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reply posted on 12-12-2008 @ 12:47 AM by paxnatus
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Originally posted by maybereal11
Originally posted by mikerussellus
Having been a long time resident of Chicago I would be shocked if there was anyone in Cook County who didn't know that politics were crooked in the
Windy City.
If there is anyone out there who knows an "honest" politician, please state their name.
I don't think Obama is claiming he was unaware that there was corruption in Chicago Politics. He is saying that he was Unaware that Blago was selling
the seat.
This seems pheasable since it's publically known he was never fond of Blago and avoided him whenever possible.
It is possible that Blago in his attempt to sell the seat reached out to an Obama staffer, but that staffer would have looked to insulate Obama and
not communicated the same.
It's a mistake to assume that all Pols from Chicago are corrupt. Obama was well known in Chi-town for avoiding the "Machinery.
As far as an "Honest Politician"...Paul Simon from Illinois was one of my all time favorites and not just because of the Bow-tie
en.wikipedia.org...(politician)
Really? Obama was never fond of Blago? Was that before or after he helped plan his 2002 campaign?
"Obama was well known in Chi town for avoiding the machinery"
How is that possible if he was planning Blago's campaign? And we now know how well oiled Blago was. Are you telling me, Obama is squeaky clean and
had no idea how corrupt Blago was? Your not that naive are you? I mean how else does virtually an unknown rise to the most powerful position in the
world, with little or no experience, if he is not playing "hard ball?"
" Did The O talk to Blago or not about the Senate seat? The O says "I have not discussed the Senate seat with the governor at any time." Two weeks
ago, David Axelrod said they did. Then, late Tuesday night, Ax said he was "mistaken." Now, we've heard a billion times about how Axelrod and The O
are joined at the hip, so how could Ax have been "mistaken"? And remember, Ax ran Blago's successful Congressional campaign in 1996 (but they later
had a falling out) and Obama himself helped plan Blago's 2002 guv campaign. As FactCheck.org said back in the campaign "The Democratic governor
certainly has been besieged by investigations, controversy and other charges of impropriety. But his connections to Obama are not substantial."
Still, smells fishy.
www.sfgate.com...
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reply posted on 12-12-2008 @ 02:45 AM by theodorej
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Originally posted by maybereal11
Originally posted by Swatman
Originally posted by maybereal11
Originally posted by FlyersFan
She got to college, not due to her good grades or her intellect, but because of a fill-the-quota thing - affirmative action.
[edit on 12/11/2008 by FlyersFan]
Interesting Flyers...I have seen this racist line of attack in right wing blogs and articles...do you have source with regards to Michelle Obama being
an affirmative action candidate at Princeton?
She attended Whitney Young High School, Chicago's first magnet high school, where she was on the honor roll four years, took advanced placement
classes, was a member of the National Honor Society and served as student council treasurer.
And I am sure Princeton just hands out Magna Cum Luade to every graduate.
What about her JD from Harvard...was that some kind of hand out as well?
This line of attack on Michelle Obama is a little silly and a little gross.
[edit on 11-12-2008 by maybereal11]
[edit on 11-12-2008 by maybereal11]
release obama's harvard transcripts and essays that he wrote and then we'll talk
(a) What on gods green earth does the Pres. Elects transcripts have to do with Michelle Obama's academic record and wether or not she was an
Affirmative Action applicant?
(b) You can ad that to the list of records you feel YOU are entitled to all the time espousing a concern for the constitution while disregarding any
right to privacy.
There is nothing private about taking advantage of a government program designed to allow privledge to one while denying opportunity to another at the
taxpayers expense......
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reply posted on 12-12-2008 @ 04:08 AM by hannamtong
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I guess you would define "gibberish" as anything that kills your Obama buzz. Though not drunk, I am giddy. I always make sure to pat anyone one the
back who thinks for them selfs. I do not hate Obama like some right-wingers, but I hate to brake it to you that he is just another sleazy politician.
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reply posted on 12-12-2008 @ 05:54 AM by FlyersFan
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Originally posted by maybereal11
LIER
Liar. Spell it right. (and you are wrong - as usual)
Bitter obamatron troll is definately your mantra.
Get on topic - if you are able - Michelle Obama and the FBI Affidavit
Originally posted by Sestias
How do you know her "thesis was a mess?" Did you read it, and what criteria do you use to evaluate it?
