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Vice President Joe Biden told a joke about Barack Obama's birth certificate at the Gridiron dinner in Washington, D.C. last night.The joke was reported by Mike Allen at Politico in his article about Biden's intentionally funny speech (as opposed to his usual foot in mouth routine.):"You know, I never realized just how much power Dick Cheney had until my first day on the job. I walked into my office, and you know how the outgoing president always leaves the incoming president a note in his desk? I opened my drawer and Dick Cheney had left me Barack Obama’s birth certificate."Numerous...

From Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.: "President Obama demonstrated his citizenship during his campaign by circulating copies of his birth certificate, which showed he was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961." From U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla.: "The claim that Barack Obama is not a citizen of the U.S. is false. This rumor is simply election year politics." She referred questioners to Snopes for documentation. From U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich.: "Rest assured, however, I will well remember your concerns regarding this issue during the 111th Congress." From Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas: "I welcome President-elect Obama's commitment to reform the...

Twisting a Philadelphia sports slogan, about 30 protesters stood at the gate of Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie's Wynnewood mansion yesterday and shouted, "Pay, Eagles, pay!" Under the watch of about a half-dozen Lower Merion Township police officers, members of the activist group ACORN held a half-hour "tailgating" protest, complete with grilled hot dogs, at dusk. The protesters contended that the Eagles still have not shared with the city money from rents on luxury boxes from when the team played at Veterans Stadium. No one from the house came to the gate during the protest. A telephone call to an Eagles...

On the heels of two active duty members of the U.S. military serving in Iraq calling for President Obama to prove his eligibility to be president, a retired major general has agreed to join the case, saying he just wants "the truth." WND reported earlier when 1st Lt. Scott Easterling confirmed to California attorney Orly Taitz that he wanted to be a plaintiff in the legal action she is preparing on behalf of members of the U.S. military, both active and retired. A second soldier who asked that his name be withheld for now became part of the action just...

Here are some. Pretty impressive list - ** Brigadier General US Air Force, (Ret) Charles E. Jones ** Major General (Ret) Carroll D. Childers P.E. Commanding General 29TH Infantry Division VA ARNG ** Colonel (Ret) Harry Riley former division chief national security agency ** 1LT OD/LG Scott R. Easterling Active Army Iraq Duty ** LtCol. David A. Earl-Graef USAFR MC ** SSgt Brian A Keith USMC ** Charles L. Miller, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret) ** Major James Cannon USMC (Ret) ** Police Sgt. and USN Clinton Grimes

WILKES-BARRE – Justin Hensley said he was out of work in April 2005 when Joseph Kerekes offered him a job as an escort for Norfolk Male Escorts in Virginia. Hensley then began performing with Kerekes’ partner, Harlow Cuadra, in gay pornographic films and moved in with the two in July 2005 to help operate their Web sites. “I grew to be a friend of Cuadra because he took care of me,” Hensley testified Wednesday during the second day of Cuadra’s capital murder trial before Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. Cuadra, 27, is charged with killing rival pornographic movie...

http://citizenwells.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/west-virginia-election-complaint-wv-secretary-of-state-obama-not-eligible-federal-elections-commission-lawsuit-wv-residents-participating/ Posted on February 16th, 2009 by David-Crockett Citizen Wells is reporting: I was asked to post the following: “Subject: I am the Lady in WV filing Election Complaintre: Searching for Lady in West Virginia filing Federal Elections Comm. suit (Ed, Please forward this to anyone contacting you from WV to get involved. Thanks.) My name is XXXXX XXXXXX. I called into to Ed’s show on Feb 13 asking for residents of WV who are interesting in doing something in their state to question Barack Obama’s eligibility for the office of president. I am preparing to file an Election Complaint...

U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski reversed himself and voted for the final version of the $787 billion economic stimulus package approved Friday by Congress. As expected, Rep. Chris Carney and Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey also voted for the package. Mr. Kanjorski, D-11, opposed the first version, which passed the House late last month. He cited Democratic leadersÂ’ failure to allow bipartisan input into the bill, CongressÂ’ failure to spend enough time preparing the bill, its lack of enough money for road, bridge and infrastructure repairs and construction, that it didnÂ’t provide enough help for retired or unemployed Americans...

WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Court Administrator William T. Sharkey Sr., the highest-paid non-judicial employee in the county court system, has agreed to plead guilty to pocketing more than $70,000 seized in illegal gambling cases over 10 years, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Court Administrator William T. Sharkey Sr., the highest-paid non-judicial employee in the county court system, has agreed to plead guilty to pocketing more than $70,000 seized in illegal gambling cases over 10 years, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Sharkey is the third high-ranking court official snared in a wide-ranging, ongoing federal probe of the county court...

Allegations are that Ciavarella, Conahan took $2.6M in kickbacks in exchange for judicial rulings regarding detention centers. SCRANTON – For more than a decade, Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan served on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, developing reputations as hard-working judges. On Monday, federal prosecutors revealed the longtime jurists were allegedly working equally hard behind the scenes on a far less noble endeavor – enriching themselves at the expense of the public and juveniles who appeared in Luzerne County Court. They did so in the form of kickbacks -- $2.6 million worth – that U.S. Attorney Martin Carlson...

WILKES-BARRE – A local attorney who specializes in civil rights cases said he believes some of the juveniles who were incarcerated under juvenile Judge Mark Ciavarella’s tenure have a strong basis to file a lawsuit seeking compensation for emotional and financial harm. “I’m looking at this and see so many civil claims based on so many potential civil rights violations, it’s shocking,” said Barry Dyller of Wilkes-Barre. Dyller said the key issue is the propriety of Ciavarella’s decision to detain children at the PA Child Care juvenile detention center in Pittston Township that was formerly owned by Butler Township attorney...

WILKES-BARRE — Two Luzerne County judges facing 87 months in prison for allegedly taking $2.6 million in kickbacks were stripped of their judicial duties by the state Supreme Court on Wednesday. Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan are expected to plead guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges in federal court Feb. 12 and subsequently resign from the bench and bar. Judge Ciavarella, who stepped down as president judge Monday but remains on the bench, was suspended with pay from all judicial and administrative duties pending the outcome of his case. Common pleas judges were paid annual salaries of...

Five hundred one people have been added to the state payroll at a cost of $12.35 million since Gov. Ed Rendell imposed a hiring freeze, according to a report prepared for Republican lawmakers and obtained by The Morning Call. Asked about the report, the Democratic Rendell administration said four of every five of those employees hold public safety positions that were exempted from the statewide freeze. About 100 state workers outside of public safety positions have been hired since Rendell's Sept. 16 announcement, spokesman Chuck Ardo said Friday. There are 78,000 state employees. ''Remember that the public safety agencies were...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Rendell administration told employee unions that state workers could be furloughed in a month and demanded they relinquish pay raises as the government scrambles to close a multibillion-dollar gap in state finances. Negotiators for Gov. Ed Rendell also told representatives of the three major state workers' unions during a meeting Tuesday in Harrisburg that the administration wants to draw nearly $200 million from a reserve in their health insurance fund. The governor's office also said it may institute "rolling furloughs" in which large parts of state government would be shuttered on certain days, while the...

January 23, 2009 Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel09/fugitive012309.htm Possible Sighting of FBI Fugitive in British Columbia The FBI is working with Canadian authorities to confirm the possible sighting of one of its Domestic Terrorism fugitives. Last November, the Bureau announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of four eco-terrorists known as “The Family.” Rebecca Rubin, one of the four fugitives, was spotted by a tipster who may have seen her near her hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia. We received several tips about all of the fugitives as a result of the publicity. Some of...

KINGSTON – One of three types of heroin allegedly sold by five people busted by authorities Wednesday night was called OBAMA with an imprint of the presidential candidate on packets, said Frank Noonan, regional director for the state Office of Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation and Drug Control. "I've never seen a stamp like that before," Noonan said during a news conference Thursday morning. Noonan said the five people arrested were part of a heroin distribution ring in Edwardsville, Kingston and Wilkes-Barre. Five people - Christopher Allen, 25, also known as Face, Jennifer Catanzariti, 24, Derek Reich, 20, Jessica...

ConstitutionWatch.org has officially came out speaking about the Obama eligibility issue, and has provide an interesting point of view.

Officials at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif., have been served with a demand to produce records concerning Barack Obama's attendance there during the 1980s because they could document whether he was attending as a foreign national – in one of three fronts now established by those contesting the president-elect's constitutional eligibility for the Oval Office. The Supreme Court and Congress also both are being challenged to address the worries that Obama doesn't meet the requirements of the U.S. Constitution that the president be a "natural born" citizen. WND has reported on a long list of legal cases raising questions...

