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The purpose of the site is to promote Open Government Dialogue, with Transparency of making Government Operations More Open. At issue is the lack of Transparency with recent call for “Pay-As-You-Go” by Mr. Obama. In Mr. Obama’s announcement of “Pay-As-You-Go” he said the following:

“The 'pay as you go' rule is very simple. Congress can only spend a dollar if it saves a dollar elsewhere. And this principle guides responsible families managing a budget.”
“Paying for what you spend is basic common sense. Perhaps that's why, here in Washington, it's been so elusive.”


However, Mr. Obama does not mention he is exempting $2.5 trillion from his version of “Pay-As-You-Go”. Mr. Obama's $2.5 trillion is for his own priority agenda items, one of which is paying for part of his Health Care plan. Nor does Mr. Obama mention that his version of “Pay-As-You-Go” will allow spending increases by creating news taxes or increasing existing taxes. Thus bypassing the spirit of "Pay-As-You-Go".

Mr. Obama’s lack of support for full disclosure of the exceptions to his version of “Pay-As-You-Go” does nothing to lead or promote the government to be transparent and open to the Citizens of this Republic.

Vote this “Idea” up if you feel that NO elected representatives or government employees should fail to disclose important aspects of policies, actions, or legislation that has impact on the Citizens of this Republic.
Currently:
The system of budgeting rewards empire building. More resources, more people, more equipment, more support -- more money budgeted.

The system also encourages politicians to spend more money to effectively pay-off voters to re-elect them.

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Future:
The system should be setup to reward those who come-up-with or do lower their departments spending, thus lowering the budget requirements of the department. For government employees (non-elected or non-appointed positions) the rewards could be some percentage of the amount saved.

The system should be setup to discourage politicians from spending money to pay-off voters. This could be done by reducing the politicians salary and/or benefits; since they are elected to serve vs. being hired. Another possible way would be to lower the number of terms they are allowed to serve.
This could be based on their Federal to State spending per constituent vs. a national average OR based on whether the annual budget is increasing or decreasing the national debt.

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How the actual performance Appraisals are determined and done is not as important as implementing a system that discourages wasteful spending and encourages savings of We the People's hard-earned dollars (aka Taxpayers money).
The key is to hold Politicians, appointed officials, and government employees accountable for the spending of our money.
Two of Mr. Obama's campaign goals were to lower Health Care costs and distance his administration from lobbyists. Both those goals could get a solid start by setting limits on Medical Malpractice Lawsuits. Currently, disreputable attorneys can "throw the dice" when it comes to filing medical lawsuits. Put another way, it is in the best financial interest of disreputable attorneys to file lawsuits that are really not cases of Malpractice, because even if they only settle (or win) one out of five cases, they still hit the jackpot.

For example: A medical case can be in the gray area of innocence and the health-care provider and/or their insurance company will likely settle out-of-court rather than risk getting hit with very expensive civil penalties by sympathetic jury or a jury that is confused between legal arguments and legitimate problems of providing "perfect" medical care to non-perfect humans.

The frivolous and gray area Medical Malpractice Lawsuits reward disreputable attorneys, while doing little to help their clients. The payouts on frivolous lawsuits cost Insurance companies, but those cost are ultimately paid by those being insured. Even if if cost of the insurance is paid by an employer those costs eventually get passed back in the form of more expensive products or lower pay. Thus our medical cost are much higher than they should be.
The goal of this Website, as presented by Mr. Obama, is to promote an Open Government with Transparency. One of the key principles of leadership is to lead by example, commonly referred to as "Walk the Talk".

Mr. Obama in order to demonstrate his firm commitment and belief in an Open and Transparent Government needs to lead by example; by providing a certified and legal copy of his Certificate of Live Birth, despite his prior reservations to do so.

If you believe in double standards, "Do as I say, not as I do", and/or a Government that is secretive, closed, or opaque - vote against this Idea.
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photosrme 9 months ago
A Recent poll shows that is already happening.
photosrme 9 months ago
True Americans already saw Mr. Obama for what he was, a flim flam man. The rest of the population was blinded by his bamboozling because they wanted something for nothing.

They swallowed all his campaign promises. They chose to ignore their first warning, when Mr. Obama went back on his word to stay with Public Campaign Funding.

None of this is to say that McCain was the best choice. The manipulation of the primaries by the main stream media left us with one poor choice (McCain) and one "very bad" choice.
photosrme 9 months ago
Said by tsiya: "NO MORE FEDERAL PROGRAMS!"

Good idea, that does not go far enough.
** Start drastically reducing existing Federal Programs **

No more Free Rides at Taxpayers' expense.
No more Political promises of Free Rides to get elected.
No more Big Brother, time for serious weight loss to cut out all the pork.
photosrme 9 months ago
Why should we provide free health care to people at our expense; when the rest of us have to work to earn money and pay for our health care?

The government has NO responsibility too, nor is the government supposed to provide free health care. The government attempting to do so, goes against the intent and purpose of the Constitution.

Health Care is NOT a right, it is earned and paid for privilege.
photosrme 9 months ago
Not all of them. But quite a few of them.

What else would you expect from someone who both nominates and backs Tax Cheats?

Solve the budget deficit. Nominate more people so they too can be caught cheating on their taxes and have to pay up!

ROFL
photosrme 9 months ago
So nice to see MSNBC find an [cough]UN-Biased[cough] source to back their Pro Obama video. Too bad they couldn't do some real investigative reporting...

The MSNBC report reminds one of the 'Interstellar Network News special report' from the "The Illusion of Truth" episode, of Babylon 5.

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow --> Reporter Dan Randall
Salon's Editor Joan Walsh --> Dr. Indiri
photosrme 9 months ago
"Why do you hide the birth certificate if you are legitimate?"
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Because he has no Birth Certificate. All he has is an image of a supposed "Certification of Live Birth", which came from Daily KOS, curtsy of a blogger via Photo Bucket. The blogger involved may have been Jay McKinnon.

More details on here:
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12956.htm
photosrme 9 months ago
You don't have to wait 8-years or even 4-years. Just put a "supposed" right-wing extremist bumper-sticker on your car, you will get "not feel safe" feeling after you are pulled over.

You do know that you are consider a "low-level terrorist" just for protesting (aka exercising your 1st Amendment right to Freedom of Speech)?

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"Anti-terrorism (AT) and Force Protection (FP) are two facets of the Department of Defense (DoD) Mission Assurance Program. It is DoD policy, as found in DoDI 2000.16, that the DoD Components and the DoD elements and personnel shall be protected from terrorist acts through a high pirority, comprehensive, AT program. The DoD's AT program shall be all encompassing using an integrated systems approach."

The first question of the Terrorism Threat Factors, "Knowledge Check 1" section reads as follows:

Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism activity?

Select the correct answer and then click Check Your Answer.

O Attacking the Pentagon
O IEDs
O Hate crimes against racial groups
O Protests

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The "correct" answer is Protests.
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photosrme 9 months ago
"Please explain why an inspector general that was questioning the abuse of the spending of taxpapers' money be suddenly fired by OBAMA" --
Because the inspector was asking questions that a certain person did not want to have to answer.
No questions, no answers, no issues, no problems, No Impeachment.
photosrme 9 months ago
Because an Open & Transparent government are just words on this Website and have no actual meaning to those in power in Washington D.C.
photosrme 9 months ago
Notice the Main Stream Media (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN) will not ask any pointed/direct questions of the Obama Administration or Mr. Obama.

