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M$FT vs. Yahoo
Posted April 10, 2008 
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Comments(0) So I read that Yahoo may merge with AOL and for the merger Time Warner would make an investment to Yahoo. Yahoo is also working on a ad deal with Google. Humm… Sounds kinda dumb, but Yahoo is doing whatever possible to keep Microsoft off their back.
Let’s see what happens in next 3 weeks. My bet is on Microsoft.
Microsoft - Yahoo
Posted April 6, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) I just read that Microsoft has given Yahoo a 3 weed deadline on the merger. If merger terms are not met by Yahoo by the deadline, Microsoft will begin a proxy fight.
Say good-bye to Yahoo. (I guess I should be happy… for I’m a M$FT shareholder)
Obama’s Lies
Posted March 27, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) Got this off of a liberal blog…most likely supporting Hillary, but nevertheless these are documented lies by Obama.
When interviewing for a job, most people pad their resume….but if you get caught with a lie on a resume, you get canned. Right?
#10: Obama Was A Constitutional Law Professor:
At A Recent Fundraiser, Obama Claimed He Was A “Constitutional Law Professor.” “‘I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution,’ Obama told an audience at a campaign fundraiser.” (Brendan Farrington, “Obama: Bush Fails To Respect The Constitution,” The Associated Press, 3/30/07)
On The University Of Chicago Law School Website, Obama Is Listed As A “Senior Lecturer In Law (On Leave Of Absence).” (University Of Chicago Law School Website, http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/obama, Accessed 3/30/07)
Obama Made This False Claim In His 2004 Senate Race. “Several direct-mail pieces issued for Obama’s primary [Senate] campaign said he was a law professor at the University of Chicago. He is not. He is a senior lecturer (now on leave) at the school. In academia, there is a vast difference between the two titles. Details matter.” (Lynn Sweet, “Obama’s Book: What’s Real, What’s Not” Chicago Sun-Times, 8/8/04)
#9: Obama’s Parents “Got Together” Because Of The 1965 Selma March:
In His Selma Speech, Obama Said His Parents “Got Together” And He Was Born As A Result Of The Selma March. Obama: “Because some folks were willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama, Jr. was born. So don’t tell me I don’t have a claim on Selma, Alabama.” (Senator Barack Obama, Remarks At Brown Chapel AME Church, Selma, AL, 3/4/07)
“Earlier In The Day At A Prayer Breakfast, The Illinois Democrat Said: ‘If It Hadn’t Been For Selma, I Wouldn’t Be Here.’” (Anne E. Kornblut and Peter Whoriskey, “Clinton, Obama Link Selma March To Present,” The Washington Post, 3/5/07)
But Obama Was Born In 1961, 4 YEARS BEFORE The 1965 Selma March. “Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4th, 1961.” (Obama For America Website, www.barackobama.com, Accessed 3/6/07; Anne E. Kornblut and Peter Whoriskey, “Clinton, Obama Link Selma March To Present,” The Washington Post, 3/5/07)
#8: Obama Was Fluent In Indonesian As A Child:
Obama’s Claim That He Quickly Became Fluent In Indonesian As A Child Was Disputed By A Former Teacher. “Obama has claimed on numerous occasions to have become fluent in Indonesian in six months. Yet those who knew him disputed that during recent interviews. Israella Pareira Darmawan, Obama’s 1st-grade teacher, said she attempted to help him learn the Indonesian language by going over pronunciation and vowel sounds. He struggled greatly with the foreign language, she said, and with his studies as a result.” (Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, “The Not-So-Simple Story Of Barack Obama’s Youth,” Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07)
#7: Obama Mistakenly Received A Letter From A Company In Which He Owned Stock:
“Obama Said At Some Point In Fall 2005 He Got A Stockholder Letter. He Said He Believes It Was From AVI Or Skyterra, But He Couldn’t Remember Which Company.” (Nedra Pickler, “Obama Unaware Of Investment Conflicts,” The Associated Press, 3/7/07)
According To SEC Records, SkyTerra Did Not Send Investors Its SEC Proxy Forms In Fall 2005. “The origin of the shareholder update Obama referred to remains unclear. SkyTerra, like many public companies, sends investors copies of its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proxy forms, also known as 14As, but none were issued during the fall of 2005, according to SEC records.” (Elana Schor, “2008 And Counting: Sen. Obama Pivots After Bad Press,” The Hill, 3/8/07)
