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Obama’s Political Connections
This chart was created (click on the thumbnail to see the entire thing) to me follow Barack Obama’s connections to a wide range of Socialist, Marxist, Communist and Progressive causes, as reported in Jerome Corsi’s Obama Nation and other sources. Depending upon your politics, it’s either going to appear as an endorsement, or a condemnation. But it is what it is; the connections are well documented and undeniable, often coming from the writings of the players themselves. Sources for this work include Obama’s autobiography (which I have indeed read), Jerome Corsi’s Obama Nation, various news sources (Reuters, AP, CNN and the New York Times, among others) as well as a variety of web sites, including Wikipeida. In my work for my Masters degree in Political Science, I have read works by Saul Alinsky, Noam Chomsky, among others mentioned here. Where I was unsure of my facts, I used several sources to corroborate. I have also elected to leave out several connections which critics have brought up, including Obama’s Nigerian connections through his family there, the politics of his father (whom he barely knew) and his exposure to Islam at schools in Indonesia.
Each of the names in the chart has a key description below.
Keys By Name
Alinsky, Saul: A committed Marxist, Alinsky was the father of community organizing. In his key work, Rules for Radicals, he argued that the most effective means are whatever will achieve the desired ends, and that an intermediate end for radicals should be democracy because of its relative ease to work within to achieve other ends of social justice. Alinsky wrote that “the purpose of a community organizer is to rub raw the resentments of the people of a community.”
He has several connections, both direct and indirect, to Barack Obama. First, Obama’s years of “community organizing” were based on Alinsky’s theories. Second, he trained at the feet of Alinsky lieutenant Jerry Kellman. And finally, he has directly adapted Alinsky’s language into his 2008 Presidential Campaign. Alinsky taught that his followers should deceive the public by using the key word “change” to represent the total socialist overturning of society that he advocated. Obama has learned the lesson well, using the innocuous sounding word “Change” in all of his campaign slogans. It confuses the masses, but insiders know what he means.
Assad and Syria: The Assads are the family that has held power in Syria since the early 1970s. Syria is a state sponsor of terrorism, especially of Hamas and the PLO. Tony Rezko, Obama’s financier, is Syrian. Syria aligned itself with the Soviet Union and the Marxist movement starting in 1955.
Auchi, Nadhmi: A cousin of Saddam Hussein, Auchi apparently is an international arms dealer and former money launderer for Hussein. Just before Obama got his sweetheart real estate deal from Rezko, Auchi gave Rezko $3.5 million. Obama claims he has never met Auchi, but witnesses at the Rezko trial say the two were together at a Rezko reception.
Axelrod, David: Barack Obama’s campaign manager. He was raised on Marxist politics. His mother was a writer for the socialist PM tabloid, where she worked alongside avowed Communist I.E. Stone, who later was outed as a paid Soviet agent. She also worked with Frank Marshall Davis.
Ayers, Bill: Founder of the Weathermen, the 1960s era terrorist group that was responsible for more than 30 bombings, including at police headquarters in New York and at the Pentagon. Ayers explained his goals: “Kill all rich people. Break their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that’s where it’s really at.” Ayers escaped prosecution due to FBI mishandling of the investigation. He served with Obama on the Woods Foundation, a charitable group that has donated money to suspect organizations like the Arab American Action Network, which has connections to Hamas and the PLO. It was at Bill Ayers house that Obama was introduced as the Democratic Candidate for the Illinois Senate in his first run. Obama claims only to know him because their kids went to the same school, but in fact Ayers and Obama’s children are many years apart.
Black Liberation Theology / Black Nationalism: These two philosophies are actually quite similar, even if they arrive from somewhat different directions. Both advocate a racial, rather than national identity and can trace their origins back to Marcus Garvey and his Universal Negro Improvement Association. Black Liberation Theology is based on the notion that Jesus of Nazareth was black, and that he lead a revolution against his white colonial oppressors – the Romans. This leads to the conclusion that it is a religious imperative for African Americans to overthrow their current white oppressors. The theology was developed by primarily by James H. Cone, but also is contributed to by Dwight Hopkins, Malcolm X, Stokley Carmichael and Frantz Fannon, among others. It is the thinking that informs the preaching of Barack Obama’s friend and spiritual advisor Jeremiah Wright. Cone himself described Wright’s Trinity United Church as the best example of a church based on its theology. Adherents of Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam support Black Nationalism, also arguing that Jesus was black. Both theologies preach reparations for slavery, separate black economies and education systems, and socialist-Marxist style collectives. Cone completes the Black Liberation Theology – Nation of Islam connection when he said that Malcolm X was “not far wrong” in: Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community ... Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love
Carmichael, Stokeley: Honorary Prime Minister of the Black Panthers, he began as an integrationist, but later became a proponent of Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism. He was a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Malcolm X is listed as one of his major influences. Later in life, he entered self-imposed exile in Africa, and preached socialist revolution. He died of a cancer, which he claimed the FBI had given to him.
