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The Silence of Obama
America's Right ^ | 9/5/2008 | Jeff Schreiber

Posted on 09/06/2008 6:57:37 AM PDT by solfour

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama was served with papers yesterday connected with the lawsuit filed more than two weeks ago in federal court in Philadelphia questioning his constitutional eligibility for the American presidency. Service was made at his Washington, D.C. Senate office at approximately 1:00 p.m.

From a press release provided by filing attorney Philip Berg and available on his Web site:

Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the Attorney who filed suit against Barack H. Obama challenging Senator Obama’s eligibility to serve as President of the United States, has received confirmation from his Process Service Company that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Senator Barack Obama were served today, September 4, 2008, with the legal documents pertaining to Berg vs. Obama, Civil Action No. 08-cv-4083.

The DNC was served at 12:00 p.m. and Senator Obama was served at 1:00 p.m. The U.S. Attorney’s Office accepted service on behalf of the Federal Elections Committee (FEC) on or about August 22, 2008.

A telephone call to Obama's Senate office in Washington, D.C. yielded no official comment, as his staffer maintained that she was "not familiar with any legal action" and, even though I mentioned that service was made in D.C. to that office, it was "probably a campaign-related issue."

The subsequent call to the senator's campaign headquarters, however, yielded the same result but in a more entertaining fashion.

"That's very interesting," said a campaign official who declined to provide a name and admitted that this was the first he had heard of Berg's lawsuit. He asked whether anything about the civil action had appeared in the newspapers, and when told that the story had appeared in the Washington Times, he laughed.

"Has the story appeared in the New York Times? How about the Washington Post? Or the Los Angeles Times? The Chicago Tribune?" he asked. "Those are all more trustworthy papers than the Washington Times. When the story appears there, then we might have something to say about it."

"If Sen. Obama were ineligible to run for president," he said, "I think we would have heard about it by now."

Berg, over the phone, mentioned that he has received phone calls and advice from dozens of lawyers across the country, and was currently working on preparing a motion for expedited discovery to be filed before the next conference with Judge Surrick. While he was unable to provide a copy of the affidavit of service--as soon as I get a copy, it will be posted here--he was more than happy to offer his perspective on the predictable response I received from Obama's senate office and campaign headquarters.

"They know about it," he said, noting that the story has catapulted across the Internet and radiowaves, citing 7.9 million hits on his Web site and mentioning that he is booked for a pair of radio interviews this evening, and will be sitting with a newspaper photographer for another story to appear in the [Norristown, PA] Times-Herald. "Too many times, a lawsuit can be filed and nobody knows about it. This time, the political people must know for sure."

"The silence is proving me right," he said, wondering why no doctor or nurse has come forward to claim the inevitable publicity which would accompany an admission that they were in attendance for the Illinois senator's birth. "I think it's an insult to the American public and even more so to his campaign supporters who have worked so hard and donated so much money. All they're doing is prolonging the agony. If I'm right and they stay quiet, they could sit on it for 60 days, get elected, and the only way out would be impeachment by this do-nothing Congress."

"What does that do for America?" He asked. "This deserves a comment one way or another."


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: barrydunham; barrysoetoro; berg; bergvobama; birth; birthcertificate; certificate; certifigate; citizenship; colb; colbaquiddic; constitutional; dunham; ineligible; lawsuit; mediabias; nationality; newsblackout; nobama; obama; obamacolb; passport; philberg; philipberg; requirement; silence; soetoro
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To: bvw
Birthright citizenship
101 posted on 09/06/2008 8:41:10 AM PDT by kabar (.)
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To: Shooter 2.5
I'll say it again, slow enough that you too, can grasp the message. things are looking interesting. That someone served him papers, in regard to this whole issue, makes me at least look. Bet it makes a lot of others, by rule of law, to look too. be interesting to see how it all pans out in the end.
102 posted on 09/06/2008 8:41:53 AM PDT by Issaquahking (McCain/Palin rule - libs drool. All over but the crying now!)
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To: Former Fetus
Let’s assume that yes, he was born in the US.

At this point, being born in the United States, he is a natural-born citizen.

That is why the determination of where he was actually born is so important. If he was born outside the country (excepting some situations, like deployed military families), then the considerations you cite apply.

103 posted on 09/06/2008 8:47:29 AM PDT by MortMan (Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton)
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To: solfour
Our youngest daughter was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 21, 1971 and her Certificate of Live Birth which was issued by the Research and Statistics Office of the Department of Health State of Hawaii and looks nothing like the one shown here in this thread for Barack Hussein Obama II. Our daughter's certificate contains a File Number (151) and the certificate number (71 015396), my wife's signature and residential address, the doctor's signature, the hospital name (Kapiolani), the signature of the deputy Registrar, facsimile signatures of the Director of Health and the State Registrar as well as other information which is not shown on Obama's certificate. Our copy was issued May 8, 1979 as a "true and correct copy of the original".

