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Collected thoughts and unanswered questions re: Obama’s Place of Birth: 1. If Obama WAS born in Hawaii he was delivered by SOMEONE – an OB/GYN, a midwife (given his mother’s hippy/earth mother tendencies this seems possible) – and yet no one has stepped forward in Hawaii to say – “Hey, I was present at the birth!” That strikes me as a little odd... a dog not barking. Honolulu is a small (1,211,537 in 2000) town TODAY (the hotels and tourist trade belies the fact that there are relatively few people living in the city) – in 1961 Honolulu was MUCH...

Okay- it's not like I did anything wrong because I have done this in the past but yesterday we rec'd a check from our insurance company and it was made payable to my husband. I endorsed the back of the check, and deposited it into my checking account. I've endorsed plenty of checks for him as he would tell me to. The bank, as of this morning, removed this deposit completely. I suppose husband will have to call the bank to verify this is okay what I did? I hate when the banks do not have convenient hours to talk...

This is the platform in which my boss from work said he would run on. And I would support him 100% since the Republican party has abandoned many Conservatives like me, I would like to entertain the possibility of how many of my fellow Freepers would possibly vote for someone with the following platform. • Fair Tax • Term Limits • Eliminate Congressional retirement plan as it exists today • Push a real energy policy that dictates solar, ethanol and geo-thermal technology. o Policy would be phased in during my term and not a 20 year plan as most politician’s...

A recent study by Emory University, found that when debating political hot topics and listening to debates from opposing candidates, both Democrats AND Republicans have knee jerk, emotional reactions to issues and ignore facts to reach whatever conclusions they had previously held. Well, they got it half right. The report on the study itself was vague, undetailed, and led a reader to believe it was probably unscientific and irrelevant. Find it here....... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11009379 After all, if a report on a study performed does not list the numbers of people in the control group, the specific stimulus applied, and the percentage...

Put it here and keep it out of the threads.I don't think anyone finds it funny anymore. Someone please, add Bush's Fault to Lake Superior State University list of blacklisted words. Face the music. It's time you bite the bullet and go back to the drawing board to find something more cutting edge. No pennies for your thoughts, just better late than never because your beating a dead horse beyond the shadow of a doubt.

Just moved to a town that has no electronic store where I can view models before buying. So I'm forced to buy online. I'm looking for a 42" Plasma HDTV. There are so many out there. Anyone have any experience to relate??? Thank you so much!!!

Okay, FREEPers. Here is a vanity that has been the subject of MANY discussions between me and my spouse. What age is considered "middle aged"?I do not want to bias the pool by saying what each of us think, I am just soliciting opinions. :) Thanks!

Yesterday I found out why Democrats are fighting privatization of part of Social Security so fiercely; it's what has long been rumored: citizens freed from dependence on the Federal Government are likely to vote Republican. On a local talk radio program (Mike Barnicle on WTKK 96.9 FM in Boston) yesterday (Thursday, February 10) Representative Ed Markey let the cat out of the bag. The primary concern of Democrats is that Social Security privatization will cause citizens to no longer look at the sports pages in the newspaper first; they'll begin to look at the business pages to see how their...

Dear Freepers,I'm getting old and perhaps a little wacky but as I look back over my life I continue to try and understand how my country hasn't quite turned out the way my mother and father brought me up to believe it should be and what it was I was always raised to defend. So I've started making a list of those things that just seem to represent a betrayal of what I always thought America is about...freedom. Its a short list, I'm still working on it and I know many, if not most, will not agree with everything on...

CBS may tap former Entertainment Tonight co-anchor, John Tesh to become successor to Dan Rather in the troubled network's attempt to regain lost viewers, many of whom are skeptical of the news organization and their ability to report with impartiality. Tesh's career includes six emmy awards and an Associated Press Award for investigative journalism. This seems like an interesting attempt to attract more of the conservative leaning viewers who are turning to other sources like FoxNews.

1. "Do we have ANY power ANYwhere?" 2. Are we still in favor of eliminating EC for popular vote? 3. Did we go out and vote? 4. Bush should concede. 5. Why don't they ever re-vote? 6. Is every election going to be like this from here on out? 7. The silence in response to this blatant voter fraud is deafening. 8. Does anyone else think the undecideds were full of sh*t and all for Bush? 9. Did Michael Moore cover this election? I'm curious what he is finding. 10. It's National Witches' Day of Prayer (my favorite is number...

Folks, let's be gracious in winning as Kerry was noble in his concession.

If you didn't know already, the democraticunderground.com has locked out non-members from viewing their forums. This is only makes me a nosey person like my wonder what's going on. Are they plotting harikari or murder? Are they angry or sad? Can we get them a tissue?

It appears that Drudge is linking back to the Washington Post that has all the details but the Washington Post is hammered and its response is REALLY REALLY slow. I wonder why! ;) Anyways, here is another link that has a copy of the Washington Posts site here.

Let me hear your thoughts on what both sides have planned. Not surprises but strategery. Here are mine: OUR SIDE: 1. A commercial showing that while Kerry slams Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy he checked the box taking advantage of them on his own tax return. (You had the option in MA) A bit hypocritical, no? 2. A commercial reminding voters that Kerry said in an interview that he was unchanged after Sept 11th and then a clip of him on CNN stating that it is only honorable to die under a UN flag in 1994. (Did you see...

Bush lost BIG TIME in the debate last night. Just look at the polls. So, what did Dubya do wrong? - He made sense. He was concise and determined as usual. He looked the American people in the eye as he spoke. He put America FIRST in his priorities. ...and Kerry? - He promised to allow world opinion to govern America's ability to defend itself. (Ya gotta pass that Global Test, John - sorry, no "do-overs") He promised China, "When I'M President, I will EXCLUDE you from putting leverage on North Korea with regard to nuclear weapon development (that should...

The Internet slowed down yesterday. I had not noticed the slowdown..because I was busy rewiring my basement.So...I want to unequiviocally announce that I nothing to do with it...this time.Sure....maybe the first time this happened...I was screwing around with the SQL, LQS, SLQ, and SOS servers.But this time....all I was doing, was figuring out where my ground wire made my dryer work.I had no idea that it was connected to.... the NSA, FBI, DEA, DEP, MIA, M15, M16, CIA, CCD, NEA, BET, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, WNET, FOX, doesn't really count...does it?I didn't break the internet this time!!!!............but I helped