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Those who listened unwarily to that voice
could seldom report the words that they heard;
and if they did, they wondered,
for little power remained in them.
Mostly they remembered only
that it was a delight to hear the voice speaking,
all that it said seemed wise and reasonable,
and desire awoke in them by swift agreement to seem wise themselves.
When others spoke
they seemed harsh and uncouth by contrast;
and if they gainsaid the voice,
anger was kindled in the hearts of those under the spell. - Narrative regarding Saruman, the evil wizard of Orthanc
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Two Towers I have observed during the past election cycle a marked...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Two Indiana men filed a lawsuit claiming that President-elect Barack Obama is not eligible to serve as president. The suit questions whether Obama meets the constitutional requirement that the president must be a "natural born citizen." Obama's birth certificate says he was born in Hawaii, but his father was not a U.S. citizen and some have claimed the document is a fake. The U.S. Supreme Court this month refused without comment to hear a challenge to Obama's citizenship. The Indianapolis Star reports the Indiana suit was filed in Marion Superior Court in Indianapolis by Steve Ankeny, New Castle,...

Update, 12/24, 9:34am CT - Since this article was posted, access to the archives pages of Plains Radio have become unavailable; also, apparently, their entire main Web site, PlainsRadio.com. Is this yet another cyber-attack, in an increasingly long line of malicious hacking against Web sites which are exposing Barack Obama? This 11/21 thread in FreeRepublic.com documented earlier attacks. Blog of Leo Donofrio, down? The blog service that hosts it, down? (Page Load Error) NaturalBornCitizen ^ | 11/21/2008 | unspun Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 11:30:36 PM by unspunI am trying to take a look at http://www.blogtext.org/naturalborncitizen/ tonight. It is...

The shirtless "hot president" photo seen 'round the world: Was it staged, like the Clintons dancing on the beach long ago? Some have voiced their suspicions. Check the link, which recalls that Reagan had his cachet as a lifeguard.

Hmmmm . . . so, Barack Hussein Obama's "typical White person" racist granny, Madelyn Duham, has been dead for almost two months. And still, not a single act of memorial for her. Not a special trip to Hawaii. Nothin'. It tells you a lot about him--he doesn't give a whit (or is that . . . White?) about the person who raised him. After he threw her under the bus when she was alive, he clearly didn't feel any obligation to attend any sort of funeral. And don't expect him to any time in the next four to eight years....

<p>The online listing was removed from the Hawaii's Best Rentals web site after the Associated Press yesterday reported details of the Obama vacation retreat, which was purchased earlier this year for $9 million by Kevin Comcowich, a 40-year-old Houston portfolio manager.</p>

No. 08-570 Title: Philip J. Berg, Petitioner v. Barack Obama, et al. Docketed: October 31, 2008 Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit   Case Nos.: (08-4340) Rule 11 ~~~Date~~~  ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oct 30 2008 Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due December 1, 2008) Oct 31 2008 Application (08A391) for an injunction pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter. Nov 3 2008 Supplemental brief of applicant Philip J. Berg filed. Nov 3 2008 Application (08A391) denied by Justice Souter. Nov 18 2008...

The Barack Obama presidential transition office today finally released its own report on its own internal investigation of its own contacts with legally challenged Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. And you'll be comforted to know the Obama folks found no impropriety whatsoever by Obama folks. So go back to wrapping holiday presents or pretending you're working at your desk and checking out Obama's important abs. All is well with the coming World of Change. Speaking of tidy packages, the five-page report was not released in the morning as things are when public attention is desired. It was released at 4:30 Eastern...

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Barack Obama and his family held a memorial for his grandmother yesterday in Oahu, Hawaii.

If there is anyone out there who still doubts US president-elect Barack Obama's roots, who still wonders if his father was a Kenyan, still questions his love for the land of his ancestors, January 20 will be the answer. For at that defining moment, after Mr Obama takes the oath office to lead the world superpower, Kenyan musicians will be there to entertain him. And Kenyans will be the most beholden since the new US President has roots at Kogelo in Nyanza - now a vibrant village that has been awakened from slumber by the Obama magic. Kenya's Obama fans...

Remember those staged photos of Bill and Hillary Clinton dancing on the beach once upon a time? You have to wonder. The Obama 'pec' photos were taken on a public beach. Some accounts said the photographer had approval to take those shots. All of a sudden, the bad buzz about links between Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Barack Obama was gone for a while, replaced by good buzz about presidential pecs," noted Tim Graham of the Media Research Center. "There's some bathing-suit bias, too. When beauty queen photos of [Alaska Republican Gov.] Sarah Palin surfaced during the presidential campaign, the...

Obama attends memorial for his grandmother By Associated Press POSTED: 04:50 p.m. HST, Dec 23, 2008 President-elect Barack Obama attended a memorial service this afternoon for his grandmother, who helped raise him.

Orly Tatz, who is representing Keyes and Lightfoot, says: (1) No record of Obama's birth has been found in any hospital; (2) Hawaii permitted residents who gave birth overseas to file a certificate; (3) vault copy will reveal absence of needed signatures; (4) pissant progandists ("mainstream media") are manipulated by corrupt interests whom Obama represents and is little different from the communist propagandists whom Tatz observed in eastern Europe; (5) the recent election was a fraud and was corrupt; (6) Barack Obama should be indicted; and (7) Barack Obama is a usurper.

This was passed on to me from Joe Thunder at FreedomMarch.org. Please let your CA conservative friends know! The Alan Keyes Legal Team will hold a press conference tomorrow Mon. 12-15-08 12:30 PM at the CA State Capitol in Sacramento, CA. Please help spread. Attendance is needed for media coverage. Official Info is as follows: Location: CA State Capitol - Corner of "L" and 11th Streets, Sacramento, CA 12:30 PM 1. Attend 2. Bring signs with out sticks. 3. Bring your birth certificate and show it to the media. Official Press Release Follows: RE: AIP/Electoral College Capitol Press Conference set...

.... Last week I referred briefly to the birth certificate flap that right-wing yahoos refuse to lay to rest. This has to do with the idea that Obama was not born in Hawaii and that his birth certificate was forged and therefore he is not a legal citizen and therefore was not qualified - that word again - to run for president and therefore every act passed into law that he signs will be null and void and besides that he's going to let the Muslims invade, or something or the other. I actually got an e-mail in response to...

In a sprawling interview with 60 Minutes last night, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped a not-so-subtle hint to Republicans: get busy changing the Constitution because Ahnold has his eyes on the White House. Asked by Scott Pelley if he'd like to be president, Schwarzenegger responded in no uncertain terms: "Yeah, absolutely," Schwarzenegger acknowledged. "I think that I am always a person that looks for the next big goal. And I love challenges. I always set goals that are so high, that are almost impossible to achieve. Because then, you're always hungry for climbing and climbing. Because it's always interesting. The...