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'''Bing''' is the latest generation [[search engine]] developed by [[Microsoft]]. Branded as a 'decision engine', Bing claims to find and organize search results faster, and with fewer clicks, so you can make better decisions. It is Microsoft's third generation service to compete head-to-head with search giant [[Google]], which has a market share over 75%. Microsoft's previous search engines are MSN Search and Live.com. It uses the same minimalist homepage like Google but with a single, daily, hi-resolution graphic. They promote shopping with cashback, claim to provide cheaper airfares and a commitment to comprehensive health results. Also, Bing provides a large collection of images, videos and the Bing xRank, a tool for top searched for keywords. Microsoft is promoting Bing with a $100 million [[TV]] and print ad campaign. <ref>[http://techfragments.com/news/859/Tech/Microsoft_Kicks_Off_100M_Bing_TV_Ad_Campaign.html Microsoft Kicks Off $100M Bing TV Ad Campaign] Tech Fragments, June 3, 2009 </ref> Beside market share for search results, Microsoft hopes to capitalize on increased paid keyword placement, Google's main source of income.

==See Also==
* [[Microsoft]]

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* [http://www.bing.com Bing.com homepage]

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===August 31===
'''The Untold Legacy of Edward M. Kennedy : [[Watergate]].''' ''What were the Watergate burglars after?'' Information on the [[Chappaquiddick]] coverup. 
''Who was on Nixon's Enemies list?'' [[Legacy_of_Alger_Hiss#Left-wing_opinion_on_Hiss|Harvard liberals]] who insisted on [[Alger Hiss]]'s innocence.
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'''[[Edward M. Kennedy]], the longtime [[Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]] who was the leader of the [[liberal]] agenda for nearly five decades, has died at his home in Hyannis Port from a brain tumor. He was 77.''' [http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/us/2009/08/26/remembering-ted-kennedy]
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An updated [[YouTube]] video has come out on Conservapedia's article [[Barack Obama and uncharitableness]]. The update of the video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n417_lM1bYg&feature=sub ''If Obama treats his brother like this Imagine how his Health Care scam will treat you?''] can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n417_lM1bYg&feature=sub HERE]. Conservapedia has also been told another video will soon come out on Conservapedia's article [[Barack Obama and uncharitableness]]. Some new developments are expected to soon follow. Please stay tuned for further developments.
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'''[[CNN]] [[liberal bias]] at work''': its headline screams, "Ticker: McCain jeered over [[Obama]] comment"[http://www.cnn.com/] but the last line of its article discloses that the jeering was at McCain's request to respect Obama: "McCain was jeered when he insisted that Obama's views be respected despite his differing opinions on how to achieve reform."[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/]
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'''[[John McCain|Senator John McCain]] Says: "I think we are seeing the beginnings of a ''peaceful'' revolt by the [[American]] people"...against [[Socialism]] and mindless spending.''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gQwmVVHHY0&feature=player_embedded Video.] McCain also told his "Town Hall" meeting that "creation of a government-run health system would threaten the quality of medical care and pit the needs of consumers and seniors against national interests including the pharmaceutical industry and [[American Medical Association]]." [http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/08/24/daily34.html]
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'''[[Dick Morris]] predicts, “You could see 100 seats changing” in Congress 2010. [http://newsrealblog.com/2009/08/25/you-could-see-100-seats-changing-in-2010-dick-morris/] Morris predicted [[Democrat]]s would take all branches of government in 2008.
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'''[[Fidel Castro]] reads [[DNC]] talking points : "President Barack Obama is trying to make positive changes in the United States, but is being fought at every turn by right-wingers who hate [[Barack Obama]] because he is black." '''[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/castro_obama/2009/08/25/251967.html] That is straight from the [[Marxist]] playbook, also straight from the mouths of the [[mainstream media| liberal media]]. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2009/08/11/matthews-charges-town-hall-protestors-upset-because-we-have-black-] The [[truth]] is that the [[republican| right]] cares more for black people than the left ever has. We constantly stand-up against [[abortion|aborted]] black people targeted by [[Planned Parenthood]] [http://www.maafa21.com] [http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll643.xml#Y%23Y] and their leftist buddies; Obama, [[Nancy Pelosi]] and Democrat congressional ilk.
Castro, a pioneer in the use of [[Barack_Hussein_Obama#Enemies_list|informant]]s and [[Barack_Hussein_Obama#Obama_Administration_Health_Care_Plan_and_Its_Advocacy_Methods|healthcare rationing]], [http://www.faqs.org/cia/docs/73/0001392451/SPECIAL-REPORT-CASTRO'S-CUBA-TODAY.html (Pg.11)]is a repressive [[mass murder]]er [http://markhumphrys.com/cuba.html#History] who butchered 70,000 people in the name of change.
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'''[[Barack Obama]] Has Finally Admitted What The [[CBO]] & Other Experts Have Been Saying - Pegs Long-Term Deficits At Over $9 Trillion Dollars, With 10% Unemployment!''' And still the figures are suspect, as the [[Obama Administration]] was using false assumptions to pad its numbers, including $640 billion from its planned cap-and-trade program, which has yet to be approved by Congress, and $200 billion from taxing international business. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125119686015756517.html?mod=googlenews_wsj] '''Your share of unfunded liabilities is now $191,841.''' [http://www.usdebtclock.org/]
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'''[[Michelle Malkin]] and the ''American Thinker'' allege [[Michelle Obama]] was directly involved in fostering slimy practices in a Chicago health care facility.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80YK2o3kq0E][http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/03/michelle_obamas_patientdumping_1.html][http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/23/video-did-michelle-obama-start-a-patient-dumping-program/]
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'''Federal court dismisses lawsuit challenging traditional marriage law ([[DOMA]]).'''[http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDetail/2931] [[Liberals]], you run [[Congress]], why aren't you trying harder there?
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'''[[President Obama]] To Seniors On [[Social Security]]: Drop Dead!''' 
'''In addition to cutting back on their [[Medicare]] benefits to fund [[Obamacare]] benefits for [[Illegal Aliens]], the [[Obama Administration]] will not give U.S. senior citizens the usual annual cost-of-living increase for the next few years.''' The news is troubling for many millions of older Americans who depend on Social Security to subsidize the rising cost of commodities. Because the negative inflation numbers of this past year are tied to fuel costs and retired seniors do not use as much fuel as younger Americans, recipients feel the cut-back is discriminatory and punitive. [http://247wallst.com/2009/08/24/no-increase-for-social-security-recipients/] With Obama driving ever more seniors to eat pet food, there is news that dog food prices have increased 7.5% in the last quarter. [http://www.reuters.com/article/ADVERT/idUSN3018005920090730]

And this example [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,542086,00.html?test=latestnews] of the "quality" we all can expect when the Government controls your healthcare.
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'''It's a victory for terrorists, and the [[Obama Administration]] is making sure it happens:''' Attorney General [[Eric Holder]] is going to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the CIA interrogators who handled [[Osama bin Laden]]'s American-killing cronies: [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/24/justice-dept-advises-pursuing-cia-abuses/]
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The '''[[AARP]]''' said that they have not endorsed '''[[Obama Care| ObamaCare]]'''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zxf5ELaC4Q&feature=channel_page] Yet, they do fund TV commercials in support of ObamaCare. Their website states [[liberal hypocrisy]], '''"We share the President's commitment to act this year…"''' [http://action.afa.net/Videos/Alerts/Default.aspx?id=2147486375]
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'''In the First National Polling Since [[Sonia Sotomayor]] Was Confirmed, One in Three [[Americans]] (34%) Say the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] is Too [[Liberal]].''' This is 11% higher than in November, 2007. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/most_recent_videos2/politics/34_say_supreme_court_is_too_liberal]
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'''More [[MSM]] [[Obama]] Worship Syndrome:''' On the ''[[CBS]] Early Show'', co-host and [[liberal]] shill Maggie Rodriguez interviewed commentator [[Dick Morris]] about his latest book critical of the [[Obama Administration]], ''"Catastrophe"''. After reading the book’s full title, Rodriguez observed: "This title, though, Mr. Morris, can’t you see a lot of people dismissing it right off the bat as alarmist? It screams at you." '''In response, Morris pointed out the dire state of the economy: ''"9.5% unemployment, four quarters of negative growth, our car companies in receivership, our health care program about to be taken over, banks being nationalized...and I’m alarmist?"''''' [http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090821010810.aspx]
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'''[[Murphy's law]] is working overtime on the corrupt [[Obama administration]] whose biggest campaign donors included Wall Street firms and banks that were bailed out.'''[http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638] Obama's approval rating is now even eroding in his [[liberal]] base.[http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/08/22/obama_and_base/index.html]
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'''Health Care, the [[GOP]], and the Consequences of Irrational Compromise.''' [[Conservative]]s should not allow [[socialized medicine]] to be disguised with the more palatable name co-ops while in actuality the co-ops are merely government funded and run co-ops. Senate Democratic Leader [[Harry Reid]] (D-Nev.) has said, "We're going to have some type of public option, call it 'co-op', call it what you want." The [[Heritage Foundation]], which supported the [[liberal]] [[Massachusetts Plan]], declared that, "Health care cooperatives can work as private entities in a private market and give another choice to families, but they have to be done right."[http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/22/health-care-the-gop-and-the-consequences-of-compromise/]
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'''[[Canada|Canadian]] Doctor: [[Barack Obama]]'s [[ObamaCare]] is a Bad Idea.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPqGEyajGhk&feature=related]
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'''Doubletalk by [[Barack Obama]] and [[Democrats]] is killing [[ObamaCare]]. Too Many Contradictions!'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDGvLjukYnY&feature=sub]
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'''Senators [[Charles Grassley]] (R-Iowa) and [[Kent Conrad]] (D-N.D.) told Bob Schieffer on "Face The Nation" that the key to passing health care reform is by taking a "public option" off the table.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrw4KUVzmLY&feature=channel]
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'''The [[liberal]] media organization [[MSNBC]] was recently caught engaging in truly disgusting behavior.''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfxVKE-ZysQ&feature=sub][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKQJ4-N7LI] The MSNBC organization members who were involved were obviously thinking that these are still the "good old days" when liberal lies an/or incompetence are not often quickly exposed. Watch [[MSNBC]] ratings continue to plunge.[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/oreilly_ratings_cnn_msnbc/2009/04/29/208733.html]
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'''The [[Obama Administration]] has quietly reinstated a "guide" for [[Veteran]]s called ''[http://www.rihlp.org/pubs/Your_life_your_choices.pdf "Your Life, Your Choices,"]'', which encourages severely injured Vets to die.''' It was suspended under the [[George W. Bush|Bush Administration]] but has been revived under the current Department of Veterans Affairs. In line with [[President Obama]]'s attitude towards Senior Citizens, the pamphlet makes injured veterans feel like a burden, and encourages the severely injured to die in order to save scarce resources for others. '''Tammy Duckworth, who is the assistant secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs, appointed by Obama, said it was one of many options for injured veterans, calling it "simply a tool." Like [[Abortion]] and [[Eugenics]], Ms. Duckworth? [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/23/sen-specter-calls-hearings-end-life-care-guide-veterans/]
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'''[[Britain]]'s Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]] may have played a decisive role in releasing the [[Libya]]n terrorist who blew [[Pan Am Flight 103]] out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland. While 270 people lie dead, and families are outraged, this is just more proof that ''liberalism is a mental disorder'':''' [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,541741,00.html]
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'''Conservapedia has just recently obtained some very good news! It appears as if Conservapedia's [[YouTube]] channel, [http://www.youtube.com/user/conservapediavideos Conservapediavideos], is likely to significantly expand its subscriber base in the near future.''' Please stay tuned for future developments.
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'''[[Democratic]] [[Senate]] [[Majority Leader]] [[Harry Reid]] is on track to lose reelection in [[Nevada]] by a wide margin of 49% to 38%, according to the latest poll.''' PTL! [http://www.lvrj.com/news/54286087.html]
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'''[[Barack Obama]] just removed all doubt that is he [[Jimmy Carter]] 2.0''' as far as his presidential longevity. According to the White House, Obama is ‘quite comfortable’ as a one-term President.[http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/52886] It appears there will likely be little political centrism with Obama and much attempts at full throttle liberalism. However, if Obama's favorability ratings drop in the low 40 percentiles for the American public, he will be politically impotent.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABRyZdQXGw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakingnews.com%2Fvideo%2Fdick-morris-obamas-waterloo&feature=player_embedded]
Please help make Obama's favorabilty ratings drop in the low 40 percentiles as quickly as possible by sharing with your friends and family Conservapedia's article [[Barack Obama and uncharitableness]].
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'''Your Tax Dollar$ to Sell [[Obamacare]] Plan!''' The [[White House]] confirms to [[FOX News]] that it used taxpayer dollars to hire a private communications company to distribute mass e-mails — ''including unsolicited spamming'', to help sell Obama's health plan. '''"This is yet another ominous chapter in the [[Obama Administration|Obama administration's]] rabid campaign to jam its radical health care scheme onto an unwilling public by any means necessary,"''' Congressman Thaddeus McCotter of [[Michigan]] said in a statement. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/22/white-house-reveals-identity-firm-sent-unsolicited-e-mails-health-reform/]
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'''Sick and tired of [[Professor values]]? Fed up with the leftist indoctrination?''' Bring your tape recorder and/or video camera to class; [[Sean Hannity]] will broadcast the results! [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=33604]

===August 26===
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'''Stuck on stupid, Obama gives $2 billion to [[Brazil]] for oil drilling off their coast.''' At the same time, denying companies the right to access oil drilling off [[American]] coasts. In related news, [[George Soros]] increases his investment in the same state-run Brazilian oil company Obama just funded with U.S. tax dollars. [http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=653156] [http://www.jbs.org/jbs-news-feed/5252] It is becoming obvious that when Obama won the presidency, America lost big time.
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'''[[Obama administration]] releases staggering deficit numbers late on a summer Friday and Obama flees to Martha's Vineyard.''' Unsurprisingly, House Majority leader [[Steny Hoyer]] decides to bail on [[Obamacare]]'s public option.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFfLaFt_yos&feature=sub] Critics of the Obama administration who declared the Obama administration was hiding the deficit numbers by unnecessarily delaying the public release of budget numbers appear to have been correct.[http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/20/obama-hiding-the-budget-numbers-until-august-recess/] It certainly appears as if Obama's health care plan will be his [[Waterloo]].[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABRyZdQXGw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakingnews.com%2Fvideo%2Fdick-morris-obamas-waterloo&feature=player_embedded]
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'''Irrational magical thinking of [[Obama administration]] and [[liberal]] media about the economy is thoroughly exposed to be folly via the economic data.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbGcjl0r9Fc&feature=sub][http://www.nypost.com/seven/08202009/business/what_the_government_really_said_about_us_185413.htm?page=0]
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'''There's light at the end of the tunnel (maybe).''' [http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/08/21/bernanke-economy-on-cusp-of-recovery/]
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'''[[Obama]] Approval Ratings continue to plummet [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history] ''[[ABC News]]'' Poll''' says 55% believe country headed in the wrong direction; [http://abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1093a3HealthCareReform.pdf] White House reacts claiming people all "wee-weed up" [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/08/21/getting_all_wee-weed_up.html?hpid=politics]
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'''[[Homosexual]]s more likely to seek psychological help.''' "It's an aberrant, sinful lifestyle," and "It's destructive. But the good news is it's changeable and people can leave this [[lifestyle]]." [http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=649914]
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'''The [[American Civil Liberties Union]] demonstrates once more its vile hatred of America:''' [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/21/sources-photo-key-cia-interrogator-shown-gitmo-detainees/] The question is, will the liberals handle this compromise of CIA defenders of this country the same way they handled the Valerie Plame incident? Probably not.
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'''Milwaukee [[public schools]] are in such bad shape that the [[Wisconsin]] governor has proposed a state takeover of the system'''. "2 Latino groups back Milwaukee Public Schools takeover proposal ... [if there is] a mandatory reauthorization included in any proposed legislation '''so that after a period of time voters could determine if the new system is working'''."[http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/53952912.html]
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'''[[U.S.]] Celebrates [[Hawaii]]'s 50th Anniversary As [[United States of America|America's]] 50th State!''' [http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/section/statehoodprofiles]
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'''More [[liberal]] nonsense from American [[Mainstream media|state-run media companies]].''' Portray [[Bush derangement syndrome| anti-Bush]], anti-war [[protester]]s as moderates. Link anti-tax and anti-health-care-bill protesters as extremist kooks. [http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=621]
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'''[[Liberal]] teachers union keeps [[pedophile]] on the payroll in [[New York]]. ''' Jonathan Polayes, a 20-year veteran teacher has been suspended a second-time for inappropriate contact with students. Suspension is indefinite this time, as the [[Public school]] district ''"tries"'' to fire him. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/08/20/2009-08-20_teacher_to_get_paid_on_road_to_firing.html]
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Pro-aborts win for now in keeping ultrasound images from pregnant women in [[Oklahoma]], as a court used a technicality to invalidate a new law requiring "a woman seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound performed within an hour of the procedure and to have the results explained to her."[http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=16&articleid=20090819_16_A1_OKLAHO77707] '''But [[censorship]] by [[abortion]] providers will not last forever; mothers who see their ultrasounds overwhelmingly change their mind and choose life.'''

===August 25===
"'''Sen. [[Edward M. Kennedy]] has asked [[Massachusetts]] leaders to change state law to allow a speedy replacement if it becomes necessary for him to surrender his seat'''."[http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_13167817?source=rss] Meanwhile, we pray that Ted Kennedy repents before his failing health takes him to the [[Lord]]'s judgment.
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Conservapedia recently [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Hussein_Obama#Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism greatly expanded its section on Barack Obama and his liberal elitism in its Barack Obama article]. It is a pretty long section because Barack Obama richly supplied Conservapedia with a [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Hussein_Obama#Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism lot of powerful examples!] Please share these [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Hussein_Obama#Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism great examples of Barack Obama's liberal elitism] with your friends and family so the liberal elitist Obama can watch his approval ratings among the American public fall further downward![http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/weekly_updates/what_they_told_us_reviewing_last_week_s_key_polls]
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'''Even [[liberals]] are shocked by [[Obama]]'s absurdly false claim that surgeons receive $30,000 to $50,000 per amputation'''. "Surgeons get $30,000 to $50,000 for an amputation? On what planet?"[http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/08/an_amputation_costs_30000_to_50000_on_wh.php?utm_source=combinedfeed&utm_medium=rss] With each passing day, it looks more and more like Obama's health care plan will be his [[Waterloo]].[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABRyZdQXGw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakingnews.com%2Fvideo%2Fdick-morris-obamas-waterloo&feature=player_embedded] Obama has become his own worst enemy! Perhaps, someone should remind Obama that he is commander in chief and not jester in chief!
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'''Disinformation update : Obama organizer poses as fake doctor at Townhall meeting'''.[http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/roxana_mayer_im_not_a_doctor_but_i_play_one_at_town/] You may recall her, [http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4r9wf] here she is (photo right) organizing in front of [[mass murder]]er [[Che Guevara]] poster at the Obama 2008 effort in Texas. [http://patterico.com/2009/08/14/roxana-mayer-invited-to-town-hall-by-obama-organizer-who-sported-che-guevara-poster-at-obama-campaign-office/]
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'''"[[Obama]] has now become a noose around the neck of every [[American]] [[Democrat]]"- Canada Free Press.''' [http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/13872]
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'''6% Expect Tax Cuts During Obama Years. 42% expect their taxes to go up.''' This is the first time since last November’s election that the number expressing no [[hope]] for a tax cut has fallen to single digits. During [[2008 Presidential Election|Election 2008]], then-candidate [[Barack Obama]] promised to cut taxes for 95% of Americans. When he was elected, 22% expected a tax cut. That number has been trending down ever since. '''Even Obama's die-hard supporters know his words are meaningless, always subject to that "change we can believe in".''' [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/taxes/august_2009/6_expect_tax_cut_during_obama_years]
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'''Can Congressmen On Milk Cartons Be Far Off? ''' Scores of congressmen and women are trying to hide from their constituents amid the revolt over [[Obama Care]]. [http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=335485533223925]
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'''[[Barney Frank]] blows up at constituents;''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlZiWK2Iy8]; '''tell us, Mr. Frank, what language did [[Hitler]] speak, Austrian?''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr7zhnctF4c]
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'''[[Hollywood Values]]: [[Liberal Elite| Liberal elitists]] of [[Hollywood]] are not [[Atheist| anti-religion]], just [[anti-Christian]]. In a [[Bill Maher]] interview, actor [[Brad Pitt]] explains his [[liberal]] thought process; pro-legalized drugs, pro-[[gay marriage]] and hatred for the average [[American]].''' [http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/08/18/lonewolf-diaries-brad-pitt-leading-the-anti-christian-charge/#more-207654]
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'''"Yale's Cowardice" Read Dennis Praeger's column about [[Progressives for Obama]] who [[SDS#Mark_Rudd_and_the_Columbia_strike|took over Columbia University]] in 1968.
:''It is almost impossible for me, nearly four decades later, to fully convey how deeply this affected me....I came to see the modern university as fraudulent. In theory it stood for learning and opening the mind. In practice it stood for appeasement of bullies. [http://frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=35972]
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'''"Let them Eat Cake!" White House dumps the poor, the needy, the most vulnerable''', [http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/will-obamas-abandonment-public-option-take-congressional-democrats-down-2010] sells out to big corporate donors;[http://www.pharmafocus.com/cda/focusH/1,2109,21-0-0-AUG_2009-focus_news_detail-0-493107,00.html] [[Democrat Party]] fractured. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/30/liberal-democrats-protest-health-care-deal-threaten-fight/]
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'''The [[Law]] Is Finally Catching Up With Technology: Internet Smear / Slander Trolls Take Cover!''' A former Vogue Australia cover girl has won a landmark [[U.S.]] court battle to reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger who called her a "s---k" and an "old hag". Model Liskula Cohen, a [[Canadian]], sued [[Google]] in January in the hope of forcing the company to reveal the person responsible for allegedly defamatory comments made on their personal "Blogger" blog. Blogger is owned by Google. '''On Monday Judge Joan Madden of the [[Manhattan]], [[New York]] Supreme Court ruled that Cohen was entitled to sue the blogger for defamation ''and, in an unprecedented move, forced Google to provide the blogger's name.''''' Judge Madden rejected the blogger’s claim that the blogs “serve as a modern-day forum for conveying personal opinions, including invective and ranting”, and should not be treated as factual assertions. '''Cohen's lawyer, Steven Wagner, told reporters that he hoped the decision would send a message that the [[Internet]] was "not a free-for-all". Amen.''' [http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/national/national/general/model-wins-legal-fight-over-skank-blog/1600663.aspx?storypage=0] & [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6801213.ece]
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'''First President Obama said that the public option was a necessary ingredient for [[Obamacare]], but now it is supposedly just a sliver of what needs to be done to improve the American health care system and it's not a necessary ingredient after all.'''[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-health-public-plan19-2009aug19,0,2312189.story]

Let's hope Obama doesn't decide to have the federal government take over the restaurant sector of the [[American]] [[economics|economy]]. On the Obama restaurants' menus, the piece of pecan [[pie]] would have a large picture with plenty of pecans, but when your piece of pecan pie arrived at your table, it would only be a sliver. And your pecan pie, wouldn't have any pecans on it, because pecans are not a necessary ingredient for pecan pie!

Obama is still pushing the public option though for Obamacare, because after all, Obama claimed it was a necessary ingedient! Message to Obama: It's time to give up the public option![http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/18/AR2009081803449.html]
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'''$7 million compensation package approved for new [[CEO]] of big bailout recipient [[AIG]].''' [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5inprcGGKHXYvbXTQqXDLl9dt137QD9A4TGR80]
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'''The socialist, liberal left wants a complete takeover of America, and their playbook is inspired by the [[Nazi]]s:''' [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=107173]
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"'''Teach the [[Bible]]? Of course'''," says [[USA Today]]. "Here are three ways states have facilitated the teaching of biblical text in [[public schools]]:
*[[Texas]], [[Georgia]] and [[Tennessee]] have passed legislation promoting historical or literary biblical studies as an elective.
*In [[Alabama]], the state Board of Education approved The Bible and Its Influence as a textbook for public schools.
*[[South Carolina]] has passed 'released time' legislation. It allows students to take (and, if the course is eligible, receive credit for) a religious class off-campus during school hours."[http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/08/column-teach-the-bible-of-course-.html?csp=34]
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'''Meet the American Seniors Association''', a conservative group for senior citizens opposed to [[Obamacare]], who demand reform of [[Medicare]], [[Social Security]] and the tax code, and who is getting dissatisfied members of left-loving [[AARP]] by the thousands: [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/18/aarp-losing-members-health-care-faces-challenge-grassroots-senior-advocacy/]
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[[Conservative]] commentator [[Robert Novak]] has gone to the [[Lord]], passing away at age 78.[http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/18/robert.novak.obituary/index.html?section=cnn_latest]
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'''And the artist is:''' the creator behind the Obama/Joker poster is revealed to be just another [[liberal]]: [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/18/clean-slate-obama-joker-artist-revealed/]
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[[Barack Obama]] forced $50 million dollars from [[American]] [[taxpayer]]s to fund the [[Population control| United Nations Population Fund]]. [http://www.lifenews.com/int1138.html] The result: 50% off [[abortion]]s if you show your [[student]] ID in [[China]]. [http://shanghaiist.com/2009/08/18/made_in_china_deal_half_off_abortio.php]
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'''[[The Washington Post]] reports that [[President Obama]] aims to repeal the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] (DOMA).''' [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/08/17/obama_makes_explicit_his_objec.html] The President’s intention with regard to DOMA pushes the [[United States]] further along the road to a [[socialist]], materialist state in which only a deracinated civil religion will be tolerated in the public square. Political authorities in such a state, as we saw in [[U.S.S.R.|Soviet Russia]] and Hitler’s [[Nazi Party|National Socialist Germany]], decide what is acceptable conduct and punish conduct that they find inimical to their pretensions of power. Because these secular and materialist rulers are unconstrained by a higher moral law, which they reject, there is no limit to the powers they presume to exercise. '''Given his strong affirmation of [[abortion]], which is to be funded by all taxpayers against the will of the majority in the President’s proposed [[Obamacare|National Socialist Healthcare program]], the President is clearly not a Bible-believing [[Christian]]. His aim to degrade the status of traditional marriage adds weight to that conclusion.''' This is just more of the liberal multi-cultural amorality of the [[Obama Administration|Obama White House]]. [http://www.thomasbrewton.com/index.php/weblog/multi_cultural_amorality_in_the_white_house/]
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'''Is [[Obama]] abandoning the "public option" or is it just a "[[Trojan Horse]]" ploy?''' "The fundamental equation that means worse and worse medical care for our seniors remain exactly as it was should the public option be abandoned: ''Fifty million new patients to be treated and no extra doctors or nurses to care for them.'' '''The result will be precisely the same whether or not there is a public option -- massive rationing of medical services to the elderly.''' [http://www.vote.com/mmp_printerfriendly.php?id=1589]
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'''Thumbs down on stimulus bill''': "A USAToday/Gallup poll released Monday found that 41 percent of [[American]]s think the spending has made the US economy better, but '''57 percent believe it has either made no difference or worsened the recession that began in 2007'''."[http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090817/pl_afp/financeeconomyusstimulus;_ylt=AtnK9oGWCrrJuxRwlfD2giln.6F4;_ylu=X3oDMTJzbDV2djJkBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDgxNy9maW5hbmNlZWNvbm9teXVzc3RpbXVsdXMEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwM0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDcG9sbG1ham9yaXR5] 
Only 6% express any '''[[hope]]''' for the Obama years; [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/taxes/august_2009/6_expect_tax_cut_during_obama_years] 80% see [[Obamunism]] leading to more [[crime]].
[http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/august_2009/80_expect_bad_economy_to_lead_to_more_crime]
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'''[[Obama Administration]] spinmeisters are confusing their own supporters with healthcare [[Obama doublespeak| doublespeak]]. '''[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_public_option/2009/08/17/248785.html]
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'''Gallup polling shows [[conservative]]s outnumber [[liberal]]s in all 50 states.''' [http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/52602]
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"'''Principal and Athletic Director Face Criminal Charges for Prayer at Luncheon'''"[http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=11179] They face imprisonment, fines, and a loss of their retirement benefits for "a prayer to bless the meal served to consenting adults at the appreciation luncheon."
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'''Perhaps conceding defeat, The [[White House]] appears ready to drop 'public option' in its socialistic health care plan.[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul] But this could simply be semantic game-playing by [[liberals]].'''
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'''[[Australia|Australian Senate]] Rejects Prime Minister [[Kevin Rudd]]’s "Cap and Trade" Emissions Plan. Are [[U.S.]] [[Democrat]] Senators Being Spooked by Australia's Rejection of Climate Bill?''' No politician actually likes going out on a limb, unless so [[radical]] they are without the ability to reason, so casual claims of some 'global consensus' are probably going to be coming our way less frequently in the future. '''''Once the emperor is seen to have no clothes, pretending otherwise in public becomes difficult.''''' [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aHo_TW08Y3to]
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'''Conservapedia is proven right again''': "Turkish Women with [[Abortion]]s Have Statistically Significant 66% Increase in Breast Cancer Risk / Researchers Likely Underestimated the Risk, Reports Scientist"[http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/abc.html] Yet [[liberals]] will never admit the fact that abortion increases breast cancer (see [[Abortion_breast_cancer#Abortion_and_Breast_Cancer|Abortion and breast cancer]]).
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'''Look who's boss. 16 years ago [[Hillary Clinton]] canned [[Rahm Emanuel]] in the Clinton White House''', now it's Emanuel telling Hillary what to do. Hillary wanted to bring back another old Clinton retread, [[Sidney Blumenthal]] but Rahm killed the deal. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/us/politics/16emanuel.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss]
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'''A warning that the new [[swine flu]] vaccine is linked to a deadly [[central nervous system|nerve]] disease has been sent by the [[United Kingdom|U.K. Government]] to senior neurologists in a confidential letter.''' The leaking of the letter, about 25 U.S. deaths, has led to demands to know why the information has not been given to the public before the [[vaccination]] of millions of people, including children, begins in both the [[U.S.]] and [[Great Britain]]. '''Is this the "new transparency in government" promised by [[Barack Obama]] or just more [[liberal]] [[elitism]] at work, knowing better than the public what's best for them?'''[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206807/Swine-flu-jab-link-killer-nerve-disease-Leaked-letter-reveals-concern-neurologists-25-deaths-America.html#ixzz0OKY7iBSH]
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'''54% Of [[Americans]] Now Say Passing No [[Obamacare]] Would Be The Better Option.''' This does not mean that most voters are opposed to health care reform. But it does highlight the level of negativism the public has about the specific proposals that Congressional [[Democrats]] have approved in a series of Committees, and that [[President Obama]] has vigorously backed. While 60% of Democrats support passing the legislation before Congress, 80% of [[Republicans]] oppose doing so. '''Most significantly, [[Independent]]s oppose passing any of the Obama/Democrat plans by a whopping 66%.''' [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/august_2009/54_say_passing_no_healthcare_reform_better_than_passing_congressional_plan]
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'''Obama Slanders Physicians.''' After ridiculing 2.5 million disabled persons participating in Eunice Shriver's [[Special Olympics]] and accusing police of acting "stupidly," the president now attacks bogeymen doctors who allegedly mutilate their hapless victims for greed and profit. [http://www.entnet.org/AboutUs/upload/2009-07-23-Academy-Statement-re-Obama-Press-Briefing.pdf]
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'''President [[Barack Obama]]'s [[Pro-abortion]] Record: A [[Pro-life]] Compilation. ''' [http://www.lifenews.com/obamaabortionrecord.html]
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'''More liberal hate in the news: The [[American Civil Liberties Union]] still loves to go to war to stop the civil liberties of those who pray''': [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/14/criminal-prayer-case-stirs-protests/?feat=home_headlines]
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*'''Obama Approval Raings''' hit new low. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/weekly_updates/what_they_told_us_reviewing_last_week_s_key_polls]
*Most Americans -- 72 percent -- say '''returning the unused portion of the $787 billion dollar stimulus to taxpayers would do more to boost the economy than having the government spend it'''. Majorities of Democrats (59 percent), Republicans (87 percent) and independents (70 percent) think the money should be returned to taxpayers."[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/13/fox-news-poll-americans-want-unused-stimulus-money-returned-taxpayers/]
*For the first time in two years, '''voters trust''' [[GOP]] more than [[Democrat]]s '''on the vital the issues''' of [[Health care]], the [[Economy]], [[Education]], [[National Security]], [[Abortion]], [[Social Security]], [[Taxes]], and [[Immigration]]. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/trust_on_issues]
*'''60% Say America is Headed in the Wrong Direction.''' [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/right_direction_or_wrong_track]
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'''President Obama falsely claimed that [[AARP]] endorsed his administration's health care plan when they never made such an endorsement.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zxf5ELaC4Q&feature=channel_page] In addition, Barack Obama's "Disinformation Czar" (whose supposed job was to correct disinformation that others are spreading about the Obama administration's health care plan) was recently caught spreading misleading information![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4HgDfNsH3M&feature=channel_page] Skepticism is mounting concerning Obama's health care plan and Obama himself and the skepticism is growing for good reasons![http://www.buffalonews.com/248/story/762324.html] For example, the usually pro-Obama news organization the [[Associated Press]] recently published an article which was critical of Obama that was entitled ''FACT CHECK: Obama's health care claims adrift''?[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gayIiVSnEX8h2nbrvI2X4a9eo4qQD99K0NP00] It increasingly appears as though Obama's health care plan may be Obama's [[Waterloo]].[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABRyZdQXGw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakingnews.com%2Fvideo%2Fdick-morris-obamas-waterloo&feature=player_embedded]
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'''The leading trend forecaster [[Gerald Celente]] maintains that the [[economics|economic]] cancer on the [[United States]] economy is merely in remission and the greatest depression in the history of the United States is still going to occur.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C8K7rWkGGw][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LBffdIW0XA&feature=response_watch] Celente also maintains that the Obama administration's corrupt and inept policies is making things worse.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C8K7rWkGGw][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LBffdIW0XA&feature=response_watch]
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'''In Yet Another Stunning Example of [[Liberal]] [[Intolerance]], [[Obama]] [[Brownshirts]] Are Trying to Silence [[Glenn Beck]].''' At least five weak-kneed advertisers are buckling under the pressure of a racially charged boycott of [[Fox News]] Channel's Glenn Beck. But that's not all... a high-ranking Obama official has now been tied to the racially charged boycott. '''Obama’s Green Jobs Czar, the convicted [[Felon]] and self-declared [[Communist]], [[Van Jones]]''', has direct ties to the organization that’s trying to shut down Glenn Beck. Jones’s group has hired a big Hollywood PR firm and they are pressuring Beck’s advertisers to stop advertising. If not, they’ll lead a boycott. [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33134] '''For a list of advertisers buckling under to the [[Leftist|left's]] [[Nazi|Nazi-like]] tactics go [http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/08/13/obama-brownshirts-try-to-silence-glenn-beck/ here.]'''
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'''It was 28 years ago this week that [[President Ronald Reagan]] signed the Economic Recovery Tax Act.''' ''It dropped the tax burden across the board and allowed every working [[American]] to establish an [[Individual retirement account]].'' (IRA) Despite a 53-seat [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] majority in the House, Reagan's tax plan sailed through by a 77-vote margin. And in the [[United States Senate|Senate]], where [[Republican Party|Republicans]] held a six-seat majority, the plan got 68 votes, launching the largest sustained economic growth in [[United States of America|U.S.]] history. '''[[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama]] hasn't approached anything like a win of that magnitude. If he doesn't figure out the difference between leading and challenging, he may never get one.''' [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Obama-forgets-who_s-speaking-truth-to-power-8083298-52834972.html]
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'''How many domestic terrorists does Obama plan on putting in his cabinet? Meet [[Van Jones]].''' [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106653]

===August 20===
'''The town hall meetings have an effect; American citizens are now emboldened against the health care bill, and this emboldeness is affecting everyone on the Hill:''' Senator Charles Grassley (R) gets an earful in Iowa [http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/grassley_healthcare/2009/08/12/247173.html]; Senator Arlen Spector (D-PA) calls his confronters "un-American" in the wake of his meeting[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_health_care_protests/2009/08/12/246800.html][http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_protests]; Indiana Congressman Baron Hill (D) calls his constitutuents "political terrorists" now [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/08/12/dem_congressman_town_hall_protesters_are_political_terrorists.html]; Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) couldn't take the cameras at his meeting [http://wcbstv.com/politics/town.hall.meetings.2.1126259.html]; Rep Bart Gordon (D-TN) is shamed back into doing a public town meeting after he opted for the telephone instead [http://www.dnj.com/article/20090812/NEWS01/908120330&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL]; just more boos than cheers going on as this health care bill takes a nose dive [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106595][http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/healthcare_obama_poll/2009/08/12/246969.html]. ''Note to Congress: did all of you honestly think that we Americans are going to lie down quietly and take it?''

Polls show support for [[Health Care Reform]] falls to new low. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/august_2009/support_for_congressional_health_care_reform_falls_to_new_low]

Scheduled dates and places to confront your Senator or Representative: [http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/town_hall_heatlh_schedule/2009/08/12/247010.html]
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'''The "First Lady" of [[conservatism]], [[Phyllis Schlafly]], speaking at the National Press Club on [[Obamacare]] says "I think we would be better off if we defeated the whole thing."''' Schlafly, an icon of the grassroots conservative movement, was the recipient of the first ever Clare Booth Luce Lifetime Achievement Award. [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=52369]
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'''Four [[Christian]] orphanage workers beheaded by [[Muslim]]s.''' Don't call them [[terrorist]]s, don't call them [[Jihadists]], we're not at war with [[Islam]]. Maybe [[Barack Hussein Obama]] can describe the movement for us. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539129,00.html]
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'''[[CBO]] Report : Poor People Biggest Losers in [[Health care reform]].
*'''Employees, Not Employers, Will Pay The Costs of The Pay-Or-Play Job Tax:''' "If employers who did not offer insurance were required to pay a fee, employees’ wages and other forms of compensation would generally decline by the amount of that fee from what they would otherwise have been—just as wages are generally lower (all else being equal) to offset employers’ contributions toward health insurance.
*'''The Pay-Or-Play Job Tax Could Reduce Jobs for Low-Income, Minimum-Wage Workers:''' "In particular, a play-or-pay provision could reduce the hiring of low-wage workers, whose wages could not fall by the full cost of health insurance or a substantial play-or-pay fee if they were close to the minimum wage." [http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/104xx/doc10435/07-13-HealthCareAndLaborMarkets.pdf]
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'''"Anybody who thinks that health care is going to cost less if the government runs it must believe in the tooth fairy." '''[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=52369]
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'''Significant advances in [[homeschool]] academic achievement versus [[public school]].''' On average, home schooled students scored about 30 percentile points higher than the national average on standardized achievement tests. [http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/200908100.asp]
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'''Trust the Government? How much is one additional year of your life worth?''' Or one more year of life for your father or your wife? For your child? In [[Great Britain]], the government has settled on a number: $45,000. That’s how much a government commission with the [[George Orwell|Orwellian]] acronym NICE has decided British government-run health care will pay for one additional year of life for a British subject. '''Think it could never happen here? ''Then you need to pay closer attention to what Washington is planning for your health care.''''' [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33100]

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'''"You'll be gone, by [[God]] the bureaucrats will still be here," one citizen said to Sen. [[Arlen Specter]], D-Pa., at a town hall meeting that was very hostile to the [[Democratic]] health care plan.'''[http://news.aol.com/article/angry-crowd-at-arlen-specter-town-hall/609021?icid=webmail|wbml-aol|dl2|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fangry-crowd-at-arlen-specter-town-hall%2F609021]
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'''[[Eunice Kennedy Shriver]], sister of [[John F. Kennedy]], died at age 88. A [[pro-life]] leader, and she also helped start the [[Special Olympics]] and the [[Peace Corps]].''' [http://blogs.cbn.com/ChurchWatch/archive/2009/08/11/the-pro-life-kennedy.aspx]
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'''Latest poll for [[Virginia]] governor: the Republican McDonnell has 47% to only 38% for the Democrat Deeds.'''[http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2009/virginia/election_2009_virginia_governor_election]
 '''In [[New Jersey]], "Republican challenger Chris Christie has regained his 13-point lead over incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine."'''[http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2009/new_jersey/election_2009_new_jersey_governor]
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'''"[[Barack Obama]] could hasten the spread of" [[homeschooling]], observes the ''Economist'''''.[http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14177435&]
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"Lori Roman: Government-run health care killed my father"[http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/OpEd-Contributor/Government-run-health-care-killed-my-father-8088281-52908687.html]
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'''''"How's that hopey-changey thing going?"''''' The one bright spot of the effects of Obama is the sale of anti-Obama merchandise - like the one at right - which is skyrocketing: [http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/anti_obama_trinkets/2009/08/11/246349.html]
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'''[[George Soros]] donates $5 million to the [[liberal]] "Health Care For America Now."''' [http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/soros_donation_healthcare/2009/08/10/246219.html] This manufactured opposition group is involved in ''Organized Thuggery'', calling average [[American]]s- [[extremist]]s for daring to stand against Obama's government-run healthcare. [http://healthcareforamericanow.org/site/fight]
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'''After a confrontation between a man whose son suffers from cerebral palsy and Representive [[John Dingell]]''' of Michigan during a town hall meeting, supporters of Obama decide to pay a threatening visit to him at night: [http://www.breitbart.tv/father-of-handicapped-son-received-threats-after-confrontation-with-rep-dingell/]
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'''Enrollment in our [[Economics_Lectures|fall economics course]] is so strong that it is likely to set a new record as the largest economics course for teenagers in the world.'''
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'''Obama Poll numbers continue to nosedive -- only 45% now rate Obama''' "Good" or "Excellent" as a leader, down 19 percent since January. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/august_2009/45_rate_obama_good_or_excellent_as_a_leader_down_19_points_from_january]
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'''Where are they now? [[Mainstream Media]] waxes [[nostalgia|nostalgic]] for the [http://books.google.com/books?id=eA141LXJJswC&pg=PA211&dq=Manson%2Bweather+bureau%2Bpig#v=onepage&q=Manson%2Bweather%20bureau%2Bpig&f=false Manson era "Summer of Love."]''' [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-manson-killings-glance,1,2579255.story]
*'''[[Charles Manson]]''', serving life sentence;
*'''Leslie Van Houten''', ''[[National Public Radio]]'' takes up her cause; [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111675368]
*'''Squeaky Fromme''', attempted assassin of '''[[President Gerald Ford]]''' due to be paroled August 16;
*'''[[Bernardine_Dohrn#Terrorist_career|Bernardine Dohrn]]''', hosting fundraisers for '''[[Barack Obama]]'''.
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'''Now even the [[liberal]] ''Detroit Free Press'' prints this commentary from a [[Cato Institute]] policy analyst:
"De-fund [[Detroit]] [[Public Schools]]'''."[http://www.freep.com/article/20090809/OPINION05/908090438/1231/OPINION/De-fund-Detroit-Public-Schools]
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'''Here’s a real live “community organizer” in action. He’s organizing this guy and he’s going to send him out to shout down people who are dissenting from the [[Democrat Party]] line. The fellow seemed reluctant and as it turns out after a few minutes the organizer retrieved his bullhorn and started using it himself.''' See the [http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2009/08/pelosi-astroturf-healthcare/ tell-all pictures here]

'''Update:''' Read how the [[liberal]] ''"Organized Thuggery"'' movement plans to confront you. [http://healthcareforamericanow.org/site/fight] '''The American people will not be silenced!'''
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'''Today in History'''

In 1961, [[James B. Parsons]] was the 1st black appointed to Federal District Court.
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'''As far as the public is concerned, the declining [[liberal]] [[MSM|news media]] is on its own.''' A new Rasmussen survey shows that just 25% of American adults favor the creation of a [[White House]] commission to help save journalism jobs and find ways for struggling news organizations to survive. '''55% oppose the creation of a commission such as the one proposed by [[Leftist]] former newsman [[Dan Rather]] in a speech last week.''' [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/august_2009/55_oppose_commission_to_keep_news_industry_going]
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"'''Wikipedia dying, Thanks to its mad editors. WACKYPEDIA'S growth is sloping off''' and it appears it is due to the bizarre antics of some of its editors."[http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1496429/wikipedia-dying]
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'''The prominent [[YouTube]] [[atheism|atheist]] who kept stuttering when his atheistic ideas were cross examined by [[Christianity|Christian]] [[evangelism|evangelist]] [[Ray Comfort]] tells the world that he had other reasons for going to [[Los Angeles]] besides going to debate Ray Comfort and the debate was not his main purpose for going to Los Angeles!'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOeW0TI5f3o&feature=related] Conservapedia still thinks the prominent [[YouTube]] [[atheism|atheist]] may have felt very convicted when debating Ray Comfort if frequent stuttering is any indication![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgwJjHj-E9g] A Christian YouTube producer gives his take on why the prominent YouTube atheist was totally unprepared for his debate with Ray Comfort.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQJC7D65oXU&feature=channel_page]
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'''Your modern [[Democratic Party]] at work:''' If they don't like their own constituents questioning their health care proposals, why they'll just treat them like they're a sub-human mob. Note to the Democrats: your constituents are smarter than you realize: [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106103][http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106259]
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'''[[Democrat]] tax cut scheme''' [http://www.newsleader.com/article/20090804/OPINION03/908040321] '''already hurting charitable giving'''. [http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_220215341.html]
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'''[[Public School]] liberals deciding what words must be banned from textbooks. Your [[children]] are targeted for [[liberal indoctrination]]. [[American]]s- watch the [[Fox News]] video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W0V7Qk3lrI Banned From Textbooks].'''
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'''[[Sarah Palin]] Says [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama's]] Plan to Overhaul Health Care is '[[Evil]]':''' '''''"Who will suffer the most when they ration care? The sick, the elderly, and the disabled, of course...The [[America]] I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with [[Down Syndrome]] will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil."''''' '''<big>Amen!</big>''' [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/07/palin-says-obamas-plan-overhaul-health-care-evil/?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r1:c0.118041:b27016678:z0]
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'''Drug Offenders To Get Federal Student Aid Under New Bill:''' [[College]] students convicted of drug possession could soon have access to Federal student loans because of a little noticed provision in a student aid bill that removes a deterrent to using drugs and rewards lawbreakers. [[Leftist]] [[California]] congressman George Miller, a [[Democrat]], added a provision that reverses a 1998 [[Bill Clinton]] sponsored amendment that made students convicted of drug-possession ineligible to receive federal funding. '''Given [[Barack Hussein Obama|President Obama's]] history of using illegal drugs, and the [[liberal]] passion for amorality, it should pass quickly.''' [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/07/drug-offenders-federal-student-aid-new/]
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'''It appears as if one of [[YouTube]]'s most prominent [[atheism|atheist]] may have felt convicted when debating [[Christianity|Christian]] [[evangelism|evangelist]] [[Ray Comfort]] if frequent stuttering is any indication'''![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgwJjHj-E9g] Given the [[atheism|inadequacy of the atheism position]], the frequent stuttering was not exactly surprising!
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'''Who said [[conservatism]] is dead? Oh, [[liberal]]s of the [[mainstream media]] did.''' Three of the top four hardcover non-fiction books have conservative authors. [[Michelle Malkin]]- Culture of Corruption, [[Mark Levin]]- Liberty and Tyranny, [[Dick Morris]]- Catastrophe. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/books/bestseller/besthardnonfiction.html?_r=3&ref=books]
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'''[[Liberal hypocrisy]] is alive and well in the mainstream media''', as they excoriate [[Rush Limbaugh]] once more for comparing the actions of the Obama Adminstration to the [[Nazi]]s, but they just have to ignore [[Nancy Pelosi]] calling town hall protesters the same thing: [http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/pelosi_limbaush_swastikas/2009/08/07/245316.html]
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'''[[White House]] Engaged In [[Liberal]] Thuggery - The Politics Of [[Chicago]]:''' There's a certain irony in an administration denouncing ordinary [[Americans]] who borrow the [[Association_of_Community_Organizations_for_Reform_Now_(ACORN)#Community_Redevelopment_Act| ACORN playbook]] when "that administration is led by a man who began his career as a Community organizer. So, it's unbelievably hypocritical and of course...this only happens when you have a [[conservative]] protest, it's called a 'mob' if it's a liberal protest it's called a grassroots expressing themselves. '''You have an administration arrogantly decided he's gonna tear it up and start all over and people are surprised that there are protests? And say that it had to be manufactured? Of course it's spontaneous. If people go together on a bus, that's entirely legitimate and ought to be encouraged."''' [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537682,00.html] [http://www.pitchforkandtorch.blogspot.com/]

===August 12===
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'''Obama Approval hits the skids as prospects for a [[Jobless recovery]] appear more imminent; 71% say [[Obamunism]] driving the [[deficit]]. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/august_2009/71_say_obama_s_policies_have_driven_up_deficit] [[Unemployment]] [[hope]]s remain dismal.''' [http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/08/03/daily54.html]
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'''[[United States Senate|Senate]] Confirms [[Sonia Sotomayor]] to [[U.S. Supreme Court]].''' The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court in a 68-31 vote.[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/06/senate-prepares-sotomayor-confirmation-vote/]
59 [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] voted for Sotomayor while 31 [[Republican Party|Republicans]] voted against her. Nine Senate [[Republicans]] voted to confirm her.
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'''The ultra-[[Liberal]] [[Washington Post]], Never Failing To Connect [[Obama]] Criticism With [[Racism]], Slams Obama/Joker Posters as 'Coded,' and 'Racially Charged' Stereotypes!''' Art critic [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/05/AR2009080503876.html?hpid=artslot Philip Kennicott] smeared the images, which began showing up in [[Los Angeles]] and on [[Twitter]], as flat-out bigoted: ''"The charge of socialism is secondary to the basic message that Obama can't be trusted, not because he is a politician, '''but because he's black'''."'' As the 'Obama [[Socialists]]' are backed into a corner with growing opposition to their [[radical]], big-spending agenda, there has been a marked increase by them in shrilly associating ''any'' opposition to the President with the racism gambit. [http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090806111816.aspx]

'''It's called "political satire"'''. And they also seemed to have forgotten that it was their side which painted [[George W. Bush]] as the Joker too, so turnabout is indeed fair play: [http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/2009/08/07/Politics/poster-outrage]
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[http://www.heritage.org/Press/FactSheet/fs0036.cfm '''Top 10 Reasons Obamacare Is Wrong for America''']
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'''Obama fails to deliver so-called "[[health care reform]]" by August 7 as he promised.''' Like Hillarycare, all the wheeling-dealing has been closed door and the American people excluded. Now Congress gets an earful from voters tired of being ignored. Polls show 54% favor Tax Cuts over New Health Care Spending [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/taxes/august_2009/54_favor_middle_class_tax_cuts_over_new_health_care_spending] and 60% think the Country is headed in the wrong direction. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/right_direction_or_wrong_track]
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'''Think love and tolerance is a part of liberal thinking, or is it pure hatred for their fellow man?''' Liberal radio talk show host Mike Malloy wants conservative commentator [[Glenn Beck]] to commit suicide. ''“I am only hoping that when Glenn Beck does put a gun to his head and pulls the trigger, that it’s on television, because somebody will capture it on YouTube and it will be the most popular little piece of video for months,”'' he said. [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=52109]
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'''The [[United States Marine Corps]] has slapped an immediate ban on the use of social networking sites on its network, warning that sites like [[Facebook]], [[MySpace]] and [[Twitter]] are a “proven haven for malicious hackers and content.”''' Facebook, MySpace and Twitter have been constant targets for [[malware]] attacks that exploit the trusted nature of social networks to lure users into clicking on links to malicious sites. [http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3907&tag=nl.e539]
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'''An openly [[Gay]] sheriff's deputy in [[liberal]] Broward County ([[Fort Lauderdale]]), [[Florida]] and a [[Homosexual]] community activist, was actually a calculating [[sex offender]] who targeted and attacked [[illegal immigrants]].''' According to court documents, Jonathan Bleiweiss was arrested Monday and faces 14 charges, among them three counts of sexual battery by a person in authority, four counts of battery and one count of stalking against at least 8 men.[http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/sfl-bso-deputy-arrested-sex-abuse,0,1484852.story]
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'''A consequence of the "Cash for Clunkers" program is that poor people who can’t afford new cars – or expensive used cars -- will be crushed along with all those clunkers due to elite [[liberal|liberals]] being out-of-touch.''' If you can only afford $500 - $2,000 for a car, you’ll find many of these vehicles are now unavailable. The junk yards that demolish the clunkers aren’t allowed to pull engines and other usable parts before they’re crushed, making parts for older cars harder and more expensive to get. Yet another blow for the [[poor]] who need to repair what they have, rather than buy a replacement as [[Al Gore]], a [[Congressman]] or members of their staff would do. [http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/08/clunkers-iii.html?nwltr=2020_stossel_more]
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'''Breaking News: [[Russian]] [[nuclear]]-powered [[submarine]]s patrolling off the Eastern seaboard of continental [[United States]]; [[U.S. Navy]] is tracking.''' [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5740FD20090805] [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/04/defense-officials-russian-subs-patrolling-east-coast-united-states/]

===August 10===
'''"If you’ve noticed that this past July was colder than normal, you are not alone. More than 1,100 daily record low temperatures were broken in July nationwide, according to the National Climatic Data Center. When record afternoon low highs are considered, that number jumps to more than 3,000 records."''' [http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4640852] -- No problem for [[liberals]]: they just move from their [[global warming]] scam to their health care "reform" scam, without ever admitting they're wrong.
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'''54% Oppose''' [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/auto_industry/august_2009/54_oppose_more_money_for_cash_for_clunkers_program] '''extending [[Democrats]] tax cuts for the rich scheme.''' [http://www.newsleader.com/article/20090804/OPINION03/908040321]
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[[File:Clinton Seoul 2009.jpg|thumb|Bill Clinton at Seoul, May 19, 2009.]]
'''Bill's Secret Mission -- The [[White House]] stays mum as speculation grows about former President [[William Jefferson Clinton|Clinton's]] 'private mission' and meeting with [[North Korea|North Korean]] leader [[Kim Jong Il]].''' Bill Clinton must miss appeasing and bribing North Korea as his administration did. Among the officials deeply involved in the negotiations for Bill's visit was [[John Kerry]]. Kerry's involvement tells us a lot about how this mission is going to go; they will repeat the same actions they tried before that ended in complete and utter failure. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/03/report-president-clinton-heading-n-korea-talks-jailed-journalists/] 
'''Update: North Korea Says 2 Jailed American Journalists Have Been Pardoned, Will Return To U.S. With Bill Clinton. What's The Ran$om?'''
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'''Under President Obama the American government's share of the national gross domestic product has significantly increased.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABRyZdQXGw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakingnews.com%2Fvideo%2Fdick-morris-obamas-waterloo&feature=player_embedded] Critics of the Obama administration have coined the word "[[Obamunism]]" for Obama's [[socialism|socialistic]] and "[[fascism]] light" [[economic planning]] policies ([[Mussolini]] defined fascism as the wedding of state and corporate powers and Obama's corporate bailouts certainly are fascist policies).[http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/daily-intel/2009/07/20/obamunism-inc][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIdqN7AgABA][http://www.smallbusinessadvocate.com/small-business-interviews/gerald-celente-6944] [[Wall Street]] firms were among Obama's biggest campaign supporters.[http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638] The [[Obama Administration]] bailouts of corrupt, unproductive, and reckless Wall Street firms was hardly surprising, although it certainly was not helpful in making the United States economy more productive and prosperous. President Obama should pick up a few [[history]] books and discover that socialism and fascism create far less wealth for its citizens than [[capitalism]]. Top trend forecaster [[Gerald Celente]] predicts that the corrupt economic policies of "Obamunism" will lead to a second [[Great Depression|great depression]] and "second [[American Revolution]]" (Celente predicted the tax protests that are now occurring in [[America]]).[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MMX3SKzrfU&feature=channel_page][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9bfw1ebgw&feature=response_watch]
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'''Congressional [[Democrats]] in need of [[sensitivity training]]. Like [[Obama]] ridiculing the Special Olympics''' [http://www.necn.com/Boston/Politics/2009/03/20/Obamas-comment-sets-us-back/1237552251.html], House Democrats [[health care reform]] bill refers to persons with learning disabilities as "retarded." Mental Health experts and advocates outraged. [http://www.nypost.com/seven/07262009/news/nationalnews/retarded_house_bill_181448.htm][http://patterico.com/category/political-correctness/]
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'''What The Summer Holds For Members of Congress? -- Audience Shouts Down Sebelius, Specter at Health Care Town Hall in [[Philadelphia]]:''' Health and Human Services Secretary [[Kathleen Sebelius]] and Democrat turned [[Republican]], turned Democrat opportunist Senator [[Arlen Specter]] got a preview of the tough sell lawmakers will face over [[Obama]] and the [[Democrats]] health care [[Socialism]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/03/audience-shouts-sebelius-specter-health-care-town-hall-philadelphia/] [http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=videolandingpage&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=7752706&referralPlaylistId=949437d0db05ed5f5b9954dc049d70b0c12f2749 Here is the video of the shouting, angry crowd.] 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egcIKZoNGd8 Click here to see the clever new Republican anti-"Obamacare" ad.]
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'''Excerpts from the [[Mark Levin]] Show "How can we be discussing the most massive entitlement program ever known to man?"''' Nearly 2 Trillion dollar budget deficits, the largest drop in [[tax]] returns since the '[[Great Depression]]' at 18%. '''"Immediately reverse course and cut taxes across the board."''' [http://marklevinshow.com/Article.asp?id=1440674&spid=32345] [http://marklevinshow.com/sectional.asp?id=32930]
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'''Eight [[Christians]] Burnt to Death, and Scores More Injured, in [[Pakistan]].''' Hundreds of armed supporters of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an outlawed [[Islamic]] militant group, burned dozens of [[Christian]] homes in Gojra over the weekend after allegations that '''a''' copy of the [[Koran]] had been defiled. '''The bloodthirsty [[Muslim]] mob opened fire indiscriminately, threw gas bombs and looted houses as thousands of the frightened Christians ran for safety.''' Residents said that police stood aside while the mob went on the rampage. “We kept begging for protection, but police did not take action,” Rafiq Masih, a resident said. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group is believed to have close links with [[Al Qaeda]] and has been involved in several [[terrorist]] attacks in recent years. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6736696.ece]
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'''[[Dana Perino]] writes for [[Fox News]] saying [[Democrat]]s' Blame Game Keeps Backfiring.''' When it comes to government-run healthcare, even concerned Democrats are ''"raising a ruckus"''. [http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/08/03/dana-perino-health-care-democrats/] Could it be that healthcare reform was designed to benefit special interests groups at the expense of the [[American]] people? [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/TapscottsCopyDesk/Non-partisan-AARP-named-by-Pelosi-as-part-of-Democrats-August-recess-health-care-reform-blitz-52377132.html]
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'''BORN IN THE [[USA]]? [[Hawaii]] refuses to verify [[Barack Hussein Obama|President's]] Online Certificates of Live Birth.''' In response to a direct question from [[WorldNetDaily]], the Hawaii Department of Health refused to authenticate either of the two versions of President Obama's short-form Certificate of Live Birth, or COLB, posted online – neither the image produced by the Obama campaign nor the images released by FactCheck.org. '''Janice Okubo, the public information officer for the Hawaii DOH, also had no explanation for why Dr. Chiyome Fukino's initial press release last October and subsequent press release last week ''also avoided declaring the posted images to be of authentic documents.''''' [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=105817]
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'''Is [http://www.wnd.com/images/misc/kenyandocument-top.jpg This] The "Smoking Gun" of Obama's Kenyan Birth?''' [[California]] attorney Orly Taitz, who has filed a number of lawsuits demanding proof of [[Barack Hussein Obama|Barack Obama's]] eligibility to serve as [[President of the United States]], has released a copy of what purports to be a [[Kenya|Kenyan]] certification of birth and has filed a new motion in U.S. District Court for its authentication. '''The document lists Obama's parents as Barack Hussein Obama and Stanley Ann Obama, formerly Stanley Ann Dunham, the birth date as Aug. 4, 1961, and the hospital of birth as Coast General Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya.''' [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=105764] More disclosures Obama refuses to make can be found [http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/dobbs_right_obama_birth/2009/08/03/243134.html here].
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'''[[Christian]] hard rock band Fireflight has over a million views on [[YouTube]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCUfHQSsC2c&feature=fvw] Their new release ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWOmfOah--o Stand Up]'' is a big hit as well. Subscribe to their official channel. [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=FireFlightOfficial&annotation_id=annotation_214058&feature=iv] Bringing the good news of [[Christ]] to the next generation!

===August 7===
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'''Americans are increasingly showing a greater propensity to openly mock President Obama.''' Obama depicted as the Joker is showing up in the public square with increasing frequency.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlsxpF6rNLQ]
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'''Today in history''' August 2, 1990. [[Iraq]] invades [[Kuwait]].

At about 2 a.m. local time, Iraqi forces invade Kuwait, Iraq's tiny, oil-rich neighbor. Kuwait's defense forces were rapidly overwhelmed, and those that were not destroyed retreated to [[Saudi Arabia]]. The emir of Kuwait, his family, and other government leaders fled to Saudi Arabia, and within hours Kuwait City had been captured and the Iraqis had established a provincial government. [http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=5228]
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'''President Obama appears to be feeling the political heat and becoming more desperate than [[Jimmy Carter]] during his presidency.''' Obama recently told a Democratic congressman, "You're going to destroy my presidency if health care doesn't pass."[http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22You%27re%20going%20to%20destroy%20my%20presidency&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS293US293&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wv#] Obama still appears to be out of touch with what Americans want and he still is focused on his leftist agenda for America. According to the [[Gallup Organization]], "Most Americans do not believe that the U.S. healthcare system is in a state of crisis. The economy outweighs healthcare as the most pressing problem facing the country and in Americans' personal lives."[http://www.gallup.com/poll/121997/Americans-Healthcare-Reform-Top-Takeaways.aspx] A majority of Americans currently believe that the federal government should focus on reducing the budget deficit rather than engage in increased spending.[http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/07/29/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5196060.shtml] It appears as if Obama has little interest in being a public servant and appears more concerned about "his presidency" being destroyed.
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'''President Obama claims he wants to rush health care through because he is moved by the letters of Americans who ask him to change the current health care system.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebXRVKW2BbA] Meanwhile, President Obama lets his own brother live in a slum area in a one room hovel while Obama lives in the [[White House]] followed around by a government paid personal physician![http://experimentumcrucis.blogspot.com/2008/08/obama-do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do-oh-i.html][http://salinecountyrepublicans.com/Barack%20Obamas%20Brother%20in%20Bengo-002.jpg][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM] It is certainly not surprising that Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], found that although American [[liberal]] families' incomes were somewhat higher than those of [[conservative]] families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household, and also donate more time and give more blood.[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html] American citizens, don't allow President Obama to treat you like he treats his brother!
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'''In 2007, when Obama was running for President he promised Americans "health care that is as good as the health care that I have as a member of Congress."'''[http://www.emaxhealth.com/10/18430.html] However, recently when a newspaper reporter pressed Obama on whether he would commit to Americans having the same health care as congressmen, Obama repeatedly refused to commit to his previous promise of Americans having the same coverage as members of Congress.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM] Obama merely said Americans would have health care coverage that would "largely match up" with what members of Congress have.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM] It appears as if Obama envisions offering [[Animal Farm]] type government health care for American citizens. Some government health care would be more equal than other government health care with Obama still being constantly followed around by his government paid physician![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM] Congressman John Fleming (Louisiana physician) has offered an amendment that would require congressmen and senators to take the same health care plan they try to force on others (under proposed legislation they are curiously exempt). Congressman Fleming is encouraging people to go on his website and sign his petition located [http://fleming.house.gov/index.html here].
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'''[[Planned Parenthood]] defies court ruling on [[informed consent]].'''Appellate judges upheld the constitutionality of a South Dakota law that requires abortionists to inform women – before an abortion – that the procedure "will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being." [http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=105504]

===August 5===
'''President Obama may force reluctant young Americans to buy health insurance they don't want in order to help defray the health care cost of older Americans.'''[http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/IrwinStelzer/Healthcare-101_-Congressional-_reform_-measures-are-bad-news-8047743-52205232.html][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/30/AR2009073002819.html?sub=AR] Obama Girl appears to be reluctant to sing the praises of the Obama administration having mandatory health insurance for young people in order to help finance [[Baby Boomer|baby boomer]] and senior health care! Obama, good luck on retaining your young voter base in the 2012 presidential election![http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/2008/11/09/20081109vip-hindman1109.html]
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'''Just like the [[Rathergate]] papers, the "birth certificate" promoted by Obama and company is a [[Forgery|FORGERY]]''': [http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/atlas-exclusive.html]
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'''President Obama claims he can improve American's health care, but he cannot even manage his own health care!''' When Robert Gibbs, Obama's Press secretary, was directly asked about Obama's smoking habit, he was rather evasive and said, "I don't honestly see the need to get a whole lot more specific than the fact that it's a continuing struggle."[http://www.reason.com/blog/show/134319.html] Obama promised that transparency would be the "touchstone" of his administration, but the reality is that his administration is certainly not transparent.[http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/44999]
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'''US government is not even meeting its own standards for military health care, yet Obama still claims his national health care proposal will meet health care needs of Americans.'''[http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-07-30-careaccess_N.htm][http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2009/07/31/female-veterans-fight-for-healthcare.html]
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'''President Obama is stirring up a political hornet's nest! Many seniors are angry that [[Medicare]] budget would be cut $200 million to help pay for Obama's health care plan.'''[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ho4ai2q18tQ9j82kd3N3ltEANRzwD99P385G0] Obama is running into the same trouble with his health care plan as President Bush did with [[Social Security]] reform several years ago: senior citizen support.[http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/07/seniors_arent_on_board_with_health_care.php] Health care is still likely going to be Obama's [[Waterloo]]![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABRyZdQXGw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakingnews.com%2Fvideo%2Fdick-morris-obamas-waterloo&feature=player_embedded] Help push Obama's approval rating even lower among Americans by sharing the powerful video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yREOUxo6Qdc Stop Spending Our Future] among your family and friends.
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'''July 31st concludes the third coldest July ''ever'' for the Canadian province of Manitoba.[http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/winnipeg/2009/07/31/10325186.html] In [[New York City]], it has been the third coldest June and July combo ''ever''.''' No problem for [[liberals]]: just keep lying about [[global warming]] and hope the media fails to tell the truth.
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'''[[Liberals]] had vowed to pass the health care bill before recess; instead, the most they could do was muster a pathetically weak 31-28 ''committee'' vote at 9pm the day of adjournment.'''[http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/31/key-house-committee-passes-health-care-bill/]
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'''President Obama held private "Beer Summit" with Sergeant James Crowley and Professor Gates that appears to have accomplished little to nothing.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiDZwBESEaY] Poll shows Obama lost ground across the board with the greatest declines among "poorer people, especially poorer whites, and 30 to 49 year olds....Some of the larger declines are among members of his own party." [http://people-press.org/report/532/obamas-ratings-slide] ''[[Washington Post]]'' reports Americans think the President acted stupidly on race. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/30/AR2009073004097.html]
A Rasmussen Reports poll indicates that nearly 50% of likely voters feel Barack Obama views the USA as unfair and discriminatory. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm8Jn_XuUXQ&feature=channel_page]

===August 4===
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'''Peter Schiff in an old video accurately explains why [[Ben Bernanke]], Chairman of the [[Federal Reserve]], has engaged in [[economics|economic]] buffoonery.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ee1IFAVkKo] Is it any wonder Bernanke lost money in the [[stock market]] last year as his holdings in annuities and other assets tumbled by as much as 29 percent?'''[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acOTL2iyYuVc] President Obama certainly appears to have some similarities to [[Jimmy Carter]] when it comes to economics![http://www.taipanpublishinggroup.com/taipan-daily-052009.html] Perhaps the reason why Obama does not fire Bernanke for economic incompetence was that if he did fire Bernanke, consistency would demand that Obama fire himself as well! Leading trend forecaster Gerald Celente still insists that Obama administration is assisting [[Wall Street]] and banking firms to engage in highway robbery while they continue to further damage the [[United States]] economy.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GTHnut7Lbo][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7zqJBTCn-s&feature=response_watch]
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'''Wikipedia does the scrubbing again:''' A liberal mayoral candidate in Toledo, Ohio has a problem with his own ethics, and someone in Wikipedia is making sure its readers don't see it: [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/07/30/wikipedia-protects-heckled-toledo-mayoral-candidate]
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'''Automobile manufacturer [[Henry Ford]] was born July 30, 1863''', on his family's farm in what is present-day Dearborn, Michigan. From the time that he was a young boy, Ford enjoyed tinkering with machines. Farm work and a job in a Detroit machine shop afforded him ample opportunities to experiment. He worked successively as an apprentice machinist, a part-time employee for the Westinghouse Engine Company, and an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company. By then, he was earning enough money to experiment on building an internal combustion engine. [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html]
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'''Do your part and say 'Stop the [[Obama|Government]] Takeover of Healthcare' before it's too late! Join nearly one-million [[American]]s and sign the [http://freeourhealthcarenow.com Free Our Health Care Now Petition].'''
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'''[[Florida]] [[University_of_Florida|Gators]] Quarterback [[Tim Tebow]] Leaves Reporters Speechless: "Yes I Am - Saving Myself for Marriage".''' He also said he was grateful that his mother's story has helped women choose not to have an [[abortion]]. Tim Tebow is one of the most talked about rising stars of the [[NCAA]] and recently was on the cover of ''Sports Illustrated''. The [[American football|Football]] Superstar literally left reporters speechless when he answered a question during a press conference about whether or not he is saving himself for marriage. Growing up Tebow would often help his parents with their [[Christian]] mission work in the [[Philippines]]. '''He was [[homeschooled]] by his mother, who instilled in her children strong [[Christian Values]].''' [http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jul/09073001.html]
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'''Top [[Democrat]] Admits Government-Run Health Care Plan Would Lead to Single-Payer Health Care System, something [[Obama]] continually denies. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3BS4C9el98&feature=player_embedded In a newly unearthed video]''', however, [[Barney Frank|Congressman Barney Frank]], (D-MA), candidly admits that the entire point of the “public option” is to force Americans off their private insurance plans and onto the government rolls, like the systems in [[Canada]] and the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]] [http://republicanleader.house.gov/blog/?p=593]
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'''Attorney General [[Eric Holder]]'s [[U.S. Department of Justice|Justice Department]] ''has sent a threatening letter'' to the state of [[Oklahoma]].''' The letter warns that state's attorney general not to pursue an English-only referendum on the 2010 ballot and says adopting such a provision could violate the civil rights of some Oklahoma residents. '''More smug [[Leftist]] bullying by the [[Obama Administration]].''' [http://hannity.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/07/30/holder-threatens-state-over-english-only-vote/] The Oklahoma Congressional Delegation has demanded Holder explain. [http://fallin.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=30&sectiontree=28,30&itemid=327]
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'''[[Obama]] Approval Ratings hit New Low.''' [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history]
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'''An outpouring of skeptical [[scientists]] who are members of the [[American Chemical Society]] (The ACS bills itself as the "world's largest scientific society.") are revolting against the group's editor-in-chief -- with many demanding he be removed.''' This after an editorial appeared in their [http://pubs.acs.org/cen/editor/87/8725editor.html journal] claiming “the science of [[anthropogenic climate change]] is becoming increasingly well established.” [http://pubs.acs.org/cen/letters/87/8730letters.html Dozens of letters] from ACS members were published on July 27, 2009 castigating Rudy Baum, with some scientists demanding his replacement as editor-in-chief, '''seeking to remove the climate fear promoting editor and 'trade him to [[New York Times]] or [[Washington Post]]'.''' [http://www.climatedepot.com/a/2213/Climate-Revolt-Worlds-Largest-Science-Group-Startled-By-Outpouring-of-Scientists-Rejecting-ManMade-Climate-Fears-Clamor-for-Editor-to-Be-Removed]

===August 3===
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'''[[Ben Bernanke]], the economics and financial "genius" who is Chairman of the [[Federal Reserve]] and who Obama refuses to fire and who Obama has full confidence in, lost money in the stock market last year as his holdings in annuities and other assets tumbled by as much as 29 percent.'''[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acOTL2iyYuVc] Given the abysmal [[economics|economic]] policy of Bernanke and the Obama administration, Bernanke probably should invest in [[gold]] which was an asset class which rose in value in 2008 and is expect to do so in 2009 as well.[http://news.goldseek.com/BullionVault/1230646187.php] A former student of Ben Bernanke writes that Bernanke has been a disaster and he strongly favors Bernanke being fired.[http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/06/why_bernanke_sh.html][http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/03/two_mea_culpas.html]
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'''89% of official [[U.S.]] temperature measurement stations are corrupted by poor site selection that gives false warming signals, according to a new study by [[meteorologist]] Anthony Watts.''' According to the federal government’s own siting criteria, the corrupting influences at those stations create a margin of error larger than the entire asserted warming of the [[Twentieth century]]. [http://www.heartland.org/publications/environment%20climate/article/2565/Nearly_90_of_Temperature_Stations_Show_Extreme_Heat_Bias_Study_Says.html] Also see the report: ''How do we know global warming is a problem if we can't trust the U.S. temperature record?'' [http://www.heartland.org/books/SurfaceStations.html]
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'''[[Republican]] Senator [[Mike Enzi]] corrects the [[MSM|media]] reports and emphasizes, "Deal on Finance Committee health care bill far from close."[http://enzi.senate.gov/public/]'''
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'''[[Hispanic]] Support for [[President Obama]] Drops 7 Points Since Nomination of the "[[Sonia Sotomayor|Wise Latina]]".''' That's still high, but it looks like the Sotomayor appointment isn't paying the political dividends it was supposed to. Praise the [[God|Lord]] aversion to [[socialized medicine]] is colorblind! [http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/07/hispanic_support_for_obama_dro_1.asp] [http://www.gallup.com/poll/121934/Obama-Approval-Slips-Three-Points-Past-Week.aspx]
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'''[[Securities and Exchange Commission]] makes [[short-selling]] rule permanent.''' [http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20090728_SEC_short-selling_rule_is_permanent.html] 
Did you know [[Wikipedia#The_Wordbomb_Saga|Wikipedia]] was involved, at its highest levels, in a coverup to protect abusive short selling insiders, [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=10360&st=0&p=36485&#] and took reprisal actions against whistleblowers? [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=16091&st=0&p=81659&#entry81659] 
'''Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne wrote in 2006'''[http://allantyoung.com/2008/09/22/patrick-byrne-vindicated/], "we are on the edge of exposing the greatest financial crime in US history: hedge funds and broker dealers have been making money by destroying companies through an illegal technique called "[[naked shorting]]"... It is a scandal that will dwarf [[Enron]] if it ever breaks through the bad guys' attempts to contain it....Your view ... is that [[Wikipedia]] is more or less the same thing....I just want to tell you folks this: your gangsters turn out to be connected to our gangsters. That is, for two years there has been a group of folks (bloggers, clean stock brokers, lawyers, economists, etc.) trying to unravel an enormous financial crime on Wall Street.[http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=3761&view=findpost&p=14936]
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'''Gap widens between [[Obama]] and voters on basic fairness of American society.''' [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102653983669&s=79066&e=001xfUTL46nrBiI_LgVNlTv3LtWqtfC71VnmF55xJh-iO4ptUaYrOGQG9CmpYlowhFxY3-YGHxbvxlp2XpbsFhEgUCbcsIFzNvd8ZnNhG4mOxG9HEILTlgpts77OHM3-cTGH1y_LvOyLWXs5TzT8dv0BO7yLM0neXC9OgKUSX_Dd7x_iUK8W3Kq0TI1XrTyOgkVH6RzbkDf3UV2_n_fK9V3x3eSbdDDkAc6n5cMFGjyXqDXX0SFUpi5H8na_2H4nk0begIBUDsaq4pqVYOEp9gnGg== See Video]
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'''Barack, Meet Friedrich''' In his book ''The Fatal Conceit'', Nobel laureate [[Friedrich A. Hayek]] provided some insight into this lethal combination of [[Liberal arrogance|arrogance]] and [[stupid]]ity. [http://spectator.org/archives/2009/07/28/barack-meet-friedrich]
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'''The [[U.S. Congress]] voted to keep funding racist, [[eugenics]]-founded [[Planned Parenthood]] by Title X taxpayer dollars.''' Righteous [[American]]s take note, whoever cast a nay vote should be defeated in 2010. [http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll643.xml#Y%23Y]
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'''Soft Tyranny. Behind the captivating rhetoric, a revolutionary agenda unfolds.''' The July issue of Whistleblower magazine pieces together the [[Obama]] puzzle into a crystal-clear picture of what's happening in [[America]]. Contributing to the effort to unmask Obama are leading [[conservatives]]; [[Mark Levin]], [[Jerome Corsi]], [[Phyllis Schlafly]], Roger Hedgecock, [[Joseph Farah]] and others. [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103287]
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'''''Today in History'''''

'''On July 28, 1868,''' [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[William Seward]] issued a proclamation certifying without reservation that the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] was a part of the United States Constitution. The required number of states had ratified the Fourteenth Amendment a few weeks earlier on July 9, 1868. Known as one of the "Reconstruction Amendments" along with the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment forbids any state to deny to any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of its laws." With its broadly phrased language, the Fourteenth Amendment continues to provide a basis for civil rights claims in the United States. [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html]
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'''The [[Jerusalem Post]] reports on anti-Obama, pro-settlements rally held in [[Israel]]'''.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNI99UBYg0U] According to the Jerusalem Post sources "progress has been made regarding the settlement issue, and that there was now a willingness on both sides to reach some kind of understanding."[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1248277903516&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull]
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'''Democrats are struggling to hold black voters in two key governor races in the United States and President Obama campaigning for the Democratic party governor candidates doesn't seem to be helping.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPOt3jXy9vY]
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'''Black policemen Support Sgt. James Crowley, Rebuke President Barack Obama & Professor Henry Louis Gates .'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-QIKl6ca3I&feature=channel_page]
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'''Architect Cyrus Lazelle Warner Eidlitz''' was born on July 27, 1853, in [[New York City|New York]], [[New York]]. His father, [[Prague]]-born architect Leopold Eidlitz, was an influential theorist who became a founding member of the American Institute of Architects in 1857. Educated in New York and Europe, the younger Eidlitz is known for designing numerous public buildings, including [[Chicago]]'s Dearborn Station and the Buffalo Public Library. Cyrus Eidlitz's work, like that of his father, was especially influenced by [[Gothic]] and Romanesque revival styles of the second half of the nineteenth century. [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html]
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'''Obama Approval Ratings continue to tank with more Americans ''Disapproving'' of and him and his job in office than Approve.''' 40% ''Strongly Disapprove.'' [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll] 56% say America is headed in the wrong direction. [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/direction_of_country-902.html#polls] 
Only 8% rate economy as good or excellent. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll]
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'''"A key U.S. [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] senator says his party cannot pass a [[Health care|health care reform]] bill in the Senate without support from minority [[Republican Party|Republicans]]."'''[http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-26-voa17.cfm]
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'''[[Sweden]] Gives Up On [[Welfare state]]:''' Think the answer to [[United States of America|America's]] problems is bigger government? Anders Borg (Finance Minister of Sweden) has a message for those who look to government to take over health care, rescue the financial system and run troubled corporations: '''''"I have seen the future–and it doesn’t work."''''' Long the iconic end-of-human-social-evolution utopia-of-dreams of American [[Liberal|liberal-progressives]], Sweden is now frantically trying to back itself out of that swamp. Borg (pronounced "Bor-ee") is pushing Sweden in the opposite direction, encouraging the legislature to cut taxes, cap spending and privatize parts of health care. [http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0803/international-invest-guide-obama-sweden-public-downsizing_print.html]

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User talk:DeanS

2009-08-26T01:07:22Z

DeanS: /* Administrivia */ reply + msg to JP

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== Just to make sure ==

Hey DeanS! So just to make sure you know - the delete proposal that I put on the talk page you deleted was mean for the main page ([[Template:Infobox Secondary school]]) - I couldn't put it on the main page itself because it's protected.--[[User:Iduan|I]][[User_talk:Iduan|Duan]] 19:10, 3 May 2009 (EDT)
:Done. Thanks for the explanation. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 20:49, 3 May 2009 (EDT)

Thank you for unblocking me, DeanS, and I'm sorry for going to another administrator, but I could not find your email address on your profile page--I'm new and didn't know that it's on the left side of the screen or that Conservapedia has that addition. Happy trails, Avalerion.
:No problem. I had previously contacted other administrators about your account and we resolved the issue. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 13:35, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
::I edited and provided the links, if you would like to check it out and make sure that I obeyed the rules of Conservapedia. Avalerion.

