My husband is an ardent independent who has, or wanted to (there was a mix up with his SS# in Fairfax County), vote republican in the last two elections. I’ve voted democrat. This year Shane has decided it’s going to be Obama and tonight we will send in our absentee ballots. I have strong feelings about Obama and his campaign is the first ever that I’ve contributed to. For the first time in my life I care about the outcome of the election and I believe I found a candidate who will not only act on my behalf, but force real and progressive change in Washington.
About a week ago Shane and I were talking about our favorite candidate and he said something that the only way I knew how to respond was, “I find that hard to believe.” Let me tell you, it worried me so much that I did the research, I even watched the documentary, and finding the “dirt” on Obama wasn’t hard, but it’s something the press has only recently started to report. That would be the “liberal” press as they are often called, and while I feel like a traitor to my party and my cause, I think it’s important to know the facts before I cast my ballot.
Fact: Bill Ayers helped found the radical Weathermen in the 1960s, an anti-Vietnam group that launched a campaign of bombing that would target the Pentagon and the Capitol building in Washington and claim 25 bombings in the US. Later married to a fellow Weather Underground member, Bernardine Dohrn, both were once on America’s Most Wanted list. They were never prosecuted for their involvement with the 25 bombings; charges were dropped because of improper FBI surveillance.
Fact: Obama met Bill Ayers at a meeting about school reform in Chicago more than 20 years later. Ayers and his wife Dohrn hosted Obama at their home for a fundraiser during his first run for office.
Fact: In this 2002 PBS (KQED) documentary Ayers and Dohrn are not apologetic of their “freedom fighter” tactics. They were a part of a “global trend of revolution” that sprang from the belief that not acting against violence IS violence.
Fact: “Sen. Obama strongly condemns the violent actions of the Weathermen group, as he does all acts of violence,” said Obama’s press secretary, Bill Burton. “But he was an 8-year-old child when Ayers and the Weathermen were active, and any attempt to connect Obama with events of almost 40 years ago is ridiculous.” (Politico.com)
Fact: Obama is a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ congregation. The pastor of this church for 20 years was Rev. Jeremiah Wright (recently retired). Wright married Obama and his wife Michelle and baptized their two daughters. According to ABC news, Wright “… has a long history of what even Obama’s campaign aides concede is ‘inflammatory rhetoric,’ including the asserting that the United States brought on the 9/11 attacks with its own ‘terrorism’.” Obama has, however, praised Rev. Wright’s “social gospel” approach and focus on Africa.
What is “social gospel?”
Shane thinks Obama is so far left he doesn’t even know he’s left. Personally, I’ve decided he’s a radical who will do everything he can to force change in Washington. Then again, I worry that once he’s in office he’ll discover it’s hard to accomplish much without the support of all these PACs (political action committees) on the Hill. These are the very same groups he refuses to gain funding from in his presidential campaign, presumably under the impression that if he doesn’t take money from them, he won’t be beholden to their causes. We’ll see. All I know, is that even with Obama’s admitted ties to known terrorists and a pastor who spews “inflammatory rhetoric” I’m voting for Barak Hussein Obama! Are you radical enough to do the same?
More information (oddly enough, many are opinion pieces):
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/politics/04ayers.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/opinion/12rich.html?hp
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120968398096261113.html
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8630.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4443788
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256078,00.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24371827/
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Activity at the Apartment
I spend a lot of time at the apartment working hard at my job. My desk is situated right next to the window facing the front of the apartment. Here are some of the things I experience every week I'm here.
Monday: Trash day. That’s also my wakeup call. No alarm needed on Mondays.
Tuesday: Nothing special to report though last week they installed new flooring in the apartment above us. Pound, bang, bang, pound, all day long!
Wednesday: Wash the outdoor stairwell with a very loud power washer.
Thursday: Another trash day and it’s yard day as well. Yard day takes ALL day. First they mow, then they edge, finally they use the leaf blower. Yet somehow the grounds here still look crappy. They don’t water when it gets hot and doesn’t rain.
Friday: Nothing special but for the last two weeks they’ve been installing statues around the grounds. Luckily, this isn’t a very noisy operation.
Monday: Trash day. That’s also my wakeup call. No alarm needed on Mondays.
Tuesday: Nothing special to report though last week they installed new flooring in the apartment above us. Pound, bang, bang, pound, all day long!
Wednesday: Wash the outdoor stairwell with a very loud power washer.
Thursday: Another trash day and it’s yard day as well. Yard day takes ALL day. First they mow, then they edge, finally they use the leaf blower. Yet somehow the grounds here still look crappy. They don’t water when it gets hot and doesn’t rain.
Friday: Nothing special but for the last two weeks they’ve been installing statues around the grounds. Luckily, this isn’t a very noisy operation.
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