Posted on 07/27/2008 3:13:09 PM PDT by Polarik
Sometimes, you don't always find what it is that you're seeking on the Internet. At least, not when you could have really used it.
I decided today to search through the web archives to locate other COLB images that have not been seen since their original posting. What I found was downright shocking!
First, props to Brian Ledbetter and his blog, The Snapped Shot, for providing both the references to my original, June 20 post, and for providing what was presented as "proof positive" that the Kos image was genuine. The "proof" provided was an animated GIF showing the DeCosta COLB morphing into the Kos COLB.
The conclusion reached by the eager detractors and debunkers of my theories was that the similarities between the two prove that both images are genuine, and that all of the differences I found in the Kos image -- the anomalies of the text -- were, and I quote:
"inconsistencies that've been pointed out can now be attributed to scanning/copying/encoding/transmission artifacts."
Or, the SOS, the same old stuff that every detractor has tried to postulate as the only reasons for the vagaries of the Kos.
A light went off in my head, and lights were flashing.
Unwittingly, the creator of this GIF just provided me with the smoking gun I needed that conclusively proves my theory!
After cropping both the Kos image and the DeCosta image down to just the outer edges of the borders, I decreaed them proportionately to 921 x 903 pixels each.
First, the Decosta image:
Now the Kos image:
To make my case even stronger, I performed Sobel edge detection on each image, and then created an animated GIF from both to demonstrate the closeness of the alignment.
They overlapped perfectly. Presenting, the DE-KOS-TA composite:
OK, like what are the odds of having two COLBs, one that we know was from Sep 9, 2002, and one that was 'allegedly' from June 9, 2007, with different border patterns, lining up perfectly on the placements of the borders, images, headers & footers, text fields, and data fields?
Like the odds of winning the lottery.
What are the odds that the Kos image was manufactured directly from the DeCosta image?
Take the odds! You'll win every time.
For comparison purposes, here is a composite of the DeCosta image with an overlay of Michele's image (another genuine COLB):
As you can see, although the top of the COLB image is similarly placed -- which is what you would expect it to be -- there is quite a difference in the placement of the text, which is also expected given the different time periods in which they were originally produced.
But, what is not expected are the anomalies in the Kos image. From where did the other date come? Why does it seem like the 'hidden seal' on the Kos image is smaller and shifted up and to the left relative to the DeCosta image? Why is the date stamp on the Kos in a different place? Why does this date stamp look so prominent on the Kos when the 'hidden seal' is hardly visible?" Why is the font of the Kos date stamp different from the DeCosta date stamp when everything else is the same?
These questions certainly do not detract from the fact that the DeCosta image served as the basis for the Kos, but it raises the question as to whether there was a second COLB -- one that could have been Obama's -- but contained information that he did not want to release to the public.
After all, the first one used for the forgery belonged to someone other than Obama.
Since I created my Kos clone to be the same size as the Kos, there is no doubt that an enlarged copy of the smaller DeCosta image became the "canvas" for the Kos "original. Then, copious amounts of cutting and pasting from another COLB's background was done to cover up the existing information, followed by typing directly onto the copied background while in Photoshop, or another image editor.
The bottom line is that the Kos was never a true copy of Obama's birth record, if it ever existed as a COLB. There is nothing to rule out the copying of parts from a second COLB (such as the background, seal stamp, and date stamp) belonging to someone other than Obama.
To me, this case is closed.
Now, the only thing left for me to do is to follow the same procedure I used to create the Kos clone shown in my previous post (which was made from Michele's COLB) by using the Decosta COLB as the starting point for the Kos clone.
THEN, we can now bid adieu to the doubters, the detractors, and the debunkers who were way off course with their rebuttals, and welcome back the faithful who never waivered from that nagging feeling that what they were looking at, was a fake!
All hail the DE-KOS-TA image.
Was Obama circumcised? This would tell if his father intended to raise him as a Muslim.
So he slept around before marriage
How would that prove anything?
I thought the DeCosta image came available after the Kos image?
Patricia DeCosta was born in Hawaii in 1930. The copy of her birth record was issued to her in 2002 when Hawaii was a state.
This Certificate of Live Birth or cOLB (my copywrited acronym) is not a copy of the original Birth Certificate issued at the time of her birth, but is a faithful transcript of that event as recorded in the Vital Statistics database. It now serves the same function as an original BC copy would.
Hawaii no longer issues photostatic copies or reproductions of the original birth certificate to anyone. They have replaced that practice with the printing of this COLB document, and it is the legal equivalent of it.
Or he's really Jewish.
Good job Polarik.
Thanks for that. Makes sense to me.
I have only a vague idea about what all of the fuss is about. That is, I have been unable to give a lot of attention to this subject.
Although I do know a small bit about photo shop programs, mostly the informed comments (on other threads) concerning details are at this time beyond my understanding.
Nightcrawler for prez!
Oh for Pete’s sake. In the United States, it was standard practice to circumcise every male infant at that time. Ask any man between 35 and 50 and you will find nearly every one is circumcised.
If he was NOT circumsized I would wonder if he was truely born in Hawaii.
(Frankly I don’t think his organ’s condition is any of our business. )
What? You mean to tell me Michael Jackson is not white? But look at his nose :-D
Thank you for the efforts put forth on this issue. Perhaps you have started the process that will nail this clown to the wall. Then again. It may lead nowhere. I am still waiting to see Hanoi John’s military discharge form.
why do you bother? it doesn’t matter.
thanks for the ping, here’s the original page for the DeCosta document:
http://www.valeehill.net/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I4525&tree=0001
Since when does the truth NOT matter?
(Make sure you have all your anti-virus and spyware working ;)
MSM isn’t even going to mention it. If people want this known, a scene will have to be created to make it known.
Just passing around info on the internet won’t do it. It has to hit the TV set to gain any traction.
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