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Obama needs to hire a better graphic artist ...
unless he really wanted to keep the birther issue alive on the Internet so that trusting Democrats would have more reason to heap scorn on Donald Trump and other people who question Obamas' American heritage.
After Obama released the latest long form birth certificate, I thought it would be fun to wait a while and then check on what the birther critics had to say. A quick search on Google for : "photoshop experts Obama birth certificate" reveals many, many stories by partisans and experts who use Adobe graphics programs.
It's easy to let the news media characterize the birthers as part of the lunatic fringe, and generally is a side issue when so many issues are far more important. Once again, I thought the hoopla about the new long form Obama birth certificate was baloney until I started searching for the techniques used and testing them out in my own copy of Adobe CS5 Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Articles are appearing now by non-political folk who are examining this pdf file and assessing how it was created.
When the pdf file is downloaded into Adobe Illustrator, you can follow the steps in the tutorial below, and sure enough, the alleged birth certificate is a composite of separate graphic elements. The certificate is not just a fake, it's a really bad fake. Even my limited Adobe Photoshop and Adobe illustrator skills reveal the sloppy workmanship. The White House forgery is so bad I thought I was looking at another Al Jazeera fraudulent photo, not an legitimate image from the White House.
By Steve Cooper
The Conservative Monster.com
An ANONYMOUS Photoshop expert emailed me and she said this detailed step by step process on how to make the same birth certificate. Of course the left wing criminals in the media will not question the validity of this document, because they are part of the conspiracy.
The Birth Certificate just issued as proof of Obama's birth in Hawaii appears to have been altered in Photoshop. The document appears to have been typed on white paper then floated over official green paper (on a separate layer).
The white portion of the layer containing the typewritten information was then selected by the "Magic Selection Tool" in Photoshop and then cleared - exposing the green official paper underneath. The document appears not to have been cleaned up.President Obama's Birth Certificate PDF has "Layers" This was interesting.....are there any Photoshop experts out there? Why are there LAYERS in this birth certificate? Was this altered?
Residual white remains around the letters and inside the boxes containing an "X" on the Birth Certificate. This can be plainly seen when the document is enlarged to 200%. Rush Limbaugh is right that Obama's hand was forced. It is my opinion that a poorly executed falsification resulted. Take a look for yourself.
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Is Obama's Long Form Birth Certificate Real? Was it Altered?
Critics: Obama’s Latest Long-Form Birth Certificate Is a Fake …Update: More Expert Opinion
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 7:31 PM
Long-form pdf link.
Photoshop expert and author of more than 17 books on computer graphics Mara Z. sent this in:
This is so maddening to listen to the media on this recent revelation… it’s such an obvious fake.
Look at the attached JPG… (which shows what you will see when opening the PDF in Illustrator and how to get there)… but to recap… if you open the PDF in Illustrator (instead of Photoshop) – Select the entire document and go to the Object menu and choose Clipping Mask > Release. Repeat as necessary until all clipping masks are released. Also open the Layer and turn off the visibility of each clipping group and you can see all the numerous places in which information was added (edited) into the form.
Lastly, look at the attached 1961 sample image found on the Internet of a legitimate 1961 Hawaii Birth Certificate (which someone posted to show what a real certificate would look like from that year in Hawaii)… look at the marks on this Internet version and you can see this was the template for Obama’s BC handiwork. The handwriting is exactly the same between posted Internet image and Obama’s fake version — the placement of boxes and marks are in the exact same position, dates are where the modified clipping masks occur to adjust dates to fit for Obama, but the handwriting of dates match (except for the clipping mask changes). Even the Cert. number is only off by the last two digits (which…you guessed it… happens to be a clipping mask layer).
Finally, also wanted to make the point that regardless of where Obama is born, he’s still not a Natural Born Citizen since both parents were not born on U.S. soil but I won’t hold my breath waiting for the media to educate the public on this fact.
More doubt… Another graphics designer reported it was a fake.
UPDATE: Another expert John G. sent in these comments and this image:
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I have been using Adobe Illustrator since the original version (Illustrator 88) came out in 1988.
I have attached a few Illustrator files that I believe will provide evidence that I am indeed an illustrator expert. I can send out the original files if you wish.The comments made by Mara Z are very interesting. The first question is – what was the source of this pdf file? If the pdf file came from Obama’s people, the claims that this document was “doctored” may indeed be of merit. The first question is, why are there any layers on this document at all? It was clearly created in Photoshop, which is always used for image processing.
