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Arthur Middleton

2009-08-31T19:16:57Z

StephenE:

[[File:Arthurmiddleton.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Arthur Middleton]]

'''Arthur Middleton''' (b. June 26, 1742; d. January 1, 1787) is a [[Founding Father]] of America. Middleton was a member of [[South Carolina]]'s Council of Safety (against enemies of the colony), a body that virtually ruled the province until a provisional government was established. His father was Henry Middleton, President of the [[First Continental Congress]]; Arthur Middleton was elected to take his father's seat as South Carolina's delegate to the [[Second Continental Congress]]. Middleton was also a prisoner-of-war during the [[American Revolution]].

==Early Life==
Henry Middleton's eldest was born at the family mansion, Middleton Place, near Charleston, [[South Carolina]]. At age 12, his father sent him to [[England]] for his education. After Arthur graduated from Cambridge in 1773, <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/middleton.htm Arthur Middleton, USHistory.org]</ref> he went on a tour of [[Europe]]. He returned to America and married Mary Izzard. Arthur became a justice of the peace and served as a delegate to the provincial assembly. He traveled in Europe with his wife, and on the couple's return to Middleton Place he acquired rice plantations.

==American Revolution==
In 1774, the colonies where positioning themselves for independence from Britain. Arthur and his father Henry chose liberty and sided with their fellow colonists. He took a firm and decided stand in opposition to British encroachment and oppression. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/arthurmiddleton.org/ Arthur Middleton, Virtuology.org]</ref> Arthur headed the Charleston Council of Safety in 1775 and in 1776, he filled the seat his father occupied in the Second Continental Congress. He continued as a member of Congress, residing with his family, who had accompanied him at the close of 1777.

In 1779, the British invaded the southern colonies. Middleton fought to defend Charleston. The British took Charleston and Middleton was captured. He was taken prisoner by Sir Henry Clinton and sent to St. Augustine as a prisoner. Arthur languished over a year before being traded in a prisoner swap. He returned to find all his property looted; the buildings were left standing, but all his wealth was destroyed.

Middleton reunited with his family after completing his term in Congress 1782. He declined his seat in Congress after the war, preferring to spend retirement with his family.

==Death==
In the winter of 1786, Arthur contracted a fever and died on January 1st.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

User talk:StephenE

2009-08-31T19:12:37Z

StephenE: /* Liberal Correction Comments */

{{welcome|sig=[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 14:35, 15 July 2009 (EDT)}}

thanks. [[User:StephenE|StephenE]] 14:37, 15 July 2009 (EDT)

:Good pick on the troll CameronJ. He was shown the door. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 15:16, 15 July 2009 (EDT)
::Just hit me what a really immature thing that was to do. I owe you an apology. Thanks, and thanks for restoring my faith in the common sense of people. [[User:JCameron|JCameron]] 15:21, 15 July 2009 (EDT)
:::Even if I just became a member here, I'm keenly interested in the divides between liberals and conservatives and between people of faith and those without faith that are so important to the way our country works, and over the past few months I've followed Conservapedia as part of my interest in those topics. I understand the idea that people--for better or worse, for right or wrong--are opposed to the ideology that underlies this project, and for the most part I can (sometimes begrudgingly) respect that opposition because I value freedom of thought and speech. But to deliberately spread lies and falsehoodsin order to make your ideological opponents look bad hurts everyone. If there is truth behind your ideals, those ideals will triumph on their own merits. [[User:StephenE|StephenE]] 15:29, 15 July 2009 (EDT)

== astronaut? ==

Do you not consider "Astronaut" to be a title? --[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 21:27, 17 July 2009 (EDT)
:Not really, sir--as I recall, most astronauts have a officer's military rank, which of course, would be capitalized, but I don't believe I've ever seen "astronaut" capitalized like, say, "Colonel" would be. Of course, I'm willing to concede the point to more experienced editors. [[User:StephenE|StephenE]] 14:36, 19 July 2009 (EDT)

::Titles, being proper Nouns, should be in upper case. Astronauts, plural usage, non specific would not be capitalized, however as part of a title, referring to a specific person, would be upper case. I checked with another Admin on this, and he agreed as well. So, it is yet another mixed use Noun....which is the case on the NASA and other websites, when I looked. So, let's just capitalize it when referencing a specific, okay? Thanks! --[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 15:35, 19 July 2009 (EDT)
::Not a problem, sir. Sorry for creating any problems.[[User:StephenE|StephenE]] 15:39, 19 July 2009 (EDT)

:::No "problem" whatsoever! Thanks. --[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 19:28, 19 July 2009 (EDT)

==Liberal Correction Comments==
Can you stop with all the correction comments? If you insist on adding United States Founding fathers, I will have to block you and I have already mentioned it before. It is either American Founding Fathers or America's Founding Fathers or founding fathers of America. In the future, you would be best to read [[Essay:Liberal Behavior on Conservapedia]]. You are guilty of #15 and #20.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 14:00, 31 August 2009 (EDT)
::And you are guilty of poor wiki-behavior in that I have spent quite a bit of time working on articles in dire need of good editing and the least you can do is thank me instead of berating me. Perhaps I was mistaken on the accepted nomenclature re: the Founding Fathers (but at least I know to capitalize the term), and if that was the only problem with your articles you might have more of an argument. [[User:StephenE|StephenE]] 14:11, 31 August 2009 (EDT)

*The term should be ''American Founding Father'', if referencing one of them, and collectively ''the Founding Fathers of the United States'', or just ''Founding Fathers''. I suggest, Stephen, you cool it with the groaning edit comments, as oftentimes they could be humorous, or just exasperation showing, but could convey nastier connotations to some. Perhaps less unilateral, lone wolf editing, and more suggestions/conversation on the talk pages, would help? Insulting Jpatt isn't going to be a winning strategy, you know....I mean you do know that, right? --[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 14:24, 31 August 2009 (EDT)
::Perhaps, sir: but neither is a belligerent attitude toward editors. [[User:StephenE|StephenE]] 14:26, 31 August 2009 (EDT)

:::Well, can you contain yourself, or should I block you for a day, to at least stop you from moving this to the point of no return? You can feel free to avail yourself of my expert (second only to Professor Ed Poor's!) and free mediation services...simply drop me a line via email, or IM, both of which are given on my user page. --[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 14:58, 31 August 2009 (EDT)
I will tone down the edit comments. As for e-mail/IM, one thing which appeals to me about the wiki format is its openness; conversations occurring "off the record" strike me as antithetical to that fundamental idea, so I'll pass on the invite--anything I want to say, I'll say here. Finally, if you really feel the need to block me for punitive reasons, so be it, though I would invite you to look at my edit history and find one instance where I made an edit that did not, in intent if not action, seek to improve the content of this project. [[User:StephenE|StephenE]] 15:12, 31 August 2009 (EDT)

User talk:StephenE

2009-08-31T18:26:58Z

StephenE: /* Liberal Correction Comments */

User talk:StephenE

2009-08-31T18:18:04Z

StephenE: remove liberal trolling

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T18:15:20Z

StephenE:

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is a [[Founding Father]] of [[United States of America|America]]. He was a lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. McKean served as a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the [[American Revolution]], and was also a member of the committee that helped write the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was William McKean, who was of Irish descent. He had a private education supervised by another Irishman, Dr. Francis Allison. As a student, McKean served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and fathered five more children.

==Politics==
In 1756, McKean began his political career as Sussex County's deputy Attorney General. In 1757, McKean was appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, and was then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, McKean became a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During the Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adamant that the British King had no standing in the colonies and "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

In a letter to [[John Adams]] wrote while while acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, McKean described his situation:

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T18:14:47Z

StephenE: Instead of link to fork page

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is a [[Founding Father]] of [[United States of America|America]]. He was lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. McKean served as a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the [[American Revolution]], and was also a member of the committee that helped write the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was William McKean, who was of Irish descent. He had a private education supervised by another Irishman, Dr. Francis Allison. As a student, McKean served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and fathered five more children.

==Politics==
In 1756, McKean began his political career as Sussex County's deputy Attorney General. In 1757, McKean was appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, and was then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, McKean became a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During the Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adamant that the British King had no standing in the colonies and "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

In a letter to [[John Adams]] wrote while while acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, McKean described his situation:

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T18:14:16Z

StephenE: wikilink

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is a [[Founding Father]] of [[America]]. He was lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. McKean served as a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the [[American Revolution]], and was also a member of the committee that helped write the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was William McKean, who was of Irish descent. He had a private education supervised by another Irishman, Dr. Francis Allison. As a student, McKean served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and fathered five more children.

==Politics==
In 1756, McKean began his political career as Sussex County's deputy Attorney General. In 1757, McKean was appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, and was then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, McKean became a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During the Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adamant that the British King had no standing in the colonies and "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

In a letter to [[John Adams]] wrote while while acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, McKean described his situation:

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T18:13:42Z

StephenE: America, not "American"

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is a Founding Father of [[America]]. He was lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. McKean served as a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the [[American Revolution]], and was also a member of the committee that helped write the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was William McKean, who was of Irish descent. He had a private education supervised by another Irishman, Dr. Francis Allison. As a student, McKean served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and fathered five more children.

==Politics==
In 1756, McKean began his political career as Sussex County's deputy Attorney General. In 1757, McKean was appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, and was then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, McKean became a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During the Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adamant that the British King had no standing in the colonies and "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

In a letter to [[John Adams]] wrote while while acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, McKean described his situation:

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T18:13:17Z

StephenE: Capitalize term

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is a Founding Father of [[American]]. He was lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. McKean served as a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the [[American Revolution]], and was also a member of the committee that helped write the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was William McKean, who was of Irish descent. He had a private education supervised by another Irishman, Dr. Francis Allison. As a student, McKean served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and fathered five more children.

==Politics==
In 1756, McKean began his political career as Sussex County's deputy Attorney General. In 1757, McKean was appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, and was then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, McKean became a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During the Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adamant that the British King had no standing in the colonies and "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

In a letter to [[John Adams]] wrote while while acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, McKean described his situation:

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

User talk:StephenE

2009-08-31T18:11:53Z

StephenE: /* Liberal Correction Comments */

Pentatonic scale

2009-08-31T17:52:09Z

StephenE:

In [[music]], a '''pentatonic scale''' is a [[scale]] containing five [[note (music)| notes]]. The [[Interval (music)|intervals]] between the notes are not universal; many different pentatonic scales exist in different [[culture]]s and [[Musical Styles|musical styles]]. The most common pentatonic scales in Western music are the major pentatonic scale (comprised of the first, second, third, fifth and sixth degrees of a major scale) and the minor pentatonic (root, minor third, fourth, fifth and minor seventh degrees of a major scale)

[[Category:Musical terms]]

Nicolas Cage

2009-08-31T17:30:33Z

StephenE: Remove blatant parody content. geez.

'''Nicolas Cage''' (born Nicolas Frances Washington Abigail Coppola Jnr.) is an [[Academy Award]] winning actor, whose films include The Family Man and the Oscar-nominated Bangkok Dangerous.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cage, Nicolas}}
[[Category:Actors]]

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T17:28:45Z

StephenE: Groan.

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is one of the [[United States]]' [[Founding Father]]s. He was lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. McKean served as a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the [[American Revolution]], and was also a member of the committee that helped write the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was William McKean, who was of Irish descent. He had a private education supervised by another Irishman, Dr. Francis Allison. As a student, McKean served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and fathered five more children.

==Politics==
In 1756, McKean began his political career as Sussex County's deputy Attorney General. In 1757, McKean was appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, and was then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, McKean became a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During the Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adamant that the British King had no standing in the colonies and "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

In a letter to [[John Adams]] wrote while while acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, McKean described his st=ituation:

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T17:26:48Z

StephenE: VERBS! Sentences need VERBS! Subjects are nice, too.

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is one of the [[United States]]' [[Founding Father]]s. He was lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. McKean served as a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the [[American Revolution]], and was also a member of the committee that helped write the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was William McKean, who was of Irish descent. He had a private education supervised by another Irishman, Dr. Francis Allison. As a student, McKean served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and fathered five more children.

==Politics==
In 1756, McKean began his political career as Sussex County's deputy Attorney General. In 1757, McKean was appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, and was then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, McKean became a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adament that the British King had no standing with the colonies, "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

While acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, he wrote [[John Adams]],

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T17:25:30Z

StephenE: VERBS! Sentences need VERBS!

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is one of the [[United States]]' [[Founding Father]]s. He was lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. McKean served as a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the [[American Revolution]], and was also a member of the committee that helped write the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was William McKean, who was of Irish descent. He had a private education supervised by another Irishman, Dr. Francis Allison. As a student, McKean served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and fathered five more children.

==Politics==
In 1756, McKean began his political career as Sussex County's deputy Attorney General. In 1757,McKean was appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adament that the British King had no standing with the colonies, "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

While acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, he wrote [[John Adams]],

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T17:24:58Z

StephenE: /* Politics */

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is one of the [[United States]]' [[Founding Father]]s. He was lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. McKean served as a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the [[American Revolution]], and was also a member of the committee that helped write the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was William McKean, who was of Irish descent. He had a private education supervised by another Irishman, Dr. Francis Allison. As a student, McKean served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and fathered five more children.

==Politics==
In 1756, McKean began his political career as Sussex County's deputy Attorney General. In 1757, appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adament that the British King had no standing with the colonies, "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

While acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, he wrote [[John Adams]],

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T17:23:08Z

StephenE: /* Early Life */

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is one of the [[United States]]' [[Founding Father]]s. He was lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. McKean served as a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the [[American Revolution]], and was also a member of the committee that helped write the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was William McKean, who was of Irish descent. He had a private education supervised by another Irishman, Dr. Francis Allison. As a student, McKean served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and fathered five more children.

