Factcheck's non-profit status challenged over Obama birth certificate (Ron Polland)

World Net Daily ^ | December 24, 2011 | Jerome R. Corsi

[Seizethecarp]

Researcher Ron Polland has launched Federal Election Commission and Internal Revenue Service challenges against Factcheck.org, charging the media monitor has violated its tax-exempt legal status as a non-partisan organization by publishing and promoting a short-form birth certificate for Obama he contends was forged.

Polland's complaint to the IRS reads in part:

"In June 2008, the Annenberg Public Policy Center, D/B/A Annenberg Factcheck colluded with the Obama Campaign to create a false identity document for Barack Obama and to conduct a propaganda campaign to prevent Obama's true identity and citizenship from being known. The document was allegedly a scan image of a Hawaiian Certification of Live Birth. In August 2008, after people questioned its authenticity, Factcheck created a physical document using a printout of the same scan image and took photos of it. Factcheck used the photos along with a fraudulent examination of them to authenticate the same false identity document they created."

Polland asked the IRS to rescind Factcheck's non-profit status, charging the principals at Factcheck are "leftwing political activists who campaigned for Obama and against McCain."

WND previously reported that the short-form birth certificate placed on the White House website on April 27 – the day the White House released the long-form birth certificate – was not an original Certification of Live Birth issued by the Hawaii Department of Health. Instead, Polland claimed, it was a forgery he had created to show how Obama supporters made their own forgery the 2008 presidential campaign.

Polland has presented WND a step-by-step analysis of the dust particles visible under high magnification on the scan and the paper copy of the short-form birth certificate that he claims proves convincingly both documents are forgeries.

[gusopol3]

When the crooked Iran Contra Special Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh leaked news of the coming indictment of Cap Weinberger to the Toon campaign the week before the ‘92 election, Stephalupugus blast-faxed it to every media organization with documentary proof in the stamped fax time that the campaign had received it prior to the Walsh announcement. It was a lot more convincing than shadows of dust specks. It was explained away, buried and doesn’t even amount to a footnote.

[autumnraine]

Isn’t this Ron Polland guy “Polarik?”

[Jet Jaguar]

Yes.

[wideminded]

Isn’t this Ron Polland guy “Polarik?”

If so, I recall that he said he was quitting his birther obsession at the request of his family.

[sometime lurker]

If so, I recall that he said he was quitting his birther obsession at the request of his family.

That was a while ago. After a GBCW type post, he returned to the birther issue. However, he was found not to have the credentials he claimed to have. He does have some legitimate credentials: BA in Psychology, Masters in Educational Research, and Doctorate in Instructional Systems. What he did not have (but claimed in a video)

I have a Ph.D. in Instructional Media. And my expertise is in computer graphics and the use of computer peripherals, such as printers and scanners, to input digital images into the computer. I've done a lot of work with reading web pages, where image size and image quality are very important. I'm fully qualified to spot inconsistencies and anomalies in images, especially digital images, given my expertise.

A genuine computer forensics expert did an analysis of Polarik's claims. Early on I was trying to follow Polarik's logic and explanations. He wouldn't answer any questions to explain his work, only demanded that we read a 40 page posting. I am accustomed to reading scientific works, and I couldn't get through the second page of his. That's when I began to think it was all "baffle them with BS" type stuff.

[Hotlanta Mike]

Barack Obamao was CEO of the Chicago Annenberg Challenege which received $50 million from the Annenberg Foundation and matching funs from private enterprises.

How was the money spent? Not to improve test scores for Chicago’s inner city kids, as was the intent of the fund. The money was used for political activisim and indoctrination...

[bluecat6]

Here is all you need to understand that Factcheck photos are of a non-authentic document.

The Daily KOS image - the one that broke open the supposed existence of a COLB was possible created from the actual paper in the Factcheck photos. It shows many of the tell-tale 'scanner remnants' marks that are in the Factcheck images. The only problem - the 'scanner remnants' should not be present in an authentic, original COLB. But these printed 'scanner remnants' ARE present in the Factcheck photos. They are not part of the security paper design and similar printed elements are not present in other scans or photos of known good COLBs. So they are remnants of a scan and copy process to create the document. Then it was reprinted and used for some purpose.

Of note - the EXIF data (digital meta data embedded in digital picture files) in the original posted Factcheck photos indicates the photos were taken in March of 2008. 2 days before the final passport break-in.

