Obama Baby

Not to be outdone by all the “Birther” silliness, we thought we would add this bit of evidence. We can’t decide whether this photo is the smoking gun (baby in this case) or a very clever hoax. (ok. A little clever) We let you be the judge.

Enough

Barack Obama’s Birth announcement- August 31, 1961

Barack Obama’s Birth announcement- August 31, 1961

 

Copy of Obama’s Birth Certificate.

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Cheney v.s. Obama

Expedients are for the hour; Principles are for the ages.             

H. W.  Beecher

NPR Story on Fake Obama Posters in Istanbul

by Bob Mondello

NPR.org, April 3, 2009 · Turkey was in the middle of an election campaign when I vacationed there three weeks ago, and two days into my stay, a new candidate seemed to have become an instant front-runner: Everywhere you looked, gazing back at you from a pop-art poster was President Obama.

Only instead of being pictured in shades of red and blue — as in Shepard Fairey's iconic "HOPE" poster — he's in shades of green. And the word "hope" has been replaced by numbers: 1.19 percent.

It's a bank ad — for Turkey's Garanti Bank. It's a weird ad, too, since in the U.S., the president's been sounding sort of cranky about the banking industry. (to continue reading ..)

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If The World Could Have Voted….

I stumbled upon this website today- a bit late, I admit. It shows the world opinion between McCain and Obama.

http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/results

This suggests that Obama has a mandate not only to his own citizens but to the citizens of the world.

President Barack Obama

Obama’s Dedication to his Grandmother

New Wings and Glass Ceilings

This election has been the screwiest event in American history in decades.  Lots of twists and turns, unexpected pratfalls, brilliant maneuvers and disastrous missteps.

I think in the end, this election will be about the shattering of glass ceilings. Strangely enough, this crashing was done as much by Palin as Obama and Hilary.

McCain’s decision to bring Palin onboard  as his vice-president was a stunning misstep that his already shaky campaign never quite recovered from. I will be very interested in learning (if McCain loses and the finger-pointing begins) whose idea it was, in the first place. It seems like it was pure McCain from what we know at this point. We shall have to wait for Palin to write her “tell-all” when she returns to Alaska.

If true, it speaks volumes about the potential problems the McCain presidency would have. It appears that his choice was merely an attempt to draw the disappointed Clinton supporters from the Obama camp. It backfired for two critical reasons, one, Hilary Clinton is not merely a woman, or just any woman. She stands for an idea and, whether you like her of dislike her, you cannot deny that she has a very specific and rational position on most topics. Nobody can say she is not well-informed or serious.  Did McCain think Palin was the conservative Hilary Clinton? Seriously? Verdict, out of touch with reality. Inability to listen to his advisors- I certainly hope at least person in his camp said..”Huh? Who?” If not, then he was in trouble anyway. lack of judgment about the long term implications of critical decisions.

Two, it appears to be a decision based on impulse and short-sighted indeed. Did he consider the very real possibility of his death or incapacitation in office-(think Woodrow Wilson)? In this case, his vice-presidential choice was absolutely vital and yet, for the sake, of the possibility of snagging a few votes away from his opponent, he was willing to take the first in a series of steps that could have led to a frightening possibility- having this woman, with a dangerously limited knowledge of.. well everything about politics except ambition and power of stirring up resentments.. running a superpower. There have been first ladies with more credentials and intellect than Palin.. As a matter of fact, McCain would have had a much better chance of winning by selecting Laura Bush. 

If Palin had really had the nation’s best interest in her heart, she would have stepped down after the Couric interview. However, by clinging by her toenails and a new wardrobe- at McCain’s expense (when the campaign already had very limited funds) she proved that she was running NOT for the good of the country but for the good of Ms. Sarah Palin. In the end, being a woman did nothing for her, perhaps initially but it was an incredibly short honeymoon. Verdict: another ambitious politician with a dangerous lack of capacity and intellect. (We don't need any re-runs of the last 8 years. Have pity on this great nation.)

The shattering of a glass ceiling has as much to do with bad examples as good ones. The American voters will decide in the end but either way it goes, Obama is not just a black man. He has a substance about him that transcends the color of his skin. Palin is not just a woman. Her character  transcends her gender.  Judging by her qualifications, her ability to handle difficult situations, and the sense of power and responsibility of your words and deeds, she should not be vice-president, especially to a man of McCain’s age and dubious health.  Worst of all, I think, is her lack of understanding and respect for the seriousness of the position she has applied for. (Her giggling inappropriate lack of formality when speaking to the “fake” Sarkozy last week was a moment of high comedy that upon more sober reflection, should worry all of us.)

