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The children of the Nazi party began as a shining hope for the future, but by the end of the war they became reserve soldiers as the Germans faced military defeat. That descent from twisted idealism to cynicism and eventually disillusionment is traced in “Tempted, Misled, Slaughtered: The Short Life of Hitler Youth Paul B.,” an exhibit at the American Jewish Museum of the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill. The exhibit, on display in the Kaufmann Building through Dec. 31, is presented with the Holocaust Center of the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh — part of a busy schedule...

Where have all those Obamenthusiasts who were so visible in 2008 been hiding this year? In this New Republic article Lydia DePillis seems to think that the problem is that Organizing For America has been run as a top-down organization, rather than as a bottom-up movement, giving the folks out there no sense of ownership. She asks, “Can a grassroots organization run in the top-down style of a political machine really accomplish much—let alone change the terms of debate on any given issue?” I think there’s something more going on here. Many Obamenthusiasts were thrilled by the idea of putting...

This, from the president's chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Scott Johnson goes to town, in response. Rocco Landesman, the NEA chairman, said, in part: This is the first president that actually writes his own books since Teddy Roosevelt and arguably the first to write them really well since Lincoln. If you accept the premise, and I do, that the United States is the most powerful country in the world, then Barack Obama is the most powerful writer since Julius Caesar. That has to be good for American artists.

Anita Dunn: How We Created Obama's Cult of Personality By Candance Moore Created 2009-10-20 10:45 For months NewsBusters has been reporting [0] how the media aided and abetted the creation of Barack Obama's Cult of Personality leading to his eventual election as the 44th President of the United States. Eight days before his inauguration, Obama's Fox News-hating [0] communications director Anita Dunn and his digital strategist Ben Self, while at a conference in the Dominican Republic hosted by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, confirmed the allegation in a tutorial they gave to President Leonel Fernandez and other government...

A seller on eBay has been offering American flags with the stars removed from the blue field and President Barack Obama's face inserted, and outraged bloggers have promised to track the banners down.

School children in North Carolina chant about President Obama, declaring, "Change has come" and praising the president for "uniting blacks and whites" in a YouTube video that's garnering national attention. Within minutes of WND's inquiries, the video was set to private and several versions were removed completely. The above version is one of the last remaining copies.

"Hear our cry Obama!" The Gamaliel Foundation is the community organizing group that helped sponsor Barack Obama's initial work in Chicago.

Glenn repeated some of the prayer, it kind of sounds like the Lords prayer only to Obama, to be released to the internet in 15 minutes ... It's a group of community organizers praying to him as if he were God.

"Hear our cry, Obama." "Deliver us, Obama." Video at link.

Mm, mmm, mm!Barack Hussein ObamaHe said that all must lend a handTo make our 57 states strong again Mmm, mmm, mm!Barack Hussein ObamaHe said we must be fair todaySo “sweeties” must get equal pay Mmm, mmm, mm!Barack Hussein ObamaHe said he will reach out his handTo the enemies of our land Mmm, mmm, mm!Barack Hussein ObamaHe said red, yellow, black or typical white personGuess whose wealth I’m gonna spread? Mmm, mmm, mm!Barack Hussein ObamaOy! Mmm, mmm, mm!Barack Hussein Obama

Another video of children singing praises of Barack Obama has surfaced on Youtube. In this case the kids appear to be students at B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, New Jersey. The overall effect is somewhat creepy. American patriotic hymns do not, as a rule, celebrate people, even great ones like Washington and Lincoln. The Star Spangled Banner and the Battle Hymn of the Republic celebrate the common people of America, struggling to win and to maintain freedom. What happened at B. Bernice Young Elementary School is even more egregious in the fact that at least for the Sing...