==Politics==
McKean's first political office was deputy Attorney General to Sussex County in 1756. In 1757, appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adament that the British King had no standing with the colonies, "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

While acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, he wrote [[John Adams]],

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T17:21:29Z

StephenE: /* Early Life */ born to his father? a biological miracle!

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is one of the [[United States]]' [[Founding Father]]s. He was lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. McKean served as a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the [[American Revolution]], and was also a member of the committee that helped write the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was William McKean, a direct descendant of Ireland. He would have a private education from Dr. Francis Allison, also of Ireland. As a student he served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and had five more children.

==Politics==
McKean's first political office was deputy Attorney General to Sussex County in 1756. In 1757, appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adament that the British King had no standing with the colonies, "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

While acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, he wrote [[John Adams]],

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T17:20:40Z

StephenE: No verb in sentence.

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is one of the [[United States]]' [[Founding Father]]s. He was lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. McKean served as a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the [[American Revolution]], and was also a member of the committee that helped write the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania to father William McKean, a direct descendant of Ireland. He would have a private education from Dr. Francis Allison, also of Ireland. As a student he served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and had five more children.

==Politics==
McKean's first political office was deputy Attorney General to Sussex County in 1756. In 1757, appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adament that the British King had no standing with the colonies, "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

While acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, he wrote [[John Adams]],

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Thomas McKean

2009-08-31T17:18:45Z

StephenE: Article poorly written--needs serious editing.

[[File:Thomasmckean.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Thomas McKean]]

'''Thomas McKean''' (b. March. 19, 1734; d. June 24, 1817) is one of the [[United States]]' [[Founding Father]]s. He was lawyer, a member of the Delaware Assembly, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, and [[Delaware]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. Also, a colonel in the New Jersey militia during the American revolution, and committee member that would help draw up the [[Articles of Confederation]]. McKean was President of Delaware, President of Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania for nine years.

==Early Life==
Thomas was born in New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania to father William McKean, a direct descendant of Ireland. He would have a private education from Dr. Francis Allison, also of Ireland. As a student he served as the clerk of the prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for the county of New Castle. Thomas was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/signers/mckean.htm Thomas McKean, USHistory.org]</ref> His first wife Mary Borden died in 1773, leaving him with six children. Thomas remarried Sarah Armitage of New Castle and had five more children.

==Politics==
McKean's first political office was deputy Attorney General to Sussex County in 1756. In 1757, appointed clerk of the Assembly of Delaware, then elected as a delegate. He would serve as trustee of the loan office. In 1772, he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of Delaware. In 1775, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress. During Congressional session of 1776, he was a member of the committee to state the rights of the colonies as well as a member of the secret committee to contract for the importation of arms. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/ThomasMcKean.com/ Thomas McKean, Virtuology.com]</ref> McKean was adament that the British King had no standing with the colonies, "no right to regulate American affairs in any way." A few day after signing the Declaration of Independence, he left Congress to command a battalion of troops to assist [[George Washington]] at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

While acting in the double capacity as President of Delaware and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, he wrote [[John Adams]],

{{cquote|hunted like a fox by the enemy, compelled to remove my family five times in three months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehanna, but they were soon obliged to move again on account of the incursions of the Indians.}}

==Death==
McKean retired from public service in 1812. He died at the age of 83. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Detroit

2009-08-27T17:41:27Z

StephenE: /* Politics */

'''Detroit''' is the largest city in the state of [[Michigan]], and the 11th most populous city in the United States. It has a population of 871,121 and is 138 square miles in size.<ref>http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26/2622000.html</ref> Founded by French explorer Antoine Cadillac on July 24, 1701 as Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, the city reached a peak population of about 1.85 million in 1950, but has now declined to less than half that.<ref>http://www.historydetroit.com/part_2.asp</ref><ref>http://www.historydetroit.com/stats.asp?4</ref>

==Politics==
With a strong tradition of organized labor tied to the automotive industry, Detroit has been designated [[United States|America's]] most [[liberal]] city; Detroit is predominantly [[Democrat]].<ref>http://www.govpro.com/News/Article/31439/</ref>

==History==
The first permanent structure built in Detroit was a Catholic church.

In 1979, former Iraq dictator [[Saddam Hussein]] received a key to the city.

Detroit is known for being the center of the American auto industry, as well as the home of many long-suffering football fans.

==See Also==
[[Detroit Michigan Temple]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:United States Cities and Towns]]

Separate but equal

2009-08-27T17:38:10Z

StephenE:

'''Separate but equal''' is a type of racial [[segregation]] in which two races are provided with segregated services which are ostensibly equal in quality. However, as judge [[Robert Bork]] put it - you could never have separation and equality. Therefore, the policy universally violated the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constituion. Despite this, it was deemed constitutional in the [[Plessy v. Ferguson]] court case in 1896. The Plessy decision was overturned in 1954 by the Supreme Court decision in [[Brown v. Board of Education]]. <ref>http://www.historicaldocuments.com/BrownvBoardofEducation.htm</ref> In practice separate but equal means worse facilities for non-whites.

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Political Terms]]

Family First Party

2009-08-27T17:35:24Z

StephenE:

The '''Family First Party''' is an [[Australia]]n [[political party]] whose policies are based on [[Conservatism|socially conservative]] family values.

Although officially secular, many members and candidates are from conservative [[Christianity|Christian]] backgrounds. Family First co-founder, Pastor Andrew Evans, was the General Superintendent of the [[Assemblies of God]] in Australia for twenty years, and numerous candidates have been from this denomination.

==History==
The party was established in 2002 in [[South Australia]] and first contested seats in that state's [[Legislative Assembly]], winning one seat in 2002 and again in 2006.

The party contested seats in the 2004 federal election for the [[Parliament of Australia]] and, through preference swaps mostly with the [[Liberal Party of Australia]], had a [[Australian Senate|Senator]] elected from [[Victoria]].

At the 2007 federal election, Family First received approximately 1.65 per cent of the primary vote in the Senate and 1.99% in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].

==External links==
* [http://www.familyfirst.org.au Official web site]
** [http://www.familyfirst.org.au/familyfirst.php Party policies]
* [http://www.aec.gov.au Australian Electoral Commission]
** [http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-13745-NAT.htm 2007 election results (Representatives, first preferences)]

[[Category:Australian Political Parties]]

Party dealignment

2009-08-27T17:34:05Z

StephenE:

'''Party dealignment''' refers to weakening ties between the two major American [[political parties]] and the voters; voters increasingly identify themselves as independents.

[[Image:America Votes.jpg]]

[[Category:United States Political Terms]]

News Corporation

2009-08-27T17:32:47Z

StephenE:

'''News Corporation''' is the parent holding company of many of the world's most ubiquitous media brand names. Controlled by media baron Sir [[Rupert Murdoch]], it is presently the largest media holding company in the world.

The following are wholly owned or controlled by News Corp:

'''Film Media/Entertainment:'''

*[[20th Century Fox]]
*20th Century Fox Espanol
*20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
*20th Century Fox International
*20th Century Fox Television
*Fox Searchlight Pictures
*Fox Studios Austrailia
*Fox Studios Baja
*Fox Studios LA
*Fox Television Studios
*Blue Sky Studios

'''Television:'''

*FOX Broadcasting Company
*FOX Sports Australia
*FOX Television Stations
*FOXTEL
*MyNetworkTV
*STAR

'''Cable:'''

*Fox Movie Channel
*[[Fox News Channel]]
*Fox College Sports
*Fox Sports Enterprises
*Fox Sports En Espanol
*Fox Sports Net
*Fox Soccer Channel
*Fox Reality
*Fuel TV
*FX
*[[National Geographic Channel]] United States
*National Geographic Channel Worldwide
*Speed
*Stats, Inc.

'''Newspapers:'''

''Australasia''
*Daily Telegraph
*Fiji Times
*Gold Coast Bulletin
*Herald Sun
*Newsphotos
*Newspix
*Newstext
*NT News
*Post-Courier
*Sunday Herald Sun
*Sunday Mail
*Sunday Tasmanian
*Sunday Territorian
*Sunday Times
*The Advertiser
*The Australian
*The Courier-Mail
*The Mercury
*The Sunday Mail
*The Sunday Telegraph
*Weekly Times

''United Kingdom''
*News International
*News of the World
*The Sun
*The Sunday Times
*[[The Times]]
*Times Literary Supplement

''United States''
*[[New York Post]]
*[[Wall Street Journal]]

'''[[Direct broadcast satellite|Direct Broadcast Satellite]] Television'''

*[[BSkyB]] - U.K.
*[[DirecTV]] - U.S.
*Sky Italia - Italy

[[category:Corporations]]
[[category:Media]]
[[Category:Conservative Media]]

Arthur Middleton

2009-08-27T17:29:42Z

StephenE: /* American Revolution */

[[File:Arthurmiddleton.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Arthur Middleton]]

'''Arthur Middleton''' (b. June 26, 1742; d. January 1, 1787) was one of the [[United States]]' [[Founding Fathers]]. Middleton was a member of [[South Carolina]]'st Council of Safety (against its enemies), a body that virtually ruled the province until a provisional government was established. His father was Henry Middleton, President of the [[First Continental Congress]]; Arthur Middleton was elected to take his father's seat as South Carolina's delegate to the [[Second Continental Congress]]. Middleton was also a prisoner-of-war during the [[American Revolution]].

==Early Life==
Henry Middleton's eldest was born at the family mansion, Middleton Place, near Charleston, [[South Carolina]]. At age 12, his father sent him to [[England]] for his education. After Arthur graduated from Cambridge in 1773, <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/middleton.htm Arthur Middleton, USHistory.org]</ref> he went on a tour of [[Europe]]. He returned to America and married Mary Izzard. Arthur became a justice of the peace and served as a delegate to the provincial assembly. He traveled in Europe with his wife, and on the couple's return to Middleton Place he acquired rice plantations.

==American Revolution==
In 1774, the colonies where positioning themselves for independence from Britain. Arthur and his father Henry chose liberty and sided with their fellow colonists. He took a firm and decided stand in opposition to British encroachment and oppression. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/arthurmiddleton.org/ Arthur Middleton, Virtuology.org]</ref> Arthur headed the Charleston Council of Safety in 1775 and in 1776, he filled the seat his father occupied in the Second Continental Congress. He continued as a member of Congress, residing with his family, who had accompanied him at the close of 1777.

In 1779, the British invaded the southern colonies. Middleton fought to defend Charleston. The British took Charleston and Middleton was captured. He was taken prisoner by Sir Henry Clinton and sent to St. Augustine as a prisoner. Arthur languished over a year before being traded in a prisoner swap. He returned to find all his prperty looted; the buildings were standing, but all his wealth was destroyed.

Middleton reunited with his family after completing his term in Congress 1782. He declined his seat in Congress after the war, preferring to spend retirement with his family.

==Death==
In the winter of 1786 Arthur contracted a fever and died on January 1st.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Arthur Middleton

2009-08-27T17:27:38Z

StephenE:

[[File:Arthurmiddleton.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Arthur Middleton]]

'''Arthur Middleton''' (b. June 26, 1742; d. January 1, 1787) was one of the [[United States]]' [[Founding Fathers]]. Middleton was a member of [[South Carolina]]'st Council of Safety (against its enemies), a body that virtually ruled the province until a provisional government was established. His father was Henry Middleton, President of the [[First Continental Congress]]; Arthur Middleton was elected to take his father's seat as South Carolina's delegate to the [[Second Continental Congress]]. Middleton was also a prisoner-of-war during the [[American Revolution]].

==Early Life==
Henry Middleton's eldest was born at the family mansion, Middleton Place, near Charleston, [[South Carolina]]. At age 12, his father sent him to [[England]] for his education. After Arthur graduated from Cambridge in 1773, <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/middleton.htm Arthur Middleton, USHistory.org]</ref> he went on a tour of [[Europe]]. He returned to America and married Mary Izzard. Arthur became a justice of the peace and served as a delegate to the provincial assembly. He traveled in Europe with his wife, and on the couple's return to Middleton Place he acquired rice plantations.

==American Revolution==
In 1774, the colonies where positioning themselves for independence from Britain. Arthur and his father Henry chose liberty and sided with their fellow colonists. He took a firm and decided stand in opposition to British encroachment and oppression. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/arthurmiddleton.org/ Arthur Middleton, Virtuology.org]</ref> Arthur headed the Charleston Council of Safety in 1775 and in 1776, he filled the seat his father occupied in the Second Continental Congress. He continued as a member of congress, residing with his family which accompanied him at the close of 1777.

In 1779, the British invaded the Southern colonies. Middleton fought to defend Charleston. The British took Charleston and Arthur Middleton was captured. He was taken prisoner by Sir Henry Clinton and sent to St. Augustine as a prisoner. Arthur languished over a year before being traded in a prisoner swap. He returned to find all his possessions looted, his structures standing, but all his wealth was destroyed. He did reunite with his family after completing his term in Congress 1782. He declined his seat in Congress after the war preferring to spend retirement with his family.

==Death==
In the winter of 1786 Arthur contracted a fever and died on January 1st.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

Arthur Middleton

2009-08-27T17:25:35Z

StephenE: awkward phrasing, run-on sentence....

[[File:Arthurmiddleton.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Arthur Middleton]]

'''Arthur Middleton''' (b. June 26, 1742; d. January 1, 1787) was one of the [[United States]]' [[Founding Fathers]]. Middleton was a member of [[South Carolina]]'st Council of Safety (against its enemies), a body that virtually ruled the province until a provisional government was established. His father was Henry Middleton, President of the [[First Continental Congress]]; Arthur Middleton was elected to take his father's seat as South Carolina's delegate to the [[Second Continental Congress]]. Middleton was also a prisoner-of-war in the America Revolution.

