Afterbirth

During the recent presidential campaign, a number of wildass rumors were started about the Democratic candidate. Obama was a Muslim, a terrorist, a radical, a socialist, an elitist... the list of things Obama was supposed to be just went on and on. A few idiots finally decided there was one thing Obama was NOT: a citizen of the United States. Because he didn't meet this crucial qualification, he was ineligible to become president. This sheer idiocy was based on different criteria, depending on which of the fucking lunatics you were listening to. The latest collection of American conspiracy theorists is referred to as the birthers, since their allegations involve where and to whom Barry was born.

At any rate, once the votes were counted and Obama had won, the foolishness didn't just come to an end. Instead, lawsuits have been filed in an attempt to overturn the election results, and today the USSC has decided that it won't hear one of the birther cases.

There's part of me that wants to be sympathetic to the birthers. I can understand a condition of temporary insanity induced by the election of someone you absolutely despise to the nation's highest executive office. Been there, done that after all. On the other hand, I can see the merits in an argument that people on the outer fringes of conservatism should be rounded up and shipped to huge detention facilities in Idaho. Start with the AM radio icons and the worst of the congressional Republicans and work your way down the list from there.