Devastation in Hotlanta as Tornado (Storm) Rips Through Downtown Atlanta

A possible tornado has ripped through downtown Atlanta smashing skyscraper windows and damaging trees in the wake of the high winds. Cars in the streets were damaged, streets were littered with debris and several buildings including the Georgia Super Dome, Philips Arena, the CNN Center were damaged as well.

Streets around the Georgia Dome, the Phillips Arena, the CNN Center and Centennial Olympic Park were littered with broken glass, crumbled bricks, insulation and even the occasional office chair. Billboards collapsed onto parked cars. Stunned fans from the arenas wandered through the debris in disbelief.

National Weather Service officials said a possible tornado hit downtown Atlanta, and wind was clocked at up to 60 mph as the storm moved through the city. (Yahoo News)

March 14: The Philips Arena sign was damaged after a severe storm ripped through downtown Atlanta on Friday night, injuring several people and damaging skyscrapers, hotels and two major sports arenas that were filled with thousands of pro and college basketball fans

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Racism Comes in All Forms … Geraldine Ferraro’s Comments were deemed Racist … Maybe Obama would like to Explain Reverend Jeremiah Wright of Trinity United Church’s Comments

So if Geraldine Ferraro’s comments were deemed racist by the main stream liberal media … what do they call this? The real question is why the LIBERAL media is not making more of an issue of a person so closely connected with Barack Obama. The liberal media love-fest and agenda continues for Obama.

“Mr Obama knows what it means living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich, white people; Hillary would never know that, Hillary ain’t never been called a nigger”.

“God damn America!” (Reverend Jeremiah Wright)

Comments by former Democratic VP nominee Geraldine Ferraro were considered racists. Racists … no, stupid and childish … YES … however, they were also true.

“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.” (NY Daily News)

For these comments, Geraldine Ferraro had to apologize and resign from the Hillary Clinton campaign. Obama’s campaign had a staffer resign because they called Hillary Clinton a MONSTER.

So if these people had to apologize, be condemned and resign … MAYBE THE CANDIDATE OF CHANGE, BARACK OBAMA, WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE HATEFUL AND RACIST COMMENTS FROM HIS PASTOR, REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT.

The candidate of change better do more than just distance himself from Reverend Jeremiah Wright. This is what Barack Obama considers change? All these other people had to resign their posts when less damaging things were uttered, yet The Obama campaign says they have no plans to ask the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to step down from a campaign spiritual advisory committee.

Now you decide to distance yourself when its expedient for your campaign. Never in the past 20 years you did not think to do so? This is hardly the judgement when need from a potential president. You dare say that you are for all people when this is your spiritual advisor … Obama is not about change.

What is the change, reverse racism in place of racism?

One video shows Mr Wright speaking after 9/11. “We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans,” he said, “and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards.”

In another sermon he said that the Government “wants us to sing ‘God Bless America’ ” despite treating black people as second-class citizens. “No, no, no,” Mr Wright said, “God damn America!”

More recently, he has said that Mr Obama “knows what it means living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich, white people; Hillary would never know that, Hillary ain’t never been called a nigger”. (Times on Line)

Some more great reading at:

• The Gateway Pundit: Implod-apalooza– Obama Campaign suffers major blow…
• Stop the ACLU: Obama Repudiates His Pastor’s Statements
• The Jawa Report: Obama Backpedals, Distances Campaign From Controversial Pastor

What then does this say about Obama’s intelligence, perceptiveness and ability to lead a nation?
Here is a man he has had a close association with for 20 years… his friend, his mentor and the man who baptized his children.
And Barack Obama was completely unaware that this man is a raving lunatic.

How then will he fare as president, when he will have to gauge the true nature and intentions of foreign governments, our allies and our enemies?
How can we trust this man to make the right call, if he can’t even determine the true nature of a man who has been so close to him for over two decades?

Is Wright a “Death Blow” to Obama?

Imagine this 30 second ad, run heavily next October. I think it would be devastating among undecided and swing voters.
“What does Barack Obama really believe in? His spiritual teacher for 20 years has been Jeremiah Wright. Wright wedded Obama & his wife. Obama named his book from a sermon of Wright’s. [insert video of favorable comment about Wright by Obama]. What has Jeremiah Wright taught Obama? [Insert rabid clip of Wright capped by "God Damn America!! God Damn America!!"] We need a solid patriot to lead our nation. Someone we can trust. Vote John McCain 2008.”

Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s Pastor, Prompts Candidate To Address Comments

On My Faith and My Church

Who are you kidding Barack Obama? Change … what change? You cannot follow a church and a reverend for as long as you have and now suddenly say you disagree and condemn Revered Jeremiah Wright’s comments. YOU ARE NO CANDIDATE OF CHANGE. You are just another snake oil salesman wearing a different suit.

Let me say at the outset that I vehemently disagree and strongly condemn the statements that have been the subject of this controversy. I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or serves to divide us from our allies. I also believe that words that degrade individuals have no place in our public dialogue, whether it’s on the campaign stump or in the pulpit. In sum, I reject outright the statements by Rev. Wright that are at issue.

UPDATE I: Jeremiah Wright Resigns from Obama’s Campaign

So the candidate of change has suddenly come to the realization that his reverend of over 20 years is a racist? Now he distances himself when it behoves his campaign? This is CHANGE? No wonder Michelle Obama made the comments that she did about never being proud of America.

“For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country … not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change,” she said. “I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment.”

