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The Importance of President Obama's Birth Certificate

Author: Jeffrey R. Camino

There is a great deal of controversy over whether President Obama has the credentials, per the U.S. Constitution, to hold the office of The President of the United States.  On April 27, 2011 (about halfway into his presidency) President Obama produced a Certificate of Live Birth that allegedly validates he was born in Hawaii.  Let's examine this very important issue further...

 

PEOPLE THAT SAY IT IS NOT IMPORTANT

Before I continue, I want to address people that say this is not an important issue, that it just distracts from more important issues, etc.

First, saying that it's a non-issue is demonstrating a complete ignorance about the intent of why that requirement was put into the United States Constitution in the first place.  Keep in mind, we're not talking about some random company policy, we are discussing the highest law in the land: the Constitution of the United States!  Further below I'll discuss why the forefathers included the requirements for the Office of the President, but suffice it to say if we start pushing aside the Constitution, then we are on a very slippery slope indeed.

Many people are claiming that this issue is diverting valuable time away from more important issues, and the President himself said this was becoming a "sideshow".  Frankly, that statement is ludicrous for three main reasons:

1. The only reason there is any attention on this issue at this point in time in the first place is because the President chose not to release the document a long time ago.  He spent over 2 million dollars in legal fees to avoid doing so.  Consequently, much more time, effort, and money has been put into not releasing the document than simply doing so.  That actually should cause any reasonable person to question why it was not released a long time ago.

2. It should not  take up that much time to ask a staff member (or Michelle) to get the document, have it scanned, then hold a 5 minute press conference about it!

3. If President Obama can spend hours on the golf course, basketball court, and fill out a "March Madness" basketball bracket on TV; then surely he can take a few minutes to address the American people and the constitutional requirements of the office he holds.  Saying this is diverting valuable time and that it's the "birthers" to blame is a lame argument by people that either do not see a much bigger issue at hand, or just want to bury their heads in the sand because they also sense there could be more to this than they want to admit.

 

 

AUTHENTICITY OF THE RECENTLY RELEASED DOCUMENT

Substantial questions remain about the authenticity of the birth certificate.  However, anyone that brings this up is immediately labeled as a "birther" that will never be satisfied.  I wonder what similar strategies were used when anyone objected to Hitler's tactics and policies?  Will the American people also let the facts of the matter be squashed because bringing up the issue results in persecution and ridicule?  I fear, for the most part, the answer to that is that most people will.

Though mostly ignored for the aforementioned reasons, experts are presenting compelling evidence suggesting the document is a forgery.  THIS LINK presents some videos that question the authenticity of the document.

In addition to the technical issues, other people point out that President Obama's father is listed to be from "Kenya, East Africa", yet Kenya was not an independent country until 1963 — 2 years after the date of the birth certificate.  Others point out his father's race is listed as "African", yet the term used in the early 60's, when the document was allegedly recorded, was actually "Negro".  They also claim that government agencies that tracked statistics had narrow guidelines of how to record that information so that statistics could be kept.

I am not an expert, so I don't know if perhaps Kenya would still have been a valid option to record on a birth certificate regardless of its official independence and whether or not his father could have been recorded as "African" since he actually was "African".  I would think other birth certificates could be examined and compared to see, though perhaps the odds of finding someone born in Hawaii with a father from Kenya, East Africa are very slim.

 

IS IT A MATTER OF RACE?

This is a good place to interject that this is not a matter of race!  If there were the same questions surrounding anyone — regardless of their color, race, gender, or religion — many people would want to know more.  In fact, though a much lesser issue in terms of the affairs of our nation, recall that President Clinton was under a lot of scrutiny for his affairs with Monica Lewinsky.  George W. Bush was sharply criticized for his behavior during his college years and President Nixon was forced to resign from office for engaging in unlawful behavior that had much less impact on his current presidency than does the issue about President Obama's birth certificate.

