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OC 'Birther' Lawyer Claims Obama Used Other People's Social Security Numbers, Judge Basically Calls Her Stupid

OC 'Birther' Lawyer Claims Obama Used Other People's Social Security Numbers, Judge Basically Calls Her Stupid

She's at it again. Laguna Niguel-based lawyer Orly Taitz, one of the key players in the anti-President Barack Obama "birther" movement, is getting dressed down by a federal judge. This time it's in response to her claims Obama "has used other people’s Social Security numbers," reports the OC Register. more ›

GOP Leader Putting Obama's Face on a Chimp in E-mail Might Be Racist, But it's Definitely Ignorant

GOP Leader Putting Obama's Face on a Chimp in E-mail Might Be Racist, But it's Definitely Ignorant

Orange County GOP official Marilyn Davenport is refusing to step down from her elected post today after she was outed as the sender of an email of a digitally-altered "family portrait" of President Obama as a baby chimp according to Top of the Ticket. Davenport said she thought the photo was "amusing," and definitely not racist. more ›

Orly Taitz for Secretary of State?

Orly Taitz for Secretary of State?

Well, she's been threatening it for weeks, but now apparently it's official - Orly Taitz has decided to run for the Republican Party's nomination for California's Secretary of State. Goddess help us. Who is this Taitz, you ask? Well, after escaping the musty totalitarian backwater of Moldova and washing up on the sunny, liberal shores of Orange County, attorney/dentist/real estate agent, Lady Miss Taitz, has become well known as the "Queen of the Birthers." more ›

Orange County Judge Dismisses Obama's Birth-Location Suit

Orange County Judge Dismisses Obama's Birth-Location Suit

A claim that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya and not in Hawaii was dismissed in a Santa Ana U.S. District Court today, reports the LA Times. California attorney Orly Taitz, who apparently is the leader of the "birther" movement, has tried several times to challenge Obama's natural born citizenship with no luck. She's lost in many lower courts and was fined by a federal judge in Georgia for using the legal system for “political rhetoric and insults." more ›

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