Yes indeed, it is clearly happening, that fact is not being disputed.  The only real question is “by who”.  This, by the way I regard as a serious issue.  I left Blogger 3 years ago to give my blog more creative control and security, and now I am even more glad I did.

We start at Sister Toldjah:

Just another example of how far some far left Obama supporters are willing to go to shut down criticism about the Obamessiah? Bloggasm and Stop The ACLU take a look.

I haven’t had much of a chance to dive too deeply into the controversy, but it wouldn’t be surprising to find out this indeed was happening, considering how so many far left Obama supporters react at the slightest hint of criticism of Barry Oh.

Yea, that much is certainly true.  The supporters of Obama defend him with a religious fervor.  Those who criticize him are essentially heretics.

Even denying Global Warming is a lesser sin then doubting Obama.

Stop the ACLU continues:

Google Shuts Down Anti-Obama Sites on its Blogger Platform

Yes I know I have gone a few weeks.  I’ve been sick.  Sue me.

Topping today’s blogs:  Is Obama even a US citizen? Are we coming close to electing the Illegal Alien in Chief?

It sounds like a joke, and initially I dismissed it as such, but the problem is the story has just enough legs to make it stick around, and the core issue it rubs against is a serious one:  Is Obama qualified to be the president?  Not by lack of leadership, but by nature of not being a US citizen?

At the heart of this, of course, is The US Constitution,  Article I section 3 and Article II section 1 specifically.  Those two areas deal with citizenship as a requirement for President as well as for the Senate.  Oh yes, the truth is that if Obama is not a citizen, natural born or otherwise, he would not be eligible for the Senate, though being a naturalized citizen for 9 years suffices for the Senate.  But only a natural born US citizen is eligible for the White House residency.

OK, I may be narrow minded, but this bothers me.  I overheard this today on The Commentators.

Here in Washington, like other states, we have the state standards of graduation.  One of those is the controversial WASL, which has been under a lot of heat for being an assessment test that assesses nothing.

According to the Seattle Times, there is a total failure rate of around 5-10 percent, so presumable those kids did not graduate, or rather they did not meet the requirements for graduation.

In some schools, notably Federal Way, many of those students were allowed to attend the graduation ceremony and walk with their class anyway.

In other words, they were presented as graduates, when in fact they had not graduated.

Is this kindness or fraud?

Grads: WASL daunted some, motivated others

Some school districts allowed some students to participate in graduation ceremonies even if they hadn’t passed the WASL.

Seattle Public Schools, for example, let some in English-language programs participate, as long as they had enough credits and met other criteria.

Just a taking a few moments to dispel any rumours of my demise, defection or defenestration.

I’ve been under the weather again, maxed out in my day job and all that, but here lately, most of my energy has been getting ready for my daughter’s High School Graduation.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child’s board.  It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.  ~Walter Scott

Yes, tomorrow afternoon my youngest child Kayla, whose writing has been showcased here, will graduate.

It’s is a huge moment for her, no doubt, but it is also a signal of a change in my life as well.  We, as parents, devote a lot of time and energy into our children’s lives, and the end of High School is one of the significant way points.

Making the decision to have a child is momentous.  It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.  ~Elizabeth Stone

Oh I know the stock answer, that being that he is the first black presidential candidate.  Well half black anyway. 

So yea, I get the point that he has done what no one else has done.  But so did Hillary.  We had history on either hand.   

A friend of mine (call him Alpha), wondered about this, and posed this challenge:

Here’s a thought experiment for those who want to debate the question of “media bias” — and I’m not saying anyone should, but anyhoo.

For all the headlines that say “Obama makes history” and the like, would we have seen an equal number of headlines that said “Clinton makes history” if a few hundred delegates had gone the other way?

My instinct?  No.  I think the hype over the Obamassiah has been much more geared and glorified by his race.

First black presidential nominee, first female presidential nominee — they’re equally historic, are they not?

I personally think they are.  In fact Hillary herself made that point in a speech a while back.  I find it interesting that she recognizes the accomplishment of her rival but gets no return recognition.

The woman in question lost a son to gun violence and went on a crusade against guns in the UK.  She formed a chapter of Moms against Guns, and was well know in her campaign to end gun and gang violence.

She was stabbed to death by her grandson:

The grandson of prominent anti-gun campaigner Pat Regan has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing her to death.

Mrs Regan, 53, was discovered at the property on Marlborough Grange in the Hyde Park area of Leeds on Sunday.

The mother-of-six started campaigning against gun crime when her son Danny was shot dead in 2002.

The 20-year-old man was being held on suspicion of murder, police said. It is thought he had been arrested earlier in the day over another stabbing.

So many points here.  Anti gun activists always point to the gun being taken from you in your home, and how domestic violence is increased with guns.

Yet in her case, both existed without a gun in sight.

One of the news items on Orbusmax was this:

State GOP: No automatic citizenship for kids born in U.S. to illegal immigrants

The state Republican Party adopted a platform Saturday that includes a provision aimed at opposing automatic citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants.

This is not a new idea…

The state party approved a similar platform plank at its 2006 convention that proved controversial. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution recognizes citizenship for all persons born in the United States.

“Immigration is an issue that a lot of our party activists feel strongly about,” state Republican Party Chairman Luke Esser said. “And it’s certainly a very defensible position. It’s not at all something that’s based on race concerns. It’s a matter of what is citizenship going to be based on.”

And it is going to be just as controversial, and may continue to help the Democrats brand the Republicans as xenophobes and racists.