5..Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.

Laughing derisively at your opponent in very important.  If you watch Obama talking against McCain there always seems to be that laugh.  He's setting the folks up to laugh at him too.

Guiliani was really funny.  Senator Biden about that V.P. thing, you better get that in writing.  Perfect. 

Anne, keep in mind, Bush, McCain & Palin can break the rules of Alinsky teachings, they weren't teaching his tenets as Obama has in his past workshops.  Obama broke the rule of not calling a person a name because the ridicule comes back on the person doing it.  As we see happening now.

Rocktobermom wrote:

You could not have said it better. Here is another story in Obama's past.......since were so busy checking into Palin's.

Another Radical Obama Association? [MUST READ]
Townhall ^ | 8/26/08 | Amanda Carpenter

Posted on Tue Aug 26 21:12:43 2008 by freespirited

Old videos appear to show a radical Muslim named Khalid Al-Mansour helped Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gain acceptance into Harvard Law.

Civil rights activist Percy Sutton recalled being solicited by a man named Dr. Khalid A-Mansour to write a letter of recommendation to help Obama gain acceptance into Harvard Law in this undated television interview available HERE.

"I was introduced to him [Obama] by a friend who was raising money for him and the friends name was Dr. Khalid al Mansour from Texas,” Sutton said. “He is the principle adviser to one of the world's richest men. He told me about Obama. He wrote to me about him and his introduction was 'there is a young man that has applied to Harvard and I know that you have a few friends left there because you used to go up there to speak, would you please write a letter in support of him?'...I wrote a letter in support of him to my friends at Harvard saying to them I thought there was a genius that was going to be available and I sure hoped they would treat him kindly."

There are many videos available on the internet featuring a man named Khalid Al-Mansour, who describes himself as an author, scholar and businessman, blasting the Jewish culture and Christianity and preaching the virtues of Islam, reminiscent of the controversial clips discovered of Obama’s longtime friend and former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright that rocked headlines earlier this spring.

In one of the videos, titled “Christians Designed Discrimination” uploaded by a YouTube user named IslamStudios, Al-Mansour said, “White people don't feel bad, whatever you do to them, they deserve it, God wants you to do it and that's when you cut out the nose, cut out the ears, take flesh out of their body, don't worry because God wants you to do it."

He also draws lines between whites and African Americans. “The Christianity that white people got and the Christianity that black people got was not the same,” he added.

In this video, Al-Monsour said white people fear Islam. “The whites are saying we can’t take over Islam, we are going to destroy it. They don’t care if you become a Buddhist, they don’t care if you are a Confuscist, you can be a Christian, you can be anything in this world you want, the only thing they are afraid of is Islam because there is 1 billion 200 million, they don’t want you with that league!

In another video, posted July 1, Al-Mansour styles himself as a political analyst, advising former president Bill Clinton when, where and how Clinton should endorse Obama for president. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBnBnXPQwyM

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Good find Suz!

He's now plagiarizing cartoons word for word???????? Especially considering this was published on Friday September 5th.........

This is the whole beginning of his little sexist, ageist, diatribe............

Summer - According to Percy Sutton, Al-Mansour was raising money for BO's Harvard education and asked Percy Sutton to write a letter to his friends at Harvard to get him in there. Percy Sutton was a civil rights leader who had given talks at Harvard and had friends there. You can Google Al-Mansour to get an idea of who he is - a little scary if you ask me. He has been questioned by the media since Percy Sutton made this revelation and he is not talking and that says it all!

From the Wall Street Journal today for those out there that belittle Palins experience as Governor..................

REVIEW & OUTLOOK
   
Running Alaska
September 10, 2008; Page A14

One rap on Sarah Palin's qualifications to be Vice President is that she governs one of our least populated states, with a budget of "only" $12 billion and 16,000 full-time state employees. On the other hand, it turns out that the Governor's office in Alaska is one of the country's most powerful.
[Sarah Palin]

For more than two decades Thad Beyle, a political scientist at the University of North Carolina, has maintained an index of "institutional powers" in state offices. He rates governorships on potential length of service, budgetary and appointment authority, veto power and other factors. Mr. Beyle's findings for 2008 rate Alaska at 4.1 on a scale of 5. The national average is 3.5.

