In article <
9moi9b...@mid.individual.net>,
{{reinstating the verbatim quote that Linus dishonestly elided}}
"... it appears that Obama's certificate of live birth does not
meet the requirements for a passport."
>
>Deal with my conclusions from the article I posted rather than
>one you researched. Using the information I posted to draw a
>conclusion does not make me a liar.
Linus lies, again.
I did _not_ say that Linus was lying about the conclusion Linus drew, I
merely said Linus was "wrong" about _that_.
I *AM* calling Linus a liar -- for claiming that i went off on a tangent,
and "cooked up" things that were not in his original posting.
Linus, *YOU* are the one 'cooking up' distractions, and attempting to
bury the facts with your bullshit.
>Instead it makes you a rabid Obama supporter
snort. <snicker> *GUFFAW*
_Me_ an Obama supporter??
You *are* a raving lunatic to believe that.
Try to find _ANYTHING_, *ever*, where I have said *one*word* in support
of _ANY_ program, policy, or political agenda, proposed or endorsed by
Obama.
In point of fact, I actively volunteered in the campaigns of two other
candidates.
What I do, is 'call out' those who employ 'big lie' techniques -- repeating
provably 'false to fact' assertations, with the apparent belief that
if they say a thing often enough, it will come to accepted as true.
I do -not- expect to convince the 'big lie' perpetrator of the error of
his ways. Just to keep the 'true facts' available for those who stumble
across the 'big lie' attempt in the future, so -they- can make their own
*INFORMED* decisions as to what the 'truth' really is.
> "..from reading the requirements above, it appears that
> Obama's certificate of live birth does not meet the requirements
> for a passport."
>
>I challenged _that_ specific claim, and provided _exact_ language of the
>OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT requirements from official government sources -- as
>opposed to the writings of a hack reporter on a low quality newspaper
>
>I didn't claim it came from an official source but quoted the
>newspaper article on travel.
Admitting that you are apparently too ignorant, or too lazy, to bother to
check whether or not that hearsay reporting by a questionable-quality
source is accurate.
> "from
> reading the requirements above"
>
>> that Linus used as his 'authority';
>
>You're so anxious to prove your superior knowledge that you used
>a different source and instead of claiming the article was
>not current, you jumped on my conclusion.
Of course, your 'conclusion' is not supported by either the facts
in the article, or by the rules in effect for the prior 30+ years.
I merely proved that _your_ interpretation of what that questionable
'authority' says, as well as what the official rules say, is erroneous.
The article _is_ mostly accurate in what it says relevant to the birth
certificate requirements for a passport. *YOUR* "interpretation",
however -- that Obama's short-version certificate does not meet those
requirements -- is demonstrably INCORRECT. You insist on your own
interpretation of what a 'certified birth certificate' is, CONTRARY to
the way the U.S. State Department defines that term -- for passport
application purposes.
While the widely-published Obama Hawaii short version certificate clearly
does not meet _your_ definition of a 'certified birth certificate',
it *DOES* meet all the requirements of the U.S. State Department for the
State Department's use of that document as a 'certified birth certificate'.
>>>> What document did Barry Sotero use to obtain his first
>>>> passport? Remember he was registered at his school as a citizen
>>>> of Indonesia.
>> So what? I take it you've never heard of dual citizenship.
>So he has Indonesian citizenship in addition to U.S.
>citizenship? Can you prove that?
It's _your_ claim that he was a citizen of Indonesia. The burden of
proof lies with you. Where is the proof that the school verified
the citizenship of _any_ student, as distinct from accepting at face
value what a parent/guardian -- who may or MAY NOT have been telling
the truth -- said?
>I think you must be mentally ill-equipped since I've mentioned
>that my son born in Spain had it automatically.
Sorry, your words are simply _not_ memorable enough to be worth
remembering.
But, then, _YOU_ are demonstrably mentally ill-equipped, given your
repeated failures to to recognize hard facts, complete with official
cites, when they are shoved in your face. Thus your 'thoughts' about
mental deficiencies of others carry absolutely no weigh with any
'reasonable person'.
Here's a simple challenge;
Using the official U.S. State Department requirements, as published
in 22 CFR 50.42(a), or on the U.S. State Department Web-site, at:
<
http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/first/first_830.html>
Please identify *WHICH* specific requirement(s) that the widely-
published Hawaii 'short version' birth certificate fails to meet.
If you want to claim it is not 'certified', please identify which
of the requirements of _that_ term, AS DEFINED on the
travel.state.gov
that it fails to meet.
