So Who Is This Bill Ayers??
By Uppity Woman on April 17, 2008 at 7:20 AM in Barack Obama, Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, Patriotism, Pentagon, Terrorism, Weather Underground
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.
Hmmmmm………Guess it’s not so cool to hang with RADICALS now ?…..
Yeah… probably a bad idea. But I guess they don’t teach you that at Harvard. Maybe all that Ivy grew into their brains or something.
I don’t really blame Harvard. SOme people just aren’t wired right to begin with.
Hey Uppity, for fun, I’d like to see Ayers terrorists activities compared with Cheney’s, ie, outing Plame, the suspension of Habeus Corpus, GITMO, any murder of Plames informants murdered as a result of Cheney’s actions, Obama’s Addington, or Abrams, Scooter’s commuted sentence, people involved in both the Obama camps and the Cheney camp, oil’s connection to Cheney, or Trinity, say, lest we forget.
Just as an academic exercise, to see what enemies of the US government have in common, other than national office, and a yearning to be president (lol).
It happened, best to find out why, right, so it doesn’t happen again?
No use sticking our heads in the sand.
Obama campaign, Adolph Hitler, Nazi germany, Obama change, euphoria, blame others, anti semitic, attacks, bullying, economy
yea and weren’t his most loyal inner group all YOUNG! REALLY YOUNG! And didn’t some of them turn on their parents even????
chit
fortunately my 26 yr old is far enough removed from college days that she is firmly in Hillary’s camp
even had her picture taken reaching over to shake former Prez C’s hand recently!!
It made the local paper. Now her grand kids will have something really unique to be told and taught. I think it’s “very COOL”
Don’t forget to add Dick Cheney’s name to that list, I mean, as long as we’re comparing and contrasting left and right wing terrorism against America…
LOL.
Yup he belongs there. And having the other side of this nutball coin is no better. No wonder Obama and Cheney are in each other’s geneology. Craziness is hereditary. So is Narcissism.
Didn’t Ayers once promote the concept that people should kill their parents?
Didn’t Dorhn once get all orgasmic about the Sharon Tate murders? Didn’t she think the Manson family murders were just the coolest thing?
Obama sure hangs with some VERY despicable people.
McCain would use this. I’m glad he won’t get the chance.
And…your point? What exactly are you trying to say, spit it out already…typical obama supporter, you hint at scandel but no real substance. So she worked at a law firm that represents bad people, oh the horror. So your point being, only innocent people deserve fair and competant representation? What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Nevermind. You’re hopeless.
What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?
That concept checked into a hotel down in Gitmo.
Don’t waste your time on CeeCee Liar… By it’s reasoning, Hillary would be damned if she’d worked for a public defender instead.
I mean.. “ooh scary” a radical LAW FIRM! That’s really laughable.
I don’t see the part where she bombed half the country.
In the spirit of internet confessions….I am Barack Obama, Cee Hussein is really my daughter ad this is why everything said is nonsensical….Honey, you need to go upstairs now and stay away from the computer….Sorry Folks! My daughter misspoke….Have a nice Day….Love Barry
So your point is they don’t deserve legal representation but bombing is okay because it represents a political statement.
This relationship of Hillary’s does not compare to the 17-year relationship Obama has had with Ayers. Doesn’t this qualify her judgment to be better than Obama’s? She had one summer’s association and he has had more than a decade association?
You cannot compare the two.
Yes I have an article somewhere of Dohrn saying something about they stuck forks in them and then ate. She was alllll squealy about it.
And if I were to play the losing republican game, I would point out McCain apparently broke under torture, right, aiding the enemy, making anti US statements?
But I wouldn’t because it’s so Rove, and secondly, it ends up hurting the individual who uses it, no matter how short sighted the K** and Rove’s and Axelrod’s of the world.
And it lacks class, morally reprehensible.
–Bernardine Dohrn
http://www.upstatefilms.org/weather/guerrilla.html
Ayers was a CRAZY RICH CRACKER MOFO DOING BAD ACID….
I am not so sure that comment is appropriate.
ROFLOL!
