Friends: The Republicans are down to their Last Bastion of Deceit: The Abortion Issue. The rest have been artfully exposed: I.E. That their tax breaks are only for the wealthiest amongst us and they would raise taxes on the middle class; or that the Democrats want us Hill Jack’s and Red Neck’s Guns.
The Republicans are deceitfully wrong on Abortion.
You see our Lord, as he proved when he came to earth, is not about evil and hate, but rather Grace.
Our Lord is not about accusation and anger, but rather love and understanding, as i prove in the OP.ED. below.
This Last Bastion of Deceit must also be refuted if We are to obtain the landslide We The People so richly deserve in 2008.
Please send it to your local editors and urge them to publish it.
Please have your workers pass it out during their canvassing.
This is not the time to rest. TX bl
My name is B.L. Conway. I am a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Kentucky and a 1986 Graduate of its’ terrific Law School. I reside in tiny Abingdon Virginia where I enjoy the practice of law. I am a history buff and a Christian that was trained in a Purpose Driven Church (The fastest growing Christian Movement in the World given to us without strings by the wonderful Pastor Rick Warren). My purpose is to serve others gladly freely by providing the truth in light, which is all I am trying to accomplish here.
The Conservative Right label and accuse Senator Obama and the Democrats of murder for being pro abortion. This is simply not true. Mr. Obama has said plainly that he is not for abortion and he will work to see that it is limited and that women fully understand that there are better choices. This is the Biblically Correct approach.
Jesus taught against strict enforcement of religious law because we humans are not capable of being perfect. We see this portrayed constantly in the gospels during Jesus’ conflict with the religious leaders. For example, the Pharisee accused Jesus of sin for healing on the Sabbath and he rebuked them. John 5:1. They also accused Jesus disciples of sin for gathering grain on the Sabbath and Jesus rebuked them. Matthew 12:2. Jesus said of these hypocrites in Matthew 23:3 and 4 that we should not follow their works for they say and do not perform and they lay heavy burdens to grievous to be born by men, yet they do not abide by them.
This is a central problem for the so called “Conservatives” of today that have sold the public this litmus test of Abortion. They command others to a standard that they are unwilling and unable to perform personally. We cannot legislate morality. As Pastor Rick Warren teaches, this occurs from the inside out with the help of our Savior.
Now let me discuss, Jesus’ position on Abortion. It is Sin and it is Murder. I do not know why the Democrats dance around the issue. There is no question about it and Jesus condemned it and any other harm to a child. However, it is not the job of those on the Right to judge their sisters, nor do we need big brother in the bedroom, be it in the hospital or otherwise. They do not know their sisters circumstances or how she came to that terrible decision to sin.
But rest assured that JESUS CAN, WILL AND HAS FORGIVEN HER. Jesus forgave many “harlots” in the bible.
Please look at what that means. Prostitution was rampant in ancient Rome and its’ territories as has been shown by archeology. Contraception was non existent. This means the harlot were bearing children. They have found mass graves of infants below the Roman Brothels throughout their Empire. See E.G. Determining the Sex of Infanticide Victims from the Late Roman Era through Ancient DNA Analysis, Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 25, Issue 9, September 1998, Pages 861-865.
This is called infanticide. It was more heinous than abortion as THE CHILDREN WERE FULLY BORN!
Now consider that and read John 8:1-11. This was a trap sewn by the Religious leaders. They lead the harlot, caught in the act, before the people with Jesus preparing to teach them in the Temple. They cited the requirement of the Law from Lev. 20:10 and Deut 22:22 (death by stoning) and asked our Savior what to do, to try and trap him.
Jesus did not blink or avoid the issue. He knelt down to the ground and began to write in the book of life and said let he that has not sinned cast the first stone. Well, that scattered the hypocrites.!!!!!!!!!!! Jesus then stood up and said “Woman where are they? Has no one condemned you? No one sir, she said. Then neither do I condemn you; Go now and leave your life of sin”.
Oh!!!!!!!!!!! What a wonderful blessing our Lord gave this woman. His grace knows no bounds!
There were many of these “harlots” that followed, supported and cared for Jesus. Mary Magdalene for example, was deranged and possessed by demons. Luke 8:1-3. These women anointed Jesus feet, cared and fed him. Luke 7:36- 50 and see John 12:1-8 and Mark 14:3-9. Jesus cured them and forgave them their many sins which no doubt included infanticide.
These Women loved Jesus and stood right with him during the crucifixion. Jesus told the religious leaders: "Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots shall enter the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.” (Matthew 21:31b, 32)
Friends, I pray you know that sin is despicable in God’s view. Secondly, Abortion is clearly a sin, but there are not levels of sin. The Bible teaches that we are all sinners and fall short of the glory of god. None of us would have a prayer for eternity, but for the awesome sacrifice of Jesus who paid with his blood our terrible just punishment.
However Friends, please also see that we are not to judge our sisters that commit this heinous act of Abortion. We cannot legislate morality. We need to teach it by getting our kids in good church and by expanding the Kingdom.
I do not think and I pray that no one commits the sin of Abortion frivolously. I also pray that they see their error and repent.
We however, do not need Government in this decision making process. This is to say that we should not condemn our sisters or cast the first stone. We are not without Sin.
Lastly, this is not the role of Government. As a citizen we enjoy a right of privacy and a refuge from the tyranny of the masses in personal decisions of this nature that our ancestors fought and died for. Let Our Wonderful Lord and Savior deal with us Sinners. He does a better job than our fallible human Courts.