Orly Taiz, the attorney in the Lightfoot v. Bowen case. From her blog.... Need somebody to help with web hosting and computer troubleshooting. e-mail dr_taitz@yahoo.com

Oklahoma Representative Mike Ritze (R-Broken Arrow) has pre-filed a bill, requiring candidates for public office to submit a copy of their Birth Certificates. Ritze is a professor of Forensic Science and a physician, and was just elected to his first term in the legislature in November 2008. Ritze introduced his bill because he does not believe that President-Elect Barack Obama has demonstrated that he meets the constitutional qualifications. Ritze also says that he is trying to persuade U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe to object to counting electoral college votes for Obama, when Congress counts the electoral votes on January 8. The...

One of the confusing issues around the Obama "Natural Born" citizenship issue is that while many people feel that O is not eligible they do not agree, at all, on the reasons for this. Many of these differences are based on different interpretations of the term "Natural Born Citizen", the qualifier in the US Constitution that Obama must meet. To help clarify what we mean I have created a taxonomy of definitions based on the more than 50 articles I have read on this, as well as some basic logic. Many of these have strong supporters here on Free Republic,...

On Friday, I guess we will see what the contents reveal ( the word is, it is stated within the language of the decree that the couple "have" one son of the union (Obama Jr), born in KENYA.) If true, this will be a blockbuster revelation, recored on a legal document. We will see. ------------------------------------------------------------- IP: 98.206.74.240 Dec 31st, 2008 - 4:27 PM Re: URGENT: PLEASE BROADCAST THIS EVERYWHERE Ed Hale has announced that the Divorce Decree of ObamaSr and Dunham will be posted on Friday, January 2nd. Tonight at 7:45 pm cst Ed will be on with Bobby and...

Shocking Charge: Obama Presidency Illegal! Globe Special Report He was born in this FOREIGN HOSPITAL [picture of Coast Province General Hospital, Mombasa, Kenya] President-elect Barack Obama was born in a hospital nearly 8,000 miles from the United States and is NOT legally eligible to run the country!

Updated nation wide poll on "Do you think there is any merit to the controversy surrounding Barack Obama's citizenship?"... this poll originally came out 12/5/08 and looked dramatically different than now!!!!

No. 08A524 Title: Gail Lightfoot, et al., Applicants v. Debra Bowen, California Secretary of State Docketed: Lower Ct: Supreme Court of California   Case Nos.: (S168690) ~~~Date~~~  ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dec 12 2008 Application (08A524) for a stay pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Kennedy. Dec 17 2008 Application (08A524) denied by Justice Kennedy. Dec 29 2008 Application (08A524) refiled and submitted to The Chief Justice. ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~ Attorneys for Petitioners: Orly Taitz 26302 La Paz (949) 683-5411     Counsel of Record Mission Viejo, CA  92691 Party name: Gail Lightfoot, et al.

Sixty-six percent of American citizens will celebrate Christmas this season as a religious holiday. It is the day of the year where the globe recognizes the birth of the Messiah, the child called Jesus who was born "away in a manger" in the town of Bethlehem. The place of the birth of the Messiah was extremely important due to the promise made by God, prophesied by Micah. This Old Testament Seer proclaimed the Christ child would be born in the town of Bethlehem. The Scribes and Chief Priest living at the time of the birth of Jesus Christ validated and...

...I applied for an independent worker visa (profession libérale) through the French Consulate in San Francisco. I could have chosen any French Consulate but the city where you apply will be the city you have to return to at the various stages of the process, so this was convenient as its my hometown. My submitted application included: a form supplied by the Consulate, cover letter (lettre de motivation), letters of references from France and abroad, CV, proof of profession (qualifications and memberships), proof of resources/existing means in the US (I had to provide an official letter from my bank showing...

The typical checklist for a hockey player traveling to a tournament reads something like this: equipment, jerseys, skates, clean clothes, socks, shoes, toiletries and meal money. Some players bring an assortment of electronics, such as MP3 players, cellphones, laptop computers or portable DVD players, while others bring pillows and blankets. But if you`re crossing an international border, even just to play hockey, a birth certificate and a government-issued form of photo identification are musts. In other words, paperwork. Don`t leave home without it. Such is the case for the Miramichi Valley High boys` hockey team, which traveled from New Brunswick...