Ever seen the Main Stream Media discuss this site and some the highest voted "Ideas"?
photosrme 9 months ago
More likely you would be arrested for mailing a Biological Hazardous Material so you could be charged as a Terrorist and shipped off to GITMO.
photosrme 9 months ago
See this link for a summary of the "Ideas" posted here, then filtered through from Phase 2.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Wrap-Up-of-the-Open-Government-Brainstorming-Participation/
photosrme 9 months ago
We have one of the simplest and most reliable paper/electronic ballot systems.

A person simply completes an arrow (fills in the middle of the arrow) to vote for a person or to vote yes or no. An electronic reader scans the ballot and logs the votes right in front of the voter. If there is any problems with the voter's ballot (stray marks, light arrows, double marks, ...), the machine rejects the ballot and the voter can re-vote on the spot.

The voters' paper ballots are kept in the bottom of the machine and picked up in case there is a need for a machine re-count or even hand-verification.
photosrme 9 months ago
All of America should have a say in her Impeaching/Recalling Nancy Pelosi since she is 2nd inline to be Prez and we can not have a Liar for Prez. Never mind, bad argument, we already have one...
photosrme 9 months ago
I am okay with Mr. Obama using Air Force One for legitimate business. However, Mr. Obama use of Air Force One for his "Date Night" was abuse of Office. In poor economic times like these, Mr. Obama should have set an example and kept costs down by having his "Date Night" in Washington D.C. Lead by positive examples Mr. Obama.
photosrme 9 months ago
To Havoc64:

First, thanks for serving your country for nearly 23 years!

Second, your idea is a great one. There is no reason for the current policy of "Spend-it or Loose-it" budgeting.

Third, I have seen the "Spend-it or Loose-it" policy for roughly 20-years and sometimes the policy ends-up costing more than is just spent, because of the need for additional equipment and support.

Sincerely
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
Not "all" supporters of Obama are violent anti-American communists.

Some of Obama Supporters:
-- are simply uninformed of the negative facets of Obama, because of the complicity of the main stream media to protect their boy.
-- believe that Obama's promises are really better for the country because they do not realize his promises amount to Socialism / Communism.
-- just don't care, so long as they get an increase in their entitlements. Why complain about free-rides?

Now there are some Obama supporters who are radical in nature, not necessarily violent. But those radicals can be attributed to Mr. Obama calling upon them to "... argue with them, get in their face ...". Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCMDur9CDZ4
photosrme 9 months ago
Mr. Obama, and his administration is abusing the Constitution for their benefits. If Congress was being led by ethical and moral officials; Mr. Obama would already be facing Impeachment for "high crimes and misdemeanors".

Poster "tsiya" sums it up pretty well: "Democrats only support the Constitution when they can manipulate it, the rest of the time they resent the limits it imposes on their goals."
photosrme 9 months ago
The electoral college needs to stay.

What needs to abolished is the "packed" agreements being made between several states to effectively make the college irrelevant. Further the requirement that a member of the college has to vote for a specific party; despite having legitimate concerns about the parties candidate.

Basis behind the electoral college:
"The first purpose was to create a buffer between population and the selection of a President. The second as part of the structure of the government that gave extra power to the smaller states."

Expanding on the first purpose was the idea that the college members would be (or might be) better informed that regular citizens about candidates. The college members would be in a position to debate candidates to ensure a bad candidate did not get elected by the populace by mistake.

Additional reason: "They feared a tyrant could manipulate public opinion and come to power."
Which is happening when you have a person promising things just to get elected, then doing what ever he pleases.
photosrme 9 months ago
Just vote down any "taunting" Ideals the person posts that are made for the purpose of attention. If the person's immature ideas receive more negative votes, than positive; after sometime their Ideas will move towards the bottom - effectively being deep-sixed.

As for comments made by the person that are "child like" or "insulting in nature" report the comments as abuse and just ignore that person. The person is just trolling and getting his/her kicks when people respond.
photosrme 9 months ago
$25 Million reward here:
http://www.rewardforobamasbirthcertificate.com/

"The owners of this website will pay $25,000,000 to Barack Hussein Obama if he will produce his "real" long-form birth certificate."

Mr. Obama has something very very damaging to hide, or has been offered more money to keep his Birth Certificate hidden, or does not have a Birth Certificate to produce to collect $25 Million.
photosrme 9 months ago
Obama --> Socialism --> Discouraging Success and Rewarding Failure

Liberals / Progressives are about
-- taking money from those who have worked hard to earn their money and saved their money by not wasting their money on luxuries (too expensive homes, cars, vacations, "bling", ...)
AND
-- giving that money in the form of tax-rebates, entitlements (welfare) to those who will NOT work and will NOT save their money. Now they want to take even more money and give it in the form of free Health Care (another entitlement).
ALL for the purpose of
-- buying votes to ensure that Liberals / Progressives get elected, stay elected, and stay in control.

Liberals / Progressives do not want citizens to better themselves. Their entire methodology of governing is based on keeping citizens down-trodden so they are reliant on government hand-outs; thus supporting increasing government hand-outs by voting for more Liberals / Progressives.

Voting for Liberals / Progressives is voting for more and bigger government control, akin to voting for life-long indentured servitude to a near dictatorship.
photosrme 9 months ago
To daz.greenwood:

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what is a "BC" and a "COLB"? is this about identity and work verification or something else?
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"BC" is a reference to "Birth Certificate" (long-form)
"COLB" is a reference to "Certificate of Live Birth" (long-form) or a less used reference of "Certification of Live Birth" (short-form)

At issue is that there is both a short-form and a long-form version of birth records. The confusion comes in when someone tries to pass-off the short-form of a birth record as the long-form version. The long-form has additional important information such as Parent's current/former workplace, name of Hospital, attending Physician, was the birth single, twins, multiple, and etc.

If the person (or document) says "Certification" (note the 'cation') they are talking about the short-form.
If the person says "Certificate" (note the "cate") they are talking about the long-form. (Or at least they are supposed to be talking about the long-form version.)

In Mr. Obama's case he has tried to pass off a Certification of Live Birth (short-form) as a Birth Certificate (which would be the long-form). You can see on the image posted at his website it has "Certification" on the image, yet the website caption for the image says "Birth Certificate". Link: http://fightthesmears.com/articles/5/birthcertificate

As to why the differences between the "Certificate" and "Certification" is critical, it goes beyond just the additional information. During the period of time Mr. Obama was born, Hawaii would issue a Certification of Live Birth to the parents of a child that was NOT born in Hawaii (child was of foreign birth). So long as the parents claimed their child was born inside the United States within a year of the child's birth. (There is more to this - due to his father not being Kenyan, a British Citizen, and his mother not being an American, she was born in the U.S., long-enough to pass on citizenship.)

I hope that answers your question on the BC and COLB.

Sincerely,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To Harold Pack:

Great real-world examples.

Amazing that Mr. Obama bypassed the eligibility requirements to be POTUS as set forth by the Constitution. A position that has the person as Commander & Chief of the most powerful Military in the world. A position that gets security briefings and information that no deputy or citizen with just a passport would be allowed to see or hear.

Wonder how many people realize it can take up to a year (interviews of past co-workers, friends, neighbors, relatives, significant others; review of finical records, search for criminal records, polygraph tests, drug testing, and filing out of forms) for a person to get a security clearance to work at a government job that is doing classified work?

