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Lynn Camp Restoration Overnighter (long)
I would like to share my experience doing an overnighter volunteering for the Park Service working on the Lynn Camp Brook restoration program. I had worked a day last year stocking the stream after Bone posted a post on this board looking for help. Since then I had been anxiously awaiting this trip and I was not let down in the least bit. The Park Service proved to really impress me with their honesty, frankness, huge amounts of data, and a dedication that is not often seen these days. I had many questions going into the trip and I think I got all of them answered by either Steve Moore or Matt Kulp. At one point Matt kindly said, James you sure do have a lot of questions. I know it was volunteer work, but you cant blame a man for trying to get his moneys worth. I even got into a nice conversation with a graduate genetics student who had some really interesting things to say about the Brookie reproduction. The trip was supposed to be 3 nights and 4 days, and after the spots for TU volunteers werent filled, I begged my wife to do a night and two days work. She gave in, the park service agreed and Ian Rutter and Bill Bollinger did the first night leaving all the field work covered, however, the fishery students would have to break down camp.
I met Steve Moore at 8 AM at the Tremont trailhead. This was the first time I met him and he really seemed to be a nice guy (unless youre the person who through rainbows in Lynn Camp) and was a nice blend of a wise old grandpa who was just goofy enough to cut up and joke with the fishery students, while still maintaining complete control of the scene and making sure everything was being done right. I really enjoyed my hike in with him. We soon ran across a bear.
Hes hard to see in the first picture, heres a better look.
He didnt seem to be too afraid of us and was clearly tagged, but after some gentle prodding from Steve he ran off.
We hiked up to the old CCC camp where the others were hiking down to meet us. The group led by Matt Kulp, seven graduate students, Ian Rutter, and LROs own Bill Bollinger made us a dozen strong now. Armed with 3 shockers the plan was to make some ground. I forget how many 100 meter sections we did but it was several hours worth. Since this was my first time around the fish shocker, I was told to watch at first to see how things were done. Matt gave ma a good safety lecture about the shockers and explained how the 600 volts they were pushing could cause someone to have a heart attack if proper procedure was not followed. Watching did give me a good opportunity to take some picture though.
Here is a big Brookie. Not the biggest of the day, but taking pictures was not the priority. There were several that were bigger. Id say a few were 9.5 inches. This one was probably 8.5. Steve said that based on the stream data we should easily see some Brookies around 11 inches or so!
And what we all want to see the young of year or as the students would shout YOY.
Heres a shot of the group working a hole, and gives you a pretty good idea of what is happening.
Soon we shocked up a rainbow. Here is a shot Bill confirming that he is a male while Ian and Steve look over.
I eventually was able to help put the Brookies back from the hole they came from. Basically the netter, who is the person who stands behind the person shocking, would hand the stunned fish from his net to mine where I would gently ease it back into the water until they came back where they would be released into the hole they came from. The students kept a good eye on me and I quickly learned to get into the rhythm. I am happy to report that there were YOYs throughout everywhere we shocked. I know many are a bit skeptical as to the success of any restoration program, but I am glad to report that this one should be a success (as long as no one continues to do any stocking as I am confident Matt will make sure the other areas that had rainbows will be dealt with). Hopefully with Lynn Camps good stream size and adequate flow there should be some monster Brookie fishing in our futures.
After we finished up the lower section we hiked back to camp, where we split into 2 groups. Steve took half the students to Indian Flats for some stream work, while Matt took me and some student into the headwaters of Lynn Camp. I was really tight at first where the netter would have to pick up the rhododendron so the shocker could access all parts of the stream. It opened up a bit where I grabbed this shot.
I soon got a promotion to net boy, and wasnt able to take any more pics. As we finished up we dredged up the hill to an old rail grade which led us back to camp. Back at camp the boys worked on dinner and making a fire. They had a tent set up for me, and I got my sleeping set up ready. I have to admit its pretty nice having food taken care of, and not having to pack in a kitchen or tent does wonders for your back. After dinner I took a Tylenol PM and passed out pretty early. I awoke at 6 AM to Matt tapping on the tents waking us up for our day. I was glad to have had a good night sleep as my last adventure into the back country was an awful sick night with little sleep. The boys had coffee made and were working on pancakes. I have to say that the students the Park hired this summer are top notch. At first look they look like any college students, but you soon saw how they worked together and were happy to help each other out. EVERY time someone said they needed water filtered, dishes done, or whatever, multiple people would step up to get it done. They would joke and give each other plenty of crap, and you could tell this group spends many hours together in isolated places and was a tight group. And while they were loose with each other, they were all very dedicated consciences workers. Even Steve helped with dishes!
I would say more about this picture but it already got me into enough trouble, and I would like to be invited back to volunteer in the future. Talk of the morning was centered on the weather, and plans for the day with back up plans for rain again split us into two groups. I was lucky and got to go with Steve to Indian Flats for some different stream work, while Matt led the students into the gorge.
I'm out of picture space so I will finish in a reply
Lynn Camp continued
Well they said I couldnt operate the shocker, but they did grant me the honor of carrying the shocker to the work site and back. As I was carrying it down the trail, I thought of what a pain in the butt it would be to carry off trail and in the stream each day. Think youre tired after a day fishing? Add 45 pounds that dig in and are not that friendly on the back next time and you will appreciate what the fisheries department does for us anglers. We worked what I believe to be site 5 on Indian Flats. This time instead of a single shock and young, juvenile, and adult being counted; we shocked three times and had nets set up to keep the fish from escaping to get a more complete inventory. Here is a shot of the net being set up on the lower end.
And the holding tank where the revived fish would wait until we were finished with all 3 passes to put back where they came from.
Here is a shot of the weighing and measuring of the first round.
And a shot of the students calculating the CFS of the stream
And another shot of us measuring steam width in 10 yard increments to figure and average width to this section.
I was bucket boy on the first run, and kept thinking to myself I hope I dont fall and drop the bucket putting all the fish back into the stream. Luckily I didnt slip and was promoted to netter for round 2 and 3. As we finished up you could hear the thunder and before we could pack up it was pouring. We hiked back to camp in the rain, but as soon as we got back the weather took a brief respite making us wonder if we should have waited the weather out and hit another steam site. After listening to the updated forecast on the park service radio we figured we made the right call. Matt and the group soon appeared from the gorge looking a little gorged out
Nothing like bushwhacking and stream hobbling in a good thunderstorm to humble oneself.
I soon gathered my pack and got ready to hike out as the others were discussing who really needed to stay that night with the gear and who should head home. Since Greenbrier was without electricity that night the guys living there said they would stay. Others were reluctant to leave those who were staying and even offered up their house to one of the Greenbrier boys if he didnt want to stay. I enjoyed my hike out and stopped at Indian Flats Falls before it started pouring again. Here is a shot of one of the middle drops
A nice shot on the way out of Lynn Camp in the mist.
I thought I might even get in a few hours on Sams since I had my fishing gear in the car and we finished up early, but it was piss pouring when I got to the trailhead so I just headed home.
I learned a ton and had a great time, and cant wait to catch some Brookies in Lynn Camp in the not too distant future (maybe 3 years)! This trip was also a reminder that I need to join the Little River chapter of TU since they do so much for the park. I know this report was long, and I hope it was a bit informative and could give one an idea of what is really happening on the ground. I would like once again to thank the Park Service for their hard work and dedication, and for giving me the opportunity to giver back to a precious resource that many times is the only thing that keeps me somewhat sane. Ooh and thanks for all the other volunteers who helped out, and all you Troutfesters which raise huge amounts of money that make restoration programs like this possible!
Great report. Sounds like a lot of hardwork and a good time. Great Job.
Great report! Btw, how do you calculate the cfs of the stream?
Thanks for the report! That second fish pic from the top, the young of year one, sure looks like a young of year rainbow to me instead of a speck. I hope I am wrong in my fish ID cause that would be bad.
Adam Beal
Hey Jack (JAB)...
I'm pretty sure its a Brookie
It was a neat process
Very interesting report. How long do the fish stay "stunned" once they are shocked?
