Birds of Obama Flock Together

Growing up on the streets of New York City in the 1940’s you met a lot a rough characters who traveled in some really tough criminal circles. I remember my parents always cautioning me to choose my friends wisely and they would throw in cliché terms like, “guilty by association”, “birds of a feather flock together” ect ect. Of course I conveyed this message to my children and told them you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep. It seems that B. Hussein Obama's parents forgot to have that talk with the Senator.


Here are just some of B. Hussein’s friends:


Tony Rezko

Rezko's trial on corruption charges starts Monday. Rezko has a longtime relationship with Obama. Any mention of Obama in the trial -- he is a side figure -- could have political ramifications for Obama and be grist for ads. While Obama's connections to Rezko have long been the subject of stories in the Chicago newspapers, the trial is the peg for other news organizations to be doing their own examinations.


Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan

Farrakhan recently offered an unsolicited endorsement of Obama. He is considered by many Jews as an anti-Semite. At the Democratic debate in Cleveland last Tuesday, Obama said he would "reject and denounce" Farrakhan's help.


The Rev. Jeremiah Wright

Obama continues to explain to Jewish voters his relationship with his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who is retiring from the Trinity United Church of Christ at 400 W. 95th. A magazine connected to Wright honored Farrakhan. Last Sunday, Obama said Wright "is like an old uncle who sometimes will say things that I don't agree with."


Austan Goolsbee

An economics professor at the University of Chicago, Goolsbee is one of Obama's top economic advisers. Goolsbee is at the center of several news reports -- on Canadian television and ABC News -- dealing with Obama and NAFTA. Obama has said that as president, he would ask Canada and Mexico to renegotiate the trade agreement. The reports finger Goolsbee -- who did visit the office of the Canadian counsel general in Chicago but not to talk about trade -- as being the source of sending the message to Canada that Obama's bark is worse than his bite on NAFTA. Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said any suggestion that there is a back channel is "ridiculous" and that news reports concerning this have been "debunked" and Obama stands by his statements.


William Ayers

Hyde Park welcomed William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn to the neighborhood after they resurfaced as local civic leaders following their years on the lam as members of the Weather Underground. But stories by Bloomberg's Tim Burger and the Politico's Ben Smith have drawn attention to Obama's ties to the former radicals. Ayers is an education professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago with a national reputation for studying urban school systems. Ayers served with Obama on the board of the Chicago-based Woods Funds. "While Ayers and Dohrn may be thought of in Hyde Park as local activists, they're better known nationally as two of the most notorious -- and unrepentant -- figures from the violent fringe of the 1960s anti-war movement," Smith wrote. "Obama's relationship with Ayers is an especially vivid milepost on his rise, in record time, from a local official who unabashedly reflected a very liberal district to the leader of national movement based largely on the claim that he can transcend ideological divides," Smith concluded.

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Looks like B. Hussein Obama should change his friends before speaking about changing the country.

God Bless America (has Obama ever said that after a speech?)

Famous Queens Resident Series, Part XXXV

Eddie Bracken - This popular 1940s Hollywood actor lived in Middle Village.

This owl-faced comic actor enjoyed his first featured film role in the RKO production "Too Many Girls" (1940), in which he reprised the role of JoJo Jordan that he had played in the Broadway stage version of that musical. (Into the pantheon of pop-music standards came one that Bracken had introduced in "Too Many Girls", the melancholy "I Didn't Know What Time It Was.")

But the then 20-year-old Eddie Bracken was by no means new to show business in general or Hollywood in particular. He had played in vaudeville and performed in nightclubs by the time he was 9, and had just later appeared on screen in four of the Hal Roach "Our Gang" comedy two-reeler film shorts. It was on account of his appearances in musicals and comedies as a shy, giggling, clumsy, stammering, sentimental, self-effacing, would-be hero that Bracken achieved popularity, not to say star status, among movie audiences of the 1940's. The director Preston Sturges served up those attributes of Eddie Bracken particularly well in two of Sturges's more memorable comedies. As Norval Jones in "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" (filmed in 1942; released 1944), Bracken portrays a man whose destiny others have foisted upon him. A certain Trudy Kockenlocker (played by Betty Hutton), having attended a party for military servicemen, later finds herself to be pregnant but has no recollection of who the father might be. So she persuades the always-befuddled Norval to take credit for the child and marry her. Somehow, Norval emerges a true hero in the end, but you'll have to see the film to discover why. As Norval Jones was physically unfit for military service, so also was Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith, with Eddie Bracken in the role, in Preston Sturges's "Hail the Conquering Hero" (1944). Solely on the basis of his father's reputation as a World War I U.S. Marine hero, a group of saloon-hopping World War II-era U.S. Marines, led by a crusty senior-level sergeant (played to a tee by William Demarest), elevate the physical reject Truesmith into a modern, combat-decorated veteran, and then usher him into an election campaign for Truesmith's hometown mayoralty. The complications, including a love interest (in the person of actress Ella Raines, are by now well under way. As Eddie Bracken's age increased his popularity -- or perhaps that of the genre of film vehicles that was his forte -- decreased, and in 1953 he essentially retired from the screen, moving on to pursue theatrical ventures. But he would return to Hollywood eventually, and we have been fortunate to see him in character roles in theatrical and TV films through the 80's and 90's.

