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UNREAL: THE IRS PROBABLY SPENT ABOUT $10 TO DEMAND $.02 FROM A TAXPAYER WHO PEOPLE I KNOW VERY WELL KNOW VERY VERY WELL.
"Can’t stop reading TAB …even in Inner Mongolia. On vacation, and still checking in at with TAB for the best in sharp analysis and blunt commentary -without the clutter of Friday sales at Amazon. Attached is the view from at sunrise, looking down into valley, taken with my Android. What amazed me the most was the fantastic mobile signal present in this remote site. I knew the Inner Mongolians had an amazing grasp of the globe at one time, but who would have thought of this?"Heh.
Patrick Hemingway, 82, walked into Schnee's Boots and Shoes on Main Street Friday night wearing a worn pair of H.S. Trask loafers and walked out wearing a new pair of shoes that bore his last name.
Schnee's is the first store in the nation to carry Thomas Raymond & Co.'s new Hemingway line of men's footwear, inspired by Patrick's father, author Ernest Hemingway.
... "A lot of celebrity endorsements are phony, but not in this case. Hemingway had a great sense of style. He especially loved leather boots from Madrid."
Thomas Raymond & Co. founders Chad Gombas and Gregg Jackson have been developing the line for the past year and a half, said vice president of sales, Jeff Gorham.
"Hemingway's name is just iconic," Gorham said. "It's a beckoning back to true Americana. He's both a real romantic and a man's man."
... The Hemingway shoes, priced between $150 and $235, are handmade in El Salvador using bison and calf hide.
Thomas Raymond & Co. has an initial batch of 30,000 pairs to distribute among 12 different retailers around the U.S. The full product launch is planned for fall of this year.
The Hemingway line is divided into angler, literary and sportsman collections, to reflect different aspects of the author's personality.
VIA THE NYTIMES.
Below are all of the of Colorado USHCN station (RAW) maximum temperatures since 1930.CHECK OUT ALL THE DETAILS.
As you can see, high temperatures have been declining in most of Colorado over the last 80 years, as CO2 has gone from 310 to 390 ppm.
The correlation between CO2 and hot days in Colorado is negative, and any study which shows otherwise is deeply flawed.
...despite the fact that a majority of New Yorkers opposes the mega mosque at Ground Zero, Mayor Bloomberg has refused to meet with the 9/11 families or with any of those opposing the Islamic supremacist mosque.And he shouldn't be reelected either. That he would shut out 9/11 Families for a Safe America has got to be his worst show of PR in his career. A campaign must be launched to encourage NYCers to vote him out of office. Even more importantly, a suitable candidate must be found who can replace him as mayor. This was also the very mayor who almost comedically parroted Dubya's insulting claims that illegal immigrants do the work regular Americans supposedly don't want to do. His problem is opportunism, to say nothing of a lack of heart and altruism.
He has refused to meet with the families. Why is he ducking? And why the mad rush? And why is he giving stealth jihadist Imam Rauf a free ride? Again has this been not bee reported by the subdued media. No one questions Mad Mullah Mike.
GP practices are set to be handed responsibility for most health services under ministerial plans for a radical shake-up of the NHS in England.
Local trusts and strategic health authorities would be sharply scaled back to make way for their new role.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley believes GPs are best placed to understand patients' needs and to decide where money should be spent.
GREAT!
MEANWHILE, OBAMA HAS US MOVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION - THE WRONG DIRECTION!
SIGH.
The Greek government took a major step forward in overhauling its debt-plagued economy by forcing through, in principle, a pension bill that would dramatically cut the cost of ’s welfare state by increasing the retirement age and slashing benefits.
In Sheba's pediatric hemato-oncology department was Mohammed Abu Mustafa, a four-and-a-half-month-old Palestinian infant. Protruding from his tiny body were pipes attached to big machines. His breathing was labored.But guess what was discovered here next:
"His days may be numbered. He is suffering from a genetic defect that is causing the failure of his immune system," said the baby's mother, Raida, from the Gaza Strip, when she emerged from the isolation room. "I had two daughters in Gaza," she continued, her black eyes shimmering. "Both died because of immune deficiency. In Gaza I was told all the time that there is no treatment for this and that he is doomed to die. The problem now is how to pay for the [bone marrow] transplant. There is no funding." [...]
