Like you, I’ve always wanted my own Kenyan birth certificate. And now there’s KenyanBirthcertificategenerator.com where you can have one made up for yourself in just a few minutes.
Here’s one TPMer Eric Kleefeld just used it to whip up.
To whatever degree we get cynical and discount prepared statements, this encounter, described in the statement freed journalist Laura Ling read after arriving back from North Korea, must have been quite a moment …
“Thirty hours ago, Euna Lee and I were prisoners in North Korea. We feared that at any moment we could be prisoners in a hard labor camp. Then suddenly we were told that we were going to a meeting. We were taken to a location and when we walked through the doors, we saw standing before us President Bill Clinton. We were shocked, but we knew instantly in our hearts that the nightmare of our lives was finally coming to an end. And now we stand here home and free.”
The Washington Post has terminated “Mouthpiece Theater,” with executive editor Marcus Brauchli explaining: “I don’t think the series worked as they intended. It was meant to be funny and insightful …”
TPMmuckraker obtains an email from one industry CEO urging his employees to contact Congress to weigh in against health care reform. Just another weapon in the corporate PR arsenal.
CNN released a poll this morning showing that 50% of Americans support President Obama’s health care plan while 45% oppose it. On a challenge this big those actually aren’t bad numbers, though the intensity does seem to be leaning toward the opposition.
But the more interesting numbers were below the toplines.
There’s a generational divide hovering around the age of 50, with most people younger than 50 supporting the president and those over 50 opposing him. Read More
Threatening phone calls escalate to a death threat for Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) over the health care bill.
He’ll be discussing health care with constituents one on one over recess. No townhalls, which seems understandable.
Conservative paper cringes at teabagger hooliganism at local townhall.