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Woods Fund Leader Remains Silent About Obama Votes to Fund Arab American Action Network

February 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Two years ago today, I reached out to Deborah Harrington, president of the Chicago-based Woods Fund, to ask whether Barack Obama, acting in his capacity as a director/board member of the organization, had cast any votes in favor of providing grants for Arab American Action Network.  To date, I’ve received no response, and the silence [...]

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‘LIVE RAID’ Concerts to Benefit Somali Pirates (Updated)

April 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Bob Geldof announced today that, on July 13, he will stage the first of a series of 12 “LIVE RAID” concerts to benefit Somali pirates. In much the same way his 1985 “LIVE AID” concerts raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, Geldof said the “LIVE RAID” events will benefit the Muslim pirates who, in [...]

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Writer Wrong About Obama’s Defense Positions

February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

In the second paragraph of his Salon.com piece today, writer Glenn Greenwald claims President Barack Obama campaigned on a platform of increased defense spending. One needs only visit the Obama-Biden campaign web site or watch a campaign-trail video of Obama to see that the ever-so-hopeful writer is mistaken. In Ten Reasons NOT to Elect Barack [...]

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‘Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians’ List Offered

January 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, released its 2008 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” yesterday.  In alphabetical order below, I offer abbreviated versions of the narratives about these politicians provided by Judicial Watch: Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY): Let’s start with the fact that Hillary Clinton is [...]

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Just When I Thought I Had Seen It All…

November 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Just when I thought I had seen everything possible related to merging politics and free enterprise, I stumbled upon a post, Obama Condoms vs. McCain Condoms, published yesterday at The Western Standard‘s The Shotgun Blog. Highlighted in the post is an Associated Press article from June, Obama and McCain condoms – ‘for when you just [...]

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Opinions Vary on McCain’s ‘Chicago Machine’ Ad

September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

John McCain‘s latest campaign advertisement, “Chicago Machine,” is drawing varied reactions from reporters and pundits across Chicagoland this morning. Under the headline, McCain ad: Obama product of ‘corrupt’ Chicago machine, an post on the Chicago Sun-Times web site merely asks readers in Barack Obama‘s hometown to “Watch the video on Lynn Sweet’s blog and tell [...]

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More ‘Friends’ Added at Barackbook.com

September 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Nearly six weeks after its launch, more friends have been added to the social networking web site, Barackbook.com. The most recent friend updates include Barack Obama‘s notable associations with: Barack Obama is now friends with Howard Gutman — Gutman is an attorney and Obama bundler whose clients include a former member of the Weather Underground; [...]

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