Dear colleagues:
These actions and tough words may be just tales told by irresponsible
politicians, full of sound and furry, signifying nothing. It is true that many
of these politicos--some with their racist tendencies--invested substantial
capital in the 2012 presidential election and lost. Some are suffering from
post-election psychological depression or psychosis because of the unanticipated
Obama victory. I would suggest that it's not too late for these men and women to
see a psychiatrist--a reputable psychiatrist--on this matter. In truth, I have
seen such political actors in Nollyhood movies--and real life.
Ike Udogu
----- Original Message -----
From: ok <olakassimmd@aol.com>
Date: Sunday, December 2, 2012 10:17 pm
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - - Obama Eligibility Challenge Returns To
Haunt Florida
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Cc: leonenet@lists.umbc.edu, theai@earthlink.net, nigerianid@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
>
> Prof:
>
> I have always assumed from this side of the border (Canada), that
> the wackiest Americans
> reside in the state of California.
> However judging from the above news item, it would appear that I
> have been grossly mistaken as some
> natives and residents of the Sunshine State, including "natural
> born citizens" and those who
> were not so blessed, could give the residents of the Golden State
> a run for their money.
>
> It might not matter after all for two reasons:
>
> 1) Obama will still win the Presidential elections even without
> Floridabased on the plurality of the electoral college votes.
>
> 2) It is posible that Florida might be an independent nation by the
> time Obama second term
> reaches its midpoint--if the current petition succeeds and a
> majority of Floridians
> vote to secede from the USA in a state wide referendum.
>
> There must be something they hide in those tall hats in Florida!
>
> Bye,
>
> Ola
>
>
>
>
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: Abdul Karim Bangura <theai@earthlink.net>
> To: USAAfricaDialogue <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>
> Cc: leonenet <leonenet@lists.umbc.edu>
> Sent: Sun, Dec 2, 2012 1:22 pm
> Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Obama Eligibility Challenge
> Returns To Haunt Florida
>
>
>
> WND EXCLUSIVE
>
> Eligibility challenge returns to haunt Florida
>
>
> by Bob Unruh
> Email | Archive Bob Unruh
> joined WND in 2006 after nearly three decades with the Associated
> Press, as well as several Upper Midwest newspapers.
>
>
> A lawsuit challenging Barack Obama's presence on the 2012
> presidential election ballot because of questions over his
> constitutional eligibility that was thrown out by a judge who
> earlier determined it wasn't timely has returned to haunt election
> officials in the state with a request that the Obama victory
> results be quashed.
> "Defendant Barack Hussein Obama is a direct threat to the safety
> and security of the United States, and its Constitution, which
> plaintiff must protect and defend by oath," according to the
> complaint, which was delivered to Secretary of State Ken Detzner
> today.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The case earlier this year was dismissed by Circuit Judge Terry
> Lewis, who said Obama's eligibility could not be challenged at that
> time because under Florida election law, technically, Obama hadn't
> been nominated to the position.
> As WND reported, Michael Voeltz, who identifies himself as "a
> registered member of the Democratic Party, voter and taxpayer in
> Broward County," had challenged Obama's eligibility, arguing that
> the "natural born citizen" clause was rightly understood in
> historical context to mean a child not only born in the U.S., but
> born to two American-citizen parents, so as not to have divided
> loyalties. Obama, however, readily admits to being born a dual
> citizen because of his father's British citizenship.
> In his decision then, Lewis noted that the United States Supreme
> Court has concluded that "every person born in the United States,
> and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, becomes at once a citizen
> of the United States."
> However, attorney Larry Klayman, who is representing Voeltz, said,
> "The judge equated being a 'citizen' with a 'natural born citizen'
> and cited no authority to conclude the two terms are the same. He
> quotes other state's cases, where judges reached that conclusion,
> but that's not precedent for him. What other courts said in lower
> cases means nothing to him."
> Klayman also had been concerned that the judge determined the
> burden of proof that Obama is ineligible fell on Voeltz – but then
> refused to authorize discovery in the case which could have
> confirmed that eligibility status.
> "How can you say we have the burden of proof, then not allow
> discovery?" Klayman asked. "He says we have burden, but doesn't
> allow us to meet it."
> And he said Voeltz has standing to bring the case, under Florida law.
> Is Obama constitutionally eligible to serve? Here's WND's complete
> archive of news reports on the issue
> The original case sought to exclude Obama from the 2012 ballot.
> Klayman and Voeltz claimed that Obama is not a natural born citizen
> as required by Article 2, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution,
> because he was born a British subject.
> The case cited the evidence produced by Arizona Sheriff Joe
> Arpaio's special investigative unit, which has asserted that the
> birth documentation from Hawaii that Obama claimed was "proof
> positive" of his Hawaiian birth is not real.
> And Florida law provides that anyone qualified to vote in an
> election may challenge a candidate based on 'ineligibility of the
> successful candidate for the nomination or office in dispute."
> Now the new complaint explains the challenge to Obama's eligibility
> is "within the proper time frame and venue established by the
> 'contest of election' statutes of Florida."
> "Plaintiff asserts that Defendant Barack Hussein Obama is not a
> natural born citizen of the United States because he was born a
> British subject of a British subject father, Barack Obama Sr., who
> was married to the mother of Barack H. Obama at the time…," it
> explains."Barack Obama Sr., a citizen of the British colony of
> Kenya, and his children, were subject to the operation of the
> British Nationality Act of 1948. By the operation of Part 1 Section
> 1 of that Act, Barack Hussein Obama became a British subject, upon
> birth to a British subject father. It is not known whether he has
> lost that birth allegiance to the British crown."
> And, according to the complaint, the natural born citizen clause
> specifically was inserted to address the possibility of foreign
> influence at the highest levels of the U.S. government, in the
> White House.
> "Law of Nations defines the term of art 'natural born citizen' as
> one born in the country [to] parents who are that country's citizens.
> "Plaintiff Michael C. Voeltz has standing, as a Florida voter, and
> taxpayer, to challenge the 'nomination or election of any person to
> office' based on the winning candidates' eligibility for the office
> sought. … The state of Florida has chosen, by popular election, the
> electors for Defendant Barack Hussein Obama to be president …
> Plaintiff has fulfilled all aspects of the Florida election
> statutes for this challenge of eligibility, as to timing, venue,
> and indispensable parties."
> The case notes that the complaint is being filed before the Florida
> electors meet to cast their vote in the Electoral College, a
> procedure that affirms the popular vote choice made Nov. 6.
> The case asks the Florida Elections Canvassing Commission to
> decertify the Florida General Election upon a "judicial
> determination of the ineligibility of Barack Hussein Obama to serve
> as president … and to certify the electors for Mitt Romney as the
> winner."Klayman has argued that since Obama, by his own admission,
> was not born to two citizen parents, he is not a "natural born
> citizen" and, therefore, is ineligible to be a candidate on the
> state's election ballot.
> Florida's election statutes provide broad protections for voters to
> ensure that the integrity of the election system is beyond
> reproach. One of the laws allows voters to challenge the nomination
> of a candidate who is not eligible for the office he is seeking.
>
>
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