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Arizona Legislature OKs Presidential 'Birther' Bill
By not in system - AOL NewsPHOENIX - The Arizona Legislature gave final approval late Thursday night to a proposal that would require President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove they are U.S. citizens before their names can appear on the state's ballot. Arizona would become the first state to require such proof if Gov. Jan Brewer signs the measure into law. Republican Rep. Carl Seel of Phoenix, the author of the bill, said the bill wasn't about opposition to Obama. "This bill is about the integrity of our elections," Seel said. Thirteen other states have considered similar proposals this year. ...
Trump Claims Obama's 'Dreams of My Father' Ghost Written by Bill Ayers
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsApparently, the birth certificate was just the beginning. Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and reality TV star recently turned birther, now says that liberal activist Bill Ayers wrote President Barack Obama's signature book, "Dreams of My Father." "'Dreams of My Father' was genius, and they give him full credit," Trump said of Obama in an interview Wednesday with conservative radio host Laura Ingraham. "But now it's coming out that Bill Ayers wrote it. And [Obama's] only there because of 'Dreams of My Father.'" Ayers, a co-founder of the radical Weather Underground movement that carried ...
Theresa Cao: 5 Facts About the Obama Birther Protester
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsCall it citizen participation in government gone overboard. A woman was arrested Thursday morning after calling out anti-Obama shouts during the House of Representatives' ceremonial reading of the Constitution. The heckler, identified by MSNBC as Theresa Cao, was heard chanting, "Except Obama, except Obama, help us, Jesus!" during Rep. Frank Pallone's reading of the "natural-born citizen" clause of the Constitution, which stipulates that "no person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the ...
Army 'Birther' Changes Course, Says He'd Deploy
By not in system - AOL NewsFORT MEADE, Md. (Dec. 15) -- An Army doctor who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned President Barack Obama's eligibility to be commander in chief told a jury Wednesday he was wrong to do so and would now deploy if he could. Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin of Greeley, Colo. was speaking during a court martial hearing Wednesday at Fort Meade. He faces up to 3 1/2 years in a military prison and dismissal from the Army after being found guilty of missing a flight that would have gotten him to his eventual deployment and pleading guilty to disobeying orders to meet with a ...
Army 'Birther' Pleads Guilty to 1 of 2 Charges
By not in system - AOL NewsFORT MEADE, Md. (Dec. 14) -- An Army doctor who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned President Barack Obama's eligibility for office pleaded guilty Tuesday to one of two charges against him. Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin of Greeley, Colo., pleaded guilty in a military court to a charge that included disobeying orders to meet with a superior and to report to Fort Campbell in Kentucky. Lakin, a 17-year veteran, faces up to 18 months in prison and dismissal from the Army when he is sentenced on that charge. He pleaded not guilty to a second charge of missing a flight meant ...
Obama on 'MythBusters': Top 5 Presidential Myths in Need of Busting
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Oct. 18) -- The irony is palpable. On Dec. 8, President Barack Obama, a man who has sparked more common myths that perhaps any president since John F. Kennedy, will appear on the Discovery Channel program "MythBusters." While the subject of the program will deal with whether Greek scientist Archimedes could have possibly set fire to an approaching Roman army using only a mirror and a reflection of the sun's rays, the show might have drawn directly from the president's own bio to find other matters still in need of debunking. Surge Desk has a look at the most persistent misinformation ...
Only 24 Percent of North Carolina Republicans Think Obama Was Born in U.S.
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyA poll released Tuesday from Public Policy Polling shows just 24 percent of Republicans in North Carolina believe that President Obama was born in the United States, despite all evidence that he was indeed born in Hawaii. When factoring in both Democrat and Independent voters, that figure increases, but only to 54 percent. It's not just Obama that some North Carolinian voters are concerned about, though -- it's his native state. Of those who voted for McCain in North Carolina, only 89 percent agreed that Hawaii is part of the United States. ...
Cash for 'Clunkers': Why Stop There?
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyI've been thinking. How about expanding the wildly popular "Cash for Clunkers" program. Wouldn't it work equally well for the divorce business? ...
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