{"id":1803,"date":"2002-04-27T20:05:19","date_gmt":"2002-04-28T01:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2002-04-27T20:05:19","modified_gmt":"2002-04-28T01:05:19","slug":"the_medium_stri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/27\/the_medium_stri.html","title":{"rendered":"The Medium Strikes Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miss Cleo’s lawyer has taken the offensive, calling Florida’s prosecution of her a modern-day witch trial<\/a>. The hilarity includes …<\/p>\n

The birth certificate, made public by the Attorney General\u2019s Office last month, indicates she was born in Los Angeles to American-born parents, casting doubt on her claims of being a psychic Jamaican shaman.
\n\u201cDoes it make her any less Jamaican because she may or may not have been born in the U.S.?\u201d Cone asked, though not stating that she was born in Jamaica.
\nRather than say the birth certificate was illegitimate, Cone offered seven scenarios that could account for her having a Los Angeles birth certificate while still being the shaman she claims she is.
\nAmong them:
\n– \u201cA child is born in America and leaves shortly after birth to live in Jamaica, returns many years later with the Jamaican culture and accent.\u201d
\n– \u201cChild is born in a country where births and deaths are not recorded as efficiently as they are here. Child is raised from 4 years on in the United States.\u201d
\n– \u201cBiological father is Jamaican, mother is American, stepfather adopts the child at birth, and he is American. What goes on the birth certificate?\u201d
\nWhen pressed, Cone said one of the seven scenarios is true. He wouldn\u2019t say which.
\nThe Jamaican government has said it wants to wash its hands of Miss Cleo \u2014 a spokesman noting there is no such thing as a shaman in his country.<\/p>\n

Will she beat the rap? Only Miss Cleo knows … or does she?<\/p>\n

(Also via the ShanMonster<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n

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