable housing organizations to build affordable housing, something that's a major issue in the district.

I've chaired major philanthropic efforts in the city like the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, that gave fifty million dollars to prompt school reform efforts throughout the city.

Yet this important qualification in Barack Obama's career has been utterly and completely omitted from the 'official biography' on his website.

In 1995 Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn -- who advocate the overthrow of the U.S government to this very day -- launched Barack Obama's career by hosting a "Meet the Candidate" event in their home.

Ayers, who controlled the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC), then hired Barack Obama as Chairman of the Board of the CAC, even though he had no experience other than as a "community organizer."

Ayers gave a completely unqualified Obama a job in which he administered $50 million (and another $60 or more million in matching funds). This single act helped jump-start Obama's political career, as evidenced by the interview. The question no one is asking: why?

Ayers and Obama also served together on the board of the Woods Fund of Chicago. Among those who received funds from the pair were the Arab-American Action Network, founded by a member of the PLO, and ACORN, a group infamous for vote fraud even to this very day.

Reverend Meeks, Father Pfleger, Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Trinity United Church all received funds from Ayers and Obama.

In return, the mega-churches are alleged to have delivered thousands of votes to Obama.

Summary


While the New York Times crack investigative staff is busily pursuing a 4-H pal of Sarah Palin's, they seem to have missed the biggest story of this election cycle.

Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn are unrepentent terrorists who even today advocate communism and the overthrow of the United States government. They launched and orchesterated Barack Obama's career, providing him with the qualifications necessary to run for major political office.

Repeat: communists and terrorists launched Obama's career. And the fossils at the Times, who are rapidly sinking into financial quicksand, can't bother to report the story.

Update: An important note concerning the Chicago television interview from 2000. NPR had this transcript on its site at one point (via Google), but it has since been expunged! Since NPR doesn't permit caching, the search engines (and the Wayback Archive) don't appear to have copies. I've reproduced the transcript myself, so any errors are my own.

* In April 2008, Ayers wrote:

Capitalism played its role historically and is exhausted as a force for progress: built on exploitation, theft, conquest, war, and racism, capitalism and imperialism must be defeated and a world revolution... must win.

In 2006, Ayers described his life underground while he operated as a terrorist. It doesn't sound too different from his current patter.

In some ways life underground was [in some] ways... extraordinary because we felt that our lives had a serious purpose that we were conscious of and earnest about every day: to end a war and overthrow a system—imperialism—that made war after war inevitable, and to upend centuries of racial oppression and white supremacy creating a society based on equality, justice, and love.

By bombing the hell out of society and robbing and killing the innocent! Way to go, Bill!

Related reading: Roster of Hate: Guide to Barack Obama's Extremist Connections.

Hat tips: Say Anything, Ace of Spades and Larwyn.
Linked by: American Thinker, Just One Minute, PrestoPundit, Sister Toldjah, USS Neverdock, Wizbang and Take Our Country Back. Thanks!

New Sitemeter: textbook example of a poorly planned project


Many bloggers use Sitemeter, a service that offered simple, useful traffic reports. Even the free service, which I used, was pretty good. I'm using the past tense because the site is down after a project debacle worthy of a systems development case study.

I suppose Sitemeter thought they were competing with a high-end reporting service like Google Analytics. In doing so, they created a new version of the site. It's a montrosity and a usability nightmare: heavy on Flash and nearly devoid of plain old HTML. Using the new version, I could never even find referrals (how users got to my sites) other than through a bulk download of a CSV file into Excel.

The old site made the reports simple and, more importantly, accessible. You could get the last 100 referrals without even logging in, if so configured. I could easily see who was hitting my site from my BlackBerry using a bookmarked URL.

The new site requires a login and, worse, to get any reporting requires the user to download a massive Flash file. On a broadband connection, it took five or ten seconds, depending upon the load on the server, I suppose. Once the Flash application has loaded, the user's presented with a well nigh inscrutable interface that makes psychoanalyzing Michael Moore look like child's play by comparison.

Quickly scanning bloggers' reactions finds us mining terms like "stinko", "bye-bye", "they've ruined [it]", "I hate hate hate hate [it]", "sux", "out of site[meter]", and "goodbye".

The only positive news for bloggers is that the feedback to Sitemeter has been so overwhelmingly negative, they've decided to rollback to the previous version.

Put simply, this is a textbook example of a poorly planned project. You could look at every aspect of the project, from early mockups, to requirements, design, testing, and even migration strategy and find San Andreas-sized faults. I'm not sure which users they vetted the new design with, but my guess it was one guy named Sal who owns an Auto Body shop next door to Sitemeter's office.

