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To: LindyBill who wrote (360662)	4/21/2010 6:17:29 PM
From: J.B.C.	2 Recommendations Respond to of 794197

Wednesday April 21, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona House Passes Amendment Requiring Citizenship Proof of President By Peter J. Smith PHOENIX, Arizona, April 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Arizona House of Representatives has given preliminary approval to a measure that would require any presidential candidate to prove to the secretary of state that he is a “natural born citizen.” The legislation is aimed at settling any remaining uncertainty that President Barack Obama may not eligible under the U.S. Constitution to run for or hold the office of president. The House voted 31-22 to add the provision to SB 1024. The House will need to take another vote on the bill itself before sending it back to the Senate for another vote. Rep. Judy Burges (R-4) added the language, which requires that a candidate demonstrate that he is a “natural born citizen” by having the Secretary of State review the birth certificate itself. Although both Obama’s campaign and the state of Hawaii have provided a “certificate of live birth” to demonstrate president Obama was born in the United States and thus is constitutionally eligible to serve as president, critics allege that certificate does not go far enough and say that the president needs to reveal the “long form” of his Hawaiian birth certificate, which they say would put to rest any further doubt. Arizona’s Secretary of State Ken Bennett has criticized the measure, saying that only the U.S. Constitution can determine the requirements by which a candidate is eligible to run for president. As yet, it remains unclear as to whether the Arizona Senate would approve the legislation and Republican Gov. Jan Brewer has not indicated whether she would sign it into law. J.D. Hayworth, a former Republican congressman challenging Sen. John McCain for the GOP Senate nomination, has thrown his support for Obama to produce the long form of his birth certificate to allay any remaining doubts over his status as a natural-born citizen. Both in the run-up and after the 2008 presidential election, numerous cases were filed demanding conclusive proof that Obama is eligible to serve as president. One case, filed by lifelong Democrat Philip J. Berg of Philadelphia, was filed before the Supreme Court, and then subsequently denied. Berg told LifeSiteNew.com while the case was ongoing that if Obama truly were ineligible and nonetheless inaugurated, then there would be "a real constitutional crisis.” "We'd have a nightmare on our hands," he said. One recent incident has highlighted the complications that can arise while the issue remains unsettled. Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Terrence Lakin of the U.S. Army currently is facing court martial for disobeying deployment orders to Afghanistan, saying that he is disobeying “illegal orders,” because they come from President Obama. Lakin said in a YouTube video posted last month that he was “inviting [his] own court-martial,” asserting that Obama’s claim to natural born citizenship is still questionable, and would only be resolved by producing the long-form birth certificate.

To: LindyBill who wrote (360662)	4/22/2010 3:55:27 PM
From: Neil H	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794197

I was just in Syria for 6 days. Not speaking of the government or politics, it is nothing like I imagined from negative press or what I expected. I have been in scores of countries and must say I cant remember anywhere I felt more welcome. The people like Americans and always gave big smiles when I told them where I was from. Most of the western tourism is European - primarily Italians, French and German. Americans are not many. The country appeared to be quite self sufficient. The people are mostly educated with a large middle class. Most in the cities own apartments. Lots of old US and European cars still running (50s and 60s circa). But also many newer asian and eastern european models -Never saw so many KIAs anywhere. Damascus and Aleppo are really cool cities with fun covered souks (shopping with many stalls). The north of the country is lush with vegetation. Great food too. Anyways though you might want to know that people are people everywhere. Neil