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The Idiots' Guide To Not Being Schooled By Orly Taitz Like Joy Behar Was

Oh, television. Last night, comedian and budding political pundit Joy Behar had Orange County's own Orly Taitz on her new HLN show. Whereas past cable news appearances for Taitz have seen our "eligibility" activist in panic mode from the mere few seconds of air time she was given and the decibel lev ... More >>

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Al Qaeda's Goat Boy: Back from the Dead and as Annoying as Ever

Goat Boy: I'm Ba-a-a-a-a-a-ack!​ Apparently, your teabagging grandma isn't the only person who thinks the election of Barack Obama spells doom for America. In celebration of the eighth anniversary of 9/11, Al Qaeda has just released a video called "The West and the Dark Tunnel." In the video, ... More >>

Orly Taitz's Day In Court

John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Today, Dr. Orly Taitz Esq., the Laguna Niguel dentist, lawyer and real estate agent who is attempting to sue Barack Obama out of office, appeared before Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana's Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse. The occasion: a hearing in her lawsuit, Barnett ... More >>

Obama Squares Off Against Gays and Birthers in Carter Country

Photo by Pete SouzaThe Chosen One​U.S. District Judge David O. Carter is working his magic in his Santa Ana courtroom in two cases involving President Barack Obama.One pits The Chosen One against his gay supporters, the other against his nuttiest foes.Carter on Monday dismissed the first of severa ... More >>

Crank Trifecta: A Birther-Tea Bagger-Town Hall Crier Rolled Into One

Media Matters gets the scoop on this morning's Fox & Friends bringing together the living embodiment of the "grass-roots" Birther, Tea Party and Healthcare Town Hall movements--without acknowledging it, of course, because that would be embarrassing even to Fox News.

Video: Birther Nutjob Orly Taitz Suffers MSNBC Meltdown

Just in time for Barack Obama's birthday--it's today--the queen of the so-called "birther" movement, Orly Taitz, appeared yesterday on MSNBC to talk up her latest "evidence" that Obama is not an American citizen. That "evidence" is an obviously forged "Republic of Kenya birth Certificate" that was ... More >>

CNN's Rick Sanchez, Guests, Viewers vs. Obama Birther Wingnuts

CNN.com Rick Sanchez: Tonight's top non-story...CNN's Rick Sanchez aired a story around noon Pacific time on what he characterized as a non-story: the growing "birthers" movement that claims President Barack Hussein Obama was not born in the U.S. and is, thus, constitutionally unqualified to ... More >>

Big Week For Birthers and Their Crusade to Unseat Obama the Usurper!

The Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Georgia, reports today that Orly Taitz, the Orange County attorney who reigns as queen bee to the Obama "birther" movement, is representing a "conscientious objector" who refuses to deploy to Iraq*, not because he's a pacifist or because George Bush authorized the in ... More >>

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Super-Fun Cover Story Supplement: More Orly!

Even if you read every one of the 4,000-n'-something words of this week's cover story about Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq., our local dentist crusading to have Barack Obama removed from office, you still won't have gotten the full Orly story. She's a busy woman with many pots cooking. So here are a few more T ... More >>

Meet Orly Taitz, Queen Bee of People Obsessed With Barack Obama's Birth Certificate

Muslims and Christians Talk Jesus at Interfaith Event

Hot on the heels of President Obama's speech in Cairo, where he quoted from the Bible, the Koran and the Talmud, the Islamic Institute of Orange County hosts an interfaith discussion Sunday about the role and status of Jesus Christ in the Muslim and Christian faiths. "The Path of the Shepherd: Jesus ... More >>

Thursday A.M. Shocker!!! Not All Register Readers Are Nutbars!!!

You would, of course, expect an Orange County Register story on local Muslim reaction to President Obama's Cairo speech to elicit online comments like these . . . NewportBob: President Obama is way over his head getting involved in this big picture "let's get along folks now" presentation. Super IQ ... More >>

Tweeters (Twits?) Of The World Unite: We're Now On Board Too!

