Posted on 07/13/2009 8:38:30 AM PDT by cycle of discernment
Wikipedia says Obama born in Kenya Online encyclopedia can't make up its mind on president's birthplace
By Joe Kovacs © 2009 WorldNetDaily
Wikipedia just can't seem to make up its mind about where President Barack Obama was born.
The free, online encyclopedia this afternoon displayed at least two countries the commander in chief may have been born in – the United States and Kenya.
WND documented how the entry for the "Early life and career of Barack Obama" changed numerous times.
At 4:45 p.m. Eastern, Wikipedia said:
"Barack Obama, the current President of the United States, was born on August 4, 1961 in either Honolulu, in the state of Hawaii[1], or Mombasa, Kenya, to Barack Obama, Sr. (1936–1982) (born in Nyang’oma Kogelo, Siaya District, Nyanza Province,[2] Kenya Colony, British Empire), and Ann Dunham (1942–1995) (born in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas).[3][4] On his mother's side he has a half-sister; on his father's side, Obama has two half-sisters and five surviving half-brothers.[5]"
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That will change quick!
Do they understand the way Wikipedia works?
It currently says Honolulu.
The Kenya reference is gone, and the article is now locked “indefinitely due to a high risk of vandalism.” Translation: Wikipedia’s inner cabal won’t let it be changed.
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Whoever added the Kenya reference it is in for a necklace if caught..
I'd say the answer to that is probably yes and wouldn't be surprised if they were the ones who keeping making the changes.
Honolulu is way more romantic than Kenya/sarc
They scrubbed it.
Did it mention three men on camels coming from the East?
Snopes changed the location of Obamas birth based on a reference to Wikepedia, how will they justify quoting a source that is so easily manipulated?
LOL! Well played, FRiend, well played.
It says “Honolulu” on the “Certificate of Live Birth”, which anyone can get. No one knows what the actual “Birth Certificate” says.
Why would it matter at this point? My impression based upon other posts on FR re this subject is that we couldn’t remove him from office even if he had been born in Africa.
I thought we weren’t supposed to pay attention to Wikipedia because anyone can input stuff to it?
I do understand the frustration of those who are convinced that Obama is not in fact a citizen and therefore not legally President. However at this point I do think that a more fruitful use of such energy would be to work toward not re-electing this guy in 2012. Continually stoking the Obama is not a citizen line is only going to be met with derision even if some day somehow this were actually proven correct.
In our Republic, the way our founders established it, the people decide what they want. In a Democracy, the government decides what they want. An example would be the EU.
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