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I was born in Virginia as was all of my ancestors all the way back to Jamestown. I have even visited the homesite of my ancester on Jamestown Island. However, I still had to provide the United States Government a certified copy of my Birth Certificate showing that I was born IN the United States, When I was born and who was my father and mother. Why then is the supposed President of the United States EXEMPT from this requirement and why must so much time and effort on the part of U S Citizens be expended to find out the truth. Also, in my experience in politics (local) I was taught that you could only use campaign funds for the express purpose of running your campaign. If this is true, then how does BHO get away with spending over $800,000 from his campaign fund on attorney fees trying to squash efforts by U S Citizens to force the disclosure of his birth records.

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Submitted by tomwadkins 3 years ago

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  1. Moderator

    tomwadkins,

    If Obama released the long form online, would you believe it was real?

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  2. Twitchy

    Obama asked for a copy of his birth certificate, Hawaii issued him what they issue everybody who asks for a copy of their birth certificate, he displayed it on the internet, just so everyone could see it. What he displayed contains all of the information necessary to prove citizenship. Case closed.

    As for the legal expenditures, please prove that they are all for "trying to squash efforts by U S Citizens to force the disclosure of his birth records."

    Maybe he just thinks it's funny, watching the wackos waste time and money trying to disprove something that's already proven beyond any reasonable doubt.

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  3. mac.mattes

    Let's assume just for a moment, that Barack Obama succeded becoming 44 without a valid birth certificate... HOW UTTERLY STUPID HIS OPPONENTS IN BOTH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOULD HAVE BEEN??? If Obama would be an foreign ursurper with the republicans not noticing it, the GOP doesn't deserve anyting (like that weakling Al Gore, who gave in way to early... look at the shamless coleman-performance! way to go!)

    To sum it up: It has been fact-checked again and again. Obama is commander in Chief. Go shoot yourself.

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  4. ls072456

    i am wondering if his name was barry if we would even care

    3 years ago
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  5. ldrancer

    yea a copy cjw and some forensic expert from orly taitz the one she's already picked. if they looked at it and the guy was an expert and said forgery, would you belive. what does it matter, if it was released and if someone said it was real. are you talking about that certification, people say its fake.

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  6. rjax22

    You make fun of Taitz, but you apparently believe the COLB posted on the internet is sufficient to justify eligibility. Obama has sealed any and all documents to his past. This one incomplete copy of said Birth Certificate on the internet is supposed to satisfy the American public that our leader is who he says he is? Give us a copy of the investigation performed by the FBI that any other government employee has to go through to obtain a security clearance just to be able to work for our government and maybe this issue would go away. There are just too many unanswered questions. American citizens have gone through proper channels to try to get to the bottom of the eligibilty issue to no avail. We have emailed, written, called and faxed our Congressional representives, [even specific committees such as the Congressional Intelligence Committee and the Judicial Committee], the US Supreme Court Justices, US Attorney General, the FBI, the CIA, the FEC, all State Attorney Generals, all State Secretary of State Offices, all levels of Courts with cases in almost every state, and I'm sure the list is not complete. No one has the guts to question the President of the US. They believe by passing the buck the issue will go away. Taitz and a few others are the only ones bold enough to continue the fight for the American public. We have a right to know who our Commander in Cheif really is. His identity will be made know eventually. Someone's conscience will eventually say 'enough is enough' and will accept the pleas of the American public to uncover the truth. I applaud Orly Taitz' persistence on behalf of the 'We thee People'- the citizens of the US.

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  7. phylmike34

    www.wnd.com

    the truth about obama hiding his birth certificate,all the info you need to see its true,barry is a trojan horse and is ilegal,he was born in kenya,his grandmother over there said so.

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  8. Twitchy

    rjax22,

    The copy of the BC on the internet is an official, certified extract of BO's original BC. It's all you need to prove citizenship. It's enough to satisfy anyone except a wacko.

    Do you really think that you can get hold of the results of _any_ FBI background investigation? That's wacko.

    I'm relieved to see, from the list of governmental entities that have been contacted, without effect, that our government isn't totally taken over by wackos.

    Did you see Michael Medved's opinion of birthers? He thinks they're "crazy, nutburger, demagogue, money-hungry, exploitative, irresponsible, filthy conservative imposters" who are "the worst enemy of the conservative movement" and "make us look sick, troubled and not suitable for civilized company." That would, specifically, be his opinion of Orly Taitz.

