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I came across a piece today by David Horowitz (http://hnn.us/roundup/comments/57846.html) that, without blinking, lends more credence to the growing "So what" trend that has driven our country's demise in to complacency for decades. And I understand that Mr. Horowitz would not be considered a "ferocious" Obama supporter; still, however, his talk track suggests otherwise. This particular "So what", related to Barack Obama's potentially having defrauded his way in to power. Horowitz asks, "What difference does it make to the future of this country whether Obama was born on US soil? Advocates of this destructive campaign will argue that the Constitutional principle regarding the qualifications for President trumps all others. But how viable will our Constitution be if 5 Supreme Court justices should decide to void 64 million ballots?" Here is my response.... A proponent of the reality that there is an outstanding question that exists relating to Barack Obama's natural born citizenship (not that I have an answer, but rather, simply, that no answer has been given), my personal opinion is that this has less to do with the merit of a particular Constitutional law...and more to do with the character and integrity of a man who may have gone to such great lengths to, knowingly, break it. And of far greater consequence to all constituents, in 2008 and beyond, in that course of action, our entire country (not just those who didn't vote for him) and our most coveted process of Democracy (our vote), were defrauded. If he's found to be ineligible per the Constitution, proving he knowingly and willfully defrauded our people and process, it won't be the Justices who will have disenfranchised 64 million voters. It' will be Barack Obama. How many times are you prepared to claim "you fell down the stairs" for this man? I was an initial supporter. I started seeing very real and very questionable issues raised about the nature of his past associations, and the laughable explanations he would give to dumb down credence...and I was sure it would hurt him in the press and among supporters. But what did I see? The press and most supporters, too engrossed in their partisanship to care. In fact, the more reasonable questions came up about him...the harder the press and the 64 million that same press brainwashed, drove to the hoop for him. As I stood back watching this, again, as an initial supporter of his, even making phone calls on his behalf...I realized what I was seeing, was nothing short of WEIRD. Just, plain, weird. And I thought this birth certificate issue (check that, "Certificate of Live Birth" issue...as opposed to "Certification of Live Birth") was cleared up a long time ago. I thought there was no way the DNC would have been capable of such a gross oversight. I thought surely Barack Obama would go to whatever extraordinarily basic lengths necessary to debunk it. But reasonable, grounded, public requests went unanswered. Then the court cases came up, and nothing was done to quell the question....which despite wide-spread rumor by our press and his supporters, was not quelled with the "Certification" of Live Birth he posted on his site, or any of the other 4 half-truth refutations that were offered up to what has become an increasingly misinformed Nation. (See, "Small Price to Pay for Unity", also here at ireport). "You're mincing words Hank. 'Certificate.' 'Certification.' What's the big deal?" Yes, I am mincing words. And I'm doing that, because I have room to. That's the neat thing about truth: when you have it, there is no room to toy with semantics or any other hypotheses. We still don't know the truth, and that's incredible...because it would be so easy for Barack Obama to give us. But what finally landed me concerned that something is not right, was when Chiyome Fukino, Director of Health for Hawaii, released the statement about his birth. That statement actually did more harm than good (for all Obama-intensive purposes), and it only demonstrated further how moronic far too many public officials and people in the media and governing bodies, think Americans are. No matter how many times the press dices the 4 sentence statement (see Jack Tapper's piece in which, rather than ply the misinformation himself, he decides to cite from another source), the statement still, in a pointed effort to respond to questions about his natural born status, failed to broach even the surface of the issue. (Also more clearly articulated in "Small Price to Pay for Unity".) I digress. I just can't bring myself to touch any of this, without doing everything I can to, if nothing else, make sure those who still operate with independent thought, are afforded the opportunity to do so....specifically independently of what the press has become all-too-comfortable, quite literally, lying to us about. Anyway. Sure, America has it's slew of idiots. And