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Where is Obama’s Birth Certificate and Why Doesn’t He Produce It?
Family Security Matters ^
| 10-23-08
| Joan Swirsky
Posted on 10/23/2008 6:37:09 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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October 23, 2008
Where is Obamas Birth Certificate and Why Doesnt He Produce It?
Joan Swirsky
Four years ago, when I had just about completed the lengthy legal and financial vetting process required by the U.S. government to place my then-92-year-old-mother in a nursing home, I was asked to produce her birth certificate as “proof” of her citizenship. While she was born in America, had voted in every election for untold decades, and paid her taxes religiously, that wasn’t good enough to qualify my elderly mother –deaf, legally blind, and confined to a wheelchair – to be admitted to the facility I had chosen for her near my home.
Frankly, I didn't think finding my mother's birth certificate was possible, given the fact that she had been born in a farmhouse in Storrs, CT, along with nine of her 10 siblings, to parents who didn't speak English. Despairing that she would never be "qualified" to receive the care she desperately needed, I set about to find the document, which I was sure had vanished in the unreliable record-keeping of 1913.
First I called an official in Hartford, the capitol of Connecticut, who recommended that I call the Storrs record-keeping office.
That took two minutes.
Next I called the Storrs office and was told to call another number.
That took two minutes.
When I called the third number, I explained to the woman who answered the phone that I was "asking something impossible." I gave her my mother's first name and her father's last name.
Within four minutes, she said, "Here it is!" She had found my mother's birth certificate, and it surprised me when I learned my mother's "real" first name and "real" last name had changed significantly as she and her family became Americanized.
When I expressed my amazement, the woman said: "That's nothing...we're routinely asked to find birth certificates from the 1800s, and we do that all the time!"
Total time it took me to find my mother's 1913, born-in-a-farmhouse birth certificate: 10 minutes.
WHERE IS OBAMA'S?
To this date, Barack Obama has refused - or been unable - to produce an authentic birth certificate that attests to the fact he is eligible to run for office. He has had more than the two-years of campaigning for the presidency of the United States to do this, but failed.
Why is this important? Because the Constitution of the United States expressly forbids anyone born on foreign soil to run for the highest office in our land.
You would think that Obama would have volunteered the "proof" of his eligibility within a nanosecond of entering the race. But here we are, less than two weeks away from the election, and Americans still don't know if Obama is an American!
While Obama's camp submitted a supposedly authentic birth certificate to the far-left blog Daily Kos, it was found to have been a photo-shopped version of the birth certificate of his half-sister, who was actually born in Hawaii, as Obama claims he was.
While this glaring omission in Obama's eligibility to become the most powerful man on earth mystified some and rankled others, a few people - clearly alarmed at what they considered a stealth candidate's attempt to dance his way around the Constitution and venture into the realm of criminality - took action.
SLEUTH #1
The first sleuth was lawyer Philip J. Berg, a Democrat from Pennsylvania and an undisguised Hillary fan. Last August, Berg - a former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania and one-time candidate for both governor and senator - filed a lawsuit in Federal Court (Berg v. Obama, Civil Action No. 08-cv-4083) seeking a Declaratory Judgment and an Injunction against Obama, alleging that the first-term Illinois senator did not meet the qualifications to be President of the United States.
Berg's suit was based on Obama's failure to answer satisfactorily the question of where he was born. Was it in Hawaii, Kenya, or Indonesia? Was his legal name Barack Hussein Obama, Barry Soetoro (his stepfather's surname), Barry Obama, Barack Dunham (his maternal grandparents' surname), or Barry Dunham?
Among the other questions Berg raised were the authenticity of the name Obama used on his Illinois Bar Application and his possible allegiance to other countries.
Details of the case, including direct quotations, are found on Berg's website: http://www.obamacrimes.com/ .
"Voters donated money, goods and services to elect a nominee and were defrauded by Senator Obama's lies and obfuscations," Berg said. "He clearly shows a conscience of guilt by his actions in using the forged birth certificate and the lies he's told to cover his loss of citizenship. We believe he...supported this belief by his actions in hiding his secret, in that he failed to regain his citizenship and used documents to further his position as a natural born citizen...His very acts prove he knew he was no longer a natural born citizen. We believe he knew he was defrauding the country or else why use the forged birth certificate of his half sister?...If the DNC officers and/or leaders had performed one ounce of due diligence, we would not find ourselves in this emergency predicament...from making a person the nominee who has lost their citizenship as a child and failed to even perform the basic steps of regaining citizenship through an oath of allegiance at age eighteen [18] as prescribed by Constitutional laws."