I need your help. I have an administrator saying that "truth" is anti-American when it speaks of the battles between the "Federalists" and "Anti-Federalists". How do I alert other administrators to have them settle the dispute? [[User:Avalerion|Avalerion]]
:::Avalerion is not interested in truth--he wants to demean and delegitimitze the US Constitution and the US government, and ridicule and attack the founding fathers as well. He needs "help" all right. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 17:43, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
::::First off, I am not a 'he'. Second, I did not delegitimize the Consitution. Though it had illegal means of being made and adopted, it was finally ratified by all, even though it was established before the last states ratified it. Thirdly, I did not ridicule the founding fathers. Stop lying and being rude! You're supposed to be an administrator, being an example of how others should act, and instead you act like a name-calling child. [[User:Avalerion|Avalerion]]

It was my impression she was only recently aware of the "Constitution Conspiracy" claptrap. As she was adding references, but not changing the articles, I don't know if Avalerion was seeking a fight, or just reacting strongly as many do when stumbling across the nut cases who claim all of the Founding Fathers were engaged in some fantastic plot, no doubt directed by the Free Mason's or quite possibly the Illuminati! I asked Dean to reconsider the original blocking, RJ, based on nothing more than my belief they were not sinister. If you feel otherwise, please let me know, via email, and feel free to block the user. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 18:01, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
:After seeing the commotion caused by Avalerion, I have reinstated the block. I didn't like her edits in the first place, and her recent comments to RJJensen are not appropriate. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 18:06, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
::I agree with DeanS. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 18:10, 11 May 2009 (EDT)
:::here's the source she was using and citing in her edits, [http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north445.html "The Most Successful Fraud in American History" by Gary North]. It's pretty nasty stuff--enought to make me gag. for example:
::::''the heirs of the victims then consent to the plans of the heirs of the perpetrators to extend the original fraud....I offer as evidence the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Iraq." [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 18:23, 11 May 2009 (EDT)

== Thanks ==

Thanks for blocking that vandal just now!--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 11:44, 19 May 2009 (EDT)
:You're welcome. Thanks for doing the reverts; that was my clue he needed to be blocked. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 11:48, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

==Question==
Hey Dean, do you think tht it would be logical to run a project to clean up the userpages of all of the infinitely blocked users? [[User:JY23|JY23]] 17:23, 27 May 2009 (EDT)
:If you mark them with speedy delete tags, I will delete them. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 17:31, 27 May 2009 (EDT)

== Patricia ==

You have my support and prayers my dear friend. --[[User:JMR10|Joaquín Martínez]] 14:43, 18 June 2009 (EDT)
:Thank you Joaquín. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 22:12, 18 June 2009 (EDT)

Please accept my sincerest condolences. I hope you are well supported by family and friends at this time of need. [[User:Ajkgordon|Ajkgordon]] 08:59, 20 June 2009 (EDT)

::Please accept my deepest sympathy. [[User:TadghOB|TadghOB]] 09:02, 20 June 2009 (EDT)

== Welcome back! ==

Great to see you again, Dean! You've been sorely missed.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:24, 27 July 2009 (EDT)

: Yes, indeed. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 15:35, 27 July 2009 (EDT)

::Thank you both very much. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 18:15, 27 July 2009 (EDT)

== Featured articles ==

Your help is needed. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 20:46, 1 August 2009 (EDT)

:I will give my inputs later today. Thanks for the reminder Joaquín. I also noticed you have the church I attend as the Featured article this week. Thanks! --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 13:42, 3 August 2009 (EDT)

==Administrivia==

Hi, Dean. Thanks for [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Template:Mainpageright&curid=85316&diff=689364&oldid=689362 taking out the trash]. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 14:45, 5 August 2009 (EDT)

:Hi Ed. I know what you mean but... I don't consider the older news items to be "trash". --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 14:51, 5 August 2009 (EDT)

::Oh, right. Well, I'd like to start treating our news items like [[current history]]. Is there a way we can document the daily goings on of our government and the world, to form a coherent narrative? Archiving is good, but we can do better! :-) --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 14:59, 5 August 2009 (EDT)

Thanks for [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Template:Mainpageright&curid=85316&diff=695959&oldid=695909 archiving] the main page. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 15:17, 25 August 2009 (EDT)
:You're welcome Ed. I just got back from my trip to Utah and I saw it needed archiving. I was also happy to see JP archived it while I was gone. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 21:07, 25 August 2009 (EDT)

Sun Myung Moon

2009-08-12T21:30:23Z

DeanS: defaultsort

[[Image:Rev Moon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Mrs. Hak Ja Han Moon]]
Rev. '''Sun Myung Moon''' (b.1920, [[Korea]]) is the head of the [[Unification Church]], although he is better known (in the political world) as the founder of the [[Washington Times]].
Rev. Moon's main goal, throughout his life, has been to comfort the "grieving heart" (Gen. 6:6) of our [[God|heavenly Father]].

He says that at the age of 15, [[Jesus]] visited him and asked him to continue the work He had started 2000 years earlier,<ref>[http://www.unification.org/rev_mrs_moon.html Unification Church website] Official biography</ref> to establish the "kingdom of God on earth".<ref>The Holy Scripture speaks about the Church as a Kingdom of God in a number of places: Matthew 3:2, Matthew 4:17, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 9:35, Matthew 18:3, Mark 10:14-15, Luke 12:32, Luke 17:21, John 3:5, John 18:36, Romans 14:17, 1 Corinthians 4:20, Colossians 1:12-22. </ref>

==Controversy==

Contrary to rumors spread by opponents, Rev. Moon has no plans to establish a [[theocracy]]; that would violate human free will.

* Dr. [[Sang Hun Lee]] wrote, "Rev. Moon does not intend at all to propagate this thought in an absolutist or dogmatic way. He intends it to be popularized by obtaining the approval of many people after letting it undergo the research and critique of many thinkers and scholars, as many of the past scholarly works did." <ref>http://www.unification.net/misc/lee_ut.html</ref>

During a sermon, Rev. Moon asked any [[Judaism|Jews]] present to raise their hands. When they did, he told them to repent for killing Jesus and claimed that it was as an "indemnity" for this that 6 million Jews were murdered during the [[Holocaust]].<ref>[http://www.unification.net/news/2003/news20030302_1.html Unification Church website] Sermon given at Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, March 2, 2003</ref> During a visit to the [[United States]], he engaged in a controversial ceremony in which a Congressman crowned him.

==Childhood==

{{quotebox|Where does Father come from? In his childhood, he lived deep in the [[North Korea]]n countryside, in a mountain valley, a place called [[Chung Ju]]. He was a small king; he went all over the valley catching every kind of animal. He really explored the area. There is no fish he didn't know. His radius was a ten-mile area, a big territory for a child. If he didn't know everything about the area-who was living there and what they were doing-he couldn't sleep. Every morning he would go out and explore some more. That is the kind of personality he has. When there was a bully who gave a hard time to the other children, even though Father was very small, he fought against him and protected the smaller children. - Rev. Sun Myung Moon, ''In Yun and Encounter'' <ref>http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Talks/sunmyungmoon90/901104.htm</ref>}}

==References==

<references/>

==External Links==

*[http://www.euro-tongil.org/swedish/english/esontag.htm 1976 Interview with Professor Frederick Sontag]

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In Jin Moon

2009-08-12T21:28:24Z

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'''In Jin Moon''' (born 1965) is the third daughter of [[Unification Church]] founder [[Sun Myung Moon]]. She has an undergraduate degree in philosophy and political science from [[Columbia University]] and graduated with honors with a Master's Degree from [[Harvard]] Divinity School. She is currently Chair of the Family Federation for World Peace USA and director of the Manhattan Center, an arts and entertainment production center and venue in downtown [[Manhattan]]. In Jin Moon is married to Jin Sung Pak, they have five childen. They reside in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].

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Hyung Jin Moon

2009-08-12T21:27:19Z

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[[Image:000f_KookJin.jpg‎|thumb|right|]]'''Hyung Jin Moon''' is the youngest son of [[Unification Church]] founder [[Sun Myung Moon]]. In April 2008, Sun Myung Moon was appointed by Hyung Jin Moon as chairman of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. <ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/26/religion.korea</ref>

Born in [[Korea]] in 1970, he came to the [[United States]] with his family in 1973. After graduating from [[Harvard University]] with a Master of Business Administration degree, he took a career in [[finance]] and became President of Saeilo Enterprises, Inc., and CEO of the Unification Foundation in Korea. Hyung Jin Moon is married to Ji Yea Park, the couple have four children and reside in Seoul Korea.

==References==
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Hyun Jin Moon

2009-08-12T21:25:35Z

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[[Image:000HyunJinMoon2006Tour.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Hyun Jin Moon in 2006.]]'''Dr. Hyun Jin Moon''' (Born April 10, 1969) is the third son of [[Unification Church]] founder [[Sun Myung Moon]]. Born in [[Korea]], he and his family moved to the [[United States]] in 1973. He graduated from [[Columbia University]] in 1995 with honors, a Master of Business Administration degree from [[Harvard]] Business School and a masters in religious education from Unification Theological Seminary. <ref>http://www.trueloveking.net/index-121.html</ref> Hyun Jin Moon competed in the [[Olympics]] twice as a member of the Korean Equestrian team in the Seoul and Barcelona Olympics. After serving as Vice President of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, he became Co-Chairman of the Universal Peace Federation and Chairman of the Board of News World Communications, which owns The [[Washington Times]].

Currently Hyun Jin Moon speaks at Global Peace Festivals around the world and advocates One Family Under God through service to others. He has spoken in [[Washington DC]], [[Brazil]], [[Canada]], [[Kenya]], [[Paraguay]], the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Mongolia]], and other countries. Jin Moon married in 1987 to Jun Sook Kwak, and had eight children together. They currently reside in Westchester County, [[New York]].

==References==
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Liberal redefinition

2009-08-12T18:33:24Z

DeanS: alpha order

'''Liberal redefinition''' is the distortion of traditional meanings of words to advance the [[liberal ideology]] and often to erode [[faith]] and/or conservative principles. Examples include:

* [[Change]]
* [[Diversity]]
* [[Enlightenment]]
* [[Equality]]
* [[Evolution]]
* [[Faith]]
* [[Feminism]]
* [[Freedom]]
* [[Gay]]
* [[Globalism]]
* [[Hate crime]]
* [[Hope]]
* [[Justice]]
* Neutral Point of View ([[NPOV]])
* [[Rainbow]]
* [[Secular]]
* [[They]]

(add more)

{{liberalism}}
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Conservapedia:Featured articles

2009-08-10T20:24:09Z

DeanS: Albert Einstein is the current article

Barack Hussein Obama

2009-08-06T20:45:55Z

DeanS: /* See also */ Obama birth certificate controversy

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|image=President Barack Obama.jpg
|seq=44
|term_start=January 20, 2009
|term_end=Present
|party=Democrat
|vp=Joe Biden
|previous=George W. Bush
|next=
|birth_date=August 4, 1961
|age={{age|1961|8|4}}
|birth_place=
|death_date=
|death_place=
|spouse=[[Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama]]
|spouse2=
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'''Barack Hussein Obama II''' (allegedly<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82033]</ref><ref>[http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/birth_certificate_5.jpg Large, high-resolution picture of his birth certificate]</ref><ref>[http://www.kitv.com/politics/17860890/detail.html?rss=hon&psp=news KITV Honolulu report]</ref><ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/farber/Obama_birth_certificate/2009/04/06/200320.html]</ref><ref>Obama's [[African]] grandmother Sarah Hussein Obama says Barack was born in her presence in Kenya.[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2104131/posts Obama Born In Kenya? His Grandmother Says Yes, Israeli News, October 12, 2008][http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78931 Democrat: Obama's grandma confirms Kenyan birth, WND, October 23, 2008][http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b58_1225645143 Audio Conversation Link]</ref> born in [[Honolulu]] Aug. 4, 1961) is the 44th President of the [[United States]], and previously served as a first-term [[Democratic party|Democratic]] [[Senator]] from [[Illinois]] (2005-2008). Obama and his running mate [[Senator Joseph Biden]] won the presidential election<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_wins_presidency/2008/11/04/147788.html?utm_medium=RSS]</ref> after 23 months of campaigning that spent over $700 million,<ref>http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.php?cid=N00009638</ref> most of it raised from undisclosed donors.

As President, Obama has pushed for establishing a Palestinian state over the objection of [[Israel]]'s Prime Minister,<ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/news/us-is-not-and-will-never-be-at-war-with-islam....-many-americans-have.../444572/</ref> for inclusion of [[Turkey]] in the [[European Union]],<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6051268.ece</ref> and for closing the prison for suspected terrorists at [[Guantanamo Bay]] to transfer them to U.S. facilities. The Democratic-controlled Congress repudiated Obama by denying funding for that transfer, and leaders from both parties spoke against it.<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6326589.ece</ref>

Obama's budget and stimulus bill advanced his [[Socialism|socialist]] idea of "'''spreading the wealth'''."<ref>"My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." [http://www.nypost.com/seven/10152008/news/politics/obama_fires_a_robin_hood_warning_shot_133685.htm OBAMA FIRES A 'ROBIN HOOD' WARNING SHOT], N.Y. Post </ref>
<ref>John McCain quipped during the campaign, "He's running for Redistributor In Chief, I'm running for Commander In Chief."[http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=9fab8324-a1a1-4ad6-840f-76b04a405a65&CATEGORYNAME=INTER McCain Attacks Obama's Faith in Americans] Fox News, 10-31-2008. The slogan "from each according to their ability to each according to their need" is an idea originally proposed by [[Karl Marx]] and could be the inspiration for the centrally planned economy Obama plans to introduce to the US when he is installed into office.</ref> His [[Socialized Medicine|health care plan]] would force employers to purchase health care or pay a fine and will force many into a poorly run single payer system.<ref>The socialization of health care will force taxpayers to pay for healthcare for those who refuse to or can not afford to purchase it themselves.</ref> To announce his trip to [[Berlin]] in July 2008, Obama used posters which show a marked similarity to posters of [[Lenin]] and [[Che Guevara]].<ref>[http://andrightlyso.com/2008/07/24/obama-lenin-gaffe/ Obama's direct copy of a Lenin poster for his Berlin visit]</ref><ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2008/05/31/the-la-times-looks-into-the-obama-che-iconcography-connection/ The LA Times looks into the Obama-Che iconcography connection] by Michelle Malkin </ref> During Obama's youth in Hawaii, he developed a strong, almost Father/Son relationship with [[Frank Marshall Davis]], a known Communist<ref>http://www.aim.org/aim-report/is-barack-obama-a-marxist-mole/ "Is Barack Obama a Marxist Mole?", Accuracy in Media.</ref> while Obama has stated that his favorite professors in school were themselves Marxists.

Catholic Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, where Obama was nominated for president, criticized Obama as the "most committed" [[abortion]]-supporting candidate "since the ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' abortion decision in 1973."<ref>http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14088</ref> Obama said "the first thing I'd do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act."<ref>[http://christiannewswire.com/news/560716251.html]</ref> It "would invalidate virtually all state and federal limitations on abortion, and would make [[partial-birth abortion]] legal again."<ref>http://www.lifenews.com/nat3961.html, Pro-Life Voters Must Work Overtime to Stop Pro-Abortion Barack Obama, June 4, 2008. Indeed, Obama was upset with the decision of the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] not to strike down the law passed by the [[United States Congress]] to prohibit partial-birth abortion, believing that partial-birth abortion is guaranteed right of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] and that there should be no ability to legislate against it.</ref>

The [[Association of American Physicians and Surgeons]] observed that Obama used techniques of [[mind control]] in his campaign, as in this speech: "a light will shine down from somewhere, it will light upon you, you will experience an epiphany, and you will say to yourself, 'I have to vote for Barack.'"<ref name="mind control">http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/0089 . The doctors observe that "Obama's logo is noteworthy. It is always there, a small one in the middle of the podium, providing a point of visual fixation ... [that] resembles a crystal ball, a favorite of hypnotists."</ref>

== Obamunism ==

''For more information please see'': [[Obamunism]]
[[File:Obamunism.jpg|right|220px]]
Critics of the Obama administration have coined the word "[[Obamunism]]" to describe Barack Obama's [[socialism|socialistic]] and "[[fascism]] light" [[economic planning]] policies ([[Benito Mussolini]] defined fascism as the wedding of state and corporate powers. Accordingly, trend forecaster [[Gerald Celente]] labels [[Obama administration corporate bailouts|Obama's corporate bailouts]] as being "fascism light" in nature).<ref>http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/daily-intel/2009/07/20/obamunism-inc</ref><ref>http://www.smallbusinessadvocate.com/small-business-interviews/gerald-celente-6944</ref> Obamunism can also refer to Obama's [[Obama administration fiscal policy|ruinous fiscal policies]] and [[Obama admistration monetary policy|reckless monetary policies]]. Under President Obama the American government's share of the national gross domestic product has significantly increased.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABRyZdQXGw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakingnews.com%2Fvideo%2Fdick-morris-obamas-waterloo&feature=player_embedded</ref> In addition, [[Wall Street]] firms were among Obama's biggest campaign supporters.<ref>http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638</ref> Therefore, the Obama administration bailouts of corrupt, unproductive, and reckless Wall Street firms was hardly surprising, although it certainly was not helpful in making the United States economy more productive and prosperous. Top trend forecaster [[Gerald Celente]] predicts that the corrupt economic policies of the Obama administration will lead to a second [[Great Depression|great depression]] (Celente predicted the 1987 US stock market crash, the US 2008/2009 recession, and the collapse of the USSR in the early 1990s) and may lead to a "second [[American Revolution]]" (Celente predicted the [[Tax Day Tea Party|tax protests]] that are now occurring in America).<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MMX3SKzrfU&feature=channel_page</ref><ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9bfw1ebgw&feature=response_watch</ref> The Obama adminstration has also been sharply criticized for [[Obama admistration deficit spending|its massive deficit spending]] and [[Obama administration monetary policy|its reckless monetary policy]] via vast increases in the [[money supply]].<ref>http://seekingalpha.com/article/120883-monetary-policynot-obama-s-stimulusis-what-needs-watching</ref><ref>http://www.nypost.com/seven/05172009/postopinion/editorials/bams_wise_words_169731.htm</ref><ref>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/</ref>

Celente predicts that if a "second American Revolution" occurs in a peaceful and productive manner, it may include a [[Third Party System|third party movement]] of governance that will advocate a more [[free market]] [[capitalism]] approach to the American economy and a more strict interpretation of the [[United States Constitution|United States constitution]] as far as the authors' [[original intent]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MMX3SKzrfU&feature=channel_page</ref><ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9bfw1ebgw&feature=response_watch</ref>

==Obama is likely the first Muslim President==
[[Image:OBAMA MUSULMAN.jpg|left|thumb|'''Then-Senator Obama wearing traditional African garb''', a gift from his hosts while visiting Kenya<ref>[http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-wore-muslim-gear-during-kenya-trip]</ref>]]
The argument that Obama is a Muslim includes:

*Obama declared in prepared remarks, "The United States has been enriched by '''Muslim Americans'''. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because '''I am one of them'''."<ref>http://middleeast.about.com/b/2009/04/06/obama-in-turkey-at-the-gates-of-islam.htm </ref>
*Obama's background, education, and outlook are [[Muslim]], and fewer than 1% of Muslims convert to Christianity.<ref>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17736/barack-obama-2</ref><ref>http://www.faithfreedom.org/oped/sina31103.htm. During the third and fourth grades, Obama learned about Islam for two hours each week in religion class, according to the LATimes. [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.obama16mar16,0,1634059,print.story?coll=bal_news_nation_promo Campaign downplays his connection during boyhood in Indonesia, Baltimore Sun, March 16, 2007]</ref>
*Obama's middle name (Hussein) references '''Husayn''', who was the grandson of [[Muhammad]],<ref>A Brief History of The Fourteen Infallibles. Qum: Ansariyan Publications. 2004.</ref><ref>al-Qarashi, Baqir Shareef (2007). The life of Imam Husain. Qum: Ansariyan Publications.</ref> which most Christians would not retain.<ref>Only after Obama became politically ambitious did he declare himself to be a [[Christian]], yet he never replaced his [[Muslim]] name "Hussein" with a Christian one as most do when they undergo a religious conversion. For example, when the Italian journalist Magdi Allam recently converted to Christianity, he took a new name: "Cristiano".[http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=30814] When Saul became a Christian, he changed his name to "Paul"; when the famous boxer Cassius Clay converted to [[Islam]], he took the Muslim name of [[Muhammad Ali]]. "It is common for those converting to a new religion to change their name on conversion"[http://www.ukdp.co.uk/pages/religiousconversion.php] or adopt a Christian name at [[baptism]].[http://www.answers.com/topic/christian-name]</ref>
*Obama mentioned his religion as "[[my Muslim faith]]."<ref>Obama declared, "John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith."[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGdkqfBICw]</ref>
*He has said that "Islam can be compatible with the modern world."<ref> [http://www.newsweek.com/id/145971 Barack Obama's Christian Journey | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008]</ref>
*Obama said the Muslim call to prayer is "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset," and recited "with a first-class [[Arabic]] accent" the opening lines: Allah is Supreme! ... I witness that there is no god but Allah ...."<ref>http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=78309</ref>
*Obama stated that the autobiography of Malcolm X, a Nation of Islam leader who became a Muslim, inspired him in his youth.<ref>For example, Obama writes in his own autobiography, "Only Malcolm X's autobiography seemed to offer something different. His repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me. The blunt poetry of his words, his unadorned insistence on respect, promised a new and uncompromising order, martial in its discipline, forged through sheer force of will. ... [E]ven as I imagine myself following Malcolm's call, one line in the book stayed with me. He spoke of a wish he'd once had, the wish that the white blood that ran through him, there by an act of violence, might somehow be expunged."[http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/04/does_obama_know_america.html]</ref>
*Obama raised nearly $1 million and campaigned for a [[Kenyan]] presidential candidate who had a written agreement with [[Muslim]] leaders promising to convert Kenya to an Islamic state that bans Christianity.<ref> [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78324] Text of the agreement, as three images: [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78323]</ref>
*Obama's claims of conversion to Christianity arose after he became politically ambitious, lacking a date of conversion or baptism.<ref>In his book, Obama oddly claims to have been baptized without giving his age or date, and later gave a date that postdates his political ambition (1992).</ref>
*In the book ''Obama,"Renegade"'' his friends say that "he actually really wasn't much of a churchgoer." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/06/16/wolffe-president-missed-rev-wright-s-racist-rants-because-he-wasn-t-much- Wolffe: President Missed Rev. Wright’s Racist Rants Because 'He Wasn’t Much of a Churchgoer'] NewsBusters.org, June 16, 2009</ref>
*On the campaign trail, Obama was reading "The Post-American World" by [[Fareed Zakaria]],<ref>http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=fa8cf1bf-2cc8-4d6e-b72d-a07d406e19ff</ref> which is written from a Muslim point-of-view.<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-08-09/news/the-interpreter/</ref>
*Contrary to [[Christianity]], the Islamic doctrine of [[taqiyya]] encourages adherents to deny they are Muslim if it advances the cause of Islam.
*Obama uses the Muslim Pakistani pronunciation for "Pakistan" rather than the common American one.<ref>Obama repeatedly pronounced "Pakistan" as "Pokiston" in the first presidential debate.</ref>
*Obama was thoroughly exposed to Christianity as an adult in Chicago prior to attending law school, yet no one at law school saw him display any interest in converting. Obama unabashedly explained how he became "churched" in a 2007 speech: "It's around that time [while working as an organizer for the Developing Communities Project (DCP) of the Calumet Community Religious Conference (CCRC) in Chicago] that some pastors I was working with came around and asked if I was a member of a church. 'If you're organizing churches,' they said, 'it might be helpful if you went to a church once in a while.' And I thought, 'I guess that makes sense.'"<ref>[http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15363 Obama, ACORN, and the churches] SperoNews, October 7, 2008</ref>
*Obama is mentioned as helping to organize the 1995 million man march led by black [[Muslim]] leader [[Louis Farrakhan]] from the [[Nation of Islam]]. <ref>[http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9291850 Louis Farrakhan Biography] Biography.com</ref>
*Obama refuses to refer to the United States as "''our country''", "What I think we know separate and apart from this incident -- is that there is a long history '''in this country''' of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately, and that's just a fact."[8]
*Obama has chosen the [[Secret Service]] code name "Renegade". "Renegade" conventionally describes someone who goes against normal conventions of behavior, but its first usage was to describe someone who has turned from their religion. It is a word derived from the [[Spanish]] ''renegado'', meaning "Christian turned Muslim."<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3452281/Renegade-and-Renaissance-Obama-to-replace-Trailblazer-and-Tempo-Bush-in-the-White-House.html</ref>
*Obama enjoyed a bigger increase in voter support in 2008 (compared to 2004) by Muslims than by any other voting group, including blacks;<ref>http://www.altmuslim.com/a/a/a/2873/</ref> "Muslim turnout in the U.S. elections reached 95 percent, the highest Muslim turnout in U.S. history."<ref>http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/islamsadvance/2008/11/is_obama_the_muslim_worlds_sup.html</ref>
*"President-elect [[Barack Obama]] has yet to attend [Sunday] church services since winning the [[White House]] earlier ..., a departure from the example of his two immediate predecessors."<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15902.html</ref><ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-obama-religion26-2008dec26,0,1910913.story</ref>
*Obama used his Muslim middle name when sworn in as President.<ref>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Cetera/Obama_to_take_oath_using_middle_name_/articleshow/3813120.cms</ref><ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/10/politics/main4660590.shtml?source=RSSattr=Politics_4660590</ref>
*Obama botched his public oath of office in which he placed his hand on a Bible, then chose not to use the Bible for his real, private oath.
[[Image:Obamabow.jpg|thumb|right|'''President Obama bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia''' - April 2009]]
*'''At the G20 summit in April 2009, Obama bowed deeply to Saudi King Abdullah, a Muslim who is also the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.'''<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEUif1--r38&feature=player_embedded Video of Obama bowing almost to King's waist]</ref> Never before in the history of the U.S. has a president displayed such shocking deference to a foreign official and Obama has not bowed to any other royal leaders. Obama later stated, "We have to change our behavior in showing the Muslim world greater respect."<ref>http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/07/barack-takes-a-bow/</ref> Obama's spin doctors and left-wing apologists dismissed the obviousness of the bow. One anonymous aide stated, "It wasn't a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah."<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0409/White_House_No_bow_to_Saudi.html</ref> However, in video of the incident, Obama's left hand can clearly be seen staying at his side until after he had finished his bow.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlqW6UCeaY</ref> Additionally, Obama also met with Queen Elizabeth, who is much shorter than King Abdullah, but he did not bow when he shook her hand and neither he nor the queen appeared to have any difficulty.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71N34K9EVLU</ref> (Many liberals and even a handful of conservatives have proposed that President Bush also bowed before King Abdullah.<ref>http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/33289_Bush_Bowed_Too</ref> However, there is a vast, inexorable difference between bending down to receive a medal as Bush did and bowing in deference to a foreign leader as Obama did.)
*Obama required that a religiously affiliated college take the extraordinary action of concealing with wood the monogram "IHS", which represents the name of Jesus, during a speech by Obama there<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/04/16/georgetown-university-hid-religious-symbols-white-house-request/ Georgetown hides Jesus' name at request of Obama's White House]</ref>

Obama tries to downplay his [[Islamic]] background by claiming that his [[Kenya|Kenyan]] [[Muslim]] father was a "confirmed [[atheist]]" before Obama was born, but in fact less than 1% of Kenyans are atheists, agnostics, or non-religious.<ref>http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_14.html</ref> There is apparently no evidence of any Christian activities or local church participation by Obama while he was in Massachusetts from 1988 to 1991, nor of Barack Obama's joining of a Mosque (The Islamic house of worship) at any time in his life. Finally, Obama abruptly left his radical Christian church in Chicago in 2008, when it became politically controversial, without first finding another church to join. On April 7, 2009, Obama visited a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.c2e3700ab4e271bc32827b0fccfe560b.421&show_article=1</ref>
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==Early life ==

Barack Hussein Obama II claims to have been born in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]] to Barack Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham in 1961, but there is evidence<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/14/the-jihadist-vote/</ref> that he may have actually been born in Kenya. In 1967, he moved with his mother and new stepfather to Jakarta, [[Indonesia]]. He attended a [[Catholic]] elementary school for two years, followed by an Indonesian public school for two years. Media scrutiny revealed that the [[secular]] public school was not a [[madrassa]], which teaches Islam. His days off from school in observance of Islamic holidays were spent praying in a Mosque with his stepfather. <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/pipes_obama_muslim/2008/10/09/138898.html Obama 'Lying' About Muslim Past, Expert Says] NewsMax, October 9, 2008</ref> Stanley Ann Dunham and the young Obama left Indonesia for Hawaii where he attended the Punahou School, a leading private preparatory school and graduated in 1979.
[[File:FrankMarshallDavis2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|'''Frank Marshall Davis, Communist Party Card No. 47544.''' The [[U.S. Congress]] found the Communist Party an "instrumentality of a [[conspiracy]]...the agency of a hostile foreign power."<ref>[http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sec_50_00000841----000-.html Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950], 50 U.S. Code Chapter 23 Subchapter IV Sec. 841</ref> The [[FBI]] placed Davis in its security index, meaning he could be arrested and detained in the event of a national emergency.<ref>[http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/Frank_Marshall_Davis_3.pdf FBI File 100-15799 Frank Marshall Davis], v. 3 p. 26.</ref> Davis was an early influence on Obama.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=HRCHJp-V0QUC&pg=PA220&dq=Frank%2Brecognizing+their+struggle+as+my+own#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance''], By Barack Obama, Random House, 2007, pp. 89-91, 96-98, .</ref>]]
''[[Political Affairs]]'' magazine describes itself as "affiliated with the [[Communist Party USA]],"<ref>http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/static/17/1/3/</ref> published a speech by Prof. Gerald Horne upon reception of the Communist Party USA archives at the Tamiment Library at New York University on March 28 2007. Prof. Horne stated,
:"an African-American poet and journalist by the name of [[Frank Marshall Davis]]...befriended another family – a Euro-American family – that had migrated to Honolulu...a young woman from this family eventually had a child with a young student from [[Kenya]] ...who retracing the steps of Davis eventually decamped to Chicago. In his bestselling memoir ''Dreams of my Father'', the author speaks warmly of an older black poet...as being a decisive influence in helping him to find his present identity as an African-American... At some point in the future, a teacher will add to her syllabus Barack’s memoir and instruct her students to read it alongside Frank Marshall Davis’ equally affecting memoir...when that day comes...a future student will ...examine critically the Frankenstein monsters that US imperialism created in order to subdue Communist parties..."<ref>[http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5047/ Rethinking the History and Future of the Communist Party],By Gerald Horne, ''Political Affairs magazine, March 28 2007.</ref>

In the 1995 book, ''Dreams from my Father'', the author wrote Obama learned to respect Davis's struggles, "recognizing them as my own." Obama sought Davis's advise as he left for college.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=HRCHJp-V0QUC&pg=PA97&dq=manipulate+words+so+they+don%27t+mean+anything+anymore#v=onepage&q=manipulate%20words%20so%20they%20don't%20mean%20anything%20anymore&f=false ''Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance''], By Barack Obama, Random House, 2007, pp. 97, 220.</ref> Initially Obama attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, [[California]], before transferring to [[Columbia University]] in New York, [[New York]] and graduating without honors as a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in [[political science]]. Obama refuses to describe his academic performance at Columbia despite commenting about New York during this period and despite disclosures of the academic record for all other major-party presidential candidates since at least 2000.<ref>http://www.nysun.com/new-york/obamas-years-at-columbia-are-a-mystery/85015/</ref>

===Birth Certificate Controversy===
During the democratic primaries the Clinton Campaign lead a smear campaign against the validity of Barack Obama's Hawaii Birth certificate, claiming that it is false and that he is ineligible for Presidency. <ref>[http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTgxZmIwNTg0OWVhMWJkODNmZjI4ZjY4Mjg2OWRmNzI= http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTgxZmIwNTg0OWVhMWJkODNmZjI4ZjY4Mjg2OWRmNzI=]</ref> After initially refusing to produce a birth certificate in response to such rumors, the Obama campaign eventually endorsed a document posted on the Daily Kos as
authentic.<ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/12/11012/6168/320/534616 Obama's Birth Certificate]</ref> The response is split regarding the birth certificate. Some commentators, such as those at the National Review, are satisfied with the document.<ref>[http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NWVjN2I1MjlhM2ZjZjRjYzBkODAxZjZkZGQyYWNkMDk= http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NWVjN2I1MjlhM2ZjZjRjYzBkODAxZjZkZGQyYWNkMDk=]</ref> However, some analysts claim that the birth certificate is false.<ref>[http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12939.htm http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12939.htm]</ref>

On August 21st, 2008, Factcheck.org published an article regarding the controversy.<ref>[http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html Born in the U.S.A.]</ref> The site stated, "FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship." In addition, the site posted high-resolution photographs of the birth certificate, which clearly showed the raised seal, stamp of Hawaii state registrar Alvin T. Onaka, and certificate number. The birth date corresponds to a birth announcement published in the ''Honolulu Advertiser '' on Sunday, August 13, 1961. <ref>http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html</ref>

A Philadelphia attorney, Phillip Berg, has filed a lawsuit against the DNC and Barack Obama. Berg maintains that Sen. Obama is not a natural born U.S. citizen or that, if he ever was, he lost his citizenship when he was adopted in Indonesia. Berg also cites what he calls "dual loyalties" due to his citizenship and ties with Kenya and Indonesia. The "dual loyalties" which have not been shown to exist do not violate any constitutional or legal precedents and would make Sen. Obama a poor choice for President, not an invalid choice.

Obama website Fight The Smears has confirmed that Obama was once a Kenyan citizen until 1982. Attorney Philips Berg's lawsuit is being challenged by the Obama Campaign. Instead of producing the original birth certificate in court and paying a number of legal fees and taking several days out of his busy campaigning schedule the Obama campaign had the case dropped on the grounds that it lacked any supporting evidence. <ref>http://neighbors.denverpost.com/viewtopic.php?t=10815605</ref> The fact that Mr. Berg's dual arguments were mutually contradictory may also have contributed.

The state of Hawaii announced that the "Certification of Live Birth" document is legitimate and official. Since the state of Hawaii is the issuing body, they have ultimate authority with regards to the matter.<ref>http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html</ref> Critics rightfully point out such documents actually were issued for children not born in the state, and his "Certification of Live Birth" has likewise been dismissed as a forgery <ref>http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/atlas-exclusive.html</ref>

Adding fuel to the fire is Obama's persistent refusal to release documents that could provide answers. While his supporters cite an online version of a "Certification of Live Birth" from Hawaii. <ref>[http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=92810 Justice, Supremes confirm getting eligibility challenge] WND, March 24, 2009</ref>

[[Bob Schultz]] with the [[We The People Foundation]] said:

"In the end, there is no practical reason why Obama refuses to produce his original birth certificate. He... has a duty to provide evidence that he meets the explicit requirements established by the Constitution."

[[Nancy Salvato]] with [[BasicsProject|BasicsProject.org]] perhaps put it best:

"What perturbs the rest of us is that President Obama has failed to produce a legitimate birth certificate. He has a team of lawyers who are opposing the examination of his sealed records in Hawaii. What he produced was a certificate of live birth... not a birth certificate. The rest of us are appalled at the lack of media examination surrounding the fact that there is no law requiring that a candidate for the highest office in our land produce an authentic birth certificate which proves natural citizenship."

=== Education ===

After working as a "community organizer" in New York City and Chicago, Illinois, Obama enrolled at [[Harvard]] Law School. He became a member of the ''Harvard Law Review'', which uses racial quotas, in 1989. He was then elected by popular vote as its first African American president in 1990, a story that was immediately promoted in the [[New York Times]].<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DC1631F935A35751C0A966958260&scp=3&sq=Obama%201990&st=cse</ref> He graduated ''magna cum laude'' with his J.D. in 1991, but did not serve in a clerkship. Federal clerkships are the typical post-graduate position for top law students.

Obama has described himself as a constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/30/politics/p132303D74.DTL&type=politics]</ref> He held the position of Lecturer, an adjunct position, from 1992 to 1996. He held the position of Senior Lecturer from 1996 until his election to the senate in 2004. Dan Ronayne, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, has pointed that Obama was only a senior lecturer and not a full professor. <ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/30/politics/p132303D74.DTL&type=politics]</ref>The University states that Senior Lecturers are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure track.<ref>http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/was_barack_obama_really_a_constitutional_law.html</ref><ref>[http://www.law.uchicago.edu/media/index.html]</ref>

According to the White House website, White House Press Secretary [[Robert Gibbs]] responded to this to this question on April 14 2009,
<blockquote>
Q Why is the President blocking habeas corpus from prisoners at Bagram? I thought he taught constitutional law. And these prisoners have been there -- 

MR. GIBBS: You're incorrect that he taught on constitutional law.<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Briefing-by-White-House-Press-Secretary-Robert-Gibbs-4-14-09/ Office of the Press Secretary], April 14, 2009, whitehouse.gov </ref></blockquote>

=== Radical Activism ===

Following law school, Obama continued his work as a community organizer in Chicago as the director of Illinois Project Vote.

In 1994 Obama represented ACORN in the ''Buycks-Roberson v. Citibank Fed. Sav. Bank'', 1994 suit against redlining. ACORN was the driving force behind a 1995 regulatory revision pushed through by the [[Clinton Administration]] that greatly expanded the [[Community Redevelopment Act]]. Obama represented ACORN before the Clinton administration regulators in this effort. With the new regulations, ACORN used its subsidiary, ACORN Housing, to promote subprime loans more aggressively.<ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html</ref> A 2007 report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis notes 50% of all subprime mortgages were in predominently minority census tracks.<ref>http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2008/200829/200829pap.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.frbsf.org/publications/community/cra/cra_lending_during_subprime_meltdown.pdf</ref>

In 1995, along with other prominent black leaders such as [[Al Sharpton]] and [[Louis Farrakhan]], Obama helped lead the Million Man March on Washington.[http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/04/wright-obama-helped-organize-march-with.html][http://www1.chicagoreader.com/obama_reader/what_makes_obama_run/?q=012009K]

=== Legal career ===

Obama serve as summer interns in 1989 at the Chicago Law firm of [[Sidley Austin]] where [[Weather Underground]] terrorist [[Bernardine Dohrn]] was also employed but left a year earlier. Michelle Obama began here employment at Sidley Ausitin in 1988, <ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjY4YzdhMDBkZGQ3ZmU2MTUzYjdkMzc5ZjUzYmViZWM=</ref><ref>http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDIxMDJiNzU5M2Q1MTY3ZGI1YTdmOWY5MzkwN2QxYzg=</ref> and Obama appears to have misreported when and where he and the future First Lady met.

In 1993 he was hired as an associate at the Chicago law firm Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C., and began lecturing in Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School. He remains on the faculty on leave of absence through today. During this time he wrote his first book, ''Dreams from My Father'', detailing his background, his youth, and his education. ''Dreams'' was published in 1995.

=== Religious affiliations ===

Obama and his wife (raised a Baptist) were members of the Trinity [[United Church of Christ]]<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1776246/posts</ref> in Chicago. The church embraces [[black liberation theology]] and its emphasis on empowering oppressed groups against establishment forces. This denomination was the first in America to ordain gays, women and blacks as ministers.<ref>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/31079.html, Obama's church pushes controversial doctrines, March 20, 2008</ref> According to his sister, Obama was baptized at this church the same year.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/30/america/30obama.php?page=2 http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/30/america/30obama.php?page=2]</ref> Obama describes his conversion in ''The Audacity of Hope''. The title of this book is taken from one of Pastor Wright's sermons.
In April 2008, Obama disavowed Pastor Wright's views. In May 2008, Obama left his church. His response blamed the media <ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/31/obama-resigns-church-membership-in-chicago/], Obama Drops Church Membership in Chicago, may 31, 2008</ref>, stating “It’s not fair to the other members of the church who seek to worship in peace...", and called Wright's rhetoric ""a bunch of rants that aren't grounded in the truth."<ref>USA TODAY, ''Obama breaks with former pastor, Candidate cites rants on U.S. role in terror, AIDS'', by Kathy Kiely and David Jackson [http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20080430/1a_offlede30_dom.art.htm]</ref><ref>''Obama Says He Is Outraged By Wright's "Rants"''[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_080430.htm]</ref> Wright had been making inflammatory comments and posting his sermons online for sale. These include the statements "G-d damn America" and describing the September 11th attacks, he said "We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost."<ref>[ http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4443788 Obama's Pastor: G-d Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11]</ref> In addition, Rev. Wright blamed America saying "We supported Zionism shamelessly while ignoring the Palestinians and branding anybody who spoke out against it as being anti-Semitic."

[[Image:Barack Obama Jeremiah Wright.jpg|thumb|'''Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright.''']]

[[Daniel Pipes]] claims that Obama was raised a [[Muslim]] because he attended classes on the Koran while attending a Muslim school.<ref>[http://www.danielpipes.org/article/5286 Was Barack Obama a Muslim</ref> Obama did attend a school administrated by Muslims but [[CNN]] reports that it was a non-religious public school attended by students of many faiths, not a [[madrassa]].<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/22/obama.madrassa/</ref>

{{QuoteBox|In Indonesia, I'd spent 2 years at a Muslim school, 2 years at a Catholic school. In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell mother I made faces during Koranic studies. In the Catholic school, when it came time to pray, I'd pretend to close my eyes, then peek around the room. Nothing happened. No angels descended. Just a parched old nun and 30 brown children, muttering words. Sometimes the nun would catch me, and her stern look would force my lids back shut. But that didn't change how I felt inside."}}<ref>Dreams from My Father, by Barack Obama, p.142 Aug 1, 1996 </ref>

Obama has described his upbringing as occurring in a non-religious environment.

{{QuoteBox|In sum, my mother viewed religion through the eyes of the anthropologist that she would become; it was a phenomenon to be treated with a suitable respect, but with a suitable detachment as well. Moreover, as a child I rarely came in contact with those who might offer a substantially different view of faith. My father was almost entirely absent from my childhood, having been divorced from my mother when I was 2 years old; in any event, although my father had been raised a Muslim, by the time he met my mother he was a confirmed atheist, thinking religion to be so much superstition.

And yet for all her professed secularism, my mother was in many ways the most spiritually awakened person that I've ever known. She had an unswerving instinct for kindness, charity, and love, and spent much of her life acting on that instinct, sometimes to her detriment. Without the help of religious texts or outside authorities, she worked mightily to instill in me the values that many Americans learn in Sunday school: honesty, empathy, discipline, delayed gratification, and hard work. She raged at poverty and injustice.}}<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1546579-4,00.html My Spiritual Journey] Time Magazine, October 2006</ref>

=== Obama, Elitism, and Ayers ===

Obama has consistently shown himself to be an elitist who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked to explain why working-class [[Democrats]] do not support him while campaigning for the [[Pennsylvania]] primary, Obama replied "it's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." In response to outrage when his remarks were unexpectedly publicized, Obama did not recount his statement but instead replied, I "didn't say it as well as I should have."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7344532.stm</ref> Although many rural counties went for McCain, Obama carried the state with 54.6% of the vote, compared to 44.3% for John McCain.<ref>[http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=28&OfficeID=1]</ref>
[[Image:Features ayers1.jpg|200px|thumb|right|'''Obama served on the Board of the Woods Fund of Chicago with [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist|terrorist group]] co-founder Bill Ayers'''<ref>[http://foia.fbi.gov/weather/weath1a.pdf FBI fil Weather Underground]</ref> '''at the time this photo appeared''' of Ayers stomping the American flag in ''Chicago Magazine'' in 2001. Obama was hired by Ayers to chair an organization Ayers founded called the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Ayers contributed to Obama election campaigns and hosted a fundraiser for Obama to meet and greet Ayers contacts.]]
In an attempt counter the view by many that Obama is an elitist, he began running campaign ads claiming that he "worked his way through college and Harvard Law." This claim is at best an exaggeration, as Obama only held summer jobs while in college and law school<ref>http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obamas_work_claim.html</ref>, and he would have likely benefited from special scholarships not available to most students.

Obama almost always reads from prepared text on a [[teleprompter]] and rarely allows tough questions.<ref>http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26101</ref><ref name="teleprompter">The Daily Standard, ''Obama Unplugged Lost without a Teleprompter'', by Dean Barnett, 02/12/2008[http://www.weeklystandard.com/content/public/articles/000/000/014/728ofzey.asp]</ref> Indeed, when unable to read from prepared text he often fails at articulating his positions and is caught tripping over his own feet.<ref>This was first displayed in the Saddleback Forum, and has occurred subsequently also.</ref> His most recent debate performances illustrate that he may have been extensively coached over the course of 2008, although he still repeatedly fumbles at moments where he moves off his memorized remarks.<ref>After one debate against Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia, the Obama campaign announced that the questions were too difficult and that Obama would not agree to future debates with her. {{citation needed}}</ref> Even Vice-President Biden jokes about Obama's use of the teleprompter. In 2009, when Biden was giving a commencement speech at the U.S. Air Force Academy, a strong gust of wind blew over his teleprompter and Biden said, "What am I gonna tell the president when I tell him his Teleprompter is broken? What will he do then?" <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/27/biden-teases-obama-teleprompter-addiction/ Biden Teases Obama Over Teleprompter Dependence, After Mishap]</ref>

Obama refers to America in the third person, as a foreigner would. In his first television interview after becoming president, Obama declared that "all too often the United States starts by dictating." Earlier, when Obama gave his acceptance speech, he said "We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there."<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl135]</ref>

President Obama is the first person having ties to a known former terrorist to gain control over America's nuclear weapons.<ref>http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/7127</ref><ref>http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/26/obama-associate-bill-ayers-unrepentant-for-acts-of-terror/</ref> Author and blogger Jack Cashill requisitioned a comparison of the writing style of [[Bill Ayers]]' 2001 memoir, ''Fugitive Days'', with Barack Obama's earlier 1995 book, ''Dreams From My Father'', and came to the conclusion that Obama's former boss Ayers may have ghostwritten Dreams.<ref>www.cashill.com, ''Who Wrote “Dreams From My Father"?'', by Jack Cashill, October 9, 2008, retrieved on 10/16/2008 [http://www.cashill.com/natl_general/who_wrote_dreams_from.htm] Cashill states that a computer comparison of Obama's so-called autobiography with that of the terrorist Bill Ayers, supports the theory that Ayers actually wrote parts of Obama's book; also he wrote "None of this, of course, proves Ayers' authorship conclusively, but the evidence makes him a much more likely candidate than Obama to have written the best parts of Dreams". "In assessing the signature of sample passages from Dreams," the experienced analyst found "a very strong match to all of the Ayers samples" that he processed. He did not address the possibility that Ayers had plagiarized from Obama's earlier book. A philosophy professor from England disagreed.[http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=77815]</ref> Ayers admitted that he was "guilty as hell" in planting bombs in the 1970s, and that he has no regrets and felt he "should have done more."<ref>[http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/7127]</ref>

=== Anti-war movement ===

Obama states that he has consistently opposed the [[Iraq War]] since 2002. In his famous speech delivered in Chicago on October 2, 2002<ref>http://www.barackobama.com/2002/10/02/remarks_of_illinois_state_sen.php</ref> Obama alleged Saddam "has developed [[weapons of mass destruction|chemical and biological weapons]]" but was willing to condone the most hideous use of [[torture]]<ref>[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/jackstraw1.html Saddam Hussein's Regime Methods of Torture]</ref> from a man who "butchers his own people." Obama dismissed [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] as a "dumb war," leaving one commentator to observe, "one would search long and hard for any words from this apostle of hope and change about the palpable benefits that [[democracy]] might bring to the Arabs and Muslims of the Middle East.<ref>[http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/obama-s-war-11263 Obama's War], Peter Wehner, ''Commentary'', April 2008.</ref>

==Insights==

Obama displayed ignorance about American history when he said, "Throughout our history, America's confronted constantly evolving danger, from the oppression of an empire, to the lawlessness of the frontier, '''from the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor''', to the threat of nuclear annihilation."<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/07/obama_ignorance_watch_1.asp</ref>

Obama has described himself as a constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/30/politics/p132303D74.DTL&type=politics]</ref> He held the position of Lecturer, an adjunct position, from 1992 to 1996. He held the position of Senior Lecturer from 1996 until his election to the senate in 2004. Dan Ronayne, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, has pointed that Obama was only a senior lecturer and not a full professor. <ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/30/politics/p132303D74.DTL&type=politics]</ref>The University states that Senior Lecturers are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure track.<REF>http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/was_barack_obama_really_a_constitutional_law.html</ref><ref>[http://www.law.uchicago.edu/media/index.html]</ref>

In his 1995 memoir, ''Dreams from My Father'', Obama admitted using illegal drugs, including cocaine and marijuana, which he referred to as "blow" and "pot" respectively, in his high school years and into his college years, before claiming to choose a different path in life.<ref>[http://www.nbc5.com/politics/3444371/detail.html]</ref><ref>http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/02/26/obamas_senate_foreign_relations_work/</ref>

Obama wore an American flag lapel pin after [[9/11]], but later stopped wearing it without adequate explanation.<ref>http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/when_did_obama_stop_wearing_a.html</ref> Presumably it would have hurt him with anti-military campaign donors.<ref>In 2007, at critical moments in his campaign for the nomination, Obama had difficulties securing the support of anti-war activists. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/04/politics/main2645861.shtml]</ref> Recently, he has begun wearing one again for reasons that are likely political pandering.

In his memoirs, Obama claimed a ''[[Life]]'' magazine article about a man who had become ill after trying to lighten his skin color by chemical means had a major impact on him. In fact, ''Life'' never published any such article.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/26/AR2007032601583.html</ref><ref>"Then there's the copy of Life magazine that Obama presents as his racial awakening at age 9. In it, he wrote, was an article and two accompanying photographs of an African-American man physically and mentally scarred by his efforts to lighten his skin. In fact, the Life article and the photographs don't exist, say the magazine's own historians." [http://newsbusters.org/node/11641]</ref>

Obama said that "[t]here was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, [[Alabama]], because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born." In fact, Obama was born in 1961 and the Selma march took place in 1965.<ref>http://michellemalkin.com/2008/05/21/barack-obama-gaffe-machine/</ref>

Obama's campaign "is proud to be actively participating in over 60 local and state wide [[homosexual]] Pride events over the summer."<ref>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/jcitron/gG5VLs</ref>

Obama claimed to have visited 57 states while campaigning for President of the United States.<ref> [http://www.mediaresearch.org/BozellColumns/newscolumn/2008/col20080528.asp Barack Potatoe Obama?]</ref> <ref>http://www.stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/05/12/obamas-freudian-slip-there-are-57-islamic-states/</ref>

== Positions and Qualifications ==

Obama is [[pro-abortion]]. The leading abortion providers and PAC supporters have wholeheartedly endorsed Barack Obama. The National Abortion Rights Action League [[NARAL]] has given Barack a 100% rating for his efforts in Congress 2005, 2006 and 2007 <ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Social/Barack_Obama_Abortion.htm</ref>. EMILY's List, a political action committee that funds female candidates who support abortion rights backs Barack Obama<ref> [http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/06/emilys_list_bac.html],EMILY's List backs Obama, June 6,2008</ref>. The nation's largest abortion business, Planned Parenthood has begun the process necessary to endorse pro-abortion presidential candidate Barack Obama. <ref>http://www.lifenews.com/nat3971.html, Planned Parenthood Begins Process to Endorse Pro-Abortion Barack Obama, June 10,2008</ref>The board of directors of the pro-abortion group's political operation met on Friday June 6, 2008 and unanimously voted to recommend an endorsement for Obama. Obama has steadfastly advocated support for partial birth abortion as an Illinois legislator. Barack's wife, Michelle Obama, wrote a fundraising letter<ref>http://www.prolifeblogs.com/articles/archives/2006/10/post_5.php, February 17,2004</ref> in support of partial birth abortion and against the proposed ban. Barack voted against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act to give a child who survived an abortion procedure life support healthcare. Obama wanted the life terminated even if he or she survived outside the mother's womb.<ref>http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000007034.cfm, Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act</ref> With Obama no longer in the state Senate, the Born Alive legislation passed in 2005.

In the context of sex, he quipped about his daughters, <ref>http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/30/sunday-meditation-obama-and-the-punishment-of-unborn-life/</ref>{{QuoteBox|"If they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."}} Obama makes it clear if his daughters had an unplanned pregnancy, he would support terminating the life of his grandchild and it is undeniable that Michelle Obama agrees with that decision.
[[Image:Bernardine Dohrn.jpg|right|thumb|250px|'''Bernardine Dohrn formerly of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted''' enjoyed somewhat of a celebrity status among [[radical leftist]]s when she, along with her husband Bill Ayers, hosted a fundraiser for the relatively unknown Barack Obama in 1995; Dohrn issued the Weather Underground terrorist organization's Declaration of War Against the United States ([http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Declaration_of_a_State_of_War Full Text]) in 1970.]]

Obama, having been asked about his associations with [[William Ayers]], an unrepentant [[terrorist]],<ref>[http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/August-2001/No-Regrets/]</ref> he explained that the views of his associates are not necessarily his own. Ayers and his wife, [[Bernardine Dohrn]], hosted a fundraiser for Obama in their home in 1995 at the start of Obama's political career. In 1970 Dorhn issued the [[Weather Underground]]'s Declaration of War Against the United States.<ref>[http://foia.fbi.gov/weather/weath1c.pdf FBI file Weather Underground], pgs. 46-48 pdf.</ref> Obama compares his friendship with Ayers whose actions led to the loss of a life to his friendship with pro-life doctor and representative Tom Coburn<ref>http://www.lifenews.com/nat3894.html, LifeNews.com, April 25,2008</ref>
Obama explained that his friendship with Ayers, shouldn't be construed as implying he endorsed the terrorist-like tactics Ayers used to drive home his political point. Barack Obama brought up the pro-life colleague to make the dubious comparison that he's friends with other people who take "extreme" positions or would use terrorist tactics.
"The fact is, is that I'm also friendly with Tom Coburn, one of the most conservative Republicans in the United States Senate, who during his campaign once said that it might be appropriate to apply the death penalty to those who carried out abortions"

Obama has no military or executive experience and little foreign policy experience.<ref>"Fresh doubts over Barack Obama's foreign policy credentials were expressed on both sides of the Atlantic last night, after it emerged that he had made only one brief official visit to London – and none elsewhere in Western Europe or Latin America. ... Mr. Obama had failed to convene a single policy meeting of the Senate European subcommittee, of which he is chairman."[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3080794.ece]</ref> Yet he is the favorite of the leftist attack site "MoveOn.org" for the [[Democratic]] nomination for [[President of the United States]] in the [[2008 Presidential Election|2008 election]],<ref>MoveOn.org reportedly favored Obama by 70-30% over Clinton. [http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/02/moveonorg_obama.html]</ref> campaigning to the left of [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>For example, Obama promised not to use nuclear weapons against terrorists, a promise Hillary Clinton refused to make. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/02/AR2007080202288.html]</ref>

He has no clear personal achievement that cannot be explained as the likely result of [[affirmative action]]. Some examples border on the absurd: Obama has no background in [[physics]], yet it is claimed that "Obama analyzed and integrated [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]'s [[theory of relativity]], the [[Heisenberg uncertainty principle]], as well as the concept of curved space as an alternative to [[gravity]], for a Law Review article that Tribe, for whom Obama worked as a research assistant, wrote titled, 'The Curvature of Constitutional Space'." <ref>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/barack.obama.harvard.2.334825.html</ref> Obama's "research" for Constitutional Law Professor Tribe on this article also raises issues about preferences, as Obama had not yet even completed any law school courses<ref>Obama did not start his second year of law school until September 1989, the earliest he could have taken constitutional law, yet this article must have been written, submitted and accepted prior to that time to be published in the November 1989 issue of the Law Review.{{citation neeeded}}</ref> on the [[Constitution]].<ref>The liberal Professor Tribe saw the best law students for several decades, yet insisted that Obama was the "best student I ever had" and the "most exciting research assistant." [http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071114/NEWS01/711140429/1217/NEWS98]</ref>

Throughout his career, Obama repeatedly ducked controversial stands in a transparent attempt to make it easier to be elected to higher office. In example, as a state senator in [[Illinois]], he voted "present" rather than "aye" or "nay" nearly an astounding 130 times.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/us/politics/20obama.html</ref> During that same period, he was planning to run for the [[House of Representatives]], which was unsuccessful, and then for [[U.S. Senate]], which was successful after his opponent Jack Ryan, a millionaire school teacher, was smeared with a court-ordered disclosure of confidential divorce records that both he and his ex-wife wanted to remain sealed. A newspaper that favored Obama took the unusual step of suing to force the confidential divorce information to become public, and a California judge opened the records at a pivotal time in the campaign.<ref>http://www.nbc5.com/politics/2898641/detail.html</ref><ref>http://www.nbc5.com/news/3289561/detail.html</ref><ref>http://www.nbc5.com/politics/3444371/detail.html</ref>

Barack Obama is often praised for his speeches, except when he is not able to read them from a [[teleprompter]]. "Shorn of his Teleprompter, we saw a different Obama. His delivery was halting and unsure. ... The prepared text for his remarks, as released on his website, sounded a lot like a typical Obama speech. ... [But with] no Teleprompter signaling the prepared text, Obama failed to deliver the speech in his characteristically flawless fashion."<ref name="teleprompter" /> The [[New York Times]] noted that "Mr. Obama excels at inspirational speeches read from a teleprompter before television cameras, critics have noted, but many of his other speeches on the campaign trail have failed to electrify."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/fashion/20speechwriter.html?_r=2&ex=1358485200&en=bb179297e5f61acb&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&oref=slogin&oref=slogin</ref> When Obama ridiculed [[Hillary Clinton]] for being like [[Annie Oakley]], it is apparent that he was not writing his own speeches.<ref>"Some Obama adviser probably earned his or her dollars for that cut," the USA Today wrote. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/raasch/2008-04-17-2008-04-17-raasch_N.htm]</ref>

Obama often makes reference to his "two decades of experience" in public service work. During most of that time he claims experience, he was either going to school, working for a law firm, writing a book, or organizing community events.

== Political views ==

Obama's political views have been subjected to controversy even before he put himself forward as a presidential candidate. Former House majority leader [[Tom DeLay]] has described Obama's record in the Illinois Senate as that of a [[Communism|“Marxist leftist".]]<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1753197/posts</ref> Which matches the fact that during his campaign, his staff were discovered on numerous occasions to have Cuban flags bearing the face of Marxist guerrilla/murderer [[Che Guevara]].<ref>[http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2008/02/obama_workers_c.html Obama Workers' Che Guevara Poster Was No Fluke] from Moonbattery</ref> Former presidential candidate [[Alan Keyes]] calls Obama a "radical communist." <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/keyes_obama_destroy_US/2009/02/23/184503.html Alan Keyes: Obama Will Destroy U.S.] NewsMax, February 23, 2009</ref>

In May 2007, Obama (and Sen. Hillary Clinton) voted against funding the Iraq War for the first time.<ref>[http://uspolitics.about.com/od/legislatio1/a/HR2206.htm HR 2206 - Emergency Appropriations], Kathy Gill, Your Guide to U.S. Politics: Current Events. May 26 2007.</ref><ref>[http://more.gov.mtopgroup.com/2007/05/votes-hr-2206-iraq-supplemental.html Votes - H.R. 2206: Iraq Supplemental], May 28, 2007. Retrieved from Deeper Inside the Mountain, June 4, 2007.</ref>

Obama's views on [[gun control]] are focused on an opinion article in the [[Wall Street Journal]]:<ref>David Kopel, "The Democrats and Gun Control," Wall St.J., Page A19, April 17, 2008 [http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB120839466717921537-lMyQjAxMDI4MDE4NzMxOTc0Wj.html]</ref>

:As a state senate candidate in 1996, Mr. Obama endorsed a complete ban on all handguns in a questionnaire. The Obama campaign has claimed he "never saw or approved the questionnaire," and that an aide filled it out incorrectly. But a few weeks ago, Politico.com found an amended version of the questionnaire. It included material added in Mr. Obama's handwriting.

After [[D.C. v. Heller]], Obama claimed to support Second Amendment rights.

Obama has said, "Doing the Lord's work is a thread that runs through our politics since the very beginning," and "it puts the lie to the notion that [[separation of church and state]] in America means somehow that faith should have no role in public life."<ref>[http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/06/17/news/iowa/8db7c1a17d2b51f9862572fd000fc9f4.txt Obama says religion has place in politics], By Todd Dorman, ''Sioux City Journal'', June 18, 2007.</ref>

He believes children should be taught sex education in kindergarten, although in what he refers to as "an age-appropriate manner".<ref>"Barack Obama reaffirmed to [[Planned Parenthood]] this week that he believes elements of sex education should begin in kindergarten." [http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3395856 (ABC News)] July 20, 2007 </ref>

Obama spoke at the May 1, 2006, illegal immigration march in Chicago.<ref>http://nomoreblather.com/barack-obama-and-the-immigration-marches Immigration marches</ref>

::''We are hungry for change!'' S.C. January 26, 2008.

Barack Obama, in his short stint as Senator of Illinois, has made clear his opposition to the [[U.S. Military]] in policy and in rhetoric. Obama has spent much energy to argue that the Iraq War should have never been waged and that we should not be there at all, in any way. In 2002, as an unknown Chicago representative to the state of Illinois, he declared his opposition to "dumb wars". At the time, America was united in the stance against terrorism and the prospects of a rogue enemy with WMD worried the United States. Obama, has said that he does not know whether he would have voted for or against the Iraq War. Since elected to Congress, he voted against the Emergency War Supplemental. Obama did not oppose his party debating the bill long past the timeframe requested. This action directly affects troop deployment in combat zones. Obama has repeatedly called for the return of troops in Iraq. Barack Obama has a no confidence vote for the 'Surge' before the measure was put forth by General Petraeus to Congress. Obama would not denounce MoveOn.org's slander NY Times advertising against the General.

Obama often refers to his office without proper respect to those that came before him. When talking of President George W. Bush, he frequently refuses to call him [[George W. Bush|President George Bush]] or even Mr. George Bush. Obama has also disrespectfully called him 'George Bush'. Oddly, when Bill Clinton spoke with Obama on September 11th, 2008 predicting he would win handily, Obama responded, "There you go, you can take it from the President of the United States."<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/11/campaign.wrap/index.html</ref> It appears Obama will use the term for a former president, but not for the then-current president. Examples of Obama's treatment of George W. Bush:
* "I am happy to have a debate with John McCain and George Bush about foreign policy," Obama said <ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/16/obama.bush.mccain/], CNN Obama blasts Bush McCain, May 16, 2008</ref>
* "For all his talk about independence, the centerpiece of John McCain's economic plan amounts to a full-throated endorsement of George Bush's policies," <ref>http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=28189</ref>
* "George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists." <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7403386.stm], BBC Obama attacks Bush over Iran , May 15, 2008</ref>
* Obama called the U.S. economy a disaster thanks to "John McCain's President, George W. Bush" <ref>http://vodpod.com/watch/956078-obama-we-already-have-economic-disaster-from-john-mccains-president-george-w-bush</ref> Side note, George W. Bush is also Barack Obama's President.

Obama is for a one-world government unaccountable to the American people, a threat to U.S. sovereignty and independence. He said "for all nations in the world to come together to build a stronger, global regime"<ref>[http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=94380]</ref>

==Charitable Giving==

In the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator and being in the public spotlight, Obama gave 1% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year. Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref> Obama's small donations are consistent with atheism and were perhaps influenced by his nonbelieving mother. It is well known that [[Atheism and Uncharitableness|atheists give less per capita in donations than religious Americans]].

==Statements==
Obama has been noted by several independent sources as misquoting historical events and statements by famous persons. A notable example came after Obama's win in the [[North Carolina]] democratic primary. Obama was quoted as saying, "I trust the American people to understand that it is not weakness, but wisdom to talk not just to our friends, but to our enemies as Roosevelt did, and Kennedy did, and Truman did." (Franklin Delano) Roosevelt spoke with none of the [[Axis]] or [[Japanese]] leaders and the the only communication that was sent to them was unconditional surrender. (President) [[Harry Truman]] took over for FDR and continued his unconditional surrender philosophy as well as ending [[World War II]] with an atomic bomb.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/obama_needs_to_study_history_b.html</ref>

On [[Memorial Day]] 2008, speaking to an audience of military veterans, Obama made the claim "I had an uncle who was one of the, part of the first American troops to go into [[Auschwitz]] and liberate the concentration camps."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=SV1sxq8mqvA#t=41 Obama's uncle liberated Auschwitz?] Youtube.com</ref> In point of fact the Soviet [[Red Army]] liberated Auschwitz, and Obama most likely confused his uncle with communists.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65448</ref>

==Senate career (2005-2008)==
[[Image:obama.jpg|thumb|right|Senator Barack Obama]]
Obama was elected to the Illinois State Senate for the first time in 1996 and served there for the next eight years.

October 2008 crimes against Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson's family highlighted Obama's record against law and order, as he voted against making it a crime in Illinois "for convicts on probation or on bail to have contact with a street gang".<ref>[http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obamas-crime-votes-are-fodder-for-rivals-2007-03-13.html]</ref><ref>The person of interest in the murders of Hudson's mother, brother, and 7-year-old nephew is the estranged husband of Hudson's sister and a convicted felon who had violated his parole conditions.[http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-julian-king-autopsy-1029,0,2752431.story]</ref> "'We've got 75,000 gang members - that's almost six gang members to one police officer,'" in Obama's hometown of Chicago.<ref>"More people have been murdered in Chicago this year than in New York - even though New York's population is three times greater. When Hudson's mother, brother and nephew were killed last month, they pushed the city's homicide total for the year to 436 and counting. New York has had 430 homicides." [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/11/01/2008-11-01_chicago_buried_in_murders.html]</ref>

Following a failed campaign for the House of Representatives, Obama ran for the open Senate seat from Illinois in 2004. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. He won a seat in the [[U.S. Senate]] after [[liberals]] obtained the release of confidential and personally embarrassing divorce records of his opponent, Jack Ryan, forcing him to resign from the race and be replaced by the out-of-state candidate [[Alan Keyes]].

A March 16th, 2005 AP article puts Senator Obama on record to ban oil drilling in the Alaska frontier known as ANWR <ref>http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0316-13.htm</ref>

His 2007 voting record in the U.S. [[Senate]] makes him as its most [[liberal]] member. Among fellow Senate Democrats, he was further left than liberals like [[Ted Kennedy]], [[John Kerry]], [[Dianne Feinstein]], [[Charles Schumer]], [[Russ Feingold]], [[Carl Levin]], [[Joseph Biden]] and [[Harry Reid]].<ref>[http://nationaljournal.com/voteratings/sen/lib_cons.htm?o1=lib_composite&o2=desc]</ref> He has grown steadily more liberal since arriving at the Senate: the same analysis assessed him as 10th most liberal in 2006<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/members/news/2007/voteratings/sen/lib_cons.htm?o1=lib_composite&o2=desc]</ref> and 16th most liberal in 2005.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/members/news/2007/voteratings/sen/lib_cons.htm?o1=lib_composite&o2=desc]</ref>

In late 2006, Obama's second book, ''The Audacity of Hope'', was published. Its title was supplied by the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., a minister who has stated that "racism is how this country was founded and how this country was run .... We believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God."<ref>http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/03/14/obama_condemns_pastors_remarks.html</ref> The book contains more of Senator Obama's personal story including the roles of both family and politics. ''Audacity'' spent 30 weeks on the ''New York Times'' Nonfiction Best Sellers list.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/books/bestseller/0527besthardnonfiction.html?_r=1&oref=slogin New York Times Best Sellers Non Fiction]</ref>

Senator Obama is the chairman of an important subcommittee that has oversight of our efforts in Afghanistan. He has not held a single hearing on Afghanistan even though American forces are risking their lives in a theatre of war. Since joining Foreign Relations, Obama has missed three meetings on a "new strategy" in [[Afghanistan]], a country he only visited in 2008.<ref>[http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-absent-at-afghanistan-hearings-2008-03-01.html</ref> Barack Obama clinched his party's nomination for President after 16 straight months of campaigning.

In June 2008, Obama voted with the Democratic party to kill the sunset provision of the [[Bush]] tax cuts. By letting these tax cuts expire, single mothers with two kids will pay an additional $1,800 annually. Married couples with incomes of $50,000 will pay an additional $2,180 annually. Elderly couples will pay an additional $2,000 annually and a family of four will pay 191% more per year in taxes. Barack Obama often claims to be for taxing the rich their fair share. By voting to eliminate the Bush tax cuts, Obama is taxing most middle class and blue collar families.

Obama and the Democratic-led Congress has voted for the upgraded GI Bill despite the opposition from the President, the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, the generals in combat zones and the GOP Presidential nominee. It was crafted to increase veteran benefits. Yet, the strain on our military is great.<ref>[http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/mccain_to_obama_dont_demagogue.php] http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/mccain_to_obama_dont_demagogue.php , McCain To Obama: Don't Demagogue The GI Bill, May 22, 2008</ref> The bill would cost $2.8 to $4 billion per month. Some argue that this bill depletes the US's volunteer military personnel by enticing them to leave service rather than be re-deployed.

As senator, Obama has requested nearly $936 million in earmarks which averages to $500,000. per day over four years, <ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122108935141721343.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Obama Can't Win Against Palin] Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2008</ref> for which the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste has given him a rating of 10% in 2007 (18% lifetime).<ref>[http://councilfor.cagw.org/site/DocServer/2007_Senate_Ratings_Final.pdf?docID=3242 2007 Senate Scorecard]</ref> A score of 100% represents voting against all pork, and 0% represents voting ''for'' all pork. Democrats averaged 5% in 2007, whereas Republicans averaged 60%. <ref>[http://councilfor.cagw.org/site/News2?abbr=CCAGW_&page=NewsArticle&id=11590 CCAGW Releases ''2007 Congressional Ratings'']</ref>

According to a Fox News report on October 5th, Obama has taken more than $126,000. in campaign contribution from [[Fannie Mae]] in a little over three years. This ranks him second, only Chris Dodd has received more campaign contribution dollars from Fannie Mae.

=== Bills co-sponsored ===
Obama's principal legislation was S. 2433, which was an attempt to force the U.S. to increase its foreign aid by hundreds of billions of dollars under the guise of reducing global poverty, which was subsequently blocked by [[conservatives]].<ref>http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-2433</ref>

Obama did support and co-sponsor a bill championed by [[Tom Coburn]] and known as the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006, which was signed into law by President [[George W. Bush]] on Sept. 9, 2006. This law created a website that will list the federal government's grants and contracts.<ref> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060926.html</ref>

Between Jan 13, 2007 and March 13, 2008, Sen. Obama has sponsored 120 mostly [[liberal]] resolutions and bills in the Senate.<ref>http://thomas.loc.gov/</ref> His supporters cite the following less liberal examples, but this list is not representative:

*S.117 : A bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for members of the Armed Forces, veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, and other veterans, to require reports on the effects of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes.

