Wait there’s more. He also • supports Homeland Security funding; like the Patriot Act, it centralizes unprecendented military and law enforcement authority under the executive; it subverts constitutional rights and furthers global dominance in the name of “national security;” it created the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) that functions like a national Gestapo;
• backed reauthorizing the Patriot Act in July 2005 with its police state provisions; • campaigned in 2006 for Joe Lieberman against anti-war candidate Ned Lamont; • supports permanent occupation of Iraq; stops just short of saying it; refuses to back a timetable for withdrawal; and wants to add 100,000 combat troops to the military; • caved to Israeli Lobby pressure; receptive to attacking Iran, removing Hugo Chavez, but says he’ll talk to them first; then maybe not; he’s double standard on most issues - rhetoric to voters; assurances to backers; • in a May 23 speech, showed deference to Miami’s Cuban exile community; one source described him as “electrifying;” a year ago he supported ending the embargo; no longer unless Cuba becomes a willing client state; • voted with Republicans for the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA); it gives federal courts jurisdiction over fairer state ones for many class-action lawsuits over $5 million; corporations wanted it; Obama obliged; • equivocates on controversial issues like “No Child Left Behind;” it’s a corporate scheme to privatize education and end a 373 year tradition; he says the law “demoralizes our teachers (but) the goals of this law were the right ones” - translation: he supports ending public education; • opposed an amendment capping credit card interest rates at 30%; it was wholly inadequate but would have set a precedent to lower them further; • supporting medical providers in wrongful injury cases; • letting mining companies strip mine everything; practically steal government lands to do it; and cheat taxpayers out of public revenues; • voted for the Bush administration’s 2005 Energy Policy Act in spite of criticizing it in campaign rhetoric; it was drafted in secret; provides huge industry subsidies; $6 billion to Big Oil and Gas; and a cornucopia of other industry handouts; • backs nuclear power; loose industry regulation; $12 billion in subsidies; and numerous other benefits to promote a dangerous technology; • harmful biofuels production and other agribusiness interests, including multi-billion dollar subsidies; • opposes universal single-payer national health care, the hundreds of billions it would save, and the huge need for it among tens of millions of uninsured and underinsured; • claims opposition to NAFTA, but campaigned in 2004 for more deals like it; • voted against a 2005 Commerce Appropriations Bill amendment; it would have disfavored offshoring jobs by stopping companies doing business abroad from denying workers organizing rights, minimum wages, and other protections; • assured AIPAC he’s uncompromisingly pro-Israel; supports continued annual funding; and backed off from earlier promises about a just end to the conflict; • supports the death penalty and brutish prison-industrial complex; it affects his people mostly in the world’s largest gulag; • voted for repressive immigration legislation; it enhances border security; (selectively) penalizes employers; deploys National Guard troops to the border; and imprisons and deports undocumented workers without due process; • voted to confirm Robert Gates as Defense Secretary, John Negroponte as Director of National Intelligence, and Michael Chertoff as Secretary of Homeland Security - a deplorable roguish threesome; • voted against the Military Commissions Act of 2006 but supports kangaroo court military tribunals for Guantanamo detainees; • appointed billionaire Penny Pritzker as his campaign finance chairperson; she and her family were involved in predatory lending schemes, including subprime ones; she also served on the Board of the failed Pritzker family-owned Superior Bank in Hinsdale, IL; because of poor lending practices, sloppy bookkeeping and likely fraud, it cost the FDIC $700 million and depositors $65 million; • equivocates but his rhetoric and body language are clear; he supports the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act (S. 1959); it’s called the “thought crimes” act; it passed the House overwhelmingly last October and awaits final resolution in the Senate; • firmly opposes impeaching Bush and Cheney, and • on June 1 matched John Kerry with his own reverse “profile of courage” act; he resigned from Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ; it followed “controversy” over Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s nobility; he spoke truths too “uncomfortable” for Obama to embrace; he demurred at first and now is firm; political opportunism outweighs righteousness as prime time campaign 2008 approaches; On Feb 5, 6:46 am, wncs <[email protected]> wrote: > Education > Undergraduate > Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA > Undergraduate, 1981-1983 > > Columbia