DangerLlama

Apparently the “birther” movement is gaining a foothold again in this post 11/4 world. With Obama’s popularity on the wane, it’s clear that the “crazy” segment of the right wing is coming out swinging (cue “Right Wing Hatred” video #1). What’s interesting to me are the various arguments being put forth surrounding the mental stability of those arguing that Barack Obama was, in fact, born in Kenya.

Some seem to think it’s a sort of soft-racism. I’m inclined to believe it’s a more generic form of adult temper-tantrum thrown by the “losing side” of the last election. It goes something like this: Obama is the face of socialism and everything that’s wrong with leftist America, so arguments undermining the legitimacy of his claim to the Presidency must be true. Sources say his birth certificate was never produced, therefore he clearly wasn’t born in the U.S. (don’t try to follow the logic, there is none).  But perhaps the most impressive argument of all is this one (ironic text alert for the humor impaired).

I don’t know what the moral of the story is. I’m just here to point and laugh.

More links that I’ve missed posting:

The Kindle and DRM. – Not so inflamatory now that Amazon deleted all those copies of 1984 from users’ kindles. The later debacle killed my previous lust for the device.

My wife posted some commentary on the Jamie Thomas verdict. The link is a month old, but it’s always worth talking about.