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ACORN has been falsifying voter registrations forms by the thousands in several states. Barack Obama at one time was a trainer and lawyer for ACORN. Also, Obama has given $800,000 to ACORN. Pretty damning and just may be Obama’s “swift boat.” Interesting Lou Dobb’s video that is produced by CNN.

As someone with a business degree, I took two economic classes; Macro and Micro Economics. Even without these classes, I understand the difference between a economic slowdown and a recession. A recession is defined as two quarters on negative growth. Here is the common definition used for a recession in the economy:

In macroeconomics, a recession is generally associated with a decline in a country’s real gross domestic product (GDP), or negative real economic growth. According to widespread definition, a recession occurs when real growth is negative for two or more successive quarters of a year.

Again negative growth for two quarters, not slowing growth. Here is what Obama stated this week:

There is little doubt we’ve moved into recession

A recession? If you look at the last few quarters of economic growth, the US economy is growing slower than in the past, but the US economy has not had a negative GDP balance in decades. Not under President Bush or Bill Clinton. The economy is growing and Obama may need to read up on economics 101 before making claims that there is “little doubt we’ve moved into recession.”

Does this underscore Obama’s inexperience in dealing with economic problems or is he stepping up the rhetoric to get elected President and/or to start a new round of stimulus checks? Either way, I’m a little disappointed in his inability to know what a recession is.

Are we in terrible times? Well, lets look at the past few months.

Just yesterday Americans lined up for a $300 iPhone, in many cases waiting 6+ hours. Fortune estimes Apple will sell up to 3 million iPhones in the first weekend alone world wide, or well over a million iPhones in the US. That is over $300 million in sales in the US and about $1 billion in sales overseas for a phone. Yes, a phone!

Microsoft shattered records having sold 1 million units of Halo 3 in pre-release. At $60 a pop, US consumers spent $60 million on a game they couldn’t even touch.

So, while Obama thinks we are in a recession, I really hope he doesn’t get geared up for a second round of stimulus packages a.k.a. “getting the US further in debt so Americans can buy junk from China.” I recommend Obama get a new economics adviser and rent Grapes of Wrath to catch up on what bad economic times really are.

There is talk that Presidential nominee Barack Obama will take a vacation in Hawaii in August leading up to the Democratic National convention on 25 August. Obama would be not only taking a vacation he would also be visiting his sister and grandmother who still live in Hawaii. It has been about 2 years since Obama last visited Hawaii. I’m sure it would be Hawaii’s biggest story of the year if Obama decided to return to Oahu next month.

Last Month I wrote about Barack Obama and his Hawaii roots for those interested.

There has been a ton of speculation about the birth certificate Barack Obama has posted on his website. Apparently, the Obama birth certificate is missing an important embossed seal and signature. Here is an example of a Hawaiian certificate:

Hawaii law requires it to be stamped and signed on the back. Here is Barack Obama’s birth certificate:

No seal and signature. Odd! Here is some interesting information from the Israel Insider.

Barack Obama has claimed in writing to have a valid printed document: In the first chapter of his book Dreams From My Father, describing his origins, he wrote about finding a local Hawaiian newspaper article about his Kenyan father: “I discovered this article, folded away among my birth certificate and old vaccination forms, when I was in high school.”

So where is that birth certificate? It got lost? The dog ate it? No matter. Barack Obama or an immediate family member can plunk down $10 ($11.50 if he orders online) and have Hawaii mail a certified document to him within a week or two. But more than two weeks have passed since the Obama campaign adopted the suspect, uncertified image of a purported birth document published by a left-wing blog Daily Kos, and nothing certified and nothing on paper has since has been forthcoming. Nor has there been any official comment about the issue from the campaign. They may cling to the hope — however audacious — that the one issue that could disqualify their man constitutionally from gaining the presidency will just go away.

I’m fairly certain Obama was born in Hawaii and will produce a birth certificate eventually. Should be interesting to see if McCain makes an issue of this.