\nfixated on another googly-eyed theory at a Tea Party event yesterday<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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In his speech, Monckton made the tea baggers choke
\nby joking, “America!
\nLand of opportunity! You can be born in Kenya
\nand end up as president of the United
\n States!”<\/p>\n
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After calling climate activists “Hilter Youths<\/a>” at the <\/p>\n And Monckton did, after all, make his name (and money<\/a>) by <\/p>\n But really? Birther theories? That may be a little too weird <\/p>\n “I have no idea where he was born,” he conceded. “What <\/p>\n When the Washington <\/p>\n Chortle chortle indeed, Lord Debunkedton. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Like what you see? Sign up to receive The Grist List, our email roundup of pun-usual green news<\/a> just like this, sent out every Friday.<\/p>\n Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n Tea Party supporters far less informed about climate change than general public<\/a><\/p>\n Bundles of balloons a new form of carbon-free travel?<\/a><\/p>\n But can you dance and chew gum at the same time?<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCopenhagen Climate Talks, it’s no surprise that Monckton would affiliate
\nhimself with a party known for brandishing posters of Obama as the Führer<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\ndenying facts.<\/p>\n
\nand wide-eyed even for Lord Crazy-pants. When reporters from the Washington Post and USA Today questioned Monckton after the
\nevent, the good Lord backed off a bit.<\/p>\n
\nI do find strange is that the public records of his Hawaiian birth have been
\nsealed, and can not be obtained by the public. His lawyers have spent a lot of
\nmoney trying to seal the records of his public life. All of those records
\nshould be open to the public, as they always were for previous
\npresidents.”<\/p>\n
\nPost reporter pointed out<\/a> that the state of Hawaii did release Obama’s birth certificate—two years ago—Monkton was,
\nwell, you decide: “The effective classification of all of these documents of
\nhis early life is surely contrary to the spirit of freedom and openness in the
\nDemocratic west. It’s bound to raise questions in some peoples’ minds. However!
\nI have no idea where he’s born, but it made a nice joke.”<\/p>\n