Jan Tinbergen was a Dutch economist who won the Nobel prize in economics. His brother, Nikolaas, won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Tinbergen was a mathematically oriented economist who wrote from a Keynesian perspective. In 1954 he wrote a monograph "Centralization and Decentralization in Economic Policy"* in which he outlines structural equations that might be useful in studying the effects of decentralization on social welfare. He defines "conformity" as the conformity of policy makers' assumptions to the real world. In the chapter on centralized economic policy he notes the importance of trial and error to policy making. He is talking about quantitative policy goals such as income and price levels (p. 16):
"Conformity will hardly ever exactly be realised in practice, if only because of our imperfect knowledge of the structural constants or because of changes in such 'constants'. This circumstance makes it necessary and more or less usual for policy-makers to follow a trial-and-error policy method. They will try a certain value of their instrument and observe the result. Dependent on this result they will adjust the instrument variable. In view of this practice it is sometimes doubted whether it is any use to make econometric estimates for the values of the instrument variables. The answer is that although it is possible by trial and error to find the correct values, this method nevertheless implies some waste...social utility is usually unfavourably influenced by the frequency of changes in political instrument values."
The problem of uncovering the correct policy course becomes even more severe in the case of qualitative policies:
"In the case of qualitative changes all we can do, as a rule, is just to calculate the outcome for the alternative cases and to compare them...the problem of comparing alternative forms of organisation of economic life constitutes the problem par excellence of economic science; its real raison d'etre."
Tinbergen notes that:
"If in particular a higher degree of centralization would have been possible and would have led to target variable values with a higher utility, the reason of the discrepancy may be said to be the very fact of decentralization. In the case of non-conformity it is by wrong insight into or knowledge of the objective equations that wrong instrument variables are chosen. Simple though this phenomenon and its remedy may seem, it is not so simple in practice. One reason is that exact knowledge on the mechanism of an economy does not exist and that there can, therefore, only be question of better or worse approximations. Another reason is that even experts in this field are not unanimous and that it will be very difficult, then, for non-experts to be. Even if there is unanimity among experts in some cases, it is not easy to convince the rank and file of large organizations of this expert opinion."
Although economies of scale make centralization more efficient (p. 59):
"(I)t is in the nature of centralization that it will be more costly as soon as purely technical economies of scale are out of the question. It generally requires a bigger administrative machinery and, before all, more interference with private freedom,"
and (p. 62):
"any application of an instrument in a centralized way will imply higher disutilities, or will lower utility more than will the same application in a decentralized situation would. There is, therefore, a general tendency in a centralized situation to make less use of all the instruments, which will be the stronger the higher the disutilities are."
However, in decentralized situations policies which help other units are used to a lesser degree than they would be in a centralized situation so if there are positive overflows, the decentralized approach may not be as good.
Where all the units have similar or identical perceptions of their own social welfare then centralized regimes are to be preferred. Moreover, where policy instruments conflict among the goals of subunits or where a policy would help all the subunits if applied across the board, then a centralized approach is better.
But instruments which do not affect other decentralized units are better applied at a decentralized level (p. 74):
"In plain language, the cost and trouble will be diminished, without changing the situation any further...Each decentralization means reduction of costs and disutility generally."
Thus, where each unit's social welfare is similar to the others, policies which are neutral or do not affect the other units are best pursued on a decentralized basis and policies that can have an across the board positive effect are best pursued on a centralized basis (such as general price levels).
It is difficult to know which policies have positive overflows. Many policies have negative effects. Economists of the 1940s believed that the Fed was an instrument for positive results. Today, even the Keynesian descendants of this group does not deny that Fed oversight of the banking system has resulted in endemic catastrophes and miscalculations leading to the need for a trillion dollar welfare infusion from the public.
Polices which have outright negative effects, which I would argue that the Fed and the American banking system has, are better implemented on a decentralized basis because the groupthink, ideological commitment to central banking and massive errors that policy makers commit can be limited to local units that have preferred to take such risks.
