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In looking for a new comfy chair to sit in while in front of the computer I found this.
Derek Coward, `aziz´ Alihan ÇETİN, Aykut Önen and 8 other people liked this
Um...er...
- Anika
:)))))))
- Oğuz Serdar
My son just said, it has a heart on it. Or an apple.
- Anika
o_O
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
It's all gotta go SOMEwhere.
- Josh Haley
Taye Diggs Talks Midwifery and Birth on The Ellen Show - The Unnecesarean - - http://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog...
Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF, Derrick, PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK and 7 other people liked this
I love Taye Diggs.
- Rochelle
from Bookmarklet
Me too.
- Michelle Martinez
I love his wife as well. I think that is great that they have been together since Broadway! =D
- Shevonne
Aww I want to watch. I also love Ellen.
- joey
Finally! Akiva revealed.
- Micah Wittman
Joey, I've been watching it every day. :)
- Rochelle
I really liked that he mentioned his wife gave birth naturally, with a midwife, in a hospital. I think so many women don't realize this is an option. They can have the security of the hospital, with the birth they want.
- Georgia Diehl
Georgia, in some states, midwives are legally not allowed in hospitals.
- Rochelle
Yeah, I heard that, very disappointing. I also heard that many hospitals only allow their approved midwives.
- Georgia Diehl
I've loved Taye Diggs for a hot minute.
- Derrick
On Fort Hood, you will only see a midwife, unless you are considered high risk. The army seems surprisingly progressive on these things.
- Michelle Martinez
well said! RT @Journeywoman Plastic surgery to combat aging is like trying to paint beautiful fall leaves green again.
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Twitter, Mommy Bloggers, the TSA, and Internet Fueled Hysteria http://bitchinwivesclub.blogspot.com/2009...
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Carving a Pumpkin This Fall? Don't Throw Any of It Away! - http://www.wisebread.com/carving...
By Jeff Yeager "Jeff, can't we at least celebrate the holiday before you eat the decorations?" I've heard that more than once from my long-suffering wife during our 26-year marriage. You see, cheapskates like to celebrate Halloween and other holidays just like everyone else. But we grimace at wasteful rituals like throwing away a perfectly good pumpkin after using it for only a few days as a decoration. Americans buy more than one billion pounds of pumpkins at Halloween, and the vast majority of those end up in the trash. But at the Green Cheapskate's house, we eat our jack-o-lantern, every last bit of it. While some particularly meaty varieties of pumpkins are specifically grown to be eaten (including Sweet Jack-be-Littles, Cheese Pumpkins, Sugar Pumpkins and some delicious heirloom varieties), any commonly available pumpkin is perfectly edible. Best of all, at Halloween (and immediately after Halloween) you can usually buy pumpkins for less than half a buck a pound. At that price,...
Best protest sign ever.
Summer, Mark Dodson, ProsePetals (aka Denise) and 3 other people liked this
"We have no idea what we're talking about."
- Steven Perez
The idjit with the Term Limit sign is clearly clueless. They haven't figured out that term limits are part of the problem w/corruption in Mexico's politics...yet they're often the same people who criticize Mexico for political corruption. LOL, yeah, dude in the middle = best protest sign ever.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
+1 for the guy with the "no idea" sign!
- Bill Sodeman
If God Had Wanted Me To Be Accepting Of Gays, He Would Have Given Me The Warmth And Compassion To Do So | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - http://www.theonion.com/content...
John M. Cox, Robert Felty, Holly Rae, FFer and 4 other people liked this
"I don't question God. The Lord is my Shepherd and I shall put none above Him. Which is why I know that if it were part of God's plan for me to stop viciously condemning others based solely on their sexual preference, He would have seen fit—in His infinite wisdom and all—to have given me the tiniest bit of human empathy necessary to do so. It's a simple matter of logic, really. God made me who I am, and who I am is a cold, anti-gay zealot. Thus, I abhor gay people because God made me that way. Why is that so hard to understand?"
- April Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
Sadly, that's not far off from how many people feel. LOL
- Summer
I love this, but it's a little on the nose. Eek!
