whous roesht gibbs said white house spokesman robert gibbs said yesterday well said. case in point, the same day president obama released his long form birth certificate, oklahoma state house approved a birther bill, requiring presidential candidates to provide proof of citizenship to get on the ballot. joining me now, jonathan kaye, managing editor of canada s national post newspaper and author of among the truthers: a journey through america s growing conspiracy underground, and the author of we can t handle the truth in the current issue of mother jones. i recommend both highly. jonathan, for the new book, you spent three years immersed in the world of conspiracy theorists. and i wonder what you concluded about what powers them, what
when might something happen? when might the federal government act and say these are the guidelines we want to put in place, do it? i think it s taken us a long time to develop a bullying problem. it s going to take us a long time to solve it. it s why there are no guidelines schools must follow to deal with bullying. they re on their own. in smalley s own state of oklahoma, each school district deals with bullying in different ways. it s something else that infuriates smalley. a lot of schools in the country, their answer to bullying is they let the victim leave a little bit early. they let them go home early to get a head start on the bully. this child that s been picked on, you re singling him out now. real solutions will come too late for ty. but kirk smalley is on that mission. we ve kept this alive through the summer. it s why he organized vigils at the oklahoma state house. he thinks bullying ought to be a
smally is on that mission. we ve kept this alive through the summer. reporter: it s why he organizes vigils at the oklahoma state house. he thinks bullying ought to be a crime. and it s why he tries to convince other kids to stand up for the bullied. save their fragile self esteem. save their lives. reporter: it s his promise to a boy who loved his family. hunting, and the st. louis cardinals. we haven t done ty s last load of laundry, because it still smells like him. we haven t washed his sheets, because i can go in there and lay on his bed and still smell my boy. you want to learn what bullying and suicide is all about, you talk to the people directly who it affects the most. reporter: as you might
do it. i think that it s taken us a long time to develop a bullying problem and it s going to take us some time to solve it. reporter: it s why there are no federal guidelines school must follow regarding bullying. they re on their own. in smalley s state of oklahoma, each school district deals with bullying in different ways. it s something else that infewer it s a smalley. a lot of schools around the country, their answer to bullying is they let the victim leave a little bit early. they let them go home early to get a head start on the bully. and you re singling this child out. this child has been picked on, you re singling him out now. reporter: real solutions will come too late for ty, but kirk smalley is on that mission. we kept this alive through the summer. reporter: it s why he organizes vigils at the oklahoma state house. he thinks bullying ought to be a crime. and it s why he tries to convince other kids to stand up for the bullied. save their fragile self
get a head start on the bully. you re singling this child out. you re singling him out now. reporter: real solutions will come too late for ty, but kirk sma sma smalley is on that mission. it s why he organizes vigils at the oklahoma state house. he thinks bullying ought to be a crime. save the fragile self-esteem, save their lives. reporter: it s his promise to a boy who loved his family, hunting, and the st. louis cardinals. we haven t done ty s last load of laundry because it still smells like him. we haven t washed his sheets because i can go in there and lay on his bed and still smell my boy. and you want to learn what bullying and suicide s all about, you talk to the people directly who it affects the most.