Hours after the news item about Mohammed was broadcast, the hospital switchboard was jammed with callers. An Israeli Jew whose son died during his military service donated $55,000, and for the first time the Abu Mustafa family began to feel hopeful.
[...] From an innocent conversation about religious holidays, Raida Abu Mustafa launched into a painful monologue about the culture of the shahids - the martyrs - and admitted, during the complex transplant process, that she would like to see her son perpetrate a suicide bombing attack in Jerusalem.Oh, you better believe I'm angry alright. This woman - whose son was saved by the generosity of Israelis - wants him to grow up so he can murder the very same society that saved him. She should have custody of her child revoked, if she's going to raise them to serve the cause of jihad.
"Jerusalem is ours," she declared. "We are all for Jerusalem, the whole nation, not just a million, all of us. Do you understand what that means - all of us?"
She also explained to Eldar exactly what she had in mind. "For us, death is a natural thing. We are not frightened of death. From the smallest infant, even smaller than Mohammed, to the oldest person, we will all sacrifice ourselves for the sake of Jerusalem. We feel we have the right to it. You're free to be angry, so be angry."
we have a Justice Department that drops a case it already won against New Black Panthers who are on tape intimidating voters in blatant violation of federal law, but that sues a sovereign state for enacting a statute in support of immigration enforcement practices that have already been upheld by two of the nation’s highest courts. Perfect.PERFECTLY ANTI-AMERICAN.
The decision last week by the Methodist Church of Britain to launch a boycott against goods emanating from settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem will send a shiver down the spine of anyone with a feel for where the rancid, global campaign against the Jewish state is currently heading.Certainly in Britain. Perhaps this is why the Pilgrims left the isle? And maybe this is why Jews living in England today would do well to follow suit?
The boycott will involve transactions of the church itself, and extends to encouraging all affiliated Methodists to follow suit. The Methodists boycott no other country.
The fact that an institution professing allegiance to values of love, truth and justice should have succumbed to an agenda of hatred, hypocrisy and barbarism is sadly emblematic of the degraded spirit of our times, and of the moral inversions which blow through them.
In an interview published in the "Magazine" de "El Mundo" Franco Zeffirelli recalls that he is gay and who is against gay marriage, in his opinion, is "a provocation, a way of attacking the Church."
"I'm Homosexual, and I'm against homosexual marriage."
"I find it horrendous the Gay Pride parade and I was very upset that there are people who want to convert a private matter into a political issue."
"I am against adoption by homosexuals, a child needs a father and a mother."
"Berlusconi is a formidable and a politician whom I respect"Now, that's what I call coming out of the closet.
Iran Unveils Approved Hairstyles
Iran has unveiled haircuts that according to officials are in line with Iranian and Islamic principles.
The new haircut models approved by Iran's Culture Ministry are aimed at preventing haircuts deemed "Western" among Iranian youth.
Barbers and men with haircuts considered "Western" and fashionable have been warned in recent years.
The unveiling of the "Islamic" haircuts comes amid a new crackdown on "bad hijab" or veiling among women and also men.
Sugary-drink ban starts to affect S.F. sitesLEFTISTS AND ISLAMISTS BOTH THREATEN INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
Coca-Cola is out, and soy milk is now part of San Francisco's official city policy.
Under an executive order from Mayor Gavin Newsom, Coke, Pepsi and Fanta Orange are no longer allowed in vending machines on city property, although their diet counterparts are - up to a point.
Newsom's directive, issued in April but whose practical impacts are starting to be felt now, bars calorically sweetened beverages from vending machines on city property.
if America does embrace another stimulus round, we should limit the government’s role to being the big borrower rather than the big spender. Cutting payroll taxes for lower-income workers who have just been unemployed is an example of stimulus through borrowing, rather than spending.RIGHT ON.
... The case for more government spending on tangible government products is most problematic.
While it is easy to get all misty-eyed about the Tennessee Valley Authority, public spending on roads or high-speed rail can be enormously wasteful. At the extreme, spending a billion dollars on a bridge to nowhere may temporarily increase employment and gross domestic product, but it does so by burning a billion dollars on something no one wants. Infrastructure is serious business, and it is impossible to spend quickly and wisely.
... The political and economic case for a second stimulus is strongest if that stimulus means a temporary tax reduction and weakest if the package is yet another increase in the size of the public sector.
Today, we received official notice of the federal government’s lawsuit against the state of Arizona.
I am sure you will agree with me that the Administration’s lawsuit is an outrageous use of taxpayer money and a sure sign that the President is more interested in politics than securing our southern border.
