ANDY MARTIN: NBC News/Brian Williams “breached the levee” in New Orleans on Barack Obama’s religion and citizenship

Obama author Andy Martin will hold a New York news conference Monday to commend Brian Williams and NBC News for asking President Barack Obama tough questions about his birthplace and religion. Martin says NBC crossed an “equinox” of public concern about Obama’s origins and spirituality that will not go away merely through Obama’s pretenses and joking. Martin has two lawsuits pending in Hawai’i seeking to open the “Obama Files.” Andy expects to be in Honolulu in November fighting to release the state’s secret records on Obama’s birth. “There is the televised Hawai’i Five-O, and there is the real Hawai’i Five-O,” Martin says. “Our investigative operation in Hawaii is real, and it poses a threat to the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s presidency.”

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says Brian Williams and NBC News "crossed a Rubicon” Sunday evening by raising questions about President Obama’s birth and religion on national television

Martin was the first person to offer a coherent timeline during the 2008 presidential campaign for Obama’s radical associations, on Sean Hannity’s America

ContrarianCommentary.com
“The Internet Powerhouse”
Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW YORK NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY

ANDY MARTIN SAYS HE CONGRATULATES BRIAN WILLIAMS AND NBC NEWS FOR PLACING ON THE “AMERICAN AGENDA” DOUBTS THAT MORE AND MORE AMERICANS HAVE ABOUT BARACK OBAMA’S ORIGINS AND BELIEFS

MARTIN SAYS THAT THE “FLOOD GATES” ARE OPENING, SLOWLY, AND THAT THERE WILL BE MUSHROOMING PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT “WHO IS BARACK OBAMA?”

(NEW YORK)(August 30, 2010) ContrarianCommentary.com’s Executive Editor, Andy Martin, will hold a New York City news conference Monday, August 30th to commend NBC News and Brian Williams for “breaching the levee” in New Orleans on Barack Obama’s religion and place of birth.

“Six years ago in August 2004 I wrote the first article on Barack Obama’s religion, and said he was a Muslim,” Martin notes. “I am more convinced than ever that I was correct in my initial assessment. Over three years ago I raised questions about Barack Obama’s citizenship and eligibility to be president. (It's all in my book.) Frankly, the American people were not interested in ‘the facts’ and they preferred to buy a pig in a poke, Barack Obama. So it is kind of funny to see Barack Obama now telling Brian Williams in New Orleans ‘the facts are the facts,’ when Obama has worked so hard to conceal the facts during the presidential campaign.

“Last year I wrote that the window for Obama to ‘come clean’ on his citizenship and religion was closing. He would eventually cross an 'equinox' where he had more public hostility than support, and then the attacks on his religion and citizenship would be intensified by the media. We are right on schedule. I essentially predicted what happened Sunday night: Obama created a photo op in New Orleans and in the middle of an interview with NBC News Brian Williams dropped the ‘Muslim/Birth Certificate’ bomb.

“Mr. Obama tried to make a joke of Williams’ concerns about Obama’s religion and citizenship, but these questions are not a joke and they are not funny. And they are not going away. Every day they are growing on the Internet.

“I applaud Brian Williams for having the guts to raise the concerns. I am always squabbling with NBC News, and I will have an attack on them later in the week on an unrelated topic, but Monday I want to praise Mr. Williams and NBC News for opening Obama’s can of worms.

“Mr. Williams is a serious man who takes his journalism seriously. You don’t have to always agree with him to respect his integrity. I would have phrased his opening question to Obama slightly differently; but the fact that Williams directed any question to Obama over his citizenship and religion is devastating to the president.

“Over the Labor Day holiday we will be building out our new web site ‘BirtherNation.us,’ which is devoted to exposing Barack Obama’s lies about his birth, citizenship and education. Later this week we will be holding a Palm Beach news conference to announce an upcoming major new investigation and litigation in Hawai’i concerning Obama’s records. The second edition of my book (see below) is selling out and we are going to consider a new printing in the future.

“I go into these details to underscore that reasonable, responsible inquiry into Obama’s religion and family origins is a legitimate area of scholarly inquiry and that we are proceeding solely on the basis of scholarly standards.

“What Brian Williams should have asked, and he came close, was ‘How can you expect to govern when a fifth of the American people don’t even trust your answers on religion and birth?

“Obama’s responses appeared genuine, because he was probably surprised by Williams’ bluntness. Obama has a contemptuous attitude towards his critics. Obama said there was a ‘network of misinformation.’ In point of fact there is no network of misinformation. I have been the source of accurate information about Obama’s religion and citizenship for six years. He has never challenged or undermined any factual claim that I made. Instead he has used his attack dogs to launch personal attacks on me.

“Obama has maintained a relentless misinformation campaign against me, originally using Robert Gibbs and the New York Times to smear me with decades-old stale accusations and to intimidate the media. Well, the media are becoming increasingly ‘unintimidated’ as Mr. Williams’ inquiries reflect.

“That is not to say that all sources of criticism about Obama are accurate. The public record reflects, however, that I have repeatedly exposed and attacked anti-Obama charlatans who proffered false claims against the man. All I want is the facts and the truth. Nothing more. Indeed, some of Mr. Obama’s opponents have criticized me for exposing anti-Obama charlatans and exposing their misuse of the truth. But that’s why Obama is terrified of me, and loves the whackos who propound silly theories. I have a passion for the truth.

“FACT: There is no location in Hawai’i that openly advertises itself as Obama’s ‘birthplace.’ His family has claimed two different hospitals where he was born. Don’t you think if had been born somewhere, they would put a plaque on the door and say ‘Birthplace of the 44th President?’ Why are they hiding this obvious fact?

“FACT: I personally believe Obama was born in Hawai’i. But I have also noticed how Barack and Michelle Obama love to stoke the ‘Kenyan birth certificate’ crowd with catnip, so the Obamas can agitate their opposition and energize their own left-wing base. In my expert opinion, what Barack Obama is hiding is not where he was born, but how he was born.

“FACT: Obama says he does not want his birth certificate ‘plastered on my forehead.’ But his original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate has never been plastered anywhere. He has never released it to the American people. He released a laser printout from a state database. The original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate has never seen the light of day although Hawai’i official Chiyome Fukino claims to have seen that document. Obama doesn’t have to plaster his birth certificate on his head; but unless and until he authorizes Hawai’i officials to release the original, typewritten 1961 document he is hiding the truth from the American people.

“FACT: The qualifications to serve as president are different than those for any other federal office. Being an American citizen is not enough. Obama’s putative father was apparently never even a permanent resident of the United States. He came here on a student visa, fornicated, and left. I don’t think Obama’s putative father ever had a Green Card. While Obama may have acquired ‘birth citizenship,’ I do not believe he ever acquired the enhanced ‘natural born citizenship’ that the Constitution mandates only for the presidency.

“Obama is not stupid. He is a bright man. He’s no courtroom lawyer but he is trained in the law. That’s why he loves to play lawyer-style word games with the media and the American people. Obama knows his day of judgment is approaching, as we will detail in our forthcoming Palm Beach news conference. That’s why he increasingly acts like a one-term president.

“To mix another metaphor, Brian William and NBC News burst the dam. They put the issue of Obama’s ability to lead, in light of increasing doubts about his religion and eligibility to sit in the Oval office, on the front burner. We’ll have more analysis and commentary as week wears on. But today, Monday, we stop to salute Brian Williams and NBC for asking the tough questions,” Martin states. “Obama can joke about the ‘Muslim/birth’ questions, but these issues are on the minds of a growing segment of the American public. Why won’t Obama release the public records in Hawai’i, and other files at Occidental, Columbia and Harvard, that would confirm the truth?

COMING TUESDAY:

ANDY MARTIN ON WHY BARACK OBAMA IS A MUSLIM

AUGUST 30TH NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:

WHO:

ContrarianCommentary.com Executive Editor Andy Martin

WHAT:

Internet powerhouse Andy Martin thanks Brian Williams and NBC News for “breaching the levee” on Barack Obama’s Muslim religion and unknown place of birth

WHERE:

909 Third Avenue, public sidewalk in front of FDR Station, New York (under the “909” canopy in case of rain)

WHEN:

Monday, August 30, 3:00 P. M.

MEDIA CONTACT:

GENERAL: (866) 706-2639 CELL (917) 664-9329;

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ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin, who Chicago Public Radio calls a “boisterous Internet activist,” is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC). UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
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Illinois Gays demand that Mark Kirk come out of the closet

Illinois corruption-fighter Andy Martin is once again drawing attention to public demands that Mark Kirk openly declare his homosexuality.

Personally, I don’t care,” Andy Martin says. “But Mark Kirk’s homosexuality is becoming an increasingly important issue in the election.” Martin was the first person to tell Illinoisans about then-rumors that Mark Kirk was a closeted gay man. Now all of Martin’s allegations have been repeatedly verified from within the homosexual community. Martin’s controversial radio ads were attacked as untrue by crooked Illinois Republican leader Pat Brady. Subsequent events have confirmed that Brady, not Martin, was the liar.

Internet powerhouse Andy Martin draws attention to new allegations that Mark Kirk is a closeted homosexual

ContrarianCommentary.com
“The Internet Powerhouse”
Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Gay Chicagoans say that Mark Kirk is being blackmailed by Democrats

“Why would any Republican want to vote for Kirk?” Martin asks; “So the Democrats can blackmail Kirk? Voting for Kirk makes no sense at all”

(CHICAGO)(August 26, 2010) In the wake of former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman’s admission that he is gay:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/08/
former-rnc-chairman-ken-mehlma.html

Illinois gays are exposing, once again, that Mark Kirk is also a homosexual:

http://hillbuzz.org/2010/08/25/former-rnc-chair-
ken-mehlman-comes-out-he-needs-to-bring-aaron-
schock-and-mark-kirk-with-him/

Mark Kirk was part of the notorious “gay colony” in Speaker Dennis Hastert’s office in the House of Representatives that covered up the outrageous activity of sexual predator Mark Foley.

