I've taken a screen shot of the original photo as it appears on the AP site, since as this story gathers steam in the blogosphere there is great possibility of it disappearing down the infamous Obama Media Memory Hole. If and when it does disappear, I will post a link to that screenshot in this post.
It is now confirmed that Barack Obama was registered as "Barry Soetoro," an Indonesian citizen and a Muslim, at the Fransiskuss Assisi School in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Seriously, just who exactly is this guy? Anyone in either the Press or the Democratic Party care to investigate him? He calls himself a "citizen of the world," even though there is no country called "The World." He committs gaffe after gaffe, exhibiting a shocking lack of knowledge on current events, history, economics and foreign policy.
Without a TelePromTer staring him down, he's an inarticulate, bumbling mess. He lies continuously about his past and his present, including important details concerning his upbringing and personal associations. He shamelessly takes all sides of all issues, changing his public positions to suit what he thinks people want to hear -- far in excess of the boilerplate, mendacious blather put forth by most other politicians.
Subjected to a rootless upbringing by a self-absorbed, radical leftist mother, and abandoned by a self-absorbed, hard-drinking philandering father, he sought refuge, meaning and personal grounding in drugs and in the hateful words and destructive ideologies of men like Jeremiah Wright, Michael Pfleger and William Ayers.
A self-admitted cocaine user, he currently describes himself as a Christian and says he never was a Muslim, in spite of the fact that the Obama-protective New York Times says he can recite the Muslim call to morning prayers in "a first rate accent."
What are the odds that the Times's Nicholas Kristof will release the tape recording of that Obama interview so that language experts can determine whether or not Obama's Arabic accent is indeed "first rate?"
Let me put that "call to prayer" fact in proper perspective: I have lived and worked in the Middle East for nearly two years now. I have spent considerable time among Arabs, both in work and in social settings. My best friend is a Muslim Arab. Yet due to its difficulty -- for instance, it has its own, unique alphabet and its own unique sounds, sounds which do not exist in Western languages -- I so far know only a handful of Arab words and phrases -- none of them from the Koran, even though I hear the daily Muslim prayers blaring from mosque loudspeakers five times a day.
Not counting his mysterious trip to Pakistan in the 1980s, one which both he and the press have studiously avoided elaborating on, I have certainly spent more of my adult life in Islamic and Arab societies than Barack Obama has. Yet still, I cannot functionally speak Arabic. Nor can I recite any sections of the Koran, nor can I recite Muslim prayers -- at all.
With that in mind, and your critical thinking circuits set to at least a minimal level, it becomes obvious that there are only a few ways that Barack Obama, or for that matter any non-Arab, could learn to recite the Islamic call to prayer with a "first rate accent." First, if raised by native-speaking Arabs who practiced Islam, a person would likely be fluent in Arabic and would have almost certainly memorized the Koran by rote, including its attendant calls to prayer. As someone who has done some teaching in an Islamic school -- an Islamic-American school in an Arab country no less, I can authoritatively tell you that even in that semi-Westernized setting memorizing the Koran is a vital component of that school's primary and secondary educational requirements -- for all students who are Muslims. Second, a person could have attended Arabic language training -- but unless he specifically studied the Koran and practiced reciting the call to prayers he would not be able to recite them at all, especially not from memory, and definitely not in "a first rate accent."
Let's do simple math here: It is almost certain that Barack Hussein Obama, Barrack Hussein Mohamed Obama, Barry Soetoro or whatever his real name was, or is, or could be, did at some point in his life study at least basic Arabic and practice Islam. On this blog, we have shown that he was once a practicing Muslim and, since he now describes himself as a Christian, is also a Muslim apostate -- a condition that could have major foreign policy consequences should he be elected president of the US, (or for that matter, even President of the World).
Now, more potential evidence in support of our conclusions has surfaced. This evidence also raises the question of whether or not Obama has been, or still is, a citizen, (not of the world), but of the country of Indonesia.
From an AP photo taken by Tatan Syuflana. Highlights are mine. Hat tip to Texas Darlin, a hardcore pro-Clinton, anti-Obama blog:
Photo caption reads: This registration document, made available on Jan. 24, 2007, by the Fransiskus Assisi school in Jakarta, Indonesia, shows the registration of Barack Obama under the name Barry Soetoro into the Catholic school made by his step-father, Lolo Soetoro. The document lists Barry Soetoro as a Indonesian citizen, born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, and shows his Muslim step-father listed the boy's religion as Islam. (AP Photo/ Tatan Syuflana)
Here is the document's simplified English translation, courtesy of Change and Experience, another heavily pro-Clinton blog:
REGISTRATION 1. The name of the pupil: Barry Soetero 2. The place and date of birth: Honolulu, 4-8-1961 (August 4, 1961) 3. a. Citizenship: Indonesia b. Foreign??: (blank) c. The pocket??: (blank) 4. The religion: Islam. Address of the pupil: M*** Dalson? R001/R0036. From what school (????) and the class (???): ???7. a. Date accepted: 1-1-1968 (January 1, 1968) b. Grade: I (First grade) 8. a. The name of the parents Mr./Ms.: L. Soetoro M A (Lolo Soetoro)b. ??? (???) 9. The name of the guardian: (blank)(??? was filled up, ??? parents of the pupil were not available, already ???? ???? because another thing )b. ???: (blank)c. The address: (blank)10. Left this school: (blank)a. ?? was finished. Outside from the class: (blank) The date: (blank)b. ?? recieved ?? the date: (blank) No.(blank)c. ?? the school to: (blank)11. Information ???: (blank)
Needless to say, if Obama was indeed a citizen of Indonesia, serious questions will be raised as to whether or not he is even constitutionally allowed to become President. Perhaps this document, if conclusively verified as authentic, can help shed light on why Barack Obama has refused to release a legitimate copy of his Hawaiian birth certificate.
Anyone in the major media care to investigate this latest tantalizing possibility regarding its favorite "World Citizen"?
The Hillary Democratic coup Convention is less than two weeks away. Get your popcorn, and prepare for the political drama of the century.
