Spawn's dad Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Yes, my point. It is over, so why do you care? Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 It would have been nice.... LouieB Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Some post election news - I think Mr. Ayers was on one of those TV news shows the other day: Ex-radical Ayers distances himself from ObamaHe also defends his Vietnam-era conduct.By The Associated Press November 15, 2008Reporting from Chicago -- Vietnam-era radical Bill Ayers said Friday that he doesn't know President-elect Barack Obama any better than "thousands of other Chicagoans" and that the two never talked about Ayers' anti-war activities. In a television interview on ABC's "Good Morning America," the college professor disputed the contention that in the new afterward of a paperback edition of his 2001 memoir "Fugitive Days" he describes himself and Obama as "family friends." "I'm describing there how the blogosphere characterized the relationship," Ayers said. "I would really say that we knew each other in a professional way, again on the same level as say thousands of other people." Ayers, an education professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago, helped found the radical group the Weatherman, which carried out bombings at the Pentagon and the Capitol. His name came up repeatedly in Republican Sen. John McCain's campaign, with McCain wondering about the closeness of the relationship. McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, talked about how Obama would "pal around with terrorists." In fact, Ayers said he didn't even know Obama when he hosted a coffee early in Obama's political career at Ayers' home in the Chicago neighborhood where the two live. Ayers added that he agreed to have the meet-the-candidate event after a state senator asked him to. "I think he was probably in 20 homes that day as far as I know," said Ayers, who has declined interview requests from the Associated Press. "But that was the first time I really met him." Ayers said that he and Obama also served together on a Chicago school reform board and a foundation board, but that their discussions were limited to issues before those boards. Obama has denounced Ayers' violent past and said Ayers was never involved in his White House campaign. "The truth is we came together in Chicago in a civic community around issues of school improvement, around issues of fighting for the rights of poor neighborhoods to have jobs, housing and so forth," Ayers said. In the afterward of his book's new release, Ayers wrote: "In 2008 there was a lot of chatter on the blogosphere about my relationship with Barack Obama: We had served together on the board of a foundation, knew one another as neighbors and family friends, held an initial fundraiser at my house, where I'd made a small donation to his earliest political campaign." Ayers said his name was brought up in the campaign as "this character that was created in this election" to make people fear Obama, but that the election showed the nation rejected what he saw as a tactic. Ayers also defended his own actions during the Vietnam War. "Let's remember that what you call a violent past that was at a time when thousands of people were being murdered by our government every month, and those of us who fought to end the war were actually on the right side," he said. "I never hurt or killed anyone," he said. Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes By JESSE WASHINGTON, AP National Writer Jesse Washington, Ap National Writer Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 'Mr.' Bill Ayers is going to have to find a way to reconcile that history isn't going to bekind to the fact that he blew stuff up. Way back when he may have had visionsof it sparking social change or of one day being knighted, but in the end he's justa criminal he blew shit up. Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Yea, okay, I guess we sort of agree about this... Reissuing his book at this time seems a bit unwise, but then maybe Bill wants to capitalize on his new found fame and pad his retirement account. LouieB Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Wow.I know! Maybe cigarette holders will come back in style! Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Certainly he is facing a similar magnitude in fucked-upness as FDR. Interestingly, Clinton himself said that in order to be considered a great president, you have to face great crisis (which he did not). Needless to say, you also need to perform well in the job during great challenge to get the gold ring. We shall see how Obama does. Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 My grandfather and I just had a nice discussion about how he was afraid the CCC guys were going to steal his girlfriend when they set up a camp on the edge of town. Their relationship survived the New Deal, but not Latin class, which is where he met my grandmother. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I wouldn't compare today to American circa 1931. Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Are you suggesting my grandfather didn't have any game? Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I wouldn't compare today to American circa 1931. We have many more safety nets today, so it doesn't look/feel as bad. But the near collapse of our financial system was not an illusion. Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 And the financial crisis isn't our only massive problem. