Did Obama Falsely Claim Involvement in Columbia Students' 1980's Anti-Apartheid Divestment Movement?

Former Democratic President (and possible 2020 Democratic Party Vice-Presidential Nominee?) Barack Obama (who's now a Multi-Millionaire) apparently once claimed that he was "deeply involved" in the Columbia University students' anti-apartheid divestment movement during the 1980's. Yet according to David Garrow's 2017 Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama book:

"Obama would dramatically exaggerate his involvement in Columbia's divestment activism on several occasions, telling one interview that `I was a leader on the issues both at Occidental and at Columbia.' Talking about his two years there to a second questioner, Obama asserted that `while I was on campus, I was very active in a number of student movements,' and particularly `I was very active in the divestment movement on campus.' Several years later, on his first visit to South Africa, Obama declared that `I became deeply involved with the divestment movement,' and `i remember meeting with a group of ANC leaders' or at least `ANC members one day in New York City.' There are no contemporary records or other participants' memories that attest to any such encounter..."

During the 1980's in New York City, though, Obama did befriend Genevieve Cook--whose father was the Director General of Australia's Office of National Assessments [ONA], the country's top intelligence agency, between 1981 and 1989 and an Australian ambassador to the United States after 1989 for a few years (including the year that Australian troops joined U.S. troops in attacking Iraq in the 1991 "Kuwaitigate"/Gulf War) As David Garrow noted in the same 2017 book:

"...Sometime prior to New Year's Eve [in late December of 1983], his [Obama's] friend Andy Roth invited him to a party that Andy's brother was hosting on their 6th-floor apartment at 240 East 13th Street. Jon worked at Chanticleer Press...and other invitees included Genevieve Cook, a 25-year-old...who had worked at Chanticleer...She was born in 1958 to parents who were Australian: Helen Ibbitson, the daughter of a Melbourne banker, and Michael J. Cook, a conservative diplomat who would go on to head up Australia's top intelligence agency before serving 4 years as ambassador to the United States. Her parents had divorced when Genevieve was 10-years old, and Helen then married Philip C. Jessup Jr. an American lawyer and executive living in Jakarta during the 1970's...While she was at Swarthmore, her mother and stepfather Phil had moved from Jakarta to New York, and by late 1983 Genevieve was temporarily living in their spacious apartment on Park Avenue just below 90th Street...

"At the Roth brothers' party, Genevieve...and Obama struck up a conversation that lasted several hours after they discovered their mutual ties to Indonesia and expatriate similarities..."

1981-1989 Director-General of Australia's ONA Michael J. Cook

Time To Revisit 2012 Presidential Candidate Obama's Penny Pritzker Family Connection?

Stanford University Trustee Penny Pritzker--the white ultra-rich political "godmother" of 2012 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama--has a long history of providing money to help bankroll the recent political campaigns of Obama and other Democratic Pary political officeseekers. As Bloomberg News observed in an April 15, 2011 article:

"President Barack Obama began his re-election fundraising drive yesterday in Chicago among some of his earliest political investors and near his 2012 campaign headquarters...Among longtime donors at the events were Penny Pritzker, who led the fundraising effort for his 2008 campaign and John Rogers, chairman of Chicago-based Ariel Investments LLC..."

And, according to the Center for Responsive Politics website, Stanford University Trustee Pritzker has personally made over $631,000 in political campaign contributions since the 1990s, including, for example, a campaign contribution of $25,840 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on June 18, 2009 and two campaign contributions, totalling $56,400, to the DNC Services Corp. between July 20, 2008 and July 22, 2009.