*J. Tinbergen, "Centralization and Decentralization in Economic Policy". Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1954.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Langbert To Newsweek: Go Back to France
I noticed Newsweek in the Columbus Circle station of the "1" train. The headline read "We Are All Socialists Now". It reminded me as to why 99.3% of Americans DO NOT read Newsweek. The 0.7% who do are baboons whose knuckles scrape the ground. I wrote the editors the following letter:
Re: your cover "We Are All Socialists Now". In the 1920s Ludwig von Mises showed that informational requirements are too great for a socialist economy to coordinate economic activity efficiently. In the 1930s Oskar Lange, attempting to disprove von Mises, tried to show that market socialism was possible but his argument was circular and failed to account for the possibility of entrepreneurial entry. In the 1940s Schumpeter showed that creative destruction, the entrepreneurial force of capitalism, is absent from socialism so that socialism is a profoundly reactionary system. In the 1940s and 1950s Leontief tried to show that input-output models were a possible avenue for socialist planning, but this idea failed. In the 1940s FA Hayek showed that price is a fundamental requirement for economic coordination, completing von Mises's argument that socialism is inefficient. In the 1980s, the Soviet Union fell for the very reasons that von Mises and Hayek offered.
Socialism is supposed to be an economic system where the public controls the means of production through the state. The current developments in the United States reveal an economic system where Wall Street, commercial bankers and other incompetently run corporations control the state through special interest leveraging. This is not socialism. It is the corrupt brokerage of special interests whereby the US government has become a subsidiary of Citigroup.
I can see why 99.7% of Americans do not read Newsweek. Based on your headline, you are ignorant fools.
Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.
West Shokan, NY
Re: your cover "We Are All Socialists Now". In the 1920s Ludwig von Mises showed that informational requirements are too great for a socialist economy to coordinate economic activity efficiently. In the 1930s Oskar Lange, attempting to disprove von Mises, tried to show that market socialism was possible but his argument was circular and failed to account for the possibility of entrepreneurial entry. In the 1940s Schumpeter showed that creative destruction, the entrepreneurial force of capitalism, is absent from socialism so that socialism is a profoundly reactionary system. In the 1940s and 1950s Leontief tried to show that input-output models were a possible avenue for socialist planning, but this idea failed. In the 1940s FA Hayek showed that price is a fundamental requirement for economic coordination, completing von Mises's argument that socialism is inefficient. In the 1980s, the Soviet Union fell for the very reasons that von Mises and Hayek offered.
Socialism is supposed to be an economic system where the public controls the means of production through the state. The current developments in the United States reveal an economic system where Wall Street, commercial bankers and other incompetently run corporations control the state through special interest leveraging. This is not socialism. It is the corrupt brokerage of special interests whereby the US government has become a subsidiary of Citigroup.
I can see why 99.7% of Americans do not read Newsweek. Based on your headline, you are ignorant fools.
Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.
West Shokan, NY
Friday, February 13, 2009
Barack Obama: Mens Rea
I just received this e-mail from Jim Crum.
>None of us know the facts, but we have strong suspicions. That being said, it seems highly irregular that more efforts are being made to seal all of his records. Here's today's lesson: Mens Rea. The action of the defendant in this case is a strong example of mens rea -meaning guilty mind
See below:
JJC.
Etymology directly from the Latin Noun mens rea (law) a guilty mind, a conscious knowing by the perpetrator that the act s/he committed was illicit
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OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL
'Sanctions' sought in eligibility case
President's attorneys file motion demanding birth, college records be withheld from public
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId746
A high-powered team of Los Angeles attorneys representing President Obama in his effort to keep his birth certificate, college records and passport documents concealed from the public has suggested there should be "monetary sanctions" against a lawyer whose clients have brought a complaint alleging Obama doesn't qualify for the Oval Office under the Constitution's demand for a "natural born" citizen in that post.
The suggestion came in an exchange of e-mails and documents in a case brought by former presidential candidate Alan Keyes and others in California. The case originally sought to have the state's electors ordered to withhold their votes for Obama until his eligibility was established. Since Obama's inauguration, it has been amended to seek a future requirement for a vetting process, in addition to the still-sought unveiling of his records.
In the case, handled largely by Gary Kreep of the U.S. Justice Foundation, records were subpoenaed documenting Obama's attendance at Occidental College.
The lawyer for the college, Stuart W. Rudnick of Musick, Peeler & Garrett, urgently contacted Fredric D. Woocher of Strumwasser & Woocher.
"This firm is counsel to Occidental College. The College is in receipt of the enclosed subpoena that seeks certain information concerning President-Elect Barack Obama," he wrote via fax. "Inasmuch as the subpoena appears to be valid on its face, the College will have no alternative but to comply with the subpoena absent a court order instructing otherwise."
Within hours, Woocher contacted Kreep regarding the issue, telling him, "It will likely not surprise you to hear that President-elect Obama opposes the production of the requested records.
