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Originally posted by Primordial
What would stop a parent, who being a resident of Hawaii, and by chance being out of the state or country at the time of delivery, from registering the birth upon return and claiming a home birth.
As for the Hawaiian homestead, again you missed my point. Maybe I wasn't clear on my reason. It's just to show that in some cases a 'certification' just isn't good enough because it doesn't supply all the information that the original does, and as shown above is subject to errors.
In order to process your application, DHHL utilizes information that is found only on the original Certificate of Live Birth, which is either black or green. This is a more complete record of your birth than the Certification of Live Birth (a computer-generated printout). Submitting the original Certificate of Live Birth will save you time and money since the computer-generated Certification requires additional verification by DHHL.
Actually, I was wrong in that they never verified the 'certification of live birth' released on the internet. The statement released was...
So, that says 'A' birth certificate is on file for Obama. It does not verify anything else other than one exists. It could state something totally different from the internet document.
On June 13, 2008, ...
When the birth certificate arrived from the Obama campaign it confirmed his name as the other documents already showed it. Still, we took an extra step: We e-mailed it to the Hawaii Department of Health, which maintains such records, to ask if it was real.
"It's a valid Hawaii state birth certificate," spokesman Janice Okubo told us. source
I just look at it like this. HE ran on issues like 'change' and 'transparency', criticizing the Bush administration for it's secrecy, lies and corruption. So what's the big secret here.
Originally posted by converge
Originally posted by Primordial
Is it too much to ask for this guy to just show the damn piece of paper?
For a moment there I thought you were channeling George W. Bush
As of now no one has presented any evidence to indicate that Obama wasn't born in the United States, that would be admissible in Court.
If you cannot understand why we have the constitution and the reason for keeping the leaders in check then go live in some other country where you can be a YES MAN!
Originally posted by BFO
Those being, 1.) There seems to be some kind of law(s) that allow(s) States to handle their vital records with varying degrees of procedural...
What I am trying to get at, in lay terms, is that the manner in which, say, New York handles it's vital records is not the same as Texas, etc.
It is my understanding that most States require a person to present all pages related to the official record of their birth for all official purposes. Hawaii may even be one of them.
But nobody ever required Obama to provide an "official" record of his birth when they still had the chance.
2.) What has been produced on the Internet for Obama's birth certificate is a diversion ...
As far as the US Department of State is concerned, for the typical US citizen to get a US Passport, one must submit all of the pages of their "birth record", or one does not get a passport.
When applying for a U.S. passport in person, acceptable identification must be presented at the time of application.
Primary Identification (One of the following):
* Previously issued, undamaged U.S. passport
* Naturalization Certificate
* Valid Driver's License
* Current Government ID (city, state or federal)
* Current Military ID (military and dependents)
source
So, being Secretary of State, Hillary could look at all the pages if she had, I suppose, a "valid" reason.
With our court system's hands tied until somebody can prove they have "standing" that they have been personally harmed (past tense) before they can even get a judge to listen to a complaint, therein would seem to lie the rub.
IMO, there -is- something wrong with a Judiciary system that allows red-tape to cause this kind of situation.
The same US Constitution which requires that he be a natural born citizen to hold the office of President does not seem to provide a way in which anyone can verify him to be qualified after he was sworn in. The DNC had a chance to require it of him before selecting him as their candidate. Any member of the US Congress could have raised the question before they counted the Electoral College ballots. But -none- of them did, including the Republican Senators and Vice President Cheney.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that at the National Convention of the Democratic Party of the United States of America, held in Denver, Colorado on August 25 though 28, 2008, the following were duly nominated as candidates of said Party for President and Vice President of the United States respectively and that the following candidates for President and Vice President of the United States are legally qualified to serve under the provisions of the United States Constitution source
Originally posted by Primordial
Unfortunately, the constitution doesn't provide specific instructions on how to enforce this. Common sense would say that whatever proof is necessary to fill this requirement should be provided. Because of questions regarding the COLB, then adequate proof should be presented. In this case, the original long form BC.
§11-113 Presidential ballots. ...
(c) All candidates for President and Vice President of the United States shall be qualified for inclusion on the general election ballot under either of the following procedures:
(1) In the case of candidates of political parties which have been qualified to place candidates on the primary and general election ballots, the appropriate official of those parties shall file a sworn application with the chief election officer not later than 4:30 p.m. on the sixtieth day prior to the general election, which shall include:
(A) The name and address of each of the two candidates;
(B) A statement that each candidate is legally qualified to serve under the provisions of the United States Constitution;
(C) A statement that the candidates are the duly chosen candidates of both the state and the national party, giving the time, place, and manner of the selection.
(d) Each applicant and the candidates named, shall be notified in writing of the applicant's or candidate's eligibility or disqualification for placement on the ballot not later than 4:30 p.m. on the tenth business day after filing. The chief election officer may extend the notification period up to an additional five business days, if the applicants and candidates are provided with notice of the extension and the reasons therefore.
source
Originally posted by converge
Originally posted by Primordial
Unfortunately, the constitution doesn't provide specific instructions on how to enforce this. Common sense would say that whatever proof is necessary to fill this requirement should be provided. Because of questions regarding the COLB, then adequate proof should be presented. In this case, the original long form BC.
That's the problem though, since there is no uniform legislation in place for this, what you consider adequate proof is up to interpretation.
If you argue from a strictly legal point of view, then for all effects Obama's certification is a legal document that for all purposes (Hawaii's statutes language) has the same value as the original.
