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Birther Orly Taitz Compares Self To Mandela, Wants Judge Tried For Treason
Justin Elliott | September 16, 2009, 4:54PM
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In an interview with TPM just now, Birther evangelist Orly Taitz fired back at Clay Land, the U.S. district court judge who tore apart Birtherism and threatened Taitz with sanctions in an order today, saying that "somebody should consider trying [the judge] for treason and aiding and abetting this massive fraud known as Barack Hussein Obama."
"This is so outrageous what this judge did -- it goes in the face of law and order," said Taitz, reached at her office in Mission Viego, CA. "Not every judge is as corrupt as Judge Land. Some judges believe in the Constitution. And some judges believe in the rule of law."
The withering 14-page order by Land, a George W. Bush appointee, tossed out a "birther soldier" case brought by Taitz and Army Capt. Connie Rhodes, who wants to defy a deployment order because she believes Barack Obama does not legitimately possess the presidency.
A clearly frustrated Land called Taitz's suit -- the second filed in the Middle District of Georgia -- "frivolous" and threatened her with sanctions if she kept at it.
I asked Taitz what she will do next with the Rhodes case, which was filed and tossed out in another district before it was refiled with Land. "This is the decision of Connie," she said. "I will be talking to her and making a decision."
And if Rhodes is open to continuing the fight, would Taitz go along?
"Oh absolutely, absolutely," she said. "Listen, Nelson Mandela stayed in prison for years in order to get to the truth and justice."
And Taitz brushed off the possibility of sanctions. "I'm not afraid of sanctions. Because I know this is not frivolous. I know this is extremely important -- the most important issue in this country today."
"Judge Land is a typical puppet of the regime -- just like in the Soviet Union," she said.
Late 9/17/09 Update: A CA bar complaint has now been filed against Taitz for, among other things, her comments about Judge Land.
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tonigo
September 16, 2009 5:11 PM
Orly?
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SantaMonica
September 16, 2009 5:17 PM in reply to tonigo
Heeb for "my light"
she's got some connection to Israel - I mean she just sounds like my crazy Israeli aunt anyways...
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Beetlejuice
September 16, 2009 10:32 PM in reply to SantaMonica
She's a Russian Jew, migrated to Israel, then somehow got a gig in the US at someone's expense. I wonder if she's gone thru the trouble of becoming a naturalized citizen or just riding on the coattails of whoever sponsored her here?
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Queen of Sheba
September 18, 2009 4:04 PM in reply to Beetlejuice
That woman Orly Taitz is neither Russian nor Jewish. I do not believe there is a Russian or a Jew that is that foolish. I see why she was expelled from both Russia and Israel. Obama needs to expel her from this country also. What the hell is she doing here anyway. She needs to be in the nut house. She needs to thank her GOD that it is not DICK CHENEY. Cheney would send her but to GITMO and waterboard her. Obama is just too dam nice. They need to put her in the GITMO jail for 27 years.
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mJJ
September 16, 2009 8:32 PM in reply to tonigo
This woman is either truly stupid, OR she has no intention to pay attention to this judge. So I say the judge should issue a bench warrant and haul her back into court until she learns how to behave towards the court. This woman is truly delusional and ahs no proper attitude towadrs judges. Amazing how silly she really is. Slap her with contempt and jail her until she makes amends. She is a menace for my party and makes Republicans look foolish.
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tonigo
September 17, 2009 10:07 AM in reply to mJJ
But then she would be seen as a martyr by the loony right. She's digging her own grave everytime she opens her mouth. Even the birthers are distancing herself from her and that's like stink distancing itself from stench.
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JEP07
September 17, 2009 9:43 PM in reply to tonigo
"But then she would be seen as a martyr by the loony right. She's digging her own grave everytime she opens her mouth."
Is this a conversation about Sarah Palin? Or Michelle Bachman? Or Lynn Jenkins?