*S.133 : A bill to promote the national security and stability of the economy of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes.

*S.453 : A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.

*S.713 : A bill to ensure dignity in care for members of the Armed Forces recovering from injuries.

*A bill to raise the [[minimum wage]]; Obama voted against the bill when it was later attached to an Iraq war supplemental spending bill.<ref>[http://uspolitics.about.com/od/legislatio1/a/HR2206.htm HR 2206 - Emergency Appropriations], Kathy Gill, Your Guide to U.S. Politics: Current Events. May 26 2007.</ref><ref>[http://more.gov.mtopgroup.com/2007/05/votes-hr-2206-iraq-supplemental.html Votes - H.R. 2206: Iraq Supplemental], May 28, 2007. Retrieved from Deeper Inside the Mountain, June 4, 2007.</ref>

=== Accomplishments while serving on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ===

In February 2008, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Obama's proposal on a new strategy to reduce poverty throughout the world.

Obama worked with Sen. Lugar writing legislation aimed at improving conventional and nuclear non-proliferation efforts. This legislation was signed by [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] in January 2008.

In June 2007 the Senate passed his resolution condemning violence by the [[Zimbabwe]] government. It also passed legislation co-sponsored by Obama that financed a Special Court for Sierra Leone to prosecute former [[Liberia | Liberian]] President [[Charles Taylor]]. <ref> http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/02/26/obamas_senate_foreign_relations_work/ </ref>

Barack Obama continued to collect money for a 2010 Senate re-election campaign as late as June 2008, and has filed reports recently indicating that money is still pouring into this fund. This is especially notable because it is an efficient way of sidetracking donations from his Presidential race. The website<obamasenate2010.gov> is now defunct.

=== Foreign policy experience ===
[[File:OenEReuters.jpg|left|200px|thumb|In Egypt, June 2009.]]
In his presidential campaign, Obama stated<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/obama-says-no-to-foreign_b_95357.html</ref> that "foreign policy is the area where I am probably most confident" and then cited "having lived in Indonesia for four years, having family that is impoverished in small villages in Africa". He lived in Indonesia from age 6 to 10, and he later discovered that his father had some other children in Africa.

While campaigning, he has visited several foreign countries. In [[Russia]] and the former Soviet republics, he met with representatives of the International Republican Institute and National Democratic Institute to discuss democracy in the former Soviet republics. He also met with Russian military officials and visited several nuclear and biological weapons destruction sites in Russia, [[Ukraine]], and [[Azerbaijan]] with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar (R-IN). On the same tour, he visited London, UK, and met with [[Tony Blair]], sitting UK Prime Minister.

Obama visited South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Chad; he discussed his tour of Robben Island prison, met with U.S. troops, and visited refugee camps of the people fleeing Darfur. He also addressed Africa's growing [[AIDS]] epidemic.

During a ten-day-long tour of the Middle East, he talked with government leaders in Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, and Israel.
 

==Presidential campaign (2008)==
[[Image:Democrat Obama during the Pledge.jpg|325px|thumb|right|'''Obama stands with folded hands''' while [[Bill Richardson]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] honor the flag by placing their hands over their heart during the [[National Anthem]]. [http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Obama_doesnt_put_hand_over_heart_1022.html See Video] ]]
Senator Obama began his candidacy for President of the United States on February 10, 2007, in Springfield, Illinois. His announcement speech largely avoided specific campaign issues and focused on his general political message of hope for the future. It also attempted to strongly invoke the memory of Abraham Lincoln and his "House Divided" speech.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/10/obama.president/index.html "Obama declares he's running for President"] 11 February 2007, www.CNN.com </ref>

Obama's campaign has been financed largely by [[leftist]] donors opposed to the war and to the [[American]] military in general. Obama has encouraged this by refusing to wear the customary flag on his lapel during appearances (asserting that he would prefer his patriotism to be represented through his actions rather than an arbitrary symbol) and by other less-than-patriotic gestures and symbols, such as declining to put his hand over his heart during a patriotic recitation. In an appearance on May 16 where he addressed President Bush's statements that some politicians would prefer appeasing terrorists through negotiations, Senator Obama once again wore the flag pin as he did following 9-11.

By early April 2007, his campaign generated over $25 million from over 100,000 contributors. $23.5 million of that money will be available for the Democratic Primary.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/us/politics/05obama.html Obama Shows His Strength in a Fund-Raising Feat on Par With Clinton], 4 April 2007, Jeff Zeleny and Patrick Healy,'' The New York Times''</ref> After the first Democratic presidential debate in Columbia, South Carolina, Obama's image as an "articulate" spokesman came into question after his failure to state right away that he would retaliate in case of further terrorist strikes against the United States.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/27/AR2007042702162.html?hpid=moreheadlines Clinton Campaign Tries to Keep Heat on Obama Over Debate Response], Dan Balz, ''Washington Post'' April 28, 2007.</ref><ref>Chicago Sun-Times,
[http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/362269,CST-NWS-sweet29.article 'I was a little nervous' at debate'], Lynn Sweet,
April 29, 2007,</ref>

During a fund raising event in Virginia in May 2007 Obama told donors,
{{Cquote|This week there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died. An entire town destroyed.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271357,00.html Transcript: 'Special Report with Brit Hume,' May 9, 2007], retrieved from ''FOX News'', 06/13/07.</ref>}}

In reality, the tornado which touched down in Kansas cost the lives of nine people in the town of Greensburg, and twelve overall in Kansas.

Speaking regarding his knowledge of the Afghanistan conflict, Obama points the finger at U.S. troops and American policy "...just airraiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there." <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293365,00.html Barack Obama Caught on Tape Accusing U.S. Troops of 'Killing Civilians'] Fox News, August 15, 2007</ref> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrW4fOGIMVY See Video]

By August it appeared Obama was running to be left off the ticket completely rather than the much ballyhooed Hillary/Obama ticket the [[mainstream media]] was pushing. After a series of ill-advised foreign policy statements, Obama was openly criticized as a lightweight even by liberals, in much the same vein as [[John Edwards]] and [[Dan Quayle]] had been depicted. First, Obama said he would have face-to-face meetings with two of Florida's most feared enemies, [[Fidel Castro]] and [[Hugo Chavez]]. Florida is a key state to any presidential ambitions. Then Obama claimed that he would be willing to invade the sovereign territory of a U.S. ally without prior consultation. Finally, Obama broke the cardinal rule of declaring he would not use nuclear weapons, removing the element of bluff U.S. Presidents had vitally depended upon throughout the [[Cold War]] era. The incidents all added up to a picture of a candidate ill-prepared and ill-advised, lacking in a basic understanding of the office of the Presidency, and failing to surround himself with appointees able to make up for his deficiencies. However, Obama won the Iowa Democratic caucuses, pushing [[Hillary Clinton]] into third place, and went on to become the unofficial Democratic nominee.

At a campaign event in Elkhart, Indiana, a seven-year-old girl asked Barack Obama why he wants to be President. He replies,
'''"America is …, uh, is no longer, uh … what it could be, what it once was. And I say to myself, I don’t want that future for my children."''' <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2008/08/09/mostly-mia-obamas-downer-america-delivered-7-year-old Media Mostly MIA on Obama's 'America No Longer What It Once Was' Downer Delivered to 7 Year-Old] Newsbusters.org, August 9, 2008</ref>

Obama became the presumptive Democratic nominee on June 3rd after receiving a majority of pledged delegates and superdelegates. His only remaining primary opponent, [[Hillary Clinton]], conceded the race on June 7th. On August 23, Joe Biden was announced as Obama's vice-presidential nominee. Obama became the official Democratic nominee on August 27 at the Democratic National Convention, when Hillary Clinton's motion to end the roll call vote of the states and select Obama by acclamation was passed.

On June 5th, Obama spoke at Briston, Virginia- Healthcare Town Hall forum regarding Political Action Committees and his campaign. "Well, we’re here today because we know that if we’re going to make real progress, this time must be different. Throughout my career, in Illinois and the United States senate, I’ve worked to reduce the power of the special interests by leading the fight for ethics reform. I’ve sent a strong signal in this campaign by refusing the contributions of registered federal lobbyists and PACs. And today, I’m announcing that going forward, the Democratic National Committee will uphold the same standard and won’t take another dime from Washington lobbyists or special interest PACs. They do not fund my campaign. They will not fund our party. And they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I’m President of the United States."

The rules are well-established for lobbyist donations to the DNC and for the Presidential nominee<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/05/obamas-in-control-no-more_n_105407.html</ref>. Obama does accept money from lobbyists who do not do business with the federal government and he also accepts money from spouses and family members of lobbyists. And the DNC ban is also not retroactive, which means the DNC will keep lobbyist and PAC contributions it received earlier in the election cycle. Retroactive period being the date Barack Obama started his campaign, February 10, 2007. The DNC possibly the day after the November 2006 Congressional elections until June 5th, 2008. In addition, Barack Obama's ban does not apply to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee nor to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Unlike [[John McCain]], Barack Obama has not disclosed the lobbyists working in his campaign.

Senator Obama visited U.S. troops in Iraq in 2006 and in Afghanistan and Kuwait in 2008<ref>[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=3794382 Obama visits troops and officials in Afghanistan and Kuwait]</ref>

Obama's tax plan calls for increasing taxes on the wealthiest 1% of Americans, while cutting taxes for the middle class. According to the non-partisan [[Tax Policy Center]], most Americans would pay less taxes than under Senator McCain's plan.<ref>[http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?ID=411749 An Updated Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Candidates' Tax Plans: Updated September 12, 2008]</ref> According to another non-partisan group, Americans for Tax Reform, tax-payers would clearly be burdened by an Obama Presidency.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

During the campaign Obama repeatedly claimed he would “cut taxes for no less than 95% of "working families."”. The Wall Street Journal asked, “how does he conjure this miracle, especially since more than a third of all Americans already pay no income taxes at all?” <ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122385651698727257.html</ref> In truth, Obama was calling government handouts “tax credits” and counting those as tax cuts. The Wall Street Journal wondered why McCain “allowed Mr. Obama's 95% illusion to go unanswered”.

===Campaign financing===
Obama is the first presidential candidate to reject public financing. He broke his promise to accept it in the hope that his powerful fund-raising machine would generate far more money than the $84.1 million McCain is getting in public funding. Indeed, on August 14th, the Obama campaign announced it had received donations from 2 million individuals, setting new records. Obama raised $272 million for the primaries and expects to raise $300 million for the general election. However the Republican National Committee has been raising much more than the Democratic National Committee and each candidate had about $100 million in cash on September 1. Each expects to spend about $300 million by November. However, Obama is obliged to devote much of his time to fund raising among supporters rather than campaigning among undecided voters.<ref> see [http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/09/was-obama-right-to-opt-out-of-public-financing.aspx Andrew Romano, "Was Obama Right to Opt Out of Public Financing?," ''Newsweek'' (Sept. 9, 2008) online]</ref> Among his backers is homosexual pornography baron [[Terrence Bean]].

According to Opensecrets.org, of the 671,269 contributions to Obama between 2003 and 2008, [[Goldman Sachs]], [[JP Morgan]], [[Citigroup]], and [[Morgan Stanley]] are among the Top 20 biggest money donors to Obama's campaigns. [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cid=N00009638&cycle=2008][http://www.votesmart.org/finance.php?can_id=9490] All four subsequently recieved approximately $70 billion in taxpayer assisted bailout money from the [[TARP]] program.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/10/14/business/14bailout.graphic2.html ''Beneficiary Banks'', New York Times. 2008-10-14.]</ref> [[UBS AG]], a foreign bank and the 13th largest donor to Obama, was fined $780 billion in February 2009 in a U.S. Federal Court on charges it helped thousands of wealthy Americans evade taxes.<ref>[http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20090219/FREE/902199983]''UBS fined $780 million in tax evasion scandal, Investment News, February 19, 2009.</ref>

===Secrecy===

The Democratic party feels it necessary to keep all questions about Obama at a safe distance. It is an unprecedented move to keep secrets about a presidential candidate. The following questions remain sealed from the public.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100613 WND: Obama: Where have all his records gone?]</ref><ref>[http://obamawtf.blogspot.com/2008/08/who-sent-obama-why-has-he-refused-to.html Who sent Obama? Why has he refused to release these basic documents?] ObamaWTF.blogspot.com</ref>

# Certified copy of original birth certificate (see certificate controversy below)
# Columbia University transcripts
# Columbia thesis paper
# Campaign donor analysis requested by 7 major watchdog groups
# [[Harvard]] University transcripts
# Illinois State Senate records
# [[Illinois]] State Senate schedule
# [[Law]] practice client list and billing records/summary
# Locations and names of all half-siblings and step-mothers
# Medical records (only the one page summary released so far)
# Occidental College Transcripts
# Parent's [[marriage]] Certificate
# Record of baptism
# Selective Service registration records
# Schedules for trips outside of the United States before 2007
# Scholarly articles
# Access to his grandmother (Obama's grandmother has since passed away from cancer [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g3m4YaeYwDHXS6hHdZJi8pm6cZdAD947RJKO0])
# List of all campaign workers that are lobbyists

Obama keeps donations secret by exploiting a loophole that allows campaigns to refuse to divulge donations under $200.00. This is useful to the candidate because many of his contributions are from dubious foreign or illegal sources. It is described as the "largest pool of unidentified money that has ever flooded into the U.S. election system, before or after the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reforms of 2002." <ref>http://www.newsmax.com/timmerman/Obama_fundraising_illegal/2008/09/29/135718.html</ref>

Obama hired Robert Malley as a senior foreign policy adviser. Malley told the ''Times of London'' that he had been in regular contact with the [[terrorist]] organization [[Hamas]]. In April 2008 Hamas made its endoresement of Obama for President.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=61631 Hamas terrorists make 2008 U.S. presidential pick], WolrdNetDaily.com, April 14, 2008.</ref> Malley is the son of a key member of the Eygptian Communist Party.<ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2310</ref>

===Tone===
[[Image:Obamapullup2.JPG|325px|thumb|right|'''Candidate Obama cultivated an image''' of being sportsmanlike and competitive; as President, Obama thought it was funny to make disparaging remarks about disabled children competing in the [[Special Olympics]]. The comments "set the program back decades," according to the non-profit organization’s director. <ref>[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/mar/20/local/chi-090320obama-special-olympics-react Special Olympics chief responds to Obama gaffe], Stacy St Clair, ''Chicago Tribune'', March 20, 2009]</ref>([http://www.necn.com/Boston/Politics/2009/03/20/Obamas-comment-sets-us-back/1237552251.html Video])
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Many observers have criticized Obama's campaign for its incivility. For instance, John McCain's wife Cindy noted that Obama is running "the dirtiest campaign in American history."

Obama's smears usually fall into two categories: race-baiting and distortions. On October 10, 2008, Obama surrogate Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) typified the campaign by comparing Sen. McCain to racial segregationists and Klansmen. "Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division," Lewis exclaimed before comparing Sen. McCain to segregationist Democrat George Wallace, further noting that he, "...never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged [the attacks in which] four little girls were killed on Sunday morning when a church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama." <ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/11/mccain.lewis/index.html?eref=rss_politics</ref> This is particularly harsh to Sen. McCain because he fondly admires Lewis. <ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/11/john-lewis-warns-mccain-y_n_133903.html</ref>

As for the distortions and personal attacks, Obama mocks Sen. McCain for his age and Gov. Palin for being a woman and an outsider. For instance, Obama responded with a subtle reference to Alzheimer's disease when Sen. McCain criticized his foreign policy in May 2008, alleging that Sen. McCain "lost his bearings" <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Obama_McCain_offensive_losing_his_bearings.html</ref>. Senior Adviser Mark Salter noted, "He used the words 'losing his bearings' intentionally, a not particularly clever way of raising John McCain's age as an issue. This is typical of the Obama style of campaigning." <ref>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/salter_obama_attacked_mccains.php</ref>. In reference to Gov. Palin, Obama was caught for his quiet hiring of Winner & Associates to disseminate a sexist smear video against her. <ref>http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/194057.php</ref> Some argue this is a FEC violation because it lacked obligatory label denoting it was sponsored by the Obama Campaign (Ethan Winner has made a claim that he alone produced the video) <ref>http://eclipseweb.blogspot.com/2008/09/vicious-anti-sarah-palin-smear-campaign.html</ref> <ref>http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/194180.php</ref>One of the biggest distortions by Obama is that 95% of all taxpayers will get a tax cut. <ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122385651698727257.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Obama's 95% Illusion] Wall Steet Journal, October 13, 2008</ref> Without the distortion, Obama is proposing income re-distribution because those families that pay no taxes, one-third, will get money from the wealthy top 5%.

Another feature of the Obama campaign is the unruly audience. CNN reported in October of 2008 <ref>http://www.findinternettv.com/Video,item,3565842635.aspx</ref>, that people are calling John McCain a terrorist at these events. According to Sen. McCain, "I've heard the [label terrorist], unfortunately, at Senator Obama's rallies being said about me. There's always a fringe element." Other eyewitness reports are harsher.

===Election===

Senator Obama won the 2008 Presidential election, with over 52% of the popular vote. He carried every state that [[John Kerry]] won in 2004, in addition to Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Florida, and Indiana. Of the 127 million votes cast, Obama beat John McCain by 8 million total votes.<ref>http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/</ref> [http://images.newsmax.com/misc/2008_Election_Map.jpg See county breakdown map] <ref>[www.cnn.com/election]</ref>

In the weeks leading up to the election, Obama's staff worked to delay investigations by the [[Justice Department]] into allegations of voter fraud committed by [[ACORN]], Obama's former employer. In this way, hundreds of thousands, if not many more, votes may have been overcounted. [http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=297446]

==Presidency (2009-Present)==

The Obama adminsitration was wracked by [[scandal]]s from its earliest days. See: [[Obama Administration]].

===Declining popularity===

In the wake of the [[financial collapse of 2008]], Obama initially enjoyed the goodwill and moderate approval ratings of Americans. The growing perception of Obama's [[socialism|far left]] agenda marked a reversal of trends particularly after the "Gates flap."<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/30/AR2009073004097.html</ref> [[Harvard]] Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested on [[misdemeanor]] disturbance charges. Prof. Gates told the arresting officer, "Do you know who I am?" Gates was a personal friend of Obama.<ref>http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/07/23/police-and-president-obama/comment-page-2/?action=late-new</ref> When asked about the incident at a press conference, Obama charged the arresting officer with "acting stupidly." Polls shortly after revealed Obama's personal popularity and approval ratings declined significantly across the board, on every major subject and among all demographic groups.<ref>http://people-press.org/report/532/obamas-ratings-slide</ref>

The growing perception of Obama's favoritism toward influential and powerful elites was revealed in polls, with the greatest declines among poor people, the very group
Obama worked hard to court in 2008. The respected Pew Research Center noted "Some of the larger declines are among members of his own party."

==Published criticism==
On April 11, 2007, staff writers of ''The Boston Globe'' reported the criticisms of several black commentators regarding Obama's apparent hesitation to join the race to condemn acclaimed radio personality [[Don Imus]],<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/04/11/obamas_silence_on_imus_alarms_some_blacks/ Obama's silence on Imus alarms some blacks], Rick Klein and Joseph Williams, ''The Boston Globe'', April 11, 2007.</ref> who made a racially insensitive remark<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,370529,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g12:r1:c0.487981:b25437592:z0</ref> on the air during the April 4 broadcast. Obama did not comment on Imus's remarks until well after prominent civil rights leaders [[Al Sharpton]] and [[Jesse Jackson]] had called Imus to account and after Imus was suspended by MSNBC and CBS Radio. Obama later weighed in on April 10 by saying, "The comments of Don Imus were divisive, hurtful, and offensive to Americans of all backgrounds." 

The ''Globe'' reported that Obama's perceived delay in addressing Don Imus's remarks was described by Melissa Harris Lacewell, a professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University, as "miss[ing] an opportunity to prove himself to blacks and white liberals who would have wanted Obama take the lead in denouncing Imus."<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/04/11/obamas_silence_on_imus_alarms_some_blacks/ Obama's silence on Imus alarms some blacks], Rick Klein and Joseph Williams, ''The Boston Globe'', April 11, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2007/04/obama_race_and_the_election.html Obama, Race, and The Election,] ''Real Clear Politics.com''</ref>

In June 2007 the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' reported Obama had actually received nearly three times more campaign cash from indicted slum landlord Tony Rezko<ref>[http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/353829,CST-NWS-rez23.article Barack Obama and his slumlord patron], Tim Novak, Chicago Sun-Times, April 23, 2007.</ref> and his associates than Obama has publicly acknowledged.<ref>[http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/432197,CST-NWS-obama18.article Rezko cash triple what Obama says], Chris Fusco and Tim Novak, ''Chicago Sun-Times'', June 18, 2007.</ref>

Executive vice president Wayne LaPierre of the [[NRA]] accuses Barack Obama of "mouthing pro-Second amendment words and pandering to gun owners" on the campaign trail.<ref>[http://www.gopusa.com/news/2008/may/0514_nra_mccain.shtml], http://www.gopusa.com/news/2008/may/0514_nra_mccain.shtml, NRA chief stresses common ground with McCain, Associated Press, May 14, 2008</ref>

[[McCain]] Aide Says Obama Has Sept. 10 Mind-Set "an extremely dangerous and extremely naive approach toward terrorism" <ref>http://www.politicalbase.com/forums/topic/obama-rebukes-mccain-camp-on-terrorism-criticism/3781/</ref>

==Aunt is in the United States Illegally==
At the end of October 2008 it came to light that Obama's aunt is in the United States illegally and has been since 2004 when her request for asylum was turned down. She has been living in public tax payer funded housing in Boston. This may have some bearing on Obama's immigration policy given that a member of his own family is in violation of current US immigration law. There are also questions about how much Obama knew about this.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27481680 Obama's Aunt Living in US Illegally]</ref> The Obama campaign issued a statement to the effect that they had no knowledge of this situation and returned the donation she made to his campaign; in the United States it is illegal to accept campaign contributions from people who are not currently citizens or legal residents of the United States. <ref>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/11/01/obama_campaign_to_return_aunts.html</ref>

== Books ==

* ''Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.'' (B. Obama and, allegedly, William Ayers <ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/who_wrote_dreams_from_my_fathe_1.html</ref>) ISBN 0307383415
* ''The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.'' (B. Obama) ISBN 0307455874
* ''Barack Obama in His Own Words.'' (B. Obama and Lisa Rogak) ISBN 0786720573
* ''Change We Can Believe In. Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise.'' (B. Obama)
* ''The Case Against Barack Obama. The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate. '' (David Freddso) ISBN 1596985666
* ''The Obama Nation. Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality.'' (Jerome R. Corsi) ISBN 1416598065
* ''Obama Unmasked. Did Slick Hollywood Handlers Create the Perfect Candidate?'' (Floyd Brown and Lee Trexler) ISBN 0936783591
* ''Obama: The Man Behind The Mask.'' (Andy Martin) ISBN 0965781240
* ''The Audacity of Deceit. Barack Obama's War on American Values.'' (Brad O'Leary) ISBN 1935071025

==Quotes==
* Early in his campaign for president in 2007, Obama declared in an interview with the [[Chicago Tribune]], "I'm a [[Christian]]. And so, although I try not to have my religious beliefs dominate or determine my political views on this issue ... my religious beliefs say that [[marriage]] is something sanctified between a man and a woman."<ref>http://thehill.com/cheri-jacobus/obama-and-miss-california-2009-04-23.html</ref>

==See also==
*[[Previous Breaking News/Barack Obama|Articles about '''Barack Obama''' from previous "Breaking News"]]
*[[Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)]]
*[[Birthplace of Barack Obama]]
*[[Essay:Born Outside the U.S.A.!]]
*[[Essay: The Special Interests Candidate]]
*[[Lobbyists ties to the Obama administration]]
*[[New Party]]
*[[Obama birth certificate controversy]]
*[[Obama birth certificate lawsuits]]
*[[Obama doublespeak]]
*[[Obama inauguration]]
*[[Religion of Barack Hussein Obama]]
*[[The Honorable James David Manning]]

==Further reading==
*[[Peter Hitchens|Hitchens, Peter]] [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=511901&in_page_id=1811 ''The Black Kennedy: But does anyone know the real Barack Obama?''] [[Daily Mail]]. Accessed 4 February 2008.
*James Simpson, [http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html ''Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis''], American Thinker, September 28, 2008.

==Sources==

*[http://www.barackobama.com/ Offical Obama for President Website]
*[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/pfd2005/N00009638_2005.pdf Barack Obama Personal Financial Disclosures Summary: 2005], retrieved from opensecrets.org 17 June 2007.
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000167 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]
*[http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/obama/cv.html University of Chicago Law School] Faculty Listing
*[http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=12782369 Barack Obama Biography] from Biography.com
*[http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per New York Times Topics, Barack Obama]
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=zUdjhKbImwE Documentary on Barack Hussein Obama]
*[http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=9490 Voting Record of Barack Hussein Obama]

==References==
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==External Links==
*[http://www.antiobama.net/ Anti Obama.net]
*[http://www.dontvoteobama.net/ Dont Vote For Obama.net]
*[http://nobamanetwork.com/ Nobama Network]
*[http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/ Audacity Of Hypocrisy]
*[http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/ The Real Barack Obama]
*[http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/6130/ The New Cult of Personality]
*[http://www.survivingobamunism.com/index.html Surviving Obamunism T-shirts]
*[http://www.barackobamaantichrist.blogspot.com/ Barack Obama the Anti-Christ ?]
*[http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/06/23/che-obama-and-the-revolutionary-agenda/ Che, Obama, and the Revolutionary Agenda]
*[http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/fashion-shows/ Obama Laundry List of Lies]
*[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/09/americas-first-muslim-president/ GAFFNEY: America's first Muslim president?] Washington Times

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Helen Thomas

2009-08-04T19:26:26Z

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[[Image:Helen Thomas.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Helen Thomas]]
'''Helen Thomas''' (August 4, 1920) in Wincester, [[Kentucky]], is a [[liberal]] anti-[[Operation Iraqi Freedom|war]] <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/12/01/helen-thomas-smacked-down-press-secretary-perino Helen Thomas Smacked Down by Press Secretary Perino], Noel Sheppard, [[NewsBusters]], December 1, 2007</ref> <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/node/14057 Helen Thomas Leads Pack of Reporters in Pressing Iraq Pullout], Ken Shepherd, July 12, 2007</ref> biased journalist that is part of the [[White House Press Corps]]. She has a history of making [[Anti-semitism|anti-semitic]] remarks and has even compared the state of [[Israel]] to the [[Nazi]]s.<ref>http://www.democracynow.org/2009/1/13/an_unconscionable_legacy_veteran_white_house</ref>

On August 4, 2009, Helen celebrated a joint birthday with President [[Barack Obama]]. "Obama sat beside Thomas for a picture after she blew out one candle and said she told him her birthday wishes were 'world peace and a real health care reform bill.'" <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/04/obama-joins-reporter-helen-thomas-celebrate-birthdays-cupcakes/?test=latestnews Obama Joins Reporter Helen Thomas to Celebrate Birthdays, With Cupcakes], Associated Press, 'Foxnews.com', August 04, 2009</ref>

==References==
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==External Links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858915/ ''IMDb page on Helen Thomas'']
*''[http://newsbusters.org/people/newspaper-magazine-wire/helen-thomas NewsBusters section on Helen Thomas]''

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

2009-08-03T21:39:03Z

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[[Image:Birmingham temple.jpg|right|Birmingham temple]]
The '''Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,'''<ref>[http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ca07ae4af9c7e010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD Style Guide - The Name of the Church] LDS.org</ref> informally known as the '''Mormon Church''', is the largest denomination originating from the Latter Day Saint movement founded by [[Joseph Smith]]. Its members are colloquially referred to as "Mormons." As of December 31, 2008, the Church reported over 13.5 million members worldwide. <ref>[http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1032-10,00.html Statistical Report, 2008], LDS.org, April 2009</ref>

==Overview==
The church was organized in 1830 in the "Burned Over" district of upstate New York, by [[Joseph Smith]]. As the Church grew, new converts gathered in [[Ohio]] and [[Missouri]]. While the Latter-day Saints in [[Kirtland]], Ohio, experienced persecution, those gathered in Missouri were repeatedly driven from town to town by angry mobs. Having been forced from Missouri in 1839, Church members gathered in Illinois and built a thriving city called [[Nauvoo]] in a swampy bend of the Mississippi River. However, within seven years they were again forced from their homes. Led by [[Brigham Young]], these pioneers trekked 1,300 miles (2,092 kilometers) westward to the Salt Lake Valley, to escape persecution, and founded [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], where the Latter-Day Saint Church continues to be headquartered today. The church has now expanded to more than 13 million members.<ref>[http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=86e6635a56d8f010VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRD&vgnextchannel=3e0511154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD LDS Newsroom - Early Church History]</ref><ref>[http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=d10511154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD Worldwide Church Statistics] LDS.org</ref>

Church members follow a law of health known as the [[Word of Wisdom]] that promotes healthy eating as well as avoiding tobacco, alcohol, coffee, tea, and illegal drugs.<ref>[http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/89 The Word of Wisdom] Scriptures.lds.org</ref>
The U.S religious landscape survey published in February 2008 shows that [[Mormon]]s have the largest families closely followed by Muslims. <ref> [http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/25/america/25usreligion.php U.S religious landscape survey]</ref>

==Beliefs==
Latter-day Saints (Mormons) believe in the deity of [[Christ]]. They affirm the deity of Christ and their Church bears his name. From the organization of the LDS Church in 1830, the Church's doctrine focused on matters concerning theological issues related to Jesus Christ. Joseph Smith, Jr. wrote in 1842 to ''Chicago Democrat'' editor John Wentworth a statement of Church beliefs. The first of these 13 doctrinal declarations, later called the Articles of [[Faith]], stated the following:<blockquote>“We believe in [[God]] the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the [[Holy Ghost]]."<ref>[http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=4ebe76e6ffe0c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 The Marvelous Foundation of Our Faith] from the October 2002 General Conference</ref></blockquote>

"The Articles of Faith are thirteen statements written by the Prophet Joseph Smith describing some of the basic teachings and ordinances of the Church". <ref>[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/a_of_f/1]</ref> <ref>[http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Curriculum/home%20and%20family.htm/gospel%20principles.htm?fn=document-frameset.htm$f=templates$3.0 ''Gospel Principles'', The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Utah. 1997</ref> 

The LDS website states: <blockquote>"We believe in the Jesus of the [[New Testament]], and we believe what the New Testament teaches about Him. We do believe things about Jesus that other Christians do not believe, but that is because we know, through revelation, things about Jesus that others do not know."<ref>[http://www.mormon.org/question/faq/category/answer/0,9777,1601-1-56-16,00.html Is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a Christian church?] As answered on the LDS Church's website</ref></blockquote>

Members of the church believe that [[God the Father]] and Jesus Christ are separate and distinct glorified beings, that God, the Father of all spirits (even including Lucifer) and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith in a vision in the spring of 1820 in response to Joseph's prayer requesting to know which of the many local [[Christian]] denominations he should join himself with, and that They told him that he should join with none of them. The reason behind this direction was as follows, according to LDS beliefs: the organization or "church" put in place by Jesus Christ during His ministry both before and after His resurrection was meant to remain as long as there were faithful followers, although there was clear understanding that a "falling away" (see 2 Thessalonians 2:3) or apostasy would take place, destroying for a time this organization (though not destroying faith in Jesus Christ, which did persist). This church organization provided a structure whereby two key components were maintained: the Priesthood, and continuing and direct revelation from the ascended Jesus Christ to His chosen Apostles.

According to LDS beliefs, the Priesthood is the authority given by Jesus Christ to His [[Apostles]] and others, both to direct the Church, as well as to perform the associated and necessary ordinances, such as baptism by water immersion, and giving the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands. Without this authority, it would be impossible to perform them in an authorized manner (see [[Book of Acts|Acts]] 8:18-23). This authority, in actuality a covenant of service, only placed on men and not at all a legitimate source of self-aggrandizement, could only be passed from one authorized holder to another worthy man through the laying on of hands. Thus, while although initially the full quorum of 12 Apostles was maintained (see Acts 1:15-26), the Apostles were killed one by one and the Lord, in His mercy, ceased to give these murderers further opportunity of condemning themselves as more Apostles were not chosen. Thus, without the Priesthood and without the continuing revelation that the Lord provided to His Apostles to lead and guide the church, it fell way, as had been prophesied.

Therefore, LDS doctrine teaches of the necessity of a complete restoration rather than simply a reformation, and for this reason, Joseph Smith was called by God to be the first prophet, in the same sense as [[Moses]], [[Isaiah]], or [[Peter]], since the times of the New Testament. Mormons believe that since Joseph Smith, the leaders of the Church, from Brigham Young to [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] today, were and are prophets, with the complete Priesthood authority (restored through the laying on of hands by first [[John the Baptist]] and then by Apostles Peter, [[James]] and [[John]]). Mormons revere these men just as the Biblical prophets are revered and in particular, honor Joseph Smith for being the man through whom God and Jesus Christ chose to restore Their church to the earth.

===JesusChrist.lds.org===
[[Image:FaithinChrist.jpg|thumb|right|A screen shot of the new JesusChrist.lds.org Web site.]]
The Church has a multimedia website about the life and teachings of Jesus Christ at [http://jesuschrist.lds.org/?cid=wpats1 JesusChrist.lds.org].

Elder [[Russell Nelson|Russell M. Nelson]] speaks about the new website ''JesusChrist.lds.org''. [http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/media/mediaplayer.swf?media=http://broadcast.lds.org/newsroom/video/flv/2-29-08_Nelson.flv&type=FLV video]

===Scriptures===

The four standard works of the Church are:
*The King James Version of the [[Bible]] - both the Old and New Testaments
*[[The Book of Mormon|The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ]] - Translation of the spiritual record of two ancient civilizations in the western hemisphere, one from the time of the [[Tower of Babel]] to about 600 B.C., and the other from 600 B.C. to 421 A.D.
*[[Doctrine and Covenants]] - Modern-day revelation as received by the Prophet Joseph Smith and other modern-day prophets
*[[Pearl of Great Price]] - Selection of translations, revelations and narrations from the Prophet Joseph Smith

====Book of Mormon====

President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] said the following about the [[Book of Mormon]] in an October, 2002 [[General Conference]] address entitled "The Marvelous Foundation of Our Faith": <blockquote>"This remarkable book stands as a testimonial to the living reality of the Son of God. The Bible declares that 'in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established' (Matt. 18:16). The Bible, the testament of the Old World, is one witness. The Book of Mormon, the testament of the New World, is another witness.</blockquote><blockquote>I cannot understand why the Christian world does not accept this book. I would think they would be looking for anything and everything that would establish without question the reality and the divinity of the Savior of the world."<ref>[http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e74c4d4297602110VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRD Mormons Reflect Christianity in Lifestyle] as stated in the April, 2007 newsroom article at lds.org</ref></blockquote>

===Restoration of the Priesthood===
Members of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] believe that on May 15, 1829 A.D., the resurrected [[John the Baptist]] appeared to [[Joseph Smith|Joseph Smith, Jr.]] and [[Oliver Cowdery]] and conferred upon them the [[Aaronic priesthood]], which includes the authority to baptize.<ref>[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/13 Doctrine and Covenants 13]</ref> Later, the resurrected Peter, James, and John appeared to them and conferred the [[Melchizedek priesthood]].

==Special Witnesses of Christ==
These prophets and apostles have given their testimonies as special witnesses of Jesus Christ.

*President [[Gordon Hinckley|Gordon B. Hinckley (1910-2008)]] <ref>[http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/special-witnesses/video/president-gordon-b-hinckley-1910-2008-garden-tomb Special Witnesses of Christ], President Gordon B. Hinckley at the Garden Tomb, video at ''JesusChrist.lds.org''.</ref> <ref>[http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/special-witnesses/video/president-gordon-b-hinckley-1910-2008-sacred-grove Special Witnesses of Christ], President Gordon B. Hinckley at the Sacred Grove, video at ''JesusChrist.lds.org''.</ref>
*President [[Thomas Monson|Thomas S. Monson]] <ref>[http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/special-witnesses/video/president-thomas-s-monson Special Witnesses of Christ], President Thomas S. Monson, video at ''JesusChrist.lds.org''.</ref>
*President [[Henry Eyring|Henry B. Eyring]]
*President [[Dieter Uchtdorf|Dieter F. Uchtdorf]] <ref>[http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/special-witnesses/video/president-dieter-f-uchtdorf Special Witnesses of Christ], President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, video at ''JesusChrist.lds.org''.</ref>
*President [[Boyd Packer|Boyd K. Packer]] <ref>[http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/special-witnesses/video/president-boyd-k-packer Special Witnesses of Christ], President Boyd K. Packer, video at ''JesusChrist.lds.org''.</ref>
*Elder [[L. Tom Perry]]
*Elder [[Russell Nelson|Russell M. Nelson]] <ref>[http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/special-witnesses/video/elder-russell-m-nelson Special Witnesses of Christ], Elder Russell M. Nelson, video at ''JesusChrist.lds.org''.</ref>
*Elder [[Dallin Oaks|Dallin H. Oaks]]
*Elder [[M. Russell Ballard]]
*Elder [[Joseph Wirthlin|Joseph B. Wirthlin (1917-2008)]]
*Elder [[Richard Scott|Richard G. Scott]]
*Elder [[Robert Hales|Robert D. Hales]] <ref>[http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/special-witnesses/video/elder-robert-d-hales Special Witnesses of Christ], Elder Robert D. Hales, video at ''JesusChrist.lds.org''.</ref>
*Elder [[Jeffrey Holland|Jeffrey R. Holland]] <ref>[http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/special-witnesses/video/elder-jeffrey-r-holland Special Witnesses of Christ], Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, video at ''JesusChrist.lds.org''.</ref>
*Elder [[David Bednar|David A. Bednar]] <ref>[http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/special-witnesses/video/elder-elder-david-a-bednar Special Witnesses of Christ], Elder David A. Bednar, video at ''JesusChrist.lds.org''.</ref>
*Elder [[Quentin Cook|Quentin L. Cook]]
*Elder [[D. Todd Christofferson]]

==Wards==
[[Image:DCTemple.jpg|right|Washington DC Temple]]
Wards are geographically-defined congregations of the church. The Bishop is the spiritual leader of the ward and he serves with two counselors, all three chosen from among the body of the Ward. Bishops are usually called to serve for a period of five years and do so on a volunteer and unpaid basis, without formal ecclesiastical training, and while maintaining their secular professions.

The entire ward meets every week on Sunday to worship the Lord Jesus Christ and to receive counsel. The meetings are divided into three different hours:
*First hour - '''Sacrament meeting'''. Our main purpose in attending sacrament meeting is to renew our covenants through partaking of the sacrament and to worship our Heavenly Father through hymn singing and prayer. Sacrament meeting provides an opportunity for members to strengthen their faith, find inner peace and spiritual healing, receive inspiration, and be instructed in the gospel. A member of the bishopric begins the meeting welcoming all members and visitors. There is an opening hymn followed by an opening prayer (invocation). This is followed by conducting ward business where members are released and sustained from callings. Then the sacrament of bread and water is prepared, blessed by the priesthood, and passed to the congregation. The sacrament is a renewal of the covenants each member made at baptism to remember the Lord Jesus Christ and to keep his commandments. On the first Sunday of the month, the meeting conductor starts off the bearing of testimonies by offering his own personal testimony. A testimony is a personal witness that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true. As inspired by the Spirit, other members give their testimonies. On the other three Sundays, there are talks from members. The sacrament meeting concludes with a closing hymn and prayer.
*Second hour - '''Sunday School''', '''Primary''' and '''Nursery'''. Its purposes are to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ and strengthen individuals and families by encouraging them to study the scriptures, obey the commandments, receive the essential ordinances, and keep the associated covenants. All the adults and youth meet in Sunday School classes. Children younger than twelve and three or older attend Primary. Children who are at least 18 months old but who are not yet 3 years old on 1 January may attend nursery at the discretion of their parents.
:'''Adult Sunday School''' - The adults meet in several different classes. New members to the Church usually attend a Gospel Essentials class where they learn the basic teachings of the Church. Most of the other adults attend a Gospel Doctrine class where they are instructed in the Gospel of Jesus Christ from the scriptures. The main subjects rotate every four years: Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, and the last year is Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price and Church history. The bible used by Church members is the King James Version.
:'''Youth Sunday School''' - The youth meet in several different classes according to their ages. There are usually separate classes for twelve and thirteen year olds, fourteen and fifteen year olds and sixteen and seventeen year olds. When they turn eighteen, the member starts attending the adult classes.
:'''Primary''' - The purpose of Primary is to teach children the gospel of Jesus Christ and help them learn to live it.
:'''Nursery''' - The purpose of the nursery class is to provide a loving, safe, organized place where young children can increase their understanding of and love for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, have positive experiences in a Church setting, and grow in feelings of self-worth.
*Third hour - '''Priesthood''', '''Relief Society''', '''Young Men''', '''Young Women''', '''Primary''' and '''Nursery'''. The men meet in Priesthood, the adult women meet in Relief Society,the male youth meet in Young Men, the female youth meet in Young Women and the children continue to meet in Primary or Nursery.
:'''Priesthood''' - The purpose of the priesthood meetings are to increase priesthood holders’ knowledge of the gospel; strengthen their dedication to becoming better husbands, fathers, sons, and neighbors; and help them become active participants in fulfilling the mission of the Church.
:'''Relief Society ''' - The purpose of Relief Society is to provide relief for the poor and needy and to bring people to Christ.
:'''Young Men''' - The purpose of the Young men group is to prepare the young men of the Aaronic Priesthood to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood, to receive the ordinances of the temple, and to serve a full-time mission.
:'''Young Women''' - The purpose of the Young Women organization is to help each young woman, ages 12 to 18, "come unto Christ".

==General Conference==
The church holds a semi-annual General Conference (in April and October, five two-hour sessions over two days) during which members listen to spoken messages from the Prophet and President of the church, his two counselors, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and other Church leaders. These messages are received by members of the church as modern-day revelation, just as the words of Peter were received by the followers of Jesus Christ in his day. Many members travel to Salt Lake City for the two-day conference, but the proceedings are broadcast via satellite throughout the world (as well as streamed on the internet) so that the entire church can participate.

The semi-annual conference was held in the Salt Lake Tabernacle for 132 years, but in 2000, the church completed construction of the Conference Center and has held the conference there since April 2000. The Conference Center's primary feature is an auditorium that seats 21,000.

==History of the Church in Utah ==
After the move to what would eventually become Utah, members of the Church founded the Territory of Deseret. While this was soon scaled down to the Utah territory by the United states government, the name Deseret was retained in the form of a newspaper (the Deseret Times) and the symbol on the state's highways (the beehive). Brigham Young, the then president of the Church was appointed governor of the Territory. The territory thrived, with the Saints in all positions of power (a territory consisting almost entirely of Saints unsurprisingly elected a territorial legislature that was entirely Mormon).

When federal officials, placed as patronage positions, arrived in Utah and found they could not profit in the usual way (skimming money off the top of deals, insisting on bribes and kickbacks for contracts), they started a drumbeat of negativity towards the Church in Washington. This led to the United States government marching an army of 2,500 troops towards Utah in 1857. This exercise of a nation taking arms against its own people failed miserably, with the troops poorly supplied and forced to march through the Rocky Mountains in the winter. Armed conflict was averted by Thomas Kaine, who convinced the governor of the territory at the time, Alfred Cummings, to order the army to pass by Salt Lake City and camp miles away. This failed expedition helped the Saints maintain a greater part of their independence from the federal government for a while longer.

==Controversy==

====Position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with respect to Christianity====
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consider themselves Christians. They worship Jesus Christ as their Creator (see John 1:3), their Savior and Redeemer, and ultimately their eternal Judge. They believe that the events described in the New Testament in reality occurred, including Jesus Christ's virgin birth, his sinless life and miraculous ministry, and his suffering, death, and literal resurrection, through which forgiveness of sin, salvation (understood in LDS doctrine to indicate resurrection and immortality, a free gift to all; see 1 Corinthians 15:22), and ultimately exaltation (returning to and eternally dwelling in the presence of God and Jesus Christ and becoming "joint-heirs with Christ"; see Romans 8:17), are made possible.

The eleventh of the above-mentioned thirteen articles of faith contains the following statement:
<blockquote>“We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may." (see Articles of Faith 1:11)</blockquote>

====African Americans and the Priesthood====
African Americans were banned from the priesthood until, in June 1978, President Spencer W. Kimball is said to have received a revelation extending priesthood ordination to all worthy males of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Official Declaration 2).
<ref name="Black">Emmanuel Abu Kissi, [http://byustudies.byu.edu/Reviews/Pages/reviewdetail.aspx?reviewID=117 Book review of Black and Mormon] BYU Studies Review, October 2006.</ref><ref> [http://www.pbs.org/mormons/themes/prohibition.html The Prohibition Against Blacks in the Priesthood], Public Broadcasting Service.</ref> <ref>[http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bbd508f54922d010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=36f2ce9566a43110VgnVCM100000176f620a____ LDS.org - Topic Definition - Priesthood Ordination before 1978]</ref>

The Book of Mormon attests that God invites “all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; . . . and all are alike unto God” (2 Nephi 26:33). In our present day the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have stated that all human beings are created in the image of God and that each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of Deity. <ref>“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” 23 Sept. 1995, published in Ensign, Nov. 1995</ref>

<blockquote>In the twentieth century, various Church leaders continued to offer possible reasons why a race of people was prohibited from holding the priesthood. One explanation, carried over from the previous century, stated that blacks were descendants of Cain, the first murderer, and therefore were denied the priesthood because of lineage. Another theory held that blacks were less valiant in the premortal existence and therefore had certain spiritual restrictions placed upon them during mortality. Priesthood denial was perceived to be one of these spiritual restrictions. But by mid-century, President David O. McKay stated, "There is not now, and there never has been, a doctrine in this Church that the negroes are under a divine curse. . . .It is a practice, not a doctrine, and the practice will some day be changed".<ref name="Black" /></blockquote>

===Views on Same-Gender Attraction===
In October 2007, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, wrote an article in the Ensign magazine entitled "Helping Those Who Struggle with Same-Gender Attraction". <ref>[http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=e5cbba12dc825110VgnVCM100000176f620a____ Helping Those Who Struggle with Same-Gender Attraction]</ref> In 2007, the Church published a pamphlet "God Loveth His Children", for those suffering from same-gender attraction. <ref>http://www.lds.org/topics/pdf/GodLovethHisChildren_04824_000.pdf God Loveth His Children</ref>

On June 7, 2006, ABC’s Nightline ran a story on members and former members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who struggle with same-gender attraction. The Church published a response to the inaccuracies in the Nightline story. <ref>[http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=d4ec39628b88f010VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRD&vgnextchannel=f5f411154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD Church Responds to Nightline Story on Mormons and Homosexuality]</ref>

The Church has a section on same-gender attraction on the Newsroom website. <ref>[http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=27f71f1dd189f010VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRD&vgnextchannel=726511154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD&vgnextfmt=tab1 Same-Gender Attraction]</ref>

===Polygamy===

Critics try to associate the Church with polygamy, but in fact the Church has denounced polygamy for most of its existence, and at least since 1905. Other belief systems, such as the [[ACLU]]'s, are more supportive of polygamy than this Church is.

A 1998 statement by current LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley states:
:This Church has nothing whatever to do with those practicing polygamy. They are not members of this Church. . . . If any of our members are found to be practicing plural marriage, they are excommunicated, the most serious penalty the Church can impose. Not only are those so involved in direct violation of the civil law, they are in violation of the law of this Church.<ref>[http://www.mormon.org/question/faq/category/answer/0,9777,1601-1-114-1,00.html What is the Church’s position on polygamy?] LDS website</ref>

==References==
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==See Also==
*[[List of LDS temples]]
*[[Christianity]]
*[[Christianity in Conservapedia]]

==External Links==

====Links to websites favorable to the Mormon Church====

*[http://www.lds.org Official Church Website]
*[http://www.mormon.org Official Church Website for Investigators]
*[http://scriptures.lds.org Official Online Version of the LDS Scriptures]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Official Church Genealogy Website, "the largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world."]
*[http://www.ldschurchtemples.com "News, schedules, photographs, and interesting facts of the temples of the LDS Church"]
*[http://www.fairlds.org Mormon Apologetics]
*[http://www.maxwellinstitute.com BYU Theologians]
*[http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/ About Mormons]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints Wikipedia article] on the LDS Church
*[http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article3282.html Are Mormons Conservative?]
*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317272,00.html 21 Questions Answered About Mormon Faith]
*[http://www.newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/what-you-will-find-when-you-step-inside-a-mormon-chapel What You Will Find When You Step Inside a Mormon Chapel], LDS Newsroom, 19 August 2008

====Links to Groups Not in Favor of the Mormon Church====
*[http://jesusnotjoseph.com JesusNotJoseph]
*[http://www.mrm.org Mormonism Research Ministry]
*[http://www.evangelicalbible.com/jw.htm#LDS The Mormon Church & the Nature of God]

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===July 31===
'''Another new paper was just published in ''Journal of Climate''.''' Added proof [[Al Gore|Al Gore & Company]] are simply lying hucksters, out for a buck. Written by eminent climatologists, called [http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175/2009JCLI2816.1&ct=1 ''Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Air Temperature Variability: 1840–2007''] which discusses data from [[Greenland]] since 1840. '''No unprecedented recent warming is found.''' For example, they find that the 1919-1932 warming was 1.33 times greater than the 1994-2007 "warming". [http://www.climatedepot.com/a/2163/New-Study-Greenland-not-exceptionally-warm-now] The new report mirrors one from the [[United States Senate]] back in 2007. [http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=175b568a-802a-23ad-4c69-9bdd978fb3cd]
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'''President Obama's policies will likely lead to stagpression if he is allowed to continue his present course.'''[http://capital-flow-analysis.com/capital-flow-watch/carter-introduced-stagflation-will-obama-give-us-stagpression.html] The Ludwig von Mises Institute has excellent videos entitled [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQILK-m7AVM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Feconomicdisaster.eu%2F2009%2F04%2Fsimilarities-between-the-depressions-1929-and-2009&feature=player_embedded 80 Years Later: Parallels Between 1929 and 2009] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UQUMYO9zt4&feature=channel_page A Recipe for the Next Great Depression.]
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'''Even the liberal cable news network [[CNN]] does a video on President Obama being overexposed.'''[http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/07/23/costello.obama.tv.cnn] Americans are starting to tune Obama out. Only 28.8 million Americans watched his last prime time television appearance.[http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/07/23/costello.obama.tv.cnn] It appears as if familiarity may be breeding some contempt as Obama's approval ratings dropped below 50% recently in a Rassmussen Reports poll![http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll]
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'''The conservative YouTube channel ''[http://www.youtube.com/user/ConservativeNewMedia ConservativeNewMedia]'' does a two part video analyzing President Obama's approval rating dropping below 50% in a recent Rassmussen Reports poll.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSYIHfBBYlw][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6MnOCK5nJI&feature=response_watch]
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[[File:Dem Health Care Chart.JPG|right|250px|thumb|The confusing chart the Democrats have a cow over; could it be that it accurately reflects their own confusing health care plan?]]
'''Talk about censorship:''' it isn't just the complete health care plan that Democrats don't want anyone to completely read before they pass it; it's the confusing [[Rube Goldberg]] like chart based on it as well, and they are preventing Republican House Members from sending their constituents a mailing about it:[http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_12/news/37125-1.html?type=printer_friendly]
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It appears as though health care reform may be Obama's [[Waterloo]]![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABRyZdQXGw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakingnews.com%2Fvideo%2Fdick-morris-obamas-waterloo&feature=player_embedded] Message to [[Tax Day Tea Party|Tea Party activists]] and like minded citizens: Help push Obama's approval rating even lower among Americans by sharing the powerful video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yREOUxo6Qdc Stop Spending Our Future] among your family and friends.
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'''Conservatives still outnumber liberals 2-1''' [http://image.examiner.com/x-6186-Boise-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Conservatives-outnumber-liberals-21]
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'''When [[Big Government]] controls education, we know it produces failure. Add a [[Labor union|Union]] to the mix and what happens? An epic fail!''' [[Baltimore|Baltimore's]] most successful [[Public schools|public]] [[Middle School]] is laying off [[Teachers]] and shortening its school day to meet the demands of a union. The ''Baltimore Teachers Union'' told a [[Charter school]] earlier this year that it must pay its teachers 33% more because they were working longer hours. Even though it was paying 18% more already and couldn't afford more. ''Teachers at a charter school working longer hours? Can't have that, says the union!'' '''Teachers’ Union wins. Children lose.''' [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-md.kipp21jul21,0,5806375.story?track=rss]

===July 30===
'''Even the leftist publication ''[[The Nation]]'' reports that Obama is being misleading and failing to live up to his campaign promise of being transparent when it comes to health care reform!''' [http://www.thenation.com/blogs/jstreet/455160/fact_checking_obama_on_transparency] Obama told a crowd at an August 11, 2008 town hall, "What we'll do is, we'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies."[http://www.thenation.com/blogs/jstreet/455160/fact_checking_obama_on_transparency] Message to Obama: When are the secret meetings with health care lobbyists going to end and the promised transparency and C-SPAN coverage going to begin?[http://www.thenation.com/blogs/jstreet/455160/fact_checking_obama_on_transparency] It appears as though ObamaCare may be as transparent as HillaryCare!
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'''''[[CBSNews]]'' reports minimum wage hike raises [[recession]] fears, may prolong economic downturn and increase [[unemployment]].''' [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/24/business/main5185628.shtml]
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'''[[Professor Values]] in the national news again.''' Henry Louis Gates Jr. a [[Harvard]] professor, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Gates was throwing insults at a police officer regarding his mother, claiming [[racism]], and shouting and acting irrationally. [[Barack Hussein Obama]], on the wrong side of a trivial issue, elevates the controversy by defending his crony against law enforcement: "The Cambridge police acted stupidly."[http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/henry_louis_gates/2009/07/23/239550.html]
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'''Global investor Jim Rogers blast Obama and his administration for gross incompetence and immorality.'''[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_10/b4122017811535.htm] Jim Rogers believes recent U.S. government economic numbers are fraudulent and the worse is yet to come concerning the health of the US economy.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPrt_2pFgVA&feature=channel_page]
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'''The YouTube channel [http://www.youtube.com/user/conservapediavideos Conservapedivideos] has been revamped.''' Conservapedia is considering significantly expanding its YouTube channel subscriber base to help slow down Barack "big spender in chief" Obama.
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'''Over 35,000 are listening to tonight's webcast (9pm ET) for [http://www.stoptheabortionmandate.com/ "stoptheabortionmandate.com"].'''
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'''[[Barack Hussein Obama|President Obama's]] approval rating among [[Americans]] continues its downward trend (almost dropping while you watch) according to the [[Gallup poll|Gallup Organization]] and is now merely <s>55%</s> 54%.'''[http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx] [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/23/fox-news-poll-obama-approval-rating-drops-new-low/] Almost 6 in 10 Americans view President Obama’s proposals to address the major problems facing America as involving too much government spending.[http://www.gallup.com/poll/121829/Americans-Concerned-Govt-Spending-Expansion.aspx] Help push Obama's approval rating among Americans below 50% and make him politically impotent by sharing the powerful video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yREOUxo6Qdc Stop Spending Our Future] among your family and friends. Conservapedia is currently communicating with a leader within the [[Tax Day Tea Party|Tea Party movement]] to help spread the video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yREOUxo6Qdc Stop Spending Our Future] across America as well as other similar video content.

===July 29===
<big>'''Show Us The J-o-b-s </big>, [[President Obama]]! Jobs here, jobs now, jobs first! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d33ZrJnissI&feature=player_embedded Video.]''' [http://www.americansolutions.com/]
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'''Cleveland Plain Dealer's Kevin O'Brien: "Obama brings his health care hustle to [[Cleveland]]."''' Compares [[Obama|Obama's]] pitch for his healthcare initiative to an old fashioned snake oil salesman - - "Now, some of you are bound to notice that the bottle that contains 'Dr. Obama's' enchanted brew lists no ingredients. '''That's because no one -- not even Dr. Obama -- really knows what's in it.''' His helpers in the [[House of Representatives|House]] and the [[United States Senate|Senate]] are constantly adding their own pinch of this and dash of that to the recipe. ''But you can trust that it's good."'' [http://www.cleveland.com/obrien/index.ssf/2009/07/obama_brings_his_health_care_h.html]
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'''More than six months as President, [[Barack Obama]] continues to speak about the [[United States]] as though it were someone else's country, this time in connection with the Gates' arrest controversy:''' ''"... And No. 3 -- what I think we know separate and apart from this incident -- is that there is a long history '''in this country''' of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately, and that's just a fact."''[http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/23/officer.gates.arrest/index.html] Why doesn't Obama say, "in '''''our''''' country?
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'''Dr. [[Bill Cosby]] shares his thoughts on the arrest of prominent black scholar and [[Harvard]] professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and [[Barack Hussein Obama|President Barack Obama's]] "stupidity" comment about police. [http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/072309_Bill_Cosby_reacts_to_Gates_incident VIDEO.]'''
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'''[[Barack Hussein Obama|President Obama's]] rhetoric last night summoned the memory of "[[1984]],"''' [[George Orwell|George Orwell's]] novel of a nightmarish future -- where the slogan of the rulers is ''"War is peace; freedom is slavery; ignorance is strength."'' The President assures us that he will "cut" health-care spending...'''by adding $1 trillion + to health-care spending!''' He says that "health-care decisions will not be made by government". . .while he sets up a new Federal Health Board to tell doctors what treatments they can offer and to whom and under what circumstances. [http://www.vote.com/mmp_printerfriendly.php?id=1559]

===July 28===
'''[[New York Times]] surprises [[Wall Street]] with a 84% profit jump.''' Basically, a one-time charge from renegotiating [[union]] agreements. NYT's core income, advertising revenue, continued a steep decline falling an unsustainable 30%. [http://viigo.im/0k0j]
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'''A new [[Gallup poll]] just released shows more Americans disapprove than approve of the way Obama is handling health care reform.'''[http://www.gallup.com/poll/121814/More-Disapprove-Than-Approve-Obama-Healthcare.aspx] Also, independents are more likely to disapprove than approve of the way Obama is handling health care reform.[http://www.gallup.com/poll/121814/More-Disapprove-Than-Approve-Obama-Healthcare.aspx] Health care is likely going to be Obama's [[Waterloo]]![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABRyZdQXGw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakingnews.com%2Fvideo%2Fdick-morris-obamas-waterloo&feature=player_embedded][http://thehill.com/dick-morris/healthcare-obamas-waterloo-2009-06-16.html] The Congressional Budget Office recently warned that Obama's health care "reform" will actually increase federal health care cost than decrease federal health care cost.[http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/health-care/1449] Call the [[Blue Dog Democrats]] today and tell them they should not go down with the Obama health care "reform" ship!
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'''[[Democrat]] Failure: Inside The Government-run Healthcare Bill.''' Much like the mind-boggling [[TARP]], stimulus, Omnibus bills, so-called health care reform will be the end of individual [[liberty]] as we know it. Example: ''Page 59, lines 21-24 Government will have direct access to your banks accounts.'' [http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2009/07/whats-in-healthacre-bill.html]
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'''[[Democrat]] Attack Machine Gears Up.''' "Independent investigator" alleges [[Sarah Palin]]'s defense against slanders and smears constitute "personal gain." [http://online.wsj.com/article/best_of_the_web_today.html#printMode]
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'''Specter's 20-Point Lead Evaporates.''' Despite changing parties to boost his re-election prospects, [[liberal]] Senator [[Arlen Specter]], D-Pa., is in a statistical tie (45% to 44%) with his likely [[Republican]] opponent, former Rep. Patrick Toomey, who ran unsuccessfully against Specter in 2004, according to a [[Quinnipiac University]] survey conducted July 14-19. The poll also found that 49% of [[Pennsylvania]] voters think Specter does not deserve re-election to a sixth term in the [[United States Senate|Senate]]. [http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/polltracker/2009/07/specter.html]
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<center>'''''Newsflash : [[Mainstream media]] outlet [[Associated Press]] prints article critical of Obama.'''''</center>In a ghastly piece, AP staff writer dares to compare Obama's closed door, smoke filled room negotiations with insurance & pharmaceutical lobbies to [[George W. Bush]] meeting with oil and gas interests or [[Dick Cheney]] on energy policy. The author says, "Obama promised...no more business as usual...to open government and hold him accountable...Instead the administrations multibillion-dollar deals....have been made in private...the public is in the dark." [http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99J4SS80&show_article=1]

===July 27===
'''More Bang for the Buck. Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs''' & Morgan Stanley donated a combined $3 million to [[Obama]] [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cid=N00009638&cycle=2008], received $100 billion in bailout money, and have now spent more than $7 million of it this year [[lobbying]] Congress. [http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/21/ap6680310.html]
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'''If it weren't real life, it would be great TV Department:''' Yet another would be [[Obama]] "Czar" has been unmasked as a radical [[leftist]] wacko. Cass Sunstein's views on litigating on behalf of animals has raised concerns for Senator [[John Cornyn]], who placed a hold on the nominee until he gets a chance to hear his views one-on-one. Cornyn finds numerous aspects of Mr. Sunstein's record troubling, specifically the fact that he wants to establish legal 'rights' for livestock, wildlife and pets, which would enable animals to file lawsuits in [[American]] courts. The [[Obama Administration]] looks more and more like a situation comedy for [[television]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/21/obama-regulatory-czars-confirmation-held-hunting-rights-proponent/]
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'''[[Alaska]] has become the 36 state to reassert its [[sovereignty]] under the [[Tenth Amendment]] to the [[Constitution]]. This power granted to the states rightly restrains an all controlling imperial federal [[government]].''' [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104524] [http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/07/16/florida-senate-to-consider-state-sovereignty/]
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'''"STOP THE [[abortion|ABORTION]] MANDATE" holds a massive nationwide webcast this Thursday, 9pm ET.''' Registration is free at: [http://www.stoptheabortionmandate.com/]. The host is [[David Bereit]], whose "[[40 Days for Life]]" has used fasting and prayer to save 1,561 lives and mobilize 215,000 people in 240 cities.
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'''[[John Holdren]], [[President Obama|President Obama's]] Director of Office of Science and Technology Policy, advocated compulsory [[abortions]], ([[Eugenics]])''' and other draconian measures such as the creation of a "Planetary Regime" that would oversee human population levels and control all natural resources, in a 1977 science textbook. Holdren won the unanimous approval of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] as the President's chief science adviser. It appears that the senators who scrutinized him had no knowledge of the contents of a textbook he co-authored in 1977, ''"Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment"'', which was co-written with discredited environmental [[activists]] [[Paul Ehrlich|Paul and Anne Ehrlich]], discusses and in one passage seems to advocate [[totalitarian]] measures to curb population growth, which it says could cause an environmental catastrophe. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/21/obamas-science-czar-considered-forced-abortions-sterilization-population-growth/]
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"'''Big Dem cash dump on eve of climate vote''': Three [[House]] Democratic leaders who were whipping members on the climate change bill gave tens of thousands in campaign cash to party moderates around the time of the 219-212 vote on June 26, according to Federal Election Commission records."[http://dyn.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/index.cfm/category/House_Democrats]
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'''Watchdog: [[TARP]] tab could hit $24 trillion!''' The inspector general in charge of overseeing the [[Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department's]] bank-bailout program says the massive endeavor could end up costing [[taxpayer]]s almost $24 trillion in a worst-case scenario. 50 other programs that began as early as 2007 could push the government's total financial support of the financial sector to ''at least'' $23.7 trillion, says TARP Special Inspector General Neil Barofsky. '''The [[Obama]] Treasury for months has refused his recommendation that TARP recipients be required to reveal exactly what they do with the money, calling it "meaningless".'''
[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/21/watchdog-says-tarp-tab-could-hit-24-trillion/?feat=home_headlines]
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'''The co-founder of [[Black Entertainment Television]], Sheila Crump Johnson, endorsed [[Virginia]] [[Republican]] gubernatorial nominee [[Bob McDonnell]] on Monday.''' “He has shown me that he has the right vision and the executive leadership skills that will guide Virginia through these challenging times.” [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25180.html]
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'''Children see the world as designed even in the non-[[theism|theistic]] culture of [[Japan]].'''[http://creation.com/children-see-the-world-as-designed]
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'''Conservapedia fans are making inroads into [[YouTube]]!''' The social media tracking website Surchur reveals that 19 out 20 of the latest videos to cite or mention Conservapedia do so in a positive manner![http://surchur.com/video/conservapedia] Conservapedia is considering expanding its [[YouTube]] subscriber base at [http://www.youtube.com/user/conservapediavideos Conservapediavideos].
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'''Forty Years Ago, July 20, 1969, The [[United States]] [[Apollo 11]] Spacecraft Landed On The [[Moon]].''' [[America|American]] hero [[Neil Armstrong]] became the first human to set foot on the Moon, speaking the now immortal words: ''"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."'' He placed the '''[[Flag of the United States of America]]''' on the surface, and a commemorative plaque which read: ''"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind."'' '''No other country, even forty years later, can come close to matching what [[United States of America|America]] has accomplished in furthering innovation and promoting freedom for the entire world. We remain the singular beacon of hope for the world's [[salvation]]!'''
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'''[[U.K.]] Airlines To Turn Away Suspected ‘Swine Flu’ Passengers.''' Holidaymakers suspected of having swine flu will be prevented from checking in and required to provide doctors’ notes saying that they are fit to fly, airlines said yesterday. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have provided check-in staff and cabin crew with guidance on the [[virus]] as it continues to spread. The news comes just before one of the busiest weeks of the year for airports, with thousands of families preparing to go on holiday. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6719858.ece]
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*'''[[ABC]] / [[Washington Post|WaPO]] Poll Shows Obama Slipping Fast on Key Issues; Approval Rating on Health Care Falls Below 50%.''' Obama's approval ratings on other front-burner issues, such as the [[economy]] and the federal [[budget deficit]], have also slipped over the summer, as rising voter concern about spending and continuing worries about the economy are causing a shift in support. Barely more than half approve of the way he is handling unemployment, which now tops 10% in 15 states and the District. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071902176.html]- [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_072009.html]
*'''[[CBO]] says Obamacare DOA.''' [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204271104574294573384965510.html?mod=googlenews_wsj]
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'''"Fetuses found to have memories."'''[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/16/fetuses-found-to-have-memories/?feat=article_top10_read]
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'''Compelling Video: Angry [[voters]] confront [[Congressman]] who voted for "Cap and Trade" Bill.''' Wacko environmentalists, supporters of [[Al Gore]], take a look into what your future with the [[American]] people holds! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyne-KXD6fU&feature=player_embedded]
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'''Jana Dickson has been granted a child custody victory by the [[Utah]] [[court]] system.''' Her [[same-sex couple]]'s relationship dissolved and Dickson decided she would raise her two-year-old son properly. She has since [[married]] and is a [[Christian]] convert. After a lengthy court battle- a righteous ending, for the child is in the best of circumstances. '''No relationship can compete with the [[love]] a [[mother]] and a [[father]] can provide.''' [http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=604794]
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'''On July 19, 1869, naturalist [[John Muir]]''' set pen to paper to capture his experience of awakening in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of [[California]]. Published in 1911, My First Summer in the Sierra is based on Muir's original journals and sketches of his 1869 stay in the vicinity of the [[Yosemite National Park|Yosemite Valley]]. [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html]
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'''ANALYSIS: States Hit Hardest by Recession Get Least Stimulus $$ From [[Obama]] and [[Congress]]:''' Examination has found a perverse pattern: the states hardest hit by the recession received the least money. States with higher bankruptcy, foreclosure and unemployment rates got less money. And higher income states received more. Example - a mere $504 per capita in [[Florida]], to the highest, at $3,712 per capita in [[D.C.]]. '''''More proof that with [[liberals]], and [[Liberal Myths]], there is nothing we can believe in!''''' [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533841,00.html]
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'''Mr. "Most Trusted Man in America" [[Walter Cronkite]] wanted America to lose much of its sovereignty.''' "It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict we must strengthen the [[United Nations]] as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace," he said. "To do that, of course, we Americans will have to yield up some of our sovereignty. That would be a bitter pill. It would take a lot of courage, a lot of faith in the new order." [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104399]
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'''Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the death of [[Mary Jo Kopechne]] in [[Chappaquiddick]], [[Massachusetts]], killed July 18, 1969 after leaving a party with [[Edward Kennedy|Senator Edward Kennedy]].''' That night, Kennedy drove his car off a bridge, and left the scene with Kopechne still trapped in the submerged vehicle; ''he did not bother to call the police until the following morning, after extensive consultations with his family Attorneys and political advisors....''[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2009/07/18/40-years-chappaquiddick-ted-kennedy-would-have-brought-comfort-mary-jo-k]
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'''"The director of the Congressional Budget Office, Douglas W. Elmendorf, shook up the political landscape by suggesting that none of the major health care bills would significantly slow the growth of health spending'''."[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/us/politics/17cbo.html]
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The [[NRA]] is "scoring" the confirmation vote: "The pro-gun group, which came out against the nominee after she refused to assert the universal right to defend oneself with a firearm during her confirmation, will be grading [Senators] on the vote" to confirm [[Sonia Sotomayor]].[http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/] That means a "yes" vote could cost a senator backing by the [[NRA]].
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'''The President Moves the Economic Goalposts:''' So what's a president to do when the promises he made about his economic stimulus program fail to materialize? If you're [[Barack Obama]], you redefine your goals and act as if [[America]] won't remember what you said originally. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124770231103148561.html]
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'''[[Walter Cronkite]], the most trusted [[liberal]] in America, R.I.P.''' [http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/walter-cronkite-iconic-anchorman-dies/]
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'''[[NASA]]'s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter manages to get high resolution images of four of the [[moon]] landing sites''': Apollo 11, 15, 16, & 17.
[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html]

===July 23===
'''New health bill bans private new insurance:''' "Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day" of the years it becomes effective, observes Wednesday's edition of the ''Investor's Business Daily''.
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'''The liberal Senator [[Barbara Boxer]] plays the racial condescension game with the president and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, who clearly isn't going to tolerate it:''' Look for Harry C. Alford's interview, Monday, with [[Bill O'Reilly]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/16/black-executive-charges-sen-boxer-racial-condescension/][http://www.breitbart.tv/god-awful-black-chamber-of-commerce-ceo-rips-sen-boxer-for-condescending-racial-remarks/]
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'''Even For The [[Liberal]] [[MSM]] Sometimes Too Much Is Just Too Much:''' [[CNN]] correspondent Susan Roesgen's contract will not be renewed and she will be leaving the network. Roesgen was criticized for her coverage at the [[Tax Day Tea Party|Tax Day Tea Parties]] in April, when she said the event she was covering in [[Chicago]] was, "anti-CNN since this is highly promoted by the [[right-wing]], [[conservative]] network [[Fox News]]." Perhaps she will land on her feet with a government job, so she can continue shilling for [[Barack]]... [http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/susan_roesgen_out_at_cnn_121788.asp] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMrifscIpK0 '''Video.''']
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'''[[Congressional Budget Office|Congressional Budget Director]] Warns Health Care Bills Will Raise Health-care Costs.''' One day after a Senate panel approved its version of the health care reform plan, the first committee to do so, CBO Director Doug Elmendorf gave a dose of bad medicine to a separate committee. Asked by [[United States Senate|Senate Finance Committee]] Chairman [[Kent Conrad]], D-N.D., whether costs would be lowered -- also known as "bending the curve" -- '''Elmendorf responded: "The curve is being raised."''' [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/16/house-dems-votes-health/]
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'''[[Obama]] & [[liberals]] Just Love [[1984]] Department: Health Care Bill Will Fund State Vaccine Teams to Conduct ‘Interventions’ in Private Homes.''' Yes, the [[United States Senate|Senate]] Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee has approved a "health-care reform bill" that allows just that. The bill's [http://help.senate.gov/Maj_press/2009_07_15_b.pdf official summary] gives the details: "States may use funds to implement interventions...such as home visits". Home visits? '''What exactly is the state going to do when it sends people to “implement interventions” in private homes designed “to improve immunization coverage of children”?''' [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51115]
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'''[[Federal Reserve Board]] states [[unemployment]] will top 10% this year''', [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hTlA7m2TuKuKz6FcqFx3b34S1lAQD99F2BSO1 (''Associated Press'')] although Obama promised stimulus would keep joblessness below 8% [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106397685 (''NPR'')] and warned failure to pass Obamanomics would "turn a crisis into a catastrophe." [http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/04/stimulus/index.html (''CNN'')]. Employment outlook to remain bleak even after when, if ever, the recovery begins. [http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-07-13-recession-economic-stimulus_N.htm (''USAToday'')]
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[[Dick Morris]]'s '''''Catastrophe: How [[Obama]], Congress, and the Special Interests Are Transforming a Slump Into a Crash, Freedom Into [[Socialism]], and a Disaster Into a Catastrophe''''' hits No.1 on [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/books/bestseller/besthardnonfiction.html?_r=1&ref=bestseller ''New York Times Bestseller List'']
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'''Back in May, [[NBC]] sycophantically touted [[Barack Hussein Obama|President Obama’s]] credentials as a constitutional law professor''' as evidence of his deep experience when it came to the judiciary. But after his nominee to the [[SCOTUS|Supreme Court]] told senators on Tuesday that she "wouldn’t approach the issue of judging in the way the President does," none of the networks juxtaposed that slap with the President’s supposed brilliance as a constitutional scholar. [http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090715023300.aspx]
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'''The average [[public school]] student spends more than "104 hours and 24 minutes per month watching television." [http://www.news24.com/Content/SciTech/News/1132/8752eea4494046f9a476ffaadf81a4d5/26-06-2009%2004-06/US_teens_TV_beats_computers] The liberal public school system fails to instill in students a desire for serious education. Homeschooling does instill these values: instead of boosting advertising revenue for [[The Daily Show]], [[homeschoolers]] are learning!'''
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'''The health care plan demanded by [[President Obama]] and supported by the amoral, [[leftist]] [[Democrats]] in both the House and the Senate will require that [[Abortion|abortion on demand]] ''be included as a health benefit in both public and private insurance plans'', leading to millions more baby murders yearly. It seems the decision to kill more babies wasn't above his "pay grade" after all....''' [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51029]
 
'''And more:''' the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] will vote on a bill that will force you to pay for abortions in the [[District of Columbia]]. Call the House switchboard at 202-225-3121. Tell them <big>'''NO</big> on H.R. 3170.'''
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'''Out Of Touch With Reality: [[House Majority Leader]] [[Steny Hoyer]] (D-Md.)''' said that job growth and economic recovery will not be harmed by a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] scheme to increase [[Income tax|income taxes]] by $540 billion to pay for their health-care proposal because the tax hikes would not affect small businesses. Hoyer said he could not think of any small business owners who make enough money to qualify ($280K) for the higher taxes. This even though government statistics show the '''''average''''' income of small businesses back in 2006 was $233,600. [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51043]
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'''[[GOP]] still leading in Generic Congressional Ballot.'''[http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/generic_congressional_ballot]
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'''More intolerance by [[atheists]]''': "Lawsuit seeks to block 'In God We Trust' engraving." Congressman Steve King observed, "'''This lawsuit is another attempt by [[liberal]] activists to rewrite history and deny that America's [[Judeo-Christian]] heritage is an essential foundation stone of our great nation'''."[http://www.abc3340.com/news/stories/0709/640319.html]
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'''We Told You So Department: Alert [[Al Gore]]! A new peer-reviewed study may shake the foundation upon which man-made global warming fears are based. The new study discovered "something fundamentally wrong with the way temperature and carbon are linked in climate models."''' The study, which was published on July 14, 2009 in the peer-reviewed journal ''Nature Geoscience'', found CO2 was not to blame for a major ancient [[global warming]] period and instead found “unknown processes accounted for much of warming in the ancient hot spell.” The press release for the study was headlined: "Global warming: Our best guess is likely wrong."

