Missives from the land of the birthers
I’m in the courtroom of Judge Michael Malihi, awaiting arguments in a case attempting to remove Barack Obama from the 2012 Georgia presidential ballot.
Roughly 100 people are in the courtroom, most of them older white Americans. The conversations are thick with various birthed theories being bandied about.
Dressed tastefully in black and wearing a pearl choker, The redoubtable Orly Taitz swept in a few minutes ago, making a star’s entrance amid whispers of “look, there she is!”
A bailiff has summoned attorneys for the plaintiffs and defendants into chambers for a pre-hearing conference. Since the Obama camp has decided to boycott the hearing, only the four plaintiffs’ attorneys, including Taitz, are in the session.
The plaintiffs have queued up a number of exhibits, including CBS and ABC videos reporting on Obama’s time in Indonesia. No sign of whether such exhibits will be allowed.
I’m in the courtroom of Judge Michael Malihi, awaiting arguments in a case attempting to remove Barack Obama from the 2012 Georgia presidential ballot.
Roughly 100 people are in the courtroom, most of them older white Americans. The conversations are thick with various birthed theories being bandied about.
Dressed tastefully in black and wearing a pearl choker, The redoubtable Orly Taitz swept in a few minutes ago, making a star’s entrance amid whispers of “look, there she is!”
A bailiff has summoned attorneys for the plaintiffs and defendants into chambers for a pre-hearing conference. Since the Obama camp has decided to boycott the hearing, only the four plaintiffs’ attorneys, including Taitz, are in the session.
The plaintiffs have queued up a number of exhibits, including CBS and ABC videos reporting on Obama’s time in Indonesia. No sign of whether such exhibits will be allowed.
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Soothsayer
January 26th, 2012
9:43 pm
I’m thinking Santorum is a certifiable nut case.
AmVet - Like most decent Americans, I'm a Marxist.
January 26th, 2012
9:44 pm
“I’m not a RACIST”
One of the most difficult stages of recovery is the first one: admitting that there is a problem.
Listen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlG6_Ai2dKo
Your Party SUCKS........But My Party is GRRRRRREAT!!!! (formerly That Black Guy)
January 26th, 2012
9:45 pm
There’s A Stench of Racism and A Putrid Odor of Ignorance In Atlanta
January 26th, 2012
7:25 pm
The Secret Service would have been picking her FINGER up off the ground.
That was just a SLANG.
Meaning she would have gotten a TONGUE LASHING.
_________________________________________________________________________________
What type of tongue do you use that can SEVER a finger?
Anyone on the left wish to address this OBVIOUS LIE?
Brosephus Lite™ - All the sarcasm, half the words
January 26th, 2012
9:45 pm
Gas Price per gl $1.79 $3.39 up
Oh geeezz, another one. You forgot to praise the anti-capitalist Obama for punching a hole in the capitalism ceiling.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/story/2011-12-31/united-states-export/52298812/1
In a first, gas and other fuels are top U.S. export
Measured in dollars, the nation is on pace this year to ship more gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel than any other single export, according to U.S. Census data going back to 1990. It will also be the first year in more than 60 that America has been a net exporter of these fuels.
[...]
The volume of fuel exports is rising. The U.S. is using less fuel because of a weak economy and more efficient cars and trucks. That allows refiners to sell more fuel to rapidly growing economies in Latin America, for example. In 2011, U.S. refiners exported 117 million gallons per day of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other petroleum products, up from 40 million gallons per day a decade earlier.
There’s at least one domestic downside to America’s growing role as a fuel exporter. Experts say the trend helps explain why U.S. motorists are paying more for gasoline. The more fuel that’s sent overseas, the less of a supply cushion there is at home.
However, knowing the rationale level of your posts, I’m pretty sure you’re just waiting to give that praise to the House GOP. Anybody with a brain knows that the president doesn’t control that stuff any more than you or I do.
Brosephus Lite™ - All the sarcasm, half the words
January 26th, 2012
9:47 pm
AmV
Yeah!!! That!!