Apologies if I missed anyone commenting on this, but none of the posts I've seen mentions this-the excerpt from the lyrics the schoolkids had to sing in praise to BO: Barack Hussein Obama He said Red, Yellow, Black or White All are equal in his sight Mmm, mmm, mm! is taken from the children's hymn "Jesus Loves the Little Children Jesus loves the little childrenAll the children of the world Red and yellowBlack and whiteThey are precious in His sight.Jesus loves the little childrenOf the world. I thought it was bad enough when he compared himself with Lincoln and JFK

Nearly 20 young children are captured in an online video as they sing songs that overflow with campaign slogans and praise for "Barack Hussein Obama," as they repeatedly chant the president's name and celebrate his accomplishments. The superintendent of a New Jersey school where students were videotaped being taught to sing the praises of President Obama issued a statement Thursday saying the taping was unauthorized, but failed to address whether the the lesson -- taught durnig Black History Month -- was approved. A YouTube video shows nearly 20 young children being led in a song overflowing with campaign slogans and...

An important update about the creepy video we posted yesterday. The Burlington Township School District, to which B. Bernice Youngs Elementary School belongs, posted the following Letter to Parents this morning. Dear Burlington Township Families: Today we became aware of a video that was placed on the internet which has been reported in the media. The video is of a class of students singing a song about President Obama. The activity took place during Black History Month in 2009, which is recognized each February to honor the contributions of African Americans to our country. Our curriculum studies, honors and recognizes...

On August 25th 2009, Big Hollywood’s Patrick Courrielche broke the story of a conference call he attended with other “rising artist and art community luminaries”: On Thursday August 6th, I was invited by the National Endowment for the Arts to attend a conference call scheduled for Monday August 10th hosted by the NEA, the White House Office of Public Engagement, and United We Serve. The call would include “a group of artists, producers, promoters, organizers, influencers, marketers, taste-makers, leaders or just plain cool people to join together and work together to promote a more civically engaged America and celebrate how...

Examining President Barack Hussein Obama’s ubiquity – even when your favorite TV show has not been pre-empted yet again by one of his prime time speeches or press conferences, you can still watch his Public Service Announcement (video link) about national service that gets heavy rotation, even on FOX – an unabashedly worshipful article by Jennifer Senior in New York magazine noted: “Since occupying the White House, Barack Obama has hosted fifteen town-hall meetings; appeared in more than 800 images on the White House Flickr photo-stream; and held four prime-time press conferences, the same number held by George W. Bush...

By PUMA Pundit on September 2, 2009 Remember, the Dept. of Education expects your kids to read books on the life of Barack Obama before the monumental speech on September 8th, well here’s a look at two of the books that shall be used: The first book is aptly titled: Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope and here is the description, direct from the Publisher’s Website: Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago, from the jungles of Indonesia to the plains of Kenya, he...

We had to go to Target the other day with Mrs. Sic and dammit if a bunch of Barack Obama propaganda wasn’t staring us in the face at every turn … in practically every aisle. Seriously, there were Barack Obama DVD’s, Barack Obama books, Barack Obama commemorative coins, pins and plates and - get this - two friggin’ Barack Obama children’s books. No really … one of them was called “Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope.” In fact, for every age group there was at least one book or video devoted to “The One.” Seriously, in the “youth...

Dr. Vaknin States "I must confess I was impressed by Sen.Barack Obama from the first time I saw him. At first I was excited to see a black candidate. He looked youthful, spoke well, appeared to be confident - a wholesome presidential package. I was put off soon, not just because of his shallowness but also because there was an air of haughtiness in his demeanor that was unsettling. His posture and his body language were louder than his empty words. Obama's speeches are unlike any political speech we have heard in American history.. Never a politician in this land...

Antigua plans to do more than just rename its highest peak to honor President Barack Obama. Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer says his government wants to create Mount Obama Monument and National Park with a new network of hiking trails. He also plans a museum with entertainment and educational facilities. Spencer says Mount Obama will be a "beacon of hope for all people." He outlined his plan to reporters Monday. He did not say how much it would cost or how the government of the dual-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda would pay for it.

Los Angeles (PTI): US first lady Michelle Obama is set to appear in a biographical comic book called 'Female Force: Michelle Obama'. According to Bluewaters Productions, this latest installment in the series 'Female Force' offers a biography of President Barack Obama's better half "as she secures her place in American history", USA Today reported. The story is written by Neal Bailey and drawn by Joshua LaBello with a cover by Vinnie Tartamella. The first two books in the 'Female Force' series, featuring Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, are currently on their third printing. "The reaction has been insane," Bluewater president...

