Ethanol Bailout?

Ethanol Bailout? Time To Shuck Corn

By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Friday, December 26, 2008 4:20 PM PT

Recent legislation mandated increased ethanol use as well as a 51-cent-a-gallon tax credit and more corn subsidies. Over the last two decades the ethanol industry has been kept alive with more than $25 billion in federal handouts. Yet it still can't compete.

Five of Iowa's 32 ethanol plants are in bankruptcy. They are operated by Sioux Falls, S.D.-based ethanol giant VeraSun Energy, which itself filed for Chapter 11 on Oct. 31. Eleven plants in other states have also fallen into bankruptcy. Nationally the ethanol plant failure rate is at 8.8% and could reach 22% in short order.

The Renewable Fuels Association, the industry's lobbying arm, has talked with Team Obama about further handouts such as $1 billion in short-term credit to keep failing plants in operation and $50 billion in loan guarantees to build more. The association wants to increase the 10% ethanol limit in gasoline for conventional cars and trucks and require that any carmaker getting federal funds produce only vehicles that can run on any blend up to 85% ethanol. ...

According to a report from the Hoover Institute's Henry Miller and professor Colin Carter of the University of California, Davis, "ethanol yields about 30% less energy per gallon of gasoline, so miles per gallon in internal combustion engines drop significantly." So the per-mile cost is actually higher at the pump. Meanwhile, it raises the food prices at the supermarket you drive to.

Corn ethanol is less energy efficient and costs more. It generates less than two units of energy for every unit of energy used to produce it. It takes 1,700 gallons of water to produce one gallon of ethanol. Each acre of corn requires 130 pounds of nitrogen and 55 pounds of phosphorous.

Food for thought and food for your automobile!

More bad legislation by Congress, more trouble for Auto Industry, and more junk science.

Obama Society Connection--Change.gov

Document drop: The story behind Change.gov

By Michelle Malkin • December 20, 2008 09:52 AM

1) It would be a a violation of the government’s naming conventions (too generic); and

2) using ‘change’ in the domain name would be political, since it was the trademark slogan of the Obama campaign.

Go to Document drop: to see original.

If the Constitution doesn't apply to the Obama Society, why should any other law?
More to come. You can count on that.

Obama Society Connection--Holder

Blago appointed Obama’s AG to probe corruption; probe found no corruption; Holder forgets the whole thing

By Michelle Malkin • December 17, 2008 11:33 AM

Ah, the Chicago way.

So: Governor Blago appoints Obama AG nominee Eric Holder to investigate corruption. Holder receives $300,000 for his legal services. Corruption probe finds no wrongdoing.

And, oops, Holder neglects to mention all this on his AG questionnaire. See the questionnaire for yourselves here.

Ooops: More Chicago Change you can believe in.

The Brains behind The Magician

Soros-Funded Democratic Idea Factory Becomes Obama Policy Font
By Edwin Chen Bloomberg.com
Last Updated: November 18, 2008 00:01 EST

Thanks in part to funding from benefactors such as billionaire George Soros, the Center for American Progress has become in just five years an intellectual wellspring for Democratic policy proposals, including many that are shaping the agenda of the new Obama administration. ...

CAP's president and founder, John Podesta, 59, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, is one of three people running the transition team for president-elect Barack Obama, 47. A squadron of CAP experts is working with them. ...

To help promote its ideas, CAP employs 11 full-time bloggers who contribute to two Web sites, ThinkProgress and the Wonk Room; others prepare daily feeds for radio stations. The center's policy briefings are standing-room only, packed with lobbyists, advocacy-group representatives and reporters looking for insights on where the Obama administration is headed. ...

Just eight days after the Nov. 4 election, CAP released a 300,000-word volume called ``Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President'' that offers advice on issues such as economic revival and fixing the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Work on the book began almost a year ago. ...

CAP, which has 180 staffers and a $27 million budget, devotes as much as half of its resources to promoting its ideas through blogs, events, publications and media outreach.

This article has valuable links to the Brains and Money pulling The Magician's strings.

U.S. Government Ponzi Scheme

Is Bernard Madoff Running the Federal Government?

AIM Column | By Cliff Kincaid | December 18, 2008

In terms of the financial “rescue” package, Bloomberg’s latest estimate is that the cost has reached a staggering $7.7 trillion.

Peter Schiff of Euro Pacific Capital points out that “The Social Security Administration runs its ‘trust funds’ with precisely the same methods used by Madoff and Ponzi. As money is collected from current workers, the funds are then dispersed to those already receiving benefits. None of the funds collected are actually invested, so no investment returns are ever generated. Those currently paying into the system are expected to receive their returns based on the ‘contribution’ made by future workers.”

He adds, “The United States Government runs its own balance sheet based on the Ponzi principal as well. Our national debt always grows and never shrinks. As existing debt matures, proceeds are repaid by issuing new debt. Interest payments on existing debt are also made by selling new debt to investors. The whole scheme depends on an ever growing supply of new lenders, or the willingness of existing lenders, to continue to roll over maturing notes. Of course, as was the case with Madoff, if enough of our creditors want their money back, the music stops playing.”

In terms of the financial “rescue” package, Bloomberg’s latest estimate is that the cost has reached a staggering $7.7 trillion.

A more recent estimate, provided in a Politico.com story by Jeanne Cummings, is $8.7 trillion. She reported, “According to Bianco Research President James Bianco, who crunched these numbers, that amounts to more government aid and assistance than nine other historic bailouts and big government outlays combined.”

B.H. Obama (The Magician) Transparency

Transparency in the BHO Government will be defined as, 'you will see only what BHO wants you to see'. Remember, How Can I Fool Them again Today?

The best way to interpret what BHO and other Dems will do is to watch what they accuse Bush of doing, or having done. Since they have a criminal and selfish mind, they view a program that Bush proposes through the eyes of how they would implement it. They can't even call a win, a win, in Iraq. Watch the slight of hand: A Centrist selection is a CoverYourA.. appointment.