It varied quite a bit
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Skip to comments.The Obama Hustle
Posted on 12/30/2012 10:45:35 AM PST by jackv
BREAKING NEWS Hawaii state registrar Alvin Onaka has publicly certified to AZ SOS Ken Bennett that Barack Obamas HI birth certificate is legally non-valid and the White House image is a forgery. with 31 comments
(Excerpt) Read more at theobamahustle.wordpress.com ...
No, now it's a rumor that the blogger says he has to verify.
I'd be happier if he had a link to this 'public certification'.
Indonesian Go Home!
The entire US Congress should be arrested for
misprision of felony.
The MSM will have to give this legs for anything to happen.
Paging Joe Arpaio and his Cold Posse........
Contact yer Congress Critter Now!
Only problem is that it works in 2 dimensions.
Here you see an image of Obama's BC coming out the slot of the machine.
Where and when did he make this public announcement? In his shower during his morning pee..or some other time?
I had a fake drivers license in HS that I used to buy beer. It looked better than Obamas BC.
I hate citing the obvious but a country needs people within the government and in positions of legal authority that are willing to enforce it's laws equally. Sadly that is not the case today in the US. Clearly there are only two options at this point in the US; either we the people capitulate to its' tyrannical power and let government continue deleting our freedom and liberty or the power structure that controls the US government is made to capitulate to the laws set forth by the people in the ORIGINAL Constitution. It's no longer even a question that one of those ends will be our reality.
EVERY electoral vote for Obama is thus now LEGALLY KNOWN to be fraudulently-obtained and must not be certified as lawful on Jan 8th. As with the Sandusky case, those with knowledge have legal responsibility to act, and that is now you.
Our President has committed perjury 6 times by swearing (in AZ, NC, and WV) that he is eligible, knowing that he has no valid HI birth certificate (and claiming a Kenyan birth in his bio until 2007), and let his spokesmen pass off two forgeries as genuine on his behalf. He knowingly allowed a decorated military surgeon to lose his lifes savings and retirement and spend 6 months in prison for simply wanting to know if his combat orders were lawful, or whether they Constitutionally had to come from Joe Biden instead who OPPOSED the surge.
It appears that many felonies have been committed. An impeachment must precede a criminal investigation and trial, so failure to impeach is obstruction of equal protection & the rule of law without which, none of your lifes work even matters because the laws you make will only be enforced when politically expedient to the powerful. A banana republic.Read the full story here.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way!
A fitting parable......
"A Snake Is A Snake, Is A Snake"
I was once told a joke about a snake that was found in the snow, he was freezing from the cold, a young man found him and was afraid to pick him up because he was a snake. The snake started begging the young man to help him get warm because he was so cold. The snake told the young man that he could put him under his his shirt next to his body, so he could get warm; the young man told him no, because he was a snake, that bite people. well the snake begged and pleaded and promised not to bite him if he helped him. So, against the young mans better judgement, he picked up the snake that was almost frozen, rubbed him and put him under his shirt to keep warm. The snake enjoyed the warmth of the young man body, the snake got so warm and comfortable, that he remembered that he was a snake and bit the young man. The young man scolded the snake so badly for biting him and the snake replied, I'm sorry I couldn't help myself, but you knew I was a snake when you picked me up.
This is just a rehash of a story published May 24th in the Washington Times....
LOL I wish he was a fleeing felon.
From what I can gather Onaka certified that the information was on the copy of the birth certificate in the files, but couldn't certify that it was actually true. But why should he? That's not his job. If he accurately says that the copy is a copy of the document on file and the information given is that in the files, he's done his work. He's in charge of records, not in charge of what actually may have happened fifty years ago when the information was filed.
So now, this gets turned around into "he can't vouch the document," when it looks to me like that's exactly what he did. He may have been right or wrong, told the truth or lied, but if he was right and told the truth he did his job. Verifying what actually may have happened 5 decades ago isn't part of his job, and it's probably impossible to "prove" that Obama was born in Hawaii to the degree that bloggers expect and over the doubts that they have.
Verification of birth that indicates (line 1) Obama was born in Hawaii. Interesting because in light of the controversy and since it was issued specifically in order to quash such controversy, wouldn't confirming be a better choice of words over indicating? Just throwing that out there....
Well, no. Bureaucrats like to preserve their distance and their facade before the public. They use language they can hide behind, and eventually this becomes a habit and the habit becomes unbreakable.
Obama's original long form BC has a date accepted on Aug. 8, 1961. This indicative of the registrar accepting the affidavit signed by his mother, delivery doctor and hospital administrator verifying the information submitted to the registrar is true and correct. This is in contrast to Obama's COLB with a date filed on Aug. 8, 1961; which indicates a court order preceded the creation and filing of the vital record by the registrar.
The difference between "accepted" and "filed" sounds like bureaucratic jargon, but it speaks volumes about Obama's post-birth record. The court will only intervene after hearing testimony and examining evidence indicating the original long form BC should be sealed and a new COLB should be created and filed.
In other words, examining the original content on the original long form BC goes to establishing eligibility for POTUS, as opposed to merely establishing how the court eventually ruled on Obama's birth place.
Other questions for eligibility:
Why was the original long form BC sealed?
If Lolo Soetoro adopted Obama, does Hawaii have the Soetoro COLB on file?
Was the Soetoro COLB sealed and archived after BHO Sr. successfully complained the Soetoro adoption should be annulled in 1971
Obama's Catholic School record in Jakarta, Indonesia indicates Barry Soetoro was an Indonesian National. Was Obama's legal name Barry Soetoro and was he an Indonesian National in the mid-late 60's until early 70's?
Did a Hawaii Court annul the Soetoro adoption and change Obama's name from Barry Soetoro to Barack Hussein Obama II and list his paternal parent as Barack Hussein Obama in 1971, 1972?
What was Obama's citizenship when he enrolled in Occidental College?
And why is the film record of airway arrivals for the week of his birth missing from the archives...?
"And why is the film record of airway arrivals for the week of his birth missing from the archives...?"
Good question.
We can't determine Obama's eligibility until his complete record of vital statistics is revealed. Onaka desperately wants to reduce the question of eligibility to a statement verifying Obama was born in Hawaii.
Only a Court can order an original long form BC sealed and archived for a living person. Why did the Court seal the original? Barry Soetoro has a Catholic School record indicating he was born in Honolulu, HI. Where is Barry Soetoro's original long form BC?
There's a redacted page in the BHO - Stanley Ann Dunham divorce record. Was the Barack Hussein Obama II original long form BC redacted from the divorce record when the Soetoro adoption was finalized and a COLB for Barry Soetoro created and filed?
There is an e-mail going around stating that AlvinOnaka confirmed that Obamas ID is a forgery. It never happened. I received a copy of Onakas letter to Kobach and Bennett in my case against Kobach. Onaka never said that Obamas papers are not valid. This is a wishful thinking or an attempt by someone to discredit us.
Additionally there is a letter by someone hiding behind a name Proof Positive. This person is asking for money to send letters to Sheriff Arpaio and to Congress and convince them to act in regards to Obamas forged IDs.
If you want to write to Arpaio or your Congressman, you can do it yourself. Why do you need to pay someone, who may be a scam artist. Moreover, as I said, Arpaio collected 7 million for his campaign. He went around the country showing forgery in Obamas IDs and giving people an impression that he will be filling a criminal complaint before the election. Obama dismissed his law suit against Arpaio in August, Arpaio never filed any criminal comaplaint against Obama. People should not give Arpaio a cent more. Demand that he appear on January 3rd at the hearing with judge England, demand that he file a complaint with the DA, AG and US Attorney with his findings immediately or refund the 7 million that was collected under false pretenses.
Help me identify and expose the person hiding behind the news letter Proof Positive"
Just when I had my hopes up.
Orly has been a determined worker and I admire that, but she hasn't always gotten her details right. I suspect that she is so busy she has failed to make the FOIA requests to see Bennett's COMPLETE request, or to look up the Hawaii statutes that govern how Onaka had to respond.
