Will the privacy champions come to Joe the Plumber’s defense?

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 25, 2008 11:29 AM

There is something in the water in Ohio.

They’ve got a fraud-friendly Secretary of State, infestations of out-of-state students and Obama workers sabotaging electoral integrity, and now…government employees or accomplices thereof rifling through the records of Joe the Plumber immediately after the last presidential debate.

You’ll remember that a national media uproar ensued after it was discovered that State Department contractors had snooped through Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain’s passports. (Later, it turned out that the CEO of a company whose employee was involved in Passport-gate was a consultant to the Barack Obama campaign.)

Will the privacy champs come to Joe the Plumber’s defense?

The Columbus Dispatch reports:

Public records requested by The Dispatch disclose that information on Wurzelbacher’s driver’s license or his sport-utility vehicle was pulled from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles database three times shortly after the debate.

Information on Wurzelbacher was accessed by accounts assigned to the office of Ohio Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers, the Cuyahoga County Child Support Enforcement Agency and the Toledo Police Department.

It has not been determined who checked on Wurzelbacher, or why. Direct access to driver’s license and vehicle registration information from BMV computers is restricted to legitimate law enforcement and government business.

The paper characterizes a McCain spokesman as “attemping to portray” the breach as “politically motivated.”

Geez Louise. Is there any other reason such a breach would take place immediately after Wurzelbacher was mentioned in a national presidential debate?

Of course it’s politically motivated. The question is not whether. The question is who.

The attorney general’s office is investigating if the access of Wuzelbacher’s BMV information through the office’s Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway computer system was unauthorized, said spokeswoman Jennifer Brindisi.

“We’re trying to pinpoint where it came from,” she said. The investigation could become “criminal in nature,” she said. Brindisi would not identify the account that pulled the information on Oct. 16.

Records show it was a “test account” assigned to the information technology section of the attorney general’s office, said Department of Public Safety spokesman Thomas Hunter.

Brindisi later said investigators have confirmed that Wurzelbacher’s information was not accessed within the attorney general’s office. She declined to provide details. The office’s test accounts are shared with and used by other law enforcement-related agencies, she said.

On Oct. 17, BMV information on Wurzelbacher was obtained through an account used by the Cuyahoga County Child Support Enforcement Agency in Cleveland, records show.

Mary Denihan, spokeswoman for the county agency, said the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services contacted the agency today and requested an investigation of the access to Wurzelbacher’s information. Cuyahoga County court records do not show any child-support cases involving Wurzelbacher.

The State Highway Patrol, which administers the Law Enforcement Automated Data System in Ohio, asked Toledo police to explain why it pulled BMV information on Wurzelbacher within 48 hours of the debate, Hunter said.

After the State Department passport fiasco, heads rolled. Obama spokesman Bill Burton raged: “Our government’s duty is to protect the private information of the American people, not use it for political purposes.”

Are plumbers who oppose socialism exempt?

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  1. #515001
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:26 pm, Misscheryl said:

    waterboard “trust me?” You’re a kid and I hardly think you are a success by anyone’s measure. Maybe someday though…

  2. #515002
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:26 pm, watershed said:

    #291

    There is room for both public and private. Only your paranoia suggests there isnt.

  3. #515003
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:28 pm, watershed said:

    #292

    Try as you may, I am not belittled by your condescension. But keep it up! Its adorable. (Plus, I am much older than you think I am.)

  4. #515004
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:30 pm, FamilyMan said:

    watershed
    SOOOOOOO there is a limit to government. Especially in YOUR field.

  5. #515006
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:30 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:22 pm, watershed said:

    And #283 is what…funny? talk about wayyyy too seriously. (And hopelessly misinformed, but thats a different story.)

    Watershed, I rarely swear, but you frankly deserve it.

    You think the killing of 25 million people is funny?

    Perhaps you don’t think Ayers has anything to do with Obama?

    WAKE UP!

  6. #515007
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:31 pm, watershed said:

    #295

    Never said that they didn’t exist together. Ever.

