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Feb 9

“Wingnuts”

Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in Books

That’s from the title of a new book: Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America by John Avalon. Wingnuts takes on extremists from both sides, and in it’s pages you will meet familiar faces like Phil Berg, Linda Starr, Wiley Drake and our blog mascot Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq, DDS.

Sep 25

Ghostwriters in the sky

Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 in Books, Misc. Conspiracies
Author Obama

Author Obama

During the last election, rumors flew about saying that former radical and education activist Bill Ayers wrote all or part of Barack Obama’s book Dreams from My Father. This rumor morphed into a small cottage industry of analysis trying to prove Ayer’s involvement in the book including a series of articles by WorldNetDaily columnist Jack Cashill.

These allegations have been repeated in a number of right wing web sites such as The American Thinker and The Free Republic. Now WorldNetDaily has a new article, Author confirms Bill Ayers helped Obama write ‘Dreams’.

Of course, the “author” WND talks about is not the author of Obama’s book, but that of a new book, Barack and Michelle: An American Marriage by Christopher Andersen. Andersen should know because he had access to unnamed sources close to Obama. I should say that Cashill claims Andersen supports his view (in fact I have no confirmation of this).

The scenario alleged is in the typical nobama style. If alleges a fact (Obama was facing a deadline) that no one can easily verify but might accept because it it plausibled, it alleges another fact (Ayers lived nearby) that is non-trivial to verify and then it offers another allegation (the neighbors knew…) that no one can easily verify, but might accept because it is plausible and asserted.  It is a good example of substitution of speculation for evidence made in the form of an argument. But this claim has no more substance to it than the travel ban to Pakistan argument, the born in Kenya argument and the Indonesian adoption argument: none.

So did Bill Ayers write Dreams from My Father?   There is nothing in the WND article that would lead a rationally thinking person to jump to any conclusion.

May 6

De Vattel: revisited

Posted on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 in Books, Citizenship, Emmerich de Vattel
Emer de Vattel

Emer de Vattel

Citizenship denialist hoax exposed!

Those advocating that we should change our traditional view of “natural born citizen” in favor of a view advocated by a 18th century Swiss philosopher, Emer de Vattel, argue that the framers of the Constitution relied on a work by that philosopher for their definition of “natural born citizen”. They cite this passage from his work, the short English title of which is The Law of Nations:

The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens

Those words, however, are quoted from a translation of de Vattel that first appeared in 1797, 10 years after the Constitution’s ratification. Did the framers know Vattel’s work in the French? If so, there is a problem because the literal phrase “natural-born citizen” is not present in the original French which says:

Les Naturels ou indigènes font ceux qui font nés dans le pays de Parens Citoyens.

For those who don’t speak French, the word “citizen” (Citoyen) appears only ONCE in the sentence. (more…)

Jan 19

Book Sales

Posted on Monday, January 19, 2009 in Books

Amazon.com maintains a ranking of the books it sells (view a book and scroll down). The rankings are low for best-selling books and high for poorly selling books. Here are the results for some popular titles.

Book Title Amazon sales Ranking
Dreams From my Father, by Barack Obama 9
The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama 16
Obama Nation,, by Jerome Corsi 4,461
The Case Against Barack Obama, by David Freddoso 9,573
The Audacity of Deceit, by Brad O’Leary 32,156
Obama Unmasked, by Floyd Brown 72,732
Obama, the Man Behind the Mask, by Andy Martin 301,190
Jan 10

You can tell a lot about a blog…

Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2009 in Books, Lounge

…by who they link to. Take Larry Sinclair, would be author of yet another anti-Obama book: BARACK OBAMA & LARRY SINCLAIR: Cocaine, Sex, Lies & Murder. So who does Larry Sinclair link to in his blog?

Jan 10

Independent Grandmother Transcript

Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2009 in Birth Location, Books

Update: Greg Doudna’s transcript is now available free here at Obama Conspiracy Theories through a special arrangement with the author. Enjoy!

Greg Doudna, whose day job is deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls, has dipped a finger in the well of Obama Conspiracy Theories and published a commentary giving some history and background on the Berg lawsuit and the affidavits attached to it claiming that Barack Obama’s step grandmother, Sarah Obama, had said that “he” was born in Kenya and that she was “present”. (more…)

Dec 15

Obama conspiracy books

Posted on Monday, December 15, 2008 in Books

For your Christmas shopping pleasure, here is a selection of Obama Conspiracy books:

  • The Audacity of Deceit: Barack Obama’s War on American Values by Brad O’Leary
  • Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality by Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
  • The Case Against Barack Obama:The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate by David Freddoso
  • Obama: the Man Behind the Mask by Andy Martin

These books are available from your favorite used book dealer for a few bucks each.

And be sure to reserve your copy of the Sarah Palin 2009 Calendar

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Palin 2009 Calendar