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Your last 2 posts. While I like a good mystery, I'm not comfortable prying into someone's life, unless it's for genealogical purposes of my near and distant relatives. The purpose is to bring him down and has a malicious intent to it which I'd rather not be a party to any further than I already have.

Poking around the internet is one thing, but sending for records which will just raise more questions is another. It's not about the $12 or other minimal costs.

All we have to go on with this particular bit of information seems to have originated with what appears to be a forged draft recrod that first appeared on Debbie Schlussel's blog IIRC. I don't really know who these people are or their motives. Any side could have done it or to throw everything off track. Furthermore, I don't know where these SSN's are coming from; they're supposed to be private information unless the person is deceased.

I figure if I'm meant to know something, it will come to me and what to do about it. Why don't you do it or let the big boys handle it?

It's not invasive to legally access an official record, such as a death certificate. One example is real estate industry professionals, who sometimes need to order copies to complete documentation to legally establish ownership of properties and estates. In this case, the intent is more important, to establish the illegitimacy of a top public official. That's hardly "prying".

You can also consider that your tax dollars help pay for collection and archival storage of those sort of materials. How about a little payback on that mandatory investment?

It's also not invasive to view an obituary from a 30-year-old newspaper at a library. Your tax dollars help pay for the retention of those records too.

Where you say "I figure if I'm meant to know something, it will come to me and what to do about it. Why don't you do it or let the big boys handle it?" many here will disagree. The exposure of critical information about corrupt politicians is one of the main reasons freerepublic exists.