"In order to avoid the needless expense of our bringing and litigating a Motion to Quash the subpoena, I am writing to ask whether you would be willing to agree voluntarily to cancel or withdraw the subpoena."
Woocher warned, "Please be advised, in particular, that in the event we are forced to file a motion to quash and we prevail in that motion, we will seek the full measure of monetary sanctions provided for in the Code of Civil Procedures."
Kreep, out of town for a business trip, did not respond immediately, and the motion eventually was filed. It states that the records, which could reveal on what name Obama attended classes at Occidental and whether he attended on scholarship money intended for foreign students, "are of no relevance to this moot litigation."
The motion also claims the petitioners failed to serve the subpoena properly.
Where's the proof Barack Obama was born in the U.S. or that he fulfills the "natural-born American" clause in the Constitution? If you still want to see it, join more than 235,000 others and sign up now!
"The subpoena directed to Occidental College should therefore be quashed. Alternatively, this court should issue an order directing that the deposition of the custodian of records of Occidental College not take place," the firm working on Obama's behalf stated.
"The central issue in this lawsuit … is whether any Respondent had a legal duty to demand proof of natural born citizenship from Democratic Party's nominee," the motion said. "None of the documents sought by petitioners could possibly assist in answering this question."
The motion then cited a precedent from a case involving a "former law firm client who brought malpractice action against firm claiming unconscionable rates was not entitled to discovery regarding amount paid by law firm to contract staff attorney because such information is irrelevant to unconscionability claim."
The case, with Keyes, Wiley S. Drake and Markham Robinson as plaintiffs, names California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, Barack Hussein Obama, Joe Biden and the state's electors as defendants.
"OBAMA has been inaugurated as the president of the United States. However, to properly assume such office, OBAMA must meet the qualifications specified in Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution for the Office of the President of the United States, which includes that he must be a 'natural born' citizen," the amended complaint states.
"OBAMA has failed to demonstrate that he is a 'natural born' citizen. There have been a number of legal challenges before various state and federal courts regarding aspects of non-, lost, or dual citizenship concerning OBAMA. Those challenges, in and of themselves, demonstrate Petitioners' argument that reasonable doubt exists as to his eligibility to serve as President of the United States.
"To avert a constitutional crisis which would certainly accrue after such an election through laborious legal challenges, this writ seeks to require SOS (Secretary of State) to verify the eligibility of a Presidential candidate prior to the candidate appearing on the California ballot. It is incumbent on the candidates to present the necessary documentation confirming his or her eligibility, but, to date, for this past election, OBAMA has failed to do so," the complaint continues.
"An unprecedented and looming constitutional crisis awaits if a President elected by the popular vote and the electoral vote does not constitutionally qualify to serve in that capacity," the case said. "In addition, if OBAMA is not a 'natural born' citizen and not eligible for presidency, OBAMA will be subject to the criminal provisions of the California Elections Code, stating, 'Any person who files or submits for filing a nomination paper or declaration of candidacy knowing that it, or any part of it, has been made falsely, is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months or two or three years or by both the fine and imprisonment,'" the complaint states.
WND has reported on multiple legal challenges that have alleged Obama does not meet the "natural born citizen" clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, which reads, "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 the Office of President."
Some claim he was not born in Hawaii, as he insists, but in Kenya. Obama's American mother, the suits contend, was too young at the time of his birth to confer American citizenship to her son under the law at the time.
Other challenges have focused on Obama's citizenship through his father, a Kenyan subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of his birth, thus making him a dual citizen. The cases contend the framers of the Constitution excluded dual citizens from qualifying as natural born.
Several details of Obama's past have added twists to the question of his eligibility and citizenship, including his family's move to Indonesia when he was a child and on what nation's passport he traveled to Pakistan in the '80s, as well as conflicting reports from Obama's family about his place of birth.
In just the last few days, WND has reported on a developing lawsuit by a team of state lawmakers as well as military officers, both of whom would be bound to follow orders from the president and would need to know whether the orders were legitimate.
WND also reported this week on a separate case that accuses Congress of failing to investigate President Obama's birthplace before approving the Electoral College vote giving him the presidency, after going through that very investigative process for GOP candidate Sen. John McCain.
Several of the cases – including those brought by Orly Taitz, Cort Wrotnowski, Leo Donofrio and Philip Berg, already have been discussed in conference at the U.S. Supreme Court, which has decided not to hold a hearing on any of the merits.
