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The Black Radio Support For Obama
al-Qaeda Chemical Weapon Mastermind Killed In US Strike
John McCain Escapes Explosions
Obama's Greatest Bi-Partisan Event Leaves Questions
When enforcement of "the legal thing to do" is not the same as "the right thing to do"
Founder of Bush Hating Group Used It to Launder Money from Prostitution
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The Black Radio Support For Obama

Quite interesting that in this article from the NYT’s about black radio talk show hosts being the answer to Limbaugh, they never mention black talk show hosts like Larry Elder. Shocker! But the article is something that should be read for no other reason to see how much race is a factor in this election. If you are black and NOT behind Obama then something just has to be wrong with you….right?

Warren Ballentine, one of black talk radio's new stars, was on a tear against Senator John McCain as he broadcast from the Greenbriar Mall here last week, blithely dismissing Mr. McCain's kind words about Senator Barack Obama at the recent N.A.A.C.P. national convention.

"He came out talking about how good of a race Barack Obama was running, and how proud he was of Barack," Mr. Ballentine said. "You know he went back home and said, 'I can't believe I spoke in front of all those Negroes today!' "

Yeah, thats what McCain did. How insulting and ignorant.

The article goes on to note how some in the black community are upset that Obama has sorta shunned them as the general election got underway in an effort to get the white vote which in all honesty makes sense. The black community are behind Obama because he is black, period. Doesn’t matter that he is the closest thing to a Marxist we’ve seen come around in a long time….no, what matters is his skin color. Examples are given in the article itself:

One caller to Mr. Ballentine's show last week laid out some boundaries for him, as well: "All of us coming down on him and criticizing him before we give him a chance, you know, that might hurt his campaign — let's get him in there first," the caller said. Mr. Ballentine responded, "Brother, I would never criticize him — until he's in the White House."

How special.

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al-Qaeda Chemical Weapon Mastermind Killed In US Strike

Good news. We got one of the big guys in al-Qaeda today during a missile strike in Pakistan:

Al-Qaeda chemical weapons expert Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar was believed to have been killed Monday in a suspected US missile strike in Pakistan, security officials told AFP.

“We believe he was killed in this strike,” a senior intelligence official based in the northwestern city of Peshawar told AFP on condition of anonymity.

“It was his hide-out and information that has been shared with us says he was targeted in this strike,” the official said.

The Egyptian, 54, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, had a five-million-US-dollar bounty on his head and allegedly ran terrorist training camps in Afghanistan.

Ed Morrissey notes how a video of Khabab doing chemical weapon tests on dogs shocked the world:

Khabab may be most remembered for his experiments with chemical weapons. In video that shocked a world grown somewhat used to terrorism, the AQ terrorist exposed dogs to chemicals used for weapons and watched them die horrible deaths.

Which is a bit perplexing to me. Show pictures of Kurds being gassed, mass graves, rape rooms and acid baths and we got shrugs from the left. But dogs being hurt? Damn them!

But whatever, the five million dollar man is now dead and we have one less terrorist to deal with.

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John McCain Escapes Explosions

41 years ago tomorrow, on July 29. 1967 a missile accidentally fired from an aircraft on the deck of the USS Forrestal. It flew across the flight deck, slammed into another plane, detonated that aircraft, its fuel, and its weapons. Shrapnel from that explosion punctured a dozen other aircraft that were waiting at the aft end of the ship-fully fueled and loaded with bombs for a massive airstrike. In the cockpit of the one of those planes-sitting right next to the plane that had accidentally launched the first missile, was John McCain. Less that 2 seconds after that first missile launched, the entire flight deck was an inferno. Pilots who had been strapped into their planes waiting for their turn to launch were trapped and surrounded by burning jet fuel, launching missiles, a hailstorm of shrapnel, and thousands of pounds of bombs.

John McCain unstrapped himself, climbed out on the nose of his A4 Skyhawk plane, jumped, and rolled through burning jet fuel. On his way to safety, some of the bombs on the burning planes began to explode, and he was knocked down by the shockwaves and by shrapnel piercing his body.

The crew and airwing of the USS Forrestal who were there that day deserve to have this day remembered and honored. That includes Senator John McCain.
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Is this a matter for the Presidential campaign? Well, it is an item on Senator McCain’s resume, and it says a lot about the man’s service to this nation, his heroism, professionalism, committment, and more. It’s worth mentioning in the campaign in the same way that one might point out that Senator Obama was a community organizer.

Think about it, and more importantly, remember the crew and aircrew of the Forrestal who fought and died that day.

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Obama's Greatest Bi-Partisan Event Leaves Questions

One of the greatest accomplishments of Senator Obama and the past few years has been the bi-partisan effort w Sen Lugar (R) to contain the spread of loose nuclear weapons to rogue states and to terrorist groups that might be used by rogue states as a deniable/stealthy means of attack. Once a terrorist-delivered nuke destroys a city-like Los Angeles, it will happen w/little or no warning, and take months of forensics to determine the possible nation responsible for the matl. However, nukes tend to destroy most evidence, so it could take longer-particularly if the forensic facilities were destroyed.

QUESTION:

If a President DOES know who is responsible via human intelligence reporting, and/or electronic intercepts (as was the case w the 911 attacks), then would President Obama, or President McCain have the resolve to order a massive retaliatory strike capable of deterring the nation the sponsored the attack as well as other nations? Would he be willing to launch bombs knowing there’d be civilian casualties? Would Senator McCain (who has already, personally and repeatedly dropped bombs on civilians back in Vietnam) be capable of giving the order to kill millions of people?

