'Birthers': Giving Birth to Idiocy

Dear Birthers,
What kind of radical white-supremacist bull**** are you attempting to promote here?
The questions over the legitimacy of President Barack Obama's birth certificate are simply ludicrous and gross.

Just nine months ago, we as a nation made history. We were able to see beyond the color of a man's skin. We, for the first time, elected a man of color to lead this great nation.

Apparently, my optimism that racism was slowly becoming less and less is false. I have come to understand that most of this issue concerning the citizenship of the President of the United States is nothing more than blind rage driven by two of the greatest of all evils to exist -- partisanship and racism.

I would like to say, that not all Republicans are guilty in this. But, when town hall meetings for Republican legislators are the sounding board for this -- the issue may not rest with the representatives themselves, but run much deeper within the party.

Congressman Mike Castle of Delaware handled the issue very well. He needs to be commended for it. However, the people who booed him for making his statement, really need to feel great shame for their actions.

Now, I would like to think that all people are of solid intellect, and that this is just something the blew up out of someone's confusion -- and that nobody caught the error in the first ill-conceived judgement.

Perhaps someone was thinking that because the President was born in Hawai'i, that he was not born in the United States. This would be a simple error, and possibly very easy to make. Many baby-boomers were born before Hawai'i was granted statehood.

The President in not a baby-boomer. He was born in 1961 -- two years after Hawai'i gained status as a United State. Even had he been born before 1959, in Hawai'i -- he still would have been born an American citizen.

Hawai'i has been part of the United States since 1898.

It is also possible that someone was mistaken when they found out that one of the candidates in our last Presidential Election was not born in the United States.

Many would probably assume that was Obama. In fact, it was John McCain. McCain was born in Panama, during the construction of the Panama Canal, to American parents.

Some may question whether McCain was legitimately born in the United States. But, I believe (and please correct me if I'm wrong) that having been born at a Naval Air Station, McCain in fact was considered to have been born within the United States -- similar to be being born in an American Embassy.

Regardless, both McCain and Obama have at least one American citizen as a parent, which would render the location of the birth moot. The United States grants citizenship to people who are born within its boundaries, and also those born outside of its boundaries -- provided they are born to a parents who is a citizen.

That of course would bring up the issue of dual-citizenship, which is not within the realm of this entry.

The above is simply the most polite way to view the issue. Unfortunately, it has occurred to me that this has carried well beyond being just an honest mistake.

So, I must ask why.

As much as I want to say this could be a product of die-hard Republicans, who are just sour over losing the White House. I don't think this can be blamed solely on the political system in the country.

I think the root is much deeper. I think, simply put, the issue is racism.

Why is McCain's birth not being questioned? Is it because he is white?

To be blunt, there are still millions of people who have forgotten that the Civil War ended 140-some years ago... and that the Confederates lost. We still have major issues with racism, and that is a shame.

We currently reside in a nation where we still look down on people based on appearance. They are different, and we don't like them. Sad.

Really, I think 'Birthers' are nothing more than white supremacists. People so upset that blacks, hispanics, and other ethnic groups are not being repressed. How sad it is for these ill-minded racists.

I'm betting they are the same people who are pissed to no end about immigration -- both legal and illegal.

You have to wonder how shallow-minded these people are. I would hate to stereotype these people, but they seem to come from a certain culture -- as all racism does. It was once said that racism is taught... which brings us to lineage.

Every person who lives in the great nation has ancestry from some other nation. Look in the mirror, then talk to your family. Where are you from? Someone in your family, somewhere, was not an American citizen.

Then stop to think about religion. Of the major religions, look at the diversity that exists.

Christians have Jesus Christ -- a Jew born of African decent -- and for all intents and purposes your ancestry can be traced back to Noah... who lived where? We call it the Middle East, now.

Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims... all from roughly the same area. In Asia. And you're telling me are going to judge people based on where their relatives are from?

People need to think before they start spouting off about others. Think about who you are. How you got here.

It may sound hypocritical for me to say something like this, but racists -- specifically white supremacists -- are dead wrong. There is absolutely nothing to justify such actions.

As far as I am concerned, the racists and white supremacists... with their misconceptions and wishes to violate the rights of others... need to think of the alternative. They have no right infringe on the rights of any other person in this world.

This nation was founded by immigrants, and has (for the most part) kept its doors open to all who wish pursue freedom -- and do so legally.

Thus, if you do not like something about the United States of America, specifically regarding how people look. Get the hell out.