Posted on 03/01/2009 1:00:07 PM PST by Rennes Templar
March 1) - Ever since Barack Obama became a prominent political fixture in the country, he has encountered a fair number of rumors and smears concerning him and his family.
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A lawsuit filed in California by a group called the United States Justice Foundation seeks records from Occidental College, where Obama attended school for a period, in order to verify his nationality.
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For the record, officials in Hawaii declared last October that there was no doubt Obama was born in the state. Officials verified that the health department holds the commander in chief's original birth certificate. But others are still undeterred.
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Get the full story about the Birthers at Politico.com to find out about the group's possible impact on the White House.
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For myself and a lot of others here, we’ll reserve judgment, push to uncover the facts BHO is so vigorously hiding, and try our damnedest NOT to say, “Told you so,” when the truth comes out.
***I only hope and pray the “truth” comes out and SOON!
He’s ruining the country and we can’t afford him. DOW is now below 6000.
Please show me a source for the claim Obama’s sister made. I doubt there is one, because I think someone remembered the interview incorrectly.
I have heard that he was called Barry before Columbia and Barack after, but never that he changed last names. He obviously went by Barry Obama from 5th grade through high school, as evidenced by several yearbooks, that can be found easily online. Surely someone at one of his schools would have said something if he went by Barry Soetoro. Not one person has stepped forward to say he used a different name.
I am not foisting incorrect assertions onto the record, so please stop with the insults. I have provided evidence for my claim that he was known as Barry Obama in High School. You have provided zero evidence except for an unsupported claim by someone saying they heard Obama’s sister say it.
...it might be a pile of dung. It is impossible to tell the difference, even with an electron microscope.
“Not all cover-ups are created equal. However, just because a President sounds honest, finger-wag and all, it does not mean his words are true. When he’s hiring lawyers to prevent the truth from coming out, it’s quite telling he’s hiding the facts for a reason.”
Exactly, if bo or his lawyers thought that there was any way that they could release any of the files that are being sought by Berg et al; and then spin them in bo’s favor, then THEY WOULD RELEASE ALL THE FILES: BC, SCHOOL RECORDS, TRAVEL RECORDS ETC.
First rule of Political Damage Control is if there is bad information on a Politician the Politicians must put said bad information out himself to get control of the story.
Is it not obvious that bo knows that if he releases any of said files, then he gets removed from office.
There is no way out for bo now. Who’s gonna pardon him now?
BO has obviously decided to pursue a “Scortch the Earth” Strategy.
One of Berg’s list of ‘exhibits’ is Maya’s HI certification of live birth. Berg is smart enough to not release that to the public.
The interview claim was not mine, but I grant that my point is dependent on a fact of her having said what was represented.
ga medic: Not one person has stepped forward to say he used a different name.
You're showing impertinence by foisting this statement as well, in light of the clear evidentiary reference to the sister's CNN interview. If this turns out to be substantially correct, you will have been shown in at least twice to be completely counterproductive to discussion of this issue. People will rightly suspect you're simply an Obot troll.
HF
Excellent idea.
I asked you for the source of your claim that Obama’s sister made the claim. Until someone can provide more than an unsubstantiated claim, then it is not evidentiary. It is only speculation. I already gave you a link to a copy of Obama’s yearbook. There are more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYCEnVmNkpE
This is a youtube video of Obama playing basketball for his high school team. Clearly he was using the name Obama.
http://steamboatpilot.com/photos/2009/jan/25/17396/
This is a page from his 6th grade yearbook, where he is using the name Barry Obama.
http://cbs2chicago.com/slideshows/barack.obama.yearbook.20.691438.html
This is a copy of multiple pages of Obama’s high school yearbook. He is Barry Obama in all of them.
“It was at Occidental where he stopped being called Barry and became Barack Obama, Newsweek pointed out in its account of Obamas formative years that featured his black-and-white freshman photo on the cover. It was when I made a conscious decision: I want to grow up, he told the magazine.”
This is a quote with a link from a news article online at occidental. They seem to think he went by Obama when he attended school there as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqLvzFv5Q14
Another video, this one made during his Occidental college days, where he is clearly going by the name of Barack Obama.
I am not being counterproductive, and while I don’t know or care what Matesian logic is, I have basic common sense. I have provided actual proof that he was known as Obama, not Soetoro, during junior high, high school, and college. You have restated a comment, made by someone you don’t know, with no additional evidence whatsoever. Yet, you claim I am illogical. The only logic I see here, is that when you have no answer for the information I am providing, you resort to calling me an Obot troll. I will be waiting for your evidence that he didn’t go by Obama until he attended Columbia. I am sure it will be coming quickly. /s
To clarify, are you implying that the State of HI is in the practice of keeping Birth Certificates from other states or even country's on file? Why in the world would they do that? Does any state do that?
Please disregard the last link posted. I selected the wrong video. i will try to find the right one and include it.