'''"In a nutshell, theoretical models cannot explain what we observe in the geological record," said oceanographer Gerald Dickens, a co-author of the study and professor of Earth science at [[Rice University]]. "There appears to be something fundamentally wrong with the way temperature and carbon are linked in climate models."''' [http://www.climatedepot.com/a/1955/Study-shakes-foundation-of-climate-theory-Reveals-UN-models-fundamentally-wrong--Blames-Unknown-Processes--not-CO2-for-ancient-global-warming] , [http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/ngeo578.html] and [http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/ngeo578.pdf]
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'''Leader of several [[Democrat]]-leaning [[Catholic]] groups, Eric McFadden, has pled guilty to two counts of compelling [[prostitution]].''' He was the former Faith-Based Initiatives director for Democrat [[Ted Strickland]], [[Ohio]] governor. In 2004, he worked for ''Catholics for [[John Kerry|Kerry]]''. True Catholics obey [[Church]] teachings and don't promote the anti-[[Christian]] [[liberal]] platform. [http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=16549]
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'''[[Dick Morris]]: "In the polling hierarchy, the least significant data measure is a President's personal popularity.''' [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama's]] approval, in the latest Rasmussen Poll, has now dipped to 51%, ''one point less than his 2008 vote share of 52%''. So now, Obama's starting to lose people who backed him last November. It's amazing how quickly Obama has lost his lead. Most polls had his job-approval dropping 13 points in his first three months, and current trends suggest that Obama is in for rough sledding -- his job-approval ratings will quickly fall further." [http://www.nypost.com/seven/07142009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/bams_slipping_grip_on_the_public_179117.htm]
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'''Down The Rabbit Hole Award:''' Over the weekend, on his syndicated ''The Chris Matthews Show'', [[Chris Matthews]] asked his [[leftist]] media panel if [[Barack Obama]] was governing as "more clearly a [[radical]] like [[FDR]] was, or more like a true [[conservative]]?" '''The latter part of the question -- the absurd proposition of Obama being a conservative -- actually drew a couple of affirmatives from the clearly out-of-touch [[liberal]] panel !''' [http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090713060031.aspx]

===July 22===
'''As temperatures continue to drop, [[Al Gore]] continues to promote the [[global warming]] scam:'''
 "HEATHER EWART: There was also, though, a British judge who ruled that there were in fact, I think, nine errors when it was challenged in court?
 AL GORE: ''"Well, the ruling was in my favor. ...''"[http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2624723.htm]
 '''In fact, there were nine errors in Gore's movie as demonstrated in court, but Al Gore refuses to admit it. Also, the judge held, 'I conclude that the claimant substantially won this case by virtue of my finding that, but for the new guidance note, the film would have been distributed in breach of sections 406 and 407 of the 1996 Education Act.'"'''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7037671.stm]
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'''Watch the Maafa 21 movie trailer, then ask [[liberal]]s why they support [[racist]]s at [[Planned Parenthood]].''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLnNi_qb7nY]
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'''Many pro [[global warming]] supporters are backing away as new evidence pours in showing temperature data collected supporting the idea the earth was warming was bogus.''' ''The latest data shows average temperatures during the past five years have actually been dropping''."[http://www.paradisepost.com/opinion/ci_12829764]- [http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/07/14/10123766-sun.html]
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'''The [[Christianity|Christian]] [[YouTube]] producer, [http://www.youtube.com/user/shockofgod ''Shockofgod''], who is well known by the Christian YouTube community for his anti-[[atheism]] videos has come out with a video on [[Windmill Ministries]] excellent anti-[[evolution]] article.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zkiXFqBpck]
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'''Sunday "record cool temperatures prevailed. [http://blog.oregonlive.com/weather/2009/07/record_rains_and_record_cool_t.html]''' And what is the temperature on a historically hot July 13th night in [[New Jersey]]? Down to the low-50s. But don't expect [[Al Gore]] to return his $100 million and [[Nobel Prize]] that he obtained from the man-made [[global warming]] scam.
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'''[[Michelle Malkin]] TARP money tip, Wells Fargo Bank is suing itself. '''[http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/13/your-tarp-dollars-at-work/]
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'''[[Conservapedia]] wishes to thank [[YouTube]] video producer [http://www.youtube.com/user/FirstFreedomFighter ''FirstFreedomFighter''] for helping to spread awareness of [[evolution|Conservapedia's evolution article]] at YouTube.''' According to the social media tracking website Surchur, 9 out of 20 of the newest YouTube videos that cite, mention, or direct people to Conservapedia were made by the YouTube producer [http://www.youtube.com/user/FirstFreedomFighter ''FirstFreedomFighter'']! [http://surchur.com/video/conservapedia] Keep the excellent anti-evolution videos coming ''FirstFreedomFighter''! Faster, stronger, higher!
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*'''[[Political correctness]] at academia is being squeezed by [[economics|economic]] [[recession|recessionary]] forces.'''[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124719510885021485.html]
*'''[[Congress]] to kill another 300,000 jobs; [[economist]]s see most vulnerable hardest hit.''' [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124743988386729701.html]
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[[Professor values]] strike again: "A University of Louisville professor arrested over the weekend has decided not to teach classes for the summer term. Dr. Ede Warner Jr. is charged with first-degree arson, wanton endangerment and domestic violence assault." His decision not to teach was ''voluntary''.[http://www.wlky.com/news/19990456/detail.html]
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'''[[Conservapedia]] remembers [[Tony Snow]] on this, the anniversary of his death in 2008. We offer our prayers to his family for this great American [[patriot]]. Without his voice our political discourse has been diminished.''' Snow served as [[White House]] press secretary, was a political commentator and broadcaster.
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'''A supposed "green jobs" government program helped put a damper on the economy of [[Spain]].'''[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/25/tilting_at_green_windmills_97168.html] Don't look for Obama to save the day with his "green jobs" policy.
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'''[[Sarah Palin]]'s national agenda when she leaves office, campaign for 'limited government, strong defense and 'energy independence,' ''' "regardless of their party label or affiliation." [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/07/12/palin-plans-stay-politics-stump-republicans-democrats/]
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'''[[Obama]]'s latest [[Czar]], Mr. Van Jones "Green jobs" czar is a [[Communist]] [[extremist]].''' He has a “very checkered past” in which he claims to having been radicalized in [[prison]]. In addition to Communism, his past [[political]] affiliations have been with [[anarchist]]s and [[black nationalism]]. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/sam-theodosopoulos/2009/07/10/fox-news-notes-communist-past-green-jobs-czar]
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'''"Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] Says She Originally Thought ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' Was Designed to Limit 'Populations That We Don't Want to Have Too Many Of.'"'''[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=50819]
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'''The social media tracking website Surchur reveals that fifteen out of twenty of the newest [[YouTube]] videos mention Conservapedia in a positive light.''' [http://surchur.com/video/conservapedia] Conservapedia is considering expanding its YouTube presence in the near future. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel [http://www.youtube.com/user/conservapediavideos Conservapediavideos] today!
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'''Liberal [[gay]]s are scared to tell the [[truth]] about [[Muslim]] [[homophobia]].''' Not confined to just the [[U.K.]], it is a universal thought process among all [[liberal]]s, in all Western societies. [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peterwhittle/100002250/liberal-gays-are-scared-to-tell-the-truth-about-muslim-homophobia/]

'''In related events, [[Muslim]] extremists decapitate seven [[Christian]]s in [[Somalia]]''' [http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=16528]

===July 20===
'''[[Obama]] the [[conspiracy theorist]]:'''
:"''"Reckless actions by a few have fueled a [[recession]] that spans the globe."''[http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-we-save-world-from-disaster]
The President failed to explain why he authorized payment of $165 million in bonuses for reckless actions of [[AIG]] executives. [http://dailybail.com/home/aig-bonus-bailouts-cnn-video-president-obama-takes-responsib.html]
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'''[[Socialism|European Socialism]] Department: [[France|French tourists]] are seen as world's worst.''' In a survey conducted by a European company for Expedia, French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted (cheap) and arrogant, according to a survey of 4,500 hotel owners across the world. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090709/lf_nm_life/us_france_tourists]
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'''The U.S. government's most secure prison citing guidance from the [[FBI]]''' has determined that two books written by President [[Barack Hussein Obama]] contain material "potentially detrimental to [[national security]]" and rejected convicted [[terrorist]]'s request to read them (we couldn't make this stuff up).[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/07/10/audacity-nope-supermax-prison-calls-obama-books-objectionable/?test=latestnews]
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'''A new [[Quinnipiac University|Quinnipiac poll]] shows [[Obama|Obama's]] approval ratings from [[Ohio]] voters has dropped from 62% in May to 49% this month, making it the first state where President Obama's job approval has dipped below 50%.''' Some suggest that the [[Obama Administration|Obama Administration's]] actions don't match its words. "Seeing a lot of words come out, lot of promises and I'm trying to do this or trying to do that but I'm not actually seeing it happen," Kathy Hartman said. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/09/obamas-popularity-plummets-ohio-residents-express-impatience/?test=latestnews]
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'''The [[mainstream media]] is officially the state-run mouthpiece of the [[Obama Administration]].''' In the age of so-called transparency, roughly 30 television networks, newspapers, magazines, and web site reporters celebrated [[Independence Day]] at the [[White House]], sworn to secrecy. [http://gawker.com/5311055/white-house-press-corps-spent-the-fourth-of-july-hanging-out-with-obama-off-the-record]
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<big>'''Even More Voters Strongly Disapprove of [[Obama]] than Approve</big>
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Rasmussen's Strong Approval Index on Obama now down to '''-8'''. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll]
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[[File:1278788003 545def5d72.jpg|right|225px]]Vive la [[evolution|Conservapedia's evolution article]]! A [[France|French]] speaking fan of Conservapedia's evolution article is considering translating Conservapedia's evolution article to French! Soon [[creationism|creationist]] Francophiles may savor the sweet reasonableness of Conservapedia's thorough refutation of the [[evolution|evolutionary]] [[paradigm]]! Other translations may follow. Please stay tuned for further developments!
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'''Does Congress really care about Americans, let alone Americans' health care?''' House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday that the health-care reform bill now pending in Congress would garner very few votes if lawmakers actually had to read the entire bill before voting on it; in fact, Hoyer ''laughed'' at the thought of reading it:[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=50677]
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'''Swiss government blocks banking giant UBS from turning over client data''' on Americans with Swiss bank accounts. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/business/global/09ubs.html] A Federal judge ordered the bank to provide information on depositors and fined UBS $780 million for assisting in tax avoidance schemes. UBS was the 13th largest contributor to President [[Obama]]'s various election funds from 2003 to 2008. [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cid=N00009638&cycle=2008]
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'''[[IMF]] contradicts [[Obama administration]]'s rosy scenario for [[economic growth]]'''; growth to remain flat and recovery a long way off. [http://www.senseoncents.com/2009/07/gdp-projections-from-imf-cbo-omb/] Markets react accordingly. [http://money.cnn.com/quote/chart/chart.html?symb=djia&sid=1643&time=1mo&Submit1=Refresh]
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'''Silly [[Pop culture]] Watch: [[Michael Jackson]] Makes up 30% of [[MSM|Broadcast News]] Coverage; 28% on Cable.''' Not surprisingly, the death of Michael Jackson was the dominant story in the news media last week. The Pew Research Center's ''Project for Excellence in Journalism'' found Jackson's death made up 17% of the newshole, but accounted for 30% of the airtime on network news and 28% on cable news. [http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/state_of_the_news_media_2009/michael_jackson_makes_up_30_of_broadcast_news_coverage_28_on_cable_121051.asp]
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'''Defense Contractor with close ties to [[Democrat]] [[John Murtha]] has agreed to plead guilty to taking [[bribe]]s.''' CEO Ianiera of Coherent Systems Intl was the recipient of over $8 million in [[earmark]]s from D-Pa. John Murtha. There have been calls for Murtha to return more than $68,000 in tainted campaign contributions. [http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dccc-murtha-face-decisions-on-funds-donated-by-indicted-defense-contractor-2009-07-07.html]

===July 18===
'''[[Air Force]] Denies Request for Flyover at [[Christian]] Festival.''' The ''God and Country Family Festival'' in Nampa, [[Idaho]], applied to the [[Pentagon]] but was denied '''even though they had secured one for its local festival every year for more than 40 years.''' This year the Air Force turned the request down over the festival's religious focus. This couldn't have anything to do with the [[secular-progressive]] [[Obama Administration]] being in power now, could it? [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/07/pentagon-denies-god-country-family-fesitval-fly-request/?test=latestnews]
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'''''[[Conservapedia]]'' prays for its departing summer charity workers.''' Each year more than 5% of Conservapedians travel to impoverished areas of the world to give care, thanks in part to donations by other Conservapedians. What percentage of [[liberal]]s and [[public school]] students do? Probably less than 1/10th of 1%. In 2007, Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], published "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism." The "surprise" was that liberals are markedly less charitable than [[conservative]]s.[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html] Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html] [[Per capita]] [[atheism|atheists]] and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] in the United States [[Atheism and Uncharitableness|give significantly less to charity than theists even when church giving is not counted for theists!]][http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/12-faithspirituality/102-atheists-and-agnostics-take-aim-at-christians][http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3647/is_200310/ai_n9340592/][http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Story?id=2682730&page=2]
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'''Obama does another [[malapropism|Bushism]], declares [[Putin]] President of Russia.''' [http://novatownhall.com/2009/07/07/obama-declares-putin-president-the-nyt-sleeps/] Then Obama looks into his soul:
:''"I am aware of all the extraordinary work you done on behalf of the people of Russia."''
For example, jailing your opposition candidate before the election [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/1445236/Outrage-in-Russia-as-rich-opponent-of-Putin-is-jailed.html] or the liquidation of outspoken critics.[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/07/AR2006120701439.html]

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<big>'''More Voters Strongly Disapprove of [[Obama]] than Approve</big>
[[Image:Obama index july 7 2009.jpg|left|250px]]
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'''Poll shows a twenty-one point reversal of trend since taking office.''' [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll] 
'''Obama approval drops by double digits in [[Ohio]].''' [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aZMUgRYN_PlE]
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'''[[NASA]] [[Astronaut]] [[Buzz Aldrin|Dr. Buzz Aldrin]] Rejects Global Warming Fears:''' Former Vice President and warming huckster [[Al Gore]] has compared skeptics of man-made climate fears to "people who still believe that the Moon landing was staged on a movie lot in [[Arizona]]." Gore is apparently ignorant that his analogy has been refuted by two of NASA's moonwalkers themselves -- Moonwalker and NASA Astronaut/Geologist Jack Schmitt - who recently declared he was a global warming skeptic and now, NASA Astronaut and Moonwalker Dr. Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin -- who earned a Doctorate of Science in Astronautics at [[MIT]] -- declared he was skeptical of man-made climate fears in a July 3, 2009 [[Daily Telegraph]] interview.
[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/5734525/Buzz-Aldrin-calls-for-manned-flight-to-Mars-to-overcome-global-problems.html]
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'''First amendment issue over [[public school]] ordering 7th grader to remove her [[Pro-life]] T-shirt.''' On National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day, McSwain Elementary School principle Terrie Rohrer humiliated and ridiculed student to remove her T-shirt and confiscated it. "The message of the T-shirt is that life is sacred," and [[secular]] public schools have a problem with that [[truth]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530284,00.html?test=latestnews]
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'''8 Year Downtrend Continues in Global Temps.''' Dr. Roy Spencer announced on his [http://www.drroyspencer.com/2009/07/june-2009-global-temperature-anomaly-update-000-deg-c/ blog] that June’s anomaly globally using the Aqua satellite dropped to 0.001C. '''This continues the downtrend that started after 2001''', and is another indicator [[Global Warming]] alarmism is a certain hoax. Also it was reported today: '''Sea Level Rise; A Major Non-existent Threat Exploited by Alarmists:''' Truth about sea level is a major casualty of the war to implement whatever is deemed necessary to implement legislation to increase [[Big government|Big Government]] power and control, [[Income redistribution]]. [http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12629]- [http://www.climatedepot.com/]

'''New climate strategy: track the world's wealthiest.''' Wealthy people are also the biggest greenhouse gas emitters. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06427635.htm]
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'''Stimulus promised a peak in unemployment of 8% but has only added 2''' million more victims of the [[Recession of 2008|Recession]]; [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124657739768489217.html#mod=djemEditorialPage] bottom 95% may get stepped on with more tax increases, senior Obama adviser reveals on [[ABC]]’s George Stephanopoulos Sunday show.[http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/0609/Axelrod_waffles_on_Obama_nomiddleclasstaxhike_vow.html?showall]
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'''Administration backpeddles on immigration reform.''' [http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/emanuel-tries-to-scale-back-immigration-expectations-2009-06-25.html]
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'''[[Obama]]'s buddy [[Hugo Chavez]] "tightens his grip" by taking control over one-fifth of deposits''': "President Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of [[Venezuela]]'s third-largest bank on Friday — making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system. The purchase of the Spanish-owned Banco de Venezuela gives Chavez's socialist government control over more than one-fifth of bank deposits as he tightens his grip over the economy."[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jUdM4qvSJwA0OZdHNss1UR16i4XAD997DI284]

===July 14===
'''In Contention For 2009's "Duh" Award:''' [[Colin Powell]], who broke ranks with the [[Republican Party]] last year to endorse [[Barack Obama]], is now concerned that the President's agenda is increasing the size of government and the federal debt to alarming levels. "I never would have believed that we would have budgets that are running into the multi-trillions of dollars, and we are amassing a huge, huge national debt that...our kids and grandkids and great grandchildren will have to pay for..." Someone should tell General Powell that Obama talked about his ideas for bigger government and huge spending constantly during the [[2008 Presidential Election|2008 campaign]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/04/supporting-obamas-campaign-powell-skeptical-presidents-spending-priorities/?test=latestnews]
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'''New gimmick for [[public schools]] to conceal their failure''': replace 0% with 40% as the lowest possible grade. "I like the idea," Superintendent Wayne Alexander told a [[Tampa]] newspaper. "I think we need to (change) the way we look at grades. The failure range is so (wide) if you think about it. It's not fair."[http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2009/jul/04/050000/ha-rewarding-failure-ensures-failure/]
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'''[[Hollywood Values]] emerge about [[Michael Jackson]]:''' "The 'dope', it seems, was not only prescription drugs. Another close aide told me: 'Michael fought a cocaine addiction three years ago. He became addicted because he needed energy. ''''The last few years of his life were extremely horrible for him. He could barely function unless he was on drugs. He was totally dependent'''.'[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1197466/Revealed-Michael-Jacksons-revenge-grave.html]
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'''[[Jew|Jewish]] settlers are demanding to see Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] over the issue of settlement freezes before his upcoming meeting with Obama's special envoy to the [[Middle East]], George Mitchell.'''[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3741212,00.html]
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'''[[Sarah Palin]] announces that she will resign as Governor of [[Alaska]].'''
"Some say things changed for me on August 29th last year - the day John McCain tapped me to be his running-mate - I say others changed. Let me speak to that for a minute.

Political operatives descended on Alaska last August, digging for dirt. The ethics law I championed became their weapon of choice. Over the past nine months I've been accused of all sorts of frivolous ethics violations - such as holding a fish in a photograph, wearing a jacket with a logo on it, and answering reporters' questions.

Every one - all 15 of the ethics complaints have been dismissed. We've won! But it hasn't been cheap - the State has wasted THOUSANDS of hours of YOUR time and shelled out some two million of YOUR dollars to respond to "opposition research" - that's money NOT going to fund teachers or troopers - or safer roads. And this political absurdity, the "politics of personal destruction" ... Todd and I are looking at more than half a million dollars in legal bills in order to set the record straight. And what about the people who offer up these silly accusations? It doesn't cost them a dime so they're not going to stop draining public resources - spending other peoples' money in their game." [http://www.gov.state.ak.us/exec-column.php]
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'''Conservapedia has doubled the number of students that we're taking on our annual July trip to [[D.C.]]''' If you are a [[homeschooler]] or a [[public school]] student starting a Conservapedia Club, [[User talk:Aschlafly|let us know]] and perhaps you can join us too.
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'''Senate Democrats propose compulsory healthcare insurance; [[Obama]] says prospect of a healthcare [[Gestapo]] to enforce $1000 fine on citizens refusing coverage "reflects many of the principles I've laid out." [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/02/senate-democrats-trim-cost-health-care/]'''
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'''Jobless rate moves to highest annual loss in 4 decades; [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/02/nations-jobless-rate-takes-biggest-year-leap-decades/] as 15 million [[unemployment|unemployed]] struggle to feed themselves and their children, [[Obama]] staffers get 18% pay hike [http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/07/obama_staff_pai.php] despite cost of living going up only 1%. [http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm]'''
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'''[[White House]] reporters Helen Thomas and Chip Reid are upset over [[Obama]]'s control of the media there''' [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mitchell-blatt/2009/07/01/helen-thomas-chip-reid-question-white-house-control-media]. ''Note to Helen and Chip: You get what you paid for''.
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'''With the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court's]] decision in Ricci v. DeStefano this week, we can now report that [[Sonia Sotomayor]] is even crazier than [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]].''' [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32552]
*Sotomayer advised group in smear campaign against [[Judge Bork]] [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/02/nominee-advised-critics-of-bork/?feat=home_headlines]
*Public support for Sotomayer confirmation plunges after Supreme Court overrules bad decision. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/june_2009/public_support_for_sotomayor_falls_after_supreme_court_reversal]
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'''The [http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/dar2-j18.shtml World Socialist Web Site]''' relies on claims by [[Richard Lenski]] as support for its article entitled, "Marx and Darwin: Two great revolutionary thinkers of the nineteenth century." [[Significance of E. Coli Evolution Experiments|Bad flaws]] in the taxpayer-funded work of Lenski have been exposed on Conservapedia, and he never corrected the errors or complied with [[Conservapedia:Lenski_dialog|requests for his data]].
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'''Scientists Write Open Letter to [[Congress]]: "You Are Being Deceived About [[Global Warming]] -- Earth has been cooling for ten years. Present cooling was NOT predicted by the alarmists' computer models, and has come as an embarrassment to them"''' [http://climatedepot.com/a/1745/Scientists-Write-Open-Letter-to-Congress-You-Are-Being-Deceived-About-Global-Warming--Earth-has-been-cooling-for-ten-years]

===July 9===
'''The [[Secular progressive]] / [[Liberal]] [[MSM]] Lie To Cover Their Own:''' Frank Lombard is an associate director at [[Duke University|Duke University's]] Global Health Institute and a [[homosexual]] who was charged last week with the molestation of his adopted 5-year-old black son ''and actively trying to sell him for sex on the [[Internet]]''. In the week since Lombard was arrested, not one national broadcast or cable television news show has picked up the story, and only 17 newspapers in the [[United States]] featured it – a majority of which are only small local newspapers. Compare this to:
*The weeks on end of sensationally lurid coverage of the white male [[lacrosse]] players of the same university charged with rape several years ago.
*The national uproar the false allegations against Senator [[John McCain]] concerning his purported affair with a lobbyist.
*The sensational, non-stop coverage of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's marital infidelity.
'''Perhaps the real story here is that the MSM ''expects such behavior from [[liberals]]'' and is only interested in reporting such items when it concerns conservatives?''' [http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/articles/2009/20090629154135.aspx ]
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'''Are liberals sure they want Judge Sotomayor to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?''' The testimony and record of this man - convicted of murder ''despite evidence of innocence that Sotomayor ignored'' - is pretty powerful, and he's determined to speak at her confirmation hearing: [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=102710]
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'''"[[Environmentalists]] suffered a stunning 0-for-5 outcome in the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] this term, their 'worst term ever,' according to advocates and scholars."'''[http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431903626]
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"[[Home-Schooled]] Football League Thrives in [[Georgia]] ... Coaches, volunteers all, sign a code of conduct that forbids tobacco products and cursing." [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/sports/football/26football.html?pagewanted=1|''NY Times'']
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'''More [[Americans]] See [[Democratic Party]] As [[Liberal|“Too Liberal”]]:''' A [[Gallup Poll]] finds a statistically significant increase since last year in the percentage of Americans who describe the Democratic Party's views as being "too liberal," from 39% to 46%. This is the largest percentage saying so since November 1994. ''The increasing perception of the Democrats as too far left comes as [[President Obama]] and the Democrats in [[Congress]] have expanded the government's role in the economy and are working towards a government take-over of healthcare.'' [http://www.gallup.com/poll/121307/More-Americans-See-Democratic-Party-Too-Liberal.aspx]
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'''Today [[Canada]] celebrates its 142nd year since Confederation.''' Canada Day celebrates the events that occurred on July 1, 1867, when the [[British North America Act]] created the Canadian federal government. The BNA Act proclaimed "one Dominion under the name of Canada," hence the original title of the holiday, "Dominion Day."
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'''As [[America]] prepares to celebrate its [[Independence Day|233rd birthday]] this weekend''', 82% of American adults say that if given the choice of living anywhere in the world, they would still choose to live in the [[United States]]. Just 11% (most likely all [[liberals]]) say they would not choose to live in America. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/june_2009/82_would_choose_living_in_u_s_over_anywhere_else]
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'''[[Dictator|Dictators]] and [[Obama|Obama's]] [[Double standard|Double Standards]]:''' When it came to the rigged election in [[Iran]], Barack Obama played it cool in his public statements, earning the approval of the [[liberal]] [[MSM]] like the [[New York Times]]. But when the [[Honduras|Honduran military]] toppled that country's corrupt [[leftist]] president, the Times embraced Obama for speaking out against the "coup", even though the Honduran Supreme Court and Congress declared his actions unconstitutional -- the same kind of internal "meddling" he refused to do for the people of Iran. [http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2009/20090630153746.aspx]
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'''Tax Cheating [[Liberal]] [[Al Franken]] declared winner by [[Minnesota]] Supreme Court, Sen. [[Norm Coleman]] concedes [[Senate]] race.''' A three county recount and votes left in the car trunk most likely the deciding factor. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/30/minnesota-high-court-rules-franken-senate-battle]
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'''Billionaire con artist and major [http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/12/madoff-and-company-spent-nearl.html Democratic Party donor] [[Bernie Madoff]] gets 150 years'''.
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8123330.stm]
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'''New book from St. Martin's Press reveals former [[Democratic]] Vice-Presidential and Presidential candidate [[John Edwards]] made sex tape with cocaine addicted prostitute while wife lay stricken with cancer.''' [http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/06/28/2009-06-28_aides_tale_of_john_edwards_sex_tape.html]
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'''[[Democratic]] House Judiciary Committee Chairman and former [[NLG]] member [[John Conyers]]' wife convicted of bribery and corruption charges, face 5 years in prison.''' [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31619071/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/]
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'''Associated Press report [[Obama]] claims energy efficient lightbulbs, which now account for only 7% of all annual energy consumption, will produce enough savings to "power every U.S. home for 10 months"''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR2009062902499.html]
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'''"The [[Supreme Court]] Gets Ready To Turn on the Corporate Fundraising Spigot," and that could spell the end of [[liberal]] control of elections.'''[http://www.slate.com/id/2221753/]
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'''[[MSNBC|MSNBC’s]] Advice to [[GOP]]: Time to Dump "Morals and Values"''' Daytime anchor Contessa Brewer: ''"We’re talking about these personalities and who can be the leader of the [[Republican Party]]. What about their policies? Until they change policies — I mean, that’s what it took for [[conservatives]] in [[Great Britain]] to win — is a real change in focus away from [[morals]] and [[values]] into things that affect people’s daily lives."'' '''This shows that "conservatives" outside of the [[U.S.]] are not some equivalent to those here, and that the so-called [[MSM]] has moved so far [[left]] they have completely fallen off the table.''' [http://www.mrc.org/notablequotables/nq/2009/20090626023020.aspx]
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'''[[Atheism|Atheists]] all over [[Youtube]] frantically removing videos with swearing.''' The fear of [[God]] has come over them![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laONfzvDLko] A [[YouTube]] atheist with one of the biggest YouTube subscriber bases removed more than 2/3 of his videos![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laONfzvDLko]]
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'''[[Polar Bear]] Expert Barred by [[Global warming|Global Warming Alarmists]] From Polar Bear Specialist Group Conference: Dr. Mitchell Taylor, who has studied the animals for 30 years, was told his views ''"are extremely unhelpful".''''' This is one of a steady drizzle of events planned to stoke up alarm in the run-up to the [[United Nations|UN's]] major conference on [[climate change]] in [[Copenhagen]] next December. But one of the world's leading experts on polar bears has been told to stay away from this week's meeting, specifically because his views on global warming do not agree with those of the rest of the group. '''More than once since 2006, Dr Mitchell Taylor has made headlines by insisting that polar bear numbers, far from decreasing, are much higher than they were 30 years ago. ''Yet another inconvenient truth for the [[liberal]] [[Socialists|Euro Socialists]].''''' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/5664069/Polar-bear-expert-barred-by-global-warmists.html], [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529493,00.html] and [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/06/28/polar-bear-testimony-suppressed-due-inconvenient-truths]

===July 6===
'''[[First Amendment|FIRST AMENDMENT]] BLOCKBUSTER''': Today the "[[U.S. Supreme Court|Court]] has set up a blockbuster case about Americans’ First Amendment rights to join together and speak freely about politics," declares the Institute for Justice. "'''A majority of the High Court appears to recognize the grave threat to free speech posed by both the electioneering communications ban in McCain-Feingold and the ban on corporate political speech.''' [The Hillary Clinton] case could mark a significant advance for First Amendment rights and will have major implications for state laws nationwide."[http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2776&Itemid=165]
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'''The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Members of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee profited from collapsing financial markets.''' ''"We didn’t elect them to position themselves to [[profit]] while the rest of us lost big chunks of our retirement funds."'' Observe the editor burying party affiliation when talking about [[Democrat]]s. '''True [[American]] [[patriot]]s need to make your voices heard- [[July 4th Tea Party]].''' [http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/06/members_of_us_house_financial.html] [http://hotair.com/archives/2009/06/29/congressmen-profited-from-inside-information-in-the-collapse/]
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'''Coup in Honduras''' Army ousts Zelaya, [[Hugo Chavez]] ally, in dispute over term limits referendum. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/world/americas/29honduras.html?_r=2&hpw] 
Obama sides with leftist Zelaya, seeks to reinstate and "meddle" in [[Honduran]] affairs. [http://www.france24.com/en/20090629-obama-joins-leftist-american-states-condemnation-coup-honduras]
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'''The [[EPA]] freezes out a contrary [[global warming]] report.''' [http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/06/26/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5117890.shtml?tag=pop] [http://cei.org/cei_files/fm/active/0/Endangerment%20Comments%206-23-09.pdf]
*"Carlin's report listed a number of recent developments he said the EPA did not consider, including that global temperatures have declined for 11 years; that new research predicts Atlantic hurricanes will be unaffected; that there's "little evidence" that Greenland is shedding ice at expected levels; and that solar radiation has the largest single effect on the earth's temperature."

Sen. [[James Inhofe]] orders an investigation. "They don't want the truth at the EPA, We're going to expose it."[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/29/gop-senator-calls-inquiry-supressed-climate-change-report/?test=latestnews]
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<center><big><big>'''Sotomayor Overturned'''</big></big></center> 
'''The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] has held (5-4) that [[reverse discrimination]] by government is unconstitutional, "reversing a decision that high court nominee [[Sonia Sotomayor]] endorsed as an appeals court judge."'''[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/29/national/main5121634.shtml] [http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-1428.pdf Full ruling here.]
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'''An expanded video contrasting Conservapedia vs. Wikipedia has just been released.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_J-CB8vYSQ&feature=channel_page]
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'''Key [[Obama]] economic consultant [[Warren Buffett]] says [[cap and trade]] is a massive tax on the poor.''' [http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/buffett-cap-and-trade-is-a-regressive-tax/]
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'''The [[Wall Street Journal]] cites a number of sources showing that Obama's polling numbers are falling to earth.'''[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123690358175013837.html] According to the Wall Street Journal "Polling data show that Mr. Obama's approval rating is dropping and is below where George W. Bush was in an analogous period in 2001."[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123690358175013837.htm] Watch future data relevant to Obama's approval ratings appear buried somewhere deep inside the liberal [[New York Times]]!
*76% say government will likely waste stimulus money [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/economic_stimulus_package/june_2009/76_say_government_likely_to_waste_stimulus_money]
*53% say more government spending will hurt the economy. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/taxes/june_2009/53_say_more_government_spending_hurts_the_economy]
*67% trust their own economic judgment over the government's. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics2/67_say_they_could_do_a_better_job_on_the_economy_than_congress]
*92% say adultery is morally wrong. [http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/25/US-poll-Adultery-unacceptable-to-most/UPI-96431245965385/]

'''Clearly, the facts show Americans are ''more'' [[conservative]] today than ten years ago in the heyday of Clintonism!'''
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'''Iconic American advertiser [[Billy Mays]] died early on Sunday, June 28th.''' God rest his soul.[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/28/281143/tv-pitchman-billy-mays-found-dead-tampa-home/news-breaking/]
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'''A [[Christianity|Christian]] has come out with a video entitled ''[[Conservapedia]] is better than [[Wikipedia]]''!!!'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dod4kvDiM3A]
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'''According to the most recent Surchur data (Surchur looks at the most recent activity on the internet), 15 out of 20 of the most recent [[YouTube]] videos cite Conservapedia in a positive manner!'''[http://surchur.com/video/conservapedia]
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'''Unsolicited thanks to [[Conservapedia]]''': "In our [[Sunday School]] class we are studying the [[Book of Daniel]]. I was reading Chapter 7 [of our textbook] this morning when I ran across interesting information included about the [[French Revolution]] with a footnote. I looked in the back to see the source and '''sure enough it was Conservapedia'''."
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'''Attention [[Canada|Canadian]] [[evolution|evolutionists]]!''' [[Conservapedia]] now nearly ranks in the Google top 10 for the very popular search "[[evolution]]" at [[Google]] Canada! The Conservapedia evolution article ranks #12 at Google Canada for the search evolution![http://www.google.ca/search?q=evolution&hl=en&start=10&sa=N] The article appears to be rapidly gaining prominence on the Canadian internet. Will this [[creation science]] wildfire spread to the [[USA]], [[UK]], and beyond? Please stay tuned for further developments!
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'''More change.''' [[Obama]] considering Executive Order to hold [[Guantanamo]] suspects indefinitely. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062603361.html ''Washington Post'']
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"The [[House of Representatives]] held a moment of silence Friday morning to mark the passing of legendary singer [[Michael Jackson]],"[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/26/house-holds-moment-of-silence/] and "[[Obama]] sends condolences to Jackson's family."[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/26/obama-sends-condolences-to-jacksons-family-says-gibbs/]
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'''The leading trend forecaster, Gerald Celente (who predicted the present financial crises), predicts an economic Obamageddon will occur in 2012.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbxYtrHa6N8]
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'''UPDATE: [[House of Representatives|House]] Passes Milestone Energy / Climate Change / Tax Increase Bill''' The vote was a razor thin 219-212 with 44 [[Democrats]] voting ''against'' the job killer bill. The House sent the measure to a highly uncertain fate in the [[United States Senate|Senate]].''' [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/26/house-passes-milestone-energy-climate-change/]
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'''[[Newt Gingrich]] On Cap and Trade / Global Warming:''' "The [[Obama Administration|Obama White House]] has spent the week furiously working to convince its fellow [[Democrats]] in [[Congress]] to support the [[global warming]] bill that's before the [[House of Representatives|House]] today. Former Vice President [[Al Gore]] has been working the phones, and there was even a luau at the [[White House]] last night. The question that must be asked, however, is why? If the case is closed on man's role in causing [[climate change]], as the [[leftist|left]] assure us that it is, then why the need to twist [[Democrat Party|Democratic]] arms to do something about it? '''''My guess is it has something to do with 2+2=4."'' [http://newt.org/tabid/102/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4331/CapandTrade-is-another-way-of-saying-225.aspx]'''
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'''The sky is the limit when describing the [[hypocrisy]] of the [[Democrat]] majority.'''
No matter how corrupt the [[MSM]] is, not a single Democrat will talk bad about their allies. It's [[talk radio]] they are after. No matter how many [[criminal]] [[lawsuit]]s are filed against [[ACORN]], Democrats want nothing to do with investigating their own. [http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/conyers_acorn_probe_nix/2009/06/26/229239.html]

===July 1===
'''Only the [[liberal]] left can enjoy the [[First Amendment]], and [[Obama]] and his cronies are making sure to deny it to others:''' [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=102175]
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'''More change.''' Two $500,000 donors to [[Obama]] campaign get ambassadorships. [http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-taps-more-major-donors-for-ambassador-posts-2009-06-25.html]
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*'''[[Michael Jackson]] - the controversial pop composer, singer, dancer - has died at age 50 of [[heart]]-related health issues in [[Los Angeles]].''' [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/pop-star-michael-jackson-was-rushed-to-a-hospital-this-afternoon-by-los-angeles-fire-department-paramedics--capt-steve-ruda.html]

*'''[[Hollywood]] actress Farrah Fawcett has died from [[Cancer]] at age 62.'''
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'''Real change.''' 
Bush OK'd covert ops to allow CIA "to supply communications equipment which would enable opposition groups in Iran to work together and bypass internet censorship by the clerical regime." [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1552784/Bush-sanctions-black-ops-against-Iran.html London Telegraph 27 May 2007]; 
Obama Twitters Iranian opposition groups [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/The-Presidents-Opening-Remarks-on-Iran-with-Persian-Translation/]
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'''Fake change.''' 
A study of [[FBI]] data from 17,000 local [[law ]]enforcement agencies details the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods. [[Chicago]] has the dubious distinction of holding four places on a list. Statistics were from 2005, 2006 and 2007, when [[Barack Obama]] was a [[Senator]]. [http://www.nowpublic.com/world/most-dangerous-neighborhood-america-top-25-list-cincinnati-1]
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'''The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] will probably deliver its biggest decisions of the year at 10 a.m. today. Watch here for the latest analysis.''' Pending are:
*affirmative action case from Connecticut (''Ricci'')
*court supervision of schools case from Arizona (''Horne'')
*movie about Hillary Clinton case (campaign finance free speech)
'''UPDATE: The Court rendered a 5-4 decision ordering the lower court to reconsider its supervision of the schools in ''Horne'', and the remaining decisions will be announced Monday.'''
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'''[[Liberal|Liberalism]] utterly fails in [[California]].''' The state controller looks very worried because he knows its time to pay the piper![http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/ts_nm/us_california_debt]
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'''The [[Catholic Church]] in [[Boston]] is set to become a partner in the abortion industry.''' [[Massachusetts]] subsidizes healthcare, “[[abortion]]” and “family planning” are covered services. '''Catholic hospitals such as Caritas Christi Healthcare System have to conform to state requirements or close down.''' American Life League is trying to stop this scandal. This will repeat itself nationwide if Universal Health becomes law. [http://www.all.org/article.php?id=11979]
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'''[[South Carolina]] Governor [[Mark Sanford]] has admitted he is having an affair with an Argentine woman.''' Sanford was away all week in [[Argentina]] and his whereabouts was not known by his office or his wife. ''"What I did was wrong. Period,"'' said Sanford at a news conference today. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sc_governor_where]
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'''[[John Stossel]] is thinking more about how [[health insurance]], private or government-run, destroys the individual’s incentive to shop around.''' "People spending their own money and dealing directly with [[doctors]] is the only thing that honors individuals’ different preferences and controls costs. How can we hold costs down at all if the [[market]] isn’t allowed to work? The pundits write about the popularity of [[Medicare]]. Of course it’s popular. People love getting free stuff. '''But Medicare is on an unsustainable path. It is more than 30 trillion dollars in the red!"''' [http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/06/health-insurance.html]
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'''Doctor testifies in Congress:''' 'I think the overall approach that [Obama's health plan] takes '''''will do nothing to improve our main goals, which is to contain cost, improve access and improve quality'''''." A visitor comments, "Doc, you are right on point."[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=49986]
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'''Can [[food]] taste too good? Yes, if you're [[New York Times]] health columnist Tara Parker-Pope.''' She celebrates former [[FDA]] head David Kessler's book blaming the food industry for making us fat: ''"But food scientists work hard to reach the precise point at which we derive the greatest pleasure from fat, sugar and salt."'' Scandalous! Look for [[liberals]] to demand [[Obama]] appoint a "Food Czar" to enforce their idea of good eating upon us all. [http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2009/20090624161101.aspx]
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'''[[Liberal|Uber Liberal]] [[Chris Matthews]], never known for his [[logic]]''', mocked Florida [[GOP]] Senate candidate Marco Rubio for pondering, on his [[Twitter]] page, that the ''"situation in [[Iran]] would be a little different if they had a [[Second Amendment|2nd Amendment]] like ours."'' '''Matthews, completely clueless that the point our [[Founding Fathers]] understood was that it is much harder to repress a free people that is armed''', derided Rubio in the Sideshow portion of his June 22nd ''Hardball''. More proof that liberals would rather see a people enslaved than admit the right to keep and bear arms is our best defense against a [[Dictatorship|repressive government]]. [http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090623024841.aspx]
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'''Cap-and-tax vote is this week, and [[liberals]] want government control over energy'''. "The average cost of a proposed cap-and-trade program in legislation before the US House would be $175/household in 2020, or $22 billion nationwide, the Congressional Budget Office said on June 19."[http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/display/3255505253/s-articles/s-oil-gas-journal/s-general-interest/s-government/s-articles/s-cbo-puts_average_cap-and-trade.html]
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'''President Obama, sounding increasingly incoherent from job stress, offered this [[malapropism]] on Tuesday''':
:''"If private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality health care; if they tell us that they're offering a good deal, then why is it that the government, which they say can't run anything, suddenly is going to drive them out of business? That's not logical.”'' [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=49983]
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'''[[Public Schools|Public Schools 101]] Or What Happens When [[Liberals]] And [[Labor Unions|Unions]] Control Our Schools:''' Hundreds of [[New York City]] public school [[teachers]] accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their full salaries ($70,000 or more) to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the [[Internet]] or just staring at the wall, if that's what they want to do. Because their [[union]] contract makes it extremely difficult to fire them, 700 teachers have been banished by the school system to its "rubber rooms" — off-campus office space where they wait months, even years, for their disciplinary hearings. '''The city Department of Education estimates the practice costs the taxpayers $65 million a year!''' [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528780,00.html]
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'''The "[[Obama]] effect" in [[Arizona]]: [[pro-life]] legislation is passing and will be signed into law by the [[Republican]] who replaced the [[Democrat]]ic governor appointed by Obama to his [[Cabinet]]'''.[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9b1xR79kBr0_eyWEH-WiHVcygGAD990KK980]
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'''[[Islamic]] Attire Symbolizes ‘Servitude and Humiliation,’ Says [[France|French]] President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]''' “It is not a religious symbol...It is a symbol of servitude and humiliation.” The [[burqa]], he told a special session of the [[National Assembly]] at the [[Palace of Versailles]], "would not be welcome on French soil." Three different times in his speech to the “Muslim world” in [[Cairo]] early this month, a submissive [[President Obama]] defended the right of [[Muslim]] women to cover up their bodies. Never once did he mention the right of Muslim women to refuse to cover up their bodies – a right denied on pain of arrest and death by many Muslim countries. [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=49937]
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[[Congressional Budget Office]] flatlines growth for the next decade.
:''"The supply-side effects of '''the President’s proposals''' would imply output '''from 2015 to 2019 that is, on average, 0.3 percent to 1.9 percent below the baseline level.'''" [http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=295 CBO Director comments]

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In American politics, a '''Blue Dog Democrat''' is a relatively conservative [[Democrat]] in [[Congress]]. They have organized a caucus in the [[U.S. House of Representatives|House]], and usually vote together on fiscal issues. Many come from districts that have been voted Republican in the past, so the Blue Dogs make an effort to appeal to [[conservative]] voters.

The Blue Dog Coalition is a caucus of 49 conservative House Democrats. Leaders include Rep. [[Mike Ross]] of [[Arkansas]], Rep. [[John Tanner]] of [[Tennessee]], and Rep. [[Allen Boyd]], a farmer from the Florida Panhandle. The [[Obama Administration]] has tried to mollify them, realizing they have the power to defeat legislation if they vote with the [[Republicans]] in the House. The health care bill--a major item on the Obama agenda--can only pass with their support, and negotiations for a compromise that will satisfy the Blue Dogs were underway in late July, 2009.

Founded in 1994, the Blue Dog Caucus took its name from their view that the Democratic Party's liberal establishment had "choked blue" conservative voices in the party, from the drawings of blue hounds by Louisiana artist George Rodrigue which graced the walls of offices where they met, and as wordplay on "[[Yellow Dog Democrat]]".

Most recently they were successful in the 2006 and 2008 Congressional elections.<ref> see [http://voteview.com/hou110.htm analysis]</ref>.

An editorial from the conservative ''[[Washington Times]]'' notes they have had success in foreign policy too:
*... the Blue Dog Coalition ... joined with Republicans in passing a temporary [[FISA]] fix that would ensure that the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies could monitor suspected terrorist communications overseas without having to obtain a warrant. [http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071017/EDITORIAL/110170011/1013]

==See also==
* [[Conservative Democrat]]
* [[Reagan Democrats]]
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'''By a wide 54-41 margin, "Americans Want Smaller Government."''' ''That's twice the margin that [[Obama]] won by.'' [http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/06/23/americans-want-smaller-government/] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/22/AR2009062202000.html?hpid=moreheadlines]
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'''An [[Atheism|Atheist]] with a large [[YouTube]] subscriber base has his filthy mouth washed out with soap by YouTube![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT0rj47KWdI]'''
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'''Oh, [[Canada]]. Conservapedia now ranks in the Google top 20 for the very popular search "[[evolution]]" at [[Google]] Canada!'''[http://www.google.ca/search?q=evolution&hl=en&start=10&sa=N] [[UK]] evolutionists, soon it will be time for the Conservapedia evolution article British invasion! [[Ireland]] may then be next!
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'''[[Dick Morris]] On How [[Obama]], [[Congress]] And The Special Interests Are Turning A Slump Into A Crash, [[Freedom]] Into [[Socialism]], And A Disaster Into A CATASTROPHE...And How To Fight Back.''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6SmpKRQHHc&feature=channel_page Video].
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'''Will [[Mexico|Mexican]] cities become [[Latin]] [[Amsterdam|Amsterdams]], flooded by American teen [[Drug abuse|drug users]] seeking penalty-free tokes and toots as they currently do with [[Alcoholic drink|alcohol]]?''' The Mexican legislature has quietly voted to decriminalize possession of "small amounts" of [[marijuana]], [[cocaine]], [[methamphetamine]], [[heroin]] and other drugs. President [[Felipe Calderón]] is expected to sign the bill into law. Many believe this is exactly the wrong direction for a nation in the midst of an unchecked drug war. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009366964_mexdrug22.html]
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'''[[FBI]] now involved in the [[White House]] firing of [[Gerald Walpin]] Americorps Inspector General.''' FBI is investigating potential [[obstruction of justice]] claiming Gerald Walpin was fired for properly blowing the whistle on mismanagement and [[corruption]]. [http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/22/walpin-gate-opens-wider/?feat=home_headlines]
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'''[[Public schools]] lose big''': the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ruled today that "parents who remove a disabled child from public school can be reimbursed for private instruction. The court says a 'free, appropriate' education is a public duty."[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-disabilities23-2009jun23,0,3890868.story] Will the [[liberal]] teachers' unions next run to [[Congress]] to try to deny a good education to disabled children?
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'''BOMBSHELL: [[Google]] abandons neutrality by displaying a special multicolored line for searches for "gay".'''
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'''[[Planned Parenthood]] has to plan with less in Tennessee''', as lawmakers get set to yank public funding for that organization in the wake of undercover videos indicating their abortion providers are telling minors how to avoid felony statutory rape charges against their older boyfriends: [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=101592]
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"'''The first week of June ended with abnormally cold temperatures'''. Records for the coldest day-time high were broken on June 6 at many locations. High temperatures June 6 and 7 in Sioux Falls were coldest on record for those respective days. Low temperature June 4 in Rapid City was the coldest on record for the day."[http://www.hpj.com/archives/2009/jun09/jun15/Coldtemperaturesslowgrowth.cfm] Think [[liberals]] will admit they lied about [[global warming]]??? [[Public school]] kids probably still think the world is getting warmer.
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'''Seventy years ago [[Winston Churchill]] said:''' ''Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of [[Nazi]] rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in [[France]]...we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight on the beaches...we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. Never.'' '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XYp42LEdE Watch this video] (graphic in nature) and see what Churchill's words mean in real life for the millions who yearn for [[freedom]], and right at this moment for the freedom-loving people of [[Iran]].''' [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,527863,00.html]
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'''A new study by the Culture and Media Institute found that [[Google]]-owned [[YouTube]] is filled with [[pornography]].''' Every imaginable [[profanity]], [[obscenity]], including graphic sexual language, is rampant on the website. [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=49829]
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"'''Nearly 400 graduating seniors at Pace High School stood up in protest against the [[ACLU]] and recited the [[Lord's Prayer]] during their graduation ceremony'''"[http://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=14100&PRID=815]
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'''[[Democrat]]s have found a deceitful way to avoid [[Obama]]'s alleged ban on [[lobbyist]] contributions''' [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23872.html]
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[[CBO]] puts '''estimated costs of [[cap and trade]] tax increase scheme''' at $890 per household. ''[http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/103xx/doc10327/06-19-CapAndTradeCosts.pdf CBO Report, pg. 15.]''
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'''An article by [[Frederick Douglass]] from the August 17, 1871 issue of his newspaper''', "The New National Era." America had its cheap labor lobby back in 1871, and it has one today in the form of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ImmigrationWorks, and [[Bill Gates]] himself testifying before [[Congress]] for more H-1B visas. Frederick Douglass attacked the cheap-labor lobby's "fair-seeming phrases" immediately in the first sentence. We all know that today's cheap labor lobby has similar "fair-seeming phrases" [http://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/cbreiter2/june-17-2009/frederick-douglass-cheap-labor.html?jid=170650&lid=9&rid=1704&tid=239270]
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'''Leading trend forecaster Gerald Celente (who predicted the current economic crises)''' predicts the [[United States]] economic crises will start unraveling again in 2010.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs1Xr_9qZSw][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkOqyNqZN5M&feature=response_watch][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYxu73Ee5MA&feature=response_watch] Celente predicted the commercial real estate firms were next to unravel. The government has started to bailout the commercial real estate market. Celente is predicting a massive economic bailout bubble that will burst and drive the United States into another [[Great Depression]]. Gerald Celente has dubbed the next great depression Obamageddon.
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Candidate '''Obama voted against a minimum wage''' increase, a measure he himself introduced, when it was [[Barack_Hussein_Obama#Bills_co-sponsored| attached to Iraqi war supplemental spending]]. Analysts say President '''Obama is likely to sign an Iraqi war supplemental spending bill''', the second such bill this year, '''without a minimum wage increase'''.[http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=42983&dcn=e_gvet]
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<big>'''Obama approval ratings continue slide'''</big> [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll]
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'''[[Obama]] Appoints [[Homosexual]] [[Activist]] Who Promotes Pro-Gay Clubs in [[Public Schools]] to be 'Safe Schools' Czar.''' Kevin Jennings, appointed by President Obama to be assistant deputy secretary of education in charge of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, is founder of an organization dedicated to promoting pro-homosexual clubs and curricula in public schools. [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=49741]
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'''[[Muslim]] countries in the [[Middle East]] and north-central [[Africa]] lead the world in human trafficking''' This is modern-day '''[[slavery]].''' Slavery-related practices are published by the [[U.S.]] State Department's annual ''Trafficking in Persons Report 2009''. Nine of the seventeen worst offending countries are [[Iran]], [[Kuwait]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Syria]], [[Chad]], [[Sudan]], [[Niger ]], [[Mauritania]] and [[Eritrea]]. [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131928] [http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2009/index.htm]
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'''President Barack Obama breaks his campaign pledge to have a transparent government and ignores''' two rulings by a federal judge.[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31373407/ns/politics-white_house] Obama chooses to block the list of visitors to [[White House]] which are public records. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31373407/ns/politics-white_house] Apparently, Obama would rather not be accountable for any slimy arrangements he would prefer to do in secret like ignoring the secured creditor rights of Chrysler bondholders so he can pad the pockets of his [[UAW]] buddies![http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/06/the_ethical_case_for_boycottin_1.html]
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'''Former [[President George W. Bush]] finally fired a salvo at [[President Obama]]''' on Wednesday, asserting his administration's interrogation policies were within the law, declaring the private sector not government will fix the economy and rejecting the nationalization of health care. "[[Government]] does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the [[United States]]," he said to huge cheers. "I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion is going to work. ''Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind''." [http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/18/bush-takes-swipes-at-policies-of-obama/]
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"Whether it is [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], the [[Weather Underground]], Central Park rapists, [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]], [[Jim Jones]] and the [[People's Temple]], [[welfare|welfare recipients]], [[Palestine|Palestinian]] [[terrorists]], [[murder|murderers]], [[abortionists]], strippers or common [[crime|criminals]] -- '''[[liberals]] always take the side of the enemies of civilization against civilization."''' [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32351]
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'''Overwhelmed by problems trying to write a bill overhauling the nation's health care system, the Senate Finance Committee will postpone votes on the legislation until after the [[Independence Day|July 4th]] recess, two [[Democrats|Democratic]] Senate sources confirmed to [[CNN]].'''[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/17/health-care-bill-postponed/]
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'''Like [[Nixon]] before him, [[Obama]] fired someone who is supposed to be independent of any administration by law; now he's got a problem that won't go away.''' [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/17/fired-ig-calls-white-house-explanation-baseless-says-hes-targeted/][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/17/republican-senator-seeks-details-possible-lady-involvement-ig-firing/][http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/key-obama-ally-says-president-obama-did-not-follow-the-law-in-ig-firing.html] '''UPDATE:''' Did Michelle Obama Play Role in IG Firing? Evidence is mounting [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/17/republican-senator-seeks-details-possible-lady-involvement-ig-firing/ she did.]
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'''Calvin Klein thinks kids will buy jeans if shown group sex pic?''' [[Children]] deserve respect! Look up to them not down, speak out 866-513-0513 [http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/4483610678.html] [http://twitter.com/ptrueman (credit)]
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'''[[Liberal]] [[PBS]] to Begin Phasing Out [[Religious]] Programming From Airwaves:''' PBS board members have decided to enforce a rule barring religious broadcasts they have ignored for 25 years, in a move that spells the beginning of the end for most spiritual shows like [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] Masses for shut-ins and [[Mormon]] devotionals in [[Utah]] on public television. [[Federal law]] does not bar showing the services on public television, but the [[left wing]] PBS worries that "the broadcasts have ''the appearance'' of an official endorsement from the network." [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/16/pbs-begin-phasing-religious-programming-airwaves/]

'''Coincidently, an official endorsement by ABC News as they give Obama exclusive airtime to promote [[socialism]]''' [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/06/17/abc-airs-unopposed-obama-healthcare-special-former-abc-staffer-n]
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'''One of the leading [[creation science]] ministries, [[Creation Ministries International]], has just unveiled their flagship article against [[atheism]] and it is located [http://creation.com/atheism HERE]!''' The Creation Ministries International anti-atheism article is a very comprehensive article and is 34 pages long with 167 footnotes! Will more creation science organizations and other [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologists]] follow their lead? Stay tuned for further developments! By the way, defenders of [[agnosticism]], agnosticism may be next!
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'''[[Conservapedia]] has learned that the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[creationism|creationist]] community''' is going to put a greater focus on the refutation of [[atheism]] on the internet. Oh Canada, the Canadian creationists stand on guard for thee! Next stop for creationists on the internet putting a greater focus on the refutation of atheism in the [[UK]]? Please stay tuned for future details!
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<big>'''[[Conservatives]] Are Single-Largest Ideological Group In [[U.S.]]:'''</big> 
'''The latest [[Gallup]] survey has found that 40% of [[Americans]] self-identify as conservative, 35% as moderate and only 21% as liberal, a figure that shows absolutely no growth since 2004!''' The 40% conservative figure is a rebound back to the levels shown in 2004, as more and more are repulsed by Obama's [[socialism]]. And there’s more good news from Gallup: of the folks surveyed who identified themselves as [[Republicans]], 73% also say they are conservative. [[Democrats]] are more divided with 40% calling themselves moderate and 38% liberal. And then the plot thickens… Guess what? Twenty-two percent of Democrats also call themselves conservative, while only a small percentage of Republicans (3%) also call themselves liberal. '''For those who suggest that women are more likely to be liberals, the poll notes that, ''“conservatism outweighs liberalism among both genders.”'' Both males and females are more likely to call themselves conservative rather than liberal.''' [http://www.gallup.com/poll/120857/Conservatives-Single-Largest-Ideological-Group.aspx?CSTS=alert]
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'''[[Bill Maher]] becomes the first [[leftist]] to criticize [[Obama]]:'''
"On the public's view of Obama, Maher said ..., 'They're getting to the point where they're saying 'Yeah, we still like Obama. He's our guy. We're glad he's our president. But where's the beef?' And it's easy to make speeches. ... I'm losing hope. I still have audacity but my hope is fading.'"[http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/18902]
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'''[[Mainstream Media|Major Papers]] Expunge Obama’s Comment: ‘I’ll Be Honest, There Are Countries Where a Single-Payer System Works Pretty Well’''' [[President Barack Obama]] told the [[American Medical Association]] yesterday that he believes single-payer health care systems have worked "pretty well" in some countries, but no major U.S. newspaper available in the Nexis database reported the president's comment in their news stories about the speech. [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=49625]
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'''[[Fox News|Fox New's]] Catherine Herridge traveled to [[Bermuda]] to meet the four [[Chinese]] [[Muslim]] Uighurs''' released from [[Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp|Guantanamo Bay]] and she elicited from them that living in China is worse than life at Guantanamo. Talking to them through an interpreter, Herridge reported she "asked which was worse: Life at Gitmo versus China?" The interpreter relayed: '''"Of course it's [[China]]. There's no guarantee for human rights there."''' [http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090616021825.aspx]
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'''Many [[American]]s stand with the [[Iranian]] people and their green [[revolution]] for [[Democracy]].''' As long as the Iranian Mullahs control the government, the [[election]]s are meaningless. [[Christian]]s everywhere [[pray]] for the righteous to prevail. [http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/obama_iran_criticism/2009/06/15/225477.html] [http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=33823] [http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/06/15/twitterers-protest-cnnfail-on-iran-coverage/?blog_id=100&post_id=3711]
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'''[[Obama]] was booed by doctors during his special speech to the AMA Monday.'''[http://news.aol.com/article/obama-health-care/526652]
 "'''Doctors' boos show Obama's tough road.'''"[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_an/us_obama_health_care_analysis]
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'''The [[Obama]] healthcare model fails miserably in [[Britain]].''' Thousands of patients needlessly die every year from acute [[kidney]] injury. Half the people die because they did not receive a good standard of care. The report states that 43% cases, there was an unacceptable delay in diagnosing their condition. In 13% of cases, fatal complications were missed. Complications were also “avoidable” in 17% of cases and “managed badly” in 22% of cases. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6473249.ece]
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'''"Blacks abandon [[San Francisco]]," proving how [[deceit|deceitful]] [[liberal]] claims of diversity are.''' [http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0615/p02s04-usgn.html]

===June 25===
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'''Yet another [[Liberal]] [[Democrat]] double standard: Insider knowledge and manipulation of the financial markets can send people like Martha Stewart to jail but [[Congressman]] Durbin is exempt.''' Most people lost money from their mutual-funds last year. September 2008, [[Senator]] [[Dick Durbin]] (D)-[[Illinois]] was privy to financial data from a [[Federal Reserve]] meeting urging congressional leaders to help financially troubled banks. ''The very next day'', Durbin helped himself and withdrew over $42,000 in mutual funds, part of a $116,000 divestiture in September. By October 2008, financial stocks tanked over 22%. [http://www.suntimes.com/news/1620776,CST-NWS-durbin13.article]
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'''"Many forecasters have one word for this summer: COOL."'''[http://www.startribune.com/local/48032937.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUl] But now that [[Al Gore]] has made a $100 million fortune for himself off the [[global warming]] hoax, don't expect him to admit the truth.
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'''The dropout percentage in the [[atheistic]] [[public schools]] rises to 50%''' in one state.[http://www.theind.com/content/view/4520/96/] Is anyone surprised?
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''[[Conservapedia]]'' counts five major decisions still pending from the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] before it adjourns in the next two weeks:[http://www.scotuswiki.com/index.php?title=Case_Index_OT08]
*affirmative action case
*court supervision of schools case (imposing "bilingual education")
*federal supervision of "voting rights" case
*movie about [[Hillary Clinton]] case (campaign finance free speech)
*defendants' access to biological evidence case
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"'''New Miss California USA also against gay marriage'''."[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/10/state/n121720D67.DTL] The prior Miss California "says she was dethroned because during the Miss USA pageant she said gays shouldn't be allowed to marry."
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'''[[Radical]] [[Liberal]] Social Engineering: [[U.S.]] cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive!''' [[Obama]] to "Return Some U.S. Cities to Nature", is pursuing radical [[Socialist]] idea to "save" cities by destroying them. Dozens of US cities may have entire neighborhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the [[Obama Administration]] to tackle economic decline. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html]
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'''[[George Will]] wrote an interesting article on what [[America]] needs to do to solve many of its major problems and why America does not need a President who thinks he is a great man.'''[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/11/growths_rapidly_diminishing_prospects_96946.html] When will the [[left]] grow up and stop looking for a politician who is a "chosen one" to solve many of the serious problems facing the United States? Maybe [[Barack Obama|Obama's]] foolish economic policies failing will sober them up a little! Leading trend forecaster Gerald Celente declares America is heading for an economic Obamageddon.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-qg-iVL_q4]
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'''Determined, it seems, to prove there isn't any segment of his constituency he won't betray or play against each other, [[Barack Hussein Obama]] ordered his [[Department of Justice|Justice Department]] to support the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] in [[Federal court]]. He even says banning [[gay marriage]] is good for the federal budget! His filing also invokes fears of incest and marrying children.''' ''Is there anything, aside from personal gain that [[liberals]] hold sacred?'' And how far is the [[left]] willing to excuse Obama's constant flip-flops simply because he claims to be one of them? Like his [[deceit]] in voting for [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act|FISA]] after campaigning against it. We are sure someone will write a good speech for "The Chosen One" that will once again hoodwink his [[leftist]] [[sheep]] supporters. [http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0609/Justice_defends_DOMA.html?showall] [http://www.americablog.com/2009/06/obama-justice-department-defends-doma.html] [http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/obama_doj_lies_to_politico_in_defending_hate_brief/ '''Obama DOJ lies to Politico in defending brief against gays.''']
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'''Voters Trust GOP over Democrats''', [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/trust_on_issues/trust_on_issues] new poll reveals. 45% plurality says cancel stimulus spending now. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/economic_stimulus_package/45_say_cancel_rest_of_stimulus_spending]
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'''Obama’s Search For Lap Dogs:''' [[President Obama]] has fired the supposedly independent watchdog of [[AmeriCorps]] and other national service programs because he lost confidence in him. '''By sheer coincidence, or so America is supposed to believe, the inspector general in question, Gerald Walpin, accused an Obama supporter of misusing federal grants.''' [http://www.aim.org/on-target-blog/obamas-search-for-lap-dogs/]
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'''Our list of the [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words|Best new conservative words]] is just one word away from a perfect [[geometric progression]] of 11-22-44-88 (by century).''' The missing term which needs to be added is from the 1600s. '''Can you fill the gap?'''
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'''[[Oliver North]] says that he was “deeply alarmed” by aspects of [[Barack Hussein Obama|President Obama’s]] speech in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], saying he believes Obama is “a president who deeply seeks affirmation from America’s enemies."''' [http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/checker.aspx?v=ydaG6USUeu VIDEO].
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'''[[Bill O'Reilly]]: "I am so tired of [[zealots]], primarily on the [[Leftist|left]], putting their [[insanity|insane]] personal agendas above the safety of fellow [[Americans]].''' [[Congress]] is now voting on funding the wars in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq]]. As part of that spending bill, Senators [[Joseph Lieberman]] and [[Lindsey Graham]] added a provision that would ban the release of so-called torture photos involving U.S. military people who were already tried for their crimes. [[Nancy Pelosi]] has an obligation to get the loons in her party under control. If the Speaker cannot do that, she does not deserve her position. Wednesday the photo provision was stripped by a House committee. That is on Mrs. Pelosi. I am writing to Pelosi tonight. You should, too. We've posted her address on [http://www.billoreilly.com/blog;jsessionid=E304AF16B5D84678A354C5C2B7D1E994?action=viewBlog&blogID=-75769721554716422 BillOReilly.com]." [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525838,00.html]
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The killer at the U.S. [[Holocaust]] Memorial Museum, James von Brunn, was a white supremacist and also an [[evolution|evolutionary]] racist. James von Brunn wrote that "Only the strong survive. Cross breeding whites with species on the evolutionary scale diminishes the white gene-pool while increasing the number of physiologically, psychologically, and behaviorally deprived mongrels."[http://loveforlife.com.au/files/tob_shebbe_goyim_harog_first6_0.pdf] The evolutionist [[Charles Darwin]] was [http://www.conservapedia.com/Charles_Darwin#Darwin.27s_Racism also an evolutionary racist]. The shooter, James von Brunn, also appears to have had close ties to neo-[[Nazis]] and his ex-wife said his anti-semitism and racist hate "ate him alive like a cancer". [http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2009/06/10/holocaust-museum-shooter-had-close-ties-to-prominent-neo-nazis/][http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/10/2009-06-10_holocaust_museum_shooter_james_von_brunns_exwife_says_his_racism_ate_him_alive.html] [[Adolf Hitler]] was also a rabid evolutionary racist.[http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=268][http://creation.com/darwinism-and-the-nazi-race-holocaust]
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'''[[Hollywood values]] strike again!''' "Chastity Bono, the daughter of Cher, is having a sex change to become a man." Chastity is a "reality-TV star."[http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/12/apworld/20090612082741&sec=apworld]
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'''Top [[House of Representatives|House]] lawmakers had considerable holdings in major financial institutions that took billions''' of dollars in taxpayer bailouts at the end of last year, according to annual financial disclosure reports released yesterday. House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] (D-Calif.) and her husband lost hundreds of thousands of dollars investing in American International Group, which has received $170 billion in government loans and cash injections, making it by far the largest recipient of federal bailout dollars.[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061002565_pf.html]
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A former student just provided this unsolicited testimonial about our [[Economics Lectures|Economics course]], which will be retaught this fall: it "was my favorite out of all the classes you taught. '''It presented a new way of thinking and solving problems and I learned key principles which apply both to personal finance and to business'''. I was able to pass the CLEP, and have found that your class was an excellent foundation for the Accounting and Finance classes I took at" college.
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'''By popular demand, the leading fall course here will be [[Economics Lectures|Economics]].''' Unlike [[Wikipedia]], which is plagued with [[liberal bias]] and [[gossip]], [[Conservapedia]] is a true learning resource that enables students to excel.
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'''The [[MSM|media]] is all abuzz about Wednesday’s tragic shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.''' The perpetrator, 88 year old James von Brunn, was a [[White supremacy|White Supremacist]], and the [[Leftist|lefty]] blogs are acting as though this being some nuance of the right. '''Wrong.''' Let’s not forget that [[Jeremiah Wright|Rev. Jeremiah Wright]], [[Louis Farrakhan]], are both [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semites]] and neither considered spokesmen for the right. But after some research it appears the shooter is in fact - despite the protestations of the [[Daily Kos|Kos Kids]] - is a registered [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and [[Fox News]] hater from [[Maryland]]. For example, he unleashed his hatred of both Presidents Bush and other “neo-conservatives” in online essays. The Kos needs to remember that it is [[President Obama]] who is wanting to meet with another [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust denier]], [[Iran|Iranian]] President Ahmadinejad. So much for the “[[Vast right-wing conspiracy|Right Wing Conspiracy]]”... [http://macsmind.com/wordpress/2009/06/10/james-von-brunn-like-most-holocaust-deniers-are-from-the-left-not-the-right/]
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'''The [[Obama Administration]] orders Miranda rights be read to [[terrorist]]s.''' In a move that further burdens the military, the [[CIA]] and the [[FBI]], non-[[U.S.]] citizens also known as enemy fighters in a combat zone must be read their rights. Rep. Mike Rogers R-Mi. says "The move is reportedly creating chaos in the field." [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/10/lawmaker-says-obama-ordered-fbi-read-rights-detainees/]
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'''Why is mega-corporation UPS trying to use its political clout to get a bailout from the [[U.S. Congress]]''', leaving you to pay the tab? [http://www.brownbailout.com/]
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'''Shocking [[Anti-Semitic]] Remarks from [[Jeremiah Wright]] President Obama's 'Mentor':''' In a racially charged interview, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright said that [[President Obama]] hasn't spoken to him since they parted ways last year, because "them [[Jews]] aren't going to let him talk to me." He suggested [[White House]] advisers were keeping the two separate. ''"Them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter, that he'll talk to me in five years when he's a lame duck, or in eight years when he's out of office,"'' Wright said, according to Virginia's ''Daily Press''. "They will not let him ... talk to somebody who calls a spade what it is." [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/10/wright-suggests-jews-white-house-wont-let-speak-obama/]
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'''[[Ann Coulter]]: Welcome Back, Carter!''' "Well, I'm glad that's over! Now that our silver-tongued president has gone to [[Cairo]] to soothe [[Muslims|Muslims']] hurt feelings, they love us again! Muslims in [[Pakistan]] expressed their appreciation for [[Barack Hussein Obama|President Barack Obama's]] speech by bombing a fancy hotel in Peshawar this week. Operating on the [[liberal]] premise that what [[Arabs]] really respect is weakness, Obama listed, incorrectly, Muslims' historical contributions to mankind, such as [[algebra]] (actually that was the ancient [[Babylonians]]), the compass (that was the [[Chinese]]), pens (the Chinese again) and medical discoveries (huh?)." [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32240]
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'''[[Newt Gingrich]]: "Between 2000 and 2008, the [[United Auto Workers]] (UAW) union gave $23,675,562 to the [[Democratic Party]]''' and its candidates. In 2008 alone, the UAW gave $4,161,567 to the Democratic Party, including [[Barack Obama]]. In return, the UAW received 55% of [[Chrysler]] and 17.5% of [[GM]], plus billions of dollars. '''''But nobody's calling this a scandal. It's time we start."''''' [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32212]
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'''[[Glenn Beck]] warns [[Barack Obama|Obama's]] 'shadow government' is growing in size, power.''' [http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=011008&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=5861557&referralPlaylistId=playlist '''Watch this video.'''] And a discussion on Obama circumventing constitutional checks and balances [http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=011008&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=5862590&referralPlaylistId=f909db77f0ad31bbfd35cb7e6a04f50204809c04 '''here'''] 
'''See Conservapedia's list of the [[Obama_Administration#Czars|16 czars ]].''' ''Editors can start writing articles on each of these czars.''
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'''Another tragedy from unattended [[video game]] playing as a 11-year-old [[Mississippi]] boy accidentally killed his 9-year-old brother''' with a [[shotgun]] blast Tuesday as the two struggled over the gun after arguing about a video game, authorities said. "The younger brother allegedly got mad because he got beat at some video games and got the gun," Marshall County Sheriff Kenny Dickerson said. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525604,00.html]
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'''[[Homeschooling]] has increased 74% from 1999 and 36% from 2003, according to a report recently released by the U.S. Department of Education last month.''' Reasons cited include "to provide religious or moral instruction" (36%), "concern about school environment" (21%), and "dissatisfaction with academic instruction" (17%).[http://www.hslda.org/docs/link.asp?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ledger-enquirer.com%2Fnews%2Fstory%2F742241.html&]

===June 18===
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'''[[United States of America|U.S.]] [[Customs]] has proposed revoking earlier rulings that assisted opening [[Knife|knives]] are not switchblades.''' The proposal would not only outlaw assisted opening knives, its overly broad new definition of a switchblade would also include all one-handed opening knives and most other pocket knives. [http://www.kniferights.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=1]
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'''[[Europe]] moves in pro-[[capitalism]] direction after seeing the fruits of anti-capitalism policies.'''[http://www.newsmax.com/international/european_elections/2009/06/08/222512.html] The [[United States]] keeps moving in the opposite direction and continues to get mired in Obama administration's folly of throwing taxpayer money into failed corporations and pork barrel spending.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tctf8WCbt8g&feature=channel_page]
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'''The [[Wall Street Journal]] reports that the liberal media parrots the Obama administration's phony job claims.'''[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124451592762396883.html]
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"'''As you become poorer, just remember, [[Al Gore]]'s net worth in 2001 was estimated to be between $1 and 2 million dollars. Today, his net worth is over $100 million dollars" as he promotes the [[global warming]] scam'''.[http://blog.nj.com/southjerseylife/2009/06/news_viewpoint_global_warming.html] Lying can sometimes be more profitable than telling the truth, but it is not more rewarding.
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'''[[Hillary Clinton]] has taken [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama's]] "outreach" to Muslims to its logical, insane conclusion''' when she invited a [[jihad]] lover to be part of a conference call on reaction to the president's [[Cairo]] address. Not only that, Esam Omeish is also a candidate for the [[Virginia]] House of Delegates! [http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/06/hillary_invites_jihad_lover_to.html]
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<big>'''[[Governor Sarah Palin]] Cleared of All Ethics Charges.'''</big> 
 '''The ''accusations'' made news in the [[liberal]] [[MSM]] but are they reporting, anywhere, that the former [[Republican]] vice-presidential nominee has been cleared of ''every'' ethics complaint filed since the torrent of allegations began in 2008? No.''' So we have made it a larger than normal headline here. [[Leftist|Leftists]] screamed the allegations in big headlines, and if reported at all, the news of her now being completely cleared has been buried by the [[Liberal deceit|deceitful]] liberal press. Governor Palin is 14-for-14 in fighting off the complaints. She's been cleared of 13 charges by the independent State Personnel Board and of another complaint by the [[Federal Election Commission]] (FEC). [http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/palin_charges_dismissed/2009/06/08/222621.html]
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'''[[GOP]] Gains Control of [[New York State|N.Y.]] Senate as 2 [[Democrats|Dems]] Switch.''' [[AP|The Associated Press]] is reporting a major power shift in the New York Legislature. [[Republicans]] say two dissident Democrats have switched sides, giving the GOP control of the state Senate. [http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/06/gop-gains-control-of-ny-senate-as-2-dems-switch.html?csp=34]
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'''[[Obama]] Needs to Brush up on [[Middle East]] History:''' "For a man of his educational credentials, Barack Obama has... shown a surprising ignorance of [[history]]. The good news is that in his speech to "the Muslim world" in [[Cairo]] last week, Obama showed a surer grasp of the past. ''The bad news is that he still has more to learn''." [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_michael_barone/obama_needs_to_brush_up_on_middle_east_history]
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'''Help Kids, Leave [[God]] Outside? [[Evangelical]] group that helps kids at risk is banned from [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]] public housing unless they drop mention of God!''' [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525424,00.html]
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'''[[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]: Judges Must Avoid Appearance of Bias.''' By a 5-4 vote, the justices said [[West Virginia]] Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin violated constitutional [[due process]] of law when he voted in the dispute after being asked to take himself out because of a conflict of interest. The decision, written by Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]], which said the [[Constitution]] requires courts to be aware not only of an actual bias ''but of the "objective risk" of bias'', offered the high court's first review in decades of when judges must sit out cases because of conflicts with the parties. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2009-06-08-supreme-court-judge_N.htm]
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'''[[Judge]] [[Sonia Sotomayor]] failed to disclose to the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] a controversial document arguing that the [[Capital punishment|death penalty]] is “[[Racism|racist]]” and a violation of the present “[[Humanism|humanist]]” thinking of [[society]].''' This might well be a "smoking gun" moment... [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=49218]
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'''[[EU]] Parliament vote shows [[conservatives]] racing to victory in some of [[Europe|Europe's]] largest economies!''' Conservatives raced toward victory, with initial results and exit polls showing voters punishing [[leftist|left-leaning]] parties in [[European Parliament]] elections in [[France]], [[Germany]] and elsewhere. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hitISYixOv_DC0ABZeYzc6dg2BDAD98M3P880] In [[Spain]], governed by [[socialists]], the centre-right Popular Party scored 42.03% against 38.66% for the socialist PSOE. In [[Bulgaria]], governed by a socialist-led coalition, two EPP-affiliated parties scored a total of 33.12%, against 18.36% for the socialist BSP. [[Hungary]], a country hit by a deep economic crisis, the ruling socialists lost to the conservative opposition FIDESZ-KDNP, which scored a remarkable 56.37%, against only 17.37% for the ruling MSZP. Significant gains were made by the right-of-center Jobbik party, which scored 14.7%. [http://www.euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/centre-right-wins-european-elections/article-182953]

'''[[Sweden]]'s Pirate Party has won entry into the European Parliament''' [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10259048-38.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0]
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'''American Christians, please support the spiritual heritage resolution being proposed by Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA)!'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpQOCvthw-o&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fprofessor-howdy.blogspot.com%2F&feature=player_embedded][http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3639] TAKE ACTION by contacting your U.S. Representative and ask that he or she support passage of House Resolution 397, being offered by Rep. Forbes.[http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3639]
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'''[[Newt Gingrich]]: "I am not a [[citizen]] of the world. I am a citizen of the [[United States]] because only in the United States does citizenship start with our Creator. [...] I think this is one of the most critical moments in American history. We are living in a period where we are surrounded by [[paganism]]."''' Two leading voices of the [[Republican Party|Republican Party's]] evangelical wing visited Rock Church on Friday for a forum aimed at recapturing some of the movement's political momentum. Former [[Speaker of the House]] Newt Gingrich and former presidential candidate [[Mike Huckabee]] urged [[Christians]] to get involved in politics to preserve the presence of religion in American life. [http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/huckabee-gingrich-urge-political-engagement-va-beach]
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'''[[Socialism]] and [[Relativism|Moral Relativism]] Run Amok In the [[United Kingdom]]: Boys as young as 12 are to be issued [[condom]] "credit cards"''' allowing them to pick up free contraception at football grounds, barber’s shops and scout huts. Condoms will be distributed at places where boys congregate, to spare them the "embarrassment" of visiting sexual health clinics or GPs’ surgeries or facing a shop assistant at a pharmacist's counter. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525314,00.html]
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[[Creation Ministries International]] recently published an interesting article entitled ''101 evidences for a [[Young earth creationism|young age of the earth and the universe]].''[http://creation.com/age-of-the-earth]
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'''Gaza [[Arab]]s are planning 936 [[lawsuit]]s against [[Israel]] for their [[military]] assault in December 2008.''' Israel gives the Arabs- [[Gaza]] in exchange for peace. Following years of rocket attacks on Israeli [[civilian]]s, IDF forces attack Gaza. [[Liberalism]] within the international [[court]]s might be tempted to support '''[[Hamas]]'''. [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/166099]
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'''Another victory for the [[First Amendment]]:''' When it came to reciting the Lord's Prayer, the [[ACLU]] said Florida's Pace High School couldn't, and sued to make sure it didn't happen. Well, too bad: 400 grads stood up in their ceremony and said it anyway, to a cheering audience: [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100274] [http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jun/09060510.html]
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'''Update:UK Labour Party Dissolves. "Labour is finished as a Government." ''' Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]]'s Cabinet has had six resignations, 4 within the past 24 hours including Transport Secretary and Defense Secretary. The Conservative Party is expected to dominate all areas of [[government]] in the upcoming [[U.K.]] elections. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1190834/Brown-launches-emergency-reshuffle-James-Purnell-quits-tells-go.html][http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8085783.stm]
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'''[[Sonia Sotomayor]] Deep in Debt Documents show. [[Supreme Court]] nominee owes more than $400,000, may be living paycheck to paycheck due to poor judgment.''' [http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/SupremeCourt/Sotomayor/SoniaSotomayor-Questionnaire.cfm Disclosure documents] described Sotomayor's finances, which paint a portrait of a [[New York City|New Yorker]] in an very expensive neighborhood who may be living largely paycheck to paycheck. She has $1.16 million in assets, but $418,350 in debts, including her mortgage, credit card bills and a big dentist bill. Previous financial disclosure reports showed her with an annual income of "only" about $200,000. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/04/white-house-delivers-sotomayors-writings-records-senate/]
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'''[[Newt Gingrich]], [[Mike Huckabee]], Lou Engle, Ron Luce and others link up this week to inspire people of faith to reclaim the Nation's spiritual foundation.''' 'Rediscovering God in America' is the name of a best-selling book by former speaker, Newt Gingrich; the subject of a movie, and now a special event which will be broadcast [http://www.god.tv/user?_goto_=http%3A/%252Fwww.god.tv/stream '''LIVE on GOD TV'''] on Thursday June 4 at 8:30pm and Friday June 5 at 8am (Eastern). [http://www.god.tv/node/920]
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'''59 is the [[Talk:World History Final Exam|highest score]] on the [[World History Final Exam|final exam]] in ''Conservapedia''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[World History Lectures|World History class]], by two students!'''
 Congratulations to all who did well.

