October 31, 2008 by Tim McDowell.

    
         ’Twas the night before elections 
          And all through the town
          Tempers were flaring
          Emotions all up and down!
 
          I, in my bathrobe
          With a cat in my lap
          Had cut off the TV ~
          Tired of political crap.
 
          When all of a sudden
          There arose such a noise
          I peered out my window ~ 
          Saw Obama and  boys.
 
          They had come for my wallet,
          They wanted my pay
          To give to the others                         
          who had not worked a day.
 
          He snatched up my money
          And quick as a wink
          Jumped back on his bandwagon
          As I gagged from the stink.
 
          He then rallied his henchmen
          Who were pulling his cart,
          I could tell they were out
          To tear my country apart!
 
          ” On Fannie, on Freddie,
          On Biden and Ayers!
          On Acorn, On Pelosi”
          He screamed at the pairs!
 
          They took off for his cause
          And as he flew out of sight
          I heard him laugh at the nation
          Who wouldn’t stand up and fight!
 
          So I leave you to think
          On this one final note-
          IF YOU DONT WANT SOCIALISM
          GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!

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October 28, 2008 by Tim McDowell.

A Pennsylvania lawsuit alleging that Barack Obama is not a “natural-born citizen” of the United States took an unusual twist this week, after a federally mandated deadline requiring Obama’s lawyers to produce a “vault” copy of his birth certificate expired with no response from Obama or his lawyers.

The lawsuit, filed by former Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General Philip J. Berg — a self-avowed supporter of Hillary Clinton — alleges that Barack Obama was born in Kenya and is thus “ineligible” to run for president of the United States. It demands that Obama’s lawyers produce a copy of his original birth certificate to prove that he is a natural-born U.S. citizen.

Berg’s suit and allegations have set off a wave of Internet buzz and rumors, though Obama could easily have put the matter to rest by providing the federal court with the basic documentation proving he is eligible to take the oath of a president. But Obama has apparently decided to deny the court and the public that documentation.

The Constitution provides that any U.S. citizen is eligible to become president if the person is 35 years of age or older and is a natural-born citizen; that is, born in the territorial United States.

By failing to respond to the Request for Admissions and Request for the Production of Documents within 30 days, Obama has “admitted” that he was born in Kenya, Berg stated this week in new court filings.

Berg released a long list of “admissions” he submitted to Obama’s lawyers on Sept. 15, and asked that they produce documents relating to Obama’s place of birth and citizenship.

Instead of responding, lawyers for Obama and the DNC asked the court to dismiss the case. But Judge R. Barclay Surrick of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has issued no ruling in the case that would have given Obama’s lawyers more time.

“There are lots of legal ways to stonewall,” a well-placed Republican attorney told Newsmax, who was not authorized to comment officially on the case. “But failing to respond is not one of them.”

“The first thing they teach you in law school,” he added, “is don’t put a complaint like this in a drawer. That’s how a nuisance case can become a problem.”

The 30-day deadline for defendants to comply with a discovery request is set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures.

“It all comes down to the fact that there’s nothing from the other side,” Berg said after he filed a motion on Thursday for summary judgment.

“The admissions are there. By not filing the answers or objections, the defense has admitted everything. [Obama] admits he was born in Kenya. He admits he was adopted in Indonesia. He admits that the documentation posted online is a phony. And he admits that he is constitutionally ineligible to serve as president of the United States.”

In a contentious case, lawyers on both sides will haggle over the production of documents, and will frequently go beyond the deadlines, several lawyers told Newsmax.

“The rules are more often complied with in the breech rather than the observance,” a senior trial attorney who has close ties to the Democrat Party, but is not involved in the current case, told Newsmax.

“Lawyers frequently do not return telephone calls or meet discovery deadlines because of sheer inadvertence. Therefore, we do not consider a failure to respond as a ‘violation,’” he said.

Allegations surrounding Obama’s place of birth have been swirling for months. Earlier this year, the Obama campaign sought to put down the rumors by making available a computer-generated Certification of Live Birth, issued in 2007 by the State of Hawaii. [See the Certification of Live Birth — Click Here.]

Respected conservative blogger Ed Morrissey called the Berg lawsuit a “conspiracy theory” that had been put to rest by the Obama campaign over the summer but ”has arisen like a zombie yet again to suck the credibility out of the conservative blogosphere.”

However, the 2007 document produced by the Obama campaign omits key information that normally appears on birth certificates in the United States, including the name of the hospital where he was born, the size and weight of the baby, and sometimes the name of the doctor who delivered him.

In addition, the critics of the 2007 document note that Obama’s father is described as “African,” a term used today. The formal language in official documents at the time — 1961 — would have identified his race as “Negro” or “Colored.”

The Web site snarkybytes.com has produced a vault copy of a Hawaii Certificate of Live Birth from 1963, issued by the Hawaii Department of Health. [See the vault copy — Click Here.]