Emmerich de Vattel was a Swiss jurist who attained world preeminence in international law. This was primarily the result of his great foundational work, which he published in 1758. His monumental work - The Law of Nations - applied a theory of natural law to international relations. His scholarly, foundational, and systematic explanation of the Law of Nations was especially influential in the United States. The Law of Nations was so influnntial in the United States because his principles of liberty and equality coincided with the ideals expressed in the US Declaration of Independence. In particular, his definitions in terms...

The Federalists were proto-typical Progressives in the sense that they advocated centralization and a strong federal government. They were advocates of economies of scale that carried forward via the Progressives into the twentieth century. But the Federalists, like Madison, did not reject the basic notion of limited government. Madison argued that a durable Constitution would serve as a more potent limit on tyranny than would Jeffersonian generational revolutions. The Federalists feared what de Tocqueville called "tyranny of the majority", and the most important theme that runs through the Federalist Papers, such as number 10, is fear of faction, specifically (emphatically)...

QUEENSBURY — A local man’s challenge of President-elect Barack Obama’s citizenship has been garnering national attention, if not credibility. Robert Schulz of Queensbury is the founder and chairman of We The People, a group dedicated to upholding strict adherence to the state and U.S. constitutions. He says there’s compelling evidence that Obama was born in Kenya, not on U.S. soil, which he contends would make him ineligible to become president. On Thursday, Schulz mailed letters to all members of the Electoral College, asking them to delay the Dec. 15 official balloting until the citizenship questions are cleared up. "We really...

Would like to hear some thoughts on why Rush, Sean and Mark Levin don't talk about this issue. It has obvious merit from the point that Obama has fought to keep it secret.

A private investigator has released to WND an affidavit that casts doubt on whether Barack Obama's family lived at the address listed in the published notice of his birth in 1961. Jorge Baro was hired by WND to investigate issues related to Obama's birth amid allegations the Democrat does not meet the Constitution's requirement that a president be a "natural born citizen." Baro's affidavit documents an interview his staff conducted with Beatrice Arakaki, who has lived at 6075 Kalanianaole Highway in Honolulu since before Obama was born. The affadivit is at the center of a federal lawsuit filed prior to...

“From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - absolutely no one - is above the law.” -- Leon Jaworski, Watergate Special Prosecutor. As our republic embarks on a new presidential term of office, it faces a new kind of constitutional crisis. This new crisis to the republic plus an atmosphere of distrust arises from corrupted, power hungry politicians and their accomplices, the big media. Special interest abuses and partisan bias in the administration of justice are shameful acts of...

( Really...who in the world is this phantom we have elected president?) Investigator casts doubt on Obama's birth residence-- Neighbor believes family didn't live at address in newspaper announcement Posted: December 16, 2008 Baro sent a team of investigators to Honolulu to explore records regarding current residents of Kalanianaole Highway and to track down residents back to 1961. Baro's investigators were unable to locate any current or past resident of Kalanianaole Highway who could recall Obama or his family living at the address listed in the Sunday Advertiser announcement. Baro also sent investigators to the newspaper offices to examine files,...

December 9, 2008 Why the media blackout on Obama's citizenship By JR Dieckmann It seems that everyone today is asking why there is no media coverage of the many legal challenges to Obama's eligibility to become president, based upon many valid questions regarding his citizenship. Instead of simply answering these challenges with documented proof of his citizenship, he has chosen instead to conceal from public view, every single legal document he has, and spend a half million dollars in lawyer fees to fight the cases in hopes of getting them dismissed or delayed indefinitely. The documents he has had sealed...

On Friday, loyal Ticket readers will recall, we reported that Supreme Court justices were discussing discussing the cases challenging Barack Obama's right to assume the presidency next month due to allegations surrounding his citizenship and birth. Generally, the issues focus on professed doubts that the 47-year-old Democrat wasn't really born in Hawaii, despite his birth certificate from the state, and/or that the fact his father was a Kenyan and a British subject makes Obama a dual citizen -- meaning he is not a "native born" American, as required by the Constitution. Under U.S. law, people born in the U.S. are...

I have been keeping my children and some friends up-to-date. I just sent this e-mail. I would welcome corrections or point out omissions. Is Obama a natural born citizen, as required by the constitution? By not releasing his documents and refusing to reply to the court, Obama is leaving himself open for ongoing court cases and allegations. He has spent $850,000 to date fighting cases in 17 states to avoid releasing the requested documents which would prove he is or is not a natural born citizen, as required by the constitution. It costs $12 for him to get a copy...

