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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (92620)	4/18/2011 1:10:50 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

Builder outlook falls ahead of spring season 3 minutes ago By The Associated Press (AP:WASHINGTON) A bevy of issues are dogging the ailing housing industry: high unemployment, tighter bank lending standards and bigger required down-payments and fear home prices will fall further has kept many people from buying homes. That's despite low mortgage rates and home prices that are the most affordable in a generation. The industry received a big boost in the first half of last year when the government offered tax credits to home-buyers. But once they expired in April, home sales plummeted. Economists expect home prices will hit bottom late this year before a modest recovery takes hold. Large swaths of the hardest-hit states, including Arizona, California, Florida and Nevada, continue to struggle with foreclosures and short sales, when a lender allows a borrower to sell their property for less than what is owed. Builders have been hopeful that a strong spring season, traditionally the best for home construction, could help power a turnaround. Regionally, the Northeast and Midwest saw two-point gains in their index of construction activity, to 20 and 14, respectively. The West held steady at 17 and the South, the largest regional housing market, plunged four points, from 19 to 15. The index gauging current conditions fell one point, to 16, while the recorded foot traffic of prospective buyers rose by a point, to 13. The estimate of single-family home sales over the next six months dropped three points, to 23, falling to its lowest level since October. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (92620)	4/18/2011 1:30:36 PM
From: bruwin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

It seems, from what I’ve managed to unearth on the net, that there is a difference between “Certification of Live Birth” and a “Certificate of Live Birth” or “Birth Certificate”. A “Certificate of Live Birth” generally contains uniquely identifying information such as testaments from eyewitnesses, i.e. doctors, nurses, etc.., and the specific location so that it is now verifiable and traceable. In addition, it should contain signatures of the relevant parties. On the other hand, one can get a “Certification of Live Birth” with minimal documentation and no eyewitnesses. It appears, apparently, that the date of birth can be any date the person enters. This document can then be used to establish citizenship for the purpose of obtaining a passport, but its lack of physically identifying information, as found on the "Certificate Of Live Birth", precludes it from being useful in proving "Natural Born" status. There has also been reference to newspaper ads placed about the birth of a son on August 1961 in Hawaii. Apparently Obama had 8 half-siblings by four other marriages or relationships between his parents. So there has been some query as to which son the ad was referring to. It seems that Trump’s argument is that what Obama has produced is a “Certification of Live Birth” as compared to a “Certificate of Live Birth”, also known as a “Birth Certificate”. Anyway, if US Law accepts “Certification of Live Birth” as being a sufficient requirement for someone to be inaugurated as the country’s President, then so be it.