Quick Summary of the Sheriff Joe 2.0 National Security Press Conference

Sheriff Joe Arapaio followed up on his March press conference which concluded a six month investigation into the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s long form birth certificate and his Selective Service card.  What was not known at that time was if the birth certificate presented was totally fabricated, significantly altered, or merely was an original form that was filled in long after the original certificate was issued.

The summary:

• Obama could not have been born at the Kapiolani hospital due to the The “Nordyke Twin” birth certificate numbering curiosity.  However, the form itself indicates that the birth was recorded from outside of Hawaii.
• A former clerk whose signature is on Obama’s Long Form Birth Certificate verified that there was zero chance the electronic documented presented by White House was the original.  Many fields were filled in AFTER the original birth certificate had been certified
• The State of Hawaii has laws and Jerome Corsi uncovered correspondence confirming that foreign nationals could obtain birth certificates WITHOUT BEING BORN IN HAWAII.  Worse, ANY ADULT – not even one related to the child – could record a “birth” simply by presenting information that mother or father was a “resident” (not even a citizen) of Hawaii.
• The State of Hawaii only will affirm that they have A RECORD OF BIRTH on  file, but NOT that the information is accurate.
• Hawaii refuses to show it to anyone which violating their own laws, especially when it is being requested by law enforcement of another jurisdiction.
• The State of Hawaii confirms that they did not provide the PDF document to the White House, meaning that what the White House offered as “proof” was in itself an altered – and illegitimate.
• The Kapiolani hospital had a log, right outside the delivery room, that was maintained by a nurse during the time Obama claims to have been born there.  The log is reported to be in the hospital archives, but hospital officials refuse to show it to them.  Ironically, those archives are supposed to be open to the public.

Video Summary of Arapio Press Conference

PDF copy of Sheriff Joe’s
Press Release here.

RECAP OF LAST PRESS CONFERENCE

He began today’s press conference by recapping that investigation primarily around document forensics.  In addition to many other reasons, the long form birth certificate which the President presented to the voters of Maricopa County and America was deemed a forgery due to over 600 unsuccessful tests trying to recreate the “layers” found in Adobe Illustrator when that document was unlocked.  The best example given was that Obama’s PDF had 8 – one bit layers and should have only had a single one bit layer.  (All optimization and compression programs that could theoretically account for multiple “layers” instead of just one image, pull a “black only” layer – or 1 bit layer - only once.  Any other layers would NOT be black but multi-colored (8 bit) layers.)

Mike Zullo, the chief investigator of the Cold Case Posse, noted that the Maricopa County Police Agency contacted multiple businesses who specialize in finding Forensic Document Experts, and not a single firm could find an expert willing to work on the case even at a full fee offered to them.

For a complete understanding of the Forensic Digital Document anomalies that prove the 4/27/11 White House Long Form Birth Certificate has been grossly tampered with, please read the American Thinker article “New Obama Birth Certificate Forgery Proof in the Layers.”

THE HAWAII TRIP ISSUES

The Maricopa County Team was obviously somewhat still upset by the distortion of coverage not just of the first press conference, but of the trip to Hawaii.  Obviously Sheriff Joe has been attacked in the local press for sending a paid Maricopa County Detective with Mike Zullo and the Cold Case Posse.  I follow this pretty closely and even I did not know that the Cold Case Posse had raised funds to reimburse the entire expense to the county, but it was vetoed by two Maricopa County Board Members.  Mike Zullo specifically recounted Sheriff Joe’s unease at being unarmed while in Hawaii, and asked Mike to pick the officer who would be of most use to him.

Even with an active law enforcement official with them, the Posse met resistance from Federal and State authorities, and places like the Kapiolani Hospital.  Although local police were notified before they arrived that they would be there investigating and interviewing, the local police was entirely caught off guard and confused as to why there were constantly being asked to the scene where the posse happened to arrive.

UKULELE

Perhaps the biggest bombshell came, that Jerome Corsi and the Posse had tracked down the famous U.K. L. Lee which most skeptics, including this writer, thought was a blatant attempt to flaunt their felony to their critics by using the name of the famous stringed instrument.  Since Harvard PhD Jerome Corsi made the same conclusion, I don’t feel quite so bad.  In fact the “U” was a “V,” and they located a 95 year old Verna K. Lee who was the clerk who signed the fraudulent certificate.

Perhaps the biggest asset of Ms. Lee – described as amazingly sharp and quick witted for her age – was in her ability to describe the process of how birth certificates were issued, what system was in place to ensure their integrity, and what additional seals or notations would have been used.

Mike Zullo admitted that she was the key to unlocking nearly all of their understanding which they presented in this press conference.  Zullo was challenged by a local reporter at the end of the press conference whether this interview was recorded.  Zullo confirmed it was and Sheriff Joe said he would “think” about whether to release it.  I’m assuming since it may be used in prosecution, he might be hesitant to do so – as well as being concerned about this woman’s security.

THE PROCESS OF THE HAWAIIAN BIRTH CERTIFICATE

Mike Zullo said that Ms. Lee was forcefully offended, when it was suggested that she might have made a mistake at the time.  Not only did she say, “mistakes didn’t happen on my watch,”  she explained how the birth certificate record was processed.

If a child was born at a local hospital, the hospital would send the information by form to her department (the local registrar) where once a month, the certificates would be recorded, numbered and issued.  There were only 5 offices that could have recorded the birth, and hers was the office where all the Kapiolani hospital births were recorded.  More on this below.

The information was applied to the birth certificate form itself, along with designations needed for Federal reporting requirements and sorted in a secure room.  The certificates were then checked by a second clerk, corrected if necessary, and stored again in a secure location. 

At the end of each month they were sorted geographically, then chronologically, and hand stamped with the birth certificate number which automatically incremented to the next number after each stamp.  A copy of these notices were then sent to the local newspapers to print at their discretion. (PJ: A commenter correctly pointed out that these were not sent at the end of the month but more quickly to the newspapers.)  Zullo confirmed that quite often many would be left off due to column space availability or neglect by the newspaper.

THOSE FUNNY HANDWRITTEN NUMBERS

Many have wondered what the little penciled numbers along the side of various form fields were for.  It turns out that these numbers were mandated by the Federal Vital Statistics guidelines which provided key census information and in turn provided each state some small income for cooperating. 

In the instance of race of the father (field 9) a “9” would indicate no information was provided.  Yet “African” is typed.

Furthermore, the investigation confirmed that the word “African” was not used until 1989, theorizing that this information was provided by affidavit not at the time of birth, but anytime through 2009 or 2010.

