Posted on 12/07/2008 7:51:24 PM PST by pissant
This is a story that won't go away.
Five weeks after the state of Hawaii vouched for the authenticity of President-elect Barack Obama's birth certificate, the controversy over allegations that Obama is not eligible to take office next month has reached the Supreme Court, which is expected to announce Monday whether it will consider the matter.
The fight is unusual because it thrives outside the so-called mainstream media, far beyond the oak-paneled offices of $700-an-hour lawyers and a world away from the 535 individuals whose surnames are preceded by Representative or Senator.
This is a different army at work, in an environment increasingly influenced by the Internet.
"It's only being mentioned by a relative few, by the real die-hard, anti-Obama crowd," said Michael Harrison, editor and publisher of Talkers magazine, the trade bible of the talk radio industry. "On mainstream talk radio, it's not a big deal right now. I think it's run its course."
"But," Harrison added, "we live in a time that, because of the Internet, all points of view can live forever."
Just as there is a split on the legitimacy of the legal claims, there is also a split within the media on the merits of the story. Is it the last gasp of opposition from fervent opponents of Obama who have a found community of like-minded believers on the Internet, or is there a legal question to be resolved? The court will answer the latter question thisweek.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
No matter the outcome of this; we owe you a great debt of gratitude, pissant.
THANKS.
The SCOTUS has “dignified” it by even considering to hear it, troll. I noticed you’ve only been on this website 10 days.......hmmmmmm. TROLL!!!
What can we do to raise more “hell”?
BTW, the way you handled your Post #20 makes it sound like pissant made the statement to which you took umbrage.
Well pissant were is your lawsuit> You must be another one of the "Keyboard Warrior"
And you know I’m not involved with any of them, huh?
The Hawaii BC means squat. They handed them out to thousands of foreign born children until 1973, if one parent had lived in Hawaii before the foreign birth of the kid. The Hawaiian BC may be “real” but does nothing to prove he is a natural born citizen. His real BC is in Kenya or has been destroyed so it is never seen.
I found this earlier today:
“Does this mean Obama was born in Hawaii?
“Yes,” said Hawaii Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo, in both email and telephone interviews with the Tribune. “That’s what Dr. Fukino is saying.”
From:
Obama Hawaiian-born: Citizen for sure:
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/11/obama_hawaaianborn_citizen_for.html
They are right. It ain’t going away.
Does this mean Obama was born in Hawaii?
"Yes," said Hawaii Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo, in both email and telephone interviews with the Tribune. "That's what Dr. Fukino is saying."
Notice the question is not in quotes. I would like to see the actual question asked of her to see what she is answering "yes" to.
"Unfortunately the way state laws are written we are not allowed to confirm vital information and vital records," said Janice Okubo, a spokeswoman for Hawaii's department of health. "I cannot confirm individual information because that is against the law."
This seems to contradict what the Tribune is saying.
There is an article here that shows how the Tribunes statement is taken from misinformation put out in the press:
... only if you do not understand accepted methods of commenting on an article posted in this forum.
I clearly had in italics, a direct quote from the article posted (look in the article, the quote is in paragraph #5 of the article). That is the most accepted method in this forum to quote something from an article posted that one wishes to comment about.
Then below that I commented on that particular quote from the article in a new paragraph in non-italics.
It would appear that you aren't familiar with, or don't understand these practices, so you left me no choice but to explain them to you.
They did no such thing.
Actually they did. But as you correctly point out they did NOT comment on the content.
The Morons that pass for journalists in the Lamestream Media don't understand that it is possible to have an "authentic" Hawaiian Birth Certificate but still NOT be a "natural born citizen".
Fukino said she has personally seen and verified that the Hawaii State Department of Health has Sen. Obamas original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.
She did not say original Hawaii birth certificate. Under Hawaiian law, he could have applied for a Hawaii birth certificate provided he could show his mother was a resident of Hawaii one year prior to his birth. Part of that process is submitting your original birth certificate. So therefore, in accordance with state policies and procedures , they would have his original birth certificate on record. It does not mean it is a Hawaii birth certificate.
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