Birth certificate scans + newspaper announcements.
GASP. Barack Obama is actually Barack Hussein Obama II! Whyyyy has he removed the "II" from his name? Is he planning on turning the country into some BACKWARDS SOCIALIST MONARCHY?
I'm going to see to Wesley, see if he's still whimpering.
Giles ,'Chosen'
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.
Polter-Cow - Sep 02, 2009 1:59:38 pm PDT #6700 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
JZ - Sep 02, 2009 2:05:18 pm PDT #6701 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Of course, the other half of the birther poll story is the dramatic difference in regional breakdown:
..............Yes No Not sure
Northeast.....93 4 3
South.........47 23 30
Midwest.......90 6 4
West..........87 7 6
I don't know about the other regions, but California for damn sure has a ton of Republicans (I imagine they're not exactly unheard of in the Midwest either), so the 87% (and 90%) "Yes, duh, obviously he was born here" stat has to include plenty of them. So the birthiness is really heavily concentrated in just one region.
flea - Sep 02, 2009 2:25:10 pm PDT #6702 of 30001
information libertarian
Stands proud as a reality-based Southern person. We few, we happy few...
sarameg - Sep 02, 2009 2:44:15 pm PDT #6703 of 30001
So it's not enough my street is a mess I can't park on due to water main replacement, now it's got a gas leak (no doubt caused by the water main work) and so I anticipate more holes tonight. The BGE guy is sitting out in his van, waiting for the crew. Exciting!
Sheryl - Sep 02, 2009 2:47:49 pm PDT #6704 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
That cat & zombie cake is...um, well...it's something.
Calli - Sep 02, 2009 3:35:25 pm PDT #6705 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Lovely pictures, aurelia. They've made me homesick. I'm glad you tried the fudge. When I was a kid we used to stop for some every time we crossed the bridge to visit family.
Hil R. - Sep 02, 2009 3:39:52 pm PDT #6706 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Jenkins went on to tell Smith that "people should be given the opportunity to take care of themselves with a refund, or an advanceable [sic] tax credit, to go be a grown-up and go buy the insurance."
I would love to go buy insurance. Under the current system, though, I'm pretty sure no one would sell it to me. And all the proposed rules about insurance companies having to take everybody, or about them having to cover preexisting conditions, keep getting shot down by Republicans because they're limits on freedom.
sarameg - Sep 02, 2009 4:06:07 pm PDT #6707 of 30001
Corporate freedom, Hil!
I love that within a few hours of a neighbor posting plant giveaways, they're all gone, but others are chiming in in response to requests for stuff that they have to share. I love this hood.
aurelia - Sep 02, 2009 4:12:36 pm PDT #6708 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Thanks, -t and Calli. I've been working summers in MI for years so I've had the fudge in TC, but since this was my first trip to the island I figured fudge was required.
sarameg - Sep 02, 2009 4:16:57 pm PDT #6709 of 30001
BGE guy is still sitting out in his van. Um. GAS LEAK.