Date: 10/21/2008 8:45:00 PM
Author: AGBF
I''m not sure if you have had any international experience, R/A, but things are not that simple. Sometimes a person can have dual citizenship in the United States and another country. Now, for example, it is possible for someone to have dual citizenship in the United States and Italy (the country in which my husband was born and raised).
At the time when my husband became a United States citizen, given that he was an adult and choosing US citizenship, he had to renounce all ties with Italy and give up his Italian citizenship.
In my husband''s eyes, and in the eyes of the United States, he was only a citizen of the United States. I do not know if Italy would have accepted that or not. Possibly they would have. Had he taken up residence there, however, I suspect that Italy would have ruled that he was subject to the rules of Italian citizens. I doubt they would have recognized him as American. I also know of another man who left Italy at two years old to emmigrate to the United States with his family; he returned to Italy on a vacation as an adult and was drafted. According to Italian law, he was Italian.
Other countries sometimes have different ideas on who are citizens of their countries than we do. We may say someone does not have dual citizenship. Meanwhile two or three other contries may be claiming him as a citizen based on other grounds!
Deborah
I am not a USA citizen nor do I reside in the USA, but the whole world is watching this election and it has been interesting reading the comments from the supporters from both sides.
Ideally the political party platform, philosophy, track record, and the candidate's experience and leadership skills are taken into consideration by the voters. The reality though is that the voters are free to base their support on anything. However, if one is looking at missing thesis, 'illegal' birth certificate due to first 'missing' seal and then 'incorrect' father race category, some Kenyans' opinions, and disclosures of the names of small donors, perhaps one is trying too hard to justify his/her support.
Just my opinion.
Date: 10/25/2008 12:00:56 PM
Author: feathers
I am not a USA citizen nor do I reside in the USA, but the whole world is watching this election and it has been interesting reading the comments from the supporters from both sides.
Ideally the political party platform, philosophy, track record, and the candidate''s experience and leadership skills are taken into consideration by the voters. The reality though is that the voters are free to base their support on anything. However, if one is looking at missing thesis, ''illegal'' birth certificate due to first ''missing'' seal and then ''incorrect'' father race category, some Kenyans'' opinions, and disclosures of the names of small donors, perhaps one is trying too hard to justify his/her support.
Just my opinion.
ABSOFRIGGINLUTELY!! Other things Obama has not released: his shoe size! brand of deodorant! (not that he needs it, his natural scent is of sugar cookies & magic) And one time he passed a note in junior high school that read "Do you like me .." with two boxes on it .. YES & NO. To this day the note has NOT BEEN LOCATED! Rumors persist that the intended note target was a young woman who later served an afternoon in detention, in other words, A TERRORIST!!!!
Date: 10/25/2008 2:22:44 PM
Author: decodelighted
ABSOFRIGGINLUTELY!! Other things Obama has not released: his shoe size! brand of deodorant! (not that he needs it, his natural scent is of sugar cookies & magic) And one time he passed a note in junior high school that read ''Do you like me ..'' with two boxes on it .. YES & NO. To this day the note has NOT BEEN LOCATED! Rumors persist that the intended note target was a young woman who later served an afternoon in detention, in other words, A TERRORIST!!!!
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