The second question is, if you look at the file I have sent as Obama Certificate Actions 01, you can see in the actions palette that there were 24 actions performed on this file before it was made into a pdf. Many of the actions are not Illustrator functions, but are Photoshop actions. Thus, this file was created in Photoshop, and exported as Photoshop 5 (why, that’s a very old version?) and it was next saved for the web (a Photoshop action) three times.
Again, first, we need to ascertain where this file came from.
Senate GOP Demand Balanced Budget Amendment for Raising Debt Ceiling
“My hope is that we would force a vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment as a condition to voting on the debt ceiling,” Sen. John Cornyn (R.-Tex.) told HUMAN EVENTS. “By next week, or shortly thereafter, we will have all 47 Republicans unified behind the effort, and then begin to reach out to our Democratic colleagues.”
A BBA would force the federal government to balance the federal spending to incoming revenue each year and cap spending at 18% of the gross domestic product (GDP). For the current Fiscal Year (FY 2011), the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that government spending will be $1.4 trillion more than revenue and account for almost 25% of the GDP.
Should a Values Based Tea Party be overtly “Christian”
Non-religious secular political thinkers tell us we should eliminate all notions of religious influence on decisions we advocate. Some Tea party organizations believe political views should reflect only secular viewpoints. Values voters tend to join more Values Oriented Tea Party groups such as 9.12 organizations. I have trouble separating values issues from all other issues of the day. Government spending, balanced budgets and limited government are values issues just as much as traditional marriage and pro life are values issues. I fear that a strictly values oriented group would be marginalized.
If values voters organize Tea Parties, their groups should be reflected by a Judeo-Christian values for government rather than “Christian” religious values or secular political positions. During the Protestant reformation, the Puritans suffered terrible persecution at the hands of Bloody Queen Mary. They fled Europe and risked everything to cross the Atlantic ocean and start a new life of religious freedom in the new world. These earliest colonists were greatly influenced by the Hebrew Bible. They had a deep appreciation for the Hebrew people and their struggle against Pharaoh. Their experience is worth more reflection.
The Puritan founders fled religious persecution of the English king and the scriptures they held in their hands was called the Geneva Bible, published in 1560, the earliest translation of holy scriptures printed and owned by ordinary people in English. Puritans read this book cover to cover. They read stories of the Hebrew people and their experience with G-d. Hebrews were the people of Abraham and Moses. Abraham believed G-d and it was credited to him as righteousness. Moses received the law on Mount Sinai.
Our American tradition says we are a nation which believes in the “Rule of Law.” This understanding comes straight out of the Commandments G-d gave Moses. I’ve always thought that were it not for the Hebrew people, the Law of G-d and their relationship with the Creator, all of mankind, including all of us who call ourselves Christian, would still be beating each other over the head with clubs. Without the influence of Jewish thought, there would be no America. And I confess to being christian.
This morning I Google searched for “Jewish founding fathers of the United States.” I found a fascinating web site called Jewish Pathways . If the Tea Party is identified with any set of Values beliefs, we should read and honor Judeo-Christian law and values.
New tea party group wants moral voice
BY JEFF RUSS
T-G Staff Writer
Judging by the comments from a meeting Thursday, active tea party members said they would like to form a new group centered around moral issues.
The meeting was led by former board members of the New American Patriots -- Stephanie Bragg, Judy DuBois, Cathy Buscher and Debby Dever -- who said they organized it to find out what members want out of a tea party organization. A majority of the more than 30 people in attendance said they would like to form a second group.
The members left New American Patriots last month in what both sides described as creative differences. They led off the meeting by explaining why they left, and one of the themes appeared to the direction of NAP, and whether it would focus on issues like small government and spending, or social and moral issues such as abortion and marriage."We came to this meeting here today with one idea. If there is interest in forming a separate group with its own structure, we would like to hear from you folks as to what you have in mind," Buscher said. "We look at ourselves as interim leaders. ... We called the meeting, but the group's direction needs to be decided by you folks."
Emmett Case of Ashland said he would support forming a new group focused on moral and social issues.
"We need to have some sort of group of 'we the people,' " he said. "We need to have a voice."
Buscher said none of the board members expect anyone to attend meetings of just one group.
"We don't want you to leave New American Patriots if you want to stay," she said. "There is plenty of room for more than one group in this community."
The meeting's leaders said the next steps in this group include naming it and the general organization of the board."We look forward to hearing what you want out of this new group because this truly needs to be a group of 'we the people,' " Bragg said.
New American Patriots formed in early 2009, about the time that many similar anti-tax groups that are critical of the federal government were formed.
Dianna Greenwood, executive director of New American Patriots, said last week her group will move forward and is planning an April 15 tax-day rally.
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