We thought the conga-line of departing, wayward Republican MEN was interesting just before the last election. Hastert, Foley, Allen, Frist, Lott, Delay, Craig, Santorum, the list goes on and on and on, (so where are they now in terms of REAL politics, not just lobbying?)
But it looks as if we'll have a plethora of pink in the 2010 line dance to watch with gleeful schadenfreude.
Surely the birthers can get this woman a ticket to ruin!
Palin/Taitz 2012? Has a nice ring doncha know!
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ohyeathatsright
September 16, 2009 11:27 PM in reply to tonigo
Yarly!
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eric the red
September 16, 2009 5:14 PM
If I were Judge Land, I would call Ms. Taitz back into court and make her answer for these comments.
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chard
September 16, 2009 5:48 PM in reply to eric the red
I think she could be called before the California Bar, not saying they would, but it seems pretty serious to say a judge "corrupt" and treasonous.
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hallam
September 16, 2009 6:51 PM in reply to chard
It is pretty hard to see how she can avoid being disbarred with this type of comment, which is probably why she made them in the first place. What she is trying to do here is to force the judge to impose sanctions so that she can 1) play martyr and 2) bring her idiotic claims before another court.
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Parallax857
September 16, 2009 8:03 PM in reply to hallam
Can't speak for the state of things in the State of California, but one state over in Arizona, I could certainly be disciplined for publicly questioning the integrity of a judge.
Orly probably wants to be a martyr of the lunatic fringe.
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Powkat
September 16, 2009 6:53 PM in reply to chard
She's not really a lawyer. She has a law degree from a correspondence school and has never passed the CA bar exam and can't practice law in CA. She's kind of a glorified paralegal. She claims to be a dentist, too, but I don't think I'd let her put her fingers in my mouth.
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Lestatdelc
September 16, 2009 8:33 PM in reply to Powkat
ORLY?
The Chief Trial Counsel of the State Bar of the State of California has filed a complaint against Orly Taitz seeking her disbarment:
http://countryfirst.bravehost.com/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=440&sid=98066353dea19687f21ae2f1df6e42d5
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thorswitch
September 17, 2009 7:55 AM in reply to Lestatdelc
That's a complaint that was filed quite some time ago. It was submitted anonymously because the author was concerned about retaliation from Orly. From what I understand, though, because it's anonymous, the CA Bar wasn't able to act on it.
I have heard that the CA Bar is investigating Orly, but there's been no official confirmation on that, nor has there been any kind of a time frame given as to when they might issue a decision based on that investigation.
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viking
September 16, 2009 10:00 PM in reply to Powkat
She's also a realtor, and Jon Stewart mocked her as advertising that she could meet all your legal/dental/realty needs.
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Beetlejuice
September 16, 2009 10:35 PM in reply to viking
realty? Shouldn't that be reality?
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
September 16, 2009 7:58 PM in reply to chard
Yup. Saying stuff like that is grounds for discipline under the codes of professional responsibility of every state I've ever heard of. Unfortunately, most states seem to have some kind of unwritten IOIY a right wing extremist exception . . .
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mJJ
September 16, 2009 7:59 PM in reply to chard
This woman is so obviously unprepared to even "act" like a lawyer, so I say, let the judge throw the book at her. She is totally deranged. Amazing that anyone's thinking could get so twisted. Obviously the only way to view her hysteria is that she is a tried and true racist and she is unhinged as far as having a black President. The woman is just so silly sounding that she becomes laughable with her silly behavior. The judge has my permission to throw this nut into the clink and let her cool her heals there.
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richard f
September 16, 2009 6:52 PM in reply to eric the red
Judge Land can't take any action about her comments because they were not made in front of him and because of the First Amendment. However, any person can file a complaint with the California State Bar since her statements violate the rules of professional conduct for lawyers in this state.
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eric the red
September 16, 2009 8:20 PM in reply to richard f
He's a Federal judge. He could do it. At a minimum, he could add a boat load of sanctions.
