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This was Colubo all day long with a poignant message! sam 
posted by
sam444
on March 14, 2012 at 4:52 PM
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dear lady, you always stay true to your values and are committed completely
to where you feel led. I admire you heaps.
posted by
Kabu
on March 12, 2012 at 2:41 PM
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Justi, I think it is great when FACTS are shared
whether they are in favor of the President or critical - truth is what is important! There are issues I have with the man, quite a few actually but I don't think that justifies spreading disinformation and worse about him and his family. The gist of my comment is a copy and paste, never said it wasn't but it is from a reputable and vetted site, unlike these e mails written by folks who hate Obama because of who he is - it is on a personal level and that doesn't help us solve the nation's many problems. Thanks for listening and please know my comments to you are not based on personal feelings. I have always liked you, remember your prayers and kindness toward me when I was hurting over issues in my family. And I appreciate your gifts as a writer.
posted by
Katray2
on March 12, 2012 at 2:03 PM
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This sounds just like COLUMB0 ! ...fun to read.
posted by
reasons
on March 12, 2012 at 12:11 PM
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Re: Yet another chain e mail posted? Well, it's your blog, but
Yes it is much like posting blog notices. Just look at the long, long and longer comment you left. At was worth it all. Look what everybody can learn from your comment. There is nothing of value and truth being spoken from the White House so e mails are the best source to get those who want to refute to research for us. Thanks a million for all the stuff.
posted by
Justi
on March 12, 2012 at 11:48 AM
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Yet another chain e mail posted? Well, it's your blog, but
I respectfully submit that the mark of a true investigator, detective and/or journalist is their willingness to disclose all of the FACTS. Or at least present FACTS along with unproven and often blatantly false hype..
http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/clueless-columbo/
"Probing for some evidence that President Obama perhaps isn't actually a U.S. citizen, the fake detective asks "Why were you getting 'foreign student aid' as a college student?" But Obama got no such aid. That question repeats a claim made in an April Fools' Day hoax that we exposed last May. He also asks, "Which countries [sic] 'passport' did you have when you visited Pakistan in 1981," suggesting that Obama must have traveled on a non-U.S. passport. But as we reported June 5, Americans routinely traveled to Pakistan using U.S. passports in 1981, and a conservative blogger's claim that Obama necessarily used a foreign passport is false.
Other Insinuations
"Columbo" doesn't stop at questioning Obama's citizenship; he also attacks his wife. The faux "Columbo" even suggests that the first lady has been disciplined for criminal activity, asking "Why your wife, Michelle, can no longer practice law as an attorney? (Insurance Fraud?)" But the fact is that Mrs. Obama is merely "voluntarily inactive" as a lawyer in Illinois, according to the state's attorney registration Web site. The president himself is listed as "voluntarily retired" from practicing law. The Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois lists no record of any disciplinary action against either of them.
The questioner also asks "Why your wife has 22 assistants, when other First Ladies had one?" It's true that the first lady has a large staff — 24 at the time we checked. But as we reported Aug. 5, Laura Bush had at least 18 on her staff that we could identify from personnel records, not just one as our not-so-swift detective asserts. (Laura Bush might have had even more; a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama told us her staff is the same size as Laura Bush's, but we couldn't confirm that.)
"Columbo" asks why Obama's medical records were "not released." Actually, neither Obama nor his rival John McCain made complete disclosure of medical records in the 2008 campaign. McCain allowed a select group of reporters to look over his for three hours, but allowed no photocopies to be made. Obama's personal physician provided reporters with a detailed summary of his health status in May 2008, pronouncing him "in excellent health" with a normal electrocardiogram and normal lab results — including a cholesterol level of 173. There are surely plenty of other medical records pertaining to Obama that are not public, but we know of no evidence that these might contradict what his doctor says. And "Columbo" doesn't provide any such evidence either.
This tactic is repeated in other questions that are meant to raise suspicions by asking for records that aren't ordinarily made public, without any evidence that those records contain anything derogatory. "Columbo" notes that Obama's student records from Occidental College, Columbia University and Harvard Law School are "not released," for example. But the truth is that it would be illegal under federal law (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974) for those institutions to give those records to reporters or members of the public without Obama's specific, written permission. Obama hasn't given that permission, but other presidential candidates generally don't either. George W. Bush didn't give permission to either Andover or Yale to release his grades when he was running for president, for example, according to a 1999 profile in the Washington Post. Bush's grades at Yale eventually became public, but only because somebody leaked them to the New Yorker magazine. We have no idea whether any embarrassing secrets might yet be lurking in Obama's old student records. But neither does the author of this "Columbo" interrogation."
posted by
Katray2
on March 12, 2012 at 11:14 AM
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Justi
As you know, I have never concerned myself with his personal record, since I am much more concerned with his political record - but this is certainly interesting...
posted by
Nautikos
on March 12, 2012 at 10:11 AM
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There sure is a lot hidden.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 12, 2012 at 9:59 AM
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