We at ContrarianCommentary.com have nothing against gays; every person has a right to lead their own lives in peace and security. But people who want to participate in the public arena of national politics can’t lie to voters; they owe every Illinoisan the truth and nothing but the truth about who they are. Mark Kirk has been caught lying so often about so many things that it is evident he has no concept of morality or truth.

HillBuzz.org gets to the heart of the problem when it states:

It matters that Mark Kirk and Aaron Schock are gay because being closeted gay males makes them blackmail candidates for the Left, and that means these men are in office with guns to their heads, doing what the Left wants, and not what voters sent them to do. These should not be men the GOP pushes for high office, because electing them to the Senate is no better than sending a putz of a Democrat there. They will vote the same, but at least having a Democrat in the seat means the GOP won’t have another Lindsey Graham on its hand, to embarrass the party whenever Democrats pull his own gay blackmail strings.

We couldn’t have said it better.

Stay tuned for more Mark Kirk sex scandals.

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COMING SATURDAY (Maybe): Andy analyzes and contextualizes Mark Kirk’s homosexuality, “The Tragic Case of Kimberly Vertolli-Kirk.” We apologize that this column has been delayed by Barack Obama’s antics.

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ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” http://www.contrariancommentary.com/. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
contrariancommentary.typepad.com[NOTE: We try to correct any typographical errors in this story on our blogs; find our latest edition there.]

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2010

Andy Martin: Barack Obama faces new challenge with www.BirtherNation.us

“King of the Birthers” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Thursday to announce he is launching a new website to serve as a clearinghouse for the national movement to remove Barack Obama from the White House in 2012. Martin has written a bestselling book about Obama and wrote the first article exposing Obama’s Muslim family roots, in August 2004. Martin was the first investigator to land in Honolulu, were he is continuing research into Obama’s birth. Today’s New York Times contains yet another attack on Andy and the movement he has created. Polls show Martin’s efforts are creating growing concern by Americans about Obama’s eligibility to serve as president and Obama’s obsession with Islam.

Internet powerhouse Andy Martin launches www.BirtherNation.us to expose Barack Obama’s birth certificate and religious lies

Bestselling Obama author Martin says his writing over the past six years has focused attention on Barack Obama’s “crime of the century”

ContrarianCommentary.com
“The Internet Powerhouse”
Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THURSDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO

Andy Martin says Barack Obama may have committed the “crime of the century” against the American people by falsely claming eligibility to serve as President of the United States

Martin says that his ongoing efforts over the past six years to expose Barack Obama’s religious roots and murky family history have devastated Obama’s credibility with the American people

Martin says his movement is growing, expanding and exploding into what will prove to be a potent political force in 2012

Andy turns the tables on the mainstream media by taking their epithet “Birther” and using it to build his national audience of truth-seekers who want real answers about Barack Obama’s family origins and religious roots

Andy calls Barack Obama “the ultimate anchor baby in the White House”

(CHICAGO)(August 19, 2010) Andy Martin may just be the greatest marketing genius the Internet ever created. Martin wrote his first article exposing Barack Obama’s Muslim family roots six years ago in August, 2004:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1189687/posts

In the past six years Barack Obama’s forces have attacked, maligned and slimed Andy. Through the entire battle Andy has persevered. Andy’s bestselling book became a starting point for other authors (a few copies of his book are still available, see below).

Andy filed the first and only lawsuit in Hawai’i seeking Barack Obama’s original, typewritten birth certificate. He is still pursuing that case:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZwON6dKHks

Andy was the first person to expose Obama’s socialist agenda for the United States, on Sean Hannity’s America:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT41uM1-dPs&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Presidential news secretary Robert Gibbs attacked Andy on Hannity & Colmes; the New York Times tried to demonize Andy on page one of the newspaper. Through it all, Andy has continued his efforts to find the facts and tell the truth about Obama’s family origins and religious roots.

According to today’s New York Times, Andy’s efforts have been spectacularly successful, and his success is growing constantly:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/us/politics/19memo.html?hp

Once again the New York Times is printing a pack of lies and seeking to distort the reality of Obama’s Muslim religious roots. The Times is a mouthpiece for Obama propaganda. It was in 2008, and it still is.

The Times falsely claims Obama has released his “birth certificate.” He never did that. He posted a facsimile document which was nothing more than a laser print-out from a Hawai’i database. Obama has refused to release access to the original, 1961 typewritten birth certificate which Hawai’i officials claim to have on file. Martin is pursuing his Hawai’i court lawsuit to open Obama’s original 1961 document but he is being slowed by a lack of funds.

Martin has launched a boycott of Hawai’i because of the birth certificate coverup: www.BoycottHawaii.com.

New York Times propagandist Sheryl Stolberg says it is “incorrect” to state Obama is a Muslim. That is not incorrect at all. Obama is much more than just a “Muslim.” He is obsessed with Islam and with Islamicizing America. That is why Obama is promoting the 9/11 “mosque” near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan.

The New York Times’ Stolberg calls Andy’s efforts an “aggressive misinformation campaign.” Martin responds: “We just tell the truth about Obama, to counteract the mainstream media’s lies. None of our factual allegations has ever been proven to be incorrect or ‘misinformation.’ It is the mainstream media that are disseminating Obama’s misinformation.”

Today Andy Martin launches the 2012 phase of his national campaign to force presidential pretender Barack Obama out of the White House: he will announce a new website, www.BirtherNation.us that will focus on Obama’s secret birth certificate and religious lies.

“Six years ago we launched an international research effort to find the facts and tell the truth about Barack Obama,” Martin says. “The American people did not want to listen. They loved Obama’s lies. Today America is on the brink of bankruptcy. Obama regularly grovels to Muslim extremists. Our national security is endangered as Obama tries to disarm America and permit a sneak attack by our enemies. Obama has disabled our missile defenses and increased the risk of an Islamic missile attack. On and on it goes.

“Over the past month the mainstream media have been astounded that my efforts continue to bear fruit. Doubts about Obama’s birth are steadily increasing. Questions about his true religion likewise are increasing. We aim to keep the increases going right through Election Day in 2012. We remain committed to finding the facts and telling the truth about Mr. Obama, nothing more and nothing less.

“For example, Obama never lived at the address listed in the Honolulu newspapers in 1961; that’s for sure. Where did he go from the hospital? Was he born in a hospital? The truth remains hidden. Obama has refused to provide access to his family and birth records. [Note: There is no ‘President Obama was born here’ plaque at Kapi’olani Medical Center in Honolulu.]

“Likewise Obama has never disclosed how he paid his expenses at three expensive, private universities: Occidental College, Columbia University and Harvard Law School. The only public evidence of his college finances is a claim that Islamic extremists footed part of the bill for law school. Why won’t Obama tell the truth and open his records to media examination? Is he hiding the fact he registered at universities as a Muslim student? It appears so. Did he seek ‘affirmative action?’ It appears so. If he has ‘nothing to hide,’ why is he hiding the facts about his personal life?

“The mainstream media have ridiculed me. The Romans mocked Jesus as the ‘King of the Jews.’ I have been mocked as the ‘King of the Birthers.’ The media even created a neologism, ‘birther,’ to describe honest doubts about the whereabouts of Obama’s birthplace and religious roots. We turned the tables on the media and took their aspersion as the name of our movement, ‘Birther Nation.’

“We are indeed limited in our efforts by a lack of funds. Money is hard to come by. We are currently trying to finance our next round of litigation in Hawai’i. Contrary to Sheryl Stolberg’s ‘misinformation,’ Obama has never permitted access to his original, typewritten birth certificate. What is he hiding, and why? We are making efforts to field our next research expedition in Hawai’i.

"I kept an open mind for a very long time. But earlier this year I came to the conclusion Obama was not eligible to serve as president. The term ‘natural born’ citizen obviously has to mean more than a mere ‘citizen’ or the modifying phrase would not have been added to our Constitution. Obama’s father was a transient in the United States. Obama is the ultimate ‘anchor baby in the White House.’ He bluffed and defrauded his way into the presidency. I aim to see we remove him in 2012. www.BirtherNation.us will become the national clearinghouse for the movement to remove Obama in 2012,” Martin says.

August 19th news conference details:

WHO:

Internet Powerhouse and Obama truth warrior Andy Martin

WHERE:

Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago (weather permitting)

WHEN: Thursday, August 19th 3:00 P.M.

WHAT:

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin announces that is launching www.BirtherNation.us as the national clearinghouse for the truth about Barack Obama’s bogus birth claims and Muslim family roots

MEDIA CONTACT:(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329

WEBSITE: http://www.ContrarianCommentary.com

E-MAIL: Contact@ContrarianCommentary.com


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ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
contrariancommentary.typepad.com[NOTE: We try to correct any typographical errors in this story on our blogs; find our latest edition there.]

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2010

ANDY MARTIN: Mark Kirk invites Illinois Republicans to a possible Springfield gay bar

Andy Martin plans a demonstration outside a possible Springfield, Illinois gay bar where Mark Kirk has invited Illinois Republicans Wednesday night from 7-9:00 P. M. Martin has contacted Springfield Police to ensure a lawful demonstration.

