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I have been forwarding videos and articles to my mailing list for a while-unfortunately, i am in New York and there nothing i can do to get people to think here. These are the videos I forwarded today. Please cut/paste and send your mailkng lists. Hopefully they make the rounds in States that actually have open-minded people. Farrakhan calling Obama the messiah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OowxMcVTjTE Hollywood kids worshipping the savior (this was supposedly put together spontaneously). Why do the kids keep singing, “change, yes, WE can”? Why do I have to change, I didn’t do anything wrong. Isnt singing about your leaders...

I would like a document checked out about ACORN and O. Thanks.

Who are your friends in the Neighborhood? LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION…..GEORGIAN REVIVAL MANSION SITUATED JUST BLOCKS FROM SOME OF AMERICA’S MOST NOTORIOUS RADICALS

Do cycles exist in the financial markets? Take a look at the black line in the graph below. The U.S. stock market had a gigantic bubble back in 2000. When it burst, stocks came crashing down. Over the next several years, policy makers did all they could to get things going again, focusing mostly on monetary policy and increasing homeownership. This had the unintended consequence of creating too much inflation, which caused central bankers to tighten aggressively. Thus began what will almost certainly be declared a recession. This mimics the US stock market bubble back in 1929...

For an in-depth look at a host of Barack Obama's key personal and political affiliations, visit DiscoverTheNetworks' special feature, Barack's World.

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U.S. SENATE 2008 -- SHOULD CONSERVATIVES BACK STEVE SAUERBERG OR CHAD KOPPIE TO TAKE ON INCUMBANT DICK DURBIN? LEARN WHERE THEY STAND ON THE ISSUES. Illinois Freepers, by copying and pasting the candidate's issue papers on their website and responces to the Chicago Tribune, I created the definitive thread on where your Senate candidates stand on the issues. Read, and learn: Candidate's backgrounds    List your three most significant accomplishments. Steve Sauerberg: My three most significant accomplishments are my 26-year marriage to a wonderful woman who helped me raise two children, my life-long commitment to the patients I continue...

I am currently without a computer and use my cellphone to browse the web. I have a request: Can someone please convert the Obama videos that are helping us to fight his campaign in 3GP format? This is the format most cellphones use and i will then be able to download them and share them with my entire phone book. I'm sure you know how fast a text message can get around... Imagine the whole country sharing these videos by cellphone... Everyone has cellphones now and most support video. If you can help me out let me know. Thanks in...

At least 80 wealthy liberals have pledged to contribute $1 million or more apiece to fund a network of think tanks and advocacy groups to compete with the potent conservative infrastructure built up over the past three decades. The money will be channeled through a new partnership called the Democracy Alliance, which was founded last spring -- the latest in a series of liberal initiatives as the Democratic Party and its allies continue to struggle with the loss of the House and the Senate in 1994 and the presidency in 2000. Many influential Democratic contributors were left angry and despairing...

Charles A. Comiskey, the "Old Roman," doubted the truth of the rumors that his team's general manager, William "Kid" Gleason, brought to him. He had reason to doubt these rumors because he thought he had assembled a great team. They were the 1919 White Sox. Eddie Collins at second base and Ray Schalk as catcher were considered unequaled in the American League. In left outfield, Comiskey had "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, the illiterate, charismatic South Carolinian who had maintained a .356 batting average since coming to the majors. Spitballer Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty" Williams were pitchers. The infield consisted of...

[edit] Opposition to increased oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac In 2003 Watt vehemently opposed efforts by the Bush Administration and Congressional Republicans to increase regulatory oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac[5]. "I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing", Mr. Watt said.[6]

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Carbonite is not working on my laptop. OS = IE 7.0.5730.13. It won't backup. The most it's done is 3% BU. I've uninstalled and reinstalled 5-6 times, chatted and talked with tech support. Gotten emails after each uninstall begging me to reconsider. Have had 15 day free trial reset twice. I give up on this product. She'sa justa no work. Any recommendations on another product would be greatly appreciated.

ALL AROUND THE WORLD a new phenomenon has been created as a result of the severe economic and financial crisis in the United States which is likely to lead to a shutdown of the credit system, with or without the bail-out. We are seeing a situation now where taxpayers are becoming lenders of last resort. This has come as no surprise as all the signs of impending tragedy were there for some time in the form of cheap and risky credit in what has been characterised as a "financial casino." The Economist magazine has been repeatedly warning about the housing...