- John M. Cox
selin sarpkan, Live4Emma (L4S), Iván Abrego and 20 other people liked this
خیلی بیوتیفلن :دی
- مصطفام
Cakes and Pastry - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Darren Heydon, منیژه, JohnDu™ and 41 other people liked this
رونوشت به پرستو، نوشا، نصیبه، ساقی خانوم، پریسا :)))
- وارش
Yay for the daily strawberries! :-)
- Trish R
Yes exactly Trish :)
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
مرسی وارش :) خب چقدرش به من میرسه؟ :))
- Saghee
*drools*
- Summer
OH WOW....OH MY......OH......... x_x
- Live4Emma (L4S)
It is certainly not legal - is it ?!? :)
- Lars Clausen
:) میسی میسی
- Noosha
ساقی خانوم: همه دوستان به قسمت مساوی :)))
- وارش
On the other hand, there's no point in trying to converse with crazy people and trying to pretend they're rational. That's just even more crazy.
Piaw Na, Andrew C, Summer and 2 other people liked this
RobinGood: Turn your follower list into an RSS feed and import that feed into Google Reader http://is.gd/2ilxW - http://twitter.com/RobinGo...
Shea, Dominic Jones, Mac Sharp and 11 other people liked this
This is so handy I can't stand it! Once you've got the list imported into Reader you can then break it down into folders which are just groups in other Twitter clients. It will be interesting to see if it can replace Seesmic and Tweetie.
- Gregg Morris
Did that a few weeks ago. Nifty, but I still don't want to go back to Reader inbox land that badly. Was waiting for someone to connect the dots and do Twitter->FriendFeed imaginary friend (not that Twitter-following OPML is necessary to do that, but it's a reasonable halfway point) but it never materialized.
- Wade Dorrell
GOP Killing Healthcare - Healthcare Cartoon - http://politicalhumor.about.com/od...
Steven Perez, Summer, Rene Wirtz and 4 other people liked this
Yup.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
That sounds about right
- Summer
в пятницу вечером, Алексей Мельчаков, я был в лесу and 105 other people liked this
Brilliant.
- abacab
Tee-hee!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
:D
- AJ Batac
WIN
- vijay
WIN x 2 :)
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
ftw!
- TheBuzzMachine
i don't get it...you don't like facebook?? how can you hate facebook??
- Ann Okafor
He probably hates it the same way the rest of us do.
- Scratch5150
;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-P
- Jeff P. Henderson
lame
- Burak Gürsoy
its accurate
- Scratch5150
ziiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnggggggg
- sofarsoShawn
nice!
- Me fallit ஐ
I wanna post that on my wallllllllllll
- sofarsoShawn
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Not All Socialist Countries are Alike - http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009...
John T. Lucas Jr, Iván Abrego, Greg GuitarBuster and 46 other people liked this
"See? They're actually pretty different!"
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
I've been saying all I want is the ability to buy into the same health care plan the congress gets
- Bastard Operator From FF
We tried to hire a Radiologist from Canada, sadly most are not board certified. Curious if we will now require less regulations if we go to Universal HC?
- Janet
it's also known as "public private initiatives" here in the UK - private companies bid for governmental contracts to provide the services, billed to the government. The problem is that the private companies that win the services are there for the profit and so provide a piss poor level of service for the highest price possible. It gets even muddier when you look at the PPI system used...
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- alphaxion
They're not that different. They are both nationalized healthcare systems. I lived in the UK for a couple of years. I have friends who love the NHS because it's simply there and provides a decent, basic level of service. I've also had people I know suffer and die because of sub-standard care (a tumor was misdiagnosed as a dragonfly bite). Nationalizing healthcare is not the silver bullet.
- Justin Whittaker
Most folks are not looking for a silver bullet. Right now, they'd be happy with plain ol' lead, as opposed to the blanks they have now.
- Steven Perez
from IM
I think alphaxion has the right idea. Nonprofits, not for-profit corporations. The latter corrupt the system.
