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University Hides Obama Records From Media
by Mark Impomeni
The University of Illinois at Chicago finds itself
in the middle of a growing controversy over the
records of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which
it maintains at its Richard J. Daley Library.
Sen. Barack Obama served on the Annenberg board of
directors from 1995 until the project ended in
2001, spending three years as its first chairman.
It was on the broad of the Annenberg Challenge
where Sen. Obama served with the notorious former
head of the 1960's radical group, William Ayers.
The Annenberg Challenge was founded by Ayers and
was responsible for administering a private grant
of nearly $50 million to Chicago public schools.
Journalists researching Sen. Obama's background as
he prepares to accept the Democratic Party's
nomination for president have been seeking to get
a look at the records. But the Daley library has
refused, after initially agreeing to make the
records public, claiming that the donor of the
material has not given permission for the records
to be viewed by the press.
The documents could shed more light on the
relationship between Obama and Ayers. Obama is
known to have visited Ayers' home at least once,
attending a fund raiser there; and is believed to
have gotten his start in Chicago politics in part
with Ayers' blessing.Asked yesterday about the
controversy over the records, Chicago Mayor
Richard Daley, son of the late mayor Richard J.
Daley for whom the library is named, dismissed
concerns over Obama's ties to Ayers, saying that
Ayers' radical days are behind him.
"Bill Ayers-I've said this-his father was a great
friend of my father. I'll be very frank. Vietnam
divided families, divided people. It was a
terrible time of our country. People didn't know
one another. Since then...[Ayers] has been in the
forefront of a lot of education issues and helping
us in public schools and things like that.People
keep trying to align [Ayers] with Barack Obama.
It's really unfortunate. They're friends. So what?
People do make mistakes in the past. You move on.
This is a new century, a new time. He reflects
back and he's been making a strong contribution to
our community."
The Obama campaign has said in the past that Obama
and Ayers were "friendly," implying a past
relationship. Daley's comment indicates that the
two remain friends.
If the records indicate a deeper or an ongoing
relationship between Obama and Ayers, it would be
a major problem for the Obama campaign. Ayers and
the Weather Underground are responsible for a
spate of terrorist bombings in the waning days of
the Vietnam War, including against the U.S.
Capitol and the Pentagon. Ayers was never
convicted in connection to the bombings because
his case was thrown out on an evidence gathering
technicality, and he has never publicly repented
for his alleged actions. As recently as September
11, 2001, in an op-ed published by the New York
Times, Ayers said that he did not regret setting
the bombs. "I don't think we did enough," he said.
The Obama campaign has said that it has no control
over the records or the University of Illinois
library that is keeping them sealed. But Obama has
based his appeal on his superior judgment, and
questions about his relationship to an unrepentant
terrorist cast a dark cloud over that judgment.
Questions will persist until the records can be
reviewed. The Obama campaign would do well to
publicly call for the records to be opened, and
allow for the press to report on their contents.
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| ACTV: Hidden Details from the iPhone Keynote |
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Four things about the iPhone that you probably
overlooked from Steve Job's MacWorld keynote. They
include what the calendar application looks like,
how you'll view traffic in Google Maps, another
way to scroll through long lists and how ringtones
may ultimately work.
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Durée : 362 s |
| Out of Place - Google Earth - details under (More info) |
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CLICK (More info) FOR VIDEO DETAILS
See video response for better soundtrack remix.
Serious Ruts -- RR Maintenance Truck - St. Louis
38°37'10.65"N, 90°11'11.70"W
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BB202.jpg
Looks like the RR maintenance truck has moved on.
Don't Walk -- U-Turn Driver - Detroit
42°19'54.44"N, 83° 2'54.19"W
Looks like the cab has moved on now.
And they've repainted the crosswalk.