There was revolution in the air. Vietnam was killing our friends. You wouldn’t understand. You people like to sit in your cubby holes and “protest” the Iraq War like you are doing something. You have no balls.
Remember Kent State.
Some revolution…now protestors go out and breakdance to show how serious they are about ending war. They put on silly faces, go around mocking. They are a parody of themselves.
Kent State students even spend more time dealing with their iPod shuffle than discussing their legacy.
The revolutionTM will not be televised.
Yeah they will have their ipods with them and text each other during “the revolution”–while their parents are home busting their asses for them.
Spoiled little shits! I’ve got two of them! One is so entitled that he tells me his dream is to get so rich he can step over homeless people on the street without care. Guess where he lives? CHICAGO! My son the Obamatron! 30 year old OBAMATRON like my father! I’m surrounded by these nits! Sorry I love them, but I can’t take this right now. Sorry. My apologies.
Hope….I sympathize, my 73 year old Batsht crazy mother is an OBOAMATRON…..You might want to remind your Goldigger son that a rioting massesof poor people tend to ignore the mastercards waved by the rich as they are runnin for cover…..Keep your chin up.
Yeah I do understand. What are you crazy? Were you THERE or did you read a book. This was NOT a romanatic time. Young kids are having their heads filled with this bullshit and nobody in THEIR RIGHT MIND wants to go back to that. Don’t tell me I am sitting in my cubby hole. I was there. And I am adult enough to know it would be wrong to destroy this country that way. It was HORRIBLE. Get your mouth off your old bong and think a little bit will you? Nobody is going to let this happen again without a HUGE fight. I smell blood in the Obama air. He has set back race and gender relations 40 years! I am not going to participate in this kind of carnage again.
Yes I was there, were YOU. I kept an SDS safe house. I demonstrated against the Vietnam war ON THE STREETS for six years. I lost three friends.
I don’t want to even hear Your BS.
What have YOU done lately except look stupid.
Let me clue you. If you weren’t paying attention to Oklahoma City then there isn’t anything anyone here can tell you. Destruction and killing “collateral” people is not just something Republicans do. When you excuse it merely because the people committing the offense mouth a dogma that you prefer, it doesn’t wash away the blood bath. Terror doesn’t forge many loving relationships.
Yes, it is.
Iraq, for any number of reasons, they knew there were no WMD.
Cheney outing Plame, weren’t some of her ME informants murdered?
Don’t be an ass. Blowing up any building as a statement only says you’re dumb.
Agreed even the IRA eventually learned that one…
So you are proud that you promoted fighting violence with violence? Way to go, hero. Gandhi would have been proud of you.
And what are you doing to stop the war now? I mean, besides posting heartfelt, “I was an Antiwar hero” messages on a blog? Planning to blow up labs? Financing domestic terrorism?
“I kept an SDS safe house”- again, way to go. Ever occur to you to do anything CONSTRUCTIVE to stop the war? Or was petitioning, peaceful protest, etc. too much of a Drag cool revolutionaries like you?
I became an adult with more sense. And if you WERE there and think this is a cool thing to do now, which one of us is stupid again?
Uppity…..All I have to say is that BRA BURNING GLORIA STEINEM COULD EASILY KICK INDEPENDENT AKA MICHELLE O’S CANDY ASS…
Sad you don’t get the underlying issues here include a choice of anger justifying violence vs genuine belief in the principles of democracy and willingness to commit to positive, life affirming action…the person you just shot back doesn’t wallow, but works hard on these issues. You should see her funny, insightful blog, because it sounds like you need a good laugh.
Maybe you’re one of those bitter people bho is talking about and I’m sorry for that… also sounds like you need to get past your regrets and/or justifications for whatever you did back then. .. in the end, frustration and bitterness is not only destructive to society, it is self destructive.
Thanks uppity. I agree with you 100%. Other people demonstrated against the war. Those crazy Weathermen people were out trying to kill other people who had nothing to do with the war. They were just on a rampage. I wasn’t there but I was an adult and very interested in the news and they were dangerous to the rest of us who were against the war.
Nothing like killing innocent people to make a point that killing innocent people is wrong, hey?
