Posted on 04/27/2010 11:18:54 PM PDT by STARWISE
If you have been keeping up with the efforts of Americans across the country on the ineligibility issue of Obama, you will have undoubtedly heard about the serious situation involving Lt Colonel Terry Lakin. I had posted his video in a previous article.
The latest update as of this writing is that the US Army is going to proceed with a Court Martial against him. He has been reassigned to Walter Reed Army Medical Center but stripped of the right to practice medicine.
His computer has been seized. He was also on track to be promoted to full Colonel which of course has also been scrapped.
This gentleman has risked his entire military career on trying to finally settle the issue of an unlawful Commander In Chief, a Usurper according to our Constitution.
Are we as South Dakotans, are we as Americans going to just let an honorable man like this lose everything for standing up for the truth?
He is now facing the possibility of being sent to Ft. Leavenworth prison for seeking justice against overwhelming corruption of our political and judicial systems.
Everyone wants to keep making the issue more complicated than it is. There is no need of uncovering sealed documents to prove this case. There is no need of obtaining a real long-form birth certificate. These are all practically unobtainable distractions from the simple core facts.
It is what it is by virtue of not being born to TWO US citizens which he freely admits and is a requirement to be considered "Natural Born".
To back this definition up, the Constitution states that a person is ineligible for President if they are born with dual citizenship as they would have an allegiance to an additional country besides the United States.
There are now 2 different Supreme Court Justices that have gone on the record implying that either he is indeed ineligible to hold the office or acknowledging a concerted effort to cover this up by the US Supreme Court.
Justice Ginsburg has stated what Dr. Orly Taitz had made known a long time ago. In order to be considered a Natural Born Citizen, you must have been born of TWO US citizens in addition to the requirement of being born inside the United States or one of its official territories.
Justice Clarence Thomas has now admitted that the US Supreme Court has intentionally been "evading" the ineligibility issue of Presidents. This was broken in a story by World Net Daily which came out during Justice Thomas' testifying before a House subcommittee hearing. I have embedded the C-Span clip below. This serious issue is the laughing-stock of our Congress.
It is time to bring this issue to a logical conclusion. There have not been any REAL protests in America in many years. By this I mean, protests that do not end until a solution as been achieved. It is time to stand up and be heard. It is time to defend our Constitution before it becomes an official distant memory.
There is also another effort sponsored by Rev. James Manning and will be covered by American Grand Jury.
They are having a people's Grand Jury Trial May 14-19th against Columbia University and Obama regarding the alleged fraudulent degree perhaps issued by Columbia University while it is documented that he actually was working for a CIA front company and believed to have spent those years in Afghanistan. This trial is focused on this particular issue regarding possible fraud of Obama's reported history.
I am asking for help in setting up this effort in Sioux Falls and throughout the State of South Dakota. Please email me if you would like to help defend our Constitution by having the courage to stand up for what is right and peacefully defend the Constitution of the United States of America.
A rally where people go home in a few hours without any resolution or their voices really being heard has not accomplished anything except to be ridiculed and laughed at by the media, our Congress and this illegitimate Administration.
We need to have an ongoing peaceful protest until this matter is finally resolved. All members of Congress and the media are responsible for covering up this issue. It is up to us, We The People to finally make our stand.
Let us come together.
If they (correctly) filed a Consular Report of Birth for the kid born in France, then yes, he’s a US citizen at birth.
“How come nobody is concerned with whether Lakin is actually right or not?”
Please clarify your question.
“He understood the risk. If we are to be a nation of laws, then the sentence must be carried out.”
I’d rather live in a nation that does indeed have laws, but also a nation that mistrusts government, that is merciful toward well intended patriots, and that has congress members who take their oaths seriously enough to prevent this kind of madness.
“How come nobody is concerned with whether Lakin is actually right or not?”
He committed a hate crime against a black president. Understand? /sarc.
Michelle Obama: Kenya is Obama’s Home Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLDHDfPNBME
There’s the evidence.
I doubt he’ll get prison time. He’ll be released from the service, lose his pension and his benefits, but I don’t think he’ll see the inside of Leavenworth.