Only four other states -- Maryland, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia -- concentrate as much power in the Governor's office as Alaska does, and only one state (Massachusetts) concentrates more. California may be the nation's most populous state, but its Governor rates as below-average (3.2) in executive authority. This may account in part for Arnold Schwarzenegger's poor legislative track record. The lowest rating goes to Vermont (2.5), where the Governor (remember Howard Dean) is a figurehead compared to Mrs. Palin.

In Alaska, the Governor has line-item veto power over the budget and can only be overridden by a three-quarters majority of the Legislature. In 1992, the year Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton was elected President, his state budget was $2 billion and among the smallest in the country. Compared to that, Sarah Palin is an executive giant.

Suz--Things are looking up --Time reports a crowd of 23,000 today-Even without a rock concert for McCain/Palin in Virginia.----

I hope they didn't have to turn anyone away like they did in your state.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjM3OGZmMzU3OTkzMGNkYzY4ZTBkYjcyOTI4NGM5ZTc=

From Time

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They hold their last joint campaign event Wednesday morning in the typically Democratic stronghold of Virginia before splitting up on the trail.

McCain discusses national security, veterans, education, energy, earmarks and more.

Palin introduces her running mate with the same fiery rhetoric she’s been using all week. Again touts her opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere, which has been challenged by the media.

Continues to rile up the crowd, which officials estimated at more than 23,000, with supporters interrupting at times to chant: “Sarah, Sarah!”

It sounds like the kiddies of the democrat party are in the playground.  I hope they keep it up, cha-ching.  If they keep attacking Sarah, they aren't paying attention to the real business of the day, winning an election.  I'm just lovin it all.  55 days to go. 

Linda - Pilate was actually not a bad guy - the "community" actually crucified Jesus.

Rock - Ha ha - I love antagonizing them over there------------------> You know the truth hurts. I wish I could say something positive to say about Obama but haven't been able to find anything yet!

From today's Wall Street Journal

ICYMI: "Yes, Palin Did Stop That Bridge"


September 10, 2008

"Yes, Palin Did Stop That Bridge"
Sen. Jim DeMint
The Wall Street Journal
September 10, 2008

"But, you know, when you've been taking all these earmarks when it's convenient, and then suddenly you're the champion anti-earmark person, that's not change. Come on! I mean, words mean something, you can't just make stuff up." -- Barack Obama, Sept. 6, 2008

In politics, words are cheap. What really counts are actions. Democrats and Republicans have talked about fiscal responsibility for years. In reality, both parties have a shameful record of wasting hundreds of billions of tax dollars on pork-barrel projects.

My Senate colleague Barack Obama is now attacking Gov. Sarah Palin over earmarks. Having worked with both John McCain and Mr. Obama on earmarks, and as a recovering earmarker myself, I can tell you that Mrs. Palin's leadership and record of reform stands well above that of Mr. Obama.

Let's compare.

Mrs. Palin used her veto pen to slash more local projects than any other governor in the state's history. She cut nearly 10% of Alaska's budget this year, saving state residents $268 million. This included vetoing a $30,000 van for Campfire USA and $200,000 for a tennis court irrigation system. She succinctly justified these cuts by saying they were "not a state responsibility."

Meanwhile in Washington, Mr. Obama voted for numerous wasteful earmarks last year, including: $12 million for bicycle paths, $450,000 for the International Peace Museum, $500,000 for a baseball stadium and $392,000 for a visitor's center in Louisiana.

Mrs. Palin cut Alaska's federal earmark requests in half last year, one of the strongest moves against earmarks by any governor. It took real leadership to buck Alaska's decades-long earmark addiction.

Mr. Obama delivered over $100 million in earmarks to Illinois last year and has requested nearly a billion dollars in pet projects since 2005. His running mate, Joe Biden, is still indulging in earmarks, securing over $90 million worth this year.

