TIL today on DU: It's widely known Obama's mother worked for the CIA.

[Drunken Irishman]

[Jackpine Radical]

1. WTF??

[joshcryer]

2. The crazy has been so strong lately.

WTF is going on?

[cali]

3. a DUer said that? there are always nutcases around.

that is obviously not a view held by the VAST FUCKING majority of DUers

Have you been.... tippling?

[Drunken Irishman]

6. Didn't say it was the view of a vast majority. Just said I learned it today on DU.

Which is true. I had never heard, up until today, that Obama's mother worked for the CIA.

[840high]

46. link?

[pacalo]

97. I've learned about it from your OP. I missed the one you're repeating.

I totally get that the original remarks shouldn't have been posted, but giving it further exposure isn't wise or constructive, either.

Just my two cents ...

[KittyWampus]

7. it wasn't a nutcase. It was someone I have respect for. I alerted it relectantly

because I don't like to think she'd get a Hide… can't figure out why she posted that nonsense. Not like her at all.

But I did alert it because that is some Infowars nuttery.

[cali]

8. that's exactly right- infowars nuttery indeed.

[Aerows]

49. Maybe the entire environment of DU is getting to me

and I need to take a break from it. I didn't mean it to sound as nutty as it did.

There is so much tension around here, and maybe I'm just not fit to post right now.

Thanks and take care.

[lumpy]

80. I agree with you. lets hope that CIA shit doesn't get out into the internet atmosphere.

[Katashi_itto]

102. Hang in there, hope your ok

DU is getting really bizarre

[JI7]

21. yes, there are some Trolls on here including one who went after Michelle Obama on the taking

Vacations thing when it was reported she was going to go to china with her mother and daughters.

[Wait Wut]

4. I didn't see that one...

...but, I'm wondering if it's the poster I'm thinking of.

[Whisp]

5. She was also a 'Bankster', honest to gawd I read that HERE on DU.

Obama's mom was like those wall street people and she must have taught Obama to be as dishonest as all those folks were.

What she actually was involved in was micro loans in Indonesia - this got twisted into the Bankster obscenity.

fuckity fuck fuck thick stupid or what.

[cali]

10. lol.

[BeyondGeography]

56. Yup...that was grandma, who was underpaid and whose story Obama cited re. Lily Ledbetter

Real evil stuff.

[Hekate]

84. Right, working for BankOH in a small city in a small state, and way underpaid. Yikes. Nt

[lamp_shade]

9. Ohoh

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. I saw that.

[Cha]

59. Really?! I thought it was an

exaggeration post pointing out all the stupid shite going on.

[greatauntoftriplets]

75. I would hope it was that...

The member edited now. The story was from infowars.

[Cha]

88. "Infowars"!? I've never been to the site

but haven't heard anything reputable about it.

[greatauntoftriplets]

98. It's conspiracy theory central and nutjob Alex Jones' website.

IMO, good only for pointing and laughing.

[Cha]

99. And, apparently someone wasn't aware they make shite up out of thin air.. and thought "hmmm"

here's some juicy news about President Obama's Mom. Bless her heart.

[greatauntoftriplets]

100. She sounded like a nice lady who did interesting work.

Too bad she died so young.

[Cha]

101. I know..

[undeterred]

12. She was one of those crazy Muslim feminists

from Topeka Kenya.

[Whisp]

14. Topeka Kenya...

[name not needed]

24. I always get him and Yaphet Kotto mixed up.

[Whisp]

44. Apparently I'm Canadyen. That is supposed to be baaaad

i.e. if I don't rake Obama over the coals regularly, with vigor and zest.

[Terra Alta]

13. sounds like something a birther would come up with.

[Whisp]

16. Nah, that's just Feet to the Fire!

lol.

[cali]

18. It is.

[Liberal Veteran]

36. Or a RW racist.

[steve2470]

15. paging MIRT.... nt

[NightWatcher]

17. I did my part. I voted to hide it

[redqueen]

19. Curiouser and curiouser. nt

[Drunken Irishman]

22. Sadly.

[JI7]

20. the same one attacked a few DU members for not being american including some who ARe americans

[Cha]

62. WTF!

[JI7]

23. he got where he was because of Strings Pulled, no way would he have gotten into those schools

otherwise

[AngryAmish]

29. bottle? bottles?

