Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says General Motors should still file for bankruptcy Monday morning

For GM, the “knock at the door” came on Sunday; who’s next?

Andy says GM should thumb its nose at Barack Obama’s bailout and take its chances in the courts

Barack Obama wants to politicize American industry. General Motors is giving him his first opening. The result will be corporate chaos and rule by commissar. Where are the Republicans when we need them?

ANDY MARTIN
Executive Editor
ContrarianCommentary.com

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Obama ousts GM’s leader, says Andy Martin; Who’s next?

Obamaland is starting to look more like a political dictatorship, in which anonymous “task forces” with their sole loyalty to the "maximum leader" take control of America's economy

GM should file for bankruptcy Monday morning and thumb its nose at any more government aid

(NEW YORK)(March 30, 2009) Over three years ago I proposed that General Motors file for bankruptcy. No one was listening. Last November, I renewed my suggestion.
http://www.pr-inside.com/general-motors-should-file-for-bankruptcy-r904367.htm

GM executives thought a government bailout was preferable to bankruptcy. They are living to regret that strategy.

Sunday (March 29th) the “knock at the door” came for GM. Barack Obama announced he was effectively taking over the company by dismissing GM CEO Rick Wagoner. I am no admirer of Wagoner.

GM previously claimed “no one would buy a car from a company in bankruptcy." Does anyone believe that people are going to buy cars from a company controlled by Barack Obama? Richard Nixon must be smiling. No one would buy a used car from him.

According to the New York Times, Wagoner was not “forced out.” He was just “asked to leave.” Yah sure. He was paid to go, and he was paid to keep quiet. Wait and see.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/business/30auto.html?hp

Today (Monday) Obama announces his “rescue plan” for GM and Chrysler. These companies would be better off filing for bankruptcy Monday morning and thumbing their nose at Obama.

Obama, of course, has an “auto task force” (New York Times). That “task force” is assuming effective control of GM without due process of law and without the supervision and intervention of an independent judge. Is this what American business has come to?

In bankruptcy, all sides would be forced to follow established procedures and timetables. There are strict laws and rules barring improper influence and secret dealing. In Obama’s “court” there is but one law, and that law is the rule of the Emperor Obama.

Is there any doubt that under Obama’s maladministration GM will be paralyzed and eventually populated by political commissars? That the very eventuality GM sought to flee, bankruptcy, will ultimately arrive? There is no doubt at all. None whatsoever.

General Motors faces two problems: inflated wages and benefits, and federal laws mandating the sale of high-mileage cars. Labor is not going to surrender without a fight, no matter what Obama says. Likewise, companies need to build what they can sell, not what bureaucrats order them to manufacture.

The auto crisis reflects a classic situation where “free market” principles are infinitely preferable to rule-by-bureaucrat.
Some people want small cars. They should be free to buy them from auto companies that are free to sell them. I want a large car, not a teakettle. I should be free to buy one without the company being penalized for selling me what I want. I trust the marketplace more than I trust Obama & Co.

My sympathies are with the men and women on the shop floor, not with the big shots in the executive suite. Ordinary hourly workers have been betrayed at every level of leadership. I may be a Republican, but I am a pro-labor Republican. I believe in supporting working families. Wall Street’s hedge funds looted America. Now, as the nation lies prostrate, Obama’s maggots are seeking to devour the carcass.

Workers are suffering. Tax cuts are not the solution for the automobile industry. Free markets are. Paychecks are. Freedom of choice is.

Bankruptcy would offer GM management a considerable measure of control. The claim that no one will buy a new car from a bankrupt company is nonsense. Some people won’t. But I wouldn’t give the issue a second thought.

In any event, GM’s analysis was and is flawed; sooner or later, the company is going bankrupt. Labor and capital, workers and investors, are not going to walk away from their claims without a fight; that fight will have to be conducted in a court of law, not in Obama’s private chambers.

The “new” GM and Chrysler will be somewhat different from their predecessors. Wages and benefits will be equalized with foreign-owned plants. American workers will become more competitive, not less, in a bankruptcy process. Left alone, Obama, who was elected as the champion of labor, will ultimately deal a death blow to the UAW. No surprise there, either. By law courts must protect the interests of all stakeholders, not just creditors.

Whether GM acts prudently, and files for bankruptcy Monday, or delays the inevitable while it dithers with bailout funds for a few more weeks, makes no different in the long run. People worked hard to acquire their jobs, benefits and creditor claims. They are not going to surrender their stakes without a fight. In America, fights of this type are sorted out in a bankruptcy court, not Barack Obama’s back pocket. Stakeholders are entitled to a free and open courtroom, not the closed doors of a politically-appointed “task force” accountable to no one.

So, File the Bankruptcy Petition! I can understand why Obama wants to play games with America’s economy. I can’t understand why GM’s management is playing along with Obama’s suicide pact. Rick Wagoner should have told Obama take a jump. Instead, he wimped out and quit. Great leader, he.

Truthfully? Labor will do better under a straight bankruptcy. And so will lenders and investors. And so will every American.

I don’t care whether Mr. Wagoner’s job is saved, or not. But anyone with a sliver of common sense should see bankruptcy is the only option; government bailouts are ultimately going to destroy and dismember, not save, GM and Chrysler.

Why am I right? Because a bankruptcy filing by GM’s management would call the government’s bluff. Obama wants to appear to be a “friend of labor,” even though he is not a friend of labor. The bailout process is not transparent; by its very nature the “auto task force” is the type of secret organization that U.S. Senator Robert Byrd has been railing against. The “task force” appears to be beyond the control of congressional oversight. Only in open court can the parties fight out their differences and arrive at a solution that leads to recovery or liquidation.

If GM managers don’t have the guts to make the tough choice and file for bankruptcy, they will all be replaced, one by one, by Obama’s commissars. Sunday, the knock at the door came for Rick Wagoner. Who’s next?

I was right in 2005 when I published my pioneering analysis of the automobile industry. I am still right.

FOOTNOTE: A tip of the hat to the University of Illinois Economics Department, and UI College of Business, for training me in business and economic analysis. They taught me well.

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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting experience in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with over four decades of experience. He holds Economics and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Illinois and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

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Hawai’i court is asked to expedite Obama birth certificate appeal

Andy Martin says a pending appeal raises constitutional and scholarly issues about Barack Obama’s past. The Hawai’i Intermediate Court of Appeals is being asked to expedite an appeal seeking release of Barack Obama’s original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate. Andy Martin says scholars have a right to access historic documents of the American presidency. The Hawai’i Attorney General opposes release. Martin will convene a National Conference on Barack Obama’s Missing Birth Certificate, in Washington April 3-4. See http://www.nationalconferenceonobama.blogspot.com/

THE MOTION:

ANDY MARTIN, J.D.
Post Office Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-2639
Toll-free fax (866) 707-2639
Appellant pro se


IN THE

IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF HAWAI’I

ICA DOCKET NUMBER: 29643


ANDY MARTIN,

Appellant,

HON. LINDA LINGLE, in her
official capacity as Governor;
DR. CHIYOME FUKINO, in her
official capacity as Director
of the Department of Health,

Appellees.

______________________________


MOTION TO EXPEDITE APPEAL

1. Although appellant is proceeding pro se and is not an expert in Hawai’i appellate procedure, he does have considerable experience with appellate tribunals.
The instant appeal poses an important question of national public policy and historical inquiry: should Hawai’i officials be required to make available for biographical research and scholarly inquiry the original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate of President Barack Obama?
2. Appellant has written one book on Barack Obama, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, which is (or should be) part of the record on appeal, has conducted extensive original research in Hawai’i and is preparing to author a second book on the president. Appellant in sponsoring a national conference on missing records involving the president, www.NationalConferenceonObama.blogspot.com.
3. With all due respect to the district Judge, it is difficult to see how a basic historical record, the original “ribbon” copy of the birth certificate of the President of the United States, can or should be concealed from scholarly inquiry or the American people.
4. Appellant has been in contact with the Hawai’i Attorney General and that office opposes expediting this appeal, see attached.
5. Because there is a time lag between filing in this Court and Appellant receiving Notice, he does not know if the record on appeal has been filed yet. In any event, the record is due to be filed or has been filed.
6. This appeal represents review of a straightforward question of law. There was a single hearing in the district court; on information and belief there were and are no disputed questions of fact.
CONCLUSION
Most respectfully, Appellant asks this Court consider the historical significance of this litigation, and to enter an order setting an expedited briefing and argument schedule.

