Birthers... are you sure?

This has to be the most ridiculous continuing saga in my lifetime. I can see why the anti-Obamas wanted to question his birth certificate, but it is over! Let it go! The Hawaiian Office of Vital Statistics has released the verified certificate of his birth. What do these idiots need for proof? I do not think they really believe he is a foreigner. I think they are simply repeating this falsehood over and over so the uneducated will jump on board with them. In fact, if we took to the streets, (ala Jay Leno), and asked the average person what does the office of Vital Statistics do, we may hear some surprising answers! "Uh, I think they are involved in our budget" or "don't they have to do with education? you know, like a statistics class?" or "isn't he the president's chief of staff?". So our neo conservative politicians are gathering the uneducated, again, to support their cause. And to keep them happy, they also agree to align themselves with the rigid ideologies of right wing conservative Christianity. Things such as "heaven and hell", "abortion is murder, therefore killing an abortion doctor is justified by Jesus", "if gays are allowed to marry, it will threaten every marriage between a man and a woman." Pope John Paul II even said that hell is not a firey lake you go to after you die. It is actually here on earth. This man was extremely educated and less interested in power than many other popes and present day politicians.
In fact my premise for this column is that the more educated you are, the less religion will rule your thoughts, but the more one may use religion on the ignorant to gain the upper hand in politics. What is discouraging is that education usually helps erase racism. But this birther movement is about race. How many people knew McCain was born in Panama? And before Obama, has any president had his birth questioned? But again, maybe the neo-cons aren't really racist; they just realize there are so many uneducated people who are scared to death of black people, that they can use this to gain support. These are truly the ones to be afraid of. They will continue to vote down every issue related to education, so to keep society ignorant, and themselves in power. Scary.