- Dennis Jernberg
Single payer advocates sometimes overstate the case, and I'm probably just as guilty of it as anyone. It's definitely not a silver bullet, just a vast improvement over the current clusterfuck of a system. I've never heard a UK or Canada horror story that compares to some of the more common disasters in the US. Misdiagnoses happen everywhere, as does delays in treatment. But I've never...
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- Eric P
I like the analogies. Single-payer is analogous to Medicare. National Health Care is analogous to the VA. Yeah, they're pretty different.
- Victor Ganata
aye, you won't hear people from the UK extol how the NHS is the pinnacle of health care and there's nothing wrong at all because, at the end of the day no system will ever be perfect - well, except in the minds of the really patriotic ;). But, for the majority of issues I'm glad it is here because without it I'd prolly have a dead sister (genetic retinablastoma) and a bankrupt me with...
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- alphaxion
I don't think anyone who has ever had significant dealings with the health care system in the U.S. really thinks everything is OK, but I guess some people in this country are so afraid of any change, they're willing to sabotage themselves to try and prevent it from happening.
- Victor Ganata
That's the killer for me. How, especially if you've had ANY experience fighting with insurance companies, can one possibly argue that what we have now is better than something new?
- Steven Perez
from IM
This is one of the reasons why I am harsh in my comments to those people who are against UHC. Yes, I hope they lose their job, their house and their health insurance (and I don't mean it as viciously as it sounds), because only then will they find out that having UHC is actually a far better deal. If there's nothing wrong and you can afford your insurance premiums all is wine and roses,...
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- Rene Wirtz
@rene This is a point I raised with a few of the anti-UHC people on FF... Those who can afford healthcare won't ever see anything other than a bill for other peoples care until that access is stripped from them. These people don't get that health is a social issue and as such should be addressed in the same manner as other social items - I don't hear them bitching about paying for other people to use the police or roads...
- alphaxion
I'm from the UK and pay for private health insurance to keep me out of the NHS's filthy hospitals. I dunno, food is pretty important for survival, and look what happens when the government provides that (famine).Seems to me there are two issues: basic ongoing health care, which could be provided pretty cheaply privately for a monthly fee and which wouldn't kill you if you couldn't...
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- Rob Fisher
There are all sorts of issues with getting a random scan for no good reason other than you just felt like it. It's really not a rational use of limited resources, but it is, I suppose, a good way to make a lot of money off of people who don't know any better. Full body scans for cash are totally available in the U.S. They tend to find lots of things that are abnormal, and then you end...
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- Victor Ganata
Poutine is not gross!
- Jess Lee
The commenter Harold over there ( http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009... ) is also correct that 'eh?' is more of an Ontario thing than a nation-wide thing. The More You Know {NBC chimes}
- Andrew C
Whilst I've never been treated in the US I would say you could compare the treatment I got when I had Guillian Barre Syndrome (http://www.gbs.org.uk) to the treatment people I have talked to get in the US via their HMO. I got given 16 bottles of immunoglobulin at about $8000 a bottle. Intensive Care for 3 months, and full physio until I could walk etc on my own again. My friend in the...
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- Paul Bainbridge
There appears to be an attitude by some (usually within the cosy protection of full Insurance) displaying a Scrooge-like view ("Are there are not still Workhouses?") that they shouldnt have to support those less fortunate than themselves - the NHS is a great institution in the UK which whilst not perfect offers Universal Health Care and one that the UK should fiercely defend and support.
- David W
Babies' brains are more sophisticated than we ever believed - Times Online - http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol...
Summer, Laura Norvig, Jeffrey Marsh and 9 other people liked this
"In the past 30 years we’ve learnt more about babies and young children than in the preceding 2,500 years and that has given us new ideas about human nature itself — about knowledge and imagination, truth and consciousness. Thirty years ago most psychologists and philosophers thought that babies and young children were basically defective adults — irrational and egocentric, unable to think logically, take another person’s perspective or reason causally. If you just looked cursorily at babies and young children, as generations of philosophers did, you might well conclude that there was not much going on. If you looked carefully, as generations of mothers and the great psychologist Jean Piaget did, you would start to appreciate how philosophically significant, fascinating and profound children are."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
"Although young children have remarkable learning abilities, they have even more remarkable imaginative abilities. Even great psychologists such as Piaget thought that young children were confused about the difference between reality and fantasy, hardly surprising for anyone who has walked into a nursery full of imaginary princesses and superheroes who politely serve you non-existent...
