The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

My coworker found something last night that now the birthers want Hawai'i to prove it's a state. I'm alternately amused and seriously annoyed.

We also discussed what's next, and we think Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers will resurface. I hope we're wrong but they need something to complain about.

The "prove Hawai'i was a state" meme seems to be a joke generated by the left, as far as I can tell.

On the other hand, expect to hear more about Bill Ayers. There is a notion going around (courtesy of World Net Daily) that Ayers was the actual author of Obama's autobiography. This idea is gaining some traction, with recent public statements about it from Trump and Palin, if I recall correctly. Get ready to roll your eyes some more.

[innerSpaceman]

I mine roll anymore, I'll be able to see out of the back of my head - just like mothers everywhere!

Do the rightwing nutjobs know they're promoting gender reassignment??

[Alex]

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

My coworker found something last night that now the birthers want Hawai'i to prove it's a state. I'm alternately amused and seriously annoyed.

Originally Posted by flippyshark

The "prove Hawai'i was a state" meme seems to be a joke generated by the left, as far as I can tell.

It may be a joke at, but that is actually an interesting angle of attack. Though the people of Hawai'i tend towards the liberal end of the spectrum, the question of the legitimacy of Hawaii's statehood is frequently brought up in secessionist circles, and at least a decade ago that was still a reasonably active movement.

So if the birthers do want to transfer to that issue, they'll find a extensive field of writing on the issue with some prominent "authentic actual Hawaiians" on record.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by JWBear

I was reading the comments (yeah... I know...) on a story about the long form release. One of the "birthers" wrote:

Adobe Flash? Premiere? InDesign?

The program is called Acrobat (or Acrobat Reader if you just have the free one) people and it is put out by a company named Adobe.

(Sorry; pet peeve)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Actually they were probably "thinking" photoshop

[Alex]

The claim is that it was edited in Illustrator and if you open the source PDF from the White House with Illustrator you can back out the edits.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Alex

The claim is that it was edited in Illustrator and if you open the source PDF from the White House with Illustrator you can back out the edits.

And here is a plausible non-crazy explanation, from the conservative National Review yet.

[Kevy Baby]

This is the stupidest "issue" I have seen come forth in some time.

[JWBear]

I was more amuse by the concept of the BC having "altercations".

[BarTopDancer]

I'm waiting for Trump Palin 2012!