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Obama’s “redistribution” hits keep on coming

First, we see him tell Joe the Plumber that we need to “spread the wealth around” amongst all of the non-producers.  Then, we find out he said back in 2001 that it was a crying shame the “non-radical” Warren Court (and, presumably, subsequent courts) didn’t get more proactive in redistributionism.

Now, we find out that in 1996, while a budding Barry O was cutting his teeth in politics, he appeared before the Democratic Socialists of America‘s Chicago Chapter to talk…you guess it…redistributionism.  Excerpt:

…The current proposals for welfare reform are intended to eliminate welfare but it’s also true that the status quo is not tenable. A true welfare system would provide for medical care, child care and job training. While Barack Obama did not use this term, it sounded very much like the “social wage” approach used by many social democratic labor parties. By “workforce preparation strategy”, Barack Obama simply meant a coordinated, purposeful program of job training instead of the ad hoc, fragmented approach used by the State of Illinois today.

The state government can also play a role in redistribution, the allocation of wages and jobs. As Barack Obama noted, when someone gets paid $10 million to eliminate 4,000 jobs, the voters in his district know this is an issue of power not economics. The government can use as tools labor law reform, public works and contracts.

Notes Ed:

Obama, version 1996 and 2001, had no problem talking about government action to effect redistribution of wealth in communities.  He showed a tendency to see economics as a power display rather than as a legitimate maximization of capital and profit.  Look at Obama’s analysis of a cutback; according to Obama, the only reason companies lay people off is to demonstrate power, not to make more efficient use of funds (or to pay ever-more exorbitant tax costs).  That sounds as though it comes from an outlook more couched in Karl Marx rather than Milton Friedman.  And the Socialists in Chicago ate it up.

Again, I ask: Where on Earth would anyone get the idea that Obama is a socialist?

October 28, 2008 Posted by | Obama, socialism | 4 Comments

Ted Stevens convicted

The Alaskan porkmeister has been convicted on seven felony counts for lying during his corruption probe.  Obviously, lying under oath is a crime…unless you’re a popular Democrat president, in which case it’s no big whoop.

Snark aside, I’m glad to see Stevens go.  Yes, I know it’s another Democrat seat in the Senate, and from a cherry red state, too.  If the guy sides with Reid and company too much, then AK will boot him Daschle-style in six years.

But this is a good thing, for a variety of reasons:

The state GOP, having learned nothing about Ol’ Boy politics from their recent run-ins with Gov. Palin, needed another attitude adjustment.  They threw their money and support behind Stevens in the primary, and now they’re going to needlessly lose.  They should have actively supported his primary opponent, and this wouldn’t even be a competitive race.  As such, they deserve to lose this seat.

Stevens was so hopelessly and shamelessly corrupted by a sense of entitlement that pervades D.C.  He needed a correction something badly, and he got one.

The GOP needs to have newer, fresher faces reforming the party from the inside out.  It needs people who are committed to a smaller, more limited federal government, and being the King of Pork betrays that commitment.

Finally, the rule of law prevailed.  Rather than being outraged that some people get away with breaking the law (especially high profile Democrats), we should rejoice that a truly guilty man was judged accordingly.  May Stevens seek God’s (and Alaskans’) forgiveness for his actions.

October 28, 2008 Posted by | corruption | 2 Comments

UPDATE: MSM sitting on video of Obama at anti-Semitic shindig…toasting PLO operative!

UPDATES BELOW.

Absolutely disgusting abdication of responsibility by the Deathbed Media, from Gateway Pundit:

Introduction: The LA Times is holding a video that shows Barack Obama celebrating with a group of Palestinians who are openly hostile towards Israel. Barack Obama even gives a toast to a former PLO operative at this celebration. If the American public saw this side of Barack Obama he would never be elected president.
But, the media refuses to release this video. writer Peter Wallsten wrote about Barack Obama’s close association with former Palestinian operative Rashid Khalidi back in April.
Wallsten discussed a dinner held back in 2003 in honor of Khalidi, a critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights.
Barack Obama has denied his close association with Khalidi, too.

LA Times

According to Wallsten the evening not surprisingly turned into a classic Jew-bash:

“During the dinner a young Palestinian American recited a poem accusing the Israeli government of terrorism in its treatment of Palestinians and sharply criticizing U.S. support of Israel. If Palestinians cannot secure their own land, she said, “then you will never see a day of peace.”

One speaker likened “Zionist settlers on the West Bank” to Osama bin Laden, saying both had been “blinded by ideology.”

Barack Obama also praised the former PLO operative during the event.
And, Obama confessed that his family often shared dinner with the Khalidis:

His many talks with the Khalidis, Obama said, had been “consistent reminders to me of my own blind spots and my own biases… It’s for that reason that I’m hoping that, for many years to come, we continue that conversation — a conversation that is necessary not just around Mona and Rashid’s dinner table,” but around “this entire world.”

…The event was videotaped, and a copy of the tape was obtained by The Times.

Khalidi and the Obamas were great friends in Chicago and often shared meals together.
By the way, Khalidi was also best friends with Bill Ayers.

On Wednesday I talked with Peter Wallsten from the Los Angeles Times about the article on Obama and Khalidi:

Wallston was one of the few mainstream media reporters to report on this radical Obama associate.

Wallston said that the article was written after he watched video taken at the Khalidi going away party. When I asked him about the video he said that as far as he was concerned he was through with the story.

I asked him if he was planning on releasing this video of Obama toasting the radical Khalidi at this Jew-bash. He told me he was not releasing the video. He also would not comment on his source for the video. Wallston also said he did not know if Khalidi’s good friend Bill Ayers was at the event or not.

So, there you have it.
The LA Times has video of Obama toasting a former PLO operative at a Jew-bash but will not release the video.
…
Barack Obama funnelled thousands of dollars of cash to Rashidi’s anti-Israel Foundation through his work on the Woods Fund.

In 2000, Rashid Khalidi, a former PLO operative who justified Palestinian terrorism as contributing to “political enlightenment,” threw a fundraiser for his friend Barack Obama.

Nope…no liberal media bias!

UPDATE (10/27/2008 – 02:03 P.M. EST): Andrew McCarthy at NRO paints the following scenario:

Let’s try a thought experiment. Say John McCain attended a party at which known racists and terror mongers were in attendance. Say testimonials were given, including a glowing one by McCain for the benefit of the guest of honor … who happened to be a top apologist for terrorists. Say McCain not only gave a speech but stood by, in tacit approval and solidarity, while other racists and terror mongers gave speeches that reeked of hatred for an American ally and rationalizations of terror attacks.

Now let’s say the Los Angeles Times obtained a videotape of the party.

Question: Is there any chance — any chance — the Times would not release the tape and publish front-page story after story about the gory details, with the usual accompanying chorus of sanctimony from the oped commentariat? Is there any chance, if the Times was the least bit reluctant about publishing (remember, we’re pretending here), that the rest of the mainstream media (y’know, the guys who drove Trent Lott out of his leadership position over a birthday-party toast) would not be screaming for the release of the tape?

Fat chance.

UPDATE (10/28/2008 – 07:32 A.M. EST): LA Times to America: “Yeah, we’ve got the tape and we’re not releasing it…so what?  We’ve got bigger fish to fry, such as our ever-present layoffs!”  Nothing combats plummeting circulation figures quite like p#ssing off readers.  Deathbed Media, indeed.

October 28, 2008 Posted by | anti-Semitism, media bias, Obama, shameful | 4 Comments

   

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