Chaib, Abdelhamid: Ran Crucial Concessions, the business founded by Jabir Muhammad, son of the founder of the Nation of Islam. He gave Tony Rezko his start, and has donated to Obama’s Senate Campaigns, as have several other Chaib associates.
Chavez, Cesar: Community Organizer (see Saul Alinsky) and founder of the United Farm Workers. His slogan “si, se puede” has been appropriated by Barack Obama – Yes, We Can.
Chomsky, Noam: Anarchist and socialist philosopher. He is a seminal figure in American socialist-Marxist politics. He has been a vocal critic of the United States and its policies during every administration since Harry Truman.
Cone, James: An intellectual founder of Black Nationalism and Black Liberation Theology. Cone wrote that black Power “means complete emancipation of black people from white oppression by whatever means black people deem necessary.
Davis, Frank Marshall: Poet and journalist Davis is identified by Obama in his autobiography as the mentor from whom he sought wisdom and advice during his teen years in Hawaii. Davis was a member of the Communist Party, and associate of leftists such as Richard Wright and other Black Nationalists. Obama says that it was Davis who turned him against his white grandparents.
Fanton, Frantz: An Algerian revolutionary whose writings are cited as being central to Black Liberation Theology and Black Nationalism.
Farrakhan, Louis: Current leader of the Nation of Islam, the Black Nationalist religious group. Farrakhan has been a political lightening rod, accused of making many anti-semitic, homophobic and anti-American remarks. He has endorsed Obama for President. Farrakhan and Jeremiah Wright are allies, visiting Kadhafi together, and working together on the Million Man March. Wright’s church gave Farrakhan an award for “empowerment.”
Graham-Felsen, Sam: An “official blogger” of the Obama campaign. He’s a Norm Chomsky disciple and a contributor to The Socialist Viewpoint magazine. The Socialist Viewpoint is the magazine of The Socialist Workers Organization, “formed to advance the revolutionary Marxist political program on the United States.”
Hamas/PLO: Obama and Bill Ayers served together on the board of the Wood Foundation, which donated funds to suspect groups such as the Arab American Action Network, which has ties to Hamas and the PLO. Barack Obama advisor Robert Malley was fired from the campaign once it was discovered he was having talks with Hamas. Hamas has endorsed (but has since withdrawn) Obama. Hamas and the PLO also receive financial support from the governments of Syria and Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Syria is linked to native son Tony Rezko. Money from Saddam Hussein cronies are suspected to have funded Obama’s sweetheart real estate deal; others apparently have contributed to his campaigns. Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Mousa Abu Marzook published an official statement on Hamas’ goals. The statement apparently was later reproduced by Jeremiah Wright in a church newsletter. Marzook has since been indicted in federal court for support of terrorism.
Hussein, Saddam: Former dictator of Iraq, Hussein has several connections to Obama through members of his administration. Alham Alsammarae was his Minister of Electricity, who was convicted in Iraqi Court of Fraud. He escaped to Chicago. He is an old friend of Rezko and has donated to Obama. Obama sought information form the US State Department about Alsammarae on behalf of his daughter. Nadhmi Auchi is a Hussein cousin who supplied money to Rezko which likely was used to finance Obama’s sweetheart deal. Hussein’s Baathist party aligned itself with the Soviet Union and the Marxist movement, supporting Arab Socialism, nationalism and Pan-Arabism
Kadhafi: Dictator of Libya and a sometime-sponsor of international terror, including Hamas and the PLO. Together, Jeremiah Wright and Farrakhan visited Kadhafi in 1984. Kadhafi has been a strong supporter of the Nation of Islam, as it coincides with his own brand of revolutionary socialist Islam.
Kellman, Jerry: A Saul Alinsky lieutenant who recruited Obama to work as a “community organizer” in Chicago.
Khalidi, Rasheed: The director of the Palestinian press agency, he received a $70,000 grant from the Woods Foundation on behalf of the Arab American Action Network, which has ties to the PLO. Khalidi, William Ayers and Obama taught at the University of Chicago. He is a followers of the Palestinian-Terrorist apologist Edward Said.
Malcolm X: Obama has written that of all the Civil Rights leaders of the 1960s, the one that had the most impact on his development was Malcolm X. In Dreams of My Father, Obama writes: “and yet, even as I imagined myself following Malcolm’s call, one line in the book stayed with me. He spoke of a wish he’d once had, the wish that the white blood that ran through him, there by an act of violence, might somehow be expunged.