Coincidentally, former Frontline tv show Producer Gus Russo's 2006 book, Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers, included the following interesting historical references to how the ultra-rich Pritzker family of Obama's 2008 campaign finance chairperson allegedly obtained some of its wealth, that apparently don't seem to get examined much on the Big Media television screen these days:

1. "What is most relevant to the Pritzker role in the Supermob is the large number of Pritzker transactions that involved known crime figures..." (page 68)

2. 'From LAPD Hamilton's Feb. 2, 1954 internal memo: `Abe Pritzker, a Chicago attorney with offices at 134 N. LaSalle Street, which is the same address as that of Sidney Korshak's office, has been closely connected with members of the Capone syndicate...and other underworld characters. It is believed by the undersigned that Pritzker may be active locally, as a front for eastern hoodlum money to be invested in the Los Angeles area...'" (page 136)

3."...The Pritzkers also became one of the country's largest hospital operators, acquiring 6 of their own and operating 15 more under lease and contract management..." (page 138)

4. "Profits...were not the only constants in the Pritzker saga. Rumors flew that, as with their questionable real estate partnerships in the forties, the Pritzkers'...Hyatt endeavor was similarly tainted. One IRS informant who was quoted as saying that `the Pritzkers family of Chicago through their Hyatt Corp. initially received their backing from organized crime' was later identified as F. Eugene Poe, the late president of a bank in Perrine, Florida, and vice president of the offshore tax haven where the Pritzkers hid their wealth known as Castle Bank..." (page 138)

5."...By the midseventies, the Pritzker empire was awash in profit, the most recent success coming from Nevada casino investments. Between 1959 and 1975, the Pritzkers had obtained $54.4 million in Teamster loans for their hotels...Thus, in 1972, under their Elsinore banner, the Pritzkers joined the Vegas party when they bought the Four Queens in `Glitter Gulch' and King's Castle with Teamsters Pension Fund loans (obtained at 4 percent discount, saving Hyatt $8 million). In return, the Teamsters bought $30 million in Hyatt stock..." (page 438)

6. "It was around this time, the early seventies, that IRS agents like Andy Furfaro noticed that the Prizkers' billion-dollar Hyatt chain was paying no taxes. It turned out the Pritzkers were the largest depositors in one of the most notorious offshore tax havens ever devised, The Castle Bank of the Bahamas, which was nothing less than an intersection of the Supermob, known gangsters, pop stars, a U.S. president, and the covert branch of the CIA--all of whom had good reason to hide their money from Uncle Sam...

"Castle...was the brainchild of longtime CIA `front organization' mastermind Paul Helliwell...

"In 1964, Helliwell joined forces with...Pritzker Chicago tax attorney (and Hyatt board member] Burton Kanter and Pritzker law firm partner [and Teamsters Pension Fund trustee] Stanford Clinton to establish the Castle Bank, where foreigners could set up trust accounts that were the key to both personal and commercial tax avoidance: since the trusts were, for U.S. tax purposes, foreign citizens, they owed no taxes to the U.S. government. The added beauty of the Castle setup was that the actual deposits never had to be delivered to the bank, which was a fake depository for money that the client could use anywhere in the world." (page 439)

7. "In the midseventies...the IRS mounted Operation Tradewinds (later Project Haven), an all-out investigation of Castle, referring to the probe as potentially the largest single-biggest tax-evasion case in U.S. history...IRS agent Richard Jaffee and detective Sybil Kennedy obtained a list of the bank's depositors, which included the Pritzkers...

"Given all the Pritzker associates involved in the management of Castle, it came as no surprise when Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Knut Royce determined in 1982 that the Pritzkers were in fact the bank's largest depositors. A September 1972 IRS statement noted, `An informant [F.Eugene Poe, a former VP and director of Castle Bank] with access to the records of Castle Trust has stated that the Pritzker family of Chicago, through their Hyatt Corporation, received their initial backing from organized crime.'..." (page 440)

8. "...The CIA's general counsel John J. Greaney intervened and demanded that the Department of Justice and IRS end the probe--it seemed that the CIA had also used Castle Bank to launder money in furtherance of its clandestine operations, and it feared that an investigation would jeopardize national security, not to mention its own congressional free ride..." (page 443)

9. "Using seed money from Chicago investors including the Pritzkers.., Kanter next became the legal advisor to...Cablevision Systems, which went on to become the largest privately held cable television company in the United States..." (page 443)

10. "Castle Bank was not the only shady partnership entered into by Kanter and the Pritzkers. In the 1970s, Kanter and Pritzker were also involved in a massive kickback scheme with two executives from the real estate wing of Prudential Insurance Company...In a complex setup that took prosecutors over 20 years to unravel, Kanter and the Pritzkers devised a scheme wherein contractors paid them and the Prudential executives under the table in exchange for lucrative Prudential business..." (page 440)

11. "...Burt Kanter, the man who had devised so many tax dodges for the Pritzkers and other cadre associates, died of cancer on October 31, 2001, while awaiting sentencing on a finding that he had defrauded the IRS.