I’m just waiting for any of those “debates” to have the fast speaking guy read off the fine print and side effects like they do in any other commercial trying to sell you some defectiv sh*t.
Brosephus Lite™ - All the sarcasm, half the words
January 26th, 2012
9:49 pm
dang it!!!! Messed up my slanties. Everything between the link and the last paragraph of my 9:45 comes from the USA Today story. Gotta give credit to source info.
Quote of the Day
January 26th, 2012
9:50 pm
“Granny Godzilla should thank me for making her a somebody. If it wasn’t for me she would still be a Baby Huey filling her Depends” – Jay Bookman
Welcome to the Occupation
January 26th, 2012
9:51 pm
Thanks Common sense, nice clip!
0311/1811
January 26th, 2012
9:55 pm
josef:
President John Tyler still has two grandson’s LIVING !
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/shock-over-10th-u-president-grandsons-still-living-172643148.html
DebbieDoRight
January 26th, 2012
9:58 pm
AmVet – LOVE Meatloaf!!! My dad had that cd when I was little. He played ALL THE TIME!
bman – that recipe looked good AND easy enough for me to do it! Thanks.
Common – All Dudley likes to eat is fried foods. He’s no fun. When I’m alone I usually eat salads. I’m learning how to cook because my neice is getting older and i need to show her the correct way to eat, (and not just McDonalds). I’ve never cared about stuff like that before my neice came along but now I’m a “home cooked meals” advocate.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 26th, 2012
10:01 pm
DDR – Then home made Mexican dishes are the answer. Lots of flavor and can be made healthy.
I lost 35 lbs cooking that way while on the road.
And goes great with mojitos or margaritas.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 26th, 2012
10:04 pm
Good night all.
and remember the great theme song for the National champs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ibV3tCDvd8
AmVet - Like most decent Americans, I'm a Marxist.
January 26th, 2012
10:07 pm
Bro, yeah those are great, aren’t they?
In a very hurried and important tone, buried in the middle of myriad possible symptoms and complications, the fast talking guys says something like, “may cause rectal bleeding, rarely resulting in death….”
Huh?
Yeah, that record is special, Debbie. I bought it not long after it came out and had no idea that it was going to go epically big. I just thought it was unique and fun as hell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZLGBXXaM4g
DebbieDoRight
January 26th, 2012
10:07 pm
Common – I lOVE Mexican food!! You are soooo smart! I would’ve never thought of that! AND the best part are the margaritas!! You are a true friend to remember that part.
LWms
January 26th, 2012
10:13 pm
YOU MORON “BIRTHERS” IN GEORGIA ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY !! YOU SHOULD ALL BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES !! Get a life !
DebbieDoRight
January 26th, 2012
10:14 pm
night common — maybe we can meet up again!
SoCoBro: I’m just waiting for any of those “debates” to have the fast speaking guy read off the fine print and side effects like they do in any other commercial trying to sell you some defectiv sh*t.
Oh my……that gives me some ideas:
WARNING: Listening to too much republican rhetoric may give you the following symptons:
Bleeding in the gums, eas and rectum (especially if you have a “wide stance”).
Unusual urge to self destruct in public (ala Newt)
Cravings for unusual foods – like freedom fries
Urgent need to belittle – teachers, unions, scientists, Ivy League colleges, and anyone north of the Mason Dixie line.
If you have an erection (while watching the debates) lasting longer than 4 hours, immediately seek professional help with your nearest psychiatrist.
md
January 26th, 2012
10:18 pm
“If you have an erection (while watching the debates) lasting longer than 4 hours”
I’m still waiting for the media to interview that guy…….that should be interesting.
And then interview his partner to see if she survived…………
DebbieDoRight
January 26th, 2012
10:20 pm
I want you – I want you
I need you – I need you
But there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you
Don’t be sad – don’t be sad
’cause 2 outta 3 ain’t bad…..
Meatloaf
AmVet - Like most decent Americans, I'm a Marxist.
