tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5810899084517742347..comments2024-03-28T14:38:18.612-05:00Comments on Althouse: Will no one shed a tear for Jerome Corsi?Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53304378063224588262011-04-29T10:50:09.064-05:002011-04-29T10:50:09.064-05:00I will admit I was a bit surprised that there was ...I will admit I was a bit surprised that there was nothing embarrassing on the birth certificate. I had assumed he was born in the US, since had he not been, the Clinton muck-rakers would have dug that up, but I had thought there must be a reason for Obama to spend big money to keep it hidden, beyond just being a dick.<br /><br />I guess I forgot Obama's massive capacity for dickishness.holdfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206911009978107266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73059142030472770642011-04-28T21:17:57.277-05:002011-04-28T21:17:57.277-05:00wv: weemp
Blogger must be in a silly mood.
Th...wv: weemp <br /><br />Blogger must be in a silly mood. <br /><br />This really is bizarre. No court is going to nullify an election two years after the fact, period. And without more proof than this, I'd sanction any attorney who wasted court resources this way.ASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591247136037620408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58589753714895859602011-04-28T21:10:55.178-05:002011-04-28T21:10:55.178-05:00wv: fluck
How could I not post a comment?
Cors...wv: fluck<br /><br />How could I not post a comment? <br /><br />Corsi will simple insert the word "real" in front of "birth certificate" and proceed, while he works on an updated edition.ASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591247136037620408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70704373178123959672011-04-28T17:47:57.306-05:002011-04-28T17:47:57.306-05:00You still haven't seen a genuine birth certifi...You still haven't seen a genuine birth certificate!<br /><br />Oddly enough, the next day, at that hospital, not 12 hours later, a woman named Norquist had a C-section. And, had TWINS.<br /><br />Instead of the kids getting sequential birth ceriticates ... low and behold. Obama gets "one of them!" How likely is that?<br /><br />Did Trump just force this issue?<br /><br />What if there were terrible fears that Corsi's book would plunge the knife in even deeper?<br /><br />If this was the "issue" that was going to be used to label white people racist ... (And, yes. That's exactly what was attempted, here!) <br /><br />Then who knows if the Affirmative Action birdy ... ain't the birdy that just flew out the window?<br /><br />Do you know "back in those days" when the bamster was born, "African" was not a popular way to say Negro.<br /><br />Besides, his color designation was MULATTO.Carol_Hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629820011087370488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67625215506579193132011-04-28T16:14:23.889-05:002011-04-28T16:14:23.889-05:00I think they found it under the pile of Rose Law F...<i>I think they found it under the pile of Rose Law Firm records.</i><br /><br />Ok, that was pretty funny. :)Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79988079645223813762011-04-28T15:22:29.947-05:002011-04-28T15:22:29.947-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.marinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435598676103731157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3345421035926180772011-04-28T14:41:03.771-05:002011-04-28T14:41:03.771-05:00What I haven't seen is anyone taking a piece o...<i>What I haven't seen is anyone taking a piece of paper with text on it, scanning it with OCR software, and posting a PDF file that has a similar structure to the PDF file from the White House.</i><br /><br />I've done this but I haven't posted anything yet. <br /><br />What would prove more is to take a document from 1961, scan it into a computer, save it as a PDF file, then open it in Illustrator, and see if the same occurs. <br /><br />I took an already-scanned document from 1961, opened it in Acrobat, optimized the PDF, saved it as a new file, and then opened that into Illustrator.<br /><br />It shared some of the same quirks as the Obama PDF. <br />(Multiple images splintered onto multiple layers.)Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44744870254788110352011-04-28T14:34:13.857-05:002011-04-28T14:34:13.857-05:00No sympathy.
