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Universe of Religious Right Influence

Go to the site for larger image, click on the Heavenly Bodies, and learn how the Religious Right is shaping today's Universe!

clipped from www.motherjones.com Click on a celestial body to visit the web site of that organization.

We Smear For Obama

Ever gone to gop.com? Chances are that you haven't, and you're missing out. Really. If you delve deep enough into the Bible, surely there is something about "Know thine enemy" lingering somewhere, and if you go to the website you will immediately see that the G.O.P knows this all too well. In fact, the entirety of the site isn't even directed at the issues themselves, it's all about smearing Barack Obama. Apparently that is all they can do to try to make themselves look better at this point. As the Republican party is being abandoned by the Old Money that embody the nickname "GOP" (see a few entries back), as well as the neo-Evangelicals and other conservative Christians that have come to realize that war wasn't on Jesus' mind, and now by poor people who realize that they need things like health care and jobs, the best they can do is try to run Obama through the mud and hope that anyone still cares.

The main smear today is Obama's links with Tony Rezko. As you probably know, Rezko was charged with political corruption earlier this month and had both contributed $50-$60K to Obama and bought a property adjacent to Obama's in Illinois. (Read more at the Sun Times.) Barack had previously donated all of the Rezko money to charity and explained his involvement with Rezko to the media and to the public, and continues to take the non-smear High Road. The first transcripts of the trial say blatantly:

Obama was a tangential figure at the trial, mentioned only a few times as a beneficiary of Rezko's fund-raising. But Republicans are already exploiting the Democrat's long friendship with a now-convicted felon.

Apparently his name even being mentioned has given the GOP a reason to "question his judgment." Obama has since countered with a message from his campaign saying that any inquiries into his transactions with Rezko or Rezko connections would be no problem. Rather than smear, why not inquire into the facts?

Of course, when you have a candidate as bad as McCain, just one smear isn't enough to cut it. Obama's opt-out of public campiagn financing has fueled the GOP into calling him a two-face, boasting "Obama vs Obama" as a point of their "In The News" link.

What is this Public Financing of which we speak? Literally, it is money offered by the Federal Treasury to finance the campaigns of political candidates. The United States allows both public and private monies to be used in presidential elections at this time, and this would mean that McCain would be taking both money from the public AND from the deep pockets of the Republican National Committee AND from lobbyists. That sounds like Public Usury to me, and of course none of that is mentioned on the gop website. The fact remains that McCain is desperate for cash as the numbers roll in on how far behind he is on fundraising:

CAMPAIGN TOTALS SO FAR

Barack Obama:
Raised: $265m
Spent: $219m
Cash on hand: $46m
Debt: $2m

John McCain
Raised: $97m
Spent: $73m
Cash on hand: $24m
Debts: $968,301

Could it not already be said that Obama is already raising funds from the public? The vast funds already raised by his campaign have been mostly from small contributions from supporters over the internet and there are no lobbyists to answer to, so arguably you could say that his campaign is being run by the people- everyday people who can only donate what they can and their time- and why then run on the Public Finance system as well? As he says:

"It's not an easy decision, and especially because I support a robust system of public financing of elections," Mr Obama said in a video message to supporters.

"But the public financing of presidential elections as it exists today is broken, and we face opponents who've become masters at gaming this broken system."

He said Mr McCain's campaign was being financed by Washington lobbyists and special interest groups.

No kidding. If Obama does want to win, one way to not do that is by playing the GOP Game.

One visit to barackobama.com shows that he is above the smear, as no attacks appear on his page, only news reports on the issues. In true dirty Rebublican style, the "In the News" focus on demonizing Obama is not enough, and they have even started a direct Site of Smearage, MeetBarackObama.com. In it, I assume it will entail taking, twisting, and running with every possible point of contention that they can possibly dig up. Already you can get your own ticker widget counting down how many days it's been since Obama visited Iraq and since McCain invited him to town hall meetings (two of these meetings are, by the way, listed on Barack's Agenda already).

Why try to drag down a candidate running on Hope? The answer is this: Smear worked for the GOP. Just ask Al Franken, who detailed the horrible smearing of John Kerry's record as a War Hero in his book The Truth: With Jokes. The war in Iraq is still a major issue in the minds of Americans, and now the Democratic party is putting forth a candidate who has consistently been vehemently against the war (as are most Americans). While this is a point of legitimate contention, it is unlikely that the GOP could win on this issue alone this time. Obama's positions are also uniting struggling poor and middle-class workers, who want health care and jobs and financial security. So, the focus is shifting away from the fact that what the Republicans offer is the New Bush and politics as usual to the GOP website putting up a few well-edited quotes tying Obama to Tony Rezko. All it takes is a swift gathering of the facts and presenting them to the media to clear this, and I will make the call to public inquiry to do so. John Kerry's war record wasn't cleared fast enough from the smear and that led in part to his demise, as Al Franken puts it, so let's not let the GOP get away with it this time and clear Obama immediately.

