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What is this? A birther trying to limit a Constitutional right to free speech? For shame!

No one has ever said anything about deleting post comments. What has been done is deletion of multiple idea posts.

Okay, wait a minute...first of all, I would like to say THANK YOU for your service. Secondly, I have seen you post the same thing on several posts yourself. If you don't like to see repeated posts, just click on her post and flag it as duplicate, or just kindly ask her to stop might be another way.

I am not a spammer just concerned about all the spam that is being used on this website to promote the birth certificate issue. I used to use the Digg.com website and got very good at addressing these issues during the election. You are wrong and are attempting to discredit my views. I have a right to take you on and you don't like it do you? Well, now you know how the rest of us feel as we try to post legitimate questions. If you insist, I will continue to fight the birth certificate issue as long as it takes. You have just gotten a taste of your own medicine. How do you like it? Not so nice is it when other people are onto you. You said you didn't want the questions taken down anymore right? Well what do you expect? Is everyone just supposed to sit back and take it? I am persistent and not a quitter so, back at you! Give it up, this is just a gimmick used by World Net Daily and Fox News to try and argue that President Obama should be thrown out of office. Don't try to say that I am affiliated with any organization of any kind as I am not. Quit acting like children and lets get going on issues. I have only been able to post a few ideas as this is taking up all of my time. Cut the crap already!

Gretchen,

You are a spammer. Click your name and see.

You say you will "fight the birth certificate issue as long as it takes".

One question, WHY?

If your links are correct, you should be DEMANDING that the documents be released so you can march triumphantly down the street waving them in the air.

Instead you insist on exactly the opposite and somehow rationalize it in your mind.

Actually it's a catch 22, the posts I added early on in the comments section, while often personalized for each post, albeit had a fair bit of redundancy added in for good measure. I thought doing so would preserve my work and possibly avoid having my message blasted by the moderators out into the cosmos never to read or ever seen again.

Guess what? As it turned out, I just drew attentiion to myself and got blasted that much quicker. Rather than being clever, it totally backfired and most of my stuff was deleted. Live and learn I guess.

Still, that's not to say that many posts haven't been locked up indefinitely for no apparent reason. But when I see this little lady posting the same link, like so many mind numbing white lines on a very long drive, will it's gets kinda boring. What makes this facinating journey we've all embarked on here enjoyable, is the interesting scenery along the way, like your post.

Anyway, playing by the rules is kinda of what the Constitution is all about. We simply all agreed that this was the best way, all things considered, to get along as a nation of very free spirited strong willed individuals. So far it's worked out perhaps better than expected, even if some of the rules have been unwisely changed.

One in particular that was a terrible idea and essentially cut the heart out of our Constitution is the 17th amendment. When we made Senators equal for all intents and purposes to Representatives, we made a huge mistake that has essentially caused most of the corruption in politics today. Believe it or not, at one time Senators didn't campaign so the didn't need money or sell favors. They were chosen by state assemblies, who were chosen by the citizens back home who knew they were trustworthy. What a concept! We really need to repeal this soon if we are ever going to save ourselves.

All in all, it's best that we abide by the Constitution until something better comes along, which I suspect will never happen. But you make a good point that I am happy to acknowledge.

I did agree with one question that suggested using an I-9 form if that would quell some of the obsession. I just don't want to see the same thing repeated over and over.

lanijevans:

Just for clarification I was responding to your post. You take care and I'll see you further on down the road. I'm calling it a night, time for a cold brew and a good nights sleep. The sleep of the innocent I might add, well maybe not... but then again no one's perfect and I try my best.

Take care now.

Good night~

To Gretchen Harwood:

You say you are not a spammer, however you have posted:

29 comments with the single line of --

http://mediamatters.org/research/200905280018

AND

130 comments with the single line of --

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terry-krepel/joseph-farahs-lie-about-w_b_152570.html

That is a total of 159 comments with nothing more than a Web page link.

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