Whitley (KY) man demands proof of Obama's U.S. birth

[struggle4progress]

Monday, Dec. 01, 2008
By Bill Estep - [e-mail]

... a Whitley County truck driver .... Daniel John Essek, 47 .... wants Obama to provide a copy of his birth certificate to a federal judge in London ...

Essek lost by more than 100,000 votes when he tried to unseat longtime Republican U.S. Sen Mitch McConnell in the primary election this year. He later said on a Web site "maybe I got a little carried away, like my wife said" ...

What Essek filed was actually a request for permission to file the court case without having to pay a fee ...

Essek said in the motion that he is founder of the Society for Liberty and Prosperity. Last week he said the society had no members but had scheduled an organizational meeting Saturday night at his home just north of the Tennessee line, has set up a Web site and is seeking members and donors ...

http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/611448.html

[ck4829]

1. There's a reason why the news article doesn't link directly to his web site...

Oppose Cronieism, Nepitism,

...

Eschew Barbarism, Collectivism, Communism, Conformitism, Despitism, Fachism, Favoritism, Imperialism, Institutionalism, Liberalism, Nazism, Nepitism, Progressivism

http://societylp.8m.net/rich_text.html

[struggle4progress]

2. Another proud member of Palin's base

[mrcheerful]

3. Another nit wit who has his head firmly wedged where the sun don't shine.

[zbdent]

7. he must have shoved a radio up there first

after he tuned it to Rush and yanked off the knob ...

[DrDan]

4. but you have to admit he is right about

our citizen's lack of knowledge regarding "civics". To increase education there would be a good thing. In general, we are woefully ignorant about such things. It is sad that many cannot name the VP, the SoS, governors, representatives, senators, cannot find Iraq or Afghanistan on a map, etc. Look at Palin as a prime example - could not name those involved with NAFTA - even though a governor of a state that borders 2 of the countries.

What is worse, most do not care!

[struggle4progress]

5. "The People perish for a lack of knowledge," he says. I guess I could

drink to that :D though Pope comes to mind

A little learning is a dangerous thing. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again

[zbdent]

6. hey, if I can avoid ever having to pay taxes again, can I set up a "society" of one,

too?

[struggle4progress]

8. IRS may not actually make provision for declaring oneself to be a nonprofit organization