ANDY MARTIN
“The name you can trust”
Illinois Reform Party for U. S. Senator/2010
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com

Please donate:

www.AndyforUSSenator.com

Blogs:

www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
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www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com

Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:

www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com
www.MarkKirk.us


August 17, 2010


Chief Robert Williams
Springfield Police Department
800 E. Monroe Street
Springfield, IL 62701
via fax (217) 788-8319


REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO STAGE
SIDEWALK DEMONSTRATION AUGUST 18TH


Dear Chief Williams:

My opponent, the military imposter Mark Kirk, is hosting a reception at D. H. Browns at 231 E. Monroe Street Wednesday evening from 7:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M.

I would like to stage a sidewalk demonstration outside Brown’s at a reasonable distance from the entrance.

I am writing you to first ask permission for the demonstration under any applicable Springfield Police rules and regulations; and, second, to work out mutually acceptable arrangements for the demonstration with your staff. We will be displaying one large banner, and probably passing out a treat to be announced in honor of Mr. Kirk’s ambiguous personal life.

Kirk’s event has been announced as follows:

http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2010/08/15/state-fair-campaign-events/
Wednesday, August 18…
* 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Mark Kirk for US Senate and Illinois Republican Party Reception Honoring the 2010 Statewide Ticket. D. H. Browns. 231 East Monroe Street. Contact: Steve Ettinger. (217) 525-0011
While we will be somewhat noisy, and using a bullhorn if that is permitted, we do not plan to do anything improper or unlawful and, indeed, are contacting you in advance to ensure that we comply with the law in all respects.

I would appreciate it if you could have someone call me this afternoon to discuss the demonstration so we have confirmed that you are aware of our activity and we have reached an agreement that works for us.

We have always worked in great harmony with the Chicago Police Department (see accompanying letter) and have never had a problem with the CPD staging our demonstrations in close proximity to Mr. Kirk; we hope to establish the same working rapport with your Department.


Respectfully submitted,


ANDY MARTIN

AM:sp

ANDY MARTIN: Blagojevich case backfires on the federal government

Law professor Andy Martin says the political prosecution and persecution of Rod Blagojevich will become an increasing embarrassment for federal prosecutors and the Obama administration.

Internet powerhouse Andy Martin says the Blagojevich verdict is a big win for the former governor

Marin says the Blago prosecution backfired because it was blatantly political

ContrarianCommentary.com
“The Internet Powerhouse”
Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ATTENTION: Assignment Editors: Andy is available for interviews

Andy Martin says Blagojevich is the victim of a corrupt political persecution that blew up in the government’s face

Andy Martin says the “ancient” Illinois “writ” of “fixicatus” is about to descend on the U. S. Attorney’s office

Andy asks “Why is the U. S. Attorney’s office is persecuting Blagojevich? Who’s got the action on this?”

(CHICAGO)(August 17, 2010) When Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested in 2008 I expressed the opinion that federal prosecutors had overreached. I wrote a second column during the trial expressing skepticism about the prosecution’s case.

Today the case blew up in the prosecutors’ faces. There is now no doubt the former Illinois governor is the target of a bitter political vendetta. The jury’s verdict also shows what happens when ordinary jurors see the awesome power of the federal government being misused: they punted. Instead of retrying the Blagojevich case, prosecutors should dismiss the 23 counts that resulted in a deadlock.

I don’t know what “lie” Blago has been convicted of telling federal investigators, but I also know the lying-to-the-feds statute is the most abused and overused criminal law in the country. You can always find some answer that’s self-serving and call it a lie and get a grand jury to indict.

If I were the U. S. Attorney, I would be embarrassed. He staged a massive publicity parade in 2008, and made a charge that most competent lawyers knew could not stick: Blago was selling a senate seat. It was a sexy accusation and like most things sexy there was not much behind it.

BS’ing in a private office is not a crime. Spinning out extreme and even offensive scenarios in private is not a crime, even if they are caught on federal wiretaps. People have a right to privacy in their own offices. Big Brother can't create a crime by listening in on your home or office and criminalizing your idle chatter. Blago’s associates were also as sleazy as they come.

Dragging in Blago's brother was a despicable act. It boomeranged with the jury.

The sad fact is that Blagojevich may be guiltily of some crime, but the feds in their obsession with validating the “selling the senate seat” arrest botched the real criminal case and allowed the political prosecution to predominate. That’s a misuse of federal prosecutorial discretion.

Ironically, in retrospect Blagojevich probably would have been acquitted if he had taken the stand and mounted a defense. The jury was favorably disposed. His “conviction” on one count was probably a compromise verdict by people that were tired after two weeks of being in seclusion and may have been starting to wear on each other.

Blago’s lawyers did an excellent job of securing a hung jury. But their strategy could not result in an acquittal. On retrial, they should fight for an acquittal and not a hung jury.

The lead prosecutor’s immediate demand for a retrial is indicative that he has developed an obsession, lost all perspective, and should be replaced by a cooler head.

My guess, Blago will not spend any time in jail when the entire circus is over. He might spend a short stint, but the time he spends in jail will not have been worth the federal prosecutorial and investigative resources that were devoted to convicting him if it takes two or three trials.

Although prosecutors always have the edge, the judge in this case is going face all kinds of growing problems. Is he going to have to appoint public defenders for Blago and his brother? That would be a major embarrassment for the federal government. They are trying to destroy someone financially with endless prosecutions but with a minimum of real evidence.

In my opinion, the odds in Blago’s favor will improve with each additional trial. This is a case that s going to get weaker, not stronger, as it progresses.

The fact is, Blago didn’t even put on a defense and got a hung jury. What if he had mounted a real defense and subpoenaed Obama administration officials? He would have been acquitted. The Blagojevich case is going to become an increasing embarrassment for President Obama and his Chicago-based associates.

As the case unfolded, I was astounded at the amount of evidence that was strongly in Blago's favor that was never exploited because Blago did not mount a full defense. You can sometimes put in most of a defense through cross-examination, but Blago’s defense called for witnesses. My advice to Blago: next time, call witnesses and take the stand. You’ll win.

I would not be surprised to see a “senior management” decision to end the case. As we jocularly call it in Chicago courts, it’s the ancient Illinois writ of “fixicatus.” Trust me, the writ of fixicatus is in the offing. The fix will be in. Soon.

There is an old expression, “it’s better to be lucky than be smart.” Prosecutors proved Blago was not smart. Today he was lucky.

U. S. Attorney Fitzgerald: it’s time to fold’em. You took your best shot and blew it. Now move on.

P.S. I have no links, not even the remotest, to Blago or his lawyers. No inside information. These views are my independent observations based on over 40 years experience in the U. S. Courthouse in Chicago.

P.P.S. I have to be in federal court Thursday morning. Wish me luck.
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ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
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ANDY MARTIN on Barack Obama’s “Mosque Madness”

Andy Martin was the first writer/investigator to question Barack Obama’s “Christian” narrative and focus attention on Obama’s Muslim family history. Martin’s first column on Obama appeared six years ago in August 2004. Martin now explains why Obama’s “mosque madness” over a proposed mosque near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan has become Obama’s “fatal attraction.” Martin says Senator Harry Reid’s divorce from Obama’s mosque statements is the best evidence Obama will destroy the Democratic Party before he is forced to leave the White House.

Internet powerhouse Andy Martin says Barack Obama’s “mosque madness” is a “fatal attraction”

“Five days that dismembered Barack Obama”

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Andy Martin says Barack Obama’s stumble on the Manhattan mosque issue has transformed the 2010 election from a mid-term contest into a referendum on the president

Andy Martin says that in 45 years of political involvement he has never seen anything similar to Barack Obama’s self-inflicted wound over the New York City mosque

Andy asks “Who Pays and Who Prays?” at the proposed Lower Manhattan mosque; we still don’t know

(CHICAGO)(August 17, 2010) By nature I’m not someone who hides his views; I don’t like keeping my feelings a secret. When you put on a false face and lie to people it eventually catches up with you. I sleep well at night. I'm not perfect but I try to be honest. I would rather be liked or disliked for what I really believe that have people attracted to me because of my “pretend” opinions. That’s why I’m not such a good political candidate but a much better analyst and columnist.

I was the first name on Barack Obama’ enemies list because I was the first writer to start asking the hard questions about Obama’s mysterious family tree. This month we “celebrate” exactly six years since I wrote my first column on Obama and exposed that he was a Muslim. That column is one of the seminal pieces of recent American politics:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1189687/posts

Nevertheless, in 45 years of political experience I have never seen anything quite like the past five days. I’m out of breath. I saw the stories on Barack Obama’s “endorsement” of the controversial Manhattan mosque Friday evening August 13th. I said to myself, “This is explosive.” Because I had a court hearing to prepare for on August 16th I could not sit down and write. Saturday the 14th, another explosion. Obama “reversed” his endorsement and said his Friday night support was “inoperative.” Monday the 16th while I was in Springfield, U. S. Senator Harry Reid sneak-attacked. Reid gave no warning that he was about to drop a bomb on Mr. Obama.

Where do I begin? Let me start at the beginning. Rush Limbaugh calls his occasional retrospectives “caller clinics.” Because I am a writer we’ll call phase one of this column “Reader Rehab.”

When I wrote the first critical story on Barack Obama in August 2004, my research and analysis was initially ignored by the liberal media elites. We did a lot of investigative work on the story, checking African tribal lore, Islamic traditions, the Arabic language and the practices and history of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. Out of that effort came the view that Obama was a closeted Muslim, and that he was hiding his religion in plain sight.

As Obama became the subject of increasing scrutiny my original column became his opponents’ Rosetta Stone. My analysis was the prism through which Obama’s opposition sought to unlock his hidden past. In retaliation, Obama’s campaign team launched relentless attacks on me. By 2008 Obama had a full-fledged dirty tricks operation focused on discrediting my work.

