I Thought Bill Ayers was “Just A Guy in the Neighborhood”?

This morning, website WorldNetDaily concludes Bill Ayers collaborated and helped write Obama’s book “Dreams From my Father”. Which father? Bill’s, or Obama’s?

Author Christopher Andersen says in a newly released book that former domestic terrorist William Ayers helped Barack Obama write the president’s highly acclaimed memoir “Dreams from My Father.”

Andersen, in “Barack and Michelle: Portrait of a Marriage” writes that Obama was faced with a deadline with the Time Books division of Random House to submit his manuscript after already having canceled a contract with Simon & Schuster. Confronted with the threat of a second failure, his wife, Michelle, suggested he seek the help of “his friend and Hyde Park neighbor Bill Ayers.” In the end, Ayers’s contribution to Barack’s “Dreams from My Father” would be significant – so much so that the book’s language, oddly specific references, literary devices, and themes would bear a jarring similarity to Ayers’s own writing.  Andersen relied on inside sources, quite possibly Michelle Obama, to describe how “Dreams” was published.

You can go to WorldNetDaily to read the entire article.

And in case you have been hiding under a rock (which sounds like a good idea right now), Bill Ayers is is known for being a radical in the 60’s and co-founded Weather Underground which conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings during the 1960s and 1970s. Ayers participated in the bombings of New York City Police Headquarters in 1970, the US Capital building in 1971, and The Pentagon in 1972.

During the election, it was uncovered Ayers and Obama were friends. Obama said Ayers was “just a guy in the neighborhood”.

So far, the White House is avoiding making a comment. No surprise there.

Obama and ACORN, The Ties that Bind?

The astounding rhetoric and partisan politics streaming from the White House often has me wonder exactly how much damage will be done to this great nation before Obama is removed from the White House.  Every day I think we are finished with lies and hypocrisy, but then he does it again.  His charm no longer covers up the doublespeak.  Unless you are deaf and dumb, you cannot possibly ignore how he has trampled all over our constitution.  But a tactic that seems relatively new from this man who occupies 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is one he used just this weekend. I’ve seen Pelosi use it, and Charles Gibson use it. The tactic is “huh? I didn’t know that was happening”, aka ignorance.

Let’s start with ACORN – Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.  This organization is funded by the federal government, and works in low income neighborhoods. It does not (or didn’t until recently) have a high profile.  However, it has been routinely cited for various illegal activities. Massive voter fraud is just one.  In 2006, for example, ACORN registered 1,800 new voters in Washington. The only trouble was, with the exception of six, all of the names submitted were fake. The secretary of state called it the “worst case of election fraud in our state’s history.” This is just one story of dozens accounts of fraud.

However what is also important to note is how much Obama goes hand in hand with ACORN.  Toni Foulkes, a Chicago ACORN Leader has boasted that Obama was specifically sought out by ACORN to train it’s leaders, and every year was a key figure in ACORN’s leadership-training seminars. Obama also helped ACORN get funding.  He served on the board of the Woods Fund with Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers and frequently gave ACORN grants to fund its activist agenda.  Foulkes also has made it clear that Obama’s post-law school organizing of “Project VOTE” in 1992 was undertaken in direct partnership with ACORN.  A former White House staff economist also wrote that Obama represented ACORN in a 1994 suit against redlining. Obama again represented ACORN in a 1995 regulatory revision pushed through by the Clinton administration that greatly expanded the CRA and helped spawn the current financial crisis. (CRA is Community Reinvestment Act which is used to intimidate financial institutions into giving what have been called “Ninja” loans — no income, no job, no assets — to people who couldn’t afford them.)  In 2007, Obama said  “I’ve been fighting alongside ACORN on issues you care about my entire career.”

And then in late 2008, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review stated:

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign paid more than $800,000 to an offshoot of the liberal ACORN for services the Democrat’s campaign says it mistakenly misrepresented in federal reports.

