Somalia
Kenya
Hawaii
Indonesia
Illinoisa. Somalia
b. Kenya
c. Hawaii
d. Indonesia
e. Illinois
Now, here is a sub-quiz:
1. I had to look this up online
2. I knew the answer for certain
3. I just took a guess
4. I have no flipping clue
5. I had a pretty good idea but now I'm not so sure.
So, how did you do?
Here's the answer:
Barack Obama was born on August 4th, 1961, in Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham.
From his Senate web site. Wikipedia specifies that it was Honolulu, where his parents met and where he spent most of his childhood. His father was born in Kenya. He lived for a while in Jakarta, Indonesia (ages 6-10) with his mother and Indonesian stepfather. He is a Senator from Illinois. A photo taken of him in native garb while visiting Somalia (something politicians do now and again) is currently being re-circulated with the implication that he is "from there" (i.e., a non-American nation, and a Muslim one at that, one where American troops have been killed).
Let's review our geography, folks. Honolulu, Hawaii, is in the United States. Try to wrap your minds around that one. I remember when it was admitted as a state, so if you are a geezer this may still seem like something new, but it happened in 1959, two years before Obama was born.
OK. Are we all clear now? Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., was born in the United States. He has lived abroad, something I think would be extremely desirable in a president, given the appalling ignorance of the world around us demonstrated by the current destructive twit.
Now, here is a quote from Democratic Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a Clinton supporter, talking with Pat Buchanan:
JONES: Understand this: The Clinton campaign does not condone people putting out pictures that they seem to believe are inappropriate. But let me say this: I have no shame or no problem with people looking at Barack Obama in his native clothing, in the clothing of his country.[Emphasis mine]
I am not making this up:
WTF is this woman on about? Is she that ill-informed? Or that mendacious? I would expect one huge fecking apology out of her, on the assumption that she has a shred of decency.
In conclusion: Now you know. You can do your part to stop misinformation.
--the BB
21 comments:
I failed when I gave my answer, Paul, but I knew better. I knew he was born in Hawaii. The sliming of Obama has penetrated my consciousness. Shame on me. Had he not been born in the US, he could not run for president, right? Shame, shame on me.
Shame on Hillary Clinton. Shame on the folks on the teevee, but most of all, SHAME ON ME!
Stop shaming yourself right now, young lady! I simply won't have it. Don't make me get stern with a grandmother.
The whole point of this exercise was not to test us (that was for humor) but for the conclusion:
"Now you know. You can do your part to stop misinformation."
I know you are a fighter for truth, Grandmère, and that is what counts.
(((((((Mimi)))))))
Paul, this is a terrific post. I'd like to lift the whole thing, except the pictures. I will, of course, link to your post, but some folks don't follow links. What do you say?
By all means, Mimi. Help yourself!
Paul
Have you emailed Congresswoman Tubbs?
I'm not in her district, so I don't expect a response, but here's the link to the website:
http://www.house.gov/formtubbsjones/ic_zip_auth.htm
Raven~
Jeez, Paul. Now I would have understood if he'd been from New Mexico -- everyone knows THAT's a foreign country, but Hawaii???
Yes it is scummy.
SIGH ...
The form won't accept zip codes outside her district.
Guess it will have to be the phone.
Raven~
I rejected a comment.
FYI - I do not promote zip code deception in order to contact legislators. Creativity is fine but not deception.
Sorry Paul -- I should have suggested that anyone mailing provide their real address and ZIP in the body of their message. But I think people speaking in a national forum should be able to be contacted by folks outside their district
I understand and agree with that. While they cannot be bothered with folks who don't vote for them, I do believe they have a responsibility to accept input from outside their districts. They should have a "comments from outside the district" category for others to communicate with them.
When I want to reach Pat Leahy I do not go to his local senate page but to the Senate Judiciary Committee page and send my comments that way. That route is not available for all of them.
Um, you can't run if you weren't born here. I thought that was common knowledge. (I don't remember if I learned that before 8th grade, but certainly then.)
The people spreading these lies have a mighty low opinion of all of us, not just Obama. Yeesh.
Congresswoman Tubb Jones' office is closed, but you can leave a voice message, which I did.
I am late to the party, but what everyone else said... especially Susankay.
You live in a state that frequently suffers the indignity of being informed it is a foreign country. If I am correct the last page of New Mexico magazine used to have a feature on that.
Hawai'i is not a foreign country, but Louisiana is. That's why Mimi got confused. She's from a foreign place herself. Mon dieu!
My nephew gave me no end of teasing about moving to a third world country. After the San Francisco Bay Area, I have to admit there is a lot of truth to it. But New Mexico has offsetting charms.
My best friend describes this as the place where corruption meets incompetence. Lot of truth there too.
OMG, a comment from TELP her very own self! And yes, Lousiana, like New Mexico, is a very foreign culture in the eyes of the Anglo conquerors.
Listen, EMKaeton (you keep changing your handle, Queen Elizabeth) and Paul, I have been praying that France would buy us back for the last seven years.
Ça ne serait pas une mauvaise chose, Grandmère, pourvue que nous puissions laisser GWB dans une île lointaine et isolée, peut-être en Polynésie.
Paul, I don't know if that's far enough. Perhaps we can give him his own little spaceship and rocket him into orbit.
Now THAT would be Star Wars money well spent, Mimi. And if it ever threatens to return to earth, well, you know what we do then....
all this is a wonderful conversation, and very necessary, as I said over at Mimi's place. I can't believe that so many people fall for this, but they do.
oh, by the way, I LOVE New Mexico. Love Love Love it.
I've only been to Louisiana once, and with a bunch of teenagers, but would like to go a gain.
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