[research99]

It's not invasive to legally access an official record, such as a death certificate. One example is real estate industry professionals, who sometimes need to order copies to complete documentation to legally establish ownership of properties and estates. In this case, the intent is more important, to establish the illegitimacy of a top public official. That's hardly "prying".

You can also consider that your tax dollars help pay for collection and archival storage of those sort of materials. How about a little payback on that mandatory investment?

It's also not invasive to view an obituary from a 30-year-old newspaper at a library. Your tax dollars help pay for the retention of those records too.

Where you say "I figure if I'm meant to know something, it will come to me and what to do about it. Why don't you do it or let the big boys handle it?" many here will disagree. The exposure of critical information about corrupt politicians is one of the main reasons freerepublic exists.

[Aliska]

I understand all that. My point was intent. And fear to be honest. Now they're going after Trump, and he really hasn't exposed anything yet. Both sides. Sarah Palin could have asked questions long ago, but no, she waits for Trump to take it on. Then she weighs in on it.

I'll think about it. What is really stupid is to rush headlong where angels fear to tread.

There's something very strange going on here, and it isn't all what Obama may or may not be hiding. Most people on both sides are afraid to even try to look at both sides of it. That almost bothers me more.