HRS 338-14.3 says that Onaka must verify any information submitted by a qualified applicant if he can certify that was the way the event actually happened - IOW if they have a legally valid record claiming that, since a legally valid record is prima facia evidence and thus has the presumption of accuracy (which is ultimately only overruled by evidence to the contrary).
Bennett sent in an application form for a verification, requesting that Onaka verify that Barack Hussein Obama, II, male, was born on Aug 4, 1961, in Honolulu on the island of Oahu, to mother Stanley Ann Dunham and father Barack Hussein Obama. If any of those facts was claimed on a legally-valid record that specific fact would have to be verified by Onaka in his letter of verification, according to HRS 338-14.3.
The only one of those words that was even MENTIONED in Onaka's verification was the word Honolulu (which shows that he was looking at the application and not just Bennett's letter asking for ADDITIONAL verifications, since that letter didn't mention Honolulu at all). But if Onaka was verifying that the birth city was Honolulu, then he would also have to verify that the birth island was Oahu, since Honolulu has always been on Oahu. He doesn't. By this we can tell that all he verified through the use of the word "Honolulu" is the existence of a birth certificate which "indicates" (claims) a Honolulu birth. He's verifying the existence of a birth certificate.
The fact that he leaves out all those other words (male, Aug 4, Oahu, Stanley Ann Dunham, and Barack Hussein Obama) - even though he verifies that those are indeed the CLAIMS on the record they have - means that the record they have has to be non-valid. If it was valid and claimed those things he would have had to verify each of those individual birth facts on his verification.
Attorney Larry Klayman's letter to DNC Counsel Bob Bauer contains the documentation for all of this. It can be seen at http://butterdezillion.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/complete-klayman-letter-to-bauer.pdf
Another explanation to make the laws easier to understand can be seen at http://butterdezillion.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/wheel-of-fortune-v-family-feud-final.pdf
What people need to know is that Onaka discloses things not only by what he says, but even moreso by what he DOESN'T say. Look on his verifications and you never see the words male, Aug 4, 1961, Oahu, Stanley Ann Dunham, or Barack Hussein Obama. The only LAWFUL reason for him to leave out those facts is if he can't verify them as true, and the only reason he couldn't verify them as true if they are claimed on a record (as Onaka verified for Obama's claimed facts) is if the record itself is legally non-valid.
This is not wishful thinking, nor is it an attempt to discredit anybody. It is a simple statement of Hawaii law.
Further, the statute says, "A verification shall be considered for all purposes certification that the vital event did occur and that the facts of the event are as stated by the applicant." If there are "facts" stated by the applicant in a request for a letter of verification that the DOH does NOT verify, then those facts are not and cannot be certified.
First, Bennett sent to the DOH its own standard birth-record request form. That form contains information including the date of birth, names of the parents and place of birth. Onaka did not verify any of the information on this form with the possible exception of place of birth, but there are problems with the wording on item No. 1. First, it refers to a "birth certificate." At the bottom of the letter, Onaka uses the terms "additionally" and "Certificate of Live Birth," which would indicate that the former document is not the same as the latter document. The last statement, if it were comprehensive to Bennett's request, should actually be sufficient as a verification of ALL the facts. IOW, the comment about the COLB at the end is redundant UNLESS it is referring to a separate document with no known legal value. Again, Onaka says he is verifying "pursuant" to the statutes.
Second, Bennett asked if the attached PDF was a true and accurate copy of the original birth record on file. Onaka does NOT verify this information. Instead, he says that the information in the PDF "matches" the "original record" in the files, which has no specific legal meaning. Part of Onaka's job (and/or his predecessors) is to certify birth records as "true" or "correct" or "accurate." He did not do this. Likewise, several months later, KS SOS Kobach recognized that this verification was inconclusive, so he requested his own letter of verification asking specifically if the Obama PDF was "identical" to original record on file. Again, "pursuant" to the statutes, Onaka must verify this information. But, in his reply to Kobach, he did NOT say the record was identical. His failure to do so means that the PDF is NOT identical and is NOT a true, correct or accurate copy of the birth record.
Something else that's important to note is that the DOH website on Obama points to specific departmental rules that include rules regarding foreign-born children who are adopted in Hawaii. IOW, they seem to be indicating that Obama was foreign-born and that he was adopted, which starts to explain why his PDF cannot be completely verified, and is therefore is legally invalid.
Of course, it could be a tricky ploy: some or all of those 11 items might not actually be on the birth certificate and Onaka's language might be a clever legal way of appearing to verify that they are without actually doing so.
But it could also be just his way of doing things. Understand that there would be one way of referring to items on the usual "short form" computer generated document and another way, less used today, of referring to items on the original certificate and any xerox or PDF produced from them.
Onaka's language may just reflect the awkward and unusual nature of the situation, rather than any intent to deceive. Any way to convey his meaning in language would probably come into question if you go over it with a fine-toothed comb.
Or there may be some legal or bureaucratic desire to cover himself from legal challenges without intent to defraud, which results in a clumsy phrasing. Or the truth may be somewhere in between, the information verified being correct, but something else concealed.
You could be right, but the chance that you are is less than they were years ago when this whole thing started. Enthusiasm for minute scrutiny of documents has declined over the years. For one thing, a lot of the comments about the document released being an "obvious forgery" just don't hold up.
People who didn't know anything about typewriters or fountain pens and the marks they leave behind, people who couldn't see how an image of a document bound in a book would be curved, people who couldn't even draw a straight line for Pete's sake, were claiming that they could easily see how the pdf was faked, and this has really hurt the credibility of the charges -- at least with me.
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The key to exposing him has always been the media (at large), just like it was with the far less of a crime Watergate break-in. Without media pressure on the elected "representatives," the issue is nonexistent in the eyes of the politicians. Clearly, the media is fully on his side and wouldn't dare seek the truth in this case. The so called "conservative" media isn't even willing to go there.
For a comparison, look at the Fast and Furious crime. If the media were legitimate in seeking the truth, Holder would have been ousted long ago. Yet, he remains in light of Issa's attempts to get to him, because of the lack of public pressure brought about by exposure in the media. Then, there's the "NBPP" case of clear voter intimidation caught on film. Most of the media was silent there as well. Result, nothing came of it. Benghazi will no doubt turn out the same way.
Barry's the first (half) black president that was popularly "elected." Because of the slavery issue in this country, the powers that be have determined that it's acceptable for Barry to usurp the presidency for 8 years.
The media is against us on this issue, which they have successfully stigmatized.
Not a single person in the judiciary nor congress will give this issue the light of day it clearly deserves. That much is clear, after 4 & 1/2 years of trying....by many.
I see no evidence of a new official statement. If this claim is based on the inference from his letter to Secretary Bennet (which is what I think) it is not an affirmative statement, it is an inferred statement, and therefore not persuasive as the headline would lead us to believe.
If you have a link to a new official statement, I apologize and will read with great interest. I fear the reality is that people are simply wasting our time with this made up news.
We deserve the government we elect. If there is not one member of Congress out of the whole lot of them who will stand up now that Onaka has confirmed that Obama's BC is non-valid, then this country is over; all that's left is to see who gets the juicy chunks from the carcass.
That may well be what happens. If it does, it will happen over my dead body. All I can do is issue the warning; they ignore it at the peril of us all, and the resulting destruction will be on their hands, not mine.
The following were requested to be verified and aren't even MENTIONED on Onaka's verification: male, Aug 4, 1961, Oahu, Stanley Ann Dunham, and Barack Hussein Obama.
The only lawful reason for them to be left off is if they cannot be verified. And yet Onaka verified that those are the claims made on the HDOH record.
So why were those things all left off?
The legal presumption of regularity is that a routine procedure complies with rules and protocols. In order to claim otherwise (to overcome the presumption of regularity) you have to have evidence to the contrary.
So what evidence is there? The 1960-64 birth index? That has been proven to be altered to include legally non-valid records. The birth announcements? Those have been proven to have been tampered with. Fukino's statements? She never claimed that the record she saw was legally valid.