  7. #515008
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:32 pm, Misscheryl said:

    I suggest you hang out here more often, you may learn something, but yes, you are a child and though I wouldn’t go so far as to say you are “adorable,” I will say you are entertaining in an irrelevant sort of way..carry on waterboard if you must. The internet is a great place for those kids who don’t like to be seen and not heard.

  8. #515009
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:33 pm, watershed said:

    #298

    Again, the condescension thing doesn’t really work on me. But thanks! I will.

  9. #515010
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:34 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:13 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Arizona..me thinks waterboard is flirting with you. :wink:

    you big strong brave guy you!

    Yikes–I sleep with one eye open. When he was little his parents lied to him and he has been bitter ever since. :)

    Hey waterboard: It was Janet Reno who pulled a Ruby Ridge.

    More waterboard:
    I learned music from pubic schools my entire life. It gave the knowledge and skills I have today that I use in my (quite successful) school.

    Just music, no history, civics, math, logic, reading riting, riting reading?

    That does explain a lot.

    William Prescott, an American officer, at the Battle of Bunker Hill yelled, Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes! But the Red Coats had been drinking all night, their eyes were blood shot so we lost the battle of Bunker Hill.Those things happen.

  10. #515011
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:35 pm, watershed said:

    3296

    Future President Obama wanted to kill 25 million people? Gak!! This is news to me! No wonder he’s losi- wait a minute!

  11. #515012
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:35 pm, FamilyMan said:

    Watershed
    Why not let the government do it all?

  12. #515014
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:38 pm, watershed said:

    #300

    The condescension thing doesnt really work on me, like I said. Wanna discuss issues, or just keep trying to get a gotcha?

    How about trying something about how public schools are the bane of American existance. You know, something cuckoo.

  13. #515018
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:39 pm, watershed said:

    #302

    Again, it doesnt work that way. In the fantasy land in your head, maybe your argument has merit. But that’s not how it works in reality.

  14. #515020
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:43 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    Sorry, Im late to the party again – Ive been too busy snowboarding today

    On October 25th, 2008 at 7:10 pm, watershed said:

    I make a lot of green … but am willing to pay, gasp, taxes! I consider that sacrifice PATRIOTIC. Imagine that.

    Like I said, mock away. You guys are at least semi-talented in that area.

    Sweet!!!!

    Gentelmen/ladies, we have a volunteer!

    I considered that my sacrifice and patriotic duty was to serve in military service overseas for several years. You didnt choose to join the military, and I dont choose to pay additional taxes.

    Since I gladly joined two military branches for this country and gladly served your duty for you, how about you pay my taxes for me? Fair?

  15. #515022
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:45 pm, watershed said:

    #305

    I’m a volunteer fireman. Does that count in your AMERICANS THAT MATTER list?

  16. #515023
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:46 pm, FamilyMan said:

    The reality is watershed is that you’re probably are a better teacher than the those in government schools. Million of private schools will create a multitude of musical variations. Think of private schools being like JAZZ. Constant variations with infinite possibilities.

  17. #515025
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:48 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    OK, you got your FF1. National Cert? Got your EMT? National Cert? How about your paramedic? National Cert? Got your Red Card?

  18. #515026
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:49 pm, watershed said:

    #307

    Your assumptions are quite off base, in my opinion. the private and public sector, in terms of our discussion of music education, are quite in tandem. there are fantastic options in both. But you just want to ASSUME that the public sector is getting it wrong.

  19. #515027
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:51 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    LOL, ok im done. Im trying to rehydrate with the absolute opposite of what you want to rehydrate with. …. I’ll be over there ====>>>>> for a while . :)

    And my computer is yelling at me that it wants to reboot to update itself.

  20. #515028
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:52 pm, watershed said:

    #308

    Rabid. Guy.

    You put your foot in your mouth. It’s cool. It happens all the time. I am gonna let you slide. I’m cool like that.

    How about a issue discussion, instead of a gotcha thing? Is that possible?

  21. #515029
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:55 pm, Bud Fox said:

    joe the plumber should be left alone.

  22. #515032
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:58 pm, FamilyMan said:

    watershed said: But you just want to ASSUME that the public sector is getting it wrong.