THE OUT OF ORDER BIRTH CERTIFICATE NUMBER

One of the curiosities often discussed is why Obama’s birth certificate number was incrementally a higher (assumed later) number - 10641, than the twins who were both born later, and received by the registrar later than Obama numbers 10637 and 10638.  As indicated earlier, Ms. Lee explained that the certificates were stored by GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION then CHRONLOGICAL BIRTH DATE – and then stamped.  Since the “1” categories of local hospitals were likely processed first – this fully explains why Obama would have a later number.

THE KAPIOLANI HOSPITAL

In 1961, the Kapiolani Hospital was a small 60 bed facility that could handle no more than 20 births at a time.  The posse learned that all births for 2 years around Obama were recorded in a log book at Kapiolani Hospital just outside of the delivery room in the attending nurses desk drawer.  When this book was retired it was reported to be moved to the archives which are supposedly available to the public.  Zullo said they met with extreme resistance when requesting to see the information and that they were "in business of saving lives not confirming birth certificates."   Sheriff Arapaio and Mike Zullo both asked the question, “why?”  Frankly, if it was recorded in that book, their investigation would be over.

NATIONAL SECURITY IMMIGRATION FRAUD LOOPHOLES

Editor of WND on National Security

Jerome Corsi spent considerable time in the Hawaii Supreme Court library and archives.  He discovered a 1955 law - in effect when Obama was born – that made reporting a birth compulsory.  However, it was not sworn testimony nor was their any investigative unit to confirm the information they were given.  that allowed ANY adult to declare a birth without verification as long as they could prove that the mother or father were Hawaiian residents.  RESIDENTS – NOT US CITIZENS.  Corsi even found correspondence from a former head of the Director of Health who didn’t show any concern for national security for an expansion of the law in 1982 to allow any adult  - even if not related to the child – to declare a birth that happened ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.  This Director’s only concern was how it would impact his budget.

These laws are also in direct violation of US Immigration policy.  Arapaio’s press release states:

Perhaps more alarming than anything else, in the course of this investigation, lead investigator Mike Zullo came across information which demands immediate action by the federal government.

“If a nation’s security is only as strong as its weakest link, then America may be in serious trouble. Hawaii may be our weakest link and could have a serious impact on our nation’s immigration policy,” Arpaio says.

Zullo reiterated that even in law enforcement, showing a birth certificate has – until now – given someone the presumption that they are a citizen of the United States. 

We think the issue in Hawaii is of such a magnitude that you have to bring into question every birth certificate you see.

Let’s hope the citizens of Hawaii take back their government now that an entire states legitimacy documents have been ruined, and fight back against these corrupt politicians who seem to be perpetuating fraud against our country.

THE STATE OF HAWAII ELECTED OFFICALS

The posse and Maricopa County detective attempted to meet with the Secretary of State and the head of the Department of Health, Mr. Onaka.  They were told this tax payer paid employee who has sworn a vow to the United States Constitution, “doesn’t speak to the public.”  The only official who would meet with them was Deputy Attorney General Jill Nagamine.

Zullo claims they asked multiple times for the state to assert that the long form birth certificate was a direct image of the original.  They were met with Clintonian replies which led Zullo to remark that as an investigator, they know that essentially means it is not.

As mentioned in the summary, Nagamine represented that the State did NOT provide the PDF to the Obama attorneys and that by law the State could do “anything they wanted” to the certificate after it was filed.

As for their requests, she claimed she could not provide any physical information under the statutory laws of Hawaii, clearly unwilling to help the law enforcement officials do their job.

Zullo claimed he had never seen an Attorney General – someone who is charged with upholding law – treat a fully sworn law enforcement officer who was credentialed and presented those credentials with such disrespect and lack of cooperation. 

She also claimed that the extent of Hawaii’s mandate was only to confirm that they had “a record” of the birth – NOT that it was true or accurate.  Sheriff Arapaio was challenged by a reporter in the Q&A why Arizona’s Secretary of State then received confirmation that this birth certificate was accurate.  The Sheriff responded, “You haven’t read the letter that was sent.  It doesn’t verify anything.”  As was reported by Corsi and WND.com, the letter didn’t even verify the President’s date of birth, let alone an actual signature and stamp by Hawaii Department of Health Registrar Alvin Onaka.

Frankly, not only do we not know what documents were actually given to Obama’s attorneys, it is quite probable that multiple state officials are now both breaking Hawaiian and federal law, as well as being complicit in fraud.  The discussion about this exchange begins around the 30 minute mark. (The WND video stops at 37 minute mark at the time of this posting but the full audio is embedded below).

Watch the full press conference at WND.com

Complete Audio of Press Conference

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THE FALLOUT

The press conference at the end was terribly embarrassing in many ways.  After the team had just laid out that they had the signatory on the birth certificate indicate it was fraudulent, that the President of the United States had been blatantly caught in a lie at LEAST about where he was born and that our the immigration and national security of the country was in jeopardy from Hawaiian officials and unlawful legislation, the first question from the local CBS reporter was (paraphrased):

How can we believe any of this when your two investigators have a company together?

This was followed by another similar attacking question on Mike Zullo’s credentials as an investigator who summarily dismissed them by pointing out they only reported his experience in a company he owned, not when he worked for others and was licensed for seven years in New Jersey.  Sheriff Joe stepped in and asked if they wanted HIS credentials.  Fifty years in law enforcement including 27 years as a Federal officer with the DEA.

The Sheriff was asked why he isn’t saving this information for prosecution to which he replied:

I hope it comes to that.  I think Congress should investigate.  But their busy investigating hookers for the Secret Service and the GSA spending money.  It’s about time Congress looked at this situation. 

He continued by pointing out this is an official investigation that has concluded there is strong evidence of fraud on government documents, but these reporters keep wanting to attack the messenger than actually looking at what they uncovered.

And then this from the CBS affiliate channel 5. 

Sheriff, your department has nearly 500 cases of child sex crimes that they did not investigate.  What do you say to those kids who see you putting all this energy into this.

This is not only a terrifying reflection on the quality of journalism, but on our country as a whole.  And I’ll guarantee you that Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin, HotAir, NRO, Ingraham, and FOXNews won’t say boo about this tomorrow either.

We don’t just have to take back our country, but we have to take back our media too.  And it can start with conservative media by sharing this blog or the WND video.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

 

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Obama and the GOP Establishment’s Useful Idiots on the Natural Born Citizen Issue

 

Let me say this clearly: If you think it is ok to vote for someone who is not Constitutionally eligible for office – just because it is politically advantageous – you’re not a conservative.  So quit calling yourself one.

I’ve gotten some strange responses from my post on why I will not vote for Marco Rubio as Vice President should Mitt Romney select him.