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The Bloodbath Ensues

Shrillary Clinton enjoyed impressive wins in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island yesterday preventing B. Hussein Obama from knocking her out the race. Consequently, this is the best thing to happen to the Republican Party since Ronald Reagan. Barack's inability to drive a steak through the heart of Count Hillracula will cause the two to go after each other's political jugular, emptying their financial war chests while airing each other's dirty laundry in an attempt to end this protracted war. The next few months will be extremely entertaining and I look forward to the onslaught of attack ads. We've already had a glimpse of what is yet to come by the Clinton camp. In a recent attack piece, Hill and Bill approved darkening Obama's skin to make him look more "black". That is low even for the Clintons.

"Shady TV Ad Darkens "O" Clinton Sparks HueTube Ruckus

In the meantime, with Huckabee officially out of the race Sen. John McCain can focus his energy and money on beating whomever emerges from the Democratic Party bloodbath. O' the luck of the Irish!

"Wherever you go and whatever you do, May the luck of the Irish be there with you"

God Bless America

Go Ahead, Make My Day

After the recent tragic murders on college campuses, the Patriots postulated that maybe these massacres could have been prevented if honest individuals were armed and ready to take the maniacs down. Now an Arizona Senator has jumped on the Patriot bandwagon by sponsoring a bill permitting firearms on college campuses. Senator Johnson stated, “The police respond too slowly to such incidents and, besides, whom better than people staring down to take action?” Currently, fifteen states have pending legislation that would allow or make it easier for people to carry guns on college campuses.

This self-proclaimed right wing whacko (like me) sees guns for students and teachers as an answer to violence on college grounds. I believe you will see a dramatic decrease in violent incidents and most assuredly GPA’s will go up markedly.

Arizona Weighs Bill to Allow Guns on Campuses

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

Published: March 5, 2008

PHOENIX — Horrified by recent campus shootings, a state lawmaker here has come up with a proposal in keeping with the Taurus .22-caliber pistol tucked in her purse: Get more guns on campus.

The lawmaker, State Senator Karen S. Johnson, has sponsored a bill, which the Senate Judiciary Committee approved last week, that would allow people with a concealed weapons permit — limited to those 21 and older here — to carry their firearms at public colleges and universities. Concealed weapons are generally not permitted at most public establishments, including colleges.

Ms. Johnson, a Republican from Mesa, said she believed that the recent carnage at Northern Illinois University could have been prevented or limited if an armed student or professor had intercepted the gunman. The police, she said, respond too slowly to such incidents and, besides, who better than the people staring down the barrel to take action?

She initially wanted her bill to cover all public schools, kindergarten and up, but other lawmakers convinced her it stood a better chance of passing if it were limited to higher education.

“I feel like our kindergartners are sitting there like sitting ducks,” Ms. Johnson said last week when the bill passed the committee by a 4-to-3 vote.

This is a generally gun-friendly state, where people are allowed to carry a weapon on their hip without a permit as long as people can see it. Even so, Ms. Johnson acknowledges that her views come from the far right — she recently described herself, half-jokingly, she says, as a “right-wing wacko.”

Still, the proposal has troubled advocates of gun control here and elsewhere because it appears to be gaining popularity and has fed long-smoldering debates over restrictions on carrying firearms.

Since the Virginia Tech killings last April, other states have weighed similar legislation, to the disbelief of opponents, who note that the odds of lethal attacks are small, despite the publicity they attract.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a Washington nonprofit organization, said 15 states were considering legislation that would authorize or make it easier for people to carry guns on school or college campuses under certain conditions. Those states include Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Virginia, according to the center, but it considers the Arizona proposal particularly egregious because it would not only allow students and faculty to carry such weapons, but staff members as well.

