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FWD: Fwd: RE: Obama “Facts” 13 April 2008 at 2:13 pm by Jason 491 views

I’m utterly sick of these e-mail I keep getting with things that look like this:

Barack Hussein Obama is a MUSLIM and keep in mind that when he was sworn into office he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Koran.

Everytime I get one, I reply back with the reasons it isn’t correct, and how it’s actually hurting the issue. So, here for your reading pleasure is a list of things that are true. Feel free to forward this list around to anyone you want, rather than sending the constant “He’s a MUSLIM TERRORIST!!!” e-mails, which as I just said, aren’t true. I may not agree with how much importance is placed on each item, but they are all true. Here is the list of twenty facts I have listed below:

  1. Obama lies about the circumstances leading to his parents meeting.
  2. Obama wants you to give up the guns.
  3. Obama is shown standing for the Pledge of Allegiance with his hands clasped.
  4. Obama does not wear an American Flag pin.
  5. In his past, Obama both smoked marijuana and used cocaine.
  6. Obama got his start in the Senate not by campaigning, but by challenging the nomination petitions of his four competitors.
  7. Obama’s camp got rid of the original owner of his MySpace site, then refused to pay him for the work done.
  8. Obama plans on cutting NASA funding to pay for his projects.
  9. Obama’s camp gave out free concert tickets when Bill Clinton came to speak, drawing the crowd away from him.
  10. Obama believes in Pork Barrel Politics as much as the next guy… no Change™ here.
  11. Obama belongs to a church headed by a racist preacher.
  12. Obama claims small town Americans are xenophobic, bitter, and cling to religion and guns.
  13. Obama says his grandmother is just a “Typical White Person”.
  14. Obama gets some “extra” help on Facebook from the creators.
  15. Obama plagiarizes some of his speeches.
  16. Obama has ties to now-indicted political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko.
  17. Obama’s wife claims that this is “the first time in her adult life,” she was proud of America.
  18. Obama waffles on things that he stood for in the past.
  19. Obama’s advisers call for 80,000 troops remaining in Iraq, and Obama calls for a Strike Force of some sort.
  20. Obama says, “I don’t take money from oil companies.” Yes, he does.

One thing I’d like to mention here (before I start) is that when Obama supporters are told these things they do one of two things… they either use Ad Hominem (to the man) or Tu Quoque (you also) attacks. This means that instead of saying, “No you’re wrong, and here is why,” they either say “Oh yeah? You would say that because you support Candidate X” or “Well, Candidate X said the same thing!” What you need to realize is that this doesn’t negate the issue. It doesn’t mean it didn’t happen, and it still needs to be answered for. Read the rest of this entry →



+ It’s show time, again!! By Jason 15 March 2008 at 4:14 am 102 views No Comments

It’s that time again… my company’s bi-annual trade-show is this weekend and it’s my job to check badges (otherwise I wouldn’t be up before 5:00!).  I’m hoping to possibly snag some pics this year, as I’ve missed out every other year, so we’ll have to see what happens.

Sadly on days like this I’m going to miss anything news worthy, so I’m hoping it’ll be a slow news day.  For those wanting something to tide them over… how about this, Obama now says (in a nutshell) that he didn’t realize his pastor was crazy because he never heard sermons like that when he went (link):

 Wright was, but is no longer, a member of one of the Obama campaign’s advisory committees. Wright has not been active in campaign, Obama said, and with the pastor retiring from the pulpit Obama said he doesn’t see an issue in his family remaining part of the congregation.

“If I thought that was the repeated tenor of the church then I wouldn’t feel comfortable, but frankly that has not been my experience at Trinity United Church of Christ.

Aparently Wright hasn’t been active in the campaign either.  Really, Barack, who is active in the campaign?  Whenever something like this happens they’re either “not part of my paid staff” or “not active” or something.  Does anyone work for you?  Well, I know who pays you… apparently Tony Rezko has been givin’ you more than you said before:

But in a 90-minute interview with Tribune reporters and editors, Obama disclosed that Rezko had raised more for Obama’s earlier political campaigns than previously known, gathering as much as $250,000 for the first three offices he sought.

Oops!  I’m sure it was “just a mistake” because he was “young and inexperienced”, right guys?  Right?  It was his first day on the job, right?  Can’t blame the new guy!