twiiirrrrrrrlllllllllllllllll

I love the smell of an open thread.

So what are we talking about today?

Go John & Sarah!

For those who are suffering anxiety awaiting Tuesday, I join you in my own anxiety. Still, I have a gut feeling that victory, that is, country first, will prevail!

re: #3 CynicalConservative

So what are we talking about today?

It's an open thread...
/

Alien symbionts.

[No, you are not.]

Who will be the casualty of this thread? The last two threads each had one poster blocked. That I know of.

Tito the Builder's on Fox (with Hucabee if you can stand him)

The Curse Of The Bond Girl

Off to the park.

Don't be fooled by this crap. Repost of tricks the Obamanauts will use to suppress Republican turnout:

(1) Calls for McCain to just give up and quit, because the race is over.
This one is a favorite of the trolls who lurk on pro-McCain sites. We get them here, despite all the spraying and fumigating we do, but notice how we ignore these trolls. We’ve identified two paid Obama staffers who have been assigned to HillBuzz. We picked them up around the same time people from Ace and LGF started picking up some of our stuff — so our guess is they were assigned to us by whoever was monitoring those sites. They’re different trolls than the ones assigned to us during the primaries (we only had one back then, so evidently we’ve gotten more on the radar now). One of them starts posting “her” concern troll remarks here at 8am. The other one starts “his” remarks around 5pm or so. It appears there are two shifts for the trolls — and from what we can see, they share the same computer and IP address. And it’s an address right here in Chicago.

(2) Wild claims of Obama winning states that shock and surprise you. If you do just ONE THING today, we ask you a personal favor: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go to as many Republican blogs as you can and WARN THEM that the Obamedia will tell you all weekend that Obama is winning Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Florida, Iowa, Virginia, West Virginia, and other states we do not believe Obama will win (except for Iowa, which we still think goes to Obama, but our best sources claim McCain now leads in internals by 1 point). They are already starting to say truly crazy things like “Obama will win Louisiana and Arkansas!”, and that’s just nuts.

(3) Repeated insistance that blacks and young people will decide this election, and they are all going to vote in record numbers for Obama.
We, thus, believe Obama will not have much more support from blacks than Kerry did, since Democrats win almost all black voters anyway. This year will be no different.

Has anyone in the battlegrounds seen the new ads unfurled which depict Jeremiah Wright? They are supposed to be lethal.

Going off to buy a camp stool - anticipating long lines here. A camp stool is lighter than a chair.

I'm going to see Sarah in thirty minutes. This place was packed by 4pm

re: #9 CynicalConservative

Tito the Builder's on Fox (with Hucabee if you can stand him)

Tito the Builder and Joe the Plumber.

/I thought all the blue collar workers were democrats. That's what the libs tell us.

WTF!
A down-ding for an open thread?!

Lunchtime!
Eat all you want! Nothing is inevitable here !

re: #14 babes

Going off to buy a camp stool - anticipating long lines here. A camp stool is lighter than a chair.

Are you moving to the woods anticipating BHO confiscating your home...?

re: #10 Onslow

The Curse Of The Bond Girl

Did you read the story? Love this part-

"I mean it. Twenty-two actresses have slipped out of 007’s bed over the years but the number who have gone on to greatness can be counted on the hand of an Iranian shoplifter."

re: #15 nc state of mind

I'm going to see Sarah in thirty minutes. This place was packed by 4pm

I am going to see the next President of the United States of America tomorrow morning in PA . . . . !

re: #13 wright1

Has anyone in the battlegrounds seen the new ads unfurled which depict Jeremiah Wright? They are supposed to be lethal.

Turning on the tube from South Central Pa. now. I'll look for them.

/did see a good Chuck Norris commercial the other night.

I received this in my E-mail, went to his company website and confirmed it. I am not intentionally blog pimping, but the letter is too long to take up Charles bandwidth. It is a great response to Obamas 30 minute ad in which everyone was pissing and moaning about how their surrogate Daddy needed to do more for them. The letter is an open letter to Senator Obama:

Given the uproar about the simple question asked you by Joe, the plumber, and the persecution that has been heaped on him because he dared to question you, I find myself motivated to say a few things to you myself. While Joe aspires to start a business someday, I already have started not one, but 4 businesses. But first, let me introduce myself. You can call me 'Cory, the well driller'. I am a 54-year-old high school graduate. I didn't go to college like you, I was too ready to go 'conquer the world' when I finished high school. 25 years ago at age 29, I started my own water well drilling business at a time when the economy here in East Texas was in a tailspin from the crash of the early 80's oil boom. I didn't get any help from the government, nor did I look for any. I borrowed what I could from my sister, my uncle, and even the pawn shop and managed to scrape together a homemade drill rig and a few tools to do my first job. My businesses did not start not a result of privilege. It is the result of my personal drive, personal ambition, self discipline, self reliance, and a determination to treat my customers fairly.

From the very start my business provided one other (than myself) East Texan a full time job. I couldn't afford a backhoe the first few years (something every well-drilling business had), so I and my helper had to dig the mud pits that are necessary for each and every job with hand shovels. I had to use my 10-year-old, ½-ton pickup truck for my water tank truck (normally a job for at least a 2-ton truck).

(snip)

re: #17 pre-Boomer Marine brat

WTF!
A down-ding for an open thread?!

