Why Obama Won and why it will be good for America

 

Hello YouTubers

I am the HappyCabbie.

This is a follow up video to My Views on the 2008 Election. I would like to title this video Why Obama won and why his victory was good for this country. Now before I begin I would like to reference a buliten that was posted by DAuc90

Well the libs have finally attacked my latest video. Come on conservatives, can I get some back up? At least ONE positive comment? One person I don’t have to block? Someone who will back me up?

Now I do sympathize with DAuc90. While I disagree with his political views I do not believe anyone should be harassed. I know he doesn’t want to block anybody. He has no problems defending his positions but a person can only stand hate mail for so long. When His video was posted I decided to put it up on my channel for Autoplay. I left it there until it had 300 views or so, and I also posted a video response to it. This was to try and get his channel some more subscribers as he has been very kind to me. This is the great thing about YouTube. People can be friends even when we disagree.

Now onto the video. Barak Obama is the President-Elect and will take office in January 2009. He has already chosen

Rahm Emanuel of congress to be his chief of staff. He has been in congress for five years and already is the fourth ranking Democrat in congress. He has been working with President Bush to make a smooth transition and try to avoid the mistakes made by his Democrat predecessor President Clinton. President-Elect Obama has one weakness. Lack of experience. The last time we elected a politician with only 6 years experience it did not work out so well. Obama, however has for the past two years of his campaign for office has surrounded himself with highly experienced people. Unlike other candidates and presidents there has been no scandals involved with his associates. Unless of course you count people he lived near when he was 8 years old.

So lets discuss the controversy and attacks made by the McCain campain and others that tried unsuccessfully to discredit President-Elect Obama. When President-Elect Obama was 8 years old he lived in the same neighborhood as William Ayers. William Ayers is a anti-war radical that was greatly opposed to the Vietnam War and to this day opposes military recruitment in schools. He and others in his group set off bombs and destroyed twice a statue dedicated to the memory of fallen Riot Police. By no means is William Ayers a good person.

However lets take a look at Willaim Ayers other associations. He currently is a professor at the University of Chicago. In 1995 he worked with Chicago Mayer Daley and co-authored The Chicago Anneberg Challenge which matched public money with private donnations to help Chigago public schools. During this time Barak Obama was appointed dirrector to oversee the distribution of the grants. Ayers and Obama also served on the Woods Fund of Chicago. Their mission statement is to promote anarchy and foster Islamic Fundamentalism in the minds of the young. I’m just messing with you. Their real mission statement is to be “a grant making foundation whose goal is to increase opportunities for less advantaged people and communities in the metropolitan area, including the opportunity to shape decisions affecting them. The foundation works primarily as a funding partner with nonprofit organizations. Woods supports nonprofits in their important roles of engaging people in civic life, addressing the causes of poverty and other challenges facing the region, promoting more effective public policies, reducing racism and other barriers to equal opportunity, and building a sense of community and common ground”

Ayes was probably selected for the board not because of his political views but rather his background in education and fund raising ability. The fact that you used to live next to somebody and served on the same board as someone hardly means that you agree with their positions. Now had Obama sat on a board called Lets Bomb Everything then you might have a valid point.

Ok so William Ayers held a private party in his house and State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her supporters to get behind Barak Obama. Big deal. Lets not forget that McCain did the same thing when he had a fundraiser in the home of G Gordon Liddy in 1998. Now for those who do not know, G Gordon Liddy went to prison for his role in the Watergate Scandal and has since become a nationally syndicated radio talk show host. I find his show entertaining and I listened to it frequently when I was a truck driver.

However a felon is a felon is a felon. If we are going to hold Ayers accountable for the things he did back in the 70’s we should hold Liddy accountable as well. But again let me restate, I am not defending William Ayers. Obama has said he did not approve of the things he did back in the day nor does he agree with his current political views. So why did he serve on the board? Well come on now. Have you ever had to work with an asshole? Why did you do it. To get paid. To make sure the job got done. Most of us have done some kind of charity work. Some visit in hospitals or volunteer at soup kitchens or something. Ever volunteer with an asshole?

Ok now lets talk about Rev. Dr. Jerimiah Wright Jr. and Trinity United Church of Christ where President-Elect Obama was a member for many years. Ok, Dr. Wright’s theology is different than what most of us are used to. In my opinion President-Elect Obama was wrong to distance himself from this church just to get elected. One thing you do not do is you do not turn your back on your friends. You may recall President Jimmy Carter had a church problem himself. His church split when the media spotlight was on it. Back in that day some churches would not allow blacks to join. Jimmy Carter and others who left went on to form their own church. Now Plains Southern Baptist Church was wrong to refuse blacks into their church but this was the norm for the 1970’s in the south. And we wonder why some black preachers sound so angry.

Some of you younger people don’t remember a time when a black could not use a bathroom or even shop in the same store as the whites. This happened. It happened for a long time. Long after slavery, long after they got the right to vote it is only recently that blacks have been allowed the freedom to come and go as they pleased. They can eat any any restaurant they want, except Denny’s. They can shop at any store that they want, and they can go to any church that they want, they can date and marry who ever they want.. This is all fairly recent. This has only been for the last 20 or 25 years.