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- RAPatton
Septuagenarian Twitter Flame War | TPMDC - http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009...
Summer, Rob H., Sels and 13 other people liked this
ROFL... "And in the broadest sense, it's easy to imagine these guys starring in an Internet-themed sequel to Grumpier Old Men."
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
from Bookmarklet
Oh man, this is hilarious!
- Anika
Almost makes me want to start using my Twitter account :P
- Rene Wirtz
roflroflrofl
- Geoff Schultz
Oh man the next campaigns are going to be awesome if this kind of dialog actually happens.
- Geoff Schultz
Aw yeah, Grassley's workinWKEND again.
- Andrew C
^ *dead* Andrew, you wrong. ROFL
- Anika
Jon Stewart skewers Glenn Beck's Health Care Hypocrisy Vid - http://vodpod.com/watch...
Carlo Zottmann, Vox, Ethan and 8 other people liked this
"A Daily Show classic - comparing the Glenn Beck of Jan 2008 to today."
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
from Bookmarklet
I feel a Mastercard slogan coming on ...
- Rene Wirtz
I doubt it, advertisers are fleeing Beck's show :)
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
#Breastfeeding May Cut Breast Cancer Risk - http://www.webmd.com/baby...
Summer, Rochelle, Robert Freeze and 2 other people liked this
"Women with a family history of breast cancer who have ever breastfed reduce their risk of getting premenopausal breast cancer by nearly 60%, according to a new study. ''For women with a family history of breast cancer, this suggests an extra benefit [of breastfeeding] is, it may reduce the risk of breast cancer," says Alison Stuebe, MD, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the lead author of the study. It is published in the Archives of Internal Medicine."
- Shevonne
from Bookmarklet
Teh hussel... I duz it - http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009...
Christopher Harley, James Tenniswood, BeeLing and 16 other people liked this
I love this one!
- Ladybug Heather
Too freaking cute!
- Summer
aww, thanks! Oh.... you meant the cat.
- Jim Hearts FF
*cues the flutes*
- Joe Silence is not dead
Homemade Girl Scout Cookies: Samoas Bars | Baking Bites - http://bakingbites.com/2009...
Tiffany Hall, RetiredTeacherD, Caroline and 27 other people liked this
if i make this, girl scounts arnt going to come knocking on my door are they? ;)
- chaz2b
oh man.. *saves recipe* That looks incredible. (sidenote: I wish there was a context sensitive bookmarking service that would save my bookmarks into categories based on what the page was about :( )
- Angelo Rodrigues
hows that differ from subjective hashtags?
- chaz2b
are they made with real girl scouts?
- Joe Pierce
Not this time Joe, I'm cutting back on calories
- Lindsey is Fierce!
My wife freaking loves these - maybe I'll try to throw a batch together for our anniversary in a couple weeks.
- Brett Kelly
from iPhone
Well don't skimp on them if you make the thin mints. They are supposed to be tasty, not healthy.
- Joe Pierce
OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!
- vicster
X_X
- Anna Haro
Yummy! Never had them yet, they do look yummy
- RetiredTeacherD
BattCursor Turns Your Mouse Cursor into a High-Visibility Battery Meter - http://lifehacker.com/5329077...
Summer, Darren Heydon and Amit Morson liked this
"Windows: When you're away from an outlet and flying on battery power alone, keeping an eye on how much juice your laptop has is critical. BattCursor makes it easy to track how much power you have left. BattCursor has multiple ways of helping you keep track of your battery life. The method for which it was named is, as seen here, turning the cursor into a floating battery meter. As you run low the cursor gives both the percentage and a visual indicator."