This week I mailed my absentee ballot in to the County Clerks office in Bowling Green. That is one vote in Kentucky for CHANGE and for HOPE, and for the belief that no one can take my hope away and that we always have the right to change things if we see the need to do so.
A little revolution is good every once in a while and I believe now that the financial crisis has sort of cooled off everybody's thirst for greed a bit we have an opportunity to build a new future based on the real values that make our country great.
Go Bama, O-bama!
These are facts about McCain, his family, his life and all the mistruths that he likes to brag about. Please take the time to watch these and you may be shocked.People everywhere have the right to know these things about John McCain.He is no maverick. He would be a disaster as President. He is strictly out for John McCain and has proven he will say or do anything to get elected.Please help Barack and share these facts. McCain’s campaign is getting nastier.
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My name is B.L. Conway. i am a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Kentucky and a 1986 graduate of its law school. i reside in Abingdon, Virginia where I enjoy the practice of law. I am a Christian that was trained in a Purpose Driven Church (the largest Christian Movement in the World started by Pastor Rick Warren) here in tiny, Abingdon Virginia . My purpose is to serve others gladly and freely, which is all I am trying to do here.
i want to tell you about something that is not in the News. However it weighs heavy on my heart as i see the Republicans bail out Wall Street with Seven Hundred Billion Dollars ($700,000,000,000,00). What about Main Street for goodness sake?
The Republicans have created the greatest deficit in the history of the United States. This Debt has devalued our dollar and destabilized our economy. Do you remember, they told us they were the party of Fiscal Conservatism and i hear Pappy McCain spouting that BS AGAIN as he and his party and his president hand out Seven Hundred Billion ($700,000,000,000,00) to Wall Street. How do these people sleep a night? If what the Republicans have done since junior, Cheney and they took power is fiscally conservative, then GUESS WHAT? I AM RONALD REAGAN!!!!!!!!!
The Republicans are the party of a COTTAGE INDUSTRY OF PRISONS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING MIGHTILY TO OUR DEFICIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They have built them all over Appalachia, for example. They have populated them by passing laws with MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES. IE. The gun and drug provisions (5 years for a first offense in State Court and 10 years in Federal Court) the effect of which i discuss below. However, if you get interested ask me about poor Bradley McKinsey who sets rotting away in prison for fifteen (15) for another Victimless Crime (just having gun in his house).
Yeah boy, we sure are a lot better off as a consequence of the Republican Party getting tough on crime, aren’t we? Just look around your home town at all the shiny happy people walking and sleeping in your streets. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO LEGISLATE MORALITY WHICH WILL NEVER WORK!!!!!!!!. THEY HAVE CREATED A BRUTAL POLICE STATE. You won’t believe this, but they actually calculate what they call JUSTICE as a math problem. See the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, for example. The only thing I have seen similar in history is the work of Goring and Himmler with their Concentration Camps and the decisions made therein. These prisons currently are full of disease, dispar and disintegration of personalities and abilities.
What do you think my heroes, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and John Adams think about legislators sentencing citizens they have never seen in the name of law and order? Our young hilljacks are wasting away in prisons at a cost to the tax payers of Thirty Five Thousand ($35,000.00) Dollars per year, because they were caught with a gun and cocaine. WE COULD EDUCATE THEM FOR THAT !!!!!!
Active MRI studies of young people’s brains demonstrate they do not fire from the same places as adults. See eg. Seeing the teenager in the brain, By Elli Leadbeater Norwich , BBC NEWS dated 9/08/06 for example which is available on line. Mr. Leadbeater cites the Psychology Journals, also available on line, for the truth that: "The adolescent brain undergoes massive changes and does not reach maturity until 30 years old".
In other words, they are brain damaged. They make mistakes as they always have. i know that what i am asking is not politically correct, but it weighs heavy on my heart. We need to give them a chance to serve in the military or elsewhere, rather than waste away their youth in jail.
i will promise you, if the Government would turn these young hilljacks loose in the mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan, you would not have to worry about anybody named Osama again!!!!!!!!!!!! There will not be any. We do not even have to equip them. Just let them have their deer rifles and some ammo.
i was in Court in Appalachia that fateful September 11 when the first attack occurred. A bailiff came into the Courtroom and advised Judge McGlothlin, whose beautiful son recently died serving in Iraq, what had occurred. We all went to the jail, because that was the only place that had a television. We were shocked!!!!!!!!!!! My first thought was, I am so glad that my family was in Southwest Virginia, because they are not coming down here.
However, in the next few days , i was driving down Interstate 81 to Court in Appalachia when i happened to look up and there was a man running up and down the overpass with the American Flag. i assume it was a team of men. i thought to self, " NO i am wrong, i sure wish they would send those rag heads down here!!!!!!!!!!"
We love this country and our freedom dearly here in Appalachia. Do not waste our children for commerce and industry. Turn them loose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I beg you. Tx bl
I am not sure if you got to see Barack on the Letterman show last night but he was fantastic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hf6qd8b65s
I just posted this video on the DIGG site and really would appreciate you going there and digging it.
I took a swipe at McCain and how his VP pick was strictly a political move and how Barack vetted Joe and made "HIS OWN DECISION".
If we can get enough Diggs on it it will possibly be in the top 10 of the day and everyone will see it.
It would be super exposure for Barack as he commented on the stupid "lipstick on a pig" controversy and made some other great comments on several things. He showed both Humor and also made some great POLITICAL points!
Please take a minute, watch the video and PLEASE go to DIGG.com and digg it. The Republicans have been burrying some of our good stories on the DIGG site so PLEASE help!
