Obama may be a citizen of the world, but is he a natural-born American citizen eligible to become president?
On August 21, 2008, Philip J. Berg, former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit against presidential candidate Barack Obama. In the lawsuit Berg challenges Obama's claims to natural-born citizenship, raising questions about the authenticity of his birth certificate which has not been produced in original form and asking about his possible dual citizenship. According to Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, "No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President."…
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126 - zingzing
really, the more i think about the phrase "churns my butter," the more i am reminded of fecal relief. which might be appropriate. just thought i'd add that before anyone else did.
127 - zingzing
ok, no one respond to that "churn my butter" phrase. it really gets stuck (jesus) in your head (i wish) and it's not pleasant. so many possibilities arise. god. it's so revolting.
s--s-s-ss---SANTORUM!
128 - moon
zing,
You really needed to quit while you were ahead, or at least even.
The kitchen pinches pulled the chili out of the oven at just the right moment. Fabulous!
The key to perfect stews and chilis of all kinds is making them in enormous clay pots in the oven.
That's for those who CARE about what they put into their bodies.
McDonald's lovers and other carrion can skip my comments.
129 - zingzing
i will always continue my fight against good taste. except in chili.
130 - Clavos
zing,
and how does it feel to get it wrong!?
I don't know, I didn't...
From Merriam-Webster online:
"fogies
One entry found.
Main Entry:
fo·gy Listen to the pronunciation of fogy
Variant(s):
also fo·gey Listen to the pronunciation of fogey ˈfō-gē
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural fogies also fogeys
Etymology:
origin unknown
Date:
1780
: a person with old-fashioned ideas "usually used with old
" fo·gy·ish Listen to the pronunciation of fogyish or fo·gey·ish -gē-ish adjective
" fo·gy·ism Listen to the pronunciation of fogyism or fo·gey·ism -gē-ˌi-zəm noun"
and:
"fogeys
One entry found.
Main Entry:
fo·gy Listen to the pronunciation of fogy
Variant(s):
also fo·gey Listen to the pronunciation of fogey ˈfō-gē
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural fogies also fogeys
Etymology:
origin unknown
Date:
1780
: a person with old-fashioned ideas "usually used with old
" fo·gy·ish Listen to the pronunciation of fogyish or fo·gey·ish -gē-ish adjective
" fo·gy·ism Listen to the pronunciation of fogyism or fo·gey·ism -gē-ˌi-zəm noun"
Notice that in both entries, the preferred version is fogy singular and fogies plural.
Also in Dictionary.com/American Heritage Dictionary:
"fogy
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2 dictionary results for: fogies
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fo⋅gy
/ˈfoʊgi/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [foh-gee] Show IPA Pronunciation
"noun, plural -gies.
an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, esp. one who is intellectually dull (usually prec. by old): The board of directors were old fogies still living in the 19th century.
Also, fogey."
Clavos
131 - zingzing
meh. fogeys or fogies, it makes no difference.
stop being grammar nazis. spelling nazis. whatever.
you people will argue about anything, won't you?
bunch of butter-churning golden oldies.
132 - Lisa Solod Warren
Oh, no Moon, it was not you who doesn't like to read. I was NOT referring to you. I must assume you do like to read.
You make the chili With Manchego. My favorite cheese.
I will make either key lime pie with real key limes of course.
or the best pecan pie in the world, which does not throw well, but eats spectacularly.
PS I very much doubt you were getting your PhD when you were 12, precocious as I assume you were. And I seriously doubt a twice married (and still married) woman is truly spinsterly.
I admit to being somewhat old fashioned but let's have a fucking truce already, if you will hold off on some of the Gringo-hating stuff? Surely every single Gringo is not awful and every foreigner perfect? I HAVE lived in two foreign countries and traveled extensively in at least a half a dozen more. The rest of the world is quite flawed, too.
133 - Clavos
rencorousrancorous134 - Cindy D
moon, does your site have recipes? If not I guess I will have to search back for those ingredients.
We have a low-sodium, low-fat thing going on here.
Tonight I made grilled chicken (marinaded in sesame oil and garlic-red wine vinegar, garlic and onion powder) seasoned with homemade recaito, with portabello mushrooms and shallot sauteed in olive oil, avocado, fresh cilantro and halved grape tomatoes wrapped in warm pan toasted heart-healthy jalepeno-cilantro tortillas.