So yes Reverend Wright has said some very inflammatory things. Things I disagree with, things I do not approve of. However, guess what. I too have belonged to churches where I no longer agree with their theology. I used to belong to a church that would not admit women to leadership positions. They would not let them teach Sunday School. They would not let them sit on the board of trustees. They would not let them be Deacons. They wouldn’t even trust women with collecting the offering. Now this is just plain wrong and is based on an often misinterpreted passagage of the Bible. Sadly many churches still practice this sexist theology. However, I would doubt that any of my subscribers would attribute my views today based on the teachings I received at that church many years ago.

Now there are things I have said that may turn up on the internet if you know where to look that espouse those views. However, you can rest assured I no longer have those views. Likewise, when President-Elect Obama was a member of that church he said things that make you wonder. He did denounce that church and no longer has any ties to it. Again, I believe he did this just to get elected but I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Lets see how he behaves in office a few months before we make judements about his religious views.

Acorn is another group that President-Elect Obama has been linked to. They are a community organization that has been fined many times for voter registration irregularities. OK they were busted for fraud. However Voter fraud is America’s favorite political past time. If we are going to link Obama to Accorn then we must link McCain to Nathan Sproul who worked with Lincon Strategy to register voters on behalf of the RNC.

Back when Lincoln Stragegy was Sproul and Associates they were accused of destroying voter registrations for those who registered Democrat. In 2004 they were accused of offering bonuses to their employees for bringing in Republican registrations or Green Party registrations. They have been accused of firing employees who registered democratic voters.

Congressman Chris Cannon R-Uhah said during a joint hearing for the subcommittee on commercial and administrative law back in May 2008: “The difference between ACORN and Sproul is that ACORN doesn’t throw away or change registration documents after they have been filled out.”

So voter registration scandal is nothing new and both parties are to blame.

Ok so President-Elect Obama is a muslim Terrorist.

First lets discuss his parents. His father

Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was raised a Muslim, he had lost his faith and become a “confirmed atheist”

When Obama’s mother remarried to an Indonesian man named Lolo Soetoro. Lolo Soetoro is a “non-practicing Muslim“ according to President-Elect Obama. As a child Obama has attended to both Catholic and Muslim primary schools after the family moved to Jakarta.
(Update: CNN has tracked down the school in question, the Basuki School in Jakarta, which a deputy headmaster described as a “public school” with no particular religious agenda. “In our daily lives, we try to respect religion, but we don’t give preferential treatment,” he told CNN. A classmate of Obama’s described the school as “general,” with students of many religious backgrounds attending. Obama entered the school at the age of 8 and attended for two years.)

So if he attended Catholic Schools as a child why is nobody afraid of his catholic views? Just because some claim he is a musliim is that a reason to fear him? Are all Muslims terrorists? No. No most are peace loving followers of their God and their Prophet Mohamad. They do not want to kill anyone. To say otherwise is simply just an attack on someone’s religious beliefs.

However, if President-Elect Obama truly was a muslim he is not a very good one. He has been in the public eye for the past two years. He has failed to pray toward Mecca five times a day as required by Muslim Faith. Where is a picture of him holding the Koran? Find a picture of him going into a Mosque to pray. It isn’t there.

Now there is an internet rumor that he used a Koran to swear in as a Senator. You are confusing him with Congressman Keith Ellison who is a Muslim.

So Obama lived briefly in a muslim country and attended a public school run by muslims for two years. Oh my Smurf. We need to loosen up.

These were the attacks launched against Barak Obama during his campain. Some were started by Senator Hillary Clinton and then Senator John McCain tried desperately to bring Obama down with this. Obama had a very effective message. Vote for me because…..

The Clinton Campain had one fatal flaw. No Bill Clinton. Sadly many people remember Senator Clinton in a negative way. She was not able to overcome this tarnished image. President-Elect Obama had some of the same qualities that President Clinton had. Teflon Ability. Nothing sticks to it. The Republicans launched every attack they could againt Clinton but his approval ratings remained high. Likewise when you hear words such as American Hating Muslim Terrorist you just can’t think of Barak Obama that way.

Senator John McCain was a very strong candidate in a very week party. Nobody wanted four more years of Bush. Bush took his eyes off war in Afganistan and off finding Osama Bin Laden. There are several clips on YouTube of Bush admitting he doesn’t think much about Bin Laden any more. Now the whole world was fooled in thinking Saddam Hussain had WMD’s. Perhaps Saddam Husain himself thought he still did. He never let the inspectors in, and the whole world believed that he was a threat. We all know that this was based on faulty intelligence. Some say Bush lied. I don’t know if I want to go that far, simply because the rest of the world lied too. Saddam Hussain could have avoided the whole war had he just let the inspectors in. This much I do believe. Bush lied when he tried to link Iraq to 9/11. He embellished the evidence so he could go in and finish daddy’s war.

The economy was falling apart, the stock market has crashed, homes are foreclosing and not long ago gas was 3 bucks a gallon. Where just two years ago it was $1.50

When this election started it was assumed it would be Guilini and Clinton. I am glad that Guliani did not make it. Despite how many people love him because he had the luck of being the mayor of NYC during 9/11 he is a candidate with a very troubled history. I myself would have liked Clinton to have been president. Obama had one weakness. He was coming from a very strong party. People have had it with Republicans and it was clear that we were going to have a Democrat congress. Obama however has only been Senator for less than 6 years. Last time we elected a President that held office for 6 years it did not work out so well.