There is no doubt that Timothy McVeigh would get equal or more scrutiny if he were president and his policies and credentials were in question.  Indeed it's about a much more important matter: we are really exploring the beliefs, values, and political ideology held by the person holding the most powerful position in the United States and whether or not they are in line with the best interests of the United States!!!

Playing the "race card" about this issue is divisive and only diverts attention where it need not be.  The real attention should be about the Constitution of the United States, whether or not the person holding the highest office in the land is adhering to the law of the land, and the purpose that requirement for being President of the United States is there to begin with...

 

CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT

The founding fathers of the United States did a fantastic job drawing up our Constitution.  It took them a long time to do so as they carefully thought out, debated, and finally agreed to all that its comprised of.  They carefully added many important things: like establishing the three branches of government, wherein a system of "checks and balances" was put into our governmental system; establishing what congress may and may not do; creating the courts and their function; and ensuring U.S. citizens enjoy freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and so on.

Article II of the Constitution establishes the Office of the President and requirements thereof.  Therein we have the law that someone must be a natural born citizen, age 35, have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years prior, and so on.

Why were those requirements included?  Were the founders just arbitrarily adding some meaningless law to the Constitution?  No, of course not!!!

So, then, what were they thinking?  It's quite clear if you logically think about it: they were recognizing that it would be in the best interest of the U.S. if they could reasonably ensure that the person holding the highest office in the land was absolutely loyal to the U.S.; thus, all of the beliefs, values, political ideology and consequent decisions that person made always had the best interest of the U.S. in mind.  Now whether or not the policies were always right, at least it could be reasonably assured the right intentions were there.

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That is why it is an important issue.  If the President of the United States has had substantial influence from another nation's ideas or from a religion that is hateful and opposed to the religion that most of the citizens of the U.S. hold, then it is very important to know that.  In essence, it protects us from "enemies, both foreign and domestic", as it helps us avoid having someone that is really a "spy" of sorts making policy not in the best interest of the U.S.  During the campaign President Obama repeatedly said there would be "change", though the question that was not asked is, "Exactly what kind of change?"

 

WHERE HAS THE PRESS BEEN?

What makes that issue difficult to deal with is that the press is readily accepting the document, though we have to seriously question if the press is doing its job!!!  Why this issue was not investigated while President Obama was running for office rather than actually holding the office is astounding.  Where was the press when there was substantial ambiguity about the man running for President of the United States?

The question should be asked, "Why only now release this document that has been asked for time and time again?"  The mainstream press is not asking that very important question!!!  Was it not provided to make some point that we have no right to know or that it should not be a constitutional requirement?  I can't see either of those reasons settling well with most people.  It was either a blatant act of defiance, or there is another reason.  Frankly, I can not think of any good reason nor have I seen one proposed!

Another important consideration about this matter is this: why isn't the press wanting to know about the college papers President Obama wrote?  While not the "all knowing, all telling" indication of one's beliefs, values, and political ideology, I would think they could weigh into the matter at least some.  Put another way, why is President Obama hiding that information?  In fact, it's still ambiguous to me where President Obama went to school, what he was taught, who his friends are/were, what his friends and teachers have to say about him, etc.

Many employers require that one's work history be valid and ask for official college transcripts conditional to employment, and that is a very reasonable request.  Frankly, the "employers" (the American people via the press) did not do their due diligence concerning Barack Obama.  We really know very little about him.  He was ushered in on a popularity contest where speeches and other factors played a larger role than the substance behind the man.

Had the issue of the birth certificate and such been discussed prior to the presidential election, the American people could have, at that time, made the decision at the polls of whether or not it was an issue.  (Though arguably the founding fathers intended for it be a law, not something we vote on based on "popularity".)  We'll never know how it may have played out, because the press did not do its job and, therefore, the issue is still being dealt with now, after the election. 

As for correcting the problem, to do so would require that the press essentially report on itself about how poor of a job it did, which is not likely to happen.  Also, many people in the mainstream media likely voted for President Obama, therefore they have further motives to ignore this issue.  Except for web sites like this, the issue will not likely get any attention.  If you dare to share this blog, then perhaps you can help.

