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Was Obama's "Certificate of Birth" manufactured?
Blogtownhall ^ | 6/20/08 | Polark

Posted on 06/17/2008 6:00:53 PM PDT by freespirited

 

Was Obama's "Certificate of Birth" manufactured?

Posted by Polarik on Friday, June 20, 2008 12:00:00 AM
The Daily Kos blog has posted a JPG that allegedly is Barack Obama's "Certificate of Birth." From a detailed analysis of the image and the text, it looks like it was created by a graphics program, and is not a true copy of an original, certified document.

I've been working with computers, printers, and typewriters for over 20 years, and given a set of printed letters, I can discern what kind of device made them. Printer output is quite different from the text created by a graphics program, and even if a document looks "official," it may not be.

The "Certificate of Birth," which I will call "COB," is posted on the Kos website as a color JPG. The reason for making it a color JPG, IMHO, is to induce the viewer to believe that this is a genuine copy of an original document -- something that a black & white, or even greyscale, reproduction would not convey as well.

Basically, anyone could have produced this document on his or her own computer, and I'll tell you why.

As represented by the JPG, the "original" COB seems to be a sheet of paper measuring 8.09" x 7.90" with a green "Rattan" pattern embedded in, or printed on, the paper and a "Bamboo mat" pattern for its border:

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At the bottom of the JPG image, reading right from left, one can see following text:

OHSM 1.1 (Rev. 11/01) Laser     This copy serves as prima facie evidence of the fact of birth in any court proceeding. [HRS 338-13(b), 338-19]

There are a lot of problems with this statement, foremost of which is that the text in this document were produced by a graphics program and not a laser print, or any other printer, for that matter.

If the letters were made by a laser printer, you would be able to see the background, the pattern, through the spaces of the letters.

Here's a genuine copy of a real certificate of birth -- my own:

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When text is entered via a graphics program, the pattern cannot be seen without noticeable distortion. However, when text is entered with a computer printer or typewriter, you can clearly see the pattern below the letters.

Here is a segment of the COB showing the letters, "Certificat" (from the "Certification" field) enlarged about: 500%:

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Now, let's enlarge it some more:

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The fuzzy outline is a dead giveaway that these letters were made by a graphics program. Also a dead giveaway is that the letters still retain a sharp outline. With printed or typed text, there is a clearly definable characteristic of a symmetrical shadow when the image is saved at a lower resolution,  that is, a more compressed JPG file.

Here is the word, "Certification," from my certificate of birth enlarged :

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As you can see, there is virtually no distortion and no pixelation around the letters, and no dropouts from the background. The most noticeable pixelation and dropouts from the background can be seen in the Barack's father's name "HUSSEIN" on the COB:

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Take a look at the area between the "S's in "HUSSEIN."  No hint of any background color. Plenty of grey and white pixels -- exactly what would result from enlarging text entered with a graphics program.

WAIT, there is an even bigger red herring here. All of the type on this document was produced by the same program.

Whatever made the text for all of the headings also made the text for all of the entries.

What's wrong with that?

Well, only that real certificates are created ahead of time by a commercial printer, or, at least, a different printer than the one used to create the data entries. This is why the headings on my certificate of birth look entirely different than the entries.

That is questionable by itself. But it is the way the text looks that gives it away.

Any text made by a typewriter, laser printer, or even inkjet printer, would NOT have the smeared, black & white pixels underneath it -- there would be several pixels bearing the same color as the paper, nor would the left side of the letters be clear and free of any artifacts or shadows. Scalable type produced by a graphics program will look about the same regardless of the magnification with a minimal or uneven staircase pattern of pixels on its sides, whereas printed text -- even laser text -- will show a clear, uniform staircase pattern of pixels on both sides of each letter that proportionately increase in size with magnification.

Here are some examples:

Here is the "Certificate" heading from Barack's COB enlarged 5 times:

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Virtually all of the letters lack any shadows, and only the "A" and the "R" show only a slight, uneven staircase effect. Basically, the letters would look essentially the same -- especially letters made from straight lines like "I," "E," and "T," regardless of the magnification used to view them, and this is a key feature of scalable type produced by a graphics program.