When Obama refused to put Senator Clinton on the ticket for Vice President and instead chose Joe Biden he was saying two things. First, he wanted to win for himself. He knew that Senator Clinton would not be a team player but would try to run things her way. On this I agree with his view. Second, he wanted to move ahead to the future instead of trying to relive the past.

Senator then made the one mistake that in my opinion cost him the election. He chose Sarah Palin as his Vice President. There is no way he chose Goveror Palin for her qualifications. She was a mayor of a small town and a Governor for two years. Thus Obama’s greatest weakness is off limits. No longer could the McCain campain use Obama’s lack of experience as a weapon.

McCain made several mistakes in choosing Governor Palin. First and foremost he misunderstood women voters. As a whole, women voters tend to be pro-choice, thus they will not vote for her. He did not secure any swing states in the move. She is from Idaho and Governs in Alaska. He already has those voters. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson would have made a much better female vice president. She is from Texas a red state but her pro-choice views might have pulled some Hilary Clinton voters over to his side.

The other thing that bothers me about his choice of Sarah Palin is his shopping list qualifications. This is what Bill Clinton tried to do when he became president. He sought out to find a diverse cabinet made of men and woman of different races. Something no other president has done before. Sure other presidents had them but only as a token position. Previously the President’s cabinet was reserved for old white men. The problem with this was not many of the people he chose were well qualified. How many Attorney Generals did we try before we found one. Senator McCain obviously told his advisors to find him a prolife female. Sarah Palin was the best they could do. It is not as if McCain was the first to pick a goober for a Vice Presient. We had Vice President Dan Quail who couldn’t spell potato. Kerry picked John Edwards. And my favorite Admiral Stockdale and his hearing aids.

The next mistake that McCain made with Sarah Palin was letting her give interviews. I mean this was a person who needed to be kept away from the press. Maybe they should have taken her to that secure location they are always taking Dick Cheney to on cloudy days. Sarah Palin will go down in history not for her accomplishments as Goveneor of Alaska or the first female on the Repuplican Ticket but for a prank call make by a Canandian Radio Station.

In the last minute of that 6 minute video they thank her for her work in the Documentary Hustler’s Nalin Palin and she actually said thank you.

John McCain’s age played a major role in this election not because we fear old men but because we fear Sarah Palin ever being near those shinny red buttons. The only time she ever needs to be in the White House is when she is part of a tour group.

So in closing I think President Obama will be a good thing for this country. Perhaps we can rebuild friendships that we had right after 9/11 and perhaps we can avoid unnecessary new wars and perhaps we can properly finish the ones we are in.

Perhaps we will not cut VA benefits like we have. Perhaps we will not turn our back on freedoms. Perhaps we can have due process restored. Perhaps no child left behind can be repealed or at least repaired. I am willing to give President Obama a chance. How about you.

Peaceful resolution to the MeganLeeHart situation.

First to those who were upset that this did not turn out into an all out flamewar as some of you were hoping let me remind you that this was never about starting a fight on the interenet.  My goal was to simply get MeganLeeHeart, LifeInATent, and WeatherManKevin to stop trying to contact TheReplyGirl.  They have given me their word and I will trust them.  I have to give peace a chance.

Here is how the truce talks took place.

She then sent another message

MeganLeeHeart then sent another message

 

 

At this time TheReplyGirl started contacting me.  Until she was able to get in contact with me she sent them this message.

So I wrote up, in my opinion a fair and decent script for both of us to read on video.  This here is the original script.

Sadly the original script was declined.

Well to me a video was the deal breaker.  Because this is the third discussion of a truce on this issue I insisted on a public video.  Now if you recall I never demanded that she post the video to her subscribers.  The reason is, a video on her channel could easily be deleted the very next day.  Mine stays forever.  I insisted on a video.

MeganLeeHeart sent a new message

So then I offered up this solution

MeganLeeHeart then sent this message

As to MeganLeeHeart’s claim that she has never gotten any hate from MLH fans I will let you form your own conclusions.  A simple glance at her channel page  will clear that myth up for you as you scroll through the comments.  Look at how many of them mention MeganLeeHeart.  Not to mention fun fan mail sent in by this young buck.

MeganLeeHeart then comes and writes a script of her own

I agree that this is fine

So I record my video and I send TheReplyGirl the link to share with MeganLeeHeart

Now the video took about 1 minute to record and one minute to upload, it was set to unlisted.  All I was waiting on is for her to record her video and send it to me.

So we sit and we wait.  About 2 hours later MeganLeeHeart messages us back.

Ok so now we sit and wait for Megan’s truce video to appear on the MeganLeeHeart channel.  However, instead of putting priority to ending this drama, she decides to first film, edit, and upload this.

Now I am not upset by this video.  After all, nothing is wrong with a good parody.  However it was my understanding that MeganLeeHeart wanted this flamewar to be over and instead of spending 30 seconds to record a video, she spends about an hour at least on the above video.

Irregardless, she finally did get around to filming the video with the agreed to script.