"In 1994, after spending years unraveling the Kanter-Pritzker-Prudential insurance kickback scheme, the IRS had finally brought the case to trial...Judge Couvillion concluded that Kanter and associate had devised a scheme of kickbacks to avoid paying taxes to the federal government..." (page 571)

12. "As for the Pritzkers, over the last quarter century the family business had partnered with the infamous Bank of Credit and Commerce International [BCCI] in developing Hyatt hotels in Saudi Arabia..." (page 521)

13. "Like so many of the Supermob who increased their wealth with offshore tax dodges, the Pritzkers attempted to balance their reputation with philanthropy, the clique's way of saying that they'd rather choose where their money goes than allowing the IRS to do it..." (page 68)

Black Jobless Rate Jumps To 16.2 Percent Under Obama

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all African-American workers—youth, male and female--jumped from 15.6 to 16.2 percent between November and December 2009 under the Democratic Obama Regime; while the unemployment rate for African-American female workers over 20 years-of-age jumped from 11.7 to 13.1 percent between November and December 2009, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for African-American male workers over 20 years-of-age also increased from 16.1 to 16.7 percent between November and December 2009; while the “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for African-American youth between 16 and 19 years of age was still 48.4 percent in December 2009.

The number of African-American workers with jobs also dropped by 146,000 between November and December 2009, according to “seasonally adjusted” figures. In addition, the number of African-American workers in the U.S. labor force decreased by 60,000 between November and December 2009.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Hispanic or Latino male workers over 20 years of age also jumped from 11.6 to 12.8 percent between November and December 2009. For all Hispanic or Latino workers over 16 years of age (which takes into account the 35.5 percent “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino youth), the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate increased to 12.9 percent in December 2009.

The number of Hispanic or Latino workers with jobs also dropped by 206,000 between November and December 2009, according to “not seasonally adjusted” figures. In addition, the number of Hispanic or Latino workers in the U.S. labor force decreased by 141,000 between November and December 2009.

For white male workers in the United States over 20 years of age, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate increased from 9 to 9.6 percent between November and December 2009, while the “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white female workers over 20 years of age decreased from 6.9 to 6.8 percent between November and December 2009. But the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white youth between 16 and 19 years of age increased from 23 to 23.6 percent between November and December 2009.

The number of white workers with jobs in the United States also dropped by 330,000 between November and December 2009, according to “seasonally adjusted” figures.

The “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Asian-American workers increased from 7.3 to 8.4 percent between November and December 2009, while the official “seasonally adjusted” national jobless rate for all U.S. workers was still 10 percent in December 2009.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ January 8, 2009 press release:

“Nonfarm payroll employment edged down...in December…Employment fell in construction, manufacturing and wholesale trade…,

“In December, both the number of unemployed persons, at 15.3 million, and the unemployment rate, at 10.0 percent, were unchanged...

“Among the unemployed, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) continued to trend up, reaching 6.1 million. In December, 4 in 10 unemployed workers were jobless for 27 weeks or longer…

“The civilian labor force participation rate fell to 64.6 percent in December…

“The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was…9.2 million… These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job.

“About 2.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in December…These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey…

“Among the marginally attached, there were 929,000 discouraged workers in December…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…

“Construction employment declined by 53,000 in December…

“In December, employment in manufacturing decreased by 27,000…

“Wholesale trade employment declined by 18,000 in December, with the majority of the decline occurring among durable goods wholesalers…General merchandise stores lost 15,000 jobs…”

Black Youth Jobless Rate Jumps to 49.4 Percent Under Obama

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for African-American youth between 16 and 19 years of age under the Democratic Obama Regime jumped from 41.3 to 49.4 percent between October and November 2009; while the unemployment rate for African-American male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 16.9 percent in November 2009, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for African-American female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 11.7 percent in November 2009, while the unemployment rate for all African-American workers—male, female and youth—was still 15.6 percent..