What evidence is there that Onaka didn't do exactly what he certified (swore to) in this verification: comply fully with HRS 338-14.3?
Orly doesn't know what is going on with this. Larry Klayman and other attorneys have confirmed that this is what Onaka's verification means, based on Hawaii statutes. His explanation is in a letter that he sent to DNC Attorney Bob Bauer, which can be seen at http://butterdezillion.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/complete-klayman-letter-to-bauer.pdf
Inferred statements are all Hawaii statute allows the registrar to make when confirming that facts presented for verification are not known to be true.
Short of being put on the witness stand where the judicial rules exempt Onaka from the protocols of Hawaii statutes and HDOH rules, this is the strongest statement that Hawaii law allows Onaka to make.
If that's not strong enough for people to believe then their epistemology will NEVER allow them to believe when Hawaii discloses that birth claims are not legally valid.
I do agree that it would be stronger to get Onaka on the witness stand and have him say flat-out that the record is not valid. That hasn't happened yet because nobody has been able to compel him to testify. But that doesn't negate that this is the strongest (only, in fact) action Onaka is legally authorized to do in disclosing Obama's situation.
I'm not an expert on this. From what I can find online we have a copy of a page of Bennett's request and a copy of a page of Onaka's reply, and they line up pretty well.
What was asked is answered. Apparently there may have been another page in the request. Do you have an image of that or of any other page in the reply?
It looks like Onaka gave a blanket verification of the information on the copy to an overall request for verification and then only gave precise answers to the items Bennett specifically asked him about. So blame Bennett for not asking the right questions or enough questions.
There's a certain amount of bureaucratic comedy here. Bennett was only authorized to asked and Onaka only authorized to answer certain questions, so what they say isn't going to match up with more general birther concerns.
The media only published half of Bennett's request. You can see the whole thing at the end of Klayman's letter to Bob Bauer, posted at http://butterdezillion.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/complete-klayman-letter-to-bauer.pdf
A verification is not about what you or I know about geography or Obama's gender. The point is that if a person submits a fact to be verified, Onaka HAS to verify it if he can. And beyond any question/debate he failed to verify male, Aug 4, 1961 (which is critical to eligibility), Oahu, Stanley Ann Dunham, and Barack Hussein Obama (which are also critical to eligibility).
The only lawful reason to leave those things out is if they are not claimed on a legally-valid record. Onaka verified that they ARE claimed on the record at the HDOH. That leaves only one reason for those facts to not be verified: the record itself is non-valid.
There's no such thing as a blanket verification. The statute says that ANY submitted information has to be verified if it can be certified as the way the event actually happened. That means each individual fact. The way to separate out the facts that are true from the facts that are aren't is by verbally saying every fact that is true and leaving out every fact that isn't. Eliminates all the guesswork.
That is your theory. But it wasn't Onaka's understanding of his role. Look at how long it took before each of the document images (or whatever they are) was released. The understanding of the registry about its own role and duties was and isn't what you thought or think it is.
I've had some trouble with the Klayman documents, but he has a similar problem. He's always jumping to conclusions, always assuming that there are no alternatives to his own assumptions. When somebody confidently keeps saying "the only possibility is ..." it may be
I will try to find the Hawaiian law about this after the holiday, but given the history of all that's happened to this point, I don't think you are right about specific and blanket verifications.
How do you know what Onaka understood about his role?
What I've stated is what is in Hawaii Revised Statute 338-14.3, which can be seen at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0338/HRS_0338-0014_0003.htm and which says (keep in mind that the word "shall" means it is obligatory; there is no discretion):
§338-14.3 Verification in lieu of a certified copy. (a) Subject to the requirements of section 338-18, the department of health, upon request, shall furnish to any applicant, in lieu of the issuance of a certified copy, a verification of the existence of a certificate and any other information that the applicant provides to be verified relating to the vital event that pertains to the certificate.
(b) A verification shall be considered for all purposes certification that the vital event did occur and that the facts of the event are as stated by the applicant.
(c) Verification may be made in written, electronic, or other form approved by the director of health.
(d) The fee for a verification in lieu of a certified copy shall be a maximum of one half of the fee established in section 338-14.5 for the first certified copy of a certificate issued.
(e) Fees received for verifications in lieu of certified copies shall be remitted, and one half of the fee shall be deposited to the credit of the vital statistics improvement special fund in section 338-14.6 and the remainder of the fee shall be deposited to the credit of the state general fund. [L 2001, c 246, §1; am L 2010, c 55, §1]
Do you have any evidence that he was?
Right, it's supposed to "look like" he's "verifying" all the items on the PDF of the long-form, but then he finishes with the "additionally" statement, claiming the information on the PDF "matches" the original record on file. Why would that be additional to what was in the list?? Why list out the 12 items minus the other three or four, and then add that statement?? And why does it NOT say the PDF is a true copy??
Of course, it could be a tricky ploy: some or all of those 11 items might not actually be on the birth certificate and Onaka's language might be a clever legal way of appearing to verify that they are without actually doing so.
But it could also be just his way of doing things. Understand that there would be one way of referring to items on the usual "short form" computer generated document and another way, less used today, of referring to items on the original certificate and any xerox or PDF produced from them.
This isn't a very good explanation because the short form is supposed to be derived from the long-form and second, the list of 12 items includes several things that are NOT on the short form, three, SOS Bennett never requested a verification of the short-form, and four, the short-form has an official name: "Certification of Live Birth." Onaka does not use this term in the letter of verification. He does use other discrete and separate terms: birth certificate, Certificate of Live Birth, and "original record in our files." Let's remember that former DOH director Chiyome Fukino referenced multiple records in one of the news releases that was supposed to confirm the authenticity of Obama's COLB. And also remember that she said his long-form was half-handwritten. Obama's PDF is obviously NOT half-handwritten. There may be all kinds of different documents on file ... some are "original" but this doesn't mean they were created in 1961.
Onaka's language may just reflect the awkward and unusual nature of the situation, rather than any intent to deceive. Any way to convey his meaning in language would probably come into question if you go over it with a fine-toothed comb.
No, the DOH stalled for two months before responding to Bennett's request AND they insisted that he filed his request in a specific way. Second, this doesn't explain why Onaka ignored the items that are on the DOH's standard birth-record request form.
Or there may be some legal or bureaucratic desire to cover himself from legal challenges without intent to defraud, which results in a clumsy phrasing. Or the truth may be somewhere in between, the information verified being correct, but something else concealed.
This is part of the reason I mentioned the adoption rules that are referenced on the DOH's Obama webpage. There may be things that are being concealed by law ... but there IS an intent to defraud because the DOH knows this information is being used in regards to Obama's eligibility. What is concealed has an impact on Obama's nationality and eligibility. There's a reasonable public interest in providing full disclosure of Obama's records in spite of any contrary state laws.
You could be right, but the chance that you are is less than they were years ago when this whole thing started. Enthusiasm for minute scrutiny of documents has declined over the years. For one thing, a lot of the comments about the document released being an "obvious forgery" just don't hold up.
People who didn't know anything about typewriters or fountain pens and the marks they leave behind, people who couldn't see how an image of a document bound in a book would be curved, people who couldn't even draw a straight line for Pete's sake, were claiming that they could easily see how the pdf was faked, and this has really hurt the credibility of the charges -- at least with me.
I'm not addressing the issues of forgery here, just what the letter of verification tells us and more importantly, what it purposely refused to verify. I think it's silly to presume to know what anyone else knows about "typewriters or fountain pens and the marks they leave behind." There are plenty of obvious red flags in Obama's PDF and it doesn't take any special expertise to recognize that.
He wasn't obligated to do anything more or other than that. In law and politics and bureaucracy, people don't do favors for those who are assumed to be "on the other side." Unless there's a court order, which I don't think there was, they do the absolute minimum required by law. That's the standard procedure, and I don't think you can conclude anything from that.