AVI Investor-Relations Director: “It Doesn’t Sound Like Anything We Would Have Sent Out.” “AVI generally sends mailings to shareholders or institutional investors that proactively request them or sign up for e-mail lists, said Michael Hubbard, AVI’s investor-relations director. ‘It doesn’t sound like anything we would have sent out,’ Hubbard said.” (Elana Schor, “2008 And Counting: Sen. Obama Pivots After Bad Press,” The Hill, 3/8/07)
#6: Obama’s Campaign Only Had “Very Attenuated” Ties To The “1984” Ad Creator:
Obama Suggested That “1984” Ad Creator Phil De Vellis Was The Equivalent Of A Contract Employee And Therefore Could Not Be Held Responsible For His Conduct. “Thursday, Obama said of de Vellis that his campaign had no way of knowing who this person was.’ ‘If I have a phone contract with Verizon and an employee of a phone company does something that you know … we’re not responsible for that,’ Obama said.” (Jake Tapper and Jonathan Greenberger, “Anti-Clinton Ad Maker Lived With Obama Senate Staffer,” ABC News, 3/23/07)
De Vellis Is An Employee Of Blue State Digital, A Computer Firm Consulting For Obama. “Obama’s campaign says it had no role in creating or posting the ad. But Wednesday, Democratic operative Philip de Vellis took credit for the ad. It turned out that he worked for Blue State Digital, a computer firm that is among Obama’s consultants.” (Dan Morain, “Ad Creator Claimed Role In Obama Campaign,” Los Angeles Times, 3/23/07)
Joe Rospars, A Co-Founder Of Blue State Digital, Is Now Obama’s Director Of New Media. “Blue State helped design Obama’s Web site, and one of the firm’s founding members, Joe Rospars, took a leave from the company to work as Obama’s director of new media.” (Jim Kuhnhenn, “Anti-Clinton Ad Puts Spotlight On Obama,” The Associated Press, 3/23/07)
“On Thursday, An Earlier E-Mail Surfaced In Which De Vellis Boasted To Numerous People About His Role In The Creation Of A Web Page, My.BarackObama. Com, A Site Designed By Blue State Digital.” (Dan Morain, “Ad Creator Claimed Role In Obama Campaign,” Los Angeles Times, 3/23/07)
Obama’s Press Secretary Recently Lived With De Vellis, Undermining Obama’s Previous Statements That His Campaign Had Only “Very Attenuated” Ties. “The press secretary for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., recently lived with the creator of the scathingly satirical YouTube video ad that attacked Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., a revelation that seems to undermine the senator’s claim that he and his campaign had only ‘very attenuated’ ties with the ad’s creator.” (Jake Tapper and Jonathan Greenberger, “Anti-Clinton Ad Maker Lived With Obama Senate Staffer,” ABC News, 3/23/07)
#5: Obama’s Campaign Didn’t Have The “Technical Capacity” To Produce The “1984” Ad:
Obama Claims Campaign Didn’t Have The “Technical Capacity” To Create The Ad. Obama: “But it’s not something that we had anything to do with or were aware of and that frankly, given what it looks like, we don’t have the technical capacity to create something like that.” (CNN’s “Larry King Live,” 3/24/07)
But The Creator Admitted All It Took Was A “Sunday Afternoon” On His Mac. Phillip de Vellis: “I made the ad on a Sunday afternoon in my apartment using my personal equipment (a Mac and some software), uploaded it to YouTube, and sent links around to blogs.” (The Huffington Post, “I Made the “Vote Different” Ad,” Posted By Phil De Vellis, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-de-vellis-aka-parkridge/i-made-the-vote-differen_b_43989.html, Posted 3/21/07 )
#4: Obama’s Campaign Claimed His High School Friend Tried To Extort Money From Them:
“According To The Obama Campaign, [Obama’s Punahou Classmate Keith] Kakugawa Explicitly Raised The Possibility That He Could Make Up False Stories About Obama, Implying He Would Do So If The Campaign Did Not Give Him Money.” (Maurice Possley, Kirsten Scharnberg and Ray Gibson, “An Old Friend’s Troublesome Return,” Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07)
Kakugawa Was “Infuriated” By The Charge And Flatly Denied It. “That allegation infuriated Kakugawa, prompting him to speak to the Tribune after repeatedly refusing to do so. ‘You must understand, I am not an extortionist,’ he said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles, where he is living out of a car with an acquaintance after being released from a California prison on March 10. ‘Listen, I’m homeless. … I ask everyone I know for money.’” (Maurice Possley, et al, “An Old Friend’s Troublesome Return,” Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07)