Remember BHO Transparency so far:

1. Transparent Birth Certificate
2. Transparent knowledge of Rev. Wright
3. Transparent knowledge of Rezko connections
4. Transparent ACORN connections
   
5. Transparent Annenburg connections
6. Transparent Ayers connections
7. Transparent records from High School, College, and State Senate
8. Transparent Hussein during election, but not now
9. Transparent African connections
   
10. Transparent Chicago connections
11. Transparent Chicago Senate selection information
12. Transparent Iraq war success
13. Transparent Fund raising
14. Transparent Lobbying connections
15. Transparent U.N. bills already approved by Congress
    

B. Hussein Obama, The Magician--How can I fool the suckers again today? He's even better than Bill Clinton, for now. But how long will it last?

Interesting Link to Los Angeles Times:
While Barack Obama talks, Tony Rezko sings

Without explanation, District Judge Amy St. Eve canceled her own deadlines for lawyers to file briefs on the upcoming sentencing of Antoin "Tony" Rezko. ...

Because Rezko, in the hopes of reducing his sentence, is singing in his cell about Blagojevich and maybe others. He's not done with his song repertoire and the feds haven't fully checked out his information to determine how grateful to be in sentence-seeking.

Because of the BHO Mafia, I'm betting the tune the we, the suckers, hear is "Selective Singing."

Have you seen this reported on TV? BHO Media protects the tricks.
(Good coverage of Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan if you like shoes. Must be lot of good news.)

Good thing BHO is not Republican, his goose would be cooked. Of course he couldn't have got this far with this record, but he could have been indited.

Government Greed--Congress Does It Again

Mileage Bill Draws Fire From Buyer of Chrysler
By Nick Bunkley of New York Times
July 12, 2007

ROCHESTER, Mich., July 11 — John W. Snow, the chairman of the private equity firm that is buying Chrysler, said Wednesday that a Senate bill to significantly raise fuel economy standards could devastate the American auto industry.

The Democratic controlled Senate and House is responsible for the auto mess. They are responsible for new fuel standards and diesel prices being high. And for what reason? Power is their goal, power over you. We can compete in World Markets, we just can't compete in the U.S. because of Government Greed.

You keep giving them more power at our expense. You can expect it to get worse, much worse, before it gets better.

Who is Unnamed Adviser?

Blagojevich’s Big Conference Call and Valerie Jarrett’s Clean Break

Washington Wire by Cam Simpson reports on Rod Blagojevich.

The call lasted about two hours. On the phone were Mr. Blagojevich, his wife, his general counsel, an unnamed adviser, and John Harris, the governor’s chief of staff and his co-defendant in this week’s case.

But what’s drawing the most interest is who was on the line from Washington, and the sequence of political events that followed that same night and in the ensuing days regarding Barack Obama’s close friend and adviser, Valerie Jarrett.

Any bets on Rahm Emanuel? Any bets he exposed Blago?

Transparency and candor is not B. Hussein Obama's strong suit. Expect BHO Administration to perfect the Clinton Administration tactic of How Do I Fool them Today?

I'm forecasting a new BHO Lawyer Stimulus Department (LSD) to handle the corruption and new laws needed to protect the BHO Administration from the Constitution and the American People. Remember, they already control the Legislative and The Judicial Branch.

Obama Personnel

Obama Cabinet

Obama Cabinet and beyond

By The Hill Staff

Posted: 12/07/08 09:58 AM [ET]

The Hill is closely tracking the personnel moves of the Obama administration. The list below includes official appointments and names being floated for key posts.

Obama's cadre of advisers

Chicago Times By Rick Pearson

Keep an eye on these characters.

Obama Society Connection--Emil Jones

What Emil Jones' Move Means for Obama
The Huffington Post by Ben Calhoun on Aug 20, 2008.

It's now been a couple days since Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones announced his retirement. The same day he broke the news, Jones filed papers hoping to pull off an old distasteful trick of Illinois politics--to have Democratic Party bosses pass his political office to his child. Jones has been slammed in the press, but he's defended his choice publicly.

Still, the maneuver has started to raise questions about whether the controversy could be a potential problem for one of Jones' political mentees, Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

The key question is, "Can Obama clean up the Illinois/Chicago Government corruption and survive at the same time, or will he just continue it in Washington"?

I'm betting on the latter because it's already entrenched in Washington since the 2006 Elections, as witnessed by Obama's selection as President in 2008.

The Chicago Mafia is back, if it was ever gone, but the Obama Mafia will nationalize it. Just imagine Chicago government on a national scale. Doesn't that give you confidence in our future?

A Resolution Hint for Fitzgerald: Start by wiring Rahm Emanuel if you want to get to the top of this corruption. (Over Fitzgerald's dead body will this ever happen.)

If you can't trust Obama Government and Obama Media now, who can you trust? Start with the Chicago Mafia.

Obama Senate Seat

Democratic Party Scandal: How High Will It Go?
By Rick Moran

The big news, of course, is the governor's attempt to sell the senate seat of Barack Obama. Incredibly, it appears that he tried to get the best deal by shopping the seat to as many as 7 potential candidates -- including, indirectly, Barack Obama.

ABC News: Sources Say Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate #5 '

By BRIAN ROSS

Dec. 10, 2008

Chicago Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., is the anonymous "Senate Candidate No. 5" whose emissaries Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich reportedly offered up to $1 million to name him to the U.S. Senate, federal law enforcement sources tell ABC News.

Obama Senate Seat For Sale?
according to The Smoking Gun

In a November 11 conversation, Blagojevich remarked that he knew Obama wanted Valerie Jarrett, a longtime confidante, to succeed him, "but they're not willing to give me anything except appreciation....

Senate Candidate 1" is Jarrett. "Senate Candidate 2" is Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Emil Jones, an Illinois state legislator, is "Senate Candidate 5." And "Senate Candidate 6" appears to be J.P. Pritzker, a wealthy Chicago businessman. Additionally, Rahm Emanuel, the incoming White House chief of staff, is referred to in the affidavit as "President-elect Advisor."
Rahm Emanuel had to stop this before it connected all of the Chicago/Obama Connection on record. Everyone knows what's going on, but who is too intimidated to expose it.

