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But of course!

Being the “Media Slut” extraordinaire that I am!

And you just can’t hide it. You’re about to lose control and you think you like it.

I think the Lord heard our prayers and cries, and opened McCains heart to give us the gift of Sarah. =)

Hi there.

Steam of Freedom gets into the Peoples Republic of New Jersey!

Its iffy, but its there.

Obama is in FL

visiting Miami, Daytona, and Jacksonville

blue areas.

all the red zones are flyover country for obama. LITERALLY.

(should rush waive?)

Hahahaha, you pegged me!

Kimmel is an idiot.

The RTC ended up MAKING money as the S&L assets were liquidated over time.

;-)

Oldies but goodies.

"Yep, that was all over Fox this morning! The latest is fake messiah is ahead by 5 points in NY. ONLY 5, here in my blue blue liberal state and he only has a 5 point lead. Doesn’t look good for the fake one."

IF you factor in the Bradley Effect, that means NY is really a tie. Hee Hee Hee!

"Some lady on O'Reilly the other night when talking about the email hacking said that Palin's look was NOT in fashion and that it was in dire need of an update."

I video-taped that segment, but would have to re-wind my tape to get her name. She was supposedly some sort of "expert" on the proper "look" and demeanor for public officials, et.al. I thought to myself that with a hair style like hers and her mannerisms, she had a lot of nerve to make critical remarks about Sarah's hair style, etc. LOL

Where does BOR dredge up these "experts"????

Don't answer. LOL

Not Quite Ready for Subprime Time

by Baron Bodissey

As most of you know by now, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has been invited to speak at the UN in New York City later this month. Maybe we’ll get to see the famous halo this time! Keep your eye on the C-SPAN coverage during his oratory and see if you can make it out.

A certain select group of well-meaning progressives decided to take the opportunity of Mr. Ahmadinejad’s visit to host a gala event for him at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in NYC. The invitation list was supposed to be confidential and kept tightly-guarded, but word leaked out, alas, and copies of the invite have spread across the internet:

An invitation to an international dialogue between religious leaders and political figures:

“Has not one God created us?”

The significance of religious contributions to peace

It is an honor to invite you to participate with religious, cultural, and political leaders in a conversation about the role of religions in tackling global challenges and building peaceful societies at an Iftar — a dinner to break the Ramadan fast.

In the presence of

His Excellency Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

With contributions from

His Excellency Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations

His Excellency the Rev. Kjell Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway and President of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights

and distinguished religious leaders

This conversation is the fourth in a series of high-level bridge-building and reconciliation efforts that have helped to build mutual understanding between our peoples, nations and religious traditions. It is our hope that as religious and political leaders, this communal meal and exchange of views will enable us to explore faith perspectives for dealing with global issues such as poverty, war and prejudice while deepening mutual understanding.

The dinner will be at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 109 East 42nd Street, New York, N.Y., on Thursday, September 25, 2008, beginning with evening prayers from several religious traditions. Please arrive by 6:00 pm to clear security. Following dinner and presentations, the moderator will open the floor for comments and discussion.

Please note, entrance to this event is by limited invitation only. Some members of the media have been invited to cover the event.

RSVP by e-mail to sept25@us.mcc.org no later than Monday, September 15, 2008, confirming you interest in participation and sending us your mailing address. After confirmation of your participation, we will send a card explaining procedures for entry to the event.

The Sponsoring Committee welcomes your participation and appreciates the cooperation of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in co-hosting this event.

American Friends Service Committee
Mennonite Central Committee
Quaker United Nations Office
Religions for Peace
World Council of Churches — United Nations Liaison Office

Please direct further inquiries to sept25@us.mcc.org.

Yes, I agree; this is appalling. But it gets smellier and smellier the more you look into it. Here’s the bare outline of the facts:

The Grand Hyatt in NYC is owned by the Hyatt Corporation, which is owned by H Group Holding.