    Not getting it wrong . They limit the possibilities.
    The basic argument is applied to the inefficient large federal government and the much more efficient state and local authorities.
    It applies to the original discussions and the solution in the constitution which was to use the states as multiple and more efficient administrators of law.
    Variety is best in music and government.
    All Governments restricts freedom.

  23. #515033
    On October 25th, 2008 at 9:59 pm, watershed said:

    #312

    he’s responsible for his own actions. he should grow up and take responsibility.

  24. #515034
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:03 pm, watershed said:

    #313

    This is a participatory democracy. The nore involved you are, and the more it represents your beliefs and desires. My education was entirely public, and I am quite grateful.

    (That’s what popular sovereignity is, in answer to your question from so long ago.)

  25. #515036
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:05 pm, watershed said:

    #313

    Bottom line-

    you believe in the ME.

    I believe in the WE.

  26. #515040
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:14 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    I considered that my sacrifice and patriotic duty was to serve in military service overseas for several years. You didn’t choose to join the military, and I don’t choose to pay additional taxes.

    You are my hero. The Army was alright, except people shooting at me, but taxes hurt to this very day..

    waterboard #303 done said he did:
    The condescension thing doesn’t really work on me

    Tis worse that that Gunga Din tis is, tis is. I had fireman in my family Gunga Din–they worked for the railroad starting fires I guess?

    Want tough guys? You would not understand.

    Half a league, half a league,
    Half a league onward,
    All in the valley of Death
    Rode the six hundred.
    “Forward, the Light Brigade!
    “Charge for the guns!” he said:
    Into the valley of Death
    Rode the six hundred.

  27. #515042
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:16 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    ok, im back….

    foot in my mouth? no. its simple enough, i dont feel the need to pay more taxes. what policy discussion is that? Just because Biden said that its patriotic to pay more taxes, doesnt make it so. but lets vote on it, I’ll spot you two months and 4 Acorn registrars.

    fiscal conservatism seems more patriotic to me. sending more of my money to people that were too busy skipping school, cant be bothered because they are building a meth lab or are too ignorant to know you dont get a variable rate mortgage in a housing bubble doesnt appeal to me.

    if you want to pay more taxes, then feel free to walk down to the tax recruiting office and sign on the dotted line. oh wait we cant, its not voluntary.

  28. #515044
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:17 pm, FamilyMan said:

    All innovation comes from the individual not the government. All rights come from the creator not from the human authority.

  29. #515045
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:18 pm, watershed said:

    #317

    Huh? How about this- I think we’re all good people. Tax payers, army, firemen.

    (AND even you Kristen Wiig crazy McCain rally lady impressionists. Tis true!)

  30. #515048
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:22 pm, Rob said:

    I think we’re all good people. Tax payers, army, firemen.

    Crips, Bloods, Illegal Aliens, ACORN, Welfare Recipiants, Homeless, Drug Users, etc.

    I don’t think WE are all good people…

    I don’t believe in WE at all, I take care of myself like my grandfather taught me. I don’t some socialist government to do it for me.

  31. #515049
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:22 pm, FamilyMan said:

    Remember watershed. Our constitution was written to limit the powers of the government and not to give you rights.

  32. #515052
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:33 pm, Rob said:
  33. #515054
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:34 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:22 pm, Rob said:

    I think we’re all good people. Tax payers, army, firemen.

    If you are talking “we” as in us…. I’ll go with that. But if you are talking “we” as in them kimosabe then you might be on your own there cowboy. ;)

    “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? (I dont know, but I’m ..pretty.. sure I know what evil lurks in the heart of my ex)

    You are my hero. The Army was alright, except people shooting at me, but taxes hurt to this very day..

    Thanks! But I bet you can give beaucoup thanks to the powers that be, that “those people” werent paying more taxes back home. Their ammo and training budget might have been increased and have improved their shooting skills.

  34. #515055
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:39 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    judge dismisses the Berg law suit to produce dear leader’s birth cert

    http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=79086

    Judge dismisses Obama birth certificate lawsuit
    Rules voters don’t have standing to ‘police’ constitutional requirements for president

    WE THE PEOPLE no longer matter!!!!