Even the Supreme Court has been challenged, but failed to stop the corruption.

It goes one, and on, and on.

This is the Change you can count on.

Obama Society Connection--Blagojevich

BarackBook-Blagojevich

"Rezko, Whose Prodigious Fundraising Helped To Bankroll The Campaigns Of Sen. Barack Obama And Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Was Convicted Of 18 Counts Of Fraud And Other Offenses Involving The Use Of Influence In State Government To Squeeze Companies Seeking To Do Business With The State For Kickbacks." (Mike Robinson, "Rezko Lawyers Want Wife To Keep Money," The Associated Press, 7/17/08)

Just the beginning--Obama Society Connection exposed.

Is this another "moment of truth" of what happens when you challenge Obama, or just the initial outing of Chicago/Obama corruption?

So This is the Change You Wanted?

And now for a world government

FT.com

By Gideon Rachman

Published: December 8 2008 19:13 | Last updated: December 8 2008 19:13

I have never believed that there is a secret United Nations plot to take over the US. I have never seen black helicopters hovering in the sky above Montana. But, for the first time in my life, I think the formation of some sort of world government is plausible.

A “world government” would involve much more than co-operation between nations. It would be an entity with state-like characteristics, backed by a body of laws. The European Union has already set up a continental government for 27 countries, which could be a model. The EU has a supreme court, a currency, thousands of pages of law, a large civil service and the ability to deploy military force.

Click the Title to read the rest.

Remember the G20 meeting in April and remember the previous post "Bush's November 15 "International Summit."

Obama Nominees Signal Radical Pro-U.N. Agenda

AIM Column | By Cliff Kincaid | November 30, 2008

Obama also wants to pass several controversial U.N. treaties and says that he would consider joining the International Criminal Court.

Take a look at link below posted November 2, 2008 on this blog:

Like Father Like Son--Like Chicago Like the Future 'US'

Wall Street and the Rise of Obama

AIM Report | By Cliff Kincaid | November 20, 2008

Their plan also includes phasing out the U.S. dollar as the international reserve currency and establishing “a people’s inquiry into the mechanisms necessary for a just international monetary system.” Clearly, they intend to bring the U.S. into a system of international socialism, with new and more powerful global agencies deciding our economic and financial fate....

Stiglitz, a financial contributor to Obama’s presidential campaign and major backer of the national Democratic Party, is in a perfect position to guide the transition into a global socialist economy....

Financial analyst Peter Schiff, who also predicted the current crisis, warns that “the fundamentals loom simple and irrefutable: American borrowers of all stripes cannot afford to repay the trillions of dollars we owe. Over the past decade, the vast majority of lending has come from abroad, and as Americans don’t pay, the losses show up on foreign balance sheets. Since we blew most of the money we borrowed on consumption, we simply lack the industrial capacity to repay our debts without resorting to a printing press.”

All concerned Citizens should read the Title Link Article.

The Great Birth Certificate Scandal-Cover-Up of the 2008 Election

from Accuracy In Media
Guest Column | By Joan Swirsky | November 25, 2008

What follows is a partial list of people and organizations that have challenged Obama’s eligibility. Further on I will comment on how egregious the media’s failure to cover this story has been. And last, I will speculate on the reason for the cover-up of this full-blown scandal.

We have entered a new period in time of Selective Law Enforcement. The Constitution is not the only law selectively enforced. Each day more and more laws are. We have reached a period in time where Power trumps the Constitution and laws. Take a look at amnesty enforcement, marriage laws, and voter laws. Watch gun rights. Watch Freedom of Speech. Take a look at McCain-Feingold and Bailout intrusion of the Constitution.

B.H.Obama doesn't respect the Constitution and has no intention of following it. If he doesn't have to prove his eligibility to be President, then he has proven his disregard for The Constitution.

Rubin Shows U.S. the Way!

Former Clinton Treasury Secretary Turned Obama Adviser Was Paid Tens of Millions by Bailed-Out Citigroup
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
By Matt Cover

(CNSNews.com) – Robert Rubin, a key economic advisor to President-elect Barack Obama who served as Treasury secretary in the Clinton Administration, has been one of the highest paid executives at the now twice bailed-out financial giant Citigroup.

Rubin, who has been associated with the bank since 1999, served as its interim chairman from November to December 2007.
Rubin’s role has been described as an advisor to the company’s top executives....

“It’s a little like visiting Yoda, you go and get a dose of wisdom,” Citigroup co-head of global investment banking Raymond J. McGuire told the Times.

McGuire, who is one of Obama’s bundlers – the fundraising titans responsible for bankrolling Obama’s presidential campaign – is a member with Rubin on Citigroup’s Senior Leadership Committee.

Rubin has been well compensated for his advice, earning $17.3 million in 2006, according to Citigroup’s SEC filings. Rubin earned $16.4 million in 2005, $16.5 million in 2004, and $16.6 million in 2003.

Rubin has also served on the executive board of the struggling Ford Motor Co. as a director until 2006, which paid him over $100,000 that year, according to Forbes.com.

Rubin Shows U.S. the Way! To Failure!

Obama/Soros New Stimulus Plan

Soros says U.S. needs billions more in aid measures

BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.S. economy needs additional support measures of between $300 billion and $600 billion to help it withstand the financial crisis, U.S. billionaire investor George Soros was quoted as saying by a German weekly.

Soros, one of the world's first and best-known hedge fund managers, told Der Spiegel magazine the United States needed an infrastructure programme, as well as a large economic stimulus package to provide its cities and states with sufficient cash.

Obama Warns On Economy: Works On Stimulus Plan

The package is expected to include middle-class tax cuts and billions of dollars for public works projects, such as the construction of roads, bridges and mass transit.

Observe the following: Soros determines the plan for Obama and Congress to implement. This is the "change" promised in the 2008 election and many of YOU endorsed. The 2008 election was run, very successful I might add, the same way.

The question ahead is, will Soros run the U.S. Government as good as he runs an election, and will Socialism (change) be what you thought it was? The Socialist governmental organizations will soon be in place, if they are not already.

