Want to know How Obama met Vera Baker?

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[sunmars]

From HillBuzz

There’s something incredibly interesting in the Mills College yearbook from 1996 or 1997

Cryptic clue

Anyone in California who can head over to the library at Mills College will find something very interesting in the Mills College yearbook from 1996 or 1997.

All this talk of plumbers lately made us think about butchers, BAKERS and candlestick makers too.

Who was the other guy, or gal, in that tub?

Oh yah…baker.

A rub-a-dub-dub!

Wonder if there are photos of any bakers in those Mills College yearbooks.

In Martinique, they’ve got a baker or two, from what we hear. No pictures though.

THOSE are all in California. San Francisco area. At this address:

5000 MacArthur Boulevard

Oakland, California

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Now for the Killer part string us in the face.

Rick Ayers received his Masters in Education at Mills College (1997)

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Richard James Ayers, himself a member of the Weather Underground

He was married to Melody Ermachild

They have lots of honorable mentions in the FBI files.

[mass55th]

"You all realize, don’t you, that this is the brother who “couldn’t go through with” the rape that his loving brother generously set up for him?"

I'd read about the rape, but hadn't put the two of them together. Thanks for connecting them.

[Rudder]

There’s something incredibly interesting in the Mills College yearbook from 1996 or 1997 Cryptic clue Anyone in California who can head over to the library at Mills College will find something very interesting in the Mills College yearbook from 1996 or 1997. All this talk of plumbers lately made us think about butchers, BAKERS and candlestick makers too. Who was the other guy, or gal, in that tub? Oh yah…baker. A rub-a-dub-dub! Wonder if there are photos of any bakers in those Mills College yearbooks. In Martinique, they’ve got a baker or two, from what we hear. No pictures though. THOSE are all in California. San Francisco area. At this address: 5000 MacArthur Boulevard Oakland, California

Verbatim of the original post---Sorry, I still don't get the jist. It's got the appeal of an in-joke...and I'm not in on it, apparently. Also, the purpose of posting is to inform. I've read this 3-4 times and still not informed.

[smokingfrog]

Since Sunday, many web links to Vera Baker have been removed. Her personal website, and the website of her consulting company, Cape Caribbean, LLC, have been removed. This could simply mean that she does not want to be harassed.

The UK’s Daily Mail is running as story about a relationship Barack Obama had with an aide during his 2004 Senate campaign. Of course this is an MSM source, and it may or may not be true. Bloggers have named the person as Vera E Baker. If anything occurred, it would have happened four years ago. Vera Baker is now about 33.

According to FEC Senate campaign records Baker was paid under the job title National Finance Director for Obama’s campaign. However, Claire Serdiuk was usually listed as the campaign Finance Director. So Vera Baker’s position had a confusing job title, but that may mean nothing.

When Vera Baker’s consulting website was functioning, it stated, “Previously, she served as the National Finance Director on Senator Barack Obama’s 2004 Senate campaign. She also served as the Deputy Political Director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.”

Baker, who now lives mostly in Fort de France, Martinique, in the Caribbean, has denied any claims of a relationship, or that Michelle Obama expressed any issue with her. It would be a real shame if Vera Baker had no romantic involvement with Obama, but got pulled down into tawdry innuendo.

Democrats are claiming this is a smear campaign from the Republicans, but this story first surfaced near the end of the Hillary Clinton - Barack Obama race. At present, the primary sources for this story seem to be from Democrats.

(source: http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2008/10/16/open-thread-461/comment-page-4/)

[mabelkitty]

This is like reading Ted Casablancas from E!
What the hell are they saying? Vera Baker has two kids in the Caribbean, that I get; but the other?

C’mon. Out with it.

[mabelkitty]

Another guy who spent his entire life sucking off the taxes of others.

[x]

He was married to Melody Ermachild.

Sounds like a hippie chick.

author spotlight
MELODY ERMACHILD CHAVIS is a private investigator who works on trials and appeals for death row inmates. She has served as cochair of the Berkeley Community Partnership for Substance Abuse Prevention and has been honored by the Berkeley Commission on the Status of Women for her outstanding contribution to the community. She is a youth justice advocate who volunteers with a community gardening program for youth at risk. A student of Zen Buddhism, she is a member of the board of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. She is a mother and grandmother, and lives with her husband in Northern California.

