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    ArtfulSlinger: Please do not look at the nonsense that Beck or Limbaugh spew as actual radical right wing beliefs. They are using this birther, the downfall of Amer... more »
    lolababy: The Esquire piece points out that there has been an increased amount of polarization in viewpoints, but the crucial difference between people on the f... more »
    LaMorenita: Did all this talk of revolution give anyone else get a frightening flash-forward to a "handmaid's tale" kind of world? Maybe without the handmaids, b... more »
    Le Kangourou de Kataroo: Technically, Hawai'i isn't legally a state or even a territory of the U.S., but when the U.S. stole it then turned it into a state the conservatives d... more »
    Dictator for Life: This is what I wrote on the facebook wall of a birther I went to high school with. Other lawyers: I'm right, aren't I? "Section 309(c) of the Immigr... more »
    randomnessish: This is chilling. I'm freaked-the-fuck-out not because of this laughable post-apocalyptic scenario (all brought about, sadly, because a progressive b... more »
    fluxus flucker: I am close (by birth) to people who actually get together with such figures as Bobby Jindell, Newt Gingrinch, and even G. W. to discuss politics and p... more »
    kolea: Wasn't there some controversy about John McCain being born in Panama around primary time? I know it was on a military base, so that for some reason m... more »
    Newsgirl: All of this mess, and the militia-types on the birth certificates, gun rights, "socialism," health care, etc... I feel like this is a result of, in la... more »
    Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: Where are these people coming from? In the past couple of days there have been a few town halls in my state that have drawn hundreds of angry crazies... more »
    freckles: Frank Rich wrote in his most recent article about how lobbyists were hiring "angry townspeople" to wreck havoc on some of the town meetings. He also ... more »
    seat_5a: Oh but didn't you know? Michele Bachmann's son is going to one of those "re-education camps." Bachmann's wayward son up and Joins AmeriCorps more »
    Sputnik_Sweetheart: "Everyone who voted for him ought to leave the country," a customer said. THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY VOTED FOR OBAMA! YOU ARE THE ODD MAN OUT! Ahem... more »
    MIXED: "I think we're all finished with Birther shenanigans." This just about sums up my feelings. more »
    ZemarSea Urchin: Who is Barry Soetoro? I don't get it.*scratches head* Also Jezebel you need to post some happy stories about your country 'cuz honestly if it wasn't f... more »
    Dauphine: Dear America; Why is there so much crazy in you lately? Is there something in the water? (If you don't want Hawaii as part of your country, we'll take... more »
    amowls: Where these people were when Bush 43 was installed, I have no idea... Voting for him twice. more »
    morninggloria: This is like when I was four, and I was in the grocery store and I saw another little girl laying on the floor and screaming about how she wanted a to... more »
    Zombie Ms. Skittles: Earlier I posted a LOLCAT that says "MY WORLD IS CHANGING! AND I DON'T LIKE IT!" It's an old one (I've had it over a year and a half now and I don't... more »
    NefariousNewt: The Founders put a lot of faith in the American people when they wrote the Constitution. They were saying, in effect, "you can say what you like, do w... more »
  • #birthcontrol

    Esquire Takes On Obama 'Birther' Insanity

    "If a majority of our conservative population and much of its elected leadership think that even some of this "birther" stuff is remotely possible, some very dark times may be heading to this country." Truth! More »
  • #crappyhour

    Does Obama Need A Little (Not Mc) Kaine To Save The World?