Here is a partial listing and status update for several of the cases:
Philip J. Berg, a Pennsylvania Democrat, demanded that the courts verify Obama's original birth certificate and other documents proving his American citizenship. Berg's latest appeal, requesting an injunction to stop the Electoral College from selecting the 44th president, was denied.
Leo Donofrio of New Jersey filed a lawsuit claiming Obama's dual citizenship disqualified him from serving as president. His case was considered in conference by the U.S. Supreme Court but denied a full hearing.
Cort Wrotnowski filed suit against Connecticut's secretary of state, making a similar argument to Donofrio. His case was considered in conference by the U.S. Supreme Court, but was denied a full hearing.
Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes headlines a list of people filing a suit in California, in a case handled by the United States Justice Foundation, that asks the secretary of state to refuse to allow the state's 55 Electoral College votes to be cast in the 2008 presidential election until Obama verifies his eligibility to hold the office. The case is pending, and lawyers are seeking the public's support.
Chicago attorney Andy Martin sought legal action requiring Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle to release Obama's vital statistics record. The case was dismissed by Hawaii Circuit Court Judge Bert Ayabe.
Lt. Col. Donald Sullivan sought a temporary restraining order to stop the Electoral College vote in North Carolina until Barack Obama's eligibility could be confirmed, alleging doubt about Obama's citizenship. His case was denied.
In Ohio, David M. Neal sued to force the secretary of state to request documents from the Federal Elections Commission, the Democratic National Committee, the Ohio Democratic Party and Obama to show the presidential candidate was born in Hawaii. The case was denied.
In Washington state, Steven Marquis sued the secretary of state seeking a determination on Obama's citizenship. The case was denied.
In Georgia, Rev. Tom Terry asked the state Supreme Court to authenticate Obama's birth certificate. His request for an injunction against Georgia's secretary of state was denied by Georgia Superior Court Judge Jerry W. Baxter.
California attorney Orly Taitz has brought a case, Lightfoot vs. Bowen, on behalf of Gail Lightfoot, the vice presidential candidate on the ballot with Ron Paul, four electors and two registered voters.
In addition, other cases cited on the RightSideofLife blog as raising questions about Obama's eligibility include:
In Texas, Darrel Hunter vs. Obama later was dismissed.
In Ohio, Gordon Stamper vs. U.S. later was dismissed.
In Texas, Brockhausen vs. Andrade.
In Washington, L. Charles vs. Obama.
In Hawaii, Keyes vs. Lingle, dismissed.
WND senior reporter Jerome Corsi had gone to both Kenya and Hawaii prior to the election to investigate issues surrounding Obama's birth. But his research and discoveries only raised more questions.
The governor's office in Hawaii said there is a valid certificate but rejected requests for access and left ambiguous its origin: Does the certificate on file with the Department of Health indicate a Hawaii birth or was it generated after the Obama family registered a Kenyan birth in Hawaii, which the state's procedures allowed at the time?
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>None of us know the facts, but we have strong suspicions. That being said, it seems highly irregular that more efforts are being made to seal all of his records. Here's today's lesson: Mens Rea. The action of the defendant in this case is a strong example of mens rea -meaning guilty mind
See below:
JJC.
Etymology directly from the Latin Noun mens rea (law) a guilty mind, a conscious knowing by the perpetrator that the act s/he committed was illicit
-----Original Message-----
From: Revelation Files - John Terry
To: Revelation Files - John Terry
Sent: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 9:25 am
Subject: [revfilesnews] President's attorneys file motion demanding birth, college records be withheld from public
OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL
'Sanctions' sought in eligibility case
President's attorneys file motion demanding birth, college records be withheld from public
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId746
A high-powered team of Los Angeles attorneys representing President Obama in his effort to keep his birth certificate, college records and passport documents concealed from the public has suggested there should be "monetary sanctions" against a lawyer whose clients have brought a complaint alleging Obama doesn't qualify for the Oval Office under the Constitution's demand for a "natural born" citizen in that post.
The suggestion came in an exchange of e-mails and documents in a case brought by former presidential candidate Alan Keyes and others in California. The case originally sought to have the state's electors ordered to withhold their votes for Obama until his eligibility was established. Since Obama's inauguration, it has been amended to seek a future requirement for a vetting process, in addition to the still-sought unveiling of his records.
In the case, handled largely by Gary Kreep of the U.S. Justice Foundation, records were subpoenaed documenting Obama's attendance at Occidental College.
The lawyer for the college, Stuart W. Rudnick of Musick, Peeler & Garrett, urgently contacted Fredric D. Woocher of Strumwasser & Woocher.