Prediction: the rollback will also fail miserably and take at least a day or two. I'll be pleasantly surprised it the old reports are back up by tomorrow morning.

Update: Ann Althouse, Jammie, Say Anything and the Anchoress all have similar reax.

Remnants of Ike


The remnants of Ike are still packing a heck of a punch. Wind gusts of 70 miles-an-hour were typical at midday. The power went out at the gym, so I quickly showered and left.

While power was out most of the way home, a few lights were still operating. Check out the angles of the stoplights.

Another intersection, but the lights are on here as well.

You don't often see a stoplight in this position.

Over this bridge, there was a strange dust storm kicking up, though it had died down by the time I snapped the shot.

Power is still on where we live, perhaps because much of the electric transmission is underground in our area.

The Atlantic hires Leni Riefenstahl for a Photo Shoot


I thought Leni passed away a few years ago but I was apparently mistaken 'cuz it appears the Atlantic hired her for a McCain photo shoot.

To say Ms. Greenberg's use of this material in this way is "unprofessional" and does the subject (John McCain) and the client (The Atlantic Monthly) a disservice is to vastly understate the case. Not only has Ms. Greenberg exposed The Atlantic to charges of bias it may well have not intended, it turns out she was engaged in dealing with Senator McCain falsely as well. She has, indeed, bragged about it to PDNPulse, a professional photographers' journal. Here, in her own words, are what she did:

When The Atlantic called Jill Greenberg, a committed Democrat, to shoot a portrait of John McCain for its October cover, she rubbed her hands with glee.....

After getting that shot, Greenberg asked McCain to “please come over here” for one more set-up before the 15-minute shoot was over. There, she had a beauty dish with a modeling light set up. “That’s what he thought he was being lit by,” Greenberg says. “But that wasn’t firing.”

What was firing was a strobe positioned below him, which cast the horror movie shadows across his face and on the wall right behind him. “He had no idea he was being lit from below,” Greenberg says. And his handlers didn’t seem to notice it either. “I guess they’re not very sophisticated,” she adds - PDNPulse: How Jill Greenberg Really Feels About John McCain

So what we see here is a candidate for President showing up at a photo-session for a cover shot for a magazine he knows is not going to give him an Obama-pass, but still making time for it. Waiting for him is the contracted representative of that magazine, Jill Greenberg, who has literally set a trap for him and then lures him into it. She mocks the McCain staff for not being "very sophisticated" about lighting when, in truth, the lighting used for a professional photo session is very complicated. There are umbrella lights, fill spots, and a raft of others being used at any given time.

I imagine that Ms. Greenberg was in full charm mode with Senator McCain at the same time she was executing her little partisan plot. Indeed, I am certain she was nothing other than sweetness and light to him. What she was doing was quite another thing, a vile thing. Simply put, it was betrayal for a cheap political frisson for her.

That's an understatement.


The Atlantic also discovered this controversial photo of John McCain taken during the Vietnam War

Vanderleun concludes with sound counsel: You see, I no longer write to editors about these frauds and outrages, I write to the advertisers. You should too.

Advertisers include: Philip Morris, P&G, Kraft Foods, Target, Microsoft, RCA, Epson, Polaroid, Dow Jones, Paramount Pictures, MGM, Sony Pictures, HBO, Showtime, Disney, Miller Beer, Anheuser Busch, Pepsi, Coca Cola, and others.

Update: Ace and Newsbusters have more on our modern-day Leni Riefenstahl.

Update II: Like Vanderleun, I did some screen-caps on Leni's website (no link provided, you can type in the URL urlself). Remember, this is what passes for reasonable commentary in the "progressive" community.




Always keep this in mind: they're liberals because they care.

Hat tip: Larwyn.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Obama teaches sex to kindergartners


This film was approved by the Community Organizers Code Authority, America's finest community organizers association.

Wright-Ayers Films presents: Barack Obama Teaches Sex to Kindergartners

Hello, children, my name is Barack Obama. I'm here to talk to you about "sex".

What is "sex"?

Put simply, sex is what makes babies.

Sex makes turtle babies, fish babies, teddy bear babies, even baby babies!

How does sex make babies?

First off, your Mom is hot.

And if your Daddy was reading the Victoria's Secret catalog when she sashayed by...

Ka-Bam!.

You know how sometimes your Mommy and Daddy's bedroom door is locked and you can hear muffled yelping sounds?

Hey-yo!

And even if you have two Dads, remember that they love you just as much as if you had real parents.

So kids, remember these three rules.

One: always use a "jimmy hat".


Two: call her the morning after.

Three: you don't have to marry her.

I'm proof that sex -- in all its forms -- is beautiful.

