Monthly Archives: February 2009

Docket Project

Just thinking here about starting a case tracking project here. Following is my tentative list of data items to track: Case Name (e.g. Keyes et al. v. Obama et al.) List of Plaintiffs List of Defendants Court/Judge Summary of Complaint … Continue reading

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Concern over Mounting Lawsuits – Gadson v Obama

The number of lawsuits directed at Barack Obama increases, and is a cause of growing concern. While this blog has given some attention to Alan Keyes, Orly Taitz, Phil Berg and Leo Donofrio, we have completely ignored the bulk of … Continue reading

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Where did “Born in Africa” Start? (Part 2)

Part 1 <—– I continuing to dig back into the Internet record, trying to find out where the “Obama was born in Kenya” story started. The fossil record shows that through most of 2008, bloggers were perfectly OK with Obama … Continue reading

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Where did “Born in Africa” Start? (Part 1)

[Note: this article contains a number of early birther references, but I believe that the authoritative answer to the question is found in Loren Collins’ paper: The Secret Origins of Birtherism.] There are any number of groups whose special interest … Continue reading

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Baby Obama Born in Kenya

This article about a Kenyan birthplace for Obama is NOT about Barack Obama Seni0r, but very much about our new President, Barack Obama. I can’t say anything else. Here is the link. I’m going to bed. Updated! [Sorry about the … Continue reading

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Public Enemy Number One

Based on Alexa.com statistics (and its own claims), the  far right web site WorldNetDaily (WND), edited by Joseph Farah, is far and away the largest Internet purveyor of disinformation about Barack Obama. With reckless disregard for the truth, WorldNetDaily spews … Continue reading

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