Also, as some of the commenters on other sites have noted, there are real problems with attesting that a document and a copy are "identical." Two pieces of paper (or a piece of paper and a computer graphic) aren't literally the same thing. You can verify the information, but going further than that is problematic and not required by the law.
I don't have all the paperwork in front of me, but it looks like he verified the information on the document in question matched and then that the specific items he was asked to verify matched. If the AZ SOS didn't ask the right questions, Onaka wasn't going to volunteer anything he didn't ask.
And why does it NOT say the PDF is a true copy??
That is what he apparently did at the bottom of the piece of paper that the PDF is supposed to be a copy of so he's not going to do it again.
So far as I can tell, this time he stuck to what the statute said:
(a) Subject to the requirements of section 338-18, the department of health, upon request, shall furnish to any applicant, in lieu of the issuance of a certified copy, a verification of the existence of a certificate and any other information that the applicant provides to be verified relating to the vital event that pertains to the certificate.
(b) A verification shall be considered for all purposes certification that the vital event did occur and that the facts of the event are as stated by the applicant.
He wasn't going to reverify something that he already (more or less) verified.
Let's remember that former DOH director Chiyome Fukino referenced multiple records in one of the news releases that was supposed to confirm the authenticity of Obama's COLB. And also remember that she said his long-form was half-handwritten. Obama's PDF is obviously NOT half-handwritten. There may be all kinds of different documents on file ... some are "original" but this doesn't mean they were created in 1961.
Could be, and if that's true, the matter should be examined more closely. Fukino may have known what she was talking about and might actually have seen a document different from the one that was presented (in PDF copy) to the public.
I don't have all the answers, and don't need to go on making objections. It's just that the whole "obvious fraud" thing got on my nerves. If it's a fraud, it's not an awful one, not something that amateurs could readily detect as one, and not one singled by a hidden happy face.
If Person 1 asks if a copy of a received document is the true copy of a document in state files, and Person 2 says that the information on the received document matches the information in the state files, that is not the same thing, right?
Person 2 is getting around stating that the received document is an exact facsimile of a state-issued document or not, by leaping directly to what's contained in the document's lines. Would that be a correct assumption?
Would that not raise suspicions about the authenticity of the document itself, regardless of the information contained on the document?
Furthermore, Article IV Section 1 says:
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
Arizona should have been given direct access to the original public records, absent Congressional action. Hawaii's state privacy laws do not supercede Arizona's Constitutional "full faith and credit" access to Hawaii's records. And yet, Hawaii turned away Arizona's legitimate officers who went to Hawaii to inspect the actual public document.
Does that look like the actions of a state with nothing to hide?
So as I understand it, "full faith and credit" means Arizona has to accept that Hawaii's laws and judicial decisions apply in Hawaii. I don't know how far that applies to public records -- there are arguments to be made on both sides -- but Arizona can't use the clause to undercut Hawaii's account of what its own records say. The clause would tend to support Hawaii more than Arizona in this case. More here.
I think I agree with that statement as far is it is limited to effect in Hawaii, but we're now talking about those records' effect in Arizona on Arizona law.
I know it's never been tested this way, but the Article speaks to how those records would be "proved," that is, Congressional action to the manner of proving. So the Constitution did not automatically imply that a state was forced to take another state's word on the matter.
Arizona could have demanded first-hand proof by visually inspecting Hawaii's records, if only to force Congress to exercise its power to "prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved."
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One of the most difficult obstacles in making progress toward the visible unity of the Church is the reticence of some Catholics to accept the leadership of the Magisterium, the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the clear teaching of the Catholic Church on its priority.
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5/16/2013 (3 years ago)
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Keywords: Ut Unum Sint, ecumenism, unity, communion, full communion, orthodox, catholic, dialogue, John 17, May They be One, Ut Unum Sint, Deacon Keith Fournier
CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - The Gospel at Mass contains a prayer from Jesus to the Father, "I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me." (John 1&:20-26)
Last Friday, Pope Francis welcomed Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros to the Vatican. His brotherly manner was one more confirmation that he will continue the trajectory evident in the Church over the last two pontificates, to work for the full visible unity of the whole Christian Church.
On March 20, 2013, he spoke these words to delegates of the Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches and Ecclesial Communities of the West: "let us all be intimately united to our Savior's prayer at the Last Supper, to his invocation: ut unum sint. We call on the merciful Father to be able to fully live the faith that we have received as a gift on the day of our Baptism, and to be able to it free, joyful and courageous testimony. The more we are faithful to his will, in thoughts, in words and in deeds, the more we will truly and substantially walk towards unity."
The Gospel proclaims that in and through Jesus Christ, authentic unity with God - and through Him, in the Spirit, with one another- is the plan of God for the entire human race. The Church is the way to that unity. For the Church to continue the redemptive mission of Jesus effectively, she must be one. It was not the Lord's plan that she be divided. It is His Plan that she be restored to full communion.
I am one of many who called Benedict XVI the Pope of Christian Unity. He placed the full communion of the Church at the forefront of his Papacy. This was clear in his overtures toward our Orthodox brethren, whom we recognize as a Church and whose priesthood and Sacraments we also recognize. It was evident in his outreach to the separated Christians of the Reformation communities of the West.
On the 4th anniversary of the death of Blessed John Paul II, Benedict reminded us of John Paul's passionate commitment to the full communion of the Church. That teaching is summarized in the Encyclical Letter "May they be One" (Ut Unum Sint). To be Catholic is to enter into the prayer of Jesus for the Unity of His Church, and to make it our own. Then to work for that unity.
In Benedict XVI's first message he signaled his commitment to this unity: "Nourished and sustained by the Eucharist, Catholics cannot but feel encouraged to strive for the full unity for which Christ expressed so ardent a hope in the Upper Room. The Successor of Peter knows that he must make himself especially responsible for his Divine Master's supreme aspiration. "
"Indeed, he is entrusted with the task of strengthening his brethren (cf. Lk 22: 32). With full awareness, therefore, at the beginning of his ministry in the Church of Rome which Peter bathed in his blood, Peter's current Successor takes on as his primary task the duty to work tirelessly to rebuild the full and visible unity of all Christ's followers. This is his ambition, his impelling duty."
Catholic teaching on the nature of the Church is rooted in an ecclesiology of communion. All who are validly Baptized already have a form of imperfect communion. We are invited to make the prayer of Jesus for full communion and visible unity our own in the way we relate to other Christians. We need to show the love so evident in the words and witness of Benedict, John Paul and Francis.
We should learn and use the language of communion which the Catholic Church now encourages. Blessed John Paul II wrote: "It happens for example that, in the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount, Christians of one confession no longer consider other Christians as enemies or strangers but see them as brothers and sisters."
"Again, the very expression "separated brethren" tends to be replaced today by expressions which more readily evoke the deep communion linked to the baptismal character which the Spirit fosters in spite of historical and canonical divisions."
"Today we speak of "other Christians", "others who have received Baptism", and "Christians of other Communities". The Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism refers to the Communities to which these Christians belong as "Churches and Ecclesial Communities that are not in full communion with the Catholic Church. The broadening of vocabulary is indicative of a significant change in attitudes" There is an increased awareness that we all belong to Christ."(#42)
John Paul also wrote concerning the urgency of building good relationships with other Christians: "Relations between Christians are not aimed merely at mutual knowledge, common prayer and dialog. They presuppose and from now on call for every possible form of practical cooperation at all levels: pastoral, cultural and social, as well as that of witnessing to the Gospel message. Cooperation among all Christians vividly expresses that bond which already unites them, and it sets in clearer relief the features of Christ the Servant".
"This cooperation based on our common faith is not only filled with fraternal communion, but is a manifestation of Christ himself. Moreover, ecumenical cooperation is a true school of ecumenism, a dynamic road to unity. Unity of action leads to the full unity of faith: "Through such cooperation, all believers in Christ are able to learn easily how they can understand each other better and esteem each other more, and how the road to the unity of Christians may be made smooth. In the eyes of the world, cooperation among Christians becomes a form of common Christian witness and a means of evangelization which benefits all involved."Â
I fully embrace the Catholic teaching that the fullness of truth is found within the Catholic Church. Because of that I also carry an immense burden to see the prayer of Jesus in John 17 answered. There is a connection. Into a world that is fractured, divided, wounded, filled with sides and camps at enmity with one another, the Catholic Church is called to proclaim, by both word and deed, the unifying love of a living God.