How many willing slaves does it take to reelect the rulers? Keep in mind, elections don't have to be honest and rules will be changed.

Some more results of the 2008 election:

• Forget the Constitution

• Eliminate the Middle Class

More detailed results to be posted later.

Petition to see the birth certificate

WASHINGTON – WND today announces the launching of an online petition designed to enlist the public's help in demanding evidence of Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility for the office of the presidency.

WND Reader Forum

Sources: Pritzker, Napolitano being vetted for Cabinet

Also, multiple Democratic sources say billionaire Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker is Obama's choice for commerce secretary. Pritzker ran Barack Obama's record-breaking fundraising effort, serving as the campaign's finance chair.

The sources say Prtizker would accept the job, which would be formally offered after vetting is complete. But whether the rigors of the Obama vetting process will present a challenge to a businessperson with no record in public office -- and presumably extensive financial holdings -- is still a question.

Obama Chairperson Pritzker To Host Ahmadinejad Dinner To Atone For Mistakes

Posted by mcnorman

A dinner hosted by Obama’s chairperson to atone for mistakes against the Iranian Government. Calling all out all of my Jewish friends in New York!

Word on the Street is Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not available for the job at this time.

HowObamaGotElected.com

Ziegler Poll

ZogbyInternational
Released: November 18, 2008

Zogby Statement on Ziegler poll

"We stand by the results our survey work on behalf of John Ziegler, as we stand by all of our work. We reject the notion that this was a push poll because it very simply wasn't. It was a legitimate effort to test the knowledge of voters who cast ballots for Barack Obama in the Nov. 4 election. Push polls are a malicious effort to sway public opinion one way or the other, while message and knowledge testing is quite another effort of public opinion research that is legitimate inquiry and has value in the public square. In this case, the respondents were given a full range of responses and were not pressured or influenced to respond in one way or another. This poll was not designed to hurt anyone, which is obvious as it was conducted after the election. The client is free to draw his own conclusions about the research, as are bloggers and other members of society. But Zogby International is a neutral party in this matter. We were hired to test public opinion on a particular subject and with no ax to grind, that's exactly what we did. We don't have to agree or disagree with the questions, we simply ask them and provide the client with a fair and accurate set of data reflecting public opinion." - John Zogby

Just 2% of voters who supported Barack Obama on Election Day obtained perfect or near-perfect scores on a post election test which gauged their knowledge of statements and scandals associated with the presidential tickets during the campaign, a new Zogby International telephone poll shows. [ Read More ]

This represents the Obama Voter I know, too.

The Soros Connection in the Minnesota Senate Race Vote Count

Map Link

Article By Ed Lasky

Who is funding The Alliance for a Better Minnesota? Rob McKay, Anna Burger and George Soros are all involved in funneling money and presumably advice to a group called Fund For America, a so-called 527 political action committee. This group serves as a conduit to funnel money and support to, among a few other groups, the Alliance for a Better Minnesota. A map of the relationships has been prepared by the Center for Investigative Reporting, which is, in part, supported by George Soros's Open Society Institute.

Chairman Soros and President Elect Obama

Soros-Funded Democratic Idea Factory Becomes Obama Policy Font
Bloomberg.com: News

By Edwin Chen

Thanks in part to funding from benefactors such as billionaire George Soros, the Center for American Progress has become in just five years an intellectual wellspring for Democratic policy proposals, including many that are shaping the agenda of the new Obama administration....

CAP's president and founder, John Podesta, 59, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, is one of three people running the transition team for president-elect Barack Obama, 47. A squadron of CAP experts is working with them....

Some of the group's recommendations already have been adopted by the president-elect.

Withdrawal of Troops

These include the center's call for a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and a buildup of forces in Afghanistan, a plan for universal health coverage through employer plans and proposals to create purchasing pools that allow small businesses to spread the cost among a larger group of workers. Obama has endorsed much of a CAP plan to create ``green jobs'' linked to alleviating global climate change.

CAP also is advocating the creation of a ``National Energy Council'' headed by an official with the stature of the national security adviser and who would be charged with ``transforming the energy base'' of the U.S. In addition, CAP urges the creation of a White House ``office of social entrepreneurship'' to spur new ideas for addressing social problems.

To help promote its ideas, CAP employs 11 full-time bloggers who contribute to two Web sites, ThinkProgress and the Wonk Room; others prepare daily feeds for radio stations. The center's policy briefings are standing-room only, packed with lobbyists, advocacy-group representatives and reporters looking for insights on where the Obama administration is headed....

``Others strive to be objective, we don't,'' said Jennifer Palmieri, CAP's vice president for communications.

Podesta likes to say, ``we're not a think tank, we're an action tank,'' said Dan Weiss, an environmental activist who joined CAP last year.

CAP isn't the only Democratic-leaning research organization in Washington with enhanced cachet after Obama's election.

The 92-year-old Brookings Institution, for example, has advisers in Obama's inner circle, including economist Jason Furman and foreign-policy expert Susan Rice. Others are working either part-time or full-time in the Obama transition....

Influence

Yet CAP may be the most influential. In addition to Podesta, at least 10 other CAP experts are advising the incoming administration, including Melody Barnes, the center's executive vice president for policy who co-chairs the agency-review working group and Cassandra Butts, the senior vice president for domestic policy, who is now a senior transition staffer.

Note: This isn't the best government money can buy, but it certainly is the most dangerous government money can buy.

Media behind The Media

This posting is for my Marxist Friends who don't realize The Media behind The Media.

Political Affairs Magazine

UN Charter Article 26 and Disarmament

The United Nations Charter was negotiated by 50 governments and opened for signature in June 1945. Article 26 of the Charter offers evidence of assumptions made about this new institution and how nations united and working together could actually prevent conflict and deliver peace and security.

Obama's Mandate for Change

By Norman Markowitz

The best way to win over the the portion of the working class in the South or the West that supported McCain and the Republicans is to create important new public programs and improve the social safety net. National health care, significantly higher minimum wages, support for trade union organizing, aid to education should all be on the agenda. These programs will improve the quality of our lives lives directly, giving us greater security and establishing the social economic changes that will bring reluctant voters into the Obama coalition. That is how progress works.

