Posted on 10/09/2010 9:21:44 PM PDT by patlin
Who is Thune’s Armed Services Personnel Staffer, John Costic & What are His Credentials Regarding USMCJ?
Posted by constitutionallyspeaking on October 9, 2010
I hadn’t posted this as I have been waiting for the Thune staffer, John Costic, responsible for this reply to my request regarding Lt. Col. Terry Lakin. John has had a week to answer my questions regarding the reply he sent on behalf of Thune. I guess he thinks he is really clever. I’ll let you decide. Did Thune actually see the request or did Costic act independently regarding the grave situtation of Lt. Col. Terry Lakin, a highly decorated Army officer & battle tested doctor to the brave men & women in harms way?
original request:
Sept. 24, 2010
Dear Sen. Thune,
As a member of the Armed Forces Committee & member of the sub-committee on Personnel, I am imploring you to please take this seriously & take immediate action.
The Commander in Chief has begun court martial proceedings against Lt Col Terry Lakin. Now Lt Col Lakin is being refused access to documents that are critical to his defense. The most current ruling from the military judge who refused release of Obama’s original vault birth certificate & ALL school & college records stated:
Sept 2, 2010 Fort Meade, Maryland
“The potential for embarrassment from multifarious pronouncements by various departments on one question are uniquely powerful to ensure that courts-martial do not become the vehicle for adjudicating the legality of political decisions and to ensure the military’s capacity to maintain good order and discipline in the armed forces.”
http://www.greeleygazette.com/press/?p=5329
If there is no question as to the location of Obama’s birth, then why for over 2 years now has he been fighting in courts all over the country to keep his original vault records from seeing the light of day. This is “NOT” the actions of an honorable commander of the US military.
In July of this year, in a blatant disregard of orders of a federal judge, the US State Dept. released only partial passport records of Stanley Ann Dunham-Soetoro.
However, after careful study of the files that were released, what the records do conclusively show is that in 1968 Barack-Barry-Hussein-Obama II-Soetoro-Soebarkah was “NOT” a US citizen.
http://constitutionallyspeaking.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/us-state-dept-confirms-obama-not-a-us-citizen-in-1968/
This has gone on far too long & it’s time to put politics & elections aside for the sake of our nation & our national security.
I am trusting, that in light of all this new evidence, you will do the honorable thing and put your country before yourself. Please do the right & moral thing by serving your state & country as an upright public servant of honor & integrity by once & for all putting an end to this abuse of political power currently being displayed by Obama & his administration. I implore you to request the immediate release of all the records requested on behalf of Lt Col Terry Lakin by his defense team.
No one is above the law, especially those public servants who took an oath to protect & defend it.
Respectfully,
Linda Melin
http://constitutionallyspeaking.wordpress.com/
I will be in contact with your office on Monday, Sept. 28, 2010. The day of the next hearing for Lt Col Lakin in his legal defenses efforts to get the vital records for his defense released.
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Lt Col Terry Lakin Defense @ http://www.safeguardourconstitution.com/
Reply from John Costic, Thune staffer on Armed Services Personnel Issues:
Correspondence from Senator Thune
correspondence_reply@thune.senate.gov
To: xxxxxxx@unitelsd.com
September 30, 2010
(address redacted by me)
Dear Linda:
Thank you for contacting me about the qualifications necessary to serve as President of the United States. I appreciate hearing from you.
Like you, I believe we must vigorously uphold the provisions of our Constitution. Although all three branches of the federal government must abide by the Constitution, the interpretation and applicability of its terms are usually determined by the judicial branch.
As you may know, Article II of the United States Constitution states the requirements for an individual to be President. A presidential candidate must be a natural born citizen of the United States, be 35 years of age, and have been a resident within the United States for 14 years.
On December 8, 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States turned down an appeal from Leo Donofrio, a New Jersey man who argued that President Barack Obama is ineligible to serve as president because of the British citizenship of his father. A similar appeal by a Connecticut man, Cort Wrotnowski, was also rejected by the Supreme Court on December 15, 2008.
