Uncle S, the birther movement has lost all its credibility because like most microscopic, fringe ideological movements, it over played its hand. In other words, it didn’t know when to quit. That’s why aside from a very tiny percentage of Americans, people simply don’t believe that you folks will go away if Obama just does what you insist; that’s why there is little reason to credit your alleged motivations or believe even for an instant that you and your fellows will accept a determination from a secretary of state that you don’t like.
I had earlier suggested that you go find some authority figure to buy into your scheme, one who will join your cabal and stick with you when he or she is accused, rightfully so, of attempting to foment sedition and of being a fellow traveler of America’s enemies in time of war. That, of course, will destroy his or her political influence which will in turn render that person useless to your cabal and, for that matter, to the enemies of this country. But you go right ahead. If what you get yourself involved with isn’t sedition or conspiracy to commit sedition, you and your own fellow travelers have nothing to fear from from the government people who notice and watch that sort of thing. :)
What rookie spy from any country in Europe or Asia couldn’t land in Honolulu and have all of the information from a “sealed” vital statistics record in his satchel within 30 days?
Are we really to believe that Moscow, Beijing, Tel Aviv, Paris, London, Tokyo, Rome, Damascas, Rhyad, Tehran, etc., etc. don’t already know the exact place of Obama’s birth? They didn’t have to go to Honolulu. They probably got all they needed in Nairobi.
If I am not mistaken, there were two anti-sedition acts passed in American history (one during the John Adams administration and one during World War I), and both were either repealed or declared unconstitutional. Despite the fact that federal criminal law is now touches on just about every activity known to mankind, there is no crime on the books now known as "sedition."
On the contrary, what the "Birthers" are doing - by going to court and seeking redress of a likely insult to the Constitution - is well within the confines of the First Amendment's rights to free speech and to petition the government for redress of grievances.
Nope. No sedition here, Oh Turk-eater (I read your home page - very nice!)
The requirments to be President are specific: natural born citizen; a minimum of 35 years old; and must have resided within the United State for the past 14 years. Any state requiring a candidate for President to proffer evidence supporting any of the three requirments is, I believe, a neat, effiecient and assured method to affirm the Constitutional requirements to be President.
Natural born citizen proof is a no brainer. It can easily be done by supplying birth certificates of grandparents, parents, and for self a long form birth certificate.
The age requirement too can be affrimed using the long-form birth certificate.
Residency requirement can be confirmed by drivers licenses. (Frankly, I find it difficult to imagine any candidate for President who would not have a drivers license, but there are other means of determining residency such as utility bills and tax returns.)
I started investigating Barack Obama’s background almost two years ago, and it was weird how information about him would just “poof”, disappear off the internet, scrubbed clean. This man has something about himself he seriously doesn’t want known, and that is flat-out wrong. Why? In these kind of situations it is usually because he’s a major security risk.
So the birth certificate, for better or for worse, is emblematic of this President’s term - very secretive and most likely not friendly to American interests.