  35. #515056
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:40 pm, watershed said:

    #321

    More example of the paranoia that’s inherent in this site.

    I think there are more good people than you do. And I think the bad arent in the same places.

    “drug users” …amazing that you can lump all these peopls in these groups of yours. Are you a Limbaugh fan?

  36. #515058
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:41 pm, watershed said:

    #322

    Again, I think they co-exist rather nicely. One is essential to the other.

  37. #515059
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:44 pm, watershed said:

    #324

    We is WE. You me and us. Like you Malkinites on this website, how you all like and stick up for each other? Except in REALITY.

  38. #515060
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:44 pm, Rob said:

    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:40 pm, watershed said:
    #321

    More example of the paranoia that’s inherent in this site.

    Yeah, you go for a walk in south east Los Angeles tonight… WE are alll good people, sure, right, paranoia….ha

    And, sure, Rush is usually right, like MM, and Sean…. and me.

  39. #515061
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:45 pm, watershed said:

    #3289

    He’s a…drug user, you know.

  40. #515062
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:45 pm, Rob said:

    I think that wathershed needs to be waterboarded…

    And with that, goodnight!

  41. #515063
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:45 pm, watershed said:

    Meant that for #329

  42. #515064
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:46 pm, watershed said:

    #331

    Didnt expect anything less of ya. Adieu.

  43. #515065
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:49 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:39 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    judge dismisses the Berg law suit to produce dear leader’s birth cert

    Just saw the article but I think THEY FORGOT TO ASK ME!!!!!

    Surrick ruled that Berg lacked standing to bring the case, saying any harm from an allegedly ineligible candidate was “too vague and its effects too attenuated to confer standing on any and all voters.”

    Wait a minute! I am raising my hand and saying “I give Berg standing to bring the case in MY name. For it is I, “Any voter”.

    How vague and attenuated is it, to show his ORIGINAL Birth Certificate? Fair enough, I’ll go out on a limb here and I will show you all mine, if Obama will show his. Heck, the judge can Palin can bring their’s too.

  44. #515066
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:50 pm, watershed said:

    #334

    Birth certificate? Wow. Are you wonder why you’re losing? really?

  45. #515068
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:54 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:
  46. #515070
    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:56 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:44 pm, watershed said:

    We is WE. You me and us. Like you Malkinites on this website, how you all like and stick up for each other? Except in REALITY.

    I forget, did I meet you at the last social dinner we had over at MM’s house? I sorry, but Im really bad with names.

    Catch me again and remind me at the one for Thanksgiving. And hey…. as long as you dont drive in the left lane in front of me, then I will stick for you too.

  47. #515071
    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:00 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:50 pm, watershed said:

    Birth certificate? Wow. Are you wonder why you’re losing?

    No, we all know. Its about illegal immigration. We determined that months ago.

  48. #515072
    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:05 pm, FamilyMan said:

    CHANGE
    CHANGE
    TO WHAT?

  49. #515073
    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:05 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:39 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    judge dismisses the Berg law suit to produce dear leader’s birth cert

    http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=79086

    Judge dismisses Obama birth certificate lawsuit
    Rules voters don’t have standing to ‘police’ constitutional requirements for president

    WE THE PEOPLE no longer matter!!!!

    Philip J. Berg is Appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court as Obama is “NOT” qualified to be President of the United States

    There is a good reason why Obama is paying big bucks to lawyers. If a natural born citizen were running for President, he or she wouldn’t mind proving they meet the Constitutional requirements for the job.

    Obama thinks investigating “Joe the Plumber” is of great importance, but we shouldn’t DARE ask him to produce a certified birth certificate.

    …even when his paternal grandmother says she was present at Barack Hussein Obama II’s birth…IN KENYA!!!

  50. #515076
    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:10 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Waterboard,

    1) Obama is not winning. The MSM is lying. And Obama is trying desperately to get enough ACORN-produced fraud to steal the election.

    2) Have you seen how many Democrats are voting Republican this year for the FIRST TIME EVER?