On July 28, 2009, the Senate passed S. Res. 225 by unanimous consent. This nonbinding resolution, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the entry of Hawaii into the United States as the 50th State, also states that, “the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.”
Thanks again for contacting me. If you would like additional information on my activities in the Senate, please feel free to visit my website, http://thune.senate.gov. Please keep in touch.
Kindest regards,
JOHN THUNE
United States Senator
Who is John Costic & what are his credentials regarding the USMCJ? Or for that matter, what is his education background regarding the US Constitution?
You mean UCMJ as in Uniform Code of Military Justice ?
Will someone state unequivocally that Barack Obammy is constitutionally elgible to serve as POTUS!!
AND on what grounds?
Just asking as a concerned citizen. Should I pay my taxes, comply with federal laws draped over my life like a submarine net, or disregard all as Obama slices and dices any respect I might have had toward our benevolent government?
Just please, some honesty from someone.
When you atart out with the term “USMCJ” you reveal that you don’t know what you are talking about and only help the leftists in discrediting anything of merit in this case.
Do some research before you sound off.
Will someone state unequivocally that Barack Obammy is constitutionally elgible to serve as POTUS!!
AND on what grounds?
Just asking as a concerned citizen. Should I pay my taxes, comply with federal laws draped over my life like a submarine net, or disregard all as Obama slices and dices any respect I might have had toward our benevolent government?
Just please, some honesty from someone.
“The Court observes that the President defeated seven opponents in a grueling campaign for his party’s nomination that lasted more than eighteen months and cost those opponents well over $300 million. Then the President faced a formidable opponent in the general election who received $84 million to conduct his general election campaign against the President. It would appear that ample opportunity existed for discovery of evidence that would support any contention that the President was not eligible for the office he sought. Furthermore, Congress is apparently satisfied that the President is qualified to serve. Congress has not instituted impeachment proceedings, and in fact, the House of Representatives in a broad bipartisan manner has rejected the suggestion that the President is not eligible for office. See H.R. Res. 593, 111th Cong. (2009) (commemorating, by vote of 378-0, the 50th anniversary of Hawaii’s statehood and stating, “the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961”). A spurious claim questioning the President’s constitutional legitimacy may be protected by the First Amendment, but a Court’s placement of its imprimatur upon a claim that is so lacking in factual support that it is frivolous would undoubtedly disserve the public interest.”
–US Federal District Court Judge for the Middle District of Georgia Clay D. Land in dismissing “Rhodes v MacDonald” September 16, 2009
“There may very well be a legitimate role for the judiciary to interpret whether the natural born citizen requirement has been satisfied in the case of a presidential candidate who has not already won the election and taken office. However, on the day that President Obama took the presidential oath and was sworn in, he became President of the United States. Any removal of him from the presidency must be accomplished through the Constitution’s mechanisms for the removal of a President, either through impeachment or the succession process set forth in the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. Plaintiffs attempt to subvert this grant of power to Congress by convincing the Court that it should disregard the constitutional procedures in place for the removal of a sitting president. The process for removal of a sitting president–removal for any reason–is within the province of Congress, not the courts.”—US District Court Judge David O. Carter in dismissing “Captain Pamela Barnett, et. al. v Barack H. Obama, et. al.,” October 29, 2009
I guess oldbill has never made a mistake in his life.
Still it's better than the "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose", "I lose" birther lawsuit track record...so there's that.
John Thune is No. 4 in the GOP Senate leadership, and a serious VP or even POTUS candidate in 2012. He needs the party's support, so there's not a chance in Hades that he'll get involved in the BC issue.
Obambi will collapse on his own like Jimmy Carter did, based on bad economic policies and unconstitutional power grabs like HealthScare. Those are the issues on which he must be attacked. As Napoleon said, "never interfere when your enemy is self-destructing".
I don’t think the two issues should be intertwined, but you did think so and did so.
