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What's probably most ironic in regards to the bizarre "controversy" surrounding Barack Obama's birthplace is that he's actually the only sitting President in US history to have made his certificate of a birth public (it's online for everybody to see and has been confirmed through the State of Hawaii to be his real birth record.)

Isn't it funny how the President who has provided more proof than some other of his birthplace is the one who has these ridiculous rumors (such as the completely insane baseless myth that he was born in Kenya) swirling around him? By funny, I am talking about funny "weird" more than funny "ha ha" although in the dark humor sort of way it's funny like this too.

It's clear that there's a certain segment of the US population that just can't stand that a black "liberal" (he's not really particularly liberal, he'd be right of center generally in most Western democracies and he's a centrist in the US) was elected President in November of 2008 by nearly Tens of millions of votes. They can't stay at home so much that they make up ridiculous conspiracy theories about how precisely the President is hiding his "long form birth certificate."

So What About this "Long Form Birth Certificate"?

There is absolutely no such thing. What these conspiracy theorists are most likely referring to is the "birth certificate" that people sometimes get at a hospital (often times complete with the baby's footprint, etc) however that kind is actually only a souvenir meant for scrapbooks and it has absolutely no legal meaning. Including the hospital souveneir is not acceptable for getting a passport, while the official state certified certificate of a birth Obama put online is.

President Barack Obama - In other words, these "birthers" (the name for the conspiracy theorists who won't admit the most obvious fact that Obama came to be in Hawaii) won't accept the state certified birth certificate that Obama has put online because they'd rather see a meaningless souvenir instead. It's such a ridiculous concept as to be truly hilarious.

There's Only 1 Type Of State Certified Birth Certificate

When you contact your your birth and request a certified copy of the birth certificate they send a particular type of "certificate of live birth" (each state's forms are particular compared to that state.) In Hawaii they give you the type of document that Obama put up. That's it. There's no other form. There's nothing he's hiding. In fact, as mentioned at the beginning of this article, he's shown more than any President ever.

When you ask for your birth certificate there's no box you search for "short form" or "long form." There's only 1 official birth certificate document in a condition at any one time (these forms may change over time of course, which is why some people show examples of forms with additional or less info on them, even in the same state.)

This Is About The "Birthers" Being Anti-American

election 2012 - So as you will see there's absolutely nothing to this what are known as "issue." It's a complete fantasy in the minds of some conspiracy theorists called "birthers" who are looking for any kind of loophole they can find to overturn the democratic will from the American people. To me you can't get anymore Anti-American than that. If The president isn't their President, chances are they aren't Americans.

It's not necessary to like President Obama's politics (it's our right as Americans to disagree with all the President) but you should at least respect the office and the fact that he won the election by nearly 10 million votes.