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Obama, Eligibility Update: $75,000 Billboard Campaign, ?He?s sort of a god,? TX Grand Jury Presentment, Other News

By Phil

As WorldNetDaily reports, their now $75,000 billboard campaign intended to establish ads across the country asking, “Where’s The Birth Certificate?” hit another snag:

Lamar Outdoor, one of the largest providers of billboard space in America, has become the second major company to reject an advertising campaign raising questions about Barack Obama’s constitutional eligibility for office.

Lamar joins CBS, the No. 1 outdoor advertising company, in prohibiting its salesmen nationwide from accepting leases of billboards for a campaign that asks the simple question, “Where’s the birth certificate?”

“We’re just not going to accept that copy,” Lamar spokesman Hal Kirshaw told WND. “We think it’s a settled matter. We think it’s misleading to indicate there’s any question about the president’s birth certificate. We looked at it and we made the call.”

Kirshaw said he read “independent media reports” and unnamed “newspaper articles” to make his decision. …

“WND’s reporters have investigated this issue more extensively than the rest of the media combined ? sending senior staff writer Jerome Corsi to Hawaii and Kenya in search of evidence,” said [Joseph] Farah [Editor and CEO, WND]. “We have commissioned private investigators in Honolulu. There is simply no persuasive evidence to affirm Obama’s claim to a Hawaiian birth. There is no hospital on the island that will confirm the first black president of the United States was born there. It’s all conjecture. And no controlling legal authority in this country has ever asked Obama to provide the proof.”

Kirshaw did say Lamar would re-evaluate the issue if it could be persuaded the issue is legitimate.

“I want Americans to understand that this billboard campaign will be successful with or without CBS and Lamar,” said Farah. “There are still millions of billboards available through other companies eager to take this business. The only barrier to success is money. And I am as determined as ever to keep purchasing billboard space as our budget allows.”

The latest billboard to go up as part of the campaign is in Buena Park, Calif., on Interstate 5, the Golden State Freeway between Los Angeles and Anaheim, a heavily trafficked corridor reaching hundreds of thousands of commuters every week. …

Farah said the sensitivity by large public corporations like CBS and Lamar demonstrates how important this politically charged issue is to the future of the country.

“I never fully realized how dangerous it is that the media in this country are so afraid of government power,” he said. “How are Americans supposed to become aware of controversial issues with this kind of heavy-handed self-censorship in place throughout corporate America? That is the reality of what we face, and the reaction to this campaign should illustrates it better than anything else I’ve seen in my lifetime.”

Yes, with the press fawning over Mr. Obama, you knew it was simply going to be a matter of time before someone would equate the President to the Divine:

I suppose Newsweek’s Evan Thomas should join Chris “tingle up my leg” Matthews in the incense room, eh?

Rev. Sam Sewell presents an update regarding a citizen grand jury’s presentment in the great State of Texas:

Note to Obots Freaking About Texas Grand Jury

Well I guess you folks could always argue that anyone who believes Obama is not constitutionally eligible to be POTUS is not a credible person.

Before you post another one of your irrational rants full of ridicule and name calling it is only fair to point out that some of the persons serving on the Lone Star Grand Jury are also members of more a conventionally empanelled Grand Jury.

?The grand jury shall inquire into all offenses liable to indictment of which any member may have knowledge, or of which they shall be informed by the attorney representing the State, or any other credible person.?

In Texas the Grand Jury is required by law to ?inquire into all offenses? called to its attention.

God bless Texas

As Jeff reports, the press may finally be having enough of this Administration telling them what they can or cannot ask or do:

Assigned Reading: Love or Lust, Obama and the Fawning Press Need to Get a Room (FROM: SFGate.com)

It’s beginning. Slowly but surely, the American people are beginning to wake up. This phenomenal piece by Phil Bronstein shows a bit of this. Other stories, pieces and packages critical of the Obama administrations actions and ideas, by CNN and the Associated Press show the beginnings of disenfranchisement among the press corps. Barack Obama has done too much too quickly, and none of his plans seem to be working.

The key may very well be the press. While I have no doubt they’ll be solidly in his corner as election season approaches, there’s one thing they don’t seem to like, and that’s being scooped. And they are. They’re being locked out of White House events. They’re being told what to ask. Sit down to watch or listen to a Robert Gibbs press conference and you’ll see — despite Gibbs affable nature, the rumblings of hostility are beginning.

Speaking of the Administration, CBS reports that “Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture” (click on the referenced link for all the details).

Methinks Mr. Obama needs to get an intelligent person who actually knows protocol, pronto.