The Hyatt Corporation is a private company owned by the Pritzker family. Penny Pritzker is one of four major heirs.

Penny Pritzker is Barack Obama’s chair for his campaign finance committee, sometimes also referred to as treasurer for Obama’s campaign finance committee.

So Obama’s campaign finance committee’s chairwoman is hosting Ahmadinejad on Thursday at the Hyatt.

The Pritzker family, Penny in particular, were pioneers in creating a new financial product in the late 1990s and early 2000.

It was called the subprime mortgage.
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When their bank failed, they ended up owing the government half a billion dollars in unreimbursed FDIC insurance payments.

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I’m a rank amateur when it comes to banking, and I know nothing about the details of campaign finance, especially in the Democratic Party.

But I’m fortunate to have a contact in Chicago named Lionel who knows a lot about both topics, and here’s what he sent me earlier today in an email, in addition to the facts listed above:

Stop Iran Now has organized a rally to protest the presence of Mr. Ahmadinejad at the UN. It will be held at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza on September 22 in front of the UN building.

The Obama Campaign Finance chairwoman Penny Pritzker’s flagship Grand Hyatt Hotel in NYC will roll out the red carpet for wannabe mass murderer Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of the terrorist state of Iran, for a lavish dinner on September 25.

Mind you, this “meal of appeasement” will be just three days after the September 22 rally to protest tyrant Ahmadinejad’s UN speech. Obama’s surrogate Hillary Clinton fled from a bipartisan opportunity to join the Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin at the rally, which is sponsored by several national Jewish organizations. Clinton’s staff complained that the attendance by bipartisan speakers would make the rally a “partisan event.” Go figure.

And now Sarah Palin has been disinvited by the panicked organizers of the rally, under pressure from the Democrats.

So… let’s look at the whole picture:

Penny Pritzker, Obama’s chief fundraiser — the owner of the hotel hosting Ahmadinejad and heir to the Hyatt billions — is a pioneer in the subprime mortgage industry and a key force in that industry’s subsequent melt-down. The Hyatt businesses run by Penny Pritzker have included Superior Bank, which went bankrupt in 2002 still owing U.S. taxpayers most of the half billion dollar FDIC payout to depositors.

One of Obama’s first executive decisions in 2007 as a presidential candidate was to appoint Penny Pritzker as Chair and Treasurer of his campaign finance committee. Allegations of Obama’s campaign receiving foreign and especially Middle Eastern campaign contributions — which would be against U.S. law — have dogged the Obama campaign ever since.

There’s no word whether Obama will attend the September 25th Hyatt banquet to meet with Ahmadinejad. The Obama-Biden platform on Iran calls for diplomacy without preconditions, U.S. economic investments in Iran, and Iran’s entry into the World Trade Organization. According to the platform, “Seeking this kind of comprehensive settlement with Iran is our best way to make progress.”

In early September 2008, two weeks before Pritzker’s fabulous feast for Ahmadinejad, the Iranian Parliament passed a bill making apostasy — leaving the religion of Islam, or even writing about leaving the religion — a crime punished by the death penalty. This past month, Iranian human rights activists, and especially women’s rights activists, have been imprisoned in a new crackdown in preparation for Ahmadinejad’s U.S. trip.

And Obama’s platform on Iran makes no mention of human rights. Are you surprised?

Consortium News has more information about Ms. Pritzker and the banking industry. Here’s an excerpt:

Though Superior Bank collapsed years before the current sub-prime turmoil that is rocking the world’s financial markets — and pushing those millions of homeowners toward foreclosure — some banking experts say the Pritzkers and Superior hold a special place in the history of the sub-prime fiasco.

“The [sub-prime] financial engineering that created the Wall Street meltdown was developed by the Pritzkers and Ernst and Young, working with Merrill Lynch to sell bonds securitized by sub-prime mortgages,” Timothy J. Anderson, a whistleblower on financial and bank fraud, told me in an interview.