EVEN BOORTZ gets it now:
THE BIRTHER BILL, By Neal Boortz @ April 23, 2010 8:36
http://boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2010/04/the-birther-bill.html
The Arizona House legislature has passed, what is being dubbed, “the birther bill.” Essentially what it does is require that every presidential candidate that would like to appear on the ballot in 2012 must first produce a copy of his/her birth certificate.
Then I come to find out that the birther types aren’t resigned to just Arizona. They are here in my home-state of Georgia as well. We have Republican Rep. J. Mark Hatfield who introduced a bill modeled after the Arizona bill in the Goorgia legislature.
You mean this stuff hasn’t gone away yet? But ... at the risk of sounding like a “birther,” I do have one question .. and this question is born of a year of watching Obama at work; a year which has taught me that this man will do anything he thinks he can get away with to maintain and grow his power. I’ve watched him manipulate figures on unemployment and jobs creation. He’s lied about his tax policies. In his hyper-narcissistic world he can do no wrong. That just leads me to one question .. one question that has not been answered to my satisfaction: Has the State of Hawaii actually released a bona fide copy of a live birth certificate?
Are ABC, CBS, NBC, FactCheck, and N.Y. Times ‘birthers’ too?
McCain ‘birthers’: ABC, CBS, NBC, FactCheck, N.Y. Times
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=127362
Eligibility issue was huge in 2008 when Obama opponent was focus of attention
4 Supreme Court Cases define “natural born citizen”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2470873/posts
[In a roundabout way, the law is arguably Birther Too]
Vattel Cited: Records of the Federal Convention1787 (Natural Born Citizen)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2499410/posts
Arizona House OKs Birther Bill
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2496602/posts
How the Media Lied about Obama’s Birth Records [A.I.M. nails it.]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2495129/posts
I think he may have a fighting chance on the issue of whether or not his order to deploy is lawful. If the war was a declared war authorized by an act of Congress, then whether or not Obama is eligible for the office would be irrelevant unless the specific order was signed by Obama.
OTOH, if the war is a continuation of a deployment of troops ordered by an ineligible president and not specifically authorized as a declared war by an act of Congress, then any deployment would, as a matter of law, be an illegal deployment, and by his oath as an officer, Larkin would have a duty to disobey that order. In this case Larkin is asking the military to confirm Obama’s eligibility before he deploys. I think such a request is not only reasonable, but it is essential.
According to her, Kenya is Baraks home country. That, for me, settled the issue.
If this man goes to prison, we need a you tube video to go viral. A split screen video of Lakin entering prison in handcuffs with Michelle stating Kenya is Obamas home country. We will email to everyone we know.
When the man is on a self-destructive path then sometimes it's best to stay out of his way.
Isn't this a continuation of a campaign started by an eligible President Bush?
Congress authorized both offensive military actions. Neither are declared “wars”, but the Congress, and apparently by their silence, the Scotus, has recognized that Congress can authorize ongoing offensive military actions by other than formal declarations of war.
I’m assuming they see this as an update to the “letters of marque and reprisal” that the Constitution also sees as authorizations of offensive military actions on a “less than war” basis. In this case, the congressional authorizations of the Iraq and Afghan wars were unanimous or nearly so and actually date back to Sep 19, 2001.
I think LTC Lakin is best served by an appeal to post-deployment stress and the mercy of the court. He’s been end-arounded, and I don’t see him recovering. I also don’t want to see him hurt. He’s an American hero.
On the other hand, I was a career military chaplain and not a lawyer. Jagusafr, though, was a higher-level military lawyer. I’d really trust his judgment on this one.
Seq, I agree. Michelle Obama’s video keeps him out of prison.
If he loses his pension for this, I think he has rights to see all of Obamas documents in a civil case. I think a reasonable Judge and Jury would agree he would have standing.
This could unravel the presidency.
Its starting to look like a slow motion car wreck.
Correct. I have both a British birth certificate as well as a U.S. Consulate report of birth overseas from when my father was station there in the U.S. Air Force.
Unlike Obama, I'm actually able to produce my documents.