Links for your cause:
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/link/category/0/

Global Socialists Toast Victory over America

AIM Column | By Cliff Kincaid | November 16, 2008

But ignored by most of the media was the fact that buried in the “declaration” endorsed by Bush and other leaders meeting on Saturday was (Point number 14) support for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, “the development assistance commitments we have made,” and a reaffirmation of “the development principles agreed at the 2002 United Nations Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico, which emphasized country ownership and mobilizing all sources of financing for development.”

This language may sound vague or confusing. But to those familiar with the U.N. and its conferences and the Millennium Development Goals, it all makes perfect sense. This is a commitment to devote 0.7 percent of the Gross National Product to official foreign aid, a plan envisaged in President-elect Barack Obama’s Global Poverty Act. It will cost $845 billion, to be recovered in whole or part through a global tax. The phrase “all sources of financing for development” is U.N.-speak for global taxes.

In addition to his Global Poverty Act, which could pass Congress in a lame duck session or after President Obama takes office, the Jubilee Act is also being pushed for the benefit of other nations of the world. It would cancel as much as $75 billion in debt owed by foreign countries. The total of the two measures is $920 billion.

It is no coincidence that one of Obama’s personal representatives to the G20 meeting was former Republican Rep. Jim Leach, a left-winger who not only gave a speech backing Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention but is a long-time collaborator of the World Federalist Movement. This is a group that favors global taxes to finance world government.

Leach is clearly hoping for an appointment from Obama as the new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, where he could help implement the Millennium Development Goals.

In other words, America has been cut down to size and the beneficiaries are those who were always jealous of her wealth and power. The result will not only be less U.S economic power but the diminution of American military power. One will inevitably follow the other, especially if more U.S. manufacturing industries go bankrupt.

This isn’t “international capitalism.” It’s the victory of global socialism. The stage is perfectly set for the U.S. presidency to be occupied by a revolutionary Marxist.

“We are the world” is coming true.

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Article for Obama Youth Voter

Waltzing on the Titanic
By Larrey Anderson

America's young people helped elect Barack Obama. Way to go kids! This article is for you. Let's take a look at your future.

Soros Direct Funded Organizations

Organizations Funded Directly by George Soros and Open Society Institute
By Discover The Networks
December 2007

This list is so long it is a doc file with links and more information.

I'm sure there is no coordination with the real world, only coincidence.

"Secondary" or "Indirect" Affiliates of the George Soros Network

By Discover The Networks
July 2007

In addition to those organizations ("primary" or "direct" affiliates) that are funded directly by George Soros and his Open Society Institute (OSI), there are also numerous "secondary" or "indirect" affiliates of the Soros network. These include organizations which do not receive direct funding from Soros and OSI, but which are funded by one or more organizations that do. These secondary affiliates also include organizations that work collaboratively or synergistically with Soros-funded groups. Among these secondary affiliates are the following:

• Air America Radio: Funded by Democracy Alliance, which is heavily bankrolled by Soros, this radio station was created to advance the cause of the Democratic Party and the political Left.
  
  
• Catalist: Headed by Soros ally Harold Ickes, this political consultancy seeks "to help progressive organizations realize measurable increases in civic participation and electoral success by building and operating a robust national voter database of every voting-age American." Toward this end, it helps leftist organizations conduct more effective get-out-the-vote drives and targeted political advertising.
  
  
• Center for Progressive Leadership: Funded by the Soros-bankrolled Democracy Alliance, this anti-capitalist organization is dedicated to training future leftist political leaders.
  
  
• Media Matters for America: Seeking to "systematically monitor [the media] for conservative misinformation" and to discredit anything that "forwards the conservative agenda," this group, which has intimate ties to Hillary Clinton, works very closely with the Soros-backed Center for American Progress. It is heavily funded by Democracy Alliance, of which Soros is a major financier.
  
  
• Moving Ideas Network: This coalition of more than 250 leftwing activist groups is a partner organization of the Soros-backed Center for American Progress. Promoting the candidacy of leftwing politicians, the Moving Ideas Network was originally a project of the Soros-backed American Prospect and, as such, received indirect funding from the Open Society Institute. In early 2006, The American Prospect relinquished control of the Moving Ideas Network
  
  
• New Organizing Institute: Created by the Soros-funded MoveOn.org, this group "trains young, technology-enabled political organizers to work for progressive campaigns and organizations."
  
  
• Schumann Center for Media and Democracy: PBS broadcaster and Schumann Center President Bill Moyers is a trustee of the Open Society Institute's Board of Directors. The Schumann Center shares many of OSI's agendas.
  
  
• Service Employees International Union: The current President of SEIU is the former New Leftist Andrew Stern, who sat on the Executive Committee of the Soros-created America Coming Together.
  
  
• Sierra Club: This organization's Executive Director, Carl Pope, co founded America Coming Together, in whose creation Soros played a major role.
  
  
• Think Progress: This "project" of the American Progress Action Fund, which is a "sister advocacy organization" of the Soros-funded Center for American Progress and Campus Progress, seeks to transform "progressive ideas into policy through rapid response communications, legislative action, grassroots organizing and advocacy, and partnerships with other progressive leaders throughout the country and the world." Think Progress promotes an agenda identical to that of the left wing of the Democratic Party.
  
  
• Vote for Change: Coordinated by the political action committee of the Soros-funded MoveOn.org, Vote for Change was a group of 41 musicians and bands that performed concerts in several key election "battleground" states during October 2004, to raise money in support of Democrat John Kerry's presidential bid.
  
  
• Working Families Party: Created in 1998 to help push the Democratic Party toward the left, this front group for the Soros-funded ACORN functions as a political party that promotes ACORN-friendly candidates.
  

'Constitutional crisis' looming over Obama's birth location

Alan Keyes lawsuit warns America may see 'usurper' in Oval Office

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Posted: November 14, 2008
8:40 pm Eastern

By Bob Unruh
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

Alan Keyes

The California secretary of state should refuse to allow the state's 55 Electoral

College votes to be cast in the 2008 presidential election until President-elect Barack Obama

verifies his eligibility to hold the office, alleges a California court petition filed on behalf of former presidential candidate Alan Keyes and others.

