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EXCLUSIVE! OBAMA'S FAKE BIRTH CERTIFICATE: How the forgery was made.
The Greater Evil ^
| 07/23/08
| Polarik
Posted on 07/23/2008 12:40:56 PM PDT by Polarik
There are three facts about Internet blog stories that you need to know:
- Plagiarism is rampant on the Internet.
- You cannot always believe what you see and read.
- When you see the word, "EXCLUSIVE," in the title, it does not mean that the story was the first one or even the only one.
You can imagine my chagrin when I read the following headline in the Atlasshruggs blog:
ATLAS EXCLUSIVE: FINAL REPORT ON OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE FORGERY CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN
What this headline, and the story it trumpets, confirm is that all three of the "facts" listed above are validated by this story.
Actually, my first reaction to it was, "Yawn." Here is an article proclaiming to have the exclusive findings that Obama's Birth Certificate image is a forgery -- or, using the acronym that I alone coined, Obama's "COLB ("Certificate of Live Birth") is a forgery.
The only problems with that statement are as follows:
- More than a month before this "EXCLUSIVE," was posted, I posted my own exclusive findings that the Obama COLB images were "poor forgeries" made from a genuine COLB.
- This so-called, "FINAL REPORT" is far from being final, and
- This so-called, "EXCLUSIVE" report is far from being the first to claim a forgery occurred.
- More than a few original findings and ideas of mine were "borrowed" without attribution.
In light of the above, my second reaction to it was, "What chutzpah!" (Which is the Yiddish word for "WTF.")
How can an article, posted on July 20, or a full month after my original proclamation that Obama's COLB image was graphically altered, be labeled as exclusive? I will admit that the techniques used by the author, TechDude, were not the ones I used to discover the forgery, and that he was the only one, to my knowledge, to have used them.
For that, I'd like to offer a pat on the back to TechDude for the work that he did, but also a slap on the wrist, to both Techdude and Pam Geller for misleading the public by implying that they were the first ones to present evidence of a graphic forgery.
Now, that they've basked in the glory of their nonexclusive, "Exclusive," it's time to set the record straight.
On June 19, I wrote the following on my TownHall blog, The Greater Evil:
"The Daily Kos blog has posted a JPG that allegedly is Barack Obama's "Certificate of Birth." From a detailed analysis of the image and the text, it looks like it was created by a graphics program, and is not a true copy of an original, certified document."
So, which part of that statement did they miss? It also appeared on The Free Republic about the same time, and afterwards, on TexasDarlin's blog.
So, which part of these blog stories did they miss?
In my first post, I did make some wrong assumptions, for which I replied, Mea Culpa, and made the necessary changes.
For example, I also made mention of the odd-looking border back then, but that finding turned out to be irrelevant to my research.
However, my essential thesis was then, and has always been, that the Kos image, and all of its relatives, including the FactCheck image, were graphic forgeries, even though I focused on different aspects of it than TechDude did. For him, the border was a crucial part of the puzzle.
For me, that border could have been red hearts and purple flowers for all that it mattered.
I focused on the anomalies of the text, which were many and not explained away by the reasons cited by my critics.
Now, this is not to take away any of the work that TechDude has done, which is notable in its own right, and if you read my blog, you will see proper attributions made to him and his work.
HOWEVER, I do take exception to the lack of any attribution to my work, and is a very egregious oversight, at best.
At worst, it smacks of plagiarism, and there are more than one instance of that, such as the upper left-hand border comparison which was originally mine and emailed to him.
Also egregious is the fact that TechDude, myself, and TexasDarlin had agreed to publish a joint document, and, as you have now seen, one of us renegged on that agreement and stole the spotlight.
I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade here, but I would like to point out that there never was an "uncropped Kos image" posted online. A scan of the entire COLB was never posted to the Kos or the Smears. It was always a cropped image, and I was the one who confirmed the true "birth order" of the images -- especially those of OpenDNA (who was initially "charged" with making the Kos image forgery.
Now, the FactCheck image was, indeed, posted as an uncropped version of the Kos image, although one cannot escape the likelihood that the extra border was added, post-hoc.
What I did confirm is that all of the online images came from one source file.
I also confirmed that my critics and detractors, coincidentally, are also the same to TechDude and his research. It is safe to say that there will always be people who are antagonistic to others who reveal unpleasant truths.
But, now is the time to separate the men from the boys, so to speak. The critics and detractors who claim that the Kos image is NOT a forgery, demand to see someone actually create one from scratch.
I couldn't agree more. it is one thing to postulate that a forgery has been created, but it is entirely a different matter to actually create one that is a clone of the Kos image.
What may surprise these critics and detractors to learn is that beginning about two to three weeks ago, a clone of the Kos I created was posted to my latest blog post.
You see, the image that I referenced as the original Kos imageis actually the clone I created more from Michele's 2008 COLB image.
Here's the Daily Kos image from their website:
Here's my clone of the Kos image:
Keep in mind that this is not a point-for-point clone of the Kos image, since I did not proceed from an original, scanned image (a bitmap that has never been seen by the public), but it's darn close, and nobody was the wiser.