Don't recognize the nic, down ding on general principals? Shy troll?

re: #8 arethusa

Who will be the casualty of this thread? The last two threads each had one poster blocked. That I know of.

Too early yet - they show up when the trhead has grown to a nice length.

Sailing to Delirium -- No Candidate For Young Men.

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. (Douglass)

Wise men may council us, saying, "You learn to know a pilot in a storm"(Seneca), but before we vote for the de-facto leader of the Free World we'd better get to know the pilot before the storm.

Likewise, before undecided voters hasten off to the ballot box, let us arm them with the equanimity (evenness of mind, especially under stress *) begotten from the ordeal and triumph of experience.

Do you remember when a man in his seventies gave the mantle of power and responsibility to a young man in his early forties?

Do you remember when the Battle hardened sage, Eisenhower the wise, gave council at the moment before the immanent breaking of the world, to the young Kennedy?

Do you remember when the Commander of all Allied forces in Europe gave a patient talk to the young man, successfully transmitting the sober message concerning the enemies of the freedom and civilization during the Cold War, and the young steward took up his sword: "We dare not tempt them with weakness."[1]

Compare now and contrast the qualities of another presumptive young leader, who thinks they can so easily earn the right and have the ability to wield the levers of power, in a cavalier manner, in the face of what they casually perceive to be foes of no great consequence:

1. Do an image search for "Frederick Douglass" -- that's what a battle hardened man looks like.

"In 1872, Douglass became the first African-American nominated as a Vice Presidential candidate in the U.S., running on the Equal Rights Party ticket with Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States." *

2. Do an image search for "Barack Obama" -- that's what a Harvard polished clown looks like.

"Obama is the first African American to be nominated by a major American political party for president. A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School ... Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004." *

Perceive any differences? There are some grim and determined men outside of America that do.

I'll give you a hint. Those men have just as many nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons as we do -- except their weapons are either (a) pointed at us, (b) distributed to their allies, or (c) leaked to rogue nation and asymmetric actors (and I don't mean George Clooney).

Let's take another look at a fundamental difference in character:

"Douglass taught slaves how to read the New Testament at a Sabbath school on the plantation. As word spread, the interest among slaves in learning to read was so great that on any week over 40 slaves would attend lessons." (ibid)

"Obama taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School' for twelve years, being first classified as a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996, and then as aSenior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004." (ibid)

Do you think that current and future adversaries of the U.S., armed to the teeth with destructive capabilities and intent, whether they be sovereign nations, rogue states, or terror cells will take a "lecture" from a pasty Harvard lawyer? Does he even realize the full extent of the threat?

(end part 1)

re: #21 outsidephilly

I am going to see the next President of the United States of America tomorrow morning in PA . . . . !

Woohio!-damn autocorrect on this blessed phone-Woohio shit. Woo hop dammit woohoo! Yeah!

Who's xwarzone, and why did it ding down the open thread?

re: #17 pre-Boomer Marine brat

WTF!
A down-ding for an open thread?!

You ever seen that nic post?

I haven't.

Chickenshit.

I live in the country. No Obama propaganda in the form of lawn signs to be found.

As you get closer to the city that does begin to change.

re: #27 nc state of mind

Woohio!-damn autocorrect on this blessed phone-Woohio shit. Woo hop dammit woohoo! Yeah!

I'll be sure to give him a shout out from LGF!

re: #12 infidel Alan

Polls are BS. Ojoe's poll hammer:

1. Polls are public. There are at least 2 people present when a polling question is asked. The Ballot is private.

2. Poll questions can be worded in leading, tricky ways. The ballot is simple.

3. Polls never measure the opinions of those who refuse to answer them.

4. Polls can be used to try and influence the outcome of an election, so the motivation behind them and their reporting is suspect. The ballot is the election.

5. You can lie to a pollster. You cannot lie to the ballot.

6. Polls come to you. You have to get up off your ass to vote.

7. Only God knows the future anyway.

re: #28 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

More likely than not a Spenser fanatic.

re: #20 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Did you read the story? Love this part-

"I mean it. Twenty-two actresses have slipped out of 007’s bed over the years but the number who have gone on to greatness can be counted on the hand of an Iranian shoplifter."

I liked this part,

"For an actress to make it these days, she has to be a blend of Lara Croft, Sarah Palin and Baroness Thatcher. "

re: #17 pre-Boomer Marine brat

WTF!
A down-ding for an open thread?!

Xwarzone does that all the time. Apparently he doesn't like open threads.

He accidentally up-dinged one last night.

re: #4 Sharmuta

Go John & Sarah!

where do you want them to go?/

re: #35 Noam Sayin'

Never comments, and as far as I can tell, only dings threads.

Has anyone seen the Obama/Rev. Wright "G-d damn America" commercial? I'm not in a battleground area, don't have cable, and don't watch much TV.

re: #13 wright1

Has anyone in the battlegrounds seen the new ads unfurled which depict Jeremiah Wright? They are supposed to be lethal.

Northern Virginia here - yes I've seen the Jerimiah Wright ads.

Good lord - it's Happy Hour - off to open the wine - BBL

re: #36 phoenixgirl

To the topper-most of the popper-most!

/Beatle quote

re: #17 pre-Boomer Marine brat

WTF!
A down-ding for an open thread?!