This lawsuit follows the President’s immigration speech in which he called for comprehensive immigration reform that – not surprisingly – includes a path to citizenship for those who entered our country illegally.
Let me be clear, I will defend the rule of law all the way to the Supreme Court of this land if necessary. I will continue to demand that the Federal government live up to its responsibility to control our Southern border and to protect our homeland. And, I will oppose the President’s amnesty plan.
But I need your immediate help today.
In order to respond to President Obama’s lawsuit I have set up a legal defense fund to pay the legal fees that Arizona has been forced to incur as a result of all of these lawsuits.
I urge all Americans who want a secure border to contribute to this fund immediately.
This is not just an Arizona issue, this is an American issue. Are we or are we not going to enforce the rule of law in America? The burden alone should not be shouldered by Arizonans. Arizona needs you to answer the call today, right now.
Make no mistake; Arizona’s immigration law affects the safety and well-being of every U.S. citizen. The federal government has failed to enforce the rule of law.
As long as the Federal Government refuses to do its job, I will ensure that Arizona continues to live by a rule of law.
Your immediate donation of $250, $125, $75 or whatever you can afford you can afford will go directly into fighting President Obama’s lawsuit. I do ask that you make this very important commitment today so we can immediately begin to defend against the President’s actions.
Arizona is the front line of our nation’s illegal immigration crisis. The federal government is broken and our border is not secure. That is why Arizona had to act.
I will not stop fighting to protect our country. I will defend us in federal court and we will continue to do the job President Obama refuses to do.
Join me today by clicking here now.
Sincerely,
Governor Jan Brewer
...Historically, presidents with approval ratings below 50 percent—Obama is at 45—lose an average of 41 House seats in midterm elections. This year, that would return the House of Representatives to Republican control. The Democrats will suffer disproportionately from a climate in which so many Americans are either dissatisfied or angry with the government, for Democrats are in the large majority in both houses and have to defend many more districts than Republicans. In any election year, voters' feelings typically settle in by June. But now they are being further hardened by the loose regulation that preceded the poisonous oil spill—and the tardy government response.How will Obama react to the coming meltdown of the Democratic Party's power?
[...]
It is clear that the magical moment of Obama's campaign conveyed a spell that is now broken in the context of the growing public disillusionment. Obama's rise has been spectacular, but so too has been his fall.
Mexico foiled an attempt by Hezbollah to establish a network in South America, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Hezbollah operatives employed Mexicans nationals with family ties to Lebanon to set up the network, designed to target Israel and the West, the Al-Seyassah daily said.
According to the report, Mexican police mounted a surveillance operation on the group's leader, Jameel Nasr, who traveled frequently to Lebanon to receive information and instructions from Hezbollah commanders there.
Police say Nasr also made frequent trips to other countries in Latin America, including a two-month stay in Venezuela in the summer of 2008.
Nasr was living in Tijuana, Mexico at the time of his arrest, the report said.
The report follows warnings from the United States that Hezbollah and its backer Iran are stepping up operations in the region.
A Hizbullah terror cell may be operating among drugs cartels around the US-Mexican border, announced US Republican National Committee Representative Sue Myrick, according to a Fox News report.
Myrick requested US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano create a special team to further investigate the potential problem and threat.
The Republican representative referenced several incidents that show evidence of Hizbullah's efforts to infiltrate the US region with the aid of Mexican drug cartel gangs.
"It is vital we know what is happening on our border, especially as crime and violence continue to rise there and as terrorist plots and threats are increasing inside the US," quoted the Fox News report.
Myrick cited the warming relationship between Iran and Venzuela as proof that Hizbullah members may be collaborating with Latin American drug cartels, who may be utilizing Hizbullah's ability to dig underground tunnels for drug smuggling and in turn, providing funding, document forging and false identities.
The Fox News report referenced Anthony Placido, assistant administrator for intelligence at the Drug Enforcement Administration, testifying at a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee in March this year, that some drug smugglers in the US-Mexico region have had relationships with Hizbullah between the 1980s and 1990s.
"There are numerous reports of cocaine proceeds entering the coffers of Islamic Radical Groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas," Fox News quoted Placido when he testified to the subcommittee. Placido labeled the proceeds as "easy revenue" that could potentially be used to fund terrorism.