Then Obama moved into the White House. I kept searching for Obama’s “roots;” his supporters kept up their war to discredit my writing. Obamabots are still attacking me, still posting lies, still trying to deceive the media and the public. Why is Obama obsessed with me? It's obvious. I’m still trying to find the facts and search for the truth about who he really is.

Somewhere along the way my early columns on Barack Hussein Obama became a book (see below) and the book in turn became the first “Bible” of the “Birther” movement.

Although the liberal media invented the term "Birther” to ridicule Obama’s opponents, I turned the tables on the media elite and accepted the derogatory description. When they called me the “King of the Birthers” I said “Call me ‘Your majesty.’” So what if they call us “Birthers?” I still keep trying to find the facts and search for the truth about the mysterious Mr. Obama. Where is his original, typewritten birth certificate? Still hidden in Hawai’i. Why is he hiding it?

I should point out that “Birthers” are a coat of many colors. At one end of the spectrum is my work. I scrupulously stick to the facts. Just the facts. At the other end of the spectrum are people who peddle unprincipled lies about Obama. Yet, as bad as Barry Obama is, I still do not condone lying about him. Why lie about Obama when the truth is more than bad enough?

And so we arrive at August 17, 2010. The great Ozymandias “Barack Obama” lies in ruins. All for nothing. Or, rather, all for a mosque near ground zero? Unbelievable.

First, my overall opinion. (This not the “full truth” because we have a real treat for the Birthers coming in a few days.) Obama is not going to recover from this wound. His self-inflicted wound. There have been a lot of people still sitting on the fence so to speak. They had doubts about Obama’s religion, and they were prepared to believe he was a Muslim, but they still held back looking for the missing nail in Obama’s coffin.

Amazingly, Obama put the final nail in his own coffin in the past five days.

Since Friday, Obama has tried to confuse and defuse the mosque issue. But seasoned politicians like Senator Harry Reid know a dead duck when they see one. Obama is a dead duck.

Obama has converted the 2010 election from a “mid-term election” into a referendum on him. He. The One. He has lost control of his message.

What do you say when your own senate majority leader sticks the fork in you? You say nothing. You’re toast.

The only chain of events remotely comparable is President Lyndon Johnson’s realization early in 1968 that he was politically dead. He had lost the Democratic Party. Johnson quit a few days later.

On Friday Obama defended the so-called “Mosque at Ground Zero.” He unequivocally stated “That includes the right to build..in Lower Manhattan.” The Washington Post said that Obama had “forcefully joined the national debate.” The Post’s headline was “Obama defends plan for Ground Zero mosque.”

The New York Times headlined that “Obama strongly endorses Islam Center Near 9/11 Site,” and stated that “Obama delivered a strong defense Friday night of a proposed…mosque near ground zero in Manhattan…” Were all these people wrong? Don’t they speak English? Don’t they understand???

By Saturday Obama had retracted his statements (in Watergate-speak Obama’s Friday night remarks became “inoperative”) and claimed that his Friday night remarks were not an endorsement on the “wisdom” of building at ground zero. In 18 hours the “endorsement” had shifted into a non-endorsement. Obama had routed himself.

Muslims could not have been happy at the way they were quickly thrown under the bus. If Obama hoped to curry favor with Islamists, he shot himself in the foot with his overnight flip-flop.

By Monday, yesterday, we had a full-fledged supernova exploding across the political world. A senate candidate in Florida started running an anti-Obama ad criticizing BHO’s endorsement of the mosque:

http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2010/08/rick-scotts-new-ad-target-in-gov-race-obama-ground-zero-mosque.html

The liberal news media are in greater disarray than Napoleon’s army retreating from Moscow. What can they do? Harry Reid shanked his maximum leader. The New York Times and Washington Post are trying to dilute the impact of Reid’s reversal by shifting the blame to “Republicans” and amorphous “Democrats." Reid’s anti-mosque statement was immediately watered down by liberal journalists:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/16/AR2010081603701_pf.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/16/AR2010081605425.html?hpid=topnews

But was Reid’s act of self-preservation really a “betrayal?” I don’t think so. Reid simply wants to save his seat. He saw where voter sentiment was going. Reid’s stab in the back anticipated public opinion in September and October.

Liberal media will not be writing about Obama and the mosque in September and October. Obama can silence the liberal media, and he does. But the “word of mouth” in the aftermath of Obama's remarks is going to be fatal. “Word of mouth” can make a movie, or break a president. “Obama is a Muslim; pass it on.”

What possessed the man? Integrity? Honesty? He hasn’t had any of these for 49 years. Why suddenly did Obama become a man of honor on this obscure local issue? One writer suggested it was because “Obama is now president.” But being president hasn’t activated Obama’s integrity gene before. He’s been lying from the day he moved in to the White House and started gorging himself on Waygu (Kobe) beef at the taxpayers’ expense ($75 a pound!).

I think Obama simply slipped. Without realizing it, he let his guard down. He’s tired. He has begun to realize he’s going to be a one-term president and he has started factoring that awareness into his mental state and political discourse. King Andy Martin is preparing to lead his “Birther Brigades” against the evil occupant of the White House in 2012. The outcome is not in doubt.

Let me illustrate the media’s Big Lie in the mosque controversy with a small truth. My mom (yes, she loves me) lived for many years in Alexandria, Virginia. Her home was a block away from a church. The neighbors raised “holy hell” when the church wanted to expand (I tied to find the church on the Internet, but couldn’t; it was just past Vernon View Drive on the George Washington Memorial Parkway heading towards Mount Vernon).

With all due respect to my Muslim brothers, and my Episcopal friends who support the mosque, opposition to church building and church expansion is nothing new. But not until the Manhattan Mosque did we find opposition to a religious facility transformed into a holy war by the liberal media. Most of us have probably heard at some time of a controversy involving expansion of a church. You would think that no one had ever objected to construction of a church the way opponents of the Manhattan Mosque are being portrayed as racist morons.

One of the great moments in Shakespeare is Caesar’s dying declaration “Et tu, Brute,” “even thou, Brutus.” I’m sure that if Shakespeare were around today he would write “Et tu, Harry.” Without realizing it, Harry Reid may have doomed Barry Obama. Reid’s dagger is the one that Obama will not be able to remove. Unconsciously, perhaps, Harry Reid’s decoupling from Obama on the mosque issue was the moment when Obama’s downfall crystalized. The political fallout from Obama’s obsession with Islam has become his fatal attraction.

Anyone seen Obama near a Christian church recently? Doubtful. I am sure you will in the days ahead. But it will be too late.

It’s been an unbelievable five days. And the deconstruction of Mullah Obama because of his “mosque madness” is just beginning.

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ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
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ANDY MARTIN: You must see the new Palestinian film “Salt of This Sea”

Middle East expert Andy Martin says the Palestinian-American production “Salt of the Sea” is a vivid portrayal of the complexities and contradicitons of modern Israel and Palestine. He recommends the movie as an amalgam of “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Easy Rider” and the “Three Amigos” all mixed into one. Martin, who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over forty years, says the film presents Israel and occupied Palestine as they really are on a day-to-day basis.

Internet powerhouse Andy Martin says “You must see ‘Salt of This Sea’”

Andy comments on a dramatic and entertaining new Palestinian film

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Andy Martin says if you want to know what modern Israel and Palestine are like, see this film

(NEW YORK)(August 14, 2010) Friday afternoon I received a desperate email from a woman who was promoting a new film just opening in Greenwich Village. I went. The movie, “Salt of this Sea,” is a Palestinian-oriented production filmed on location.

You must see “Salt”. I enjoyed it immensely. I love the Middle East and so I have a special affection for the setting. The film is both a sad and loveable tale of a region that is left increasingly barren by the legacy of historical errors orchestrated at the end of World War II.

The movie resonated on many levels. As I watched the opening sequences I thought, yes, the Israelis really are that abusive when you visit Israel. I have stories to tell.

When “Soraya” crosses from the “West Bank” into Israel, the clanking of the bars at the Qalandia Checkpoint is frighteningly real. People are treated worse than cattle. I was there. The film is so real I felt I was back in the West Bank. And in Jerusalem.

Some of my newer readers associate me more with local issues. But for parts of the past five decades I have been focused on Asia and the Middle East.

How to describe the film? It is a Palestinian version of “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Easy Rider” and the “Three Amigos” all rolled into one. Although the movie is deadly serious and very dramatic, you can’t help but laugh at the Erich von Stroheim accents of the Israelis who have created a miniature replica of the Third Reich on the Mediterranean. “Vhy are you here?” “Vere are you staying?” “Vere is your second passport?” They really talk that way.

People who support Israel should see the film to get a true view of the nightmare that Israelis have created for Palestinians; Israelis have also given birth to a self-defeating, self-destructive nightmare for themselves as well.

The movie is dedicated to the memory of an Israeli massacre at al-Dawayima.

Ironically, while the United States supports “two nations” for “two peoples,” and that is the popular mantra, the Israelis have gone us one better and created “three prisons (including Gaza) for two peoples.” The Palestinian prisons are more degrading and dehumanizing. But Palestinians have a spirit of survival that will ultimately triumph.

The Israelis, on the other hand, have also imprisoned and dehumanized themselves in the process of degrading their neighbors. The Israeli historical narrative is gradually dissolving as World War II becomes a distant memory.