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  9. ldrancer

    it is not made from the birth certificate, liar.

    kenyan.kenyan kenyan kenyan kenyan kenyan kenyan kenayn lalalalala kenyan kenyan kenyan kenyan, im american, i don't ahve to talk to no foreign. you have to be nuts to want someone foreign. YOUR THE F'ING WACKJOB. IM AMERICAn. i bet you arent. COMMIE F

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  10. ldrancer

    what opinion have you stated? anyway twitch. you spread misinformation call people names, and say it makes you look bad, we spread facts, the truth, you spread bull crap all day long. everyday, and it make syou look, no your a red commie, not us. yellow skin pile of crap, you and every other non-activist. its like this, the constitution matter, you don't noone cares about you if you don't suport the constitution, every other issue is a non-issue, the birth certificate is the only issue.

    KENYAN.

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  11. Twitchy

    You don't have any facts on your side. You probably don't even have any sources, just stuff you've read in forums on the internet, without checking any of the links (if there were any links). You wouldn't know the truth if it stood up in front of you and punched you in the face. You're ignorant and gullible.

    You're obviously immature, and without any critical thinking skills. I bet you've never even read the Constitution, and wouldn't understand it if you did.

    You're American, huh!?!?! How long did you serve, and in what branch of service? I'd be willing to bet that you couldn't pass the psych.

    No, fifth-grade troll is being generous.

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  12. ldrancer

    kenyan. fifth graders say no

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  13. Twitchy

    Still nothing worthwhile to say? No facts, no arguments, no brains?

    You're going to fail this writing assignment!

    3 years ago
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  14. evreport

    Honolulu Star-Bulletin, June 6, 2009

    Question: What is the state's policy for issuing a "Certification of Live Birth" versus a "Certificate of Live Birth"? My first, second and fourth children received certificates, but my third and fifth children received certifications. Why the difference? The certificate contains more information, such as the name of hospital, certifier's name and title; attendant's name and title, etc. The certification has only the child's name, date and time of birth, sex, city/island/county of birth, mother's maiden name, mother's race, father's name and father's race. Why doesn't the state just issue certificates? When did it stop issuing certificates? Is it possible to obtain certificates for my third and fifth children?

    Answer: No, you can't obtain a "certificate of live birth" anymore.

    The state Department of Health no longer issues copies of paper birth certificates as was done in the past, said spokeswoman Janice Okubo.

    The department only issues "certifications" of live births, and that is the "official birth certificate" issued by the state of Hawaii, she said.

    And, it's only available in electronic form.

    Okubo explained that the Health Department went paperless in 2001.

    "At that time, all information for births from 1908 (on) was put into electronic files for consistent reporting," she said.

    Information about births is transferred electronically from hospitals to the department.

    "The electronic record of the birth is what (the Health Department) now keeps on file in order to provide same-day certified copies at our help window for most requests," Okubo said.

    Asked for more information about the short-form versus long-form birth documents, Okubo said the Health Department "does not have a short-form or long-form certificate."

    "The birth certificate form has been modified over the years and decades to conform to national standards and models," she said.

    Okubo also emphasized the certification form "contains all the information needed by all federal government agencies for transactions requiring a birth certificate."

    She added that the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the state's current certification of live birth "as an official birth certificate meeting all federal and other requirements."

    The issue of what constitutes an official Hawaii birth certificate received national attention during last year's presidential campaign. Those who doubted Barack Obama's American citizenship called the copy of the Hawaii birth document posted on his campaign Web site a fake.

    Asked about that document, Okubo said, "This is the same certified copy everyone receives when they request a birth certificate."

    http://www.starbulletin.com/columnists/kokualine/20090606_kokua_line.html

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  15. phylmike34

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    And Barack Obama's attorneys have now taken another big step to destroy the Constitution of the United States -- this time in a California State Court. Those attorneys, working with liberal California State Attorney General Jerry Brown, convinced the Judge in our case to rule that only Members of Congress can challenge the qualifications of Mr. Obama, or any candidate, to serve as President.

    And, the Judge further ruled that such a challenge could only be made on the 6th day of January following the meeting of the Presidential electors, at the session of Congress where the vote of the Electoral College is counted and the results announced. To use the Judge's words, this is "the exclusive means for challenges to the qualifications of President..."

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    We MUST learn the truth about whether Barack Obama is a "natural born citizen!

    But to blunt our efforts to learn the truth, the Trial Court also blocked our subpoena for the college records of Mr. Obama! These vital records could have proven whether Barack Hussein Obama is eligible to serve as President of the United States, or whether he is a USURPER, a FRAUD, sitting in the oval office without any legal authority to do so!

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    We do know that Mr. Obama's legal team is doing everything that it can, in every case filed over this issue; to make sure that no one has access to his birth certificate.

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    So where was Mr. Obama born?

    He claims to have a copy of his birth certificate. That means that either he knows where he was born, or he's lying about having that document.

    And only Barack Hussein Obama's ACTUAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE can answer that question of where he was born. But he has teams of attorneys, all across the country, spending, and doing, whatever it takes to make sure that no one, and I mean NO ONE, will be allowed to see the one document that can clear up this controversy

    Mr. Obama has claimed that his Presidential administration will be the most transparent in history. Yet, he will not make public the one document that could end all of the questions about the legitimacy of his election as President.

