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Why Obama's College Records Matter
The American Thinker ^ | 17 July 2012 | Monte Kuligowski

Posted on 07/17/2012 1:24:21 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss

In context of the "mounting pressure" for Mitt Romney to provide more tax and employment records, a reporter recently asked White House Press Secretary Jay Carney whether President Obama would set an example in transparency and release some of his records that critics have asked for. That question was fingernails on the chalkboard to Carney. "Is that from Donald Trump?" Carey sneered, and laughed -- this time conspicuously alone.

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Yes, many want to see Obama's college records for grades and courses (as with G.W. Bush and others). But in Obama's case, the primary reason to see his college applications is to learn whether the president applied for college in the U.S. as a foreign student.

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The big question is whether little Barry was adopted by his stepfather, who was a citizen of Indonesia. There is reason to believe that he was and that in order to have been enrolled in public school in Indonesia, Barry had to be a citizen. Aaron Klein of WND.com notes that "[a]fter attending the Assisi Primary School, Obama later was enrolled at SDN Menteng 1, an Indonesian public school." That Obama might have been a citizen of Indonesia and later presented himself as a foreign student in the U.S. is no "birther" conspiracy theory. It's the gravamen of the college records question.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; News/Current Events
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To: xzins

I respectfully disagree. I’ve watched, listened to this clown speak far too many times. He’s utterly worthless without his teleprompter; whenever he goes off ‘prompter, he stutters and stammers and gropes like the amateur he really is. The man can’t string a coherent train of thought together.

No, his “intelligence” is an MSM-created myth, along with pretty much everything else about him. He’s truly the village idiot.


21 posted on 07/17/2012 4:32:21 AM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: equaviator

Bingo!


22 posted on 07/17/2012 4:32:47 AM PDT by mc5cents
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To: Meet the New Boss

College transcripts certainly mattered when some leftist administrator at Yale deliberately leaked George W. Bush’s college transcripts.


23 posted on 07/17/2012 4:36:11 AM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: usconservative

Not so sure. I AM sure that Soros is involved heavily, yes.....but I doubt he pulled this off alone for all these years. No, there are other shadowy players at work here, NO doubt about it.


24 posted on 07/17/2012 4:37:05 AM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: astounded

“”””He does know how to read the words of other writers”””

Like when he said “corpse men”?


25 posted on 07/17/2012 4:38:18 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: xzins

Obama’s reputation as a master speech maker is based solely on reading a teleprompter. When he actually has to think on his feet and speak off the cuff he fails miserably. This has always been the case.

Why anyone somehow imagines that he’s a genius really escapes me. He certainly has never accomplished anything of note which would indicate it.


26 posted on 07/17/2012 4:39:49 AM PDT by drbuzzard (All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others.)
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To: Meet the New Boss

hmmmm....so it may not be an issue of “where” he was born, but more of an issue of “who” he claimed to be at various points in his life.

So he may have been a citizen of Indonesia while it benefited him.
And then when it longer did - he needed to be a US citizen.
By that time he needed to produce a selective service application, a birth certificate, and a social security number.

This makes more sense than some of the other theories out there, and explains the lockdown on school transcripts.


27 posted on 07/17/2012 4:43:40 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: Meet the New Boss
...the primary reason to see his [Obama's] college applications is to learn whether the president applied for college in the U.S. as a foreign student.

Odd how the MSM isn't even a tad curious about this... Could it be they've all got the 'Dan Rather' syndrome - - where hatred of conservatives causes them to throw away credibility, respect and decency?

Or are they being bought off with promises of 'scoops' to die for?

The Washington Post and New York Times would know - but they're not going to share - not going to tell the truth... crickets from the LA Times? Well, DID OBAMA APPLY FOR COLLEGE IN THE U.S. AS A FOREIGN STUDENT? It's the public's right to know...

28 posted on 07/17/2012 4:51:12 AM PDT by GOPJ (Innocent people dying was the objective of Fast and Furious......... Ann Coulter)
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To: missnry; tet68
tet68 made a great comment regarding criticism on another thread: "Criticism is a small step but an important one...mockery, ridicule.....".

Perhaps we should me focusing our criticism and ridicule on the institution that produced the likes of the Fraud-in-Chief. Harvard's reputation is severely damaged with results like Obama and Liz Warren, at least in many's eyes.

29 posted on 07/17/2012 4:57:27 AM PDT by PuzzledInTX
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To: Meet the New Boss

“Probably not. U.S. courts at the time looked to whether the child was old enough to understand what he was doing in relinquishing U.S. citizenship. Barack was probably too young at the time for a court to hold that by being adopted by Lolo and becoming an Indonesian citizen he intended to relinquish U.S. citizenship.”

It wouldn’t matter if the minor was a 6 week old baby, a procedure to determine if it is in the United States’ best interest to grant the request is in place. The U.S. Embassy is there to protect the interest of the United States and not determine what is best for its individual citizens in-country and act accordingly.