Respectfully submitted,


ANDY MARTIN

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify I have served opposing counsel as follows:

Jill T. Nagamine, Esq.,
Deputy Attorney General
425 Queen Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
via Fax (808) 587-3077

on March 28, 2009.


ANDY MARTIN

Corruption fighter comments on Mary McCarty’s Palm Beach County guilty pleas

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin is helping bring down “Florida’s Capital of Corruption”

Martin is launching a new statewide corruption-fighting task force in Florida as part of a nationwide effort to fill the void left by the collapsing newspaper industry.

Palm Beach News conference today, March 27th

Palm Beach County corruption fighter Andy Martin helped bring down Florida’s “Capital of Corruption”

Internet powerhouse Andy Martin opens statewide “Florida Campaign to Fight Corruption”

ANDY MARTIN
Florida Campaign to Fight Corruption
Executive Editor
ContrarianCommentary.com

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

ATTENTION: DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

THE FLORIDA CORRUPTION FIGHTER WHO IS BRINGING DOWN FLORIDA’S CAPITAL OF CORRUPTION” IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL LAUNCH A NEW STATEWIDE CORRUPTION-FIGHTING EFFORT EVEN AS HIS SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS LEAD TO A GUILTY PLEA BY A COUNTY COMMISSIONER

ANDY MARTIN LAUNCHES FLORIDA CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT CORRUPTION, WILL PROBE EXISTING POLITICAL/OFFICIAL/JUDICIAL ACTS AS WELL AS CORRUPTION STEMMING FROM OBAMA’S SPENDING EFFORTS

ILLINOIS, NEW YORK, CAMPAIGNS TO FOLLOW

(PALM BEACH, FL)(March 27, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin will hold a Palm Beach news conference today, March 27th at 11:30 A.M. to comment on the guilty plea of former P. B. County Commissioner Mary McCarty. Martin will also to launch the second of a series of state “campaigns against corruption” to combat existing waste, fraud and mismanagement as well as attacking new abuses that will be generated by Barack Obama’s trillion dollar spending sprees in Washington.

Martin is a nonpartisan corruption fighter. Martin began his corruption-fighting efforts in Palm Beach County almost two decades ago. National media eventually labeled P. B. County Florida’s “Capital of Corruption.”
http://www.time.com/time/printout/
0,8816,1870853,00.html

Andy has specialized in judicial and political corruption, and filed the original charges against Commissioner McCarty that led to the eventual unraveling of her career:

http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/
03/09/15_recount.html,

http://www.voiceoffreedom.com/archives/
electionstuff/electionlaw.html,

http://www.guvwurld.org/cgi-bin/live.cgi?d=%2FVoting%2FDaily%20Business
%20Review%20-%20FL%20Election%20Commish%20
Guilty%20of%20False%20Certifications%20-%207-9-03.txt

“Today is not a day for celebration. We should never celebrate the downfall of any person or public official. Rather, today is a day for rededication to the cause of fighting corruption in Florida. We continue to receive leads, and we continue to investigate cases. Our new, more formal structure will enhance our ability to pursue corruption cases.

“Being a corruption fighter is never easy; I have been relentlessly attacked by corrupt judges and public officials for bringing their abuses to light. When we began fighting abuses in Palm Beach County 19 years ago, no one believed we could succeed. Today the County Commission has been devastated by criminal prosecutions. There is more to come.

“No one has the kind of record of accomplishment I have demonstrated in successfully pursuing judicial corruption in Florida:
http://CorruptFloridaJusticeandJudges.blogspot.com/

“I acknowledge my indebtedness to the late Palm Beach County Commissioner Bill Medlen, who encouraged me to launch our local efforts exposing corruption.

“There are new challenges on the horizon.

“No society, ever, has managed to spend the equivalent of trillions of dollars without creating massive corruption, including the ‘New Deal,’” says Martin. “President Johnson’s ‘War Against Poverty’ created ‘poverty pimps,’ ‘poverticians’ and endless stealing.

“Barack Obama comes out of the crooked and corrupt ‘Where’s mine’ Chicago tradition of looting public expenditures for private personal gain. This time will not be any different. The new spending will only add a new layer of temptation to the existing structure of corruption in places such as Florida.

“Today we launch the second of a series of state campaigns against corruption, to offer aggrieved citizens an opportunity to contact us with existing corruption stories involving judicial, political and official corruption, as well as new and future abuses arising out of expenditures generated by the Obama administration. We began in California; today we open in Florida. Over the next few weeks we will expand to Illinois, New York, and other states.

“Mainstream media are downsizing their investigative efforts. We are ramping up. There will be solid corruption stories at the state and local level that go unreported unless ContrarianCommentary.com is there to report them.

“The Florida Campaign Against Corruption is a division of ContrarianCommentary.com. We are expanding our Internet brand with a series of co-branded localized options to generate input from sources with knowledge of corrupt activities at the local and state level,” Martin states. "Palm Beach is a perfect place to start; the area has a rich history of corrupt local activity that has garnered the area a reputation as a ‘capital of corruption.’ Indeed.”

Martin has been successfully exposing public corruption in Washington, DC, Chicago and Illinois, New York and Florida for decades. Please go to AndyMartin.com for a detailed biography and listing of anti-corruption activity.

PALM BEACH NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:

WHO:

Internet Powerhouse and national anti-Obama leader, Author/Editor/Internet Columnist Andy Martin

WHAT:

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin launches Florida Campaign to Fight Corruption in Palm Beach news conference

WHERE:

Public Sidewalk in front of 95 N. County Road, Palm Beach (Post Office)

WHEN: Friday, March 27, 2009; 11:30 A. M.

MEDIA CONTACT: CELL (917) 664-9329

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Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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The Committee to Defeat Barack Obama is raising money to oppose President Barack Obama.
http://CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com.
Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised an almost billion dollar slush fund, his opponents have not been able to raise sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
E-mail: contact@CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting experience in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with over four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (not always on)
E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com
© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

Andy Martin: Barack Obama will receive an invitation to his missing “birth certificate” conference

A National Conference on Barack Obama’s Missing Birth Certificate is preparing to invite President Barack Obama or his representative to attend,” stated conference Executive Director Andy Martin today. The invitation is being prepared and has not yet been sent. A “Big Surprise” for Obama is planned for the April 3-4 meeting in the nation’s capital.

Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama
Headquarters mail:
Andy Martin, J. D.
Professor of Law (Adj.)
Executive Director
Post Office Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Tel. (866) 706-2639
Fax (866) 707-2639


National Conference on Barack Obama's Missing Birth Certificate and College Records April 3-4

http://nationalconferenceonobama.blogspot.com/

twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

March 25, 2009

Conference updates:

1. National media interest continues to build

Both conservative publications and mainstream media are expressing increased interest in the National Conference scheduled for April 3-4. “This is the first time an organized, coherent attempt has been made to schedule a meeting, and discuss and debate the issues concerning Obama’s birth and ‘eligibility’ issues,” stated Executive Director Andy Martin. “The conference will be under a firm hand, mine, so while there will be free and open commentary there will not be abusive language or delusional ideation. People are welcome to their opinions, as long as they can point to some tangible information or evidence to sustain them. No one is going to be allowed to suggest Obama is made of ‘green cheese’ or something similarly silly. Obama has left questions about his provenance wide open; we want to have a serious discussion, not a comic book session. I have written one book on Obama, and I hope to write another. I am planning to appear before a Hawai’i intermediate appellate court when my appeal seeking access to BHO’s birth certificate is heard. I believe we should maintain the highest standards of decorum.”

In the coming days we will be updating and supplementing our material on the blog. We are looking forward to an exciting exchange of ideas on April 3-4, with a “Big Surprise” scheduled for April 4th.

2. Please reserve early (see #3 below as well)

We originally planned the Conference on a very limited budget. We scheduled a central location at the Capital Hilton, three short blocks walk from the White House. But the space we have paid for is very limited. Please register early if you plan to attend, because the sooner we know how many are attending, the better we can do space planning. We may have a small crowd, or a large crowd. We have no idea as of today. I did a call-in program yesterday; interest in the Conference is high and growing.

