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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126546)	3/15/2012 5:42:28 PM
From: Farmboy	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224745

Just where does it come from then, if not from drilling?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126546)	3/15/2012 5:56:07 PM
From: TopCat	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224745

"Just try and produce 20 millions barrels of oil a day by drilling." Just try to produce 20 million barrels a day WITHOUT drilling.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126546)	3/16/2012 7:33:46 AM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224745

Donald Trump: Say it is so, Sheriff Joe Billionaire back into eligibility, encourages Arpaio probe wnd.com Donald Trump's note praises Sheriff Joe Arpaio for investigating President Obama's eligibility NEW YORK – Billionaire Donald Trump is heaping praise and encouragement on Sheriff Joe Arpaio for the Arizona lawman’s probe into the authenticity of President Obama’s purported birth certificate and his eligibility for office. WND has confirmed with Michael Cohen, a top aide to Trump, that “The Donald” personally penned a handwritten note of congratulations to Arpaio following the Maricopa County sheriff’s Cold Case Posse news conference March 1 in Phoenix. NOTE: In case you missed the news conference of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “Cold Case Posse,” you can view it here. Having printed out an Associated Press report of the event that featured a photograph of Arpaio and published by the Huffington Post, Trump penned diagonally in the upper left hand corner, “Joe – Great going – You are the only one with the ‘guts’ to do this – Keep up the good fight – Donald Trump.” Last April, after the White House released the long-form birth certificate that Arpaio’s law-enforcement investigators now have probable cause to believe to be a forgery, Trump told WND’s senior staff reporter Jerome Corsi that he would be willing to consider going public once again on Obama’s birth certificate if and when the issue resurfaced as a major news item. Trump has consistently maintained he has doubts the Obama birth certificate released by the White House is genuine, even though he has decided to take a low profile on the issue in recent months.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126546)	3/16/2012 7:34:18 AM
From: lorne	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224745

Arizona Targets Obama Birther Controversy with New Law Published March 15, 2012 Fox News Latino latino.foxnews.com PHOENIX – Arizona officials have jumped back into the debunked birther controversy over President Barack Obama's birth certificate and his eligibility to hold office, endorsing a proposal that requires presidential candidates to swear that they meet the qualifications of the nation's highest office. A legislative committee on Wednesday endorsed the proposal and the Arizona secretary of state is expected in the coming days to call for candidates to complete a new form asking eligibility questions, including whether they are natural-born U.S. citizens. There has been a lot of media attention devoted to this, so we wanted to make sure there is a standardized form. - Matthew Roberts, a spokesman for Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett The widely-disproved notion that the president was born abroad rather than in Hawaii, as state officials have repeatedly confirmed, comes up regularly in Arizona. Most recently, the man known as "America's Toughest Sheriff", Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, released a report from a volunteer posse challenging the authenticity of the president's birth certificate. Arpaio to Obama: Show Me Your Papers In the past, political parties drafted their own certification documents that Arizona officials say didn't consistently address the issue of qualifications. "There has been a lot of media attention devoted to this, so we wanted to make sure there is a standardized form," said Matthew Roberts, a spokesman for Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett. It's unclear whether other states require such forms. Attempts by The Associated Press to reach Democratic National Committee officials for comment were not immediately successful. The controversy over the validity of Obama's birth certificate and eligibility — started by what critics call the "birther movement" — gained steam in Arizona last year when the Legislature passed a bill requiring presidential candidates to prove their citizenship before their names can appear on the state's ballot. The proposal was vetoed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, who called the measure "a bridge too far." Recently, Arpaio, whose immigration patrols have generated a political firestorm and are the subject of a federal lawsuit, brought new attention to the controversy. Arpaio this month said an investigation conducted by a volunteer posse revealed probable cause to suspect Obama's birth certificate is a forgery. Days later, it was revealed that Arpaio's lead investigator was selling his report on the investigation as a book. The controversy has been widely debunked, yet remains alive for some conservatives who maintain that Obama is ineligible to hold the nation's highest office because, they contend, he was born in Kenya, his father's homeland. Hawaii officials have regularly verified Obama's citizenship, and the White House released a copy of the president's long-form birth certificate in April in an attempt to quell the issue. Courts also have rebuffed lawsuits over the issue. The latest legislative effort in Arizona to confront Obama's eligibility would require political parties to file an affidavit swearing under penalty of perjury that their presidential and vice presidential candidates are qualified to hold the positions. It also would let any voter in Arizona file a lawsuit challenging an affidavit. If it were to get the governor's signature, the requirements of the bill would apply to this year's presidential contest. Brewer spokesman Matthew Benson declined to say whether the governor would sign the bill if it clears the Legislature. Republican Rep. Carl Seel of Phoenix, the author of last year's vetoed bill and this year's measure, said a similar requirement would apply to all candidates for public office in Arizona and ensure the integrity of all races. "It's about all candidates and preserving the integrity of our ballot for all candidates," Seel said shortly before the Senate's government reform committee approved his bill on a 4-2 vote. The bill faces a vote by one more Senate committee. Then, if it's approved by the full Senate, it heads to the state House for consideration. Democratic Sen. David Lujan of Phoenix, who voted against the bill, rejected Seel's arguments, saying, "It's clear from Rep. Seel's comments in committee that he still wants to challenge the validity of President Obama's birth certificate even though I, and — I believe — the vast majority of Americans, believe the issue is settled."