The Island of Dr. Fukino - Bizarre Statements on Obama's origins

PA Times | 7/29/09 | Pissant

[pissant]

Back in October 2008, after the dreaded Constitutionalists began closing in on Obama's fraudulent Certification of Live Birth (COLB), out popped the Head of Hawaii's Dept of Health, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, a middle aged, balding, sturdy woman, to provide the first of two statements she would make in an attempt to tamp down the controversy.

"There have been numerous requests for Sen. Barack Hussein Obama’s official birth certificate. State law (Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §338-18) prohibits the release of a certified birth certificate to persons who do not have a tangible interest in the vital record"

"Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures."

But the controversy was NOT that Obama did not have an original birth certificate. The controversy was that he had not RELEASED it. The Constitutionalists and AfterBirthers both understood that the COLB scan Obama allegedly sent to leftwing organs FactCheck and DailyKos was at best a modern, computer generated summation document with limited info culled from a State database. Constitutionalists claimed it to a fraud, while AfterBirthers claimed it reflected reality.

Fukino's lawyer-produced statement gives the impression of legitimizing Obama's COLB, but it did not. She did not mention it, she did not verify its contents, but she did confirm they had the "original birth certificate" on file. Yet her non-statement had the AfterBirthers crowing, but the Constitutionalists knew they were being handed a line of nothingness, and continued to plow on.

Fast forward to late July of 2009. The Constitutionalists continued to hammer away, the AfterBirther leftie blogosphere continued to argue that "Obama already released his 'birth certificate", and the State Run Media (SRM) was content to ignore the situation altogether. They ignored it, because it made no sense to draw attention to the fact the lawsuits demanding Obama show his BC were continuing; and Obama was spending a kings ransom on high buck lawyers from Perkins Coie to suppress the release of his BC.

But 6 things happened that forced the SRM to get back into the game.

1) Rush Limbaugh was making more frequent jokes and statements regarding Obama not having produced a BC

2) One of Orly Taitz' lawsuits was given life by a federal judge.

3) The Constitutionalists were kicking the AfterBirthers butts in the blogosphere.

4) Lou Dobbs of CNN demanded Obama release the BC.

5) A case of a US soldier demanding Obama cough up his BC before he would deploy made the news.

6) A woman was taped at republican Mike Castles town hall meeting browbeating the hapless RINO. And the audience cheered her on. The tape went viral on Youtube

So suddenly one morning last week, America woke up to find a barrage of SRM articles condemning the "crazy", "nutty" Constitutionalists (who they call birthers) and proclaiming that the issue had been "settled" last year. They all used the same talking points, lifted right out of Media Matters or FactCheck. And every major SRM outlet particpated. It's almost as if Obama's marxist henchman David Axelrod had started another Astroturf project.But the Constitutionalists fought back, and exposed the gaping holes in the SRM's narrative. In the meantime, more republican house members were signing up as sponsors for a bill to make future presidential candidates cough up their BCs in order to make the ballot.

So in steps Dr. Fukino, once more. Another carefully crafted lawyer written statement was released on July 27, 2009. It reads:

"I, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, director of the Hawaii State Department of Health, have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen. I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago.

Once again, to the casual observer, this looks like a definitive statement that puts Obama in the free and clear. But note the lack of the words "birth certificate". Instead she uses the term vital records. Well, the darn COLB was a summation of vital records. Any family request to change Obama's birth from foreign or non-Hawaiian to Hawaiian would be part of the vital records. Any request to have Obama legally adopted would be part of the vital records. She also does not state that Obama IS Hawaiian born, she says the vital records she looked at say so, which could have been changed to reflect a request from the family, given the right circumstances. And I'll guarantee you that the vital records did not say he is a "natural born citizen", as Miss Fukino states. Miss Fukino is a medical doctor, and not a constitutional or immigration law scholar, and it is highly suspect that she would in include this in her statement. The smart money says an Obama lawyer helped her craft this slippery blurb.

It still stands that no HI gov't official, Miss Fukino included, has ever:

1) Verified that the COLB Obama presented via FactCheck and DailyKos is a valid document.

2) Verified that the information on the COLB is accurate.

3) Verified what information is on the original vault birth certificate.

4) Verified what, if any, changes were requested and accepted to Obama's vital records.

5) Verified who Obama's mother and father are.

6) Verified what hospital Obama was born in.

7) Verified who the attending doctor was for Obama's Birth.

So the beat goes on. Also, one has to wonder, since it is specifically against the law for an official to release information regarding Obama's birth certificate except to a legal family member, how this 2nd statement came about. It could very well be, she did not release any information from Obama's birth certificate at all.

Consider this little "nope, we can't do it" email from Dr. Fukino's spokesbabe Janice Okubo in response to a questions from the blogger that runs 24Ahead (I'm including his questions for clarity):

Here are the questions I sent them:

1. Did that statement (or any other official statement from the state government) confirm that Obama was born in Hawaii , as some have assumed?

2. Did that statement (or any other official statement from the state government) confirm that the certificate you have on file matches the one on Obama's website?

3. Is it illegal under Hawaii state law to confirm where Obama was born, or to confirm that the certificate you have on file matches the one on Obama's website?

