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Originally Posted by ManufacturingMan
If they are a "legit" fact check organization, who funds them exactly? How do they make their money? Pay rent?
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Originally Posted by ManufacturingMan
I doubt they are anything "legit", because if it was this easy to rest this case, why hasn't he shown the real birth certificate?
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Did you read my post? He did show the birth certificate. Would you prefer he go door-to-door and show every single person the birth certificate?
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Originally Posted by ManufacturingMan
His mother was living abroad during the supposed time she gave birth... How does that work exactly?
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Show me proof that she was living abroad during the time of his birth, and please, something better than a youtube video.
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Either way, Him and Geitner's first jobs out of college (who was paid for by Rockefeller foundation money) came from none other than Henry Kissinger, a Rockefeller lackey/lap dog. Read David Rockefeller's memoirs and you can see their "grand plan" taking shape quite nicely. This cut and dry, black and white world you live in only exists in the minds of the willfully ignorant. |
I really don't even give a shit about what this part of your post says. I said before I wasn't getting into the political part of this. I was addressing your claims that Obama was born Barry Soertoro. I provide proof for my side, you have nothing, so you change the subject. Again, I'm not getting into the politics issue, merely the bullshit about his name. And as for why it's "not this easy to rest this case," it's because conspiracy theorists like you don't know when to shut the fuck up and admit you're wrong, and the case lives on.