University > B.A. Political Science with specialization in international relations > Thesis topic: Soviet nuclear disarmament > > Graduate > Harvard Law School > J.D. magna cum laude 1988-1991 > > President, Harvard Law Review > > Organizing and other work experience > 1983-1984 Writer/Researcher for Business International Corporation. > Helped companies understand overseas markets in the “Financing Foreign > Operations” service and wrote for the “Business International Money > Report” > 1984-1985 Community Organizer for New York Public Interest Research > Group (PIRG), promoting personal, community, and government reform at > City College in Harlem. > 1985-1988 Director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a > church-based community organization originally comprising eight > Catholic parishes in Greater Roseland on Chicago's South Side. While > director grew the DCP staff from 1 to 13 and their budget from $70,000 > to $400,000. > 1992 Led Chicago's Project Vote! push. This effort resulted in a > record number of voter registrations, over 600,000 in Chicago. 1) > 2008 Elected President of the United States of America. > Teaching > 1993-2004 Visiting Law and Government Fellow, then Senior Lecturer, in > Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Taught > courses on the due process and equal protection areas of > constitutional law, on voting rights, and on racism and law. Helped > develop a casebook on voting rights. > Law Practice > 1993-2002 Worked as an associate attorney with Davis, Miner, Barnhill > & Galland. Represented non-profits and private individuals in urban > development projects, voting rights cases, and wrongful firings. Filed > major suit that forced the state of Illinois to enforce the Motor > Voter Law and successfully argued a wrongful firing case before the > U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. > Illinois Senate 1996-2004 > Chairman, Health and Human Services Committee. > Worked on bipartisan effort in Illinois to pass the broadest ethics- > reform legislation in 25 years, and gained support for his successful > bills reforming death penalty interrogations and ending racial > profiling by police. Worked with the Republican-led effort to reform > welfare. > New York Times chart on Obama's legislative record in the Illinois > Senate:http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/07/29/us/politics/20070730_OBA... > > Illinois Senate 2001 > Senate Bill 1095, Born Alive Infant Protection > Acthttp://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/status/920SB1095.html > > Obama's “no” vote in the IL Senate Judiciary Committeehere, March 28, > 2001http://www.jillstanek.com/Obama%27s%20vote%20against%20SB1095%20pdf.pdf > > Transcript of Obama's verbal opposition to Born Alive on the IL Senate > floor, March 30, 2001, pages > 84-90http://www.ilga.gov/senate/transcripts/strans92/ST033001.pdf > > Obama's “present” vote on the IL Senate floor, March 30, > 2001http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/srollcalls92/920SB1095_03... > > United States Senate 2004-present Sworn in 1/4/2005 > Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee > Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs > Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions > Member, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs > Member, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs > Shares responsibility for the bipartisan Coburn-Obama Federal Funding > Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, requiring full online > disclosure of all entities receiving federal funds, and the bipartisan > Lugar-Obama Cooperative Proliferation Detection, Interdiction > Assistance, and Conventional Threat Reduction Act of 2006, deepening > non-proliferation work with WMD and including surface-to-air missiles, > land mines, and other weapons that may be used by terrorists. Also > worked with Coburn to end the abuse of no-bid contracts in the wake of > disasters. > Sponsored Bill Statistics > Number of sponsored bills: 70 > Number of sponsored bills passed: 2 > Number of co-sponsored bills: 404 > Number of co-sponsored bills passed: 8www.opencongress.org(9/3/2008—-dankster > keeps taking this out for > some reason) (because it makes no sense at all. If you go to the NYT > link or > thehttp://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d109query.htmlandhttp://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d110query.htmlsearches, > you'll find that > he's sponsored and cosponsored many times more bills than those stats > list. They're ridiculously > off.)http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/271/ > > Bills / Amendments Passed > Barack Obama has introduced nearly 300 bills during his time in the > U.S. Senate, and cosponsored close to 1,000 others. To see his > legislative efforts, search the 109th Congress > athttp://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d109query.html > and 110th Congress athttp://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d110query.html > S.AMDT.1041 to S.1082 To improve the safety and efficacy