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Birthers get a big new supporter

Apparently, Orly Taitz can tell you how to get, how to get to "Sesame Street"
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  • Friday, October 2, 2009 01:27 PM

    On using one's name

    Some pinhead asks "By what legal means" Barack Obama gets to call himself Barack Obama.

    Well, let's see. I get to call myself Jim Tourtelott because my father, Jim Tourtelott, named me Jim Tourtelott.

    It's really that simple. Honest. No need for a Grassy Knoll, or 15 foot tall extraterrestrial lizards, or the Elders of Zion. If your dad's named Barack Obama, he can name you Barack Obama, and that's your name.

    —Jim Tourtelott Read Jim Tourtelott's other letters

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