See, if you had made the link text for your second link "Is Barack Obama is a muslim?" then through SEO magic that site would rise to being the first search engine result returned for "Is Barack Obama is a muslim?" rather than the third. posted by Artw at 7:52 AM on September 14, 2008
Well done, we'd just dipped down frighteningly to only 50% election-related posts so far today. posted by Wolfdog at 7:52 AM on September 14, 2008
There was a roundtable discussion on Fox news yesterday titled "Can You Believe What's On The Web." The panelists repeatedly pointed out that a lot of the stories about Palin weren't true and had started from blog rumors.
Sadly, a couple of my coworkers (teachers) are still saying that he is a muslim... and these are people who are supposed to be making sure that our children is learning... posted by Huck500 at 8:35 AM on September 14, 2008
That is really funny. posted by parmanparman at 9:01 AM on September 14, 2008
I tried to discuss the rumors about Barack Obama being Muslim or not American enough to be elected as President on a political site and was deleted. I do think rumors need to be dissected, methodically, logically and backed up with credible data before they spread. Ignoring rumors, unfortunately, don't make them go away.
And so I'm glad for your post. I think it will help those people who have been misinformed. posted by nickyskye at 9:07 AM on September 14, 2008
Has anyone thought about the ramiefications of people trying to pull the wool over our eyes? I don't cotton to that kind of thing. posted by adamrice at 9:16 AM on September 14, 2008 [5 favorites has favorites]
I have no idea what that means, but I'm going to work it into conversation at every opportunity. posted by lukemeister at 9:21 AM on September 14, 2008 [2 favorites has favorites]
Originally I was going to have it have three facts. Obama is Black. Obama's middle name is Hussein. And Barack is the Democratic nomination for President.
But with javascript "random" would often give the same results enough time in a row to make you think there was only one fact.
I wanted to make a McCain one as well, submit them both to the Apple apps listing page (and version tracker), and see which got approved, which got downloaded the most, etc. But unfortunately, I don't have "too much time on my hands." posted by cjorgensen at 9:46 AM on September 14, 2008
ifihadapennyeverytimesomeonemakesasite.com posted by monocot at 9:55 AM on September 14, 2008
Interestingly, typing in www.fuckmccain.com takes you to -- you guessed it -- the actual McCain website. Insert your own "go fuck yourself" joke here. posted by mothershock at 10:03 AM on September 14, 2008
Not to mention Teddy Roosefelt and Franklin D. Roosevelvet.
Interestingly, typing in www.fuckmccain.com takes you to -- you guessed it -- the actual McCain website. Insert your own "go fuck yourself" joke here.
But it adds some kind of referral tag. What's that about? Is McCain paying people to send traffic to his website? posted by roll truck roll at 10:21 AM on September 14, 2008
It's a soft, sheer fabric. I warmed some up in the dryer.
What kind of torture is that? Get out of here! I'm serious, I don't even want to LOOK at you any more!
(my OSI shirt arrived today, I am happy) posted by mrzarquon at 10:27 AM on September 14, 2008
Chamois Carter's presidency has been deprecated largely because he was not woven of strong enough fiber. posted by trip and a half at 10:28 AM on September 14, 2008 [2 favorites has favorites]
We need to get back onto real issues, forget the whole Obama is a muslim thing, the real question we need to be asking is what Sarah Palin knows about cashmere. posted by knapah at 1:11 PM on September 14, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]
Funny you should bring up Karl Wove, EMRJKC. You can hem and haw all you want, but he is one of the far right fringe who looms menacingly, weaving his yarns, warping the truth, and flaxing his influence. He piles on rumors that won't dye because it suits his vested interests, but not everyone cottons to such a tactic. Some of us think he is a big crepe who should be firmly upbraided and kept from lying any moire. posted by madamjujujive at 2:38 PM on September 14, 2008 [10 favorites has favorites]
No denying Obama's weftist politics. posted by NikitaNikita at 2:50 PM on September 14, 2008
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