Trickle Up Poverty: Stopping Obama’s Attack on Our Borders, Economy, and Security

by Michael Savage

  8 Mark Hemingway, “Obama Justice Dept. shut down FBI’s ACORN investigation,” Washington Examiner, March 11, 2010. www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Obama-Justice-Dept-shut-down-ACORN-investigation-87360097.html

  9 Jerry Seper, “Panel: Justice Stonewalling on Panthers,” Washington Times, April 5, 2010. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/05/rights-panel-justice-stone walling-on-panthers/

  10 “EDITORIAL: Congress is Derelict on Black Panther Case,” Washington Times, April 9, 2010. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/09/congress-is-derelict-on-black-panther-case/

  11 Jim Simpson, “Conspiracy of the Lemmings: Barack Obama and the Radical Left’s Strategy of Manufactured Crisis,” Worldview Weekend, March 9, 2009. www.worldviewweekend.com/worldview-times/article.php?articleid= 4695

  12 “Births to Unmarried Mothers Exceed 40 percent; White Fertility Low,” The Thinking Housewife. www.thinkinghousewife.com/wp/2010/04/unmarried-births-exceed-40-percent-white-fertility-remains-low/

  13 Sara Murray, “Numbers on Welfare See Sharp Increase,” Wall Street Journal, June 22, 2009. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124562449457235503.html

  14 John Atlas and Peter Dreier, “Enraging the Right,” National Housing Institute, Issue 129, May/June 2003. www.nhi.org/online/issues/129/ACORN.html

  15 “The Black Panther Party,” Marxists.org. www.marxists.org/history/usa/workers/black-panthers/

  16 www.newblackpanther.com/.

  17 Atty. Shabazz, “The Value of Dr. Khallid Abdul Muhammad,” The New Black Panther, Spring 2010, 12. www.newblackpanther.com/NBPP%20Newspaper%20Spring%20Edition%202010.pdf

  18 Elijah Muhammad, Message to the Blackman in America (Chicago: Muhammad Mosque of Islam, No. 2, 1965), 12.

  19 Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (New York: Bantam, 1965), 168.

  20 “YAKUB,” www.thenationofislam.org/yakubabraham.html.

  21 Patrick Martin, “Obama, Clinton and identity politics,” World Socialist Web Site, June 9, 2008. www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/elec-j09.shtml

  22 Bob Herbert, “Savor the Moment,” New York Times, June 7, 2008. www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/opinion/07herbert.html

  23 Martin, “Obama, Clinton and identity politics.”

  24 Ed Lasky, “A Dearth of Private Sector Experience in Obama’s Cabinet,” American Thinker.com, November 29, 2009. www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/a_ dearth_of_private_sector_exp.html

  25 Steven Malanga, “White House Goes National With Living Wages,” Real Clear Markets, March 3, 2010. www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2010/03/03/white_ house_goes_national_with_living_wages_98366.html

  26 Malanga, “White House Goes National With Living Wages.”

  27 Steven Malanga, “Living Wage Is Socialism,” New York Sun, January 30, 2003. www.manhattan-institute.org/cgi-bin/apMI/print.cgi

  28 David Neumark, “The Effects of Living Wage Laws: Evidence from Failed and Derailed Living Wage Campaigns,” Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA): IZA Discussion Papers, Number 1566. http://ideas.repec.org/p/iza/izadps/dp1566.html

  29 Sarah Duxbury, “Living Wage Crimps Oakland Restaurant Plan,” Free Republic, November 28, 2008. www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140672/posts

  30 Andy Green, “Good riddance, ACORN,” Baltimore Sun, March 16, 2010. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/2010/03/good_riddance_acorn.html

  31 Annette D. Bernhardt Scott Schell, and Paul K. Sonn, “Making Every Dollar Count: A Targeted Proposal to Help Working New Yorkers While Protecting the Budget,” Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, April 23, 2002. http://brennan.3cdn.net/215b719a6e9538e17a_55m6b1vqr.pdf

  32 Malanga, “White House Goes National With Living Wages.”

  33 Steven Malanga, “How the ‘Living Wage’ Sneaks Socialism Into Cities,” City Journal, Winter 2003. www.city-journal.org/html/13_1_how_the_living_wage.html

  34 Gregory Hession, “ACORN: War On the Poor,” New American, October 31, 2008. www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/election/466

  35 Ibid.

  36 “How Much Is Wal-Mart Scamming Your State,” UFCW: A Voice For WorkingAmerica. www.ufcw.org/

  37 Stern, “ACORN’s Nutty Regime for Cities.”

  38 Michael Dobbs, “Obama Reneges on Public Financing,” Washington Post. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/06/obama_reneges_on_public_financ.html

