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His speech in Germany with his references to ‘citizens of the world’ seems to have significant meaning in Barack Obama’s case.

1. As his website acknowledges - at birth he was a British citizen as his father was Kenyan and since their law says that the father confers citizenship.

2. When Kenya became independent, he automatically became Kenyan as that was the terms of independence. (however at age 21, that may have been voided if he failed to confirm it)

3. He became Indonesian, either through adoption or through acclaiming citizenship as indicated in his school registration and use of his step-father’s name, and probably Indonesian passport.

4. He is American in that his birth was registered in Hawaii and his mother was American (except she was technically, according to the law at the time, not old enough to pass that citizenship to him).

The founding fathers specifically addressed the situation by distinguishing ‘natural born’ and grandfathered their status (having been mainly British subjects before the Constitution) the intent of which was to not have a President who had divided loyalties.

So, here we are today - the Constitution is relegated to a novelty imprint on toilet paper, and if that is the case, the President of the United States has no authority, the Congress and the Supreme Court likewise lack all authority, since that same Constitution is what empowers them. What a fine can of worms we have here - guess we should all go fishing and ‘hope’ it will all go away and that the ‘change’ doesn’t matter.