Soraya is an American-born Palestinian who wants to reclaim her family roots in Jaffa. Her family was pushed out by the 1948 Israeli invasion of Palestine. She visits Israel to see a friend in the West Bank and finds that the Israelis have completely rigged the system against local residents. Palestinians live under a brutal occupation. [Full disclosure: when the Israelis “liberated” the West Bank in 1967, they really were greeted as liberators; so it wasn’t always this way. The Israelis worked hard to make enemies of their Palestinian friends, and with typical Israeli efficiency they succeeded.]

In a “Bonnie and Clyde” escapade, Soraya, her chaste new “guy” and a third friend decide to stage a bank robbery to reclaim the money her family left on deposit in 1948. From there we transition into “Easy Rider” as the three amigos pretend to be Israelis, dress like Israelis, steal Israeli license plates for their van and head for Jerusalem and Jaffa. Good Morning Jerusalem!

At the premier on Friday star Suheir Hammad, who portrays Soraya, was there to describe how the film was produced. The “Israelis” were all genuine Israeli actors. And yes, they do talk with that faux Germanic accent over there. The abuses Israelis inflict on visitors I have personally witnessed. The film is as real as real can be.

Parts of the film are so real they were recorded as they actually happened. When helpless Palestinians were climbing a fence to cross another barrier between Jerusalem and the West Bank, right in the middle of a shooting sequence, the cameraman captured the indignity as it was actually unfolding. That is why I say if you have not seen Jerusalem and Israel today, see this film.

Israelis themselves have freedom of movement, and a much more open society (which is why gay Arabs covet a pass to Israel). But no one can ultimately live free in a police state, and Israel is becoming the ultimate police state, controlled through political propaganda, military force and bogus “democracy.”

I have never seen a more vivid snapshot of the sadistic reality of modern Israel. “Your papers, please. For your own security, of course” could be the Israeli national motto. But the film also portrays Israel’s freedom and prosperity, for some of the inhabitants. Even if their Israeli government is evil, most Israelis are not. It is a great tragedy that Israelis and Palestinians have dissipated their energy and creativity in perpetual war. There is no winner.

Israelis will retort that as a result of the Arab backlash to the expulsion of the Palestinians in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jews who had lived peacefully for centuries in Arab lands also experienced the same expulsion and displacement as the Palestinians. One of my former girlfriends was Jewish, born in Alexandria, Egypt, forced to become a refugee.

And in case you didn’t know, Baghdad was once the greatest center of Jewish life in the world.

Bottom line. I love all of ‘em. I do not hate the Israelis (although I condemn their government) and I love the Palestinians (although I am deeply concerned by the increasing fundamentalism that has crept into their society).

One of the most racist, Nazi-like propaganda statements ever uttered was Israeli Prime Minister Golda (“who was born in Milwaukee”) Meir's claim that Palestine was a “land without a people, for a people without a land.” The movie dramatizes how Palestinians retain the memory of their homes in what is now Israel. Many of these residences have survived since 1948 and are still there. Joseph Goebbels could not have created a bigger lie and a grosser historical injustice than Israeli Prime Minister Meir’s false claim that Palestine was “uninhabited” when she arrived.

I’m not Jewish, of course. But I grew up in a very philo-Semitic home where the Holocaust was a topic of regular discussion. My father helped train the Jewish Brigade in the British Army. A London newspaper editor once described the Middle East conflict as one between “two wronged peoples.” But historical truth always triumphs in the end. Palestine was not a “land without a people.” You see the descendents of the people who actually lived in Palestine in 1948 portrayed in “Salt of this Sea.”

Where is the Israeli Gorbachev to make peace with the world? Israelis are mired in their own lies, a nation living on borrowed time. The hourglass is getting closer to empty.

Only when Israelis admit the injustices they inflicted in stealing their homeland from the indigenous population can they begin the process of reconciliation and permanent peace. That is what Soraya demands and what she does not receive.

The current householder of Soraya’s ancestral home is a sympathetic pro-peace Israeli. In a twist, when Soraya can’t stand the frustration of confronting the present, she leaves. But one of her copains stays behind with the Israeli girl, proving love knows no checkpoints and no ideologies. Or was it sex? Who knows?

Before departing Soraya vehemently demands that the Israeli occupant of her family home “admit” to the injustices of 1948 as the price of remaining in possession. But the Israeli is not mired in the surreal past. She has erased her history to avoid the painful reality of how her country was founded.

Still, the Israeli girl gets the Palestinian boy in the movie. That’s probably closer to the truth than either side wants to admit.

Don’t go to see “Salt of this Sea” to get angry or be hateful. Laugh a little, or even a lot. Remember that for one couple in the movie love triumphs over all. Reflect on the likelihood that if Israelis persist with their racist policies they will ultimately fail to establish permanent roots for their Reich-in-the-Desert. Palestinians may ultimately prevail, after enduring decade-after-decade of unspeakable and unnecessary abuses and injustices. All subsidized by your American tax dollars.

Time is not on Israel’s side.

This is a great little film. It conveys the sad truths of Palestine with a light touch and an occasional smile. Think Bonne and Clyde, Easy Rider and the Three Amigos all mixed into one.

[If you see the movie, whichever “side” you believe in, send me your comments and we’ll do a follow-up.]

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ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” http://www.contrariancommentary.com/. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas experience. He has over forty years of familiarity with Asia and the Middle East; internationally he is regarded as one of America’s most respected independent foreign policy, military and intelligence analysts. 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
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ANDY MARTIN: Sangamon County judge sets hearing in Mark Kirk lawsuit

Andy Martin seeks to demonstrate against Mark Kirk on Republican Day, August 19th, 2010 at the Illinois State Fair. A Sangamon County judge has set a hearing on Martin’s lawsuit seeking to continue a prior court order allowing him to demonstrate against Kirk in 2009.

Internet powerhouse Andy Martin set to appear in Sangamon County Circuit Court in Mark Kirk “dirty tricks” lawsuit

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Andy Martin
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

A Sangamon County Circuit Judge will conduct a hearing Monday, August 16th on Andy Martin’s request to demonstrate against Mark Kirk at Republican Day, August 19th at the Director’s Lawn of the Illinois State Fair.

Martin won a similar order in 2009, prohibiting Republican Party “dirty tricks”

(CHICAGO)(August 13, 2010) A Sangamon County Circuit Judge has set a hearing Monday, August 16th on Andy Martin’s lawsuit against Mark Kirk and the Illinois State Fair seeking ongoing permission to demonstrate against Kirk at Republican Day on August 19th.

“We are asking the circuit judge to continue the order entered by the prior circuit judge in the case, allowing me to demonstrate in 2009,” Martin says.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

IN CHANCERY
CASE NO. 2009 CH 658

ANDY MARTIN,

Plaintiff,

vs.

MICHAEL STEELE, et al.,

Defendants.

NOTICE OF HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Monday, August 16, 2010, at 9:30 A.M., I will appear before the Honorable Leslie Graves, sitting in Courtroom 5D, at the Sangamon County Complex, 200 S. Ninth Street, Springfield, Illinois 62701, and present the accompanying motions:
1. Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) as previously served on you, to permit plaintiff and his supporters to demonstrate at the entrance to the Director’s Lawn on Republican Day, August 19, 2010;
2. Motion for Leave to File Verified First Amended Complaint.
Please govern yourself accordingly.
Dated: August 12, 2010
Respectfully submitted,

ANDY MARTIN
NATIONAL LITIGATION CENTER
P. O. Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-2639
Toll-free fax (866) 707-2639
E-mail: AndyMart20@aol.com (text only)

Additional courtesy copy requested to:

ANDY MARTIN
REGIONAL LITIGATION SUPPORT
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723

SERVICE OF NOTICES IS RESPECTFULLY
REQUESTED BY FAX OR E-MAIL

Additional e-mail address available
upon request

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify I have served this Notice of Hearing by email on counsel for the defendants and defendants as follows:

tcorrigan@atg.state.il.us,
fogartyjr@gmail.com,
bsheahan@sheahanlaw.com,
info@kirkforsenate.com,
heffernanandy@yahoo.com,
info@ilgop.org,

on August 12, 2010

ANDY MARTIN

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COMING SATURDAY: Andy analyzes and contextualizes Mark Kirk’s homosexuality, “The Tragic Case of Kimberly Vertolli”

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ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
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ANDY MARTIN: Gay media, organizations blackmail Mark Kirk

Illinois corruption fighter Andy Martin says an interview of gay activist Mike Rogers which recently came to light indicates that Rogers does not consider “rumors” about Mark Kirk’s homosexuality to be “rumors.” Rogers says Kirk is gay. Martin says gay media and gay organizations were blackmailing Kirk: “As long as Kirk quietly pursued gay issues, he was immune from being ‘outed.’ Once Kirk voted against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ gays exposed Kirk as a hypocrite and fraud. Kirk is subject to future blackmail.” Martin asks why Republican Chairman Pat Brady, who attacked Martin for telling the truth about Kirk, is still chairman. Pat Brady and mark Kirk are leading Illinois Republican candidates down the road to defeat. “October is going to be a very ‘long month’ for Mark Kirk,” Martin says. “Blackmail ain’t beanbag.”

Internet powerhouse Andy Martin draws attention to new evidence gay media and organizations were/are blackmailing Mark Kirk

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Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Gay expert Mike Rogers is quoted as saying “rumors” about Mark Kirk’s homosexuality are not rumors at all; they are an established fact

Andy Martin says an August 12th blog posting draws attention to an earlier blog interview on Mark Kirk’s homosexuality that may have been missed by many media

Andy offers Mark Kirk a new opening

(CHICAGO)(August 13, 2010) Gay news media and blogs continue to discuss Mark Kirk’s homosexuality:

http://adamfoxie.blogspot.com/2010/08/
but-mike-rogers-never-meant-to-make-rep.html

“AdamFoxie drew my attention to an earlier, overlooked interview that was even more explosive about Mark Kirk,” Andy Martin says:

http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=
news&sc=&sc3=&id=106870&pg=1

“Edgeonthenet.com featured an interview with Mike Rogers which has some of the most devastating accusations against Kirk. Mike Rogers is quoted as saying:

‘I thought everyone in Illinois politics already knew Kirk was gay,’ Rogers told EDGE. ‘It’s not a rumor and it’s not new. I’ve met the man. He is gay. I didn’t think this would even be a story and wasn’t seeking out coverage.’

