So Were the Birthers Right After All?

Obama's half brother tweets with photo of alleged Obama Kenyan birth certificate

Read more here. What do you think?

Barack Obama is a Fraud! The Birth Certificate is a Fake!

Will Congress deal with the fact that fraud was used to put Obama in the White House? The birth certificate is a fraud. Why issue a fraudulent birth certificate if you're a legitmate citizen? Fraud matters! There's evidence of fraud in everything Obama touches: the birth certificate, getting on the ballot by forging petition signatures, accepting illegal campaign donations from foreign countries. Fraud is second nature to Obama as an Alinskyite. Among Alinsky's principles are the end justifies almost any means, the ethics of an action is determined by its success, pragmatism rules, and always clothe your actions in moral arguments no matter how immoral they are in reality. Sound like Obama? It's the shoe that fits as if it were hand made for him.

Dr. Terry Lakin Released From Prison

Yesterday Dr. Terry Lakin, the army medical doctor who challenged Obama's eligibility, was released from prison after six months. While his military career is dead (and his pension null and void), this patriot still has much to offer his country. Pray for him and his family. See more here...

Is the question of Obama's eligibility nonsense or a fundamental Constitutional question?

A courageous Army officer is being court martialed because he is asking the president to do what every member of the military MUST do -- provide their long form birth certificate and their records: both educational and medical. Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin is a career medical officer and decorated war hero. He has served 18 years in the Army and been deployed on foreign soil six times.

He is being court martialed for disobeying a "lawful" order to report for a second tour of duty in Afghanistan. Officer Lakin loves this country and he will pay a huge price if he loses this case. He will lose his pension, be stripped of all his decorations, be dishonorably discharged, and possibly be imprisoned. Does anyone really believe this patriot is doing it on a whim? No. He believes in the Constitution and wants, no demands, that it be upheld.

Congress investigated the Constitutional eligibility of John McCain who was born in the Panama Canal Zone. They did not investigate the Constitutional eligibility of Barack Obama. Why not? The Democratic National Committee confirmed his eligibility based on .... nothing.

There is No Obama Birth Certificate in Hawaii!

Does Barack Obama's eligibility really matter? Does the Constitution? If you don't go to Notre Dame, you aren't eligible to play on the football team no matter how good you are. If Obama is NOT a natural born citizen, he was ineligible to run for president and is serving unconstitutionally.

Does it matter? Lt. Col. and medical doctor Terrence Lakin thinks so. A decorated career officer with eighteen years in the army, Lakin refused his second deployment to Afghanistan last March until proof is provided that Obama is serving legally as president. Lakin is currently suspended and faces court martial. Is this a frivolous action? Hardly. If Lt. Col. Lakin loses he will be deprived of his pension and faces jail time.

So why did he take this step? Here's what he says:

Since Nuremberg, My Lai, and even Abu Ghraib more recently, the military has been taught the hard lessons of following illegal orders. Any reasonable person looking critically at the information and evidence currently in the public domain about Obama's birthplace would have questions about President Obama's claim to be a natural born citizen. I made the decision to disobey all military orders, including my deployment order to Afghanistan, in pursuit of the truth of whether President Obama can legally occupy the high post that he holds today and which entitles him to send servicemembers into harm's way.

The United States serves an example to the rest of the world of a stable, civilized, democratic government, where all men are equal under the law and the rule of law is cherished and obeyed. The U.S. military teaches and promotes the rule of law and civilian control of the military to many other nations and military forces around the world. Every soldier learns what constitutes a lawful order and is encouraged to stand up and object to unlawful orders. This is called the "duty to disobey."

My deployment orders for a second tour in Afghanistan included a requirement to bring copies of my birth certificate. I would be glad to obey this order and provide a certified copy of my original birth certificate with common, standard identifiers, including the name of an attending physician and a hospital. Every day in transactions across the country, American citizens are required to prove their identity; standards for identification have become stricter since the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Since fall 2008, I have been troubled by reports that the president's original birth certificate remains concealed from public view along with other records which, if released, would quickly end questions surrounding his place of birth and "natural born" status. Many people mistook the online Certification of Live Birth for an original birth certificate. Until the summer of 2009, the Hawaiian Department of Homelands would not accept this Certification of Live Birth to determine native Hawaiian identity -- the Department insisted upon also reviewing an original birth certificate....

Until an original birth certificate is brought forward that will validate the Commander-in-Chief's constitutional eligibility and put to rest the reasonable questions surrounding it, I cannot in good conscience obey any of my military orders. Unless it is established (sufficient proof that should be easily within the president's power to provide) that he is constitutionally eligible to serve as president and Commander-in-Chief, I and all other military officers are at risk of following illegal orders.
There is no legitimate privacy right to information necessary to prove that President Obama is legally eligible to serve as Commander-in-Chief.