    3) What are you going to say if/when the Supreme Court requires Obama to prove that he is a “natural born citizen of the United States”, and he is unable to do so?

  51. #515078
    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:12 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:00 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:50 pm, watershed said:

    Birth certificate? Wow. Are you wonder why you’re losing?

    No, we all know. Its about illegal immigration. We determined that months ago.

    “Joe the Plumber” isn’t “unlicensed”, he’s “undocumented”…

    … just like Barack Obama!

    Obama, the “undocumented” candidate.

  52. #515083
    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:16 pm, FamilyMan said:

    Hey folks
    Wasn’t Philip Berg part of the Hillary Clinton campaign?

  53. #515101
    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:37 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Wasn’t Philip Berg part of the Hillary Clinton campaign?

    I think so.

    Can you say PUMA?

  54. #515104
    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:38 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    You what I love about Barack Obama?

    He’s such a uniter…

    …uniting Democrats and Republicans against him!

  55. #515110
    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:43 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Not only has Obama failed to prove he is a “Natural Born Citizen”
    (sorry libs, the forged “Certificate of Live Birth doesn’t cut it),

    Obama’s working relationship with Ayers means that it is time to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

  56. #515116
    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:51 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Is anyone in NYC or LA going to act on the Action Alert?

  57. #515117
    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:52 pm, wild thing2 said:

    I hope when this is over it is years till I hear the word change again in politics. I am so sick of it. augh!

  58. #515120
    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:55 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On October 25th, 2008 at 11:52 pm, wild thing2 said:

    I hope when this is over it is years till I hear the word change again in politics. I am so sick of it. augh!

    If Obama steals the election, “He’s gonna change it, rearrange it” and you’ll never hear the word “change” again.

  59. #515133
    On October 26th, 2008 at 12:19 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    The laws on the books at the time of Obama’s birth required the U.S. citizen parent to have resided in the United States for ten (10) years, five (5) of which were after the age of fourteen (14). Obama’s mother was only eighteen (18) years old when Obama was born in Kenya, so she could not give him U.S. Citizenship.

    It appears that..
    1) He was born a Kenyan citizen.
    2) He became an Indonesian citizen when he was adopted by his step-father.
    3) Today he is either a Naturalized (not Natural born) Citizen, or he is an illegal alien.

    Obama…the “undocumented” candidate.

  60. #515142
    On October 26th, 2008 at 12:31 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    It appears that..
    1) He was born a Kenyan citizen.

    No not in 1961. With that line of thought, he would have been a British subject at that time. Kenya didnt exist as an independant nation until 1963.

    And his citizenship depends on the assertation of his MOTHER as to what his citizenhip would have been. That is noted on his original BC but I am sure that the courts would side with whomever – that since he was born on American soil then there is nothing to see here so we can just move along.

    Im amazed – we can see Britney Spears without panties because its our right, but we cant fully vet the people running our country.

    Baaaaa

  61. #515195
    On October 26th, 2008 at 5:09 am, RetFireman said:

    It doesn’t matter because they don’t want it to matter. All that matters is that the Liberals get both houses and the Oval Office. After that…who cares. If he gets hung out to dry, they make money off the ad revenues and rise in crculation. Watch how fast the MSM plays dumb and innocent, as well as act shocked by all that comes out.

  62. #515199
    On October 26th, 2008 at 6:37 am, Lockstein13 said:

    No, neither the…err…”privacy advocates” nor the “media” will come to Mr. Wurzelbacher’s aid.

    NOT HOLDING MY BREATH, EITHER.

    Too much cynicism these days out there.

    On a positive note on McCAIN / PALIN ‘08 :

    I just read over at Townhall that Obama is now going to have Bill Clinton campaign with him.

    THIS WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY IF ANY OF THE
    SO-CALLED “POLLS” WERE ANYTHING CLOSE TO BEING

    A H E M

    A C C U R A T E . . . .

  63. #515241
    On October 26th, 2008 at 10:08 am, nlebou said:

    On October 25th, 2008 at 10:45 pm, watershed said:
    #3289

    He’s a…drug user, you know.