My name is B.L. Conway. I am a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Kentucky and a 1986 graduate of its law school. I reside in Abingdon Virginia where I enjoy the practice of law. My first cousin, Jack is your Attorney General. I am a Christian. My purpose is to serve others gladly and freely, which is what I am trying to do here.
I was born and raised in Morganfield Kentucky. I know the racial divide that exists in the towns of Kentucky. There is much suspicion of each other and in circumstances hatred that exist between the races. I know it up close and personal, but that is for another publication.
I want you good folks to understand that Mr. Obama has none of that perhaps earned suspicion or hatred of us Whites. His experience is more like the immigrants from India that have achieved so well in America. In other words, he is not a descendant of slaves. He does not know our dark side personally. He knows only the Hope, Optimism and Opportunity that is America.
Now let me first point of the title because as to it there can be little argument. He was born Yeshua Ben Yoseph in the town of Bethlehem. Yeshua means salvation or “Lord who is salvation” in Hebrew while the remainder of his name refers to his lineage from his earthly father. Jesus was born into a poor Hebrew family, but one that was provided for very well by God through the Wise Men.
His parents were from Nazareth, a poor Jewish enclave in the province of Galilee. Nazareth was located near the Gentile cities of Tiberias and Sepphoris on the Sea of Galilee that lies in Israel along the ancient “Via Maris” which linked Egypt to Mesopotamia. This region was essentially and eastern extension of Africa due to the interaction of these peoples as has been shown by archeology and linguistic evidence.
Second, Jesus’ genealogy is stated clearly in the Bible and demonstrates that he was a man of color. First, Matthew 1.2-17 sets out Jesus’ lineage to King David and beyond, which interestingly contains many flawed human beings (sinners like me), but also contains at least four Afroasiatic women: Rahab, Tamar, Ruth and Bathsheba. There was also a substantial general Afroasiatic influence in Jesus’ DNA as the Hebrew in Jesus genealogy were a subjugated people that spent hundreds of years in Africa. Moses for example had a Cushite or Ethiopian wife and Phineas, which in Egyptian means “the Nubian”, was the son of Aaron and the father of a priestly Hebrew line.
Third, Jesus spent his early years in Egypt where he and his family apparently blended in quite well. Matthew reports the flight of Jesus’ family to Egypt to escape Herod’s infanticide designed to kill Jesus. Thus, Jesus spent his formative years in Africa and was exposed to Egyptian mysticism. This is confirmed by non biblical resources as early Jewish critics of Christianity argued that Jesus learned his magic in Egypt. Matthew also documents that God called his son out of Egypt.
For all these reasons, it is clear that Jesus was a man of color. He was of mixed blood known as Afroasiatic. He like his parents was much like the darker Palestinian, Egyptian or Yemenite of today: More chocolate brown than Caucasian in appearance. Id.
What is in a name? Today in America our names have little meaning other than to identify us. This was and is not so in Middle Eastern cultures. The name Hussein which is being used to demagogue Barrack Obama because it was also the shortened name of Saddam Hussein does not actually have any evil connotation. In Arabic it means “to be good” or “to be handsome or beautiful”.
So as with most demagoguery, we find that there is no basis in fact for it, nor is there any thing for us Caucasian Americans to fear from the use of this name.
Jesus was crucified because he was a liberal, indeed a radical against the religious and political leaders in Jerusalem. Immediately, after the triumphal entry with the crowd shouting Hosanna (God Save us), Jesus proceeded to the temple where he made a whip of cords and drove out the money changers and those selling sacrifices together with their animals screaming “you have turned my father’s house into a den of thieves”. This was done in full sight of the Roman Garrisons which were situated on each end of the Temple Square and the Hebrew religious leaders that no doubt had an interest in the commerce.
Jesus, as he had many times before, then called these religious leaders hypocrites to their face because they misused their wealth, power and position to glorify and satisfy themselves rather than to take care of the poor, the widowed and orphaned. This was consistent with Jesus’ prior ministry as he taught that we are stewards of God’s blessings and we should use them to help those less fortunate and to expand the kingdom. These are liberal principals, but it does not end there.
Jesus was against the Death Penalty. He taught that thou shall not kill and that if one is sinless; let him cast the first stone, as he bent down and wrote symbolically in the sand. Jesus also changed a murderer named Saul into the most prolific apostle of them all. Peter was the rock upon which the God’s church was built, but Paul spread the Gospel further (he wrote most of the New Testament) and planted more churches than he. This belief in the goodness and potential of all men is a liberal principal.
Jesus is a Peace maker and believed in and taught Peace. He said “blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called children of god”. He taught that we should love and pray for our enemies.
You see, Jesus knew that love was the most powerful force in the world and that it will conquer in the end. We have seen this proven in our times. Just think about three of the most influential leaders of the last century: Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King and compare their effectiveness to the Arab terrorist. These were men of color on three separate continents in entirely different cultures who used love and non violence in the face of powerful entrenched government leaders and evil and hate to effect remarkable change. They were acting out liberal biblical principals in faith.
I could go on and on from Jesus’ rejection of strict enforcement of religious law to separation of church and state, but I think the point is made. Jesus was a liberal: Thank God for his grace.
You Kentucky of the dark bloody ground were once part of Virginia. Virginia is the birth place of freedom through the leadership of her sons, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. They were liberals, indeed radicals declared criminals worthy of hanging by King George. Patrick Henry declared “give me liberty of give me death”. Thomas Jefferson wrote our Declaration of Independence, the most liberal document of declared rights of it’s time.
