President Obama Birth Certificate- yet again

Received this from a friend, as have so many others:

Very Interesting Bit of Detective Work

1.
Back in 1961 people of color were called 'Negroes.' So how can the Obama 'birth certificate' state he is 'African-American when the term wasn't even used at that time?

2.
The birth certificate that the White House released lists Obama's birth as August 4, 1961. It also lists Barack Hussein Obama as his father. No big deal, right? At the time of Obama's birth, it also shows that his father is aged 25 years old, and that Obama's father was born in " Kenya , East Africa ". This wouldn't seem like anything of concern,except the fact that Kenya did not even exist until 1963, two whole years
after Obama's birth, and 27 years after his father's birth. How could Obama's father have been born in a country that did not yet exist? Up and until Kenya was formed in 1963, it was known as the " British Eas Africa Protectorate".

3.
On the birth certificate released by the White House, the listed place of birth is "Kapi'olani Maternity Gynecological Hospital ". This cannot be, because the hospital(s) in question in 1961 were called "KauiKeolani Children's Hospital" and "Kapi'olani
Maternity Home", respectively. The name did not change to Kapi'olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital until 1978, when these two hospitals merged. How can this particular name of the hospital be on a birth certificate dated 1961 if this name had
not yet been applied to it until 1978?

Response:

Why are you  so wrapped up in this?  I  can’t say that I have any interest at all in this, and believe that with all the weasels in politics and law that if there were any real issue it would have been a real issue.  As for this latest Sheriff Joe conspiracist (made up that word, but note that it contains racist) witch hunt to make the rounds:

RE: “1. Back in 1961 people of color were called “Negroes.” So how can the Obama “birth certificate” state he is “African-American” when the term wasn’t even used at that time?”

ANSWER: First it does not say “African-American.” It says “African.” Only African. The explanation is simple. In Hawaii you were allowed to use any word you wanted to describe your race. There was no checklist, and no one stood over you saying what you had to enter. There are entries in Hawaii of people listing their race as “American.” So you were allowed to use any word you wanted.

And what was the word that African exchange students commonly used to describe their race in the 1960s? Answer: African.

Re: “… Kenya did not even exist until 1963, two whole years after Obama’s birth, and 27 years after his father’s birth. How could Obama’s father have been born in a country that did not yet exist? Up and until Kenya was formed in 1963, it was known then as the “British East Africa Protectorate”.”

Answer. You are out of date about the name. It stopped being called the British East African Protectorate in 1920. In that year it was renamed. What was the name? THE KENYA COLONY. In short, it was called Kenya, and it was in East Africa, so the entry Kenya, East Africa is correct.

Re: “3. On the birth certificate released by the White House, the listed place of birth is “Kapi’olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital”. This cannot be, because the hospital(s) in question in 1961 were called “KauiKeolani Children’s Hospital” and “Kapi’olani Maternity Home”, respectively. ”

Answer: No, you are referring to two other hospitals, the merging of two other hospitals.

Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital DID exist in 1961. How do we know? Well, on WND’s site there are birth certificates for the Nordkye Twins, born one day after Obama in the same hospital, and what is the name of the hospital on their birth certificates? Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital.

This answer came off the internet too, so while it makes sense, who knows what’s true.  The birth certificate “falsification issue” seems outlandish but conspiracy theorists will run with anything.  I don’t know much about Sheriff Joe, but if this is an example of his work, I’m not impressed.  The larger issue, though, is why are people spending time on this nonsense?  Why not focus on the President’s job performance, or lack thereof?  This is going to be another tough election for the voter.  President Obama hasn’t done a good job as president, and Governor Romney didn’t do a good job as governor.  Why can’t we have a good candidate from either party?

Status Symbols

What are the new status symbols?  We all know the traditional status symbols.  Once upon a time they were cars, and people were willing to pay an extra $25,000 for a car that had a peace symbol on the hood (Mercedes, for the youngsters).  Then, oddly, the brand name of the bottled water seemed to matter to some.  Of course clothing has always had it's over-priced labels, and the Coach fad a several years ago was a riot considering the items only cost a few dollars each to produce.  But the short-term Tommy Bahamas and long term Vuittons are nothing new. Then there were the "in" beers for a while, followed by the flavored vodkas (isn't the whole point of vodka that it's tasteless) and "top shelf" liquors, but these all seem to have limited appeal to limited people (not just limited numbers of people, but limited people).  Status sneakers seem to have died down some, as has iAnything (2 million people have preordered the iPhone 5; how exclusive can it be?)  I know that there are subgroups with their own status cultures.  For example, teenagers have their popular stores, which seem to rotate (e.g., Hollister at the moment), young mothers their exclusive baby goods (like strollers) and housewives their expensive kitchen items and appliances.  But being a guy who doesn't wear brands or care too much about them, I sure that I'm pretty clueless as to what's new in constituting status these days.  Anybody know?

Don't you just hate it when you're going to go through a yellow light but the person in front of you isn't?



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