Just maybe . . .
Military Vote in Utah Not a Sure Thing for McCain - Salt Lake Tribune - 13 Oct 08
"April Durrant is a proud military wife. Her husband did a tour of duty in Iraq in 2003. Now he is in Afghanistan.
'We've been in it for 20 years,' Durrant says. 'It's absolutely not for everyone. It's tough on people, tough on families to have a long career in the military.'
As a career military couple, Durrant and her husband fall into a category of voters that conventional wisdom suggests is in the can for Sen. John McCain, a Navy veteran and branded war hero. But come Nov. 4, the Sandy couple will be tapping the touch screen for Sen. Barack Obama - and they're not alone."
Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 to Obama - OpenSecrets.org - 14 Aug 08
"According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul.
Despite McCain's status as a decorated veteran and a historically Republican bent among the military, members of the armed services overall -- whether stationed overseas or at home -- are also favoring Obama with their campaign contributions in 2008, by a $55,000 margin. Although 59 percent of federal contributions by military personnel has gone to Republicans this cycle, of money from the military to the presumed presidential nominees, 57 percent has gone to Obama."
Military Vote in Utah Not a Sure Thing for McCain - Salt Lake Tribune - 13 Oct 08
"April Durrant is a proud military wife. Her husband did a tour of duty in Iraq in 2003. Now he is in Afghanistan.
'We've been in it for 20 years,' Durrant says. 'It's absolutely not for everyone. It's tough on people, tough on families to have a long career in the military.'
As a career military couple, Durrant and her husband fall into a category of voters that conventional wisdom suggests is in the can for Sen. John McCain, a Navy veteran and branded war hero. But come Nov. 4, the Sandy couple will be tapping the touch screen for Sen. Barack Obama - and they're not alone."
Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 to Obama - OpenSecrets.org - 14 Aug 08
"According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul.
Despite McCain's status as a decorated veteran and a historically Republican bent among the military, members of the armed services overall -- whether stationed overseas or at home -- are also favoring Obama with their campaign contributions in 2008, by a $55,000 margin. Although 59 percent of federal contributions by military personnel has gone to Republicans this cycle, of money from the military to the presumed presidential nominees, 57 percent has gone to Obama."
Nice to have some options to compressed air and pumped hydro. Flow batteries are different from traditional batteries. With your car battery, the discharge reaction goes on until all the liquid acidic electrolyte is spent. Then you need to charge it back up again. There is a limit to how much energy can be stored.
With flow batteries, they have two tanks of electrolyte, one in a charged state and one in a discharged state. The charged state electrolyte is pumped into the battery as it is discharging and converting that electrolyte into spent material. When the battery is charging, the flow reverses and the spent electrolyte is zapped into charged up electrolyte.
Like a conventional battery, the amount of peak power available from such a battery is determined by the size of the battery. Unlike with a conventional battery, the energy capacity of the battery depends on how big of tanks of electrolyte you hang off it.
Alternative Energy Storage and Blood in the Streets - Seeking Alpha - 13 Oct 08
"ZBB is a transition stage manufacturer of zinc bromine flow batteries and the clear leader in the 'hours of discharge time' product class. Their pre-production prototypes are priced in the $600 per kWh range and will compete primarily with pumped hydro and compressed air storage.
There is no question that pumped hydro and compressed air will be the technologies of choice for utility-scale diurnal [aka daily] storage installations. But when it comes to small-scale storage for homes, businesses and remote villages, flow batteries like ZBB’s are likely to be the best choice."
With flow batteries, they have two tanks of electrolyte, one in a charged state and one in a discharged state. The charged state electrolyte is pumped into the battery as it is discharging and converting that electrolyte into spent material. When the battery is charging, the flow reverses and the spent electrolyte is zapped into charged up electrolyte.
Like a conventional battery, the amount of peak power available from such a battery is determined by the size of the battery. Unlike with a conventional battery, the energy capacity of the battery depends on how big of tanks of electrolyte you hang off it.
Alternative Energy Storage and Blood in the Streets - Seeking Alpha - 13 Oct 08
"ZBB is a transition stage manufacturer of zinc bromine flow batteries and the clear leader in the 'hours of discharge time' product class. Their pre-production prototypes are priced in the $600 per kWh range and will compete primarily with pumped hydro and compressed air storage.