LOL. Actually, it's not a bad way to register frustration for the opening of a new thread right after a particularly lengthy and brillian comment has been posted on the previous one.
Thread murderer's revenge!/

re: #13 wright1

Has anyone in the battlegrounds seen the new ads unfurled which depict Jeremiah Wright? They are supposed to be lethal.

no one is going to believe that obama sat in that hateful anti-american preacher's church for 20 yrs. and never heard these sickening racist "sermons".
most people are not going to appreciate the "g.d. america" rants.

re: #37 Noam Sayin'

Never comments, and as far as I can tell, only dings threads.

That's probably a good thing, Noam.

re: #26 blackpajamas

Image of Frederick Douglass

re: #37 Noam Sayin'

Never comments, and as far as I can tell, only dings threads.

maybe he is just dingy?

re: #13 wright1 Seen it here in PA...watched it....laughed my ass of....loved it! Shocked as hell that it was shown. God it was great. Had the whole family screaming YEAH! at the tv : )

re: #39 wahabicorridor

Northern Virginia here - yes I've seen the Jerimiah Wright ads.

Good lord - it's Happy Hour - off to open the wine - BBL

Wow, wah, GTMA!

This election is like the very first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation opened with the crew facing a god-like figure (Q, not 0bama), who was posing a threat. When Riker, the first officer, asked what they were going to do, Captain Picard replied with some advice that every McCain supporter should heed:

"Do? We're going to do just what we'd do if this 'Q' never existed. If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are!"

(begin part 2)

According to the The Hoover Institution's Milton Friedman Senior Fellow, Mr. Thomas Sowell:

Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise— whether economic or academic, or even just managing a sports team— is likely at some point to be chastened by either the setbacks brought on by his own mistakes or by seeing his successes followed by negative consequences that he never anticipated.

The kind of self-righteous self-confidence that has become Obama’s trademark is usually found in sophomores in Ivy League colleges— very bright and articulate students, utterly untempered by experience in the real world.

The signs of Barack Obama’s self-centered immaturity are painfully obvious, though ignored by true believers who have poured their hopes into him, and by the media who just want the symbolism and the ideology that Obama represents.

Does Obama say, "We dare not temp them with weakness?" No, instead we get this:

"Obama stated that if elected he would enact budget cuts in the range of tens of billions of dollars, stop investing in "unproven" missile defense systems, not "weaponize" space, "slow development of Future Combat Systems," and work towards eliminating all nuclear weapons. Obama favors ending development of new nuclear weapons, reducing the current U.S. nuclear stockpile, enacting a global ban on production of fissile material, and seeking negotiations with Russia in order to take ICBMs off high alert status" (ibid), video

To paraphrase and quote the following article:

Director of National Intelligence (Mike McConnell): the U.S. is most vulnerable to attack during a new president's first year in office. "the first attack on the World Trade Center was attacked in the first year of President Clinton," ... "And the second attack was in the first year of President Bush. So those who wish us harm realize this is a period for us when we are still adjusting to making decisions and understanding and so on."

But al Qaeda isn't the only threat the next president or his successors will face over the next decade and a half. The rise of economic powers such as China, India, and the growing strength of non-state actors, such as terrorist and criminal organizations; competition over scarce resources, such as water and agricultural products, magnified by climate change; on top of the spread of destructive technologies will create many possibilities for conflict.

"During the period of this assessment, out to 2025, the probability for conflict between nations and within nation-state entities will be greater," McConnell said.

(end part 2)

re: #45 Outrider

maybe he is just dingy?

LOL!

The second of these two photoshopped posters is particularly worth noting.
"Propaganda, but accurate."

[Link: patriotroom.com...]

Oh - just remembered - was watching Russian TV last night - they were reporting that Ukraine had blocked all Russian TV channels.

WTF?

re: #29 jcm

You ever seen that nic post?

I haven't.

Chickenshit.

I wanna say it's vaguely familiar.
Maybe it's just similiar to someone else's.

re: #19 wright1

The lines for Bush/Kerry were very long - this year they will be longer. I will need to sit down on something.

there was a Korean vet in front of me at the metal detectors and he said he had metal in his shoulder and knees. A young volunteer thanked him and he saidseeing ppl like you means it was all worth it

re: #25 yma o hyd

Our down dinger Xwarzone?

re: #35 Noam Sayin'

Xwarzone does that all the time. Apparently he doesn't like open threads.

He accidentally up-dinged one last night.

Must be lonely in the basement.

re: #56 Bubblehead II

Our down dinger Xwarzone?

Yep

Hey, is this the weekend to change the clocks?

re: #32 Ojoe

Polls are BS. Ojoe's poll hammer:

1. Polls are public. There are at least 2 people present when a polling question is asked. The Ballot is private.

2. Poll questions can be worded in leading, tricky ways. The ballot is simple.

3. Polls never measure the opinions of those who refuse to answer them.

4. Polls can be used to try and influence the outcome of an election, so the motivation behind them and their reporting is suspect. The ballot is the election.

5. You can lie to a pollster. You cannot lie to the ballot.

6. Polls come to you. You have to get up off your ass to vote.

7. Only God knows the future anyway.

8. The polls are the responses of the 20% or less of people who answer the phones and respond to pollsters. The other 80+% of people either hang up or never answer the phone.

re: #59 outsidephilly

Hey, is this the weekend to change the clocks?

