Another Billionaire for Obama: The Swamp
 
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Posted January 31, 2007 7:20 PM
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Posted by Mike Dorning at 7:20 pm CST.

Hotel and real estate heiress and prominent Chicago liberal fundraiser Penny Pritzker will lead the national fundraising campaign for Barack Obama's presidential bid.

Pritzker, whose personal fortune last year was estimated at $2.1 billion by Forbes magazine, will be national finance chairman for the Barack Obama Presidential Exploratory Committee, the campaign announced on Wednesday evening.

She joins a campaign whose backers include such other prominent billionaire investors as Warren Buffett and George Soros.

Penny Pritzker is among a trio of cousins who manage the family businesses of the Pritzker family, Chicago's richest family. Their corporate empire, estimated to be worth $15 billion, includes the Hyatt hotel chain and the Marmon Group of manufacturing companies

"Penny shares my belief that we can change politics in our country to work toward our common interests. I'm proud that she has agreed to partner with me in this important venture," Obama said in a statement released by his campaign on Wednesday evening.

"Even though this is just getting started, it is already clear to me how excited people are for a change. It is an honor to take a leadership role in this effort," Pritzker said in a written statement.

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This is beyond excitement, and also beyond "We The People" of America. The world cries for change, and the challenges of this new century are probably too deep to fathom, with our priorities being the preservation of planet earth, and our immediate concern being the replacement of our current Corporate Government with a constitutional democracy.

When Baraak spoke just before the 2004 election, I seen a man with clear vision speaking from the depth of his soul, and know that I was not alone when I allready had thoughts that this was someone who could show us the way to understanding and diplomacy. I only hope that he doesn't play by the rules that are in place, but will play his own game, and reinstate the constitution and the bill of rights. I believe that he is the person who will lead by example, and simplify the rules that take away our freedoms. We know that we are a long way from the truth when we can't even understand all of the rules.

Our country is in a state of low esteem with most of the countries in the world, but I believe that it is our leaders who are disliked.
Now we have to take back our honer by being resourceful in improving the environment and using our resources to solve these problems.
This planet is too much trouble for any country to use their powers to wage war for control of resources or to exploit others for personal gain. George Soros and Warren Buffet understand this more than we think. Joined by Penny Spritsker this junior senator is off to a good start, and in reality the expenses will not be small. The internet campaigns will definately be a big contribution though.


The 6th "Swamp" posting on Obama today! A new record, beating the old record (5) set just last week.


Too bad for Barack "Clean" Obama, his billionaire supporters can only donate,by law, a couple grand.
Paulo


Well, we should alway listen to what liberal billionaires. After all, they have all American's best interests at heart, right?


Gosh good thing ol Bush never had any billionaires contribute to him. If you read the Trib, you would never know any better.


"Well, we should alway listen to what liberal billionaires. After all, they have all American's best interests at heart, right?"

More so than the oil companies that control the current administration.


No Jeff/Bill,we should listen to billionaire wing nut oil,insurance,and military providers,they've shown who's interest they have the last six years.Get a clue.

Repubs are getting nervous because Dems are starting to out raise them on cash.Thanks to Rahm Emanuel.

Wait till Oprah gets in the game,that girl can raise some money for the "Rock".


Jeffy/Billy,how about a big cheer for the GOP's biggest contributor!You should cheer,you helped them acheive this,as did every elderly man,woman,poor person,etc.They didn't even need a gun to stick up America,just Cheny and Bush!


NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. posted the largest annual profit in U.S. history Thursday, even though fourth-quarter earnings fell on lower natural gas prices and shrinking gasoline margins.

For the year, Exxon Mobil earned $39.5 billion, up from its previous record $36.1 billion in 2005.


You're darn right that I'll cheer an American company posting record profits any day of the week. If you had your way, Loon, all of our oil money would be going to Venezuela to prop up a tin-hat socialist dictatorship.


Jeff-

Does profitteering in a time of war show that ExxonMobil has all American's best interests at heart?


Tony, I don't know if they're profiting off the war or not, and neither do you. What I said is I'm glad an American company is doing so well and obviously re-investing in its production network and workforce. I'm also happy George Soros and the Pritzkers are doing so well. Wealth creation is good for the economy in general.


Actually Jeff, yo have no idea that they're "obviously re-investing in its production network and workforce" either. BP did a great job of showing that oil companies can make huge profits without doing basic maintenance on their production network up in Alaska.

But you did sidestep the question. Does ExxonMobil have the best interests of all American's at heart? Or is that a charge you only make at those using their wealth to promote liberal politics?


Tony, ExxonMobil is a money-making enterprise, just like the Pritzker family hotels. Neither have the best interests of all Americans at heart. They put the best interests of their stockholders first. They both put their money behind whichever political leader will best support their interests. Sorry, but that's just business. The alternative is socialism, so I'll take business any day.


Crazy Duck,

You win the prize. I heard that Exxon-Mobil released earnings today and I wondered which "loon" would blog this first.

Some other fact you may of missed since it wasn't reported in the media. Yes, Exxon-Mobil made $39.5 billion in net income this year. That's a lot of dead presidents. However, Total Tax Expense is over $100 billion. There are a lot of gov't officials that are dang happy to hear that Exxon-Mobil had record profits because they also had record tax expense.

