For them I think the unicorn is red. Good point, Tep. But remember, he didn't question anyone's lineage, for five years in Hanoi(although to be fair to him, this is one crazy bus he didn't get on. So, ok, points for that.)
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Jul 28, 2009 11:33:27 am PDT #1057 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Barb - Jul 28, 2009 11:34:55 am PDT #1058 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
I heard a clip on NPR of a woman asking someone in the whitehouse(can't remember who) about "Why they didn't prove he was an American" and she just got louder and louder and more and more hysterical. I mean, she truly believes that this country is being taken over by malicious forces.
Sarah Palin?
< /tongue in cheek>
Fred Pete - Jul 28, 2009 11:41:42 am PDT #1059 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Birthers would be funny if they didn't seem to be gaining traction in the mainstream. Among people who'd be furious if anyone dared suggest they needed to prove their citizenship.
Does Chicago count as Real America?
Real America, yes. Real Midwest, no.
Connie Neil - Jul 28, 2009 11:43:09 am PDT #1060 of 30001
brillig
Good lord, I'm older than the President.
It's just six months, but damn.
StuntHusband - Jul 28, 2009 11:44:44 am PDT #1061 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Among people who'd be furious if anyone dared suggest they needed to prove their citizenship.
That's how I utterly silence my conservative relatives: I require they pass the same litmus test they're demanding of Obama before *speaking to me again*.
Total, echoing silence.
I have no patience or tolerance for this, and have been LOUD in public in decrying it. I'll continue to do so, too.
It's revolting.
Steph L. - Jul 28, 2009 11:45:24 am PDT #1062 of 30001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Birthers would be funny if they didn't seem to be gaining traction in the mainstream.
Haven't even Bill O., the Coulterbeast, and Michelle Malkin said that the birthers are batshit crazy?
Calli - Jul 28, 2009 11:45:52 am PDT #1063 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Has anyone seen any non-white birthers? I'm wondering if "not really American" is just their way of saying, "not one of us white folks" without getting automatically dubbed racists.
Gudanov - Jul 28, 2009 11:47:09 am PDT #1064 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Birthers would be funny if they didn't seem to be gaining traction in the mainstream.
I think the right wing is particularly susceptible to the crazy these days. There is such an anti-media streak that some of them only trust the echo chamber right wing media. I've run into this with relatives. You can't trust any source except FOX shows, because CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, AP, Reuters, BBC, etc... are all liberal. And don't even mention NPR.
amych - Jul 28, 2009 11:51:43 am PDT #1065 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm wondering if "not really American" is just their way of saying, "not one of us white folks"
It's exactly this.
tommyrot - Jul 28, 2009 11:53:24 am PDT #1066 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sullivan quoting ALex Knapp:
While traditional adherence to quaint philosophic concepts might make it appear that the evidence overwhelmingly favors the conclusion that Barack Obama is a United States citizen, it is clear that this cannot be the case so long as we don’t pay any attention to the idea that there is an objective reality.
Cognitive Realism, the Law of Attraction, and Norse Mythology all provide plausible philosophic justification for ignoring evidence and logic. Accordingly, because Obama’s claim to American citizenship is only supported by evidence and logic, he must not be an American citizen. Thus, Barack Obama is not eligible to be President of the United States.
It’s perfectly logical.
ION, should I post something really stupid and offensive that Limbaugh said, or would that just needlessly raise people's blood pressure?