For those of you who want to get to know Barack Obama’s Pal, William Ayers a little better the Chicago Tribune (h/t Absurd Report) provided a resume:
7 October 1969 – Bombing of Haymarket Police Statue in Chicago, apparently as a “kickoff” for the “Days of Rage” riots in the city October 8–11, 1969. The Weathermen later claim credit for the bombing in their book, “Prairie Fire.”
8 October-11, 1969 – The “Days of Rage” riots occur in Chicago in which 287 Weatherman members from throughout the country were arrested and a large amount of property damage was done.
6 December 1969 – Bombing of several Chicago Police cars parked in a precinct parking lot at 3600 North Halsted Street, Chicago. The WUO stated in their book “Prairie Fire” that they had did the explosion.
27 December-31, 1969 – Weathermen hold a “War Council” meeting in Flint, MI, where they finalize their plans to submerge into an underground status from which they plan to commit strategic acts of sabotage against the government. Thereafter they are called the “Weather Underground Organization” (WUO).
13 February 1970 – Bombing of several police vehicles of the Berkeley, California, Police Department .
16 February 1970 – Bombing of Golden Gate Park branch of the San Francisco Police Department, killing one officer and injuring a number of other policemen.
6 March 1970 – Bombing in the 13th Police District of the Detroit, Michigan. 34 sticks of dynamite are discovered. During February and early March, 1970, members of the WUO, led by Bill Ayers, are reported to be in Detroit, during that period, for the purpose of bombing a police facility.
6 March 1970 – “bomb factory” located in New York’s Greenwich Village accidentally explodes. WUO members Theodore die in t. The bomb was intended to be planted at a non-commissioned officer’s dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The bomb was packed with nails TO INFILICT MAXIMUM CASUALTIES UPON DETONATION.
30 March 1970 – Chicago Police discover a WUO “bomb factory” on Chicago’s north side. A subsequent discovery of a WUO “weapons cache” in a south side Chicago apartment several days later ends WUO activity in the city.
10 May 1970 – Bombing of The National Guard Association building in Washington, D.C..
21 May 1970 – The WUO under Bernardine Dohrn’s name releases its “Declaration of a State of War” communique.
6 June 1970 – The WUO sends a letter claiming credit for bombing of the San Francisco Hall of Justice; however, no explosion actually took place. Months later, workmen in this building located an unexploded device which had apparently been dormant for some time.
9 June 1970 – Bombing of The New York City Police Headquarters .
27 July 1970 – Bombing of The Presidio army base in San Francisco. [NYT, 7/27/70]
12 September 1970 – The WUO helps Dr. Timothy Leary, break out and escape from the California Men’s Colony prison.
8 October 1970 – Bombing of Marin County courthouse. [NYT, 8/10/70]
10 October 1970 – Bombing of Queens traffic-court building . [NYT, 10/10/70, p. 12]
14 October 1970 – Bombing of The Harvard Center for International Affairs [NYT, 10/14/70, p. 30]
1 March 1971 – Bombing of The United States Capitol . ” [NYT, 3/2/71]
April, 1971 – abandoned WUO “bomb factory” discovered in San Francisco, California.
29 August, 1971 – Bombing of the Office of California Prisons . [LAT, 8/29/71]
17 September 1971 – Bombing of The New York Department of Corrections in Albany, NY [NYT, 9/18/71]
15 October 1971 – Bombing of William Bundy’s office in the MIT research center. [NYT, 10/16/71]
19 May 1972 – Bombing of The Pentagon . [NYT, 5/19/72]
18 May 1973 – Bombing of the 103rd Police Precinct in New York
28 September 1973 – Bombing of ITT headquarters in New York and Rome, Italy . [NYT, 9/28/73]
6 March 1974 – Bombing of the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare offices in San Francisco
31 May 1974 – Bombing of The Office of the California Attorney General.
17 June 1974 – Bombing of Gulf Oil’s Pittsburgh headquarters.
11 September 1974 – Bombing of Anaconda Corporation (part of the Rockefeller Corporation).
29 January 1975 – Bombing of the State Department in (AP. “State Department Rattled by Blast,” The Daily Times-News, January 29 1975, p.1)
16 June 1975 – Bombing of Banco de Ponce (a Puerto Rican bank) in New York.
September, 1975 – Bombing of the Kennecott Corporation.
October 20, 1981 – Brinks robbery in which several members of the Weather Underground stole over $1 million from a Brinks armored car near Nyack, New York. The robbers murdered 2 police officers and 1 Brinks guard. Several others were wounded.