In addition to naming the hospital and more details about the baby, the 1963 vault copy also includes the “usual residence of the mother,” and the “usual occupation” of the father. None of this information appears on the 2007 Live Birth certificate produced by the Obama campaign.

Berg has been a perennial political candidate in Pennsylvania, having run in Democrat primaries for attorney general, lieutenant governor, governor, and other offices without success. He served as deputy attorney general of the State of Pennsylvania from 1972-1980.

His credibility was tarnished by work he did for the far-left “9/11 for the Truth” campaign, which alleged in a federal lawsuit that the collapse of the twin towers in New York was caused by “controlled demolition” ordered by the president of the United States.

Nevertheless, in recent weeks, lawsuits have been filed in seven additional states demanding that Barack Obama produce an original vault copy of his birth certificate, to dispel the rumors that he is not a natural-born United States citizen.

The latest suits have been filed in state and federal courts in Hawaii, Washington, California, Florida, Georgia, New York, and Connecticut to compel Obama to release his birth records.

Lawsuits in Washington and Georgia are seeking state superior courts to force the states’ secretary of state, as the chief state elections officer, to require Obama to produce original birth records from Hawaii, or else decertify him as a candidate for the presidency.

Ironically, Obama mentions his birth certificate in passing on Page 26 of his 1995 memoir, “Dreams of My Father.” “I discovered this article, folded away among my birth certificate and old vaccination forms, when I was in high school,” he wrote.

Lawyers for Obama and the DNC did not return calls for comment on the current status of the case, or explain why the Obama campaign did not simply put to rest the whole controversy by releasing the birth certificate that Obama apparently cherished as a teenager.

In the past, questions about Sen. John McCain’s legal status have arisen. McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone at a U.S. Army hospital. McCain had legal experts vet his constitutional qualifications, and he also disclosed a copy of his birth certificate.

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October 28, 2008 by Tim McDowell.

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October 28, 2008 by Tim McDowell.

“One of the tragedies of the Civil Rights movement is that it failed to lead to income redistribution in the United States,” Barack Obama appears to state in an audio excerpt of a Chicago public radio program recorded in 2001.

Obama, who then was an Illinois state senator, also stated that people continue to “suffer” because there is no government program to take money from the rich and redistribute it to Americans who are less well off.

The excerpt, posted on YouTube.com, has set the blogosphere abuzz.

It also caught the attention of GOP presidential nominee John McCain, who is using it to help drive home the Joe the plumber theme. McCain states that Obama’s plan to “spread the wealth around” amounts to income redistribution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck&eurl=http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_spread_wealth/2008/10/27/144493.html

The YouTube excerpt attributes the post to a Sept. 6, 2001 interview on Odyssey, an issues-oriented interview program that formerly aired on Chicago public radio station WBEZ-FM. On Monday afternoon, a WBEZ blog listed the actual date of the program, titled “The Court and Civil Rights,” as Jan. 18, 2001. Obama’s remarks came in the context of a somewhat professorial discussion of the Supreme Court’s impact on the Civil Rights movement. In the YouTube excerpt, Obama begins by stating that the strategy of relying on litigation during the Civil Rights movement brought both “victories and failures.”

Where it succeeded, Obama states, “was to invest formal rights in previously dispossessed peoples. So that I would now have the right to vote, I would now be able to sit at a lunch counter and order, and as long as I could pay for it, I’d be OK.”

Then Obama adds, “I think one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing, and activities on the ground, that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power throughout which you bring about redistributive change. And in some ways, we still suffer from that.”

The audio post, which has been edited heavily, also includes Obama’s response to a caller who asks whether it’s too late to enact a program of income redistribution in America, and whether the Supreme Court could initiate it.

Obama replies, in part, “The court’s just not very good at it, and politically it’s just very hard to legitimize opinions from the court in that regard, so I mean I think that, although you can craft theoretical justifications for it legally, I think any three of us sitting here could come up with a rationale for bringing about economic change through the courts.”

The McCain campaign issued a statement offering a pointed response Sunday to Obama’s 2001 remarks.

“The American people continue to learn more about Barack Obama,” said McCain senior policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin. “Now we know that the slogans ‘change you can believe in’ and ‘change we need’ are code words for Barack Obama’s ultimate goal: ‘redistributive change.’

“In a previously uncovered interview from September 6, 2001, Barack Obama expressed his regret that the Supreme Court hadn’t been more ‘radical’ and described as a ‘tragedy’ the court’s refusal to take up ‘the issues of redistribution of wealth.’ No wonder he wants to appoint judges that legislate from the bench — as insurance in case a unified Democratic government under his control fails to meet his basic goal: Taking money away from people who work for it and giving it to people who Barack Obama believes deserve it.

“Holtz-Eakin’s statement concluded: “Europeans call it socialism, Americans call it welfare, and Barack Obama calls it change.”

Obama also was a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago law school at the time of the interview. The Odyssey program, which Gretchen Helfrich hosted, apparently wasn’t profitable, and the station canceled it in September 2005.