IIRC, the authorizations for deployment are limited to 90 days unless specifically authorized by Congress. I don't know whether the authorization for continued deployment in Afghanistan had any time limitations or whether it was open ended. If it was open ended then it was effectively a declaration of war and Larkin is screwed. If it required a request for extention at any time since Obama became president then Larkin would have a valid reason to demand proof of eligibity before deployment. It all depends on whether this is still Bush's war or whether it is now Obama's war.
Obama's video won't even enter in to it.
If he loses his pension for this, I think he has rights to see all of Obamas documents in a civil case. I think a reasonable Judge and Jury would agree he would have standing.
In order to establish standing he has to demonstrate a link between an action by Obama and his court martial. I doubt he'll be able to do that.
Deployment orders are generally open-ended. Secty Gates set policy a few years ago saying that deployments for active duty ARMY troops (LTC Lakin is active duty) should be expected to be a total of 15 months with a guaranteed 12 months at a regular stateside or overseas garrison.
The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (Pub.L. 107-40, 115 Stat. 224, enacted September 18, 2001)
Introduction
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and one,
Joint Resolution
To authorize the use of United a States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States.
Whereas, on September 11, 2001, acts of treacherous violence were committed against the United States and its citizens; and
Whereas, such acts render it both necessary and appropriate that the United States exercise its rights to self-defense and to protect United States citizens both at home and abroad; and
Whereas, in light of the threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by these grave acts of violence; and
Whereas, such acts continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States; and
Whereas, the President has authority under the Constitution to take action to deter and prevent acts of international terrorism against the United States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
[edit] Section 1 - Short Title
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘Authorization for Use of Military Force’.
[edit] Section 2 - Authorization For Use of United States Armed Forces
(a) IN GENERAL- That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.
(b) War Powers Resolution Requirements-
(1) SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION- Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the Congress declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS- Nothing in this resolution supercedes [sic] any requirement of the War Powers Resolution.
Hopefully, this is a crack in the ice jam that is blocking the rest of the so-called “conservative media”. ( Would a large and small bowel analogy would be more appropriate?)
Boortz just can't stand get away with calling elected state legislators crazy birthers. These men and women are leaders in their communities, highly respected, successful, talented, intelligent, and many are **lawyers**. That's just too big of an elephant in the living room to continue to ignore.
But...If Boortz is sooooo smart, why didn't he ask this question two years ago? Why wait until now. Are his brain cells sclerotic?
Personally, I am DISGUSTED with Boortz, Rush, Beck, Hannity, OReilly, Coulter, Medved, Ingram and the rest! I will never trust them again.
Essentially, the so-called conservative media is selling a product. That product is trust, honesty, and integrity. Boortz, Rush, Hannity, when it came to Obama’s eligibility, failed to deliver on one of the most important constitutional questions of the last 100 years.
Some things are deal breakers. The so-called conservative media's behavior has been soooooo derelic and so abysmal that, for me, it is a permanent deal breaker.
Obama has scored a big time Alinsky win. Surely, I can't be the only conservative who will forever hold Rush, Beck, Hannity, Coulter, and Boortz in CONTEMPT!
OK, then, this is not a general authorization of war, but an authorization for THE PRESIDENT to use force. Therefore the current deployments are at the direction of Obama and any current deployment must be at the direction of the President.
I think this strengthens Lakin's position. The joint resolution merely passed the authorization to use force to the president and therefore if the president is not constitutionally eligible to be the president, then Lakin would not be constitutionally required to comply with the deployment orders.
The resolution may have been open ended, but the power to deploy any troops in combat in Afghanistan belongs only the president. The president must therefore be willing to prove his eligibility to deploy the troops before any officer should be required to comply. Officers give their oath of allegiance to the Constitution and not the president. Lakin is merely demanding proof that the orders are constitutional before he complies.
Maybe Obama is just hiding his BC in order to make guys like Lakin look like fools. But even fools are entitled to proof of the constitutionality of an order from the "president" before being placed in a position where they will be giving orders to their underlings that they must obey, orders which can put those under their command at risk of death.
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