And then we have the following commentary from “Kalani,” a commenter at CitizenWell’s blog, where they speculate on the overall picture on eligibility (yes, it’s speculation, so remember that this is someone’s unsubstantiated opinion — in case I really needed to do any disclaiming on that one):

I notice on this topic of Obama?s birth, that no one mentions illegitimacy. Again my opinion is as good as anyone else?s simply because we don?t have the documents to prove or disprove anything.

My hypothesis is that Obama was born illegitimate. (Father unknown ? whether Frank Marshall ? Malcolm X ? Obama Sr ? Bozo the Clown. Only a DNA test by digging up bodies will answer the question.)

The facts are that Obama Sr was married in Kenya and couldn?t afford even a good place to live ? always attired in the same white shirt. He was only supported by a fund that could pay his tuition and living expenses ? with nothing left over. He was a typical starving student ? and he simply could NOT afford to take on the responsibilities of getting married.

Along comes Stanley Ann Dunham who is pregnant from father unknown. Ann Dunham?s parents had to find someone to be the father of the illegitimate child simply because of the shame. At that time, there were not many blacks at the UH ? and it was easy to spot them on campus. (NOTE: Do not lecture me on the morals and existent conditions at the UH because I attended the UH in the same time frame as Obama/Dunham ? and I was born and raised in Hawaii at that time. The moral code for respectable ?haoles? was that an illegitimate black child was not acceptable ? and notice the choice of an acceptable FOREIGN black, not the unacceptable slave ?niggah? black. Pardon the reference, but Hawaii back then was very prudish.)

Obama was paid off and a storyline concocted that Obama simply fell in love after a few weeks (two weeks to be exact) and ran off to Maui to get married. This is about as full of holes as one can imagine ? especially since Dunham needed her parents consent because Hawaii law at the time stated that females under 18 need parents consent. Thus the idea of eloping without Madelyn and Stanley Dunham knowing is ridiculous. Second, there is no record of a marriage liccense (which doubles as the marriage certificate when signed) in either Honolulu or Wailuku, Maui.

Furthermore, public records show that Obama Sr and Ann Dunham lived at different addresses at the time of birth ? Obama in Kaimuki and Dunham in a cottage on the other side of the island. Getting back to the starving student living in the YMCA ? how could he suddenly afford a house in Kaimuki?

After birth, Dunham immediately left for the Washington in Aug 1961 where she enrolled in the Univ of Washington in the fall term of 1961. She remained there (enrolled till the Spring term 1962) until Obama Sr. left Hawaii for Harvard in Mar 1962 whereupon she returned to Hawaii to resume her education at the UH ? now a single mother.

The divorce was done by mail in 1964 ? and this would give Obama Jr. legitimacy without paperwork. Obama Sr. had no obligations (no alimony/child support) and was free as a bird. But wait?back to the birth certificate. Even with the divorce that gave Obama ?proof? of legitimacy, you have the birth certificate that could not be modified without Dunham (and Obama Sr) being accused of perjury ? thus voiding the divorce.

They simply let that birth certificate lie ? but the first problems appeared when Obama was enrolled in Olamana School for kindergarten. His proof that he was ?Barry Obama? is the name on a class photo ? but remember to go back to the storyline of Obama?s birth and you see it is still being used. BUT how do you get around the birth certificate needed for school registration? You can?t. That?s why any proof from the school is missing.

I?m not saying the marriage with Lolo Soetoro by Ann Dunham was not a love match, but it conveniently solved the problem the education of Obama Jr. At age 6, he goes to Indonesia and tries to assimilate. The only problem is that Indonesia still considers him a US citizen and he can?t go to public schools. Soetoro?s job cannot afford sending Obama to the expensive international schools in Jakarta. So what to do? He is adopted and as an Indonesian, he enters public schools. But the education is markedly substandard and in 1969 or so the idea is formed to send him back to Hawaii.

It is important to remember that Ann Dunham has worked at the US Embassy teaching a part-time English class so she would be able to ask questions. She would know that interviews to get an S-2 student visa is not normally done for anyone UNDER 13. Thus the plan is set.

Obama?s grandmother in 1970 now has risen to a VP position at Bank of Hawaii and as such has some influence. (We do NOT subscribe to the Obama b.s. that his grandfather?s employer pulled strings because no one has ever found this mysterious employer.) She arranges for an interview at Punahou for her grandson ? an INDONESIAN student.

Obama travels to Hawaii on an INDONESIAN passport ALONE for his interview at Punahou in August 1969. Remember that Obama admitted during the nomination process to the question from Sen. Dan Inouye about his attending the ?elite? school that he attended on a scholarship.