Consequently, there is still a cloud of doubt about whether or not President Obama is actually legally holding the office of President of the United States.  Now, some people are quick (too quick) to say that it should be a non-issue and that anyone discussing the matter is doing so foolishly.  They mention that our economy is in trouble, we have conflicts going on around the world, and that there are otherwise many other issues to be addressed.  It's for exactly those reasons that this is an important issue!  As noted before, the founding fathers of the United States thought it was quite important!

 

WHY DID IT TAKE THIS LONG TO RELEASE THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?

Had the document been released a long time ago, questions of whether or not it is legitimate would have long been dismissed or dealt with; but that is far from the case.  I won't rehash some of the points that reasonably question its legitimacy, but I think the main point is worth asking: what, then, was the motivation behind hiding this document for so long?  Why hide a document substantiating ones legal eligibility to be in office (and pay so much money to do so) only to eventually produce it?

Moreover, all too readily accepting a document that was produced years later and still has a lot of questions about its authenticity is foolish at best, and hints of not wanting to address the deeper issue at hand: who is the man holding the highest office in the nation, what are his values, what is his political ideology, and therefore what is his agenda?

Time will tell how this all plays out, though I'm not sure if it will ever be settled.  Should the Lord tarry, it could go down as one of the most unsolved conspiracy theories ever.  Who shot Kennedy, what happened at Roswell, did President Obama ever legally hold the office of President of the United States... ?

Now you may be asking, "What does this have to do with Bible prophecy?"  It could actually have a lot to do with that, as discussed in a previous article entitled, "Where Is President Obama Leading Us?".

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About the Author

Jeffrey R. Camino lives in a suburb of Dallas, TX with his wife and six children.  He has studied Bible prophecy for several years and is listed in Who's Who of Bible Prophecy.  His passion to share God's Word coupled with his writing talents lend themselves nicely to his books, which are exceptionally easy-to-read, well researched and, most of all, biblically sound.  His new book, Pray That You May Escape, is receiving great reviews from people all over and is well on its way to becoming a huge hit within the Christian community.

When he isn't studying or writing about Bible prophecy, Jeffrey works hard to support his large family, which he is always quick to mention he feels blessed to have.  Jeffrey is Founder and President of NorthStar Solutions, LLC, a popular e-commerce company that builds web sites and provides e-commerce solutions for other businesses worldwide.  Founded in 1994, NorthStar Solutions sells thousands of titles, particularly software and books, as well as other types of products that fit in with the moral integrity of the business.  Jeffrey also programs software titles of his own.

His working career started in the U.S. Air Force at the age of seventeen and during that time Jeffrey received a highly competitive Congressional Nomination to the Air Force Academy; but ultimately God had other plans for his life.  After serving in the Air Force for four years, saving money for college and receiving an honorable discharge, he attended Kansas State University.  Jeffrey worked himself through college and after completing his degree in Business Administration pursued building his business.  Soon he found himself busy running a successful software/e-commerce business.