How do you tell my clone from Kos?
The "Time of Birth" on my clone is 7:25 AM; on the Kos it's 7:24 PM.
I replaced everything, EXCEPT the funky border. Like I said, the "security" border is not very secure when it can be reproduced by a scanner.
Making an exact "forgery" in terms of the Kos image dimensions, file size, JPG compression and resolution was not an easy job, although I spent less about an hour to make it. I'm still feeling the effects of a flu bug.
In the next few days, when I feel a little better, I will post a real "exclusive" -- a step by step guide showing exactly how I produced this clone, as well as posting a sampling of all of the dead ends I reached using the explanations professed by the nonbelievers.
I have about 320 images in all, but I'll post a sufficient number of them to satisfy anyone's doubts.
Like I've said in previous posts and in comments made on other blogs, if someone can make a Kos clone just by scanning, reducing the size, changing the compression, or any combination of these ways, they are more than encouraged to try.
Until then, I stand by my conclusion that I made over a month ago: that the Kos image looks the way it does because the original text on a previous image was graphically altered or replaced.
"Why" it was done is still open for debate, but the discovery that I made over a month ago still holds true. The image is not a "horrible" forgery, IMHO, because it fooled a lot of people...and that's the sole purpose for making a forgery.
Hopefully, the critics and detractors will come up with their own clones made in the ways that they claimed. In the meantime, the evidence provided in my posts and in TechDude's posts far outweigh any evidence that the images are are genuine, accurate reproductions of a paper COLB document.
It may look like a duck, but it walks, talks, and flies like a Dodo bird.
PREVIEW:
When I received a true copy of a recent COLB from a person named, Michele, I promised my readers that I would manufacture a clone of the Kos image to demonstrate how it was created. In doing so, I would validate my theory that someone's actual COLB, or a scanned copy of it, was used as the basis or template for creating a forgery.
I had theorized that the pixel patterns between the letters on the Kos image I was viewing were not JPG artifacts, or scanner artifacts, as the critics claimed they were.
These pixel patterns were characteristic of text added to an existing image while the image was an 8-bit, 256-color bitmapped image, and not while it was a 24-bit, 16.7 million color JPG.
Before I reached that conclusion, I had tried every other way possible to duplicate the Kos image.
People may say that OpenDNA, aka Jay McKinnon, already tried to do that -- that he produced two images that were also graphically altered.
However, both of these images were 800 x 781 pixels @ 96 DPI, which is a far cry from the larger, 2427 x 2369 pixels @ 300 DPI Kos image. Basically, OpenDNA's "forgeries" were easy to do given how small was the area that needed to be modified.
"Cloning" the Kos took a little, more work than that.
I ask that all of you to be patient as I recover, and that you will soon be rewarded with the recipe for forgery.
TOPICS: Conspiracy; Politics; Reference; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: birth; birthcertificate; certificate; certifigate; colbaquiddic; forgery; kos; newbie; obama; obamatruthfile; pl
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March; devolve
I agree. In our original remarks I ‘think’ we talked more of flubs or misspeaks. That’s how I mentioned Bush Blunders.
No question, Obama has dark secrets, hidden agenda. He is to be feared and kept from becoming President. Look at Hillary and her Bosnia sniper fire landing. We thought she was bad but now have a more fearsome figure to fight.
I still respect the President, believe him to be a decent man. He just hasn’t done things that we’d like to be done.
321
posted on
07/25/2008 5:57:40 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MICHELLE OBAMA - The gift that just keeps on giving....!)
To: potlatch
I’ll tell you what bugs me most about Bush— when he slandered the Minute Men, calling them ‘vigilantees’. [Glad you stayed.] Paul Weyrich recently reported ‘suitcase nukes’ being smuggled through Mexico. If that happens, the blood’s on Bush’s hands— and McCain’s, and most of the other RINOs and RATS.
322
posted on
07/25/2008 6:03:01 PM PDT
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(The Dum-bama Banking Committee offers free breathalysers for asthmatics in 58 states.)
To: null and void
Simple would be good. Impossible, but good.
***The MSM isn’t known for being full of geniuses. That’s one reason why they wouldn’t take on this issue, the fact that it can’t be broken down into simple terms. Basically, the probability of the MSM picking up this story is directly proportional to how simple we can make it for them. And as you say, that’s impossible.
323
posted on
07/25/2008 6:06:15 PM PDT
by
Kevmo
(, no matter how small. ~Horton Hears a Who)
To: potlatch
When I remember Jerry Luther Parks, Vince Foster, Ron Brown, and a lot of other strange deaths [not to mention nuke technology for contributions from China] I think the Clintons are more dangerous. Their only problem is that they have too much baggage. Well, I’m not much for staying up. FReedom and FRegards ...
324
posted on
07/25/2008 6:07:56 PM PDT
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(The Dum-bama Banking Committee offers free breathalysers for asthmatics in 58 states.)