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Winston Smith
September 16, 2009 5:14 PM
Not worthy of top billing.
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Observerinvancouver
September 16, 2009 6:31 PM in reply to Winston Smith
Why not? All these crazy people on the right need to be confronted massively and constantly, and denounced for all their lies. So, you have to know exactly what they're up to in order to confront them. I still have hazy first-hand memories of the McCarthy era. One reason McCarthy and his soul mates got away with so much was a disinclination for confrontation. Even President Eisenhower didn't take a stand against him. Ignoring this sort of stuff will not make these people go away, it will make them see how far they can push.
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Teramis
September 17, 2009 4:41 PM in reply to Observerinvancouver
Observer,
I think you're absolutely correct about the parallel to McCarthyism.
I think the greater threat of birtherism lies in its insidious delegitimization of the office of the President. I blogged about this and included a quote from your comment here.
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matyra
September 16, 2009 5:17 PM
huh?
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The Captain
September 16, 2009 5:21 PM
Maybe Judge Land (a Bush 43 appointee) is closer to Obama than we thought and ran around acting like a Republican his entire life just so he could get appointed to the Federal bench by a neoconservative President in order hear this case and find in favor of Barack Obama. The conspiracy runs deeper than we thought! It seems like the Obama conspirators thought of everything.
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kunda311
September 16, 2009 6:07 PM in reply to The Captain
It's amazing how much current mainstream conservative thought has in common with paranoid schizophrenia...
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rb6
September 16, 2009 7:50 PM in reply to kunda311
I once had a case like this when I worked for a judge. Actually, it wasn't quite this crazy because the original lawsuits the lady filed had some basis in fact -- a pension disagreement, and then, a suit for the wrongful death of her husband. When she lost, she started suing the state courts in federal court, and when she lost there, she started suing the federal court. She was incredibly paranoid -- she thought that several of the defendants were in cahoots with various courts. Ultimately, she sued the Supreme Court for refusing to grant cert.
We thought about sanctioning her, but it was obvious that she was an elderly widow who had simply gone over the edge after her husband died.
I don't know what Orly's excuse is.
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Stiggs
September 16, 2009 6:14 PM in reply to The Captain
Oh, you don't even know the half of it. They planned so far ahead to make sure Obama would actually be born in Hawaii, making all of those who rightly recognized that he was not "natural born" look like they were off their rockers. Also, the entirety of the Bush presidency was a setup, making the American people so miserable that they the would reject the (clearly superior) neoconservative candidate in favor of the quasi-non-pseudo-American Obama. It runs deep, my friend.
But we should have expected all of this. Reality has a well documented liberal bias.
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Observerinvancouver
September 16, 2009 6:33 PM in reply to The Captain
There you go. Does any other explanation make sense? :)
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Tom65
September 16, 2009 5:22 PM
She obviously got all the brains in the Gabor family
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LarsThorwald
September 16, 2009 5:23 PM
Wow, that's a lot of crazy.
Maybe I will go as Orly Taitz for Halloween.
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CT Voter
September 16, 2009 6:03 PM in reply to LarsThorwald
I was about to say best comment on the thread, but then I read GFTOOH's, and sorry, THAT takes the cake. . .(Right below)
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GTFOOH
September 16, 2009 5:24 PM
Okay, I'll buy in. She is like Mandela. So can we lock her up for 25 years and then agree she was just a misunderstood African and let her out?
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pategp
September 16, 2009 6:02 PM in reply to GTFOOH
GTFOOH: your comment is priceless! I agree wholeheartedly. This woman is
definitely way over the edge. I notice she is from the (old) Soviet Union
Some people may not know it, but back during the days of the Soviet Union,
a lot of fellow "Marxist revolutionaries" were invited to come from Africa
to go to University in the Soviet Union. The Russian people were known to
call their fellow Marxists monkeys and other derogatory terms. Racism
was/is alive and well there then and now just as it was/is in the good old
USA. Perhaps this is a large part of why Orly is so fixated on Pres. Obama.