Utah, the organization said, is the only state with a law that expressly allows people with a concealed-weapon permit to carry guns on college campuses. That law, adopted in 2004 and upheld by Utah’s Supreme Court in 2006, arose out of concern that a state law allowing concealed weapons was not being enforced on college campuses.

The critics of such laws predict that they would cause more problems, including making it hard for the police to sort a dangerous gunman from a crowd of others with guns. They also argue that the guns would make it easier for people barely out of adolescence, or perhaps emotionally troubled, to respond lethally to typical campus frustrations like poor grades or failed romances.

Fred Boice, president of the Arizona Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s three public universities, said he sympathized with people concerned about campus safety. In October 2002, a nursing student at the University of Arizona in Tucson who was failing his classes shot and killed three professors before killing himself.

But Mr. Boice said he believed security and a system of alerting people about crises had been improved since then, and he worried that disputes best handled by campus security could quickly turn deadly with more guns on campus.

“I grew up in the country and a lot of people had guns,” Mr. Boice said. “But my father said never carry a gun unless you are prepared to kill somebody, and I believe that.”

Proponents concede the proposal could face a fight, even in this state’s Republican-controlled Legislature. The police chiefs at Arizona’s universities and several law enforcement groups have condemned the bill.

“This is a very polarizing issue,” said John Wentling, vice president of the Arizona Citizens Defense League, a gun-rights group that has pushed for the bill.

Even if Ms. Johnson’s bill eventually passes both chambers, it will probably take some convincing for Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat, to sign it. Ms. Napolitano rejected a bill a few years ago that would have lifted a prohibition on carrying loaded firearms into bars, restaurants and other places that serve alcohol.

Ms. Johnson’s proposal has gotten a mixed reception on the campuses.

Jason Lewis, 23, an aerospace engineering major at the University of Arizona, said he was mugged twice on campus last year, at knife point and at gunpoint. He now has a concealed-weapons permit and carries his gun everywhere he can.

“It would at least let me protect myself,” said Mr. Lewis, one of a few students to testify in support of the bill at a recent hearing. “If word gets out students are arming themselves, criminals will be, like, ‘Maybe we should back off.’ It will be a deterrent.”

But Cole Hickman, a student at Arizona State University in Tempe, said he had sought to rally opposition to the bill, concerned that, among other things, it would further jeopardize people during a mass shooting. Proponents of the bill, Mr. Hickman said, underestimate the difficulty in shooting a live target in a chaotic episode.

“If another student in the room or a teacher had a gun and opened fire they may hurt other students,” he said, “because unlike police officers, concealed-weapon permit holders are not necessarily well-trained in shooting in crowds and reacting to those kinds of situations.”

Ms. Johnson is not fazed by the skeptics.

“We are not the wild, wild West like people think we are,” she said. “But people are more independent thinkers here when it comes to security.”

Tony “The Tulip” Nunziato Announces Future Defeat

It’s official. Tony numb nut Nunziato has announced his candidacy for the NY State Assembly. The self proclaimed savior of Maspeth must be off his medication or sniffing lawn fertilizer if he thinks he can win the seat. We can’t want to observe Tony’s stump speeches that will most certainly feature Holden’s hand up his anal cavity which will prove to be the best ventriloquist act since Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.

Maspeth business owner, Bob Holden lap dog and community buffoon Tony Nunziato announced last week that he will be running against incumbent Assemblywoman Marge Markey who has never had an opponent and who has been effectively representing the community since 1999.

Let's review Nunziato’s limited and over exaggerated qualifications:

Vice President of the Maspeth Chamber of Commerce – wow! Maybe he should run for President of the United States with that qualification.

Executive board member of the Juniper Park Civic Association – that position is better known as Robert Holden’s whipping boy. This ridiculous post qualifies you to be a door mat and little else.

Member of CB5 for 10 years, chair of environmental committee – why is Tony no longer a member of Community Board #5? Why is Bob Holden no longer an executive board member? It is because Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumber are ineffective in community affairs and cause more problems than solutions

Co-founder of the Newtown Historical Society – duh, ok. Strike up the band

At the forefront of issues such as the Elmhurst Gas Tank park fight (According to our research Numb Nuts had very little to do with the final outcome at KeySpan Park except for holding up a “Thank You Mayor” sign as he stood behind Holden), Cross Harbor Tunnel fight (whining and crying public does not constitute fighting), getting trucks off of Grand Avenue (I drove down Grand Avenue this morning on my way to the senior center and observed many trucks driving along Grand Avenue so looks like Tony failed), preserving St. Saviour's Church (we all know how that fiasco turned out looks so like Tony failed again) and a community representative for the Kosciusko Bridge project (duh, ok. Strike up the band again).

