In today's dispatches, we have the "Western Center for Journalism quoting one of the more persistent - and incorrect - gadflies in birtherstan. Anti-semite Andy Martin continues to pimp his campaign for president. New Hampshire has a short-lived birther bill of their own, while further commentary on Georgia's birther bill confirms it's Constitutional failure.
James O'Keefe is still making videos, and World Nut Daily is still lying about them. Former Congressgopher Fred Grandy's wife seems to be sailing on the S.S. Birther. The Daily Show has fun with the birthers. Professional Seditionist Sharon Rondeau writes about Pam Barnett's crying over the Obama cooties in her case against Damon Dunn. Dr. Kate has Kerchner and Apuzzo on to talk about why they're right and real legal scholars and Constitutional experts are wrong.
Meanwhile Dr. Kate also shows her complete lack of understanding of the Constitution, not to mention lack of research skills and lack of connection with reality. President Obama himself states - again - that he was born in Hawaii. Damon Dunn's attorneys file a rebuttal to Dr. Orly's latest attempts that boil down to "why does this woman have a license to practice law??" "Ulsterman" is still writing fiction, as does the Pest and eFail in their latest fact and logic-free, sedition-filled slam against union workers.
And many of you have noticed the new layout of "Bad Fiction". It's the first step of several planned updates to make things easier for my readers.
2 March - "Floyd", at the World Nut Daily - affiliated "Western Center for Journalism". (it's unknown if the "Floyd" in question is it's director, infamous GOP dirty trickster Floyd Brown), shows their journalistic skill by reprinting an article from unlicenced "pastoral counselor" Sam Sewell.
"The lawsuits have presented a bewildering array of claims, including, among others, that: Obama was born, not in Hawaii, but Kenya; if he was born abroad, his mother, an American citizen, was legally too young to confer that citizenship on him at birth; the Hawaiian short-form certification of birth published on the Obama website is a forgery; that short-form certification could have been legally issued in 1961 to certify a birth occurring elsewhere than Hawaii; Obama is ineligible because, wherever he was born, he had dual-citizenship since his father was a British citizen and the British Nationality Act of 1948 made his son a British citizen at birth; Obama identified himself as a foreign student at Occidental College, Columbia University, and Harvard Law School; when Obama traveled to Pakistan in 1981, he did so on an Indonesian passport at a time when Indonesian law forbade dual citizenship, etc., etc."
And none of those lawsuits have ever brought forward any facts or credible evidence to support any of the claims they made. The "forgery" claims come from several disreputable sources with no forensic background and are completely based off of the JPEG published rather than the actual document. And under both US and Indonesian law, there was no way for Obama to be granted Indonesian citizenship as a child.
In short, the claims in these court cases have never had the slightest amount of credible evidence to support or prove the case.
"There is no reason to analyze those lawsuits here in detail. Their lack of success cannot be ascribed simply to a hyper-technical evasion of judicial responsibility."
No, it can be ascribed to the above mentioned complete lack of credible evidence and the instability of the plaintiffs filing said cases.
"On the other hand, it is fair to say that the Obama controversy involves significant issues of fact and law that deserve some sort of official resolution."
You mean like the State of Hawaii confirming that Obama was born in that state?? Been there, done that.
"I suggest no conclusion as to whether Obama is eligible or not. But the citizens whom the media and political pundits dismiss as "birthers" have raised legitimate questions. That legitimacy is fueled by Obama''s curious, even bizarre, refusal to consent to the release of the relevant records. "
Funny, he's published a copy of his State of Hawaii COLB, the State of Hawaii has repeatedly verified they hold a copy of his birth certificate, and his name appears in the birth index records. In other words, he's provided more than enough evidence to show that yes, he was born in the State of Hawaii.
"The power to investigate can be exercised by a House committee provided that the investigation is within that committee''s authorization as determined by the House. An investigation into Obama''s eligibility by a committee or subcommittee of the House could have several legitimate objectives, including among others:
1. To ascertain the facts, compelling by subpoena the production of all the available records relevant to Obama''s eligibility, including the complete Hawaiian records of his birth; his passport records to ascertain whether he traveled to Pakistan in 1981 on an American or other passport; the records from Occidental College, Columbia University and Harvard Law School to determine whether Obama described himself as a foreign student; and such other records as may be relevant. The disclosure of such information to the public would be an appropriate exercise of Congress'' "informing function."
Oh, what a surprise, the same crap the birthers have been demanding since the summer of 2008.
