EXCLUSIVE! OBAMA'S FAKE BIRTH CERTIFICATE: How the forgery was made.

The Greater Evil ^ | 07/23/08 | Polarik

[Polarik]

There are three facts about Internet blog stories that you need to know:

1. Plagiarism is rampant on the Internet.
   
2. You cannot always believe what you see and read.
3. When you see the word, "EXCLUSIVE," in the title, it does not mean that the story was the first one or even the only one.

You can imagine my chagrin when I read the following headline in the Atlasshruggs blog:

ATLAS EXCLUSIVE: FINAL REPORT ON OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE FORGERY CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN

What this headline, and the story it trumpets, confirm is that all three of the "facts" listed above are validated by this story.

Actually, my first reaction to it was, "Yawn." Here is an article proclaiming to have the exclusive findings that Obama's Birth Certificate image is a forgery -- or, using the acronym that I alone coined, Obama's "COLB ("Certificate of Live Birth") is a forgery.

The only problems with that statement are as follows:

• More than a month before this "EXCLUSIVE," was posted, I posted my own exclusive findings that the Obama COLB images were "poor forgeries" made from a genuine COLB.
• This so-called, "FINAL REPORT" is far from being final, and
  
• This so-called, "EXCLUSIVE" report is far from being the first to claim a forgery occurred.
  
• More than a few original findings and ideas of mine were "borrowed" without attribution.

In light of the above, my second reaction to it was, "What chutzpah!" (Which is the Yiddish word for "WTF.")

How can an article, posted on July 20, or a full month after my original proclamation that Obama's COLB image was graphically altered, be labeled as exclusive? I will admit that the techniques used by the author, TechDude, were not the ones I used to discover the forgery, and that he was the only one, to my knowledge, to have used them.

For that, I'd like to offer a pat on the back to TechDude for the work that he did, but also a slap on the wrist, to both Techdude and Pam Geller for misleading the public by implying that they were the first ones to present evidence of a graphic forgery.

Now, that they've basked in the glory of their nonexclusive, "Exclusive," it's time to set the record straight.

On June 19, I wrote the following on my TownHall blog, The Greater Evil:

"The Daily Kos blog has posted a JPG that allegedly is Barack Obama's "Certificate of Birth." From a detailed analysis of the image and the text, it looks like it was created by a graphics program, and is not a true copy of an original, certified document."

So, which part of that statement did they miss? It also appeared on The Free Republic about the same time, and afterwards, on TexasDarlin's blog.

So, which part of these blog stories did they miss?

In my first post, I did make some wrong assumptions, for which I replied, Mea Culpa, and made the necessary changes.

For example, I also made mention of the odd-looking border back then, but that finding turned out to be irrelevant to my research.

However, my essential thesis was then, and has always been, that the Kos image, and all of its relatives, including the FactCheck image, were graphic forgeries, even though I focused on different aspects of it than TechDude did. For him, the border was a crucial part of the puzzle.

For me, that border could have been red hearts and purple flowers for all that it mattered.

I focused on the anomalies of the text, which were many and not explained away by the reasons cited by my critics.

Now, this is not to take away any of the work that TechDude has done, which is notable in its own right, and if you read my blog, you will see proper attributions made to him and his work.

HOWEVER, I do take exception to the lack of any attribution to my work, and is a very egregious oversight, at best.

At worst, it smacks of plagiarism, and there are more than one instance of that, such as the upper left-hand border comparison which was originally mine and emailed to him.

Also egregious is the fact that TechDude, myself, and TexasDarlin had agreed to publish a joint document, and, as you have now seen, one of us renegged on that agreement and stole the spotlight.

I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade here, but I would like to point out that there never was an "uncropped Kos image" posted online. A scan of the entire COLB was never posted to the Kos or the Smears. It was always a cropped image, and I was the one who confirmed the true "birth order" of the images -- especially those of OpenDNA (who was initially "charged" with making the Kos image forgery.

Now, the FactCheck image was, indeed, posted as an uncropped version of the Kos image, although one cannot escape the likelihood that the extra border was added, post-hoc.

What I did confirm is that all of the online images came from one source file.


I also confirmed that my critics and detractors, coincidentally, are also the same to TechDude and his research. It is safe to say that there will always be people who are antagonistic to others who reveal unpleasant truths.