  39 David D. Kirkpatrick, “McCain and Obama In Deal on Public Financing,” New York Times, March 2, 2007. www.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/us/politics/02fec.html?_r=1

  40 Dobbs, “Obama Reneges on Public Financing.”

  41 “Bundling Contributions for Favors,” Public Citizen. www.whitehouseforsale.org/documents/bundling_2.pdf

  42 Sam Smith, “Bundling Becomes Major Corrupt Game of Campaign,” Undernews, November 26, 2007. http://prorev.com/2007/11/bundling-becomes-major-corrupt-game-of.html

  43 Pamela Geller, “Call for an Audit of Obama’s Campaign Finances,” Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government, January 25, 2010. http://biggovernment.com/pgeller/2010/01/25/call-for-an-audit-of-obamas-campaign-finances/

  44 Ibid.

  45 Tom Blumer, “The Obama Campaign’s Credit Card Crack-up,” Pajamas Media, November 2, 2008. http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-obama-campaigns-credit-card-crack-up/

  46 “Mischief in Minnesota? Al Franken’s recount isn’t funny,” Wall Street Journal, November 12, 2008. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122644940271419147.html

  47 Ibid.

  48 Jim Kouri, “Talk Show Host Reveals Obama Connection to Terrorists,” NewsWith Views.com, March 22, 2008. www.newswithviews.com/BreakingNews/breaking55.htm

  49 Debbie Schlussel, “Obama’s Nation of Islam Staffers, Edward Said & ‘Inflexible Jews’ Causing Mid-East Conflict: An Obama Insider Reveals the Real Barack Obama,” DebbieSchlussel.com, January 30, 2008. www.debbieschlussel.com/3356/exclusive-obamas-nation-of-islam-staffers-edward-said-inflexible-jews-causing-mid-east-conflict-an-obama-insider-reveals-the-real-barack/

  50 Larry Neumeister, “Once-banned Muslim Scholar Arrives in NY for Forum,” Associated Press, April 7, 2010. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040704429.html

  51 Gregory Hession, “ACORN: War On the Poor,” New American, October 31, 2008. www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/election/466

  Chapter 9

  1 Andrew Malcolm, “Top Political Strategist Woody Allen Thinks Obama Would Get Much More Done as Dictator; No, Really,” Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2010. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/05/woody-allen-obama.html

  2 Thomas Friedman, “Is China the Next Enron?” New York Times, January 13, 2010. www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/opinion/13friedman.html

  3 Mona Charen, “Dems Lose Argument—Win Dirty,” Townhall.com, March 30, 2010. http://townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2010/03/30/dems_lose_argu ment_—_win_dirty?

  4 Paul Kane, “‘Tea Party’ Protesters Accused of Spitting on Lawmaker, Using Slurs,” Washington Post, March 20, 2010. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/20/AR2010032002556.html

  5 Martina Stewart, “Axelrod Weighs in on Dem Fundraising Appeals Related to Threats,” CNN Politics, March 28, 2010. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/28/axelrod-weighs-in-on-dem-fundraising-appeals-related-to-threats/?fbid= eeNdYSB0ajb

  6 Paul Krugman, “Pass the Bill,” New York Times, December 17, 2009. www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18krugman.html

  7 Courtland Milloy, “Congressmen show grace, restraint in the face of disrespect,” Washington Times, March 24, 2010. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/23/AR2010032304018.html

  8 “Rep. Baird Retreats From Living Room Meet,” Clark County Conservative, August 30, 2009. http://lewwaters.wordpress.com/2009/08/

  9 www.oreilly-sucks.com/hitlerbush.htm

  10 http://semiskimmed.net/bushhitler.html#adamengel

  11 John Hinderaker, “Thoughts On Liberal Political Violence,” PowerLine, March 27, 2010. www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/03/025942.p
hp

  12 Brent Bozell, “Nets Lead with ‘Ugly’ and ‘Menacing’ ObamaCare Opponents Fueled by Palin’s Violent Words and Imagery,” Media Research Center, March 25, 2010. www.mrc.org/biasalert/2010/20100325100739.aspx

  13 Don Brunell, “Washington View: Federal Programs With Good Intentions Create Uncertainty,” The Columbian, March 30, 2010. www.columbian.com/news/2010/mar/30/federal-programs-with-good-intentions-create-uncer/

  14 Veronique de Rugy, “Politics: Democratic Stimulus Haul is Almost Double Republicans,” Big Government, March 26, 2010.http://biggovernment.com/vderugy/2010/03/26/politics-democratic-stimulus-haul-is-almost-double-republicans/

  15 www.studentloanfacts.org/whoweare/

  16 University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania. www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/tuition/1960.html

  17 U.S. News & World Report, National University Rankings. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-universities-rankings)

