# Another Obama conspiracy theory debunked! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 10, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915 "2013-10-10T20:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EhhMon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@EhhMon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EhhMon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/1 "2013-10-10T20:25:05Z")
Seems like every time a conspiracy theory about Obama is debunked another pops up in its place. This morning, this one was being share amongst my Teabilliy/Republican friends: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=224&width=400&href=https://www.facebook.com/Nativenomad/videos/477783902270494/ Of course it was debunked right away, but its still making the rounds. Where would a post like this go? I think it would be great to have a section for dispelling “conspiracy theories”? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/2 "2013-10-10T20:52:13Z")
I notice that the caption is “HR 347 makes protesting a felony” That darn Obama - blackmailing all those courageous Congress-critters into passing such a bill! It’s all his fault! ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/3 "2013-10-10T20:58:56Z")
And that fucking pantywaisted liberal Nixon signing the original version, makes my blood boil, I tell ya! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/4 "2013-10-10T20:59:59Z")
> [@EhhMon](#): > > Seems like every time a conspiracy theory about Obama is debunked another pops up in its place. That’s the general idea, yes. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I notice that the caption is “HR 347 makes protesting a felony” > > That darn Obama - blackmailing all those courageous Congress-critters into passing such a bill! It’s all his fault! Congressional Republicans, no less. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/5 "2013-10-10T21:50:19Z")
As the saner comments there note, this is a story from March 2012 that was debunked then. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/6 "2013-10-20T13:07:09Z")
The easy way to see if Facebook glurge is nonsense is to ask one question: is it about Obama? If the answer is yes, the post is certainly false. You can debunk them, reply with links to show what the actual facts are, and it doesn’t matter. We have a segment of society completely insulated from reality. If they see something and it smears Obama, they hit the Share button. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/7 "2013-10-20T18:17:34Z")
I hope all those people who were threatening Obama in that post got a visit from the Secret Service. What a collection of shitheaded morons ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/8 "2013-10-21T00:51:36Z")
Yes, Max Blood is particularly charming. He preys all the time for Obama to die? Nice Christian he is. Smart too. ---
**Author:** ![EhhMon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@EhhMon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EhhMon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/9 "2013-10-25T15:00:09Z")
A new one already making the rounds of the conservative media, this one posted by Faux News on their website: **Obama wants Marines to wear “girly” hats** > **[Obama wants Marines to wear ‘girly’ hats](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-wants-marines-to-wear-girly-hats)** > > A change to the Marine Corps' uniform hats could take the hard-nosed Leathernecks from the Halls of Montezuma to the shops of Christopher Street. …and already debunked by the Marines with their response: > **[Log into Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/marines/posts/10151630654865194)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/10 "2013-10-25T15:38:28Z")
Debunked? Did you read the comments there? > [@](#): > > The government needs to leave the marine corps alone we will be just fine ---
**Author:** ![EhhMon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@EhhMon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EhhMon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/11 "2013-10-25T16:03:21Z")
> [@](#): > > **Originally posted by Exapno Mapcase** > > Debunked? Did you read the comments there? > > The government needs to leave the marine corps alone we will be just fine It had nothing to do with Obama. From the Marines > [@](#): > > Despite what you may have seen in other headlines, there will be no change to the male uniform cover. Straight from the Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos: > > 1. The President in no way, shape or form directed the Marine Corps to change our uniform cover. > > 2. We are looking for a new cover for our female Marines for one overriding reason: the former manufacturer went out of business. > > 3. The Marine Corps has zero intention of changing the male cover. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/12 "2013-10-25T16:54:06Z")
> [@EhhMon](#): > > It had nothing to do with Obama. From the Marines I’m pretty sure **Exapno** was mocking the comment that seemed to imply that the Marines were somehow independent of the government. “Keep your dirty government hands off my Marines.” ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/13 "2013-10-25T23:41:10Z")
Actually, I took a look at the possible new male cover [I was guessing it was the one all the way on the right?] and I actually prefer it to the old male cover. I don’t think it looks girly, I think the ones that have the exagerated outward swoosh of the top of the hat [it looks like it is at least 2 or so inches wider at the top than at the band] looks stupid. The more cylindrical one looks better. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/14 "2013-10-25T23:53:47Z")
I didn’t understand that either. The old version looks like a silly hat. The new version looks like an equally silly hat. Neither is masculine or feminine. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/15 "2013-10-25T23:59:54Z")
I might add that most of the responses to the Marines’ Facebook update are from people we really ought to have around here. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/16 "2013-10-26T00:26:24Z")
If I have a problem with the Marines’ dress hat, it’s that it completely lacks ostrich plumes, or wings, or at least a nice spike. They look like ice cream men in their current hat. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/17 "2013-10-26T01:03:02Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I’m pretty sure **Exapno** was mocking the comment that seemed to imply that the Marines were somehow independent of the government. “Keep your dirty government hands off my Marines.” “Everyone agrees that the Marines are good at what they do. It is known that only private sector, for profit corporations are good at what they do. Therefore, the Marines are a private-sector, for-profit corporation.” [/satire] ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/18 "2013-10-27T10:53:04Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > If I have a problem with the Marines’ dress hat, it’s that it completely lacks ostrich plumes, or wings, or at least a nice spike. All 3 would be awesome. I miss the good old days - now [this](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ke8YbjLOmf8/TUBibPs4IzI/AAAAAAAAA48/YSyTA1X4WUA/s1600/Zouaves%2B1.jpg) is a uniform you can be proud of. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/19 "2013-10-27T17:23:55Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > All 3 would be awesome. > > I miss the good old days - now [this](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ke8YbjLOmf8/TUBibPs4IzI/AAAAAAAAA48/YSyTA1X4WUA/s1600/Zouaves%2B1.jpg) is a uniform you can be proud of. And those are the Secret Police! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915/20 "2013-10-27T17:27:13Z")
Ironically, you _always_ expect the Secret Police… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-obama-conspiracy-theory-debunked/670915.md?page=2)