sure, the aisle that questions Barack Obama's natural born and/or properly maintained citizenship statuses has it's smattering of some of those idiots. But an easily targeted and isolated contingent of whackjobs being on board, doesn't nullify the fact that the question is still outstanding. I hear the same 5 refutations over, and over, and over. "He posted his birth certificate on his website", "Factcheck proved it", "The state of Hawaii released a statement clearing all this up", "There was a birth announcement in a Hawaiian newspaper", "Judges meritoriously threw it out as 'frivolous'"; and while each of those statements hold an element of truth, an "element of truth" isn't enough to earn credibility. "Truth" earns credibility. And "truth" is objective. There is no debunking it. We should be able to move past this on to more subjective and productive lines of communication...with all the dissent we're accustomed to...netting, like competition, improvement. But here we are. And one man can answer this objective question. And sure, not everyone will get on board if he were to release the actual Certificate of Live Birth (as opposed to the factually less credible, more easily attained and more easily forged "Certification")...but many would get on board. Coming off a platform of transparency, directly in to a promised pursuit for unity...why leave so many of us divided on what should be a simple and objectively debunked question? If the Certification is authentic, then it's more credible parent - the Certificate, exists. But rather than produce it, he has fought those requests so fiercely that he's allowed the same requests to land in court rooms...where he continues to fight them. Yes, that's right....he allowed that to happen. Make no mistake about it. This is in court because of Barack Obama's decisions - not Phil Berg's, or Leo Donofrio's, or Alan Keyes'. Why would he do this? And rather than quell the reasonable, objective and easily answered outstanding question...he opts for non disclosure. As I previously stated, production of Certificate of Live Birth is a very small price to pay for unity. And yet, here we are. And Barack Obama, and Barack Obama only, is responsible for that. I am certain of that beyond any reasonable doubt, because Barack Obama, and Barack Obama only, can quell it...with an actual Certificate of Live Birth, and he has watched requests transition from meritorious public requests - to court cases, and still refuses. So as a first order of business, in a promised pursuit for unity, he leaves us divided, on what should be a very simple, very objective, very basic matter. Who among us can applaud that? "I do, Hank. Because you're all just whackjobs." That's all well and good if that's your opinion. My brother said to me, "Yeah but if we pull him out, we're going to look corrupt to the rest of the world." I replied, "I'd rather look corrupt and not be it, than be corrupt and not look it." So goes my position on being called a "whackjob", for maintaining through nothing more than logic and fact, that there is a still outstanding question regarding Barack Obama's natural born and properly maintained citizenship statuses. I'd rather be called a whackjob and stand by truth, than submit to mistruths and be called sound. I didn't hear any of the 5 standard press talking points in your piece, which leads me to believe the transition I anticipated is occurring. That is, virtually all of supporters (and I don't know if you were one prior to November 4th or not), will go from, "He didn't commit fraud. He is a natural born citizen", to "So what if he committed fraud. So what if he isn't a natural born citizen." I've challenged others, staunch supporters in fact, as to whether or not they'd concede a gross misstep in character and judgement, and support his being held accountable for that, if he did commit this fraud. They've uniformly claimed they would. However should this matter get the legs it deserves, and he's found ineligible...let's just say I won't hold my breath for those supporters to stand by the principle they claim to now have. Your article, blog, whatever it is...demonstrates the first piece I've actually seen that goes out of it's way to say, "No. I wouldn't. Barack Obama can lie, cheat and steal all he wants. And if he gets held accountable for it, it's the fault of the Justices...because Barack Obama himself, is simply incapable of wrongdoing." Running that red light you sit at, day after day, when no one is looking, is pretty harmless too. But you know it's wrong. This man, if not a natural born and properly maintained citizen of the United States, will have knowingly and willfully cheated our entire country, and more critical than that - our absolutely, inherently, unquestionably most coveted process of democracy - in what can only be articulated as a relentless pursuit for unapologetic, integrity-free, and division-inducing power.