Muhammad, Elijah: Black Nationalist widely considered the founder of the Nation of Islam. Muhammad actually was the second leader of the movement, having taken over from W.D. Fard of Detroit, who disappeared. Muhammad’s theology has been identified by scholars as a mix of Sufism, the teachings of Noble Drew Ali of the Moorish Science Temple, Egyptology, Numerology, Eastern Mysticism, Black Nationalism and the economic ideas of Marcus Garvey and others.
Muhammad, Jabir: Son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad, Jabir started Crucial Concessions, the firm which gave Tony Rezko his first big break. He also served as Muhammad Ali’s business manager, and later worked with Rezko to put together business deals.
Obama, Michelle Wife of Barack Obama. In her Princeton Thesis, she claimed Stokley Carmichael as part of her intellectual foundations. Carmichael is one of the godfathers of Black Liberation Theology, the foundation of Jeremiah Wright’s preachings.
Rezko, Tony: A Syrian immigrant, who helped to bankroll Obama’s first five campaigns. Obama has described him as an “active member” of his organization. Rezko, a developer, got his first big job working for Crucial Concessions, a food service company owned by Jabir Muhammad, son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad. Rezko attempted to recruit Obama out of college to work for his organization. Later, Rezko was to give Obama a sweetheart real estate deal on his house. It’s suspected that the money for Obama came from a cash infusion from Nadhmi Auchi, a global arms dealer, and former money launderer for Saddam Hussein. Rezko has recently been convicted in federal court of corruption for trading political fundraising for favors from the Illinois Governor.
Wright, Jeremiah: Obama’s minister of twenty years, Wright preaches Black Liberation Theology, and has become famous for his anti-American rants from the pulpit. Wright is emphatic in several interviews, as in his infamous appearance on Hannity and Combs that radical Black Liberation thinkers such as Frantz Fanton, Stokely Carmichael and James Cone are at the heart of belief system. Wright has very close connections to the Nation of Islam and to Louis Farrakhan’s Black Nationalism program. Wright admits to being a former Black Muslim, and Obama has written: “Wright had dabbled with liquor, Islam and black nationalism in the 1960s” Wright was a principal in Farrakhan’s Million Man March, as was Al Sharpton and Barack Obama. Obama took recordings of Wright’s preachings with him to Harvard Law and later referred to him as friend and mentor.
Woods Foundation: The Woods Foundation (sometimes referred to as the Woods Fund) is a philanthropic organization that distributes money to community groups in Chicago. Barack Obama and William Ayers apparently met while sitting on the board together (although there is some thought that they knew each other earlier).
Posted by The Editor on 08/25 at 04:55 AM
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McCain Hits Back At Obama Housing Ad
It’s funny that John McCain didn’t know how many houses he owned, because the answer turned out to be none.He doesn’t have a single deed with his name on it. They all belong to his wife, her children and their family trust.
Obama has been making hay over McCain’s inability to count them.
But Barak Hussein Obama really doesn’t want to bring up housing issues, as this McCain ad shows below:
Posted by The Editor on 08/22 at 02:09 PM
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The America That Once Was
In response to a recent question posed by a seven year old, Barak Hussein Obama said that he’s running for President because America is not what it once was. What America, exactly, is he talking about?
The America that held millions of African Americans in slavery (until 1865)?
The America that ignored a Supreme Court injunction and forced the Cherokee from their homes on a Trail of Tears?
The America that denied half its population the right to vote (women, until 1920)?
The America where people were denied the right to free speech, jailed without habeas corpus, and removed from their jobs for being part of an ethnic majority (Wilson’s WWI, where German Americans—the largest single ethnic group were persecuted without reason)
The America of massive economic depression, dustbowl, population dislocation and a flirtation with fascism? (The Great Depression)
The America where large numbers of an ethnic minority were herded into concentration camps for looking different (Roosevelt’s World War II).?
The America of Jim Crow (until the 1960s)?
The America of JFK’s aborted invasion of Cuba and of numerous attempts on Fidel’s life?
The America of JFK and LBJ’s senseless persecution and escalation of the war in Vietnam (until 1975)?
The America of rampant drug use, where millions turned on, tuned in and dropped out, resulting in an epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, including the Aids epidemic.
The America of gas shortages, double digit inflation, double digit interest rates, and massive unemployment (the 1970s)
The America of the Watergate Era?
The America where we lived in fear of instant incineration at the hands of Russian missiles (the 1970s and 1980s).
The America where the nation was held hostage by a two bit middle eastern nation, and where the well meaning, but incompetent President created the Middle Eastern disaster as we know it today (Jimmy Carter).
If Obama wants to find fault, he doesn’t have to look very hard.
Or perhaps I have it all wrong. Maybe the America as it once was was the Reagan Era. Things were very good for most of us then. But I don’t think that’s what he’s thinking of.
Barry is an idiot. The truth is that beneath that veneer, he’s an angry man who hates the country and believes he can remake it in his image.
Posted by The Editor on 08/11 at 01:19 PM
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