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No one has mentioned the most salient facts from the hearing. Quoting the article,

In her final argument, Taitz asked Land why she had to prove a “Kenyan birth certificate” she submitted as evidence was authentic, yet her opponents didn’t have to prove Obama had an authentic United States birth certificate.

“Who has the burden of establishing that the president of the United States is not eligible to serve in his office?” Land asked Taitz.

The judge pointed out that burden fell on Rhodes because she sought the restraining order to stop her deployment.

And at the bottom of the article, it turns out that CPT Rhodes was at the hearing as the judge had ordered on Friday:

Under questioning from Land, Rhodes said she had not declined any other orders since Obama became president.

“If Sen. McCain would have won, would you be objecting to deployment to Iraq?” the judge asked. Rhodes said no.

Land then asked the question another way: If President George W. Bush still was the commander in chief, would she be fighting the deployment?
“No, sir,” Rhodes answered.

Also, the judge chastized Orly Taitz:

“Whenever I give you a minute, you go off on these talking points,” Land said.

“We have not seen Mr. Obama’s birth certificate,” Taitz responded.

“This is not a forum to lay ground work for a press conference,” Land said. “This is a court of law.”

It doesn't look like the judge will issue the TRO, much less rule that Obama has to produce the birth certificate.

My big problem with this whole thing, and the judge’s statements in particular is that for every job, license, identification, security check, or proof of eligibility for various professional capacities we have in our country, the only one that seems to have shifted burden of proof on the investigators and not the investigated is the office of President as it pertains specifically to one Barack Hussein Obama. They changed the rules just for him.

And at the bottom of the article, it turns out that CPT Rhodes was at the hearing as the judge had ordered on Friday:

This is a surprise? Of course she was. The Army, through their attorney Major Ausprung, promised the judge that the Captain would be there.

The judge would not have taken kindly to the the Army's attorney if the Captain had been held in Kansas.

“Who has the burden of establishing that the president of the United States is not eligible to serve in his office?” Land asked Taitz. P> The judge pointed out that burden fell on Rhodes because she sought the restraining order to stop her deployment.<

But that does not mean that Rhodes has to supply all the proof on her, and her attorney's own hook. The easiest way for them to prove that would be to suponea the original Birth records, all of them, from Hawaii. Getting proof of documents from Kenya via normal diplomatic channels, when Obama's cousin Odinga, who Obama advised and campaigned forduring the most recent Kenyan election, is Prime Minister is more than just a bit problematic. Odinga's idea of the "rule of law" is to set his thugs loose to beat, burn and pillage when he lost the election for President of Kenya.

Odinga supporters after the election

O & O before the election

Photo above may have been taken on one of Obama's other trips to Kenya, not immediately preceeding the election.