This film was approved by the Community Organizers Code Authority: we put the communist in community.

Linked by: Gateway Pundit, Newsbusters and American Digest. Thanks!

Line o' the day: Jonny Quest!


Sharp Knife:

Have you noticed how Johnny Quest and Hadji keep telling us they know Osama bin Laden's home address?


Biden:

[What about] the Superhighway of Terror between Pakistan and Afghanistan where my helicopter was forced* down...John McCain wants to know where Bin Ladin and the Gates of Hell are? I can tell him where. That's where Al Qaida is. That's where Bin Ladin is. It's not in the country of Iraq.

Obama:

John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell - but he won't even go to the cave where he lives.

Since the Man from U.N.C.L.E. and the Man from U.R.K.E.L. have bin Laden's street address, isn't it incumbent on them--especially on this day--to give that information to the real authorities?

C'mon, heroes; give Homeland a call. You can even remain anonymous--if it's possible to be any more anonymous than you've already been in this fight.

Just a quick reminder: Race Bannon voted Republican in the last eight elections.

Gasoline: the real price-gougers


Hurricane Ike threatens our largest oil refineries...

Gas prices hit all-time highs...

...and the Democrat-controlled Congress continues to prohibit drilling for energy around 93% of the U.S. In fact, they even prohibit exploration!

It's nothing new. In 1994 Democrat Bill Clinton vetoed exploration in Alaska

In 2008 Democrat Nancy Pelosi claimed that drilling for oil is a "hoax".

And in July of this year Democrat Ken Salazar refused to consider drilling even if gas hit $10 a gallon!

Ten dollar gas? Vote for Energy. Vote McCain-Palin.

Update: Larwyn adds:

Look at the Dems' "No Zones" and realize that if drilling and refinery sites were spread out, a hurricane in the Gulf would not have such a dire effect on our economy and on your pocketbook.

Common sense folks! If your banked cash exceeds the FDIC insurance limits, you use more than one bank. Time we create more than ONE ENERGY BANK for this country....

Well said.

Larwyn's Linkfest: Sarah Palin is a stewardess!


Native Americans Against Obama: Welcome back, Jeremiah Wright!

Newsbusters: UPI Charges ABC With Biased 'Double Standard' in Palin Interview ("Charles Gibson of ABC News was out for blood and inherently applied a double-standard compared with the kid gloves George Stephanopoulos used on Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois on Sunday night... Gibson was out to embarrass Palin and expose her presumed ignorance from the word go. By contrast, when Obama referred to his "Muslim faith" on Sunday and did not correct himself, Stephanopoulos rushed in at once to help him and emphasize that the senator had really meant to say his Christian faith.")

Radarsite: Daily Kos: Beyond Outrage, Beneath Contempt ("All this 9/11 worship is ghoulish and downright silly. Some Brit on b3ta.com is even making fun of our pompous charade." -- Daily Kos.com)

Futurist: Why the US Will Still be the Only Superpower in 2030, v2.0

Ace of Spades: Bill Maher's expert characterization of Sarah Palin: "She's a stewardess."

Don Surber: He's Baracking Up:

Obama June 30 (up 5 in the Gallup): "I Will Never Question the Patriotism of Others."

Obama Sept. 12 (down 4 in the Gallup): "So, when American workers hear John McCain talking about putting 'Country First,' it's fair to ask –- which country?"

That Ivy League education and those 20 years of spiritual guidance from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright are really paying off as Obama cracks up under pressure. Let's see, calling people pigs. Mocking a guy who is too crippled to type on a keyboard. And questioning the patriotism of a Silver Star honoree.

Dan Riehl just hit his limit:

Maybe it's time the media did some serious looking into the early travels of a fellow who wants to be President, not Vice President of the United States - Barack Obama.

This isn't crazy Obama Muslim Manchurian candidate stuff. Remember the Clintonite who off-handedly dropped the "drug dealer" line during the primaries? Well, anyone can source this below based upon MSM accounts, the news at the time or the few simple links provided. It's certainly enough to make me curious about some things.

By 1980 at Occidental Obama ran partly with a circle of wealthy, drug using Pakistani friends. He traveled to Pakistan between Occidental and Columbia in 1981. That was during the Second Military Era (1977-1988) - Pakistan was under Sharia Law and not the most welcoming to foreign visitors, especially without some graft or connections.

Based upon documented accounts, Obama seems to have also traveled the country-side, not just in the cities. By 1981 Pakistan had become the world's number one supplier of Heroin. Upon his return Obama took up residence with one of the drug using Pakistanis in a run down, presumably drug infested part of NYC in an apartment they couldn't qualify for based on income.