One cannot believe that Punahou would grant a scholarship to a US citizen with substandard English and lacking in pre-requisite skills to a full scholarship. The only answer is as an FOREIGN student. He passes the interview and is granted admission. (NOTE: The Obama hype that he is a ?genius? is pure b.s. At Punahou, Obama was a ?B? student. At Occidental he was a ?B? student. At Columbia he was a ??? student that graduated WITHOUT Honors. Only at Harvard did he graduate Magna Cum Laude ? but there is growing suspicion that Harvard was ?paid? for him to gain entry and situations set up to ensure his success. But that?s another story. The fact is that he was NOT on an Academic scholarship because he just did NOT have the grades for it.)

Word is sent back to Indonesia where Ann Dunham remains and the S-2 visa is completed at the Embassy for Barry Soetoro as he doesn?t need to have an interview in person. Remember that an S-2 visa is good until you complete your education ? meaning that Obama did NOT have to redo the process if he kept his Indonesian passport current by renewing it every five years. The S-2 would be valid until he completed his doctorate in America if he so chose. (NOTE: The passport leads off onto other topics of its use and renewal ? and it is a surprisingly easy process for Indonesians. But this is another topic.)

Now we have Obama in Punahou School in 1970 ? but he is Barry Soetoro. This is when Obama starts to play the dual citizen game. He is Barry Obama (US citizen) as well as Barry Soetoro (Indonesian citizen). To the scholarshop process, he is Indonesian ? to the administration he is Barry Soetoro.

BUT now we get back to the birth certificate. Using the divorce paperwork from 1964 can only stretch so far. The need for the birth certificate MUST be provided. BUT IT SHOWS OBAMA AS ILLEGITIMATE!!! He is listed as ?Barry Dunham.? How do we get out of this???

In Dec 1970 Obama Sr returns to Hawaii from Kenya and Ann Dunham Soetoro returns from Indonesia at the same time. Obama Sr. and Dunham stay at the cramped apartment of Madelyn and Stanley Dunham. The trip lasts ONE MONTH. Just about the time it would take to legally change Barry Dunham to Barry Obama. After that Obama Sr. returns to Kenya and Ann Dunham Soetoro goes back to Indonesia.

This is about the time that the name ?Obama? was etched into the cement behind the Punahou cafeteria. Obama was now legally ?Barack Hussein Obama II? ? and at the same time, ?Barry Soetoro? for paperwork purposes.

Obama?s fictional life gets even more interesting after that ? and then he became President.

If you can get ahold of the long form certificate, you will see that ?Barry Dunham? is scratched out and ?Barack Hussein Obama II? is penned in. In Hawaii, this is the method legal name changes are affected on the birth certificate.

Anyway, that is my take on Obama?s birth certificate ? and until someone gets the birth certificate, my version is just as good as anyone else?s. Why won?t Obama just give us the long form birth certificate so we can stop bickering with each other over the TRUTH.

“Kalani” responds to other commenters; first, here:

Old Salt ? I am saying that Obama had a LEGAL name change ? from Barry Dunham (illegitimate taking mother maiden name) to Barack Hussein Obama II in Dec 1970. I do not believe it was done by the same lawyer that handled the divorce in 1964 ?who I believe still maintains an office in Honolulu ? because he would see through the problem of perjury instantly. It was done by someone else who would look at the problem as simply correcting a ?mistake? of two individuals who married and divorced without taking care of the paperwork of the illegitimate child through an oversight or whatever reason they offered.

I?m also saying that there are two worlds operating here: The one of Barry Soetoro valid passport holder from Indonesia with an S-2 visa granted by the Jakarta Embassy in 1970. This passport and visa would be renewed in 1975 through the consulate in Honolulu ? which changes hands as it is an appointed position. In Indonesia, it only recognized ONE citizenship ? as there was no dual citizenship allowed at the time.

In America, Obama was operating under Barry Obama/Barry Dunham as a dual citizen until he became Barack Hussein Obama by legal name change in 1970. The US recognized dual citizenship until Obama attained majority ? 18 years in this case ? at which time he would be ONLY a US citizen. As Barack Hussein Obama II, he was a US citizen by default even if he didn?t render any allegiance statement.

BOTH WORLDS DID NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER. Why should they? To Indonesia, there was only Barry Soetoro, Indonesian citizen by adoption, with a legal Indonesian passport. Barack Obama did NOT exist. His change of citizenship was NOT registered with the US embassy.

To the America, Barry Soetoro as a US citizen did NOT exist. They only showed Barry Dunham who had his name legally changed in 1970 to Barack Hussein Obama II. He was a dual citizen of the US and KENYA by virtue of his birth. Indonesia does NOT come into the equation.