While we are nominally accepting “same day” registrations ($25 per day with photo ID) there may not be any space available at that point.

3. We need money; please send

Because registrations will be coming in up to March 31st, we have no idea how many people will be attending. The nominal $10 registration fee will not cover the costs of increasing our space in a major hotel three blocks from the White House.

If you would like to make an online contribution to help defray the costs of the Conference please donate at:
http://CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com.
You can also send a check to me at the Conference registration address in New York (see above).

In either case, just mark your check “conference expenses” or send us a separate e-mail if you make an online donation, and we will only use your donation to defray the costs of the Conference. If attendance exceeds expectations, we may need a quick thousand dollars to move to a larger room.

Please help if you can.

4. Conference recording and “dress code”

We have been told someone will attend the conference and record the proceedings for editing and broadcast on YouTube.com. If you do attend, “casual” clothing, please. No t-shirts and beach attire. Obama’s media “bots,” such as Politico.com, have tried to make fun of people who question his origins. We want a serious discussion, not a shouting match. We will have a special “bullpen” for left-wing media crazies such as the New York Times, MediaMattersforAmerica and other Soros-financed anti-American organizations.

5. Reminder, again

April 3-4 is one of the busiest tourist weekends of the year in Washington. If you are coming from out of town, make early plans.

6. “The Agenda”

We did our best to create a comprehensive initial draft of the Conference Agenda. If you have suggestions, please make them early so they can be incorporated in drafts that are distributed in advance to media and conference attendees.

7. We are inviting President Obama to attend

We will be issuing an invitation to President Barack Obama to attend, or send a representative.

8. First reminder on local contact number, etc.

As soon as we have occupied our space at the Capital Hilton, we will issue an e-mail and twitter.com update. My cell-phone will be your phone contact. (917) 664-9329; please make a note of it. Usually I do not have my cell phone on all the time, but it will be on constantly starting April 2nd.

9. The “Big Surprise”

We have had a couple of nasty e-mails with people expressing their incorrect opinion on what the “Big Surprise” will be on April 4th. You are welcome to submit your guess. We will try to recognize the winner, if there is one.

10. Just in case, bring your walking shoes

Since we will be a short walk to the White House, just in case bring your walking shoes.

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says New York City (MTA) transit fares are a bargain: why do transit officials lie to riders?

Andy Martin on CTA (Chicago) and MTA (New York) fare increases: why do transit managers conceal the true cost of providing service and advertise that real fares in New York have fallen by 50% in the past two decades? There is no “horror” in collecting enough money to run a safe and efficient transit system, Martin says. New York’s MTA should tell riders the truth: fares are too low, not too high.

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says public transit fare increases are not a “horror,” there are a necessity

Public officials have falsely portrayed public transit as “free”

ANDY MARTIN
Executive Editor
ContrarianCommentary.com

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Andy Martin asks if New York City’s reasonable transit fare increases are really “horrific?”

Do public officials forfeit the public trust when they pretend riders can receive “service” at far less than the actual cost of providing it?

“Quality costs money,” says Andy. “Period.”

We actually need higher, not lower, fares to improve our public transportation.

(NEW YORK)(March 24, 2009) The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and metropolitan RTA raised fares earlier this year. There were protests but the public was generally stoic. That’s Chicago for you.

Wednesday the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in New York is set to vote on fare increases for the New York City region. The Chairman of the MTA calls the fare increases “horrific.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/
nyregion/24mta.html?adxnnl=1&hpw=
&adxnnlx=1237872719-pm0w3gixOCzKqN9fMu1qAw

The chairman is full of baloney.

It would be helpful if public officials stopped lying to the people, and started telling the truth. Public transit is not “free.” It takes money, a lot of it, to provide quality service.

New York, of course, is a laboratory for what “public theft” has done to transit. When you operate a capital asset such as a transit system, the network generates tremendous wear and tear. Maintenance and depreciation are relentless. If you under-invest in maintenance, eventually the system collapses. In effect, by keeping fares below the actual cost of investing and maintaining the system, one era of transit riders engages in “public theft” from subsequent generations.

New York kept the transit fare at a nickel for decades. The result: transit was destroyed. The system could not support itself on a nickel fare, and collapsed.

Rescued by the creation of the MTA in the 1960's, public transit went on to collapse again in the 70's. The “transit noir” of the 1970’s may excite film aficionados, but riding the subway then was a dangerous exercise.

Eventually a second “rescue” was orchestrated in the 80’s and 90’s. Billions were spent to undo the damage of decades of deferred maintenance. But little new investment was made. NYC subways operate with an ancient signal system. The Second Avenue Subway has been under consideration for eighty (yes 80) years.

As subway service in New York improved recently, politicians were at their usual perch, proclaiming the need to “save the fare.” What hypocrisy. Subways are still substandard and still primitive by modern standards. And still former Governor Eliot Spitzer bragged that he had “saved the fare.” The more things change.

If you actually ride the subway, as I occasionally do, you see advertisements, from the MTA no less, bragging about how low the subway fare is! The MTA says the real (i.e. economic) cost of the subway fare has declined by 50% over the last two decades. Is it any wonder people expect something for nothing?

Since the MTA is right, real fares have decreased, the transit system has been under-investing for the past two decades even while pretending to be doing the opposite. As the refurbishments of the 80’s wear out, the subways again face potential collapse.

So why is the MTA chairman saying reasonable fare increases—which are still too low to cover the real cost of providing quality transit service—are “horrific?” H. Dale Hemmerdinger should be telling the people the truth: public transit is a colossal bargain in New York, Chicago, Washington and most American cities. Fat chance Hemmerdinger will spill the beans.

Why am I right and Hemmerdinger is wrong?

First, the MTA has been an abject failure at keeping wages in line. Subway workers want to retire after a short working career. They want higher wages and benefits. No one is willing to hold the line on salaries. Payroll skyrockets.

Second, providing urban railway service is a colossally complex and expensive enterprise. Even today, after the so-called refurbishment that is now decades old, subways are primitive. In London, signs announce the time between trains (the same service is provided in Washington, DC). New York? Nope. Too advanced for New Yorkers. (Londoners also pay substantially higher transit fares.)

Third, the subway system has not grown with the city. The Upper East Side (UES) used to be a genteel, but small, part of Manhattan. Then the old ethic neighborhoods adjacent to the UES were demolished, and the “Upper East Side” expanded by more than a hundred blocks. Those blocks saw the construction of dozens of new high-rises (and millions in new real estate tax dollars to support city services). The result: the one subway line serving the UES is a nightmare. There is no way to describe an UES rush hour today. People are packed in Tokyo-style.

As a little boy, I remember the day the “Third Avenue L” stopped running, to be replaced by a Second Avenue Subway. That was in the 1950’s. Even then, SAS was already decades behind schedule. Now a stripped down SAS is under construction.

I remember when the CTA’s 63rd Street L’s terminated in vast wastelands on the South Side of Chicago (pre-Obama). Today the South Side is resurgent, and dependent on the CTA for rapid transit. More than twenty-five years ago, Chicago welcomed a transit line to O’Hare Airport. The CTA then neglected to maintain the tracks for decades. The result: last year CTA trains were crawling to O’Hare. A major municipal embarrassment. The CTA Blue Line received “emergency repairs.”

Today the CTA is underinvesting again. Every urban transit system is. They won’t tell their riders the truth: transit costs money.

The desire for “free” transit is not limited to the subways and buses across America. Politicians constantly promise that which they cannot deliver. During the presidential election, every Democrat promised “quality” and “affordable” health care. No one would say who would pay. When pressed, the candidates would claim that computerizing patient records would yield sufficient savings to cover the increased cost of more “free” health care.

The MTA wants to offer an “unlimited ride” fare card for $103. It could be used on an unrestricted basis across the entire subway and bus system for an entire month. If you assume that someone only went back and forth to work 20 days a month, the “unlimited” cost of a round-trip to work would be barely $5. If you use an unlimited card the way most people do, you will get close to a hundred rides out of it every month, actual cost a little over $1 per ride. This is too much? In 2009? For unlimited access to a massive urban railway and bus network? A “horrific” fare increase?