Marge Markey's qualifications:
Wife of a clubhouse judge, Director of Marketing & Tourism under Claire Shulman

Assemblywoman Margaret Markey was elected to the New York State Assembly in November of 1998 as the representative of the 30th Assembly District. The 30th Assembly District is comprised of the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Woodside and parts of Long Island City, Middle Village, Astoria and Sunnyside.

Assemblywoman Markey has been working to strengthen and better Queens for over twenty years, starting her public service career as the Assistant Director of Economic Development for former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman. She was promoted to Director of Marketing & Tourism. In this capacity Mrs. Markey was responsible for creating much of the marketing materials still distributed today to promote the Queens tourism industry. Assemblywoman Markey is a long time community activist, a former member of Community Boards two and five and is the founder of Maspeth Town Hall, Inc,. a community center that serves over eight hundred families.

In Albany, Assemblywoman Markey has focused on sponsoring legislation to protect consumers and improve the quality of life for Queens residents and all New Yorkers. In her second term, Assemblywoman Markey took the lead for legislators in fighting for tougher standards in the farm and food industry to protect against BSE also known as ‘mad cow disease’ and it’s human forms. The following term, The Speaker appointed Assemblywoman Markey as Chair of the Sub-Committee on Child Product Safety. In this position Assemblywoman Markey was able to continue her work in fighting for stronger consumer protections to safeguard New York children.

Fighting for funding increases for education, healthcare and senior services have been some of Assemblywoman Markey’s top priorities in Albany. She has been fully committed to improving New York’s economy, healthcare, education and affordable housing through her work in the Assembly. In 2005, Assemblywoman Markey won passage of a bill into law to ban the sale of boxcutters to minors statewide and introduced important legislation to extend the statute of limitations for sexual assault against minors.

Assemblywoman Markey is the chair of the Assembly House Operations Committee and is a sitting member of the Agriculture, Government Operations, Labor, Racing & Wagering, Consumer Affairs & Protection and Tourism, Arts & Sports Development committees. Mrs. Markey is a member of the Legislative Women’s Caucus and is the President of the New York State American Irish Legislators Society. She is a graduate of the Berkeley Business School and a member of the Maspeth Kiwanis.

Assemblywoman Markey has received awards in recognition of her work from; the New York City Department of Parks, American Irish Legislators Society, New York State Court Clerks Association, United Federation of Teachers, Police & Fire Line of Duty Widows of New York City, Samaritan Village, Maspeth SelfHelp and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer.

Assemblywoman Markey is married to State Supreme Court Judge Charles Markey. Mr. & Mrs. Markey live in Maspeth and are the proud parents of Charles, John and Margaret, all of whom live in Queens.

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Looks like Assemblywoman Markey has done a lot more than be a vice-president of a chamber of commerce, or be an Executive Board member of a rogue civic, or be a Holden lackey, or be a founder of some historical society, or be a florist. Looks like she’s been busy fighting for Maspeth and New York State while Tony Nunziato has done nothing more than talk to plants, be Holden’s houseboy and cry like a baby offering no real solutions to very real community problems.

Please Tony stick to flowers and leave politics in the hands of the intelligent.

JPCA, Day late...Dollar short..

The Continuing Failures of Holden, Nunziato, Wilkinson and the JPCA

Robert Holden, Tony Nunziato, Christina Wilkinson and the rest of the JPCA has experienced another crushing loss resulting from the demolition of St Saviour’s and as always, they are blaming everyone but themselves. Unfortunately, this is the modus operendi of the fanatical narrow-minded group led by Bob Holden. Until Kaiser Holden, Tony Tulips, Largstina Wilkinson and the merry morons learn how to successfully negotiate a deal they will continue to add defeats to their list of embarrassments. Therefore, I feel it is my civic duty to educate these moronic individuals and provide them tips for successful negotiating.

Jonny Goldman is a world renowned businessman and accepted authority on the principles of winning business practices. Mr. Goldman has written an article that has provided ten tips for successful negotiating which I will provide below and explain why Holden, Nunziato, Wilkinson and the rest of the idiots are failures.

1. Everyone aspires for negotiations to turn out successful; otherwise, it is senseless to sit, talk, and explore (sometimes for hours) each other’s position to no avail. For this to be so, exert every effort to favor the other party’s whims while still coming out satisfied or contented with the outcome of the negotiation. This should be your objective. Come to terms as easily as possible. Stipulate details in black and white with a tint of trust to seal the negotiation in favor of both parties. Holden and his cronies have no interest in understanding anybody’s position or interests. It is THEIR way or NO WAY. Holden, Nunziato, Wilkinson and the rest of the idiots fail at tip #1.