==Early Life==
Henry Middleton's eldest was born at the family mansion, Middleton Place, near Charleston, [[South Carolina]]. At age 12, his father sent him to [[England]] for his education. After Arthur graduated from Cambridge in 1773, <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/middleton.htm Arthur Middleton, USHistory.org]</ref> he went on a tour of [[Europe]]. He returned to America and married Mary Izzard. Arthur became a justice of the peace and served as a delegate to the provincial assembly. Once again, he traveled Europe but now with his wife. He returned to the Middleton Place and acquired rice plantations.

==American Revolution==
In 1774, the colonies where positioning themselves for independence from Britain. Arthur and his father Henry chose liberty and sided with their fellow colonists. He took a firm and decided stand in opposition to British encroachment and oppression. <ref>[http://virtualology.com/arthurmiddleton.org/ Arthur Middleton, Virtuology.org]</ref> Arthur headed the Charleston Council of Safety in 1775 and in 1776, he filled the seat his father occupied in the Second Continental Congress. He continued as a member of congress, residing with his family which accompanied him at the close of 1777.

In 1779, the British invaded the Southern colonies. Middleton fought to defend Charleston. The British took Charleston and Arthur Middleton was captured. He was taken prisoner by Sir Henry Clinton and sent to St. Augustine as a prisoner. Arthur languished over a year before being traded in a prisoner swap. He returned to find all his possessions looted, his structures standing, but all his wealth was destroyed. He did reunite with his family after completing his term in Congress 1782. He declined his seat in Congress after the war preferring to spend retirement with his family.

==Death==
In the winter of 1786 Arthur contracted a fever and died on January 1st.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]

American Dream

2009-08-27T17:21:01Z

StephenE: /* Beliefs today */

The '''American dream''' is the easy availability of upward mobility for [[American]]s. It means an open society with considerable movement up and down in an indivivual lifetime, and across the [[generation]]s, as opposed to tightly structured society in which the status of ancestors determines one's life chances.
==Origins of phrase==
James Truslow Adams (1878-1949), a conservative historian, was the first to name "the American dream" and interpret it as the full realization of human potential:
:The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.<ref> Adams, ''Epic of America'' (1931) p.214-215 </ref>
==Meaning==
Cullen (2003) argues that one meaning of the dream was encapsulated in Jefferson's classic phrase in the Declaration of Independence, freedom to seek life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Cullen (2003) argues there are multiple meanings for the term, all united by core values of "freedom" and "agency," through which individuals have control over the course of their lives. Agency, "lies at the very core of the American Dream, the bedrock premise upon which all else depends".<ref> Cullen (2003) p. 10</ref>

In 1993 President [[Bill Clinton]]'s argued:
:The American dream that we were all raised on is a simple but powerful one: if you work hard and play by the rules you should be given a chance to go as far as your God-given ability will take you. <ref> Quoted in Hochschild, ''Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation'' (1995), ch. 1</ref>
==Beliefs today==
The Zogby poll in Dec-Jan 2008-9 found 60% of Americans believed in the national dream.<ref> John Zogby, "The American Dream Is Still Strong: It's dipped but marches on, despite the recession," [http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.cfm?ID=1674 Jan. 30, 2009 press release]</ref>

They gave these reasons:
*59%: "I'm intelligent and work hard, so I should succeed."
*52%: "America is the land of opportunity."
*25%: "I am an optimist."
*25%: "I have a secure job or business."
*15%: "My religious faith insures I will find fulfillment."
*2%: Not sure or other.

Here are the reasons given by the 40% who say the dream does not exist:
*44%: "The powers that be don't care about people like me."
*29%: "Americans shouldn't think of themselves as special and entitled to an ideal life."
*27%: "Where I live, it costs too much, and the American Dream is just out of reach."
*14%: Not sure or other.
*10%: "I am a pessimist."
*8%: "I have been forced to take a lower-paying job."
*7%: "I don't have enough education and can't afford to go back to school."
*7%: "I recently lost my job and am out-of-work."

Among Republicans, 61% cite "America is the land of opportunity" as a reason why they can catch the dream. 49% of frequent church goers attribute their optimism to their religious faith. 76% of people under age 30 say their brains and hard work will bring them success.

Among those who reject the American Dream, 46% of those younger than age 30 believe that Americans aren't entitled to a better life, which fits perfectly into their overall more global outlook. Almost as many of those young adults (44%) say that the cost of living is just too high for them to achieve the dream. Conservatives who don't believe in the American Dream are about 10 points more likely than liberals of the same mindset to say that the powerful don't care about them. These liberals are more likely (37%) than conservatives who have forsaken the American Dream (24%) to believe Americans shouldn't think of themselves as special and entitled to an ideal life.

A different poll sponsored in spring 2009 by the ''New York Times'' and ''CBS News'' showed 72% of Americans believed it is possible to start out poor in the United States, work hard and become rich — a classic definition of the American dream. 44% said they had actually achieved the American dream, although another 31% said they expect to attain it within their lifetime. Only 20% have given up on ever reaching it. In 2005 19% defined the Dream in terms of financial security and a steady job, and 20% gave answers that related to freedom and opportunity. In 2009 fewer people are pegging their dream to material success and more are pegging it to abstract values. Those citing financial security dropped to 11%, and those citing freedom and opportunity expanded to 27%.<ref> Katharine Q. Seelye, ''What Happens To The American Dream In A Recession?" [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/us/08dreampoll.html?_r=1&hp ''New York Times'' May 8, 2009]</ref>

Typican answers in the category of freedom and opportunity:
* “Freedom to live our own life.”
* "Created equal.”
* “Someone could start from nothing.”
* “That everybody has a fair chance to succeed.”
* “To become whatever I want to be.”
* “To be healthy and have nice family and friends.”
* “More like Huck Finn; escape to the unknown; follow your dreams.”

Those who responded in material terms gave these answers to what is the Dream:
* “Basically, have a roof over your head and put food on the table.”
* “Working at a secure job, being able to have a home and live as happily as you can not spending too much money.”
* “Just financial stability.”
* “Owning own home, having civil liberties.”

==California Dream==
Historian Kevin Starr in his grand seven-volume history of the state has explored in great depth the "California Dream"--the realization by ordinary Californians of the American Dream. California starting in the late 19th century promised the highest possible standard of life for the middle classes, and indeed for the skilled blue collar workers and farm owners as well. It was not so much the upper class (who preferred to live in New York and Boston). The California Dream meant an improved and more affordable family life: a small but stylish and airy house marked by a fluidity of indoor and outdoor space, such as the ubiquitous California bungalow and a lush [[backyard]]—the stage, that is, for quiet family life in a sunny climate. It meant very good jobs, excellent roads, plentiful facilities for outdoor recreation, and the schools and universities that were the best in the world by the 1940s. James M. Cain, an eastern writer who visited the Golden State, reported in 1933 that the archetypal Californian "addresses you in easy grammar, completes his sentences, shows familiarity with good manners, and in addition gives you a pleasant smile."<ref> Kevin Starr, ''Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963'' (2009) </ref>

==Comparative==
The American dream has always been a magnet for immigrants. Surveys show that Americans indeed have higher aspirations for themselves and their children. Thus three-quarters of Americans, compared with only one-third of Britons, West Germans, and Hungarians, and even fewer Dutch, agree that they have a good chance of improving their standard of living. Twice as many Americans as Canadians or Japanese think future generations of their nationality will live better than the present generation.<ref> Data cited by Hochschild, ''Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation'' (1995), ch. 1</ref>

====Notes====

<references/>
==Bibliography==
* Cullen, Jim. ''The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea That Shaped a Nation.'' (2003) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103185912 online edition]
* Hochschild, Jennifer L. ''Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation'' (1995) [http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s5712.html excerpt]

[[Category:United States]][[Category:Sociology]][[Category:Economics]]

Barack Obama and uncharitableness

2009-08-26T16:42:01Z

StephenE: awkward phrasing

[[File:Poor-woman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator his arrival in the public spotlight, [[Barack Obama]] gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity).<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref><ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref> ]]
'''[[Barack Obama]]''' only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure. From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the [[United States Senate]], Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 a year (In the two previous years, Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>

Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years 2000 to 2006:

*2000: 0.9%
*2001: 0.5%
*2002: 0.4%
*2003: 1.4%
*2004: 1.2%
*2005: 4.7%
*2006: 6.1%<ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref>

This pattern is not surprising given what we know about [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness|the uncharitable nature of American liberal politicians ]] and [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals in in general]].<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref><ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>

== Barack Obama's Brother George Obama and Poverty ==
[[File:Barack Obamas Brother in Bengo-002.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Obama]]]]
In August 2008 the New York ''Daily News'' reported that Obama was doing nothing to help his half-brother George Obama, who waqs living in abject poverty in [[Kenya]]:
{{cquote|Barack Obama wants to live in the White House - but his youngest half-brother lives in the poorhouse.

George Obama, one of the candidate's seven living half-siblings, lives on pennies a month in a hut in Africa, the Italian edition of ''Vanity Fair'' revealed.

"No one knows who I am," George Obama, 26, told the magazine. "I live like a recluse, no one knows I exist."

He lives on the outskirts of Nairobi in a 65-square-foot shack decorated with posters of the Italian soccer clubs AC Milan and Inter, and a calendar of beaches.

I live here on less than a dollar a month," he said....<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>

A spokesman for Barack Obama declined repeated requests for comment yesterday.

George Obama said he met his famous brother as 5-year-old, and again in 2006 when Obama toured East Africa and visited Nairobi.

"It was very brief - we spoke for just a few minutes," he said.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>}}

In September 2008, [[National Review]] featured an article by [[Dinesh D'Souza]] which pointed out that:
{{cquote|George Obama’s shack measures six feet by ten feet, and yet he says that Barack Obama has done nothing to reach out to him or to help him. “I live like a recluse. If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTk1OTc2ZGVlNjg2NmU1YTlkMGJjZjk5OGEzMzIxYjA=</ref>}}

A critic of Barack Obama's refusal to help his brother wrote:
{{cquote|Well, they say charity begins at home, but it hasn't apparently in this case. Hearing about what George is going through, you can't help but wonder why his brother Barack won't send the guy $20? I mean it would double his annual income.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/George+Hussein+Onyango+Obama/articles/3/George+Obama+Barack+Obama+Brother+Fights+Life</ref>}}

Asked by Harry Smith from CBS about Obama leaving the campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, Obama replied, "Yeah, well, the -- I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/10/23/cbs-s-smith-compares-obama-lincoln-obama-attacks-hannity CBS’s Smith Compares Obama to Lincoln; Obama Attacks Hannity] NewsBusters.org, October 23, 2008</ref>

== Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism ==
[[File:arrogant_obama.jpg|right|125px|thumbnail|[[Barack Obama]] ]]
''For more information please see'': [[Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism]]

Obama has consistently shown himself to be a [[Liberal Elite|liberal elitist]] who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked to explain why many small town [[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." When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. 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>

In an attempt to 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.

Recently, a reporter questioned President Obama about [[Obamacare|his health care plan]] and Obama revealed that his health care plan [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism#Obama_Administration_health_care_plan_and_liberal_elitism is merely a liberal elitist plan rather than true health care reform].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM</ref>

==Liberal politicians and uncharitableness==
[[File:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[American Spectator]] reported that in 1998 [[Al Gore]] gave $353 to charity according to his tax returns.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref> ]]
''For more information please see:'' [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness]]

The political magazine the ''[[American Spectator]]'' declared:
{{cquote|The last two Democratic Party nominees for President have come up short on the charity scale. [[Al Gore]] has been famously stingy when it comes to actually giving his own money to charities. In 1998 he was embarrassed when his tax returns revealed that he gave just $353 to charity...

Senator [[John Kerry]] likewise has a poor record. In 1995 he gave zero to charity, but did spend $500,000 to buy a half stake in a seventeenth century painting. In 1993, he gave $175 to the needy. Later, of course, Kerry married the rich widow Theresa Heinz, and today is active in charitable causes using the Heinz foundation as his vehicle...

[Senator Ted] [[Ted Kennedy|Kennedy]]’s tax returns are obviously a closely guarded secret. But when he chose to run for President in the 1970s, he released some of them. With a net worth of more than $8 million in the early 1970s and an income of $461,444 from a series of family trusts, Senator Robin Hood gave barely 1 percent of his income to charity. The sum is about as much as Kennedy claimed as a write-off on his fifty-foot sailing sloop Curragh.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref>}}

== Liberals and uncharitableness ==

''For more information please see'': [[Liberals and uncharitableness]]

In March of 2008, [[George Will]] cited a study by Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], which indicated that American [[liberal]] households earn more than conservative American households but give less to charity.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref> In addition, American conservatives donate more time and donate more blood than American liberals.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>
[[Image:CharlesDarwin.jpg|thumb|125px|right|[[Charles Darwin]] ]]

== Barack Obama's Uncharitableness/Liberal Elitism and Social Darwinism ==

''See also'': [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is consistent with Obama being a [[Narcissism|narcissist]] which is a charge that has often been made against him. <ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/obama_oprah_and_the_guru_malig_1.html</ref> However, it is also true that Obama is an [[evolution|evolutionist]]. He told the ''York Daily Record'' that "I believe in [[evolution]]...".<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999910/posts</ref> His charitable giving and liberal elitism is also in accordance with someone who has a certain degree of [[Social Darwinism|social darwinistic]] thinking. In addition to [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals giving less to charity]], it also true that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals are also more likely to believe in evolution]].

