White House releases Obama Birth Certificate

[Andy A]

this is just a tangent topic, but aren't military bases considered sovereign territory, and does that apply to places like Puerto Rico, Guam, US Vergin Islands, etc? Just a little fuzzy on that one...

See above post. The new format faked me out.

 

[Bob]

i know the constitution, this entire thread is an exercise in deflecting racism in this country. tell me you are entitled to racism. that you are entitled to life of stupidity. i will call you an enemy of the state.

 

[idlewind]

i know the constitution, this entire thread is an exercise in deflecting racism in this country. tell me you are entitled to racism. that you are entitled to life of stupidity. i will call you an enemy of the state.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances

People have every right to be stupid if they want and have the right to say stupid things as long as they do not endanger others or otherwise violate very narrow restrictions. Those who would attempt to regulate speech are in fact an enemy of the state. Freedom is messy but it is far superior to any other system.

 

[Lake View Too]

The birth certificate is the proof. Are you nuts? What other proof do you need? Video of the birth with Wakkiki Beach in the background? Face reality: you are wrong, and your stupidity is truly a beacon.

 

[30ashopper]

The birth certificate is the proof. Are you nuts? What other proof do you need? Video of the birth with Wakkiki Beach in the background? Face reality: you are wrong, and your stupidity is truly a beacon.

It's fake, don't you see! It's a conspiracy that stretches back fifty years!

Among their number, no doubt, are all those Hawaiian officials who are covering up the vast, decades-long conspiracy—a conspiracy so far-sighted that it planted fake birth announcements in the newspapers half a century ago. Because, you know, even three years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 required hotels and restaurants to serve black people, the conspirators knew America one day would elect a black president, and they were going to make darn sure it was that Obama kid from Kenya. Sounds completely plausible!

Democratic activists and major media outlets—pardon the redundancy—profess to be horrified by the persistence of questions about Obama's nationality, and they are entirely sincere about that. Party activists are always terribly saddened by anything that makes the other side look bad. This is why members of the press are reluctant to ask Republican candidates about Obama's citizenship more than five or six times per interview. You don't want to keep rumors going through pointless repetition.

What's Behind the Birther Nonsense? - Reason Magazine

 

[Lake View Too]

Dang, you're right. This is the best conspiracy I've ever heard of. How in the hell did they get George W. Bush to administer possibly the worst presidency of all time, to secure that the imposter would win the 2008 election? Brilliant!

 

[scooterbug44]

I loved this - sums it up quite nicely in terms of probability:
"Among their number, no doubt, are all those Hawaiian officials who are covering up the vast, decades-long conspiracy—a conspiracy so far-sighted that it planted fake birth announcements in the newspapers half a century ago. Because, you know, even three years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 required hotels and restaurants to serve black people, the conspirators knew America one day would elect a black president, and they were going to make darn sure it was that Obama kid from Kenya."

 

[PearlSB4U]

The conspirators were so confident that their plan would work, they didn't bother to name the baby Barry O'Brien or any such ordinary name; they actually named him...now get this...Barack Hussein Obama. In spite of this hubris, the unlikely scheme worked! Now, the non-native-born president gets up every morning thinking of how he can do harm to our nation. Oh, and did I mention that he's the Antichrist?

 

[poppy]

Some people may be questioning the authenticity of certain official documents in this case, but at least they aren't creating fake documents and presenting them as authentic on the CBS Nightly News. ;-)

So why is GW still hiding his records when he could just produce them and end this decade long controversy that is tearing the country apart.

 

[idlewind]

If there is anything sadder than the birthers it is all the liberals raising cain about the birthers. I guess ya'll don't want to talk about bailouts, deficits, 14 trillion in debt, bombing Libya and the fact that ole Barry lied to you about Guantanamo, getting out of Bush's wars, etc.