EXCLUSIVE! OBAMA'S FAKE BIRTH CERTIFICATE: How the forgery was made.

The Greater Evil ^ | 07/23/08 | Polarik

[Polarik]

There are three facts about Internet blog stories that you need to know:

1. Plagiarism is rampant on the Internet.
   
2. You cannot always believe what you see and read.
3. 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.

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It only costs $10 to get a genuine Hawaii COLB.

Yes. The price I quoted included a fee for the company that does the legwork (much cheaper than taking a trip to the appropriate state and county) and the notary fee for the authorization.

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*sigh*

Not that simple. If he was born in Honolulu, he's in. No question.

If he was born in Kenya, and BHO Sr, and Stanley Ann were married, he's a Kenyan, eligible for dual citizenship, but never the presidency.

If he was born in Kenya, and mommy wasn't married, then he is a US citizen, or not a US citizen, depending on whether you use the law that was in effect in 1961, or the laws that were amended later to cover children born in his circumstances, and whether you read the age and residency requirements for his mother with your left eye, or your right eye, and the phase of the moon, and the mood of the Supreme Court.

Either way, pretty much everyone agrees that being born on US soil means he's both a citizen and natural born, and is therefore eligible to hold the office of the President.

If he was born in Kenya or Canada, he could still be or not be a US citizen, but maybe not a natural born one, depending on whether jus soli or jus sanguinis (by soil or by bloodline) takes precedence.

I lean towards jus soli, if you weren't born on US soil, you're not "natural born" for the purposes of holding the highest office.

Unfortunately, that means that Panamanian born McCain who is of unquestionable loyalty and allegiance isn't constitutionally qualified in my book, but a Hawai'ian born, marxist, hate America first spoon-fed member of a destroy America faith, Obama is.

*double sigh*

See? Simple.

Try explaining that to any randomly selected voter...

(David? Did I miss anything or make any glaring legal errors?)

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Oh, if the 1790 law takes precedence, then McCain qualifies as a natural born citizen regardless of the location of his birth...

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Or you could read David's slightly less incoherent take here

[Polarik]

Like AJStrata, everone and their gramdmother have tried to explain away my results as being JPG artifacts, but when I challenged them to show me something concrete evidence, like JpG images that looked like the Kos, and was created by manipulating the scanner output, JPG compression, ans/or image size , they backed off and repeatedly said that "I" needed to create one first.

I did, and they're still not providing any concrete evidence to support their alternate explanations

[Polarik]

Here’s a simple recap, but spread over several posts.

Part One:

It all started with a June 9 article by Jim Geraghty on the National Review, http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTgxZmIwNTg0OWVhMWJkODNmZjI4ZjY4Mjg2OWRmNzI=, that asked “Why doesn’t Obama make his birth certificate public so as to quell the rumor that he is not a US Citizen?”

Then on June 10, his article was reprinted in the Daily Kos blog. Two days later, an image that Daily Kos claimed was a copy of Obama’s actual birth certificate.”

The initial problem was that this image did not resemble any birth certificate that anyone had ever seen.

With good reason, because this was not a “Birth Certificate,” but a “Certification of Live Birth.” If certified, the COLB (the acronym I created) serves to validate a person’s birth date and place, much like a birth certificate would.

However, the public took exception to the contents, and the lack thereof, of the COLB, especially labeling the RACE of Obama’s father as AFRICAN, and leaving out all of the otrher data that birth certtificates usually have

I looked at the COLB image on the Kos, and immediately noticed something fishy. The text looked like it had been altered, and so present my findings to the blogsphere, I started The Greater Evil.

end of Part One

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

“Now I gotta go look for my 12 gauge shotgun to keep
them torturers away. :^D”

You ‘desperate clinger’, you.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

“Daily Kos claimed was a copy of Obama’s actual birth certificate”

So this hinges on the Daily Kos. I hear Kos quoted fairly often. At the same time, if he is a hoax citizen, it would be best for it to be revealed AFTER the convention. Hehehehe.

[isom35]

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. well that sure applies to sean hannity...

[MeekOneGOP]

hahahaaaa! :^D

[MeekOneGOP]

So this hinges on the Daily Kos. I hear Kos quoted fairly often. At the same time, if he is a hoax citizen, it would be best for it to be revealed AFTER the convention. Hehehehe.