The legal action today is just the latest is a series of challenges, some of which have gone as high as the U.S. Supreme Court, over the issue of Obama's status as a "natural-born citizen," a requirement set by the U.S. Constitution.

The governor's office in Hawaii said there is a valid certificate but rejected requests for access and left ambiguous its origin: Does the certificate on file with the Department of Health indicate a Hawaii birth or was it generated after the Obama family registered a Kenyan birth in Hawaii?

Obama's half-sister, Maya Soetoro, has named two different Hawaii hospitals where Obama could have been born, while a video posted on YouTube features Obama's Kenyan grandmother Sarah claiming to have witnessed Obama's birth in Kenya.

Alan Keyes has always had nerve and stands for what he believes.
There isn't much of that left in politics today.

Supporting Link:
Legal challenges spring up across U.S., demand proof of eligibility for office

Act now on the G20 Summit: Messages to the leaders

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A truly global response to a global crisis

In recent weeks, leaders worldwide have recognized the deficiencies of the existing system and the need to meet to address a broader set of proposals to reform the global financial system and its institutions. The G20 are now set to meet in Washington DC on November 15 to begin the discussions. It is of course imperative to agree on immediate measures to address the crisis, and we emphasize that priority must be given to responses to the impacts on ordinary employees and workers, low-income households, pensioners and other extremely vulnerable sectors. But we are deeply concerned that the proposed meetings will be carried out in a rushed and non-inclusive manner, and as a result, not address the comprehensive range of changes needed, nor fairly allocate their burden.

Though the crisis originated in northern countries, the impacts are likely to be greatest in developing countries. It is therefore critical that all countries have a say in the process to change the international financial architecture. No equitable and sustainable solutions to transforming the current system will come out of a conference that is rapidly-prepared and excludes many countries and civil society. Such efforts are in fact more likely to further undermine public trust and confidence and to further disenfranchise countries that are already opting for regional solutions over a stronger, more coherent and fairer international financial system.

Our demands –time for a fundamental rethink

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, support the fundamental and far-reaching transformation of the international financial and economic system. To serve this purpose, we support a major international conference convened by the UN to review the international financial and monetary architecture, its institutions and its governance, but only if the meeting follows a process that:

1. is inclusive and participatory of all governments of the world;
2. includes representatives from civil society, citizen’s groups, social movements and other stakeholders;
3. has a clear timeline and process for regional consultations, particularly with those most affected by the crisis;
4. is comprehensive in scope, tackling the full array of issues and institutions;
5. is transparent, with proposals and draft outcome documents made publicly available and discussed well in advance of the meeting.

Full use should be made of the new UN task force on the global financial system, the upcoming UN Financing for Development meeting and other UN instances to begin preparing such a global meeting.

There are no quick fixes in the transition from the current system - which has fostered instability and inequity - towards a just, sustainable and accountable one, which yields benefits for the majority of the world’s people.

Bush’s November 15 “International Summit”

Kept hidden from the American people is the fact that the U.N., under its new General Assembly President, Miguel D’Escoto, a sort of Jeremiah Wright on a global level, is working to take advantage of the continuing crisis.

D'Escoto

D’Escoto is the renegade Catholic Priest and former foreign minister of Communist Sandinista Nicaragua who advocates Marxist-oriented liberation theology and won the Lenin Peace Prize from the old Soviet Union. He is in a position to influence the conduct of Bush’s “international summit” and may even show up there.

D’Escoto says that “there is growing recognition that the current financial turmoil cannot be solved through piecemeal responses at the national and regional level but requires coordinated global efforts that should be led by the United Nations,” according to an Associated Press story. This means it has to be a U.N.-managed or supervised process, in order to loot the U.S. and benefit the rest of the world.

Bush’s “international summit” fits perfectly into D’Escoto’s anti-American plans.

Soros to testify before Oversight Committee

Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Corporate Accountability

Committee to Hold Hearing on Hedge Funds and the Financial Market

The Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Hedge Funds and the Financial Market” on Thursday, November 13, 2008. The hearing will examine systemic risks to the financial markets posed by hedge funds and proposals for regulatory and tax reforms.

The following witnesses are expected to testify:

• John Alfred Paulson, President, Paulson & Co., Inc.
• George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund Management, LLC
• James Simons, President, Renaissance Technologies, LLC
• Philip A. Falcone, Senior Managing Partner, Harbinger Capital Partners
• Kenneth C. Griffin, Chief Executive Officer and President, Citadel Investment Group, LLC
• Professor Andrew Lo, Director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management
• Professor David Ruder, Northwestern University School of Law, Former Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Professor Joseph Bankman, Stanford University Law School
• Houman Shadab, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University

A Party Bought And Paid For

By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 4:20 PM PT

MoveOn's leaders declared in a 2004 e-mail that its cash contributions ensure its control of the Democrats: "Now it's our Party: we bought it, we own it, and we're going to take it back."

With a slew of senators who won't even condemn their worst excesses in a mere symbolic vote, it's hard to dispute that statement.

The Soros Threat To Democracy

The Soros Threat To Democracy
By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, September 24, 2007

How many people, for instance, know that James Hansen, a man billed as a lonely "NASA whistleblower" standing up to the mighty U.S. government, was really funded by Soros' Open Society Institute , which gave him "legal and media advice"?

That's right, Hansen was packaged for the media by Soros' flagship "philanthropy," by as much as $720,000, most likely under the OSI's "politicization of science" program.

That's not the only case. Didn't the mainstream media report that 2006's vast immigration rallies across the country began as a spontaneous uprising of 2 million angry Mexican-flag waving illegal immigrants demanding U.S. citizenship in Los Angeles, egged on only by a local Spanish-language radio announcer?

Turns out that wasn't what happened, either. Soros' OSI had money-muscle there, too, through its $17 million Justice Fund. The fund lists 19 projects in 2006. One was vaguely described involvement in the immigration rallies. Another project funded illegal immigrant activist groups for subsequent court cases.

