Found in a rundown Boston estate: Barack Obama’s aunt Zeituni Onyango

So Much For "Spreading HIS Wealth Around

 

'Auntie Zeituni', who, with Uncle Omar, dropped out of sight after moving to the US, is backing the presidential candidate from her modest flat

Times Online

James Bone in Boston, Rob Crilly in Kogelo and Ben Macintyre

Barack Obama has lived one version of the American Dream that has taken him to the steps of the White House. But a few miles from where the Democratic presidential candidate studied at Harvard, his Kenyan aunt and uncle, immigrants living in modest circumstances in Boston, have a contrasting American story.

Zeituni Onyango, the aunt so affectionately described in Mr Obama’s best-selling memoir Dreams from My Father, lives in a disabled-access flat on a rundown public housing estate in South Boston.

A second relative believed to be the long-lost “Uncle Omar” described in the book was beaten by armed robbers with a “sawed-off rifle” while working in a corner shop in the Dorchester area of the city. He was later evicted from his one-bedroom flat for failing to pay $2,324.20 (£1,488) arrears, according to the Boston Housing Court.

The US press has repeatedly rehearsed Mr Obama’s extraordinary odyssey, but the other side of the family’s American experience has only been revealed in parts. Just across town from where Mr Obama made history as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, some of his closest blood relatives have confronted the harshness of immigrant life in America.

In his book Mr Obama writes that “Uncle Omar” had gone missing after moving to Boston in the 1960s – a quarter-century before Mr Obama first visited his family in Kenya. Aunt Zeituni is now also living in Boston, and recently made a $260 campaign contribution to her nephew's presidential bid from a work address in the city.

Speaking outside her home in Flaherty Way, South Boston, on Tuesday, Ms Onyango, 56, confirmed she was the “Auntie Zeituni” in Mr Obama’s memoir. She declined to answer most other questions about her relationship with the presidential contender until after the November 4 election. “I can’t talk about it, I just pray for him, that’s all,” she said, adding: “After the 4th, I can talk to anyone.”

A photograph of Ms Onyango was later shown to George Hussein Onyango, Barack Obama’s half-brother in Nairobi, who confirmed that it was their aunt. George Onyango, 26, the youngest child of Barack Obama Sr, said that he had spent weekends with his Aunt Zeituni when he was growing up, and instantly recognised her.

George Onyango said that his aunt had left for the US about eight years ago but sent him e-mails. “She left to find work and I suppose she thought her life would be better there,” he said. “She was kind and caring.”

In his memoir Mr Obama describes the joy of meeting his father’s family during his first visit to Kenya in 1988. Aunt Zeituni, then a computer programmer at Kenya Breweries in Nairobi, is portrayed as a feisty woman who proclaims herself “the champion dancer”. Uncle Omar, by contrast, remains a mysterious figure who left for America and never came back. At one point in the book a half-sister tells Mr Obama that people “like our Uncle Omar, in Boston” move to the West.

“They promise to return after completing school. They say they’ll send for the family once they get settled. At first they write once a week. Then it’s just a month. Then they stop writing completely. No one sees them again.”

Aunt Zeituni and Uncle Omar are the children of Mr Obama’s grandfather Hussein Onyango Obama, by his third wife – the woman Mr Obama calls “Granny” because she raised his father. Mr Obama’s father, Barack Sr, was Onyango Obama’s son by his second wife, Akumu. That makes Zeituni and Omar a half-sister and half-brother of Mr Obama’s father, or Mr Obama’s half-aunt and half-uncle.

While Mr Obama was on his voyage of personal discovery in Africa, his aunt and uncle were engaged in their own journey in his homeland.

 

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Obama: "Supreme Court Should Mandate Redistribution of Wealth"

Recently Uncovered Audio from 2001 Interview On Chicago Public Radio WBEZ Proves Obama's Socialist Intentions

Listen for yourselves as Barak Hussein Obama talks about how the US Supreme Court should mandate re-distribution of wealth and the "failure" of the Great Society.  In this clip, Obama argues not just for redistribution of wealth, he argues for REPARATIONS in the form of wealth redistribution.

Partial Transcript:

OBAMA: You know, if you look at the victories and failures of the civil rights movement and its litigation strategy in the courts, I think where it succeeded was to get formal rights in previously dispossessed peoples — so that I would now have the right to vote, I would now be able to sit at a lunch counter and order, and as long as I was able to pay for it I’d be OK. But the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth, and more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society.

And to that extent, as radical as I think people try to characterize the Warren Court, it wasn’t that radical. It didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution, at least as it’s been interpreted, and the Warren Court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. It says what the states can’t do to you, says what the federal government can’t do to you, but it doesn’t say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn’t shifted. And one of the, I think, tragedies of the civil rights movement was, because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which to bring about redistributive change. And in some ways we still suffer from that.