The net result of Berg's efforts was that, on September 9, both Obama and the Democratic National Committee filed a joint motion for a Protective Order to Stay Discovery pending a decision on the Motion to Dismiss his lawsuit. In other words, to make Berg's lawsuit go away!
Berg said he was "outraged, as this is another attempt to hide the truth from the public; it is obvious that documents do not exist to prove that Obama is qualified to be President." The joint motion, Berg asserted, was a concerted effort to avoid the truth by attempting to delay the judicial process, although legal, by not resolving the issue presented: that is, whether Barack Obama meets the qualifications to be President. He said it is obvious that Obama was born in Kenya and does not meet the qualifications to be President of the United States. Simply stated, Obama "is unable to produce a certified copy of his Birth Certificate from Hawaii because it does not exist."
An e-mail friend of mine, a lawyer, stated: "What has boggled my mind about this case is that Berg simply waited for a court order to compel the production of the birth certificate, when he could just as easily have served a subpoena on the Hawaii County Clerk or County Recorder - or whoever is the custodian of records in Hawaii - to produce the original birth certificate for examination by an expert forensic-document examiner to produce certified copies to the Court, the Plaintiff, and the Defendants, which would have shifted the burden to Obama to quash the subpoena - and if he filed a motion to quash the subpoena to produce his own birth certificate, that would sure as hell tell us that he has a lot to hide."
SLEUTH #2
Also in August, longtime Obama nemesis Andy Martin - a Chicago journalist, lawyer, author of the bestseller, "Obama: The Man Behind The Mask," and executive editor or http://www.contrariancommentary.com/ - filed a suit in the Court of the First Circuit State of Hawaii (08-1-2147-10) against the Republican governor, Linda Lingle, and the director of the Department of Health, Dr. Chiyome Fukino.
Martin's suit alleged that the defendants had refused to provide a copy of the requested, certified copy of the birth certificate of Senator Obama "attested to by the State and not a `certificate' which is posted on a website and which has been debunked as possibly having been altered."
"It is axiomatic," Martin's suit said, "that the birth certificate of a presidential candidate is a document of crucial public concern and significance."
Failing both his petition and an initial "emergency motion," Martin filed his second emergency motion this month (-1-2147-10 BIA) "for an Order to Show Cause (`OSC') directing the defendants...on or before October 22, 2008...at a hearing before this Court why the relief requested by the Plaintiff should not be granted...This lawsuit does not involve complicated or disputed facts."
"Why is Barack Obama obstructing access to his birth records?" Martin asks. "Along with his obstructing access to college records and other essential information about his past? I want to see a certified copy issued by the State of Hawaii, not one issued by the State of Obama... Interestingly, we think we also know now why he has virtually imprisoned his white grandmother and refuses to allow her to appear in public?"
Numerous conservative journalists, talking heads and bloggers have addressed Obama's fitness to be president, questioning his:
* Reed-thin résumé.
* Stunning lack of concrete legislative accomplishments (both in the Illinois legislature and the U.S. Senate).
* Long-time close relationships and associations with Marxists and anti-American militants like Frank Marshall, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Father Michael Phleger, Khalid Rashidi, et al.
* Failure to provide transcripts of his years at Occidental College, Columbia University, and Harvard Law School.
* Failure to provide any more than a one-page "report" from his medical doctor about his health status.
* Rationale for flip-flopping on every major issue - economic policy, domestic policy, foreign policy, et al - during this campaign. The sleuthing continues. According to Berg, Martin, and a number of other sources, Obama was really born in the Coast Provincial General Hospital at Mombassa, Kenya at 7.24 PM on August 4, 1961, a birth that was documented by a certificate with an embossed seal that displays the name of the hospital, as well as witness signatures. In addition, if these reports are accurate, his grandmother in Kenya, as well as his brother and sister, claim they were present during Obama's birth in Kenya.
GRAMMY DEAREST
Now - belatedly - that the net is closing in on Obama, and the suspicions, as many have alleged, are that he is a Trojan Horse for Islamic interests, or a Manchurian Candidate, or a total fraud - Obama has seemingly discovered an interest in his ailing grandmother. Yes, that Grammy who he so facilely threw under the bus during the early days of his campaign.
He is now so worried about Grandma Dunham - the woman who raised him but strangely didn't attend his nomination - that he is taking a few days off from his intense campaign to visit this ailing widow.
Or could his strangely-timed trip to Hawaii really be to "clear up" the sticky case of his missing birth certificate?
I live in New York, where it is not uncommon for BIG payoffs to influence people to come up with "the goods." A half-a-million here, a dire threat there, often influence people to do things - like perjure themselves, produce phony documents, et al - that they would never do under less "pressured" circumstances.