Now some have accused me of being a fool for agreeing to this truce.  This is after all the third time we have come to this agreement.  However, my goal was to never trash MeganLeeHeart although I do believe she has done some very underhanded things.  I will leave that to other “internet detectives” to sort out.  All I wanted was for these guys to leave TheReplyGirl alone.  As long as they do that I am happy.  However, I am not naive, Reagan said trust but verify.  I still have my dirt.  Hopefully I will never have to use it.  I have since instructed TheReplyGirl to block on facebook, youtube, and twitter, all of their accounts.  Hopefully finally that will be the end of it.

Hopefully this can serve as a lesson to others on the internet to always strive for a peaceful solution and an end to conflict.  Not all fights have to be won.  Sometimes it is better for everyone if we all stop fighting.

My conversation with MeganLeeHeart

MeganLeeHeart's First message to me from her gaming channel

This is the first half of her long message to me, I will embed the videos below

This is the second half of her message

So then I replied

Well this is my reply to MeganLeeHeart

So this is her pretty much telling me that she will not leave her alone

I respond

My reply was based on two twitter messages sent to me from her boyfriend

LifeInATent's tweet about reporting me to Machinima

LifeInATent tries to pretend that MeganLeeHeart is in a different network

LifeInATent deleted this tweet but someone grabbed it just in time

This was the final message she sent me before I blocked her.

Well as I have already documented she is not copying your videos.  Both of you simply did a video on a news story and MeganLeeHeart simply uploaded hers first.  MeganLeeHeart is not the only source of news on the internet.  There is of course Google News and when all else fails there is always television.  If MeganLeeHeart truly believes that people are going to her channel for the news of the day, well I got some ocean front property in Arizona I would like to sell her.

This is not just some petty fight that sprang up out of nowhere.  In fact this is not a fight.  A fight involves two parties.  A fight does not even require two consenting parties.  One can simply be the aggressor and the other can be defending themselves.  This is not a fight.  This is one lady who has been harassed on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook for several months now.  Despite her repeated requests to be left alone they have not done so.  Her only crime, she sometimes gets more views than MeganLeeHeart and therefore must be destroyed.

Now here is where it gets funny.  MeganLeeHeart apparently is afraid for her life because of  TheReplyGirl

Forward to 4:35 seconds into the video for that screen shot.

MeganLeeHeart there is a reason you have the reputation you do on YouTube.  You have the reputation you do because of your behavior both past and present.   You and your boyfriend attack anyone who dares to speak out and criticise you.  You first threaten them with physical violence and when that doesn’t work you threaten to report them to YouTube.  How is that working out for you two?

http://www.youtube.com/blondievlogs

http://www.youtube.com/skitsnvlogs

and of course the Ultimate Lolcow of them all

http://www.youtube.com/lifeinatent

For someone who claims to have direct access with youtube and the ability to shut down anyone’s channel via a phone call, why is it that your past channels have not been restored?

What MeganLeeHeart Considers Harassment LOL

Below is part of a very long message from MeganLeeHeart.  I will make the full message available in another post but I just wanted to highlight the relevant text here.

[Note I have copied and pasted it exactly as it was typed,  the spelling errors are hers.]

My deal with the one you are defending was kept on facebook which is a private issue. She copied two video topics. She does video reviews okay fine but two times I did a vlog about topics that have no videos and she turns around and copies me. That is no acceptable and that is why I do not like her and never will. Nothing will change my mind and if I want to continue telling her to stop doing my personal topics I have a right to do so.

here are examples of latest in the links below

I never said there was a video, it was my MeganSpeaks show which I speak about things that are on my mind and all the sudden it is copied an hour later. I do not appreciate it at all and I will not sit here and watch her copy my topics especially if it wasn’t a viral review. That to me is harassment. If she doesn’t leave my topics alone, then it will get worse. I will continue to tell her to stop and there is not a thing you can do.

Now as anyone can clearly see, this is not copying a personal vlog.  This is simply two ladies doing videos on the news.  It just so happens that MeganLeeHeart got to the camera first.  If MeganLeeHeart did a vlog about what she did at the mall and what kind of shoes she bought, and TheReplyGirl copied that then I could see an issue.  However this is NOT a personal vlog.  It is two ladies reporting on the news.

Constructive Criticism for AngryAussie

This is a blog response to AngryAussie’s blog post which you can read here

http://angryaussie.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/why-i-dont-give-a-fuck-about-male-circumcision-zealots/

Now AngryAussie has been a good friend of mine and it does pain me to write this.  I am hoping that he will listen to these words of constructive criticism.  I have been a subscriber of his since 2007 and back in the summer of 2008 he did subscribe to me.  That made my day.  He has been very kind and always willing to lend a helping hand to smaller youtube channels and has organized many YouTube gatherings in Australia.

However one minor complaint that I have had of him is his lack of tolerance for those who criticize his views.  A few months back he addressed why he does this.

Now, I am quite aware that Mr Angry is just his internet persona, and that it is just an act.  However there are times such as his recent rant on circumcision that I believe he is being serious.  I believe that he is really trying to convince people of his way of thinking.  If that is the case then, I would advise him that he does this, he should be ready to withstand criticism.

I have made many videos where I try to convince others that I am right on an issue.  I know, I always know that there is going to be someone who is going to call bullshit on me if I get something wrong.  All of my claims must be based on fact and not opinion.  The internet has no tolerance for those who can’t back up their claims with evidence.