In November 2009, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Hispanic or Latino male workers over 20 years of age was still 11.6 percent. For all Hispanic or Latino workers over 16 years of age (which takes into account the 34.7 percent “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino youth and the 10.6 rate for Latino female workers over 20 years of age), the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate was still 12.7 percent in November 2009.

For white male workers in the United States over 20 years of age, the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate was still 9.8 percent in November 2009, while the rate for white female workers over 20 years of age remained at 7.4 percent. The official unemployment rate for white youth between 16 and 19 years of age was still 23 percent in November 2009.

The “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Asian-American workers was 7.3 percent in November 2009. But the official “seasonally adjusted” national jobless rate for all U.S. workers was still 10 percent in November 2009.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ December 4, 2009 press release:

“…In November, employment fell in construction, manufacturing and information…

“…The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) rose by 293,000 to 5.9 million. The percentage of unemployed persons jobless for 27 weeks or more increased by 2.7 percentage points to 38.3 percent…

“The number of people working part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in November at 9.2 million. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job…

“About 2.3 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in November, an increase of 376,000 from a year earlier…These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey…

“Among the marginally attached, there were 861,000 discouraged workers in November, up from 608,000 a year earlier…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…

“Construction employment declined by 27,000 over the month…In November, construction job losses were concentrated among nonresidential specialty trade contractors…

“Manufacturing employment fell by 41,000 in November…

“Employment in the information industry fell by 17,000 in November. About half of the job loss occurred in its telecommunications component (-9,000)…”

Black Male Worker Jobless Rate Jumps To 17.1 Percent Under Obama

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for African-American male workers over 20 years-of-age under the Democratic Obama Regime increased from 16.5 percent to 17.1 percent between September and October 2009; while the unemployment rate for African-American female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 12.4 percent in October 2009, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all African-American workers (which also takes into account the 41.3 percent jobless rate for African-American youth between 16 and 19 years of age) increased from 15.4 to 15.7 percent between September and October 2009.

Ironically, although Democratic Party presidential candidate Obama claimed during the 2008 election campaign that his economic recovery and stimulus plan would provide jobs for unemployed workers in the United States, since October 2008 the official “seasonally adjusted” official jobless rate for African-American male workers over 20 years of age has jumped from 11.8 percent to 17.1 percent.

In October 2009, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Hispanic or Latino male workers over 20 years of age was 11.9 percent. For all Hispanic or Latino workers over 16 years of age (which takes into account the 35.6 percent “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino youth), the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate was 13.1 percent in October 2009.

For white male workers in the United States over 20 years of age, the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate increased from 9.6 to 9.9 percent between September and October 2009, while the rate for white female workers over 20 years of age increased from 7 to 7.4 percent.

Since October 2008, the official unemployment rate for white male workers over 20 years of age has increased from 5.8 percent to 9.9 percent.

The “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Asian-American workers was 7.5 percent in October 2009. But the official “seasonally adjusted” national jobless rate for all U.S. workers increased from 9.8 to 10.2 percent between September and October 2009.

Since October 2008, the official jobless rate for all U.S. workers has jumped from 6.6 percent to 10.2 percent.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ November 6, 2009 press release:

“The unemployment rate rose from 9.8 to 10.2 percent in October, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline (-190,000)…The largest job losses over the month were in construction, manufacturing, and retail trade…

“In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million. The unemployment rate rose…to the highest rate since April 1983…

“The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was…5.6 million. In October, 35.6 percent of unemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more…

“The number of persons working part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was…9.3 million…These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job…

“About 2.4 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in October…These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.

