Remembering the values of empathy and service that his mother taught him, Barack put law school and corporate life on hold after college and moved to Chicago in 1985, where he became a community organizer with a church-based group seeking to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods plagued with crime and high unemployment.
The group had some success, but Barack had come to realize that in order to truly improve the lives of people in that community and other communities, it would take not just a change at the local level, but a change in our laws and in our politics.He went on to earn his law degree from Harvard in 1991, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review.
Soon after, he returned to Chicago to practice as a civil rights lawyer and teach constitutional law. Finally, his advocacy work led him to run for the Illinois State Senate, where he served for eight years. In 2004, he became the third African American since Reconstruction to be elected to the U.S. Senate. http://www.barackobama.com/learn/meet_barack.php
The Problem With President Obama's Foreign Policy
One of the problems with Obama's foreign policy is Obama is in agreement with and will continue the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive strikes. I'm referring to Obama's promise to send the U.S. military to strike al Qaeda at Obama's discretion and direction. This is no different than George W. Bush, inasmuch as the President of the United States does not possess the lawful or constitutional authority to direct unilateral, unprovoked military strikes against a sovereign nation or a group of individuals, WITHOUT a Congressional Declaration of War or viable proof of IMMINENT THREAT OF IMMINENT ATTACK against mainland USA.
This is the lesson no U.S. government official or agency, no Democratic or Republican Party has learned.
Obama will be attacked by Republicans for claiming he wants to fight al Qaeda, but promises to "cut and run" in Iraq. Soon we'll be hearing this rhetoric NON-STOP; fortunately, for our soldiers, the majority of the American people want all our troops home YESTERYEAR! Unfortunately, the professional politicians haven't been listening to the call of the People. The Republican Party ignored the Will of the People to bring the troops home and PAID IN FULL in that November election whereupon the American people tossed Republicans out on their tails.
Another problem with Obama's foreign policy is his promise to curb nuclear proliferation and confiscate the "loose nukes" floating out there in the world. How can Obama or any U.S. President expect to get traction on that kind of an "over-the-top" position while supporting, funding and arming the world's largest, uninspected nuclear stockpile: Israel's 400+ nuclear warheads? How can a President Obama be considered anything but "hypocritical" on the issue of denying Islamic nations nuclear programs while supporting Israel's refusal to allow U.N. weapons inspectors into Israel to inspect Israel's illegal nuclear arsenal Israel denies even exists?
The Problem With Obama's Wife, Michelle Obama
Yes there is a problem with Barack Obama's wife, Michelle Obama. First of all, Michelle Obama has been given a certified free pass from scrutiny. Question is, how long will Michelle go unscrutinized? And if the Democrats fail to scrutinize Michelle Obama, will the Republican Party take up the slack? It could happen, and here's why: http://www.corvusworld.com/omama.wmv Michelle Obama is a hardened corporate lawyer, who fired scores of long-time LaJunta, Colorado pickle plant workers - you can see and hear the Mayor of La Junta and plant workers complaining about Michelle Obama closing the plant in this video - Michelle Obama also sat on the board of a non-profit hospital that posted over a hundred million dollars profit charging uninsured minorities over THREE TIMES what the hospital charged insured whites for the same exact service provided. Michelle Obama - coming to a theatre near you - it's not if, but when. http://www.corvusworld.com/omama.wmv
The Problem With Obama's So-Called "Universal Healthcare" program
Obama has the same problem Hillary has when it comes to their universal healthcare plan: they don't have one. Neither Obama nor Hillary offers a single-payer universal healthcare plan. Their plan is actually more corporate welfare for the greedy insurance companies, HMOs, and pharms. Achieving true universal healthcare would require converting our current "FOR-PROFIT" healthcare system to a "NON-PROFIT" healthcare system - unfortunately, Hillary and Obama have no such plans; instead of eliminating the greedy "FOR-PROFIT" corporations consuming approx. two-thirds of our nation's healthcare budget, and spending those savings on the actual cost of actual healthcare services provided, Hillary and Obama promise to raise taxes to subsidize these greedy corporations and promise to FORCE YOU TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO THOSE SAME GREEDY CORPORATIONS! There's nothing "universal healthcare" about either of their plans.http://www.roncorvus.com/healthcare.htm
The Problem With Obama's Voting Record
The problem with Obama's voting record in the Senate is that 68 times, Obama voted the same way as Hillary, except for one vote.See, http://www.roncorvus.com/justalike.htm
Another problem with Obama's voting record is Obama voted several times to continue funding the Iraq War; such conduct makes Obama pro-war, because the Supreme Court has ruled that to fund war is to approve and perpetuate war; conversely, to defund war is to end war.
Obama voted to perpetuate war each time the vote came up. This is no minor point, considering that since the inception of the War Powers Act, the ONLY WAY our troops were brought home was when Congress completely cut funds to the war/military action in question - each time against the sitting President's will; See the history of U.S. troop withdrawal at Project Filibuster: http://www.projectfilibuster.com
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