Yep

re: #61 CynicalConservative

Yep

. . . , love that extra hour of sleep!

re: #45 Outrider

maybe he is just dingy?

Dingbat?

re: #36 phoenixgirl

where do you want them to go?/

To the White House!

I do not know if people saw this but it really illustrates why BHO is an absolute charlatan.

[Link: hillbuzz.wordpress.com...]

re: #62 outsidephilly

. . . , love that extra hour of sleep!

Never quite works out that way for me...

re: #12 infidel Alan

(2) Wild claims of Obama winning states that shock and surprise you.

And in fact some of today's supposed poll results stand in evidence that the disinformation campaign is underway.

re: #59 outsidephilly

Hey, is this the weekend to change the clocks?

Remind all the 0bama supporters who haven't voted yet that this is weekend that we set our calendars back 1 day to end daylight savings time!
;)

re: #57 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Must be lonely in the basement.

He angry because we don't share the Cheetos.

Are the Obamaniacs really THIS stupid?

[Link: www.cnnbcvideo.com...]

(begin part 3)

Speaking therefore as a concerned American citizen, who knows exactly how long it takes between the opening of launch tubes on a boomer off Kamchatka and a bright flash or radiation that would turn Los Angeles in a smoking ruin of seriously used BMWs and charred tofu (redistributing the neutron-wealth), when I vote for a man for the office of President, it will be a man of character, conviction, and pr oven wisdom like Fredrick Douglass, or John McCain, who would strike terror in the hearts of the dread foes of the United States, and prevail.

To all men who seek the Presidency of the United States: I will now tell you something that the media will not tell you. I will tell you something that neither the Joint-Chiefs, the Presidential Daily Briefing, nor the deepest think tanks will tell you. I will tell you something that only boots on the ground (and some electronic whiskers), will tell you.

Countries like Russia and China contain hundreds of millions (if not billions) of people, in both the command sector (governing the use of military force, and marshaling the national will to use it) and the industrial sector (producing the intellectual energy, the weapons of war, and the fervor to employ them), who have severe, deep-seated, generational, un-appreciation (e.g., bald-faced hatred) for ethnic diversity -- especially, tragically, with respect to people of high melanin count. In negotiations with those kinds of people (and I use the term 'people' loosely), they will not negotiate from the standpoint of equals -- they will negotiate, plan, and act, as if their adversary is a dog, not quite human, if you either (a) show weakness, (b) are not of their immediate identity, or (c) both.

In that assessment, it sounds like the deck is stacked against one of the candidates.

It is. It is not fair, but it is cold hard reality. Like the weather, the hearts and minds of those un-appreciative people can wildly swing between plain rotten and abject evil, but we must prepare for the worst*. The best that we American's can do at this time is call upon an experienced pilot to weather the storm, while those in training can take notes, tempting none with weakness.

I am willing to elect a President that has the disadvantage of item (b) above, but not item (a).

*despite Al Gore's magnificence

[1] JFK, 1st Inaugural Address

(end part 3)

re: #66 CynicalConservative

Never quite works out that way for me...

why is that?

Sigh. Seattle papers:

When these early voters and others around the state go to bed Tuesday night, there's a good chance they won't know who has won the race for governor or other close state contests, because of rules related to mail-in voting.

King's 16-year-old ballot-counting equipment will effect a slow statewide count that could leave voters wondering Tuesday night who will be the next governor.

Whatever is going on in this state, whenever King county is given extra time, bad things happen.

re: #69 jcm

He angry because we don't share the Cheetos.

How 'bout the cheetah?

re: #46 UberInfidel67

Seen it here in PA...watched it....laughed my ass of....loved it! Shocked as hell that it was shown. God it was great. Had the whole family screaming YEAH! at the tv : )

I have not see it but Dick Morris was saying last night that this 527 may impact the election. The have 6 $million in ads going on over the weekend.

re: #57 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Kartki and xwarzone seem to hate open threads. They've dinged all of them on the front page.

Next time there is an open thread, I'll register a sock-puppet named "Down Dinger" and just randomly down ding people.

/can't be any more random than what some seem to do

re: #58 pre-Boomer Marine brat

But it has to post first. From what I've seen from the comments so far is all it does is down ding.

re: #65 wright1

I do not know if people saw this but it really illustrates why BHO is an absolute charlatan.

[Link: hillbuzz.wordpress.com...]

biden came up with the original material for both no doubt

re: #76 Killgore Trout

Kartki and xwarzone seem to hate open threads. They've dinged all of them on the front page.

An open thread killed my pa. I hates the bastids.

re: #76 Killgore Trout
Don't take a lot to entertain some people.

re: #76 Killgore Trout

Kartki and xwarzone seem to hate open threads. They've dinged all of them on the front page.

Pretty tough debaters. They can click on a minus sign. Wonder if they know what all those letter on the keyboard are for?

re: #76 Killgore Trout

Kartki and xwarzone seem to hate open threads. They've dinged all of them on the front page.

Very interesting. How about a (humorous) psychoanalysis thread. Wait until the election's over. We'll all be ready for a bit of diversion about then.

/come in ... lay right down ... relax ... now, in your own words, when did ...

re: #72 outsidephilly

why is that?