Yes I read it. It was locked up so no one could see for a long time. (and after reading it, I know why.  ) It's available online. It was
full of grammatical and syntax errors. There were double negatives and many run on sentences. Spelling and punctuation errors are all through the
document.
What criteria did I use to evaluate it? Basic English.
Google it. Read it. It's a mess.
I'm not the only one who thinks so.
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reply posted on 12-12-2008 @ 10:22 AM by Alferd Packer
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There goes all the fluff that the Obama campaign spent 100's of Millions of dollars on. Gotta love the puppets and their dirty laundry.
Wait i thought it was just the Conservatives that are crooks......? You mean we all were tricked into voting for CHANGE and HOPE?
Im confused i thought Obama was my savior?
HA
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reply posted on 12-12-2008 @ 10:23 AM by theodorej
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Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by maybereal11
LIER
Liar. Spell it right. (and you are wrong - as usual)
Bitter obamatron troll is definately your mantra.
Get on topic - if you are able - Michelle Obama and the FBI Affidavit
Originally posted by Sestias
How do you know her "thesis was a mess?" Did you read it, and what criteria do you use to evaluate it?
Yes I read it. It was locked up so no one could see for a long time. (and after reading it, I know why.  ) It's available online. It was
full of grammatical and syntax errors. There were double negatives and many run on sentences. Spelling and punctuation errors are all through the
document.
What criteria did I use to evaluate it? Basic English.
Google it. Read it. It's a mess.
I'm not the only one who thinks so. [/quote
If you are looking for a true interlectual among the college grads of this generation be prepared to invest alot of time....In todays system of
education you memorize the text....you pass the test....you get a piece of paper attesting to your brilliance....and now you go into a work place that
no longer seeks the best qualified person for the job but must meet certain criteria so as to participate in corporate welfare.....great system...let
us take a look at how productive it is...our manufacturing jobs are over seas....our dependance on government is growing and every body is waiting for
the mailman for a check from either a lawsuit,or a government entitlement of some kind....in closing if all you can do is comment on my spelling or
grammar.....you are part of the problem,certainly not the solution....PS...Iam a high school graduate
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reply posted on 12-12-2008 @ 10:35 AM by theodorej
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Originally posted by paxnatus
Originally posted by maybereal11
Originally posted by mikerussellus
Having been a long time resident of Chicago I would be shocked if there was anyone in Cook County who didn't know that politics were crooked in the
Windy City.
If there is anyone out there who knows an "honest" politician, please state their name.
I don't think Obama is claiming he was unaware that there was corruption in Chicago Politics. He is saying that he was Unaware that Blago was selling
the seat.
This seems pheasable since it's publically known he was never fond of Blago and avoided him whenever possible.
It is possible that Blago in his attempt to sell the seat reached out to an Obama staffer, but that staffer would have looked to insulate Obama and
not communicated the same.
It's a mistake to assume that all Pols from Chicago are corrupt. Obama was well known in Chi-town for avoiding the "Machinery.
As far as an "Honest Politician"...Paul Simon from Illinois was one of my all time favorites and not just because of the Bow-tie
en.wikipedia.org...(politician)
Really? Obama was never fond of Blago? Was that before or after he helped plan his 2002 campaign?
"Obama was well known in Chi town for avoiding the machinery"
How is that possible if he was planning Blago's campaign? And we now know how well oiled Blago was. Are you telling me, Obama is squeaky clean and
had no idea how corrupt Blago was? Your not that naive are you? I mean how else does virtually an unknown rise to the most powerful position in the
world, with little or no experience, if he is not playing "hard ball?"
" Did The O talk to Blago or not about the Senate seat? The O says "I have not discussed the Senate seat with the governor at any time." Two weeks
ago, David Axelrod said they did. Then, late Tuesday night, Ax said he was "mistaken." Now, we've heard a billion times about how Axelrod and The O
are joined at the hip, so how could Ax have been "mistaken"? And remember, Ax ran Blago's successful Congressional campaign in 1996 (but they later
had a falling out) and Obama himself helped plan Blago's 2002 guv campaign. As FactCheck.org said back in the campaign "The Democratic governor
certainly has been besieged by investigations, controversy and other charges of impropriety. But his connections to Obama are not substantial."
