In Defense of the Birthers

I am not a Birther. Which is not to say that I think the question of Barack Obama’s US citizenship has in anyway been adequately answered, it has scarcely even been addressed other than through sneers and accusations of racism (and yes, a Certificate of Live Birth and several conflicting CNN statements…).  Rather, I just don’t believe it in anyway likely that Mr. Obama wasn’t born in the country when two Hawaiian newspapers reported at the time that he was.

That said, I find the way that people who do believe that is a possibility are being treated by everyone – from the White House, to the media, to many even in the conservative blogosphere – to be completely unfair. Birthers are treated as kooks and extremists, banned from the comment sections of websites, and given less respect or voice in the media than those detached enough from basic reality to believe that passenger planes didn’t hit the World Trade Center on 9/11 despite, you know, the video of it happening and the missing passenger jets full of people. It begs the question – Is uncertainty about the citizenship of the President of the United States really so offensive? Certainly no one expressed this kind of outrage when John McCain’s eligibility was questioned due to his birth in the Panama Canal Zone. And I say rightly so. Here is why: (more…)

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Tags: "birthers", 9-11 conspiracy, 9/11, Barack Obama, Certificate of Live Birth
Posted Aug 11th 2009 at 6:40 am in Politics | 202814210 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jdboreing/2009/08/11/in-defense-of-the-birthers/In+Defense+of+the+Birthers++2009-08-11+13%3A40%3A20Jeremy+D.+Boreing

Daily Gut: I Blame the Jews

So on some recent radio show hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton, a male caller phoned in with a theory about Michael Jackson’s death. Turns out he didn’t kill himself using a panoply of pharmaceuticals. It was all Sarah Palin’s doing.

Yep, according to the caller, “maybe she did something to Michael Jackson,” and “maybe she’s stepping down because something’s about to come out.”

Now, crazy people calling into radio shows isn’t anything special – I used to call Loveline ten to twenty times a night just to complain about the pixies living in my urinary tract. However, what’s hilarious, is Sharpton’s thoughtful response to the caller’s intriguing theory. He says, “All right, thank you for your call, Ashley. That’s interesting. I’ll put it out, we’ll see. I don’t know.”

“I’ll put it out. We’ll see. I don’t know.”

Nice. (more…)

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Tags: 9/11 Truthers, conspiracy theories, Jews, Rev. Al Sharpton, sarah palin
Posted Jul 9th 2009 at 4:33 pm in Daily Gut, Featured Story, Media Criticism | 180362124 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/07/09/daily-gut-i-blame-the-jews/Daily+Gut%3A+I+Blame+the+Jews2009-07-09+23%3A33%3A48Greg+Gutfeld