“The author of the Rogers interview goes on to attack me for being a ‘right-wing extremist’ but that is typical left-wing nonsense. I am a mainstream Republican. No one says I am a ‘RINO’ like Mark Kirk. The only extremist in the senate race is Mark Kirk; he is extremely closeted and extremely contemptuous of Republican Party voters and Republican values.

“I told the truth about Mark Kirk in my advertising. Now the gays admit it. But the gays were suspiciously silent about Kirk until he stabbed them in the back and voted against the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’

“In effect, gays were blackmailing Kirk. As long as he voted the way gays wanted, they kept the ‘silence’ about his homosexuality. The minute Kirk betrayed them, they betrayed him.

“Kirk recently issued a ‘statement’ through his ex-wife Kimberly Vertolli, reversing himself once again and now saying he will now vote to repeal DADT. The blackmail continues.

“If Kirk was effectively being blackmailed before, as gays now belatedly admit, why won't he be blackmailed in the future? There is a lot more dirt on Kirk that we have not yet released. Kirk is a virtual ‘blackmail magnet.’ That is why I previously called on Mark Kirk to withdraw as a candidate. He is a complete fraud and disaster for every Illinois Republican candidate.

“Republican Chairman Pat Brady attacked me and said I was ‘not a Republican’ because I told the truth about Mark Kirk. Why is Pat Brady still Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party? He engineered a cover-up to protect Kirk; that cover-up has now backfired and endangered every Illinois Republican candidate.

“I believe in the right to privacy. I do not believe in demonizing homosexuality. Mark Kirk’s private life should be his own, as long as he remains a private citizen. But when Kirk tries to defraud Republican voters, and when Kirk is being blackmailed by gay media and organizations, then I think real Republicans and every loyal Illinoisan has a right to know the truth,” Martin says. “Blackmail ain’t beanbag,”

“If Mark Kirk comes out of the closet, I will support his right to run as an openly gay Republican. As long as he is a liar, he forfeits his legitimacy as a human being and as a potential political leader.”

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COMING SATURDAY: Andy analyzes and contextualizes Mark Kirk’s homosexuality, “The Tragic Case of Kimberly Vertolli-Kirk”

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ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

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ANDY MARTIN lawsuit sends Republican leaders a strong message

In Part II, Andy Martin says: “Some of my Republican friends are upset that I keep fighting Mark Kirk. But Illinois Republican Party leaders are contemptuously corrupt. Republicans, unlike Illinois Democrats, do not even get to vote for their state committeemen. Republican Party bosses select party bosses. As long as we knuckle under to military imposters such as Kirk, we will keep getting creeps like Kirk foisted on voters by sleazy leaders such as Pat Brady. We have to defeat Kirk to send Republican “fixers” a strong message: no more crappy, corrupt, crooked, morally depraved candidates like Mark Kirk.”

[Note: The following is two documents combined into one.]

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

IN CHANCERY
CASE NO. 2009 CH 658

ANDY MARTIN,

Plaintiff,

vs.

MICHAEL STEELE, et al.,

Defendants.

VERIFIED MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER AND/OR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

The Plaintiff asks this Court to issue either a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) or preliminary injunction on an emergency basis barring the Illinois Department of Agriculture (“Agriculture”)/Illinois State fair (“ISF”) or persons acting under Agriculture/ISF from interfering with Plaintiff’s protests at the Director’s Lawn (outside the gate thereto) at the Illinois State Fair on August 19, 2010.
1. Factual allegations
The facts governing each of these issues are set forth in the accompanying Verified First Amended Complaint.
Plaintiff previously attempted to negotiate with the Illinois Department of Agriculture, but has never been unable to reach a written agreement as to the terms and conditions for Plaintiff’s use of the Illinois State Fair Premises (“ISF”) for “Republican Day” at the entrance to the Director’s Lawn
2. Legal standards
A. The legal standards governing a TRO pr preliminary injunction are straightforward, see Wilson v. Hinsdale Elementary, 349 Ill.App.3rd 243, 810 N.E.2d 637, 642 (Court Appeals, 2d Dist. 2004).
3. Argument
A. Plaintiff is not seeking unrestricted access to the State Fair. He is seeking access on a specific day which the ISF has designated as “Republican Day.” Thus, the ISF itself has allowed and invited Republicans to attend. The essence of political parties going back to Jeffersonian days is that parties have factions, and opponents, and protests.
B. Plaintiff represents mainstream Republicans as well
as Reformers in Illinois politics of both political parties and no political party; the defendants represent “Combine” Republicans. The term “Combine” was coined to describe Republicans-cum-Democrats who exercise dictatorial political powers over Illinois government on a continuing basis, all of which power is lubricated with corruption, self-interest and political duplicity.
C. The TRO claims arise under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. If the ISF, a state agency, is going to specifically host a “Republican Day,” then it must make reasonable accommodations for conflicting factions in the Republican Party as well as Republican Party opponents such as Plaintiff.
D. The ISF claims it has established a "protest area" at a great distance from the Director's Lawn, while “paying” Republicans will be allowed to meet at the Director’s Lawn. Protests which are far removed from the area of actual conflict are not protests at all; they are meaningless and hollow gestures which reflect unconstitutional abridgement of political speech.
E. Chief Judge Kelly implicitly rejected the State
Fair’s approach in an in chambers conference/hearing in August, 2009.
F. Plaintiff has been able to resolve much more complex protest issues with the Chicago Police Department, without the need to ever file a lawsuit. Chicago’s streets and sidewalks are crowded and congested. But the CPD was able to accommodate Plaintiff. The ISF is sticking rigidly to vague rules which seek to render Plaintiff’s protest nugatory.
G. Similarly, one faction of the Republican Day crowd has already been granted use of sound amplification. Plaintiff only seeks to use his own sound amplification at a reasonable level (this condition was waived as part of an amicable settlement in 2009). The “rules” of the ISF are vague and offer unfettered discretion on the ISF to control "sound devices." A grant of unfettered discretion to a state official is unconstitutional. Once again, the ISF is taking a wooden approach to resolving what should have been resolved without a lawsuit.
4. The legal criteria for relief
A. “Certain and Clearly Ascertainable Right”
The defendants themselves have designated a special day as Republican Day. They have invited Republicans or others to protest, and then sought to render protest meaningless. Do they suggest there is only “one” Republican voice or only Democratic Party opposition to Republicans? Or a monolithic party? That is obviously an unreasonable belief under any circumstances. Having invited “Republicans,” the ISF has to accommodate all Republicans and Republican opponents.
B. “Inadequate remedy at law”
There is no adequate remedy for denial of First Amendment Rights, Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 373-374, 96 S. Ct. 2673 (1976).
C. Irreparable injury
The issue of irreparable injury given that Plaintiff is a candidate for federal office and seeks to demonstrate on only one day, billed as “Republican Day” by the ISF itself, in the area of the Republican congregation at the Director’s law, cannot seriously be questioned, Cooper v. Rockford Newspapers, 50 Ill.App. 3rd 250, 365 N.E.2d 746, 750 (Court of Appeals, 2d Dist 1995) citing Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 373-374, 96 S. Ct. 2673 (1976).
D. “Likelihood of success”
With all due respect, Plaintiff has an excellent Lakewood of succeeding on his claims that (1) the ISF has vague and unconstitutional standards for political speech on specific days when the ISF itself invites political speech by scheduling a “Republican Day” and a separate ”Democratic Day,” Elrod.
5. Conclusion
Most respectfully, the Court is asked to issue a TRO
preliminary injunction preserving the right of Plaintiff and his supporters to protect at the Director’s Lawn on Republican Day, August 19, 2010.
Dated: August 11, 2010
VERIFICATION

Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section 1-109 of the Code of Civil procedure, the undersigned certifies that the statements set forth in this instrument are true and correct, except as to matters therein stated to be on information and belief and as to such matters the undersigned certified as aforesaid that he verily believes the same to be true.