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Don't put it past the 'RATS to pull another Torricelli-Lautenberg type SWITCH! Remember that ???

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Republicans move to block Torricelli-Lautenberg switch

Republican officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday to stop New Jersey Democrats from replacing embattled Sen. Robert G. Torricelli with Frank R. Lautenberg on the ballot in next month's election.

The New Jersey state Supreme Court ruled late Wednesday that Democrats could replace Mr. Torricelli even though the state deadline for changing ballots had passed.

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They did it before and got away with it, too. :(

[editor-surveyor]

"For that reason, I am convinced that the Mahdi has appeared."

Cal,I'm beginning to believe that you are correct.

[patriot08]

“Of course it’s a fake. The question is why hasn’t the FEC demanded proof of Obama’s place of birth?

Another question, since every citizen has an interest in making sure that the potential president of the United States if fully eligible for the office, can we pool our money and hire a lawyer to sue Obama for a certified copy of his birth certificate shipped directly from Hawaii? I would be willing to throw in $100.”

FINALLY! A VOICE OF REASON.
WE KNOW IT’S A FAKE. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
PUT UP OR SHUT UP. :)

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[Calpernia]

Another sign of the Mahdi is black flags.

Did you ever notice this black flag he posted on his campaign site?

[Fred Nerks]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-nationalism

Anti-nationalism in left wing politics
Most of the anti-nationalists who believe that eventually the world should be one unified community (usually after a worldwide social revolution of some type) make a notable exception for the preservation of culture and often also identity politics by extension. These adherents also do not necessarily repudiate the concept of national boundaries as such. Their argument is that nationalism is unfavourable when it leads to things like chauvinism, jingoism and militarism, but in some senses can also be constructive when its inherent passion and dedication are applied to anti-oppression contexts, such as national liberation movements, ethnic nationalist resistance movements (such as the historic United States Black Panther Party), and other similar contexts. Interestingly, most Marxist-Leninists around the world, mostly considered by the politically unaffiliated to be towards the left of the mainstream, advocate this position or something close to it, and have historically done so.

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I know it’s wiki but it explains why no flag overseas, no pin, no hand over heart...but the BLACK PANTHERS are fine!

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Oh I do indeed remember the NJ Soprano Court and switching the ‘Torch’. Just last week, I was haunted by McGreevy [another odd bird], and him telling Hannity, “The law is SILENT.”

But here is the difference [if their attempt even reached the SC]— Justice Thomas, Alito, Roberts, and Scalia.
Even if the other five blocked them, their dissent would be so scathing that it would be an entirely different situation. Not only that, but a post primary swap to Hillery would make her weaker than if it is before the convention. [And the rats would be even more divided— female vs. black.]

Hey! Maybe the super-delegates might pick Edwards.

[MeekOneGOP]

It WOULD be interesting to see if the 'RATS would try
a SWITCH and, if so, how that went down with the courts.


Verrrry Interrrresting!

I'm not at all familiar with the ins and outs of the
legal stuff, especially on the party nominations.

Is there any precedent? Has there ever been a CHANGE
for Prez after the CORNvention ?????

I don't recall ever hearing anything like that.

[MeekOneGOP]

Anywhoo ...

I’m off to the races again! (woik!)

See y’ll latah. :)

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Nostrodomis once predicted that a black man in high esteem would be discraced. I wondered if it were OJ, the ‘reverend’ Jackson, or Michael Jackson. But none of them can light a candle to Obama right now.

Now that I think about it, could it be that Hillary is behind this ‘fake ID’ report?

After keeping an eye on the Clintons, I have learned ‘Clinton-think’ pretty well. If Obama wins the primary and is later exposed as having a fake ID, it appears that the DNC would enter a state of confusion. Through ‘clinton-think’, I looked up the old controversy:

“What would happen if Obama were assassinated after the convention?”

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080325091643AALe44H

One poster seemed knowledgeable, but I’m just guessing to be honest. The party would be in disarray— and furious at everyone— if he were killed. But if he were completely discredited, that would make it easier on them to rally.

I couldn’t find anything solid after a quick search. The party rules for such a contingency may not even be written for all I know.

[MeekOneGOP]

Never put anything past a Kringtone!

They can go, SOOOooo low !!!