“Among the marginally attached, there were 808,000 discouraged workers in October…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…,

“Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 190,000 in October…

“Construction employment decreased by 62,000 in October…Job losses were concentrated in nonresidential specialty trade contractors (-30,000) and in heavy construction (-14,000)…

“Manufacturing continued to shed jobs (-61,000) in October, with losses in both durable and nondurable goods production…

“Retail trade lost 40,000 jobs in October. Employment declines were concentrated in sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores (-16,000) and in department stores (-11,000). Employment in transportation and warehousing decreased by 18,000 in October…”

African-American Male Worker Jobless Rate Under Obama Regime: 16.5 Percent

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for African-American male workers over 20 years-of-age under the Democratic Obama Regime was 16.5 percent in September 2009; while the unemployment rate for African-American female workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 11.9 to 12.5 percent between August and September 2009, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all African-American workers (which also takes into account the 40.8 percent jobless rate for African-American youth between 16 and 19 years of age) increased from 15.1 to 15.4 percent between August and September 2009.

In September 2009, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Hispanic or Latino male workers over 20 years of age was 11.8 percent. For all Hispanic or Latino workers over 16 years of age (which takes into account the 29.5 percent “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino youth), the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate was 12.2 percent in September 2009.

For white male workers in the United States over 20 years of age, the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate increased from 9.3 to 9.6 percent between August and September 2009, while the rate for white female workers over 20 years of age increased from 6.9 to 7 percent.

The “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Asian-American workers was 7.4 percent in September 2009. But the official “seasonally adjusted” national jobless rate for all U.S. workers increased from 9.7 to 9.8 percent between August and September 2009.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ October 2, 2009 press release:

“Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in September (-263,000), and the unemployment rate (9.8 percent) continued to trend up…The largest job losses were in construction, manufacturing, retail trade, and government…The number of unemployed persons has increased…to 15.1 million, and the unemployment rate…to 9.8 percent…

“Among the unemployed, the number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs rose by 603,000 to 10.4 million in September. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) rose by 450,000 to 5.4 million. In September, 35.6 percent of unemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more…

“The civilian labor force participation rate declined…in September to 65.2 percent…

“About 2.2 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in September…These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey…

“Among the marginally attached, there were 706,000 discouraged workers in September… (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…

“Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 263,000 in September…

“In September, construction employment declined by 64,000…September job cuts were concentrated in the industry's nonresidential components (-39,000) and in heavy construction (-12,000)…

“Employment in manufacturing fell by 51,000 in September…

“In the service-providing sector, the number of jobs in retail trade fell by 39,000 in September…

“Government employment was down by 53,000 in September, with the largest decline occurring in the non-education component of local government (-24,000)…”

100 Days After Obama's Inauguration: Where's The Change?

When he was campaigning for president in 2008, Barack Obama and his supporters within the U.S. anti-war movement claimed that a Democratic Obama Administration would being peace to the Middle East and prosperity to the United States.

Yet according to an April 28, 2009 press release of the Air Force News Service, the Democratic Obama Administration authorized the following military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan on April 27, 2009:

In Afghanistan, an Air Force MQ-9 Reaper flying over Balocan used a guided bomb unit-12 to destroy a building with enemy personnel inside. Coalition forces maintained positive identification and tracked the enemy personnel to the building after they had emplaced an improvised explosive device. The Reaper followed up the initial strike with a Hellfire missile to ensure the enemy facility was destroyed.

Near Lashkar Gah, Navy F/A-18E and -F Super Hornets employed GBU-12s and strafes to hit enemy gunmen shooting from fighting positions in compounds and a tree line. The strikes caused the enemy personnel to stop firing on coalition personnel. An additional F/A-18E performed a show of force over an enemy compound during the engagement to suppress enemy fire.

In Tarin Kowt, an MQ-9 hit a group of anti-Afghan forces personnel planting an improvised explosive device. The unmanned aircraft also dropped a GBU-12 to strike enemy personnel that survived the initial blast and were trying to escape.

In the vicinity of Gardez, an Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle and a coalition multirole aircraft performed shows of force and expended flares. The maneuvers were done to deter enemy aggression and stop anti-Afghan forces small-arms and mortar attacks against two coalition convoys.

An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flew a show of force and launched flares over Moqor after a coalition convoy started taking fire. Although the shooting stopped upon the jet's arrival, the convoy leader requested a show of force as an additional measure of deterrence against enemy attack.