Now, here is the "Certification," heading from my genuine certificate enlarged 5 times:

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The double shadow appears on all letters, and this shadow grows proportionately in size as the letters are enlarged. Also, there is pronounced staircase effect on the "C," "A," and "R." Notice, too, that the "steps" are uniform in size, in contrast to the uneven staircase effect on the Barack headings.

Again, the most glaring anomaly in Obama's COB is the following:

All of the letters that appear on Barack's Certificate of Birth were made, at the same time, and by the same method -- which was the use of a graphics program and not the use of any printer.

You can also tell that this is an obvious Photochop by looking at the border patterns.

Looking at the corners of the darker green border, you can see that the border is discontinuous. In other words, the vertical border bars were made by drawing a long rectangle, copying that rectangle, and then overlaying each of them on either side:

UPPER LEFT CORNER OF BORDER

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LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF BORDER


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What is readily apparent is that the top and bottom horizontal border bars are overlapped by the top and bottom edges of two vertical rectangles.

If this certificate was a professionally-made, there would not be any overlaps, or any outlines of the side rectangles -- the border would appear to be one, continuous whole. Note, too, that both the left and right side rectangles are equal in length. It appears that they were made that way ( or cloned) to make the patterns line up.

Now, getting back to statements on the certificate, there is something else clearly wrong with the "OHSM 1.1" statement at the bottom -- besides the fact that it was produced by a graphics program. There should have been that distinctive "double S" mark preceding the Section number of the statute -- , as in §338-13 --  so as to indicate that a reference is being made to a particular section of a statute, which, in this case, is Chapter §338, Section 13.

As for the first part, the acronym, "OHSM," stands for "Office of Health Statistics Management," which is not the responsible office within the Department of Health for issuing a certificate of birth. The "1.1" that follows refers to a non-existent document. If there were a "1.1", it would mean a revision of "Form 1" or "Document 1," and since "Document 1" is the form for a "Marriage Certificate," "OHSM 1" would refer to a Marriage Certificate form, and "OHSM 1.1," would refer to another version of that Marriage Certificate form, rather than a "Certificate of Live Birth" form.

Also, in this line, there is a reference to "HRS Section 338-13, paragraph (b)" which states, "Copies of the contents of any certificate on file in the department, certified by the department shall be considered for all purposes the same as the original, subject to the requirements of sections 338-16, 338-17, and 338-18."

OK...so where is the certification by the department?

Not only is there no department certification, there is also the absence of any watermark on the paper. Official state documents are supposed to have a watermark on the paper -- like my certificate of birth -- especially when that document is a very important one, like a certificate of birth.

A certified document must have a signature (or signatures) from individuals within the State's Department of Health who are authorized to reproduce the document, and to certify that the document is genuine.

Nothing like that appears anywhere in this JPG.

Also, the official Seal of Hawaii in this JPG is a 2nd generation, black & white bitmap copy of the original seal -- at best.

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You would think that the seal would be in color, like the original
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or at least a higher quality reproduction if this was a copy of an original document.

In short, there is nothing in this copy to indicate that it is, in fact, a "certified copy."  As I have shown above, there is a whole lot of evidence that it is a manufactured copy. There certainly is a very strong motive for creating one.

Unless the voting public is given a real birth certificate to examine, the question of Barack's birth is still up in the air.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: birthcertificate; certifigate; kos; obama; obamafamily; obamatruthfile
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To: ltc8k6

101 posted on 06/17/2008 7:47:51 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: txflake; Pharmboy; freespirited
I thought that Obama's natural born citizenship issue had been settled......

But looking over documents, mine and my son's, Birth Certificates in California ( mine, US Navy hospital) and in Hawaii (my son's), a lot of information has been omitted or redacted from Obama's copy.

