I argued during the general election campaign that the single most scandalously under-covered story of the campaign was Barack Obama’s thorough immersion in machine politics in Chicago. And I confidently predicted, on November 3, that Obama, if electe…

“That’s not the HillaryClintonNormanHsuBillRichardson I knew,” -Hussein.

Add Michelle Obama–BHO got her boss at the Chicago hospital a ton of tax dollars.

Hillary Clinton helped enact legislation allowing the developer, Robert Congel, to use tax-exempt bonds to help finance the construction of the Destiny USA entertainment and shopping complex, an expansion of the Carousel Center in Syracuse.

WOO-HOO! A shout out to my hometown baby! I`m watching that place being constructed daily.

Here’s what I could find on them: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5447590.ece

The story claims it is white phosphorus, but Israel denies it.

The Israeli military last night denied using phosphorus, but refused to say what had been deployed. “Israel uses munitions that are allowed for under international law,” said Captain Ishai David, spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces. “We are pressing ahead with the second stage of operations, entering troops in the Gaza Strip to seize areas from which rockets are being launched into Israel.”

Way way off topic….

Does anyone with a military background know what those “flare” type aerial thingys are that the IDF is launching over Gaza city?

I heard over the weekend that the IDF is actually telephoning residents in buildings targeted for attack warning them to evacuate. The first few times this happened Hamas rounded up women and children onto the roof of the targeted building. So, the IDF came up with the idea of using the equivalent of an air delivered “flash-bang” to “encourage” the civilians to evacuate before the explosive round was launched.

That is why these devices don’t have a parachute like those used in aerial illumination rounds.

OK so you have folks like ACORN involved in signature gathering but that only gets you on the ballot, then you have to appeal to the electorate don’t you? If ACORN is out in the community getting all your signatures and ACORN is unpopular (as they seem to be) that doesn’t really help your chances. You can actually apply some of those vaunted “Free market” principles to this concept. Now this is me being progressive, but a politician being beholden to ACORN poses a lot less of a threat than one being beholden to Fannie Mae or AIG.

DeathToMediaHacks on January 5, 2009 at 1:43 PM

A few thoughts:

1st) It became pretty clear in this election that ACORN is not unpopular among the electorate because the MSM has not covered their unethical and illegal shinnagins over the past 25 years because ACORN supports liberals
2nd) ACORN is a pervasive cancer on the entire political scene introducing corruption into local, state and national elections; and there is no single source for reformers to attack – unlike a company (or union) – you have quasi-independent “branches” everywhere
3rd) The Dems funnel federal tax dollars to ACORN as part of an institutional effort to influence elections up and down the spectrum
4th) ACORN is given cover by the MSM as being a community based group supporting the needs of the disadvantaged…how can ANYONE attack a community organization?
5th) ACORN was caught generating fraudulent votes in several states this election consistent with their activities over the past 2 decades. So their corrupting influence extends into the polling place.
6th) ACORN has obtained significant funding by extorting money from many corporations over the years
7th) I think that being “beholden” to a left wing organization pushing socialist and racially based agendas doesn’t serve this country any better than being beholden to AIG or Fannie Mae.

I wonder if anyone might employ the likes of ACORN? Just when as the Dems tried to include a permanent source of federal money for ACORN in the early drafts of TARP, I am sure that corruption would just be shifted to the signature gatherer level.

in_awe on January 5, 2009 at 1:01 PM

OK so you have folks like ACORN involved in signature gathering but that only gets you on the ballot, then you have to appeal to the electorate don’t you? If ACORN is out in the community getting all your signatures and ACORN is unpopular (as they seem to be) that doesn’t really help your chances. You can actually apply some of those vaunted “Free market” principles to this concept. Now this is me being progressive, but a politician being beholden to ACORN poses a lot less of a threat than one being beholden to Fannie Mae or AIG.

Way way off topic….

Does anyone with a military background know what those “flare” type aerial thingys are that the IDF is launching over Gaza city?

You know, the thing explodes about 500m in the air and spreads a shower of, what I think are flares, downward.

My moonbat coworker is saying to anyone that will listen that the “JOOOS are clusterbombing Gazans on TV”.

Help me squash her now….

Waterboy on January 5, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Not a military background but -

Those are illuminating flares. Ask your nutter coworker this – with thousands of Israeli ground troops in Gaza wouldn’t a Cluster Bomb also kill Israeli Troops? Would that make any sense? Does she know the damage a Cluster bomb does? I bet she doesn’t even know what a cluster bomb is – she is just parroting something to sound “smart” to support her agenda.

sheesh. sorry for you to have to work along side a nutball like that.

batterup on January 5, 2009 at 12:44 PM

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I think what you are seeing are white smoke generators. They air burst and delpoy concealing smoke over a wide area. These could be mortar rounds or often times armoured vehicles carry smoke grenade launchers to cover their movement across open terrain or across city street intersections. Flares are typically only used at night and most often float down on parachutes and the smoke they generate would simply rise up in a single colum as the flare floats down. The other possibility is white phosphorus, but I highly doubt the Israeli’s would be using anything like that in an urban area with so many civilians. That would absolutely be deplorable.

DeathToMediaHacks on January 5, 2009 at 12:57 PM

I’ve read enough of your comments to know that you’re no conservative. There was no need to bring Palin into this topic.

I highly doubt you even read my post. Did you just click on “find” and type in Palin, surmised I wasn’t conservative and assumed I smeared her? My point is that Sarah Palin’s popularity, comes precisely because people tend to view her as being the anti-politician. She’s an ideologue and NOT a partisan hack. That’s part of her whole political narrative “took on her own party” remember? These are YOUR talking points. And they demonstrate that Americans want politicians who are like them, yet Americans are unwilling to demand structural changes in our election system that could ensure MORE Sarah Palin-like candidates. Please don’t be so defensive, I didn’t smear your girl.

DeathToMediaHacks on January 5, 2009 at 12:57 PM

No, you didn’t at all. At times you write some very good posts. I understood what you were saying.

Why would anybody waste the time.

Candidates may appear on the ballot and thus qualify for public funds if they reach a certain number of signatures. This is critical. The number has to be high enough to ensure that true community leaders, on the local level, are elected to state office. The same could be done for Congressional races as districts are purposefully small and you should have to know people in your area. This also prevents outsiders propped up by the Democratic/Republican party from running in a district.

DeathToMediaHacks on January 5, 2009 at 11:51 AM

I wonder if anyone might employ the likes of ACORN? Just when as the Dems tried to include a permanent source of federal money for ACORN in the early drafts of TARP, I am sure that corruption would just be shifted to the signature gatherer level.

Your dragging Sarah Palin into this Democrat mess is an unconscionable attempt to paint her with the same brush.
INC on January 5, 2009 at 12:50 PM

I highly doubt you even read my post. Did you just click on “find” and type in Palin, surmised I wasn’t conservative and assumed I smeared her? My point is that Sarah Palin’s popularity, comes precisely because people tend to view her as being the anti-politician. She’s an ideologue and NOT a partisan hack. That’s part of her whole political narrative “took on her own party” remember? These are YOUR talking points. And they demonstrate that Americans want politicians who are like them, yet Americans are unwilling to demand structural changes in our election system that could ensure MORE Sarah Palin-like candidates. Please don’t be so defensive, I didn’t smear your girl.

DeathToMediaHacks on January 5, 2009 at 10:48 AM

Your dragging Sarah Palin into this Democrat mess is an unconscionable attempt to paint her with the same brush.

I suggest you read:

The Integrity Gap, Part I of III: Gov. Sarah Palin

and

The Integrity Gap, Part II of III: Sen. Barack Obama