Many of these responses enforce an alarming anti-intellectual approach to issues surrounding the “Natural Born Citizen” issue, and I feel at times I’m dealing with liberals who are inconvenienced by cold hard facts that infringe on their fallacious feelings. It saddens me and pisses me off all at the same time.  Besides the comments in that post that make no sense (and show that there are conservatives who have no integrity,) I have gotten private emails/direct tweets like this:

PolitiJim, you are wrong about the "two american citizen parent" rule and the courts have held so, most recently in GA. Please review & retract.

This is supposedly a conservative.  Supposedly someone who believes in the Constitution and rule of law.

It is first of all amazing that people don’t argue FACTS when trying to argue their case.  I’ve laid out a pretty clear case of documented analysis from both the Founders and the Supreme Court rulings on the matter with links to much more detailed analysis.  But I see that is not enough.

The canard that the “courts have held so,” denies three things.  First is the notion that courts get it right (ie, Roe v. Wade and Kimberlin).  Secondly, while there ARE opposing legal opinions (almost entirely liberal), one must have a huge set of gonads to think Judicial Watch would take this on if it weren’t a clear argument.  However using the conclusions of others is also only “information cascade” or “confirmation bias” at work.   It shouldn’t be a hard and fast foundation to base any firm opinion on as a conservative, and it gets us into a damn good bit of trouble.  “Well, Rush says so” or “George Will says so” is what gets us into these messes.  To a lesser extent than Drudge or Coulter, these voices have turned out to have huge lapses of their own intellectual integrity (remember Will calling Gingrich a “Marxist”?) or clear bias.  I am not saying they are evil or we shouldn’t listen to them or read their latest opinion.  I am saying that on issues where there are strongly held beliefs, at least conservatives – if not Americans – had better quit being lazy and do the homework themselves.

The last bit of “information cascade” evidence – that this isn’t “settled” by the Georgia court - is that 94 Georgia legislatures still believe it is an issue and have sponsored a bill requiring candidates to prove their eligibility.  There ARE numerous brilliant conservative legal minds still putting their reputation, time and money in this battle – suggesting it is far from settled and NOT some “conspiracy theory.”  Conservatives who want to claim as much might as well be 9/11 Truthers.

Which brings us to the third denial.  The facts at hand.  The original finding by Georgia Judge Malihi is ridiculous.  The Liberty Legal Foundation puts it this way:

By now many of you have probably heard that the Georgia court ruled that Obama is a natural born citizen. (Link to opinion) More importantly it ruled that any person born on U.S. soil is a natural born citizen. According to the Georgia court, a woman from any country can visit the U.S. for one day, give birth, take the baby back to any country to be raised under any culture, and that baby can return as an adult, live here for 14 years and run for President. The end result of this ruling is outrageous. It runs contrary to common sense as well as to established law.
So, what happened in Georgia? The court determined that a clear definition of natural born citizen from Supreme Court precedent was overturned by dicta in another Supreme Court case. Precedent is any statement by the court that is pivotal to reaching the court’s ruling. Dicta is the opposite of precedent. Dicta is a statement by the court about matters that are not pivotal to reaching its ruling. Dicta is persuasive, but it cannot overturn precedent.

In other words, the Georgia court violated a basic rule of legal interpretation by ruling as it did. But wait, there’s more! The Georgia court also violated rules of Constitutional interpretation that have been around since the earliest Supreme Court. Our first Chief Justice explained that no part of the Constitution should be interpreted in a way that leaves any other part of the Constitution without independent meaning. By ruling that anyone born on U.S. soil can run for President the Georgia court concluded that the 14th Amendment was intended to alter article II of the Constitution. Such an interpretation is 180 degrees in opposite to Chief Justice Marshall’s explanation of how to interpret the Constitution.

But WAIT, there’s more! In order to reach this conclusion the Georgia court ALSO had to disregard yet another part of the holding from the Minor v. Happersett Supreme Court ruling. Even if you ignore the rules of Constitutional construction and the rule that dicta can’t overturn precedent, even if you agree with the Georgia court that the definition of natural born citizen in the Minor decision was dicta, you still can’t reach the Georgia court’s ruling. You see, the Minor Court ALSO explicitly ruled that the 14th Amendment didn’t create any new privileges and immunities. So, if a person couldn’t run for President before the 14th Amendment, they couldn’t run for President after the 14th Amendment. This means that the Minor Court explicitly ruled that the 14th amendment didn’t alter the definition of natural born citizen under article II of the Constitution. Yet the Georgia court ignored this Supreme Court ruling as well.

The Georgia court was aware of all of these arguments because these arguments were made at the January 26 hearing and they were included in our written brief after the hearing. Yet the Georgia court’s ruling only addresses one of these three arguments and poorly at that.

The one point of good news from this ruling is that we have FINALLY gotten a court to rule on the merits of our argument.

And exhaustive scholarly analysis of these problems can be found here.

This case is headed to the Supreme Court, as will the Judicial Watch case in Florida and California, regardless of the upcoming ruling.  If you care to watch the progression of arguments on the Georgia case you can bookmark it here.

It is sheer ignorance for anyone to take a lower court ruling as “proof” of any issue.  Do you know how many times courts upheld slavery as “constitutional” including the famous Dred Scott decision?  Where there are humans there is error.  And even those less than 100 years from the crafting of our Constitution were unwilling to read the overwhelming documentation that controverted a pro-slavery position by our Founders.  (It was more or less obscured to get the Southern ratification, leaving each side to interpret whether “all men” included slaves or not.)  Should abolitionists have given up their fight simply because some ignorant judges – even Supreme ones – ignored history, science and law?  When THEY KNEW that “negroes” were fully human and “men,”  should they suspend their evidence because even the Supreme Court held otherwise?  Of course not.

All of us have made the error of jumping to conclusion without facts.  This blog has tried to go WHEREVER the facts took us, whether it fit our preconceived ideas or biases.  (I was ready to endorse Santorum until I actually STUDIED his record of obscene lobbying influence, habitual lying and betrayal of the very pro-life and pro-conservative causes his campaign and supporters were trying to pass off as fact.  I also publicly disagreed with Newt Gingrich where I felt he was in error without trying to gloss over his problems.)

I’ll never forget the Ben Howe admitted his ignorance and dismissal of Palin’s valiant record in Alaska or of her conservative policy “gravitas.”  After watching the UNDEFEDATED and doing more research, he chided ALL conservatives who didn’t get the facts themselves and let this woman fight the overwhelming tsunami of smear launched at her not just by liberals – but by Romney and the GOP Establishment.  He is one of my new conservative journalistic heroes for letting facts dictate his opinion regardless of how others perceive it.