That’s where I see the problem. This staffer took on the “constitutionally qualified” issue because that’s the incendiary one in which everybody is ridiculed and called “birthers” who question Obama’s qualifications.
That let the staffer off the hook, in my view, because he could choose to answer that part of your letter instead of being on the hook for the treatment of this individual you are concerned about.
If the treatment of the individual is wrong, then it is wrong on its own merits, regardless of the other issue.
Hardly. The staffer did not address the main question and that pertained to Lakin & his court martial. Thune’s staff had already sent me a response regarding NBC in early 2009. It was lamer than this letter. This letter took parts of what I had addressed in my initial couple of contacts with Thune’s office after the election which included the info from Donofrio & Wrotnowski’s cases. Costic obviously went into my correspondence file to pull early concerns I had written to Thune about. He thought he could be a slick willy & ignor the grave situation facing a highly decorated military personnel officer. The main duty of Costic’s position as Thune’s Armed Services liaison is to specifically address military issues. By Costic ignoring the UCMJ & Judge Lind's denying Lakin ALL evidence & witnesses for his defense, he side stepped his duty as a publicly paid representative of SD via his employment by Thune to properly & respectfully address my concerns.
Therefore, the staffer is not off the hook and your position that the way my letter was written gave him a choice is highly ignorant on your part. Letters sent to reps are answered by staff specifically hired to address specific issues. Usually because of their expertise or education in those areas. Every time I call Thune’s office I am asked what my correspondence pertained to. My call is then directed to the specific staff that handles the issue or topic of that particular correspondence. I stated my concern from the outset:
Sept. 24, 2010
Dear Sen. Thune,
As a member of the Armed Forces Committee & member of the subcommittee on Personnel, I am imploring you to please take this seriously & take immediate action.
The Commander in Chief has begun court martial proceedings against Lt Col Terry Lakin. Now Lt Col Lakin is being refused access to documents that are critical to his defense.
I ended with:
I implore you to request the immediate release of all the records requested on behalf of Lt Col Terry Lakin by his defense team.
You obviously don't call your reps very often or you would know the proper way constituent correspondence is to be addressed.
In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction.
The Supreme Court, the Congress, the former Vice President, the Electoral College, the Secretaries of State of the 50 states, the voters, the Democrat and Republican Party, and The Bowling League of Tom’s River all failed to obtain the permission of the Birther Brigade. Therefore, Obama is not President and will shortly be physically removed from the White House along with all of his stuff by Rangers of the National Park Service. Its not nice to fool with the Birther Brigade.
IMHO it does not matter if Obama was born on the steps of the Capitol, his father was NOT a citizen. He was a student visitor. NBC was the safeguard against foreigners getting a foothold on our government.
On its face, and Incredible situation.
A most disrespectful act for a president to say “Screw you, I won, I govern you, F*ck Off peons.”
How nice!
They had a vote. Nonbinding, of course, so no one actually had to put their name in the official record.
And in recognizing Hawaii's 50 anniversary, they attach some BS line about Barry being born in Hawaii.
This is why I despise politicians. Such "in your face" BS!
Watching real unemployment hover around 25 percent, watching our kids graduate college and become waitresses and bus boys, our Brothers and Sisters lose their jobs and homes.... pales with the novelty of having our first Indonesian President. In fact, I think he is probably the best Indonesian President we could ever have.
Nothing more important than voting him out of office in 2012. Second most important thing is sending his Democrat supporters packing in November.
Publicizing the many details of his early life that illustrate what a radical Marxist he is and has always been is important for our election goals and should be pursued with vigor. Chasing the hidden birth certificate will not bear fruit - the courts aren’t going to touch it and if it turns out that he was born in Hawaii, then people won’t believe all of the other little tidbits about his radical early life.
We have his Mothers Passport indicating he lost his citizenship.
His wife calls Kenya his Home Country.
And he hides all his records that could clear this up.
So I agree, chasing his BC is now pointless, its obvious he’s a fraud.
Impeaching his Indonesian A$$ in February of 2011 is.
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