Just wake up at the same pre-adjust time regardless, takes me a month or two to adjust

re: #75 wright1It actually shows Wright spouting "GOD DAMN AMERICA!" and looking like a maniac. Brutal and to the point. Good one there.

re: #70 right_wing2

Are the Obamaniacs really THIS stupid?

[Link: www.cnnbcvideo.com...]

Gee, I thought 0bama was inevitable. How could they even THINK of making a video suggesting that he'll lose?

Little nugget in the PI that I had not seen:

On April 2, 2001, Ayers donated $200 to Obama's Illinois State Senate re-election campaign. Though not a jackpot, this represents Ayers' only recorded political contribution.

The only one, ever? Really?

re: #84 CynicalConservative

Just wake up at the same pre-adjust time regardless, takes me a month or two to adjust

oh my . . .

re: #70 right_wing2

Didn't they do that "news" piece on Markos "Screw Them" Molitas as well?

re: #75 wright1

I have not see it but Dick Morris was saying last night that this 527 may impact the election. The have 6 $million in ads going on over the weekend.

Is this the ad being discussed?

re: #89 Bubblehead II

Didn't they do that "news" piece on Markos "Screw Them" Molitas as well?

The video is completely customizable. You can create it about anyone you want.

re: #87 capitalist piglet

Little nugget in the PI that I had not seen:

The only one, ever? Really?

Nail bombs aren't counted.

Hate mail count so far today: 7.

Department of whatever happened to:

A feisty woman poster with the nic 'Babba Zee' (or similar)? She also had her own blog and was a fixture here for a long while.

I may be a bit off on the name, but older Lizards will know who I'm talking about....

BO is making his third appearance in southeast VA this week. Chris Rock is "performing" at the Opera House (city owned, so tax payers are paying for it) and BO is supposed to come too.
McCain was here earlier today--saw part of it on the TV this a.m.
Driving around today, I have seen more McCain/Palin signs in yards then in the previous days..the O/B signs are by the road, not in anyone's yard.

re: #93 Charles

Hate mail count so far today: 7.

From whom and why?

re: #90 Outrider That's the one.

re: #90 Outrider

Is this the ad being discussed?

It may be but I think there are variations on this theme in other ads.

re: #96 pat

From whom and why?

From Robert Spencer's fans.

re: #56 Bubblehead II

Our down dinger Xwarzone?

Apparently it only down-dings trheads and doesn't post.

Well, it takes all sorts ...

Just a reminder, people:

When all is said and done, the important thing is, if you haven't already done so, get out and VOTE THIS TUESDAY!

re: #97 UberInfidel67

That's the one.

Wish they had put the code on it so I could blog it instead of linking to it. ;-)>

Thanks

re: #93 Charles

Hate mail count so far today: 7.

That's quantity.

There's also quality. Has anyone called you the embodiment of all evil on Earth?

re: #99 Charles

From Robert Spencer's fans.

Ohhhh!

re: #99 Charles

From Robert Spencer's fans.

Ahh, I would have bet on fallout from the previous thread wherein we may have set a record for the most deletions in one discussion.

re: #103 The Other Les

Isn't that taken already?
/

Help?

Feedback requested on the latest zomblog post:

Osawatomie: the Weather Underground newspaper

Any suggestions fro improvements?

Zomblog has obtained an extremely rare copy of the first issue of Osawatomie, a newspaper published by the Weather Underground in 1975. Noteworthy passages are reproduced below, along with exact transcriptions. The full pages, with each passage in context in high resolution, are found at the bottom of this post.

Much of Osawatomie, which was written at a time when the Dohrn-Ayers wing of the Weather Underground was transitioning from terrorism to “working from the inside” for revolution, concerns itself with the need to encourage “organizers” who will work in “communities” and use “audacity” to bring about “socialism” in America.

Don’t believe me? Read the quotes for yourself, and see them in context on the full pages below.

Rather than analyze the significance of the parallels between the ideas in Osawatomie, Barack Obama’s personal history, and the strategies, slogans and goals of his campaign for the presidency, I will let you the reader decide for yourself.

As with my earlier posts about Prairie Fire and Obama’s review of Ayers’ book, media members and bloggers are granted full permission to use the images and transcriptions on this page freely and without restriction.

Many thanks to Zomblog contributors experiencedtraveler and Sharmuta, who did the actual legwork of tracking down and obtaining this rare document.

(Coincidence? The image on the left shows the Weather Underground Organization logo in 1975, and the Obama for President campaign logo in 2008.)

Tomorrow, I will see John McCain, formerly known as Senator McCain. The doors open at 8:45am, the event will last till 11:45am

re: #96 pat

From whom and why?

Let's see there's:

noted_political_pundit@moms_basement.org
lifelong_republican@dailykos.org

...and so on.

re: #66 CynicalConservative

Never quite works out that way for me...

Nor for me ...
Had our clock change a week ago. Am still waking up according to summer time.
At least that gives an extra hour in which to read lgf :-)

The other way round is seriously nervous-breakdown-inducing!

re: #102 Outrider You really can't appreciate the full impact of that commercial unless you see it on a big TV screen with the sound cranked up. Actually, if I was a fence sitter, this would sway me to McCain. It is THAT scary to hear.

re: #106 little blessing

Isn't that taken already?
/

I got one for an antisocialist rant once.

I've also been called Satanic, but that was from a socialist claiming to be a Christian minister.

