The United States Supreme Court quietly convened last Friday to determine the need to schedule oral arguments on whether or not President-elect Barack Obama is a natural born citizen and, in turn, eligible for the office of President of the United States. Initially the application for the case of Leo C. Donofrio v. Nina Mitchell Wells, New Jersey Secretary of State was denied by the more liberal voting Justice David Souter. However, the conference was prompted after conservative Justice Clarence Thomas refiled and submitted the application. Twenty other cases (including Philip J. Berg, Esq. v. Barack Hussein Obama) have been filed nationwide which dispute either (1) Obama's status as a natural born citizen or (2) the authenticity of his birth certificate from Hawaii.
This is an extremely confusing situation (primarily due to the morons filing the cases) so I will attempt to explain everything as fully and succinctly as possible.
Moron: Admitting that he believes Obama's certification of live birth from Hawaii is legitimate, Donofrio explains the basis for his argument: "My lawsuit challenges [Mr. Obama's] status as a 'natural born citizen' based upon the fact that his father was a British citizen/subject. Mr. Obama admits, at his own web site, that he was a British citizen/subject at birth. He was also a U.S. citizen 'at birth'. He does not have dual nationality now but the Constitution is concerned with the candidate’s status 'at birth', hence the word 'born' in the requirement."
The Harrowdown Hill: With that being said, the fact that his father was a British citizen has no effect on Obama's status as a natural born citizen of the United States. Section 1401 of Title 8 of the U.S. Code states that an individual born in this country is considered to be a national and a citizen of the United States at birth. And to use Donofrio's "logic" against him (which isn't difficult to do), if he truly believes Obama's certification of live birth to be authentic, the argument against Obama's status as a natural born citizen is null and void. He was born in Hawaii to a mother who was a U.S. citizen. Now if Donofrio is also attempting to claim that Obama's previous dual citizenship plays a role in this situation, then he is completely wrong in that aspect as well. According to the web site of the Department of State, an individual who is automatically granted another citizenship (association by birth, for example) does not risk losing his/her U.S. citizenship.
Moron: In a signed affidavit for WorldNetDaily (a conservative web site with a questionable past), Ron Polarik, a supposed Ph.D. in Instructional Media, addresses Obama's certification of live birth and the difference between that document and a birth certificate.
The Harrowdown Hill: The problem is Polarik insinuates that Obama could have been born anywhere in the world but his mother would have still possessed the ability to register the birth with the Hawaii State Department of Health. This irresponsible assumption places a completely incorrect spin on the situation. As a matter of fact, the web site for the Hawaii State Department of Health states that a certification of live birth registers "a person born in Hawaii who was one year old or older and whose birth had not been previously registered in Hawaii". Is it me or do the terms "born in Hawaii" and "born abroad" seem to be complete opposites? What is amazing (or maybe it isn't once you think about it) is that Polarik is actually a pseudonym. In other words, one of the individuals claiming that the birth certificate of the next President of the United States doesn't even have the stones to use his or her real name. You will have to excuse me if I seem a little suspicious.
Morons: In their respective cases, both Philip Berg and Alan Keyes allege that Obama wasn't even born in the United States but in his father's native Kenya. One of the "reasons" that they and other conservative nutjobs are making this claim is a revised statute which, in their eyes, allows a birth certificate from the State of Hawaii to be issued for children born abroad.
The Harrowdown Hill: The Revised Statute 338-17.8 actually provides the Director of Health with the ability to issue a birth certificate to the legal parents who, while at the time of the birth, were living outside of the state but "had declared the Territory or State of Hawaii as their legal residence for at least one year immediately preceding the birth" of the child. As you can see, the legislation, created twenty-one years after Obama was born, does not speak specifically to children born outside of the U.S. However, that doesn't stop the right wing from manipulating the words once again. What's amazing is that these idiots can't get their facts straight and refer to the number of the revised statute as "338-178" (and not 338-17.8) all over the Internet. At the same time, I haven't heard too much from those same individuals concerning the birth announcements that were published in two local newspapers after Obama was born (http://whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/ObamaBirthStarBulletin.jpg and http://whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/obama-1961-birth-announcement-from-honolulu-advertiser0000.gif).
While we're at it, let's take a quick look at some of the individuals mentioned in the paragraphs above:
1. Leo Donofrio: Donofrio left his career as a practicing attorney in order to become a professional poker player. I am sure the fact that Donofrio has only won just over $46,000 this year and is the member of a two-bit rock band has nothing to do with his case, which was sure to generate public attention.
2. Philip Berg: Berg is currently serving as an attorney but has been sanctioned and fined in the past for ethics violations against his own clients.
3. Alan Keyes: Among other actions, Keyes (1) disowned his own daughter after admitting she was a lesbian, (2) attempted to intervene in the Terry Schiavo case and (3) publicly supported Roy Moore, the former Chief Justice in Alabama, for Moore's refusal to remove the Ten Commandments from his courtroom.
With all of this information in mind, it is extremely important to note that, according to Article II, Section I of the United States Constitution, "No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President". Sound like anyone we know? Could his last name be Obama?
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Dr. Polarik makes no mention in his argument that the COLB is issued by Hawaii to those born abroad; his issue is with the actual image of the COLB. The word in question is only used by the WorldNetDaily author summarizing, incorrectly, the issuance of COLB's by Hawaii.
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I will admit that the quote I previously attributed to Polarik was actually from Janet Porter at WorldNetDaily. (I have since removed that quote from my posting.) At the same time, Polarik undoubtedly implies that Obama was born abroad in his personal blog: "The major problem with a [certification of live birth] is that the birth record it represents could have been requested late, after a child was born, and the place of birth as recorded may be anywhere in the world. Thus, if Obama was actually born in Kenya, his mother could have registered that birth with Hawaii's Health Department when she and her son returned to the island. Obama's original birth certificate which Hawaii's Health Department officials recently confirmed as being on file, could also have come from anywhere in the world."
The consequences of the Supreme Court declining to address the US Constitution’s “natural born citizen” clause on the morning of Monday 12/15/08 — thereafter enabling the College of Electors to transform the crisis from “law” to “political and Congressional”, leading to the ‘inauguration’ of Mr. Obama, are nothing less than catastrophic. Lawsuits by members of the military challenging his ‘commander in chief’ status are INEVITABLE. And a military takeover to oust the “usurper” may be inevitable as well. Where is the media? This is no “tin foil hat” joke.
You are certainly correct with your last sentence. Your comments are definitely past being a "tin foil hat" joke and into the realm of delusional. During the presidential race, the Obama campaign counted more than seventy retired generals and admirals from all four service branches who supported and advised Obama on national security, aerospace, energy and other issues. The majority of those individuals had supported Obama throughout the primary elections and none have "challenged" his status as commander-in-chief since these frivolous lawsuits arose. Aside from the Bush nominated Robert Gates agreeing to remain as Secretary of Defense, Obama has nominated retired Gen. Eric Shinseki for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs post and selected retired Gen. James Jones as his National Security Advisor. Not surprisingly, both individuals with long and successful military careers have decided to tarnish their names by working for someone ineligible to serve as President.
I wanted to follow up on the individual (Aphiemi) who commented first on this particular posting. By reading his/her own blog (http://aphiemi.wordpress.com/), this person is apparently more enlightened than the rest of us. At the same time, you are unable to provide comments on that blog because "the left wing liberals and other Christ haters...don't need yet another outlet to vomit out their retheoric". At the same time, this coward doesn't mind leaving inane statements on someone else's blog. By the way, the word is spelled "rhetoric", not "retheoric".
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