Letter to Obama by Michael Master, McLean, Va.

To Barack Hussein Obama,

The New York Times carried a story on Saturday, October 4, 2008 that proved you had a significantly closer relationship with Bill Ayers than what you previously admitted. While the issue of your relationship is of concern, the greater concern is that *you lied to America about it.

The Chicago Sun reported on May 8, 2008 that FBI records showed that you had a significantly closer relationship with Tony Rezko than what you previously admitted. In the interview, you said that you only saw Mr. Rezko a couple of times a year. The FBI files showed that you saw him weekly. While the issue of your relationship is of concern, the greater concern *is that you lied to America about it.

Your speech in Philadelphia on March 18, 2008 about 'race' contradicted your statement to Anderson Cooper on March 14 when you said that you never heard Reverend Wright make his negative statements about white America. While your attendance at Trinity Church for 20 years is of concern, the greater concern is *that you lied to America on March 14*.

In your 1st debate with John McCain, you said that you never said that you would meet with the leaders of Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, and North Korea without 'preparations' at lower levels ... Joe Biden repeated your words in his debate with Sarah Palin ... while the video tape from your debate last February clearly shows that you answered 'I would' to the question of meeting with those leaders within 12 months without 'any' preconditions. While your judgment about meeting with enemies of the USA without pre-conditions is of concern, the greater concern is that *you lied to America in the debate with McCain.

On July 14, 2008, you said that you always knew that the surge would work while the video tapes of you from more than a year ago show that you stated that the surge would not work. While your judgment about military strategy as a potential commander in chief is of concern, *the greater concern is that you lied to America on July 14.*

You now claim that your reason for voting against funding for the troops was because the bill did not include a time line for withdrawal while the video tapes of you from more than a year ago show that you voted against additional funding because you wanted our troops to be removed immediately ... not in 16 months after the 2008 election as you now claim. While your judgment about removing our troops unilaterally in 2007 is of concern, *the greater concern is that you lied to America about your previous position*.

You claim to have a record of working with Republicans while the record shows that the only bill that you sponsored with a Republican was with Chuck Lugar ... and it failed. The record shows that you vote 97% in concert with the Democrat party and that you have the most liberal voting record in the Senate. You joined Republicans only 13% of the time in your votes and those 13% were only after agreement from the Democrat party. While it is of concern that you fail to include conservatives in your actions and that you are such a liberal, the greater concern is *that you distorted the truth*.

In the primary debates of last February, 2008, you claimed to have talked with a 'Captain' of a platoon in Afghanistan 'the other day' when in fact you had a discussion in 2003 with a Lieutenant who had just been deployed to Afghanistan. You lied in that debate.

In your debates last spring, you claimed to have been a 'professor of Constitutional law' when in fact you have never been a professor of Constitutional law. In this last debate, you were careful to say that you 'taught a law class' and never mentioned being a 'professor of Constitutional law.' *You lied last spring.

You and Joe Biden both claimed that John McCain voted against additional funding for our troops when the actual records show the opposite. *You distorted the truth.*

You and Joe Biden claim that John McCain voted against funding for alternate energy sources 20 times when the record shows that John McCain specifically voted against funding for bio fuels, especially corn ... and he was right ... corn is too expensive at producing ethanol, and using corn to make ethanol increased the price of corn from $2 a bushel to $6 a bushel for food. *You distorted the truth.*

You and Joe Biden claim that John McCain voted like both of you for a tax increase on those making as little as $42,000 per year while the voting record clearly shows that John McCain did not vote as you and Joe Biden. *You lied to America.

You and Joe Biden claim that John McCain voted with George W. Bush 90% of the time when you know that Democrats also vote 90% of the time with the President (including Joe Biden) because the vast majority of the votes are procedural. You are one of the few who has not voted 90% of the time with the president because you have been missing from the Senate since the day you got elected. While your absence from your job in the Senate is of concern, the greater concern is that *you spin the facts.

