His reaction to the US spending ten times as much on the military as our next closesr rival is unacceptable to me:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showpos...95&postcount=1
...and this smells:
Quote:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/p...,2716725.story
Rezko owns vacant lot next to Obama's home
By Ray Gibson and David Jackson
Tribune staff reporters
Published November 1, 2006
When Sen. Barack Obama decided to buy a stately $1.65 million home last year on Chicago's South Side, Antoin "Tony" Rezko and his wife wasted no time. The same day the Obamas closed on the house, the Rezkos closed on the purchase of the adjoining vacant lot, which once was the estate's lush side yard.
In normal circumstances, the two real estate transactions probably wouldn't have raised an eyebrow. There is, after all, nothing illegal or untoward about an aggressive developer buying hot property next door to a rising political star.
But these are not normal times for either Obama or Rezko, two longtime friends whose fortunes have taken sharp turns in opposite directions.....
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