Obama Repeats '90 Percent' Stat for U.S. Guns Recovered in Mexico The White House stands by the president's use of the word "recovered" in describing the role firearms smuggled from the U.S. play in Mexico's drug war. By Major Garrett FOXNews.com Sunday, April 19, 2009 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago -- What's the difference between "recovered" and "traceable" when it comes to firearms seized in Mexico's bloody war against drug cartels? The White House says none. But that's a distinction with a difference, even if President Obama used the words interchangeably last week to talk about the role firearms smuggled from...

<p>House Passes Mandatory National Service Bill http://www.infowars.com/house-passes-mandatory-national-service-bill/ The House passed a bill yesterday which includes disturbing language indicating young people will be forced to undertake mandatory national service programs as fears about President Barack Obama’s promised “civilian national security force” intensify.</p>

A room in a Halifax community centre was transformed Saturday into an African village bazaar where black business operators displayed wares and trolled for customers. And while the event had an African theme, and was held in chilly Nova Scotia during an unforgiving Canadian winter, it was marked by the presence of all things Obama. The image of U.S. President Barack Obama was on many products for sale at the four-hour bazaar. Calendars, T-shirts, posters, buttons, fridge magnets — you name it, the president’s face, or name, was on it. The sale, part of African Heritage Month celebrations, attracted people...

I must confess I was not impressed by Sen. Barack Obama from the first time I saw him. At first I was excited to see a black candidate. He looked youthful, spoke well, appeared to be confident – a wholesome presidential package. It is so instinctive for most people to want to see blacks succeed. It is as if all humanity is carrying a collective guilt for what the ancestors of blacks endured. However, despite my initial interest in him, I was put off soon, not just because of his shallowness but also because there was an air of haughtiness...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51kAw4OTlA0&feature=related [Watch till the very end].

WASHINGTON -Visiting one of his favorite Chicago restaurants in November, Barack Obama was asked by an excited waitress if he wanted the restaurant's special margarita made with the finest ingredients, straight up and shaken at the table. "You know that's the way I roll," Obama replied jokingly.

Henry Stevenson has had enough of jail. After the 40-year-old Plainfield resident served time for burglary and resisting arrest, Stevenson said he wanted to set an example for his children so they could avoid the same fate. That's why Stevenson and a dozen men, some parolees and ex-inmates, were outside in the cold afternoon today voluntarily raking up debris around the Bethany Baptist Church in Newark on West Market Street. With garbage bags and brooms, they gathered up dead plants, autumn leaves, and trash, making this corner of Newark a little cleaner. "It's time to make a change," said Stevenson...

Between the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 and the dawn hours of September 1,1939, there was time enough to birth a new generation in England and on the continent and to forget every lesson learned in the mud and blood of Flanders and Passchendaele. And so were the English, French, and we Americans duped in 1933. Or were we all? Did we not seek to be duped? Churchill read Mein Kampf and so did others. Why was he nearly alone in taking a lesson from it? What is it in men that encourages...

cult of personality  –noun a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power. Origin: ‡ 1965–70; trans. of Russ kulʾt líchnosti

HOUSTON -- As Barack Obama considers the pantheon of larger-than-life presidents who came before him, David Adickes pauses to consider Barack Obama. The Houston sculptor carefully examines the president-elect’s profile: his slightly furrowed brow, the firm mouth pursed somewhere between smile and frown, the expressive eyes. Adickes squints. Something is not quite right. “Looking at him, I see that his ears have to go back about a quarter of an inch,” Adickes says, then reaches to gently tweak the features on a life-size model of the president-elect’s head. The bust is the first step in plans for a replica of...

Smith has staked his claim to play the role, even before Barack Obama has been inaugurated as president.Speaking at the premiere of his new film Seven Pounds at the Empire, Leicester Square, in London, Smith laughed about reports that the US President-elect had indicated that he would like the actor to play him if his life story were ever to be made into a movie.“If I am ordered by my commander in chief to star in a film about him, I will do my duty as an American," he said, beaming.(snip)Smith said the “world had changed forever” with the election...