It’s a thought worth considering especially since the purpose of a terrorist delivered nuke is to
1) provide no warning
2) provide no trace to the state that also benefits from the attack and sponsored it
3) impose terror

Imagine the terror in American cities as days and weeks went by without any forensic reporting as to who was responsible for destroying an American city? Would people stay in the cities? Would the economy survive if they left? So many questions. So few visuals. Here is one in almost real time where a state blows up LA, and the US instantly (best case circumstances) knows who is responsible.

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When enforcement of "the legal thing to do" is not the same as "the right thing to do"

“They know we’re going to fight for their freedom and they don’t want to try and help us at all with the situation.” - Chessa Horvath

While the government poises to bail out those “homeowners” who made bad decisions, here we have a Texas couple who have been called up by the Texas National Guard to serve a second tours of duty in Iraq. So how are they being treated for the noble act of serving their country? They were forced to pay for breaking their apartment lease. They shipped out last Saturday.

The story:

Army couple upset over apartment lease fees
(Created: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:14 PM CDT)

Horvaths said they found out they were charged early move-out, maintenance fees during week of deployment to Iraq

BY DANNY GALLAGHER, McKinney Courier-Gazette

Chris and Franchesca Horvath, both of whom are sergeants in the Army National Guard, will ship out to Iraq Saturday to serve their second tours of duty.

Less than a week before they are scheduled to ship out, they had to pay a much smaller price for their service.

The Horvaths lived at the El Lago Apartments on Craig Drive since August 2007 on a year-long lease. Chris and Franchesca were called back to active duty in Iraq and had to break their lease early, something a previous manager said wouldn't be a problem and that they wouldn't have to pay any early moving fees.

Always wise to get such agreements in writing.

When Chris checked back with the apartment earlier this week, he said he was told he owed the complex money for early termination, cleaning and maintenance fees.

"They pretty much got us and we can't do anything," Chris said. "We just wanted to make it known that we don't think it's right and we don't feel like we were being treated right."

Chris said he and his wife first received orders from the military in the middle of April that they might be deployed a second time after serving their first tour more than three years ago. Chris said he went to Iraq and his wife served in Afghanistan as a medic. Chris said he could not say where he would be deployed or what his duties will be when he gets there.

Chris received his orders at the beginning of May that he would have to report to duty for training in Fort Polk, La., in two weeks and would have to move out of his apartment early to prepare for his deployment. A manager named "April" told Chris that she would be able to get him out of his lease without any problems as long as provided military documentation to back up his claim. Chris claims he paid April the rest of his lease and was told he would receive half of it back once the paperwork cleared.

Chris and Franchesca left for their training and were relieved on July 2. They took the time off to visit with family and friends in Louisiana and East Texas before their deployment.

He claims he never received a notice or a letter concerning unpaid debts from the time he left the complex until Thursday.

"We went in yesterday (Thursday) to find out where our check was from the rest of our rent check," Chris said. "They ended up telling us we owed them $200 and they kept the whole month's rent because we didn't give them 30 days notice. All I had was two weeks before I had to leave [in May]. I couldn't give them 30 days."

He went to the complex to ask about his lease and found a new person sitting in the manager's office. April had left the company after he left the complex.

He said the old manager claimed it wouldn't be a problem, but the new manager produced a letter from their corporate office saying April did not have the authority to do that.

"They showed us a letter that [April] wrote to the corporate office asking if she could do that after I had already left and they responded back no, that it's against corporate policy," Chris said. "There was no notification. We're sitting here during the last 20 days at home with our family waiting to see if we would get that check. Now we're getting billed $200."

Chris said it would have been difficult to handle credit issues while they were on tour had they not paid the amount that was due.

"Where we're going, there is no internet access," Chris said. "We can't call the credit bureau and explain to them what happened over the phone. We were left with no options. We didn't want this on our credit. We want to buy a house so we can't have bad credit when we get back."

Chris and Franchesca said they paid the money the complex claimed they owed and consider the matter closed, even if they don't agree with how it ended.

"Had we not paid it, it would have gone to creditors," she said. "It's just not right that they don't contact us."

Officials at the El Lago Apartments declined the opportunity to comment.

Can anyone dig up a contact number for El Lago Apartments? They should be publicly shamed and raked over the coals for how they’ve handled this situation.

Hat tip: Bloviating Zeppelin

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Founder of Bush Hating Group Used It to Launder Money from Prostitution

Not likely you’ll hear much about this culture of corruption in the “news” media!

New York attorney and Founder of “Voter March”, Louis Posner, used the now defunct Bush hating group to launder money from an illegal sex club he operated in New York City by the name of Hot Lap Dance Club.

The club was busted after an investigation which revealed drug dealing and prostitution were common at the establishment.

The female “employees” also complained that the Bush hating, money laundering Posner was a total leech who demanded sex of the women.

“He treated the girls as if they were property,” one employee, a New Jersey resident in a tube top and skirt, told the NY Daily News. Another employee told the NY Post “Lou is a scumbag. I hope he burns in hell.”

Employees of the Hot Lap Dance Club appear in court.

No word on whether former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer(DEMOCRAT), who resigned in March after it was learned he had his own setup with prostitutes, was among the clients.