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'Birthers' Nonsense Sets Georgia Up For Ridicule -- Again
Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer ^ | January 27, 2012

Posted on 01/27/2012 6:53:39 AM PST by transducer

We will risk the fairly safe assumption, as this is being written, that Air Force One did not make an appearance at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport sometime Thursday....

You almost have to laugh at this latest chapter in the seemingly endless “birther” saga, because about the only alternatives at this point are tears and/or nausea.

It was embarrassing enough when members of the Georgia legislature -- including, to Columbus’ acute humiliation, two members of the local delegation -- drafted a “Presidential Eligibility Assurance Act” in the last legislative session.

Now Georgians get to enjoy the added spectacle of their secretary of state, Brian Kemp, warning the president (let that sink in -- warning the president) through a White House attorney that failure to appear in a Georgia court would be “at your own peril.”...

Peach Pundit editor Charlie Harper, in a blog published this week in the Savannah Morning News, wrote: “This is a mistake. We are taught from a young age that we will be judged by the company we keep … The birther argument transcends disagreements of policy and politics and spirals into pure nuttery.” How true.

Georgia, no thanks to some judgment-impaired officials and certainly without the consent of the governed, has been slumming in the Orly Taitz nuttery neighborhood way too long. Please, for the sake of the state’s already battered image, let’s just quietly tiptoe out of this putrid political ghetto and back to the daylight side of town before we attract any more ridicule....

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: birtherism; birthers; crackpots; naturalborncitizen; nonsense; orly; orlytaitz; taitz; zot
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To: Admin Moderator
Hey, so I waited until after my second cup of coffee... sue me.

Coffee cups? Did someone mention coffee cups?

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181 posted on 01/27/2012 11:29:32 AM PST by newheart (What this country needs is a good dose of bran. Attack Muffins Unite!)
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To: TheOldLady
I see dead people.


dripping tar and smoking feathers.

182 posted on 01/27/2012 11:38:49 AM PST by glock rocks (I didn't leave the Republican party, it left me.)
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To: MMaschin

The irony of the situation is that obozo might have a better chance of being considered natural born if there were no father listed on the birth certificate.


183 posted on 01/27/2012 11:46:04 AM PST by RightSight
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To: MMaschin
Guess what - that's right - there are statutes covering all the scenarios above - except one! The last one!

14th Amendment:
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

Oh, and putting religious issues aside, all laws are manmade.

I will be convinced when the Supreme Court agrees with you and codifies your opinion. Until then we effectively have only persons who are citizens at birth and those persons who are aliens at birth and at some point after naturalize.

184 posted on 01/27/2012 11:54:23 AM PST by douginthearmy (Obamagebra: 1 job + 1 hope + 1 change = 0 jobs + 0 hope)
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To: RightSight
The irony of the situation is that obozo might have a better chance of being considered natural born if there were no father listed on the birth certificate.

That's 100% true. If that were the case, then I believe he WOULD be a natural born citizen.
185 posted on 01/27/2012 11:56:42 AM PST by MMaschin
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To: glock rocks
I see a lot of stupid people today. Sheesh! I'm running out of zot graphics again! LOL!
186 posted on 01/27/2012 12:04:16 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: douginthearmy
So are you saying that a table top requires two tables?

I wouldn't, but it sure as hell needs at least three legs.
Are you the third leg?
187 posted on 01/27/2012 12:04:18 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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Stuck in the Middle with you
188 posted on 01/27/2012 12:12:35 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: MMaschin

Not trying to be a conspiracy theorist here, but perhaps one of the reasons obozo and/or Jablonski didn’t participate and enter anything into evidence (the birth certificate) was because the document wouldn’t hold up to forensic analysis and verification?


189 posted on 01/27/2012 12:12:56 PM PST by RightSight
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To: RightSight

...due to problems related to the non-sequential numbering, vis-a-vis the Nordyke twins’ BCs. (Addressed in testimony in yesterday’s hearing.)