What is more amazing is that supporters of Mr. Obama could careless about the Constitution's requirements. Nor do they care about issues of handing the ability to order the use weapons of mass destruction over to a person who was never vetted, and still refuses to provide proof. [Would you buy a used car from this man?] ;)

Granted some of his supporters do not realize Mr. Obama was never vetted by the Federal Election Commission, never vetted by the Department of Justice, never vetted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or any other government agency. Oh well, ostrich mode - head in sand...

Sincerely,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
Said by blackmonrikker:
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"Yes. But I'm right. Can you say the same?"
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Thanks for confirming you are out of ammo and grasping at straws. This is the kind of "fingers-in-the-ears" that you hear from 3rd-graders. --- I am right, your wrong. No, I am right and yer wrong. Blah, blah, blah. ---

Face-it you posted this "Idea" without thinking it through or even bothering to wait and see what came out about this guy. Turns out he hated Fox News and Neo-Conservatives. Now, the media is saying he doesn't fit with any of the "stereo types" and was just plain crazy with hate.


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"This guy was a NAZI"
What's your point? How does that differ from a birfer?
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If "birfers" were really NAZI's as your try to implicate, there would be no discussions, there would be no calls for legal procedures. Instead, millions would lie dead, while millions more would be lined up to take their last shower.

Your "Idea" and posts shows that you are like some of those on the Left that go around making false claims of Racism against anyone who is against Mr. Obama.


I also believe you are one of the sickos who gets-off on posting B.S. just to tweak a particular group of people. In normal forums, you would be known as a Troll and quickly booted. But this a government forum were Freedom of Speech applies even to Trolls.
photosrme 9 months ago
Is that the best propaganda you can come up with? Geez, you might have something if a "Birfer" had tried to attack people at the White House.

Your getting desperate aren't you?
photosrme 9 months ago
Oh brother...

This comes from a person who says he went off the Grid. Yet he is still connecting to the Internet.

RoFlMAO
photosrme 9 months ago
Great question/point.

The problem is Liberal MSM is not going to ask any questions of Mr. Obama that would make their boy look bad. The MSM is "In the Tank" for Mr. Obama to the point they are losing any remaining credibility.

The word is that if a MSM reporter treats Mr. Obama as rolaylty he/she gets more 1-on-1 time with WH admins and possibly Mr. Obama. If MSM reporter does not suck-up, he/she is on the outs.

When you have MSM types like Newsweek editor Evan Thomas saying: "I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God." or Chris Matthews saying: "I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often." -- you can forget any kind of legitimate unbiased news reporting.


"The Obama Infatuation", Newsweek online article by Robert Samuelson
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The study examined 1,261 stories by The Post, The New York Times, ABC, CBS and NBC, NEWSWEEK magazine and the NewsHouron PBS. Favorable articles (42 percent) were double the unfavorable (20 percent), while the rest were "neutral" or "mixed."
Obama's treatment contrasts sharply with coverage in the first two months of the Bush (22 percent of stories favorable) and Clinton (27 percent) presidencies.
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photosrme 9 months ago
Said by yeti descendant:
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She speaks like birthers type- no sentence structure, no reasonable flow of ideas, and no point.
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At least Palin can speak better than Obama can with his teleprompters. "Ehhhh... Ahhhh... Ummm..."
And the Left made fun of President Bush. RoF!
photosrme 9 months ago
Said by csrbev:
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"I have not seen politicians on either side doing what's right for the country."
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Agreed the whole lot of them should be laid-off/fired/impeached. Time to start with a "clean" group.

We need representatives and public servants that are dedicated to the Republic, not their own personal gains. We need patriots vs. power-mad, money-hungry, _______.
photosrme 9 months ago
The Legislative and Executive branches salaries should be tied to the National Debt. Higher the debt the less they get paid. If there is a surplus, then they get a bonus. To be fair to newly seated or hired people, their first-year's income is not reduced.
photosrme 9 months ago
Said by csrbev:

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If Obama REALLY feels this way, then how come he hasn't made it come to pass yet?
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Because Mr. Obama:
-- has flip-flopped again
-- does not lead by example
-- was hoping people would forget what he stated
-- really didn't mean what he said
photosrme 9 months ago
Instead of the bloated government hiring and raising the cost to taxpayers to support the red-tape bureaucracy, the government needs to be cutting back on its size.

The government should be laying off the same percentage (3.9%) of people that have been laid-off in the private sector over the normal unemployment rate (%5.5 May 08).

Current unemployment approximately 9.4%.
photosrme 9 months ago
This is another case of Mr. Obama's lack of leadership ability and experience. Taking a quick hop on Air-Force One to New York for a "Date Night"; sets a poor example for the nation when citizens are out-of-work and strapped for money.

A great leader would have chosen to have a local "Date Night" that kept the costs down. Based on past costs (since the White House has refuses to be transparent about the cost of "Date Night") released by government on flying President Bush on vacations; Mr. Obama's "Date Night" cost us Taxpayers around $250,000.
photosrme 9 months ago
To blackmonrikker:

We have our differences on the B.C. issue, but I do not condone the racist remark that was used in this "Idea" topic. I am not sure who it was aimed at, but I believe it was based upon a few previous remarks by people.

Regardless of who it was aimed at, I have reported it for Abuse.

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Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
You might as well forget calling upon the government to release the documents you listed because Liberal Democrats are in control and Mr. Obama is one of them.

Now, if Mr. Obama was a Republican, the government would be sending those documents out to every American and the Liberal MSM would be blasting them out non-stop 24x7.

Doubt it? Just remember what the left did to a mere citizen, Joe the Plumber, because he dared ask a question of Mr. Obama.
photosrme 9 months ago
To: blackmonrikker?

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"BIRFERS!! Are you happy with Oily Taint's and Phil Berg's Performance So far?"
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"A few snide remarks, maybe. Assuming things is a trademark of the birfers."
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Sheepeoples!!
Are you happy with your Messiah's performance so far?
Does that Kool-Aid you swilled down, taste as good coming back up?
Still trying to keep from barfing after getting a good taste of BO and BoBo?

Baah once for yes. Baah twice for no. ;)

Pointedly back@U
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To blackmonrikker:

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"Post the law that says he has to disclose that info. I've been asking one of you mental giants to post it for a week now. "
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The law is already posted, its in the Constitution. The problem is the FEC, DOJ, and FBI have been derelict in their duty to Enforce the law.

BTW: Thank-you for acknowledging that we are mental giants vs. the mental midgets of the opposing side.

Thanks again,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
"You don't know any such thing. It's just another long discredited birfer lie. "
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That is solely your claim, without any factual backing. Below you will find information showing that Mr. has been paying a law firm to defend him in B.C. lawsuits.

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President Obama may be using campaign funds to stomp out eligibility lawsuits brought by Americans, as his campaign has paid more than $1 million to his top lawyer since the election.

According to Federal Election Commission records, Obama For America paid $688,316.42 to international law firm Perkins Coie between January and March 2009.

The campaign also compensated Perkins Coie for legal services between Oct. 16, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008 – to the tune of $378,375.52.
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Letter showing Perkins Coie has been involved in the lawsuits can be seen here: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/images/misc/hemenwaytwo.jpg

You can see that Robert Bauer who signed the letter has been involved in the case noted in the letter here: http://citizensagainstproobamamediabias.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/hollister-v-soetoro-dismissed-3-5/

Robert Bauer of Perkins-Coie was involved in previous case: http://citizenwells.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/philip-j-berg-lawsuit-obama-files-motion-to-dismiss-dnc-motion-to-dismiss-september-24-2008/
photosrme 9 months ago
"instead; e-mail,write and call your senators and congressional representatives and let them ..."
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Been there and done that.