Now AngryAussie has every right to censor the comments on his youtube channel and on his blog posting here on this site.  However doing this tells me three things.

1. He is not willing to learn new information, therefore he has chosen to be willfully ignorant
2. He is not willing to back up his claims with evidence
3. He is not willing to admit that his previous claims have been debunked.

Now lets get into the meat of the matter.

AngryAussie believes that female circumcision is wrong and barbaric.  He is correct.

However his belief that those who oppose male circumcision are somehow doing so because they feel they have been forever emotionally traumatized is a flawed argument.  I would like to quote from his blog that he posted back in 2006 which can bee seen here

http://angryaussie.wordpress.com/2006/05/08/not-without-my-foreskin/

“It strikes me as absurd and perhaps more than a little sick, that in a world so full of problems and injustice, some men can treat the fact they were circumcised as one of the biggest travesties of modern life“

While that may be true for some who oppose circumcision it certainly is not true for all, and to say otherwise is demonstrably not true.  For example, Dr Dean Edell, a nationally syndicated medical talk show host has been a frequent critic of circumcision for both male and female and he does so on sound research that can be backed up.

People like myself who speak out on male circumcision do so, not because we lament the loss of our foreskin, but because we see it as a needless medical procedure that is very painful for the child and can hinder his sexual performance.  We speak out on male circumcision simply to prevent future babies from being circumcised.  Nothing more.

In that same blog post from 2006 AngryAussie wrote:

“I’m sure these foreskin evangelists will say that I, as a circumcised male who doesn’t give a shit, am in denial. But excuse me if there’s a few injustices I want to sort out before I bother with “the crime of circumcision”.

To that I would simply reply, why then do you speak out against female circumcision.  Certainly there are more problems in the world that need greater attention than female circumcision.   To name a few, we have economy that needs to be rebuilt.  We are in a war and currently fight to maintain occupation of two countries.  Slavery is still being practiced in a few places in Africa.  We have global warming, and the BP oil disaster that not only will scar the ocean life in that region but will cause oil prices to sky rocket.

So simply because there are more pressing matters to address than female circumcision, does that mean we should remain silent?  No.  We can speak out against global warming, we can press our nations leaders for tighter controls over oil drilling.  We can speak out against the war or in favor of it, and we can even make time for female circumcision.

So why not speak out against all circumcision?  Why only condemn female circumcision?  I have yet to get an answer to this.  AngryAussie why won’t you condemn male circumcision?  It is a simple question.

Previously you have said this, in your blog post from 2006

“I will go on record as saying circumcision is unnecessary. I don’t think anyone’s built a compelling case for a medical need or even significant benefit for circumcision“

So you obviously believe that it is a needless procedure.  However, do you believe that it is wrong and that it should be criminalized?  Yes or no.

You state the following for condemning female circumcision in your most recent blog post here

http://angryaussie.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/why-i-dont-give-a-fuck-about-male-circumcision-zealots/

“To say that male circumcision is the same as female genital mutilation is unsupportable both logically and morally. Male circumcision removes the foreskin either for cultural or health reasons (you’re free to say this is pointless – I really don’t give a fuck about arguing the point). The point of circumcision is NOT to impair the function of the penis or the male enjoyment of sex. In the rare cases when something goes wrong with a circumcision and there is some damage that was NEVER the INTENTION of the procedure.

Female genital mutilation is specifically designed to damage the sexuality and sexual enjoyment of women for religious and/or cultural reasons. It is a premeditated violent act that frequently causes long term physical trauma and pain for the girls and women it is performed on. It is specifically about repressing and punishing women simply because they are women.

The two act are not the same in either effect or intention. To claim male circumcision is “just as bad” is quite frankly disgusting and reprehensible. The level of self-absorption required to make such a statement stuns me.“

What baffles me is this clearly contradicts his blog post from 2006 in which he said this:

“Dr John Harvey Kellog (yes, the cornflakes inventor) proclaimed: “The remedy for masturbation which is almost always successful in small boys is circumcision.” Yeah, nice one Dr K. I’m circumcised and, not that I’m of the opinion that masturbation needs to be “cured”, I can safely assure the good doctor that he was off the mark with that idea.“

So AngryAussie is well aware of the medical history that some doctors promoted circumcision as a way to reduce sexual pleasure.  Even as early as the 12 century it was believed that circumcision could reduce sexual pleasure in males.

http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/maimonides/

Now to those who would discredit such evidence because it comes from an anti-circumcision website need to do one thing.  Prove that Moses Maimonides, the author cited, never said the things in that article.  Before you can discredit that link, you must prove that it is a forgery.  You will also need to provide evidence of the forgery.  Now, we can certainly debate on the merits of that article, after all it was based on 12 century knowledge of biology.  However, it can not be denied that even as early as the 12 century there were those who promoted circumcision to reduce sexual pleasure.

When circumcision was promoted here in western cultures in the 19th century it was done so for similar reasons.  Medical knowledge was lacking and even AngryAussie admitted in 2006 that some promoted it as a cure for masterbation.  Here is a link to some quotes from medical professionals of that era.

http://www.noharmm.org/docswords.htm

Like before, in order to discredit that link because it is a anti-circumcision website you must document that the quotes listed are either in error, or misrepresentations of what was actually said.

