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This article is some shady journalism.
1. Doesn’t link to ANY source material. (While explaining why not linking to source material is a “danger to democracy”)
2. Doesn’t explain a single issue regarding the Indonesian mass media exposes on Obama’s childhood (state funded madrassa) education and Koran memorization.
3. Doesn’t explain any of Freeper expatguy’s gumshoe journalism in Obama’s childhood Jakarta neighborhood and school regarding his upbringing.
4. Doesn’t mention any of the Bahasa Indonesian to English translations of the Indonesian mass media exposes by a variety of people, including Freeper expatguy.
5. Doesn’t refute or even attempt to explain why a “guerrilla tactics” are unethical when the documentation of Obama’s Muslim childhood is coming in from dozens of verified first hand sources. She has, to put it bluntly, a xenophobic disdain for Indonesian journalists.
6. Doesn’t understand digital media longtail journalism, FreeRepublic is at the tall end of long tail journalism, this “professor” should understand this, there’s only been a few dozen books written on the subject, including Glenn Reynold’s Army of Davids bestseller.

What a mess. This woman must be a huge fan of John Adams’ Alien and Sedition Act.

Hope you don't mind if I post this:

25 January 2007

Obama Hoisted On His Own Petard

One would like to think that Barack Obama's advisors would have the common sense to tell him to be honest and forthcoming with the American people concerning his childhood growing up in Indonesia.

Instead and quite foolishly Obama has decided to go now on the offensive and deny any of the allegations he claims are made against him.

ABC news now reports that Obama will go on a campaign to debunk the madrassa claim allegations

And in debunking the madrassa claim allegations Obama once again lies to the American people and denies that he ever was a Muslim.

"Obama defended his education at "Sekolah Dasar Negeri 04," which roughly translates as government elementary school No. 4 in Indonesia, where he moved at the age of 6 after his mother married an Indonesian man. After two years at the government elementary school, Obama transferred to a Catholic school."

As we reported below, the truth is that Barack Hussein Obama aka "Barry Soetoro" first registered for school at the Franciscan Asisi Primary School on 1 January 1968. He then attended Asisi Primary School for 3 years before finally transfering to Besuki Primary School and then departing to the United States.

Obama didn't transfer to the Catholic school, the transfered from it.

"To be clear, Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim and is a committed Christian," said Obama's communications director Robert Gibbs in a statement today...[sic]"

Obama's school registration records from Asisi Primary School in Indonesia list his religion as Islam.

Further, Several of Obama's classmates including Emirsyah Satar the CEO of Garuda Indonesia Airlines describe a young Obama as a very religious and devout Muslim.

On 22 January 2007, Emirsyah Satar stated:

"Saat itu, dia memang beragama Islam namun setelah menikah dengan Michelle, dia pindah agama."

The English translation is as follows:

"At that time, he was quite religious in Islam but after marrying Michelle, he changed his religion."

Other classmates of Obama have made similar claims to the Indonesian media, claiming that Obama was very religious and devout Muslim in his youth.

The issue at the moment, quite clearly is not whether or not he was raised as a Muslim or whether he attended a madrassa as a child. While it might be considered a handicap for a presidential candidate in a post 9/11 world, surely Americans would accept that he is now a Christian and no longer a Muslim.

The issue is and the only question Americans need to ask themselves is this:

Is Barack Hussein Obama being honest and forthright with the American people?