The problem is they:
a) do not care, because they know it is long time away from next elections and most voters will have forgotten.
b) are in support of Mr. Obama. So in support that even if Mr. Obama ordered GITMO detainees to be released on the streets of the U.S.; they would still go along with it.
c) actually believe the posted image is court-legal proof -- because of Snopes check it out...
d) are to brain-dead to even read legislation (spending bills) before them, so expecting them to read the Constitution is hopeless.
photosrme 9 months ago
To blackmonrikker:

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Do you suspect that a judge might surmise that a BC signed by a cartoon character is forged? Why would a serious lawyer submit such a document?
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I can only speculate on what Berg's purpose is:
Perhaps, Berg's purpose is to point out to the court/judge that the posted image could be easily forged. That the only way to be certain is to get a legally certified copy that has a chain-of-custody with it.


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Clearly, even if we can't agree on the validity of Obama's REAL BC, we can agree that the Dudley Doright BC isn't valid?
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Sure, I agree that Mr. Berg's version of Mr. Obama's BC signed by Dudley Doright isn't valid.

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Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To blackmonrikker:

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"There isn't any court that is demanding to see his BC currently."
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That is because a court does not initiate cases and because Mr. Obama's legal team has skillfully managed to keep the cases from being heard.
Also helps when you have at least one judge who thinks "Snopes" is the end-all-authority on fact/fiction and carries the weight of law enforcement. RoFL!

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"It's not up to him to do a damn thing."
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It is if he wants to be seen as legitimate President vs. usurper. Would also help him been seen as a leader of his call for Open and Transparent government. Right now his call is looking real two-faced.

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Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To blackmonrriker:

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"No digital image pulled from the Internet will stand up in court. Most (or all) of them have to be photoshopped in order to load into a browser properly."
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Thanks once again for acknowledging my point.
The image posted on Mr. Obama's website is not legally acceptable and therefore is meaningless.


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"Only the original document will stand up in court."
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So where is Mr. Obama's original Certificate of Live Birth or Birth Certificate? Since we both agree that the image posted does not mean squat.

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Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To blackmonrikker:

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You want the president to put up, right? What is he responding to? A BC signed by Dudley Doright?
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Might as well be signed by Rahm Emanuel, because the document is not Valid. The impression seal is missing, signature is illegible, the document has been altered, and it still is not a Certificate of Live Birth! As such, you and Obama got zip, nada, nil for proof.

Any chance, by 2012, Obama and his supporters can come-up with a better tale and better forger?


Back on subject:
Mr. Obama claims he is calling for Open Government, with transparency. To that end, to get people to follow such a call, it takes leadership. That means walking the talk, not just making calls and swaggering away.

If Mr. Obama truly believes in his call for Open and Transparent government and is the leader his supporters claim he is; then it starts with him providing a certified, legal, court-acceptable copy of his "Certificate of Live Birth".

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Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To blackmonrikker:

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"He posted it two years ago. You know that."
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The image was not posted two years ago.
The image was posted around June 12th, 2008 on DailyKos, then the image appeared on Obama's website.


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What you are implying is that this is a FAKE BC. But you haven't offered any proof of that assertion.
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You and Mr. Obama can claim an image posted on the internet is not a "fake", but that is meaningless for three reasons:
1) The sources are highly biased in favor of making such a claim.
2) The credibility of one source has already been shown to be un-credible several times.
3) An image posted on the internet with no chain-of-custody and no certification of authenticity, is not proof and would not stand-up in court.
For example: Obama's Birth Certificate: http://www.whatcomuncovered.com/images/obama-birth-cert-real.jpg
http://lukeamerica2020.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/obama_birth_certificate_dees_small.jpg
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/images/misc/hawaiibirthcertificate1.jpg
Get the point?


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You are relying on the word of an anonymous internet poster called Ron Polarik,
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Nope.
I have study the hi-resolution version of what was claimed to be Mr. Obama's BC. The text that is filled in on the document is not consistent.

Some places the letters are well defined with little to no background blending and in other places the letters and background are blended. This blending (blurring) happens when someone does a cut-n-paste of lettering from one place in a document to another. Other people that have study the document have come to similar conclusions about the text.

Regardless, it is up to Mr. Obama to provide court-acceptable, legal proof. Mr. Obama is the one claiming he meets the eligibility requirements of the Constitution; as such it is time for Mr. Obama to put-up or vacate.

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Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To blackmonrikker:

Us "birfers" as you call us, are interested in verifiable facts for getting to the truth; not empty claims, not PhotoChopped images, conflicting statements from bureaucrats, and liberally-biased MSM propaganda.

As such, talk is cheap, it is time to shut-up or put-up. If your leader has the proof, then call for him bring-it forth. If not then be a red-blood American, stand-up for this Republic, and call for his Impeachment/Eviction.

BTW: If you want to toss around insults (birfers, thickest crowd, ... ) vs. discussing this, we can oblige you.

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photosrme 9 months ago
"You people think I am an Obama shill."
There is No thinking about it, after you said this: "Obama inherited a bankrupt country."

Obama, Reid, & Pelosi took a country that was starting to show signs of economic recovery and drove it deep into debt with their economic Recovery & Reinvestment Act, completion of 2009 budget, and the 2010 budget - all loaded with needless spending, pork, and earmarks. Now the same trio wants to add Obamacare to the heap of spending.

Remember, President Bush left funds from the previous bailout program for Mr. Obama to spend at the start of his term. But that was not enough, so Mr. Obama got his minions in congress to come up with a spending and budget plan that will more than double the national debt in less than four years. The annual budget deficit under Mr. Obama has already quadrupled due to "Porkulous".

Mr. Obama did all this in the first 100-days. This country will not survive the remaining 1320 days of his usurption.

Despite what this administration whans people to believe, (forget the idea of transparency), you can not spend your way out of debt.
photosrme 9 months ago
"Where's the smoking gun?"
The line is getting boring. Kind of like "How's the Kool-Aid taste?"
photosrme 9 months ago
The SMOKE is so thick you can't see all the Guns.
(Akin to standing in a forest and asking where are all the trees)
photosrme 9 months ago
Hello blackmonrriker:

Thank you for posting the link to the article. It was written just this Saturday and I was not aware of the article.

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Ms. Okubo is quoted as saying: "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."
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However, I have not found where the U.S. Supreme Court has made such a ruling or heard such a case before the court. Maybe Ms. Okubo meant Hawaii's Supreme Court?

As for being "Happy"? No, just confused with the conflicting information from state of Hawaii's own web pages discussing two different forms, the previous statements by Hawaii's Dept. of Health, and now the statements in this article.

What is becoming clear -- there needs to be a legal investigation into the matter. One where people are required to provide proof of their claims and statements, along with them being called as witnesses to provide testimony under oath. For the good of this country, the facts and fiction of this entire matter needs to be resolved.

Sincerely,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
Said by blackmonrikker: "As long as the Hawaiian Department of Health says Obama was born in Hawaii, ..."
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The Hawaiian Dept. of Health has never stated Mr. Obama was actually born in Hawaii. Numerous press writers however have taken what DR. Fukino wrote in a letter dated 10/31/08, and tried to extrapolate such a claim. The following is what Dr. Fukino stated in writing.
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"Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, 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 Hawai‘i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures."
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No where does Dr. Fukino state in that letter Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii. Nor does Dr. Fukino say what the Department has on file is the long-form or short-form version, or if the form on file is even from Hawaii.