If the magic document doesn't appear, it is possible, and entirely legal, that Obama could be removed from the ballots in states that are questioning his eligibility.
According to a recent article in The Daily Herald in Everett, WA, a civil action was filed in Washington State Superior Court against Sam Reed, Secretary of State, demanding that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama be removed from the ballot in Washington unless he can provide verification of his status as a United States citizen. The citizen who filed the suit, Steven Marquis, asked that Reed verify - by looking at "original or certified verifiable official documents" - that Obama is a natural-born citizen of the United States and eligible to serve as president, and that the office do so by Election Day.
Like others investigating the matter, Marquis said that answering the unanswered questions about Obama's eligibility and background would "preclude a constitutional crisis and likely civil unrest" that would arise if information about Obama's ineligibility came to light after the election.
EXPLOSIVE PRESS RELEASE
This week, on October 21, 2008, Mr. Berg released the result of his investigation. In a startling press release, he has announced that "Obama & DNC admit all allegations in Berg v. Obama."
In his release, Berg explained that "by way of failure to timely respond to Requests for Admissions...the DNC `ADMITTED' that Obama is "NOT QUALIFIED" to be President and therefore Obama must immediately withdraw his candidacy for President and the DNC shall substitute a qualified candidate."
Berg stated that he filed Requests for Admissions on September 15, 2008 with a response by way of answer or objection had to be served within thirty [30] days. No response to the Requests for Admissions was served by way of response or objection. Thus, all of the Admissions directed to Obama and the DNC are deemed "ADMITTED." Therefore, Obama must immediately withdraw his candidacy for President.
According to Berg, Obama - by default - admitted to every charge the lawyer made, among them:
1. I was born in Kenya.
2. I am a Kenya "natural born" citizen.
3. My foreign birth was registered in the State of Hawaii.
4. My father, Barrack Hussein Obama, Sr. admitted Paternity of me.
5. My mother gave birth to me in Mombosa, Kenya.
The list includes 56 admissions.
The DNC's admissions, which number 27, include that:
1. They nominated Barack Hussein Obama as the Democratic Nominee for President.
2. They have not vetted Barack Hussein Obama.
3. They did not have a background check performed on Barack Hussein Obama.
4. They did not verify Barack Hussein Obama's eligibility to serve as President of the United States.
5. Barack Hussein Obama was born in Kenya.
For the entire list, go to: http://www.obamacrimes.com/
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
Interest in this case is understandably intense. Berg's website has already received over 55 million hits. But predictably, the overwhelmingly liberal media has yet to pick up on this story, as if ignoring a story that has profound implications for our Republic and for the potential of a Constitutional crisis is less important than discussing Sarah Palin's wardrobe.
It's possible that all the states that are working on obtaining Obama's birth certificate will simultaneously remove him from the ballot at one time. It's also possible that, failing to produce the birth certificate, Obama will voluntarily step aside, leaving a breach through which Hillary will walk.
Meanwhile, as legal challenges proceed at warp speed, and Obama's lawyers scramble to avoid the Scandal of the Century, one thing remains intractably the same: Obama still has not produced proof of his eligibility to run for office.
Joan Swirsky is a New York-based journalist and author who can be reached at joansharon@aol.com <mailto:joansharon@aol.com> This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it. This article also appeared on Right Side News.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: antichrist; bc; birthcertificate; certifigate; colb; leftwingconspiracy; obamagate
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To: SoCalConservative
I listened to Berg on Savage yesterday. Another interesting
part of this story is that Obama will not release any of his College info such as admission papers. They may very well state that he was a “foreign” student and reveal his actual status.
This is unbelievable! The guy will not release his Birth Certificate or any documents that would tell his status and the media does not have one question? This is totally unaceptable-the MSM is the enemy of the public and needs to be reigned in-—
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posted on
10/24/2008 1:03:09 PM PDT
by
scott says
(MSM-- Morons Spouting Misinformation)
To: smoothsailing
The original birth certificate of every person who runs for president of this country should be revealed.
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posted on
10/24/2008 1:03:57 PM PDT
by
Jane Austen
(Boycott the Bahamas!)
To: Non-Sequitur
Obama could have a copy of the birth certificate in his hip pocket, he's still not going to cough it up unless ordered. Obama could stop the problem right now if he'd just cough up his own certified birth certificate. I wouldn't feel insulted coughing up mine, and I doubt you would either. Why prolong this matter? It's a simple question that deserves a simple proof. It shouldn't take long at all.
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posted on
10/24/2008 1:07:49 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: Jane Austen
Any candidate for US presidency should be vetted. Period.