If you hitch your wagon to a conspir...No sympathy.<br /><br />If you hitch your wagon to a conspiracy theory you should accept the consequences.<br /><br />The only real insight here is into the President. Liberals want to see a shrewd political move. I only see petty vindictiveness. There are a lot of other examples, from the treatment of the UK to the four month wait for an Afghan policy. The Dalai Lama became welcome in the White House only after the President was snubbed by China. The President is very into exercising power and letting everyone know who's in charge. That's worrying.<br /><br />These incidents weren't good politics. As everyone has said, he could have released the certificate three years ago. It's just about power.NotWhoIUsedtoBehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568355742926021406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58649501557279626812011-04-28T14:29:43.889-05:002011-04-28T14:29:43.889-05:00I think they found it under the pile of Rose Law F...I think they found it under the pile of Rose Law Firm records.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87486227994641634512011-04-28T13:34:51.551-05:002011-04-28T13:34:51.551-05:00"Still no explanation on why the Gov. of Hawa..."Still no explanation on why the Gov. of Hawaii didn't or couldn't find it. Unless he lied and was told to say that."<br /><br />It's true that democrats handled this badly. I think with bad faith, or desperation to protect Obama (apparently from nothing).<br /><br />I guess maybe they thought agitating birthers was a clever tactic.<br /><br />Either way, I think it's very important that Obama's detractors realize their tactical benefit. Obama looks like an idiot for hiding this document, and then releasing it. No principle explains it other than personal interest, which is sad considering so many doubted his word on the matter. It's sad for the birthers too, of course, since they were wrong (and this wasn't really in dispute before).<br /><br />But insofar as Obama was hoping to play victim, or set a trap, or cry that birthers were racist against Kenyans or something, I'm glad that blew up in his feckless face. He's not even leader enough to play politics.<br /><br />Let's just laugh at Obama's failure to handle this obviously easily solved problem. Fact is, some saying 'there's this document from 1961 in Hawaii about your birth, may we see it?' didn't think it showed Obama wasn't eligible, but thought Obama's actions were odd and worth scrutiny.<br /><br />It was an easy call, and Obama blew it. Dubya would have released it years ago.Dustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590811467601049788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86881209498422074692011-04-28T13:16:55.132-05:002011-04-28T13:16:55.132-05:00Still no explanation on why the Gov. of Hawaii did...Still no explanation on why the Gov. of Hawaii didn't or couldn't find it. Unless he lied and was told to say that.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46711899104953716542011-04-28T12:58:22.330-05:002011-04-28T12:58:22.330-05:00There have been a gross of books published on all ...There have been a gross of books published on all matters Ozero. This Corsi book is no different. <br /><br />The game changer I saw last week was the speculation that Hawaii was legit, but who the father is was different on the BC than what he stated in "Dreams . . ".<br /><br />That cut too personnal. <br />He had to react.Hank Rearden_WIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10322333093926651258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18188405482137649192011-04-28T12:58:19.390-05:002011-04-28T12:58:19.390-05:00Corsi? The birther and truther nutjob who buys int...Corsi? The birther <i>and</i> truther nutjob who buys into Steven Jones long disproved microspheres argument, thus putting him firmly in the Twin Towers Were Intentionally Demolished camp?<br /><br />Only tear I shed is for the foolish who get taken in by his drivel. And I shed it not for them, but for the fact that humanity contains such ridiculously credulous people.Tiborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360541843865827271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37295128017836519022011-04-28T12:57:04.936-05:002011-04-28T12:57:04.936-05:00Corsi's portions of "Unfit for Command&qu...Corsi's portions of "Unfit for Command" were pretty worthless. O'Neill focused on facts; Corsi was all snark and emotion.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58637547576166068172011-04-28T12:49:41.502-05:002011-04-28T12:49:41.502-05:00Robin said...
"Mick, she's one that does...Robin said... <br />"Mick, she's one that does not invent legal theories that have no support in text or case law evidently."<br /><br /><br />Really? So which Text of case law says simple birth in America makes one a natural born Citizen. Which text or case law says that birth to 1 US Citizen makes one an eligible natural born Citizen?Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864660386925998491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39165783745769583712011-04-28T12:49:31.864-05:002011-04-28T12:49:31.864-05:00hahaha, this is the funniest angle to this whole m...hahaha, this is the funniest angle to this whole mess.<br /><br />Bravo, Prof. Althouse.<br /><br />I can see Corsi getting drunk right now because his book just got made irrelevant, but I suspect he is just swimming in a bathtub full of $100 bills instead.<br /><br />Somehow, he'll manage.Dustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590811467601049788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67602913167534701522011-04-28T12:47:42.329-05:002011-04-28T12:47:42.329-05:00Schorsch said...