- Jeff P. Henderson
from Bookmarklet
Sweet and Colorful
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Guven, zeyneb, Sercan YILMAZ and 71 other people liked this
من عاشق اینا هستمممممممممممممممممممممممممممممممم
- anahita
برای وارش که خستگیش بر طرف شه
- پـرستووو
پرستو اینو خوب امدی :)
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
:)
- پـرستووو
Revision to Medad Rangi :D
- © D/\\/IIID ℠ ®
Craving for some candy now! Thanks Mahdi :D
- Nia
Nia, I wish you can find the best candy during exploration :)
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
ممنونم پرستو جان:) ممنون آقای ابراهیمی :)
- وارش
لایک، دوست دارم از اینا خیلی
- آرامش مطلوب
وووووووی. من تازه اینا رو دیدم:))) ممنونم. یکی یه دونه میتونید بردارید :)))
- وارش
برداشتن این قرمز خوشرنگ از وسطی، گذاردن در دهان مبارک، عبور از زیر فید :-"
- وارش
RT @JenniferPerillo One mom's view on why organic matters & how food bloggers can lead the revolution http://mamachronicles.typepad.com/in_jenn...
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Time to Unspoil Your Kids - http://www.thefrugallifenews.com/2009...
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Can Do - And the Pursuit of Happiness Blog - NYTimes.com - http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
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See, See, See! Now STFU.
Mycaptain, Bill Kinney, David Cook and 42 other people liked this
For the members of Congress who think this does not exist. Oh yes, they think that.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
They will probably call it a fake, they don't get it. They won't get it. They can't get it.
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
His mothers name is Stanley? That's like naming a boy Sue. This can't be real. ADD: Wow it is.
- Jimminy
interesting piece i read today from last week about this whole charade: " There is no question that the evidence points to the conclusion that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii and is therefore a “natural-born citizen.” No question, that is, if you accept the dominant paradigm of metaphysical realism. That is, the idea that things exist independent of the mind and that those things are...
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- Cee Bee
it goes on to state: "Cognitive relativism is a school of philosophic thought that holds that an idea is only true if it is true within a particular conceptual framework that is subjective to an individual or a particular social group. With respect to the Birthers, then, we can see how Barack Obama is not an American citizen. The conceptual framework makes this an impossibility. After...
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- Cee Bee
I'm not sure how many of you know this about me but I work 40 hrs a week with vital statistics. Birth/death certificates. Here in TX (each state is different) there are 3 styles of birth certificate, two of which are abstracted. The long-form is the third style. It is held at the city/county clerk AND at the state capitol in a binder, acid free paper, humidity controlled. Those attempting to obtain a passport (or leading our country) should be required to present this long version. Where's Obama's?
- MicahBear78
So he went to the trouble of faking a birth certificate, but what, only had the ink to fake the shorter one? I think we're grasping at straws here...
- Andrew Leahey
It's all very entertaining.
- Robert Kenney
I wish I could laugh at it, Robert. The kooks drive me a little crazy.
- Ayşe E.
I like it when people assert that simply because something isn't public/hasn't been released, it doesn't exist. Where's George Bush's marriage license? I haven't seen it; how dare that hussy Laura shack up in our Whitehouse for 8 years?
- Andrew Leahey
i don't want to call you a nut micahbear78, but you sure sound like one
- Cee Bee
The damage to our country would be tremendous if Obama or anyone else is not in fact eligible to be President after taking office. This is why new legislation and strict processes are needed to vet candidates prior to winning office. This have never been done up to this point.
- Robert Kenney
The trouble is rumors like the birthers' are pretty much impervious to reason or evidence. If you take away one part of the argument, either the reasons will change or they will find reasons to discount the evidence.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Robert – If the system has worked for the past 200+ years, I don't see why it can't continue to work.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
and MicahBear is right, I had to get and present the "long-form" certificate to obtain my son's passport. Seems reasonable to me to expect that of elected office.
- Robert Kenney
john - that's exactly what the article i quoted from stated. it will never be good enough because those people who believe he isn't a citizen will continue to believe it even if the birth certificate is tattooed to their collective foreheads
- Cee Bee
Here is my point, there are some Congressmen who believe no document has been presented. That is how much misinformation surrounds this issue.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
I don't think they believe that at all, its just used to incite.
