I have appreciated your careful analysis. I do not have a stake in faked or not faked, myself. I just feel like any question anyone wants to ask is fair game since Obama has manufactured this ball of wax for himself.
In light of that, to your knowledge related to computer generated images and such, does the term TXE have any meaning?
I am a complete computer dummy and not afraid to admit it. But I ask you this because I made this observation on another thread. Please feel free to have a hearty laugh on my behalf if it so warrants. But after that, could you please tell me why I am wrong? Thanks in advance.
post from #1454
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2711155/posts?q=1&;page=1451
This is what Hawaii says:
“Original forms from the time of birth are used to produce computer-generated documents recognized as official birth certificates in the state of Hawaii.”
As Clinton says, this is a case of knowing which meaning of “is” we are talking about.
Notice the plural use of the word “form” — forms—
Notice the use of the word FROM, consider it in the sense of a sale at a store with items FROM $7.99. There is more after that FROM.
Now notice these words, “produce computer-generated documents”
They have honestly said exactly what has transpired.
And here is where I think they covered their tracks to keep from getting into legal trouble:
The TXE is no mistake or blurring. It is intentional. TXE is a file extension associated with Enriched Text files. (I picked up this definition from here:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/winbackup/filextlibrary/files/TXE/
Enriched text is a formatted text format for e-mail, defined by the IETF in RFC 1896 and associated with the text/enriched MIME type. It is “intended to facilitate the wider interoperation of simple enriched text across a wide variety of hardware and software platforms”.
That definition from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enriched_text
The following post asks the perfectly right on question:
#1406 asks shouldn’t these match?
And this post really shows some clear information:
#1426 Notice the pixelation surrounding the center line text that does not appear around the text in similar letters in the same stamp in the text above and below the center line.
Here is what I am saying....I may not be specifically on to what they meant by “TXE” but I believe they meant to say “TXE” and I am pretty sure what they are really and truly saying is that what we are seeing is an ABSTRACT (translate compilation) of all the “original forms” (translate ammendments, etc.) -—FROM-— BHO’s time of birth [-—to present-—] put together in digital form ie. “computer-generated documents.”
- I''m not familiar with TXE format. I did read the info on it. It is a text markup language, designed to be very simple for text only, to wit:
The capabilities must be extremely limited, to ensure that it can represent no more than is likely to be representable by the user's primary word processor. While this limits what can be sent, it increases the likelihood that what is sent can be properly displayed.
From this I deduce that while TXE may have been used as a format in HI, something more would be needed to go from TXE to the document we see - something capable of handling images. I think it's possible the phrase refers to information, data or records stored in TXE format in HI's system.
- The Obama file does seem to say "…TRUE COPY OR ABSTRACT OF TXE RECORD ON FILE…" It doesn't seem to me to be a blurred THE either, but a lot of the text in places is blotched up pretty good.
- I looked close at the AP version, same results, though I"d have to say it looks a bit more like TXE than the White House release.
- I looked at the Coats BC and it has nothing in this category - it's a photo and I think this is below the picture frame. - I looked at the Nordyke twin BC and it says: "…TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL RECORD ON FILE…" It was issued in 1966.
According to an article in American Thinker, "In 2001 - the state of Hawaii Health Department went paperless.*Paper documents were discarded* The official record of Obama's birth is now an official ELECTRONIC record Janice Okubo, spokeswoman for the Health Department told the Honolulu Star Bulletin, "At that time, all information for births from 1908 (on) was put into electronic files for consistent reporting," she said."
IF the originals were discarded, the question is how do we have the images in Obama's BC? Either not all were discarded, or the paper docs were scanned and stored before the originals destroyed.
This is the best I can do regarding the TXE part. In my opinion, the PDF posted by the White House is a digital composite. It consists of the security background and picture elements (not ASCI text in other words) only. It may, and likely does include a scan, but the document released is not a scan of a printed file.
Again, the WH document could include a scan or photocopy of an original but is not only this - it's not what we would consider a straight scan or photocopy. At the least, the background was removed from a scan of a page in a book.
Whether this was done by HI or HI gave the White House a different file or hard copy and they worked on it, I can't know without more information.
None of this proves forgery. My guess is that HI went paperless and this is the best they can do if asked for a "copy." Their preferred, easier, way is generate the new short form COLB.
Hope this helps.
Another thought: a way to test the “this is the best HI can do if asked to provide a “copy” theory, would be to look at other long form copies for other requestors recently.
Hawaii says they don’t provide and haven’t for some time, but I think I heard differently. If we could see other long form copies provided recently and compare with Obama’s that could be useful.