Hemmerdinger would really scare people if he told them what the real expense of providing transit service is, on a fully-costed basis, with adequate investment in maintenance and expansion. Now that would be frightening to most people. They would have to face the “horrific” reality they are getting a bargain.

There is no way to expand “quality” and “affordability” at the same time. Politicians lie to the public when they make such extravagant and unattainable promises. Sadly, voters love it. Who wouldn’t love the promise of a free lunch?

Free lunch? Maybe that’s next.

In the meantime, the increased fares in Chicago and New York are not “horrors” as Mr. Hemmerdinger suggests. They are still insufficient to fund a solid transportation system for two great cities of the world. Tell the truth Mr. Hemmerdinger. At least some people will believe you.

Repeat after me: there is no free lunch. And no “free” way to provide quality transit.

Mr. Hemmerdinger, on Wednesday when you vote to raise fares, please, pretty please tell people the truth. “Fares are still much too low to provide quality transit for today and tomorrow.” And please stop placing ads in the subways bragging that the real cost of transit fares has decreased by 50% in the past two decades.

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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting experience in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with over four decades of experience. He holds Economics and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Illinois and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (not always on)
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Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama
Headquarters mail:
Andy Martin, J. D.
Professor of Law (Adj.)
Executive Director
Post Office Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Tel. (866) 706-2639
Fax (866) 707-2639


National Conference on Barack Obama's Missing Birth Certificate and College Records April 3-4


March 23, 2009


We now have a separate blog for the upcoming National Conference, to keep you updated and to collect all of our conference information in one convenient location on the net:

http://nationalconferenceonobama.blogspot.com

In the coming days we will be updating and supplementing our material on the blog. We are looking forward to an exciting exchange of ideas on April 3-4, with a “big surprise” scheduled for April 4th.

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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.
Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama is raising money to oppose President Barack Obama.
http://CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com.
Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised an almost billion dollar slush fund, his opponents have not been able to raise sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
E-mail: contact@CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting experience in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with over four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (not always on)
E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com
© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

Media critic Andy Martin on Barack Obama’s Tonight Show blunder

Andy Martin says Barack Obama’s appearance with Jay Leno “went up in smoke.” Martin says Obama is losing his touch with the media. People who say Obama delivered “a fireside chat for the flat screen age” (New York Times) have no idea what they are talking about, says Andy. Martin promises analysis of Obama’s more serious Tonight Show error in a forthcoming column.

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says Barack Obama did not help himself by appearing on The Tonight Show

Obama’s “fireside chat” went up in flames

ANDY MARTIN
Executive Editor
ContrarianCommentary.com

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Obama undermines his own currency as a leader, Martin says

The media roles of candidates and public officials are vastly different; Obama is ignoring those boundaries to his own detriment

Bereft of his beloved teleprompter, Obama stumbled on Leno; BHO’s “Special Olympics” gaffe is the only aspect of his appearance likely to be remembered

(NEW YORK)(March 22, 2009) Where to begin? OK, let’s try. When they are running for office, we expect our candidates to go virtually anywhere, say virtually anything and even spoof themselves in the process.

We expect more of a president.

The “oval office” has an enduring mystique because it is not open and accessible. Even in a democracy we know there are some lines the public does not cross.

Obama may have inadvertently crossed a barrier when he appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Barack Obama ran a brilliant campaign for the presidency. He was well organized, focused, disciplined. What happened to him? Since he actually moved into the White House he has been stumbling.

During the campaign, and after Obama’s appearance in Berlin, I dubbed him the “World’s Greatest Entertainer.” If that’s the role he really wants, he is well on the way to attaining it. There is no doubt in my mind that when Obama leaves the White House he will make a fortune by, well, entertaining people.

Would Ronald Reagan’s master handler Michael Deaver have allowed the Great Communicator to go on an entertainment show during his White House years, during a major national crisis? I doubt it. Reagan’s roles and his appearances were always carefully scripted to enhance, not diminish, his mystique and prestige.

I often watch the first segment of the Tonight Show. Leno has better writers than Letterman. His jokes are lighter and delivered with a lighter touch. But I rarely stay tuned for the nightly presentation of actors and wannabes who are peddling some TV show, movie or other venture. It’s all very repetitive and very boring.

My experience in radio and TV goes back 41 years. I produced my first program in 1968. You learn something in four decades, and sometimes you learn the basic principles over and over again. TV has a flattening impact. People on TV lose their mystique when they appear in public in a pre-formatted program such as The Tonight Show. On that program, Jay Leno and Barack Obama are equals. In fact, it is Leno, not Obama, who is in control. Right message? I doubt it.

That is why late night hosts try so hard to obtain unique guests and create unique experiences. Even loyal viewers get bored and feel stale watching the same endless procession of promoters. Does anyone remember the “marriage” of Tiny Tim on the Tonight Show? I can understand why Leno wanted to attract Obama as a guest. No doubt there.

But why would a president want to be there?

Not surprisingly, the event turned into a disaster. Before the show even aired, Obama’s aides were issuing apologies to the “handicapped” community. The funny thing is, if they had just kept their mouths shut, the entire episode might have been largely overlooked and forgotten. In trying to “manage the news” and minimize his slip, Obama actually created more news than would have been generated if he had just said nothing.

I watched the show. The “Special Olympics” remark slipped by without a great deal of attention. It was a throwaway. Leno ignored it. Had Obama not apologized-in-advance, the impact of his mistake would have been marginal.

The mainstream media, of course, tried to gin up the event as a “fireside chat for the flat screen age.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/
arts/television/21watch.html?hp

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03202009/
news/politics/baracks_funny_business_160505.htm

Obama’s appearance was nothing of the sort.

First, Obama cannot escape who he is and where he sits. He cannot escape the national crisis that challenges our democracy because he helped to inflate and magnify that crisis during the campaign and since taking office. For Obama to go on TV and act “bemused (N. Y. Times)” deprecates the seriousness of the overall situation facing our economy.

Secondly, the term “fireside chat” is being misused and overused. When President Franklin Roosevelt delivered his “fireside chats,” radio was in its infancy, less than a decade old in widespread use. Large parts of the nation were completely isolated. The public was still in awe of “wireless” communication. People were not saturated with news and information.

Contrary to V.P. Joe Biden, TV had not yet been invented as a mass medium in 1932; scientists were just beginning to toy with the concept of TV in their labs. The modern world was still in the sci-fi stage.

The comparable entertainment medium to The Tonight Show today might have been vaudeville entertainment in 1933. FDR never appeared on a vaudeville stage to hype the New Deal. On the contrary Roosevelt, like Reagan after him, was very judicious in his personal appearances. He did not want to dilute the magic of the presidency.

Obama placed himself in the context of being just another huckster on late-night TV, with a new “program” to sell. Wrong message.

In January, 2008 I pointed out that Obama was helpless without a teleprompter; in my view he was the “teleprompter candidate.” My analysis was prescient. He is vulnerable without prepared remarks. Obama is brilliant at delivery but he is very poor as an extemporaneous speaker. The “Special Olympics” remark, however innocent and innocuous, destroyed any benefit he may have hoped to obtain from The Tonight Show gig.

Where is all of Obama’s zigzagging leading? The TV bobbleheads are absolutely correct on this one: Obama’s personal popularity will endure, for now. But public support for his programs is collapsing. In 2010, the American people are going to shut down the Obama experiment. His shtick is almost over.

Obama is losing touch with his inner media compass. He was a master at extravagantly promoting himself as a candidate. But he doesn’t yet realize that the “man” cannot portray himself as a mere mortal. The next time he tries to connect with the American people he will find that he is not taken seriously; after all, he’s only the world’s greatest entertainer. If he doesn’t treat his own role with gravitas, why should we?

On Jay Leno, the joke was on Obama. Rush Limbaugh must be smiling.

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FOOTNOTES: Joe Nocera in the New York Times has endorsed the views expressed in my previous column that the AIG fiasco has killed any prospect of nationalizing the banking system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/
business/21nocera.html?_r=1

The National Conference on Barack Obama’s Missing Birth Certificate and College Records continues to receive an extremely favorable response. We are less than two weeks away from the first coherent inquiry into Obama’s opaque past in the nation’s capital. Please support the Committee of One Million (see below).

