Joe Biden and Obama's Birth Certificate
I drove my car (with my Beyond Babylon signs on it) to the site where Vice President Joe Biden was to speak in Perrysburg, Ohio and found most of the protesters were children, literally, holding signs in the very hot sun (I was reassured they were well hydrated). I'm not sure what their protest was about (if one of their leaders reads this, contact and let me know and I'll update this information).
After listening to some news reporter briefly interview Jon Stainbrook (chairman of the Lucas County Republican Party) about how he was passing out candles since Obama's energy plan will leave us in the dark, I handed them both one of my Beyond Babylon cards and said I was hoping Vice President Biden would shed some light on Obama's Birth Certificate since Obama has kept America in the dark about it and fails to open up with the American people and be transparent with his records.
Mr. Stainbrook sort of laughed and groaned, "Oh, no...not this again." To which I quickly replied, "Why? It's important and a Constitutional requirement for our president to be a natural born citizen. This Constitutional issue needs to be seriously addressed." He then sounded more conciliatory and said "Cheney's hunting friend is supposed to review it." I said it should've all been reviewed a long time ago. I believe Mr. Stainbrook was referring to Judge Scalia who informed Attorney Orly Taitz: "You need 4 votes for Obama eligibility case," as reported by WND.com.
Last but not least, I noticed some Arab-looking protesters, so I asked them what their signs and protest were all about and quickly discovered they were Iranians (not Arabs) and were grieved over the recent murder of a young lady named Neda - apparently by Iran's ruthless secret police. I told them I hope the best for Iran and Iranians and pray Iran becomes friendly to Jews and Israel like their ancient king Cyrus (who encouraged the Jews to return to Zion and build the Temple), and asked them how they pronounced his name in Farsi, which they shared with me.
what did the childrens' signs say?
is probably the most interesting post by DBA.
I'm guessing that the kids were all at the park playing a pick-up game when they rallied together, made some signs, and marched down to the Biden speech to protest the proposed cuts to (or is it the elimination of ?) the Early Education Initiiative.
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Using kids this way is pretty low. Maybe mom and dad agreed that it was ok for the kids--who are possibly at some school funded by the Early Education Initiiative-- to be bussed into the appearance to put a human face on the issue, but that doesn't make it right.
I'm curious, how old were these kids?
Similarily, at my local branch of the library, there is a table with crayons and paper and a sign that reads, "KIDS! Save Our Libraries!" The sign encourrages them to sit down and draw a picture or write a letter to convince Gov. Strickland to minimize his proposed funding cuts. At least kids have a choice in the matter.
There is a fine line between allowing kids to understand that they can be part of the political process, and making them a participate in it.
I think you're right chris.
DBA should be careful because Stainbrook could sue him for stealing his idea of protesting.
MikeyA
This was not a Lucas County Republican (i.e. 'C' Team Democrat) function.
If ''CON' is the opposite of 'PRO', does that mean Congress is the opposite of Progress?
My copy & paste isn't working, so I'll post what snopes.com has said about this (I thought people were over this by now.) You can check it on on snopes yourself, under 'politics', and then "Obama".
You only need to be a resident of the USA for 14 years to be president - snopes explains in detail why this is, but Obama meets qualifications for rthe job.
snopes also points out, that if people question Obama about this, then they should also question McCain, because he was born in Panama. Also, Barry Goldwater was born in Arizona before that territory was considered a 'state'.
Obama's mother was a scant young - and therein, I think, is why people drag this up all the time. Hard to believe Obama could be a sitting senator & this is only now being questioned? Good grief, let it go.
For those doubters, snopes has the birth certificate avaliable to view.
"then they should also question McCain"
So you don't think our military members children are not natural citizens?
I know you may think you were playing devil's advocate but the two are separate issues and should be treated as such.
Now I've never doubted the President's citizenship. I've roundly rejected the arguement. But initially raising the question is not out-of-bounds nor is it uncalled for. DB-A's constant drumming when it has already been rejected is uncalled for.
Now, any question of McCain's natural citizenship is out-of-bounds. Because while his parents were not in the country they did so in the service of their country. Questioning the naturalized citizenship of our military's children is an attack on our military and threatens the quality of their service.
I have known hundreds of military members who were not citizens. However by serving in the military they were put on a fast track to citizenship and their children born during that service, regardless of place, are automatically given naturalized citizenship. It is one of the reasons they serve for many of them.
If we threatened that bond between our non-citizen military then they might not choose to end their service. Denying our military well trained and motivated individuals something I hope we never again have an issue with.
MikeyA
And I suppose fire doesn't melt metal too?
MikeyA