Yes, that's right--we're caving in to peer pressure delighted to be bringing our readers even more food news and commentary by joining the likes of Obama, Ashton and that bloke from the Mac ads.Our new account will be regularly updated by Gustavo, Edwin and myself.You can follow us at www.twitter.co ... More >>

Barack Obama The Pimp

Twenty-nine years ago, Lisa Jack was a camera-toting student at Occidental College and Barack Obama was a freshman from Hawaii. He quickly became involved in the college's Anti Apartheid Coalition, and stirred by his desire to change the world, got the heck out of Oxy and transferred to Columbia Uni ... More >>

Jilted John Campbell Bellyaches About Obama

We know that Representative John Campbell has digestion problems. We know that because he told us about them. We also know that Campbell swooned on national television for Barack Obama. We know that because Stephen Colbert pointed it out.In his latest e-mail blast to supporters, though, we find out ... More >>

Obama Town Hall Protesters Get Vlogged

Former Weekly managing editor Rich Kane turns vlogger as he hits the mean streets of Costa Mesa to capture protesters outside President Obama's town hall at the Orange County Fairgrounds on Wednesday.Among the pissed-off masses Rich encounters is Barbara Coe of the Huntington Beach-based California ... More >>

Where Obama Might Chow Down During His OC Visit

We may have been thwarted in our attempt to get tickets to see Obama speak at the OC Fair & Event Center later today, but that doesn't stop us from trying to guess where he might fill up on his OC jaunt, should hunger strike. Both Barack and Michelle are known for their love of food. They don't ... More >>

Obama's Chin and a Little Bit of His Forehead

by Daffodil Altan and Vickie Chang He came. We saw (kind of). He left. For one hour and 15 minutes, Building 12 of the OC Fairgrounds, which normally houses things like Sugar Plum craft festivals and ShamWow demo booths, turned into the Church of Obama--those lucky enough to get tickets w ... More >>

High Security Meets High Fashion

Slate follows up on word that Barack Obama wore bullet-proof clothing during his inauguration by noting that a Colombian company, Miguel Caballero, makes bullet-resistant leather jackets, polo shirts, windbreakers and ruffled tuxedo shirts, which range from a few hundred dollars to $7,000 in price. ... More >>

[Hey, You!] Forget It, Dude. It's Whiteytown

Amazingly, Hugh Hewitt Only Classy Local Conservative Pundit for Obama Inauguration

The great tragedy of our local conservative yakmouth-gone-big Hugh Hewitt is that there is intellect in him. Yeah, he always seems to walk lockstep with wackos (see: Nixon, Romney, Palin), but the guy is well-read, fund-raises often for good non-political causes and isn't ultimately noxious. Silly, ... More >>

Nation Cheers Obama Inauguration, OC Reg Readers Whine

If Barack Obama's move into the White House today is inspiring folks all over the world, here in Orange County the mood, at least as recorded by online comments posted Orange County Register readers, is dour:--"This man has done absolutely nothing, yet is a God. People are so dumb." --"God help us!" ... More >>

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Obama Makes 'Spider-Man' Cover, Good Luck Finding It

This week's issue of Amazing Spider-Man (#583, if you're counting) is notable for reasons other than featuring the latest thrilling adventures of our favorite webslinger: It features, both on the cover and inside, President-Elect Barack Obama, in a story taking place in Washington D.C. during the in ... More >>

Why Isn't Wiley Drake Suing God Over Inauguration?

We've previously told you about Buena Park pastor Wiley Drake suing to prevent Barack Obama from being inaugurated as president of the United States on Jan. 20 and, if that fails, suing to stop U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts from delivering the oath of office to Obama. For good measur ... More >>

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Is Rick Warren Outing His Tolerant Self of Just Bluffing?

UPDATED WITH PASTOR WILEY DRAKE SAYING GOD WILL PUNISH RICK WARREN FOR PARTICIPATING IN OBAMA INAUGURATION (SEE THE VERY END).The choice of Rick Warren as Barack Obama's inaugural invocation giver has apparently so touched the leader of Lake Forest's Saddleback Church that he has become The Most Tol ... More >>

This Week in the OC Weekly

In "Out of Tune" Gustavo Arellano interviews Bob Gunn, the man who helped Mariners Chruch become an evangelical giant. Then the church fired him for being gay, and they've been in and out of court since. News has Matt Coker explaining why Pastor Wiley Drake thinks he still has a unseating Barack Oba ... More >>

Why Does Obama Birth Certificate Say What They Say It Does Not?

Among those commenting to the extended-play interview with Buena Park Pastor Wiley Drake over his legal action contending Barack Obama was not born in this country and should not be sworn in as president is Linda from Mariposa, who writes:The Certificate of live birth is not a birth certificate--per ... More >>

The Purpose Driven Knife in the Back of Obama's Gay Supporters

Perhaps for not going so hard on Barack Obama in last summer's Saddleback presidential forum, the Lake Forest mega-church's pastor, Rick Warren (right), will deliver the invocation at the president-elect's swearing-in ceremony Jan. 20, reports CNN. Warren did not make a public endorsement in the rac ... More >>

[Hey, You!] Better Watch Your Mouth . . . Payback Is a Lady

Anti-Obama Vandals Target Obama HQ in HB!