All we know is there is some form filed in "accordance with state policies and procedures". Which could mean the form for Mr. Obama is in a sealed folder, stored in a fire resistant cabinet, in alphabetical order.
photosrme 9 months ago
To blackmonrikker:

The Smoking Gun you have asked for has been delivered by several here. Must be like the forest for the trees...

How about you cite a legal principle that says Mr. Obama is exempt from the eligibility requirements to legally be POTUS as set forth by the Constitution??

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"How can they do this legally? They simply say do it or (1) you can't fly and (2) you'll go to jail."
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Thanks by the way for acknowledging that your attempt at using, innocent until prove guilty, does not apply to Mr. Obama's requirement to prove he is a "natural born citizen".

As to your statement of: "There is no such thing as a long form BC, according to Hawaiian DOH official ...", well you are wrong. There is a long-form known as "Certificate of Live Birth" and short-form known as "Certification of Live Birth".

In regard to your statement of: "They claim the COLB is legal for any and all federal requirements of a BC", -- post links to where they actually made such statements. Additionally, post links where the Federal government acknowledges that the state of Hawaii can dictate what the Federal government accepts.

"But, again, you haven't posted any law that supports your assertion." Actually, I have in two previous posts. But you have chosen to ignore those posts. Hawaiian law does not recognize the short-form for all legal purposes and in some cases requires the person to provide the long-form.
But here it is once again: http://hawaii.gov/dhhl/applicants/appforms/applyhhl
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"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."
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Note: This also shows Hawaii does have a long form version, despite your claim.

As for this: "It's unlikely you'll get enough votes to change the laws that are currently propping up President Obama." That is a misnomer of a statement. We do not need to change any laws. Mr. Obama is managing to avoid and/or skirt the laws. Of course, given Mr. Obama's position and past behavior, I would expect nothing less.

Sincerely,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
A much bigger problem is all the different health insurance companies, with each insurance company having different insurance plans that generally require different insurance claim forms.

If you want to get an idea of the headaches involved in this, ask your doctor's staff about how many different claim forms they deal with. A better source may be your local pharmacist who has to deal with all the different insurance companies' drug plans, cards, and forms.

The lack of an agreed upon standardized insurance claim form and standardized insurance card costs all of us.
photosrme 9 months ago
To blackmonrikker:

"Some, like me, will think he is within his rights as an American not to show it."
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Which "right" would that be?
Could you point to that "right" in the Constitution or Amendments?

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"Legally, you would lose that fight every time. There is no provision under the law for assuming guilt in such an instance."
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I disagree with your assessment for three reasons.
1) Mr. Obama, being a Constitutional Lawyer knew of the eligibility requirements to be POTUS as set forth in the Constitution. As such, Mr. Obama had no reasonable expectation that he would not be required to provide proof of him being a "natural born citizen" of the United States.
2)The position of POTUS is not a protected right. No one is guaranteed they will be President; the position is one a person can be elected too. The position is also one in which the person serves his/her country, not the other way around.
3) Going by your assessment, please tell us:
- how the federal government can legally require citizens to provide a government issued photo-id when flying commercial? And
- how the federal government can put a citizen on the "No Fly List" without even a trial? And
- how the federal government can legally require citizens to provide their "Certificate of Live Birth" or long-form of their "Birth Certificate" to get a mere passport?

Sincerely,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To: blackmonrikker:

There is no supposition to what Obama (or his campaign) posted on his website being a fake. The posted image itself clearly states it is a "Certification of Live Birth"; NOT a "Certificate of Live Birth" or a "Birth Certificate".
Link: http://fightthesmears.com/articles/5/birthcertificate

Mr. Obama's website posted a misleading caption, knowing that most people would never realize there were two types of COLBs and/or know the critical differences. Let alone know that around the time of Mr. Obama's birth, the state of Hawaii would issue a "Certification of Live Birth" for a child that was NOT born in Hawaii.

The image posted on Obama's website is a lower resolution version that was first posted on the DailyKos website. The DailyKos initially would not state where they got the image from. At some point DailyKos acknowledge they got the image from a 3rd party not associated with Mr. Obama.

The DailyKos image, provided by the 3rd-party, was traced back to one of several "like" images posted on PhotoBucket. Now, even if the image was of a Certificate, there is no legal chain-of-custody for the image. It also brings up the question of just how did this 3rd-party get a supposed "copy" of the short-form, if the state of Hawaii will only provide copies to Mr. Obama?

Just for an exercise, let us suppose for a minute that the image posted on Mr. Obama's website actually stated it was a "Certificate of Live Birth" and the supposed image first appeared there in the original high-resolution version.
- Why should citizens believe that the image is the real thing, when the person making the claim refuses to produce the original for inspection? OR
- Why should citizens take a person's word that something is as he/she claims, when the person has been deceptive with his/her past claims?

Put more bluntly: Would you buy a used car from a person who claims the car is in perfect running order, will only show you an image of the car, and will not let you test drive the car?

BTW: Your all-caps question is cleverly loaded - as such:
Where can we see a certified legal copy of Mr. Obama's Certificate of Live Birth that would make "NORMAL" Americans, such as myself, agree Mr. Obama meets the eligibility requirements to be POTUS as set forth by the Constitution?? ;)

Politely,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
Excellent Idea.
Don't forget the Bumper-Stickers.
photosrme 9 months ago
Thumbs up on good example!
photosrme 9 months ago
Good point/idea -- "Obama instead of talking at the people should talk WITH the people via the web"

However, you would still end-up talking with TOTUS (the man behind the curtain typing in the text to the teleprompters).
photosrme 9 months ago
"It seems to me that the Executive Branch could ignore any or all of our ideas."

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It could be the purpose behind this site is to allow people to "vent" and to make people "feel" like the White House administration is listening. We will see...

Now, if we had real leadership in the White House, the Senate, and the House - there would be NO need for this website. Kind of ironic that we elect these people to represent "We the People" and to lead the country (Republic); yet they don't have a plan, idea, or clue. Other than to spend, tax, spend, tax, tax, spend, tax, tax, tax...
photosrme 9 months ago
So in essence you want to know who is pulling Mr. Obama's strings or who's hand is making his lips move...
photosrme 9 months ago
"It could also mean 'My BC is none of your damn business.'"
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It could also mean Mr. Obama does not have a CoLB to show. :o

BTW: What is actually in Mr. Obama's BC may not be our business - as you claim; but whether Mr. Obama meets the eligibility requirements set forth in the Constitution to be POTUS is our business.


Mr. Obama himself created the pickle he is now in. If Mr. Obama had not been deceptive in the past, he might have gotten away with the normal "benefit of the doubt" afford people.

But his past Clintonesque speak has made people realize he can not be trusted at his word. Which makes him a dangerously liability for this country -- in that no foreign leader will trust him at his word in a crisis.
photosrme 9 months ago
"He probably hasn't spent more than $20K."

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President Obama may be using campaign funds to stomp out eligibility lawsuits brought by Americans, as his campaign has paid more than $1 million to his top lawyer since the election.

According to Federal Election Commission records, Obama For America paid $688,316.42 to international law firm Perkins Coie between January and March 2009.