Mrs. Palin also killed the infamous Bridge to Nowhere in her own state. Yes, she once supported the project: But after witnessing the problems created by earmarks for her state and for the nation's budget, she did what others like me have done: She changed her position and saved taxpayers millions. Even the Alaska Democratic Party credits her with killing the bridge.

When the Senate had its chance to stop the Bridge to Nowhere and transfer the money to Katrina rebuilding, Messrs. Obama and Biden voted for the $223 million earmark, siding with the old boys' club in the Senate. And to date, they still have not publicly renounced their support for the infamous earmark.

Mrs. Palin has proven courageous by taking on big spenders in her own party. In March of this year, the Anchorage Daily News reported that, "Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is aggravated about what he sees as Gov. Sarah Palin's antagonism toward the earmarks he uses to steer federal money to the state."

Mr. Obama had a chance to take on his party when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered a sham ethics bill, which was widely criticized by watchdog groups such as Citizens Against Government Waste for shielding earmarks from pubic scrutiny. But instead of standing with taxpayers, Mr. Obama voted for the bill. Today, he claims he helped write the bill that failed to clean up Washington.

Mr. Obama has shown little restraint on earmarks until this year, when he decided to co-sponsor an earmark moratorium authored by Mr. McCain and myself. Mr. Obama is vulnerable on this issue, and he knows it. That is why he is lashing out at Mrs. Palin and trying to hide his own record.

Mrs. Palin is one of the strongest antiearmark governors in America. If more governors around the country would do what she has done, we would be much closer to fixing our nation's fiscal problems than we are. Mrs. Palin's record here is solid and inspiring. She will help Mr. McCain shut down the congressional favor factory, and she has a record to prove it. Actions mean something. You can't just make stuff up.

God bless the families and friends affected by this horrible tragedy.

Summer
Dx 10/12/2001, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 3, 0/8 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2-

 I second that Linda.

My dd just moved to Houston in June (Teach for America). They have not cancelled classes for tomorrow yet. I am really worried about her. She has lots of friends down there so she tells me she will be okay. My dh aunt is a Sister with the Missionaries of Charity (fifth sister to join Mother Teresa when she formed her congregation) and she said the devastation in Haiti is really bad. My prayers go out to all those in the path of this storm.

Very good article by my favorite Middle-East pundit Fouad Ajami in the Wall Street Journal

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I cannot resist throwing in a couple of cents here about the lipstick on a pig issue.  I know one side loves to say it was a slam and the other side says it was perfectly innocent. 

Well, I do not know for sure which it was but if you look at video of O making those statements you will see the crowd around him smirking and laughing.  That will tell you what they were thinking when they heard those words come from his lips. 

No matter his intention, the effect was quite clear even to his supporters.  If the remark was intentional, shame on him.  If it was unintentional, what a "momentary lapse of judgement."  How could he have forgotten the association of lipstick/SP, when it is so fresh in everyone's minds?  There is some disconnect here.

That being said, I will still continue to watch the campaign and the debates before I make my final decision about the vote.  It ain't over 'til it's over.

I thought this was fascinating and speaks very well to the Republican view of health-care.............

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122099893602516789.html

From Douglas Farrago MD in Placebo Journal

Price Fixing or Price Shopping?

Here is another reason that the free market could work in this country for the healthcare system. When word got out that Hannaford, a supermarket chain here in Maine, was willing to offer its employers a chance to get their hip fixed in Singapore for a discount, they were swamped with other hospitals in the U.S. wanting to match that price! Hannaford is self-insured and the difference in price from $43K to $9K for the surgery was tremendous. Now they have a deal with a Boston hospital to do it for that lower price. The out of pocket cost for the patients is $3,000 less plus they get travel a allowance for themselves and a companion. This is the answer my friend. Capitalism. What has to happen now is these hospitals who offered the surgery for $9,000 need to be held accountable for other local uninsured patients in order for them not to be gouged for the full price of $43,000 just because they don't have a big company behind them. We need transparency. We need to be able to buy health insurance across state lines. We need competition. Only then will prices come down just like they are coming down for oil prices. Let the free market work.