Altars in the Street
A Courageous Memoir of Community and Spiritual Awakening
Written by Melody Ermachild Chavis
ABOUT THIS BOOK
A wonderfully written memoir, overflowing with miraculous stories, of a Buddhist private eye who vows to heal her community's suffering from violence and racism.
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Can't wait for the TV series.

[STARWISE]

Wrong context in which to
mention God. Chill.

[Yaelle]

Barry was 8 at the time of the rape... No, that was some older married dude.

[STARWISE]

Thanks ... got it .. and thanks for your courtesy, an apparent signal difference between newbies and vets .... ;)

[Laur]

They have lots of honorable mentions in the FBI files.

The more, the better

[Laur]

They have lots of honorable mentions in the FBI files.

The more, the better

[Rudder]

Barry was 8 at the time of the rape...

And also when Bill Ayers bombed his way to fame and tenure.

Obama's been 8 a lot.

[mabelkitty]

That’s interesting. She has the same career path that John Edwards’ whore had - no previous experience, no real job, confusing job title, menace to the wife, etc.

Too bad she doesn’t want to be harassed - perhaps she can call Joe the Plumber for advise on that one.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I used to work with a guy who retired about 1990. When he retired, he set off to get a Ph.D. in environment studies or some such, which was his priviledge. I’ve toyed with getting an advanced degree in Physics or Astronomy once things “settle down”. Even at an age when I should be an empty-nester, my grandson and his grandmother keep me far too busy. Maybe when I retire?

Online physics degrees seem to be pretty lame, aimed at shoring up the credentials of H.S. physics teachers, no thanks.

I’m an MSEE, I studied EE vs. Physics purely for career reasons, a decision that turned out well. In the event, I’ve actually worked more as a physicist and mathematician for the last twenty or so years.

I guess what particularly struck me was that he acquired an education degree. No reasonable person would do that out of intellectual curiosity or for a sense of achievement. (My favorite barber, born in 1918, always rued the fact that he had been too much of a smart ass to complete high-school. He died, “in the saddle” at 76.)

[kcvl]

Vera Baker

Rick Ayers (brother to TERRORIST Bill Ayers)

Rick Ayers has taught at Berkeley High School since 1995. He is cofounder and has been the lead teacher of Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) since 1997.

[PjhCPA]

Saying that many newbies post things that are opaque is almost as far a stretch as saying everyone who’s died of cancer has eaten carrots; therefore carrots cause cancer.

My questioning your rock dwelling is in reference to your perceived ignorance as to who Vera Baker was.

[Rudder]

lately, not too many good posts, the talent has left, too many purges.

[mass55th]

I didn't start college until I was in my late 20's. I was divorced with two kids to support, so I worked full-time days and went to school full-time nights. I eventually got my four year degree, but had had a break of several years after I got my Associates, as I'd moved to another city to take a new job.

I didn't get back to work on my BA for about 5 years. I then worked on my masters. After a misunderstanding with my mentor over my thesis, I put it all aside and never finished it.

I had completed all the course requirements, and turned in my thesis. Unfortunately I got stuck with a mentor who had never worked with a graduate student before. He gave me bad info about how to complete my thesis. First he accepted it, then 3 months later said it had to be longer. I rewrote it all and turned it in. He returned it and said I needed to rewrite the introduction, to include things that had nothing to do with the subject matter I was writing on. It was a history paper. I consulted with a couple friends who had expertise (one a doctorate in history, another a masters in Archaeology), and they said the guy was wrong.

So after getting the runaround for several months from him and the school, I got ticked off and walked away. That was almost 20 years ago. I'm 61 now and retired. I never needed a degree for my job. I did it to prove to myself that I could. Everything I learned from the experience, I could have learned on my own. I don't look upon it as a total waste though, because I did enjoy the classroom experience. I've been retired for almost 5 years now, and have no desire to take any more college courses. Good luck though in whatever you decide to do.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I could have learned everything I needed to know about EE in a two year associate’s program. At least half of my undergraduate training was worthless, or worse. (I suspect that four year courses have more of this than two year courses.) It was actually annoying because a lot of professors were either incompetent (at least pedigogically) or indifferent and a lot of the work was sloughed off on poorly trained TAs. Really a scandal.

Night graduate classes were where my professor hired me for my current job, so not a total waste. I did learn a little bit and it sort of opened my eyes. But my professor got me started on more interesting work, essentially working in applied physics and mathematics, which I learned, like you, otj.

I still think academic physics (which I only took as an undergraduate) was the most competently taught.