of genetic > tests. > S.AMDT.3073 to H.R.1585 To provide for transparency and accountability > in military and security contracting. > S.AMDT.3078 to H.R.1585 Relating to administrative separations of > members of the Armed Forces for personality disorder. > S.AMDT.41 to S.1 To require lobbyists to disclose the candidates, > leadership PACs, or political parties for whom they collect or arrange > contributions, and the aggregate amount of the contributions collected > or arranged. > S.AMDT.524 to S.CON.RES.21 To provide $100 million for the Summer Term > Education Program supporting summer learning opportunities for low- > income students in the early grades to lessen summer learning losses > that contribute to the achievement gaps separating low-income students > from their middle-class peers. > S.AMDT.599 to S.CON.RES.21 To add $200 million for Function 270 > (Energy) for the demonstration and monitoring of carbon capture and > sequestration technology by the Department of Energy. > S.AMDT.905 to S.761 To require the Director of Mathematics, Science, > and Engineering Education to establish a program to recruit and > provide mentors for women and underrepresented minorities who are > interested in careers in mathematics, science, and engineering. > S.AMDT.923 to S.761 To expand the pipeline of individuals entering the > science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to support > United States innovation and competitiveness. > S.AMDT.924 to S.761 To establish summer term education programs. > S.AMDT.2588 to H.R.976 To provide certain employment protections for > family members who are caring for members of the Armed Forces > recovering from illnesses and injuries incurred on active duty. > S.AMDT.2658 to H.R.2642 To provide that none of the funds appropriated > or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a > contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in > excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee > makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability. > Senate Resolutions Passed: > S.RES.133 : A resolution celebrating the life of Bishop Gilbert Earl > Patterson. > S.RES.268 : A resolution designating July 12, 2007, as “National > Summer Learning Day”. > Other Bills Introduced > S.J.RES.23: A joint resolution clarifying that the use of force > against Iran is not authorized by the Authorization for the Use of > Military Force Against Iraq, any resolution previously adopted, or any > other provision of law. > S. 453: Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of > 2007. The Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of > 2007 (H.R.1281), (S.453), would establish criminal penalties for acts > of voter deception. Those who knowingly disseminate false information > with the intention of keeping others from voting would face up to five > years in prison under the legislation. The Act was sponsored by Rep. > Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) and 60 cosponsors in the House, and Sen. Barack > Obama (D-Ill.) and 15 cosponsors in the Senate. (20 Cosponsors) > S. 2030: A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to > require reporting relating to bundled contributions made by persons > other than registered lobbyists. (1 Cosponsor) > S. 2111: Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act. A bill to amend > the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow State > educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools to > increase implementation of early intervention services, particularly > school-wide positive behavior supports. (3 Cosponsors) > S. 2066: Back to School: Improving Standards for Nutrition and > Physical Education in Schools Act of 2007. A bill to establish > nutrition and physical education standards for schools. > S. Con. Res. 46: A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and > ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month > S. 2044: Independent Contractor Proper Classification Act of 2007. A > bill to provide procedures for the proper classification of employees > and independent contractors, and for other purposes. (6 Cosponsors) > S. 2519: Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2007. A bill to > prohibit the awarding of a contract or grant in excess of the > simplified acquisition threshold unless the prospective contractor or > grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or > grant that the contractor or grantee has no seriously delinquent tax > debts, and for other purposes. > S. 2433: Global Poverty Act of 2007. A bill to require the President > to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the > United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of > global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the > achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half > the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on > less than $1 per day. A tax imposed on Americans. (9 Cosponsors) > S. 2330: Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act. 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