So Who Is This Bill Ayers?? Authorized version

Posted with express permission from the author: Uppity Woman

Cross posted at: No Quarter

So who is Bill Ayers, you ask? Nobody in particular if you are an Obama Fan. I mean Obama Rocks!!!! Yes We Can!! I mean all Ayers was is just the leader of the terrorist group the Weather Underground in the '70s. Ohhhhhhhhhh pooh pooh, Obama fans say! That's a longggggg time ago!!! Barack was 8 years old! Ayers is a nice guy now! He hasn't blown anything up lately or anything! Stop bothering our Messiah! All Ayers did was bomb a few buildings, right? Let's give him another chance! I mean so what if he helped Barack with his campaigns. Lay off the guy!

No.

I won't lay off the guy. Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn (now married to Ayers) were two of the most infamous domestic terrorists ever to be allowed to continue to walk the earth in America, thanks to a screw up in the surveillance. But that didn't stop Ayers from bragging on what he did.

"i don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough"
--Bill Ayers, September 11, 2001
No regrets for a love of explosives

Let's talk about the little ole silly things Ayers and Dohrn did:

Weatherman, AKA Weather Underground Organization, was a violent U.S Radical Left group. They called themselves a revolutionary organization whose purpose was to carry out a series of attacks to overthrow of the Government of the United States.

The Weather Underground believed that militancy was far better than nonviolent protests. Their goal was to thwart the US Government using guerrilla warfare to achieve a revolution. They wrote a "Declaration of a State of War" against the United States government.

So what exactly DID Obama's friend, campaign ally and Woods Foundation Colleague and his wife do?

For starters, the Weather Underground claimed credit for a bombing in Chicago, which they referred to as a "kickoff" of what they called their "Days Of Rage". Their book. entitled, "Prairie Free", strongly called for a unified Communist Party.

The Weather Underground blew up several Chicago Police cars at that time as well.

Next, these slime balls held a "war council" to firm up plans to remain underground and commit acts of sabotage against the US Government. They bombed several police cars in Berkley. Then they detonated a bomb at the San Francisco Police Department, during which one officer was killed and several others were injured. When 36 sticks of dynamite were discovered at a police precinct in Detroit, Bill Ayers just happened to be in town.

Later, several of the Underground's own members died when they accidentally blew up their own bomb factory in New York. No loss. The bomb was intended to be used at an officer's dance at Fort Dix. The bomb they were going to use was packed with nails for maximum damage. Fortunately those nails ended up stuck in their own miserable dead asses instead. Then another bomb factory was discovered in Chicago's North side. Their weapons cache was also discovered in an apartment in Chicago's South side. Then they blew up the National Guard building in DC.

Nice people huh? Would you go to their house?

While they continued to hide from indictments, Bernardine Dohrn issued a "Declaration of A State Of War".

They claimed credit for the explosion of the San Francisco Hall of Justice, which never occurred. Later, an undetonated explosive device was discovered on the premises. Then the NY City Police headquarters was bombed. Then they bombed the Presidio Army Base in San Francisco in honor of the anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.

Think I am done talking about the Underground yet? Nope.

They then helped Timothy Leary escape from prison, and bombed the Marin County courthouse. After that they bombed the Queens Traffic Court building. They bombed the Harvard Center For International Affairs. A few of them fled to Cuba, where I hope to God they still reside if they aren't dead.

Next, they bombed the US Capital. Another of their bomb factories was discovered in San Francisco. Then they bombed the office of California Prisons, The New York Department of Corrections in Albany, NY, and William Bundy's office at MIT Research Center.

Nope. I'm not done yet. This stuff was all in a day's work for Bernardine and Bill.

They bombed the Pentagon.

They bombed the 103 Police Precinct in New York.

Then they bombed the ITT buildings in both New York and Rome, Italy.

They bombed the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

They bombed the Office of California of Attorney General.

They bombed Gulf's Pittsburgh headquarters.

Then they bombed the Anaconda headquarters.

They bombed the State Department.

They bombed the Banco De Ponce in Puerto Rico as well as the Kennekot Corporation.

They also committed the Brinks Robbery in conjunction with the Black Liberation Army.

So, let me ask you: If you had any judgment at all, and if you billed yourself as a "Uniter," would you go to Bill Ayers' home and be on the Woods Fund with him for years? Would you take a political contribution from him and let him introduce you around? Would you mind if your sister brought Bill Ayers home to meet the family?

Think about it. I'll wait.

