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Newsjock

(11,733 posts)
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 07:46 PM Mar 2012

Arpaio asks for Obama’s Selective Service card

Source: Associated Press

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has asked the Selective Service System for help in his investigation into the authenticity of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.

The sheriff has asked the federal agency for the original Selective Service card completed by Obama in 1980.

Arpaio says his investigators had concluded Obama’s registration card was likely a forgery.

... No one answered the phone late Wednesday afternoon at Selective Service headquarters in Virginia.

Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/state-and-regional/arpaio-asks-for-obama-s-selective-service-card/article_a5bbdec0-73ad-11e1-817d-001871e3ce6c.html



More here from Phoenix New Times: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2012/03/joe_arpaios_birther_investigat_1.php

"On March 1, 2012, a press conference was held in which I announced the initial findings of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Cold Case Posse investigation," Arpaio writes. "Among the findings is not only the President's birth certificate a likely fraud, but furthermore, there is probable cause to believe that the Selective Service Registration card on file and allegedly submitted by Mr. Obama on July 29, 1980, was also a forgery."

Arpaio's "birther" investigators did some homemade science projects in which they claim they were able to make their own phony stamp that looked just like the one used on the president's registration.

"Sheriff Arpaio is asking Director Romo to respond to him within 30 days on whether or not his national office will provide the Sheriff with the original document and if his office will move forward with an investigation of its own," the sheriff's office says. "Lawrence Romo, who was appointed as Director to the U.S. Selective Service System in 2009 by President Obama, reports directly to the President."
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Arpaio asks for Obama’s Selective Service card (Original Post) Newsjock Mar 2012 OP
Talk about your domestic terrorists...n/t monmouth Mar 2012 #1
Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #2
-.- vercetti2021 Mar 2012 #3
Would love to see how Joe looks in pink... think Mar 2012 #4
He is trying to Iliyah Mar 2012 #5
You nailed it. Deflection. Will AZ buy into it? freshwest Mar 2012 #17
Interesting...and he might be laying a defense against possible future criminal indictment. Old and In the Way Mar 2012 #33
Besides the dehydration caused by living in Az. xtraxritical Mar 2012 #35
Oh puke. nt blaze Mar 2012 #6
A certain Sheriff has too much time on his hands. They_Live Mar 2012 #7
There are a lot of people who love idiots like him so it would likely be a hit. libinnyandia Mar 2012 #27
Crack Law Enforcement, or Law Enforcement On Crack? byronius Mar 2012 #8
say, isn't it a fed crime to falsify a document using a phony stamp, like they are doing? nt msongs Mar 2012 #9
Insanity SCVDem Mar 2012 #10
Lies! Lies! Lies! Kennah Mar 2012 #39
Embarassed to a be an Arizonan dbackjon Mar 2012 #11
*facedesk* sakabatou Mar 2012 #12
How do assholes like that becomeso powerful liberal N proud Mar 2012 #13
Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #28
Only if he presents his KKK Klub Kard marmar Mar 2012 #14
Arpaio is a corrupt buffoon. Why isn't he in prison? baldguy Mar 2012 #15
NO STANDING. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #16
Does he burrowowl Mar 2012 #19
To keep up his standing, at least... jmowreader Mar 2012 #50
'No one answered the phone late Wednesday afternoon at Selective Service headquarters in Virginia' freshwest Mar 2012 #18
Fuck you. onehandle Mar 2012 #20
I think Arpaio lordsummerisle Mar 2012 #21
Anything Arpaio gets FROM the 'federal government' he will say is fake if ... Tx4obama Mar 2012 #22
Actually after Jan 20th 2017 it won't matter a damn bit davidpdx Mar 2012 #41
actually.... rtracey Mar 2012 #43
He appears unfamiliar with the concept of due process. If he believes a crime kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #23
good luck gejohnston Mar 2012 #24
Why does anyone give this idiot the time of day Pakid Mar 2012 #25
I love this guy Gore1FL Mar 2012 #26
Pound salt Arpile...... Historic NY Mar 2012 #29
and the fact Dick Cheney draft dodged is supposed to be better ? PatrynXX Mar 2012 #30
R Piehole looking for more face time. lonestarnot Mar 2012 #31
"Sheriff Arpaio is asking Director Romo to respond to him within 30 days " Grassy Knoll Mar 2012 #32
Fuck off, Arpaio Zoeisright Mar 2012 #34
The President doesn't answer to you, jackass. n/t Lil Missy Mar 2012 #36
Having solved all other crimes in Arizona usrname Mar 2012 #37
This stunt by Arpaio is Ex Juris on it's face. He has no jurisdiction outside that strange alien Monk06 Mar 2012 #38
Why doesn't somebody ask for Arpaio's birth certificate? caseymoz Mar 2012 #40
Two reasons: jmowreader Mar 2012 #51
We can still get him deported, though. caseymoz Mar 2012 #53
Arpaio allegedly has a huge backlog of domestic violence/sexual abuse cases. AtomicKitten Mar 2012 #42
re:Arpaio asks for Obama’s Selective Service card allan01 Mar 2012 #44
What does that have to do with the price of Tequila in Tempe? CreekDog Mar 2012 #45
if he wants to make a FOIA request, he should do so onenote Mar 2012 #46
This guy is all about fear - a sad little man like so many right-wing thugs. polichick Mar 2012 #47
This has Swiftboating written all over it KDLarsen Mar 2012 #48
"Arpaio Shamelessly Seeks Media Spotlight While Diverting Attention From Federal Probe" Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #49
The racism runs deep with Arapio. sarcasmo Mar 2012 #52
Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #54
I love all the effort these stupid birthers put into this nonsense. JoePhilly Mar 2012 #55