    And you have to ask yourself, WHY?

    Is it because this is some unimportant "technicality"? No, a requirement of the U. S. Constitution is not a mere "technicality"!

    Is it because "President" Obama (if he is the President of the United States) has more important issues to deal with, and can't spare the time to deal with such a trivial issue? No, what is more important than the integrity of the Office of the President?

    Or, is there something more involved?

    Another question that the Obamaphiles don't want to answer is why, in 2005, was a law firm with ties to Mr. Obama researching the question as to how to evade the requirements of Article II of the United States Constitution, regarding the requirements to serve as President. 2005? Three years before the Presidential campaign?

    If that doesn't raise questions in your mind, then nothing will!

    And then there's the statements made by representatives of the State of Hawaii!

    According to Dr. Chiyome Fukino, of the State of Hawaii's Department of Health,

    "Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawaii, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawaii State Department of Health has Sen. Obama's original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures."

    Exactly what does that mean? If she can access it, why can't we? It is that very record that USJF financed lawsuits in Mississippi and in Hawaii were seeking to force into the public arena! But Obama's attorneys, and his allies in state government, stopped those efforts cold!

    So, the time of decision is now!

    Do we give up?

    Do we just ignore this threat to our Constitution? To our very form of government?

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    Now is not the time to give up this fight!

    Now is not the time to walk away from the most important Constitutional battle in our lifetime!

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    Will you stand with us?

    Sincerely,

    Gary Kreep, Executive Director

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    P.S. This is the biggest political cover-up in American history! It would be so simple to release the documents to PROVE Obama is a natural-born citizen... IF THEY HAD THE DOCUMENTS!

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  16. phylmike34

    Obama's 'birth certificate' not acceptable in Hawaii?

    Even state requires long-form document for some eligibility, identification issues

    Posted: June 07, 2009

    4:10 pm Eastern

    © 2009 WorldNetDaily

    From the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands website

    WASHINGTON – The Hawaiian certification of live birth Barack Obama posted on his campaign website and distributed to select news organizations as proof he was a "natural born citizen" would not be accepted as a "birth certificate" even for some Hawaiian state government eligibility issues, WND has learned.

    The investigation follows a Honolulu Star Bulletin column Saturday, which quotes a state Department of Health spokeswoman as saying the state's current certification of live birth is recognized "as an official birth certificate meeting all federal and other requirements."

    The website of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, however, states clearly the certification of live birth touted by the Obama campaign, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs and a host of other Obama defenders is not acceptable as a form of identification to qualify under this program.

    As WND has reported, certifications of live birth were widely issued to Hawaiians born in foreign countries in 1961, the year Obama was born.

    Are you motivated yet to join the billboard campaign and clear up the air of mystery surrounding Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to serve?

    The Star Bulletin column goes on to report: "The issue of what constitutes an official Hawaii birth certificate received national attention during last year's presidential campaign. Those who doubted Barack Obama's American citizenship called the copy of the Hawaii birth document posted on his campaign website a fake."

    However, Obama's "citizenship" was never the question raised during the campaign or after the election. The issue raised by WND has consistently been that Obama failed to prove he was actually born in Hawaii and thus constitutionally qualified to become president as a "natural born citizen" – which requires that the birth took place in the United States.

    The qualifications for the Hawaiian Home Lands program require a certified copy of a standard birth certificate – also known as the "long-form certificate" filled out in the hospital and including details such as the name of the hospital and the attending physician.

    "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," the qualifications state. "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."

    According to Hawaii's Department of Health spokeswoman Janice Okubo, the state only issues "certifications" of live births since 2001 when the health department went paperless. It is only available in electronic form, she said.

    "At that time, all information for births from 1908 (on) was put into electronic files for consistent reporting," she is quoted as telling the Star Bulletin. "The electronic record of the birth is what (the Health Department) now keeps on file in order to provide same-day certified copies at our help window for most requests," Okubo said.

    She did not explain how those needing a standard long-form birth certificate to qualify for programs such as those offered by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or to establish proof of eligibility to be president could be fulfilled. She said the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the state's current certification of live birth "as an official birth certificate meeting all federal and other requirements." She did not, however, cite any specific rulings, and the Supreme Court has not taken up the issue of whether the certification of live birth would qualify a presidential candidate as eligible under the "natural born citizen" clause

    Many of members of the public commenting on the Star Bulletin column raised similar questions:

    "I'm fifty years old and I need to apply for a passport," wrote one. "So I scan some representation of COLB onto my Facebook page. If I take my laptop to the DMV, can I just open my laptop to show my web page to the clerk who will then verify my citizenship and issue me a legal passport? I'm sorry but some documents need a paper trail."