Near Kajaki Dam, armed personnel were spotted as Afghan and coalition ground forces prepared to patrol a settlement. A Navy F/A-18C Hornet flew two shows of force to discourage the gunmen from engaging. The patrol proceeded without incident.

An Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber flew a show of force near Garmser to deter enemy activity. The maneuver added an additional level of security presence in the area to assist Afghan and coalition forces in maintaining security there.

Joint terminal attack controllers assigned to coalition units verified the success of these missions.

In total, 80 close-air-support missions were flown in support of ISAF and Afghan security forces, reconstruction activities and route patrols.

Seventeen Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft flew missions as part of operations in Afghanistan.

In Iraq, coalition aircraft flew 29 close-air-support missions for Operation Iraqi Freedom. These missions integrated and synchronized with coalition ground forces, protected key infrastructure, provided overwatch for reconstruction activities, and helped to deter and disrupt hostile activities.

Twenty-six Air Force and Navy ISR aircraft flew missions as part of operations in Iraq. In addition, three Air Force and coalition aircraft performed tactical reconnaissance.

Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and C-17 Globemaster IIIs provided intra-theater heavy airlift, helping to sustain operations throughout Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa.

Approximately 150 airlift sorties were flown, 750 tons of cargo were delivered and about 2,400 passengers were transported.

And under the Democratic Obama Administration, the economic situation for most U.S. workers still doesn’t appear to be changing for the better.

The official “not-seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate still exceeded 10 percent, for example, in the metropolitan areas of the following U.S. cities in March 2009, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data: Detroit (14 %); Flint (15.3%); Spokane (10.4%); Las Vegas (10.4%); Reno (11.2%); New Bedford (12.7%); Louisville (10%); Terre Haute (10.5%); South Bend (10.9%); Fort Wayne (11%); Elkhart (18.8%); Portland, Oregon (11.8%); Eugene (14.1%); Youngstown (12.8%); Toledo (12.1%); Dayton (11.1%); Lima (12.2%); Waterbury (10.5%); Tampa-St. Petersburg (10.4%); Rockford (13.5%); Santa Cruz (13.6%); Charlotte (11.4%); Greensboro (11.3%); Winston-Salem (10.2%); Duluth (10%); Fresno (17%) and Los Angeles (10.6%).

So don’t be surprised if the Militaristic White Corporate Male Power Structure, the Big Media Conglomerates and the Democratic Obama-Clinton Administration continue to bring us permanent war abroad and economic depression at home during the next 100 days—100 days after Obama’s inauguration.

46 Days After Obama's Inauguration: Where's The Change?

When Barack Obama was campaigning for president in 2008, Obama and his supporters within the U.S. anti-war movement claimed that a Democratic Obama Administration would being peace to the Middle East and prosperity to the United States.

Yet according to a March 6, 2009 press release of the Air Force News Service, the Democratic Obama Regime authorized the following military actions in the Middle East on March 5, 2009:

“Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations March 5, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

“In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles engaged a cave that anti-Afghan forces were using as a bunker. Using guided bomb unit-31s, the jets destroyed the cave entrance thus sealing off the enemy position.

“Near Lashkar Gah, a coalition aircraft performed a show of force and expended flares to deter enemy activity over a local settlement. The aircraft was providing aerial overwatch for a coalition unit in the area.

“An Air Force A-10 flew a show of force near a dismounted coalition patrol performing a mission near Asadabad to discourage enemy attack. The ground force commander called for the show of force since the unit had taken enemy small arms fire in that area earlier in the day.

“Over a highway near Sheykhabad, an A-10 flew a show of force to disperse people engaged in suspicious activity in the path of an approaching coalition convoy. The group dispersed following the maneuver.

“A-10s flew shows of force near a coalition forward base in Ghazni to establish an aerial security presence to prevent a potential enemy attack…

“An F-15E conducted a show of force over the Jalalabad town center to deter anti-Afghan force activity…

“A coalition aircraft performed a show of force over a compound containing an enemy firing position in the Lashkar Gah area. The aircraft performed a show of force to prevent enemy attack on a coalition convoy passing through the area…

“In total, 62 close-air-support missions were flown in support of the ISAF and Afghan security forces, reconstruction activities and route patrols.