January 26th, 2012
10:22 pm
Girl, you are on a roll. That 10:14 is awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHcYiOsO3a4&feature=related
BADA BING
January 26th, 2012
10:23 pm
Pat Sajak admits that he has hosted “Wheel of Fortune” while drunk. I’d like to buy a round, Pat.
DebbieDoRight
January 26th, 2012
10:24 pm
I’m still waiting for the media to interview that guy…….that should be interesting.
they wouldn’t be able to — he’d have a smile on his face so big he’d look like the joker.
And then interview his partner to see if she survived…………
women are tougher — she’d survive and then expect him to do it again the next night and the next night and……
we women, once we know you can lay pipe like that, are NEVER satisified!
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
January 26th, 2012
10:25 pm
If you have an erection (while watching the debates) lasting longer than 4 hours, immediately seek professional help with your nearest psychiatrist.
Well, the Good Lord took that problem away from me as the years went by. It’s kinda the opposite of the story about the 98-year-old-man that went to see his Dr. and told the Dr. “I’m getting married to this 26-year-old woman.” The Dr. looked at him real serious and said, “I must tell you, this could be fatal.” The geezer said, “Well, Doc, if she dies, she dies.”
Anyhow, looks like old Newt is about finished in FL. Mr. Mormon Underpants handed Newt his hat tonight. Most of the time Newt looked the way he must of looked when he got socked with alimony. It looks like we ain’t going to have a moon colony to haul beer to.
Anyways, I’ve got to hit the sack and be ready to make my rounds in the a.m. if you drunks are going to be able to swap weird music tomorrow night. Have a good night everybody.
0311/1811
January 26th, 2012
10:33 pm
BADA:
My daughter used to call it “Wheel of Furniture” !
0311/1811
January 26th, 2012
10:35 pm
More Arab Spring:
“U.S. outrage as Egypt bars Americans from leaving”
0311/1811
January 26th, 2012
10:36 pm
P.S.
That should really help tourism there. Looks like the camel ride guys at the Pyramids will have to draw unemployment …………… or do that have that over there ?
0311/1811
January 26th, 2012
10:42 pm
BADA:
This is awful !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REvmhBO99I4
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/25/local/la-me-dick-tufeld-20120125
Mick
January 26th, 2012
10:42 pm
“Nothing comes between me and my calvins”
-Thomas Jefferson
AmVet - Like most decent Americans, I'm a Marxist.
January 26th, 2012
10:44 pm
BADA, I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge your fashion and fitness tips earlier.
Great stuff. Makes me LMAO.
DebbieDoRight
January 26th, 2012
10:46 pm
Good night all! Have a happy friday tomorrow.
0311/1811
January 26th, 2012
10:46 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SazBzvQ0ZAM&feature=related
TAPS !
Mick
January 26th, 2012
10:46 pm
Ron paul is the only sane republican on foreign policy and in particular – cuba. What an effin retarded policy of 50 years of failure. All the repubs wanna be the big bad tough guy. Want to get rid of castro and communism? End the embargo and flood their markets with american tourists and money. Cuba would be a prime cruise ship port because it is an unknown entity. Instead, it’s always the same saber rattling and castro continues to live on in abject mockery…
md
January 26th, 2012
10:52 pm
Either way Mick, Castro wins……flood his country with money? And who exactly do you think will be keeping most of it??
Those guys don’t live like the folks they hold down……….
If you happened to notice, Libya fell after the people made their choice…..then the UN came in. Cuba needs to do the same…….or live under tyranny…….their choice.
md
January 26th, 2012
10:53 pm
And Syria is heading down the same road……Assad and his goons will soon be on the UN wanted posters………
Let the people of Cuba rise up and put Castro on those same posters…..
ODD OWL
January 26th, 2012
10:55 pm
If you think Oily taitz is off her rockers, wait until you get a whiff of the Governor of Arizona. The Honorable Fraulien Jan Brewer. She’s faaaar out man. I think many of these Arizonians have sit out in the sun too long drinking unfermented cactus juice. Geronimo’s revenge ???