EVANSTON, Ill. --- For every Obama T-shirt, Obama handbag and pair of Obama pajamas created in this country, there are Obama collectibles created in Africa. And the Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University -- the largest library of Africana anywhere in the world -- is intently collecting them. Northwestern’s Herskovits Library has assembled what is undoubtedly the largest collection of Obama T-shirts, CDs, buttons, bumper stickers, artwork, posters and other materials created in Africa. And, just in time for the inauguration, it has expanded an exhibition of items from its Africa’s Response to Obama collection and extended it...

President-elect Barack Obama has approached CNN's chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, to be the country's next surgeon general, the cable news network said Tuesday. CNN said it has kept Gupta from reporting on health care policy and other matters involving the incoming Obama administration since learning he was under consideration for the post. Two Democrats with knowledge of the discussions over the surgeon general spot said Gupta was under consideration but cautioned there was not yet a final decision on who would fill the post. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the...

Hollywood, Fla., may join Opa-locka, Fla., St. Louis and Masaka, Uganda, in naming streets after President-elect Barack Obama. Thomas and Theresa Smith, activists in Hollywood's predominantly black Washington Park neighborhood, say they've gotten a positive response from city leaders to their request to rename Pembroke Road, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Saturday. He's the first black president of our country; the first! Thomas said. Hollywood has streets named after presidents, but because Pembroke Road is a state road, the renaming ceremony, if it happens, is a way off, say city officials, who need approval from the Florida Legislature. Opa-locka last...

NEW YORK -- Tables of vendors selling Barack Obama merchandise have now become as ubiquitous a sight in New York City as Halal Carts and bored cops sending text messages: every corner, every hour of the day. They’ve been around for a while now, but after election day the tipping point was reached. Obama’s face is available now on everything from snow globes to dinner plates and plastic blinged-out wristwatches. We’ve seen this kind of merchandising before: bootleg Bart Simpson shirts and the Malcolm X fashion explosion of the early 90's, for example. On a recent evening, I visited the...

BARACK OBAMA may have figured out a way to stimulate the economy even before taking office: by being elected. Merchandise commemorating, celebrating and — in some instances — practically canonizing Obama is being sold by companies large and small, institutional and entrepreneurial, familiar (Time Inc.) and not so (the American Historic Society). Consumers have already spent perhaps as much as $200 million on Obamabilia, two months before he will be inaugurated as the 44th president and another tidal wave of tchotchkes will be unleashed. Obama "has been the best-marketed presidential candidate, with the most sophisticated branding since John F. Kennedy...

Unfortunately, this question did not come up in the debates.Now it looks like we may be stuck with Beelzebub in the White House for the next 4 years.It appears Barack Obama was not properly vetted after all.Newsweek wonders:"Is Obama the Antichrist?" On Nov. 5, Todd Strandberg was at his desk, fielding E-mails from around the world. As the editor and founder of RaptureReady.com, his job is to track current events and link them to biblical prophecy in hopes of maintaining his status as "the eBay of prophecy," the best source online for predictions and calculations concerning the end of...

In another sign of America's glee at the election of Barack Obama to the White House, newborns all over the United States are being named after the president-elect. The maternity ward at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida -- a key battleground state in which Obama soundly beat his Republican rival John McCain -- proudly staked claim to bringing the first American baby Obama into the world. "Sanjae Obama Fisher, baby boy, was born at 7:58 pm on election day," around three hours before Obama was declared the winner, a spokeswoman for the hospital said. "Mom and Dad voted early...

Buyer’s Remorse? Newsweek Honchos Peg Obama’s ‘Slightly Creepy Cult Of Personality’. "Have you ever seen a victory speech where there was no one else on stage? No adoring wife, no cute kid."

It appears that Mark Morford, author of the inadvertently hilarious San Francisco Chronicle column about Barack Obama being a "Lightworker," described as a "rare kind of attuned being," is back with yet another column of cultish worship of "The One." You can see where the starry eyed Morford is coming from just from the title of his latest column, "When history spanks: Where were you when that incredible thing happened? How will you respond?" Morford could have just as easily titled his adulatory piece, "The earth moved: I smoked a cigarette afterwards. Was it good for you? It was good...

