[rolling_stone]

I hope everyone takes a little time to read about or see the movie “I ACCUSE” also known as the Dreyfus Affair

It includes significant cover up by the military, judges, and press of a false conviction. The movie shows the judges refusal to enter into evidence anything of value to the defendant (like birthers) It was a real and dividing part of French history, not unlike what we are going through in the US today. One writer was instrumental in getting the truth out by publishing his accusations and being sued for libel. He lost but eventually won.

Anyone who looks into it will realize that yes, there can be unthinkable conspiracies by persons in power to prevent the truth from coming out. It snowballed and they got deeper and deeper into covering up an original falsehood.

I accuse the US Government (through some of its employees), Congress and the Media of either aiding and abetting the cover up of Obamas records or of being ridiculously incompetent, negligent, or just plain cowards for doing as they are told, turning a blind eye or doing nothing to clear up the controversy.

When is the last time the Media, Congress or Investigators with authority asked President Obama about his birth certificate(other than brave Sheriff Arpaio) his social security card, his draft registration, etc? Or have they? The non action indicates to me a silent conspiracy along with a real one.

Is it not evident that the big media refuses to cover the story and refuses to ask the President pertinent questions? Is that not a conspiracy to suppress evidence and information?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_affair

[nathanbedford]

One might well ask the family of former Sen. Ted Stevens whether they believe in conspiracies.

There is no question that the government is fully capable of committing crimes and doing so for a variety of motivations. It seems to me that we would have to inquire what the motivations of the officials of Hawaii to further such a conspiracy might be. Certainly they would not be directly advanced politically nor would they be directly advanced financially in any way that is now known to us. They might, however, be subject to downside pressures on their jobs and associations. Most likely, their motivation, if it exists, would be a desire to support the first black president because they too are people of color mutually supporting each other in a very diverse state.

Yet, at some point we have to have actual evidence. We have to confirm it, that is prove, as an absolutely indispensable first step that the last certificate is in fact a counterfeit. If that is done I think a conspiracy would disintegrate because it will be exposed to the light of intense public scrutiny.

Recent history demonstrates with absolute clarity that this matter will only be moved forward by the presentation of the most compelling hard evidence. The resistance in the media, indeed the resistance on the part of Republican politicians, will only be overcome by hard evidence. I am mindful of Watergate in which the defense infrastructure which protected Nixon only came to an end with the revelations in the tapes. Even DNA proving perjury was not enough to get rid of Clinton.

How much more will it take to get rid of the historic first African-American president. Therefore, all of this talk about conspiracy and the document that was presented today showing some Kenyan came to America at a critical time, does not advance the matter toward a political solution very far at all. Equally, the courts are reluctant to touch this because they are wary of intruding into "political" questions so they dodge the matter by finding there is no standing.

Both the political and the legal frustrations will continue until hard evidence is produced and all the speculation about conspiracy theories will avail nothing.