This place is getting weird.

[Cha]

61. Oh, you don't believe that was posted so you have to ask a stupid question about his user name?

[MindMover]

64. woooo, the venom, sorry I was being facetious like the majority of posts ....

but I will remove my scathing remark and thank you for pointing it out to me ,,,, chacha

[Cha]

65. Then my sincere apologies.. :(

[MindMover]

66. wow, just like my wife, chop off my head and then ask me if I heard what she said .... wtf

[Cha]

70. So you don't accept my apology?

[MindMover]

72. I guess I better or you'll chop something else off ... nt

[Cha]

86. It would be nice if my apology were accepted.. thank you? :)

[Hekate]

92. Now we know something about you that maybe you didn't want us to know.

I haven't seen a castration-anxiety statement like that since college, and that was some decades ago. It wasn't funny then, either.

[MindMover]

93. that is some reaching for a sexist remark from an assumptive stance ....WOW

I was referring to my finger ... or is that a phallic symbol to you ????

[DURHAM D]

26. Link? nt

[JI7]

27. i'm guessing people feel more free to be open with their views

after the piece of shit used car salesman was allowed and cheered on by some.

[lamp_shade]

30. ^ ^ ^

[Squinch]

57. I bet you are exactly right.

[Number23]

74. Yep. The lid on the bottle of crazy has been popped right off

The place has barely been held together the last few years and the last few days have plunged this place straight into Crazytown.

Too late for Raid at this point. They need to call in those guys that take over your house for a like a week and spray chemicals so noxious and deathly that even your neighbors have to stay at a hotel.

[icymist]

85. Paging Dr. Heisenberg...

[Hekate]

91. The crazy, it burns. It burrrrrns!

Aieeeee!

[Whisp]

103. Breaking Bad - DU style! :)

(the fumigation tents in your post made me think of Breaking Bad, not sure if you are familiar)

[Number23]

104. I've never seen Breaking Bad but somehow any reference to chemically induced foolishness

seems to go hand in hand with this place now.

[gollygee]

28. Yeah I saw that

[steve2470]

31. this ?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024744021#post21

[Whisp]

35. oh my goodness! ...

This is soooo strange. wow.

[Cha]

69. I just see this link going to the

OP.. is there a post in the thread for what you're referring to? Thanks..

And, since I've read it's been edited.. what did it say?

[steve2470]

73. better link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4744883

21. It has been widely reported

Last edited Fri Mar 28, 2014, 07:20 PM - Edit history (1)

that President Obama worked for Business International Corporation.

[Cha]

87. And,

his mom Stanley Ann was CIA?

thanks steve

[Hekate]

90. Read the original version before editing. Yikes, yikes, yikes.

Just click on the red link for Edit History, then you can read the original in all its tinfoil hat glory.

[Cha]

94. Oh, I didn't know you could read "edited" history!

Good to bloody well know.. mahalo Hekate!

[Number23]

77. Awww Lawd... I would say I was shocked at the source of that Grade A idiocy

But I'd be lying through my teeth.

[GiveMeMorePIE]

32. Every site has Infowars trolls.

I am a member of many online communities and they are EVERYWHERE.

I subscribe to the out-behind-the-woodshed method when they reveal themselves.

[Aerows]

33. I'll edit the post

But it IS widely known that Obama worked at Business International Corporation. Take it as you will.

EDIT: Fixed it. That is a fact.

[Whisp]

39. did you edit out the ridiculous Obama MOm is CIA - it's a widely known FACT?

jumpin' jimminie wtf?

[BeyondGeography]

41. Which signifies absolutely fucking nothing

He used it as a jumping off point for community service in poor neighborhoods. I guess that was cover for his ultimate role as the biggest MIC tool evah.

[Cha]

60. Gawd you got your stupid hate going on. I don't believe your fucking "facts".

[Rex]

89. Well wiki agrees with you, so I guess it is under the bus with wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_International_Corporation

Barack Obama[edit]

"In the late summer of 1983, future United States President Barack Obama interviewed for a job at Business International Corporation. He worked there for "little more than year."[3] As a research associate in its financial services division, he edited Financing Foreign Operations, a global reference service, and wrote for Business International Money Report, a weekly financial newsletter.[4] His responsibilities included "interviewing business experts, researching trends in foreign exchange, following market developments. . . . He wrote about currency swaps and leverage leases. . . . Obama also helped write financial reports on Mexico and Brazil".[5]"

That does not surprise me in the least and everyone pretending it is a bad thing, why? Why all the defense so what if he worked there.

