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2004 Headline from Kenya’s Oldest Newspaper: ‘Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate’

October 15th, 2009 · 10 Comments

This morning, Don Surber points his readers to a web archive image (above) of an article published in the June 27, 2004, edition of the Sunday Standard, Kenya’s oldest newspaper.  The headline, Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate, makes me think about two things:  (1) Michael Johns’ article about Barack Obama’s birth documents and [...]

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Poetry for Reflection: ‘The Devil is Quite Near’

October 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Almost a year ago, I received permission from Merry Roloff, a 50-something aspiring writer who lives near Denver, to publish a poem she had written about the prospect of Barack Obama becoming president of the United States.  Today, I offer the words of that poem again as something upon which my fellow Americans might want [...]

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Uncle Jay Explains the News: Aug. 3, 2009

August 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Uncle Jay Explains the News today by extending a “Happy Birthday” wish to President Barack Obama, noting that the nation’s 44th president was born on this day 48 years ago in (fill in the blank).  He continues by highlighting the federal government’s “Cash for Clunkers” program, the so-called “Beer Summit” and the release of photos [...]

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Army Officer: ‘Where’s the Birth Certificate?’

July 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment

It appears the heat is being turned up on the man known to the world as President Barack Obama.  Yesterday, World Net Daily ran an article about a U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida having his orders for deployment to Afghanistan revoked within days after he argued that he should not be required to serve [...]

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Videos Cast New Light on ‘Serving’ Your Fellow Man

June 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment

“Serving” your fellow man takes on a whole new meaning after you watch First Lady Michelle Obama’s recent YouTube effort about “United We Serve” back to back against a classic 1962 episode of The Twilight Zone, “To Serve Man.”

After watching both videos, I began to wonder if President Barack Obama might actually be a 9-foot-tall [...]

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