But, now is the time to separate the men from the boys, so to speak. The critics and detractors who claim that the Kos image is NOT a forgery, demand to see someone actually create one from scratch.

I couldn't agree more. it is one thing to postulate that a forgery has been created, but it is entirely a different matter to actually create one that is a clone of the Kos image.

What may surprise these critics and detractors to learn is that beginning about two to three weeks ago, a clone of the Kos I created was posted to my latest blog post.

You see, the image that I referenced as the original Kos imageis actually the clone I created more from Michele's 2008 COLB image.

Here's the Daily Kos image from their website:



Here's my clone of the Kos image:



Keep in mind that this is not a point-for-point clone of the Kos image, since I did not proceed from an original, scanned image (a bitmap that has never been seen by the public), but it's darn close, and nobody was the wiser.

How do you tell my clone from Kos?

The "Time of Birth" on my clone is 7:25 AM; on the Kos it's 7:24 PM.

I replaced everything, EXCEPT the funky border. Like I said, the "security" border is not very secure when it can be reproduced by a scanner.

Making an exact "forgery" in terms of the Kos image dimensions, file size, JPG compression and resolution was not an easy job, although I spent less about an hour to make it. I'm still feeling the effects of a flu bug.

In the next few days, when I feel a little better, I will post a real "exclusive" --  a step by step guide showing exactly how I produced this clone, as well as posting a sampling of all of the dead ends I reached using the explanations professed by the nonbelievers.

I have about 320 images in all, but I'll post a sufficient number of them to satisfy anyone's doubts.

Like I've said in previous posts and in comments made on other blogs, if someone can make a Kos clone just by scanning, reducing the size, changing the compression, or any combination of these ways, they are more than encouraged to try.

Until then, I stand by my conclusion that I made over a month ago: that the Kos image looks the way it does because the original text on a previous image was graphically altered or replaced.

"Why" it was done is still open for debate, but the discovery that I made over a month ago still holds true. The image is not a "horrible" forgery, IMHO, because it fooled a lot of people...and that's the sole purpose for making a forgery.

Hopefully, the critics and detractors will come up with their own clones made in the ways that they claimed. In the meantime, the evidence provided in my posts and in TechDude's posts far outweigh any evidence that the images are are genuine, accurate reproductions of a paper COLB document.


It may look like a duck, but it walks, talks, and flies like a Dodo bird.


PREVIEW:

When I received a true copy of a recent COLB from a person named, Michele, I promised my readers that I would manufacture a clone of the Kos image to demonstrate how it was created. In doing so, I would validate my theory that someone's actual COLB, or a scanned copy of it, was used as the basis or template for creating a forgery.

I had theorized that the pixel patterns between the letters on the Kos image I was viewing were not JPG artifacts, or scanner artifacts, as the critics claimed they were.

These pixel patterns were characteristic of text added to an existing image while the image was an 8-bit, 256-color bitmapped image, and not while it was a 24-bit, 16.7 million color JPG.

Before I reached that conclusion, I had tried every other way possible to duplicate the Kos image.

People may say that OpenDNA, aka Jay McKinnon, already tried to do that -- that he produced two images that were also graphically altered.

However, both of these images were 800 x 781 pixels  @ 96 DPI, which is a far cry from the larger, 2427 x 2369 pixels @ 300 DPI Kos image. Basically, OpenDNA's "forgeries" were easy to do given how small was the area that needed to be modified.

"Cloning" the Kos took a little, more work than that.


I ask that all of you to be patient as I recover, and that you will soon be rewarded with the recipe for forgery.

[MeekOneGOP]

McCAIN- BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE IS UNTHINKABLE

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Amen to that, MEG !!!

Here is the (somewhat crass) bumper-sticker I have on
the back glass of my car!:

[Polarik]

Thank you, Calpernia

[Allegra]

(I hope I said all that okay now). :)

You mirrored my thoughts exactly. :)

[null and void]

However, a person can be born outside the United States, say...in Kenya, and still be considered “natural-born” for electability purposes.

Um, no. Citizen certainly, if he has a certificate of US citizen born abroad filed with the local embassy, AND he asserts his US citizenship when he reaches majority.

As to Constitutional eligibility? That is the subject of a rather lively debate. Last election cycle McCaskill submitted a bill to establish the eligibility of anyone born to a U.S. citizen who is serving overseas as an active or reserve member of the U.S. armed forces.

