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To: Pessimist

I was thinking the same as you. I’m sure there are explanations why someone’s name wouldn’t show up in a yearbook for example. It’s very, very difficult to absolutely prove Obama didn’t attend, while it would be very easy to prove he did attend. All it would take is a single roster with his name or a single picture with him in it. On the other hand, I admit it is very, very strange that Obama is trying to cover up his past. The most obvious explanation for that is he’s hiding something. Proving it, however, will be virtually impossible. Anyone who is involved in covering anything up will do everything in their power to keep it secret for obvious reasons...the man is now president.


51 posted on 02/09/2010 6:37:33 AM PST by CitizenUSA (Governor Palin backs RINO extraordinaire Juan McPain (and that just sucks!))
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To: CitizenUSA

Yes, college yearbooks are very different creatures from high school yearbooks. In many schools, only a tiny minority of people attending the school appear in any sort of yearbook. Records of clubs and other organizations etc. are kept by student secretaries and, since the student population constantly rolls over and most organizations don’t pay much attention to archiving records of semester-by-semester club activities, after a few years, such records are totally lost. And some students attend a university but never join a club or student group. And no PI can assume that he’s even located all surviving ephemeral records of all student groups, let alone the far vaster lost records.


69 posted on 02/09/2010 6:42:21 AM PST by Houghton M.
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To: CitizenUSA; livius

Both of you have hit upon the crux of Obama’s past.

For the past two years I’ve been searching for information about his background. You’ll find the following interesting, if you don’t already know about it, and I hope you’ll forgive me for sounding overdramatic but I suspect that Obama’s secret lies in Indonesia.

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OBAMA: THROWING PAPUA UNDER THE BUS
By An American Expat in Southeast Asia – Larry Martin

In an article entitled “A Forgotten Cause” ¹, Peter Tatchell sheds light on the plight of the West Papuans, many of whom are Christians and have suffered under Indonesia’s brutal policy of ethnic and religious persecution. The untold story though is how the Obama campaign would sell out the West Papuans in a desperate attempt to protect Obama’s presidential bid.

On the 3rd of July, 2007, U.S. Congressman Eni Faleomavaega would touch down in Djakarta, Indonesia. A staunch, outspoken critic of Djakarta’s rule over West Papua, New Guinea, and a crusader for West Papua’s right to self determination, the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment, Faleomavaega promised to be a force to be reckoned with.

Having been barred from visiting Papua by the Indonesian government, Faleomavaega would instead settle for a private meeting in Djakarta with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Barnabas Suebu, the governor for the Indonesian province of Papua. The Papuan issue though wasn’t the only thing on his mind, being one of Barack Obama’s most devoted disciples, Faleomavaega would be seeking the Indonesian government’s assistance in supporting Barack Obama’s presidential campaign as well as making the requisite pilgrimage to Barack Obama’s childhood school.

According to Indonesian sources, “officials” who accompanied Faleomavaega were interested in acquiring any and all documentation of photographs of a young Barry Soetoro for America’s “national archives” and they were offering cash, lots of it. In a show of faith, Barack Obama’s childhood school would be one of the very first beneficiaries of this outpouring, receiving thousands of dollars to upgrade the school and for the purchase of computer equipment, thanks in part to the benevolence of this visiting junket.

The challenge, of course, was securing Indonesian government records potentially damaging to Barack Obama’s candidacy for the U.S. presidency as well as other records pertaining to a young Barry Soetoro and his family wouldn’t be so easy to acquire and secure. For this the visitors would need the assistance and cooperation of the Indonesian government.

It’s not that getting Indonesian government help is difficult, it’s not. It is no secret that Indonesia is one of the most corrupt countries on the planet, but we’re not talking about the challenge of dealing with corrupt government officials here, but rather dealing with the “true believers of change”. Convincing the Indonesian government that an Obama presidency will be able to deliver that “change”, and that it was in the interest of both countries to see that Barack Obama was elected, was nothing more than a fait accompli for Faleomavaega’s entourage.