A little teaser: Obama made a classic blunder (yes, another one) on the Tonight Show. I will shortly discuss this more serious mistake in another column. Attention must be paid.

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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.
Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama is raising money to oppose President Barack Obama.
http://CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com.
Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised an almost billion dollar slush fund, his opponents have not been able to raise sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
E-mail: contact@CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting experience in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with over four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (not always on)
E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com
© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

Andy Martin in Orlando, Florida at “Tea Party” on March 21st

Andy Martin, organizer of a National Conference on Barack Obama’s Missing Birth Certificate and College Records, may attend a “tea party” in Orlando, Saturday March 21st. Obama critic Martin is in Florida to roll out new anti-corruption campaign

Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama
Headquarters mail:
Andy Martin, J. D.
Professor of Law (Adj.)
Executive Director
Post Office Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Tel. (866) 706-2639
Fax (866) 707-2639


National Conference on Barack Obama's Missing Birth Certificate and College Records April 3-4

Obama Critic May Appear at Orlando “Tea Party,” Saturday, March 21st

National Conference on Barack Obama’s missing personal records gains adherents

(ORLANDO, FLORIDA) Andy Martin may appear at an Orlando, Florida “Tea Party” Saturday, March 21st. The “tea party” seeks to prevent government excesses in Washington and to preserve traditional American values. Similar tea parties, although uncoordinated, are occurring across the United States:

http://www.orlandoteaparty.com/index.html

“I have no role in the event,” Martin says, “But I will be in Florida organizing the launch of the ‘Florida Campaign to Fight Corruption,’ as part of the continuing national roll-out of our efforts to fight political corruption and block Barack Obama’s political agenda. I am making every effort to be in Orlando to support the good citizens of central Florida:

http://www.contrariancommentary.com/community/
Home/tabid/36/mid/367/newsid367/383/Default.aspx

“We have been very encouraged by the initial response to our National Conference on Barack Obama’s Missing Birth Certificate and College Records, which will take place in two weeks in Washington, DC:

http://www.contrariancommentary.com/community/
Home/tabid/36/mid/363/newsid363/382/Default.aspx

“The work continues,” Martin says.

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639

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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.
Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama is raising money to oppose President Barack Obama.
http://CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com.
Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised an almost billion dollar slush fund, his opponents have not been able to raise sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
E-mail: contact@CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting experience in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with over four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (not always on)
E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com
© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

Washington, DC: Obama "Birth Certificate" conference moves into high gear

National conference to ask why Barack Obama is hiding his original typewritten birth certificate. Andy Martin: The American People want answers. Why is Obama concealing his original birth certificate? Why won't he make his college records available to researchers for scholarly review? The National Conference promises a "big surprise" on April 4th. The first national meeting on Barack Obama's missing college records and original birth certificate will convene in the nation's capital April 3-4. The Conference releases a proposed agenda and registration forms.

Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama
Headquarters mail:
Andy Martin, J. D.
Professor of Law (Adj.)
Executive Director
Post Office Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Tel. (866) 706-2639
Fax (866) 707-2639

National Conference on Barack Obama's Missing Birth Certificate and College Records April 3-4



March 18, 2009



Dear Friends:

The National Conference on Barack Obama’s Missing Birth Certificate and College Records” is taking shape. Here is our first update.

1. Location

We have reserved a room at the Capital Hilton to serve as our headquarters. That will act as our initial point for meeting and information. The Capital Hilton is located a short walk from the White House at 1001 16th Street, NW, just in case we decide to march or demonstrate.

2. Hawai’i freedom of information materials

We received a very generous grant to cover the costs of paying the State of Hawai’i for freedom-of-information materials. We hope to have some or all of that material available for review at the conference.

3. Conference Registration fee and ID requirement

Our initial thought was not to require a registration fee. However, we need some advance indication of how large the attending group could be to make space-planning decisions. Therefore, we have added a nominal $10 advance registration fee. The door charge will be $25 to attend one or both meetings. Please fill out the attendance form and mail it back with the $10 to arrive in New York before March 31st. Please include a copy of a photo ID so we can confirm your identity when you arrive at the conference. (The late fee will be $25 cash only “at the door” with a photo ID.) Once we know how many to plan for, we can work out how formal or informal to be.

4. Conference agenda

With this cover letter you will also be receiving the first draft of our proposed agenda. You are invited to submit suggestions, comments and proposals for any future revisions.

We do have a big “surprise” planned for the conference, of course. That will be revealed at the Saturday morning session.

5. All are welcome—but please bring evidence, not illusions

Anyone is welcome to register and attend. But please, if you want to express a theory, bring some rational, tangible evidence to support your claims about Mr. Obama. Those of you who know me know I am committed to only working with accurate information and, as we lawyers say, “reasonable inferences drawn from the available facts or available documentation.” Pie-in-the-sky will not fly.

6. Security

We will have adequate arrangements for security in case Obama’s desperate sycophants try to disrupt us.

7. Media

Media are welcome, but we would suggest you let us know in advance. We will be providing twitter.com updates during the conference (twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA).

8. Out of town visitors

Just a reminder: April 3-4 is one of the biggest tourist weekends of the year, so hotel rooms are at a premium. We have already noticed a tightening of availabilities. If you plan to stay overnight, we suggest you make early plans.

We will be issuing updates of this letter, so please feel free to make suggestions.

And please also remember we operate on a shoestring, so contribute any shoestrings you can afford. If the turnout exceeds our expectations, the registration fee will not cover reserving a larger space on one of the biggest tourist weekends of the year.

With best wishes,


ANDY MARTIN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama
Headquarters mail:
Andy Martin, J. D.
Professor of Law (Adj.)
Executive Director
Post Office Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Tel. (866) 706-2639
Fax (866) 707-2639


National Conference on Barack Obama's Missing Birth Certificate and College Records April 3-4


FIRST PROPOSED AGENDA



Friday, April 3: 7:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.

a. A discussion of the existing laws that permit candidate challenges; why were they ignored in the case of Obama?

b. The original, typewritten birth certificate—why is Obama hiding it?

c. The mystery of the missing Obama college records

d. Other birth certificates or birth beliefs? (Evidence, please)

e. Why do Obama’s supporters “believe” in the absence or concealment of evidence about his past?

f. Andy Martin’s “Frank Marshall Davis theory," an analysis of Barack Obama's parentage that has the hard left in a quandary.


Saturday, April 4 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.

a. The prospects for future birth certificate litigation(submissions on pending or prospective lawsuits). (We encourage you to bring copies of pleadings and other court filings.)

b. The birth certificate controversy: why does it matter?
(Andy’s hint: When Obama was viewed as invincible, the mainstream media did not want to ask questions about his past. Now that Obama is increasingly being seen as shell shocked and pockmarked, more and more people will demand answers to questions about who Obama “really is.”

c. The “Big Surprise” of the conference

d. Can Obama’s qualifications be challenged in 2012?

e. Other suggestions or solutions for seeking access the birth certificate or college records (e.g. alumni pressure?)

Saturday, April 4 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M.

Wrap-up

Reminder: You are invited to submit suggestions, proposals for the conference.


Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama
Headquarters mail:
Andy Martin, J. D.
Professor of Law (Adj.)
Executive Director
Post Office Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Tel. (866) 706-2639
Fax (866) 707-2639


National Conference on Barack Obama's Missing Birth Certificate and College Records April 3-4



REGISTRATION FORM


PLEASE ENCLOSE A COPY OF A PHOTO ID WITH YOUR REGISTRATION FORM.

PLEASE HAVE A PHOTO ID AVAILABLE IF YOU PLAN TO REGISTER ON THE DAY OF THE CONFERENCE


NAME:


ADDRESS: Street:


City, State, Zip


E-MAIL ADDRESS:


ANYTHING SPECIAL WE SHOULD KNOW?



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Pre-registration (includes both days) $10

“At the door” registration (either one or two days) $25

PLEASE MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: COMMITTEE OF ONE MILLION

PLEASE MAIL CHECK, COPY OF PHOTO ID AND REGISTRATION FORM TO:

Andy Martin
Executive Director
Committee of One Million
P. O. Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1861
(to arrive before March 31st)

Wanted for Murder: Tim Geithner; he killed the liberal dream

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says liberals should issue an arrest warrant for U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner

It's murder most foul as the hapless Tim Geithner kills off a great liberal goal: nationalizing America's major banks

ANDY MARTIN
Executive Editor
ContrarianCommentary.com

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has killed the "N" word; should he be arrested for murder?