Why? Because senator McCain's father was a Navy officer serving in the Canal Zone when McCain was born in Panama (NOT IN THE CANAL ZONE).

The laws was never passed. Whether McCain is eligible is still an open question.

In that case, you must prove at least one of your parents was a US citizen at the time of your birth. Hence the mention of Obama’s mama(if you'll pardon the pun).

Um, no. IF your parents are married, AND one of them is a foreign national, AND you are born in that foreign national's country, you are a citizen of that country, not an American by birth.

If you are a bastard, and your mommy files a certificate of US citizen born abroad with the local embassy, and you assert your citizenship when you turn 18, you can be a US citizen. But never a US president.

[null and void]

(I use real tin, not aluminum)

Kewl! Does it "cry" when you bend it?

[Polarik]

“So I am puzzled about the ‘advantage’ of being Black???”

Black leaders and spokespeople will not be happy untl everyone in America continues to to feel guilty about slavery and discrimination against blacks.

Voting for Obama is the liberal’s way of assuaging that guilt, the black population see him as “one of their own,” and the other whites who have bought into this guilt-trip will likewise feel like the liberals.

Meanwhle, the media cannot find a high enough pedestal on which to place him, and continue to be enamored by the “First Black Man” running as the Democratic Nominee for President.

There’s a boatload of political capital riding on Obama being black.

[Bommer]

While everyone is pissing upwind over this phony issue, they are not concentrating on the real issues of the campaign.

If you think electing a non-citizen in violation of the contstitution or a full blown muslim a phony thing, then you got a bigger problem

[null and void]

FReepers cannot chew gun and walk at the same time!

Did you mean:

FReepers cannot chew gun gum and walk at the same time!

or

FReepers cannot chew shoot gun and walk at the same time!

?

[null and void]

but we know it’s not and now Google is letting it out more.

I stopped using google cold when they purged all images of the Obama BC from their search results.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I never thought I’d say this Meek. But you must be a racist : )

[null and void]

Hmmmmmm.

A democrat refuses to take taxpayer money?

Now we have a pretty good idea as to why...

[nikos1121]

I’m convinced that Obama is hiding something. This explains the forged COLB. But consider this.

Let’s assume that he was not born in the USA. He wins the nomination and is elected president. He then releases all birth information, and it comes to light that he is not a natural born citizen. Charges are filed, and counter filed. The democrats now in control of congress block resolutions to unseat Obama.

The legal promise to review his eligibility takes years in the courts. Meanwhile, the guy is president. He makes judicial appointments, spends our money, blocks laws, passes laws etc.

NOW is the time to break this open, or at least soon after he is nominated.

I suspect that Hillary knows this and that’s why she’s stayed in the race and why she’s trying to shake him down to get on the ticket.

nick

[null and void]

What is the actual advantage of being the ‘first Black’ to run for President? The Blacks are low statistically compared to whites and hispanics so he can't win on Black vote.
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So I am puzzled about the ‘advantage’ of being Black???

Essentially 100% of the black vote, plus essentially 100% of the oh-so-liberal vote, plus the white guilt vote. Add that to the people who would vote for Satan (D) as long as that all important (D) follows the name, and it gives him a bit of an edge.

These days the candidates are so insipid that elections are usually decided by razor thin margins. Any slight edge can be enough.

[null and void]

(I hope I said all that okay now). :)

Looks OK to me...

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL! :^D

[MeekOneGOP]

:^D

[MeekOneGOP]

Thank ye! :)

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Gotta head for the salt mine in a few minutes.

See y’all later . . .

[MeekOneGOP]

Hey, your link ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/^http://polarik.blogtownpost.com

Am I the only one getting the “Oops, we can’t open the web page you requested ...”

?????

[Calpernia]

>>>Black leaders and spokespeople will not be happy untl everyone in America continues to to feel guilty about slavery and discrimination against blacks.<<<

But OH THE IRONY....

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/shop_pickandmix/previews/kenya-history-culture-tribes-preview.pdf

....more than 8000 slaves were passing through the Swahili slave markets every year.Perhaps four times as many died before ever reaching the markets.

[Calpernia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://polarik.blogtownpost.com

The link look broken. I see 2 characters, 5 and E, in front of he URL for http://polarik.blogtownpost.com