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Barack Obama Foundation chooses South Side Chicago site for presidential library
frontpage ^ | 5/12/15 | DON BABWIN and CARYN ROUSSEAU - Associated Press

Posted on 05/12/2015 9:52:43 AM PDT by Nachum

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To: Nachum

so happy they chose the Chicago slums instead of my beautiful Hawaii. Warning, expect to get mugged when you stop by the LIEBARRY for a visit.


41 posted on 05/12/2015 10:25:06 AM PDT by fish hawk (no tyrant can remain in power without the consent and cooperation of his victims.)
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To: usconservative
suddenly find themselves in the position of having to defend themselves and shoot the bad guys.

Shouldn't that be "being able to"?

42 posted on 05/12/2015 10:28:22 AM PDT by Turbo Pig (...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
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To: ETL; LucyT; Liz; maggief
Obama Foundation: '8 years is only the beginning'

"Eight years is only the beginning. Barack Obama's commitment to public service preceded his presidency, and will continue long after he and the first lady leave the White House. The foundation will carry forward the Obamas' efforts to inspire active citizenship, expand economic opportunity, and promote peace and justice throughout the world," said the email.

Barack Obama Foundation

The work has just begun.

The President's historic candidacy was never just about winning an office; it was about building a movement to tackle challenges that would define a generation. That work will live on in the Obama Foundation, which will inspire people of all backgrounds and beliefs to better their communities, their countries, and their world.

About Us

Our Leadership The Barack Obama Foundation is governed by a volunteer board of directors and chaired by civic leader Martin Nesbitt.


Martin Nesbitt, Board Chair


J. Kevin Poorman, Board Member


David Plouffe, Board Member


Maya Soetoro-Ng, Board Member

43 posted on 05/12/2015 10:30:47 AM PDT by thouworm
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To: Nachum

Will the Mooch let gangs of Black school childs through the door to run wild?


44 posted on 05/12/2015 10:31:39 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: MeshugeMikey

Spos to be, but if’n it ain’t got no nekkid pitcher books,
none o’ us be goin dere...


45 posted on 05/12/2015 10:34:43 AM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: Nachum

It should be an Annex to the Chicago Sewerage Plant.


46 posted on 05/12/2015 10:35:42 AM PDT by leprechaun9
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To: Boonie

all porn...at eh Obie from Nairobi Libarry will be GAY PORN


47 posted on 05/12/2015 10:42:59 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: thouworm

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140411/NEWS02/140419933/obama-librarys-pritzker-ties-get-tighter

The Pritzker connection to development of the Obama Presidential Library just got even stronger.

Led by two close associates of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, the foundation set up to plan and raise money for the library named an acting executive director, Robbin Cohen, a former top executive with Ms. Pritzker’s real estate interests.

Until recently, Ms. Cohen was a longtime executive and served as president of Pritzker Realty Group, a unit of PSP Capital Partners LLC, the Chicago investment firm founded and run by Ms. Pritzker until she went to the Commerce Department last year. In recent years, the foundation’s new appointee founded and ran Cohen Investment Group, an apartment building developer in Chicago.

The Barack Obama Foundation’s three-person board includes J. Kevin Poorman, president and CEO of PSP Capital Partners, and Martin Nesbitt, one of the president’s closest friends, who was a vice president of Pritzker Realty Group and former CEO of Parking Spot, an airport parking firm he started with financial backing from Ms. Pritzker.

Chicago is vying to be the home of the presidential library, which will probably cost upward of $500 million to build. New York and Honolulu also are expected to be contenders when cities respond in June to the foundation’s request for qualifications.

Ms. Pritzker chaired national fundraising for President Barack Obama’s first campaign for the White House, and Mr. Nesbitt served as treasurer of both campaigns.

Former White House Social Secretary Julianna Smoot, a longtime political fundraiser for both Obama campaigns, Sen. Dick Durbin and other Democratic senators, is the foundation’s third founding board member.

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48 posted on 05/12/2015 10:43:33 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Former White House Social Secretary Julianna Smoot, a longtime political fundraiser for both Obama campaigns, Sen. Dick Durbin and other Democratic senators, is the foundation’s third founding board member.
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Wonder what happened to Smoot? Subtracted Smoot and added Maya & Plouffe...


49 posted on 05/12/2015 10:49:15 AM PDT by thouworm
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To: MeshugeMikey

Gotta hab lotsa pitchers of his man, Reggie...


50 posted on 05/12/2015 10:49:23 AM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: Nachum

Well the South side of Chicago
Is the baddest part of town
And if you go down there
You better just beware
Of a man who puts the US down

Now Obama’s more than trouble
he’s building a library there
He’ll be right at home mongst the driveby shooters
and the men who should be in stir.

[Chorus]
And it’s bad, bad to object and frown
Bout the baddest man in the whole damned town
Though he’s badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Now Barack he’s a grifter
His wife likes fancy clothes
She likes to wave her diamond priced trips
In front of everybody’s nose
He’s gonna build himself a library
For the opening she’ll need a dress
Gotta look as good as a mongrel should
Though the tax payers be depressed

[Chorus]

Now from that dark day 6 years ago
Since Barack became president
The Obamas have lived it up real good
Not paid a dime but been on the take
Now this POTUS library in Chicago
Will be surrounded by the group
Of homies that best represent
the couple that currently reside free rent
in the home of the president

[Chorus]

Well the two chislers will be right at home
The ghetto’s just their place
What better spot to have a monument
to the guy who’s brought America disgrace


51 posted on 05/12/2015 11:02:56 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

*LOL* Very good!!!!!!!!!!!!


52 posted on 05/12/2015 11:08:12 AM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Nice one Tennessee Nana.


53 posted on 05/12/2015 11:11:20 AM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
"They need to put up an electronic sign with the latest box score for shootings in Chicago on the side of the library"
54 posted on 05/12/2015 11:12:56 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Political Junkie Too

I suspect even the wall coverings of golf score cards will be adobe photo shopped. He should also have rows of useless 747 engines he has burned up. I can hardly wait for him to be there i.e., gone.


55 posted on 05/12/2015 11:49:34 AM PDT by mcshot (I pray someone comes forth with the strength, fortitude and burning desire to save our Republic)
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To: mcshot
I posted this back in 2013


His will be the first library with an indoor full-size basketball court for exhibition games, an indoor putting green, a vegetable garden, a solar-panel roof, a windmill out front, and an algae pool out back.

But no papers...

I might as well throw in an executive travel agency, a haute couture designer clothes showroom, a haute cuisine restaurant, and a state-of-the-art concert theater, while we're at it.


-PJ

56 posted on 05/12/2015 11:59:10 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: RightGeek

That library is full of obama.


57 posted on 05/12/2015 11:59:30 AM PDT by beethovenfan (Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
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To: mcshot
Let's add all his March Madness brackets, too.

-PJ

58 posted on 05/12/2015 12:00:10 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Nachum

That is where it truly deserves to be. I was very impressed with the South Side. NOT! Visiting scholars will stand a good change of being mugged or shot in the library parking lot.


59 posted on 05/12/2015 12:09:24 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

An electronic one would be better than one of those tornado signs since the numbers would be going up quickly and often.


60 posted on 05/12/2015 12:10:22 PM PDT by Trillian
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