Here are the facts with the Iranian born, Clinton appointee, Georgia Administrative Judge Michael Malihi’s Barack Obama eligibility decision:

• Georgia election law O.C.G.A. 21-2-5(a) demands that every candidate meet constitutional requirements and Barack Obama did not present a single piece of evidence to support his eligibility – not even the forged birth certificate.
• Malihi originally told the plaintiff's attorney that he would make a normal “summary judgment” against Obama when neither Obama or his lawyers didn’t show.  (A court can ONLY rule on the evidence presented against it.  Just like traffic court or any other court, a judge can ONLY rule on the evidence set before it – NOT on the real facts of the case that are not presented.)
• In the entire course of American judicial history, a judge has never found FOR a defendant who did not show up for court.
• He cited an Indiana case that never had a Federal ruling - Arkeny [sic] v. Daniels - and has no binding authority on a Federal issue. (States do not have the power to naturalize citizens.)
• The defense never even used the case of Arkeny – meaning that the judge brought evidence into his court OUTSIDE of what was presented – a clear case of judicial misconduct.
• Ankeny ITSELF does not even discuss what the Founders’ and Framers” original intent was in including the “natural born” Citizen clause in the Constitution, nor does it IN ITSELF provide any historical or legal support in it’s finding.
• Ankeny mistakenly concluded that Wong Kim Ark ruled Wong Kim Ark to be a “natural born Citizen” rather than a “citizen of the United States.” Wong Kim Ark did no such thing.
• There were multiple other problems with the invalid Indiana case that has no bearing on Federal or Constitutional law and can be read here.
• He ignored ACTUAL US Supreme Court rulings and the early naturalization statutes passed by our early Congresses that included members who actually WROTE and passed the Constitution.  Not only did he not bother to mention them in his opinion, he never explained how or why they did not apply despite being presented by the plaintiffs in the hearing.  (The U.S. Supreme Court in Minor v. Happersett (1875) already had told us that there was no doubt as to who could be a “natural born Citizen.”)
• Judge Malihi finds that Obama “became a citizen at birth and is a natural born citizen,” despite zero evidence presented to him, nor any explanation of how both (or either) are justified by evidence.

It is worth noting that we STILL can not find even a complete bio on this judge despite the fact he has been one since 1995.  Much like Obama – the guy seems to have appeared out of vapor.  It is ridiculous to think he was a “plant” preparing for the remote possibility Obama would run for President all the way back to 1995, especially since he openly was ready to issue a summary judgment against him.  But there are a number of other inexplicable and illegal actions by Judge Michael Malihi.  Liberty Legal Foundation now reveals:

• Malihi’s Georgia Court refuses to forward LLF’s Motion for Contempt against Obama to the Georgia Superior Court despite state law providing the Court no such discretion.
• The Superior Court refused to respond to LLF’s letters on the matter, or demand the Malihi court forward the Motion.
• The Superior Court Clerk initially refused to file LLF’s Appeal of Malihi’s ruling, relenting only after 48 solid hours of legal and procedural “education” on the part of Irion.
• The Superior Court Clerk refused to file LLF’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction because a $1 filing fee had not been included. After HAND DELIVERY of $1, the Clerk then SAT ON the Motion for 10 days, finally claiming the $1 fee had been hand delivered to the “wrong staffer.” The Motion had to be completely re-filed. The Court itself refused to admonish the clerk.

And here is the clincher:

• Obama filed a Motion to Dismiss LLF’s Appeal of the Malihi ruling and the Motion was FILED IMMEDIATELY by the Superior Court Clerk. Obviously no problem in the Clerk’s office with Mr. Obama’s paper work.
• THREE DAYS after Obama’s Motion to Dismiss was filed, the Court informed Attorney Van Irion that he had LESS THAN 1 DAY to file an Opposition to that Motion; thoroughly improper behavior on the part of the Court.
• Late that SAME DAY, the Chief Judge of the Superior Court denied Irion’s motion to be admitted as a visiting attorney (Irion practices in Tennessee) in spite of his impeccable reputation and the fact that his Georgia sponsor is a member of the Georgia State Legislature who has practiced before the Court! The Court had deliberately held up this particular decision for 2 weeks, effectively preventing LLF from filing the Opposition the Court had RULED only 6 hours earlier that LLF must file on that day! All of this represents unheard of behavior on the part of a court.
• Finally, just 90 minutes after plaintiff David Weldon personally filed the Opposition–as the Court had prevented Irion and LLF from doing so–the Chief Judge issued a 3 page Opinion granting Obama’s Motion to Dismiss the LLF Appeal!

Incredibly, neither Judge Malihi nor the Secretary of State sent the Weldon v Obama case record to the Superior Court for review until AFTER the Court had ruled in Obama’s favor!  That means the Chief Judge agreed to Obama’s Motion to Dismiss an Appeal of a case the Judge NEVER READ!! This is the extent to which judicial corruption has replaced judicial review in the State of Georgia.

There is some credible circumstantial evidence of a quid pro quo by the State of Georgia and the Obama Administration.  Only two days after the Secretary of State decided to enforce the criminally corrupt findings of the Malihi court, Georgia received an $8.3 Billion loan for two nuclear plants over the scathing dissent of the Nuclear Commissions Chairman.  THIS IS THE FIRST LICENSE GRANTED TO ANY STATE SINCE THE THREE MILE ISLAND DISASTER in 1978.  Furthermore, all of Obama’s environmental buddies objected (many of the same who objected to the Keystone pipeline), and it came directly after the Japan nuclear meltdown.  Hardly fitting with the way the Obama Administration has dealt with all other issues of energy and the environment.  But again, just as circumstantial as Obama giving money to a Soros-owned oil company to drill outside of the US why shutting down the Gulf offshore oil industry.

The real issue here again is whether conservatives will start investigating their positions based on more than popular conservative opinion – and if they will ENFORCE integrity of the rule of law.

Liberty Legal Foundation’s Van Irion writes,

“The Founding Fathers understood that when dishonorable people begin to take high office, the system of government they set into motion would begin to fail. Unfortunately America’s judicial system is proving this principle.”

If conservatives cave to expedience by letting Barack Obama, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal or (possibly) Rick Santorum, float by on this – they are actively participating in the destruction of the US Constitution and this country.  Whether that fits their preconceived bias or desires for who they want in office or not.

In answer to my conservative friend, I’ll retract my determination to write in Palin over any non-Natural Born US Citizen like Rubio or Jindal when you pry it out of my cold dead hands in a Chicago cemetery.