Of all Christians, Catholics have the highest obligation to work toward authentic Christian unity. There is an adage in the Gospels which has application in this arena, "To those to whom much is given, much more will be required" (Luke 12:48). If the fullness of truth subsists in the Catholic Church, that should not make us haughty, but humble! Triumphalism is not the way toward Christian unity.
Let us take our lead from the Catechism of the Catholic Church as we consider the disunity among Christians. These paragraphs are found in the section entitled "Wounds to Unity":
"817 In fact, "in this one and only Church of God from its very beginnings there arose certain rifts, which the Apostle strongly censures as damnable. But in subsequent centuries much more serious dissensions appeared and large communities became separated from full communion with the Catholic Church - for which, often enough, men of both sides were to blame." The ruptures that wound the unity of Christ's Body - here we must distinguish heresy, apostasy, and schism - do not occur without human sin: Where there are sins, there are also divisions, schisms, heresies, and disputes. Where there is virtue, however, there also are harmony and unity, from which arise the one heart and one soul of all believers.
818 "However, one cannot charge with the sin of the separation those who at present are born into these communities [that resulted from such separation] and in them are brought up in the faith of Christ, and the Catholic Church accepts them with respect and affection as brothers . . . . All who have been justified by faith in Baptism are incorporated into Christ; they therefore have a right to be called Christians, and with good reason are accepted as brothers in the Lord by the children of the Catholic Church."
819 "Furthermore, many elements of sanctification and of truth" are found outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church: "the written Word of God; the life of grace; faith, hope, and charity, with the other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit, as well as visible elements." Christ's Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as means of salvation, whose power derives from the fullness of grace and truth that Christ has entrusted to the Catholic Church. All these blessings come from Christ and lead to him, and are in themselves calls to "Catholic unity."
820 "Christ bestowed unity on his Church from the beginning. This unity, we believe, subsists in the Catholic Church as something she can never lose, and we hope that it will continue to increase until the end of time." Christ always gives his Church the gift of unity, but the Church must always pray and work to maintain, reinforce, and perfect the unity that Christ wills for her. This is why Jesus himself prayed at the hour of his Passion, and does not cease praying to his Father, for the unity of his disciples: "That they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be one in us, so that the world may know that you have sent me." The desire to recover the unity of all Christians is a gift of Christ and a call of the Holy Spirit."
One of the most difficult obstacles in making progress toward the visible unity of the Church is the reticence of some Catholics to accept the leadership of the Magisterium, the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the clear teaching of the Catholic Church on its priority.
I recently experienced this in a comment - and exchange - prompted by an article we published entitled Easter Proclamation of Patriarch Kirill: Wishing Our Orthodox Christian Brethren a Happy Easter In a few introductory sentences before the Patriarchs beautiful message, I wrote:
"We wish our Orthodox Christian brethren a very Blessed Easter. Jesus Christ is Risen! We also offer to all of our readers the beautiful Easter message from the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill. We long for the day when we will experience once again the full communion of the Church, East and West, breathing together with two lungs".
"We pray earnestly for the day when we will celebrate this - and all other great Feasts - of Christianity together. We dedicate ourselves to searching for ways to bear common witness to a world waiting to be born of the Good News that Jesus Christ has Risen from the dead, trampling on death by death - and lavishing life on all in the tombs."
I offer below a comment I received from a reader who objected to my use of the metaphor "two lungs" in addressing the Catholic and orthodox Churches. I also include part of my response. I have removed the name of the reader:
"Deacon Keith, you should be more careful in your use of words. The Church is one. It's called the Roman Catholic Church and she has two full lungs with both Latin and Eastern Rites in Communion. The unity that we long for is only found in the One Roman Catholic Church. The Orthodox groups are not only in schism but also in heresy. They refuse to submit to Peter making them outside the Church. As the Church has always taught, those not in visible union with Rome are in no way members of the Church. Please be more careful in the future in your descriptions, Deacon Keith."
I responded: "I was very careful_______. Please read the Catholic Catechism, Ut Unum Sint, Orientale Lumen, His Holiness Benedict XVI's teaching magisterium.... we recognize the orthodox Church as a sister church. We recognize their sacraments. We work toward and pray for our full communion some day. We have a very different and special relationship with the Orthodox Church. It is very different than with Protestant communities. Here is one paragraph from the Catechism - check it out and the footnotes:
"838 "The Church knows that she is joined in many ways to the baptized who are honored by the name of Christian, but do not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or have not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter." Those "who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized are put in a certain, although imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church." With the Orthodox Churches, this communion is so profound "that it lacks little to attain the fullness that would permit a common celebration of the Lord's Eucharist."
My interlocutor persisted, again chastising me for using the phrase 'two lungs' to describe the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. I will not repeat his whole comment. I end with my response:
"Do not be afraid of the language of full communion. By the way, the two lungs language is not my own. Not only was it used regularly by Blessed John Paul II - but here is one of many uses by His Holiness Benedict XVI in 2007: "Thank you, Your Beatitude, for this gesture of esteem and brotherly friendship. In you, I greet the Pastor of an ancient and illustrious Church, a shining tessera of that bright mosaic, the East, which, to use a favourite phrase of the Servant of God John Paul II of venerable memory, constitutes one of the two lungs with which the Church breathes."
"You do not have to assume the position of defender of the faith. The Catholic contribution of the role of Peter - or the other points of division which still keep us from full communion - are being well presented while the focus on what unites us is being emphasized. The Magisterium is doing all of that quite well. Trust that the Holy Spirit works through the Pope and those in communion with him. It was not the Lord's plan that the East and West be divided and the Prayer of John 17 is being fulfilled over time. "May They Be One" Join the prayer"
Let us pray and work for the full communion of the Church.
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Statements by Members
11 a.m.
Cheryl Gallant Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON
Mr. Speaker, today I rise to offer my sincere congratulations to the people of Eganville for their recent success in developing affordable housing for their community.
Fairfields was truly a community affair. Under the leadership of the chairperson, Preston O'Grady; the vice-chair, Gerald Tracey; chair of finance, Mayor Zig Mintha; the secretary-treasurer, Harry Goulet; the property chair Terry O'Brien; the property manager, Paul Kilby; and the board members, Elsie Zadow, Tom Green, Susan Taylor and Gertrude Berger, as well as hours of donated labour and materials from local residents and contractors, too numerous to list, Fairfields' affordable, supportive housing project is a dream that has become reality.
In the words of Fairfields chair, Preston O'Grady, "It's impressive what a community that pulls together can do in six months".
While six months may represent the physical building, residents in Eganville and the surrounding area recognize the years of efforts that Preston and his board devoted to this project to see it to completion.
I congratulate Fairfields.
Remembrance Day
Statements by Members
11 a.m.
Michael John Savage Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS
Mr. Speaker, one of the great privileges of being an MP for Dartmouth--Cole Harbour is the opportunity to represent a constituency with a strong military tradition.
In my community, people are acutely aware of the sacrifices that have been made to preserve freedom. As a major base of Canadian military operations, we know all too well the sacrifice that men and women from Dartmouth--Cole Harbour have made to win and preserve peace around the world.
Next Friday, in both Dartmouth and Cole Harbour, our veterans will be honoured and their sacrifice acknowledged.
One of the most positive aspects of Remembrance Day in recent years is the increasing number of children who come out to pay tribute to Canada's heroes. I will have the opportunity next week to visit a number of schools in my riding where children are actively connecting to this important part of our history.
As more of our veterans leave this Earth, it is encouraging to us all but particularly to them that their dedication and courage will continue to be remembered. There is no more fitting nor encouraging tribute to our great veterans than to see a child standing by the cenotaph in the cold at full attention and in awe at the sacrifice of these great Canadians.
