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Have you seen Jack Nicholson's birth certificate? Mikey, I demand that you produce it now! And yours... you're way too punny to be human. I'm not sure what you are, or where you came from... Does your amp go to eleven?

(shameless spinal tap reference)

ZippyDDoodah says

mikey, how in any way does your post address the FACT that Pres. Obama has denied public access to his birth certificate? He’s the first and only President to do so (to my knowledge).
I’m not a “birther”, just a guy asking a few basic, reasonable questions of our President. I think it’s dishonest as hell and malicious to try and mischaraterize and smear those asking reasonable questions as cranks. No doubt some are.
Would you agree that my questions are reasonable?

No, because you're just some random guy and he's the President. He has to deal with the worst recession in 80 years, extremist violence directed against us and our allies, a blooming national debt, the rise of a new super power, a deeply divided nation, and an incompetent legislature. He's also got two young children to deal with.

In short, no, your questions aren't reasonable. Come back when you matter.

When the doctor slapped me I slapped him back and he refused to sign my birth certificate. This made things tough going for me but I was able to sneak into the Bracero program where I did stoop labor picking lettuce in northern California to help feed mama and pay her rent. Boss man didn't seem to mind my wearing Huggies as long as I kept them changed. One laborer from Juarez with broken teeth took a shine to me and worked extra so I could have strained carrots on Tuesdays.
Mama is with the Lord now. (gunshot wound at the Harley House tavern during quarter a beer night) Man, could she piss people off. (pardon my French)
I can't recommend the place. The strippers are skin and bones and there's too much blue grass heartache in the jukebox. Strictly a pit stop.

mikey says

When the doctor slapped me I slapped him back and he refused to sign my birth certificate.

Strong little bugger, warn't ya? But there's a flaw with your story, Mikey. You claim to have been born in Nothern California, yet you speak French? Produce your proof young man, or it's back to Hawaii for you (no soup, either).

What happened to Zippy? Did he go to reset his sundial for daylight savings?

Ellie, I worked in northern Calif, I wasn't born there. I hopped a boxcar to get there to pick lettuce because I wanted to get ahead. As a matter of fact, the clacking tracks still resonate in my ears. One thing I learned was that you can never have enough talc.

ZippyDDoodah says

Has there been a President in our nation’s history who has blocked public view of his birth certificate?

Has there been a President in our history that has allowed the public to view his birth certificate? I think it's odd that he is being asked to do so.

By the way, I personally don't believe that Glenn Beck raped and murdered those kids. It's just odd that he hasn't come out with a statement denying it. It would be so easy just to tell the public what he was doing and explain what really happened. I'm not sure why he wouldn't do it...

mikey says

Ellie, I worked in northern Calif, I wasn’t born there. I hopped a boxcar to get there to pick lettuce because I wanted to get ahead.

From where did you hop this boxcar, Mikey? Ain't no boxcars from Hawaii. You worked under the Bracero program, which means that either you're a Mexican national or you emigrated from the US into Mexico only to enter the US to pick vegetables. You're lying to me and I'm getting steamed.

I can't ketchup. Maybe you had your eyes peeled for a potato picking job. Lettuce not forget how others worked real hard to get ahead in the only way they knew how. I gotta go, I yam late for work.

ZippyDDoodah says

I’m not a “birther”, just a guy asking a few basic, reasonable questions of our President. I think it’s dishonest as hell and malicious to try and mischaraterize and smear those asking reasonable questions as cranks. No doubt some are.

Sir Halt and stay where you are, the "Reconditioning" team will be there shortly.

We're in freaking la-la land, and these sanctimonious Libbies here, would hack up a piece of lung, if the person in question was a Republican.

Freaking line totters.

Can't see the shit for the brown tinted lenses.

President Obama has yet to release his birth certificate for public view. To my knowledge, he is the first President in history to block public access to his birth certificate. If I am correct in my assumption, and I believe that I am, this is a historic effort on Obama's behalf in obfuscation.

Most of the posters here, who clearly come from the far left side Democra side of the political spectrum, and they feel warm and comfy dismissing such concerns as extemist "birthers". What they are doing is dishonest to the core.

Bottom line for you leftist extremists who dominate these threads: Are you ok with Obama blocking public access to his birth certificate? Because contrary to what some of you have suggested, he has not publically released his birth certificate. He is, from everything I've read, the one and only President in our nation's history to have blocked access to his birth certificate. Most reasonable people want to know what is he hiding? Only that.

No, most reasonable people don't give a shit and they think people like you are crazy.

ZippyDDoodah says

He is, from everything I’ve read, the one and only President in our nation’s history to have blocked access to his birth certificate.

really? What have you read? Can you provide any evidence that ANY other President offered access to his birth certificate?

ZippyDDoodah says

Are you ok with Obama blocking public access to his birth certificate?

mmmmmmmmmm, yea. I'm okay with it. Can we move on now?

To be fair, George Bush never apologized for taking down the twin towers.

Yeah! Well only after the Germans bombed Perl Harbor.

Not to mention the Hindenburg hitting that iceberg.

Tenouncetrout says

Yeah! Well only after the Germans bombed Perl Harbor.

Where's your spirit?

Prejudices are what fools use for reason. - Voltaire

“A conservative is a man who has plenty of money and don't see any reason why he shouldn't always have plenty of money”
Will Rogers

“Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen.”
Mort Sahl

To most scientists, the term "race" is not applicable to human animals. The term race is a word coined by political extremists to control the behavior of those with whom they disagree.

There is a mind set that many of us don't like, that we call racist. It would be helpful if we could refrain from using this undefinable word (the Census can't even define the word without offending some group)

Instead, lets think about using the word "culture", which is much more accurate. The problem that some will have is that they won't be able to exploit visually observable differences between humans.

The result is that MORE of us will be humanized and it will take away the hate and control that some of us want over others who disagree with us. The word "race " is really a state of mind to the observer and at times to the observed.

Does anyone want to tell Tiger Woods what "race" he is? There are many examples. I am not on any list or category for any ethnicity, but am offensively labeled by those wit minimal knowldege. It does not matter. So why the labels.

If necessary, the politicians among us could label others for their/our behavior instead of an undefinable visible mark or identification.

Continued- The birthplace of anyone does NOT imply race. How can this be? Are South Africans "black" because they live in Pretoria? NO. Are people who live in Pretoria African-Americans? Yes.

These inconsistencies and ignorant assumptions only serve to divide us and allow some of us to define and control us based on THEIR undefinable definitions of us. The real "racism:" that I see is the use of the word in ANY human context. Let biologists have their word back, and lets redefine ourselves as simply people who have different behaviors?!

LOL, kind of timely: 18 yr. veteran decides to throw away his admirable career due to his 'birther' belief. Nice move, doc.

"An Army doctor who refuses to go to Afghanistan until President Obama produces a birth certificate will face court-martial."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/04/14/2010-04-14_birther_lt_col_terry_lakin_to_be_courtmartialed_for_refusing_order_to_deploy_to_.html#ixzz0l5fdG7FF