== See also ==
*[[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]]
*[[Liberals and uncharitableness]]
*[[Atheism and Uncharitableness]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxXUufI3jA Barack Obama's small town guns and religion comments] ([[YouTube]] video)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM The Obama health care press conference: The Public Option]

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

[[Category: Barack Hussein Obama]]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: Charity]]

Barack Obama and uncharitableness

2009-08-26T16:40:46Z

StephenE: Pronouns--one doesn't need to give the3 subject's full name twice in the same sentence

[[File:Poor-woman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator his arrival in the public spotlight, [[Barack Obama]] gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity).<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref><ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref> ]]
'''[[Barack Obama]]''' only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure. From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the [[United States Senate]], Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 a year (In the two previous years, Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>

Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years 2000 to 2006:

*2000: 0.9%
*2001: 0.5%
*2002: 0.4%
*2003: 1.4%
*2004: 1.2%
*2005: 4.7%
*2006: 6.1%<ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref>

This pattern is not surprising given what we know about [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness|the uncharitable nature of American liberal politicians ]] and [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals in in general]].<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref><ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>

== Barack Obama's Brother George Obama and Poverty ==
[[File:Barack Obamas Brother in Bengo-002.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Obama]]]]
In August 2008 the New York ''Daily News'' reported that Obama was doing nothing to help his half-brother George Obama, who waqs living in abject poverty in [[Kenya]]:
{{cquote|Barack Obama wants to live in the White House - but his youngest half-brother lives in the poorhouse.

George Obama, one of the candidate's seven living half-siblings, lives on pennies a month in a hut in Africa, the Italian edition of ''Vanity Fair'' revealed.

"No one knows who I am," George Obama, 26, told the magazine. "I live like a recluse, no one knows I exist."

He lives on the outskirts of Nairobi in a 65-square-foot shack decorated with posters of the Italian soccer clubs AC Milan and Inter, and a calendar of beaches.

I live here on less than a dollar a month," he said....<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>

A spokesman for Barack Obama declined repeated requests for comment yesterday.

George Obama said he met his famous brother as 5-year-old, and again in 2006 when Obama toured East Africa and visited Nairobi.

"It was very brief - we spoke for just a few minutes," he said.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>}}

In September 2008, [[National Review]] featured an article by [[Dinesh D'Souza]] which pointed out that:
{{cquote|George Obama’s shack measures six feet by ten feet, and yet he says that Barack Obama has done nothing to reach out to him or to help him. “I live like a recluse. If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTk1OTc2ZGVlNjg2NmU1YTlkMGJjZjk5OGEzMzIxYjA=</ref>}}

A critic of Barack Obama's refusal to help his brother wrote:
{{cquote|Well, they say charity begins at home, but it hasn't apparently in this case. Hearing about what George is going through, you can't help but wonder why his brother Barack won't send the guy $20? I mean it would double his annual income.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/George+Hussein+Onyango+Obama/articles/3/George+Obama+Barack+Obama+Brother+Fights+Life</ref>}}

Asked by Harry Smith from CBS about Obama leaving the campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, Obama replied, "Yeah, well, the -- I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/10/23/cbs-s-smith-compares-obama-lincoln-obama-attacks-hannity CBS’s Smith Compares Obama to Lincoln; Obama Attacks Hannity] NewsBusters.org, October 23, 2008</ref>

== Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism ==
[[File:arrogant_obama.jpg|right|125px|thumbnail|[[Barack Obama]] ]]
''For more information please see'': [[Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism]]

Obama has consistently shown himself to be a [[Liberal Elite|liberal elitist]] who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked to explain why many small town [[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." When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. 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>

In an attempt to 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.

Recently, a reporter questioned President Obama about [[Obamacare|his health care plan]] and Obama revealed that his health care plan [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism#Obama_Administration_health_care_plan_and_liberal_elitism is merely a liberal elitist plan rather than true health care reform].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM</ref>

==Liberal politicians and uncharitableness==
[[File:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[American Spectator]] reported that in 1998 [[Al Gore]] gave $353 to charity according to his tax returns.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref> ]]
''For more information please see:'' [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness]]

The political magazine the ''[[American Spectator]]'' declared:
{{cquote|The last two Democratic Party nominees for President have come up short on the charity scale. [[Al Gore]] has been famously stingy when it comes to actually giving his own money to charities. In 1998 he was embarrassed when his tax returns revealed that he gave just $353 to charity...

Senator [[John Kerry]] likewise has a poor record. In 1995 he gave zero to charity, but did spend $500,000 to buy a half stake in a seventeenth century painting. In 1993, he gave $175 to the needy. Later, of course, Kerry married the rich widow Theresa Heinz, and today is active in charitable causes using the Heinz foundation as his vehicle...

[Senator Ted] [[Ted Kennedy|Kennedy]]’s tax returns are obviously a closely guarded secret. But when he chose to run for President in the 1970s, he released some of them. With a net worth of more than $8 million in the early 1970s and an income of $461,444 from a series of family trusts, Senator Robin Hood gave barely 1 percent of his income to charity. The sum is about as much as Kennedy claimed as a write-off on his fifty-foot sailing sloop Curragh.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref>}}

== Liberals and uncharitableness ==

''For more information please see'': [[Liberals and uncharitableness]]

In March of 2008, [[George Will]] cited a study by Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], which indicated that American [[liberal]] households earn more than conservative American households but give less to charity.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref> In addition, American conservatives donate more time and donate more blood than American liberals.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>
[[Image:CharlesDarwin.jpg|thumb|125px|right|[[Charles Darwin]] ]]

== Barack Obama's Uncharitableness/Liberal Elitism and Social Darwinism ==

''See also'': [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is consistent with Obama being a [[Narcissism|narcissist]] which is a charge that has often been made against him. <ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/obama_oprah_and_the_guru_malig_1.html</ref> However, it is also true that Barack Obama is an [[evolution|evolutionist]]. Barack Obama told the ''York Daily Record'' that "I believe in [[evolution]]...".<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999910/posts</ref> Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is also in accordance with someone who has a certain degree of [[Social Darwinism|social darwinistic]] thinking. In addition to [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals giving less to charity]], it also true that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals are also more likely to believe in evolution]].

== See also ==
*[[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]]
*[[Liberals and uncharitableness]]
*[[Atheism and Uncharitableness]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxXUufI3jA Barack Obama's small town guns and religion comments] ([[YouTube]] video)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM The Obama health care press conference: The Public Option]

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

[[Category: Barack Hussein Obama]]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: Charity]]

Barack Obama and uncharitableness

2009-08-26T16:39:29Z

StephenE: awkward phrasing

[[File:Poor-woman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator his arrival in the public spotlight, [[Barack Obama]] gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity).<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref><ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref> ]]
'''[[Barack Obama]]''' only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure. From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the [[United States Senate]], Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 a year (In the two previous years, Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>

Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years 2000 to 2006:

*2000: 0.9%
*2001: 0.5%
*2002: 0.4%
*2003: 1.4%
*2004: 1.2%
*2005: 4.7%
*2006: 6.1%<ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref>

This pattern is not surprising given what we know about [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness|the uncharitable nature of American liberal politicians ]] and [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals in in general]].<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref><ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>

== Barack Obama's Brother George Obama and Poverty ==
[[File:Barack Obamas Brother in Bengo-002.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Obama]]]]
In August 2008 the New York ''Daily News'' reported that Obama was doing nothing to help his half-brother George Obama, who waqs living in abject poverty in [[Kenya]]:
{{cquote|Barack Obama wants to live in the White House - but his youngest half-brother lives in the poorhouse.

George Obama, one of the candidate's seven living half-siblings, lives on pennies a month in a hut in Africa, the Italian edition of ''Vanity Fair'' revealed.

"No one knows who I am," George Obama, 26, told the magazine. "I live like a recluse, no one knows I exist."

He lives on the outskirts of Nairobi in a 65-square-foot shack decorated with posters of the Italian soccer clubs AC Milan and Inter, and a calendar of beaches.

I live here on less than a dollar a month," he said....<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>

A spokesman for Barack Obama declined repeated requests for comment yesterday.

George Obama said he met his famous brother as 5-year-old, and again in 2006 when Obama toured East Africa and visited Nairobi.

"It was very brief - we spoke for just a few minutes," he said.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>}}

In September 2008, [[National Review]] featured an article by [[Dinesh D'Souza]] which pointed out that:
{{cquote|George Obama’s shack measures six feet by ten feet, and yet he says that Barack Obama has done nothing to reach out to him or to help him. “I live like a recluse. If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTk1OTc2ZGVlNjg2NmU1YTlkMGJjZjk5OGEzMzIxYjA=</ref>}}

A critic of Barack Obama's refusal to help his brother wrote:
{{cquote|Well, they say charity begins at home, but it hasn't apparently in this case. Hearing about what George is going through, you can't help but wonder why his brother Barack won't send the guy $20? I mean it would double his annual income.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/George+Hussein+Onyango+Obama/articles/3/George+Obama+Barack+Obama+Brother+Fights+Life</ref>}}

Asked by Harry Smith from CBS about Obama leaving the campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, Obama replied, "Yeah, well, the -- I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/10/23/cbs-s-smith-compares-obama-lincoln-obama-attacks-hannity CBS’s Smith Compares Obama to Lincoln; Obama Attacks Hannity] NewsBusters.org, October 23, 2008</ref>

== Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism ==
[[File:arrogant_obama.jpg|right|125px|thumbnail|[[Barack Obama]] ]]
''For more information please see'': [[Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism]]

Obama has consistently shown himself to be a [[Liberal Elite|liberal elitist]] who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked to explain why many small town [[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." When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. 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>

In an attempt to 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.

Recently, a reporter questioned President Obama about [[Obamacare|his health care plan]] and Obama revealed that his health care plan [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism#Obama_Administration_health_care_plan_and_liberal_elitism is merely a liberal elitist plan rather than true health care reform].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM</ref>

==Liberal politicians and uncharitableness==
[[File:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[American Spectator]] reported that in 1998 [[Al Gore]] gave $353 to charity according to his tax returns.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref> ]]
''For more information please see:'' [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness]]

The political magazine the ''[[American Spectator]]'' declared:
{{cquote|The last two Democratic Party nominees for President have come up short on the charity scale. [[Al Gore]] has been famously stingy when it comes to actually giving his own money to charities. In 1998 he was embarrassed when his tax returns revealed that he gave just $353 to charity...

Senator [[John Kerry]] likewise has a poor record. In 1995 he gave zero to charity, but did spend $500,000 to buy a half stake in a seventeenth century painting. In 1993, he gave $175 to the needy. Later, of course, Kerry married the rich widow Theresa Heinz, and today is active in charitable causes using the Heinz foundation as his vehicle...

[Senator Ted] [[Ted Kennedy|Kennedy]]’s tax returns are obviously a closely guarded secret. But when he chose to run for President in the 1970s, he released some of them. With a net worth of more than $8 million in the early 1970s and an income of $461,444 from a series of family trusts, Senator Robin Hood gave barely 1 percent of his income to charity. The sum is about as much as Kennedy claimed as a write-off on his fifty-foot sailing sloop Curragh.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref>}}

== Liberals and uncharitableness ==

''For more information please see'': [[Liberals and uncharitableness]]

In March of 2008, [[George Will]] cited a study by Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], which indicated that American [[liberal]] households earn more than conservative American households but give less to charity.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref> In addition, American conservatives donate more time and donate more blood than American liberals.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>
[[Image:CharlesDarwin.jpg|thumb|125px|right|[[Charles Darwin]] ]]

== Barack Obama's Uncharitableness/Liberal Elitism and Social Darwinism ==

''See also'': [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is consistent with Obama being a [[Narcissism|narcissist]] which is a charge that has often been made against Barack Obama.<ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/obama_oprah_and_the_guru_malig_1.html</ref> However, it is also true that Barack Obama is an [[evolution|evolutionist]]. Barack Obama told the ''York Daily Record'' that "I believe in [[evolution]]...".<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999910/posts</ref> Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is also in accordance with someone who has a certain degree of [[Social Darwinism|social darwinistic]] thinking. In addition to [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals giving less to charity]], it also true that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals are also more likely to believe in evolution]].

== See also ==
*[[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]]
*[[Liberals and uncharitableness]]
*[[Atheism and Uncharitableness]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxXUufI3jA Barack Obama's small town guns and religion comments] ([[YouTube]] video)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM The Obama health care press conference: The Public Option]

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

[[Category: Barack Hussein Obama]]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: Charity]]

Barack Obama and uncharitableness

2009-08-26T16:38:40Z

StephenE: awkward phrasing

[[File:Poor-woman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator his arrival in the public spotlight, [[Barack Obama]] gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity).<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref><ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref> ]]
'''[[Barack Obama]]''' only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure. From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the [[United States Senate]], Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 a year (In the two previous years, Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>

Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years 2000 to 2006:

*2000: 0.9%
*2001: 0.5%
*2002: 0.4%
*2003: 1.4%
*2004: 1.2%
*2005: 4.7%
*2006: 6.1%<ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref>

This pattern is not surprising given what we know about [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness|the uncharitable nature of American liberal politicians ]] and [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals in in general]].<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref><ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>

== Barack Obama's Brother George Obama and Poverty ==
[[File:Barack Obamas Brother in Bengo-002.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Obama]]]]
In August 2008 the New York ''Daily News'' reported that Obama was doing nothing to help his half-brother George Obama, who waqs living in abject poverty in [[Kenya]]:
{{cquote|Barack Obama wants to live in the White House - but his youngest half-brother lives in the poorhouse.

George Obama, one of the candidate's seven living half-siblings, lives on pennies a month in a hut in Africa, the Italian edition of ''Vanity Fair'' revealed.

