Welcome to Obama Conspiracy Theories!

This is an independent blog about conspiracy theories and fringe views related to Barack Obama. The views expressed here have no endorsement from any political party or government organization.

The purpose of this blog, as our byline fishing for the gold coin in a bucket of mud says, is examining a vast array of claims , rumors and even lawsuits about Barack Obama and his eligibility to be president, to see if anything there has credible backing.

Blog Features

Home Page

If you arrive at the blog from http://www.obamaconspiracy.org you will see the home page (or just click the home tab at the top of the page). The home page has a fixed Welcome message at the top, followed by recent articles listed most recent first. Many of the articles will show short opening paragraphs followed by “more…”. Click on this to read the rest of the article. At the bottom of the home page is a “Next Page” link; click there to read earlier articles. Caution, there are over 200 articles as of this writing and going through them can take a while. We have other features to assist you in finding what you want more quickly.

Search

The search box does a text search of all the blog articles (not comments). The list of articles, again, is presented in reverse chronological order with the ability to page to older articles.

Conspiracies

On the right side of each page is a box labeled “Conspiracies”. Under this title you will find the main topical areas of the blog. Next to each topic may an arrow. Clicking here will expand a list of the articles found under the topic. Clicking directly on the topic will take you to a page, much like the home page, where you can read all the articles under the topic in reverse chronological order and page through to older articles. You can also click on an individual article from the list and go directly there. A special feature is visitor polling. Clock on Polls from the Conspiracies list

All too quickly articles scroll off the main page and into oblivion. Here you will find a random selection of older articles that you may find of interest. Click to read.

Recent Comments

Comments are left by visitors like you and replies by the blog owner. Blog owner comments are made under the name “Dr. Conspiracy” only. If you want to see what others are saying, click on the bold-faced user name.

The Lost Articles

This is a random selection of 4 older articles. There are over 400 articles on Obama Conspiracy Theories, and you might have missed something interesting. The list changes every time you view a page.

Older Articles

Scroll back in time in the older articles section. View what was said by month and year.

Feeds and Friends

RSS (really simple syndication) is a great way to follow updates to articles and comments on Obama Conspiracy Theories. Learn more by typing RSS into your favorite search engine. Other bulletins and information follows.

Commenting

Feedback is welcome. Feel free to leave your comments, so long as the topic is relevant to the blog. Don’t try to advertise your online casino. This is mostly a “G” rated blog, so please tone down the language. The blog owner reserves the right to edit any comment to remove offensive language. [Such editing will be noted in square brackets.]

There are two kinds of comments: comments on the articles, and comments on other comments.

To comment on an article, click on the title of the article, so that you are reading the article on its own page and not part of a list, or click the “comments” link at the top of each article. In either case, at the bottom of the page is a box where you can type comments. Type them carefully because once you save the comment, you cannot come back and change it.

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Moderation

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Glossary

There may be some jargon on this blog you are unfamiliar with. Try the Glossary link at the top of the page for some terms you might see on the blog.

Contact Us

There is a Contact US link at the top of the page. Fill out the form to send a message to the blog owner. The link works, but should only be used for private messages. If you have something to say about the blog content, add a comment to the article for everyone’s benefit.

Bookmarks

In creating this blog, I have visited many, many web sites. When I found something I though was useful, I bookmarked it. Here are those bookmarks.

Docket

A popular feature of Obama Conspiracy Theories is our listing of court cases involving Obama conspiracies. The docket contains links to some of the documents in the cases, and dates when activity is anticipated.

Media

Obama c0nspiracies in the news are mentioned here. Drop a comment or a contact to let us know about news articles.

FAQ

Some frequently asked questions are answered here. Not much there at present.

Point of View

The best way to describe the blog’s point of view is “skeptical”. The assumption is made that most events happen in ordinary ways, and that the most plausible explanation of  things is the right one. Whenever a claim is made that is improbable or spectacular, evidence is expected before the claim is accepted.

Rumors, suspicions, anonymous reports, unavailable documents and crank science are not evidence. Guilt by association is not evidence.

The blog is intended to be a patriotic force in that the truth about government is important in a democracy. There are no flags waving and no pictures of government buildings to evoke a patriotic feeling. Deeds are what counts, not window dressing.

Generally comments about Barack Obama’s job performance are off topic for this blog, unless they involve claims of a conspiracy. The blog owner voted for Barack Obama in the last election (as did most voters), but this blog is not here to promote Barack Obama’s political career.

If you want the best documented information on Obama Conspiracies on the Internet, then this is the place we hope you will come. If you want the latest dirt on Obama or somewhere to say things unchallenged, this is not where you want to be.

Formatting

When an acronym appears it may be tagged so that hovering your mouse pointer over it will display the meaning; for example COLB. If an article’s information is significantly changed, the old material may be marked with a strike through and the new material may be underlined. This kind of markup is particularly intended when this blog gets it wrong and we gonna ‘fess up. Some web browsers may indicate the date of the change (and you can see this by viewing the page source).

Funding

If anybody tells you that it takes a lot of money to run a web site like this or obamacrimes.com or defendourfreedoms.us, they’re feeding you a bunch of bull. Web hosting for this site (plus two other blogs) costs about about as much per month as a #1 Value Meal at McDonalds, supersized. I pay for this web site with pocket change. If you have some money you really need to part with, send it to the Wikipedia (donation link lower right) or to some other charitable organization. I do this site as a hobby, and nobody pays me to do it.

Editorial Policy

See our Editorial Policy page.