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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 09:26 AM
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Sen. Daniel Inouye will almost certainly be elected President pro tempore of the Senate
Edited on Mon Jun-28-10 09:29 AM by Renew Deal
And he will be third in line for the presidency behind the Speaker (Nancy Pelosi). He will be the first President pro tempore from Hawaii coincidentally at the same time that the president is from Hawaii. Inouye is also now the "Dean of the Senate." The Republicans most senior member is Richard Lugar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_of_the_Senate
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unc70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 10:52 AM
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1. Pro tempura? Sorry, I'll just go to my room for a timeout.
I am very sorry. Just could not help myself.

BTW Some claim that the word "tempura" is derived through Port. from the Latin "tempore".


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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 02:25 PM
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6. daniel lived ten feet up ted steven's ass. this is not a good thing
in my opinion.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 11:14 AM
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2. Has anybody seen his birth certificate?
:P

actually, unlike Obama, who was born two years after statehood, Inouye was born in the Territory of Hawaii. Birfer heads explode in 3... 2... 1...
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 11:36 AM
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4. So then he's not eligible to be president?
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 12:02 PM
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5. To hear Oily Taint et al. tell it.
Barry Goldwater was born in Arizona Territory. He ran for the presidency.
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Seneca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 03:12 PM
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7. As long as it's U.S. land
It's fine. State, territory, or D.C. itself (where Al Gore was born).
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Heywood J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 10:26 PM
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11. Not entirely. Some Pacific Islanders are apparently not eligible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_nationality_law#Nationals_who_are_not_citizens
According to 8 U.S.C. § 1408, it is possible to be a U.S. national without being a U.S. citizen. A person whose only connection to the U.S. is through birth in an outlying possession (which as of 2005 is limited to American Samoa, Swains Island, and the unincorporated US Minor Outlying Islands), or through descent from a person so born, acquires U.S. nationality but not U.S. citizenship. This was formerly the case in only four other current or former U.S. overseas possessions
(...)
Not all U.S. nationals are U.S. citizens; all U.S. citizens are U.S. nationals. The U.S. passport issued to non-citizen nationals contains the endorsement code 9 which states: "THE BEARER IS A UNITED STATES NATIONAL AND NOT A UNITED STATES CITIZEN." on the annotations page. Noncitizen U.S. nationals may reside and work in the United States without restrictions, and may apply for citizenship under the same rules as resident aliens.

Like aliens, U.S. nationals who are not citizens are not prevented from voting in state and federal elections by the federal government, but are not allowed by any U.S. state to vote in federal elections.
It looks like it would come down to the citizenship and mainland residency status of your parents in this case.

http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_citi.html
U.S. nationals who become citizens are not considered natural-born.


</esoteric geekery>
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Seneca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 11:04 PM
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12. That's why I stuck with the basic 3 categories I listed
It gets complicated when you get to Puerto Rico and onward down the list.
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Heywood J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 10:12 PM
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8. Hawaii was an incorporated territory - its residents were US citizens.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/03-ORG/ORG_0004.htm
§4. Citizenship. That all persons who were citizens of the Republic of Hawaii on August twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States and citizens of the Territory of Hawaii.

And all citizens of the United States resident in the Hawaiian Islands who were resident there on or since August twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and all the citizens of the United States who shall hereafter reside in the Territory of Hawaii for one year shall be citizens of the Territory of Hawaii.

After 1898, the US constitution (and the 14th amendment) applied regarding citizenship.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 09:26 AM
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13. Woo hoo!
:D
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 11:17 AM
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3. sounds good to me
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 10:16 PM
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9. And how long will HE last?
Inouye isn't exactly a spring chicken either.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 10:17 PM
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10. Another one that will have to be wheeled out on a gurney or in a coffin
The fact that there's no mandatory retirement age makes America a laughingstock.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 09:27 AM
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14. Do you support euthanizing people when they reach a certain age?
Since you no longer consider them useful.
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