===June 12===
'''It was 20 years ago that the [[China|Chinese government]] brutally killed 2,000 to 3,000 of its own citizens for the crime of demanding their own [[liberty]].''' [[George Orwell]] said, ''“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”'' He’s all too right. Last century, an estimated 262 million people were murdered by their own government. Today millions more are enslaved and regularly tortured by [[Islamic]] police states. No word about this from [[President Obama]] as he tours the [[Middle East]] seeking accommodation with [[Dictator|dictators]], tyrants and those who have sworn to destroy [[Christianity]] and [[Freedom]].
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'''[[New Jersey]] [[Republican]] nominee [[Chris Christie]] enjoys double digit lead''' over the [[liberal]], big-spending [[Democrat]] incumbent governor [[Jon Corzine]], who is supported by only 38% of voters, versus 51% stating support for Christie. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2009/new_jersey/election_2009_new_jersey_governor]
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'''Alternate Universe Report:''' [[Obama]] says "[[Islam]] is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism -- it is an important part of promoting peace." [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L41027587.htm]
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'''In the just-ended May ratings period, [[Fox News]] once again obliterated the competition.''' Fox's primetime audience in the demographic of adults 25-to-54 (the ratings group that ad buys are based on) was up 30% versus May 2008; [[Left wing]] [[MSNBC|MSNBC's]] was down 9%, while the [[liberal]] [[CNN]], ''which seems increasingly out of step with the cable news audience'', tumbled 37%. "Die hard liberals like to think that their ideology is followed by the majority. That simply is not true. They are a very small minority in the big ideological picture of the USA. Where the liberals were smart is that they took over media corporations and investment banks." [http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/06/03/how-fox-news-defies-ratings-gravity/]
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'''The future of government-run healthcare.''' Barbara Wagner was told by an oncologist to get the drug Tarceva for chemotherapy treatment of her [[lung cancer]]. [[Oregon]]’s state run health plan denied the potentially life altering drug because it was not "cost-effective." Instead, the State plan offered to pay for either [[hospice]] care or physician-assisted suicide. [http://www.physiciansforreform.org/index.php?id=30]
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'''[[Conservative]] Steve Lonegan stuns pundits by receiving over 40% of the vote in the New Jersey Republican primary''', despite being outspent by millions of dollars, being kept off [[Sean Hannity]]'s show, and being ostracized by every ([[liberal]]) Republican leader in [[New Jersey]].[http://elections.nj.com/dynamic/files/elections/2009/by_state/NJ_Page_0602.html?SITE=NJNEWELN&SECTION=POLITICS]
 '''Conservative Mike Doherty upsets a [[RINO]] incumbent to win a NJ Senate primary.[http://elections.nj.com/dynamic/files/elections/2009/by_state/NJ_State_Senate_0602.html?SITE=NJNEWELN&SECTION=POLITICS]
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'''In a historic moment at the [[White House]] today, [[Nancy Reagan|Mrs. Ronald Reagan]] stood next to [[President Obama]] as he signed the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act''', which will honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of [[Ronald Wilson Reagan]]. The 11-member Commission will plan, develop and carry out activities which pay tribute to our nation's fortieth president. In true Reagan style, all events will be funded by private donations. [http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Ronald-Reagan-Presidential-Foundation-998516.html]
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'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkeZ2P4SiY8 "Young Conservative Anthem"] Causes Internet Buzz.''' "The Young Con Anthem," created by two [[Dartmouth University|Dartmouth]] students, and has been featured on The [[Huffington Post]], [[USA Today]], [[Fox News]] and a variety of blogs across the political spectrum. Students David Rufful and Josh Riddle made a rap video which they say was intended to spread the views of the Young Conservatives, a group started by Rufful and Riddle with "a devout mission to spread the love and logic surrounding true conservatism," according the organization's [http://www.theyoungcons.com/ Web site.] Rufful said that there has been "hateful commentary" in response to the video, particularly from [[liberal]] bloggers. Surprise, surprise. Not! [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/01/young-conservative-anthem-causes-internet-buzz/?test=latestnews]
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'''[[Fox News]] Picks Up on [[New York Times|NYT's]] Bias by Omission on [[Muslim]] Bomb Plot:''' Fox News Channel host Jon Scott on a foiled plot to bomb two synagogues in [[New York City]]: ''"Why did the New York Times decide to shy away from mentioning the suspect's extreme Muslim beliefs?"'' [http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2009/20090601153529.aspx]
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An attack at a [[U.S.]] Army/Navy recruiting center leaves one soldier dead and another wounded. Both victims were volunteers at the center. Liberals show little concern about this murder,[http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/01/arkansas.recruiter.shooting/index.html] '''even though the murderer "likely had 'political and religious motives.'"'''[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,523860,00.html?test=latestnews]
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'''"In their own way, the [[Wikipedia]]ns are as cultish and protective of their public image as the group they just banned.''' And if you don't believe that, ask AndroidCat, GoodDamon, FloNight, BravehartBear, and all the other Wiki high priests who weighed in on the seven-month arbitration hearing on whether to ban the L. Rons."[http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/wikipedia-scientologists-edit-suckers-526]
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'''[[Mythology|Myth]] #13 for [[Liberal Myths About Education]]''': [[Government]] pre-school is effective. 'Zero to Five:' A [[scam]] to help the [[teacher]]s [[Labor union|union]]. [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Zero-to-Five-Obamas-latest-paybaco-46615472.html] [http://blog.heritage.org/2009/05/20/quelling-the-preschool-enthusiasm/] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/14/AR2009051403600.html]
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'''Victory for the [[First Amendment]]:''' San Diego County backs down, and withdraws the permit demand it tried forcing on a couple who held weekly [[Bible]] studies in their home: [http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/30/1n30bible00100-county-wont-force-permit-bible-stud/]
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'''[[Conservative]] Steve Lonegan gains in the latest Rasmussen poll against the [[RINO]] Chris Christie''' for the NJ gubernatorial primary. Despite Christie outspending Lonegan by perhaps 5:1, Christie falls short of 50% support among even Republicans.[http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2009/new_jersey/election_2009_new_jersey_republican_primary_for_governor] If the undecideds break in favor of the challenger (Lonegan), then this could be a huge upset on Tuesday.
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Who is better at describing America's descent into [[Marxism]] under [[Obama]] and his liberal cohorts than the people who climbed out of it? [[Pravda]] knows: [http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/107459-0/]
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Dr. [[George Tiller]], a late-term [[abortion]]ist in Wichita, [[Kansas]], was apparently shot and killed while in his church today. Conservapedia condemns his murder, and expects his killer to be brought to justice. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,523581,00.html][http://www.kansas.com/news/breaking/story/833730.html]
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The [[YouTube]] video producer ''SwordsmanofFaith'' continues to battle [[evolution|evolutionists]] over his anti-evolution video which cites the Conservapedia evolution article and the video was produced over 60 days ago![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXla5GnFUEY] It appears as if many Darwinist cannot face the truth that [[Adolf Hitler]] was an evolutionist and that the [[Nazi]] [[eugenics]] program and the [[Holocaust]] have their roots in Darwinism!
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'''It appears as if some overzealous [[Wikipedia|Wikipedians]] wish to label [[Conservapedia|Conservapedians]] as a hate group![http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Conservapedia]''' Perhaps those zealous Wikipedians have never read in [[homosexuality|Conservapedia's homosexuality article]] what Dr. [[Alex D. Montoya]] wrote concerning [http://www.conservapedia.com/Homosexuality#Homosexuality_and_the_Bible how Christians are to treat homosexuals!] It also appears as if the zealous Wikipedians could not find a reliable source calling Conservapedians a hate group![http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Conservapedia] Perhaps, those Wikipedians should be told that the [[liberal bias|liberal media]] are afraid to cite the factual and well sourced [[Conservapedia]] homosexuality article lest they should actually inform the public and actually do their jobs!
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'''Plans for a [[9/11]] memorial for Flight 93 in [[Pennsylvania]] are held up by a dispute''' over the price to be paid to acquire the private land, and now the government invokes [[eminent domain]] to obtain the land through a [[condemnation]] proceeding.[http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/29/flight.dispute/index.html]
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'''[[Muslim]] [[Egypt|Egyptian]] Student Charged With [[Terrorism]] in [[Florida]], Denied Bail.''' The undergrad from the University of S. Florida was arrested in [[South Carolina]] with a companion, another USF student from Egypt named Ahmed Mohamed, driving a car that had explosives in the trunk. Mr. Megahed's companion explained the lengths of PVC pipe, fuses and chemicals were simply home-made "[[fireworks]]" that Mr. Mohamed planned to detonate for "fun" during a vacation. No doubt while dressed as [[Uncle Sam]] and singing "Yankee Doodle"....[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,523361,00.html?test=latestnews]
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'''Transforming the economy with the creation of so-called green jobs, much lauded by the [[Obama Administration]] and [[Al Gore]] and his acolytes, is a figment of imagination in [[liberal]]-[[progressive]]-[[socialist]] brains:''' The enormous costs to the economy and to our original [[Constitutional rights]] are all too real. In [http://townhall.com/columnists/TonyBlankley/2009/05/27/economic_reality_of_5_million_green_jobs?page=1 "Economic Reality of 5 Million Green Jobs"], Tony Blankley reports the destructive economic effects in [[Spain]], which boasted one of [[Europe|Europe’s]] most lauded green-energy programs. The Spanish/EU-style 'green jobs' agenda now being promoted in the [[U.S.]] in fact destroys jobs: ''9 jobs will be lost for every 4 created'', according to one of Spain's leading universities, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.

===June 9===
'''[[Wikipedia]] Blocks [[Scientology|Church of Scientology]] From Editing Pages:''' After four months of ''internal discussion'', Wikipedia's top administrators decided Thursday to block Scientology-affiliated computers from changing items on any part of the online encyclopedia, reports the [[British]] tech blog ''The Register''. Every [[IP address]] linked to Scientology is now banned from editing. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,523238,00.html?test=latestnews] [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/29/wikipedia_bans_scientology/]
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[[Conservapedia]] is considering greatly expanding its subscriber base at the [[YouTube]] video channel [http://www.youtube.com/user/conservapediavideos Conservapediavideos] in the near future! Please be a trend setter and subscribe to [http://www.youtube.com/user/conservapediavideos Conservapediavideos] before all your friends do!
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'''The [[YouTube]] video producer ''NephilimFree'', who gave a ringing endorsement of [[evolution|Conservapedia's evolution article]] in a YouTube video, continues to battle evolutionists in the comment section of his video over 60 days after his video was posted![http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Gn5sRpEAY]''' NephilimFree, keep batting down the false evolutionary nonsense and don't let the YouTube evolutionists wear you down! [[Conservapedia|Conservapedians]] think you struck a nerve in your video as far as your comments about [[atheism|atheists]]!
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'''The stimulus plan enacted a little over 100 days ago is a fiscal flop and nothing to celebrate.''' [[President Obama]] declared "We are seeing results" and "over 150,000 jobs have been saved or created." [[Texas]] Rep. John Culberson replied that in over 100 days since the stimulus has been enacted, [[America]] has lost almost 1.6 million jobs, the worst in two decades. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/27/solar/] Other figures show at the very least, 66,000 of those new jobs touted are [[government]] jobs. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/05/19/evening-news-lauds-government-growth-economic-bright-spot]
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'''Job elimination under Obama:''' As part of the restructuring agreement, automaker [[Chrysler]] will eliminate 789 auto dealerships. The Democratic Party is wringing their hands in glee, as some 90% of the dealerships targeted are those owned and run by Republican donors: [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=99325][http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Furor-grows-over-partisan-car-dealer-closings-46261447.html][http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2009/05/chrysler-dealers-to-be-cut-and-kept/]
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'''Union demands that [[NBC]] refuse to air an advertisement that is critical of [[Obama]]'s planned government interference with [[health care]].'''[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/23065.html] [[Censorship]] by [[liberals]] again?
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'''Fairfax High School in [[Los Angeles]] nominates a [[homosexual]] male for prom [[queen]].''' "Gender-bending is just kind of in" [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prom-queen28-2009may28,0,2700821.story]
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'''[[Liberal]]s in charge of [[public school]]s claim they are offended by the word [[God]].''' In [[Ohio]], the [[secular]] progressive Oberlin school board has recommitted itself to keeping a 30 year ban on saying the [[Pledge of Allegiance]] in school unless 'under God' is removed. [http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/05/oberlin_schools_decide_not_to.html]
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'''Obama is a front man and a puppet for [[Wall Street]].''' Corporate irresponsibility is supposedly "too big to fail" and the taxpayers are too small to represent.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVwVjfC2KAQ]
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'''GITMO SOLUTION: Treat [[terrorist]] detainees as fetuses''', which gives us the option to kill all of them at will and gain the world’s admiration for supporting “choice.” [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/scottott/Obama-declares-Gitmo-detainees-to-be-fetuses-45836127.html]
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'''[[Homosexuals]] take to the streets in [[New York City]] and massive protest occurs in [[Sacramento]], [[California]],''' over [[Proposition 8]] being upheld by the [[California Supreme Court]] banning so-called [[Same-sex marriage|Gay Marriage]]. Law enforcement authorities fear a return of the violent "Gay Riots" of last November in [[Hollywood]] and [[San Francisco]]. Over 175 were arrested in San Francisco. [http://www.wpix.com/news/local/wpix-new-york-protest-gay-marriage,0,3148566.story]
[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,522104,00.html?test=latestnews][http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12453610]
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'''The nomination of [[Hispanic]] [[Sonia Sotomayor]] for the [[Supreme Court]] will remind conservatives of Miguel Estrada''', a promising Hispanic [[conservative]] that the [[Democrats]] filibustered -- at the circuit court level -- dismissing him as a "[[Affirmative Action]]" nominee. The real reason was because he was a ''conservative'' Latino. [http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2009/05/26/2003-miguel-estrada-was-dismissed-bush-affirmative-action-candidate]
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'''The [[California Supreme Court]] upheld [[Proposition 8]] by a 6-1 vote!''' The justices uphold the [[same-sex marriage]] ban but also rule that the 18,000 gay couples who wed before the November vote will stay married. The decision is sure to spark another ballot box fight. [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prop8-decision27-2009may27,0,6677891.story]
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'''[[Tenth Amendment]] Movement Aims to Give Power Back to the States:''' Fed up with [[Washington, D.C.|Washington's]] involvement in everything from land use to [[gun control]] to [[Education|education spending]], states across the country are fighting back against what they say is the [[Federal government|federal government's]] growing intrusion on their rights. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/26/tenth-amendment-movement-aims-power-states/]
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'''[[Obama]] nominates [[Judge]] [[Sonia Sotomayor]] to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].'''[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/05/67277523/1]
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'''This [[Memorial Day]], learn the names and read the stories of so many fallen heroes at [http://www.mapthefallen.org/2009/05/for-past-two-years-ive-been-working-on.html Map the Fallen]. Endorsed by Gold Star Mothers. [http://www.mapthefallen.org]'''
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'''In the blue state of [[Massachusetts]], the state [[Senate]] has removed earmarks to the [[LGBT]] Commission.''' This pro-[[family]] victory is a major defeat for the [[homosexual]] lobby, helping to thwart funding for the [[indoctrination]] of [[public school]] [[student]]s. [http://www.massresistance.org/docs/govt09/budget/senate_budget.html]
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'''Gerald Celente, considered to be the top trend forecaster by many [[conservative]]s and even many members of the [[liberal bias|liberal mainstream media]], has predicted an [[economics|economic]] [[apocalypse]] for the [[United States]] by 2012 that could alter America as we currently know it. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEne0vfX-zI]''' Celente has also predicted tax riots (Celente predicted the [[Tax_Day_Tea_Party|tax tea parties]]) and also stated the Obama administration's large production of "phantom" US currency is not going to solve America's serious economic problems.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEne0vfX-zI]
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'''As the [[United States]] begins to celebrate [[Memorial Day]]''' honoring those who lost their lives defending [[Freedom]], 75% of [[Americans]] have a favorable opinion of the [[U.S. Military]]. Just 11% ([[radicals|radical leftists]], [[liberals]] and [[Socialists]] no doubt) view the military unfavorably, and 14% are undecided in a new Rasmussen Reports survey. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/may_2009/75_have_favorable_opinion_of_u_s_military_this_memorial_day]
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'''[[Bill Maher]] Trashes Liberals: "They Object Before They Know What They're Objecting To" !''' Speaking on [[CNN]] about how he always gets booed when he tells an [[Obama]] joke, [[leftist]] comic Maher said "we get a very supersensitive [[liberal]] audience" on [[HBO|HBO's]] "[[Real Time]]," and "it's always that [[limousine liberal]] crowd that just has their finger on the [[politically correct]] button...That's what bugs me the most about liberals is that they just -- they object before they even know what they're objecting to." Maher also opined that '''"especially on (college) campuses in the last 10 or 15 years, the repression of speech has come more from the left."''' How long until his fellow 'liberals' force him to recant or personally savage Maher for his slip into candor? [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/05/24/maher-trashes-liberals-they-object-they-know-what-theyre-objecting]
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'''Christian philosopher and apologist [[William Lane Craig]] is [http://www.conservapedia.com/Richard_Dawkins#Christian_apologist_William_Lane_Craig_is_Reported_to_Have_Called_Dawkins_a_Coward reported to have called Richard Dawkins a coward in a private letter to Dr. Victor Reppert due to the refusal of Richard Dawkins to debate Dr. Craig.]'''[http://dangerousidea.blogspot.com/2007/01/dawkins-ducks-craig.html] Please sign the current petition asking the prominent [[atheism|atheist]] and [[evolution|evolutionist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] to please debate [[William Lane Craig]]. [http://manawatu.christian-apologetics.org/sign-the-richard-dawkins-should-debate-william-craig-petition/][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQlB78Hgsj4&feature=channel_page] In addition, since Mr. Dawkins [[Richard Dawkins|refuses to debate Dinesh D'Souza]], please start a petition drive for Richard Dawkins to debate Dinesh D'Souza as well!!! Message to [[Richard Dawkins]] from Conservapedians: Mr. Dawkins, please come out of your "intellectual" bunny hole!!!
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'''[[Conservative]] [[Pat Toomey]] quickly gains support by "moderate" [[Republicans]]''', despite predictions to the contrary. Odds of [[Specter]] beating [[Toomey]] for this [[U.S. Senate]] seat continue to decline.[http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20090524_Moderate_Pa__Republicans_warming_to_Toomey.html]

===June 4===
'''[[Liberals]] push [[global warming]] bill through a committee, [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5iS14YOIUrpdmPuNylwKcVpSnmAD98AVFDO2] despite evidence that the world is not getting warmer after all.'''
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'''Poll shows lead by [[Republican]] candidates Lonegan, Christie over the [[Democratic]] incumbent Corzine for [[NJ]] Governor'''[http://thebulletin.us/articles/2009/05/21/top_stories/bullet_points/doc4a15333f842d2186600812.txt]
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''''[[Bill O'Reilly|The Factor]]' Investigates [[Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)|ACORN]].''' [http://www.thefoxnation.com/bill-oreilly/2009/05/20/factor-investigates-acorn Video]
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'''Another example of the hatred some have for the [[First Amendment]], let alone God or His word:''' [[Bible study]] is banned in your private home in San Diego, unless you have a $10,000 permit from the county: [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=98895]
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'''[[Liberal]] [[New York Times]] "Uncertain" About Religion of Synagogue-Bombing Plotters.''' The Times' front-page story on a foiled plot by four [[Radical]] [[Muslim]] converts to blow up a [[synagogue]] displayed the paper's typical [[deceit]] and [[political correctness]], taking great pains to avoid mentioning the obvious: '''That they were Muslim [[terrorists]]!''' [http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2009/20090522122352.aspx]
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'''A group of [[parent]]s in a [[California]] [[school district]] say they are being bullied by school administrators''' into accepting a new curriculum that addresses [[bullying]], [[respect]] and [[acceptance]] -- and that includes compulsory lessons about the [[Homosexuality|lesbian, gay,]] [[bisexual]] and [[transgender]] community that will be taught to [[children]] as young as 5 years old. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,521209,00.html]
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'''Rule #1 For [[Atheists]] and Perverts: Convince the children that it's "normal". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpjPzhSjPqQ Watch.]'''
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'''[[California]] Is Out of Money - Big Spending [[Politicians]] Reel as Voters Rebuff [[Liberals]] Plea For Higher Taxes.''' Direct [[Democracy]] has once again upended California — enough so that the state's [[liberal]] politicians and organizations may finally consider another way to continue their profligate spending; by overhauling its Constitution for the first time in 130 years, and calling for a [[Constitutional Convention]] packed with [[leftist]] politicians and their [[Interest group|special interest group]] supporters. That is sure to "fix" those stupid [[voters]]! [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/us/21calif.html?nl=pol&emc=polb1]
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'''President [[Obama]], please stop your policy of printing huge amounts of U.S. currency!'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw1hkEor6sM][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgNkQ4pnPpg&feature=channel_page][http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cb1_1237522897] The [[United States]] [[Dollar]] is continuing its price fall.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0hhjlPkHKA '''VIDEO''']. One of world's leading trend forecasters, Gerald Celente, predicts the big bailout bubble bursting and causing massive economic collapse that will be greater than the [[Great Depression|great depression]].[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUC7Nu76VFM][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s43-C4_3mpk&feature=channel_page]
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'''[[Barack Obama]] has only been [[President]] for 4 months, with little real accomplishments to his name, aside from being elected in spite of them''', but already his name is cropping up on schools, other buildings and avenues across the country. The most recent example is in [[St. Paul (City)|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]] where the school board voted Tuesday night to change the name of Webster Magnet Elementary, which had honored '''[[Daniel Webster]]''' (who had many real-life, important accomplishments), to '''[[Barack Hussein Obama|Barack]] and [[Michelle Obama]] Service Learning Elementary'''. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/us/21name.html?_r=1&nl=pol&emc=polb1]
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'''Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] ratcheted up his criticism on the [[Obama Administration]],''' saying the anti-terror policies of the [[George W. Bush|Bush Administration]] kept [[America]] safe and that [[Barack Hussein Obama|Barack Hussein Obama's]] apparent pride in seeking a middle ground is compromising America's safety. While many compared Obama's speech to a court room summation, trying to play to his [[radical leftist]] base which has been unhappy with many of Obama's recent decisions, Cheney's speech was recognized for using actual facts to bolster his argument. [http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=videolandingpage&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=5224237&referralPlaylistId=c985e69916535a2170b2b18ab0ab7eb60401f9bb'''Video here.'''][http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/21/cheney-fires-latest-salvo-debate-obamas-national-security-policies/]
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"'''[[Obama]] refuses to retreat on closing [[Guantanamo]]'''," despite 90-6 vote in the [[U.S. Senate]] against him. Instead, Obama met with the [[ACLU]], which then criticized him.[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT]
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'''Where's The Birth Certificate?''' [[Joseph Farah]], editor and [[CEO]] of the company [[WorldNetDaily]] has created a fundraising campaign to erect billboards around the country questioning [[Barack Obama]]'s eligibility for office. It is going to get increasingly harder for corrupt judges and the [[liberal]] [[MSM]] to shield their [[celebrity]] president.[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=98589]
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'''Flunk-outs becoming teachers''': "According to state education officials, '''nearly three-quarters of the people who took the state elementary school teacher’s licensing exam this year failed the new math section'''."[http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/local_wpri_massachusetts_aspiring_school_teachers_fail_in_math20090519]
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The [[Wayne Gretzky]] of [[Canada|Canadian]] [[creationism]] has expressed interest in spreading the awareness of [[evolution|Conservapedia's evolution article]] throughout [[Canada]] and throughout the world! Conservapedians believe that Canadian evolutionists goal tenders will be no match for the "Great One" of Canadian creationism should he decide to help advance a greater awareness of the [[Conservapedia]] evolution article throughout Canada! Please stay tuned for further developments.

===June 1===
'''[[United States Senate|Senate]] [[Democrats]] threw cold water on [[Barack Hussein Obama|President Obama's]] plans to close the [[Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp]]'''. In public slap in the face to Obama, they also pulled money for the closure from a [[White House]] war spending request and publicly opposed the transfer of any detainees to [[U.S.]] soil. Senate [[Majority Leader]] [[Harry Reid]] said Senate Democrats not only now oppose the release of detainees into the United States but also oppose the transfer of detainees to any U.S. prison. Watch the show as [[liberals]] begin to eat their own! [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/19/senate-emergency-war-spending/]
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*'''Final exam in [[World History Lectures|World History]] this Thursday'''.
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'''Even many [[Democrats]] now recognize the [[deceit]] of [[gun control]].''' "By 67-29, the Senate passed [[Oklahoma]] [[Republican]] [[Tom Coburn]]'s amendment to let law-abiding visitors carry legal firearms into national parks."[http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB124260178503028361-lMyQjAxMDI5NDEyODYxMDgxWj.html]
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'''A new Pew Research Center survey, same intriguing results; [[Republican]]s are happier than [[Democrat]]s.'''[http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090518/sc_livescience/happinessisbeingoldmaleandrepublican?anncoulterisahappy]
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'''[[Girl Scouts]] Fall Victim To The [[Culture War]]:''' In 1993, the Girl Scouts USA decided to make '''[[God]]''' optional in its program. Now it has been transformed into [[New Age]] [[feminism]], leftist [[indoctrination]] with [[lesbian]] [[role model]]s. [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=97977]
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'''The number of [[Americans]] who consider themselves "[[pro-life]]" has climbed significantly''' -- and some doctors say the shift might be linked to widespread use of [[ultrasound]], which allows pregnant women to see images of their babies before they're born. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/18/lawmakers-push-ultrasounds-effort-reduce-number-abortions/]
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'''[[Senator]] [[John McCain]] delivered the keynote address to the [[National Rifle Association|NRA]] 138th convention:''' "There are some, otherwise ardent, civil libertarians, who prefer to overlook that gun ownership is among those liberties that deserve a passionate defense. For reasons that seem more political than constitutional, they consider the right to bear arms to be the only amendment in the [[Bill of Rights]] that time and circumstances has rendered unnecessary and undeserving of protection." [http://www.johnmccain.com/news/Read.aspx?id=13]
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'''Once again according to [http://surchur.com/ Surchur], 19 out of 20 of the most recent [[YouTube]] videos which mention or cite [[Conservapedia]] appeared to like [[Conservapedia]]. [http://surchur.com/video/conservapedia]''' There was one recent YouTube video produced by a whiny [[liberal]] who appeared to dislike Conservapedia. However, Conservapedia is not going to fret over the one bad apple!

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2009-06-19T02:12:58Z

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Bush v. Gore

2009-06-13T02:33:24Z

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'''Bush v. Gore''' was the case brought before the [[Supreme Court]] to decide [[United States presidential election, 2000|the year 2000 Presidential election]] which had been held up with neither candidate [[George W. Bush]] nor [[Al Gore]] conceding defeat. A number of lower court cases in the [[Florida]] courts had already been fought, and the U.S. Supreme Court had unanimously rejected one recount order. The case was heard on December 11th, 2000 over one month after the election had taken place. The Florida Supreme Court had just ruled in a controversial split decision that court personnel would do a partial manual recount in four counties, according to procedures that were never revealed, based upon the specific request of Al Gore's camp as to which counties he wished to see the recounts done. They were the counties that had majority Democratic populations. The recount standard was done differently from county to county and sometimes from counting team to counting team.<ref>http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/display.html?terms=Bush%20v.%20Gore&url=/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html</ref> The Supreme court overturned that plan 7 to 2, and then in a 5 to 4 decision ruled that the time to find additional recounts method had passed. In effect, this solidified the results as they had been recorded, allowing George W. Bush to claim victory and enter the [[President of the United States of America|Presidency]].

Independent news agencies later did their own recounts, trying to simulate how the Florida court might have done it. They found that under most scenarios, the recounts would have favored Bush, but that the court could have manipulated the process to declare Gore the winner.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/florida.ballots/stories/main.html</ref><ref>http://www.slate.com/?id=2058603</ref>

Many people were unhappy with the courts intervening in the election:

*[[Republicans]] complained that the Florida supreme court tried to alter the certified count with procedures that had never been used before. They also supported the Constitutionally-mandated [[electoral college]] rather than the popular vote in deciding presidential elections.
*[[Democrats]] were unhappy that the US Supreme Court stopped the Florida supreme court's decision to force a recount. They also claimed that the court had a Republican or Bush Family bias. Many Democrats, such as [[Hillary Clinton]], oppose the [[electoral college]].

==Further reading==
*[http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=65000590 ''A Blatant Conflict of Interest], [[Theresa LePore]] should recuse herself from the Palm Beach vote-count process'', John Fund, OpinionJournal, November 12, 2000.

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Scopes Trial

2009-06-13T02:33:12Z

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The '''Scopes Trial''', sometimes known as the "Scopes monkey trial," took place in [[Tennessee]] in 1925. It was engineered as a challenge to the state's Butler Act which prohibited public schools from teaching the theory that man had evolved from more primitive life forms. The defendant was John T. Scopes (1900- 1970), a teacher who had volunteered for the challenge. Scopes was convicted, and the conviction was soon overturned on a technicality and never appealed. The trial was one of the most watched epsiodes in the history of American religious and American education. It was seen as a confrontation between modern science and [[Fundamentalism]] in its belief in the inerrancy of the Bible.

The dramatic highlight of the trial was when famed defense lawyer [[Clarence Darrow]] called procesution lawyer [[William Jennings Bryan]] top testify as an expert on the Bible.

== Publicity Motivation ==
The impetus for the Scopes trial began in a meeting among town leaders at a drugstore in Dayton, Tennessee, in response to a newspaper advertisement placed by the American Civil Liberties Union ([[ACLU]]) offering to provide legal services to anyone willing to be prosecuted under the Butler Act.<ref>{{hnb|Larson|2006}}, {{hnb|Linder|2002}}. See also {{hnb|Coulter|2006}}</ref> Town leaders agreed that a trial would provide publicity to the town,<ref>{{hnb|Larson|2006}}</ref> whose population had dwindled to 1,800.<ref>{{hnb|Linder|2002}}</ref> The town leaders found a willing defendant in John Scopes, a gym teacher and football coach who also substituted (sometimes as a biology teacher), though Scopes could not recall ever teaching evolution.<ref>{{hnb|Larson|2006}}. See also {{hnb|Coulter|2006}}</ref> John Scopes told the town leaders, "If you can prove that I've taught evolution and that I can qualify as a defendant, then I'll be willing to stand trial."

Fundamentalists took up the challenge, led by theologian [[William Bell Riley]], who signed up Bryan to assist the local county prosecutor. The national media rushed to Dayton.
== Grand Jury ==
Racing other Tennessee towns, Judge John T. Raulston accelerated the convening of the grand jury and "...all but instructed the grand jury to indict Scopes, despite the meager evidence against him and the widely reported stories questioning whether the willing defendant had ever taught evolution in the classroom."<ref>{{hnb|Larson|2006|p=108}}</ref> He was indicted on May 25, after three students testified against Scopes at the Grand Jury, at Scopes' behest.<ref>{{hnb|Larson|2006|p=89, 107}}</ref>

== The Trial ==
Darrow brought the Scopes case in the hopes of winning a public relations and legal victory. Historians agree that the publicity victory went to Darrow, but the prosecution won a legal victory in the trial when Scopes was convicted.

The [[ACLU]] challenged a Tennessee statute, the Butler Act, that imposed a fine for teaching in government schools that man descended from more primitive life forms. The statute did not prohibit teaching most aspects of [[evolution]]. The textbook at issue in the case suggested indirectly (through a tree-like diagram) that man descended from lower life forms.

Bryan attacked Darrow in court, noting how Darrow had previously claimed that murder defendants Leopold and Loeb were driven to crime by what they were taught, which was [[Nietzsche]]'s atheistic philosophy. Bryan quoted Darrow as saying that "Is there any blame attached because somebody took Nietzsche's philosophy seriously and fashioned his life on it? ... The university would be more to blame than he is. ... Your honor, it is hardly fair to hang a 19-year-old boy for the philosophy that was taught him at the university."

Bryan was an extraordinary speaker, recognized to be among the best in American history. Darrow wanted to prevent Bryan from making a persuasive closing argument to the jury, and Darrow searched for another way to try to score points for his side.

So Darrow stunned the court by requesting to cross-examine Bryan, in the hope that Bryan, like many attorneys, would be a poor witness. Darrow's attempt was unprecedented, because trial attorneys almost never take the witness stand in their own cases. Bryan agreed.

A witness in a trial is always at a disadvantage on cross-examination, because he can only answer questions that are posed by a hostile adversary. On cross-examination, Attorneys are allowed to ask leading(yes or no) questions to force the desired response, unlike on direct examination. Attorneys are particularly vulnerable, because their knowledge of the law and tendency to speak in legalese hinder their performance.

Darrow undoubtedly thought that he could turn Bryan into the proverbial buffoon that liberals wanted. As the transcript reveals, however, Bryan got the better of his accuser. Bryan repeatedly turned the tables on Darrow's questions, which the large courtroom audience found amusing at Darrow's expense. Here is a sample:<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/day7.htm</ref>

:Bryan--These gentlemen have not had much chance--they did not come here to try this case. They came here to try revealed religion. I am here to defend it and they can ask me any question they please.

:Judge--All right. (Applause in audience.) …

:Bryan--Those [the audience] are the people whom you insult.

:Darrow--You insult every man of science and learning in the world because he does believe in your fool religion. ....

:Darrow: Wait until you get to me [N.B. this apparently refers to Darrow's agreement to be a witness]. Do you know anything about how many people there were in Egypt 3,500 years ago, or how many people there were in China 5,000 years ago?

:Bryan--No.

:Darrow--Have you ever tried to find out?

:Bryan--No, sir. You are the first man I ever heard of who has been in interested in it. (Laughter)

:Darrow--Mr. Bryan, am I the first man you ever heard of who has been interested in the age of human societies and primitive man?

:Bryan--You are the first man I ever heard speak of the number of people at those different periods.

:Darrow--Where have you lived all your life?

:Bryan--Not near you. (Laughter and applause).

Darrow tried again and again to trap Bryan, and, from his viewpoint, he sometimes succeeded. For example, Darrow grilled Bryan on the topic of Bryan's literal interpretation of the Bible. Notably, Darrow pressed Bryan on the issue of how the sun stood still for [[Joshua]] in the [[Old Testament]]. In the end he showed that it could not have taken place through natural causes, which, as an atheist, was all he felt he needed. For those who believed it was a miracle for the sun to stop at all in the sky, as the Bible infers, the concept that it could not have taken place naturally was irrelevant.

:Darrow--The Bible says Joshua commanded the sun to stand still for the purpose of lengthening the day, doesn't it, and you believe it?

:Bryan--I do.

:Darrow--Do you believe at that time the entire sun went around the earth?

:Bryan--No, I believe that the earth goes around the sun.

:Darrow--Do you believe that the men who wrote it thought that the day could be lengthened or that the sun could be stopped?

:Bryan--I don't know what they thought.

:Darrow--You don't know?

:Bryan--I think they wrote the fact without expressing their own thoughts.

:Darrow-- Now, Mr. Bryan, have you ever pondered what would have happened to the earth if it had stood still?

:Bryan--No.

:Darrow--You have not?

:Bryan-- No; the God I believe in could have taken care of that, Mr. Darrow.

:Darrow-- I see. Have you ever pondered what would naturally happen to the earth if it stood still suddenly?

:Bryan-- No.

:Darrow--Don't you know it would have been converted into molten mass of matter?

:Bryan--You testify to that when you get on the stand, I will give you a chance.

:Darrow--Don't you believe it?

:Bryan--I would want to hear expert testimony on that.

:Darrow--You have never investigated that subject?

:Bryan--I don't think I have ever had the question asked.

:Darrow--Or ever thought of it?

:Bryan--I have been too busy on thinks that I thought were of more importance than that.

A later exchange ended, once again, with the audience laughing:

:Darrow--I will read it to you from the Bible: "And the Lord God said unto the serpent, because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life." Do you think that is why the serpent is compelled to crawl upon its belly?

:Bryan--I believe that.

:Darrow--Have you any idea how the snake went before that time?

:Bryan--No, sir.

:Darrow--Do you know whether he walked on his tail or not?

:Bryan--No, sir. I have no way to know. (Laughter in audience).

===The conclusion===
The next day, it was Darrow's turn to be cross-examined. But Darrow took the public by taking the unprecedented step of asking the jury for a guilty verdict against his client.<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/day8.htm</ref>

After 8 days of trial, and 9 minutes of deliberation, Scopes was found guilty on July 21 and ordered to pay a fine of $100. The conviction was overtuned on appeal by a technicality.<ref>The Tennessee Constitution had a clause that any fine that high must be set by a jury, not by the judge. The state's Supreme Court vacated the verdict due to that, and then ruled that because Scopes no longer lived in the state, the case was moot.</ref>

== Aftermath ==
Bryan, a 65-year-old diabetic lacking in modern treatments, died peacefully in his sleep during his afternoon nap after church five days after the conclusion of the Scopes trial.<ref>{{hnb|Larson|2006|p=199}}</ref> Bryan's victory in the Scopes trial was a fitting end to a principled, illustrious career.<ref> http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/side/bryan.html</ref> Scopes never had to pay the fine - the judge had set the amount but Tennessee law at the time prohibited judges from setting fines over $50.

The law challenged by the [[ACLU]] in the Scopes Trial remained in effect for over 50 more years. In 1967, Tennessee repealed the Butler Act, and in 1968, the Supreme Court ruled in ''Epperson v. Arkansas'', 393 U.S. 97, that such bans on teaching are unconstitutional if they are primarily religious in intent.

Tennessee continued to downplay evolution in its schools until 2005.<ref>http://www.edexcellence.net/institute/publication/publication.cfm?id=352&pubsubid=1169#1169</ref>
==Image and memory==

The trial gained renewed attention after it was dramatized for both stage (1955) and screen (1960). Titled ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'', both dramatizations distorted the facts of the case and were promoted to harm [[Christianity]].<ref>"'Inherit the Wind' relentlessly distorts what happened in Dayton, Tenn., in 1925."[http://www.beliefnet.com/story/2/story_226_1.html]</ref><ref>As recently as April 17, 2007, the ''Village Voice'' endorsed a new Broadway rendition of ''Inherit the Wind'' as "a dramatization of the 1925 [Scopes] trial."[http://www.villagevoice.com/theater/0716,feingold,76394,11.html]</ref>

== The movie and play ==
The play ''Inherit the Wind'', and the adapted movie, were fictional accounts of the Scopes Trial.<ref>http://www.themonkeytrial.com/</ref> Several modifications were made; characters names were changed, and many crucial facts were changed. The authors have said that the play was really an attempt to mock Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]], and to equate anti-communism with anti-intellectualism.<ref>http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2005/07/08/07</ref> The movie featured the popular Spencer Tracy as Clarence Darrow, and even garnered a few Academy Award nominations.

The movie features an angry mob trying to lynch a jailed teacher; in fact, the ACLU ran advertisements with offers to pay expenses for a teacher to volunteer for the case, and Scopes was never jailed and never paid even a fine.

The movie version heaped mockery on any argument that teaching evolution could be socially harmful.

The movie portrayed the character based on Bryan as a complete buffoon. Bryan's death was also portrayed as happening in the courthouse, when in fact he was an elderly man suffering from diabetes who died peacefully in his sleep.

American history books usually describe this case as a major defeat for Fundamentalists.<ref>The trial "marked a decisive setback for fundamentalism," says ''The Enduring Vision, Fifth Edition,'' Chapter 23: The 1920s: Coping with Change, Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Clifford E. Clark, Jr., Carleton College; et al. (a commonly used American history textbook for Advanced Placement US History classes).</ref> In fact, the successful defense of the law enabled Tennessee to keep the racist evolutionary textbook out of its schools, to avoid teaching the falsehoods of evolution (such as the [[Piltdown Man]] featured in the trial textbook) to schoolchildren, and to permit the State (which still rejects a state income tax) to grow in [[conservatism]] to this day. Liberals [[Al Gore]], [[John Kerry]] and [[Barack Obama]] all failed to carry the state in recent presidential elections.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Clark, Constance Areson. "Evolution for John Doe: Pictures, The Public, and the Scopes Trial Debate." ''Journal of American History'' 2000 87(4): 1275-1303. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2674729 in JSTOR]
* Conkin, Paul K. ''When All the Gods Trembled: Darwinism, Scopes, and American Intellectuals.'' (1998). 185 pp.
*{{Harvard reference
| Surname = Coulter
| Given = Ann
| Year = 2006
| Title = Godless: The Church of Liberalism
| Publisher = Crown Forum.
| ID = ISBN 978-1400054206
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* Edwards, Mark. "Rethinking the Failure of Fundamentalist Political Antievolutionism after 1925". ''Fides Et Historia'' 2000 32(2): 89-106. 0884-5379
* Folsom, Burton W., Jr. "The Scopes Trial Reconsidered." ''Continuity'' 1988 (12): 103-127. 0277-1446, by a leading conservative scholar
* Gatewood, Willard B., Jr., ed. ''Controversy in the Twenties: Fundamentalism, Modernism, & Evolution'' (1969)
* Harding, Susan. "Representing Fundamentalism: The Problem of the Repugnant Cultural Other." ''Social Research'' 1991 58(2): 373-393.
*{{Harvard reference
| Surname = Larson
| Given = Edward J.
| Authorlink = Edward John Larson
| Year = 2006
| Title = Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial And America's Continuing Debate over Science And Religion
| Publisher = Basic Books
| ID = ISBN 978-0465075102
}} [http://www.questia.com/library/book/summer-for-the-gods-the-scopes-trial-and-americas-continuing-debate-over-science-and-religion-by-edward-j-larson.jsp online edition]
* Lienesch Michael. ''In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, the Scopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement.'' University of North Carolina Press, 2007. 350pp

*{{Harvard reference
| Surname = Linder
| Given = Douglas
| Year = 2002
| Title = The Scopes Trial: An Introduction
| Publisher = University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
| URL = http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/evolut.htm
}}
* Moran, Jeffrey P. ''The Scopes Trial: A Brief History with Documents'', Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002. 240pp
* Moran, Jeffrey P. "The Scopes Trial and Southern Fundamentalism in Black and White: Race, Region, and Religion." ''Journal of Southern History''. Volume: 70. Issue: 1. 2004. pp 95+. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5005987461 online edition]
* Smout, Kary Doyle. ''The Creation/Evolution Controversy: A Battle for Cultural Power.'' (1998). 210 pp.

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Obama Administration

2009-06-10T15:23:41Z

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The '''Obama Administration''' is the Executive Department portion of the U.S. government under [[liberal]], [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] President [[Barack Hussein Obama]]; it began on January 20, 2009 for a term of four years.

[[Image:Geithner2,jpg.jpg|thumb|250px|Obama has filled few top positions--none in the Treasury besides the Secretary himself, who is stretched thin. For example he was too busy to notice the huge bonuses awarded to A.I.G. traders.]]
==Economics==
The gravest crisis it faces is the [[Recession of 2008]], with the economy spiraling downward. Moving fast, the House on Jan. 28 passed an [[economic stimulus]] package‎ of $819 billion in new spending and tax increases, despite unanimous Republican opposition. A revised bill passed the Senate with three Republican votes. A compromise bill known as the "[[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]]" is now law, providing for $789 billion in tax cuts and new spending. Democrats claim it will prevent 3-4 million jobs from disappearing, but economists are unsure how to measure the impact it will have. <ref>see [http://www.freemarketproject.org/articles/2009/20090224125726.aspx Conservative commentary]</ref> The stock market declined rapidly after Obama took office, and in March 2009, the Wall Street Journal declared "President Obama's policies have become part of the economy's problem". <ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123604419092515347.html</ref>

While Detroit spread gloom on Feb. 17 as GM starkly warned of impending bankruptcy unless it gets more aid, Obama promised $275 billion to help people refinance their home mortgages. Thus far Obama's response to economic crisis closely parallels that of [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1930-31 in dealing with the [[Great Depression]]. It is too early to say if his plan will be as unsuccessful as Hoover's but the mortgage plan was dismissed by CNBC announcer [[Rick Santelli]] who called it "collectivist." The Wall Street Journal says the plan will cost up to $275 billion and will help up to nine million homeowners. Thus, the cost is about $30,000 per homeowner helped. <ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123496582087411241.html?mod=todays_us_page_one</ref>

===2010 Budget===
Congress by party line votes in late April passed the budget Obama had proposed in late February. It calls for $3.4 trillion in new spending, not counting the $787 billion in stimulus spending approved in Febuary, nor the trillions in loan guarantees to banks. The new budget allocates $1.2 trillion for defense, and an additional $130 billion for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Nondefense spending will increase by 8% or $40 billion. The budget will allow the Obama health plan--which has not been written--to move through Congress on a fast track without risk of filibuster. The Bush tax cuts are extended, and some new cuts added for lower income Americans. However the federal income tax on individuals over $200,000 will rise from 35% to 39.6%.

The Tax Foundation says that 44% of all tax filers will have no tax liability and most of those will get a check from the government, especially from the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)<ref> EITC is a conservative idea first proposed by Milton Friedman, enacted under Republican presidents Ford and Reagan.</ref> and credits for college tuition and child care. The ''Wall Street Journal'' noted about Obama's plan that, "Once upon a time we called this 'welfare'". <ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122385651698727257.html</ref>

The Budget assumes a federal deficit of $1.75 trillion for 2009, or 12.3% of GDP--the highest deficit in percentage terms since World War II. By 2013, the hypothetical deficit will drop to $533 billion but then will begin to climb again. The budget includes an additional $250 billion for more rescues of the financial markets by purchasing toxic assets on the banking sector's books.

The budget reorders national priorities to provide national health care, shift the energy economy away from oil and gas, and raise the federal spending on schools.

[[Image:Budget-cbo.jpg|thumb|250px|left]] The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the Obama plans will raise the national debt far more than Obama says. The CBO says the Obama plan will cause total deficits over the next ten years of $9.3 trillion, compared to Obama's estimate of "only" 7 trillion. That is in addition to the current national debt of $11.2 trillion and rising. The annual GDP by contrast is about $15 trillion and falling.<ref> Jackie Calmes, "New Deficit Forecast Casts Shadow on Obama Agenda," [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/washington/21deficit.html?th&emc=th ''New York Times'' Mar. 20, 2009]</ref> Senator Jedd Gregg says that Obama's budget will double the national debt in five years and triple it in ten. <ref>http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/mar/25/judd-gregg/judd-gregg-says-obamas-budget-doubles-national-deb/</ref>

To reverse global warming, Obama has proposed a carbon [[cap and trade]] system, which will raise energy prices for families and businesses, with rebates to most families. It will cost an extra $645 billion between 2012 and 2019, which will result in higher prices. Rep. John Boehner said, "Let's just be honest and call it a carbon tax that will increase taxes on all Americans who drive a car, who have a job, who turn on a light switch, pure and simple."<ref>see [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123566843777484625.html comment from conservative newspaper]</ref>

The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee is conservative Democrat [[Kent Conrad]] of [[North Dakota]], a deficit hawk who said he is "very uncomfortable with the build-up of debt" and urged Obama to make good on his promise to overhaul federal retirement and health-care programs. Conrad called for "more discipline on the spending side."<ref> [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/28/AR2009022801960.html?hpid=topnews ''Washington Post'' Mar. 1, 2009]</ref>

===Optimism or Pessimism?===
The Obama Administration is basing its domestic policies on the assumption of a rapid economic recovery, that will generate the tax revenue needed to fund permanent new spending program in areas such as health care and greening the economy. It assumes that the rich will recover enough of their investments to pay new taxes--right now tax collections are falling sharply as investments turn sour. Administration forecasts are more optimistic than private sector forecasts, which see a 25% chance of a '''Second Great Depression'''. Both parties agree that stimulus spending is needed to deal with the recession but Congress is unlikely to approve permanent new spending programs unless the economy improves, since a large number of conservative Democrats have been recently elected who may vote with Republicans to keep down spending and deficits.<ref> Peter S. Goodman, "Sharper Downturn Clouds Obama Spending Plans," [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/business/economy/28recession.html?_r=1&th&emc=th ''Washington Post'' Feb. 27, 2009]</ref>

===Obama Flunking, Say Economists===
Although public opinion of Obama remains positive, experts have turned from positive expectations in December 2008 to a negative assessment in March 2009. The ''Wall Street Journal'' survey of 49 professional economists gives poor grades to Obama and his key people. On a scale of 100 = best, Obama was scored 59 in March 2009, Treasury Secretary Geithner 51, and Fed Chairman Bernanke 71.<ref>See Phil Izzo, "Obama, Geithner Get Low Grades From Economists," [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123671107124286261.html ''Wall Street Journal'' Mar. 11, 2009]</ref>

The main criticism of the Obama team was the delay in rescuing banks. "They overpromised and underdelivered," said Stephen Stanley of RBS Greenwich Capital. "Secretary Geithner scheduled a big speech and came out with just a vague blueprint. The uncertainty is hanging over everyone's head." Geithner unveiled the Obama plan Feb. 10, but he offered few details, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down almost 20% since the announcement, as multiple issues have troubled investors' confidence. A second criticism was that the stimulus package was not big enough, although some argued it was unnecessary.

The economists are increasingly pessimistic about the economy, predicting it will shed another 2.8 million jobs over the next 12 months as the unemployment rate climbed to 8.5% in March 2009, and the GDP fell at an alarming 6.1% annual rate in the first quarter of 2009. Economists see a one-in-six chance that the U.S. will fall into a depression, defined as a decline in per-person GDP or consumption by 10% or more. They give equally poor marks to the efforts of other countries to end the recession.

The economists, however, were broadly supportive of the Federal Reserve. Over 85% agreed that its proliferating lending programs are well-designed, well-executed and helping the economy.

===Bailout Crisis Worsens===
After spending over a trillion dollars in cash and guarantees, the bailout of the financial system by March 2009 seems to have failed to help economic recovery. Obama started to decline in the polls, as independents and Republicans became increasingly critical. A firestorm of outrage swept the nation in March when it was learned that AIG insurance company, now 80% government owned, was paying $165 million in bonuses to the traders that had caused $60 billion in losses. Geithner was appointed to the Treasury largely on the basis of his work at the New York Fed, where his most important action was to design the bailout of AIG. Under Geithner's leadership it received $170 billion from the government.
[[Image:Toxic-assets.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Geithner plans to sell toxic assets to Wall Street]]
With major banks on the verge of failure, Treasury Secretary [[Timothy Geithner]] unveiled yet another massive bailout program in mid-February. Trillions would be spent to move toxic assets out of the banks, but few details were provided. The widespread reaction was very negative, and Geithner lost more of his credibility as a problem solver. Geithner finally came back with a plan on March 23 that will not need additional funding or approval by Congress. The Treasury will use $100 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), as well as new capital from private investors, in order to generate $500 billion in purchasing power to buy toxic loans and assets. The program could potentially expand to $1 trillion over time.

[[Image:Jobs09q1.jpg|thumb|250px]] [[Image:Job-loss-09.jpg|thumb|250px|US job losses January 1-March 31, 2009]]

==Health Care==

Obama is moving quickly to nationalize health care. He will attempt to pay for it with "$634 billion in new taxes on wealthy Americans". <ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-health-care26-2009feb26,0,1056744.story</ref> He claimed that "The cost of health care now causes a bankruptcy in America every thirty seconds", an argument conservatives dispute because people who are very sick lose their jobs and income which in turn causes the bankruptcy.<ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2009/03/medical-bankrup.html</ref>

==Gay Rights==
Obama intends to actively support his liberal base, siding with the gay agenda to the shame of the majority populace. A proclamation signed June 1st states <ref>[http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/potus-honors-lgbt-pride-month-by-not-supporting-same-sex-marriage-while-cheney-disagrees.html POTUS Honors LGBT Pride Month by Not Supporting Same Sex Marriage, While Cheney Disagrees]</ref>

:Mentioning his administration’s international efforts to decriminalize homosexuality, the President said he would continue to
:''“support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans” -- enhancing hate crimes laws,''
:''supporting [[civil unions]], outlawing :discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing''
:''"[[Don't Ask, Don't Tell]]" policy for [[gays]] and [[lesbians]] in the armed services.''''

{{cquote|
“proud to be the first President to appoint openly [[LGBT]] candidates to Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an Administration,”}}
-Barack Obama

==Cabinet==

[[Image:Obama 1 day.jpg|200px|right]]
Obama proceeded rapidly with cabinet choices. Obama has drawn heavily on [[Clinton Administration]] leaders to fill his Cabinet, along with Bush appointees Gates, Jones and Geithner. His national security team (Biden, Clinton, Gates, Jones) all supported the Iraq war, although Obama made opposition to the war central to his campaign. So far no leaders of the left-wing of the Democratic party have been appointed to any major position, which has stunned antiwar and left elements.

A growing failure of leadership emerged in the Treasury department in March, as it proved difficult to assemble a leadership team. Dozens of senior Treasury jobs are empty; apart from the Secretary, the first 3 names were sent to the Senate for confirmation on March 8 and two other top nominees withdrew their names. Secretary Geithner is overwhelmed with multiple major responsibilities without any senior officials in place. He does have about 50 informal aides. The result was poorly thought out proposals that won no support, and lengthy delays in responding to the increasingly serious financial crisis. Analysts debated whether the display of incompetence was due more to Geithner or the White House.

With a worldwide [[swine flu]] epidemic threatening, the Administration finally filled the job of Secretary of Health and Human Services on April 28. However 20 of the top 21 posiitons in the department remain vacant.
===Cabinet Scandals===
[[Image:Cabinet09.jpg|thumb|300px]]
Scandal has already tainted the cabinet. [[Bill Richardson]] was nominated for Secretary of Commerce but had to withdraw when he became a party to a criminal investigation. The nominee for Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner, was confirmed after a humiliating televised session in which he admitted not paying $34,000 in federal income taxes. [[Tom Daschle]] withdrew his nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services because he had avoided $140,000 in federal taxes over a period of years, and paid them only after he had been named to the cabinet.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/us/politics/31daschle.html?ref=us Robert Pear, "Use of Free Car Lands Tom Daschle in Tax Trouble," ''New York Times,'' Jan. 30, 2009] </ref>

Scandal also ruined the career of Nancy Killefer, nominated by President Obama to be the federal government's first chief performance officer. She too had evaded paying her taxes.

It was not a scandal but an embarrassment for Obama on Feb. 12, when New Hampshire Republican Senator Judd Gregg, who had agreed to join the cabinet as Secretary of Commerce, dropped out. Gregg cited irreconcilable differences, and observers pointed out that Obama's staff planned to take the 2010 Census out of the Commerce Department's jurisdiction, weakening the secretary and politicizing the census.

===Senate Scandals===
Even more damaging to liberal Democrats were scandals involving the Senate seats of Clinton and Obama himself. In New York Gov. [[David Paterson]] came to office in 2008 after a sex scandal forced the resignation of his predecessor. Paterson damaged himself and his Democratic party by dangling an appointment to Caroline Kennedy, who was unable to make up her mind. He finally rejected her and turned to the most conservative Democrat in the entire Northeast, Rep. [[Kirsten Gillibrand]]. She is a [[Blue Dog Democrat]] known for her defense of gun rights and opposition to the Obama stimulus package.

It was much worse in Illinois, after Gov. [[Rod Blagojevich]] (a Democrat) sought to sell the Obama seat. Obama refused to bargain, so Blagojevich tried to auction it off, and was caught in FBI wiretaps. He was arrested and will face criminal trial in federal court, and was promptly impeached by the state legislature, with all the conservatives and Republicans there unanimous in calling for his ouster. Before he was forced out, Blagojevich named a light-weight replacement, [[Roland Burris]]. Democrats in Washington at first promised they would keep Burris out because of his tainting by the governor's maneuvers; they relented and were forced to seat Burris.

Burris admitted in February that he lied under oath to the Illinois legislature about his contacts with Blagojevich. Calls have been made for a perjury investigation that may lead to Burris's expulsion from the Senate..<ref>Natasha Korecki and Dave McKinney, "Illinois lawmakers mull Burris perjury probe," [http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/02/illinois_lawmakers_mull_burris.html ''Chicago Sun-Times'' Feb. 14, 2009] </ref>

===Important Officials===
{|class=wikitable
!colspan=3|Important Officials
|-
|[[Vice President]]||[[Joseph Biden]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[Chief of Staff]]||[[Rahm Emanuel]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[Secretary of State]]||[[Hillary Clinton]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[Secretary of the Treasury]]||[[Timothy Geithner]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[Secretary of Energy]]||[[Steven Chu]]|||Confirmed
|-
|[[Secretary of Defense]]||[[Robert Gates]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]]||[[Eric Holder]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[Secretary of the Interior]]||[[Ken Salazar]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[Secretary of Commerce]]||[[Gary Locke]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[Secretary of Health and Human Services]]||[[Kathleen Sebelius]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[Secretary of Veterans Affairs]]||[[Eric Shinseki]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[Secretary of Homeland Security]]||[[Janet Napolitano]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[Budget Director]]||[[Peter Orszag]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[Council of Economic Advisers]]||[[Christina Romer]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[National Economic Council]]||[[Lawrence H. Summers]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[National Security Advisor]]||[[James Jones]]||Confirmed
|-
|[[CIA Director]]||[[Leon Panetta]]|||Confirmed
|}
===Supreme Court===
[[File:Sotomeyr2.jpg|thumb|250px|Sotomayor's parents came from Puerto Rico; her mother was a WAC in the US Army in World War II]]

Obama got an early pick for the Supreme Court when liberal Justice David Souter retired. He quickly names Court of Appeals Judge [[Sonia Sotomayor]] in May 2009. She was born to a poor family of migrants from Puerto Rico, and after attending Princeton and Yale Law School made it to the top through very hard work. She is the first American of Puerto Rican descent named to a high office on the mainland and her nomination marked a watershed in the national recognition and acceptance of all Latinos.

==Czars==
The Obama administrations has 16 czars, who will oversee combined budgets totaling more than 1.7 trillion dollars. <ref>[http://glennbeck.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/09/rise-of-the-czars/ Rise of the Czars], The Glenn Beck Blog, ''Fox News.com'', June 9th, 2009</ref> <ref>[http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/cavuto-czars-helm-suckers/ Czars at the Helm and We're the Suckers], Neil Cavuto, ''Fox Business.com'', June 05, 2009</ref>

Glenn Beck warns Obama's 'shadow government' is growing in size, power. [http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=011008&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=5861557&referralPlaylistId=playlist] Glenn Beck has a discussion on Obama circumventing constitutional checks and balances. [http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=011008&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=5862590&referralPlaylistId=f909db77f0ad31bbfd35cb7e6a04f50204809c04]

{|class=wikitable
!colspan=2|Czars
|-
|[[Border Czar]]||[[Alan Bersin]]
|-
|[[Car Czar]]||[[Steven Rattner]]
|-
|[[Cyber Czar]]||[[TBA]]
|-
|[[Drug Czar]]||[[Gil Kerlikowske]]
|-
|[[Economic Czar]]||[[Paul A. Volcker]]
|-
|[[Energy and Environment Czar]]||[[Carol Browner]]
|-
|[[Government Performance Czar]]||[[Jeffrey Zients]]
|-
|[[Great Lakes Czar]]||[[Cameron Davis]]
|-
|[[Health Czar]]||[[Nancy-Ann DeParle]]
|-
|[[Homeland Security Czar]]||[[John Brennan]]
|-
|[[Intelligence Czar]]||[[Dennis Blair]]
|-
|[[Pay Czar]]||[[Kenneth R. Feinberg]]
|-
|[[Regulatory Czar]]||[[Cass R. Sunstein]]
|-
|[[Technology Czar]]||[[Vivek Kundra]]
|-
|[[Urban Affairs Czar]]||[[Adolfo Carrion, Jr.]]
|-
|[[WMD Policy Czar]]||[[Gary Samore]]
|}

==Presidential Actions==
Presidential Actions (Executive Orders, Presidential Memoranda and Proclamations) are listed on the White House website, on the [http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing_room/PresidentialActions/ Presidential Actions] page.

*[[Executive order|Executive Orders]] are listed [[Obama Administration/Executive Orders|here]].
*Presidential Memoranda are listed [[Obama Administration/Presidential Memoranda|here]].
*Proclamations are listed [[Obama Administration/Proclamations|here]].

==See Also==
*[[Essay: Blow The Nomination]]
*[[Lobbyists ties to the Obama administration]]
*[[Muslim agenda of the Obama administration]]
*[[Obama doublespeak]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/01/obama-unveils-national-security-team/ Obama Unveils His National Security Team], Fox News, December 1, 2008

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category: Barack Hussein Obama]]
[[Category:Obama Administration]]
[[Category:United States Government]]
[[Category:Liberalism]]
[[Category:Corruption]]

Sonia Sotomayor

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'''Sonia Sotomayor''' (pronounced Soh-toh-MY-oar) (born in New York City, June 25, 1954) is a judge on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.<ref> It is the federal court just below the Supreme Court and covers the states of New York, Connecticut and Vermont.</ref> On May 26, 2009, President [[Barack Obama]] nominated her to the [[Supreme Court]], to replace retiring Justice [[David Souter]]. Sotomayor, {{age|1954|6|25}}, is a Catholic and the first [[Hispanic]] nominated to the high court. Indeed, she is the first American of Puerto Rican descent ever nominated to high office.<ref>Puerto Rico has been part of the U.S. since 1898, and residents gained full citizenship in 1917.</ref> Obama said she "is an inspiring woman who I believe will make a great justice." Lawyers and analysts have been studying her votes and opinions in over 4000 federal cases to try to determine her political and judicial philosophy. Observers in Washington predict she will be confirmed by the Senate by a lopsided vote and will take her seat when the Court reconvenes on the first Monday in October.
[[File:Sonia Sotomayor.jpg|right|250px]]
==Opinions==

===Doctrine of [[Standing]]===
Decisions by Sotomayor, such as Taylor v. Vt. Dept of Ed. 313 F.3d 768 (2002), seem to show that she favors [[judicial restraint]] with respect to standing issues.

===Terminology===
An analysis of Sonia Sotomayor's decisions shows that she sometimes uses [[conservative]] terms, such as the following:

*'''strict constructionist''' ''New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council v. Hotel Ass'n,'' 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16615 (1993)

*'''judicial restraint''' "venerable ground of judicial restraint" in ''Michel v. INS,'' 206 F.3d 253, 267 (2000)

*'''competition''' (in an economic context) Many cases.

*'''efficiency''' ''Singh v. City of New York'', 524 F.3d 361 (2d Cir. 2008)

*'''free-market''' ''Silverman v. Major League Baseball Player Relations Comm.,'' 880 F. Supp. 246, 256 (1995)

*'''separation of powers''' ''European Cmty. v. RJR Nabisco,'' 424 F.3d 175 (2005)

*'''transaction cost''' ''Calif. Pub. Emples.' Ret. Sys. v. N.Y. Stock Exch., Inc.'' (In re NYSE Specialists Sec. Litig.), 503 F.3d 89, 94 (2007)

*'''illegal alien''' ''United States v. Acevedo'', 229 F.3d 350 (2d Cir. N.Y. 2000). In fact, Judge Sotomayor has used the term "illegal alien" to describe defendants in five opinions, ruling against the defendants all five times. In one of those decisions, Judge Sotomayor held that the court should defer to legislative classifications of alienage under the most deferential "rational basis" level of review.<ref>''See'' ''United States v. Ni Fa Yi'', 951 F. Supp. 42 (S.D.N.Y. 1997).</ref>

However, Sotomayor uses liberal terminology far more frequently, and often instead of more accurate words with conservative connotations:

*'''anti-abortion''' Sotomayor uses this term rather than "pro-life" in ''Amnesty Am. v. Town of W. Hartford,'' 361 F.3d 113 (2004) and ''Ctr. for Reprod. Law v. Bush,'' 304 F.3d 183 (2d Cir. N.Y. 2002)

*'''pro-choice''' ''Ctr. for Reprod. Law v. Bush,'' 304 F.3d 183 (2d Cir. N.Y. 2002) and ''Flamer v. City of White Plains,'' 841 F. Supp. 1365 (S.D.N.Y. 1993)

*'''environmental''' Heavily used in more than twenty of Sotomayor's decisions.

*'''racism''' ''Washington v. County of Rockland,'' 373 F.3d 310 (2d Cir. N.Y. 2004) and ''McNeil v. Aguilos,'' 831 F. Supp. 1079 (S.D.N.Y. 1993)

==Issues==

===Abortion===
Abortion supporters are alarmed that in a series of cases Sotomayor has consistently ruled against the abortion advocates. The White House has stated that Obama did not ask her views on abortion or privacy.<ref> See [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/us/politics/28abortion.html?th&emc=th Charles Savage, "On Sotomayor, Some Abortion Rights Backers Show Unease," ''New York Times'' May 27, 2009]</ref>
* In a 2007 case, she strongly criticized colleagues on the court who said that only women, and not their husbands, could seek asylum based on China’s abortion policy. “The termination of a wanted pregnancy under a coercive population control program can only be devastating to any couple, akin, no doubt, to the killing of a child,” she wrote, also taking note of “the unique biological nature of pregnancy and special reverence every civilization has accorded to child-rearing and parenthood in marriage.”

* In a 2004 case, she sided with pro-life protesters who sued police officers for violating their constitutional rights by using excessive force to break up demonstrations at an abortion clinic. Judge Sotomayor said the protesters deserved a day in court.

*She wrote a decision against a pro-choice group in '''Center for Reproductive Law and Policy vs. Bush'''.<ref>http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2009/05/26/sotomayors-abortion-ruling.aspx</ref> The decision dismissed the claim of a Mexico-based organization which challenged policies requiring that foreign organizations neither perform nor promote abortions as a condition for receiving US funding.

Sotomayor drew a distinction between "necessary" and "family planning" abortions: "For purposes of 22 U.S.C.S. � 2151b(f)(1), "abortion as a method of family planning" does not include abortions performed if the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or abortions performed following rape or incest (since abortion under these circumstances is not a family planning act)."

Sotomayor concluded, "The Supreme Court has made clear that the government is free to favor the anti-abortion position over the pro-choice position, and can do so with public funds."

President Obama recently overturned this decision.

According to the ACLJ, "Though she once ruled in favor of upholding the Mexico City Policy, pro-life organizations say her comment trumps that decision because she appears to favor Roe and how the Supreme Court made abortion policy by allowing abortions throughout pregnancy for any reason."<ref>http://www.aclj.org/News/Read.aspx?ID=3322</ref>

Three U.S. Senators insist that Sotomayor will uphold Roe V. Wade. <ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jun/09060516.html Three Senators Now Say Sotomayor Will Uphold Roe v. Wade] Life Site News, June 5, 2009</ref>

===Parental Rights===

In Wilkinson v. Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 108 (2d Cir. Vt. 1999), Sotomayor quoted from Frazier v. Bailey, 957 F.2d 920. She described the case by stating, "In reaching its conclusion, the Frazier court emphasized the murky nature of parental rights". Quoting another case, she said, "Although recognizing that the Constitution extends "certain fundamental parental rights," the court held that plaintiff's allegations did not even "implicate the constitutional guarantees at issue."

===Establishment Clause===

'''Hankins v. Lyght, 441 F.3d 96 (2006)''' "In an age discrimination challenge by a Methodist clergyman, Judge Winter writing for the majority held that [the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act (RFRA)] is properly applied to an Age Discrimination in Employment Act claim. Judge Sotomayor dissented contending that RFRA does not apply to disputes between private parties and that the ADEA does not govern disputes between religious entities and their spiritual leaders." <ref>http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2009/05/sotomayor-is-high-court-pick-here-are.html</ref>

Sotomayor stated, "The majority's opinion thus violates a cardinal principle of '''judicial restraint''' by reaching unnecessarily the question of RFRA's constitutionality. For these reasons, I respectfully dissent." (emphasis added)

"I believe that a remand is a wasteful expenditure of judicial resources and an unnecessary and uninvited burden on the parties. The district court is in no better position than we are to decide either the statutory or constitutional questions presented in this case. In my view, the most appropriate disposition of this case would be to affirm the district court's dismissal of appellant's claims on the ground that the ADEA does not apply to employment suits brought against religious institutions by their spiritual leaders. Because the majority's contrary approach disregards a clear and voluntary waiver, conflicts with RFRA's text and with binding precedent, and unnecessarily resolves a contested constitutional question, I respectfully dissent."

===Second Amendment===
Judge Sotomayor has not written any opinions that directly address the [[Second Amendment]]. She has, however, joined panel opinions that have both:

*declared that the right to bear arms is not a fundamental right
*declared that the [[Second Amendment]] does not apply to the states, but only limits the federal government

Independence Institute Research Director Dave Kopel said that Sotomayor's opinions "demonstrate a profound hostility to [[Second Amendment]] rights." ''Maloney v. Cuomo'' ruled that the Second Amendment does not apply against state and local governments. Judge Sotomayor joined this opinion by a panel of the Second Circuit: ''"It is settled law that the Second Amendment applies only to limitations the federal government seeks to impose on this right."'' This contrasted with the Ninth Circuit decision on ''Nordyke v. King'', which upheld the Second Amendment as a deeply held right embodied in the Constitution that limits state law. <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/sotomayor_gun_rights/2009/05/27/218441.html Sotomayor Hostile to Gun Rights, Scholar Says] Newsmax, May 27, 2009</ref>

In ''U.S. v. Sanchez-Villar'', Judge Sotomayor joined a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit which held that "the right to possess a gun is clearly not a fundamental right."

===Free Speech===
Judge Sotomayor appears to believe in a strong right to [[free speech]].