To: Non-Sequitur; xJones
The simplest thing for Obama to do would be to step in front of a news camera and say, “OK guys, I’ve posted my official birth certificate on my web site and you all are calling it a forgery. Well, I hereby authorize the State of Hawaii to give a copy of my birth records to any person willing to pay the established fee! Now, let’s talk about change.”
To: ncpatriot
To: Jane Austen
The original birth certificate of every person who runs for president of this country should be revealed. I'd change that to "required" and not limit the meeting-of-Constitutional-requirement to presidential candidates, but insist that all persons who run for the House and Senate must demonstrate that they comply with the citizenship-years requirement.
To: xJones
Obama could stop the problem right now if he'd just cough up his own certified birth certificate. Yep. And Berg could stop the problem right now by providing his evidence that Obama wasn't born in the U.S. Considering Obama's intransigence, it would seem that would be the easier course, wouldn't it? Assuming Berg actually had evidence, of course.
To: MozarkDawg
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posted on
10/24/2008 1:13:53 PM PDT
by
Jane Austen
(Boycott the Bahamas!)
To: Non-Sequitur
And Berg could stop the problem right now by providing his evidence that Obama wasn't born in the U.S. Considering Obama's intransigence, it would seem that would be the easier course, wouldn't it? Assuming Berg actually had evidence, of course. And if Obama had evidence, you would think he would have had the sense to drop that bomb by now.
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posted on
10/24/2008 1:17:34 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: Jim Noble
Uhm, Mr. Offended, Senator McCain did it immediately.
I think way back when, Senator Goldwater did the same thing.
With almost every prior candidate, their birth record was a matter of public record. You can get mine by going to the public records of the state of Missouri. It's not considered private anywhere, except for some reason in Hawaii. That's why Obama's cooperation is needed, and it remains strange that he won't cooperate when it would be so easy to put this issue to rest.
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posted on
10/24/2008 1:24:14 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(NY Times carried the world's commies on its back but then...... Ad-Less Shrugged)
To: Jane Austen
It seems that we/they have been going on *the honor system* all these years, no one checks this out unless a candidate really appears not to qualify, and I'm guessing that, maybe no one has ever had to present proof. This seems odd on its face, as one of the
Standing Rules of the Senate is the presentation of credentials. Does this not mean that actual credentials must be
presented?? Or more likely, as I say, it's just assumed that this person who stood for election did so properly, no questions asked.
Questions have been raised, regardless it ends up 0bama meets the Constitutional requirement. Considering the whole voter fraud baloney, not to mention the problem with persons in this country illegally, this situation should have us uniform the elections/candidates procedure.
To: MozarkDawg
this situation should have us uniform the elections/candidates procedure.I agree something has to done but uniforms do we have to wear? Nothing in Nazi black or brown, certainly no pink, what do are you suggesting?
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posted on
10/24/2008 1:44:42 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: Alice in Wonderland
This announcement was created with Photoshop. Does anyone have the original newspaper that this may or may not have come from?
To: Non-Sequitur
Obama could have a copy of the birth certificate in his hip pocket, he's still not going to cough it up unless ordered.
This is the same man that was too cheap to pay a couple hundred dollars in parking tickets for almost two decades. He is now spending tens of thousands of dollars to not show a birth certificate. He quite obviously has something very incriminating to hide!
To: LucyT; DAVEY CROCKETT
Thanks for the ping.
Sorry that I cannot answer your question.
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posted on
10/24/2008 9:57:45 PM PDT
by
nw_arizona_granny
( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=451 SURVIVAL, RECIPES, GARDENS, & INFO)
To: Brown Deer
He is now spending tens of thousands of dollars to not show a birth certificate. He quite obviously has something very incriminating to hide! Obama's not spending dollar one. All the bills are being paid by his campaign or the DNC.
To: xJones
And if Obama had evidence, you would think he would have had the sense to drop that bomb by now. As far as he's concerned he has. The birth certificate that's floating around on the web and which you all are conviced is a forgery.
To: Non-Sequitur
As far as he's concerned he has. The birth certificate that's floating around on the web and which you all are conviced is a forgery. And with good reason. In addition, his half-brother and half-sister don't believe it, but of course, they're just family, what would they know? And grannie's out of sight.
Non, I'm losing respect for you, you appear to have your own agenda. Damn the facts, and full speed ahead.
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posted on
10/25/2008 7:35:09 AM PDT
by
xJones
To: Non-Sequitur
As far as he's concerned he has.
0bomba of all people, being a graduate of Harvard, and obviously knowing that it is a forgery, knows that the fake birth certificate is not evidence that supports his birth.
which you all are conviced
From the ignorance that I've seen from the left, I don't believe that you are the only one disbelieves the facts. Anything else troll?
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