I remain at risk of arrest and court-martial, but am mindful always that my oath of office is to the Constitution. It fills me with great sadness that on 31 March, I declined a direct order from my Medical Brigade Commander. This is a man I honor and wished to meet in order to thank him for his unquestionable valor and courage, and yet I could not obey his order. Now, he could order my arrest at any time.
I hope that President Obama will demonstrate his respect for the U.S. Constitution and release his original birth certificate. My bags are packed, and I look forward to joining my fellow soldiers in Afghanistan, but I will deploy only with the knowledge that I am following legal orders under a lawful Commander-in-Chief.  (See the complete article here.... )

Pray for Lt. Col. Lakin. To keep up with his status visit Safeguard our Constitution.

My Friend Bob Quinn Asks Some Good Questions About Obama's Eligibility to be President

Subject: Once upon a Crime

March 5,2010 Open Letter to America

"Once Upon a Crime"

(Tale of a "flawed" birth certificate now threatening our Constitution and Country)

A long time ago, about one and one half years or so, I received an e-mail questioning the authenticity of a Hawaiian birth certificate which Barack Obama had posted on the "Daily Kos" website to silence claims that he might not be eligibile to seek the Presidency of the United States.Was this the "transparency" he promised America? It seemed so until questioners pointed out that his posted document (which I've seen and copied),titled "Certification of Live Birth" (COLB) had the birth certificate number blacked out, contained no birth hospital name, attending physician's name, birth witnesses name,etc. All required information....and all missing! This was "transparency"?

Article II,Section 1 of The Constitution states "no person except a natural-born citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President..." The only Hawaiian document conferring natural-born status was a Certificate of Live Birth, which would have all the above missing information on it. A "Certification of Live Birth" (COLB) only confers, at best, a naturalized citizenship status. Obama, a Constitutional scholar, was obviously aware of this and knew that he could not allow the Hawaiian Dept.of Hospitals original birth certificate to be seen for if it agreed (which he so claimed) with the COLB he had posted on Daily Kos he was thereby ineligible to seek the Presidency; hence, a reason for his spending (to date) an estimated two-million dollars in legal fees to prevent disclosure! Imagine-if it was a true "Certificate of Live Birth" he would have posted it immediately, not substitute a false or limited document in its place, unless he was hiding something incriminating.

Seeking Truth-Are We Asking Too Much?

Copies of my letters which questioned Obama's eligibility went to all on my e-mail list and to those specifically quoted or referred to in those letters. Below, following each quote or reference, are my comments and any response received.

A federal judge, James Robertson (U.S.District Court-Wash.D.C.),throwing out one lawsuit stated Obama's citizenship was "thoroughly vetted and massaged by America's vigilant citizenry during his two year Presidential campaign". Nonsense! In truth, then-Senator Obama had his attorneys block the release of any documents which might have confirmed (or denied) his eligibility. The judge's above statement was completely false since he and the rest of America never had access to these documents. Also, candidates are not vetted by "America's vigilant citizens". The Constitution spells out the requirements and procedure.

The Judge's response:SILENCE

Bill O'Reilly of Fox News told his national audience that Fox could have easily obtained a copy of Obama's Original birth certificate from the Health Dept. Not true! I wrote to him that this was a completely false statement since the records were sealed from public access. He never retracted this falsehood....never advised his audience that he had misinformed them. Lawyers presently arguing cases on this issue could have enlightened him had he asked. He also refused to explain why Fox never attempted to secure or view a copy of the Original birth certificate. That would have been the obvious action to expect from Fox.

O'Reilly's response:SILENCE-both toward me and, more importantly, toward his viewers and listeners.

Glenn Beck of Fox News said "birthers believe Obama's KGB Control may have put his birth announcement in 1961 Hawaiian newspapers with a roadmap of getting an African man into office." A funny but meaningless comment. I had written him that Hawaii automatically notified newspapers of reported new births and individuals could also place birth announcements. Remember, securing a U.S. naturalized citizenship status for one's baby had many advantages for later on but eligibility to seek the Presidency was not one of them. Beck also considered anyone questioning Obama's eligibility as "dumb". Are the plaintiffs and lawyers "dumb"? Are the judges presently hearing legal challenges also "dumb" for so doing? I also advised him that "we are speaking about Presidential eligibility, an issue which our Founders felt important enough to become the second article in our Constitution-not a footnote or suggestion!

Beck's response:SILENCE

The U.S. Supreme Court received copies of all these letters, covering Obama's refusal to allow release of his Hawaiian Hospital certificate of live birth, his 1981 Passport to Pakistan,Occidental College entrance records, his disdain for our Constitutional requirements and for the servicemen and women who risked their careers through lawsuits which simply asked Obama to confirm his eligibility. So serious is this issue that I sent five copies of each relevant letter to each of the nine members of the Court-forty five copies in all.

The Court's response:SILENCE-not one member even acknowledged receipt of my letters. How sad....earlier I had asked "If the Supreme Court ignores this issue what need have we for a Supreme Court?" Has their silence answered that question?