Still, smells fishy.
www.sfgate.com...
Let us keep in mind....our president elect is the quintessential sales man with the agility of a geselle....he has had his ear to the ground and will
not get caught in this....the fact that the investigation was ended when it was should tell you that....an opportunity to change chicagos'body
pollitic is at hand....the likes of jackson and anybody else that attempted to defraud the people of illinois should be impeached....This issue must
end in a special election not on the senate floor....
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reply posted on 12-12-2008 @ 10:46 AM by Stormdancer777
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Really? Obama was never fond of Blago? Was that before or after he helped plan his 2002 campaign?
Exactly and I have yet to have heard it brought up by the MSM, actually CNN was harder on Obama then Fox, as far as difficult and incriminating
questions.
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reply posted on 12-12-2008 @ 12:29 PM by ItstheShizzle
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Originally posted by MissysWorld
Read the FBI papers...
and further more..OBAMA IS A LIAR! plain and simple....
He's a politician. Of course he's a liar! THAT'S what they do. If you start wheedling out every lying, self-absorbed politician who puts
self-interest above their public values, there'd be no-one to run any democratic country.
I'm sorry, I realise I'm more a lurker than a full-on member of this site, but, frankly, the constant piteous whining about Obama's suitability is
boring the t!ts off of me. He was elected at the end of the full democratic process.
Please, guys, get over it and move on. See what the man does in office and then start howling about mistakes.
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reply posted on 12-12-2008 @ 04:34 PM by maybereal11
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Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by maybereal11
LIER
Liar. Spell it right. (and you are wrong - as usual)
Bitter obamatron troll is definately your mantra.
Get on topic - if you are able - Michelle Obama and the FBI Affidavit
On topic..You infered that Michelle Obama was unqualified to sit on the board she was appointed to.
I rebutted that she had graduated Magna Cum Laude from Princeton and had a Harvard JD.
You dismissed her credentials as a product of Afiirmative action here..
Originally posted by FlyersFan
In a February 2008 interview with Newsweek, Michelle revealed how she got into Princeton. She herself said that she got in not on the
strength of her unexception grades, but because of her brother Craig, a star athlete and gifted student who preceded her to the school. She got in
as a 'legacy' and as a beneficiary of affirmative action. - her own words.
Those weren't "her own words" and the article never stated "unexception grades".
Those were comments made by a classmate and you lied. Was that miss-spelled?
[edit on 12-12-2008 by maybereal11]
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reply posted on 13-12-2008 @ 03:38 AM by Aermacchi
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Originally posted by maybereal11
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by maybereal11
LIER
Liar. Spell it right. (and you are wrong - as usual)
Bitter obamatron troll is definately your mantra.
Get on topic - if you are able - Michelle Obama and the FBI Affidavit
On topic..You infered that Michelle Obama was unqualified to sit on the board she was appointed to.
I rebutted that she had graduated Magna Cum Laude from Princeton and had a Harvard JD.
You dismissed her credentials as a product of Afiirmative action here..
Originally posted by FlyersFan
In a February 2008 interview with Newsweek, Michelle revealed how she got into Princeton. She herself said that she got in not on the
strength of her unexception grades, but because of her brother Craig, a star athlete and gifted student who preceded her to the school. She got in
as a 'legacy' and as a beneficiary of affirmative action. - her own words.
Those weren't "her own words" and the article never stated "unexception grades".
Those were comments made by a classmate and you lied. Was that miss-spelled?
[edit on 12-12-2008 by maybereal11]
Between you and mick and this hysterical idea that factcheck.org is credible when they post bogus colb and cover lies for Obama when now we know
factcheck was wrong about Tony Rezko when they said Obama only had accepted a small donation from him when it was $200,000 to the time the defended
him saying ayers was just someone that lived in near Obama. Factcheck.org is well known to be one of the least accurate sites for dispelling fact
from fiction on the net right now and if you are going to be too lazy to at least mention which parts of those two long posts you could refute with
your annenberg pathetic sources, otherwise you end up looking pretty silly for their is much in them both you couldn't refute unless you lied and
that is something I already expect from you mick.
as for Maybreal, yes those ARE her words and she said that during the Democratic Convention
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reply posted on 13-12-2008 @ 04:01 AM by Aermacchi
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Originally posted by maybereal11
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by maybereal11
LIER
Liar. Spell it right. (and you are wrong - as usual)
Bitter obamatron troll is definately your mantra.
