Monthly Archives: July 2011

Obama conspiracies and the grief cycle

The Kübler-Ross model, commonly known as The Five Stages of Grief, was first introduced by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book, On Death and Dying. Since that time the concept has proved useful in modeling human reactions to other catastrophic … Continue reading

Posted in Lounge | Tagged , , | 15 Comments

The Doc got layers

I’ve already mentioned a few times, I scanned my own birth certificate using Adobe Acrobat and an HP scanner, and I got layers. Of course President Obama’s long form birth certificate PDF wasn’t scanned using Adobe software, but the similarity … Continue reading

Posted in Birth Certificate, Debunking | Tagged | 186 Comments

The “other” Obama conspiracy theories

This blog has been more narrowly focused on Barack Obama’s presidential eligibility than its blog title, Obama Conspiracy Theories, suggests. There are many other Obama conspiracy theories out there, widely available on talk radio, books and video. FEMA conspiracy theories … Continue reading

Posted in Misc. Conspiracies, Videos | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

They’re all conspiracy theorists

What do Adolph Hitler, Osama bin Laden and the birthers have in common? They’re all conspiracy theorists. People look around themselves, find things that trouble them, and they attempt to understand why things went bad. Scientists use the scientific method; … Continue reading

Posted in Birthers | Tagged , , , | 22 Comments

Donofrio claims more Internet scrubbing

Sometimes attorney Leo C. Donofrio, best known for his crazy ideas on presidential eligibility (ideas that have been very soothing to the birthers, along with fake birth certificates, doctored audio tapes and crank image analysts), for his unsuccessful lawsuit (Donofrio … Continue reading

Posted in Citizenship, Lawsuits, Leo Donofrio | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Democrats rub it in

Not content to let the birth certificate issue die a normal death, the Democratic National Committee is mailing copies of Barack Obama’s birth certificate to potential donors, reports CBS News. And they’re blaming it on the Republicans, at least the … Continue reading

Posted in 2012 Presidential Election, Birth Certificate | Tagged , | 73 Comments