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Is the “birther movement” a liberal plot?

It’s a thought raised by conservative talk show host host Michael Medved, complaining that the birther movement and allied “crazy nutburgers” were making the conservatives appear “weird and crazy”.

That from a new editorial in the Bangor Daily News (Maine) that also talks about how the Internet makes spreading such outlandish rumors easier. Perhaps some comfort can be found in the fact that:

Belief in obscure, outlandish theories is nothing new. A recent survey found that 34 percent of the American public believes in UFOs and 24 percent believes in witches….

The solution is good, straight thinking in an era of hard times, cultural upheavals and terrorist threats. No need to get paranoid about paranoia in others. We’ve been through such things before, and we will again.

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The Trial of Hal Turner

Hal Turner came to my attention just before the Obama inauguration, as he posted messages threatening terrorist violence against the ceremony. The noted white supremacist and radio “shock jock” was the focal point for concerns over possible violence from white supremacists against the inauguration of the country’s first bi-racial president.

It was not his threats against Obama, but against three federal judges that landed him in court, as reported by an article at the Huffington Post.

The story so far is not remarkable, but for the fact that Internet hackers got access to Turner’s computer and found out that he was an FBI provocateur, and this forms the basis for Turner’s defense.

Perhaps you folks can sort this out and come to an opinion about Turner’s guilt or innocence.

Why am I mentioning it? Well Hal Turner wrote:

October 26, 2008

HAWAII GOVERNOR “SEALS” BARAK OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE!

Orders that NO ONE can obtain a copy. What are they hiding?? The fact he is not a natural born citizen? YEP!

This is a really important thing because the US Constitution itself says that a candidate for President must be a naturally born citizen. President is the ONLY office in the nation where the person elected must be a natural-born citizen.

Obama is a Democrat. He was born in Kenya and is thus ineligible to be President of the United States.

The Governor of Hawaii is a Democrat [Linda Lingle is a Republican]. She is clearly acting to cover up the fact that the Democrat candidate for President is ineligible. This is a conspiracy against the Constitution.

OK, now remember: that was written by an Bush Administration FBI informant. :shock: You can’t make this stuff up.

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Obama Opponents Set to Unleash Hell

blackopsIn an article by James Vega from The Democratic Strategist Blog we find suggestions that “multi-million dollar independent conservative propaganda organizations like Freedom Watch are supporting the birther movement and intend to leverage it.”

The new “Black Ops’ attacks” will be of three basic kinds:

First, they will organize and subsidize phony grass roots movements and protests. The most dramatic recent example of this is CNBC newscaster Rick Santelli’s “tea party” diatribe… (more…)

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Kokopelli

Kokopelli

Kokopelli

On a recent trip to New Mexico I was introduced to an indigenous American deity named Kokopelli. His image appears on T-shirts, hats and wall decorations.

While the flute-playing character is primarily related to fertility, Kokopelli is also considered a trickster, part of a long line of mythological characters who operate outside conventional morality.

I deal with facts, evidence and logical argument on this web site. But beyond that, I also read a lot on the Internet that is written by various characters. Some folks are extremely sincere sounding in their opposition to Barack Obama and their belief in some of the conspiracy theories discussed on this blog. On the other hand, the is almost certainly intentional deception and that is the imprint of the trickster. (more…)

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Where did “Born in Africa” Start? (Part 2)

Part 1 <—–

Blog Fossil

Blog Fossil

I continuing to dig back into the Internet record, trying to find out where the “Obama was born in Kenya” story started.

The fossil record shows that through most of 2008, bloggers were perfectly OK with Obama as president so long as he was born in Hawaii. No one was talking about US citizen parents as a requirement to be president. Only in the last half of the year did the influence of Donofrio and the idea of “undivided loyalty” appear. (more…)

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Where did “Born in Africa” Start? (Part 1)

Blog Fossil

Blog Fossil

There are any number of groups whose special interest would be better served by a president other than Barack Obama.

  • Conservatives
  • Right-wing extremists
  • Anti-abortion activists
  • Anti-gay activists
  • Gun activists
  • Anti-Muslim activists
  • White Racists
  • Pro-Israel activists
  • Hillary supporters (more…)
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Who’s behind all this?

Dr. Conspiracy

Dr. Conspiracy

I have a few anti-Obama books here, Obama Nation, The Audacity of Deceit and The Case Against Barack Obama, and at last count a list of 62 anti-Obama web sites (probably the tip of the iceberg) that promote to some extent Obama Conspiracy Theories. The one thing consistent across these web sites is things that are not true. They are either factually untrue, or negative speculation, character assassination, distortions or unfair. The lawsuits–Berg, Orly, Keyes–all are stacked to the gills with demonstrably false lies about law, or Hawaiian birth certificates or what a document or a tape really says. They go further in that they attempt to immunize people from believing the truth when they hear it (warning people that everyone who speaks well of Obama is a paid O-Bot or Obama’s Gestapo).

It makes one wonder just who is behind all of  this. (more…)

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