Also, at least some of the photos were taken in Obama's headquarters during the day. One one photo clearly shows East Waecker Street in Chicago in the background - it is daylight. But another photo - also clearly in Obama's headquarters is taken at night. See below:

Of final note. Neither of the Factcheck 'reporters' are still with Factcheck or leveraged their ultra-ground breaking journalism very well.

In fact Joe Miller currently works for the Congressional Budget Office - as a web master.

[LucyT]

Isn’t this Ron Polland guy “Polarik?”

Yes; Ron Pollard is "Polarik". - Wonder if he is posting on FR under a new screen name.

Google search has a lot of info about him, including the fact he completed his book in July.

Yahoo search shows Ron Pollard, but the photos aren't "our" Polarik.

. . . . Back to the thread, check out # 25 , also # 26 , # 27 [with graphics.]

Then see Seizethecarp's # 19.

.

[melancholy]

There’s a very obvious lie on the form:

SEX: Male?????????

[Fred Nerks]

LINK TO THE BOOK:

Alias Barack Obama: The greatest identity fraud in history

http://dr-rjp.com/abo/

[Tex-Con-Man]

The cover of his new book...

[BladeBryan]

sometime lurker wrote: “However, he was found not to have the credentials he claimed to have.”

In his early post he was mostly spinning his irrelevant credentials and ordinary familiarity with office equipment (though I think he changed the subject of his doctorate from the start). As time went on he expanded the legend of fictional forensic examiner “Ron Polarik” farther and farther beyond his real life. Then he was outed — by birthers not obots — and the credentials game was up.

sometime lurker wrote: “He wouldn’t answer any questions to explain his work, only demanded that we read a 40 page posting. I am accustomed to reading scientific works, and I couldn’t get through the second page of his.”

I’m accustomed to reading kook rants, so I made it trough his entire report. No, it did not get any better. The actual evidence refuted him, so he made stuff up to interpret things the way he wanted them.

sometime lurker wrote: “A genuine computer forensics expert did an analysis of Polarik’s claims.”

Nice thing about Neal Krawetz is that he published a conference paper on digital image forensics before the birther thing ever came up. That’s quite different from Polland, and other birther ‘experts’. Somehow, in birther-land, as long as you come to the conclusion they want you get to be an expert on your very first try.

[bluecat6]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/10266528/Keyes-v-Lingle-Decl-of-Sandra-Lines

Original analysis.

Clasing:

“...if an original of any document exists that is the document that MUST be examined to obtain a finding of genuineness or non-genuineness.”

Here is the closest we have the White House of the original:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/birth-certificate.pdf

Why are computer graphics engaged when a simple forensic document investigator would suffice? Only because an actual document has never come forward for independent review. Ever.

[hoosiermama]

Now to go after Nancy P for certifying him and omitting pertinent paragraph.

[BladeBryan]

bluecat6 wrote

Here is the closest we have the White House of the original:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/birth-certificate.pdf

Here's the Hawaiian government agency that issues the real birth certificates:

On April 27, 2011 President Barack Obama posted a certified copy of his original Certificate of Live Birth.

http://hawaii.gov/health/vital-records/obama.html

[bluecat6]

You have love the double talk from the State of Hawaii:

“Considering all of the investigations that have been done and the information that has been provided, no rational person can question the Presidents citizenship. We have found a way – once again – to confirm what we already knew: the President was born here in Hawaii. State officials of both parties have verified that President Obama birth records show that he was born in Honolulu.”

1. “...no rational person can question the Presidents citizenship...”

Well, most do not question his ‘citizenship’. But it is his status as a ‘natural born Citizen’ that is of question.

2. “State officials of both parties have verified that President Obamas birth records show that he was born in Honolulu.”

Well, by this time - the official state records better show that or there has been lot blatant fraud. But as well noted. State records do not always reflect actual events. Ask any adopted person - the actual fact and legal fact can be very different.

So why not say - “he was born in Honolulu.” instead of “state records show he was born in Honolulu.”

So as this statement shows - no one in Hawaii has PERSONALLY vouched for him being ‘born in Hawaii’. They will vouch that the records (that they will not make available) “show he was”. This action of referencing government held source records and documents to make a statement but then not releasing the records and documents for independent inspection is the ultimate in contempt.

Finally - SNOPES is the official guardian of the 2007 COLB? Interesting. I can not wait to see this ‘document’ in a frame in the Obama Presidential library.

[BladeBryan]

bluecat6 asked: “So why not say - ‘he was born in Honolulu.’ instead of ‘state records show he was born in Honolulu.’”

They were probably expecting people to respect the Constitution, which doesn’t hold in your case.

“Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.” — Article IV, Section 1