Absolutely delicious for fast food (note the onion and garlic powder and the store bought tortillas).
135 - Ms. Know
Let's not get into this discussion, because it's a little too late. If we were going to talk about citizenship, it should have been discussed a while ago. This is just something for the mainstream media illuminati to talk about.
136 - Ruvy
Those who do NOT put the Manchego as a garnish
Done in by my own ignorance once more, Marthe. I like good cheddar, Swiss, Edam (not so much) and Parmesan cheese. I didn't know that Manchego is a cheese at all. Since my heart attack 5 years a go, I don't do cheese much anymore. I miss pizza and egg and cheese omelettes, and the like. Settling for 9% or 5% cream cheese on a bagel is so unsatisfying....
But I have this selfish desire to hold on to this side of the veil at least until I see a grandchild bar/bat mitzva. From the way thngs look, that may be a while. So, I stay away from the stuff I love.... Selfish of me, isn't it?
I'm almost tempted to post the truth about kosher meat. Nah, I'll save that for another time....
137 - moon
Ruvy,
I am pretty sure that the kosher butchershop we used to patronize in Springfield, MA, back in the early 70s was not really kosher. But the meat from there did taste a lot better....
Manchego cheese comes from the area of Spain (La Mancha) that Don Quixote chose not to remember.
Cindy:
I don't do salt either, and I trim meat of fat (to avoid dryness, you can add a touch of heart-friendly olive oil). A recipe for chili that is pretty close to the one I made is available in this month's Bon Appetit magazine--in fact there is a photo of it on the cover.
I do not EVER make chili or other stews in a stockpot, however, which is what they show on the magazine cover. Clay pots are far superior for dishes of that type. I am able to buy them from local makers here for about 5 bucks apiece for the really big ones, which obviously will not be an option in the States--but you can ask at a local Mexican market or restaurant and they might be able to help.
Ditch the onion and garlic powder--you will find that it has hidden salt--and it doesn't take that long to chop onions and garlic. And any store-bought tortilla is filled with preservatives of all kinds--especially unhealthy.
I am held to very standards here, as my soon to be 14 year old and who plans to become a chef would bust me in a heartbeat if I interjected any non-Slow Food anomalies into our kitchen.
138 - moon
clavos,
Sorry I referred to you in Spanglish.
Obviously the shoe fit.
139 - moon
Lisa:
1. If you look back at your "justification" to other posters for your personal attacks against me, you will see that you did INDEED indicate that I don't read, and went on to claim that I should have to read all entries on threads before posting--which would be a violation of my personal freedom.
2. You also said that you had taken me to task for a couple of OPINION PIECES that I wrote--which is simply not true, as I have NEVER written ANY pieces for Blogcritics--and had not researched.
3. Based on the above points, either you have me confused with another person on this site that you have it in for, or you are simply not reliable at describing your own behavior or thoughts.
4. I do NOT make chili with Manchego. Manchego is grated and offered as a garnish. We also had garbnish choices of sliced avocado, chopped purple onion, chopped cilantro, fresh limes, a grated local fresh cheese and locally prepared chipotle chiles.
5. I am not participating in the pie throwing venture.
6. You are correct that I did not get my PhD when I was 12, but at 27. You are clearly a bit older than you look in the photo on this site.
7. I am not interested in a truce, be it "fucking" or otherwise, as I have not been making personal attacks against you. I would like you to fulfill your promise NOT to engage me, which you have made and then violated several times.
8. I do not believe that it is up to you to legislate my rights as to what I post in regard to Gringos on this or any other venue. I have every right to express my thoughts and feelings about Gringos, based on whatever criteria I select--especially since I am a US citizen! If you don't like my posts, you are more than free to skip reading them.
9. At no place or time have I ever indicated that other countries were not flawed--in fact, I regularly point out the political warts of the country where I live.
10. Spinsterly is an adverb, and adverbs refer to HOW things are done or expressed--not to the marital history of the doer or expresser.
I'm done now.
140 - moon
Cindy: The word NEPHEW is missing from the last paragraph of my post. Sorry.
141 - Ruvy
Marthe,
I am pretty sure that the kosher butchershop we used to patronize in Springfield, MA, back in the early 70s was not really kosher. But the meat from there did taste a lot better....
What made the meat taste better was the fact that the blood was drained from it and it was salted. Draining the blood is requirewd under Jewish Law for all animals - even the ones that non-Jews eat, like pigs or horses - because the spirit (or soul) of the animal is in the blood, and one is forbidden to consume the animal's spirit or soul. This must be returned to the earth.