Everyone remember Oklahoma City bombing - the firefighter carrying that poor little dead baby??? HORRIBLE!! We don’t need more of that EVER! Homegrown terrorists are just evil.
Right on sister!
I believe you are very correct in your analysis of Obama setting back race 40 years. We can thank this self-serving, pompous, bombastic little boy ( and I don’t mean that in a racist manner). I’m old enough to see who is and who isn’t a little boy. He’s magnified all the horrors and he has absolutely no compunction to make amends for his destructive behavior because he’s in a dream world made up of characters that are extremely treacherous. He doesn’t seem to realize just how destructive some of his cohorts are does he? And that is precisely the problem with this little boy wonder. He is not inhabiting the real world, but a world of his own with him in the starring role as ruler, lord, chieftain and head honcho.
Anybody who wants to criticize me for calling Obama a little boy can shove off. I have kids, both boys, and I know how little boys act. That is what I mean when I call him this name. So don’t any of you Obamatrons here call me a racist. PERIOD! I’m tired of the PC!
Grow up…..Will ya…..Jeeeeezzzz……This is national politics for chrisake…
Did you just hear yourself….Nothing justifies the violence of that group….
Revolution my ass…..They were just a bunch of spoiled anarchists who acted on adopted causes of the week……Please……
….ABOVE COMMENT DIRECTED AT INDEPENDENT…..Michelle get off the computer the kids need to go to school……Love Barry….
Bill… Bill Ayers, is that you? Someone piss in your cheerios this morning?
Well, I remember the Viet Nam War quite well and there was NEVER revolution that required people to start bombing and killing here in the US. NEVER. Only to young extreme leftists with addled brains. And no, I’m a woman… I have no balls… I don’t want balls. I think with my brain, not some macho facimile of a brain. Keep your balls.
True! The vast majority of us peacefully protested. We were afraid of people like Ayers. They were way out on the fringe.
YOU DON’T KNOW SHIT about KENT STATE. I live in Ohio. I know that campus. Those guardsmen were the same FUCKING ages as those students. DON’T YOU COME HERE WITH YOUR POST MODERN MODERN PATHOLOGY.
I was in a college in Washington during Viet Nam for Christ’s sake. WAKE UP. It’s 20 years later. War still rages. Not one of those OBAMAPODS would do shit to stop an attack on someone in the street, much less defend this nation.
Go to hell with your “remember Kent State,” you asshole.
Sorry … obviously more than 20 years. I listened to the same effete shit on campus … “remember Kent State” from the people looking for change to buy donuts on the way to the protest …. these must be their punishment. Well, not mine.
Way to Go Beebop. These people are on the pipe.
SMOKIN US GOVT. ISSUE CRACK…….obviously….
YOU DON’T KNOW SHIT about KENT STATE. I live in Ohio. I know that campus. Those guardsmen were the same FUCKING ages as those students. DON’T YOU COME HERE WITH YOUR POST MODERN MODERN PATHOLOGY
yea. beebop..who throws around kent state references to rail against a lack of iraq protests?
Years after the fact, me and a friend drove over to Kent State and stood on the hollowed ground of the shooting. That was a sad day in our countries history. I daresay that referencing Kent State like a badge of honor does disservice to those students that died that day.
Ehemmm……Independent….Yeah…….and THE UNIBOMBER is a favorite super hero of yours?….
Maybe Ayers and Dohrn will help him break out.
>>> THE UNIBOMBER (sic)
Is that like The Unabomber?
Murdering innocents, surreptitious attacks, terrorism, in the ultimate example of “no balls” no matter WHO is doing it.
Fixing an election?
Cheating the Rove/Obama way?
No balls, because they’re afraid they may lose, and they’re afraid they may have to fight, fairly, and if that happens, well, they may get hurt.
The loss in Iraq?
Victory was supposed to be a slam dunk, how do a bunch of stupid republican wussies handle a war that was supposed to go one two three, in their simple little minds?
They fuck it up even more, because they don’t know what to do, they can’t problem solve.
Same with the republican trolls, same with Obama’s crew.
No balls, no brains.
