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Mr. President: Show Us
Your Birth Certificate!
Mr. President, please do this country a huge favor and show us your birth certificate!
OK, I’ve never been a birther — tin-foiled hat wearing conservatives who believe that Barack Obama should not be president either because he wasn’t born in America or because his father wasn’t American — because of something called “common sense.” And a government document helps too.
Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin explains why he's not following orders.
President Obama’s Certifications of Live Birth, which has been presented for the world to see, is an “official government record documenting an individual’s birth,” according to Hawaii’s Web site
Hawaii's Web site.
But apparently that isn’t good enough for Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin from ruining his 17 years in the military after he refused four orders to board a plane and go to Afghanistan back in April until he saw the president’s birth certificate. Now he’s facing “a dishonorable discharge and up to two years in confinement,” reported CNN
CNN story.
Sure, frequent followers of this blog realize that I’m a bit somewhat extremely critical of the president over many issues and policies, but with no real evidence that shows President Obama wasn’t born in Hawaii, it’s hard to join the bandwagon.
But since the bandwagon is pretty full, it’s best that the president puts this nonsense to rest once and for all and give us a birth certificate.
Of course, even if he did, it probably wouldn’t be good enough for conservatives and they’ll say it’s a fake.
The only way President Obama can prove to birthers he was really born in the U.S. is if he gets his hands on a DeLorean and takes them on a trip to Hawaii in 1961.
And even then, that will be iffy.
What I was going to say, in brief, is that I try to take a broader view of politics. Although I am very liberal on some issues, I'm very conservative on other issues. For example, we might agree on gay rights, abortion, second amendment, etc.
The tea party people need to leave Obama alone about crap like this and actually focus on getting their message out to the voters. It's silly things like this that allow the media to marginalize them to such a great degree.
âï&i quest;½ï¿½All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.âï¿&frac 12;�
It 9;s that part '....and subject to the jurisdiction thereof...' is where the confusion sets in. When asked for clarification of this phrase, Sen. Lyman Trumbull, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, author of the 13th Amendment, and the one who inserted the phrase in the 14th replied:
"The provision is, that 'all persons born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens.' That means 'subject to the complete jurisdiction thereof.' What do we mean by 'complete jurisdiction thereof?' Not owing allegiance to anybody else. That is what it means. "
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