US Presidents: Delighted Leadership plays vital role

Author: Hadi U Zaman
Everyone will agree with this comment of time that the United States of America (USA) has been ruling the world unilaterally without facing any bar on implementation of his decision. Here, the decision of American Senate and Congress is a must to be realized in any place of the world. However this uni-power circle can be harmful for all of the world including American people also.
So, balance in US decision will ensure stability and balance over the world, it is believed by the conscious people no doubt. Chiefly, the decision making depends on empowered political party's commitment of US. Extremism is hatred for all. The theme mainly works as mandate achieving factor in all democratic decisions in all time in America. True picture of election is not altered there.
On this very reality of world politics American Presidents and their policies are very important to the effect of the whole world and it is interesting to be informed about the world ruler for the people thinking for a safe, valuable and sustainable world.
The list of American Presidents includes only those persons who were sworn into office as president following the ratification of the United States Constitution, which took effect on March 4, 1789. The list does not include any Acting Presidents under the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
There have been forty-three people sworn into office and forty-four presidencies, due to the fact that Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted chronologically as both the twenty-second and the twenty-fourth president.
Of the 43 elected presidents of US, four died in office of natural causes include William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
One of the presidents resigned he is Richard Nixon and four were assassinated whose name are Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy.
The first president was George Washington, who was inaugurated in 1789 after a unanimous Electoral College vote.
William Henry Harrison spent the shortest time in office at 31 days in 1841. At over twelve years, Franklin D. Roosevelt spent the longest time in office and is the only president to serve more than two terms and died shortly into his fourth term in 1945.
The current president is Barack Obama who assumed the office on January 20, 2009. He is the first president of African American descent. He is also the first president born outside the Contiguous United States, having been born in Hawaii.
Under the U.S. Constitution, the President of the United States is the head of state and the head of government of the United States. As chief of the executive branch and head of the federal government as a whole, the presidency is the highest political office in the United States by influence and recognition.
The president is also the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. armed forces. The president is indirectly elected to a four-year term by an Electoral College (or by the House of Representatives should the Electoral College fail to award an absolute majority of votes to any person).
Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected to the office of the president more than twice. Upon death, resignation, or removal from office of an incumbent president, the Vice President assumes the office.
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1797. He was president for the period of April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797.
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States during March 4, 1797–March 4,1801. Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States  during March 4, 1801– March 4, 1809. He is the principal author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

James Madison, Jr. (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States during the period of March 4, 1809 to March 4, 1817. He is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States who served  two terms from March 4,1817 to March 4, 1825.
John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829. He was also an American diplomat and served in both the Senate and House of Representatives.
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States from March 4, 1829 to March 4, 1837. He was the military governor of pre-admission Florida in 1821 and the commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1841. Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President (1833–1837) and the 10th Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson (1829–1831).
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the ninth President of the United States, an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. The oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the United States Declaration of Independence. He served the USA from March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841.
John Tyler, Jr. (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth President of the United States from April 4, 1841 to March 4, 1845. He is the first to succeed to the office following the death of a predecessor.
James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United States from March 4, 1845 to March 4,1849. Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was the 12th President of the United States and an American military leader. Initially uninterested in politics, Taylor nonetheless ran as a Whig in the 1848 presidential election, defeating Lewis Cass and becoming the first President never to have held any previous elected office. He served from March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850.
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th President of the United States, serving from July 9, 1850 until March 4, 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office. He became the second Vice President to assume the presidency after the death of a sitting president when he succeeded Zachary Taylor, who died of acute gastroenteritis.
Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869), an American politician and lawyer, was the 14th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857. To date, he is the only President from New Hampshire.
James Buchanan, Jr. (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th President of the United States from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861. He is the last to be born in the 18th century. To date he is the only president from the state of Pennsylvania and the only life long bachelor.
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) served as the 16th President of the United States from March 4, 1861 until his assassination in April 15, 1865. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crises, the American Civil War, preserved the Union, and ended slavery. Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, he was mostly self-educated. He became a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives.
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of the United States from April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869. Following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Johnson presided over the Reconstruction era of the United States in the four years after the American Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States from March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1877 as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America. Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th President of the United States from March 4, 1877 to March 4, 1881. He also served as the Governor of Ohio twice, from 1868–1872 and 1876–1877.
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death on September 19, 1881, a brief 200 days in office. He had the second shortest presidential tenure after William Henry Harrison. He was also the only incumbent of the U.S. House of Representatives to be elected President.
Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American politician who served as the 21st President of the United States. Arthur was a member of the Republican Party and worked as a lawyer before becoming the 20th Vice President under James Garfield. While Garfield was mortally wounded by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881, he did not die until September 19 of that year, at which time Arthur was sworn in as president, serving until March 4, 1885.
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms from March 4, 1885 to March 4, 1889 and March 4, 1893 to March 4,1897 and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents.
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States, serving one term from  March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893.
William McKinley, Jr. (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected to that office. He served from March 4, 1897 to September 14, 1901.