190 posted on 01/27/2012 12:15:15 PM PST by RightSight
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To: RightSight

Entering such into evidence, as well as responding to the testimony about the social security number would open the door to additional charges including document tampering, fraud, and perjury, among others.


191 posted on 01/27/2012 12:18:30 PM PST by RightSight
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
A NBC is someone born in the US. Period.

No it isn't. As the stated purpose of Article II is to prevent foreign influence in the executive branch of government, any definition which does not accomplish this purpose is wrong.

You are wrong.

192 posted on 01/27/2012 12:19:14 PM PST by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: philman_36
Are you the third leg?

Well, the ladies do call me "Tripod".

193 posted on 01/27/2012 12:23:05 PM PST by douginthearmy (Obamagebra: 1 job + 1 hope + 1 change = 0 jobs + 0 hope)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
You might have a closer look at the parentage of America’s past presidents. If what you suggest is correct, there’s been a whole lot of violating going on.

There are only TWO examples of Violators. Chester A Arthur and Barack Obama.

All other Presidents were born to two American Parents, or were permitted under the grandfather clause in article II.

Chester Arthur got away with it because of deceit. Obama has gotten away with it so far because of ignorance. You need to stop spreading crap.

194 posted on 01/27/2012 12:23:14 PM PST by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: douginthearmy
14th Amendment: Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Oh, and putting religious issues aside, all laws are manmade.
I will be convinced when the Supreme Court agrees with you and codifies your opinion. Until then we effectively have only persons who are citizens at birth and those persons who are aliens at birth and at some point after naturalize.


WHOOO HOOO! You're proving my case for me!

That is EXACTLY what the Minor v Happersett case is about!!!!

In Minor, Minor argued that she was a 14th Amendment citizen (just like you!). The Supreme Court of the United States said you are both wrong! Because she was already what the court construed as a Constitutional 'natural born citizen'!

Codified would be an act of the legislature - but the Supreme Court has construed the meaning of 'natural born citizen' as exactly that which I posted earlier - born in the country of two citizen parents.
195 posted on 01/27/2012 12:23:47 PM PST by MMaschin
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To: douginthearmy
You guys do realize there is a reason that Mark Levin completely dismisses you right?

And what would that be, pray tell?

196 posted on 01/27/2012 12:26:09 PM PST by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: Ratman83
Until the 14th Amendment was passed you could be born in the US and not be a citizen (slaves).

And Indians. Indians were not made citizens at birth until 1924 with the Indian citizenship act.

197 posted on 01/27/2012 12:28:06 PM PST by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: douginthearmy
Well, the ladies do call me "Tripod".


They call you a dog!?


Sucks to be you!


198 posted on 01/27/2012 12:36:36 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: DiogenesLamp

Yes that is also correct, but hey these others know it all.


199 posted on 01/27/2012 12:36:59 PM PST by Ratman83
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To: douginthearmy
Each citizen child does not require 2 citizen parents any more than each table top requires two tables.

Well, firstly, citizens DO have two parents regardless, so your analogy breaks down right there. Secondly, in 1787, the mother's original citizenship was irrelevant, because upon marriage a woman was automatically given the citizenship of her husband if it was previously different.

What this works out to mean is that the FATHER being a citizen was always a requirement to create a citizen. The mother's citizenship was irrelevant. This did not change until 1922 with the Cable act, which allowed women to transfer citizenship themselves.

Now it has been pointed out, that if a statute is required to make you into a citizen, then you are not a "natural citizen", you are a citizen which was created by the action of a statute.

Natural citizens existed prior to 1922. They always had Male Citizen Fathers, because citizenship has always been passed down by the father. Note my tag line:

" Partus Sequitur Patrem. "

The Word Patriotism literally derives from "the country of my father."

200 posted on 01/27/2012 12:39:40 PM PST by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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