And, here's the non-reply reply:

Dr. Fukino has said that her statement stands on its own, and she does not feel there is any need for further comment.

Hawaii State law protects the birth records of all individuals born in our state under all circumstances. State law prohibits the Department of Health from disclosing any information about a Hawaii vital record unless the requestor has a direct and tangible interest in the record. This includes verification of vital records and all the information contained in a record. Direct and tangible interest is determined by HRS §338-18(b).
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0338/HRS_0338-0018.htm

For information on the law that governs vital records in the State of Hawaii , please refer to HRS §338 at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/

Information on obtaining certified copies of vital records is available on the Hawaii DOH website at www.hawaii.gov/health

Janice Okubo
Communications Office
Hawaii State Department of Health

The plot only thickens my friends. We will get to the bottom of this fraudulence one way or another.

[Cyropaedia]

That is my thinking exactly.

The public has a right to know exactly who it was who authorized her to make this public declaration. This is because the public has right to know whether she broke the law.

Unless she got proper authorization from Obama, she violated state laws and should be relieved of her position as the head of the Department of Health.

[MissTickly]

Please see MY PERSONAL ACCOUNT with Janice Okubo ON Monday, July 27, that led to the release of the latest Press Release verifying Obama is a NBC and Hawaiian Born.

I think you will find them VERY interesting. And let me know what you think.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2304218/posts

And then see my other interesting post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2304248/posts

[MissTickly]

I sent this to Ms. Okubo this morning:
Ms. Okubo-

Under the Uniform Information Practices Act of the State of Hawaii, “...the people are vested with the ultimate decision-making power. Government agencies exist to aid the people in the formation and conduct of public policy. Opening up the government processes to public scrutiny and participation is the only viable and reasonable method of protecting the public’s interest. Therefore the legislature declares that it is the policy of this State that the formation and conduct of public policy—the discussions, deliberations, decisions, and action of government agencies—shall be conducted as openly as possible.”

Please send me an electronic copy of the written criteria, that must be satisfied, by which the Director of the Hawaii Department of Health determines that a person, whose vital records she has statutory authority over, is a natural-born American citizen.

Please send me an electronic copy of any written communications between the Hawaii Department of Health and Barack Obama or anyone claiming to represent Barack Obama concerning Mr. Obama’s birth certificate, certificate of live birth, certification of live birth, and/or supplementary birth certificate or certification of live birth from Jan. 1, 2008 through July 29, 2009.

Please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has President Barack Obama’s SUPPLEMENTARY BIRTH CERTIFICATE on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARRY SOETORO’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARRY DUNHAM’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARACK SOETORO’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARACK DUNHAM’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARRY H. SOETORO’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARRY H. DUNHAM’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARACK H. SOETORO’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARACK H. DUNHAM’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

If you have no confirmation on any or all of the above, please send me that, too.

Please consider this request as a Hawaii UIPA (Uniform Information Practices Act) request under section 92F-12.

[MissTickly]

Pissant-

This is the FULL request I made to Ms. Okubo this morning:

Ms. Okubo-

Under the Uniform Information Practices Act of the State of Hawaii, “...the people are vested with the ultimate decision-making power. Government agencies exist to aid the people in the formation and conduct of public policy. Opening up the government processes to public scrutiny and participation is the only viable and reasonable method of protecting the public’s interest. Therefore the legislature declares that it is the policy of this State that the formation and conduct of public policy—the discussions, deliberations, decisions, and action of government agencies—shall be conducted as openly as possible.”

Please send me an electronic copy of the written criteria, that must be satisfied, by which the Director of the Hawaii Department of Health determines that a person, whose vital records she has statutory authority over, is a natural-born American citizen.

Please send me an electronic copy of any written communications between the Hawaii Department of Health and Barack Obama or anyone claiming to represent Barack Obama concerning Mr. Obama’s birth certificate, certificate of live birth, certification of live birth, and/or supplementary birth certificate or certification of live birth from Jan. 1, 2008 through July 29, 2009.

Please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has President Barack Obama’s SUPPLEMENTARY BIRTH CERTIFICATE on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARRY SOETORO’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARRY DUNHAM’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARACK SOETORO’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARACK DUNHAM’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARRY H. SOETORO’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARRY H. DUNHAM’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARACK H. SOETORO’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

Also, please send me digital and written confirmation that the Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, has personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has BARACK H. DUNHAM’S VITAL RECORD(S) on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.

If you have no confirmation on any or all of the above, please send me that, too.

Please consider this request as a Hawaii UIPA (Uniform Information Practices Act) request under section 92F-12.

[BP2]

MissTickly, thank you for trying to get to the truth. They're 6 hrs behind EST in Hawaii -- hopefully she'll answer when she gets in.

Here's another request:

Can you please forward the current version of Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 117 (Title 11) of the Vital Statistics, Registration & Records Office?

If Chapter 117 is STILL under review, please forward an electronic copy of the old Public Health Regulations Chapters 8, 8A, and 8B of the Administrative Rules for the Vital Statistics, Registration & Records Office.

