Bill Maher is kind of a douche, but he’s a funny douche.  He’s also dead on with his commentary about the lunatic fringe that refuses to accept the mountains of evidence that President Obama was actually born in the US.

And there’s nothing anyone can do to convince these folks. You could hand them, in person, the original birth certificate and have a video of Obama emerging from the womb with Don Ho singing in the background … and they still wouldn’t believe it.

Which raises the question: Why, in this country, is it always the religious right that won’t take anything on faith?

So far, the reaction from Democrats is to laugh this off, and I understand why. If you seriously believe that President Obama is an African sleeper spy, get out of your chat room and have your house tested for lead.

He’s also right that these people are dangerously crazy.  Why is it that anti-war protesters and freedom of speech advocates are investigated as terrorists while certifiably insane birthers are allowed to run around unchecked?  (via Boingboing)

EDIT:  Here’s a fun graph of birthers by region.  Some stereotypes exist for a reason.