Chicago Daily Observer

The Chicago Tribune, which once employed Barack Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod, is refusing to publish the truth about a Weather Underground terrorist bombing that killed a policeman. The paper apparently does not want to tarnish the image of Obama friends Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, who were allegedly part of or had direct knowledge of the bombing plot that also injured several other police officers. The Tribune considers Ayers an education expert and has published various articles by him.

“Grassroots” campainging reached a new landmark in the Indiana and North Carolina primaries this week. Combined spending by Sens. Obama and Clinton topped $9.5 Million, making the amount spent on the two mid sized state greater than the entire amount spent by the Kerry Campaign in the 2004 primary.

Combining the available spending by 527 Funding organizations (not Lobbyists mind you) with the candidates own treasure, gets the party of the working man up to $10.6 Million mostly in the last week or so in the two states.

Spending per vote by Sen. Obama came in at $4.92 dwarfing the $2.47 per vote that Sen. Clinton was able to shell out. Yet, Sen. Obama got something of a bargain compared to the nearly $10 per vote he spent in Pennsylvania, only to get trounced by a 10% margin by Sen. Clinton (coming in at $2.64 per vote).

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Does it matter whether Clinton, Obama, or McCain takes the Oval Office? Whoever does, government will grow, and taxpayers (Let’s not kid ourselves by calling them “citizens.”) will foot the bill. Actually, their children will when our staggering national debt (31,000 dollars for every man, woman, and child) comes due. At this point, Americans should hope for the candidate who is going to take the least amount of their money, and that is anybody’s guess. McCain may seem like the choice here, but he has been explicit about his plans to escalate prosecution of an illegal and unjust war that has cost the taxpayers 500 billion dollars. Remember those taxes you just paid? A third went to the War in Iraq. How high will it go under McCain?

If you are looking for a sign of hope, however, look at Congressman Walter B. Jones of North Carolina’s 3rd congressional district. ... Read More...