I Think I Can -- New York
40°42'16.47"N, 74° 0'30.56"W
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/LM028-77WATERST
REET.htm
Bush Pilot -- Airplane Home -- Oregon
45°24'28.31"N, 123°0'27.67"W
http://www.airplanehome.com
Stacked Up Planes -- Google Earth Double Exposure
-- Venezuela
10°35'56.73"N, 66°59'20.53"W
http://www.gearthhacks.com/forums/showthread.php?t
=3712
Looks like the planes are unstacked now.
Fill It Up -- Airplane Gas Station -- Oregon
45°25'30.77"N, 122°38'3.77"W
http://www.thebomber.com/
Parallel Parked Plane (permanently) - Morocco
33°33'30.06"N, 7°39'58.66"W
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/
Number/795682/page/vc/vc/1
Area 51 - UFO Rest Stop - Nevada
37°14'42.55"N, 115°48'58.27"W
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=371
666 (if you have Google Earth)
http://earth.google.com/images/ufo.png (if you
don't)
Looks like GE just moved Area 51 about 1100 feet
toward the East!
More Than One Space -- MiG-21 - Germany
51°21'44.43"N, 7°33'29.13"E
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/
Number/436512/page//vc/1
Lunar Excursion Module (It wasn't faked) -
Philadelphia
39°57'27.97"N, 75°10'24.19"W
http://www.fi.edu/pieces/schutte/story.html
Aircraft Carrier "Sigh" - 7/8 Scale Mockup -
Shanghai
31°6'14.73"N, 121°0'52.87"E
http://www.bobhenneman.info/china.htm
Ask Directions -- Airplane/Restaurant - Beijing
39°56'27.54"N, 116°27'27.34"E
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0477370/M/
GE has been updated. The airplane-cafe is gone
now.
It All Happened So Fast -- City Museum, St. Louis
38°38'0.86"N, 90°12'3.11"W
http://www.citymuseum.org/
http://www.citymuseum.org/3D.html
http://tomba.free.fr/St.%20Louis%20City%20Museum.j
pg
Turn on 3D Buildings to see the school bus.
John Travolta's Driveway -- Real -- Ocala, Florida
29°16'40.94"N, 82°7'1.82"W
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number
/768811
Beginning to Suspect -- Airplane Exhibit - Moscow
55°50'0.09"N, 37°37'24.21"E
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number
/200162
Plane Grounded by Lava -- Republic of Congo
1°39'23.42"S, 29°14'15.85"E
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/
Number/420723/page/vc
Too Late -- Blue Whale Skeleton -- Santa Cruz,
California
36°56'57.31"N, 122° 3'55.40"W
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number
/2389
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/975030
With apologies to Eric Burdon and the Animals for
looping "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
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Durée : 162 s |
| Bad Day - Google Earth - details under (More info) |
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CLICK (More info) FOR VIDEO DETAILS
Plane Crash -- Ethiopia
8°58'38.62"N, 38°48'15.57"E
(Google Earth has been updated since this video
was made. The plane has been cleaned up and is now
gone.
http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/08/addis-abab
a-bole-airport-crash/
Capsized Cruise Ship -- Korea
35°9'20.89"N, 129°8'49.49"E
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-09/14/conte
nt_1080670.htm
Traffic Accident -- Baghdad
33°19'37.28"N, 44°17'4.78"E
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/
Number/903635/page//vc/1
Crane Collapse -- Holland
52°1'44.67"N, 4°17'20.73"E
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/
Number/555371/an/page/page/0/vc/1
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/116375
4.jpg
Bad Day -- Daniel Powter
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Durée : 91 s |
| Aquarium |
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*No animals were harmed during the making of this
film.*
Featuring an ailing pooch, a secret crush and a
romantic evening amongst marine lovers, "Aquarium"
takes a startlingly unique look at an everyday
subject: suburban adolescence. Written and
directed by Rob Meyer, the film was given
Honorable Mention at the 2008 Sundance Film
Festival.
Now playing in the YouTube Screening Room:
http://www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom
Tags : short film comedy drama coming-of-age aquarium fish |
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Durée : 983 s |
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