Mick
January 26th, 2012
11:00 pm
md
The problem is 50 years have gone by, where is the uprising? If we open the market there will be a better chance of collapsing castro from within. The embargo has had the opposite effect of keeping the despots in power and blaming us for their problems….kind of like republicans blaming obama for everything wrong under the sun…
Kamchak
January 26th, 2012
11:14 pm
IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME!
–Thomas Jefferson
independent thinker
January 26th, 2012
11:20 pm
Gasbag Newt should have been there to keep up the Georgia image as a traveling circus with unlimited clown acts.
Thulsa Doom
January 26th, 2012
11:26 pm
Someone mention the national champions? The Crimson Tide!
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USinUK
January 27th, 2012
5:48 am
thulsa – zereaux … now, that’s funny …
Mick
January 27th, 2012
6:15 am
usinuk
Top of the afternoon! Tthank god it’s friday and things are good cause I’ll be a workin tomorrow on a saturday…
USinUK
January 27th, 2012
6:19 am
Mick – I hear ya – we have a HUGE happening next weekend, so this weekend and next week are going to be in-flippin-SANE around the office … have worked until midnight the last 2 nights … so tired I feel like i’m levitating …
USinUK
January 27th, 2012
6:33 am
heh – heh – heh
Yes, for the second time this week, Newt showed that his debate skills are massively overrated, particularly his ability to attack an opponent with clear vulnerabilities. And Mitt Romney demonstrated exactly how to go about carving up an overmatched opponent. This time, not even having a noisy audience to appeal to could save the former Speaker. Several times over the course of the debate, Romney hit Newt hard, and Newt sputtered around and couldn’t find an effective response. On immigration, on Freddie Mac and on Romney’s investments, Newt couldn’t find an exchange that worked for him. The final blow was a long (long, long) segment about space, and Newt’s easily-mocked plan for a lunar colony, which Romney effectively dismissed — and called Gingrich out on pandering to the narrow interests of each state they’ve competed in. It’s sometimes hard to read how these things play to voters, but I thought it all combined to be pretty devastating. Intrade agreed: Newt’s chances of winning the nomination according to the bettors there went from about 10% down to around 3% over the course of the debate. Regular readers know I feel that’s still too high.
so, for all those “Newt will clean Obama’s clock folks” … umm … evidently not so much!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/florida-republican-debate-even-the-audience-cant-save-gingrich-from-romney/2012/01/26/gIQAvGtKUQ_blog.html?hpid=z2
Normal
January 27th, 2012
6:37 am
My weekend is not going to be so great. I lost another family member yesterday and tomorrow I’ll be driving to Kentucky for the funeral.
I think the hardest part of growing old is that everyone and everything you have known all your life, and thought was permanent, goes away forever. It’s kind of sad, really.
USinUK
January 27th, 2012
6:39 am
RIP Juan Epstein …
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/robert-hegyes-who-played-student-juan-epstein-on-1970s-tv-show-welcome-back-kotter-dies/2012/01/26/gIQAPIS8TQ_story.html?hpid=z3
USinUK
January 27th, 2012
6:40 am
Normal –
oh, honey – I’m so sorry for your loss – you have borne more than your fair share lately.
hugs to you and the family
Normal
January 27th, 2012
6:44 am
This made me smile…
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2012/01/26/funny-pictures-jealous-of-the-beatles-cats/
USinUK
January 27th, 2012
6:49 am
you know what you need, Normal??
you need some cute.
and I’m just the gal to give it to you
http://cuteoverload.com/2012/01/25/tiny-dormouse-snores/
TaxPayer
January 27th, 2012
6:50 am
What! No birfer questions for the Republican candidates! I’m aghast. Happy Friday!
Cloudodust
January 27th, 2012
6:50 am
With 90% of blacks supporting the man who wants to spread the wealth around, one would be hard pressed to fill a courtroom with the scattered 10% that can’t stand the president’s attempt to remake LBJ’s Great Society in his own name…
Normal
January 27th, 2012
7:07 am
Cloud,
The keywords there are “Great Society”…which we aren’t anymore. We are a highly divided society.