To: Arthur Wildfire! March; devolve
[when he slandered the Minute Men, calling them vigilantees]
Yes, that made all of us very angry. I’m a Texan and I want a fence. Bush is a Texan and seems to want a “one country’ for all.
325
posted on
07/25/2008 6:10:58 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MICHELLE OBAMA - The gift that just keeps on giving....!)
To: null and void
Harry Potter? Who’s he? [Guess I’m busted.] It sure fits though... Barack [He Who Must Not be Named] Obama.
326
posted on
07/25/2008 6:16:21 PM PDT
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(The Dum-bama Banking Committee offers free breathalysers for asthmatics in 58 states.)
To: Kevmo
Impossible just means it will take a little longer...
327
posted on
07/25/2008 6:16:39 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Barack Obama - International Man of Mystery...)
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
328
posted on
07/25/2008 6:33:56 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Barack Obama - International Man of Mystery...)
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Barack “Who’s Sane” Obama !!!!
329
posted on
07/25/2008 9:42:01 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)
To: Kevmo
<1>Has anyone been countering whats on the Strata-sphere site?
http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/category/uncategorized/2008-elections/obama-birth-certificate-nonsense
I tried spraying some FeBreze on it, but it still smells like crap. I suggest Uusing a cork and some duck-tape.
330
posted on
07/25/2008 11:17:33 PM PDT
by
Polarik
("The Greater Evil")
To: potlatch
You are questing for truth. So, I'll try to help you along.
The thought that Bush is given cover by the drive-by media is alien to what I've been learning. They've been trying to take him out. They've actually blackballed some of the president's best speeches. Not only that, they've snubbed presidential invitations. Maybe I'm wrong, but I suspect that's unprecedented.
331
posted on
07/26/2008 2:28:22 AM PDT
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(The Dum-bama Banking Committee offers free breathalysers for asthmatics in 58 states.)
To: null and void
The likeness is amazing— Obama Riddle?
332
posted on
07/26/2008 2:31:59 AM PDT
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(The Dum-bama Banking Committee offers free breathalysers for asthmatics in 58 states.)
To: MeekOneGOP
For those who've watched/read Harry Potter books [quite a few on the left BTW], it really nails Obama that he's hiding his name. Lord Valdamort [aka Tom Riddle], the arch-villain, preferred to be called, ‘He Who Must Not be Named’. It was an act of courage to speak his name; one could be tortured horribly for doing so. A married couple was tortured so badly by Valdamort’s followers that they lost their minds. Thus, when null and void captioned ‘the Messiah’ with ‘He Who Must Not be Named’, it was the ultimate insult.
333
posted on
07/26/2008 2:40:16 AM PDT
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(The Dum-bama Banking Committee offers free breathalysers for asthmatics in 58 states.)
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Oh. Okay.
I am not familiar with the Harry Potter books other
than seeing them / hearing about them in the media.
(Who HASN’T heard about them? Cave dwellers, lol!).
Although I think I DO have one or two in my eBay
Store at this time. :)
“Hussein!” “Hussein!” “Hussein!” “Hussein!”
“Hussein!” “Hussein!” “Hussein!” “Hussein!”
“Hussein!” “Hussein!” “Hussein!” “Hussein!”
Now I gotta go look for my 12 gauge shotgun to keep
them torturers away. :^D
- - - - - - - - -
Ah! Time fer some grub. Mah wife just said that
breakfast is reddy! :)
334
posted on
07/26/2008 7:01:11 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)
To: Polarik
I tried spraying some FeBreze on it, but it still smells
like crap. I suggest Uusing a cork and some duck-tape. LOL!
335
posted on
07/26/2008 7:48:41 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)
To: bvw
Thanks BVW. I;m still ticking.
336
posted on
07/26/2008 8:49:18 AM PDT
by
Polarik
("The Greater Evil")
To: null and void
Yes, it’s certainly does seem like the images we get have been degraded in one fashin or another.
337
posted on
07/26/2008 8:52:22 AM PDT
by
Polarik
("The Greater Evil")
To: null and void
It takes all of half an hour on the 'net, and about $25-$40 to have a legitimate certified copy of your own BC delivered within a week. (I know this because I just did that very thing last month) It only costs $10 to get a genuine Hawaii COLB.
338
posted on
07/26/2008 8:55:23 AM PDT
by
Polarik
("The Greater Evil")
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Maybe the name on his BC is Tom Marvolo Riddle, after all...
339
posted on
07/26/2008 8:57:54 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Barack Obama - International Man of Mystery...)
To: null and void
His BC shows that he's a bastard. Although this might be personally embarrassing, nobody cares, a goodly fraction of the electorate is in the same boat, or closely related to someone who is. If he's a bastard, then his mother fails to fulfill the citizenship requirements that were in effect at the time of his birth.
If his mom was not a citizen, then neither is he.
340
posted on
07/26/2008 8:58:51 AM PDT
by
Polarik
("The Greater Evil")
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