“Kakugawa Wouldn’t Discuss His School Days With Obama Other Than To Say He Considered The Senator ‘A Brother’ And ‘Wouldn’t Do A Damn Thing To Ever Hurt His Campaign.’” (Maurice Possley, et al, “An Old Friend’s Troublesome Return,” Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07)
#3: Obama Places Himself In The Central Role In The Altgeld Gardens Asbestos Campaign:
Obama “Unfairly Omits Others Responsible For The Successes Of The Asbestos Campaign.” “And though most memoirs place their authors at the center of events, critics of Dreams From My Father say the book unfairly omits others responsible for the successes of the asbestos campaign, an event that Obama portrays as central to his maturation as a political leader.” (Peter Wallsten, “Obama Memoir Left Out Credits For Activism, Critics Say,” Los Angeles Times, 2/19/07)
“Obama Did Not Play The Singular Role In The Asbestos Episode.” “They say Obama did not play the singular role in the asbestos episode that he portrays in the best-selling memoir ‘Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.’ Credit for pushing officials to deal with the cancer-causing substance, according to interviews and news accounts from that period, also goes to a well-known preexisting group at Altgeld Gardens and to a local newspaper called the Chicago Reporter. Obama does not mention either one in his book.” (Peter Wallsten, “Obama Memoir Left Out Credits For Activism, Critics Say,” Los Angeles Times, 2/19/07)
#2: Obama Had Heated Discussions With A High School Friend Named “Ray” About Racial Issues:
Although Obama Recounts “Heated Conversations About Racism” With A Character He Calls “Ray,” The Real “Ray” Says It Never Happened. “In his best-selling autobiography, ‘Dreams from My Father,’ Obama describes having heated conversations about racism with another black student, ‘Ray.’ The real Ray, Keith Kakugawa . . . said he does recall long, soulful talks with the young Obama and that his friend confided his longing and loneliness. But those talks, Kakugawa said, were not about race. ‘Not even close’ . . .” (Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, “The Not-So-Simple Story Of Barack Obama’s Youth,” Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07)
Obama Did Not Participate In Discussions On Race With His Fellow Black Classmates In High School. “The handful of black students who attended Punahou School in Hawaii, for instance, say they struggled mightily with issues of race and racism there. But absent from those discussions, they say, was another student then known as Barry Obama.” (Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, “The Not-So-Simple Story Of Barack Obama’s Youth,” Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07)
#1: Seeing A Photograph In Life Or Ebony Magazine Changed Obama’s Life:
The Life Magazine Article And Photograph Obama Discusses “Doesn’t Exist.” “Then there’s the copy of Life magazine that Obama presents as his racial awakening at age 9. In it, he wrote, was an article and two accompanying photographs of an African-American man physically and mentally scarred by his efforts to lighten his skin. In fact, the Life article and the photographs don’t exist, say the magazine’s own historians.” (Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, “The Not-So-Simple Story Of Barack Obama’s Youth,” Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07)
Obama Volunteered It May Have Been Ebony Magazine, But No Such Ebony Article Matched Obama’s Description. “When asked about the discrepancy, Obama said in a recent interview, ‘It might have been an Ebony or it might have been … who knows what it was?’ (At the request of the Tribune, archivists at Ebony searched their catalogue of past articles, none of which matched what Obama recalled.)” (Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, “The Not-So-Simple Story Of Barack Obama’s Youth,” Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07)
Hillary’s Lies
Posted March 27, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) I saw ‘Hillary’s List of Lies’ on Dick Morris’s blog.
Admitted Lies
• Chelsea was jogging around the Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. (She was in bed watching it on TV.)
• Hillary was named after Sir Edmund Hillary. (She admitted she was wrong. He climbed Mt. Everest five years after her birth.)
• She was under sniper fire in Bosnia. (A girl presented her with flowers at the foot of the ramp.)
• She learned in The Wall Street Journal how to make a killing in the futures market. (It didn’t cover the market back then.)
Whoppers She Won’t Confess To
• She didn’t know about the FALN pardons.
• She didn’t know that her brothers were being paid to get pardons that Clinton granted.