"This firm is counsel to Occidental College. The College is in receipt of the enclosed subpoena that seeks certain information concerning President-Elect Barack Obama," he wrote via fax. "Inasmuch as the subpoena appears to be valid on its face, the College will have no alternative but to comply with the subpoena absent a court order instructing otherwise."
Within hours, Woocher contacted Kreep regarding the issue, telling him, "It will likely not surprise you to hear that President-elect Obama opposes the production of the requested records.
"In order to avoid the needless expense of our bringing and litigating a Motion to Quash the subpoena, I am writing to ask whether you would be willing to agree voluntarily to cancel or withdraw the subpoena."
Woocher warned, "Please be advised, in particular, that in the event we are forced to file a motion to quash and we prevail in that motion, we will seek the full measure of monetary sanctions provided for in the Code of Civil Procedures."
Kreep, out of town for a business trip, did not respond immediately, and the motion eventually was filed. It states that the records, which could reveal on what name Obama attended classes at Occidental and whether he attended on scholarship money intended for foreign students, "are of no relevance to this moot litigation."
The motion also claims the petitioners failed to serve the subpoena properly.
Where's the proof Barack Obama was born in the U.S. or that he fulfills the "natural-born American" clause in the Constitution? If you still want to see it, join more than 235,000 others and sign up now!
"The subpoena directed to Occidental College should therefore be quashed. Alternatively, this court should issue an order directing that the deposition of the custodian of records of Occidental College not take place," the firm working on Obama's behalf stated.
"The central issue in this lawsuit … is whether any Respondent had a legal duty to demand proof of natural born citizenship from Democratic Party's nominee," the motion said. "None of the documents sought by petitioners could possibly assist in answering this question."
The motion then cited a precedent from a case involving a "former law firm client who brought malpractice action against firm claiming unconscionable rates was not entitled to discovery regarding amount paid by law firm to contract staff attorney because such information is irrelevant to unconscionability claim."
The case, with Keyes, Wiley S. Drake and Markham Robinson as plaintiffs, names California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, Barack Hussein Obama, Joe Biden and the state's electors as defendants.
"OBAMA has been inaugurated as the president of the United States. However, to properly assume such office, OBAMA must meet the qualifications specified in Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution for the Office of the President of the United States, which includes that he must be a 'natural born' citizen," the amended complaint states.
"OBAMA has failed to demonstrate that he is a 'natural born' citizen. There have been a number of legal challenges before various state and federal courts regarding aspects of non-, lost, or dual citizenship concerning OBAMA. Those challenges, in and of themselves, demonstrate Petitioners' argument that reasonable doubt exists as to his eligibility to serve as President of the United States.
"To avert a constitutional crisis which would certainly accrue after such an election through laborious legal challenges, this writ seeks to require SOS (Secretary of State) to verify the eligibility of a Presidential candidate prior to the candidate appearing on the California ballot. It is incumbent on the candidates to present the necessary documentation confirming his or her eligibility, but, to date, for this past election, OBAMA has failed to do so," the complaint continues.
"An unprecedented and looming constitutional crisis awaits if a President elected by the popular vote and the electoral vote does not constitutionally qualify to serve in that capacity," the case said. "In addition, if OBAMA is not a 'natural born' citizen and not eligible for presidency, OBAMA will be subject to the criminal provisions of the California Elections Code, stating, 'Any person who files or submits for filing a nomination paper or declaration of candidacy knowing that it, or any part of it, has been made falsely, is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months or two or three years or by both the fine and imprisonment,'" the complaint states.
WND has reported on multiple legal challenges that have alleged Obama does not meet the "natural born citizen" clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, which reads, "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 the Office of President."
Some claim he was not born in Hawaii, as he insists, but in Kenya. Obama's American mother, the suits contend, was too young at the time of his birth to confer American citizenship to her son under the law at the time.
Other challenges have focused on Obama's citizenship through his father, a Kenyan subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of his birth, thus making him a dual citizen. The cases contend the framers of the Constitution excluded dual citizens from qualifying as natural born.
Several details of Obama's past have added twists to the question of his eligibility and citizenship, including his family's move to Indonesia when he was a child and on what nation's passport he traveled to Pakistan in the '80s, as well as conflicting reports from Obama's family about his place of birth.
In just the last few days, WND has reported on a developing lawsuit by a team of state lawmakers as well as military officers, both of whom would be bound to follow orders from the president and would need to know whether the orders were legitimate.
