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Originally posted by justinsweatt
Yes, as a public elected official, he DOES have an obligation.
I am not a member of Congress to perform the vetting process
ridiculous argument
Originally posted by Southern Guardian
Originally posted by justinsweatt
Yes, as a public elected official, he DOES have an obligation.
No he does not. This country is not a democracy, it is a Republic. By your assumption every president must spend all his/her time proving his eligibility to satisfy everybody and Im sorry, that is just unrealistic. If we held that position we would never get to electing a president becuase you will never satisfy everybody. This is why we have constitutional guidelines where as the secretary of state, the house speaker and on December 15th, congress and the Electoral college verify the presidents eligibility.
You may not be satisfied but he is in no way obligated to satisfy everybody. No president is following the elections.
I am not a member of Congress to perform the vetting process
Exactly.
ridiculous argument
What is ridiculous is this notion that the president is obligated to satisfy everybody over his eligibility. Imagine that? Every president will be stopped as to assuming office by one side of disgruntled voters following the elections. What a wonderful thought.
[edit on 17-6-2010 by Southern Guardian]
Originally posted by evil incarnate
Originally posted by justinsweatt
Here you go: you can read through here regarding all of the cases and see what you think.
Sorry but a link to a right wing blog full of links to half assed articles written by WND about wikipedie censoring things is not proof of moneys spent by the president or court cases. LINK TO THE CASES AND THE PROOF OF THE MONEY!
Originally posted by justinsweatt
I was.
Your going under the assumption that I actually voted for Obama.
I did not. I did not vote for McCain either. I voted for none of the above. As far as to why did Clinton and McCain not ask for those? I don't know, you'll have to ask their campaign managers.
Originally posted by justinsweatt
Yes, as a public elected official, he DOES have an obligation.
Again, your bizarre circular argument can go my way. For every time you say "because he doesn't want to have to give anymore credence to this", someone like me can simply say " so if it's not that big of a deal, why seal it, why hide it, why write an EO covering the fact.
Also, if the records are sealed, how could I possibly look into this? I am not a member of the press. I am not a member of Congress to perform the vetting process and this is a ridiculous argument to lay at my feet.
It's not my fault because again you're drawing ridiculous conclusions and making assumptions that I a) ever voted for him and b) there are strict FERPA rules regarding people's college transcripts and only Obama can give the permission to make them public. Instead, he chose to seal them post haste. Hardly in my realm of change here.
I already have and you keep avoiding the question. It pertains to what was his status when he received certain scholarships at Occidental College in California and Colombia. If he chose "foreign exchange student" then there you go.
Why in the hell would a natural born citizen choose to mark that down if they are not a foreign exchange student?
Dual citizenship carriers do not get that perk. We'll never know though because he sealed them, now will we? It doesn't have anything to do with his papers. The only thing I care about is what status did he put on his college entrance papers.
I did not. Interesting deflection but this also begs the obvious, Bush's birth place was not at question here.
The reason why I do bring it up is that Bush produced this information, under much pressure from Congress, and Mr "I sealed my own records" Obama made several statements during that year, when his star began to rise, that Bush should make that information public.
Baseless complaint after another?
Why don't you tell that to the dead Afghan and Iraqi civilians?
Why don't you say that to the people who continue to have their civil liberties undermined, to the point that even the head of the ACLU and the man who wrote the Pentagon Papers is calling his presidency and epic failure on the Civil Liberties front?
Why don't you tell that to the people who have been a victim of illegal wire taps? Why don't you tell that to the people still in Gitmo? Why don't you tell that to the victims of financial loss in this country that Obama's policies have created into the hands of Goldman Sachs? How about the million dollars he received from Goldman Sachs he has yet to give back? What about the guys being tortured under his Justice Department in Islamabad under Blackwater? Or the geneva convention busting predator drones that he is so fond of using? Baseless?! No.
[edit on 17-6-2010 by justinsweatt]
Originally posted by justinsweatt
Look, we all know that the only people looking into this are right-leaning, We are Change blogs, or WND.
I'd be happy to point to another source but you can at least go to Westlaw and Lexus Nexus and put in the cases that are there and get the information concerning the cases there.
I'd love it if more people asked questions but they're not going to. It'll never get figured out. So, yay, you guys win.
Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of JFK and our government has never lied to us.
The end.
Rainbows and Gumdrops.
Obama is the greatest man I've ever known I just didn't know it. Thank you for clearing all of that up for me.
High five. You rawk. You're awesome.
Originally posted by make the blind see
reply to post by evil incarnate
Alright. I'm glad we could clear that up.
I have seen just as much evidence for a Kenyan Birth Certificate as a Hawaiin.
What my main point is, isn't that there's absolutely no way he was born in Hawaii. It's not that I whole-heartedly believe he's from Kenya or any other country. My desire is just that an actual, authentic, long page birth certificate be produced by WHOEVER has possession of it. Until then, I just see it unconstitutional for him to be in office.
I agree, the Hawaiin Certification of Live Birth IS "proof", but anything else can be seen as proof in this debate.
There's simply no way of knowing until someone on the inside comes out in public and actually says, document in hand, "This is the actual brith certificate for Barack Obama, from (Hawaii/Kenya)."
I do appreciate how you're debating this. Too many people have blind devotion to either side, simply because they believe they're supposed to, which is a real shame.
Originally posted by Justice4Jack
I have a question. Why can't we impeach him? And since he has not shown any formal birth certificate, can't he be tried for treason?
Originally posted by Nite_wing
Perhaps this will clarify.
In a court of law, there is a doctrine called the "Best Evidence" rule. That means if the best evidence of an assertion is available, copies of that document will not be admitted, even if verified as exact duplicates, if there is an objection.
Obama's origiinal birth certificate is available. It is the best evidence and citizens are objecting to certified copies. As citizens, they have that right to view the best evidence.
All people want to know is that our most basic laws are being followed. What is wrong with that?
Originally posted by Nite_wing
It is not the original (best) evidence. See you in court.
Originally posted by Nite_wing
It is not the original (best) evidence. See you in court.
Originally posted by Nite_wing
That is merely a Certificate of Live Birth not an original Birth Certificate.
The term "birth certificate" can refer to either the original document or a certified copy of or representation of the original record of birth.
a short form is a document that certifies the existence of such certificate, and is given a title such as "Certification of Birth", "Certification of Live Birth", or "Certificate of Birth Registration.
Look at the top. You will see what it says.
The Certificate of Live Birth doesn't require anything but a person who affirms the person was born.
It has no physician's signature and no attestation.
It doesn't even need to be applied for until one year after the birth.
This is not an official business record as kept by hospitals.
It may be corroborated if there is no objection.
The American people are objecting to a non-sworn certificate.
Check out he Hawaiian website. A natural mother does not even need swear to the truth of the application to obtain this type of certificate.
It is used for many purposes but in a courtroom, an original birth certificate is better evidence than a Certificate of Live Birth.