You did not take an active roll in the rescue plan. You claimed that the Senate did not need you while the real reason that you abstained was because of your close relationships with the executives of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Countrywide, and Acorn ... who all helped cause the financial problems of today and they all made major contributions to your campaign. While your relationship with these executives and your protection of them for your brief 3 years in the Senate (along with Barney Frank, Chuck Schumer, Maxine Waters, and Chris Dodd) is of concern, the greater concern is that you are being deceitful.

You forgot to mention that you personally represented Tony Rezko and Acorn. Tony Rezko, an Arab and close friend to you, was convicted of fraud in Chicago real estate transactions that bilked millions of tax dollars from the Illinois government for renovation projects that you sponsored as a state senator ... and Acorn has been convicted of voter fraud, real estate subprime loan intimidation, and illegal campaign contributions. Tony Rezko has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to your political campaigns. You personally used your political positions to steer money to both Tony Rezko and Acorn and you used Acorn to register thousands of phony voters for Democrats and you. While your relationships with Rezko and Acorn are of concern, the greater concern is that you omitted important facts about your relationships with them to America.

During your campaign, you said: 'typical white person.' 'they cling to their guns and religion.' 'they will say that I am black.' You played the race card. You tried to label any criticism about you as racist. You divide America.

You claim that you will reduce taxes for 95% of America, but you forgot to tell America that those reductions are after you remove the Bush tax reductions. You have requested close to $1 Billion in earmarks and several million for Acorn. Your social programs will cost America $1 Trillion per year and you claim that a reduction in military spending ($100 billion for Iraq) can pay for it. While your economic plan of adding 30% to the size of our federal government is of concern, the greater concern is that you are deceiving America.

The drain to America's economy by foreign supplied oil is $700 Billion per year (5% of GDP) while the war in Iraq is $100 Billion (less than 1% of GDP). You voted against any increases to oil exploration for the last 3 years and any expansion of nuclear facilities. Yet today, you say that you have always been for more oil and more nuclear. *You are lying to America.*

Mr. Obama, you claimed that you 'changed' your mind about public financing for your campaign because of the money spent by Republican PACs in 2004.

The truth is that the Democrat PACs in 2004, 2006, and 2008 spent twice as much as the Republican PACs (especially George Soros and MoveOn. org). *You are lying to America.

Mr. Obama, you have done nothing to stop the actions of the teachers union and college professors in the USA. They eliminated religion from our history. They teach pro gay agendas and discuss sex with students as young as first grade. They bring their personal politics into the classrooms. They disparage conservatives. They brainwash our children. They are in it for themselves ... not America. Are you reluctant to condemn their actions because teachers/professors and the NEA contribute 25% of all money donated to Democrats and none to Republicans? You are deceiving America.

Oh, Mr. Obama, Teddy Roosevelt said about a hundred years ago that we Americans should first look at the character of our leaders before anything else.

Your character looks horrible. While you make good speeches, motivating speeches, your character does not match your rhetoric. You talk the talk but do not walk the walk.

1. You lied to America. You lied many times. You distorted facts. You parsed your answers like a lawyer.

2. You distorted the record of John McCain in your words and in your advertisements.

3. You had associations with some very bad people for your personal political gains and then lied about those associations.

4. You divide America about race and about class.

Now let me compare your record of lies, distortions, race baiting, and associations to John McCain: War hero. Annapolis graduate with 'Country first.' Operational leadership experience like all 43 previously elected presidents of the USA as a Navy Officer for 22 years. 26 years in the Senate. Straight talk. Maverick. 54% of the time participated on bills with Democrats. Never asked for an earmark. The only blemish on his record is his part in the Keating 5 debacle about 25 years ago. (For which he was cleared- Shy edit.)

Mr. Obama, at Harvard Law School, you learned that the end does not justify the means. You learned that perjury, false witness, dishonesty, distortion of truth are never tolerated. Yet, your dishonesty is overwhelming. Your dishonesty is tremendously greater than the dishonesty that caused the impeachment and disbarment of Bill Clinton. Your dishonesty is tremendously greater than the dishonesty of Scooter Libby. You should be ashamed.