To put this in economic terms, the shareholders - the ones that take the risks - made only 40% of what the gov't - those that didn't take the risks - made. Sound fair?

Tony,

With the Hotel and real estate heiress, Ms Pritzker, leading the fundraising for Boy Wonder, does it make you rethink your position on passing wealth down thru the generations?

Jeff,

They aren't profiting from the war unless you count the impact the war has had on the price of oil. There profits are driven by the price of oil and the demand for oil. World demand has been high due to strong economic conditions.

As far as cpital expenditures, they spent almost $20 billion in 2006.


Terry-

Absolutely not. Does it make you reconsider?


Tony,you can always count on the bean counter Terry to step forward and defend big oil.He also is a big fan of the national debt.I wonder about his claim on the amount of taxes Exxon pays.His party wants to abolish the IRS.Read below.

A New Year's resolution for Congress: Help the Internal Revenue Service close the "tax gap," the difference between the amount of taxes assessed and what Americans have actually paid, which today totals some $350 billion and is expected to grow in coming years.

I'm sure it's just average Joe's not paying their taxes!


Tony, I paused for a moment and thought about it, but then how would Teddy Kennedy get his drinking money?

Crazy Duck,

I just wanted to make sure people knew the facts. How's that risk/reward arguement sound? Did you understand it? As far as the national debt, I think I just showed that "Big Oil" is making its contribution toward it.

By the way, that $100 billion in taxes paid by Exxon-Mobil was actually paid by the consumer.


Obama’s efforts to connect to the Republican Party, specifically Bush, and Dick Chaney, of the Halliburton Company, dates back to the Presidents Grandfather, Prescott Bush, and indeed Chaney was once an executive officer of Halliburton.

The American military pounds Iraq with Artillary, bombs, and the like, destroying large sections of cities, and infra-structures, then Halliburton comes in to rebuild. Halliburton and Halliburton associated companies have raked in ten’s of billions.

Obama is just like the BIG HALIBURTAN. Haliburton has contracted to build detention centers in the U.S. similiar to the one in Quantanammo Bay, Cuba. Halliburton does nothing to earn the Two Dollars for each meal an American Serviceman in Iraq eats.

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/

Halliburton was scheduled to take control of the Dubai Ports in The United Arab Emiirate. The deal was canceled when Bush was unable to affect the transfer of the American Ports.

Now we see what some might suspect as similiar financial escapading from the Democrats.

Two years ago, Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity gave a $50 million contract to a start-up security company - Companion- owned by now-indicted businessman (TONY REZKO) Tony Rezko and a onetime Chicago cop, Daniel T. Frawley, to train Iraqi power-plant guards in the United States. An Iraqi leadership change left the deal in limbo. Now the company, Companion Security, is working to revive its contract.
Involved along with Antoin “Tony” Rezco, long time friend and neighbor of Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, and former cop Daniel T. Frawley, is Aiham Alsammarae. Alsammarae was accused of financial corruption by Iraqi authorities and jailed in Iraq last year before escaping and returning here.

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON --
Recently, Obama's campaign staff have been vetted by the IRS to disclose his connection to the criminal money generating underworld. Besides, his connections to the REZCO MAFIA types, his up-coming tax fraud charges — Obama needs to disclose why he is a MUSLIM "PATWANG-FWEEE" and disclose Obama's MUSLIM Farrakhan mob connection to Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. Its minister, and Obama's spiritual adviser, is the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. In 1982, the church launched Trumpet Newsmagazine; Wright's daughters serve as publisher and executive editor. Every year, the magazine makes awards in various categories. Last year, it gave the Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Trumpeter Award to a man it said "truly epitomized greatness." That man is Louis Farrakhan. Farrakhan and Chicago's Trinity United Church are trumpeting Barack Obama AKA Barack Hussein Obama as the second coming of the messiah. Obama should stop suppoting our intervention in IRAQ. It’s time to introduce this false, fake Xerox - X box Obama and invite the self-indicting thief plagiarizing pipsqueke "GLORK" Xerox - X box to meet the Buffalo "GAZOWNT-GAZIKKA" Police Department Buffalo Creek. He is MAD!!! --

OBAM YOU'RE NO JFK --
"GLORK" Obama looks like Alfred E. Newman: "Tales Calculated To Drive You." He is a MUSLIM "Glork" He's MAD!!! Alfred E. Neuman is the fictional mascot of Mad. The face had drifted through American pictography for decades before being claimed by Mad editor Harvey Kurtzman after he spotted it on the bulletin board in the office of Ballantine Books editor Bernard Shir-Cliff, later a contributor to various magazines created by Kurtzman.
Obama needs to disclose why he is a MUSLIM "PATWANG-FWEEE" and stop suppoting our intervention in IRAQ. It’s time to introduce this false, fake "GLORK" Xerox - X box Obama and invite the self-indicting thief plagiarizing pipsqueke Xerox - X box to meet the Buffalo "GAZOWNT-GAZIKKA" Police Department Buffalo Creek.
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/


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Treason is what its called.

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