  18 Campus Grotto. www.campusgrotto.com/most-expensive-college-dorms.html

  19 www.ou.edu/admissions/home/resources/cost_estimate.html

  20 Mary Pilon, “Bank of Mom and Dad Shuts Amid White-Collar Struggle,” Wall Street Journal, April 4, 2010. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704207504575130171387740744.html?KEYWORDS=bank+of+mom+and+dad#

  21 Warner Todd Huston, “Obama To Take Over Control of College Textbooks?” Canadian Free Press, March 31, 2010. www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/21533

  22 Ann Wilson, “Outcome-Based Education—Questions Demanding Answers,” www.sntp.net/education/OBE_1.htm

  23 Greg Toppo, “Education Chief Calls Teachers Union ‘Terrorist Organization,” USA Today, February 24, 2004. www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-02-23-paige-remarks_x.htm

  24 Shanea Watkins, “Safer Kids, Better Test Scores: The D.C. Voucher Program Works,” Heritage Foundation, June 20, 2008. www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2008/06/Safer-Kids-Better-Test-Scores-The-DC-Voucher-Program-Works

  25 U.S. Department of Education, “The Race to the Top Begins—Remarks by Secretary Arne Duncan,” July 24, 2009. www.ed.gov/news/speeches/2009/07/07242009.html

  26 Neil King Jr., “Only Two States Win Race to Top,” Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2010. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304370304575151682457897668.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_PoliticsNCampaign_4

  27 Andrew J. Coulson, “Escalante Stood and Delivered. It’s Our Turn,” Wall Street Journal, April 2, 2010. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230425270 4575156154196626406.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion

  28 “Review ordered of Video Showing Students Singing Praises of President Obama,” FoxNews.com. www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/24/review-ordered-video-showing-students-singing-praises-president-obama/

  29 www.communistgoals.com/goals/goals.htm

  30 Joseph Abrams, “Neo-Pagans Get Worship Circle at Air Force Academy,” FoxNews.com, February 2, 2010. www.foxnews.com/us/2010/02/02/neo-pagans-worship-circle-air-force-academy/

  31 “Alexander Hamilton,” Quotes Daddy. www.quotesdaddy.com/author/Alexander+Hamilton

  32 Steven Thomma, “Not Satisfied With U.S. History, Some Conservatives are Rewriting It,” McClatchy Newspapers, April 3, 2010. www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/04/01/91478/some-conservatives-rewrite-history.html

  33 A. O. Scott, “Seeking Clues to a Son’s Death and a War’s Meaning,” New York Times, March 31, 2010. http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/movies/14elah.html

  34 www.worldwideboxoffice.com/index.cgi?order=worldwide&start=1900&finish=2010

  35 Ibid.

  36 John Nolte, “‘Avatar’ Is a Big, Dull, America-Hating PC Revenge Fantasy,” Big Hollywood. http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/12/11/review-camerons-avatar-is-a-big-dull-america-hating-pc-revenge-fantasy/

  37 Jack Shafer, “Wolf Blitzer is ‘Watching Very Closely’: A Crash Course in Blitzerese,” Slate.com, November 4, 2008. http://www.slate.com/id/2203844/

  38 Stuart Schwartz, “The Fat Lady Sings for Keith Olbermann,” American Thinker, February 2, 2010. www.americanthinker.com/2010/02/the_fat_lady_sings_for_ keith_o.html

  39 Kathleen Ann Ruane, “Fairness Doctrine: History and Constitutional Issues,” Congressional Research Service, March 11, 2009. www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40009.pdf

  40 Mark Whittington, “Ann Coulter Canada Speech Cancelled By Angry Mob, Skittish Police,” Associated Content, March 24, 2010. www.associatedcontent.com/article/2821184/ann_coulter_canada_speech_cancelled.html

  41 Susannah Heschel, “Praying with their Feet: Remembering Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King,” PeaceWork, January 2007. www.peaceworkmagazine.org/praying-their-feet-remembering-abraham-joshua-heschel-and-martin-luther-king

  42 “Hollywood Ten,” Spartacus Educational. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USA hollywood10.htm

  43 Andrew McCarthy, “Justice Delayed,” National Review Online, November 17, 2009. http://article.nationalreview.com/414647/justice-delayed/andrew-c-mccarthy

  44 www.youtube.com/watch?v=27cXXirAIw4

  Chapter 10

  1 Andrew Sullivan, “Idiocy of the week,” Salon.com, January 15, 2003. www.salon.com/news/opinion/sullivan/2003/01/15/crow

  2 August Cole, “Senate Kills Funds for F-22 Fighters,” Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2009. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124818597270968593.html

  3 Andrew Sullivan, “Senate votes to stop production of F-22 jet,” Reuters, July 21, 2009. www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE56K4KN20090721

