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It may be moot though. If the U.S. government said the person is a citizen, how can a state say otherwise? My question is can a state deem someone who is regarded a citizen, not a citizen? Unless I'm mistaken, only the federal government can determine U.S. citizenship.

 

Immigrants must ask the INS not the state to become citizzens. Arizona may not like that Hawaii has determined Obama to be born there but its the federal government that has to accept it, not Arizona.

 

My guess, leagally, is Arizona has no choice. Its also a states right issue. Each state has varying degrees of what they require I assume.

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Obama faces singing protest over WikiLeaks

 

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Thursday faced an unusual singing protest over the detention of Bradley Manning, a US soldier held for allegedly passing classified documents to WikiLeaks.

 

In San Francisco on a campaign-style swing, Obama was headlining [color:red]a fundraising breakfast where tickets cost $35,800[/color] when a woman in a white suit rose to interrupt him, saying she and her friends had written him a song. :surprised:

 

The woman, who stripped off her jacket to reveal a black t-shirt that said "Free Bradley Manning," and others at a table for 10 then sang a song that noted they had just contributed to Obama's 2012 reelection bid and went on to criticize his detention.

 

"Dear Mr. President we honor you today sir / Each of us brought you $5,000 /

 

It takes a lot of Benjamins to run a campaign / I paid my dues, where's our change?" the song began.

 

"We'll vote for you in 2012, yes that's true / Look at the Republicans - what else can we do / Even though we don't know if we'll retain our liberties /

 

In what you seem content to call a free society," it continued.

 

The song described Bradley Manning as "alone in a 6 by 12 cell" for "23 hours a day" and ended with "this kind of thing ain't right / We paid our dues, where's our change?"

 

The protesters also handed out small signs that read "Free Bradley Manning" or bore his picture.

 

"That was a nice song," Obama, evidently displeased, told the roomful of about 200 donors at the upscale Saint Regis Hotel.

 

The woman was escorted out, two others at her table left, but others stayed and applauded Obama's speech when he finished it.

 

Manning was transferred Wednesday from a military prison at Quantico, Virginia, to another in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, according to the Pentagon.

 

The 23-year-old Welsh-born US army intelligence soldier, who allegedly provided the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks with a trove of secret military and diplomatic documents, has been imprisoned at Quantico since July 2010.

 

Manning's detention conditions, which have included solitary confinement and being forced to sleep naked, have drawn the attention of Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union and the British government.

 

The White House played down the incident, with spokesman Jay Carney saying the singing "broke his flow a little bit" but that he "thought it was kind of funny" and quipped "you don't get that every day" as he left the room.

 

"It certainly perked up the morning," Carney told reporters.

 

 

 

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How dependent are we on foreign oil?

 

[color:red]The United States imported about 51% of the petroleum,[/color]1 which includes crude oil and refined petroleum products, that we consumed [color:red]during 2009[/color]. Just over half of these imports came from the Western Hemisphere. Our dependence on foreign petroleum is expected to decline in the next two decades.

 

The United States consumed 18.8 million barrels per day (MMbd) of petroleum products during 2009, making us the world's largest petroleum consumer. The United States was third in crude oil production at 5.4 MMbd. But crude oil alone does not constitute all U.S. petroleum supplies. Significant gains occur, because crude oil expands in the refining process, liquid fuel is captured in the processing of natural gas, and we have other sources of liquid fuel, including biofuels. These additional supplies totaled 3.9 MMbd in 2009.

In 2009 the United States imported 11.7 million barrels per day (MMbd) of crude oil and refined petroleum products. We also exported 2.0 MMbd of crude oil and petroleum products during 2009, so our net imports (imports minus exports) equaled 9.7 MMbd.

Petroleum products imported by the United States during 2009 included gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, jet fuel, chemical feedstocks, asphalt, and other products. Still, most petroleum products consumed in the United States were refined here. Net imports of petroleum other than crude oil were 3.7% of the petroleum consumed in the United States during 2009.

About Half of U.S. Petroleum Imports Come from the Western HemisphereSome may be surprised to learn that 51% of U.S. crude oil and petroleum products imports came from the Western Hemisphere (North, South, and Central America, and the Caribbean including U.S. territories) during 2009. About 17% of our imports of crude oil and petroleum products come from the Persian Gulf countries of Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. Our largest sources of net crude oil and petroleum product imports were Canada and Venezuela.

Sources of Net Crude Oil and Petroleum Product Imports:

Canada (23.3%)

Venezuela (10.7%)

Saudi Arabia (10.4%)

Mexico (9.2%)

Nigeria (8.3%)

 

It is usually impossible to tell whether the petroleum products you use came from domestic or imported sources of oil once they are refined.

Lower U.S. Petroleum Imports Expected in the FutureThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that net imports of U.S. crude oil and petroleum products will slightly increase from 9.7 MMbd in 2009 to 10.0 MMbd in 2035.2 Following decreases during the period 2006-2009, total U.S. liquid fuels consumption is expected to increase steadily through 2035 driven primarily by an increase in biofuels. Meanwhile, the increase in U.S. crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere, combined with increasing biofuel and coal-to-liquids (CTL) production and decreasing petroleum-derived fuel demand, is expected to reduce the need for imports over the longer term. U.S. petroleum import dependence falls from 51% in 2009 to 45% by 2035 in EIA's reference case projection

 

 

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How dependent are we on foreign oil?

 

[color:red]The United States imported about 51% of the petroleum,[/color]1 which includes crude oil and refined petroleum products, that we consumed [color:red]during 2009[/color]. ]

 

Isn't America also one of the world's biggest [color:red]producers[/color] of crude oil?

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110422/us_yblog_thelookout/homeless-woman-prosecuted-for-enrolling-son-in-conn-school

 

She faces jail time adn 15k in fines if convicted.

 

Homeless woman prosecuted for enrolling son in Conn. School

 

The case is attracting some national attention in the education world, as it's similar to the headline-making story of Ohio mom Kelley Williams-Bolar, who spent days in jail after using her father's address to send her kids to a better-performing school. Her story ignited a debate about inequalities in the public school system.

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How dependent are we on foreign oil?

 

[color:red]The United States imported about 51% of the petroleum' date='[/b'][/color]1 which includes crude oil and refined petroleum products, that we consumed [color:red]during 2009[/color]. ]

 

Isn't America also one of the world's biggest [color:red]producers[/color] of crude oil?

 

Exactly where we stand, I am not sure. The EIA's website has been revamped in such a way it looks like it is impossible to abstract that data. The White House webside has been redone in the same fashion. Figure it out?

 

 

 

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