    "To be president you need to be a 'natural born citizen,'" said another. "That means you are born in this country of 'parents that are citizens.' Note that both 'parent' and 'citizen' are plural. His father was a British subject and, yes, under the laws of both the United States and the UK at the time [when] he was born, Obama's citizenship was passed by descent of the father. These are the facts. We have laws and no one is above them."

    "There seems to be a great deal of secrecy surrounding this whole situation," said another. "I've read that he has three legal teams keeping his info private. He has also had all his college records sealed. So this is transparency and change? Why all the mystery?"

    Additional controversy over where Obama was born came when the woman the president says is his paternal grandmother, Sarah Obama, claimed to have been present at her grandson's birth in Mombasa, Kenya.

    Joseph Farah, WND editor and chief executive officer, launched a national billboard campaign last month in an effort to keep the issue before the American people. The billboards, being leased around the country, ask the simple question, "Where's the birth certificate?" Farah is asking the public to support his campaign with donations. So far, more than $75,000 has been collected.

    Last week, CBS, the largest provider of outdoor advertising in the country, announced it would refuse requests for space for the campaign. But Farah says CBS' refusal to lease space for the campaign will not hinder it.

    "There are plenty of other billboard companies willing and eager to take our money," said Farah. "The only obstacle to this campaign is raising the money necessary to make it truly a national phenomenon."

    The billboard campaign followed one launched months earlier to collect the names on an electronic petition demanding accountability and transparency on the issue. So far, that petition has gathered nearly 400,000 names.

    The campaign got a boost last week when WND White House correspondent Les Kinsolving asked Obama's press secretary, Robert Gibbs, why the president wouldn't release his birth certificate. Gibbs' response was covered live on C-SPAN and by Fox News Channel and others – excluding CBS.

    It was the first time any member of the press corps has publicly asked a member of the administration a question directly related to Obama's constitutional eligibility for office as a "natural born citizen."

    Congressional hearings were held to determine whether Sen. John McCain was constitutionally eligible to be president as a "natural born citizen," but no controlling legal authority ever sought to verify Obama's claim to a Hawaiian birth.

    Both the petition and the billboard campaign are part of what Farah calls an independent "truth and transparency campaign."

    The first sign to be posted under the campaign, a digital, electronic one, is up and online on Highway 165 in Ball, La. – the result of a donation by the owner. In addition, based on the heavy volume of financial donations in the first days of the campaign, WND was able to commit to leasing three more standard billboards – one in Los Angeles, another in Orange County, Calif. and a third in Pennsylvania.

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  17. tomwadkins

    Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 7:55 PM

    AP- WASHINGTON D.C. - In a move certain to fuel the debate over Obama’s qualifications for the presidency, the group “Americans for Freedom of Information” has Released copies of President Obama’s college transcripts from Occidental College . Released today, the transcript

    indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia as an undergraduate at the school. The transcript was released by Occidental College in compliance with a court order in a suit brought by the group in the Superior Court of California.

    The transcript shows that Obama (Soetoro) applied for financial aid and was awarded a fellowship for foreign students from the Fulbright Foundation Scholarship program. To qualify, for the scholarship, a student must claim foreign citizenship. This document would seem to provide the smoking gun that many of Obama’s detractors have been seeking.

    Along with the evidence that he was first born in Kenya

    and there is no record of him ever applying for US citizenship, this is looking pretty grim. The news has created a firestorm at the White House as the release casts increasing doubt about Obama’s legitimacy and

    qualification to serve as president. When reached for comment in London, where he has been in meetings with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Obama smiled but refused comment on the issue.

    Britain 's Daily Mail has also carried the story in a

    front-page article titled, “Obama Eligibility Questioned,” leading some to speculate that the story may overshadow economic issues on Obama’s first

    official visit to the U.K.

    In a related matter, under growing pressure from several

    groups, Justice Antonin Scalia announced that the Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear arguments concerning Obama’s legal eligibility to serve as

    President in a case brought by Leo Donofrio of New Jersey . This lawsuit claims Obama's dual citizenship disqualified him from serving as president.

    Donofrio’s case is just one of 18 suits brought by citizens demanding proof of Obama’s citizenship or qualification to serve as president.

    Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation has

    released the results of their investigation of Obama’s campaign spending. This study estimates that Obama has spent upwards of $950,000 in campaign funds in the past year with eleven law firms in 12 states for legal

    resources to block disclosure of any of his personal records. Mr. Kreep indicated that the investigation is still ongoing but that the final report will be provided to the U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder. Mr. Holder has

    refused to comment on the matter.

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  18. Twitchy

    Wow, May 8th. And it's now, what, June 14th.

    That story certainly got a lot of traction.

    Except the actual date was April 1.

    Like the whole birther movement, a bad April Fool's joke.

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