“The sub-prime mortgages,” Anderson said, “were provided to Merrill Lynch, by a nation-wide Pritzker origination system, using Superior as the cash cow, with many millions in FDIC insured deposits. Superior’s owners were to sub-prime lending, what Michael Milken was to junk bonds.”

In other words, if you traced today’s sub-prime crisis back to its origins, you would come upon the role of the Pritzkers and Superior Bank of Chicago.

There’s a little background on Pritzker’s family influence on raising money for Obama in The Washington Post, and more on Pritzker in this Bloomberg article — it’s a puff piece, but there’s a lot of detail in it. Note that this indicates that most of the half a billion has been repaid to depositors, but that may be inaccurate.

To make the connections even more interesting, there’s a link between Penny Pritzker of Hyatt along with the subprime meltdown and ACORN (see community organizer: voter fraud).

So here’s a woman who helped create the subprime mortgage fiasco and drove her bank into a half-billion dollar failure, was associated with an organization that is notorious for voter fraud, and is sinking the flagship of the Hyatt Hotel chain by inviting an aspiring mass-murderer of Jews to be a guest of honor there.

The subprime crisis. ACORN. And Mad Jad.

What a confection!

And this is the woman Barack Obama chose to handle his campaign finances.

Proof, I guess, of how his running of the campaign proves his executive judgment and experience.

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Yes it is. CRA started it all.

Google the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.(1999) That was the one that repealed the Glass-Steagal Act and allowed banks to merge with Ins. groups. (Citicorp and Travelers Group)
Heavily lobbied by Treas. Secy. Rubin and Sanford Weill of Citicorp so that the merger would not meet congressional dis-approval. Rubin quit soon after passage and went to Citicorp.

Friday, September 5, 2008
Obama’s best fundraisers were given priority to go to Oprah Winfrey’s home

Source The Chicago Sun Times March 24 2008 by Lynn Sweet

Obama’s 2004 U.S. Senate finance committee contains the names of a number of Chicago based Democrats who have been long-time major donors and fund-raisers —and Tony Rezko and his wife, Rita. Rezko, on trial in a Chicago courtroom on corruption charges. On March 14, Obama said Rezko had raised about $250,000 for Obama—for his state senate, House and U.S. Senate runs.

For his 2008 presidential run, Obama does release the names of his best “bundlers” –those who raise between $50,000 and at least $200,000. Bundlers are people who tap into their own extensive personal networks to raise money for a candidate and in return are supposed to get recognition for their efforts from the campaigns.

But the Obama campaign has carved from these ranks of elite fund-raisers a National Finance Committee, who are deemed to have potential to raise money for Obama over the long haul.

Members of Obama’s NFC have been invited to special briefings with Obama and his advisors, were given priority in getting into Oprah Winfrey’s fund-raiser at her home near Santa Barbara, Calif. and have been encouraged to travel to primary and caucus states to volunteer knocking on doors and at phonebanks.