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 We're at something like 7% unemployment, right? Which is like, absurdly high compared to recent times, right? Wasn't it in the 20-30% range during the early 30's? Not to mention the dust bowl and the rise of fascism in Europe. I'd say things were looking a little more bleak then. Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I mean, my grandfather was nine years old in 1931. Give the guy a break. Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 We're at something like 7% unemployment, right? Which is like, absurdly high compared to recent times, right? Wasn't it in the 20-30% range during the early 30's? Not to mention the dust bowl and the rise of fascism in Europe. I'd say things were looking a little more bleak then. The point is we are trying fix the problem before it gets to where unemployment was in 1932 -- 2.5 years after the initial market crash. And you could argue that the "terrorist issue" is much worse for our national psyche than hitler/fascism was in 1931. Link to post Share on other sites
ikol Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Hopefully, Obama won't do like FDR and prolong the recession for 10-15 years. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Hopefully, Obama won't do like FDR and prolong the recession for 10-15 years. Well, I think you can argue FDR did that, but he also probably kept a few million people from starving to death. Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Sure, but who gives a shit about actual people? Commies, that's who. Go back to Russia! Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Hopefully, Obama won't do like FDR and prolong the recession for 10-15 years.Maybe we'll be able to bait Germany and Britain and France into fighting a war so we can supply them with stuff. Then we can slip the Japanese a few bucks to bomb a naval installation - things'll really take off then! Link to post Share on other sites
ikol Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Well, I think you can argue FDR did that, but he also probably kept a few million people from starving to death. By paying farmers not to farm? Maybe we'll be able to bait Germany and Britain and France into fighting a war so we can supply them with stuff. Then we can slip the Japanese a few bucks to bomb a naval installation - things'll really take off then! Now you're talking! Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Wow. I will restate my opinion and position. Barack Obama was a very savy, very attractive candidate who ran the most perfect campain in modern history. He seems to have a grasp on the pertinent issues and the energy to pursue his agenda. However, the lionization and 'the chosen one' aspect that the media portraying is very disturbing. I may be beating a dead horse (but what the fuck...that doesn't stop any of you), but this song always runs through my mind when I see the Barack Obama superstar portrayed. My mind is clearer nowAt lastAll too wellI can seeWhere we allSoon will beIf you strip awayThe mythFrom the manYou will seeWhere we allSoon will be Jesus!You've started to believeThe things they say of youYou really do believeThis talk of God is true And all the good you've doneWill soon be swept awayYou've begun to matter moreThan the things you say Listen JesusI don't like what I seeAll I ask is that you listen to meAnd rememberI've been your right hand man all alongYou have set them all on fireThey think they've found the new MessiahAnd they'll hurt you when they find they're wrong I remember when this whole thing beganNo talk of God then, we called you a manAnd believe meMy admiration for you hasn't diedBut every word you say todayGets twisted 'round some other wayAnd they'll hurt you if they think you've lied Nazareth's most famous sonShould have stayed a great unknownLike his father carving woodHe'd have made goodTables, chairs and oaken chestsWould have suited Jesus bestHe'd have caused nobody harmNo one alarm Listen Jesus, do you care for your race?Don't you see we must keep in our place?We are occupiedHave you forgotten how put down we are?I am frightened by the crowdFor we are getting much too loudAnd they'll crush us if we go too farIf we go too far Listen Jesus to the warning I givePlease remember that I want us to liveBut it's sad to see our chances weakening with ev'ry hourAll your followers are blindToo much heaven on their mindsIt was beautiful, but now it's sourYes it's all gone sourAh --- ah ah ah --- ahGod Jesus, it's all gone sour Listen Jesus to the warning I givePlease remember that I want us to liveSo come on, come on, listen to me.Ah --- ahCome on, listen, listen to me.Come on and listen to me.Ah --- ah Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I'm not sure how one makes the leap from the media throwing him up the pop charts to Obama buying into the media's hype. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I'm not sure how one makes the leap from the media throwing him up the pop charts to Obama buying into the media's hype. It's called assuming. Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I'm not sure how one makes the leap from the media throwing him up the pop charts to Obama buying into the media's hype. My main point is those proclaiming 'hosannah' will be among the first to shout 'crucify him'. Link to post Share on other sites
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