Do people know last year's Supreme Court ruling abolishing special military commissions for terrorists at Guantanamo was a Soros project? OSI gave support to Georgetown lawyers in 2006 to win Hamdan v. Rumsfeld — for the terrorists.

OSI also gave cash to other radicals who pressured the Transportation Security Administration to scrap a program called "Secure Flight," which matched flight passenger lists with terrorist names. It gave more cash to other left-wing lawyers who persuaded a Texas judge to block cell phone tracking of terrorists.

There is so much you have to wonder, How does he get away with it?

George Soros-Coup Suspect #1

George Soros is to testify before Henry Waxman committee on Nov. 13, 2008.

GUIDE TO THE GEORGE SOROS NETWORK
George Soros is one of the most powerful men on earth. A New York hedge fund manager, he has amassed a personal fortune estimated at about $7.2 billion. His management company controls billions more in investor assets. Since 1979, his foundation network -- whose flagship is the Open Society Institute (OSI) -- has dispensed an estimated $5 billion to a multitude of organizations whose objectives are consistent with those of Soros. (The President of OSI and the Soros Foundation Network is Aryeh Neier, who, as Director of the socialist League for Industrial Democracy, personally created the radical group Students for a Democratic Society in 1959.) With assets of $859 million as of 2005, OSI alone donates scores of millions of dollars annually to these various groups, whose major agendas can be summarized as follows: Click here to view.

Open Society Institute

Established in 1993, the Open Society Institute (OSI) is the most prominent of the numerous foundations belonging to the international billionaire financier George Soros, its founder and Chairman. Claiming to be "a nonpartisan, nonpolitical entity" whose funding agendas are "wholly separate" from "George Soros's private political activities," OSI describes itself as "a private operating and grantmaking foundation [that] "aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform; … implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media; [and] works to build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as combating corruption and rights abuses."

OSI's Director of U.S. Advocacy is Morton Halperin (President of John Podesta's Center for American Progress, and a longtime affiliate of the Institute for Policy Studies and the National Lawyers Guild).

The President of OSI and the Soros Foundation Network is Aryeh Neier, who, as Director of the socialist League for Industrial Democracy, personally created the radical group Students for a Democratic Society in 1959; he also worked for the American Civil Liberties Union from 1963 to 1978, serving as its Director for the last eight of those years.

PBS broadcaster and Schumann Center for Media and Democracy President Bill Moyers is a former trustee of the Open Society Institute.

A key funder of the open borders movement, OSI also supports the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund; the Immigrant Legal Resource Center; the National Immigration Law Center; the National Immigration Forum; the National Council of La Raza; and the American Immigration Law Foundation.

Internal Revenue Service records indicate that OSI made a September 2002 grant of $20,000 to the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee. Stewart was the criminal-defense attorney who was later convicted for abetting her client, the "blind sheik" Omar Abdel Rahman, in terrorist activities connected with his Islamic Group.

Between 1998 and 2003, OSI received more than $30 million from U.S. government agencies. Various State Department documents indicate that OSI has been paid to run what the Department describes as "democratization programs" in a number of countries, including Uzbekistan, Burma, and regions of Central Asia.

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Will The Anti-American Coup of 2009 Succeed?

Will The Anti-American Coup of 2009 be completed on Jan 20, 2009?

Have no doubt about it, what we are experiencing is a coup d'etat. The key question left is who is the architect and brains behind this coup to takeover America?

Let's explore the key events that led up to this coup and see if we can connect the dots to the architect:

• Ronald Regan winning the Cold War exposed the World to America's true values and threatened the Anti-American Party.
  
• After George Bush won the Gulf War with the support of the World the symbolism was enhance, but the Anti-American faction was threatened even more by America and it's World exposure.
  
• The Media became dominated by Anti-American supporters to insure that the Media could control the views of the voters, criticize America, and support the Anti-American Party.
  
• The First Clinton administration benefited from the Media Control and War Dividend but was unable to capitalize on it because it was checked by a Republican House and Senate.
• The Second Clinton administration still had to deal with a somewhat diluted Republican House and Senate and was making progress until The Affair.
  
• 2000--George W. Bush with idealistic American ideals interrupted the chosen leader of the Anti-American Party by defeating Al Gore. This enhanced the threat to the Anti-American Party.
  
• Because of the close election George W. Bush governed as an American Patriot, and tried to appease the Anti-American Party without realizing the threat, control, and animosity of the Anti-American Party.
  
• 2001--America was attacked, and again the Anti-American Party was threatened by any success George Bush would have as a result.
• When America was effective in Afghanistan by quickly expelling the Taliban and defeating the Hussein regime in Iraq, the Anti-American Party was on the verge of defeat too, if they didn't respond immediately.
• The constant drum beat by The Media and the Anti-American Party began against the Pro America Administration and never stopped.
  
• 2004--In spite of the Administration success, The Media with support of the Anti-American Party were able to marginalize the resulting Congressional gains and thus provide substantial encouragement to the enemy.
• 2006--The big gain for the Anti-American Party came in the 2006 election when the Democrats took control of both The House and The Senate and many critical State offices that oversee elections in the swing states Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico and Ohio.
• The embolden Democrats now controlled the strings of the 2008 election for the Anti-American Party: Campaign finance, key state election officials, judges, war hearings, "corruption" hearings, war funding, and key committees. They created Anti-American news for their accomplices, The Media.
• 2008 The Media and Anti-American party selected all three candidates. They covered their bets any way the voters went. If the voters went patriotic they had McCain with limited funds, if the voters went gender, they had Clinton with unlimited funds but a questionable background, and if voters went racial, they had Obama with unlimited and hidden funds and no record of accomplishment. Secretive Obama does have a record, but the power the Anti-American Party has illustrates the extent they control the process to hide and disguise his anti-American and hidden record.
  
• The long Democratic campaign coupled with the Regular campaign and debates funded The Media.
  

