On August 03 2009 10:13 Athos wrote: you Republicans should want the law changed anyways. Then you can have Schwarzenegger run for president.....Besides, everybody knows he's your best chance in 2012.
Have you seen his poll numbers these days? He wouldn't even carry California today, and they forcibly yanked someone out of the governorship to put his ass there 7 years ago.
After (as though it's over) the California budget mess, he'll be lucky not to get tarred and feathered and run out of the state. And that's only because California doesn't have a tradition of doing that.
Yes, because you're clearly educated on the long term causes of the California budget problems /sarcasm
On August 03 2009 10:25 Aegraen wrote: People who are challenging Obama's natural born citizenry are going about this the wrong way. It doesn't matter where he was born. His father was a citizen of Britain at Obama's birth. Therefore, Obama is not a natural born citizen and is exempt from becoming the President. There has to be clarification from the SCOTUS with regards to the 14th amendment. It's pretty clear, natural born citizen is someone who was born from parents of American citizenry. In any case, it appears that the SCOTUS is abdicating its most important duty. Go figure.
If you think about it, that makes you not a natural born citizen since your ancestors were never citizens by your dumb rule, and thus their kids weren't either, and then on down to you. Show us your green card or get out.
A Naturalized Citizen is a citizen who was born in America, however their parents either one or both were not either Natural Born citizens or Naturalized Citizens. Also, in order for an immigrant to become a Naturalized Citizen of the US, they must pass a test on the history of America and our Constitution and residing continuosly in America for 5 years. Once they pass this test they become a Naturalized Citizen. For a more indepth read about naturalization read this: http://www.visaus.com/citizen.html
I honestly think anyone who claims to be a US citizen should take this test.
Most of them would fail fucking miserably. Beyond miserably in fact. I remember taking a citizenship test back in history 1301 just to see what we knew as a class.
I was one of like three people out of THIRTY FIVE that passed the thing. It was embarrassing and by your definition I'm "merely" a naturalized citizen because my mother is not a citizen of the United States.
It just enrages me when your entire post comes off as if only a Natural Born citizen has any clue about how the United States works. I personally find the law regarding that a president has to be Natural Born and it's definition to be insanely ludicrous and irrelevant.
That's not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying, per the law only a Natural born Citizen may become President. That is the only thing that matters, that is why we are a Republic, and why we have a Constitution that is the supreme law of the land. That is what makes this country so great.
You are entitled to all the freedoms and liberties america has to offer as with any other citizen, no more, no less, unless of course you fall under any categories in which the Government discriminates in based on creed, ethnicity, etc.
The point of the law is in John Jays explicit context. No Foreigners should have any proclivity to being so easily able to influence this country. If we were to amend and repel this pre-requisite then anyone who comes here as an illegal immigrant or otherwise yet a naturalized citizen and gives birth; their son or daughter can lawfully become the President. When you have people so willing to blow themselves up against America, it is not too far fetched for them to home grow a Manchurian Candidate. What other way to best destroy America than from the inside? In fact, that is the only way America will fail and is failing. I think having the most safe guards to prevent this scenario is a wise and just law. I guess you will disagree in the end, but I defer to the wisdom of my Founding Fathers and their timeless forethought.
I really, really hope the greatest barrier stopping a terrorist becoming President isn't a citizenship test.
I love how you are demanding to see it yourself Aegraen. Apparently you have 0 faith in the agency that did the research themselves. Do you honestly think that the scrutiny a person goes under for the oval office is so easy to beat? That idiot lawyers and internet crackpots can somehow find the truth? Just stop people....you have lost he will be here for his full term (baring impeachment for some unseen incident). I really hate how people just attack and attack people and say they suck or they are ruining the country. Just because they happen to have different ideas about how to do things doesn't make them wrong it.
The threat of a Manchurian Candidate is too great. The potential cost is enormous, even though the probability is very low. I'd also like to buy some insurance against being hit by lightning while being attacked by aliens in an earthquakenamihurrinado. I'd rather be prepared against every impossible bad scenario than have MONEY.
1. In was dated Feb 14, 1964 and had the designation Republic of Kenya. However that designation was not official until December 1964. 2. It’s number 44 O 47 is a bit coincidental with 44th President Obama 47th President 3. The name EF Lavender. Earth Friendly Lavender is a detergent 4. Mombasa did not become part of Kenya until 1963. It used to be part of Zanzibar 5. The Coast General Hospital is actually called the Coast Provincial General Hospital 6. There are unconfirmed statements that women who would give birth in 1961 would go to the “Lady Grigg Maternity Hospital” which was later rolled into the Coast Provincial General hospital.
Look, I just want the damn truth. I don't see why Obama is so reluctant and has spent so much money hiding his Birth Certificate. Personally, there are better avenues and more legit avenues to pursure congruent to his invalidation of Presidency. Most of this would be over if he just furnished his Birth Certificate just like pretty much every other President. End-game GG no re.
1. In was dated Feb 14, 1964 and had the designation Republic of Kenya. However that designation was not official until December 1964. 2. It’s number 44 O 47 is a bit coincidental with 44th President Obama 47th President 3. The name EF Lavender. Earth Friendly Lavender is a detergent 4. Mombasa did not become part of Kenya until 1963. It used to be part of Zanzibar 5. The Coast General Hospital is actually called the Coast Provincial General Hospital 6. There are unconfirmed statements that women who would give birth in 1961 would go to the “Lady Grigg Maternity Hospital” which was later rolled into the Coast Provincial General hospital.
Look, I just want the damn truth. I don't see why Obama is so reluctant and has spent so much money hiding his Birth Certificate. Personally, there are better avenues and more legit avenues to pursure congruent to his invalidation of Presidency. Most of this would be over if he just furnished his Birth Certificate just like pretty much every other President. End-game GG no re.
every single person who thinks obama is somehow illegible to be president because of where he was born or who his parents are are retards. there does not exist even one exception.
On August 03 2009 09:58 mptj wrote: i hope he is because then maybe we can get someone capable in office. Once i see it on the news though ill get my hopes up.