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To: AZ .44 MAG
Well, Sargeant Ermey, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

Y'see, anyone who has such an unabashede love for firearms can't (in my estimation) be all bad. Your service to the United States of America and the Constitution thereof in noted, and commendable.

Your acting career has placed an image of the USMC in many young heads, and inspired many fine young men to step up and make the grade.

I have been following this issue for some time, and I think your opinion as stated is ambiguous.

That might be a good thing.

I will respectfully request you do some research into the meaning of Natural Born Citizen, and further research into how a certain occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue does not apparently measure up to that requirement.

Yes, there are many wild-eyed theories out there, but the understanding of the seminal issue can be found, namely that his mom was not old enough to confer Natural Born Citizenship status on him in the US, nor had she been resident in the US the requisite amount of time according to the law of the day to do so.

The only way he can be a Natural Born Citizen is to have been the son of someone other than the fellow who was married to his mother, if you catch my drift.

If so, and it is documented on his birth certificate, well, no harm there. Every family has its occasional woods colt, teepee creeper, whatever, sooner or later. At least those in the chain of command would know the orders he issues would be legitimate and they would not be subject to being tried for anything from War Crimes to being hanged as common criminals for carrying out the orders of a Commander in Chief who was not legitimate (Constitutionally speaking, that is).

As one who has served, you should be well aware of the quandry this places good men in, men who are sufficiently dedicated to their Country to place their lives on the line.

In return, it isn't too damned much to ask that someone produce the pieces of paper which indicate that he is, in fact a legitimate Commander in Chief, Constitutionally qualified for the office. Anything less is harmful to morale, the troops in the field, and yes, your beloved Corps.

206 posted on 08/26/2009 12:29:12 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe
Yes, there are many wild-eyed theories out there, but the understanding of the seminal issue can be found, namely that his mom was not old enough to confer Natural Born Citizenship status on him in the US, nor had she been resident in the US the requisite amount of time according to the law of the day to do so.

The law whose criteria Stanley Ann did not meet, only applies to children born outside the US, to one US citizen and one alien parent. It does not apply to a child born in the US, nor to the bastard child of an unmarried woman Citizen born outside the US. (That latter requirement is one year of residence, which she did meet).

However the law deals with citizenship, not natural born citizenship. That is what it was understood to be in 1787, at least for purposes of the Constitutional eligibility to the office of President.

273 posted on 08/26/2009 3:51:14 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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