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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Just A Formality With Columbo

. . . Sorry to bother you Mr. Obama, Sir



Excuse me Mr. Obama, I mean Senator Obama, sir. Um . . . know you are busy and important and stuff.I mean running for president is very important and . . . ah . . . I hate to bother you. I will only take a minute ok, sir?

See, I have these missing pieces that are holding me up, and I was wondering sir, if you could take time out of your busy schedule and help me out. You know, no big deal, just some loose ends and things. Hey, you have a nice place here! The wife sees houses like this on TV all the time and says boy she wishes she had digs like this you know? Is that painting real? Really? Wow. I saw something like that in a museum once!

Oh, sorry sir. I didn't mean to get off the track. So if you could just help me out a minute and give me some details, I will get right out of your way. I want to close this case and maybe take the wife to Coney Island or something. Ever been to Coney Island ? No, I didn't think so. . . Well, listen, anyways, I can't seem to get some information I need to wrap this up. These things seem to either be "locked" or "not available'. I'm sure it's just some oversight or glitch or something, so if you could you tell me where these things are . . . I . . . I . . . have them written down here somewhere . . . oh wait. Sorry about the smears, It was raining out. I'll just read it to you.

Could you help me please find these things, sir?

Your Occidental College records
Your Columbia College records
Your Columbia Thesis paper
Your Harvard College records
Your Selective Service Registration
Your Illinois State Senate records
Your Illinois State Senate schedule
Your Law practice client list
A Certified Copy of your original Birth certificate
Your embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth
Your Harvard Law Review articles that were published
Your University of Chicago scholarly articles
Your Record of baptism

Oh hey . . . listen! I know you are busy! Is this too much for you now? I mean tell you what. I will come back tomorrow. Give you some time to get these things together, you know? I mean, I know you are busy, so I will just let myself out. I will be back tomorrow. And the day after. . .

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Joke all you want. He will be your next president.

Anonymous said...

Pure bullshit. Mindlessly taken from the Karl Rove book of throw any and all bullshit smears at your opponent and hope something sticks.

Anonymous said...

Simply present the info and the questions will go away. this will loose the election for Obama.

Anonymous said...

9:56,,, don't be too sure of that.

10:07... Karl Rove isn't running the last time I checked and from what I can see he is not the monster the left would like you to believe.

Take away the teleprompter from Obama and he does not appear to be very sharp. Coupled with his lack of accomplishment at a high level, either public service or the business world, his candidacy is very shaky at best.

Two Sentz said...

What kookball websites do you get all this stuff from? Try looking for some websites with actual issues and dialog on them. It's much better for your brain.

Anonymous said...

This elevtion will never be about issues. It will be about all these stupid theory that don't hold water.

And we wonder why our political system is a mess? Because we allow it.

Anonymous said...

why is that stuff relevant to run a country?

Anonymous said...

are you lamely trying to imply that Obama did not go to Columbia or Harvard and that this all is an elaborate scheme to get a "muslim" in the oval office... ridiculous, racist, and paranoid. McCainiacs are turning into lunatics. The choice is simple... McCain has the same policy ideas as Bush and supported him over 90% of the time. The country is in such a rapid decline due to the pathetic Bush administration. McCain wants ongoing Iraqi occupation, war with Iran, war with Russia, and doesn't seem to care much about Afghanistan. His foreign policy decisions have been wrong every time. His tax policies benefit the rich and not the middle class. He is NO DIFFERENT than BUSH!

joe you are turning this blog into another fox news right wing arm of the republican party. McCain was born in Panama, Obama in Hawaii. If you can't remember, Hawaii is a state. go to fighthesmears.com and look at Obama's birth certificate.

It is sad that just because an American citizen, who is a minority, is smarter and has achieved more than 99% of the nation and the white republican base have resorted to trying to tear him down with false personal attacks... If he was a white guy with the name Bob Smith and had the same pedigree this would not even be an issue.