Recession much?

If you aren't paying attention, now would be a good time to start.

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Global credit crunch, facts and figures The panic in world financial markets has led to sharp falls in share prices and led to the contraction of credit markets. BBC News looks at how key indicators around the world have moved as recession fears grow. MARKET DATA - 18:30 UK FTSE 100 5708.4down -48.50 Dax 6721.2down -7.74 Cac 40 4591.4down -27.36 Dow Jones 12038.2up 9.11 Nasdaq 2448.9up 19.22 S&P 500 1338.6up 0.77 BBC Global 30 5486.0down -72.61 Marketwatch ticker Twelve months ago interest rates were 5.25%. By 30 January they had dropped to 3%. They are now 2.25%, as of 18 March. Wall Street bank Bear Stearns collapsed when other banks lost confidence in the value of its investments in sub-prime mortgages. It was bought by JPMorgan Chase in March. Underlying the financial market wobblies is a real decline in US house prices nationwide for the first time since the 1930s.

From masbury, Clipmarks.com

My remarks: Looks now like it's the Republican party that needs to re-think what it is they stand for. And it looks like McCain has an uphill battle ahead.
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92% of max Bush contributors not giving now; Iraq concern

"I always considered myself a Republican, primarily because of a belief in smaller government. And if you want a smaller government, you don’t want wars — especially wars that can be avoided."

clipped from thinkprogress.org Citing Iraq opposition, former Bush donors are reluctant to donate to McCain.» A CQ analysis shows that only about 8 percent of the 62,800 donors who gave the maximum contribution of $2,000 to Bush in 2004 had given to McCain as of April 30. Moreover, at least 46 of Bush’s 2004 donors have contributed significantly to both Obama and Clinton but are not listed as McCain donors. One, a lifelong Republican who donated $2,000 to Bush in 2004, said that he will not donate to McCain because of the senator’s fervent support of the Iraq war: I always considered myself a Republican, primarily because of a belief in smaller government. And if you want a smaller government, you don’t want wars — especially wars that can be avoided.

Obama Vs McCain: Pundits Weigh In

Click the links for full text. I agree with much of what they have to say. What do you think?

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Viewpoints: Obama versus McCain The big battle for the White House is about start. Who has the wind behind him, Barack Obama or John McCain? What hurdles do they face and what strategies can they employ to overcome them? Five leading US pundits give their views. Click on the links below to read what they have to say. "The election is Obama's to lose. The Democrats will be favoured." Larry J Sabato, University of Virginia "There will be an effort to try to associate [Obama] with the tumultuous 1960s." Tom Mann, Brookings Institution. "The Democrats have extraordinary enthusiasm on their side." Karlyn Bowman, American Enterprise Institute "McCain has defied gravity in the last few months in terms of the numbers." Tony Fabrizio, Republican pollster "McCain may be able to prove he is formidable without demonising Obama." Walter Shapiro, Salon.com

From DanaGarett on Clipmarks.com

My remarks: Justice would be served by taking GW out of office in handcuffs, landing him at Guantanamo or some other such place (he wouldn't know where it was because he would be taken there blindfolded) and using **US APPROVED** torture tactics on him until he confesses the entire plot that he & his administration used to destroy America for their personal betterment.
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Okay, Then, Let's All Say It Together: IMPEACH!
If they lied to Congress and the American people, then impeach them. If lying about a BJ is impeachable, then lying about the reasons for going to a ruinous war ought to be impeachable. This is not complicated.

clipped from www.commondreams.org Claims by U.S. President George W. Bush and other top administration officials before the 2003 invasion of Iraq regarding Baghdad’s ties to al Qaeda and its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programmes were generally not supported by the evidence that the U.S. intelligence community had at the time, according to a major new report by the Senate Intelligence Committee released Thursday. The long-awaited report, found that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, in particular, frequently made assertions in the run-up to the war that key intelligence agencies could not substantiate or about which there was substantial disagreement within the intelligence community “In making the case for war, the administration repeatedly presented intelligence as fact when in reality it was unsubstantiated, contradicted, or even non-existent,” the Committee chairman, Sen. Jay Rockefeller