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UPDATE 4:25 pm 6-24-12

More embarrassment to those who call themselves conservatives.  Here was the response to my very lengthy, detailed and documented argument as to why the Georgia Malihi judgment wasn’t definitive:

Jim, I have neither the time not the inclination to get into a lengthy debate about this with you when you've obviously set your opinion

Just like a liberal, instead of being willing to argue the MERITS and FACTS of the issue, they feign offense and run home without defending their position.  Not ONE substantive insight was offered.  WTH?

It is embarrassment and it has appeared in some form or other from people like Eric Erickson at RedState who never did retract his slander of Jamie Radtke, to Michelle Malkin who refused to correct her proven false accusations against Newt Gingrich.

Just as the “GOP” brand the Contract With America was tarnished with excessive spending (favorable approvals dropping from 60% to low 30%), we can’t let the “conservative” brand be diminished by not debating SPECIFICS on our arguments.

In this case, either “Natural Born Citizen” means a child born on American soil to 2 US citizen parents or not.  There isn’t a “gray” area of opinion.  Unless you want to become Bill Clinton and argue with the definition of “is” is.

No surprise our own army has disingenuous moral relativists .  Lord give me strength to bear with them rather than just wanting to take ‘em out and  shoot ‘em (as they say metaphorically in Texas.)

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Where’s Aldo and Rick’s 7 Obama Similarities

 

There is no way that Rick Santorum wouldn’t be a better President than Barack Obama.  Of course, we could say the same thing about any one of the Santorum children.  It’s not a towering standard, you know.

There are huge contrasts between the former Senators.  Obama has rumors of a gay sex life while the rumor is that Santorum’s position on sex is to outlaw it.  You get the idea.

As PolitiJim readers know, as I’ve begun to vet the vested one, I was more than mildly amused by some strange similarities Rick has with the Kenyan formerly known as “Barry.”  Here are

In no particular order of importance:

 Eligibility Issues

Yes, Sheriff Joe Arapio’s Cold Case Posse affirmed what hundreds of graphic arts experts have known since the day after the White House posted the long firm birth certificate.  It’s not only a forged document, it’s a blatantly BAD forged birth certificate.  But in their obsessive fear of tarnishing their anti-tin foil hat reputations, conservative media have ignored the development of Larry Klayman’s Judicial Watch joining the increasing attack on Obama’s eligibility on an entirely different front.  That of Barack Obama’s own admission that his FATHER was not a US citizen, thus invalidating him from being a “natural born citizen.”

While PolitiJim was caught up in the obvious forgeries, we didn’t pay attention on NBC until the Justia.com scandal.  it came to light that the legal resource used by nearly every judge in the country (Justia.com) had removed references to an 1875 Supreme Court decision called “MINOR v HAPPERSETT”  BEFORE THE ELECTION OF 2008 as Obama’s eligibility issue was gaining steam.  It was already obvious to those of us paying attention to disappearing INS, passport, hospital records that some serious corruption was occurring.  But to tinker with a database removing evidence of ENTIRE SUPREME COURT decisions was startling. 

Why would they do this?  Because Minor v Happersett DEFINES by the Supreme Court what a “natural born citizen” is.  According to Article II of the Constitution, with the exception of those alive at the time of its signing, someone is a NBC only if BOTH parents were citizens at the time of their birth on US soil.  In Obama’s case it is unnecessary to address WHERE he is was born, since he admitted in both of his books that his father was a British citizen. Official immigration records confirm it.

It is undeniable that not only does this Supreme Court affirm that definition, the Constitution's Framers knew it acknowledging their own admissions of reliance on “natural law” and the Law of the Nations. And it is further underscored in the Naturalization Acts of 1790, 1795, 1802 all being passed DURING the founders early legislative activity.  The definitive scholarly article and source is from Mario Apuzo and his article, “Putative President Barack Obama’s Unconstitutional Amending of Article II’s “Natural Born Citizen” Clause.”

Rick Santorum’s Eligibility Issues

We clearly know that Rick Santorum was born in Virginia.  However, there seems to be no record of his father applying for, or receiving US citizenship.  Rick’s mother claims she has the documents.  Yet, after REPEATED requests by numerous organizations, he not only has not produced them, he continues to evade a fairly straight forward issue.  WHY have Gingrich, Paul and even Romney provided all documents necessary to prove they are NATURAL BORN CITIZENS but the “true,” “Constitutional” conservative has not?

We also now know that McCain, Jindahl, and Rubio are NOT “natural born citizens.”  (Talk about the demise of made in the USA, huh?)  As the Washington Times points out, the REAL scandal is at the feet of the Conservative Media (let alone the national media), who refuse to cover this.

Is Rick Santorum A Natural Born Citizen

Presidential Qualifications and Qualities

Yes, they are both young with school age families.  Yes, both are attorneys, began their congressional careers in the mid-90’s, and both served as legislators for 14 years.

Oddly both have had issues regarding their law licenses.  You may remember Bill Clinton’s license was suspended for five years following his perjury in the Monica Lewinsky case.   Like MOST politicians, he kept it active as President, just as Ron Paul continues to keep his medical license active.  Santorum’s problem is likely only the neglect to pay his annual $70 fee.  Barack and Michelle BOTH “voluntarily” inactive and/or retired for unknown reasons.

Neither one of them had managed a business, organization or have had any executive experience prior to running for President outside of small offices of their campaigns or congressional office.  Neither have a history of great legislative insight or accomplishment, nor are either prolific with the pen.

Both have flatly lied about previous political positions, and while some would argue that ALL politicians do this – Paul and Gingrich don’t deny things that are easily proven.   For instance, Obama claimed on the campaign trail in 2008 he had always been against the Iraq war.  A lie.  Santorum claimed he had never been for insurance mandates and had never been for bailouts. Lie. Lie.  Both Santorum and Sotero have a a laundry list of lies.

Barack Obama pretends to be an authentic “black” man in the cultural (not racial) sense of the word despite having grown up in private schools and supported by Bill Ayers parents and rich Saudi billionaires.  Rick Santorum claims to be an authentic “Tea Partier” despite a glaring invisibility (or even dismissal) and Pennsylvania Tea Partiers pointing out the hypocrisy.

Voter Fraud Issues

In our discussion of Barack Obama’s potential involvement in Hillary SuperDelegate deaths, we cover clearly documented voter fraud in his campaign.   It turns out Santorum has been up to dirty tricks as well.  Rick’s campaign tried to steal a caucus in Missouri ala Obama against Clinton, and disenfranchised GOP voters in Tennessee by strong-arming Gingrich delegates to switch AFTER they had been pledged per the popular vote.  It seems this also happened in Alabama, with Santorum coming out with unexplained statistical anomalies just like Obama did in the 2008 Texas primaries and caucuses.  These tactics were so well known in Pennsylvania that GOP insiders INTENTONALLY voted for Santorum’s Democrat opponent Bob Casey.