Furthermore to say that people do not circumcise girls for medical reasons is simply not true.  There are those who try to justify this practice on scientific principals.  Here is one such example

According to a book by David Gollaher, Circumcison: A history of the world’s most controversial surgery, proponents of female circumcision cite  reduced sexual desire, lower risk of vaginal cancer and AIDS, less nervous anxiety, fewer infections “from microbes gathering under the hood of the clitoris” and protection against herpes and genital ulcers as health benefits.  Now these guys are completely Froot Loops, but this is how they justify it.

Likewise most pediatric associations in the world today no longer recommend circumcision.  As far as the health risks such as penile cancer or urinary tract disease, men are far more likely to suffer from breast cancer.  Futhermore, why should we surgically remove part of our body on the mere chance that it might get sick.  We all age, and with age comes health problems.

As far as the risk of aids, the problem with that study is that many in Africa, where that study was conducted either did not use condoms for religious beliefs or simply did not always have access to them.  The control group for that study was far from adequate.  The best way to reduce the risk of Aids and other STD’s is to use a condom and practice a monogamous or celebate lifestyle.

AngryAussie has been told this over and over and over.  The fact is he simply keeps deleting comments and blocking people.  He can not claim ignorance of this information.  He is more than welcome to dispute the evidence, but so far has not done so.  So far every answer to people trying to educate him has been to shout them down.

I have tried my best to find some comments in his youtube video but most of them he has deleted.  I have however saved some of his comment replies to his blog post.  Remember in each time the person commenting was not emotional non-sense but was respectfully giving their feedback based on scientific evidence

AngryAussie if you don’t want people disagreeing with you in your blogs and videos, then DISABLE THE FUCKING COMMENTS!!!!  Do not enable comments and then get upset when people ask you to back up your claims.

The main point of this essay is to ask one simple question.  AngryAussie if you get this upset when people challenge your view points, why express them?  If you truly want to change people’s mind, you must be willing to admit when you are wrong and be open to new ideas as they come along.

We got him, but not quite

Update his new channel is http://www.youtube.com/pookah666

Greetings, I am the HappyCabbie

We got him.  On June 8, 2009 alleged YouTube pedophile Wally0666 was suspended from YouTube.  A major credit for this goes to ooolong9 whose video was mirrored around until enough of us saw it and reported this person to YouTube.  A message I received back from YouTube was, thanks we have forwarded this to our abuse team.

So Wallo777 has been suspended.  What do we do now?  First and foremost, some housecleaning is in order, follwed by some education.  First a big thanks to Pervbegone, ProjectPaladin, dprjones, and countless others.  A special shout out goes to Breahawk who by far made the most useful and informative video on this subject.  Many of you put your own channels at risk for exposing this monster.  Sadly YouTube has a reputation for suspending the wrong person when evil needs to be exposed.

In order to convince everyone that there was a problem, you had to show us what he did.  This included reposting clips of the videos made by these very young girls.  For thos who still do not know, Wallyo777 contacted dozens of underage girls.  He requested that they show their feet.  Some where asked to stomp on toys barefoot.  Some others were asked to wiggle their toes, while some wrote on their feet.  Some even were asked to do even more bizzare things.

The children were innocent and there was NO fetish or sexual themes in their videos.  However, they were received as fetish videos by Wallyo777.  The children did not understand the true nature of these videos, they probably still do not.

Thankfully many of the girls, some as young as 7 years old have deleted these videos.  Some are still up but that is because the kids have not logged back in yet.  Wallyo777 has been exposed and suspended.  No doubt the police are working with YouTube to get his ISP.  Wallo777 if you are watching this, I hope you will be broom sticked in prision you fucking piece of shit.  The law is comming for you and I hope for your own safety they find you before us YouTubers do.

Back on Topic.  You all did a great thing in bringing down this user.  However, I would respectively request that you either delete or at least set to private any videos you made that contain the images of these young girls.  These girls are the most innocent of victims here.  It is now time for them to rebuild, regroup, and recover.  They need to be with their familes and counselors.  The last thing they need is this memory forever preserved on YouTube.  Again you HAD to post the videos on YouTube to expose this monster.  He is suspended and the law will find him.

Now on to education.  Pedophiles rarely walk onto a playground and grab children and start raping them.  Rather, most victims of molestation know and trusted their predator.  This is why YouTube has such a strict policy of no kids under 13 years old.  If you are under 13 and YouTube catches you, they will suspend your account.  If you are under 18, YouTube requires that you have your parental consent.  If you are a child, or even a teenager watching this, please understand that I am not trying to be mean.  Howver, you are NOT qualifed to determine who is and who is not to be trusted on the internet.  You lack the experience that can only come with age.

If you are a parent, demand that your child provide you with all emails and passwords to the websites they visit.  They can have a computer in their room but the only access to internet they should have is at a family computer in the living room.  That way you can moniter them while they are online.  If your child refuses, cancel the internet.  Moniter your kids online.

This is why I do not subscribe to children on YouTube.  I limit my email correspondance unless I really know the age of the person I am talking to.  Children do NOT contact any adult on the internet.  It is just not safe.

