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Sen. Owen Hill: "We already have someone from Kenya as President of the United States"
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)But mostly because their cause is so inconsequential and because so their theories are actually allowed to proliferate and divide people and just make the extreme right look nuttier in my opinion. But I hate when people conflate them with those in the 911 Truth movement. That event killed 3000 Americans on US soil and led to numerous wars and millions dead. And it was used as an excuse to justify completely changing our world into one big gulag where we should be ok with the state recording and analyzing our every whisper. It was not thoroughly investigated as admitted by guys like Democratic Senator, war hero, triple amputee Max Cleland who called it a lie, sham and whitewash in disgust. The consequences of this lie are epic but the Birthers? To them their 'event' is that a Black man got into high office. Truly pathetic.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Yeah I love Bill Hicks... And Mitch Hedurg...and George Carlin...and Jim Gaffihan...and Dave Chappelle...and Mark Twain... I'm so diverse and eclectic. Lol
Quantess
(27,630 posts)who think it's all cool to measure the volume of people's craniums (to support their preconceived notions about race) to please do a metric on Sen. Owen Hill's cranium?
His skull cavity looks deficient.
gtar100
(4,192 posts)No room for reality.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)Time to move the furniture!
AAO
(3,300 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)I haven't looked up this clown, but I will bet that his "charity" work was as a missionary, probably mormon. Doesn't necessarily detract from his dedication to charity, but it does put it in context.
In any case, what a fucking moron (without the second m).
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)An organization created by a fundy who was raised in rural West Africa as the son of Baptist missionaries.
Owen's 4 chidren are being home schooled.
Pic of his family is worth a look, at his web site:
http://www.owenhillforsenate.com/
PrestonLocke
(217 posts)Treant
(1,968 posts)It reads like it was written by a second grader (not that I'm any great shakes, but I could probably do better than that given a bit of time).
And he's all unique and stuff like that for being...a Tenther? Please.
matt819
(10,749 posts)Another religious bigot and hypocrite. I'm shocked I tell you. Shocked.
MerryBlooms
(11,756 posts)JHB
(37,152 posts)And the only reason we don't have Free Market Paradise yet is because of those meddling kids and their weird dog.
Piasladic
(1,160 posts)God only knows what his idea of "charity" is.
William769
(55,142 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)to all people named Owen, like me and Owen Wilson. So, fuck you Owen.
AAO
(3,300 posts)"And, I believe that the right way to lower healthcare costs is to find cures for Alzheimer's, cancer, and diabetes."
um.... OK...
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)WTF?
AAO
(3,300 posts)What a dick this guy is!
JHB
(37,152 posts)...so the rollout doesn't have all the problems that Obamacare did, and we can start right off the bat helping everyone, right?
Right? And you'll foot the bill for the extra time we're waiting, right? 'Cause how long could it be, right? It's not like we've been trying to find cures for cancer since the 1930s...
...oh, m*th$rF%#@er!
that he did not share his ignorance and bigotry with those children. I bet most of them could have corrected him and told him that the current President of the United States was born in Hawaii. Maybe he would know that is a state,
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)and that he lost the election
LuckyTheDog
(6,837 posts)From June, 2012
Despite the complete lack of evidence to support their claims, birthers continue to assert that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya. When will it stop? It won't. Not ever.
Thanks largely to the efforts of Donald Trump, it is abundantly clear that birtherism has survived the release of Obama's long-form birth certificate roughly 13 months ago. With that out of the way, there is nothing left that can stop it. The birther cause is now destined to join the pantheon of enduring fringe movements like the Flat Earth Society and the folks who insist the moon landings were faked. It is here to stay.
The durable nature of birtherism was not always so obvious. Prior to the release of the long-form certificate, the very nature of their demands seemed to doom the movement to eventual oblivion. In 2010, the birther blog "Expose Obama" summed things up this way: "If you are born in a hospital there are records. It is called a long form birth certificate. Just release it and we go away." It was tempting to believe them.
MORE HERE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-melton/birther-movement_b_1558979.html
AAO
(3,300 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)This is what they really believe. I have a more ominous version, but prefer this classic from 2009. Sorry if you've seen me post it before...
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)"We are going to cut Heathcare costs by curing cancer."
Well, I'll be a son-of-a-bitch !..Why didn't I think of that??
nyquil_man
(1,443 posts)Think of the money that could be saved by making the world perfect!
JBoy
(8,021 posts)What a goof.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)This guy is a freakin' jeeneius.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)Republicons really need to dump their perverted "family values" and embrace good old fashioned American values like honesty, integrity, and personal responsibility. Sheesh. No wonder no one respects them.l
nyquil_man
(1,443 posts)Well... now that I think of it, that's nothing new.
red dog 1
(27,757 posts)From The Denver Post article cited above:
"The fact that my obvious joke is being highlighted today just shows how worried Mark Udall and the Democrats actually are of my campaign for the U.S. Senate here in Colorado."
Another Tea Party idiot shoving his own foot in his mouth.
mikeysnot
(4,756 posts)Bill Maher, "It's a joke..... ha, ha..."
seems this is the "go to" joke among idiots.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/11/02/ann_coulter_talks_gop_immigration_ted_cruz_birth_certificate_and_more_with_bill_maher.html
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)marble falls
(56,996 posts)Is Ted Cruz qualified to be president?
Please think long and carefully about your response.
Your friend, TBF
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,082 posts)from California as part of a student rewards package because "when the Obama girls are in residence, they close the White House off to tours". This is his first visit to the east coast. I told her that wasn't true and that it is open now, and was only closed during the shutdown. Obviously the private wing is not available for tours. She's a low information voter who seems to believe 2nd and 3rd hand stories about Obama.
Makes me nuts. I've no idea what all else she's been told or believes. Next time I'll ask for her exact source so that I can check it out for her, since she never will.
tavernier
(12,368 posts)If that isn't positive proof of Darwin's theory, then I don't know what is. I wonder if he has ever made fire?
SunSeeker
(51,504 posts)dlwickham
(3,316 posts)JimboBillyBubbaBob
(1,389 posts)...POS!
delrem
(9,688 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)"I held back my snarky comment...." he says.
It's all about the "African" with this guy. It's not about heritage, it's about race.
If he was referencing JFK and was talking to an Irish kid and said "Well, you know what, we already have (had) someone from Ireland as President of the United States" and that was written in an article, no one would think a thing of it. But he's telling on himself, and using the word "snarky"--taking pains to make sure that his audience is quite clear as to his attitude. "Birther" is code for "Black" and "Bigotry"--make no mistake.
I am just amazed that this kind of hate still sells. It's horrific.
renate
(13,776 posts)Initech
(100,029 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)zbdent
(35,392 posts)Sure, you give them proof that even Repugs have to admit is real ... and they won't accept it.
Maybe we should just tell anybody who hears someone spout the Bengazzi stuff that if they can't understand that Obama was born in Hawaii, they can't accept any reality that doesn't fit their agenda ...