Sunday, May 25, 2008

Man oh Man...it keeps getting worse :(

I know I said I promised to post at least 1 a day, so I wanted to clarify that THIS is still my day. It's 2:41 AM, which literally is the next day, but for me, it's still part of MY day since MY day hasn't ended yet...thus, I am writing in bed before my day officially comes to a close!

OBAMA ON NOT ACCEPTING $$$$$ FROM OIL COMPANIES:

From Hillary's FactHub:

"It’s unfortunate that Senator Obama is using false advertising to explain why he can be trusted to do something about energy prices. Senator Obama says he doesn’t take campaign contributions from oil companies but the reality is that Exxon, Shell, and others are among his donors. I wonder if they’ll fix the ad.” – Clinton Campaign Spokesman Phil Singer

A new ad by Sen. Obama running in Pennsylvania falsely claims that Sen. Obama does not accept money from the oil industry. In the ad, Sen. Obama says "I'm Barack Obama and I don't take money from oil companies or lobbyists and I wont let them block change anymore."

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Sen. Obama has received over $160,000 from the oil and gas companies. Two major bundlers for his campaign -- George Kaiser and Robert Cavnar – are oil company CEOs. Sen. Obama has accepted money from Exxon, Shell, BP, Chevron and just about every other major oil company.

In 2005, Sen. Obama voted for the Dick Cheney energy bBill, which Cheney wrote in secret with the oil industry. Hillary Clinton opposed Cheney's energy bill, has a plan to eliminate oil industry tax breaks, and would require oil companies to contribute to a $50 billion strategic energy fund to jumpstart research and investment in clean energy technologies.


BECAUSE THIS COULD BE BIASED SINCE IT'S HIS OPPONENT, I CHECKED OUT SOME OTHERS. AMONG THEM, FactCheck.org:

"It’s unfortunate that Senator Obama is using false advertising to explain why he can be trusted to do something about energy prices. Senator Obama says he doesn’t take campaign contributions from oil companies but the reality is that Exxon, Shell, and others are among his donors. I wonder if they’ll fix the ad.” – Clinton Campaign Spokesman Phil Singer

A new ad by Sen. Obama running in Pennsylvania falsely claims that Sen. Obama does not accept money from the oil industry. In the ad, Sen. Obama says "I'm Barack Obama and I don't take money from oil companies or lobbyists and I wont let them block change anymore."

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Sen. Obama has received over $160,000 from the oil and gas companies. Two major bundlers for his campaign -- George Kaiser and Robert Cavnar – are oil company CEOs. Sen. Obama has accepted money from Exxon, Shell, BP, Chevron and just about every other major oil company.

In 2005, Sen. Obama voted for the Dick Cheney energy bill, which Cheney wrote in secret with the oil industry. Hillary Clinton opposed Cheney's energy bill, has a plan to eliminate oil industry tax breaks, and would require oil companies to contribute to a $50 billion strategic energy fund to jumpstart research and investment in clean energy technologies.



Soooo From the Tillman Act of 1907, ALL Corps are prohibited from contributing directly to ALL federal candidates.

Also, because the gov doesn't require reporting donations less than $200, those aren't included..



I'd LOVE to believe that this kind of honesty is possible, but the facts are there and people need to realize that being fooled by someone they care about and want so much good for happens often, and there's no shame in giving trust and being initially infatuated with someone so much that you want to believe in them. We all have that and I really hope everyone realizes it soon, because those kind of relationships never end well for the person giving all trust.



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