Anyone of any age can move out of the country and renounce their U.S. Citizenship. For a minor, the child is presented to a Counselor Affairs Officer (CAO) at a U.S. Embassy located in a country outside of the U.S. The CAO is informed the minor would like to renounce their U.S. Citizenship. A locally employed staff member (LES) is assigned to the child to investigate and make a report to the CAO.

The CAO reviews the report from the LES and reports to the Secretary of State a minor has asked to renounce his/her U.S. Citizenship through a LES. The CAO makes a recommendation to the SoS based on what is in the best interest of the United States.

The State Department has a policy to give the minors until 6 months after their 18th birthday to renew their U.S. Citizenship if they change their mind after they have renounced.

We know Obama was a foreign national when he arrived in Hawaii in 1971 because he was taken into Federal custody as an Unaccompanied Minor. If he were a U.S. Citizen, he would have put in State-based child services custody. Only children with foreign citizenship are placed in the Federal Foster care program.

In 1971, Catholic Social Services of Connecticut contracted with DHHS to provide service for foreign minors placed in the Federal foster care program. Obama entered the Federal foster care program in 1971 and did not leave the program until he turned 18 in 1979. His grandmother was appointed as a foster parent; yet Obama remained in the legal custody of Catholic Social Services of Connecticut. Permanent Resident Aliens are entitled to obtain a SSN. Thus, a Connecticut based SSN pre-fix.


30 posted on 07/17/2012 4:59:37 AM PDT by SvenMagnussen (Gossip is Satan's talk radio.)
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To: pennboricua

‘Let them raise the Natural Born Issue...’

They won’t raise it. They will let it slide so another precedent would have been set and there will be no turning around - and that would be the end of the constitution!


31 posted on 07/17/2012 4:59:43 AM PDT by chrisnj
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To: Meet the New Boss
Yes, many want to see Obama's college records for grades and courses (as with G.W. Bush and others). But in Obama's case, the primary reason to see his college applications is to learn whether the president applied for college in the U.S. as a foreign student.

Does anyone really think the American people care anymore whether or not their "president" is a citizen? Seeing the smiling, nodding faces behind The Won as he proudly stated that entrepreneurs didn't accomplish anything on their own made it clear to me that he has successfully become their god.

32 posted on 07/17/2012 5:09:45 AM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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To: SvenMagnussen
We know Obama was a foreign national when he arrived in Hawaii in 1971 because he was taken into Federal custody as an Unaccompanied Minor. If he were a U.S. Citizen, he would have put in State-based child services custody. Only children with foreign citizenship are placed in the Federal Foster care program.

Is this information well known? I've never seen it before.

33 posted on 07/17/2012 5:45:40 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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To: COUNTrecount

As a matter of policy to combat child trafficking, ICE takes Unaccompanied Minor Children with foreign nationality at border crossings into Federal protective custody. Unaccompanied Minor Children with U.S. Citizenship are placed in the custody of state-based child services or local law enforcement to attend to abandoned children.

Try a google search for “Unaccompanied minor children with foreign nationality.”


34 posted on 07/17/2012 6:05:19 AM PDT by SvenMagnussen (Gossip is Satan's talk radio.)
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To: shelterguy

Good point.....LOL


35 posted on 07/17/2012 6:07:48 AM PDT by astounded (Barack Obama is a clear and present danger to the USA)
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To: arasina

Totally agree with your comment.

Some of this stuff on Baraq’s history might have had an effect in 2008. Sadly at that point the MSM was devoting all its resources to investigating Joe the Plumber and Palin’s Down Syndrome child.

Now the people voting for Baraq are doing it based on his ideology - period.


36 posted on 07/17/2012 6:10:52 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: RightOnline
there are other shadowy players at work here, NO doubt about it.

You are right of course. That is why his present mantra is you can't succeed in business on your own. He really doesn't know any better.

37 posted on 07/17/2012 6:12:39 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: pennboricua

Good point. I like Marco too. I think the Hispanic vote is important and as a business owner. My Hispanic workers are the hardest work folks I have. They are GOD FEARING CATHOLICS. They would bring a good future back to the GOP.


38 posted on 07/17/2012 7:37:19 AM PDT by ncfool (OMG 2012)
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To: usconservative
Surprised it's not obvious to you: George Soros. That's whose.

I think this particular Manchurian's origins predate Soro's arrival on the scene. If we could discover who really pulls the strings that pulls the strings that pulls the strings that manipulate this puppet, we'd know a hell of a lot more about what is really going on in the world.

39 posted on 07/17/2012 8:12:45 AM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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To: SvenMagnussen

Is there documentation that Barry was listed as a “child with foreign nationality” when he entered Hawaii to live with his grandparents?

Thank you.


40 posted on 07/17/2012 8:41:08 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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