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Joking Aside, Where IS the Birth Certificate?

Another billboard has more Texans asking key question of Obama era

Jay Leno says things are so bad for Barack Obama these days that even Democrats are asking for his birth certificate.

Mike Huckabee says if you want to protect vital national security secrets from WikiLeaks, just put them in the same vault as Obama's birth certificate.

Conan O'Brien had this to say: "First, they said Obama's a socialist. Then they say he's Muslim. Now they're saying he wasn’t even born in this country. It's got me thinking. OK, the guy might not be qualified to be president. But I guess he is qualified to drive a cab in New York."

In other words, Barack Obama's mysterious, missing birth certificate has become the biggest joke of his administration – and with good reason, says Joseph Farah, editor and chief executive officer of WND and the man behind the company's 2-year-old national "Where's the birth certificate?" billboard campaign.

Billboard near Buda, TX.

"People often ask me, 'Why don't you say more on these billboards?'" Farah says. "For instance, they want to know why I don't ask, 'Where's Obama's birth certificate?' The answer is really simple and profound: There is only one man in America who has a birth certificate controversy – and that's the man sitting in the White House. By the way, that's the one man in all of America who must actually demonstrate that he is a natural born citizen. It's ironic – and tragic for the American system of governance."

While the birth certificate question is the source of some good jokes, it's also serious business – national security business, insists Farah.

"We now have a real American military hero, Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, about to be convicted and sentenced in a court martial, and likely sent to prison, because Obama won't show us his birth certificate," Farah said. "That's not funny. And it's not funny that 58 percent of Americans, according to a CNN poll, now have grave doubts about Obama's constitutional eligibility for office. It's about time this should be viewed as a national security crisis."

That's how Farah introduced the latest of billboard to be erected – in Buda, Texas. Buda is a city in Hays County with a population of 7,500 – part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metropolitan area. The billboard is on I-35 at Loop 4, right next to the Heb Market.

It's one of more than 50 billboards placed by the WND campaign since 2009 – a campaign Farah credits with immensely raising awareness of Obama's birth challenge. He's asking for public support of the campaign that has cost WND hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"The average billboard we place costs about $4,000 a month," he points out. "Yes, we have had some donated. We've had some wonderful outdoor advertising companies that have discounted their boards because they like our campaign. But, at the end of the day, we've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on this campaign – and we need help from the public. We believe it's the most important way any citizen can make his voice heard on this issue."

While there are plenty of billboard locations available, only a shortage of funds prevents the campaign from growing, Farah said.

"It's true that the outdoor advertising cartel, owned by major media conglomerates like Clear Channel, CBS and Lamar, have steadfastly refused to post our message because they want to curry favor with regulators in Washington," Farah said. "These companies have no problem with soft-core porn, with ads renouncing God and with outrageous vulgarity. But they do have a problem with political speech – with a simple, non-threatening question like, 'Where's the birth certificate?' It's an unbelievable double-standard by companies that are supposed to be in the First Amendment business. But, then again, look at how their parent companies have treated this issue in their news coverage."

In addition to the billboard campaign, Farah has:

* produced a video-documentary primer on the issue called "A Question of Eligibility";

* produced a 40-page special report on the subject;

* manufactured yard and rally signs to bring attention to the topic;

* pledged to donate at least $15,000 to any hospital in Hawaii or anywhere else that provides proof Obama was

* created a line of T-shirts you can wear to appearances by the president to raise visibility of the issue;

* created a fund to which you can donate to further the kind of investigative reporting into this matter only this company has performed over the last two years;

* launched a line of postcards you can use to keep the issue alive;

* distributed thousands of bumper stickers asking, "Where's the birth certificate?";

* perhaps most notably, gathered more than 500,000 names on a petition demanding any and all controlling legal authorities in this matter take appropriate action to see the requirements of the Constitution of the United States are followed;

* gathered another 25,000 names on a second petition attempting to rally state officials to make presidential candidates prove their eligibility before getting on ballots.

"There are all kinds of things we need to do right now to get our country back on track, but I can think of nothing more important than for us to see that our Constitution is observed, followed, adhered to and honored, especially when it comes to such simple, straightforward matters as the eligibility of the president of the United States," says Farah. "Please help me bring this matter to a head right now."

You can see some of the signs around the country here and a few others have been embedded below:

Billboard near Hamburg, Pennsylvania