Wasn’t there an air force crew like that, the last before they admitted women, they BRAGGED about being the last class with no balls, and no brains?
They all went to work for Cheney, lost the wars, and it shows.
I wish there were some way the military, or the CIA, could read minds, determine an individuals decision making process, and let the world know the difference between a Cheney, or an Obama, neither who have an understanding of the scope of the war, corrupt, frightened, sub par no talents, and the Clintons of the world, who see a million different factors affecting the wars, and are in a much better position to solve the problems, due to a verifiable superior intellect, COURAGE and judgement.
But that’s not possible, so you have to go on past decisions, and apparently, criminal affiliations.
Obama has no experience, he’s corrupt. Corruption is already indicative of inferior judgement, for reasons the corrupt can’t understand.
And we’re going ot truth men like that with the future of our defense?
to trust, not truth, but I guess truth is paramount here, too, because without it, we won’t solve the problems,
And sometimes, the truth hurts.
simon: actually there is a way (to tell the difference) Read David Hawkins “Power vs. Force” -includes a calibration that reflects the evolutionary level of an individual or a group.. has a phenomenal chapter on applying this to politics…bho calibrates low and Hillary quite high (surprise, huh?)
I’ll check it out, thanks…
As someone that did protest the Vietnam War I have fond memories of how PEACEFUL demonstration changed people’s views. The same way MLK’s PEACEFUL protests changed people’s views.
What the terrorist Weather Underground did is to delegitimize what most of us were trying to do back then.
Believe me… I understand. Apparently you don’t!
Hey Flea, Susan mentioned that same point, and if you get an inkling, either of you, could you write about that aspect, in more detail?
I find it fascinating to see how the violent groups affected war protests, and I’d like to know, as I’m sure others would, simply for the personal, historical POV.
Thank you.
oh mommy, they are typing me to death.
If it were not for me and the other Vietnam war protesters some of you would not be here to be the asses you are now. We helped save your daddy, you’re welcome.
I never did anything violent but I was arrested a couple of times at “peaceful” protests.
Y’all are a good example of why my handle is, Independent. Like I have said for years, there is only repubican and repubican light.
Thank you.
Now go.
Michelle….Please get off the computer….Love Barry.
I was there and there was a revolution in the air but not all were like the Ayers. The great majority of us believed in the words of Martin Luther King and his nonviolent approach to protest. The true test of ones beliefs is in the ability to suffer the discomforts of nonviolent protest to convince people the rightousness of the cause. Violence comes from frustration, a lack of self discipline and a failure to understand or accept someone else point of view. I also think people who turn to violence are basically sadistic.
I’m sorry.. but when I WAS out protesting the Iraq war, the very same Obamabot college students from the local university, were driving around the protest march calling us filthy names and harrassing us.
Now that Saint Obama has arrived on the scene, the same students are harrassing Hillary’s supporters and anyone that does not worship Obama.
When Obama was claiming his moral authority over protesting the war, his frat boy fans were harrassing people protesting the war.
They are bandwagon jumpers and fad followers. I’m sorry if you think that violence is the way to end violence. It’s not. It’s still violence. Every side is convinced they are right, and that’s what makes the world a dangerous place.
Ayer’s group was about to bomb an Officers Dance at Fort Dix, but luckily blew their own stupid asses up instead. Think that’s okay to kill military officers because we were in Vietnam?
That’s just sick.
Very Astute…
i remember kent state well. i was on a different college campus that same day, participating in an overnight sit in. notice i said sit in, as in protest, not as in bombing. there’s a difference. if you don’t get that, there’s a need for therapy.
Boy do you assume a lot Independent.
hopefully the voters were watching the debate last night and will wake up!
Question for Larry- How the hell can Obama get a security clearance???? Association with people attempting to overthrow the government???? Or maybe that is his plan?
Beats me. Where I come from he would never pass DISCO scrutiny. I had to get special clearance and they grilled me just for being in the same SCHOOL with certain SDS people. And none of them were close to being Bill Ayers.
I caught boocoo flak at a mid-80’s Clearance Request because I mailed Julie Nixon my draft card…from Vietnam…in 1971 or so.
