[NCLaw441]

I have followed this issue with interest, but no real intensity. This is the first I have heard about a birth announcement in a Hawaii paper. If there was such a birth announcement just after his birth, I would be ready to throw in the towel on this issue. There would be no reason to fabricate Hussein’s place of birth AT THAT TIME. I know it is not evidence, but it strongly suggests that there is a valid birth certificate— which should simply be produced. I oppose any lawsuit that isn’t likely to be a winner, and IF there was a birth announcement, I’d say this one is ultimately a loser.

[Sharrukin]

Why do millions of Mexicans want American citizenship?

Why would a mother want American citizenship for her child?

Two questions. Same answer.

[panthermom]

So what you are saying is, I can bring a copy of my birth announcement and use it as proof I am a citizen?

I didn’t do any birth announcements for my kids at all, they just have Birth Certificates.

[mkjessup]

This is the first I have heard about a birth announcement in a Hawaii paper. If there was such a birth announcement just after his birth, I would be ready to throw in the towel on this issue. There would be no reason to fabricate Hussein’s place of birth AT THAT TIME.

As another poster pointed out further up in this thread, there was every reason to fabricate a place of birth, if in fact 0bama was NOT born on U.S. soil, i.e., in 1961 the images of East Germans desperately trying to flee to the West, of Cubans putting anything into the water that might float in hopes of escaping Castro's new Communist tyranny, everyone was cognizant of the priceless nature of freedom, particularly the freedom accorded to United States citizens, and there would be EVERY reason to wish for a child born in a foreign land to know the advantages of American citizenship.

I contend that there was more than ample reason to fudge the official records in 1961 in behalf of Baby Barry, even IF nobody knew he would one day parlay his 1-1/2 years of Senatorial experience into becoming the President-elect.

[Windflier]

This is the first I have heard about a birth announcement in a Hawaii paper.

Several posters have put the birth announcement argument for Obama's Hawaiian birth to rest. It turns out that the state records office routinely does a bulk data dump of vital events such as births, deaths, and marriages to the local papers.

If you get a chance to look at the paper this announcement came from, you'll see that Obama's announcement looks identical to all of the other birth announcements, except for the names.