There is no question that pumped hydro and compressed air will be the technologies of choice for utility-scale diurnal [aka daily] storage installations. But when it comes to small-scale storage for homes, businesses and remote villages, flow batteries like ZBB’s are likely to be the best choice."
As some of you know, various right-wing groups are trying to pin this economic disaster on a group that has helped to organize the poor. It's called ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Here's their response:
ACORN Response to Senator McCain's Smear Ad - Acorn.org
"ACORN President Maude Hurd released the following statement today in response to the McCain campaign's new ad claiming that, among other things, ACORN is responsible for the mortgage crisis:
'For almost a decade, ACORN, a community organization of 400,000 families in neighborhoods across the country, has been fighting against the predatory lending practices that have robbed our members of their homes, destabilized neighborhoods, and roiled the global economy.
'In his newest ad, John McCain's campaign bizarrely claims, 'ACORN forced banks to issue risky home loans, the same types of loans that caused the financial crisis we're in today.' Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, ACORN has worked successfully to help working class families get good home loans on fair terms from legitimate banks and has fought vigorously against predatory lenders who have ripped off families in our communities. These predatory loans caused the crisis.
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Columnist Clarence Page took on this ACORN myth as well:
A Lame Rap Aimed at Poor Folks by Clarence Page - Chicago Tribune - 08 Oct 08
"In a desperate attempt to deflect blame from deregulation and other policy ideas they favor, conservatives are pointing their guns at a 1977 law that hardly anyone outside housing and banking circles cared about.
It's called the Community Reinvestment Act. It requires banks that receive federal insurance to lend within their geographic communities.
Before laws such as the CRA came along, banks "redlined" entire neighborhoods, denying prospective home buyers, most of them minorities, conventional home loans. Thanks to the CRA, thousands of renters have become homeowners. Neighborhoods have been saved. Tax revenue has increased. Urban life has improved."
"Nice try, but the CRA's (Community Reinvestment Act's) villainy has been wildly exaggerated.
First, the CRA applies only to banks and thrifts that get federal insurance. It does not even apply to three-fourths of the institutions that made subprime loans, the high-interest loans at the heart of Wall Street's credit collapse.
Also, nothing in the CRA requires banks to offer subprime loans, interest-only loans, no-money-down loans or any of the other gimmicks that inflated the now-fizzling housing bubble. Quite the opposite, the law calls on lenders to meet the credit needs of the communities in which they are chartered, "consistent with the safe and sound operation" of those lenders.
Contrary to the myths, studies show that most CRA borrowers pay their bills on time and become successful homeowners. That's why the law has worked well for three decades, long before the recent Wall Street mess."
ACORN Response to Senator McCain's Smear Ad - Acorn.org
"ACORN President Maude Hurd released the following statement today in response to the McCain campaign's new ad claiming that, among other things, ACORN is responsible for the mortgage crisis:
'For almost a decade, ACORN, a community organization of 400,000 families in neighborhoods across the country, has been fighting against the predatory lending practices that have robbed our members of their homes, destabilized neighborhoods, and roiled the global economy.
'In his newest ad, John McCain's campaign bizarrely claims, 'ACORN forced banks to issue risky home loans, the same types of loans that caused the financial crisis we're in today.' Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, ACORN has worked successfully to help working class families get good home loans on fair terms from legitimate banks and has fought vigorously against predatory lenders who have ripped off families in our communities. These predatory loans caused the crisis.
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Columnist Clarence Page took on this ACORN myth as well:
A Lame Rap Aimed at Poor Folks by Clarence Page - Chicago Tribune - 08 Oct 08
"In a desperate attempt to deflect blame from deregulation and other policy ideas they favor, conservatives are pointing their guns at a 1977 law that hardly anyone outside housing and banking circles cared about.
It's called the Community Reinvestment Act. It requires banks that receive federal insurance to lend within their geographic communities.
Before laws such as the CRA came along, banks "redlined" entire neighborhoods, denying prospective home buyers, most of them minorities, conventional home loans. Thanks to the CRA, thousands of renters have become homeowners. Neighborhoods have been saved. Tax revenue has increased. Urban life has improved."
"Nice try, but the CRA's (Community Reinvestment Act's) villainy has been wildly exaggerated.
First, the CRA applies only to banks and thrifts that get federal insurance. It does not even apply to three-fourths of the institutions that made subprime loans, the high-interest loans at the heart of Wall Street's credit collapse.
Also, nothing in the CRA requires banks to offer subprime loans, interest-only loans, no-money-down loans or any of the other gimmicks that inflated the now-fizzling housing bubble. Quite the opposite, the law calls on lenders to meet the credit needs of the communities in which they are chartered, "consistent with the safe and sound operation" of those lenders.
Contrary to the myths, studies show that most CRA borrowers pay their bills on time and become successful homeowners. That's why the law has worked well for three decades, long before the recent Wall Street mess."
Weird datapoints.
One Constant in County Board Sizes: Variety - Grand Island Independent - 11 Oct 08
"All it takes is a drive from tiny Sarpy County (241 square miles) across Nebraska to Cherry County (5,961 square miles, slightly larger than Connecticut) to see there's no such thing as one-size-fits-all when it comes to Nebraska's counties."
One Constant in County Board Sizes: Variety - Grand Island Independent - 11 Oct 08
"All it takes is a drive from tiny Sarpy County (241 square miles) across Nebraska to Cherry County (5,961 square miles, slightly larger than Connecticut) to see there's no such thing as one-size-fits-all when it comes to Nebraska's counties."
This is published by permission from an acquaintance of mine who is LDS.
Proposition 8 deeply troubles me and what Californian, Idahoan, and single adult Latter-day Saints are being asked to do about it deeply offends my religious beliefs as a Latter-day Saint. What I feel about gay marriage is a big part of that and a big part of my religious beliefs as a Mormon.
SHORT VERSION:
First, my baptismal covenants are, as stated in Mosiah 18, “to mourn with those that mourn, to comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as a witness of God in all times, and in all things, and in all places.” Prop 8 and the rhetoric surrounding it partially bothers me for that reason. I have a lot of friends who grew up LDS and are gay and their stories are TRAGIC. Horrible. It is disgusting how they have been treated, how they treated themselves when they were struggling with how their felt, and the people who treated them like that are not without blemish, despite them thinking they were just encouraging righteousness and protect the family by trying to “save” my gay friends from themselves. It’s reprehensible and I believe they will be held accountable. I think that since Mormons have covenanted to comfort those that stand in need of comfort that that should be our #1 goal. A lot of the rhetoric surrounding prop 8 communicates to my gay friends that they are fundamentally wrong, that they should repent, and that they’re not the same as we are, and ergo shouldn’t have the same rights that straight people have. Ugh.
So I always knew I was an economic liberal, and I became a social liberal when I started realizing that equality and choice were important as a measly freshman at BYU. I started thinking about my political and religious beliefs, evaluated why I thought them, and when I got to gay marriage I couldn’t find any way around it. In order to all be created equally with the same unalienable rights and privileges (dec. of independence.) and that we’re even equal before God in terms of what the doctrine says, there was inequality when it came to sexual preference. I realized back then that there were tax breaks, health care rights, hospital visitation rights, property rights, etc. that are being denied to people just because of their sexual preference. Wrong.
LDS doctrine is all about equality: “D&C 78:5-6 “That you may be equal in the bonds of heavenly things, yea, and earthly things also, for the obtaining of heavenly things. For if ye are not equal in earthly things ye cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly things;” and what my government says about equality in the constitution and declaration of independence means what’s happening is wrong.
The arguments for prop 8 and against gay marriage in general are:
( Read more... )
Proposition 8 deeply troubles me and what Californian, Idahoan, and single adult Latter-day Saints are being asked to do about it deeply offends my religious beliefs as a Latter-day Saint. What I feel about gay marriage is a big part of that and a big part of my religious beliefs as a Mormon.
SHORT VERSION:
First, my baptismal covenants are, as stated in Mosiah 18, “to mourn with those that mourn, to comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as a witness of God in all times, and in all things, and in all places.” Prop 8 and the rhetoric surrounding it partially bothers me for that reason. I have a lot of friends who grew up LDS and are gay and their stories are TRAGIC. Horrible. It is disgusting how they have been treated, how they treated themselves when they were struggling with how their felt, and the people who treated them like that are not without blemish, despite them thinking they were just encouraging righteousness and protect the family by trying to “save” my gay friends from themselves. It’s reprehensible and I believe they will be held accountable. I think that since Mormons have covenanted to comfort those that stand in need of comfort that that should be our #1 goal. A lot of the rhetoric surrounding prop 8 communicates to my gay friends that they are fundamentally wrong, that they should repent, and that they’re not the same as we are, and ergo shouldn’t have the same rights that straight people have. Ugh.
So I always knew I was an economic liberal, and I became a social liberal when I started realizing that equality and choice were important as a measly freshman at BYU. I started thinking about my political and religious beliefs, evaluated why I thought them, and when I got to gay marriage I couldn’t find any way around it. In order to all be created equally with the same unalienable rights and privileges (dec. of independence.) and that we’re even equal before God in terms of what the doctrine says, there was inequality when it came to sexual preference. I realized back then that there were tax breaks, health care rights, hospital visitation rights, property rights, etc. that are being denied to people just because of their sexual preference. Wrong.
LDS doctrine is all about equality: “D&C 78:5-6 “That you may be equal in the bonds of heavenly things, yea, and earthly things also, for the obtaining of heavenly things. For if ye are not equal in earthly things ye cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly things;” and what my government says about equality in the constitution and declaration of independence means what’s happening is wrong.
The arguments for prop 8 and against gay marriage in general are:
( Read more... )
(Thanks to James Landis for emailing these quotes and his thoughts on this.)
"This economy of ours is on a solid foundation." President Bush - Jan. 4 after meeting with the President's Working Group on Financial Markets.
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"There is no cause to worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue." - Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury. September 1929
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"I hope you're confident about our economy. I am." President Bush. Jan. 30, 2008 at the Robinson Helicopter Co. in Torrance, Calif.
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"While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States - that is, prosperity." - President Hoover - May 1, 1930
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"Losing a job is painful, and I know Americans are concerned about our economy; so am I. It's clear our economy has slowed, but the good news is, we anticipated this and took decisive action to bolster the economy, by passing a growth package that will put money into the hands of American workers and businesses." - President Bush - March 7, 2008 on news that the economy lost 63,000 payroll jobs in February.
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Truth is....... now, as then, they don't have a clue. The rich guys are taking care of the rich guys to the tune of 1.6 trillion dollars (thus far), and what trickles down to the rest of us cannot be mentioned in polite company.
JCL
"This economy of ours is on a solid foundation." President Bush - Jan. 4 after meeting with the President's Working Group on Financial Markets.
________________
"There is no cause to worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue." - Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury. September 1929
________________
"I hope you're confident about our economy. I am." President Bush. Jan. 30, 2008 at the Robinson Helicopter Co. in Torrance, Calif.
________________
"While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States - that is, prosperity." - President Hoover - May 1, 1930
________________
"Losing a job is painful, and I know Americans are concerned about our economy; so am I. It's clear our economy has slowed, but the good news is, we anticipated this and took decisive action to bolster the economy, by passing a growth package that will put money into the hands of American workers and businesses." - President Bush - March 7, 2008 on news that the economy lost 63,000 payroll jobs in February.
_________________
Truth is....... now, as then, they don't have a clue. The rich guys are taking care of the rich guys to the tune of 1.6 trillion dollars (thus far), and what trickles down to the rest of us cannot be mentioned in polite company.
JCL
Rosa Clemente, Green Party Vice Presidential candidate, talks about the Green Party and race.
http://www.rosaclemente.com
Craig Seeman
NY
Rosa Clemente, Green Party Vice President on building the Green Party
The Green Party can pull the fractured left together.
The importance of local elections in building the party.
http://www.rosaclemente.com
Rosa talks about a possible run for office in New York City.
(Yes, she's really committed to building this party on the LOCAL level too!)