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GTFOOH
September 16, 2009 6:35 PM in reply to pategp
Interesting observation. I know of what you speak and you may be exactly right!
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brianm0122
September 16, 2009 7:18 PM in reply to pategp
Oh,,
So, you mean she is from Georgia.
Makes sense.
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merlot
September 16, 2009 5:25 PM
Sounds like Orly has missed several of her monthly anti-psychotic medication injections.
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Gopherit
September 16, 2009 5:27 PM
Orly. Mandela was a hard core commie, and the ANC took military aid from the soviets. Just saying.
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SantaMonica
September 16, 2009 5:29 PM in reply to Gopherit
but at least he is not a muslim
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Veritas78
September 16, 2009 6:38 PM in reply to Gopherit
The "hard core commie" part is nonsense, but the ANC did take aid from the Soviets at a time when our government was wholeheartedly supporting and arming the apartheid regime. While the Soviets were probably quite cynical in their motives, one can't blame the ANC for accepting help from anyone offering it.
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Gopherit
September 16, 2009 7:31 PM in reply to Veritas78
Not at all. Mandela was and is socialist. That was a good thing for the people suffering under Apartheid, too. Stop applying a stigma to the word, if you please.
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Lestatdelc
September 16, 2009 8:40 PM in reply to Gopherit
A communist and socialist are two different things entirely. Senator Bernie Sanders-VT is a socialist. Are you saying he is a hard-core commie?
BTW, given the collapse of even a semblance of the right these days which seems to try and insinuate that socialism = death camp, Hitler, Mao, etc. by the standards of what gets branded socialism these days, Winston Churchill was a socialist (he pushed for passage of the NHS for example)
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HoraceTBass
September 16, 2009 5:29 PM
Does Orly have an angry inch?
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Stiggs
September 16, 2009 6:18 PM in reply to HoraceTBass
Quit trying to make her sympathetic. She is a horrible monster who should be reviled and ridiculed.
(Sadly, I still need to see the film of which you refer...)
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Stiggs
September 16, 2009 6:22 PM in reply to HoraceTBass
Actually, that's really close. You might be on to something here. (Sadly, couldn't find a larger version of the photo.)
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StlMoDem
September 16, 2009 10:38 PM in reply to HoraceTBass
Well, its about time Mr. Coulter got a haircut! He was startin' to look like a hippie.
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pseudonymous in nc
September 16, 2009 5:32 PM
Dear TPM: please don't feed the troll.
kthxbai.
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Headlight
September 16, 2009 5:33 PM
Orly is very courageous. Statements like that can get a lawyer disbarred or held in contempt.
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Matt Jones
September 16, 2009 5:45 PM in reply to Headlight
Somehow sanctions don't seem sufficient. Will Orly agree to be tried for treason if her cases are established to have been based on self-deception?
One could certainly read what she's done as compelling US military personnel to disobey the orders of a superior officer, which starts to sound a lot more like the "treason" charge she likes to throw around.
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wyt
September 16, 2009 6:20 PM in reply to Matt Jones
I hope you're not joking. Because this is exactly right. The left is too shy about calling out obvious cases of treason on the right, just because false charges of treason have been so long used against the left.
While I doubt the rumors of FEMA detention camps, it would be prudent if these rumors were to have substantial truth to them. Perhaps the NAFTA superhighway can serve to drain the "heartland" down to detention centers just over the Mexican border. We can hire narcoterrorists as guards.
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jagriff1
September 16, 2009 7:08 PM in reply to wyt
Now, why would you want to ship good American re-education center jobs across the border during economic times like these? Besides, it's a lot more fun sending wingnuts to ideological detention facilities if you can jeer at them and throw fruit.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
September 16, 2009 8:37 PM in reply to wyt
Or, possibly, it's because we have read the Constitution, and find recklessly throwing around the word "treason" as repugnant as the Founders did:
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JEP07
September 17, 2009 9:55 PM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
"giving them Aid" covers more ground during some administrations than others.