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was the 26th President of the United States. He is noted for his energetic personality, range of interests and achievements, leadership of the Progressive Movement, and his "cowboy" image and robust masculinity. He was a leader of the Republican Party and founder of the short-lived Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party of 1912. Before becoming President during September 14,1901 March 4,1909 he held offices at the municipal, state, and federal level of government. Roosevelt's achievements as a naturalist, explorer, hunter, author, and soldier are as much a part of his fame as any office he held as a politician.
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th President of the United States and later the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. He is the only person to have served in both offices. He served from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1913 as the US President.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. He is the only U.S. President to hold a Ph.D. degree, which he obtained from Johns Hopkins University. He served from March 4, 1913 to March 4, 1921 as the US President.

Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1921 until his death from a heart attack in August 1923. A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential newspaper publisher.
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr., (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th President of the United States (1923–1929). A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. He served from August 2, 1923 to March 4, 1929 as the US President.

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Presidents' Day: America's Top Presidents

Author: James William Smith

Presidents' Day is a national holiday in America. It is a day of honor for all the men who have served in the office of President of the United States. As I researched how people rank the men that have held the highest office in this land, I was somewhat surprised to be challenged by the definition of the term "rank".
Indeed, I saw lists of the "hottest" Presidents of all time. This beauty list usually includes Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Pierce, and Teddy Roosevelt. I saw lists of the best Democratic Presidents of all time. Of course, there were lists of the best Republican Presidents as well. The list of great Democratic Presidents usually included Presidents of more recent vintage like Clinton and Kennedy. The Republican list almost always included Ronald Reagan.

Of course there are some people who just don't know enough about our history to rank any Presidents. In fact, when the question of which Presidents were the top three Republican Presidents in history was recently asked on Yahoo, a person called "Just an average chic" responded: "Are there any? Hmmm..... I draw a blank here".

I thought to myself after looking at that answer that sadly many children have been left behind in our educational system. If that is the knowledge base of the average person, we are a society in big trouble. (Note to the United States Congress, we need to get moving on that new "No Child Left Behind Act").

However, on this Presidents' Day, my definition of the top rated Presidents does not include being handsome or hot. They don't have to be either Republican or Democrat. They don’t have to be modern or popular. What they need to have done to make my list is to have achieved the most. They need to have made a difference. They need to be the best and they need to be recognized as the best over time. So I turned to the consensus ranking among scholars for the Presidents' ratings. Here is their consensus of the top three rated Presidents in American history.

This President said: "The nation which indulges to another habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interests." He created a country from nothing. First President Of The United States, "The Father Of The Country", George Washington is rated third by scholars.

This President said: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Returning America to work after the Great Depression, The New Deal, Pearl Harbor, and World War 2, (FDR) Franklin Delano Roosevelt is rated second by the consensus of scholars.

Finally, it probably doesn’t really surprise you that Abraham Lincoln is the choice of scholars for the best President of the United States. His most famous speech was called "The Gettysburg Address". He was the President during the Civil War and was responsible for preserving the Union. His Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves. He was the first President assassinated in office and a martyr for the country. The massive sculpture built as a memorial to Abraham Lincoln located in the National Mall in Washington D.C is certainly not overstated.

Of course, there were many other great Presidents of the United States. The list of the scholars top 10 Presidents goes on to include Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, Harry Truman, James Polk, and Dwight Eisenhower. However, Abraham Lincoln is the choice for the best President of the United States and for the benefit of all the "just average chics" out there, he was in fact a Republican.

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About the Author

James William Smith has worked in senior management positions for some of the largest financial services firms in the United States for the last twenty five years. He has also provided business consulting support for insurance organizations and start up businesses. Mr. Smith has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Boston College. He enjoys writing articles on political, national, and world events. Visit his website at http://www.eworldvu.com

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