Some of you may remember that I have an old 1917 Enfield that is a really nice example. Here it is. It is a really nice example on the outside and even has Elmer Keith's cartouche on the stock, indicating that he once inspected it at Ogden Arsenal. But as nice as it is on the outside, the bore is enough to make a grown man cry. It is as rough as a dried corn cob. But I was still not completely satisfied with the accuracy of this fine old rifle and wanted to try to make it shoot even...

We are in the homestretch and it is neck and neck. While I do not buy into the doom and gloom, I am concerned. The ground game is not the tight stuff that we should expect. I am here in South Florida volunteering every couple of days and I see my manager under attack and I hate it. Folks want McCain/Palin yard signs. They are limited to one and the people are pizzed. It took forever for the bumper-stickers to start flowing and still they are limited. People are angry. They want to support McCain or possibly protest Obama, yet...

Does it bother anybody else to hear Obama pronounce Pakistan & Taliban? MSM AnalysisI don't think he's a jihadi or anything. I'm just sayin'... he sounds like a jihadi...

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Definitions of "moral hazard" on the Web: Arises when people behave recklessly because they know they will be saved if things go wrong.enbv.narod.ru/text/Econom/ib/str/261.html (links to a Russian site of all things)

Robert Creamer, not to be confused with the famed baseball writer, is now also going by the name of Bob, which I'm sure greatly pleases the more famous Creamer. About Creamer the Lesser: For many years, he was the executive director of the Illinois Public Action Council. His wife, Jan Schakowsky, now a Democratic Illinois congresswoman who nominally represents me in Washington, was on the board of directors of the self-appointed consumer advocacy group. Creamer got caught kiting checks while running the group--he had done it before and was warned by federal authorities not to do it again. He didn't...

U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) introduced legislation today that would effectively move the United Nations headquarters out of the United States. The legislation is being introduced amid incessant anti-American and anti-Jewish political grandstanding from the podium of the General Assembly. “The U.N. has coddled brutal dictators, anti-Semites, state sponsors of terrorism, and nuclear proliferators – while excluding democratic countries from membership and turning a blind eye to humanitarian tragedies and gross violations of human rights around the globe,” Tancredo said. “The U.N.’s continued presence in the United States is an embarrassment to our nation, and the time has come for...

What if there is riots if Obama losses the election. If you live somewhere where you think there possibly will be riots, I'd like to ask you a question. Do you know how many yards it is from your porch to the corner of the building down the street? What about to the far side of that intersection? From your upstairs window to the top of the apartment, the big one in the middle of the next block? NOW is the time to learn those yardages! Not when you are underfire from a bunch of liquered up fools who know...

<p>University of Massachusetts officials yesterday quashed efforts by an Amherst campus chaplain to offer two college credits to any student willing to campaign in New Hampshire this fall for Democrat Barack Obama.</p> <p>Chaplain Ken Higgins told students in a Sept. 18 e-mail, “If you’re scared about the prospects for this election, you’re not alone. The most important way to make a difference in the outcome is to activate yourself. It would be just fine with McCain if Obama supporters just think about helping, then sleep in and stay home between now and Election Day.”</p>

Are pre-election polls accurate? Wed, 17 Sep 2008 (NECN) - Mike Nikitas sits down with David W. Moore, author of The Opinion Makers: An insider exposes the truth behind the polls. Moore is a former vice president at the Gallup Polling Organization and the founder of the University of New Hamps...

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WASHINGTON – Billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, formerly No. 1 on Bill Clinton's enemies list as the so-called "marionette" of the "vast right-wing conspiracy," met with the former president for two hours this week, offering to help him with his global initiative. Scaife, who personally funded many of the investigations of the Clinton administration that led to the president's impeachment, last April formerly endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a daily newspaper he owns. That endorsement came just before the Pennsylvania primary, which Hillary Clinton won, and just after Scaife met with her. Scaife's...

