The Birther Movement and You

This piece of writing is about one of the biggest conspiracy theories ever put out by political fringe groups and extremists ever, hands down. It was undoubtedly proposed by right-wing extremists, and is quite honestly one of the most nonsensical theories I have ever heard.

The Birther Movement (www.birthers.org) centers around the idea that President Barack Huessein Obama is not a natural born citizen of the United States. Fine and dandy to be suspicious, but let's not scream foul in the face of amazingly overwhelming evidence that your theories are false.

One header on the Birther's website has 4 pages on why Obama's Birth Certificate, Selective Service Documents, Birth Announcements in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, and Letter from the Hospital are all forged.

-The Birth Certificate section links you to "Atlas Shrugs", a blog from right-wing crazy Pamela Gellar. So that's not reliable.

-Click on Selective Service Documents, and it takes you to Debbie Schlussel, a staunchly conservative commentator. While typically reliable, the article proves absolutely nothing.

-Go down to Letter to the Hospital, and it takes you to World Net Daily, the conservative version of "Enquirer" or "Star". Automatically not reliable, as it is a gossip tabloid.

-Finally, "Birth Announcements" teleports you to Western Journalism, and an article that says a "Certification of Live Birth" does not confirm that a person was born in that area. Where would The Honolulu Star get that, then? Japan? A phone call from a remote mountain village in the Tibetan wilderness? They also cite World Net Daily as a source, which is not reliable.

This whole movement is based on nothing more than conspirical speculation, and is honestly not a movement at all. A movement has to MOVE for something. These theorists are loosely banded together under an unfounded belief.

This was simply a post defending our Commander in Chief. The leader of our great nation, who were are all patriotically obligated to serve regardless of political affiliation. The Birther Movement is a mockery of our intelligence as a nation, and should be disregarded as nothing more than a smear on our image.