"We celebrate the principles that are timeless, tenets first declared by men of property and wealth but which gave rise to what Lincoln called a new birth of freedom in America — civil rights and voting rights, workers' rights and women's rights, and the rights of every American," Obama said from a White House balcony with first lady Michelle Obama at his side."MEN OF PROPERTY AND WEALTH."
ALL men may be created equal, but slavery, America’s original sin of inequality, was left unaddressed in the Declaration of Independence signed 234 years ago today.SHEESH: AS IF LIBERATING US FROM THE TYRANNY OF BEING SUBJECTS WITHOUT RIGHTS TO A KING WASN'T ENOUGH ON THEIR PLATES!
REPEAT: "Article 1 Section 9 protected the slave trade for twenty years."The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 is a United States federal law that stated, in accordance with the Constitution of the United States, that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States.
This act effectively ended the legal transatlantic slave trade. However, slavery continued in the United States until the end of the Civil War and the adoption of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
The United States Constitution, Article 1 Section 9 protected the slave trade for twenty years. Only after 1808 could laws be passed to end the slave trade.
The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.[1]
THE OBAMAS ON THE WHITE HOUSE BALCONY.
DIPLOMATICALLY, THIS WOULD PUT TURKEY ON PAR WITH SYRIA.Turkey has for the first time threatened to break diplomatic ties with Israel over its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May.
Turkey's foreign minister said a break could only be averted if Israel either apologised or accepted the outcome of an international inquiry into the raid.
The Israeli government said it had nothing to apologise for.
Ministers are due to meet civil service union officials to discuss possible changes to redundancy terms, as they try to reduce costs of cutting staff.
Treasury figures suggest 600,000 public sector jobs could go over the next five years, as the coalition tries to slash the country's record budget deficit.
But last month, the government lost a court battle over attempts, started by Labour, to reduce redundancy payments.
Unions fear ministers plan emergency legislation to reverse the ruling.
The Cabinet Office has confirmed that ministers intend to press on with reform of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS).
"As outlined in the coalition agreement, we are looking at ways to reform the CSCS to bring it more into line with good practice in the private sector," a spokesman said.
"Our intention would always be to seek to reach a negotiated agreement, which would include protection for lower paid civil servants."
'No status quo'BBC political correspondent Gary O'Donoghue said the CSCS had in the past resulted in some payouts equivalent to six years' salary.
If agreement on reform could not be reached, ministers would have to amend the 1972 Superannuation Act which established the redundancy rules.
"Unions say letters have already gone to heads of human resources telling them they shouldn't assume the status quo will last for more than the next couple of months, suggesting change could be forced through," our correspondent added.
It emerged at the weekend that Chancellor George Osborne had ordered most government departments to draw up plans for budget cuts of up to 40%, as they prepare for October's spending review.
BRAVO!
WE NEED ORE OF THAT HERE - IN EVERY STATE AND IN OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
A doctor who said the man convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 had only three months to live now says the Libyan could survive another 10 years, London's Sunday Times reported.Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was convicted of 270 counts of murder for being behind the 1988 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, was released on compassionate grounds in 2009, after doctors said he only had a few months to live.
Specialist Karol Sikora told the newspaper it was "embarrassing" that al-Megrahi, who has prostate cancer and received a hero's welcome upon his return to Libya, had managed to outlive the prognosis.
The report is sure to re-ignite accusations that Scottish authorities bowed to pressure from Libya and the British government to release al-Megrahi, who American officials accuse of being an officer of the Libyan intelligence service.
"There is always a chance that he would live for 10 years ... but it's very unusual," Sikora told the Times.
I THINK THIS GUY WILL BE EASIER FOR FAULKNER TO FIND. AND KILL.
GO BABY GO!
Hizbullah’s Shi’ite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah died Sunday after being hospitalized in Beirut for internal bleeding. Fadallah was reported Saturday to be struggling for his life.Finally, this filthy entity has gone to face the highest court for his crimes. I don't know if he was injured by his fellow Islamofascists or what, but this is welcome news to know that's he's gone. It won't weaken them easily, but it'll hopefully be something to damage the horrible terrorist outfit of Lebanon.
The 75-year-old leader was the spiritual guide to Hizbullah, which is headed by Hassan Nasrallah, and backed the Iranian revolution against the Shah in 1979. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard helped establish the Hizbullah terrorist organization.