We will continue to remember them.
Statements by Members
11 a.m.
Réal Lapierre Lévis—Bellechasse, QC
Mr. Speaker, on September 16, the firm Rotobec of Sainte-Justine, in my riding, celebrated its 30th anniversary. More than 350 people took part in the celebrations and visited the facilities.
Rotobec is a family business which employs 220 people and generates $36 million in sales annually.
Because of the dedication of its employees and because it is distributing competitively priced quality products, Rotobec has emerged as a major player on the forestry equipment market.
It distributes products in Chile, Indonesia and New Zealand, among others. Faced with a serious recruiting problem, management developed innovative approaches which set Rotobec apart from its foreign competition.
Congratulations to all the employees, the founders and owners on what they have done for the economic development of our region.
Canada-Israel Friendship Group
Statements by Members
11:05 a.m.
Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, on October 27, the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Friendship Group held its annual general meeting. It was a resounding success.
Never before did a friendship group have the substantive goals we have set for ourselves, nor the energy that everyone felt during the session. Already on Monday our members spearheaded an all party motion adopted by this House condemning the anti-Semitic remarks of the Iranian president.
The Canada-Israel Friendship Group plans on being very active. Just this week, in cooperation with the Canada-Israel committee, we hosted on the Hill a roundtable meeting to explore the anti-terrorism issue.
We are setting up an information service for all members to highlight Israel's scientific, cultural, social and educational achievements.
I take this opportunity to encourage anyone in this House or the other place who is interested to join the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Friendship Group.
I will be there--
Canada-Israel Friendship Group
Statements by Members
11:05 a.m.
The Acting Speaker (Mr. Marcel Proulx)
The hon. member for Macleod.
Statements by Members
11:05 a.m.
Ted Menzies Macleod, AB
Mr. Speaker, Canadian farmers are dealing with one of the most difficult years ever due to wet field conditions combined with the lowest grain prices in over 100 years.
Low commodity prices, slow grain sales and movement are at the root. The Canadian Wheat Board, the railways, the subsidies and domestic support programs in other countries, and our government's agriculture and trade policies, or lack thereof, are all to blame for the situation facing Canadian agriculture today.
Last week I met with the parliamentary secretary, as well as the Minister of Agriculture, and heard the same old responses: the CAIS program is in place, farmers have crop insurance and the Canadian Wheat Board has asked for an increase in initial prices. None of these will put money in farmers' pockets.
Producers still do not have the tools or the opportunities to add value to what they grow.
The government has failed to address this and many of the failures in CAIS and foreign subsidies. I will continue to push the Liberal government to reach an agreement at the upcoming WTO ministerial meetings that will help farmers. This is on the 12th anniversary of the government taking office.
Remembrance Day
Statements by Members
11:05 a.m.
Shawn Murphy Charlottetown, PE
Mr. Speaker, one week from today Canadians from coast to coast will put aside their daily duties for a moment of silence in remembrance.
November 11 marks a very important day in this country. It is the day we honour those Canadians who serve and have served their country, especially those men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.
With 2005 as the Year of the Veteran, this Remembrance Day is an opportunity for all Canadians to learn more about the tremendous contributions of veterans. From Vimy Ridge to Juno Beach, from soldiers to peacekeepers, let us pay tribute to those who proudly wore the maple leaf into the front lines of history.
Our armed forces, past and present, are a subject of pride for all Canadians. My thoughts and prayers are with all our war veterans, the current members of our armed forces and their families. May their courage, devotion and commitment never be forgotten.
Veterans Week
Statements by Members
11:05 a.m.
Gilles-A. Perron Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, QC
Mr. Speaker, the week of November 5 to 11 is dedicated to our veterans. I am proud to pay tribute to the men and women who went to war either in global conflicts or in peacekeeping operations.
This occasion reminds us of our obligation to take care of our veterans, including the more recent ones who often have a hard time fitting back into society because of the after-effects of their mission, for example post traumatic stress.
Let us be grateful and respectful to these thousands of men and women who made such a sacrifice in defending our freedom and democracy.
Let peace be our primary focus. The Bloc Québécois salutes those who defend this peace—
Veterans Week
Statements by Members
11:10 a.m.
The Acting Speaker (Mr. Marcel Proulx)
The hon. member for Davenport.
Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association
Statements by Members
11:10 a.m.
Mario Silva Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association. At 1,300 members strong, the Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association serves as the voice of the residential construction industry in the GTA.
The residential construction industry in the greater Toronto area is an economic powerhouse, accounting for more than 244,000 jobs, $10.4 million in wages, $18 billion in GDP and $5.4 billion in taxes paid.
I wish to congratulate Julie DiLorenzo, the president of the GTHA, for her dedication and tireless efforts to serve the members of the association. Thanks to her leadership, the Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association has committed itself to improving the standard of living in the greater Toronto area. The GTHA's continuous support of Habitat for Humanity has also helped change the lives of families in times of need.
I am proud of the association's work and I am pleased to celebrate such an important and generous stakeholder in the greater Toronto area.
Liberal Government
Statements by Members
November 4th, 2005 / 11:10 a.m.
Leon Benoit Vegreville—Wainwright, AB
Mr. Speaker, here is the record of 12 years of Liberal government.
Government spending on programs of hard-earned tax dollars has increased by 44%, or $49 billion. Health care is worse with longer waiting lists. Taxes have increased. Red tape has worsened. Seniors are worse off. Farmers are worse off. There is the $2 billion gun registry.
In fact, who is better off? Only the Liberals' friends. The list of scandals is long with Shawinigate, strippergate, Earnscliffe, ad scam, Radwanski, Dingwall, Ouellet, Pelletier. It starts to sound like the old country song I've Been Everywhere by Hank Snow. It is all Liberal names.
All of this is from the illegitimate Liberal government elected on stolen taxpayers' money funnelled to the Liberal Party.
It is time for a Conservative government led by the current Leader of the Opposition. His first piece of legislation as prime minister would be the federal accountability act, which would ensure that Canadians never again would get corrupt government like we have had from the Liberal government for the past 12 years.
New Brunswick Businesses
Statements by Members
11:10 a.m.
Dominic LeBlanc Beauséjour, NB
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate two extraordinary entrepreneurs. Two weeks ago, Enterprise South East recognized Mike Breau, president of Ocean Pier Inc., located in Scoudouc, New Brunswick, for his significant contribution to our economy.
Founded in 1989, Ocean Pier is a leading manufacturer of prepared seafood products. It employs over 90 people year long.
The young entrepreneur prize was awarded to Eric LeBlanc of Shediac Bay Cruises. Eric operates this very successful tourism business from the Pointe-du-Chêne wharf. He offers thousands of tourists a dramatic and interactive Acadian cultural experience each year.
I have known both Mike and Eric for a number of years. I can attest to the great merit of these two outstanding award recipients.
I also want to congratulate Enterprise South East, its executive director, Serge Doucet, and the president, Léandre Cormier, for the outstanding work they do in our community.
Veterans Affairs
Statements by Members
11:10 a.m.
Bill Siksay Burnaby—Douglas, BC
Mr. Speaker, recently sod was turned for the Korean war memorial in a prominent place in Burnaby's Central Park. The memorial will commemorate the legacy of over 500 Canadian soldiers, 36 from B.C., who gave their lives in the Korean war.
This memorial will only be the second specific Korean war memorial in Canada. It will be a reminder of the contribution of over 30,000 Canadians who served in Korea. It will also be a bridge, a bridge between Canadian and Korean culture, a bridge between the generations that experienced the horrors of this war and those who only know the story, and a bridge between those memories and our hopes for a peaceful future.
This project is led by the Korean Veterans Association Western Canada Chapter and the Canadian Korean Veterans Association Pacific Region, and is supported by many others. The city of Burnaby and its Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission are key partners.
In this Year of the Veteran as we approach Remembrance Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women who defended freedom and democracy. Their sacrifice shall not be forgotten.
Yitzhak Rabin
Statements by Members
11:10 a.m.