Then someone did a denial of service attack on my role playing game website.

re: #110 yma o hyd

Nor for me ...
Had our clock change a week ago. Am still waking up according to summer time.
At least that gives an extra hour in which to read lgf :-)

So fruitcup will be an hour later tonight?

haha.
Lawrence Eagleburger just called Obama a charlatan on Fox news.
big laughter and applause from the audience.

re: #88 outsidephilly

oh my . . .

Other than the oppressive heat and complete lack of culture, I did enjoy my time in AZ for the lack of time changes (slim reason there eh?)

re: #107 zombie

Wish I had more than one upding to give.

gotta go . . . , its 'supper' time!

re: #60 gmsc

8. ...or never answer the phone.

*Raises hand*

I almost always let the answering machine pick up first. If I pick up and there's a long pause, I'll hang up.

re: #70 right_wing2

Are the Obamaniacs really THIS stupid?

[Link: www.cnnbcvideo.com...]

they'll probably think it is real. "oh shit, I didn't vote and they're gunna out me"
keep you dorks away from the polls, bravo

re: #59 outsidephilly

Hey, is this the weekend to change the clocks?

Socks were last weekend, clocks are this weekend.

re: #91 gmsc

LOL, would love to do it to someone at work, but that could end up getting me fired. Instead when I go to collect my $25.00 from him when the One loses, I will be giving him a request to immigrate form (even if I have to make one up) as he has promised to move to Canada if McCain wins.

I'd really like to know if Zombie is still optimistic about this thing. He's been the only non-relative to cheer me up in the past few post-Lehman weeks.

re: #108 outsidephilly

Tomorrow, I will see John McCain, formerly known as Senator McCain. The doors open at 8:45am, the event will last till 11:45am

I hope they worked out the bugs in the public address system. I went to the rally at the Anoka County airport and half the time it sounded like J and S were blessing the cheesemakers.

re: #100 yma o hyd

True Dat.

re: #110 yma o hyd

Nor for me ...
Had our clock change a week ago. Am still waking up according to summer time.
At least that gives an extra hour in which to read lgf :-)

The other way round is seriously nervous-breakdown-inducing!

Agreed on all counts. One good point I have is a flexible schedule so if I'm up early or late, I can just start working and knock off after the standard 8 hour work day.

We had to vote tie breakers and referendums on several occasions four years ago. I got a "Yes, I voted!" stickers each time. When the primary came, I wore all four at once to work(Kerry's turn against GB). One very liberal, twitchy guy went apoplectic...

Totally worth it

re: #15 nc state of mind

I'm going to see Sarah in thirty minutes. This place was packed by 4pm

Enjoy....I know I did!

Heard she was coming back to NC....other part of the state. Here she filled the entire Civic Center. In the same complex is the Thomas Wolfe auditorium. The over-flow filled the auditorium and a large screen showed the rally live from next door. Expect a really raucus time!

You will come out with the greatest grin on your face and feel wonderful!

Most of all, you will know our side is going to win on Tuesday!

From the great Thomas Sowell...Ego and Mouth: [Link: townhall.com...] "The signs of Barack Obama's self-centered immaturity are painfully obvious, though ignored by true believers who have poured their hopes into him, and by the media who just want the symbolism and the ideology that Obama represents. "

re: #65 wright1

I do not know if people saw this but it really illustrates why BHO is an absolute charlatan.

[Link: hillbuzz.wordpress.com...]

Whoa! Plagarism rears its ugly head.

re: #123 The Other Les

I hope they worked out the bugs in the public address system. I went to the rally at the Anoka County airport and half the time it sounded like J and S were blessing the cheesemakers.

I'll let you know how it sounds, later tomorrow

It's way too soon, he hasn't done anything yet!
--Michele Obama

re: #70 right_wing2

Are the Obamaniacs really THIS stupid?

[Link: www.cnnbcvideo.com...]

Notice the 'stories' at the bottom of the page, too. Good God they're out of their tiny little minds.

re: #5 wright1

For those who are suffering anxiety awaiting Tuesday, I join you in my own anxiety. Still, I have a gut feeling that victory, that is, country first, will prevail!

from your keyboard to G_d's ears.
I am feeling rather anxious. I fear for our freedoms if empty suit wins.
Anyone read Farnhams Freehold?

re: #107 zombie

That fellow up the street sure does use a lot of the same words as Obama. To think Obama was only 16 when he shared these views with Ayers./

re: #23 Outrider

Cory is real. He had put all his credit cards to the max to capitalize his businesses. And paid for each new business he opened.
He also has an email address on his business website. I encourage everyone to send him a personal message of thanks.

re: #23 Outrider

Another plus mark for the working American.

Thanks for sharing his story.

Ruh-Roh-- MO SWINGS TO McCAIN!... As MO Goes So Goes the US-- Gov. Blunt SLAMS Obama (Video)

John McCain is now leading in Missouri by at least 3 points according to the latest polling as Independents and undecideds continue to swing to McCain-Palin!

Swing State Missouri has picked the last 25 of 26 US presidents!

Maybe it was the Biden rally this week where only a few hundred showed up that was the turning point?

Meanwhile... Missouri Governor Matt Blunt slammed Barack Obama today not just for his plans to increase taxes and spread the wealth around but for lying to the American public about public financing.