And let's be honest, if it was someone else, someone with a let's say different background, most of the people protesting now would have accepted the certification of live birth as adequate proof.
But let's not forget that while there is no uniform legislation on this, there are provisions, in both US Code and the Constitution, that contemplate objections to be raised and could have been raised because of this eligibility issue. But no objections were ever raised when they could have been, as BFO pointed out.
Originally posted by Primordial
Of course if it was someone of a different background it might be different, it's his background that is in question. And, considering the questions surrounding the COLB, it really isn't adequate.
By releasing the original BC to the supreme court for examination, it could legally be put to rest and we could move on.
Originally posted by Common Good
All this fuss, and this could have all beenended a long time ago by simply providing a birth certifercate, and nothing but a birth certifercate.
The time where people's 'differences' had a different legal weight is long past.
And besides, I don't think being uncomfortable with someone's background is an admissible reason to request the inspection of someone's vital records to a Court.
The Supreme Court isn't a federal investigation body. Only way the original birth certificate would be released to the Supreme Court for examination is if there was a lawsuit, with standing and merit, that reached it.
Originally posted by Primordial
There are inconsistencies in statements made by his own family
TRANSLATOR OGOMBE (to McRae): No! Obama was not born in Mombasa! He was born in America!
MCRAE: Wh-whereabouts, whereabouts was he born? I, I thought he was born in Kenya.
TRANSLATOR OGOMBE: No he was born in America, not in Mombasa.
MCRAE: OK. Do you know whereabouts he was born?
TRANSLATOR OGOMBE: (Pause.) Huh?
MCRAE: Do you know where he was born? I thought he was born in Kenya. I was gonna go by and see where he was born.
BROTHER TOM (background): Hawaii, yeah?
VOICE OF MRS. OBAMA OR ANOTHER WOMAN (background): Yeah.
TRANSLATOR OGOMBE (background): Yes.
TRANSLATOR OGOMBE (to McRae): Sir, she says he was born in Hawaii.
MCRAE: OK.
TRANSLATOR OGOMBE: Yeah, in 1960 this was Hawaii, where his father, his father was also marrying there. This was Hawaii.
MCRAE: OK.
TRANSLATOR OGOMBE: Yeah.
MCRAE: Was, was, was Mrs. Obama, was sh--was she present? Was, was Mrs. Obama, see I thought you said she was present. Was she, was, was she, was she able to see him being, being born in, in Hawaii?
TRANSLATOR OGOMBE: (pause, silence) Hoh? (pause) Uh, yeah would you please pronounce?
MCRAE: OK I’m sorry. I, I thought she said she was present when he was born. I was—
TRANSLATOR OGOMBE (sounding exasperated): No, no! The, the woman was not present. She was uh not, a what--you see, she was here in Kenya, and Obama was born in America. That is, that’s obvious.
MCRAE: OK.
TRANSLATOR OGOMBE: Because, because the grandmother was married here in Kenya, and Obama was born in America, oh yeah, so his son, the little Obama, was marrying, was marrying, in America, in United States.
MCRAE: Oh, OK, fine. I mean, I--I just, I misunderstood what she was saying. I thought you said she was present when he was born.
his travel to Pakistan when supposedly US citizens could not, raising questions of what nation did he use a passport from to travel there
LAHORE, A SURVIVOR WITH A BITTERSWEET HISTORY
By BARBARA CROSSETTE; BARBARA CROSSETTE IS AN ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES.
Published: June 14, 1981
AUGUST 17, 1981
TRAVEL TO PAKISTAN
BEFORE TRAVELING TO PAKISTAN, AMERICAN CITIZENS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING UPDATED VISA REQUIREMENTS: 30 DAY VISAS ARE AVAILABLE AT PAKISTANI AIRPORTS FOR TOURISTS ONLY. AS THESE VISAS ARE RARELY EXTENDED BEYOND THE 30 DAY TIME PERIOD TOURISTS PLANNING TO STAY LONGER SHOULD SECURE VISAS BEFORE COMING TO PAKISTAN. ANY TRAVELER COMING INTO PAKISTAN OVERLAND FROM INDIA MUST REPEAT MUST HAVE A VALID VISA, AS 30 DAY VISAS ARE NOT REPEAT NOT ISSUED AT THE OVERLAND BORDER CROSSING POINT AT WAGHA.
ANY NON-OFFICIAL AMERICAN WHO IS IN PAKISTAN FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS MUST REGISTER WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S FOREIGNER REGISTRATION OFFICE. EXIT PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE STAYED LONGER THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
his childhood in Indonesia and if he is or was a citizen of the US or Indonesia at that time, the possibility of him actually being a British citizen due to his fathers status, etc...
Couple that with him refusing to release the BC, sealing records, etc
and even a supporter, though maybe not publicly, would question what's going on.
The Supreme court is the final decision maker. I feel by them refusing to hear the case with no comment just raises more questions.
As for no standing, who gets to decide that..the SCOTUS themselves.
A ruling of no standing is just a cop out. Just move along folks, nothing to see here. Obama is not just some dude on the street who doesn't concern us. We ALL have standing as his decisions will impact us all in some way.
Originally posted by hawkiye
Obama has spent millions suppressing evidence and records when all he needs to do is show one document to make it all go away.
If you don't think that is evidence of his ineligibility then you are a morons and the reason this country is where it is today.
Prepare for hard times as the economically incompetent Obama and cronies destroy what's left of our economy and society.
Originally posted by smokingman2006
How the man leading the free world can produce a fake birth certificate is behond me......
[edit on 3/7/2009 by semperfortis]