Jeremiah Wright is not like an old uncle. He is your reverend and your spiritual advisor. One can only imagine what the media would be saying if GWB had a racist and loose cannon as his spirutual advisor. You cannot suddenly just disavow what this man has said all these years just because you want to be president. YOU ARE A PHONY!!! Obama is not about change … he is just like every politician … trying to cover his ASS!!!

I have a feeling this move is NOT the end of the story. The issue all along has not been so much that Wright was with the campaign. This is about whether people feel comfortable with Obama now that they know he and his family went to a Church where this kind of offensive language was taking place. It goes right to the judgement issue. Was it wise for Obama to stay at the Church for all those years if he disagreed with many of the things his own pastor said? And if he doesn’t like language that tears others down, why put up with it for so long? These are legitimate questions.

Wright leaves Obama campaign

Dutch to Legalize Gay Sex in Public Park but Fine Dog Owners with Unleashed Pets … What are they thinking in The Netherlands?

Just when you thought you heard everything out of Amsterdam and the Netherlands … public gay sex YES … dog’s not on leashes … NO!!! There are so many instances where one cannot even comment on a story … it just reads itself and the only thing one can say is WTF!

So pet owners cannot have their dogs run freely in the part yet officials find it completely normal for gay people to roam the public park freely having sex like “dog’s in heat”. The hell with the families, visitors, skaters, joggers and children who frequent the park. What’s more important? The masses of people enjoying a park or the need for some to have gay sex in a public place when they should just get a room. BTW … any sex in a public place should not be allowed.

“Research showed that many people find this disturbing,” said Mr van Grieken.

One dog owner protested: “As long as the park has existed, we’ve been allowed to let our dogs run freely. It’s outrageous that we will be punished from now on but public sex won’t. If they can drop their trousers, why can’t I let my dog loose?”

People find this disturbing … REALLY!!!  It has even startled many Amsterdammers, despite their famously liberal attitudes, with plans to allow public sex. Maybe they might want to require the gay people having sex be on a leash. Oh wait, that’s the new S&M park rule that the Dutch town officials are working on.

Dutch council officials will permit gay sex in public areas but fine dog owners who let their pets off the leash in Amsterdam’s Vondelpark.

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Global Warming? NOAA: Coolest Winter for US & World Since 2001 … Weather Channel Founder Wants to Sue Al Gore for Fraud

Hey Al Gore … Its not easy being Green. Could All Gore get sued for fraud by former Weather Channel founder? Wouldn’t this be an interesting way to get a legitimate dialog going on “global warming” without just having to hear one sides version. Far be it that fluctuations in in the earth’s temperature be naturally occurring.

So what say you Al Gore? So is the fact that the temperature decreased also an effect of global warming? The average temperature across both the contiguous U.S. and the globe during climatological winter (December 2007-February 2008) was the coolest since 2001, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center.

In the contiguous United States, the average winter temperature was 33.2°F (0.6°C), which was 0.2°F (0.1°C) above the 20th century average – yet still ranks as the coolest since 2001. It was the 54th coolest winter since national records began in 1895.

The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the 16th warmest on record for the December 2007-February 2008 period (0.58°F/0.32°C above the 20th century mean of 53.8°F/12.1°C). The presence of a moderate-to-strong La Niña contributed to an average temperature that was the coolest since the La Niña episode of 2000-2001.

Weather Channel founder, John Coleman, wants to sue Al Gore for fraud, hoping a legal debate will settle the global-warming debate once and for all.

John Coleman, who founded the cable network in 1982, suggests suing for fraud proponents of global warming, including Al Gore, and companies that sell carbon credits.

“Is he committing financial fraud? That is the question,” Coleman said.

“Since we can’t get a debate, I thought perhaps if we had a legal challenge and went into a court of law, where it was our scientists and their scientists, and all the legal proceedings with the discovery and all their documents from both sides and scientific testimony from both sides, we could finally get a good solid debate on the issue,” Coleman said. “I’m confident that the advocates of ‘no significant effect from carbon dioxide’ would win the case.”

Nobel Peace Prize? Dr William Gray Calls Al Gore’s Global Warming Theories Ridiculous

More Crime, Corruption and Cover Up in Aruba … Say it Isn’t So … Henry Eman & Former Minister Tico Croes Acquitted from Violation of the Accountability Ordinance

Does it really surprise anyone that a “Judge” would acquit government officials in Aruba for possible crimes and corruption? Is it really possible for any justice to occur on “One Happy Island”. It appears to be not what crime one committed, or what evidence there is against you … but who do you know and what power do you have. Justice is supposed to be blind … NOT IGNORANT and CORRUPT!

From the sentences, the OM realized that “it pays for the government not keeping the books univocally, while in fact, a financial mismanagement (lack of approved annual accounts with corresponding budgets) leads to criminal immunity”.  This bears the OM big concern, “not only in this case, but also for the current situation and in the future. 

OM is considers appealing: ‘Government’s non univocal accounting pays’  (Amigoe: 3/12/2008)

Member of Parliament Otmar Oduber (AVP) will remain in Parliament, now that he is acquitted from bribery in the Fondo Desaroyo Nobo criminal case.

ORANJESTAD – The Public Prosecutor (OM) is not pleased with the verdicts in the Fondo Desaroyo Nobo (FDN) criminal case and considers appealing.  Ten of the seventeen suspects were convicted to conditional punishments.  The other seven, including Otmar Oduber (AVP) were acquitted.  He cried with happiness but also with frustration for the ‘four years of misery that the MEP-government had done to him and his family’. 

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