The birth certificate argument will never go away. It is useful for distracting people while their transition to total serfdom is completed. It’s just this year’s flavor of John Kerry wasn’t on a Swift Boat/George Bush had a DUI/Bill Clinton was a draft dodger/Al Gore said he invented the internet/Sarah Palin can’t really see Russia from Alaska/Ross Perot has big ears and talks funny/Michael Dukakis looks funny riding in that tank/etc… When we get the next big crop of candidates in 2012, expect a whole new batch of silly stories that Jon Stewart can make little jokes about. The folks at your office will chatter endlessly about these meaningless diversions. There will be SNL skits and little songs that we can all watch and giggle about instead of paying attention to what’s happening in our neighborhoods and around the world.
The more you get people talking about stuff that doesn’t matter, the less time they have to talk about things that do matter. It’s elementary! Control 101.