Judge Sotomayor dissented in ''Pappas v. Giuliani'', 290 F.3d 143, 155 (2d Cir. N.Y. 2002):
<blockquote>
"The Court holds that the government does not violate the First Amendment when it fires a police department employee for racially inflammatory speech -- where the speech consists of mailings in which the employee did not identify himself, let alone connect himself to the police department; where the speech occurred away from the office and on the employee's own time; where the employee's position involved no policymaking authority or public contact; where there is virtually no evidence of workplace disruption resulting directly from the speech; and where it ultimately required the investigatory resources of two police departments to bring the speech to the attention of the community. Precedent requires us to consider these factors as we apply the Pickering balancing test, and each counsels against granting summary judgment in favor of the police department employer. To be sure, I find the speech in this case patently offensive, hateful, and insulting. The Court should not, however, gloss over three decades of jurisprudence and the centrality of First Amendment freedoms in our lives because it is confronted with speech it does not like and because a government employer fears a potential public response that it alone precipitated."
</blockquote>

Judge Sotomayor wrote a strong opinion in favor of [[free speech]] to the point of denying [[qualified immunity]] for police officers who interfered with a protest in ''Papineau v. Parmley'', 465 F.3d 46 (2d Cir. 2006).

===Title IX===
In Pell v. Trustees of Columbia Univ., 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 407 (1998), Sotomayor quoted Kracunas v. Iona College, 119 F.3d 80, 85 (2d Cir. 1997): "When a teacher sexually harasses a student, that teacher discriminates on the basis of sex in violation of Title IX."

===Judicial Activism===

"She is a rule-bound pragmatist--very geared toward determining what the right answer is and what the law dictates, but her general approach is, unsurprisingly, influenced by her unique background," says one former clerk.<ref>http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=45d56e6f-f497-4b19-9c63-04e10199a085</ref>

ACLJ warns of her record of judicial activism. "Will she embrace her past statement that the “court of appeals is where policy is made?” This nomination raises serious questions about the issue of legislating from the bench."<ref>http://www.aclj.org/TrialNotebook/Read.aspx?id=782</ref>

===Transnationalism===

Judge Sotomayor has had several opportunities to adopt some of the "transnationalist" doctrines espoused by Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh. She declined to do so at every opportunity.<ref>
http://opiniojuris.org/2009/05/26/not-a-transnationalist-some-really-early-thoughts-on-judge-sotomayor/</ref>

Koh's most extreme position is that "customary international law" (which includes UN treaties not ratified by the U.S. Senate) is binding on U.S. courts, but Judge Sotomayor rejected such claims in two cases.

==Background==
Sotomayor's parents were born in Puerto Rico and moved to the Bronx during the great migration of the 1940s. Her mother was a WAC in the US Army during World War II, and the daughter credits her hard work and inspiration for her success. The family lived in low-cost public housing in the Bronx. Her father was a factory worker and died in 1963, so her mother took two nursing jobs to send the daughter and a son to Catholic schools. She graduated as valedictorian from Cardinal Spellman High School in 1972, a Catholic parochial school. Her brother is now a physician.

She graduated summa cum laude from [[Princeton University]] as a history major in 1976, winning the Pyne Prize, Princeton's highest award for academic achievement. She graduated from Yale Law School in 1979, serving as an editor of the prestigious ''Yale Law Journal.'' After service as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan, where she prosecuted street crimes, she worked for a New York law firm. Sotomayor was appointed a federal district court judge in 1992 by [[President George H.W. Bush]] and then elevated to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals by [[President Bill Clinton]]. In 2007, she was elected to a four-year term on the Princeton University Board of Trustees.

In 1976, Sonia Sotomayor married Kevin Edward Noonan. However, they divorced in 1983 with no children.<ref>http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=6831739</ref>

"Some sources, including Pete Williams, reported that the Judge is a Catholic. However, there has not yet been any indication of whether that report is accurate and, if so, if she actually practices her [[faith]]."<ref>http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=33654</ref>

"Sotomayor attended Catholic schools, but we haven't yet confirmed that she is, in fact, Catholic. If she is, she would become the sixth Catholic justice on the current Supreme Court."<ref>http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=6831739</ref>

According to the ABA Journal,<blockquote>
"... the Bronx-born Sotomayor has been regarded as a potential high court nominee by several presidents, both Republican and Democrat. Reared by her widowed mother after the death of her father, a tool-and-die worker, she has an attractive life narrative and an even more attractive resumé. She was an editor of the Yale Law Review, did heavy lifting as a prosecutor under legendary New York County District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, and worked in private practice as an intellectual property litigator. She was first appointed to the federal bench by President George H.W. Bush, then to the appeals court by President Clinton." <ref>http://abajournal.com/news/who_will_replace_justice_souter</ref>
</blockquote>

==Concerns==

==="Wise Latinas"===
In a speech in 2001, Sotomayor said "she believes it is appropriate for a judge to consider their “experiences as women and people of color” in their decision making, which she believes should “affect our decisions.”"<ref>http://www.verumserum.com/?p=5306&cpage=1</ref>

Sotomayor agrees with the goal of abstract justice, but also agrees with strongly held conservative views that there are real differences between men and women. Referring to a law article by Judge Cedarbaum, she notes that Cedarbaum, "believes that judges must transcend their personal sympathies and prejudices and aspire to achieve a greater degree of fairness and integrity based on the reason of law." Sotomayor in response said, "I agree with and attempt to work toward Judge Cedarbaum's aspiration." But she went on:
:"I wonder whether achieving that goal is possible in all or even in most cases. And I wonder whether by ignoring our differences as women or men of color we do a disservice both to the law and society. ...I accept the thesis ...that in any group of human beings there is a diversity of opinion because there is both a diversity of experiences and of thought.

:Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, a possibility I abhor less or discount less than my colleague Judge Cedarbaum, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. Justice O'Connor has often been cited as saying that a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases. I am not so sure... that I agree with the statement. First, as Professor Martha Minnow has noted, there can never be a universal definition of wise. Second, I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.<ref> Sotomayor, "A Latina Judge’s Voice," (2002), [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/us/politics/15judge.text.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all online edition]</ref>

===Other concerns===
Sotomayor has a reputation among lawyers who practice in the Second Circuit as a formidably intelligent judge with a prodigious memory who meticulously prepares for oral arguments and is not shy about grilling the lawyers who appear before her to ensure that she fully understands their arguments. But to detractors, her sharp-tongued and occasionally combative manner — some lawyers have described her as “difficult” and “nasty” — raises questions about her judicial temperament and willingness to listen.

"The most consistent concern was that Sotomayor, although an able lawyer, was "not that smart and kind of a bully on the bench," as one former Second Circuit clerk for another judge put it."<ref>http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=45d56e6f-f497-4b19-9c63-04e10199a085</ref>

"Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee called Sotomayor’s appointment “the clearest indication yet that President Obama’s campaign promises to be a centrist and think in a bipartisan way were mere rhetoric.”<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22965.html</ref>

"Charmaine Yoest, the president of Americans United for Life, blasted Sotomayor as “a radical pick that divides America. She believes the role of the Court is to set policy, which is exactly the philosophy that led to the Supreme Court turning into the National Abortion Control Board."<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22965.html</ref>

Sotomayor is a member of National Council of La Raza, a group that's promoted driver's licenses for illegal aliens, amnesty programs, and no immigration law enforcement by local and state police. <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=99420 Sonia Sotomayor 'La Raza member'] WND, May 27, 2009</ref>

==References==
<references/>

== See also ==

*[http://www.eagleforum.org/court_watch/alerts/2009/may09/05-26-09.html Analysis of Sotomayor's judicial philosophy]

[[Category:United States Judges]]
[[Category:Obama Administration]]

Conservapedia:Featured articles

2009-06-05T19:57:52Z

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* [[user:Geo.plrd|Geo.plrd]]
* [[user:Joaquín Martínez‎|Joaquín Martínez‎]]
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The '''Featured articles''' are posted on the [[Main Page]] each week.

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== Past articles ==

[[Featured articles. Past articles.]] '''2007/08'''

{{fa|Sculpture|hide=yes|
:*Agree. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 07:00, 9 November 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 11:00, 28 November 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. Nice one! --[[User:TK|₮K]][[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]] 13:34, 5 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''ohayougozaimasu'']] 05:38, 6 December 2008 (EST)
}}

{{fa|Edgar Allan Poe| }}

::because of his 200 years anniversary.

{{fa|Hirohito|hide=yes|
:*Agree.[[User:DuncanB|Duncan]][[User talk:DuncanB|Talk]] 07:31, 15 November 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 11:00, 28 November 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:TK|TK]] 06:02, 3 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 08:49, 17 December 2008 (EST)
}}

{{fa|Tokyo Rose|hide=yes|
:* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 08:26, 2 December 2008 (EST)
:* Agree. [[User:JY23|JY23]] 19:59, 2 December 2008 (EST)
:* Agree. --[[User:TK|TK]] 06:02, 3 December 2008 (EST)
}}

{{fa|United Methodist Church|hide=yes|
:* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 07:30, 5 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:TK|₮K]][[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]] 13:34, 5 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. I'm impressed, this is a good article! [[User:JY23|JY23]] 19:00, 5 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''ohayougozaimasu'']] 05:38, 6 December 2008 (EST)
}}
{{fa|The Divine Comedy|hide=yes|
:* Agree (I'm proposing it). Nicely illustrated and informative, and links to lots of other interesting pages about morality, literature, religion and mythology.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 07:48, 5 December 2008 (EST)
:* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 09:32, 5 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:TK|₮K]][[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]] 13:34, 5 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. A lot of work's been put into this baby, I can tell. A job well done, guys! [[User:JY23|JY23]] 19:00, 5 December 2008 (EST)
:*Strongly agree. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''ohayougozaimasu'']] 05:38, 6 December 2008 (EST)
}}

{{fa|Global warming|hide=yes|
:*Agree. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']][[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]] 01:34, 17 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 08:49, 17 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 07:45, 13 February 2009 (EST)
}}

{{fa|Attack on Pearl Harbor|hide=yes|
:*Agree [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]][[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]] 13:01, 7 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. Perhaps move this out of order, given this is anniversary day? --[[User:TK|₮K]][[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]] 13:08, 7 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''ohayougozaimasu'']] 13:46, 7 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree. I concur with TK even though this article is public domain material from the U.S. government. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 16:09, 7 December 2008 (EST)
:*Neutral. [[User:JY23|JY23]] 20:26, 7 December 2008 (EST)
}}

{{fa|Benjamin Franklin|hide=yes|
:*Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 07:45, 13 February 2009 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 13:30, 8 March 2009 (EDT)
:*Agree. --[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 18:26, 12 March 2009 (EDT)
}}
{{fa|Financial Crisis of 2008|hide=yes|
:*Agree. Great analysis of the whole mess. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''ohayougozaimasu'']] 05:38, 6 December 2008 (EST)
:*Agree, improved lots since December. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 08:10, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:*Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 09:18, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
}}

{{fa|Isaac Newton|hide=yes|
:*Agree. Sizable article with detail about religious beliefs and scientific contributions. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 18:27, 1 March 2009 (EST)
:*Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 07:18, 21 March 2009 (EDT)
}}

{{fa|Eugene Delacroix|hide=yes|
:* Agree, I made it. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 09:22, 3 March 2009 (EST)
:* Agree. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 08:10, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 09:18, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree tentatively, although would it be possible to expand more on the artist's life? --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''nandeyanen?'']] 07:24, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
}}
{{fa|Essay:The Coming Fifth Great Awakening in America|hide=yes|
:* Disagree. (''It is a very good article, well written and reasoned. My primary concern, looking at it within the context of the featured article is that it is more of an "opinion piece" and I felt that on those grounds it did not really suit my criteria for a "featured article". Where I do think it could be used, would be under the mainpage's "Highlighted article", which would mean that not only could it be featured for longer, but would be more in line with the aims of that section.'')--[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''nandeyanen?'']] 03:19, 7 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 09:55, 7 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. This is a superlative and positive-message essay. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 06:28, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Neutral. Like Jessica, I have mixed feelings. I think it's an interesting and well-argued premise and so I think it should be featured. However, I also feel featured articles should be mainspace and not essay space. Perhaps we could have a featured essay? Since there are fewer essays than articles, such a section would not have to be changed as frequently. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 06:47, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. Excellent proposal. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 08:35, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
}}
{{fa|Prime number|hide=yes|
:* Agree. Probably the most exemplary article on how to pitch math at multiple levels of understanding. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 18:32, 12 March 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''nandeyanen?'']] 07:24, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 10:46, 30 March 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 14:07, 2 April 2009 (EDT)
}}
{{fa|Pat Tillman|hide=yes|
:* Agree. It would not be the lengthiest article but good nonetheless--[[User:Jpatt|jpatt]] 01:47, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. I like the idea of highlighting the "unsung" heroes. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''nandeyanen?'']] 06:30, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 08:10, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 09:18, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:*Disagree. Missing rank and medals. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]][[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]] 20:08, 19 April 2009 (EDT)
}}

{{fa|Niccolò Machiavelli|hide=yes|
:* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 06:34, 21 March 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''nandeyanen?'']] 06:56, 21 March 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 14:07, 2 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 03:51, 20 April 2009 (EDT)
}}

{{fa|Alger Hiss|hide=yes|
:* Agree. Resubmitting. Editor has put a tremendous amount of effort into this and has fixed the red-links, which led to its previous exclusion. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''nandeyanen?'']] 04:40, 30 March 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 10:46, 30 March 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 14:07, 2 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]][[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]] 20:24, 19 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 03:51, 20 April 2009 (EDT)
}}
{{fa|Arsenal F.C.|hide=yes|
:* Agree. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''nandeyanen?'']] 03:19, 7 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 17:52, 10 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Disagree. Before moving on to European Football, I think we should feature American Baseball, Football or Basketball. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 06:28, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]][[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]] 20:24, 19 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. European emphasis is a good idea and will challenge the American sports fans. --[[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 03:51, 20 April 2009 (EDT)
}}
{{fa|St. Matthew Passion|hide=yes|
:* Agree. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 08:11, 5 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 09:55, 7 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 06:28, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''nandeyanen?'']] 03:30, 20 April 2009 (EDT)
:* Agree. --[[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 03:51, 20 April 2009 (EDT)
}}

== Current article ==

{{fa|Christian Cross|
: * Agree. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 14:07, 2 April 2009 (EDT)
: * Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 09:55, 7 April 2009 (EDT)
: * Agree. Now that it has one of my favorite crosses. --[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 06:43, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
: * Disagree. List of crosses is incomplete. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geoff Plourde]][[User_talk:Geo.plrd|Complain!]] 20:10, 19 April 2009 (EDT)
: * Disagree. It is lacking any explanation of how the various crosses came about, or their history (for e.g. why the Cross of Lorainne has two beams). Also, what about things like the Cross of St. Andrew? --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''nandeyanen?'']] 03:30, 20 April 2009 (EDT) Improved. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 09:54, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
: * Disgree. needs deeper history; artwork is ok but more is needed, & it should be dated and related to schools of art. --[[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 03:51, 20 April 2009 (EDT)
: * Agree. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 9:15, 25 May 2009 (EDT)
}}

== Future articles ==

The following articles should be checked for any improvements that can be made before they are posted to the Main Page.

== Proposed for featuring ==

The following articles will probably be moved to the list above in the order listed if nobody has any objection or alternative suggestion.

'''New suggestions can be added at the ''end'' of this list.'''
{{fa|Operation Iraqi Freedom|
: * Agree. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 08:34, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
: * Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 12:17, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
: * Agree. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 15:10, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
: * Agree. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 9:15, 25 May 2009 (EDT)
}}

{{fa|Atlanta|
: * Agree. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 08:34, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
: * Agree --[[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 09:30, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
: * Agree. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 12:17, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
: * Agree. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 15:10, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
: * Agree. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 9:15, 25 May 2009 (EDT)
}}

{{fa|Atlas Shrugged|
: * Agree. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 15:10, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
: * Agree. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 9:15, 25 May 2009 (EDT)
: * Disagree. Too many red links. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 13:01, 25 May 2009 (EDT)
: * Disagree. Too many red links; too much summary of plot and too little critical analysis. --[[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 14:06, 25 May 2009 (EDT)
}}

{{fa|Communist Party of the United States of America|
: * Agree. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 10:59, 5 June 2009 (EDT)
: * Agree. --[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 12:55, 5 June 2009 (EDT)
: * Disagree. Too many red links. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 15:57, 5 June 2009 (EDT)
}}

==Past Nominations==
The following articles were proposed and determined not to be suitable for featuring. If the article has been improved to the point where it is of sufficient quality to be featured, move it back to Proposed for Featuring. Click the ''show'' link after each entry to see why it was rejected.

[[Conservapedia:Featured articles/Past Nominations 08-09]]

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Capitalism

2009-06-02T20:50:50Z

DeanS: Reverted edits by Godblessamerica1337 (Talk) to last version by RJJensen

[[Image:Tokyo Stock Exchange.jpg|thumb|Tokyo Stock Exchange]]
'''Capitalism''', also called '''free market economy''' is an economic system where the investment of capital, and production, distribution, income, and prices are determined not by government (as in [[socialism]]) but through the operation of a competitive market where decisions regarding transfer of money, goods (including capital goods), and services are voluntary and private rather than regulated and mandated by government (see [[law of supply and demand]]).

==Overview==
One self-regulating feature of capitalism is competition, which helps maintain fair market value for goods and services. However, ''unrestrained'' or ''pure'' capitalism may sometimes create a positive feedback loop in which a small number of individual accumulations of capital grow ever larger, eventually becoming so few as to limit effective competition, thus ceasing to strictly be free-market capitalism. In this regard, pure capitalism is unstable. Modern political systems have developed regulation mechanisms in an attempt to render capitalism more stable, including anti-trust regulation, trade tariffs, etc.

Since the fall of [[communism]], and the advent of information technology, capitalism is becoming increasingly widespread.

[[Adam Smith]] described the operation of capital accumulation through the productive powers of labor as such,

{{Cquote|Whatever a person saves from his [[revenue]] he adds to his [[capital]], and either employs it himself in maintaining an additional number of productive hands, or enables some other person to do so, by lending it to him for an interest, that is, for a share of the profits. As the capital of an individual can be increased only by what he saves from his annual revenue or his annual gains, so the capital of a society, which is the same with that of all the individuals who compose it, can be increased only in the same manner. <ref>Adam Smith, ''An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'', [http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN.html Book II, Chapter 3, Paragraph 15,] ''Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of Productive and Unproductive Labour'', First Edition 1776.</ref>}}
[[Image:Eco Pillars.jpg|right|320px]]
Smith goes on to describe how the productive powers of labor employed by the owner of a capital allow laborers to reproduce with a profit the value of their maintenance, over and above their own consumption, which then allows for an additional set of hands to be employed. <ref>Adam Smith, ''Wealth of Nations'', Book II, Chapter 3, Paragraph 22.</ref> Smith observes labor is the original purchase price for all the wealth of the world,

{{Cquote|The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What every thing is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and who wants to dispose of it or exchange it for something else, is the toil and trouble which it can save to himself, and which it can impose upon other people. What is bought with money or with goods is purchased by labour, 2<ref>'Everything in the world is purchased by labour.'—Hume, 'Of Commerce,' in Political Discourses, 1752, p. 12</ref> as much as what we acquire by the toil of our own body. That money or those goods indeed save us this toil. They contain the value of a certain quantity of labour which we exchange for what is supposed at the time to contain the value of an equal quantity. Labour was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased; and its value, to those who possess it, and who want to exchange it for some new productions, is precisely equal to the quantity of labour which it can enable them to purchase or command. <ref>Adam Smith, ''An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'', [http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN.html Book I, Chapter 5, Paragraph 2,] ''Of the Real and Nominal Price of Commodities'', First Edition 1776.</ref>}}

Real wealth consists not in money, but in the things money will exchange for,

{{Cquote|In order to put industry into motion, three things are requisite; materials to work upon, tools to work with, and the wages or recompense for the sake of which the work is done. Money is neither a material to work upon, nor a tool to work with; and though the wages of the workman are commonly paid to him in money, his real revenue, like that of all other men, consists, not in money, but in the money's worth; not in the metal pieces, but in what can be got for them. <ref>Adam Smith, ''An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'', [http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN7.html Book II, Chapter 2, Paragraph 37,] ''Of Money Considered as a particular Branch of the General Stock of the Society, or of the Expence of Maintaining the National Capital '', First Edition 1776.</ref>}}

Since wealth does not consist in money, gold, or silver, and labor is the original purchase price, Smith explains how the capitalist system is then put into motion, complete with natural incentives, only Smith does not use the word "capital" here to describe what is needed. Smith explains how a "store of goods", or "stock sufficient to maintain" the original capitalist entrepreneur is necessary;

{{Cquote|When the stock which a man possesses is no more than sufficient to maintain him for a few days or a few weeks, he seldom thinks of deriving any revenue from it. He consumes it as sparingly as he can, and endeavours by his labour to acquire something which may supply its place before it be consumed altogether. His revenue is, in this case, derived from his labour only. This is the state of the greater part of the labouring poor in all countries.

But when he possesses stock sufficient to maintain him for months or years, he naturally endeavours to derive a revenue from the greater part of it; reserving only so much for his immediate consumption as may maintain him till this revenue begins to come in. His whole stock, therefore, is distinguished into two parts. That part which, he expects, is to afford him this revenue, is called his capital. The other is that which supplies his immediate consumption <ref>Adam Smith, ''An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'', [http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN7.html Book II, Chapter 1, Paragraphs 1 & 2,] ''Of the Division of Stock '', First Edition 1776.</ref>}}

The [[division of labor]] is the necessary condition that gives rise to the productive powers of labor that allows for large scale economic growth. By "division of labor", Smith is referring to "specialization of labor", where each worker acquires specific knowledge to apply to a specific task.

{{Cquote|In that rude state of society in which there is no division of labour, in which exchanges are seldom made, and in which every man provides everything for himself, it is not necessary that any stock should be accumulated or stored up beforehand in order to carry on the business of the society. Every man endeavours to supply by his own industry his own occasional wants as they occur. When he is hungry, he goes to the forest to hunt; when his coat is worn out, he clothes himself with the skin of the first large animal he kills: and when his hut begins to go to ruin, he repairs it, as well as he can, with the trees and the turf that are nearest it.

But when the division of labour has once been thoroughly introduced, the produce of a man's own labour can supply but a very small part of his occasional wants. The far greater part of them are supplied by the produce of other men's labour, which he purchases with the produce, or, what is the same thing, with the price of the produce of his own. But this purchase cannot be made till such time as the produce of his own labour has not only been completed, but sold. A stock of goods of different kinds, therefore, must be stored up somewhere sufficient to maintain him, and to supply him with the materials and tools of his work till such time, at least, as both these events can be brought about.

As the accumulation of stock must, in the nature of things, be previous to the division of labour, ...in order to give constant employment to an equal number of workmen, an equal stock of provisions, and a greater stock of materials and tools than what would have been necessary in a ruder state of things, must be accumulated beforehand. <ref>Adam Smith, ''An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'', [http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN7.html Book II, Introduction, Paragraphs 1, 2, & 3] ''Of the Nature, Accumulation, and Employment of Stock,'', First Edition 1776.</ref>}}
{{Cquote|When the division of labour has been once thoroughly established, it is but a very small part of a man's wants which the produce of his own labour can supply. He supplies the far greater part of them by exchanging that surplus part of the produce of his own labour, which is over and above his own consumption, for such parts of the produce of other men's labour as he has occasion for. Every man thus lives by exchanging, or becomes in some measure a merchant, and the society itself grows to be what is properly a commercial society. <ref>Adam Smith, ''An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'', [http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN7.html Book I, Chapter 4, Paragraphs 1] ''Of the Origin and Use of Money'', First Edition 1776.</ref>}}
==Capitalism and Society==
[[Image:Ludwig von Mises.jpg|thumb|100px|Ludwig von Mises]]
Historically, capitalism has fostered freedom, and vice versa. Societies that have tried non-capitalist systems inevitably fall into tyranny.

For example, [[Venezuela]], while not a perfect country before [[Hugo Chavez]], had freedom and wealth unprecedented in its history. As Chavez has nationalized industries, he has also centralized power, and become a virtual dictator.

Capitalist societies also generally have higher standards of living compared to their non-capitalist counterparts in terms of per capita GDP, education, healthcare, and poverty rates.

== Quotes ==

“Historical evidence speaks with a single voice on the relation between political freedom and a free market. I know of no example in time or place of a society that has been marked by a large measure of political freedom, and that has not also used something comparable to a free market to organize the bulk of economic activity.”

--[[Milton Friedman]], Capitalism and Freedom, 1962.

“Capitalism is essentially the economic system of poor people. That’s what allowed the people that came from humble origins of the world to have economic rights the way only nobility and the high bourgeoisie had it before. So capitalism is essentially a tool for poor people to prosper.”

--Hernando de Soto, PBS Interview, March 30-31, 2001

(cf: [http://www.americansolutions.com/General/?Page=026a3bda-755c-45d8-84d3-c68eef294612 Values - Free Enterprise])

"The only real cure for poverty is production". [[Henry Hazlitt]], from Man vs. the [[Welfare]] State.

== See also ==

*[[Capital]]
*[[Free Enterprise]]
*[[Ludwig von Mises]]
*[[Enterprise]]
*[[planned economy]]
*[[Socialism]]
*[[Welfare]]

==External links==
*[http://www.capmag.com Capitalism Magazine]
*[http://www.aim.org/wls/category/capitalism/ What Liberals Say - Category: Capitalism], [[Accuracy In Media]]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Economics]]
[[Category:Business]]
[[Category:Libertarianism]]

Roland Burris

2009-06-01T23:34:31Z

DeanS: Burris Relegated to Outcast Status on Capitol Hill

'''Roland Burris''' (b. 1937), a liberal Democrat, is the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois. In 1978 he became the first African American elected to statewide office in Illinois, and in 1990 was elected state attorney general. Since then he lost a series of primary elections and was considered a minor player in Illinois.

He was named by Illinois Governor [[Rod Blagojevich]] to fill the vacant [[U.S. Senate]] seat of President-elect Obama, causeing enormous uproar because Blagojevich was being impeached for trying to sell that same seat. Blagojevich was convicted and removed from office in January 2009.

Senate Democrats promised not to seat anyone named by Blagojevich, because of the taint associated with him. Therefore on Jan. 6, 2009, Burris was denied entry to the Senate chambers Tuesday as he tried to claim the seat.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/06/burris/index.html</ref>

Legally, however, his claim to the seat seemed good, because it depended on Blagojevich being governor, which he was.

On Jan. 12, 2009, he was finally certified by the Senate.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/12/burris-certified-obamas-vacated-senate-seat/]</ref>

Burris was seated after promising to testify truthfully to the impeachment committee of the Illinois legislature, which investigated Blagojevich.
[[Image:Burris1.jpg|thumb|290px|to "dissemble" means to conceal information with intent to deceive]]

However Burris later admitted that he did not testify truthfully to the committee while under oath. The Democratic speaker of the state legislature has called for an investigation, which may possibly lead to criminal charges of perjury. In Washington Senate officials are investigating the situation and it may lead to his expulsion from the Senate. One state representative, a Democrat, sighed that Burris:
:"wasn’t forthcoming, and that’s the bottom line. I feel betrayed. The real problem here is the question of trust for the citizens of Illinois. We were supposed to rise to the occasion and, again, Illinois becomes the laughingstock for the nation."<ref>John Chase and Rick Pearson, "Burris changes story on Senate seat," [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/chi-roland-burris-rod-blagojevich-090214,0,334648.story ''Chicago Tribune'' Feb. 14, 2009]; Natasha Korecki and Dave McKinney, "Illinois lawmakers mull Burris perjury probe," [http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/02/illinois_lawmakers_mull_burris.html ''Chicago Sun-Times'' Feb. 14, 2009]; Dirk Johnson and Monica Davey, "Burris Tried to Raise Money for Blagojevich' [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/us/politics/18illinois.html?hp ''New York Times'' Feb. 17, 2009] </ref>

Burris is now shunned and ostracized by his fellow senators, and has been "relegated to outcast status on Capitol Hill." <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/01/burris-relegated-outcast-status-capitol-hill/?test=latestnews Burris Relegated to Outcast Status on Capitol Hill], AP, ''FoxNews.com'', June 01, 2009</ref>

== References ==
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Christopher Columbus

2009-06-01T23:17:51Z

DeanS: format

[[Image:columbus.jpg|thumb]]
'''Christopher Columbus''' (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer hired by Spain to reach Asia in 1491; instead he discovered a continent, and in four voyages explored the [[West Indies]] from 1492 to 1502. His discovery resulted in Europeans exploring and settling the Americas.

As conservative historian Wilcomb Washburn explains, if Columbus had not discovered the New World, the process of European discovery might have been very different. Rather than standing as a symbol of inexorable forces, Columbus is better seen as a representative of the spirit of inquiry, Christian religious zeal, and the notable achievements of Western Civilization.<ref> Wilcomb E. Washburn, "Columbus: Agent Of The Inevitable?" ''Continuity'' 1992 (16): 57-63. 0277-1446 </ref>

==First Voyage==
He went to [[Ferdinand and Isabella|Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain]] to ask them to finance his journey to the Far East (China and Japan); his plan was to sail west to get to the east: contrary to popular misconceptions, it was well known at the time, that the world was round - however its true circumference was unknown, so it seemed feasible to Columbus, to be able to sail from Europe to Asia within a reasonable amount of time. His first appeal to the king and queen was disappointing but the second time they furnished him with three ships ([[The Niña]], [[The Pinta]] and The [[Santa Maria]]). Leaving August 3 1492, from the port of Palos, he sailed for months without sight of land while his crew was becoming increasingly disillusioned with the voyage believing themselves to be sailing towards their deaths; they began plotting mutiny.

[[Image:Christopher-columbus.jpg|thumb|250px|October 12, 1492]]
Finally they came to land in the West Indies (October 12, 1492). When they explored a little they found the natives to be friendly and they found many new things that no European had ever seen before. Columbus thought he had landed in India, so he called the native people "Indians" - a designation which remains common to this very day. As they prepared to return to [[Spain]] the Santa Maria ran aground on a coral reef and could not be repaired. Columbus saw this as a sign from God and established a trading outpost he called Navidad (after the Christmas holiday).

However he still had the Nina and Pinta, and so he took most of his crew up the Windward Passage and onwards to Spain. The king and queen were amazed by the colorful birds and strange foods that Columbus brought with him. Columbus was then called Admiral.

[[File:News1492.jpg|thumb|400px|News of Columbus' discovery spread across Europe with the republication of his Letter of March, 1493]]
==Second Voyage==
When Columbus sailed back to the new world in 1493, he found no sign of Navidad or of his crew. It is unknown what became of the crew, but one widely believed theory is the local Indian population grew tired of being harassed for gold and killed the sailors. Columbus then built a new settlement called Isabella (after the queen), then left it in the charge of his brother Diego and went exploring. He was puzzled that his maps of the east did not match with what he had seen. When he reached modern day [[Cuba]] he believed that this was the mainland and forced his crew to swear that it was. He also discovered [[Jamaica]] shortly afterwards. On his second voyage Columbus was able to sail back exactly to the same place as on his first voyage, despite poor navigating techniques of the time period. Some attribute this fact to divine providence.

==Third Voyage==
[[Image:Sm skyline.gif|thumb|left|The Issabel]]
In 1498, Columbus left Spain with 17 ships carrying 1,200 colonists. He explored [[Trinidad]], [[Tobago]], [[Grenada]] and the coast of [[Venezuela]].

When he returned to Isabella he found it in a state of confusion that he was unable to control. Because there was no gold he sent 500 Indians to Spain as slaves against the will of the king and queen. This brought much ridicule on Columbus. He sailed back to Spain to defend himself and the king and queen refused to furnish him with the necessary ships for continued exploration for three years.

==Fourth Voyage==
When rumors of the confusion in Isabella reached Spain the king and queen sent Francisco de Bobadilla to investigate. Bobadilla arrested Columbus and his brother in the name of the crown, took charge of Isabella forcefully and sent them back to Spain. Columbus begged for one more chance to explore “Asia”. They gave him four broken down ships. His fleet was beaten with storms and he was forced to give up his last journey. He started back for Spain, but his ships were on the verge of collapse and he was forced to stay at Jamaica. He sent one of his crew to Isabella in a canoe to get rescue ships. Seven months later the ships came and took him back to Spain.

==Death==
[[Image:Rabida.jpg|thumb|Santa María de la Rábida, Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, Spain.]]
Columbus died a prosperious man in Spain at the age of 55. He still believed he had reached Asia at the time. The notion that Columbus died in poverty and relative anonymity is a myth. It is also a myth that Columbus prove that the world was round. Europeans had known for centuries that the world was round. Columbus's disagreement with the experts was that he thought that the Earth was much smaller, and that he had enough supplies to sail to India.

==The Memory of Columbus==
Columbus has remained since the quest for independence a "malleable and durable American symbol." Although ignored during most of the colonial period, he was, during the 1760s-1890s, interpreted and reinterpreted to fit our national character and used to mold a collective identity. This progress can be traced over three periods: as Columbia, "an allegorical figure symbolizing liberty"; as Columbus, an individual masculine explorer who sanctioned American Manifest Destiny; and as Columbianism, a late-19th-century patriotic symbol involving "cultural and political hegemony and various ethnic and religious identities." During this evolution of "discovering" Columbus, a significant amount of material culture surfaced in American art, monuments, coinage, and in various civic events. This led to a multiple set of uses of Columbus as a model or official icon by various organizations to help shape their identities. The discovery of Columbus also grew as new methods of communication and the development of various media in the visual arts replaced the oral tradition and elementary school prose of the 18th century. This adaption of Columbus as a national symbol created conflicting contexts for many, such as Protestants ignoring Columbus's Catholicism. All three periods signify steps in the nation's search for self-identity.<ref> Thomas J. Schlereth, "Columbia, Columbus, And Columbianism." ''Journal of American History'' 1992 79(3): 937-968. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2080794 in JSTOR] </Ref>

In the 19th century the works of historians [[Washington Irving]], [[George Bancroft]], and [[William Hickling Prescott]] created the scholarly foundations for American celebration of Columbus's achievements. Irving created a highly romantic description of Columbus's landing in ''A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus'' (1828). 19th century American painters and graphic artists conjured up romantic images to match those found in the book. The image portrayed in Irving's book and by the artists shows Columbus finding a sparsely populated virgin land inhabited by lightly clothed "savages" to whom he introduced a "superior" culture and the blessings of Christianity. The mythical image also claims that Columbus planted the seeds of future American economic prosperity.

Americans celebrated Columbus's discovery of the New World and built numerous monuments to him in the late 19th century. [[Columbus Day]], is a national holiday in the United States, proclaimed so in 1937 by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], primarily at the behest of Catholics and Italian Americans who wanted a suitable day of celebration.

By the quincentenary celebration of his discovery in 1992, Columbus stood accused of genocide and ecocide. Columbus Day became controversial in the 1970s, as a matter of white guilt regarding the mistreatment of native Americans. The main accuser was Colorado professor [[Ward Churchill]] (who was fired in 2008 for academic misconduct and falsifying history) compared Columbus to Nazi Holocaust sponsor [[Heinrich Himmler]], pointing to the genocidal outcome of Columbus's brutal practices in the Caribbean.

Columbus did return to Spain with a number of Indian slaves, and that slave labor was used in his quest for gold. Native populations died out primarily because of exposure to new Old World diseases.<ref>http://www.history.com/content/columbusday/holiday-history History of Columbus Day</ref>

Leftis protesters of the 1992 quincentennial celebrations of frequently used the term "genocide" to describe European treatment of the Indians, but they never defined genocide or provided sound evidence that Europeans practiced genocide. Historians should recognize the legitimate emotional source of these complaints, but counsel against the use of moral blackmail by groups who have something to gain from characterizing European treatment of Indians as genocidal. Historians should work to destroy "maleficent myths" about the past and expose complex origins of "current fortunes and misfortunes" without holding the descendants of those who wronged other peoples accountable for the deeds of their ancestors.<ref>James Axtell, "The Moral Dimensions of 1492," ''Historian'' 1993 56(1): 17-28. 0018-2370 </ref>

==Further reading==
* Bedini Silvio A., ed. ''Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia'' (1991); 787pp articles by 350 scholars; a major resource
** Bedini Silvio A. '' Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration'' (1998); 824pp encyclopedia
* Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe. ''Columbus: And the Conquest of the Impossible'' (2nd ed. 2001), 128pp; good, short, scholarly
* Morison, Samuel Eliot. '' Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus‎'' (2003 revised edition), 691pp; the best biography; written by an eminent conservative historian [http://www.amazon.com/Admiral-Ocean-Sea-Christopher-Columbus/dp/0316584789/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243893419&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Phillips, Carla Rahn. ''The Worlds of Christopher Columbus‎'' (1993) 340 pages, excellent popular biography
* [http://www.questia.com/library/history/european-history/europe-1400-1789/christopher-columbus.jsp online books about Columbus]
* Wilford, John Noble. ''The Mysterious History of Columbus: An Exploration of the Man, the Myth, the Legacy'' (1991), the best popular biography; very well written

===Historiography===
* Axtell, James. "Columbian Encounters: 1992-1995." ''William And Mary Quarterly'' 1995 52(4): 649-696. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2947042 in JSTOR], reviews the major publications
* Axtell, James. "The Moral Dimensions of 1492," ''Historian'' 1993 56(1): 17-28. 0018-2370
* Bushman, Claudia L. ''America Discovers Columbus: How an Italian Explorer Became an American Hero.'' (1992). 217 pp.
* Davidson, Miles H. ''Columbus Then and Now: A Life Reexamined.'' (1997). 609 pp.
* Sale, Kirkpatrick. ''The Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy.'' (1990). 453 pp. nasty attack from the Left
* Summerhill, Stephen J. and John Alexander Williams. ''Sinking Columbus: Contested History, Cultural Politics, and Mythmaking during the Quincentenary.'' (2000). 219 pp.

==External links==
*http://www.eesd.org/Matsumoto/TM30/history/Explorers/colom.html
*http://www.italian-american.com/columbus.htm
*http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/columbus.php
*http://www.history.com/content/columbusday/holiday-history

== References ==
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Liberal Myths About Education

2009-06-01T13:05:37Z

DeanS: new ref for 13 - Slow the Preschool Bandwagon

Modern American education (particularly public school education) is shaped by a number of liberal myths. These myths, taken as a whole, result in the expenditure of tremendous amounts of time, effort, and money in order to achieve negligible or nonexistent gains.

Among the most pervasive liberal myths that currently shape educational policy are:

# '''Every child is above average.''' While nobody actually articulates this myth in this form, it is the logical converse of the current state of affairs: it is absolutely taboo to acknowledge that many children are '''below''' average in academic ability. No parent wants to hear that their child is below average; in the name of [[political correctness]], therefore, the education system bends over backwards to avoid acknowledging this.
# '''Every child can achieve high standards in all areas.''' Again, like the first myth, this is a case of [[political correctness]] that has gotten out of control. Current educational policies insist that all children can achieve proficiency in all areas. Both research and common sense indicate that this is not true; nor would it be taken seriously in other fields. Nobody would argue that a five foot three adult could be in the NBA if he really, really tried; nobody would argue that a tone-deaf child with no interest in music could be the next Mozart with enough effort.
# '''If children aren't doing well, the solution is more money.''' This is true in a very, '''very''' limited sense. If a school has severe deficiencies in basic facilities--not enough desks, or not enough books, for instance--then investing money in these necessities has been shown to have an effect. Beyond this point, however, the claim moves into myth territory; in schools which already have adequate basic facilities, the investment of ever-increasing sums of money has produced negligible gains in terms of student achievement. <ref>http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=665#The%20Relationship%20Between%20Spending%20and%20Achievement</ref>, <ref>http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.20303,filter.social/pub_detail.asp</ref>
# '''Unconditional self esteem is something schools should cultivate.''' The current obsession with "self esteem"...and the notion that it is something that is ''given,'' rather than ''earned''...has had very real and very negative consequences. Students are taught that esteem is not linked to performance; in many cases, students who have not done the required work and who lack the required skills to do well are promoted to the next grade for fear of damaging their self esteem. This overlooks the fact that a student who lacks the skills to understand a class or do the work is likely to suffer equal or greater loss of self esteem; plainly put, it's humiliating for a student to be the "class dummy." Additionally, research indicates that unrealistically high self esteem may promote bullying and experimentation with drugs, alcohol, and sex. <ref>http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118855650/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0</ref>
# '''If a student isn't working up to grade level, it's because they're not trying.''' Sometimes, if a student isn't working up to grade level, it's because they genuinely lack the ability to do the work.
# '''Private schools have no advantages over public schools.''' Even those with a vested interest in public schools will concede that this is untrue, if they're being honest. Private schools have substantial advantages, particularly in the related areas of discipline and learning environment. Since private schools are not limited by the ineffectual, feel-good discipline policies of most public schools, they can more effectively enforce discipline. This, in turn, leads to a more stable learning environment, and one that is more congenial to motivated students who want to excel.
# '''Home-schooled students have no advantages over public schools.''' Again, a modicum of honesty would compel any educator to admit that this is not true. Extensive one-on-one attention, lessons tailored to the needs of the individual student, and a parental rapport are all advantages which no public school can hope to replicate.
# '''Males and females can be taught the same way.''' Males and females have different brain make ups, different learning skills and different abilities. Hence, they need to be taught using different strategies. It should be also be noted that another liberal myth says that males and females should be treated the same. See [[Essay:Rules of Chivalry for Students]]
# '''Abstinence only sex education doesn't work.''' Liberals believe that children as young as kindergarten age must be taught about sex in graphic detail.<ref>NEWS.au.com [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23071533-2,00.html ''Anger at kindergarten sex lessons'']</ref> They refuse to acknowledge that abstinence is the only way to prevent pregnancy and STDs with 100% effectiveness, and instead argue that we should teach children about somewhat risky methods to prevent pregnancy and STDs.
# '''No religious expression is allowed in school.''' No court has ''ever'' issued a ruling to this effect. Attempting to prohibit a student from praying, wearing a crucifix, or otherwise expressing their faith is, in fact, not within the rights of a teacher or school administrator.
# '''It doesn't matter if you succeed, as long as you try.''' While genuine effort and a strong work ethic are admirable, teaching students that results don't matter is gravely misguided; of course, that isn't how the real world works. Most employers don't care if you tried really hard...they care if you got the job done. Failure doesn't automatically make one a bad person, but it does carry consequences, and students need to be taught accordingly.
# '''Students shouldn't be 'tracked.' Putting students of different ability levels in different classes can hurt their self esteem.''' Anyone familiar with what goes on in the typical classroom has encountered the opposite: if a student has a serious deficiency in a subject, putting them in a classroom with other students of much higher ability is the surest way to shine a spotlight on that deficiency. Students are keenly aware of which students in a class are the "smart ones" and which ones are the "dumb ones." Generally, efforts to teach students with widely different levels of academic ability in the same class results in boredom for the advanced students and frustration for the struggling students.
# '''Government pre-school is effective.''' Studies have shown that government run pre-schools are not effective in educating. "There is no evidence that expanding the time American children spend in state-run schools will produce any educational benefits at all."<ref>[http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Zero-to-Five-Obamas-latest-paybaco-46615472.html 'Zero to Five:' A scam to help teachers union], ''Washington Examiner'', June 1, 2009</ref> <ref>[http://blog.heritage.org/2009/05/20/quelling-the-preschool-enthusiasm/ Quelling the Preschool Enthusiasm], ''The Heritage Foundation'', May 20th, 2009</ref> <ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/14/AR2009051403600.html Slow the Preschool Bandwagon], Chester E. Finn Jr, ''The Washington Post'', May 15th, 2009</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Liberal Myths]]

Liberal Myths About Education

2009-06-01T12:57:28Z

DeanS: new ref for myth 13 - Quelling the Preschool Enthusiasm

Modern American education (particularly public school education) is shaped by a number of liberal myths. These myths, taken as a whole, result in the expenditure of tremendous amounts of time, effort, and money in order to achieve negligible or nonexistent gains.

Among the most pervasive liberal myths that currently shape educational policy are:

# '''Every child is above average.''' While nobody actually articulates this myth in this form, it is the logical converse of the current state of affairs: it is absolutely taboo to acknowledge that many children are '''below''' average in academic ability. No parent wants to hear that their child is below average; in the name of [[political correctness]], therefore, the education system bends over backwards to avoid acknowledging this.
# '''Every child can achieve high standards in all areas.''' Again, like the first myth, this is a case of [[political correctness]] that has gotten out of control. Current educational policies insist that all children can achieve proficiency in all areas. Both research and common sense indicate that this is not true; nor would it be taken seriously in other fields. Nobody would argue that a five foot three adult could be in the NBA if he really, really tried; nobody would argue that a tone-deaf child with no interest in music could be the next Mozart with enough effort.
# '''If children aren't doing well, the solution is more money.''' This is true in a very, '''very''' limited sense. If a school has severe deficiencies in basic facilities--not enough desks, or not enough books, for instance--then investing money in these necessities has been shown to have an effect. Beyond this point, however, the claim moves into myth territory; in schools which already have adequate basic facilities, the investment of ever-increasing sums of money has produced negligible gains in terms of student achievement. <ref>http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=665#The%20Relationship%20Between%20Spending%20and%20Achievement</ref>, <ref>http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.20303,filter.social/pub_detail.asp</ref>
# '''Unconditional self esteem is something schools should cultivate.''' The current obsession with "self esteem"...and the notion that it is something that is ''given,'' rather than ''earned''...has had very real and very negative consequences. Students are taught that esteem is not linked to performance; in many cases, students who have not done the required work and who lack the required skills to do well are promoted to the next grade for fear of damaging their self esteem. This overlooks the fact that a student who lacks the skills to understand a class or do the work is likely to suffer equal or greater loss of self esteem; plainly put, it's humiliating for a student to be the "class dummy." Additionally, research indicates that unrealistically high self esteem may promote bullying and experimentation with drugs, alcohol, and sex. <ref>http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118855650/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0</ref>
# '''If a student isn't working up to grade level, it's because they're not trying.''' Sometimes, if a student isn't working up to grade level, it's because they genuinely lack the ability to do the work.
# '''Private schools have no advantages over public schools.''' Even those with a vested interest in public schools will concede that this is untrue, if they're being honest. Private schools have substantial advantages, particularly in the related areas of discipline and learning environment. Since private schools are not limited by the ineffectual, feel-good discipline policies of most public schools, they can more effectively enforce discipline. This, in turn, leads to a more stable learning environment, and one that is more congenial to motivated students who want to excel.
# '''Home-schooled students have no advantages over public schools.''' Again, a modicum of honesty would compel any educator to admit that this is not true. Extensive one-on-one attention, lessons tailored to the needs of the individual student, and a parental rapport are all advantages which no public school can hope to replicate.
# '''Males and females can be taught the same way.''' Males and females have different brain make ups, different learning skills and different abilities. Hence, they need to be taught using different strategies. It should be also be noted that another liberal myth says that males and females should be treated the same. See [[Essay:Rules of Chivalry for Students]]
# '''Abstinence only sex education doesn't work.''' Liberals believe that children as young as kindergarten age must be taught about sex in graphic detail.<ref>NEWS.au.com [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23071533-2,00.html ''Anger at kindergarten sex lessons'']</ref> They refuse to acknowledge that abstinence is the only way to prevent pregnancy and STDs with 100% effectiveness, and instead argue that we should teach children about somewhat risky methods to prevent pregnancy and STDs.
# '''No religious expression is allowed in school.''' No court has ''ever'' issued a ruling to this effect. Attempting to prohibit a student from praying, wearing a crucifix, or otherwise expressing their faith is, in fact, not within the rights of a teacher or school administrator.
# '''It doesn't matter if you succeed, as long as you try.''' While genuine effort and a strong work ethic are admirable, teaching students that results don't matter is gravely misguided; of course, that isn't how the real world works. Most employers don't care if you tried really hard...they care if you got the job done. Failure doesn't automatically make one a bad person, but it does carry consequences, and students need to be taught accordingly.
# '''Students shouldn't be 'tracked.' Putting students of different ability levels in different classes can hurt their self esteem.''' Anyone familiar with what goes on in the typical classroom has encountered the opposite: if a student has a serious deficiency in a subject, putting them in a classroom with other students of much higher ability is the surest way to shine a spotlight on that deficiency. Students are keenly aware of which students in a class are the "smart ones" and which ones are the "dumb ones." Generally, efforts to teach students with widely different levels of academic ability in the same class results in boredom for the advanced students and frustration for the struggling students.
# '''Government pre-school is effective.''' Studies have shown that government run pre-schools are not effective in educating. "There is no evidence that expanding the time American children spend in state-run schools will produce any educational benefits at all."<ref>[http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Zero-to-Five-Obamas-latest-paybaco-46615472.html 'Zero to Five:' A scam to help teachers union], ''Washington Examiner'', June 1, 2009</ref> <ref>[http://blog.heritage.org/2009/05/20/quelling-the-preschool-enthusiasm/ Quelling the Preschool Enthusiasm], ''The Heritage Foundation'', May 20th, 2009</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Liberal Myths]]

Liberal Myths About Education

2009-06-01T12:38:06Z

DeanS: new myth - #13 - Government pre-school is effective

Modern American education (particularly public school education) is shaped by a number of liberal myths. These myths, taken as a whole, result in the expenditure of tremendous amounts of time, effort, and money in order to achieve negligible or nonexistent gains.

Among the most pervasive liberal myths that currently shape educational policy are:

# '''Every child is above average.''' While nobody actually articulates this myth in this form, it is the logical converse of the current state of affairs: it is absolutely taboo to acknowledge that many children are '''below''' average in academic ability. No parent wants to hear that their child is below average; in the name of [[political correctness]], therefore, the education system bends over backwards to avoid acknowledging this.
# '''Every child can achieve high standards in all areas.''' Again, like the first myth, this is a case of [[political correctness]] that has gotten out of control. Current educational policies insist that all children can achieve proficiency in all areas. Both research and common sense indicate that this is not true; nor would it be taken seriously in other fields. Nobody would argue that a five foot three adult could be in the NBA if he really, really tried; nobody would argue that a tone-deaf child with no interest in music could be the next Mozart with enough effort.
# '''If children aren't doing well, the solution is more money.''' This is true in a very, '''very''' limited sense. If a school has severe deficiencies in basic facilities--not enough desks, or not enough books, for instance--then investing money in these necessities has been shown to have an effect. Beyond this point, however, the claim moves into myth territory; in schools which already have adequate basic facilities, the investment of ever-increasing sums of money has produced negligible gains in terms of student achievement. <ref>http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=665#The%20Relationship%20Between%20Spending%20and%20Achievement</ref>, <ref>http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.20303,filter.social/pub_detail.asp</ref>
# '''Unconditional self esteem is something schools should cultivate.''' The current obsession with "self esteem"...and the notion that it is something that is ''given,'' rather than ''earned''...has had very real and very negative consequences. Students are taught that esteem is not linked to performance; in many cases, students who have not done the required work and who lack the required skills to do well are promoted to the next grade for fear of damaging their self esteem. This overlooks the fact that a student who lacks the skills to understand a class or do the work is likely to suffer equal or greater loss of self esteem; plainly put, it's humiliating for a student to be the "class dummy." Additionally, research indicates that unrealistically high self esteem may promote bullying and experimentation with drugs, alcohol, and sex. <ref>http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118855650/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0</ref>
# '''If a student isn't working up to grade level, it's because they're not trying.''' Sometimes, if a student isn't working up to grade level, it's because they genuinely lack the ability to do the work.
# '''Private schools have no advantages over public schools.''' Even those with a vested interest in public schools will concede that this is untrue, if they're being honest. Private schools have substantial advantages, particularly in the related areas of discipline and learning environment. Since private schools are not limited by the ineffectual, feel-good discipline policies of most public schools, they can more effectively enforce discipline. This, in turn, leads to a more stable learning environment, and one that is more congenial to motivated students who want to excel.
# '''Home-schooled students have no advantages over public schools.''' Again, a modicum of honesty would compel any educator to admit that this is not true. Extensive one-on-one attention, lessons tailored to the needs of the individual student, and a parental rapport are all advantages which no public school can hope to replicate.
# '''Males and females can be taught the same way.''' Males and females have different brain make ups, different learning skills and different abilities. Hence, they need to be taught using different strategies. It should be also be noted that another liberal myth says that males and females should be treated the same. See [[Essay:Rules of Chivalry for Students]]
# '''Abstinence only sex education doesn't work.''' Liberals believe that children as young as kindergarten age must be taught about sex in graphic detail.<ref>NEWS.au.com [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23071533-2,00.html ''Anger at kindergarten sex lessons'']</ref> They refuse to acknowledge that abstinence is the only way to prevent pregnancy and STDs with 100% effectiveness, and instead argue that we should teach children about somewhat risky methods to prevent pregnancy and STDs.
# '''No religious expression is allowed in school.''' No court has ''ever'' issued a ruling to this effect. Attempting to prohibit a student from praying, wearing a crucifix, or otherwise expressing their faith is, in fact, not within the rights of a teacher or school administrator.
# '''It doesn't matter if you succeed, as long as you try.''' While genuine effort and a strong work ethic are admirable, teaching students that results don't matter is gravely misguided; of course, that isn't how the real world works. Most employers don't care if you tried really hard...they care if you got the job done. Failure doesn't automatically make one a bad person, but it does carry consequences, and students need to be taught accordingly.
# '''Students shouldn't be 'tracked.' Putting students of different ability levels in different classes can hurt their self esteem.''' Anyone familiar with what goes on in the typical classroom has encountered the opposite: if a student has a serious deficiency in a subject, putting them in a classroom with other students of much higher ability is the surest way to shine a spotlight on that deficiency. Students are keenly aware of which students in a class are the "smart ones" and which ones are the "dumb ones." Generally, efforts to teach students with widely different levels of academic ability in the same class results in boredom for the advanced students and frustration for the struggling students.
# '''Government pre-school is effective.''' Studies have shown that government run pre-schools are not effective in educating. "There is no evidence that expanding the time American children spend in state-run schools will produce any educational benefits at all."<ref>[http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Zero-to-Five-Obamas-latest-paybaco-46615472.html 'Zero to Five:' A scam to help teachers union], ''Washington Examiner'', June 1, 2009</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Liberal Myths]]

Liberal Myths About Education

2009-06-01T12:22:03Z

DeanS: replace hard coded numbers

Modern American education (particularly public school education) is shaped by a number of liberal myths. These myths, taken as a whole, result in the expenditure of tremendous amounts of time, effort, and money in order to achieve negligible or nonexistent gains.

Among the most pervasive liberal myths that currently shape educational policy are:

# '''Every child is above average.''' While nobody actually articulates this myth in this form, it is the logical converse of the current state of affairs: it is absolutely taboo to acknowledge that many children are '''below''' average in academic ability. No parent wants to hear that their child is below average; in the name of [[political correctness]], therefore, the education system bends over backwards to avoid acknowledging this.
# '''Every child can achieve high standards in all areas.''' Again, like the first myth, this is a case of [[political correctness]] that has gotten out of control. Current educational policies insist that all children can achieve proficiency in all areas. Both research and common sense indicate that this is not true; nor would it be taken seriously in other fields. Nobody would argue that a five foot three adult could be in the NBA if he really, really tried; nobody would argue that a tone-deaf child with no interest in music could be the next Mozart with enough effort.
# '''If children aren't doing well, the solution is more money.''' This is true in a very, '''very''' limited sense. If a school has severe deficiencies in basic facilities--not enough desks, or not enough books, for instance--then investing money in these necessities has been shown to have an effect. Beyond this point, however, the claim moves into myth territory; in schools which already have adequate basic facilities, the investment of ever-increasing sums of money has produced negligible gains in terms of student achievement. <ref>http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=665#The%20Relationship%20Between%20Spending%20and%20Achievement</ref>, <ref>http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.20303,filter.social/pub_detail.asp</ref>
# '''Unconditional self esteem is something schools should cultivate.''' The current obsession with "self esteem"...and the notion that it is something that is ''given,'' rather than ''earned''...has had very real and very negative consequences. Students are taught that esteem is not linked to performance; in many cases, students who have not done the required work and who lack the required skills to do well are promoted to the next grade for fear of damaging their self esteem. This overlooks the fact that a student who lacks the skills to understand a class or do the work is likely to suffer equal or greater loss of self esteem; plainly put, it's humiliating for a student to be the "class dummy." Additionally, research indicates that unrealistically high self esteem may promote bullying and experimentation with drugs, alcohol, and sex. <ref>http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118855650/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0</ref>
# '''If a student isn't working up to grade level, it's because they're not trying.''' Sometimes, if a student isn't working up to grade level, it's because they genuinely lack the ability to do the work.
# '''Private schools have no advantages over public schools.''' Even those with a vested interest in public schools will concede that this is untrue, if they're being honest. Private schools have substantial advantages, particularly in the related areas of discipline and learning environment. Since private schools are not limited by the ineffectual, feel-good discipline policies of most public schools, they can more effectively enforce discipline. This, in turn, leads to a more stable learning environment, and one that is more congenial to motivated students who want to excel.
# '''Home-schooled students have no advantages over public schools.''' Again, a modicum of honesty would compel any educator to admit that this is not true. Extensive one-on-one attention, lessons tailored to the needs of the individual student, and a parental rapport are all advantages which no public school can hope to replicate.
# '''Males and females can be taught the same way.''' Males and females have different brain make ups, different learning skills and different abilities. Hence, they need to be taught using different strategies. It should be also be noted that another liberal myth says that males and females should be treated the same. See [[Essay:Rules of Chivalry for Students]]
# '''Abstinence only sex education doesn't work.''' Liberals believe that children as young as kindergarten age must be taught about sex in graphic detail.<ref>NEWS.au.com [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23071533-2,00.html ''Anger at kindergarten sex lessons'']</ref> They refuse to acknowledge that abstinence is the only way to prevent pregnancy and STDs with 100% effectiveness, and instead argue that we should teach children about somewhat risky methods to prevent pregnancy and STDs.
# '''No religious expression is allowed in school.''' No court has ''ever'' issued a ruling to this effect. Attempting to prohibit a student from praying, wearing a crucifix, or otherwise expressing their faith is, in fact, not within the rights of a teacher or school administrator.
# '''It doesn't matter if you succeed, as long as you try.''' While genuine effort and a strong work ethic are admirable, teaching students that results don't matter is gravely misguided; of course, that isn't how the real world works. Most employers don't care if you tried really hard...they care if you got the job done. Failure doesn't automatically make one a bad person, but it does carry consequences, and students need to be taught accordingly.
# '''Students shouldn't be 'tracked.' Putting students of different ability levels in different classes can hurt their self esteem.''' Anyone familiar with what goes on in the typical classroom has encountered the opposite: if a student has a serious deficiency in a subject, putting them in a classroom with other students of much higher ability is the surest way to shine a spotlight on that deficiency. Students are keenly aware of which students in a class are the "smart ones" and which ones are the "dumb ones." Generally, efforts to teach students with widely different levels of academic ability in the same class results in boredom for the advanced students and frustration for the struggling students.

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Liberal Myths]]

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===May 30===
'''[[Democratic Party|Democrats]] have found another way to spread [[Environmentalist|environmental]] [[Liberal propaganda|propaganda]] in the [[public schools]].''' The ‘No Child Left Inside Act' would spend $500M teaching 'Environmental [[Literacy]]' starting in [[kindergarten]]. [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=48164]
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'''[[SCOTUS]]: Ashcroft, Mueller Cannot Be Sued for Alleged Abuse.''' In a 5-4 decision, the [[Supreme Court]] decides that top officials, including former [[Attorney General]] [[John Ashcroft]] and current [[FBI]] Director Robert Mueller, are immune from such a lawsuit. The opinion, authored by [[Justice Anthony Kennedy]] and joined by the court's [[conservative]] justices, upholds long-standing immunity protections given to government officers for their official duties. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/18/court-ashcroft-mueller-sued-alleged-abuse/]
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"'''President [[Obama]]: Don't [[abort]] the truth''' ... President Obama has made it difficult for me to keep supporting him, not just because of his views, but also because of his refusal to state them honestly, instead trying to dupe those who disagree with him into believing he shares THEIR view, while his actions say exactly the opposite."[http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=19341&t=President+Obama%3A+Don%27t+abort+the+truth]
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'''Attention [[YouTube]] viewers: Three more [[creationism|creationist]] videos at YouTube, which focus on creatures which defy [[evolution]], recently recommended the Conservapedia [[evolution|evolution article]].'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUDG6iEpVh4&feature=related][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uv8pRYvhyE&feature=response_watch][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnTy16ghjPA&feature=response_watch] Keep those anti-evolution videos coming [[Christian]] YouTubers! Faster, stronger, higher!
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'''Here's the result of [[Obama]]-style government health care:''' a "six-to 10-month delay for hip and knee surgery." The patient, whose hip was injured by an assault in spring 2007, describes that "I'm in intense pain, I live alone. How can they say this is elective surgery when someone is in pain 24-7 and can't take care of themselves?"[http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/05/17/9484831-sun.html]
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'''[[Christian]]s Urged to Join the 2009 Nationwide Foster Care [[Prayer]] Vigil, May 17-24th.''' Any given day, there are more than 500,000 children in the [[U.S.]] foster care system. [http://www.christianpost.com/Society/Family_issues/2009/05/christians-urged-to-join-nationwide-foster-care-prayer-vigil-17/index.html]
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'''[[Bill O'Reilly]] -- Why the [[ACLU]] should be condemned:''' [[President Obama]] did the right thing by listening to his generals and refusing to release evidentiary photos of American military people purportedly abusing prisoners. "But the ACLU is not satisfied with the convictions. It wants to damage [[America]] and put the lives of American military-people overseas in even more danger. That is the truth. The ACLU does not care about these brave men and women at all." [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520329,00.html]
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'''Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker''' Vice President [[Joe Biden]], well-known for his verbal gaffes, (many feel are liquor-induced) may have finally outdone himself, divulging classified information meant to save the life of a sitting [[Vice President]], and provide for the orderly continuity of government in case of [[terrorist]] attack. The revelation is the latest from Biden, ''who has a long history of political blunders''. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/17/oops-biden-reveals-location-secret-vp-bunker/] [http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=011008&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=5139648&referralPlaylistId=playlist '''VIDEO'''.]
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'''World renowned trend forecaster Gerald Celente predicts that if President Obama's policies continue America will enter a period of [[Jimmy Carter]] like economic [[stagflation]]''' except far more unfavorable. Gerald Celente is predicting worse economic conditions than the [[Great Depression|great depression]].[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD4fQzACdJs][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5j2vs5Rxo4&feature=response_watch][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqlwEVSZNVI&feature=response_watch] Celente also predicts bad news for those with [[professor values]].[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqlwEVSZNVI&feature=response_watch] Celente predicts a culling of universities and a culling of the "college industrial complex".[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqlwEVSZNVI&feature=response_watch]
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'''[[Obama]] Honor Puts [[Notre Dame|Notre Dame's]] [[Catholic]] Standing at Risk.''' Catholics and critics debate the lasting effect of President Obama's 2009 commencement address and the university's awarding of an honorary law degree. More than 1,400 pledges have been received from alumni and donors promising to withhold future donations, a tally of nearly $14 million. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/17/notre-dames-standing-catholics-risk/]
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'''[[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] 'Killer Chip' Implant Would Track, Eliminate Undesirables.''' The basic model would consist of a tiny [[GPS]] transceiver placed in a capsule and inserted under a person's skin, so that authorities could track them easily. Model "B" would have an extra function — a dose of [[cyanide]] to remotely kill the wearer without muss or fuss if authorities deemed he'd become a public threat. The inventor said the chip could be used to track [[terrorists]], criminals, fugitives, [[illegal immigrants]], political dissidents, domestic servants and foreigners overstaying their visas. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520331,00.html]
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'''[[Republican Party|Republicans]] salute [[Obama|Obama's]] military tack; Moves anger [[liberal Democrats]], Obama's base.''' Republicans who contrasted his sober decisions against the accusations of House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] that the [[CIA]] has lied to her and [[Congress]] continually. ''"I think you see the difference between a man who understands the war and the threat and a politician who is bent on political revenge,"'' said Sen. [[Lindsey Graham]], [[South Carolina]] [[Republican]]. [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/17/republicans-salute-obama-military-tack/]
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A [[Christianity|Christian]] [[creationism|creationist]] [[evangelist]], who travels across the [[United States]] spreading the creationist message, has just expressed interest in sharing with people the [[evolution|Conservapedia evolution article]]. From [[California]], to the [[New York]] Island, from the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters, the Conservapedia evolution article is spreading across the United States!
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'''The [[conservative]] / [[libertarian]] [[UK Independence Party]] could topple [[Gordon Brown]]''' by beating [[Labour]] into fourth place in next month's Euro elections, says leader Nigel Farage. "While we are in the [[European Union]] we cannot control our borders and it is costing us £40M a day to be members of this [[undemocratic]] and corrupt club." An opinion poll in [[The Sun]] newspaper suggested UKIP could be the main beneficiary of public anger at continuing revelations about MPs' fraudulent expenses. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8039870.stm '''VIDEO''']. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8040168.stm]

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'''Is Miss California the [[Left|Left's]] new [[Sarah Palin]]?''' Given what White House senior advisor David Axelrod said (possibly) in jest about the [[Barack Obama|Obamas]] considering naming their new dog "Miss California," and judging by the reaction from the audience at [[George Washington University]], one has to think the answer is a resounding "Yes." Appearing on [[NPR|NPR's]] "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me," Axelrod was asked about Bo by host Peter Sagall. Axelrod's response, and the audience laughter, is rather telling... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZM-mwXY830&feature=player_embedded'''Video.''']
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"'''[[pro-life|Pro-Life]] Activists Converge on [[Notre Dame]] to Protest [[Obama]] Speech'''."[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/16/pro-life-activists-converge-notre-dame-protest-obama-speech/]
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A [[Christianity|Christian]] [[missionary]] in [[Poland]] (who is affiliated with a large Christian missionary organization) has told Conservapedia he is going to help tell people about [[evolution|Conservapedia's evolution article]] throughout the world using an effective means at his disposal. The worldwide dissemination of the Conservapedia's evolution article continues to grow! [[Creationism|Creationists]] of the world, spread the news about Conservapedia's evolution article far and wide and quickly! Faster, stronger, higher!
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'''[[Conservapedia]] Celebrates [[Armed Forces Day]].''' President [[Harry S. Truman]] led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our [[military]] members for their patriotic service in support of the [[United States]]. "At home and abroad, military men and women are showing purpose and dedication in defending [[America|American ideas]]. They are performing in our country's best traditions under circumstances both difficult and complex. Thanks to their determined spirit of [[patriotism]] and professionalism, our country has a powerful and unified defense team, employing its forces in the constant quest for peace and freedom." [http://www.defenselink.mil/afd/military/history.html]
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'''It would seem that the rules don't apply to the Secretary of the Treasury''', despite the fact that getting reimbursed for taxes he didn't pay is still stealing: [http://spectator.org/archives/2009/05/15/secretary-loophole]
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'''Don't look for the [[Obama Administration]] to agree to show the most hideous of all torture pictures anytime soon. But we will. [http://forum.belmont.edu/cornwall/wtc2.gif Click here to see the torture picture they won't show!]'''
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'''The [[Obama Administration]] consistently uses the word "invest" or "investment" instead of government "spending."''' Even so, most [[Americans]] are not fooled as fully 78% say it means spending their tax dollars, not saving them. In addition, 54% of voters think [[Barack Hussein Obama]] is proposing too much of an increase in government spending. '''Further proof of a [[conservative]] resurgence!''' [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/15/fox-news-poll-americans-want-government-spending/]
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'''More [[government]] waste''': the [[John Murtha]] Johnstown Cambria County [[Airport]]. [http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=13140642 Video]
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'''Another example of the hatred [[liberals]] have for [[America]]''': like it or not, the liberal, [[left-wing]]-controlled [[Congress]] wants to force you to live with pedophiles in your neighborhood, and if you so much as slap one when you discover your child has been molested, it is '''you''' who gets charged with a [[felony]]! [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=98105]
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'''Given [[Barack Obama|Barack Obama's]] hard-core [[pro-choice]] stand on [[abortion]] -- he and his [[leftist]] allies cannot be pleased to learn the results of a new [[Gallup Poll]]: [[America]] now should properly be called a [[pro-life]] nation!''' According to the Gallup survey released this morning -- 51% of American adults describe themselves as pro-life, while just 42% describe themselves as pro-choice. [[Protestant]] voters have shifted the most. They're now up by 8%, at 59% support for the pro-life position. '''What's causing the overall shift in the numbers, from a political point of view? [[Republicans]] and [[conservatives]].''' [http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/in_the_right/2009/05/were-now-a-prolife-nation.html]
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'''We join Miss [[California]], [[Carrie Prejean]], in her call to stand for [[marriage]],''' and never back down. [http://www.ldsmag.com/familyconnections/090515strong.html]
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'''More [[Hypocrisy]] Courtesy of The [[Liberal]] [[Mainstream Media]]''' Two months after slamming bonuses paid to [[AIG]], [[bankrupt]] [[newspaper]] organization The Tribune Co. will hand out more than $13 million in bonuses. [http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/14/bankrupt-tribune-doles-out-bonuses-after-blasting-/]
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'''Latest Obama-era language edict: 'Drug war' dies, like 'war on terror'.''' [[Barack Obama|Obama's]] new drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, [[Seattle|Seattle's]] ex-police chief, finds the words "drug war" too bellicose ("warlike in manner") for his tastes. "Regardless of how you try to explain to people, it's a 'war on drugs' or a 'war on a product.' People see a war as a war on them. We're not at war with people in this country." [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/05/barack-obama-language-edicts.html]
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'''Is the current administration headed by [[Barack Obama]], or [[Saul Alinsky]]?''' Barack Obama never met Saul Alinsky, but the radical organizer’s thought helps explain a great deal about how the President operates. [http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTY5ZTA5NmEwMGY4MTFhNDg2ZDg4NjU2MDkxOGYyYTE=&w=MA==]
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'''[[Windmill Ministries]] recently released [http://www.windmillministries.org/theory-of-evolution its article on the theory of evolution].''' The Windmill Ministries theory of evolutionary article is quite informative and energetic and it can be found [http://www.windmillministries.org/theory-of-evolution HERE].
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'''[[Conservapedia]] has learned that a [[creation science]] organization will be soon unveiling a very''' informative flagship anti-atheism article which will be a bone crushing article. Conservapedia has just learned that the anti-atheism article might rival [[homosexuality|Conservapedia's homosexuality article]] in length! Please stay tuned for further developments.
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'''Empty Bobblehead Liar Department: [http://www.c-span.org/cspanFLVPop.aspx?src=project/ter/ter051409_pelosi.flv&s=13.217&e=0&live=N&popup=Y here is the video]''' of [[Nancy Pelosi|Speaker Nancy Pelosi]] accusing the [[CIA]] and [[George W. Bush|Bush Administration]] of misleading [[Congress]] regarding the "enhanced" interrogation techniques it was using against terrorist suspects. Porter Goss, who in 2002 was the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and later director of the CIA, wrote an op-ed in the [[Washington Post]] late last month that Pelosi's comments continue to contradict. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/24/AR2009042403339.html] '''He wrote that he is "slack-jawed to read that members claim to have not understood that the techniques on which they were briefed were to actually be employed;''' or that specific techniques such as 'waterboarding' were never mentioned." [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/pelosi-cia-misled-congress-over-waterboarding/?hp] '''Sen. [[Joe Lieberman]] (I-Conn.) said today that he "totally disagrees" with Pelosi's assertion that the CIA regularly misleads Congress.''' [http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/05/14/lieberman-totally-disagrees-with-pelosi/]
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'''[[Minnesota]] [[United States House of Representatives|Rep.]] [[Michele Bachmann]] called on [[Congress]] to block [[ACORN]]'s access to [[federal]] housing funds, citing repeated charges of [[Voter fraud|voter-registration fraud]].'''[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/14/bachmann-calls-congress-block-funds-acorn/]
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'''[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Congress]] Comes In Dead Last In Voter Trust.''' Consider: When all voters are asked which branch of the federal government they trust the most, 34% say the [[Supreme Court]], while 27% choose the [[President]], or what the [[Founding Fathers]] called the [[Executive Branch]]. Only 13% say [[Congress]] is the branch of government they trust most, and twice as many voters (27%) are undecided, in the Rasmussen survey released 5/13. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/congress_comes_in_dead_last_in_voter_trust]
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'''[[Sarah Palin|Governor Sarah Palin]] is ready to tell her side, agreeing to publish a [[memoir]] with Harper Collins.''' The book comes out in Spring 2010. "There's been so much written about and spoken about in the [[mainstream media]] and in the anonymous blogosphere world, that this will be a wonderful, refreshing chance for me to get to tell my story, that a lot of people have asked about, unfiltered." [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090512/ap_on_re_us/us_books_palin]
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'''More "change" by the [[Obama]] Administration:''' Secretary of Defense [[Robert Gates]] fires the top U.S. commander in [[Afghanistan]], but Gates was the one who hired him.[http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1586296][http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2009/05/14/Afghan_AP_0514.ART_ART_05-14-09_A3_UUDRUR5.html?sid=101]
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'''In what is now a familiar pattern for [[Barack Obama]],''' firmly and loudly stating one position, then reversing course later, President Obama is seeking to block the release of photographs that depict American military personnel abusing captives in [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]], his spokesman said Wednesday, fearing the images could spark a hostile backlash against United States troops. [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/white-house-wants-a-delay-in-the-release-of-detainee-photos/?nl=pol&emc=pola1] '''The more likely explanation for the "change" is that Obama realized the public may blame him for the embarrassment.'''

