[Rhodes22-list] Politics 08 - Welcome to the Republican Socialist Agenda

[Herb Parsons]

Brad,

Surely you realize Pete wasn't REALLY wanting to know. It's rhetorical. 
EVERYTHING from that group is rhetorical. I've never seen such an 
ignorant group clam so much knowledge with such little substance.

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Pete,
>
> Am I still handing out $100 bills?  Sure am, the last one was to the
> Sen. Obama school in Kenya.  Attached is another good cause that could
> use some dough.  Why don't you make a donation, I am.
>
> Brad
>
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>
> George Obama, Start Packing
> Dinesh D'Souza
> Monday, September 22, 2008
>
> So isn't it interesting that we keep hearing about Sarah Palin's
> peccadilloes while the major media continues to ignore the George
> Obama scandal? Here is a guy living in Third World poverty and his
> half-brother is the leading candidate to become the next president of
> the United States. Are the networks and major newspapers so
> exhilarated at the prospect of an African American president that they
> have become cheerleaders for the Obama campaign? Fortunately the
> McCain campaign is making the media an issue, and I hope the American
> people are smart enough to see through the news charade.
>
> Here are the facts about George Obama. He's in his twenties. He lives
> in a slum in a hut. He wants to become a mechanic but doesn't have the
> money. He reports that he gets by on a dollar a month. He met George
> Obama in 2006 for a few minutes and said it was like talking to a
> "total stranger." He said when people notice he has the same name as
> Barack Obama, he denies they are related because he is "ashamed." The
> Democratic presidential candidate, who made $4 million last year,
> hasn't lifted a finger to help his half-brother.
>
> My modest campaign to assist George Obama has been coming nicely. Sean
> Hannity mentioned it on his show on the Fox News Channel, and I
> appeared on a handful of radio shows to talk about the idea.
> Interestingly the George Obama Compassion Fund was reported on by
> Kenya's leading newspaper "The Nation." So far I have received more
> than $1,000 in small contributions. With my kickoff contribution of
> $1,000, that's upwards of $2,000 for George Obama.
>
> This is not a huge sum, but I specifically asked people to send gifts
> of $5, $10 and $25. The reason is that even a relatively modest sum by
> American standards is a considerable sum by Kenyan standards. George
> Obama has said that he is living on a dollar a month. This seems an
> impossible sum to survive on, so I checked the poverty line in Kenya.
> According to United Nations estimates, it's around $100 a year. By
> this measure, our little fund has provided for George for 20 years.
> Alternatively, George can move out of his 6 foot-by-10-foot hut and
> into a more comfortable dwelling. He can also get the training he
> needs to become a mechanic.
>
> The reporter for "The Nation" thought he had me cornered when he
> asked, "Are you doing this to embarrass Barack Obama?" To which I
> answered, "Absolutely. He deserves to be embarrassed." The reporter
> went on to ask me: since when have you developed this great interest
> in African poverty? I responded that I had only very little interest
> in African poverty. I happen to come from a very poor country, India,
> so my philanthropic work is directed there. I only took up the George
> Obama cause when I heard what a jerk and a hypocrite Barack Obama is
> being about his sibling. One Obamoron emailed me to say, "Why don't
> you use your money to help your own impoverished relatives in India?"
> The answer is that my relatives don't live in huts!
>
> Here are some donor comments which I'll be forwarding to George along
> with the funds. "This is for the poor brother long forgotten." "A
> brother is a terrible thing to waste." "I wish I had a brother, or
> even a step-brother. George is not my relative and not my race or
> religion but I still want to contribute to his welfare." "When Obama
> said that not taking care of the least of our brothers is our greatest
> moral failure, who knew that he was talking literally about the least
> of his brothers?" "I never thought I'd be writing a check to anyone
> named Obama, but I do want to be a true Christian and help this man in
> his shameful situation." "I'd send more, but I make $9.10 per hour."
> "I'm unemployed, but I can spare $5 for the Obama Compassion Fund."
>
> I hear a lot from atheists, but interestingly no self-identified
> atheist contributed a penny. This seems in keeping with sociologist
> Arthur Brooks' data showing that secular people are much less
> generous, both with money and time, than religious people. As Brooks
> might have predicted, most of my donations came from self-identified
> Christians, some of them in difficult circumstances themselves. Thanks
> to this generosity, Barack Obama's half-brother can look forward to
> the prospect of a better life. George Obama, start packing!
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:32 AM, petelargo <petelauritzen at earthlink.net> wrote:
>   
>> On 60 minutes last night, John McCain admitted that the George Bush
>> Presidency has increased the federal government more than any other
>> administration in history.  Of course the same goes for the federal deficit,
>> more than any other administration in history and erosion of civil
>> liberties, more than any other in history.  This so-called conservatism of
>> privatizing the profits and socializing the losses is disgusting. You call
>> yourselves conservatives?! What a joke. No party has done more to shove a
>> socialist agenda up our arses than you who support this 'brand' of
>> republicanism.
>>
>> Is Brad still handing out those $100 dollar bills?
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