Get on topic - if you are able - Michelle Obama and the FBI Affidavit
On topic..You infered that Michelle Obama was unqualified to sit on the board she was appointed to.
I rebutted that she had graduated Magna Cum Laude from Princeton and had a Harvard JD.
You dismissed her credentials as a product of Afiirmative action here..
Originally posted by FlyersFan
In a February 2008 interview with Newsweek, Michelle revealed how she got into Princeton. She herself said that she got in not on the
strength of her unexception grades, but because of her brother Craig, a star athlete and gifted student who preceded her to the school. She got in
as a 'legacy' and as a beneficiary of affirmative action. - her own words.
Those weren't "her own words" and the article never stated "unexception grades".
Those were comments made by a classmate and you lied. Was that miss-spelled?
[edit on 12-12-2008 by maybereal11]
Guess you have never been to a big university have you maybereal. Well that's ok, your posts are more intelligent than most I read her. Lets see
now, Michelle Obama was Magnum cum laude and you think that's impressive I take it? mmmm I guess if I told you just about everyone in here class
got the same distinction, you would see her as just an average student Cum laude means 'with honor', magna cum laude is 'with high honor', and
summa cum laude means 'with the greatest honor'. These designations are given to every graduate who has maintained the required GPA., so even an
entire class, could graduate cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude.
The valedictorian is the student with the highest academic rank in the class, if you have a class where no one has over a B average, there will still
be a valedictorian but he will not be graduated with honors.
DEDICATION
To Mom, Dad, Craig [her brother], and all of my special friends:
Thank-you for loving me and always making me feel good about myself.
And here's part of her creatively punctuated Introduction:
"The purpose of this study is to examine various attitudes of Black Princeton alumni in their present state and as they are perceived by the alumni
to have changed over time. ...
"These experiences have made it apparent to me that the path I have chosen to follow by attending Princeton will likely lead to my further
integration and/or assimilation into a White cultural and social structure that will only allow me to remain on the periphery of society; never
becoming a full participant. This realization has presently, made my goals to actively utilize my resources to benefit the Black community more
desirable."
Well, thank-you. You have presently, made my day; never having a better one.
(I originally figured this 1985 thesis was created on a typewriter, which would have made it harder to fix typos, but the columns are justified, so it
was done on some sort of word processor. Still, Princeton grads are supposed to know that there is no hyphen in "thank you" ...)
So, it looks like Barack has had his vengeance on Michelle for calling him "stinky" and "snore-y."
isteve.blogspot.com...
There are plenty senior theses with famous authors lining the shelves of Princeton University's library.
Actors Brooke Shields and Dean Cain used their senior papers to write about the film industry. Actor David Duchovny wrote about Samuel Beckett. Future
politician Bill Bradley wrote about Harry Truman. Ralph Nader explored Lebanese agriculture.
But few senior theses have attracted as much attention as Michelle Obama's 1985 paper, "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community."
Bloggers have been devouring the 96-page paper since its release. Their interest was heightened by Princeton's initial refusal to make the thesis
publicly available.
Politico.com posted the full thesis.
Plenty of bloggers are posting their takes on the academic musings of a potential future first lady:
From Will Offensicht, blogging at Scragged:
Mrs. Obama correctly noticed that she was judged by the color of her skin rather than by the content of her character. She was black first and a
student second. This is because the Princeton admissions office insisted on admitting students based on the color of their skin rather than on the
content of their qualifications. As long as our society insists on affirmative action programs which give blacks jobs and college positions beyond
their qualifications, as long as society insists on treating people based on the color of their skins, it should be no surprise that people treat
people based on the color of their skins.
We've pointed out that Mr. Obama's success in attracting white voters has shown that since institutional racism is over, affirmative action is no
longer needed. Mr. Obama has convinced enough white voters that he'd be President of all Americans rather than just a black president that he's
close to winning the Democratic nomination. It's time to end the harm done to students like the future Mrs. Obama and end racial preferences. The way
to end racism is to end racism, not to practice it at all levels of government, business, and society at large.
From Mark Gardner, blogging at WhackyNation:
No wonder Princeton University was trying to hide Michelle Obama's senior thesis. The Politico has gotten ahold of it, and, wow! What an angry woman
who has a serious problem with blacks and whites living together in an integrated society.