The campaign also compensated Perkins Coie for legal services between Oct. 16, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008 – to the tune of $378,375.52.
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Letter showing Perkins Coie has been involved in the lawsuits can be seen here: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/images/misc/hemenwaytwo.jpg

You can see that Robert Bauer who signed the letter has been involved in the case noted in the letter here: http://citizensagainstproobamamediabias.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/hollister-v-soetoro-dismissed-3-5/

Robert Bauer of Perkins-Coie was involved in previous case: http://citizenwells.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/philip-j-berg-lawsuit-obama-files-motion-to-dismiss-dnc-motion-to-dismiss-september-24-2008/
photosrme 9 months ago
["if he has nothing to hide why hide it? "]
If he had the long-form CoLB he wouldn't hide it.
But since he himself can not legally prove he is a natural born citizen, he has to hide from it.
photosrme 9 months ago
To evan.mcgown:

Please justify your statement that we need to: "apologize and make ammends (sic.) for our 500-year abuse and systematic oppression of Native Peoples."

First-off, this country has not even been around 1/2 the years you claim.
Secondly, Native Americans have the same rights as the rest of us.
Third, they do get free medical care. Something most of us have to pay a lot of money for.

Politely,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
The problem is this would leave out those who work behind the scenes (or do not interface directly with the public), yet they are doing great work.
photosrme 9 months ago
Judge Sotomayor is not qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice. Only 40% of her cases that have gone on to the Supreme Court have NOT been reversed. You would think Mr. Obama having been a Professor of Law, would know a failing grade (59-50 = F) when he it is staring him in the face.

If most of us performed that badly, we would be fired, and deservedly so. Only in our government do they actively promote failures.
photosrme 9 months ago
To mac.mattes:

Calling you on your claim of:
["To sum it up: It has been fact-checked again and again. Obama is commander in Chief."]


Show all of us where "it has been fact-checked" even once by legal authorities such as the FBI, FEC, or DOJ.

Snopes, FactCheck, and/or DailyKOS do not count in that none of them are legal authorities. There input in the matter amounts to nothing more than opinions.

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photosrme 9 months ago
To pcbcraft & evereport:

The decision was passed down to Marty Brunson, Exec. Director of Catch-A-Dream, by Carol Darby, spokesperson for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command in Fort Bragg. The decision by Carol Darby is based on legal guidance coming from recent HR 1388 legislation.

The legislation was part of H.R. 1388 the American Service Act.
(See this link: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1388/text
(and search for the following: "after section 132")
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Here is that particular section of the law stating what activities are prohibited.

SEC. 1310. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.

Subtitle C of title I (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 132 the following:

‘SEC. 132A. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.

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‘(a) Prohibited Activities- An approved national service position under this subtitle may not be used for the following activities:

‘(1) Attempting to influence legislation.

‘(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.

‘(3) Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing.

‘(4) Impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements.

‘(5) Engaging in partisan political activities, or other activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to Federal office or the outcome of an election to a State or local public office.

‘(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials.

‘(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of proselytization, consistent with section 132.

‘(8) Consistent with section 132, providing a direct benefit to any--

‘(A) business organized for profit;

‘(B) labor union;

‘(C) partisan political organization;

‘(D) nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, except that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent participants from engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative; and

‘(E) organization engaged in the religious activities described in paragraph (7), unless the position is not used to support those religious activities.

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Try Googling for "obama servicemen faith speak"

Respectfully
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
"the Islam"
Your supposed to use the politically correct term of "the Religion of Peace".
;)
photosrme 9 months ago
Hi ricardomigrant:

Yes, unfortunately empire building exists even in private industry. The amount of resources wasted in doing so impacts all interested parties. I have seen people not get raises or miss-out on essential business training; all because another manager was wasting money building up his empire.

In one case, by the manager adding more workers, he was able to add a couple more supervisors, which led to him getting authorized for a new set of offices for his now bigger staff, along with all new furniture. Almost a half-million dollars was wasted. Take that one case and magnify it to be representative of Big-Brother and you are talking billions of dollars of waste.

Along those lines, one of the government waste policies is the "user it or loose it" budgeting system. If you don't spend all your allocated budget this year, next year your budget is reduce to less than what you spent this year. Another area of waste is you have to spend the allocated money this year, even though it would be better to hold off spending the money for another one to two years.

Overall, the current system is rigged to encourage spending. There needs to be something done to encourage savings and discourage spending. Rewards are the best motivational method. But sometimes you have to have repercussions for unacceptable behavior.

Sincerely,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
But isn't this like asking the proverbial fox to watch over the hen house?

Kind of along the lines of Mr. Obama's campaign doing a self internal investigation into the selling of Mr. Obama's Senate seat. ''We have determined we are not guilty.'' Roll-eyes-here...
photosrme 9 months ago
Both the Legislative (Congress) and the Executive (POTUS) branches should be tried for incompetent financial management.

The economic and reinvestment (Porkulous) Act was loaded with unnecessary and unjustifiable (wasteful) spending. The unbalanced (deeper in debt) 2010 budget was the ultimate in incompetent fiscal management of OUR money.

The problem is government representatives and officials will keep wasting money on entitlements (aka increasing welfare) because it "buys them votes" or ensures they keep their jobs.
photosrme 9 months ago
Yeah right.

Like the promise to send the terrorist state of Palestine nearly a billion dollars was pro-American.

Anyone involved in eventually sending that money to the terrorist state should be tried on charges of Treason, including Mr. Obama.
photosrme 9 months ago
Illegal Aliens here in the United States are Criminals. Hunt them down like any other criminal, and deport them. If they are caught here Illegally in the United States a second time, ship them to a place like GITMO.

No more Political Correctness. No more molly-coddling. Illegal Aliens cost we the taxpayers.
photosrme 9 months ago
Supporting this only to challenge Mr. Obama as to whether he truly backs an Open and Transparent Government. :)
photosrme 9 months ago
To blackmonrikker:

[q]"Oooh. That's gonna hurt."[/q]

Your right it is going to sting. Liberals are notorious for being able to dish-it-out, but choking on their own dishes. RoFL

Obama Lied and the Republic Died !
Obama is as Obama does.
Impeach Obama!
Obamaaid - Liberal KoolAid.

Can you taste the bile coming back-up yet???

Humorously,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To pcastline:

Please post a link with regards to the following:

"The Supreme Court has already refused further consideration of the birth certificate claim because it was deemed 'without merit'."

To the best of my knowledge the Supreme Court has never ruled on Mr. Obama's claim of being a "Natural Born Citizen". My understanding is legal requests to do so never reached the Supreme Court Justices and were being scuttled by one (or more) Supreme Court staff members due to their political bias.

Politely,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
I don't care who is in office and which party they represent -- I am against any person serving more than two terms.
photosrme 9 months ago
You mean "Rite of Passage"???
photosrme 9 months ago
Enough said: "'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.'"
photosrme 9 months ago
To blackmonrikker:

"The exhaustive research you describe is Swiss cheese log full of holes, suppositions and lies."

And where is a single shred of legal proof that Mr. Obama meets the eligibility requirements as set forth by the Constitution to be POTUS?

The image posted on the internet is NOT legal proof. An image by the way, that originated not from Mr. Obama's campaign but came from one of several posted on PhotoBucket that a blogger sent to DailyKos, which first posted the image. An image that has been shown to be a fake.

Snopes.com and FactCheck.org claims are irrelevant. Neither are legal entities, as in the FBI, FEC, DOJ. Both Snopes and FactCheck of claims amount to nothing more than non-legal opinions.

Mr. Obama posted a lower resolution/modified version of the image and claimed it was something it was not. The document clearly states it is a "Certification of Live Birth" NOT a Birth Certificate as Mr. Obama claims it is. Even if the document were real, Hawaii itself does not consider it legal proof of being born in Hawaii.