Craig Seeman
NY
Rosa Clemente, Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate
Mass Civil Disobedience around the environment
Using the Patriot act to prosecute protestors as domestic terrorists
http://votetruth08.com - http://www.rosaclemente.com
Shot by
Craig Seeman
Patrick Dwyer
Rosa Clemente, Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate
Which media is not really progressive
HipHop activists co-opted
A new way of thinking, what we believe in
Katrina and the failure of the Democratic Party
http://votetruth08.com - http://www.rosaclemente.com
Shot by
Craig Seeman
Patrick Dwyer
Craig Seeman
Rosa Clemente, Green Party Vice Presidential Candiate
Shared sacrifice with those who caused the economic crisis
How her family has been effected by the subprime mortgage crisis
Green Party strategy post Obamamania
Green Party fighting election theft
Defending non Greens on various issues
Who's really progressive?
http://votetruth08.com - http://www.rosaclemente.com
Shot by
Craig Seeman
Patrick Dwyer
Edited by
Craig Seeman
Rosa Clemente, Green Party Vice Presidential candidate talk at New York University Oct 10
Community Organizing and Electoral Politics
Women involvement in activism and electoral politics
Rosa's political history, the Green Party, being asked to run for VP by Cynthia McKinney
The imperative of building the Green Party
Attracting young people to the Green Party
Where's radical labor?
http://votetruth08.com - http://www.rosaclemente.com/index.html
Shot by
Craig Seeman
Patrick Dwyer
Edited by
Craig Seeman
NY
It's been well over a year since Sugarhouse merchants were forced to move from their locations so that a rich developer could level the building and erect a newer high rise structure. Well, the building was leveled (nearly a year ago), but nothing else has happened.
Today's Deseret news reports that developer Craig Mecham has been issued the directive by Salt Lake City to fill the "crater" that sits in the middle of the Sugarhouse buisness district.
Of course Mr. Mecham has complained to the city about the cost of leveling the old structure and blames the city's plannign commission for not helping him move his project along more quickly and claims that he is not in a financial position to obtain financing and feels he is being singled out.
Give me a break.
Mecham should have put all his ducks in a row before he ever evicted the tenants that made Sugarhouse what is was. As it is now, the tenants are gone, many of them not yet able to open their businesses elsewhere and the heart of Sugarhouse is ruined, inlcuding the economical impact of Mecham's irresponsible, greedy actions.
Today's Deseret news reports that developer Craig Mecham has been issued the directive by Salt Lake City to fill the "crater" that sits in the middle of the Sugarhouse buisness district.
Of course Mr. Mecham has complained to the city about the cost of leveling the old structure and blames the city's plannign commission for not helping him move his project along more quickly and claims that he is not in a financial position to obtain financing and feels he is being singled out.
Give me a break.
Mecham should have put all his ducks in a row before he ever evicted the tenants that made Sugarhouse what is was. As it is now, the tenants are gone, many of them not yet able to open their businesses elsewhere and the heart of Sugarhouse is ruined, inlcuding the economical impact of Mecham's irresponsible, greedy actions.
Utah has a 6 month old mutual commitment registry, which, if taken advantage of, should permit non-married couples (including same sex partnerships) the opportunities afforded of married couples. I've pasted a description of the registry at the end of this post.
Today's Salt Lake Tribune's article on the registry highlights a gay couple and their impressions so far of the registry. Mostly, it seems, it's more of a symbolic gesture at this point. No concrete benefits have been realized yet by couples and no employer has yet to offer domestic partner benefits
Still, for Utah, this is progress.
What is the mutual-commitment registry?
Unmarried couples, both same sex and opposite sex, and other pairs of financially interdependent adults, such as person who cares for an aging parent, can sign up. The voluntary registry allows Salt Lake City to recognize nonmarried relationships of mutual commitment and support.
What are the benefits?
Employers who offer domestic-partner benefits can use the registry to determine a worker's eligibility. Registered individuals will be allowed visitation rights at city hospitals and access to family discounts offered at city-owned facilities, such as recreation centers.
What do residents have to do to enroll?
- Sign a statement, provided by the city recorder, declaring you are "solely and mutually committed to each other." - Document that both partners are at least 18 years old, unmarried and share a primary address in Salt Lake City. - Pay a $25 fee. - Agree to terminate the mutual-commitment contract if the relationship ends. - Prove financial interdependence by providing three supporting documents.
Source: Salt Lake City Recorder's Office
Today's Salt Lake Tribune's article on the registry highlights a gay couple and their impressions so far of the registry. Mostly, it seems, it's more of a symbolic gesture at this point. No concrete benefits have been realized yet by couples and no employer has yet to offer domestic partner benefits
Still, for Utah, this is progress.
What is the mutual-commitment registry?