However Rick has succeeded in area even Barack Obama feared to tread.  Fixing the vote of EVANGELICALS and Christians to give him a false boost.  At least he is narrowing in on Obama in the “unscrupulousness” race.  Even the Christian Broadcasting Network admitted that it wasn’t the clean overwhelming endorsement the Santorum campaign made it out to be.

Lying about Lobbying

Obama made a big deal in 2008 claiming he hadn’t take a dime from lobbyists and they would be disallowed in his administration.  As we know, he got more money from Exxon than John McCain and even the USA Today rolled their journalistic eyes at audacity of hype.  At least 12 lobbyists have jobs in the White House.

Righteous Rick the self-proclaimed “Reformer” has been incessant in his claim that he is a Washington outsider.  Yeah, not so much.  In fact in this, he is even WORSE in his misleading than the man he wants to move out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  Convicted former lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been trying to rehabilitate his image after serving his jail sentence and strangely gave “non answers” about Santorum.  Now we know why.  He was busy getting Santorum to kill sweatshop bills in exchange for campaign cash  (Seriously, click the link to see the ACTUAL billing records from Abramoff).  Worse Santorum’s own peers in Congress called RICK himself “a high powered lobbyist,” which could explain why he’s won more states than obtained congressional endorsements.  Who wants to be caught with that guy, right?  And he outshines on Obama in the “Lobbying Lies and Hypocrisy” department by a long shot.  Not only has he outright lied, that he was part of the “K Street” project that played a role in Tom Delay’s conviction, he lies that it ever existed!  Santorum moved more of his Senate staff into lobbying than any other and even employs convicted lobbyist and former Abramoff prostituted procurer as his South Carolina campaign aide.  I’m shocked Santorum hasn’t spun this to claim he creates more jobs than Romney.  But then again, campaign is still young.

(PolitiJim note: As the aide claims to have accepted Jesus, I am not insinuating Hinri is not a “new creature in Christ.” We are only noting that attempts made by Santorum to cover up Hinri’s involvement instead of just embracing his new spiritual condition openly and unapologetically while employing the CONSUMATE “insider” Santorum claims to be so distant from.)

Nowhere is the audacity of lobbying tope, by Santorum, more evident than when he put lives at risk in legislation he authored.  Coined as the “Accuweather Protection Act of 2005,” he tried to strip the National Weather Service from providing storm warnings which (completely coincidentally of course) would help Rick’s Pennsylvania donor.  Not a single other conservative would support it.  You now may have a clue why conservative poster boy, Jim DeMint near endorsed Mitt Romney over the supposed “true” conservative in Santorum.  (Although DeMint could have gotten confused since Rick called Mitt a “true conservative of conviction who portrays our values” when he endorsed him in 2008.)

Maybe Rick’s reasons for supporting the Bridge to Nowhere and trying to scuttle Jim DeMint’s battle against earmarks (2 weeks before DeMint’s re-election by the way), was cutting into the Santorum college fund spigot.  A dad of seven has got to dad what a dad’s got to do.

Financial Impropriety

This is a truly unfair comparison to Rick Santorum since Obama had the advantage of living in the Chicago corruption incubator.  It will be curious to see if the mainstream media looks at the art of cash corruption by Obama’s Tony Rezko ties and the kick backs he got while a congressman in Illinois.  (PolitiJim wonders if Hillary Clinton saw the breadth and extravagance of Obama’s corruption compared to her piddly cattle futures and just gave up the Presidential battle over the sheer wonder of it.)

But where Obama has his land strip scandal that gave him a side lot to his house without paying for it, Santorum has an even worse situation on his Pennsylvania and Virginia homes including whether he or a GOP contributor paid for it.  Santorum refuses to answer questions about how he got a “preferred mortgage loan” from fledging private bank when his own disclosure statements show he didn’t qualify for it.

Rick broke state law (and lied while doing it) in getting Pennsylvanians to pay $100,000 for homeschooling for his children.  All of this while the school district was struggling financially.  And while the Santorum children lived in Virginia, not Pennsylvania.  Santorum was asked to give the money back…and refused.  Rick’s response?  He pays taxes in Pennsylvania, that covered the cost of what they took.  So it’s ok to break the law because you determined you are OWED it?  And the OTHER state and local services your house enjoyed DIDN’T ALSO cost money?  (I’m sorry Rick, the line for Occupy Wall Street entitlement movement is in the Democratic primary.)

Rick Santorum still has some ‘splaining’ to do on his charity set up for the poor.  Not his measly 1.8% giving from his new found lobbying wealth post-Pennsylvania politics, but an actual nonprofit he set up for the poor.  Funny how the money collected never really made it to the “poor,” unless you define “poor” as the managers and vendors needed to run it on 89% of the collections.  Similarly his “Leadership PAC” collected cash Rick said would, “reinforce our conservative allies,” but only gave away about 18%.  The rest was used to set up a lot of work (shocker) in the first two states in which he would compete.

Less damaging but fitting the “financial Pharisee” mold is when Santorum’s wife sued her doctor for $500,000 at the same time Rick authored a bill to cap medical malpractice at $250,000.  Of course, afterward Rick said that the $250K cap wasn’t set in concrete.  Much like his moving standard for principles measured against his actions.

Note to conservative Christians who keep covering for the Catholic Crusader of Conscience:

• Why did he give more away to politicians than the poor as a percentage?
  
• What REAL evidence is there that he can manage ANY organization much less the most powerful government on the planet when he can’t keep a CHARITY from excessive spending that keeps money from the poor?
  
• Since Jesus said “where your heart is there your money is also,” why do you continue to believe he is a “committed Christian” when he doesn’t tithe and gives so little his church and other charity?
  
• Why would he refuse to pay back money CLEARLY the law did not entitle him to and he had to lie to receive?

GOVERNMENT CONTROL

Clearly Obama wants to regulate your health care, your schooling, your product consumption and your sun tanning.  (Just ask Snooki.)  Government knows best.

Rick’s raucous riff’s (or egregious gaffes – you choose), range from accusing Trojans of being a temptation leading to adultery to promoting Protestants as poorly pious or worse.  None are more damaging, in PolitiJim’s opinion, than those in the video below.  those where he claims:

They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulations low, thatwe shouldn't get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn't get involved in cultural issues. That is not how traditional conservatives view the world.

As I demonstrated in FOUR VIDEOS this week on PolitiJim, this is not an aberration.  This is WHO Rick Santorum is.  And he wants to make the case that government shouldn’t control your lives.  He wants to mandate ultrasounds but not prenatal screening.  Both provide information to the mother to make informed choices.  Both use tax payer money to administrate it.  And we want to trust THIS GUY to make the conservative case to the American people of why Obama’s control isn’t good but his is?  Really?