After this election, whatever the outcome, a man of color and a woman of any ethnic background will be judged on the same standard as we have been judging all the white old men that have been in charge. The question of color or gender will now and forever take a back seat to  greater and more important criteria. I suppose it was necessary for the desperate neo-cons to stir up, hopefully, for the last time, all the evils in the mud, bring them to light so that this nation can move forward.  The fear of the black man, the fear of the Moslem, the fear of the Socialist, the fear of the terrorist, the fear of higher taxes.. tomorrow we shall see if  fear is stronger than hope. 

In any case, and whatever happens tomorrow, that once far away dream of Martin Luther King has become our reality that men and women will not be judged by the color of their skin  (or their gender) but by the content of their character. Whatever happens tomorrow, whether Obama wins or loses, or Palin and McCain pull a major upset, this single but  monumental change cannot be reversed. Hopefully, it is not too late. Fingers crossed, the voters will make the right decision.

I really feel that American is undergoing some great test, a examination of our national character by Destiny. We seem to be at the edge of some great canyon and we cannot turn back now, we can either plummet to the bottom or try out these new wings of many colors.

More Quotes by JFK

Mr. Nixon, in the last seven days, has called me an economic ignoramus, a Pied Piper, and all the rest. I've just confined myself to calling him a Republican, but he says that is getting low.

John F. Kennedy, 11-5-1960

Let our patriotism be reflected in the creation of confidence in one another, rather than in crusades of suspicion. Let us prove we think our country great, by striving to make it greater.

John F. Kennedy, 11-18-1961

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

John F. Kennedy 1-20-1963

Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible will make violent revolutions inevitable.

Socialist?

Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance. Economic policy can result from governmental inaction as well as governmental action.

John Kennedy

Kennedy Revisited -2

On Sitting down with the Enemy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

University of Washington's 100th Anniversary (November 16, 1961)

“It is a curious fact that each of these extreme opposites resembles the other. Each believes that we have only two choices: appeasement or war, suicide or surrender, humiliation or holocaust, to be either Red or dead. Each side sees only "hard" and "soft" nations, hard and soft policies, hard and soft men. Each believes that any departure from its own course inevitably leads to the other: one group believes that any peaceful solution means appeasement; the other believes that any arms build-up means war. One group regards everyone else as warmongers, the other regards everyone else as appeasers. Neither side admits that its path will lead to disaster—but neither can tell us how or where to draw the line once we descend the slippery slopes of appeasement or constant intervention.

“In short, while both extremes profess to be the true realists of our time, neither could be more unrealistic. While both claim to be doing the nation a service, they could do it no greater disservice. This kind of talk and easy solutions to difficult problems, if believed, could inspire a lack of confidence among our people when they must all—above all else—be united in recognizing the long and difficult days that lie ahead. It could inspire uncertainty among our allies when above all else they must be confident in us. And even more dangerously, it could, if believed, inspire doubt among our adversaries when they must above all be convinced that we will defend our vital interests.

“The essential fact that both of these groups fail to grasp is that diplomacy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone would fail. A willingness to resist force, unaccompanied by a willingness to talk, could provoke belligerence—while a willingness to talk, unaccompanied by a willingness to resist force, could invite disaster.

But as long as we know what comprises our vital interests and our long-range goals, we have nothing to fear from negotiations at the appropriate time, and nothing to gain by refusing to take part in them. At a time when a single clash could escalate overnight into a holocaust of mushroom clouds, a great power does not prove its firmness by leaving the task of exploring the other's intentions to sentries or those without full responsibility. Nor can ultimate weapons rightfully be employed, or the ultimate sacrifice rightfully demanded of our citizens, until every reasonable solution has been explored. ‘How many wars,’ Winston Churchill has written, ‘have been averted by patience and persisting good will! .... How many wars have been precipitated by firebrands!’”

Obama Loses Election!!

Obama Rally Draws 100,000 in Missouri

Barack Obama attracted 100,000 people at a Saturday rally here, his biggest crowd ever at a U.S. event.

Old man Loses Dentures at Debates!

McCain expresses voter reaction to his performance in last night's final debate with Obama. (Just plain embarrassing and strange!)

Opinions from Voters in Ohio..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LEvuLYYlUg&feature=related

I will be so glad when all this election crap is over. As we enter the final stretches, things are getting nastier and nastier, coming mostly from the McCain camp. When I watch these interviews with the "man on the street" it is just depressing how uneducated and silly and ignorant people can be. It may really be true that a nation usually gets the kind of leaders it deserves. 

Sarah Palin seems utterly devoid of any real intelligence. Her phoniness is obvious (I thought she sounded like Ed Flanders in drag) and yet, there is a large portion of the population that will vote her. Or is this in fact a vote against Obama? I just America has no slid so far as to put McCain and Palin in office.. hasnt this country suffered enough for the last 8 years?