….. Karen (Caller): The gentleman made the point that the Warren Court wasn’t terribly radical with economic changes. My question is it too late for that kind of reparative work economically, and is that the appropriate place for reparative economic work to take place?

Host: You mean the courts?

Karen: The courts, or would it be legislation at this point?

Obama: Maybe I’m showing my bias here as a legislator as well as a law professor, but I’m not optimistic about bringing about major redistributive change through the courts. Y’know, the institution just isn’t structured that way.

You look at very rare examples where during the desegregation era where the court, for example, was willing to, for example, order changes that cost money to local school districts, and the court was very uncomfortable with it. It was hard to manage, it was hard to figure out. You start getting into all sorts of separation of powers issues, y’know, in terms of the court monitoring or engaging in a process that essentially is administrative and takes a lot of time.

The court’s just not very good at it, and politically it’s very hard to legitimize opinions from the court in that regard. So, I mean, I think that although you can craft theoretical justifications for it legally, y’know I think any three of us sitting here could come up with a rationale for bringing about economic change through the courts. …..

The Obama Position on Gun Control

Obama says that he'll protect American Citizen's rights to own firearms for the purposes of hunting and target practice.

But the Second Amendment isn't about shooting ducks or simple "target practice."

The Second Amendment is about the ability of American Citizens to protect themselves from a tyrannical government and self defense.

While serving as an Illinois Junior State Senator, Barack Obama voted against the right of Illinois Citizens to carry firearms to protect themselves.  Today, Chicago is the murder capital of the country.  Only the gang's have guns in Chicago.

Obama also voted to ban the sale of handguns across Illinois, voted to ban the sale of handguns within five miles of any school or public park in Illinois, and voted "present" on a law which would provide mandatory sentencing for any gang member who used a handgun while committing a crime.

Present?  Obama couldn't even vote to punish gang members who used guns?  Nothing racial about that at all now is there?

So what will happen to your right to use a gun to defend youself under an Obama Presidency?  Watch and learn.

 

Barak Obama "Subprime Loans Were A Good Idea"

 

After the Sub Prime Crisis already started, in Sept. 2007, Barak Obama gave a speech to NASDAQ saying sub prime mortgages, which literally gave homes to people who could not afford them was a GOOD IDEA.

Watch further as major Obama Campaign Contributor Franklin Raines (who destroyed Fannie Mae and received a multi-million dollar golden parachute afterwards) admit that subprime mortgages were "targeted to give minorities a home" that they could not otherwise afford.

Finally, someone admits what really got us into all this financial mess - GOVERNMENT RE-DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH!

If you want more of the same, by all means, vote Barak Obama. 

If you want REAL CHANGE, vote for Senator John S. McCain.

Obama The "Wealth Redistributionist"

What does Barak Hussein Obama really think about wealth redistribution?  What about reparations?

Here's a 1995 interview of Obama promoting his book "Dreams of my Father" interlaced with some of his political positions today.

It doesn't take more than a cursory listen to understand his anti-Capitalism, pro-Socialism politics are dangerous for America.

Listen closely as he describes "white executives who live in the suburbs and don't want to pay taxes for inner city children to go to school."

John Murtagh, child victim of William Ayers speaks out

The Link of Obama-Ayers Exposed as a direct victim of Ayers terrorist acts speaks out

The question on the table is about Obama's Judgement.  Not as an 8 year old when Ayers committed his heinous, terrorist attacks against his fellow Americans, rather Obama's Judgement as a 30+ year old in associating with a known, unrepentant terrorist in William Ayers.

John Murtagh was nine (9) years old when Ayers and his Weather Underground terrorist buddies sent and detonated 4 bombs to the Murtagh home. 

Hear in his own words how Obama is a hypocrite for trying to distance himself from Ayers, and how Obama knew about Ayer's terrorist past.

While you're viewing, think about this question: How is it General Colin Powell, who fought against terrorists, could endorse a terrorist enabling Barack Obama for President.

But Powell says it's not about "race."

We Are All "Joe The Plumber" Today

Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher in his own words, talking about why he won't vote for Barack Obama.

John McCain: I'm with Joe The Plumber!

And this morning, an entire cottage industry pops up around "Joe The Plumber."

Joe The Plumber starts a movement of ONE.  How many other Union Members feel the way Joe does?

McCain's Line of the Night:

And this is what happens if Obama and his corrupt ACORN manage to put him in the White House.

Who's Responsible For The Financial Meltdown?

While Democrats Shunned Responsibility, McCain Tried To Reform Fannie/Freddie

Barak Obama likes to say he "wrote a letter" to the Treasury Secretary to reign-in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but has NEVER been able to produce the letter he wrote.  Neither has Obama been able to convene one of the very Senate Banking Sub-Committee's, of which HE IS IN CHARGE, to investigate the fraud that Fannie & Freddie committed against the American Taxpayers.

