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To: SeekAndFind

Unfortunately the mSM has already come up with excuses
Excuses that they will continue to say disprove 0dumbo did anything wrong

First excuse is the name of the person the SSN was issued to . a Frencman is not the same SSN 0dumbo is using
SNOPES uses this excuse

and then the best one is since 0dumbo is left handed he must have written his return zip code is such a way that it appeared to be a 0 ( conn) instead of a 9 ( HI )
but luckliy even though the SSN people entered it as Honolulu Conn zip 0xxxxx
the Post office, in sending the ssn card to 0dumbo figured out it was really HI so sent it to him

Facts be damned


15 posted on 09/10/2012 7:49:50 AM PDT by RWGinger (Simpl)
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To: RWGinger
The only explanation that I've read that might explain the Conn SS# is (and it came from Snopes) a clerical error due to similar zip code numbers. Not sdaying it's the reason. Just throwing it out there:

Likewise, the claim that Social Security numbers beginning with 042 are "reserved for Connecticut residents" is false. As explained by the Social Security Administration, the area number portion of a SSN does not (and never did) necessarily correspond to the state in which an applicant was born or resides; it simply reflects the mailing address which the applicant has requested his newly issued card be sent to. That mailing address does not have to be the same as the applicant's residence address: it can be the address of a friend, relative, employer, rented post office box, or anyone else authorized to receive mail on his behalf: The Area Number is assigned by the geographical region.

Prior to 1972, cards were issued in local Social Security offices around the country and the Area Number represented the State in which the card was issued. This did not necessarily have to be the State where the applicant lived, since a person could apply for their card in any Social Security office. Since 1972, when SSA began assigning SSNs and issuing cards centrally from Baltimore, the area number assigned has been based on the ZIP code in the mailing address provided on the application for the original Social Security card.

The applicant's mailing address does not have to be the same as their place of residence. Thus, the Area Number does not necessarily represent the State of residence of the applicant, either prior to 1972 or since..

Why Barack Obama's Social Security card application might have included a Connecticut mailing address is something of a curiosity, as he had no known connection to that state at the time, but by itself that quirk is no indicator of fraud. The most likely explanation for the discrepancy is a simple clerical or typographical error: the ZIP code in the area of Honolulu where Barack Obama lived is 96814, while the ZIP code for Danbury, Connecticut, is 06814. Since '0' and '9' are similarly shaped numbers and are adjacent on typewriter keyboards, it's not uncommon for handwritten examples to be mistaken for each other, or for one to be mistyped as the other (thereby potentially resulting in a Hawaiian resident's application mistakenly being routed as if it had originated from Connecticut)

42 posted on 09/10/2012 6:25:01 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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