This article talks about Obama's stand that our incarceration rate for young black men is inherently racist. The paragraph below interested me, since I am beginning to wonder if Obama is concerned at all with telling the truth.
Last July, Obama said that "more young black men languish in prison than attend colleges and universities." Actually, there are more than twice as many black men ages 18 to 24 in college as there are in jail. Last September he said, "We have a system that locks away too many young, first-time, nonviolent offenders for the better part of their lives." But Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute, writing in the institute's City Journal, notes that from 1999 to 2004, violent offenders accounted for all of the increase in the prison population. Furthermore, Mac Donald cites data indicating that:
"In the overwhelming majority of cases, prison remains a lifetime achievement award for persistence in criminal offending. Absent recidivism or a violent crime, the criminal-justice system will do everything it can to keep you out of the state or federal slammer."
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So I wonder, does he think we are too stupid to fact check his statements or is he (or his staff) too lazy to fact check them?
Click on the title to read the article.
---Katie
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Barak Obama: Just Tell the Truth!
I am not a big fan of John McCain as you might already know. I am truly tired of voting for the lesser of two evils in presidential elections. Unfortunately, that is where we are again. There is no true conservative in the race who has a chance of winning and the consequences of letting Obama win look pretty dire. So, I'm back to blogging in spite of the fact that the current political line up has discouraged me from even reading about politics in the last few months.
Obama claims that he has been a Christian all his life, yet there is ample evidence that he is not being completely truthful. Click on the title above to read the entire article. Here are a few facts from the article:
Family members claim everyone in the family was Muslim.
His enrollment documents at a Catholic school he attended from first through third grades list him as a Muslim.
Teachers a the two public schools he attended recall him being listed as Muslim. One teacher has retracted her statement.
In his book, Obama talks about attending Koran class.
He, at least occasionally, attended mosque on Fridays.
None of this makes him a Muslim now, but why lie?
---Katie
Obama claims that he has been a Christian all his life, yet there is ample evidence that he is not being completely truthful. Click on the title above to read the entire article. Here are a few facts from the article:
Family members claim everyone in the family was Muslim.
His enrollment documents at a Catholic school he attended from first through third grades list him as a Muslim.
Teachers a the two public schools he attended recall him being listed as Muslim. One teacher has retracted her statement.
In his book, Obama talks about attending Koran class.
He, at least occasionally, attended mosque on Fridays.
None of this makes him a Muslim now, but why lie?
---Katie
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