"Can a ConLaw Prof, best-se...Schorsch said... <br />"Can a ConLaw Prof, best-selling or otherwise, please answer this for me definitively: Would a man born in Kenya to an American mother be eligible to be the POTUS? <br /><br />I'm reasonably well-informed, but I would assume this question would be answered by responsible reporters every time this nonsense is brought up, and I haven't heard it."<br /><br /><br />No, only those born in America of 2 US Citizen parents are natural born Citizens (or born of an unmarried US Citizen mother in America).Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864660386925998491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67761237495465239652011-04-28T11:56:20.205-05:002011-04-28T11:56:20.205-05:00Steven ...your guess may be true. Were you in the ...Steven ...your guess may be true. Were you in the White House when that decision was swiftly made? The Corsi book was still a rumor, but Trump was all over the network news with the correctly posed question of, "Why won't Obama release it to end people's doubts?". So the White House was either reacting to Trump's trumpet on stonewalling, or to a fear of the other questions raised in Corsi's book.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57275373502254672102011-04-28T11:45:11.778-05:002011-04-28T11:45:11.778-05:00Can a ConLaw Prof, best-selling or otherwise, plea...Can a ConLaw Prof, best-selling or otherwise, please answer this for me definitively: Would a man born in Kenya to an American mother be eligible to be the POTUS? <br /><br />I'm reasonably well-informed, but I would assume this question would be answered by responsible reporters every time this nonsense is brought up, and I haven't heard it.Schorschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086968194057010381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71967870134160129602011-04-28T11:42:40.353-05:002011-04-28T11:42:40.353-05:00New title:
What Took So Long With The Birth Cert...New title: <br /><br />What Took So Long With The Birth Certificate, Bub?: The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be PresidentChip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71070627251158569572011-04-28T11:19:36.341-05:002011-04-28T11:19:36.341-05:00Corsi sure wishes his publishing boat was swifter ...<i>Corsi sure wishes his publishing boat was swifter than the the Obama Campaign's swift reaction to the Donald's leadership style.</i><br /><br />Nonsense. The release wasn't about the buffoon Trump, it was about undermining the book. Look at the timing. Trump's been making noise for weeks, getting nothing but scorn. The book, on the other hand, was mentioned on Drudge on April 20th, immediately shot up to #1 on Amazon, and within the week, Obama made the request for the certificate and released it.<br /><br />Which is why Corsi gets no tears. His success in getting pre-orders is exactly what got the certificate released.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138730966226244399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57794590384071629282011-04-28T11:12:55.256-05:002011-04-28T11:12:55.256-05:00#1 in Constitutional Law? Does that hurt, o fellow...<i> #1 in Constitutional Law? Does that hurt, o fellow conlawprofs? Check out the rest of the list? How far down do you have to go before you see a book on constitutional law that you respect?</i><br /><br />It’s actually got the #1 and #2 spots on the list.<br /><br />Well #3 is the “Declaration Of Independence, Constitution Of The United States Of America, Bill Of Rights And Constitutional Amendments” but that’s sort of like including your wife or your mother on the list of the “World’s Most Beautiful Women.”<br /><br />I’d skip #4 because Erwin Chemerinsky has established himself as such a political hack that I wouldn’t trust his scholarship on constitutional law any more than I’d trust Paul Krugman on economics.<br /><br />#5 is “The Law” by Frederick Bastiat which was an interesting read in college but doesn’t really have much to do with constitutional law.<br /><br />#6 is “The Five Thousand Year Leap” which sounds like the kind of “constitutional law” book read by people who want to sound knowledgeable about constitutional law to lay people who don’t know any better without having to do the hard work of actually learning it. See Paul, Ron or Beck, Glenn (who wrote the forward).<br /><br />#7 is Crunchtime by Steven Emanuel. I used several of these books in law school and they were useful in breaking things down to the basics so I guess that would be my first recommendation.Thorley Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262423151559851671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50393496940035437932011-04-28T11:04:35.599-05:002011-04-28T11:04:35.599-05:00@Fen: I have seen several blogs saying things like...@Fen: I have seen several blogs saying things like "Oh yeah, OCR software does that." I've also seen blogs saying "No it doesn't."<br /><br />What I haven't seen is anyone taking a piece of paper with text on it, scanning it with OCR software, and posting a PDF file that has a similar structure to the PDF file from the White House.<br /><br />Until that happens, the speculation is just that--speculation.arkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18246896789315209359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86797299739540645202011-04-28T11:00:13.816-05:002011-04-28T11:00:13.816-05:00TWM said...
Oops, I didn't answer your questio...TWM said...<br />Oops, I didn't answer your question (and got off thread - my apologies). No, I don't shed any tears for Corsi. Timing is everything and he missed the boat.<br /><br />4/28/11 9:57 AM<br /><br />It was a swift boat, for sure.<br />Trump, who is a democrat, is asking more inconvenient questions.PaulVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07487620952112732071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11408765053683410002011-04-28T10:59:03.810-05:002011-04-28T10:59:03.810-05:00Honestly, birthers need to stop. If Obama really i...Honestly, birthers need to stop. If Obama really is not eligible for the presidency, you need to take that up with congress that certified his electoral win. Secondly, even if you get past that stage, do you really want to be saying President Biden? Enough already. It's over.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.com