Response to Newsjock (Original post)

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
3. -.-
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 07:49 PM
Mar 2012

God will this old man just give up already? The pres is a US citizen! If you didn't know Hawaii is apart of the United States. This old man is just a sad soul waiting to depart.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
5. He is trying to
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 07:56 PM
Mar 2012

turn the focus away from the federal investigation into his apparent corrupt handlings in his district manily towards Latinos. From all the BS going on in AZ, one being on women's right, I think Pres O will win AZ.

Old and In the Way

(37,540 posts)
33. Interesting...and he might be laying a defense against possible future criminal indictment.
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 12:46 AM
Mar 2012

If he thinks the Feds may be investigating him for possible criminal violations, I can see where he'd be trying to establish a case against PBO - then he can say that the Feds are after him because he's investigating the President. There will be morons that will believe the President has it out for poor Sheriff Joe.

 

xtraxritical

(3,576 posts)
35. Besides the dehydration caused by living in Az.
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 01:50 AM
Mar 2012

there's an awful lot of lead contamination in what water there is. Shriveled brains are common there!

They_Live

(3,241 posts)
7. A certain Sheriff has too much time on his hands.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 08:00 PM
Mar 2012

Maybe he should do the citizens a service and eliminate his position. He could pull a Palin, quit his job, and get a stupid reality show about his shallow and inept life, which can then be cancelled after a partial, poorly received season.

byronius

(7,402 posts)
8. Crack Law Enforcement, or Law Enforcement On Crack?
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 08:04 PM
Mar 2012

Sounds like they stayed up all night working on that stamp.

You know, maybe everybody's registration is fake. Gasp! Everything is fake! Only Sheriff Joe is a Real American! Obey his will! Don't put him in jail!

Response to liberal N proud (Reply #13)

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
16. NO STANDING.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 08:27 PM
Mar 2012

That asshole better tend to his own backyard, while he grandstands for the idiot droolers, violent crime has been skyrocketing in his jurisdiction.




This graph shows Arpaio to be a total incompetent blowhard who is soft on real crime.

jmowreader

(50,567 posts)
50. To keep up his standing, at least...
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:39 PM
Mar 2012

Arpaio has well over 10,000 beds in his seven jails, and it is his stated goal to keep them full.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
18. 'No one answered the phone late Wednesday afternoon at Selective Service headquarters in Virginia'
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 08:34 PM
Mar 2012

LOL. Yes, call blocking works to keep people from wasting your time.

lordsummerisle

(4,651 posts)
21. I think Arpaio
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 08:50 PM
Mar 2012

should just go ahead and try to arrest Obama...that would be great theater in an election year...

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
22. Anything Arpaio gets FROM the 'federal government' he will say is fake if ...
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 09:02 PM
Mar 2012

the documents he receives do not fit his agenda. It will be just one more thing the birthers will say that are forged to protect President Obama.

There will be NO end to their nutty conspiracy.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
41. Actually after Jan 20th 2017 it won't matter a damn bit
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 05:57 AM
Mar 2012

They can continue to piss and moan all they want, but Obama will have served 8 years. There is no way to undo that.

 

rtracey

(2,062 posts)
43. actually....
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 09:24 AM
Mar 2012

Actually it will end on November 5th, when President Obama is reelected by a large majority. The turds will still be talking out their asses, but it will be totally meaningless.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
23. He appears unfamiliar with the concept of due process. If he believes a crime
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 09:02 PM
Mar 2012

has been committed and is in an official investigation, he is free to go to a judge and request a subpoena.





(crickets chirping in the subpoena department)

Pakid

(478 posts)
25. Why does anyone give this idiot the time of day
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 09:06 PM
Mar 2012

The man has the IQ of a gnat and thats on a good day!

Gore1FL

(21,158 posts)
26. I love this guy
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 09:15 PM
Mar 2012

Now that the whackos have been told they are mainstream America they are all coming out of the woodwork.

This has been the funniest campaign of my life.