GOVERNOR MATT BLUNT SLAMMED OBAMA TODAY
(Video from FOX News Election Headquarters)

Doctor Bulldog and Ronin reported today that McCain just jumped to a 3 point advantage in Missouri.

Missouri has historically picked the next President of the United States 25 out of 26 times.

More... Ezra Levant agrees with Missouri.

re: #109 gmsc Now THOSE are funny! I think we should all contribute to your list : )

re: #123 The Other Les

I hope they worked out the bugs in the public address system. I went to the rally at the Anoka County airport and half the time it sounded like J and S were blessing the cheesemakers.

I'm not sure about the cheesemakers, but maybe the cheeseheads.

re: #107 zombie

Interesting find. I'm looking forward to reading more later on.

IMHO, this ought to be a new topic.

re: #107 zombie

That gave me chills. Normally I check here for your stories but I've just addeed your website to my favorites.

You see the arch symbol a lot in New Age stuff too. I tried to make the connection, but the symbol seems to have come from a respectable marketing firm with not too much input from Obama himself. But I could be wrong.

Thank you, Zombie.

re: #140 jetprop

Interesting find. I'm looking forward to reading more later on.

There is no "later on." The election is coming toward us like a speeding freight train. Every step we take must be the right step. It must be seen now, not a week from now or even two days from now.

IMHO, this ought to be a new topic.

Now there's something I'll agree with!

re: #12 infidel Alan

All these things are fine, so long as republicans get out and vote and democrats stay at home because they think they have it all sown up.

re: #132 right_wing2

Notice the 'stories' at the bottom of the page, too. Good God they're out of their tiny little minds.

Those are too funny!

Gov. Palin: 'Lookit That—I'm The Second-Most Powerful Person In The World'
Neighbor: 'Dana Always Seemed So Normal'
World: 'Really? Again? Really?!?'
Health Care Advocates Predict Reform By 2034

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Analysts: Voting Would Have Been 'Really Super Easy'
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Depressed Weatherman Predicts 4 Years Of Clouds, Thunderstorms, Sadness
Gore: 'For The Love Of God Did You People Learn Nothing?'

I notice I always put the "0" in God while others don't. I really hope I'm not offending anyone when I do that.

re: #145 UberInfidel67

I notice I always put the "0" in God while others don't. I really hope I'm not offending anyone when I do that.

No, I spell 0bama's name that way, too.

re: #142 zombie

Now there's something I'll agree with!

Yay!

There you go^^^^

re: #141 DisgustingOratory

You see the arch symbol a lot in New Age stuff too. I tried to make the connection, but the symbol seems to have come from a respectable marketing firm with not too much input from Obama himself.

I'm sure that's probably true. But at this stage of the game, the only thing left that will reach the undecideds are visuals -- words and facts are probably beyond the capacity of these people.

That gave me chills.

That is the reaction I'm looking for. Just a gut-level uneasiness. Something to make anyone pause before pulling that lever for Obama. Something non-verbal -- something to give you chills.

re: #142 zombie

There is no "later on." The election is coming toward us like a speeding freight train. Every step we take must be the right step. It must be seen now, not a week from now or even two days from now.

Roger that...

re: #131 Dartmouth

It's way too soon, he hasn't done anything yet!
--Michele Obama

I wish Hewitt's "Barack Gets it" parody interview were out there.
that was really funny

re: #107 zombie

Zombie, often I think these things are a stretch, and wonder if we are being just a little paranoid. But this time you have really scared me. This article is much more frightening than the Columbia/New York thing, because that was hunting for circumstantial evidence of *contact*, but this shows real *influence*.

re: #107 zombie

Good stuff! Good work! Here are a couple of suggestions.

(1) I'd set the WU and Obama logos and the caption (below) apart from the rest.

(Coincidence? The image on the left shows the Weather Underground Organization logo in 1975, and the Obama for President campaign logo in 2008.)

Repeating them at the end is a good touch. Perhaps make it clearer where the left-hand (tiny) logo comes from? An arrow pointing into the book's cover?

(2) Bold-ing of just the middle phrase (in the sentence below) confused me at first. Perhaps include "the people," in the bold?

But isolated from the people, the makers of history and the carriers of change, it is useless.

re: #93 Charles

Hate mail count so far today: 7.

One is the loneliest number

/

re: #107 zombie

I like it, and thanks for working with it. And I thank experiencedtraveler too.

re: #107 zombie
First of all - wow!
That is incredible that you and your co-workers (hi!) have found this 'newspaper'.
The similarity between those two symbols - yep, the one is old, the other a modern graphic take on it.

I like it that you just let the phrases and words and expressions speak for themselves., just bolding the key words. This has a much greater impact than explaining eveything.
People like it when they see that they are trusted to use their minds.

A final, terse observation might be called for, however, as its ending rather abruptly.
Something along the lines of this piece showing where the roots of Obama's thoughts are, and how visible they become once one knows where to look.
Nothing long - let people come to their own conclusions.

Congrats on another brilliant piece of investigative journalism!

Crazy e-mails from Nigeria from people wanting to give me money...an African-American presidential candidate who thinks I am stupid enough to believe that a Democrat will cut my taxes...

Why do Africans seem so predisposed to running scams?

re: #113 gmsc

So fruitcup will be an hour later tonight?

