Date sent: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:35:51 -0400 From: "Richard M. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Is this a legit scan of Obama's birth certificate or a fake? > > http://images.dailykos.com/images/user/3/BO_Birth_Certificate.jpg Very weird. First off, the resolution and quality are appalling. Possibly an attempt to hide alterations? I'm not familiar with Hawaiian birth certificate forms, but there is an odd squiggle in the border just to the right of the "certificate of live birth" header, and the two vertical bars seem to have odd terminations just where the meet the top bar. About an inch from the bottom, slightly right of centre, there seems to be "bleed through" from a stamp that might say JUN - 6 2007 (reversed). This might argue that is *is* a valid birth certificate -- for someone ... ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant: No matter how friendly and even-tempered the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. - Pierre Elliott Trudeau March 25, 1969, addressing the Press Club in Washington, D.C. http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