2. Mutual respect for each other’s priorities must prevail. Never focus on your own objective alone. Think of how the other party would be satisfied with the outcome. As we all know, the JPCA executive board has absolutely no respect for anyone. It is THEIR way or NO WAY. Holden, Nunziato, Wilkinson and the rest of the idiots fail at tip #2.

3. Get to the core of the discussion and work from that core outward, concentrating on the details. Holden and crew never get to the core of any issue because they rather sensationalize and distort the facts for their OWN benefit. It is THEIR way or NO WAY. Holden, Nunziato, Wilkinson and the rest of the idiots fail at tip #3.

4. It is not difficult to trace the presence of sincerity in a negotiation. As long as you have this in mind and you see the other party’s sincerity as well, the progress of the negotiation will sail smoothly. Holden and the bobblehead squad see everyone as liars and manipulators because they believe that THEY are the sole proprietor of the truth. It is THEIR way or NO WAY. Holden, Nunziato, Wilkinson and the rest of the idiots fail at tip #4.

5. You may have a set of rules that are guiding you to get what you want. Modify if need be as long as it is practical and does not deviate to become a disadvantage on your part. Holden and his mental midgets play by their OWN set of rules no matter how impractical or deviant the guidelines. It is THEIR way or NO WAY. Holden, Nunziato, Wilkinson and the rest of the idiots fail at tip #5.

6. Negotiating is not a contest on who is better between the parties involved. There is no battle to win. Neither is it a stage to display one’s wits. It should be a two-way process. The JPCA believes everything is a win or lose battle that their superiority (inferiority) is destines to win. All issues become a stage where Holden grandstands for the public and local newspapers. It is THEIR way or NO WAY. Holden, Nunziato, Wilkinson and the rest of the idiots fail at tip #6.

7. Be true to your word. What you say must be congruent to your action. Any deviation should be tackled beforehand to avoid the element of surprise, which usually leads to anxiety. Holden’s word is as valuable as a wooden nickel. Their covert actions and their constant fear mongering protests have been a constant source for community anxiety. It is THEIR way or NO WAY. Holden, Nunziato, Wilkinson and the rest of the idiots fail at tip #7.

8. Keep your options as open and as diverse as possible. They may come in handy, especially when slight differences pop out. There is only one option when dealing with Holden and the misguided zombies, agree with them or you are viciously attacked. . It is THEIR way or NO WAY. Holden, Nunziato, Wilkinson and the rest of the idiots fail at tip #8.

9. Watch for reactions to proposals through body movements. They may help to make you and the other party come to terms more easily. The JPCA executive board is as perceptive and intuitive as a dead goldfish. . It is THEIR way or NO WAY. Holden, Nunziato, Wilkinson and the rest of the idiots fail at tip #9.

10. Be a good listener. Pre-empt what the other party may say, but only in your mind. You could be right, but you could also be wrong. It is better to sound affable than be sorry afterwards. Holden and his morally corrupt followers listen to no one but THEMSELVES. They will attack their detractors and will never have the decency to apologize. . It is THEIR way or NO WAY. Holden, Nunziato, Wilkinson and the rest of the idiots fail at tip #10.
    

As you can see, according to Jonny Goldman, Robert Holden, Tony Nunziato, Christina Wilkinson and the rest of the mentally challenged minions will never win a fight because they fail to understand the most basic principles of effective negotiating. It is time that the community and preservationists detach themselves from this narrow-minded bunch. Until they do, they will continue to experience devastating loses and never resolve issues that are dear to their hearts.

I hope that Holden and the rest of the Juniper Park Civic Association Executive Board take the crushing defeat of the St Saviour’s debacle as the proverbial nail in the coffin and go quietly into obscurity. It is apparent to the community that their incessant protests, vicious attacks, vitriolic rhetoric, shameful tactics and unwillingness to negotiate are ingredients for constant failure. If they really care about the community they will just go away and let those individuals who understand the importance of civility, respect and negotiation lead the way.

The Robert Holden Wrecking Crew Destroys Church

Looks like Bob Holden, Christina Wilkinson, Tony Nuziato and special guest appearances by Tony Avella have achieved what they wanted. As we write, St Saviour's is being torn down thanks to the combative Juniper Park Association's insane oligarchy. Their refusal to work with elected officials and city agencies has long sealed the fate of the crumbling church. This is just a list of many loses by Holden and his cronies who just don't get it. More disturbing is that they don't give a damn about the community all they care about is publicity and attacking everyone who disagrees with their narrow-minded agenda..