When local Democratic Party activists showed up at their west county office in Huntington Beach this morning, they found evidence of some last-minute desperation among local McCain supporters: a plywood sign calling Obama a "racist" and equating the "liberal media" with un-Americanism. One of our f ... More >>

Mackerel Flats' Folks Leaning Toward Obama? Who Knew?

Around 11 this morning, KPCC 89.3 FM's AirTalk show presented a call-in segment called "I Didn't Know My Neighbor Was Voting For (Fill In The Blank)!" Host Larry Mantle wanted to know whether anyone's neighbors put political signs on their front lawns that surprised the listener. First caller Garr ... More >>

What's Bad for Obama is Good for Todd Gallinger?

Irvine City Council races have a long, rich history of generating critical looks from the county grand jury, tireless political reformer Shirley Grindle, state Assemblyman Chuck Devore (R-Irvine), solidly Democrat UC Irvine political science professor Mark Petracca and, of course, our own R. Scott M ... More >>

Will Rappers Cost Obama the Election?

Please, Plies, come out in support of Sarah Palin Young Jeezy's brief flirtation with John McCain on the set of Saturday Night Live aside, it's clear rappers favor Barack Obama by a wide margin in this election. (Check out this survey, for starters.) Though emcee after emcee has supported Obama wit ... More >>

Hewitt's Hughpocrisy

Hugh Hewitt came out west from the Reagan White House to oversee construction of the Richard Nixon Library and, later, represent The Irvine Co. and other coastal developers in court as they sought to build whatever they desired on their land, “environmental extremism” like the Endangered Species ... More >>

Riding Low in the Saddleback

By Eleanor Carmichael It was hotter than Hell when I arrived at Saddleback Church (my former parish—no, seriously) for the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency. Unfortunately, I couldn’t look forward to sitting in the main worship center near Rick Warren, Barack Obama or John McCain. OC We ... More >>

Hey, Barack Obama: Don't Come Back to Orange County

A few of you might have heard that Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, arrived in Orange County on Sunday, held an exclusive fundraiser for wealthy contributors at the Republican-dominated Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, and left. Some local Democrats gloated a ... More >>

Orange County Entering Bizarro World

Dan Chmielewski over at The Liberal OC posted that Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama will hold a $2,300-per-plate fundraiser at Newport Beach's Balboa Bay Club but doesn't mention how much of a wrench it is to the county's political cosmology. Read the above again. Barack Hussein Obama. ... More >>

The (Busted) Reg-O-Meter©—Week Ending March 29

[Reg-O-Meter staff memo: With yet another entry this week of the name “Gordon Dillow,” the Reg-O-Meter, after being in operation a mere three weeks, incurred a major, possibly fatal technological malfunction—goddamn Radio Shack parts. Until repairs can be made, the Reg-O-Meter has been shut ... More >>

Baby Hewie Attempts Stupidest Smear in History

With his book subject Mitt Romney (thankfully) out of the presidential race, Orange County's own nationally syndicated yackmouth Hugh Hewitt is desperately trying to remain relevant in this year's presidential race by trotting out the lamest smear attempt since Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama' ... More >>

The Osama-Obama connection, and more "scoops" revealed!

No, not really. But one avid Weekly reader decided to help us out this morning with a little something we like to call a "scoop" in the news business. Apparently our crack team of investigators dropped the ball again, failing to connect the dots because of our liberal agenda. This intrepid reader ... More >>

Daedelus & Co. Drop the “Obama”

Los Angeles producer Daedelus' newest side project is FMB (Fire Magic Blood), featuring Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra) and Taz Arnold. They've just posted a brief NSFW track ("Obama," for clarity's sake) that bluntly urges you to vote for Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton beat him in yesterday's California Dem ... More >>

Five Latinos Who Voted For a Black Man

Last week, the John half of KFI-AM 640's JohnKen Show railed about how Latinos (specifically Mexicans) would never vote for a black man like Barack Obama because of their inherent racism. He berated the MSM for not emphasizing this supposed truism, assuring listeners that Mexicans despise blacks an ... More >>

Obama OC Headquarters Wrapping Up With Hope, Uncertainty

If you need any more proof that the Barack Obama campaign desperately sought the Latino vote, one needs no more proof than the Orange County headquarters of Barack Obama, situated on Broadway across the street from the Santora Arts Complex in SanTana. Plastered on the window are various Obama articl ... More >>

FOX NEWS: Why New Mexico is so close

Some googly-eyed, drooly-mouthed Fox News talking head just said that the reason why New Mexico is so tight between Obama and Clinton (as of 10:50 p.m.) is because parts of the state were hit with a snowstorm today, and that many of Hillary's Latino supporters couldn't claw their way out of the snow ... More >>