Mr. Obama, it is time for us Americans to put aside our differences on political issues and vote against you because of your dishonest character. It is time for all of us Americans to put aside our political issues and vote for America first. It is time for America to vote for honesty.

Any people who vote for you after understanding that you are dishonest should be ashamed of themselves for making their personal political issues more important than character. Would these same people vote for the anti-Christ if the anti-Christ promised them riches? Would they make a golden calf while Moses was up the mountain? Would they hire someone for a job if that someone lied in an interview? ... of course not. So why do some of these people justify their votes for you even though they know you are dishonest? Why do they excuse your dishonesty? Because some of these people are frightened about the future, the economy, and their financial security ... and you are preying on their fears with empty promises ... and because some (especially our young people) are consumed by your wonderful style and promises for 'change' like the Germans who voted for Adolf Hitler in 1932. The greed/envy by Germans in 1932 kept them from recognizing Hitler for who he was. They loved his style. Greed and envy are keeping many Americans from recognizing you ... your style has camouflaged your dishonesty ... but many of us see you for who you really are ... and we will not stop exposing who you are every day, forever if it is necessary.

Mr. Obama, you are dishonest. Anyone who votes for you is enabling dishonesty.

Mr. Obama, America cannot trust that you will put America first in your decisions about the future.

Mr. Obama, you are not the 'change' that America deserves. We cannot trust you.

Mr. Obama, You are not ready and not fit to be commander in chief.

Mr. Obama, John McCain does not have as much money as your campaign to refute all of your false statements. And for whatever reasons, the mainstream media will not give adequate coverage or research about your lies, distortions, word parsing, bad associations, race bating, lack of operational leadership experience, and general dishonest character.

The media is diverting our attention to your relationships and ignoring the fact that you lied about those relationships. The fact that you lied is much more important than the relationships themselves ... just like with Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon ... Monica Lewinski and Watergate were not nearly as bad as the fact that those gentlemen lied about the events ... false witness ... perjury ... your relationships and bad judgments are bad on their own ... but your lies are even worse.

Therefore, by copy of this memo, all who read this memo are asked to send it to everyone else in America before it is too late. We need to do the job that the media will not do. We need to expose your dishonesty so that every person in America understands who you really are before Election Day.

Mr. Obama, in a democracy, we get what we deserve. And God help America if we deserve you.

Michael Master
McLean, Virginia

Thanksgiving

This BLOG spot is the result of a "joke" sent me by a Young Lady I'm acquainted with. She sent it in good humor and with no intent to anger or displease, but to tease me about the way I think politically. However, I had to respond to her, also in good humor and a bit sarcastically, yet honestly as I see it.

Lol, Lady

Laffin my buns off- your math is off by about 50 years.



Lemme 'splain...

In 1950 America was going thru a growth spurt after WW2- which was created by an Austrian who adored Charlie Chaplin's moustache and hated any who weren't like him. The cost of producing the lumber was $80, so the logger cleared $20, which was actually worth $20.

In 1960 we were involved in a war created by a Democrat President named John Kennedy. A lot of that lumber went to rebuilding a place called Viet Nam- because it was destroyed by Presidential and Congressional decree. Since there was a great need for lumber in other parts of the world and the United States was truly the most prodigious producer, the lumber was in demand and the logger cleared $20 because the dollar was still the most powerful monetary unit in the world.

In 1970, the United States was still involved in a Democratically created war in Viet Nam. Which we were still trying to rebuild after helping China bomb hell outta the place. Of course the logger was still selling his lumber for $100 a load, but due to Green Peace, the Sierra Club and other protesters, who, by the way, were destroying the logger's equipment because they think the logger was destroying the "wilderness". Therefore, the $20 the logger earned as profit was further cut into by equipment repairs and replacements, as well as having to pay more for the logs he cut because the Special Interest Groups such as Sierra Club and Green Peace were demanding the government put access to certain areas off-limits to logging. The logger therefore had to buy more petroleum products to reach the areas he was allowed to log. So, no, he did not make a profit.