ANDY MARTIN

MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF
VERIFIED MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER AND/OR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

The Plaintiff files this Memorandum of Law in support of his verified Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) or preliminary injunction directed at the defendants and more particularly the Illinois State fair (“ISF”). The issues concerning the legal requirements for issuance of the TRO itself were presented in the Motion. This Memorandum will address Constitutional matters relating to the substance of the lawsuit.
1. Factual allegations
The facts governing each of the applicable TRO issues are set forth in the accompanying First Amended Complaint. Plaintiff adds the following documentation by way of amplification.
A. “Republican Day” is a generic day for all Republicans, not one particular faction or organization, to convene at the ISF. The ISF welcomes “Republicans” on a nonspecific basis. Obviously, Republican assemblages draw protests and opponents.
B. As a result of an untoward incident in Chicago, Plaintiff contacted the Department of Agriculture (“Agriculture”) in 2009 and asked for permission to stage a Republican protest at the ISF in August 2009. That request was denied and resulted in a court proceeding and fracas at the 2009 State Fair as set forth in the First Amended Complaint.
C. In the past Plaintiff has tried to negotiate or settle with Agriculture to no avail. This lawsuit became unavoidably necessary in 2009, and is essential again in 2010 to address virtually the same issues as 2009.
2. Legal standards
A. This Court has jurisdiction to hear a First Amendment claim, Blount v. Stroud, 232 Ill.2d 302, 904 N.E.2d 1, 17 (Ill. 2009); Board v. Board, 231 Ill.2d 184, 897 N.E.2d 756, 766 (Ill. 2008).
B. In order to comply with the First Amendment, the State is required to have “narrowly drawn, reasonable and definite standards,” Forsyth County v. Nationalist, 505 U.S. 123, 132-133, 112 S. Ct. 2395 (1992).
C. In assessing whether a regulatory restriction is constitutional, the Illinois courts apply a standard of review encompassing “persons of common intelligence.” Smith v. Normal, 238 Ill.App.3rd 944, 605 N.E.2d 727, 735 (Ill.App. 4th Dist. 1992). A regulation must be “explicit enough to serve as a guide to those who must comply with it,” Ardt v. Department, 154 Ill.2d 138, 607 N.E.2d 1226, 1235 (Ill. 1992).
D. Although Assistant Attorney General Terrence Corrigan likes to “play dumb,” and files frivolous defenses as a matter of course, for which he is facing sanctions in a related lawsuit, this lawsuit seeks only prospective injunctive relief against the state actors, and neither sovereign immunity nor “state” status bars such prospective injunctive relief.
E. Plaintiff seeks money damages against only one state employee for her personally unlawful activity in 2009.
3. Argument
A. Plaintiff’s original purpose in contacting Agriculture in 2009 was to comply with the Constitution, not violate the Constitution. Agriculture was totally uncooperative. The ISF’s procedures and practices impose such burdensome procedures on Plaintiff that staging a spontaneous demonstration becomes all but impossible and, as Plaintiff’s 2009 incident in the First Amended Complaint reflects, the ISF tries to use the Illinois State Police as a proto-fascist speech-suppression mafia.
B. A regulatory scheme which effectively silences dissent through delay and complexity of permissive licensing violates the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.
C. In this case, despite the fact that Agriculture issues a generic invitation to “Republicans” to attend “Republican Day,” the Agency has made acceptance of the invitation by Republican opponents or independent Republicans overly burdensome, to the point of seemingly silencing any meaningful opposition demonstration. Plaintiff is a reasonable person; the rules and procedures, and wooden response of Agriculture, are not. What is a political party, or an outdoor political rally, if not one which is noisy and a little verbally rambunctious?
CONCLUSION
Most respectfully, the Court is asked to recognize the constitutional infirmities in Agriculture’s rules and response, and to enter a TRO or preliminary injunction directing that Plaintiff and his supporters be allowed to demonstrate at the entrance to the Director’s Lawn, as well as to use reasonable sound amplification, so as to be in close proximity with his opposition.

Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
NATIONAL LITIGATION CENTER
P. O. Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-2639
Toll-free fax (866) 707-2639
E-mail: AndyMart20@aol.com (text only)

Additional courtesy copy requested to:

ANDY MARTIN
REGIONAL LITIGATION SUPPORT
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723

SERVICE OF NOTICES IS RESPECTFULLY
REQUESTED BY FAX OR E-MAIL

Additional e-mail address available
upon request

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify I have served:

tcorrigan@atg.state.il.us,
fogartyjr@gmail.com,
bsheahan@sheahanlaw.com,
info@kirkforsenate.com,
heffernanandy@yahoo.com,
info@ilgop.org,

on August 11, 2010

ANDY MARTIN

ANDY MARTIN sues to block Mark Kirk “dirty tricks” at Illinois State Fair

Illinois corruption fighter Andy Martin has filed suit in Sangamon County Circuit Court to prevent military imposter Mark Kirk and his “dirty tricksters” from harassing Martin when Martin protests at the Illinois State Fair on Republican Day, August 19th. Martin refiled a lawsuit that he originally filed in 2009, in which a circuit judge ruled Martin had a right to protest at the gate to the Director’s Lawn of the State Fair, where Republicans were meeting. Martin is seeking an emergency court hearing. This is Part One of a two-part release. Part Two will be Martin’s request for an injunction. Martin, who has been an adjunct professor of law, is known as one of America’s most skilled and aggressive civil rights and constitutional law litigators.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

IN CHANCERY
CASE NO. 2009 CH 658

ANDY MARTIN,

Plaintiff,

vs.

MICHAEL STEELE,
REINCE PRIEBUS,
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE,
PAT BRADY,
CURT CONRAD,
JOE WEISS,
BRIEN SHEAHAN,
JOHN FOGARTY, JR.
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN
PARTY
THOMAS E. JENNINGS,
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE,
MARGARET L. VAN DIJK,
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE,
MARK KIRK,

Defendants.

VERIFIED FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR
DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND MONEY DAMAGES

COUNT ONE

[42 U. S.C. § 1983 CLAIM]