MEDIA COVER-UP

Old news alert: The media repeats every lie that Obama tells and continues to hide evidence that he is corrupt and ineligible.  The aforementioned Washington Times article says it all.  But the most disgusting thing to me about this campaign cycle has been the complicity of so called conservatives to do EXACTLY the same thing they complained about the media doing with Barack.

With JUST the information in THIS POST, all of us would expect Rush Limbaugh, Mark “Liberty” Levin, Laura Ingraham and Michelle Malkin to disdain this guy right?  Nope?  In order they say Rick is “the only conservative left in the race,” a true conservative, a true conservative, and “I hate Gingrich to much to look at the truth.”  (The last one is Politijim’s interpretation not an actual quote.)

Clearly, if a tiny bit of this was even DISCUSSED by conservative media, Rick’s poll numbers would drop faster than the pants on Pee Wee Herman in a New York porn theater.

And in looking likely to be President in 2013, we have the final inexplicable parallel to Barack Hussein Obama.  Amazement at their support in spite of such obvious disqualifications.

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That’s the Night that the Lights Went Out in Georgia…and on those Crazy Birthers

Well that judge in Georgia has finally put all this birther nonsense to rest.  Obama is eligible to because he is a US Citizen.  I’m glad we can finally quit wasting time on silly distractions that make conservatives look goofy and focus on the REAL issues.  You know, like the decision of a private women’s breast cancer foundation as to whether they will keep funding Planned Parenthood.  (God forbid we should start asking why the CDC faked clinical studies on proven cancer cures that already exist.)  Complaining and writing about Komen could potentially humiliate Planned Parenthood into stopping abortions, don’t you agree?

But this birther thing? It is out of control!  Even pollsters don’t understand the issue is NOT whether Obama was born in the United States, but if he can sufficiently document that he is a “natural born citizen.”  Who cares that more Americans are more skeptical of Obama’s constitutional qualifications to be in office now than before he released his long form birth certificate.  And if it did turn out to be true, and the military was forced to remove him, it would only negate ObamaCare; unseat Supreme Court Justice Kagan; reverse every oil drilling and EPA prohibition that has been costing jobs; and immediately eliminate every pedophile and potential prison inmate he’s appointed as a Czar.  You know, basically the same thing Gingrich has promised to do Day 1.  So what are wasting time on this crap for, huh?

The Constitution hasn’t changed, so what’s the big deal?  Remember that Mr. Obama would KNOW if he was breaking the law because he taught it at the …where’s that University that the Weather Underground domestic terrorist teaches at?….Oh, yeah.  University of Chicago.  And Eric Holder swore to uphold the Constitution so this is all really a moot point.  It’s not like Obama or Eric Holder haven’t shown extreme diligence and adherence to the law and the Constitution on the issues of complying with Congressional Subpoenas, Judge’s orders, Constitutionally subject Presidential appointments, the Constitutional protections of private enterprise and individuals, or other areas of ethics and legal compliance of our laws by the tens or the hundreds.

Tell you what.  Just for the hell of it, let’s actually look at the judge's findings to determine if his "rejection" is sound?  (It has been known for judges to be in error once or twice, you know.) [h/t to NaturalBornCitizen]

Judge Malihi originally said (in his denial to Obama’s motion to dismiss) that Georgia law specifically requires that "[e]very candidate...shall meet the constitutional and statutory qualifications for holding the office being sought"

He emphasized this rule of statutory construction …and then …uhhmmm… contradicted it in his ruling.   Far out wacko, insane blog NaturalBornCitizen reports:

In other words, Judge Malihi found more persuasive than the long-established principle of statutory construction, a State's Court of Appeals opinion and its unsupported contention that the Constitution's language "is immaterial."  He said the Constitutional provisions of the 14th Amendment HAD to be taken only in conjunction with Article 2, Section 1.

SO WHAT if Chief Justice Marshall said this about this issue in Marbury v. Madison, (5 U.S. 137) in 1803:

“It cannot be presumed that any clause in the constitution is intended to be without effect; and therefore such construction is inadmissible, unless the words require it.” Id. 174. (Emphasis added.)

So what if a single administrative state judge goes from a position of being ready to judge AGAINST non-participating Defendant Obama, to a position of subverting his OWN judicial proclamation and intent.  Big deal.  So what if the Defendant (Obama) offered no evidence that he WAS a citizen.  Those crazy birthers only admitted previous Supreme Court decisions and irrefutable proof that Obama’s father was not a US Citizen.  They had a few so called 30 year document “experts” testify that his birth certificate was fraudulent but there is not telling the lengths these Conspiracy Theory Nuts will go to for some good drama.  So what if Obama’s attorney didn’t show.  As he said, “this is keeping the President from pressing matters of state and is likely to turn into a circus that will embarrass us in front of the world.  We don’t need no stinkin’ trial.  Or jury.  (If we could even FIND a peer of the President that is.)”

Let those crazy conspiracy theorists run wild.

Next the birthers will remind us that Obama and Axelrod participated in bribery, coercion and worse in my hometown of Chicago.  That surely would be a great “conspiracy” to explain a judges inexplicable reversal.  Or, they might say that the judge wanted to let someone "higher up" in the appellate food chain take the heat and attention for being derided as a "birther."  (Can’t blame him can you?)  One thing is clear.  The rule of law was upheld, despite these constitutional scholars publishing line by line scathing rebuttals.  This is America – the home of liberty, freedom and justice.  WE tell other countries how to do this democracy thang right.  The Nixon thing? Pish posh.  Stealing the election for JFK?  Old news.  Are those “scholars” Georgia state Administrative judges?  Hell no.  The fact that not a SINGLE COURT has found in the “birthers” favor should tell us everything we need to know.  There is NO WAY possible our court system could be so corrupt they wouldn’t take these cases while sending honorable people in our military to jail.   Next these babbling birthers will tell us that our court system would prosecute border officers for doing their job or allow babies to be killed in the wombs of their mothers.  It’s ridiculous.

And more good news!  If it ever gets to the Supreme Court, we are told by Justice Ginsberg that the old, outdated US Constitution doesn’t even really apply to the needs of people anymore.  So we got that going for us.

