[BenLurkin]

Jim spent at least five of his 10 years after age 14 in the U.S. before moving to Germany, he has been sufficiently "Americanized"

What if "Jim" was born in the least American of the 50 states (Hawaii) and spent his formative years in Indonesia? "Jim" isn't likely to be very "Americanized", is he?

[JavaJumpy]

What if “Jim” was born in the least American of the 50 states (Hawaii) and spent his formative years in Indonesia? “Jim” isn’t likely to be very “Americanized”, is he?

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Not if Jim thinks there are 57 states in the union.

[Cboldt]

-- What if "Jim" was born in the least American of the 50 states (Hawaii) and spent his formative years in Indonesia? --

I've had the same thought for quite awhile. What is the point of "natural born citizen" circa 1800? I would think it wasn't meant to be a formality, but rather born and raised in the United States of America.

Anyway, I see Obama's election as one step on the way to "world citizenship" and elimination of nation states.