An Obama spokesman said Federal Election Commission reports would be amended to show Citizens Services Inc. — a subsidiary of ACORN — worked in “get-out-the-vote” projects, instead of activities such as polling, advance work and staging major events as stated in FEC finance reports filed during the primary.

So Obama gave 800K to ACORN basically, just by another name.  To read even more outrageous information about Obama and his ties to ACORN, check here.

Most recently however, ACORN has been recognized for it’s efforts to help prostitutes open brothels by staffing them with underage girls. After a series of incredibly damaging videos were released, showing ACORN employees in five offices all too willing to help a man posing as a pimp and a woman posing as a prostitute shield their “business” from the IRS, Congress has almost been forced to act.   The Census Bureau also cut ties with ACORN.  The House voted to withdraw housing and urban development funding and the Senate also voted to defund ACORN of all federal funds. Most people say “well it’s about time!”.   But this is what our POTUS said in an interview yesterday:

STEPHANOPOULOS: Congress said they should cut off all funding for ACORN.

OBAMA: Is — is — is…

STEPHANOPOULOS: … all funding for ACORN. Are you for that?

OBAMA: Is that true on the other side, as well? Of course that’s true.

STEPHANOPOULOS: How about the funding for ACORN?

OBAMA: You know, it’s — frankly, it’s not really something I’ve followed closely. I didn’t even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Both the Senate and the House have voted to cut it off.

OBAMA: You know, what I know is, is that what I saw on that video was certainly inappropriate and deserves to be investigated.

STEPHANOPOULOS: So you’re not committing to — to cut off the federal funding?

OBAMA: George, this is not the biggest issue facing the country. It’s not something I’m paying a lot of attention to.

So are we supposed to actually believe this?  It sounds to me like he is not going to sign that bill to cut off federal funding, what do you think?

One last tidbit of information.

Chicago is home to Obama, as well as one of ACORN’s strongest chapters.  During the House vote, 75 of the 430 Congressman voted “no” to pulling ACORNS funds. All of these were Democrats.   Senate voted by a count of 83-7 and the 7 that voted ‘no’ were all Democrats; with the exception of Independent senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders.  Of the remaining six, two were from Barack Obama’s home state of Illinois – Dick Durban (D) and Roland Burris (D).

Countdown to the March on Washington 9.12 – Calling all Patriots!

I am getting excited. One week from today I will be traveling to DC to give a voice to the ‘silent majority’. I, along with tens of thousands of others, will march down Pennsylvania Avenue to the US Capitol.

Contrary to the belief of some who think we are racist, anti-Obama Republicans, I am doing this FOR my children and FOR my country. Unfortuntately some people just choose to remain prideful and not educate themselves on what is happening to this great nation of ours.

I am going to Washington because I protest the huge government spending. The insane concept that you borrow money to get out of debt. The removal of God from everything (well, unless you need to invoke His name to pass your own liberal agenda then I guess it is acceptable). The underhanded indoctrination of our youth. The appointment of radicals that are not accountable to anyone.

I am angry, I am informed, I am passionate, and I am Patriotic. I know in my heart God’s plan, as outlined clearly in the Bible, but I want my road to that Gloriously Place to be as comfortable for my children as can be.  And I do not want to be persecuted for telling others about His saving Grace which is the next step of this administration.

Has Obama Hit a Nerve, Now that He is Targeting Our Children? President Speaks to Public School Children.

I try not to read too much because I get emotional and upset about decisions and statements made from elected officials that pledge to serve the ones that elect them.  I started writing this post this morning when I first heard of Obama’s plans to speak to my children next week via a public address, while they are in school. At that time only a couple websites were reporting it so I was digging and searching for more information. The more I searched, the more upset I became. This is unprecidented. Even according to the education secretarty who said  “This is the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation’s school children about persisting and succeeding in school.”

At first, the Department of Education’s website stated

As one of the preparatory materials for teachers provided by the Department of Education, students had been asked to, “Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president.”

Maybe he means “talk to mommy and daddy and tell them everyone is entitled to health care.”  I am not sure, and I will never know because later this afternoon they changed the wording and actually took that sentence off the Dept of Ed website. It now reads:

“Write letters to themselves about how they can achieve their short‐term and long‐term education goals.”