- Andrew Leahey
no, what micabear78 did was imply that he wasn't a natural citizen based on her speculation that this birth certificate was never presented to anyone at all. you honestly believe that obama's records & background weren't checked by anyone in the course of him not only becoming a civil servant (politician), but president of this country? what good is any proof if you can't accept the ultimate proof of the birth certificate in the photo that has been circulated to show he is a natural born citizen? psychos
- Cee Bee
I hope the Congress critters who behave so cynically won't be Congress critters come the next election. There is serious work to be done, and they're pandering to the basest nonsense? They need to STFU and go.
- Ayşe E.
Is this still making the rounds?
- Alex Scoble
I've read this crap for the past year. It's all old news.
- Robert Kenney
Alex, only among the informed and those willing to be informed.
- Ayşe E.
This graphic is from an LA Times article from June of last year. Yep, it is at a fever pitch. Trust me. I heard it from some people and I wonder how we share family lines.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
Ayse, I'd say that this isn't happening amongst the informed...the informed are having to roll their eyes YET AGAIN and show the damned document YET AGAIN for the seriously ignorant.
- Alex Scoble
The form posted above is valid. In 1961, anyone could register a "live birth" into the records in Hawaii. This has been hashed over again and again.
- Robert Kenney
Also the moon landing was faked! VOTE RON PAUL
- Akiva Moskovitz
Alex, I hear you. Sometimes I feel like it's just the non-kooks who see the evidence. ::sigh::
- Ayşe E.
Ayse, it definitely is. When you subscribe to a conspiracy, you can nullify any evidence presented. Any evidence countering the conspiracy is, in fact, evidence of a conspiracy.
- Andrew Leahey
I have to wonder whether people who point to this document are being intentionally stupid or if they were born that way. Eric, this is not the original birth certificate. Obama could end nearly all the speculation by simply releasing a copy of his original birth certificate from 1961.
- Rob Sterling
Andrew, I'd like to know—just for a minute—what the mental gymnastics needed to support that worldview were like. I'm not sure I could handle it for any longer.
- Ayşe E.
too bad its not really about his citizenship...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
Eric: But Congressmen are idiots. that's why they are also called "Representative."
- Anthony Citrano
from BuddyFeed
Is this the original or a copy?
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
@Eric - You're not helping the situation by deliberately misrepresenting the claims of "Birthers". Their claims are hardly irrational. I for one accept that Obama is a natural born citizen, but I don't understand why he's hiding his original birth certificate.
- Rob Sterling
@Glen - It is neither an original nor a copy. It is a contemporary certificate that restates some of the information listed in the original document. "Birthers" want to see a copy of the original document, which would contain additional information as well as signatures of relevant officials and possibly medical personnel.
- Rob Sterling
Hi Rob, I LOL at your comment. I was referring to a clip I saw on TV today where a congressman said no documentation had been presented. As in NONE. And I'm like huh? This is what many people think. Don't try to make a rational argument on the part of many who are using misinformation and lack of understanding as their platform. You can argue authenticity and all that. Whatever.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
@Eric - I LOL at your use of straw men. What was the name of this supposed congressman?
- Rob Sterling
Aha, I'll go find it. I'll post it when I do.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
Good. In the meantime, you're still misrepresenting the "birther" demands. Those of us who believe that Obama was born in Hawaii should respect that it is perfectly reasonable for people to want to see a copy of the original 1961 birth certificate rather than the contemporary document you show above. It's amazing to me that Obama has allowed this nonsense to go on for so long and at such tremendous expense, when he could end it with a phone call.
- Rob Sterling
I'm sure showing a birth certificate will make all this go away. Oh wait, if it ain't one thing, it's the other. The larger movement really has nothing to do with the birth certificate. IMHO of course.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
It has everything to do with the birth certificate. The whole thing would never have even started if he had done what McCain did and offer up his original certificate to start with. I think the issue will fade into the deep fringe if the certificate is provided - and as it stands now the issue is becoming more mainstream every day. Lou Dobbs is hardly a right-winger and even he's going off on this, now.