Andy Martin on the fallout from Tim Geithner's incompetence and the collapse of public confidence in the U. S. Treasury Department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

(NEW YORK)(March 18, 2009) Tim Geithner should be arrested for murder. He has killed something very precious to America's liberals and especially to the hard left: the nationalization of America's banking system.

Over the past few weeks the "N" word, "nationalization," has been used in an increasingly prominent and casual manner. "Nationalization" of major banks was uttered by hard leftists as well as a few lame-brained Republicans in Congress. "Let's nationalize the banking system," they have suggested. "Just a little, 'surgical' nationalization. We'll take them over, 'clean them up,' and then resell the seized institutions back to private investors."

Yah, fat chance. Only someone who gets their investment advice from CNBC's wacko Jim Cramer could believe a tall tale like that one.

The scary truth: Barack Obama and the hard left came perilously close to securing a mandate to nationalize America's major banks.

The nationalization dream died with a stray bullet from the inadvertent assassin Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. "TG" killed off any possibility of nationalization with his hopelessly incompetent, maladroit maladministration of AIG.

So do we arrest Tim Geithner, and charge him with murdering a great liberal dream—bank nationalization—or do we erect a statue in his demented honor?

Geithner is going to go down as one of the real idiots of the Obama era. But he has turned out to be a useful idiot for true conservatives. His utter incompetence saved our banking system from being turned over to Barack Obama's political commissars.

Geithner is probably a very "bright" man. But, unfortunately, he has spent his entire working life being a valet and coat-holder to politicians and the overlords who control them, such as Hank Paulson at Goldman Greed & Co. So when Geithner finally ascended to the top of the financial world and became Treasury Secretary, he was hopelessly and helplessly and shamefully incompetent to do the job.

We were told we had to have Geithner as Treasury Secretary because only he "knew the secret codes" on Wall Street. Only TG could untangle the tangled bailouts. Of course he did: he created the mess himself while serving as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

So, the bottom line—and you read it first at ContrarianCommentary.com--Tim Geithner has murdered any possibility of anyone seriously considering bank nationalization. Turning over our banking system to the Treasury Department is off the table. At this point I think Jim Cramer has a better chance of being named Treasury Secretary than the banks do of being nationalized.

Even a hard leftist has to buy groceries. Even a thief such as George Soros wants fresh flowers on his desk and demands filet mignon on his dinner table. Why would anyone trust Tim Geithner to "manage" anything after the AIG fiasco? Most Americans would not trust Geithner with a paper route. Even the "commies" want their cash machines to spit out cash.

Having bungled AIG, no one can seriously suggest Geithner should be given control over nationalized banks, or a greater supervisory role over our economy. Useful idiot indeed.

R.I.P. banking industry nationalization. Sleep well.

And, oh, round up the usual suspects.

[P.S. Sean Hannity must be reading this column again; he promptly echoed our call for President Obama to fire Tim Geithner. Way to go Sean.]
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.
Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
----------------------------------------
Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting experience in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with over four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat in 2010, www.AndyforUSSenator.com.

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
Updates: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (not always on)
E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin offers to recover the AIG bonuses--pronto

Andy Martin says Barack Obama’s “weasel words” suggest a surrender to AIG. Martin accuses Obama of using “weasel words” with the American people. Americans want action against the AIG kleptocracy, not pretensions and shadow boxing while AIG traders make a mockery of the U. S. Treasury.

ANDY MARTIN
Executive Editor
ContrarianCommentary.com

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

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Is “Barack Obama’s America” a “pitiful, helpless giant?”

Andy Martin accuses Obama of using “weasel words” with the American people

Americans want action against the AIG kleptocracy, not pretensions and shadow boxing while AIG traders make a mockery of the U. S. Treasury

“More mush from the wimp? Been there, done that,” says Andy

(NEW YORK)(March 17, 2009) Barack Obama is talking tough again. Reach for your wallets. Obama has directed his hopeless and helpless Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, to “pursue every single legal avenue” to recover the bogus bonuses of AIG. Yah, sure. Why would Obama call on a “banker,” not a lawyer to take legal action? Read on.

The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve have done nothing for months. These sclerotic bureaucracies are not going to change direction after they previously approved the obscene bonus payments to AIG. When will someone stand and fight against the AIG kleptocracy?

Why am I suspicious of Obama’s bold words? I am reminded of Richard Nixon’s timeless words, about his fear of being seen as a “pitiful, helpless, giant.” Nixon’s denial that he was pitiful and helpless was the start of one of his greatest foreign policy disasters.
http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/nixon430.htm

Obama can’t deny he is acting like a “pitiful, helpless giant.” He is one. The latest disgrace over Geithner comes with the excuse that TG did not become “personally” aware of the AIG robbery until last week. “Personally” is another weasel word. What is happening at the Treasury Department when the man-in-charge knows nothing about the looting of AIG? Doesn’t TG read the newspapers? Why do people in charge accept the ridiculous claim that if we don’t pay extortion to AIG fixers, the crooks will abandon ship and leave us stranded?

During the campaign Obama falsely portrayed himself as a “law professor” (his title was actually “lecturer”) and boasted fraudulently about “litigating civil rights cases,” all of which was a pathetic distortion. Obama was at best attorneys’ arm candy, an African-American ornament that was used by real lawyers to make their case in court. Obama never tried a lawsuit in any court and, so far a I am aware, never even served as “second chair” trial counsel either. (Hint: all of this is in my book.) Obama’s legal career reflects great intelligence but a total absence of professional accomplishment.

With the AIG looting we confront a real legal problem in the real world: a claim that a “contract” gives a band of AIG’s Barbary Pirates the right to extort the people of the United States. Would a real lawyer show up and tell the public he was exploring “legal avenues” when he should have already directed the Attorney General to file suit? Capitulation and surrender, anyone?

But, ahhh, Obama can manipulate words and, in the timeless prose of Alice-In-Wonderland, there he was Monday, looking “tough” and “concerned” and promising “every single legal avenue” to stop the AIG profiteers. Obama, of course is the ultimate Humpty Dumpty: “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.”
http://www.literature.org/authors/
carroll-lewis/through-the-looking-glass/
chapter-06.html

So when Obama starts with the weasel words, such as “legal avenue,” it looks to me like a form of capitulation in progress. His words have “meaning.” Eventually someone will say there was “no legal avenue,” and that will be that. Especially when Geithner only “personally” learned of the asportation just hours before the checks were in the mail.

What’s going on here? In the short run, nothing more than classic “Barry O” damage control. In the long run, the American people are being drawn and quartered by Obama's Wall Street campaign contributors while the Obamas dance and feast at the public trough with $100 a pound steak and other high-life accoutrements in the White House. The capitulation-in-progress to AIG looks like another installment of the “earmarks” surrender, where Obama was against earmarks during the campaign, before he approved them as president.

At the end of the day, Obama lacks the guts to make a powerful gesture to stop his own bleeding. His government is leaking credibility from every pore.

President Nixon was afraid of being a “pitiful, helpless giant” and he blundered into becoming one. Obama makes no pretense of being anything but a pitiful, helpless giant.

If Obama wanted action, he should have had Attorney General Eric Holder standing next to him, not the goofy Treasury Secretary. On the contrary, Obama should have fired Geithner on Monday; he had the perfect opportunity to unload TG. The AG should have said “we are filing suit to recover the money,” and that would have been that.

Should the taxpayers fear a lawsuit? Ohhh, the horrors if we file suit. The other side might win!!! The fear! That’s ridiculous. Contracts entered into by the prior management of AIG are not binding on what is essentially a new government-controlled entity. AIG is insolvent. The payments may be fraudulent conveyances. There are many legal theories which could be used to recover the money. “Taking back” the cash from the next installment of taxpayer cash, Geithner’s latest weasel option, is a joke.

Now we also know why that other Treasury Secretary/looter Hank Paulson did not want AIG in bankruptcy: so AIG could bail out Goldman Greed & Co. Geithner says “outside lawyers” threw up their hands at the prospect of filing lawsuits. Who else paid these lawyers? How independent was their counsel? They are all a bunch of crooks: Democrats, Republicans and their fellow travelers on Wall Street.