===May 17===
'''[[Jon Stewart]] Skewers [[liberal]] liar [[Nancy Pelosi]] On What She Knew and When She Knew It.''' When you're one of the [[Leftist|left's]] favorite politicians, and you get skewered by one of the left's favorite comedians, you know you're in quicksand sinking fast. [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=227326&title=waffle-house Video] [http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/05/13/stewart-skewers-pelosi-what-she-knew-when-she-knew-it]
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'''Mixed-sex cockpit banter results in commuter flight crash.''' Middle-aged male pilot Marvin Renslow flirted with 24-year old copilot Rebecca Shaw even after noticing ice on the wings. Then he '''caused''' a crash by over-riding the anti-stall mechanism: he pulled the plane's nose up, which the ''NY Post'' called "responding in the worst possible way to a warning that the plane was about to [[stall (aviation)|stall]].
*Bill Voss, president of the Flight Safety Foundation, [http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/013184.html scolds Renslow for his inattention.]
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'''[[House of Representatives|House]] [[Democrat]] Leader Says ‘Yes’ to [[Socialized Medicine|Government-Run]] Healthcare.''' [[House Majority Leader]] [[Steny Hoyer]] (D-[[Maryland]]) said Tuesday that he supports the creation of a giant government-run health insurance program ([[Socialized Medicine]]) as part of ''any'' effort at health-care "reform". He joins [[President Barack Obama]] and other [[Socialists]] in calling for the destruction of [[America|America's]] health care system. [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=48034]
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"'''[[House]] [[Dems]] scale back plans to curb [[global warming]].'''" Why? Because they don't have the votes for the [[junk science]].[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5iS14YOIUrpdmPuNylwKcVpSnmAD9851SSO0]
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Conservapedia did a search of [[YouTube]] using [http://surchur.com/ Surchur] video search and found that 19 out of 20 videos appeared to like Conservapedia when we used the more videos feature for YouTube![http://surchur.com/video/conservapedia] [http://surchur.com/ Surchur] is a tool which provides search results about what's happening right now or recently online vis a vis blog posts, news, photos, video, etc. Keep the videos coming Conservapedia supporters at YouTube! As far as the 1 video found by [http://surchur.com/ Surchur] which was negative towards Conservapedia, a whiny [[evolution|evolutionist]] and [[atheism|atheist]] with a subscriber base of a two people at YouTube produced a video stating that he did not like the [[evolution|Conservapedia evolution article]], and Conservapedia is not surprised given that the Conservapedia evolution article thoroughly debunks the nonsense peddled by the evolutionary community! To the whiny evolutionist at [[YouTube]], congratulations on your poorly done video which appears to have gotten 10 whole views at the present time. Five views a day that is quite impressive! Keep the momentum going!
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'''Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] lies to further the [[abortion]] agenda.''' Clinton said to have visited Brazilian hospitals and found half the female patients “were fighting for their lives against botched abortions.” Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J. replied “Pro-abortion activists have a long history of making these type of unsubstantiated claims. That’s how they drive policy — with gross exaggeration of numbers, [[hyperbole]] and [[junk science]].” [http://www.ncregister.com/daily/hillarys_hospitalgate/]
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[[Florida]] [[Republican]] Governor [[Charlie Crist]] announces his candidacy for the upcoming [[U.S. Senate]] vacancy in Florida, to fill the seat currently held by [[Mel Martinez]].[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/12/florida-gov-crist-announces-senate-run/]
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'''State powers asserted''': "The Montana Legislature passed and its governor signed into law a measure making guns that are made and kept within state boundaries exempt from federal regulations. That means they're exempt from things like background checks, licensing and registration. Several Utah lawmakers want to do the same thing here."[http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=6367553]
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'''"Cheerleaders for the Revolution: Network Coverage of Obama's First 100 Days":''' The longstanding [[liberalism]] of [[MSM|network]] reporters made them aggressive adversaries of the [[President George W. Bush|Bush White House]] over the past eight years. The evidence from [[Barack Obama|Barack Obama's]] first 100 days is that that same [[liberal]] mindset has crippled reporters' ability to be effective watchdogs on behalf of the public. The once-fierce media watchdogs have become Barack Obama's drooling, tail-wagging lapdogs. Network reporters never used the word “liberal” to describe either Barack Obama or his agenda during the first 100 days. [http://www.mrc.org/SpecialReports/2009/100Days/100DaysExecSum.asp]
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'''A new [[propaganda]] video created by an extreme environmental activist''' is making its way into [[America|America's]] classrooms and [[The New York Times]] loves the whole idea. Enviro obsessive Annie Leonard, [[Greenpeace]] member and [[activist]], has created a 20 minute video filled with anti-capitalist, [[anti-American]] propaganda to encourage kids to eschew "stuff," calling the presentation "The Story of Stuff." [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/05/11/nyt-celebrates-america-hating-kids-enviro-video]
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'''The [[leftist]] Ochs-Sulzberger family, which has run the [[New York Times]] since 1896, has lost more than 86% of its fortune''' and may have to sell their controlling stake to get out of debt. Until this year, the family had been living on wealth valued as high as $425 million. But today the family is down in their Times' annual income to $4.5 million. [http://www.nypost.com/seven/05112009/business/run_out_of_times_168615.htm]
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The reception is chilly for today's [[Benedict Arnold]]: "'''[[Pennsylvania]] [[Democrats|Demos]] Not Embracing [[Specter]]'''"[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31813] [[Obama]]'s support for his switch in parties is not helping Specter enough.
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'''A leading [[creationist]] website associated with a well known Christian ministry has recently been contacted by [[Conservapedia]]''' and their webmaster now sees the benefit of having a hard hitting [[atheism|flagship anti-atheism article for its website]]. Two leading creationists websites now realize the importance of having a hard hitting [[atheism|flagship anti-atheism article for their websites]]. One of the two leading [[creation science]] organizations just alluded to is about to unveil its flagship anti-atheism article! More creationist websites may be contacted. Please stay tuned for further developments.
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'''The state of [[public schools]], at the mercy of [[liberal]] politicians and educators, is worsening again:''' In [[Colorado]] more than sixty (60) school districts have cut their school weeks to only four days. They claim it will save money by eliminating electricity costs on Fridays and cutting back on part-time employee hours, because of the "economic crisis". Wouldn't cutting administrators and their big salaries accomplish more? [http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/19407663/detail.html]
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'''The mainstream media and the left wing blogs are merging in content.'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKvrsZwUs20&annotation_id=annotation_955363&feature=iv]
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'''US confirms 2,254 swine flu cases, 104 hospitalizations''' US health officials said Saturday that swine flu was continuing to spread in the country, with the number of confirmed cases rising to 2,254, with 104 people hospitalized. The cases were confirmed in 44 of the nation's 50 states and the capital [[Washington]] but health authorities were now focusing on the characteristics of the new virus and on developing a vaccine, said Anne Schuchat of the US [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC). On Friday, there had been 1,639 confirmed A(H1N1) [[influenza]] cases in the United States, which has recorded two deaths so far in patients with underlying health issues. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iyHZb9bTTzzOT9zt9JrQS95UTVpA]
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"What those who were so enthusiastic about the strong message of hope and change delivered during the last election [by [[Obama]]] are now discovering is '''a consistent implementation of policies and programs which confirm and advance the culture of death'''," explained [[Archbishop Burke]] in a [[D.C.]] speech. Burke also described the honorary degree by [[Notre Dame]] for Obama as the "greatest scandal."[http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/civil-religion/burke/2009/05/burke-blasts-obama-notre-dame-in-dc-speech/]
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'''It's officially called S.909, "The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act", which is sitting in Congress'''. Unofficially, it's better known by the derisive name '''"Pedophile Protection Act"''', and it has stirred up a lot of anger directed at those who would attempt to pass such an un-Constitutional, extremely-discriminatory bill: [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=97460]
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'''Now that Justice [[David Souter]] is retiring''', [[liberal]] journalists switch back from quiet, supportive praise to disrespectful criticism in their tone about him.[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/us/08court.html?_r=1&emc=eta1]
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'''Police in Ball, [[Louisiana]] pulled over a driver - not for speeding or running a red light - but for having the image of the flag at right on his bumper!''' He was warned by the officer about the "subversive" message it sent. [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=97374]

===May 15===
'''[[Liberal]] liar [[Nancy Pelosi]] has continually denied she knew [[waterboarding]] was being used''' — but new report says she was briefed in September 2002 on the use of enhanced interrogation techniques, according to a report prepared by the Director of National Intelligence's office and obtained by [[FOX News]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/07/report-pelosi-briefed-enhanced-interrogation-methods/]
 
'''Update: Pelosi's story is changing as well as the details, she attended 40 briefings on Bush-era interrogation methods.''' <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/08/pelosi-says-told-interrogation-methods-lawful]</ref>
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'''What do the [[liberal]] ''Village Voice'' blog and ScienceBlogs have in common?''' Both recently benefited from ''Conservapedia''. [http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/05/supreme_court_j.php Village Voice blog] [http://scienceblogs.com/tfk/2009/05/apparently_im_almost_a_paleoco.php ScienceBlogs]
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'''[[President Obama]] wants to slash in half a benefits program for the families of slain [[police]]''' and safety officers. The President's proposed budget calls for cutting the Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Program from $110 million to $60 million. Not a surprise, '''[[Liberals]] dislike cops almost as much as they [[hate]] the [[military]].''' [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/07/administration-proposes-significant-cuts-benefits-slain-officers/]
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'''[[Journalists]] should avoid using [[Wikipedia]]''' In another blow to journalists credibility, major [[newspaper]]s skipped reliable sources in favor of a Wikipedia [[quote]] that turned out to be a '''[[hoax]].''' [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519283,00.html]
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'''Hawaii Lawmakers Pass Bill to Create '[[Islam]] Day'''' [[Hawaii|Hawaii's]] [[liberal]] state Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday to celebrate "Islam Day" -- over the objections of a few lawmakers who said they didn't want to honor a religion connected to [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001]]. [[Republican]] Sen. Sam Slom (one of only two Republican's in the body), argued that the [[United States]] has become too sympathetic toward Islamic extremists. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/06/hawaii-lawmakers-pass-create-islam-day/]
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'''[[CNN]] host [[Fareed Zakaria]] asked [[Colin Powell]]''' if [[Republicans]] can “continue to listen to [[Rush Limbaugh]]?" ''"Is this really the kind of party that we want to be when these kinds of spokespersons seem to appeal to our lesser instincts rather than our better instincts?"'' Powell replied. '''Limbaugh thundered back: "“What Colin Powell needs to do is close the loop and become a [[Democrat]], instead of claiming to be a Republican interested in reforming the Republican Party. He's not. He's a full-fledged Democrat.” ''' “He's out there saying I am killing the Republican Party while he endorsed and voted for [[Barack Obama]],” Limbaugh added. “The [[Republican Party]] nominated the exact kind of candidate Colin Powell thinks the Republican Party should have and he still endorsed Obama.” [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22203.html]
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'''[[Liberals]] citing liberals: the ''[[New York Times]]'' relies on [[Wikipedia]] for its research about [[Nikola Tesla]].'''[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/science/05tesla.html?_r=1&emc=eta1]
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'''"The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009''', a bill that would launch an audit of the Federal Reserve System, and which '''has attracted 112 co-sponsors'''. When Paul introduced the Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act just two years ago, no other members of Congress signed on."[http://washingtonindependent.com/41786/ron-pauls-economic-theories-winning-gop-converts]
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'''[[Gallup Poll]] Editor Frank Newport says he sees no evidence that [[Al Gore|Al Gore's]] campaign against [[global warming]] is winning.''' "It's just not caught on," says Newport. '''"They have failed."''' [http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/05/05/sorry-al-gore-but-public-cares-about-the-economy-not-global-warming.html] '''Also:''' more [[Americans]] than ever oppose new government efforts to [[Gun control|regulate guns]]. '''Newport said "that every bit of data is showing us that Americans are getting more [[conservative]] about [[gun control]]."''' Only 39% of Americans wanted stricter gun control laws, down from 50% in 2000. [http://www2.seattlepi.com/articles/405922.html]
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'''Meet the 9-year-old boy whose tiny [[hand]] was [[Photography|photographed]]''' grasping the [[finger]] of a [[Tennessee]] [[surgeon]] during [[miracle]] fetal [[surgery]] — a photo that helped pass the [[Partial birth abortion|Partial-Birth Abortion]] Ban Act. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519181,00.html]
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'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfC99LrrM2Q New video] has surfaced''' of possible [[Supreme Court]] nominee Sonia Sotomayor remarking that the courts are the place '''"where policy is made."''' Sotomayor, who is a Federal judge on the [[U.S.]] [[Court of Appeals]] for the Second Circuit, was giving a speech at [[Duke University]] in 2005 when the footage was shot. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2009/05/05/possible-obama-court-pick-judges-makes-policy-called-centrist-abc]
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'''If there was one feeling that inspired almost a million [[Americans]] to come out for the [[Tax Day Tea Party|Tax Day Tea Parties]]''' last month it was this: That our government, supposedly created of the people, by the people and for the people, is busy picking winners and losers. The feeling that our politics are increasingly rigged against us didn't begin with [[President Obama]] deciding to bailout [[Wall Street]] rather than let deserving companies go bankrupt. That began under [[President George Bush]]. '''But the [[Obama Administration]] has elevated rewarding some Americans and punishing others to a ''governing philosophy''.''' [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31750]
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'''"'[[NY Times]]' Chairman Asked About Spiked [[Obama]]-[[ACORN]] Story,"''' claims he didn't know about it.[http://thebulletin.us/articles/2009/05/06/top_stories/doc4a0152a4bdad0342302497.txt]
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World's fourth [[face transplant]] enables Ohio woman to breathe without a tube, and to eat solid food. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090506/ap_on_he_me/med_face_transplant]
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'''[[Textbook bias]] on [[Evolution]] vs. [[Creationism]]''': [http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=011008&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=4864490&referralPlaylistId=playlist video] shows how [[textbook]]s are still wrong.
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'''Conservapedia has unexpectedly come across a [[UK]] citizen who is very much opposed to [[evolution|Darwinism]] ''' and based on some of his previous actions he appears to be quite zealous and very against the further advancement of evolutionism and atheism in the UK! He has asked Conservapedia how he may be of assistance to mitigate the influence of Darwinism. Let the creationists invasion of the UK be stepped up another notch! Please stay tuned for future details!
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'''1.5 million [[Homeschooled]] children saves [[taxpayer]]s as much as $10 [[billion]] [[dollar]]s annually''' [http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/19/homeschoolers-save-taxpayers-billions-per-year/]
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'''[[Global warming]] legislation is set to be pushed through [[Congress]] by Memorial day.''' A massive [[energy]] [[tax]] also known as [[cap and trade]] will be a key provision. In addition, new coal plants will be prohibited from construction over the next 15 years. While [[China]] brings [[online]] a new [[coal]] fired plant every two weeks. [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/04/green-lobby-guides-democrats-on-climate-bill/]
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'''The [[Washington, D.C.]] Council today gave final approval to a measure that recognizes same-sex ''[[Marriage|marriages]]''''' performed in individual states. The measure passed 12-1, is the first step toward allowing the so-called [[Homosexuality|Homosexual]] "marriages" to be performed in Washington. More than 100 opponents from churches in the Washington region held a rally across the street from the D.C. administration building. Among them was the Rev. Derek McCoy from the Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md. '''"Once you redefine marriage, you redefine family," he said.''' [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/05/dc-council-approves-recognize-sex-marriages-performed/]
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'''A company owned by a nephew of [[liberal]] Congressman [[John Murtha]] reportedly received $4 million from the [[Department of Defense|Defense Department]]''' last year for engineering and warehouse services. This could be a major ethics breach since Murtha, D-[[Pennsylvania]], is chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee. The [[Washington Post]] reported that the [[Pentagon]] awarded contracts to Murtech ''without competition''. Don't look for any inquiry or finding of wrong-doing, as the [[leftist]] Murtha is a top lieutenant of Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/05/murthas-nephew-got-millions-defense-contracts/]

===May 11===
'''President [[Obama]] has said he will abolish the 16-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which allows [[homosexual|gays]] and [[lesbians]] to serve in the military only if they do not disclose their sexual orientation. [http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/in-the-barracks-out-of-the-closet/]

*An objection to this move comes from a retired senior officer: "The ban protects combat effectiveness, which the Pentagon defined as the product of unit cohesion and readiness. Cohesive units are built through the constant and close association of people over time, which produces a mixture of trust and confidence. Openly serving gays polarize and fragment that critical trust and confidence."

*"... an openly gay military would be the heterosexual equivalent to forcing women to constantly share bathrooms, locker rooms and bedrooms with men. Combining sexual preferences (i.e., lesbians with heterosexual women) would challenge American military commanders with privacy violations and dignity infractions that would reduce unit effectiveness."
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'''The future is now for [[homeschooling]].''' The [[Public Schools]] are failing a whole generation of students with bad teachers that cannot be fired. [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-teachers3-2009may03,0,679507.story]
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'''A [[federal]] [[judge]] has ruled that a [[history]] [[teacher]] at a Southern [[California]] [[Public schools|public high school]] violated the [[First Amendment]]''' when he called [[creationism]] "[[Superstition|superstitious]] nonsense" during a classroom lecture. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518864,00.html]
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'''[[Nevada]] authorities are accusing the [[Politics|political]] [[advocacy]] group [[ACORN]]''' and two former [[employee]]s of [[illegal]]ly paying canvassers to sign up new [[voter]]s last year.
[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/04/nevada-authorities-accuse-acorn-illegally-paying-canvassers/]
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'''In the Age of [[Barack Obama|Obama]], [[Fox News]] is thriving.''' The news network has forged a ratings-rich bond with an audience that feels ignored and under siege as [[liberal]] [[Democrats]] dominate [[Washington, D.C.]]. And nobody speaks to that audience with more passion, more empathy, than [[Glenn Beck]]. His show is now the third-leading [[cable news]] program, behind those of Fox colleagues [[Bill O'Reilly]] and [[Sean Hannity]], surpassing the ratings of [[liberal]] [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]] and [[CNBC]] ''combined''. Fox is now the second-most-watched cable channel of all during prime time behind only the USA Network. [http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20090504_In_Obama_age__Fox_finds_the_right_stuff.html?text=lg&c=y]
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'''PROVING THE OBVIOUS: The [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) is funding a study that seeks to discover a link between drinking and having sex among [[Homosexuals]].....in [[Argentina]] !''' The study will send researchers to six bars in [[Buenos Aires]] in an effort to discover what it is about those bars that may encourage the risky behavior. The "study" already has cost taxpayers $198,776. By the time the project ends, it will have cost $403,902, according to NIH. We would have told them for free that [[immoral]] behavior + [[alcohol]] is always risky. [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47523]
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'''US Forces withdrawing from Iraqi cities by June 30th (this year).''' [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090504/ap_on_re_us/ml_iraq]
* No extension despite recent urban violence.
* Other US forces will remain until the end of 2011.
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'''"[[Jeb Bush]], [[GOP]]: Time to leave [[Reagan]] behind."''' But one person in the audience declared, "''''We don't have to compromise our beliefs''',' said Brian Summers, a black Republican from the District. 'This is our party, our country. We should stand strong, stay faithful to what we firmly believe, and go forward.'"[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/03/gop-listens-in-drive-to-thrive/]
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[[File:El Greco La Crucifixión, Doña María de Aragón ca.1600.jpg|thumb|70px|Crucifixion by [[El Greco]].]]
'''The Day Of The Holy Cross - May 3rd.'''

Each year on May 3rd processions of singing pilgrims carrying streamers and flowers wend their way through towns, cities and villages of [[Mexico]] to decorate the crosses along roadsides and on mountaintops to honor and remember the [[Christian Cross|The Holy Cross]]. [http://www.mexconnect.com/en/galleries/15-the-day-of-the-holy-cross-may-3rd-by-judy-king]

===May 8===
'''[[Conservapedia]] mourns the death of [[American]] [[Patriot]] [[Jack Kemp]].''' Kemp, the ex-[[quarterback]], [[congressman]], one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described "bleeding-heart [[conservative]]" died today. Kemp had announced in January 2009 that he had been diagnosed with [[cancer]]. [[File:Dole Kemp RNCphoto.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Jack Kemp (left) and Robert Dole]]
Kemp, a former [[NFL]] quarterback for the [[Buffalo Bills]], represented western [[New York]] for nine terms in [[Congress]], leaving the [[House of Representatives|House]] for an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988. Eight years later, after serving a term as [[George H. W. Bush|President George H.W. Bush's]] housing secretary, he made it onto the national ticket as [[Bob Dole|Bob Dole's]] running-mate. Kemp was an early and vocal supporter of [[Ronald Wilson Reagan|Ronald Reagan's]] successful economic policies. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518721,00.html]
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Conservapedia has just come across an article in the ''Toledo Blade'' alluding to 3,000 cases of religious discrimination in academia due to [[evolution|Darwinism]].[http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090502/NEWS10/905020333/-1/NEWS] Conservapedia has contacted various parties within American [[Christianity|Christendom]] to see if more resources could be developed to fight this tyranny.
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'''[[Pro-life]] Ambassador [[Mary Ann Glendon]]''' has stood up for principles in declining to attend the ceremony or accept her award at [[Notre Dame]]'s commencement on May 17. The school was going to use her to "balance" its conferring an honorary degree and giving its stage to pro-[[abortion]] President [[Barack Obama]].[http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09042702.html] Notre Dame's president was unrepentant in his reply.
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'''Let Them Eat Cake Award: While volunteering Wednesday at a [[D.C]]. food bank, the [[Michelle Obama|First Lady]] sported her usual J.Crew cardigan and on her feet, a sneaky splurge: trainers that go for $540! Haute couture at a food bank!''' We should chip in and buy a pair for [[Sarah Palin|Palin]] in hopes that she’ll wear them to a bake sale or something, just to watch the [[liberal]] [[MSM|media]] scandal erupt over how such a supposedly “down to earth” woman could be so thoughtless as to flaunt her wealth in front of common hard-working people. During last years election, Obama criticized [[John McCain]] for wearing a pair of expensive loafers, but since it was coming from [[Barack Hussein Obama|'''The Chosen One''']], the [[MSM]] deemed it acceptable. [http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/01/mccains-shockingly-expensive-loafers-520-michelle-obamas-sneakers-540/]
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'''[[Radical leftist]] [[Jon Stewart]] has no question about this controversial matter: former [[President Harry S. Truman]] is a [[war criminal]] for dropping the [[atomic bomb]] on [[Hiroshima]] in 1945 !''' Such was the moronic [[liberal]] point of view on Tuesday's [[leftist]] "[[The Daily Show]]". Stewart, in a supposedly "serious" exchange had said [[George W. Bush]] was a criminal for "torturing" (Waterboarding) [[terrorists]], and was asked about Truman. Of course Stewart didn't mention the thousands of [[War crimes|War Crimes]] (mass rape of [[Korea|Korean]] and [[China|Chinese]] women, etc.) committed by the [[Japanese]], or that they were warned by the [[U.S.]], and even after Hiroshima was bombed, the Japanese refused to surrender, not even allowing their citizens to flee the bombing targets. Stewart later apologized for saying that, but not for saying President Truman was suffering from temporary insanity for giving the bomb order! [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/04/30/stewart-trumans-war-criminal-bombing-hiroshima] [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=226122&title=cliff-may-unedited-interview'''Video.''']
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'''[[Conservative]] [[Pat Toomey]] describes the betrayal by [[liberal]] [[Arlen Specter]]:''' "We've discovered that all he really cares about is his own political future. I don't think that's going to wash with [[Pennsylvania]] voters."[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518358,00.html] Will [[Obama]] campaign for [[Specter]]???
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'''[[Liberal indoctrination]]''': A [[Michigan]] [[high school]] is investigating [[allegation]]s that one of its [[teacher]]s berated and belittled a [[student]] for taking part in what the teacher considered an unacceptable activity: ''reading [[Fox News Channel|FOXNews.com]]''. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518636,00.html]
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'''[[NPR]] has learned that [[leftist]] [[Supreme Court]] [[Justice David Souter]] is planning to retire at the end of the court's current term.''' It will be hard for [[Barack Hussein Obama]] to find a more [[liberal]] jurist to replace him, but we are confident he will. Perhaps [[Hillary Clinton|Hillary]] is already tired of traveling? [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103694193]
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'''The idiot [[liberals]] love: Vice President [[Joe Biden]]''' declares on national television, "I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now," and added that he told his family to avoid airplanes. The [[White House]], true to form, denies Biden's remarks without saying he was wrong. [http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1026359.html] [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30494440#30494440 '''VIDEO:''']
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'''[[Chrysler]] files for [[bankruptcy]].''' It is "the first major automaker since [[Studebaker]] in 1933" to file for bankruptcy and yet try to remain in business.[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/business/01primer.html?em]
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'''''Youth for Western Civilization'' is a [[conservative]] [[student]] group that bills itself as "[[United States of America|America's]] [[Right-wing|right wing]] youth movement"''' focused on countering [[radical]] [[multiculturalism]], [[socialism]] and [[Illegal immigration|mass immigration]] and they are causing a stir on a growing number of [[college]] [[campus]]es across the country. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518378,00.html]
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'''[[President of the United States of America|President]] [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama's]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] allies in the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] have passed a $3.4 [[trillion]] [[budget]]''' outline. Not a single [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[vote]]d for the [[measure]]; 17 Democrats, mostly from GOP-leaning districts, voted against it. ''"The same Democrats who were outraged over a $455 [[billion]] [[deficit]] last year came to us this year with a budget that would lead to trillion dollar deficits,"'' said [[United States Senate|Senate]] GOP Leader [[Mitch McConnell]] of [[Kentucky]]. Republicans say Democrats rely on the usual bag of budget tricks: savings that won't appear, spending caps that won't hold, and tax cuts that aren't "paid for" as promised. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/29/house-passes-trillion-budget-boosting-obamas-agenda/]
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'''Miss California finds her new cause''': [[Carrie Prejean]] promotes [[Marriage|traditional marriage]]. [http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/29/finding-her-new-cause/]
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'''More U.N. [[corruption]]''': A group of largely unlicensed [[Physician|doctors]] and nurses at the [[United Nations]] are distributing controlled [[Drugs|narcotics]] including [[Valium]], Diazepam and Demerol, and in some cases they are self-medicating themselves with the drugs. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518345,00.html]
* This lack of [[accountability]] is supported by America's agreement to consider the UN grounds "international territory", so New York law does not apply there (see [[extraterritoriality]]).
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Planning for protests at [[Notre Dame]]'s conferring an honorary degree on pro-[[abortion]] [[Barack Obama]] ramps up: [http://www.ndaffirmlife.org/index.php].
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'''[[Newt Gingrich]]: "[[President Obama]] is the strongest domestic Democratic President since [[Lyndon Johnson]].''' In just 100 days, he has been devastatingly effective in moving forward swiftly the most [[radical]], government-expanding agenda in [[American]] history. At home, Obama has successfully moved the country from a traditional American model of entrepreneurship and private initiative to a European model of regulation and government control. '''The “success” of the first 100 days of the Obama presidency raises a threatening possibility: If we’re not careful, instead of change we can believe in, we’re going to have change in what we believe."'''[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31650]
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[[Dinesh D'Souza]]: '''What's So Great about [[Christianity]]?''' Christianity is largely responsible for many of the [[principle]]s and institutions that even [[secular]] people cherish—chief among them [[equality]] and [[liberty]]. [http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/090429great.html]

===May 6===
'''"[[Toomey]]: [[Arlen Specter]]'s betrayal." "A central question will be whether Mr. Specter can be trusted on anything."'''[http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/29/arlen-specters-betrayal/]
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'''[[U.S. News and World Report|US News's]] on-staff [[radical]] - [[feminist]] Bonnie Erbe returned to attacking [[Pro Life|pro-lifers]]''', her favorite subject of ire. This time, she singled out [[Lila Rose]], a junior at [[UCLA]], for her "dishonest" and "pointless" undercover videos which she has taped at several [[Planned Parenthood]] locations, where she was given illegal advice. [http://www.liveactionfilms.org/] She seemed most upset by how Rose has ''"created a public relations nightmare"'' for the [[Abortion|abortion-providing]], [[Eugenics|eugenicist-founded]] group, and called for the young woman's prosecution for impersonating a 14-year-old [[statutory rape]] victim [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2009/04/27/us-newss-erbe-bashes-dishonest-lila-rose-tells-pro-lifers-go-away]
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'''[[Obama Administration lobbyists]] rescind [[union]] labor oversight regulations.'''
[[United States Department of Labor|Labor Department]] figures for the last 7 years show that investigations of union [[fraud]] topped 929 [[conviction]]s with $93 [[million]] in [[court]]-ordered [[restitution]]. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jPMIHTE6tbniWuTV3JpbcOmESbCQD97N2NVG3]
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'''The [[liberal]] [[Arlen Specter]] commits the ultimate act of cowardice and betrayal:''' he changed his political party in an attempt to hold on to his seat. [http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/28/specter.party.switch/index.html] [http://www.specter2010.com/news6.html] One recent poll showed him trailing his challenger [[Pat Toomey]] by 41 to 27 percent in the [[Republican Party]] [[primary]]. Of course this isn't really a first for Specter, who switched from Democrat to Republican in 1965 at the beginning of his political life. Seems moral convictions have always taken a back seat to political expediency for the leftist Specter!

Let's also not forget that he helped a [[Ira Einhorn|murderer]] skip bail to live the good life for nearly two decades: [http://www.nationalreview.com/miller/miller200404080822.asp]
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'''[[Barack Obama]] takes [[status worship]] to new heights''': yesterday his [[Air Force One]], escorted by a U.S. fighter jet, violated the no-fly-zone over lower [[Manhattan]], rattling windows and causing evacuations. Obama-supporter [[New York]] [[Mayor]] [[Michael Bloomberg]] expressed his outrage, and then the [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/27/white-house-apologizes-nyc-flyover/ White House apologized]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn0tMMYEkQU Air Force One Flyby Of Goldman Sachs Tower]
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'''[[Influenza]]: With the [[virus]] spreading, the U.S. prepared for the worst even as President [[Barack Obama]] tried to reassure Americans.''' At the [[White House]], a swine flu update was added to Obama's daily intelligence briefing. Obama said the outbreak is "not a cause for alarm," even as the U.S. stepped up checks of people entering the country and warned U.S. citizens to avoid non-essential travel to [[Mexico]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu] ('''confirmed U.S. cases:''' '''68'''; As of April 28: 1,995 cases; 149 dead in Mexico). According to Laurie Garrett, a Pulitzer award winner, the first case was a boy 10 years old in [[Texas]] last year.
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'''The [[cult of personality]] spreads, as [[Bill Clinton]] endorses the call for a worldwide "[[Nelson Mandela|Mandela]] Day" celebration.'''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8021275.stm]
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'''Obama's first 100 days in [[trust]]''' by David Arnett, "Apparently, huge numbers of [[Americans]] don’t believe Obama is a man of his word." [http://www.tulsatoday.com/newsdesk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1946&Itemid=2]
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'''"In [[GOP]] base, a 'rebellion brewing.'"'''[http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D9E1821A-18FE-70B2-A8E3D5D6D1EAF4B2]
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'''More [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama]] Idolatry By [[MSM]]:''' The nonpartisan research group Center for Media and Public Affairs along with [[California]]'s Chapman University released a study that found the nightly newscasts devoted 27 hours, 44 minutes to Pres. Obama's presidency in his first 50 days. That compares to 7 hours, 42 minutes for Pres. [[George W. Bush]] and 15 hours, 2 minutes for Pres. [[Bill Clinton]] during the first 50 days of their first terms. Not only has Obama gotten more coverage, but that coverage has been more positive than his predecessors. On the [[ABC]], [[CBS]], and [[NBC]] evening newscasts, 58% of all evaluations of the president and his policies have been favorable, while 42% were unfavorable. That compares with 33% positive in the comparable period of George Bush's tenure and 44% positive for Pres. Clinton. [http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/network_newsing/evening_newscasts_have_covered_obama_more_than_bush_clinton_combined_115055.asp]
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'''"The [[liberal media]] deserve the [[Tammy Wynette]] Award for their coverage of [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama’s]] [[radical]] agenda, as they continue to devotedly stand by their man."''' [[NewsBusters]] Publisher [[Brent Bozell]] said. "For the pro-Obama liberal media, the Obama honeymoon is nowhere near over." [[MRC]] analysts looked at 852 stories on the [[Obama Administration]] from 1/20 through 4/15 on [[ABC News|ABC's World News]], [[CBS News|CBS Evening News]] and the [[NBC Nightly News]]. '''Key findings: Sanitized Obama's [[Socialism|socialist agenda]], Avoided labeling Obama as a "[[liberal]]", Excluded [[conservative]] voices and drowned out critics of bank Nationalization.''' [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2009/04/27/mrcs-bozell-media-obama-100-days-still-madly-love]
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[[File:ObamaJesus UnionSquare.jpg|right|200px]]
'''Obama [[Cult]] Worship Goes Into Overdrive as 100-Day Mark Approaches. [[Barack Hussein Obama]]: 100 Days In Office Is '''Coronated''' A 'Messiah'.''' In [[New York City|New York City's]] Union Square, "artist" Michael D'Antuono's loathsome painting "The Truth" – featuring Obama with his arms outstretched and wearing a crown of thorns upon his head – will be unveiled on April 29. According to a statement released about the portrait [http://www.dantuonoarts.com/] , "The 30" x 54" acrylic painting on canvas depicts President Obama appearing much like [[Jesus Christ]] on the [[Cross]]: atop his head, a crown of thorns; behind him, the dark veil being lifted (or lowered) on the Presidential Seal. But is he revealing or concealing, and is he being crucified or glorified?" Others, such as [[Nation of Islam]] leader [[Louis Farrakhan]], and the [[MSM|Main Stream Media]], have been far clearer in their religious-like adoration of "The Chosen One", Obama. [[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/04/25/obama-worship-goes-overdrive-100-day-mark-approaches]] '''UPDATE: Painter Michael D'Antuono has cancelled the planned public unveiling of his latest work "The Truth" at NYC's Union Square Park on President Obama's 100th day in office due to overwhelming public outrage.''' [http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=prnw.20090427.NY05949&show_article=1]
 
'''Fox Broadcasting Company refuses to cancel network shows to freely cover the prime-time, 100-day Obama news conference. Though, [[Fox News]] will provide coverage in its entirety.''' [http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/04/fox-rejects-obamas-request-for-airtime.html]
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'''A prelude to 2012?''' [[Eric Cantor]] and [[Barack Obama]] debated at a [[White House]] meeting.[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21725.html]

===May 2===
'''The “total projected funding” for [[TARP]] is estimated to be between $2.47 ''trillion'' and $2.97 ''trillion''''', says the TARP special inspector general’s report released on April 21. That’s not so much less than the entire [[Obama Administration|Obama administration’s]] proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2010 of $3.6 trillion. This even though the [[Department of the Treasury|Treasury]] was authorized by [[Congress]] to spend "only" $700 Billion, the [[Federal Reserve]] and [[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]] (FDIC) will invest up to $1 trillion each in partnering with the Treasury Department’s TARP. [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47176]
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'''A solid majority of [[voters]] (62%) continue to prefer a government that offers fewer services in exchange for lower [[taxes]].''' 28% want more services even if it means higher taxes. In previous surveys, those who say they favor lower taxes and fewer services have ranged from the high 50s to the mid-60s. Those who want more services and higher taxes have run from 24% to 31%. 64% of voters say [[United States of America|American]] society is fair and decent, while 26% believe it to be unfair and discriminatory. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/benchmarks/america_s_best_days]
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'''[[Professor values]] in the news yet again.''' 57-year-old Marketing professor at the [[University of Georgia]], George Zinkhan is wanted and deemed the lead suspect of three slain people, his [[wife]] and two other men. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517976,00.html]
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What's the graduation rate in the [[public schools]] of Indianapolis, [[Indiana]], a typical middle-America city? '''Less than half of public school students there even graduate.'''[http://blogs.indystar.com/education/2009/04/are_indy_school.html]
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'''[[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]] is merely 2 terms away from displaying perfect geometric growth''' (one more needed for 1800s, and one needed for 1900s). With [[conservative]] insights expanding at a rapid geometrical rate, [[liberal]] ideology cannot last.
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'''Conservapedia has been told by a [[YouTube]] [[creationism|creationists]]''' that a flurry of support for the [[evolution|Conservapedia evolution article]] is going to begin soon at YouTube and it is going to be much bigger than the past! Conservapedia is awaiting details. We certainly hope it is true! Move over little YouTube evolutionists dogs, some big, old creationists dogs are movin' in!
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'''According to the [[World Health Organization]], the Government of [[Mexico]] has reported three separate events of [[influenza]]-like-illness.''' In the [[Mexico City|Federal District of Mexico]], surveillance began picking up '''cases of influenza'''-like-illnesses starting on March 18th, 2009. The number of cases has risen steadily through April and as of April 23rd, there were more than 854 cases of pneumonia from the capital. Of those, 59 have died. (As of April 27: 149 dead in Mexico and 1,384 cases.) [http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSwineFluMexico.aspx]
[[File:Flu und legende.jpg|right|170px]]
A potentially deadly new strain of the swine flu virus cropped up in more places in the United States (Texas, California, Kansas and New York; '''confirmed U.S. cases:''' '''40'''.) and Mexico on Saturday, in what the World Health Organization called "a public health emergency of international concern."
Symptoms include fever, disorientation, stiffness of the joints, vomiting, and loss of consciousness ending in death. [http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/25/swine.flu/index.html] 
[[File:Obama golf WHphoto.jpg|right|125px]]
'''UPDATE: Forty cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the [[United States]]''' and the [[White House]] stepped up efforts to monitor the predicted [[pandemic]] outbreak as a carefree [[President Barack Obama]] took advantage of the summer conditions in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] on Sunday to play a round of [[golf]].... [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5huSNmNuOM7efqSOexr5FlnMZFZWgD97Q7SB00]
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'''Message to [[Richard Dawkins]]:''' Today Conservapedia began its [[UK]] campaign as far as letting people in the UK know about its [[evolution]] article! Soon many more people in the UK will be better informed concerning why the evolutionary [[paradigm]] is pure and unadulterated bunk!
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'''[[Democrats]] in the [[Congress]] have voted to repeal [[Government]] of the people, by the people and for the people.''' Congressional Democrats have reached a tentative agreement to authorize use of a legislative shortcut to push [[Barack Hussein Obama|President Obama's]] sweeping health and education initiatives through the [[Senate]] without any [[Republican]] votes. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/24/AR2009042403611.html]
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'''It's tough trying to please people who crave vengeance almost as much as Madame Defarge''', the unsparing [[French Revolution|French revolutionary]] in [[Charles Dickens|Dickens']] "[[A Tale of Two Cities]]." That's what [[Barack Obama]] found out last week -- The Madame Defarges of the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Leftist|far left]] want to see the guillotine flash down and heads roll. But that is normal for [[liberals]] isn't it? [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_michael_barone/the_left_s_angry_mob_recalls_madame_defarge]
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'''For the first time since [[Barack Obama]] was elected President last November, more than half of U.S. voters 53% say it is at least somewhat likely that the next occupant of the [[White House]] will be a [[Republican]].''' 31% say it is Very Likely. 35% say it is not very or not at all likely. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, 47% now say a GOP president is likely, while 33% think not. [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics2/53_say_next_president_likely_to_be_a_republican]

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Talk:Barack Hussein Obama

2009-05-31T21:34:58Z

DeanS: Reverted edits by Georgeyboy (Talk) to last version by MikeMike

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== Trip to Canada ==

Obama's first foreign trip as President of the United States occured yesterday, to Canada.

Most telling, he declared "I love this country [Canada]" - has he ever even uttered such words about America?

: *sigh* [http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/obama-loves-america-no-really/ yes, yes he has] --[[User:ShawnJ|ShawnJ]] 17:40, 20 February 2009 (EST)

== Demanding Major Change ==

I'm not well educated on Obama enough to write an article on him, and even if I did I would not know where to start, but come on! Someone step up to the plate and correct this article. We atleast need a rewrite that presents a case for him being a christian. It can include all the Rev. Wright stuff you want, but if Conservapedia wants to become "The trustworthy encyclopedia" it has to convey both sides.

As a conservapedian, I don't like where this site is going. When writing articles, we can have conservative viewpoints, just not conservative crusades.

: It's remarkable how people who spell Christian with a small "c" want to insist that Obama is somehow a Christian.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 23:37, 5 January 2009 (EST)
:: Mr. Schlafly, how that makes someone less christian then somebody else is beyond me. Petty remarks like that does not help conservapedia's image at all[[User:Skwisgaar|Skwisgaar]] 11:52, 18 February 2009 (EST)
:::Reminiscent of those who assert the title of catholic with a small c, which in fact means something wholly other than a Catholic (i.e., a Roman Catholic) with a large C. (All Christians are in fact catholic with a small c if I understand it's fairly broad meaning.) --[[User:RickD|RickD]] 23:42, 5 January 2009 (EST)

: I don't think you can "demand" anything here. This is not a place where you can get what you want with the well-worn liberal tactic of stamping your feet and throwing a tantrum.
: If you have proof that Obama is a Christian, then let us see it. As far as I can tell, he is completely uninterested in Christian fellowship of any kind, which to me is very telling.
: It is easy to talk the talk. As the Lord himself said:
: '''Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'''' (Matthew 7:22-23)
: When and if Barack Hussein Obama shows some evidence of having been washed clean in the blood of Christ, then we can talk. I'm not holding my breath. --[[User:DavidS|DavidS]] 08:34, 6 January 2009 (EST)

::DeanS, you have proof, it's been shown to you multiple times. All the people seem to be interested here is raising a conspiracy theory. They are so set in their ways that arguing against them will yield no results. That's the whole thing about conspiracy theorists: it doesn't matter what proof you show or how complete it is, they will find some hole, real or imagined, and fill it in with whatever belief they hold to actually add strength to their theories. A quick review of the page reveals 3 telling conspiracy theories that are held in belief by the people who hold power on this website: 1) That Obama is a Muslim (he isn't) 2) That Obama wasn't born in Hawaii (He was), and 3) That the majority of Obama's campaign contributions came from anonymous donors (they didn't). That's why this page has been locked from editing, because it has become a war zone and is unlikely to change if it was unlocked. The only solution at this point is to try and gleam what facts you can from this article, and do your own independent research for more facts concerning Obama. [[User:ShawnJ|ShawnJ]] 09:14, 6 January 2009 (EST)
::: First of all, I'm David, not Dean. Secondly, Obama certainly doesn't ''act'' like any sort of Christian I care to know: he supports [[abortion]], he is a radical [[socialist]] (possibly a [[Communist]]), and he tells falsehoods. I don't know if he is a Muslim or not, but it seems quite likely, and the page has a lot of evidence showing that he is. --[[User:DavidS|DavidS]] 11:44, 6 January 2009 (EST)

::::First, my apologies on the name. Secondly, I'm not claiming that Obama is a good Christian, just that he most certainly is not Muslim. The evidence on this page, many of which are blatant falsehoods, are hardly conclusive proof of anything. I have no doubt that if I held any user here under the same scrutiny that Obama has, I could gather enough "evidence" to make a case that they are any religion I choose them to be. Thirdly, just because he may not be the type of christian you want to know doesn't make him not christian. There are many Christians that I [[Ku Klux Klan|don't care to know]]. Does that make them not Christian?--[[User:ShawnJ|ShawnJ]] 12:13, 6 January 2009 (EST)

::::: Islam is a religion trained to not be noticed, it encourages Muslims to remain hidden, any evidence that Obama isn't Muslim is denied by the one fact that Islam is a religion designed to remain hidden until the moment is right to strike. Recent "negotiations" with the Middle East prove this! --[[User:Deadpool]] (EST)

:::::: Even if he is a muslim ,(which i am sure he is not), how does that change anything. Are you suggesting that everyone who is muslim is an amoral terrorist with an agenda to kill all christians and destroy our family values? Are you suggesting that every single muslim follows the tenets unfailingly? Even the most devoted christians i have met follow all of the tenets. A person is a person, religion may play a part in their every day life, but the amount of people willing to die or kill for it is very few. I met the now-president myself once. He was a good man who loved his family and his country, more so than many people I have met, liberals AND conservatives. Even though I voted for McCain, he seemed like a good candidate for president. [[User:Skwisgaar|Skwisgaar]] 11:51, 18 February 2009 (EST)

== Obama's Atheism ==

I know it is a popular view on this site that Obama is a Muslim, but has anyone considered the possibility that his apparent lack of religious devotion indicates instead that he is an atheist? In an article about Obama on mensvogue.com, it is noted that "Though Obama had long been skeptical of organized religion, he gradually came to embrace it "as a choice, not an epiphany."<ref>http://www.mensvogue.com/business/politics/feature/articles/2006/09/11/barack_obama</ref> It is frequently observed on Conservapedia that his claims of religious activity may be self-serving; could they not be an attempt to hide his atheism instead of his Islamic beliefs? After all, Ron Reagan, Jr. once remarked that nobody ever elects atheists.

In addition, Conservapedia has also pointed out on numerous occasions that atheists are strongly inclined to dislike America. Is it also not possible that Obama's pro-Islamic behavior is not a series of Freudian slips, but rather a manifestation of his liberal dislike for America?

Just some interesting points to consider. Perhaps we could open this up for discussion. --[[User:Economist|Economist]] 18:30, 6 January 2009 (EST)

== Obama Arab-American ==

This article should, at some point, actually say that Obama is African-American, making him the first black president. If you really want to leave room for speculation about Warren G. Harding's ancestry, you could write "first openly black president" or something. But Obama's blackness is clearly a large part of his personal and political identity, and is probably going to be remembered as one of the most historically significant aspects of this election. An article on Barack Obama should contain a direct statement of this information, period.

The editors should also consider putting that information in the first paragraph. I understand that there is no established rule about the ordering of information in a Conservapedia article. However, an uneducated reader looking at this article would learn how long his campaign was before learning that he is the first black president, which doesn't make much sense to me. [[User:Cb201|Cb201]] 16:20, 9 January 2009 (EST)

There is much distortion in the media about Obama being African-American. '''Obama is actually Arab-American''', and I agree that this page should reflect his race.

Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro from his father's side. While Barack Hussein Obama's father was from Kenya, his father's family was mainly Arabs.. Barack Hussein Obama's father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father's birth certificate even states he's Arab, not African Negro). --[[User:Cwcopela|Cwcopela]] 14:11, 19 January 2009 (EST)

:Does it really matter? It's not the technicalities that define what race Americans perceive Obama as - He looks more black, than white and arabic and that's how people will perceive him - They won't perceive him as another rich religious white guy or as an arab because of technicalities like that. --[[User:Atheuz|Atheuz]]

:*So, perceptions matter above facts? That is typical of [[liberal]] thinking, you know. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 16:06, 19 January 2009 (EST)

:Wait, by your own admission Obama is half-Caucasian. Shouldn't we say "first president with significantly ethnic roots" or something (not as politically correct, of course)? [[User:T2master|T2master]] 19:30, 31 January 2009 (EST)

== Small comments ==

Hello. Would it be appropriate to create a "family" section in this biography, it seems rather lacking on this point? For the rest it seems very informative, but rather cluttered. Would it be more logical to use a chronological build-up for this biography, such as placing the parts relating to his presidency more to the end of the biography, and his earlier endeavors to the front? Perhaps it would help if the contents table was moved up, at least to end up higher than the first muslim president bit? Let's hope I'm not asking any all-too-stupid questions! ;-) Regards, [[User:AVanbeek|AVanbeek]] 22:51, 12 January 2009 (EST)

: I don't see any of your suggestions as an improvement. Obama's presidential ambition predates the other items you mention, and his personal beliefs are the most significant. Encylopedias, like newspapers, prioritize presentation based on significance.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:59, 12 January 2009 (EST)

:: Shall I go ahead then, and erase "Family" Sections on George W. Bush and McCain's articles? Their great accomplishments surely predate those insignificant sections. [[User:AMurdoc|AMurdoc]] 13:29, 15 January 2009 (EST)
:::Why not go ahead and make some positive contributions to this encyclopaedia by creating wanted articles, rather than attempting to be satirical? [[User:MikeSalter|MikeSalter]] 14:18, 15 January 2009 (EST)

I'd also note that Michelle is refered to by her maiden name in the info box. Checking the previous Presidents, their wives are referenced in First Last or First Maiden Last (Laura Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton). Any reason not to have Michelle Obama or Michelle Robinson Obama? Is there some dispute about her legal name? As her name has changed in the popular view and the law, this information would appear to be just wrong.

== Lincoln's Bible? ==

Fox News is reporting that Obama will use the Lincoln Bible to be sworn in <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/23/obama-sworn-using-lincoln-bible/</ref>. I think it's fairly safe to say that it will not be a koran. I also think it is safe to say that this is exactly the kind of trickery a manchurian muslim would use. Is it worth a mention in the "likely muslim" section?

[[User:CWood|CWood]] 11:01, 15 January 2009 (EST)

: I agree, it is safe to say it will not be a Koran. I think i'ts also safe to say this is exactly the kind of "trickery" a Christian would use. Is it worth a mention in the "likely Christian" section? oh wait... [[User:ShawnJ|ShawnJ]] 11:59, 15 January 2009 (EST)
: So Obama is damned if he does use a Bible, and damned if he doesn't. Seems a bit unreasonable. None of those other candidates were ever accused of being "Manchurian Muslims" just because they DID use a Bible to get sworn in. Then again, none of those other candidates had brown skin and a funny name, right? [[User:Cb201|Cb201]] 12:55, 16 January 2009 (EST)
:::Typical [[liberal]] [[race baiting]]... How about you come up with evidence rather than allegations? [[User:CWood|CWood]] 16:47, 18 January 2009 (EST)
::None of the other candidates hid from questions about their past, it's Obama's own fault. Nobody ever said his name was funny except Obama. The brown skin comment is over the top racist ploy. You know very well that there are more respected, patriotic, qualified 'brown skin' people that are deserving of presidency, Obama isn't one of them. FYI- slanderous allegations are deserving of a permanent block here. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:03, 16 January 2009 (EST)
:::How about slanderous allegations that a man is lying to the country about his religion? Do those count?

:::I'm not accusing anyone of racism per se. I'm just pointing out that no other presidential candidate has ever had to prove to the country that he is not a Muslim. And let's be honest - that's because all the other presidential candidates have been white guys named George or Bill or Ron or Jimmy, and this one is a black guy named Barack. If people WANT to believe he's a Muslim (the authors of this article clearly do) it's easier to do so. If you can't see the connection between his race/name and the popularity of the belief that he is a Muslim, you're not looking hard enough.

:::Anyway, this is all a moot point. He's not a Muslim. As time goes by after Obama takes office, this page will look increasingly loony. I guess if Obama really turns out to be an Al-Qaeda sleeper agent poised to sabotage the United States in a plot straight out of a Tom Clancy novel, I will be the one looking loony. But I think I'll take that chance.[[User:Cb201|Cb201]] 17:55, 16 January 2009 (EST)

== References ==

Barack Hussein Obama (born in Honolulu,[1][2][3] August 4, 1961) served as a first-term Democratic Senator from Illinois (2004-2008) and then, along with his running mate Senator Joseph Biden, won the presidential election[4] after twenty-three months of campaigning, raising an unprecedented $750 million and spending over $700 million of it,[5]. Post-election, Obama indicated that he would make an unprecedented speech within his first 100 days from a Muslim capital.[6] (7][8]

Obama has espoused the idea of "spreading the wealth,"[10]
in other words raising the tax rates on business and the wealthy in order to redistribute their income to low income individuals, many of whom don't currently pay income taxes.[11] His health care plan requires employers to purchase health care or pay a fine and will require many into a single payer system.[12] To announce his trip to Berlin in July 2008, Obama used posters which show a marked similarity to posters of others.[13] During Obama's youth in Hawaii, he developed a strong, almost Father/Son relationship with Frank Marshall Davis.14]
{{unsigned|Lucyjordan}} 11:00, 17 January 2009

The claim that Fareed Zakaria's book ''The Post-American World'' "is written from a Muslim point-of-view" is not supported by the reference, [35]. [[User:Dadsnagem2|Dadsnagem2]] 15:41, 19 February 2009 (EST)

: Ah yes, Fareed Zakaria is actually a Jewish name, written from a Juda perspective. Let's get serious ok? --[[User:Jpatt|jpatt]] 15:53, 19 February 2009 (EST)

:: The ''Village Voice'' article that was referenced describes Zakaria as a secular Muslim, but it doesn't mention the book at all. Do you not think it's possible for someone to write a book on a secular topic without injecting his religious point of view? [[User:Dadsnagem2|Dadsnagem2]] 16:20, 19 February 2009 (EST)

Cleary Obama has a Muslim background but is not a Muslim. Some reference to Muslim allegations, rumors and conspiracy theories might be appropriate but Obama is not a Muslim. You people are making yourself look silly beyond belief.
{{unsigned|garyn}}
: So smarty pants, prove he is no longer Muslim. Also, what does the word 'likely' mean to you?--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:44, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

==Picture==
[[Image:AC776AB92D53D08B124F57F6B9B6C2.jpg‎]] Here's a picture of our plotting leader. Too sinister? --[[User:StevenM|Ṣ₮ёVeN]] 09:41, 19 January 2009 (EST)

: Interesting, Steven. But where did you get it from? The uploads should reflect the source and claim of ability to use it, unless before 1923 (in which everything is public domain).--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 10:22, 19 January 2009 (EST)

::Oh yes. sorry, i got it from the msn.com do i need promission to take photos from there? --[[User:StevenM|Ṣ₮ёVeN]] 14:03, 19 January 2009 (EST)

== Obama/Muslim Support ==

In the May be a Muslim section, it says that he had an increased support of Muslim voters. How does this prove he is Muslim? While this should be kept, It should be moved to another section.

:Nation of Islam's annual convention in a Chicago suburb, a white T-shirt with an image of Obama between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. sold for $10.

:The Muslim community supports their Muslims. MLK just thrown into the mix for his iconic black image. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGXLhxPilGxuVttW5L588O-y4uAAD96LKH200]

== I know we lost a week... ==
But we can't stay in some alternate universe where G.W.Bush is still president forever, especially if this article is going to link to the front page. We need to update this article to show that Obama is now president. I would do so, but its locked. As it has been. For quite some time. --[[User:DReynolds|DReynolds]] 23:57, 27 January 2009 (EST)

== Low Res Pic ==

Why is the leading picture of Obama such a low resolution version? It looks crappy when stretched [[User:NotALiberal|NotALiberal]] 08:20, 28 January 2009 (EST)

: That's the only picture we could get from the White House Web site. It certainly surprises me, because I would have thought that they would have a very high-resolution picture of..."Him." We might try the White House site again to see whether "He" has corrected this—er—oversight.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]][[User talk:TerryH|Talk]] 08:26, 28 January 2009 (EST)

::Wikipedia found one (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama.jpg) [[User:NotALiberal|NotALiberal]] 08:29, 28 January 2009 (EST)

::(I could have sworn i edited this already, did we loose some more from the database?) The orginal high resolution image can be obtained from the change.gov site; http://change.gov/page/-/officialportrait.jpg . Updating to this version should fix all the scaling artefacts --[[User:SCarter|SCarter]] 22:10, 28 January 2009 (EST)

== Second swearing in ceremony? ==

I'm surprised that this isn't even mentioned in the article, but when Obama retook the Oath he DIDN'T USE A BIBLE. In fact, there was no video recording of the session and the picture taken only showed him from the chest up. This is profound evidence of being Unchristian at the very least. Since we can't see his left hand during the ceremony, it could be on anything ... dare I say, the Koran?? (source http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/01/21/obama-takes-oath-office/) [[User:NotALiberal|NotALiberal]] 08:40, 28 January 2009 (EST)

: I consider swearing on the Bible to be un-Christian, because of Matthew 5:34-37, where swearing on anything is expressly forbidden by Jesus.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 08:48, 28 January 2009 (EST)

Additionally, the second swearing-in ceremony was hardly "private." There were a number of reporters present. Even if it were private, the first ceremony is the one that is constitutionally binding. In any case, the allegation in the main article needs a citation. There are plenty out there, so get to it!

== Rejects ID, Pushes Evolution (Over Christianity!?) ==

This really needs to be a section in the mainspace. Someone unlock or please add a section mentioning the following:

''Rejects ID''
From the responses to a Q&A sent out by Nature: Do you believe that evolution by means of natural selection is a sufficient explanation for the variety and complexity of life on Earth? Should intelligent design, or some derivative thereof, be taught in science class in public schools?

Obama: I believe in evolution, and I support the strong consensus of the scientific community that evolution is scientifically validated. I do not believe it is helpful to our students to cloud discussions of science with non-scientific theories like intelligent design that are not subject to experimental scrutiny. <ref>http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/in-obamas-own-words/</ref>

''Pushes Evolution Over Christianity''
Remnick, who at this point could be considered the President of the United States of Magazines, forced Obama to address the topic of religion. "It's not 'faith' if you are absolutely certain," Obama said, noting that he didn't believe his lack of "faith" would hurt him a national election. "Evolution is more grounded in my experience than angels." <ref>http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/barack_obama_i_inhaled_that_was_the_point_46068.asp</ref>

Wow. [[User:CherylE|CherylE]] 10:17, 28 January 2009 (EST)

== Allegedly born in Honolulu ==

Why does it still say he was allegedly born in Honolulu? Later on in the page it says the it was proven his birth certificate is genuine. [[User:JohnKite|JohnKite]] 11:15, 28 January 2009 (EST)
:We merely state that FactCheck.org believed the photo of the birth certificate was genuine.--[[User:Iduan|I]][[User_talk:Iduan|Duan]] 10:58, 28 January 2009 (EST)
Maybe it should be rewritten then since now it reads more like it states a fact that the birth certificate is indeed genuine. I'm guessing 99% of people never even check the reference.[[User:JohnKite|JohnKite]] 11:15, 28 January 2009 (EST)
:Additionally, he's already been sworn in as president, so arguing over where he was born is a moot point. --[[User:FrankincenseMonster|FrankincenseMonster]] 23:57, 29 January 2009 (EST)

== Why no family section? ==

The Obama article has no family section. Neither does Clinton's or Carter's. However, Reagan's, Bush the elder's and W.Bush's articles have them. Why none on the democratic presidents'? [[User:JohnKite|JohnKite]] 11:42, 28 January 2009 (EST)

There's a simple answer: Obama, Clinton, and Carter are Democrats. They belong to an anti-family party, therefore their family is irrelevant to their political existence. Family is central to Republican policy, and so it is impossible to understand President Bush without mentioning his family.
[[User:LatinScholar]] 1:36, 30 January 2009 (EST)

:He has a family though, doesn't he? [[User:JohnKite|JohnKite]] 13:47, 30 January 2009 (EST)

Yes, but a Democrat family, which is something entirely different. [[User:LatinScholar|LatinScholar]] 2:22, 30 January 2009 (EST)

: How about adding a family section now mentioning his half brother in Kenya who was arrested for drug possession? Shouldn't there be something about him on the page? [[User:JohnKite|JohnKite]] 08:02, 1 February 2009 (EST)

::This argument doesn't make sense. If he's "anti-family," '''he wouldn't have a family'''. I suppose by "anti-family," you mean pro-abortion. That has nothing do to with whether to include his own family. A good encyclopedia doesn't leave out information for reasons like this. It's relevant and it should be here.[[User:Dantès|Dantès]] 17:09, 2 March 2009 (EST)

== Some Changes ==

Why is this locked?
Obama has not been succeded by "incumbent" nor will he be.
Obamas term in office might not go to 2013, it might go further, it might not go that far, unless you are psychic this should be changed. --[[User:Brendanw|Brendanw]] 11:58, 28 January 2009 (EST)
:"Incumbent" means he is the current holder of the office. It's simply a term to indicate that he is the most recent. And while it is true that Obama could be elected to a second term and thus serve until 2017, he hasn't. His first term expires on 2013 regardless of what happens between now and then (barring impeachment or death, of course) so it's factual to list that date. Listing a second term when he's only a week and a half in his first one is speculative and inappropriate for an encyclopedia. --[[User:Ampersand|Ampersand]] 14:49, 28 January 2009 (EST)
It's the exact same thing we did with [[George W. Bush]] - <s>there's nothing factually wrong about saying whoever replaces obama will be an incumbent.</s> - saying incumbent merely confirms that he is the current president - no one has succeeded him yet.--[[User:Iduan|I]][[User_talk:Iduan|Duan]] 14:42, 29 January 2009 (EST)

==Is he or isn't he President?==
This article has a lot of wildly inaccurate and unsourced information in it. It also can't seem to decide whether BO is President or not - the picture on the right says he is, the text varies from claiming he's won the election, to him being Senator. I'd love to help clean this up, but can't seem to edit the page? Ready to help. [[User:FNNoonan|FNNoonan]] 15:15, 28 January 2009 (EST)
:Yes, it's pretty weird isn't it. One would have thought that if it was important enough to protect then it would be important enough to update. But the failure to update tells the casual reader what to expect in respect of the general accuracy of the article - so it's probably not a bad thing.--[[User:British_cons|British_cons]] [[User_talk:British_cons|(talk)]] 11:12, 29 January 2009 (EST)
::I notice the article has been updated to make it somewhat more reality-based. Good. However, I would expect - almost to the case of 'demand' - that the article on the current POTUS begin with the short and simple line "Barack Hussein Obama is the 44th and current President of the United States of America". Instead, the first sentence about this, arguably the world's most important person, is overlong, appallingly punctuated, begins immediately with unfounded gossip and wanders off into some other random irrelevant facts and utterly lacks focus. It says a lot about what the reader can expect from the entire article to follow. I wish I could help rewrite this article so as it would be more based on fact and reality - and particularly, better written - but as it's locked, that's impossible. So all we, the casual readers, can do is suggest things which need to be done to improve the article. I would begin by recommending the deletion of the entire monster and a total rewrite from scratch. There's nothing here of substance and nothing that will engender any respect for this supposed 'encyclopedia'. [[User:FNNoonan|FNNoonan]] 13:33, 29 January 2009 (EST)
:::It's a shame we can't all be as learned and insightful as you, FNNoonan. However, I dare say all the hard-working editors here will jump up to obey your lofty commands. If you want a 'better' article, why not write one on your userpage/in a sandbox and submit it to the criticism of your peers? Or is this a case of 'those who can't, criticise'? [[User:MauriceB|MauriceB]] 14:19, 29 January 2009 (EST)
:::: You must not have read my comment, in which I made a suggestion to improve the article's first sentence. What's yours? You might try contributing something to the debate rather than trying to shoot the messenger. The message is - the article's a disaster. Now, what are you doing about that? [[User:FNNoonan|FNNoonan]] 16:24, 29 January 2009 (EST)
:::::I don't think it a disaster, but a multi-layered and well-argued piece. Looking at the revision history and talk pages, I see that some of the best minds on Consercvapedia think so, too. Therefore I have no need to do anything. You, on the other hand, see faults, but do nothing except indulge yourself in corrosive criticism. [[User:MauriceB|MauriceB]] 17:10, 29 January 2009 (EST)
::::::I would also point out that the article even fails to mention which country he's President of. I would again recommend the inclusion of my suggested opening sentence - "Barack Hussein Obama is the 44th and current President of the United States of America". Thank you for helping to improve this terrible article. [[User:FNNoonan|FNNoonan]] 14:34, 30 January 2009 (EST)

The article should begin with "Barack Hussein Obama is currently the 44th President of the United States of America." Someone please make this change. [[User:Gadzodilo|Gadzodilo]] 23:22, 1 February 2009 (EST)

Thanks for improving the article's first few words - we now know what his job is and of what country he's President. But I would ask that someone PLEASE look at the grammar in that first sentence - it's absolutely atrocious. Again, since I cannot edit the page, I cannot help but instead can only point out the problems here. First, if you want to make the point about his birthplace, the correct place would be later - and then with an explanation of why this might be a problem (the Constitution states that President's must be born in the USA - there's no mention of this anywhere in the article). If you want to make the point where it is, despite that being a nonsequitor, simply add a period after 'States' and remove the word 'although'. Also please note that the word 'although' is a conditional - and what follows the word 'although' has nothing to do with the opening part of the sentence. You might as well write "He is the President of the USA, although he apparently doesn't like cheese". The two items have no connection. Subject-Object. Next, the entire first sentence is utterly malformed, with a punctuation that woulod shame a four year old, including a period in the middle of the sentence. There is what is presumably a birthdate just floating in the middle of the sentence, undescribed. This is followed by a close-parentheses, where there was no open-parentheses. The sentence then runs on with some gibberish about electoral donations. It also appears as if Joe Biden was his running mate while he was a Senator from Illinois. The first paragraph continues in what can barely be described as comprehensible English with a stream of random, unintroduced facts. Finally, it ends with a nonsensical reference to the absolutely normal practice of politicians referring to the practices of their nation, and addressing their nation as a collective body. I would love to help tidy up this amateur article, but the childish English throughout, combined with the fact that the article is locked, leave me to believe it is not possible, and this encyclopedia is anything but 'trustworthy'. Would you trust your children with this article? [[User:FNNoonan|FNNoonan]] 14:16, 4 February 2009 (EST)

== Real Bible NOT Koran ==

Below is the kind of post I’ve been looking forward to:

“Look, I wrote here and in the article that Obama would swear on the Koran, and now I’ve just got to eat [[humble pie]]. See, I was wwoo….wrooggga…woolooo..wopppaaa. wrong. There, I managed to say it, and I feel better for it.”

Yeah, I been waiting for that one, but I’m not holding my breath. But since Obama DID in fact swear on Lincoln’s Bible that means (check this one in archives) you clowns owe me $100. Each. (American notes thank you.) [[User:MylesP|MylesP]] 18:31, 28 January 2009 (EST)

: You're clueless, Myles. Obama's real oath was not on the Bible. I don't know if it was on the Koran. Do you?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 23:01, 28 January 2009 (EST)

OP Myles back. Right, let me see if I can sum up the state of play. Obama tries to take the Oath on the Lincoln Bible, which presumably has special powers not available to the usual Gideon’s Hotel edition. Anyways, Chief Justice Roberts manages to bellyflop his role in history. It’s like the guy who needs play only one note on a triangle during the symphony and manages to foul that up. Along with 90% of the world, I thought that Obama was completely blameless for this glitch, and actually quite gracious. His face and bearing said “Hey, you stuffed up, but I forgive you. Let’s try it again.” This was not what the foaming at the mouth crowd saw, and talk here was of how Obama was not properly inaugurated, and that somehow it was all his fault. Then, to satisfy the New Philistines, he takes the oath, again. This time, no one of the Born Again crowd who frequent these occasions thinks to bring a Bible, but it is Obama’s fault once more, because apparently he should have one in his back pocket at all times. He takes the oath again. Hey, that’s good enough for me, but apparently I’m clueless, according to Andy, who, in one of his regular 2 line missives from above believes there’s more to this than meets the eye.

Well, let me see. I suppose Obama could have paid Roberts off in the first instance to screw up the wording, so he would not have to put his hand on the Bible. (Because then he would wince with pain as the Word of God burnt his skin, or something.) This set up the SECOND inauguration at which everyone was paid to make sure no Bible was there, so Obama gets to be Prez while cunningly evading the Bible. You see, it all makes perfect sense, don’t it? Yeah, and I’M the one who’s clueless! Truly, what a man believes, he sees. Look, I’ve got an idea. Instead of hurling everything you got including the kitchen sink at Obama on a second by second basis, every time he so much as scratches his nose, let’s take the fair-minded, objective, dare I say American approach. It’s the customary 100 day honeymoon. Why don’t we all give him those 100 days, and THEN have a look at the plus and minus sheet? Sound like a sensible notion? Of course, that would mean putting your knee in some other crotch for that time, which is asking a hell of a lot I know. But then you would have some REAL grievances at the end instead of the kind of sort of all this relentless muck-raking on the basis of trivia. And just think of the size of the bonfire you could build then.

You know, where I come from conservatives are known as people with a sense of honour, with ethical standards, polite and cultivated, aware of etiquette, educated, and with a keen sense for fair play. You might be using a different dictionary. [[User:MylesP|MylesP]] 00:42, 29 January 2009 (EST)

*Myles, please read the box at the top of this page, and adhere to it. Thanks. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 00:55, 29 January 2009 (EST)

:Myles, one can tell you're a liberal just by observing how many words it takes you to say nothing. Your non-American spelling of "honor" is also a giveaway.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:43, 29 January 2009 (EST)

::Somebody decides to spell 'honour' the way that it is spelt correctly in '''English''' (the mother-tongue of '''England''') and you decide to try and be insulting about it. Classy.--[[User:Ieuan|Ieuan]] 12:47, 30 January 2009 (EST)

::Despite Myles' tone, his post does have some merit: It's time to let go of this "swearing in on the Koran" business because it is purely insulting speculation.
::And I have to ask... why is using non-American spelling a liberal trait? Our Prime Minister up here in Canada is as conservative as they come... [[User:SJames|SJames]] 13:37, 30 January 2009 (EST)
::: It doesn't show you're non-conservative. It shows you are not American, or an un-American person. [[User:T2master|T2master]] 19:30, 31 January 2009 (EST)

== Incumbent ==

In the box to the right of the page it says that Obama will be succeeded by [[incumbent]]? Doesn't this imply that he will have two terms? I'm a bit confused. [[User:AndyJM|AndyJM]] 11:19, 29 January 2009 (EST)

:I can understand the confusion, but all it implies is that he is the current President. It would probably be better if the whole line was removed until we actually know who he would be succeeded by. [[User:ShawnJ|ShawnJ]] 13:09, 29 January 2009 (EST)

::Well, I tried to fix it up, I really did. But it was hard what with the lock down. I tried dabbing liquid paper on my monitor but that didn’t work very well either. Normally, “Not known” or “To be announced” or “To be determined” are the accepted forms, but hey, what about "Sarah Palin"? Let’s be positive and proactive about this. That lady is gonna wipe the floor with this Obama ring in. I’m marching in her parade right now. “Palin ain’t for failin’ “
::Whoo hooo!!” [[User:MylesP|MylesP]] 21:42, 29 January 2009 (EST)

:::I fixed all this....what's the problem now, Myles? --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 22:46, 29 January 2009 (EST)

== Stylistic matter ==
Technically, it is proper to simply list the day of Obama's inauguration followed by a dash, as, God forbid, he might be reelected in 2012. So we can't say until the election when his last day in office will be... --[[User:DReynolds|DReynolds]] 09:36, 30 January 2009 (EST)

*I believe you are not correct. ''Technically'' he was elected to a four year term. The text for the info box says term of office, no? That would be four years from his inauguration, 20 January, 2009. One doesn't typically take into account the possibility of death, resignation or re-election. Perhaps you are saying what is "typical" for Wikipedia? --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 12:52, 30 January 2009 (EST)

::This[http://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=George_W._Bush&oldid=598707] seems like a reasonable template "typical" for Conservapedia. The Bush entry was changed from "present" to January 20, 2009 less than three weeks before the date that he was definitively leaving office.[[User:Mikek|Mikek]] 14:51, 30 January 2009 (EST)

::What he was elected to and his actual term in office can be different things. William Henry Harrison was elected for a four year term but his actual term was one month. As I recall Bushes article said 'present' until several days after his term was over. --[[User:Brendanw|Brendanw]] 15:11, 30 January 2009 (EST)

Actually, that's almost universal. We don't know when his term will end. He could be re-elected in four years, or shot tomorrow. We can't say when his term will ''actually'' end. Wikipedia, by the way, doesn't even have a dash- just "assumed office," "incumbent" and "January 20, 2009." If accuracy is our goal, it's best to simply put a dash, or a dash followed by "present" or "incumbent." --[[User:DReynolds|DReynolds]] 15:34, 30 January 2009 (EST)

== Article Naming ==

As the article for [[Barack Hussein Obama]] includes his full name, [[John McCain]] should redirect to [[John Sidney McCain III]], [[Joe Biden]] to [[Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.]], etc. - [[User:LafinJack|LafinJack]] 17:05, 30 January 2009 (EST)

*No. But you just keep on LafinJack. ;-) -- --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 18:05, 30 January 2009 (EST)

::Can we ask why we will have the inconsistency TK? --[[User:WillB|WillB]] 18:15, 30 January 2009 (EST)

I fail to understand what LafinJack or WillB are complaining about. What inconsistency? [[User:LatinScholar|LatinScholar]] 7:08, 30 January 2009
::They are referring to the fact that only Barack Obama's middle name is included in the article name, while the others are not. They are wondering why that is.
::The obvious answer: Hussein is a Muslim name. It helps when trying to portray the slant that President Obama is lying about being a Christian. "Sidney" and "Robinette" are regular Western middle names and serve no significant purpose. A similar line of reasoning can also explain why the Table of Contents is oddly out of view in President Obama's article. [[User:AdamSchaley|AdamSchaley]] 19:21, 30 January 2009 (EST)

Leave it to a liberal to reduce this discussion to nonsense, innuendo, and pointless name-calling. What's the use of even trying to have this discussion when you won't discuss things rationally? [[User:LatinScholar|LatinScholar]] 19:42, 01/09

::I should remind you that this is a Conservative Christian encyclopedia with an ADMITTED BIAS. The goal is obvious: To show readers that Obama is a Muslim, however this is in line with the principals of the encyclopedia, so there isn't anything really to complain about. Conservatives want everyone to understand Obama is a Muslim. There is no NPOV, get over it (my $.02) [[User:NotALiberal|NotALiberal]] 21:56, 30 January 2009 (EST)

:::I'm pretty sure his religion should have no bearing in the first place. Then again, you're the type of moron who lets a candidate's religious faith influence your vote. "I AINT GON' VOTE FOR NO MUSLIMS OR JEWS." I'm quite sure the color of his skin also has a bearing on you. Let's not forget that there isn't any credible evidence that he's indeed a Muslim. --[[User:VictorT|VictorT]] 17:45, 7 March 2009 (EST)

== Change of wording? ==

I think "Obama will likely be the first Muslim President" would be better written as "Obama is likely the first Muslim President" ... just a thought [[User:NotALiberal|NotALiberal]] 22:08, 30 January 2009 (EST)
:Nah, let's not. --[[User:VictorT|VictorT]] 17:47, 7 March 2009 (EST)

== Update picture? ==

I'd just like to rerequest that the Obama main picture get updated with a higher resolution version. It looks very bad stretched. Here is a URL to an official version (http://change.gov/page/-/officialportrait.jpg) [[User:NotALiberal|NotALiberal]] 10:58, 31 January 2009 (EST)
[[User:NotALiberal|NotALiberal]] 10:58, 31 January 2009 (EST)
:Done. Thanks for the link. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 11:24, 31 January 2009 (EST)

::Thanks. Looks a lot better [[User:NotALiberal|NotALiberal]] 12:10, 31 January 2009 (EST)

== Obama's religious outlook ==
'''Obama's "outlook is Muslim"? That is simply not true'''

The Obama article presently reads: "Obama's background, education, and '''outlook''' are Muslim, and fewer than 1% of Muslims convert to Christianity."

I don't think the above sentence is true and I will give two notable cases where it can be shown that Obama's '''outlook''' is not Muslim.

First, Obama heavily promotes the abortion ("pro-choice") ideology.[http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72511] How many Muslim countries promote the abortion ideology? Not many at all. I cite the following: "The rules are also influenced by the role of religion; in most Muslim countries abortion is prohibited and it is also restricted in Catholic Latin America."[http://www.newsbatch.com/abort.htm]

One of the first things the Obama administration did was to put on the White House website that they were going to promote the homosexual agenda. I cite the following: "President Obama had not even finished his inaugural address today before his agenda was posted on the WhiteHouse website, where he promised to "overturn" the Supreme Court's precedents on discrimination claims and to demand new laws requiring employers to provide special protections for homosexuals and others with "gender" issues.[http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86633] I do know for a fact that homosexuality is presently generally looked upon very unfavorably in Muslim countries. I cite the following: "Same-sex intercourse carries the death penalty in five officially Muslim nations: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Mauritania, Sudan, and Yemen. [3] It formerly carried the death penalty in Afghanistan under the Taliban, and in Iraq under a 2001 decree by Saddam Hussein. The legal situation in the United Arab Emirates is unclear. In many Muslim nations, such as Bahrain, Qatar, Algeria or the Maldives, homosexuality is punished with jail time, fines or corporal punishment. In some Muslim-majority nations, such as Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, or Mali, same-sex intercourse is not forbidden by law. However, in Egypt gays have been the victims of laws against "morality"."[http://www.religionfacts.com/homosexuality/islam.htm]

I think it is untrue to say that Obama's outlook is Muslim. [[User:Conservative|conservative]] 04:06, 1 February 2009 (EST)

:His background is [[Islam]]ic, but I am unaware of his theological beliefs. Has he ever espoused a particular Christian or Muslim idea? If so, what? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 17:43, 20 February 2009 (EST)

== Obama's Historical Ignorance ==

The first statement in the Insights section claims that "Obama displayed ignorance about American history when he said, "Throughout our history, America's confronted constantly evolving danger, from the oppression of an empire, to the lawlessness of the frontier, '''from the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor''', to the threat of nuclear annihilation."

There are a few things wrong with what Obama said about Pearl Habor, but none of them constitute ignorance. The only things wrong with what he said are that he a) did no pluralize the phrase to "from the bombs that fell on Pearl Habor"; b) he wasn't accurate in the kind of weaponry used because they were actually torpedoes (which is hardly ignorance as it is a largely insignificant fact); or c) the fact that he failed to properly pluralize 'bomb' means that his phrase seems to reference a far more infamous bomb, the one on Hiroshima. This last point of course does not constitute ignorance. Even if he did mistaken Hiroshima for Pearl Habor I would see that as a gaff rather than evidence of impeded ignorance towards American history. But, given that, in the context of 'constantly evolving danger' and the other historical references contained within the whole statement, it is quite clear Obama did not mean Hiroshima, I would be inclined to either edit or remove this phrase entirely.

Politicians make gaffs all the time. If you want to find actual evidence of Obama's 'ignorance' towards American history look somewhere else.

==Rearranged content==
First, very little was removed or changed, but there was some there which was either repetative or in the wrong context. This I hope was corrected.