The burden of proof is on Mr. Obama since he made the claim and his claim has been shown to be bogus.

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photosrme 9 months ago
?? How many times before getting the free rides on Air Force-1 and Marine-1 did Mr. & Ms. Obama hop on a commercial jet and fly from Chicago to New York just for a "Date Night" ??

It is one thing for POTUS to take a legitimate vacation using Air Force-1 and Marine-1, but it is another to abuse the privilege. It is very hard to justify given the current economy and the trillions of dollars we are in debt and the billions of dollars in annual deficit.
photosrme 9 months ago
"Not a racist are you? Na-a-aw couldn't be!"
Pretty Typical, anytime somebody says something negative about Mr. Obama - they are automatically labeled a Racist by Mr. Obama's followers.

The ongoing racist accusations have made those leveling them a joke in that it shows they have no other argument.

Remember that it was Liberal, Reverend Jesse Jackson who called Mr. Obama the "N-Word".
photosrme 9 months ago
Filing a complaint with PETA -- in that this Idea is an insult to Baboons.
photosrme 9 months ago
Hard to believe but here is an article on it:
http://turnerradionetwork.blogspot.com/2009/06/obama-sell-b-2-bomber-blueprints-to.html

[quote]On April 1st, President Obama spoke to Chinese Premier Hu Jintao during the G20 Summit. During this meeting, Mr. Hu expressed interest in writing off some of the US debt in exchange for military technology. The President has since referred the matter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

The Defense Department is reportedly furious with the President's proposal to sell blueprints of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to the People's Republic. Gates has flatly rejected the President's plan, but has since been asked to step down if he will not facilitate the process.

According to the deal, the United States would sell the plans for the B-2, along with radar-absorbing paints and metals in exchange for $50 billion in debt relief. The B-2 cost the US government $23 billion to develop the bomber in the 1980s.[/quote]

Should this happen, all those involved in selling of this military technology (or similar) should be prosecuted for Sedition and/or Treason.

If indeed Mr. Obama even entertained such an idea with the Chinese, it would be grounds for Impeachment. Congress needs to pursue this.
photosrme 9 months ago
Equal Taxation -- Everybody pays the same amount of Taxes. Not a percentage, but a fixed dollar amount. No exceptions poor, middle, rich, all pay same amount of tax dollars. This includes Mr. Obama's administration nominees, especially Tim Geitner.

Equal Taxation would discourage people from demanding more and more benefits from Big Brother.
You want it -- you pay for it.
photosrme 9 months ago
"We need government run healthcare (sic) now"

That is one of the last things we need.
The United States Government can not even run itself effectively and efficiently. Why do you think we are in such deep national debt!

The government just passed another over budgeted annual budget for 2010.

Want to see total incompetentcy?

Look at the earmarks and pork spending in the Economic Recover and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Along with the fact, most of our supposed representatives did not even bother to read the Act.

Even though we are deep in debt, our government is sending billions of dollars to foreign countries. Stupid is as Stupid does.
photosrme 9 months ago
Good Tongue-n-Cheek Idea...
photosrme 9 months ago
"Apparently you get to comment on what the webmaster determines to be a valid subject....

Don't you mean: "Apparently you get to comment on what Mr. Obama determines to be a valid subject...."
photosrme 9 months ago
Very hilariously good!

OBONGO CLAIMED: "Islamic has given us some majestic arches and soaring spires..."

Oh puhleeez! Now, Obongo is just getting absurd. I mean, come on, folks. Arches? Anybody heard of Rome?

RoFL !!!
photosrme 9 months ago
Sounds like a good "educational" Idea.

Problem is few if any of those who "complain bitterly about paying taxes" would go to such a Web page. Some of the worst complainers are those that are on Welfare and those who believe the rich do not pay taxes. Which is blown away when you look at who pays what share of Individual Income Taxes.


Bottom 50% (making under $30,881) of the taxpaying public pay ONLY 3.07% of individual income taxes.

Top 50% (making over $30,881) of the taxpaying public pay 96.93% of individual income taxes.
Top 25% (making over $62,068) of the taxpaying public pay 85.99% of individual income taxes.
Top 5% (making over $145,283) of the taxpaying public pay 59.67% of individual income taxes.
Top 1% (making over $364,657) of the taxpaying public pay 39.38% of individual income taxes.
photosrme 9 months ago
To ncredsoxfantic:

Counter to what you 'think you know'.
The problems started under a Democratically controlled Congress two years before President Bush's term ended.

Fanie Mae and Freddie Mac were regulated into giving out loans to people who should never been given a loan because they could not afford the loans. The Democrats push these faulty regulations, despite Republican protests. The entire financial disaster of the economy rests solely at the feet of Democrats.

Mr. Obama has spent more money and racked up bigger national debt than all the previous Presidents combined.

Respectfully,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
"There has got to be a reason that President Obama will not show his birth certificate, and I'm making the assumption it is not a good reason."

It is because Mr. Obama does not have one to show.
photosrme 9 months ago
If Obama really believes in an Open Transparent government and he wants both citizens and government employees to hold the same belief; then he has to lead by example -- by releasing a certified legal copy of the long form of his Certificate of Live Birth.

The more he refuses and fights this the more he looks like a hypocrite on Open Transparent government.
photosrme 9 months ago
Obama would show his CoBL (long version) if he actually had one to show.
photosrme 9 months ago
Great Idea, but it will get trash-canned.

Big government is the cornerstone of controlling people. Big government takes from those who have and gives to those who don't -- in order to buy votes so Big government leaders stay in power.
photosrme 9 months ago
Common misconception, there is nothing in the Constitution or the Amendments about the "Separation of Church and State".

1st Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ..."

Which is to say: 1st Amendment prohibits the establishment of a national religion by the Congress or the preference of one religion over another.
photosrme 9 months ago
To ricardomigrant:

"This site is intended to provide good ideas for our Administration. Who cares who gives a good idea?"

Because the supposed good idea could be voted-up by another government. An idea that is not in the best interest of the United States, but is in the best interest of the foreign government.

Respectfully,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
Nope. They are here without permission or authorization, no passport, no green-card, etc. That makes them criminals, which means they are Illegal Aliens to this country.

No more Political Correctness. Illegal Aliens should be searched-out, arrested, and deported. If an Illegal Alien is caught here after being deported the first time, they should be sent to prison for their criminal behavior. Preferably a cheap prison outside the U.S.
photosrme 9 months ago
I am for the Consolidation so long as the Consolidation occurs under an "Idea" that addresses the issue in a positive manner.

That is to say, I would be against any Consolidation if it is done to make the "Idea" look bad or the "Idea" written so as to be ridiculed by the Liberally biased Media (CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN).

The numbers both for and against similar "Ideas" would have to be reconciled so as not to duplicate peoples votes.

I am already bothered by the fact, several such "Ideas" have been deleted that had very high positive vote numbers. Effectively silencing people's concerns and voices.
photosrme 9 months ago
To Peacefrogindy:

As much as I would like to vote "Looks Promising" for your idea of --

"Please look into allowing only tax paying citizens the right to cast a vote. I am tired of entitlement recipients and fabricated voters"

-- knowing that ~1/2 the country pays both their taxes and the other ~1/2 of the country's taxes due to how the tax system is setup...

I can not in good conscious do so being a strong believer in the basis for this country, the Constitution and the Amendments.

However, I do believe it is time to set strict limits on government entitlements (aka Welfare) and stop politicians from "buying votes" with increasing entitlements.

Sincerely,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To creeksneakers2:

"Its unpatriotic to spam."