ActivistCash.com, a project of the Center for Consumer Freedom, provides the public and media with in-depth profiles of anti-consumer activist groups, along with information about the sources of their exorbitant funding. Despite their innocent-sounding names, many of these organizations are financial Goliaths that use junk science, intimidation tactics, and even threats of violence to push their radical agendas. We've analyzed over 500,000 pages of IRS records to bring you a comprehensive snapshot of where their money comes from, tracking more than $800 million to date. As you read through the site, you may be surprised by some of the connections...

Valdis Krebs networks patterns of political book buying This network visualization of political book buying is insanely amazing. I’ve asked Valdis for a mind meld, but I’m sure I don’t have enough capacity to absorb even a one-millionth of what I’d need to think the way Valdis does. Thank goodness he thinks the way he does:

I keep hearing the lefty commies cringe at any mention of God, as if Palin is a wacko. Who can help direct me to a list of quotes from past Presidents or other historical figures, esp. dems, who have mentioned God, faith and such? Maybe there is a list here already. Thanks

As with so many other things, Barack Obama has proved himself adept at playing the race card. What most people don't realize, though is that the race card has two sides back to back. And maybe you have to be part of a really small, relatively quiet and peaceful ethnic minority group--- like the Indian American community-- to ever get a look at the uglier side of the race card Mr. Obama and his democrats are playing. On the one hand, Mr. Obama spares no opportunity to portray himself as the black victim of right-wing republican racism-- a role he...

Does anyone know what any web sites or e-mail addresses we can send questions to the various major candidates & maybe get an answer?

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Can any Freepers help point me in the direction of a chart on the policy differences of McCain and Obama? My middle of the road friends are interested and the ones I have found are blatantly liberal biased (surprise!) If not, send a conservative biased chart so I can at least balance their garbage!

Palin Preview on CSPAN now.

How has Moslem opinion and support of Terrorism changed since the WOT began? I ask this question because I think it has the greatest bearing on whether we are winning or not. Let me explain, I remember Rumsfeld saying at the beginning of the war in Iraq that we needed better metrics in order to find a better strategy in Iraq, which we were losing at the time, he never did find them. It was eventually Gen. Petreus that developed the winning strategy, but a strategy that’s working in one theater of the War, doesn’t answer the real question of...

How to Buy the Right Backup Generator for Your Disaster & Budget Keep a flashlight handy so you can find your generator in the dark. Make sure the machine itself is gassed up and ready to go. Q: My wife and I are tired of being left in the dark when the power goes out around here, which is often. We want to buy a portable generator, but I’ve read conflicting advice about sizing and installing it. My wife has a home-based business, so getting this system right and making it safe is important. A: The most common backup generator...

From: info@barackobama.com(Barack Obama) Date: Thu, Sep 4, 2008, 8:36pm (PDT+3) To: DELETED BY ME Subject: The attacks King Vanity Why would the Republicans spend a whole night of their convention attacking ordinary people? With the nation watching, the Republicans mocked, dismissed, and actually laughed out loud at Americans who engage in community service and organizing. Our convention was different. We gave the stage to everyday Americans who hunger for change and stepped up to make phone calls, knock on doors, and raise money in small amounts in their communities. You may have missed it, but we also showed the country a...

What Is "Impersonating The Police"? http://www.borelliconsulting.com/articles/polimp.htm 25 August 2008 Frank Borelli (Do you carry a concealed carry permit badge? As a retired officer I was recently wondering what line I should or shouldn't cross when I get dressed. What could be interpreted as impersonating the police since I'm not anymore? That one question - wondered idly in the back of my mind - led to an entire line of thought about what t-shirts we wear; what polo shirts we wear; what pants we wear and more. Sometimes the question is quite simple: If you wear something that says POLICE and...

Heroic Consequences Questions to ask yourself before going in defense of others When we holster up, an astounding emotional transformation often occurs: We become empowered. We feel defended, secure--we almost feel immortal. It's as if the firearm we carry imparts strength and shielding approaching superhero proportions. Some of that feeling is justified. As the Old West saying goes, "God made men. Sam Colt made 'em equal." The firearm does offer additional defensive capabilities, but caveats exist; you must carry it, train with it and maintain situational awareness at all times. Even with all that, being the good people that we...