Obama will not lose his bid for the presidency because of his connections to Ayers, ACORN or socialist politics. In fact, he won't lose it because of his stand on any issue. The coup de grace for Obama's presidential election downfall will come only through convincing the American public of his lack of decisive leadership under pressure. I'm not just talking about facing rogue nations or terrorist thugs. I'm referring to making major choices in conflict. Indecisiveness is his greatest weakness, and it's one this country cannot afford at this time in its history. Interestingly, a while back, the Unit...

How dangerous is Barak Obama? Is he too dangerous to be put in a place where he could literally get us all killed? ...why would so many people want to put him in a position where he could do us harm, The conclusion of anyone with common sense who has seen the films of innocent children singing their Obama songs or who has watched the quasi-military chanting and saluting of the Obama Youth in military garb must conclude that there is something very, very wrong with these people. I remember when I first saw the YouTube Children singing their Obama...

My interest was piqued, but the dark time lived on until my faith in others was renewed on Jan. 4 in the Iowa state primary. Obama had beat out squeaky clean southern boy John Edwards and former first lady and next in the line of political succession Hillary Clinton. I was in shock. And then I came to Jesus/Obama. I donated to the campaign. I followed every primary with bated breath, and muttered my prayers to the political gods while proselytizing the miracle of my new prophet. I got a car magnet, I bought a t-shirt; a pin and bumper...

{...}SOME PEOPLE MAY BE OFFENDED BY THE FIRST FEW IMAGES IN THIS VIDEO. PLEASE GET PAST THOSE IMAGES WITH WHICH YOU DISAGREE OR FIND OFFENSIVE. DON'T MISS THE LARGER POINT! THE CONCEPT IS INDOCTRINATION. THE CONCEPT IS IDENTICAL WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH EVERY IMAGE OR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY IN THIS VIDEO OR NOT.

BEIJING (AFP) — North Korea's Pak Hyon-Suk breathed a huge sigh of relief when she clinched a last-gasp Beijing gold in the women's weightlifting. In the secretive Stalinist state, failure is not an option and the 23-year-old 63kg lifter faced either elimination or victory as she walked up to the bar for the last time.After failing at the same weight twice, the North Korean was finally successful leaving her to praise not her efforts or those of her coaching team but those of a tubby dictator in an ill-fitting suit. "I just kept it in my head that my Dear...

Son of God, or America's maybe-first black president? He's tall and lean and gives impassioned speeches about coming together and original sin. His beginnings were humble and his father was something of a myth to him. Many are hailing him as a savior who could unite the country and return America to greatness. Is that Barack Obama or Jesus?Christ running for the Democratic presidential nomination? Take the quiz and see for yourself.

With Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's decision to stay in the Democratic race to the bitter end, she has signaled a delegate fight all the way to the party's convention in Denver this August. Both candidates appear in something of a stalemate. Political strategists have concluded that Clinton cannot overcome Sen. Barack Obama's pledged delegate lead by winning additional primaries. And despite his lead in electoral and delegate wins, Obama cannot seal his nomination without the support of the party's superdelegates. Clinton's decision, after winning in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island this week that she would not capitulate has opened up...

You get the feeling Michelle Obama is never going to be boring to cover. (See here, here, here and here.) Hot Air and JammieWearingFool already noted the most eye-opening comment from Mrs. Obama... Obama begins with a broad assessment of life in America in 2008, and life is not good: we’re a divided country, we’re a country that is “just downright mean,” we are “guided by fear,” we’re a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacents. “We have become a nation of struggling folks who are barely making it every day,” she said, as heads bobbed in the pews. “Folks are...

Star Jones Reynolds has never been one to mince words. It's no wonder that when Bill O'Reilly's most recent controversial (see also: racist) comments about Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama, were discovered by Media Matters, the TruTV legal analyst was infuriated! O'Reilly, the curmudgeon host of Fox News Channel's 'The O'Reilly Factor,' was talking to a caller that was angry that Obama had said on C-Span that "for the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country." The 58-year-old television commentator, who privately settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against him in 2004, responded...