This post clearly is cut and pasted from another right wing fanatical blog.
By the way, look up Cindy McCain's 2006 tax return... she had income of over 6million and did not pay any alternative minimum tax and still got a $300,000 refund... More of the same bullshit from McBush. McCain is a joke, the republican brand is destroyed.

its time to finally take that W'04 sticker off of your car...

Anonymous said...

Lets just all pray (as we Republicans do) that Obama is not elected....this type of political censorship is just the tip of the ice berg. GO McCain.

Anonymous said...

I would think that a live birth certificate would be very important, if of course you were interested following the constitution i.e. You have to have been born a U.S. citizen to hold the office.

Anonymous said...

OMG!!! Horrors!!! I just heard Barack Obama didn't floss one night in 2002!!! Quick, put it on the Internet and let everyone know how unqualified he is to be president!!!

This is the sickening drivel elections have been reduced to -- because as 11:13 a.m. said, WE ALLOW IT!

And thank you, 12:21 p.m., for mentioning the McCains' wealth. Attacking Obama about his nice house is a joke given how many HOUSES (plural) McCain has. But if Obama lived in a small house, you'd say, "See, he's not successful."

All of you, get past this crap already. You complain about how corrupt the system is, how no one speaks the plain truth, how the money buys the campaign...well, if you hate all that stuff, STOP BUYING INTO IT BECAUSE CANDIDATES USE IT BECAUSE IT WORKS!

I didn't even like Obama at first, but reading the garbage on this blog about him and seeing & hearing it everywhere I go, I looked into him more and may vote for him instead of not voting, which is real tempting but against my grain to do.

But America, if you want this country to stay great, get off your butts and stop swallowing all this gossipy, rumor-mongering nonsense.

And 12:22, I may just be a lowly Independent, but I pray, too. Republicans do not have an exclusive with God and the holier-than-thou attitude of people like you runs counter to the religious tolerance search that drove people to settle this country.

paz said...

again....damn our govt. must be feeling dumb. They didn't seem to do a background check on Obama. He isn't anything he says he is. Jeez. He is a muslim extremist. He wasn't born in the U.S. He is an alien from outerspace. He has gills. All true statements I swear. REALLY? HAVE FAITH IN YOUR GOVERNMENT! that they wouldn't allow such a person in their ranks. Think about the background checks that happen just to get a lowly federal job. Think that he didn't get one? REALLY?....REALLY?

P.S. 11:07 watch Obama in the previous debates you will find that he is well spoken and articulate. No teleprompter needed.

joe albero said...

"I didn't even like Obama at first, but reading the garbage on this blog about him and seeing & hearing it everywhere I go, I looked into him more and may vote for him instead of not voting, which is real tempting but against my grain to do."

Give me a F/N break! If I had a dime for every time someone said this, THEN THEY COME BACK TO THE BLOG DAY AFTER DAY I'd be even richer than I already am.

Anonymous said...

Will someone please state the change I can believe in? I'd like to know exactly what changes are being proposed by Mr. Obama or anyone for that matter.

Anonymous said...

If Obama is all that, how come he has a $250,000 limit before your taxes increase? Which is a lot of BS he is spreading. Was this because his wife made $212,000 and he didn't want to raise taxes that would directly affect his family? I would like to make $80,000. Also what has the Democractic Congress accomplished? The answer nothing. They have done nothing to unify but everthing to create conflict. They are a bunch of bullies blaming everyone else. This is not taking sides this is facts that are out there that anybody with open eyes can see. Poeple need to open thier eyes and quit expecting the Government to support thier lazy a$$. Start thinking for yourself instead of letting others think for you. Common sense says a lot so use it.

Anonymous said...

Taxpayers Beware Of Obama:
Below is what he has in stere for the citizens of the USA.
This is something you should be
aware of so you don't get blind-sided.
This is really going to catch a lot
of families off guard. It should
make you worry.

Proposed changes in taxes after 2008 General election:


CAPITAL GAINS TAX

MCCAIN
0% on home sales up to $500,000
per home (couples) McCain does not
propose any change in existing
home sales income tax.

