Where does the “born in Africa” story come from?

Do you think Barack Obama might have been born in Africa? Where did that idea come from? Who raised it and when? What is it based on? There are thousands of web sites copying the story, but none of them say where they got it from.

You say, the story came from Bishop Ron McRae’s telephone interview with Obama’s Grandmother? Guess again. That interview took place October 16, 2008. The Berg v. Obama lawsuit that mentions the story is months before. Where did Berg get it? He doesn’t say, but it looks like most of his allegations were copied from the Internet. Where did this story come from?

Investigative Team Visits Africa

This from WorldNetDaily:

The Washington state case also alleges, “Wayne Madsen, Journalist with Online Journal as a contributing writer and published an article on June 9, 2008, stating that a research team went to Mombassa [sic], Kenya, and located a Certificate Registering the birth of Barack Obama, Jr. at a Kenya Maternity Hospital, to his father, a Kenyan citizen and his mother, a U.S. citizen.

Do you know the name of any member of this investigative team? Does anybody? Where is this Kenyan certificate? Is there so much as a cell phone snapshot of it?

Sarah Obama

Do you know what the last part of the “grandmother tape” says?

The Berg v. Obama transcript and the YouTube video end abruptly. Do you know what’s on the rest of the tape? I can help you out on this one. Links are here.

Shuwhoosit?

What is the name of the person who signed the affidavit, who was actually in the room with Sarah Obama and who could actually hear the transatlantic telephone conversation. Bishop Kweli Shuhubia? No. That’s a pseudonym (false name).  What’s his real name?

Calls to Honolulu Hospitals

You may have heard that someone called all the hospitals in Honolulu and they said they had no record that Obama or his Mother was ever a patient there. Orly Taitz said this in her National Press Club appearance. Do you know the names of anyone who made those calls? (Hospital spokespersons say they are prohibited by federal privacy laws from saying anything.)

Janet Porter

Maya Soetoro-Ng Hawaiian Birth Certificate

So you think the President’s half sister (born in Indonesia) has a Hawaiian birth certificate? How do you know that? I’m not saying it’s not true, but how do you know? Where did the story come from?

Travel Ban to Pakistan

Janet Porter in an article on WorldNetDaily says that there was a travel ban to Pakistan in 1981, so that if Obama went there, he had to have a non-US passport. Do you know what documentation supports this claim, where it is published, the State Department bulletin number, the date on it? [Don't waste your time on this one; the ban is a hoax.]

Do you know the difference between a certificate and a certification?

It is claimed that there is a big difference between a certificate and a certification. Do you know what it is?

Three document analysts prove Obama birth certificate image fake

Do you know the names of any of these? Ron Polarik? That’s a pseudonym. Sandra Lines? She just said images on the Internet couldn’t be relied upon, not that Obama’s was fake. Do you know the name of any document analyst who says the birth certificate image is a fake?

Foreigners getting legal Hawaiian Birth Certificates

Do you think anybody foreigner can just walk up to the health department in Hawaii and ask for a birth certificate that says they are born in Hawaii? What law or regulation do you think allows that? If you think you know, be sure to check your answer here.

Conclusion

So you’re telling me that you believe a story that you don’t know where came from, attested to by people whose names you don’t know, accompanied by a doctored tape transcript and all telling an utterly fantastic tale? I believe this what the Bible calls “swallowing a camel.”