Now, who did write a letter in an attempt to try and get Congress to investigate the fraud that was being perpetrated on the American Taxpayers?  John McCain, and here's the proof.  Note that NONE of the signatures on this letter are of Barak Obama, or ANY Democrat with authority in the last 2 years to investigate Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac:

 

 

So where exactly IS that letter that Barak Hussein Obama claims to have written?

Once again, the reality is there is only ONE Candidate for President that has truly fought for the American Taxpayer - and that's John S. McCain.

 

 

Obama Trying To Distance Himself From Corrupt ACORN

22 States Now Investigating ACORN Voter Registration Fraud

What amount of influence will a corrupt organization like ACORN have in an Obama Administration?  Look no further than Obama's address to ACORN in December, 2007 as the Primary Season was about to kick off.

Note, this is the SAME ACORN that Obama gave $800,000 to for "voter registration services" under the front organization "Voter Services, Inc."

Barak Obama - Change WE CAN NOT Believe In

Obama's "Tax Cuts for 95% Of American's" Illusion

It depends on what the meaning of 'tax cut' is.

Wall Street Journal, October 13th, 2008

One of Barack Obama's most potent campaign claims is that he'll cut taxes for no less than 95% of "working families." He's even promising to cut taxes enough that the government's tax share of GDP will be no more than 18.2% -- which is lower than it is today.

AP

It's a clever pitch, because it lets him pose as a middle-class tax cutter while disguising that he's also proposing one of the largest tax increases ever on the other 5%. But how does he conjure this miracle, especially since more than a third of all Americans already pay no income taxes at all? There are several sleights of hand, but the most creative is to redefine the meaning of "tax cut."

For the Obama Democrats, a tax cut is no longer letting you keep more of what you earn. In their lexicon, a tax cut includes tens of billions of dollars in government handouts that are disguised by the phrase "tax credit." Mr. Obama is proposing to create or expand no fewer than seven such credits for individuals:

- A $500 tax credit ($1,000 a couple) to "make work pay" that phases out at income of $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 per couple.

- A $4,000 tax credit for college tuition.

- A 10% mortgage interest tax credit (on top of the existing mortgage interest deduction and other housing subsidies).

- A "savings" tax credit of 50% up to $1,000.

- An expansion of the earned-income tax credit that would allow single workers to receive as much as $555 a year, up from $175 now, and give these workers up to $1,110 if they are paying child support.

- A child care credit of 50% up to $6,000 of expenses a year.

- A "clean car" tax credit of up to $7,000 on the purchase of certain vehicles.

Here's the political catch. All but the clean car credit would be "refundable," which is Washington-speak for the fact that you can receive these checks even if you have no income-tax liability. In other words, they are an income transfer -- a federal check -- from taxpayers to nontaxpayers. Once upon a time we called this "welfare," or in George McGovern's 1972 campaign a "Demogrant." Mr. Obama's genius is to call it a tax cut.

The Tax Foundation estimates that under the Obama plan 63 million Americans, or 44% of all tax filers, would have no income tax liability and most of those would get a check from the IRS each year. The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis estimates that by 2011, under the Obama plan, an additional 10 million filers would pay zero taxes while cashing checks from the IRS.

The total annual expenditures on refundable "tax credits" would rise over the next 10 years by $647 billion to $1.054 trillion, according to the Tax Policy Center. This means that the tax-credit welfare state would soon cost four times actual cash welfare. By redefining such income payments as "tax credits," the Obama campaign also redefines them away as a tax share of GDP. Presto, the federal tax burden looks much smaller than it really is.

The political left defends "refundability" on grounds that these payments help to offset the payroll tax. And that was at least plausible when the only major refundable credit was the earned-income tax credit. Taken together, however, these tax credit payments would exceed payroll levies for most low-income workers.

It is also true that John McCain proposes a refundable tax credit -- his $5,000 to help individuals buy health insurance. We've written before that we prefer a tax deduction for individual health care, rather than a credit. But the big difference with Mr. Obama is that Mr. McCain's proposal replaces the tax subsidy for employer-sponsored health insurance that individuals don't now receive if they buy on their own. It merely changes the nature of the tax subsidy; it doesn't create a new one.

There's another catch: Because Mr. Obama's tax credits are phased out as incomes rise, they impose a huge "marginal" tax rate increase on low-income workers. The marginal tax rate refers to the rate on the next dollar of income earned. As the nearby chart illustrates, the marginal rate for millions of low- and middle-income workers would spike as they earn more income.

Some families with an income of $40,000 could lose up to 40 cents in vanishing credits for every additional dollar earned from working overtime or taking a new job. As public policy, this is contradictory. The tax credits are sold in the name of "making work pay," but in practice they can be a disincentive to working harder, especially if you're a lower-income couple getting raises of $1,000 or $2,000 a year. One mystery -- among many -- of the McCain campaign is why it has allowed Mr. Obama's 95% illusion to go unanswered.