    So is Obama, by his own admission.

  64. #515276
    On October 26th, 2008 at 10:41 am, watershed said:

    #358

    Right, so to lump them ALL into a group is rather absurd, right?

  65. #515277
    On October 26th, 2008 at 10:41 am, watershed said:

    Whoops #354

  66. #515296
    On October 26th, 2008 at 10:55 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    3) ITookTheRedPill #350 said:
    Today he is either a Naturalized (not Natural born) Citizen, or he is an illegal alien.

    BroBama does remind me of the X-Files-Waterboard 2. That the Birth Certificate question never is mentioned in the Drive By speaks volumes.
    I needed a Birth Certificate:
    To enter high school-sports
    Join the Army
    College-needed both DD-214 and Birth Certificate

    But I am only of the Fly-over.
    But we are in the era of everyone’s life in on a searchable data base-Joe the Plumber being but an example. Yet BroBama need not provide a Birth Certificate. Challenge He Who Has Come?

    YOU’RE PUNISHED: OBAMA CAMPAIGN CUTS OFF TV STATION AFTER TOUGH BIDEN INTERVIEW…
    I don’t know who’s writing your questions,” Biden shot back.

    Biden so disliked West’s line of questioning that the Obama campaign canceled a WFTV interview with Jill Biden, the candidate’s wife.

    “This cancellation is non-negotiable, and further opportunities for your station to interview with this campaign are unlikely, at best for the duration of the remaining days until the election,” wrote Laura K. McGinnis, Central Florida communications director for the Obama campaign.

    McGinnis said the Biden cancellation was “a result of her husband’s experience yesterday during the satellite interview with Barbara West.”

    Should the Anointed One be elected President of the Caliphate the infidels will be dealt with. Waterboard will have found a home.

  67. #515395
    On October 26th, 2008 at 12:21 pm, FilmLadd said:

    Hey Watershed,

    Go back to the other thread and explain why thinking Obama is a socialist is delusional. Your responses in the other thread were declarative but not explicative.

    For instance, #85.

    Merely claiming that it is “unfounded” does not explain and makes it look like you’re ducking the question.

  68. #515429
    On October 26th, 2008 at 1:24 pm, Wildcatter1980 said:

    It is amazing how easy it is to hear the crickets chirping when there is an invasion of a citizen’s privacy by or through a government agency when that citizen embarrasses and/or opposes the preferred candidate of those who vocalize their (perpetual?) outrage over such things as the Patriot Act.

    (In the interest of full disclosure, if a part(s) of the Patriot Act are properly determined to be unconstitutional, then so be it. Until then, it is the law of the land. Anyone “charged” under the Patriot Act can and should challenge the validity of those charges in the court system as has been THE way to properly address such concerns for over 200 years.)

    What concerns me is that if Obama and Democrats win in November, especially if there is a Democrat super majority, is this. Will the Patriot Act or at least those provisions considered potentially unconstitutional be repealed by the new Congress? What I suspect is that once in power, the Democrats will do an about face and begin to use Patriot Act powers to go after their enemies and other opponents.

    I pray that I am wrong, but…Excuse me. There’s a knock at my door. What!? What!? Hey!?!

    ,,,

  69. #515491
    On October 26th, 2008 at 2:59 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On October 26th, 2008 at 1:24 pm, Wildcatter1980 said:

    What I suspect is that once in power, the Democrats will do an about face and begin to use Patriot Act powers to go after their enemies and other opponents.

    First, I pray that they don’t get complete power, so we don’t have to find out.

    But I agree with what you are saying. I believe that the Democrats actually wanted the Patriot Act, but acted like they didn’t. Deception on a grand scale.

    We don’t have to wait for the election…ask Obama today if he would push for the repeal of the Patriot Act. I HIGHLY doubt that he would say he wants it repealed.

  70. #515522
    On October 26th, 2008 at 3:37 pm, rooster said:

    On October 26th, 2008 at 12:19 am, ITookTheRedPill said:
    The laws on the books at the time of Obama’s birth required the U.S. citizen parent to have resided in the United States for ten (10) years, five (5) of which were after the age of fourteen (14). Obama’s mother was only eighteen (18) years old when Obama was born in Kenya, so she could not give him U.S. Citizenship.