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October 28, 2008 by Tim McDowell.

On 27 October 2008 the U.S. Embassy in Damascus issued the following Warden Message: “The Embassy of the United States of America in Damascus wishes to inform the American community of media reports about a military action at the Syrian/Iraqi border near the town of al-Boukamal. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the alleged action occurred on October 26, 2008 at 4:45 p.m. and there were several persons killed or injured in this action. SANA has reported Syrian allegations this action was carried out by the U.S. armed forces.

“The American community in Syria should be aware that unforeseen events or circumstances may occur that could cause the U.S. Embassy in Damascus to close to the public for an unspecified period of time.”

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October 27, 2008 by Tim McDowell.

 A meeting between President Alvaro Uribe and indigenous leaders did not take place as planned on 26 October 2008 due to a disagreement over the venue. Reports indicate that Uribe refused to meet the leaders at the Municipal Administrative Center of Cali due to security concerns; the leaders refused to change the venue. The meeting has been tentatively rescheduled for 2 November in Popayan, the capital of the department of Cauca. At least 40,000 indigenous protesters are currently in Cali, mainly in the Universidad de Valle area. Approximately 10,000 sugarcane workers are expected to arrive in the city on 27 October to join the protests. It is currently unclear how long the protesters intend to remain in the city. Travelers should continue to anticipate transportation disruptions and violent clashes between protesters and police officers.

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October 27, 2008 by Tim McDowell.

The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv released the following Warden Message on 24 October 2008: “This Warden Message replaces the Warden Message dated October 10, 2008, entitled ‘Warden Message — Riots in Acre, Israel.’

“American citizens are urged to continue to maintain a high level of vigilance and situational awareness while traveling to mixed neighborhoods. Based upon past events, Americans should be alert to the possibility of demonstrations and other actions throughout Israel. We remind American citizens that even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and possibly escalate into violence. American citizens are therefore urged to avoid the areas of demonstrations if possible, and to exercise caution if they are within the vicinity of any demonstrations. American citizens should stay current with media coverage of local events and be aware of their surroundings at all times.”

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October 27, 2008 by Tim McDowell.

The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi released the following Warden Message on 24 October 2008: “The U.S. Embassy and the Consulates wish to alert our American citizen residents and tourists in India to maintain a high level of vigilance during the upcoming Diwali festival. Diwali is considered the most important Indian holiday of the year; markets and transportation centers will be full of shoppers and travelers. You are reminded to consider the level of security present when visiting public places. Recent terrorist attacks in India targeted large crowded urban areas such as shopping centers, trains and train stations, cinemas, mosques, and restaurants; most took place during busy evening hours. Terrorist attacks, however, can occur anytime and anywhere. Although foreigners have not been specific targets of these attacks the risk of being a victim is ever present. You are reminded to be vigilant about security at all times.

“Fireworks, or ‘crackers,’ are a necessary component of Diwali, which is also known as the Festival of Lights. Fireworks can range from simple homemade devices and sparklers to massive explosions, which can be frightening to the unprepared, especially children and pets. Children should be prohibited from playing with fireworks and warned that the streets could be littered with fireworks that have malfunctioned. These fireworks should not be handled due to their unstable nature.”

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October 27, 2008 by Tim McDowell.

 The United States allegedly conducted a helicopter raid in the Syrian village of al-Sukkiraya in the Abu Kamal area, located approximately 5 mi/8 km from the Syria-Iraq border, at 1645 local time on 26 October 2008. At least eight people were killed, while 14 others were injured. Such raids inside Syrian territory are very rare. U.S. and Iraqi officials have indicated that the operation targeted an area used by insurgents. Approximately 90 percent of the foreign militants who operate in Iraq enter the country through the Syrian border. The Syrian government has strongly denounced the raid. The incident will likely increase anti-American sentiment in Syria.

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October 17, 2008 by Tim McDowell.

The U.S. Consulate in Hermosillo issued a Warden Message on 16 October 2008. The message consist of the text of a statement released by the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico on 14 October and reads in part as follows: ” Every six months, the State Department revises its Travel Alerts, and in light of the increase in drug cartel-related violence, the latest Travel Alert for Mexico has been updated with more specific information on concerns in the border area. The recent midnight attack at our Consulate in Monterrey further highlights the relevance of this update.“The vast majority of Americans travel in Mexico without incident and the information in the Travel Alert will help ensure that continues to be the case. The Travel Alert for Mexico issued today reflects the current reality in Mexico; in particular, the stepped up violence along the U.S.-Mexico border. These conditions are widely known and reported on here in Mexico, as well as in the U.S. border region, but many tourists and business people are less aware. The Travel Alert does not advise Americans to avoid travel to any region or city, but it does describe risks. It is important that travelers be aware of these risks, factor them into their planning and remain alert to their surroundings. To read this updated Travel Alert, see: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_3028.html.

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