There was a time not so long ago when just openly criticizing the Cheney/Bush junta was considered treasonous by way too many knuckledraggers.
BTW, since when does encouraging and enabling active-duty members of our armed forces to defy Presidential orders NOT constitute giving aid to our "enemies," wherever they are hiding?
I'd bet old Bin Laden's got more than a little comfort from this debacle, wherever he's hiding.
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kunda311
September 16, 2009 6:12 PM in reply to Headlight
Maybe Orly is somehow aware that she doesn't have much of a law career to be concerned about...
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JNagarya
September 16, 2009 6:26 PM in reply to kunda311
She can always fall back on her careers as real estate agent and dentist.
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CremeDeMenthe
September 16, 2009 5:33 PM
Way to keep her in the news and keep the issue rolling, TPM. Disappointing. Am hoping to see a better balance between your ethics and your reporting next time.
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JNagarya
September 16, 2009 6:24 PM in reply to CremeDeMenthe
I love the humor-break. And the discrediting it accomplishes.
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The Old Grouch
September 16, 2009 5:36 PM
Glad to see she's still actively resisting mental health.
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artwrite
September 16, 2009 5:39 PM
Orly Taitz is Joan Rivers, only she's funnier than she used to be.
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raiatean
September 16, 2009 5:39 PM
Orly Taitz??? Why not Oily Twatz, she reminds me of the rest of those reich wing hookers (with the exception of the bug phuque kraizzzeeee Phillippino Bitch). I see so damn many of the blond airheads that are tougher than 5 cents a pound beef and just about 10 IQ points lower than aforementioned Beef... She is one Slick Lookin Hooker for sure... Betcha she could suck a golf ball through 2 normal sections of garden hose, and not come up short of breath...
Just this old Chief's 2 cents
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chard
September 16, 2009 5:40 PM
What about Army Capt. Connie Rhodes, the putative plaintiff?
I hope this doesn't enhance her career.
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Tom Shepard
September 16, 2009 6:30 PM in reply to chard
Palin/Rhodes 2012. *perfect*
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Lestatdelc
September 16, 2009 8:43 PM in reply to chard
Well, not only is she going to Iraq, but she gets to pay for the legal fees her case has run up for the other side as well.
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Sean
September 16, 2009 5:45 PM
I realize Orly is great for amusement, but must we endure her on the front page?
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robcat2075
September 16, 2009 5:46 PM
I'm uncomfortable watching Orly Taitz interviews. She's obviously deluded. It's like watching some boys tease a cat in a box.
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Jimmy Blue
September 16, 2009 5:50 PM
HoraceTB, angry inch like Hedwig? LOL
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jeffgee
September 16, 2009 5:51 PM
Hmmm.. didn't see that coming.
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Larry Geater
September 16, 2009 6:06 PM
Making fun of Ms Taitz is unsportsman like. You might as well hunt in a baited field or bust Cheech for possesion.
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kgb999
September 16, 2009 9:12 PM in reply to Larry Geater
I thought Cheech straightened up ... now Chong, that man can toke!
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TJF
September 16, 2009 6:06 PM
That's "Mission Viejo" not "Mission Viego."
Silly east-coasters!
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counter coulter
September 16, 2009 7:53 PM in reply to TJF
'zactly. I was just going to post the same correction.
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CT Voter
September 16, 2009 6:08 PM
I disagree with the criticism of TPM for posting this. I thank TPM for the tireless work illuminating what's out there in Wingnutistan. It's dirty work, and I, for one, am very grateful for the comedic relief.
Oh, and it's Mission Viejo, not Viego.