Scott Reid Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, ON
Mr. Speaker, today marks the 10th anniversary of one of the most tragic events in the history of the state of Israel. It was on November 4, 1994 that prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated after attending a peace rally. This came a year after Mr. Rabin had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Yitzhak Rabin was a champion of peace because he understood the cost of war. He had served in the Israeli military for 27 years, culminating as chief of staff.
It was under his command that the Israeli defence force defeated three belligerent armies during the six day war. It was under his political leadership that Israel conducted the brilliantly successful rescue of Air France passengers hijacked and held hostage at Entebbe airport.
To such a man skilled in the arts of war, the value of peace was painfully clear.
During his second term in office as prime minister, in 1993, Mr. Rabin signed the Oslo accords, which seemed to point the way to a historic peace with the Palestinians. It was for this effort that he was forced to pay the ultimate price.
His example of courage should never be forgotten.
Sponsorship Program
Statements by Members
11:15 a.m.
France Bonsant Compton—Stanstead, QC
Mr. Speaker, after orchestrating one of the worst scandals in Canadian political history and after this scandal came to light following five years of repeated questions here in the House, the Liberal government has not learned a single thing.
The Prime Minister's admission that, in an attempt to buy Quebec, public funds were shamefully played with and his condemnation of those who transported the envelopes full of dirty money is a first step. However, it is just as important to know who used this dirty money.
The Prime Minister still refuses to tell us who received the $120,000 that Marc-Yvan Côté, Liberal Party of Canada organizer for eastern Quebec, got from Michel Béliveau.
After trying to make Quebeckers and Canadians believe that he knew nothing about this scandal, the Prime Minister is now hiding the identities of those who campaigned using dirty sponsorship money.


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Mike wrote:Awesoman wrote:Very cool that he's thrown in "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" as well as "And I Love Her". Other than a rare performace of the latter song on that Unplugged album, I don't believe he's ever played either song before during his solo career. I'm wondering if there are plans to release an exclusive Good Evening Europe live album, similar to when he put out Back In The World.
That would be nice cuz it only makes sense they are going to be even tighter than the recent 2009 summer tour, but with all the criticism about GENYC floating around, there probably would be more criticism about a whole new CD for just 3 different songs.
Well, he did that a few years ago (Back in the US/Back in the world CDs), didn't he? There are fans like me who would buy a possible Good evening Europe just to have three new songs played live, no matter the critics.


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10 Big Banks Stocks to Watch In the 'Kitchen Sink' Quarter (Update 3)
Updated with market close information, the downgrade of Bank of America by Credit Suisse, Oppenheimer's upgrade for KeyCorp and downgrade of Comerica, and PNC's announcement on Wednesday morning of several fourth-quarter items.
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Fourth-quarter earnings reports will be quite messy for many of the nation's largest banks.
2012 was a remarkable year for bank stocks, with the KBW Bank Index (I:BKX) returning 30%, after falling by 25% during 2011. Bank of America (BAC) led the way among the 24 index components, with shares rising 110%, following a 58% drop in 2011.
After a bumpy right toward year-end as the fiscal cliff negotiations dragged on in Washington, bank stocks have been strong so far during 2013, as positive economic reports continue to roll in. Investors, however, can expect plenty of first-quarter volatility for the entire market, including the banks, as the arguments rage in Congress over raising the federal debt limit.
Guggenheim Securities analyst Marty Mosby said in a report on Wednesday that during the fourth quarter of 2011, "14 of our 18 Large Cap Banks reported results below market expectations. We expect year-end cleanup decisions to pull down fourth quarter results again." The analyst see some good news for the industry: "Beyond this noise, modest revenue growth, continued efficiency improvements, and deployment of excess capital are creating core earnings growth."
A Lumpy Fourth Quarter Banks Clearing Mortgage Decks
Bank of America has led the way for banks reporting extraordinary fourth-quarter items, announcing on Monday a settlement of its long-running feud with government-sponsored mortgage giant Fannie Mae (FNMA) that will include a cash payment of $3.55 billion and a $6.75 billion payment to repurchase 30,000 loans sold to Fannie before 2008. With some of the costs associated with the settlement having already been reserved for, Bank of America said that the entire Fannie Mae settlement would lower its fourth-quarter earnings by $2.7 billion.
In addition to the Fannie settlement, Bank of America also announced that its fourth-quarter results would be "negatively impacted by approximately $2.5 billion (pretax) for the independent foreclosure reviews, litigation (primarily mortgage-related), and other mortgage-related matters," leaving the company to report "modestly positive" earnings. The company said that its estimated range for additional mortgage putback losses had declined to a maximum of $4 billion as of Dec. 30, from $6 billion at the end of the third quarter.
Following on the theme of clearing out mortgage risk, Bank of America also announced Monday that Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae had agreed to allow the company to sell the servicing rights on 2 million residential mortgage loans, with unpaid balances totaling $306 billion. About 232,000 of the loans with servicing to be transferred were past due 60 days or more. Nationstar Mortgage Holdings (NSM) announced it would purchase from Bank of America the servicing rights for 1.3 million mortgage loans with unpaid balances totaling $215 billion, for $1.3 billion, while Walter Investment Management (WAC) said it would buy servicing rights on 650,000 loans with unpaid balances totaling $93 billion from Bank of America for $519 million.


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On May 19 & 20, 2012, Fort Wellington National Historic Site launched commemorations of the War of 1812 with cannon fire, musket volleys and fireworks over the St. Lawrence River as it hosted a Garrison-Re-enactment Weekend. It was a season opening that will certainly be remembered for many years as thousands of visitors and well over 100 re-enactment participants enjoyed glorious Victoria Day weekend weather and celebrated Canada's cultural heritage.
Fort Wellington National Historic Site, located in Prescott, Ontario, is one of the best preserved nineteenth-century fortifications in Canada. During the War of 1812, Prescott's location was of utmost importance to the Canadian and British war effort. Located just west of the last set of major rapids on the river, the town was the easternmost point that larger sailing vessels from Lake Ontario could travel. Here, cargo carried upstream from Montreal could be transferred and forwarded to Kingston and points west. The fate of the forces in Upper Canada depended upon this supply line.
To better tell the 1812 story, Fort Wellington opened its new visitor centre to the public for the first time. Visitor centre exhibits explain how local militia, British military and First Nations interactions protected the St. Lawrence River, Prescott, and British supply lines during the War of 1812. Without doubt, the favourite addition to the visitor centre offering is an incredible gallery – with views to the river – that showcases the remains of an 1812 era British gunboat.
The new gunboat gallery fills a void by linking the importance of the fort and the river together. While Fort Wellington provided one aspect of border defence, another layer of security came from the use of gunboats to defend the river. Gunboats were armed shallow-draft boats that could be manoeuvred in shallow or restricted waters where sailing was difficult for larger ships – ideal for the St. Lawrence River – and Prescott became an important naval staging area where these vessels were stationed throughout much of the war.
The large crowds that flocked through the visitor centre over the long weekend had nothing but compliments for the three years of hard work and dedication that many Parks Canada team members invested to bring this incredible space together on-time and on-budget.
Throughout the summer of 2012, Fort Wellington will have a troop of 1812 living history presenters, cannon and musket fire demonstrations, and fun activities for all ages. Easily accessible along Highway 401, Fort Wellington is just 1 hour south of Ottawa, 2 hours west of Montreal and 4 hours east of Toronto.
Take time out this summer to make good use of your Parks Canada Employee Learning and Discovery Pass by connecting with an important period of Canada's cultural heritage at a rejuvenated Fort Wellington National Historic Site.


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FDIC Increase in Deposit Insurance Coverage
Bank of North Carolina is participating in the FDIC's Transaction Account Guarantee Program. Under that program all noninterest-bearing transaction accounts are fully guaranteed by the FDIC for the entire amount in the account. Coverage under the Transaction Account Guarantee Program is in addition to and separate from the coverage available under the FDIC's general deposit insurance rules.


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