Some say you can never really be certain about anything! If they are right, how can they be so sure of that?
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April 27th, 2011
I thought of that as I was listening to a couple of Birthers being interviewed today. Jerome Corsi of “Swift Boat Veterans” fame and the Arizona Senator that wrote the Arizona Birther Bill were hemming and hawing about the authenticity of the long form birth certificate that Hawaii sent today on a special exemption to state law, which requires that the Certificate of Live Birth be the document of record they release for identification purposes.
When asked if they accept this doccument of proof, they both tried to tap-dance and dog whistle around the question. But the interviewer wouldn’t let them, and so they finally fell back on the old saw, “You can never be sure of anything”
What puzzled me is that they both seemed absolutely sure you can’t be sure of anything. Isn’t that a self contradiction? It seems about as absurd as the statement, “I always lie.” or the piece of paper with the words “The statement on the other side of this paper is true.” on one side and “The statement on the other side of this paper is false.” on the other.
What do you think. Legitimate questions, or are they just continuing to blow that old white-supremacist dog whistle for their admiring fans?
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I just think of the zillions of times I have been interrupted while doing things I knew I absolutely had to do. At the time I was certain I was going to do them but fate had other plans. On a core level I would agree 99.999784% with them.
@Cruiser Brother, I feel your pain. This has been one long day of exactly that.
Well to be honest, I feel that to be sure about something, anything, is just asking for the heavens to open up and shit on you. You always need to be ready to be wrong.
@Winters So if I say you are right about that, do the heavens shit on me?
@ETpro sooner or later, why not? :P
@Winters Today’s been the sooner side of the equation. ;-(
eh shit happens, and occasionally an angel accidentally drops their ice cream cone on you and suddenly life is sweeter for a while.
I honestly can not believe that people are still questioning the validity of his birth, after he produced the long form original. I’d really like to know what on Earth anyone could do to convince them. If there isn’t anything that would convince the birthers, why do they not just drop the whole thing already?
@augustlan on that note, can Donald Trump have a stroke, NOW?!
The heavens will REALLY dump on me if I say, “Lord I hope so!”, won’t they? :p
well they’re in the process of eternally dumping on his hairdo so I think you’re good. lol
The longer they linger in this birth issue, the more advantage they are giving the oposit side because it only shows that they have nothing else to grab.
@pduque either way, this next election is going to be one hell of a mess.
They can’t.
Did you know that Dick Cheney is actually a time traveler and Romulan undercover agent who had advanced reconstructive surgery.
What? You don’t believe me? Aha. So?
Well, no, I don’t believe you. Prove it to me that you are right.
You got proof? Aha. Show it to me.
Oh no, that’s not a proof. Dick Cheney is a time traveler and Romulan undercover agent.
Yes, I’m sure of it. You disagree? I said prove it to me that you are right.
Yeah, see you tomorrow.
Yeah, we’ll see.
@mattbrowne Are you trying to tell me Dick Cheney paid to look like he does? :-)
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