Barack Obama and the Democrats should face reality. This senior paper dooms any hope of the Obama couple being elected to the White House.
From Steve Sailer's iSteve Blog:
So far, I've read the Dedication and the first couple of pages of the Introduction, and that's plenty. You've got to be impressed with how ruthless
Senator Obama is -- he'll humiliate his poor wife by releasing her semi-literate college graduation maunderings just so he can say, "Let's move
on." . blog.nj.com...
persecution is at least a sigh of personal interest.
Tolerance is composed of nine parts apathy to one of brotherly love
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reply posted on 13-12-2008 @ 11:53 PM by Irish M1ck
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Did you graduate with any of those honors? Let alone from a prestigious ivy league school?
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reply posted on 14-12-2008 @ 07:15 AM by Aermacchi
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Originally posted by Irish M1ck
reply to post by Aermacchi
Did you graduate with any of those honors? Let alone from a prestigious ivy league school?
What Honors Mick?? I guess you didn't read my post did you smart guy
It only takes a cum laude to know this and even YOU would most likey be among those in ANY university you managed to get into. Barack Hussein Obama
on the other hand, had an Arab Billionare pay for his "prestigious" schools tuition and his grades not to mention influenced his getting his postion
at the Harvard Review. Google it yourself and see Mick, you'll have to forgive me for not proving all that but until your man Obama proves he is a
Natural born citizen, I don't owe those assisting in his perjury a damn thing
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reply posted on 14-12-2008 @ 09:41 AM by theodorej
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Greetins Aermacchi.......I have read the exerpts below and I must say MO is no more or less qualified than the majority of her class.....One must
understand that as long as acadamia is permitted to set the criterio by which people can either qualify or not qualify for positions/jobs where the
first and formost requsite should be character, this nation can look forward to more meteoka leadership with emphasis on greed and coruption..The
essense of education today is ...you memorize the text....you take the test.....you get a piece of paper attesting to your brillience....A short trip
down memory lane will reveal that a vast majority of technologically superior inventions were the work of people who were not exposed to higher
education.....The Wright brothers( The Air Plane) Thomas Edison (The light bulb) Alexander G Bell (telephone)Farnsworth(television) and so on Acadamia
has produced Einstein and many others and I must say the most glaring acomplisment had to Einsteins'contribution to the development of nuclear
weapons....
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reply posted on 14-12-2008 @ 11:09 AM by DarrylGalasso
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Originally posted by ThePiemaker
eh. We're gonna need more than this to even begin linking Obama to the corruption in Chicago.
Unfortunately I agree. I would love nothing more than to post a story like this in the University news; however, it would be considered an un-credible
source and they would laugh at it and disregard it. It's too bad that stories like this never appear in what most of the world consider "credible"
sources. I am reminded of the movie where one of the characters was reading an enquirer and when questioned by a comrade he said, if you want to know
the truth, you go outside of the major media. Although this is true in a lot of cases. The majority of the country and all of the higher learning
institutions will not accept this as factual.
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reply posted on 14-12-2008 @ 11:16 AM by Irish M1ck
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You're crazy. You throw around accusations you can't back up and/or are stupid - like graduating cum laude isn't an honor. I did enjoy how you
danced around my question, though.
Anyway, you can keep slinging mud. You can back it up with nothing, and I'll just continue to laugh at you, or you can back it up with sketchy
sources, and I'll continue to embarrass you by using real ones.
It doesn't matter to me. I don't think they let people who use blogs to base their theories graduate cum laude though.
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reply posted on 14-12-2008 @ 11:50 AM by theodorej
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All one has to be... in order to recognise a fraud like Barry O.. is to be of sound character themselves....If that was the case we wouldn't have to
deal with him or his cohorts....The first opportunity to stop him was in Iowa....and that opportunity was squandered by simple minded,selfish and
grossly uninformed folks who believed the last person they spoke to.. or listened to...in this case it was their televisions...
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reply posted on 14-12-2008 @ 01:29 PM by unworldly
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Interesting but if my observations over the past year are correct then no one will care either way because the Obama's are black and that's all that
matters... so it's politically incorrect to have any view except that the Obama's are the best thing since the Kennedy's, the wheel, and sliced
bread.
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