TERRORISM NOW AND THEN

What Can We Learn from “Former Domestic Terrorist” Bill Ayers?

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American Anti-War Sympathy for Bill Ayers and the Weathermen, back in the 1960s, tells us something we need to know for defeating Islamist terrorism today.

Back in That Vietnam-War Era, Countless Americans Opposed the War, but couldn’t do much about it. We marched, we protested, and the war continued.

The Weathermen Did It Differently. They used bombs to disrupt draft boards and the Pentagon.

This “Domestic Terrorism” Was Unsuccessful. But it was their most-powerful weapon against our immensely powerful government.

Many Against the War Did Not Condemn the Weathermen at the Time. Back then, we sympathized with their politics, even when we opposed their methods.

Right Now, Islamist Terrorists Survive Only Because Their Citizens share a view about the West. If we can change the way that terrorist-sympathizers see the United States, we will be more than halfway toward winning the so-called "War on Terror."


Channeling Barack Obama™ Opposes Islamist Terrorism. And we do not endorse “domestic terrorism,” past or present.

But It Always Helps to Understand Your Enemy. And the sympathizers who hide him....

As Long as Terrorists Have Civilian Sympathy, the terrorists will be able to hide. This is what makes these wars the hardest to win. Whether in Vietnam or in Iraq and Afghanistan, or even here at home.

If We Don't Care What the Rest of the World Thinks of Us (as the Bush administration insists), we will continue making enemies around the world. And those enemies will find sympathy among their people.

Only by Considering the Opinions of Others—and then deciding what we can change and what we cannot—only then can we win over the hearts and minds of those who might otherwise oppose us.

And That Is the Best Lesson We Can Learn from the example of the Weatherman, and former-terrorist and current Chicago educator, William Ayers.


NOTE: To Read What Bill Ayers Has to Say About His Role in the Recent Presidential Election, go here:

“What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: Looking Back on a Surreal Campaign Season”

Guilt by Association and the Terrorism of Deregulation (Part II)

The Terrorism of Deregulation:

The Economy of the United States of America has struggled under years and years of the "terrorism" of deregulation. Can our economy continue to support a “deregulation Maverick” like Senator John McCain?

As Election Time Draws Near and the Economy Sinks, Senator McCain and his “Maverick” running mate will be talking more and more about anything they can get away with, doing their best to distract Americans from the real challenges that face America today.

Is This Any Way to Run an Election? John McCain said that he’d rather lose an election and save the economy, than lose the economy just to win an election.

Guilt by Association Is not New. And it’s no surprise. In fact, a McCain-Palin campaign worker today said,

“If We Keep Talking about the Economy, We’re Going to Lose.”

Small Wonder That the Maverick Deregulator who encouraged decades of "deregulation terrorism"—from the Savings & Loans, all the way to Wall Street—would want to talk about just about anything else.

Terrorism? Deregulation? Savings & Loan Scandal? Which of these things really matter when it comes to feeding your family, filling up your gas tank, paying for college, and saving for retirement?

Barack Obama Needs Your Vote on November 4, 2008. It's time to change America. Senator McCain wants to talk about Barack Obama and Distinguished Educator William Ayers. Why would the McCain-Palin ticket rather talk about that?


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Guilt by Association and the Terrorism of Deregulation (Part I)

Guilt by Association:

While Senator John McCain Actively Participated as a member in the scandal of Charles Keating and the Keating Five, Barack Obama had absolutely nothing to do with America’s war in Vietnam.

When the Vietnam War was Lost, Barack Obama was 13 years old.

Barack Obama Had Nothing to Do with anti-war activities back in the 1960s. When William Ayers committed his anti-Vietnam War activities—for which Distinguished Educator Ayers has since turned himself in and apologized—Barack Obama was 9 years old!

Barack Obama Met Mr. Ayers as a Respected Educator in the 1990s, helping to reform a crumbling Chicago education system. Not as a terrorist, but more than 20 years later, as an educator.

Does the McCain-Palin Campaign Honestly Believe Barack Obama should put politics ahead of Chicago school kids? Should Barack Obama, like John McCain, put politics ahead of the American people?

To Fix the Current Economic Crisis, the Obama team of leaders includes: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett; former Reagan Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker; and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. Are these the kind of people John McCain would accuse of supporting a former terrorist?

President & Senator Clinton: Is Sarah Palin implying that Senator Clinton would support a terrorist? Does John McCain mean that President Clinton would support a terrorist?

Coming in Part II: "The Terrorism of Deregulation"

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