They did? Do tell. I have no idea what you’re talking about.
Preface
Recently, I closed my blog out-of-the-blue and without a clear stated reason. However, I did have a compelling reason for my decision to close shop, and it fit the dramatic blog entry I left announcing that decision. The truth is, I emailed Loretta Fuddy, Acting Director for the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) earlier the same day I announced that I was closing my blog; and I felt (and still feel) that the content of that email led to the event which prompted me and my husband to have a conversation about the future of this blog and my ‘hobby.’ In that email to Ms. Fuddy, I demonstrated that the document alleged to have been President Obama’s ‘Certification of Live Birth’ (COLB), which was photographed by Factcheck.org, in 2008, was not a legally certified copy of a vital record issued by the Hawaii Department of Health. I also pointed out to Ms. Fuddy that there was really no arguing this fact, and no way to effectively bury the kind of proof I had accumulated. I also bluntly suggested she was foolish for having gotten involved in this controversy. And, I asked one remaining question of Ms. Fuddy, but I didn’t honestly expect her to answer it – and it didn’t matter to me if she did.
Shortly after I sent this email, I received an email through my blog’s former ‘Contact Me’ feature from an individual completely unknown to me. The email was sent from an IP address that traced back to an organization in Atlanta, Georgia, called the “Center for Progressive Training.” I don’t know anything about this organization beyond what you see at the link provided, and it appears at first glance to be an entirely nonpolitical kind of organization. But, the name of this organization struck a chord with me for obvious reasons and in light of the email I received (not to mention the fact that I personally don’t see the connection between the organization’s name and the kind of curriculum the website indicates this ‘school’ offers). [UPDATE: *Poof* ‘The Center for Progressive Training’ website has vanished within 12 hours of posting this.]
On the surface, the email I received was friendly enough – wishing me a happy belated birthday and mentioning my preschooler by first name. *PAUSE* Yes, my very sweet, very young child’s first name was staring back at me in an email from an unknown thug.
Understand that in the two years I’ve investigated the Obama birth certificate controversy, I have never received an email that I could say with certainty was meant to terrify me. I have had some emails that scared me because they referred to violence allegedly perpetrated against other people, but nothing I could say with complete confidence was intentionally threatening.
However, whether or not a direct threat was made by this person doesn’t really matter – this particular email was from a terrorist. This email named a sweet, innocent, bubbly little kid by first name to scare the shit out of me. And it did. Threats or not, this sick person wanted me to fear for my child’s safety. Needless to say, this is what led to the recent decision to close my blog.
http://obamasgarden.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/the_audacity_of_seal/