1. The name of the hospital
2. The name, title and signature of the attending physician
3. The name of the hospital administrator
The notation; In Witness Whereof the said Hospital has caused this Certificate to be signed by duly authorized officer and its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed. Of course that's just a mere formality.
4. The name and signature of the Local Registrar (of the state) and the date of the registration.
5. The State's Registration file number.

There is also the Name of the Mother, Race of mother, Age of mother, Address of mother, Signature of Mother and date.

Ditto information on the father, plus Occupation, signature and date.

It's nice to have the Hospital Certificate, sorta like a graduation diploma, but it carries little to no weight if you want to obtain a Passport. For that you'd need a Certificate of Live Birth from the State Registrar with all the information above and all the signatures and details.

Wait one......There's also the Seal. The Official Seal of the State of Hawaii at the top of the certificate is very nice but the seal used on both the Hospital Certificate and the Registrar's Certification is a punched seal (like a Notary's) over the signature and date of the Registrar.
102 posted on 06/17/2008 7:47:55 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
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To: savedbygrace; the anti-liberal
I disagree based upon the two examples shown his own vs the Obama Forgery there is a clear difference that cannot even be shrugged off as compression.

The text on the Obama document is too prefect to be anything else but a forgery.


Full size here

Now Compare Obama's with this unabashed photoshop and see how well it compares?

103 posted on 06/17/2008 7:51:25 PM PDT by usmcobra (I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
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To: ltc8k6
My only point about the datestamp (perhaps poorly made) is that given how complete his analysis was, he failed to mention anything about the datestamp.

-PJ

104 posted on 06/17/2008 7:51:37 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
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To: pissant

I read the analysis. How can you tell that it’s fraudulent? The supposition is that the State of Hawaii would not use such a method of producing the certificate, but there is nothing that demonstrates that the State of Hawaii does not use such a method. It’s purely supposition.

What they should have done is obtained a copy of another Hawaii birth certificate of the same era, and compared it.


105 posted on 06/17/2008 7:53:01 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: ClearCase_guy

Some states also had the word bas*ard on them if parents were not married- I have seen that on old BCs, where it asked for father’s name- don’t know when they quit doing that. Maybe long before 1961- but I don’t know- I saw it on certificates from the 1940s.


106 posted on 06/17/2008 7:54:26 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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To: DuncanWaring

That’s what I’m talking bout!

Yes!


107 posted on 06/17/2008 7:55:41 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Brilliant

The creation of the border alone shows its a fraud. But here’s a dirty secret. I looked at the one on Obama’s site and the one on Kos’, and someone re-aligned the border intersections on one, I can’t remember which. But I called it out the other day.


108 posted on 06/17/2008 7:57:06 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: freespirited
"Not to mention that, if I’m not mistaken, it came from Daily Kos"

Not only that.. but how did the Daily Kos get it?

From the Hawaiian State Dept of Health

What Information You Should Be Prepared to Provide

An applicant/requestor must provide the information needed to 1) establish his/her direct and tangible interest in the record and 2) locate the desired record. This will normally include:

Applicant's name, address, and telephone number(s);

Applicant's relationship to the person named on the certificate;

Reason why you are requesting the certificate;

Full name(s) as listed on the certificate;

The certificate’s file number (if known); Month, day, and year of the event; and

City or town and the island where the event occurred. For birth certificates, also provide the full name of the father and the full maiden name of the mother.

If you are applying for a certificate on behalf of someone else, you must provide an original letter signed by that person authorizing the release of their certificate to you.

So if I am reading that right... Obama himself would have had to sign off on Kos getting the cert, and if he did not allow them to get it.. they could not have ever gotten it.

109 posted on 06/17/2008 7:57:45 PM PDT by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: freespirited

Wow - whats the kern frequency , Kevin.


110 posted on 06/17/2008 7:58:10 PM PDT by spanalot
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To: Political Junkie Too

Well, it means the piece of paper was in existence on that date on the back, so it was not recently requested and printed by Hawaii.


111 posted on 06/17/2008 7:58:21 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: Always Right

Granted, these could be interesting details, but they wouldn’t have any effect on the election. If, on the other hand, it could be proven he WASN’T born in Hawaii.....


