The Birth Bugaboo

Senator Joe McCarthy never left the building. Although the late senator led a movement to rid this country of supposed communists during the 50's, his methods of operation are still riding roughshod through this country over hill and dale. Now it's the Birther Movement people, whose members question whether Obama is a US citizen or a Muslim/ spy/ interloper/ and general commie in disguise, prove once again that old movements seldom die. They just roll along and morph into something else.

At a Town Hall meeting posted on YouTube, an irate citizen displayed her birth certificate enclosed in a baggy and said she wanted the president to do the same. Though somewhat suspicious, he does have an explanation for its disappearance. He was born in Hawaii and his hospital went and digitized the thing possibly in order to help the environment and go green.

If having the proper papers is the criterion for getting ahead, then I may be next because somewhere along the line, I have lost my birth certificate, driver's license(s) and several major credit cards. This does not make me less of an American; it makes me more of one because debt and possessions are the cornerstones of this country.

In the end, Obama should have the hospital Xerox a copy of the thing, and if they can't, then he should be impeached for having bad relations with people and for lying.