Tough words are nothing compared to tough deeds. Guess what? Barry O controls the most powerful law firm in the world, the U. S. Department of Justice. He should have announced a lawsuit, not an open-ended capitulation to AIG and more evasion and prevarication. The fact that Obama’s words were nothing but words, and that the Attorney General was not standing next to him to announce litigation, is the ultimate evidence that all we heard on Monday were more weasel words from the Great Weasel himself.

Ironically on the same day that Obama was doing nothing about AIG’s Ponzi boys, the Department of Justice was filing notice of its intention to pursue Bernard Madoff’s fraudulently transferred assets. What a contrast between helplessness and action, between “Obama lawyers” and real lawyers.

If Mr. Obama would like to recover the stolen AIG money, he can offer me a task force of ten assistant U. S. Attorneys and a couple of paralegals, and we can have a lawsuit on file by next week. That’s what a real leader would be doing. Taking action. Filing suit. Pursuing the bad guys. If Obama won’t pursue AIG, what basis is there to believe he will really pursue Al Qaeda?

During the Jimmy Carter era, a Boston Globe editorial writer was castigated for writing “More mush from the wimp.”
http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/
still_more_mush.php

Today, the American people got yet another serving of mush from their new wimp, Barack Obama.

The American people, for sadly understandable reasons, made a classic mistake when they voted for Obama. They will pay dearly for their mistake over the next four years. Obama’s “legal avenues” to recovery of the stolen taxpayer cash reflect a long “avenue” to nowhere. The Great Weasel and wimp-in-chief is serving “mush” faster than the American people can eat it.

Where’s the money, Barry O? SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!

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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting experience in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with over four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat in 2010, www.AndyforUSSenator.com.

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says "Leave Michael Steele alone, already,"

Andy Martin presents his blueprint for a modern Republican Party

Martin says Americans want leaders, not dictators, in congress and the White House

ANDY MARTIN
Executive Editor
ContrarianCommentary.com

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ANDY MARTIN SAYS that CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS SHOULD THANK THEIR LUCKY STARS FOR MICHAEL STEELE

MARTIN SAYS STEELE SHOULD REOPEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO CONFLICTING POINTS OF VIEW

ANDY MARTIN JOINS TWITTER.COM FOR UPDATES

(NEW YORK)(March 13, 2009) Michael Steele, the new Chairman of the Republican National Committee, is catching hell—from Republicans. I am happy to defend Steele despite his missteps. Republicans should thank their lucky stars they have Mr. Steele as their "leader."

Recently Steele made some boneheaded remarks about Rush Limbaugh, and for those he was properly criticized. Rush is not an official part of the Republican Party, and he has every right to say what he wants. I don't agree with everything Limbaugh says, but then not everyone agrees with everything I say. I have readers who are absolutely devoted to me on the issue of Barack Obama, and who also think my views on the Middle East are dead wrong.

And so, yes, Steele was rightly taken to the woodshed for criticizing Limbaugh, someone who does not speak as a Republican Party "leader" and is not a party functionary. In a media-addled world, people do have to "shout a little louder" to be heard, and Rush Limbaugh is certainly heard. Without betraying any envy (there is none), I would like to have Limbaugh's platform. Leave Rush alone. Let Limbaugh be Limbaugh.

Steele learned that making offhanded comments about Rush on live TV can be dangerous. It is a lesson well learned and, in his case, learned early.

Just as the Limbaugh brouhaha was starting to subside, Steele received new criticism for an interview given weeks ago but that is only now appearing in GQ magazine. Former Governor Mike Huckabee was quick to suggest Steele was suggesting infanticide. Ken Blackwell, a former Ohio official, went further and demanded that Steele "reread the Bible." Whoa.

First, let me state the obvious. Both parties, whether they like it or not, are "big tents." Not all Democrats, and certainly not all Democrats in Congress, are Nancy Pelosi liberals. Likewise, Republicans reflect differing views, although the Republican Party's primary election base has become even more extreme than the Democrats' primary election base.

The problem for Republicans is that the party has been vanishing before our eyes. The Midwest has lost Republican representation. There is not one Republican in Congress from the Northeast. The "national" Republican Party is being regionalized and marginalized into a party primarily based in the south. McCain even lost stalwart Florida in 2008. Not a good sign.

Yes, there are lots of Republicans in Illinois, and Indiana, and Ohio, and so forth; and yes the RP is going to elect a lot of new officials in 2010. But the party's long-term sustainability and viability have been deteriorating for decades.

Up until the 1970's, Republicans were a much bigger tent and more tolerant tent than they are today. As recently as the 1960's Republicans even elected a congressman from Manhattan. Yes, Manhattan, New York (New York City).

So what happened? Why is the party's base narrowing?

Until Ronald Reagan arrived on the national scene, evangelical, pro-life voters were found in both parties. Abortion was not seen as a "political" issue. Reagan adopted the pro-life position as an official part of the Republican platform, and he rode "Reagan Democrats" into a 1980 victory.

America has evolved since 1980. But many Republicans would like to pretend, or perhaps want to believe, that America has not changed in almost 30 years. Obviously we have. And we are going to change a lot more in the next 30 years, from 2010 to 2040.

How can Republicans survive and grow?

Mr. Steele is the answer. At a minimum he is part of the solution.

First, Steele represents a clear break from the past. Great. Because I am a Republican, I can say "we" needed to change.

Second, Steele spoke the truth to GQ, and the attacks on him reflect the attitudes of people that think they can win in 2010 the same was Reagan did in 1980. To be blunt, "those days are gone forever."

I like the fact that the Republican Party is a conservative party. Unfortunately we abandoned any sense of restraint in matters fiscal during the past eight years, began a war in Iraq that made no sense, and paid for these mistakes at the ballot box. Voters who had tolerated conservative dogma on social issues and still voted for Republicans because of their belief in fiscal restraint and an avoidance of foreign entanglements, saw that Republicans had been "reduced" like a chef's overheated sauce into nothing more than strident social issues. We had forfeited any sense of fiscal or foreign policy responsibility.

If John McCain had not, to use a pilot's term, "flamed out" during the week when he suspended his campaign and made a fool of himself, and had instead voted against the original Wall Street bailout, as I felt he should have, he would be sitting in the White House today. Of course, McCain was also "too liberal" for the right-wing groaners who are now attacking Steele. The right wing has a totally delusional view of what the next Republican president is going to look like.

Can Republicans become a national party again? Maybe. Maybe not. We must emphatically distinguish between wining a few elections and winning the hearts and minds of the American people. Yes, Republicans will win, and probably will win big in 2010. But that "anti" vote in 2010 will be a reflection of buyer's remorse with Obama, not an acceptance of dictatorial Republican attitudes on social issues as conservatives will claim. And no, winning in reaction to Democratic blunders does not rebuild the party nationally.

So where do I come down on the ultimate issues, and why do I support Steele?

First, Republicans need to realize that they can be conservative without being dictatorial. No one likes abortions. I don't. But given a choice between judges and prosecutors to make decisions on the one hand, and doctors and mothers on the other, I trust mothers and doctors, however flawed their judgment may be.

Public officials have enough on their plate without being told to supervise and superintend either teenage sex or abortion practices. If I have to "choose" between a courthouse and a hospital as the decision-making location, I choose the medical facility.

Senator McCain saw what happens when you preach morality without practicality. He chose someone to be his running mate whom I liked. And I still like. Governor Sarah Palin. But she was no more immune from family problems than anyone else. Ironically, I disagree with Palin on social issues, but I like her moxie and would like to be able to support her once (and if) she is shorn of her authoritarian instincts on social policy. And please no lectures about "banning" abortion.

Pro-lifers? Some of the nicest people I have met in politics are pro-life. They are wonderful people. I love 'em. As an abstract principle, I agree with them. In practice, I feel we must accept humanity as flawed, and adopt social policies that allow individuals, not institutions, to control the private lives of our citizens.

I worked for a U. S. Senator, Paul Douglas, who lived a full public life in the twentieth century. One of his favorite expressions, given to many as well as to me, was "When I was a young man, I wanted to save the world. Then I was middle-aged and I was content to try and save the United States in World War II. Today I would be content to save the (Indiana) dunes." He saved the dunes.