Fadlallah advocated suicide attacks against Israel and survived several assassination attempts against him. One of his former bodyguards was Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in a car-bombing in Damascus two years ago. In 1985, a car bomb exploded near his Beirut house, but he and Mughniyeh survived the blast.
A giant tanker refitted to scoop up spilled oil is being tested at the site of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.
The Taiwanese vessel - called "A Whale" - is designed to vacuum up oily water, separate the oil and return the water to the sea.
It is undergoing two days of testing before starting work, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said.
Much smaller skimming vessels have been working off Louisiana, but they have been affected by rough seas.
Oil has been gushing from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico since 22 April, when BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank.
Crude oil has been leaking at a rate of between 35,000 to 60,000 barrels per day, according to US scientists.
Two containment ships capturing about 25,000 barrels of oil per day are now in place, and there are plans to double this by connecting a new vessel, the Helix Producer.
But these plans have been delayed by tropical storm Alex, which brought high seas and strong winds to the region.
Clean-up boostTesting of the giant skimmer vessel - which its owners say can process 21 million gallons of oily water per day - began on Saturday.
The 275m (300-yard) tanker takes in oily water through 12 vents.
In a series of tanks, the oil is separated for transfer to another vessel, while the clean water is returned to the sea.
THIS SHIP CAN TAKE IN DAILY THE SAME AMOUNT THAT ALL OTHER SKIMMER SHIPS HAVE COLLECTED TO DATE.
SO WHY IN THE HELL DID OBAMA DELAY ITS ARRIVAL!?
CLOWARD-PIVEN I GUESS: OBAMA AND HIS COMRADES GAMBLED THAT THE BIGGER THE CRIS9IS THE MORE THE ELECTORATE WOULD HATE "BIG OIL" AND SUPPORT "THE GREEN ECONOMY".
I THINK THEY GUESSED WRONG. THE ELECTORATE BLAMES OBAMA FOR THE INEPT RESPONSE. EVEN JAMES CARVILLE DOES.
State in Play
A Battle for Congress
This is part of a series of articles looking at House and Senate races in the battleground state of Ohio and other developments there that highlight the forces shaping politics in the 2010 midterm campaign.
His Republican opponent, Steve Chabot, whom he defeated in 2008, greeted potential voters at the Westfest street festival in Cheviot.
"Hi, I’m Steve Driehaus,” he said, leaning down to shake a woman’s hand. “I’m your congressman, and I need your help in November.”
While all candidates ask voters for support, the pitch from Mr. Driehaus is more pointed than most.
He is among the class of Democrats who face the challenge of running in difficult districts without the same enthusiasm and expected voter turnout [BLACK TURNOUT --- SEE BELOW!] that helped the party expand its Congressional majorities when led the ticket two years ago.
The race highlights a central question of this election cycle:
What chance do Democrats have of defending House districts, like the one here in Cincinnati and a dozen more across the country, where, by narrow margins in 2008, they captured seats held by Republicans?
To hold these seats and to protect others that are vulnerable, Democrats are trying to re-create the Obama campaign machinery and expand turnout beyond a typical midterm election to compete with a particularly motivated Republican base.
The prospects for Democrats holding on to the House, and perhaps even the Senate, could rest with whether legions of first-time or occasional voters who supported Mr. Obama, including a high percentage of African-Americans, return to the polls this year.
The contest in Ohio’s First Congressional District offers one of the best case studies in the country. The campaign is among a dozen rematches in this election cycle: Steve Chabot, who was first elected in the 1994 Republican sweep, lost his seat to Mr. Driehaus by four percentage points — 14,772 votes — and is fighting to win it back.
“I think people are ready for a change from the change,” Mr. Chabot said in an interview at his storefront headquarters, decorated with signs and banners from his previous races. “The change that they’ve seen isn’t what a lot of people had in mind.”
If Republicans are to win control of the House, party leaders are relying on candidates like Mr. Chabot to whittle away the 39-seat Democratic majority. Their strategy is rooted in the belief that the Republican base is significantly more energized than it was two years ago, particularly because of the influence of Tea Party activists and at least a share of independent voters who have soured on the leadership of Democrats.
I'M GLAD THEY DID MENTION THE FACT THAT - DESPITE 2 WARS AND A RECESSION AND A STOCK MARKET CRASH --- AND DESPITE PUTSEPNDING MCCAIN AND SPENDING CLOSE TO ONE BILLION DOLLARS ---- OBAMA WON LARGELY BASED ON TURNOUT - BLACK TURNOUT
THAT'S ONE EFFIN' HUGE REASON THE GOP WILL SWEEP.One of the MAJOR reasons Obama beat McCain was the black turnout; they need to repeat this to have any chance of holding the House and the Senate.