Unmarried couples, both same sex and opposite sex, and other pairs of financially interdependent adults, such as person who cares for an aging parent, can sign up. The voluntary registry allows Salt Lake City to recognize nonmarried relationships of mutual commitment and support.
What are the benefits?
Employers who offer domestic-partner benefits can use the registry to determine a worker's eligibility. Registered individuals will be allowed visitation rights at city hospitals and access to family discounts offered at city-owned facilities, such as recreation centers.
What do residents have to do to enroll?
- Sign a statement, provided by the city recorder, declaring you are "solely and mutually committed to each other." - Document that both partners are at least 18 years old, unmarried and share a primary address in Salt Lake City. - Pay a $25 fee. - Agree to terminate the mutual-commitment contract if the relationship ends. - Prove financial interdependence by providing three supporting documents.
Source: Salt Lake City Recorder's Office
+ Reason #4567 I <3 my work: My coworker, a grandma to an 18 year old, dyed her hair pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.
+ X was enthralled by Lawrence Welk today. Ash: "This is only cute because he is 7".
+ My house is looking mucho cute-o
+ The Kid is at Homecoming and tomorrow is Family Day!
- I better not be getting walking pneumonia....
+ X was enthralled by Lawrence Welk today. Ash: "This is only cute because he is 7".
+ My house is looking mucho cute-o
+ The Kid is at Homecoming and tomorrow is Family Day!
- I better not be getting walking pneumonia....
More lunatic drivel from the McCain camp:
Check Point - On Obama, ACORN and Voter Registration - NY Times - 10 Oct 08
"In 1995, Mr. Obama was on a team of lawyers that represented Acorn in a lawsuit to compel Illinois to comply with federal laws intended to enhance access to the polls. The team also represented Equip for Equality, a group that promotes the rights of the disabled, and four individuals.
Mr. Davis said that as their lawyer, Mr. Obama had 'an intimate relationship' with Acorn 'against the State of Illinois and the federal government.'
In fact, the Justice Department was on the same side as Acorn in the lawsuit, as were other organizations, including the League of Women Voters. Those plaintiffs won the case."
Check Point - On Obama, ACORN and Voter Registration - NY Times - 10 Oct 08
"In 1995, Mr. Obama was on a team of lawyers that represented Acorn in a lawsuit to compel Illinois to comply with federal laws intended to enhance access to the polls. The team also represented Equip for Equality, a group that promotes the rights of the disabled, and four individuals.
Mr. Davis said that as their lawyer, Mr. Obama had 'an intimate relationship' with Acorn 'against the State of Illinois and the federal government.'
In fact, the Justice Department was on the same side as Acorn in the lawsuit, as were other organizations, including the League of Women Voters. Those plaintiffs won the case."
The only people that the Weathermen ever killed was themselves. Also Mark Felt was outed as Woodward and Bernstein's Watergate leaker, "Deep Throat".
This from the lead federal prosecutor of the Weathermen:
Prosecuting Weathermen - Letters to the Editor - NY Times - 09 Oct 08
"Although I dearly wanted to obtain convictions against all the Weathermen, including Bill Ayers, I am very pleased to learn that he has become a responsible citizen.
Because Senator Obama recently served on a board of a charitable organization with Mr. Ayers cannot possibly link the senator to acts perpetrated by Mr. Ayers so many years ago.
I do take issue with the statement in your news article that the Weathermen indictment was dismissed because of 'prosecutorial misconduct.' It was dismissed because of illegal activities, including wiretaps, break-ins and mail interceptions, initiated by John N. Mitchell, attorney general at that time, and W. Mark Felt, an F.B.I. assistant director."
This from the lead federal prosecutor of the Weathermen:
Prosecuting Weathermen - Letters to the Editor - NY Times - 09 Oct 08
"Although I dearly wanted to obtain convictions against all the Weathermen, including Bill Ayers, I am very pleased to learn that he has become a responsible citizen.
Because Senator Obama recently served on a board of a charitable organization with Mr. Ayers cannot possibly link the senator to acts perpetrated by Mr. Ayers so many years ago.
I do take issue with the statement in your news article that the Weathermen indictment was dismissed because of 'prosecutorial misconduct.' It was dismissed because of illegal activities, including wiretaps, break-ins and mail interceptions, initiated by John N. Mitchell, attorney general at that time, and W. Mark Felt, an F.B.I. assistant director."
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