In order to buy votes, all politicians make promises they can’t keep. Just as Republicans constantly betray their right-wing "base" when in office, Obama Democrats are doing likewise to their left-wing base today.

In Paul Douglas' spirit, I would be happy if the Republican Party were committed to (1) keeping the United States safe and strong; (2) ensuring that we maintain a strong and free economy and (3) fighting to keep corruption and conflicts of interest out of our public life.

Sadly, extremist voters never want to hear the truth. They love politicians who pander and, in the case of Republicans, many "conservatives" would rather lose than confront reality. In 2006 I ran commercials across the State of Illinois calling on President Bush to rethink our Iraq strategy. I was viciously attacked by right-wingers. I responded that they could listen to me, or hear it all from the Democrats on Election Day. They preferred to listen to the Democrats, and Republicans were wiped out. There was no room for pragmatism and conservatism in their view. It was all or nothing, and they got nothing.

They got nothing again in 2008 when Senator McCain took an early lead, and then fumbled his lead when Obama appeared "safe and secure" in the face of the economic crisis, and McCain suddenly appeared wobbly and inconsistent. McCain lost.

The Republican Party is not going to vanish. But if they maintain a strident attitude towards society, they are not going to fool anyone into voting for their presidential candidate either. Republicans will increasingly become a minority party that only gets an electoral mandate in response to Democratic failures, instead of being a party with an affirmative base of support.

For example, the Republican Party is not going to be chosen to amend the Constitution to ban abortion. That's nonsense.

If Republicans were honest with voters, and said "We need to do everything we can to avoid the need for abortions, consistent with a practical recognition of the reality of human behavior," they would be on the road to majority status again.

Likewise, many Democrats as well as Republicans want to take a traditional view of marriage. But being cautious on gay rights does not mean being hostile to civil unions. Steele spoke the truth when he said no one chooses to be gay. We have just as many gays in the Republican Party as they do in the Democratic Party. Why not be honest and embrace them?

Reliving the Reagan dream is not going to bring back Reagan. I liked Reagan; but I am also aware that a campaign appealing to Reagan's 1980 issues is not going to find favor in 2010, or 2012.

Michael Steele should confront the Republican Party, gently, subtly and without attacking Rush or anyone else. He should "stir it up" with provocative views on social and political issues. And he should try to narrow the party's dogma and broaden the party's support, by adopting the genuine "political restraint" reflected in a platform pledged simply to keeping America strong, keeping our economy strong and fighting corruption in our national institutions. Those are three issues with 100% support across the political spectrum. Now that's "real" limited government.

The 1994 "Contract With America" was a simple proclamation; Republicans won. If Republicans could accomplish my three goals—and they failed miserably on all counts during the Bush years—they would win again and be a national party. Republicans need to embrace the concept of letting people make their own decisions about how to live their lives, with a minimum of government interference, not a maximum of legislated morality.

Do I hope Michael Steele survives and succeeds? Yes I do. And to my Republican friends, "Please be a little quieter and a little more tolerant and a little more aware of the real world. If you want a rigid social catechism, join the Catholic Church, not the Republican Party. Trust the people, and listen to their voice. Obama did. The rest is history."
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Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting experience in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with over four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat in 2010, www.AndyforUSSenator.com.

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
Updates: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (not always on)
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

National Conference on Barack Obama's Missing Birth Certificate and College Records: April 3-4, Washington, DC

Why is Barack Obama hiding his original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate? Executive Director Andy Martin challenges the "Obama agenda" and appeals for financial support to continue confronting the president.

Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama


Headquarters mail:
Andy Martin, J. D.
Professor of Law (Adj.)
Executive Director
Post Office Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Tel. (866) 706-2639
Fax (866) 707-2639

March 10, 2009


Dear Friend:

It's that time again. We need to ask for money.

In less than a month, we are going to convene the first National Conference on Barack Obama's Missing Birth Certificate and College Records.

We won't start by saying "we told you so," but the opening days of the Obama administration have been even more chaotic and destructive than we imagined. In all of the commotion and confusion, however, the issue of "who" Barack Obama really is continues to trouble many Americans. The mainstream media have done everything in their power to stamp out our movement. They have failed. More and more people have more and more doubts about Obama. And yes, Obama is scary.

Why we need your financial support

We raised enough money last month to file our Notice of Appeal and keep alive the lawsuit seeking disclosure of Obama's original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate in the Hawai'i court system. A hearty and sincere thank you to all who contributed.

We now have new financial needs:

First, as noted above, on April 3-4 we will convene the first National Conference on Obama's Missing Birth Certificate and College Records in Washington, DC. His personal records are now historical documents. Why is he concealing them? Why?

We timed our conference to coincide with the Cherry Blossom Festival, when there will be a potentially nationwide audience of visitors in Washington. Putting on the conference will take money. If you want to financially support the meeting, we could use your help.

If you can show up on April 3-4, please do; there is no charge to attend. All are welcome. We will have a lively meeting. Tentatively, our headquarters will be at the Capital Hilton, a short walk from the White House, so plan to join us Friday evening and Saturday morning. (Please do let us know if you plan to attend.)

Second, the Attorney General of Hawai'i has demanded approximately $600 to cover the costs of reproducing the freedom-of-information materials we requested from his office and the Hawai'i Department of Health. Without financial support, we can’t obtain those copies. We don't know what is in the freedom of information paperwork, but we hate to let those materials go by default. Please help. We would love to raise enough money to have these documents available at the National Conference.

Finally, last week we launched a new, two-pronged response to Obama's "recovery" program and immigration plans:

[1] With the announcement of the first team, the California Committee to Fight Corruption, we launched a national series of committees that will fight political and judicial corruption. There is no way hundreds of billions of dollars can be spent (remember the financial shenanigans in Iraq?) without triggering massive corruption. And, of course, earmarks are back.

[2] We also launched our own independent investigation on the border between Mexico and California. Did you notice that after we announced our plans, the mainstream media rushed in behind us? They are watching.

We feel both of these operations could yield valuable information and evidence about Obama's future failings.

There has been a great deal of controversy about Rush Limbaugh's suggestion that he wants President Obama to "fail." We accept Rush's explanation that he wants Obama's policies to fail, because we share the same desire. America can only succeed and prosper if Obama's programs are defeated. Borrowing trillions of dollars from our descendents to fuel liberal give-away programs today will create a double or triple disaster.

There can be no compromise with anti-Americanism, or foreign policy surrender, or federal government corruption, or crypto-socialism. So yes, we are indeed working to expose Obama's "failings."

We want America to survive, succeed and prosper as a nation with inviolate freedom and a productive economy. Both political parties have failed us. Only the American people can rescue this great nation. We hope you agree.

How you can help

First, spread the word! It doesn’t cost a penny to tell your family, friends and associates about our efforts.

Second, if you agree with us and want to support our goals, we desperately need your financial help. You can mail a check payable to the Committee [see mailing address above], or make a convenient online donation if you prefer:

www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com

Unlike the Obama campaign, which has collected nearly a billion dollars in clandestine campaign cash, we only solicit money for expenses to conduct lawsuits and operational costs. We have no plans to change. We will continue to operate on a shoestring and rely on your donations to fund our activity.

Consistent with the limited resources available to us, we continue to do the best job we can to protect the American people from Barack Obama’s predatory policies and politics. As you can see, we are much, much more than just a "birth certificate challenge" operation.

We are confronting Obama in every direction and dimension. If you would like to be a part of this effort, we invite you to join us and financially support what we do. As always, we will provide e-mail updates and information at no charge.

In closing, God bless all of you, and God bless the United States. I wish that I could say the passage of time since January reflects that our concerns are unnecessary and unfounded, and that in office Obama has abandoned the Marxist-Leninist policies he previously espoused, in favor of new respect for the great traditions of our nation and our Constitution.

But instead of looking better, things are looking worse.

We called Obama the "teleprompter" candidate in January, 2008; it took mainstream media over a year to catch up with our story and do their own reports. We always lead the compeition.

Now it's up to you to help us, so we can continue our efforts to tell Americans the truth about Barack Obama.

Sincerely yours,


ANDY MARTIN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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