“Twenty Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft flew missions as part of operations in Afghanistan. In addition, two coalition aircraft performed tactical reconnaissance.

“In Iraq, coalition aircraft flew 30 close-air-support missions for Operation Iraqi Freedom. These missions integrated and synchronized with coalition ground forces, protected key infrastructure…and helped to deter and disrupt hostile activities.

“Twenty-seven Air Force and Navy ISR aircraft flew missions as part of operations in Iraq. In addition, three Navy and coalition aircraft performed tactical reconnaissance.

“Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and C-17 Globemaster IIIs provided intra-theater heavy airlift, helping to sustain operations throughout Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa.

“Approximately 135 airlift sorties were flown, more than 441 tons of cargo was delivered and about 3,036 passengers were transported.

“Coalition C-130 crews flew as part of operations in Afghanistan or Iraq.

“On March 4, Air Force tanker crews flew 46 sorties and off-loaded approximately 3.3 million pounds of fuel to 259 receiving aircraft.”

And under the Democratic Obama Regime, the economic situation for most African-American workers, Latino workers and white workers doesn’t appear to be changing for the better.

For example, the official “not-seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for African-American male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States under the Democratic Obama Regime increased from 15.8 percent to 16.1 percent between January 2009 and February 2009, while the “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for African-American male workers increased from 14.1 percent to 14.9 percent, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

The “not-seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all African-American workers increased from 13.4 percent to 13.8 percent during this same period, while the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all African-American workers increased to 13.4 percent.

For all U.S. workers over 20 years-of-age, the “not-seasonally adjusted” jobless rate jumped from 8.5 percent to 8.9 percent between January 2009 and February 2009, while the “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all U.S. workers increased to 8.1 percent.

The “not-seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white male workers also increased from 8.3 percent to 9 percent between January 2009 and February 2009. In addition the “not-seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Hispanic or Latino male workers increased from 11 percent to 12.1 percent between January 2009 and February 2009.

And, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ March 6, 2009 press release, 12.5 million workers in the United States are still without jobs—46 days after Obama’s inauguration.

21 Days After Obama's Inauguration: Where's The Change?

The Democratic Obama Regime’s War Machine apparently continues to make war on people in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a recent U.S. Air Force press release noted:

“Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Feb. 8, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

“In Afghanistan, Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets dropped a guided bomb unit-38 on an anti-Afghan firing position and provided shows of force to suppress enemy activity during a ground engagement near Garmser. The Super Hornets provided air support to coalition patrols in the area who had been receiving rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire.

“Near Lashkar Gah, a coalition aircraft employed a GBU-12 and a strafing pass, striking enemy snipers concealed in a building. The snipers had been firing at coalition soldiers when the aircraft's weapons halted their attack.

“In the vicinity of Musa Qala, a Navy F/A-18C Hornet used a GBU-12 and a GBU-38 to strike enemy gunmen engaging coalition patrols during an active firefight. The coalition ground force commander called in air support after the enemy opened fire with RPGs and assault weapons from positions in buildings and nearby rolling terrain.
An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II executed pre-planned strikes with GBU-38s on enemy targets in the vicinity of Morghab, supporting coalition operations.

“In the area near Balocan, a coalition aircraft and a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet performed shows of force and expended flares to deter enemy attacks during two separate engagements. Enemy personnel ceased firing immediately upon the jets' arrival, hastily retreating to avoid being targeted.

“A-10s flew shows of force in the vicinity of Ghazni and Moqor to deter enemy activity against coalition convoys transiting the areas. The convoys reached their destinations safely under aerial escort.

“A coalition aircraft executed a show of force and expended flares over Gereshk after anti-Afghan gunmen intentionally mixed with a civilian crowd before opening fire at a dismounted coalition patrol. In light of the apparent attempt to bait coalition soldiers into “inflicting civilian casualties, the coalition patrol commander requested the aircraft fly a show of force as a non-lethal deterrent.