Kentucky, so many of your brave sons fought and died for the liberal freedoms of America. Join us, your sister Commonwealth, to make history once again. We must show the world that the truth and peace still matter to the Citizens of these United States and that we have progressed past petty prejudices. I think it not a coincidence that Mr. Barack Obama, a Christian and a man of mixed black and white blood, has rose up to us as he has with such a strong belief that we can come together. We must do this. We must realize Dr. King’s dream for America. We will be better for it.
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JESUS WAS DARK, LIBERAL: SO WHY FEAR MR. OBAMA?
Jesus was born Yeshua Ben Yoseph in the town of Bethlehem. Yeshua means salvation or “Lord who is salvation” in Hebrew, while the remainder of his name refers to his lineage from his earthly father. He was born into a poor Hebrew family from Nazareth, but one that was provided for very well by God through the Wise Men.
Nazareth was near the Gentile cities of Tiberias and Sepphoris on the Sea of Gaililee that lies in southern Israel along the ancient “Via Maris,” which linked Egypt to Mesopotamia. As has been shown by archaeology and linguistic evidence, this region was essentially an eastern extension of Africa due to the interaction of these peoples.
Second, Jesus’ genealogy is stated clearly in the Bible and demonstrates that he was a man of color. First, Matthew 1:2-17 sets out Jesus’ lineage to King David and beyond, which interestingly contains many flawed human beings (sinners like me), but also contains at least four Afro-Asiatic women: Rahab, Tamar, Ruth and Bathsheba. There was also a substantial general Afro-Asiatic influence in Jesus’ DNA as the Hebrew in Jesus genealogy were a subjugated people that spent a hundreds of years in Africa.
Putting aside the sexual exploitation of slaves that we know from the American and Mexican experience, Moses, for example, had a Cushite or Ethiopian wife and Phineas, which in Egyptian means “the Nubian,” was the son of Aaron and the father of a priestly Hebrew line.
Third, Jesus spent his early years in Egypt, where he and his family apparently blended in quite well. Matthew reports the flight of Jesus’ family to Egypt to escape Herod’s infanticide designed to kill Jesus. Thus, Jesus spent his formative years in Africa and was exposed to Egyptian mysticism.
This is confirmed by non-biblical resources, as early Jewish critics of Christianity argued that Jesus learned his magic in Egypt. Matthew also documents that God called his son out of Egypt.
For all these reasons, it is clear that Jesus was a man of color. He was of mixed blood known as Afroasiatic. Like his parents, he was much like the darker Palestinian, Egyptian or Yemenite of today: More chocolate brown than Caucasian in appearance.
What is in a name? Today in America, our names have little meaning other than to identify us. This was and is not so in Middle Eastern cultures.
The name Hussein, which is being used to demagogue Mr. Obama because it was also the shortened name of Saddam Hussein, does not actually have any evil connotation. In Arabic, it means “to be good” or “to be handsome or beautiful.”
Jesus was crucified because he was a liberal – indeed a radical against the religious and political leaders in Jerusalem. Immediately after his triumphal entry, with the crowd shouting Hosanna (God save us), Jesus proceeded to the temple where he made a whip of cords and drove out the money changers and those selling sacrifices, along with their animals. “You have turned my father’s house into a den of thieves,” Jesus implored.
This was done in full sight of the Roman Garrisons, which were situated on each end of the Temple Square and the Hebrew religious leaders that no doubt had an interest in the commerce.
Jesus, as he had many times before, then called these religious leaders hypocrites to their face because they misused their wealth, power and position to glorify and satisfy themselves rather than to take care of the poor, the widowed and orphaned. Jesus was consistent in his ministry as he often warned of the danger of wealth and possessions and that we are only stewards of God’s blessings. These are liberal principals, but it does not end there.
Jesus was against the death penalty. He taught that thou shall not kill and that if one is sinless, let him cast the first stone. Jesus changed a murderer named Saul into the most prolific apostle of them all. Peter was the rock upon which God’s church was built, but Paul spread the Gospel further and planted more churches than he. This belief in the goodness and potential of all men is a liberal principal.
Jesus is a peace maker and believed in and taught peace. He said, “Blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called children of God.” He taught that we should love and pray for our enemies and that if anyone should harm us, that we should turn the other cheek.
You see, Jesus knew that love was the most powerful force in the world and that it will conquer in the end. We have seen this proven in our times. Just think about three of the most influential leaders of the last century: Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King and compare their effectiveness to the Arab terrorist.
These were men of color on three separate continents in entirely different cultures who used love and nonviolence in the face of powerful entrenched government leaders and evil and hate to effect remarkable change. They were acting out liberal biblical principals in faith.
I could go on and on from Jesus’ rejection of strict enforcement of religious law to separation of church and state, but I think the point is made. Jesus is a liberal; thank God for his grace.
So, Florida, please see that you need not fear Mr. Barack Obama because of his color or his liberalism and progressive thinking. He is less liberal than Jesus. Mr. Obama has already told us that he does not want our guns and will enforce the death penalty.
Virginia is the birthplace of freedom through the leadership of our sons, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. They were liberals, indeed radicals declared by King George as criminals worthy of hanging.
Patrick Henry cried, “Give me liberty or give me death.” Thomas Jefferson wrote our Declaration of Independence, the most liberal document of declared rights of its time.
Florida you were sparsely populated and neutral during the Revolutionary War. Your brave sons however, stepped up to fight for freedom in the War of 1812 and have ever since.