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dtkindler
September 16, 2009 6:08 PM
On the other hand, you got to give it to her. If people truly believe that he wasn't born here, they should protest loudly. The jackasses using it when it's convenient and dodging it when it's not are the slimy duplicitous creeps I hate the most. At least this deluded Orly woman has the guts to say what she really believes, despite how twisted it is. So, she is one step ahead of most Republican congressmen in my book.
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mans_best_friend
September 16, 2009 6:51 PM in reply to dtkindler
Being crazy does not make one noble.
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jagriff1
September 16, 2009 7:11 PM in reply to mans_best_friend
Indeed, it is quite admirable how the demonstrably insane will maintain a belief in the face of all logic and fact to the contrary.
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Rich in NJ
September 16, 2009 6:19 PM
This is yet another example of how the legal system is ill-equipped to deal with the insane.
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bcutlerj
September 16, 2009 6:21 PM
From CalBar:
Orly Taitz - #223433
Current Status: Active
This member is active and may practice law in California.
See below for more details.
Profile Information
Bar Number 223433
Address 26302 La Paz #211
Mission Viejo, CA 92691 Phone Number (949) 683-5411
Fax Number (949) 586-2082
e-mail Not Available
District District 8 Undergraduate School Hebrew Univ; Jerusalem Israel
County Orange Law School William Howard Taft Univ; Santa Ana CA
Sections None
Status History
Effective Date Status Change
Present Active
12/3/2002 Admitted to The State Bar of California
Explanation of member status
Actions Affecting Eligibility to Practice Law
Disciplinary and Related Actions
This member has no public record of discipline.
Administrative Actions
This member has no public record of administrative actions.
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justadood
September 16, 2009 6:22 PM
Orly Taitz == Night-Court Comedy!!
seriously, though...Judge Land should probably review her remarks for actionable content, possibly for a Bar Referral.
Whoever Ok'd her Bar application should also be reviewed....she's done a *lot* to damage the reputation of LA-area litigators...
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3star2nr
September 16, 2009 6:28 PM
Taitz" Obama is a kenyan"
Judge: "Orly? GTFO"
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Matt Jones
September 17, 2009 12:05 AM in reply to 3star2nr
I'm waiting for somebody to make an image macro with the photo above. It should make a nice substitute for the classic owl "O RLY?".
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twoviragos
September 16, 2009 6:29 PM
She says, "Listen, Nelson Mandela stayed in prison for years in order to get to the truth and justice." Yes, yes Orly, Mandela chose to stay in jail all those years.
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CT Voter
September 16, 2009 7:24 PM in reply to twoviragos
Of course he chose. If he had the same ambition, self-discipline and gung-ho-ityness of, say, real Americans, Mandela would have been out in six months. The fact that he remained incarcerated all those years is his own damn fault.
Personal responsibility.
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twoviragos
September 16, 2009 10:00 PM in reply to CT Voter
And here I thought it was that apartheid thingy. Damn, and I wasted all that time in college building shanty towns to protest. Thanks for setting me straight ;).
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Skybolt
September 17, 2009 8:26 AM in reply to twoviragos
Actually, in 1985 Mandela was offered a deal wherein he would be released if he renounced armed struggle. He refused to do so. So there is a sense in which he chose to remain in prison for those last five years. And that is the difference between Nelson Mandela and a wingnut clown like Orly Taitz.
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atticus1104
September 16, 2009 6:36 PM
This is a bit off topic, but this is unbelievable. Trent Franks actually believes that Obama called Republicans liars first, and that Wilson was just responding to that.
Here it is.
http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=2914
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Matt Jones
September 17, 2009 12:08 AM in reply to atticus1104
He did point out the fact that some had been making untrue statements, but that's beside the point - good ol' Joe got censured for talking out of turn, not for what he said.
The whole "he said it first" thing is right out of elementary school; apparently the Repugs have forgotten that you could get into trouble in school for talking over the teacher, right or not...
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giterdone
September 16, 2009 7:35 PM
I believe Orly Taitz is here in the US illegally. I want her to immediately provide documentation (long form only, not a green card, it might be a forgery).
