rss‘Dr. Ron Polarik,’ Exposed
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 9:49 am
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For nearly one year, a mysterious “graphics expert” who goes by the name “Dr. Ron Polarik” has claimed to have proven that the certificate of live birth provided by Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is forged. “Polarik’s” lengthy analysis, posted at his Townhall.com blog, became the basis for people like Jerome Corsi to say that Obama’s COLB is “false” or “fake.” The mysterious expert even signed an affidavit making his claims, although he declined to use his real name there; he signed it “XXXXXXXXXXXX,” making it inadmissable as evidence, but fueling “birther” conspiracies regardless.
Now, blogger Loren Collins claims to have unmasked “Polarik” and found Ronald Jay Polland, a Florida researcher and consultant.
He accuses Polland of lacking the degrees and expertise that he’s claimed—claims that have really fed these conspiracy theories.
His trade is in statistics and surveys. He has no degrees relating to computers or technology. He is not a computer expert; he has used computers. He is not a scanner expert; he has used scanners. At best, he is an amateur photography buff. He may have a doctorate, true, but it is in a field wholly unrelated to computer technology. Just see Florida State University’s program profile. Even had he signed his real name to his ‘XXXXXXXXX’ declaration, he still would not have qualified as an expert in the field in which he was attempting to provide expert testimony. Polland would never survive a Daubert challenge, and any lawyer would be foolish to attempt to pass him off as an expert on these matters.
I obtained two phone numbers for “Polland,” but got one wrong number (on the other line, a nice man who said he’d been getting other calls about this) and one line that rang 12 times without going to voicemail.
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Comment posted July 29, 2009 @ 2:22 pm
Big shocker.
Next we'll find out that lawyer Orly Taitz got her degree from some online correspondence school.
Oh, sorry…. “Dr. Orly Taitz.” Anyone know where she got her degree in dentistry?
Comment posted July 29, 2009 @ 2:50 pm
Bravo Loren Collins!!
Loren is to be commended for finally outing the horrible “Dr. Polarik.” Polarik has done nothing but spread lies for the past year. Polarik has lead a countless number of otherwise unsuspecting folks down the dark alleys and wrong paths of confusion and misinformation. Polarik deserves scorn and contempt.
Now — is Ronald Jay Polland the guy in this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDIVEfVGLBQ
Comment posted July 29, 2009 @ 7:06 pm
“He has no degrees relating to computers or technology. He is not a computer expert; he has used computers. He is not a scanner expert; he has used scanners. At best, he is an amateur photography buff. He may have a doctorate, true, but it is in a field wholly unrelated to computer technology”
Wow, no wonder test-taker Tuci78 relied so heavily on “Doctor” Polarik's “analysis.” Tuci78 claims to be a “doctor,” too.
Just like Colonel Sanders is a military officer.
Thanks for the continued reporting, Mr. Weigel. I can only wonder how you manage to keep from laughing out loud when you appear on Rachel Maddow's show or elsewhere to discuss this ongoing carnival of conspiracy theorists.
Comment posted July 30, 2009 @ 7:32 am
By the way David: While you stated that the use of a fake name rendered this affidavit “inadmissible as evidence,” that's not totally accurate because the affidavit is inadmissible as evidence even if a real name is used. An affidavit constitutes hearsay in most circumstances in a court of law, and has very limited uses in a litigation setting.
Comment posted July 31, 2009 @ 6:50 am
There is nothing wrong with this lady's credentials.
Forensic document examiner Sandra Ramsey Lines, a Former Federal Examiner with a long history of expert testimony in state and federal courts, has testified in an affidavit that states, in part:
“I can state with certainty that the COLB presented on the internet by the various groups, which include the “Daily Kos,” the Obama Campaign, “Factcheck.org” and others cannot be relied upon as genuine. Dr. Polarik raises issues concerning the COLB that I can affirm. Software such as Adobe Photoshop can produce complete images or alter images that appear to be genuine; therefore, any image offered on the internet cannot be relied upon as being a copy of the authentic document.” Sandra Ramsey Lines summary is posted at U. S. Law Blog.
Comment posted July 31, 2009 @ 8:14 am
My 200-page analysis of a 2 kB jpeg file containing a screenshot of a webpage showing a photo of a newspaper article about Obama's birth certificate proves that it's a forgery: the tachyon particles in it show conclusively that it was fabricated by a drunken robot at O'Zorgnax's pub in year 3001 and beamed back to the present day, which obviously means that Obama was born in Kenya. There can be no other explanation. Sandra Ramsey Lines swears this is all true. Also.