We are a society of racial and cultural fears. We no longer are the Great Melting Pot we were once so proud of being. That will doom us all.
Normal
January 27th, 2012
7:08 am
USinUK,
Yeah, that was good…kinda tugs your heart strings…
Paul
January 27th, 2012
7:11 am
Morning, USinUK
I liked the part where Newt attacked Romney for investments in Freddie and Fannie, then Romney explained blind trusts and asked ‘have you looked at your investments?” Newt looked like a kid caught in a lie – then Romney followed up with ‘because you bought funds with investments in Freddie and Fannie.”
Wolf Blitzer was well prepared. When Newt overused his ‘attack the messenger’ defense, Wolf responded with “you are the one who brought up this issue this week” and Newt was trapped.
Paul
January 27th, 2012
7:13 am
Condolences, Normal. Travel safe.
Granny Godzilla
January 27th, 2012
7:15 am
Normal
Sorry for your loss…..
Our family is watching my Pops slow decline and it’s breakin’ our hearts.
Normal
January 27th, 2012
7:15 am
Thanks Paul.
Normal
January 27th, 2012
7:16 am
Granny,
Thanks and Good vibes coming your way from me.
USinUK
January 27th, 2012
7:24 am
Paul – 7:11 – (said in my best Mona Lisa Vito voice) – oh, yeah … he’ll totally wipe the floo-wah with Obama …
Granny Godzilla
January 27th, 2012
7:29 am
Thanks Normal.
Paul
January 27th, 2012
7:29 am
USinUK
Oh yeah, Newt saying “How dare you ask me that question!!!!” would go over real well in a general election debate -
Doggone/GA
January 27th, 2012
7:40 am
“We no longer are the Great Melting Pot we were once so proud of being”
Sure we are. “We” were only proud of being a melting pot in the abstract. Given the prejudice that has ALWAYS existed here, xenophobia has ALWAYS existed side-by-side with our pride in being a melting pot.
stands for decibels
January 27th, 2012
7:43 am
So sorry to learn of your loss, Normal.
I don’t imagine it ever gets easier, just more frequent, as we age.
stands for decibels
January 27th, 2012
7:45 am
xenophobia has ALWAYS existed side-by-side with our pride in being a melting pot.
I’m sure that in the 1890s, you had yahoos whining “it’s not like it was in the 1830s, when we were a melting pot.” or whatever they called the melting pot in the 1830s.
The minute I hear someone crying about “hypenated Americans” I just visualize a short bus.
stands for decibels
January 27th, 2012
7:45 am
Dang, dead threaded. Headin’ upstairs.
Normal
January 27th, 2012
7:46 am
Have y’all been keeping up with Rachel Maddow and Politifact? Wow, she really burns them a new one.
Mick
January 27th, 2012
7:47 am
Normal
My sympathies friend…I’ve been in the same boat with friends, they are leaving this world quite a lot these past years. I have learned two important lessons: Your health is your wealth and live life full throttle because like a thief in the night…
AmVet - Like most decent Americans, I'm a Marxist.
January 27th, 2012
7:49 am
Normal, sorry for your loss. Hang tough, buddy.
So I take it that the traveling carnival was entertaining last night?
I’m sure the recondite faithful will be along shortly to make their brilliant observations the liberal media, socialists, communists and Marxists (oh my), income redistribution and class warfare.
Yet these Norman Einsteens can’t even get non-farcical candidates to run for the highest office in the land.
Otay.
John McCain the Second it is…
md
January 27th, 2012
10:33 am
“The problem is 50 years have gone by, where is the uprising?”
Exactly……they have made their choice…..tyranny. After 50 years, if the masses still believe it is the fault of others then they deserve their fate.
How long did Quadafi rule Libya? The military in Egypt? Assad in Syria? and on and on….
Or the British over their “colonies”?