Just for the sake of argument, let’s recap what these crazy birthers think they have as evidence:

• A falsified official state government document by the Chief Law Enforcement official of the United States of America purporting to establish his citizenship. (Yes, both short and long form birth certificates.)  They cite some former senior election administration official who says he was told for a fact that a certificate did not exist for Barack Hussein Obama.
• The first time redaction in history by the Democratic party of Hawaii that their Presidential candidate meets constitutional requirements.
• Dozens of contradictory news paper articles, family eyewitness reports and statements with the complete absence of corroborating documentation from hospitals, schools, and even Federal records to disprove their assertions.
• Circumstantial corroboration of other missing documents of Obama’s history including Passport records, Obama kindergarten records, Punahou School records, Occidental College records, Columbia University records, Columbia thesis, Harvard Law School records, Harvard Law Review articles, University of Chicago scholarly articles, Illinois State Bar Association records, Illinois State Senate records/schedules(said to be lost), Medical records, Obama/Dunham marriage license, Obama/Dunham divorce documents, Soetoro/Dunham marriage license, Adoption records, just to name a few.

You see – we just proved the birthers nutzo right there.  We DID find a letter from Obama while he was the Editor of the Harvard Law Review.  So it’s not like there isn’t ANY documentation of him existing or anything.  At least it stops them from claiming he’s an alien!

Quick Compilation of Birth Cert Problems

(Complete dissertation on all problems here)

These birthers go as far as to point out that they had Newt Gingrich’s entire college transcripts, term papers, and grades within a few months but really, what does that prove?  Clearly if these records could be located, the Obama team has proven they already would have.   For instance, Obama’s political opponents were ruined by sealed court records (like divorce papers) that should have been impossible to find, let alone get a legitimate news organization to publish when he ran for office in the past.  And they had no problem finding those, so these idiots are just wrong in thinking that they weren’t legitimately lost.

Wacko weirdos – all of ‘em.

I think the easiest way to dispel these deranged notions is simply to go through a list of those people who don’t think this is newsworthy.  All of these groups below get paid cash MONEY for advertising traffic.  And you would think that as capitalists, they would have a financial motivation to uncover the truth as it would yield great advertising revenues.  They clearly are not friends of the current administration so right there you have total and complete FREE MARKET PROOF that this is all an excessive lunatic absurdity.

• DrudgeReport
• Andrew Breitbart
• Rush Limbaugh
• Sean Hannity
• Glenn Beck
• Ann Coulter
• Michelle Malkin / HotAir
• Redstate.com / Human Events
• Daily Caller or MOST of the top 150 conservative media sites.

And although I think most of us would consider these people as fellow soldiers against liberalism and lawlessness, I think it would be safe to say although they have their own biases which they would NEVER ignore on something so clearly illegal as this?  I remember Drudge taking ABC to task for covering up Food Lion while they complaned he didn’t do REAL reporting.  And this didn’t appear ANYWHERE on Drudge as it developed.  We know they don’t come more honest than him.  They go viciously after Pigford, Fast and Furious, Solyndra and Supreme Court recusals and surely, they wouldn’t allow the disparagement of the main stream media or public interfere with demanding justice for what would be the most serious crime against the Republic in all of US History, right?  A blue dress would be nothing compared to this.

Presidential candidates neither!  Not a peep!  When Sherriff Joe Arappio convened his “posse” to look into this, I was certain gun totin’ Rick Perry would be all over this like a cougar trying to crowd his jogging track.  They don’t get much more honest and fearless than the Arizona law enforcer.  And despite differences with Santorum, (and even supposed “Constitutional Purist” Paul), there is no way they wouldn’t NOT touch the biggest corruption scandal in modern history right?  Gingrich made his political fortunes by fearlessly battling liberal corruption, so I know he wouldn’t just sit by and let a forging felon fill the most powerful position in the free world.

No, these constitutional conspiracy crazies are outright kooks.  Our trust in government is bad, I know.  Trillions are lent to foreign banks without ANY approval by the US tax payer who would responsible to make up default. Spineless congressmen who let $1 Trillion in defense cuts slide by without demanding the White House do what is right has bugged me.  Seeing how many allow the most progressive Massachusetts Governor in the past 20 years pass himself off as “conservative” within the ranks of the Grand Old Party makes my faith flinch just a bit.  But good southern red state judges who are ready to pull Obama off the ballot must have made an honest assessment of the facts and found them wanting.  Our system can’t be that corrupt can it?  Cook County court crime is still limited to Chicago, Illinois, isn’t it?

I’m with you good folks.  I’d say that the most telling reason that there must not be anything to this is because of my readers, fellow bloggers and Twitter pals.  Great conservative twitters who attend national caucuses, have their own radio or TV shows don’t say nary a peep on the subject.  In fact, many shut talk down on it in a flash.  And the average conservative social media consumer on my Google Plus and Twitter time lines aren’t SCREAMING for me to write more about this – or challenge the bigger conservative media to do the same.

These are PATRIOTS after all.  They are of the blood and spirit of those who not just threw East India Tea into Boston Harbor, they were the ones that wrote their names so big on the Declaration of Independence they didn’t care if they lost their lives, fortunes OR sacred honor.  These people love TRUTH and will sacrifice their lives for it.

I had to think what it would mean if these people were right.  If a corrupt Chicago politician, was able to play his state, able to play his political party and the national press and able to play the opposing political party and their patriotic conservative base – and not just get elected, but have no one aggressively challenge this egregious affront to our values and honor….then I’m not sure there is a clear path to reassert a Constitutional compass in this country.

How could I trust my fellow soldiers to take over and reform the GOP, (much less the country) when I couldn’t trust them to go on record and fight against something THIS important.

I would not want to consider that possibility.  It’s one thing for an innocent man to be falsely punished.  It’s quite another for a corrupt one to go untouched by those that claim virtues of God, Justice and the American Way.  That isn’t who we are.

And what would the world think if it turns out it was true.  Well, observers here would not only no longer take us seriously on issues of freedom and democracy, they would likely think they could put other things over on us too.  For all that hub bub we boast of our Constitution – they would know it’s no different than the new “constitution” of Hugo Chavez or the promise of peace from Hamas.  Thank God we don’t have that to worry about.

I’m sure Georgia isn’t losing sleep over this ruling.  From what I can see, the Atlanta media is barely covering it.  Well known conservative, Erick Erickson – a lawyer in good standing by the State Bar of Georgia - isn’t saying a word either.  And not only did HE take an oath to the Constitution of the United States, he has many times discussed how much he cares about the integrity of the upholding it as an American citizen and patriot.  He SWORE to uphold it, and unlike Eric Holder – he’s a conservative like me and wouldn’t allow the honor of George Washington, John Adams, Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson to be soiled by doing absolutely nothing when the truth was staring him straight in his Redstate face.

No – turn out the lights there in Georgia.  This whole trial has proved that it’s time to just move on.

So sorry for being such a downer.  Now, who wants to play a fun hashtag game on Twitter? #2012ElectionFoods

I’ll start: Concord Great Machiavelli Jelly.

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