    It appears that..
    1) He was born a Kenyan citizen.
    2) He became an Indonesian citizen when he was adopted by his step-father.
    3) Today he is either a Naturalized (not Natural born) Citizen, or he is an illegal alien.

    Obama…the “undocumented” candidate.

    I’m a little confused. If the birth certificate he posted on his web site for about 2 hours stated his race as african-american when the term wasn’t invented yet, how come no msm has reported this ad-nauseam?
    waterhead, mj, nyk? Any stupid comments?

  71. #515528
    On October 26th, 2008 at 3:52 pm, JHSII said:

    Just out of idle curiosity – what does the Patriot Act have to do with this? Maybe I’m missing something here.

  72. #515530
    On October 26th, 2008 at 3:55 pm, happy2behere said:

    Waterhead is on this blog to irritate you and draw out some goofy comments so he can feel superior. He is the kind of person who will be back and gloat after 11/4. Who needs that?

    Just ignore him – he’s not that smart anyway.

  73. #515537
    On October 26th, 2008 at 4:11 pm, Sidana said:

    hang on folks.. this is only going to get worse

  74. #515543
    On October 26th, 2008 at 4:18 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On October 26th, 2008 at 4:11 pm, Sidana said:

    hang on folks.. this is only going to get worse

    And there I was…. in Galveston standing on the deck of my ocean front beach house, looking down at the road covered in water and thinking, “Nah, the water cant get any higher…”

  75. #515549
    On October 26th, 2008 at 4:35 pm, fulldroolcup said:

    redpill and rooster spread disinformation.

    You can still see the birth certificate on-line .

    Just google for it. Took me ten seconds.

    It doesn’t say Barack’s race is African-American. It says his father’s race is African.

    Since his father was an East African he may not want to have listed himself as a “Negro”, since that was an American term not used in West Africa to describe oneself, AND “negroes” were the descendants of West African slaves.

    In any case the state of Hawaii vouches for the certificate as accurate. You think all the bureaucracts in that state are engaged in a coverup?

    And unless and until someone produces some EVIDENCE (not hearsay) about Barack being born in Kenya, Hawaiian docs trump Kenyan hearsay.

    Also, Berg’s claim that Barack lost his American citizenship when his Indonesian step father adopted him is just plain bullshite — NO COURT has ever agreed with such a claim. In fact, the Supremes say the opposite, that you can’t “lose” your validly-obtained citizenship through ANY act other than formally renouncing it.

    Barack was six and thus unable to legally renounce his citizenship.

    This line of wishful thinking is an utter waste of time.

    Better to concentrate on Barack as radical socialist who will take our earnings & savings and destroy our freedom

  76. #515552
    On October 26th, 2008 at 4:42 pm, fulldroolcup said:

    watershed said:
    #313

    Bottom line-

    you believe in the ME.

    I believe in the WE.

    There you go, folks!

    Watershed has outed himself as un-American to the core, in that he does not ascribe to the fundamental principle of the US Constitution, which
    sets forth a limited system of government and a list of individual, not collective, rights built around the idea of LIBERTY.

    Watershed, please enlighten us and explain how the “we” is defined, and what should the fate be of those who choose not to be absorbed into it, instead seeking to retain their individual liberties as guaranteed by the Constitution.

  77. #515575
    On October 26th, 2008 at 5:44 pm, watershed said:

    #366

    Thank for stepping into that. Love it!

    My idea of WE is we the people , as in…

    We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

    But you go ahead and tell me how the word WE is somehow un-American.

    You’re not very up on your American history, or the preamble to your own Constitution, are you, Fulldroolcup?

  78. #515578
    On October 26th, 2008 at 5:50 pm, Rob said:

    Watershed has outed himself as un-American to the core

    Why do you keep responding to that fool?

  79. #515582
    On October 26th, 2008 at 5:54 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    Thank for stepping into that. Love it!

