Open letter to my family and friends...

If I see one more Barack Obama is really a terrorist in disguise email I am going to hurt someone. Really.

This is the latest interation of nonsense from the familles:

Who is Barack Obama? Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black MUSLIM from Kyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white ATHIEST from Wichita,Kansas.

Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii. When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya. His mother then married Lolo Soetoro, a RADICAL Muslim from Indonesia. When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocated to Indonesia. Obama attended a MUSLIM school in Jakarta.

He also spent two years in a Catholic school. Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim. He is quick to point out that, "He was once a Muslim, but that he also attended Catholic school."

Obama's political handlers are attempting to make it appear that Obama's introduction to Islam came via his father, and that this influence was temporary at best. In reality, the senior Obama returned toKenya soon after the divorce, and never again had any direct influence over his son's education.

Lolo Soetoro, the second husband of Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, introduced his stepson to Islam. Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta.

Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world.

Since it is politically expedient to be a CHRISTIAN when seeking major public office in the United States, Barack Hussein Obama has joined the United Church of Christ in an attempt to downplay his Muslim background.

Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's expected presidential candidacy.

The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out, what better way to start than at the highest level - through the President of the United States, one of their own!!!!

ALSO, keep in mind that when he was sworn into office - he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equevelancy to our Bible, but very different beliefs).

Please forward to everyone you know. Would you want this man leading our country?

Please note that stupid grammar and mispellings are not mine.

Now... after letting the stupidity waft into your brain (since it is expected by my family) please listen to my response.

Dear Auntie!

That is an excellent question. Who is Barack Obama? Let me help you out by getting rid of the extraneous information for you....

Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham. Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii. When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya. Obama attended school.

That seems simple enough, doesn't it?

See, Barack Obama is an American citizen by by virtue of his birth in the United States (if you doubt that is a legitimate US territory you may take it up with your brothers Pete and Joe) and that his mother was an American citizen.

In America it is considered perfectly acceptable to be Muslim and it is perfectly acceptable to be an atheist. Many Americans are educated both in and out of the United States. The fact that he attended schools in Indonesia means NOTHING. The fact that most of the schools were full of Muslims is also worthless since most Indonesians are Muslim. Oh, and Indonesia is NOT an Islamic state. 99% of the Muslims in Indonesia are Sunni. Oh and by the way...Sunnis are to Islam what Catholics are to Christianity... The largest and oldest group.

Wahhibism is the sect of Islam followed by our FRIENDS in Saudi Arabia.

Keith Ellison of Minnesota was the Muslim congressman sworn into office on the Koran.

One last thing... The Chicago Sun Times today published a family tree on Barack Obama today. Turns out he is related to three American Presidents: Harry S. Truman, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Ooops. oh and just for fun... he is related to Dick Cheney too.
Please forward to everyone you know. Because this man is as entitled to be President of the United States as much as any American man or woman. Remember:

E Pluribus Unum

Out of many.... one.

We may be different from one another but we are all united as AMERICAN citizens.

Oh, and I am getting remarkably tired of answering this very same email over and over again. I think it is lovely when people have opinions, but I really think you should double check your facts before you forward them on as if the pablum you are sending out were true. Stupid people might believe it.

Thanks.

Love to you all!