The U.S. Supreme Court could announce as early as today if it will get involved in the legal battle over the birthplace and citizenship of President Elect Barack Obama. Oh, you mean you thought that had been settled a long time ago? You must not get my email. "Why are you not reporting on the Supreme Court case to determine if Obama is a 'natural born' citizen?" said one last week.

Say what you want about KHOW's morning drive time talk host, Peter Boyles, (he has been called everything from a racist to a communist), but one thing you cannot say is that he is not determined and afraid to go out on a limb. Consider the Obama birth certificate controversy, an issue that has been scrupulously ignored by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and the rest of the pantheon of conservative talk show hosts. Although it would be unfair, because of the wide range of his sometimes unpredictable opinions, to label Boyles a conservative commentator as such, surprisingly, he...

As of this writing, December 6th, the Supreme Court has not yet announced whether or not it will take up the Donofrio case, or any other case concerning Obama’s constitutional eligibility for the office of President. Yet there is no more important issue before the court today and the clock is ticking. (snip) The Supreme Court of the United States of America has but one primary obligation to the American people, and that obligation is to use the power afforded it under Article III—Section I of the Constitution, to uphold, protect and preserve the U.S. Constitution, the Charters of Freedom,...

In his announcement today, Obama stated that both he and General Shinseki "grew up in Hawaii". According to Wikipedia, the general was also born there: "Shinseki was born in Lihue, Kauai in the then Territory of Hawaii." Why didn't Obama simply state instead, that both he and the General were born in Hawaii and grew up there? Anyone? Anyone?

Friday, December 5 is when the Supreme Court will meet "in conference" regarding whether or not Barack Obama's birth certificate shows him to be a natural-born citizen of the United States. There are many who believe that he is not that. If the Supreme Court sides with fact, then truth will prevail. If not, then the Supreme Court will become an accomplice to devilment maximum, the latter no stranger to America's grassroots. If Obama is found to be other than a natural-born citizen, then all that he has done thus far is null and void. All that he appoints for...

Even with the election decided, the widely debunked whisper campaign claiming that Barack Obama is secretly not an American, and thus not qualified to be president, is going strong. The Supreme Court is expected to announce on Monday whether or not it will consider two cases contending that Barack Obama is not a "natural born citizen," as the president is required to be under Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution. One case, referred to the court by Justice Clarence Thomas after Justice David Souter had rejected it, argues that because Obama's father was a citizen of Kenya, at...

Citizenhip issue was reported today on Baynews9. Can anyone post a copy of the report? The news channel is in the Tampa area and has wide coverage.

[I have collaborated on this with my sister and historian Greg Dehler, author of "Chester Allan Arthur", Published by Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2006 ISBN 1600210791, 9781600210792 192 pages. ] I’ve been forwarded the actual naturalization record for William Arthur on microfiche, obtained from the Library of Congress. He was naturalized in New York State and became a United States citizen in August 1843. Chester Arthur perpetrated a fraud as to his eligibility to be Vice President by spreading various lies about his parents’ heritage. President Arthur’s father, William Arthur, became a United States citizen in August 1843. But Chester...

This information is taken from AmericaMustKnow.com’s “Related Lawsuits” page. I am going to endeavor to carry on what the blogger originally started. All dates in parentheses are for the latest update in that case’s category.

The controversy surrounding Barack Obama's eligibility to assume the presidency of the United States is beginning to get some traction in the mainstream press. After languishing for the longest time as a story only being covered by the alternative media, whispers of who this guy is and where he originally came from are starting to be heard around water coolers across America. The Supreme Court was scheduled to meet in conference last Friday to discuss whether to hear arguments in one of several cases involving Obama's eligibility on constitutional grounds. The question surrounds his place of birth. The Constitution requires...

Essence of the case By this case, Barack Obama, John McCain, and Roger Calero (of the Socialist Workers Party, on the New Jersey ballot) do not qualify as "natural born Citizens" under Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution, which states the following: No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years...

The decision on granting a hearing challenging President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship is still pending. The "Washington Times" reports that the U.S. Supreme Court held a private conference Friday morning to discuss whether to take up a lawsuit but it was not on the list of court orders for the day. According to the "Times" a Supreme Court spokesman said the decision to hear the case will most likely be announced next week.