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Madeleine Albright's (in)eligibility was already a known quantity when President Clinton appointed her to the Office of Secretary of State. There was never any question as to whether she would have been inaugurated or skipped over, had it ever become necessary to go that deep into the bullpen.
As regards Mr. Obama, the fact that his father was not a U.S. Citizen is not a consideration. It only takes one parent to confer citizenship, and under the current interpretation of the 14th Amendment, all it takes is being born within the United States.
And about Capt. McCain, even though both of his parents were U.S. Citizens, (in fact, both his grandfather and father eventually rose to 4-star Admiral in the U.S. Navy), he was still born outside the United States, in the Panama Canal Zone.
Finally, Gereng, your two kids born overseas and registered at the U.S. Consulate would not be eligible to hold the office of President (or Vice President, for that matter). Here is the full text of Article II, Section 1, Paragraph 5 of the U.S. Constitution: "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a CItizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
Birth at a U.S. Consulate or Embassy does not count as "natural born," though they would be Citizens.
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Who cares if she was considered a Kenyan under Kenyan law, when she was still a U.S. Citizen, never having renounced her U.S. Citizenship? Certain countries allow dual citizenship, and U.S. Law recognizes dual citizenship (Elizabeth Taylor, for example). Whether young Barry lived in another country, which happened to be majority Muslim, or not has no bearing on his U.S. Citizenship as long as he was born in Hawaii, after 1959. So where is the question of his eligibility to the Office of President?
If we want to dispute whether someone was a Citizen of the United States, how about John McCain, who was born in the Panama Canal Zone? While it may have been treated as U.S. Territory during much of the 20th Century, it was still NOT part of the United States. Remember, even though Secretary of State is one of the offices in the line of succession to the Presidency, Madeleine Albright was ineligible due to being born in Prague Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).
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on How To Die In Oregon
Yeah, Tom, what an ironic juxtaposition of topics!
Incidentally, didn't the author of "Final Exit" (a book about death with dignity) and the founder of the Hemlock Society (don't remember if they are one and the same) live (and die) in Oregon? (Am I remembering this correctly?)
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on Sex Education for College Students
Amen, sister! Did you see the first comment (mine) in this thread, where I call out the right-wing for their total abdication of responsibility where age-appropriate sex ed is concerned?
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Ending statements with a rising tone is more common among women than you appear to realise, Mike. And Ms. Taormino is not as young as I think you imagine; see this link for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_Taormino
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on Live from Salem
Sure, Emily, but that wouldn't have worked as well.
"Emily Goes to Salem" doesn't quite have the same ring as "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," or "Miss Harris Goes to Salem."
(Or even "Mr. Brown Goes to Sacramento," for our neighbours to the south.)
;-)
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on Live from Salem
President Obama's mom was a U.S. Citizen when she gave birth in Hawaii, which was a state when he was born.
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on Live from Salem
Too cool, Tom...I would watch TCM as well, if I could afford ComCrap.
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We would get more honest and intelligent Govt if we used a national lottery system to pick our representatives. Native born citizen, high school education, no drug use, no criminal record and not currently in an insane asylum. -- Gereng — Sun Feb. 13th 11:53p.m.
I gotta say, Gereng, that sounds like a refreshingly new approach to the whole idea of serving one's people. It would definitely exclude such well-known individuals as Arnold Schwarzeneggar (born in Austria) John McCain (born in the Panama Canal Zone), and Madeleine Albright (born at an overseas embassy or consulate). (Apologies if I have mis-spelled any names.) Also, such famous people as Rush Limbaugh and Marion Barry would be out (both convicted drug users).
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Just curious -- would we extend that system down to the local level, all the way to school boards and city councils?
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on Scientology
do you think you are representative of ALL those on facebook
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the inability to read a complex sentence is rather telling, i find
and my punctation is my own choice, -- Iolo — Mon Feb. 14th 9:39a.m.
Lolo, I never claimed to represent all on Facebook. (I suspect that I am one of the minority on Facebook who can write a sentence over eight or so words.) As for the long-winded sentences in the newspaper, I comprehend them just fine -- my remark was more about how, well, long-winded they can be. Finally, I was not criticizing the punctuation skills of any one here, lest I be writing about nothing but spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.
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I would like to found a cult based on Barbarella. -- jacob — Mon Feb. 14th 9:53a.m.
Don't forget the Orgasmatron! And what title would the head of the Church of Barbarella be called? The Duran Duran? (This lends itself to some hilarity and silliness!)
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on Scientology
There is nothing to prevent a person who is born Jewish from converting to Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, or Pastafarianism. So, it seems to me that even if you are "born Jewish," one DOES have a choice.
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on Sex Education for College Students
I am a (lapsed) student at the University of Nike, not OSU.
Personally, I believe that sex education should begin as soon as boys and girls start to notice the differences between one another. I think that by providing children/young people with age-appropriate information and education, they can better protect themselves from unplanned pregnancy and from sexually transmissible infections. The attitude of the Republican'ts, the so-called "Party of 'Family Values,'" the Party of Hell, No!, is to teach abstinence only, which leaves young people woefully un-prepared for the realities of life when they start to discover and experiment with intimacy and sex.
Isn't it interesting that the "Standard Bearer" of the Tea Party Republican Movement, Half-Governor Sarah Palin (who can see Russia from her front porch), has a daughter who had a baby out of wedlock? Shows how well she and the former "First Dude" taught their children "family values."
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Well, lolo, it just so happens that I have a Facebook page, and I can write a meaningful, complex sentence well over six or eight words in length, that is not only properly punctuated, but spelled right, as well. ( <----There's an example, right there!)
On the other hand, I have seen sentences in the newspaper that are so long that they are the entire paragraph, and not puctuated very well, such that they give one a suitable place to breathe when reading an excerpt of an article to one's partner over breakfast. (And newspaper reporters are supposed to be professional writers!)
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on Live from Salem
Exactly, Tom!!!
(I knew there had to be another fan of the classics in here, somewhere!)
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on Live from Salem
Really, DFUND? He's done nothing? Not even practice law, or teach at Western Oregon University? Maybe you would like to see what I found at Wikipedia (admittedly, an imperfect source).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Courtney
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on Live from Salem
First one set of animals, then the other, Tom! Hehehe!
Of course, an alternate title for this edition could have been:
Miss Harris Goes to Salem.
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on Live from Salem
I would support eliminating the kicker if Income Tax rates for individuals (as opposed to corporations) are lowered. If this is not "do-able," then perhaps we can get the Corporate Kicker done away with.
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"Jeff Hawkins worked in marketing for the Church of Scientology for over 35 years. He left the church..." -- from the introduction
He can't have worked for the "Church" of Scientology for much longer than that -- wasn't it only founded in 1966 (or then-abouts)?
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Methinks DFUND is obsessed with Neil Goldschmidt. This is at least the third time he (?) has suggested a discussion on that subject matter in a discussion thread for some other topic.
If DFUND is so dead-set on a discussion about Neil Goldschmidt, then perhaps he can send an email to the producers with the FACTS, not innuendo and theories and speculations.
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