Jews tend to make a big deal out of slaughtering the animal according to the ritual given to our ancient priests. They get that part right in Israel. In America, they have more trouble. The part most miss on both sides of the Pond is that the animal - be it a chicken, turkey, cow or steer - is supposed to have some pleasure in its life while it LIVES. Now you tell me, does being confined to a tiny cage while being pumped with garbage 24/7 sound like an enjoyable life at all? That is the life of a turkey in Israel before it is slaughtered and processed for schwarma meat. That's the life of a chicken, too.
In the Kiddush (blessing) over the wine for Sabbath, it states that even the animals within one's gate are supposed to have some rest on the Sabbath. The animals have no release from their torturous cages even for the Sabbath. Therefore, they are NOT kosher.
Go publicize that point here in Israel and many many rice bowls will be tipped over - and the whistle blower is liable to be killed. Those guys in the long black coats pray hard - but cross them and you don't want to be in their way.
The only animals that are kosher at all anywhere in the world are the ones that are allowed a run or are given room to live, and who are left alone (except say, for milking a cow - not doing so on Sabbath would be painful for the cow) on the Sabbath - and which are slaughtered in accordance with Jewish Law.
BOTH CONDITIONS MUST BE FILLED.
I'm not tree hugger or vegetarian or animal lover - but I do know what the Torah says, and it is very plain. "The animals within your gate shall rest on the Sabbath." Rest here, has to be interpreted as a release from the inhumane routine of being stuffed for slaughter.
Most Israelis (not to mention Jews overseas) are entirely unaware of this - and if they are, the vast majority of Israelis cannot afford to buy chickens that run free. They are just too expensive. I leave you to draw the appropriate conclusions.
Have a good week and try to enjoy the tough standards your nephew sets.
142 - moon
Thanks for the info, Ruvy.
Here animals must also be drained of blood--I had a Gringo acquaintance who wanted to start a chicken business and he balked at that practice, so he went broke.
Here animals are running around--none of the inhumane stuff that is the norm in Gringolandia--except for the eating of them, of course.
143 - smrstrauss
Re: "Why doesn't Obama just release the tangible copy of his birth certificate , instead of this unrealistic version that many are questioning?"
There's a VERY simple answer. He cannot post a copy of his original birth certificate because he does not have it. Hawaii sends out only the Certification of Live Birth, which is what Obama posted. So, if Obama lost his original birth certificate, all that he can post is what Hawaii sent out, which is the Certification.
The Certification is, however, a perfectly legal document, accepted as proof of birth in Hawaii by the US State Department and the US Military, and it is the only thing that Hawaii sends out, as this fellow confirms:
Barack Obama: Born in Hawaii By: Andrew Walden
FrontPageMagazine.com | Wednesday, April 01, 2009
A fairly impressive internet industry has sprung up claiming that Obama was born in either Kenya or Indonesia. This is nonsense which distracts from the broadly unexplored story of Obama's upbringing. This kind of nonsense has emerged because the McCain campaign chose not to raise the many questions about Barack Obama's numerous hard-left alliances. Barack Obama was born in Hawai'i, August 4, 1961 at Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu.
Obama's birth certificate posted online is exactly the same birth certificate everybody in Hawaii gets from the State Department of Health. It is not forged. There is nothing unusual about the design or the texture. In addition to the birth certificate, the August 13, 1961 Honolulu Advertiser also carries an announcement of Obama's birth. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin also carries the same announcement. Both papers printed an identical list of birth announcements supplied to them by the Hawaii State Department of Health. Conspiracists have made much of the fact that the Territory of Hawaii gave a phony birth certificate in 1904 to Chinese republican leader Sun Yat Sen for diplomatic reasons. But the modern State of Hawaii has never supplied Certification of Live Birth indicating US birth for foreign-born children.
End Quote.
Andrew Walden is a conservative blogger who lives in Hawaii.
Re: "I've never seen a candidate fight so hard to--keep hidden--something that ordinary American citizens are required to show all the time."
This is simply not true. There were no cases against Obama for the birth certificate. ALL the cases were to stop the election or to stop certification of the election. There is a case in Hawaii by Andy Martin for the Birth Certificate, but that is against the state of Hawaii and Obama's lawyers are not playing any role in it.