[Political Junkie Too]

Here is a government report, Birth Certificate Fraud, from September 2000.

-PJ

[thecodont]

I found an interesting phrase in that document, under the heading "The Birth Certificate Process."

http://www.oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-07-99-00570.pdf

"The issuance of birth certificates in the United States is the responsibility of 57 State vital records registrars and numerous other entities assigned vital records responsibility."

The "57 State" phrase sort of jumped out at me. I wonder if this is related to the "57 states" Obama claims to have visited. Perhaps he's carefully studied this very document, and let his lips speak his thoughts. Maybe he was really thinking of the vital records registrars and how to get his own "birth certificate problem" fixed.

[fightinJAG]

Birth Certificates Alone do not Provide Conclusive or Reliable Proof of Identity

Many agencies and organizations request that individuals provide their birth certificates to receive a benefit or service, or to support the issuance of other documents often used for identity purposes (e.g., driver’s license). However, agencies who rely on birth certificates as a means of establishing identity must understand the limitations of accepting a birth certificate as proof of age, citizenship, or identity. For example, genuine documents obtained with counterfeit birth certificates can be used to obtain genuine birth certificates. Thus, it is inherently illogical to require someone to prove their identity using potentially fraudulent identity documents spawned by false birth certificates in order to obtain a birth certificate.

Thanks for the link!

Have you sent this gem to Donofrio? You should.

Also, IIHO, it's worthy of its own thread.