2008 OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE
Naomi Aberly
Gerald Acker
Charles Adams
David Adelman
David Agnew
Mark Alderman
Jeremy Alters
Eddy Arriola
Ricky Arriola
Nicole Avant
Stewart Bainum
Freddy Balsera
Rob Barber
Don Barden
Matthew Barzun
Doni Belau
Lawrence Bender
Michael Bennet
Mitchell Berger
Matthew Bergman
Andi Bernstein
Tom Bernstein
Don Beyer
Megan Beyer
Jeff Bleich
Neil Bluhm
Charles
Robert Bone
Harry Bookey
Demetrios Boutris
Tim Broas
Frank Brosens
Peter Buttenweiser
Peter Bynoe
Owen Byrd
Joe Calabrese
Michael Caplin
David Carden
Tom Carnahan
Brad Carson
Eileen
Chamberlain
Donahoe
Hasan Chandoo
Tony Chase
Cleve Christophe
Marissa Chun
Bob Clark
Diana Clark
Frank Clark
Bucky Clarkson
Bonnie Cohen
Dick Cohen
Lou Cohen
Tom Cole
Wilbur Colom
Les Coney
Jack Connors
Jon Cooper
Greg Craig
James Crowe
Jim Crown
Paula Crown
John Crumpler
Ian Cumming
Bill Daley
Richard Danzig
Mike Dardzinski
Ted Dintersmith
Kirk Dornbush
Becky Draper
Eugene Duffy
Carolyn Dwyer
Bill Eacho
Norm Eisen
Ari Emanuel
Christine Forester
Alan Fox
Daveen Fox
David Friedman
Lou Frillman
Michael Froman
Ann Fudge
David Gail
Mark Gallogly
Barbara Garrett
Tom Gearen
Katherine Gehl
Julius Genachowski
Alexi Giannoulias
Geoff Gibbs
Mark Gilbert
Don Gips
Steven Gluckstern
Barry Goodman
Mark Goodman
Mark Gorenberg
John Gorman
David Grain
Earl Graves
Howard Gutman
Joe Gutman
Ed Haddock
Daniel Halpern
Wahid Hamid
Todd Hamilton
Hill Harper
Scott Harris
Bill Harvey
David Heller
Victor Herlinsky
Bruce Heyman
Doug Hickey
Donald Hinkle
David Hinson
Gary Hirshberg
Mellody Hobson
Max Holtzman
Rick Horowitz
Jim Hudson
Dan Hynes
Mark Iola
Ian Isaacs
Rita Isaacs
David Jacobson
Valerie Jarrett
Jeh Johnson
Jim Johnson
Orlan Johnson
Sheila Johnson
David Jones
Sam and
Sylvia Kaplan
David Kasparian
Michael Kasparian
Allan Katz
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Julie Katzman
Eric Kearney
Bill Kennard
Lena Kennedy
Charlie Kireker
Steve Koch
Dan Kohl
Nancy Koppelman
Orin Kramer
Tony Lake
Nicole Lamb-Hale
Annie Lamont
Ned Lamont
Jonathan Lavine
Michael Lawson
Eddie Lazarus
Chad Leat
Ken Lerer
Steve Lerner
John Levi
Chris Lewis
Chuck Lewis
Margo Lion
Caren Lobo
Dan Loeb
Andres Lopez
Frank Loy
Jamie Lynton
Michael Lynton
Kerman Maddox
Steve Mandel
Susan Mandel
Bob Mandell
Karol Mason
Brian Mathis
Marina McCarthy
Carol McClure
Mattie
McFadden-
Lawson
Jon Merksamer
Ray Mikulich
Eric Mindich
Cindy Moelis
Ron Moelis
Jonathan Molot
Robert Monks
Sarah Morgenthau
Marie Helene Morrow
Alecia Mullen
Tim Mullen
Bruce Murray
James Murray
Bob Nelsen
Marty Nesbitt
Dan Nova
Bruce Oreck
Bill Orrick
Lynn Overmann
Spencer Overton
Jason Paez
Sebastiano
Paiewonsky-
Cassinelli
Steve Pajcic
Deven Parekh
Michael Parham
Cookie Parker
Jonathan Perdue
Tom Perrelli
John Phillips
Will Prather
Quintin Primo
Penny Pritzker
Wade Randlett
Deborah Rappaport
Doug Rediker
Tom Reed
Art Reimers
Jim Reynolds
John Rhea
Zeb Rice
Ellen Richman
Rebecca Riley
Bob Rivkin
Charlie Rivkin
Marjorie Roberts
Robert Roche
Desiree Rogers
John Rogers
John Roos
Lee “Rosy” Rosenberg
Skip Rosenbloom
James Rubin
Kirk Rudy
Karen Russell
Frank Sanchez
Andrew Schapiro
Michael Schell
Paul Schmitz
Tod Sedgwick
Jeff Shell
Laura Shell
Willie Shepherd
Bob Sherman
Ken Solomon
Alan Solomont
Alan Solow
Helen Spalding
Steve Spinner
John Steffen
Bobby Stein
Josh Steiner
Jane Stetson
George Stevens
Cynthia Stroum
Lou Susman
Tina Tchen
Vinai Thummalapally
Tim Toben
Bob Toll
Jim Torrey
Stan and
Sherri Toy
Kyriakos Tsakapolous
Grace Tsao Wu
Scott Tyre
Tom Unterman
Kirk Wagar
Wendy Wanderman
Anne Wedner
Daniel Weiss
Beatrice Welters
Alexa Wesner
Tony West
Steve Westly
Tom Wheeler
Barry White
Frank White
Abigail Williams
Todd Williams
Percy Wilson
Robert Wolf
Kneeland Youngblood