"No one knows who I am," George Obama, 26, told the magazine. "I live like a recluse, no one knows I exist."

He lives on the outskirts of Nairobi in a 65-square-foot shack decorated with posters of the Italian soccer clubs AC Milan and Inter, and a calendar of beaches.

I live here on less than a dollar a month," he said....<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>

A spokesman for Barack Obama declined repeated requests for comment yesterday.

George Obama said he met his famous brother as 5-year-old, and again in 2006 when Obama toured East Africa and visited Nairobi.

"It was very brief - we spoke for just a few minutes," he said.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>}}

In September 2008, [[National Review]] featured an article by [[Dinesh D'Souza]] which pointed out that:
{{cquote|George Obama’s shack measures six feet by ten feet, and yet he says that Barack Obama has done nothing to reach out to him or to help him. “I live like a recluse. If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTk1OTc2ZGVlNjg2NmU1YTlkMGJjZjk5OGEzMzIxYjA=</ref>}}

A critic of Barack Obama's refusal to help his brother wrote:
{{cquote|Well, they say charity begins at home, but it hasn't apparently in this case. Hearing about what George is going through, you can't help but wonder why his brother Barack won't send the guy $20? I mean it would double his annual income.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/George+Hussein+Onyango+Obama/articles/3/George+Obama+Barack+Obama+Brother+Fights+Life</ref>}}

Asked by Harry Smith from CBS about Obama leaving the campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, Obama replied, "Yeah, well, the -- I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/10/23/cbs-s-smith-compares-obama-lincoln-obama-attacks-hannity CBS’s Smith Compares Obama to Lincoln; Obama Attacks Hannity] NewsBusters.org, October 23, 2008</ref>

== Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism ==
[[File:arrogant_obama.jpg|right|125px|thumbnail|[[Barack Obama]] ]]
''For more information please see'': [[Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism]]

Obama has consistently shown himself to be a [[Liberal Elite|liberal elitist]] who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked to explain why many small town [[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." When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. 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>

In an attempt to 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.

Recently, a reporter questioned President Obama about [[Obamacare|his health care plan]] and Obama revealed that his health care plan [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism#Obama_Administration_health_care_plan_and_liberal_elitism is merely a liberal elitist plan rather than true health care reform].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM</ref>

==Liberal politicians and uncharitableness==
[[File:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[American Spectator]] reported that in 1998 [[Al Gore]] gave $353 to charity according to his tax returns.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref> ]]
''For more information please see:'' [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness]]

The political magazine the ''[[American Spectator]]'' declared:
{{cquote|The last two Democratic Party nominees for President have come up short on the charity scale. [[Al Gore]] has been famously stingy when it comes to actually giving his own money to charities. In 1998 he was embarrassed when his tax returns revealed that he gave just $353 to charity...

Senator [[John Kerry]] likewise has a poor record. In 1995 he gave zero to charity, but did spend $500,000 to buy a half stake in a seventeenth century painting. In 1993, he gave $175 to the needy. Later, of course, Kerry married the rich widow Theresa Heinz, and today is active in charitable causes using the Heinz foundation as his vehicle...

[Senator Ted] [[Ted Kennedy|Kennedy]]’s tax returns are obviously a closely guarded secret. But when he chose to run for President in the 1970s, he released some of them. With a net worth of more than $8 million in the early 1970s and an income of $461,444 from a series of family trusts, Senator Robin Hood gave barely 1 percent of his income to charity. The sum is about as much as Kennedy claimed as a write-off on his fifty-foot sailing sloop Curragh.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref>}}

== Liberals and uncharitableness ==

''For more information please see'': [[Liberals and uncharitableness]]

In March of 2008, [[George Will]] cited a study by Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], which indicated that American [[liberal]] households earn more than conservative American households but give less to charity.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref> In addition American conservatives donate more time and given more blood than American liberals.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>
[[Image:CharlesDarwin.jpg|thumb|125px|right|[[Charles Darwin]] ]]

== Barack Obama's Uncharitableness/Liberal Elitism and Social Darwinism ==

''See also'': [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is consistent with Obama being a [[Narcissism|narcissist]] which is a charge that has often been made against Barack Obama.<ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/obama_oprah_and_the_guru_malig_1.html</ref> However, it is also true that Barack Obama is an [[evolution|evolutionist]]. Barack Obama told the ''York Daily Record'' that "I believe in [[evolution]]...".<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999910/posts</ref> Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is also in accordance with someone who has a certain degree of [[Social Darwinism|social darwinistic]] thinking. In addition to [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals giving less to charity]], it also true that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals are also more likely to believe in evolution]].

== See also ==
*[[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]]
*[[Liberals and uncharitableness]]
*[[Atheism and Uncharitableness]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxXUufI3jA Barack Obama's small town guns and religion comments] ([[YouTube]] video)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM The Obama health care press conference: The Public Option]

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

[[Category: Barack Hussein Obama]]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: Charity]]

Barack Obama and uncharitableness

2009-08-26T16:37:26Z

StephenE: awkward phrasing

[[File:Poor-woman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator his arrival in the public spotlight, [[Barack Obama]] gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity).<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref><ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref> ]]
'''[[Barack Obama]]''' only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure. From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the [[United States Senate]], Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 a year (In the two previous years, Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>

Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years 2000 to 2006:

*2000: 0.9%
*2001: 0.5%
*2002: 0.4%
*2003: 1.4%
*2004: 1.2%
*2005: 4.7%
*2006: 6.1%<ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref>

This pattern is not surprising given what we know about [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness|the uncharitable nature of American liberal politicians ]] and [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals in in general]].<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref><ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>

== Barack Obama's Brother George Obama and Poverty ==
[[File:Barack Obamas Brother in Bengo-002.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Obama]]]]
In August 2008 the New York ''Daily News'' reported that Obama was doing nothing to help his half-brother George Obama, who waqs living in abject poverty in [[Kenya]]:
{{cquote|Barack Obama wants to live in the White House - but his youngest half-brother lives in the poorhouse.

George Obama, one of the candidate's seven living half-siblings, lives on pennies a month in a hut in Africa, the Italian edition of ''Vanity Fair'' revealed.

"No one knows who I am," George Obama, 26, told the magazine. "I live like a recluse, no one knows I exist."

He lives on the outskirts of Nairobi in a 65-square-foot shack decorated with posters of the Italian soccer clubs AC Milan and Inter, and a calendar of beaches.

I live here on less than a dollar a month," he said....<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>

A spokesman for Barack Obama declined repeated requests for comment yesterday.

George Obama said he met his famous brother as 5-year-old, and again in 2006 when Obama toured East Africa and visited Nairobi.

"It was very brief - we spoke for just a few minutes," he said.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>}}

In September 2008, [[National Review]] featured an article by [[Dinesh D'Souza]] which pointed out that:
{{cquote|George Obama’s shack measures six feet by ten feet, and yet he says that Barack Obama has done nothing to reach out to him or to help him. “I live like a recluse. If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTk1OTc2ZGVlNjg2NmU1YTlkMGJjZjk5OGEzMzIxYjA=</ref>}}

A critic of Barack Obama's refusal to help his brother wrote:
{{cquote|Well, they say charity begins at home, but it hasn't apparently in this case. Hearing about what George is going through, you can't help but wonder why his brother Barack won't send the guy $20? I mean it would double his annual income.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/George+Hussein+Onyango+Obama/articles/3/George+Obama+Barack+Obama+Brother+Fights+Life</ref>}}

Asked by Harry Smith from CBS about Obama leaving the campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, Obama replied, "Yeah, well, the -- I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/10/23/cbs-s-smith-compares-obama-lincoln-obama-attacks-hannity CBS’s Smith Compares Obama to Lincoln; Obama Attacks Hannity] NewsBusters.org, October 23, 2008</ref>

== Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism ==
[[File:arrogant_obama.jpg|right|125px|thumbnail|[[Barack Obama]] ]]
''For more information please see'': [[Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism]]

Obama has consistently shown himself to be a [[Liberal Elite|liberal elitist]] who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked to explain why many small town [[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." When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. 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>

In an attempt to 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.

Recently, a reporter questioned President Obama about [[Obamacare|his health care plan]] and Barack Obama revealed that the Obama health care plan [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism#Obama_Administration_health_care_plan_and_liberal_elitism is merely a liberal elitist plan rather than true health care reform].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM</ref>

==Liberal politicians and uncharitableness==
[[File:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[American Spectator]] reported that in 1998 [[Al Gore]] gave $353 to charity according to his tax returns.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref> ]]
''For more information please see:'' [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness]]

The political magazine the ''[[American Spectator]]'' declared:
{{cquote|The last two Democratic Party nominees for President have come up short on the charity scale. [[Al Gore]] has been famously stingy when it comes to actually giving his own money to charities. In 1998 he was embarrassed when his tax returns revealed that he gave just $353 to charity...

Senator [[John Kerry]] likewise has a poor record. In 1995 he gave zero to charity, but did spend $500,000 to buy a half stake in a seventeenth century painting. In 1993, he gave $175 to the needy. Later, of course, Kerry married the rich widow Theresa Heinz, and today is active in charitable causes using the Heinz foundation as his vehicle...

[Senator Ted] [[Ted Kennedy|Kennedy]]’s tax returns are obviously a closely guarded secret. But when he chose to run for President in the 1970s, he released some of them. With a net worth of more than $8 million in the early 1970s and an income of $461,444 from a series of family trusts, Senator Robin Hood gave barely 1 percent of his income to charity. The sum is about as much as Kennedy claimed as a write-off on his fifty-foot sailing sloop Curragh.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref>}}

== Liberals and uncharitableness ==

''For more information please see'': [[Liberals and uncharitableness]]

In March of 2008, [[George Will]] cited a study by Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], which indicated that American [[liberal]] households earn more than conservative American households but give less to charity.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref> In addition American conservatives donate more time and given more blood than American liberals.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>
[[Image:CharlesDarwin.jpg|thumb|125px|right|[[Charles Darwin]] ]]

== Barack Obama's Uncharitableness/Liberal Elitism and Social Darwinism ==

''See also'': [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is consistent with Obama being a [[Narcissism|narcissist]] which is a charge that has often been made against Barack Obama.<ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/obama_oprah_and_the_guru_malig_1.html</ref> However, it is also true that Barack Obama is an [[evolution|evolutionist]]. Barack Obama told the ''York Daily Record'' that "I believe in [[evolution]]...".<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999910/posts</ref> Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is also in accordance with someone who has a certain degree of [[Social Darwinism|social darwinistic]] thinking. In addition to [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals giving less to charity]], it also true that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals are also more likely to believe in evolution]].

== See also ==
*[[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]]
*[[Liberals and uncharitableness]]
*[[Atheism and Uncharitableness]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxXUufI3jA Barack Obama's small town guns and religion comments] ([[YouTube]] video)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM The Obama health care press conference: The Public Option]

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

[[Category: Barack Hussein Obama]]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: Charity]]

Barack Obama and uncharitableness

2009-08-26T16:35:56Z

StephenE:

[[File:Poor-woman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator his arrival in the public spotlight, [[Barack Obama]] gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity).<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref><ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref> ]]
'''[[Barack Obama]]''' only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure. From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the [[United States Senate]], Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 a year (In the two previous years, Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>

Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years 2000 to 2006:

*2000: 0.9%
*2001: 0.5%
*2002: 0.4%
*2003: 1.4%
*2004: 1.2%
*2005: 4.7%
*2006: 6.1%<ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref>

This pattern is not surprising given what we know about [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness|the uncharitable nature of American liberal politicians ]] and [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals in in general]].<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref><ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>

== Barack Obama's Brother George Obama and Poverty ==
[[File:Barack Obamas Brother in Bengo-002.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Obama]]]]
In August 2008 the New York ''Daily News'' reported that Obama was doing nothing to help his half-brother George Obama, who waqs living in abject poverty in [[Kenya]]:
{{cquote|Barack Obama wants to live in the White House - but his youngest half-brother lives in the poorhouse.

George Obama, one of the candidate's seven living half-siblings, lives on pennies a month in a hut in Africa, the Italian edition of ''Vanity Fair'' revealed.

"No one knows who I am," George Obama, 26, told the magazine. "I live like a recluse, no one knows I exist."

He lives on the outskirts of Nairobi in a 65-square-foot shack decorated with posters of the Italian soccer clubs AC Milan and Inter, and a calendar of beaches.

I live here on less than a dollar a month," he said....<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>

A spokesman for Barack Obama declined repeated requests for comment yesterday.

George Obama said he met his famous brother as 5-year-old, and again in 2006 when Obama toured East Africa and visited Nairobi.

"It was very brief - we spoke for just a few minutes," he said.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>}}

In September of 2008, [[National Review]] featured an article by [[Dinesh D'Souza]] which declared:
{{cquote|George Obama’s shack measures six feet by ten feet, and yet he says that Barack Obama has done nothing to reach out to him or to help him. “I live like a recluse. If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTk1OTc2ZGVlNjg2NmU1YTlkMGJjZjk5OGEzMzIxYjA=</ref>}}

A critic of Barack Obama's uncharitableness towards his brother wrote:
{{cquote|Well, they say charity begins at home, but it hasn't apparently in this case. Hearing about what George is going through, you can't help but wonder why his brother Barack won't send the guy $20? I mean it would double his annual income.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/George+Hussein+Onyango+Obama/articles/3/George+Obama+Barack+Obama+Brother+Fights+Life</ref>}}

Asked by Harry Smith from CBS about Obama leaving the campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, Obama replied, "Yeah, well, the -- I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/10/23/cbs-s-smith-compares-obama-lincoln-obama-attacks-hannity CBS’s Smith Compares Obama to Lincoln; Obama Attacks Hannity] NewsBusters.org, October 23, 2008</ref>

== Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism ==
[[File:arrogant_obama.jpg|right|125px|thumbnail|[[Barack Obama]] ]]
''For more information please see'': [[Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism]]

Obama has consistently shown himself to be a [[Liberal Elite|liberal elitist]] who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked to explain why many small town [[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." When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. 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>

In an attempt to 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.

