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Entries from April 2011

Obama Borrows from ‘The American President” While Releasing Long-Form Birth Certificate

April 27th, 2011 · 9 Comments

President Barack Obama released what he says is his official long-form birth certificate this morning, finally putting to rest the controversy that’s hung like a cloud over his presidency since election day.  And there’s more to the story! The statement President Obama made to accompany the release sounded a lot like one made by President [...]

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Lives ‘Turned Upside Down’ in Family Court (Update)

April 26th, 2011 · 14 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: The story below is based on an actual Missouri Family Court case; however, all names, dates and other case-specific personal details in the story have been changed in order to protect the identities of those involved.  It is one of several cases about which details have been shared with me by individuals advocating [...]

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STORM VIDEO (Update)

April 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment

Just had a storm, packed with tornadoes, hail and high winds, blow through the St. Louis suburbs. Of course, I filmed it — 30 seconds of thunder and lightning. UPDATE 4/23/11 at 8:20 a.m. Central: Below is the CNN video showing damage at Lambert St. Louis International Airport. UPDATE 4/23/11 at 8:58 a.m. Central: Below [...]

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Revisiting the Obama Eligibility Question

April 22nd, 2011 · 11 Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Never in American history has a national leader served under a darker cloud of suspicion than Barack Hussein Obama. Was he born in Hawaii or in Kenya?  Did he become an Indonesian citizen in 1967?  Where did he spend the summer of 1981?  Did he actually attend classes at [...]

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Black Protest Organizers Could Be Tea Partiers

April 22nd, 2011 · 7 Comments

When I examined the fine print on the flyer about the National & International Day of Action & Unity, I looked for a Tea Party logo but didn’t find one.  Still, I concluded, blacks organizing these protests could, with a little direction, qualify as Tea Partiers. The fine print appeared below an ALL-CAPS BOLDFACE declaration:  [...]

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Protesters Call for Family Court Reform

April 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment

I was invited to a noon-hour protest Wednesday on the plaza outside the St. Louis County (Mo.) Courts Building in Clayton.  A small group of protesters were calling for reform of Missouri’s Family Court system.  But do they have a legitimate gripe? The protesters, who asked me to not identify them by name or publish [...]

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Barack Obama: Non-Stop Campaigner-in-Chief

April 21st, 2011 · No Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger How will we know that Barack Obama is campaigning for reelection during the next year and a half?  Simple question, simple answer:  His lips will be moving. When Obama announced the opening of his campaign for reelection on April 4, 2011, two thoughts came to mind: a) The opening [...]

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