- Rob Sterling
It was video from Mike Stark trying to get statements from Republicans if they believed Obama was born in America or was a US Citizen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) when asked by Mike, "He's produced a certificate of live birth right?" responded with, "not that I... I don't believe so". That is an answer that is wholly incorrect. Trust me, there are a lot of people who believe the same. You may be...
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- Eric @ CS Techcast
I hate to be the one to break this to you, Eric, but it's perfectly legitimate to prefer that Obama not be president. Also, the document above is NOT a certificate, it is a certification, which apparently does not mean the same thing. (The certification indicates that the certificate is on file, I think, God help us all for having to delve into this ridiculousness. It basically means the State of Hawaii certifies that the certificate exists.) Blunt is correct; Obama has not provided his 'certificate'.
- Rob Sterling
A) Don't these people have better things to do? You know, helping rebuild America, or volunteering or reading books or playing video poker. B) Wouldn't Biden become President? Is that what these people want? C) If this birthers shit persists I'm starting the Diebold crap up in a big way again so we can retroactively invalidate the Bush win. D) Obama is the President of the United States. Get over it.
- AJ Kohn
@AJ - I'm not sure what would happen if it turned out that Obama was born in Kenya. It would be a Constitutional crisis and Biden's election would also be invalidated. Pelosi, then? Fortunately, it's extremely unlikely that Obama was born anywhere other than Honolulu.
- Rob Sterling
@Rob: Pelosi! LOL. Even worse than Biden. It just seems that if your strategy is to tear down the other guy/party instead of offering your own version ... well, you're in a pretty bad place.
- AJ Kohn
But this is INVALID. IT HAS A BLACK MARK ON IT.
- Louis Gray
Louis, oh noes! It's also wrinkled in the upper *left* corner. LEFT!!1!
- Ayşe E.
I don't like green, it should be parchment colored. Must be a fake.
- AJ Kohn
OK Rob, I know that I have a similar certificate for all my kids and it works for everything. I don't have originals of anything. I have one long form photocopy of my first child on a legal certificate. My state stopped issuing long form a few years ago. My wife has only a short form as well from a different state. Sorry but I see what I need to see right in front of my face. I've never...
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- Eric @ CS Techcast
@Eric - The reason Obama is being asked for this is that his father was not a citizen and his mother was not able at the time of his birth (due to her youth) to transfer her citizenship to him if he was born outside the US. There have been several rumors, some misinformation and some actual (very thin) evidence that support the idea that Obama might have been born in Kenya. These meager sparks are being fanned by the absence of the 1961 certificate.
- Rob Sterling
The guy is your fucking president...Deal with that reality.
- Alex Scoble
For sheer volume of output the Scoble family probably produces more noise vs. signal than any other kinship group in the history of the planet.
- Rob Sterling
What Eric said.
- Steven Perez
Again, for those who don't go back and read everything, I believe Obama was born in Hawaii and is able to legitimately hold the office of President of the United States. I also believe that he ought to authorize the release a copy of his original 1961 birth certificate, which Hawaiian officials have stated is in their records, and end all this nonsense once and for all.
- Rob Sterling
Just to be clear: I'm pretty confident he's natural-born etc. I'm just curious—why do you think he hasn't authorized the release of the original?
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
Rob, OK. I understand your position, but to many Obama can do no right. None. It's this, or the socialism thing, or the Michelle wore the wrong dress, or the beer. Come on! This whole thing only leads to a bad place when people are encouraged to believe the government is illegitimate or is being taken over against one group or another. The way some talk, you'd think it was the 50's with...
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- Eric @ CS Techcast
Probably for the same reason no one else would in any other given situation: because a copy from the state works just as well.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Who authorizes the release of the original? You never get to see the original. It's always a copy.
- Alex Scoble
In Texas, a document like the one on this post is just a printout of computer records. For example, my son's birth certificate (legal one) misspells his mother's name. The original is hand-written and was filled out by the doctor at the hospital, and it spells her name correctly. If I wrote the Texas state agency that maintains it, they would authorize people to inspect it to validate...