2004 OBAMA U.S. SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE

John Alarez
Joanne Alter
Bruce Baker
Michael Bauer
Deborah Beitler
Stephen Beitler
Marjorie Benton
Percy Berger
Robert Blackwell
Norman Bobins
Carole Boron
Keith Bronstein
Dudley Brown
John Bryan
Neville Bryan
Jonathan Bunge
Linda Bynoe
Peter Bynoe
Judith Byrd
Demetrius Carney
Mike Cherry
Robert Clifford
Bruce Clinton
Lester Coney
Kevin Conway
Phillip Corboy
James Crown
Louis D’Angelo
Allison Davis
Andrew Davis
Dean Dicke
David Dorris
Bruce Ettelson
Charles Frank
Deborah Friedman
Brenda Gaines
Judith Gaynor
Alexi Giannoulias
Howard Green
Jack Guthman
Joesph Gutman
Arthur Hahn
Briet Hart
Christie Hefner
Louis Holland
Charles Holley
James Houlihan
Valerie Jarrett
Albert Johnson
Kenny Johnson
Mike Jordan
Carroll Joynes
Joesph Kellman
Lou Anne Kellman
Steven Koch
Martin Koldyke
Michael Kraines
Michael Krasny
Clinton Krislov
Daniel L e vin
Fay Levin
Jack Levin
Lawerence Levy
Paul Levy
Julius Lewis
Lyle Logan
William Lowry
C. Mack
Tenetia Mack
Lewis Manilow
Susan McKeever
Edwin MClendon
Abner Mikva
Judson Miner
Newton Minow
Arthur Moore
David Mosena
Patricia Mosena
Martin Nesbit
Grace Newton
Abby O’Neil
Richard Phelan
Quitin Primo
Penny Pritzker
Stephen Pugh
Rita Rezko
Tony Rezko
Andre Rice
Shawnelle Ritchie
Kathleen Roach
John Rogers
Steven Rogers
John Rokacz
Lee Rosenberg
Andrew Rosenfield
Betty Saltzman
Paul Saltzman
Manuel Sanchez
Tia Sawhney
John Schmidt
David Schulte
Niranjan Shah
Harold Shapiro
Balvinder Singh
Jerold Solovy
Alan Solow
Harrison Steans
Avy Stein
John Sterling
Mary Stowell
Stuart Taylor
Christina Tchen
Christie Traubert
Gail Wallet
Gregory White
Jason White
Judy Wise

Also check this version:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/03/sweet_obama_at_suntimes_reques.html

“This guy invents more things than he is a part of”. Lying SOB! Oh no, not more fake messiah talk!

I told you Craig F was OK!

He is an equal opportunity commedian, he picks on all sides.

Great! Thanks! bttt

Ooooooo, the Bradley Effect!!! If fake messiah cant even get a landslide in NY, then he CANNOT make it anywhere!!!

Acorn, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Barack Obama’s Finance Chair-Penny Pritzker, All Tied To The Sub-Prime Meltdown

http://rightvoices.com/2008/09/17/acorn-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-barack-obamas-finance-chair-penny-pritzker-all-tied-to-the-sub-prime-meltdown/