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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (132929)	5/17/2012 2:22:05 PM
From: FJB	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224706

The Vetting - Exclusive - Obama's Literary Agent in 1991 Booklet: 'Born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii' breitbart.com by JOEL B. POLLAK 29 minutes ago 118 POST A COMMENT Note from Senior Management: Andrew Breitbart was never a "Birther," and Breitbart News is a site that has never advocated the narrative of "Birtherism." In fact, Andrew believed, as we do, that President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961. Yet Andrew also believed that the complicit mainstream media had refused to examine President Obama's ideological past, or the carefully crafted persona he and his advisers had constructed for him. It is for that reason that we launched "The Vetting," an ongoing series in which we explore the ideological background of President Obama (and other presidential candidates)--not to re-litigate 2008, but because ideas and actions have consequences. It is also in that spirit that we discovered, and now present, the booklet described below--one that includes a marketing pitch for a forthcoming book by a then-young, otherwise unknown former president of the Harvard Law Review. It is evidence--not of the President's foreign origin, but that Barack Obama's public persona has perhaps been presented differently at different times. *** Breitbart News has obtained a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by Barack Obama's then-literary agency, Acton & Dystel, which touts Obama as "born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii." The booklet, which was distributed to "business colleagues" in the publishing industry, includes a brief biography of Obama among the biographies of eighty-nine other authors represented by Acton & Dystel. It also promotes Obama's anticipated first book, Journeys in Black and White--which Obama abandoned, later publishing Dreams from My Father instead. Obama’s biography in the booklet is as follows (image and text below): Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii. The son of an American anthropologist and a Kenyan finance minister, he attended Columbia University and worked as a financial journalist and editor for Business International Corporation. He served as project coordinator in Harlem for the New York Public Interest Research Group, and was Executive Director of the Developing Communities Project in Chicago’s South Side. His commitment to social and racial issues will be evident in his first book, Journeys in Black and White.The booklet, which is thirty-six pages long, is printed in blue ink (and, on the cover, silver/grey ink), using offset lithography. It purports to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of Acton & Dystel, which was founded in 1976. Continues... breitbart.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (132929)	5/17/2012 2:40:23 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224706

NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, with the S&P 500 poised for a fifth straight day of declines as already nervous investors were greeted by a round of weak domestic economic data while the euro zone remained turbulent. Both the S&P and the Nasdaq fell as much as 1 percent, with the Nasdaq's losses wider as large-cap tech shares fell. A gauge of future U.S. economic activity fell in April for the first time in seven months and the Philadelphia Fed business conditions index hit its lowest since September. In addition, the weekly claims for jobless benefits remained at levels which indicated the pace of hiring remains lackluster, increasing worries about the health of the domestic recovery. head between leggs kennytroll stays under kitchen table

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (132929)	5/17/2012 2:42:40 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224706

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (132929)	5/17/2012 2:43:10 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	9 Recommendations Respond to of 224706

So, do you think that Barack was lying in 1991 when he said that he was born in Kenya? Do you think there is a chance that he used the "born in kenya" narrative in other cases to better his situation? How do you think he will explain this one away? The same way that Elizabeth Warren is saying that she didn't know that Harvard was presenting her as a native american woman of color? The house of cards is starting to fall. Careful that you don't get a paper cut.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (132929)	5/17/2012 2:57:51 PM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224706

We had a Business Man President with an MBA degree Speaking of businessmen with advance degrees, how come EACH and EVERY Thursday, the unemployment figures are (unexpectedly) adjusted upwards? How stupid are these lugheads on your side? Do they get paid for being so dumb and so wrong? Do they think that nobody notices this?