Join us Virginians to make history once again. We must realize Martin Luther King’s dream. We must show the world that the truth and peace still matter to the citizens of these United States and that we have progressed past petty prejudices.
Do not listen to the demagoguery of this vision-filled man. I think it not a coincidence that Mr. Barack Obama, a Christian and a man of mixed black and white blood, has risen up to us as he has with such a strong belief that we can come together.
We must do this. We must realize the dream. We will be better for it. B.L. Conway is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Kentucky and a 1986 graduate of its law school. He lives and practices law in Abingdon, Va., and serves in the information ministry of Highlands Fellowship
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From: rauldominguez@msn.comReply-to: SouthDakotansforObama@groups.barackobama.comTo: SouthDakotansforObama@groups.barackobama.comSent: 9/4/2008 8:13:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight TimeSubj: [SouthDakotansforObama] Re: ACTION: Joe Klein: "We will tell the truth about Palin, despite bullying by McCain."Thanks for sending this! I think the messages are getting through!!!His comments are now being shown on Real Clear Politics as well.Raul----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Owen To: South Dakotans for Obama Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 11:43 PMSubject: [SouthDakotansforObama] ACTION: Joe Klein: "We will tell the truth about Palin, despite bullying by McCain."Please I am begging you to digg this! Joe Klein says that McCain camp has been “bullying the press” all year and don’t give in to him! Please read it too.JOE KLEIN: TIME MAGAZINE:“There is a tendency in the media to kick ourselves, cringe and withdraw, when we are criticized. But I hope my colleagues stand strong in this case: it is important for the public to know that Palin raised taxes as governor, supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, pursued pork-barrel projects as mayor, tried to ban books at the local library and thinks the war in Iraq is "a task from God." The attempts by the McCain campaign to bully us into not reporting such things are not only stupidly aggressive, but unprofessional in the extreme.”http://digg.com/political_opinion/Angry_Amateurs_Swampland_TIME Spread the truth. TIME MAGAZINE:Angry AmateursPosted by Joe Klein | Comments (383) | Permalink | Trackbacks (0) | Email This The story of the day out here in Minneapolis is the McCain campaign's war against the press. This has been building for some time. Those of us who have criticized the candidate--and especially those of us who enjoyed good relations with McCain in the past--have been subject to off-the-record browbeating and attempted bullying all year. But things have gotten much worse in recent days: there was McCain's rude, bizarre interview with Time Magazine last week. Yesterday, McCain refused to an interview with Larry King, for God's sake, because Campbell Brown had been caught in the commission of journalism on CNN the night before, asking McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds what decisions Sarah Palin had made as commander-in-chief of the Alaska national guard. (There was an answer that the unprepared Bounds didn't have: she had deployed them to fight fires.)So what's going on here? Two things. McCain is just plain angry at us. By the evidence presented in the utterly revealing Time interview, he's ballistic. This is a politician who needs to see himself as the man on the white horse, boldly traversing a muddy field...any intimations that he's gotten muddied in the process, or has decided to throw mud, are intolerable. The second thing is more insidious: Steve Schmidt has decided, for tactical reasons, to slime the press. He wants the public to believe that there is an unfair--sexist (you gotta love it)--personal assault going on against Palin and her family. This is a smokescreen, intended to divert attention from the very real and responsible vetting that is taking place in the media--about the substance of Palin's record as mayor and governor. Sure, there are a few outliers--and the tabloid press--who have fixed on baby stories. That was inevitable....the flip side of the personal stories that the McCain team thought would work to their advantage--Palin's moose-hunting and wolf-shooting, and her admirable decision to have a Down Syndrome baby. And yes, when we all fix on the same story, whether it's a hurricane or a little-known politician, a zoo ensues. But the media coverage of the Palin story has been well within the bounds of responsibility. Schmidt is trying to make it seem otherwise, a desperate tactic. There is a tendency in the media to kick ourselves, cringe and withdraw, when we are criticized. But I hope my colleagues stand strong in this case: it is important for the public to know that Palin raised taxes as governor, supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, pursued pork-barrel projects as mayor, tried to ban books at the local library and thinks the war in Iraq is "a task from God." The attempts by the McCain campaign to bully us into not reporting such things are not only stupidly aggressive, but unprofessional in the extreme. http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/angry_amateurs.html
----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Owen To: South Dakotans for Obama Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 11:43 PMSubject: [SouthDakotansforObama] ACTION: Joe Klein: "We will tell the truth about Palin, despite bullying by McCain."Please I am begging you to digg this! Joe Klein says that McCain camp has been “bullying the press” all year and don’t give in to him! Please read it too.JOE KLEIN: TIME MAGAZINE:“There is a tendency in the media to kick ourselves, cringe and withdraw, when we are criticized. But I hope my colleagues stand strong in this case: it is important for the public to know that Palin raised taxes as governor, supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, pursued pork-barrel projects as mayor, tried to ban books at the local library and thinks the war in Iraq is "a task from God." The attempts by the McCain campaign to bully us into not reporting such things are not only stupidly aggressive, but unprofessional in the extreme.”http://digg.com/political_opinion/Angry_Amateurs_Swampland_TIME Spread the truth. TIME MAGAZINE:Angry AmateursPosted by Joe Klein | Comments (383) | Permalink | Trackbacks (0) | Email This The story of the day out here in Minneapolis is the McCain campaign's war against the press. This has been building for some time. Those of us who have criticized the candidate--and especially those of us who enjoyed good relations with McCain in the past--have been subject to off-the-record browbeating and attempted bullying all year. But things have