When I got my clearance they asked me about a friend who had declared bankruptcy. Last time I looked that was legal.
Youre YOU though, and Obama is Obama, more important, like Cheney, lol.
I think, though I don’t know, when a politician is a risk, things are withheld, in one way or another.
I think far less power is situated on the executive than we think, or know, and that’s is just a function of national security.
I mean, who would give Dick Cheney a clearance?
Dick and Dave wanted to take apart the Cosntitution, someone must have seen it coming…
Melissa, Transparently clear, by now, overthrowing democracy is his plan. He supports far left causes, is supported by far right interests and who is squeezed out of existence? THE MIDDLE CLASS DEMOCRATIC STRUCTURE.
On which, however, you’ve given a brilliant reminder of the catch 22 in it all.
See the headlines now.
OBAMA WINS ELECTION BUT MCCAINE SWORN IN OFFICE!
(subtext) During the final preparations for the Inaugaration, an emergency session of Congress has reversed the election results, due to FBI refusal to provide Obama with security clearance. A new election will be organized as soon as possible. In the meantime, his opponent, JMc, will fill in.
OMG what a friggin NIGHTMARE that would be!!
NO, no, we’d PUT HILLARY in charge.
Hmmmm……..FACISM 101…..
Uppity, wonderful post. If these are the relationships Obama holds in public with no apologies, then what in hell might he be hiding? He always intended to run for president and apparently, he felt that Ayers and Dohrn are upstanding folks who would only help in his bid to be the head of the most powerful nation in the world. What is wrong with this picture? Barak Obama doesn’t know it’s wrong to rub noses with and befriend terrorists. Does he have a lot in common with the Ayers’? What do they talk about, building bombs? Or how to pick targets for maximum murder and mayhem?? Think about it… Obama expects to be the next president of the US and he unabashedly befriends terrorists. And this is the first time we’ve actually heard about this from the MSM!!!
Thanks for putting this together, Uppity. You’re my hero for today
All praise to Charlie Gibson for asking the great and powerful Obama about Ayers.
Politico did an Ayers article also. Back in February …
I found one portion really interesting … post 8 year old Barack …
‘ As Bloomberg News reported recently, Obama and Ayers have crossed paths repeatedly in the last decade. In 1997, Obama cited Ayers’ critique of the juvenile justice system in a Chicago Tribune article on what prominent Chicagoans were reading. He and Ayers served together on the board of the Woods Fund of Chicago for three years starting in 1999. In 2001, Ayers also gave $200 to Obama’s state Senate reelection campaign. ‘
Here’s the link …. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8630.html
Made a visit to Wikipedia.org. Bill Ayer’s entry is locked … interesting … in a kind of really creepy way ….
yeah I saw it was locked. I used it when I first did this article awhile back on my blog. They are working double time.
I would love to know of Ayers involvement with the PLO, through Khalidi, at the very least.
Speaking of bombings. Barry says that Rev. Wright doesn’t hate the county because he was a Marine.
Best comment I heard last night was that Timothy McVeigh was in the Army, go figure.
Wright is a Black Separatist…..Tis true…..It’s the cause…..
Sounds good to me. Uncle Sam owns several troop ships, hanging on the hook, rusting away in the Reserve Fleet.
We can Get ‘Em Smokin’ and run them from NOLA and Charleston back and forth to Monrovia (Liberia).
ABSOLUTELY EMPTY on the Return trip, Thank You Very Much.
Give each and every “Reverse Immigrant” a 50 LB bag of rice and ten Krugerrands upon disembarkation to spend in, “The Mother Country.”
That should settle all that hash about Slavery stealing Africa’s Best Minds.
Also, the government of Liberia would probably be DELIGHTED to grant each Reverse Immigrant his rightful, “40 Acres and a Mule,” promised his ancestors by William Tecumseh Sherman.
Provided, of course, that Uncle Sam gave Liberia the mules, mule skinners, mule feed and recipes for mule meat.
I thought of the same thing when he said that.
This campaign is a HUGE danger to America. I don’t care what dance anybody does, this man must NOT be elected.
I salute You…..and agree…..Banjo Up!….Keep up the work….