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
30. and the fact Dick Cheney draft dodged is supposed to be better ?
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 12:21 AM
Mar 2012

oh shut up.. sheriff you need to be thrown in jail by Seagal anyway

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
32. "Sheriff Arpaio is asking Director Romo to respond to him within 30 days "
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 12:44 AM
Mar 2012

It Won't take 30 days you racist prick , go fuck a cardboard cutout of Joseph Goebbels and tell the world how
your johnson couldn't satisfy a virgin poodle.

 

usrname

(398 posts)
37. Having solved all other crimes in Arizona
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 02:03 AM
Mar 2012

Sheriff Arpaio nows has the free time to concentrate on the most important bit of criminal mischief in the United States...

Monk06

(7,675 posts)
38. This stunt by Arpaio is Ex Juris on it's face. He has no jurisdiction outside that strange alien
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 02:30 AM
Mar 2012

colony called Maricopa County. Country Joe Arpaio is no better than whack jobs like
Neil Jednoralski, http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=154188.

Here is an excerpt for those who do not want to click the link

"The president was scheduled to speak at Osawatomie High School Tuesday and Jednoralski was planning to be there. He believes Kansas statute 22-2403 gives him the right to arrest Obama — or any other person committing a crime.

Jednoralski said that a Secret Service agent visited him at his home Monday and confiscated a pair of “high-security handcuffs” that he had planned to use on Obama. The agent also took four guns into custody.

“I was going to arrest him and drive him Topeka and turn him over to the state attorney general,” Jednoralski told the Salina Journal.

“I didn’t really want to surrender my firearms because I feel I have the right to have them, and they were never mentioned in the attempted arrest,” he complained.

“If he comes to Kansas again, I’ll try again. I’ll put it out that I am going to make that attempt.”

This form of vigilantism directed against the President of the United States should earn you couple of years in Leavenworth.

That is where Sheriff Joe should spend his golden years.

caseymoz

(5,763 posts)
40. Why doesn't somebody ask for Arpaio's birth certificate?
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 02:52 AM
Mar 2012

Then ask him why he doesn't turn his over (because he won't, he'll call it harassment) and then use the same investigative "techniques," the same sorts of luny conspiracy theories and the same denial of the obvious and rational Birthers have used against President Obama. See if we raise suspicions that he's an illegal immigrant or deep cover Chinese spy, or at least have fun with the parody.

jmowreader

(50,567 posts)
51. Two reasons:
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:44 PM
Mar 2012

Reason 1: The job Arpaio holds does not require you to be a natural-born citizen of the United States.

and, more importantly,

Reason 2: It would be illegible to your feeble eyes because it's written in Martian.

caseymoz

(5,763 posts)
53. We can still get him deported, though.
Fri Mar 23, 2012, 12:18 AM
Mar 2012

Or get him held as an illegal immigrant. In a tent city, I would hope. It would be fun to claim he's Mexican, only to have the Mexican Ambassador deny he is, and then go down through the list of countries.
 

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)
42. Arpaio allegedly has a huge backlog of domestic violence/sexual abuse cases.
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:00 AM
Mar 2012

The witch hunt he is undertaking isn't under his purview but no doubt he's hoping it serves as subterfuge to take focus away from his own legal problems.

You are a very silly man, Sheriff.

allan01

(1,950 posts)
44. re:Arpaio asks for Obama’s Selective Service card
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 09:55 AM
Mar 2012

this sherrif should be fired for waisting tax payers money and not doing his job

onenote

(42,782 posts)
46. if he wants to make a FOIA request, he should do so
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:24 AM
Mar 2012

And he might be able to get a copy of Obama's selective service records, although maybe not. But no one -- not Arpaio, not me, not Barack Obama himself, is going to be handed the original copy of any selective service record (even assuming the "original" still exists and hasn't be saved in an electronic data base rather than in hard copy.

KDLarsen

(1,903 posts)
48. This has Swiftboating written all over it
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 05:35 PM
Mar 2012

Jerome Corsis track record so far (and make no mistake, his hands is so far up Arpaios ass, well..., you get the picture):

August 2004: Swiftboats Veterans for Truth

August 2008: Obama Nation

August 2012: ?

I'm going to bet that Arpaio and his Cold Cuts Posse will be continuing to push these smears for the next couple of months, before finally going all out and demand a grand jury investigation come August.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
49. "Arpaio Shamelessly Seeks Media Spotlight While Diverting Attention From Federal Probe"
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 05:44 PM
Mar 2012

(real headline)

Response to Newsjock (Original post)

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
55. I love all the effort these stupid birthers put into this nonsense.
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 04:02 PM
Mar 2012

I love how they donate to the nut jobs pushing this stuff. I crack up every time one of their moronic lawsuits gets tossed in the trash.

And what I love most is their incredibly dimwitted demand that Obama be removed from office over their insane conspiracy theories.

Its hilarious.

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