gotten much worse in recent days: there was McCain's rude, bizarre interview with Time Magazine last week. Yesterday, McCain refused to an interview with Larry King, for God's sake, because Campbell Brown had been caught in the commission of journalism on CNN the night before, asking McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds what decisions Sarah Palin had made as commander-in-chief of the Alaska national guard. (There was an answer that the unprepared Bounds didn't have: she had deployed them to fight fires.)So what's going on here? Two things. McCain is just plain angry at us. By the evidence presented in the utterly revealing Time interview, he's ballistic. This is a politician who needs to see himself as the man on the white horse, boldly traversing a muddy field...any intimations that he's gotten muddied in the process, or has decided to throw mud, are intolerable. The second thing is more insidious: Steve Schmidt has decided, for tactical reasons, to slime the press. He wants the public to believe that there is an unfair--sexist (you gotta love it)--personal assault going on against Palin and her family. This is a smokescreen, intended to divert attention from the very real and responsible vetting that is taking place in the media--about the substance of Palin's record as mayor and governor. Sure, there are a few outliers--and the tabloid press--who have fixed on baby stories. That was inevitable....the flip side of the personal stories that the McCain team thought would work to their advantage--Palin's moose-hunting and wolf-shooting, and her admirable decision to have a Down Syndrome baby. And yes, when we all fix on the same story, whether it's a hurricane or a little-known politician, a zoo ensues. But the media coverage of the Palin story has been well within the bounds of responsibility. Schmidt is trying to make it seem otherwise, a desperate tactic. There is a tendency in the media to kick ourselves, cringe and withdraw, when we are criticized. But I hope my colleagues stand strong in this case: it is important for the public to know that Palin raised taxes as governor, supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, pursued pork-barrel projects as mayor, tried to ban books at the local library and thinks the war in Iraq is "a task from God." The attempts by the McCain campaign to bully us into not reporting such things are not only stupidly aggressive, but unprofessional in the extreme. http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/angry_amateurs.html
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As I watched the Republican Convention today, Tuesday, September 2, 2008, I was reminded of how Hitler came into power and the similarities presented by the Republican Party. Allow me to enumerate:
We MUST stand firm to tell truth to power. The whole world see what is happening in the leadership of our government and are begging for us to get it right and elect Barack Obama, President of the United States of America. Let's strengthen our resolve to make the right change for ourselves. As Barack said, ENOUGH! Let's echo that from every mountain, every molehill, and every valley; from sea to shing sea that Barack Obama is the ONLY Qualified choice for President!!
Robert Earl Lewis
USE THIS SITE TO GET ZIP CODES FOR EMAILS TO NEWSPAPERS, TV, MEDIA,,,ETC FOR OUR OPERATION SLAM DUNK.
For those new to this. Just use the Hit Em Where It Hurts form to send the emails.(thanks for such an easy idea Sam...lol) I think I was getting carried away and thinking too hard.....lol ....please dn't stop sending email and letters to your local newspapers/tv media also..
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Don't forget to concentrate on the battleground states.
Oh, and let's all try to get at least 2 people we know to do the same since we only have the ten or so weeks left.
All of us together can work this miracle. It is already working in just the first two weeks....Thank to all of you...Good job on all the work you have put into this.
Now that we are down to only about 10 weeks, what do you guys think of emailing say about 25 a day each, or 20..Let me know what you think? Love your ideas and emails.
You don't know how much better I feel, not used to being disable like I have been for the last 4 years. I feel useful again, even though I can't physically go out and organize like I used to.
Imagine how happy and hopeful we'll all feel when we can refer to Barack as ...ahem.....tadoooooooooo....PRESIDENT OBAMA!
Thanks.....Terry Lee
I sent this too Barack and staff but please SHARE it with everyone else!
I am writing this as to alert you and the Barack team of what I have been hearing through my many groups and blog sites.I am hoping this helps in some small way.
Our country needs Barack NOW!
Sincerely.
LuAnn in Indiana on the main Barack site
Thanks for the warning, Kelin.
I'm a retiree of HP and can tell you first hand Fiorini is smart, cunning, Republican to the core, knows how to knife her opponent. My coworkers and myself all knew she would end up in the Republican political machine - and sure enough.
When she rears her very attractive, very ugly head - watch out. She pretends to be feminist; she is NOT. Like I suspect Palin (else why would she accept putting this country at such risk with her meager background), Fiorini is power hungry. I hope the campaign, including Barack's spokepeople - get your message. LJ
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------From: kmark22@hotmail.comTo: CentralIndianaforObama@groups.barackobama.comSent: 8/30/2008 8:12:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight TimeSubj: [CentralIndianaforObama] the code words are here
I have begun to hear the code words for sexism so I am putting everyone on notice already because they have begun. the code word is (dismissive & attack) Fiorini was on larry king and used both on Carville, when carvilled didn't even say anything about Palin personally, just she has no GLOBAL experience whatsoever..........BOOM.....she hit him with the "How dare you be dismissive of her) These are the words you will continue to hear when it comes to criticism of Palin. Get ready people. On a side not Carville did get Fiorini to admit...McPOW has met this lady ONCE!
God Bless......Kelin L. MarkSmall business, Sports, or organization website designwww.higherheightsbiz.com
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I sent this to several medias. Don't know if it will do anything. Please share. Barack is getting put down so wrongly!
Michele was great last night!
Please read this and use it in any way you legally can. I am so tired of hearing Barack being called a Muslim and Michelle being accused of hating this country.Now these NEW ads that McCain is running using his POW experience to win "hearts and minds" is too much.I fear all his negative campaigning is winning and the polls are showing that.