Second, the place of birth was changed to Hawaii. There has to be ''proof'' that he was ''not'' born in Hawaii, and we cannot allow someone else's opinion in the article which states that he was not. But, the birth controversy is still a relevent topic as far as his possible history and the campaign is concerned, and this feature has been preserved.

And third, there are minor corrections to be made to the article, which include writing and grammer, accuracy, and minor info that could be added as to his presidency. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 01:50, 2 February 2009 (EST)

I think that Andrew Schafly was right to move the sections back into their previous order. [[User:LatinScholar|LatinScholar]]

:I think that speculation should come after factual information in an article. Why are we talking about what Obama "may be" before what he actually is? --'' '''[[user:JArneal|JArneal]]'' ''' 18:29, 3 February 2009 (EST)

::There you go again! "Actually is" ? I think first, JArneal, in the great tradition of liberals, you need to define what "is" -- ''is''! Please find a new hobby, JArneal, as your present one of constantly arguing and disputing doesn't wear well. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 18:59, 3 February 2009 (EST)

::Why must liberals censor that Obama is likely a Muslim... get over it guys --[[User:PMichael|PMichael]] 20:06, 3 February 2009 (EST)

::: Why can't conservatives accept the fact that he isn't...get over it guys --[[User:ShawnJ|ShawnJ]] 20:37, 3 February 2009 (EST)

::: Sheesh, TK. I'm sorry if I offended you. Do you really want me to define "is"? I was just asking why we don't put factual information in front, and speculation in back. Is there a reason? --'' '''[[user:JArneal|JArneal]]'' ''' 22:24, 3 February 2009 (EST)
Is is the 3rd person singular, possessive form of be.

== Obama and Sexism ==

In the "Presidential Campaign" section of this article it states "Obama mocks Sen. McCain's for his age and Gov. Palin for being '''a woman''' and outsider." The evidence of Obama mocking Palin for being a woman is explained later: "Obama was caught for his quiet hiring of Winner & Associates to disseminate a sexist smear video against her." Are you talking about this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eu9Z2hXky0&eurl=http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/194057.php ? How is this video a "sexist" smear? Not only that, but there is little evidence to support the claim that Obama hired Winner to make this video.

The article suggests that Obama was caught for hiring someone to make a sexist smear video. I am asking for definitive proof that Obama was behind the video, AND definitive proof that the video is a "sexist" smear. If there is no proof, I am at least requesting that the untrue statements about Obama mocking Palin for being a woman are removed. If I do not get a response from one of the editors of this article I will email the owners of Conservapedia directly. [[User:FairMan|FairMan]] 19:25, 4 February 2009 (EST)
:First, if you have correct information as to who was actually behind the video in question then it needs to be brought to our attention in a fair manner. Second, the way you brought this about, by making your statement here in the form of a DEMAND, is not going to be tolerated. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 19:38, 4 February 2009 (EST)

First of all, if my tone sounded as though i was demanding something from you or seemed disrespectful in some way I apologize, that was not my intent. I am merely requesting that the article changes it's tone. It states: "Obama was caught..." we do not know for certain that Obama was behind the video at all. Are we as Americans not considered innocent until proven guilty?

And what about the charges of sexism? The article calls the video a "sexist" smear. Will someone please tell me what was sexist about it? [[User:FairMan|FairMan]] 23:02, 4 February 2009 (EST)

:Looking at the references, it is a documented fact that this video was made professionally; it is not an amateur attempt at all. It's also documented that Winner & Associates (including Ethan Winner) are die-hard Obama supporters who have given much to the campaign. While it is not proven from these pages that Obama supported such a video, it is also not proven that he didn't help out the creation of it in some way. I added Ethan Winner's ''alleged'' claim that he made the video alone. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 22:17, 4 February 2009 (EST)

Well that is a start, thank you. I honestly didn't think I'd get anyone to change anything in the article. But there are still those sexism charges. Can you provide some explanation to those? The line reads: "Obama was caught for his quiet hiring of Winner & Associates to disseminate a sexist smear video against her." Do you think you might be able to take out that word sexist? And maybe reword it in a way that doesn't immediately imply that Obama is behind the video (Until damning evidence is brought forth)? And there is also the claim at the beginning stating: "Obama mocks Sen. McCain's for his age and Gov. Palin for being a woman and outsider." The only evidence supposedly supporting the claim that Obama mocked Palin for being "a woman and outsider" is this smear video. Am I just missing something here? How is Obama mocking her for being a woman in this video? How is the video itself at all sexist? [[User:FairMan|FairMan]] 23:02, 4 February 2009 (EST)

*FairMan, you are in danger of being blocked. There was a well-documented news story, during the campaign, showing women were getting paid less on his campaign staff and in his Senate offices, which was hugely embarassing to Obama. [http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obamacommentary/222679,CST-NWS-sweet22.stng] Palin was mocked by Obama and Joe Biden, for her so-called "lack of experience" even though her own exceeded Obama's, in terms of executive/managerial experience. Please stop your liberal excuse making and time-wasting. Learn the truth, and it will set you free! --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 23:31, 4 February 2009 (EST)

Why exactly am I in danger of being blocked? I am aware of that news story, I will save that for another place and time (I don't want to stir up more trouble then I am already in). My main complaint is that the article claimed that Obama mocked Palin for being a woman. The only evidence that supports this claim in the article is the link to the smear video mentioned previously (If there is more evidence then please add it). It is claimed that the video is a sexist smear. Why is my questioning of the label "sexist" being ignored every time someone replies? Please tell me if I am missing something obvious here. It is not my intent to waste anyone's time. I am just looking for answers.

"Palin was mocked by Obama and Joe Biden, for her so-called "lack of experience" even though her own exceeded Obama's, in terms of executive/managerial experience. "

That is a great example! That is something you could add to the article to back up the claim of Obama mocking Palin for being an outsider. Currently there is nothing in the "Tone" section of the article backing that up.{{unsigned|FairMan}}

*Then that is what you should have said, is exactly my point! Everyone wants to be a critic, while offering nothing, as the box at the top of this page says, that will improve it. If one doesn't do that, how am I, or any editor to distinguish you from the dozens of trolls and disruptor's who sign up everyday? You know how long it took me to find that citation? Less then two minutes. I ask for your understanding, but do not apologize for my comments, simply because I have just pointed out why I would think what I did. "Assume good faith" is something attempted by lots of other places, but it rarely is achieved, and certainly not so often here, where even the most casual reader/editor knows we are constantly set-up by liberal trolls and parodists. Your last comments let all of us see your motivations are perhaps better than assumed, and I do thank you for that. This is how you will build your reputation here, and anywhere else in life. I look forward to other suggestions, offered in the same spirit, and in fact, if you want, put them on my talk to make sure I see them, if you want. Thanks. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 02:24, 5 February 2009 (EST)

== Category ==

Could a sysop edit this page to add it to [[:Category:Barack Obama]]? -[[User:CSGuy|CSGuy]] 14:20, 6 February 2009 (EST)

*No, sly mis-naming of the object isn't it? --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 15:53, 6 February 2009 (EST)

==Minor Edits==
There is a missing parenthesis in his date of birth, and in the "Birth certificate controversy" section, the word "intelligible" should be "ineligible". Those are the only 2 I caught in a quick scan of the page. [[User:WesleyS|WesleyS]][[User Talk:WesleyS|Hello!]] 23:32, 7 February 2009 (EST)
:Thanks! [[User:WesleyS|WesleyS]][[User Talk:WesleyS|Hello!]] 23:48, 7 February 2009 (EST)

Hi, I'm a new user. I was curious as to whether this talk page is actualy considered in the editing of this article. What i mean by that is, as this article is locked-down, does the editing administrator read this page and make changes to the article, or will the article always be left as it is? ( I don't mean to offend, as Imentioned, I am a new user, and I am honestly just curious)

== Flag Pin "insights" ==

This section is badly written and requires major change. First, it says Obama didn't provide "adequate" explanation. "Adequate" is subjective. He either provided and explanation or he didn't. The citation indicates he explained. Second, the word "presumably." Encyclopedias aren't supposed to presume things. Third, the word "likely." Again, just an opinion. "Recently" is a vague term; be specific. The assumption about military donors is unsupported speculation. If anyone cares about making this into objective encyclopedic content, it should read as follows:

''Obama wore an American flag lapel pin after 9/11, but later stopped wearing it, explaining he felt that "Patriotism to me, isn't what you wear on your lapel. "It's what you carry in your heart. I don't need a pin to certify my love for this country."[59] As of DATE, he has begun wearing a pin again.''

I suspect that if I change this, it will be quickly overridden. Are any regular editors/sysop-types willing to change this part? [[User:Dantès|Dantès]] 17:15, 2 March 2009 (EST)

*Dantes, why are you here? If it is to talk, talk, talk, complain, complain, complain, argue, argue, argue, you chose the wrong place. Our tolerance of liberal/socialist Canadians is pretty low. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 17:24, 2 March 2009 (EST)

::Well, if you bother to read my entries, you'll see that I'm providing civil and rational suggestions for how to make this content more encyclopedic and objective. It's sad that you assume I'm a liberal/socialist just because I'm proposing corrections, and my country of residence is totally irrelevant. The better question would be why are YOU here? I'm here to propose corrections. Apparently you're here to try to insult me. [[User:Dantès|Dantès]] 11:40, 3 March 2009 (EST)

== Michelle ==

Could we link to her? --[[User:Brendanw|Brendanw]] 15:14, 23 February 2009 (EST)

== Religion... ==
Correct me if I am wrong, but I'm pretty sure there is no requirement that one must be Christian to be President. Ah, I just checked the constitution and it mentions nothing about religion except once, in the first amendment. He's not a Muslim, which has been confirmed, and even if he were, what does it matter? Maybe this should be reconsidered?[[User:Heartbeat|Heartbeat]] 16:37, 23 February 2009 (EST)

: You're wrong on multiple points. How about learning first, and then preaching second?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:33, 23 February 2009 (EST)

:: Actually, I'm correct on multiple points as per the United States Constitution. And Hussein is not a 'Muslim' name. Muslim is the word used to denote a person whose religion is Islam. Hussein is an ''Arab'' derived name Mr. Schlafly. [[User:Heartbeat|Heartbeat]] 16:37, 23 February 2009 (EST)

::: The Constitution also mentions religion in Article VI "but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." --[[User:Brendanw|Brendanw]] 16:46, 23 February 2009 (EST)

:::: Whatever faith Obama is, he is not a Christian<ref>http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:Xld3RpINYVUJ:www.conversantlife.com/politics/is-barack-obama-really-a-christian+obama+quote+christian&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=11&gl=us</ref>. For he fails to acknowledge the Nicene creed. --[[User:RickD|RickD]] 18:58, 23 February 2009 (EST)

::::: The Nicene creed only applies to Paulian Christians. --[[User:Brendanw|Brendanw]] 22:42, 24 February 2009 (EST)

:::::: "Pauline Christians" as opposed to .... Muslim Christians???? Got news for you: Paul had nothing to do with the Nicene Creed, which is accepted by all Christians.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:48, 24 February 2009 (EST)

Heartbeat, try to stick to the point; and don't be so pedantic. Many people use the terms ''[[Muslim]]'' and ''[[Islamic]]'' interchangeably. Such loose usage does not invalidate an argument. You are surely award that the Arab countries are within the Islamic cultural sphere, and that they almost all are places where the required religion is Islam. So having an Arabic name places one within the Islamic sphere and is a [[clue]], anyway, to someone's religious heritage.

These discussions are long on finger-pointing and short on research. Let's have a little more information. Has Obama been attending a church? Is church attendance a better indicator of religious faith than one's father's last name? Was the church he attended Christian? If it doesn't adhere to the [[Nicene Creed]], then is it some sort of heretical variant, or what?

And why is it important what his religion is? Does anyone think he plans to violate the [[First Amendment]] by setting up a [[state religion]] (such as [[Islam]])? Or that he plans to neglect the protection of Americans' [[religious freedom]] even more than President Bush did? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 09:54, 25 February 2009 (EST)

==== Affirmative Action Question ====

If all of Obama's achievements are linked to affirmative action, how did he get around Harvard Law's anonymous grading procedures? Did he find a way to communicate his race to his professors on his exams? Is there evidence of this? I know that Andy Schlafly was at HLS at the same time as Obama. Maybe he could shed some light on how Obama accomplished that. Was this not official policy when you went to Harvard: http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/handbook/rules-relating-to-law-school-studies/examinations.html [[User:AGoogins|AGoogins]] 19:15, 23 February 2009 (EST)
:Law schools have almost always graded anonymously. Journals like the Harvard Law Review do, admittedly, have affirmative action policies in selecting their editors, but they do ''not'' use affirmative action in selecting board members. So at most Obama got onto HLR by affirmative action, but his grades and election as President were his own accomplishments. Great point RickD.-[[User:LuciusF|LuciusF]] 19:01, 23 February 2009 (EST)
::I seem to recall reading that there was a vote in selecting Obama as the President of the Law Review and that a number of conservatives voted for him: http://daggatt.blogspot.com/2008/11/obamas-harvard-law-days.html

::<blockquote>
::The block of conservatives on the Law Review my year I think was eager to avoid having any of the most political people on the left govern the Review. I mean, the first bedrock criterion, I think for almost all of the editors, was to have somebody with an absolutely first-rate legal mind who would be able to engage competently with the nation's top legal scholars on their scholarship and on these articles, and who would provide the intellectual leadership for the Review that it always needed. That was non-negotiable for almost everybody right or left . . . And ultimately, the conservatives on the Review supported Barack as president in the final rounds of balloting because he fit that bill far better than the other people who were running. We had all worked with him over the course of a year. And we had all spent countless hours in the presence of Barack, as well as others of our colleagues who were running, in Gannett House [the Law Review offices], and so you get a pretty good sense of people over the course of a year of late nights working on the Review. You know who the rabble-rousers are. You know who the people are who are blinded by their politics. And you know who the people are who, despite their politics, can reach across and be friendly to and make friends with folks who have different views. And Barack very much fell into the latter category.
::</blockquote>
::-Bradford Berenson, #2 lawyer in George W. Bush’s White House, from a Frontline interview [[User:AGoogins|AGoogins]] 19:32, 23 February 2009 (EST)

:::Here is a link to the Frontline interview: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/choice2008/obama/harvard.html
:::This seems to call into question the statement in the article about Obama's success being entirely the result of affirmative action. The single citation currently used to support this point consists of one sentence pulled from an article that otherwise casts Obama in a very positive light. Does anyone have another citation in support of the existing language besides that one, or should we discuss the possibility of changing or removing that paragraph? [[User:SStaples|SStaples]] 08:23, 24 February 2009 (EST)

At second glance, none of the citations say anything about Obama's HLS achievements being the result of affirmative action. Law students constantly publish articles on subjects that they haven't taken formal courses on. My school doesn't even offer courses dealing with election law, but my friend still published an article about it. The article is missing a logical step between "Obama published an article without taking a class on [science subject] and Constitutional Law" and "Obama's article was published because of his race." Has the writer done any research to justify that inference? [[User:AGoogins|AGoogins]] 00:20, 25 February 2009 (EST)

== <1% Correction ==

The <1% statistic appears to be legitimate, but it is not presented correctly. According to the source currently used for this statistic (http://www.faithfreedom.org/oped/sina31103.htm), 'The Internet site aljazeera.net published an interview with Ahmad Al Qataani أحمد القطعاني An important Islamic cleric who said: “In every hour, 667 Muslims convert to Christianity. Everyday, 16,000 Muslims convert to Christianity. Ever year, 6 million Muslims convert to Christianity."'

This link puts those numbers into context and gives us the <1% figure: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/young-muslim-and-french/info-graphic-muslim-populations/info-graphic-muslim-populations-worldwide-growth/2526/. However, that is <1% of Muslims worldwide per year, not <1% of all Muslims over their lifetime, as our current wording might lead some to believe.

We could fix this by changing the sentence in the article from its current form
:''Obama's background, education, and outlook are Muslim, and fewer than 1% of Muslims convert to Christianity.''
to
:''Obama's background, education, and outlook are Muslim, and fewer than 1% of the the Muslim population converts to Christianity annually.''

The link I provide my also be of use as an additional source for this. [[User:SStaples|SStaples]] 08:59, 24 February 2009 (EST)

:It also seems like a bad use of statistics. It's useful if you are trying to determine whether a random Muslim converted to Christianity, but is less useful when you're talking about a specific person where lots of other evidence makes a raw percentage meaningless. The percentage of Americans who become President is a lot lower than 1%, but that doesn't mean that Obama didn't become President.[[User:AGoogins|AGoogins]] 14:33, 24 February 2009 (EST)

:: When the inherent fallacy of weak induction is pointed out that is ignored, however the factual correction to the nature of the 1% number probably will not. --[[User:Brendanw|Brendanw]] 22:40, 24 February 2009 (EST)

::: There is nothing fallacious about the 1% statistic, or its use here.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:47, 24 February 2009 (EST)

:::: But do you agree that the information I presented here, in so far as it relates to the proper wording of this part of the article, is also not false, but is in fact a more reasonable summary of the truth behind the 1% number? I'm not trying to make any statement about how applicable the figure may or may not be when talking about Obama's own religious status; that's clearly a broader debate for another time. --[[User:SStaples|SStaples]] 08:49, 25 February 2009 (EST)

:: I know you're committed to this 1% argument and won't change it, but would you care to address my affirmative action question, above, regarding Harvard Law grading and law review editorial board policies?[[User:AGoogins|AGoogins]] 00:14, 25 February 2009 (EST)

== Obama's name in Arabic? ==

Should we show his name in Arabic like Wikipedia does for Muslims? Google translator turned this up "باراك حسين أوباما"

Maybe we could change the opening sentence to be

"Barack Hussein Obama II (Arabic: باراك حسين أوباما)(allegedly born in Honolulu Aug. 4, 1961) " [[User:UnLiberal|UnLiberal]] 15:46, 25 February 2009 (EST)

:Wikipedia does that for Arabs, not Muslims. Also we should get someone who actually reads Arabic rather than a Google translation, anyone can punch something into an internet translator. --[[User:Brendanw|Brendanw]] 18:17, 26 February 2009 (EST)

The problem with your auto-translate is that it has too many vowels. It's assuming that you typed in a non-Arabic word and it's trying to reproduce it phonetically, instead of just figuring out the original version. I looked up "Hussein" and "Barack" on Wikipedia to see how they're spelled, Googled up those two words together in Arabic, and found the following full name spelled just like this all over the place: '''
بارك حسین اوباما'''

I think it'd be a pretty neat touch to add to the article, honestly. [[User:DavidLReyes|DavidLReyes]] 18:13, 7 April 2009 (EDT)

== "Islam can be compatible with the modern world." ==

[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Ed_Poor Ed Poor’s] recent addition to the list of points arguing that Obama is a Muslim is out of context.

:''He has said that "Islam can be compatible with the modern world."''

Examining the cited work, one finds that the lead up to that quote goes as follows:

:''In Indonesia, Obama has said, he saw women with and without head coverings and Muslims living comfortably next to Christians. He has said that his life among Muslims in Indonesia showed him that “Islam can be compatible with the modern world.”''

Retaining the full content of the second sentence would give readers a better grasp of the context in which he made this statement. Why did you choose to omit this information? And on what basis do you present this as proof that Obama is a Muslim?

Furthermore, knowing the context seems to weaken the point’s usefulness in revealing Obama’s religion, because it suggests that the quote was informed by his time living abroad rather than his own personal beliefs. If I spent several years living in Thailand and later commented that the experience showed me that Buddhism was compatible with the modern world, would you think I was a Buddhist?

If we insist on continuing to build the case for Obama’s religion, let’s please do so carefully so that we do not omit or obscure any relevant information. If the quote is to remain in the article, I propose that the line be altered to read

:''He has said that the experience of living among Muslims in Indonesia showed him that “Islam can be compatible with the modern world.”''

NB - I would make this and other minor changes myself, but the article is locked. --[[User:SStaples|SStaples]] 18:49, 25 February 2009 (EST)

: The background adds nothing. Obama's promoting Islam with his statement itself, and there will be many more examples during his term.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:26, 26 February 2009 (EST)

::While I understand your desire for brevity, I respectfully disagree. I think that a reader's interpretation of the quote could be made very different given the full context, especially considering the heading under which we provide it here. And though I do see how the statement itself could be seen as a promotion of Islam, there are many things which are "compatible" with the modern world that not everyone would want to endorse - homosexuality (even if you disagree with it, there's no question that it is becoming more and more accepted by society every day), war (just look at Africa), and drug use just to name a few. One could correctly state that they are thriving in these times without endorsing them. Lastly, how does the expectation of more examples of his support for Islam have any bearing on the inclusion or exclusion of information regarding this one? --[[User:SStaples|SStaples]] 20:38, 26 February 2009 (EST)

::Conservapedia has [http://www.conservapedia.com/Out_of_context this] to say about quotes taken out of context. --[[User:SStaples|SStaples]] 09:02, 4 March 2009 (EST)

== More religion ==

The intro states that Obama "chose not to use the Bible for his real, private oath." His first oath was also real. It was cited as being legally binding. It's misleading to call the second oath "real." Also, did he choose not to use a Bible, or did he just not use one? This is an important point. Anyone care to look into this and change it if necessary? [[User:Dantès|Dantès]] 17:19, 2 March 2009 (EST)

: Perhaps you think Obama's aides wouldn't let him use the Bible for his real, private oath??? Please. Obama could have easily used a Bible ... if he wanted to.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:01, 4 March 2009 (EST)

:: You've ignored my first point, which is that the first oath was also real, valid and legally binding. It's misleading and inaccurate to distinguish the second oath as "real," when the first one was equally so. But as to my second point, it's this kind of thing that prevents Conservapedia from becoming truly encyclopedic; writers are choosing to rely on their own logical deductions instead of verifiable sources. The sentence says Obama "chose not use" a Bible. The point is you don't know he chose not to use one. Maybe Roberts said they didn't need one. Maybe Obama didn't want to use one. Maybe the only Bible available was a Klingon translation. Who knows? But this article confidently states that he "chose not to" use a Bible without anything to back up that statement. This will never be "The Trustworthy Encyclopedia" if this kind of content is permitted. [[User:Dantès|Dantès]] 11:46, 6 March 2009 (EST)

::: "Dantes", your rant is incoherent. There's no disputing that Obama "chose not to use" a Bible for his real, private oath. Note, by the way, that if the first oath was "real, valid and legally binding," then there would not have been a second oath. No kidding.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 12:44, 6 March 2009 (EST)

:::: I agree with ASchlafly, it's not as if a Bible would have been hard to find, or as if the second oath was so urgent that there was no time to find one. And why is a second oath needed if the first one was 'real, valid and legally binding'? I doubt he did it for his own amusement: "Hey guys, that was fun, let's do it again!" [[User:ETrundel|ETrundel]] 14:13, 6 March 2009 (EST)

::::: But that isn't the point. And Aschlafly, I'm sorry you couldn't understand my suggestion. But the fact that you don't like it doesn't make it a rant. I'll explain again, in simpler terms:
:::::1) Obama didn't use a bible for his second oath.
:::::2) It is possible, even likely, that he "chose not to use" a bible.
:::::3) However, there is nothing to support the view that he "chose not to." There's no extant source to back this up
:::::4) Therefore, this article is making a logical deduction
:::::5) Encyclopedias do not deduce, speculate, assume or opinionate. They state proven facts

:::::It doesn't matter if that is the only logical explanation. Without any proof, it's just speculation, regardless of how likely it is. Unless someone can supply a reputable source that says Obama chose not to use a bible, this is an assumption. That makes it biased. Saying "there's no disputing" something isn't the same as proving it.

::::: As to the "real" oath, basic research indicates it was done out of a "superabundance of caution," not because it was legally necessary. See this article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJKZrJDhy6g52PZNb7phfFmsQVow A "seeker of truth" would know this, or at least try to find out. [[User:Dantès|Dantès]] 14:52, 12 March 2009 (EDT)

== Obama is likely the first Muslim President ==
Found yet another example. Muslim helps Obama get into Harvard. ''"It was former Malcom X lawyer and New York City mayoral candidate Percy Sutton who inadvertently revealed how Obama could even afford to get into Harvard. In a New York television show entitled “Inside City Hall”, Sutton admitted that orthodox Muslim, Black Nationalist, and Black Panther mentor Dr. Khalid al-Mansour personally asked Sutton to help Obama get into Harvard."'' [http://blogs.newberlinnow.com/speaking_the_truth/default.aspx Barack Obama Couldn't Pass a Background Investigation In His Own Administration] --[[User:Jpatt|jpatt]] 23:49, 3 March 2009 (EST)
:Blogs are nice. But if you're going to use one as a source for this article, I would prefer they disclose their own sources so that those sources can be checked. Unfortunately, there was not a single link in the entire post. Maybe an actual video clip of the interview, or a coverage of the story by a news organization? --[[User:SStaples|SStaples]] 01:00, 4 March 2009 (EST)
::Dear comrad, you have the peoples names, you have the name of the show, are you mad it is not sourced further for you?-[[User:Jpatt|jpatt]] 01:13, 4 March 2009 (EST)
:::I'm not mad, though I am a little disappointed that not everyone here seems interested in pushing for greater quality. We are an internet encyclopedia, and as such are expected to provide credible outside sources for all our material. In any case, I took your advice and went looking for additional sources and found [http://mediamatters.org/items/200809080018 this coverage] as well as [http://www.cashill.com/natl_general/mansourian_candidate.htm this post]. Note that, although both of these are internet blogs, they both provide material in the form of outside links to back up their discussion; the latter even does this with a video of the interview. Yes, the first one is from Media Matters, but it contains some good follow-up. If you're really interested in presenting the truth, more information always helps, even if it means having to dig around and analyze all of it before you figure out what exactly what the truth is. I hope these prove useful. --[[User:SStaples|SStaples]] 08:23, 4 March 2009 (EST)

:::: SStaples, now that you've overcome your initial denial and confirmed the accuracy of the statement, do yourself a favor and open your own mind further. Start recognizing that over half of what you see on television and learned in school is liberal deceit.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:05, 4 March 2009 (EST)

:::::Andy, with respect, I never denied the accuracy of Jpatt's quotation. I merely wanted a better source so that both it and this article as a whole would be better supported. --[[User:SStaples|SStaples]] 08:32, 5 March 2009 (EST)

==Obama's Tax Cut Claims During the Campaign==
I would like to add this text right before the "Campaign financing" secion:
:During the campaign Obama repeatedly claimed he would “cut taxes for no less than 95% of "working families."”. The Wall Street Journal asked, “how does he conjure this miracle, especially since more than a third of all Americans already pay no income taxes at all?” <ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122385651698727257.html</ref> In truth, Obama was calling government handouts “tax credits” and counting those as tax cuts. The WSJ wondered why McCain “allowed Mr. Obama's 95% illusion to go unanswered”. [[User:Sjay|Sjay]] 19:32, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

:: Good point. I just unlocked the page for you to insert info as you think best.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:48, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

::: I added this text. Thanks. [[User:Sjay|Sjay]] 20:42, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

==Obama & Che Guevara / Fidel Castro etc==
I was surprised this page had such little about all the connections out there. Thus I have added the fact that his poster is taken to resemble Jim Fitzpatricks Che poster. Also during the campaign his workers were found with Cuban flags bearing the face of Marxist "hero" (puke) [[Che Guevara]]. I added this fact as well with a ref. thanks and Cuba Libre ! (free Cuba from Commie-nism) [[User:PaulRevere|PaulRevere]] 20:18, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

:: Can an admin possibly help me add some images to the page. I want to add [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Mo9wgzZpRk/SFLC2eJtvXI/AAAAAAAAA8I/zV0AwV3hbVM/s400/obamachehouston2__oPt.jpg This one] of Obamas campaign HQ, with a Cuban Che flag. just google it for more info. Someone also needs to add [http://ecarson.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/im000541.jpg this brilliant image] to the article, showing all of Obamas Commie pals. Story behind it [http://ecarson.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/communist-obama-display/ here]. Lastly I want to add [http://www.virtuousplanet.com/shops/userimages/00003/00000000008/section/00000000000000061879.png this image] I made to his political view section. thanks and Viva Conservatism! [[User:PaulRevere|PaulRevere]] 20:24, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

== Abandoned ==

This article is starting to look like nothing more than an abandoned campaign ad. [[User:Everett3|Everett3]] 00:05, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

:: please be more specific? [[User:PaulRevere|PaulRevere]] 00:22, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

==Page should be unlocked==
Right now it seems that registered users can't edit the article. Why is that? How do we expect to compete with the Communists at Wikipedia, if we ham string some of our best talent. Things are happening everyday, and our nation irks closer to disaster and Marxist takeover. This article should be our best one, and our most updated. Come on fellas, this is a war of ideas. [[User:PaulRevere|PaulRevere]] 00:30, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

*The reason that it is locked is comments like yours. Communists at Wikipedia? That is so over the top, it rounds the bend and meets up with the liberals wacky comments, PaulRevere. I will be happy to unlock it for you, so long as you read what it says at the bottom of the edit screen: ''"If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here."'' --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 00:42, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

:: With all due respect TK, I disagree on Wikipedia being communist infiltrated in many ways. Just read their Obama article compared to the one here. As for sources and added info, there is tons of good info at [http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2289 this article] that I wanted to add. Basically Obama should be described right off the bat as a MARXIST, no if ands or butts about it. [[User:PaulRevere|PaulRevere]] 00:47, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

:::Remember encyclopedia's do not use speculation or conjecture. While you and I might agree as to the plausibility of of many of the items in the article, the author's opinion, absent facts, is just that; the opinion of the author. I have unlocked the article. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 00:55, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

:::: Please unlock the article, many recent disasters are missing from it. Thanks & Viva America ! [[User:PaulRevere|PaulRevere]] 21:25, 11 May 2009 (EDT)

==Age template==

I mentally calculated his age wrong, which is embarrassing for a math tutor! Anyway, I added an {{tl|age}} template, so on August 4th he'll age one year. And the year after that another, and so on. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 15:50, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

: Ha ha. You're a genius, Ed!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:54, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

::Not to boast, but the [[Template:Age]] which I created over at Wikipedia is in over 50,000 articles. It's hard to find a bio there which doesn't use it. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 16:00, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

== Referring to America in 3rd person? ==
"We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there."- this is 1st person plural, surely? Sorry to nit pick, but it ''is'' on the front page after all. [[User:WillD|WillD]] 17:27, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

== Damned if you do, damned if you don't ==

On the subject of his American flag lapel pin, the "Insights" section says that he ceased wearing one because it "presumably" would have hurt his relations with anti-military campaign donors. Then he starts to wear it again, and this is explained as being "likely" to do with political pandering. It sounds as if the author is determined to view every action Obama takes in a negative light. --[[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 10:58, 27 March 2009 (EDT)

== Needed updates for Turkey speech, "no longer Christian", etc. ==

I don't have editing power for this article, but it'd be great if someone can add:

*update on Obama's "no longer a Christian nation" comments. [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67735]
*confirming that the "speech in muslim capitol in first 100 days" prediction came true (Turkey)
*any other pertinent facts from his recent speech in Turkey, especially the "Islam is not the enemy" type of content.

Lots of significant events that flesh out his perspective and stance in recent weeks...
[[User:DavidLReyes|DavidLReyes]] 17:58, 7 April 2009 (EDT)

: Go ahead, David. I just unlocked it.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:14, 7 April 2009 (EDT)

:: Interesting.... so Obama said in Turkey, and I quote, "The United States has been '''enriched by Muslim Americans'''. Many other Americans have Muslims in their family, or have lived in a Muslim-majority country. I know, because '''I am one of them'''." [[User:Pandeism|Pandeism]] 22:36, 7 April 2009 (EDT)

::::What's also interesting is where you chose to add your emphasis. Why not read it as: "The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. '''Many other Americans''' have Muslims in their family, or '''have lived in a Muslim-majority country'''. I know, because '''I am one of them'''"? --[[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 18:27, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

:::I have respect for Muslims and for Islam, but this hardly makes me non-Christian. I am a Jewish convert to Christianity. I wish we could stop branding Obama as non-Christian.

:::If we must criticize him, let's focus on describing his policies and the effects they have had or are likely to have. He is primarily a politician; he is not a religious leader. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 13:48, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

:::: Ed, you make a valid point, but many (including myself, historians, reporters and voters) would disagree. A president's religious beliefs are significant. When a president ''lies'' about those beliefs, then the significance is amplified. Do you think Obama told the truth when he campaigned as a Christian? I don't, and that raises valid questions about what the truth really is that Obama was lying about.

:::: Ed, you suggest focusing only on Obama's policies, but unfortunately policies are often not known in time to object to them. Obama quickly sent a secret letter to Russia upon becoming president, and the public had no opportunity to object. Hitler did not publicize his policies to give people an early opportunity to object.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 14:41, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

Yes he did, most of his polices were clearly laid out in Mein Kampf, which was published before he came to power --[[User:LPowell|LPowell]] 20:21, 20 April 2009 (EDT)

*That's really ludicrous. A small, hardly read tome, little noticed or read, written by a fringe paper hanger, is hardly (in any era) publicizing something. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 20:32, 20 April 2009 (EDT)

I do not think that your above description can be accurately applied to Mein Kampf. It consists of two volumes and a total of twenty seven chapters. Granted its popularity grew with its authors profile but it had already achieved 850,000 sales by 1933, the year in which Hitler rose to power. In any case Hitler can hardly be accused of trying to suppress circulation of the book, as is evidenced by the German government’s purchase and distribution of six million copies in the following nine year period.
In Mein Kampf Hitler sets out his ambitions, including the establishment of a new world order, expanding German territories in the east and exterminating the Jewish people. I must admit that I have not read Audacity of Hope, but would be extremely surprised to discover that it contained similar content. As such think it is a huge leap to try to draw parallels between the two leaders. --[[User:LPowell|LPowell]] 18:18, 22 April 2009 (EDT)

==Allegedly Born in Honolulu?==

The first sentence says he was '''allegedly''' born in Honolulu, except one of the references linking to this statement is a '''confirmation''' from state officials that he was born in Honolulu. And not to mention he's released his birth certificate. I think it is dishonest to have the word 'allegedly' here. I'm taking it out unless anyone objects. --[[User:PaulLaroque|PaulLaroque]] 08:38, 10 April 2009 (EDT)

Ok I changed it and it was instantly reverted back. It is a '''fact''' that Obama was born in Honolulu verified by many independent sources. Encyclopedias report '''facts''' not unproven allegations. I am reverting it back. --[[User:PaulLaroque|PaulLaroque]] 12:25, 10 April 2009 (EDT)

== Argument for Obama being a Muslim ==

Can we have an honest discussion about this section. There may be something to it, but a lot of the bullets are a bit absurd.

The argument that Obama is a Muslim includes:

* Obama declared in prepared remarks, "The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them."[16]

I interpret this as he '''lived''' in a Muslim country which is true. This doesn't make him Muslim.

* Obama's background, education, and outlook are Muslim, and fewer than 1% of Muslims convert to Christianity.[17][18]

This is misleading to say the least. Random statistics have no place in an encyclopedia. Does this 1% figure include all the Muslims in the middle east who do not convert to Christianity, it likely does and therefore has nothing to do with Obama who is an educated US citizen. -[[User:PaulLaroque|PaulLaroque]] 09:05, 10 April 2009 (EDT)

* Obama recently mentioned his religion as "my Muslim faith."[21]

If you watch the video, it's clearly out of context. He said "John Mccain has not talked about my Muslim faith". Meaning John Mccain had not himself accused Obama of being Muslim. If you watch a few seconds past this on the video he explains this.

* He has said that "Islam can be compatible with the modern world."[22]

Ok, it probably is "compatible with the modern world". Why is this evidence he is Muslim.

I could go on but I am getting tired of this. I'm not saying get rid of this section, but the claims should be factually correct and not be based on sweeping generalizations. Furthermore, why is this the first section in the article? Usually in an encyclopedia, the biographical content comes first. Early life and legal career and that stuff. And usually encyclopedia articles not the place for pushing your particular beliefs or rumor about somebody. I welcome any comments. --[[User:PaulLaroque|PaulLaroque]] 09:05, 10 April 2009 (EDT)

: Paul, you have free will to reject that 2+2=4 too. I'm not going to spend my morning trying to convince you. [[Obama]] lied when he campaigned as a Christian. It may be years before you admit that to yourself, or you may never admit it, or you may admit it but actually like the [[deceit]]. Suit yourself, but the evidence is overwhelming.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 09:36, 10 April 2009 (EDT)

Since you never addressed my concern about the ordering of the article I'll assume your in agreement. Biographical information first and then other issues. By the way, perhaps Obama lied about being a Christian, but if he did, its much more likely he's an Atheist than a Muslim. -[[User:PaulLaroque|PaulLaroque]] 09:54, 10 April 2009 (EDT)

: You assume wrong. Don't think that you're going to downplay the truth by burying it later in an entry.

: As to your theory, it just doesn't fit the evidence. Atheists having Obama's upbringing are virtually non-existent, and atheists' intellectual style is very different from Obama's. Feel free to start a different entry developing your theory, because it will become apparent quickly how implausible it is.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 10:11, 10 April 2009 (EDT)

It's not a truth, it's your theory that he is a Muslim, just as it is my theory that he is an Atheist. Obama says he is Christian, and who is to say otherwise? A person's faith is entirely a personal thing, you can never say for certain what he believes in, you have to go with what he has said in public, namely that he is Christian. Whether he might secretly be Muslim or Atheist is inconsequential, they are both theories, and neither theory belongs in an encyclopedia (which is fact based), end of story. --[[User:PaulLaroque|PaulLaroque]] 12:31, 10 April 2009 (EDT)

::And your claim that "Atheists having Obama's upbringing are virtually non-existent" is another sweeping generalization. Please tell me how that proves that he is a Muslim (or not an Atheist), because it's completely absurd

: By the way, Obama's father was an Atheist. I suspect that most people retain the religion (or lack thereof) of their parents. But either way, I'm not trying to make the case that he's an Atheist (or that he's not a Muslim). My point is that he says he's a Christian so anything else is just a theory which has no place in an encyclopedia article (unless this is not really an encyclopedia, but just a forum for pushing your conservative ideology). --[[User:PaulLaroque|PaulLaroque]] 12:40, 10 April 2009 (EDT)

== Dog ==

Do we want to add anything about the Obamas' new dog (Portugese water dog)? --[[User:RobertT|RobertT]] 11:19, 12 April 2009 (EDT)

== Reversion of [[User:Clintville]] ==

I believe these have been discussed on this talk page before, and settled after input from [[User:Aschlafly]]. In particular, I think it has been exposed that Snopes has been bit gullible in the past when it comes to liberal deceit. As far as the other two items go, though they are not convincing in a vacuum, we must consider them in context of all the other evidence. See the two or three talk page sections above this one, or the talk archives, for more discussion on this. [[User:BHarlan|BHarlan]] 01:10, 22 April 2009 (EDT)

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== Kenya is not a muslim country. ==

According to the CIA World Fact Book, Kenya is 78% Christian.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html
So I have deleted the claim that Kenya is a predominantly muslim country. [[User:DanielVaccle|DanielVaccle]] 09:52, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

== Middle Name in title ==

I noticed that Hussein is in the title for this article (Barack Hussein Obama). This is not done for any president who doesn't regularly use his middle name (Obama doesn't use Hussein anywhere). Can we either a)take Hussein out of the title of b)add the middle name of every US president. while his middle name i on of the many proofs he is a Muslim, that goes in the article, not in the title.

:That's the name he was sworn in under. He's not ashamed of his middle name, why are you? Fair and balanced is a news organization motto, adding a middle name to each President is not a requirement here. Though nobody is stopping you from additions.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:19, 10 May 2009 (EDT)

::Every other president was sworn in using his middle name and it isn't in there title. I'm not ashamed of his middle name, that is an unfair statement portaying me as a liberal. I will take you up on that challange and add middle names to every president, because we can't single Obama out in the title, it is in the article we go for the kill.

::I take that back, it seems as editing the title of an article is harder than it seems. Can anyone help me. {{Unsigned|Backstop}}

:::No other President has gone to such lengths to obscure/hide their background and connections, either. That is why the middle name is used. If you try making the kind of changes you are talking about, we will simply wish you Godspeed, and say goodbye, so I don't suggest it. Also, use the signature button above, when editing, on all posts, please. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 20:12, 12 May 2009 (EDT)

:::: Obama uses his full name. Why does that bother you?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 20:12, 12 May 2009 (EDT)

First off, i do believe Obama is a Muslim, based partly on the middle name, but mostly on other proofs. However, there is a time and place for proofs, and the title isn't one of tem, I'm just asking about a minor inconsistency in the titles of articles (the Presidents), why it is there and what is planned to be done about it. i am in no way offended by hiss middle name, that is an unfair comment portraying me as a liberal.

TK, we have had presidents smuggle illegal goods out of Italy (Jefferson, who also was reported to have had an affair with his slave that produced a cild), we've had a president who was never married and lived with a male roommate (Buchanan), while Obama ranks right up there, the middle name has nothing to do with it. I respectfuly ask TK to make that connection please.

Also, I saw TK told me I was a "sock". not quite hip with the lingo, can you explain what that means.--[[User:Backstop|Backstop]] 18:24, 13 May 2009 (EDT)

*Aschlafly asked you above: "Obama uses his full name. Why does that bother you?" Now, it is apparent you are not here to help, but rather to pursue your own agenda. We are not striving here for NPOV, but rather the facts. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 18:40, 13 May 2009 (EDT)

== Arguments for Obama being a Muslim ==

While there is enough proof to convince me Obama is a Muslim in the article, but some of these proofs are untrue or misused:

'''Obama declared in prepared remarks, "The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.'''

''Obama is saying that he is a person who has had "Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country" such as his father and Indonesia. not that he is one of those Muslims. That is my interpetation of this statement.''

'''He has said that "Islam can be compatible with the modern world."'''

''I think that lots of things can be compatible with the modern world (like my Mac!) but does that make me a follower of the Mac necesarily?''

'''Obama said the Muslim call to prayer is "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset," and recited "with a first-class Arabic accent" the opening lines: Allah is Supreme! ... I witness that there is no god but Allah ....'''

''I think that many Christian prayers are beautiful, and I'm Jewish!''

'''On the campaign trail, Obama was reading "The Post-American World" by Fareed Zakaria,[32] which is written from a Muslim point-of-view.[33]'''

''Fareed Zakaria is my favorite author and journalist. I've read his book many times and I'm still not Muslim''

'''Obama enjoyed a bigger increase in voter support in 2008 (compared to 2004) by Muslims than by any other voting group, including blacks;[38] "Muslim turnout in the U.S. elections reached 95 percent, the highest Muslim turnout in U.S. history."[39]'''

''Similar things happened for Obama with Hispanics, and I think we all agree Obama is not Hispanic. Maybe Muslims were excited to finaly have a president with a Muslim backround after 8 years of Bush, who they didn't like at all.''

== Encyclopedic Setup? ==
I was wondering if it would be ok to try to re-format this on my talk page to include all the same information in a more encyclopedic manner, because...this article isnt very good right now (no offense intended to the writers) [[User:DerekSmalls|DerekSmalls]] 21:42, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

*Create a page: User:DerekSmalls/Obama draft and that would be fine. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 23:12, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

:Derek, forget-about-it if you think you're going to dilute the entry with Wikipedia-style [[placement bias]].--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 23:22, 21 May 2009 (EDT)
::ok, I'll Try. Before I start, if i make such an article and you deem it full of placement bias, will I suffer negative side affects? Because I would rather avoid nefativityt period. If that makes any sense[[User:DerekSmalls|DerekSmalls]] 18:50, 25 May 2009 (EDT)

::: "effects", not "affects". We are logical here. If your proposed substitute is separate from the entry and does not vandalize it, and is not vulgar or otherwise obviously inappropriate, then there will be no negative side effects. So feel free to make encyclopedic suggestions.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:48, 25 May 2009 (EDT)

== Suggest we delete Muslim accusation ==

I suggest we delete the section claiming President Obgama to be a muslim as this has already been proven to be false. {{unsigned|Michaelkirschner}}
:"Likely" doesn't suggest positively a Muslim. I am interested in your proof that has yet to be released to the public. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 17:54, 26 May 2009 (EDT)

==Michelle was Obama's second marriage?==
Photo of Barack from 1980 at Occidental College with a wedding ring. [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-me-oxyobama27-2009may27,0,4992416.photogallery?index=3]--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 15:22, 28 May 2009 (EDT)

:: Seconded. Either add it here, and/or to Michelle Obama's page. [[User:MikeMike|MikeMike]]

:::Obama's ring as pictured above shows something wider in the center than a normal wedding band, which means he's just got a ring on that he liked at the time. It's a good pic from his college days, but not evidence he was married in 1980. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 20:54, 28 May 2009 (EDT)

== Two proposals ==

1) I think the contents needs to be raised up the page. Intro paragraphs, contents, muslim section, etc.

2) This article does not mention Obama's snooty mustard gaffe. I suggest the following paragraph be added to the end of the section "Obama and Elitism":
<blockquote>

Obama clearly exhibited his elitism on his May 5, 2009 limousine trip to Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, VA.<re.f>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAvq12Sa3VE</ref> Intended to showcase a connection to the ways of common Americans, Obama instead struggled to compose his order, finally settling on a cheeseburger with fancy Grey Poupon french mustard. This combination is rare among those who frequent burger joints in the United States, demonstrating Obama's lack of familiarity with U. S. culture and lack of American upbringing. Naturally, the liberal media abetted Obama by covering this up during their doting coverage <r.ef>http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/05/msnbc-hides-obamas-dijon-mustard.html</ref>, in which he purchased burgers for liberal reporters.<r.ef>http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/05/05/barack-and-joe-go-to-white-castle-%E2%80%A6-i-mean-ray%E2%80%99s-hell-burger/</ref>
</blockquote>

(I broke the ref tags so it would be easier to copy and paste) [[User:MikeMike|MikeMike]] 21:20, 28 May 2009 (EDT)

Spanish Civil War

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[[Image:Fin de la guerra.jpg|right|thumb|April 1, 1939, General Franco officially ended the war]]
The '''Spanish Civil War''' was a conflict within [[Spain]], from 1936 to 1939, between the Republican forces, a [[left-wing]] coalition including [[Communists]], [[Socialists]] and [[Anarchists]], and the Nationalist forces under [[Francisco Franco|General Francisco Franco]] comprising [[Monarchy|Monarchists]], traditionalists, [[fascism|Fascists]] and [[Roman Catholics|Catholics]] who opposed the Republicans.

The Nationalists were eventually victorious after a number of bloody battles and executed over a hundred thousand of their opponents shortly afterwards.

==International participation==
At the time, the [[League of Nations]] barred international participation in the war and set up a Non-Intervention council. Britain and France were among the leading nations proposing non-intervention as a strategy to prevent the ideological conflict in Spain from engulfing all of Europe.

France, however, had sent some materiel to the Spanish Republicans during the early weeks of the war due to their sympathetic government. This discovery had led Franco to pursue contacts with fascist [[Italy]] and Nazi [[Germany]]. Both of these countries provided massive amounts of aid in weapons and soldiers, most of which was free or provided on credit. Highly notable was Germany's Condor Legion, made up of [[Luftwaffe]] units who played an important role in the war and participated in the famous bombing of Guernica. For the Axis Spain served as a testing ground for the weapons and strategies which they would use during [[World War II]].

The Republicans, no longer able to seek help from France or Britain, went to the [[Soviet Union]] for assistance. The Soviet Union was wary of entering the war outright as it did not wish to come into conflict with the Axis powers. The Soviet Union did sell weapons and foodstuff to the Republican government, but did so at the cost of most of Spain's gold reserves. In addition, instead of providing troops from the Red Army (as Germany and Italy had done from their armies), the USSR sent orders to local Communist parties to organize groups of volunteers to go to fight with the Republicans in Spain, the [[International Brigades]]. Individuals from across Europe (including exiles from Germany and Italy) as well as North America joined, primarily due to an ideological opposition to fascism. Many famous figures fought in the Brigades, including [[George Orwell]], and [[Laurie Lee]]. In addition to the Brigades, some Soviet military men did go to Spain. These were, however, mostly pilots and tank drivers who accompanied these vehicles as the Republican army did not have men who were experienced with Soviet equipment.
Non-state "volunteers" from many nations, including North American (the so-called [[International Brigades]]), joined the fighting on both sides, including [[George Orwell]] and [[Laurie Lee]] and military contingents sent by [[Soviet Union]] fought with the Republicans, while [[Germany]] and [[Italy]] provided forces on the Nationalist side.

== Franco's dictatorship ==
''General Franco's victory marked the beginning of a forty-year dictatorship in Spain (1939-1975). In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Hitler sought Franco's support for his own military campaign, but Spain was in no position to provide either financial or human aid. Although the Spanish Civil War had been a training field for the
battles to be waged in the Second World War.''<ref> [http://www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/history/civilwar.asp Spanish Civil War]</ref>

[[Image:German plane.jpg|thumb|right|German plane]]

== Atrocities ==

Atrocities were committed on both sides during the war. At the beginning, over 50,000 people who were caught on the "wrong" side of the lines were assassinated or summarily executed. The whole town of [[Guernica]] was bombed by German and Italian planes on April 26, 1937, resulted in widespread destruction and civilian death; the attacks destroyed the majority of Guernica. It also led to the creation of the phrase, "[[weapons of mass destruction]]". The Battle of the Ebro (1938) ended with a Republican defeat and 70,000 casualties.

On the Republican side, radical factions were responsible for many attacks on Churches, clergy, and members of religious orders.

== Spanish War children ==

Spanish War children were evacuated to Britain, Belgium, the Soviet Union, Portugal, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and other European countries. Many of them never came back. Others came back to "advise" [[Fidel Castro]] in Cuba.

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== See also ==

*[[Morris Cohen]]
*[[Emma Goldman]]
*[[Ilya Ehrenburg]]
*[[Jack Fahy]]
*[[Zalmond Franklin]]
*[[Samuel Krafsur]]
*[[Carl Marzani]]
*[[Jenny Levy Miller]]
*[[Robert Talbott Miller III]]
*[[Pablo Neruda]]
*[[Kim Philby]]
*[[Pablo Picasso]]
*[[Alexander Orlov]]
*[[Republicans in Spain]]
*[[Blitzkrieg]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/history/pdf/chr_vol1.pdf Columbia Historical Review ''Dutch Involvement in the Spanish Civil War'']

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[[Category:Spanish History]]

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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'''Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers''' is a professional organization for [[electrical]] and [[electronic]] [[engineer]]s.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.ieee.org IEEE]

[[category:organizations]]

David Souter

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The Honorable '''David H. Souter''' is an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. On May 1, 2009, he sent his official notice of resignation to President [[Barack Hussein Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Scribd|url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/14839021/Souters-Letter|format=html/pdf|language=English|date=May 1 2009|accessdate=May 2 2009|author=Justice David Souter|work=The Supreme Court of the United States|title=Souter's Letter}}</ref> He has reportedly wanted to resign since the 2000 election, but apparently delayed his retirement.<ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-souter-cases2-2009may02,0,5579976.story</ref>

Souter was nominated for the [[Supreme Court]] in 1990 by President [[George H. W. Bush]] to succeed retiring Associate Justice [[William Brennan|William J. Brennan]], often known as one of the Court's two most liberal members (the other being Associate Justice [[Thurgood Marshall]], who would retire the following year). Thus, this vacancy represented a chance for the President Bush to shift the Court to the right, as his predecessor, [[Ronald Reagan]], had tried to do. In nominating Souter, Bush had adopted what has come to be known as the "stealth strategy." Souter had a very small "paper trail," thus making him difficult to label as a conservative or a liberal. Some [[conservatives]] advising President Bush failed to realize that a stealth candidate may not withstand the intense pressure of the [[liberal]] media after confirmation, a mistake that may have been repeated in the ill-fated nomination of [[Harriet Miers]] about 15 years later.

Bush had received assurances that Souter would be a conservative from his Chief of Staff, [[John Sununu]], who had appointed Souter to the [[New Hampshire]] Supreme Court years earlier. Thus, Bush hoped to disarm liberal Senators who might oppose an obviously [[conservative]] nominee, as they had done just three years earlier with [[Robert Bork]]. But almost immediately it was apparent to some [[conservatives]] that Souter was not pro-life, as he had served as a director on a hospital that performed [[abortions]]. [[Liberals]] seemed to know that they had won. Even though he was grilled to define his view on abortion, Souter didn't take the bait and he was confirmed by a vote of 90-9 by the [[U.S. Senate]], with several [[conservatives]] voting against him.

Souter went on to align himself firmly with the more liberal bloc on the Court, leading to [[conservative]] anger at President Bush for this calculated blunder. Souter's style is noticeably non-legal, as when he opened one opinion with an unusually non-legal description of "[[mens rea]]":<ref>''Clark v. Arizona'', 126 S. Ct. 2709, 2716 (2006) (emphasis added).</ref>

:whether Arizona violates due process in restricting consideration of defense evidence of mental illness and incapacity to its bearing on a claim of insanity, thus eliminating its significance directly on the issue of '''the mental element of the crime charged (known in legal shorthand as the mens rea, or guilty mind)'''

== Timeline of Souter's shift from [[conservative]] to [[liberal]] ==

October 1990: Newly confirmed, David Souter joins the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] as an Associate Justice. The term runs from October to June, as most controversial decisions are issued near the end of the term, in May and June.

May 16, 1991: Linda Greenhouse writes in the [[New York Times]] that "Lawyers who watch the Court closely have taken to referring to Justice Souter's chambers as a black hole, from which nothing emerges." In the same column, she emphasizes that "Probably the most closely watched [pending decision] is ''[[Rust v. Sullivan]]'', a free-speech challenge to the Federal policy that prohibits federally financed family planning clinics from providing information about abortion."

May 23: The Court announces ''[[Rust v. Sullivan]]'', in which Souter joined the conservative majority. Liberals are outraged.

May 24: On ABC World News Tonight, Tim O'Brien stated that "Since joining the Supreme Court last October, David Souter has written only one decision for a unanimous court in an easy case. That was last February and he hasn't written a single word since; no concurring opinions, no dissents and he hasn't completed any other decisions assigned to him. On average each of his colleagues has written seven decisions. O'Connor's written a dozen, Rehnquist ten. People are noticing. Newsweek observed Souter is 'slow off the mark' and that clerks of the Court blame the Justice's anemic output for a gridlock in the Court's work. No freshman justice in the last 20 years has been so slow. At this point in his first term, Justice Scalia had written nine majority opinions and seven dissents; Justice Kennedy, also nine majority opinions and two dissents; O’Connor seven majority opinions and three dissents. As the [[New York Times]] observes, Souter's chambers are known around the Court as 'a black hole from which nothing emerges'; it may force a frantic finish if the Court is to end its term next month as planned. At the Justices' ultraprivate conferences, Souter is said to be eminently prepared to discuss the cases, but not to decide them. And Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] reportedly stopped assigning Souter opinions last month because he was so far behind. ...”

May 26: The Boston Globe, the leading paper from Souter's area, lambasted him in a scathing article. "'There is far less basis now than there was at the time of his confirmation hearings to think that he is likely to play an important centrist role,' said Laurence H. Tribe, a [[liberal professor]] at Harvard Law School who had argued the case for the family planning clinics in the high court. ... [M]ost court watchers are struck less by what Souter has done than by what he has not done - write. Apart from one unanimous opinion he wrote in mid-February, the court has not published a word by Souter in majority, concurrence or dissent. The average number of majority opinions among the other justices is more than six. By this time in his first term, 1986-87, Scalia had published six opinions and five dissents. It is true that Scalia came to the high court from a federal bench and was therefore more familiar with many of the statutes and issues facing the justices than was Souter, who arrived from the New Hampshire Supreme Court. It is also true that Scalia is an unusually loquacious individual. But a fairer comparison, with O'Connor, who joined the court in 1981 from an Arizona state appeals court, shows Souter lacking still. By this time in her tenure, O'Connor had written seven opinions, three dissents and five concurrences. … [T]here is no denying that Souter has found adjustment to work at the Supreme Court harder than others.”

June 3: The Boston Globe announces, "Justice David H. Souter, whose votes on the Supreme Court have angered liberals, has chosen as a law clerk a Bostonian who works for Professor Laurence H. Tribe of the Harvard Law School, a noted liberal jurist. Peter J. Rubin, 28, who will begin his one-year clerkship in July, worked closely with Tribe last year in writing a book that defended the 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling declaring abortion a constitutional right. In addition, Rubin's name appears with Tribe’s on one of his briefs to the high court in the recent widely publicized case of Rust vs. Sullivan, in which the court approved of a government policy banning personnel in federally subsidized family planning clinics from discussing abortion. Tribe had argued against the policy for the clinics, and Souter provided the crucial fifth vote on the court against Tribe’s case."

June 10: Tony Mauro, a leading syndicated legal analyst, wrote that "Even as analysts begin picking apart his voting record to analyze what Souter has done, he is also under attack for what he hasn't done: write. Souter is undeniably slow at the business of opinion-writing. With only three opinions to show for his labor thus far, it appears that he has produced less than any other freshman justice in the last 20 years. By this point in their freshman terms, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy had all written opinions and dissents numbering in the two digits. Souter hasn't yet penned a dissent, and the majority opinions he has written have been in low-profile, low-controversy cases. Whispers of his inability to decide and his perfectionist approach to writing circulate at the court. Indeed, decisions written by others -- including the abortion-counseling case Rust v. Sullivan, No. 89-1391 -- are scrutinized for signs of late additions made to push Souter off the fence. 'A black hole, from which nothing emerges,' is the artful phrase Linda Greenhouse of The New York Times used to describe Souter’s chambers. 'Slow off the mark,' said a Newsweek gossip item that quotes anonymous clerk's as blaming Souter for the court's slow pace."

June 29, 1992: Souter provides the pivotal fifth vote for abortion in [[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]. This decision has been used to invalidate numerous state laws concerning abortion ever since.

Justice Souter's delays in issuing decisions continued. Justice Souter's unremarkable and uncontroversial opinion on a relatively simple issue of the insanity defense detained the court until June 29, 2006, when the court would otherwise prefer already to be on its summer break, in ''Clark v. Arizona'', 126 S. Ct. 2709 (2006).

Yet after Justice Souter switched to the liberal side in 1992, as described above, no (liberal) newspaper referred again to him as a "black hole." Then, after he announced his retirement in spring 2009, liberal journalists switched back to disrespectful criticism again.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/us/08court.html?_r=1&emc=eta1</ref>

== References ==

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Roll On Roll Off

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[[Image:Roro.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A Ro/Ro vessel]]
'''Roll On Roll Off''' (often called '''Ro-Ro''', '''RoRo''' or '''Ro/Ro''') refers to a method of ocean [[cargo]] service using a vessel with ramps which allows wheeled vehicles to be loaded and discharged without cranes.<ref>U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration: Glossary (pdf) [http://marad.dot.gov/documents/Glossary_final.pdf] </ref>

==References==
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Pioneer 10

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Launched aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket from [[Cape Kennedy]] on March 2, 1972, '''Pioneer 10''' was Earth's first space probe with a mission to explore an outer planet. There were many "firsts" associated with the flight of Pioneer 10. It was the first space probe to pass through the [[Asteroid Belt]]; the first spacecraft to fly past [[Jupiter]];<ref>http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/GAL100/pioneer.html</ref> and the first man-made object to pass the orbit of [[Pluto]] and leave the solar system. It was also the farthest man-made object from Earth until February 1998, when that record was surpassed by the [[Voyager I]] probe.<ref>http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/history/pioneer.html</ref>

== Pioneer 10 Instruments ==

<LI>Helium Vector Magnetometer
<LI>Plasma Analyzer
<LI>Charged Particle Instrument
<LI>Cosmic Ray Telescope
<LI>Geiger Tube Telescope
<LI>Trapped Radiation Detector
<LI>Meteoroid Detector
<LI>Asteroid-Meteoroid Experiment
<LI>Ultraviolet Photometer
<LI>Imaging Photopolarimeter
<LI>Infrared Radiometer 
<ref>http://www.solarviews.com/eng/pn10-11.htm</ref>
 

== Mission Conclusion ==

The Pioneer 10 spacecraft traveled for more than 30 years before receiving its last detectable signal on Jan. 22, 2003. At last contact, Pioneer 10 was 7.6 billion miles from Earth, or 82 times the distance between the [[Sun]] and the [[Earth]]. At that distance, it takes more than 11 hours and 20 minutes for the radio signal, traveling at the [[speed of light]], to reach the Earth.<ref>http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2003/03_25HQ.html</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Space Exploration]]

Sessile Colony

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The term '''sessile''' refers to growth without stalks. A '''sessile [[colony]]''' in sponges are buds that push out from the original sponge and eventually create full colonies from this budding process. In general, though some sea creatures that form sessile colonies do have mobile stages in the reproduction cycle, the colony itself is permanent.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia
Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>

==References==

<references/>

[[Category:Biology]]

Atlanta Hawks

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The '''Atlanta Hawks''' are a [[NBA|National Basketball Association]] team based in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]].

==Retired Numbers==
*<nowiki>#9</nowiki> [[Bob Petit]]
*<nowiki>#21</nowiki> [[Dominique Wilkins]]
*<nowiki>#23</nowiki> [[Lou Hudson]]

==Roster==
===Guards===
*10 [[Mike Bibby]]
*12 Speedy Claxton
*3 Thomas Gardner
*2 [[Joe Johnson]]
*4 Acie Law
*22 Ronald Murray
*6 Mario West

===Forwards===
*1 Maurice Evans
*15 [[Al Horford]]
*50 Othello Hunter
*44 Solomon Jones
*5 [[Josh Smith]]
*24 Marvin Williams

===Centers===
*33 Randolph Morris
*27 Zaza Pachulia

==External Links==
*http://www.nba.com/hawks/ Official Website
*http://www.nba.com/hawks/publications/Publications.html 2007-08 Atlanta Hawks media guide

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YouTube

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'''YouTube''' is a popular [[Internet]] site that allows users to share videos. The "YouTube Generation" was named ''[[Time magazine|Time]]'' magazine's ''[[Person of the Year]]'' for 2006.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html</ref>
In October 2006, Youtube was purchased by [[Google]] Inc.
Controversy arose after people such as [[Michelle Malkin]] claimed that it censored [[conservative]] content, <ref>http://michellemalkin.com/2006/10/04/banned-on-youtube-3/</ref>. This led the creation of [[QubeTV]], similar to the creation of Conservapedia by people who believed [[Wikipedia]] to be [[liberal]], and the Christian alternative, [[GodTube]], which has now re-named itself<ref>[http://mashable.com/2009/03/10/tangle/ GodTube is Born Again as MySpace-Like Tangle] Mashable</ref> "[http://www.tangle.com/ Tangle]".

On July 23, 2007, YouTube hosted an interactive debate between the [[Democratic]] candidates in the [[2008 Presidential Election]], in which YouTube users submitted videos of themselves asking questions. A similar debate involving the [[Republican]] candidates occurred on November 28. This led to controversy, as they used a question submitted by [[Keith Kerr]], who has ties to [[Hillary Clinton]]'s campaign.<ref>http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23698</ref>

On August 6, 2007, a group of music publishing companies announced a [[lawsuit]] against YouTube for its hosting of [[copyright]]ed content without providing proper compensation to the copyright holders when the videos containing the content were viewed.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070806/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_music_publishers;_ylt=AmjdpxJDZVebD_Qp.hhWImKs0NUE</ref>

Much of Youtube is vehemently anti-conservative. Over 60% of Christian videos with more than 5,000 views are rated at 2.5 stars or lower. Liberal videos, however, while often being much more poorly made, are usually rated at least 4 stars. Christian comments on most videos frequently attract insults by atheists. <ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52405</ref> In order to combat this vicious slander, Conservapedia has started [http://www.youtube.com/user/conservapediavideos its own YouTube channel].

Youtube may be opperating at a loss of nearly half a billion dollars a year. <ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2216162/</ref> Suggesting that it may be a loss leader for parent company [google] or perhaps an investment in changing the landscape of information flow in the public. Attempts to reduce the costs and increase profitable content have been met with hostility.

In May 2009, a group of liberal prankster vandals have gamed YouTube with a "Porn Day" campaign. They have managed to upload thousands of explicit videos which now shows up in search results and picture thumbs. It could take a couple of days for all porn to be removed from the search results, said parent company Google. <ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10245847-83.html?tag=newsFeaturedBlogArea.0 YouTube battling 'Porn Day' campaign] CNet News, May 20, 2009</ref>

== See Also ==
* [[2008 YouTube presidential debates]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Websites]]

USS Adjutant (AM-351)

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Minesweeper '''Adjutant (AM-351)''' was laid down on 30 August 1943 at the Willamette Iron and Steel Corp.; named Adjutant on 11 April 1944; and launched on 17 June 1944. However, changes in wartime ship construction priorities and the end of hostilities with [[Japan]] caused the [[Navy]] to cancel the contract for her construction on 1 November 1945. Her hull was sold for scrap in 1946.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a2/accelerate.htm]</ref>

==References==
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Boers

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The '''Boers''' are an [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people whose ancestors are mainly [[Dutch]], Huguenots and [[German]] [[Reformed Churches|Reformed]] [[Protestants]]. Boers are also commonly called "Boervolk", "Afrikaner-Boers", "Boere-Afrikaners" or sometimes merely "Covenant Afrikaners". They should not be confused with the larger Afrikaans-speaking ethnic group in South Africa, commonly called the [[Afrikaner]]s. The Boers number approximately 400,000 people today.

== History ==
=== The Great Trek ===

The origin of the Boer people can be seen as the [[Great Trek of the Boers|Great Trek]] (1835-1845), it was the northern migration of 12,000–14,000 Boer settlers from Cape Colony in South Africa when the British arrived and took control of the government. They sought freedom and [[self-determination]] in their own homeland. The leaders of the "Trek" was Andries Pretorius, Piet Retief, Piet Uys, Hendrik Potgieter and Gerrit Maritz. The Boers migrated northward into what became known as the [[Orange Free State]] and later into the Transvaal ([[South African Republic]]). Although the Boers found no indigenous people at the time of settlement in these areas, Retief chose to settle in Natal, where he came into conflict with the [[Zulus]]. After various battles in Natal in 1838, help from the other [[Voorttrekker]] leaders arrived in December. Some 438 Trekkers made a [[Covenant]] with God, that they would give the glory of the victory to Him. Charl Cilliers was the author of the Covenant. On 16 December 1838, the Trekkers defeated nearly 12,000 Zulus during the [[Battle of Blood River]]. Various Boer Republics were founded after the "Trek": in 1838, the Republic of Natalia was founded, but it was short-lived, it ceased to exist in 1843. The South African Republic and the Orange Free State gained independence from [[Great Britain]] in 1852 and 1854, respectively.<ref>
http://www.groottrek.za.cx/</ref>

=== The Anglo-Boer Wars ===
Two Anglo-Boer wars were fought during the latter part of the 18th century, both the result of British [[Imperialism]]. The first was won by the South African Republic in 1881, the second, spanning from 1899 to 1902, was eventually won by the [[British]]. On May 31, 1902, both the South African Republic and the Orange Free State conceded their independence to Great Britain. Over 27,000 Boer woman and children died in British concentration camps during the war.<ref>http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/</ref>

=== The Maritz Rebellion ===
After the Union of South Africa was formed by the British colonies of the Cape, Natal, Orange Free State and Transvaal in 1910, a few thousand Boers participated in a rebellion, under leadership of Manie Maritz, against the government in 1914, after the government declared war against Germany. The aim of the Rebellion was to found a new Boer Republic. The rebels were suppressed by the government forces, however, and many received jail sentences.<ref>http://www.123exp-history.com/t/03764450045/</ref>

=== 20th Century ===
After the formation of the Union, there was a deliberate attempt to assimilate the Boers with the Cape-based Afrikaners. Although this had some success in the 20th century, recently it became increasingly clear that the Boers and Afrikaners have remained distinct cultural groups. Many Boers were represented in the National Party that ruled the country from 1924 to 1934 and again from 1948 to 1994. It was the influence of Boer Nationalism that led to the formation of the independent Republic of [[South Africa]] on May 31, 1961 under leadership of Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd. In the late 1980s, most Boers left the National Party and joined the [[Conservative Party of South Africa]] and some already joined the [[Re-constituted National Party]] some 15-20 years earlier.<ref>http://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/flags/za}kp.html</ref> In the 1992 referendum, virtually all Boers voted against the transformation of South Africa into a multiracial state.

== The Boers today ==
=== Politics ===

Some organizations were created in the early 21st century to promote Boer Nationalism and strive towards achieving independence along religious lines, since Boers believe that they are completely dependent on the will of God for their existence and seek to glorify Him, should they receive self-determination. Here is a list of some of the groups promoting the ideals on the Boer people:

* [[Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB)]]
* [[Boere-Afrikaner Freedom Inisiative]]
* [[Boer state Party]]
* [[Boerevolk Vryheidstigting]]
* [[Federation for Afrikaner simbols]]
* [[Federation of Covenant Comitees]]
* [[Freedom Front Plus]]
* [[Orde-Boerevolk]]
* [[Praag]]
* [[Re-constituted National Party]]
* [[Sekretariaat vir Volksbou]]
* [[Transvaal Agricultural Union]]

=== Education ===
The [[BCVO]] ('Movement for Christian-National Education') is a federation of 47 Calvinist private schools, primarily located in the Free State and the Transvaal, committed to educating Boer children from grade 0 through to 12.<ref>www.bcvo.co.za</ref>

=== Media ===
Some local Radio stations promote the ideals of the Boere-Afrikaner people, like [[Radio Rosestad]] (in Bloemfontein) and [[Radio Pretoria]].

=== Territories ===
Two territorial areas are being developed as settlement exclusively for Boere-Afrikaners, [[Orania]] in the Northern Cape and [[Kleinfontein]] near [[Pretoria]].

== Characteristics ==
=== Nationalism ===
''See also: [[Boer Nationalism]]''

[[Nationalism]] is one of the main distinctions of the Boers. The Boers originated from a northward migration in the 19th century, in order to escape British Imperialism, and since then they have had a continuous struggle for self-determination in their own homeland. Boer nationalism also supports a [[Republican]] form of government and strongly oppose [[Communism]] in favour of [[Capitalism]].<ref>http://www.boerevolk.com/boerevolk/index.htm</ref> Boers still celebrate the Covenant made at Blood River on December 16th, 1838, annually. This is often regarded as their biggest distinction as a separate culture group.

=== Calvinism ===
''See also: [[Boer Calvinism]]''

The Boers are mainly descended from Dutch, German and French [[Calvinists]], who left Europe between the late 17th and early 19th centuries. The Boers had a distinct Calvinist influence throughout their history, however it has varied from time to time. During the second half of the century, the [[Dutch Reformed (Hervormde) Church]] was the state church of the Transvaal and Calvinism was also the national religion of the Orange Free State. Note the "Orange" in Orange Free State: it is named after the Protestant [[House of Orange]] in the Netherlands. Most Boers today are members of [[Reformed Churches]] and they represent approximately 80% of the members of the [[Afrikaans Protestant Church]]. Boer Nationalists also often stress the importance of Calvinism in Boer culture.<ref>http://www.kletskerk.co.za/viewtopic.php?p=78085#78085</ref> In recent times, however, many Boers joined the [[Christian Identity]] movement. A very small number is also members of [[Baptist]] and [[Pentecostal]] Churches.

Unlike most [[Afrikaner]]s, Boers use the 1953-translation of the Afrikaans [[Bible]].

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Liverpool

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[[Image:Port_of_Liverpool_building.jpg|thumb|300px|Port of Liverpool building - One of the "three Graces"]]
'''Liverpool''' is a city in north-west [[England]]. It was a minor port town of [[Lancashire]] awarded a borough charter by King [[John]] in 1208, but in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Liverpool developed into a major global city. This prominence was based largely on trade, including [[tobacco]], [[sugar]] and a major involvement in the [[Slave Trade]]. Although the slave trade was abolished in the [[British Empire]] in 1806, Liverpool continued to flourish as an industrial, trade and financial industries centre. Liverpool has the largest number of listed buildings outside of [[London]],and more notable Georgian buildings than [[Bath]]. The Liverpool waterfront is a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] and contains three important buildings known as the "three Graces" - the'' Royal Liver'' building, the ''Cunard'' building and the ''Port of Liverpool'' building.

Liverpool is noted for its two cathedrals, [[Anglican]] and [[Roman Catholic]]. The former, a traditional design from the early 1900s, is built from local sandstone. The Catholic cathedral built in a modern style during the 1970s is affectionately known as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel - a pun on the pioneering Mersey Tunnel constructed under the river between Liverpool and [[Birkenhead]].

Liverpool also has two famous [[football]] teams, [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] ("the Toffees") and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] ("the Reds"), which play in blue and red respectively.

Liverpool is the European Capital Of Culture for 2008.

The city currently has a population of approximately 450,000, known as Liverpudlians (and nicknamed 'Scousers' after a local dish), with the wider [[Merseyside]] region having a population of 1.5 million. The city itself contains suburbs such as Aigburth, West Derby, [[Aintree]] and [[Knotty Ash]]. The popular culture and of Liverpool has been portrayed by the author and dramatist Carla Lane in a number of highly-regarded television dramas including "The Liver Birds" and "Bread". Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale are noted playwrights from Liverpool. Bleasdale effectively portrayed the misery and deprivation of 1980s Liverpool in dramas such as ''The Black Stuff'', while Russell, probably the most well-known of current Liverpool writers has enjoyed huge success with offerings such as ''Educating Rita'', ''Blood Brothers'' and ''Shirley Valentine''.

== Scouse ==
The nickname for both the city and its distinctive accent, scouse, is derived from the eponymous stew. The origins of the name are lost but the similarity of the name to Scandinavian words for ship's stews points to a maritime derivation. Due to the large influx of Irish immigrants into the port in the 19th Century the accent is very distinct from that of the surrounding area. Those speaking Scouse will include a large number of typically Irish elements into their speech.

== Notable People ==

British [[Prime Minister]] [[Harold Wilson]] later Lord Wilson of Rievaulx was [[Member of Parliament]] for the Liverpool constituency of Huyton from 1945 until 1979.

Famous natives of Liverpool:
* [[Arthur Askey]] (comedian and actor)
* Cilla Black (singer, TV presenter)
* Stan Boardman (comedian)
* Cherie Blair (prominent lawyer)
* Tony Booth (actor and father-in-law of [[Tony Blair]])
* Billy Butler (comedian)
* Jamie Carragher (footballer)
* Melanie Chisholm - Mel C (former ''Spice Girl'')
* Edwina Currie (politician and author)
* [[Knotty Ash|Ken Dodd]] (poet, comedian and singer)
* Kenny Everett (disc jockey and comedian)
* Robbie Fowler (footballer)
* Steven Gerrard (footballer)
* Derek Hatton (politician)
* Terry McDermott (footballer)
* George Melly (jazz singer and author)
* Derek Nimmo (comic actor)
* Steven Norris (politician)
* John Peel (disc jockey and radio personality)
* Ted Ray (comedian)
* Anne Robinson (TV presenter and journalist)
* Norman Rossington (comedian and actor)
* [[George Stubbs]] (artist)
* Jimmy Tarbuck (comedian)
* Ricky Tomlinson (trade unionist, actor, comedian and banjo player)
* Siegfried Sassoon (poet)
* John Lennon (Beatle)
* Sir Paul McCartney (Beatle)
* George Harrison (Beatle)
* Ringo Starr (Beatle)

==Culture==
* [[Merseybeat]]
* [[The Beatles]]
* [[Tate Liverpool]]
* [[Echo and the Bunnymen]]
* The [[Liverpool Poets]]
* Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

==Sports==
* [[Everton F.C.]] Soccer
* [[Liverpool F.C.]] Soccer
* [[Liverpool St Helens]] RUFC
* [[St Helens RLFC]]
* [[Tranmere Rovers]] Soccer

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