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madaboutharry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 08:48 PM
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Good article on Orly Taitz, founder of the "Birthers"
http://www.ocweekly.com/2009-06-18/news/orly-taitz/1

This woman is convinced that only people born in the United States of two parents who are BOTH American citizens can be defined as a "natural born" citizens. Using that logic, it actually does not matter where President Obama was born. He could NEVER qualify under Orly Taitz and the "birthers" interpretation of the Constitution.

After reading this article, you too will become convinced that this woman suffers from a serious mental disorder. She seems to suffer from some form of paranoia.

Oh, and she received her law degree on the internet. Apparently her computer wasn't working the day she was suppose to learn Constitutional Law.

I pray the Secret Service is watching her.
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 08:50 PM
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1. So the birth certificate is irrelevant if she thinks he is already
ineligible based on his parentage. More proof that she's a nut.
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 08:54 PM
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2. Little bit of irony, the article is in OCWeekly and it is subtitled
"Birth of an Obsession".
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 08:58 PM
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3. She has taken up Leo Donofrio's argument
Basically, she has abandoned her original stance that the internet posted COLB is a fraud and has taken up Leo Donofrio's argument.

Donofrio's argument was throw out of the courts months ago.

Donofrio's argument became pretty bogus when he finally discovered the history of Chester Alan Artur whose father was not an American citizen when he was born. Donofrio went on to fabricate a history where Artur "deceived America" which is comnpletely bogus.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 08:59 PM
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4. Constitutionally, as long as one parent is American, the child of that parent can be born on Pluto
and would be considered a natural born citizen. The Constitution used British common law to define what a natural born citizen is.


Birthers are the most ignorant of the ignorant or too lazy to look up what the law is.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 09:01 PM
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5. She "believes her life is in danger..."
Taitz admits it gets hard sometimes. Her husband objects to all the time spent away from home, late-night phone calls and money spent flying across the country. Taitz wishes she could see her sons more. And she’s increasingly convinced her life is in danger, most likely because of personal attention from Obama. Two weeks ago, her husband’s car went to the shop with mechanical problems. Then her car had a fuel leak.

And then she got this blog comment: “Did you know that if you tried your citizens’ arrest bullshit and tried to forcibly remove the president, I and millions of others would shoot you on spot and burn your body for the world to see???????? YOU LITTLE FUCK.” After filing a report with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, she traced the commenter’s IP address to Everett, Washington. Suddenly, everything clicked. “I’m wondering if it’s someone who knows Obama,” she says, “because his mother, Anne Dunham, used to study at the University of Seattle, Washington. This person is at Everett, Washington, which is very close to Seattle.”

:rofl:

She’s currently looking for volunteers to investigate the matter in Washington. And, if she needs to, Taitz will go there herself.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 09:10 PM
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6. I don't fear for her
I fear for her children. Their mother is a nut job and that can't be a good thing.
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 09:25 PM
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8. Ha, I live in Seattle. LOL What year did Anne Dunham study at U of W?
Edited on Fri Jul-31-09 09:26 PM by RandomThoughts
No link? is this satire? Because there is something interesting in the comment.
(I googled part of her comment and only found it on a couple blogs and here)


On a side note,

The comment 'burn your body for the world to see' seems to be meant to support her.

'burn your body for the world to see' is from Revelation and speaks of a witness of God, putting that into her 'blog' would seem to be trying to add something to some people of beliefs view, possibly to try and give her some claim, or something like that.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 10:56 PM
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15. The passage was taken from page six of the article linked in the OP.
Here it is again: http://www.ocweekly.com/2009-06-18/news/orly-taitz/1

It seems like satire, that's how batshit crazy she is.

Here's the link directly to page six: http://www.ocweekly.com/2009-06-18/news/orly-taitz/6

And more here: http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/politics/super-fun-cover-story-suppleme/

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theothersnippywshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 09:35 PM
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10. Life in danger since she is too stupid to remove face from unflushed toilet once she's done eating.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 10:06 PM
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12. It must be "hard" to be insane and want
everyone to be just like you.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 11:00 PM
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16. Hey, better watch out! She has a black belt in Taekwondo.
She has a black belt in Taekwondo. And if you don't believe her, she published the certificate.



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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 03:17 PM
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17. I'd be more impressed if she
used some of her birfer money to counciling.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 06:00 PM
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22. I think she looks like Big Bird's evil human counterpart...
...on Heroin:

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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 06:32 PM
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23. My view is..freepers are following the idiocy
of a foreign agent intent on screwing with the American Military.
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 03:53 PM
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19. Is this the Six Degrees thing, where everything can be traced back?
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lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 09:20 PM
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7. Love the closing paragraph...
And then she got this blog comment: “Did you know that if you tried your citizens’ arrest bullshit and tried to forcibly remove the president, I and millions of others would shoot you on spot and burn your body for the world to see???????? YOU LITTLE FUCK.” After filing a report with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, she traced the commenter’s IP address to Everett, Washington. Suddenly, everything clicked. “I’m wondering if it’s someone who knows Obama,” she says, “because his mother, Anne Dunham, used to study at the University of Seattle, Washington. This person is at Everett, Washington, which is very close to Seattle.”

So... ah... someone in Everett wrote something nasty on her blog... and Anne Dunham STUDIED at the Univ of Seattle! So therefore... this is someone that KNOWS President Obama!

I'm thinking MEDS and lots of them.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 09:31 PM
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9. ESPECIALLY since she has a foreign name
and speaks with a heavy accent.

I'm not slamming foreigners, I'm just saying that if her name was Jane Smith and she was in the DAR, it would come off a little different.
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 09:44 PM
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11. God damn! She's crazier than I thought.
She almost reminds me of Fred Phelps. Completely bat-shit insane, driven by some kind of misplaced hate, and uses the legal system as her own personal cudgel.

It's only a matter of time before she really fucks up and ends up in jail.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 10:06 PM
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13. Right, that's one of the (stupid) birther theories. If so, who cares about the certificate?
If their case is so righteous based on the fact that both parents must be citizens, and no one will dispute that Obama's father was not a citizen, they should have an easy case without worrying about the birth certificate.

They just want to make a bunch of noise and be pissy. Fuck these people.
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tj2001 Donating Member (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-31-09 10:16 PM
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14. rhymes with Birchers
idiots
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 03:47 PM
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18. K&R #4 n/t
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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 04:00 PM
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20. Who on earth would allow this woman within ten feet of their precious teeth with sharp instruments?
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 04:10 PM
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21. She is an emigre from the Soviet Union. Is she now a citizen? Are
her children citizens according to her own logic?

I wonder how much money she is raking in with this scam. Oh well, one born every minute.
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ClearPresentDanger Donating Member (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 08:45 PM
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24. If you meet a birther, demand they produce
the results of an IQ test. Or a report card with an 'A' on it.
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