1981 “Guilty as hel*. Free as a bird. America is a great country,” Ayers said when interviewed by David Horowitz.
September 11, 2001 “I don’t regret setting bombs. I feel we didn’t do enough.” Ayers is quoted in NYT article.
Barack Obama, Jr. (born August 4, 1961) was 20 years old at the time of the Weather Underground Brinks robbery of October 20, 1981
This Ayers was bad news, and should be bad news for Obama, but the voters that are backing Obama would vote for him no matter what he did. Well and you know the voters I’m speaking of. Good post on Ayers. Thanks!
“… and you know the voters I’m speaking of”
Enough Said. Welcome to America
What I Learned This Week (http://whatilearnedthisweek.wordpress.com/)
goodtimepolitics -
What did Obama do, exactly?
RE: What did Obama do, exactly?
ChenZhen, it is absolutely within bounds to question the affiliations of a potential presidential candidate. A person you come by on the street or meet at a business dinner, usually doesn’t have friends or associates who helped to detonate bombs at the Pentagon, National Guard Stations, random buildings, etc.
Imagine if one of McCain’s political associates, who had thrown a campaign kick-off party for him, served on a board with him and was described as being “friendly” with him, was a known abortion clinic bomber from the late 70’s.
Wouldn’t that be an issue?
If John McCain or Hillary Clinton, had a pastor for 20 years who “preached” about the government poisoning black people with aids and drugs,etc. and had associates who helped to set bombs, it would be an issue, and rightly so. It calls into question his/her judgement.
Wow….
Apparently What He Did isn’t the issue. Sen Obama seems to be guilty of Breathing Air during the time of Ayers’ acts against his country and Knowing Him….
Links such as Board Membership, Neighborhood, Speeches and such are typically “Held To The Light” by those who offer nothing insightful.
Dude, please consider something substantive, without Rumor, Innuendo, Accusation, etc…. Just Say Something.
Dude, How do you define “pal”? Obama is NOT personal friend of Bill Ayers. Obama, being a public figure involved in politics has met a lot of people from all walks of life in his life. Any association with Mr. Ayers has been after his controversial past.
Your post was very misleading. Bill Ayers has never been convicted of any crimes just for the record. I am not saying he not guilty of wrong doing. He was part of a movement that went over board during some trying times. Shit happens sometimes in one’s youth but he moved on to another phase of his life. He happens to be a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago currently for your information.
“Dude, please consider something substantive, without Rumor, Innuendo, Accusation, etc…. Just Say Something.”
Well said, rjohnson68
RE: “He was part of a movement that went over board during some trying times”
He helped murder people by setting bombs. Murder…those people aren’t coming back.
If the guy who held one of McCain’s campaign launch parties helped to blow up abortion clinics in the late 70’s (and was stll ‘friendly’ with McCain) would it be an issue for you?
“Shit happens sometimes in one’s youth but he moved on to another phase of his life. He happens to be a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago currently for your information.”
As late as 2001, the man said he was not sorry for setting the bombs, in fact, he said he felt like he didn’t do enough. The University of Illinois must be very proud.
Again, if someone McCain knew and spent time with, as late as 2002, was an unrepentant abortion clinic bomber, would you say it isn’t an issue? I know I wouldn’t vote for the guy in that situation.
RE: “Dude, please consider something substantive, without Rumor, Innuendo, Accusation, etc…. Just Say Something.”
It’s a fair point, but I have put up quite a few posts on issues, such as health care, the War in Iraq, Barack’s ridiculous capital gains tax position, etc.
I focus on Obama because I am learning more and more about the guy’s past every day. I want to know the man that may become my president and so far, i know he hung with marxist professors and liberal radicals in college (Dreams from my Father) and racist, anti-american people afterwards. He named his second book after a speech (which he talks about at great lenght in ‘Dreams’) given by Rev. Wright–but now he distances himself from them both. It’s disengenuous at best.
Plus, Obama has a more liberal voting record than the self-proclaimed socialist, Bernie Sanders. Come on, this guy isn’t who he says he is.
Name one thing he has ever done to reach out to the other side of the aisle. He never has. McCain on the other hand, has a long record of doing just that.
as for Ayers not being convicted of a crime: He admits he was and says he’s proud of it.
“Name one thing he has ever done to reach out to the other side of the aisle. He never has.”
As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he cosponsored legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In the current 110th Congress, he has sponsored legislation on lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel.
