One issue that has flooded my in-box for the last year is the question of Barack Obama’s birth certificate. I have regarded this much like I do the International Zionist conspiracy. Even if it’s true, what do you expect me to do about it?
Some reports have it that Barry was born in Hawaii, but others have him born in Kenya. I have always maintained that it really didn’t matter if he was born on Mars, his mother was an American citizen, ergo the president is an American citizen. Period, end of story.
Still, this story continues to grow. Last week, out of the notice of most people an incredible story popped up. I regarded it the same way I did when soldiers refused to go to Bosnia because they would not serve under the UN flag.
On July 8, Major Stefan Frederick Cook file suit in federal court in Columbus, Georgia. His petition asked for conscientious objector status and a preliminary a preliminary injunction. His rationale was that Barry is not a natural-born citizen of the United States. Were that so, he could not be president or commander-in-chief.
Cook was on his way to Afghanistan and argued that he couldn’t serve because he “would be acting in violation of international law by engaging in military actions outside the United States under this President’s command. … simultaneously subjecting himself to possible prosecution as a war criminal by the faithful execution of these duties.”
According to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer’s website, “However, before the issue got to court, Cook’s orders to deploy to Afghanistan were revoked. Lt. Col. Maria Quon, a public affairs officer with the U.S. Army Human Resources Command-St. Louis, said Tuesday that Cook was no longer expected to report Wednesday to MacDill Air Force Base in Florida for mobilization to active duty.”
Cook’s attorney, Dr, Orly Tates wrote in her blog that Cook has now lost his position with Simtech, a private company in Tampa, Fla. “that does Department of Defense contracting in the field of information technology/systems integration,”
On Monday, July 20, The Columbus paper revealed “retired Maj. Gen. Carol Dean Childers and active U.S. Air Force reservist Lt. Col. David Earl Graeff have joined the suit “because it is a matter of unparalleled public interest and importance and because it is clearly a matter arising from issues of a recurring nature that will escape review unless the Court exercises its discretionary jurisdiction.”
Article II section I of the U.S. Constitution requires that the president must have been born in the United States (or on American soil abroad). He or she must be age 35 upon taking office and must have spent at least 14 of those years living within the United States. At issue is whether Barak Obama was born in Hawaii or Kenya.
Was he born in the United States? The Obama administration has provided a “Certification of Live Birth” from Hawaii; however, the person might have been born outside Hawaii and still receive this. What the skeptics demand is the “certificate of Live Birth.’ which cannot be issued unless the person was truly born in Hawaii. Obama was born in 1961, so Hawaii was a state.
However, the crux of the argument is that, “Presidential office requires a natural-born citizen if the child was not born to two U.S. Citizen parents, which of course is what exempts John McCain though he was born in the Panama Canal. US Law very clearly stipulates: “…If only one parent was a U.S. Citizen at the time of your birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for at least ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16.” Barack Obama’s father was not a U.S. Citizen and Obama’s mother was only 18 when Obama was born, which means though she had been a U.S. Citizen for 10 years, (or citizen perhaps because of Hawai’i being a territory) the mother fails the test for being so for at least 5 years prior to Barack Obama’s birth, but after age 16. It doesn’t matter after. In essence, she was not old enough to qualify her son for automatic U.S. Citizenship. At most, there were only 2 years elapsed since his mother turned 16 at the time of Barack Obama’s birth when she was 18 in Hawai’i. His mother would have needed to have been 16+5= 21 years old, at the time of Barack Obama’s birth for him to have been a natural-born citizen. As aforementioned, she was a young college student at the time and was not. Barack Obama was already 3 years old at that time his mother would have needed to have waited to have him as the only U.S. Citizen parent. Obama instead should have been naturalized, but even then, that would still disqualify him from holding the office.”
To see the whole argument, click here. What’s interesting is that this all surfaced from the Democrat side last year during the primary battle.
Anyone who reads this space knows that I am no FOB (Fan of Barry’s).
I think there might be some merit to this, and if so, it would pose an incredible Constitutional crisis. The question is, though, do we really need this at our weakest time in modern history?
Would it stop Barry’s radical agenda or would it rent this country asunder? I would argue the latter.
Barry’s already down in the polls. Many of his policies are being discredited for the ruinous waste they are; how’s that stimulus thing going?
I fear we are sliding into Depression territory. Our currency is becoming worthless along with our commitment to our allies.
These are all reasons to vigorously oppose the Obama agenda with everything we’ve got. This issue only obfuscates that.
One might well wonder why I would take this position when I insisted that Bill Clinton be impeached. When I was at WTMA guest hosting for Scott Cason and Nancy Wolf a decade ago, I called for William Jefferson Clinton’s impeachment. My reasoning was that he lied under oath to a grand jury. A friend of mine had lied under oath about two polo ponies and was thrown in prison. Clinton lied about sex.
I didn’t begrudge him the sex. It was unseemly, but not illegal. What was illegal was that he lied under oath, which to my mind was a “high crime and misdemeanor.”
I could afford to take that position because we were blissfully unaware of what was to come. Although Al Gore would have been president, the tide could and did turn in the 2000 election.
According to The Rasmussen Reports, “daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 30% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-seven percent (37%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –7”
In the meantime, do we really need to be torn further apart? If these people win, do we really want Joe Biden with his finger on the red button?
I believe we can defeat cap and trade and this health care debacle through organization and persistence. We won the immigration debate. Fight these people. Say no.
Don’t distract people with what could be. Our days are fraught with peril. This country cannot survive a Constitutional crisis.
For all I know, there really is an International Zionist Conspiracy. That doesn’t alter the fact that we have still have the power to stop this through peaceful means.
The alternative is unthinkable.
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