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There are so many ridiculous Barack Obama falsehoods out there, that a quick check of Snopes.com shows them to be #1 with a bullet in their top 25 urban legends. These legends usually begin in hokey emails with a very "concerned" title, and a list of dire warnings about Obama. They usually close with send this to everyone you know! And people who believe them have either just gotten their very first computer, or they have the reasoning capability of a bag of hair.
Is that harsh? Good. Because I can't count how many times I've had to sling a Snopes link back to a "concerned" acquaintance about any number of topics over the last 10 years. Why do people believe anything that comes to them this way? Do your homework, people!
That said, did you ever wonder where these things get started? The following excerpt is from an article that tries to track down the origins of the Obama legends. Check it out.
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An Attack That Came Out of the Ether
The e-mail landed in Danielle Allen's queue one winter morning as she was studying in her office at the Institute for Advanced Study, the renowned haven for some of the nation's most brilliant minds. The missive began: "THIS DEFINITELY WARRANTS LOOKING INTO. . ."
Read more at: Washington Post
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