Is there anyone out there who can bring things like this article to daylight?Why does the media protect McCain from the terrible way he cheated on and dumped his first wife for Cindy?If it was Barack who had done that the world would know.I talk to people daily who had no idea of his infidelity, his wife's bringing drugs in for her personal use through her out of country programs and I hear and also receive daily emails saying that Barack is a Muslim and worse. Why do more people not hear about how low in his class McCain graduated? I would think intelligence is a priority in a President of our country.
I also feel as this fellow POW does that a man with a "hair trigger" temper should not have his finger on the "button".There is freedom of speech in our country. Sean Hannity , Rush Limbaugh,Ann Coulter and others spew lies about Barack constantly.Can the MAIN STREAM media such as MSNBC please say or do more?McCain is "swift boating" Barack and WE all know that was all not true. John Kerry should have been President.Bush stole the election from Gore. Please can someone with some power help out people like me in the true EVER DIMINISHING MIDDLE Class?
I know I live in one home.
I know what a gallon of gas costs and I now people on minimum wage are hurting badly. John McCain does not care, nor does he have any way of identifying with the TRUE middle class people.His family has always had money, he is John S. McCain III and he married an heiress. How can he possibly feel for people who make $6.00 an hour?He wants to privatize Social Security and could care less if we have health care. Is it true he collects his Social Security? I happen to have Federal Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance through my X husband. Each year I am given the chance to choose which type of insurance I want. If I want to pay a lot less, I can even choose an HMO.
I believe that is the same insurance the Congressmen and Senators have and I also believe they do not have to pay for their's. If everyone in the country paid into this they should be able to get the same benefits.I pay $600.00 a month for myself but I have very good insurance. If I could not afford that I could choose a lesser plan each year.
Hello,,,,my name is Terry Syner....f/WV I have always noticed that the loudest or the richet get the most attention. I have also noted that the people hear something over and over via media and it becomes "to them" what is real. Eeveryone who has decided from this site is writing an 800 word (or less) op-ed, about the good of Obama and/or the danger to the welfare of our country from McCain,(in their own words and opinions). All of us send emails to any and all media, be it newspapers and/or tv. If your local news is like mine here in WV, politics consists of who made the most noise.....usually John McCain.
To make it simple...We only have to write one(1) oped, but a GOOD ONE,,,and to email it certain networks like FOX, I have threatened to boycott FOX if they don't question McCain's campaign like they obsessively do Obama's. We then simply.....copy and paste the same op-ed to each of the newspapers and television news departments.....and I mean SWAMP THEM....with our opinion. I'm thinking MILLIONS OF EMAILS TO THE MEDIA. I know there are many smart minds here. If we put our heads together we CAN MAKE THEM PAY ATTENTION. We are sending an op-ed every Monday and Friday.
Friday is a slow news day.....they won't expect it, and on Monday bombard them anew. I know it's a lot, but it is sooooooooooo worth the time. If they receive even just one a week from every Obama supporter at this site, they WILL sit up and take notice!
The only thing that can possibly stop Senator Obama from becoming President Obama is if people don't get out and vote, and believing all the $#@!@# from MOST of the media. There are many more of us FOR OBAMA thanthere is for the SNAKE OIL EXPRESS. Not counting those of us that are Independants and Republican, there are twice as many registered Democrats as there are Republicans. Getting everyone to the polls in November is the MUST in order to have our country back. PLEASE, ANY IDEAS?
Thanks to all of you nice and good hearted people for all your ideas and prayers.
START POSTING AND EMAILING!!!!!! Brothers and sister in unity.
Thanks again,,,,, Terry Lee....aka.......wvnervouswreck@yahoo.com
My name is B.L. Conway. I am a Phi Betta Kappa graduate of the University of Kentucky and a 1986 graduate of its law school. I reside in Abingdon Virginia where I enjoy the practice of law. My first cousin, Jack is your Attorney General. I serve in the information ministry of Highlands Fellowship: A purpose driven church Pastor Jimmie Davidson planted some ten years ago following the inspiration given him by Pastor Rick Warren, the author of The Purpose Driven Church and The Purpose Driven Life. The Purpose Driven movement is the fastest growing Christian Movement in the world and ours is the fastest growing church per capita in the movement. The Purpose Driven Movement is non denominational and non allegiant, other than to God’s word. Our purpose is to serve others gladly and freely, which is what I am trying to do here.
I was born and raised in Morganfield Kentucky. I know the racial divide that exists in the towns of Western Kentucky. I know the division, suspicion and in circumstances hatred that exist in your towns. I know it up close and personal, but that is for another publication. Those who remember me know what I am talking about. I want you folks to understand that Mr. Obama has none of that perhaps earned suspicion or hatred of us Caucasians. His experience is more like the immigrants from India that have achieved so well in America. In other words, he is not a descendant of slaves. He does not know our dark side personally. He knows only the Hope, Optimism and Opportunity that is America.
There will be two versions of this op. ed.: One with citations and one without so you may confirm that each factual statement made herein is based on the work of Historians, Archeologist and The Bible. The cited version will be available at our web site: www.conwayattorneys.com. If it is not up yet, just e mail me and I will shoot it back at you.
Third, Jesus spent his early years in Egypt where he and his family apparently blended in quite well. Matthew reports the flight of Jesus’ family to Egypt to escape Herod’s infanticide designed to kill Jesus. Thus, Jesus spent his formative years in Africa and was exposed to Egyptian mysticism. Matthew also documents that God called his son out of Egypt.