Recently, a reporter questioned President Obama about [[Obamacare|his health care plan]] and Barack Obama revealed that the Obama health care plan [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism#Obama_Administration_health_care_plan_and_liberal_elitism is merely a liberal elitist plan rather than true health care reform].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM</ref>

==Liberal politicians and uncharitableness==
[[File:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[American Spectator]] reported that in 1998 [[Al Gore]] gave $353 to charity according to his tax returns.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref> ]]
''For more information please see:'' [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness]]

The political magazine the ''[[American Spectator]]'' declared:
{{cquote|The last two Democratic Party nominees for President have come up short on the charity scale. [[Al Gore]] has been famously stingy when it comes to actually giving his own money to charities. In 1998 he was embarrassed when his tax returns revealed that he gave just $353 to charity...

Senator [[John Kerry]] likewise has a poor record. In 1995 he gave zero to charity, but did spend $500,000 to buy a half stake in a seventeenth century painting. In 1993, he gave $175 to the needy. Later, of course, Kerry married the rich widow Theresa Heinz, and today is active in charitable causes using the Heinz foundation as his vehicle...

[Senator Ted] [[Ted Kennedy|Kennedy]]’s tax returns are obviously a closely guarded secret. But when he chose to run for President in the 1970s, he released some of them. With a net worth of more than $8 million in the early 1970s and an income of $461,444 from a series of family trusts, Senator Robin Hood gave barely 1 percent of his income to charity. The sum is about as much as Kennedy claimed as a write-off on his fifty-foot sailing sloop Curragh.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref>}}

== Liberals and uncharitableness ==

''For more information please see'': [[Liberals and uncharitableness]]

In March of 2008, [[George Will]] cited a study by Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], which indicated that American [[liberal]] households earn more than conservative American households but give less to charity.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref> In addition American conservatives donate more time and given more blood than American liberals.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>
[[Image:CharlesDarwin.jpg|thumb|125px|right|[[Charles Darwin]] ]]

== Barack Obama's Uncharitableness/Liberal Elitism and Social Darwinism ==

''See also'': [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is consistent with Obama being a [[Narcissism|narcissist]] which is a charge that has often been made against Barack Obama.<ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/obama_oprah_and_the_guru_malig_1.html</ref> However, it is also true that Barack Obama is an [[evolution|evolutionist]]. Barack Obama told the ''York Daily Record'' that "I believe in [[evolution]]...".<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999910/posts</ref> Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is also in accordance with someone who has a certain degree of [[Social Darwinism|social darwinistic]] thinking. In addition to [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals giving less to charity]], it also true that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals are also more likely to believe in evolution]].

== See also ==
*[[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]]
*[[Liberals and uncharitableness]]
*[[Atheism and Uncharitableness]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxXUufI3jA Barack Obama's small town guns and religion comments] ([[YouTube]] video)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM The Obama health care press conference: The Public Option]

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

[[Category: Barack Hussein Obama]]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: Charity]]

Barack Obama and uncharitableness

2009-08-26T16:32:15Z

StephenE: awkward phrasing

[[File:Poor-woman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator his arrival in the public spotlight, [[Barack Obama]] gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity).<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref><ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref> ]]
'''[[Barack Obama]]''' only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure. From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the [[United States Senate]], Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 a year (In the two previous years, Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>

Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years 2000 to 2006:

*2000: 0.9%
*2001: 0.5%
*2002: 0.4%
*2003: 1.4%
*2004: 1.2%
*2005: 4.7%
*2006: 6.1%<ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref>

This pattern is not surprising given what we know about [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness|the uncharitable nature of American liberal politicians ]] and [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals in in general]].<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref><ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>

== Barack Obama's Brother George Obama and Poverty ==
[[File:Barack Obamas Brother in Bengo-002.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Obama]]]]
In August of 2008 the NY Daily News reported the following concerning Obama and his half-brother George Obama:
{{cquote|Barack Obama wants to live in the White House - but his youngest half-brother lives in the poorhouse.

George Obama, one of the candidate's seven living half-siblings, lives on pennies a month in a hut in Africa, the Italian edition of Vanity Fair revealed.

"No one knows who I am," George Obama, 26, told the magazine. "I live like a recluse, no one knows I exist."

He lives on the outskirts of Nairobi in a 65-square-foot shack decorated with posters of the Italian soccer clubs AC Milan and Inter, and a calendar of beaches.

I live here on less than a dollar a month," he said....<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>

A spokesman for Barack Obama declined repeated requests for comment yesterday.

George Obama said he met his famous brother as 5-year-old, and again in 2006 when Obama toured East Africa and visited Nairobi.

"It was very brief - we spoke for just a few minutes," he said.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>}}

In September of 2008, [[National Review]] featured an article by [[Dinesh D'Souza]] which declared:
{{cquote|George Obama’s shack measures six feet by ten feet, and yet he says that Barack Obama has done nothing to reach out to him or to help him. “I live like a recluse. If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTk1OTc2ZGVlNjg2NmU1YTlkMGJjZjk5OGEzMzIxYjA=</ref>}}

A critic of Barack Obama's uncharitableness towards his brother wrote:
{{cquote|Well, they say charity begins at home, but it hasn't apparently in this case. Hearing about what George is going through, you can't help but wonder why his brother Barack won't send the guy $20? I mean it would double his annual income.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/George+Hussein+Onyango+Obama/articles/3/George+Obama+Barack+Obama+Brother+Fights+Life</ref>}}

Asked by Harry Smith from CBS about Obama leaving the campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, Obama replied, "Yeah, well, the -- I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/10/23/cbs-s-smith-compares-obama-lincoln-obama-attacks-hannity CBS’s Smith Compares Obama to Lincoln; Obama Attacks Hannity] NewsBusters.org, October 23, 2008</ref>

== Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism ==
[[File:arrogant_obama.jpg|right|125px|thumbnail|[[Barack Obama]] ]]
''For more information please see'': [[Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism]]

Obama has consistently shown himself to be a [[Liberal Elite|liberal elitist]] who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked to explain why many small town [[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." When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. 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>

In an attempt to 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.

Recently, a reporter questioned President Obama about [[Obamacare|his health care plan]] and Barack Obama revealed that the Obama health care plan [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism#Obama_Administration_health_care_plan_and_liberal_elitism is merely a liberal elitist plan rather than true health care reform].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM</ref>

==Liberal politicians and uncharitableness==
[[File:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[American Spectator]] reported that in 1998 [[Al Gore]] gave $353 to charity according to his tax returns.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref> ]]
''For more information please see:'' [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness]]

The political magazine the ''[[American Spectator]]'' declared:
{{cquote|The last two Democratic Party nominees for President have come up short on the charity scale. [[Al Gore]] has been famously stingy when it comes to actually giving his own money to charities. In 1998 he was embarrassed when his tax returns revealed that he gave just $353 to charity...

Senator [[John Kerry]] likewise has a poor record. In 1995 he gave zero to charity, but did spend $500,000 to buy a half stake in a seventeenth century painting. In 1993, he gave $175 to the needy. Later, of course, Kerry married the rich widow Theresa Heinz, and today is active in charitable causes using the Heinz foundation as his vehicle...

[Senator Ted] [[Ted Kennedy|Kennedy]]’s tax returns are obviously a closely guarded secret. But when he chose to run for President in the 1970s, he released some of them. With a net worth of more than $8 million in the early 1970s and an income of $461,444 from a series of family trusts, Senator Robin Hood gave barely 1 percent of his income to charity. The sum is about as much as Kennedy claimed as a write-off on his fifty-foot sailing sloop Curragh.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref>}}

== Liberals and uncharitableness ==

''For more information please see'': [[Liberals and uncharitableness]]

In March of 2008, [[George Will]] cited a study by Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], which indicated that American [[liberal]] households earn more than conservative American households but give less to charity.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref> In addition American conservatives donate more time and given more blood than American liberals.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>
[[Image:CharlesDarwin.jpg|thumb|125px|right|[[Charles Darwin]] ]]

== Barack Obama's Uncharitableness/Liberal Elitism and Social Darwinism ==

''See also'': [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is consistent with Obama being a [[Narcissism|narcissist]] which is a charge that has often been made against Barack Obama.<ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/obama_oprah_and_the_guru_malig_1.html</ref> However, it is also true that Barack Obama is an [[evolution|evolutionist]]. Barack Obama told the ''York Daily Record'' that "I believe in [[evolution]]...".<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999910/posts</ref> Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is also in accordance with someone who has a certain degree of [[Social Darwinism|social darwinistic]] thinking. In addition to [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals giving less to charity]], it also true that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals are also more likely to believe in evolution]].

== See also ==
*[[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]]
*[[Liberals and uncharitableness]]
*[[Atheism and Uncharitableness]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxXUufI3jA Barack Obama's small town guns and religion comments] ([[YouTube]] video)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM The Obama health care press conference: The Public Option]

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

[[Category: Barack Hussein Obama]]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: Charity]]

Barack Obama and uncharitableness

2009-08-26T16:29:51Z

StephenE: repeats a fact given in the previous sentence--CP should be concise.

[[File:Poor-woman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator his arrival in the public spotlight, [[Barack Obama]] gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity).<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref><ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref> ]]
'''[[Barack Obama]]''' only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure. From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the [[United States Senate]], Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 a year (In the two previous years, Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>

Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years 2000 to 2006:

*2000: 0.9%
*2001: 0.5%
*2002: 0.4%
*2003: 1.4%
*2004: 1.2%
*2005: 4.7%
*2006: 6.1%<ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref>

Obama's charitable giving pattern is not surprising given what we know about [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness|the charitable giving of United States liberal politicians ]] and [[Liberals and uncharitableness|the charitable giving of liberals in the United States]].<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref><ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>

== Barack Obama's Brother George Obama and Poverty ==
[[File:Barack Obamas Brother in Bengo-002.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Obama]]]]
In August of 2008 the NY Daily News reported the following concerning Obama and his half-brother George Obama:
{{cquote|Barack Obama wants to live in the White House - but his youngest half-brother lives in the poorhouse.

George Obama, one of the candidate's seven living half-siblings, lives on pennies a month in a hut in Africa, the Italian edition of Vanity Fair revealed.

"No one knows who I am," George Obama, 26, told the magazine. "I live like a recluse, no one knows I exist."

He lives on the outskirts of Nairobi in a 65-square-foot shack decorated with posters of the Italian soccer clubs AC Milan and Inter, and a calendar of beaches.

I live here on less than a dollar a month," he said....<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>

A spokesman for Barack Obama declined repeated requests for comment yesterday.

George Obama said he met his famous brother as 5-year-old, and again in 2006 when Obama toured East Africa and visited Nairobi.

"It was very brief - we spoke for just a few minutes," he said.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>}}

In September of 2008, [[National Review]] featured an article by [[Dinesh D'Souza]] which declared:
{{cquote|George Obama’s shack measures six feet by ten feet, and yet he says that Barack Obama has done nothing to reach out to him or to help him. “I live like a recluse. If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTk1OTc2ZGVlNjg2NmU1YTlkMGJjZjk5OGEzMzIxYjA=</ref>}}

A critic of Barack Obama's uncharitableness towards his brother wrote:
{{cquote|Well, they say charity begins at home, but it hasn't apparently in this case. Hearing about what George is going through, you can't help but wonder why his brother Barack won't send the guy $20? I mean it would double his annual income.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/George+Hussein+Onyango+Obama/articles/3/George+Obama+Barack+Obama+Brother+Fights+Life</ref>}}

Asked by Harry Smith from CBS about Obama leaving the campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, Obama replied, "Yeah, well, the -- I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/10/23/cbs-s-smith-compares-obama-lincoln-obama-attacks-hannity CBS’s Smith Compares Obama to Lincoln; Obama Attacks Hannity] NewsBusters.org, October 23, 2008</ref>

== Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism ==
[[File:arrogant_obama.jpg|right|125px|thumbnail|[[Barack Obama]] ]]
''For more information please see'': [[Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism]]

Obama has consistently shown himself to be a [[Liberal Elite|liberal elitist]] who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked to explain why many small town [[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." When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. 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>

In an attempt to 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.

Recently, a reporter questioned President Obama about [[Obamacare|his health care plan]] and Barack Obama revealed that the Obama health care plan [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism#Obama_Administration_health_care_plan_and_liberal_elitism is merely a liberal elitist plan rather than true health care reform].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM</ref>

==Liberal politicians and uncharitableness==
[[File:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[American Spectator]] reported that in 1998 [[Al Gore]] gave $353 to charity according to his tax returns.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref> ]]
''For more information please see:'' [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness]]

The political magazine the ''[[American Spectator]]'' declared:
{{cquote|The last two Democratic Party nominees for President have come up short on the charity scale. [[Al Gore]] has been famously stingy when it comes to actually giving his own money to charities. In 1998 he was embarrassed when his tax returns revealed that he gave just $353 to charity...

Senator [[John Kerry]] likewise has a poor record. In 1995 he gave zero to charity, but did spend $500,000 to buy a half stake in a seventeenth century painting. In 1993, he gave $175 to the needy. Later, of course, Kerry married the rich widow Theresa Heinz, and today is active in charitable causes using the Heinz foundation as his vehicle...