The creaking, decrepit hypocrisy of the mainstream media


Just when you think the mainstream media's agenda couldn't be more obvious...

Consider 1984, when the New York Times endorsed the candidacy of Geraldine Ferraro.

On occasion, Americans find it necessary to rationalize this rough-and-ready process. What a splendid system, we say to ourselves, that takes little-known men, tests them in high office and permits them to grow into statesmen. This rationale may even be right, but then let it also be fair.

Why shouldn’t a little-known woman have the same opportunity to grow? We may even be gradually elevating our standards for choosing Vice Presidential candidates. But that should be done fairly, also. Meanwhile, the indispensable credential for a Woman Who is the same as for a Man Who - one who helps the ticket.

Or consider 2006, when Brian Gibson lobbed underhand softballs at the least experienced presidential candidate in history, one Barack H. Obama. Compare and contrast:

Obama interview:

How does it feel to break a glass ceiling?
How does it feel to “win”?
How does your family feel about your “winning” breaking a glass ceiling?
Who will be your VP?
Should you choose Hillary Clinton as VP?
Will you accept public finance?
What issues is your campaign about?
Will you visit Iraq?
Will you debate McCain at a town hall?
What did you think of your competitor’s [Clinton] speech?


Palin interview:

Do you have enough qualifications for the job you’re seeking? Specifically have you visited foreign countries and met foreign leaders?
Aren’t you conceited to be seeking this high level job?
Questions about foreign policy
-territorial integrity of Georgia
-allowing Georgia and Ukraine to be members of NATO
-NATO treaty
-Iranian nuclear threat
-what to do if Israel attacks Iran
-Al Qaeda motivations
-the Bush Doctrine
-attacking terrorists harbored by Pakistan
Is America fighting a holy war? [misquoted Palin]


The Anchoress summarizes the difference in a sentence:

So there, you have it - another utterly insane day in American politics, where “big time professional journalists” ask Presidential candidates how they feel about being so great while drilling vice presidential candidates on Russia.

John Hinderaker hits the walk-off homer.

The truth is that Sarah Palin has been the object of the most vicious and concerted smear campaign in modern American history. But that fact doesn't cause the media (or Howard Kurtz) to get mad.

It's not too hard to diagnose why, as Kurtz correctly says, "the media are getting mad." They're getting mad because their candidate is losing...

They've spent years building him up and covering for his mistakes and shortcomings, and he is such a stiff that he can't coast across the finish line. I'd be mad too, I guess, but I think I'd have the decency not to take it out on Sarah Palin.

Decency and the mainstream media? An oxymoron, as The New York Times is wont to repeatedly prove. Perhaps Pinch can compromise another perfectly legal classified national security program before Bush leaves office.

Update: Deroy Murdock notes how the Obama campaign compensates its female staffers versus males ("How Team Obama Pays Women: Pay equity for thee, but not for me").

Thus, Obama’s average male employee earned $54,397... Obama’s 30 female employees [earn] $45,152, on average.

McCain’s... male staffers [average] $53,936... His... female employees averaged $55,878.

Update II: P. J. Gladnick at Newsbusters examined the ABC transcript and discovered some outrageous editing. And that's no overstatement. Here's just one example (the bolded text was removed from the broadcast by ABC).

GIBSON: Have you ever met a foreign head of state?
PALIN: There in the state of Alaska, our international trade activities bring in many leaders of other countries.
GIBSON: And all governors deal with trade delegations.
PALIN: Right.
GIBSON: Who act at the behest of their governments.
PALIN: Right, right.
GIBSON: I’m talking about somebody who’s a head of state, who can negotiate for that country. Ever met one?

PALIN: I have not and I think if you go back in history and if you ask that question of many vice presidents, they may have the same answer that I just gave you. But, Charlie, again, we’ve got to remember what the desire is in this nation at this time. It is for no more politics as usual and somebody’s big, fat resume maybe that shows decades and decades in that Washington establishment, where, yes, they’ve had opportunities to meet heads of state … these last couple of weeks … it has been overwhelming to me that confirmation of the message that Americans are getting sick and tired of that self-dealing and kind of that closed door, good old boy network that has been the Washington elite.



Linked by: The Anchoress. Thanks! Hat tip: Motoguzzi at Let Freedom Ring True.

Obama unleashes Hillary on Sarah Palin


Scooter's Report has scooped the blogosphere and the mainstream media. The latest?

Friday, September 12, 2008

Amazing: Sam McGuffie!


I'm thinkin' Sam McGuffie is unique.

The Michigan recruit is the only human I've seen get down-field as fast as a forward pass.

Check 'im out by clicking the pics.