With the church reduced to ruble (thanks to Holden and the JPCA), Maspeth Development is entertaining two bids because Holden and his merry band of miserable misfits refused to come to the table with funds or other viable options. Their all or nothing approach to civic involvement has won our community one of the following:

Behind Door Number 1 – Maspeth could win a Storage facility! Not only a storage facility, but a 24 hour a day storage facility. STOP and STOR! Yes folks, you will be delighted to see row upon rows of luxury sheds utilized by transient people who will rent these glorified garages to store their stuff. Great job Bob!

Behind Door Number 2 – Maspeth could win a recycling facility! Maspeth will be home to millions of tons of recyclable glass, plastics and paper. Trucks will be coming in and out during all hours of the day to drop off their precious cargo for processing. Way to Go Juniper Park Civic Association!

This is what happens when the community allows a small band of narrow-minded non-compromising misfits to speak for the entire community. Instead of getting a reasonable development with new housing that would have included a component for the preservation of the church; we get a large recycling plant or a massive storage facility!

Once again, Holden's tactics have backfired and the ones who will suffer are the poor people of our community. So when you drive by the Recycling plant or the storage facility make sure you thank Robert Holden, Christina Wilkinson, Tony Nuziato and Tony Avella for their complicity in this debacle. Now the ghosts of St Saviour's will haunt Holden's illegally converted basement for an eternity,

"The narrow-minded who undertake any work will never be satisfied.
They cannot understand the actions of those who are large hearted and broad-minded."

Saint there no more..

Hillary vs. Obama – Thriller in Amarilla(o)?

It is suspected that the Clinton campaign is behind the circulation of a photograph showing Obama dressed in traditional Somalian garb. Many believe this is an attempt to derail the Obama train so that the Clinton horse drawn one wheel carriage can wobble passed the runaway
locomotive.

It is amazing that Shrillary went from being "honored" to being on the same stage with Obama to "Shame on you Barack Obama", blasting him for being "a reckless foreign policy lightweight" and mocking him during a recent stump speech in a matter of days.

This is like a story I once heard about three men who robbed a bank. I will change the characters around just a bit to better parallel the current presidential race.

A bitter white woman, a rookie African American bank robber and an old time con man successfully rob a bank. They return to a predetermined location to split the loot until arguments ensue. The woman and the rookie argue over who was the most instrumental in planning and executing the successful heist while the old timer sat quiet anticipation in the corner of the room. The argument quickly took a violent turn for the worse when both drew a gun and shot each other dead. As the two lay motionless on the floor, the old man walked out with all the loot.

Some articles:

NY Daily News: Note To Hillary: Get Your Vision Check by Mike Lupica


NY Post: PIC IS TURBAN WARFARE
HILL EYED IN OBAMA 'DRESS-UP' FOTO FLAP by MAGGIE HABERMAN

Beware: Don’t Converse about Religion or Politics with Family or Friends

My father always told me that it wasn’t safe to discuss politics or religion with family or friends because those subjects can start up some serious feuds. I remember that two of my uncles stopped speaking to one another for an entire year because one supported Truman while the other was a Dewey supporter. However, my brothers, my sisters and myself benefited greatly that year because we had to celebrate each holiday twice!

But imagine someone getting stabbed over a heated political debate? According to the New York Post, an avid Clinton supporter knifed his brother-in-law who is a rabid Obama supporter. Now that’s what I call political devotion! I think Hillary and Barack should have these guys sit next to them during tonight’s debate and let the sparks fly!

NY Post article:

POLITICAL FIGHT DRAWS BLOOD
By MAGGIE HABERMAN

February 26, 2008 -- A kitchen-table political debate between two brothers-in-law turned violent when one of the men, a supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, knifed the other, a Barack Obama booster, officials said.

José Ortiz, a 28-year-old Clinton supporter from Collegeville, Pa., stabbed Sean Shurelds after their argument "turned bloody," Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman said.

Shurelds tried to choke Ortiz, who then "responded with a knife and stabbed his brother-in-law in the stomach," Ferman added.

Shurelds was brought to a hospital in critical condition, and Ortiz - who, according to records, is a registered Republican - was held on $20,000 bail.

Now you can see first hand what happens to a Republican that turns to the dark side of the Democratic Party. First you support the Wicked Witch of the South, then you stab your brother-in-law and then you spent the rest of your years rotting in jail reading the Communist Manifesto, listening to Barbara Streisand songs and watching Jane Fonda movies. It is truly a destructive and vicious cycle.

