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Seems to me that if HBO is paying big bucks for BHO’s inauguration, then the expenses for the inauguration might be offset. I have to wonder, though, why wouldn’t this event, given its importance, be simulcast to all TV sets, digital, analog, cable, satellite, or otherwise? This seems to be playing into more of a Hollywood-type event, rather than a constitutional event.

This argument is childish. Like asking “why” until the point is moot.

Look, anyone can go on and on and on about proof. All arguments can lead to the chicken or the egg. If all of you were handed the original birth certificate, you’d doubt its origin. If the origins were certified, you’d doubt the certification. If the certification were deemed as valid by a professional, you’d doubt that professional. If the professional’s credentials were proven to be valid from an outside source, you’d doubt the outside source....ad nauseum.

Based on the arguments I’m seeing here, NO ONE can prove who they are because we all rely on things like drivers licenses which require birth certificates, credit cards which require a SSN, SSN’s which require a birth certificate, and utility bills, which require a residence. Residences which require proof...and on and on...all leading back to your birth certificate.

Imagine if someone were to doubt your records over & over again...what FURTHER proof would you have as evidence that you all are U.S. citizens? At some point, the energy expended for proof outweighs the point itself - POTUS or otherwise.

I personally think there’s nothing that can be done to offer further proof. Especially considering the credibility of those who doubt it versus the credibility of those who have provided every facet of proof required BY LAW.

Let’s focus on something with teeth, for this seems a slippery slope and bordering on trivial, all things considered thus far...