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Sunday, November 2, 2008 01:13 AM

Wait!! Palin already is a socialist!

In Alaska they redistribute the oil company profits by giving every Alaskan a rebate of a few thousand dollars. Sounds like socialism to me!!

Hey isn't that what Obama wants to do? Tax the big oil companies and redistribute the wealth to the rest of Americans, via new bridges, better schools, etc. OOOOH but a Democrat wants to do the exact same thing that Palin does in Alaska, the Democrats must be bad bogeyman socialists. Guess what? No one with half a brain buys into the Republican distortion of redistribution of wealth. Wake up America! Social Security is socialism. Medicare is socialism. Subsidising farmers and Tobacco( GASP COUGH) is socialism. Get over it!! Ever since we began with an income tax decades ago, the wealth has been redistributed!!!

Sunday, November 2, 2008 01:29 AM

Wait!! Palin already is a socialist!

In Alaska they redistribute the oil company profits by giving every Alaskan a rebate of a few thousand dollars. Sounds like socialism to me!!

Hey isn't that what Obama wants to do? Tax the big oil companies and redistribute the wealth to the rest of Americans, via new bridges, better schools, etc. OOOOH but when a Democrat wants to do the exact same thing that Palin does in Alaska, the Democrats must be bad bogeyman socialists. Guess what? No one with half a brain buys into the Republican distortion of redistribution of wealth. Wake up America! Social Security is socialism. Medicare is socialism. Subsidizing farmers and Tobacco (GASP COUGH) is socialism. Get over it!! Ever since we began with an income tax several decades ago, the wealth has been redistributed!!!

Monday, December 8, 2008 07:27 AM

OBAMA IS A CITIZEN EVEN IF HE WAS BORN IN KENYA

The U.S. only requires one parent to be a US citizen, for a foreign born citizenship.

This whole controversy is a joke. Even if Obama were somehow born in Kenya, he would still be a U.S. citizen according to U.S. law. Check out the U.S. State Dept. website:

http://travel.state.gov/law/info/info_609.html

"Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock: A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) INA provided the citizen parent was physically present in the U.S. for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen are required for physical presence in the U.S. to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child."

NO MATTER WHERE OBAMA WAS BORN, HE IS A U.S.CITIZEN. The idiots need to read the law. He was born in Hawaii, which last time I checked was a state when he was born.

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