Ralph Nader: Darth Nader fighting Obama Skywalker, Princess Hillary and Democrat Rebels

Democrats must be shaking their heads and saying “not again” But as good ole Yogi Berra would say, “It’s like deja vu all over again” because Ralphie boy is running again!

Many Democrats feel that Ralph Nader was instrumental in helping President Bush win in the 2004 election by siphoning off much needed democratic votes.

Nader wants us all to believe that he is a fighter for common man, a champion of consumer rights, protector of consumer rights and savior of the planet. However, Ralph is a big hypocrite and just another cog in the corporate machine.

According to www.realchange.org

Ralph Nader has done a lot of good for consumers. He has also led attacks on such evils as Volkswagen cars, the American Automobile Association, whole milk, colored toilet paper, fluoridated water, and the Elvis stamp. Through it all he has manipulated the press brilliantly and built himself a comfortable and powerful niche without need for election, even within his own consumer groups.

4 years after he unquestionably tipped the 2000 Presidential election to George W. Bush, Nader refuses to admit that or take any kind of responsibility, and he's planning to run again. This time though even the Green party is getting sick of him.

For 30 years, Ralph Nader has proclaimed himself to be "Saint Ralph", the only honest man in Washington, and the only friend of the average citizen. If that doesn't make you puke already, then click on the allegation of your choice:

a HUGE hypocrite -- just another politician -- Anti-democratic authoritarian -- secret luxury house -- owned by the trial lawyers' lobby -- busted a union among his workers -- abuses workers -- amassing millions of dollars and playing the stock market with it -- secrecy and stonewalling -- vindictive toward critics -- forced "contributions" to his college PIRG groups -- hypochondriac -- Quotes -- Sources

Although the entrance of Ralph Nader into the presidential race would almost secure John McCain a win in November, I prefer he stay out of the race so we can have a true race between two viable candidates resulting in one “accepted” winner and no excuses for the loser.

Anthony Nunziato, Crazy Botanist or Multiple Personality Politician?

In the delusional mind of the crazed florist of Maspeth, better known as Tony Tulips or Anthony Nunziato, he thinks he can win Assemblywoman Marge Markey’s seat.

Tony Tulips is so delusional that he is running as a Republican but donates to democrats. Which democrat you may ask? I’m glad you asked. He donated to Congressman Joe Crowley. Check out www.newsmeat.com . This is the same Congressman Crowley who Holden, Wilkinson, Nunziato and the JPCA lackeys have attacked and ridiculed. They even mercilessly attack his cousin, Elizabeth Crowley who is running for the council seat in the 30^th district. For the record, I believe Congressman Crowley has done a great job for his district, stands up for veterans and deserves to be supported. The Patriots hope that the distinguished Congressman refunds Tony Tulips’ money to remove this stain from his donor list.

Therefore, if Tony can donate to the democrats and run as a republican, then that leaves the door open for guys like me.

Hold on to your hats because I am going to make a bold statement.

First, Tony Nunziato has a better chance of being named Pope in Uzbekistan than winning any elected office. Moreover, as you all know, from previous postings, I am a radical right wing republican with conservative delusions of grandeur, however, I will support and vote for Assemblywoman Marge Markey. Yes, I know what you’re thinking. That right wing lunatic is defecting to the democrats! Drastic times call for drastic measures my friends.

Tony Nunziato is blight on our community and the idea of him being elected to any office frightens me. Will Bob Holden be his Chief of Staff, Christina Wilkinson his Press Secretary, Ed Kamperman his janitor? The possibility, no matter how remote makes me sick.

So I hope you join the Patriots in their campaign to ensure that Tony Tulips sticks to being a florist and Bob Holden’s mini-me and guarantee he loses every political election he enters.

I would like to thank in advance, our democrat readers who will afford me the opportunity to join them (this once)

God Bless America

The Greatness of the American Military Defeats Rogue Satellite

American military superiority and advanced technology came together to achieve the successful destruction of a rogue satellite destined to crash into Earth. Way to go!

God Bless America!

See the video here


A missile launched from a Navy ship struck a dying U.S. spy satellite passing 130 miles over the Pacific Ocean yesterday, the Pentagon said.

A Defense Department official said an initial view of the missile strike on the spy satellite indicated that it probably hit the spacecraft's fuel tank, whose toxic contents were the main target of the missile launch, the Associated Press reported.

"Due to the relatively low altitude of the satellite at the time of the engagement, debris will begin to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere immediately," the Pentagon said in a news release last night. "Nearly all of the debris will burn up on re-entry within 24 to 48 hours, and the remaining debris should re-enter within 40 days."

