MLP Convention Coverage by Gerard Perry on American Rattlesnake

The case will be decided on February 1, with Georgia’s Secretary of State announcing on February 2 whether Obama will be on Georgia’s ballot. (Strangely, a trial of such importance was not covered by the mainstream media. I wonder why.)

Georgia is among several states whose citizens question whether Obama is eligible to run as POTUS according to that “quaint” piece of parchment, the U.S. Constitution. (To see more states go to Obama Challenge. Specifically, the issue raised in Georgia, among several, is whether Obama is a “natural born citizen.”

“Natural born citizen” comes from Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which requires the President to be, among other things, a “natural born Citizen.” Article 1, on the other hand, requires a Representative and a Senator to be, among other things, a “Citizen.” What is the difference between a “Citizen” and a “natural born Citizen”? Is there a difference without a distinction? Do you suppose a creative writing coach told the writers of those Articles to embellish the President’s requirement to be a “natural born Citizen” so as to “jazz up” the writing?

While I wait for your answer, I will say that it’s been correctly claimed that the Constitution does not define a “natural born Citizen.” But, it’s also been correctly claimed that the Constitution does not define a “Citizen” either. Despite these facts, suffice it to say that it was understood in 18th Century America that a “natural born Citizen” is someone who is a citizen, born on native soil and whose two parents were both citizens, born on native soil. And while the framers of the Constitution required Representatives and Senators to be mere Citizens, they required the President to be a “natural born Citizen” because they feared that the loyalty of the President as Commander-in-Chief might become divided if he were of a dual citizenship. Recall that a war was recently fought with England and you can understand their fear. (For an expatiated account of “natural born citizen,” see Leo Donofrio’s Amicus Brief for the Georgia case.)

As further proof of the Framers’ understanding of a “natural born citizen,” they knew you can’t be a “natural born [United States] citizen” until July 4, 1776. Since many Framers had presidential aspirations, to make them eligible to be President, they “grandfathered” themselves in by adding the clause that requires each of them to be a mere “Citizen of the United States at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution.” (Was Obama “grandfathered” in by this clause?)

To remind you, the framers’ understanding of a “natural born citizen” is a person who is a citizen born on native soil, and whose two parents were both citizens born on native soil. So:

Is Obama a U.S. citizen born on U.S. soil? Yes, as far as his recently presented, though long demanded (and red herring) “long form” birth certificate attests. Is Obama’s mother a U.S. citizen born in the U.S.? Yes. Is Obama’s father a U.S. citizen born in the U.S.?

Hello, Houston we have a problem! Obama’s admission that his father was a Kenyan (and a British) citizen would make Obama, at best, a “native-born” citizen and certainly not a constitutionally required “natural born” citizen, and therefore, he is definitely, positively, absolutely ineligible to be President. This fact is so obvious and so simple to understand, yet Obama was elected POTUS. How can this be? How has he gotten away with it and continues to get away with it?

But the main question is: Are we going to let him get away with it again when he tries to get re-elected POTUS? Even more poignant, is Obama above the Constitution, the “Supreme Law of the Land,” as he probably thinks so?

This may be the beginning of Obama’s end. Let’s hope Judge Michael Malihi will order Obama kicked off the ballot, as he probably will. Should the good judge do so, Obama will lose Georgia’s twelve (12) electoral votes. Should other States kick Obama off their ballots, he will lose their electoral votes. It is conceivable that since Obama needs 270 electoral votes to be elected POTUS, with several States kicking him off their ballots because their Courts determined Obama is Constitutionally ineligible to run for POTUS, he may lack the 270 electoral votes to be POTUS. Let’s hope this will be the case.  But, whichever, you won’t hear it through the mainstream media. So keep posted to your Internet Provider.

Thanks for reading.

Not only did we have over 60 attendees and over a dozen new members, but the featured speakers were amazing.  Jim Babb of We Won’t Fly kicked off the meeting with a speech about how the TSA is a great example of state force followed by Carl Oberg of FEE who spoke of the living a principled life for liberty.

Candidates running to be the Presidential Candidate on the Libertarian ticket, were (as appear in the photo from left to right) Gary Johnson, Carl Person, RJ Harris, and Bill Still.  They each gave brief statements of why they’d be the best candidate for liberty in 2012 and then fielded an array of questions ranging from their thoughts on Ron Paul to their management style, plans for drumming up extra media attention, immigration and beyond!

At the end of the event, Gary Johnson won the Manhattan LP Straw Poll with over 50% of those present polling in his favor.  Points that curried favor with the crowd were the fact that Gary Johnson vetoed over 700 pieces of legislation while Governor of New Mexic0 (more than all other governor’s combined) and is a self made entrepreneur who started his career as a self-employed handyman but grew his business into a company that employed over 1000 people.  RJ Harris was the runner up whose background in the Army National Guard provided unique insight into American Foreign Policy.

The meeting began at 11AM where, Ron Moore, Former Chair of the Manhattan LP conducted the election of new officers.  The new officers of the Manhattan Libertarian Party are: Janet Hopf, Chair; Mark Axinn, Treasurer; Adam Weissman, Media Director; Alton Yee, Fundraising Director; and Ron Moore, Membership Director.

Applause for the speaker!

Business Meeting

Late registration 10:30 am

Business meeting starts 11:00am

The business meeting is free but you must be a member in good standing to vote ($15 membership)

LUNCH and SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS

$40 in advance/$55 at the Door – REGULAR
$25 in advance/$30 at the Door – STUDENT PRICE

approx 12:30pm

Jim Babb – We Won’t Fly
Carl Oberg – Foundation Economic Education

2012 Libertarian Presidential Candidate Fourm & Straw Poll
RJ Harris
Gary Johnson
Carl Person
Bill Still

PLUS 50/50 Raffle and auction

11AM-4:30PM @ Ukranian East Restaurant, 140 2nd Avenue
New York, NY

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Excited to start the New Year right?  Make a resolution to fight for Liberty and stand up against collectivism.

Speakers include Carl Oberg, Executive Director of FEE, and Jim Babb of We Won’t Fly, as well as several of the Libertarian Party Presidential candidates; Carl Person, RJ Harris, Bill Still, and Gary Johnson confirmed!

The business meeting will take place at 11:00am to elect new officers; in order to vote one has to be a member of Manhattan Libertarian Party (MLP) which is the nominal investment of $15.  However, there is no charge just to attend the business meeting.  After the election, is the Luncheon and Speakers.

Read the entire article on the NY Post!

In the meanwhile, enjoy your out of control fares at the hands of New York’s “Favorite” Transportation Monopoly, the MTA.

2011 changed the hierarchical paradigm.  “The Protester” was Time’s  Person of the Year, and OWS took on the pepper spray and won.  Ron Paul, no longer “who?,” has put “libertarian” on the political table.  Gary Johnson, as a nationally-recognized name, will do the same for “Libertarian.”

This is an amazing opportunity for grass roots libertarians/Libertarians to be heard; and we Libertarians have been working for years on flipping the hierarchical paradigm in favor of the individual over the state.

Thus, in the spirit of the Libertarian mantra of individual liberty and individual responsibility, I hereby repost “People Over 35 Should be Dead.”  This anonymous hymn to the individual contains gems such as, “We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes…We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.”

In other words, we make the choice as to who is paramount, the individual or the state.

Many thanks to Marcy Berry. Please enjoy the link to "People Over 35 Should Be Dead" an awesome satirical post that shows 'what a wonder' it is anyone born before 1980 made it out alive! (not the mantra of socialists hoped for affect via Obamacare.)