1980 was a very wonderful year for loggers. Not only were they having to travel longer distances to get the raw material, they were now paying exorbitantly high fuel prices due to Democratic President Jimmy Carter's Energy Embargo, emplaced in the mid-70's (remember the long lines at the gas pump?) at which time a gallon of gas jumped from 35 cents a gallon to .75 or more. Too, the Sierra Club and other "environmental" organizations were swaying more and more of the Democratic Congressmen and Senators to put more and more restrictions on areas that could be logged- such as the Oregon and Washington forests, in order to preserve habitat so an owl would not become extinct. Not mentioning that the owl has since gone off the endangered species list, the areas still have not been opened to logging. Naturally, hundreds of loggers and mills were put out of work and began to collect welfare and other government benefits, which were paid in part by the logging companies. Also, to compensate for this, the logger now had to transport his logs hundreds of miles farther to mill them, resulting in higher transport costs. Then he had to transport them back to the shipping ports, costing more. Meanwhile, Special Interest Groups such as the Sierra Club got more land put out of the logger's reach- guess what? There is nothing to underline since again, the logger made no profit.

1990 was a peculiar year for loggers. Primarily, there were more acres of timbered forests not only ripe for harvest, but dieing from disease and over-growth, storm damage and plain old old age. Naturally, the Sierra Club, among other less notable Special Interest Groups, had more timbered land put off-limits to logging access and these old growth forests burned- all that timber going to waste and putting many beautiful scenic sights under a growth of black ashes and brush growth. Oh- about the loggers: they had by this time replanted more timber than they were allowed to harvest. Areas in which this timber- planted at ten to one ratios- was declared off-limits to logging because the Special Interest Groups managed to convince a Democratic Congress that the trees and wild areas were more important than jobs for people whose livelihoods depended upon a renewable resource they had planted. Of course, the logger had to travel farther and cut less and therefore, his $20 profit was cut into even more, especially since a Democratic President decided that kow-towing to Foreign Special Interest Groups and signing environmental treaties was more in keeping with American tradition than allowing Americans to work, so jobs were outsourced to places like China, Mexico, India, Malaysia, etc. Oh- that $20 profit? That was worth 71 cents on the World Market. So, figuring costs and all, the logger was probably clearing closer to $3 per hundred sold.

2007 is going to be a wonderful year for Illegal Loggers. 2008 will be even better since there will be more illegals in the United States than ever in its history. Naturally, these illegal loggers will work for less than the going rate so they can send the money to Mexico. We know this will tremendously help American Loggers because they're going to be sitting back collecting unemployment and other government benefits and lose all sense of their worth. Too, 2007 was an interesting year for American Pulp and Timber Industry workers because this is the year the United States government allowed China and Canada to purchase many mills in the United States. These mills were closed because it was cheaper to produce the materials in China and Canada and ship them to other destinations around the world.

That $20 profit from the loggers? Fact, Dear Lady: None of it went to American Loggers. I know this from first-hand experience, Fine Lady. I appreciate your sense of humor and sure hope you understand what I am trying to say here. I live in a logging area and see the "benefits" of all these government programs every day. So, in my opinion, what we really need is another Democrat in office who will sell the United States piecemeal to other countries. After all, having been the world leader in production for so long, we should share and share alike- let other parts of the world come up to our standard of living even though they didn't earn it but gained it through "diplomacy" by taking jobs away from Americans.

Oh, yes- we have to give the Sierra Club and their ilk a great big round of applause, as well: without their pushing and shoving, we would still be logging forests we have replanted and of which we now have more loggable timber in this country than anywhere in the world but Canada. Oh, right- I forgot to mention: the Sierra Club didn't plant any of this timber, it was loggers.

God Bless, Lady- no offence taken or meant by this.

Shy Wolf

Here is the letter/joke(?) that started it all:

Teaching Math :

In 1950A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?_____

2. Teaching Math In 1960A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?____

3. Teaching Math In 1970A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?____

4. Teaching Math In 1980A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20._____

5. Teaching Math In 1990A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate.... And cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers.)_____

6. Teaching Math In 2007Un hachero vende una carretada de maderapara $100. El costo de la producciones es $80. Cuanto dinero ha hecho?