WND also reported this week on a separate case that accuses Congress of failing to investigate President Obama's birthplace before approving the Electoral College vote giving him the presidency, after going through that very investigative process for GOP candidate Sen. John McCain.
Several of the cases – including those brought by Orly Taitz, Cort Wrotnowski, Leo Donofrio and Philip Berg, already have been discussed in conference at the U.S. Supreme Court, which has decided not to hold a hearing on any of the merits.
Here is a partial listing and status update for several of the cases:
Philip J. Berg, a Pennsylvania Democrat, demanded that the courts verify Obama's original birth certificate and other documents proving his American citizenship. Berg's latest appeal, requesting an injunction to stop the Electoral College from selecting the 44th president, was denied.
Leo Donofrio of New Jersey filed a lawsuit claiming Obama's dual citizenship disqualified him from serving as president. His case was considered in conference by the U.S. Supreme Court but denied a full hearing.
Cort Wrotnowski filed suit against Connecticut's secretary of state, making a similar argument to Donofrio. His case was considered in conference by the U.S. Supreme Court, but was denied a full hearing.
Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes headlines a list of people filing a suit in California, in a case handled by the United States Justice Foundation, that asks the secretary of state to refuse to allow the state's 55 Electoral College votes to be cast in the 2008 presidential election until Obama verifies his eligibility to hold the office. The case is pending, and lawyers are seeking the public's support.
Chicago attorney Andy Martin sought legal action requiring Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle to release Obama's vital statistics record. The case was dismissed by Hawaii Circuit Court Judge Bert Ayabe.
Lt. Col. Donald Sullivan sought a temporary restraining order to stop the Electoral College vote in North Carolina until Barack Obama's eligibility could be confirmed, alleging doubt about Obama's citizenship. His case was denied.
In Ohio, David M. Neal sued to force the secretary of state to request documents from the Federal Elections Commission, the Democratic National Committee, the Ohio Democratic Party and Obama to show the presidential candidate was born in Hawaii. The case was denied.
In Washington state, Steven Marquis sued the secretary of state seeking a determination on Obama's citizenship. The case was denied.
In Georgia, Rev. Tom Terry asked the state Supreme Court to authenticate Obama's birth certificate. His request for an injunction against Georgia's secretary of state was denied by Georgia Superior Court Judge Jerry W. Baxter.
California attorney Orly Taitz has brought a case, Lightfoot vs. Bowen, on behalf of Gail Lightfoot, the vice presidential candidate on the ballot with Ron Paul, four electors and two registered voters.
In addition, other cases cited on the RightSideofLife blog as raising questions about Obama's eligibility include:
In Texas, Darrel Hunter vs. Obama later was dismissed.
In Ohio, Gordon Stamper vs. U.S. later was dismissed.
In Texas, Brockhausen vs. Andrade.
In Washington, L. Charles vs. Obama.
In Hawaii, Keyes vs. Lingle, dismissed.
WND senior reporter Jerome Corsi had gone to both Kenya and Hawaii prior to the election to investigate issues surrounding Obama's birth. But his research and discoveries only raised more questions.
The governor's office in Hawaii said there is a valid certificate but rejected requests for access and left ambiguous its origin: Does the certificate on file with the Department of Health indicate a Hawaii birth or was it generated after the Obama family registered a Kenyan birth in Hawaii, which the state's procedures allowed at the time?
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Bertrand de Jouvenel on The Medieval Ethos of The American Academy
"It is perhaps a fact worthy of notice that the modern use of profit, expansion from retained earnings, arose and was systematized in the monasteries; the saintly men who ran them saw nothing wrong in extending their holdings and putting new lands under cultivation, in erecting better buildings, and in employing an ever increasing number of people. They are the true original of the nonconsuming, ascetic type of capitalist. And Berdyaev has truly observed that Christian asceticism played a capital part in the development of capitalism; it is a condition of reinvestment. It is tempting to mention that modern intellectuals look favorably on the accumulation of wealth by bodies of bearing a public seal (nationalized enterprises), which are not without some similarity to monasterial businesses. They do not, however, recognize the same phenomenon when the seal is missing."
---Bertrand de Jouvenel, "Treatment of Capitalism by Intellectuals" in FA Hayek, editor, Capitalism and the Historians, pp. 105-6.
---Bertrand de Jouvenel, "Treatment of Capitalism by Intellectuals" in FA Hayek, editor, Capitalism and the Historians, pp. 105-6.
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