What is in a name? Today in America our names have little meaning other than to identify us. This was and is not so in Middle Eastern cultures. The name Hussein which is being used to demagogue Barrack Obama because it was also the shortened name of Saddam Hussein does not actually have any evil connotation. In Arabic it means “to be good” or “to be handsome or beautiful”. I can only assume given those ears, that Mr. Obama’s parents were referring to the former. Whereas, the use of the Hussein name in the former dictator’s name refers to his father’s first name. So as with most demagoguery, we find that there is no basis in fact for it, nor is there any thing for us Caucasian Americans to fear from the use of this name.
Jesus was crucified because he was a liberal, indeed a radical against the religious and political leaders in Jerusalem. Immediately, after the triumphal entry with the crowd shouting Hosanna (God Save us), Jesus proceeded to the temple where he made a whip of cords and drove out the money changers and those selling sacrifices together with their animals screaming “you have turned my father’s house into a den of thieves”. This was done in full sight of the Roman Garrisons which were situated on each end of the Temple Square and the Hebrew religious leaders that no doubt had an interest in the commerce. Jesus, as he had many times before, then called these religious leaders hypocrites to their face because they misused their wealth, power and position to glorify and satisfy themselves rather than to take care of the poor, the widowed and orphaned. This was consistent with Jesus’ prior ministry as he taught that we are stewards of God’s blessings and we should use them to help those less fortunate and to expand the kingdom. These are liberal principals, but it does not end there.
Jesus is a Peace maker and believed in and taught Peace. He said “blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called children of god”. He taught that we should love and pray for our enemies. You see, Jesus knew that love was the most powerful force in the world and that it will conquer in the end. We have seen this proven in our times. Just think about three of the most influential leaders of the last century: Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King and compare their effectiveness to the Arab terrorist. These were men of color on three separate continents in entirely different cultures who used love and non violence in the face of powerful entrenched government leaders and evil and hate to effect remarkable change. They were acting out liberal biblical principals in faith.
I could go on and on from Jesus’ rejection of strict enforcement of religious law to separation of church and state, but I think the point is made. Jesus was a liberal two thousand years ago and remains one today; thank God for his grace.
Kentucky, so many of your brave sons fought and died for the liberal freedoms of America. Join us, your sister Commonwealth, to make history once again. We must realize Martin Luther King’s dream. We must show the world that the truth and peace still matter to the Citizens of these United States and that we have progressed past petty prejudices. I think it not a coincidence that Mr. Barack Obama, a Christian and a man of mixed black and white blood, has rose up to us as he has with such a strong belief that we can come together. We must do this. We must realize the dream. We will be better for it.
My name is B.L. Conway. I am a Phi Betta Kappa graduate of the University of Kentucky and a 1986 graduate of its law school. I reside in Abingdon Virginia where I enjoy the practice of law. My first cousin, Jack is your Attorney General. I serve in the information ministry of Highlands Fellowship: A purpose driven church Pastor little Jimmie Davidson planted some ten years ago following the inspiration given him by Pastor Rick Warren, the author of The Purpose Driven Church and The Purpose Driven Life. The Purpose Driven movement is the fastest growing Christian Movement in the world and ours is the fastest growing church per capita in the movement. The Purpose Driven Movement is non denominational and non allegiant, other than to God’s word. Our purpose is to serve others gladly and freely, which is what I am trying to do here.
There will be two versions of this op. ed.: One with citations and one without so you may confirm that each factual statement made herein is based on the work of Historians, Archeologist and The Bible. See the cited version at our web site: www.conwayattorneys.com. Just click on opinions. If it is not up yet, just e mail me and I will send it to you.
Jesus was crucified because he was a liberal, indeed a radical against the religious and political leaders in Jerusalem. Immediately, after the triumphal entry with the crowd shouting Hosanna (God Save us), Jesus proceeded to the temple where he made a whip of cords and drove out the money changers and those selling sacrifices together with their animals screaming “you have turned my father’s house into a den of thieves”. This was done in full sight of the Roman Garrisons which were situated on each end of the Temple Square and the Hebrew religious leaders that no doubt had an interest in the commerce. Jesus, as he had many times before, then called these religious leaders hypocrites to their face because they misused their wealth, power and position to glorify and satisfy themselves rather than to take care of the poor, the widowed and orphaned. Jesus taught that we are stewards of God’s blessings. These are liberal principals, but it does not end there.
Jesus was against the Death Penalty. He taught that thou shall not kill and that if one is sinless; let him cast the first stone, as he bent down and wrote symbolically in the sand. . Jesus changed a murderer named Saul into the most prolific apostle of them all. Peter was the rock upon which the God’s church was built, but Paul spread the Gospel further (he wrote most of the New Testament) and planted more churches than he. This belief in the goodness and potential of all men is a liberal principal.
Jesus is a Peace maker and believed in and taught Peace. He said “blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called children of god”. He taught that we should love and pray for our enemies. You see Jesus knew that love was the most powerful force in the world and that it will conquer in the end. We have seen this proven in our times. Just think about three of the most influential leaders of the last century: Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King and compare their effectiveness to the Arab terrorist. These were men of color on three separate continents in entirely different cultures who used love and non violence in the face of powerful entrenched government leaders and evil and hate to effect remarkable change. They were acting out liberal biblical principals in faith.
So, Kentucky, please see that you need not fear Mr. Barack Obama because of his color or his liberalism and progressive thinking. He is less liberal than Jesus. Mr. Obama has already told us that he does not want our guns and will enforce the death penalty.
