In an attempt to end the "birther" myth that President Obama was not born in the United States (and thus not qualified to serve as president), five Democrats on the Hawaii state legislature have introduced a bill that would allow anyone to obtain a copy of President Obama's birth records for a $100 fee.
For that price, they should send the customer a framed copy of the thing, printed on vellum, with a little brass plaque on the frame that says, "He's an American, you stupid asshole."
Instead of a $100 fee, Hawaii should charge a $20 or more application fee for each request. Then, instead of just turning down the requests for Obama's birth certificate, they would pocket $20 or more and still turn down the request. After a while, these rightwing crazies who request multiple times will either run out of money, or become frustrated at giving up their own bucks and getting the same response. I think that this approach would be more effective in eliminating the birthers who won't take "no" for an answer.
Posted by: Continuum | January 30, 2011 at 02:30 PM
Even I think it's wrong to taunt stupid people by having them pay money to submit an application when under no circumstances will it be approved. A marginally less unethical idea would be to sell tickets to a raffle; first prize, said framed copy of the birth certificate; second prize, a fart in a paper bag mailed to the winner via UPS overnight; third prize is you're lucky there is no third prize, you stupid git.
Posted by: Mithras | February 03, 2011 at 01:04 AM
You sure have a lot of class. By the way, the bill was killed so, why don't you report on the fact that Abercrombie made a statement that he found nor saw a birth certificate? A copy of the birth cert is not the concern, it's the book which the supposed original legitimate document is within.
Indeed there is a concerted effort to hide something. What about the passport? Why two Social Security Numbers?
By the way, my husband is black, very large family ALL CONSERVATIVES! I guess we're all racists. Ugh! What a waste. The uneducated pseudo-intellectual elitists. The very representatives of emotion driven clods void of class.
Posted by: Rhonda | August 05, 2011 at 08:35 PM
Wow, Rhonda, you sure can pack a whole lot of crazy into one paragraph. Abercrombie never said any such thing:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/26/celebrity-journalist-says-he-never-talked-hawaii-governor-obama-birth/
I have no idea what you're talking about regarding the book containing the birth certificate, and you don't provide links (naturally).
As for the passport: False.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/passport.asp
Two Social Security numbers: False. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/ssn.asp
In short, you're a moron who believes anything so long as it fits your preconceived notions.
I fully anticipate you to say that the facts laid out above are all lies or the sources are biased or whatever.
Also, the "My husband is a black conservative, so I can't be a racist" is classic. Thank you for commenting. I will treasure this moment.
Posted by: Mithras | August 06, 2011 at 11:59 AM