Never heard that about his mom.

ANYWAY - under the bus with wiki!

[one_voice]

34. I missed that...

was it a newbie or someone that's been here a while?

The stupid

[Aerows]

38. No, I said it

but it came out a whole lot weirder than I meant it. Suddenly, everyone wanted to jump on it because "OMG Aerows, who criticizes the President at times said something horrible and must be condemned, condemned condemned."

What was drowned out in the post is that Obama DID work for Business International Corporation right out of college, and if that doesn't raise an eyebrow, it should.

Raise your hand if you knew that.

[Liberal Veteran]

40. Oooo...Obama has CIA cooties.

[GiveMeMorePIE]

42. "Four C.I.A. employees in various countries between 1955 and 1960."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_International_Corporation#CIA

FOUR.

FOUR.

Over 20 years before President Obama briefly worked there.

It takes a small mind making HUUUUGE nutty leaps to tie President Obama to the CIA because of this.

[11 Bravo]

52. Idolater! Worshiper! Obamabot! (Just thought I'd beat the rush.) Welcome ...

to DU. I hope you stick around until the current batshittery subsides. Every now and then this place used to be a pretty decent place to come for lucid political discourse.

[GiveMeMorePIE]

58. Thank you!

I've spent a lot of time on Reddit's politics section, so this is child's play. Hehe.

[Cha]

63. Maybe after Labor Day until Midterms are over? :(

[Number23]

81. "It takes a small mind making HUUUUGE nutty leaps to tie President Obama to the CIA"

That sounds about right...

[LiberalAndProud]

67. You know, Aerows, I have to respect that you're owning this

as much as you're getting jumped on for it. Your post causes me wonder what other sites you're frequenting, because the inferences you've drawn belong in Creative Speculation, if at all on DU.

[lumpy]

83. What you did was show your dislike for Obama by making those silly posts.

What did Obama do that was bad at working at BIC? What was your intent by pointing that out?

[steve2470]

106. I respect you for owning up to this nt

[etherealtruth]

37. WTF?

Oy ... the crazy has been ramped to new heights

[SidDithers]

43. Holy crap. I just read that claim and subthread...

I can't really say that I'm surprised at the source of it.



Sid

[Whisp]

45. Sounds like someone else is auditioning but hasn't mastered it like the master. n/t

[SidDithers]

47. It's interesting to do a Google site search on "Business International Corporation" and Obama...

It pulls up some real Wayne Masden, Andrew Breitbart shit.



Sid

[Whisp]

50. I guess you have to dig real deep in dirty places for the extra special opulent shit. n/t

[Agnosticsherbet]

48. This is a smear created by right wing groups such as

Rense and infowars. Who the hell would peddle right wing smears here?

[SidDithers]

51. See post #31 upthread for link to the now edited post...nt

Sid

[Whisp]

53. It's on record, it is real. This thread has all the links you need. n/t

[RC]

54. The perfect cover -

Being the mother of a future President, whoda thunk she'd be CIA?

[LittleBlue]

55. Looks like we need another fatwa

The first fatwa didn't work

[Capt. Obvious]

68. Stop trying to distract from Benghazi

[Jamaal510]

71. OMG!

[IMG][/IMG]

[rocktivity]

76. So what?

So did Georgie Bush's father.


rocktivity

[hughee99]

78. Why, was she shot in a Venezuelan protest?

Apparently, they're all CIA agents.

[GeorgeGist]

79. and reported directly to John McCone.

[msanthrope]

82. I think the raccoon had worms. nt

[Hekate]

95. You bad

Damn, I've been going back and forth reading this thread and the one it refers to, trying to make sense of the inherently nonsensical, including references to a raccoon entity that left me baffled. I just got it.

[msanthrope]

105. Some serious inside baseball. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

96. At first glance, I thought he was wheeling a loaf of bread!