“In the Monari region, an F-15E flying convoy support performed a show of force along the convoy route to deter a potential enemy attack. The convoy was able to proceed to its final objective without interference.

“On-scene joint terminal attack controllers assigned to coalition units verified the success of these missions.

“In total, 74 close-air-support missions were flown in support of the ISAF and Afghan security forces, reconstruction activities and route patrols.

Thirteen Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft flew missions as part of operations in Afghanistan. Additionally, two coalition aircraft performed tactical reconnaissance.

“In Iraq, coalition aircraft flew 37 close-air-support missions for Operation Iraqi Freedom. These missions integrated and synchronized with coalition ground forces, protected key infrastructure, provided overwatch for reconstruction activities and helped to deter and disrupt hostile activities.

“Twenty-five Air Force and Navy ISR aircraft flew missions as part of operations in Iraq. Additionally, three Air Force and coalition aircraft performed tactical reconnaissance.

“Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and C-17 Globemaster IIIs provided intra-theater heavy airlift, helping to sustain operations throughout Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa.

“Approximately 140 airlift sorties were flown, more than 475 tons of cargo was delivered and about 3,075 passengers were transported.

“Coalition C-130 crews flew as part of operations in Afghanistan or Iraq.

“On Feb. 7, Air Force tanker crews flew 50 sorties and off-loaded approximately 3.3 million pounds of fuel to 305 receiving aircraft.”

And the official unemployment rate for African-American male workers still exceeds 14 percent--21 days after Obama’s inauguration.

66 Days After Obama's Election: Where's The Change?

Democratic President-Elect Barack Obama promised to bring “change” and “prosperity” to the United States and “peace to the Middle East” during his 2008 presidential campaign.

Yet since Obama’s election in November 2008, the official jobless rate for African-American male workers in the United States has increased from 12.1 percent to 13.4 percent, the official jobless rate for all U.S. workers has increased to 7.2 percent and over 524,000 more U.S. workers have lost their jobs—despite the U.S. Congress being under the control of the Democratic Party.

And in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Iraq are still being occupied by the Pentagon’s war machine at the same time that the U.S. government-armed Israeli war machine of the Zionist movement wages a brutal war against Palestinian civilians in Gaza—66 days after Obama’s election.

27 Days After Obama's Election: Where's The Change?

During the 2008 U.S. presidential election campaign, the Obama campaign and its Big Media promoters promised people in the United States that an Obama Administration would bring "change" and an end to U.S. military intervention in Iraq.

Yet 27 days after Obama's election, the same wife of former President Clinton who both supported the Clinton Administration's military attacks on Iraq and Serbia and policy of deadly economic sanctions on Iraq during the 1990s and voted in 2002 to authorize the Bush II Administration to launch its attack on Iraq, Hillary Clinton, is now the Obama Administration's U.S. Secretary of State-Designate. And the Obama Administration's U.S. Secretary of Defense-Designate, former CIA Director Robert Gates, is the same person who succeeded Donald Rumsfeld as the Bush II Administration's Secretary of Defense a few years ago.

In addition, a former employee of Henry Kissinger's influence-peddling firm and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Timothy Geithner, is the Obama Administration's U.S. Treasury Secretary-Designate, while the former Clinton Administration Treasury Secretary who helped draft the late 1990s banking deregulation law that led to the 21st-century U.S. banking system sub-prime mortgage crisis, former Harvard University President Larry Summers, is now a top Obama Administration economics adviser.

Not surprisingly, the U.S. military occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan and mass layoffs of U.S. workers continues and no amnesty for U.S. political prisoners like Leonard Peltier and Mumbia Abu-Jamal has yet been given--27 days after Obama's election.

Election Day 2008: Where's The Change?

On Election Day 2008, U.S. troops still occupy Iraq and Afghanistan. And the television studios of the U.S. Establishment's Media Monopoly are still not democratically-controlled by the U.S. anti-war, anti-corporate, anti-racist, anti-classist and anti-imperialist Movement community in the United States. In addition, U.S. political prisoners like Leonard Peltier and Mumia Abu-Jamal have still not been given amnesty by the Militaristic U.S. Establishment on Election Day 2008.