In 2005, he cosponsored the “Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act” introduced by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).[Thomas Reference] He later added three amendments to the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act”, which passed the Senate in May 2006, but failed to gain majority support in the U.S. House of Representatives.[Press Reference]
Partnering first with Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN), and then with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Obama successfully introduced two initiatives bearing his name. “Lugar–Obama” expands the Nunn–Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons, including shoulder-fired missiles and anti-personnel mines.[Thomas Reference] The Lugar–Obama initiative subsequently received $48 million in funding.[Press Reference] The “Coburn–Obama Transparency Act” provides for the web site USAspending.gov, managed by the Office of Management and Budget.[Fed Website Reference] The site lists all organizations receiving Federal funds from 2007 onward and provides breakdowns by the agency allocating the funds, the dollar amount given, and the purpose of the grant or contract.[Thomas Reference]
In the first month of the newly Democratic-controlled 110th Congress, Obama worked with Russ Feingold (D–WI) to eliminate gifts of travel on corporate jets by lobbyists to members of Congress and require disclosure of bundled campaign contributions under the “Honest Leadership and Open Government Act,” which was signed into law in September 2007.[The Hill Reference] He joined Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in sponsoring S. 453, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections, including fraudulent flyers and automated phone calls, as witnessed in the 2006 midterm elections.[Press Reference] Obama’s energy initiatives scored pluses and minuses with environmentalists, who welcomed his sponsorship with John McCain (R-AZ) of a climate change bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds by 2050, but were skeptical of his support for a bill promoting liquefied coal production.[Press Reference]
Again…. Substantive….
What I Learned This Week
Dude…
“He helped murder people by setting bombs. Murder…those people aren’t coming back.
If the guy who held one of McCain’s campaign launch parties helped to blow up abortion clinics in the late 70’s (and was stll ‘friendly’ with McCain) would it be an issue for you?”
I never said it was not a problem and I don’t agree with their extreme tactics. I do understand why they felt the need to do something since 60,000 Americans and 4 million or so Vietnamese died in the war. Once again Obama is not a friend of Mr. Ayers so it’s irrelevant. Sorry, please don’t compare unborn fetuses with living people it’s kinda weird.
“…i know he hung with marxist professors and liberal radicals in college…”
So? Are you saying we only should associate with people who agree with you on everything 100%? Marxists, liberals, leapers, and child molesters Oh My! Maybe Obama should have capped their asses… I guess if you want to run for office these days before you attend any meetings or shake any hands better do a background check on everyone before hand to weed out the undesirables.
“Plus, Obama has a more liberal voting record than the self-proclaimed socialist, Bernie Sanders. Come on, this guy isn’t who he says he is.”
Why do you right wingers always have to have a sentence with liberal and socialist in it? A Republican blogging by-law?
“Sorry, please don’t compare unborn fetuses with living people it’s kinda weird.”
An ‘unborn fetus’ is alive, which means it is living, so I think it is perfectly appropriate. Maybe You have convinced yourself that a baby in the womb isn’t a human being but I, on the otherhand, am conflicted.
Many, many women regret having abortions and feel, afterwards, like they killed their baby. But, maybe you know better. I don’t.
“Obama is not a friend of Mr. Ayers”
There is no way you could know that. Maybe you should keep an open mind.
“Why do you right wingers always have to have a sentence with liberal and socialist in it?”
When it comes to Barack Obama’s record, It would be disengenuous to call him anything but liberal. And when, he is compared to the only socialist in the U.S. Congress, he comes out to the left of him.
Dude…
You’ve somehow managed to avoid responding to the empty and baseless accusation invalidated.
Please consider the facts and address why you failed to reference this very public information on your blog.
Name one thing he has ever done to reach out to the other side of the aisle. He never has.”
As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he cosponsored legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In the current 110th Congress, he has sponsored legislation on lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel.
In 2005, he cosponsored the “Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act” introduced by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).[Thomas Reference] He later added three amendments to the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act”, which passed the Senate in May 2006, but failed to gain majority support in the U.S. House of Representatives.[Press Reference]
Partnering first with Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN), and then with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Obama successfully introduced two initiatives bearing his name. “Lugar–Obama” expands the Nunn–Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons, including shoulder-fired missiles and anti-personnel mines.[Thomas Reference] The Lugar–Obama initiative subsequently received $48 million in funding.[Press Reference] The “Coburn–Obama Transparency Act” provides for the web site USAspending.gov, managed by the Office of Management and Budget.[Fed Website Reference] The site lists all organizations receiving Federal funds from 2007 onward and provides breakdowns by the agency allocating the funds, the dollar amount given, and the purpose of the grant or contract.[Thomas Reference]
In the first month of the newly Democratic-controlled 110th Congress, Obama worked with Russ Feingold (D–WI) to eliminate gifts of travel on corporate jets by lobbyists to members of Congress and require disclosure of bundled campaign contributions under the “Honest Leadership and Open Government Act,” which was signed into law in September 2007.[The Hill Reference] He joined Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in sponsoring S. 453, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections, including fraudulent flyers and automated phone calls, as witnessed in the 2006 midterm elections.[Press Reference] Obama’s energy initiatives scored pluses and minuses with environmentalists, who welcomed his sponsorship with John McCain (R-AZ) of a climate change bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds by 2050, but were skeptical of his support for a bill promoting liquefied coal production.[Press Reference]
Again…. Substantive….