• Taking the White House gifts was a clerical error.
• She didn’t know that her staff would fire the travel office staff after she told them to do so.
• She didn’t know that the Peter Paul fundraiser in Hollywood in 2000 cost $700,000 more than she reported it had.
• She opposed NAFTA at the time.
• She was instrumental in the Irish peace process.
• She urged Bill to intervene in Rwanda.
• She played a role in the ’90s economic recovery.
• The billing records showed up on their own.
• She thought Bill was innocent when the Monica scandal broke.
• She was always a Yankees fan.
• She had nothing to do with the New Square Hasidic pardons (after they voted for her 1,400-12 and she attended a meeting at the White House about the pardons).
• She negotiated for the release of refugees in Macedonia (who were released the day before she got there).
South Korean Hostage Crisis
Posted July 31, 2007 Comments(0)
Comments(0) I’ve been following the Korean hostage crisis in afghanistan. Last few days, 2 of 23 held by Taliban/terrorists were killed….Sad, but expected outcome. Last night, I was browsing through some Korean news outlets and saw that Korean government is asking world leaders (mainly US) to reconsider the policy on dealing with the terrorists to save those still alive and held by the terrorists. I say don’t do it - what are they (Korean Gov’t) thinking?!? Don’t they know that if you give in once, the terrorists will be embolden to kidnap more civilians to demand for more in the future? Korean government and its people have to take responsibility and deal with the problem. Another thing…what were these people thinking going to Afghanistan as a Christian group? And why didn’t Korean government give them armed escort for their safety?
Paris Goes To Jail
Posted May 5, 2007 Comments(0)
Comments(0) I guess you can call this news (really thin, but this is pop culture) - Paris Hilton was sentensed to 45 days in jail for violating her probation for alcohol-related reckless driving - driving with suspended license. With all her money, why did she drive with suspended license? Couldn’t she get her many hollyweird friends to drive? or hire a driver? I wonder if she’ll get street cred for going to the big house….lol. Okay, okay. it’s not funny for Paris, but she should have known better.
My suggestion for Paris….take it to the supreme court. Appeal, appeal, appeal. Be like every other celebrity, go into rehab and donate some cash to D.A.R.E.
Immigration Rally? What!?!
Posted May 2, 2007 Comments(0)
Comments(0) I was watching the news today and I caught a short news segment on ’so called’ Immigration rally. Hummm…Immigration Ralley? I’m puzzeled when I heard that people were ralleying for immigration rights. What rights!?!? I don’t think US government has taken away any rights to legal immigrants. The rights they are talking about is US citizenship for illegals. I don’t see how someone can come to this country illegally (by breaking the law) and demand that they get a citizenship. This is just crazy talk. You can’t walk into someone’s house uninvited, clean, do the dishes, and then tell the owner that you are moving in because you did some work around the house!?! Citizenship (for any country) is not a right in my eyes. It has to be earned and it is a privilege. Just because U.S. is giving and kind (in general)…don’t try to take advantage of that. Do what’s right. Follow the law.
It was funny watching many folks at the ralley waving the US flag….they are trying get sympathy votes. I’m over this crap. Just stand in line like the rest of the law-abiding folks and sign the guestbook on your way in. That’s my opinion.
BTW, to those illegals from Mexico (I highlight Mexicans because they are the majority). Answer this question. What would Mexican government do if illegals from Guatemala marched in Mexico City demanding citizenship and more social spending for illegal Guatemalans? Shot? Thrown into Mexican jail? clubbed and sent back? You tell me. I can wait……..
Shooter at NASA
Posted April 20, 2007 Comments(0)
Comments(0) Here we go again! I was shocked to see another shooting took place at a high profile location this week. A white male (they think he is a NASA contractor) with a handgun or a single firearm entered Johnson Space Center and shot off 2 rounds. What’s up with the security measurea at NASA, a government agency? I’m sure NASA has several security check points and measures in place to check for any foreign objects like guns, bombs, etc. How did some contractor smuggle a gun into NASA?
VA Tech Shooting - Part 4
Posted April 19, 2007 Comments(0)
Comments(0) Something to think about right to owning or buying a gun. If you are not a citizen of U.S., you should be able to buy a gun. I think that should be okay with all gun owners. If you can’t vote, you shouldn’t be allowed to purchase a gun! That’s just my opinion.