Dr. Ron Polarik, MD, Ph.D., Ms.C., MSG, STD, KGB, Esteemed Document Forensics Specialist
Comment posted August 4, 2009 @ 3:00 pm
Thiis is absurd. Loren Collins does not even touch Polarik`s arguments. She only tries to give the lie to his academic titles, but how can she do that if she only knows the guy by his pseudonym?
Comment posted August 4, 2009 @ 6:08 pm
I have addressed Polland's “arguments” twice:
http://barackryphal.blogspot.com/2009/07/on-reb…
http://barackryphal.blogspot.com/2009/07/polari…
As for how I know that Polland is “Polarik,” and has thus lied about his credentials:
http://barackryphal.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-po…
And for the record, it's “he,” not “she.”
Comment posted August 6, 2009 @ 11:43 am
From David Hahn, “Publisher, StatePaper.com ” August 5, 2009.
Publisher: Obama Should Produce Original Birth Certificate
At StatePaper.com, we know by making this statement we will be instantly tagged as “racist,” “birther,” or other pejorative terms by those who defend the President of the United States. We often defend the President and the job he is doing and are regularly lambasted for being “too liberal” or an “Obama lover” by some of our most prolific critics.
But, here is the issue:
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of our country. Article II of the Constitution requires the President to be a natural born citizen. Without reciting them here, there appears to be some serious questions raised about whether President Obama was born in the United States or Kenya. We have not checked sources, but there are reports that some witnessed his birth in Kenya.
The President's campaign staff and then his administration have released and placed on the internet a “Certificate of Live Birth.” We do not dispute the validity or correctness of that document as others have tried to do, suggesting the use of computers to alter seals and names. By releasing this document the President agrees that the claims about his status as a natural born citizen is an open, important, public issue.
But, this “Certificate of Live Birth” is simply not the best evidence that the President and his administration could offer to lay to rest any doubt about his status as a natural born citizen.
Barack Obama is a lawyer and a graduate of Harvard Law School. All law students study the body of law we call “Evidence.” One of the core tenets of American law is the “best evidence rule” which requires the production of original, or certified copies, of original document to prove a fact. Abstracts and summaries are not original documents.
The President has offered an abstract (Certificate) of his birth, but not an original birth certificate which would be the best evidence of his birth. We need the best evidence so that it can do what the best evidence is meant to do; dispel the doubts about a fact. We need to see the Birth Certificate. That's the one that is often handwritten and signed by the doctor.
Lawyers and legal thinkers will, obviously, argue the finer points of the “Best Evidence Rule” and its applicability to this matter. But, that misses the point. The notion of “Best Evidence” is solidly-grounded in law. This is an important public matter and it seems now that the President has started down the path of offering some evidence (Certificate of Live Birth), he should offer the “best evidence” (Original Birth Certificate) which is the source document for his birth. The document behind the document which has been released. This is what is needed now in the court of public knowledge.
The fact in question here is the constitutional qualification of the President of the United States to hold office. With a simple nod, the President could offer the American people the best evidence, the source document(s), as he learned about at Harvard, and dispel those who question his birth as a natural born citizen. His failure to provide this best evidence, when it could be so easily done, raises only more questions, which fuels an ugly public debate.
And now we've got a “Liberal” Nebraska newspaper advising Barry to cough up his birth certificate.
If he can. Anybody ready yet to watch our TelePrompTer-in-Chief taking the Fifth?
Comment posted October 29, 2009 @ 9:38 pm
You have no idea what you're talking about. Thanks for playing, though.
Comment posted October 30, 2009 @ 1:38 am
You have no idea what you're talking about. Thanks for playing, though.
Comment posted July 18, 2010 @ 4:14 pm
Nice line of B.S. By someone whom does not posses a legitimate Highschool Diploma there DAVE…
Rev.Cook.
Comment posted April 28, 2011 @ 10:19 pm
What is simply amazing to me, is that as so called journalists, you don’t even consider the implication of the man in the White House being a usurper, but you will vilify Pollarik to no end because he found irregularities that YOU were supposed to investigate.
Did any of you paid investigative reporters even consider taking the document and verifying the results? or has it gotten to the point where you say what is politically correct and damn the facts?
to me, it seem the latter. What a shame, your profession used to have integrity.
Well maybe I can appeal to your sense of greed. The one who blows this wide open will create a new category of Pulitzer.
Go earn it, and start asking the right questions… (Hint, you will be getting close when your questions start annoying someone in power)
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