The U.S. military has shot down missiles in flight before -- 12 times while testing key parts of its $9 billion missile defense effort. It even destroyed an orbiting satellite in 1985.

But the Pentagon's plan to blast an errant spy satellite out of the heavens posed unique technological challenges. It could have been an embarrassment if its main mission failed -- and an international liability even if it has succeeded, experts say.

The satellite, known as USA-193, was built by Lockheed Martin Corp. and failed shortly after launch in December 2006. In addition to its high-tech payload, it contains about 1,000 pounds of frozen hydrazine, a hazardous propellant stored in a metal tank.

The Pentagon said the tank and hydrazine would pose a hazard if they landed in a populated area, so officials planned to take out the satellite by blasting it with an Aegis missile launched from a Navy cruiser in the Pacific.

The missile was launched from the USS Lake Erie about 10:25 p.m. EST. The government had notified sailors and aviators to stay clear of parts of the Pacific beginning about 10:30 p.m. EST.

The guided missile was specifically part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, which has hit 12 out of 14 targets during flight tests, according to a Defense Department spokesman.

"It's one of the Defense Department's more successful anti-missile systems," said Dr. Jonathan C. McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass.

Some experts have compared the task of hitting the satellite to hitting a bullet with a bullet about 150 miles above Earth.

The satellite, the size of a small bus, was speeding through space at 18,000 mph, about twice as fast as the test missiles previously targeted. "It's moving at roughly 300 miles a minute, and so you need to know where it's going to hit. And if you're off by just a minute on that, that's 300 miles off," said Ivan Oelrich, vice president for strategic security programs at the Federation of American Scientists.

Nor was the 40-pound missile equipped with explosives -- it was to rely on its own kinetic energy to smash the 5,000-pound satellite to bits, experts say. Had the Navy missed, it could have proved a highly visible failure for the Defense Department's $1 billion-a-year Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System.

Then there are international politics. Some experts say the move is a U.S. attempt to counter actions by the Chinese last year. China blasted one of its own weather satellites on Jan. 11, 2007, prompting criticism that it had created thousands of new shards of hazardous space debris and escalated international tensions about conflicts in space.

The U.S. effort is not expected to create as much space debris because the point of impact is closer to Earth. But it might still spark international tensions, experts say. "It takes us further along that road of weapons in space and war in space," McDowell said. Chinese and Russian officials recently proposed a ban on anti-satellite missile testing in space. The Bush administration has rejected the proposal as unverifiable.

"Yet again, we have a superpower testing what the world will perceive is a space weapon," said Phil Smith, assistant director of the Secure World Foundation, a nonprofit group organized to promote peace in space.

Others, too, are suspicious of the Pentagon's motives. "So far, in the entire history of the Space Age, no manmade object has badly injured anyone," said Michael Krepon, director of the Space Security Project at the Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington.

The Pentagon has never provided estimates on the risk attached to the demise of the satellite. But Krepon said other experts have put the risk that a single human being would be injured by the satellite at between 1 percent and 3.5 percent -- not worth the "extreme measures"
being undertaken.

Krepon offered two other explanations that he considers more plausible. The first is the protection of "state secrets" -- a fear that key components of the satellite could fall into Russian or Chinese hands and divulge something about our spy technology.

Second, elements within the Defense Department want to test U.S. capabilities at a moment when they can avoid the wrath of Congress, which has shown bipartisan opposition to such tests. "Congress has been pretty silent when faced with a public safety rationale," Krepon said. Officially, the Pentagon does not have an anti-satellite weapons system, and it proved its ability to destroy a satellite in low-Earth orbit decades ago. "There's really no need to go back to that data point," said Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Between 1977 and 1988, the U.S. Air Force Space Systems Command and ATV Aerospace designed, built and tested an air-launched missile intended to demolish satellites orbiting within 350 miles of Earth. The three-stage missile was carried by a modified F-15 jet fighter.

On Sept. 13, 1985, the fighter took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, climbed to 80,000 feet and released the missile. Its target was an active, 1,800-pound scientific satellite called Solwind P78-1, orbiting 290 miles above Earth, according to company histories. The missile homed in on the satellite at a closing speed of 15,000 mph and destroyed it on impact.

The test was attacked by arms control advocates, who called it a violation of a U.S.-Soviet treaty prohibiting the testing of anti-satellite weapons. The Pentagon nevertheless planned to prepare 20 aircraft for use in anti-satellite operations. But Congress balked, and the program was ended.

Source: The Baltimore Sun, Maryland