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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (121196)	1/5/2012 7:52:40 AM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224706

Odd trivia like postings. You must read Huffpo and post every bit of nonsense you find.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (121196)	1/5/2012 7:53:05 AM
From: lorne	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224706

ken...This is more recent than the Iraq war. Birmingham man challenging Obama's right to run says he is ex-supporter turned skeptic Published: Friday, December 16, 2011 By Eric Velasco -- The Birmingham News The Birmingham News blog.al.com BIRMINGHAM, Alabama --- The Birmingham man whose lawsuit challenges Barack Obama's citizenship and right to seek re-election said today he was an Obama supporter who became convinced the president is fraudulently using forged documents. "I don't hate him," said Albert E. Hendershot, whose lawsuit in Jefferson County Circuit Court seeks to block Obama's inclusion in the March 13 Democratic Party primary ballot. "I voted for him (in 2008)," Hendershot said. "But the inconsistencies are too strong not to be investigated. We want a temporary injunction until it is proven he is eligible to be on the ballot." Hendershot said he is part of a group of people in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina challenging Obama's right to run for president. "We are exercising our rights under the United States Constitution and the state of Alabama's constitution as well," he said. "We want to show the evidence I have, definite proof, of his ineligibility to be on the ballot - information that would disqualify his election of 2008." Bradley Davidson, executive director of the Alabama Democratic Party said today the party has not certified its list of presidential candidates, so Obama is not currently on any state ballot. But the lawsuit if frivolous, even when Obama becomes an official candidate, Davidson said. "You're aware he is a citizen, aren't you?" Davidson said when asked for comment. "This lawsuit has no merit because the president is a citizen." Obama's citizenship also was an issue when he ran for president in 2008. Federal judges have dismissed suits challenging his citizenship in 2008 and 2009. After businessman Donald Trump publicly questioned Obama's birthplace, the White House in April produced Obama's "long-form" certificate of live birth at a Hawaiian hospital in 1961. But that still did not settle the matter for many. A USA Today/Gallup poll conducted just before the release showed 24 percent of respondents questioned if Obama was born in the U.S., while 56 percent said he "definitely" or "probably" is a U.S. citizen. The rest did not respond or said they did not know enough to say. The poll found that 75 percent of the registered voters who said Obama was a citizen also said they intended to vote for him, while 85 percent of those who did not believe he was a citizen said they definitely would not vote for him, according to Gallup.com. Hendershot's suit claims he has "staggering" evidence that Obama is using a fraudulently obtained Social Security number issued in Connecticut. He also claims the Obama birth certificate from Hawaii is a forgery and says he has other evidence of misrepresentation, fraud and identity theft. Hendershot has requested oral arguments in his lawsuit. Judge Helen Shores Lee has not scheduled any hearings. "I've gotten hate mail since I filed this," Hendershot said. "But it's my right to know the man I voted for is a citizen of the United States."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (121196)	1/5/2012 10:11:44 AM
From: MJ	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224706

Dictator Obama? Wants to control????

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (121196)	1/5/2012 11:59:19 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 224706

AP Source: GM to call back 8,000 Chevy Volts By TOM KRISHER \| AP – 7 mins ago Email3 Print DETROIT (AP) — General Motors will strengthen the structure around the batteries in its Volt electric cars to keep them safe during crashes, a person briefed on the matter said Thursday. GM will ask Volt owners to return the cars to dealers for structural modifications, said the person, who did not want to be identified because GM executives plan to announce the repairs later Thursday. The fixes are similar to a recall and involve about 8,000 Volts sold in the U.S. in the past two years. GM is making the repairs after three Volt batteries caught fire following crash tests done by federal safety regulators. The fires occurred seven days to three weeks after tests and have been blamed on a coolant leak that caused an electrical short. GM's move is considered a step below a recall, which would be issued by a car company and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA and GM have said the electric cars are safe and that no fires have occurred after crashes on real-world roadways. The Volt has a T-shaped, 400 pound battery pack that can power the car for about 35 miles. After that, a small gasoline generator kicks in to run the electric motor. NHTSA has been investigating the batteries after a Volt caught fire in June at a crash test facility in Wisconsin. The fire broke out three weeks after a side-impact crash test. GM said the Volt's battery should have been drained after the crash, but it never told NHTSA to do that. Later, two GM executives said the company had no formal procedure to drain the batteries until after the June fire. GM has said that the liquid solution used to cool the Volt's battery leaked and crystallized, causing an electrical short that touched off the fire. The company now sends out a team to drain the batteries after being notified of a crash by GM's OnStar safety system. The company sold 7,671 Volts last year, falling short of its goal of 10,000. It was outsold last year by its main electric car competitor, the Nissan Leaf, at 9,674.