For you - yes!
For me - heh, I'll be having my elevenses then :-)))

re: #139 gregg

I'm not sure about the cheesemakers, but maybe the cheeseheads.

Ever see Monty Python's Life of Brian?

re: #110 yma o hyd

Nor for me ...
Had our clock change a week ago. Am still waking up according to summer time.
At least that gives an extra hour in which to read lgf :-)

The other way round is seriously nervous-breakdown-inducing!

Heard that on the Monday after time falls back, there are less heart attacks then other Mondays. Likewise, on the Monday after the clocks spring forward, the incidence of heart attacks increases. Someone noted that on the radio.........

re: #155 yma o hyd

Well done, Sharmuta!

You have been a busy gal lately.

Let me try to wrap my head around this...

If the big O wins, there will be rioting(included the requisite looting), and we'll be branded racists.

If O looses, there will be rioting(included the requisite looting), and we'll be branded racists.

Right?

re: #107 zombie

Help?

Feedback requested on the latest zomblog post:

Osawatomie: the Weather Underground newspaper

Any suggestions fro improvements?

Interesting name for the magazine. Osawatomie

re: #111 UberInfidel67

You really can't appreciate the full impact of that commercial unless you see it on a big TV screen with the sound cranked up. Actually, if I was a fence sitter, this would sway me to McCain. It is THAT scary to hear.

Yeah, big difference I would imagine than my 14.1" screen Asus laptop. lol

But, you are right. That ad has impact. Google it and see the fuss it has made on the left.

re: #145 UberInfidel67

I notice I always put the "0" in God while others don't. I really hope I'm not offending anyone when I do that.

That is a thing our Jewish lizards do out of respect. Some of the Christians have picked up on it as well. As long as you don't come across as a Jeremiah Wright then you are okay with either.

re: #142 zombie

this should be a seperate thread

The commonality of the words used in this text is just too similar to the ideology and comments from Obama's own mouth. His distaste for the courts, the social community organizing, the get in their faces.
Zombie, this is very timely. More evidence of validation of his policies and of his radical potential as a President. Chilling concept.
Great work to you, Sharmuta and experiencedtraveler!

re: #114 alien_mind

trying to make up for his gaffe of earlier this week.

re: #137 gmsc

There is no doubt in this Missourian's mind that McCain wins Missouri. None at all.

*But still, folks, for God's sake get out and vote.

re: #152 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Good stuff! Good work! Here are a couple of suggestions.

I had to fiddle with the caption under the logo for a complicated design reason. Sorry!

As for the bolded "change" part, I was just referring to Obama's constant refrain that he is the bringer of "change."

very confused
the good Nevada polls 50-50 but being on the ground here and being on the phone , I think it looks good here. rumors of good internals abuzz on net

the bad
numbers are not really moving on Matchbook.com
where right now you can still get 7-1 on pretty large money. Some Karl Rove type would risk 30k to win 210 k and line would be forced down. Ok time to start drinking.

re: #137 gmsc

Forget Bobby Jindhal, Matt Blunt IS the real deal.

re: #107 zombie

I can't think of any improvements. You are a true American hero. Thank you.

re: #171 MrPaulRevere

Forget Bobby Jindhal, Matt Blunt IS the real deal.

Jim Talent is the real deal, and he got screwed by Claire McCaskill, that Obamaton.

Regardless of what happens nationally on Tuesday, and I am hopeful about that, when Missouri goes to McCain I'm going to drink a shot of Maker's Mark and pretend it's Claire McCaskill's tears.

re: #107 zombie

Wow. Good job. Some words & phrases that stood out:
Organizers
~ Community Oraganizer

Audacity
~The Audacity of Hope

Thousands more are needed
~Dept of peace

Our solutions should be drastic.
~ Get in their faces

Wealth should be taken from the Pentagon budget and used to rebuild our cities, schools and hospitals.
~0bama's National peace force? (forgot the name he used in the obamamercial).
/striking parallels

re: #101 gmsc

Just a reminder, people:

When all is said and done, the important thing is, if you haven't already done so, get out and VOTE THIS TUESDAY!

I've already voted, but wish I could do it again! This is the first time I've voted absentee and it will be really weird not to cast a vote on election day. A letdown of sorts - like I'm not really participating. I've got to get past that feeling...........

re: #129 The Archivist

Whoa! Plagarism rears its ugly head.

Don't forget Biden plagiarized speeches in his first Presidential bid in 1988, as well as papers in his first year of law school. Two peas in a pod.

The best thing about surgery? Weight loss!

another thing the new president will deal with:

[Link: pajamasmedia.com...]

re: #100 yma o hyd

Apparently it only down-dings trheads and doesn't post.

Well, it takes all sorts ...

There are provisional lizards?

Is it still halloween?

Boy, that Timo Gross can sure play the blues.

re: #180 So?

Is it still halloween?

I wish. That would explain why the Michigan Wolverines are my own personal horror story.

I wonder if Obama's illegal alien aunt in South Boston has actually voted in this election yet. She contributed $260 to his campaign illegally. Gotta wonder if ACORN paid her a visit to sign her up. Anyone got a way to check this?

re: #182 Wyatt Earp

I wish. That would explain why the Michigan Wolverines are my own personal horror story.

Oh, quit yer whinin'. Thirty three years straight of bowl games is pretty dang good.

You should try being a Rutgers fan... now that's sufferin'!