[Senator Ted] [[Ted Kennedy|Kennedy]]’s tax returns are obviously a closely guarded secret. But when he chose to run for President in the 1970s, he released some of them. With a net worth of more than $8 million in the early 1970s and an income of $461,444 from a series of family trusts, Senator Robin Hood gave barely 1 percent of his income to charity. The sum is about as much as Kennedy claimed as a write-off on his fifty-foot sailing sloop Curragh.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref>}}

== Liberals and uncharitableness ==

''For more information please see'': [[Liberals and uncharitableness]]

In March of 2008, [[George Will]] cited a study by Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], which indicated that American [[liberal]] households earn more than conservative American households but give less to charity.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref> In addition American conservatives donate more time and given more blood than American liberals.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>
[[Image:CharlesDarwin.jpg|thumb|125px|right|[[Charles Darwin]] ]]

== Barack Obama's Uncharitableness/Liberal Elitism and Social Darwinism ==

''See also'': [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is consistent with Obama being a [[Narcissism|narcissist]] which is a charge that has often been made against Barack Obama.<ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/obama_oprah_and_the_guru_malig_1.html</ref> However, it is also true that Barack Obama is an [[evolution|evolutionist]]. Barack Obama told the ''York Daily Record'' that "I believe in [[evolution]]...".<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999910/posts</ref> Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is also in accordance with someone who has a certain degree of [[Social Darwinism|social darwinistic]] thinking. In addition to [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals giving less to charity]], it also true that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals are also more likely to believe in evolution]].

== See also ==
*[[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]]
*[[Liberals and uncharitableness]]
*[[Atheism and Uncharitableness]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxXUufI3jA Barack Obama's small town guns and religion comments] ([[YouTube]] video)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM The Obama health care press conference: The Public Option]

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

[[Category: Barack Hussein Obama]]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: Charity]]

Barack Obama and uncharitableness

2009-08-26T16:28:49Z

StephenE: awkward phrasing

[[File:Poor-woman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator his arrival in the public spotlight, [[Barack Obama]] gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity).<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref><ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref> ]]
'''[[Barack Obama]]''' only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure. From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the [[United States Senate]], Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 a year (In the two previous years, Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>

Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years of 2000 to 2006 when he was earning about $250,000 per year:

*2000: 0.9%
*2001: 0.5%
*2002: 0.4%
*2003: 1.4%
*2004: 1.2%
*2005: 4.7%
*2006: 6.1%<ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref>

Obama's charitable giving pattern is not surprising given what we know about [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness|the charitable giving of United States liberal politicians ]] and [[Liberals and uncharitableness|the charitable giving of liberals in the United States]].<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref><ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>

== Barack Obama's Brother George Obama and Poverty ==
[[File:Barack Obamas Brother in Bengo-002.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Obama]]]]
In August of 2008 the NY Daily News reported the following concerning Obama and his half-brother George Obama:
{{cquote|Barack Obama wants to live in the White House - but his youngest half-brother lives in the poorhouse.

George Obama, one of the candidate's seven living half-siblings, lives on pennies a month in a hut in Africa, the Italian edition of Vanity Fair revealed.

"No one knows who I am," George Obama, 26, told the magazine. "I live like a recluse, no one knows I exist."

He lives on the outskirts of Nairobi in a 65-square-foot shack decorated with posters of the Italian soccer clubs AC Milan and Inter, and a calendar of beaches.

I live here on less than a dollar a month," he said....<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>

A spokesman for Barack Obama declined repeated requests for comment yesterday.

George Obama said he met his famous brother as 5-year-old, and again in 2006 when Obama toured East Africa and visited Nairobi.

"It was very brief - we spoke for just a few minutes," he said.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>}}

In September of 2008, [[National Review]] featured an article by [[Dinesh D'Souza]] which declared:
{{cquote|George Obama’s shack measures six feet by ten feet, and yet he says that Barack Obama has done nothing to reach out to him or to help him. “I live like a recluse. If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTk1OTc2ZGVlNjg2NmU1YTlkMGJjZjk5OGEzMzIxYjA=</ref>}}

A critic of Barack Obama's uncharitableness towards his brother wrote:
{{cquote|Well, they say charity begins at home, but it hasn't apparently in this case. Hearing about what George is going through, you can't help but wonder why his brother Barack won't send the guy $20? I mean it would double his annual income.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/George+Hussein+Onyango+Obama/articles/3/George+Obama+Barack+Obama+Brother+Fights+Life</ref>}}

Asked by Harry Smith from CBS about Obama leaving the campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, Obama replied, "Yeah, well, the -- I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/10/23/cbs-s-smith-compares-obama-lincoln-obama-attacks-hannity CBS’s Smith Compares Obama to Lincoln; Obama Attacks Hannity] NewsBusters.org, October 23, 2008</ref>

== Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism ==
[[File:arrogant_obama.jpg|right|125px|thumbnail|[[Barack Obama]] ]]
''For more information please see'': [[Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism]]

Obama has consistently shown himself to be a [[Liberal Elite|liberal elitist]] who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked to explain why many small town [[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." When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. 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>

In an attempt to 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.

Recently, a reporter questioned President Obama about [[Obamacare|his health care plan]] and Barack Obama revealed that the Obama health care plan [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism#Obama_Administration_health_care_plan_and_liberal_elitism is merely a liberal elitist plan rather than true health care reform].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM</ref>

==Liberal politicians and uncharitableness==
[[File:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[American Spectator]] reported that in 1998 [[Al Gore]] gave $353 to charity according to his tax returns.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref> ]]
''For more information please see:'' [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness]]

The political magazine the ''[[American Spectator]]'' declared:
{{cquote|The last two Democratic Party nominees for President have come up short on the charity scale. [[Al Gore]] has been famously stingy when it comes to actually giving his own money to charities. In 1998 he was embarrassed when his tax returns revealed that he gave just $353 to charity...

Senator [[John Kerry]] likewise has a poor record. In 1995 he gave zero to charity, but did spend $500,000 to buy a half stake in a seventeenth century painting. In 1993, he gave $175 to the needy. Later, of course, Kerry married the rich widow Theresa Heinz, and today is active in charitable causes using the Heinz foundation as his vehicle...

[Senator Ted] [[Ted Kennedy|Kennedy]]’s tax returns are obviously a closely guarded secret. But when he chose to run for President in the 1970s, he released some of them. With a net worth of more than $8 million in the early 1970s and an income of $461,444 from a series of family trusts, Senator Robin Hood gave barely 1 percent of his income to charity. The sum is about as much as Kennedy claimed as a write-off on his fifty-foot sailing sloop Curragh.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref>}}

== Liberals and uncharitableness ==

''For more information please see'': [[Liberals and uncharitableness]]

In March of 2008, [[George Will]] cited a study by Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], which indicated that American [[liberal]] households earn more than conservative American households but give less to charity.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref> In addition American conservatives donate more time and given more blood than American liberals.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>
[[Image:CharlesDarwin.jpg|thumb|125px|right|[[Charles Darwin]] ]]

== Barack Obama's Uncharitableness/Liberal Elitism and Social Darwinism ==

''See also'': [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is consistent with Obama being a [[Narcissism|narcissist]] which is a charge that has often been made against Barack Obama.<ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/obama_oprah_and_the_guru_malig_1.html</ref> However, it is also true that Barack Obama is an [[evolution|evolutionist]]. Barack Obama told the ''York Daily Record'' that "I believe in [[evolution]]...".<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999910/posts</ref> Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is also in accordance with someone who has a certain degree of [[Social Darwinism|social darwinistic]] thinking. In addition to [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals giving less to charity]], it also true that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals are also more likely to believe in evolution]].

== See also ==
*[[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]]
*[[Liberals and uncharitableness]]
*[[Atheism and Uncharitableness]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxXUufI3jA Barack Obama's small town guns and religion comments] ([[YouTube]] video)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM The Obama health care press conference: The Public Option]

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

[[Category: Barack Hussein Obama]]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: Charity]]

Barack Obama and uncharitableness

2009-08-26T16:27:12Z

StephenE: awkward phrasing

[[File:Poor-woman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator his arrival in the public spotlight, [[Barack Obama]] gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity).<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref><ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref> ]]
'''[[Barack Obama]]''' only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure. From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the United States Senate, Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>

Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years of 2000 to 2006 when he was earning about $250,000 per year:

*2000: 0.9%
*2001: 0.5%
*2002: 0.4%
*2003: 1.4%
*2004: 1.2%
*2005: 4.7%
*2006: 6.1%<ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref>

Obama's charitable giving pattern is not surprising given what we know about [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness|the charitable giving of United States liberal politicians ]] and [[Liberals and uncharitableness|the charitable giving of liberals in the United States]].<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref><ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>

== Barack Obama's Brother George Obama and Poverty ==
[[File:Barack Obamas Brother in Bengo-002.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Obama]]]]
In August of 2008 the NY Daily News reported the following concerning Obama and his half-brother George Obama:
{{cquote|Barack Obama wants to live in the White House - but his youngest half-brother lives in the poorhouse.

George Obama, one of the candidate's seven living half-siblings, lives on pennies a month in a hut in Africa, the Italian edition of Vanity Fair revealed.

"No one knows who I am," George Obama, 26, told the magazine. "I live like a recluse, no one knows I exist."

He lives on the outskirts of Nairobi in a 65-square-foot shack decorated with posters of the Italian soccer clubs AC Milan and Inter, and a calendar of beaches.

I live here on less than a dollar a month," he said....<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>

A spokesman for Barack Obama declined repeated requests for comment yesterday.

George Obama said he met his famous brother as 5-year-old, and again in 2006 when Obama toured East Africa and visited Nairobi.

"It was very brief - we spoke for just a few minutes," he said.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>}}

In September of 2008, [[National Review]] featured an article by [[Dinesh D'Souza]] which declared:
{{cquote|George Obama’s shack measures six feet by ten feet, and yet he says that Barack Obama has done nothing to reach out to him or to help him. “I live like a recluse. If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTk1OTc2ZGVlNjg2NmU1YTlkMGJjZjk5OGEzMzIxYjA=</ref>}}

A critic of Barack Obama's uncharitableness towards his brother wrote:
{{cquote|Well, they say charity begins at home, but it hasn't apparently in this case. Hearing about what George is going through, you can't help but wonder why his brother Barack won't send the guy $20? I mean it would double his annual income.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/George+Hussein+Onyango+Obama/articles/3/George+Obama+Barack+Obama+Brother+Fights+Life</ref>}}

Asked by Harry Smith from CBS about Obama leaving the campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, Obama replied, "Yeah, well, the -- I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/10/23/cbs-s-smith-compares-obama-lincoln-obama-attacks-hannity CBS’s Smith Compares Obama to Lincoln; Obama Attacks Hannity] NewsBusters.org, October 23, 2008</ref>

== Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism ==
[[File:arrogant_obama.jpg|right|125px|thumbnail|[[Barack Obama]] ]]
''For more information please see'': [[Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism]]

Obama has consistently shown himself to be a [[Liberal Elite|liberal elitist]] who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked to explain why many small town [[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." When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. 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>

In an attempt to 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.

Recently, a reporter questioned President Obama about [[Obamacare|his health care plan]] and Barack Obama revealed that the Obama health care plan [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism#Obama_Administration_health_care_plan_and_liberal_elitism is merely a liberal elitist plan rather than true health care reform].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM</ref>

==Liberal politicians and uncharitableness==
[[File:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[American Spectator]] reported that in 1998 [[Al Gore]] gave $353 to charity according to his tax returns.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref> ]]
''For more information please see:'' [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness]]

The political magazine the ''[[American Spectator]]'' declared:
{{cquote|The last two Democratic Party nominees for President have come up short on the charity scale. [[Al Gore]] has been famously stingy when it comes to actually giving his own money to charities. In 1998 he was embarrassed when his tax returns revealed that he gave just $353 to charity...

Senator [[John Kerry]] likewise has a poor record. In 1995 he gave zero to charity, but did spend $500,000 to buy a half stake in a seventeenth century painting. In 1993, he gave $175 to the needy. Later, of course, Kerry married the rich widow Theresa Heinz, and today is active in charitable causes using the Heinz foundation as his vehicle...

[Senator Ted] [[Ted Kennedy|Kennedy]]’s tax returns are obviously a closely guarded secret. But when he chose to run for President in the 1970s, he released some of them. With a net worth of more than $8 million in the early 1970s and an income of $461,444 from a series of family trusts, Senator Robin Hood gave barely 1 percent of his income to charity. The sum is about as much as Kennedy claimed as a write-off on his fifty-foot sailing sloop Curragh.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref>}}

== Liberals and uncharitableness ==

''For more information please see'': [[Liberals and uncharitableness]]

In March of 2008, [[George Will]] cited a study by Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], which indicated that American [[liberal]] households earn more than conservative American households but give less to charity.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref> In addition American conservatives donate more time and given more blood than American liberals.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>
[[Image:CharlesDarwin.jpg|thumb|125px|right|[[Charles Darwin]] ]]

== Barack Obama's Uncharitableness/Liberal Elitism and Social Darwinism ==

''See also'': [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is consistent with Obama being a [[Narcissism|narcissist]] which is a charge that has often been made against Barack Obama.<ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/obama_oprah_and_the_guru_malig_1.html</ref> However, it is also true that Barack Obama is an [[evolution|evolutionist]]. Barack Obama told the ''York Daily Record'' that "I believe in [[evolution]]...".<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999910/posts</ref> Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is also in accordance with someone who has a certain degree of [[Social Darwinism|social darwinistic]] thinking. In addition to [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals giving less to charity]], it also true that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals are also more likely to believe in evolution]].