    Somehow I am envisioning the Snoopy happy dance at the moment…

  80. #515584
    On October 26th, 2008 at 5:57 pm, peprsgt said:

    Here’s my idea for a McCain ad:

    Joe the Plumber. An ordinary middle-class American. Approached one day by Senator Obama on the campaign trail. All Joe did was ask the Senator a question about taxes. Obama said that he just wants to “spread the wealth around”. The answer by Senator Obama has caused a lot of uproar and has prompted many Americans to question what exactly the senator means by spreading the wealth. Well, these questions are not well liked by the Obama campaign and now many of his supporters, including many journalists, have been investigating Joe the Plumber.
    A local reporter in Florida asked Joe Biden some pretty tough, but fair questions regarding Senator Obama and his plans for the country. As a result of being asked some tough questions, the Obama campaign has blacklisted this news station from having any further access to the Obama campaign.
    A 527 group runs an ad stating facts and and asking questions about Obama’s relationship with a domestic terrorist. As a result, the Obama campaign asked the Justice Department to investigate the group to see if they violated any laws. Luckily the Justice Department rejected this request.

    McCain should have a commercial pointing out to the American people how Senator Obama and his supporters will go after and investigate anyone who dares to exercise their right and ask some tough questions of The One, including an ordinary middle class American. It should go to great lengths to make sure that people understand that in an Obama administration that Justice Department could then be ordered, not asked, to conduct an investigation.
    McCain should look into the camera and ask Senator Obama if this is part of the Change that he wants to bring to the country. And say to Obama that I bet this isn’t the kind of Change Americans are hoping for.
    And he should ask Obama to please stop using these kind of Gestapo or McCarthy era techniques to stifle free speech. And ask Obama if he has a problem with freedom of the press and free speech. And ask if this is the reason why many mainstream journalists are not asking him any tough questions. And ask him that if he does get elected, do ordinary Americans be afraid of being investigated for questioning the government.

    I don’t have the ability to express myself eloquently and I know nothing about marketing or campaigning. But what does McCain have to lose? The McCain campaign is free to use this idea if they choose. I don’t know if it’s a good idea, but he needs to plant this seed in the minds of the American people. Obama plans on running a hour an hour commercial, why can’t McCain run one for about two or three minutes, just pointing out how similar an Obama administration would be to communist governments during the cold war.

  81. #515585
    On October 26th, 2008 at 5:58 pm, watershed said:

    #369

    Somewhat, yes! Its always good to show someone the preamble. It’s a great read.

  82. #515590
    On October 26th, 2008 at 6:05 pm, rooster said:

    On October 26th, 2008 at 5:58 pm, watershed said:
    #369

    Somewhat, yes! Its always good to show someone the preamble. It’s a great read.

    Too bad that you probably are incapable of comprehending the meaning of our constitution sh!tberg!

  83. #515598
    On October 26th, 2008 at 6:20 pm, happy2behere said:

    Don’t step in the poo. Waterhead only believes in the “we” when it somes to your wallet.

  84. #515600
    On October 26th, 2008 at 6:25 pm, watershed said:

    #372

    “We” is all of us, actually. We the people. Libs and cons, dems and reps, all of us. It’s a great concept.

  85. #515611
    On October 26th, 2008 at 6:40 pm, DBNinKY said:

    Guys, are you Watershed isn’t Rusty?

    Note how they seem to share the same penchant for snappy one-liner put-downs, mixed with self-righteous indignation, and a political philosophy that embraces the worst of social activism and liberal narrow mindedness.

  86. #515621
    On October 26th, 2008 at 7:00 pm, watershed said:

    #374

    I haven’t posted here in awhile, but I think I can remember a Rusty from back when, and if you look in the archives could finally find us posting together. So no, I am not Rusty.

  87. #515703
    On October 26th, 2008 at 9:28 pm, powerpro said:

    OT:

    Here’s an audio of Obama from 2001 discussing how best to redistribute the wealth:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck

    Note the discussion isn’t about whether or not it’s right to redistribute wealth…but which manner would be the best way to do it!

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