These rules have been offline FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. Please consider this request as a Hawaii UIPA (Uniform Information Practices Act) request under section 92F-12.

Office of Health Status Monitoring

117

Vital Statistics, Registration & Records. Converting from Public Health Regulations Chapters 8, 8A, and 8B to Administrative Rules.

New Rules in Process Alvin Onaka (808) 586-4600

[MissTickly]

Done. If you would also like to help, here is Janice Okubo’s email address:

janice.okubo@doh.hawaii.gov

And this is what I just sent her:

Ms. Okubo-

Under the Uniform Information Practices Act of the State of Hawaii, “...the people are vested with the ultimate decision-making power. Government agencies exist to aid the people in the formation and conduct of public policy. Opening up the government processes to public scrutiny and participation is the only viable and reasonable method of protecting the public’s interest. Therefore the legislature declares that it is the policy of this State that the formation and conduct of public policy—the discussions, deliberations, decisions, and action of government agencies—shall be conducted as openly as possible.”

Please send me an electronic written version of Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 117 (Title 11) of the Vital Statistics, Registration & Records Office.

If Chapter 117 is STILL under review, please send me an electronic written version of the old Public Health Regulations Chapters 8, 8A, and 8B of the Administrative Rules for the Vital Statistics, Registration & Records Office.

These rules have been offline FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. Please consider this request as a Hawaii UIPA (Uniform Information Practices Act) request under section 92F-12.

[BP2]

I'm looking at CHAPTER 92F, UNIFORM INFORMATION PRACTICES ACT now
http://www.state.hi.us/oip/uipa.html#92F12

I wondered if they had something similar to a federal FOIA request. Thanks for finding this.

The Act says “each agency upon request by any person shall make government records available for inspection and copying during regular business hours.”

What is a legitimate turn around time for a response? A day, week, month?

[MissTickly]

Having some history with Ms. Okubo—she could answer this one today. Unless there is some red tape she has to go through because it is a formal ask.

I’ll make an informal ask, too. Just in case.

[MissTickly]

And I didn’t find it. h/t to Steveh, as I recall.

[pissant]

BUMP. Keep up the good work

[cvq3842]

Good points - the statement is less than what it first appears to be.

[pissant]

Well done.

[IYAS9YAS]

Always been, actually.

So, is Hawai'i a contraction? Or is the apostrophe "i" supposed to show possession of some sort?

[IYAS9YAS]

Got my answer further down with respect to emphasis on pronunciation. Why the apostrophe, though? Why not a hyphen?

[BP2]

"I discovered this article, folded away among my birth certificate and old vaccination forms, when I was in high school." -- Barack Obama, Dreams of My Father

Of course, he never did indicate WHERE the birth certificate was issued, did he?

In my attempt to learn more about the Hawaiian birth certificate program, I came across the book, "In the name of Hawaiians" by Rona Tamiko Halualani. In the book, the author interviews many Hawaiians who voice frustration with the Hawaiian Health Office and the DHHL for sloppy record keeping of Vital Statistics. Here's an excerpt:

What if there is a HINT of truth to CNN's claim that there is no birth certificate for Mr. Obama? Let's say the state of Hawaii, with formal permission of Mr. Obama, releases a statement that says something like:

"Due to clerical oversight in years past, the originally-filed birth certificate of Barack H. Obama II has been lost. In accordance with state policies and procedures, the Certification of Live Birth is the birth certificate of record for Barack H. Obama II."

It would be awfully convenient for Mr. Obama, but true as far as the state of Hawaii is concerned in this example.

IF something like that were to happen, what would be the next step in confirming Mr. Obama's qualifications to hold office as president?

[the invisib1e hand]

It's not muslimizing. The apostrophe represents a glottal stop to aid in pronunciation and natives of Hawai'i use it quite frequently as do many other languages in transliteration. That doesn't mean "Hawaii" is less acceptable.

I knew somebody was going to post gobbledygo'ok like this.

I've been around a long time, champ. There are definitely more apostrophes around now than when I was growing up.

[pissant]

Too late. Fukino said she viewed the original BC back in october. The firestorm this would cause would be intense.

[BP2]

Agreed. She said “original birth certificate” last year and re-stated it again this week.

That’s part of why I want to see the latest version of their office “rulebook,” the “Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 117” (Title 11), Vital Statistics, Registration & Records Office.

I want to see what the current definition of “original birth certificate” is, in addition to seeing the meaning of:

“Accepted by STATE Registrar”
... vs ...
“Filed by Registrar”

[pissant]

Actually, she meticulously avoided restating “birth certificate” this week. Because the original BC does not show what other vital records show, she used the term “vital records”

[stevestras]

Here’s a theory I submitted on another board I frequent. I think it’s about time for statement from Obama. Maybe next week?

“Between Lou Dobbs, Roy Blunt and several others, I think it’s safe to say that it is not just the “lunatic fringe” that think Obama should end this mess. My prediction is that on his “birthday”, I think it’s August 4, he will tell the story that changes the world. He will be proven to be an American, Natural Born Citizen, but lots of people won’t like the deception. Unless of course you believe his Grandmother who said he was born in Kenya. Then all hell will break loose.”