Obamamania

My own daily fight is with Primary Immune Deficiencies - Robert Lessman

Someone close to me died from complications related to having MS. - Robert Lessman

"The U.S. government plans to propose broad new rules Monday that would force Internet providers to treat all Web traffic equally, seeking to give consumers greater freedom to use their computers or cellphones to enjoy videos, music and other legal services that hog bandwidth. The move would make good on a campaign promise to Silicon Valley supporters like Google Inc. from President Barack Obama, but will trigger a battle with phone and cable companies like AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp., which don't want the government telling them how to run their networks." - Frankie Warren from Bookmarklet

I was just reminded by a survivor that it's 8/29, not 8/26, that it made landfall. - Woodrow Jarvis Hill

The meltdown starts early, folks. Orly's in Tel Aviv during this report and she can't make a shred of sense. - Bill Sodeman

Jannifer, the people who assert that President Obama is not a natural born citizen of the United States, despite his birth certificate, corroborating announcements in local newspapers of the time, etc etc etc. - Chieze Okoye

"Well, wonder no more. In the spirit of public service, Salon has compiled this list of the most popular Birther myths, along with all the debunking you could ever ask for. Now you can just e-mail this list to Uncle Floyd and get on with your life." - Bill Sodeman from Bookmarklet

I hadn't even heard myths #5 and #6 till today. - Andrew C

I'd heard of #5 but hadn't heard the response until today so it was a pretty worthwhile read. - Andrew Leyden

"Dr. Chiyome Fukino, the state health director, issued a statement in October that she had seen the "original vital records" that Obama was born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961. She issued a similar statement on Monday. Hawaii's archaic secrecy laws prohibit her from showing it in public, but Obama has posted an electronic facsimile on the Internet. If any doubt is left, both the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and The Honolulu Advertiser included Obama's birth in vital-statistics columns in August 1961, available on microfilm in the main state library. Were the state Department of Health and Obama's parents really in cahoots to give false information to the newspapers, perhaps intending to clear the way for the baby to someday be elected president of the United States?" - Bill Sodeman from Bookmarklet

"NOTICE: This image is a work of parody and political commentary. It is not a genuine government document. Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. A certified copy of his birth record is freely available online. If you thought this was Obama’s real birth certificate, a “smoking gun” proving he’s not a natural-born citizen, then congratulations. You are an idiot. I made this from scratch. It is completely fake, and no document from Kenya or the United Kingdom resembles it.Obama’s president, and will be for the next 3 1/2 to 7 1/2 years. Get used to it." - Bill Sodeman from Bookmarklet

Orly Taitz is submitting another Kenyan "birth certificate" in her court case. - Bill Sodeman

"How does Lou Dobbs keep his job? It's not a simple answer. CNN insists it is standing behind Dobbs, despite calls for his head from critics of his reporting on "birthers" - those who believe President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States despite convincing evidence to the contrary. The "birthers" believe Obama was born in Kenya, and thus not eligible to be president. Dobbs' work has been so unpopular that even Ann Coulter has criticized him. Dobbs has acknowledged that he believes Obama was born in Hawaii." - Bill Sodeman from Bookmarklet