Hussein B.O. to announce "economic team" tomorrow

[Matt Collins]

According to Faux Nuz President-Elect Hussein B.O. is going to announce his "economic team" tomorrow. This should be fascinating :rolleyes:

[newyearsrevolution08]

His economic team....

1. visa
2. mastercard
3. tax payer dollars
4. iou
5. your kids tax dollars

[Matt Collins]

Well lets take a look at where Obama's donors come from....

Goldman Sachs $874,207
UBS AG $454,795
Latham & Watkins $426,924
Morgan Stanley $425,102
US Government $400,819
JPMorgan Chase & Co $581,460
Citigroup Inc $581,216

SOURCE:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638

[Zippyjuan]

Don't forget the University of California, Harvard University, Micorsoft, Google, Stanford University, Columbia University. The list is of donors who indicated who their employer was- not necessarily donations directly from those companies. The entire list (or at least the Top 20)

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


Using your measures Ron Paul is pro military since most of his donors indicated that they were in the US armed forces.

And why use his middle name?

The early details indicate a massive growth in the debt- spending increases of "over $175 billion" along with proposed tax cuts to stimulate the economy.

[IPSecure]

As to not start another bho thread...

Does anyone know why Barry changed his name?

[anaconda]

You mean "Barry Soetoro?" Let's see what the 9 U.S. Supreme Court justices have to say after their meeting on December 5th. Maybe Barky's cabinet should hold off on quitting their day jobs.

[Matt Collins]

Using your measures Ron Paul is pro military since most of his donors indicated that they were in the US armed forces. Except that Ron has never been bought off nor will he ever be.


And why use his middle name?Why not? It is his name isn't it?

[Zippyjuan]

According to Newsweek: http://www.newsweek.com/id/128633
(it is kinda long- covers his life story).
Short version from Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/23/why-did-obama-change-his-_n_92944.html

Barry Obama decided that he didn't like his nickname. A few of his friends at Occidental College had already begun to call him Barack (his formal name), and he'd come to prefer that. The way his half sister, Maya, remembers it, Obama returned home at Christmas in 1980, and there he told his mother and grandparents: no more Barry. Obama recalls it slightly differently, but in the same basic time frame. He believes he told his mom he wanted to be called Barack when she visited him in New York the following summer. By both accounts, it seemed that the elder relatives were reluctant to embrace the change. Maya recalls that Obama's maternal grandparents, who had played a big role in raising him, continued long after that to call him by an affectionate nickname, "Bar." "Not just them, but my mom, too," says Obama.

Why did Obama make the conscious decision to take on his formal African name? His father was also Barack, and also Barry: he chose the nickname when he came to America from Kenya on a scholarship in 1959. His was a typical immigrant transition. Just as a Dutch woman named Hanneke might become Johanna, or a German named Matthias becomes Matt, the elder Barack wanted to fit in. America was a melting pot, and it was expected then that you melt--or at least smooth some of your more foreign edges.

[IPSecure]

According to Newsweek: http://www.newsweek.com/id/128633
(it is kinda long- covers his life story).
Short version from Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/23/why-did-obama-change-his-_n_92944.html


That explains (sort of...) his first name. Any ideas on his last name?