You can use either the current, "more restrictive" version of those
rules (as shown on either of the authoritative references mentioned
above), or you can change ".. the full name of the parent(s) ..." to
'... the name of the parent(s) ...', (simply eliding the word 'full'),
and have the version of the requirements that have been in effect
for the prior 30+ years. Your choice.
Before responding you may wish to review the high-quality, high-resolution
images at:
<
http://factcheck.org/2008/08/born-in-the-usa/>
A site run by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of
Pennsylvania, with no connections to any political party or political
agenda.
You have repeatedly asserted your belief that that document is not valid
for passport purposes. Here's your chance to back up your bluster, by
identifying *which* document requirements it fails to meet.
I'm willing to bet that you will either ignore this or respond with
bafflegab and bullshit about how it's not part of your question; that
you will -not- provide any specifics, -nor- admit that you cannot do so.
Of course, your failure to do so, for whatever reason _will_ 'speak for
itself', regardless of how much bullshit you attempt to bury that failure
in.
>>>> Did he travel under the name Barry Sotero with a passport
>>>> identifying him as Barack Obama? Or did he just live in
>>>> Indonesia with false documents?
>> Did he _have_ to have a passport in his own name, *then*? Or could he
>> travel on the strength of his parent's passport?
>When we left Spain, our son who was born there was on my wife's
>passport since he was less than a year old. When we shipped for
>Germany 2 1/2 years later, he had to have his own passport.
>So my ACTUAL experience would tell me Barry Sotero would have his
>own passport when he went back to live in Hawaii.
Which is relevant, how, to the rules for someone who may have been
traveling under a passport of different nationality? It is the
_issuing_ country that determines the rules on such matters.
What do you know about _Indonesia's_ rules, at that time, for passports?
>>> Remember, his COLB was printed on a form that was issued long after
>>> his birth date by ~40-50 years.
>> Again, 'so what?' The birth certificate _I_ used to get my passport,
>> was also on a form that was first used roughly 45 years after my birth.
>> But the State Department of Vital Statistics 'certified' that the
>> information on that form was a 'true copy" of the facts on file.
>
>So some low-level clerk made that decision.
FALSE TO FACT. You have mis-parsed what I wrote.
Rephrase for clarity; The Department of vital statistics of the issuing
State 'certified' that the information on that form was a 'true copy' of
the facts on file with the State.
> There is also absolutely *nothing* on that document --
>fingerprints, footprints, etc. -- that could be used to 'prove'
>that _I_ am the person that that document references. That
>document was 'sufficient' for getting a passport with no problems.
>
>According to your statement above, someone in the "State
>Department of Vital Statistics" VERIFIED that the form was a
>"true copy" before approving it.
FALSE TO FACT. Rephrasing for clarity: The "Department of Vital State"
of the issuing State, certified the document was a 'true copy' of the
facts on file WITH said State Government offices. The issuing State
had no idea of what use the document was to be put,
>Now MY "Certified Birth Certificate" is a photograph of the one
>prepared and submitted by the doctor who attended my birth. So
>is my wife's. The imprinted seal of the county auditor is the
>verification that they are valid >copies from their files.
What -your- certificate is and what the U.S. State Department requires
are very different things. Review the actual State Department requirements.
>Apparently neither you or Obama can obtain one of these,
You're blowing bullshit again.
My _long_form_ birth certificate is a laser-printed copy of a digital
image of a (poor quality) microfilmed copy of a typewritten document
filled out by a member of the Hospital's staff who was -not- present
at the birth. That staff member is the only person who's signature
shows on the document. *EVERYTHING* on the document is 'technically'
'hearsay', since it is 3rd party reportage, by someone who was *NOT*
present. However, as the form states, all the information was taken
from an interview with the mother, said interview having taken place
a few days after the actual birth.
> yet I
>have had to furnish one when I enlisted, when I got married and
>again when I applied for >my AF housing allowance. The U of MN
>required one when I >registered there and the U of MN hospital
>got a copy from the >state....which is why my 2 children born
>there have the same >spelling as my birth certificate whereas the
>two born in military >hospitals have only one "n" at the end of
>their names.
You're just blowing bullshit, and trying to change the subject
away from what the _minimum_ U.S. State Department requirements
for a birth certificate _used_for_a_passport_application_ are.
>Obviously my experiences have been far different than yours...but
>no one ever had a question about MY birth certificate.
"BFD" applies. No one has ever had a question about mine either.