What I Learned This Week
Operation Chaos II
Gladly, rjohnson.
There is no legislation of any consequence that Barack has proposed or staunchly supported — other than surrendering in Iraq.
Your post proves my point. There is nothing of any consequence today on that list (I read his wikipedia page too). He got with Lugar and Coburn in a no-brainer piece of legislation and McCAin on climate change and immigration (both of which I disagree with McCain on). He was one of nine cosponsors of that bill, which didn’t pass anyway. He led on none of these issues.
So, Obama is willing to join Republicans who move to the left, but is he willing to move to the right to get a consensus? Nothing here suggests that.
Oh wait, he “worked” with Russ Feingold on lobbyist restrictions, made official trips, and he’s against voting fraud. Wow, against fraud, that’s a brave move.
He did, however, vote ‘Present’ on many important pieces of legislation and voted with the Dems on all other legislation
Check this out from the Washington Post: It lists his key legislation:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/o000167/key-votes/
From the Congressional Quarterly
“In 2007, Obama voted with his fellow Democrats 97 percent of the time. In 2006, his score was 96, and in 2005, he again netted a 97 percent rating.”
Dude….
You’ve simply changed the discussion. Your statement/question was to “Name one thing he has ever done to reach out to the other side of the aisle. He never has.”
You asked for a single example of when Sen Obama “reached out to the other side of the aisle” and were provided with a few. Now, in typical fashion, you say “There is no legislation of any consequence that Barack has proposed or staunchly supported”… It is difficult to consider the opinions of any individual who cast such accusations about Americans and when provided with information that contradicts their assertions, responds with a change in criteria.
There is nothing that will satisfy, what may be stated as obviously, a hatred for this candidate. It would perhaps be more genuine if you simply state such instead of challenging others to provide you with factual information that you’ll simply dismiss.
What I Learned This Week | Operation Chaos II
rjohnson, you make good points, however, I still have to take issue with your post.
“There is nothing that will satisfy, what may be stated as obviously, a hatred for this candidate.”
I don’t have a hatred for Barack Obama at all. I don’t know the man. I am a philosophical conservative and as a conservative, I do not find any positions that Obama takes desireable in a President of the United States. I also find his affiliations to be dubious, and I don’t trust him. I feel the exact same way about Hillary, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Chucky Schumer and Bernie Sanders, among others.
I will not vote for Obama for these reasons, and I will use this venue to share my thoughts and opinions.
As to your previous post, I probably phrased the original question wrong. Anyone who is a senator obviously has taken trips and worked with others and co-sponosored legislation here or there.
What I should have asked, is What has Barack Obama done that qualifies him to be President of the U.S.?
Two years in the Senate (before running), where very little was accomplished, and he didn’t ‘cross’ the isle to join the Republican side on anything. Republicans crossed the line to join with him.
But, answer this if you will, rjohnson, Would you vote for a candidate who threw his campaign launch party at David Duke’s house? Or a candidate who was “friendly” with an unrepentant abortion clinic bomber? I think you might find that to be an issue. No?
Dude
You’re quite correct in your assumption… I would not entertain an invitation from Ayers or Duke.
I would also refuse an invitation from:
Bob Jones University
Jerry Falwell
Pat Robertson
Jeremiah Wright
Louis Farrakhan
John Hagee
Conservative Talk Radio (with some exceptions)
Liberal Talk Radio (with some exceptions)
The Woman Who Coined the Phrase “We need to talk”
The Man Who Coined the Phrase “She made me do it”
Michael Jackson
Freddie Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Tito Jackson (OK. The Jackson clan)
…. you get the point
What I Learned This Week
I notice you left out Jermaine Jackson…accident? I think not.
On the present day Ayers….www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0423ss.html
I Would Also Refuse an Invitation from
Joe Jackson
Stonewall Jackson
Jett Jackson
The Other Randy Jackson
Action Jackson
and of course Jermaine Jackson
[...] When this blog (and others) criticized Obama’s affiliations with radicals and domestic terrorists, throngs [...]