For West Papua’s governor in attendance, having been pacified at the prospect that an Obama presidency would enable him to make zillions trading carbon credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange. Barnabas Suebu would sit quietly as the fate of West Papua was decided.

The only issue of contention Faleomavaega would face from the Indonesian government would be the issue of West Papua. In the end, it was simply a give and take situation. The Obama campaign needed assistance from the Indonesian government and the Indonesian government wanted a free hand in Papua.

Later concerning Faleomavaega’s meeting, Indonesian presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal² would have this to say: “One thing that is sure is that Faleomavaega’s visit here has changed his views about Indonesia. It has made him realize this country is so vast and complex it cannot be reduced by the Papua issue…” Dino said Faleomavaega was known as a member of the U.S. Congress who often commented on the Papuan issue but now he had changed his views. “He now sees that Papua is inalienable part of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.

Faleomavaega’s meeting with Indonesia’s president regarding West Papua and his subsequent flip-flop on supporting West Papua’s right to self-determination is something that you might think would warrant at least a press release on the congressman’s website. But there is nothing, nor is there any mention on the House Subcommittee’s site. No press release, nothing, not even a mere mention of his trip to Indonesia.

In the end everyone got what they wanted, all to the detriment of the West Papuans.

There is no denying the fact that the prospect of an Obama presidency has emboldened the Indonesian government’s brutal repression in Papua. In an earlier article, we explained in detail how an Obama presidency would stoke ethnic and religious chauvinism in Indonesia, and how Indonesia’s Islamic fundamentalists will use an Obama presidency to radicalize a new contingent of militants from the ranks of Islam’s moderates. Individuals who are mesmerized by the phantasmagorical image of one of their own now inhabiting the White House, and who will see it as a sign of America’s impending submission and our nation’s acquiescence to the superiority of Islam. Tee-shirts blazoned with messianic images of Barack Hussein Obama have been very popular in Indonesia. In Indonesia, Barack Obama is fast becoming the “Che Guevara” of Indonesia’s young wannabe Islamists.

The Indonesian government is not only failing to protect the West Papuans from the violence of militant Islam, but the government is actively stoking the fires of ethnic and religious chauvinism and supporting intimidation against the West Papuans with many in recent day taking to the streets protesting the introduction of Islamic law.

For Indonesia’s national news agency to refer to the U.S government as the “George Bush administration”, highlights the dichotomy of opposing foreign policy positions that are being both presented and exploited by the left. That Indonesia would feel it was safe to renew their campaign of brutal repression in Papua during the last few month of the Bush administration, the diplomatic sabotage conducted by the Obama campaign is partially, if not wholly, responsible.

Footnotes:

1) ‘A Forgotten Cause’, Peter Tatchell, The Guardian, Nov.30, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/nov/30/genocideinwestpapua

2) ‘President Receives U.S. Congressman Eni Faleomavaega’ The Jakarta Post – July 07, 2007 http://www.indonesia- ottawa.org/information/details.php?type=news_copy&id=4358

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Note: according to his autobiography, Obama lived in Indonesia between the ages 6 to 10 years. There is a school photograph taken in Hawaii, showing him with another boy, when both were 8 years old and in 3rd grade. Whatever the truth, why would Obama go to such extremes to hide his childhood in Indonesia unless the secret was extremely damaging.


268 posted on 02/09/2010 12:16:05 PM PST by SatinDoll (NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
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To: CitizenUSA

A PI was able to find out that he has used roughly 27 different social security numbers. Someone can find out. Money talks and hopefully Zero’s (@*&$^$%_@+%) can walk!


274 posted on 02/09/2010 12:27:08 PM PST by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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To: CitizenUSA
The bottom line is the democrats are corrupt traitors and the republicans are spineless wimps.
334 posted on 02/09/2010 4:11:51 PM PST by peeps36 (Democrats Don't Need No Stinking Input From You Little People)
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