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BBpdx
September 16, 2009 7:40 PM
Why do all bat-s**t crazy conservative women have to actually LOOK bat-s**t crazy?
Couldn't they go to a stylist, who would say, "Look I know you're bat-s**t crazy, so we're just going to play up some of your less bat-s**t crazy features, dress you in normal clothes, teach you to put on make-up like a normal person. Then you at least won't LOOK bat-s**t crazy."
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
September 16, 2009 8:55 PM
You know, this is lawyerly inside-baseball stuff, but, setting aside the substantive craziness for a minute, when I see the staggering lack of even the most minimal technical competence exhibited by her pleadings, I cannot concieve of how she managed to pass the California bar.
I crammed for my N.C. bar exam with friends who were studying for the New York and California bars, and although the N.C. bar exam is no cakewalk as such things go, I was devoutly grateful I didn't have to face the three day long bitches my New York and California bound cohorts were cramming for. And yet, this ninny, who can't even follow elementary procedural rules or grasp basic principles of jurisdiction passed it. Something doesn't computer.
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OceanDog
September 16, 2009 9:09 PM
Can only hope the 3rd time's a charm... File another suit, get fined big money and please please please, go to jail!
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Aatos
September 16, 2009 9:15 PM
They Planted special antiresonant microchips in the birthers' dental fillings, so that no matter what they say, they always sound like deranged jackasses.
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AhTrini1
September 16, 2009 9:21 PM
The thing is this woman is married and have children (poor things)!
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fsudirectory
September 16, 2009 9:28 PM
This woman needs to go back to Russia.
I heard she is funded by a neo-conservative Israeli political group that has been permanently banned from participating in Israeli elections .
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JEP07
September 17, 2009 9:50 PM in reply to fsudirectory
Since when was Net and Yahoo banned from politics in Israel?
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GayIthacan
September 16, 2009 9:39 PM
And as long as TPM (and others) continue to offer a forum, she will continue.
So when you ask "Why does this insanity keep appearing?" - well - look right here at the TPM editorial board.
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CosmicBoy
September 16, 2009 9:42 PM
"Oh absolutely, absolutely," she said. "Listen, Nelson Mandela stayed in prison for years in order to get to the truth and justice."
Oh, Orly,Orly, Orly
Nelson Mandela, really? Why not Joan of Arc (Orly of Mission Viejo !?!), or St. Orly of the OC?
She does realize the definition of insanity is doing the same over and over (say filing frivolous lawsuits) and expecting a different result? Right?
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steambadger
September 16, 2009 10:18 PM
"If he had the same ambition, self-discipline and gung-ho-ityness of, say, real Americans, Mandela would have been out in six months."
I know, right? If he had studied real hard there in Robben Island, he could have gotten his real estate license in that time -- then they would have let him out, and he could have become a great constitutional lawyer, like Orly.
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Lestatdelc
September 16, 2009 10:56 PM in reply to steambadger
Or a dentist.
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acamus
September 16, 2009 11:03 PM in reply to Lestatdelc
A denist like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM
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Lestatdelc
September 16, 2009 11:38 PM in reply to acamus
Or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGonsRh5AL0
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eratosthenes8
September 16, 2009 10:24 PM
Oh, the comedy!
She's even better than Michele Bachmann.
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acamus
September 16, 2009 10:36 PM
considering bush appointed this judge, the regime she speak of has contours that go beyond the dreams of even the wild eyed conspiracy theory fantaics.
She is not mentally ill, she is batshit crazy.
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Giggidy
September 16, 2009 10:47 PM
I've seen some Oily Taints in my life, but this one's the oiliest.
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pakaal
September 17, 2009 1:15 AM
Ah, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!! Oh, priceless! If only there was a way to indemnify someone for abusing the courts' time, we could make a mint off her.
Taitz is one of those relatively high-functioning folks who can actually make coherent sentences most of the time. I say coherent, not rational. I'm hoping she goes for broke and tries to foist another birth certificate after she's done with this one. Third time's the charm, c'mon Orly!