== See also ==
*[[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]]
*[[Liberals and uncharitableness]]
*[[Atheism and Uncharitableness]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxXUufI3jA Barack Obama's small town guns and religion comments] ([[YouTube]] video)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM The Obama health care press conference: The Public Option]

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

[[Category: Barack Hussein Obama]]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: Charity]]

Barack Obama and uncharitableness

2009-08-26T16:24:37Z

StephenE: awkward phrasing

[[File:Poor-woman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator his arrival in the public spotlight, [[Barack Obama]] gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity).<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref><ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref> ]]
Concerning the matter of '''Barack Obama and uncharitablenss''', in the years 2000 through 2004, before becoming a United States Senator and being in the public spotlight, [[Barack Obama]] gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 per year (In the years 2000 to 2002, Barack Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>

Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years of 2000 to 2006 when he was earning about $250,000 per year:

*2000: 0.9%
*2001: 0.5%
*2002: 0.4%
*2003: 1.4%
*2004: 1.2%
*2005: 4.7%
*2006: 6.1%<ref>http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/httpatangledwebsquarespace/obamas-charitable-contributions.html</ref>

Obama's charitable giving pattern is not surprising given what we know about [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness|the charitable giving of United States liberal politicians ]] and [[Liberals and uncharitableness|the charitable giving of liberals in the United States]].<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref><ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>

== Barack Obama's Brother George Obama and Poverty ==
[[File:Barack Obamas Brother in Bengo-002.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Obama]]]]
In August of 2008 the NY Daily News reported the following concerning Obama and his half-brother George Obama:
{{cquote|Barack Obama wants to live in the White House - but his youngest half-brother lives in the poorhouse.

George Obama, one of the candidate's seven living half-siblings, lives on pennies a month in a hut in Africa, the Italian edition of Vanity Fair revealed.

"No one knows who I am," George Obama, 26, told the magazine. "I live like a recluse, no one knows I exist."

He lives on the outskirts of Nairobi in a 65-square-foot shack decorated with posters of the Italian soccer clubs AC Milan and Inter, and a calendar of beaches.

I live here on less than a dollar a month," he said....<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>

A spokesman for Barack Obama declined repeated requests for comment yesterday.

George Obama said he met his famous brother as 5-year-old, and again in 2006 when Obama toured East Africa and visited Nairobi.

"It was very brief - we spoke for just a few minutes," he said.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_barack_obamas_povertystricken_halfbrothe.html</ref>}}

In September of 2008, [[National Review]] featured an article by [[Dinesh D'Souza]] which declared:
{{cquote|George Obama’s shack measures six feet by ten feet, and yet he says that Barack Obama has done nothing to reach out to him or to help him. “I live like a recluse. If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTk1OTc2ZGVlNjg2NmU1YTlkMGJjZjk5OGEzMzIxYjA=</ref>}}

A critic of Barack Obama's uncharitableness towards his brother wrote:
{{cquote|Well, they say charity begins at home, but it hasn't apparently in this case. Hearing about what George is going through, you can't help but wonder why his brother Barack won't send the guy $20? I mean it would double his annual income.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/George+Hussein+Onyango+Obama/articles/3/George+Obama+Barack+Obama+Brother+Fights+Life</ref>}}

Asked by Harry Smith from CBS about Obama leaving the campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, Obama replied, "Yeah, well, the -- I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/10/23/cbs-s-smith-compares-obama-lincoln-obama-attacks-hannity CBS’s Smith Compares Obama to Lincoln; Obama Attacks Hannity] NewsBusters.org, October 23, 2008</ref>

== Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism ==
[[File:arrogant_obama.jpg|right|125px|thumbnail|[[Barack Obama]] ]]
''For more information please see'': [[Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism]]

Obama has consistently shown himself to be a [[Liberal Elite|liberal elitist]] who looks down on "ordinary" Americans. Asked to explain why many small town [[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." When Obama made this remark he was alluding to small town people who had experienced long periods of joblessness. 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>

In an attempt to 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.

Recently, a reporter questioned President Obama about [[Obamacare|his health care plan]] and Barack Obama revealed that the Obama health care plan [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama_and_Liberal_Elitism#Obama_Administration_health_care_plan_and_liberal_elitism is merely a liberal elitist plan rather than true health care reform].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM</ref>

==Liberal politicians and uncharitableness==
[[File:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[American Spectator]] reported that in 1998 [[Al Gore]] gave $353 to charity according to his tax returns.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref> ]]
''For more information please see:'' [[Liberal politicians and uncharitableness]]

The political magazine the ''[[American Spectator]]'' declared:
{{cquote|The last two Democratic Party nominees for President have come up short on the charity scale. [[Al Gore]] has been famously stingy when it comes to actually giving his own money to charities. In 1998 he was embarrassed when his tax returns revealed that he gave just $353 to charity...

Senator [[John Kerry]] likewise has a poor record. In 1995 he gave zero to charity, but did spend $500,000 to buy a half stake in a seventeenth century painting. In 1993, he gave $175 to the needy. Later, of course, Kerry married the rich widow Theresa Heinz, and today is active in charitable causes using the Heinz foundation as his vehicle...

[Senator Ted] [[Ted Kennedy|Kennedy]]’s tax returns are obviously a closely guarded secret. But when he chose to run for President in the 1970s, he released some of them. With a net worth of more than $8 million in the early 1970s and an income of $461,444 from a series of family trusts, Senator Robin Hood gave barely 1 percent of his income to charity. The sum is about as much as Kennedy claimed as a write-off on his fifty-foot sailing sloop Curragh.<ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c5_1238044128&c=1</ref>}}

== Liberals and uncharitableness ==

''For more information please see'': [[Liberals and uncharitableness]]

In March of 2008, [[George Will]] cited a study by Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at [[Syracuse University]], which indicated that American [[liberal]] households earn more than conservative American households but give less to charity.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref> In addition American conservatives donate more time and given more blood than American liberals.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>
[[Image:CharlesDarwin.jpg|thumb|125px|right|[[Charles Darwin]] ]]

== Barack Obama's Uncharitableness/Liberal Elitism and Social Darwinism ==

''See also'': [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is consistent with Obama being a [[Narcissism|narcissist]] which is a charge that has often been made against Barack Obama.<ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/obama_oprah_and_the_guru_malig_1.html</ref> However, it is also true that Barack Obama is an [[evolution|evolutionist]]. Barack Obama told the ''York Daily Record'' that "I believe in [[evolution]]...".<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999910/posts</ref> Barack Obama's charitable giving and liberal elitism is also in accordance with someone who has a certain degree of [[Social Darwinism|social darwinistic]] thinking. In addition to [[Liberals and uncharitableness|liberals giving less to charity]], it also true that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals are also more likely to believe in evolution]].

== See also ==
*[[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]]
*[[Liberals and uncharitableness]]
*[[Atheism and Uncharitableness]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxXUufI3jA Barack Obama's small town guns and religion comments] ([[YouTube]] video)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzLDb2igKM The Obama health care press conference: The Public Option]

==References==
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Husband and wife

2009-08-26T00:56:24Z

StephenE:

The term '''husband and wife''' refers to a couple, one [[male]] and the other [[female]], who are bound together by a legally-recognized [[marriage]].

==The Unification Church's view==

Rev. [[Sun Myung Moon]] said, "I am sometimes hard on even Mother in terms of providing education, at times being very stern. On such occasions, she might wonder who in the world I am. When she is in the wrong, I must point it out, even if it greatly distresses her. Yet I promised her that our children would not be privy to such moments. They never see their mother in tearful conversation. Once they appear, we quickly change the subject. Make your children believe that you and your spouse never fight. Think of them as formidable teachers. Show them only good things, not bad, and also do not do bad things." [http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/theofed/Theory_Education5.html#1001208]

Husband and wife

2009-08-26T00:51:11Z

StephenE: Replaced quote with zero context given with a start of an actual article.

The term '''husband and wife''' refers to a couple, one [[male]] and the other [[female]], who are bound together by a legally-recognized [[marriage]].

Talk:American Historical Association

2009-08-10T02:25:19Z

StephenE: Created page with 'The OAH is not really a "rival" to the AHA. The former is an organization for historians who work on American history. The latter is for historians working in the USA, regardless...'

The OAH is not really a "rival" to the AHA. The former is an organization for historians who work on American history. The latter is for historians working in the USA, regardless of their research fields. This difference is reflected in the contents of the respective journals. Many, if not most USA-based historians of the United States belong to both groups AFAIK. [[User:StephenE|StephenE]] 22:25, 9 August 2009 (EDT)

City of Houston, Tex. v. Hill

2009-08-01T19:18:17Z

StephenE:

In '''''City of Houston, Tex. v. Hill''''', 482 U.S. 451 (1987), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that a city ordinance prohibiting speech that "in any manner" interrupts a police officer in the performance of his duties, without limitation to fighting words or to obscene or opprobrious language was unconstitutionally vague.
[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]

Entitlements

2009-08-01T19:10:47Z

StephenE:

'''Entitlements''' are benefits which the [[government]] provides to Americans who qualify because of their age, income, and/or status.

Example include benefits payable to children who live below the poverty line, the disabled, and veterans.

[[Category:United States Government]]

Tom Allen

2009-08-01T19:06:18Z

StephenE:

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|spouse=Diana Allen
|religion=Protestant
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|state=Maine
|district=1st
|terms=January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009
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'''Thomas H. (Tom) Allen''', born April 16, 1945 (age {{age|1945|4|16}}), is a former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], representing [[Maine]]'s 1st congressional district from 1997-2009. He is a [[liberal]] [[Democrat]] who missed 157 votes in [[Congress]] and never introduced a bill was signed into law. Allen ran for the [[United States Senate]] in 2008 against moderate [[Republican]] [[Susan Collins]]. He was defeated 61%-39%.
==External links==
*[http://tomallen.house.gov/ U.S. House site]
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=a000357 Biography] at the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Tom_Allen.htm Tom Allen] On the Issues
*[http://www.nrsc.org/maine/ Maine Deserves Better, a Republican site on Tom Allen]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Tom}}

Spin-off Effect

2009-08-01T18:55:36Z

StephenE:

In relation to [[economics]], a '''spin-off effect''' is the reaction to a new injection of capital in an economy. For example, if a [[multinational company]] builds a plant in a mid-sized town that employs five hundred people, not only will demand for general consumer goods, property etc. increase as a result (causing more employment) but smaller, local firms will inevitably set up to sell goods required by the plant and its workers.

[[Category:Economics]]

Hypatia of Alexandria

2009-08-01T18:54:10Z

StephenE:

[[Image:Hypatia.jpg|right|thumb]]
'''Hypatia of Alexandria''' was a [[philosopher]], [[mathematician]], and [[astronomer]] living in the city of [[Alexandria]] from 370 A.D to 415 A.D. She wrote several treatises on conic sections and edited her father's work on [[Ptolemy]].

Much of her life is shrouded in mystery with sources not always in agreement and sometimes wildly contradictory, especially as regards the causes of her death. The main source about her life are the etters written by a devoted student.

Hypatia was a [[pagan]] who occupied the chair of Neo-Platonic study at Alexandria. She was blamed for a falling out between Cyric and Orestes in the city and was killed by a mob during a riot.

Her works include:

* A Commentary on the Arithmetica of Diophantus
* A Commentary on the Conics of Apollonious

== See also ==

*[[Philosophy]]

==Sources==

The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989

==External Links==

* http://cosmopolis.com/people/hypatia.html
* [http://www.cosmopolis.com/alexandria/hypatia-bio-suda.html From the ancient writings, but a bit of a soap opera account]
* [http://www.womanastronomer.com/hypatia.htm Another very different account of her death]

[[Category:Philosophers]]
[[Category:Mathematicians]]
[[Category:Women]]

John Dowland

2009-08-01T18:53:15Z

StephenE:

'''John Dowland''' (1563-1626), [[English]] (possibly [[Irish]] born) [[composer]], lutenist and singer, is recognised as the greatest writer and exponent of the [[lute song]] and associated music during about the first quarter of the 17th century. Whilst not the most prolific of the composers of these songs (''ayres''), his ability to match the emotions of the verse with his accompanying music for the lute in often unconventional, frequently intense, but always appropriate ways, was unmatched at his time, and rarely since. As such, he can be seen as the forerunner of the great lieder/art-song writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, and a direct forebear of the songwriters of the English Revival in the 20th century.

A melancholic and darkly preoccupied man, much of his music is concerned with dolorous feelings, and even amongst the dances and gaiety of his court pieces there stands his [[consort]] composition, the intensely unhappy “''Lachrimae''” or “''seaven tears''”. Another work is entitled “''Semper Dowland, semper dolens''” (“''Always Dowland, always unhappy''” Although of [[protestant]] upbringing, he converted to [[Catholicism]] and became concerned with sin and the unhappy state of the world.

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{{DEFAULTSORT: Dowland, John}}

Fair Russia

2009-08-01T18:51:41Z

StephenE:

'''Fair Russia''' or '''Just Russia''' is a [[Russia]]n [[political party]]. It is the fourth largest political party in the nation after [[United Russia]], the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]] and the [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia]]. The party was formed in November 2006 by merger of the nationalist party Rodina, the Russian Party of Life (a social democratic party) and the Russian Pensioners' Party (a pensioners' advocacy organization).<ref name="RUSSIAPROFILE>[http://www.russiaprofile.org/page.php?pageid=Political+Parties+and+Movements&articleid=1729" Just Russia] ''Russiaprofile.org''</ref> Sergey Mironov is the current chairman of Fair Russia. Its headquarters is situated in Moscow. The party embraces [[socialism|socialist]] and social-democratic ideologies.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://spravedlivo.ru/ Official Website (Russian)]

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