Monthly Archives: February 2012

The Strange Case of Dr. Conspiracy and Mr. Obot

I was thinking about some of the stereotypes that Birthers believe about their opponents and that led to constructing  in my mind how a real “O-bot” like the birthers imagine would behave. Certainly the stereotypical Obot would be partisan and … Continue reading

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Racist ballot challenge in Alaska

After reading the February 21 ballot challenge filed by Gordon Epperly in Alaska, I don’t think anyone will challenge my headline. In addition to the content of the Challenge, the web site registered by Mr. Epperly and referenced in document … Continue reading

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Real world v. here

Here’s an exchange between Arthur Goldwag and me on his Facebook page: Kevin Davidson: I’m very glad to know that you found my site useful. I get so tied up with partisan birther[s] and anti-birthers that I lose track of … Continue reading

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Santorum briefed on investigation by Sheriff Arpaio

I don’t know what to say about this, except to point you to the story at CNN. As you know, Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has had one of his “cold case posses” looking into Barack Obama’s birth certificate … Continue reading

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Was George Washington a Natural Born Citizen?

Happy Birthday to our first President, George Washington. There are quite a few articles on this web site tagged George Washington.  I wrote an article, tongue in cheek, titled “George Washington, first in war, first in peace, and first presidential … Continue reading

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Book review: The New Hate

I’ve learned a lot from Arthur Goldwag’s previous book: Cults, Conspiracies and Secret Societies, a veritable encyclopedia of crackpots. Goldwag says that he considered adding a paragraph or two on the Obama birth certificate theories to that book delivered to … Continue reading

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