1. Jurisdiction and venue
a. This Court has federal civil rights jurisdiction of the federal § 1983 claims (Counts One-Three) pursuant to established law, see e.g. Van Meter v. Darien Park District, 207 Ill.2d 359, 799 N.E.2d 273, 289 (Ill. 2003); Blount v. Stroud, 232 Ill.2d 302, 904 N.E.2d 1, 17 (Ill. 2009); Board of Education v. Board of Education, 231 Ill.2d 184, 897 N.E.2d 756, 766 (Ill. 2008). This Court has general common law jurisdiction of the remaining aspects of the controversy (Count Four).
b. Substantially all of the operative activity of the defendants concerning the facts of this lawsuit was and is centered in Sangamon County.
2. The parties
a. Plaintiff Andy Martin (“Plaintiff”) is an Illinois Reform Party candidate for United States Senator. He is a world-respected Internet publisher and columnist, see e.g. www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin is Illinois’ most durable and independent corruption fighter (see www.AndyMartin.com) and has helped send corrupt politicians and judges to jail.
b. Defendant Michael Steele is the Chairman of the Republican National Committee (“RNC”) and the de facto senior decision-making authority on the RNC’s Voter Vault (“VV”).
c. Reince Priebus is the General Counsel to the RNC and a senior legal authority to Steele.
d. Defendant Republican National Committee is the national organization comprised of representatives from each of the fifty states, including Illinois, which owns the VV and ultimately controls access.
e. Defendant Pat Brady is the Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party (“IRP”). Brady has made himself Plaintiff’s antagonist by seeking to use and abuse his control over the IRP and its funds to harass Plaintiff and to promote the activity of military imposter Mark Kirk. Brady, Kirk and the IRP use stooges such as Brien Sheahan, John Fogarty, Jr., Kimberly Vertoli and others to manipulate and control pliable members of the IRP.
f. Defendants Curt Conrad and Joe Weiss are employees of the IRP.
g. Defendant Illinois Republican Party is an organization created pursuant to the Illinois Election Code and comprised of indirectly elected “committeemen” from each of Illinois’ congressional districts. The election procedure for the IRP committeemen is created pursuant to state law.
h. Defendant Thomas E. Jennings is the Director of the Illinois State Fair (“ISF”), which is operated by defendant Illinois Department of Agriculture, an Illinois state government agency. Defendant Margaret L. van Dijk is the General Counsel for the Department of Agriculture. (If Plaintiff on information and belief has the name of the Agriculture attorney wrong, he will substitute the right name after discovery.) Van Dijk is sued in her personal/individual capacity for her constitutional torts; the Department is sued in its official capacity.
i. Defendant Mark Kirk is a campaign opponent of Plaintiff and is engaged in an active civil, and possibly criminal, conspiracy with defendants Steele, Priebus, Brady, Conrad, Weiss, Kimberly Vertoli and others to conceal Kirk’s military fraud and other fraudulent activity.
j. The Illinois State Police (“ISP”) is a police agency of the State and was involved in a fracas with the Plaintiff at the ISF in 2009. This is an official capacity claim against the ISP seeking prospective injunctive relief to ensure the ISP does not again become involved in the defendants’ machinations against Plaintiff.
k. Defendants Brien Sheahan and John Fogarty, Jr. are “election lawyers” and are paid by the IRP as hereinbelow stated.
3. Factual allegations
a. The State Fair “Republican Day” Controversy
A. The ISF promotes a “Republican Day” at the ISF. In 2010 Republican Day is August 19th.
B. Plaintiff is now an anti-corruption Illinois Reform Party candidate for the U. S. Senate; nevertheless, Plaintiff and his supporters wish to picket and demonstrate against the IRP’s activity on August 19th at the ISF at the entrance to the Director’s Lawn, as he did with court approval in 2009.
C. John Fogarty, Jr. and Brien Sheahan are “election lawyers,” a species of Illinois resident that engages in fraudulent political activity in violation of federal election laws. Sheahan is also General Counsel to the IRP and receives a regular pay check for that activity. Sheahan was involved in a “adulterous sex scandal” and was recently rejected for nomination as a Republican candidate. Fogarty and Sheahan have worked tirelessly to frustrate and undermine Plaintiff’s 2009-2010 and current 2010 campaigns. Both are defendants in a related lawsuit.
D. The ISF states that it recognizes the need to exercise constitutional freedoms, but then adopts rules and procedures that render constitutional freedoms meaningless.
E. Plaintiff seeks to demonstrate at the entrance to the Director’s Lawn on August 19, 2010, not in some remote location of the fairgrounds.
F. If past practices are any guide, the ISF seeks to quarantine Plaintiff and his supporters in an area which is remote from the Director’s Lawn, thereby rendering his protest meaningless.
G. The ISF restricts “Broadcasting Devices,” but imposes no standards on the allowance of audio amplification for the IRP itself or TV camera and radio recording devices. Thus, there is a double standard for the IRP and protesters. Plaintiff has two megaphones that he wishes to use. He has no idea if they meet criteria, or if written criteria exist at all, for the approval of devices. In effect, while claiming to recognize “protest,” the ISF renders protest virtually impossible through vague or nonexistent standards and coerced “demonstration” in remote areas having no connection to the targets of the actual protests.
H. In August, 2009 Plaintiff sought a preliminary injunction in this lawsuit; Judge Graves was unavailable to hear the matter so a hearing was convened before Chief Judge Patrick Kelley in chambers.
I. Present in chambers were Chief Judge Kelley, Plaintiff, an Assistant Attorney General (not Terrence Corrigan) and, Plaintiff believes (though he is not absolutely certain), attorney van Dijk.
J. Judge Kelley could not have been more professional, judicial, cordial and accommodating. The judge brokered a settlement agreement which called for Plaintiff to be able to demonstrate at the gate of the Director’s Lawn. In exchange for being at the gate, Plaintiff surrendered a request to use a loudspeaker. Judge Kelly’s intervention converted an adversarial situation into a proverbial “win-win” resolution where all counsel present appeared to leave the courthouse satisfied. Unfortunately, the good feelings generated by Judge Kelley did not survive the defendants’ behavior the next day.
K. As agreed by the parties before Judge Kelly, Plaintiff took up his position at the gate to the Director’s Lawn. Lacking a megaphone (surrendered as part of the agreement) and using only Plaintiff’s natural voice Plaintiff exhorted Republicans to reject Mark Kirk and support Plaintiff as the true Republican (in 2010 that would become the true anti-corruption Illinois Reform Party candidate).
L. Plaintiff was attacked at his gate position by Brien Sheahan, John Fogarty, Jr. and van Dijk (plaintiff is not sure where van Dijk physically appears in the process but she was certainly at the gate to the Director’s Lawn).
M. Fogarty, van Dijk and Sheahan called the ISP, who had not been present in court, and falsely alleged that Plaintiff was violating the law and that there was no agreement for Plaintiff's presence at the gate to the Director’s Lawn. Plaintiff was surrounded by a falange of ISP officers and taken into de facto custody. Being surrounded he could not leave. He was left with the firm impression he was under arrest.
N. Eventually the ISP allowed Plaintiff to call this Court and a second court hearing was arranged before Chief Judge Kelley, who reaffirmed his understanding of the agreement of the previous day that Plaintiff could demonstrate at the gate to the Director’s Lawn.
O. In the meantime, Plaintiff had been harassed, terrorized, disrupted and forced to abandon his protest location due to the need to return to this Court.
P. All of the harassment and abuse directed at Plaintiff was in flagrant violation of the agreement reached on the previous day by all of the offending parties or their counsel. In over forty years of litigation, Plaintiff has never experienced a situation where officers of a court made representations to a judge and then ignored those representations and lied to police officers about those representations on the very next day.
b. The Voter Vault Controversy
A. The RNC has created the Voter Vault (“VV”) as a powerful election tool.
B. On or about July 30, 2009 Plaintiff’s representative sought access to the VV.
C. On August 5, 2009 Plaintiff sent defendant Conrad a formal request for VV access.
D. Defendant Weiss sent Plaintiff a form to complete and Plaintiff completed the form and submitted it to the indicated fax number.
E. Plaintiff heard nothing from the defendants, and on August 11, 2009 defendant Conrad said he would "not be pressured into providing VV access.” VV access, of course, is time-sensitive. Conrad wanted to delay Plaintiff’s access indefinitely.
F. On August 11, 2009, in light of Conrad’s intransigence, Plaintiff wrote to defendants Steele and Priebus seeking access. These defendants never responded and were acting in concert and conspiracy with Andrew McKenna, Patrick Brady, and others who were and are subservient to McKenna and Brady.
G. Defendant Kirk was given access to the VV, thereby conferring a very valuable, exclusive “contribution” to Kirk’s campaign in violation of federal election laws. McKenna sought to make full VV access available to Kirk, but not to Plaintiff, to assist Kirk because of the hostility of Republican Party voters to Kirk’s extreme liberalism and support for gun control, infanticide and higher taxes through the Obama administration’s “cap and trade” statute.
H. Throughout the 2010 primary election process the defendants obstructed Plaintiff’s meaningful access to the VV and used the VV as a device to rig the primary in Kirk’s favor.
4. Legal claim
a. The actions of the defendants in seeking to have Plaintiff arrested at the ISF and in making false allegations of criminal activity against Plaintiff to the ISP were unlawful and unconstitutional.
b. The Court has broad equitable powers to fashion equitable remedies involving prospective injunctive relief against the state defendants protecting the right of Plaintiff and his supporters to protest at the gate to the Director’s Lawn on August 19, 2010.
c. The actions of the IRP, Sheahan, Fogarty and van Dijk violated Plaintiff’s constitutional rights and were intended to disrupt his First Amendment activity after said defendants or their counsel had agreed to Plaintiff’s protest activity and location in the hearing before Chief Judge Kelley. The defendants’ activity was part of the lifestyle and political modus operandi of Mark Kirk who uses stooges such as Kimberly Vertoli, Pat Brady and others to abuse and harass opponents and to convey false impressions to the media, public and, in the case of the ISF, to law enforcement officials. Sheahan and Fogarty were acting as Kirk's de facto agents at the ISF.
5. Demand for judgment
a. Plaintiff seeks money damages against the private (i.e. Illinois, non-state defendants except van Dijk) as the Court or a jury may impose for the 2009 fracas but for no less than $10 million.
b. Plaintiff seeks any and all declaratory and prospective injunctive relief to which he may be entitled against all defendants as to August 19, 2010.
COUNT TWO
[CIVIL RIGHTS CONSPIRACY]
1-3. Plaintiff repeats and realleges ¶¶ 1-3 of Count One and further pleads:
4. Legal claim
a. The Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee, also known as the IRP, is created and regulated under Illinois State law but is still a private organization.
b. In 2009, the IRP, Fogarty, Sheahan and van Dijk disregarded their agreement by counsel before Judge Kelley and used the ISP to harass and threaten plaintiff with arrest.
c. Plaintiff is entitled to money damages against the private Illinois-based defendants as well as van Dijk.
COUNT THREE
[FIRST AMENDMENT, U.S. CONSTITUTION]
1-3. Plaintiff repeats and realleges ¶¶ 1-3 of Count One and further pleads:
4. Legal claim
a. The ISF’s restrictions on sound devices violate the First Amendment. Likewise the ISF’s restrictions on locations where protesters may gather, which would normally be in the same vicinity as their opponents but which the ISF seeks to relegate to remote areas, render the First Amendment rights of the plaintiff on Illinois state property meaningless.
b. Plaintiff and his supporters seek to demonstrate in the vicinity of the Director’s Lawn using megaphones and asks the Court to strike down the ISF’s restrictions on peaceful protests as overly broad and vague.
5. Demand for Judgment
Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief striking down the ISF’s restrictions on the location of speech, and the manner in which speech may be communicated (through “devices”). In the alternative, Plaintiff asks that Judge Kelley’s informal ruling of August 2009 be extended to August 2010 and that Plaintiff and his supporters be allowed to demonstrate at the gate to the Director’s Lawn on August 19, 2010.
COUNT FOUR
[PRIMA FACIE TORT]
1-3. Plaintiff repeats and realleges ¶¶ 1-3 of Count One and further pleads:
4. Legal claim
a. Illinois courts have adopted the concept of prima facie tort, see Pendleton v. Time, Inc., 339 Ill.App. 188, 89 N.E.2d 435 (Ill.App. 1st Dist. 1949) as originally recognized in Advance Music v. American Tobacco, 183 Misc. 855, 51 N.Y.S. 692, aff’d 296 N.Y. 79, 70 N.E.2d 401 (N.Y.).
b. The Republican Party defendants’ ongoing activity is a classic case of prima face tort, because their VV activity would otherwise be legal and is characterized by a desire to retaliate against, and gratuitously injure and destroy plaintiff because of his honesty, integrity and reform political activity. At least since Watergate scandal, “dirty tricks” have been viewed as an unacceptable part of political activity.
c. The Republican Party-related defendants (not state employees or state actors) violated Plaintiff’s right and access to the VV in an attempt to destroy his candidacy against the military imposter Mark Kirk.
d. Plaintiff seeks money damages against the Republican Party-related defendants.
5. Demand for Judgment
a. Plaintiff seeks the same relief as sought in Count One.
DATED: August 11, 2010

Respectfully submitted,

ANDY MARTIN
NATIONAL LITIGATION CENTER
P. O. Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-2639
Toll-free fax (866) 707-2639
E-mail: AndyMart20@aol.com (text only)

Additional courtesy copy requested to:

ANDY MARTIN
REGIONAL LITIGATION SUPPORT
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723

SERVICE OF NOTICES IS RESPECTFULLY
REQUESTED BY FAX OR E-MAIL

Additional e-mail address available
upon request

VERIFICATION

Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section 1-109 of the Code of Civil procedure, the undersigned certifies that the statements set forth in this instrument are true and correct, except as to matters therein stated to be on information and belief and as to such matters the undersigned certified as aforesaid that he verily believes the same to be true.



ANDY MARTIN

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify I have served this Amended Complaint by email as follows:

tcorrigan@atg.state.il.us,
fogartyjr@gmail.com,
bsheahan@sheahanlaw.com,
info@kirkforsenate.com,
heffernanandy@yahoo.com,
info@ilgop.org,

on August 11, 2010

ANDY MARTIN