Document dated- Oct. 31, 2008
Document created- Nov. 03, 2008
Document Modified- Nov. 03, 2008
Acrobat version 6.0, (Most current is v8.0 Professional)
Interesting the dates are off.
Since you pinged me...
You were saying to “ga medic” — “Who are you to foist this incorrect assertion onto the record? How is it you believe you know better than his sister, anyway? As you see, we get plenty of media trying to twist the record. We need to do a better job here.”
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Well..., there is certainly a lot of confusing information on the subject of Obama, that’s for sure. It does make it more difficult when one seals up everything that they can, which other people can use to find out more information.
In any case, for anyone wanting to get damaging information about Obama to use in the future (like for instance, the next Presidential election), the information gathered should be solid and it should be significant (i.e., something that is going to capture the voting electorate’s attention). Not all information is going to be important in that regard, even though one might want to know it for oneself (if for no other reason than “self-confirmation” about what they think about Obama).
Here is the Law Read it for yourself:
http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/18C115.txt
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 115 - TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE
ACTIVITIES
Sec. 2387. Activities affecting armed forces generally
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(a) Whoever, with intent to interfere with, impair, or
influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline of the military or naval forces of the United States:
(1) advises, counsels, urges, or in any manner causes
or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny,
or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States; or
(2) distributes or attempts to distribute any written
or printed matter which advises, counsels, or urges
insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States -Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his
conviction. (b) For the purposes of this section, the
term military or naval forces of the United States includes the Army of the United States,
the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Navy
Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve of the United States; and, when any merchant vessel is
commissioned in the Navy or is in the service of the Army or the Navy, includes the master, officers, and crew of such vessel. ]
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And this is what Orly allegedly said to Military.com about her knowledge of said Law:
California dentist turned attorney Orly Taitz, who has brought the lawsuit, told Military.com Tuesday that it is her understanding that there will not be a serious consequence to his career [for his statements], but I don’t know for sure.
At the very least Orly owes a duty to her clients to posts said Laws on her Blog and state her understanding of said Laws.
“AOL Poll Results
Do you have any doubt about Obamas eligibility to be president because of his birth status?
No 53% 175,133
Yes 47% 155,133
Total Votes: 330,267”
Considering it is an AOL poll, we must have knocked the socks off the Obots in this one! :)
It is a RAT controlled state. What do you expect?
You said — “At the very least Orly owes a duty to her clients to posts said Laws on her Blog and state her understanding of said Laws.”
I would suggest to Orly’s clients — to “get a lawyer” before they join up with *that* lawyer... LOL..
The Oklahoma legislator who is putting through that bill to make it a law to show specific documentation to prove that one is qualified for office (not just the President, but all offices, too...) — was also thinking about joining in the case. BUT, he also wisely said he would be consulting with some oversight committee in the legislature about what legislators are allowed to do and what is proper and what is not — and in addition to that, he is going to consult with his own lawyer, first, too — before he proceeds. And he won’t proceed until he gets that “okay” from them...
That’s probably why he’s successful at the current time. And it’s the ignoring of these kinds of things that get other people “in trouble”, too... :-)
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Really! It’s one thing if you know exactly what you’re getting into and you are willing to *pay the price* for it. That would be what a good lawyer would do, let you know about any such consequences and what can happen. If one goes ahead on that basis and their life is ruined from that point forward — at least they can’t say that they didn’t understand or thought that their “cause” was “righteous enough” so that they couldn’t lose...
I agree.
Oh..., one more thing about that. What a lot of people don’t realize (it seems...) is that we’ve got a *system* of government — and that *both sides* of the political spectrum have a vested interest in *preserving* that system. That means supporting its *mechanisms* regardless of political persuasions.
One particular example of that, would be that no President or Congressman, no matter what side of the aisle they were on, would tolerate a military that was not under the command of the Commander in Chief, no matter what the political troubles were — and short of an Impeachment and Conviction process. That would “break down the system” to allow anything like rebellion to occur, no matter what your own political persuasion was or is. Neither side will allow that to happen, no matter what.
And the military itself, within its own ranks would never tolerate any dissension based on unproven allegations or political talk or anything else — interfering with orders and commands from the Commander in Chief, coming down the line of command. If they allowed even a *hint* of this to happen — at all — it would break down the system in short order. They can’t allow this to happen, in order to preserve for *all holders* of the Office of President of the United States — for him to be Commander in Chief.
Those are the kinds of precedents that agencies and other administrators and workers have to think of — for preserving the system and making sure it can function well, in spite of political disagreements or dissension in the public.
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And *part of that system* is to get a court of law to decide things and validate evidence if it is going to be used against someone, and also, for a President, to go through the methodology of removing a President from office, by using the Constitutional provision of Impeachment and Conviction. That’s the system and it will be *preserved* throughout all this stuff — no matter what. All three branches of government will work towards that main goal, while trying to sort out anything else.
A little side note here... have you considered putting this one in your URLs...
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