I suggest you look at Wikipedia’s article on Child Grooming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_grooming Fun fact the author of the US child grooming law was Senator Mark Foley who was forced to resign due to sexual emails he sent to underage interns.

In closing, there are some of you who think, we are over-reacting or trying to be a thought police.  Some do not see the harm as these videos the kids made were not intended to be used for masterbation.  (At least in the kids mind)  The problem is there were dozens of videos made for this guy.  All were by young girls all featuring their bare feet.  These were made at the request of someone with a foot fetish.  I recognize this because I myself am attracted to womens feet.  I just prefer my ladies to be old enough to vote.

Search for pookah666 videos now if you think I am making this shit up http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=pookah666&aq=f

Strong Advice to DarylHorner and others who get flagged

I saw DarylHorner’s video titled “I’m Baaaaaaack” and I am very happy for him.  However, there was something he said in his video.  At 1:55 into the video DarylHorner stated that from now on no video of his will ever be posted to YouTube without first being approved for ads.  For those who do not know, YouTube Partners much submit each video individually for revenue sharring.  For videos that YouTube feels, at it’s own discretion, violate community standards they will not approve them for ads and they will disable the video.  Long time viewers may remember I had trouble learning this when I first became partner

Since that time I have learned that to get a video approved the title must be bland, and nothing to graphic in the video description.  Even my video (now deleted) of me doing a balloon penis was approved using this technique.  The video is still available on DropVids if anyone wants to see it.

However my word of caution to DarylHorner and to any other Partner on YouTube is do not assume that having YouTube approve your video for ads is a blanket protection against flagging.  Many partners have had videos removed or age restricted after they were approved for ads.

Even videos done a long time ago can get you into trouble

What is amazing is TJ claims to have no idea why a video titled “Fuck Buddism” would be considered offensive.

So my advice to anyone who wants to stay on YouTube and not have their channel suspended is to be careful.  Anything can get you flagged these days.  Now while I admit, there is a double standard.  Some people are allowed to use boob thumbnails and get away with it.  Others can use profanity while others cannot.  However this much is clear.

1.  Watch the language

2.  Watch the sexual content

3. Find another place to discuss religion, YouTube does not want it here.

4.  Do not use misleading titles, tags, or video descriptions.

5.  Do not make a video attacking someone else, even if they attack you.

I know we can all cite countless of examples of those who get away with the afore mentioned behavior.  We can cite examples of how YouTube will even put these people on the front page time and time again.  It is called a double standard, we may not like it, but we must play by the rules of the court if we wish to remain here and not find ourselves suspended.

Is Flagging Wrong?

There has been alot of talk on YouTube recently about flagged videos and each time it happens the person who got flagged makes a video about it usually followed up by videos by their fans who blame youtube for flagging a video.  Such recent examples are IshatOnU, ShaneDawsonTV, ClipCritics, and probably even many more.  I myself question the logic of a website that allows Playboy, Maxim, and other channels based exclusively on sex.  I mean Playboy is a porno rag isn’t it?

So why does YouTube allow these videos if they do not want sexually suggestive videos on YouTube?  Surely YouTube knew who Playboy and Maxim where when they signed the contract with them.

So why then is a different standard held for Clip Critics who featured Maxim Model, Paola Corvea in their video.  http://www.vimeo.com/4634806

 

Now I agree, and I am sorry to say this ClipCritics, but your video did cross the line.  However why is Maxim and Playboy even allowed to have a channel here.  My problem is not with the rules and boundries but with the double standard the rules are applied with.

The next question goes out about cursing.  Now the following two videos were flagged for cursing.    The first one done by good friend IshatOnU actually was able to appeal and have his video unflagged.  It is not an easy process but it can be done.

The second one, sadly was taken down and the only copy I can find is a remix parody.  The context of the video was Renetto talking about why the blackout would not work and a better way of dealing with YouTube censorship was to have a curse out.  The video was flagged and removed.

However the original file can be found here on Vloggerheadshttp://www.vloggerheads.com/video/2225835:Video:511436 

However, YouTube clearly is not against cursing.  If you live in the United States then you know one of the most featured users is TheAmazingAtheist.  (Featured Videos used to be called Promoted Videos.  The old Featured Videos are now called Spotlight Videos.  Who gives a sweet muffins.)  YouTube places him on the front page all the time.  So even though they said in their blog post “A YouTube for All of Us,” that they did not want cursing anymore. clearly they still allow it to show up on the most viewed and most discussed lists.  However, in the cases stated above, the only possible reason for them to be flagged is the cursing.  Clearly someone who is viewed often as TheAmazingAtheist has been flagged a few times.  Again, I have no problem with cursing, I just wish there was not a double standard.  However, the best way to avoid getting flagged for cursing is to not curse.

Now comes the shocking and disgusting content.  These videos were flagged and some have been removed but are now restored.  First up is ShaneDawsonTV who was flagged for having a girl pretend to vomit on his face.  Now the vomit looks like cottage cheese but still when YouTube reviewed the video they took it down.  He was able to appeal the decision and have the video restored.  Do you agree or disagree.