Yet it is patriotic to delete an "Idea" on transparency and leadership that is not popular with the Left when it is has over 2,000 votes over "I'm Not So Sure.."

Nothing like stacking the deck is there?

Respectfully
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
Hello santorajj:

I seriously doubt that even if the "Ideas" that are being deleted, were voted to the very top of the heap; that those "Ideas" would make it to Phase-2. Let alone ever be passed onto the White House or see any kind of National attention.

Sincerely,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To Seeu55:

Thumbs up to you for achievements !!!
"I worked my way through college and grad school, the latter as a single mother."

If only more Americans would do as you have done, we would not have the problems we do now!

Congress and the Administration are now all about encouraging mediocrity/failure, while discouraging success.

Sincerely
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To Gretchen Harwood:

You say you are not a spammer, however you have posted:
29 comments with the single line of --
http://mediamatters.org/research/200905280018
AND
130 comments with the single line of --
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terry-krepel/joseph-farahs-lie-about-w_b_152570.html

That is a total of 159 comments with nothing more than a Web page link.

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Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
That would be a convenient idea. The problem is the entire "Special Forum" would disappear, like so many other posts have. So much for transparency...
photosrme 9 months ago
Thanks after seeing numerous posts disappearing it is time to ask the people involved with and running "National Academy of Public Administration" --
If they are politically neutral (non biased)
OR
If there is a balance of representation Liberal, Moderate, Conservative, Republican, Independent, Democrat, middle, left, right...
photosrme 9 months ago
Somethings Mr. Obama should keep in mind:

'High Crimes and misdemeanors' has been defined as follows: "dishonorable conduct or a breach in the public trust."

At the time the Constitution was written, misdemeanors meant: "bad behavior - (neglect of duty and corruption were given as examples)"

Alexander Hamilton considered 'high crimes and misdemeanors' to mean: "violation of public trust."

President "Bill Clinton explained 'high crimes and misdemeanors' as follows: 'I think the definition should include any criminal acts plus a willful failure of the president to fulfill his duty to uphold and execute the laws of the United States. [Another] factor would be willful, reckless behavior in office; just totally incompetent conduct of the office and the disregard of the necessities that the office demands.'
photosrme 9 months ago
"I always hear from the Government that when they invade the privacy and lives of the citizenry, "If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about." Well Mr.President, if you've done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to worry about."

A very valid point about Open Government and Transparency - In this case a Double Standard
photosrme 9 months ago
To Art Lee:

So what is your point about the statement from Hawaii's Health Director?

Fukino, makes no reference as to which document (long or short) is on file. In fact, Fukino does not even say the document on file was issued by the state of Hawaii.

And no offense to Director Fukino, but his word alone is not enough. Not for something of this magnitude. This is about confirming a person's eligibility to be Commander in Chief of the World's most powerful Military.

You do realize, you can't even get a Govt. Security Clearance on somebody's word? It takes anywhere from 6 months to a year of digging by Federal agents to get cleared. Even then you will be required to take a polygraph test, along with providing a lot of personal information and documentation.

Sincerely,
Photosrme - A very concerned Citizen of the U.S.A.
photosrme 9 months ago
I personally spoke with several different FBI offices, none of them could state that the FBI had verified Mr. Obama was indeed a Natural Born Citizen of the United States.

An FBI agent has stated the FBI is not allowed to make such an investigation due to the rules the FBI was setup and run under (their Charter? - Mandate?).

The Federal Election Commission has stated in a court brief it is not their duty or responsibility to verify a candidates eligibility for office.

The only "vetting" that was done as to Mr. Obama meeting the eligibility requirements to be POTUS is by his own campaign, coupled with several Left leaning websites/blogs.
No bias there! LoL
photosrme 9 months ago
Dear David:

The short-form is not accepted by Hawaii for purpose of actually being born in Hawaii:

"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)."

If the "Certification of Live Birth" (short-form) is not good enough for Hawaii, then it sure is not good enough for someone who would be Commander and Chief of the Military and would have the power to authorize the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

The question becomes, if Mr. Obama did indeed release his short-form (some say it is a forgery); why is Mr. Obama refusing to release his long-form COBL? What is on that form? Or is it a case of that form does not exist?

Realize no one has ever stated there is a "Certificate of Live Birth" (long-form) on file for Mr. Obama. Not even Fukino, Hawaii's Director of Health has made such a claim.

Respectfully,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
Dear Mr. Langer:

Factcheck.org carries no weight with regards to Mr. Obama's citizenship. Factcheck.org has no legal authority. Factcheck.org is coupled to Annenberg which has ties to Obama's campaign, thus they are not an unbiased source.

Sincerely,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
To David Langer:

Factcheck.org is just that an organization with no legal authority. Factcheck.org relies more on what people put into its name, as if its the last word on everything. Factcheck.org has no legal expertise in document forensics.

Note the pictures they posted do not show the seal impression with Mr. Obama's name. They show the seal impression by itself. It is not shown on the full document, even though by the camera and light angles it should be visible.

In short, Factcheck's statements amount to nothing more than opinions with regards to Mr. Obama's Certification of Live Birth, which is not the same as Certificate of Live Birth.

The fact is, this could all be put to rest if Mr. Obama would just release a certified legal copy of his Certificate of Live Birth (long-form) for inspection vs. keep trying to rely on Factcheck and Snopes.

Respectfully,
Photosrme
photosrme 9 months ago
Problem with this Idea is it is open to abuse by the President. For example: The President could line-item veto lines that are for military spending in lieu of spending for Welfare.
photosrme 9 months ago
To luvwith:

FactCheck.Org is not an official law enforcement agency, they do not have any expertise in document forensics, and have no more legal credibility than any other Tom, Dick, or Harry. The pictures they have shown do not match. The raised seal is missing in the images where you can see the name Obama. The form displayed is also the short form, which could be issued for a child without proof that the child was actually born in Hawaii. Further, FactCheck.Org is tied to Annenberg, which is tied Mr. Obama.

Snopes.com, is also not an official law enforcement agency and is in fact run by a private couple. They do the best they can, but Snopes has never seen a legal certified copy of Mr. Obama's Certificate of Live Birth.

As for the director Hawaii’s Department of Health, the director never stated Mr. Obama was actually born in Hawaii. The director never disclosed which form (long or short) was being referenced or if the form was even Hawaiian. Read the director's stated wording closely vs. jumping to the answer you want to see.

The birth announcement is meaningless, in that an announcement could be placed with out any proof of accuracy. A child could be born in Paris, France and the newspaper would have placed the announcement as written stating the child was born in Hawaii. Not hard to comprehend given the lack of fact checking done by today's media.

This has to be the weakest argument ever posted on the topic: "He also confirmed that the information in the short form birth certificate is sufficient to prove citizenship for "all reasonable purposes." Key wording being "reasonable".
The position of President calls for more than "reasonable". The position calls for absolute proof. We are talking about a person who has command and control of the military and weapons of mass destruction. We are talking about a person who is giving security briefings on highly classified information. We are talking about a person who runs the executive branch of an entire country.

In short, the veracity of the groups claiming the purported short-form is authentic is highly questionable. The short-form in itself does not legally establish that Obama is a natural born citizen.

As stated by the "Idea" if Mr. Obama wants to lead by example and clearly demonstrate that he believes in an Open and Transparent government, one that can be trusted by "We the People", then Mr. Obama needs to "Walk the Talk" and provide a legal certified copy of his "Certificate of Live Birth" (long form).

Respectfully,
Photosrme