  4 “Grounding the F-22,” Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2009. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203946904574302511270077996.html

  5 Conn Carroll, “Obama Just Made Us More Vulnerable … Again,” Heritage Foundation, July 22,2009. http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/22/morning-bell-obama-just-made-us-more-vulnerable-again/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium= Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell

  6 “Whether We Like it or Not, We Remain a Dominant Military Superpower,” Heritage Foundation, The Hawai’i Free Press, May 16, 2010. www.hawaiifreepress.com/main/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1998/Obama-ldquo Whether-we-like-it-or-not-we-remain-a-dominant-military-superpowerrdquo.aspx

  7 Sara A. Carter, “U.S. Troops battle both Taliban and their own rules,” Washington Times, November 16, 2009. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/16/us-troops-battle-taliban-afghan-rules/

  8 Ibid.

  9 Ibid.

  10 Alfred de Montesquiou, “Strict Rules Slowing Offensive, Troops Say,” Associated Press, February 16, 2010. www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/02/16/strict_war_rules_slow_afghan_offensive_troops_say/

  11 Martin Fletcher, “American Troops in Afghanistan Losing Heart, Says Army Chaplains,” London Times, October 8, 2009. www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6865359.ece

  12 Carter, “U.S. troops battle both Taliban and their own rules,”

  13 “‘When we Understand That Slide, We’ll Have Won the War:’ US generals given baffling PowerPoint presentation to try to explain Afghanistan mess,” Daily Mail, April 28, 2010. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1269463/Afghanistan-PowerPoint-slide-Generals-left-baffled-PowerPoint-slide.html

  14 Sebastian Abbot, “US Deaths Double in Afghanistan as Troops Pour In,” Associated Press, March 27, 2010. www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihcYrdx HyEs5g09fIPeMNJh0b6mQD9END6400

  15 “Ready, Aim, Hold Your Fire,” Editorial, Washington Times, March 6, 2010. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/06/ready-aim-hold-your-fire/

  16 Jim Michaels, “Airstrikes in Afghanistan Drop by Almost Half,” USA TODAY, September 8, 2009. www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-09-08-airstrikes_N.htm

  17 Ibid.

  18 Jeffrey T. Kuhner, “Does nonproliferation equal capitulation?” Washington Times, April 9, 2010. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/09/does-nonproliferation-equal-capitulation/

  19 Ibid.

  20 Bob Unruh, “Overwhelmingly, Americas See Obama Invitin
g Attack,” World NetDaily.com, April 21, 2010. www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=143673

  21 Brian Montopoli, “Obama Announces Nuclear Weapons Reduction Treaty With Russian,” CBS News, March 26,2010. www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20001246-503544.html

  22 Vadim Trukhachev, “China’s ABM Interceptor Missiles Frighten USA,” Pravda.ru January 13, 2010. http://english.pravda.ru/world/asia/111639-0/

  23 “Reports: Netanyahu ‘Humiliated’ by Obama Snub,” FOXNews.com, March 26, 2010. www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/25/president-allegedly-dumps-israeli-prime-minister-dinner/

  24 Natalia Serova, “Europe Needs to Cast USA Aside Before It Is Too Late,” Pravda.ru, November 27, 2009. http://english.pravda.ru/world/europe/110792-0/

  25 Montopoli, “Obama Announces Nuclear Weapons Reduction Treaty With Russian.”

  26 Chip Cummins and Charles Forelle, “Ahmadinejad Calls Israel ‘Racist’ in U.N. Rant,” Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2009. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124021935702234443.html

  27 Shirzad Bozorghmehr, “Iranian leader: Wipe out Israel,” CNN.com, November 27, 2005. www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/26/ahmadinejad/index.html

  28 Nazila Fathi, “Wipe Israel ‘off the map’ Iranian says,” New York Times, November 27, 2005. www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/world/africa/26iht-iran.html

  29 Jonathan Weisman, “After Arms Pact, a Push to Ratify,” Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2010. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304198004575171203223830386.html

  30 Barack Obama, “Breaking the War Mentality,” Sundial, March 10,1983,5. Available via PDF download at www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/the_president _who_wont_grow_up.html.

  31 “Inventions from Space,” NASA, 9/8/2005. http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/spinoffs2.shtml

  32 “Barack Obama Ends NASA Space Race With Slow Road to Mars,” The TimesOnline, April 16, 2010. www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article7099244.ece

  33 Todd Halvorson, “After Shuttle, NASA to Pay Russia $56m a Seat For Rocket Rides,” Florida Today, April 7, 2010. www.floridatoday.com/article/20100407/NEWS02/4070341/After-shuttle-NASA-to-pay-Russia-56M-a-seat-for-rocket-rides