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A question for birthers: why Mombassa?
Vanity | Me

Posted on 05/12/2010 8:47:16 AM PDT by curiosity

The origin of modern myths and legends is a side interest of mine, the birther myths among them.

Now I understand why Obama being born in Kenya made it into your belief system, despite it being physically impluasible (requiring around 5 days and five flights, most on propeller planes) and financially impossible (it would have cost about a year of her parents' combined salaries) for Stanley Ann & Obama Sr. to travel there for her to give birth. After all, Obama's Father was from Kenya, so if you are going to make up a myth about Obama being born abroad, what better place than Kenya?

Implausibilty, and even impossiblilty doesn't deter the making of myths if there is a strong emotional reason to believe them, as in this case.

What I don't understand is, of all possible places in Kenya, why make Mombassa the birthplace in your myth? If you look at the map of Kenya, it's on the other end of the country from Obama Sr.'s village, 762 miles away, which would make it a minimum 2 day train ride. Probably longer, since Kenyan trains were very fast in 1961.

I suppose you could argue that there were no hospitals in Obama's village, so they had to travel to a major city. But Nairobi was closer, and more modern.

So why Mombassa? Not only is it completely implausible; I don't see the emotional appeal. Why Mombasssa rather than his father's village? Or why Mombassa rather than Nairobi?

Help me out here, birthers. Why do you reserve this special place for Mombassa in your belief system?


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To: little jeremiah

“Someone sent me a page from there.”

Oh, c’mon, be honest. Was it you who signed me up over there? What did you make me say? You can tell me. I won’t get mad at you. Can I borrow your name and password there? Or, should I sign on there as you? That would be fair wouldn’t it?

parsy, who can take a joke.


741 posted on 05/15/2010 10:41:57 PM PDT by parsifal (I will be sent to an area where people are demanding free speech and I will not like it there. Orly.)
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To: parsifal

People have freepmailed others with a page from Politijab - there’s a way of doing it without having to be a member.

You seem to have joined up there pretty recently and they just Luv you - Milspec is ‘Has happy” there now, among his kindred spirits.

They were welcoming the great hero with open arms.


742 posted on 05/15/2010 10:42:44 PM PDT by little jeremiah (http://lifewurx.com - Good herb formulas made by a friend)
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To: parsifal

You’re outed. Get over it.


743 posted on 05/15/2010 10:43:04 PM PDT by little jeremiah (http://lifewurx.com - Good herb formulas made by a friend)
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To: little jeremiah

Be a sport. Humor me. When did you sign me up? What did I say?

parsy, who thinks it was a kewl trick!


744 posted on 05/15/2010 10:45:00 PM PDT by parsifal (I will be sent to an area where people are demanding free speech and I will not like it there. Orly.)
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To: little jeremiah; conservativegramma
Parsy is the "island of sanity in a sea of stupid" at FR, and welcomed as a "visiting dignitary" at the leftist Politijunk.

Oh nonsense...total barf:



745 posted on 05/16/2010 1:51:04 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: parsifal
BTW, commiegramma, I just went to politjab and I can’t find a search thing...

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Take your lies elsewhere you pathetic treasonous little worm.

746 posted on 05/16/2010 5:43:35 AM PDT by conservativegramma
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To: conservativegramma

BTTT for truth!


747 posted on 05/16/2010 10:50:13 AM PDT by little jeremiah (http://lifewurx.com - Good herb formulas made by a friend)
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To: null and void

“Assuming that she actually did have the baby in Nairobi, as witnessed and reported by the relatives, of course.”

I remain ever amazed at birthers’ willingness to simply make stuff up and pretend it’s evidence.

There have been ZERO relatives who have claimed to have witnessed any supposed Obama birth in Nairobi. None. Not even Sarah in the McRae tape.

Now you could admit that what you said isn’t true, but that’s not the typical birther way. More likely this lie will be glossed over, the subject will be changed, or the claim will be rephrased to mean something totally different. But who knows, maybe null will surprise me and admit that it’s false and unsubstantiated.


748 posted on 05/16/2010 10:54:33 AM PDT by LorenC
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To: curiosity; conservativegramma; usmcobra; RaceBannon; MHGinTN

Hello, hello, calling Curio, don’t they pay you for posting on week-ends, or why the silence, over???


749 posted on 05/16/2010 2:23:56 PM PDT by danamco (")
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To: sometime lurker; rolling_stone
As to ship travel, I think that was discussed on the same thread. It would have been a several months long trip, if I recall correctly.

Are you referring to a normal 12-14 knots "steamer" or to a vessel "propelled" by canvas sails???

750 posted on 05/16/2010 2:31:03 PM PDT by danamco (")
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To: little jeremiah; conservativegramma

He is AKA as a closet racist!!!


751 posted on 05/16/2010 2:40:14 PM PDT by danamco (")
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To: little jeremiah; conservativegramma

I recall that from last year he would post here on F.R. opinions he would copy/paste from the “Politjab,” which I told him was a very lib oriented site. He knows how to spin you with deceit and talking points!!!


752 posted on 05/16/2010 2:50:57 PM PDT by danamco (")
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To: danamco

He tries but he lost the game.

He is now outed for all the world to see.


753 posted on 05/16/2010 3:14:36 PM PDT by little jeremiah (http://lifewurx.com - Good herb formulas made by a friend)
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To: LorenC
There have been ZERO relatives who have claimed to have witnessed any supposed Obama birth in Nairobi. None. Not even Sarah in the McRae tape.

Actually according to your transcript the translator corrected Sarah...

OGOMBE: No, Obama was not born in Mombasa. He was born in America.

Why is it that the translator Ogombe saw fit to correct her or prevent her from answering that question truthfully?

754 posted on 05/16/2010 3:26:13 PM PDT by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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To: danamco; mojitojoe
I recall that from last year he would post here on F.R. opinions he would copy/paste from the “Politjab,” which I told him was a very lib oriented site. He knows how to spin you with deceit and talking points!!!

Spin yes, but deceive no. I've been on to him for well over a year now. And I recognize lib talking points when I see them. To those of us who read and research they're not fooling anyone. They only fool those too lazy to do their own work and drink the lamestream media koolaid.

I'm just happy he's been outed - so much fun posting that pic! Thank you mojitojoe!! :) rofl

755 posted on 05/16/2010 4:27:15 PM PDT by conservativegramma
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To: little jeremiah

curiosity has been AWOL since Thursday, the stimulus money must have run out???


756 posted on 05/16/2010 4:31:27 PM PDT by danamco (")
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To: little jeremiah

milspec took off when he was outed. LOL


757 posted on 05/16/2010 4:50:37 PM PDT by mojitojoe (banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: mojitojoe

Shine the light of truth on the darkness and watch the cockroaches run for cover.


758 posted on 05/16/2010 4:59:38 PM PDT by little jeremiah (http://lifewurx.com - Good herb formulas made by a friend)
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To: curiosity; All

Troll Alert!

Curiosity is not a conservative, and supports numerous tyrannical incursions.

Check posting history!


759 posted on 05/16/2010 5:02:15 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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To: parsifal; little jeremiah

Why borrow someones...... Just use your own. Those dates are sure a coincidence. Funny you signed up there a couple of days after JR told you to stop trolling the BC threads here. If it wasn’t for the coincidence of the dates, I might have believed you were pranked.


760 posted on 05/16/2010 5:45:48 PM PDT by mojitojoe (banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Thomas Jefferson)
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