But most importantly, the image of the perforation stamp on our daughter's certificate is NOT the same as the one on Obama's. It looks like his birth certificate is a fake!
104 posted on 09/06/2008 8:47:54 AM PDT by Stayfree (***********************************************If it is left, it can't be right!!)
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To: Former Fetus

Those conditions apply if he was born outside the United States. If actually born in the U.S., including in the state of Hawaii, he is a natural born citizen.

We must be ever vigilant to ensure that are facts are exactly true.


105 posted on 09/06/2008 9:02:26 AM PDT by MortMan (Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton)
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To: cake_crumb

The birth certificate I posted is the copy from the Hawaiian archives.

I posted his birth certificate. So far no one has posted a birth certificate from another country.

I posted the birth announcement. So far no one has posted a birth announcement from another country.

Case closed. Leave the childish rantings to the hillary supporters.


106 posted on 09/06/2008 9:05:53 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA - Vote against the dem party)
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To: Stayfree

Post a side by side comparison of the two photos.


107 posted on 09/06/2008 9:08:45 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA - Vote against the dem party)
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To: Shooter 2.5
Barak H. Obama was born in Honolullu, Hawaii, U.S. A.. Get over it.

Thank you Michelle, we appreciate that. Have you picked out a color for the White House drapes yet? Let me guess, it's BEIGE! LOL
108 posted on 09/06/2008 9:27:43 AM PDT by mkjessup (If Ronald Reagan were with us today, he'd say "Vote McCain/Palin, & Win One More for the Gipper!!!")
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To: Shooter 2.5
couldn't you find a BIGGER version of that ??

appreciate the effort, but anyone w/dialup's gonna have a five minute refresh !


109 posted on 09/06/2008 9:28:05 AM PDT by tomkat (American craftsman)
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To: Shooter 2.5

Must be so! Thanks for clearing this all up.


110 posted on 09/06/2008 9:30:12 AM PDT by tupac (Apostrophe equals Crux of Biscuit.)
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To: LucyT

just in case you missed it! post 10


111 posted on 09/06/2008 9:38:26 AM PDT by porter_knorr
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To: LucyT

never mind about the photo


112 posted on 09/06/2008 9:41:23 AM PDT by porter_knorr
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To: mkjessup

Of course not sweetie. Beige is so yesterday and this is a new order.

Commie red. It won’t clash with the brown shirts of my new security detail.


113 posted on 09/06/2008 9:43:02 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA - Vote against the dem party)
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To: porter_knorr; Calpernia; SE Mom; jersey117

Uh, that’s about the most obviously shopped pic I’ve ever seen, guys.


114 posted on 09/06/2008 11:38:14 AM PDT by lesser_satan (Satire today, headlines tomorrow...)
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To: lesser_satan

keep reading...


115 posted on 09/06/2008 11:43:08 AM PDT by porter_knorr
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To: Stayfree

I have been waiting for someone will a real COLB certificate to post the information.

Please post a copy with the names out.


116 posted on 09/06/2008 11:58:48 AM PDT by razorback-bert (Save the planet...it is the only known one with beer!)
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To: Shooter 2.5

Where did you get the photograph of the cert laying on a table?


117 posted on 09/06/2008 12:25:15 PM PDT by stlnative (HurraMcCain Palin will continue to build strength as it travels across the USA over the next 60 days)
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To: doug from upland

Thats pretty bad work, is that the best they can do?


118 posted on 09/06/2008 12:28:08 PM PDT by valkyry1 (McCain/Palin 2008!!)
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To: Allegra
I saw you ask where the BOWEL Movement was on another thread. Check this thread.
119 posted on 09/06/2008 12:42:06 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Sarah Palin is NOT worried about anything being above her pay grade!)
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To: Fabozz
In a real photo, all "pitch black" areas have the same intensity, which is almost never digital black (pixel value of 0).

In a photo that hasn't been processed, the black point will generally be non-zero, but seldom will it be entirely uniform. If the contrast of the photo has been adjusted, however, the black point may be zero even if there were no other changes. Still, checking the black point is a good first check. I have a photo from Clinton's whitehouse.gov which shows him with his cat Socks on a very-poorly-edited-out leash. The edit was pure black, while the background was off-black.

120 posted on 09/06/2008 1:13:30 PM PDT by supercat
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