Ann in Nebraska
January 27th, 2012
2:22 pm
ByteMe, so “because to force him to comply would imply that the Court is greater than the executive”, you are implying that the executive is greater than the Court. You are so wrong.
nbc1966
January 27th, 2012
2:45 pm
“Halftrack, the Supreme Court has ruled 3 times that Obama is a natural born US citizen and meets the constitutional requirements to hold the office of President of the US.
Also, in the one case it hads they ruled that John McCain was a natural born US citizen and met the requirements ffor the presidency.
And if this case reaches the Supreme Court they will rule the same way again.”
To Jconservative: SCOTUS has never ruled that BHO is a natural born citizen. In every case to come before them they have declined to hear it based on the issue of the petitioners standing. This is not the same thing as ruling BHO is a natural born citizen. Further, they’ve never ruled on any issue pertaining to John McCain. The only body to reference McCain’s citizenship was Congress when it issued a nonbinding resolution that he was indeed natural born.
nbc1966
January 27th, 2012
2:56 pm
jconservative said:
“Jay, John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone not in the US, yet the Supreme Court ruled in his favor.
Remember everyone, the Constitution says what the Supreme Court says it says.”
Yes, McCain was born in the Canal zone but as mentioned before, SCOTUS has never ruled on his citizenship. And yes, the Constitution says what SCOTUS says it says…and they said in Minor V. Happersett that a natural born citizen is someone born in the US to citizen parents. Therefore, BHO is not, as SCOTUS defines it, a natural born citizen.
preacher
January 27th, 2012
3:10 pm
You all won’t be laughing and whatnot when the USURPER is arrested and put in prison. There is only one other alternative………..
lynch
January 27th, 2012
4:37 pm
News release today……Taitz has accepted Newt Gingrich’s invitation to lead the expedition to the moon….three rockets to be launched from the newly constructed Romney Lauch center in the Cayman Islands….Romney picking up the tab (its a charitable contribution that his accountants say will be correctly recorded…..Santorum and Perry will be heading the other two rockets…a fourth launch scheduled for Valentines Day will be a newer version of the lunar lander expedition with 3 cosmo nuts-Callista, Michelle Bachman, and Sarah (I am the Half Governor) Palin as the crew….various womans hair spray manufacturers are experimenting with a new fueling system that will fuel the launch and provide the cosmo nuts the ability to breathe….
James
January 27th, 2012
6:11 pm
One can easy tell who supports the president and who support Dr. Taitz. To the posters this not about our constitution this is about left against right! When the Chinese submit candidates for president and you Obama supporters objects we will remind you of your rants of today. Your feelings will be different then, but too late. Obama, is liar, fraud and clown . A disgrace to this country. He didn’t appear because lying in court isn’t the same as lying to voters. Like he does every day. Obama can not go a day without lying. I In court the penalty is a 10 year prison sentence. This is why he didn’t appear, consequences and real identity. A true Chicago thug If I ever saw one. His name to me is thug the pug!
jeanniemac
January 27th, 2012
8:24 pm
The Social Security number used by Obama was issued in Connecticut to a person born in 1890, who had died. It could not pass the EVerify system used by the government to match a number with a person. There are also instances of different SS numbers used by Obama in various addresses.
Obama himself said that when someone is keeping a secret, they must have something to hide.
ALL of his records are sealed, including college thesis, financial aid, grades, passport records, Social Security records, etc etc. He must be hiding something. What?
jeanniemac
January 27th, 2012
8:27 pm
http://www.newswithviews.com/Publius/huldah101.htm
This is an article by lawyer and Constitutional scholar, Publius Huldah. She tells how the Constitution is being used and ignored by the Obama administration.
Jay
January 27th, 2012
8:27 pm
JeannieMac:
He’s a Martian, sent here as an advance scout to probe our defenses. It’s the only explanation that fits, don’t you think?
Erwin's cat
January 27th, 2012
8:35 pm
“It’s cold” – G. Clooney
taps
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January 28th, 2012
10:32 am
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Pat Johnshon
January 29th, 2012
1:24 pm
What will your attitude and comments be when the shoe is on Romney’s foot? He may be in the same situation as Obama since his father was born in Mexico not the USA.