This is a masterful, worldwide, international funded, corrupt, illegal, damaging, and to this point, successful, coup that will negatively impact The World and affect generations of Americans.

Who is the key architect, mastermind, and traitor?

Supporting data can be found in previous and future posts on this Blog.

Jamie S. Gorelick Potential Attorney General

Jamie S. Gorelick

By ERIC LICHTBLAU

Published: November 9, 2008

Being considered for: Attorney general, but associates now say she is not interested in being considered for the job.

Carries as baggage: Her work at Fannie Mae, which had to be bailed out by the government in September as part of a $200 billion deal. Ms. Gorelick left the company just as it was coming under attack for huge accounting failures. She has also drawn criticism for her role at the Justice Department, in which she allegedly created an intelligence “wall” that hindered counterterrorism agents in the years before the Sept. 11 attacks. Conservatives called for her removal from the Sept. 11 commission, but her fellow members rallied around her and said critics were distorting her record. The criticism grew so heated that the F.B.I. investigated a death threat against her family, and President Bush had to intervene personally to stop the Justice Department from releasing sealed reports involving her. Some conservative bloggers have already begun trying to derail Ms. Gorelick’s possible nomination as attorney general, pointing to her experiences at both Fannie Mae and the Sept. 11 commission.

U.S. Government--Sold to the Highest Bidder

Source: Center for Responsive Politics

Money Wins Presidency and 9 of 10 Congressional Races in Priciest U.S. Election Ever

From the top of the ticket, where Barack Obama declined public financing for the first time since the system's creation and went on to amass a nearly two-to-one monetary advantage over John McCain, to congressional races throughout the nation, the candidate with the most money going into Election Day emerged victorious in nearly every contest.

In 93 percent of House of Representatives races and 94 percent of Senate races that had been decided by mid-day Nov. 5, the candidate who spent the most money ended up winning, according to a post-election analysis by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. The findings are based on candidates' spending through Oct. 15, as reported to the Federal Election Commission.

Top Industries for Obama

Rank	Industry	Total
1	Retired	$40,053,318
2	Lawyers/Law Firms	$36,755,162
3	Education	$19,345,775
4	Securities & Investment	$12,653,140
5	Misc Business	$12,239,151
6	Business Services	$10,104,393
7	Health Professionals	$9,446,425
8	Real Estate	$8,678,676
9	TV/Movies/Music	$7,264,467
10	Computers/Internet	$7,251,335
11	Civil Servants/Public Officials	$6,949,758
12	Democratic/Liberal	$5,512,685
13	Printing & Publishing	$5,467,923
14	Misc Finance	$5,153,537
15	Other	$3,434,670
16	Hospitals/Nursing Homes	$3,304,156
17	Commercial Banks	$2,938,556
18	Non-Profit Institutions	$2,502,689
19	Construction Services	$2,329,996
20	Insurance	$1,847,501

Top Contributors for Obama

University of California	$909,283
Goldman Sachs	$874,207
Harvard University	$717,230
Microsoft Corp	$714,108
Google Inc	$701,099
JPMorgan Chase & Co	$581,460
Citigroup Inc	$581,216
National Amusements Inc	$543,859
Time Warner	$508,148
Sidley Austin LLP	$492,445
Stanford University	$481,199
Skadden, Arps et al	$473,424
Wilmerhale Llp	$466,679
UBS AG	$454,795
Latham & Watkins	$426,924
Columbia University	$426,516
Morgan Stanley	$425,102
IBM Corp	$415,196
University of Chicago	$414,555
US Government	$400,819

American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees

Cycle	Total	Democrats	Republicans	% to Dems	% to Repubs	Individuals	PACs	Soft (Indivs)	Soft (Orgs)
2008	$1,910,802	$1,881,302	$22,000	99%	1%	$51,700	$1,859,102	$0	$0

Obama Appoints Radical Media Activist To Oversee FCC, Talk Radio Shutdown

The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney

Ahead of a widely-expected crackdown on free speech and political dissent by the incoming Obama administration, our Dear Leader has appointed a new FCC transition czar to oversee the process.

Henry Rivera, a longtime radical leftist, lawyer and former FCC commissioner, is expected to lead the push to dismantle commercial talk radio that is favored by a number of Democratic Party senators. Rivera will play a pivotal role in preventing critics from having a public voice during Obama's tenure in office.

A Prayer for Our Country and a Song of Inspiration

Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation

'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance.
We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today;
cleanse us from every sin and set us free.
Amen!'

NEW SONG THEY WILL NOT PLAY ON THE RADIO
"In God We Still Trust" by Diamond Rio

Thanks to Jimmy for submitting this posting.

Emanuel Was Director Of Freddie Mac During Scandal

New Obama Chief of Staff, Others on Board, Missed "Red Flags" of Alleged Fraud Scheme

By BRIAN ROSS and RHONDA SCHWARTZ
November 7, 2008

Emanuel was not named in the SEC complaint (click here to read) but the entire board was later accused by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) (click here to read) of having "failed in its duty to follow up on matters brought to its attention."

CAP’s John Podesta Confirms He’ll Lead Obama Transition

By Matthew Vadum Thursday, November 6, 2008

This is not surprising. Echoing a Nation magazine report, we noted a year and a half ago that the aggressive think tank is viewed as a kind of left-wing “shadow government,” or government-in-waiting.

CAP has taken in at least $9 million from the Democracy Alliance. The bulk of the money has come from Democratic Party owner and financial speculator George Soros, insurance tycoon Peter B. Lewis, and Herb and Marion Sandler, the financial innovators who somehow convinced Wachovia to buy their now-troubled financial institution.

Link:
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1626

Podesta was appointed President and CEO of the Center for American Progress (CAP) at its founding on July 7, 2003. He was hand-picked for the job by CAP founders George Soros and Morton H. Halperin, according to a March 1, 2004 report in The Nation by Robert Dreyfuss. Inside sources have described CAP as "the official Hillary Clinton think tank" -- a media spin machine and policy generator designed to serve as a springboard for Mrs. Clinton's presidential ambitions.

http://www.americanprogress.org/aboutus/staff