Here's the back-story:
THE MARGIN OF VICTORY FOR OBAMA WAS THE BLACK VOTE.In last year’s presidential election, younger blacks voted in greater proportions than whites for the first time and black women turned out at a higher rate than any other racial, ethnic and gender group, a census analysis released Monday confirmed.
As a result, in the election that produced the nation’s first black president, the historic gap between black and white voter participation rates over all virtually evaporated.Total turnout in 2008 was about the same as it was in 2004, about 64 percent of voting age citizens.
But with Barack Obama on the ballot, the makeup of the 131 million who voted last year was markedly different.
While the number of non-Hispanic white voters remained roughly the same, 2 million more blacks, 2 million more Latinos and 600,000 more Asians turned out.
Compared with 2004, the voting rate for black, Asian and Hispanic voters increased by about four percentage points.
The rate for whites declined by one percentage point.
REPEAT: THE MARGIN OF VICTORY FOR OBAMA WAS THE BLACK VOTE.
AND IT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT; POLITICO - 10/6/08, JUST A MONTH BEFORE THE ELECTION:IN 2008, THE LEFT HAD A BLACK MAN ON THE TOP OF THE TICKET, AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT. (THEY ALSO LIED, AND TOLD THE ELECTORATE THAT OBAMA - THE MOST LEFTIST CANDIDATE EVER NOMINATED - WAS A CENTRIST.)As Barack Obama trekked through the Philadelphia suburbs, Northern Virginia and Greensboro, N.C., in recent days, his campaign was ramping up a massive parallel effort in big cities like Detroit, Cleveland and Miami.
In the largely black precincts of those metropolises, radio broadcasts blast constant reminders to vote for Obama, field organizers swarm, and megastars including Jay-Z, Russell Simmons and LeBron James have led massive rallies, working to reach not just the substantial portion of the black community who regularly come out to vote but also the younger people and others who have never before cast a ballot.
Though the rallies are publicized, much of the advertising directed at black voters isn't. Get-out-the-vote ads on radio and television aren't released to the media, and the number of new voters Obama has registered is a closely held secret. He is, however, leaving no stone unturned when it comes to registering African-American voters. The campaign has, for example, a major initiative aimed at turning barbershops and beauty parlors into voter registration offices. This week, Kimora Lee Simmons' E! Network reality show, "Life in the Fab Lane," carried a campaign ad at the bottom of the screen reminding citizens to register to vote.
Monday morning, the deadline for registration in several key states, Obama appeared on two of the most widely heard African-American radio programs, where hosts implored listeners to register to vote and Obama directed them to his campaign's registration website.
"The African-American vote can be a game-changer in all sorts of states," Obama told host Steve Harvey. "In Florida, in Indiana, in North Carolina, in Ohio. I just want people to look at the numbers."
Little of this targeted outreach has produced images of Obama addressing black crowds or mingling with black officials, and most has gone unnoticed by the broader electorate.
"If you didn't notice it, then you probably weren't the target," said Obama spokesman Corey Ealons of the targeted advertising. He described the campaign's general voter registration drive — which has focused heavily on young voters, as well as African-Americans — as "a very extensive effort and that's been one of the highlights and major focuses of the campaign."
IN 2010, THEY DON'T HAVE A BLACK ON TOP OF THE TICKET,
Muslim invasion of Egypt
The Muslim conquest of Egypt took place in AD 639. Despite the political upheaval, the Egyptian population remained mainly Christian. However, the gradual conversions to Islam and higher birthrates, murders and forms of coercion over the centuries changed Egypt from a Christian to a largely Muslim country by the end of the 12th century.[10]
VIDEO UPDATE: HOW CHRISTIAN CONVERTS ARE TREATED IN EGYPT:
NEVER FORGET THAT ISLAM AND THE ARABS ARE THE INVADERS WHO DON'T BELONG.
ON OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY, LET US PRAY THAT ALL THE WORLD AND ALL HUMANITY WILL ONE DAY BE FREE FROM THE TYRANNICAL, MISOGYNISTIC, AND GENOCIDAL CREED OF ISLAM.
Maybe after Key West, Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale are coated in oil, the President will begin paying attention.