Man has used the written word to express his ideas for more than 5,000 years, starting with basic cuneiform tablets. As time passed, tablets gave way to papyrus scrolls and animal skin parchment, and the written word conveyed more complex ideals and beliefs. The earliest Bible is estimated to be more than 2,300 years old, while the oldest Koran was completed in 651. So do words matter? When you Google the phrase “Muslim outrage,” you get 36,700 hits. They are obviously outraged over a variety of issues. If you add the words “over radical Islam” to the initial phrase, you...

If or when you decide to legally carry a handgun for self-defense and after deciding on a particular model to suit your needs, you have one more decision to make: to carry or not carry spare ammunition, i.e., a reload. I've found this to be an interesting question to ask of the numerous professionals I know who have gone or currently do go to bad places filled with bad people who will kill them if the opportunity presents itself. Some, now retired, still go loaded for bear while others are quite comfortable with almost any handgun and no reload. I've...

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Four presidents generally ranked in the top fifteen by historians have had experience comparable to Governor Palin’s prior to assuming office: Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Grover Cleveland. Sarah Palin spent four years as a City Council Member for Wasilla, Alaska, six years as Mayor of Wasilla, and two years as Governor of Alaska. FDR spent just over two years in the New York State Senate, eight years as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and four years as Governor of New York. Theodore Roosevelt spent some time in the New York State Assembly(?), two years as Governor of...

The following is from Meghan McCain's pictorial blog of on the road with the McCain campaign. "Road Trippin'" POSTED BY MEGHAN AND PHOTOS BY HEATHER "Yesterday was another crazy day on the trail with my new favorite crew - the Palin girls. We went to an amazing rally where there were 12,000 people. John Rich and his incredible band introduced Dad by singing "Raisin' McCain" and then we were lucky enough to have them come on the road with us to Missouri. To the entire John Rich band and crew, you guys rock my world and I am so excited...

Note: The following is from Meghan McCain's blogette which covers the behind the scene events of the her father's campaign. It's not so much political as it is just a daughter who admires her parents as she gives you pictorial insights to the day to day campaign on the road. "Governor Sarah Palin"POSTED BY MEGHAN AND PHOTOS BY HEATHER "Yesterday was incredible. Again I got to witness history in the making, from a front row seat. Starting out the day with Dad's choice of Governor Sarah Palin as his nominee for Vice President is a moment on stage I will...

Sarah Palin is the 12th cousin of John McCain, 8th cousin of George W. Bush and 10th cousin of Barack Obama.

The website that lets you find out where your family came from online Last updated at 02:23am on 30.08.08  Ever wondered where in the world you can find the most Crooks, Cranks and Losers?  Or, come to that, the places overrun by people called Smith or Jones?  Well, wonder no more. A website launched today can tell you everything you could possibly want to know about surnames  -  unusual or otherwise.   Pure Klass: Myleene   It uses more than one billion records to show which countries, regions and cities have the greatest concentrations of a given surname. Simply...

Just want Freepers and any media outlets lurking here to remember one thing when trying to knock Sarah Palin. Joe Biden didn't even pass 9,800 total votes in the 2008 Democratic Primaries. He was one of the biggest losers on the platform from a statistical stand point and was about 7th on the list of who was wanted for V.P. The GOP might have opted for John McCain to put as their top dog...but Conservatives got who they really wanted. So when you decide to pump up Biden like he is going to slaughter Palin in a debate...just remember...Biden is...

SAN FRANCISCO -- If John McCain is elected president, wounded veterans could be in for a world of hurt. On the campaign trail, the Republican's presumptive nominee has talked of a new mission for the Department of Veterans Affairs, suggesting that veterans with noncombat medical problems be given vouchers to receive care at private, for-profit hospitals. In other words, McCain is seeking to cut off the kind of universal health care that the government has guaranteed to veterans for generations. "We need to relieve the burden on the VA from routine health care," McCain told the National Forum on Disability...

Good hits are made with perfect trigger control, not perfect sight control. Align the sights and have a perfect sight picture, but yank the trigger and you miss. why do we put sights first in our teaching? The instructor's mantra is invariably, "Front Sight. . .Press. . .Front Sight." I suggest it should properly be, "Trigger Press. . .Let the Sights Wobble. . .Trigger Press." Why make trigger press the first priority? Because correct trigger manipulation is, in my opinion, the reason for a well-placed shot. Sure, having the sights lined up properly, as well as a having good grip...