By Lawrence Sellin ——Bio and Archives--July 1, 2011
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“Thank you for writing regarding President Barack Obama's qualifications to be President. I appreciate this opportunity to respond.” “Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution specifies the qualifications for this executive office. It states that no person except for a natural born American citizen is eligible to run for President of the United States. Also, the candidate must be at least thirty-five years of age and have resided in the United States for at least fourteen years.” “President Obama meets these constitutional requirements. If you were not already aware, on April 27, 2011 the White House released a copy of President Obama's long form birth certificate. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961. According to the Fourteenth Amendment, all persons born in the United States are considered citizens of the United States. Under these criteria, President Obama, a 47-year-old U.S. citizen, who has resided in the United States for longer than fourteen years, is eligible to be President.Dodgy Diane intentionally uses “citizen” and “natural borne citizen” interchangeably to imply that they mean the same thing. It is willful deception. We now have a rogue Congress interested only in perpetuating their personal power and privilege. Do not donate to the Republicans or Democrats in Congress. We must now use all our energies and resources to organize an opposition locally and replace the current Congress with American patriots. Occasionally a reader will write to me urging caution in opposing Obama:
“I believe that we can do a lot more to defeat the President and his agenda if we stick to pointing out how wrong his policies are. Harping on the eligibility issue just gives the left more ammo to use to paint us with the kooky brush.”I agree that we should challenge Obama and the Democrats on their misguided policies, but in a street fight you can be sure that Obama, his union thugs, his powerful leftist financiers and his radical followers will not play by any rules. And we will be called names like “racist” or “extremists” no matter what we do or say. Regrettably, our government has declared war on the American people and our Constitution. We must now remind ourselves of the outnumbered militiamen on Lexington Common the morning of April 19, 1775, the courage they displayed and the fateful words of their commander Captain John Parker:
"Stand your ground; don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."The 2012 election will be crucial. It is now our turn to stand our ground. We are, quite literally, fighting for our lives and our country.
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Lawrence Sellin, Ph.D. is a recently retired colonel with 29 years of service in the US Army Reserve. He is a veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq.