Rumors have flown around the internet for the past half year claiming that Barak Obama is not a natural born citizen.  Most court cases filed have been dismissed, and mostly on the grounds that the people filing the court cases do not have the standing to file the lawsuit.  Hawaiian Department of Health officials have publicly stated they have seen the certificate.  They did not state where the certificate said Obama was born, but they did see it.  Certificates of live birth are given to people born out of the country upon their re-entry.

However, card-carrying Democrat Philip J. Berg continued to appeal the dismissal, and has finally gotten to the Supreme Court.  There,

“Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s Clerk informed Philip J. Berg, the lawyer who brought the case against Obama, that his petition for an injunction to stay the November 4th election was denied, but the Clerk also required the defendants to respond to the Writ of Certiorari (which requires the concurrence of four Justices) by December 1. At that time, Mr. Obama must present to the Court an authentic birth certificate, after which Mr. Berg will respond.

If Obama fails to do that, it is sure to inspire the skepticism of the Justices, who are unaccustomed to being defied. They will have to decide what to do about a president-elect who refuses to prove his natural-born citizenship.

‘I can see a unanimous Court (en banc) decertifying the election if Obama refuses to produce his birth certificate,” says Raymond S. Kraft, an attorney and writer. “They cannot do otherwise without abandoning all credibility as guardians of the Constitution. Even the most liberal justices, however loathe they may to do this, still consider themselves guardians of the Constitution. The Court is very jealous of its power – even over presidents, even over presidents-elect.’

Also remember that on December 13, the Electoral College meets to casts its votes. If it has been determined that Mr. Obama is an illegal alien and therefore ineligible to become President of the United States, the Electors will be duty-bound to honor the Constitution.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2128383/posts?page=1

Here is a post I just received from Don Burkhart on Blakely Island who has been gathering signatures to put the fireworks ban on the ballot so that the citizens can decide for themselves what to do with their celebration of the 4th of July.  Congratulations, Don, and to all those who helped with this effort!

Since we do not have any polling places we are all vote by mail, and your ballot must have a POSTMARK of Nov. 4th and the cut-off for the post mark is shortly after 12 noon on most islands, so please, get those ballots in tonight or tomorrow morning early! and

REMEMBER THESE WORDS ON 4 NOVEMBER 2008

“You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.”

—Abraham Lincoln–