Ahhh, much better…right? Wrong.  If you visit the DOE website, it gives a handout for teachers on what they should do with students before and after the speech. As I was reading it, I got this sick, sinking feeling in my stomach. Reading statements such as

Why is it important that we listen to the president and other elected officials?
What is the president trying to tell me?
What is the president asking me to do?
What new ideas and actions is the president challenging me to think about?
What specific job is he asking me to do?
Is he asking anything of anyone else?
Teachers? Principals? Parents? The American people?
What do you think the president wants us to do?
Does the speech make you want to do anything?
Are we able to do what President Obama is asking of us?

The White House assures us this will not be a speech to push his liberal agenda. But in reading the questions above, how can it NOT be a speech pushing his agenda? The questions ask for specific examples of what our children think the president wants, and what the president wants their mommy and daddy to do. They can only know this if he says this.  And I don’t think he is going to say “I want a free market society with limited government, I want God put back in everything it has been taken out of, I want the War on Terror to be back ON, and I want to get rid of every communist I have surrounded myself with”

No, somehow I don’t think that is the point he will make during his speech to MY, to YOUR children next week.

This is the letter sent to all school principals around the country from the Dept of Education.

Dear Principal:
In a recent interview with student reporter, Damon Weaver, President Obama announced that on September 8 — the first day of school for many children across America — he will deliver a national address directly to students on the importance of education. The President will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning. He will also call for a shared responsibility and commitment on the part of students, parents and educators to ensure that every child in every school receives the best education possible so they can compete in the global economy for good jobs and live rewarding and productive lives as American citizens.
Since taking office, the President has repeatedly focused on education, even as the country faces two wars, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and major challenges on issues like energy and health care. The President believes that education is a critical part of building a new foundation for the American economy. Educated people are more active civically and better informed on issues affecting their lives, their families and their futures.
This is the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation’s school children about persisting and succeeding in school. We encourage you to use this historic moment to help your students get focused and begin the school year strong. I encourage you, your teachers, and students to join me in watching the President deliver this address on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. It will be broadcast live on the White House website http://www.whitehouse.gov 12:00 noon eastern standard time.
In advance of this address, we would like to share the following resources: a menu of classroom activities for students in grades preK-6 and for students in grades 7-12. These are ideas developed by and for teachers to help engage students and stimulate discussion on the importance of education in their lives. We are also staging a student video contest on education. Details of the video contest will be available on our website http://www.ed.gov in the coming weeks.
On behalf of all Americans, I want to thank our educators who do society’s most important work by preparing our children for work and for life. No other task is more critical to our economic future and our social progress. I look forward to working with you in the months and years ahead to continue improving the quality of public education we provide all of our children.
Sincerely,
 
Arne Duncan

Parents are outraged, rightfully so. My children are tracked out next week. But I have already contacted their teacher so I can be assured this will not be recorded and played back to them when they track back in. If it will be, I will elect to keep them out of school that day, using the following excuse that someone on another blog suggested:

To Whom it May Concern:

When it comes to teaching my child about personal responsibility and life goals, I have determined that I am a far better teacher of those objectives than a President who has chosen to surround himself with known anarchists and terrorists.

Therefore, <insert child’s name> will be at home on Sept 8th in order not to be corrupted by the propaganda that will be shown in his class room.

Respectfully Yours,

Another idea, if you keep your children home, is to read the constitution to them. Read the Bill of Rights. Tell them about our founding fathers. Give them a REAL history lesson. And explain to them that it is okay to question sometimes, when things just do not ‘feel’ right. And yes, you can even question the president. Because he is not above us. He is not someone we worship or work for. And again, refer to the constitution.

There is so much more I found that ties in with this day, and how our children are targeted. But it will have to wait until tomorrow.

But I leave you with this chilling statement from Hitler:

When an opponent declares, “I will not come over to your side,” I calmly say, “Your child belongs to us already… What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.”
~~Adolf Hitler