While you are waiting, here's a little video to introduce you to the fear and misery these bastards generated with Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn at the helm. Then tell me that this is just another "boneheaded" affiliation that Obama made for himself--or that he just "didn't know". Or that because it is 40 years later, and on 911 of all days, Ayers said "I feel we didn't do enough"  that you would want to be caught standing next to him. Perhaps, since Ayers and Dohrn "didn't do enough," these two crazies would like to make up for lost time.

Hyper Educated Uppity Woman



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Re: So Who Is This Bill Ayers?? (none / 0)

This exact article was posted earlier today, with the exact same title.

It was junk from a crap hate website then, and it still is now.

LINK


by bawbie on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:25:07 PM EST

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Scuse me. Can you read? This was posted with the permission of the author. And it is posted in it's entirety.


by Hunky on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:46:19 PM EST
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So?

It's still a complete duplicate diary to the one before, and it's still utter crap.


by bawbie on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:48:31 PM EST
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Uh...no it isn't. This is authorized and complete. only crap I see is coming from somewhere else.


by Hunky on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:51:10 PM EST
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Utter trash. Ayers was not the "leader" of the weather underground, though he was a member. Go google it yourself. This is just more mud.

Obama's connection to Ayer's is tenuous at best. How would you like to be held reponsible for the 40 year old actions of everyone you've ever been on a board or committee with. I know I wouldn't. Some people I've been on local committees with are nuts.

As for the Weather Underground. There are those two Bill Clinton pardons if you want to talk about the organization.


John McCain supports privatizing Social Security.
by Travis Stark on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:29:46 PM EST

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I lived back then. Don't need to google my brain.


by Hunky on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:50:18 PM EST
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Just because you lived through it 40 years ago doesn't mean you have your facts strait now. The mind goes first you know...well, second if you're a dude.


by Djo on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:57:00 PM EST
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I lived back then. Don't need to google my brain.

Apparently you do, because you're wrong.

Best I can tell Ayers is not in jail, so I guess you're arguing that he cannot and should not try to redeem himself by being on the board of this charity, and Obama and others should shun him and not be involved in any charity in which he might be involved huh? I mean it's not like Obama's pardoning him for his crimes is he?

By the way, I lived back then too. I was 10.


John McCain supports privatizing Social Security.
by Travis Stark on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:51:41 PM EST
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Can't see a reason to HR this comment.  Uprated.


No Way. No How. No McCain.
by Denny Crane on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:58:08 PM EST
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and as a side note, that woods board is an anti-poverty board serving the south side of chicago. there are i believe eight board members. should they all be included in your shitlist? and i guess by your logic obama should have told the poor kids to bugger off because 30 years ago one guy on the board was a radical? that makes perfect sense.

as for ayers, he's now a rather respected professor who once served as an aide for mayor richard daley (oh, great, guess he's screwed too). btw, they're not exactly close friends. they live in the same neighborhood, ayers is active in dem circles, so them being acquaintances is not that spectacular of an issue.

and just to make a point, ayers is not an obama supporter, adviser or anything of the sort. this is trash story.

ayers, by the way, was never convicted of anything wu related, if i am not mistaken. not that that excuses his behavior, but he's been deemed by both daley and the univ of chicago as a reputable enough citizen to fall under their employ. so maybe go vent at them.

disclaimer: i'm an obama guy. that said, hrc has more better means of taking him on than this  drivel. and for the record, i'll vote for her if she wins the nomination ...


by jbill on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:05:08 PM EST
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Again team Clinton picks the wrong fight. It is getting freaky. Is there no self-awareness?

"That summer she went to work at the most important radical law firm in America at that point: Treuhaft, Walker and Bernstein in Oakland. They defended the Panthers. Two of their partners were members of the Communist Party--including Bob Treuhaft, who was married to Jessica Mitford. I talked to Bob Treuhaft not long before he died, and he said he was certain that Hillary came there because she subscribed to some of the kind of law they practiced and the kind of clients they defended. In her so-called autobiography, "Living History," she put in a couple of sentences about living in Berkeley with Bill that summer and working at that law firm, but she makes it sound like their work focused on postal rate increases. There's not a word about radicals."

http://www2.nysun.com/article/66933

http://www.alternet.org/story/57850/


John McCain: Cheney with a temper
by wrb on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:35:55 PM EST

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Slight difference for clerking somewhere for a summer and having an association and friendship with an unrepentant terrorist. Geez... you have some twisted morals.


by Hunky on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:49:41 PM EST
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You do understand that y'all are sound EXACTLY like Sean Hannity on this, right?


by bawbie on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:51:21 PM EST
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If anyone is sounding like a clone it is y'all. Or is that a cult?


by Hunky on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:56:00 PM EST
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No.