112 posted on 06/17/2008 8:01:05 PM PDT by smalltownslick (All)
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To: Political Junkie Too

I believe that the name is a residual from the original document that was used as the template for the forgery, and as such left there on purpose to give it some authenticity.

Which brings up an interesting possibility, was Barack Obama in Hawaii to get this document on the day marked on the backside?

If as we have been told they only issue these certifications to those that they are about wouldn’t Obama need to be there to get it?


113 posted on 06/17/2008 8:01:14 PM PDT by usmcobra (I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
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To: BIGLOOK

BUMP


114 posted on 06/17/2008 8:01:31 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Brilliant
I read the analysis. How can you tell that it’s fraudulent? The supposition is that the State of Hawaii would not use such a method of producing the certificate, but there is nothing that demonstrates that the State of Hawaii does not use such a method. It’s purely supposition.

There was no such supposition. States print out new birth certificates and certifications of live birth all the time. This is obviously a new document that was supposedly printed recently, June 2007 to be exact. All that is OK. What is not OK is that it appears to be a photoshopped image, not an image of a laser printout of a form document.

115 posted on 06/17/2008 8:03:17 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: usmcobra

Name=Date


116 posted on 06/17/2008 8:03:38 PM PDT by usmcobra (I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
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To: smalltownslick
Granted, these could be interesting details, but they wouldn’t have any effect on the election. If, on the other hand, it could be proven he WASN’T born in Hawaii.....

Just because they wouldn't make his eligibility for President questionable, I think there are many details that could effect the election. Obama lying about his background would be very significant.

117 posted on 06/17/2008 8:05:13 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: ExTexasRedhead
This revelation comes as no surprise to me.

Everything about Obama's existence is a gigantic deception, and its origin dates back to his birth.

I know that we will never see his real birth certificate because of the following possibilities:

1.) Obama was born under the name "Barack Hussein Mohammed Obama," "Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama," or something of that nature. Regardless, there may be a Mohammed in there somewhere.

2.) Obama was born under a name different from Barack Hussein to a normal name given by his mother. He or someone in his family may have changed his name during his Indonesian Muslim days to "fit in" with his fellow Mohammeds at the mosque/madrassa/whatever. This alteration of his name proves that he was raised Muslim, and is lying about that to everyone.

Either way, Obama is a pathological liar and that REAL birth certificate will never, EVER be available to the public.

Obama knows about the justifiable anger and distrust that many Americans have toward the Mohammedans in a post September 11, 2001 world.

That is why the lying worm hides his birth certificate. His entire life is one gigantic deception, and it starts with his first day on the planet.

118 posted on 06/17/2008 8:05:34 PM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon.)
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To: pissant

Which one had the borders change I have a copy of the Kos One so it must be Obama’s?


119 posted on 06/17/2008 8:06:03 PM PDT by usmcobra (I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
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To: Brilliant
What they should have done is obtained a copy of another Hawaii birth certificate of the same era, and compared it.

If I understand this document issue properly, it is datestamped in 2007 to say that it was generated no earlier than 2007 to certify that a birth certificate is on file in Hawaii.

The question is:

1. Is this supposed to be a scanned image of physical certificate?

2. Is this a computer-generated JPG that never made it to paper, but posted on the web instead?

3. If it is a scanned image, a) was the certificate generated using computer graphics and printed to plain paper stock, or b) was the paper stock a form with all the graphics pre-printed and only the data fields added from the computer?

4. If it is a scanned image and was generated using computer graphics and printed to plain paper stock, why would it need the word "laser" on it? Doesn't "laser" on a form indicate that the form stock is intended for laser printers? If the form is blank and all the graphics are computer-generated, what purpose is served by indicating "laser" after the fact?

5. If it is a scanned image and the form was pre-printed with a border and nothing else but the bottom text (including "laser"), why don't the border grapics line up cleanly in the corners, as one would expect from a professional printer, instead of the overlapping slightly off border boxes on this document?

-PJ

120 posted on 06/17/2008 8:07:54 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
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