What is the dual citizenship game? Obama tells the schools for tuition purposes he is Barry Soetoro with proof of a passport and eligible for foreign tuition assistance as a valid student on a S-2 visa. To the registrar?s office. he is a dual citizen and registered as Barack Hussein Obama. The schools have no reason to question this scam as all the paperwork is valid.

All I?m saying is that I may be 100 percent wrong. But in my mind, the pieces of the puzzle seem to fit.

Also, here:

Old Salt ? Reread your post and I see how we diverge into very different conclusions ? but I once again say that at this point NOTHING is invalid. You?re just as right as me because we don?t have access to Obama?s birth certificate.

Without going into all the facts that I based my conclusions on, I believe that Barry Soetoro is DEAD. I believe that Obama retained his Indonesian citizenship until 1995 when he let it lapse. Under Indonesian law, if someone abroad does NOT renew their citizenship (ie. reissuance of the passport), they lose their citizenship automatically. I believe that Obama used the last Indonesian passport to journey with Michelle Obama to Bali, Indonesia in 1993 to purported finish his autobiography (that I don?t believe for a second that he wrote) and to Kenya in 1993. He allowed this passport to lapse in 1995 ? and with it the identity of Barry Soetoro ? as he was now entering into Illinois politics and becoming highly visible.

I believe if someone could just prove that the FIRST US passport he was issued in 2003 upon becoming a US Senator, it would end all discussion one way or another. But of course, we all know that his passport agency records have been sealed. They may have been cleansed by his advisor who was running the contract for the State Department, but I?m sure that the issuance documents would be spikes to nail Obama?s coffin.

But the bottom line is that I believe that the Soetoro logic trail to prove Obama is not a legal POTUS is a dead end.

I readily admit that Obama is a US citizen ? but I am adamant that he is NOT a natural born citizen following the logic of Leo Donofrio et al. He was born a dual citizen ? first US/British ? and then in 1963, US/Kenyan. Regardless of him being a native citizen or naturalized citizen, he is NOT a natural born citizen as defined in the Constitution. Our problem though is getting the US Supreme Court ? or any federal court to agree to that definition.

Again, we both agreeing to the problem. We just have different views on the solution.

As well as here:

Greg ? All I said is that no one ? including the private investigators sent out and private parties ? have not found any marriage license (which also serves as the marriage certificate when signed). NADA ? ZIP ? This is really ancient news.

The divorce documents were dug up by private investigators and on there Ann Dunham swears that a marriage took place. That?s the only proof of a marriage ? her sworn statement that there was a marriage. As Obama is mentioned by name ?Barack Hussein Obama II? giving him legitimacy. This is in black-and-white and also old news.

But you seem to have missed the part where I stated from the inception this ?family? of Barack Obama was a farce. There is no way a man who can?t afford a decent place to live and relying on funds from an outside source would get married. Public records show them living at different addresses at the time of Obama?s birth. There are so many things wrong with the picture ? starting with why Ann Dunham runs away to Washington State shortly after Obama?s birth ? and stays there until Obama Sr. leaves Hawaii. In addition, though Rep Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) says he was an old friend of Obama?s, he will only say that Anne Dunham MAY have been at some weekend parties. However, NONE of Obama?s other friends remember her. In web testimonials of his old ?buds? from the East-West Center (Obama Sr. was NOT EWC), there is NO mention of Ann Dunham. Ask yourself if you had a son, wouldn?t you mention it? If your wife ran off with your son, wouldn?t you mention it? My answer is that Obama Sr. had no son ? and that is why he never mentioned Obama Jr. to anyone. There is much, much more. This is why I say his being fathered by Obama Sr. is questionable at best ? and unbelievable at worst. I take the ?unbelievable? stance.

Check it out and see what conclusions you come to.

And, finally, here:

Old Salt ? Yes, I am from Hawaii and yes, I attended the UH at the same time as Dunham and Obama.

Nukes? Don?t remember the H-bomb tests you mentioned personally but remember reading about them. Did watch the EMF clouds in Hawaii from a later test ? and learned to respect the immense power of the bomb.

As for me personally, I wore a patch with a mushroom cloud on it when I first came into the service ? the old 4925th out of Kirtland AFB for atmospheric testing. Remember sleeping with the cockroaches at Barbers Pt, HI to guard our top secret bins carrying coconuts back to Albuquerque. Good times. It was a dream job. It lasted only until LBJ took over then we all got orders for SEA ? the start of a 4 1/2 year party for me. Damn that was so long ago.

See the following links regarding the eligibility saga:

• Obama?s Presidential Eligibility: What You Need to Know
• Obama’s Sealed Background Documentation
• Citizen Grand Jury Updates and Eligibility Lawsuit Listing

-Phil

Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on June 10, 2009 (boomark / email).