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- Glen Campbell, B.A.
It sets a dangerous precedent. Do you want to get the original copy of your college degree each time you apply for a job? Or do you simply want the reference check with the University/College? Do you want to provide paystubs for all your prior jobs to validate your past positions?
- AJ Kohn
I would think you could make an exception for the President of the USA.
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
And just FYI — much lesser people have indeed lost their jobs because they falsified their resumes or educational qualifications.
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
@Eric - I think Obama is a socialist. That's why I held my nose and voted for McCain. I want him to fully serve just one-term as president. A lot of Republican voters are laughing at all this because Democrats invented scores of conspiracy theories about Bush, and don't mind seeing the shoe on the other foot. That said, the birth certificate issue seems to be growing to the point where...
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- Rob Sterling
@Glen: Oh, so what's good for the goose isn't good for the gander? Yes, people do get canned for falsifying their resumes. You know how they find out? They call the employer or institution to verify and turn up the error. That step has been taken and there is no error. It would be like me saying that I called one of your references but that I don't believe it was really that person. Or...
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- AJ Kohn
I, like the rest of you, am sick of all the "obama birth certificate" crap. Contrary to Cee Bee's opinion, I'm not a nut. Just thought I'd share some "professional" insight. Glad to see I can stir stuff up and not be a thread-killer all the time.
- MicahBear78
I'm not convinced that Obama was born, period. I think that he landed here in a tiny rocket from far off planet Krypton. The rocket was designed by his father, who evacuated him from the planet seconds before it exploded. Our yellow sun gives him super powers of socialism.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
I'm older than the President! Woe is me, woe is me.
- Reed Porter
He's not Superman! Anti-Christ maybe but not Superman.
- MicahBear78
Where's Bush's BC? Maybe he was born in Mexico...
- Andrew Leahey
Even if he was born in Mexico to US Citizen parents he wouldn't be Mexican. He would be a US Citizen born abroad.
- MicahBear78
'Bout time for some links for your reading pleasure - dig in: http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaNa... and why the Birthers are up in arms: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurr...
- Robert Kenney
Robert: please see picture at top of post.
- Steven Perez
That's not a birth certificate... That's a certificate of live birth. It wouldn't be good enough to even get you a driver's license much less vetted for the presidency.... unless you're Obama. Why do so many people think a certificate of live birth is a birth certificate?
- Kevin Trotman
Oh. You mean the same one that is on this page? http://www.wnd.com/index...
- Robert Kenney
You guys sound like a Monty Python sketch. What next, you gonna try selling people dead parrots?
- Steven Perez
I find all of this Birther drivel somewhat entertaining, anyone else?
- Robert Kenney
If by entertaining, you mean "boring because trolls are picking at scabs", then yes, this is highly entertaining.
- Steven Perez
I don't understand why Obama won't just release his long form birth certificate for all to see and end the controversy. Does he realize what a big deal it has become? What's he afraid of? Maybe I can have a beer with him and discuss it. What do I have to do, become a cop and arrest one of his friends to do that?
- Kevin Trotman
Probably because it doesn't occur to him that anyone would still cop to so stupid an argument long after the state of Hawaii released the above.
- Steven Perez
In my job I see birth and marriage certificates every day from all over the world. I've seen dozens of certificates from Hawaii. They all look just like Barack Obama's. This is an actual, certified copy of his birth certificate, therefore, Barack Obama is a US citizen. Barack Obama is the elected, LEGITIMATE president of the United States. Deal with it.
- vicster
@vicster in your job, what would make you question the certificate?
- ydfeed
It can't be real. I don't see an American flag on it. I can't wait for this non-news item to pass. These people are desperate
- Jim Goldstein
@Kevin - if I were the President, or his counsel, I wouldn't release it either. Why feed the trolls, ya'know?
- Anthony Citrano
Looks really untropical. Mine has some silly cute Carmel-by-the-Sea nonsense on it.
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