Halt-Who Goes There ?

If the above-challenge was given by sentries to the three million members of the U.S.Military worldwide and required a true original birth certificate be produced, only one person, I repeat, one person would refuse to produce it, as he has refused every previous request....Barack Obama, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. How can anyone fail to realize the implication of such a refusal?

REFLECTIONS FOR THOSE WHO DISMISS CHALLENGES TO OBAMA'S ELIGIBILITY

REFLECTION: Obama knowingly posted a limited or a false COLB on a website, claiming that the Hospital copy matched his. If so, that would have made both documents COLB'S and Obama a "naturalized" citizen at best. Once challenged, however, he realized the implication and immediately refused any access(to date) to the Hospital copy. Why? If it was a true "Certificate of Live Birth" at worse it would make his initial claim of being identical to his copy false but it would not make him ineligible for the Office. If,however, it was not a "Certificate of Live Birth"....need I continue?

REFLECTION: Whenever Obama's attorneys appeared in court to defend him they never once offered a Certificate of Live Birth to prove his eligibility, instead claiming Plaintiff's or Courts had no "standing" on the issue. Would they use this defense if Iran agreed to discuss nuclear disarmament with Obama but insisted that he first provide a valid "Certificate of Live Birth" to confirm his right to speak for our divided Nation?

REFLECTION: When an active, decorated Army Officer went to court, refusing transfer to Afghanistan until Obama produced a valid "Certificate of Live Birth" to silence the many lawsuits challenging his eligibility, the officer risked a military trial and possible imprisonment yet Obama, rather than resolving this issue, sent lawyers to court to prevent disclosure of his Birth Certificate. Think about it-any document which could and should corroborate his eligibility he keeps hidden from view! Do we really need the proverbial house to fall upon us?

REFLECTION:Just the other day Fox News called itself "the most trusted name in News." May viewers and listeners ask Fox why it hasn't reported on any of the previous or current eligibility lawsuits. Ignoring all mention of them is truly "unfair and unbalanced", especially for a News Organization. Incidentally, the rest of the News Media is so quiet on this issue they make a "silent" movie film seem deafening by comparison.

REFLECTION: Millions are clamoring for Obama to produce a valid Certificate of Live Birth yet, at a recent meeting he asked that people stop asking for it. What a pathetic response to a burning issue.

REFLECTION: Obama has never, I repeat, never been "vetted". Remember, the birth certificate which he put on a website was not a Certificate of Live Birth and was obviously a deliberate deception on his part since he knew it would not justify his eligibility.

REFLECTION: The passport used by him to enter war-ridden Pakistan in 1981 was not a U.S.passport since U.S.passports were not issued in 1981 to regular American citizens. Also, his school and medical records,etc.were all blocked by him from public access.

REFLECTION: Who would spend over 2 million dollars in legal fees rather than simply produce a legitimate Certificate of Live Birth when seeking the office of President, unless the Certificate would confirm not his eligibility but his ineligibility?

REFLECTION: The U.S.Senate "vetted"John McCain yet later refused to "vet" Barack Obama when requested to by Republicans.

REFLECTION: Some argue that if the lawsuits presently in various courts force Obama to release documents confirming that he is not a "natural-born" American citizen there will be riots in the streets if he is removed from Office. Why, I ask, if he obtained the Office unlawfully by deception or fraud, should he be re-warded with the prize he unlawfully sought? Are Truth and Honesty no longer desired attributes in a candidate? In 1973 some members of the Supreme Court voted to permit the killing of innocent children in the womb while other members today are more concerned about riots in the streets. How ironic-the first group didn't fear God's anger while the second group fears Man's!

REFLECTION: If the withheld documents would truly confirm Obama's eligibility, as his supporters contend, why won't any member of the Democratic Party suggest their release to the public? The answer is obvious.

REFLECTION: When Obama defenders claim eligibility arguments are racially motivated consider that Alan Keyes, a black man who is a former presidential candidate, instituted a lawsuit against Obama,charging he is not a "natural-born" citizen. Is Keyes racially motivated-think about it?

REFLECTION: Other issues, such as Obama's possible British, Kenyan or Indonesia citizenship are being addressed by many others, adding to this list against someone who has given a new meaning to the word 'TRANSPARENCY'.

CONCLUSION

I have been writing for 18 years regarding Catholic teaching. A few people have inquired if I have gone "political" recently by writing about Obama's eligibility. As I responded to them I now respond to present readers. My "eligibility" writing is driven by our Constitution for without it we will invite anarchy. Until Obama satisfactorily addresses all the unanswered issues his legitimacy cannot be blindly presumed.

With respect to all, I remain

Yours in Truth,.

R.Quinn

cc:everyone I could think of

PS: Anyone wishing free copies of previous letters may contact me at bquinn@pngusa.net

PPS: ALL ARE FREE TO PASS MY LETTERS ON TO ANY AND ALL.

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