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A member of Congress from California says there's no need for the president to be born in the United States – or to have two parents who are United States citizens – to be a "natural born citizen" and be eligible to be president. And U.S. Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Calif., told WND today that he believes President Obama, who's been named as a defendant in multiple legal and other challenges claiming he is not eligible to be president, is enjoying the dispute over his background. Further, Bilbray said the document that Obama critics should be hunting for is the passport...

"We don't have time for meetings. We don't have time for red tape and bureaucracy. We're literally in a war to save our coast. Every hour matters. Every day matters."—Gov. Bobby Jindal (R.-La.) Since Bobby Jindal came on the scene as a U.S. congressman from Louisiana, he’s shaken the status quo. He is an unabashed conservative within the Republican Party—a unique blend of the political and business world. He also gave the party some color. Republicans are sensitive about their perceived “color problem,” and Bobby Jindal added a religious fervor and true conservative credentials along with his Indian heritage and...

The UK Is Now Freaking Out About The U.S. Reaction To BP Gregory White Jun. 10, 2010, 10:29 AM The UK is freaking out right now about the U.S. reaction to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Major Conservative political leader and Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called President Barack Obama's language "anti-British" after the President called BP 'British Petroleum' rather than its modern name. Conservative Lord Tebbit's quote is just too vitriolic to paraphrase. From The Daily Mail: "The whole might of American wealth and technology is displayed as utterly unable to deal with the disastrous spill -...

Major Stefan Cook was a soldier set to be deployed to Afghanistan. Attorney Orly Taitz sued on his behalf for a temporary restraining order stopping his deployment based on the allegation that President Obama does not meet the Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 constitutional requirement that the President be a “natural born citizen”. Thereafter, the Department of Defense rescinded Cook’s deployment orders before the case was heard in court. This is quite amazing. In this we are seeing the stench of rot in the chain of command – a stench that could one day lead to civil war. Keep...

Blackstone's Commentaries Author: William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language: English Digitizing sponsor: Google Book contributor: unknown library Collection: americana http://www.archive.org/details/blackstonescomm00unkngoog ___________________________________________________________________ Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries (1893) Author: William Blackstone , William Cyrus Sprague , William Blackstone Collection (Library of Congress) Publisher: Sprague CorrespondenceSchool of Law Year: 1893 Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language: English Digitizing sponsor: Google Book contributor: unknown library Collection: americana http://www.archive.org/details/abridgmentblack00conggoog ___________________________________________________________________ An interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England (MDCCLXXIII [1773]) Author: Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780; Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780; Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804; Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780; Priestley,...