Nelson Mandela! Ludicrous! Ha ha ha!! You can't make this stuff up!
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clandesdun
September 17, 2009 1:49 AM
She's not totally batshitcrazy. I mean, I've always thought any judge that ruled against me should be tried for treason. Or kicked in the balls. Or both. If it ever happens I'll have to give Orly a call. Maybe we can work out a volume discount if I get my teeth whitened too.
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chascates
September 17, 2009 1:50 AM
A Russian Jew who is also a lawyer, a dentist AND a realtor. If I haven't just described the Anti-Christ then there is no God.
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Verified
September 17, 2009 2:06 AM
Perhaps she should be Glenn Beck's fill-in when he has some time off. I'd watch her for the laughs. She's pure baseline Fox - a total crackpot.
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CastleRockObserver
September 17, 2009 2:11 AM
I don't think Taits can be found in violation of California's Rules of Professional Conduct for having questioned the judge's integrity. First, there does not appear to be a rule in that state forbidding such conduct. Second, it seems that the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in 1995 that a lawyer's statements critical of the integrity of a judge are protected by the First Amendment. See Standing Committee on Discipline v. Yagman, 55 F.3d 1430.
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Ricky
September 17, 2009 3:34 AM
Taits is a crazybitch. its obvious she needs to be institutionalized .. a TOTAL CRACKPOT.. its so funny , this crazy woman filing all these court cases holding up valuable court time.. but someone is funding this.. and its the GOP.
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blauschwein
September 17, 2009 6:31 AM
Middle school civics? Where do they teach that anymore?
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Tom Shepard
September 17, 2009 7:30 AM
I guess the judge granted her Unconscientious Objector status.
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Linda in Maryland
September 17, 2009 7:32 AM
Huh? What? Oh, sorry, I was distracted by those eyelashes.
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CityGuy
September 17, 2009 9:54 AM
Derangement is truly an Rqual Opportunity Employer!
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Ward Report
September 17, 2009 11:27 AM
Rule 3.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, as relates to civil actions,
After numerous rejections of her claims on behalf of military personnel, disciplinary proceedings are appropriate.Reply | Flag Abuse
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barnacle
September 17, 2009 11:56 AM
There is no Mission Viego, CA. There is a Mission Viejo, CA.
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JEP07
September 17, 2009 12:00 PM
Did you hear the latest?
As an infant in Kenya, Obama invented the H1N1 virus and smuggled it into the States via Hawaii, so when he became President he could get his socialist healthcare agenda passed.
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JEP07
September 17, 2009 12:06 PM
"Not every judge is as corrupt as Judge Land."
Unless I'm mistaken, that borders on defamation, and certainly represents some sort of official misconduct by any lawyer. IANAL, so I don't know how serious it is for a lawyer to defame a judge, but but I would guess, like coaches in the NFL and NBA, that they can't trash judges (referees) publicly.
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kernel
September 17, 2009 2:31 PM
"Some judges believe in the Constitution. And some judges believe in the rule of law," says Orly. Orly believes in neither, evidently.
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rkscher
September 17, 2009 3:02 PM
for the record, judge land was appointed by president bush in 2001.
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Queen of Sheba
September 18, 2009 3:50 PM
That woman Orly Taitz is neither Russian nor Jewish. I do not believe there is a Russian or a Jew that is that foolish. I see why she was expelled from both Russia and Israel. Obama needs to expel her from this country also. What the hell is she doing here anyway. She needs to be in the nut house. She needs to thank her GOD that it is not DICK CHENEY. Cheney would send her but to GITMO and waterboard her. Obama is just too dam nice
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GAPeach1125
September 19, 2009 2:20 PM in reply to Queen of Sheba
Queen Of Sheba... Your statement is mighty rich GF, especally the part about thanking God it is not Dick Cheney!
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