You are sounding EXACTLY like Sean Hannity.  He's been harping on this for months.

The question is:  Are you a Republican?  Or are you just acting like one to promote your candidate?


by bawbie on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:58:51 PM EST
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I don't need no idgits calling me a pub.


by Hunky on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:12:30 PM EST
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Then quit acting like one.

And nice personal attack.  I appreciate it.  Got any more?


by bawbie on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:13:52 PM EST
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First of all, Ayers did some f*cked up sh!t. Nobody's going to argue that. But the man is a part of Illinois politics now, and people involved in the political system in Chicago are probably going to come into contact with him. Why should Obama have to take the wrap for what he did when Obama was 8 years old? Should Clinton be weighed down by Spitzer's scandal because they were both in the NY political sphere? Hell no, it's ridiculous!

Second of all, I'd say that the people who are parroting right wing talking points and threatening to sit out the GE vote or vote for McCain if they don't get their particular candidate are the ones in the cult.


by Djo on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:01:51 PM EST
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between choosing to wok where you can represent "terrorists" and serving on a charitable board with someone who has done his time?

Hell, I once served on a board with Peggy Noonan's dad.  Am I now Republican?


John McCain: Cheney with a temper
by wrb on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:54:23 PM EST
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No, but you might have other issues.

Obama's ties with Ayers are much deeper than serving on a board. Open your mind.


by Hunky on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:58:49 PM EST
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Would you care to elaborate? Or just keep the rumor mill turning?


by Djo on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:02:32 PM EST
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I assume you have the capacity to research on your own. If you are satisfied that you are right with your causal definition of their relationship then never mind. It only takes a very small amount of time to find rather interesting ties between the two, predating his work with him on a charity board.


by Hunky on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:16:40 PM EST
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"but you might have other issues"  Weak

By the way, I found Judge Noonan gracious, intelligent, and likable.

Ayers could very well be as well.


John McCain: Cheney with a temper
by wrb on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:09:01 PM EST
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You forgot to add that Bill Clinton pardoned to of its members before he left office.


by pjamerica on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:37:29 PM EST

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Bill Clinton commuted the sentences of two members. He did NOT pardon them. And at least one of them apologized for what she had done. Ayers is unrepentant and has said he might consider doing it again.


by Hunky on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:47:49 PM EST
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I assume you have complained to and boycott UIC and Univerisity of Chicago for employing this heinous, vile, scum of the earth, no-redeemable-value human beings?


by bawbie on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:49:53 PM EST
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I have nothing to do with them. Assume what you must.


by Hunky on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:51:48 PM EST
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God, you're right. I can't defend William Ayers. I can't believe Obama is friends with this guy. Wait, he IS friends with him, right? Because, of course, it would be ridiculous to talk about this if he were just an acquaintance.


If you're being chased by an angry bull and then you notice you're also being chased by a swarm of bees, it doesn't really change things. Just keep on running.
by vcalzone on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:52:39 PM EST

Pardon me, (2.00 / 1)

So if Obama was once in the house of an ex-WU guy, and Bill Clinton pardoned 2 WU members, does that mean you're praising Obama for his embrace of Clinton policies? Nice to see we have common ground here.


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by X Stryker on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:20:12 PM EST

Re: So Who Is This Bill Ayers?? Authorized version (1.00 / 1)

This diary is garbage. We all want a list of who you are sitting with on your homeowners' association board so we can investigate their activities from forty some-odd years ago and see if you are an appropriate member of this community!


"Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break." Sara Teasdale
by april34fff on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:46:44 PM EST

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Isn't that an astute sweet observation from you. Nothing wrong with home grown terrorists in your book? Whatever. The rest of us are going to take back America and make it a safe place for Americans. You far left wingers should start your own party. Oh, but wait... seems the party already exists: The fascists!


by Hunky on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:51:45 PM EST
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Why was he a terrorist?


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by CardBoard on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 05:31:18 PM EST
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My, that ost was telling.

And you are not a tourist from Redstate?


John McCain: Cheney with a temper
by wrb on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 05:55:31 PM EST
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would you write the same thing about Bobby Seal?


Bring Back MyDD - Just say No to Rec'ing Candidate Diaries.
by CardBoard on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:51:41 PM EST

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His name is Bobby Seale. Learn how to spell please.


by Hunky on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:54:11 PM EST
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That is not really a learned error, being silent - but ok, Bobby Seale


Bring Back MyDD - Just say No to Rec'ing Candidate Diaries.
by CardBoard on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 05:30:50 PM EST
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