OBAMA
28% on profit from ALL home sales

How does this affect you?
If you sell your home and make a profit, you
will pay 28% of your gain on taxes.
If you are heading toward retirement
and would like to down-size your
home or move into a retirement
community, 28% of the money you
make from your home will go to taxes. This
proposal will adversely affect the
elderly who are counting on the income
from their homes as part of their retirement income.

DIVIDEND TAX

MCCAIN 15% (no change)

OBAMA 39.6%

How will this affect you?
If you have any money invested in stock
market, IRA, mutual funds,
college funds, life insurance, retirement
accounts, or anything that pays
or reinvests dividends, you will now
be paying nearly 4 0% of the money
earned on taxes if Obama become president.
The experts predict that 'higher
tax rates on dividends and capital gains
would crash the stock market yet
do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.

INCOME TAX

MCCAIN (no changes)

Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250

OBAMA
(reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)
Single making 30K - tax $8,400 --- HOW GREAT THAT THE MAN WHO PRETENDS TO BE A FRIEND OF LOW INCOME WAGE EARNERS, PROPOSES TO TAXES THEM 28%!!!
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750

Under Obama your taxes will
more than double!
How does this affect you? No explanation
needed. This is pretty
straight forward.

INHERITANCE TAX

MCCAIN 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)

O BAMA Restore the inheritance tax

How does this affect you? Many families have lost businesses,
farms and ranches, and homes that have
been in their families
for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax.
Those willing their assets to loved ones will not only lose them to these taxes.

NEW TAXES BEING PROPOSED BY OBAMA

* New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet

* New gasoline taxes (as if gas prices weren't high enough already)

* New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)

* New taxes on retirement accounts
and last but not least....

* New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!!
OUR COUNTRY NEEDS MORE PROCTOLOCISTS IN ORDER TO GIVE OBAMA PROPER RECOGNITION !!!

Anonymous said...

"Give me a F/N break! If I had a dime for every time someone said this, THEN THEY COME BACK TO THE BLOG DAY AFTER DAY I'd be even richer than I already am."

Albero, I'm not saying I'm not coming back to the blog. I come for the local stuff. The point was seeing the constant garbage about Obama both posted and commented here is getting me to seriously consider voting for him after finding out how much of it is b.s. The GOP attackers are getting independents like me to consider him MORE, not less with these tactics.

But really, man, this stuff really lowers the quality of your blog. It's starting to read like a mass of those Internet nutjob emails that make the rounds. In fact, a lot of these national posts of yours ARE those emails.

Think of it as turning into a Daily Times full of syndicated Rush Limbaugh.

You're blog's better than that, dude, but this stuff really drags it down. I've been reading a long time, but I'm a newbie poster because today's nutjob stuff on Obama just sent me over the edge.

joe albero said...

The idea of a BLOG is to open a dialog and create healthy debate. Not everything posted here is supposed to please you and when it doesn't, you have every right to voice your opinion. Thanks for visiting regularly and especially for commenting. Joe

Anonymous said...

You anti-Obama nuts are not only nuts, you are dumb. Do a little real research for once. All that dumb stuff about his nationality is really, really dumb. Where was McCain born? Not in the U.S. OMG!!!!! Panama? OMG!!!! He will be loyal to Panama. oh. A military base in Panama? ummmmmm . . . well . . . uhhh. Well I haven't personally inspected his birth certificate!!! And I am an expert in such matters! And until I personally check and approve his birth certificate, McCain cannot be president! Sounds pretty stupid, doesn't it? That is exactly what dumb posts like this sound like. have I mentioned that this is dumb?

Anonymous said...

to the dumb ass anon 3:14 who spent time cutting and pasting the supposed tax plans of mccain and obama. do your flipping research. This is completely false. Go to snopes.com and check your facts...
'
more idiotic drivel by fear mongering repulicans...

you are flat out lying in your posts and just because they are long winded and written on "the internet" doesn't make it true.

check snopes you idiot!

Carl said...

SARAH PALIN, SEEMS TO MAKE OBAMA PAIL BY CONTRAST, EVEN MORE SO AS HE REALIZES THE END RESULT. hE'S GONE!

Anonymous said...

Palin, makes obama pail by contrast and in fact.

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