Watch Out for the "Obama Donates $100 Billion to UN" Rumor.

I know that when I heard it on the radio, and then read the article, my emotional response - considering that an increasing number of Americans are falling into poverty everyday, and the continuous military operations around the world that the US insists are important - blinded me to the date that this article was published.    However, because I never post anything without confirming it from three independent credible sources, I discovered that what's being broadcast on talk radio, and circulating on the Internet as "verifiable truth" is nothing but back-fence talk, more than likely generated by foes of President Obama.

Therefore, if  you come across this "dispatch" that accuses President Obama of donating $100 billion to the United Nations, take note of the date, and the lack of links to any reliable source. In other words, it's not true.

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It Can Get Worse

Scholars and Rogues eloquently characterize Rudy Giuliani's lack of character, clearing the smoke and mirrors away to reveal the ugly truth about the real man.

Rudy's display of "strength" and his reassuring calm elevated him to "hero" status on 9/11 but recent articles in the Village Voice and Rolling Stone not only disputes Rudy's "hero" status but accuses him of lying and of indirectly causing many of the deaths that occurred that day.

Yet Rudy continues to cash in on 9/11 despite the reality. It was not strength that enabled Rudy to stay calm on 9/11; quite the contrary...it was Rudy's lack of concern, integrity and moral substance that allowed his composure and apparent "clarity" of thought.

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