Ok now what about this video.  So far this has not been age restricted or removed but it seems highly unlikely that nobody has flagged this video.  In this video CharlesTrippy pretends to fart in someone’s drink and accidently poops instead.  His friend brings the cup into his mouth before he is aware of the poop.  Now I am not trying to hate on either ShaneDawson or CharlesTrippy but if a smaller channel had someone drink poop, or vomit on someone’s face but I know that if a smaller channel did that they would be suspended permanantly.  

Now the GradualReport, who I am also subscribed to was recently given a 2 week suspension for violating community guidelines.  I actually have a lot of respect for him.  Instead of posting a video saying he was flagged for no reason or that YouTube was wrong to suspend him, he fully admits to what he did.  Here is his video.

Now there are several examples of videos that were flagged and are now age restricted such as this vile example of a video featuring a tribute to Jim Henson.  Can anyone for the love of sweet muffins explain to me what in this video is innapropriate for children?

Then there is this video that is still up no matter how many times I flag it.  Then there are countless examples of videos that were taken down and nobody knows why.  However for the majority, there is a reason why a video was age restricted or removed.  There is always a reason, it is just not always clear to us what that reason is.  This is a copy of an email forwarded to me by someone who had a video removed by YouTube and as a result was suspended.

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Now what is so sad is that in this form email they send you when you ask them why you were suspended they tell you, they cannot explain what rule you broke.  All they do is say you broke the rules, you may never come back, but if you want to find out for yourself what you did wrong they provide you a link to their community guidelines which is at their website they just banned you from.  Now I am very pro-YouTube in my views and I take a lot of heat for this, however this is one thing I wish they would change.  They need to explain to you what rule you broke so that others may learn from your mistakes so that they too may not be banned.  Furthermore, with the exception of sexual predators and those that stir up drama, I see no point in a permanant life time ban.  Especially when they are unwilling to justify the lifetime suspension.  

However these are the rules of the website and if we want to continue to use it, we need to play by their rules.  So I ask you, if you are reading this to please watch the language, not post disgusting content, or other controversial videos on YouTube.  I don’t want to see any more of my friends being banned.

For my more raunchy videos that are too hot for YouTube they will be onhttp://www.dropvids.com/users/happycabbie 

Seeking Meaningful Employment as an Ebegger

Now VenomfangX lost his last job for using company owned  DVD burners to make copies of Kent Hovind DVDs and passing them out to customers of the video store that he worked at.  He says he feels this is religious persecution.  Sadly he has no idea what true religious persecution is.  In some countries you are killed for speaking out about Christianity.  In the Western world we have it pretty good.

His idea is to go into the ministry full time as an evangelist both here on YouTube and on his website and have his subscribers send in $1.00 per month to support him.  All he is asking for is $500 per month and any surplus money would be given to charities such as sick kids hospitals.  In my opinion it is shameful to exploit sick children to guilt people into donating to your cause as their are many childrens hospitals such as the Shriners or the Phoenix Children’s hosptial where I live that goes out of their way to make the lives of children better as they treat them.

However because VenomfangX is famous for deleting his videos if that video one day no longer plays here are some copies.

So what is wrong with supporting someone who wants to go into the ministry full time.    After all there are many who make a living from spreading the gospel.  Now I am not referring to the scam artist like faith healers, but rather actual pastors, priests, or what ever the spiritual leader of your house of worship is called.  These people work long hours more than just an hour on Sunday.  These people are on call 24/7 as they must be available for grief counseling when ever someone passes away or is going through a divorce.  They must be financial leaders as they are ultimately accountable for how the money is spent even though most church finances are governed by a board of trustees.  

As a former active participant in Christianity let me say that not only have I labored hard to spread the message of Christ but also I have spent long hours volunteering at church activities caring for its disadvantaged members.  (Note:  I do not wish to discuss why I left church.  So please do not ask.)  I have volunteered at church run meal kitchens, clothing pantries, bus ministry, and I have spent countless hours evangelizing door to door.  I have passed out church literature, and have purchased cd’s and even VHS tapes to give away.

So what is the difference between a pastor, or a missionary that works for a church and what VenomfangX is asking his supporters to do.  The primary difference is a pastor or missionary is accountable to a board of decons or some other governmental body within the church.  A pastor who falls into sin, or for whatever reason fails to live up to his or her responsibilites for the cause of Christ can be removed and replaced by the board of decons.  In most churches the pastor held accountable for his behavior and the results he or she produces.

Furthermore at least in the United States (Yes I know he lives in Canada) one of the requirements of 501c3 organizations such as churches is their finances must be accounted for.  There must be a budget.  Many churches produce an annual report publically disclosing their income and expenses.  At the very least this annual report is made available to the board of trustees.  This is to prevent wasteful spending by the trustees of that organization.  If VenomfangX wishes to become a full time missionary I suggest he attend seminary and find employment through a church to which he can be held accountable.  

Here is an interesting video response from an actual preacher.

In my own defense I did ebegging myself.  At the time however I was living in my car while I was working full time as a failing balloon artist.  I put in 40 hours a week in that job.  So I was homeless but I was working.  When the car was towed all my possesions were gone and all I had was my computer bag and the clothes I had on.  Furthermore I was in the hospital 60 miles away from where I worked and had no way to get to work even if I could.  I am not proud of my ebegging but I have been slowly paying people back every two weeks when I get a paycheck.  

Anyway here is a blooper reel of my video